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City College student denied DACA status

By CELIA JIMENEZ City Times A 20-year-old Latinx student from San Diego City College was denied the Deferral Act of Childhood Arrivals permit (DACA) two weeks ago and now fears for her family?s safety.

The student, who asked not to be identified, is a Political Science major and said her younger sibling and cousins look at her as a role model because she?s the first of her family to graduate high school and the first one to attend

college.

According to a report from the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) a total of 36,478 initial applications were received during 2017?s fiscal year and 31 of them were rejected. Many applicants for DACA like the student are Latinx, which is the gender neutral term for Latino.

The student came to America from Tijuana, Mex. when she was 10 years old to live with her aunt. During the first months after her arrival, her aunt was afraid others would find out her

niece?s undocumented status, so she avoided taking her out to public places including clinics and hospitals.

Once the student was registered in school, however, her aunt had to change her mind. The school requested the student?s vaccination card so she had to go to the hospital for vaccinations.

About three years ago, the student thought it was time to get a DACA permit. She and her aunt talked with six to eight lawyers from 2014 to 2016, but none of them took the case.

?They said I didn?t qualify because I didn?t have much evidence,? the student said.

After all those consultations, ?I was hopeless,? she said. In March, the student?s mother heard about a tax preparer and lawyer that processed DACA applications. She decided to try again. According to the student, the lawyer told her she qualified for the two-year permit.

The student was unsure, but filled out the DACA application, providing all the documentation she had on hand. She paid $499 for the application fee and $300

for the lawyer that advised her.

The student received the letter two weeks ago; she said she had to read it several times before understanding the USCIS denied her application. ?They said it wasn?t enough, I don?t know how much proof they needed,? she said. ?I was mostly frustrated because I knew I wasn?t qualified,? the student said.

Other lawyers had told the student she was unlikely to get DACA. ?I didn?t want this to happen because now they have

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Resources are available at City College for victims of assault

By ESAI MELENDEZ City Times Sexual assault and harassment are becoming more acknowledged nationally, in part due to recent allegations made against Hollywood icons Harvey Weinstein and Kevin Spacey, among many others.

The allegations leveled against Weinstein sparked a campaign on social media called #MeToo, created by Tarana Burke and promoted by actress

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Alyssa Milano. The hashtag was also used by thousands of other victims of sexual abuse in order to speak up about their experiences.

City College is not removed from the danger of sexual assault and harassment.

According to the City College Campus Police media logs, a sexual assault and battery case was reported on Oct. 23 by a female student in the R-building. The report states that the student?s classmate

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forced her to kiss him while also making unwanted advances towards her.

Another incident in the police media log was an indecent exposure report which occurred the same day as the sexual assault. Information about the indecent exposure was provided as an email through San Diego Community College District (SDCCD) Alert, which described a man driving in his vehicle before exposing himself to a female student around the 1400

block of C Street.

Based on a study conducted by the Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network (RAINN), an organization devoted to preventing any forms of abuse and helping victims of that abuse, every 98 seconds another person in the United States is sexually assaulted. Their studies also found that 9 out of every 10 rape victims are female, and that the majority of sexual assaults (55 percent) occur at or near the victim?s homes.

Any form of sexual assault and harassment has the ability to break a person?s psyche and traumatize them for life. An important aspect of identifying sexual related crimes is being able to recognize the signs of someone who has been attacked or targeted.

Mental health peer educator Abby Weisman, who works in City College?s City College?s

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CITYNEWS Sexual Assault Cont inued fr om page 1 Mental Health counseling center in BT-105, said, ?There are personality changes. Maybe they isolate themselves from their friends or family.?

Weisman also talked about the necessary steps to take when trying to deal with abuse or any form of sexual assault. ?I think the first step would be educating themselves on different forms of abuse,?

Weisman said. She also noted that these forms of abuse include physical, emotional, and

financial abuse.

Weisman advised that searching the internet for articles about the signs of these types of abuse can help victims faster.

