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RTVF cuts leave students in limbo Low enrollment may lead to graduation difficulties

By ESAI MELENDEZ/ City Times You may have issues getting your degree soon if you?re majoring in Radio Television Video Film (RTVF). San Diego City College administration has decided to cut back on certain RTVF course offerings because they say enrollment is low compared to other classes offered on campus. Some of those classes have produced the Emmy-award winning broadcast titled ?Newscene,? which is sponsored by CNN. Per administrative decree, certain classes will be cut altogether, while some will be offered only once a year.

According to a source that asked to remain anonymous, two of the classes facing elimination include RTVF 148 (Intro to Weather/ Traffic Reporting) and RTVF 149 (Intro to Sports Broadcast). Both classes haven?t been offered to students in two years and the source said, ?The purpose of a bigger building (C-building) was to offer the classes so that students could have more experience in Sports, Weather, and News Packaging.?

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Ready, Set, Transfer!

Applications now open for Fall of 2018

By NANITZIA COMPARAN CUADRAS / City Times The two months of stress for San Diego City College students who are planning on transferring to a four-year university kicked off on Oct. 1, when California State University opened its new application form for Fall 2018 transfer.

Community college students are eligible to apply for transfer if they are upper-division students who have completed at least 60 semester units of transferable coursework.

The University of California opened its Transfer Admission Guarantee application Above: Proposed changes to future agreement in September, which RTVF classes, such as offering will remain open for submission classes only once a year, leave from Nov. 1 to Nov. 30. students? questioning if they can City College has its own complete the required material transfer center to help students within the expected two year time who come to City with the plan line. Left: Students finish the Oct. of transferring to a 13 episode of the department?s four-year-university.

Emmy-award winning weekly news Students can visit it in the M broadcast, Newscene. The RTVF building, front of the library. department offers hands-on Workshops, transfer fairs and experience in all aspects of appointments with counselors broadcast production. for help with transfer ALAN HICKEY/ City Times applications are available there.

Ricky Flahide, a City student who transferred in 2014 to UCSD and currently works at the City College transfer center, said that one of the most common misconceptions when planning to transfer is not knowing which classes are transferable.

He says, ?make sure before you start your application to come by to the transfer center and have an Ed Plan,? as well as research what schools and programs work for you. Plan for at least three backup schools.

Since the opening of the Cal State applications and during the ?Transfer Awareness Month?, the City College transfer center has had multiple ?Transfer Tuesdays? workshops for students to work with a Protesters gather in San Diego to show their support for immigrant counselor on their applications rights. CELIA JIMÉNEZ/ City Times to resolve any doubts.

New legislation aims to protect Dreamers from deportation

By CELIA JIMÉNEZ/ City Times California became the first sanctuary state in America after Governor Jerry Brown signed Senate Bill 54, known as the California?s Values Act on Oct. 5.

California Senator Kevin De Leon introduced the proposal in December 2016.

According to the proposal, the purpose of the California Values Actis ?to protect the safety and well-being of all Californians by ensuring that state and local resources are not used to fuel mass deportations, separate families, and ultimately hurt California?s economy.?

City College student Francisco Peralta was very happy for the

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passing of Bill 54 and hopes other states follow through. ?We are getting support from the state. The state is saying publicly and legally; we are here to try to protect you as much as we can within the legal frames.?

Peralta is a Deferral Act of Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipient who couldn?t reapply for his two-year permit because his will expire after March 2018.

Immigration attorney Jamahl Kersey, said there is not a strict definition for a sanctuary city or sanctuary state but essentially, ?it?s a jurisdiction where they?re not going to make any specific efforts to assist the immigration SANCTUARY continued on page 2

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California becomes first U.S. sanctuary state SANCTUARY continued from page 1 authorities in the apprehension and detention of noncitizens.?

According to the California Legislative information website, Senate Bill 54 prohibits state and local law enforcement agencies from using personnel and resources to collaborate with federal agents in the detention, arrest, or investigation of anyone to enforce immigration policies.

Local enforcement agencies such as the San Diego County Sheriff?s Department may cooperate with federal immigration agents when arrested persons have been convicted for violent felonies, sexual abuse, unlawful possession of weapons or drugs, among others.

A day after the SB54 was passed, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Acting Director Tom Homan

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SD City College gives DACA students a boost

By FRANCEEN PERERA/ City Times The California Community College Chancellor?s Office declared Oct. 16 ? 20 the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) Advocacy Week, in support of the over 200,000 young Californians.

