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•L— f-i/L... f ' 1 A cerritos college CERRITOS COLLEGE, NORWALK, CA NOV. 19,1997 Poncho Sanchez jazz band plays want money Insufficient funds and to hill house Daniel Alberini computer-failure cause Staff Writer The Cerritos College Student checks to be delayed Center reverberated with the latin- By Soledad Puertos jazz sounds of Poncho Sanchez and Production Editor his band on Tuesday. The last five weeks of the semester The free concert, which was sched uled to begin at 11 a.m. but was are at hand and assistance came up delayed 30 minutes, was packed. short when more than half the stu Students, faculty and community dents did not receive the second residents filled the six rows of seats installment of their checks from the that were directly in front of the financial aid office. stage, leaving the late-comers scram The money being distributed to bling for seats at the tables or stand Financial Aid by the Department of ing along the sides and in the back. Education was hot enough to fulfill After short introductions by the large amount of need for the stu music instructors Christine Lopez dents. and Don Erjuvec, Sanchez and his eight-piece band took the stage to In addition to the insufficient funds, rousing applause. the computers in the financial aid The band, which included brass, office went down due to the new com percussions, an up-right bass and puter systems that are being installed electric piano, provided a perfect throughout campus. accompaniment to Sanchez, as he "There are always problems any time dominated the center of the stage, there are system conversions," said pounding out powerful Afro- Kimberely Westby, financial aid spe Cuban rhythms on his trademark cialist. Cerritos congas! Between numbers Sanchez, a When the computers go down the Cerritos College alumnus, told the Department of Education will not Heats Santa crowd that he enjoyed returning to accept any paperwork for manual Cerritos and urged students to enroll funding. in music classes, This includes regular application •The highlight of the afternoon paperwork or petitioning for more Falcons to came when Sanchez and his group funds, making the computers the were joined by Gary Pack, director of main connection for student assis compete in bqnds, Majjc Franke, Cerritos College tance. 'v professor, and Erjavec, for a few : Another problem that loomed over' standards. " Irvine Valley The performance attracted many financial aid was the lack of emer longtime Sanchez fans. gency funds. Tounament "I love latin-jazz," said Julio Gil, Cerritos College has no special who travelled all the way from account to use if problems due to Photo by Fora Hernandez Fullerton College to see Sanchez. 1 on Thursday insufficient funds occur. Mario Baca grabs a rebound as Santa Ana players look on "I've seen him six times." Other schools are given the option (See Sports, Page 11 during Saturday's game at the Aviary. The Falcons won, 84-60. of using district funds when they Please see CONCERT, PAGE 2 come up short, then replace the used funds when the federal government sends more money. ' "Other schools use district funds, bur erritos Dancers see artment change school refuses to do that," said Westby. With no emergency funds available the students have to wait for any type Should dance be part of of assistance. Theater Arts, Physical The financial aid office received some of the best computers, which Education or stand alone? included top of the line IBMs By T.R. Taber As a network office relying on their Copy Editor computers, problems like system fail Two departments at Cerritos are at war over ures become a reoccuring problem, whether dance^ will remain a part of the Physical Education Department or move to making the computers useless for the Theater Aits Department, a battle that has requesting more funds. carried on for years. There are specific steps recommend Currently, most students taking dance class ed when applying for financial aid to es are receiving a P.E. credit and students who help increase the likelihood of receiv are not majoring in dance do not have a prob ing checks on time. lem with this setup. It's the students who are Applying as early as possible by planning to major in dance who run into returning new applications and renew problems. al applications before the May priority Students who want to transfer to a four-year deadline may place your need at the university may find that'many of their dance credits are not transferable toward their top of the list. major. Making sure paperwork is completed "Cerritos. College does not currently offer a i • ' Photo by Emily Madewell and any changes, such as name, major in dance," Said Dean of Physical New and veteran dance students learn new movements while preparing for dance final. address or phone number, are