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LIVE BLOG: City College sets the stage for Fall Fest

Officials say the first 150 registered students to attend will receive $500 each

Kathryn Gray, Jakob McWhinney, Christopher Tapanes, Will Mauriz, Aldo Ramirez, and Kathy Archibald • December 8, 2021

As San Diego City College staff prepared for today’s Fall Fest, at which $75,000 in student aid will be distributed in $500 increments to the first 150 eligible students to attend, a small crowd of students gathered near the campus’s Schwartz Plaza.

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City College art gallery reopens after facing pandemic challenges

New student art exhibition running through Oct. 28

Christopher Tapanes, Multimedia Journalist • October 22, 2021

Back in March 2019 when COVID-19 closed San Diego City College, the campus art gallery had just opened a student exhibition. It ran for a week before the art department was mandated to close the gallery...

SDCCD addresses public backlash over AFT statement

District chancellor responds to controversy during latest board of trustees meeting

Christopher Tapanes, Multimedia Journalist • September 30, 2021

San Diego Community College District Chancellor Carlos Turner Cortez responds to conflict over AFT resolution at Board of Trustees meeting.

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Influx of voters head to polls at City College

Recall election sends voters to the polls

Christopher Tapanes and Kathy Archibald • September 14, 2021

Poll worker Yulyssah Marin, who is also a City College student, said the stream of voters had steadily increased over earlier voting days.

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20 years later, City College community reflects on 9/11 (with video)

City Times pays homage to the work of 2001 staff with a new Q&A

Sophia Traylor, Erika Larsson, and Christopher Tapanes • September 10, 2021

This week, the staff of City Times and CTTV asked students and faculty of all ages what September 11 meant to them.

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Start of City College summer semester around the corner

Classes begin June 7

Christopher Tapanes, Multimedia Journalist • May 31, 2021

San Diego City College students should prepare now if they want to enroll in summer courses. At City College alone, 221 course sections are available for the term, according to mySDCCD portal.

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Tijuana-based dance company overcomes pandemic shutdown

Lux Boreal has taken its performances online, creating global audience

Christopher Tapanes, Multimedia Journalist • April 2, 2021

Imagine being an artist and facing the possibility of unemployment and not sharing your art form with the world.

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VIDEO: SDCCD Board of Trustees appoints new chancellor, updates pandemic plan

Meeting was held virtually to cover business of the district

Laura Montano and Christopher Tapanes • March 26, 2021

The San Diego Community College District held its board meeting virtually via YouTube on March 25 at 4 p.m. The meeting highlighted the district’s updated COVID-19 action plan and the selection of the new SDCCD chancellor, Carlos Turner Cortez.

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Lux Boreal shares interactive dance experience

Tijuana-based dance company performed at City College’s Saville Theatre before the pandemic

Christopher Tapanes, Staff Writer • February 25, 2021

Tijuana-based dance company Lux Boreal, which in the past has performed at City College’s Saville Theatre, is presenting its interactive virtual experience L4B3R1NTO through tomorrow, Feb. 26.

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