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Volume 70, Number 2 | October 13, 2015
City College stands with Umpqua Community collegesnationwidepause in remembranceof shootingvictims By ANGELICAWALLINGFORD City Times About 200 of San Diego City College?s faculty, staff and students gathered for a moment of silence for the victims of the Umpqua Community College shooting in Oregon on Oct. 8 in Gorton Quad. The moment of silence at City was a par t of a lar ger obser vation coor dinated by the Amer ican Association of Community Colleges, accor ding to The San Diego Union-Tr ibune. ?I think it?s for all of us to be awar e that safety is all of our business. Safety is something that we all ought to be awar e of. We can?t just r ely on a cer tain gr oup of
SanDiegoCityCollegePresident AnthonyBeebeaddressesacrowdof students, facultyandstaff inGortonQuadonOct. 8 before amoment of silencefor victimsof theUmpquaCommunityCollegeshooting. SUSANLEEContributor
people but we all have to be awar e of safety at the college and we have to be the eyes and ear s for the police de-
par tment,? City College Pr esident Anthony Beebe said. ?I t?s a big campus; it?s 60 squar e acr es her e and the only way that we can have the entir e place cover ed is if all of us take a little bit of r esponsibility in making sur e that we r epor t anything?s weir d or suspicious like I was saying and making sur e that somebody?s awar e of it. Don?t just tur n your back and walk away. We can?t do that; we have to be r esponsible for that. That?s the cr itical piece of it.? I n his Pr esident?s Waypoint newsletter, Beebe addr essed the tr agedy at Umpqua and r ecalled the time he spent in Rosebur g, Or egon, as a fir efighter just one mile fr om the community college.
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Club Rush sees slowstart ICC, ASGbringthevariousCity Collegeclubstogether toonespot By MIKEMADRIAGA City Times I t?s been a month since class has began at City College, and students ar e better familiar izing themselves with their pr ofessor s, classmates, schedules and even clubs. Fall Club Rush, was a two day event held at the AH/BT Upper
Plaza which pr ovided students with a var iety of club options to join. Whether one was looking for camar ader ie via cr eativity, advocacy, health, cultur e, language, business, or still undecided, this was the place to come and explor e. The venue was held on September 28-29 and drew ?within the hundreds? stated Brett Patterson, the Inter Club Council representative.
The I CC is also known as the ?club of clubs? and wor ks under the Associated Students Gover nment, which meet on a weekly basis to unite and str engthen the clubs?effor ts on campus. Patterson also mentioned that on Monday, 18 clubs were represented, and then 12 clubs on Tuesday.
SanDiegoCityCollegestudentsgather at theVisionaryFeministsbooth during See RUSH, page 5 theseconddayof ClubRushonSept. 29. MIKEMADRIAGACity Times
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CITYNOTES CALENDAR Disability Awareness Month Thursday, Oct. 1- Thursday Oct. 29 AB 12 12 p.m. - 4 p.m. Tues., Wed., and Thur s. by appointment in AH314
in MS 162 W. Soccer at Mir amar 1 p.m. M . Soccer at Cuyamaca 3 p.m.
Thursday, Oct. 22 Tr ansfer Fair 10 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Wednesday, Oct. 28
VAM P The Ot her Si de 7 p.m. in Centr al L ibr ar y
Women Peacemaker s USD , Joan Kr oc I nst it ut e 11:15 a.m. - 12:35 p.m. in MS 162 W. Vol l eyball at Southwester n 5 p.m
Friday, Oct. 16
Thursday, Oct. 29
M . X-Count r y Mt. SAC I nvitational 10 a.m.
Jami e B ianchini- A B icycle B uilt for Two B i llion 12:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. in V101
Thursday, Oct. 15
M . Soccer vs. I VC 1 p.m. W. Soccer vs. Palomar 3 p.m. W. Vol l eybal l vs. I VC 5 p.m. Tent h Annual SD Ci t y Col l ege I nt er nat i onal B ook Fai r 7 p.m. in The Glashaus 1815 Main St., Ste. B San Diego, CA 92103
Tuesday, Oct. 20 JJ Sur beck-H uman Ri ght s i n t he M iddl e E ast 12:50 p.m. - 2:10 p.m.
