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Undocumented students in limbo

By MIKEMADRIAGA City Times Many students ar e anxiously watching the calendar.

Appr oximately 742,000 undocumented college students and alumni nationwide r eceived tempor ar y immigr ation r elief, pr otecting them fr om depor tation.

The year 2012 was a good one for these students, who began to apply for that status, known as Defer r ed Action for Childhood Arr ivals (DACA). The two- year, r enewable pr ogr am enabled students to go to college, wor k and even tr avel ? legally.

Next year is the polar opposite.

Pr esident- elect Donald Tr ump will take office on Jan. 20 and has said he will begin to keep the pr omises he made dur ing his campaign. One was to depor t undocumented immigr ants. Another was to vacate many of Pr esident Obama's executive or der s, including DACA. ?Anxiety,? ?fear ? and ?hopelessness? ar e some of the wor ds voiced by DACA students on campus to expr ess how they feel.

Some ar e taking mor e extr eme measur es. ?I ?ve hear d of people alr eady leaving for Mexico,? said Mitzi

L izar r aga, 22, a liber al ar ts major at City College.

L izar r aga and her sister ar e both DACA students. She was emotional dur ing an inter view at the Pr ice Scholar ship Pr ogr am office. She str uggled to hold back her tear s as she questioned, ?Ar e my (paper s) going to expir e and will they let me r enew them??

On Dec. 13 L izar r aga has an impor tant appointment, though she would not say with whom. She said that if the meeting goes well she will be one step closer to obtaining her U.S. r esidency. ?Anything can happen,?

L izar r aga said. ?Tr ump can decide to take ever ything we?ve gotten so far.?

Mar co L una, 18, said that he always took Tr ump?s thr eats r egar ding ?illegal immigr ants? ser iously and blames social media for conditioning his peer s to think other wise.

L una came into the U.S. when he was 8 year s old. He was or iginally fr om Atizapรกn de Zar agoza, appr oximately 10 miles nor th of Mexico City.

On Nov. 8 he watched the election r esults. ?When Tr ump was going to win See LIMBOon page 10

Inawalkout onNov. 16, City Collegeandhigh-school studentsprotested President-elect DonaldTrump' promisetodeport undocumentedimmigrants., amongother campaignpledges. CELIAJIMENEZ City Times

Student injured in arrest

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Homelessstudent RoyceGreenprotestshistreatment by policeoncampusashe struggles tofinishhislast classtotransfer toauniversity.. MIKEMADRIAGA City Times

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The cement is his bed. The stair case an umbr ella. The double-paned glass ar e mir r or s to check his dr eadlocks when the str eet lights ar e lit, which also illuminates his handwr itten Peace 101 notes. He wear s leather steel- toe boots and thick socks to help keep his feet war m and a blue color ed hoodie to block the wind when he spar ks up a cigar ette.

?Out ther e is one thing, in her e (school) is something else,? said Royce Allen Gr een, 52.

One a r ecent Monday he said that he slept in the r ain by the same spot wher e he pr otested on C and 15th str eets days befor e. The next mor ning, he got dr ied off and went to class ? no one suspected anything. ?I ?ve got one mor e class befor e I can to tr ansfer to the univer sity,? Gr een said, ?I t?s Ar ab

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After he gr aduated fr om City College in May r eceiving an AA degr ee with honor s, he visited his family in Tennessee. He r etur ned to San Diego and eventually lost his spot at the St. See INJUREDon page 11

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M.E.Ch.A supports Standing Rock protest

By SHAYLYNMARTOS City Times San Diego City College students fr om M.E.Ch.A. ar e holding a fundr aiser on Dec. 17 to r aise awar eness and take donations for the Standing Rock Dakota Access Pipeline donation fund.

The Ar my Cor ps of Engineer s denied par t of the pipeline that was planned to go thr ough the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation on Dec. 4, after months of pr otest.

The San Diego Stands With Standing Rock event will have food, local music, ar t, and a silent auction. The fundr aiser will be held fr om 3 until 11 p.m. at the People?s L ot in Bar r io L ogan.

The r epr esentatives ar e asking for donations of winter necessities such as blankets, socks and hand war mer s. Fir st aid supplies ar e also suggested, such as su-

tur ing and tr auma kits. A $5 donation is suggested at the entr ance.

Thousands of pr otester s gather ed on the pr oposed site of the pipeline. The Oceti Sakowin Camp ser ved as their base of oper ations and home thr oughout the fight against the company building the pipeline, Ener gy Tr ansfer Par tner s.

The Ar my will be looking into alter native r outes, but the Tr ump administr ation could decide to use the or iginal r oute come Januar y, accor ding to the New Yor k Times.

The pr otester s consider thie Ar my Cor ps of Engineer s decision a major victor y in the fight for envir onmental pr eservation, but the futur e of the pipeline is still unclear. So for the time being, the pr otester s say they will r emain steadfast in Nor th Dakota despite the har sh winter envir onment.

VOX POPULI Voice of t he People Questionsby ElizabethComparan I Photosby AndreaMorin

What wastheworst holiday present you haveever received?

"A br eak-up.

Ther e was a lot going on at once."

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8 women speak out

against repression

By ANDREAMORIN City Times

?L a Car avana Contr a la Repr esiรณn en Mexico? or "Speaking Tour Against Repr ession in Mexico" is a gr oup of eight women tr aveling acr oss the United States to make their voices hear d. They made a stop in San Diego as one of the panels at the Binational Confer ence on Bor der I ssues, a two- day event that took place at City College on Nov. 17 and at El Colegio de la Fr onter a (COL EF) and Univer sidad Autรณnoma de Baja Califor nia (UABC) in Tijuana on Nov. 18.

I n its sixth year, this event offer s panels and wor kshops in schools and universities on both sides of the bor der.

The pur pose of the Binational Conference is to pr omote activism and wor k for social justice on issues common to both sides of the bor der, including gender, class, r ace and ethnicity. With the help of teacher s and activists the confer ence pr oduces a jour nal based on r ecent r esear ch on the Mexico-U.S. bor der to incr ease under standing of the unique pr oblems in this r egion and to advocate for its people.

The Speaking Tour Against Repr ession aims to expose cor r uption in the Mexican gover nment, some of which is suppor ted by politicians in the United States, and which continues to foster violence, the women said. They r epr esented seven organizations that wor k for social justice.

Odadelmis L eyva, r epr esentative of the National Coor dination of Education Wor ker s, said, ?Some 2,360 teacher s have been r etir ed fr om wor k for defending public education."

