March 11 News Briefs

Applications due soon
Submit your applications to run for Associate Student Council by March 12. Students can run independently or on a slate. Don’t know what a slate is? Stop by Room 209 in the Student Union to find out!

Recyclemania!
As of March 10, City College is beating San Francisco State University in the Recyclemania! contest. City College’s cumulative recycling  rate is 48.75 percent to SFSU’s 47.75 percent, ranking City college 13 and SFSU 15 in the general  national competition.

Student hit in crosswalk
A City College student was hit by a car while crossing the street near the northern exit of the reservoir parking lot at 1 p.m. on March 2. Read the full story.

Pell Grant to increase
With President Obama’s 2010-2011 budget the maximum amount awarded for the Pell Grant will increase to $5,550. The budget includes plans to modernize the student loan programs. For more information see http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/budget.

Club leaves ICC
The bureaucracy of City College’s Inter-Club Council has frustrated one student, founder of the new Media Edge club Marek  Damm, into resigning from the ICC. The club may continue to operate, but it won’t be under the sponsorship of the Associated Students. Read the full story.