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Have Your Say: Members of AFT 2121 voted 92 percent yes on a strike authorization. How will this affect your school work?

Have Your Say: Members of AFT 2121 voted 92 percent yes on a strike authorization. How will this affect your school work?

By Jose Duran and Photos by Fran Smith “What the vote shows is that teaching faculty, counseling faculty and librarians are all united in our desire to have a fair wage, and we’re tired of trying to make it below our 2007 wages. It’s really on the administration

Have Your Say: What do you think about California raising the smoking age from 18 to 21?

Have Your Say: What do you think about California raising the smoking age from 18 to 21?

By Cassie Ordonio “It’ll be just like alcohol. People will find a way to get it anyway. However, I don’t care because I’m already over 21.” “I think it’s a good thing because the best way to stop people from smoking is to prevent younger, misinformed

John Scott: An Unlikely Hockey Hero

John Scott: An Unlikely Hockey Hero

By Shannon Cole He doesn’t skate the fastest or shoot the hardest, even though he’s an intimidating 6-foot-8 inches tall before he laces up his skates. He barely scores goals for his team, and he’s got more penalty minutes this season than goals in his entire hockey

Warriors Ground Is In Oakland, Not San Francisco

Warriors Ground Is In Oakland, Not San Francisco

By Shannon Cole/Staff Writer For 43 years, the Bay Area’s only basketball team has called Oakland home. Although their name suggests otherwise, the Golden State Warriors don’t belong to the entire state of California: they belong to Oakland. But in April, the team purchased a plot of

Have Your Say: What is the most important issue to you in the upcoming election?

Have Your Say: What is the most important issue to you in the upcoming election?

Photos and reporting by Shannon Cole Kenneth Caragon 19, Journalism/Film major “That’s a good question. Probably education in general...including how people can afford it.” Luis Bermudez23, Psychology major “I think it’s all rigged. I hate to think about it, but part of me thinks that Donald

Bridging education with technology can bring better results

Bridging education with technology can bring better results

By Charles Innis The Guardsman I frequently overhear older people refer to “kids these days” as doomed. With the enormous popularity of smartphones, social media and computer use among young people, a pessimistic attitude has been forming among those who grew up without them. Many older adults believe the upsurge

Conservatives need to accept 'Obamacare'

Conservatives need to accept 'Obamacare'

We're looking at an Affordable Care Act that can save lives, too? That's right.