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National Pacemaker winner | Volume 70, Number 11 | April 27, 2016

Beebe seeks Santa Barbara post

By BEATRIZMERCED City Times

San Diego City College Pr esident Anthony Beebe positioned himself as "a unique candidate with a unique backgr ound? that's best qualified to become Santa Bar bar a City College's next pr esident.

He addr essed tr ustees, faculty, students and r esidents at a for um ther e for four of the five finalists for that post on Apr il 28. The finalists included Southwester n College Pr esident Melinda Nish.

The Santa Bar bar a City College Boar d of Tr ustees plans to appoint a new super intendent/ pr esident befor e July 1. ?Coming into community college, I was not the best high school student in the wor ld, but I had an oppor tunity to see how a community college exper ience can change the tr ajector y of a per son," he said. "You all see that ever y day when you wor k

with students, and I just r eally want to be a par t of that.?

He began his pr esentation descr ibing his upbr inging in a far m with his family in souther n Or egon, and how that led to wor king for the fir e depar tment, wher e he became a tr ainer, which inspir ed him to pur sue a car eer in education. ?All of those jobs, and all those exper iences have made my application her e today mor e valuable to you and mor e r elevant,? he said.

Beebe was named pr esident of City College just two year s ago. Pr eviously, he led the distr ict's San Diego Continuing Education for eight year s, leading its seven campuses that offer adult education.

He was asked how his colleagues at City would descr ibe his leader ship values, which infor m how he car r ies out his r ole

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San Diego City College President Anthony Beebe answered questions at a forumon April 25 at Santa Barbara City College. He told the trustees, faculty and students that his varied background insideand outsideof education madehim a valuableoption. Heis amongfive finalists for theposition. Adecisionistobeannouncedby July 1. RYANCULLOMSBCC The Channels

ASG president-elect wants more student participation

By NATALIEHANSON BEATRIZMERCED City Times Even if you ar en't following the student gover nment elections, if you will attend City College next fall, you should know the name Dar on Woods.

He?s in his second semester at City College, hails fr om Tr inidad and Tobago in the Car ibbean and r an unopposed to be the next pr esi-

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dent of the Associated Student Gover nment.

The ASG r epr esents the student body at City College.

This boar d of officer s or ganizes, finances and dir ects pr ogr ams and events held on campus and ser ves as a liaison between students and the administr ation.

The pr esident of ASG also ser ves as a student member of the San Diego Community College Distr ict boar d.

Woods said he's up to this challenge.

He is major ing in political science and plans to tr ansfer to either Univer sity of Califor nia L os Angeles or Univer sity of Califor nia San Diego to focus on inter national r elations. ?Being a for eign student br ought me to ASG, when sever al people r ecommended it to me, and I immediately thought that this is something that I wanted to do," he said.

"I think I br ing a fr esh per spective to this campus

that?s alr eady seen as ver y diver se. I want to keep advocating for students and diver sity."

He is passionate about incr easing student involvement on campus. ?My plan is to incr ease the size of events that ar e usually small, and make them big ones over sever al days, with mor e ways students can par ticipate."

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Students plea for support RTVFclasses

By THOMASCHESY City Times After a dr amatic plea by City College?s students and faculty to distr ict tr ustees, Chancellor Constance Car r oll outlined ways the administr ation plans to suppor t the Radio, TV, Film pr ogr am though indicated that mor e class cuts wer e likely in the fall.

A total of 17 clases wer e cut in the pr ogr am and in Digital Jour nalism this academic year, and 25 per cent of classes planned for the fall have alr eady been cut. ?Classes keep getting cut means it?s a longer pr ocess for me and then I ?m not going to be able to get a job in the field that I want,? student Cr ystal Mar tinez told the San Diego Community College Distr ict tr ustees on Apr il 14.

A day later, Car r oll sent a letter to those who had spoken saying a plan could be developed to r educe the number of class cancellations but that mor e of them would likely occur next fall.

"The fir st step in this pr ocess

is to r educe the number of cour ses in the upcoming fall semester to r educe the potential for cancellations and to ensur e that the cour ses that ar e offer ed go for war d," she wr ote.

A week later, the dean with over sight of the pr ogr am pledged to wor k with its faculty to "save it not kill it."