VOXPOPULI Voice of the People Questionby JustineSchulz | Photosby CeliaJimenez
?Haveyou gonethrough campussafety preparation in your classes?If not, doyou feel prepared?? ?I ?m not a ninja. I don?t have ninja skills so ... and I ?ve definitely never been tr ained. I wouldn?t fr eak out, but I wouldn?t say I ?m fully pr epar ed.? Omar Ramos, 17, Mechanical Engineer ing
Friday, Oct. 30
?I think what helps somebody feel pr epar ed, like ?cause they haven?t talked about it in school, but when you r ead stuff online like I per sonally r ead the news ... I t?s because of stuff like that, not because of what they talk to us in her e.?
Withdr awal deadline 5 p.m.
Friday, Oct. 30- Saturday, Oct. 31 ?Zombie Pr om? t he musical - 8 p.m. in Saville Theatr e. Tickets: $10. Cash only.
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Zoya Pear cy, 17, Computer Engineer ing
?Not ever yone will r eact the same ... No one tells you what to do and it?s such an open campus. The only r eason why I know these things happen is because the emails we get, but other than that ther e?s not r eally anything.? Cesar Cer vantes, 19, Engineer ing
?I know what I would do but our teacher s or pr ofessor s haven?t said anything. Actually one of my pr ofessor s did. You pr ess a button and you get in contact with the police.? Justin Car r illo, 26, Computer Science
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The following is a clar ification of fact fr om the Sept. 29, 2015, issue of City Times. On page 5, the jump for the stor y ?Class selection cancellations stir fr ustr ation,? Katie Rodda?s title is the
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Recent crimes cause campus safety concern By JUSTINESCHULZ City Times The lack of officer s on campus has r aised concer ns fr om the Math Depar tment faculty due to r ecent cr imes on campus. ?I feel like they?r e under staffed,? Dr. Car olyn Thomas of the Mathematics Depar tment said. ?I think ther e?s only so much the 34 officer s can do. We have a huge distr ict. Mir amar, Mesa, her e, Continuing Education. They?r e on differ ent shifts so it?s not like all 34 of them ar e wor king at the same time.? Accor ding to L t. L ouis
Zizzo, Souther n Command of the San Diego Community College Distr ict Police Depar tment, one ser geant, one to thr ee officer s, and two college ser vice officer s ar e assigned to the day shift, which is dur ing 6 a.m. to 4 p.m., while one ser geant, four officer s, and two college ser vice officer s ar e assigned to the evening shift dur ing 3 p.m. to 1 a.m. However, these number s var y due to cir cumstances such as tr ainings, injur ies, vacation leave, and/or illnesses. San Diego City College is an open campus in the
A54-year-old suspect is taken into custody Oct. 9, 2014, after reportedly assaulting a19-year-old femalestudent during an attempted robbery in theMSbuilding. Thesuspect wasstoppedby agroupof studentsashetriedtoescape. TROYOREM City Times file photo midst of busy inter sections and campus activity is quite abundant. Fr om the homeless community and r esidents fr om near by apar tment and condominium buildings, down to high school skater s and loiter er s, it is unavoidable for police officer s to r eceive r epor ts of suspicious
activities, usually caused by non-students, especially ar ound the campus libr ar y. Fr om the beginning of the fall semester, Aug. 24, ther e have r epor tedly been 16 cr imes that occur r ed on campus. Four per sonal cr imes wer e r epor ted: a har assing phone call, stalking, batter y, and
r obber y. While 12 pr oper ty cr imes wer e r epor ted, two vandalisms, thr ee burglar ies, six petty thefts, and a hit and r un collision. Zizzo believes that community policing plays an impor tant r ole in the challenging task of covering all ar eas on campus.
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ever yone that we can?t be ever ywher e,? said Zizzo. ?(I think it?s} super important for us to maintain a close r elationship with our community.? Although community
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C building close to completion SanDiegoCityCollegeprofessorschecktheCbuilding?sprogressandtheclassroomsthat will eventuallyholdclassesfor RTVF, dramaanddancedepartments. Thefacadeof thebuildingremainsintact but the interiorswereadaptedtotheneedsof theclasses. For thedramadepartment, thedressingroomsincludelockersandshowers, andtherewill beacostumestorageroom. Thedancedepartment will havetwo, insteadof one, danceclassroom, andtheRTVFdepartment will haveanewTVstudioandcontrol room. Thebuildingisset toopenfor thespring. PhotosbyCELIAJIMENEZCity Times
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Book Fair celebrates 10 years By KATHERINESALINDAYAO-WHITE City Times
Country singer-songwriter Jewel talks to a packed house about her new projects and adventures on Sept. 24 at The Sherwood Auditorium in La Jolla. MIKEMADRIAGA City Times
The City College Book Fair, an event that showcases literatur e, ar ts and music at San Diego City College, will celebr ate its 10th anniver sar y Oct. 13-16. City College celebr ates its diver sity dur ing this four- day event by pr omoting gr owth in the college community for all wr iter s, ar tists and musicians. English Pr ofessor Vir ginia Escalante is the pr oject dir ector for City College?s Book Fair. ?I t is a mir acle that we have sur vived,? Escalante said via email. ?We pr eviously had a ver y healthy budget which enabled us to have an all- day pr ogr am on Satur day with nationally r ecognized author s.
