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National Pacemaker winner | Volume 71, Number 3 | October 18, 2016
ASG endorses Proposition 55 By DANIELWRIGHT Sr. City Times City College's Associated Student Gover nment has officially endor sed state Pr oposition 55, the fir st and only political endor sement by the body for the 2016 election. Pr op. 55, officially known as "The Califor nia Extension of the Pr oposition 30 I ncome Tax I ncr ease I nitiative," would maintain a 1 -
3% tax incr ease on wealthy Califor nians passed by voter s in 2012. The endor sement effor t was spear headed by City College I nter- Club- Council Pr esident Gr egor y Bar ba, who also wor ks as an inter n for the Califor nia Feder ation of Teacher s. Bar ba descr ibes Pr op. 55 as a necessity to pr event a state- wide scr amble for funding acr oss Califor nia's See ENDORSESpage 7
City College Police Lt. Lou Zizzo recommends that drivers who are stopped by police keep their hands on the steering wheel and tell the officer whenthey will be reachingfor anythinginthevehicle. CELIAJIMENEZCity Times Photo Illustration
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Former City College student jams out on Z90 By MIKEMADRIAGA City Times Many students str ive to gr aduate fr om a four- year univer sity ? but what happens when one r ealizes that they spent the major ity of their four to five year s on the wr ong degr ee? Such was the case with a for mer City College student, Monchai Pungaew, who
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visited the campus on Sept. 24, pr ior to attending a concer t at the Qualcomm Pr actice Field, Fr eestyle Reunion. ?After I left UC Santa Cr uz, I ended up in San Diego with a few hundr ed dollar s in my pocket and an old br own Toyota Celica that my mom had given to me." See JAMSpage 7
With the shooting-deaths of unar med men by police gaining national attention, including the r ecent killing of Alfr ed Olango in El Cajon, City Times r eached out to campus police for guidelines on how to make tr affic stops safer for both civilians and author ities. ?I f you ar e always polite and follow the officer ?s dir ections, one should never have any issue when pulled over by an officer,? City College Police L t. L ou Zizzo said. All local author ities have a pr otocol to follow when they pull you over but citizens should also be awar e of guidelines they can follow to help pr event a confr ontation. The guidelines ar e as follows: Pull over to a safe spot for both you and the officer. Have the windows alr eady down and have both of your hands placed clear ly on the steer ing wheel. I f you ar e stopped at night, tur n
on the inter ior light of the vehicle. The mor e that the officer can see and feel comfor table, the better the contact will be for all involved. Befor e r eaching for anything in the vehicle, tell the officer. I f your r egistr ation is in the glove box, tell the officer that. The officer will always ask for your license and r egistr ation befor e telling you why you wer e stopped. Pr ovide the r equested items to the officer fir st, and then ask as to why you wer e stopped. I f you have passenger s in the vehicle, have them r emain quiet and not inter vene in the tr affic stop. I f you r eceive a citation, do not ar gue your case at the stop. You have the r ight to appeal your citation to a judge and to have the officer subpoenaed to cour t. When r eceiving a citation, you do not have the r ight to r efuse to sign the citation. Failur e to sign the citation will r esult in you being ar r ested and taken to jail. Remember, if you r eceive a citation, the officer ?s name and iden-
tification number ar e on the citation, so no need to ask for it. I f you ar e only r eceiving a verbal war ning and would like the officer ?s infor mation, then that officer must pr ovide it to you. I f you feel that the officer has tr eated you unfair ly or have some other complaint besides r eceiving a citation, you may r equest to speak with a super visor. These guidelines will not clear you of any char ges and ar e only intended to expedite a potential tr affic stop. Mor e than 800 people have been killed nationwide by police in 2016, accor ding to data collected by The Guar dian newspaper. Ther e ar e no national statistics gather ed by U.S. feder al agencies. The Officer Down Memor ial Page, a "non- pr ofit or ganization dedicated to honor ing Amer ica's fallen law enfor cement her oes," lists the number of police killed by gunfir e this year at 44. Jonathan De Guzman, a San Diego police office, was added to the list after his death two months ago.
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VOX POPULI Voice of t he People Questionsby AndreaMorin I Photosby Esai Melendez GraduatesfromSanDiegoCity CollegeduringtheSpringcommencement. Courtesy photo SDCC
$40K scholarships still available By DANIELWRIGTHSr. City Times The Jack Kent Cooke Foundation is offer ing appr oximately 85 eligible undergr aduate tr ansfer students scholar ships for up to $40,000 per year. The Cooke Foundation scholar ship was established for community college students who have financial needs, to help them tr ansfer and complete a bachelor 's degr ee at a top four- year college or univer sity. Each awar d is intended to cover most
of a student's educational expenses including: tuition, living expenses, books, r equir ed fees for the last two or thr ee year s necessar y to achieve a bachelor 's degr ee. To r egister go to jkcf.or g. The deadline for applications is Oct. 25. All applications must be submitted by noon. Check with your counselor to see if you qualify or visit jkcf.com The Cooke Foundation also offer s many other scholar ships and gr ants. Check for listings on their website.
