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Education is stuck in a hundred-year-old rut

by Becca Hoekstra The Guardsman In the fast-paced world of Google, social media and the 24/7 news cycle, our Industrial Age education system is a dinosaur relic in need of retirement. Get this: the standardized test is almost 100 years old; it was invented in 1914. Today, we throw

Rams make history, advance to State Championship against Mt. San Antonio

By Lucas Almeida The Guardsman Walnut, Calif. — Players prepared and practiced hard all season long with one main goal in mind—to come to this stage of the competition and bring the trophy home but no matter what happens, the City College men’s soccer team knows they are making

Community mourns slain Oakland teen, seeks justice

By Curtis Coloma Around 400 supporters of the Justice for Alan Blueford coalition met at noon on Nov. 10 in downtown Oakland for a peaceful march against police brutality. The coalition formed shortly after Blueford, an 18-year-old African American man, was shot and killed on May 6 by Oakland Police

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Bookloans bite Back By Matthew Ching Associated Students Council Senator Raja Sutherland proposed at a Nov. 7 council meeting that the Bookloan Program charge a flat $20 fee to students who haven’t returned their Bookloan texts and then request that the holds on their transcripts be removed. Students with

Flugtag returns to SF, makes a splash

For more splashy Flugtag photos, visit us on Facebook. By Pedro Toledo Contributing writer More than 100,000 eager spectators flooded into AT&T Park and around McCovey Cove, but on this brisk November afternoon they weren’t cheering for San Francisco’s world champion Giants. They were cheering

Rams win championship in last three seconds, advance to state

By Sara Bloomberg The Guardsman As the moon smiled down on Ram Stadium through a nearly cloudless, sunny sky, City College narrowly defeated American River College 41-36 on Nov. 24 and will go on to the state championships. The Rams collected most of their points in the first half of

Football Team Devastated After First Defeat of Season

By Ivan Huang The Guardsman In a top ranked match-up on Nov. 10 between No. 1 and No. 2 teams in Northern California, the Butte College Roadrunners upset the defending National champions, the City College Rams, 31-21. After a dominant first quarter showing by the Roadrunners, in which they forced