Teachers Offered 5% Employees Fear That If the Bud- U Get Propbsal Holds, Calworks Will ,.' "This Is a 1% Improvement Over Harmon

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Ca I Works ing big cuts TARA CARTER . '<• EDITOR IN CHEIF . .' Gov. Gray Davis' 2002-03 pre liminary budget proposal has. left some Cerritos College employees feeling uncertain about their fu tures, V In an attempt to deal with a $12.5 million deficit Davis pro posed cutting $58 million from the budget of the California communi ty college CalWorks programs last month, leaving only $7 million for the curriculum statewide. ..•. | f CalWorks is; a program "on California ' community college campuses that assists students who receive welfare obtain work skills and employment. , Employees help students ar range free child care, enroll in col leges, and become self-reliant indi viduals. ;•' .'• *"6ur program gives students an opportunity to make ^ difference. by education," said Marina Rod* riguez, m account technician in the

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helP" :. .' * iii Teachers offered 5% Employees fear that if the bud- u get propbsal holds, CalWorks will ,.' "This is a 1% improvement over Harmon. be terminated and they will find . Offer comes after the previous offer and comes exactly In an informal talk with the pres themselves unemployed. • ' • • a week after the faculty boycott of ident in December, Fabish claims to. "The proposed budget only many boycott the General Faculty and Staff have made a deal with Dr. Harmon. leaves a tiny bit of money for the • Meeting," said Salary Committee Fabish agreed not to make a program, said Renee B!ochf a pro campus meeting Chair David Fabish, salary presentation to the board of gram assistant for the CalWorks' Disgruntled faculty members, trustees at a Jan.I6 meeting and in program. That would, not be TARA CARTER upset with their salary conditions, return Harmon agreed to present the enough to support the classified EDITOR IN CHIEF boycotted a staff meeting held in the salary committee with an offer. \ . Staff." • .. ' ; • , '• ',; • The Cerritos College administra ; theatre in an effort fo pressure "She offered four percent and Although employment is a tion offered the salary committee a Cerritos College President Jane made it clear to me that she would major concern for the CalWorks' 5% raise last Thursday, exactly a Harmort into raising their salary. come through with five." said Fabish ' employees, it is not the only con week after staff and faculty members "We are not asking for very Harmon claims never to have cern on their minds. boycotted a meeting in front of the much," said Fabish, while attending made that such an offer. Giha Alavrez, a job placement Burnight Theatre. the boycott, "All that we seek is a "I have always said that the peo technician in the CalWorks prd-r *-:fH*>I^, .'.Ai The offer includes a 3.87% clear modest salary increase which ple are the most valuable asset to an grain, fears that if CalWorks is ter- "•• COLA, with a supplement from the recognizes the unparallel level of institution." Said the president . minated because of insufficient college's general budget of 1.13%. love and hard work that I see my col-. Given the budget situation we" are funding, recipients will suffer. Faculty, will have the opportunity to leagues exhibiting everyday." doing the best we can." "We are able to connect and - Photos by Terese Leon ratify or reject the proposition in a The boycott followed what the But Jack Swanson an English have personal relationships with Instructors gather in front of staff meeting to boycott it. division meeting scheduled on Feb. salary committee believes was an professor at Cerritos believes the the CalWork's recipients. Teacher-made sign demands respect in front of the boycotted 12. unfulfilled promise made by Contineud on page 2 I think they might drop ou staff meeting held last Tuesday. because we help to minimize son* of the obstacles in their way." *' Cerritos College President Jane Cerritos College donates blood and gift of life Harmon strongly supports th,e CalWorks program and does np.t SYLVIA DU RAN every 56 days. Remember to bring a last year, pregnant women and per- donating blood are those who have donating." . want its employees to act hastily! OPINION EDITOR ' ' ; valid form of identification. The sons not feeling well on the day of had viral hepatitis, chemotherapy Walk-ins are reminded that "The employees of an institu Red, white and blue balloons blood donated will probably stay in the donation. 