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By THOMASCHESY City Times The infor mation about thefts at City College came fr om campus police logs compiled by the San Diego Community College Distr ict. City Times r eviewed all 2,637 pages fr om 2015.

The logs ar e not or ganized by college or by the type of cr ime r epor ted. The infor mation was sear ched manually, selecting the entr ies per taining to the City College campus. Not all entr ies note the value of the loss.

The P Buildings, a complex of thr ee buildings in the nor thwest cor ner of campus, had the highest per centage of thefts, 16.4 per cent all thefts r epor ted.

The high per centage of theft in the P Buildings appear s to be mostly due to the number of locker br eak-ins occur r ing in the fitness center building.

Ther e wer e also sever al instances of theft dur ing constr uction of the C Building, with thousands of dollar s of equipment and mater ials stolen.

The gr eatest loss occur r ed in the L Building when a safe containing $2,900 was stolen fr om the KSDS r adio station.

Websites promote City College City to have interim restrooms for sexual encounters president for a year

By COLLETTECARROLL City Times Thr ee websites ar e pr omoting two men?s bathr ooms at City College as hot spots for anonymous sexual encounter s. An obser vation of one of those bathr ooms last week indicated that at least one such encounter had occur r ed ther e in an hour-long per iod.

Campus police said they ar e r egular ly patr olling the bathr ooms at City College and Mesa College, which is also pr omoted on the websites.

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I n Apr il, a student r epor ted to campus police that two people wer e having sex in the C Building women's upstair s bathr oom, accor ding to the police log. The people wer e gone by the time officer s ar r ived.

Campus police have tackled this illegal activity befor e. I n 2009, campus police ar r ested 16 people, two of them City College students, in a sting oper ation of the C Building bathr ooms City Times found thr ee sex cr uising sites wher e men post that they ar e seeking a sexual encounter in the second floor men?s

bathr oom of the C Building or in the lower-level one in L RC Building. The sites ar e cr aigslist.or g, squir t.or g and cr uisingfor sex.com.

User s post their pr efer r ed times and sexual activities, then wait to meet up in the r estr ooms.

They ar e dir ected to signal each other using foot tapping, waving their hands under the r estr oom door s, or knocking against bathr oom stalls, among other signals., accor ding to squir t.or g's list of signals.

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By BEATRIZMERCED City Times Now that it's been announced that Anthony Beebe will be depar ting to lead Santa Bar bar a City College, the question is: Who will be City College?s next pr esident?

On May 3, the Santa Barbar a City College boar d of tr ustees announced that they had selected Beebe to be their new super intendent/pr esident, effective July 1. Beebe has ser ved as City

College's pr esident for 21 months.

The Office of the Chancellor r eleased a statement stating that the Vice Pr esident of Student Ser vices, Denise Whisenhunt, will ser ve as pr esident upon Beebe's depar tur e.

City College will begin the pr ocess to select an inter im pr esident who will ser ve shor tly after July 1 and be in that position for a year.

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Makers Quarter begins

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City College students during their graduation rehearsal in 2015.

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Graduation set for May 20

By DENISEWHITE City Times Gr aduation is quickly appr oaching for those City College students ear ning their AA degr ees or cer tificates of achievement.

City College will be holding its gr aduation cer emony fr om 5 to 8 p.m. on Fr iday, May 20, at the Spr eckels Or gan Pavilion in Balboa Par k. A total of 1,058 associate degr ees and 587 cer tificates of achievements ar e to awar ded that night.

The San Diego Community College Distr ict notes that it has seen a 45 per cent incr ease in degr ees pr esented since 2014 thanks to an infor mation campaign launched called "Ear n Mor e Than A Degr ee."

This campaign has been par t of a lar ger, distr ictwide effor t to double the number of students who ear n a degr ee or cer tificate over the next six year s.

I ssanna L oughman will be one of the speaker s at

the gr aduation. Once homeless, the psychology major was one of just 20 students acr oss the nation named to the 2016 All- USA Community College Academic Team. She is on the Dean?s L ist and has been inducted into two national honor societies, Psi Beta and Phi Theta Kappa.

Ther e will be Gr ad Success Wor kshops for gr aduating City College students.

