City Times - Spring 2019 - Volume 73, Issue 3 by City Times Media

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LIFE: Graduation Venue Changes Page 3

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Volume 73, Issue 3 February 19, 2019

A w or king st udent New Ci ty College vi ce presi dent of i nstr ucti on sets exa m ple by fur ther i ng her educa ti on, w or ki ng her drea m job B Y J ONNY R I CO Editor-in-Chief

or king a demanding fulltime job while going to school, a defining featur e of community college, is a str uggle that Matilda ?Tillie? Chavez knows ver y well. Chavez accepted the position of vice pr esident of instr uction at San Diego City College days befor e the Spr ing 2019 semester star ted. At the same time, she is wor king on a Ph.D. fr om Old Dominion Univer sity. ?People ask me ?how was your weekend?? and I say I spent 16 hour s doing homewor k, sound familiar ?,? joked Chavez, who is in her thir d semester of a community college leader ship doctor al pr ogr am. As she found her self putting off her dr eam of going back to school, she eventually came to the same r ealization of many community col-

lege students ? car eer s will only go so far without higher education. ?I ?ve been wanting to go back to school for the past 16 year s, ever since I became a teacher,? Chavez said. ?But I gave so much of my hear t and soul to my students and to my wor k that I kept saying ?next year,??next year.?? When Chavez is not wor king on her studies, she is settling into her new home and new job at City College. The goal to help and ser ve as many people as possible is what br ought her to San Diego. ?I t?s ever ything I expected and then some,? Chavez said. ?(These) ar e the nicest people I have ever met in my life. Ever ywher e I go, people ar e always checking on me. They want me to be successful. I t is a new and wonder ful change for me.? She steps into a r ole that was most r ecently held by inter im Vice

Mat ilda ?Tillie? Chavez knows fir st -hand t he challenge of balancing a full-t ime job while pur suing a degr ee. Chavez is a doct or al st udent at Old Dominion Univer sit y. By Jonny Rico/ City Times

Pr esident of I nstr uction Dr. Minou Spr adley, who is leaving City College to become Southwester n College?s vice pr esident of Academic Affair s. ?City College has had sever al

people in this r ole for the past four and a half year s,? Chavez said. ?I am her e to br ing stability and consistency.? See WORK I NG STUD E NT, page 3

City College website r efr eshed Students, faculty like the new site despite some issues left to fix B Y B RI AN M OH L E R Arts and Entertainment Editor

an Diego City College has a fr eshly designed website, debuted days befor e the star t of the spr ing semester. But issues with old br oken links r emain. Sear ches thr ough the bar in the topr ight cor ner of the new site and thr ough Google ar e cur r ently pulling up br oken links, which may confuse some students. At the Januar y convocation, City College Pr esident Ricky Shabazz said he anticipated some issues, but the new site is designed to be mor e studentfr iendly and infor mation about pr ogr ams easier to find. "We've alr eady r eceived a lot of positive feedback about the new site," said Roxann Solis, vice pr esident of administr ative ser vices. The new homepage featur es an events calendar and is mor e conscious of diver sity and equity, highlighting City College as a Hispanic Ser ving I nstitution, L GBTQI A safe space, militar y fr iendly, welcoming to Dr eamer s, and nondiscr iminator y under Title I X. At a College Council meeting in De-

cember, Shabazz said the new website was designed to put ever ything a student needs within two clicks and web designer Victor Chen said the new site will be a ?navigation tool for our students.? But at that same meeting, some council member s and student leader s, like Academic Senate Pr esident Jan Jar r ell and for mer Associate Student Gover nment Pr esident Susana MolinaBibian, voiced concer ns. Molina-Bibian said then that she had concer ns the new website could confuse students. After the Febr uar y Academic Senate meeting, Jar r ell said the new website appear ed mor e user- fr iendly but was sur pr ised some things wer en't wor king. "The senate was suppor tive of the r ollout because it impr oved on the (old) site," Jarr ell said. "But we didn't anticipate br oken links and difficulty with navigation." New ASG Pr esident Andr ew L eal said he likes the new website's usability. "The new site is mor e user- fr iendly, but ther e ar e still a lot of missing pieces," L eal said. "I hope in the next couple weeks, we

Cit y College's r edesigned websit e, expect ed t o be mor e st udent -fr iendly wit h key cont ent easier t o access, debut ed at t he st ar t of t he spr ing 2019 semest er . By Jonny Rico/ City Times

can get or ganizations and depar tments to update their own pages." Jar r ell said depar tments have been waiting for the new site and now each depar tment will be tr ained on how to update their pages. Jar r ell wor ks in the English depar tment and said the depar tment?s aim is to offer ?clear er infor mation for students.? ?The webmaster can?t update all the infor mation by himself,? Jar r ell said.

?This is a lear ning pr ocess for ever yone.? Cesar Gumapas, who was r ecently named the public infor mation officer for City College, said the new website makes it easier to find and r ead infor mation. "I t r olled out well,? Gumapas said. ?Ther e ar e a few bugs and we'r e wor king to fix those issues.? Stay tuned to sdcitytimes.com for updates.

