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National Pacemaker winner | Volume 71, Number 7| February 21, 2017

President Whisenhunt and a college in transition

By THOMASCHESY City Times

InterimSanDiegoCity CollegePresident DeniseWhisenhunt, Feb. 15, 2017. GRIFFINDEHNE City Times

I nter im San Diego City College Pr esident Denise Whisenhunt sat with City Times for an inter view last Wednesday on the futur e of City College, the San Diego Community College Distr ict, and the city of San Diego as a whole.

H ow will funds fr om t he passage of Pr oposit ion 51 be appr opr iat ed, and what changes can Cit y st udent s expect t o see as a r esult ?

"My under standing is that Pr oposition 51 is designed pr incipally for colleges that have limited bond r esour ces. Ther e ar e limited dollar s attached to (the bond), so we'r e not r eally engaged in the allocation of those pr oposition 51 r esour ces. ... We feel for tunate that the city of San Diego gave us r esour ces to invest in the community colleges, and the exper iences that you have now going to our colleges."

What is Cit y College doing about t he r ising homeless populat ion ar ound campus, and has t he college been in cont act wit h t he cit y about t his issue?

"The homeless concer ns extend beyond our campus and it?s going to take the city to addr ess the pr oblems of our community. I t?s r eally a city solution; we need city gover nment involved. We'r e ver y excited that our mayor in Januar y talked about r eally opening and incr easing those r esour ces, so fr om the lens that we live in, our pr imar y focus is our own students.

Our food pantr y has just extended r esour ces to pr ovide food for our students, I think, fr om thr ee to five days a week. That?s a

r eally big deal. We r ecognize that food insecur ity is a big issue nationally but also for our students. ... Also ther e is state legislation that has r ecently passed to pr ovide limited shower access for displaced students in the ar ea. That was r ecently enacted in Januar y, so for students who ar e inter ested in that, we'd like to dir ect students to our office of EOP to pr ovide those."

What does t he fut ur e hold for bachelor 's degr ee pr ogr ams at communit y colleges, and will Cit y event ually offer a four -year degr ee?

"Ther e was pr evious legislation that pr ovided a pilot to 15 (colleges), so our hope is that thr ough legislation, which our chancellor has been involved in state-wide, that the hope is to expand the pilot, and be given that oppor tunity. I know they wer e talking to the legislatur e to help us move for war d for a way of pr omoting a bill that would expand the pilot to mor e colleges, and absolutely, City is inter ested in being a par t of that, in par ticular, for our nur sing pr ogr am."

Cit y College cur r ent ly offer s fr ee t uit ion for st udent s of some San D iego ar ea high schools. I s t her e a plan t o expand t his pr ogr am?

"I t's sor t of an iter ative pr ocess. The oppor tunity to pr ovide tuition to as many students as we can is tr emendous on a lot of differ ent levels, so we've gone fr om 200 to 600 additional students. We want to make sur e that we do that, and we do that well. Our pr ogr am is r eally good because it pr ovides fee suppor t for students, so we?r e watching that car efully to expand. it would also be gr eat if we could expand BOG (Califor nia Boar d of Gover nor s Fee Waiver ) over all."

Sanctuary campus, sanctuary city?

By MELISSADEPINERES City Times Some City College students say they have found themselves in the cr oss-hair s of a pledge by Pr esident Donald Tr ump to tar get some immigr ant gr oups and defund so-called sanctuar y cities. ?I feel scar ed that one day I might never go back home and that

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I will be depor ted to a countr y I ?ve never even been to,? said a nur sing student who asked to r emain anonymous.

Though Pr esident Tr ump has made good on his pr omise to sign an executive or der blocking immigr ation fr om seven Middle East countr ies, his plan to cut funding for sanctuar y cities will face sever al complications, star ting with how a sanctuar y city is defined.

"I don't have a clue," U.S. Homeland Secur ity Secr etar y, John Kelly, r esponded when asked for the definition of a sanctuar y city at a Feb. 10 event held at the San Ysidr o inter national bor der cr ossing.

While ther e is no legal definition of a sanctuar y city, the ter m is widely r efer r ed to as a policy by some U.S. cities of bar r ing any cooper ation with feder al immigr ation author ities.

The San Diego Community College Distr ict sent an email on Feb. 3 to students r eaffir ming suppor t for immigr ant students but did not use the wor d "sanctuar y."

Nonetheless, the email left no doubt that the distr ict will do all it can to pr ovide suppor t and pr otection on its thr ee campuses.

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Pipeline protest at downtown banks

By SHAYLYNMARTOS City Times Envir onmentalists sang, pr ayed and contr ibuted funds to the pipeline?s said Jor dyn Gar fein of Car mel Valley. accor ding to Hugh Gar fein wor e monar ch butter fly wings on danced thr ough downtown San Diego on constr uction, Feb. 11 in a par ade encour aging people to Macmillan, a senior r esear cher for Food her back and r ainbow leggings and her was in dr eadlocks. ?We?r e divest fr om cor por ate banks funding the and Water Watch. The Standing Rock hair constr uction of the Dakota Access Sioux issued statements asking their pr otector s, not pr otester s,? she said with suppor ter s to divest fr om these banks a laugh.

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Gar fein joined the par ade at 11 a.m.

A new social activism gr oup called and to not pur chase fr om companies that after taking the tr ain with a gr oup fr om San Diego Water Pr otector s, made up of invest in the pipeline. local ar tists and envir onmentalists, or ganized the ?Divest for Standing Rock Sidewalk Par ade." A gr oup of about 50 gather ed in fr ont of four differ ent cor por ate banks down- town and at the Feder al Building on Fr ont Str eet wher e musicians played to the dancing cr owd.

The Standing Rock Sioux, the indigenous tr ibe who inhabit land near wher e the pr oposed pipeline will r un, have fought the constr uction of DAPL for the past year.

They said it would compr omise the dr inking water for their r eservation since it will r un under L ake Oahe and the Missour i River.

Following the executive or der signed by Pr esident Tr ump on Jan. 24, the Ar my Cor ps of Engineer s gr anted an easement on Feb. 8 allowing constr uction of the pipeline without Standard-bearersleadingthe?Divest for StandingRock Sidewalk Parade" throughdowntownSanDiego, Feb. 11, 2017. THOMAS CHESY pr epar ing an Envir onThe San Diego Water Pr otector s? Encinitas into downtown. Once they mental I mpact Statement. par ade stopped in fr ont of the Bank of ar r ived, the cr owd gather ed in fr ont of This easement is contr ar y to the Amer ica, Wells Far go, Citibank, and the Bank of Amer ica on Br oadway, wher e Ar my Cor ps of Engineer s' denial of a Chase banks in downtown, four of the Diné/Navajo healer, Gentle Thunder, per mit for constr uction on Dec. 4, 2016, institutions involved in the pipeline?s per for med a Chumash welcoming song. which was consider ed a victor y for the constr uction. They held a banner estimated 7,000 pr otester s living in the under neath the banks? signs, with As they walked to the Feder al Oceti Sakowin Camp on the Standing # DI VEST in bold acr oss it.

Building, the water pr otector s sang. ?Mni Rock Sioux Reser vation.