They will pr ovide employment tools and tr ansfer infor mation and a look into the futur e as a City College alumni. The wor kshop dates include May 11 at 1 p.m. and May 17 at 3 p.m. in M-101.

The gr aduation r ehear sal will be Thur sday, May 19, at 3:30 p.m. at the Or gan Pavilion in Balboa Par k.

Gr aduation announcements and invitations ar e available in the bookstor e as well as a cap and gown.

For mor e infor mation, contact Student Affair s in r oom M-200 at (619) 388-3498 or gr odr igu@sdccd.edu.

The Goodwill stor e and donation center, which once stood acr oss the str eet fr om City College's V Building on 16th and Br oadway, was tor n down ear lier this semester and is now a busy constr uction site, the fir st phase of a Maker s Quar ter ar ea.

Maker s Quar ter is a planned mixed- use r edevelopment of the deter ior ating Jer ome's Fur nitur e war ehouse land and will featur e par ks, office space, r etail shopping and luxur y apar tments.

Kr is Mitchell, of the Downtown San Diego Par tner ship, calls this ar ea "the last jewel in the cr own of downtown."

The fir st phase of Maker s Quar ter, and the nearest to City College, will be the Br oadstone apar tment complex, a 50,000squar e- foot site, bounded

by Br oadway and 16th, 17th and E str eets. The $60 million, 265- unit pr oject was unveiled to the public on Apr il 11.

"Maker s Quar ter is going to be that unique public space for innovation, for new star t-ups, for r es-

A 265-unit apartment complexis goinguponBroadway and16th. CELIAJIMENEZ City Times idential, for r estaur ants," Mayor Kevin Faulkner told CBS 8 at the gr oundbr eaking cer emony that day.

I nspir ed by the Maker Movement, the goal of the pr oject is to make the ar ea the city's new hightech job center.

Rober t Gettinger, a r epr esentative for SL P Ur ban Development, which is r esponsible for the Maker s Quar ter development, spoke about the impact of Maker s Quar ter on City College. ?I think cr eating a vi-

br ant community in this ar ea could r eally benefit City College and City College's futur e,? Gettinger said.

Or iginal plans for r edevelopment of the Jer ome's Fur nitur e war ehouse ar ea have fallen thr ough in pr evious year s, and it wasn't until 2013 that the cur r ent $900 million master plan for Maker s Quar ter was announced.

Accor ding to Gettinger, Maker s Quar ter is expected to be completed sometime in the ear ly

2020's, ?Par ts (of Maker s Quar ter ) will be opening by the end of 2016, and it's r eally going to continue and pr ogr ess thr ough the next five to seven year s," said Gettinger.

Accor ding to the Maker s Quar ter website (maker squar ter.com), the Br oadstone apar tment building will have undergr ound par king. I t r emains to be seen how the gr adual influx of new r esidents to City College's ar ea will affect the campus.

Process to vote

By BEATRIZMERCED City Times The fir st step to take for the Califor nia pr imar y election is to r egister to vote. The last day is May 23 to vote in the pr imar y election on June 7.

You can r egister to vote via mail, thr ough an online application (r egistertovote.ca.gov) or in person with individuals who ar e r egister ing voter s.

Then, ther e ar e two options to vote, by mail or at a polling place. Once you ar e r egister ed to vote, your polling place should be mailed to you in the sample ballot booklet. I f you haven?t r eceived the booklet contact 800- 3458683. You may r egister to vote by mail by May 31 for the pr imar y election.

I f you?r e voting at a

polling place, make sur e to br ing your photo I D. Califor nia doesn?t r equir e photo I D, but it?s always a good to br ing it, just in case. I f you?r e a fir st-time voter you will be asked to fill in your dr iver 's license number or Califor nia identification number, or the last four digits of your Social Secur ity number.

Note that in Califor nia no par ty pr efer ence voter s (NPP) can r equest a ballot for the following par ties: Amer ican I ndependent Par ty, Democr atic Par ty and L iber tar ian Par ty. The Republican, Gr een, and Peace & Fr eedom par ties have chosen not to allow NPP voter s to r equest their par ty?s pr esidential ballot.

For mor e details on how to vote in Califor nia visit:http://www.sos.ca.gov/.

