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Volume 74, Issue 2
October 22, 2019
LEARNINGTOGIVEBACK Ci ty College students, fa culty volunteer dur i ng a nnua l w eek of ser vi ce B Y L ACE Y STE FANO Staff Writer ity College Week of Ser vice participants volunteered at Father Joe?s Villages on Thursday to help feed homeless people in need. Jacob Chacon, a Week of Ser vice volunteer, had his hands full with plating food for the steady demand. ?We?re helping ser ve meals and help throughout the kitchen,? Chacon said. ?I signed up because I feel like we need to give back to the community. It?s a ver y humbling experience.? The event was led by mathematics professor Dr. Rob Rubalcaba with a team of Umoja club members and other City College students. ?Homelessness is a real serious issue on all community college campuses, including ours,? Rubalcaba said. According to the San Diego Community College District, 21% of City College students do not have a stable place to live. ?It was just a really amazing experience for me and for them to really
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just give back to the community," he said. The cafeteria had a line out the door as people waited for a meal, ser ved by eager volunteers. ?It?s more than just about ser ving food," Rubalcaba said. "It?s about ser ving dignity, it?s about welcomeness and just open ar ms.? The group of volunteers were busy ser ving food, passing out plates and helping disabled attendees. The assembly line setup helped the crew get through the long line efficiently, having plates ready to go as people came to get them. ?I?ve had students that were homeless, even in this shelter. To watch them thrive even despite all of the obstacles that they have is amazing,? Rubalcaba said. ?It?s an honor to be here tonight and to ser ve and to welcome other City College students as well.? For anyone looking to volunteer in the future, you can visit the student affairs office for information about volunteer oppor tunities. San Diego City College students
San Diego Cit y College st udent s volunt eer at Fat her Joe's Village ser ving meals t o people facing homelessness dur ing t he annual Week of Ser vice. Phot o by Lacey St efano/ City Times
facing homelessness can visit the EOPS office to gain information about financial aid oppor tunities, refer rals to shelters and access to shower
facilities. Said Rubalcaba: ?They?re welcome to have their home be at City College.?
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Dr . Ler oy Br ady displays a flier for t he new Business of Cannabis cour se. Phot o by Jade Benn/ City Times
n r esponse to the boom in the legal cannabis industr y, San Diego City College has cr eated a fir st- of- itskind class for a Califor nia community college. Called Business of Cannabis, the twounit cour se will be offer ed for the fir st time this fall. BUS 145 will be a par tially online cour se. Students will have the oppor tunity to lear n the for mation, histor y and business of cannabis star ting on Nov. 5. ?The goal of this is not to entice anyone to smoke cannabis, buy cannabis, but to show them the business possibilities in that field since it is legal in Califor nia,? said Dr. L er oy Br ady, chair of City?s business depar tment. The estimated total of legal- mar ket jobs in the cannabis industr y in 2019 is 340,000, gr owing to 743,000 by 2025, accor ding to New Fr ontier Data, which tr acks cannabis industr y data and analytics. Br ady, who will also teach the class, has invited guest speaker s to pr esent, including Fiona Ma, the Califor nia State Tr easur er. ?This is a business and people need to
know ther e ar e business opportunities,? Br ady said. Mar keting the new class star ted earlier this month. I nitially only wor d- ofmouth, flyer s went out last week and the class was listed on the official cour se schedule. ?I want as many students as I can get,? Br ady said. ?I want people excited to lear n about it and get into it and do r eally well.? Twenty- nine people have alr eady enr olled in the cour se, Br ady said, including some faculty and cur r ent City students. Br ady could not confir m how or if financial aid would cover the cour se. ?One of the things people need to know is, we need to invest in ourselves,? Br ady said. ?Just like pr oducts and clothes. So know that paying $92 is wor th expanding your mind.? The five- week cour se will be hosted fr om 6- 9:50 p.m. on Tuesdays thr ough Dec. 10. Br ady said he also hopes to offer the class again multiple times in the spr ing. ?I ?m not tr ying to per suade people one way or another,? Br ady said. ?I ?m just tr ying to pr esent infor mation. You make your decision.?