Weisman said the second step would be, ?Look up local resources. Certainly they can come here if they?re a student or even if they?re not.? The peer educator gave suggestions of other locations to seek counseling for any form of abuse or mental health which includes the Center for Community Solutions, with locations in El Cajon and Mission Bay. Another

organization is the Family Justice Center located on 101 W. Broadway Street in downtown San Diego.

She then commented on Anthony Rapp?s recent accusations of Kevin Spacey making unwanted advances towards Rapp when he was 14. ?It is important that examples of man to man or even woman to man do come to light because they do happen,? Weisman said.

In 2015 the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), a federal agency that deals with workplace discrimination, catalogued 6,822 sexual harassment claims of which 17 percent were claimed by men. Another study which comes from the National Sexual Violence Resource Center

concluded that only 20.8 percent of heterosexual men reported a sexually violent crime, while 47.4 percent of bisexual men, and 40.2 percent of homosexual men reported a violent sex crime.

According to RAINN, 3 percent of men in the U.S. have experienced an attempted or completed sexual assault.

RAINN also reported that men between the ages of 18 and 24 that are in college are five times more likely to be victims of rape, sexual assault, or sexual harassment than non-students in the same age group.

City College student and Video Production major, Raymond Arrolado, can attest to that. Arrolado described being at a bar with some friends when

a person dressed as a woman approached him and made advances towards him that he didn?t reciprocate. ?I guess what I felt was dumbfounded a little bit,? Arrollado said.

He also commented on the subject of men not reporting sexual harassment at a higher rate, ?They might not want to feel embarrassment. Men are taught keep it in and they might not feel the need to tell anyone.?

With over 70 women accusing Weinstein of sexual harassment, and now 13 people accusing Kevin Spacey of the same crime, it could open the door for many victims of any gender to report their experiences of sexual abuse.

DACA Cont inued fr om page 1 all my information from me and also my parents.?

The student failed to provide enough documentation from June to August in 2007, the year she arrived.

She looked for information and got her grandparents? tax information where she was included as a dependent.

According to the time frame guidelines from USCIS, one of the requirements to apply for DACA was to ?have resided continuously in the U.S. since June 15, 2007.

Some of the documents requested to prove the applicant was in America since June 15, 2007 were receipts such rent, tax, or utility bills; school records, passport entries, copies of money order among others.

The student said she was in the U.S. before that date but didn?t have enough documents prove it. Despite knowing her chance to get the two-year-permit was slim, she still had some hope. Her parents are from a rural town from Oaxaca and they only studied up to sixth Contact us: City Times, San DiegoCity College, 1313 Park Blvd. San Diego, CA 92101 Newsroom: BT-101 Editor in Chief Shaylyn Martos Art Director Partha Ranadive NewsEditor Maria Murcia Copy Editor/ Managing Editor Franceen Perera SportsEditor Claudia Robles Features/ Arts/ Life Editor Esai Melendez Photo Editor Ron Morales Online Editor Alan Hickey Border Editor Celia JimĂŠnez Social Media Editor Nani Comparan Cuadras Journalism Advisers TARA PIXLEY, JERRY McCORMICK City TimesStaff Paige Forrester, Yakira Delgadillo, Ricky Gutierrez, Michelle Botello.

Chicano Studies professor Enrique Davalos shares his insight during the meeting of the AFT San Diego Community to Support Immigrant Students, Nov. 8.

First Year Services Peer Advocate Antonio Torres Moreno reads a pamphlet on immigrant rights, Nov. 8.

By SHAYLYN MARTOS/ City Times and eighth grade.

Today, the student lives in San Diego with her immediate family and some of them are also undocumented. She said they all feel uncertainty about their future.

Chicano Studies professor Enrique Davalos, who is also part of the AFT San Diego Community to Support Immigrant Students, knew about the student?s woes through a City College club.

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"If it hadn't been for that club I wouldn?t have known about it. She would be alone confronting this situation," Davalos said. He said this student?s case is not uncommon, adding many immigrants fall prey to unscrupulous lawyers who take advantage of their clients.