Agency denounced Latino activists protested the invitation made to the U.S. Border Patrol to participate at a job fair at City CollegeonApril 28. Theagency wasnot allowedtoparticipate. ALANHICKEY Correspondent

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VOX POPULI Voice of t he People Questionsby Michael MarkulinI Photosby Daniel Wright Sr.

"What would you liketoseefromthenew president of City College?"

"To have a pr esident that is mor e known ar ound campus, for the pr esident to build a connection with the students."

Mar io River a, 21, Political Science

"To make mor e impr ovements on campus that addr ess students' needs, such as healthier food for students on campus."

Albi Pacewiczh, 32, Aesthetics "I actually don't know what the pr esident does."

Rober to L ar a, 19, Film Pr oduction

"I would like a pr esident to br ing better tr eatment to hour ly wor ker s not just contr act wor ker s."

Rachel Gomez, 25, wor ker at City College

"A pr esident that we know who they ar e. One that is mor e in touch with the students."

Sar ah David, 21, Dr amatic Ar ts

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The two hour s I took to to click the to me about the impor tance of at"decline" button felt like an eter nity tending a top school in Califor nia, of miser y and tear s. how many oppor tunities I would Since I was a kid, I always wanted have once I gr aduated and how I to go to a univer sity. And San Diego could help other students who would State Univer sity became my dr eam follow me. school to attend because I had the So I attended a weekend event at oppor tunity to visit the campus and Cal Poly- SL O wher e fr eshmen and imagine what I could achieve ther e. tr ansfer students ar e intr oduced to I t made sense to me: I attended the school. I saw how the dean spoke San Diego High School, San Diego to students by their fir st name and City College and then I would go to found out class sizes wer e smaller. I San Diego State finally saw that it Univer sity. was wor th it and SDSU r ejected me felt somehow pr ivionce. But I didn?t want leged to be acto give up and I de- AntonioMarquez cepted ther e. I decided to apply once cided to attend in mor e. This time I thought I was the fall. mor e pr epar ed.

Then coming back to r eality after After speaking to one of the stu- that weekend I r ealized what it dents at City's Tr ansfer Center I would take to attend a univer sity far found out I had the chance to apply fr om my home. to thr ee other schools for fr ee. I I didn?t have a stable job or savchose L ong Beach State, San Jose ings to pay for school. I questioned State and Cal Poly- San L uis Obispo myself if focusing so much on school just to take the chance. and not having a job actually wor ked I had never r eally applied any- against me. wher e else because my dr eam was I had Honor classes and extr acurto be an Aztec. One night I got an r icular activities, like being par t of email fr om L ong Beach State offer- the Big Br other s and Big Sister pr oing me admission for fall, followed by gr am, but those didn?t pr ovide me acceptances fr om San Jose State with money to move away and attend and Cal Poly. school.

The shock I felt can?t be explained I under stand that it was my fault in wor ds because all I could do was not applying to scholar ships but I think what a gr eat oppor tunity I had honestly never in my wildest dr eams in my hands being accepted to Cal thought I would be accepted to a Poly, a top school in Califor nia. univer sity five hour s away.

But I still waited for my accepI declined Cal-Poly's acceptance -tance to SDSU. Once again, I was then cr ied for two hour s. shocked to be r ejected.

My dr eam, for now, is one hold. I 'm At this point I had to make a going to take a year, get a stable job, choice among the other thr ee. Mar ia save my money and apply for scholElena Delgado, the dir ector of the ar ships to attend college. I will find a Pr ice Scholar ship Pr ogr am, talked way to keep going.

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Documentary explores mass shooting

By RICARDOSOLTERO City Times A documentar y by a San Diego City College student filmmaker explor es the event in which a man opens fir e inside an Employment Development Depar tment office in Centr al Califor nia in 1993. ?The Oxnar d EDD Shooting Massacr e,? dir ected by Andr ew Jimenez, follows the sur vivor s of the shooting, piecing together the events of that fateful day thr ough inter views, newspaper, magazine and TV news stor ies and photos.

Jimenez's inter est in the cr ime can be tr aced back to his mother, who was an EDD employee and a sur vivor of the shooting. ?The gun was pointed at her at point- blank r ange, and it jammed. Ran out of bullets. He ended up killing my mom?s cowor ker instead that day. Right next to her," said Jimenez. ?I f things had gone differ ent that day, you know, my mom, she may not be alive r ight now."

