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State'snewfundingformula leavesmany at City Collegequestioningimpact

B Y J ONNY R I CO Editor-in-Chief I n her 13 year s at San Diego City College, geogr aphy pr ofessor L isa Chaddock has been known to car e deeply about her students? success.

Her classes ar e a mix of lectur es, field tr ips, videos

and textbook r eadings so that ever yone has an oppor tunity to gr asp the mater ial.

After attending a r ecent for um by San Diego Community College Distr ict chancellor Constance Car r oll, Chaddock fear s for the futur e of City College, the diver se pool of students she teaches and the distr ict as a whole due to decisions being made at the state capital. ?People in char ge in Sacr amento ar e all Democr ats, but they?r e not acting like Democr ats,? said Chaddock, one of appr oximately 90 mostly faculty and staff at the Sept.

18 for um. ?They ar e star ting to r un education like a business ? with the student success model.?

Califor nia Gover nor Jer r y Br own has had to make a lot of difficult decisions r egar d-

ing the state?s budget over the last eight year s.

He took over his second tour as Califor nia gover nor in 2011 when the state was oper ating at a $26 billion deficit.

He will hand the r eins to the next gover nor with the state sitting on a $6 billion sur plus.

A $32 billion shift in just eight year s is no easy feat.

Gover nor Br own outr aged many by making the tough decisions that led to the financial stability of the state.

Taxes had to be r aised, but mor e impor tantly, public ser vices had to be cut.

The latest upr oar to a financial decision has come fr om the community college system after the new funding for mula was implemented without much r esear ch into its potential effects.

Appr oximat ely 90 most ly facult y and st aff at t ended t he chancellor 's Sept . 18 open for um, wit h some quest ioning how t he st udent -cent er ed model will affect Cit y College and t he dist r ict as a whole. David Ahumada, City Times

Under the new way of funding community colleges, the impor tance of enr ollment dr ops 30 per cent. Community college distr icts will r eceive 70 per cent of what they used to r eceive for each full- time

equivalent student (FTES).

Additional funding will now be based on supplemental allocation (20 per cent) and student success (10 per cent).

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Mental Health Counseling assists homeless, hungry students them thr ough that pr ocess.?

Scatter ed ar ound different offices on campus, City College also pr ovides access to shower s, an emergency food pantr y, r eferr als for housing and shelter s, assistance enr olling in food benefits, a low-cost clothing stor e and pr ior ity r egistr ation for classes.

B Y N AD I A M I SH K I N News Editor For students who don?t know wher e they ar e going to sleep each night or get their next meal, navigating the r esour ces available to them can be over whelming.

Toni Martinez, a counselor at San Diego City College?s Mental Health Counseling center, said that some students just want to sleep in their car.

She knows that the par king lots at Wal- Mar t and Jewish Family Ser vices ar e safe places to par k legally over night.

Mar tinez said that some students ar e just shy or embar r assed to get the help they need, like food fr om the emer gency food pantr y, so a counselor will walk

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At the emer gency food pantr y a pair of St udent s facing homelessness and hunger can go t o t he Ment al Healt h Counseling cent er fr iendly student infor guidance t hr ough t he r esour ces available t o t hem. Nadia Mishkin, City Times ter ns wait in the small r oom to attend to stuthem ther e for some mor al ing insecur e. dents who come for a pr esuppor t. These ar e just a ?We follow the students packaged lunch or food to couple of examples of the lead,? Mar tinez said. ?After take home. per sonalized suppor t that they tell us what they need, The inter ns check them mental health counselor s at we do our best to point in and guide them thr ough City College can offer stuthem in that dir ection, give their selections of entr ees, dents who ar e food or housthem options and suppor t

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snacks, and even per sonal pr oducts like soap and shampoo. ?We make students feel welcome and like they can count on us which spr eads confidence in them. We offer them their food and we can also offer them extr a help if they ask for it, like infor ming them about other ser vices like the shower s at Har r y West Gym.? said Citlaly Var gas, one of the students wor king ther e. ?We tell students to come back, that it?s nothing to be ashamed of, to come back if you?r e hungr y. They r eally like it.?

