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Volume 61, Number 4
Golden opportunity Hills offer cool hangouts nearby Arts, page 5
Serving the San Diego City College community since 1945
Oct. 31, 2006
Chancellor champions Proposition N
‘Grease’ Lightning
By Scott Landheer City Times
Photos by Lizzie Lacey / City Times Performers get ready for opening night during a dress rehearsal on Oct. 25.
‘Grease’ now playing at Saville Theatre By Lizzie Lacey City Times
“Grease” is the word at San Diego City College from October 27 - November 12. “Grease,” which premiered on Broadway in 1972, portrays the romantic dilemmas of wholesome Sandy and greaser Danny Zuko. As the T-Birds and the Pink Ladies, they live out their senior year through song and dance, choreographed by co-chair of the Visual and Performing Arts Department Alicia Rincon. The cast of 35 includes 10 San Diego City High School students who are part of a new memorandum of understanding between San Diego City College Visual and Performing Arts Department and San Diego High School Media, Visual and Performing Arts Academy to help make students’ transition to college easier. The vibrant and colorful costumes designed by Carol Whaley and a set by Duane Gardella take us back to Rydell High, 1959. The production is an “explosion of energy, joy, and tremendous charm,” according to June Richards, the director and the
See GREASE, Page 6
The fate of Proposition N, the $870 million bond measure for improvements in the district, will be decided Nov. 7 when voters take to the polls in San Diego County. Chancellor Constance M. Carroll is hopeful the measure will pass. “Proposition N will provide significant improvements to benefit the students of City College and throughout the district,” said Carroll. “This bond measure is a no-nonsense measure that focuses entirely upon the instructional needs of our students who deserve the best facilities and equipment we can Constance provide for their education.” Carroll A poll taken by the campaign for Prop. N in September showed 60 percent were in favor, 14 percent were opposed and 26 percent were undecided, according to Barry Garron, Director of Public Information and Government Relations for the district. The bond needs to be approved by 55 percent of voters to pass. Aside from the need to upgrade aging buildings, Prop. N was also developed to meet the needs of a growing student body. Within the next 10 years, the district expects enrollment to increase from 100,000 to 125,000.
See PROP. N, Page 7
U-T editorial disappoints college district officials By Julie Gillespie City Times
lege. The high school is one of the six schools funded under the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Grant. Thirty faculty and staff members from San Diego High School, including Principal Shirley Rehkopf, met with City’s Winston Butler, dean of the School of Arts, Humanities, Communications and Telecommunications, President Terrence Burgess,
In a recent editorial in The San Diego UnionTribune regarding Proposition N, which will be on the November ballot, the editors stated their strong opposition to the proposed bond. “It’s too much, too soon. Voters should reject [the bond],” the article said. This has baffled and disappointed San Diego Community College District officials. Prop. N will provide the San Diego Community College District with the funding to continue the projects that have been started already and to go forward on those projects that have been proposed. Though the Union Tribune agrees there is “no question, most district facilities do need repair, renovation or upgrades,” they argue that four years ago the district asked for money with Proposition S giving the same reasons for needing Prop. N now. Prop. S gave the school district $685 million
See HIGH SCHOOL, Page 6
See DISSAPPOINT, Page 7
College and high school students perform with ‘Grease Lightning.’
City teams with high school
By Lizzie Lacey City Times
City College and the San Diego High School Media, Visual and Performing Arts Academy, have come to an agreement to allow students at the high school to enroll in City College classes. The goal is to provide continued academic enrichment and decrease the dropout rate by allowing students to get used to the idea of going to col-
Culture comes to campus
Inaugural International Book Fair brings authors from around the world News, page 3
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