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CERRITOS COLLEGE First issue free, additional copies $1 WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 11, 2013 WWW.TALONMARKS.COM VOLUME 58, NO. 02 Love has no color Alexandra Gomez relatives marrying someone of any other race or ethnicity.” His friend, Martin Chavez, saw inter- Staff Writer Students still find their families’ disapproval to be a problem be- racial relationships as fun and different and [email protected] cause in order to date or marry their partner, they would like their noted the positives of dating a Filipino-Korean parents’ approval. girl. When Cerritos College student Bri- Business management major Gary Frye experienced a similar “You’d have to make sure you have your shoes off anna Sittrop first started dating her boy- conflict with his girlfriend’s parents when he dated a half white, half before you went in the house,” he said. “The food would friend at the time, she did not realize that his Filipino girl. be prepared, and they’d always give the guests food first. Japanese background would create conflict be- “I wasn’t able to meet her dad because of the fact that I’m black,” They’d give us so much food!” tween her and her Caucasian family. Frye said. “My mom liked that girl, but she disagreed with the fact Chavez mentioned that different cultures could be difficult, “Because of my history, my family members were that I couldn’t meet her dad.” but noted that there was a difference between dating out of one’s persecuted by Japanese people. It was very difficult to While dating different races can have its difficulties, marriage race. get my parents to be OK with me being with someone can be an even bigger hurdle. Despite the opposition from their families, both Sittrop and who is Japanese,” Sittrop said. Marrying a person of a different race was illegal until 1967 when Frye also saw interracial relationships as a positive experience Though Cerritos College is a diverse campus where stu- Mildred Loving, a black woman, and Richard Loving, a white man, and were glad that most people were accepting of their rela- dents are open to mixed races, interracial dating was banned brought their case to the Supreme Court. tionships. on college campuses until three decades ago according to The Lovings were arrested for marrying each other in Virginia, Sittrop said, “It’s good that people could go (out) with the “Historical analysis of college campus interracial dat- and they were asked to leave the state for 25 years if they wanted to other races and get to intermingle with them. You get to i n g .” suspend their arrest. experience other kinds of beliefs and cultures.” Until 2000, Bob Jones University had a rule on its Leon M. Bazilehe, the judge in the Loving v. Virginia, based his Frye said, “It was actually cool because we got to books stating that, “There is to be no interracial dat- decision to arrest the couple on his interpretation of the Bible, at a experience how both of our cultures were. ing. Students who become partners in an interracial time when its passages were used to condemn interracial marriage. “She took me to places that I’ve never eaten marriage will be expelled.” “Almighty God created the races white, black, yellow, malay and (at) before, and I took her to places The idea that races should intertwine often red, and he placed them on separate continents. The fact that he she’s never eaten (at) be- conflicts with older generations because they were separated the races shows that he did not intend for the races to fore .” around during a segregated era. mix,” Bazile wrote in his ruling. According to a study conducted by the Pew The Loving’s won in the case of miscegenation. Research Center, “Just half of white respon- Philosophy major Juan Reynoso said interracial relationships dents aged 50 to 64 said they would be are fine, but they shouldn’t be encouraged. fine with one of their “I don’t think you should force people to try (interra- cial dating),” Reynoso said. “I think people have a right to want their grandchildren to look like them.” Photo Illustration by Sebastian Echeverry/TM Embracing 50 years of equality for all mankind Lauren Gandara He fought for his dream of of gay marriage. born with, these are the ones given order to understand different ways Editor-in-Chief equality until his death. The general population labels to us by the people already on this of thinking. [email protected] Unfortunately, even after 50 others based on the color of their earth that haven’t become educated Yes, the steps to tolerance will be years, his dream is still just a dream. skin, the god they pray to, the way and tolerant of the different races long and difficult, but they are steps The issue of this week’s Talon Yes, segregation and racism that they dress and the places they and cultures that they have been ex- Marks is focused on the issue of aren’t what they once were back come from. posed to. in the right direction. race. during the civil rights movement, We automaticaly assume that As a college, we can learn to We want to better our country, This year marks the 50th anni- but there is still racism and stereo- Hispanics are low class workers that become more tolerant and under- not weaken it by labeling people versary of Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I typing everywhere we go. speak nothing but Spanish. standing of other cultures and pref- and being afraid to take the time to Have a Dream” speech. There are issues that have We think blacks are “ghetto.” erences by being more open and learn about the diverse groups that King fought for equality among stemmed beyond just race, such as We assume Muslims are terror- getting to know more about those live in this country. all races as he and many other religion and sexual preference. ists. cultures and preferences. people of color were discriminated In just the last 15 years alone, we We think that whites are either The key to that is education. We People come to this country and against and looked at as beneath have gone through 9/11, the Tray- “hillbillies” or greedy snobs. as students can learn from the class- go to this school for a better oppor- Taken From YoutheDesigner.com white people. von Martin case and the legalization These are not labels that we were es we take and the people in them in tunity. We should learn from them. 2 - NEWS Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2013 • www.talonmarks.com ISA helps inter- Summer highs national student Center for Teaching Excellence focuses start to leave stu- find new home dents feeling low Alexandra Scoville on providing faculty with skills for class Contributor Sebastian Echeverry Staff Writer [email protected] sebastian.echeverry @talonmarks.com Culinary arts major and inter- Cerritos’ campus has recently national student Sid Jayathilake fallen under siege by immense said that coming to the United heat waves ravaging across campus States as a student was a risk. these past couple days leaving stu- Jayathilake is from Sri Lanka, a dents and faculty to resort to some country north of the Indian Ocean, cooling tactics. and has been at Cerritos College for “It can happen to anyone,” As- three semesters. sociate Dean of Student Health, When he was 16, Jayathilake Wellness and Veterans Nancy moved to California with the help Montgomery said. “The symptoms of his father, but has since moved of heat stroke are high body tem- around California on his own. perature, lack of sweating, nausea The first obstacle he faced when (and) vomiting.” living in California was speaking Montgomery emphasized that the English language. Daniel Green ers, the center holds different Fortner explained that stu- ated from Cerritos with a cer- News Editor lack of liquid in the body is a main “The English we speak in Sri workshops and trains faculty dents were brought in from the tificate in cabinet making, was [email protected] concern. Lanka is British English. Over here and staff in new programs that department’s “capstone class” one of the students who helped “The humid heat we’ve been (California) it’s American English, are used in the classroom. to complete the center. in the building of the center. Cerritos College’s faculty getting not only makes us sweat, so it’s completely different.” “I usually train faculty and “(The class is) called Pro- Lemen wasn’t expecting and staff work hard to provide but it goes out and gets vaporized. International Student Associa- staff on any instructional and duction Design Team,” said to be acknowledged during students with the training and Then, it gets even worse and that’s tion president Charles Caguioa said institutional programs. We Fortner. “They come in and the ceremony or be given the resources needed to succeed, when we begin to feel confusion that he has noticed that language is teach how to use the web e-mail, their class is to make these proj- plaque. but what does the faculty do and nausea.” an obstacle for international stu- Talon Net, PowerPoint, Word, ects.” “It was nice,” Lemen said. when they need help? The best fluid to drink is water. dents. Excel (and) anything they need The class project was com- “I was just told to come for the The Center’s for Teaching “Caffeinated drinks leave our body Caguioa said that ISA aims to for the class.” pleted over two semesters with ribbon cutting ceremony.” Excellence officially opened in too soon and we don’t hold enough help international students, like The center was originally each class putting 144 hours The office also has space the Cerritos College Library on water in our body.” Montgomery Jayathilake, get adjusted to Ameri- thought up by Bryan Reece, for- into the room.