Hunger and homelessness ar e a r eality for a gr owing number of City College students, and the See I NSE CURE , page 2

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can feel r eally over w helm ing, so som et im es it ?s helpful t o have a counselor t o navigat e t he r eContinued frompage1 sour ces alongside you t o m ake counseling ar e two of sever al r eever yt hing sour ces availeasier and able on camease t hat pus to suppor t anxiet y. them. ?We talk a lot At Cit y with students College, 56 about basic per cent of needs ? food, st udent s housing and faced food safety." insecur it y We w ant t o and 15 per m ake sur e cent exper iThe emer gency food pant r y locat ed at BT-211 pr ovides t hat t hose baenced som e fr ee snacks, inst ant meals, and non-per ishable food sic needs ar e for m of it ems for st udent s. Nadia Mishkin, City Times m et , so t hat hom elesst hey feel safe, ness in t he and t hen w e past year, can m ove on accor ding t o t o get t ing int o a 2017 st udy t he em ot ional by t he U nior cognit ive ver sit y of st uff.?

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H ope L ab. ?This is a gr eat place to figur e out all of the r esour ces that ar e available in San Diego,? said Mar tinez. ?N avigat ing all of t he r esour ces

Mental Health counseling is located in BT- 105, and students can visit the office to make an appointment or call 619-388-3055.

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Exposition of politicians Student ticketsfreefor this Oct. 6 pre-election event B Y J ONNY R I CO Editor-in-Chief Voice of San Diego, a local online news or ganization, is or ganizing Politifest, an event focused on the issues and candidates that will dominate the November ballot.

Ther e will be a full schedule of debates, panels and one- on-one inter views with exper ts, and pr ovide a platfor m for r esidents to r aise their voices, ask tough questions and delve into impor tant issues.

Politifest ser ves as a cr ash cour se in politics and policy, and pr ovides insights into how our local gover nment wor ks.

Politifest is scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 6 at the Univer sity of San Diego.

Tickets ar e fr ee to students with a college I D, $40 for Voice of San Diego member s and $55 for the gener al public, pr ice includes a oneyear member ship to Voice of San Diego.

For mor e infor mation, visit voiceofsandiego.or g/politifest.

Suppor t gr oup st ar t ing San Diego City College?s Mental Health Counseling Center is offering thr ee new in- house suppor t gr oups this fall.

L GBTQI A+ Suppor t Gr oup, Healthy Relationships suppor t gr oup and Mindfulness and Meditation suppor t gr oup will all have weekly on- campus meetings star ting this Fall 2018.

The L GBTQI A+ Suppor t Gr oup will meet on Tuesdays fr om 10:00 ?

11 a.m. in MS- 221. This queer suppor t gr oup is a safe place to discuss shar ed exper iences, gain suppor t fr om other s in the community, and impr ove self-car e and str ess r eduction skills.

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Healthy Relationships suppor t gr oup, which suppor ts per sonal and academic success by helping students lear n about healthy r elationships with family and par tner s, will meet Wednesdays fr om 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. in MS-565. The gr oup visitor s ar e encour aged to come alone or as a couple and new discussion topics will be pr esented ever y week.

The Mindfulness and Meditation suppor t gr oup will meet on Wednesdays fr om 3:30 ? 4:30 p.m. in AH-101.

The gr oup offer s mindfulness and meditation pr actice ever y week, helping students to slow down, focus and cr eate success by pr omoting emotional well-being.

All thr ee gr oups ar e open to all and the Mindfulness and Meditation gr oup does not r equir e pr ior exper ience.

The Mental Health Counseling Center, which is located in BT- 105 and opens five days a week, offer s a var iety of confidential, cultur allysensitive mental health ser vices.

Ser vices ar e cover ed under the health fee and ar e fr ee to all attending City College. Students do not need to have ser ious mental health issues to access MHCC ser vices.