The demonstr ator s pr omoted a Wiconi, water is life!? and ?Can?t dr ink oil, The Standing Rock Sioux and their differ ent ener gy than the r ecent keep it in the soil!? wer e among the suppor ter s say they vow to continue or ganized events in downtown since the melodies that filled the air. San Diego fighting the constr uction of the Dakota election of Pr esident Tr ump in Water Pr otector s member Ashley Access Pipeline. The company in char ge November. The or ganizer s said they Mazanec, who descr ibes her self as an of the constr uction, Ener gy Tr ansfer wanted to ?show positivity and love? and eco-musician, said that the the choice to Par tner s, plans to spend $3.8 billion ?br ing light to the option of divesting.? sing instead of chant was deliber ate. building the contr over sial pipeline. ?I t?s not a pr otest, it?s a par ade!?

When the par ade r eached the Seventeen cor por ate banks have

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Feder al Building on Fr ont Str eet, musician and San Diego Water Pr otector s member Violette L ar son asked for a beat. The cr owd pr ovided the music for L ar son to sing to; ever yone sang, dr ummed, str ummed, or snapped along.

Behind the Feder al Building, the cr owd enjoyed the music of Kiyoshi Shelton, a r ap ar tist or iginally fr om Michigan. Shelton has lived in Souther n Califor nia for six year s and joined San Diego Water Pr otector s last October. His song, ?Get Up,? was a call to activism that got the whole gr oup gr ooving. ?We need music to help us get thr ough these emotions,? Shelton said after his per for mance. ?With the epidemic of atr ocities thr oughout the wor ld, music is our outlet.?

Outside of the Citibank on Br oadway, local musician Jesus Gonzalez per for med two songs with his guitar and a small amplifier. Gonzalez has been involved with demonstr ations for Standing Rock over the past year. ?Contr ibuting my music to these events has been r eally power ful for me,? he said.

City Times Gonzalez said that his music is heavily influenced by natur e and the collective ener gy he feels in the wor ld, ?A lot of the songs that I have been wr iting have been about how light emer ges fr om dar kness and I think that?s what happening now on a gr and scale.?

Thr ee police car s followed the par ade thr ough downtown. At fir st, the officer s offer ed no comment, but later one said that the police wer e ?just making sur e ever ything is peaceful, which they all ar e.?

The par ade or ganizer s wer e adamant about keeping ever yone safe and made sur e no one blocked the str eets.

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Sanctuary Continuedfrompage1 SDCCD will not shar e student r ecor ds r egar ding immigr ation status without a cour t or der and it will for bid feder al immigr ation officials on campus. The distr ict is also suppor ting additional legal ser vices for students.

The feder al pr ogr am, Defer r ed Action of Childhood Ar r ivals, also known as DACA, has per mitted students with undocumented status, including some her e at City, to be shielded for two year s.

I n a r ecent inter view with Fox News, Pr esident Tr ump stated that if Califor nia votes to become a sanctuar y state it would be withdr awn fr om feder al funding.

The Chicano Studies depar tment says it is wor king on a ?Know your r ights? For um, and other wor kshops for students. ?We want to pr ovide a climate of pr otection in campus,?

Chicano Studies Pr ofessor Justin Aker s said. ?As a disabled student I also feel unsafe. Dur ing the holocaust Hitler would tr y to get r id of the disabled people fir st, Tr ump is kind of doing the same, get r id of the disabled undocumented people to cut down on ObamaCar e,? said Joanne L opez, Pr esident of M.E.Ch.A., a City College student activist gr oup.

SDCCD has pr omised to keep students updated on the evolving immigr ation situation.

Saving on textbooks

By CALEBDANIELSON City Times The aver age community college student spends an estimated $1300 on books and supplies, accor ding to the College Boar d. Additionally, a sur vey by the Student Public I nter est Resear ch Gr oup found that 65 per cent of students have decided not to buy a textbook because of its cost.

However, ther e ar e ways that students at San Diego City College can get ar ound high pr ices: 1. B uy or r ent online Textbooks ar e available at a r educed pr ice on websites like Amazon, Chegg, eBay, Half.com, and mor e. The cheapest option is usually to r ent the book, and r etur n shipping is usually included. Chegg adver tises that students can save up to 90 per cent by r enting. I n some cases, buying the book used may be close to the same pr ice as r enting.

Buying new textbooks online is the most expensive of these options, but online pr ices ar e still usually lower than list pr ices. Shipping fees should be consider ed when buying or r enting online, though some of the websites mentioned above offer special pr ogr ams for students that r educe those fees or have other benefits.

2. Tr y t he e-book For students who don?t mind r eading fr om a computer or a tablet, e-books ar e another cost-effective alter native. E-books ar e available to r ent or buy fr om the school bookstor e, Amazon, Chegg, or even the publisher. Amazon says that students can save up to 60 per cent by pur chasing an e-book or 80 per cent by r enting it. Some cour ses r equir e an access code to complete homewor k or tests online. For those classes, an e-book plus access code package might be the best option.

3. B or r ow at t he libr ar y Textbooks for many classes ar e available to use ? fr ee of char ge ? at the City College L ibr ar y. Students can find out if

their books ar e available by sear ching the catalog or asking a libr ar ian at the infor mation desk. Then, students can br ing a book's call number to the cir culation desk and check the textbook out for a few hour s. I f a textbook is not available at the school libr ar y, it may be available at one of the city?s public libr ar ies.

4. E xchange books online Students can buy and sell books fr om other students thr ough Facebook gr oups. By using sear ch ter ms like ?San Diego City College,? ?textbooks,? ?books,? or ?book exchange,? students can find sever al gr oups for exchanging books. Ther e, students can look at other user s' posts on books for sale and make offer s on books they want to buy. Another option for buying books fr om other individuals online is Cr aigslist.

5. Shar e wit h a fr iend Shar ing books with a fr iend is a gr eat way to save money.

Students taking classes together can split the cost of cour se mater ials and take tur ns using the books. Gener ous students might shar e their books with classmates for fr ee. These str ategies can be especially useful for classes that r equir e cour se r eader s, which ar e often unavailable fr om seller s other than the bookstor e.

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Campus Growing Pains

By MIKEMADRIAGA City Times Melissa De L a Pe単a misses the cafeter ia food mor e than she misses the campus?s million dollar vantage point. On the fir st day of school, De L a Pe単a was eating lunch on one of the benches in fr ont of the S (Science) Building. ?The missing cafeter ia is one thing,? she said, ?but with the noise, it?s also har d to study.?

Other students and staff within the building confir med that the jackhammer s and vehicle back-up alar ms can be hear d fr om inside the classr ooms.

"I f the T building looks as good as the S building when it is finished," said De L a Pe単a, ?then it will be wor th it.?

L ast month, Tom Fine, the campus pr oject manager, gr anted City Times access to the A-D -T Building Renovation Pr oject. This is the tail-end of the Pr oposition N pr ojects, which ar e funded by an $870 million bond appr oved by voter s in 2006 to r enovate the San Diego Community College Distr ict campuses.

The r estr icted ar ea is accessed by about 60 demolition and constr uction per sonnel contr acted by Hensel Phelps and the company?s collabor ator s. Visitor s can also gain access, but only if they ar e pr e-appr oved, pass a wr itten safety test, and wear an or ange r eflective vest, goggles, a har d hat and closed-toe shoes.