The shooting captur ed national headlines at the time.

Alan Winter bour ne enter ed the unemployment office on Dec. 2, 1993 and opened fir e at state employees, killing thr ee and wounding sever al other s. He was killed outside the office in a shootout with police.

Jimenez said he's making the documentar y to honor

those who lost their lives and the sur vivor s. He makes it clear he's not tr ying to sensationalize the cr ime. ?I t?s all r evolving ar ound the sur vivor s. I don?t want this to be anything to glor ify the shooter, the mur der er,? said Jimenez.

What began as a r egular student film pr oject tur ned into something bigger. Jimenez r eceived a lot of suppor t fr om the sur vivor s and fr om for mer Oxnar d policemen. He was able to obtain the or iginal 911 tapes, photos and mor e. ?For a student film, it's huge,? said assistant pr oducer Nick Mitchell. ?Ther e?s been a lot of outr each fr om the community who wants to know what Andr ew is doing with this pr oject.?

Pr ofessor Bob Sly, who teaches video pr oduction, is impr essed by the scope of the effor t. ?This is the biggest pr oject I can r emember in my class, and the entir e school since I ?ve been her e. I t?s an extr emely ambitious pr oject for one semester,? Sly said.

Besides the inter views with sur vivor s and for mer police officer s, the documentar y featur es r eenactment scenes.

Filming has taken place thr oughout San Diego County, with a few stand- ups being done at the or iginal locations in Oxnar d and Ventur a.

City College was one location

A reenactment of a mass shooting was filmed at City College in the L and C buildings, where film student Andrew Jimenez was making a documentary about the real-lifecrimein 1993 in Oxnard that left threepeople dead. His mother wasoneof the people tosurvivetheshooting. Courtesy photo Andrew Jimenez used in the documentar y.

Thanks to the cooper ation of the head of the Tutor ing Depar tment, L ance Soukhaseum, Jimenez was able to secur e a location to film r eenactment scenes in two classr ooms in the C and L Buildings.

The pr oject was financed by Jimenez, collabor ator s and family member s, choosing to for go the fundr aising r oute. He used r esour ces available to him

at the film depar tment, and classmates and actor s donated their time. ?Ther e ar e a lot of people who helped him,? said Sly. ?The actor s committed to the pr oject. I t was all the students who wor ked with him as camer a oper ator s, sound people, and lighting people, my depar tment and our school that made it possible.?

Filming for the documentar y

will continue for a few mor e months. The wor king r elease date is Dec. 2, the anniver sar y of the shooting.

Jimenez plans to enter the documentar y in film festivals as well as to make it available on Netflix, Public Br oadcasting Ser vice and local movie theater s.

For mor e infor mation on the film and r elease date visit ?The Oxnar d EDD Shooting Mas-

Emotions in motion City College's faculty and students presented "An Evening of Dance" at theSavilleTheatreon May 6 and 7. Left to right at adress rehearsal May 5, Trevor Polcyn and fellowstudents explore"TheFight" and several studentscapture"ASeriesof Distortions," about psychological moods, twoof thesixpiecesinthespringrecital. CELIAJIMENEZCity Times

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Mission Brewery scores big on taste

By RICARDOSOLTERO City Times With baseball season underway, ther e?s a br ewer y over looking Petco Par k that is per fectly situated for a pr e- and post-San Diego Padr es game pint.

Mission Br ewer y, or iginally established in 1913, has its manufactur ing and tasting r oom downtown. The compar y was r eestablished in 2007 and it br ews bottles, cans and kegs at its site in the Histor ic Wonder Br ead Building in the East Village.

With an ar senal of flagship and seasonal beer s along with cr aft cocktails, Mission Br ewer y offer s a vast ar r ay of options to quench your thir st.

Come game day though, these ar e the beer s that you will need to get your mitts on.

Star t with the Shipwr ecked double I ndian Pale Ale. This I PA dr ops some intense hop, it dr inks like an I PA but has the backbone of a double. With distinct depth and malt char acter gener ally not found in many other doubles, this is a much mor e sweet br ew than the commonly expected hoppy explosion.