'Tf you suffer from treatments, or are at high risk of "Cerritos is notorious for walk-ins," tion are the people who help Ipe will lead the way to the Cerritos the LA county area. any chronic illness, check with your contracting HIV/AIDS. - Gale said* "The problem is that they college maintain its quality." College blood drive next Thursday, Temporary deferrals include physician before donating,'' Gale The Americaa Red Cross rec tend to wait longer, as appointments Hannon also added, "In th.e at the Student Center Stage from 9 persons who have been exposed to said. < donate first." first budget the governor proposed a.m.-3 p.m. ommends that "you eat and have ; - Contineud on page 2 Contineud on page 2 ) The American Red Cross will be malaria, have had a tattoo within the Permanently deferred from plenty of fluids before and after on Campus and it "needs as many people to come and donate blood," said Charles Gale, Jr., director of Health Services. Plastics department "We are getting the best that America can offer in blood donating services." • wins DOD contract Last year Cerritos College S donated 110 units of blood. TERESE LEON • . :.; Currently it has 150 sign-ups but is A8£ EDITOR . ' " • • " ' ' ' ' ' hoping to recruit another 150 to 200 The Cerritos College Plastics Department has been chosen from donors. , "We are hoping to obtain colleges all around the nation to receive a multi-year contract from 200 units of blood this year," Gale the Department of Defense to train quality auditors of composites. said. ' , • '.. The two-week class is a combination lecture and lab that teaches To accommodate locals who students how to recognize defects in plastic. . - ' wish to donate blood, the college is Students involved in the program have come from all over the offering' free parking in the C.-10 country to participate. Companies, such as Boeing and Lockheed lot. Cookies, juice and different Martin, have sent their employees to Cerritos College to take* the snacks will also be served. course. - . Looking forward to donating? The actual donation takes only Ron Dedalis, an engineer in the program, said, "What you learn is ten minutes, but there is a health how to recognize and avoid defects." ... prescreening and a 10- minute seat Once trained the students will be inspecting B2 bombers, Fl>j£nd ing after donation, so the process F22 jets, and hummers, • • can take about an hour. "It's impor Pat McCulIoch, one of the support instructors teaching the class, tant to set aside an hour or hour and said that students are working on simulated air craft parts. a half when donating blood," Gale After students complete the class they are qualified to go to prime said. and sub contractors to inspect and validate plastics. ; Donors must be at least 17 years • •••?•(•'-' . v . • . Photos by Daniel Aguilar old, weigh at least 110 pounds and Terry Price, professor in the plastics department, said that thlpro- be in good health. Instructor Terrry Price (middle) creates training projects using composite materials similar to those gram benefits tax payersr Trie inspectors make sure that anything tax Blood expires in 20-30 days and fognd in military equipment such as B-2 bombers, stealth fighters, F-22 Raptors and the new F-35. payers buy from the government is correct and defect-free. individuals are able to donate blood A NEWS Page 2 TALON MARKS Feb. 13, 2002 Blood Teachers get 5% Contineud on page 2 the meeting I would have preferred drive budget can accommodate a raise that they would all have stood fast and feels that is time for the faculty with me because I'm here, for toienjoy some of the wealth they them," said the Salary Committe Thursday helped the college, to generate. chair. , "Over the cours'e of the last nine Attendees of the staff meeting .'