up-to- Education, Parn Walker. date and notification is given to the There are, however, about 16 units worth of "I think (this issue} would make for a great Health, Physical Education, Recreation and financial aid office as soon as possible. dance classes a student can take that are under philosophical conversation/' Walker said. "But Dance, dance is an activity class and belongs Financial aid received more funding the fine arts banner. Those classes can be everyone needs to sit down together and dis with the P.E. department. on Nov. 3 and is presently working on transfered to most four-year universities and cuss it." That is where it will remain until Cerritos files turned in by November. applied to a major in dance. Some students are concerned that moving College either adds a major in dance to the "Our hope is to finish the disburse Currently, the issue of whether or not to dance will cause problems with enrollment curriculum or adapts it's current curriculum to move dance is being brought up in Student because students will no longer be able to take those students wanting to major in dance and ment of checks by the end of the Senate. It has not officially been brought to dance to fulfill a P.E. credit. transfer to a four-year university. semester." said Westby. the P.E. department according to Walker. According to the American Alliance of Jazi Painter Art Sale Internet Poncho Sanchez returns to Cerritos student Becca Abad's Art gallery puts student and Cerritos internet service anti Cerritos for a one-day work on exhibit through faculty work on sale to the Workshops available for ali concert PAGE 2 December. PACE 4 public. PACE 5 students. FACE 8 r1 NEWS TALON MARKS NOVEMBER \9{ 1997 News Briefs Scholarship available Soroptimist International of Artesia- Cerritos is sponsoring the Women's Opportunity Awards Program with a $1,000 award. Candidates should be heads-of-house- hold and be completing undergraduate col lege programs or entering/completing voca tional or technical programs. The winner of the local award will com pete in District/Federation competitions for a $10,000 award. Students win awards Cerritos College students Yolanda Romanello, Lawanda Bailey and Sandra Dorsey are recipients of nealy $2,100 in scholarships from the Women's Club of Artesia-Cerritos. They were formally awarded with the Marguerite Phares Scholarship at a recent college foundation board meeting. The Marguerite Phares Scholarship rewards arid encourages women who decide to begin or return to college after a. period of a few years. • "These students were chosen based on • if' their volunteer service to the community," noted Club representative Wendy Strong, "but we realize this is an area of great need." New dean on campus * Cerritos College is welcoming Carol la^t u —L , , Photo by Lindorfe Gallegos Patrick into the counseling staff. She will be filling the position of Dean of Counseling. Poncho Sanchez," former student of Cerritos College, performed latin jazz to full house yesterday in the student center Her background in education includes two master's degrees from San Diego State Students enjoy concert in Counseling Science and Postsecondary Education and Leadership. Continued from Page 1 "I'm used to seeing college professor and him from a distance. coordinator of the Canned Food Drive Others also found the The intimacy of this Sanchez program, Tree Lighting concert stimulating."' performance is quite a The Student Activities staff and the ASCC are holding "It's very exciting to treat for Cerritos "This concert is the Pathways Volunteer Hospice and Cerritos their annual food drive for the less fortunate and needy. see such a talented, College.".. prelude to the showcas College presents "Light Up a Life"r, They are looking for non-perishable food items only. • artistic muscician up ; The' annual ceremony Will-take; placje Cerritos students can ing of a^ number of Please deliver any contributions to Student Activities " 'ctosjs," said. Raquel look forward to more Dec. 4 from 11a.m. to noon at the Learning Cerritos,College talents," (next to the Bookstore), before Dec, 15. , . ' J J J !l 1 .-Valencia, a-liberal arts performances according 'Re:s6ur^Cenle¥.': '. -V;' '-! " " major. to Dr. Wendell Hanks, both past and present." In addition to watching the lights go on, the guests will be treated to a special perfor mance by the Child Development Center ASCC to vote for party whin youngsters, vocals by. the Cerritos College STUPENT ACTIVITIES CALENDAR Student senate will vote Wednesday on whether to gospel Choir and holiday refreshments. make Sen. Patricia Ponce its new party whip. Ponce would fill the position resigned by Sean Mejia in October. The job of party whip entails acting as a liasion Order from Culinary Arts 21 Deadline for student leadership between the different branches of student government.