Fine star ted the tour on the r ooftop of the cafeter ia. ?Par t of the pr oject is to r emove all of the concr ete her e and r edo it,? Fine said. ?And I don?t know if you have ever been up her e dur ing summer ; it?s hot and

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Thepepper treeandthemural will remainafter therevamp. MIKEMADRIAGA City Times nobody likes to come her e. I t's desolate.? ?About 85 per cent of it gets r ecycled,? Fine said. ?L ike this concr ete, it will get smashed up and made into r oad base for new r oads and str eets.?

Off-campus, Waste Management separ ates and sor ts thr ough the wood, glass, metal and other r ecyclables. They then pr ovide the distr ict with infor mation on what has been r ecycled. ?They want to be good stewar ds,?

Fine said r egar ding the distr ict?s commitment to sustainable design and constr uction.

The lar ge r ooftop-viewpoint wasn?t given a name on the campus map. I t is simply labeled as the ?D Building,? a single-stor y concr ete building with a public accessible r oof, a gr ound level open air cour tyar d, a cafeter ia and an elevator. ?So the pr oject her e is ?let?s br ing

this back to life? with r aised platfor ms, seating, canopies and r einvigor ated planter s,? Fine said. ?This will be a place wher e people can come to eat and study.?

Fr om the r ooftop, the students and staff can also take photos with a panor amic view of the downtown San Diego buildings and par ts of the Cor onado Br idge.

The views fr om under the r oof wer e not as br eathtaking. ?I ?ve been coming to school her e since 2009,? said Br andon Br own, a human development major, ?I r emember them (the cafeter ia per sonnel) putting out buckets.?

On some r ainy days the cafeter ia ceiling would leak. ?This is wher e the leak is,? Fine said, as he pointed to slip-pr 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 r enovation of the old buildings is good for our futur e students,? Br own said, ?especially a new cafeter ia.?

Fine said that aside fr om r edoing the r oof dr ains, they will install new fir e spr inkler and alar m systems, make the r estr ooms mor e ADA fr iendly, and enhance the cosmetics of the dining ar ea.

Some of the plaques on the old str uctur e will be r eused on the new constr uction, like the Schwar tz Plaza plaque which was dedicated to L ar r y Schwar tz, a City College histor y pr ofessor who passed away in 1995.

Schwar tz Plaza was an open ar ea in the middle of the A Building?s administr ation and financial aid offices.

Both Br own and De L a Pe単a wer e happy to find out that the mur al above the old bookstor e and the lar ge pepper tr ee by the A Building will r emain after the constr uction is completed. ?Those elements give our campus char acter,? Br own said.

The cur ved br idge that connects to the T building r ooftop was par tially demolished for the makeover. I t was ?the fir st r ooftop par king in San Diego,? accor ding to the school website. I t will soon be used for solar ar r ays and a lar ge gr eenhouse lab for the campus agr icultur e and photovoltaic pr ogr ams.

The Pr oposition S and N pr oject summar y table on the distr ict website states that about $64 million was budgeted for the A, D, and T building r enovations and that they should be completed by June 2018. A new Child Development Building is listed as the next big pr oject on campus.

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P.E.E.R.S. helps students ?Stress Less?

By ROBERTODELAPEĂ‘AJR. City Times The City College Mental Health Counseling Center put on an event to encour age students to "de-str ess." The event, "Str ess L ess for I ncr eased Success," showcased var ious or ganizations that offer r esour ces for mental and academic well-being.

Students par ticipated in var ious activities such as make-up sessions pr ovided by the cosmetology depar tment and an ar ts and cr afts booth or ganized by P.E.E.R.S. (Pr omoting Education and Empower ment by Reducing Stigma), a student gr oup committed to r educing stigma ar ound mental health issues.

Accor ding to the CDC, suicide is r ising as a leading cause of death. College students ar e especially vulner able since, as the CDC statistics also show, mental health issues tend to mater ialize in late adolescence to ear ly adulthood. ?People (youth) ar e tr ying to become independent ... be self sufficient and be on their own. ? I t's a fun time but it's r eally str essful. Ther e's a lot of changes, a lot of stuff going on like substance abuse and unhealthy r elationships. ? Ther e is a lot of need for suppor t,? says L eah Aguir r e, a ther apist with Counseling Cove, a mental health clinic for homeless youth.

Anxiety is the most widely r epor ted mental health issue among college students. I n a 2015 national sur vey, the Amer ican College Health Association r epor ted that near ly one in six college students (15.8 per cent) str uggled with anxiety.

Roya Allegr a, a jour nalism student at City College says she finds it difficult to

BEER AND TOTS City Times ?You gonna eat your tots??

Napoleon Dynamite fans r ejoice; tots ar e coming to Balboa Par k on Feb. 25 in the Tater Tots and Beer Festival.

Tot lover s can taste chef- pr epar ed tater s and local cr aft br ews and enjoy live music fr om 3 p.m. until 6 p.m.

A gener al admission ticket will put you back $40, but all the tots and br ews ar e included in the ticket pr ice. Patr ons will be able to tr y up to 30 thr ee-

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balance her school wor k while dealing with anxiety. ?I feel over whelmingly ener gized to the point wher e it is difficult Business Administr ation. Fr ietas has to focus on much of anything. Reading By DARIANSANTANA also been with the I .S.O for over a half a takes a lot longer. A healthy r outine City Times year, which or iginally met at the City becomes even har der. Remember ing to Heights L ibr ar y located on 3795 Fairdo simple self-car e tasks or keeping The socialist club at City College mount Ave. L ast semester the I .S.O. appointments becomes ir r elevant.? aims to clear up misconceptions many moved to City College wher e, as Fr ietas A 2012 sur vey by the National people have about socialism. I t also descr ibes, it ?has had a heavy pr esence Alliance on Mental I llness r epor ts that 64 hopes to encour age activism. on campus so far.? As an active par ticiper cent of students who dr opped out of ?I definitely encour age people to ex- pant in pr otest, he explains, ?You go out college did so because of a mental illness.

The Mental Health Counseling pr ess their opposition, especially as it's ther e to fight and r ealize you get a little Center is wor king har d to mitigate the coming fr om a place of concer n for their r oughed up and want to come back effects of these issues. One of the well- being,? states San Diego City Col- str onger, I believe this is the way to do gr eatest challenges the clinic is facing is lege Chicano Studies Pr ofessor, Justin so.? over coming the stigma that keeps Aker s-ChacĂłn. Sympathetic to the ideals "We all under stand that ther e was students fr om seeking help. of the club, pr ofessor Aker s is the faculty going to be a political shift,? said I nter naP.E.E.R.S. is wor king to ser ve as a advisor this semester for The I nter national Socialist Or ganization member br idge between students and the tional Socialist Or ganization (I .S.O.). counseling center. The gr oup is made up Open to the public, ever y Thur sday fr om Clair e Douglas. "We offer confidence for those who feel like a fish out of water,? of students who conver se with str uggling 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. in the MS building, Room continued Douglas. The I .S.O hopes to inpeer s and accompany them as they 440, meetings involve cr itically analyzing spir e a collective of cr itical thinker s and pr epar e to r eceive ser vices fr om the the politics that play a dominant r ole in politically shar pened socialists, encourcenter.

Sinquay Nobles, a ther apist at our society and educating politically cur i- aging students to par ticipate and engage Counseling Cove, believes that a simple ous students about socialism. in local pr otests such as the Ban on the ?The I .S.O. wor ks har d to come to the Bor der Wall, Women's Mar ch and conver sation could be the key to over coming this stigma. ?I f you ar e people and in the pr ocess they found Planned Par enthood pr otest. "Socialism str uggling, somebody else might be me,? said Jeff Fr ietas, a student at City is needed because capitalism pr oduces str uggling.

