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Guardsman Staff Wins Big at Journalism Conference

April 14, 2021April 28, 2021 The Guardsman the guardsman, convention, etc. magazine, journalism, juan gonzales, competition, Journalism Association of Community Colleges, Eleni Balakrishnan, Manon Cadenaule, Kaiyo Funaki, jacc, Colton Webster

Writers and editors from The Guardsman talk about their experience at the 2021 Journalism Association of Community Colleges (JACC) state convention.

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Chancellor Search on Hiatus, to Resume July 1

April 14, 2021April 14, 2021 The Guardsman Eleni Balakrishnan, Malaika Finkelstein, Chancellor Vurdien, Garrett Leahy, Helen Benjamin, board of trustees, HSV Consulting, budget, Tim Wolfred, shanell williams, AFT2121, Eloy Ortiz Oakley

About a month after formally announcing the start of City College’s search for a new permanent chancellor on Feb. 12, City College’s Board of Trustees announced the search will be put on hiatus as the board deals with the school’s budgetary crisis.

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Now we’re cooking! More Cannabis Course Offerings this Spring

December 13, 2020December 16, 2020 The Guardsman Miguel Trinidad, James Beard, cannabis, Cooking, Mennlay Aggrey, Cannabis Studies, City Extension, Associate of Arts, AA degree, Eleni Balakrishnan, Manon Cadenaule, Dr. Jennifer Dagwert-Carlin, Culinary Arts

Netflix and James Beard-celebrated expert chefs design cannabis culinary courses, and students can start earning specialized badges in cannabis.

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City DREAM is Here to Help Undocumented Students

November 19, 2020November 23, 2020 The Guardsman Jacqueline Yañez Martinez, immigration, undocumented, Eleni Balakrishnan, Kevin Kelleher, City DREAM, Immigration Institute of the Bay Area, IIBA, Leslie Hernandez

City DREAM, a resource center for undocumented students, confidentially advises students and the City College community on academic, legal, and financial matters.

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COVID-19 Voting, Explained

October 28, 2020November 1, 2020 The Guardsman san francisco, safety, elections, elections 2020, COVID-19, Eleni Balakrishnan, Melvin Wong, How-to Guide, Precautions

San Francisco voters have new options and new restrictions for voting this year. Read more on how to vote safely during the elections.

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City College Mourns the Loss of Five Prominent Figures of the City College Community

October 25, 2020October 25, 2020 The Guardsman city college, Obituary, Eleni Balakrishnan, Hannah Asuncion, Rita Jones, Neil Laughlin, Dana Galloway, Rosemary Brinson, Linda Squires Grohe

Rita Jones, Neil Laughlin, Dana Galloway, Rosemary Brinson and Linda Squires Grohe were prominent members of the City College Community that passed away recently.

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Six Weeks into the Semester, (Some) Students Finally Get Critical Software Access

October 12, 2020October 16, 2020 The Guardsman Melvin Wong, equity, Splashtop, computer, lab, software, internet, BEMA, BCST, Tyler Breisacher, PHOT, Michele Sieglitz, Eleni Balakrishnan, Silicon Valley, Starr Wilson

Students are finally gaining remote access to on-campus computer labs, which will allow them to access expensive software they’ve been desperately needing for class. Other inequities, however, remain unsolved.

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Non-credit classes attempt to bridge the digital divide

September 27, 2020September 27, 2020 The Guardsman Burcu Ozdemir, Greg Keech, Nicole Larios, enrollment, digital divide, ESL, registration, Canvas, Non-Credit, Eleni Balakrishnan, remote learning

City College students and faculty of non-credit classes are moving online along with the rest of the school. Some adjustments have been difficult, but others will bring a welcome change.

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Immigrants should teach their children their native language

September 9, 2020September 19, 2020 The Guardsman Kevin Kelleher, parenting, Spanish, ESL, culture, language, English, bilingual, Chinese, Immigrant, Eleni Balakrishnan, children

Immigrants and other people who speak a different language should speak to their children in that language, so their children can reap the benefits of bilinguality.

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Computer Science Student Fights for Social Justice Through Dance

September 9, 2020September 16, 2020 The Guardsman Fort Mason, homelessness, social justice, CCSF Collective, Eleni Balakrishnan, Emmy Uwimana, Rwanda, art, hackathon, dance, facebook

City College student Emmy Uwimana is resilient in overcoming his personal struggles, and uses the power of dance to advocate for social justice.

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Diego Rivera Mural Moving to SFMOMA

September 2, 2020September 7, 2020 The Guardsman COVID-19, mural, Eleni Balakrishnan, diego rivera, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, exhibition, Diego Rivera’s America, Will Maynez, Jill Lynch, Pan American Unity, PAEC, SFMOMA, Edgar Torres, coronavirus, Performing Arts Education Center

The “Pan American Unity” mural by Diego Rivera will be moved to SFMOMA for their new exhibition dedication to Rivera called “Diego Rivera’s America”. Rivera’s mural is remembered as a very historical piece of City College history.

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City College Launches Nation’s First Cannabis Studies Associate of Arts Degree

September 2, 2020September 7, 2020 The Guardsman Psychology of Psychoactive Drugs, Jennifer Dawgert-Carlin, PSYC 50, Tom Temprano, Anthropology of Cannabis, ANTH 50, Cannabis Studies, Rajen Vurdien, Associate of Arts, Blayke Barker, AA degree, Dr. Karin Hu, proposition 64, Paul Velasquez, Amber Kakepoto, Marisa Rodriguez, Introduction to Cannabis Studies, Eleni Balakrishnan, SOC 55, Manon Cadenaule

City College is the first college in the nation to provide a Cannabis Studies Associate of Arts (AA) degree program for students. Since the announcement from the Behavioral Sciences department, many have gained interest and curiosity.