But the cr isis a few year s back decimated our substantial sponsor ships, and we have never r ecover ed. Nonetheless, we have managed to invite wr iter s of high caliber, including our ver y own talented pr ofessor s who ar e poets and author s in their own r ight and who have been ver y gener ous with their time and effor t.? This year ?s events will include the following: n Tuesday, Oct . 13 at 9:30 a.m. t o 11 a.m. Reyna Gr ande, the author of ?The Distance Between Us: A Memoir,? will be discussing her book about her childhood being spent tor n between two countr ies and two par ents. She will also be doing a book signing befor e the event at 9 to 9:30 a.m. This will be located in the
Saville Theatr e. n Wednesday, Oct . 14 in V101 9:35 a.m. t o 10:45 a.m. Ella deCastr o Bar on will discuss her biogr aphy, ?I tchy Br own Gir l Seeks Employment.? This book was a finalist for the San Diego Book Awar ds and published by City Wor ks Pr ess in 2009. n Also on Oct . 14 in V-101 at 11:10 a.m. t o 12:35 p.m. Justin Aker s- Chac贸n, assistant pr ofessor of Chicana/o studies at City College, coeditor and contr ibuting author for ?Wounded Bor der /Fr onter a Her ida: Readings on The San Diego/ Tijuana Region and Beyond.? Also, a co-editor for ?No One is I llegal with Mike David? and ? I mmigr ation: Opposing Viewpoints.? ?I will be speaking about
the state of ?immigr ation r efor m?in the lead-up to the 2016 elections,? Aker s-Chac贸n said. ?The Book Fair is a gr eat oppor tunity for students to engage and inter act with author s and new ideas.? n Thur sday, Oct . 15 in V101 at 11:10 a.m. t o 12:30 p.m. Ther e will be a Chicano Poetics panel featur ing five different wr iter s: Jose Cadena, L eilani Gr ajedaHigley, Manuel Paul L opez and Angel Sandoval. Students wr iter s will perfor m for VAMP (Visual Audio Monologue Per for mance) on Oct. 15 at the Centr al L ibr ar y, 300 Par k Blvd., ninth floor, Special Events Suite, at 7 p.m.
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A rare Jewel shines at the Sherwood Singer-songwriter Jewel comestoLa Jolla totalk about book, albumand San Diegopast ?? I was sick, I had bad kidneys, I didn?t have medication, (and) I was dying of blood poisoning in the hospital par king lot ? then my car, ?a teeny Datsun hatchback,? got stolen,? four- time Gr ammy nominated folk and countr y singer Jewel r ecalled. ?But (at least) I wasn?t in it.? The cr owd ir onically laughed, consider ing this exper ience once happened a
CONCERTREVIEW MikeMadriaga few miles away fr om the venue, and that she also had lived out of that same car. This was the vibe for the night; gr itty details with humor ous optimism, but this wasn?t always the outlook that Jewel shar ed. Jewel r etur ned to L a Jolla on Sept. 24, to per for m for The Sher wood Auditor ium?s sold-out cr owd. This was not your typical concer t, this pr esentation also had spoken autobiogr aphical scenar ios fr om her new book, ?Never Br oken,? which was r ecently r eleased almost in conjunction with her new album r elease, ?Picking Up the Pieces.? The night began with per sonal attr ibutions and inspir ations to each song per for med dur ing the one- and- a- halfhour set of four songs. The r est of the
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City Gallery explores the abstract Crowds of people pack City Gallery at San Diego City College for the opening reception for its newest showcase, ?AB12/Abstract San Diego,? curated by Stephen Curry. According to its flier, ?AB12/Abstract San Diego? is a collective of 12 local artists in different media with an interesting perspectiveon abstract art. Artists included in this showingareCurry, SteveGibson, Christopher Puzio, AugustoSandroni, City CollegeFineArts Professor WayneHulginandothers. Theshowisscheduledtorununtil Oct. 29. For moreinformation, visit theCity Gallery inAH-314. Photos by CELIAJIMENEZCity Times
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Time to bolt up Bolt Brewery makesbold comeback toSan Diego?selitebrewingscene San Diego is vying for cr aft br ewer y supr emacy. The city has seen an influx of br ewer ies and tasting r ooms. With the help of some fr iendly competition, Stone Br ewer y, Ballast Point and Kar l Str auss among other s have lifted San Diego to the top of lists cr owning the cr eam of the cr op. Within our ever expanding list of top br ewer ies comes Bolt Br ewer y.