San Diego Community College District (SDCCD) and San Diego Continuing Education (SDCE) hosted a week of free workshops and information sessions, which were open to the public.

Events ranged from film screenings to stress reduction workshops.

In addition, City College?s Campus Mental Health and City College Peer Counselors were available to assist affected students. City College Student Services Council sponsored a ?How to Support Undocumented Students? workshop on the same day, featuring speaker Cynthia Torres, the Undocumented Resource Area Coordinator at San Diego State University.

Torres said, ?It?s important for everyone to know their basic rights, no matter who is

president.? City College Dean Marciano Perez, Jr. also stated that the City College webpage includes important information for undocumented students, which is updated regularly.

Established in June 2012 by President Barack Obama?s administration, DACA allowed students brought to the U.S. as children to have a renewable two-year period of deferred action against deportation, and eligibility for a work permit.

Commonly referred to as The Dream Act, by early 2017 DACA had approximately 800,000 ?Dreamers? enrolled in the program nationwide.

The Trump Administration rescinded the policy in September, leaving DACA students no protection from deportation.

Recently, the President said he would delay his deadline for ending DACA until Congress decides on a replacement program. California and several other states, businesses and the University of California have filed lawsuits that could slow the DACA removal process in the court system.

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?ICE will have no choice but to conduct at-large arrests in local neighborhoods and at work sites..." - Tom Homan, Acting ICE Director said the bill ?will undermine public safety and hinder ICE from performing its federally mandated mission.? He added it will impact ICE operations in California. ?ICE will have no choice but to conduct at-large arrests in local neighborhoods and at work sites, which will inevitably result in additional collateral arrests,? said Homan in the press release on Oct. 6.

One of the main concerns of ICE?s director is the safety of the officers while working in the field, since they will no longer have the same access to prisons and jails for undocumented persons. Homan said that most

likely any person arrested in California will be sent to out-of-state immigration detention centers.

Kersey added that California and Sanctuary cities recognized that raids and deportations affects the community. ?They are not taking into consideration what the ripple effect of all these deportations and detentions are going to be,?

Kersey said.

Peralta said SB54 will increase the trust between the police and the community. ?I?m not going to be ask for my documents while I make a report with the police. I would not be worried about being deported because I forget to make a turn or I forget to do a three second stop.?

City Times contacted the San Diego Sheriff several times to ask them if SB54 will affect their work but they declined comment.

RTVF students question their program's future RTVF continued from page 1 information on the classes only being offered once a year.

Those courses include RTVF 110 (Intro to Screenwriting) and RTVF 141 (Radio News Production).

Introduction to Screenwriting, is a graduation/ transfer requirement for those majoring in the RTVF field.

Radio News Production gives students a first-hand experience include scriptwriting, film production, and radio production where students are able to write/ produce for City?s radio stations Jazz 88.3 to the student radio station, KSDS. According to City College President Ricky Shabazz, ?the challenge with RTVF is student interest, marketing, and outreach.?

Shabazz also pointed out that low student enrollment equates to low funding for the school.

City College student and Storyboard Animation minor Paola Robles talked about the

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Introduction to Scriptwriting class, saying ?It makes no logical sense to why 110 (Scriptwriting) is being cut to one class. It?s one of the primary classes needed to graduate.?

The RTVF department also offers associate degrees such as Broadcast News, Digital Media Production, Documentary Film, Video Production, Radio, and Media Management. Any students taking courses related to these degrees, or any future

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We, as students, can do more Why I choose to do my week of service

By CLAUDIA ROBLES/ City Times The week of service at City College is the busiest week thus far for students, faculty, and alumni. They can volunteer to serve their downtown community by cleaning the cultural Chicano Park and feeding those in need at Father Joe?s Village. I take time from my schedule every October to be part of an amazing week of service.

On Tuesday, Oct. 17, I commuted to Chicano Park, met with six different colleagues from school and began signing our liability forms to volunteer.

The Dean of Student affairs, Marciano Perez and the supervisor of students services, Lori Oldham greeted us all with water and gloves to start our day.

We spread out around the park with different duties to create a safe environment by raking leaves, picking-up trash, and removing trash bags for reusable disposables.

I have been volunteering for the week of service for 2 years now at City College. For myself, being able to help communities in the downtown area is

exciting and rewarding because it's where most students attend school. I enjoy seeing and hearing locals thanking us for our service to clean the environment and most importantly their neighborhoods.

