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Funding for Southeast shuttle lost

By Madeline Collins The Guardsman Funding provided by City College was cut last semester for the shuttle van program that safely transported students from different areas around the city with high crime rate and gang activity. Students were shuttled to the Southeast campus to attend the GED program, as well

Exclusive Q&A with Special Trustee Robert Agrella

By Sara Bloomberg The Guardsman On March 15, we sat down with Robert Agrella, City College’s special trustee, to talk about the accreditation crisis and the show cause report, which was delivered to the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges that same day by FedEx and email. The

SF gets a bike park

By Julio Moran The Guardsman San Francisco Urban Riders, a local non-profit, was awarded a $250,000 grant in January from the Recreation and Parks Department for a new bicycle recreation area in McLaren Park. Alpine Bike Parks, a full-service design/build contractor based in Canada, is designing the project,

Hundreds rally for CCSF

Protesters march from Mission to Civic Center By Jandean Deocampo The Guardsman The cascading fog did not deter students of City College from gathering at Ocean campus’ Ram Plaza for the beginning of the “March 14th Walk-Out and March on City Hall.” The city wide event called for students to

Swimmers get a taste of the outdoors

By Alex Lamp The Guardsman It was a scorcher March 1, and the College of San Mateo was hosting the Bulldog Invitational, where City College’s women's swim team was primed and ready to explode off their starting blocks and into the pool. “The Rams are a very

Editor’s Note: CCSF’s crisis is a lesson in public education funding

By Sara BloombergThe Guardsman As Washington deals with $85 billion in sequester related cuts, a game of political chicken is playing out here in San Francisco, which could have serious implications for California’s entire community college system. Lacking strong lobbyists in Sacramento, California’s public education system has endured

News Briefs

Local News Briefs Legislation for CCSF Legislation was introduced in the State Assembly on Feb. 22 that would provide emergency funds to community colleges experiencing low enrollment while under probation or show cause sanctions from the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges. Known as Assembly Bill 1199, it is