Another one of the speaker s, Cr istina Bautista, r epr esenting the Assembly of Mother s and Father s of the 43 Students Disappear ed fr om Ayotzinapa, and a mother of one the students her self, explained how the gover nment has avoided r esolving the disappear ance and how they have sought inter national help instead. ?Ther e is a Ar gentinian for ensic gr oup that came to help with the r esear ch but they wer e expelled fr om the countr y shor tly after discover ing impor tant evidence," she said.

Tear s wer e shed as these women shar ed their stor ies. The event ended with a question-and-answer session.

"Socks. I wear super cool socks all the time and someone got me plain white socks for Chr istmas. I am the guy with the cool socks and now I have these lame white socks I never even wor e."

Sebastian Ross, 20, Physics

"I t was an ugly sweater. I t was r ed and I was 13 and I didn't want clothes. I r emember hating it but my aunt got it for me so I tr ied to look happy."

Spencer

Rebelo,

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Kinesiology

"A hand- me- down sweater that my wife's uncle gave me. I t was a sweater that he used to wear and then he washed it and wr apped it and gave it to me. I t was nice for him to do it I guess..."

Keith L ababidi, 37, Nur sing

"My aunt gave me a sleeping bag that was meant for kids and I didn't fit in it. I pr obably got half way into it. We ended up giving it to my dog."

Br andon Valer di, 21, Undecided major

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City Collegestudent AlonzoHarver, 29, istackledby policeat theFifthAvenuetrolley stationindowntownSanDiegoonNov. 16 duringaprotest. CELIAJIMENEZ City Times

Students walk out to protest Trump

By SHAYLYNMARTOS City Times Students fr om San Diego City College and two near by high schools walked out of their classes for the fir st time since 2014, mar ching thr ough the str eets of downtown San Diego in solidar ity against Pr esident- Elect Donald Tr ump.

I n a gr oup of mor e than 500, the students pr otested bigotr y, misogyny and r acism they believe Tr ump pr omoted dur ing his campaign.

The City College walkout began at 11:30 a.m. on A"Dreamer" andLGTBactivist, City Collegestudent AnaLomeli joinsother protesterstoshowunity onNov. Nov. 16. I t was or ganized by r epr esentatives fr om 16 at SanDiegoCity College. CELIAJIMENEZ City Times multiple clubs and or gani- M.E.Ch.A., Monique Sal- Michael Br own in Fer gu- cano nationalist or ganizazations on campus, includ- cido Sandoval, explained son, Mo., and to r aise tion founded in East L os ing Puente, M.E.Ch.A. and that the pur pose of the awar eness of the 43 miss- Angeles in 1967, wer e pr ethe I nter national Socialist walk- out was to come to- ing students in Mexico. sent to help keep the stuOr ganization (I SO). gether ?as a coalition to The cr owd of mor e than dents safe. A member who They chanted "Stand up, say that we ar e standing 300 then mar ched onto C led the mar ch fr om L inwalk out!? as they handed together in solidar ity -- not Str eet, blocking the str eet coln High into downtown out signs and made their as differ ent clubs and or- and the tr olley tr acks explained that the goal of way thr ough the campus. ganizations, but as one chanting, ?Whose str eets? the or ganization is to pr oThe students continued voice -- students.?

Our str eets!? mote self-deter mination. down Par k Boulevar d, Sandoval said that the San Diego police offiThe mar ch was halted wher e they met students last time City College stu- cer s kept tr affic away fr om at the Fifth Avenue tr olley fr om San Diego High dents had walked out of the pr otesting students. station when an alter caSchool. their classes was in 2014 to Member s of the Br own tion between a member of The vice pr esident of pr otest the killing of Ber ets de Aztlan, a Chi- the Br own Ber ets and a

police officer ended in the his ar r est. Car los Gonzalez, 18, was char ged with obstr uction after he allegedly punched an officer in the face.

As Gonzalez was being detained, the cr owd began to close in ar ound the police. Pr otester s star ted to shove the officer s and yell, ?L et him go!?

I n r esponse, the officer s thr eatened to use pepper spr ay and pushed the cr owd back. ?I got punched in the face two times by a police officer and I am 5- foot- 1 and weigh 100 pounds.

That shows that they ar e not her e to pr otect us,? said Ashlee Reyes, a member of M.E.Ch.A. and the Br own Ber ets.

She said She filmed the ar r est while holding a pr otective bar r ier between the police and other pr otester s. She said that Gonzalez did nothing to pr ovoke the officer. ?The police have gotten aggr essive,? said pr ofessor of Black Studies, Mychal Odom.

After the ar r est, pr otester s r egr ouped and

mar ched up Fifth Avenue onto Br oadway taking over half of the str eet.

They settled in fr ont of the feder al building on Fr ont Str eet at ar ound 12:30 p.m. The or ganizer s led chants of, ?The students united, will never be divided!?

As the pr otest began the mar ch back to City College, they wer e met by the gr oup of students who had walked out L incoln High School, on 40th and I mper ial. The students r an to embr ace each other and the cr owd gr ew to mor e than 500 in number.

Pr otester s ar r ived back at City College by about 1:30 p.m., wher e they wer e encour aged to hold hands and end the pr otest with the chant, "Solidar ity overcomes r acism, police br utality, and oppr ession." ?I am her e as a woman, as a black, as a Muslim, as a disabled, actually," City student Sadiya Siad said.

"We shouldn?t be divided. We?r e not minor ity.

We?r e major ity.?

Siad str essed that these demonstr ations wer e the fir st step to change.

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The Dance Department presented a strong "City Moves" program that included four faculty and eight student pieces from Nov. 17 to 19. Dancers performed "Unsteady" (top). FernandoRuizshined duringasolodancein "Whirl" (left). Dancers expressed their sorrowduringadress rehearsal of "Reimagined Part 1" at theSaville ThreatreonNov. 16. CELIAJIMENEZ City Times

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Beasts are fantastic in 'Fantastic Beasts'

By JAMESSTEVENSON, JR. City Times Her e we ar e once again, enter ing the wor ld of magic, witches, wizar ds and ghouls, the wor ld of Har r y Potter. I t seems like it's been an eter nity since Ron and Her mione helped Har r y to defeat L or d Voldemor t on the campus of Hogwar ts.

Now we r etur n after a five- year hiatus, thanks to War ner Br os., only this time we ar e enter ing foreign ter r itor y as our journey occur s near ly 70 year s in the past and takes place in Amer ica.