When I started raking the leaves near the laundromat

"That's exactly what I came to do, to serve and prepare meals for the less fortunate and create smiles for the day." across from the Northgate Store, I could see how many homeless people gathered around this cultured area, not causing any trouble or damage, some even wanted to assist.

It makes me happy to see the change we as students are creating my volunteering our times and efforts.

On Wednesday, Oct. 18. City College students and alumni gathered for the morning shift

from 6 a.m. to 9 a.m. and the afternoon shift from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. to help feed the needy around Father Joe?s Village in downtown San Diego.

Father Joe?s mission statement is to ?support thousands of people in San Diego to overcome homelessness? where you can donate, volunteer, and to provide meals, housing, health care and counseling?

That's exactly why City College students come - to volunteer their help.

That's exactly what I came to do, to serve and prepare meals for the less fortunate and create smiles for the day.

Volunteering makes me happy because it's an understanding the desire to learn new things and acquire knowledge along the way.

My self-esteem rises, making me feel better about myself and finding greater stability in life on not expecting anything from helping others with good deeds.

I believe it helps with personal development as well because I always leave my volunteer site with new skills and communication skills with the public in my community.

Disaster Preparation 101 Expecting, and preparing for, the unexpected

By FRANCEEN PERERA/ City Times September 2017 in North America was a month filled with natural disasters on a large scale. Major hurricane damage in Houston, Texas, Florida and the Caribbean was followed by several earthquakes in Mexico.

Relief efforts will take months to rebuild and overcome the destruction.

Millions of people were affected by these tragic events, and millions of Americans donated to disaster funds. In the back of our minds, we also know we ought to be better prepared ourselves.

In an email interview, Dr Pat Abbott, SDSU Professor Emeritus of Geological Sciences, said, ?If you spend your life in California you will probably experience one significant earthquake. Please prepare your mind for how to react when that day comes.?

In 1989 the San Francisco Bay Area was hit with a 6.9 magnitude earthquake during the baseball World Series. In 1994, the Los Angeles region was devastated by the pre-dawn 6.7 magnitude Northridge earthquake.

Considering the last major earthquake was in the mid-1990s, it is easy to forget a major disaster close to home could happen anytime.

News outlets showed long lines of thousands of people trying to stock up on basics before the recent natural disasters, with people trying to stock up on basics.

Food, bottled water, toilet paper, batteries, and gasoline ran out. Too soon the store shelves were empty and the gas stations shut down.

By taking a few steps now, you can make a simple plan to be as prepared as possible for an emergency.

The American Red Cross and the Centers For Disease Control and Prevention websites suggest at the minimum that families should develop a plan and ensure all members have each other?s contact information.

A family member who lives far outside the area should be the designated for everyone to check in with.

Three days worth of water, canned and dry food, and necessities like toilet paper, toothbrushes and toothpaste, and first aid supplies should be

set aside for each person.

All these items can be stocked from a discount store. There is no need to purchase expensive prepackaged emergency kits.

Copies of important documents like insurance cards, shot records and medical paperwork should be made and set aside, as should extra sets of home and car keys, and phone chargers.

Having extra supplies for babies, elders and pet needs should also be planned for.

Keeping gas tanks at least one quarter full at all times can help keep a vehicle useful if fuel has to be rationed.

Emergency response agencies also strongly suggest checking your designated disaster supplies every three months and changing out any items before they expire.

The Red Cross and CDC websites have detailed instructions and templates to help you create a family plan for emergencies, which should be discussed at length with all family members, including children.

Preparing now for the unexpected will help lessen the effect of potential San Diego disasters.

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Do you know anyone who has ever been sexually assault ed or har assed?

Davon Allums, Fashion Mer chandise ?My friends go through this a lot while being in college, there?s always that stigma that you cannot wear this because of how people will judge you, so how can we express ourselves if we're always afraid of being sexually harassed or assaulted by what we wear, especially in the world of fashion.?

Nor a Cabr er a, Social Wor k ?I witness this all the time. I think for us women, we tend to stay quiet because we do not want to seem like we are conceited or overreacting, but for one of my female friends her own father sexually assaulted her and she had to escape her home and forget her past because her mother was too afraid to leave her husband, it's important to acknowledge when something doesn't feel right.?

