Presentation on origin of species stirs controversy

Alissa Wisniewski
September 25, 2007

Alissa Wisniewski City Times The Big Bang. There has been a timeless controversy over what – or who – set it in motion. Now that controversy has exploded at San Diego City College. On Sept. 19 in the Seville Theater, Dr. E.C. Ashby lectured about creationism and evolutionism, two seemingly... Read more »

Cost Reduction Act awaiting Bush approval

Whitney Lawrence
September 25, 2007

Whitney Lawrence City Times The College Cost Reduction Act, passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on Sept. 7, calls for an increase in Pell Grant scholarship awards, reduction of student loan interest rates, and a simplified college financial aid process. The act is now pending presidential... Read more »

Known artists slated for book fair

Luis Bahena
September 25, 2007

Luis Bahena City Times With its first year a success, City College hosts its second annual San Diego City College International Book Fair on Oct. 5 and 6. The book fair was introduced last year, drawing approximately 2,500 people. Initially inspired by the Miami Dade International Book Fair, it was City... Read more »

Broadcasting community mourns professor

Danny Penera
September 25, 2007

Danny Penera City Times Having a pleasant-sounding voice was a gift that Fred Lewis used to build a reputation in San Diego broadcasting. But what he used it for was more than that – he gave his gift to the public so that others could be known and understood as well. As a longtime teacher to those... Read more »

Latino community marks Mexico’s independence

Evonne Ermey
September 25, 2007

Evonne Ermey City Times Beneath the crisscrossing freeways and vibrantly painted murals of Chicano Park, San Diego’s Latino community gathered on Sept. 15 with red, white and green flags in hand, to celebrate Mexico’s 197th Independence Day. The park, an epicenter of activity in the Latino... Read more »

Dead Sea Scrolls lecture kicks off World Cultures

Benjamin Cruz
September 25, 2007

Benjamin Cruz City Times The World Cultures program at City College opened their fall schedule with a lecture to remind students that one of the most significant findings of the 20th century has come to San Diego. The presentation began at 9:30 in the morning with Co-Director, Professor Karen Lim, introducing... Read more »

Trolley Dances take movement to the streets

Katie Dunn
September 25, 2007

Katie Dunn City Times Jean Isaacs San Diego Dance Theater and the Metropolitan Transit System are presenting dance performances to the people of San Diego along Trolley lines across the city. There are six guided tours that begin at the new Smart Corner College Trolley stop on Park and Broadway, beginning... Read more »

City attorney speaks

Noe Rojas
September 25, 2007

San Diego City Attorney Michael Aguirre lectures on “The Right to Participate in Government under the California Constitution” Sept. 17 in San Diego City College’s Saville Theatre. Aguirre spoke as part of Constitution Week, sponsored by City’s history and political science departments.