• Continued from page 1 ' •years Cerritos College has enjoyed were pleased with the way faculty The staff covers approximately a substantial increase in the number members chose to show their 15 people every 15 minutes. The of students and in the income that unhappiness. American Red Cross will send ; this institution generates, and our Steve Helfgot Vice President of enough staff to the blood drive increases over the years amount to Public Affairs was among them. according to the amount of appoint something like 1.8 percent which is "There are lots of things that ments that the college reports. less than the cost of living. people can do to show their unhap Appointments will donate first, and So in effect we have taken piness. This was kind of a mild walk-ins will have to wait until the salary deductions while the institu responsible way of doing it. No staff covers all appointments. tions has enjoyed financial increas work went undone and no classes i Don't think the Red Cross es." ; went untaught so I think this was a needs your help? "There are hun Safary conditions sparked the moderate way to protest." dreds of surgeries and a big boycott but it was not the only rea Faculty members are not threat requirement for blood. Every holi son faculty members attended. , ening to leave Cerritos if their day, or every time it rains, acci Susan Ashe an English profes salary demands are not met, .but dents increase along with the , sor at Cerritos College who attend they plan to continue to make their demand for blood,'' according to ed the boycott and commented, ' It voices heard. Gale. . is not just the amount of money that "If the salary agreement is rati ; "This is a good opportunity to we are getting but the whole fied, the Board is set to approve the give back to our community. You process of dealing with us. We settlement at its next meeting," ' can save somebody's life. It's not believe the administration especial Fabish said. i really that big of an inconvenience Photos by Laura Aguilar- ly the president needs to honor the The settlement affects full-time when you1 think about it. You are One of the many bikes on campus tied to a pole instead of a bike rack. commitments they have made to us. faculty only. Part-time employees offering the gift of life." We think that we deserve to be are likely to receive a salary ;. "7 Later that day, there will be a dealt'with and negotiated with in an enhancement this year, but through ! prevention unit in the Falcon honorable way and we feel like it a separate funding source. I Square promoting Natural Heart, Pedal chained to metal hasn't been done." j month. The American Heart " I hope that a modest action While all faculty members will ' Association, along with a list of TERESELEON The campus police will start enough bike racks and the one in like this is enough to make the benefit from a salary increases not ! local health agencies,, will be. on A&E EDITOR • •• •- citing bike-riders who tie their front of The Burnight Theater is administration see that our excel everyone attended the boycott. I hand offering free glucose and Students tying bikes to trees bikes to poles and trees instead of always full." lence need to recognized," he said. "Although 1 am delighted to see blood pressure screenings. "We and poles instead of bike racks bike racks. Bikes may even be There are a few other bike SYLVIA DURAN CONTRIBUTED how few faculty members attended invite all students to stop by," Gale has become a problem over the impounded, racks on campus but their loca TO THIS STORY. ' said. • last couple of weeks. ' . Julio Oregel, an Art major, tions are inconvenient so they Police Chief Richard Buko- sometimes ties his bike to poles, are mostly empty. • Gale hopes to establish a blood wiecki said that recently so many trees or "anything secure" Gardener Bill Griffin sees no CalWorks : drive twice a year; the beginning of bikes have been tied to poles and because there isn't enough room harm in tying bikes to trees. He every Fall and Spring semester. Contineud oh page 2 and they are hopeful that the pro trees that pedestrians are starting- on the bike racks. No one has said that the bikes don't harm the the'reduced funds but this is only "It's a minor inconvenic+ice to help gram will be able to continue. to complain. "The bikes- ate aa trees in anyway, in fact the only and to care for our community." ever fold him to un-lie his bike ' the beginning of a very long hazard to pedestrians." Buk- from frees or poles. thing wrong with tying a bike to a "It is nice to hear the our school For further information please process," Harmon said. owiecki said. tree is that it might get scratched. president is acknowledging our call (562) 860.-2451 ext.2321. Oregel said, "There's not Employees are pleased that the president is supportive of CalWorks worries," Rodriguez said. online this week Our print edition is just the beginning.

