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May 18, 2010
Vasquez wins; Ahmed challenges process AS candidate disqualified, then reinstated without all of his votes By Ernesto Lopez City Times In what turned out to be a competivite Associated Student election, presidential candidates Beto Vasquez recieved 391 votes, Abdulkadir Ahmed 127 and Omar Miyazaki 106, according to the AS office on May 11. Although Vasquez came ahead with a higher number of votes,
Ahmed would challenge the process of elections due a disqualification. On May 5, Ahmed was disqualified from the race by Elections Commissioner Kiedra Taylor for violating election codes and guidelines, according to a letter delivered to the candidate. Taylor did not comment on Ahmed's disqualification. Ahmed said he was sited by Taylor three times and even lost three days of campaigning due to the complaints filed against him. One complaint e-mailed to Ahmed April 22 said he started "campaigning before official campaigning dates."
Dean of Student Affairs Denise Whisenhunt said candidates were allowed to campaign starting April 26. Another complaint e-mailed to Abdulkadir Ahmed April 26 Ahmed from Taylor said the candidate had used AS materials to create campaigning posters when it's a violation of guidelines.” The e-mail said Ahmed “may not put up campaign posters nor fliers until April 27.”
On May 3, the first day of voting, Ahmed was presented with a violation that stated he had drawn campaigning slogans with chalk on campus concrete; he was asked to erase them. He was not allowed to campaign the rest of that day, or until the chalk was removed. According to the Associated Student Elections Handbook, Taylor failed to follow protocol when complaints are filed. Clause 4, section 10 violation of the handbook states: "When presented with a violation, the Election Board must convene within 72 hours to review the complaint.
City College Celebrates cinco De Mayo
Associated Students election results President: Alberto“Beto” Vasquez Vice President: Marya“Klue” Edgar
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No new vandalism reports, police say By Mark Rivera City Times
City Students look towards their futures
A native Aztec dancer performers for the crowd at the Cinco De Mayo Celebration at Gorton Quad. According to Spanish Club president Beto Vasquez, the Cinco de Mayo celebration is a “signature event at City College, where (we) can interact and, at the same time, celebrate the real meaning of Cinco de Mayo.” The event took place on the actual holiday. Gabriel Roberts, City Times
Grads to walk May 21 will be this years Chancellor’s Scholarship Recipient and will also be the student speaker at San Diego City College the ceremony. This year City College Graduation will be held on May 21 in Balboa Park’s hosted the Graduation Fair on Spreckel’s Organ Pavilion at 6 p.m. Approximately 350 students will take part in the graduation commencement ceremony this year. “Commencement is my favorite event of the school year,” City College President Terrence Burgess said. “We May 3 and 4 in the Schwartz graduate nearly 1,200 stu- Square, which is located in dents each year and I very front of the bookstore. Stumuch enjoy shaking every stu- dents were able to purchase dent’s hand as she/he walks graduation materials, from across the stage at the Organ caps and gowns to graduation Pavilion to receive her/his souvenirs. May 19 is the last day for degree.” Among the graduates, City students to submit Intent to College student Charles Cook Participate forms. All stuBy Ricky Soltero City Times
dents must have an intent form to purchase a cap and gown. Forms are available in the Evaluations Office. A mandatory graduation rehearsal will be held at the Organ Pavilion starting at 3:30 p.m. on May 20, the day before the Commencement Ceremony. The day of graduation students are advised to arrive at 3:30 p.m. “Commencement reminds me in a powerful way why I chose a career in education,” said Burgess. “Congratulations to the class of 2010.” The 40th annual Chicano Latina Graduation Celebration was held at City College’s Lyman Saville Theater on May 15.
As school janitors and campus police became inundated with crime reports and vandalism occurring in the B and M building bathrooms, allegedly done by San Diego High School students, they have decided to lock those bathrooms from 2 p.m. to 9 a.m. Monday through Friday in order to prevent further incidences from occurring. The B and M building bathrooms will remain locked until campus police or Plant Operations can come up with a better solution, campus police Sgt. Jordan Mirakian said. “We haven’t had any other reports,” Mirakian said. “No problems. No changes. We haven’t even had any other complaints out of the other bathrooms (on campus).” San Diego High School students are suspects in the bathroom incidents because of the specific types of tagging that occurred in the bathrooms, prior arrests and the specific times that the bathrooms were being vandalized, according to campus police. Another reason is because of the many legitimate San Diego High students that attend the Early Middle College program located on City College campus. According to Aly Cerda, coordinator of the Early Middle College program at San Diego High, students that participate in the Early
Cosmetology PREPS for move
Cosmetology students Erica Laurie (left) and Amy Lancaster (right) organize products for sale May 12. The students will move to their new home at the Career and Technology Center on June 7. Vanessa Gomez, City Times
Middle College are unlikely to have the opportunity to commit any acts of vandalism. “I personally don’t think that it pertains to the students involved in the Early Middle College program,” Cerda said. “We have a class of students that walk over there with their teachers from the high school, and the teachers will actually pick them up from the (City College) campus.”
“As soon as the bell rings, you do whatever you want.” — Paola Delgado, high school student Cerda also added that it would be hard to say that San Diego High students are to blame for the incidents because there are students from multiple high schools that attend classes on the City College campus. One of the only solutions that would prevent San Diego High students from committing these acts is to have San Diego High administration speak to the students and make them aware of the issues pertaining to the City College bathroom, Cerda said. “We would let them know that if they are caught doing these types of things on campus, there will be See Police, page 3
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