Julia Torres

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Daily Sundial
09/15/2025
Black Student Entrepreneurs: More Than Transactions

Black-owned businesses make up only a fraction of the U.S. market and are underrepresented on college campuses. For student entrepreneurs like Lawerence Johnson, every sale is more than a transaction-it...

Daily Sundial
09/15/2025
From weights to wellness: Inside CSUN's Girl Gains Club

Despite the constant rain storms throughout mid-February, the Girl Gains Club at CSUN is shifting its gears and organizing tabling events to recruit new members into the weightlifting club. Co-President...

The Channels
Financial aid modifications create struggle for dependent applicants

City College's financial aid department has experienced many changes recently causing an increase in students needing help with financial aid applications. Financial Aid Advisor Elsa Chavez and Yesenia Garcia both work as an advisor for students with EOPS, AB540 and the CA Dream Act. They have both been working in the financial aid department at...

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SBCC's 'Treasure Island' production sets sail with sensational adventure

Walking through the doors of the Garvin Theatre, I could hear the sea shanties playing softly through the hidden speakers of the theater. They were low, almost too low to understand what was playing, but the large screen with a soft projection of a pirate flag confirmed my suspicions.

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Raíces program assists SBCC's increasing Hispanic population

City College was recognized as a Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI) as of March 2021 by the U.S. Department of Education under the grant Title V- "Developing Hispanic-Serving Institution". In other words, City College is an "accredited, degree-granting, public or private nonprofit institution of higher education with 25 percent or more total undergraduate Hispanic full-time equivalent student...

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Lunar New Year celebration lights up SBCC with vibrant cultural traditions

Red streamers, red envelopes containing gifts and paper dragon decorations add onto the already colorful AAPI mural at City College. With the arrival of the Lunar New Year, the Chinese Student Union and Asian Student Union organized a new year celebration from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Feb. 15.

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Directors of "MADU" inspire youth at Santa Barbara Film Festival opening

With only half an hour until the Santa Barbara Film Festival kicked off for its 39th anniversary, the rain came pouring down on the Arlington Theatre, the klieg lights illuminating the raindrops falling through the dark sky. Nonetheless, the world premiere for Disney's "MADU" stayed on schedule.