We ar e, however, in capable hands, thanks to dir ector David Yates' stylish flar e and the scr eenplay fr om Har r y Potter cr eator JK Rowling. This tale follows Newt Scamander (Eddie Redmayne), a former student at Hogwar ts, who after being expelled, tr avels to Amer ica in sear ch of new cr eatur es to document for a book he is wr iting. His pr esence, however, str ikes the suspicion of Por pentina "Tina" Goldstein (Kather ine Wa-

EddieRedmaynequiteobviously enjoyshimself playingNewt Scamander inthisHarry Potter prequel. Official photo Fantastic Beasts ter ston), a for mer aur or, and Jacob Kowalski (Dan Fogler ), a baker. Things go fr om bad to wor se when seemingly wher ever Scamander is seen, magical

cr eatur es appear causing r uckus, one of which thr eatens to expose their wor ld to our s.

Ther e?s a lot to like about this movie, though it

is a bit over stuffed, with char acter s that ar e slightly under developed. I t is never theless still a thr ill seeing this magical wor ld fr om a differ ent time and

A Tribe Called Quest returns

By JAMESSTEVENSON, JR City Times I t?s been near ly 20 year s since the Hall of Fame hip hop gr oup A Tr ibe Called Quest r eleased its last album, ?The L ove Movement.?

With the r ecent and untimely passing of their fr iend and fellow MC, Phife Dog, may he r est in peace, many thought the gr oup had per for med their last hur r ah.

Sur pr isingly, the gr oup r eleased another album, ?We Got I t Fr om Her e...Thank You 4 Your Ser vice."

Recor ded shor tly befor e Phife Dog?s passing, the album debuted in November and featur es 16 tr acks.

Thr oughout, ther e is a call to action, which is a r ecur r ing theme in most of the tr acks.

Ther e is also commentar y about the r apid expansion of gentr ification in minor ity neigh-

bor hoods, the appr opr iation of black cultur e, and the r ecent str ing of shootings of unar med black men. This album is stuffed with clever commentar y on var ious social and economic issues plaguing us today.

I t is a much needed r eflection on wher e we ar e as a society.

At a time when hip hop has slowly become an open field for non sequitur ar tists composing scatter music and lazy lyr ics, it?s r efr eshing to see an album by seasoned veter ans who thankfully, albeit br iefly, r etur n hip hop to its r oots - - activism. ?We Got I t Fr om Her e...? will r emind many of why they fell in love with hip hop and r ap music, and hopefully br ing the uninitiated into the fold with its timeless message of civil unr est, toler ance and community.

With all the mention of commentar y and social awar eness, one

place.

Thanks to br illiant cr eatur e and set designs, near ly ever ything in this film is beautiful. Ther e is a r eal sense of joy to this

Grammys, Schmammys

By ANDREA MORIN City Times

"We Got It From Here... Thank You For Your Service," The Tribe'sreturnalbum. Official album cover might assume ?We Got I t Fr om Her e...? to be a pr eachy and heavyhanded wor k that overstates its point. However, that could not be fur ther fr om the tr uth.

As each tr ack passes, the passion and hear t within each ar e pr ofoundly felt. The final tr ack, ?The Donald,? a loving tr ibute fr om the gr oup to their fallen fr iend and fellow col-

labor ator, Phife Dog, concludes the album with a sense of finality and closur e. Sur e to be much talked about in the coming weeks, A Tr ibe Called Quest has done it again, delivering a power ful blow for the hip hop and r ap community and simultaneously pr oviding for those who other wise wouldn?t have a voice, a soapbox to stand on.

movie that r adiates on scr een. However, while the visuals ar e stunning, our lead char acter is a bit flat.

Redmayne, though a talented actor, and you can tell he is clear ly having fun playing as the oddball Newt Scamander, doesn?t r eally cr eate a char acter that is r eally char ming enough to get fully invested in, possibly because you can?t under stand about 30 per cent of what he?s saying.

However, the side character s make up for whatever char isma Scamander lacks. Though they ar en?t all well-r ounded, they elevate the movie with their char m, inter esting dynamics and committed per formances fr om the talented actor s por tr aying them.

They help this movie r ise a few notches above mediocr ity.

Consider this film to be a good opening act to perhaps a five- show event.

(They ar e making four mor e of these, by the way.

Her e's to hoping that each of the four films will impr ove upon wher e this one falls shor t.

Gr ammy awar d nominations came out Dec. 6 and the list of nominees is less than impr essive.

Over the year s the Gr ammys have lost spar kle. The once sought- after awar d has become a shadow of its for mer self.

I t used to be that it was an honor to be the r ecipient of a Gr ammy awar d ? even just be nominated. I t was high pr aise and r ecognition fr om the Recor ding Academy. Now, something has been lost.

The official Gr ammy website descr ibes its member s as ?pr ofessionals with cr eative or technical cr edits on at least six commer cially r eleased tr acks.? "Cr eative" and "technical" ar e apparently subjective.

These "pr ofessionals" year after year gr avitate to the catchiest songs on the r adio. They continually ignor e the r eal quality music that exists. Maybe it doesn't move enough units.

Ther e wer e some expected nominations this year. BeyoncĂŠ is nominated in nine differ ent categor ies for her visual album

"L emonade." No sur pr ise ther e.

What is sur pr ising is how she managed to be nominated in thr ee differ ent genr es, alongside the late David Bowie with his r ock nomination for his last album "Blackstar," which one could ar gue deser ves a Best Album nomination instead of just a Best Alter native Music Album.

Omitted fr om the awar d nominations was the late star Juan Gabr iel, who?s album scor ed thr ee awar ds in the past L atin Gr ammys but r eceived no nomination in the L atin Pop Album categor y this time.

The new thing is to nominate songs made popular by You Tube Vines, like Desiigner ?s Panda, which scor ed Best Rap Per formance! I t is almost embar r assing but I won't be sur pr ised when they nominate the Mannequin Challenge song next year.

I n the end, awar d shows ar e all about attr acting an audience.

So what does the cur r ent state of the Gr ammys say about what's become of our collective taste?

I will be inter ested to watch, however, what Kanye?s r eaction will be this year if he doesn?t win one of his eight nominations.

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Guide to North Park's craft beer scene

By RICARDOSOLTERO City Times As San Diego?s r eputation continues to gr ow as a cr aft beer heavyweight, so has the number of micr obr ewer ies.

