Unlike previous years, the Associated Students of Cerritos College held its Welcome Day and Welcome Night with the In-N-Out truck serving food to students and faculty on campus for only one hour due to budget cuts.
Welcome Night took place on Aug. 21 at 5:30 p.m. and Welcome Day followed on Aug. 23 at 11:00 a.m. in Falcon Square.
The food was only offered to those with a valid fall 2012 sticker on their Cerritos College I.D.
International Student Association Vice President, Ron Cordova, participated in serving 960 students and faculty for ASCC’s Welcome Day.
He said that he felt the event was important for students to attend.
“It just gets everybody out of their shell normally we just go here (Cerritos), and students would just keep to themselves and they would never know what’s going on around them. But to expose people to that (the event) it’s quite fulfilling, it makes your time here in college much more enjoyable.”
A DJ played music during Welcome Day while students and faculty were served their food.
On Thursday, psychology major Ingrid Hernandez was one of 960 students given a burger, chips, and a soda from the In-N-Out truck on campus.
“I think it’s nice to have In-N-Out, especially at the beginning of the semester because a lot of new students are coming in and it’s a good way to get them in school and to meet new people and get to know the college life,” Hernandez said.
She also added what she thought of the DJ during the event.
“I think it gets you hyped up and it’s kind of like a break from starting school and the stress of starting new classes.”
Nursing major Pauline Logan shared a similar reaction to having In-N-Out on campus.
“I think it’s a pretty good thing to do so that everyone could come together and they have free food for everyone,” Logan said.
ASCC President Lance Makinano said that ASCC plans to have In-N-Out here on campus again during the 2013 spring semester.
“Probably just the first week of the semester as usual we are going to explore and see due to budget planning,” Makinano said.
He went on to say that ASCC is not receiving the revenue it did before. It is currently unknown if Cerritos College will have In-N-Out again after the 2013 spring semester.