Raymond Ar r ollado, Video Pr oduct ion ?Being a male in today's society you would think we do not go through this, but we do. I was in a bar one day and a man dressed as a woman came at me very flirty and turned aggressive when I said no, and she was harassing me so much that it got too uncomfortable that I left.?

Car los Past r ana, Chicano St udies ?Most of my female friends tell me about the harassment they go through when hopping from public transportation to get to City College. They cannot just sit quietly without a man looking at them like a piece of meat, its heart-throbbing when they tell me because I am a father and if someone did that to my daughters I would freak out.?

Ant onio Tor r es Mor eno, Social Wor k "I have friends who have been raped and sexually assaulted, I don't usually give out advice because I've never been sexually assaulted, but the most important thing I know i can do is listen to them and be there for them.?

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CITYLIFECostuming from your closet How to create an affordable and memorable Halloween ensemble

By PAIGE FORRESTER/ City Times Part of the fun of Halloween is the excuse to dress up and join in all of the ?spooktacular? events going on in your neighborhood.

Unfortunately, Halloween can get pricey.

According to Fortune Magazine, the average American spends up to $74 on Halloween and often costumes bought in stores don?t fit quite right or are itchy and uncomfortable.

Thankfully, there are many simple and cheap ways to create your own original Halloween costume using simple items bought from drugstores and things found in your own closet

(or even from old classes).

1. Mad Scient ist : This costume really only works if you or a friend have taken a Chem class and have the lab coat and goggles leftover.

Simply throw the coat on over a plain shirt and some pants, tease out your hair into a giant messy glob and you?re ready to take on the night!

2. Bank Robber (or a Mime): For this costume you will need black pants, a plain cloth (any color will do) with two holes cut out of it for your eyes, a black and white striped shirt and a plain pillowcase (or canvas bag) with a $$$ written on it. If you want to go for a Mime look, apply black and white face paint (found in any

drugstore for $3 and up) to your face and just wear all black or black pants and a black and white shirt.

3. Wit ch: To be a witch, you really just need the hat! Hats can range in price from about $2.99 and up, so you can always pair the hat with a black dress in any style you prefer. To dress up your witch look without breaking the bank get creative with face makeup ? add a cobweb with a spider dangling down your cheek at the end of your eyeliner!

Since the costumes are easy to assemble, affordable, and original, you can relax and enjoy the season?s festivities.

Happy Halloween!

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Left: One idea for a do-it-yourself Halloween costume isa mad scientist. All that'srequired isa lab coat, goggles and crazy hair. Right: Low cost costume make up at a local general store, Oct. 16.

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City College LGBTQ Club returns this year

By MARIA-CAMILA MURCIA/ City Times After four years without an LGBTQ club, San Diego City College has a newly minted group for its queer-identified students. ?All Out at City? will be the new LGBTQ club on campus, started by ASG Senate President, Susy Molina, with the help from Faculty Advisor and Chemistry Professor, Shane Haggard. ?The club has actually been around since I was a student here at City in 2001-03,? said Haggard. The club was active over the years, but eventually ended due to lack of a full-time faculty advisor.

Professor Haggard was an adjunct when he first became the advisor for the club. ?Things changed and adjunct faculty could no longer be club advisors,? he explained. ?Without an advisor, the club had trouble staying together since it was not an official club any longer and a lot of the student leadership moved on.?

Now that Haggard is full time, he says he would love to see the club up and running again.

Molina took the chance on Oct. 11, National Coming Out Day, and asked the World Cultures Program about being part of the workshops

being held that day. ?My main goal for that event was to get students to sign up for the club and a lot of students did,? says Molina.

She gathered about two pages of members to submit to the Dean of Students and the Inter Club Council (ICC).

Even though the deadline for submissions for new clubs was back on Sept. 29, Molina was able to find a way to reopen the submission to open this new club with the support from Dean of Students and ICC. ?We saw that this was a very big need, they decided to open up the deadline for the club.? Molina added, ?I am pretty excited for the club to start and open up this semester so they can start voicing their opinions.? ?All Out of City?will begin later this fall semester.

Students who are interested in joining the ?All Out at City,? should go to the M-201A on Fridays where you can speak with ICC President, Javier Valle, every Friday at 9:30 a.m. in the Associated Students Government Center.

You can also email to Professor Shane Haggard at mhaggard@sdccd.edu for more information.