The Communication Depar tment, which includes RTVF and Digital Jour nalism pr ogr ams, has been str uggling to continue its wor k after year s of setbacks.

Students wer e displaced by the r emodel of the C Building and have had to wor k in tempor ar y studios and newsr ooms. Electr onic equipment wor th at least $43,000 was stolen fr om the depar tment.

City's for mer chief br oadcast engineer was ar r ested and faces felony char ges in the theft of four video camer as.

At the boar d meeting, four students spoke highly about the pr ogr am and its instr uctor s, but lamented the class cancellations which delayed the completion of their cour sewor k necessar y for gr aduation. ?I just want to finish something in my life,? said Mar tinez.

Adjunct pr ofessor s Tar aL ynne Pixley and Douglass Mooney also spoke to the boar d about the impact of the class cuts on students, par ticular ly on minor ity gr oups.

The appeal to the boar d was emotional at times, with Mooney br eaking down in tear s at the end of his r emar ks, in which he pleaded that a way be found to save pr ogr ams like RTVF. Chancellor Car r oll, who after the meeting r emar ked how impr essed she was with the students who spoke, sent a letter to the speaker s the next day outlining her findings.

"The college hopes to see a two- year plan for the pr ogr am Crystal Martineztold thedistrict's trustees that sheis concerned theclass cuts in that will make its class offer- the RTVFprogram will hurt her ability to get a job. She was one of four City stuings mor e r eliable within the budget and also plan a timely dents whospokeat themeeting. Courtesy photo from "Newscene" video path for students' pr ogr am section cancellations in a given two- week gr ace per iod for stucompletion," she wr ote. semester. dents to enr oll in a class.

She said City's administr ation Ensur e students' ability to City's administr ation has had four goals for the pr ogr am complete the pr ogr am in a been concer ned about the degoing for war d: timely manner. par tment's enr ollment for some Continue effor ts to build stuThe second goal in the list time, the chancellor wr ote. dent enr ollment in the pr ogr am. implies that the only solution to "City College leader ship has Better align the number of the cancellations is to simply not been concer ned for a long time class sections with the number offer cer tain classes in the fir st of student par ticipants. place, r ather than give the usual See SUPPORTon page 6 Reduce the number of class

'Many students just don't have food or money'

By COLLETTECARROL City Times Ellen Webster, who used to r un tr ack for City College, noticed her fellow athletes going hungr y.

"Many students just don't have food or the money to buy food," she said.

That led her to contact the non- pr ofit or ganization So Other s May Eat, which now pair s with City's small business entr epr eneur ship class to distr ibute food to students once a month on campus.

The food is available to all, r egar dless of financial status.

Students line up, sign-in and ar e allowed to take home one paper bag's wor th of food of their choice. They can select fr om tables topped with food r anging fr om canned goods to coffee to pr oduce. Mor e than 150 students picked up an estimated 4,000 pounds of food just in one day in Apr il.

"I f they show up and ar e hungr y, then ther e ar e no questions asked," said Tr esha Souza, the founder and dir ector of So Other s May Eat.

Onceamonth, atruck from SoOthersMay Eat comestoCity andgivesaway food. COLLETTECARROLLCity Times The monthly food distr ibution began at City College in Apr il of 2015 when the Business Technology Depar tment was able to connect with Souza.

"We star ted this once we noticed ther e wer e a lot of homeless students on campus. We

also r un the daily food pantr y wher e food is available to students, but that just wasn't enough," said Danny Per eda, a Business Management student.

The small business entr epr eneur ship class (BUSE 245) is an inter nship class wher e students

wor k in var ious student- r un companies. These include the Emer gency Food Pantr y located in BT 211, Fantastique, a used clothing stor e, located in BT 212, and the Business Resour ce Center, located in BT313.

"I think it's beneficial to stu-

dents, especially to those with low-incomes who don't have the funds to pur chase food. I 've donated to the pantr y myself and to eat fr om the pantr y you just have to be a student," said student Shir in Wilson.

Souza star ted So Other s May Eat in 2007, funded by contr ibutions. On aver age, volunteer s dr ive 180 miles per day to pick up donated food fr om acr oss San Diego County. They also offer fr ee dinner s available to the public ever y Tuesday in L a Jolla and Ocean Beach.

