CONFLICT RESOLUTION

BY ERIC CHAVEZ
Staff Writer

ERIC CHAVEZ / GUARDSMAN

City College of San Francisco is an excellent place to get an education, even with the recent fee hikes. The faculty, staff and students blend together to create a smooth, flowing populace which helps to make City College a successful place. Still, even a seemingly idyllic place like City College can have some problems.

What if one of these problems is the relationship with your instructor? There are plenty of situations that could arise, from adding classes to the interpersonal relationship between you and the instructor. So what do you do? Is there a proper way to handle such issues?

Dr. Mark Robinson, Interim Associate Dean of Student Advocacy Rights and Respon-sibilities, suggests the following as a path to resolution: “Twenty-four hours is always the best cure,” he said. “Give anybody 24 hours to calm down, cool off about a situation, and then go back and approach it.”

What if a student is convinced the teacher has it out for her or him?

“It’s not a personal thing,” Robinson said. “I find that hard to believe in most cases.

“At City College, we deal with a diverse population,” he said. “If you don’t want to work with a diverse group, don’t work at City College.”

If a student feels that she or he and the instructor can’t mediate the situation, what then?

“If you still don’t get anywhere, then the next line would be to speak to that department’s chair,” Robinson said. “Remember, you don’t know what that instructor has dealt with in the class before. Teachers are people too.”

e-mail: echavez@theguardsman.com

JAQUES BREL LIVES AGAIN

BY ZURI BERRY
Contributing Writer

ERIC CHAVEZ / GUARDSMAN

The Music and Theatre Arts Department will be presenting a musical revue of “Jacques Brel is Alive and Well … and Living in Paris” in cabaret style.

Eight singers will perform a collection of songs by the legendary singer and songwriter Jacques Brel, who is most famous for his songs “If You Go Away” and “If We Only Have Love.”

The revue was first staged off-Broadway in New York in 1968, and has been performed regularly since.

David Parr of the Theatre Arts Dept. will be directing the staging while Michael Shahani will oversee the music.

The Guardsman will be conducting a thorough review of the production for its October 20 issue.