PINTS FORKNIGHTS RicardoSoltero The once Fallbr ookbased Br ewer y now finds its home in L a Mesa and has opened the door s to its new location in L ittle I taly, located at the cor ner of Gr ape and I ndia str eets. Dating back to 1987, this is a most welcomed comeback for the once shor tlived San Diego br ewer y. Fr om pints to $1.50 taster s, this Bolt location featur es mor e than 10 beer s to choose fr om and a weekly r otation of new br ews to keep it fr esh, offer ing plenty for ever yone fr om novice beer adventur er s to the exper ienced. Within that vast array of choices, the Bolt Citra Pale Ale is definitely a standout selection. With a solid mix of citr us and hops, this American Pale Ale is ver y well balanced, which makes it a perfect beer to enjoy during these hot San Diego afternoons and a ver y solid start for anyone not familiar with Bolt Brewer y. For those feeling a bit
adventur ous and looking for a good hot summer day dr ink, the Mango Me Cr azy will fulfill this r ole. Refr eshingly juicy and cr isp with its fantastic mango taste, it?s ver y likely you?ll end up making this blonde ale a r epeated choice during your visits to Bolt. The beer aficionado in me suggests you get some taster s befor e you jump in to a full pint since ther e ar e so many gr eat beer s to tr y. Some honor able mentions ar e the Dan Stouts and the Villager I PA. Not always huge on stouts myself but the Dan Stouts has a gr eat r oasted flavor with ver y nice hints of chocolate. I t?s sweet, smooth and ver y delicious. The Villager I PA, on the other hand, is solid West Coast style I ndia pale ale. I t has a ver y up- fr ont sweetness, a bit dr y and slightly hoppy. I t?s a gr eat beer to have while eating a bur ger or a slice of pizza. Not the most impr essive beer but definitely not one to over look. The location itself has a laid- back vibe with plenty of space and factor yinspir ed decor ation. They offer some food options, like a gr eat tasting pizza and wings. With plenty of choices and decent pr ices, you r eally can?t go wr ong with any of the Bolt beer s. Have one pint or two, or just or der ever y beer on tap in their taster size. Bolt Br ewer y is a fantastic addition to the alr eady amazing lineup of tasting r ooms and br ewer ies in L ittle I taly. Time to Bolt Up.
Bolt Breweryoffersavast arrayof craft beersthat aresuretoplease noviceandveteranbeer aficionadosalike. RICARDOSOLTEROCity Times
Chicano art through the ages San Diego City Collegealumnus and local artist Salvador Torres engages audiencemembers with aretelling of theChicano movement as art history to a packed house in the Saville Theatre on Oct. 8. Torres performed a song on his guitar and harmonica for the audience, accompanied by Alphonso Orozco, performing a blessing in traditional Aztec attire. Torres then showed the packed house a slide show andvideoof ChicanoPark asit wasthenandhowit isnow. CELIAJIMENEZCity Times
Rush Continuedfrompage1 Each club had a six to eight foot table, and some had their own red City College canopy, others didn?t, but that didn?t matter because the cooler Fall weather was settling in. Each club had their own method to draw in potential members. Some had pamphlets and savvy spokesmodels, others had colorful displays with a mannequin dressed in red, or a live DJ spinning the jams. Patter son?s table had voter ?s r egistr ation paper s. ?? With ASG we r un our whole thing thr ough a constitution, all the officer s ar e voting in, we like to set an example to the other students. ?Hey if you ar e over 18, your opinion matter s, your voice counts, take your time, the thr ee minutes to let their voice be hear d!??