Appointments can be made by phone at 619- 388- 3055 or online at www.sdcity.edu/ mentalhealthcounseling.

F lu shot s available Flu shots available for City College students, staff and faculty for $10. No appointment is r equir ed.

Shots ar e administer ed in the Student Health Clinic in the E building.

Staff writer Jesse Altilio contributed to this report.

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Hollywood actress lends helping hand B Y J ONNY R I CO Editor-in-Chief Hollywood actr ess Annette Bening is pushing for higher education to be mor e accessible for students in San Diego. She was the headliner at a fundr aising dinner for the San Diego Pr omise Pr ogr am at the Natur al Histor y Museum in Balboa Par k on Sept. 20.

The San Diego Pr omise Pr ogr am offer s two year s of fr ee tuition for new students who commit to full-time status at any of the San Diego Community College Distr ict?s thr ee colleges. ?Ther e?s such a str ong passion to go to college, with so many people who don?t have the means,? said Bening in an inter view befor e the gala event. ?The Community College Distr ict, with this pr ogr am is r eally tr ying to make it possible for anyone who wants to go, to be able to go.?

Bening is a for mer San Diego Mesa College student who has gone on to have a successful acting car eer. She has been nominated to the Academy Awar ds four times, fir st for best suppor ting actr ess for her par t in ?The Gr ifter s? (1990) and thr ee times for best actr ess for her r oles in ?Amer ican Beauty?

Formula Continued frompage1 The full impact of the new funding model is still unknown to almost ever y community college distr ict in the state. But the San Diego Community College Distr ict is alr eady br acing itself.

The distr ict knows that it will only r eceive 70 per cent of what they used to r eceive for enr ollment, which accor ding to Executive Vice

Chancellor Const ance Car r oll explained t he new st at e funding for mula in an open for um at Cit y College on Sept . 18. David Ahumada, City Times

(1999), ?Being Julia? (2004) and ?The Kids ar e All Right?

(2010). ?The r eason why it?s so impor tant to me is because I went to Mesa College and I

Annet t e Bening helped r aise over $120,000 for Pr omise. District photo

got so much out of it,? Bening said. ?I t wasn't just the theater pr ogr am -- and it was a gr eat theater pr ogr am -- it was all the other stuff as well.?

Bening expr essed her gr atitude to her teacher s and pr ofessor s at Mesa College and pointed out how easy it was for her to attend. She now wishes the same oppor tunity be as accessible to young people today as it was for her. ?When I went to Mesa it was vir tually fr ee,? Bening said. ?I t just keeps getting tougher and tougher. Not only in community colleges but state colleges and the univer sities as well.?

A combination of state money thr ough AB 19 as well Chancellor Bonnie Dowd, accounts for 85 per cent of the distr ict?s budget. ?I t was too much change,?

Dowd said. ?(I t was) too fast and with too little infor mation.?

The new for mula would eventually take the enr ollment allocation down to 65 per cent next academic year and 60 per cent the following year.

At the same time, it would r aise the student success allocation to 15 per cent and 20 per cent, r espectively, in 2019-20 and 2020-21.

To pr epar e, the distr ict r educed its tar get enr ollment fr om about 43,000 FTES to just over 40,000. ?Sections will be cut, (class) options will be limited,? said Dowd about distr ict pr epar ations for the possibility of r eceiving less funding.

Dowd agr eed that the state is gambling that community colleges ar ound the state will

as gener ous donations fr om the community thr ough events like the gala make it possible for the SDCCD to offer the San Diego Pr omise to students.

Accor ding to Jack Ber esfor d, SDCCD communications and public r elations dir ector, the distr ict cur r ently has 2,100 Pr omise students, 1,800 of those ar e new incoming fr eshmen while the other 300 ar e on their second year of tuition-fr ee education.

At $46 per unit, a full-time student taking 12 units a semester is looking at $552 in tuition befor e the star t of ever y semester, not including the costs of textbooks.