With lar ge star t ups in Mir amar to a big boom in tasting r ooms in Downtown San Diego and L ittle I taly, in the last couple of year s we have seen the number of br ewer ies and tasting r ooms double, making San Diego the go- to destination for cr aft beer enthusiasts. Stone Br ewer y, Ballast Point and Gr een Flash ar e alr eady r anked among the best br ewer ies fr om ar ound the wor ld.

The cur r ent micr obr ewer y expansion in Nor th Par k featur ing the next wave of NothPark hasvariety of craft beer breweries. RICARDOSOLTERO City Times br ewer ies will continue to enlar ge San Diego's position on the cr aft beer map. complementing their gr owing selection M ike H ess B r ewing Company 3812 Grim Ave Her e ar e some of the best local and not- of ales and lager s.

With a selection of malty and hoppy so local br ewer ies that have made their B elching B eaver cr eations and with mor e than 10 differway to Nor th Par k.

4223 30th St ent types of beer s on tap daily, Mike The Vista bor n br ewer y showcases Hess Br ewing Company in Nor th Par k Nor t h Par k B r ewing seven distinct beer s that r ange fr om boasts a state-of-the-ar t tasting bar and 3038 University Ave blondes to stouts. The cur r ent cor e This br and new br ewer y r ecently beer s include the awar d winning on site br ewing facility. I t is cur r ently opened its tasting r oom in the hear t of Beaver ?s Milk, Peanut Butter Milk Stout the 11th lar gest br ewer y in San Diego.

Nor th Par k. I ts limited selection fea- and Damned Double I PA -- all of which Thor n St . B r ewer y tur es a combination of hoppy and malty placed in the Wor ld Beer Champi3176 Thorn St. items. Cur r ently, its lineup includes col- onships in 2014 and 2015.

Offer ing a dozen or mor e styles of labor ations with other local br ewer ies,

beer on tap, Thor n St. focuses on maltfor war d beer s. A slick combination of Nor th Amer ican, Br itish and Belgian styles, you?ll find anything r anging fr om I PA?s, lager s and stouts. A r elatively small br ewer y, Thor n St. pr oduces a lar ge quantity and var iety of br ews thanks to its focus on exper imentation.

Rip Cur r ent B r ewing 4101 30th St. Rip Cur r ent is a San Mar cos based br ewer y with a satellite location in Nor th Par k. They featur e an assor tment of beer s that tend to a mor e r obust flavor consisting of big hoppy, sweet and malty beer s. Rip Cur r ent makes flavorful beer in the classic Amer ican br ewing style.

M oder n Times F lavor dome 3000 Upas St. Moder n Times pr esents a handful of unique beer s alongside its plentiful r oster of cor e beer s. They offer 16 beer s on tap at its Nor th Par k location and specialize in hybr id style br ews, multiple var iations of their cor e beer s, and exper imental pilot batches. Of note, each month the br ewer y r eleases a special one-off batch, 22-ounce bottled beer that is only available at that time.

Reyna Grande shares preview Save money, go to of newnovel at City College movies in Tijuana

By ANDREAMORIN City Times A full auditor ium welcomed awar d- winning author Reyna Gr ande on Nov. 15. Mor e than a hundr ed students attended the r eading that took place in r oom MS162.

"The Distance Between Us," published in 2012, is Gr ande's memoir of her exper iences as an undocumented immigr ant.

I t tells the stor y of her life since leaving her native Mexico at the age of four with her par ents until her fir st days at the Univer sity of Califor nia, Santa Cr uz.

Gr ande r ead an abstr act of the as yet untitled sequel to "The Distance Between Us" Latinawriter ReynaGrande. Facebook photo scheduled to be r eleased in r eading sour ce for English 49 2018. The sequel continues said Gr ande.

When the r eading was done, students on campus.

Gr ande's stor y after she gr adstudents had the oppor tunity The session ended on a uates fr om college and str ugto ask the author questions hopeful note fr om the author. gles to connect with her br oabout the book and her exper i"Now, mor e than ever, let us ken family. ences.

After war ds, many peocontinue fighting for social jusThe author also shar ed a blog post on the r ecent elec- ple lined up to get their books tice, for a wor ld without border s, for our r ight to cr eate ar t, tion. "We witnessed at a na- signed by the author.

Since its r elease, the book for our voices to be hear d. I t is tional level what happens on a has touched many people who thr ough our stor ies that we daily basis to women in the have been thr ough similar sitwill build br idges and tear wor kplace? we lose to men uations.

I t is used as the main down walls." who ar e less qualified than us,"

By MELISSADEPINERES City Times With a handful of big blockbuster films about to hit the scr een towar ds the end of the year and with holiday expenses r ight ar ound the cor ner, ther e's not much extr a cash for college students.

"Star War s: Rogue One," "Assassin's Cr eed," "Collater al Beauty," "Power Ranger s" ar e among the many films pr emier ing in December.

Going to the movies may not be that affor dable for college students, yet ther e is an alter native for enjoying your favor ite films. But it might r equir e a quick tr ip out the countr y.

Tijuana is an option if you would like to see some of the new movies hitting the big scr een.

As Mexico's peso continues to decline, the U.S. dollar goes fur ther and fur ther. The r ate cur r ently is 20.80 pesos per dollar.

The movie exper ience in Tijuana does not differ all that much fr om San Diego ? except in spending.

M ost movies pr emier e in Tijuana befor e t he U.S.: The manager of the AMC Mission Valley confir med that "Doctor Str ange"

pr emier ed on Nov. 3. Cinepolis in Tijuana pr emier ed the movie on Oct. 29.

Pr ice mat t er s: When changed to pesos, a movie ticket in Tijuana can aver age between two and four dollar s. I n the U.S. it can be $14.

L ike being in your living r oom: I n all Cinepolis Theater s ther e ar e gener al admission theater s but also a popular alter native; VI P theater s that include couch seats, full bar and food ser ved at your seat. This ser vice is only located in two San Diego Theater s, in Del Mar and Chula Vista.

You ar e buying mor e t han a movie t icket : Cinepolis movie theater s ask if you want to give a small donation to help catar act victims, a foundation they have suppor ted for about 10 year s and ar e ver y pr oud of.

M ovie diver sit y: Cinepolis offer s a diver se selection of Hollywood movies, Mexican movies and other inter national films, such as "Er nest et Celestine," a Fr ench movie pr emier ed in Cinepolis in 2015.