?It?s actually really easier to grab people in, because they were more interested in the 3D printer, and then if you want to build something more complicated ? come to the club.? Matt Pedler, San DiegoCity RoboticsClub The guys acr oss fr om Patter son wer en?t quite as political, but equally as passionate about their cause. Their dr aw was technology. ?I t?s actually r eally easier to gr ab people in, because they wer e mor e inter ested in the 3D pr inter, and then if you want to build something mor e complicated ? come to the club,? explained Matt Pedler, the San Diego City Robotics Club spokesman. He was showing the cr owd how to make par ts for their r obots. ?I don?t eat my friends,? read Keith Burke?s t- shirt. He was starting a new
group called Animal Rights and Food Politics. Burke is a Professor in the alcohol and other dr ugs studies in behavioral sciences at City College, and mentioned that approximately 30- 40 people showed interest in his advocacy. ?I have a per sonal inter est in this topic both fr om a social justice issue because ther e ar e a lot of people who ar e being fed awful pr ocessed chemical ladened foods, in addition to factor y far ms that many of the animals that we ar e concer ned with, ar e in hor r ific places to wor k and ter r ible places for the ani-
mals to live,? Bur ke said. And then the ?r eactive? side to the health issues was pr esent, as well. American Medical Student Association was set up to help students entering into the pre- ped program for medical school, by providing them with resources for test preparations and extra curricular activities to garnish experience. Ther e ar e appr oximately 37 clubs listed on the City College website. The var iety of clubs that ar e available to join ar e plentiful and diver se; fr om Photogr aphy to the Veterans Club; fr om L upus and Autoimmune Disease Awar eness to the Hip-Hop Club. I f you missed out on these two days and ar e cur ious about getting involved with a gr oup of individuals with similar inter ests, r each out to I CC Pr esident Nilo Ondevilla or Br ett Patter son for mor e infor mation.
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CITYVOICE Prioritizing campus safety On Oct. 1, Chr istopher Har per-Mer cer fatally shot nine people and injur ed nine other s in a r age-filled attack on Umpqua Community College in Rosebur g, Or egon. With this event still ver y fr esh in ever yone?s mind, it begs the questions: What if this happens at San Diego City College? Ar e students, staff and faculty pr epar ed? I s ther e a plan? Memor ies of evacuation and disaster dr ills ar e far gone in most of the minds of cur r ent City College students and most students cur r ently have no exper ience with dr ills dealing with active shooter situations. I n light of this r ecent tr agedy, it?s evident now mor e than ever that City College needs a plan. Not a plan that?s talked about thr ough email to administr ator s and never r eally put into action but a plan that?s known by students, staff, faculty, administr ator s and ever yone who attends City on a r egular basis. City TimesEditorial Board A YouTube video entitled ?RUN. HI DE. FI GHT. Sur viving an Active Shooter Event,? linked to San Diego Community College Distr ict?s staff and faculty in an email by Chancellor Constance M. Car r oll, shows thr ee differ ent ways people can deal with a potential active shooter situation. I n the Oct. 1 email, Car r oll said that this par ticular video was discussed and distr ibuted in depar tmental and campus meetings, which would mean that this issue would have been discussed long befor e the r ecent shooting in Or egon. Why wasn?t any of this infor mation or this video shar ed with students? Accor ding to the 2014 edition of the City College Fact Book, the campus had 16,737 students in the spr ing 2014 semester. With thousands of students spr ead out over an open campus spanning 60 acr es, you would think that some type of disaster pr epar ation dr ill would have been shar ed with students at this point. Students ar e usually told to just to r epor t suspicious activity to the Campus Police or the San Diego Police Depar tment wher ever and whenever they see it on campus. The population at City College needs something mor e than ?aler t the police.? Aler ting the pr oper author ities is a gr eat idea, but we need to be awar e of what else we can do when a major catastr ophe happens. We need a plan of action. We need to have some ideas on what we can do dur ing potentially danger ous situations. The ?RUN. HI DE. FI GHT.? video should have been shar ed with students. Not just shown and discussed at campus and depar tmental meetings. Showing and discussing with administr ation doesn?t r eally help if something wer e to happen on campus. At the end of the day, it?s better to have a plan and not use it than to be left unpr epar ed if something happens at City College.