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EDITORIAL The Talon Marks is a First Amendment publication Worth the Sweat? Editorials express the views or the Editorial Board. Other opinions express the view of the author and are not to be Considered opinions of the : Workers wage: 20 cents an hour. publications staff, the Edilorial Board, the advis Product: 60 dollars a piece.. ' '-' ers, the Cerritos College Company value: billions of dollars.' Associated Students,(lhe Workers sweat: priceless, no value at all. college administration or What are sweatshops? the Board of Trustees.

Shops where the sweat of the workers is val Production and printing of ued less than mud. .• the TALON MARKS is Sweatshops are factories that are u'sedf by cor partially funded by the porate companies to make their products at very Associated Students of Cerritos College, ' low costs'. • This way the company can sell their high Facilities and academic quality product, made cheaply, for a substantial supervision are provided? amount of money and make an incredible profit.' by the Department of Journalism. This maximizes profits for the company but at

a bitter, immoral price. Newsroom offices are . Young children and uneducated adults work located in the . .over 60 back breaking hours a week for less, than, Arts & Crafts Building, pennies an hour \ V , • - Room AC42. Cerritos College is located at Workers are forced to labor away in unsani HIIOAIondra Blvd., • tary and dangerous conditions. •'. Norwalk, CA 90650. . Romance is in the air. . (562) 860-2451, ext. 2617. Some people support sweat shops and believe that shop workers should be thankful to have a FAX (562) 467-5044. ' about your devotion. How each and every And all it takes is a flower or a choco paying job. waking moment you pray to run into late or a hug or a smile and a delightful g ; *t3fc Sty JIMMY Volume 47, No. 15 , When infact they can't even afford the basic (•:• •••• :\ i j them. Meet them, get lost in the abyss of thought. MISTRY 2002© heeds of life, even in, the poor communities \ • " I their cosmic eyes. . " If all other reasons fail to please you, Staff Writer 2002Talon Marks they struggle in. ; • Isn't it funny how, everything turns the best reason to like Valentine's Day is It is believed that these types of shops only 1 ^ good when you meet the other. so you can sing songs aloud artd act occur in third world countries. ... Editor in Chief Having Valentine's Day is like having How cherry flavored food stops tast happy and everyone would just assume This is a myth, they exist even in America, the- Tara Carter a birthday dedicated to love. ing like medicine, how chocolate makes yo j just received a special gift from the country based on freedom, equality, and right- , It js something everyone has, wants, you happy instead of fat, how flower special someone. That special someone eousness, Opinion Editor and needs. It only makes sense to devote pollen makes you smile instead of sneeze. that you've not only been day dreaming It might be hard to avoid buying products that Sylvia Duran a day to love. In fact it doesn't make about and unconsciously taking in oxy are not made in sweatshops, partly because the Every step you take feels like you're sense because everyday should be a day walking on clouds. • gen for. average consumer may not know where their Features Editor products originated from. of Love. Everyone gets to have chocolate, Besides, Valentine's Day doesn't have You can even skip all the way across Alicia Warner ; But it is not as hard as some people think it is flowers, and of course the over the top to be about only the significant other. It the campus or your office and the feeling to take action. attention of your significant other. can be about making people happy. You is always shared. Well, maybe some peo A & E Editor Even something as simple as an e-mail can If you are still in a search for your sig can give out your admiration to everyone. ple might get annoyed, but that's just and Online Editor cause the actions of corporations to improve and. nificant oilier, Valenthe's Day gives you It might not mean much to you, even because they didn't get any special gifts. use policies that benefit both sides. Terese Leon all the opportunities, excuses and reasons though it should, but it would make the Just snicker in your naughty mind and If just one person pitches in a hand, changes you would need to confess to your crush _ other person's day! share your glowing chocolate with them! can be made: Associate Editor Amongst things like boycotting products of Marisol Rojas companies that employ"sweatshop workers and

