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College board member dies just before new semester begins

By Sara Bloomberg The Guardsman Hundreds of mourners filled a bright, yellow memorial hall in San Francisco on August 12 and as the pews filled up, dozens of people resorted to standing along walls and sitting on the floor for a chance to honor the life of Milton Marks. Only

OBITUARY: The college loses an advocate, Milton Marks, 1959-2012

By Sara Bloomberg The Guardsman After nearly twelve years of service to City College of San Francisco, college board member Milton Marks III died yesterday after suffering from declining health for the past couple of years. He was 52 years old. A native San Franciscan, he followed in the footsteps

Student voice silenced at Academic Senate meeting

When City College Student Trustee Josh Nielsen tried to ask a question at a March 23 special meeting of the Academic Senate, he was told to “sit down” and “shut up” by members of the faculty.

Trustee apologizes for ‘culture of mistrust’

A resolution to set budget priorities presented at the City College Board of Trustees meeting on March 25 led to an admission by one trustee of a “culture of mistrust” between the board and the faculty, staff and students.

Board of Trustee's new officials

By Alex Emslie STAFF WRITER Milton Marks III replaced Lawrence Wong as president of the City College Board of Trustees during their first meeting of 2009. The election of Marks follows a long standing tradition of the Board to appoint the trustee who received the most votes in November to