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Laurie Maemura

College joins Online Education Initiative

By Laurie Maemura maemuralaurie@gmail.com Education Technology department chair Carol H. Reitan announced in an email that City College was chosen in California Community Colleges’ Online Education Initiative on May 2, 2018. “The Academic Senate voted to approve a resolution for our participation,” Reitan wrote in the email. City

Trustees approve sole source elevator repair contract for Rosenberg Library

Trustees approve sole source elevator repair contract for Rosenberg Library

NEWS BRIEF By Laurie Maemura lmaemura@theguardsman.com The board of trustees voted on March 22 to approve a $123,820 sole source contract to repair the Rosenberg Library elevators. The Rosenberg student elevator has been out of service since at least November of last year due to a roof

Have Your Say: Why did you choose City College?

Have Your Say: Why did you choose City College?

Text by Laurie Maemura Photos by Janeth R. Sanchez

Salvadoran refugee opens poetry world

Salvadoran refugee opens poetry world

By Laurie Maemura On October 24, the Salvadoran-American award-winning poet and activist Javier Zamora celebrated the publication of his book of poems entitled “Unaccompanied,” at a reading on City College’s Mission Campus. The event was the second installment of the Concert and Lecture Series events and was sponsored by

Theater play explores refugee stories

Theater play explores refugee stories

By Laurie Maemura “Anon(ymous)” is not your ordinary play. Created by playwright Naomi Iizuka, the modern adaptation of Homer’s The Odyssey captures the story of an immigrant mother and son who embark on separate journeys, meet an array of individuals, and face issues of racism, exploitation, immigration, and

CCSF Alum and 2017 Muni Art contest winner creates art against violence

CCSF Alum and 2017 Muni Art contest winner creates art against violence

By Laurie Maemura Tsungwei Moo is trying to use her power to change the world. The professional painter along with four other winning artists entered and won the Muni Art Project, a contest in collaboration with San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA), The Poetry Society of America, and San Francisco

Former CCSF alum’s play highlights inner-racial and sexual struggles in the African-American community

Former CCSF alum’s play highlights inner-racial and sexual struggles in the African-American community

Play Review By Adina Pernell and Laurie Maemura Playwright Kheven LaGrone, a former alum of City College, presented his thought-provoking play, “The Legend of Pink” at The Gateway Theater on September 16, 2017. Set in the “lower bottoms of West Oakland” in 1989, “The Legend of Pink” is a coming-of-age