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Kameal Thomas provides skin treatments as part of a hands-on esthetics program.

Cosmetology lab offers “relaxation with a purpose”

Monica de la Cruz, Managing Editor April 30, 2018
Amid noisy downtown traffic and towering concrete buildings of City College, I was surprised to find such tranquil respite within the Skin Bar at the Career Technology Center (V-Building).
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Cosmetology Department expands career training programs

Students gain salon experience and business management skills
Monica de la Cruz, Managing Editor April 18, 2018

April 18, 2018 As spring graduation approaches, a small number of San Diego City College students (16 percent, according to SDCC Factbook 2017) are preparing to advance their career through vocational...

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Mark Ehredt

Vox Populi

“How do you feel about the military being in charge of the border?”
David Ahumada, Photo Editor April 18, 2018

        Mark Ehredt, Alcohol and Other Drug Studies, 55 “I think it’s a waste of money. People entering the U.S. at the border has been the lowest in decades. We’d...

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Chris Vega

Vox Populi

“What does consent mean to you?
David Ahumada, Photo Editor February 28, 2018

    Chris Vega, 18, Aviation “Consent deals with two people. Both people have to agree for whatever to happen.”     Letty Avilez, 19, Education “Consent...

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During City College's Veterans Day celebrations, motivational speaker, retired Sgt. 1st Class Greg Stube gave a presentation on campus, Nov. 7, 2017.

Motivational Speaker to City College “Love and compassion for each other makes us stronger”

Paige Forrester, Staff Writer January 16, 2018

Nov. 7, 2017 When asked how someone overcomes an injury as severe as having half your intestines spill out your side, the motivational speaker said, “You don’t... I still have a hole there and I’ve...

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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 Mortuary's 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 4, 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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