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National Pacemaker winner | Volume 71, Number 4 | November 15, 2016

Trump's election sparks outrage Protests, uncertainty acrossnation asnew government builds

By SHAYLYNMARTOS City Times The election of Donald J. Tr ump as pr esident has spar ked contr asting, str ong r eactions acr oss the countr y. While many celebr ated his win, r esidents in major cities and students on campuses acr oss the United States, including San Diego, have begun pr otesting the Republican candidate and his plans for the countr y.

The day after the election member s of var ious City College gr oups or ganized a pr otest against the pr esident- elect that dr ew mor e than 100 students. And four days later, mor e than 1,000 people pr otested his election in Balboa Par k.

Tr ump, a r eal estate mogul and r eality TV star, won the election with 306 Elector al College See ELECTIONon page 3

Studentsprotest DonaldTrump'selectioninfront of MSbuilding at City Collegehoursbeforealargeprotest at HortonPlazaonNov. 9. KARINAFLORES City Times

Election coverage

City College offers winter classes

By ELIZABETH COMPARAN City Times

1- 'Weed 'is legalized, but with conditions. Page 2 2- Pr op 51 and 55 secur es college funding. Page 2 3- Students r eact to election. Page 2 4- The Elector al College bites us again. Page 6 5- How do you r eally feel about Tr ump? Page 6

San Diego City College students may star t wor king on their academic units befor e Spr ing semester 2017. The inter session pr ogr am will star t on Jan. 3 and end on Jan. 28, per mitting students to complete the cour ses in four weeks.

Retur ning students may r egister online using the same r egistr ation date given for the Spr ing

semester, which officially star ts on Nov. 14.

New students should have r egister ed online at www.sdccd.edu by Nov. 3.

Students who missed that date will be able to r egister dur ing the open enr ollment per iod that star ts on Dec. 12.

The e- mail said that "the maximum combined study load for I nter session & Spr ing 2017 is 25 academic units."

I nter session classes will not only be pr ovided at City, but also at Mir a-

mar College and Mesa College. A pr ess r elease fr om the distr ict stated that ?almost 250 classes r anging fr om accounting to tr igonometr y to ar t histor y and biology ar e available, 110 of them will be taught online."

I n- state tuition will be the same as for the Spr ing semester, which is $46 per unit, and may be paid by cr edit car d or in per son.

Students who ar e planning to take an inter session cour se should check

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the schedule at http://schedule.sdccd.edu to lear n mor e. I t is r ecommended they talk to a counselor befor e enr olling in a class to see if this option is r ight for their academic plans.

The pr ess r elease said that the inter session was r einstituted to enable students to satisfy degr ee r equir ements in highdemand cour ses. I t was made possible by an impr oved state budget and car eful financial management.

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Marijuana is legalized, but with conditions

By SHAYLYNMARTOS ANDGABERIVERA City Times The passing of Pr oposition 64 legalizes the pur chase, possession and gr owing of mar ijuana and hemp for Califor nians statewide. Star ting in 2018, people 21 year s or older will be allowed buy mar ijuana at gover nment r egulated dispensar ies with a 15 per cent tax, and gr ow up to six plants in their home.

Other r egulations on mar ijuana possession and pr oduction ar e as follows: adults can car r y up to 28.5 gr ams of mar ijuana and up to 8 gr ams of mar ijuana concentr ate. Plants gr own in a home need to be behind locked door s and not in public view. And use of mar ijuana at any institution for childr en is str ictly pr ohibited.

Tax r evenue obtained thr ough the legalization of cannabis will

be used to fund after school pr ogr ams for childr en, r esear ch for dr ug pr evention and impair ed dr iving and decr ease law enfor cement costs. Accor ding to the Official Califor nia Guide, additional tax r evenue will r ange fr om the high hundr eds of millions to mor e than $1 billion.

Pr op 64 also applies to those incar cer ated for mar ijuanar elated char ges, making them eligible for r e- sentencing or r elease. The legalization of mar ijuana is expected to r educe the costs of cr iminal justice by tens of millions of dollar s annually.

This legislation is another step in nor malizing and r educing the stigmas of cannabis usage. Ed Wicker, an attor ney specializing in "Cannabusiness," was at Election Centr al at Golden Hall on election night.

"I t?s a vote for fr eedom and per sonal liber ty, he explained when asked what he thought of the passing of the pr oposition.

Thelegalizationof marijuanamay raiseabilliondollarsinCaliforniataxrevenueper year. ALANHICKEY File photo Wicker explained how the r amifications of mar ijuana commer ce will not be felt for a long while since businesses selling cannabis will not open until 2018.

The mor e immediate effects

Additional funds for colleges

By THOMASCHESY City Times Voter s in Califor nia last week appr oved an extension of a tax on the wealthy to maintain cur r ent funding levels for public education in the state, as well as a $9 billion bond sale for school moder nization.