Howdoyou feel about thepolice?
?I feel safe ar ound them. Because I get their per spective and what they ar e tr ying to do and how they pr otect us and I am thankful for that." Chr istian Gomez, 19, Br oadcast Jour nalism
?I feel that ther e?s a lot of misunder standings. Ther e is not a clear pictur e on either side. Sometimes I think that they ar e not well infor med as to compassion and on the other side, good situations ar e sometimes taken advantage of just to pr ovoke. Ther e is a lot of consciousness to r aise on both sides because we ar e only damaging our nation.? Cynthia Cuevas, 68, English
?I think a lot of people that join the police for ce enjoy the power tr ip and I think that if you r un acr oss the wr ong one it's going to tur n out badly r egar dless, especially if you ar e a minor ity and those people happen to have something against them.? Mick Boche, 26, Mar keting
?I believe that the police ar e her oes; they ar e to help us and pr otect us and without them ther e would be no law and or der. Because of the media and the attention they ar e giving them, they ar e spr eading the bad side of the police. But like in ever ything, ther e?s a good side and ther e?s a bad side.? Kevin Valencia, 24, Communications
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Students share their experience of coming out By MELISSA DEPINERES City Times The San Diego City College Wor ld Cultur es Pr ogr am held a Coming Out Day Panel on Oct. 11. Students inter viewed tr ansexual and lesbian students, L e Tr an, Fofie Bashir and Daphne Taylor Gar cia, in the event that took place in City College MS Building. This gave the audience a chance to help and better connect with the L esbian, Gay, Bi, Tr ans, Queer community and gain insight about what the str uggles of coming out in public r eally ar e. For many, the festive day to expr ess love towar ds someone is usually known as Valentine's Day, but for the L GBTQ community, the day to celebr ate the intr oduction of their expr ession of love is on Oct. 11, also known as Coming Out day. ?Coming out day is a day to celebr ate gay pr ide and self love. A lot of people pick this day to come out to their family and fr iends," Political Science student Ayde Nunez said. Accor ding to the San Diego Gay and L esbian Magazine,
coming out is the pr ocess of personally accepting your homosexuality and acknowledging it with the people in your life. Coming out is differ ent for ever y per son and some can exper ience emotional pain and tr auma in the pr ocess of disclosing this. ?Coming out is a justice pr ocess, but having hope and suppor t fr om my family and fr iends love keeps me alive,? Fofie Bashir said. The inter viewees wer e asked about the challenges they faced dur ing the pr ocess of telling their family member s and the advice they would give about coming out safely. They all shar ed the differ ent obstacles they have had ever since they have publicly announced their or ientation. ?As a tr anssexual woman go- LGTBQstudents DaphneTaylor GarciaFofieBashir, and LeTran giveadviceto other students and sharetheexperiences they faced ing thr ough the changes in my intheir lifeafter t comingout publicly. MELISSA DE PINERES City Times body befor e the tr ansition, made munity gr oups that meet and going thr ough. The Wor ld Cultur es Pr ogr am me suffer depr ession and abuse help you navigate in a comfor t"My family always kind of exposes students to a br oad arfr om people that did not accept able space without car r ying knew that I was not okay with r ay of media and spokespeople me. I t was not easy to over come shame, can help you for m your my body but did not want to ac- r epr esentative of the diver sity of these challenges,? L e Tr an said. own identity as a L GBTQ per- cept my tr ansition at fir st. Now beliefs, tr aditions, and cultur e The students said that their son. Some of these r esour ces in my last bir thday they changed ar ound the wor ldstanding, apbiggest safety net was the r e- welcome families so that they my name in fr ont of my whole pr eciation, and celebr ation of sour ces that br ought their com- can have a better under standing family," Tr an explains on his global human diver sity on the ing out pr ocess together with of what the per son coming out is passage fr om female to male. SDCC campus and in the wor ld." other s. Resour ces such as com-
Students volunteeringat St. Vincent dePaul during theFall of 2015. CELIAJIMENEZ File photo
Week of Service returns By DANIELWRIGHT Sr. City Times A Week of Ser vice, a volunteer clean- up pr ogr am that helps keep Amer ica's Finest City clean star ted on Oct 17 and will continue until Satur day 22. The pr ogr am is open to City's students, faculty, staff and administr ator s who ar e inter ested in making a differ ence in the community. Accor ding to L or i Oldham, the Student Affair s Coor dinator,last year
mor e than 400 pounds of litter wer e r emoved fr om the bay alone.The Week of Ser vice "seems to energize and invigor ate those who come out to help," she said. St. Vincent de Paul will ser ve volunteer s fr ee br eakfast, lunch and dinner. Volunteer s ar e needed to ser ve cooks, pr eps and ser ver s.