Davalos referred the student to San Diego Rapid Response Network and provided the organization?s number. She called (619) 500-1767 and was referred to a local lawyer. The Rapid Response Network SD is a regional system that helps undocumented citizens when there are raids, arrests and abuse against the immigrant community. The organization is a collective

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of different organizations that are pro immigrant rights and community service and the members are activists, lawyers, community leaders and so on.

Benjamin Prado, a member from U.S.-Mexico Border program, American Friends Service Committee, said USCIS is not going to share DACA recipients sensitive information such as name or address, with US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). ?We also have to prepare ourselves for the worst case scenario,? Prado said and ?get ready in case they (USCIS) change their mind.?

He also said the community should have a course of action. ?Get informed about our rights, organize, and a response plan to any threats.?

The student is interested in social justice, despite friends telling her it?s risky to attend marches and protests due to her undocumented status.

Corrections/ Clarifications The following are corrections of errors in the Oct. 24 issue of City Times.

In the page 1 story ?RTVF cuts leave students in limbo? the student produced news broadcast ?Newscene? is not sponsored by CNN. Also the class RTVF 148 (Intro to Weather/ Traffic Reporting) has never been offered at City College. The RTVF 110 (Intro to Newswriting) course will no longer be offered as two sections per semester but as one section per semester.

When the story was printed City Times contacted Dr. Ricky Shabazz, president of City College, and was asked to clarify. Shabazz said in an email that there is a six-phase plan and multiple meetings in place to support the RTVF department. He listed 14 ways that he is working to improve enrollment, including allocating a $15,000 one-time lump sum to be used for marketing and to improve enrollment that expires on March 31, 2018.

It is the policy of City Times to clarify content or correct errors. Send them to the paper at info@sdcitytimes.com or call (619) 388-3880.

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"Has early Christmas shopping killed the Thanksgiving holiday?"

Ser gio Mont iel, Hist or y, 19 ?I think Thanksgiving is a great holiday and I feel like it?s under-appreciated and it?s buried under all that Christmas stuff.?

Ouseli Gomez, Psychology, 21 ?Personally identifying as an indigenous person I don?t feel like Thanksgiving needs to be celebrated. I celebrate it to be with my family. You?re on vacation so might as well spend time with your family.?

Deaur cey Williams, Psychology, 24 ?Immediately after Halloween, Christmas decorations, and when that happens it sort of foregoes everything in between, not only Thanksgiving, it foregoes Hanukkah, it foregoes Kwanza, it foregoes everything in between.

Christmas has become so commercialized that no other holidays are really celebrated.?

CITYVOICE Kimber ly Car mona, Element ar y t eacher , 18 ?Show you?re thankful for what you have because others don?t have that privilege spending that day with their family. We Christmas shop but not around Thanksgiving. We do it more near Christmas time, like a week or two weeks before.?

Cr ist opher Vazquez, Psychology major , 20 ?I love Christmas but honestly it just kinda ruins the other holidays, like already you see Christmas decorations in late October and like just give Halloween and Thanksgiving a chance, y?know.?

The Oscars should give Netflix a chance Online streaming is changing the landscape in Hollywood award circuits

By ESAI MELENDEZ City Times Oscar season is just underway and three movies that should definitely be in contention for the 90th Academy Awards are ?The Meyerowitz Stories,? ?Mudbound,? and ?Our Souls at Night,? all of which can be watched on the TV/ Film streaming service Netflix.

All three films have enjoyed their fair share of critical acclaim, with ?Mudbound? currently rated at 95 percent on Rotten Tomatoes, ?The Meyerowitz Stories? rated at 93 percent, and ?Our Souls at Night? currently holding at 91 percent.

This compares favorably with mainstream movies being released in theatres such as ?Thor: Ragnarok?

(94 percent) or ?Last Flag Flying?

(70 percent).

