Vol. 166, Issue 2 | Sept. 12 – Sept. 25, 2018 | City College of San Francisco | Since 1935 | FREE
Premature class cuts halt education plans
Hold Sall Vesselényi, left, protests with students from City College's Queer Resource Center during the Aug. 30 board of trustees meeting's public comment session. Photo by Nancy Chan / Special to The Guardsman
By Casey Ticsay
shadow over diverse student needs. “From what I understand, cticsay@mail.ccsf.edu [the chancellor] is going through Three days before the fall spreadsheets with numbers and semester began, faculty and making evaluations without students marched in solidarity to hearing narrative and without Chancellor Mark Rocha’s office in hearing information that supports protest of early class cuts. a much bigger story,” said Together they sang, “All we are Michele Sieglitz, a professor of saying is give students a chance.” the Broadcast Electronic Media The college administration Arts department. canceled over 230 class sections Sieglitz’s field video production with an average enrollment of six course was canceled two days students each, impacting more before the first class meeting. She than 1,100 of City College’s did not receive any prior notice 27,000 credited students this fall. regarding the status of her class. As of Sept. 9, only 93 sections BCST 141, which feeds into were added, according to schedule many BEMA certificates, had no changes on the college website. other sections scheduled. By the Administrators state that first day of class, 13 students were cutting classes early gives students enrolled, and seven more planned time to enroll in alternative sections. to add. For Sieglitz, cutting the But the protocol of using course meant crippling opportuniestimations to predict enrollment ties for students to achieve success and prematurely cut classes casts a in the program.
Graduation at risk “In this case, canceling a limited class options because his single class means impacting our The vast majority of students curriculum must be approved by department by cutting it at the impacted by canceled classes the Department of Veteran Affairs, knees, essentially priming us for were directed into available seats, making premature cuts all the failure,” Sieglitz said. and every student scheduled to more problematic. Given little notice, she lost a graduate or transfer next May will “We have international students, significant portion of income as be provided the courses they need, veterans, people that are moving well as her eligibility for healthcare Media Relations Director Connie out of state, people that are going benefits since she no longer teaches Chan stated. to different universities,” Orea said. the average number of units While a press release noted “So you cannot treat everybody required of part-time instructors. that the college is offering 3,800 equally because everybody has a Still, she hopes to see the silver courses — 200 more classes than different story.” lining through it all and urges last fall — students like veteran It’s not the policy, the administration to actively Alfredo Leon Orea are still left in it’s the practice support the college community the lurch. and its courses. Orea has attended City The administration may wait “I think education is so College since 2014 and is until the end of the add/drop period unbelievably powerful as a tool for pursuing a degree in Travel and or after two evening classes to drop change in a society,” she said. “We Tourism. He needed TRTV 172 a course, according to Article 18 need to listen to each other, and to graduate next spring, but it was of a bargaining agreement between we need to have our voices heard dropped with 14 students enrolled. the San Francisco Community so that people’s real concerns, There are no other sections College District and the American real issues, real needs are actually provided, and it is only offered Federation of Teachers Local 2121. being addressed.” every three semesters. Classes continued on page 2 As a veteran, Orea has
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2 | NEWS
Vol. 166, Issue 2 | Sept. 12 – Sept. 25, 2018
Associated Student Council votes in new senators By Lisa Martin lisamartin.562@gmail.com
The Associated Student Council of Ocean Campus held a general meeting on Sept. 5 to interview candidates for open senator positions, recognize new clubs and hear comments from the college community. The main order of business involved interviewing and voting on applicants interested in one of 11 open Senate seats. A president and five vice presidents preside over the student government, serving as chairs to seven subcommittees — Resource Centers and Programs United, Rules and Regulations, Finance, Public Relations, Multicultural Affairs, the Inter-Club Council and the Vice President Cabinet. The subcommittees are comprised of senators who vote during council meetings. Each of the Senate hopefuls submitted their application before the meeting. Because of high interest in senatorial positions, two rounds of interviews were scheduled to take place. Thirteen students from a range of backgrounds were interviewed. Some were San Francisco natives, though commuters, interstate and international students also applied to become student senators. While some were fresh from high school, others were older students returning to school after a hiatus in their education. One student was a veteran.
