Students vote Valdez in, smoking out

Scott Landheer
May 22, 2007

By Scott Landheer City Times Clemente Valdez became the next Associated Student Government president, beating his closest competitor, Denise Haughton, 276 to 66 after all the votes from the May 15-17 election were counted. In a very close vote, an initiative to ban smoking on campus passed by a vote... Read more »

District officials looking at options for campus safety

Mariana Lima
May 22, 2007

By Mariana Lima Contributor If a gunman were to enter a classroom, what should students do? There are no specific rules that will apply to everyone when it comes to self-protection in case of armed attacks, according to the San Diego Community College District’s 2006 annual report, “Safe... Read more »

From City College to the world …

Rosemarie Davis
May 22, 2007

By Rosemarie Davis City Times It’s 7 o’clock in the evening and it’s time for her political science class, but she’s thinking about her toddler that won’t get over the flu, that it’s about time to get her oil changed, how much homework she has in her statistics class... Read more »

Students speak out

Josie Salazar and Stephen Burgers
May 22, 2007

By Josie Salazar and Stephen Burgers City Times City College’s Behavioral Sciences and Sociology departments held two Student Symposiums on April 18 and May 2 in D-121 and Gorton Quad to speak about current issues that affect society today. The International Border Studies Symposium on April 18... Read more »

SIFE places in national top 10

Stephen Burgers
May 22, 2007

By Stephen Burgers City Times City College’s Students in Free Enterprise team placed seventh in the national SIFE competition held in Dallas May 6-8. SIFE is a program at City that allows students to put what they learn about business operations in the class room to use in an actual business setting... Read more »

Health center offers free HIV tests

Jessica Kalchik
May 22, 2007

By Jessica Kalchik Contributor Blood, needles, cold exams rooms and high expense are some thoughts that can plague the mind when contemplating getting tested for HIV. The staff at San Diego City College’s Student Health Services knows that the thought of HIV is frightening enough so they provide... Read more »

Katrina ‘progress report’ covered at community meeting

Emily Pfaff
May 22, 2007

By Emily Pfaff City Times On April 21, the Coffeehouse on Broadway played host to a Katrina Solidarity meeting, kicking off the People’s Hurricane Relief Fund West Coast tour. Representatives Kojo Livingston and Darryl “Sess-45″ Warren, both longtime New Orleans residents, came to brief... Read more »