Hoedown Days Next W Sweatshop Fashion

Pi" Reflections at the fountain In remeriiberance of the* sixth month MM anniversary of the Sept. 11 attack, the ASCC will be holding a ceremony Mar. CERRITOS COLLEGE VOL. 48, NO. 15 11 at noon. NORWALK, CA MARCH 6, 2002 Hoedown days next w MARISOL REYES - in a couple hours," said Nassarin Bonyadloo, ASCC Chili. ASSOCIATE EDITOR President. "Culinary Arts have won for the past two years," :• It's lime to take those dingy boots out the closet. Also highlighting Tuesday's* events is the Dunk Bonyadloo said. Students also have the opportunity to . The 2002 Hoe Down Days begin next week. Your Favorite' Cop Booth sponsored by the ASCC. taste some of the award winning chili after the compe Hoe Down Days is the yearly spring event spon Students will pay to dunk their favorite campus police tition. sored by" the Associated Students of Cerritos College officer or parking officials. "Ail 'he proceeds go to The event students look forward to the most is the .(ASCC). It is comprised of three days filled with dif scholarship awareness," Bonyadloo said. Mr. Cerritos Contest. ferent activities with a western twist. "Think of it as a " I can't wait to see the guys," Evelyn De La Torre, western .carnival," said Sarah Mayorga, ASCC Vice At 6 p.m. food and entertainment vyill be provided President. , for afternoon students in the Social Science Patio. It Business Major, said. , : Hoe Down Days begins on Tuesday with Western will be the only activity held at night. •>., Cerritos College President Jane Harmon and Booth Day. Beginning at 10 a.m. different clubs will • The hot stuff begins on Wednesday with a chili Bonyadloo will host the event. Hoe Down Days finish erect booths in Falcon Square. "This is a huge fundrais- cookout that begins at 10:30 a.m. es its week of western fun on Thursday. A concert will ing event for all clubs. The spaces usually go out with Here different clubs and staff compete for the best be held in the Student Center at 11 a.m. Sweatshop fashion/ JIMMY MISTRY STAFF WRITER .' . I'he Feminist Majority Leadership Alliance, Mecha, International Students Association, Gay Straight Alliance, Hellfire, and Disabled Students of Cerritos College, held what they call a "Sweatshop Event" in the Student Center on Tuesday. The event mocked popu- ' lar brand names clothing companies that employ sweatshop work- ' crs. • • • V Volunteers, frorn.these clubs walked the catwalk, on a runway • wearing Brand names like Nike,' Tommy Hilfiger, Gucci, Guess, and Disney. • • > Mayra Gonzalez, president of FMLA said, "We are a. social, economic, and political organization which works nationwide and glob ally for the improvement of human equality. It's not just for females (in honor of March, official Women's History Month),, it's for males, elderly, disabled, and children." , .*. This was the second annual sweatshop event and Gonzalez's first time organizing the event here at Cerritos. ' Last year the event was held by FMLA alone, this year other clubs have joined in to support the fight for human rights. "They (big corporations) sell clothes so expensive but they don't pay workers Continued on page 2 * . Daisy Yale models Calvin Klien outfit Anthony Flores showing off Disney shirt Lina Santamatja poses as she walks down the catwalk modeling a Forever 21 shirt made by underpaid workers in sweatshops. Walk for breast cancer awareness Students shut out of • * - ...•• TERESE LEON among women, other than skin cancer. It is' the money for breast cancer research and awareness. A&E EDITOR / , . ; '- second leading cause of cancer death in women, Donations are optional, and will be accepted for college campus housing As a part of Women's History Month, after lung cancer." -'. the Susan G. Komen Foundation," Gleckner said. TARA CARTER , . ; ' , Cerritos College will be holding it's second The American Cancer Society also safd that The Susan G. Komen Foundation is a Texas- : ; EDJTOR-IN-CHIEF • ; ; annual, Breast Caner Awareness Walk. about 203,500 women in the United States will based establishment.-Thft mission statement of Community college students who are planning to attend a The event will be held March 21 in Falcon be diagnosed with breast cancer in 2002. About the charity is "to eradicate breast cancer as a life-, California university and live on campus may find themselves Square. Registration starts at 9:30 a.m. and the 40,000 women will die from the disease. threatening disease by advancing research, edu homeless when they transfer. ! " • walk is from 1T a.m. to nodn. , s However, the Cancer Society ?ays that breast cation, screening and treatment." "The needs of our universities are outpacing their capacity to > According to Dr. Carrie Gleckner, one of the cancer death rates have declined significantly For 18 years, the Susan G. Komen create enough