LGBTQclub founder, Susy Molina (middle) with club membersholding poster promoting on National Coming Out Day on Oct. 11. COURTESY OF SUSY MOLINA

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Artist works to paint the longest mural on the border

By MARIA-CAMILA MURCIA/ City Times From the United States side of the border, we see a plain, rusty, numbered fence. On the Tijuana side, there is colorful, politically driven artwork used to bring peace to the communities between both nations. One Tijuana based-artist plans to paint the longest mural on the Mexico border fence to date.

Enrique Chiu, 35, is an artist, a culture promoter for the city of Tijuana and the director of La Casa del Túnel art house. He?s currently working on his art project called ?Mural de la

hermandad? (Mural of the brotherhood/ sisterhood).

Chiu was born in Guadalajara and started his art career in Long Beach after high school.

When he showed his work in Tijuana, he was offered an art coordinator job, fell in love with the city, and move permanently to his new home.?I lived the American Dream in the U.S. but now I am still living that dream but in Tijuana,? says Chiu.

The first time he painted the border fence was two years ago and the length was 30 meters long (about 98 feet) with the help of the Ángeles de la

Frontera, a non-profit organization that advocates for human rights. Chiu then painted 10 more meters, about 33 feet, with the help from the coordinator of Bi-National Friendship Park, Dan Watman.

That project inspired Chiu to launch a promotion last year to paint the border fence with a goal of covering a total distance of 2 kilometers, about 1.24 miles.

When finished, it would be the longest mural along a border in the world, he said. He plans to submit documentation to the Guinness Book of World

Records.

He works on ?Mural de la Hermandad? every weekend from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. in Tijuana.

Chiu started with spending 30,000 pesos, nearly $1,640, on paint with 50 people showing up on the first Friday, which then turned into 100 people on Saturday and progressing to 200 people the on Sunday. ?People from around the world come and stay for a couple of days just to come help me paint,? Chiu said.

Artists have flown in from Japan, Argentina, Guatemala and more.

When they asked Chiu when he will finish this project, he says, ?I will donate every weekend of this year to paint the border.?

He said community members and artists have covered 1.5 kilometer in nine months thus far.

This mural ?brings people together, makes you like where you live, and like whatever you do, wherever you are,? said Chiu in a video from Fusion.

Chiu is asking for anyone interested in helping him finish the border mural to contact him on his Facebook page, ?MURAL de la Hermandad.?

Air quality affects local produce Pollution lives on both sides of the border

San Ysidro resident Miguel Cornejo saysair contamination affectshis garden, which he?stended since the 1980s, Oct. 3, 2017.

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By NANITZIA COMPARAN CUADRAS/ City Times Miguel Cornejo, a Salvadoreño that arrived to San Ysidro in 1982, loves to garden.

Cornejo planted citrus trees, not knowing that years later the fruit from his trees would transform into his very own air quality measurement.

Cornejo believes that the growth of the traffic flow from Tijuana to the United States started in the mid -90?s with the increase of ?maquiladoras,? or factories, and tourism.

This had a huge impact on the air quality at South Bay and he noticed the effect on his garden.

The number of personal vehicles crossing at the San Ysidro port of entry peaked in 2004, with more 17.6 million cars entering that year.

Meanwhile, in 2016 more than

13.7 million personal vehicles crossed, according to the U.S. Bureau of Transportation.

Despite the decline, the South Bay had 17.8 percent higher rates for asthma and 21.1 percent for COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease) than the San Diego region, with transportation-related air pollution is one of the potential causes, according to a 2010 report on Health Outcome Rates from the San Diego Association of Governments.

Although the air pollution has not affected the production of Cornejo?s trees or the quality of the fruit, he has noticed a light

layer of soot atop his oranges and lemons. ?When pollution sweeps through here [the citrus trees] the oil catches the soot particles?, which is visible all year long, Cornejo said.

UCSD student documentarian Anika Ullah is also concerned about it and highlighted the possible side effects on area residents in her film, ?Impacts of the Border: Air Quality and Health in San Ysidro." ?I think that is one of the most powerful things, when you see someone in the community starting to speak up. It becomes more visible and real,? Ullah said.

San Ysidro is part of the U.S., but the air that sweeps the area is also from Tijuana, meaning that air pollution is a binational concern.

