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Munch on this: Crepes

By Valerie Demicheva The Guardsman It’s hard to be a college student and fill your belly on a budget without dumpster diving or moving in with your parents. It’s especially hard in a city where food is god and the devout include everyone from bankers to baristas accustomed

OPINION: Accreditation's shady past

By Alex Schmaus The Guardsman The private organization threatening to close City College is itself a threat to equity, democracy and justice. Sherrill Amador, the chair of the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges, has a controversial past herself. Amador resigned from her post as president of Palomar College

Opinion: blame the budget cuts, not City College

By Becca Hoekstra The Guardsman This summer I learned it sucks to have your school in the headlines. By now, I’m assuming everyone knows that City College is facing a loss of accreditation. Losing accreditation would make our credits illegitimate and prevent the school from receiving federal funds. The

What will City College do?

By Sara Bloomberg The Guardsman First it was budget cuts — in the last fiscal year alone, the state cut $17 million from City College’s coffers. In order to keep the school running as close to normal as possible, college administrators dipped into its financial reserves — a move that saved

OBITUARY: The college loses an advocate, Milton Marks, 1959-2012

By Sara Bloomberg The Guardsman After nearly twelve years of service to City College of San Francisco, college board member Milton Marks III died yesterday after suffering from declining health for the past couple of years. He was 52 years old. A native San Franciscan, he followed in the footsteps

Bookloan takes Ocean campus by storm!

For more photos, visit us on Facebook By Sara Bloomberg The Guardsman What's a starving student gotta do to save a few bucks? Get your books at Bookloan. A line spilled out of the student union cafe on Ocean campus today as more than 200 students waited patiently

A City in Crisis: Sacramento visits San Francisco

For more photos, visit us on FacebookBy Sara Bloomberg The Guardsman The theme of the night was change is coming. But not everyone agreed on what change and how. Two special guests from the state chancellor's office in Sacramento spoke to City College's board at a