A gr eat movie exper ience and a happier wallet can be had just a few miles away fr om the U.S. bor der.

Tr y the unique exper ience of going to see a movie in Mexico.

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December Delights

BalboaPark's 39th annual December Nights community festival was marked by record crowds drawn to thepark for carols, food, and

freemuseums. Thetwo-day event, described by organizers as "thenation?s premier holiday festival," drew360,000 peopletoBalboa Park last weekend, 10,000 more than expected, according to media reports. There was food fromaround the world in the House of Pacific Relations cottages. Therewereholiday gifts to buy in theSpanish Villageand theBalboaPark Visitors Center. Thereweremusic and dance performances. The museums presented many special exhibits and entertainment. The Balboa Park Conservancy went all out tomakethisDecember Nightsonetoremember. THOMASCHESY City Times

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Reliving anightmare, onedeath at atime

By DANIELWRIGHT, Sr. City Times I t's a day I 'll never forget. I r elive it ever y time I hear of a case of police br utality or the shooting of an unar med citizen.

I t was Aug. 18, 2001. I was in custody for a bench war r ant (for failur e to appear in cour t). I was arr ested Aug. 15, and booked into downtown Centr al Jail. I let the nur se at intake know that I had been diagnosed with a br oken eye socket befor e ar r iving.

After a two-day stay, my name was called to be tr ansfer r ed to the Geor ge Bailey Detention Facility, which I pr otested as I was on a medical floor and hadn't seen a doctor.

Upon ar r ival to the detention facility near the bor der all the inmates ar e placed in a line- up, str ipped sear ched and housed accor ding to the color of their bands.

Deputies singled me out due to my r ed band, and or der ed me into a holding cell, wher e I sat alone.

The tank was filthy.

Food was spr ead along a wooden bench. I gr abbed a wad of toilet paper -- which had a dollar patter n -- and cleaned a spot to sit down.

I thr ew the toilet paper in the toilet, but for some r eason I didn't flush it.

As the hour s passed, I became tir ed and concer ned as to why I hadn't been housed so I pr essed the contact box.

The deputy r esponded by asking, "What's the emer gency?"

I explained my situation and the deputy r eplied, "This is for emer gencies only, don't pr ess my

f@# king button!"

About 20 minutes passed and a deputy walked by my cell door. I tr ied to stop him but to no avail as he just looked at me and mocked me with food that he was eating as he passed. Another deputy passed appr oximately 15 minutes later with the same r esults.

Finally, a black deputy with str ipes on his sleeve stopped to hear me out. I explained that I was placed in this cell thr ee hour s befor e because I had a medical band and I had yet to see a physician since being incar cer ated.

As I spoke with the deputy another one walked by, looked down at the bottom of the cell door, stopped and asked the deputy whom I 'm speaking with, "Did he br eak that window?"

The deputy and I looked down at the cell door to see a cr acked window.

The deputy looked at me and asked, "Did you br eak the window?"

I assur ed him I had not br oken anything!

To no avail; the deputy immediately put out a call, "We have a br oken window in holding..." No sooner than said, ther e wer e 15 to 20 deputies outside of my cell.

A deputy (without str ipes) yelled at me, "Why'd you br eak MY f@# king door !"

I told the deputy I had nothing to do with the br oken glass. The deputy order ed me to the back of the cell and to face the wall. I immediately complied. The cell door opened and I 'm r ushed, gr abbed, and slammed into the wall

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They again began to r epeatedly ask, "Why'd you br eak my window?" - - as my wr ists wer e tweaked with mor e and mor e pr essur e. I again told the deputies I didn't br eak anything. I asked the

deputies to look into the toilet and explained that I had to clean up just to sit down.

I had r ecently had a sur ger y on my r ight wr ist, which gr eatly affected my r ange of motion, and asked the deputy twisting it to let up a little. He looked at my wr ist, saw the scar tissue,

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and lightly let off some pr essur e. The deputies then handcuffed me as tight as they possibly could and r emoved me fr om the cell, r ushing me down the cor r idor, still in wr ist locks.

As I 'm escor ted down the hall by some 15 deputies, the deputy on my left continuously kicked

the back of my left foot causing my r ubber slipper to begin to slide off my foot. As I dr agged my foot to tr y and r ecover my sandal, the deputy yelled out, "He's r esisting!"

The next thing I hear is "Her e we go!"

The next thing I know I 'm going down.

As I 'm being for ced to the gr ound, I bump into a deputy, which causes him to fall. So I 'm slammed to the gr ound cuffed, and at least five deputies begin to beat me.

I was r epeatedly socked in the sides and face while the deputies yelled, "Stop r esisting... stop r esisting!" although I 'm handcuffed laying flat on my stomach.

The next thing I know my r ight leg was lifted off the floor and my ankle was placed into a Ken Shammr ock- style ankle lock. As the pr essur e on my ankle incr eased, one deputy slugged me in my br oken eye.

I cr ied out, "I have a br oken eye socket!"

He gave me one mor e punch, then stopped, obser ving his wor k and gr inning while a net was being tied ar ound my head with a pull str ing tied ar ound my neck.

"Hog tie or chair ? Hog tie or chair ?"

"Get the chair."

So out comes a chair.

I 'm picked up off the floor (still handcuffed) and thr own into a chair.

Deputies then begin to place seatbelt style str aps acr oss my chest and ankles.

As I 'm being str apped down I feel pr essur e on my See NIGHTMAREon page 10

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California voters leading the way

By THOMASCHESY City Times The anger Califor nians feel after Pr esident- elect Donald Tr ump?s stunning victor y is under standable; the people of the state have voted Hillar y Clinton for pr esident thr ee times now acr oss two pr imar ies and a gener al election. I t?s no wonder they?r e pr otesting. But these pr otester s, as well as all Californians, should be sur e not to forget about the extr aor dinar ily pr ogr essive legislation they appr oved on election night.

The Califor nia ballot pr oposition system, intr oduced in 1911, paved the way for mor e than a

centur y of pr ogr essive legislation in the state, star ting with Pr oposition 4, which gave women the r ight to vote in Califor nia nine year s befor e the 19th Amendment was r atified. Today, as of November 's gener al election, Califor nians have continued to show a penchant for for war d- thinking, and ear lyadoption of common- sense legislation.

Key pr opositions passed by Califor nia voter s: Pr op. 55: Maintains an income tax-hike on wealthy Califor nians for the benefit of K- 12 schools and community colleges.

