HiTech VoTech

Rosemarie Davis and Cameron Mason
March 20, 2007

By Rosemarie Davis and Cameron Mason City Times City College unveiled the design for its new Vocational Technology Center (VTC) that will be built on the southeast corner of campus between 16th and 17th Avenues and Broadway and C Street beginning in 2008. The VTC is a five story, ultra-modern building... Read more »

Report targets community colleges

Rosemarie Davis
March 20, 2007

By Rosemarie Davis City Times A report released last month by California State University Sacramento asserts that there are five state policies keeping California Community College (CCC) students from degree or transfer completion. San Diego Community College District Chancellor, Constance M. Carroll... Read more »

Debra Wright-Howard joins disability support services

Stephen Burgers
March 20, 2007

By Stephen Burgers City Times Debra Wright-Howard joined the City College staff in January and heads the High Tech Center for Disability Support Programs & Services (DSPS). She said she wants to “optimize the use of available tools which allow disabled students accessibility and accommodation... Read more »

Police officers bust traffic law violators

Scott Landheer
March 20, 2007

By Scott Landheer City Times The San Diego City College/East Village Community Traffic Safety Project’s Enforcement Operation took place on March 7 at the San Diego High Educational Complex. Officers from the City of San Diego, City College and the high school arrived on foot, on horseback, in... Read more »

Speaker shares story about perils of immigrants

Josie Salazar and Rebecca Saffran
March 20, 2007

By Josie Salazar and Rebecca Saffran City Times Award-winning journalist Sonia Nazario was invited by City College’s Chicano Studies department as part of World Cultures Spring 2007 to talk to students about immigration issues and her new book “Enrique’s Journey,” which is based... Read more »

Transfer fair focuses on historically black colleges

Shanika Whaley
March 20, 2007

By Shanika Whaley City Times City College hosted an array of different Black colleges at the Historically Black Colleges and Universities Transfer Day in Gorton Quad Feb. 28. Students from around San Diego County came to see what these colleges had to offer. At the event, students, a majority of them... Read more »

College costs prompt student rally in Washington, D.C.

Sally Dadisman
March 20, 2007

By Sally Dadisman MCT Campus With almost $40,000 of debt in student loans after graduating from UC San Diego in 2005, Jennifer Pae has had enough. Pae, along with around 400 other students rallied in Washington, D.C., last week to protest what they see as a major problem in higher education funding:... Read more »

Passport changes, travel advisories won’t stop Spring Break revelers

Bill Hanna
March 20, 2007

By Bill Hanna MCT Campus New passport requirements, violence in some Mexican resort towns, crowded airplanes and steadily increasing gasoline prices won’t keep college students from heading out of town. The passport requirements went into effect last month for travelers to Mexico and the Caribbean... Read more »

Student narcissism at all-time high, SDSU researcher finds

Kendra Stiles
March 20, 2007

By Kendra Stiles Kansas State Collegian MANHATTAN, Kan. (U-WIRE) – Narcissism and self-centeredness are at an all-time high among college students, according to a study conducted by researchers at San Diego State University. Jean Twenge, professor of psychology at SDSU, conducted the research and... Read more »

Alumnus Costner visits Fullerton

Johnathan Kroncke
March 20, 2007

By Johnathan Kroncke CSU Fullerton Daily Titan FULLERTON (U-WIRE) – Actor and director Kevin Costner addressed a capacity crowd at California State University at Fullerton on Wednesday with a single message in mind: Believe in yourself. “There is a lot of noise out there [in the world],”... Read more »