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CCSF Instructor Greg Landau Nominated for 2 Grammy Awards

By Michaela Payne This year’s Grammy Awards on February 15 will be tense for Greg Landau. The City College instructor and music producer is up for his seventh and eighth nominations, for “Mondongo” by La Cuneta Son Machín in the best Latin rock category and “Zapateando” by Los Cojolites

Super Bowl City Sparks Community Outcry

Countless protests emerged during Super Bowl week where activists accused Mayor Ed Lee and San Francisco police of displacing the homeless to make way for Super Bowl City. On February 3, 2016, Stuart Schuffman, a 2015 mayoral candidate known to locals as Broke-Ass Stuart, organized the #tacklehomelessness protest. Supporters pitched

Shake Off The Dust for City College’s Lit. Mag.

By Barbara Muniz Remember your New Year’s resolution to dig out your artwork and finally show it to the public? Now is the time. Forum, City College’s literary magazine, invites contributors to submit poetry, photography, stories, screenplays, music, creative nonfiction, and/or visual art. Selected work will be

Lowrider Lawyers Raise Contradictory Evidence In Alex Nieto Killing

By Marco Siler-Gonzales/ Editor-in-Chief Alex Nieto, previous City College student and full time security guard, was shot 48 times by San Francisco Police before he was presumed dead, face down in Bernal Heights on March 21, 2014. A new movie written and directed by a City College English teacher raises

Goodbye Bowie

Goodbye Bowie

By Michaela Payne/ Culture Editor After decades spent reinventing rock music, David Bowie passed away in New York City on January 10 after an 18-month fight with cancer. He was 69. The multi-talented recording artist and music producer became a hugely recognizable icon after releasing the song “Space Oddity,” used

Reclaiming MLK’s Legacy

Reclaiming MLK’s Legacy

Photo story by Joel Angel Juarez Protestors marched through the Fillmore District during a demonstration against displacement of minority communities in San Francisco and to demand justice for the family of Mario Woods on Friday, Jan. 15, 2016. At one point during the march, protestors occupied the intersection of Geary

Student filmmakers debut at Roxie Theater

Student filmmakers debut at Roxie Theater

By Michaela Payne/Copy Editor Fledgling filmmakers from the cinema and broadcast media departments presented 31 short films and 12 public service announcements at the fifth annual Festival of the Moving Image at the Roxie Theater on 16th and Valencia streets, followed by an after-party and raffle in a nearby