Pr op. 58: Allows bilingual instr uction in Califor nia public schools.

Pr op. 63: Bans high- capacity ammunition magazines and pr ohibits some individuals fr om buying guns.

Pr op. 64: L egalizes r ecr eational mar ijuana.

Pr op. 67: Bans single- use plastic gr ocer y bags.

The passage of these initiatives signal a mor e independent mindset shar ed by voter s in Califor nia in contr ast to the r est of the countr y. As author Daniel Duane put it in a r ecent New Yor k Times Op-Ed, "I wish we all could be Califor nian." Califor nian, in this case, meaning pr osper ous, toler ant and indispensable.

Many of these initiatives, however, ar e in dir ect conflict

with Tr ump's views, as well as those of his Cabinet, and his voter s, who inhabit far less Califor nia-style states.

On the issue of legal mar ijuana, while Tr ump himself has indicated that he would leave legalization up to the states, his r ecent pick for Health and Human Ser vices Secr etar y differ s substantially on the subject. U.S. Rep. Tom Pr ice (R-Ga.), selected

by Tr ump on Nov. 29, has r epeatedly voted against any effor t to soften feder al laws against mar ijuana legislation, accor ding to The Washington Post.

The issue of Second Amendment r ights is another sticking point against the success of Califor nia's new legislation. Tr ump

was endor sed by the NRA in May, and has stated thr ough his website that he would fully suppor t the r ight to car r y a fir ear m acr oss the countr y.

"National r ight to car r y ? should be legal in all 50 states," accor ding to a statement on DonaldJTr ump.com.

Whatever the outcome, the stage has been set for an ideological confr ontation between the most diver se and most populous state in the union and the pr esident of that union.

At least for the time being, Califor nians should be pr oud of the fir m, pr ogr essive message sent to the incoming Tr ump administr ation.

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Activism or 'slacktivism'?

By ESAI MELENDEZ City Times I f you've seen anybody wear ing a safety pin r ecently, it means that they'r e suppor ting ethnic and sexual minor ities in Amer ica who have been victims of hate cr imes after Donald Tr ump became the pr esident-elect.

Some people in Amer ica, and even people ar ound the wor ld, ar e giving the smallest bit of help they can towar ds a cause, but still feel like they've done enough to help those who've been oppr essed.

Amer icans ar e guilty of this and that can be attr ibuted to the r ise of social media in the past 10 year s.

Going to social media isn't

going to solve any of America's pr oblems. Accor ding to Statista.com, 78 per cent of people in the U.S. ar e using social media in 2016, a 5 percent incr ease fr om 2015. A little over thr ee- four ths of Amer icans use social media, many to "suppor t a cause."

This isn't the fir st time that people in Amer ica have r esor ted to such "passive pr otesting," if that's what you want to call this.

One example is when Facebook cr eated a "Par is filter " that could be used for any photos posted on the website in wake of the 2015 Par is bombings. Any photo that had the filter applied to it would show a tr anspar ent backgr ound of the Fr ench flag.

This was cr eated so people using the website could "... easily show their suppor t for Fr ance," accor ding to Mashable.com's, Adar io Str ange. I f that's consider ed showing suppor t, then Amer icans and people all over the wor ld, need to investigate what r eal activism involves.

Another example is when I nstagr am pr omoted its "I ce Bucket Challenge" in 2014 for AL S. This challenge involved a per son filming themselves pour ing a bucket of ice water on themselves. Resear cher s now have found new infor mation on AL S and it was apparently because of the outpour iing of suppor t dur ing the 2014 See ACTIVISMon page 10

Pr esident- elect Donald Tr ump's tax plan unveiled in November keeps a campaign pr omise to lower income taxes acr oss the boar d. The upper 1 per cent r eceives a whopping 47 percent of the tax br eak. Those in the lowest income tax br acket ear ning under $19,625 per year face a 20 percent incr ease.

L ily Batchelder, chief tax counsel for the Senate Finance Committee, said that up 20 per cent of households with dependent childr en and over half of single par ents would see a tax incr ease.

Tr ump's plan makes thr ee tax br ackets, 12 per cent, 25 per cent, and 33 per cent, in place of the 7 br ackets we have now. Those in the lowest gr oup cur r ently pay 10 per cent. Students, who often wor k in near minimum wage jobs and find themselves in that lowest gr oup, will find a substantial incr ease in their income tax liability.

Stephen Miller, the Tr ump campaign policy dir ector, r ejects the Tax Policy Center analysis. He cites a $500 offset for families who put $1,000 in dependent car e savings accounts. The Tax Policy Center noted that it is difficult to assess how many such accounts would be cr eated and also pointed out that for many families the offset would still not cover the tax incr ease. And students, often having no dependents, would not qualify anyway.

The theor y for cutting taxes on cor por ations and the wealthy is the old "tr ickle down" chestnut. Give money to the "job cr eator s" and they will cr eate jobs. Except that this supply side economic theor y has never wor ked. I t's actually just the opposite. Businesses cr eate jobs

when a mar ket exists for what those businesses pr oduce. Mar kets exist when consumer s have money to spend.

I n r eality, a money incentive to cr eate or expand business alr eady exists with the low-inter est r ates that have been in effect for sever al year s. Expanding business thr ough loans is now as cheap as ever. Yet, the kind of br oad expansion that cr eates jobs has not taken place because a r ise in br oad consumer spending has been slow. I t's fine to r educe expenses, but it's money coming thr ough the fr ont door that makes a business healthy.

As Sen. Ber nie Sander s pointed out in his campaign, the lion's shar e of all new wealth cr eated in the last decade has gone to the "1 per cent."

Even so, they can't buy ever ything. Consumer s, the r eal job cr eator s, str uggle just to make ends meet.Tr ump pr omises to help job gr owth by incr eased spending on infr astr uctur e.

But wher e will the money come fr om?

Even if Tr ump's r osy expectations ar e r ealized of luring U.S. businesses back to the mainland with tax incentives, the conser vative Tax Foundation estimates that tax r evenues would be decr eased by $10.14 tr illion over the next decade.

That's over a tr illion dollar decr ease per year.

That kind of decr ease is not possible even with cur r ent gover nment spending, let alone a spending incr ease for infr astr uctur e. The only way it can be done is by bor r owing.

Assuming lender s could be found, bor r owing on that scale would r aise deficits astr onomically. Such a r ise would not only be a disaster for all of us now, but for futur e gener ations too.

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Flor ida I was kind of scar ed, to be honest,? L una said.