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STUDENT MEDI A NOTEBOOK

CT, L egend win awar ds B Y SCOTT GARD I NI E R Staff Writer he City Times newspaper and L egend magazine won fir st place awar ds fr om the Amer ican Scholastic Pr ess Association for the 2017-18 school year. The publications ar e pr oduced by Digital Journalism students in the newspaper pr oduction lab cour ses. The Amer ican Scholastic Pr ess Association contest offer s cr itique on the quality of content pr oduced in year books, magazines, and newspaper s, as well as detailed feedback to par ticipants.

NE WSCE NE D E B UTS WE B SI TE

ity College?s awar d- winning br oadcast news pr ogr am Newscene has a new home on-

line. Pr ofessor s Chr is Acedo and Nicole Var gas debuted a new website wher e 30- minute weekly br oadcasts, as well as shor ter packages and other digitally- dr iven content pr oduced by the Radio, Television and Film students, will be shar ed. Newscene?s fir st show of the spr ing ter m will be shar ed on sdcitynewscene.com on Feb. 22.

SD S RAD I O AD D S POD CASTI NG

he student-r un SDS Radio, which offer s students the ability to lear n pr ogr amming skills in RTVF classes, is expanding its content to include podcasting, accor ding to pr ofessor Scott Chatfield. Podcasts ar e being cr eated for the ongoing ?City Stor ies? pr oject, an NPR- style news featur e pr ogr am that has air ed since 2008 on KSDS and Jazz 88.3. Staff writers Elisabeth Vermeulen and Jade Benn contributed.

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Full press coverage Student journalists, athletes get rea l- w or ld experience B Y SONNY GARI BAY Staff Writer

he San Diego City College men?s basketball team wor ked a little over time after a big win against Gr ossmont on Feb. 8. The student-athletes met with student media for a a pr actice pr ess confer ence after the game, mar king the end of media day. Student jour nalists fr om the City Times, Newscene, and SDS Radio attended the game, lear ned to keep statistics and play- by- play in r eal time fr om pr ofessor Nicole Vargas, pr acticed taking game photos, and met with member s of the team after the game at Har r y West Gym. For tunately for the r epor ter s, Knights spor ts infor mation dir ector Gus Celar ie was on hand to cor r ect any er r ant final game stats and answer questions. This is one of a handful of ways that the thr ee outlets of student news ar e collabor ating this spr ing. The students wer e also assisted by David Br ooks, a for mer San Diego Union- Tr ibune photogr apher who is now a multimedia specialist with the San Diego Community College Distr ict. Br ooks gave guidance and offer ed tips. Robby Robinson, NaShom Car ter and Dantr ell Ander son wer e chosen by the students to be inter viewed after str ong per for mances against the Gr iffins. The player s gained exper ience speaking to the media, which should pr ove useful as they wor k towar ds their athletic goals beyond City College.

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Keeping accur at e live game st at ist ics was one of t he skills lear ned by st udent jour nalist s wat ching t he Knight s men?s basket ball t eam against Gr ossmont College at Har r y West Gym. By Nicole Vargas/ City Times

St udent jour nalist s fr om t he Cit y Times, Newscene, and SDS Radio int er viewed Robby Robinson, NaShom Car t er and Dant r ell Ander son dur ing media day act ivit ies. By Nicole Vargas/ City Times

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Planned plaza project means a new venue for May graduation Commencement, held most recently in Balboa Park, moved to San Diego Convention Center due to nowscrapped construction project B Y B RI AN M OH L E R Arts and Entertainment Editor

hose walking in caps and gowns for gr aduation this May will be walking a lot closer to the bay. The 2019 San Diego City College commencement ceremony has been moved to a ballr oom at the San Diego Convention Center. City College Pr esident Ricky Shabazz announced the change in venue at convocation on Jan. 24. Gr aduation has been tr aditionally held at the Spr eckels Or gan Pavilion in Balboa Par k. The change in venue came due to a pr oposed constr uction pr oject at the Plaza de Panama, accor ding to Marciano Per ez, dean of Student Affair s. San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer has since announced that the Plaza de Panama constr uction pr oject has

