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Obama’s free community college education plan is not groundbreaking

By Galen Maloney the guardsman contributor Before you give kudos to the President’s recent proposal to make community colleges free, take a moment to consider that Trinidad and Tobago, Argentina, Brazil, Denmark, Greece, Norway, Scotland, Germany, Switzerland and Holland all offer their citizens free higher education. Not just free

Obama’s free education comes with a cost

By Matthew Patton The Guardsman Free stuff is awesome. Who doesn’t like free stuff? Free food, free furniture, free video games… free rent… the list goes on and on. No one wants to pay for something (of value) if they (legally) don’t have to. And apparently, President Obama

America’s College Promise Black History Month: an outdated notion

By Matthew PattonThe Guardsman Black History Month is now upon us. There will be posters and flyers galore. There will be special programming on any number of TV stations backdropped with a rousing image of Martin Luther King Jr peering off into that eternal blue sky, dreaming visions of the

Exhibit honors Mississippi Freedom Summer

Exhibit honors Mississippi Freedom Summer

By Yesica Prado the guardsman In the celebration of black history month, City College’s department of African American studies opened a new exhibition entitled “Mississippi Freedom Summer” on Jan. 22, which will run until Feb. 27 at Conlan Hall located 50 Phelan Ave. The exhibition pays homage to the

The Final Chapter

By Mckenna Toston The Guardsman San Francisco is like a ghost town. Dreary and desolate. I feel like I’m in a post-apocalyptic city where nobody knows each other. Why are the streets so empty? How can a bus filled with people be so silent? Why is prolonged eye contact

I left my heart in India

By Mckenna Toston The Guardsman I told myself a hundred times I wouldn’t cry on my last day. I never cry. Why should I now? It’s not like I fell hopelessly in love with a man who lives on the other side of the world, who I’ll

India will be hard to leave behind

By Mckenna Toston I've learned a lot about myself during this trip.. I can go without showering for eight days straight. I can sleep on the floor for two weeks without having one negative thought. I'll eat anything served to me on a plate, whether I