Although these films have enjoyed success with critics and Netflix users, it?s the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences that ultimately decide whether all that critical acclaim will pay off for the films or not. The Academy Award, or Oscar, is the most prestigious American

film industry award. These three Netflix films definitely push the envelope of streaming service films and are viable options for receiving Oscar nominations.

This isn?t to say that streaming services don?t get nominations, in fact during the 89th Academy Awards, Amazon Studios and Netflix did receive nominations and even won four combined Oscars.

Amazon Studios won three oscars as distributors for the film ?Manchester By the Sea,? while Netflix won as distributors for the short documentary film ?The White Helmets.?

Even though Netflix has in fact received a nomination and win, the streaming service still hasn?t received the attention from the Academy that it deserves.

In 2015, a Netflix original film known as ?Beasts of No Nation? was released straight to Netflix and received enormous critical acclaim and currently holds a 91 percent rating on Rotten Tomatoes. The film, which starred Idris Elba (?Pacific Rim,? ?Zootopia?), was

praised for its story, pacing, cinematography, writing, and acting, with Elba?s performance being singled out as one of the best supporting performances by an actor that year.

However, the film didn?t receive a single nomination at the 88th Academy Awards. Not only that, Elba earned nominations for The Golden Globes and the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Awards for this film.

Elba went on to win the SAG Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor and is the first, and so far only, actor to win this award without being nominated for an Academy Award.

Hopefully, much like at the 89th Academy Awards when the Academy decided to nominate more people of color than ever before, they?ll consider more Netflix films for nominations.

Other Netflix movies that have received critical success include ?Okja? (86 percent on Rotten Tomatoes) and ?1922? (88 percent). The high quality of these films is apparent, and the Academy needs to start noticing them more.

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EntreLĂ­neas H IGHLIGHTING LIFE BETW EEN THE BORDER LINES

Contestantsin the catrina contest at La Vista Memorial Park and Mortuary'sDĂ­a de LosMuertosfestival in National City, Calif., Oct. 20, 2017.

Honoring the dead in the best fashion A Day of the Dead festival in a cemetery celebrates Mexican culture and tradition Photos by ALAN HICKEY/ City Times

Top left: Los Angeles resident Klaritza Hasbufe travelled down with her family to attend their first festival La Vista Memorial Park. She said that, ?The altars are amazing and everyone here seems so into it. It?s a beautiful representation of our own culture.?

Top right: The catrina couple walk the runway during the festival contest.

Bottom left: Make-up artistswere at hand to help people get into the spirit of the festival.

Bottom right: Itemson sale at the festival at La Vista Memorial Park.

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LGBTQ Latinx community bands together

By SHAYLYN MARTOS City Times

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Undocumenta is an art exhibition that highlights issues that happen in the border region such as invisible labor, immigration, and border crossing.

The curator of the show, Alessandra Moctezuma, gives an exhibition tour at Oceanside Museum of art on Nov. 5.

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New exhibition showcases border life Artists explore what it means to live undocumented

By CELIA JIMENEZ City Times Undocumenta, an exhibition at the Oceanside Museum of Arts (OMA) presents the work of six artists and their interactions with border life.

The name is a play on words.

The exhibition challenges the art world elite by including the word ?Documenta,? the name of an exhibition held every five years in Germany that showcases the work of international artists.

The title also refers to the word ?undocumented,? one of the adjectives used to label people who cross the border unlawfully. The exhibition aims to capture how each artist sees the border or experiences it.

This project started last year when Alessandra Moctezuma, Undocumenta?s curator, wanted to showcase the work of different artists who work in the border region and the connections of the border with immigration and labor.

Some of the featured artists are:

Omar Pimienta, who has a display called ?Welcome to Colonia Libertad?, where he offers a ?Consulado Móvil,? or Mobile Consulate. Pimienta challenges the concept of nationality by granting a free ?citizenship? passport to Colonia Libertad in exchange for a real one that becomes a permanent part of the exhibit.