Members of the Associated Student Council of Ocean Campus (from left to right: Max Hirschfeld, Cody Miracle, Hanna Battla, Kei McHale, Angelica Campos) interview student senatorial candidate Drew Min on Sept. 05, 2018. Photo by Matthew Cardoza / The Guardsman
Each candidate was asked to provide a personal mission statement for the job, and tell why they were interested, how they had overcome a major obstacle and how they had been involved in the City College community. For candidate Hafsah Syed, student government was appealing because it could positively impact City College’s diverse community. “I really want to preserve that to make sure everyone has the resources to feel included,” Syed said. Community was a topic that many candidates touched on.
“When I first started, I felt really during the first round of votes isolated on campus,” candidate when there was still a second round Matthew Echols said. He wanted of candidates to interview. to change that experience for “It’s wrong to let this group go future students. in the hopes that something better After interviewing candidates, will come along,” Battla said. the council deliberated on their The council ultimately choices for Senate appointments. compromised by appointing “These were really good seven candidates as senators and candidates,” ASC President automatically entering four others Hanna Battla said. into the second round for further It was a difficult decision for consideration. the council, which continued The appointed ASC senators discussion for roughly 45 minutes. are Drew Min, Linore Rong, Council members showed Pauline Maninang, Hafsah Syed, concern over the unfairness of Abigail Mranda, Joseph Otayde filling many Senate positions and Isaac Loyer. At the time
Community Calendar Friday, Sept. 14 Climate Action Career Fair Interactive event to learn about careers in energy, environment and sustainability, from 11 a.m.-5 p.m., 222 Second St., S.F. To register online, go to tinyurl.com/ccsfcareerfair Thursday, Sept. 27 The War of Civil Rights Noted journalist, author and co-host of Fox News Juan Williams will discuss his new book "What the Hell Do You Have to Lose? Trump's War on Civil Rights," 6:30-7:30 p.m., The Commonwealth Club, 110 The Embarcadero, S.F. Thru Oct. 14 Mail Call A traveling Smithsonian exhibit that explores the history of the America's military postal system and how U.S. today treasures mail delivery from home, from 11 a.m.-3 p.m., USS Hornet, Sea, Air & Space Museum, in Alameda.
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Thru Oct. 31 New Scholarship Apartment Guide announces its first ever $2,500 scholarship contest for two winners. For more information go to apartmentguide.com/students/ scholarship/ Thru Nov. 1 Scholarship Opportunity For Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander students who are currently enrolled at City College. For more information, visit the APASS Center in Batmale Hall, Room 208. Thru Oct. 19 In The Line of Fire By popular demand, the photojournalistic exhibit "In the Line of Fire," featuring the wartime work of noted photographers Kim Komenich and Lou DeMatteis, continues its run from 11 a.m.-5 p.m., Monday-Friday and by appointment, Front Page Gallery, in Bungalow 615, City College. For more information, call 415-239-3446. Closing reception is Friday, Oct. 19 from 6-9 p.m. with a panel discussion led by Komenich and DeMatteis.
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While this gives the administration two weeks to monitor under-enrolled classes, the policy only applies to courses with evidence showing they will likely meet the requirement of 20 students. “That’s how we can still serve the student population, still see the growth that we want and yet meet our fiscal responsibility to San Francisco and the state and meet our board goal of staying within our budget,” said Kristina Whalen, the associate vice chancellor for enrollment management. But for Greg Keech, the English as a second language department chair, the problem is not policy but practice. Students must complete a placement test to register for ESL classes, which will ensure that they are placed into courses suitable for their English proficiencies. Tests are given regularly from mid-October through January and mid-March through August, but the results take time to process. “Our issue is give us the chance to number one: build the class with our incoming students who are taking the placement test,” Keech said. “Number two: if we’re going to close a class, [then] we want to go in and deal with each student individually.” Thirteen ESL sections were dropped, 12 of which were canceled due to low enrollment before the semester began and before placement test results were available.
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of press, the second round of interviews were not completed. The council also voted to recognize three clubs — Philosophy Club, RamCamp and Alpha Beta Gamma — and approved their $200 allocations. Engineering and technology professor Wynd Kaufmyn addressed the council as the faculty union’s vice president to express the union’s desire to work collaboratively with students on campus issues. Terry Lee presented the Ace Project, a proposal to improve the ambience of the City Cafe room in the Student Union.
