Students connect with community
Thomas Gustafson
October 20, 2009
At the Board of Trustees meeting on Sept. 24, professors Cassie Morton and Francisco Moreno, alongside students, presented City College’s Service Learning Program to a positive reception. City College’s official mission statement entails connecting the college and the community, according... Read more »
Scholars commit to civic duty
Brennan Maclean
October 20, 2009
For more than 12 years the Price Scholarship Program has offered support to at-risk high school graduates and current City College students striving to get a college education. Launched in 1997 with the help of generous donations from the Price Foundation, the mission is to provide students with an... Read more »
College named vet- friendly
Taylor Poulin
October 20, 2009
San Diego City College, along with 13 other San Diego County schools, has been labeled as “Veteran Friendly” in a recent issue of G.I. Jobs magazine. The list, containing 62 schools, highlighted the schools ever-growing population of veterans receiving higher education at the institution. This... Read more »
Student success goal of L building services
John Ballack
October 20, 2009
The Academic Success Center, occupying the L building, is the culmination of many years of planning and persistence by City College administrators. What started as a vision to optimize campus offerings has now been transformed into a support service center for the next generation of students. Funding... Read more »
SIFE students learn business management skills
Brittany Johnson
October 20, 2009
Students in Free Enterprise is a campus organization which focuses on community service. They prepare different service projects every semester and their work is award winning. In the spring, SIFE took their 15th consecutive championship from the SIFE Regional Competition in Los Angeles. SIFE director... Read more »
Got the flu? Health services says stay home
Ernesto Lopez
October 20, 2009
City College’s health services department has been posting signs around campus that tell students to stay home if they are sick because it may be the flu and to only leave their residence to get medical care. “Don’t freak out, take care of yourself, stay home and notify professors of... Read more »
Math Center new location ‘is like heaven’
Ernesto Lopez and Kierah Ford
October 20, 2009
City’s math center has been relocated to the new L building and Director David Kater is satisfied with the new site. “We were previously in room T-208, (and) it was the pits,” Kater said. “That room is for like a chemical lab, no AC. It was hotter than hell. This new room, L-208,... Read more »
City celebrates Dia de la Raza at Gorton Quad
Brooke Lintag
October 20, 2009
With aid from MEChA, City’s Spanish Club hosted its annual Dia de la Raza celebration at Gorton Quad on Oct. 12. As opposed to celebrating Columbus Day, Mexico observes Dia de la Raza, which roughly translates as “Day of the Race.” However, these two holidays possess radically different... Read more »
Police target ‘cruising’ at City
Juan Carlos Gil
October 20, 2009
The “Bathroom Cruising” community targets City College as one of their meeting sites, but campus police responds with an undercover sting operation. Engaging in lewd acts – as marked in the California Penal Code section 647 (a) and (d) or trying to pick up someone for anonymous gay... Read more »
City set to honor day of the dead
Hannah Powers
October 20, 2009
City College will be paying tribute to the dead this November thanks to students in the Chicano Studies 210 class. The Chicano Culture class at City is putting together a celebration for Dia de los Muertos, also known as Day of the Dead, on Monday Nov. 2 at 5 p.m. to remember those who have passed... Read more »
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