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100 students celebrate at the Chicano-Latina Graduation Ceremony

The Chicano/a studies department celebrate their 51st annual Chicano-Latina Graduation Celebration

Susana Serrano, Multimedia Editor • June 17, 2022

The gloomy evening did not stop families, friends and graduates from gathering to celebrate San Diego City College’s 51st annual Chicano-Latina Graduation ceremony.

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PODCAST: Local hosts remind voters ‘to get voice heard’

Local elections are actually just as critical as the national elections, podcast host Buki Domingos says

Sven Domingos, Multimedia Journalist • June 6, 2022

Host Sven Domingos takes listeners behind the scenes of the Alafia Voices of the African Diaspora podcast in a new CTM podcast.

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City student Ana Isabel Serrano leaves a tale of affirmation

President of Active Minds and labor union intern graduates with transfer to UCSD

Philip Salata, News Editor • June 1, 2022

Serrano honed her curiosity while growing up in Tijuana and attending what she described as a “very Catholic high school.” “I tend to jump into taboo topics,” she said. “What don’t you want me to discover?”

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City College student headed to top-ranking Chapman for film

After multiple rejections, Rachel Karalnik achieves her dream and exemplifies the power of perseverance

Kathryn Gray, Editor In Chief • June 1, 2022

Rachel Karalnik was graduating high school in Brooklyn in 2019 with dreams of heading to film school in California. Then the rejection letters came one after another.

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City College wrapping a year to remember in sports (with videos)

The end of the spring season marks another successful year for the Knights

Antonio Contreras, Sports Editor • May 24, 2022

The year for the San Diego City College Knights has come to an end for the campus's 13 sports programs. And with the close of the spring season, another successful year full of great athletic success stories is in the books.

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BREAKING: Following pushback, SDCCD chancellor cancels investiture

After weeks of controversy regarding keynote speaker Alice Walker, district cancels the event

Philip Salata and Jakob McWhinney • May 23, 2022

Carlos Cortez, chancellor of the San Diego Community College District, announced the cancellation of his upcoming investiture event in a district-wide email sent this afternoon.

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City College student awarded prestigious scholarship worth $55K

Jeannette Mayo Gallegos hopes to use Jack Kent Cooke funds to achieve her goal of working to combat human trafficking

Jakob McWhinney, Managing Editor • May 20, 2022

City College student Jeannette Mayo Gallegos, a 2022 recipient of the Jack Kent Cooke Undergraduate Transfer Scholarship, was awarded $55,000 at City’s 31st annual scholarship ceremony on May 10th.

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City College celebrates its first ‘Lavender Graduation’ ceremony

While most such events are put on by student-run LGBTQIA+ organizations, City’s celebration was spearheaded by a combination of student-support programs

Jakob McWhinney, Managing Editor • May 19, 2022

On a sunny mid-May afternoon City College held a Lavender Graduation ceremony on the campus’ Curran Square. It was a joyous event by all accounts, with students, family members and faculty gathering to celebrate the achievements of the college’s LGBTQIA+ graduates.

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Dual event celebrating ‘50 Years of Chicana/o Studies’ at City College draws crowd

The event included a mural unveiling and documentary premiere celebrating the department at the cafeteria on May 13

Kathy Archibald, Enterprise Editor • May 18, 2022

The Chicana/o Studies department at San Diego City College celebrated both the premiere of a new documentary and the unveiling of the cafeteria mural on May 13, each named and dedicated to the same cause – “50 Years of Chicana/o Studies.”

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City College uses communal art to raise mental health awareness

City’s Student Health Services and Active Minds chapter turn to the arts as a way to ease students back to in-person campus life

Philip Salata, News Editor • May 17, 2022

Isolation brought on by COVID-19 not only caused the majority of social opportunities on campus to dwindle, but also put pressure on students' well-being. Community art could be one way to help students assimilate to campus life.

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Kumeyaay artist Kenneth Banks shares life experience in a new City College mural

The former City student designed the first completed mural in the AH Building garage

Kathy Archibald, Enterprise Editor • May 13, 2022

Amidst the buzzing lights and echoing voices of the AH Building garage, a colorful merging of past and present greets drivers heading to classes at San Diego City College. The first of the garage murals to be completed was designed by Kumeyaay artist and former City student Kenneth Banks.

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Sand volleyball sisters qualify for state championship

Sisters Alina and Alyssa Fletes will next play at Irvine Valley College on May 13-14

Antonio Contreras, Multimedia Journalist • May 12, 2022

For Alina and Alyssa Fletes, competing as San Diego City College sand volleyball athletes is exciting on its own.

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