Ana Teresa Fernández?s ?Borrando la Frontera,? or Erasing the Border, is a video where the artist symbolically erases the border. She paints fractions of the Mexican-American border wall, on the Mexican side, with similar colors from the surrounding, creating the illusion there is an opening in the wall.

Claudia Cano is a performance artist who portrays Rosa Hernandez, ?La Chacha?, or the Cleaning Lady. Cano dresses as a maid with a bright pink uniform and cleans or sweeps the space she?s in, bringing out the shadows from the people who keep those places tidy. She also only speaks in Spanish while in

character.

Teresita De la Torre wore a shirt she found in the desert for 365 days. She has a picture from a different place, taken on each day she wore it. She followed up with a series of drawings where she wrote about the experience of wearing it for all that time.

The planning of the exhibition began before then candidate Donald Trump demanded that a another wall be built along the entire Mexico-U.S. border.

The curator added that Undocumenta became ?an artistic barricade? and added ?the relevance of the show has increased because of the Trump administration.?

Kimberly Castañeda,19, a student from San Marcos State University, said "I didn't expect something to relate to me, like, too close like she is.? She added that her mother and grandmother worked cleaning houses.

"People should come up here and notice, notice Latinos; what it's happening, especially how they are building a new wall" and said people should be aware

of "the ignorance that is happening right now towards people like my parents."

Moctezuma said the way everyone talks about the border is oversimplified and added that Undocumenta allows viewers ?to imagine a different future.?

The show is part of Pacific Standard Time: LA/ LA, ?a celebration beyond borders? that focused on visual art that explores the dialogue of Los Angeles with Latin American and Latino art. There are more than 80 art spaces across Southern California participating.

Local participating institutions include the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego Museum of Art, Mingei International Museum and University Galleries and the University of San Diego.

The exhibition has bilingual tours and special events and will be at the Oceanside Museum of Art until Jan. 28 of next year.

General admission is $8 and $5 for seniors. Free admission for students, children under 18 and military and their dependents.

Left: Kimberly Castañeda, 19, a student from San Marcos State University looking at the cleaning appliances, letters, and so on, the artist Claudia Cano hasused while impersonating Rosa Hernandez on Oct. 15 Above: Documentation of a Free Citizenship passport from the Omar Pimienta?

Mobile Consulate at Undocumenta?sexhibition on Oct. 15.

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Community members, leaders, and activists met at the San Diego LGBT Community Center in Hillcrest on Monday, Oct. 30 to come together for the advancement of the Latinx, the gender neutral term for Latino, community.

The second monthly meeting of the San Diego County LGBTQ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer) Latinx Coalition was a bilingual conversation about structure and support.

To begin, all members introduced themselves, including their preferred pronouns and if they represented any organizations. Members of the coalition voiced their opinions and their struggles, and they discussed the structure and goals of the group.

Although many coalition members translated for themselves, a Spanish translator was provided.

Carolina Alcoser Ramos explained that the group was ?trying to build a community.? She teared up when she spoke about how the LGBTQ folks in San Diego needed each other more than ever.

The group ate tacos and quesadillas as they shared their preliminary plans for what the coalition can accomplish.

Topics included drafting a mission statement, electing leadership within the group, and communication within the coalition and with the community.

Lastly they discussed upcoming events, including a fundraiser for the victims of hurricanes in Puerto Rico by Family Health Centers of San Diego on Nov. 16, and the Trans Day of Remembrance on Nov. 20.

The next meeting will be on Monday Nov. 27.

They plan to move the meetings to new locations come the new year to accommodate members that live in the South Bay.

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Throw out your razors Mustachio-ed fundraisers support men's health

By PATRICK RICKARD City Times The last few years you may have noticed a new fall trend, the Manly Mustaches of Movember. No Shave November and the Movember Foundation have taken on a life of their own since its Australian inception in 2003, rocketing from 30 participants to more than 5 million participants.

There are now almost 16 million individual donations, raising more than $60 million a year to benefit men?s health.

