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Oct. 21 Letters to the Editor: Response to editorial in Oct. 7 issue of The Guardsman

Editor’s Note: This letter to the Editor is in response to the editorial "Critical citizens vital to a republic" printed in the Oct. 7 issue of The Guardsman. I am completely in accord with your editorial condemnation of the Obama commemoration at City College — although I suppose

Opinion: Student workers paid less than living wage

By Liska Koenig CHIEF COPY EDITOR The current minimum wage in San Francisco is $9.79 according to the City’s minimum wage ordinance. Student workers at City College, however, only get paid $9.00 per hour. So how can it be legal that City College is paying less than

Editorial: Critical citizens vital to a republic

City College is a public institution, one offering a liberal education that should challenge students and faculty alike to be cynical and active citizens.

Opinion: New stadium talk growing old for Niners fans

By Aaron Turner STAFF WRITERIt was early morning. Curled in bed, still half asleep, my radio was tuned to KNBR, the same station I’ve been waking up to every morning since I was 12 years old. Then, over the airwaves, a woman’s voice delivered the dreadful news. “The

Opinion: Brown trumps Newsom for California governor

By Dominick Delgadillo STAFF WRITER As the 2010 California gubernatorial race looms on the horizon, Mayor Gavin Newsom has thrown his name in the pot of possible candidates. If residents of the City by the Bay think voting for him is the obvious decision, they may have neglected to notice

Opinion: Embedding journalists in war zones — Freedom of the press or military liability?

U.S. military should allow journalists to do their jobs By Breanna Goff CONTRIBUTING WRITER Sean Langan, a renowned British journalist, was in the midst of filming a documentary for Channel 4 near the Afghanistan and Pakistan border when he was kidnapped by groups connected with the Taliban and al-Qaida

Opinion: U.S. built economy dependent on war

By Robert Ramano STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Religious bigotry, suicide bombings and forced demolition of Palestinian homes to build settlements for Israelis are all symptoms of a much deadlier problem. Even though it is framed that way, this situation has nothing to do with the Israeli or the Palestinian people and neither