protesting, individuals. should, ipqwr^bftafc lly? > ,-«,•• Stiff4™r?**™> products they purchase. What a hokey holiday! Daniel Aguilar Laura Aguilar he freedom for information must be love them everyday?" And candy rots your teeth and makes Jimmy Mistry acknowledged and ignorance must be TERESE So I did a little research to find out you fat, especially those one-pound boxes demolished towards the treatment of our Erika Palma T LEON, exactly who this St. Valentine guy is and from See's. Flowers die and cards are John Reid fellow workers across the globe. why he has a whole day of love devoted overly sentimental, not to mention that A&Es EDITOR , With united efforts we can pressure and make to him. 1 they're not even written by the person companies use labels that state how and where Faculty Adviser I found out that no one knows who he that bought them for you. their products were made., Rich Cameron American holidays are WEIRD-. is. Not even the history channel's website If you're single on this day, you've Toys, clothing, farm produces, everything can Instructional Aide On the fourth of July we celebrate our can tell you. - really got a bad deal. Having to watch all be made clean of human greed. independence with colorful explosives Nancy Ballard To treat our brothers and sisters completely Which leads me to believe that the happy lovebirds kissing everywhere and baibeqiied meat. unfairly is simply wrong if not consciously bad. Valentine's Day was created by you go, having to listen to all your On Halloween we dress up little kids . If students would like to help make a better Hallmark. They had a lull between friends' romantic plans, if you don't feel Letters to the Editor . community, gain more knowledge by e-mailing, as dead people and send them around to Christmas and Easter card sales so they like a loser at the beginning of the day, calling, and writing the companies that are Our neighbors begging lor candy.. called up Hershey's and together created you will by the end, just wait. . are subject to edit known to employee sweat shops workers. On Valentine's Day, we celebrate our a new holiday. So just make the best out of a bad sit ing due to content . A little,devotion of time may help better the love-. It sounds like the most normal holi Pretty soon 1-800-flowers got in on uation, whether you're single or not. whole world. day of all; because nothing is more natur the act and now once a' year guys are Boycott the whole holiday and everything and spacing. Letters Where is the money is going? al and normal than love. -\ forced to spend way too much money to related to it. Wear black, listen to Bikini To add to the billion dollar swimming pool of must be submitted In fact, love is so natural and normal improve their love to their girlfriends. Kill, visit heartless-bitches.com, don't green while others suffer starvation. that having one day a year set aside to cel order a, raspberry white mocha from TO find out more about working coihditons in. And their girlfriends are probably fak the Thursday before ; these shops read books ebrate it makes me kind of suspicious. ing that they like the gifts anyway, Starbucks, don't hold anyone's hand,, No one is too old or too young to help. Why are we celebrating'our love for one because face it, if you let a guy buy jew look for ripped up valentines and publication at Talon Imagine yourself in shoes of the mistreated. another on only one' day? Shouldn't we elry without help from you, itfs going to smashed flowers in the gutter. Do it all Marks, AC 42. show our girlfriends/boyfriends that we be tacky. , because Valentine's Day sucks. .

Campus Comment: What is the most interesting gift you've given or received for Valentine*/ Day?

COMPILED BY I got reservations I was rolling at a lathe 12th grade ERIKA PALMA, DANIEL AGUILAR Outside the busi at Sequoia's in rave and this guy I bought my girl ness Education Georgetown. I had looked so fine to me 12 long stem red . building the first just come from a so we went out the roses, and a 5 foot tree on the left, I theatrical produc day before valen Teddy Bear to ONLINE POLL hired a professional tion of "Miss tines and when I school for her. how will you cele- singer to sing a song Saigon' we had bal was sober he looked for her. However she cony seats at the brtate valentines so ugly I dised him left for Berkeley and restaurantTenna on Valentines at the day. ended our romance, ,great view of the last minute. James Santos river Sherrie. Ray Morrow English Myung Choi • est candy Seng Sarong Electronics • spend it with