Usually it takes a College. "After engaging in conver sation pover ty, war, envir onmental destr uction conver sation, or somebody br inging it up about politics I was impr essed by what and oppr ession. To solve these we need a to give other people per mission to speak they had to say because they wer e anup as well. ? Sometimes you might be swer ing questions no one else would.? He society to shar e the wealth and we believe we need to or ganize this," said I .S.O. that one voice that speaks up and gets has plans to gr aduate with a degr ee in member Aver y Wear. that conver sation going about mental health, and that might be what it takes to make a differ ence.?The Mental Health Counseling Center is located at BT-105 and is open Monday thr ough Fr iday. For mor e infor mation, visit their website at sdcity.edu/mentalhealthcounseling

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ounce samples of beer although the staff war ns against over consumption.

About eight differ ent types of tots cr eated by the festival?s chefs and about 40 differ ent types of beer s will be ser ved fr om for eign, domestic, and cr aft br ewer ies.

And if you?r e wor r ied about the amount of oil used dur ing the event, all of the gr ease is donated and r ecycled into bio- diesel fuel. The event is also focused on r ecycling; ther e will be plenty of r eceptacles for your sample cups.

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San Diego Women's March draws thousands

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Asmany as40,000 peopleconvergedindowntownSanDiegoonJan21tomarchfor women'srights. MELISSADEPIÑERESCity Times

Aztec troupeDanzaMexicayotl performedonNorthHarbor Boulevardduringtheprotest andburnedcopali, anherbusedfor cleansing(Left). Protestersof all shapes, sizes, andbreedscametogether tomarchinsolidarity duringtheWomen?sMarchSanDiegoonJan21(Right). MELISSADEPIÑERESCity Times

As many as 40,000 people fr om all walks of life par ticipated in the San Diego Women?s Mar ch in solidar ity with one in Washington D.C. on Jan. 21, demanding equality for people of all gender s, r aces, r eligious affiliations and socio-economic status.

The Women?s Mar ches acr oss the U.S. and the wor ld wer e some of the lar gest in moder n histor y, but the or ganizer s ar e not finished r esisting. A gener al str ike, named ?A Day Without A Woman,? is planned for Mar ch 8, I nter national Women?s Day. Along with the str ike, the Women?s Mar ch or ganizer s planned a campaign called ?10 Actions for the Fir st 100 Days.? The instr uctions for each of these actions can be found on their website, https://www.womensmar ch.com.

The San Diego Women?s Mar ch began downtown at Civic Center, wher e activist leader s addr essed the cr owd in a light r ain. They called for unity with the millions of mar cher s acr oss the wor ld and advocated for a var iety of causes, including equal pay, affor dable and fair access to healthcar e, the r ight to choose an abor tion and fundamental r ights for the L GBTQA (L esbian, Gay, Bisexual, Tr ansgender, Questioning, and Asexual) community. ?Women?s r ights ar e human r ights!? the mar cher s chanted as they moved down Br oadway and up Nor th Har bor to the County Administr ation Building. Women, men, and childr en of all backgr ounds flooded downtown str eets car r ying handmade signs with clever sayings and hear tfelt calls for equality.

Thousands of mar cher s spor ted handmade ?pussy hats.? Many said that they got the patter n fr om the Pussyhat Pr oject, based in L os Angeles, which posted knitting, cr ocheting and sewing patter ns on its website for fr ee. Many mar cher s said they made 20 to 30 hats for themselves and their fr iends and handed out the r est to people they met while they walked.

Multipleprotestersdressedastheiconic ?RosietheRiveter?,showingwomen?sstrengthandcapabilities(Left). Someprotesterscalledfor themediatoholdPresident Trumpaccountablefor hiswords(Right).

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REMEMBERINGTRAYVON

By SOPHIATRAYLOR City Times Near ly five year s after the death of 17-year-old Tr ayvon Mar tin, his par ents have r eleased a book titled ?Rest in Power : A Par ents' Stor y of L ove, I njustice, and the Bir th of a Movement? to commemor ate his life.

Mar tin was shot and killed after walking to and fr om a convenience stor e for iced tea and candy. The after math of his death spar ked an upr oar that echoed ar ound the countr y and Tr ayvon?s par ents Sybr ina Fulton and Tr acey Mar tin wer e pr ominent voices.

New Yor k held a ?Million Hoodie Mar ch? on Mar ch 12, 2012 when people of all nationalities gather ed in hooded sweatshir ts in solidar ity for Tr ayvon.

Thousands gather ed in mar ches, r allies and pr otests acr oss the countr y. Chants of ?I am Tr ayvon? filled the str eets.

L eader s such as the Rev. Al Shar pton helped guide Fulton and the elder Mar tin on the r oad they faced as they sought an ar r est, tr ial, and acquittal of Geor ge Zimmer man, whom in the book is r efer r ed to only as ?the killer.?

Though Zimmer man was acquitted of char ges in the mur der of Tr ayvon Mar tin, his innocence r emained contested in the cour t of public opinion. ?After his death people wer e going to be ver y conscious about it, they wer e going to be awar e,? said a Black Studies Pr ofessor her e at City College, who pr efer r ed to r emain anonymous. ?Ther e was some pr ogr ess but at the same time ther e has been some r egr essing also,? the pr ofessor said in r efer ence to the multiple police shootings and other deaths of unar med

black men at the hands of police that followed the death of Mar tin, such as Er ic Gar ner, Michael Br own, and many other s.

After the tr ial and ver dict acquitting Geor ge Zimmer man, for mer Pr esident Obama held a pr ess confer ence. ?When Tr ayvon Mar tin was fir st shot, I said this could have been my son,? he said. ?Another way of saying that is Tr ayvon Mar tin could have been me 35 year s ago.?

As descr ibed in the book, Tr ayvon had dr eams of being a pilot or a mechanic on planes, a dr eam that would not be in vain but would influence youth to pur sue their own dr eams. ?Rest in Power ? allows the r eader inside the gr ieving pr ocess of both Mar tin and Fulton. I t is a glimpse of the difficulties for a mother to balance sadness for her son with the str ength it took to fight for his justice.

Mar tin, anger ed by senseless gun violence said, ?Afr ican Amer icans ar e mor e often on the r eceiving end of it, and black boys catch the major ity of its hell.?

Mar tin and Fulton ar e founder s of the Tr ayvon Mar tin Foundation, which is dedicated to ending gun violence, str engthening families thr ough holistic suppor t, and mentor ing youth for potential scholar ships.

Sybr ina also star ted Cir cle of Mother s, an or ganization which suppor ts mother s who have lost their child to gun violence.

"Rest inPower: TheEnduringLifeof TrayvonMartin" Publisher: Spiegel &Grau

Suicide Awareness

By ANDREAMORIN City Times Dir ecting Change, San Diego City College's annual shor t film contest, gives students the oppor tunity to win $500 this semester. The Mental Health Counseling Center on campus is now accepting submissions fr om students.

Any per son enr olled in City, Mesa or Mir amar college is invited to submit a 60- second film r aising awar eness for mental health and suicide pr evention by midnight Mar ch 1.

The films will be judged by a panel of faculty and City College staff who will be in char ge of choosing thr ee winner s. Fir st place will win $500, second place

$150 and thir d place $100.

