LGBT major coming to City College, pending approval
City College is on the verge of making LGBT Studies an official major, pending the approval of the California Community Colleges Chancellor’s office in Sacramento.
The Guardsman
Stun guns for the SFPD?
After a lengthy hearing on Feb. 23 the San Francisco Police Commission voted 6-1 in favor of interim Chief of Police Jeff Godown’s proposal to explore the use of all less lethal weapons, including the controversial Conductive Energy Device, also known as a stun gun.
Schools unite for Day of Action
City College and SF State students gathered March 2 in solidarity to protest looming budget cuts to higher learning institutions that will reduce classes and other benefits for students throughout California.
CA commission takes aim at state pensions
A report recommending California to overhaul its public pension system released by an independent state oversight agency on Feb. 24 could propel the state into a series of labor and union struggles similar to those happening in Wisconsin.
Smoking rules unenforced
On Feb. 16, as I was leaving through an open door at Cloud Hall, I found myself in a plume of cigarette smoke. Four students were hanging out at the entrance, three of whom were smoking.
Support union workers in Wisconsin
Wisconsin public-sector workers and their supporters have been demonstrating at the state capital to defend the existing union standards of collective bargaining for more than two weeks.
Editorial: Voters to choose taxes or cuts
City College, as well as the rest of the California Community Colleges system, is bracing for devastating funding cuts that will be handed down by the state when legislators finalize California’s 2011-12 budget.