your boyfriend/ ; . Last year I was Last year my three I rnade a valen I took my girl bumming out best friends got girlfriend tines card out of my friend shopping because I didn't together and got me shirt, I decorated it • she tried on a • wear- black have a valentine ballons,candy and with red hearts and dress for prom, she and I was missing flowers. I was going leopard prints, It said she couldin't •protest ' my ex. My good thru tough times was really creative afford it. The next friend bought me a and they cheered • check email and cute. day I bought it for rose and took me me up !l her and kept the • Singles Bar out to lunch to make me feel better. dress in my room for almost three Register answer online at Terina Armentu Faviola Ochoa Germaine Renner month. www.talonmarks.com , Psychology Business Act. Results ara immediately available. Business Mick Cunvons. Page 4 TALON MARKS Feb. 13,2002 ade for Mtv: Pretty faces for hire JIMMV MISTRY a one-track mind. reflect who I am, and many of my real life one s heart fill with emotional wisdom or how your cell phone slipped from your STAFF WRITER, . All the songs are basically about get experiences. - , • weep by sharing the pain. hand or how you saw a guy driving in his Jf you want lo buy one CD this year, ting it on. ' ; Wow, she must have had some very How music pulls and pushes you in Benz today, just one, don t make, it Soul Sista by • You might wonder what songs aren t important life learning, experience different directions, gets you hyper or Please share the profits with me when about that these days, well keep wonder while the guy was putting his hand on her R&B/Soul artist Ketara Keke Wyatt. calms you down. you become rich. Unless you are into people trying to ing. With lyrics like Put your hands on thighs. Instead it s a static repetition of every That s just for the lyrics and the instru make music just for money. my thighs while I in staring in your' And who can t relate to credit cards, ments, as for Wyatt, the 20-year-old has day life problems and the kitchen earth yVyatt adds tunes to the words. brown eyes. . . I don t care what the oth shopping, and dissing the opposite sex? potential. quake music. Words'that she didn t write. ers say there is nothing I wOuldn t do for This CD sounds like something yoU d Haying been in a gospel at the age of Most of the songs on the CD Soul you... us in the rain,. .1 love it when you hear at a classy restaurant at a very low •. My man playing ball in the prison 2 and singing for the choir while in high Sista are written by the producer of tfie scream my name, going 60 in the third volume because the restaurant people court calls me up on my cell phone but school is seriously impressive. CD Steve Huff. / v larte, we pull over in the parking lot and want you to pay attention to your own I m too busy shopping for myself got bills At 14 she met the guy who saw a pret we. park in my favorite spot doing just conversation. 1 The ones that aren t are covers. Lijce to pay. Yes, tell us more about this inter ty face and decided to put it to good about anything. \ Your instincts would automatically If Only You Know originally done by esting phenomenon that is life, Steve. money making use. The superficiality does not end. ignore what sounds, like chefs getting in a At 15 she joined the early version of Patti LaBelle". Steve Stone Huff also de We all just want' to hear about the The songs completely lack a theme. fight in the kitchen, but is actually the serves credit for the crackling instrumen- ; Destiny s Child. miniscule of troubles daily life brings. 1 : music from the speakers. tals. • ' " ; . ; ; Wyatt ." was quoted on Music And if you listen to the CD you ll Hmm, if anyone wants to get a recOrd He is one testosterone, filled mamma Remedies.com, Each song I chose to do The songs do not have that flare of ups know she looks and sings the part till label deal with MCA, please write down jamma man, like a young teen male with I totally related to. All sOngs written and downs, or that symphony that makes now. Moth man reveals intimate look at bizarre happenings SYLVIA DURAN " 1 ' . place a couple of years earlier. OPINION EDITOR " - '' ', , The Mothman Prophecies is ideal for those who The Mothman Prophecies, based on true events, believe in the supernatural and are enticed by the explains the supernatural events that took place in Point unknown. I do not recommend this movie to skeptics Pleasant, Virginia. The movie, directed by Mark nor people with short attention spans as the movie tends Pellington, gives the audience a detailed intimate look to lag at moments. at the bizarre events involving the legendary Mothman. Mark Pellington could have made the movie a little Richard Gere and Laura Liriney deliver perfor move interesting. He had the right plans and facts, but mances that will keep the audience at the edge of their instead of running with the idea, he lagged and conse seat, ready to dash out of the theatre, that is. Though the quently produced an ordinary film that made little or no Mothman doesn t make any physical appearances, he impression on the audience. ' . . does make a couple of revealing phone calls that will I was very dissapointed with the movie. I was hop leave the audience questioning the authenticity of the ing to see the Mothman, But the darn thing never did so-called true events. . . make an appearance. So now, like the rest of the audi Washington Post reporter, John Kline (Gere), goes ence, 1 am still curious to see the Mothman. for a short drive and ends up in Point Pleasant, Virginia, Instead, 1 sat there wishing it would end soon and hundreds of miles away from home. The small town is wondering what s for dinne. plagued by bizarre, occurances and haunted by a Moth Whether the events really did take place or if they like creature. The extraordinary episodes are linked to Sgt. Connie Parker (Laura Linney> is called to the home of Dehise (Lucinda Jenny) and Gordon are just a fragment of a population's overactive imagi impending disasters. Kline hopes to link the supernat Smallwood (Will Patton) to question a mysterious stranger in "The Mothman Prophecies." nation., ural events to the mysterious death of his wife, that took