One of L una?s mentor s is Clemente Ayala, the assistant to the dir ector of the Pr ice Scholar ship Pr ogr am. Ayala, who gr aduated fr om City College in 2008, helps many of the so- called ?Dr eamer s? on campus. ?We have easily 30 to 40 DACA students in our pr ogr am,? Ayala said.

He said that he helps these students with the admissions pr ocess and to apply for financial aid and pr ovides mentor ing as they play their futur e.

Ayala said that it is har d to pr ocess Tr ump?s victor y and even har der to pr edict his moves come Januar y.

L izar r aga also sought advice fr om Ayala.

She said that when she attended L incoln High School, she witnessed the stigma of having DACA status.

L izar r aga said she would hear students saying, ?You ar e illegal. You don?t have the r ight to go to school.?

She needs 16 mor e units to obtain her Associate?s degr ee.

Her younger sister was just admitted to UCSD with a ?full r ide? scholar ship.

They ar e both eligible for financial aid because of their DACA status.

Not all of the DACA students on campus ar e panicking. ?Oh yeah, I ?m going to pack up my stuff,? said Ter esa Valle, 19, a nur sing student, if she loses her status.

Valle said she would r etur n to her family in Mexico. ?I had hoped to star t a new life,? Valle said, ?and if I don?t finish my education over her e, I can finish it over ther e.?

On Nov. 10, the San Diego Community College Distr ict sent out a mass email that stated that it is deeply committed to pr otecting the r ights of the undocumented students to attend the SDCCD institutions and r eceive state aid under pr ovisions of AB- 540 and the Califor nia Dr eam Act. I n addition, it affir med, ?The entir e San Diego Community College Distr ict r emains committed to our mission of inclusion and suppor t for the gr eat diver sity of our student population. As public institutions of higher education, we will continue our wor k to ensur e that all students have full access to our institutions, as well as to the suppor t needed for you to succeed in your studies." ?That (email) was to calm the students,? Ayala said, ?it?s easy to say ?calm down? but in r eality you do not know

NIGHTMARE Continuedfrompage8 big left toe. So I looked down to see that the deputy who had twisted my ankle, pulling with all his for ce, had br oken my big left toe.

Befor e I could say anything I 'm placed in a choke hold! I begin to pass out when I hear a voice yell, "Br eathe thr ough your nose!" -- which allowed me to r emain conscious.

I was left str apped in the chair for about 20 minutes, steadily losing the feel in my hands and finger s due to the tightness of the handcuffs.

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Clemente Ayala Assistant Director from the Price Scholarship Programofficeexplains thestress and fear Dreamers are facing. MIKE MADRIAGA City Times what they ar e feeling and how much fear they have in them.?

On Nov. 28 the Academic Senate of City College unanimously appr oved making the school a ?sanctuar y? campus.

I n an email to the City Times editor, Justin Aker s, Senate pr esident, stated, ?A similar r esolution is cur r ently being discussed at Mesa. We ar e asking the pr esident of City College to declar e City as a sanctuar y campus.?

The r esolution appr oved by Academic Senate states: ?RESOLVED, that the Academic Senate calls for the implementation of a plan to ensur e that San Diego City College be designated as a sanctuar y campus for all undocumented students, staff, and their family member s; Be it also r esolved that the Academic Senate asks for an unequivocal, public declar ation of our College?s suppor t for and pr otection of undocumented students, staff, and their families on our campus. We ask that San Diego City College guar antee pr ivacy by r efusing to r elease infor mation r egar ding the immigr ation status of our students, staff and community member s. We also ask that San Diego City College r efuse to comply with immigr ation author ities r egar ding depor tations or r aids.?

Many DACA students ar e not looking for a safe space though.

L una and his sister, a DACA student as well, par ticipated in a walk- out on campus on Nov. 16 to pr otest Tr ump's election. ?I t was my fir st time being ar ound that cr owd and it was a good feeling having so many differ ent people come out and have the same thoughts and expr essions,? L una said.

L una, in his fir st year of college, hopes to be an ar t galler y cur ator one day.

Ayala said that he advises the students to continue going to school as they wait to see what Tr ump does. ?I ?m hoping for the best and pr eparing for the wor st.?

A nur se came in to check my injur ies.

She r equested that the deputies r emove the hand r estr aints to which she was told "No, he's danger ous..."

Finally the deputies unstr appe me and or der ed me to a cell.

Now I 've been in this chair for 40- 45 minutes, so I got up, placed my r ight foot on the gr ound and almost fell.

That's how I found out that my ankle had been injur ed. On my next step (on my left foot) I again almost fell. I discover ed that my left big toe was injur ed. I hobbled into the cell.

I sued the City of San Diego and r eceived a decent settlement. But the damage fr om the mental anguish, that helpless feeling will never go away.

I ce Bucket Challenge, accor ding to AL SA.or g. The newly discover ed infor mation wasn't because of people pour ing ice water on their heads, who, by the way, felt they wer e contr ibuting as much as they could for AL S; the new infor mation was because of all the time scientists and doctor s spent, ar ound-the-clock, studying and r esear ching AL S. Now the "Par is filter " and the "I ce Bucket Challenge" might be good ways to spr ead awar eness of a cer tain situation, but being awar e of a situation and actually doing something about the situation ar e two totally differ ent ball games. Consider what Mar tin L uther King Jr. and his thousands of follower s did dur ing the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s with their mar ch fr om Selma to Montgomer y, or their

sit- ins to pr otest the existence of whitesonly diner s.

That's what r eal activism involves; getting up and fixing, or at least helping to fix, something you per ceive as unfair and br oken. A tr ue activist knows that he or she will most likely step out of their comfor t zone in or der to suppor t a cause that they tr uly believe in. Mar tin L uther King and his follower s knew how to stand up and fight for their beliefs and r ights, even if that meant getting hur t. So why did people of our gener ation stop tr ying? What's the r eason for this level of inaction that's taking a hold on this gener ation?

I can't under stand it myself but ther e is one thing I 've lear ned fr om seeing my gener ation take par t in this. I t's that choosing a silly little filter to put on a pictur e doesn't stop the bombings. Posting videos of dumping cold water on your self doesn't heal anyone any faster. And wear ing a safety pin isn't going to br ing this nation together.

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Knights lose hear-tbreaker in first-ever playoff

By ESAI MELENDEZ City Times I t was a tough night of highs and lows for the Knights women?s volleyball team as they fell to the River side City College Tiger s in their fir st ever playoff match 3- 2 on Nov. 19 at Har r y West Gymnasium.