Their newest pr oject includes the pur chase of an ambulance they intend to use to dr ive ar ound giving fr ee hair cuts to those who want them.

Students may volunteer to help with the campus distr ibution or acr oss the city.

For infor mation on the next monthly distr ibution or in volunteer ing, students may contact the Business Technology Depar tment or So Other s May Eat, at (858) 900- 1275 or soother smayeatinc.or g.The Emer gency Food Pantr y, located in BT211A, is open 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Monday thr ough Thur sday.

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How basketball changed my life

By DENISEWHITE City Times

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We should have been taught these lessons

By BEATRIZMERCED City Times I r emember counting the days to my high school gr aduation. I was r eady to star t college and live on my own. L ittle did I know what awaited me.

I t was as if someone had been cr eating a pile of r esponsibilities that I didn?t know about and was r eady to dump them on me as soon as I gr aduated. When the moment came to live on my own I r ealized I lacked extr emely valuable knowledge.

What I don?t under stand is this: I f education is supposed to cr eate pr oductive member s of society, why ar en't childr en given the necessar y infor mation to succeed in life?

I believe we should have been taught the basics of finance, politics and how to fill out common for ms, such as tax declar ations, in our last two year s of high school.

We millennials ar e often seen by other gener ations as lazy, job- hopper s and obsessed with technology and social media.

But consider this: How ar e we supposed to know what we have never been taught?

These impor tant life lessons ar e often

left to the par ents. Being r aised by a single wor king mother, I was no str anger to har d wor k, dedication, and sacr ifice, but my mother bar ely had time to spend time with my br other and I . Millennials wer e bor n at a time when the divor ce r ates ar e at their highest.

I believe we should have been taught how to handle our finances, build cr edit, apply for a job, handle a job inter view, r ent an apar tment, among other impor tant life tasks. We also need to under stand how to do our taxes, how the voting system wor ks and what jobs ar e in high demand.

The millennial gener ation gr ew up using the I nter net and we have any infor mation we need at our finger tips. The pr oblem with too much infor mation, however, is that it can be counter- pr oductive since impor tant infor mation can get lost.

At this point, especially those of us in college, it's our r esponsibility to lear n how to do these impor tant life tasks.

However, it's impor tant for the older set to know what obstacles we have encounter ed so that they can update basic education to teach us the stuff we need to know.

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I was only 9 the fir st time I played basketball. I was a shy kid and my par ents encour aged me to tr y something new. Back then, I wasn't that good but I knew for sur e that I wanted to get better.

After my fir st season of playing in a r ecr eational league, my dad got me a basketball hoop for the dr iveway.

He got a legit hoop that was cemented in the gr ound. Ever yday I pr acticed. Dr ibbling, fr ee thr ows, layups. You name it, I was out ther e pr acticing with my dad as often as I could.

I may not have known it back then, but I was lear ning to be per sistent.

My dr eam at 13 was to play on the var sity basketball team at Westview High School in my neighbor hood of Rancho Pe単asquitos. Once I hit high school, my dr eam came tr ue.

I tr ied out my fr eshman year and made it on the Junior Var sity team.

To make it onto the var sity team the head coach told us that we had to be able to make 3-pointer s.

Having a tough coach taught me that nothing comes easy and I would have to wor k har d for something if I r eally wanted it.

I pr acticed shooting those shots all the time that I became one of the 3point shooting guar ds. I played on var sity my junior and senior year s and enjoyed ever y minute of it.

I went to Mesa College and played for two year s, fr om 2010 to 2012, when I was one of the captains of the team.

Coach Michael Hootner loved me, saying that I was one of the most coachable player s he'd ever had.

By being a captain, I believe it has helped me at my cur r ent job as an assistant manager at Jer sey Mike's Subs and also be a coach. I know how to inter act with other s while being in char ge and making sur e things get done.

The following year, I tr ansfer r ed to Paine College in Augusta, GA on a basketball scholar ship. I t was an NCAA Division I I school so I was excited. This was the dr eam r ight her e!

Ever ything that I wor ked har d for was happening.

Unfor tunately, it didn't tur n out how I expected it to. I left after a year because ther e was r umor s the college could lose it accr editation.

I came back to San Diego, completely lost not knowing what my next step would be.