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Vet er an s st r u ggle w it h m or e t h an m em or ies Tw o m ovies abou t t h e h igh per son al cost of w ar t im e ser vice Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, or PTSD, is repeatedly in the news, especially in terms of war veterans. The movie ?Thank You For Your Service?, written by Jason Hall in his directorial debut, is about several soldiers who are friends, and their families, adjusting to civilian life in Fort Riley, Kansas after returning from Iraq in 2007.

All three worked together as part of an Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) unit, and experience PTSD related to their wartime duties, and the questions surrounding their roles in the combat-related injuries and deaths of fellow unit members.

Miles Teller (?Whiplash?, ?The Fantastic Four?) plays Sergeant Adam Schumann, a soldier who returns as a broken man, questioning his actions in Iraq during crisis operations. Beulah Koale (?Manurewa?, ?One Thousand Ropes?), as fellow soldier Tausolo Aieti, believes the military saved his life and wants to return to Iraq despite

life-threatening PTSD. Joe Cole (?Green Room?, ?Secret in Their Eyes?) plays another soldier from their squad, Will Waller, who returns home in crisis, only to deal with his family?s abandonment. All three must navigate a true-to-life tedious and worrisome maze trying to get medical attention from the overworked veteran?s hospital.

Richard Linklater (?Boyhood?, ?Before Midnight?) directed the movie ?Last Flag Flying?, a road-trip story of three Vietnam War veterans who unite after 30 years to bury one?s son, a Marine killed in Iraq in 2003.

Steve Carell (?The Big Short?, ?Foxcatcher?) plays the quiet, doggedly good-natured Richard ?Doc? Shepard, whose son was killed. Bryan Cranston ? Walter White from AMC?s hit ?Breaking Bad? - is hard-partying bar owner Sal Nealon, and Laurence Fishburne is the Rev. Richard Mueller, a now-sober pastor who turned his life around and aims to keep it that way. ?Last Flag Flying? could easily become a comedy about old codger war buddies on a road trip, since several comical events take place on the trip from Virginia to New Hampshire. The story centers on an unexplained tragedy that ended their friendship three decades before, the changes in their lives after Vietnam, and the tragic and needless death of Doc?s son in Iraq. The return of

his son?s body and the planning of his funeral are the sobering undercurrent to their continual antics in cars, trains and U-Haul trucks.

Although there is no reference to it, ?Last Flag Flying ?is a sequel to Hal Ashby?s ?The Last Detail?, the 1973 comedy-drama about three Navy sailors on a tragic road trip. Each movie stands alone, but the characters

are the same, separated by the 30 years between the two wars, which gives the backstory to the current films characters.

Both movies are definitely worth seeing, and bring home the reality that many veterans face on return from wartime service ? difficulty fitting into civilian life, constant thoughts of colleagues who died or were injured, the endless questioning and reliving of mistakes made in the heat of combat, myriad health issues, and the seeming inability to share life-changing experiences with family members and friends.

Both films also show that over the three decades that separate the Vietnam and the post 9-11 Wars, the nation and its returning veterans are still left having to grapple with traumatic mistakes made during the heat of battle, and trying to make sense of the futility of war.

Based on David Finkel?s non-fiction book, ?Thank You For Your Service? premieres this Friday, Oct. 27. ?Last Flag Flying? opens on Nov. 3.

?Lovin g Vin cen t ? br in gs ar t t o lif e t h r ou gh st op m ot ion an im at ion

By MARIA-CAMILA MURCIA/ City Times San Diego?s Ken Cinema hosted the first fully oil-painted film ?Loving Vincent? on Friday, Oct. 13. The cinema brought in large audiences who stood in line all the way to the corner of the street to see artist, Vincent Van Gogh, art come to life through animation. After the movie, the theater hosted a Q&A session for the audience with San Diego film artists, Charlene Mosley and Tiffanie Mang.

The film begins a year after Van Gogh?s death with character Armand Roulin delivering the artist?s final letter to his brother, Theo, showing what Van Gogh went through during his last troubled days before he died. Made in Gda?sk, Poland, the film took more than six years to complete with the help of artists from around the world, creating a total of 68,000 painted frames made with Royal Talens Van Gogh brand oil paints.

Mosley and Mang applied as artists for the film last year after seeing an advertisement through social media.

Both of them stayed in Poland for six months working on different parts of the film.

Mosley (left) and Mang (right) painting mural outside of Artist & Craftsman Supply in Hillcrest. MARIA-CAMILA MURCIA/ City Times Mosley worked on a character named Doctor Gachet, creating a total of 350 paintings of that character. Each artist worked on 12 paintings per second per frame.

