Students may find parking more tedious than usual this semester due to the closure of temporary parking lot 11, located on C and 16th street, which parking officials acknowledge, is a loss of 171 parking spaces.
City Times, San Diego City College's student newspaper, took top awards in two competitions during the summer. The paper won Best of Show in the San Diego County Fair's Student Showcase college newspaper division, and second place Best College Newspaper from the Society of Professional Journalists' San Diego Pro Chapter.
Feelings of hopelessness, loneliness and the idea that life cannot just go on reportedly fill the heads of more than half of the college student population. A study conducted by the National Research Consortium of Counseling Centers in Higher Education found that 55 percent of college undergraduates have thought about suicide. Fifteen percent seriously considered it and six percent made an attempt.
City College offers social and psychological support services free of charge to enrolled students.