Face-lift begins for City College
Whitney Lawrence, Alissa Wisniewski
February 26, 2008
Whitney Lawrence and Alissa Wisniewski City Times The L building has recently been shut down, displacing programs like Trio Aspire, a tutoring center, CalWORKS and City Times. All programs have since been relocated to various buildings. Before any changes could be made, Vice President of Academic Services,... Read more »
Dark as crystal: Documentary reveals the faces of meth
Shannon Kuhfuss
February 26, 2008
Shannon Kuhfuss City Times On December 12, 2007, a powerful documentary titled “Crystal Darkness” aired on KPBS, which contained contributions from City College’s Wendy Zizzo, Assistant Professor of Alcohol and Other Drug Studies Program, and some of her students. “Crystal Darkness”... Read more »
‘Music Matters’ to kids in need
Heather Richards
February 26, 2008
Heather Richards City Times Often in public schools the kids without means go without. For a lot of kids in San Diego the opportunities, specifically in the arts, are minimal at best because money is limited at home and in their school system. A project, “Music Matters,” started by Mark... Read more »
Take Note – Finances, warnings and photographs
February 26, 2008
** Help fill wallet, transcripts Are you low on funds with no time to work? File your FAFSA by March 2 and you may be eligible to receive free financial aid. There is no fee to apply. Not able to file by March 2? No problem. All three San Diego Community Colleges are hiring students for full and part-time... Read more »
MIT responds to inquiry on endowment, tuition
Natasha Plotkin
February 26, 2008
Natasha Plotkin MIT Tech CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (U-WIRE) – MIT is compiling data to respond to the Senate Finance Committee’s request for information about the school’s endowment, financial aid, and tuition rates. The committee sent this request to MIT and 135 other universities in the country... Read more »
Recent increase in shootings ignites debate about causes
Theresa Avila
February 26, 2008
Theresa Avila UCLA Daily Bruin LOS ANGELES (U-WIRE) – The shooting Feb. 14 at Northern Illinois University has sparked debate over the various causes of mass violence in today’s culture: causes that can include mental health and media coverage, said Douglas Kellner, professor of education. In... Read more »
Illinois students obtained shooting news in variety of ways
Jessica Sabbah
February 26, 2008
Jessica Sabbah Northern Illinois University Star DEKALB, Ill. (U-WIRE) – As shots were fired Feb. 14 at Northern Illinois University, students who were on campus found out about the threat firsthand. Kristin McCafferty, a junior psychology major, was walking out of the Psychology / Computer Science... Read more »
CALENDAR
Shevaun Brandom
February 26, 2008
Compiled by Shevaun Brandom Send items to City Times, 1313 Park Blvd., San Diego, CA 92101, e-mail citytimes@gmail.com, call (619) 388-3880, or fax (619) 388-3814 FEBRUARY * Feb. 27 Emergency “TEST” Messages for students * Feb. 27 The Other Face of Mexico-Masks Saville Theatre 12:45pm... Read more »
Rainy day Valentine
February 26, 2008
Out of reach?
Nailah Edmondson
February 26, 2008
Nailah Edmondson City Times Plan on transferring to San Diego State University for spring 2009? Many City College students aren’t aware of this, but SDSU received more than 61,000 applications for fall 2008 from freshman and transfer students. Yet SDSU was limited by its’ 2008 budget cuts... Read more »
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