I had alr eady used up thr ee year s of eligibility for basketball and I had one year left but I couldn't do much with that year seeing that schools don't usually pick up player s for only one year.

That's when I found a new passion.

A fr iend had asked me to coach the Mir a Mesa fr eshman high school gir ls team and I took that oppor tunity.

I taught these gir ls how to play a spor t I loved and watched them gr ow.

We may have not won too many games but I was so pr oud of their development.

After that exper ience I knew I wanted to coach and show these gir ls that thr ough commitment and har d wor k, you can achieve your goals.

Most r ecently, I am an assistant coach for a local high school's Del Nor te High School club team that wor ks with middle schooler s. I jumped at the oppor tunity because I know at that age, I was excited to lear n and move on to high school.

Despite the fact that I didn't complete my four year s of college basketball and I don't for mally play the spor t, I still love it. I t has made me who I am today and taught me some valuable lessons.

I never r eally thought about coaching in the past but I 'm super gr ateful that I have this oppor tunity to be an influential leader to young kids. I hope that one day my exper ience with coaching will lead me to a car eer.

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Affairs of the heart Aseries of lovestories in atiny NewEngland town is at theheart of "Almost, Maine," aCity Collegetheater production presented April 15 to24 at SavilleTheatre. Theproduction marks thereturn of plays to the campus after a 16-year hiatus. The actors included, fromleft to right, Marie Malhamand James LaRose in "Her Heart," and Latasheanne Cockhren and Roberto Castillo Jr. , in "Getting It Back," seenhereinarehearsal onApril 14. CELIAJIMENEZCity Times

Ten San Diego concerts not to miss B r ian Wilson

By RICARDOSOLTERO City Times

June 30 Del Mar Fair gr ounds ($16-$50) Celebr ating the Beach Boy?s legendar y ?Pet Sounds,? the 50th anniversar y of the r ecor d will have special guest Al Jar dine and Blondie Chaplin for a per for mance of the 1966 album in its entir ety.

As cool spr ing evenings give way to beautiful summer days, San Diego will host many hot concer ts in the next four months. Her e is our top ten ?must see? shows coming to town. Br ing on those summer vibes .

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Weezer

May 5 Headquar ter s at Seapor t Village (Fr ee) This Cinco de Mayo celebr ation br ings Tijuana?s musical ensemble to Seapor t Village, br inging their br and of electr onica mixed with Nor teĂąo and Tambor a instr umentation.

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Violent Femmes May 6 Humphr ey's Concer ts by the Bay ($59-$169) Coming off their fir st r ecor d in 16 year s, the band r etur ns to San Diego with a ver y solid new r ecor d. Ener getic and fun, the band will deliver the goods as the member s dig thr ough their classic r eper toir e along with the new.

B eyoncĂŠ May 12 Qualcomm Stadium ($25-$280) After stealing the show fr om Super Bowl 50 halftime show per for mer s Coldplay with her new single ?For mation,? it?s just a matter of time when Queen Bey deliver s her new r ecor d, sending the hype machine into over dr ive.

Summer K ick Off w/ Gwen St efani, Ar iana Gr ande, F lo Rida, I ggy Azalea May 13 Sleep Tr ain Amphitheatr e ($30-$110) Hosted by Channel 93.3, this music mar athon featur es an ar r ay of pop star s tailor- made for the hit music r adio enthusiasts.

The Who May 27 Valley View Casino Center ($39-$139) The Who Hits 50! tour is a two- year far ewell jour ney that began in 2014. Now coming down to the final dates, San Diego will be one of the last stops for the legendar y band.

B ob D ylan The Cur e May 20 Sleep Tr ain Amphitheatr e ($30-$85) The English r ock band will be playing a one-of-a-kind expansive show that will explor e 37 year s of their catalogue.

These hits, r ar ities and fan favor ites will be pair ed with a new stage pr oduction.

June 14 Humphr ey?s Concer ts by the Bay ($165) Dylan?s Never Ending Tour visits San Diego to pr omote his for thcoming album ?Fallen Angels.? With a set list heavy on ?Blood on Tr acks" to the mor e r ecent ?Moder n Times,? Dylan will definitely be pr eviewing some of the newer pieces in ?Fallen Angels.?