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No longer fast nor furious Back in the 1990s, when I was pur suing my business management degr ee, I had alr eady opened my second business. I t was a time wher e I would attend Mesa College, sit in class, and my cell would blow up fr om incoming phone or der s via my old website, www.TeamPr ototype.com (cir ca 1999-2005). I owned a mail- or der company and was selling car-par ts that I would manufactur e. At the time, fiber glass bodypanels wer e a must- have for the scene dur ing the pr epr oduction stages of the ?Fast & the Fur ious,? so I capitalized on the pr ofitable tr end. I combined what I had lear ned in my business classes at Mesa College, and my composites and plastics classes in the Regional Occupational Pr ogr am, and for mulated a successful plan. Unlike my r ed-lining tachometer, my business cr uised in the
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black for about five year s. I was the epitome of the der ogator y ter m ?r icer,? but with good r eason. Almost ever y cosmetic fiber glass par t on my 1988 Honda CRX was
STUDYHOURS MikeMadriaga available for pur chase on our website, and ever y company decal visible was adher ed per contr actual agr eement for the sponsor ships pr ovided. It wasn't all about the business; our Team Pr ototype gar age in Chula Vista was a spot wher e we bumped pr ogr essive tr ance and br eak- danced while pr epar ing for the next carshow, r ace, or photoshoot. I n the midst of our all- night excur sions, that same CRX was br ought to the spotlight in seven magazines wor ldwide,
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four which wer e cover-stor ies. Although I knew I had to finish college like my mother, father, and my gr andpar ents befor e them, I was distr acted by the hazar d lights, and got caught up in the fast lane. I would spend a lot of time shipping the or der s on my online shopping car ts, and stocking my vir tual shelves, r ather than lear n about the theor ies of ?supply and demand.? The money and the lifestyle wer e gr eat ? until 2005. L ike my over zealous chr ome muffler, my life-plan as you knew it, backfir ed. Most of the par ts that I manufactur ed for over five year s, wer e no longer desir able. Our over-thetop styling cues, wer e becoming dated, as our r oof-scoop on the Mitsubishi Eclipse, that Paul Walker ?s char acter dr ove. I ate some humble pie,
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ment said. Car r oll also r efer r ed to a YouTube video entitled ?RUN. HI DE. FI GHT. SurContinuedfrompage1 viving an Active Shooter Event.? The almost six?... No one could have minute video shows what imagined that some 40 options people could have year s later, the small com- in a potential active munity college just a mile shooter situation. down the r oad fr om that ?... Coping with an acstation would become the tive shooter situation is a site of the most deadly matter of per sonal decimass shooting in Or egon sion,? Car r oll wr ote in her histor y,? Beebe wr ote. statement. ?Ther efor e, I San Diego Community am r esending the video College Distr ict Chancel- that was pr eviously dislor Constance M. Car r oll tr ibuted and discussed at also r eleased a statement our campus and depar tto the distr ict?s faculty and mental meetings.? staff on the shooting on On Oct. 6, Pr esident Oct. 1. Beebe sent a follow- up ?Our thoughts, best email to City College facwishes, and suppor t have ulty and staff thanking been extended to our col- them for the outpour ing of leagues at Umpqua for r esponses he r eceived what they have suffer ed fr om his Pr esident?s Waytoday and for the valuable point. I n the email, Beebe and pr omising lives that tells faculty and staff that have been lost,? the state- he met with Chancellor
Car r oll befor e the weekly Chancellor ?s Cabinet meeting to addr ess ever yone?s concer ns. Beebe also mentioned that he also br ought up those concer ns dur ing the Chancellor ?s Cabinet meeting. ?I n the end, the Chancellor ?s Cabinet was unanimous that the distr ict move for war d with the following 12 point safety r esponse plan for City College,? Beebe said via the statement. The 12- point safety r esponse plan includes the hir ing of two full-time City College officer s, police for ums and town hall meetings, safety and evacuation plan, safety sur veys and ?Knight Patr ol,? paid student ambassador s who will act as the eyes and ear s of administr ation and College Police, accor ding to the email.
