City Times

City College president hosts virtual town hall to address COVID-19

March 18, 2020

Following social distance while still trying to keep students informed, San Diego City College President Ricky Shabazz hosted a virtual town hall to address issues regarding COVID-19 on Wednesday, March 18.

San Diego City College student Rahma Hassan sits in the Student Commons building, located by the AH and BT buildings on the corner of 16th and C Streets, on Nov. 16. Photo credit: Mike Madriaga

Not so common area

December 15, 2015

Rahma Hassan is a 20-year-old City College student who not only adores the color scheme of the Student Commons building on the corner of 16th and C Streets,...

Perspective: Why technology killed our youths’ childhood

Denise White

November 10, 2015

Looking around, I see kids checking their phones. Their faces light up when they see how many ‘likes’ they get on their Instagram posts. And when I say kids, I literally mean 10 to 12 year olds just tweeting about whatever drama they have going on at school and their hard knock life. I can tell this generation is too eager to grow up. Young girls are wearing sh...

Stop the massive hype over the seasonal pumpkin spice

Angelica Wallingford

November 18, 2014

Every year around fall, there’s an orange-eyed monster that rears its ugly head. It makes girls in Uggs scream with glee as they rush into Starbucks with Instagram ready to go on their iPhones and a Taylor Swift song playing in their heads. That monster? Pumpkin spice. Pumpkin spice isn’t that great. In fact, it’s one of the most overrated things to ever e...

Drawing the line between work and privacy

Richard Lomibao

October 14, 2014

Employers are now more concerned with reputation rather than work ability. Getting fired for something that occurs outside of work is an unruly justification and is subjective. Why should someone who performs their job day-in-and-day-out find himself or herself unemployed for something they depend on to provide financial stability? Ray Rice should not be fired from the Natio...

A person recording a St. Patricks Day event on an iPad Photo credit: Troy Orem

Enjoy the Concert, Don’t Record It: Keep the Photos to a Minimum, Eyes on the Stage and Have a Fun Time

May 14, 2014

In the movie “Almost Famous,” writer William Miller finds himself scribbling down notes at a Stillwater and Black Sabbath concert until Pe...