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An Iconic Comedy Festival Adapts to the New Normal

February 15, 2022February 22, 2022 The Guardsman Annette Mullaney, Janette Varney, David Owan, Cole Stratton, Sketch Fest, David Sharma, Sarah Clayson

Even with the Sketch Fests growth in notoriety, it has remained an intimate event, one which allows you to see some of the greatest comedians up-close and personally.

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Delta Variant Surge Leads to Mandate

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

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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Union Wins Class Size Concession

August 25, 2021September 26, 2021 The Guardsman AFT2121, Negotiations, Part-Time Faculty, Annette Mullaney, financial crisis, class sizes, residency

Faculty union AFT2121 negotiations with the City College administration resulted in classes size minimums remaining at 15 for Fall ‘21.

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Salary Cuts Buy Time for Fiscal Solution

August 25, 2021September 14, 2021 The Guardsman AFT2121, Tom Temprano, Gordon Mar, Alan Wong, Annette Mullaney, Malaika Finkelstein, Layoffs, board of trustees, Hilary Ronen, budget cuts, WERF, Board of Supervisors, Max Hollinger

The faculty’s salary concessions will save jobs and classes for the 2021-22 academic year. However, the agreement may only delay cuts.

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Interim Chancellor’s 12-Month Contract Comes to a Close

May 12, 2021August 31, 2021 The Guardsman Dr. Rajen Vurdien, chancellor, Emily Trinh, interim chancellor, Annette Mullaney, immigration, multi-year budget plan, ESL, faculty cuts, community college, financial crisis, AFT2121, budget reconciliation, fall schedule, public forum, teacher union, JohnTaylor Wildfeuer, board of trustees, English as a Second Language, san francisco

The Interim Chancellor, who came out of retirement to take on the position, has referred to addressing City College’s financial crisis as “righting the ship”. As he prepares to leave the helm, students and faculty continue to work to reconcile salaries and employment with his administration’s Multi-Year Budget Plan.

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Administration Asks City for $30 Million in Emergency Aid

April 28, 2021 The Guardsman board of trustees, Hillary Ronen, budget, Rajen Vurdien, Board of Supervisors, Annette Mullaney, class cuts, Malaika Finkelstein, shanell williams, Erin Blackwell, AFT2121, Layoffs, Thea Selby, Mary Bravewoman, Free City, Financial Crisis and Management Assistance Team, Tom Temprano, Gordon Mar

The request asks San Francisco for $15 million a year for the next two years and could be introduced to the Board of Supervisors as early as April 27.

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Faculty Dispute Vurdien’s Version of Layoffs’ Impact

March 24, 2021March 24, 2021 The Guardsman board of trustees, Annette Mullaney, budget, Enrollment Management Committee, academic senate, Serena Sacharoff, multi-year Budget and Enrollment Plan, class cuts, Carole Meagher, DSPS, Rebuild City College, dcc, Department Chairperson Council, Dianna Gonzales, Disabled Student Programs and Services, Tom Boegel, Muriel Parenteau, Rajen Vurdien

Despite Interim Chancellor Rajen Vurdien’s and City College administrators’ repeated promises that faculty layoffs and course cuts will not result in any academic programs being discontinued, many faculty members claim they will.

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City College Ups Financial Oversight with Monthly Budget Updates

March 10, 2021March 11, 2021 The Guardsman Alan Wong, Annette Mullaney, John al-Amin, Full-Time Caucus, board of trustees, David James, budget, finances, audits, academic senate, special investigation, Mark Rocha, Board Budget and Audit Committee, budget deficit

City College is on track to hit its $5.6 million budget deficit target for the current academic year, though 12 of 30 line items are trending above target spending, according to Vice Chancellor of Finance and Administration John al-Amin’s monthly budget update to the Board of Trustees on Feb. 25.

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Budget Deficit’s Impact on Equity

February 23, 2021March 26, 2021 The Guardsman deficit, TULAY, VASA, harts, LSN, retention, Tom Boegel, Kim Wise, Chris Fong, Higher Education Action Team, Serena Sacharoff, Rick Baum, English Second Language, multi-year budget plan, equity, austerity, eops, Annette Mullaney, Corwin Cooley, budget cuts, MRSD, petition, ESL, AASP, underrepresented students, class cuts, APASS, Marlboro Aleonar

Cuts to staff and classes may increase demands on City College’s counseling services and retention programs that largely serve underrepresented students, yet the programs themselves may not be fully spared.

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A Many-Faceted Financial Fiasco

February 9, 2021February 10, 2021 The Guardsman john rizzo, Enrollment Management Committee, Michael Needham, seiu local 1021, Wynd Kaufman, Athena Steff, aft 2121, Malaika Finkelstein, Full-Time Caucus, academic senate, Erin Blackwell, David James, accreditation, multi-year Budget and Enrollment Plan, Budget Committee, ACCJC, Other Post-Employment Benefits, accrediting commission for community and junior colleges, OPEB, London Breed, Carole Meagher, John al-Amin, board of trustees, Workforce Education and Recovery Fund, budget, Annette Mullaney, Gordan Mar

The pandemic has exacerbated the College’s financial woes, with decreased tax revenues and delayed funding from the state, but it is not the genesis of the problem.

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500 Vaccinated at City College, San Francisco’s First Mass Vaccination Site

February 9, 2021February 10, 2021 The Guardsman COVID-19, pandemic, Annette Mullaney, san francisco, San Francisco Department of Public Health, David Morgan, moscone center, Moderna, ucsf, London Breed, Vaccines

On opening day, the mood was ebullient. “We’ve had a couple people cry out of joy,” said a city rep checking people in. “It’s a great way to spend a Friday, even in the rain.”

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City College Alumni becomes new host of the Warriors Pre/Postgame Live for NBC Sports Bay Area

January 27, 2021January 30, 2021 The Guardsman Bonta Hill, KNBR, The Warriors, KSFS, NBC Sports Bay Area, Matt Steinmetz, The Golden State Warriors, Matt Nahigian, Daryle “Guru” Johnson, juan gonzales, San Francisco Examiner, media arts, Jeff Jacoby, Marty Lurie, Kevin Kelleher, San Francisco State, Annette Mullaney, Greg Papa

Bonta Hill, City College alumnus and San Francisco local becomes the new host for the Golden State Warriors Pre/Postgame Live for the NBC Sports Bay Area. Hill entered City College as a sports journalism major and later on became the Sports Editor for The Guardsman.

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Drastic cuts across the board to address College’s “dire fiscal emergency” in approved Multi-Year Budget and Enrollment Plan

November 19, 2020November 23, 2020 The Guardsman Simon Hanson, Malaika Finkelstein, Kathleen White, budget, Participatory Governance Council, Daina Medvedor Koziot, Board of Supervisors, Vick Van Chung, enrollment, Rajen Vurdien, accreditation, Annette Mullaney, ACCJC, Enrollment Management Committee, AFT2121, Jill Yee, Dianna Gonzales, Multi-Year Budget and Enrollment, Tom Boegel, Wynd Kaufman, Rick Baum, Alison Datz

Facing budget constraints and continued accreditation pressures, the College’s Multi-Year Budget and Enrollment Plan outlines steep cuts, including at least 600 fewer class sections.

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