Pr oposition 55, officially known as ?The Califor nia Extension of the Pr oposi- Community collegeswill benefit withtheapproval of Propositions51and tion 30 I ncome Tax I n- 55. City Collegeviewfrom16 and C. CELIAJIMENEZ File Photo cr ease I nitiative,? will "Appr oving it would The cost of Pr op. 51 will, maintain a 1 ? 3% tax incr ease on the wealthy, amount to not just toler at- however, be substantial, inwhile Pr op. 51 will allocate ing but r ewar ding deceit. A cur r ing "State costs of money to moder nize tempor ar y tax hike is one about $17.6 billion to pay off schools at a cost to the that ends," a Sept. 26 news- both the pr incipal ($9 billion) and inter est ($8.6 bilstate of $500 million per paper editor ial r ead.

City College I nter Club lion) on the bonds," accor dyear over 35 year s.

With the passage of Council Pr esident Gr egor y ing to the Califor nia L egPr op. 55, cur r ent tax levels Bar ba war ned befor e the islative Analyst's Office.

Both initiatives ar e nowill r emain in place until election that a failur e to ap2030, allocating 89 per cent pr ove Pr op. 55 would lead table for their lack of supof r evenues to K-12 schools, to a scr amble for funding por t fr om Gov. Jer r y and 11 per cent to commu- sour ces acr oss Califor nia's Br own, one of the only ophundr eds of K-12 and com- ponents of the pr opositions nity colleges.

City College's Associated munity college distr icts, in the Democr atic Par ty.

"I am against the develStudent Gover nment offi- and would r esult in community college's tur ning oper s' $9-billion bond. I t's a cially endor sed Pr op. 55 ear ly last month, and pr o- away students if funding blunder buss effor t that pr omotes spr awl and squanmoted the initiative could not be secur ed.

Now, with the passage of der s money that would be thr ough campus events and both Pr ops. 55, and 51, Cali- far better spent in lowflier s.

Pr op. 55's detr actor s, in- for nia community colleges income communities," he cluding The San Diego ar e poised to r eceive a sub- said in Feb. 12 inter view.

Pr op. 55 and other Union- Tr ibune, ar gue that stantial funding boost. AcPr op. 30's funding should cor ding to the Califor nia statewide initiatives that have been allowed to end Secr etar y of State, Pr op. 51 passed ar e scheduled to go because it was not intended would allocate $2 billion for into effect immediately unto function as a per manent "Califor nia Community Col- less a gr ace- per iod is leges facilities." specified. tax hike.

of Pr op 64 ar e in the cr iminal justice sector, he said. Resentencing and r eview of mar ijuana- r elated convictions star ted the day after the election.

Keith Str oup, the founder of the pr o- mar ijuana legalization gr oup NORML , stated befor e the state- wide r esults wer e announced that mar ijuana legalization would soon spr ead to even mor e other states.

"I r eally do believe that is the ultimate tipping point for this issue nationwide," Str oup said.

Pr op 64 was passed with a wide- major ity of votes and gained endor sements fr om many political figur es, newspaper s, and var ious or ganizations.

The San Diego UnionTr ibune, the L os Angeles Times, the Or ange County Register, and the San Fr ancisco Chr onicle among the newspaper s that suppor ted Pr op. 64. The California Democr atic Par ty and The Califor nia state NAACP ar e two of the or ganizations that endor sed mar ijuana legalization.

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VOX POPULI Voice of t he People Questionsby Daniel Wright Sr. I Photosby ThomasChesy

Areyou satisfied with theresults of thepresidential election?Why? "I t is what it is, and we vote for who you want. So, no matter who wins, someone's going to be upset."

David Mor ales, Business

"I 'm indiffer ent about it because I didn't like either par ty. I 'm glad it's all over."

Kar a Cichon, Mar keting

"I 've agr eed to disagr ee ... I think that we, as a countr y, need to come together."

Cooper Walter s, Business Mar keting

"Hopefully the hate will not spr ead. (Tr ump) gave hate a platfor m. I hope it was a str ategy and not a policy."

Raul Gar zon, Digital Jour nalism

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Acrowdfollowstheresultsat "ElectionCentral" at GoldenHall indowntownSanDiegoonelectionnight onNov. 8. THOMASCHESY City Times

ELECTION

Video 1- Students and faculty or ganized an anti-Tr ump pr otest at City College.

Continuedfrompage1 votes to Hillar y Clinton?s 232. Clinton conceded via phone at about 2:30 a.m.

Easter n time on Nov. 9.

Tr ump addr essed his suppor ter s shor tly after war d and took the oppor tunity to call for unity between political par ties. ?To all Republicans and Democr ats and independents acr oss this nation, I say it is time for us to come together as one united people.?

Clinton publicly conceded later that mor ning.

She voiced her suppor t for the young, female, L GBT, and differ ently abled communities acr oss the countr y. She expr essed her disappointment, but said, ?Donald Tr ump is going to be our pr esident. We owe him an open mind and the chance to lead.?