El Conquistador Session I PA, on the other hand, deliver s some citr us notes of lemon and gr apefr uit with a hint of flor al hops. The taste star ts with a shar p bitter ness that fades

MissionBrewery hasitsmanufacturingandtastingroomat thehistoric Wonder BreadBuildingnext toPetcoPark. RICARDOSOLTERO City Times quickly into a vibr ant finish. Dr y, cr isp and hoppy all ar ound, this I PA is a per fect beer for a hot summer night.

Rounding out the lineup is the Mission Blonde, this lagerlike blonde ale is incr edibly light, smooth and delicately dr y. I ts color would make you believe it?s a pilsner but on taste, its distinct char acter is of ale. L ight and str aightfor war d but ver y

tasty, this solid blonde ale is highly dr inkable for all occasions.

Now, her e?s a change- up to close out this Mission Br ewer y guide: The Mission Har d Root beer. This handcr afted twist of a classic soda pop is cr eamy, smooth and sweet and smells like classic r oot beer with hints of vanilla and licor ice. Delicious and sweet, it's a wee bit har d to

detect its alcohol content but pleasant and ver y enjoyable.

Mission Br ewer y is one of the only local br ewer ies in downtown San Diego that offer s tour s of its facilities. Along the way you will get a quick peek at their beer- making pr ocess and pr oduction in the for mer commercial baker y tur ned br ew house.

Sadly, the br ewer y does not have a kitchen but allows outside

food, including fr om the r egular ly scheduled food tr ucks that come by near ly ever y day.

With the ar chitectur al bones of the or iginal design, woodwor k that cannot be duplicated today and its incr edible beer selection, Mission Br ewer y's sole location definitely belongs in the big leagues.

Inspired by City College City Bites

By MIKEMADRIAGA City Times He is known as a talented videogr apher and a photogr apher by his co- wor ker s at The San Diego Union-Tr ibune ? but don?t take their wor d for it.

On May 3, David Br ooks, a for mer City College student, was nominated for an Emmy awar d fr om the National Academy of Television Ar ts & Sciences (NATAS).

I f he wins, this will be his four th Emmy.

Br ooks, 42, was r ecently back on campus to photogr aph a stor y and to shar e his exper ience with jour nalism students. ?For me as a photogr apher and an ar tist, this was inspir ing,? Br ooks said. ?I honestly gr ew and thr ived her e at City College.?

He r elished the school's diver sity, students of differ ent r aces, ages and cultur es, all tr ying to get an education. ?I t was exciting for me because I lived in the East County,? Br ooks said, ?and then going to school downtown gave me the oppor tunity to do a lot of str eet photogr aphy in the ar ea. I enjoyed captur ing moments of r andom people."

After shooting, instead of going home, Br ooks would immediately r etur n to campus and develop his film.

Today, film has given way to digital photogr aphy and mistakes can be deleted or fixed with an app.

Photographer DavidBrooks. MIKEMADRIAGA City Times But Br ook's' ear ly days of wor king with film -- at an aver age cost of $5 per r oll -- taught him to plan his photogr aphs, what he ter med "pr e-visualization."

As his skills impr oved, he said his aspir ations gr ew.

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He took out a loan to attend the Br ooks I nstitute of Photogr aphy in Ventur a to study visual jour nalism.

"They called it visual jour nalism because you also studied video, and audio was an emphasis, too."

When he found out that his degr ee r equir ed him to take video classes, he complained saying: ?I ?m a photogr apher, what am I going to do with video??

But he embr aced the medium after seeing its potential, and added it to his gr owing r eper toir e. ?I t?s one thing to see a photo of a person,? said Br ooks, ?but when you see how they move in their space, you hear the sound of their voice and the way they said something ? I think video is a r icher way to tell a stor y.?

Appr oximately 10 year s ago, Br ooks was hir ed at The Union- Tr ibune as a photojour nalist because of his exper ience with video.

This sur pr ised him. ?The newspaper needs still photos fr om him,? said David Poller, the photo

SITES Continuedfrompage1 Due to the r enovation of the C Building, the bathr oom was taken off as an available hookup site between 2013 and 2015, accor ding to that site. Since its r eopening in Januar y, that bathr oom has appar ently r egained its r egular activity.

