H1N1 vaccine arrives
Brittany Johnson
December 8, 2009
“Aaaaachooo,” someone sneezes right behind you in class. You wonder if they just passed whatever they had on to you. They sneeze again. Allergies? Cold? Swine Flu? As the holiday season approaches, your nose starts to run, and your debating whether or not to get your flu shot. Symptoms... Read more »
SOS group fights back
Pamela Vonfriesen
December 8, 2009
The Save Our Schools coalition is a consolidation of various campus organizations and clubs working together to give a voice to community college students in response to California’s education budget cuts on education. “SOS is here to encourage California legislators to provide alternatives... Read more »
DSPS affected by budget cuts
Brennan MaClean
December 8, 2009
With a projected budget cut of 54 percent for the spring, City campus Disability Support Programs and Services (DSPS) are being forced to cut back on federally mandated services and will possibly fall out of compliance. Through accommodations ranging from adapted computer equipment and assistive listening... Read more »
Region X protests budget cuts
John Balchak
December 8, 2009
“Crisis level” is the term City College Professor Jim Miller used to describe the situation in California’s public colleges. He was one of the leaders representing a conglomeration of education unions, boards and student organizations who held a press conference and rally in objection... Read more »
Winter Intersession officially canceled
Tom Gustafson
December 8, 2009
City will be less occupied this winter as Intersession courses have been slashed. Alongside fewer classes being offered, higher tuition and larger class sizes, intersession joins a growing list of casualties following the state’s decrease in funding for education. “Intersession’s canceled,”... Read more »
Spanish Club hosts Logan Heights ‘big clean up’
Brooke Lintag
December 8, 2009
By promoting a neighborhood clean-up event through campus clubs, off-campus recovery groups and faculty support, the Spanish Club and Associated Students rallied about 180 volunteers to the Logan Heights Community on Nov. 14. Starting at 9a.m., Logan Heights Neighborhood Council member Martha Zapata... Read more »
Program aims to give back
Nicole Edmerson
December 8, 2009
City’s Institute for Human Development is a program that links existing certificate of performance and associates degree programs, including Alcohol and Other Drug Studies (AODS), to prepare students for entry level work experience. The program was conceived by Veronica Ortega Welch, a professor... Read more »
Campus honors Berlin Wall fall
Ernesto Lopez
December 8, 2009
One side of the wall represented the West side of Germany, which was the free side, and the other East Germany, which was under communist rule from 1952 to 1989. During the week of Nov. 9, German Club advisor Astrid Ronke, members of the club and her students from German 101 and 202 had a Berlin Wall... Read more »
World Cultures hosts gang panel
Donna Maranto
December 8, 2009
On Nov. 17, Elizabeth Meeham, co-director of the World Cultures Program, introduced guest speaker Azim N. Khamisa, founder of the Tariq Khamisa foundation, who delivered a powerful message: We must end the cycle of violence which has become too much a part of the American scene. Khamiza lost his 20-year-old... Read more »
People’s History event 2.0
Juan Carlos Gil
December 8, 2009
An Art gallery with portraits of Bob Marley and Albert Einstein welcomed guests to BEAT’s second presentation of “Voices of a People’s History” at the Saville Theater on Nov. 17. City’s BEAT club came together for a second time this semester to recite historical speeches... Read more »
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