been halted. Some students wer e sur pr ised to hear about the change. "Gr aduation moving is news to me," said Cit y College's gr aduat ion cer emony will be leaving Balboa Par k and heading t o t he Convent ion Cent er , adding space Andr ew L eal, Associ- but also $15,000 t o over all expenses for t he annual event . 2018 phot o cour t esy of office of St udent Affair s ated Student Gover nment pr esident and a "I t's a beautiful site," Gumapas media costs, which added about biology student who will be gr aduat- said. ?We will have a big space en- $15,000 to our expenses.? ing this May. compassing sever al ballr ooms with Vice Pr esident of Administr ative "I see pr os and cons to the move. big scr eens to see what's happening Ser vices Roxann Solis said City ColTher e wer e seating issues at Balboa up fr ont.? lege is encour aging people to par k on Par k that the lar ger convention cenShabazz said he hopes commence- campus and take the tr olley to the ter could r esolve, but Balboa Par k is ment will retur n to the pavilion in the convention center. closer to campus and captur ed the future. The college currently has a $1.5 ?Ther e will be fr ee par king on essence of City College. The conven- million deficit and it?s going to cost campus for gr aduation," Solis said. tion center seems less special and more to rent out the convention center. "Par king will be available at the conunique, although both locations ar e ?The Convention Center is a bit vention center for a fee." gr eat for taking pictur es." mor e than Balboa Par k since we City Times will have fur ther r eCity College Public I nfor mation must use convention center por ting on the canceled Plaza de Officer Cesar Gumapas said the con- pr ovider s for all ser vices for the Panama constr uction pr oject and its vention center can host a lot mor e gr aduation,? Per ez said. ?The biggest effect on City College?s gr aduation on people. incr ease in pr ice is the AV and multi- sdcitytimes.com.

New funding for mula gets fr esh look fr om officials San Diego Community College executive appointed to state oversight committee B Y J ONNY R I CO Editor-in-Chief

getting too far ahead at the expense of other s.? 12-member over sight comThe SCFF is a new for mula immittee has been assembled plemented by for mer Califor nia by Califor nia legislator s to gover nor Jer r y Br own to fund the over see and r epor t back to 72 community college distr icts state officials on the Student Cen- acr oss the golden state. ter ed Funding For mula. One of the The new funding for mula no member s chosen to the committee longer consider s enr ollment as the is Dr. Bonnie Dowd, San Diego only factor in deter mining a disCommunity College Distr ict execu- tr ict?s funds. I n addition to enr olltive vice-chancellor of business and ment, the new for mula now takes technology ser vices. into account students? financial aid Dowd, who last September told need (supplemental) and cer tain City Times she believed the new success metr ics like tr ansfer s, asfunding for mula was a good idea sociate degr ees and cer tificates. but implemented too fast and withWhile the specific assignments out pr oper pr ojection analysis, was have not been r evealed, the overnominated to the over sight com- sight committee will r eview mittee by Califor nia State Senate statewide data and make r ecomPr esident pr o tempor e Toni Atkins. mendations to state officials, acShe was later confir med by the cor ding to a SDCCD news r elease. Califor nia Senate Rules CommitDowd also wants to have a close tee. look at the success metr ics and the ?I want to make sur e ther e is eq- specific dollar amount of each in uity acr oss all college distr icts,? the new funding for mula. said Dowd about her pr ior ities in ?I ?m not against outcome (metthe over sight committee. ?I want to r ics),? Dowd said. ?But (we need) make sur e ther e ar en?t any distr icts the r ight outcomes.?

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She str essed that she does not have an agenda to accomplish and wants to pr ovide the permanent leader ship that the college has been missing. ?Not to say that the leader s in the past wer en?t leader s, (but) they wer e inter ims, they wer e tempor ar y and that does something to the mor ale of the people her e,? she said. One of the biggest challenges that Chavez has faced since ar r iving at City College has been the size of the campus. Among her pr oudest moments so far has been helping a lost student find his classr oom. ?That moment when he and I finally found that classr oom was the best feeling,? Chavez said. ?The teacher came over and I said ?he?s been with me for 45 minutes.? I didn?t want him to get in tr ouble.? I t has always been par t of Chavez?s natur e to help other s. This, plus her enjoyment of science, led her to a car eer in the medical field as a nur se. Wor king in hospitals, Chavez noticed the bad habits of other nur ses ar ound her. She felt that she could have mor e of an impact, and help mor e people, as an educator teaching futur e pr o-

fessionals in her field. ?The pr essur e was differ ent,? Chavez said. ?I t was no longer life and death, but it sor t of was. You?r e gr ooming people?s minds. They?r e going to tr eat people based on what I taught them.? Chavez admitted she str uggled initially with the public speaking aspect of teaching. The pr essur e of having to teach mater ial she knew ver y well, but in fr ont of a lar ge gr oup, made her doubt her self. I t was the desir e to help that got Chavez past her ner ves. ?I used to tr eat patients and they all had lives and now I was tr eating students who all had a life as well,? she said. With two year s left in her own pr ogr am, Chavez spends Monday nights in her vir tual classr oom and weekends wor king on homewor k and pr epar ing for class. Chavez is also r equir ed to spend two consecutive summer s at Old Dominion?s campus in Vir ginia. For two weeks, she lives on campus in a dor m r oom. ?To live in the dor ms for two weeks, it?s kind of cool,? Chavez said. ?I t?s kind of incr edible at this age. I t puts me in connection with wher e our cur r ent students (will be) living (after tr ansfer r ing). ?And that is valuable ? not to just remember it, but to live it again.?