The C Building holds a r ating of thr ee star s on a five- star r ating system based on cr uising times, who goes ther e, and pr ivacy. The L RC Building holds a 2.3 r ating, accor ding to that site.

User OUGGZ72 posted to that website: "I n my opinion, the new C building r estr oom is no good anymor e for cr uising."

The user added, "Ther e's r eally nowher e to hide and you ar e caught r ight away, it's best to just play at the gr ound/lower level floor of the L RC/libr ar y."

A r eview of OUGGZ72's pr ofile indicates he?s a 40-something-year-old Asian male.

Var ious squir t.or g user s r epeatedly ask thr oughout the week who will be ar ound and what time they pr efer to meet. I n Apr il, ther e wer e 10 inquir ies looking to hook up in the C Building bathr oom.

A male staff r epor ter was sent to obser ve the C Building men's bathr oom dur ing suggested meet times. I n his fir st obser vation he found some men hanging out in the bathr oom for 30 to 40 minutes.

He then obser ved two men leaving the r estr oom together when ther e appear ed to be only one stall in use.

Then he was appr oached by a blond male in his twenties with plug ear r ings who asked him, "What ar e you looking for ?"

The r epor ter didn't r espond and left the bathr oom to sit outside. The man followed him and the r epor ter asked why he was in the r estr oom. The man answer ed, "I just like the spontaneity of it."

editor at the newspaper, ?but the UnionTr ibune is mor e than a newspaper, and for our online component it?s ver y impor tant that David and other jour nalists ar e also able to deliver video.?

Br ooks never thought his videogr aphy and editing would help him get hir ed.

A fellow photogr apher descr ibes what sets Br ooks apar t. ?I would descr ibe Br ooks? video style as ?ar tistic stor ytelling,?? said Alejandr o Tamayo, another photojour nalist and videogr apher at the U- T. ?He analyzes his sur r oundings, and looks for cr eative angles to captur e his images.?

Tamayo, too, studied at City College, attending classes par t time fr om 1993 to 2001.

I n 2013 Br ooks won two Emmy awar ds for his videos, ?The Bar ona Dr ags? and ?L ife in the Cir cus.? Two year s later, he took home another Emmy awar d for a video called ?The Cellist.?

David King, pr ofessor of photogr aphy at City College, said "success stor ies" such as Br ooks' under scor e the value of vocational pr ogr ams offer ed on campus.

Br ooks laid the foundation for his ar tistic and technical skills at City College. The str eet- photogr apher tur ned Emmy awar d winner is indeed a success stor y.

City College is not alone in this pr oblem. Two of the sites list San Diego Mesa College, San Diego State Univer sity and Univer sity of San Diego as having hookup spots.

San Diego Community College Distr ict Police indicated that they ar e awar e of the pr oblem.

"We ar e conducting r egular patr ols ar ound the r estr ooms at both colleges thr oughout the day and evenings," said Chief Raymund Aguir r e. He added, "We also r ely on people calling us as soon as they see suspicious behavior in those locations so we can investigate immediately."

However, this isn't a new pr oblem at City College.

I n 2009, Campus Police completed a sting oper ation of the City College bathr ooms conducted by Sgt. Jor dan Mir akian that led to 16 men being detained, two of them City College students.

Accor ding to the October 20, 2009 City Times ar ticle, "City officer s stay up to date with the sour ces that announce such ?bathr oom cr uising?hot spots in an effor t to keep ?cr uiser s?away fr om campus and continue maintaining safety."

I n 2009 Mir akian said, ?But mor e impor tantly, it?s for their own safety. A cr uiser might appr oach the wr ong per son and expose themselves to an act of violence; then we have an entir ely new situation."

Ther e ar e long- ter m legal and health pr oblems for people engaged in this ilegal activity. I n addition to incar cer ation and fines, people convicted of having sex in a public location have to r egister as sex offender s. They also make themselves susceptible to diseases.

Accor ding to stdcheck.com, the r ates of AI DS infection r ose 14 per cent and HI V r ose 16 per cent between 1998 - 2005, and syphilis r ose 19 per cent between 1999 - 2008 after Cr aiglist casual encounter ads wer e made available. This amounted to 6,658 new diagnoses and potentially $94 million in long-ter m health car e costs.

