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Bumping stresses resources

By Don Clyde The Guardsman Many City College departments already strained by class cuts and increased enrollment are also being affected by a wave of losses and shifts of skilled clerical staff that began last November due to a process known as bumping. City College, as well as San Francisco

Campus groups launch Haiti relief effort

By Don Clyde The Guardsman Both the City College Associated Student Council and the City College French Club are launching fundraising and awareness campaigns to raise money for disaster relief in earthquake-ravaged Haiti. The magnitude 7.0 quake on Jan. 12 centered near Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince, flattened huge swathes

Ocean campus plagued by wave of thefts

By Liska KoenigThe Guardsman With more than 66 incidents of theft, the Community Health and Wellness Center and the Rosenberg Library on Ocean campus have been hit hard by the most recent crime wave at City College during the fall 2009 semester. While the crime logs of the San Francisco

Frances Connick

Frances Connick, former chair of the chemistry department, died on Dec. 29. At her request, no funeral services were held. Connick taught at City College for 25 years – from 1968 until her retirement in 1992. The current chair of the chemestry department, Ray Fong, Ph.D., was quoted in an

Reginald Alexander

Reginald Alexander, City College employee from 1970 to 1998, died Jan. 16. He served City College in a number of roles, according to an e-mail distributed by Chancellor Dr. Don Q. Griffin, including dean and vice chancellor. A memorial service was held Jan. 22 at St. Andrew Presbyterian Church in

Danaz Salak

City College student Danaz Salak, 18, was killed in a head-on collision on westbound Interstate Highway 580 on Dec. 28 of last year. Salak was driving east on westbound I-580 when her vehicle crashed into a big-rig, California Hiway Patrol Officer Ralph Caggiano told CBS Channel 5 News. She was

Occupation of Alcatraz Island remembered

Around 3,700 people gathered on Alcatraz Island for the Indigenous People Sunrise Ceremony on Thanksgiving to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the island’s occupation.