City College began accepting private donations but has abandoned the idea of attaching the sponsor’s name to rescued classes, according to Chancellor Dr. Don Q. Griffin.
City College student Jorge Baires, 19, was found dead Aug. 26 in the Aquatic Park Lagoon, just four hours after he was scheduled to attend an 8 a.m. English class at Ocean campus.
Wanting to avenge a 27-17 loss to Sierra College last season, the Rams had their hands full as they hosted the Wolverines on Sept. 19.
12 November 2009
An editorial published in the Oct. 7 issue of The Guardsman titled “Critical Citizens Vital to a Republic” warned against exalting the president in a celebration at City College and advocated dissent as a fundamental necessity of democracy. We received one letter to the editor in response to that editorial, which we published in our [...]
12 November 2009
By Nick Palm Staff writer Give me nuclear disarmament talks, suicide bombers, human rights summits, Joe Biden bloopers, anything newsworthy. If I could wish upon a star, it would be that CBS never opened the reality show sewage dump flood gates when they first aired Survivor in 2000, allowing every schmuck in America to get their 15 [...]
12 November 2009
By Bonta Hill Sports Editor I missed my deadline this week in submitting this edition of the Water Cooler. I’m starting to feel the pressure of maintaining the humor I deliver in this column. Let’s see how far that excuse rides with my copy editors. I bet they’ll bust my chops when we go over this issue of [...]
05 November 2009
By Nick Palm STAFF WRITER The long-awaited arrival of the new City College Web site is due to be unveiled on Nov. 2. The introduction of the new Web site, which was originally slated for September of this year, was pushed back to allow the fall semester to run smoothly. “We didn’t want to disrupt the add/drop period or [...]
05 November 2009
By Hannah Weiner FEATURES EDITOR City College and San Francisco State University students and teachers gathered at City Hall on Oct. 15 to protest education budget cuts. Rally participants stood on the steps holding umbrellas which spelled out “Save Public Education” while other students and organization members handed out pamphlets to encourage public involvement. “I’ve been teaching for [...]
05 November 2009
By Tania Cervantes CONTRIBUTING WRITER In the midst of global warming and green awareness, “Blue Ice,” has taken over the walls at the City College Art Gallery in the Visual Arts Building. The exhibit is part one of a two-part project of a collaboration between artist and City College professor Elsa Marley and geologist William Glassley. With their [...]