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INTERIM Continuedfrompage1 I n the meantime, the Chancellor ?s Office will begin the r ecr uitment pr ocess for the pr esident, who should take office ar ound July 1, 2017.

The year ahead is an impor tant one for City College. The accr editation r eview is to be held dur ing Mar ch 2017, and City College is not planning to have the per manent pr esident position filled by then. ?Given that the academic year is almost at an end, this change means that we must move quickly to or ganize the pr ocess for r eplacement in or der to ensur e the stability and pr ogr ess of this gr eat college, especially as the college appr oaches its impor tant accr editation r eview in the coming year,? said Car r oll.

Tr ustee Peter Zschiesche said the distr ict's Vice Chancellor for I nstr uctional Ser vices and Planning, Stephanie Bulger, will lead the sear ch committee.

Zschiesche added, "I can assur e you and all the SDCC community that our Boar d intends to select the best possible candidate that applies." He said City College has a ver y good r eputation ar ound the countr y, and he's expecting some good candidates to apply.

ASG Pr esident L aur a Benavides said she thinks that the fact that City College won?t have a per manent pr esident during the r eview won?t r eflect negatively on the campus. She said the distr ict is well r espected and ?the Chancellor has done wonder ful job for City College.?

Anthony Beebewill leaveCity Collegeafter 21 monthsaspresident. Archive photo Benavides spoke about Beebe's time leading City. ?Beebe had an open- door policy for students on Tuesdays. He was open and listened to the student body,? she said. ?I t will be difficult to find a another pr esident like Beebe.?

Dean of Health and Athletics, Randall A. Bar nes, also shar ed his thoughts on Beebe.

"Pr esident Beebe has been a gr eat leader and fr iend, and I 'm sor r y to see him go. I wish him all the best in the futur e."

Benavides said that, knowing the boar d member s and their expectations for City College, they will make sur e to find a leader who shar es the college's values. ?For example our social justice ideals,? she said. ?I t?s going to take someone who is open-minded and a r isk taker to take on the pr esident position at City College,?

Benavidez added.

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Spring served as a building season

By LUISASAUSEDO MICHAELMARKULIN City Times Her e' a summar y of how the Knights' teams far ed in the spr ing.

M en's t ennis t eam had winning season The men's tennis team of City College finished thir d out of seven teams in the Pacific Coast Athletic Confer ence after an upand-down season this year.

Beginning the season 51 in confer ence play, befor e losing their next thr ee out of four matches, the Knights completed their season with a final 6- 4 r ecor d.

Br andon L upian, head coach of the Knights, is optimistic about the futur e.

"We lost some close matches this year, and with a little dedication by them dur ing the off season I expect us to win the close matches."

Player s such as Patr ick Meier and Daniel Villa Rosas, both fr eshmen, ar e believed to be r etur ning next season. Both player s played well when it counted most as they both qualified for the state championship tour nament at Ojai.

I n addition to a cor e of player s headed back for their second season, L upian is hoping to gain some str ong r ecr uits.

"I have had some interest fr om r ecr uits following our success this season and hope that new r ecr uits can come in and pr ovide us solid play and even str onger dedication to academic excellence," said L upian.

The Knight's tennis team willl look to impr ove on what they built this past season and plan to come back str onger next year.

Cor e women's t ennis t eam r et ur ning The L ady Knights tennis team of City College had a br illiant beginning of the season star ting confer ence play, 4- 0, befor e their fir st loss. However, dur ing the end of the season the team lost some steam and finished thir d in the Pacific Coast Athletic Confer ence, with a r ecor d of 7-3.

Several Knightstennisplayersreachedthestatechampionshipsat Ojai, includingPatrick Meier.

DAVIDPRADELContributor All six star ter s for the L ady Knights qualified for the state championship at the Ojai, however not one player was able to advance to the next r ound of play.

Head coach Jami Jones said she believes that next season could be a br eakthr ough year since many of her top seeds ar e r etur ning.

"Palia (Gr iffin), Desir ee (Wilson), and Br ianna (L eigh- Pink) will all be back next year along with r edshir t Br ianna Hooks fr om the year befor e," said Jones.