awar e of how our own biases come into play and so that would link to stuff that Continuedfrompage3 the campus could do,? Pitcher continued. ?Have wor kshops for students policing is a pr oactive apand faculty on how to be pr oach as a pr eventive better at addr essing such measur e that allows police concer ns so to be awar e officer s to become familiar and mindful of our own biwith the community, and is ases coming into play. ? an effective way to r educe Another main concer n on- campus cr ime, it may for the faculty is the slow also involve concer ns. r esponse time. ?I would also be leer y Accor ding to faculty and that we ask the community their students, police offito also do those things becer s did not ar r ive at the cause people?s own biases scene until 15 to 20 mincome into play when that utes after emer gency calls happens, so that people had been made, or dur ing only see cer tain folks as r equests for a safety esbeing potentially violent cor t on campus. and so then ther e?s poten?The pr ocess oftentials for r acism especially times that we?r e r equir ed embedded in that that I to go thr ough, which is imwould be concer ned por tant, denies us a about,? Pr ofessor Sar ah speedy r esult,? Pitcher Pitcher of the Depar tment said. ?We?r e having multiof Sociology/Behavior al ple levels to go thr ough Sciences said. and it can take time and in ?So I think that it?s ima cr isis moment, time is por tant to be mindful of not what we have.? the community we?r e in The police depar tment but we also need to be
has lost staff member s over the year s to depar tments with better r etir ement systems, and ar e also concer ned about the distr ict hir ing mor e officer s to better manage campus concer ns. Most impor tantly, the incr ease in staff would allow better campus coverage, and a faster r esponse time. I n an email sent out to faculty and staff on Oct. 6, City College Pr esident Anthony Beebe wr ote that Campus Police will be hiring two full- time officer s following the Umpqua Community College shooting. Safety escor t ser vices ar e available 24 hour s a day, seven days a week by calling (619) 388- 6405. Repor t emer gencies, suspicious activities, and/or cr imes which have occur r ed on or near campus by calling (619) 388-6405 or the San Diego Police Depar tment at (619) 531-2000.
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Patr icia McGhee said. ?The students have attended wr iting wor kshops and r eceived coaching on Continuedfrompage4 how to r ead/per for m their wor ks,? Escalante said. ?Ever y new batch of ?The theme this year is wr iter s ar e going to br ing ?The Other Side,? and they their voices, unique stor y will have some captivating and it?s going to be a gr eat stor ies to tell.? The last event will be on show,? English Pr ofessor
Oct. 16 at The Glashaus in Bar r io L ogan at 6 p.m. An anthology titled ?The Sunshine Noir I I : Wr iting fr om San Diego and Tijuana,? pr oduced by City Wor ks Pr ess, will be r eleased. Escalante said City Wor ks Pr ess is mar king a decade of wor k, as well.
six str ing acoustic guitar, a mic and her well ar ticulated, yet witty- comedic stor ytelling. Jewel?s music that she per for med this night was as authentic as the memoir s that she shar ed with the enthusiastic cr owd, to which while on stage, she enter tained 15 minutes of question and answer s. ?Hands? was the next song that she per for med, in which pr ior to singing, she spoke of the 9/11 tr agedies that happened while she was vacationing with her then boyfr iend and now ex- husband, pr ofessional cowboy Ty Mur r ay. A br ief histor y of her
and her father ?s difficult r elationship was r evealed. ?My Father ?s Daughter,? a countr y song, in which she sang a duet with Dolly Par ton, followed. Jewel?s unique guitar finger picking and str umming techniques ar e sometimes over looked, while most ar e focused on her per sonal exper iences sang via her ear thy lyr ics and tr emendously wide vocal r ange. Twenty year s after her fir st hit was played on the 91X r adio station, Jewel has since metamor phosed as an ar tist, which now takes a back seat to her own gr owth as a self- healing humanitar ian, and mother.
tive; that checker ed past of mine has added to my por tfolio, which lands me fr eelance jobs in my new field of wor k. As I enr olled again this year, my counselor dusted off my tr anscr ipt, and said I have enough units to tr ansfer to SDSU the next spr ing. I have r etur ned to school with a differ ent agenda; pur suing an Associate of Ar ts degr ee in digital jour nalism her e at City College, then tr ansfer r ing to SDSU for a bachelor 's degr ee in Journalism, with an emphasis in public r elations. How do I feel about college now? I love it. And mor e impor tantly, r espect the academia. The 60-plus units that I accumulated
in the 1990s ar e still tr ansfer r able to a univer sity. I lear ned many lessons in M esa College that helped my business flourish dur ing those five year s, and because of the media that I gar nished fr om that same business. Witnessing the backend of media pr oduction peaked my newfound inter est into the wor ld of jour nalism. Completed college cr edits ar e one of those investments that will hold value for your lifetime. I f the r ewar ds of now attending community college, ar e as beneficial as they wer e befor e; I can only fathom the potential r esiduals, after gr aduating with an associate?s and bachelor ?s degr ee.