At the Cabr illo N ational Monument, volunteer s can help clean up, wash windows, r emove tr ash and weed the garden ar ea. As a bonus,
par k r anger s will pr ovide volunteer s and their family a guided tour of the par k gr ounds. Califor nia Coast Keeper s will pr ovide kits for those who want to help clean-up the bay. The Week of Ser vice was awar ded The Pr esident's Volunteer Ser vice Awar d in 2014 and The Mayor al Volunteer Recognition Awar d in 2015. Oldham had a r equest for those that r egister ed, however, "I f you sign up, please show up."
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CITYARTS Second theater production opens Oct. 28 By RICARDOSOLTERO City Times The San Diego City College theater Depar tment has tur ned to Har per L ee?s ?To Kill a Mockingbir d? for its latest pr oduction The stage adaptation by Chr istopher Ser gel is based on L ee?s book, which tells the stor y of Scout Finch who lives with her br other, Jem, and their widowed father, attor ney Atticus Finch. Thr ough her eyes, we watch as Atticus attempts to pr ove the innocence of a black man unjustly accused of r ape, and exper ience the suffer ing
of the sleepy town of Maycomb, Alabama dur ing the Gr eat Depr ession. The second theater pr oduction of the fall at City College is ver y r elevant to cur r ent themes of r acial tension and sexual assault, which have been a constant media subject dur ing r ecent months. ?To Kill a Mocking Bir d? pr emier es Fr iday, Oct. 28, and r uns to Oct. 30 at the Saville Theatr e. Per for mances for Fr iday and Satur day ar e at 8 p.m. and Sunday 2 p.m. Admission is $10 for students and $15 for gener al admission.
Art in movement City Gallery is hosting "Salvador Torres Retrospective - Abstractions in the Movement," a collection of mostly colorful abstractions the artist has done throughout his life from the 1960's up to the early 2000's. There is also a new exhibition in the sculpture garden from the artist Hilary McGuire that showcases rusty mobile sculptures made out of re-purposed objects, such as animal traps and gears. Both exhibitions areoncampusuntil Oct. 27. CELIAJIMENEZ City Times
Meet the fantastic sounds of The Lulls By RICARDOSOLTERO City Times
I n the midst of their fir st national tour, local San Diego band The L ulls dr opped their debut r ecor d ?I sland of Daughter s? after a str ing of explosive singles. A r elatively new band, The L ulls came to be after the dissolution of Ed Ghost Tr ucker following the depar tur e of singer and keyboar dist Michaela Wilson r oughly one year ago. ?The L ulls ar e thr ee of four member s of Ed Ghost Tr ucker. So basically it?s just that one member split off. The other thr ee stayed but we wanted to get a new sound and a tr y a new aesthetic. So we r e- for med as The L ulls,? said guitar ist and vocalist Rutger Rosenbor g while on the r oad to Boise, I daho. Although a San Diego band in ever y sense of the wor d, the sound of The L ulls is wor lds apar t fr om anything in the local scene. ?I sland of Daughter s? is filled with beautiful har monies, unusual time signatur es and
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layer ed ar r angements. ?We just like to tr y new things. I t?s sor t of the natur al pr ogr ession. We don?t like to r epeat," said Rosenbor g. Their debut r ecor d r esonates with gr ooves and hooks. I t is filled with songs about geogr aphy, femininity, and some even have a
spr inkle of Fr ench. Fr om star t to finish, ?I sland of Daughter s? is as insanely catchy as it is captivating. Songs like ?Answer s? and ?Mor occo? str ut and stutter, while ?Calafia? elevates with its ether eal chor us. ?Br uise? is a flat- out pop gem; thr ee minutes of musical bliss and Califor nia
war mth. Follow up singles, ?Par is? and ?Tyr ant,? deliver the stunning climax to their outstanding fir st r ecor d. ?I sland of Daughter s? was r eleased on vinyl dur ing their visit to New Yor k. A digital ver sion is coming soon. While The L ulls will be
busy pr omoting their new r ecor d in the coming months, the band is alr eady har d at wor k chur ning out new mater ial and r eleasing music videos. ?We star ted wr iting new stuff in New Yor k. We had a r ehear sal space in New Yor k. So I think we?ll star t wor king on new stuff, maybe star t thinking about r ecor ding something else. Something new,? said Rosenbor g. As for their music videos, all ar e visually stunning. Videos for their songs, "Br uise,? ?Par is? and ?Tyr ant? wer e r eleased thr oughout the last couple of months pr ior to the r elease of their new r ecor d. ?Tyr ant,? in par ticular, is the standout of the thr ee. A beautiful display of gender bending, the song itself was wr itten fr om a woman?s perspective; an anthem for the under r epr esented. The L ulls ar e to r etur n to San Diego in November after closing the second leg of their national tour. Catch The L ulls in their homecoming show at Pour House in Oceanside on Nov. 18.