Reinstated but behind schedule Amid students and faculty protesting class cuts, electronics student Marcos Cruz arrived at the board of trustees meeting on Aug. 30 with a statement in hand. He needed ELEC 104A to graduate next spring and like Orea, had no other sections to choose from. Forty minutes before public opinion began, his class was reinstated. “What this tells me is that the administration was shooting first and asking questions later, which to me is irresponsible,” Cruz stated. “The administration should know exactly which classes they’re cutting and why before they start wreaking havoc in our educational plans.” While Cruz is relieved to find his class reinstated, starting three weeks into the semester has added a denser workload. To make up for lost weeks, students and faculty agreed to extend his class an extra hour, making it five hours long. “City College has been on this rampage of advertisement saying that it’s there and it’s there for us, the students and all the teachers alike,” Cruz said. “It doesn’t feel like that this semester. It doesn’t feel like that across the college. Teachers and students in CCSF make CCSF what it is, and we would like the administration to let us decide for ourselves.”
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Vol. 166, Issue 2 | Sept. 12 – Sept. 25, 2018
Arts Extension outages the latest issue of an aging campus By Ken Akehurst and David Mamaril Horowitz kengibill.edu@gmail.com dhorowitz@theguardsman.com
Ocean Campus’s Creative Arts Extension Building experienced power outages on the mornings of Aug. 23 and Aug. 28, resulting in 89 relocated and 12 canceled classes, according to relocation schedules created by Dean of Instruction Lillian Marrujo-Duck. Since the building’s transformer stopped working on June 27, the Buildings and Grounds department has consecutively installed three generators behind the building to supply it electricity. “I’m operating one lecture behind,” said Professor Mark Piper, whose History of Mexico class was cancelled on Aug. 23 and relocated on Aug. 28. “I’ve got to throw all my testing and homework requirements off, or I have to chop something out to accommodate the loss of that class.” The management of the outages underscored how Buildings and Grounds must go above and beyond to service decrepit facilities when working with limited resources. “We’re here for the students,” Buildings and Grounds Superintendent Jimmy Kirk said. “We know that equipment is going to fail. The thing is that when it’s unpredictable, we have to work within the constraints that we have to get things done.”
Insufficient Resources Amid Deferred Needs Buildings and Grounds ordered a new transformer for over $100,000, but Kirk estimated it will take until the end of October to complete its installation. Meanwhile, renting consecutive generators has cost the college about $5,000 so far, Kirk said. “Our facilities team is doing their best; regrettably, they are significantly understaffed at this time,” Media Relations Director Connie Chan said. The facilities department in 2016 had identified $450 million in needs that were deferred due insufficient funding, according to a facilities committee capital plan update. Last spring, Facilities Vice Chancellor Dr. Reuben Smith told The Guardsman the facilities department had a backlog of more than 4,000 work order requests. Today, Buildings and Grounds has 10 engineers on staff as well as a chief engineer and senior engineer. From 6 a.m. to 10 p.m., the department services Ocean Campus and the college’s eight other centers, which encompass over a million square feet of architecture. “Our crew is working very hard,” Kirk said. “They’re doing overtime, all the time.”
Outage after outage The Creative Arts Extension Building’s original transformer stopped working on June 27 because of a failed coil. Buildings and Grounds found water inside the transformer room on the same day but have not yet identified the reason for the coil’s failure. Shortly after the transformer failed, the department installed a substandard generator due to the luck of the draw with the rental company, Kirk said. A few days later, the department installed a second generator that lasted until Aug. 23. Kirk said that a battery cable had vibrated loose off of its terminal due to prolonged use. Although rumors of attempted theft circulated the building, nothing indicated theft, Kirk said. The department replaced the battery cable and had the building running by 12:45 p.m., according to an email to faculty by Marrujo-Duck. From the night of Aug. 27 to the following afternoon, the generator failed again because the truck of United Rentals — the company providing the generator fuel — broke down, Kirk said. A third generator was installed by 4:30 p.m. on Aug. 28, and Marrujo-Duck managed to relocate every class.
