FYE program offers ways to succeed in college

Chad Teichman
September 8, 2009

For many incoming freshmen, going to college can bring on a sense of nervousness. The First Year Experience Program at San Diego City College aims to ease those nerves by providing students with the necessary resources to succeed during their first year in college. The program aims to help those students... Read more »

DSPS tech center gets update

John Balchak
September 8, 2009

A student selects a voice from the list on her computer screen and prepares to demonstrate. “I can choose male or female, high or low tone,” she says. “It can read the text on the screen and answer basic questions.” She clicks on an icon and a round microphone appears. She speaks... Read more »

New Building to benefit school programs

Nicole Edmerson
September 8, 2009

The new Vocational Technology Lab facility construction site, located a block from San Diego City College will offer an overall expansion to many departments and is slated to be open as early as next spring. “This is the first academic facility that’s being built from scratch,” said... Read more »

Students slapped with higher tuition fees

Ernesto Lopez
September 8, 2009

By the first day of school, 168 City College Students had been dropped from classes for not paying the tuition difference of $6 per unit. The notice sent out on July 28 informed students that California State Legislature had increased tuition from $20 to $26 per unit, and if they had already paid their... Read more »

College cuts shuttle

Ernesto Lopez
September 8, 2009

Due to budget cuts, the City College daytime student shuttle stopped running on Sept 3. The shuttle transported students to campus that had parked their vehicles in Balboa Park. For the first two weeks of the semester, the shuttle did run from 7 a.m.. to 1 p.m. because the $1,250 needed per week to... Read more »

9/11 Club Story

Donna P. Crilly
September 8, 2009

A new club on campus addresses controversy with hard evidence; and the 9/11 Truth Club of San Diego City College uses science as the weapon of choice. “The goal of this club is to educate people on campus and to motivate them to spread the word about 9/11,” Steve Fahrney, club president said. Mass... Read more »