Category: COVID19

The Chancellor Finalists: Candidates Largely Align in Approaches to Restore Solvency, and In-Person Classes

September 8, 2021October 13, 2021 The Guardsman Christopher Villa, shanell williams, candidate, AFT2121, David Martin, budget deficit, Student Centered Funding Formula, Monterey Peninsula Community College District, Las Positas College, Erin Blackwell, Garrett Leahy, board of trustees, Malaika Finklestein, chancellor, Kristina Whalen

Some of the main challenges for the chancellor will be ensuring the college’s long-term fiscal stability while making preparations to bring back in-person classes. Opinions on how these goals should be achieved differ between AFT2121, the union which represents the college’s faculty, and the Board of Trustees, with chancellor candidates in the running having largely similar stances on achieving goals mostly inline with the Board’s opinion and differing from each other only slightly.

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Delta Variant Surge Leads to Mandate

August 25, 2021September 14, 2021 The Guardsman board of trustees, COVID-19, Annette Mullaney, john rizzo, vaccine mandate, aft 2121, CCCCO, Delta Variant, madeline mueller, Max Hollinger, Dianna Gonzales, HEAT, Rick Baum

The City College Board of Trustees approved a vaccine mandate Thursday, August 12, which will require students, faculty, staff, and visitors to be vaccinated by Oct. 1, 2021 at the latest.

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Labagh Steps Up As New Department Chair

August 25, 2021September 12, 2021 The Guardsman Department Chair of Athletics, regime change, Coach Justin Labagh, Coach Adam D’Acquisto, Rams Sports, SF Rams, Sports, men's basketball, City College of San Francisco, CCSF sports

With the athletic department recently shrunk due to cuts, men’s basketball coach Justin Labagh has gracefully taken on an additional role as department chair. Previous chair holder Dan Hayes announced in May of this year that he was stepping down amid his retirement. Of course, this news happened to fall on the heels of an unprecedented pandemic year; a year of poor numbers due in part to no in-person classes, which ultimately resulted in cuts to both budgets and staff. When asked how the decision came about, Labagh simply said, “Someone had to do it.”

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Full Fall Schedule Brings Normalcy, Excitement to Athletics Department

August 25, 2021September 14, 2021 The Guardsman football, men's basketball, Kaiyo Funaki, women's volleyball, Women’s Water Polo, women's soccer, Iliana Sanchez, men's soccer, Megan Celillo, justin labagh, CCSF, Women’s Basketball, Jimmy Collins, Jack Newman

It’s full steam ahead for the athletics department as City College’s coaching staff and student-athletes prepare for an official fall sports season.

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Art Instructors and Students Hone the Art of Perseverance

August 25, 2021September 14, 2021 The Guardsman Skylar Wildfeuer, Ming Ren, chinese brush painting, Maxwell Hollinger, san francisco state university, May Lee, Art department, Tucker Nichols, Jeannie Wong, COVID-19, Close to Home: Creativity in Crisis, pandemic, Flowers for Sick People, distance learning, Delta Variant

By Skylar Wildfeuer skylar.wildfeuer@gmail.com Seventeen months into the ubiquitously traumatic pandemic experience, determined instructors and engaged students find consolation

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City College Faces $22.5 Million Budget Deficit and Threat of State Take Over

August 25, 2021September 14, 2021 The Guardsman COVID-19, California Community College Chancellor’s Office, pandemic, cantonese, ESL, English as a Second Language, Other Post-Employment Benefits Retiree Trust, shanell williams, Aliya Chisti, AFT2121, Wynd Kaufman, Wise, Erin Blackwell, Sarah Berjan, CARES Act, Tom Temprano, OPEB, Tom Boegel, John al-Amin, board of trustees, Alan Wong, Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund, john rizzo, HEERF, academic senate

State auditors in early April warned the California Community College Chancellor’s office to act quickly in order to remain independent, deeming the college “not currently stable,” citing its ineffective attempts at reducing its costs necessary to supplement the 35% enrollment decline over the past eight years, which resulted in the college tapping into its reserves.

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Educators: Don’t shame gamers, leverage their skills

May 12, 2021May 12, 2021 The Guardsman learning, Animal Crossing, opinion, Zero Dawn, video games, Dr. Natalie Coyle, studying, COVID-19, Manon Cadenaule, pandemic, River Bradley, education, Educators, gaming, virtual

The growing popularity of video games during the COVID-19 pandemic could give more opportunities to students to hone their skills in and out of the classroom.

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Local Custodians Looking to Clean House of Unethical Labor Practices

May 12, 2021May 12, 2021 The Guardsman the guardsman, labor, COVID-19, Loretta Bonifacio, Serena Sacharoff, SEIU Local 87, Gold Rush, Salesforce

Salesforce’s reimagined ivory tower has equally affluent neighbors in the SoMa district; Google, Facebook, and Twitter occupy nearby offices. What do these tech giants have in common, aside from their profit margins?

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Lessons from the Pandemic: It’s Time to Rethink Social Policy

May 12, 2021May 12, 2021 The Guardsman opinion, united states, COVID-19, Melvin Wong, pandemic, Casey Michie, Unemployment, budget, Social Policy, Health Care

COVID-19 and the ensuing unemployment crisis has demonstrated a need to improve the United State’s social safety net.

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Community college saved my life. Thank you, Joe Biden, for trying to make it free.

May 12, 2021May 12, 2021 The Guardsman COVID-19, Manon Cadenaule, Joe Biden, Jen Balderama, Jill Biden, CCSF, American Families Plan, journalism department, Washington Post, community college, students

Jen Balderama of the Washington Post discusses how attending community college changed her life.

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Silly Stories for Serious Times

April 28, 2021April 28, 2021 The Guardsman COVID-19, Manon Cadenaule, Madigan Kent, Sillypants Goes to Remote School, Sillypants: How to Dress for a Pandemic, Sillypants: Which Do You Like Best?

Psychotherapist Madigan Kent speaks about her children’s book writing process.

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Vaccine Eligibility and How Able-Bodied People are Cheating it

April 14, 2021 The Guardsman COVID-19, pandemic, Joe Biden, Daina Medveder Koziot, san francisco, Ava Cohen, california, vaccinations, Gavin Newsom, vaccine eligibility, Vaccines, One Medical, coronavirus

Gov. Gavin Newsom has made the claim that everyone in California will be vaccinated by the end of April, but some residents are cheating the lines and already receiving their doses before they are eligible.

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Teachers Face Heightened Stress During Pandemic, Surveys Say

March 24, 2021 The Guardsman tenure, Chronicle of higher education, retirement, great recession, CCSF, san francisco retirement, CalSTRS, teachers, professors, COVID-19, Casey Michie

Recent surveys indicate an increased rate of retirement of teaching faculty across the nation due to conditions brought upon by the pandemic.