African-American Exodus Confuses SF Mayor Candidates
2011 San Francisco mayoral candidates address a question on the African American population drop in San Francisco at a town hall meeting held by the University of San Francisco and buildON.org.
The Guardsman
Website connects students with mentors
Ashkon Jafari, co-founder of StudentMentor.org and inspired by his own mentor who shaped his life in college, quit his job in finance at a high-tech company to start a website connecting students with professionals across the country.
Roots of 420 are locally grown
The number 420 might seem to some like an ordinary juxtaposition of three random digits, but when it is pronounced “four-twenty” it takes on an entirely different meaning.
Mission Mercado celebrates cultural art on city streets
The Mission Community Market celebrated their first outdoor farmers market of the year April 14, during which Supervisor David Campos spoke, live music played and a reproduction of a 200-year-old mural was revealed.
City College instructor runs for mayor of San Francisco
After placing fourth in the 2007 San Francisco mayoral race, City College music instructor Wilma Pang says she is “sitting pretty” to win this November with the help of a new voting process called ranked-choice voting.
Free University redefines college
At a time of widespread crisis in the state education system, a group of San Franciscans has created a school of humanities and sciences offering short-term classes that anyone can join at no cost.
College lacks bureaucratic efficiency for legal name changes
Raquel Santiago, a City College male-to-female transgender student, had her name-change process finalized last week by Admissions and Records after a five-year battle that included four court orders.