So what is the focus of this movement, where is it going? The Movember Foundation?s mission statement is simple ?Our fathers, partners, brothers and friends face a health crisis that isn?t being talked about. Men are dying too young. We can?t afford to stay silent.?

Currently, there are seven national level organizations worldwide that collaborate for Men?s Health Week, but the Movember foundation is the only non-profit organization tackling men?s health on a global scale, year round.

Movember seeks to address some of the biggest health issues faced by men: prostate cancer, testicular cancer, mental health and suicide prevention.

In the United States the Movember Foundation has partnered with the Prostate Cancer Foundation, the LIVESTRONG Foundation and the Prevention Institute.

These partners, along with Movember Foundation managed programs, ensure that donations support a broad range of innovative, world-class initiatives.

How does Movember Work? No, you don?t just get to grow facial hair and scream ?NO SHAVE NOVEMBER!? There is a website, us.movember.com, where you can sign up as an individual stache grower, you can join a local or international

mustache team, you can host events for other mustachioed men?s health supporters, or you can just donate.

Once registered, Movember is a month long fundraiser where you can ask for donations in a variety of ways: people can give donations directly to you, they can go on the Movember website and donate, or you can design your own fundraiser with some people holding events and contests involving merit based collections. You can contact everyone you know and talk those folks into supporting your stache through donations , and you?ll want to keep that mustache watered and fed throughout the month of Movember.

The percentages vary slightly by country, but here in the U.S. over 77% of the money raised will go directly towards Movember Foundation partners and will be used for medical research and education.

Around 16% of the money raised will go towards fundraising and a only around 6% of the money raised will go towards administrative costs.

CharityNavigator.org scored the Movember Foundation at 96% for financial accountability and transparency.

There is also a large network of supporting companies that will match donations from or raised by their employees, so check with your workplace to see if they are a participating member or look them up on the Movember website?s donation page. ?Mo Sistas? are the ladies supporting the cause, and while they are not expected to grow a Tom Selleck stache, there is a lot that women can do!

Mo Sistas are asked to sign up, help recruit team members and get donations, set up events, and raise awareness through social media.

This includes simple actions like what the Movember website calls ?Mo recognition,? a smile or nod of recognition for a Mo Bro?s moustache growing and fundraising efforts.

Educator and comedian Abel Sivas is a part of the Kumeyaay tribe that lived in La Jolla. He performs Native American history in traditional clothing. Cour t esy of ABEL SILVAS

Native American comedian shares history with City College students

By MICHELLE BOTELLO City Times San Diego City College?s World Cultures Programs invited Abel Silvas, a Native American historical comedian, to perform at the Black Box theatre on Nov. 2.

Silvas was chosen as a finalist for the Four Directions/ NBC Comedian Talent Search In New York City for his witty Running Grunion character.

Silvas wore a fur costume and shook a maraca for his performance, which represent the traditions of his tribe with a comedic style. He is a member of the Kumeyaay tribe, who lived in La Jolla until 1924, according to the La Jolla Light.

Silvas is also a member of the Presidio Park Council which works in maintaining and improving Presidio Park in San Diego, and works to provide information about Native American culture in California. Silva said, ?There are more Indian reservations in San Diego county than any county in the country.?

We believed he was a comedian who could relate to our student population,? said professor of English and humanities, Elizabeth Meehan. She arranged to bring Silvas to City College, ? His routines are based on family?s interactions with California history and we believe a lot of our students, especially Latino, Central and South American students will relate.?

Film and writing major Alejandro Catano said, ?I think it was great. We get to hear stories from Native Americans, y?know, a story of how they wanted to be called Indian people because in the end they were all people and I think that?s the main message out of it.?

Silva is part of the Presidio Park council and uses comedy asa tool to make it easy to understand history.

