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Great teachers are worth their weight in gold

By Becca Hoekstra The Guardsman There is one single thing that can make or break your education. It’s not the discipline, subject or major. It’s not the amount of homework, the difficulty of tests or the amount of required reading. It’s the teacher. That single individual standing

Fall Flavors Entice Taste Buds

By Joe Bender The Guardsman The Harvest Buffet is a three-day seasonal event put on by Professor Chris Johnson and the Culinary and Service Skills Training program at City College. The buffet celebrates the bountiful harvest and a successful semester. This event is held at the Educated Palate, a restaurant

Poetry Provides Outlet for Abuse Survivors

by Michael Hall The Guardsman Voices boomed through the air of Batmale Hall as students rapped, rhymed and retold personal struggles of the domestic violence and sexual abuse they experienced in their past. Project Survive and students from the Poetry for the People course sponsored the Oct. 25 poetry and

Classical Music Fills Diners' Ears

By Jandean Deocampo The Guardsman In the past two weeks, the Pierre Coste Room at Ocean campus, a student-operated fine dining restaurant, has heard Johann Sebastian Bach’s “Air” drifting from its grand piano over delicately-crafted napkins and a solo classical guitarist swooning restaurant patrons. It’s a hint of

Roxie Theater Showcases Student Talent

By Jandean Deocampo The Guardsman Themes of abstraction, affection and appreciation lit the cinema of Roxie Theater during the second annual Festival of the Moving Image, culled from video works by City College students. The collection of 27 five-minute to six-minute shorts by students in the cinema and broadcast electronic

Classic Murder Mystery Reimagined

By Marilyn Fernando The Guardsman In the darkness of the Diego Rivera Theater, the familiar childhood melody “Three Blind Mice” is feebly played on a piano, alluding to the sinister undertones of a snowed-in manor converted into a hotel. City College’s production of Agatha Christie’s “The Mousetrap,” directed

The 80's City Girl Recreated From Thrift Stores

[showtime] By Dannie Hawkins The Guardsman City College’s fashion department kicked off their annual student produced fashion shows with striking silhouettes, exciting trends and fresh colors for fall. Students enrolled in Fashion 47: Fashion Coordination constructed the fashion show by gathering a theme, clothing, hair and makeup, music and