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Cop loves Cosplay By MIKEMADRIAGA City Times Colonel Malcolm Weather by, a fictional char acter fr om 1890, r oams our campus. ?Steam and Punk? wer e combined ter ms coined in 1987 when an author, K.W. Jeter, fused the two wor ds to descr ibe his books ("Mor lock Night" and "I nfer nal Devices"). His books wer e wr itten to have occur r ed in the 19th centur y. The manner that the futur e was por tr ayed or envisioned in the Victor ian Er a, combined with the attir e of the per iod is what "steampunk" embodies. Richar d Fer r ell, 39, a San Diego Community College Distr ict Police Officer, attended the Gaslight Gather ing over a r ecent weekend ? in full steampunk fashion. I n the wor ld of costuming or cosplaying, ther e ar e a var iety of styles; Super Her oes, Monster s, Anime and Steampunk. An envisioned futur e in the Victor ian Er a, combined with the attir e of the per iod, is what steampunk embodies. ?Cosplay is br oken down into a few categor ies,? Fer r ell said, ?Maker s, Actor s and Models (in my opinion).? ?People make costumes to expr ess their cr eative talents and br ing char acter s fr om pop cultur e alive thr ough costume,? Fer r ell said. ?The number one thing to under stand is that people do it for differ ent r easons, but all br ing life into fiction.? Fer r ell said that he has been cosplaying since 2002. Back them he was asked to play Jack Spar r ow for a community Haunted House, www.gr 8pumpkin.com and he lear ned to make the costume and play the par t ?Some ar e excellent actor s that make any costume come
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RichardFerrell impersonatingColonel MalcolmWeatherby. Courtesy photo alive with the manner isms of the char acter,? he said, ?and some just simply wear a costume either pur chased commer cially or made by pr ofessionals.? ?Colonel Weather by? is Ferr ell?s latest cr eation. He displayed his ensemble at the 2016 San Diego Comic Con. He conceived the char acter when he initially pur chased a pith helmet at a pr evious steampunk gather ing, and then he r esear ched how it was used in the year 1890. ?I lear ned about Br itish soldier s and unifor ms of the time per iod, Fer r ell said. ?I fashioned
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the costume after an 1890 Br itish officer fr om the Boer War." Fer r ell said that he invested about $500 into the fabr ic and mater ials to cr eate his costume, the shoes and his hat wer e purchased commer cially. Some costumes with pr osthetics and makeup ar e known to take hour s to put together, but Fer r ell's took ?about 15 minutes.? ?I have been the winner of some small Halloween par ty See COSPLAY page 7
Pokez is a popular Mexican vegetar ian r estaur ant in downtown San Diego. The menu includes tacos, bur r itos, tostadas, soups and so on . Scan the QR code to watch a video of our r eview. The r estaur ant is located on E Str eet and is a shor t walk fr om City College. Tell us about your favor ite culinar y spot at info@sdcitytimes.com because ever ybody?s got to eat.
This November, two City College students will not be able to vote. L ast month, Ana Kar ina L omeli- Cadenas and Kenia Valence- Galeana, took a tr ip to the White House. Cadenas, Galeana, and their two mentor s, Sandr a Bauler and Amanda Cheyney, youth pr ogr am specialists fr om San Diego Wor kfor ce Par tner ship (SDWP), flew to Washington, DC, to pr esent a pr oposal that they made based on ?customer- center ed design thinking.? Their pr esentation was made at the Depar tment of L abor (DOL ) Fr ances Per kins Building at the White House. Cadenas, an Ur ban Studies major, and Galeana, a Business Management major, both 19 year s old, feel the extr a pr essur es that come with an education." "They tell you that being an AB 540 student that ?you cannot do it,'? said Galeana. ?Then you do see these other s that have made successful car eer s out of being AB540 students ? it is something that is achievable.? The Pr ice Scholar ship office on the four th floor of the MS Building is a good r esour ce for AB 540 students. ?One thing that we lear ned at Pr ice is always to be cr eator s so when I did my thank-you speech at the White House, I said that I was an ?oppor tunity pir anha.? So whenever something pr esents itself, I ?m definitely going for it.? Their website states, ?The Pr ice Scholar ship Pr ogr am assists students fr om San Diego to complete an Associate Degr ee and/or Cer tificate Pr ogr am at San Diego City College in two to thr ee year s. The assistance we pr ovide for students comes in many for ms: financial assis-
tance, seminar s, individual counseling, mentor ing, a pr ogr am r etr eat, and social events." One major issue that many undocumented immigr ants face is tr aveling outside of their place of r esidence. Many AB 540 students have said that they fear dr iving thr ough the U.S. Customs and Bor der Pr otection checkpoints (i.e., the San Clemente Station on I nter state 5, the River side County L ine station on I nter state 15, and the Pine Valley Station on I nter state 8). They also said that flying within the U.S. was not an option until the last few year s. ?Because of DACA(Defer r ed Action for Childhood Ar r ivals),? said both of them. ?DACA (status) pr otects us when flying and not have to wor r y about getting depor ted,? Galeana said. ?And we can wor k too.? Cadenas and Galeana admitted that they have to ?wor k har der than the aver age student.? But they also said that it is OK because they have watched Dr eam Act, AB 540, and DACA students befor e them, ?doing well for themselves.? ?I think the most impor tant thing out of ever ything was when Kenia and I got to stand up and r eally just talk to them (at the Deptar tment of L abor ) and have a ?hear t to hear t?about how we felt,? Cadenas said, ?and the passion that we had for this pr oject and how impor tant it is to involve the youth in ever ything that they do.? Since the two have r etur ned, they said that they wer e offer ed jobs by a few companies pr esent at the White House that Monday after noon. ?Over all I feel empower ed that I was able to go over ther e, and now I feel like I can do anything,? Galeana said.
