Talon Marks Committee

The ASCC has established a Talon Marks committee because it is not happy with what goes on in the newspaper.

I have been hearing things that are shocking to me because none of it has been said directly to me.

What upsets me most about this is that no one has talked to me about anyone having a problem with the paper.

The purpose of the committee would be if someone had come to me with problems he or she says and I don't listen.

However, that hasn't happened. I have only directly heard positive comments about the paper.

I have heard that lies are being spread about me even.

And I am put into a position that I cannot defend myself or my paper because no one is saying it to me.

Communication goes both ways. I have no problem with the ASCC and I would say something if I did. I hoped for the same courtesy from the ASCC had a problem with the Talon Marks.

Congratulations on your contributions to iFALCON and working toward making the Student Center look nicer.

Updated Master Plan

This campus construction plan came to me last month and it has some great improvements.

The best improvement is that no tennis courts are going away. Tennis tournaments require a minimum number of courts and the old plan was going to bring Cerritos under that minimum.

As it appears, the parking spots are all going to go horizontally rather than diagonally.

Apparently, that adds more spaces. But the advantage to diagonal spaces is to force drivers to drive only one way down an aisle.

I would think having horizontal spaces would require wider aisles to allow people to go both ways.

The Hill stays. Thanks to ASCC President Michael Barrita and other student government members, that hill of grass isn't going anywhere.

The old soccer field stays. That's good for the PE program.

I thought it wasn't essential since the program only had one field to start. The school just had the new field built before tearing the old one down so not to eliminate soccer on campus for the time being.

But the "practice fields" are here to stay.

The corner of Alondra Boulevard and Studebaker Road has been changed as well. The old plan had more of a rounded parking area and now it's more squared off. It looked nicer rounded but there is probably a reason why it was changed.

Health cost decided... yes

It didn't surprise me that it was passed in the ASCC Senate that the health service fee is going up by $2.

Money is tight for everyone. Costs on everything are going up and people are making less money to spend.

But it's just another couple dollars. It's not a big deal and I got that sense from the senate that the whole group felt the same way.

With this rise in cost, maybe more students will take advantage of the service to get their money worth.

I picked up a pamphlet from the office. I'm definitely going to give it a try.