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FALL 2008 is about half way over!  Mid terms are here.

Sorry!

The official groundbreaking for the new building was held on October 16th.  The official word was the grand opening is now expected to be in February of 2010.  At least now it will be hard to back out of...

Here are some Photo Club activity dates. 

-  Friday October 24   MoPA  11am  Led by Marv Sloben


-  Friday November 7  8:30am - 8:30pm  Bus Trip to the top photo
galleries in L.A. / Hollywood / Santa Monica (Including Fahey-Klein,
Bergamot Station, Santa Monica pier, etc.) + Freestyle.

The bus trip to FreeStyle and the LA Galleries will be $20 for Photo Club members & faculty; $30 for non-members.  It costs them $8 A.S. Fee to be a member so they save $2... and if they order board or whatever throughout the year and go on more trips, they save MORE.  We will have bus sign-ups next week.  Please get the word out NOW so
people can SAVE THE DATE.

http://www.faheykleingallery.com/exhibitions/exhibitions_frames.htm
       http://www.bergamotstation.com/   (30 art galleries in one
location)
       http://www.freestylephoto.biz/creativecenter.php


-  Friday November 14  11am  Tour of Ray Street Studios, San Diego  Led
by Marv Sloben


 

Spring Semester 2008 Academic Calendar

Here is the wording we will be inserting and acting upon:

In the Photography program we take this topic very, very seriously and so does the school.

THE PENALTY FOR CHEATING IS SEVERE: ANY form of misrepresentation, lying, plagiarism, copying others‘ work, claiming work that is not entirely your own as your own without crediting others, use of any unauthorized aids during an examination- including other students’ work, dishonesty on ANY assignment will result at minimum in an ”F” in the class and can lead to a hearing before the College's Dean of Students. Additionally, disciplinary probation, which remains on your record for five years, or suspension from the class, the program or even the College may result.  Cheating or using the work of others is a conscious choice on your part.  But there are NO acceptable excuses for choosing  to compromise your integrity by cheating.  None.

Drop this class if you feel you may not be able to resist the temptation to cheat.  In our photo program, using the work of someone else is viewed exactly the same way. Your instructor will have no choice but to follow the school and program policy mandated for such activities.

Plagiarism Defined for Art / Photo Students:
ALL of your work, every exposure on every proof sheet, every print made for assignments, every scan and optimization, every selection done in Photoshop, every rough, gallery mounted piece on board, any work presented to me by you of work done in or for this class; MUST BE DONE BY YOU! If not done by you, it will be considered a form of misrepresentation, lying or plagiarism defined by the above College Policy on cheating.

It was planned that ground breaking would happen in June of 2008 with construction to be completed by Spring Semester of 2009.  This means we would be moving over the Christmas Break 2009 and starting classes there Spring of 2010.  However the bid award was a little behind schedule so now it is anticipated to be completed by Summer 2010.  Well that is only a semester slip... so far...  Here was the

"The San Diego Community College District's Board of Trustees awarded bids this evening for construction of the San Diego City College Career Technology Center totaling $39,575,814.  The construction estimate for this project was $44,790,000.  The projected savings is expected to be $5,214,186 under estimate. 

"The companies submitting the lowest responsible successful bids were A.O. Reed; Alpha Mechanical Heating and Air Conditioning, Inc.; Applied Waterproofing Technology, Inc.; Artimex Iron Co., Inc.; Brady Co. San Diego, Inc. (2 contracts); Commercial & Industrial Roofing Company, Inc.; Concrete Contractors Interstate; Division 8, Inc.; Elljay Acoustics, Inc.; EMS Construction, Inc.; Frank & Son Paving, Inc.; Industrial Commercial Systems, Inc.; Lozano Caseworks, Inc.; Magnesite Specialties, Inc.; Modern Masonry; Park West Landscape, Inc; Pecoraro, Inc.; Prime Tile, Inc. (2 contracts); Rusco, Inc.; Sheedy Hoist; Southland Electric, Inc.; The McIntyre Company; Webcor Construction, LP; Western Bay Sheet Metal, Inc. 

"The CTC will be home to an expanded Nursing program, Cosmetology, Photography, and the College Police headquarters for City College.  The building will include photovoltaics."

Meantime, some of you who have been around to watch this saga may have noticed that political correctness has finally impacted us.  The original name for the building was VTC which stood for "Vocational Technical Center" but of course that is not quite upbeat enough so it is now the CTC which stands for the CAREER Technical Center.  I feel so much better now...