STUDENT SERVICESSETTLE INTO(A) NEW PERMANENT HOME BYDAVIDAHUMADA NEWSEDITOR

A and T Buil ding s no w o pen, o per at io nal cit y col l ege's st udent ser v ices can now al l bef ound t oget her in onebuil ding

ity College?s Student Health Services used to be located in the Ebuilding, facing Park Boulevard near San Diego High School. Mental Health Services was located on the bottomfloor of the BTbuilding, located on the northwest corner of 16th&C. For some students, the distance was beyond inconvenient. ?If a patient wasn?t feeling either emotionally, physically or mentally well, (they had) to make that walk across campus,? said Debbie Helm, nurse practitioner at Student Health Services. ?Sometimestheywouldn?t makeit.? Now both services are located together in a singlespaceintheAbuilding. ?It?s amazing,? Helm said. ?Now the only thingpatientshavetodoiswalkdownahallway.? The 52,000-square-foot renovated Abuild-

ing is now open, and most of the departments have been moved into their permanent homes. Others are scheduled to move throughout the semester. ?It?s great that we have provided modern buildings for our faculty and staff to use,? said Chris Manis, vice chancellor of facilities management for the San Diego Community College District. ?We still have a bit of fine tuning and somegraphicstoput up.? Accounting, Enrollment Services, Student Success Programs, Financial Aid and the Disability Support Program and Services are now all located together in theAbuilding. ThePresident?s office, Counseling, Peer Mentors and the Transfer Career Center and Evaluations havealsomovedin. Engineering and Machine Technology are now housed in the also recently opened T

building which has refurbished classrooms and newequipment for programs likeCNCMachining, HVAC and Refrigeration, as well as the MESA program and the Center for Applied CompetitiveTechnology. One of the final construction projects on campus will also start soon. Ground will break on the the new Child Development Center in summer 2019. ?The process is currently in drafting, soon will be budgeted and bid on, then sent to the Board of Trustees in April, and construction will start duringsummer,? Manissaid. The project will be funded by Proposition S and is expected to be finished February 2020, accordingtothedistrict?sRainbowReport. PICTURED ABOVE: The second floor of t he A building now houses impor t ant pr ogr ams like Financial Aid, Fir st Year Ser vices and t he Assessment Cent er . By David Ahumada/ City Times

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Caf et er ia r eo pening o nc e ag ain push ed Bac k ungry San Diego City Collegestudents will have to wait longer for the refurbished cafeteria, district officialsconfirmed. New estimates put the cafeteria?s reopening at theendof Marchor beginningof April. ?While renovating (the D building) and putting in a new roof membrane, electrical issues plagued and slowed down restorations,? said Christopher Manis, vicechancellor of facili-

ties management. ?Transformers and switch panelsarecustommade. it takestime.? According to Manis, the cafeteria will remain as it looked before renovations of the Dbuilding began, and will have the same food service as the rest of the San Diego Community College District. ?The furniture is going to be upgraded and certain places in the building, but the cafeteria

Whil et hecaf et er ia r emains under const r uct ion, st udent s and facul t y wil l hav et he f ol l owing opt ions f or f ood: - Moodys Food Truck, locatedintheAH Plaza - Plaza C-Store and Espresso Station, located on thefirst floor of theMSbuilding - Food cart lady, locatedonthecorner of 16thandBStreet - Coffee food truck, locatedon16thandBStreet - Jack in the Box, Subway, 7-Eleven and Albert?s Fresh Mexican Food, located at the City College trolley station - Del Taco and Burger King, located on the southeastern andnorthwesterncornersof 11thStreet &BStreets\ - McDonald's on Park Boulevard, located directly across the street from City College, is closed due to construction

will look the same as it did a few years ago,? Manissaid. According to Manis, the bookstore will also get its permanent home in the Dbuilding in late March or early April, depending on when the D buildingfinishesrenovations. PICTURED ABOVE: The cafet er ia is st ill under const r uct ion for a few mont hs, but t her e?s ot her places t o gr ab a bit e t o eat ar ound campus. By David Ahumada/ Cit y Times

TheTPl azawil l al sohost arotation of foodtrucksMonday through Thursday. Therewil l beabreakfast foodtruck avail abl edaily from8-10 a.m. aswel l asadifferent daily l unch truck.