Tr ump r eleased his agenda for his fir st 100 days in office in late October. His plans included r epealing the Affor dable Car e Act, which allowed 20 million Amer icans the ability to get health car e; and canceling Pr esident Obama's executive or der s, such as the one that cr eated the Defer r ed Action

Video 2- The ups and downs of election night at Golden Hall.

City College'sstudentsandmembersof thePuenteProject, M.E.Ch.A. andUrbanScholarsUnionprotest Trump'selection at theMSbuildingonNov. 9. KARINAFLORESCity Times for Childhood Ar r ivals (DACA) pr ogr am that pr otected fr om depor tation mor e than 1 million undocumented immigr ants who wer e br ought to this countr y as childr en.

His plans also include imposing ter m limits on all member s of Congr ess and instituting a five- year ban on White House and Congr ess officials becoming cor por ate lobbyists after their civil ser vice.

At City College, r eaction fr om students and faculty

to the election r esults varied significantly.

On Nov. 9, or ganizations such as the Puente Pr oject, M.E.Ch.A, and the Urban Scholar s Union or ganized a pr otest at the MS quad fr om ar ound 12:30 to 2 p.m. The students held homemade signs and chanted, ?L et?s Stop Tr ump!,? and ?Sister s, br other s, have no fear ! I mmigr ants ar e welcome her e!? They called for students to unite against the Tr ump Administr ation,

which they said did not r epr esent mar ginalized communities.

The or ganizer s opened the megaphone to anyone who wanted to speak. Students shar ed their personal exper iences of being assaulted and suffer ing discr imination, dr awing suppor t fr om the cr owd.

"Yester day was a tr iumph for white supr emacy," said Mychal Odom, a Black Studies pr ofessor at City. He and other educator s spoke

about the impor tance of civil pr otest in the United States.

Xena Ramir ez, an Anthr opology major, stated that when she found out Tr ump had won the election, ?A lot of what I was feeling was fear for my family."

Accor ding to her, they had r eceived multiple negative comments dur ing Tr ump's campaign.

Ramir ez explained that as a lighter- skinned ?white- passing? L atina, she had a r esponsibility and oppor tunity to shed light on the discr imination that affected her family.

A Muslim student who asked to r emained anonymous said, "I 'm scar ed, but my faith, I slam, teaches me to fear the Cr eator mor e than the cr eation."

Timo Agee, PEERS advocate and Psychology major, was appr ehensive of both Tr ump and Vice Pr esident- Elect Mike Pence because of their views on mental illness and homosexuality.

Dur ing his r un for Congr ess in 2000, Pence advocated on his website for tax dollar s to be used to fund "conver sion ther apy" and for Congr ess to not r ecognize samesex mar r iage.

Agee stated that Tr ump and Pence?s views that sexual or ientation is "changeable" and subject to ther apy wer e ?going to make the coming- out pr ocess much mor e difficult? for those in the L GBTQ community.

While some pr otested at City other s expr essed suppor t for the pr esident-elect.

Music business major Dr ew Aver y said he voted for Tr ump. He agr eed with the pr esident-elect in that, ?The Amer ican citizens should come fir st in jobs and stuff like that.?

But Aver y said that he felt Tr ump wasn?t the best option for the office. He said would have voted for Ber nie Sander s had he r eceived the Democr atic nomination.

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CITYARTS 'City Moves' with emotions

By CELIAJIMENEZ City Times "City Moves," San Diego City College's fall dance concer t, will be staged Nov. 18 and 19 at the Saville Theatr e.

The Visual and Per for ming Ar ts Depar tment will pr esent a total of 11 dances chor eogr aphed by faculty and students.

The concer t will intr oduce the audience to an assemblage of emotions, themes and music styles, such as jazz, hip- moder n and salsa.

"Dance @ City" is a dance club and the name under which the Dance Depar tment and r ecitals want to be known on campus, in the community and among dancer s.

"We ar e tr ying to build our br and," the co-chair of the Visual and Per for ming Ar ts Depar tment, Alicia Rincon, said.

For this show, 12 students pr esented their dances and eight of them wer e selected.

"We allowed the stu-

dents to be as cr eative as they want. We want to pr epar e the students for a four- year college," Rincon said.

Eighteen- year- old dance major Regina Taylor is one of the student chor eogr apher s on "City Moves." "'Haunted Ghost's' movements ar e based on Beyonce's voice, and how power ful it is, " Taylor said.

Fr ancisco Ruiz, a 20year-old dance major, perfor ms "Unsteady" and "Danger ous Women" in this concer t and this is his second year of par ticipation.

"I 'm pr etty excited," Ruiz said, adding that it was a gr eat oppor tunity to wor k with his classmates and "family at City."

The pr ogr am won't stop dur ing the inter mission.

Rincon pr epar ed a salsa dance for the audience.

