Budget cut protest fizzles

John Balchak
March 2, 2010

A rally and march to the Governor’s San Diego office protesting cuts in college funding planned for Feb. 18 was cancelled at the site due to lack of support and participation. The Education for All Coalition and Save Our Schools (SOS), distributed fliers and announced the event to be held in Balboa... Read more »

Supporters of 9/11 ‘Truth’ reach goal

Ernesto Lopez
March 2, 2010

City College’s chapter of Architects & Engineers for 9/11 Truth announced that more than 1000 building professionals have signed a petition demanding the government hold a new investigation of 9/11. Supported by several San Diegans for Truth members, City’s AE911 Truth club, led by... Read more »

Walkout of classes planned

DAN BERGER and MARK RIVERA
March 2, 2010

In an attempt to demonstrate disapproval of public education budget cuts, City College students, faculty and staff are planning a walk out of classes on on the same day of the National Call for Action on March 4. The Education For All Coalition, a grassroots organization working to mobilize a community... Read more »

Seminar offers financial advice

Megan McKee
March 2, 2010

Students In Free Enterprise (SIFE) hosted their first of several financial literacy seminars to take place on City campus, on Feb. 23, in an attempt to provide education on credit card debt, establishing credit, and budgeting. Event organizer, and City student, Collette DesAulnier was assisted by Chase... Read more »

‘Education, Not Incarceration’

BJ Grieve
March 2, 2010

City’s Bring Education and Activist Togegther Club, M.E.C.H.A. and Visionary Feminists presented “Education, Not Incarceration,” a program examining the relationship between education and the prison industrial complex at the Seville Theatre On Feb. 25. City students and one City advisor... Read more »

UCSD racial tensions on the rise

Erica Arvizu
March 2, 2010

The looming sound of chanting, “Whose campus? Our campus!”?grew clearer as hundreds of UC San Diego students progressed toward the Price Center Ballroom for a two-hour “teach- in”?on Feb. 24, orchestrated by UCSD administration in response to recent racial tension on campus. What... Read more »

Arrest made on bicycle theft attempt

Ernesto Lopez
March 2, 2010

Campus police arrested a man on Feb. 25 as he attempted to steal a student’s bicycle from a bike rack in front of the T building, reported College Police Sgt. Louis M. Zizzo. Police identified the thief as Genearo Berber, 39, a non City student. Zizzo said Berber has a criminal history and he is... Read more »