student housing," said Assemblywoman Dion presenters of the walk, the motto is "Celebrate from. 1992 to 1998, with the largest decrease in Foundation has supplied funding for breast can . Aroncr. • ' • '-. and Educate." younger women. It said this decline is probably. cer research and for original projects that consist Students unable to afford campus housing are reporting that "We want to educate individuals about breast the result of earlier detection and improved treat of breast health education and breast cancer they have been forced to sleep in their cars, room with friends, cancer, risk factors and prevention, and celebrate ment. ... ' screening and treatment. survivors," Gleckner said. Because of facts like these, the Breast Cancer make iong commutes and even postpone their education, all Prizes will be awarded to the three people According to the American Cancer Society, Awareness Walk will be doing more than just , because they are not able to obtain campus housing. who donate the most to the Foundation. Continued on page 2 "Breast cancer" is the most common cancer educating and celebrating. '"We also hope to raise Continued on page 2 ' ' ,,- X NEWS Page 2. TALON MARKS Mar. 6,2002 receives TERESE LEON , . College to a four-year school. She a&e editor .' <; ;-, said she applied at UCLA and Cal Nichelle Long, Psychology ma State Long Beach. She plans, to jor, won a $500 scholarship front transfer in the fall. •.'•.'. the chruch she attends, Greater Dr, Kimberley Duff, psycholo Bethany Community Church. gy professor, wrote a letter of rec The church, located in South ommendation for Long. Duff said, Central Los Angeles, has about "Nichelle is a really outstanding 16,000 members according' to student and she deserved it. She Long. Only six scholarships were serves as a role model to others." given out to students. The scholar Long does research on stereo ships were available to undergradu typing with Duff in her lab, In ate students. April, she will be presenting s her < Long plans to use the money to research at a National Scholars help her transfer from Cerritos Honors'conference in Arizona. Breast cancer walk i Continued from page one '1 Speakers will also be present at and faculty. We give aspirit award the Breast Cancer Awareness Walk, to the division or group with the Lauren Scott, the board of direc most participants. Anyone can par tors' president of Team Survivor and Barry Borkin, a board of direc ticipate, able bodies and wheel tors member with the Susan G. chairs alike. It is art easy two-mile Komen Foundation, will both be course around campus." Gleckner present to speak. .;'. said. The Athletics Department^ wel •' G'eckner said people not affili comes everyone to join the two- mile walk. "The walk i$ open' to ated with Cerritos, Col lege, are wel everyone on campus, students, staff come to join the Walk as well. College campus housing Continued from page one i David Hastings, a student at She added, "Often money has * n Perritos College who is planning to accumulated too slowly to meet attend UC Riverside in the fad I, is campus' demandUThe problem has concerned that he won't ha>e a been e.xacerbated by record enroll place to live when he transfer^. • ment and expectations that the Psychology major Nichelle Long (right) helps Dr. Kimberley Duff (left) conduct psycology experiments in DulT's laboratory. "I live in Norwalk with my par trend will continue." . ;' ents right now, if I'm not able to get Josh Fry day, a creator of the student housing at UC Riverside I housing bond, feels the measure is. Club members boycott sweatshops won't be able to go, I won't be able historical because if it passes, the to drive back and forth .from state wilt be looking at housing as a Hilfiger, .were all disovered as companies who a dollar a day to make the clothing. , Norwalk to Riverside everyday." , • - i Continued from page one critical piece of education for the; employee sweatshop workers. "We pay $40 for a shirt 'we are gonna we.., I K$g^ftKj»# the, pro^cjjr.. • ..enough. J,t's very unfair and it goes against first time. JohrivDay', Aerospace,sEngineer major qnd , fey:, foiiir.; months,, wêni;,the porkers get paid 4. \ IjuirTiiî VightV\sa|dD/ "aisy YateJ'wJio modeled fast month' lawmakers annot|p«?ed» spectator'of the Sweatshop.Event, cotnmen}ed<,, cents- .ji^hQuf^to.jniake,.!!^ shirt and it's unjust, y Aroner-s^Td'.iio*' IbrhiaJ oppose. f.Tomm'y Hilfiger pants and jacket. \-* ^n inclusioif of $15 million for stu-*' "Big companies suck. I'm'gonna wri.teî letter to which is why 1 took part in this," said Anthony tion to the measure has surfaced but Caroline Wanatagala, member, of dent housing in a proposed housing the companies telling them to stop the injustice." Flores, who modeled Disney and Etnies clothing.

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