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March 6, 2012
Proceeds go to Gonzalez family By Benny A. McFadden City Times
Toshi Douglas (left) and Victoria Vidana competed in the Cosmetology Department’s inspired hair and fashion show. Troy Orem, City Times
Good and evil duel for first By Victor Hernandez City Times An angel and a devil. Eve and the serpent. Little Red Riding Hood and the Big Bad Wolf. These pairs of characters are representations of the conflicting ideas of good and evil, concepts that we are continually defining. These ideas were brought to life by the imaginations of student stylists in the City College Cosmetology Department’s first student hair and fashion show. On Feb. 23 the students divided the auditorium of the technology
building into two sides. The “good” side had white lights, bubbles and a sky blue banner with clouds while the “evil” one had red lights, red crepe paper and a banner filled with flames. This decor was topped with flashing lights and pumping dance music. Each group of stylists interpreted the show’s theme of good versus evil differently. Some used two models, one to represent each idea. But the winning stylists incorporated both ideas into a single creation. One stylist used a mermaid and fisherwoman to illustrate her ideas. The mermaid dressed in a shim-
mery light blue outfit with sun-kissed makeup and fish net shawl, the fisherwoman in a yellow raincoat with fish net stockings and fishing lure accents in her hair. Another team chose to use Eve and the serpent. Skin-tight black and scaly green, the serpent carried a glittering red apple, while Eve in her metallic green short-shorts and midriff-bearing top wore painted vines on her skin. The winning stylists fused the two ideas in one model. A white, feathered cape and flowing dress was stitched together with a short tattered black one. Stringy black hair
topped with a horn-like headpiece was contrasted with flowing auburn hair laced with golden string. The sinister half of the model’s face wore black makeup and an eerie white contact lens. First place stylists Karla Arrieta and Yvette Parusheva also swept the secondary categories, winning Best Hair, Best Makeup and Best Attire. Second place went to Carina Hernandez, Alexandra Iniguez, and Stephanie Seramur for their Eve and serpent entries, and third place went to Chelsea Opzeeland for her mermaid and fisherwoman. See Cosmetology, page 5
Those who attended City College during the Fall 2010 semester are likely to remember the slaying of Diana Gonzalez on Oct. 12. The nightmarish scene of homicide detectives investigating her slaying in M-building that week is a notso-distant memory, especially for people who knew her. Her killing spotlighted problems that many women and families face, not just those limited to domestic abuse but also how these reports are handled by police and the justice system. Larissa Dorman, a political science professor at City, had never met Gonzalez but did have one of Gonzalez’s relatives as a student. Dorman, who referred to the San Diego District Attorney’s efforts as “failed promises,” became intimately involved in helping the Gonzalez family. Dorman was one of the faculty members who brought “The Vagina Monologues” to Saville Theatre, a play that celebrates femininity and combats abuse against women. See Diana, page 2
Janitors rally downtown for better wages By Sandra Gallindo City Times Hundreds of union janitors marched in downtown San Diego on Feb. 24 against low wages. Accompanying signs read: “The 1 percent profits from fear,’’ “We, the people, or they, the rich people,” and “The 1 percent is holding us all back.” The march was organized by the Service Employees International Union (SEIU Local 1877) in a statewide effort to improve their labor contracts. Many of them are set to expire this year, and union members are mobilizing to call attention to their cause. With speeches in English and Spanish, workers and
supporters demanded better wages and working conditions. “We are part of the 99 percent and we are tired of being trampled,” said Hilda Escobar. The janitors had many supporters like state Sen. Juan Vargas, Congressman Bob Filner and State Assemblyman Benjamin Hueso. “They are fighting for respect from their employers,” said Pedro Vazquez, a supporter of janitors’ rights. “In their last contract, cleaning contractors recognized their responsibility to San Diego in downtown, but they were unwilling to give janitors all of what they need to provide for their families in the suburbs,” said Jessica Lopez, the political coordinator for the SEIU United Ser-
vice Workers West. “These workers have fought for many years to have a fair wage,” Hueso said. “In this economy, they have to work over 40 hours per week to provide for their families. They’re fulfilling their duties and they should be compensated.” “The last time San Diego janitors marched in the streets was Occupy ICE San Diego,” said Lopez, referring to a rally in November calling to an end to deportations. “This time, you better believe we’re standing for immigrants’ rights. We’re standing for the rights of all to a life with dignity. “In 2008, janitors in San Diego striked for a month. We Josefina Mendoza, Carmen Sanchez, Raymundo Lopez and Maria I. Venegas march will stay longer this time, if for better wages in downtown San Diego, Feb. 24. The demonstration was part of a necessary.” statewide effort to demand better contracts for janitors. Sandra Gallindo, City Times