All the details and contest r ules, as well as past submissions and winner s, ar e available on the mental health website below. "No fancy equipment is needed," said Chr istian Gomez, a P. E. E. R. S. staff member (Pr omoting Education & Empower ment by Reducing Stigma). "I t just has to be a 60second video and as long as it doesn't show any dr ugs, alcohol or por tr ayals of actual suicide, it can be a par t of the contest," he said.

Accor ding to the Mental Health Counseling Center, appr oximately 8.8 per cent of college students who have r eached out for mental health ser vices r epor t having suicidal thoughts. The Counseling Center is located in the BT Building, Room 105.

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No funds for Black History

By Nanitzia Elizabeth Comparan Cuadras City Times City College?s Black Studies Depar tment has no funds to commemor ate Black Histor y Month. Febr uar y is halfway thr ough and only two events have been scheduled at City with har dly enough pr omo.

Accor ding to the NewsCenter fr om San Diego Community College Distr ict, ther e ar e appr oximately nine events which celebr ate Black Histor y Month at the thr ee differ ent San Diego community colleges: City, Mir amar and Mesa. Mor eover, at City the only two events that had been held wer e the ?Histor ically Black Colleges and Univer sities (HBCU) Expo? on Febr uar y 4th wer e a ser ies of wor kshops and panel discussions for students who ar e planning on guar anteed tr ansfer r ing to a histor ically black univer sity wer e held. The second event was held on Febr uar y 13th, wher e City honor ed Black Histor y Month by hosting a San Diego Blood Bank blood dr ive on campus at the AH/BT Upper Plaza.

The Black Studies Depar tment Chair, Alazar Tesfamar iam, explains that ther e ar e two r easons for the lack of or ganized Black Histor y Month events. One of them is that ?the Black Studies Depar tment has not enough funding to br ing a speaker nor to fund the event.? He also added that the Black Studies Depar tment is no longer r esponsible for the Black Histor y activities, but now this r esponsibility has been passed to the Wor ld Cultur e Depar tment. The second r eason is that City College involved in the Mar tin L uther King par ade in Januar y, and most of their funds went to this event.

The only club at City college with a focus on Afr ican-Amer ican cultur e, liter atur e and exper iences is the Umoja club. I t is descr ibed as a community that advocates for Afr ican-Amer ican students success by giving per sonalized counseling, par ticipating in cultur al activities and cr eating a tr ansfer plan.

For mor e infor mation, visit their website at www.sdcity.edu/Umoja.

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CITYVOICE Make College Free

By JAMESCALL City Times We live in an incr easingly competitive global economy. And accor ding to a var iety of indicator s ? the U.S. is slipping. Tuition and fees at top univer sities ar e over $50,000 per year. Many of our best and br ightest cannot affor d to go to colleges mer it alone would other wise qualify them for. Many other s leave college lumber ing under a gar gantuan load of debt that will handicap them for decades. This heedless system is an unnecessar y hur dle for our citizens. I t is bad for our countr y too. Our best hope for r egaining lost educational standing is by ensur ing that all those who can excel ar e not held back mer ely for financial r easons.

Many countr ies ar ound the wor ld do pr ovide fr ee college for their citizens. Ger many, Finland, Chile, Nor way, Sweden, and many other s ar e among them. I f those countr ies can, cer tainly the U.S., with the lar gest economy in the wor ld, can affor d to do so too. I f we actually want to ?make Amer ica gr eat again,? it is imper ative that we impr ove our educational r anking in the wor ld.

The statistics do not paint a pr etty pictur e. Accor ding to The Economist, the U.S. r anks 17th in educational per for mance. Finland, a countr y with fr ee college, is fir st.

Pear son Education finds the U.S. 14th in ?cognitive skills and

Thenewsciencebuildingbringsanupdatedlook toscienceclassesat City College, Feb. 19, 2014/ FILEPHOTO. The Programmefor International Student Assessment rankstheU.S. 24thinmath, and28thinscience. ALAN HICKEYCity Times/file photo educational attainment.? South Kor ea is fir st and Finland fifth.

The Or ganisation for Economic Co-Oper ation and Development (OECD) r anks the U.S. 15th in college and univer sity gr aduation r ates at 36.5 per cent. I celand is fir st with 63.1 per cent. The OECD r anks the U.S. 17th in medical gr aduates.

The Pr ogr amme for I nter national Student Assessment (PI SA) r anks the U.S. 23r d in liter acy, 24th in math, and 28th in Science. Shanghai/China is fir st in all those categor ies with Finland once again significantly higher in all those categor ies as well.

We have a high ignor ance quotient too. The Mar keting r esear ch fir m, I PSOS Mor i, r anks the U.S. second of 14 countr ies in ignor ance of social

statistics such as teen pr egnancy, unemployment r ates, and voting patter ns. Only I taly logs in with higher ignor ance in those ar eas. Finland doesn?t make the ignor ance list at all.

And Science Magazine r anks the U.S. 33r d of 34 countr ies in acceptance of evolution. Only Tur key r anked lower.

As the above list indicates, when gover nments help college students, the countr y?s br ain tr ust expands. The benefits of fr ee college ar e catching on.

San Fr ancisco Mayor Ed L ee announced on Feb. 6 that beginning in fall 2017, community college will be fr ee for all who have lived in the city for one year. This follows New Yor k Gover nor Andr ew Cuomo?s announcement last month of fr ee tuition for all of New Yor k?s state

univer sities and community colleges for families ear ning under $125,000 per year.

The San Diego Community College Distr ict?s fr ee college pr ogr am is expanding in 2017. Called San Diego Pr omise, the plan, now in its second year, has mor e than quadr upled its number of students. This pr ogr am pays for enr ollment fees and books that ar e not cover ed under other financial aid pr ogr ams. To be eligible students must apply for any gover nment aid that is available befor e applying to San Diego Pr omise. I n addition, they must be enr olled in a minimum of 12 units, par ticipate in eight hour s of community ser vice and maintain a 2.0 gr ade point aver age.

Making all college fr ee was par t of Ber nie Sander s? campaign in the last election. He estimated the cost at $75 billion, which would be r aised by a ?a tax of a fr action of a per cent on Wall Str eet speculator s.?

This is appr oximately one-tenth of the cost of the $700 billion bank bailout in 2008.

They owe us this one.

Fr ee college not only helps individuals and our entir e countr y?s standing in the wor ld, it also aids the economy. By keeping money in the hands of student consumer s, they have mor e to spend on r ent, gr ocer ies, etc., which r aises GDP. A str onger economy impr oves the lives of ever yone ? even the r ich.

VOX POPULI Voice of t he People Questions andPhotosby ENRIQUEZUNIGA

Should QualcommStadiumbeadapted for soccer? ?It should be because San Diego is a very diverse city so an MLS team has the potential to be very successful. And the revenue that MLS would bring will definitely benefit the city and residents.?

?The San Diego Qualcomm Stadium should deliver the world's most popular sport to one of the greatest cities.?

Gilberto Alvarez, 19, Mechanical Engineering

Alondra Zepeda, 19, Undecided

?I?m a huge supporter of MLS soccer in San Diego, so the use of the Qualcomm Stadium for an MLS team would be great.

I feel like there?s a talent in the field of soccer here. I?m a soccer player myself, I know a lot of good players and coaches and I feel like they have the potential of playing professional soccer, and therefore it?d be something great to have in San Diego.?