While painting a mural outside of Artist & Supply

Craftsman in Hillcrest to promote the film, Mosley explained her experience working on the project, ?Just painting the film was the greatest experience because I never did any animation before.

I didn?t know how to make a

painting move and then afterwards, oh shoot! After 20-30 paintings, you see something move.?

Mosley is a San Diego based artist who studied Fine Art at SDSU. She has participated in

various art exhibitions and completed murals around San Diego.

The film premiered on Sept.

22, 2017 and is being shown at local theaters at Landmark Hillcrest, ArcLight La Jolla and Edwards San Marcos.

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160 teams, one crown

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The most prestigious European soccer league draws San Diego fans for 160 teams that are considered top competitors in their country of origin to compete at the their one level in their perspective leagues. With this opportunity, these teams are given the chance to play teams of high quality from leagues across Europe.

Matches are being played all throughout Europe. Teams involved range from Portugal all the way to Turkey, from Manchester United footballer Ashley Young in 2017 UEFA Europa league match in Rostov, Greece all the Russia. Official photosCOURTESY OF CREATIVE COMMONS way to Norway. The

By YAKIRA DELGADILLO/ European Football Associations tournament began on June 16, City Times Europa League is currently under 2017 and go until May 16, 2018.

As 2017 comes to an end way.

May 16 will be the championship European soccer teams are The League is a yearly final played at the Stade de Lyon preparing for their upcoming tournament organized by the in France. Winning the final tournaments. The Union of UEFA. This tournament allows means a golden ticket to the

Champions League.

San Diego City College student and soccer fan Garret Turner said, ?Some of the best teams and players participate in the tournament, even though they don?t make it to the Champions League you will still get a good match out of it.?

The ultimate tournament prize is the chance to automatically qualify for the Champions League and the prize money.

With more funding going into their club, teams will be able to sign more players and improve their economic stability.

Concerns and critiques of the tournament comes down to one factor, competition. Since the makeup of the tournament consists of lower level tier one teams, the teams that qualify for the tournament may not be as prepared mentally, physically, and emotionally. Being placed in a major tournament where all teams have greater experience adds additional stress to any rookie team that qualifies.

It is crucial for teams of the lower caliber to make the most of their participation in the tournament. This allows for teams that would normally go unnoticed to gain publicity and showcase their talented players

on the field.

San Diego City College student and soccer fan Juan Ricardo Gomez said ,?I have three favorite teams to win the cup, Real Sociedad, Villarreal and Everton. Everton got some big signing, like all time Manchester United and England scorer Wayne Rooney.?

Gomez said, that with all the talk of possibly getting an MLS team in San Diego, he believes that the Europa and Champions League serve as motivation to have our very own stadium. A New stadium can lead to opportunities such as San Diego hosting World Cups, which means that fans get to see their favorite players on the soccer field first hand.

With an international fan base, soccer is growing in popularity in San Diego.

Attending professional soccer matches in the city is almost unheard of; most people go to sports bars or cross the border to Tijuana to get a taste of professional soccer.

With all the excitement of the tournament, fans in the United States keep a close eye on the results of the Europa League in anticipation for the UEFA Champions League.

Student athlete finds motivation in the memory of his grandmother

By CLAUDIA ROBLES/ City Times

Antonio Marquez, 31, a Journalism major at City College, is no stranger to being a student and an athlete. Marquez has been a cross country runner for two semesters as an intercollegiate athlete at here at City.

He has an Associates of Arts in Journalism and Communications with an emphasis in Broadcast News. With many more degrees under his belt, including Sociology and currently pursuing a Chicano Studies degree.

As a former Price Scholar recipient of the Price

Scholarship Program at City College and a Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipient, Marquez found support from his mentors and counselors to achieve higher education for his future.

Marquez, is a Mexican-American athlete who was born in Guanajuato, Mexico.

He attended San Diego High School and transferred to City College to further his education and athletic dreams.

He said, ?I always wanted to be in a team since high school but I never got the opportunity, so for me to be on a team is very meaningful.?

As a ?Dreamer,? Marquez finds hope to transfer to San Diego State University next fall as a journalism major.

He said, ?I haven't been able to transfer yet. I took one class at SDSU but that's it, and being a Dreamer makes it hard for me to pay for higher education.?