Aug 3 Sleep Tr ain Amphitheatr e ($35-$75) Pair ing with Panic! At the Disco for this summer tour, the band comes off the r elease of their well- r eceived ?The White Album.? A nifty collection of vintage Weezer melodies in new songs along with their classics, Weezer will definitely channel those summer vibes dur ing this tour.

Guns N?Roses Aug 22 Qualcomm Stadium ($45-$225) The long awaited r eunion of the 80?s classic lineup, mor e impor tantly between fr ont man Axl Rose and guitar ist Slash, has finally come to fr uition. Cr itical r esponse for their Coachella headline per for mance has been over whelmingly positive. Expect an explosive show leaning heavily on the har d r ocking ?Appetite for Destr uction.?

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Academy brings hope to girls in Kenya

By DESTINYORTIZ City Times

Chicano Park celebration Thousands of people attended the 46th annual Chicano Park Celebration on April 23 in Barrio Logan. The event combinedmusic, dance, food, neighborhoodhistory, social justice, and, of course, lowriders. CELIAJIMENEZCity Times

Col l ege Night s New York Met s Thursday May 5 San Francisco Giant s Thursday May 19 Seat t l e Mariners Thursday June 2 Washingt on Nat ional s Thursday June 16 Cincinnat i Reds Friday July 29 Arizona Diamondbacks Thursday Aug. 18 Col orado Rockies Thursday Sept. 8 San Francisco Giant s Thursday Sept. 22 Los Angel es Dodgers Thursday Sept. 29

Ther e's a special school in Kenya wher e gir ls ar e offer ed a W.I .S.H. That stands for Women of I ntegr ity, Str ength, and Hope.

That is what its founder s str ive to give the gir ls enr olled in their high school, confidence to be leader s in their families and their communities.

The school is called Dar aja Academy and it is located about four hour s nor th of Nair obi. I t's an impover ished ar ea that is home to conflicting tr ibes, explained its co- founder, Jenni Doher ty, wher e gir ls do not get an oppor tunity to get an education.

She spoke to peace and gender studies students at City College on Apr il 13. She explained how that oppor tunity changes the lives of the gir ls selected to attend the academy.

I n Kenya, only elementar y school is fr ee. Most families cannot affor d to eat, let alone send their childr en to school.

Doher ty founded the school with her husband, Jason, who had tr aveled acr oss Afr ica with his family year s ear lier. A gr aduate of the Univer sity of San Diego, he later became a teacher.

She joked that dur ing a night of r omance the only thing on her mind was star ting a family.

But her husband had another idea. He had been moved by the r eality of so many childr en not

Academy co- founder Jenny Doherty.

DESTINYORTIZCity Times being able to get an education in Afr ica that he wanted to cr eate a gir l's school in Kenya.

They decided to move ther e and make that dr eam a r eality.

The couple began to develop the academy in 2006. They wer e committed to not only offer ing r igor ous academics but to develop the gir ls' natur al leadership skills and empower them to change their communities.

The students "will be the agent of change,? Doher ty said, and will have the power to tr ansfor m their communities.

One of the students who attended Doher ty's pr esentation r eflected on its message. ?We could lear n mor e fr om those gir ls. I do feel like they?r e teaching something that we pr obably don?t have," Mitzi Victor io. "I t could be the W.I .S.H, pr ogr am."

For mor e infor mation about the school visit dar aja-academy.or g.

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Games designed City Bites just for students

By RICARDOSOLTERO City Times Baseball is back in town as the San Diego Padr es enter their 13th season at Petco Par k.

Each year, the Padr es offer a var iety of theme games to enhance the fan exper ience at Petco Par k and celebr ate the diver se community thr oughout the San Diego r egion.

Retur ning this year ar e College Nights, a ser ies of games hosted at a special pr ice for student or ganizations.

Tickets star t at $10 with the use of a special discount code on the team's website. Pr ices in-

cr ease the day of the game.

Valid student identification is r equir ed for the pr omotion.

This season, College Nights will see games against the Washington Nationals, San Fr ancisco Giants, L os Angeles Dodger s and mor e.

The next College Nights game is on May 5 when the Padr es play the New Yor k Mets and host the team's annual Cinco de Mayo celebr ation at the Par k at the Par k.