Lunch, 10a.m. to3p.m. MONDAY: CHUBBY?S

Moody?sfood truck, locatedintheAH

TUESDAY: THESLIDERHOUSE WEDNESDAY: BELLAVITA THURSDAY: TORTALLYTASTY

Van is one of t he many employees who?s ?happy t o ser ve Cit y College st udent s.? By David Ahumada/ Cit y Times

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Free money! Window to apply for 40-plus scholarships closes Feb. 24 B Y A NGE L CAZARE S Staff Writer hen Sylvia Ramir ez thinks about the student successes she has seen while ser ving as San Diego City College?s scholar ship coordinator, for mer Associated Student Gover nment pr esident I gnacio Her nandez comes to mind. ?H e is now at B er keley and befor e he left, he was able to secur e $3,000,? she said. ?While it doesn't sound like a lot of m oney, that helped him get to B er keley.? Ram ir ez said som e of the m ost m em or able stor ies out of her pr ogr am include students who have m oved on fr om City College thanks to suppor t of donor s. Sylvia Ramir ez over sees the campus scholar ship This month, City College is again of- pr ogr am. By David Ahumada/ City Times fer ing aid for students facing financial obstacles, including a long list of schol- scholar ships until midnight daily, even ar ships r anging fr om $250 to $2,500. on the weekends. The scholar ships ar e as diver se as the Accor ding to the San D iego City population of students on campus. College Foundation, only about seven Some ar e offer ed to students studying per cent of students apply for in a specific pr ogr am, like ar chaeology, scholar ships. biology, cosmetology, communications Ramir ez said this is due to a lack of and nur sing. awar eness fr om new students, as well as Other s ar e for veter ans, EOPS stu- students who ar en?t par t of a club or indents, students with disabilities or those volved with the school in other ways. r etur ning to college after time away, to That tr anslates to only about 600 apname a few. plications submitted fr om a student body Applying for one of over 40 differ ent of 17,000 students. scholar ships is a simple pr ocess, acA major ity of students ar en't awar e cor ding to Ramir ez. that sever al of the scholar ships don't get Students can find all the infor mation awar ded due to a lack of applications. they need by visiting sdcity.academic- This means that a lar ge sum of the wor ks.com, including the r equir ements money ends up being r epur posed or for each scholar ship and the amount of wor se, r etur ned if the donor asks. money available. Some of the scholar ships that go unOnce a student has cr eated a pr ofile awar ded ar e the smaller awar ds, r angon the website, Ramir ez r eaches out ing fr om $250-$500. with differ ent scholar ship oppor tunities. Many students over look those schol?That is the par t that keeps me dr i- ar ships, opting to apply only for those ven, focused and passionate," Ramir ez coming with lar ger amounts of money. said. ?Actually being able to help stuThis year, the foundation will be offerdents accomplish their goals with mini- ing two inter nship scholar ships for stumal debt as well as minimal wor r y.? dents who can?t affor d to take an unpaid The website allows students to add inter nship due to financial har dships impor tant documentation like a financial that r equir e them to have a job. aid plan, education plan and e-gr ades. Scholar ships opened Dec. 1 and will I t also allows students to apply for close on Feb. 24.

W Art professor Duane Gardella created the likeness of Martin Luther King Jr. for City College's MLK Parade float. It will be on display in the Learning Resource Center until April 15. By Elisabeth Vermeulen/ City Times

Celebr ating Black Histor y Month B Y E L I SAB E TH V E RM E UL E N Staff Writer istor ian Car ter G. Woodson chose the second week in Febr uar y to celebr ate Black Histor y Week back in 1926. The dates coincided with the bir thdays of Abr aham L incoln and Fr eder ick Douglass. I n 1976, Pr esident Ger ald For d extended it to Black Histor y Month, paying tr ibute to gener ation of black Amer icans. San Diego City College celebr ated thr oughout the month of Febr uar y with events r anging fr om weekly Black Film Fr idays to visits fr om activist ar tists and speaker s. ?I t is about celebr ating the past, pr esent and futur e,? said Mar iah Jameson, a City College student and pr esident of UMOJA Club. ?I t's about lear ning wher e we came fr om and wher e we want to go. I t's a celebr ation. I t's a par ty. I t's a time to be pr oud to be black.? The evolution of ar t and activism is this year ?s theme for Black Histor y Month, accor ding to Jameson. ?We wanted to choose some films that would have gr eat discussions afterwar ds,? Jameson said. ?A lot of them ar e pr oblematic and cir culates ar ound the black community and pr oblems in the

black community or even ar ound in society." Jameson encour ages students to commemor ate Black Histor y Month all year long thr ough education. ?Black histor y ties into ever yone's histor y,? she said. ?I t's not just about being black or celebr ating being black. I t's about celebr ating the br other hoods that ar e connected to it. I t's impor tant because City College is ver y diver se.? UPCOM I NG E VE NTS - B lack Pr ofessionals Car eer Panel Feb. 19, 11:30 a.m., in AH-200-A A fr ee event wher e students can lear n exper ience how to over come obstacles and r each car eer success. - B lack Film Fr i day: "School D aze" Feb. 22, 6-8 p.m. in MS-162 The film is about the clash between light- and dar k- skinned Afr icanAmer ican students in a fr ater nity. - TE D Talk Scr eening: The D anger of Single St or y Feb 26, 2-3:30 p.m. in AH-200-A Chimamanda Adichie talks about ster eotypes and the impor tance of being open minded. Uyen Pham contributed to this report.

