Former Southwestern College superintendent appears in court

Former Southwestern College superintendent Raj K. Chopra appeared at the Chula Vista Courthouse on Friday, April 12, 2013. Judge Ana España set the trial date for Chopra and the 15 defendants to begin on Feb. 18, 2014.

Former Southwestern College superintendent Raj K. Chopra appeared in San Diego County Superior Court today, his first public appearance since the district attorney began serving search warrants and issuing indictments in December 2011. Chopra arrived with a small group that included his driver, his son and his attorney, Michael Attanasio. Chopra joined 11 other defendants in court this morning for the final steps of the arraignment proceedings in the trial now known as the South Bay Corruption Case. Each defendant…

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A champion gone too soon…Phil Lopez

Condensing Phil into 250 words is difficult, but so was he. He heartily embraced the role of curmudgeon, yelling out the car window at slow moving pedestrians or moaning loudly…

Getting a jump on grad school – Anthropology Club students conduct, present research

Southwestern College students who want to get a taste of graduate school get to sample a full menu in the Anthropology Club. No GRE is required. Ancient human skeletons, the origin of language and genital mutilation are some of the topics club members are exploring in a rigorous, intellectual manner of a research university. Advisor Dr. Maria Jelaca-Tavakoli is working …

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The Give and Go: Football is headed for extinction

  For some, it is a way of life—a religion. Teeter tottering between sobriety and indigestion, football Sunday–or simply referred to as Game Day–is church for the diehard, where homes …