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Cerritos College • Norwalk, Calif.

Talon Marks

Cerritos College • Norwalk, Calif.

Talon Marks

Cerritos College • Norwalk, Calif.

Talon Marks

An irrelevant dinosaur gate keeps a rich past Photo credit: Lucas Peterson

Googie architecture; pasts better left behind

Lukas Luna-Arellano, Managing Editor
May 2, 2023
Can Downey make its unique past serve its future or will it let the iconic Googie style fade into a footnote
Black History is more than just a month and Black lives have always mattered

Black History is more than just a month and Black lives have always mattered

Emily Melgar
February 23, 2021
Black Lives Still Matter - yesterday, today, tomorrow and always.
Martin Luther King and Malcolm X waiting for press conference. People celebrate King while denigrating X but both held radical visions for a different America.

Black (Radical) History: revive the deeper, hidden legacy of Black activism

Sean Davis and Rafael Magana
February 11, 2021
Black history isn't a simple story of pacifistic individuals gently asking for change. Even the most famous of Civil Rights figures were more radical than we are taught to believe.
On Sept. 17, 2020, President Donald Trump signs the "1776 Commission."The commission would reshape how young people are taught how racism has shaped America throughout its history. Photo credit: flickr

Trump tries to warp history to his own benefit

Vincent Medina and Jacqueline Cochran
September 25, 2020
Donald Trump is attempting to reshape how young people are educated about the history of racial injustice in the United States and not for the better.
The men's and women's tennis teams hold up their respective championship banners. The men's team won their first ever Dual State Championship, while the women's team won their second title in the last three seasons.

Falcons’ men’s and women’s tennis teams make history winning state championships

Jah-Tosh Baruti
May 2, 2018

Cerritos College’s men’s and women’s tennis teams made tournament history on April 25, for the first time in the history of the California Community College Athletic Association, a single...

Shmackem: Westbrook’s gonna Westbrook

Jah-Tosh Baruti
April 11, 2018
Now Westbrook does what he wants
Center fielder Joanna Perruccio singled to left field against ELAC on Feb. 17 and went on to steal second. She broke the school record for most stolen bases with 49. Photo credit: Monica Gallardo

Perruccio ‘steals’ her way to history

Monica Gallardo, Opinion Editor
February 25, 2015
Sophomore Joanna Perruccio is a film major who describes herself as a Steven Spielberg geek that enjoys tennis.

Thanksgiving is ironic, a replacement should be considered

Luis Guzman, Managing Multimedia Editor
November 18, 2014
I don't want to be a grouch or anything like that, but I hate Thanksgiving and here is why. Thanksgiving is a holiday that has so much influence here in the United States, the same impact Christmas has on us.
Students are listening to how Mexico fought for its independence. Photo credit: Alexander Naveja

Spanish Independence presentation expands student’s mindsets

Alexander Naveja
September 18, 2014
The students that attended the presentation were informed about how Mexico got its independence.

The importance of black history month

Larissa Morales, Staff Writer
February 28, 2014

The month is almost to an end and yet, there hasn't been much talk about Black History Month like there has been in the past years. Black History Month is observed not only in the United States, but...

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