The dance concer t will be at the Saville Theatr e on Nov. 18 at 8 p.m. and on the 19th at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. Tickets ar e $10, cash only, at the door. For mor e infor mation: ar incon@sdccd.edu or 619-388-3653.

Dancersfrom"City Moves" rehearseat theSavilleTheatreonNov. 12. Theconcert ispresentedby threefaculty andeight student dancers.

Studentsperform"Unsteady" (top); AlexaLopezandKahleyami Gordonin"CirqueduAsylum" (left); ClariseRodriguezandReginaTaylor in"HauntedGhost." CELIAJIMENEZ City Times

A glimpse of 'Miss You Like Hell'

By ANDREAMORIN City Times The cr eative team and star s of a new musical came to City College to pr omote it. Awar d winning playwr ight Quiar a Alegr ia Hudes pr esents "Miss You L ike Hell," curr ently playing at the L a Jolla Playhouse thr ough Dec. 4.

Alegr ia and lyr icist Er in McKeown talked Thecast and thewriter of "MissYouLikeHell' talk totheaudienceat theSavilleTreatreabout themusical. about the musical at the ANDREAMORIN City Times Saville Theatr e. They pr oengaged." cast member fr om "Rent", vided a glimpse of the of the season.?

"They have some sensiAfter wr iting "Miss You Daphne Rubin-Vega, plays songs with the help of active and uncomfor table, L ike Hell," Alegr ia knew the r ole of a fr ee spir ited tor s CashaĂŠ Monya and awkwar d conver sations," that she wanted to incorL atina mother, and Olivia Oguma, and anthe playwr ight said, "and I por ate music to help tell Kr ystina Alabado ("Amer iswer ed a few questions take r eal delight in putting the stor y.

She contacted can Psycho") plays her fr om the audience.

The stor y is about a that stuff on stage and McKeown and the musical daughter. Playwr ight Alean audience began to take for m. gr ia was pr eviously nomimixed- r aced mother and feeling squir m thr ough it.

You can The fir st wor kshop for nated for a Tony Awar d for her daughter who tr avel actually feel them being the musical was two year s Best Book of a Musical for ar ound the countr y on a uncomfor table but r eally ago and it opened last Oc"I n The Heights," which r oad tr ip. enjoying it.

Those ar e the tober on the L a Jolla was also a finalist for a The New Yor k Times moments when the audiPlayhouse.

Pulitzer Pr ize for Dr ama calls it, ?one of the most ence feels par ticular ly An or iginal Br oadway in 2009. anticipated new musicals

The Stooges story finally told

By RICARDOSOLTERO City Times Within the fir st few minutes of his new documentar y, Jim Jar musch, dir ector of ?Gimme Danger,? declar es The Stooges, ?the gr eatest r ock ?n? r oll band ever.?

For a br ief moment in histor y, the band led by I ggy Pop, The Stooges, wer e tr uly just that, the gr eatest r ock and r oll band on the planet.

Befor e dr ug addiction and lack of commer cial success destr oyed the gr oup, The Stooges r ecor ded thr ee albums that ar e now consider ed classics: "The Stooges" (1969), "Funhouse" (1970) and "Raw Power " (1973).

Jar musch r evisits The Stooges' dr ug fueled histor y in inter views with

member s of the band, mostly in ar chival footage since by the time the documentar y was completed, I ggy Pop himself is the one sur viving member.

Sur pr isingly, the film is ver y conser vative in appr oach, mostly sticking to talking heads. Under standable, since the band never cr acked the Top 100.

Ther e?s definitely not a lot of live footage to go ar ound.

Ther e ar e plenty of r ar e photogr aphs though, some which ar e seen her e for the fir st time, displaying the excitement that the band caused dur ing their heyday.

Thr ough these gr itty black and white images, the chaos and r aw power of The

Stooges can be seen in all of their glor y. Fr om the ear ly days as the Psychedelic Stooges to their eventual br eak

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Good European-style brewery 'Chunky' Sanchez was a Chicano icon

By RICARDOSOLTERO City Times

The last couple of year s have seen an over haul of downtown San Diego?s East Village with numer ous ar t galler ies and lofts tr ansfor ming the ar ea into a cultur al and ar tistic hub.

Once occupied by war ehouses, East Village has seen a r ise in new r estaur ants, condominiums and now micr obr ewer ies. Knotty Br ewing is the latest addition on Mar ket Str eet.

I t's an expansion of Knotty Bar r el gastr opub. Once situated in their Br itish pub inspir ed tasting r oom, this r enovation comes equipped with an outdoor patio, br ewer y and tasting r oom. The fun begins with the task of finding a nice r efr eshing pint.

With a weekly r otation of beer s on their 10 taps, this new tasting r oom showcases Knotty Br ewing?s passion for Br itishand Eur opean-style beer s.

Knotty Br ewing featur es a selection of beer that specializes in Br itish- style pale ales, Ger man- style Pilsner s, L ondon Por ter s, I r ish r ed ales and mor e.