Jose Garcia, 19, Kinesiology

?[The city] will make a profit out of it because of the championships and all that, so it will benefit both them and the people.?

Jeanette Gonzalez, 19, Kinesiology

?I do believe that the Qualcomm Stadium should be for the MLS to bring a soccer team because in San Diego there?s a lot of people that enjoy soccer and there?s a big fan base.?

Jorge Santana, 20, Construction Engineer Management

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For Your Consideration: Best Picture Films of 2016

By JAMESSTEVENSONJr. City Times The Academy of Motion Pictur e Ar ts and Sciences r eleased the list of nominees for Best Pictur e on Jan. 24 and nine films wer e nominated out of the 10 slots available. A r ule implemented by the academy in 2009 makes it possible for anywher e fr om five to 10 films to be nominated. Below is the list of Best Pictur e nominees along with a br ief r eview on each film.

Best picturenominationsfor the2017Academy Awards. Vanessa Flores City Times

"Hell or HighWater" Studio: CBSFilms "H ell or H igh Wat er " Scr eenwr iter Taylor Sher idan pens the scr ipt for this latest action thr iller, dir ected by David Mackenzie.

The movie is about two br other s, Toby Howar d and Tanner Howar d, who seek r evenge fr om the bank that is tr ying to take away the home that has sustained many pover ty-str icken gener ations of their family.

Chr is Pine and Ben Foster co-star as the br other s.

Jeff Br idges and Gil Bir mingham play the sher iff and deputy who ar e hot on the br other s' tr ail.

The smar t and cr afty scr ipt leads to an explosive climax, taking this tense and hot r evisionist wester n film to new heights in the genr e. The movie r eceived thr ee additional nominations: Best Suppor ting Actor for Jeff Br idges, Best Or iginal Scr eenplay and Best Editing.

"Ar r ival" Dir ector Denis Villeneuve adapts Ted Chang's shor t stor y about an alien invasion that poses a thr eat to inter national secur ity. I t?s up to linguistics specialist L ouise Banks to cr ack the language bar r ier between the aliens and humans in or der to pr event all out war.

Amy Adams star s as L ouise Banks. Jer emy Renner and For est Whitaker co-star as mathematician I an Donnelly and US Ar my Colonel G. T. Weber.

L ike all of Villeneuve?s movies, "Ar r ival" moves at a slow and steady pace but the emotional climax is only somewhat r ewar ding. Despite the uneven ending, Adams and her co-star s give gr eat per for mances and do a good job of selling the stor y. I n spite of its flaws, the film boasts gr eat visual effects, gr eat music and cinematogr aphy making it well-wor thy of its nominations.

The film was nominated for eight awar ds: Best Dir ector, Best Adapted Scr eenplay, Best Cinematogr aphy, Best Editing, Best Pr oduction Design, Best Sound Editing and Best Sound Mixing.

"Moonlight" Studios: A24 FilmsandPlanBEntertainment "M oonlight " Dir ector Bar r y Jenkins adapts young playwr ight Tar ell Alvin McCr aney?s, "I n Moonlight Black Boys L ook Blue" for the big scr een. The stor y follows the life of Chir on, a young black boy gr owing up in L iber ty City, Flor ida. Ther e, he is sur r ounded by dr ugs and seedy activity while he str uggles to cope with the r ealization that he is gay.

The stor y is divided into thr ee par ts. Alex Her ber t, Ashton Sander s and Tr evante Rhodes play Chir on in thr ee stages of his life. Naomie Har r is plays Chir on?s cr ack addicted mother. Maher shala Ali plays Juan, the dr ug dealer who begins to mentor young Chir on. Janelle Monae plays Paula, Juan's gir lfr iend.

The film evokes a dr eamlike quality with its cinematogr aphy, amazing per for mances and a beautiful scor e, which all make this film easily one of the best of 2016. Jenkins dir ects each scene with car e and gr ace.

The film slowly pulls the viewer in, all the while exposing him to a wor ld that is r ar ely seen on the scr een.

Moonlight picked up a total of eight nominations: Best Pictur e, Best Dir ector, Best Suppor ting Actor for Maher shala Ali, Best Suppor ting Actr ess for Naomie Har r is, Best Cinematogr aphy, Best Editing, Best Or iginal Scor e and Best Adapted Scr eenplay.

"L ion" Dir ector Gar th Davis br ings to life the stor y of Sar oo Br ier ley, a young I ndian man who, after being separ ated fr om his mother and br other at a young age, used Google Ear th to find them again in his twenties.

Dev Patel and Sunny Pawar star as the older and younger ver sions of Sar oo. Nicole Kidman plays the r ole of Sar oo?s adoptive mother, Sue Br ier ley, and Rooney Mar a plays his gir lfr iend, L ucy.

I ts stor y of hope is emotional and r ewar ding, child-actor, Sunny Pawar, deliver s a star-making per for mance. The film is also nominated for Best Suppor ting actor for Patel, Best Suppor ting Actr ess for Kidman and Best Adapted Scr eenplay.

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"LaLaLand" Studios: Summit Entertainment andBlack Label Media "L a L a L and" Dir ector Damien Chazelle, who made a big splash with his last film Whiplash, r etur ns with the musical "L a L a L and," a stor y about a young couple played by Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone who str uggle to keep their dr eams and optimistic pur suits alive in cynical L os Angeles.

While the stor y does not always seem or iginal or engaging, the pr oduction of the film and musical number s make it wor th seeing. With competent per for mances and and addictive scor e, the film manages to keep it?s momentum for the full two hour, eight minute r un time.

The film r eceived 14 nominations, making it the most nominated film in histor y of the Academy Awar ds.

The nominations wer e Best Actor and Actr ess for Gosling and Stone, Best Or iginal Scr eenplay, Best Editing, Best Or iginal Scor e, Best Pr oduction Design, Best Or iginal Song, Best Costume Design, Best Cinematogr aphy, Best Sound Editing, Best Sound Mixing, and Best Dir ector.

"H idden Figur es" Dir ected by Theodor e Melfi, the movie chr onicles the exper iences of thr ee black female mathematicians who wor ked for NASA on the 1960s Space Pr ogr am.

Tar aji P. Henson star s as Kather ine Goble Johnson, the mathematician who helped calculate the launch and r etur n of John Glenn. Octavia Spencer plays Dor othy Vaughan and Janelle Monae plays Mar y Jackson.

The movie is schmaltzy, calculated and a bit too safe. Nonetheless, it has an inspir ing, timely message for women, especially women of color, and what they ar e capable of in spite of obstacles society may put in their way.

The movie was also nominated for Best Adapted Scr eenplay and Spencer picked up a nomination for Best Suppor ting Actr ess.

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Oscars nowmore diverse than ever

By ESAI MELENDEZ City Times The academy has r eceived cr iticism fr om many differ ent outlets (including the L A Times and USA Today) for the lack of minor ity r epr esentation in its Oscar nominees. This lack of r epr esentation has been taken so ser iously in r ecent year s that a Twitter hashtag, "# Oscar sSoWhite,? was star ted in 2015 by Apr il Reign, a for mer lawyer and wr iter fr om Washington D.C. I t quickly went vir al. Over the past two year s Reign has called for a boycott of the cer emony.

That has changed this year.

A r ecor d six black actor s have been nominated.

