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Potholes are more than just annoying

By Alex Reyes Driving on Van Ness Avenue toward Eddy Street and Civic Center campus, the City College student must be ever vigilant to avoid the depressions, divots, potholes and sewer work that can wreak havoc on a car’s tires and underbody. The intersection of Van Ness and Eddy

This ain’t your grandma’s Oz

By Gina Scialabba The Guardsman Dorothy, we are certainly not in Kansas anymore. And, it’s OK! Director Sam Raimi (Evil Dead, Spiderman trilogy) takes audiences back to the famed land of OZ, complete with an Emerald City, singing munchkins and a philandering, relationship-phoebe wizard (James Franco) searching for “greatness.

World class coach heads judo program

By Ivan Huang The Guardsman In a practice room at the Wellness Center, Mitchell Palacio, 58, dons a blue robe held together by a sturdy black fabric belt that represents his rank, years of experience and the obstacles he had to overcome to achieve such a status. He has been

Exclusive Q&A with Special Trustee Robert Agrella

By Sara Bloomberg The Guardsman On March 15, we sat down with Robert Agrella, City College’s special trustee, to talk about the accreditation crisis and the show cause report, which was delivered to the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges that same day by FedEx and email. The

SF gets a bike park

By Julio Moran The Guardsman San Francisco Urban Riders, a local non-profit, was awarded a $250,000 grant in January from the Recreation and Parks Department for a new bicycle recreation area in McLaren Park. Alpine Bike Parks, a full-service design/build contractor based in Canada, is designing the project,

Hundreds rally for CCSF

Protesters march from Mission to Civic Center By Jandean Deocampo The Guardsman The cascading fog did not deter students of City College from gathering at Ocean campus’ Ram Plaza for the beginning of the “March 14th Walk-Out and March on City Hall.” The city wide event called for students to

Editor’s Note: CCSF’s crisis is a lesson in public education funding

By Sara BloombergThe Guardsman As Washington deals with $85 billion in sequester related cuts, a game of political chicken is playing out here in San Francisco, which could have serious implications for California’s entire community college system. Lacking strong lobbyists in Sacramento, California’s public education system has endured