City College’s City Films debuted its latest creation, “The Bobbit: An Unexpected Budget,” a parody of the trailer for feature film, “The Hobbit” starring City College Vice President of Adminis­trative Services Bob Martinelli and City College President Kathryn Jeffery.

The film’s debut was met with laughter, cheers and a round of applause from faculty, staff and students in attendance at this semester’s convocation where the film was shown for the first time.

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The Los Rios Community College District recently announced its new chancellor, Brian King, who was selected by the district’s Board of Trustees.

According to Interim Chancellor Jon Sharpe, King, who will begin his duties as chancellor on Feb. 1, 2013, has served as president and superintendent of Cabrillo College since 2004 and brings more than 20 years of community college teaching and administrative experience to his new position.

“At Cabrillo he is credited with guiding the

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A City College student and St. Francis High School visual arts teacher died Dec. 8 when she was hit by a Union Pacific train just before 3 p.m. while taking photographs near 65th Street and Elvas Avenue in Sacramento.

Kathryn Mary Carlisle, 52, was reportedly hit from behind by the train while she was on the tracks taking photos of an oncoming train, according to Sacramento police. Carlisle was a student in City College’s Multimedia Capture course and a faculty member at St. Francis since 2008. She taught art,

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It was a dark and stormy night and not a creature was stirring, except for my cat.

Well, actually it wasn’t dark and stormy, but if I recall correctly, it was drizzling a bit. You know, what we call a storm here in Sacramento.

Anyway, I was looking through Target’s weekly advertisement in search of a new video game to purchase when I came across the biggest monstrosity I’ve ever seen: “A Christmas Story 2”.

My jaw dropped to the floor, my eyes lowered in

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The City College Association of Science and Technology (SciTech) Club is presenting a workshop on Dec. 7, which will feature the director of collections and research for the U.C. Berkeley Museum of Paleontology Mark Goodwin.

Goodwin will be discussing dinosaurs and answering the question of what happened to torosaurus. He will share recent developments

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Nintendo launched its new Wii U system on Nov. 18, and with it, came the beginning of a new generation in gaming.

The Wii U is Nintendo’s first high-definition console. It is fully backward-compatible with the Wii and has improved online functionality, including a social hub called the Miiverse (a fusion of Mii and universe) which allows players to communicate with others using the Mii avatar characters.

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I was 17 when I realized my peers were selling their souls to MySpace. As a graduating senior, I found it ridiculous that most my yearbook classmates were logged into their MySpace accounts as they worked on assignments in class.

The number of “friends” attested to their popularity and a personalized profile with flashy icons and colorful backgrounds became another outlet for visual creativity.

My classmates were shocked to learn I did not have a MySpace account I maintained. It was just a distracting fad. As graduation day approached, I realized MySpace could be the next best thing to seeing my friends every day.

I was leaving high school, after all, and couldn’t imagine losing touch with certain people. So, I signed up for an account. Over the course of seven years, the allure of MySpace dwindled as my frustration with social media grew. While I had fun “pimping out” my profile every day with various HTML codes, I found it annoying that comments from friends were mostly random advertisements. Guys in their teens to their mid-40’s would send messages like, “Hey, sexy” and “What’s up, cutie?” How did this alternative avenue of communication become a billboard and meat market?

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Ever wondered what witches can reveal about the resurrection of Jesus Christ?

Sacramento State philosophy professor Matt McCormick will speak on that very subject Nov. 29 at City College in a presentation that will address the idea of Jesus coming back from the dead and how it relates to belief in witches and the Salem Witch Trials.

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Editor’s Update: (12-1-12) The final amount raised by the Sac City ‘Staches team was $1,871. The team placed 2,003 overall out of 14,956 teams.

Each November, groups of men from all over the country participate in what is known as Movember, a campaign in which men grow mustaches for the month. Each team then instructs people to go to its link online to leave donations to raise awareness and funding for men’s health.

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City College is hosting “Birdhouses 3”, an exhibit at the Kondos Gallery on campus, which runs until Nov. 28.

This exhibition is the third annual fundraiser for the Kondos Gallery, featuring birdhouses created by California artists.

The opening reception was held on Nov. 7.

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