For mor e infor mation about tickets and game schedules for College Nights visit m.padr es.mlb.com/tickets/ info/collegenights.

Bub's @the Ballpark has great fare for the Petco Park crowd and the averagepriceof foodis$11. MIKEMADRIAGA City Times Ever ybody?s got to eat. We?r e going to help you find gr eat eats near campus, thr ough videos on our website, sdcitytimes.com. Tell us about your favor ite culinar y spot at info@sdcitytimes.com because ever ybody?s got to eat.

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SUPPORT ContinuedfromPage1 r egar ding the small enr ollment in the RTVF pr ogr am and the fact that the pr ogr am's cur r iculum and schedule of classes have been 'over built' over the year s," the chancellor wr ote.

L aur a Casta単eda, the chair of Communication Depar tment, which includes RTVF and Digital Jour nalism, is still hopeful changes coming to the pr ogr am will be positive.

"We hope to continue a dialog with the administr ation over these cuts. We need their suppor t in or der to ser ve our students. To kill or shr ink this depar tment when we ar e bar ely getting back to normalcy following the r emodel of our facil-

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ity would be a shame," she said.

Photojour nalism pr ofessor Pixley met with the Dean of Ar ts, Humanities, Communications, and Telecommunications, Tr udy Ger ald, after the boar d meeting.

"I want to say fir st that she emphasized her desir e to save the pr ogr am, not kill it," Pixley said.

"She mostly advised me that we, as faculty, begin a campaign to dr aw in new students and r etain the confidence and

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President Anthony Beebeparticipated in theCity CollegeFoundation Scholarship Brunch on April 23 at BalboaPark 'sHall of Champions. Courtesy photo

BEEBE ContinuedfromPage1 ?I think, no I know, that they would tell you the thr ee values that I cher ish in my leader ship r ole ar e loyalty, tr ust, and r espect,? he said, ?par ticular ly loyalty to the institution.?

Mor e than a dozens administr ator s and faculty member s at City College declined to comment on both his application and what they thought Beebe had accomplished dur ing his tenur e on campus.

At the Santa Bar bar a for um, Beebe was the thir d candidate to speak. He dr ew a shar p contr ast with his other competitor s. He steer ed away fr om big wor ds or unknown acr onyms and spoke in a fr iendly and accessible way.

A community r esident asked the candidates if they would suppor t building dor ms to house inter national students attending Santa Bar bar a City College.

Beebe said his focus would be to ser ve the local community, which was in contr ast to Nish's r esponse. ?I am not a big suppor ter of br inging in inter national students," he said, noting that adding dor ms wer e an option in San Diego, "but we sat down and said that wasn?t the focus ther e or the dir ection we wanted to go.?

Nish said she wasn?t opposed to building student dor ms if that?s what the Santa Bar bar a community needed.

An audience member asked Beebe about his stance on the envir onment. ?I ?m committed to helping the envir onment,? he said, and used City's justconcluded Week of Ser vice as an example of his leader ship effor ts in that ar ea.

City College's student population stands at ar ound 16,000, while Santa Bar bar a City College ser ves appr oximately 20,000.

I n 2013, the college was named the

co-winner of the Aspen (I nstitute) Pr ize for Community College Excellence, achieving the r ank of the number 1 community college in the nation.

For it's next leader, Santa Bar bar a City College is looking for a successful communicator, an effective par tner with exter nal or ganizations, and an exper ienced leader in handling collective bargaining agr eements, the tr ustees said.

Santa Bar bar a City College's cur r ent pr esident, L or i Gaskin, is to r etir e on Aug. 1, after ser ving in that position for four year s. I n 2014, she r eceived a base salar y of $248,355, and total pay and benefits of $306,224, accor ding to the Tr anspar ent Califor nia website.

I n 2014, Beebe's 2014 base salar y at City College was $227,771, and total pay and benefits totaled $260,577.

Beebe, who has a Ph.D. in Education, was pur suing a second doctor ate degr ee at Fielding Gr aduate Univer sity in Santa Bar bar a at the time he was appointed pr esident at City.

