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Opinion: Incompetence of Caltrans more serious than money

By Matthew GomezStaff writer A truck driver named Tahir Sheikh Fakhar, 56, plunged to his death Nov. 9, falling 200 feet after traveling around the S-curve installed by the California Department of Transportation over Labor Day weekend. The crash occurred less than two weeks after three cars were struck by

Opinion: Faculty shoulder their share of funding cuts burden

Editor's note: This letter concerns a statement by Joseph Kelleher, management assistant at the John Adams campus. Kellerher's statement appeared in an Oct. 21 The Guardsman news article by Hannah Weiner titled "Highest paid at City College share pain of budget crisis," available online

Cut classes mourned during week-long events

By Nick Palm and Marcus Rodriguez Staff Writers Community College Week ran from Nov. 1 through Nov. 8 and brought together hundreds of people from all over California, including 85 representatives from the 110 community colleges statewide. During the week-long event, students, faculty, union members and local leaders gathered to

Summer classes cut to save full-time jobs

By Don Clyde Staff Writer The approval of the 2009–2010 City College annual budget at the Oct. 22 board of trustees meeting will eliminate almost all regular summer 2010 classes. Only summer classes in programs set by certain accrediting bodies, mostly in the health industry, which require timely completion,

City cuts force college staff 'bumps'

By Fleur BaileyNews Editor The San Francisco budget crisis has caused the Department of Public Health to cut whole Civil Service categories, involving hundreds of senior, permanent employees, who are now replacing over 30 City College employees. Omar Diaz, secretary to the dean of the Mission campus, is one of

Administrators depart amid charges

By Fleur Bailey News EditorTwo City College administrators facing charges regarding the alleged misuse of public funds and making illegal campaign contributions have resigned.Former chief administrative services officer Stephen Herman, who has worked for City College since 1972, has been on paid administrative leave since July, when charges were

Opinion: Dying for change we can believe in

By Greg ZemanStaff Writer Imagine if the Civil Rights Act of 1964 had included an “opt out” clause. Unless you’re a California same-sex couple looking to adopt a child, then you don’t really have to imagine that at all, do you? Everybody else though, imagine you were denied