Works of art on display Drawing exhibit featuring art from local and outside artists is showing through February B Y SCOTT GARD I NI E R Staff Writer an Diego City College?s Fine Ar ts Depar tment is br inging pr ofessional ar twor k to campus with ?star tingL I NE,? an ar t exhibition focused on dr awing. Dur ing the month of Febr uar y, guests ar e invited to City Galler y to view wor k fr om ar tists acr oss the countr y showcasing their dr awing skills. Coor dinating the exhibition is Wayne Hulgin, pr ofessor of Fine Ar ts at City College. Hulgin has been the pr ofessor of Fine Ar ts at City College since 2004. He?s coor dinated many exhibits in the past at the City Galler y that in-

cluded painting and cer amics. ?star tingL I NE? will be the fir st dr awing-only exhibit. ?(I hope students ar e able to see) the possibilities of dr awing and how impor tant dr awing is and what you can do with it as opposed to painting,? Hulgin said. Hulgin also hopes to inspir e City College students by featur ing a for mer student?s ar twor k. Jessica McClendon, now an instr uctor, was an ar t student at City College who tur ned her passion into a car eer. The exhibit featur es wor k fr om Car olyn L avender, Kelly Mar tin, Dean Ramos and Cather ine Ruane. The exhibit can be viewed TuesdayThur sday, 1-5 p.m. or by appointment.

?star tingLINE? will be the fir st dr awing-only exhibit at City Galler y. By Scott Gar dinier / City Times

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Reunited and it feels so good Chuba th a nd Khor Tut grew up i n di fferent sta tes but a re now tea m m a tes B Y VI CK Y P I NE DA Assistant Sports Editor

espite almost 2,000 miles separ ating them and never meeting in per son until their 20s, Chubath and Khor Tut ar e as alike as any set of br other s could be. Today they ar e mor e than just br other s ? they ar e teammates on the San Diego City College men?s basketball team. ?(My) fir st interaction with (Khor ) and my other br other ? got so detailed that we actually ar e talking about the same music, the same movie scenes, basketball highlights that we?ve seen,? Chubath Tut said. ?We know the same stuff but gr ew up (separ ate).? Chubath Tut, who gr ew up in Nashville, Tennessee, was only able to communicate with his Califor nia sibling thr ough Facebook and video games until summer 2015, when Khor Tut, an Escondido native, and his other br other picked up Chubath Tut fr om the air por t. ?Why is this guy so like (me)?,: Khor Tut r emember ed thinking. "I t was weir d, ?r emember what happened in 2007?and he would know exactly what I 'm talking about, not just basketball.? Added Chubath Tut: ?Even today, like we would be ?r emember what

happened in 2007?and he would know exactly what I 'm talking about, not just basketball.? The br other s have a fun- loving r ivalr y on and off the cour t. ?Anything that?s playful and fun we ar e going to do it,? said Khor Tut, who plays for war d for the Knights. Khor Tut has played in 25 games for the Knights (15-11, 6-2), who sit in second place in the PCAC Souther n Division behind Southwester n College. While Khor Tut is adding 5.2 points and 3.3 r ebounds per game, Chubath Tut is adding valuable depth to the City College lineup, seeing time in 18 games. Chubath and Khor Tut?s par ents ar e r efugees fr om South Sudan who moved to San Diego. Their father is a politician who was financially stable enough to suppor t two wives in a polygamous r elationship. After adjusting to the Amer ican nor ms, the r elationship between Chubath Tut?s mother and father did not wor k out. Pr egnant with Chubath Tut, she left for Nashville because she had r elatives alr eady living ther e. Despite the bumps and br uises they?ve encounter ed gr owing up and the differ ent lifestyle their par ents had, Khor Tut said the benefits have been wor th it. ?L uckily we got a r elationship in exchange," he said. "I t?s one of the

Chu bat h Tut (r ight ) pushes t owar d t he basket against a Gr oss mont Col lege defender . By Jonny Rico/ City Times

best things that?s happened to me in the past five year s.? The Tut br other s ar e now enjoying life together and want to push forwar d together. "I don't want to succeed with no one else besides my family and my br other,? Khor Tut said.

Both sophomor es at City College, ther e ar e no plans on tr ansferr ing at the moment. The Tut br other s have only one thing in mind. ?We ar e focusing on getting that playoffs placement,? Chubath Tut said.

Spr ing spor ts in full bloom D espi te w ea ther i ssues, spr i ng spor ts sea sons a re under w a y B Y SONNY GARI BAY Sports Editor

Accor ding to the PCAC website, the men?s golf season opener at the Mount San Jacinto Eagle Tour nament will be r escheduled. As of Feb. 14, no r eschedule date has been announced. The Knights beach volleyball team will begin its campaign Mar. 15 when it takes on Deser t College at the Coast Volleyball Club. San Diego City College will host only one beach volleyball game this year, the season finale against Gr ossmont on Apr il 19 at 9 a.m.

asketball season is coming to an end. So is cold weather. Sunshine and war mer weather begins to make an appear ance, and with it comes spr ing spor ts to San Diego City College. City College fields seven spr ing spor ts teams, including baseball and softball, men?s and women?s tennis, badminton, men?s golf, and beach volleyball. Sever al Knights teams have seen delays and postponements to the beginning of their schedules due to r ain and bad weather. The softball team has par ticipated in only thr ee of its scheduled games thus far. The season opener against Santiago Canyon was stopped in a 5-5 tie at the top of eighth due to dar kness. Rain delays have caused the other contests to be postponed. City softball begins its confer ence schedule Feb. 15 at the San Jacinto College Pr esident?s Day Tour nament. The baseball team begins its confer ence schedule Feb. 25 against Southwester n College. The Knights look to tur n things ar ound after an out- of- confer ence schedule in which they dr opped seven str aight games.