Within their modest selection of beer s, the Super Fr esh Pale is a gr eat star ting point. Their take on the tr aditional Br itish Pale Ale is excitingly r efr esh-

Knotty Brewingisamicrobrewery locatedonMarket Street and has10 tapswith weekly rotations. RICARDOSOLTERO City Times ing, cr isp and lightly hopped with good head r etention. Perfect for a hot San Diego beertasting after noon with its lingering notes and upfr ont maltiness that satisfy the palette.

The Tom Tom Blonde is the logical follow- up to the Super Fr esh Pale, a light r efr eshing ale with subtle hop spiciness.

What it lacks in depth in makes up in flavor. Filled with gr apefr uit over tones, Tom Tom Blonde is cr isp and pleasant, an excellent choice for an intr oductor y beer.

I f you ar e looking for something str onger, Kasie?s Stout is r ight up your alley. I t is r obust with distinct flavor s of car amel, and hints of coffee and chocolate. Stouts have a r eputation for being fair ly heavy but this is no or dinar y stout. I ts r oasted char acter and dr y finish give

way to an astonishing thinner stout.

Now, tr ying to descr ibe Br itish- styled beer s is slightly complicated. San Diego is filled with hop cr azy br ewer ies that deliver plenty of vibr ant selections. With that said, Knotty Br ewing is wor th checking out because sometimes quality indeed tr umps quantity. Their selection is wildly asser tive, deliver ing a completely differ ent exper ience, focusing on clean, cr isp, tr ue-to-style beer s.

Knotty Br ewing is a gr eat addition to the city?s expanding r oster of br ewer ies and gives San Diego mor e var iation over their tr ue selection of beer s.

For your next beer tasting adventur e, take a flight (pun intended), and exper ience the Eur opean style beer s this br ewer y has to offer. Get Knotty.

Many San Diegans, par ticular ly L atinos, mour ned the passing of a community icon, Ramon ?Chunky? Sanchez.

Sanchez was a musician, songwr iter, educator and activist. He became a cultur al icon and one of the local leader s of Chicano activism, becoming a tr adition at many community events.

I n 2013, Sanchez r eceived a National Endowment for the Ar ts National Her itage Fellowship, which r ecognizes ?the r ecipients? ar tistic excellence

and suppor t their continuing contr ibutions to our nation?s tr aditional ar ts her itage.? ?My Pops began his next jour ney in this phase we call life,? I xcatli Sanchez posted. ?We want to thank all that have suppor ted us and have been ther e in our time of need.?

City Bites: Hodad's Vegetarianburger from Hodad'slocatedon945 Broadway .

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America, dump the Electoral College

Not my president

By JAMESCALL

By GABERIVERA

City Times

City Times I n the after math of the histor ic pr esidential election of 2016, one has to think that ther e is definitely something wr ong with the cor e of Amer ican society today.

On Tuesday, Nov. 8, the United States elected Donald J. Tr ump to be the leader of the fr ee wor ld. The same Tr ump that has been shoveling his toxic r hetor ic of r acism, sexism, and ethnocentr ism on to the Amer ican public for what seems like an eter nity.

What should our r eactions be? People have taken to the str eets acr oss the nation to mar ch against a Tr ump pr esidency. Chants of ?F* * * Donald Tr ump!? and ?Not my pr esident!? echoed thr oughout these pr otests. Social media outlets ar e filled with fr ightened r eactions fr om minor ities and other s expr essing their fear of what Tr ump is capable of doing.

Reaction fr om wor ld leader s has been mixed, with all of them r emaining r espectful and politi- Another brick ontheway. Illustration by Karina Flores cally cor r ect, but an under tone of hesitancy can clear ly be dent Vladimir Putin. Putin r e- expr essed his openness to r enepor tedly offer ed Tr ump his con- gotiate NAFTA with Tr ump. sensed.

So while the wor ld's leader s Ger man Justice Minister gr atulations, and ?expr essed confidence that the dialogue bear e willingly beginning to pr eHeiko Maas tweeted, "The wor ld tween Moscow and Washington, par e for a Tr ump pr esidency, the won?t end, but things will get in keeping with each other ? s Amer ican people sit by in shock mor e cr azy,? while his colleague, Defense Minister Ur sula von der views, meets the inter ests of and dismay hoping for a Hail L eyen, told Reuter s the r esult both Russia and the U.S.,? Rus- Mar y to save the day. Ther e is sia Today r epor ted. A shining en- still a ver y small possibility for was a ?huge shock." for the Hillar y Clinton to win the pr esiFr ench Pr esident Fr ancois dor sement pr esident-elect. dency.

