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Football preview: Returning quarterback gives Rams early boost

By Minter McHugh The Guardsman After a heartbreaking loss in the championship game last year to Bakersfield College, the City College Rams football team is gearing up for a new season with hopes, goals and expectations all in search of another title. The Rams have won the national championship nine

Remembering Ernesto ‘Xe’ Gonzalez Acosta, 1989-2013

By Sara Bloomberg At the end of a warm winter day, more than 200 friends, family and community members gathered at Alamo Square Park to honor Ernesto “Xe” Gonzalez Acosta, who was shot and killed Feb. 10 in San Francisco near Hayes and Webster streets. He was 23 years old.

In a culture that celebrates gun violence, is anyone really safe?

Staff Editorial A City College student was shot to death in the early morning on Feb. 10 at Hayes and Webster streets. Ernesto “Xe” Yeikoatl Gonzalez Acosta was 23 years old and, as of press time, police still have not identified his killer or killers. Very few details have been

City runners break records at coast preview

Alex Lamp The Guardsman It was a great turnout for City College on Feb. 15 at the Coast/Central Valley Conference Preview track meet at the College of San Mateo. City College showed veteran superiority, taking first place in more than half of their events, and stunned fans with victorious

Undergraduates struggle with stress

By Dannie Hawkins The Guardsman Class, homework, studying, getting to and from class, working to afford all of it and then trying to carve out a moment of peace is the new normal for City College students striving to succeed in a fast paced, unrelenting semester. According to a 2008

Goalie bounces back from injuries

By Lucas Almeida The Guardsman After missing most games last season due to severe jaw and knee injuries, you could say the City College men’s soccer starting goalkeeper is a warrior. Martin De La Torre, 21, is a passionate mechanical engineering student and dedicated athlete who went above and

Students make City College fall for fashion

By Dannie Hawkins The Guardsman The Smith Hall cafeteria’s typical atmosphere of hunger-diminishing and homework-finishing was recently dynamically transformed into a venue of excitement and allure by a series of student-produced fashion shows. Student models in smokey, wing-tipped lined eyes and styling hair into angelic curls and edgy buns