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Anew Charger stadium downtown? PRO
Whether you?r e a native to GabeRivera San Diego or fr om somewher e else, ther e?s no excuse for letting the futur e of the city be swept away fr om under neath us. Coming up in the November election, it will be up to you to decide whether you want this city to gr ow and pr osper by voting yes on measur e C or if you want San Diego to become a bar r en spor ts ghost town by voting no. Being bor n and r aised her e in San Diego myself, I have a deep affection for the local NFL team, the San Diego Char ger s. Win or lose, I stand with them until the end, but the end could be coming. L osing the Char ger s will not only affect the diehar d fans that bleed blue and yellow, but the city of San Diego?s economy would take a major hit as well. Since 1961, the Char ger s have called San Diego home. Jack Mur phy Stadium (now called Qualcomm) was built in 1967 and has been the home of the Char ger s ever since. Since then, they have hosted two Super Bowls and r enovated the stadium just once in the 90?s. I t has been over 50 year s since ?The Mur ph? opened and it is now the oldest stadium in the NFL . Measur e C pr oposes a multi- use facility that would ser ve as an extension of the downtown convention center. Measur e C would r aise San Diego?s hotel taxes fr om 12.5 per-
Illustration by KARINAFLORES cent to 16.5 per cent to help pay for a combined downtown stadium and convention center next to Petco Par k. I t will not r aise taxes on the r esidents of San Diego. I f Measur e C is appr oved, the Char ger s would contr ibute $650 million for the stadium por tion of the pr oject, using $300 million fr om the NFL and $350 million fr om the team, licensing payments, sales of "stadium- builder " ticket options to fans, and other pr ivate sour ces. The city would r aise $1.15 billion by selling bonds that would be paid back with the higher hotel tax r evenues. That $1.15 billion would cover the city?s $350 million contr i-
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bution to building the football stadium, $600 million to build the adjoining convention center annex, and $200 million for land. The NFL has stated that the Char ger s will not r eceive any bids for futur e Super Bowls if they do not upgr ade their facilities. Accor ding to a study by economists at Ar izona State Univer sity's W.P Car ey School of Business, an estimated $500 million was gener ated by Super Bowl XL I I for Glendale, Ar izona that year. By not building a new multi- use facility for the Char ger s, the city would potentially be losing out on billions of dollar s. San Diego has been See PROon page 7
I cur se Petco JamesCall Par k ever y time I tr y to go to the Centr al L ibr ar y on a Padr es game day. And I go once or twice a week. I cur se a lot. L ibr ar y par king is normally fr ee for 2 hour s with libr ar y validation. On game day, ther e is no validation and par king fees ar e $30 or mor e ? if the gar age is not completely full. Whatever str eet par king that is available is taken by spor ts fans for near ly a mile in any dir ection. All of this makes a tr ip by car to the libr ar y impossible. Damn you, Petco Par k!
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Enter Measur e C, which would appr ove the downtown Char ger stadium. I t would be located just catty- cor ner to the libr ar y on a site now in use as par king for Petco Par k, which is just a block away. That par king would be gone as soon as constr uction began. Have you ever tr ied to dr ive thr ough East Village when a game is commencing or ending? Nightmar e. Gr idlock on Mar ket, gr idlock on 11th, and gr idlock on G. The nuisance for near by r esidents and libr ar y patr ons cur r ently caused by Petco Par k would be doubled by a new stadium and some of the pr oblems would begin almost immediately.
