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Number 23, Stephon Lamar, goes in for a layup during the Knights game vs. Miramar Jets at the See Knights, page 4 Harr y West Gym. Troy Orem, City Times
Building nears completion The daily hustle of construction workers building new facilities, student and public safety enhancements and major renovations is nothing new to City College students. With the help of a construction bond program funded by two propositions — Proposition S, a $685 million bond passed in 2002, and Proposition N, a $870 million passed in 2006 — the San Diego Community College District has been able to renovate buildings to a degree and create a brand new campus. On Jan. 20, City College celebrated the groundbreaking of a
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Crimes put a dent in productions By Brian Lett City Times
Riding on the momentum of the Women’s Basketball team’s big win over Palomar just moments earlier, the Men’s Basketball team came out swinging Wednesday night in the Harry West Center against the Miramar Jets. Coach Mitch Charlens and his team knew that a win against Miramar would mean first place in the Pacific Coast Conference. The game remained tense throughout the first half as the Knights never allowed the Jets to lead by anything more than three points. The Knights offense looked strong and prepared, as freshman guard, Marvin Sykes, was quick to snatch up some crucial rebounds for the Knights during the first half of the game and put up a game leading 11 field goals. Paired with the agility and speed of freshman Devyn Iglehart, the Knights controlled the scoring with their impressive rebounding skills and superior passing. Free throw shooting from the Knights was excellent as the team went 15 - 15 into halftime. Stephon Lamar was flawless from the free-throw line sinking in seven shots. The superior fitness level of the Knights proved to be a huge factor in the second half as the Jets simply were not able to keep up with City College. Menas Stephens dominated on the Miramar defense by throwing in two huge dunks in the second period, smashing any hope of victory for the Miramar Jets. The second half quickly turned lop-sided as the three point shooting
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future science building. The 98,000 square foot construction zone located between streets 16th and B will house a four story L-shaped building that is scheduled for completion by June 30, 2013. “The groundbreaking ceremony went very well, and the students, faculty and district administration in attendance were excited to see this project begin construction,” said Tom Fine, campus project manager. Buildings currently under construction include the math and social sciences building, expected to be completed on Aug. 31, and the business and humanities building, expected to be completed July 31, 2013. San Diego building codes restrict
Construction crews conintue the analysis of potentially active faults. Troy Orem, City Times building within 50 feet of an active mine whether or not already existing buildings renovated to fit the fault. Because downtown is in a seis- same occupancy or more. mic zone it is essential to analyze faults by digging trenches to deterSee Constuction page 2
Multiple break-ins were reported over the semester break at City College, resulting in thefts from both the C building and Saville Theatre, according to campus police. Sound equipment was stolen during the Saville Theatre burglary, the first crime to be reported to the authorities, and construction tools were taken from the workshop in room C-117A. Rob Norberg, the theater’s tech director, claims that replacements for the sound equipment will cost approximately $15,000 and the workshop tools will cost about $5,000 to replace. Besides monetary costs, ongoing theater productions have also been adversely affected. “World Cultures is suffering,” said Norberg. “They’re still happening but are severely hindered.” Norberg added that production of Jazz Live will also be affected and that they will most likely have to rent equipment for the Jan. 14 show. According to Sgt. Ed Headtke from campus police, who’s seen a lot in his 30 years with the district, Saville Theatre seems to be targeted more frequently than other areas. He claims this could be due possibly in part to its location on the perimeter of the campus. Headtke also claimed that only the workshop break-in exhibited signs of forced entry and suggested that this was able to be achieved because of its out of the way location as well. According to Headtke, officers don’t patrol inside the buildings, and the radio and television personnel who work nearby weren’t able to see anything. Since the thefts, doors to both the theater and the workshop have been reinforced with sturdier metal plating. To help deter the occurrence of crimes such as these, campus police have been training a few of its officers in a program known as Crime Prevention through Environmental Design. This multiple-week course aims to train officers to see environmental surroundings and conditions from a different perspective, with the idea of alleviating potential leverages would-be perpetrators could otherwise take advantage of. However, only a small number of the police force have received training. Headtke claims that currently only three officers have received the training because its costly and time consuming, but there are plans for other officers See Crime, page 2
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TAKE NOTE Calendar
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Compiled by Cecilia Areta Get your event in the paper. Email us at citytimes@gmail.com or call 619-388-3880 n Feb. 8, Wednesday Culture Clash’s Herbert Siguenza and the cast of American night. Saville Theatre at 11:15 p.m. 12 Step Recovery Meeting B-203 1:30 p.m. n Feb. 9, Thursday A Discussion with filmmaker Erin McGinnis. Saville Theatre starting at 9:45 a.m.
