The last couple months of the fall semester bring not only colder temperatures, but also cold and flu season.
Listen to tips from City College students on how to stay healthy during finals week.
Staying Cold and flu free on a budget by Stephanie Rodriguez
Director Bob Wrenn and the City College World Music Ensemble presented a selection of international music on Nov. 2 in the City College Auditorium.
About 100 people attended the event, which featured music from Ireland, China and the Caribbean.
The program began with traditional Irish music, including jigs, reels, Aire and polkas. Choreographer Allegra Silberstein choreographed the ensemble’s six Chinese selections, accompanying the music with dance and poetry.
Music of the Caribbean closed the event, with Wrenn and the Ensemble performing songs from Martinique, Jamaica, Trinidad, Cuba, Haiti and Bahamas.
Despite the slow start to the season, the Panthers turned it into a success with a strong second half.
After losing four of its first five games, City College came back winning five of the last six games.
The team closed out the season on Nov. 21 by defeating the Laney Eagles 40-17 in the Laney Eagles Bowl.
The Panthers earned the Mid-Empire Conference title after defeating the American River College Beavers, 54-51.
“The kids did a great job of executing,” Interim Head Coach Dannie Walker said. “They played with 100 percent effort. It’s what our philosophy is.”
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For decades students have come to the City College cosmetology program with assorted backgrounds and ambitions.
Freshman Alena Trimble is no different, except maybe a little.
She has 10 children and is determined to do what she’s always wanted, build her own career.
On Tuesday, Nov. 17, the City College concert band took the stage in their second to last performance of the semester.
The ensemble, under the direction of Randy Stark, played a wide array of pieces ranging from works written by Wagner and Mozart, to more modern pieces written specifically for concert band ensembles.
The group demonstrated a strong sense of dynamics as each song was played, adding tension and excitement to the performance.
The band’s next and final performance is on Tuesday, Dec. 8 at 7 p.m. in the main auditorium.
Police have identified student Quran Jones as being allegedly responsible for beating roommate Scott Hawkins to death in a Sacramento State dorm room, according to a Sacramento State press release. After officers responded to the room for reports of a disturbance, Jones was shot by police as he charged them with a knife, Sacramento State President Alexander Gonzalez said at a press conference, Thursday. The shooting took place after Jones apparently attacked the victim with what police believe was a baseball bat. Both students involved were taken from the American River Courtyard Residence Hall on stretchers; Hawkins later [read more...]
