Students, managers grapple with high food prices
Cari Arthur
October 9, 2007
Cari Arthur City Times Of students interviewed Oct. 3 who buy food from the cafeteria, they all agree – food prices are excessively high. Student Brandi Currin said that at this time she does not have a choice so she is buying food from the cafeteria even with “the ridiculously high price.” Also... Read more »
Veterans seek end to war in Iraq
Christopher Bloss
October 9, 2007
Christopher Bloss City Times Last July, Kenyon Ralph and four other military personnel, including a City College student, decided to try to stop the war in Iraq. Ralph and his comrades have started an Iraq Veterans Against the War (IVAW) chapter in San Diego, which has the largest concentration of... Read more »
Art on Track
Katie Dunn
October 9, 2007
Katie Dunn City Times Deep, slow melodies linger across the room as a young man wraps himself in a mature female voice coming through two speakers. Gliding across the wooden floorboards to the audience, he tells a story of love and betrayal through fluid and distinct movements. Falling slowly to the... Read more »
Defibrillators installed throughout campus
Whitney Lawrence
October 9, 2007
Whitney Lawrence City Times To keep up with the pace of ever-changing technology, San Diego City College has placed publicly accessible Automated External Defibrillators (AED) in several locations around campus. Since 2002, City College has “had a few defibrillators on campus which were not publicly... Read more »
Second annual International Book Fair draws top writers, artists
Benjamin Cruz
October 9, 2007
BENJAMIN CRUZ City Times Many local and national authors came to the second annual City Book Fair, along with booksellers and vendors, Oct. 5 and 6. Author Daniel Reveles came to the fair with his latest book “Guacamole Dip,” a book of short stories about life in the small border city of... Read more »
‘Darwin’s gift’ topic of presentation
Benjamin Cruz
October 9, 2007
Benjamin Cruz City Times “Evolution is consistent with the notion that the world was created by a omnipotent and benevolent god. What is called Creation or Intelligent Design is not compatible with the notion of an omnipotent and benevolent god.” That was the thesis for Dr. Francisco J. Ayala’s... Read more »
Photographer covers human tragedies in Africa
Alissa Wisniewski
October 9, 2007
ALISSA WISNIEWSKI City Times Rwanda. The Democratic Republic of Congo. Uganda. Darfur. The war and suffering that dominates these areas will soon be on display at City College. Keith Harmon Snow, a photojournalist and war correspondent, has explored these places and will host a presentation highlighting... Read more »
MEChA remembers 1968 Mexico City massacre
Danny Penera
October 9, 2007
Danny Penera City Times Speakers, poets, and musicians gathered in the Gordon Quad on Oct. 2 to commemorate the student massacre that occurred in Mexico City 39 years ago. The event was held by the Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlán, an organization promoting higher education, culture and... Read more »
COUNTY FIRES – CHANCELLOR’S STATEMENT – MESA AND MIRAMAR COLLEGES CLOSED
October 9, 2007
As the county experiences perhaps the worst brushfires in its history, San Diego Community College District Chancellor Constance Carroll has announced that Mesa and Miramar colleges, City’s sister campuses, will be closed today. Continuing Education classes in those areas are also canceled. See... Read more »
CITY COLLEGE CLOSED 10/22 AND 10/23
October 9, 2007
The San Diego Community College District has announced that City, Mesa and Miramar colleges will be closed Oct. 22 and 23 as the region deals with the worst wildfires in county history. Continuing Education and district offices will also be closed. Closures are effective at 3 p.m. Oct. 22, according... Read more »
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