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Deja Re performs “Fabulous Baby” by Patina Miller during her second set at the Trans Excellence Drag Show at the City College Black Box Theater, Wednesday, April 3, 2024. Photo by Oliver Reed/City Times Media

VIDEO/PHOTO: Bigger, better Trans Excellence returns to City College with Black Box drag show

Trans Day of Visibility celebrated for for second year on campus
Marco Guajardo, Editor-in-Chief • April 9, 2024
Trans joy celebrated for Trans Day of Visibility for second year on campus
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City College Chicano/a Studies professor Justin Akers Chacón speaks in support of a resolution reaffirming the San Diego Community College District’s commitment to free speech and academic freedom next to guest attendees and M.E.Ch.A students, March 4, 2024. The resolution, which was introduced by Chicana/o Studies professor America Martinez, was co-authored by Martinez, Mona Alsoraimi-Espiritu, Norell Martinez, Octavio García and Chacón. Photo by Keila Menjivar Zamora/City Times Media

BREAKING: City College Academic Senate passes resolution affirming free speech, academic freedom for Palestine solidarity expression

Over 40 community members, students attend meeting
Marco Guajardo, Editor-in-Chief • March 4, 2024
Over 40 community members, students attend meeting
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A San Diego City College student holds a Palestine-solidarity sign at the national school walkout for Palestine, Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2023. Members of M.E.Ch.A de City College stand together at the steps leading into the AH building of San Diego City College as they lead chants to attendees. Photo by Kevin Oullette/City Times Media

OPINION: For guidance on free speech, academic freedom district administrators should look to subject matter experts

Calls for censorship on Palestinian-solidarity expression need informed pushback from educational leaders
Marco Guajardo, Editor-in-Chief • March 1, 2024
Calls for censorship on Palestinian-solidarity expression need informed pushback from educational leaders
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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

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
Palestine solidarity expression restricted at City and Mesa Colleges. Faculty say it infringes on free speech, academic freedom
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City College students line up at the Enrollment Services office on campus on the first day of the tropical storm-delayed fall 2023 semester, August 22, 2023. Long lines on Citys campus have been rare occurrences since students returned to campus from the pandemic, but on this day, the districts PeopleSoft portal and Campus Solutions system were down, causing long lines like this one. Photo by Luke Bradbury/City Times Media

City College programs, departments maximize student enrollment efforts to shore up funding

Student-Centered Funding Formula requires college administrators to focus on student retention, FAFSA submissions for state revenue
Marco Guajardo, Editor-in-Chief • February 15, 2024
Student-Centered Funding Formula requires college administrators to focus on student retention, FAFSA submissions for state revenue
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SDCCD Acting Chancellor Greg Smith presents at the SDCCD Classified Leadership Development Academy Spring/Summer 2023, June 29, 2023. Photo courtesy of SDCCD Flickr

New SDCCD chancellor-designate Smith continues work toward district strategic vision

Smith announced at the Dec. 14 board meeting as the new chancellor for state’s second-largest community college district
Marco Guajardo, Editor-in-Chief • December 15, 2023
The chancellor-designate will manage a $1 billion district budget, focus on maximizing enrollment and retention, while managing the district’s 2023-2030 District Strategic Plan.
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The San Diego Community College District Board of Trustees selected Acting Chancellor Greg Smith to be the district’s new chancellor at its Dec. 14 meeting. From left, Craig Milgrim and Marìa Nieto Senour join Smith and Geysil Arroyo at the meeting held at the district office. Photo by Marco Guajardo/City Times Media

BREAKING: No longer acting, Smith moves into chancellor role for SDCCD

Hiring comes on the heels of a months-long search
Marco Guajardo, Editor-in-Chief • December 14, 2023
The hiring comes on the heels of a months-long chancellor search.
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Screen shot of hybrid public forum interview with SDCCD chancellor finalist Brian King, November 27, 2023.

SDCCD chancellor finalist receives votes of no confidence from two Los Rios community colleges

Brian King, chancellor of LRCCD, faces possible removal from office after a series of resolutions expressing concern with his leadership
Marco Guajardo, Editor-in-Chief • December 11, 2023
Sacramento City, American River Academic Senates adopted resolutions of no confidence after other resolutions, recommendations and reports dating back to fall 2019 shared concerns with Chancellor Brian King’s administration.
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San Diego Community College District chancellor finalists Daisy Gonzales, left, Brian King, center, and Greg Smith, right, will participate in hybrid-format public forums as a part of the chancellor search process which will select the next SDCCD chancellor on Dec. 14, 2023. Photo credit: SDCCD

Public forum interviews for new SDCCD chancellor underway

Open to the public, forums will be in-person at the district office and virtually Nov. 27-29
Marco Guajardo, Editor-in-Chief • November 27, 2023
The public forums for each of the three finalists in the San Diego Community College District chancellor search are being held Nov. 27-29.
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BREAKING: Three finalists announced in SDCCD chancellor search

BREAKING: Three finalists announced in SDCCD chancellor search

Public forums for each candidate, set for Nov. 27-29, are the next steps in selection process
Marco Guajardo, Editor-in-Chief • November 13, 2023
The press release detailed the remaining steps in the chancellor selection process, including the upcoming public forums for each finalist that will take place Nov. 27-29.
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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

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
The teach-in sought to inform the City College community about the impact of the colonial occupation in Palestine, Palestinian resistance and ways people could be in solidarity with Palestinians in their struggle for liberation.
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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

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
As the world witnesses the ongoing bombing campaign, City Times Media went across various parts of campus Oct. 16 to ask City College students their perspectives on the state of the occupation. 
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