Hollande said Tr ump?s victor y Mexico?s For eign Relations Accor ding to the Constitution, mar ks the star t of ?a per iod of uncer tainty.? ?This new context Minister Claudia Ruiz Massieu chosen elector s of the Elector al r equir es that Fr ance be str ong,? said her countr y was willing to College ar e the "r eal" people who he said in a televised addr ess. ?moder nize? the Nor th Amer ican will vote for pr esident when they ?What is at stake is peace, the Fr ee Tr ade Agr eement, AFP r e- meet on Dec. 19 in their r especfight against ter r or ism, the Mid- por ts. This is a star k contr ast to tive state capitals. I t is a long dle East and the pr eser vation of when she said a Tr ump pr esi- shot, as Clinton would need mor e dency would be wor se than a than 20 GOP elector s to go r ogue the planet.?

One wor ld leader that is happy "hur r icane." Canada's Pr ime See TRUMPon page 7 with the r esults is Russian Pr esi- Minister Justin Tr udeau has also

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The Elector al College is an anachr onism that has never wor ked the way the Founder s intended. And it caused unintended pr oblems almost immediately. A tie in the Elector al College between Thomas Jeffer son and his intended vice pr esident, Aar on Bur r, in the election of 1800, thr ew the contest into the House of Repr esentatives. Jeffer son nar r owly made the pr esidency after 36 tie votes in the House, only because Alexander Hamilton hated Bur r mor e than he hated Jeffer son and tipped the scales towar d his "lesser of two evils."

I n the Constitutional Convention that decided the ar chitectur e of our gover nment, the debates over how gover nment officials would be chosen wer e among the most pr otr acted of all. Not least was how the pr esident should be selected.

The dominant plan, The Virginia Plan, opted for the pr esident to be chosen by Congr ess.

I n committee, however, it was decided that this gave the legislative br anch too much power over the executive br anch.

An alter native favor ed by James Madison featur ed election of the pr esident by popular vote of the people. The South objected to this plan because of the high number of nonvoting slaves living in those states. Thus in the Nor th, a much higher percentage of the population would be able to vote for the pr esident.

Madison noted, "Ther e was one difficulty however of a ser ious natur e attending an immediate choice by the people. The r ight of suffr age was much mor e diffusive in the Nor ther n than the Souther n States; and the latter could have no influence in the election on the scor e of Ne-

gr oes. The substitution of elector s obviated this difficulty and seemed on the whole to be liable to the fewest objections."

So, but for the issue of slaver y, we may have had election of the pr esident by popular vote at the outset. But ... we didn't. And we still don't.

I t was decided that a body of people outside of Congr ess be chosen expr essly to pick the pr esident. The elector s would be chosen in distr icts in each state by popular vote. The elector s wer e not bound to follow the vote in their own state or distr ict. Mostly, they have mir r or ed the vote but ther e have been occasions when they counter ed it too.

Not a dozen year s into the new gover nment and the Elector al College caused a constitutional cr isis in 1800 r equir ing an amendment to the Constitution to fix it. To ensur e that the confusion between pr esidential and vice pr esidential candidates would not occur again, the 12th Amendment was passed dir ecting that elector s would vote for one pr esident and one vice pr esident.

Since that time the Elector al College has been changed and tinker ed with to tr y and solve its var ious deficiencies. The mechanics of this pr ocess var y fr om state to state. I t is a hopelessly convoluted mish- mash that is not well under stood by the vast major ity of voter s. This system bit us again in 2000 when the per son who won the popular vote did not win the Elector al College. I nstead, we got ?W.?

And now, in 2016, it has happened again. Hillar y Clinton won the popular vote with 60,839,922 votes, as of this wr iting, and with 99 per cent of votes counted. Her 574,000-plus lead is gr owing, See SLAMMED on page 7

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SLAMMED Continuedfrompage6 however, as mail-in and absentee ballots continue to come in. Tr ump r eceived 60,265,858 votes. However, the elector al br eakdown, which is now fir m, is 232 for Clinton and 306 for Tr ump.

I nter estingly, ther e is an oppor tunity for the Elector al College to wor k the way some of the Founder s envisioned it.

Many of them distr usted the ?impr udent passions? of the people to make an infor med and r ational choice for this power ful office, and fear ed the election of a "demagogue." Called ?mob-ocr acy?

by John Adams, he no doubt would think that today we have a sur feit of democr acy. Hence the r ule that the elector s wer e not r equir ed to vote as the major ity of people in their distr icts

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The business side To sell mar ijuana for r ecr eational use, businesses need to acquir e a state license, which will be available star ting in Januar y of 2018. L ocal gover nments can also r equir e them to obtain a local license.

The law bans lar ge- scale mar ijuana businesses for five year s to pr event ?unlawful monopoly power.?

Depending on the vagar ies of the mar ket, the pr ice of bud may go up exponentially. Pr op. 64 cr eated two new taxes on mar ijuana. One is a cultivation tax of $9.25 per ounce for flower s and $2.75 per ounce for leaves, with exceptions for cer tain medical mar ijuana sales and cultivation. The second is a 15 per cent tax on the r etail pr ice of mar ijuana. Taxes will be adjusted for infla-

TRUMP Continuedfrompage6 and vote for her instead. These defector s ar e called "faithless elector s". But, over 99 per cent of elector s thr oughout Amer ican histor y have voted as pledged, accor ding to an analysis done by the New Yor k Times.