GAM E S TO WATCH

One of seven spr ing spor t s at Cit y College, t he Knight s soft ball t eam (pict ur ed in t he 2017 season) has seen it s schedule mangled by r ain, dar kness and bad weat her . Alan Hickey/ City Times file

L ike softball and baseball, the men?s tennis schedule has seen its fair shar e of postponements. Two of its four matches wer e canceled due to weather. San Diego City began its confer ence schedule on Feb. 12, losing to Deser t College, 8-1. Women?s tennis dominated the Pacific Coast Athletic Confer ence

opener, shutting out Palomar College, 9-0, on Feb. 6 befor e losing to Deser t College on Feb. 12 by a scor e of 5-4. The badminton season begins at Gr ossmont College Mar ch 1 at 1 p.m. The Knights will attempt to star t str ong enter ing a Pacific Coast Conference schedule with only four teams.

- Sof t ball: vs. Palomar, Apr il 10 at 3 p.m. - B aseball: vs. Bar stow, Feb. 22 at 2 p.m. - M en?s Tennis: vs. Palomar, Feb. 28 at 2 p.m. - Women?s Tennis: vs. San Jacinto, Apr il 4 at 2 p.m. - B admint on: vs. San Diego Mesa, Mar ch 3 at 3 p.m. - M ens Golf: Away at Tor r ey Pines Golf Cour se, Mar ch 16 at 1 p.m. - B each Volleyball: vs. Gr ossmont, Apr il 19 at 9 a.m. All contests City College unless otherwise noted.

sdcitytimes.com | February 19, 2019

CITYESPAÑOL I NFORMACI ÓN A City College expande L A DI SPOSI CI ÓN ser vicios dentr o del centr o ¡SUBI R! Cultur al Center P OR J ONNY R I CO Y M ADAI GURROL A Escritores

L a página de inter net de San Diego City College ha sido r ediseñada par a facilitar el acceso a la infor mación. L a nueva página se inaugur ó días antes del comienzo del nuevo semestr e en ener o. Dentr o de la nueva página se encuentr a infor mación sobr e los r ecur sos que el colegio ofr ece a distintas poblaciones de estudiantes. H SI : HSI significa I nstitución de Servicios Hispanos. Es una designación que el depar tamento feder al de educación le ha dado a la institución de San Diego City College. L a designación HSI P OR J ONNY R I CO pr ovee becas feder ales par a el colegio Editor con el pr opósito de ampliar las opor tuas pr esiones comunes que ennidades educativas par a los estudiantes fr entan los estudiantes univerhispanos de bajos ingr esos. sitar ios a veces aumentan par a los L GBTQI A: Inspira a los estudiantes a estudiantes de bajos r ecur sos y/o de luchar por la igualdad de gente dentro de familias inmigr antes. El colegio cola comunidad de L GBTQIA a través del munitar io San Diego City College busca aliviar esas pr esiones que activismo, la educación y la promoción. AM I GO M I L I TAR : Pr opor ciona un podr ían per judicar el éxito de un ambiente acogedor par a los veter anos. estudiante. Nuevos r ecur sos llegar án a City Se concentr an en tr es ár eas imporCollege par a los estudiantes tantes: académicos, comunidad y bien?Dr eamer s", los r ecipientes de estar. Sus ser vicios incluyen el apoyo DACA y los estudiantes hispanos. entr e par es y las r euniones que se r ela?L a incer tidumbr e de no saber si cionan con los veter anos. Ayuda a los puedes asistir un colegio o si ecoveter anos a tomar decisiones infor- nomicamente puedes tr ansfer ir te a madas sobr e el pr óximo paso en su vida una univer sidad?, dijo Noel Antonio pr ofesional. Puga, r efir iéndose a uno de los r eD RE AM E RS: El distr ito San Diego tos más gr andes que un estudiante Community College Distr ict da la bien- de una familia inmigr ante enfr enta. Puga es un ex estudiante indocuvenida a los estudiantes indocumentamentado de San Diego City College dos y ayuda a mantener un lugar segur o y consejer o en el centr o ¡SUBI R! par a los estudiantes mientr as logr an Cultur al Center. sus metas académicas y pr ofesionales. ?Mi trabajo principal es dar asTÍ TUL O I X: I X: El distr ito San Diego esoría académica. Apoyaré a los esCommunity College Distr ict está com- tudiantes con cualquier duda pr ometido a ofr ecer un ambiente segur o académica que tengan. Esto incluye par a todos los estudiantes y empleados. (ayuda con) las transferencias a las TÍ TUL O I V: Este título se r efier e a universidades, diplomas de associlos fondos feder ales de ayuda fi- ate's degrees y certificados de cursos. ?Per o también conectar é los esnancier a. L a oficina de ayuda financier a tudiantes con los r ecur sos dentr o está compr ometida ayudar a los estudidel colegio y dentr o de la comuantes que no puedan continuar su edunidad, y también estar é cr eando cación debido a una desventaja ficonciencia a la exper iencia del esnancier a. tudiante indocumentado?.

