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Volume 59, Issue 3
Students’ advocate
Dean Mario Chacon recognized for service Focus, page 9
Serving the San Diego City College community since 1945
Report: College is right on track
Student dies after fall from T building
Incident ruled suicide; students reminded that mental health services are available on campus By Manny Lopez A man jumped to his death from the third-floor balcony of the T building Oct. 13. Although the San Diego Medical Examiner’s Office identified the man, who was in his early 30s, family members later requested that his name not be released. The incident occurred at around 3:43 p.m. and was ruled a suicide, according to the Medical Examiner’s Office. Witnesses said the man jumped suddenly and without warning. Campus police responded and were on the scene immediately. San Diego City Police sources said that when the man was found, he was unconscious and had a slight pulse. He was transported to UCSD by paramedics and later died at the hospital of his injuries. The man was a student at Mesa College who, according
Oct. 19-Nov. 8, 2004
Exit report wraps up accreditation process; results known in January
county given the tight supply, according to Health Center officials. The loss of Chiron’s supply resulted when regulators in England suspended Chiron’s license in the United Kingdom for
By Donna Maranto The final phase of the accreditation process for City College came to a close on Oct. 7 when the visiting accreditation team gave an exit report on campus. The final recommendation of accreditation (or non-accreditation) for the college was not disclosed, a confidential matter until an official report in January. During the exit interview, it was announced that City College had received a $500,000 nursing grant, as well as a Title 5 Grant for about $2.2 million dollars. “So far we have two out of three, so things are going well,” team chairman Mark Edelstein, president of Diablo Valley College, said of three goals for City College, the third goal for success being actual accreditation. The team of visiting educators complimented the philosophy of the college’s Self Study Report, recommending that “the college complete its work on the development of Student Learning Outcomes and review its master planning
See FLU, Page 13
See REPORT, Page 6
Photo by Mike Sullivan
Knights soccer teams bounce back San Diego City College’s Juan Perez grapples with a Cuyamaca College player on Oct. 8 during a game in which the Knights won 5-2. After poor performances in 2003, both the men’s and women’s soccer teams have bounced back and made marked improvements to start the new season. See Sports, Page 16
See FALL, Page 10
Campus flu shots to be diverted to county By Ariana Cortez At first, everyone was being encouraged to get their flu shot to avoid catching the flu this year. That was before Oct. 5, when the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention learned that the Chiron Corporation would not be able to distribute
any of its influenza vaccine to the United States, leaving healthcare providers like City College’s Health Center scrambling to distribute the vaccine only to those who need it most. At some point this month, the campus will turn over its supply of flu shots to the