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The Guardsman

San Francisco, Calif.

High schoolers get a taste of City College: ‘FRISCO Day’ aims to entice SFUSD students to college as schools struggle

San Francisco’s old saying, “don’t call it Frisco,” was turned on its head April 29 when 2,000 San Francisco Unified School District high school seniors were bused into City College’s Multi-use building parking lot for a school orientation festival called “FRISCO Day.”

Coalition of African Americans promotes culture and education

Two students invigorated by City College’s display of diversity at Unity Day, an event when students gather to promote their affiliate clubs, have recently formed a new student association, the Coalition of African Americans.

Classes return this summer

Despite $25 million in additional cuts to City College for the 2010-11 fiscal year, summer session is back after its elimination in 2010, and will be operating at its largest capacity since 2008 due to extensive budget restructuring efforts made by City College’s administration.

Bathrooms becoming safer

Transgender students should soon find the often intimidating and potentially dangerous task of using the bathroom much easier on Ocean campus after an updated list of gender-neutral bathroom locations is finalized and released by City College’s

Website gets private money for students

Sandra Galvan’s dreams of attending college would never have become a reality had she not received donations from a handful of strangers.

Foundation strives to fund City College

In this time of drastic and painful budget cuts to the California community college system, it’s hard to see any sort of optimism for City College and public education.

Speech team brings home top honors

The City College speech and debate team ended its season on a high note, winning gold at the Phi Rho Pi National Championship held in Greenwich, Connecticut, improving on the bronze and silver medals the team acquired in March’s state championship.