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Volume 61, Number 1
Fair to the last drop Campus cafes change to new coļ¬ee vendor News, page 3
Serving the San Diego City College community since 1945
Sept. 5, 2006
$870M bond set for ballot By Josie Salazar City Times
Scott Landheer / City Times Michael Decandia of City Collegeās Paciļ¬c Nautilus team makes adjustments to the teamās underwater vehicle during competition.
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City students match marine wits with major universities By Scott Landheer City Times City College faced top schools such as MIT, Cornell and Duke University and became the ļ¬rst community college to compete in the annual AUVSI and ONR Unmanned Vehicle Systems International Competition Aug. 2-6. To enter the ninth annual competition, the team spent nearly three years and $5,000 building an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle. Team captain Christopher Carter knew it wouldnāt be easy when they began, but he was up for
the challenge. āWe knew community college students have as much potential as their 18- and 19-year-old counterparts at four-year universities,ā Carter said. āWe could prove to ourselves and others that we have what it takes.ā The ļ¬rst year of the project was spent studying all of the team journals from the past seven years of competition. After that the team got to work designing their submarine. The ļ¬rst design was made from two trash cans, while another was 6 feet long and had to be ļ¬lled 90 percent full of water to sink.
Twenty designs later, and about a year before the competition, the team decided on the ļ¬nal model. It was much smaller than the ļ¬rst design and a lot lighter. It weighed less than 25 pounds and was one of the lightest in the competition. The machine the 11 students on team Paciļ¬c Nautilus built is designed to sense its surroundings and respond accordingly. It was not controlled by a remote, so once it went into the water, it was all up to the machine. Once a machine is launched, it has 15
See FISH, Page 4
The Board of Trustees on July 25 approved an $870 million bond measure for upgrading City College buildings, to be placed on the Nov. 7 general election ballot. College and district ofļ¬cials say City Collegeās old and ailing buildings are currently unable to support the demands and resources for newer technology from students and educators. City College has an āoutdated infrastructure,ā said Barry Garron, the districtās director of public information and government relations. The boardās decision is in response to district-wide completions of long-term facilities master plans that provide detailed redesigns for upgrading City College and other district campuses. āWe want to do this now as we are a growing college with most existing buildings approaching 50 years of age,ā said Terrence Burgess, president of City College. āAll new and renovated buildings will have built-in technology for Internet access, computer projection, and even satellite downlink in some cases,ā Burgess added. The new bond measure,
See BOND, Page 4
Governor signs bill securing college press rights By Scott Landheer City Times Student journalists at colleges and universities in California will be guaranteed the same freedom of speech enjoyed by professionals when a new law banning censorship takes effect Jan. 1.
California became the ļ¬rst state to pass a bill of this type when Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed it into law on Aug. 28. The bill passed the state senate by a 31-2 vote on Aug. 10 and was unanimously approved by the California Assembly in May. āHaving true freedom of
the press is essential on college campuses and it is a fundamental part of a young journalists training for the real world,ā Leland Yee, D-San Francisco, assemblyman and sponsor of the bill, said in a statement. āAllowing a school administration to censor is contrary to the democratic process and the
Trio-Aspire aims to inspire
Program helps students overcome personal challenges to successfully move on to some of the nationās top universities News, page 3
ability of a student newspaper to serve as the watchdog and bring sunshine to the actions of school administration.ā City College assistant professor of radio and TV Laura CastaƱeda said college students are not always treated with the same respect as professionals and have to face obstacles
they wouldnāt encounter in the real world. Although sheās not expecting āmiracles at the get go,ā she said it sends a message that budding journalists who are learning the trade of journalism are supported and is glad to see that the issue was
See RIGHTS, Page 2
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