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Department chairs agree to pay cuts

Tentative agreement saves jobs By Lavinia Pisani The Guardsman As City College waits for the accrediting commission to render a decision about the school’s future, the Department Chair Council is negotiating with the Board of Trustees to save its members’ jobs and the programs that they oversee. The council

Basketball player has the 'Wright' stuff

With a brother in the NBA, star guard is ready for the next level By Ivan Huang and Zack Tobita The Guardsman Sibling rivalry sometimes starts before the second child is even born, and continues as kids develop and compete for everything from toys to attention. After leading City College

Solar power fuels Earth Day celebration

Participants enjoy fresh beats and juice By Jackson Ly The Guardsman A sunny morning at City College provided all the energy needed to power two turntables and an amplifier via solar energy, kick-starting the April 18 Earth Day event as the DJ blasted electronic beats outside the Multi-Use Building at

Suicide rates outnumber homicides

By Dan Harrington The Guardsman Imagine the impact to the City College community if half the current student body disappeared. Certainly their peers would try to keep them from leaving. In reality, nearly that many Americans die every year by taking their own lives. Mark Stalnaker, suicide prevention coordinator of

Q&A: Nanette Asimov, higher education reporter for the SF Chronicle

On March 25, we sat down with Nanette Asimov to talk about the accreditation crisis and her coverage of City College for the Chronicle. This is part one—part two will run in the next issue, along with an analysis of stories in the Chronicle that have been published about

Softball: Improbable comeback validates season

By Dan Harrington The Guardsman The Rams home finale April 16 against Chabot College featured great defense and crafty pitching from start to finish. City’s 4-3 win required a comeback from the biggest deficit of the warm afternoon, and the Rams did it in stunning fashion. Rams pitcher Alexis

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