I n an op- ed ar ticle that he wr ote for Voice of San Diego, ar chitect Ron Quigley says that a Char ger stadium downtown would be an "ir r ever sible and unpr ecedented planning disaster." He also says, "Ur ban plan ner s and ar chitects, whose job it is to envision the consequences of things like this, ar e unusually united in their opposition to Measur e C." The Downtown Community Planning Council, an elected gr oup of r esidents, pr oper ty owner s and business owner s, r ecently r oundly r ejected the plan of Char ger owner, Geor ge Spanos, by a vote of 17-1. Phoenix just r ecently r ejected a plan to build a stadium next to its ballpar k and so did San Fr ancisco. Called the "Convadium" the facility would be built to house convention events and is itself a convention center expansion. Spanos makes pr ojections for incr eases in convention business and hotel occupancy that San Diego hotelier s find wildly inflated. L isa Halver stadt, a wr iter for the Voice of San Diego, r epor ts that a study or der ed by the San Diego Tour ism Mar keting Distr ict, which r epr esents the hotels, finds mor e modest incr eases in convention business and even a possible net decr ease in hotel stays dur ing NFL games. A national hotel industr y website, Hotel News Now, suppor ts these findings. "Convadium" advocates have tr ied to give the imSee CONpage 7
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COSPLAY Continuedfrompage5 contests, but I stay away fr om big competitions mainly because that?s not who I am,? Fer r ell said. ?I use my steampunk character s as a way to pr omote my ar twor k, Colonel Malcolm Weather by?s Steampunk Ar senal.? When Fer r ell isn?t wor king on his cr eative endeavor s or pr otecting our campuses (he cover s both City and Mesa), he
PRO Continuedfrompage6 home to the wor ld's biggest geek gather ing, Comic Con, for mor e than 40 year s but not voting in favor of Measur e C definitely, clouds whether or not the two entities will r each a 50th anniver sar y together. Comic- Con wants an expansion at the Convention Center in order to have mor e space for extr a booths, venues, and events. Comic-Con gener ates an estimated $175 million for the city's economy, which includes mor e than $77 million in dir ect spending by the 130,000 people that visit the convention annu-
JAMS Continuedfrompage6 Pungaew attended the univer sity for four year s and said that he switched major s thr ee times befor e r unning out of financial aid. He never gr aduated, but lear ned something about himself. ?Twenty-six year s ago I didn?t r eally know what I wanted to do in life, as a lot of 18-22 year-old students,? Pungaew said, ?but being a DJ at my old univer sity, I knew that I loved music.? He said that he did not necessar ily know how to get into the music business, but wanted to dive into pr oduction and be able to manage music gr oups. ?City College was my beacon of hope,? Pungaew said. ?I decided to sign up for an audio editing class with the old- school r eel to r eel discs.? He said that it was a gr eat oppor tunity and that
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might be instr ucting college staff how to pr otect and defend themselves in a r eal life cr isis. L ast year, Fer r ell gr aced the cover of City Times. The stor y was r egar ding an AL I CE (aler t, lockdown, infor m, counter and evacuate) pr ogr am in which he and other s fr om his team, EMRT (Emergency Management Resour ce Team), taught the City College staff how to pr epar e for an active shooter on campus. Fer r ell has been wor king with the distr ict's Po-
lice Depar tment since 2000, and as an EMRT, he said that he still teaches that class ever y month. Fer r ell was also a pr evious student of City College. He said that he took classes in Media Communications and Russian. When asked if the two wor lds of law enfor cement and cosplay ever cr ossed over, his r esponse: ?Once I was asked to put together a scenar io similar to the Beslan (Russia) school attack. I was dr essed as a Chechen r ebel.?
ally. The city is in danger of losing this boon to the economy. With news of San Diego consider ing placing bids for the Olympics and the Wor ld Cup, a new multiuse facility just makes sense. I n an inter view with for mer Gover nor of I ndiana, Mitch Daniels, r epor ter Der ek Toger son asked how they wer e able to get a new stadium voted in by a public that didn't seem to be in favor of that: "We didn't do what we did to build a stadium for the Colts," Gov. Daniels told him. "We built a stadium and convention center as one facility, which is par t of the magic that makes this wor k so well. Some 90 per cent plus of the events in that stadium ar e not Colts games, so
we'r e getting multi- use. I t's conven tions and Final Four s and major entertainment that we wer e getting, all of it a benefit to the whole state." As many helping hands as the Char ger s lend this city, it's finally time for the city to give back to them. The Char ger s have been constant pillar s in the San Diego community and ar e r esponsible for a lot of char ity that goes unnoticed. Par ks, r ecr eation center s, homeless shelter s, and schools ar e the biggest beneficiar ies. I t's a luxur y many cities wish they had. I just hope San Diegans wake up and r ealize this befor e its too late and the Char ger s ar e in another city, fur ther ing other people's lives.
ENDORSES Continuedfrompage1 K-12 system, as well as the 72 community college distr icts thr oughout the state. Since the endor sement of the pr oposition by ASG, infor mational flier s ur ging voter s to appr ove the pr oposition have been circulated thr oughout City
On Nov. 8, California voters swill decide the fate of Proposition 55. CELIAJIMENEZ City Times College. Some major newspaper editor ial boar ds, including the San Fr ancisco Chr onicle and San Diego Union Tr ibune, have come out
against Pr op 55, though an L .A. Times poll has placed suppor t for the measur e among Califor nia r esidents at 57 per cent as of Sept. 30.