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CITYARTS Don't forget your tissues "Coco" is authentic and moving

By NANITZIA COMPARAN CUADRAS City Times

Photography student and exhibition curator Hector Valdivia explainshisprocessin creating five printsfor the new show in the Luxe Gallery at San DiegoCity College, Nov. 9. By SHAYLYN MARTOS / City Times

A trip to capture the coast Students travel to learn from photography pioneers

By SHAYLYN MARTOS City Times A new photo exhibition on campus showcases an inspirational trip up the California coast which gave San Diego City College students the chance to meet and learn from masters. ?West Coast Photography: In the footsteps of the masters? opened on Nov. 9 in the Luxe Gallery in the V-Building on 16th and C Street and shows work inspired by a weeklong trip in the summer of 2017. Also on display are prints of work by black and white film photography trailblazer Ansel Adams, a California native who died in 1984.

The trip included gallery tours and workshops from prolific artists such as John Sexton and the Weston family. Dave Eichinger, photography professor and organizer of the trip, said, ?It was a thank you to the students. They work for us year-round for free.

Eichinger contacted his friend Sexton, who worked as Adams?assistant for the last five years of Adams? life and frequently puts on workshops for students. Sexton and his wife Ann Larson were happy to accommodate Eichinger and his students.

They also provided original prints for the exhibition at City College.

Kim and Gina Weston, members of influential photographer Edward Weston?s family, opened up their home to the group for a Master class.

Eichinger said the most inspirational part of the trip was seeing Edward Weston?s original darkroom, which was ?just a contact frame and a light bulb.? Weston used this simple setup to create masterpieces.

The curator of the show, Hector Valdivia, has been a lab tech in the photography department at City College since 2015 and has five photos in the exhibition. He said he enjoys working for the photography department because ?helping students and molding future artists is amazing.

Valdivia?s photos were black and white prints from time he spent in Big Sur. These dramatic and dynamic shots showed his use of longer exposure to show movement of running water, and the texture of trees knocked over and charred from recent construction in the national park.

He said he felt the group ?oozing creativity? the entire trip. ?It was a little overwhelming,? he said.

Valdivia said his favorite part of the trip was seeing Edward Weston?s famous ?Pepper No. 30,? which the Westons had on display above their chimney. ?They were very humble,? he said. ?And they welcomed us with open arms."

Top: Photography professor Dave Eichinger organized the trip up the coast asa thank you to his studentsthat volunteer asphotolab techs, Nov. 9.

Middle: The San Diego City College community enjoyed artwork from students, faculty, and famous photographerson at the exhibition opening, Nov. 9.

Bottom: Photography student Marina Molodec views printsby exhibition curator Hector Valdivia.

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On Nov. 2 it is a tradition to visit the loved ones graves to talk to them, bring them candles, offerings, and Making a movie about a cempasúchil flowers. ?Coco? specific cultural tradition and was able to pay homage to this remaining true to its tradition by representing this authenticity is quite a scene as well as the connection challenge, but Disney PIXAR to the underworld land of the was up for it with the release of dead. its newest movie ?Coco.?

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Left: Sophomore medium blocker Julia Ferraro getsready to hit ball against Mesa Olympians. Right: Sophomore outside hitter Brielle McKinnon hitsthe ball above the net and sophomore outside hitter Sarah Connell jumpsto reject the ball. CELIA JIMENEZ/ City Times

Knights volleyball earn their first PCAC title

By CELIA JIMENEZ City Times Lady Knights, San Diego City College?s volleyball team, keep making program history. For the first time the team clinched the Pacific Coast Athletic Conference (PCAC) South title early this season after defeating The Mesa College Olympians on Nov. 1, sharing the title with the Grossmont College Griffins. ?We won conference and that?s the most incredible thing,? said Head Coach Dede Bodnar.

Coach Bodnar said the team has been consistent over the years, often placing in conference on top three. She said one of the push backs for City?s volleyball program during

the years is that ?we usually don?t get the athletes who play at high level volleyball.?

The Knights hold a 13-game winning streak and according to the Athletic Department, it is a school record. ?I think is an honor to be part of this team and create history,? freshman middle blocker Elise Sanzeri said. She played volleyball in high school at Bret Harte Altaville, Calif. last year and said she is proud to have helped her college team to make playoffs.