The San Diego Pr omise is known as a ?last dollar ? pr ogr am that br idges the gap in a student?s financial aid. ?I n or der to par ticipate, (students) must apply for FAFSA and for financial aid,?

Ber esfor d said. ?We fir st find out what kind of feder al and state aid they?r e eligible for, and whatever needs they have after that as far as their tuition, the distr ict picks up that cost.?

Students who have their entir e tuition cover ed by outside financial aid ar e then given book gr ants by the pr ogr am.

not meet cer tain success metr ics in or der to cut funding. ?What if we all (71 community college distr icts in the state) per for med exceptionally well?? she said. ?Will the state have enough money to pay if we all met the supplemental and success metr ics? ?Theor etically the distr ict could ear n mor e money under the new for mula. But ther e is still too much that is unknown and it makes it r eally har d to plan for.?

Accor ding to Dowd, the state is tr ying to r un a mor e efficient college system tur ning mor e students into gr aduates. But Pr ofessor Chaddock feels this goes against the cor e values of what the community college system is all about. ?We?r e supposed to be her e to ser ve the lifelear ner s,? said Chaddock. ?What will happen to those students who come to us

Claudia Osuna is one of 300 st udent s benefit ing fr om a second year in t he San Diego Pr omise Pr ogr am. Nadia Mishkin, City Times

Second-year success Tuition-freeprogramhasopened doors for studentslikeCity'sClaudia Osuna B Y J ONNY R I CO Editor-in-Chief For Claudia Osuna, completing her GED was an accomplishment by itself.

But then, a counselor encour aged the 47-year-old mother and gr andmother to think about continuing her education. ?I didn?t know anything about college,? said Osuna, who wor ks full time. ?I didn?t know how I was going to pay for it. I was scar ed.?

Today, thanks to the San Diego Pr omise pr ogr am, Osuna is enr olled in her

second year of tuition- fr ee education at City College.

She is studying for a cr iminal justice degr ee and hopes to tr ansfer to a fouryear univer sity. ?I study a lot, I wor k a lot,? said Osuna, who r ecently obtained her permanent r esidency. ?I ?m ver y motivated to complete my dr eams.?

The fir st in her family to attend college, the Tijuana native says she wants to set a good example for her whole family.

She looks for war d to wor king as a pr obation officer so that she can help kids in tr ouble.

Dist r ict execut ive vice chancellor Bonnie joined chancellor Car r oll at t he Sept . 18 for um on t he new st at e funding model. David Ahumada, City Times

looking to elevate themselves and their skills who ar e not necessar ily looking for a degr ee? ?They?r e tr ying to get students in and out in two year s with an associate?s degr ee and that is not who we ar e.?

Chaddock str essed the impor tance of voting. She is hopeful that the November election will br ing with it a new gover nor to Califor nia

who will come in and undo the entir e new funding formula. ?I ?m not going to panic just yet,? said Chaddock. ?Ther e is an impor tant election coming up in November and a new gover nor will be elected. ?The candidates seem to be opposed to the new formula, so hopefully whoever it is will thr ow it out.?

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Two-year construction project of A, D and B Y D AVI D A H UM ADA Visuals Editor The A, D and T building at San Diego City College ar e scheduled to finish at the end of September after two year s mar ked with delays, r evisions and r estor ations.

This pr oject is among the last of the Pr oposition N pr ojects that star ted in 2009, accor ding to the most r ecent ver sion of the distr ict?s Pr oposition S and N Pr oject Summar y Table.

An $870 million bond passed in 2006 to update San Diego Community College Distr ict campuses. Appr oximately $64 million was budgeted to r enovate all thr ee buildings, which wer e scheduled to be finished by June 2018. ?Whenever we r enovate an existing building we do our best to tr y to captur e ever ything that will need to be r eplaced, but it is not an exact science,? wr ote Chr istopher Manis, vice chancellor of facilities management, in an email. ?Sometimes you don?t know what is in the gr ound or behind a wall until you get into the pr oject.?