He also said, ?I'm scared, honestly because of DACA ending, but more than ever I feel support and encouragement as a Dreamer by being a on the cross country team at City.?

He has gained much support from City College programs such as the Radio, Television, Video and Film Department?s and

Newscence?s Broadcast Station on campus.

Video Production Professor Chris Acedo said Marquez?s work ethic as, ?He was great... always a team player on and off set.?

He also explained why running in October is very meaningful for him and his family during Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

Marquez runs for his beloved grandmother who died of ovarian cancer.

Marquez explained, ?My motivation is my grandmother, when she died of cancer it broke my family apart, but I still kept going... and in running the key thing is to keep moving so that's what I do for her.? ?Marquez joined the Knights last year as a first-year runner and proved to be the our Most Inspirational Runner,? said cross country Head Coach Ian Cummings.

The City College cross country Knights are in season.

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Soccer keeps striving for 8 wins this season

By ALAN HICKEY/ City Times The Knights now stand at 5-9-2 (2-3 in the Pacific Coast Athletic Conference South) after losing to conference rivals, the Miramar College Jets, at home on Oct. 20. In an exciting game, where the visiting team

hit the crossbar and the Knights hit the post, it was a refereeing error that ultimately separated the teams.

Miramar dominated the first half, as the City players tried to settle into the game. In the 56th minute, Maria Mendez opened the scoring for the Jets through a defensive mistake that left teammate Veronika Castillo far from her goal line.

This focused and spurred the Knights into action. Six minutes later, the linesman flagged City College?s, Sylvia Rojas? run as

offside, in a passage of play that resulted with her putting the ball in the back of the Jets?net.

But the team did not let that dampen their determination.

Within another two minutes, the teams were level when the Knights? leading goal scorer Melissa Valadez? 35-yard shot hit it's target.

With only 14 minutes left in the game, the referee pointed to the penalty spot after the Knights Paulina Castro took Maria Mendez down in the box.

Kathleen McCarthy didn?t

Top: The linesman's offside error that ultimately decided the game in favor of the Miramar College Jets, Oct. 20. Middle: The Knights celebrate after leveling the game in the 65th minute. Bottom: Knights keeper Veronika Castillo successfully saves a shot from the Miramar Jets. By ALAN HICKEY/ City Times

squander the opportunity to put the Jets back in the lead, a lead defended to the end of the game despite several attempts by the Knights that tested the Jet?s keeper?s ability.

According to the Knights? head coach, Guillermo Medina, ?We were in the game. It was a game we could have won. We made an elementary mistake on the first goal and that has been the story of our season.?

Echoing that feeling, Assistant Coach Devon Roncoroni said, ?We?ve come off four or five losses now that are undeserved.

And it?s hard because they [the team] get frustrated and they get in a slump. But I mean we can?t blame the refs, we can?t blame the other team. We weren?t putting away goals?

The positive attitude instilled this year under Coach Medina was also apparent. Roncoroni believes the team?s goal of winning eight matches this season is still very doable. With five wins so far and six games left in the season, Sarah

Marshall, a sophomore nursing student and Knight said, ?We can do it and the girls know we can do it. ?Last year, I feel like the girls would give up and this year as you can tell in the second half, I don?t think anyone gave up. We were 100 percent going for all the balls that we could and there?s a different intensity compared to last year.?

Marshall attributes the positive attitude to Medina. ?His style, it took a little bit to get used to because he is very intense, but it's a good intense.

His intense pushes you further than you expected yourself to go. Like, he has been pushing me in ways that I didn?t even know that I could play. And I think he is doing that to a lot of the girls and we are seeing some good results,? according to Marshall.

The next home game for the Knights is against Grossmont College, Oct. 27 at 1 p.m. See the team?s full schedule at www.sdcity.edu/ Campus

Wom en's volleyball con t in u e h ist or ic season

The Knights are having their best season in program history. The team is currently holding a ten streak win after winning 3-1 over Southwestern Jaguarslast Friday. The ladiesKnightsare undefeated in the Pacific Coast Athletic Conference South (PCAC) and they have lost only one game this season.

Last year the team ended in second place in conference and clinched a spot in playoffs for the first time. Left Top: The Knights dominated the home game over the Jaguars, Oct. 20. Left Bottom: The team spirit was clearly visible as the Knights celebrated. Right: Knights Head Coach Dede Bodnar showsplay strategieswith the playersduring a game timeout. By CELIA JIMENEZ/ City Times