Comic- Con, and most beneficial for any lar ge event San Diego might host in the futur e," he said. The pr ice tag for the "Convadium," as r epor ted by KPBS last week, is $1.8 billion. The Char ger s and the NFL combined would kick in 650 million dollar s, or just over a thir d of the total cost. The r est would be r aised by taxes, most of that coming fr om a hike in hotel r oom taxes. However, the figur es in the Spanos plan being optimistically r osy, the Tour ism Mar keting Distr ict finds a significant shor tfall in this tax plan. Taxpayer s would once again be on the hook for a spor ts boondoggle. I t's a myster y why this city wants to continue bending over backwar ds for Spanos, especially when he has demonstr ated such bad faith with the people of San Diego. Ticket guar antees and sweethear t r ent deals with the Char ger s have
cost San Diego taxpayer s millions. The Char ger s' embar r assing and failed attempt to defect to L os Angeles last year would have left San Diegans holding the bag on Qualcomm costs ? ten year s befor e they ar e due to be paid off. And the Convadium plan
imum wage,? Pungaew said.?$3.80 an hour.? ?Then in about 3 year s,? Pungaew said, ?I became pr omotion dir ector.? A pr omotion dir ector at the station maintains all pr omotional calendar s, pr izes, contests, including wor kflow coor dination for events, talent management, and gear pr epar ation. He had many stor ies backed up with photos stor ed in his album. He was ?kickin? it? with Matt Damon, Paula Abdul, Janet Jackson, var ious r adio per sonalities, the Char ger ?s Cheer leader s ? Monchai Pungaew looking back at his time as a promotion director. and the ?Big Ass Bus? ?That is how we pr oMIKEMADRIAGA City Times moted back then. We going to just spoon feed six weeks.? would dr ive to venues with you. Don?t wor r y about the A year and a half later, our team (and occasional money at the beginning.? the money got better be- ar tists) in San Diego, TiHe did not get paid at cause he got a job with the juana, and L os Angeles." the station for six months San Diego Police Depar tPungaew said that he doing the ?gr unt wor k.? ment as an on- campus owes many technical Pungaew sur vived by r esidential secur ity officer soundboar d and tur ntable ?bagging gr ocer ies, being at the Univer sity of San fixes at the station, on the a secur ity guar d at L a Diego. The station also bus, and on stage ? to his Jolla Village Squar e, and picked him up as a par t- class at City College. living out of my Toyota (at time employee . ?Almost ever y class we the mall par king lot) for ?I was getting paid min- offer has a lab attached
wher e students ar e actually going out and perfor ming the skills,? Casta単eda said, ?not just r eading about how to do it, in a textbook.? He said that he stayed with Z90 for five and a half year s, and helped with the sister channels, X99 and Radio L atina 104.5 FM, all under the par ent company, Califor mula Br oadcasting. ?We ar e elated ever y time we lear n about another RTVF Alumni getting a job,? Casta単eda said, ?and that?s pr oof in the pudding that we ar e doing something r ight.? That evening at the Fr eestyle Reunion concer t, Pungaew asked the lead act, the Cover Gir ls, if they ?r emember coming by the fir st Jammin? Z90 anniver sar y par ty (1991).? ?Yes, we we do,? said one of the singer s. ?Thank you for all that you do. We ar e so blessed and so happy to still do what we love.? Pungaew couldn?t have said it better.
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he didn?t have to pay a lot. ?I t was ar ound $11 a unit.? ?Each semester we r eceive dozens of students who alr eady have degr ees fr om UCSD, USD, Point L oma Nazar ene, SDSU, but they show up seeking mor e hands- on exper ience,? said L aur a Casta単eda San Diego City College chair of communications, . One day while attending class, he noticed a flyer with pull-off tabs posted in the hallway. He said that it was for an inter nship for a br and new r adio station at the time. ?I t was then called Jammin?Z90.? ?I took a leap of faith and I called,? Pungaew said, ?and an hour and a half later I was an inter n at the station.? Casta単eda str ongly believes in the networ king aspect of the City College exper ience. ?We help pr ovide the contacts they need to get jobs in the industr y.? ?At the beginning you have to pay your dues,? Pungaew said. ?Nobody is
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pr ession the Comic- Con suppor ts Measur e C. When signatur e- solicitor s displayed signs r eading, "Keep Comic- Con in San Diego," David Glanzer, Comic- Con Dir ector of Mar keting, wr ote an ar ticle in the Union- Tr ibune to cor r ect that falsehood. He acknowledged gr owing pains as each year the convention gets bigger, and spoke of the need for a lar ger facility. Noting that exhibitor s balked at being placed upstair s, one floor above the main hall when that was tr ied, he pointed out that an off- site expansion would ser ve even less well. "Comic-Con believes that a contiguous convention center expansion (one that is connected to the cur r ent facility) would be best for
does the same thing. The City News Ser vice r epor ts that Councilman Scott Sher man opposes the measur e, as do Councilmen Chr is Cate and David Alvar ez. I t is str enuously opposed by Chr is War d, who in December will begin r epr esenting The East Village, wher e the stadium would be built. He says, "On top of being a bad deal for taxpayer s, Measur e C disr egar ds public pr ocess and smar t land use planning. I stand with downtown r esidents and council member s on both sides of the aisle to ask San Diegans to vote No on Measur e C."
