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City College honors Parkland shooting victims

City College honors Parkland shooting victims

By Cassie Ordonio and Mike Menaster Special to The Guardsman City College stood in solidarity for the National Walkout Day on March 14 to honor the 17 lives lost at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High in Parkland, Florida. On a national level, thousands of students gathered for the first time in

Instructors learn how to combat active shooters

Instructors learn how to combat active shooters

FLEX DAY By Franchon Smith Special to The Guardsman While students had a break from classes on March 6 for Flex Day, City College instructors attended active-threat training. Approximately 200 people attended the two training sessions, which were designed to provide faculty, staff, and administrators with basic knowledge of how

Airport Campus must find new home

Airport Campus must find new home

By Abraham Davis abrahamdfrankfurter@gmail.com City College’s lease for its Airport Campus—located on the grounds of San Francisco International Airport (SFO) and home of the college’s Aircraft Maintenance Technology and Fire Academy programs—will be expiring next year, forcing these programs to find a new home.

Student clubs come together for Unity Day

Student clubs come together for Unity Day

CAMPUS LIFE By Janeth Sanchez jjrsanchex444@gmail.com Around 30 student clubs gathered at the Amphitheater to celebrate the Spring City College Unity Day on Mar. 7, 2018. Unity Day, which is hosted every semester and organized by the Inter-Club-Council, is an event that intends to inform and engage students

Rosenberg elevator still out of service after 4 months

Rosenberg elevator still out of service after 4 months

By Michael Toren The irony is so self-evident and tragic it writes itself: To reach the Disabled Students Programs and Services office on the third floor of Rosenberg Library, students who are not able to use the stairs must take an elevator. But the student elevator has been broken for

School pledges support to Dreamers

School pledges support to Dreamers

By Janeth R. Sanchez jrsanchez444@gmail.com City College leaders and regional legislatures urged students to submit applications for the California Dream Act before the deadline at a press conference on Mission Campus on Feb. 28. The California Dream Act allows students with AB540 status—undocumented students who have completed

New facilities head faces daunting challenge with aging campus

NEWS PROFILE By Victor Tence victortence@gmail.com It's not every day you start your new job with a backlog of 4,000 trouble tickets, stepping into a role where your predecessor was missing-in-action for months. But that's exactly what Rueben Smith did in January when