On Sept. 13, an extr a $5 m illion for change or der s and claim s r elated to the constr uction pr oject was appr oved by the distr ict's B oar d of Tr ustees.

Boar d agenda item 15.02 stated, ?The contr actor has en-

counter ed too many setbacks, designs r evisions, and unfor eseen changes. The contr actor has submitted over 800 change or der s and 100 claims of compensation. The Distr ict has pr oposed to r esolve change or der s and claims for $5,831,499.?

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CARE change or der s and claims for compensation by the contr actor s ar e due to the ?incr easing cost of mater ials, wor k associated with seismically upgr ading the buildings and unfor eseen conditions.? ?The design has evolved over time, some of the biggest changes in the plan wer e to meet seismic r equir ements,? Manis added. ?This is not unusual given sig-

Down fr om t op r ight : The complet ed ext er ior of t he A building t aken fr om t hr ough t he newly r efur bished Schwar t z Squar e bet ween t he A and T building on t he T building at Cit y College. David Ahumada, City Times. Bot t om r ow: 2017 phot os. Courtesy of Tom Fine and RJC Architects.

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nd T buildingsscheduled toend thismonth nificant incr eases in mater ials costs since the pr oject was or iginally budgeted,? wr ote Jack Ber esfor d, dir ector of communications and public r elations for SDCCD, in an email.

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City College?s website stated, ?the fir st buildings constr ucted (on campus) wer e the A and T buildings, which wer e finished in 1956.?

I n the 1970s, the C, D, E, F and L buildings wer e constr ucted with the addition of Cur r an Plaza and the B St. over pass.

The constr uction plans and designs on the campus website list that this pr oject was for ADA

compliance, r efur bishing the existing spaces for students and faculty to gather or study, and to cr eate mor e squar e feet of space for buildings.

The D building will r eceive a new r oof deck that is made out of concr ete. New r oof dr ains and inter ior ceiling finishes within the cafeter ia will also be installed.

Some of the or iginal plans included a gr eenhouse and solar panels on top of the T building.

I n a 2017 inter view with the City Times, Tom Fine, manager of Pr oposition S and N, mentioned specific items being r enovated. ?This is wher e the leak is,? Fine said then, as he pointed to slippr oof plates that lined the concr ete between the D and A buildings. ?Ther e is a seismic separ ation her e, and over the year s the leak got wor se.?

The A building will pr ovide permanent homes for depar tments like admissions, the bookstor e, financial aid, counseling, fir st year ser vices and health ser vices.

The D building will house the cafeter ia. The T building will house engineering and technology.

Accor ding to City College pr esident Ricky Shabazz, a for mal gr and opening would follow in the spr ing, and a new child development center, funded by Pr oposition S, is the next pr oject for campus in 2019.

t he S building at Cit y College. David Ahumada, City Times; St udent s walking gs. David Ahumada, City Times; Const r uct ion wor ker s applying t he final t ouches 7 file phot os. Mike Madriaga, City Times. Down fr om t op left : 2017 file r ender ing

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Youth not standing in way of Knights' success B Y M ARI SSA G ONZAL E Z Sports Editor

Fletes said her dad, who is one of the team?s assistant coaches, and her childhood r elationship with head Standing at 6- foot- 1, San Diego coach Dede Bodnar wer e the r eaCity College volleyball player and sons she decided to play for City Colsophomor e DeeAnn Schaal tower s lege. over 5- 5 fr eshman teammate Alina Schaal says her par ents push her Fletes, but the two to wor k har der. Coming gir ls shar e a lot of U P N E XT : to City College was her similar ities. oppor tunity to come back Both women ar e - Sept . 21 home to Souther n Calivs.

