Music Matters Program

Donna P. Crilly
February 10, 2009

KSDS Jazz 88.3 and Cole’s Fine Flooring collect donations of musical instruments for the Music Matters program every February to give San Diego students, who can’t afford their own, an opportunity to play an instrument. People of San Diego are encouraged to donate dusty old instruments to... Read more »

City students flock to tutorial centers in record numbers

Sonjiala Hotchkiss
February 10, 2009

Sonjiala Hotchkiss City Times The Tutorial Center and the English Center reported that they served record numbers of students for the fall 2008 semester. Respective center directors Lance Soukhaseum and Chris Baron attributed the increase to support from City College “There are going to be some... Read more »

Keith Snow urges students to put down the paper

Angie Otterbein and Marissa Stevens
February 10, 2009

Angie Otterbein and Marissa Stevens Contributors “Don’t read newspapers.” This was the oft-repeated message journalist and activist Keith Harmon Snow had for a packed auditorium of City College students at Saville Theater Wednesday afternoon. Snow’s multimedia presentation, “Consciousness... Read more »

City College receives Exemplary Program Award

Shannon Kuhfuss
February 10, 2009

Shannon Kuhfuss City Times San Diego City College earned the Exemplary Program Award on January 20 at the first meeting of the 2009 California Community College Board of Governors in Sacramento. The Academic Senate for California Community Colleges (ASCCC) gave the award to City College for its inventive... Read more »

New studies show Obama effect may raise black test scores

Alexandra Finkel/U-WIRE
February 10, 2009

Alexandra Finkel Daily Northwestern San Diego (U-WIRE) – During his presidential campaign, Barack Obama promised change. According to a recent study, some change might have come overnight. A team of researchers from three universities, including one from Northwestern University, discovered what... Read more »

San Diego State University professor withholds grades

Wendy Fry/SDSU Daily Aztec
February 10, 2009

Editor’s note: The comments made by associate professor James S. Burns are essential to the clarity and fullness of this article. Wendy Fry introduced herself as a journalist, and after the interview, Burns retracted his statements and requested we not print them. Later, he questioned the accuracy,... Read more »