![San Diego City College Chicano/a Studies Professor America Martinez, far left, finishes reading from her laptop a proposed Academic Senate resolution she co-authored seeking to reaffirm the San Diego Community College District’s commitment to free speech and academic freedom, Monday, Feb. 12, 2024. City College students snap their fingers in response to the resolutions final points. Photo by Marco Guajardo/City Times Media](https://sdcitytimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/PALSPEECH_MG_01.jpg)
National free speech issue on college campuses reaches City College; Academic Senate resolution seeks to set the record straight
Palestine solidarity expression restricted at City and Mesa Colleges. Faculty say it infringes on free speech, academic freedom
Marco Guajardo, Editor-in-Chief
• February 22, 2024
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![M.E.Ch.A member and event organizer, Vanessa, center, speaks into the bullhorn as she addresses the crowd at the national walkout for Palestine in San Diego City College, Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2023. Photo by Sean Monney/City Times Media](https://sdcitytimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/GPALWALK_SM_014-1200x732.jpeg)
VIDEO: Newscene covers campus Gaza protests, FAFSA updates
CTTV’s flagship news program closes the fall 2023 semester
Roxanne Vieira, CTTV Producer
• December 7, 2023
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![A San Diego City College crowd gathers at the national school walkout for Palestine, carrying signs and chanting in solidarity, Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2023. Photo by Bailey Kohnen/City Times Media](https://sdcitytimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/PALWALK_BK_03-1200x800.jpg)
City College community joins national school walkout to protest Gaza violence (with gallery)
Students, campus organizations join nationwide solidarity event to call for immediate ceasefire, protest ongoing assault on Gaza
Kevin Ouellette and Marco Guajardo
• October 27, 2023
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![San Diego City College English professor Mona Alsoraimi reads dedication, a poem by Suheir Hammad to begin “Emergency Teach-in: Solidarity Across Borders,” a panel presentation on the origins of the Palestinian occupation, Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2023. Alsoraimi briefly wept as she read the poem about a displaced, then murdered Palestinian man. Photo by Marco Guajardo/City Times Media](https://sdcitytimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/teach-1200x811.jpg)
Palestinian, Chicano leaders invited to City College to provide context to the escalating attacks on Gaza
Settler colonial policies which drive the ongoing displacement of the Palestinian people is at the heart of today’s conflict, leaders say
Marco Guajardo, Editor-in-Chief
• October 25, 2023
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![Aspiring architecture student Samuel Pinzon, 17, sits on a table between the BT and AH buildings of City College with his guitar as he speaks to City Times about the misplaced priorities of the US government relative to its involvement in the occupation of Palestine, Monday, Oct. 16, 2023. Photo by Marco Guajardo/City Times Media](https://sdcitytimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/PALESTVOX_01-1-e1698270860141-1200x900.jpg)
VOICES: City College students reflect on the carnage in the Middle East
Students say misplaced U.S. priorities, skepticism toward peace inform their perspectives on the ongoing occupation of Palestine
Marco Guajardo, Editor-in-Chief
• October 25, 2023
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![Program Support Technician Jahaziel Arredondo Aguilera works at the Mental Health Center welcome desk, Oct. 10, 2023. Photo by Marco Guajardo/City Times Media](https://sdcitytimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/POSTPREV_EM-5-1-1200x673.png)
Middle East war prompts City College to offer counseling resources to affected students, staff
Campus' Mental Health Center seeks to extend atmosphere of belonging, safety to community affected by ongoing conflict
Kevin Ouellette and Marco Guajardo
• October 10, 2023
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ALS Ice Bucket Challenge: to be accepted or declined?
Miguel Cid
• October 28, 2014
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