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n Feb. 13, Monday Academic senate meeting in room A2 at 3:45 p.m. n Feb. 14, Tuesday A Ugandan speaker and a showing of the film ‘Kony 2012’ will take place in the Saville theatre at 9:40 a.m. A Jazz Live presentation of Allison Adams Tucker Sings love songs in the Saville Theatre at 8:00 p.m.
n Feb. 15, Wednesday World cultures event: Calculus! The Musical in V101 at 12:45 p.m. n Feb. 17, Friday Lincoln Day, campus closed n Feb. 20, Monday Washington Day, campus closed n Feb. 22, Wednesday World cultures event: Until the violence stops in D121 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.
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Dan Lehner (left) an employee of the California Court of Appeals and student Alex Gomez (right) donate blood in the bloodmbile Jan. 24. In an effort to improve the San Diego Blood Bank’s supply of blood, monthly blood drives will be held in the Gorton Quad. Troy Orem, City Times
Continued from Page 1 to be trained in the future. To help prevent crime on campus, Headtke urges students and faculty to be proactive and report all suspicions to campus police. “If you have any concerns or see anything suspicious at all, call us,” said Headtke. “We’d rather come and find out its nothing than have more problems.” To report a crime, call campus police dispatch at 619-388-6405.
ASG floats to the top By Brian Lett City Times For the second time in three years, City College won first place at the 32nd Annual Martin Luther King Day Parade on Jan. 15. City’s Associated Student Government coordinated the inclusion of the float, which was the same float that won first place at the Martin Luther King Day Parade in 2010. According to Angel Henderson, ASG’s public events coordinator, the motif behind the float centered on the disparity between the funding afforded to the prison system
as opposed to education. “We’re trying to bring more awareness to the cause,” Henderson said, commenting on the message the float attempted to convey, “to promote more scholars than prisoners.” Victoria Angulo, senate president at ASG, agreed with Henderson. “Instead of throwing people in jail we should educate them. That money should go towards education.” Angulo said. According to Henderson, many other schools also competed in the float competition — including San Diego Mesa College, San Diego
State University, the Education Cultural Complex and others. The parade itself, hosted by the Zeta Sigma Lambda Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha, is “one of the largest celebrations of its kind” in the United States, according to the Alpha Phi Alpha website. The organization describes itself as “the oldest Black fraternity in America, founded in 1906” at Cornell University. The parade took place between Harbor Drive and Pacific Highway, and included a visual array of marching bands, military drill teams and youth groups.
Greens for green house By Benny A. McFadden City Times Seeds at City has successfully raised enough money to build a greenhouse and security fence. The City College urban farm, which is located next to the LRC, has successfully raised $16,000 to build the greenhouse and a fence to help prevent vandalism. Fundraising began last fall and the initial goal of $15,000, an estimation of building costs, was reached in one month. Since it’s inception, Seeds at City has largely been
Construction Continued from Page 1 Buildings that are currently in the early stages of planning have to undergo a fault hazard analysis to identify potentially active and active faults. “To date, all fault trenching has been done during
funded by grants. According to Erin Rempala, the urban farm’s agricultural program manager, construction of the greenhouse could start as soon as this summer. If the green house and fence are completed within a reasonable time frame the Life Sciences Department might be able to offer Greenhouse Management as a new agriculture course for students in in Spring 2013. The building of a greenhouse would increase food growth productivity and hopefully allow the farm to achieve economic independence and
stability. Seeds at City was formed in June 2008 by a partnership between City College and the San Diego Roots Sustainable Food Project. It is the first hands on agricultural teaching farm of its kind in the county. Although the online fundraiser for the greenhouse was a success, fundraising continues to keep the farm thriving. The next fundraiser event will be held at Sea Rocket Bistro on April 5. For more information or to keep up with Seeds at City events and updates visit www. sdcity.edu/SeedsAtCity.