Bodnar added that better athletes have been enrolled in the program in recent years. ?We are getting some great athletes from all over and that makes a difference,? the coach said.

She added that volleyball?s popularity has been growing in San Diego and college players have more opportunities to practice the sport during the off season and get better at it.

The team has lost only two games this season and ended with an 20-2 overall record, one of the top three in the state, and 9-1 in conference.

Sophomore Lysette Serna leads PCAC South Conference kills (points) and digs (defense) per set with 3.72 and 4.24 respectively, with a total of 279 kills and 318 digs.

Other players that are in the PCAC South top five are sophomores outside hitter Alyssa Dincoff with 3.57 digs and 0.83 service aces per set, and outside hitterBrielle

McKinnon with .302 hitting percentage, and setter Bree Reid with 6.19 assists per set.

The Knights fought for the upright title, being the champions without sharing the title with another team, on Nov. 3 against the Grossmont Griffins, losing 3-1.

When comparing last and this year?s teams, Serna saidthis season they are more competitive.?We push each other to do our very best, pass our limits.?

According to Coach Bodnar the team lost their last season game because they became predictable.

After that match, the players have been practicing to build a stronger offense and diversify their game play to overpass

their rivals. ?We?ve focused yesterday and today on adjusting our offense, so we can be more able to change what we need to change in order to beat the team.?

The team lost 3-1 against Miracosta Spartans on Nov 8.

The Knights have one games ahead of them before they start crossover games against Northern California teams.

They will know the date and rival team they will be facing in their first playoffs game on Nov. 15.

Bodnar and the Ladies Knights are preparing one game at a time. ?I got a lot of heart, a lot of great athletes, a lot of kids that want to learn and become better at volleyball, and that?s what matters,? the coach said.

Left: Sophomore forward Robert McCoy pullsthe ball away from sophomore forward A.J. Walton.

Right: Freshman forward Damion Brown (right) marks sophomore Robert McCoy (left) near the three-point area.

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Defending state champions open new season strong

By ESAI MELENDEZ City Times

The City College Men?s Basketball team opened up their season Nov. 3 by hosting the San Diego City College annual tournament as defending state champions, with victories over the LA Harbor Seahawks (97-78), Mt. San Jacinto Eagles (99-81), and the Fullerton Hornets (70-63).

It was a profound offensive performance by the Knights, considering the team almost scored 100 points in their first two games, while also introducing 10 new players for City College since winning the State Championship last season.

?We?re not a finished product. We gotta try to get better everyday,? Coach Mitch Charlens said after the first game.

Early in the second half, Coach Charlens called a timeout after the Seahawks scored quickly on a fast-break and told his team they can?t get too comfortable with a lead. ?We were up by 20 and guys started playing loose, so I reminded them that the game changes quickly,? Charlens said.

In the second half of all three games, the Knights never let their opponents grab the lead.

During the game against Mt. San Jacinto, City College didn?t give up the lead for the entire match. The Knights

also had five players in that game, one coming off the bench, with double-digit figures in points.

Sophomore guard Robert McCoy, a member of last year?s championship team, recorded a double-double in the first two games of the tournament.

Against the Seahawks, McCoy scored 19 points and grabbed 10 rebounds.

The following night versus the Eagles he scored 17 points and had 11 rebounds.

Another returning team member who had impacting performances was sophomore point guard Wonder Smith, who put up 18 points against the Eagles and then scored 23 points, a third of the team?s points, in the next game against the Hornets.

McCoy and sophomore guard Robert Taylor led their team in scoring for the entire Tournament, with 50 and 49 total points respectively. The last of the returning players is sophomore guard, Darius Lee. ?Our four returners all improved,? assistant coach Phillip Scott said. He said, ?Their leadership is what improved the most. Having four sophomores return to lead 10 new guys is always a blessing.?

The Knights?next home game won?t be until Jan. 12 when they face off against the Cuyamaca Coyotes.

From November to Jan. 6 the City College Knights will be competing in tournaments across California.