Pima College multi- talented acr oss for nia, after moving to differ ent spor ts, with - Sept . 26 Or egon. at M t . San Jacint o an evident dr ive to ?I t?s a lot of time man- Oct . 3 succeed. agement, and taking at I mper ial Valley Schaal played basclasses when you know ketball and volleyball * All mat ches at 5 p.m. you?r e not going to have in her fr eshman year volleyball,? said Fletes, at Canyon High School in Anaheim. ?and tr ying to have days off to do all Fletes played volleyball, water polo your schoolwor k to keep up.? and softball in her fr eshman year at They have big goals for their fuL a Mesa Helix High School. tur e, wanting to tr ansfer and play for And still, they both wer e br ought another school. Schaal is pur suing a back to a love for volleyball, and degr ee in zoology, and Fletes is chose to specialize in the spor t. studying physical ther apy.

When asked about their success Such a big academic commitment since coming to City College, both while adding volleyball takes pasgir ls attr ibuted it to their teammates. sion, and each viewed college pr ac?We have a r eally good team dy- tices as mor e str enuous than what namic,? Schaal said. ?The team is they wer e used to in high school. But bonding well together, and ar e play- for Schaal, the love of the spor t ing r eally well together.? makes it all wor th it.

While they chose to highlight their ?They ar e the har dest wor king team, one that in r ecent weeks was bunch of individuals I ?ve wor ked with r anked in the top 25 in the Pacific in my life,? said Bodnar, an awar dCoast Athletic Confer ence and is winning coach who has coached pr omade up of all but two fr eshman, fessional, junior high and college they also took top spots of their own. teams for 25 year s.

At the beginning of the month, Bodnar pr aises the team on their Fletes was r anked fir st in the state contagious desir e to get better, and with 122 digs, while Schaal led the their eager ness to lear n and do what state with 61 kills. it takes to accomplish that.

Knight s sophomor e DeeAnn Schaal (7) has been among t he st at e st at s leader s in kills t his season for t he Knight s, which spent a week in t he t op 25. Jonny Rico, City Times

Bodnar said over coaching may be one of her faults, and with such a young team, it?s easy to r ush them along to make them better, quicker.

But while she thinks she can slow down, she said the women ar e willing to do anything to impr ove.

?I know that ther e is mor e than volleyball outside (of life), but these gir ls invested a lot,? Bodnar said. ?I can change their life as a person, a student- athlete - I want to change their lives mor e than just in volleyball.?

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studentathletes and winning.?

The Knights won their fir st state championship in 2017, When Jae Williams met for and finished as state r unnerthe fir st time with San Diego up a year later.

City College coach Mitch "Exper ience has a lot to do Char lens, he was impr essed with it," Williams said. "When by the team?s winning people fir st come to the tr adition. games and see him coach, he But what r eally sold him on looks mean and har d. What a playing for the Knights was lot of people don't know is the positive r ecommendation that he?s r eally a gr eat per son fr om a for mer coach. to be ar ound, and funny." ?I was amazed about that,? said Williams, a fr eshman Mit ch Char lens cut s down t he net aft er t he Knight s defeat Vent ur a t o City College?s season star ts later this fall, with its fir st shooting guar d fr om River- advance t o t he st at e's 2018 Elit e Eight . Knights Athletics photo game against Bar stow in the amazing student- athletes and inside. ?I ?m going to be in good SDCC I nvitational scheduled for cr edible coaches that have decided hands.?

Nov. 2 at Har r y West Gym. to wor k with me,? Char lens wr ote in Char lens was r ecently named one Tipoff is at 3 p.m. an email. of the top 25 junior college coaches ?I n my 15th year as the men? s in the countr y by Basketball Times. head basketball coach at City ColHe led the Knights to mor e than 30 lege, I ?m pr oud that we ar e known Sports Editor Marissa Gonzales wins in each of the past two seasons. contributed to this report. for our tr adition of tr ansfer r ing our ?I ?ve simply been blessed with B Y I AN T APANG Staff Writer

Cr oss Count r y (M /W)

- Sept. 22 at San Ber nar dino Challenge at Cal State San Ber nar dino, 8:45 p.m.

