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Ocean Campus wildlife thrives despite its urban local

Ocean Campus wildlife thrives despite its urban local

By Barbara Muniz In the diverse environment of City College, students, faculty, staff and visitors can enjoy the variety of plants and flowers tucked in different plots of the 56 acres that make up the Ocean Campus. The campus harbors a richness of vegetation that attracts a fair amount of

Former CCSF alum’s play highlights inner-racial and sexual struggles in the African-American community

Former CCSF alum’s play highlights inner-racial and sexual struggles in the African-American community

Play Review By Adina Pernell and Laurie Maemura Playwright Kheven LaGrone, a former alum of City College, presented his thought-provoking play, “The Legend of Pink” at The Gateway Theater on September 16, 2017. Set in the “lower bottoms of West Oakland” in 1989, “The Legend of Pink” is a coming-of-age

A visual depiction of the lifestyle of inbetweeners

A visual depiction of the lifestyle of inbetweeners

By Laurie Maemura A young couple in love, a third-generation commercial crab waterman carrying a bushel of crabs, and a woman baptized in Chesapeake Bay with members from church, were some of the nineteen images showcased, just to name a few of the working-class people living in the seaside community.

Phelan Ave. to take on Frida Kahlo’s namesake

By Adina J. Pernell The seemingly innocuous Phelan Avenue, named after former San Francisco Mayor James D. Phelan’s father, holds a shameful history which may result in changing its name to honor world-famous, Mexican artist Frida Kahlo instead. Phelan was xenophobic and believed Asian Americans posed a threat to

Art At Your Fingertips At The Ocean Campus

Art At Your Fingertips At The Ocean Campus

By Donald Ades Chances are that no matter where you are on campus, it is more likely than not that you are within eye shot of art. There are temporary as well as permanent installations scattered about to feast the eyes. This Fall semester we may have traversed the City

1967 Summer Of Love sparks psychedelic rebirth

1967 Summer Of Love sparks psychedelic rebirth

By Adina J. Pernell Recent political events have challenged the very core values of peace, love and coexistence that the San Francisco Bay Area community established. Attitudes that support racial, social injustice are being pushed by alt-right agendas. Free City College of San Francisco promotes equal representation and access to

‘I Called Him Morgan’ Explores Bebop Jazz Era’s Fated Lovers

‘I Called Him Morgan’ Explores Bebop Jazz Era’s Fated Lovers

By Adina J. Pernell Swedish director Kasper Collin’s “I Called Him Morgan” recounts the series of events that led the great jazz trumpeter Edward Lee Morgan’s common law wife, Helen Morgan, to walk into the popular Manhattan's Lower East Side jazz hangout Slugs on Feb. 19,