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Jewel Continuedfrompage4 night was dedicated to signing autogr aphs, taking photos, and gr eeting her fans. Jewel star ted the night with her 1995 debut song, ?Who Will Save Your Soul.? Pr ior to the per for mance, she explained how she had wr itten this dur ing the tr ek fr om her fine- ar ts high school in Michigan all the way down to San Diego. No fancy lights, telepr ompter s and smokescr eens wer e pr esent at this venue; simply Jewel?s
Fast Continuedfrompage6 closed shop, and fell in love. The last flicker s of that neon light fr om that time in my life wer e bitter sweet. Dur ing a Hot I mpor t Nights Car- Show at Qualcomm Stadium in 2006, I met my futur e wife and the mother of our two beautiful childr en. Now the question r emains, do I r egr et not finishing my classes at Mesa College, to hopefully tr ansfer to San Diego State Univer sity, for my Bachelor of Ar ts degr ee in business management? No. Do I r egr et building fast and gawdy looking car s? That also is a nega-
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www.sdcitytimes.com | October 13, 2015
KNIGHTLY BULLETIN BOARD Briefs by CELIAJIMENEZ City Times
Knights athletics walk for the cure San Diego City College Athletics Depar tment will par ticipate in the walk Making Str ides of San Diego, a walk for br east cancer sur vivor s. The event will be held on Oct. 18 at Balboa Par k. The walk will star t at 8 am on the cor ner off Sixth Avenue and L aur el Str eet. The team has r aised $270 thr ough Oct. 8 and have fulfilled 54 per cent of their $500 goal. I f you would like to par ticipate in the walk you can join City College Athletics team called ?SDCC ATHL ETI CS? or donate thr ough their page. For mor e infor mation you can contact softball Head Coach L eeann Taylor at ltaylor @sdccd.edu.
Duringthe secondquarter of the matchbetweenthe KnightsandGrossmont College onOct. 2, the Knightssent the ball over the net andwere met witha sharp returnfromtheGriffins?offense. TheKnightscouldnot control theball andGrossmont landedapoint ontheunsuspectingteam. CELIAJIMENEZCity Times
Injury devastates Knights during game By HEDERCASAS City Times
DAVIDPRADEL City Times file photo
Funding the game The Knights? baseball team has a fundr aising campaign thr ough Snap! Raise. ?Donations ar e vital for the success of this pr ogr am,? the team stated on their fundr aising page. The goal is to r aise $8,000 and they ar e closed to fulfilling their goal. On Oct. 8, they r eached $7,565 of their goal. The money will help the baseball pr ogr am to upgr ade their equipment, unifor ms, tr avel and field costs. Donations ar e deductible and have fixed and custom donations. I f you want to contr ibute you can log into Snap! Raise and look for San Diego City College Baseball. The fundr aising ends on Tuesday Oct. 13.
The Har r y West Gym ended up with faces of disappointment, fr ustration, and pain from the San Diego City College women?s volleyball team, as the Knights were defeated 3- 0 (25- 16,25- 23,25- 16) by Grossmont College on Oct. 2. Things star ted to go wr ong when the Knights lost fr eshman middle- blocker (# 21) Julia Fer r ar o when she got injur ed dur ing the second set of the game. ?So, I went to block and I came down into my two knees and twisted my ankle.? Ferr ar o said.
Befor e Fer r ar o ended up walking off the gym floor with cr utches and a twisted ankle, she left the game with two sets played, one kill, four total attempts and a hitting percentage of .250. Towar ds the last set of the game the Knights seemed a little off maybe because they wer e getting upset about the pr evious two sets won by Gr ossmont. I t seemed that the knights wer e not r eady to counterattack when it was time for Gr ossmont to ser ve. They wer e getting a little behind on their positions and slow to block the opposing team?s shots.
City College ended up with a total of 28 kills, 84 total attacks, a hitting per centage of .226, 25 assists, and 48 digs and 38 points. Most of them made by fr eshman outside hitter (# 11) Chloe Gr uwell and fr eshman Outside Hitter, L iber o, Setter (# 1) Alyssa Dincoff also named as Women?s Athlete of the Week. Gr uwell made 12 kills, 14 digs and 13 points and Dincoff r ecor ed 12 kills, 9 digs and 6 points, r espectively, out the total. Women?s volleyball Head Coach Debe Bodnar mentioned that she is pr oud of the team and how they continued to push thr ough.
Gr ossmont College ended the game with a total of 52 kills, 100 total attempts, a hitting per centage of .400, 46 digs and 52 assists and 65 points total. ?Even though one of our setter s is back after seven weeks because of an injur y I ?m glad we did a gr eat job,? Gr ossmont Head Coach Jamie I ver s said r ight after the match ended. ?However, I don?t think our discipline is a hundr ed per cent ther e yet; we need to impr ove mor e so our tempo and location can be better. We?r e getting ther e, slowly but tr uly.?