The Channels

A full-time job earning $70,000 a year was waiting for her after graduation. But Kahea Kahui abandoned her plan to join the City College nursing program. Had she put her name on the 331-student waiting list, she would not be guaranteed a seat until 2011. "I just don't know anybody in their right mind who would wait that long," said Kahui, who came to Santa Barbara from Hawaii to study nursing.… Post the First Comment

To ensure that students are well prepared for a highly coveted seat in the nursing program, the college has added new prerequisites. Potential nursing students must complete these classes before joining the wait list. The prerequisites include one semester each of college chemistry, anatomy and physiology.… Post the First Comment

The woman raped by an on-duty security officer in a college security truck is suing City College, claiming the college's failure to investigate a prior assault on campus put her in harm's way. On Nov. 12, 2004, Kent Kafatia was working the graveyard shift when he offered Natasha Deacon a ride home in a campus security truck.… Post the First Comment

With Saddam Hussein on trial, Bin Laden still at large and more than 2,000 U.S. troops dead in Iraq, the time is ripe for a new Middle East studies program to begin. Courses in Middle East Studies, part of a newly-proposed major, will be offered in Spring 2006.… Post the First Comment

A City College-conducted survey has shed new light on the growing number of freshmen enrolling in classes they are not prepared for. Incoming students are required to take an assessment test covering math, reading, and writing, to determine if they are academically prepared for college-level classes.… Post the First Comment

City College students can expect a guaranteed space at California State University Channel Islands next year, thanks to a new agreement between the two colleges. The Transfer Center reported that 51 City College students transferred to Channel Islands compared with 425 who transferred to UCSB.… Post the First Comment

Faculty and administrators are at odds over a second session in Summer 2007 and what it would mean for enrollment, student success and professors' sanity. The two groups need to find common ground by December 2006 in order to give students the option for more than one summer session in 2007.… Post the First Comment

The Associated Students Senate voted to support a possible statewide ballot measure to drop the cost of tuition, which would require it to collect 3,080 signatures. The confusion began when the meeting started and carried over into the senate's discussion.… Post the First Comment

Griselda Sanchez, who was hired a year ago, is leaving City College for a position at UCSB. She was the first multcultural program coordinator at City College and has accepted a position with UCSB outreach department. "It was a great opportunity for me," Sanchez said.… Post the First Comment

City College English Skills Professor Elida Moreno has been honored in the ninth edition of Who's Who Among American Teachers (WWAAT), which honors the Nations most respected teachers. Moreno's former ESL and English Skills students nominated her because they felt she had made a difference in their lives.… Post the First Comment

City College students from the music 128, songwriting classes will make the end of the semester a close to remember by performing Pink Floyd covers as well as their own songs at 8 p.m. on December 6 at the Fé Bland Forum on West Campus. Dr. John Clark, who teaches songwriting, puts on the show every semester.… Post the First Comment

City College's Art Department will be holding its annual Pots and Prints Sale, from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., November 30 and December 1 in front of the East Campus Cafeteria. Students prepare to display and sell their artwork months before the actual event, said Professor Pamela Zwehl-Burke, of the Art Department.… Post the First Comment