Credit card reform enacted to protect consumers
New credit card regulations signed into law by President Obama late last spring will take effect in February 2010.
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Bayview pilot course aims to build careers
By Alex Emslie Opinions & Editorials Editor
City College's environmental horticulture and floristry department, the Bayview-Hunters Point Greenhouse Tenants Association and San Francisco Public Works have teamed up to add an interior landscaping technician training course to the Southeast campus curriculum with hopes it will help combat disproportionate
Tour encourages student entrepreneurship
By Jake Chapnick Contributing Writer
The Extreme Entrepreneurship Tour finished at City College on Nov. 18 after visiting 18 different community colleges in California.
The event took place during International Entrepreneurship Week, which organizers said was one of nearly 25,000 events held worldwide to promote entrepreneurship. Speakers at the
Obama lauded at City College celebration
The anniversary of the first elected African-American President of the U.S., Barack Obama, was held at City College’s Diego Rivera Theatre on Dec. 2.
City College walks out
Around 200 students, faculty and staff walked out of their classes and gathered outside the chancellors office at Conlan Hall Nov. 18 to protest tuition fee raises and class cuts.
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,