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Lilian Gar cía y Noel Ant onio Puga est án a la or den par a ayudar a quien lo necesit e. Por Jonny Rico/ City Times

Puga también explicó que está disponible par a escuchar y dejar que estudiantes desahoguen sus ansiedades. ?A veces un estudiante DACA, quien ha obtenido el per miso legal par a tr abajar y un númer o de segur o social, es el pr oveedor pr incipal de la familia y tiene que balancear esa r esponsabilidad con la pr esión de sobr esalir en la escuela?, dijo Puga. El puesto de tr abajo de Puga se hizo disponible gr acias al subsidio de Título V que el colegio r ecibió del Depar tamento de Educación de EE.UU. El subsidio también pr oporcionó los fondos par a abr ir el centr o ¡SUBI R! Cultur al Center, el cual está ubicado en el salón AH- 200A. El centr o r ealizó su inaugur ación el semestr e pasado y expandir á sus ser vicios este semestr e.

L ilian Gar cía, la coor dinador a de Título V en City College dice que la contr atación de Puga es solo el comienzo. ?Ellos (el colegio y el distr ito) nos han apoyado mucho. El hecho de que escr ibier on la pr opuesta par a el subsidio es como pudimos contr atar a Noel y todavía vamos a seguir contr atando peermentor s?, dijo Gar cía. ?Or ganizar emos una confer encia sobr e los estudiantes indocumentados y har emos disponibles abogados migr ator ios?. Según Gar cía, el centr o ¡SUBI R! Cultur al Center podr á conectar a no solo estudiantes, sino también a familiar es quienes necesiten ayuda legal, con abogados migr ator ios. Tanto Gar cía como Puga r esaltar on que todos los ser vicios en el centr o son par a los estudiantes de City College y además sus familias.

City College expands r esour ces at ¡SUBI R! A new counselor was hired at the Cultural Center this semester, more hires coming soon B Y J ONNY R I CO Editor-in-Chief he r egular pr essur es of higher education ar e sometimes doubled for low- income students and students fr om immigr ant families. But San Diego City College is looking to addr ess those pr essur es that might pr event some students fr om succeeding. New r esour ces ar e star ting to become available at City College for ?Dr eamer ? students, DACA r ecipients and Hispanic students. ?The uncer tainty of not knowing if you can attend college or if you can affor d to tr ansfer,? is what Noel Antonio Puga says is one of the biggest challenges that a student fr om an immigr ant family faces.

Puga is a for mer City College undocumented student. He was r ecently hir ed to the position of adjunct counselor and will be wor king in the ¡SUBI R! Cultur al Center. ?My main job is to do academic counseling,? Puga said. ?(I ?ll be) suppor ting students with any academic needs they need help with. "This includes (help with) tr ansferr ing, associates degr ees, and cer tificates. ?But I ?ll also be connecting students with r esour ces and r aising awar eness about the undocumented student exper ience her e at City College.? Puga added he is also ther e to offer students someone to hear their concer ns, wor r ies and anxieties.

?Sometimes a DACA student, who has r eceived legal per mission to wor k and a social secur ity number, is the main pr ovider for the family. "And they have to balance that r esponsibility with the pr essur e of doing good in school.? Puga?s job position was made available thanks to the Title V gr ant that the college r eceived fr om the U.S. Depar tment of Education, which designated the school as a Hispanic Ser ving I nstitution. The gr ant also pr ovided the funds to open the ¡SUBI R! Cultur al Center, which is located in r oom AH- 200A. The center made its gr and opening dur ing the fall 2018 semester and is now expanding its ser vices dur ing the spr ing 2019 semester.

L ilian Gar cia, City College?s Title V pr oject manager, says the counselor position that Puga has is only the star t. ?(The college and the distr ict) ar e ver y suppor tive,? Gar cia said. ?They?r e wr iting for this gr ant is how we have the funds for Noel?s position. "We?r e going to be hir ing peermentor s, we?r e going to have an undocumented student confer ence and also legal ser vices.? Accor ding to Gar cia, the ¡SUBI R! Cultur al Center will be able to connect not only students with immigr ation lawyer s. Both Gar cia and Puga emphasized that they ar e available to help City College students and their families as well.