the winter break, so it has not impacted the normal operations of the City College campus. We do anticipate having to dig one more trench for this fault hazard analysis, however it is going to be done in the public right of way in Russ Boulevard. While there will be an impact to the vehicular traffic in this
area, we will make every attempt to avoid impacting the normal operations of City College,” said Fine. When construction is completed, City College will have seven new teaching and learning facilities and seven major renovations able to accommodate 25,000 students.
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Extremely emotional and incredibly good Sometimes it takes seeing things through the eyes of a child to make us realize how far we have come away from reality, truth and love. In Stephen Daldry’s beautifully directed “Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close,” based on the Jonathan Safran Foer novel of the same name, we are given no choice but to see that unravel right before our eyes as 9-year-old Oskar Schell experiences the loss of his father and best friend, Thomas, after the tragedy of 9/11.
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The fact that 9/11 starts this journey will make most think that will be what the film is all about, but they are mistaken. Oskar (Thomas Horn) is a very smart, very eccentric little boy and we see that in the flashback scenes he has with his father (Tom Hanks). His bond and connection with his father is paternal, but it is also a very strong friendship. It’s like the two share their own language. The elder Schell pushes his son to grow, think, and experience life in a way most children don’t get to. He sends him on expeditions, teaches him the history of New York City, all the while embracing and never trying to change his son’s eccentricity. Oskar’s mother Linda (Sandra Bullock) seems to be forever on the sidelines, and that is never more apparent when her husband dies. Oskar shuts her out. He discovers a key in his fathers closet and decides to find out what it belongs to on his own without including her, by lying to her, and by going to great lengths to piece together how and where that key came from. In a sense, keeping his father
Tom Hanks as Thomas Schell and Thomas Horn as Oskar in “Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close.” Paramount Pictures alive. This is a wonderful film; heartbreaking at times and incredibly well crafted and brilliantly cast. The supporting cast, Tom Hanks, Sandra Bullock, Viola Davis, John Goodman, Jeffery Wright, and Max von Sydow, are all exceptional. Hanks (“Big,” “Forrest Gump”), shows us that carefree warm soul we have all grown to love over the years with nuance and subtlety.
Bullock (“The Proposal”), mousy and distraught here, is almost over shadowed until the last moments of the film, where she stakes her claim and shows us why she won the Oscar for “The Blind Side.” The film though belongs to 14 year-old newcomer Thomas Horn. Starring in his first film Horn grabs on to his character and doesn’t let go. We have no choice but to follow him on his journey because he makes Oskar so real and so heart-
breakingly compelling that we have to; we want to. “Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close” is one of those rare films that has all of the right elements, director, cast, crew and story, and blends all of that talent into a harmonious, touching film. Not to be missed.
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Sports Lady Knights bring home thier first win By Brian Lett and Michael who are all freshman. Coach Brandon Lupian, this being Liggins his first season at the helm, City Times commented on the effect After an exceptionally having such a stunted roster rocky start to the season, City has had on the playability of College’s woman’s basketball the team. “Sustainability,” Lupian team sees light at the end of said after the 44-60 loss to the the tunnel. The Lady Knights were Mira Costa Spartans on Jan. victorious over the Palomar 25. “It’s been hard to sustain Comets in a 55-54 overtime over the course of the game with these other teams that win on Feb. 1. This victory marked have more players.” According to Lupian, his the first entry into the win column this season, and was team has been out-matched achieved in dramatic fashion. throughout the season priFreshman Ony Akpa sank marily due to the lack of an a game winning free throw adequate bench, making it with 2.2 seconds left in the very difficult for the team to game, her only point of the endure. The PCAC website states contest. Though the win improved that the rest of the conferthe team’s record to 1-7 in ence averages approximately the Pacific Coast Athletic 13 players per team, more Conference (1-19 overall), than doubling that of the the team remains last in the Lady Knights current roster. But there is still a glimmer conference. This does little to hamper the spirits of the resil- of hope. Freshman Leslie Rogers is second in the conient players. “I’m really proud to be ference in scoring averaging a City College Knight right 14.6 points per game, while now,” Akpa said after the win. two other players—Victoria “This win says a lot about our Ruth (11.3 ppg) and Priscilla Contreras (10.4 ppg)—are team.” Her teammate Cat Wright amongst the conference’s is already looking ahead to top ten as well, according to more success. “The team the California Community we beat today barely beat College Athletic Association the team we play next week website. With the remaining (Southwestern),” Wright games on the schedule being said. A key contributor to the conference games, there is team’s misfortune has been still a chance for the Lady the fact that they only have Knights to advance in the six players on the roster, PCAC standings.
