City Times

UCSD racial tensions on the rise

Tue, 02 Mar 2010 05:00:00 GMT

The static sound of chanting, "Whose campus? Our campus!" grew clearer as hundreds of UC San Diego students progressed toward the Price Center Ballroom for a two-hour "teach- in" on Feb. 24, orchestrated by UCSD administration in response to recent racial tension on campus.

Arrest made on bicycle theft attempt

Tue, 02 Mar 2010 05:00:00 GMT

Campus police arrested a man on Feb. 25 as he attempted to steal a student's bicycle from a bike rack in front of the T building, reported College Police Sgt. Louis M. Zizzo.

Walkout of classes planned

Tue, 02 Mar 2010 05:00:00 GMT

In an attempt to demonstrate disapproval of public education budget cuts, City College students, faculty and staff are planning a walk out of classes on on the same day of the National Call for Action on March 4.

Supporters of 9/11 'Truth' reach goal

Tue, 02 Mar 2010 05:00:00 GMT

City College's chapter of Architects & Engineers for 9/11 Truth announced that more than 1000 building professionals have signed a petition demanding the government hold a new investigation of 9/11.

With support of other San Diegans for Truth members, City' AE911 Truth club, which is led by student Steve Fahrney, received the campus community with hand outs and complimentary DVD's of investigation which, allegedly, proves that explosives were used to demolish the World Trade Center towers and Building 7.

Seminar offers financial advice

Tue, 02 Mar 2010 05:00:00 GMT

Students In Free Enterprise (SIFE) hosted their first of several financial literacy seminars to take place on City campus, on Feb. 23, in an attempt to provide education on credit card debt, establishing credit, and budgeting.

Budget cut protest fizzles

Tue, 02 Mar 2010 05:00:00 GMT

'Education, Not Incarceration'

Tue, 02 Mar 2010 05:00:00 GMT

City BEAT Club, M.E.C.H.A. and Visionary Feminists presented "Education, Not Incarceration," a program examining the relationship between education and the prison industrial complex at the Seville Theatre On Feb. 25.

Volleyball Falls to Long Beach

Tue, 02 Mar 2010 05:00:00 GMT

City's Men's Volleyball team lost a close match to the defending state champion Long Beach City College Vikings, 3-2 (30-28, 25-30, 27-30, 30-26, 11-15).

Softball Coach Taylor catches 100th victory

Tue, 02 Mar 2010 05:00:00 GMT

San Diego City College softball Head Coach LeeAnn Taylor achieved her 100th career win when the Knights shut out L.A. Pierce College 15-0 in a road victory on Feb. 19.

Men's basketball jousts the Mesa Olympians

Tue, 02 Mar 2010 05:00:00 GMT

In the penultimate game of the 2010 men's basketball season, San Diego City College obliterated their cross-town rivals Mesa College 103-66 while playing their best game of the season.

City Professor Out to BEAT Apathy

Tue, 02 Mar 2010 05:00:00 GMT

There used to be a time when the words education and activism were synonymous. When a student rally or protest were as common an event as anything else you'd find on campus.

African American Experience

Tue, 02 Mar 2010 05:00:00 GMT

Nicole Edmerson
City Times

On Thursday February 11th,2010 , Pasadena Community College Professor of 20 years Dr. Paul-Jahi Christopher Price presented The African American Experience Lecture in honor of Black History month to students packed wall to wall in the Saville Theater.

Star-Spangled Holiday

Tue, 02 Mar 2010 05:00:00 GMT

Always on the lookout for a way to break up the monotonous work/school week, this March 3 we celebrate National Anthem Day! The day that "The Star Spangled Banner" was birthed.

While often overshadowed by the ever-popular Fourth of July on the patriotic Richter scale, National Anthem Day is still worth celebrating, particularly for those of you looking for a distraction between post Valentines/pre St.

Spaghetti Salad

Tue, 02 Mar 2010 05:00:00 GMT

Spaghetti Salad
Prep Time:
45 Min
Cook Time:
15 Min
Ready In:
1 Hr
Ingredients

* 1 box of uncooked spaghetti, broken into pieces
* 1/4 lb. of salami, sliced or cubed
* 1 small purple onion, diced

* 1 green bell pepper, chopped
* 1 (2 ounce) can sliced black olives, drained
* Approx.

Movie Preview: 'The Hot Tub Time Machine'

Tue, 02 Mar 2010 05:00:00 GMT

Ever wanted to go back in time 20 years and change something?

"I wouldn't change anything," said Craig Robinson, a star of the new film "The Hot Tub Time Machine."

Let the Oscar race begin

Tue, 02 Mar 2010 05:00:00 GMT

The Oscar race is well underway as Hollywood's elite will gather together under one roof March 7 to announce the winners in over 24 categories.

City to participate in V-Day

Tue, 02 Mar 2010 05:00:00 GMT

Mark your calendars for March 12 at 8 p.m. when City will participate in V-Day, a global movement to end violence against women, by presenting the play "The Vagina Monologues" at the Saville Theatre.

Henry Franklin Quartet jazzes up the standard

Tue, 02 Mar 2010 05:00:00 GMT

The Henry "Skipper" Franklin Jazz Quartet offered something for all generations during their performance as part of a free concert series for KSDS Jazz 88.3 FM members at Saville Theatre on Feb. 9.

Sundance Film Festival highlights

Tue, 02 Mar 2010 05:00:00 GMT

There were many wonderful feature films, documentaries, and short films presented this year at Robert Redford's Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah.

Racial slurs rock UCSD

Tue, 02 Mar 2010 05:00:00 GMT

Recently students at UC San Diego decided to throw an off-campus party called the Compton Cookout, meant to mock Black History Month. The original invitation posted on Facebook noted that attendees should dress as "ghetto chicks" and expect a menu of "chicken, kool-aid, and of course, watermelon." While some may take this invite lightly and laugh it off, some members of the African American community aren't laughing.

Working on 'shaping' things up

Tue, 02 Mar 2010 05:00:00 GMT

It had been one month into the New Year when I realized that I hadn't really begun on my new year's resolution. What that might be? Well like many Americans across the nation, it was to get in shape.

HAL 9000

Tue, 02 Mar 2010 05:00:00 GMT

Kurt Vonnegut once said, "Electronic communities build nothing. You wind up with nothing. We're dancing animals. How beautiful it is to get up and go do something." And then he promptly stood up and danced a jig.

The other day while making my final purchases at my local Barnes and Noble, I noticed that they have begun selling an eBook reader called "nook.

Governator sticks it to the GOP

Tue, 02 Mar 2010 05:00:00 GMT

"I find it interesting that you have a lot of the Republicans running around and pushing back on the stimulus money and saying this doesn't create any new jobs," Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger said in an ABC interview on the Feb 21. "And then they go out and they do the photo ops and they are posing with the big check and they say, 'Isn't this great? Look what kind of money I provide here for the state.