I t was widely known that Clinton was not a gr eat candidate. Many of us who voted for her, had pr eviously been "Feelin the Ber n" and voted for Sen. Ber nie Sander s. But Tr ump is a cancer that is alr eady spr eading thr oughout our nation. Repor ts ar e r olling in of individuals exper iencing thr eats of violence, depor tation, and misogyny. Ther e wer e two distur bing incidents on San Diego college campuses.

Anti- Semitic and hateful gr affiti ? which included a r ed painted swastika and the wor ds ?Heil Tr ump? - - wer e found at a main tr ansit stop near UCSD. And at San Diego State, a Muslim student wear ing a hijab r epor ted that two

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did.

I n histor y, 179 so- called ?faithless elector s? did not vote in a pr esidential election the way they wer e pledged. I n no case, however, wer e the r esults of an election changed. Elector s can now finally act as a buffer against a bad choice by the people such as the Founder s envisioned. I t would r equir e the involvement of 75 faithless elector s abstaining or 38 switching to change the outcome ? admittedly, a tall or der.

The skepticism of the Founder s notwithstanding, the vagar ies of the Elector al College ar e incr easingly out of step with a moder n concept of democr acy. I f slaver y wer e ever a justification for this confusing system, now it certainly is not. One per son, one vote is the simple, democr atic way to fix this unnecessar y hodge- podge. I t has caused pr oblems since the beginning. Dump the Elector al College. tion star ting in 2020.

For the gr ower s, the new law will r egulate their ongoing oper ations. Just as in the case of medical mar ijuana, local gover nments can ban commer cial mar ijuana tr ansactions by or dinance and if they decide to OK mar ijuana businesses, the local author ities can r egulate them thr ough zoning laws.

Some communities in San Diego County dr opped the hammer befor e Tuesday?s election. Poway?s City Council on Nov. 1 banned the commer cial sale and outdoor cultivation of mar ijuana, joining Santee, San Mar cos, L emon Gr ove and National City.

But while communities can nix cultivation, they cannot ban the pr ovision allowing up to six plants in a per son?s home. ?They can have r egulations to pr event nuisance to neighbor s and pr otect safety and things like that, but they can?t ban it acr oss the boar d,? said Tamar Todd, legal dir ector of Dr ug Policy Action, the advocacy and political ar m of the Dr ug Policy Alliance, which backed Pr op 64. men made comments about Mr. Tr ump and Muslims and r obbed her, an incident being investigated as a hate cr ime.

I s this the Amer ica you envisioned for 2016 and beyond?

To make matter s wor se, for mer Ku Klux Klan gr and wizar d David Duke celebr ated Tr ump's win on Twitter on election night. "This is one of the most exciting nights of my life - make no mistake about it, our people have played a HUGE r ole in electing Tr ump!" Or this tweet: "Donald J. Tr ump now has the chance to become one of the gr eatest Amer icans to have ever lived - we have the mor al high gr ound, 100%!" These ar e the kind of comments that come out when a hate-monger ing bigot is elected to the office of pr esident of the United States.

Despite the sudden outpour of hatr ed, the time is now not to yell and be angr y, but to come together in peace for the better of humanity. L et's not usher our selves back to a time when civil r ights was just a pr ivilege for white people. Ther e might not be a way to get r id of Tr ump but we can fight the hate with love. Don't give in to the dar k side. I t

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STOOGES Continuedfrompage4 thr ough and implosion, we get detailed accounts of their glor ious br ief existence.

Some of the most interesting bits her e ar e of the band r ecounting their songwr iting and r ecor ding pr ocess. They wer e ill pr epar ed to deal with the demands of the r ecor ding industr y, yet ended up r ecor ding some of the most influential music of their er a.

Ther e ar e explicit details of the band?s live perfor mances, some of which fans have only known fr om legend. Much has been said about their infamous per for mances but her e we get fir st hand accounts fr om ever y band member, manager s and fr iends who saw them at their r aw, sweaty, howling peak, The Stooges wer e fer ocious and untamed.

Nothing about this documentar y should wor k, r ough typefaces, bizar r e

TheStoogesband. Official documentary photo super imposition and sloppy editing. Amateur ish at best, somehow it all seems r ather fitting for a band that would go on to inspir e punk r ock, har dcor e and noise r ock.

The ir ony is that time for got many of their mor e well- known contempor ar ies and The Stooges r eemer ged in the ear ly 2000?s with a str ing of cr iti

cally acclaimed per formances and two new studio r ecor ds.

Those familiar with the Stooges' legacy know that this document is simply a canonization of the band into the r ock and r oll pantheon. For those who don?t, they will see an exciting testament of why The Stooges ar e consider ed to be as influential and r egar ded by so many to be the gr eatest r ock and r oll band of all time.