Pr evious nominees include Denzel Washington ("Tr aining Day," "Glor y") for his lead per for mance in "Fences,? Viola Davis ("Doubt," "The Help") for her suppor ting r ole in "Fences,? and Octavia Spencer ("The Help," "Fr uitvale Station") for her suppor ting r ole in "Hidden Figur es." Both Washington and Spencer have pr eviously won Oscar s.

Other black actor s who ar e new to the Academy Awar ds include Maher shala Ali ("Cur ious Case of Benjamin Button," "The Hunger Games") for his cr itically acclaimed suppor ting per for mance in "Moonlight;" and his co-star Naomie Har r is ("Skyfall," "28 Days L ater ") for her similar ly r enowned per for mance in the film.

Ethiopian-I r ish actr ess Ruth Negga ("War cr aft," "Pr eacher ") also r eceived a nomination for her lead per for mance in "L oving.?

Actor s ar en't the only blacks r eceiving nominations.

The academy has also nominated blacks in the Best Pictur e, Dir ecting, Editing, Scr eenplay, and Documentar y categor ies. Those nominees include Bar r y Jenkins (best dir ector for "Moonlight"), Ezr a Edelman (best documentar y featur e for "OJ: Made in Amer ica"), Joi McMillon and Nat Sander s (best film editing for "Moonlight"), just to name a few.

I n total, 16 people of Afr ican descent r eceived a nominations in the 89th Academy Awar ds.

"Fences" Studio: Paramount Pictures L ast Januar y, Cher yl Boone-I saacs, the head of the Academy of Motion Pictur e Ar ts and Sciences, announced a plan called "A2020" to incr ease diver sity thr ough r ace and gender in its member ship.

Given the number of black nominees this year, the diver sification pr ocess is well

under way.

Although ther e wer e an exceptional number of blacks nominated, the academy is still dr awing some cr iticism fr om the Multi-Ethnic Media Coalition for its lack of r epr esentation of Asians, Hispanics, Native Amer icans, and I ndians. Over the next sever al year s, it seems

the academy will be putting its focus on mixing up the diver sity of its nominees, consider ing its five-year diver sification plan, and this year 's awar ds cer emony is its fir st big step.

The Academy Awar ds cer emony will air Sunday, Feb. 26 at 5:30 p.m. on ABC.

Iranian director protests ban

By GRIFFINDEHNE City Times

"TheSalesman" Studio: CohenMediaGroupandAmazonStudios

As the 2017 Oscar s dr aw near, pr otest and discour se gr ows over Pr esident Donald Tr ump?s executive or der banning r efugees and tr aveler s fr om sever al Muslim dominant countr ies, specifically affecting I r anian dir ector, Asghar Far hadi.

Far hadi is an Academy Awar d-winning dir ector and scr eenwr iter, best known for his film ?A Separ ation?

(2011).

His film ?The Salesman? is nominated for Best For eign L anguage Film by the Oscar s. The film is about a young couple r elocating to a new apar tment while a ser ies of events linked to the pr evious tenant occur, extr eme tension gr ows between the husband and wife.

Pr esident Tr ump?s imposed law bans all tr aveler s, except U.S. citizens, with passpor ts fr om I r aq, I r an, L ibya, Somalia, Sudan, Syr ia, and Yemen fr om enter ing the U.S. for 90 days. I n addition, a 120 day suspension on r efugee vetting is also implemented, and a complete halt on entr y for people fleeing fr om violence in Syr ia.

Far hadi wr ote to the New Yor k Times, stating that even if offer ed a waiver for tr avel to attend the cer emony, he will not accept as a stance of r esistance.

I n a statement r esponding to the executive or der, the National I r anian Amer ican Council condemned Pr esident Tr ump calling the or der discr iminator y and un-Amer ican.

They also claim that it is ?danger ous as it pits Amer icans against Americans while under mining the ver y pr inciples of industr y and toler ance that define Amer ica.?

As of Feb. 3, a Washington feder al judge tempor ar ily over tur ned the executive or der, allowing a mor e in depth conver sation to take place on the constitutionality of the or der.

Stating in the r uling that ?the States have met the bur den of demonstr ating they face immediate and ir r epar able injur y as a r esult of the signing and implementation of the Executive Or der.? The r uling now allows fr ee tr avel fr om those countr ies pr eviously bar r ed.

Pr esident Tr ump has stated in a tweet that he plans on over tur ning the

r uling and that the ?opinion of this so-called judge, which essentially takes lawenfor cement away fr om our countr y, is r idiculous.?

Appeals wer e hear d Tuesday Feb. 7. On Thur sday Feb. 9, a unanimous decision to uphold the block on the executive or der. However, ther e could be an appeal to the Supr eme Cour t next. The executive or der was set to end after 90 days of instatement, so it could end befor e the Supr eme Cour t could r eview the possible appeal.

I n a statement on Feb. 14, the mayor of L ondon, Sadiq Khan, said ther e will be a special scr eening of ?The Salesman? on the night of the Oscar s in Tr afalgar Squar e, L ondon.

Ther e has been no statement on whether the cour t r uling will affect Far hadi?s tr avel plans to the Oscar s, or if he will continue to pr otest the initial executive or der, nor on whether he will attend the scr eening in L ondon.

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Students audition for NewPlay Festival

By Enrique Zuniga Rodriguez City Times Fr om a Walking Dead monologue to singing ?Roxie,? appr oximately 50 San Diego City College students auditioned for the second annual New Play Festival per for ming their own favor ite acts.

The New Play Festival consists of sever al plays submitted by San Diego City College students. On December 15, students that submitted plays met at the Blackbox theater at 8:00pm for a r ead of their plays.

Auditions wer e held on Febr uar y 2, in the Saville theater fr om 6- 9pm for multiple shor t plays wr itten by eight City College students, including a musical br oadway play, Chicago. The following day, auditioning students wer e called back for a second taste of their talent. Giving the playwr ights and dir ector s the oppor tunity to pick the r ight people for their plays.

The second annual New Play Festival will be showcased on the weekend of Mar ch 10 thr ough the 12th. Tickets cost $15 for gener al admissions and $10 for students, senior s, militar y and Festival of NewPlays?callback actorsafter their auditionsintheBlack BoxTheatre(Top). StephenLeffler andOlhaZimarevapracticeaheadof their NewPlaysaudition, Black BoxTheatre SDCCD employees.

(Left). SaeBluff duringthe?Chicago?callback auditionsintheSavilleTheatre, Feb. 2, 2017. Bluff will beplayingRoxiewhenthemusical opensApr. 21, 2017. Ticketsareavailableon Eventbrite.com(Right). ALANHICKEYCity Times

Art exhibit highlights transborder experiences

By SHAYLYNMARTOS City Times The ar tist r eception at the latest ar t exhibit in the L uxe Galler y on Feb. 10 br ought a cr owd of near ly for ty to admir e pieces documenting the inter secting identities and cultur es of bor der r egions acr oss the wor ld.

Tr ansnational Str uggles: I ntersectionalities Acr oss Bor der s is an ar t show connected with the Binational Confer ence on Bor der I ssues held annually her e on City campus. The or ganizer and cur ator of the show asked the ar tists to tackle the common themes of bor der living: migr ation, labor, feminicide, depor tation, colonization, among other s.

The ar tists addr essed the cr owd with thanks for the suppor t of their wor k.