With the top thr ee seeded player s on the team r etur ning with a year of exper ience, they could make a r un and challenge for the PCAC title.

B admint on endur es t ough season The women?s badminton team endur ed a r ough 2016 season after being undefeated and winning the state championship last year. With an over all r ecor d of 3- 6, the L ady Knights came in thir d place out of four teams in the Pacific Coast Athletic Confer ence.

With only two r etur ning player s and a new head coach, Dar by Dupr at, the team str uggled dur ing the entir e season. The only wins came against the Mesa College Olympians.

"Your fir st year is always your har dest," said Dupr at. "We faced sever al obstacles as a team, but we continued to str ive."

Sophomor e Thao L e was the number one seeded player for the L ady Knights and one of the r e-

tur ning player s. ?I t?s a lot of pr essur e and you feel mor e pr essur e when you feel like it?s your job to take car e of the team. I t was r eally tough for me," she said.

B aseball t eam set solid foundat ion The baseball team at City College completed their 2016 season with a 15- 18 over all r ecor d and a 10- 14 r ecor d in the Pacific Coast Athletic Confer ence.

Although they didn?t do as well as hoped, the team and coaching staff will r etur n next season with their 17 r etur ning fr eshmen as well as some new r ecr uits.

Manager Chr is Br own is in his 16th season coaching at City College. ?I felt r eally good about this year,? said Br own. ?I love this club that we have her e and I don't always say that. But the gr oup of guys that we had this year had gr eat team chemistr y.?

Br own is optimistic about the next season because it won't be a br and new team like it was this year.

Out of a star ting line-up of nine player s, seven wer e fr eshman and plan to r etur n, which is pr omising for the next season.

Br own pr oudly said that each one of the sophomor es fr om this season will be continuing onto four- year univer sities to fur ther their education and continue play baseball at the next level.

r ecor d of 15-22 and 6-12 in the Pacific Coast Athletic Confer ence, logging six mor e wins than last year.

The season ended on a high note. The PCAC named thr ee team member s to all- confer ence teams. Fr eshman Alyssa Gar r ette was named to the All- PCAC fir st team, and sophomor e Car leen Casey and fr eshman Teyonna Clady to the second team.

Gar r ette led the team in hits (52), r uns (40), on-base per centage (.489) and stolen bases (29).

With nine r etur ning fr eshman and the impr ovements the L ady Knights made this season, they ar e poised to impr ove fur ther if they keep wor ing together as a team.

The team will be losing five of its sophomor es, including star ting pitcher Micela Ross, who went 1213 with a 3.65 ERA. Head coach L eeAnn Taylor, who did not r etur n r equests for an inter view, will be r etur ning for the 2017 season.

M en's volleyball t eam impr oves This past season, the City College men?s volleyball team held their best season since 2011 with an over all r ecor d of 9-13 and a confer ence r ecor d of 4-10.

The Knights have made some huge impr ovements since Kevin Pr atte, head coach of the team, took over in 2014.

Over the year s, the men?s volleyball team str uggled. Back in 2014,

the Knights hadn't won a single game game dur ing their season and now ar e competing and winning against top teams like Santa Monica College, which won the state championship in 2015.

"Ther e is a ton to be pr oud of with this fine gr oup of men,? said Pr atte, ?but our pr ogr am is still in the pr ocess to str iving to be the best volleyball team in the state. We have come a long way fr om 2014 and all the cr edit goes to how har d our player s wor ked these past two seasons.?

By implementing a new featur e, univer sities acr oss the countr y wer e able to see the player s in action. One athlete, L uke Timm, was r ecr uited to play for a Division 1 volleyball pr ogr am at Califor nia State Univer sity, Nor thr idge, with a par tial scholar ship included.

The coaches and r etur ning player s look forwar d to next season. And Pr atte is pr oud that all eight sophomor es moving on fr om City College ar e heading to four- year univer sities in the fall.

Sof t ball impr oved fr om last year The softball team at City College finished their season with an over all

Lady Knightssophomore infielder AlexGalatisplayedin24 gamesthisseason, logged21hits, two homerunsand 18 RBI. DAVIDPRADELContributor