STABILIZING TUITION COSTS FOR COMMUNITY COLLEGES
BY JOHN SERVATIUS
An initiative is being circulated for the 2008 state ballot that would create an indepedently funded community college system, reduce the per-unit fee to $15 and restrict future fee increases.
ALTERNATIVE FUEL VEHICLES CRUISE RAM PLAZA
BY NINO BOLES-KING
The San Francisco Electric Vehicle Association and Pacific Gas & Electric Co. displayed three alternatively fueled, small white cars at Ram Plaza on Oct. 12 in an effort to educate students.
PHOTO 51 FUSES FILM AND DIGITAL FORMATS
BY JEREMIAH MICHAELS
The first and only hybrid photography class in the Bay Area that encompasses both digital and film media together in the same class is in its first semester at City College.
REPORTS: THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND ASSOCIATED STUDENTS
BY MARCO A. GUTIERREZ
City College's enrollment of international strudents is far less than it was five years ago, before the Department of Homeland Security tightened inspection standards and adjusted visa procedures for immigrants in response to the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11.
STUDENT UNION RENOVATIONS
BY ELIZABETH SKOW
The Student Union has been allocated money to be restructured and refurnished soon, in order to resolve a history of problems mostly due to its mixed use as a place to socialize and study, according to Vice President of Finance Virginie Corominas.
THE GUARDSMAN WINS RECOGNITION AT JACC
BY ELIZABETH SKOW
Ciity College journalism students and The Guardsman on 25 awards on Oct. 14 at this year's Journalism Association of Community Colleges Northern California conference at San Jose State University.
PERFORMANCES HONOR FILIPINO AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH
BY KAREN M. KINNEY
Over 200 people celebrated Filipino American History Month on Oct. 27 in the Smith Hall to honor the 100th anniversary of Filipino mass migration to the United States.
BOARD OF TRUSTEES CANDIDATES
BY JOSE GUTIERREZ
"HUMP DAY" HELPS STUDENTS CLIMB MIDWEEK HILL
BY JEREMIAH MICHAELS
In an effort to cure midweek blues, the Associated Students presented the first of a planned weekly "Hump Day" on Oct. 18, with disc jockeys, an open microphone and live music for suffering students at Ram Plaza.
BETTER WORKER'S BENEFITS
BY NINO BOLES-KING
Young Workers United, a San Francisco labor-rights advocacy organization has been working to put Proposition F, which would require employers to pay workers for sick days, on November's ballot.
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