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SFPC City College Winners. Graphic by JohnTaylor Wildfeuer/The Guardsmna.

City College Journalism Students Reel in 18 Awards

October 20, 2021November 2, 2021 The Guardsman coronavirus, Bobby Ramirez, Melvin Wong, Nazil Kandur, awards, tobin jones, Dimas, Donald Trump, Emily Trinh, Bo Lenschau, Abraham Davis, Burcu Ozdemir, prizes, Chiara Di Martino, San Francisco Press Club, Claudia Drdul, wildfires, Caoilinn Goss, Matheus Maynard, Julie Zigoris, Jennifer Yin, Tyler Breisacher, Jasmine Castillo

Students in City College’s journalism department won 18 awards in the 44th Annual San Francisco Press Club’s Greater Bay Area Awards. The prizes include eight first place awards.

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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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4 Bay Area Artists on Staying Creative in a Pandemic

March 10, 2021March 11, 2021 The Guardsman Melvin Wong, pandemic, Samya Brohmi, musicians, bay area, Mister Rey, san francisco, Stephanie Woodford, artists, a.K.aye, music, Ahmed Amer, community

An exclusive interview with four Bay Area artists who attended City College. We discuss adapting their creative practices in a pandemic, collaborating with other Bay Area artists, and City College’s impact on their artistry via email.

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Documenting City College’s Fight for Free City

February 23, 2021February 24, 2021 The Guardsman resistance, FreeCollege, PM Press, freecity, TuitionFree, education, BookReview, gentrification, LaborUnions, history, SaveCityCollegeCoalition, ESL, Melvin Wong, Educators, ACCJC, Organizing, HigherEd, propa, Shayna Gee, Mickey Ellinger, community, EducationForAll, Vicki Legion, students, PublicEduation, Marcy Rein, teachers, PeoplePower, FCMAT, AFT2121, Movementbuilding, Henry Giroux

A book review of “Free City! The Fight for San Francisco’s City College and Education for All” and an interview with the authors.

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Benjamin Bac Sierra on the Reality of Fiction

February 9, 2021February 10, 2021 The Guardsman mission district, san francisco, Benjamin Bac Sierra, interviews, book reviews, poetry, Melvin Wong, Ava Cohen, Pura Neta

Benjamin Bac Sierra gives insight into the people, ideas, and experiences behind his book Pura Neta and how the work of fiction is in some ways more honest than reality. He speaks about his relationship with the characters and how they mirror him in some aspects, and what really inspires him to write.

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CCSF Sports to Resume Practice

January 27, 2021January 30, 2021 The Guardsman baseball, rams, Eric Sun, Melvin Wong, Kevin Kelleher, Emily Trinh, Colton Webster, Waterpolo, Melanie Beavan-Szabo, Sports, Sean Mueller

City College sports teams are on track to resume in-person practice and possibly games.

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POC Students and Faculty Fight for Equity

December 13, 2020December 16, 2020 The Guardsman Melvin Wong, Kaiyo Funaki, AATF, Akeli Lord, Dr. Ramona Coates, Keir Wilson, CCSF, Trillia Hargrove, Wynd Kaufmyn, AFAM, BSU

The African American Studies Department has been around for 50 years, yet black and brown students continue to struggle to level the educational playing field at City College.

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CNIT Cybersecurity Team wins 1st Place at Western Regional CPTC

November 19, 2020December 16, 2020 The Guardsman CNIT, Collegiate PenTesting Competition, Richard Taha, Elizabeth Biddlecome, Cybersecurity Team, Eli Wald, CPTC, Hannah Asuncion, Melvin Wong, Computer Networking and Information Technology

The Computer Networking and Information Technology (CNIT) Cybersecurity Team took home first place in the Western Regional Collegiate PenTesting Competition (CPTC).

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The Rigorous Transfer Student Experience During the Pandemic

November 6, 2020November 16, 2020 The Guardsman Melvin Wong, pandemic, An Pham, transferring, transfer student, city college, CSU, UC

Students have been through a lot of issues trying to cope with the pandemic already, now they also have to be prepared for transfer.

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The Consistent Resistance

November 6, 2020November 16, 2020 The Guardsman Hannah Asuncion, Afatsi, Melvin Wong, Amy Emerald, art, Eira Kien, Eseosa Edebiri, education, Consistent Resistance, Maria Evbuoma, artist, Art Protest Show, Ricky Rat, housing, speakers, healing, motherhood, justice, abolition, Representation, Midtown Park Apartment Tenants, CCSF Collective, Justice 4 Steven Taylor, Aaron Bogan

The Consistent Resistance is an art protest show which advocates for Black Liberation through intercultural solidarity. The show took place on Oct. 23, at Fillmore St. Cafe, where different speakers talked about various topics such as housing, healing, abolition, and even defending SFPD.

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The Impossible Puzzle: Gianrico Pierucci’s Three-Year Quest to Uncover America’s Most Notorious Serial Killer

November 6, 2020November 16, 2020 The Guardsman Zodiac Killer, CCSF, Melvin Wong, Kaiyo Funaki, Administration of Justice, Gianrico Pierucci

As a homicide inspector for the SFPD, City College professor Gianrico Pierucci had the unique opportunity of tracking down one of the most terrifying serial killers in the United States.