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by Becca Hoekstra The Guardsman In the fast-paced world of Google, social media and the 24/7 news cycle, our Industrial [...]

By Becca Hoekstra The Guardsman There is one single thing that can make or break your education. It’s not the [...]

By Becca Hoekstra The Guardsman Oh, the Presidential Election. You bring me such joy. Not.The debates are in full swing.Policies [...]

By Becca Hoekstra The Guardsman As you may have heard, there’s an election coming up in November.(If you have actually [...]

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By Becca Hoekstra. Escape From City College continues with the quintessential moan of our generation: textbooks.

  By Becca Hoekstra The Guardsman   This summer I learned it sucks to have your school in the headlines. [...]

The Guardsman by Becca Hoekstra Normally, I’m a very forgiving and kind-hearted person. But I hope there is a special [...]

In the turbulent times of the 21st century, public higher education is a student in the school of hard knocks. That’s why thousands of college students drove, bussed, or even walked up to the State Capitol in Sacramento on March 5: because we’re tired of increased fees, extreme budget cuts, absurd student loan debts, and overpriced textbooks — for a start.

Students come to City College for a variety of reasons… “I’m just here until I transfer,” we say to each other and our school counselors. We constantly reassure our parents, our grandparents, even our friends of that phrase: “just to transfer”. As if we’re ashamed.

Remember when the first day of school used to be exciting? …Now, it’s a living nightmare.