- Sept. 28 at Coach Downey Classic at Mor ley Field, noon M en?s Soccer

- Sept. 21 at S. Ber nardino, 3 p.m.

- Sept. 25 vs. Palomar, 1 p.m.

- Sept. 28 vs. Deser t, 3 p.m.

Women?s Soccer - Sept. 21 vs. I mper ial Valley, 3 p.m.

- Sept. 25 vs. Southwester n, 3 p.m.

- Sept. 28 at Mesa, 4 p.m.

- Compiled by Harlan Burnett

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" Anat omy of Gr ay" feat ur es (fr om left ) Kelsey Mor ales, Vanessa Ramos, Br andon Ar r oyo, Roosevelt Gr een and Flor ibelle Ocampo. Nadia Mishkin, City Times

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Flor ibelle Ocampo (fr ont ) will play t he pr ot agonist June in t he Cit y College pr oduct ion of " Anat omy of Gr ay," which opens it s six-per for mance r un on Sept . 28 at t he Black Box Theat r e. Nadia Mishkin, City Times

'Anatomy of Gray' set to premiere B Y B RI AN M OH L E R Arts and Entertainment Editor

Roosevelt Gr een (st anding) st ar s as Past or Wingfield, wit h Flor ibelle Ocampo set t o play June in " Anat omy of Gr ay." Nadia Mishkin, City Times

Cast includes (clockwise fr om left) Br andon Ar r oyo, Omar Ramos, Roosevelt Gr een, Ver onica Car denas, Kelsey Mor ales and Vanessa Ramos. Nadia Mishkin, City Times

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A per iod piece set in 1890s r ur al America, ?Anatomy of Gr ay? featur es a twist of fate when outsider Dr. Galen Gr ay cr ash lands his hot air balloon in the small town of Gr ay, I ndiana.

Pr otagonist June Muldoon believes Dr. Gr ay is the answer to her pr ayer s, sent to heal the town after the r ecent death of her father.

Contr over sy ensues as the ideals of r eligious faith clash with scientific medicine.

San Diego City College?s Dr amatic Ar ts Pr ogr am is pr esenting six per for mances of the Jim L eonar d, Jr. play.

The fir st ?Anatomy of Gr ey? showing is scheduled for Sept. 28 and will r un thr ough Oct. 7 at the City College Black Box Theatr e.

The play is dir ected by Dr. Katie Rodda with a cast of San Diego City College student actor s.

L ead r oles ar e played by Devin McKenna as Dr. Gr ay, Flor ibelle Ocampo as June, Roosevelt Gr een as Pastor Wingfield and Denise Mar tinez L opez as Rebekah Muldoon.

L ook for stimulating scene and costume designs by pr ofessor s Duane Gar della and Elisa Benzoni.

The play contains a plot twist and a tr agic ending.

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?I t?s a cautionar y tale between science ver sus r eligion,? said actor Roosevelt Gr een. ?I t?s a way of saying be mor e open minded to things and don?t be so quick to judge.?

L eonar d was affected by his good fr iend John Geter ?s homosexuality and str uggle with AI DS in the small, r eligious and unaccepting I ndiana town they came fr om. ?Ther e was a lot of suspicion, discr imination and hyster ia sur r ounding AI DS in the 1980s,? said Dr. Rodda. ?(I t) affected millions of lives thr oughout Amer ica and the wor ld. This play is a metaphor of that exper ience.? ?What happens when the good people get sick and you can?t just pr ay it away??

Tickets ar e $15 for the public and $10 for students, staff, senior s or militar y.

Tickets can also be pur chased thr ough Eventbr ite. Fr iday and Satur day night shows will be at 8 p.m. on Sept. 28-29 and Oct. 5-6.

Sunday showtimes ar e scheduled for 2 p.m. on Sept. 30 and Oct. 7.

T he Cit y College Visual and Per for m ing Ar t s pr ogr am has also announced an adapt at ion of Ovid?s "M et am or phoses" t hat w ill be feat ur ed at t he Seville T heat r e.