Safety All three generators were installed behind the Creative Arts Extension Building without any fencing, drawing concerns from faculty within the building. “If you took a knife to it, you would electrify yourself and die immediately,” said Dana Jae Labrecque, a Broadcast Electronic Media Arts professor who has studied electrical currents. One side of the current generator is connected to the Creative Arts Extension Building by electrical cords, which are covered in yellow tape. The other side of the generator has a hook that attaches to vehicles. Kirk said putting a permanent fence around the generator is an option, and Buildings and Grounds has a fence installation company that will eventually be on campus. The company could examine the generator area to determine if installing a fence around it is feasible, but Kirk does not know when that would be. Moreover, Kirk said if someone was intent on damaging that generator, a fence wouldn’t stop them. “Anyone can drive up and hitch it off,” Labrecque said. “A fence would at least fend off any petty criminal from attempting vandalism.”
BRIEF Bank of America set to fill Smith Hall ATM void By Cliff Fernandes cferna44@gmail.com
On Jan. 25, City College approved a contract with Bank of America to install ATMs next to the Ocean Campus cafeteria, where Wells Fargo ATMs were previously situated. The Wells Fargo contract was terminated for noncompliance in December 2017, and City College held a bid to replace the ATMs in 2016. Public contracts require renewal every five years, Dean of Administrative Services Kathy Hennig said at the Jan. 25, 2018 board of trustees meeting. “Wells Fargo has had our contract for over 10 years since early 90s with no payment to the college and no competitive process,” Hennig said. City College approached the five financial institutions most widely utilized by student and faculty on the college’s payroll. Bank of America offered $1,000 per month and will provide ATMs featuring multilingual interfaces. At the time of press, no ATMs occupied the space next to Smith Hall that previously housed two Wells Fargo ATMs.
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4 | OPINION
HAVE YOUR SAY
Vol. 166, Issue 2 | Sept. 12 – Sept. 25, 2018
BY MATTHEW CARDOZA
WHAT CAN CITY COLLEGE DO TO MAKE THE CAMPUS MORE ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY? Illustration by Chiara Di Martino
“Do more to encourage biking and public transit, as opposed to driving. Add a bus station arrival or departure sign in the cafeteria.” Ph
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— Craig Persiko, Computer Science Dept. Chair, Professor
“Get rid of smoking areas all together, add succulent plants so that less water is used for the plants.” — Ella Dygert, Environmental Science
“More garbage cans around campus, also more posters showing what dirtiness and cleanliness can do for the campus.” — Rasik Wadhawan, Business
“So far we’ve been good with the environment on campus.” — Evelyn Zepeda, Nursing
“More trash cans around campus. They’re labelled nicely, but there should be more. It’s a clean campus to me.” — James Burgess, Environmental Science
NFL PROTEST
Americans split over protest By Corey Holt cholt3@mail.ccsf.edu
For the past two years, NFL players have been protesting against police brutality and systemic injustices imposed on African Americans. In 2016, Colin Kaepernick was the first NFL player to do so, sacrificing his career as a quarterback making millions of dollars a year in order to protest against racial inequalities and police brutality against people of color. The implication being made is that players who are deciding to kneel are unpatriotic and insensitive to service members who have lost their lives in the line of duty, causing a controversial split.
