The Guardsman

BY DOMINIK MOSUR
EDITOR
Students in the Bayview/Hunter’s Point neighborhood will lose access to open space next year if Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s plan to close Candlestick Point State Recreation Area along with 47 other parks is approved.
Literacy for Environmental Justice, an education non-profit serving the Bayview community, is one group opposing Candlestick’s closure.
After signing their petition I [...]

BY JEN HOUGHTON
CONTRIBUTING WRITER
I am obsessed with MySpace. For my age, I feel that logging in once a day is too often. If asked how often I “space,” I would deny it, I would lie.
Social-networking sites are not necessarily inappropriate or signify a level of immaturity, but some are definitely for specific demographics and people [...]

BY MARIA UMANZOR
EDITOR
California’s education system is facing tough budget cuts, so while we wait for the fall semester, let’s focus on how wisely we can spend the summer time.
There’s only one week of class left before finals week starts. Despite the high pressure of doing well, many students wonder what they will do over two [...]

No, it would be a disaster
BY MAAHUM CHAUDHRY
STAFF WRITER
As a frequent Muni rider, I know firsthand how Muni can be, with colorful Fast Passes to prove it. I’ve had my fair share of days of being soaked in the rain after waiting at the bus stop, only to watch my bus whiz by. I have [...]

Nine trustee candidates have stepped forward
BY MARTHA VALLEJO
STAFF WRITER
San Francisco citizens will elect four candidates for the Community College Board of Trustees Nov. 4.
By April 24 there were nine candidates who filed documents at the City Department of Elections. Two of them were incumbents Milton Marks III and Rodel Rodis, intending to be reelected. It [...]

Nine trustee candidates have stepped forward
By Liska Koenig
STAFF WRITER
Industrial engineering major Diana Muñoz-Villanueva was re-elected as City College student trustee for 2008 – 2009, while political science major Joshua Nielsen was elected the new Associated Students President during elections for AS government on April 29 and 30.
Earning 431 of the 607 votes, Muñoz-Villanueva promised to [...]

BY BONTA HILL
CONTRIBUTING WRITER
City College’s Hall of Fame will be moved to the Wellness Center from its longtime home in the defunct South Gymnasium, according to head football coach George Rush.
Started in 1985, inductions to the hall were held every five years until 1995.
“The first hall of fame was in 1985, and we did inductions [...]

BY TJ Johnson

Staff Writer
When City College sprinter Chauncey David-Jacobs ran the 200m in 23.96 seconds at the Coast Conference Championships at Monterey on April 26, she again became the second-fastest among junior college women to run the 200m.
When her husband Kenneth Smith — himself a track coach who watched from the stands — broke the [...]

Sophomore pitcher Matt Ko pitched his final game for City College baseball in stellar fashion, allowing only two earned runs in nine innings as the Rams defeated Canada College 6-4 at Sunberg field in Balboa park on April 29.
“I knew this was my last game for City and I had to go balls out,” Ko [...]