News Editor Nadia Mishkin contributed to this report.

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tojournalist'sview ICYMI: Aopho f KAABOODel Mar

Mental health awareness message lasts long after KAABOO's finale B Y B RI AN M OH L E R Arts and Entertainment Editor KAABOO Del Mar ar tists I magine Dr agons and Stealing Oceans focused on positive messages to r aise awar eness about mental health issues.

These messages wer e pr evalent not only in their lyr ics, but also in dir ect messages to fans between songs.

I magine Dr agons singer Dan Reynolds held up a fan-made flag dur ing his per for mance on Satur day, Sept. 15 that r ead: ?DESTI GMATI ZE MENTAL HEALTH # BREAKTHESTI GMA.? ?Ther apy r eally helped me at a point in my life and shouldn?t be stigmatized,? said Reynolds as he shar ed his own str uggles with anxiety and depr ession with the KAABOO fans.

I t's har d to imagine Reynolds str uggling with depr ession as an over filled and magnetized cr owd followed his ever y wor d and per fect abs.

Accor ding to Billboar d, I magine Dr agons held the Nos. 1, 2, and 3 spots on the Hot Rock Songs char t with ?Natur al,? ?Thunder ? and ?Believer,? all per for med dur ing KAABOO. Reynolds has mentioned past hits like "Radioactive," which set a r ecor d for 87 weeks on the Hot 100, and "Demons" wer e inspir ed by his depr ession.

When your dreams all fail And the ones we hail Are the worst of all And the blood?s run stale I want to hide the truth I want to shelter you But with the beast inside There?s nowhere we can hide According to KAABOO affiliated charity MusiCares, a recent Music Industry Research Association

Fr om t op left down: Wiz Khalifa, KAABOO at t endees dancing, Chill Zone next t o Rolling St one St age, Kat y Per r y, Post Malone pays t r ibut e t o Mac Miller . Tiffany Rihana, City Times

St ealing Oceans focused on posit ive messages t o r aise awar eness about ment al healt h issues dur ing KAABOO Del Mar ear lier t his mont h. Brian Mohler, City Times

survey shows musicians face ?a higher rate of depression, suicidal thoughts and substance use than the average American.?

Music lover s have lost many gr eat ar tists to suicide or over dose, notably Mac Miller and Avicii this year.

Reynolds gr ew up Mor mon.

He was expected to follow the str ict missionar y path his elder br other s took but str uggled with whether that was his calling. Reynolds is still a Mor mon, but he's not a tr aditionalist and str ongly advocates for Mor mons who ar e also L GBTQ. ?San Diego, you cannot live your entir e life in a box that makes you feel shame,? said Reynolds to KAABOO fans after dr aping himself with a r ainbow flag. ?I will not be boxed. I have been boxed, but now I am not boxed. I know the tr uth in my hear t. When you know the tr uth, you ar e fr ee. Ar e you fr ee??

Stealing Oceans is a new band based out of Nashville, but the gr oup is made up of tr ansplants fr om all over.

They?ve been tour ing but KAABOO was their fir st major festival appear ance.

Fr ont man Br ian Thompson, who gr ew up nor th of Boston, took the time to inter act with fans after the show. One fan cr ied after explaining to Thompson how much a song meant them. ?I think being on a stage is impor tant, ther e's a lot of people who look up to us, and listen to us, and it's our job to leave the wor ld better than how we found it,? Thompson said. ?What we say, our message, our str ength, has to come acr oss in a positive way or we?r e not leaving the wor ld a better place.?

Suicide L ifeline: If you or someone you know may be struggling with suicidal thoughts, you can call the U.S. National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 800-273-TALK (8255) any time of day or night, text COURAGE to the Crisis Text Line at 741-741 or chat online.

To read the full-length Q & A with Thompson and the complete three days of coverage of the 2018 KAABOO Del Mar festival, visit sdcitytimes.com/category/arts.