At that time, Beebe was said to br ing str ong connections in the community and a national r eputation as a top administr ator to City College. ?Anthony Beebe br ings extr aor dinar y qualifications to the position of pr esident of City College,? said San Diego Community College Distr ict Chancellor Constance Car r oll in announcing his appointment on Apr il 29, 2014 ?He has tr ansfor med the Continuing Education division into what one important gover nment agency descr ibed as the best in state,? she continued.

Accor ding to the news r elease fr om Apr il 2014, the sear ch for a per manent pr esident attr acted candidates fr om both Califor nia and the nation, but accor ding to the boar d pr esident, Rich Gr osch, ?Anthony Beebe was the best in ter ms of qualifications, exper ience and br oad commitment to the community college mission.?

He gave one example.

"On Ear th Day, you attr act all kinds of students and can get speaker s on climate change, the envir onment, food conser vation, so many topics, and gener ate so much mor e par ticipation.?

He also wants to develop mor e cooper ation with City's sister campuses, Mesa and Mir amar, as ?... this helps ever yone in the end."

"L ast time when all thr ee colleges had a r etr eat, it was ver y pr oductive. I want mor e meetings among our campuses like that, to wor k together."

Woods was asked how he felt r unning unopposed. ?I still want to have r espect for the pr ocess, you know, never phone it in? I have been r unning my campaign car efully. We need to see mor e students participating and that is my main goal."

He will be pr epar ing for taking over next fall with two tr aining sessions in the summer, wher e elected campus officials

engagement of our cur r ent students," she said. "I don't get the sense that ther e's any hope we'll be able to get lower minimums with enr ollments, so we need to focus instead on how to build up the depar tment despite those difficulties."

One way to potentially incr ease enr ollments in the classes is to cr oss-pr omote them in the depar tments that have r elated inter ests, such as Gr aphic Design, English and Business. She said the dean lear n to ?juggle r esponsibilities effectively, managing their time and public r elations and so for th.?

Cur r ent ASG Pr esident L aur a Benavidez has alr eady been coaching Woods about how to succeed her at the distr ict boar d meetings. ?I have all the confidence that Dar on will step up and take r esponsibility. He has been so open- minded and r eady to lear n, and r ight off the bat has always stepped up.?

She added, ?I ?ve connected Dar on to sever al for mer pr esidents besides myself who ar e still on campus, to have this suppor t system? it?s like this secr et club of str ess nobody else knows about, but we?r e all ther e for each other.?

The co- adviser to the ASG, L or i Oldham, pr aised Woods.

"I think he is ver y char ismatic, I think his desir e to lear n, his passion, his backgr ound, can be an inspir ation to so many other s, to show them that they can be a par t of big new things."

Woods said he's r eady to get to wor k.

"I look for war d to expanding the r each of ASG, and helping mor e students to par ticipate and see the differ ence they (can) make."

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Division 1school recruits a Knight

By LUISASAUSEDO City Times A volleyball player for the City College Knights, L uke Timm, was r ecr uited to play for a NCAA Division 1 univer sity, Califor nia State Univer sity Nor thr idge on a par tial scholar ship after playing the spor t only two seasons.

Dur ing high school, Timm was a basketball star and was offer ed a scholar ship to play for the Univer sity of Minnesota. He tur ned it down because he thought it wasn?t r ight for him. I t may have been a blessing in disguise because shor tly after war d, he found volleyball.

Timm, standing at 6- foot- 5, comes fr om a family of volleyball player s. Both his mother and father played at a high level, including on the U.S. national team.

After a high school coach watched Timm on the cour t with a gir ls volleyball team, the coach per suaded Timm to attend a volleyball clinic wher e he met Kevin Pr atte.

Once Pr atte became the head coach of the men?s volleyball pr ogr am at City College in 2014, he r eached out to Timm to play for the Knights.

"L uke was our fir st r ecr uit at San Diego City College when I became the head coach. Although L uke never played high school volleyball it was clear that he was extr emely athletic," said Pr attte. "I am gr ateful that

L uke picked San Diego City College and he exceeded all expectations."

This past season, the Knights live- str eamed most of their games with the idea of getting their player s looked at by coaches at univer sities acr oss the countr y, as well as fr iends and family member s at home.

Timm was appr oached by many schools, including UCL A, Univer sity of Souther n California, the Univer sity of Hawaii, Pepper dine Univer sity, and other s back east.

