Cerritos College newspaper struggling to stay in print.NORWALK Norwalk (nôr`wôk'). 1 City (1990 pop. 94,279), Los Angeles co., S Calif.; settled in the 1850s, inc. 1957. With the arrival (1875) of the Southern Pacific RR, it became a center for the dairy and logging industries, but , Calif. (AP) -- Cerritos College Cerritos College is a public comprehensive community college founded in 1955 located in Norwalk, California. It was named after Rancho Los Cerritos, a ranch that served prominently in the region in the 19th century. newspaper editors are trying to find a way to keep their paper, Talon Marks, in print. Though the 4,000-circulation paper will continue to publish online, administrators say the paper will produce two print editions a year instead of the current 25. Talon Marks editor Scott Watkins says that's a problem because the community relies on the print edition. The community college's administrators have also cut the class that produces the 53-year-old paper in anticipation of a tight budget. Fine Arts dean Connie Mayfield says only 12 students enrolled in the newspaper production class last semester se·mes·ter n. One of two divisions of 15 to 18 weeks each of an academic year. [German, from Latin (cursus) s , and it was among a number of classes being targeted for low enrollment. Staffers have begun a petition online to keep the paper in print. |
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