?7W iiii , IIP Kenyatta entertains students HI ^^^^^^^^^^^^ rl,r_-lr,r...„,r,1„n JKKKKM in his one-man play Thursday •III TARA CARTER, ; A speaker of 20 languages and a traveler of the 1111111 • II IS : t'world-, Robeson used his popularity to speak Out againt EDITOR IN CHIEF ' \ ,Y 111 I , racism, theVitenamn war the liberation of Africa. II Who was Paul Robeson? . iliiiiii Itllfitll Although Kenyatta's potryal depicted the story of s •111 Cerritos College students asked themselves that" •iBililHI llllllp™ WBSsBi •RAH one man, the struggle of a people was felt through out Ik •Mil very question as they entered the Burnight Theatre last •III •lil the play. Tuesday. •' ..' '.; • -,.' Despite Robeson's accomplishments, he was sur They emerged knowing the life story of one man •p rounded by racisirrt and the struggle of an entire race of people. - Theatres that allowed him to perform to sell out , In a celebration of Black history month Stpgie Amir , crowds one night wouldn't even let him through the HI Kenyatta, a classically trained actor, brought the life III litlllilll frOnt door the next, and although he was a higly paid mm story of African American trial blazer to Robesbn to III1111H™1 lawyer his white secretary refused to take dictation lllllt IT life as he stared in the one man play entitled "The Life from him. §11 and Times of Paul RobesonA ' ill Ill Irene Rojas, a Cerritos Collegestudent who attend ill Kenyatta skillfully interlaced comedy, poetry, and ed the P.lay was amazed at the accomplishments music with an intriguing way of story telling to tell the Robeson made despite the racist mind set of Robeson's story of one of the first black historical figures in the

1 time. United States. , ' ' ' ;'' JS1 "Black people were so discrimantcd against back j Robeson born to slaves overcame racism, discrim ill then. It's was interesting to see Robeson accomplished ••HP ination and personal tragedy to become an acclaimed till! ilililli ||, so much." •I Scholar, athlete, actor, and "citizen of the world." J11 ••••1 • I mmm Kenyatta wanted to inspire the audience with his 111 ! Following his fathers advice to take a stand and mmlm i performance. ,; persevere, Robeson became the first black lawyer hired "I want people to leam from this play. 1 want them, BiiBBHHIBil tb a national law firm, the third black student admitted : to follow Robeson's example and know that there is Si^»B^»MiliMi B to Rutgers Univesity and the first black man to portray Photo by Alicia Warner absolutely nothing that they can't accomplish." Shakesphere's Othello in a broadway play. Actor Stogie Amir Kenyatta enchanted an audience with his portrayal as Paul Robeson.

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Since winning their first South Coast Conference ! ASSOCIATE EDITOR ' , . championship back in 1970-71, the Cerritos College : The brand new Cerritos College women's track men's,basketball team has gone more than two.years team is looking forward to an exciting season "with its between winning titles only once (1975-79). experienced athletes. • >, ' . i It has been two years since the Falcons have won a Eighty-five percent of the Women's track team is conference title, but made great strides in winning their composed of freshmen athletes. Coach Michael Allen 17th SCC title after defeating Long Beach City (67-61) is excited in "assessing their future potential." This and Los Angeles Harbor (78-54) last week. fresh team may be new here to Cerritos, but most are With the wins, the Falcons are now in sole posses definitely not new to the sport. ,•' , sion of first place with just four regular season games, remaining. _ •' . Yunique Pettigrew and Dawn Riles.both come from This week, Cerritos (21-6, 5-1) will lace two tough May fair High School. Both were on the track team at, opponents on the road. On Wednesday, the Falcons will their school participating in multiple events such as travel to Compton to face the Tartars, while they are hurdles and distant running. 1 slated to face El Camino on Friday, with both games April Brown and Cora Diggins went All State at scheduled fbr-7:30 p.m. ^ Bellflower High School. Adding on to the team are returning players such as Erica Thompson and Tanisha Cole. Both hold school records in sprint. , , < WOMEN'S BASKETBALL While recruiting for new athletes Allen insists on getting parents involved in their child's academic1 future. He informs parents from the beginning tha| Cerritos breezes track at Cerritos isn't always fun and games, it is also about taking care of business. "(We) want to promote a, past competition healthy academic environment. It's a total program." ." Winning isn't the top priority for this team. Allen; The Cerritos College women's basketball team had h3S little tolerance for athletes who don't take their aca little trouble holding on to first place in the South Coast demics as seriously as they take the game. "If,they real Conference South, Division last week, as, it defeated ly, really want to win they have to get things done in the

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