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A new age in teaching

Online Staff — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 23:25:18 +0000

For over a decade now, online instruction has offered students an alternative to the scheduled lecture courses that were previously available only on campus.

With the current economic climate and the influx of students seeking higher education, many professors are embracing the Internet as a valuable tool to make learning more accessible to the growing number of students, according to instructors who’ve added online courses to their teaching schedules.

The number of online classes has increased significantly since they first popped up in the mid-1990s. City College now offers more than 100 courses in more than 40 subjects. Tom Miner, [read more...]

March in March-3/5/2012

Kimberly Washington — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 00:36:40 +0000

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On Monday, March 5, approximately fifty City College students gathered in the Quad to march to the Capitol in protest of continued budget cuts for higher education.

Oh, Snap! Picture Of the Day-1/17/12

Online Staff — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 23:18:11 +0000

Oh, Snap! Picture Of the Day-1/16/12

Online Staff — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 23:37:50 +0000

State champ to scholar

Aidan Fitzsimon — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 23:38:22 +0000

Forward Zach Bartley, a sophomore on the men’s basketball team for City College, is averaging eight points per game and has totaled 33 rebounds through the first four games, playing in the undefeated start the Panthers men’s basketball team is off to.

“I try to get rebounds, that’s how a lot of my points come. I’m kind of like the garbage man on the court,” Zach Bartley, English major says. “Any time there’s a missed shot I crash the boards hard.”

Bartley brings a lot of experience to the team.

After gray-shirting a year at Sierra College, Bartley arrived at [read more...]

Reuse, recycle, and reconsider

Salvatore Faro — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 04:05:02 +0000

With the changing climate and increasing global population, it has come to the point where we as Americans should start and need to reduce the negative effects we have on the environment.

In 2010, cleanair.org reported that the average American office worker used about 500 disposable cups per year. If a small group of just 10 office workers chose to use reusable glasses at work that would cut the use of disposable cups by 5,000. California is the highest populous state in the country with a state population of just over 37 million, according to 2010.census.gov. [read more...]

Wide receiver thrives on teamwork

Aidan Fitzsimon — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 23:48:47 +0000

City College wide receiver Byron Riggs has spent the last two fall semesters bolting from the line down the field, then leaping to tremendous heights to make big time catches. The rest of the week?

Good luck finding him.

Riggs is known around the team for his ability to make big time catches.

Quarterback Dominic Carmazzi, 21, remembered a particular play, against Sierra College.

“I had a 40-yard touchdown pass to him. He went up and got it and it was a great play on his part,” Carmazzi said.

At 6-foot-3-inches and weighing 185 pounds, Riggs’s teammates describe him as [read more...]

Kondos Art Gallery hosts ‘Birdhouses’ art show

Zack Schmitz — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 01:51:14 +0000

The saying “for the birds” takes on a whole new meaning at the current Kondos Art Gallery second annual “Birdhouses” show, which opened on Nov. 10. More than 60 pieces of work are on display at the City College art gallery, representing artists from all over California, including some City College faculty and staff.

“People requested that we do it again, because everyone loved last year’s show so much,” said Suzanne Adan, a curator of the Kondos Art Gallery and adjunct art professor at City College.

Eric S. Wood, one of the shows artists and a former art professor at City [read more...]

Jodi Travasaro shares how to get a state job

Kevin Clements — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 01:35:50 +0000

With jobs in scarce supply, students need all the help they can get.

On Nov. 8 Jodi Travasaro a statewide learning and performance officer, held an event at City College to educate students and staff on how to find state jobs. Her two-hour lecture was full of tips and advice on how to “think professionally,” Travasaro said repeatedly.

Travasaro started her lecture by asking everyone to create a professional atmosphere, hoping one day it would soon become a familiar feeling.

“I was proud about the turn out,” said Poonam Kelkar, coordinator and job services student personnel assistant (SPA). “Students can [read more...]

Student body elects new members of SAC

Nicole Head — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 02:03:23 +0000

Taylor Valmores won as president of the Clubs and Events Board and Kevin Kayhanian won as president of the Student Senate Oct. 18-19 in the Student Associated Council election.

According to faculty coordinator of Student Leadership and Development Kimberlee Beyrer, a total of 446 students voted in the election. The newly elected officers will begin their work under the new Student Associated Council effective Nov. 1, 2011.

“A big thank you to all of the staff and volunteers that helped our students exercise their right to vote,” said Beyrer. “Thanks to all of you, the election ran [read more...]