City College’s latest attraction is the “Mother of Art” exhibit at the Kondos Gallery. On campus, students are invited to view art collected by art professor Anne Gregory and her husband, Paul Maher.
In the exhibit running from Feb. 28 to March 21, art enthusiasts can expose themselves to different African culture like carvings from Tanzania to a ceremonial spoon from the Dan Culture of Liberia.
The City College community helped to contribute more than 2,000 books were donated to Reading Partners and Loaves and Fishes’ Mustard Seed School at an event in the school’s courtyard on March 5 to celebrate Dr. Suess’ birthday.
New and gently used books were collected during the past several weeks at schools, non-profits and businesses throughout Sacramento. City College contributed 256 books, which were collected in its donation box in the Learning Resource Center lobby.
Hundreds of students walk through the quad everyday thinking they have nothing in common with their fellow students, but on Feb. 28,Club Day was thrown to inform City College students there are like-minded people with similar goals and interests.
Clubs chartered by the Student Leadership and Development range from the American Medical Student Association for students interested in the medical field to Voices for Hope, an advocacy club for students with disabilities. Tables with information and demonstrations to show what each club was about were on display in the quad from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Fox 40 aired a story March 27 during the FOX40 news that featured interviews with City College students seeking two-year degrees and the increasing earning power that will come to them when they do.
The students interviewed showed hope for the future. One student spoke about wanting to go to a four-year university with hopes of making more money than someone with only an associates.
But according to FOX, a new study conducted by Georgetown University shows that 30 percent of Americans with Associates degrees are earning more than Americans who have a Bachelors.
Local poetry will be celebrated with readings on Feb. 28 from “Late Peaches: Poems by Sacramento Poets,” at noon in the A6 Auditorium in the Performing Arts Center.
The Los Rios Police Department is investigating three burglaries that struck the City College Performing Arts Center computer lab over the past three months.
The break-ins occurred Nov. 30, Dec.14, and Jan. 10, according to the LRPD. O fficers are trying to determine whether the burglaries are connected.
On Jan. 10 burglars broke through the computer lab door and stole at least two iMac computers belonging to the Humanities and Fine Arts Division.
Police Department pursued a suspect on foot, but did not apprehend anyone.
According to campus police Sgt. Jinky-Jay Lampano, the LRPD responded to an alarm call from the Performing Arts Center.
“ There were several computers that were taken, [and] we’re working on a suspect,” said Lampano.
According to theatre, arts and film department Professor Robert Gore, “the theater arts and film and information technology departments acted swiftly to replace the iMacs stolen over the course of the three burglaries.”
Although Gore said that it is unfortunate that students must work with older model iMacs until newer replacement computers arrive, he praised the staff and administration for helping the film program recover by the beginning of the semester.
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The field lights from Hughes Stadium have been the cause of controversy for City College athletics and astronomy departments.
Informal agreements made by physics (which houses astronomy) and athletic department heads after the Hughes renovation have led to scheduling solutions that largely prevent stadium light pollution from coinciding with astronomy labs during weekdays.
However, according to City College Astronomy Coordinator & Professor of Astronomy Liam McDaid, weekend observatory events remain largely restricted due to Friday and Saturday night stadium games.
Hughes Stadium’s new lighting system, part of a renovation completed September scatters light from six towers out and upward. Though aimed at an angle more downward than the previous set of lights, the combined 147 light bulbs shine brighter and prevent visibility of most night sky objects from Rodda South’s third floor observatory, McDaid said.
“The problem is that the lights shine directly on the observatory,” McDaid said. “Unless [my class and I] are looking at the moon maybe, there’s nothing I can do.”
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The annual march to the state Capitol is approaching March 4 as City College students prepare to march to support higher education.
March in March Coordinator Kimberlee Beyrer said students are encouraged to meet at the fountain between the Performing Arts building and the City Café at 8:30 a.m. where they will then march to the light rail station and meet up with 15,000 other students from all over the state of California in front of the Capitol.
For more information on the march, contact Kimberlee Beyrer at 916-558-2607 or email her at beyrerk@scc.losrios.edu.