The Knights chant of ?family? befor e the game was clear ly evident in their play as they wor ked extr emely har d to not let any balls hit the floor but it pr oved to not be enough on this night.

City won the fir st set 25-22 and set a fr antic pace fr om the star t as both teams wer e fighting for their playoff lives. The Tiger s took the momentum back by winning the next two sets.

Despite a str ong per for mance fr om sophomor e middle blocker, Kali Weir es, who did 17 kills, 4 blocks and 21 total points, the Knights dr opped the next two sets in a r ow due to a few costly er r or s.

Sophomor e outside hitter, Chloe Gr uwell, tur ned in another typical per for mance, leading the team in kills and points but her kill per centage was unchar acter istically low, at only .139 per cent.

The Knights r ebounded in the four th set behind the inspir ed play of sophomor e setter, Megan Kr onschnabel, who led the Knights in assists once again with 28. Kr onschnabel did not star t and one had to wonder why the teams leading passer didn?t get mor e playing time in this pivotal game in Knights histor y.

Kr onschnabel clear ly had the best r eper toir e with her hitter s, as she lead the team for the season with 6.34 assists per game.

City Times attempted to get a quote fr om Knight?s Head Coach Dede Bodnar, but she decline to comment.

The Knights played valiantly in the final set but the Tiger s tr io of sophomor e outside hitter Mar issa Vlalpando (17 points), sophomor e outside hitter L aur en Wells (18 points), and fr eshman outside hitter Kellsey Russell (21.5 points), wer e too much to handle for San Diego and they dr opped the fifth set 15-12.

Despite the not-so-happy ending, City College (16-10) finished the season with their best r ecor d ever. The Knights season is over but the game doesn?t stop. They will be playing in a beach volleyball setting dur ing the 2017 spr ing semester. Contact coach Sophomore outside hitter Chloe Gruwell goes up to hit the ball between two Riverside College players during CCCAAfirst-round playoffsonNov. 19 at SanDiegoCity CollegeWest Gymnasium. DAVIDPRADEL Newscene Contributor Dede Bodnar for details.

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Since then he said he?s been on the str eets. ?To some, they know me as ?Diamond,'? said Gr een, an old- school Cr ip gang member fr om 62nd St. and Br oadway in L os Angeles.

To eleven kids in Tennessee he is a gr andfather. ?Other s just see me as a scar y looking black man,?

Gr een said.

On Nov. 11, at appr oximately 8 a.m., Gr een was ar r ested by college police. ?He (Gr een) was helping one of the students with the online or ientation for new students,? said James Olmos, who also was helping, ?and when we wer e filling out the application, one of the college officer s came by.?

Olmos manages the Tr ansfer s and Car eer Center at M-101. ?He immediately goes up to Royce and asked him to come outside,? Olmos said.

RoyceGreensitsdownon15thandCstreetsonNov. 16 toprotest thetreatment hereceive fromthepolice.

Students believeit waspart of thewalkout. MIKEMADRIAGA City Times Gr een said that he agr eed to walk outside of the classr oom, but did not oblige the police officer ?s r equest to sit down. ?A couple of minutes after, I hear a bang outside of the door,? Olmos said, ?then me and my cowor ker r an outside.?

Olmos said that he saw the college police officer choking Gr een by the cement wall near the doorway.

?The other officer that is r ight ther e with him is tr ying to put the handcuffs on Royce,? said Olmos, ?and then at the same time I see Royce pass out.?

Gr een said that he doesn?t r emember passing out. ?When Royce fell, the officer puts the handcuffs on him,? Olmos said, ?and they do the double handcuffs. When he is on the floor he star ts to have a

small seizur e.?

Gr een said that they took him to the hospital and took an x-r ay. He said that he had a cr acked r ib and a busted lip. After the hospital visit, he said that the cops took him to the San Diego County Jail on Fr ont Str eet.

City Times r eached out to the college police for a comment r egar ding the alter cation. The r equest was for war ded to Jack

Ber esfor d, the Dir ector of Communication, ?Because the case is being r eviewed by the City Attor ney?s Office,? Ber esfor d r esponded in an email on Dec. 2, ?we cannot comment at this time. ?What I can tell you is that the student was arr ested for being dr unk in public and r esisting ar r est after college police r eceived a call fr om staff that he was cr eating a distur bance by yelling and cur sing at people.?

Olmos said that he wasn?t distur bing anyone in his center. ?Ther e was no need to pull him outside,? Olmos said, ?Royce did not have to talk to the officer if he didn?t want to.?

Gr een said that the college police did not give him a br eathalyzer test nor an alcohol level test. ?He?s been coming to our center for about two year s alr eady,? Olmos said, ?He is a homeless student and he still commits himself to coming to school ? that?s dedication.?

Olmos said that his co wor ker sent an email to

Denise S. Whisenhunt, J.D., inter im pr esident of San Diego City College. I n the email the cowor ker shar ed similar sentiments of shock and appall. On Dec. 2, City Times inquir ed with Whisenhunt r egar ding the safety and wellbeing of r etur nstudents just like Gr een.

Constr ained fr om speaking about the case specifically, Whisenhunt said, ?Because our students come fr om all walks of life, including those who ar e fir st in their family to attend college, r etur ning militar y, older students, and those looking to begin a new stage of their lives.

Our student ser vice pr ogr ams ar e focused on helping students star t fr om wher e they ar e in their jour ney.?

Gr een questioned his newly lear ned ?peaceful r esolve? appr oach to conflicts and how college police tr eated him on Nov. 11. o?Who wants to come to a school wher e you r eceive the same tr eatment that you r eceive on the str eets?? Gr een said.

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Knights are net winners San Diego City Collegemen's basketball teamis off to ahot start this season. Theteamhas won two consecutivetourneys, thePalomar Thanksgiving Tournament and the Grossmont Tournament. As of Dec. 5, the Knights had won 12 games and lost three. They are scoring an average of 77.3 points per game. During the Grossmont tournament final on Dec. 4, theKnights wereahead of theGriffins theentiregame, wining 77-58. TheGriffins wereatough opponent for theKnights but they missed several key shots during the final game. The Knights played strong, recovering balls and stopping their opponents. Sophomore guardian Darien McClain, who scored 26 pointsduringthefinal, wasselectedPacific Coast Athletic Conference Athleteof theWeek for twoweeks.