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Japanese nursing students pay visit to City College

Japanese nursing students pay visit to City College

By Mary Strope The Guardsman Dressed in crisp black and white suits, a group of second-year students from the Izumo College of Medical Nursing in Japan presented an overview of Japanese food culture to fourth-semester nursing students at City College. As part of a three-day cultural exchange and study program

Art exhibition takes over local barber shop

Art exhibition takes over local barber shop

Photo by Niko Plagakis The Guardsman The old San Francisco Barber College is one of the many venues that was opened and displayed work done by local artists on Friday, October 10 for the 2 Blocks of Art walk on 6th Street in San Francisco. Inks of Truth, a collective

Free flu shots at Student Health Center

Free flu shots at Student Health Center

By Ekevara Kitpowsong The Guardsman More than 200 City College students lined up to receive free flu shots during the Student Health Services Health Fair on Wednesday, Oct. 1, at the Student Health Center on Ocean Campus. Twelve health services staff workers and 30 volunteers, including nurse practitioners, medical assistants,

Event Calendar Oct. 15 - Oct. 29, 2014

Fri - Sun/17-19 Trolley Dance Volunteer Volunteers needed for SF Trolley Dances at festival headquarters or as assistant tour guides. Attendance is required during a dress rehearsal and one group training session. For more information visist www.epiphanydance.org Sat & Sat/18, 25 Learn Self Defense Free Self

Campus Briefs

Bookstore to get new facelift Plans to renovate City College’s bookstore are underway. Located in Conlan Hall, the bookstore will relocate to the Annex at 11 Phelan Ave., according to an Oct. 10 memo released by Don Newton, the bookstore’s executive director. The first phase of the plan

Colorful exhibit feeds viewers' imaginations

Colorful exhibit feeds viewers' imaginations

By Elisabetta Silvestro The Guardsman Oakland-based David Polka is the artist behind the latest exhibition showing at the City College Art Gallery. “Four Archetypes” includes paintings on wood panels and installations that recall old-school tattoos and mythology characters. Polka hosted the opening reception Oct. 2 welcoming the attendees, sided by

Students smothered by loans

Students smothered by loans

By Calindra Revier The Guardsman I suspect that many students feel hopeless and undoubtedly confused as they trudge through the winding and dark path that is student loans. It starts simple. The current 4.66 percent interest rate, elevated outrageously from 3.86 percent just last year before, is expected