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Cerritos College • Norwalk, Calif.

Talon Marks

Cerritos College • Norwalk, Calif.

Talon Marks

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Campus Game Room review

Jimmy Edwards-Turner March 29, 2011

The campus game room is a solace to students, which is understandable with the few great games available, but the lack of variety hurts any potential for it to be a popular scene. It is probably the cleanest...

Arthur Hitchcock walks to Maine for breast cancer – JimmyOP (vic)

Jimmy Edwards-Turner March 15, 2011

How far would you walk for your cause? For 19-year-old self-employed photographer Arthur Hitchcock, the answer to that is 2,629 miles. Hitchcock is walking from Los Angeles to the state of Maine to raise...

Fund nothing, cut everything

Jimmy Edwards-Turner March 13, 2011

Summer school is taking another blow at the chopping block this June, and who could honestly be surprised? The school doesn't have enough money to continue administering its services efficiently, as well...

Jim(my) – Time Capsule (wendy)|:3|

Jimmy Edwards-Turner, Jim Brannon March 7, 2011

Call Scooby-Doo and the gang, because we've got a mystery to solve. Cerritos College had a time capsule sealed in 1981 under the premise that it would be reopened again in 2006 as part of the school's...

Drug and alcohol use on campus go unnoticed

Jimmy Edwards-Turner February 15, 2011

Three students sat cross-legged on the hill by the Cerritos College sign on Alondra Boulevard and Studebaker Road as two campus police cars drove across the grassy field to accost them. At 11 a.m. on...

Drop the 40 oz, stow the blunt and get focused

Jimmy Edwards-Turner February 14, 2011

This isn't high school anymore. College students have more freedom and, as such, need to be more responsible with that freedom. Many of us might remember smoking a joint or pounding a tall can before...

Drop the 40oz, stow the blunt and get focused

Jimmy Edwards-Turner February 13, 2011

College students have more freedom and, as such, need to be more responsible with that freedom. This isn't high school anymore. Many of us might remember smoking a joint or pounding a tall can before...

Cerritos Library Club lends hand to ESL students with Book Reading Project

Jimmy Edwards-Turner February 4, 2011

When one thinks of a library club, the first thing to come to mind is a few students in a quiet room reading quietly.   This is not the case with Cerritos College's Library Club.   Currently...

Extension of game room’s hours could prove to be beneficial

Jimmy Edwards-Turner January 25, 2011

Nothing is more relaxing than hurricane-kicking some friends in the face before your geology class, or ending a day of classes with a game of pool. The campus game room is the only area designated for...

Black Friday at Cerritos Mall

Black Friday at Cerritos Mall

Jimmy Edwards-Turner November 28, 2010

Javier Moreno, nursing major, has a lot on his plate. Class projects, relationships, studying for finals and work take up much of his time, but even in the midst of the busiest shopping day of the year...

Jimmy – Thank God, praise Jesus; the Pope is cool with condoms

Jimmy Edwards-Turner November 24, 2010

Many celebrations were had and Catholics all over the world rejoiced when Pope Benedict XVI partially condoned the use of condoms on Nov. 20 in an interview. The Vatican and Catholic Church have long...

Jimmy – Way of the Master returns to Cerritos`

Jimmy Edwards-Turner November 24, 2010

Ray Comfort, evangelist and Christian minister, and his sermon raised tensions among a crowd of students on Nov. 22 in front of Falcon Square. Comfort and his associates got involved in a lengthy and...

Jimmy – 2nd Annual Cans Concert shakes it up ^

Jimmy Edwards-Turner November 14, 2010

For Jeanette Martinez and Shaun Bryant, music majors, Cerritos College's Music Club's second Annual Cans Concert was a great chance to express their love, while helping the food drive at the same time. The...

2010 Fall Dance Concert

Jimmy Edwards-Turner November 9, 2010

When pharmacy technician major Emily Otero signed up for dance class on a whim, she didn't expect to be a part of a Cerritos annual tradition. The college's 2010 Fall Dance Concert opened on the night...

Thompson Tran the Game boy

Thompson Tran the Game boy

Jimmy Edwards-Turner October 27, 2010

Listen to Thompson Tran talk about how he makes music with his gameboy     Thompson Tran may be an electrical engineering major, but his true passion is music. With no...

Halloween costumes; who needs creativity when you can wear a thong? – Jimmy

Jimmy Edwards-Turner October 23, 2010

Halloween is for showing off your ingenuity and creating interesting costumes. It is not for wearing as little as possible and looking like a specialized prostitute. There's no problem with wearing a...

Graphic Design fundraiser – Jimmy [brief]`

Jimmy Edwards-Turner October 21, 2010

The Cerritos College graphic design club sold baked goods and candies in front of the library last Thursday, Oct. 21, to raise funds for individual memberships to the American Institute of Graphic Arts. The...

Remastering or remaking classics is risky business

Jimmy Edwards-Turner October 19, 2010

We can all understand the fondness one would have for a favorite TV series or film franchise. Nostalgia is a funny and familiar sensation, and when you see a movie from your childhood on TV, or an old...

Ceramics artist teaches students how to prepare for a successful career

Jimmy Edwards-Turner October 18, 2010

Thirty-two-year-old artist Matthias Merkel Hess spoke to Cerritos College's ceramic students last Tuesday night about the challenges of being a working artist. He touched on the issues of sustainability...

Use of Credit Workshop – Jimmy`

Jimmy Edwards-Turner October 17, 2010

All three students that stuck around until the end of the Use of Credit workshop, held last Tuesday in the Business Education Building, hailed it as informative and helpful. The speaker, Heena Shah, a...

Luis Palacios Feature – Jimmy $

Jimmy Edwards-Turner October 8, 2010

Listen to staff writer Jimmy Edwards-Turner interview wrestler Luis Palacios. "[The loss of my leg] has its advantages and disadvantages," says Luis Palacios, a freshman wrestler...

Online impersonation an excuse for political censorship – Jimmy$

Jimmy Edwards-Turner October 3, 2010

The government does not provide civil workers to help us cross the street or tie our shoes, so why the hell is it trying to baby us on the Internet? Governor Schwarzenegger signed Senate Bill 1411 last...

Susana Batres poses in front of the Burnight Theatre in Cerritos College. She wil be returning to the theater to star in Arthur Millers production The Crucible.

Susana Batres returns to Cerritos College to star in play

Jimmy Edwards-Turner September 22, 2010

Listen to audio Former Cerritos College student and theater major, Susana Batres, has always been ardent about the performing arts and willing to put extra effort into productions. Georgia...

Celebrities and Politics – Jimmy

Jimmy Edwards-Turner September 22, 2010

The United States' government is under attack. Not by terrorists, or North Korea, or aliens from outer space. No, in fact, the threat is right here on our own soil: celebrities. People that have been...

Students like engineering major Aaron Kooppe access the new IFALCON website and its features

iFALCON reboots its website with a new look

Jimmy Edwards-Turner September 20, 2010

The launch of the improved iFalcon website saw a little under 1000 hits its first day. With over a million hits since its launch last Monday, the site is now in full swing. A live, interactive demonstration...

Aly Douangphachanh invests free time at the schools arcade room.

The culture behind the arcade

Jimmy Edwards-Turner August 30, 2010

At Cerritos College there is a diverse mix of students coming from many different backgrounds and cultures.  It is visibly apparent how heterogeneous the student body is, but there is one niche in...

Mom was wrong about video games rotting your brain

Jimmy Edwards-Turner August 24, 2010

It is without a doubt that video games have the ability to affect our minds.  Even if you don't believe it, there are more than a few people that do. With the countless studies conducted on the possible...

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