CSUN invited him to campus, and he liked what he saw and the people he met, and agr eed to play ther e.

With a 3.1 GPA, Timm, 19, hopes to become a spor ts medicine physician with a degr ee in exer cise science fr om CSUN. ?People can?t believe that it?s only my second season playing. I just know I have a lot of r oom to gr ow, so I want to see how good I can get and I ?m wonder ing how far I can take it,? said Timm.

He finished this 2016 season with 152 kills, 121 digs, and 22 blocks to help the Knights r each their over all r ecor d of 9-13 and 410 in the Pacific Coast Athletic Confer ence.

"I t is clear that L uke is a solid volleyball player, but he is an even better per son. L uke is one of the most loyal player s I have coached and he is impeccable with his wor d," said Pr atte. "That is r ar e to find."

Knights sophomore outside hitter Luke Timm, number 3, received a scholarship from California State University Northridge andwill play Division1 volleyball for the Matadors. CELIAJIMENEZCity Times

Tough losses for Knights at Ojai Tournament

By MICHAELMARKULIN City Times City College?s men and women tennis teams competed at the gr ueling Ojai Tour nament in Oaji, Calif., but didn't do as well as expected.

Player s fr om all over Califor nia competed in the tour nament for the community college state championship, taking to the cour ts on their final matches of the 2016 season.

The fir st r ound of matches got under way ear ly on Apr il 21.

The L ady Knights wer e each eliminated after their

fir st r ound of play. ?Unfor tunately, the gir ls fought har d today, but we ended up losing all of the singles and doubles in the fir st r ound at Ojai," said Jami Jones, head coach or the L ady Knights. "I am pr oud of them for all qualifying to get her e and for having an excellent season.?

Star fr eshman Palia Gr iffin had a r ough match, dr opping two str aight sets, 6- 2, 6- 0, to Amber ley Huang fr om Mount San Antonio College.

Gr iffin explained how tough of a day it was for the L ady Knights. ?I f I 'm cor r ect, all the gir ls in the fir st r ound of

singles ended up playing teams we've never encounter ed.?

Both L ady Knights doubles teams str uggled.

Melissa Gomez and Br ianna L eigh- Pink exchanged str okes with El Camino College?s Natsuki Hoshiko and Jade Shugar s, but wer e defeated after two str aight sets, 6-1, 6-0.

The same happened when Kar en L opo and Car olina Her r er a- Najar took on Rio Hondo College?s Delia Hidalgo and Nicole Robbins and wer e eliminated fr om the tournament after losing, 6- 1, 6-2.

The easiest advance-

ment of the day came fr om City College fr eshman Patr ick Meier, who won the fir st set against Ar in Meser khani, 6- 0. Dur ing the second set, Meier ?s opponent r etir ed fr om play due to illness. The next r ound was not as easy as Meier was eliminated in two str aight sets, 6- 0, 6- 2,

by Sean Alves of Folsom L ake College.

Dale Gutier r ez got the Knights going in the r ight dir ection as he advanced to the second r ound defeating Nathan J. Sar agoza, 7- 6, 6- 4. Dur ing the next r ound, Gutier r ez fell shor t, 6-2, 6-0, to Sasha Kr asnov of Cer r itos College.

City College sophomor es Gutier r ez and L ogan Rinder had a bye in the fir st r ound of the doubles tour nament which automatically advanced them to the next r ound of play.

They squar ed off against Joseph Gr eco and Ken L im of Foothill College dur ing their next r ound. The match didn?t last too long as Gutier r ez and Rinder smashed their opponents 6-2, 6-1.

With the victor y, the Knights men moved on to the thir d r ound of play, with only 32 doubles teams out of 80 r emaining.

On the second day of the tour nament, Gutier r ez

and Rinder laced up against Saddleback College?s Riku Goto and Mike Par k. Goto and Par k wer e r anked number seven at the Ojai and showed their skill. Gutier r ez and Rinder fought with all they had but wer e over- matched. I t was the end of their tournament, as well as the Knights' season, with the final scor e 6-1, 6-3.

Men?s Head Coach Br andon L upian, and women?s Head Coach Jones ar e looking for war d to next year. Meier and Gr iffin ar e among the player s who plan to r etur n next year. ?We will continue to build our team for the 2017 season,? said Jones.