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Knights advances to SoCal playoffs spite the loss. ?We played a good socCity Times cer game. We played better than they did City College's men's but unfor tunately you soccer team r eached have to scor e you have the Souther n Califorto win," he said. nia playoffs despite The Knights ended falling to four th place in four th place of the in the Pacific Coast PCAC yet they ar e the Athletic Confer ence. highest- r anked team The Knights ended in their league, actheir season playing cor ding to CCCAA. inconsistently but The r ank is detertheir over all r ecor d of mined by points 10-5-6 allowed them to ear ned fr om the overadvance to the next all r esults in conferr ound. ence and nonconferThe Knights tied 1-1 ence games plus the against the Wolver ines r anking of each team at San Ber nar dino on they played against.

Nov. 10. The WolverThe Knights will ines made an ear ly most likely play on and costly mistake Nov. 19. Hidalgo didn't dur ing the fir st half scor ing an auto goal Freshmendefender JoshuaRodriguez battlessophomoreFranciscoContrerasonthesidelinenear theCoyotes' goal area at theCuyamacaCol- know their opponent or wher e they would dur ing minute nine, legesoccer field onNov. 8. CELIAJIMENEZ City Times play as of Nov. 14. accor ding to Califor nia with 1-0 in favor of the Her r er a tied the scor e, maca was ar duous for 3-0. teams.

The Knights Head Coach City?s field doesn?t Community College Knights. Towar d the and that's how the both playoff Knights failed to scor e Milton Hidalgo was meet Athletic Association end of the second half game ended. r egulations.

San Ber nar dino fr eshTwo days befor e, the any goals and the Coy- happy with the per forsummar y.

The fir st half ended man defender Hugo game against Cuya- otes defeated them mance of the team deBy CELIAJIMENEZ

Knights begin season on strong footing

By ESAI MELENDEZ City Times San Diego City College men?s basketball team began the season str ongly, winning four of their fir st six games.

The team won its fir st two games, which put it in the final of the 11th Annual Knights I nvitational Tournament, but lost to Fullerton College.

L ast season, the Knights won the Pacific Coast Athletic Confer ence South Championship and wer e undefeated in conference play (8- 0), and their coach, Mitch Char lens, was named Coach of the Year.

I n the season opener Nov. 4, the team dominated the Bar stow Vikings, winning 88-74. The Knights led by 19 points at one point in the second half.

Sophomor e guar d Jahmer e Mitchell led the way with 17 points, five r ebounds and thr ee assists.

Sophomor e guar d Dar ien McClain came off the

Knightssophomoreguard DarienMcClaingetsaway from sophomoreguardIanFoxduringthefinal of the SanDiegoCity CollegeTournament at West GymnasiumonNov. 6. CELIAJIMENEZ City Times bench and put up 12 points, had thr ee assists, thr ee r ebounds and thr ee steals. Sophomor e center Alex Wilbour n and fr esh-

man guar d Rober t Taylor also had str ong per for mances.

Their next game, on Nov. 5, the Knights won

against the Citr us College Owls, 74-60. City's top scorer s wer e sophomor e guar d Romar io Wilson, with 14 points in 14 minutes after

coming off the bench, and fr eshman guar d Wonder Smith, who put up 10 points in 19 minutes.

For a good por tion of the game, the Owls kept up with the Knights, with the scor e being 28- 26 at halftime. However in the second half, City College's defense ended up being the differ ence-maker.

The Knights had a total of nine steals and 51 r ebounds, with Taylor nabbing one of those steals, leading his team with eight r ebounds. The Knights defense showed that they'r e a team that will fight toothand- nail just to get ball possession.

The two victor ies put the Knights in the tour nament final, wher e they lost 65-76 against the Fuller ton College Hor nets.

Wilson had a str ong perfor mance, leading his team by scor ing 20 points, and gr abbing thr ee r ebounds and one steal. McClain was r ight behind him, putting up 13 points and gr abbing thr ee r ebounds. Despite their one-

two punch, it wasn't enough to take down the Hor nets, which ended the tour nament undefeated 4-0.

The Hor nets kept the Knights on their toes the entir e game; ther e wer e eight lead changes in the game. However, 12 minutes into the second half, the Hor nets had their biggest lead of the game, 11 points, with the scor e 57- 46, and Fuller ton never looked back. Sophomor e for war d Jonathan Ross led the Hor nets in scor ing, with 14 points and gr abbed nine r ebounds. Fuller ton also had help fr om sophomor e guar d Nick Anderson, who put up 11 points, had four assists and gr abbed four r ebounds.

On Nov. 18 to 20, the Knights will compete in the Allan Hancock Tour nament in Santa Mar ia, with the fir st game against Ohlone College. They will be in the Palomar College Tour nament on Nov. 25 to 27 and Gr ossmont College Tour nament on Dec. 2 to 4.