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Top: Lady Knights Gaurd Pricscilla Contreras dribbles the ball through the opponents from Palomar. The teams efforts paid off winning them their first game, Feb. 1. in Harr y West Gym. Bottom: Forward Eyga Mojus attempts a layup against the Palomar Comets. Troy Orem, City Times By Ray Williams City Times
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He’Bert Sherrod, the 18-year-old freshmen said that he feels the team may be physically fit but was mentally distracted during this match as well as during practices. Sherrod said that although the team started with a loss he believes that the team will excel this season. Despite the loss, Lupian said he expects his top players to make it to the southern regionals. The Knights said that they are excited about this season and are confident that they will win their next match.
and that’s what matters most The Knights lost 0-9 in — winning.” their first preseason match against Irvine Valley Feb. 2. Continued from Page 1 Coach Brandon Lupian For more sports go to said that the game was played abilities of sophomore Jordan Taylor cemented the sdcity.edu/Athletics extremely well and despite the loss, Lupian said he saw the match as an opportunity to familiarize himself with his freshmen players. “With 3 freshmen players Compiled by Bobby Whaley on the team we have a bit of Submit events to citytimes@gmail.com or call (619) 388-3880 adjusting to do in order to get the feel for college tennis,” n Feb. 15, Wednesday said Lupian. n Feb. 10, Friday n Feb. 2, Thursday Softball at Rio Hondo - 3 p.m. Baseball vs. West LA - 2 p.m. M. Tennis vs. Irvine Valley - 2 p.m. W. Basketball at Grossmont - 5 p.m. W. Basketball vs. Imperial Valley - 5 M. Basketball at Imperial Valley - 7 p.m p.m. n Feb. 3, Friday M. Basketball vs. Southwestern - 7 p.m. Baseball vs. Saddleback - 2 p.m. n Feb. 17, Friday Softball at Saddleback - 5 p.m. W. Basketball at Mira Costa - 5 p.m. n Feb. 11, Saturday W. Basketball vs. Southwestern - 5 p.m. Baseball vs. Chaffey - 10 a.m. M. Basketball at Palomar - 7 p.m. n Feb. 18, Saturday M. Volleyball at Santa Barbara - 10 a.m. SDCC Softball Tournement at MiraSoftball at Desert - 12 p.m. n Feb. 4, Saturday mar – TBA M. Volleyball at Moorpark - 2 p.m. M. Volleyball at Santa Monica - 10 a.m. Softball at Glendale - 2 p.m. M. Volleyball at L.A. Pierce - 2 p.m. n Feb. 20, Tuesday Baseball at Saddleback - 2 p.m. W. Tennis at Santa Barbara - TBA n Feb. 14, Tuesdauy W. Basketball vs.Imperial Valley - 5 p.m. n Feb. 7, Thursday n Feb. 21, Wednesday Coaches for Cancer Night M. Tennis at Mt. SAC - 2 p.m. Pictured is Rafa Martinez, Men’s Tennis player, as he M. Tennis at Orange Coast - 2 p.m. Baseball vs. Victor Valley - 2 p.m. returns to the court. The Men’s tennis team lost their Softball at Citrus - 4 p.m. Softball at Santa Ana - 3 p.m. season opener 0-9. Troy Orem, City Times win for City college. As the final buzzer sounded, Charlens was smiling. “We are happy to be 11-1 with only four games left in
the season,” Charlens said in a post-game interview. Stephens complimented his coaches’ words by saying, “We’re the hardest working team in the league right now
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