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Knights Turn In Impressive Win By GABERIVERA City Times
Chloe Gr uwell and the Knights continued their impr essive str etch on the season, winning 3- 1 (25- 18, 25- 11, 24- 26, 25- 11) against I mper ial Valley College on Oct. 12. The Knights impr oved their r ecor d to 9- 6 over all and 2- 1 in conference play for the 2016 season. The Knights star ted the game sluggishly, falling behind in the ear ly going 1412. Coach Dede Bodnar called a timeout and the team r esponded by finishing the fir st set on a 13- 4 r un. When asked what was said dur ing that timeout, Coach Bodnar r eplied, "We wer e playing their game and just needed to focus on what we wer e doing and we did gr eat." I mper ial Valley's fr ustr ation began to show in the second set when the Knights jumped out to a 209 lead. I mper ial Valley's star outside hitter, fr eshKnightssophomoremiddleblocker Kali Weires(left) sendstheball abovethenet while Imperial Valley freshmanoutsidehitter SamanthaBene- man Megan L er no, looked field (right) getsready toblock theball Oct. 12at San DiegoCity CollegeWest Gymnasium. CELIAJIMENEZ City Times outmatched by City's dy-
namic team chemistr y and dominant attack. Outside hitter s, sophomor e Chloe Gr uwell (17 kills, 24 digs), fr eshman L ysette Ser na (12 kills, 11 digs) and sophomor e middle blocker Kali Weir es (11 kills, 8 solo blocks) wer e too much for I mper ial Valley to handle. Other standouts included sophomor e setter, Megan Kr onschnabel (25 assists, 9 digs) and sophomor e liber o, Br enda Cotto (23 digs). I mper ial Valley did take the thir d set 26- 24 behind the inspir ed play of L er no and other s but the Knights wer e r esting some of their star ter s dur ing the set. City College ended the night on a high note by dominating the final set 25-11. The Knights ar e hitting their str ide at just the r ight moment, as a showdown with fir st place Gr ossmont College (15- 1) is on the schedule for next Wedneday Oct. 19 at Har r y West Gymnasium. The Knights will have an oppor tunity to gauge wher e they stand among the best teams in the r egion. Game time 5 p.m.
Knights' wild win over Coyotes By CELIAJIMENEZ
the widest mar gin of the City Times season, 1- 5. The loss gives the Knights an over all The last week has been a r ecor d or 7-2-4, and 5-1-2 in r oller coaster for the league play. Knights men?s soccer team. The match against CuyaOn Oct. 7 the team scor ed maca was intense fr om the a last- minute goal and won star t, with the ball tr aveling the match 2- 1 against the to all par ts of the field. Cuyamaca Coyotes at City?s Cuyamaca was quicker on soccer field, str etching their its attacks and ball r ecover y. undefeated str eak to 11. The fir st goal of the ?We played smar t,? match came at minute 20, Knights Head Coach Milton when thr ee Cuyamaca playHidalgo said after the win. er s got into the penalty ar ea He r ecognized the Coyotes ambushing City?s defense had played faster than his and shooting on goal. The team and that Knights ball passed thr ough the needed to step up their hands of sophomor e goalie game. Jor ge Calvar io and into the ?We need to possess and net despite fr eshman debe a little bit quicker. We fender Ger ar do L opez?s athave to able to play and tempt to stop it. match that speed of play,? The fir st half of the game he said. ended in 1- 0 in favor of the Four days later, the Coyotes. Knights stumbled against The second half was mor e San Ber nar dino, losing by intense than the fir st, Cuya-
maca wanted to scor e another goal to widen its advantage while City was looking to tie the game. I n a move that took Cuyamaca by sur pr ise, the Knights tied the game with a goal fr om sophomor e forwar d Contr er as. After the goal, the Coyotes stepped up their game. The Knights str uggled but wer e able to stop them ar ound the penalty ar ea and when Cuyamaca took a shot, it ended in Calvar io?s hands. I t seems the game would end in a tie, but the Knights showed other wise. City took advantage of Cuyamaca?s open space and Contr er as sped past the Coyotes?defense. He laid off a pass, which went to L opez, who scor ed for the Knights Knights' sophomore midfielder Jose De Silva (left) battles sophomore forward Sylvester Rivera (right) to get control of the ball on Oct. 7 at San Diego City College at the 90th minute. soccer field. CELIAJIMENEZ City Times The game ended a 2- 1 in favor of the Knights.
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