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Holiday Traditions at City College - from Thanksgiving to Christmas

City College students and staff share their holiday traditions

Michelle Botello, Staff Writer December 21, 2017

        Business administration and accounting major Rochelle O’Donnell-Juarez, 33, said, “I pretty much celebrate all breaks, Thanksgiving and Christmas, usually...

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The winner of the catrina contest at La Vista Memorial Park and Mortuarys Día de Los Muertos festival in National City, Calif., Oct. 20, 2017.

Death Takes a Holiday

A Day of the Dead festival in a cemetery celebrates Mexican culture and tradition
Alan Hickey, Online Editor December 6, 2017

A local cemetery once more hosted a Día de los Muertos celebration to keep alive the Mexican tradition while reflecting modern traumas. The La Vista Memorial Park and Mortuary organized the ninth annual...

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Undocumenta’s curator Alessandra Moctezuma gives an exhibition tour at Oceanside Museum of art on Nov. 5.

Artists create “Undocumenta” experience

Art exhibit "goes beyond borders" to capture border struggles
Celia Jimenez, Borders Editor December 5, 2017

Undocumenta, an exhibition at the Oceanside Museum of Arts (OMA) presents the work of six artists and their interactions with border life. The name is wordplay. The exhibition challenges the art world...

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Throw out your razors

Throw out your razors

Mustachio-ed fundraisers support men's health
Patrick Rickard, Staff Writer November 15, 2017

The last few years you may have noticed a new fall trend, the Manly Mustaches of Movember. No Shave November and the Movember Foundation have taken on a life of their own since its Australian inception...

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LGBTQ Latinx community bands together

Shaylyn Martos, Editor in Chief November 15, 2017

Community members, leaders, and activists met at the San Diego LGBT Community Center in Hillcrest on Monday, Oct. 30 to band together for the advancement of the Latinx, the gender neutral term for Latino,...

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Border wall art on the Tijuana side, 2017.

Tijuana artist works to paint the longest mural on the border wall

The border is his canvas
Maria-Camila Murcia, News Editor November 1, 2017

From the United States side of the border, we see a plain, rusty, numbered fence. On the Tijuana side, there is colorful, politically driven artwork intended to bring peace to the communities between both...

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Miguel Cornejo says air contamination affects his garden, which he’s tended since the 1980’s, San Ysidro, Oct. 3, 2017

Better not breathe too deeply

Nanitzia Comparan Cuadras, Social Media Editor October 31, 2017

Miguel Cornejo, a Salvadoreño that arrived to San Ysidro in 1982, loves to garden. Cornejo planted citrus trees, not knowing that years later the fruit from his trees would transform into his very own...

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ASG President, Susy Molina (middle) with club members holding poster promoting on National Coming Out Day on Oct. 11, 2017.

City College brings club ‘out of the closet’

Maria-Camila Murcia, News Editor October 31, 2017

After four years without an LGBTQ club, San Diego City College has a newly minted group for its queer-identified students. “All Out at City” will be the new LGBTQ club on campus, started by ASG Senate...

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Different additional accessories you find at a general store.

Halloween on a budget: Creative costuming from your closet

Paige Forrester, Staff Writer October 31, 2017

Part of the fun of Halloween is the excuse to dress up and join in all of the “spooktacular” events going on in your neighborhood. Unfortunately, Halloween can get pricey. According to Fortune Magazine,...

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Under the rainbow at the Pride Parade in Hillcrest on July 14, 2017.

Hey Mom, I’m queer!

National Coming Out Day is Oct. 11
Shaylyn Martos, Editor-in-Chief October 5, 2017

National Coming Out Day is next Wednesday, a day that Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer (LGBTQ) people can come forward and declare to whoever they want, “Hey, I’m ___ and I’m proud!” The...

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Mural near Playas de Tijuana

City Times Partners with Union Tribune on Border Life

City College fall semester journalism students will write for new San Diego Union-Tribune Border Blog
Maria-Camila Murcia, News Editor October 5, 2017

City Times launched a new project this semester with an award winning newspaper only blocks away. “Between the Lines” or “Entre Líneas,”is a blog telling a new generation of stories from San Diego...

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Circuit Training Course Helps City Students Improve Their Health

Circuit Training Course Helps City Students Improve Their Health

Fitness classes at City College can help you achieve your own “Revenge Body.”
Paige Forrester, Staff Writer September 13, 2017

If you are a student who's worried about your fitness, then there's a class which can help you and even meet the necessary requirements needed for graduation while raising endorphins and giving you a boost...

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