Many commented on how the conver sation of lives acr oss bor der s must be at the for efr ont of our fight for equal r epr esentation, especially in the cur r ent political climate.

One of the pieces at Tr ansnational Str uggles included wor k fr om City College students. "Bor der click" is a banner showcasing an online ar chive of photos taken by students who identify as ?tr ansbor der," those who cr oss the Tijuana bor der r egular ly to attend classes.

The social justice pr oject, Bor der Click, or ganized by Rebecca Mar ia Goldschmidt and Josemar Gonzalez L izar r aga, began only seven months ago.

The pr oject includes the digital ar chive, photogr aphy classes, talks with pr ofessional ar tists, and pr oviding a platfor m for tr ansbor der students to

Thecrowdgathersat theartist receptionof Transnational Struggles: IntersectionalitiesAcrossBordersonFriday night. PARTHARANADIVE City Times connect and cr eate together.

Bor der Click focuses on the inter secting identities that tr ansbor der students juggle on a daily basis. ?Ever yone has two phone number s.

Ever yone has two, or thr ee, addr esses," Goldschmidt said. "Ever yone has all these multiple levels of their lives.?

Goldschmidt and L izar r aga ar e involved with the AjA Pr oject, a nonpr ofit or ganization based in City Heights that pr ovides photogr aphy classes to youth and other communities in San Diego. The or ganizer s used this platfor m to cr eate Bor der Click with a gr ant fr om the San Diego Ar ts Council. ?We?r e tr ying to tr ain people and have conver sations about what it means

to be this per son who cr osses and what kind of r esponsibilities you have to your community and your self,? Goldschmidt said.

Feminicide was a common theme in the ar t installation; it is a major issue in bor der r egions acr oss the wor ld. The ter m for female killings is femicide.

Although, accor ding to the Guatemala Human Rights Commission, the wor d feminicide is a political ter m that r efer s to the societal str uctur es that nor malize misogyny and lead to female homicide.

I n Ciudad Juรกr ez, Mexico, women disappear and ar e found mutilated and dead r egular ly. Hundr eds of women since the 1990?s wer e killed; they ar e r efer r ed to as ?L as Muer tas de Juรกr ez? or ?The

Dead Women of Juรกr ez." Victims include women who wor k in maquilador as (factor ies), those involved in dr ug tr afficking, and migr ants attempting to cr oss the bor der.

"Car togr aphia textile del Feminicidio," in English, "Textile maps of Feminicide," is a pair of embr oider ed maps with pins indicating wher e author ities in Ciudad Juรกr ez found women?s bodies fr om 2014 to 2016. Posted next to the maps ar e lists of over 150 victims, some of them named and some unidentified.

The ar tist, Janette ?Mustang Jane?

Ter r azas, is a native of Ciudad Juรกr ez and said that her wor k is highly influenced by ?la cultur a del feminicidio? in her city.

She wor ked with a r esear cher, I vonne Ramir ez who cr eated a digital mapping of femicides committed per year since 1985, to cr eate this multi-map pr oject.

Other pieces pr esented the topic of human tr afficking and missing per sons to the City community such as "Ubi pus ibi evaqua" by Dia Basset, an almost gr otesque body-like figur e made of used fabr ic and wir e; and "No Olividades/Not For gotten" by Sabr ina Zar co, a fiber ar t quilt cover ed in cr osses with bar bed wir e acr oss.

Tr ansnational Str uggles: I nter sectionalities Acr oss Bor der s r uns in the L uxe Galler y in the Photogr aphy Depar tment until Feb. 16. The galler y is located in the photogr aphy depar tment in the V building and is open Monday-Thur sday fr om 10 a.m. until 8 p.m., and on Fr iday fr om 10 a.m. until 3 p.m. Admission is fr ee and open to the public.

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CITYSPORTS

Knights close regular season with 12th straight win

Olympianssophomorecenter, JacobPlum(32) attemptstoblock Knightsfreshmanguard, Robert Taylor (4) duringthesecondhalf at Harry West GymonFeb. 17. TheKnightsbeat theOlympians10274 andendtheregular seasonundefeated, winningback-to-back championshipsandrankingno. 8 in thestate. CELIAJIMENEZCity Times

By GABERIVERA City Times The City College Knights men's basketball team continued one of their most dominant seasons in school histor y by dismantling the Mesa College Olympians in a 102-74 r out Fr iday, Feb. 17 at Har r y West Gymnasium, located on the City College campus.

I n a bizar r e twist, the game had to be moved at the last minute to City College, due to a leaky r oof at the Mesa College Gym. City's offense was seemingly unstoppable as the team shot 57.3 per cent fr om the field while only committing 10 tur nover s on the night. The Knights outscor ed the Olympians a whopping 64-28 in the paint and wer e up by 31 at one point in the game.

The Knights asser ted their dominance on the defensive side by causing the Olympians to tur n the ball over 24 times. Fr eshman for war d Rober t McCoy came off the bench to play 22 minutes and led the team with 22 points and four steals.

Olympianfreshmancenter ArmstrongOjunkwu(0) battlestoget areboundagainst Knight sophomoreforwardNateEdwards(24). CELIAJIMENEZCity Times

Star ting sophomor e guar d Jahmer e Mitchell was as efficient as any player could be on this night, going 100 per cent fr om the field and the char ity str ipe for 14 points, while also not tur ning the ball over.

Knights Fr eshman guar d Rober t Taylor, who scor ed 15 points, and sophomor e guar d Romar io Wilson, who scor ed 16 points, also came off the bench to give the Knights a dominant edge that Mesa's shallow bench could not handle, outscor ing the Olympians' bench 59-14.

The win mar ks the 12th str aight by the No. 8 r anked Knights, as they finished the r egular season 26-5 and went a per fect 10-0 in confer ence play. The team will r ely on their well-coached defense, led by Head Coach Mitch Char lens, which r anks in the top 10 in the state for steals, blocks, and opponent field goal per centage.

The Pacific Coast Athletic Confer ence champions await the news of whom their fir st opponents in the playoffs will be. One thing is guar anteed for the Knights, and that is the chance to play at least one mor e game in fr ont of their home cr owd.

Knightssophomorecenter AlexWilburnandfreshmanguardRobert Taylor block OlympianfreshmanHuthifahAbdel Jawad. CELIA JIMENEZCity Times

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Knights softball team Knights tennis team struggles this season shows promise

Sophomore, RandeeJaneBurkle(5), singlesinthefourthinningafter battlingback froman0-2deficit to spark anoffensiverally, TheKnightslost 20-2, bringingtheir recordto2-6 Feb. 17. CODYULSHOFFERCity Times

(LtoR) KyleMaigue, freshman, andPatrick Meier, sophomore, areinsync asthey facePacific Coast Athletic Conferencerival MesaCollegeat home. Knightswin5-4, givingtheteama2-1record. Feb. 16. ALAN HICKEYCity Times

Emily Hall (2) awaitsapitchfromSantaBarbara'sCalistaWendell (10) inthesecondinningastheKnightsattempt tobattleback, Feb. 17. CODYULSHOFFERCity Times

ChulaVista, Calif. native, IvanMartinez, represents MadelineLey (1) stealssecondbaseearly inthefirst inningfor theKnightswhichwouldleadtoher scoringon City Collegeat homeagainst MesaCollege, Feb. 16.

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SerraHighSchool alumni, ShawnTranservesinan excitinggameagainst MesaCollege, Feb. 16.

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