The City College Learning Resource Center and the music and art departments will host music professor Bob Wrenn in concert Oct. 30, with guest artist, City College student Mason Tremaine.

The concert will focus on a presentation of music arrangements of traditional world music melodies on octave mandolin and violin.

The show will be hosted in City College’s TV studio in the LRC, Room 128. The show will also be streamed live on the Internet. The

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Hall of Fame threw one of the biggest Halloween parties last year and this year are amplifying a larger venue with ample line of performers, according to www.hofisbetter.com

The event will host more than 13 disc jockeys including Jurts, Houdini, Daims, Rumpshakrs and many more.

The event will have three stages where partygoers of all types can choose

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Just the other day, a woman whizzed by me and the soft breeze danced in her red, curly hair. Accelerating faster than me on my red beach cruiser was a lady on a sleek, sea-green scooter. We rolled southbound on Freeport Boulevard. I was going to class and she was out of sight soon enough.

What a lucky witch, I thought. She didn’t have to worry about pedaling her way uphill, over the light rail tracks, rough terrain and afternoon traffic to make it to campus.

I locked my polished bike frame onto the rack between the Learning Resource Center and the Public Information Office where I counted 17 bicycles, one moped and 10 motorcycles. I noticed a Kawasaki, some Harley Davidsons, Hondas, Suzikis and Yamahas in the vicinity. I was sort of surprised I didn’t find the sea-green Vespa that raced by me just minutes before I located a parking spot.

Scooters are, after all, an alluring, trendy mode of transportation.

Hours before I hopped on my cruiser that day, Sacramentan and self-proclaimed “scooter enthusiast” Darrel Kloss explained to me his affinity with Vespas.

Vespas were popularized by the Mod culture of the 60s, he informed me. According to…» Read More

Displayed on the stark white walls are 33 letters sent to art galleries, jobs and art programs. 33 letters of hope asking for an opportunity, for just one chance. 33 letters respond with encouraging words, but no words of acceptance.

And there are many more.

Rejection hurts. Few would argue that hearing the word, “no” can damage the soul—and it happens to everyone.

Sacramento artist, Arthur Gonzalez, revealed his way of dealing with rejection as an artist in his exhibit, “The Art of Rejection,” currently showing in the Kondos Gallery at City College.

Now, letters of rejection that have been converted into art pieces line the walls of Kondos Gallery. What began as a way to deal with continued dismissal turned into a story of pain, humor and opportunity, said Gonzalez at a discussion panel with John Natsoulas, founder and owner of the John Natsoulas Center for the Arts, at Kondos Gallery Oct. 10 to celebrate the exhibit.

Gonzales says he didn’t initially think of the rejection letters as a future art exhibit.

“They [the letters] were never intended to be seen by anyone except me,” said Gonzalez. “It just sort of happened.”

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Additional reporting by Wendy Aguilar and Daniel Wilson

“You’re in a school. You’re here to learn not just facts, but you’re learning here how to think, and you can open up your minds.”

These were the words of Gov. Jerry Brown in talking to City College students at a rally for Proposition 30 in the campus’ Art Court Theatre Oct. 18.

“When you come to a school, you learn about history,” Brown said. “You learn about the world, you learn about other people. And that’s really what building a society in a civilization is all about.”

Proposition 30, one of the state propositions on the Nov. 6 ballot, is designed to raise sales tax one-quarter cent for four years to fund education and public safety. Additionally, taxes will be increased by a small percentage on individuals who make $250,000 per year—or couples who make $500,000 per year or more.

Brown spoke to about 500 students, faculty and staff on the importance of stopping statewide budget cuts on education. He was joined by City College Student Senate President Taylor Valmores and other state politicians: Darrell Steinberg, California Senate president Pro Tem; Brice Harris, incoming chancellor of California Community Colleges and…» Read More

The Native American Studies Program, Native American Faculty & Staff Association, and the International Studies Program are hosting a Native American student welcome on Oct. 24.The event will be held in the City College Student Center, from noon to 1 p.m.

This is a free event that offers students a chance to learn about the different services offered on the City College campus. Refreshments will be offered to all attendees, and the event will be open to everyone.

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Spoken word artist Fong will be performing at City College on Oct. 24 and will follow up with a writing workshop for students.

The performance will take place in the Cultural Awareness Center from noon to 1 p.m., and the workshop will take place from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m.

According to event organizers, Fong is a second-generation Vietnamese American graduate of U.C. Berkeley who was raised in Sacramento. His poetry focuses on giving a voice to individuals who may feel marginalized or powerless.

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Facilitator Sherri Goldberg of the Student Services Assessment Center and speaker Stephen Hallett, 25, a law student at University of the Pacific McGeorge School of Law, spoke Oct. 22 in the Cultural Awareness Center to a small crowd about LGBT sexual orientation issues. Kelvin Sanders|kassr2000@gmail.com

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People with disabilities are paving their own roads in the workplace.

At a forum held Oct. 18, a panel of former City College students who are all living with disabilities shared their experiences as working professionals.

The event was held to coincide with National Employment of People with Disabilities Month, which runs through October.

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California Gov. Jerry Brown visited City College Oct. 18 to address Proposition 30 and rally students to vote in the Nov. 6 election.

Brown spoke on the importance of stopping statewide budget cuts on education. Darrell Steinberg, California Senate president Pro Tem; Taylor Valmores, City College Student Senate president; Brice Harris, incoming chancellor of California Community Colleges and former chancellor of the Los Rios Community Colleges District; and Jeff Freitas, secretary-treasurer of the California Federation of Teachers, joined the press conference in urging City College students to vote for Proposition 30.

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