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Volume69, Number 9 | March 10, 2015
It?s all according to plan Educational plans now mandatory for City Collegestudents By PHOENIXWEBB Ci ty Ti mes
JOEKENDALLCi ty Ti mes
Part-time pay, full-time frustration
Adjunct professor Ian Duckles addresses students and staff gathered at Gorton Quad on Feb. 25 to raise awareness about the ongoing struggle of part-time teachingstaff at communitycollegesanduniversitiesat thelocal andstatelevel. Shrinkingbudgetshavemadeit economicallybeneficial for schoolsto relyheavilyontheir adjunct faculty, whomakelessmoneyandreceivefewer benefitsthantheir full-timecounterparts. See storyonpage 3.
?Got an ed plan?? was a question seen on campus at the beginning of this semester in the for m of pins, pens, pamphlets, on the school website and on banner s. I t was a campaign designed to make San Diego City College students awar e that education plans exist and ar e now r equir ed. Education plans fit into the plan for incr eased success r ates because they establish a clear path of classes a student needs for their gener al
See PLAN, page 3
Basketball wraps in disappointment
Sexual battery reported at City By ANGELICAWALLINGFORD Ci ty Ti mes A San Diego City College student r epor ted an incident of sexual batter y while walking fr om campus Mar ch 3. Accor ding to a Safety Aler t r eleased by the San Diego Community College Distr ict, the incident occur r ed at appr oximately at 8:10 p.m. when
an unknown suspect pulled the victim behind a dumpster near the L ear ning Resour ce Center, placed the victim in a bear hug and gr abbed her gr oin. The suspect let the victim go but followed her towar ds the L building wher e the suspect assaulted the victim
By DAVIDPRADEL Ci ty Ti mes
FINALSCORE
See BATTERY, page 2
West L.A.
74
City College
71
DAVIDPRADELCi ty Ti mes
With eight seconds ticking down on the clock, Knights sophomor e guar d Chr is Bur ton goes up fr om thr ee- point ter r itor y for a chance to tie the game at 74 against West L os Angeles College; the final seconds r un down to hit zer o, Bur ton?s fade- away thr ee misses the mar k as the final buzzer echoes thr ough the silence of the home cr owd. The scor eboar d r ead 74-71 and
in the second r ound of the Souther n Califor nia Regional Playoffs, the San Diego City College men?s basketball team?s season came to an abr upt end after losing to West L .A. on Feb. 27 at the Har r y West Gym. ?This was r eally tough ? A r eal tough way to go out like this. This one hur ts,? said sophomor e guar d Caleb Singleton. I t was an emotional scene in the
See BASKETBALL, page 9
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