As a Black man, and a Army Veteran, I too can become a victim to police brutality simply because I fit the description of the stereotype that follows African Americans everyday. This split has not been caused by the kneeling, but rather, by the unfair and unjust treatment that people of color have had to endure since the formation of our nation. The players who have decided to participate in the protest against racial inequalities are not the ones who caused injustices evident in our judicial system, or the mistreatment of African Americans at the hands of law enforcement. Rather they decided to be the ones to spark this debate by using their platform. In 2016, approximately 80 percent of the NFL were made up of black men, according to the institution of diversity and ethics in sports. The majority of them identify personally with the hundreds of unarmed people of color who have been gunned down by those sworn to protect them. The relationship between police officers and people of color has been turbulent stemming back to the early years Jim Crow segregation. Most of them have felt the impact personally of what it feels like to be objectified because of the color of their
skin. It is a feeling that a non-person of color could never be able to identify with, specifically when interacting with police officers. The backlash that NFL players are receiving, specifically Colin Kaepernick and other players who have associated themselves with his cause is interesting because there seems to be a blurred line between freedom of speech and disrespect. Truth is, Kaepernick has earned the respect and support from veteran service members. It was in fact a army veteran, Nate Boyer, who suggested that Kaepernick kneel instead of sit during the anthem. When asked back in 2016 what he was trying to accomplish with this demonstration, Kaepernick responded, “There are a lot of things that are going on that are unjust. People aren’t being held accountable for, and that needs to change. This country stands for freedom, liberty, justice for all, and it’s not happening for all right now.” The national anthem is not just a commemoration for American troops, or for the American flag, it’s an anthem for the American people as a nation. The hundreds of unarmed Black men who have lost their lives at the hands of law enforcement were Americans. They were not terrorists, nor were they threats to the security of the nation. As a Black man, and a Army Veteran, I too can become a victim to police brutality simply because I fit the description of the stereotype that follows African Americans everyday. Americans who find this demonstration disrespectful or demeaning seem to be missing the point. Players aren’t protesting against the flag or against the troops, they’re protesting against injustice. Their protesting against the brutality that African Americans and other ethnic, non white groups have suffered at the hands of police officers who abuse their authority. The problem that Kaepernick is protesting against has easy fix. There is over four hundred years of systematic conditioning that has brought us to where we are now. What African Americans have had to endure to become respected as American citizens can never be undermined. By choosing to ignore the true problem this demonstration by African American men who happen to be professional athletes is choosing to ignore the issues that African Americans are faced with, and have overcome on this fight against racism in America.
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Vol. 166, Issue 2 | Sept. 12 – Sept. 25, 2018
Culinary arts students are bringing the fire to Roast “I love to wow people with what the students can do. [...] They run that whole thing. They do everything in there.” — Vince Paratore
One of the many dishes served at the Culinary Arts and Hospitality program’s new restaurant is a 3-piece roast chicken dish served with seasoned potatoes and corn bread. Sept. 6, 2018. Photo by Cliff Fernandes / The Guardsman
By Veronica Steiner
overseen the implementation of a new concept at City College. Veronicasteiner13@gmail.com After the department was On Sept. 4, City College’s granted a new fire oven last year, Culinary Arts and Hospitality Paratore was inspired to create department launched the new Slice and Roast. “It’s all about restaurant Roast. It specializes cooking with an oven… I’m told in all things that can be roasted, we’re one of only two culinary including meats, vegetables as well programs in Northern California as vegan options. who has one of those ovens as part Located in the cafeteria, the of their curriculum,” Paradore restaurant is operated by students said. within the Culinary Arts and Pushing through the swinging Hospitality program. The hours doors, you are immediately met of operation are from 11:15 a.m. with smiling faces wearing white to 1:15 p.m., when they sell, serve, hats and coats, and the sounds prep and manage lunch service. of food being fried or chopped. Every fall, the department Everything was immaculate and opens a new restaurant and main- the students were engaged while tains it throughout the school year. radiating pride for their efforts. Vince Paratore, a management Paratore was pleased to show instructor who lectures and over- the kitchen and students hard at sees the operations of Roast, refers work. to this project as a “concept lab.” “I love to wow people with what This is the ninth time Paratore has the students can do. I really do,
and we take a lot of pride in our students and what they can accomplish," Paratore said. "They run that whole thing. They do everything in there.” Throughout the semester, students will work and master every position within Roast and after service, recap how the day went with regards to sales and overall operations with Professor Paratore. Roast will be building on their menu and image throughout this academic year. Every week they will be adding a new menu item and after this semester Roast will be getting a brand new team of students. They are eager for people try it out and encourage feedback to help students understand the process of managing Roast as well as the customers expectations.
Rosalind Barrior chats with her fellow cooks on the day’s productivity on Sept. 06, 2018. Photo by Cliff Fernandes / The Guardsman
Cindy Serrano adds the finishing touches before handing it off to its future owner. Sept. 06, 2018. Photo by Cliff Fernandes / The Guardsman
Roast is located in the cafeteria and open from 11:15 am to 1:15 pm Cindy Serrano, right, watches Dylan Takao, left, slot the chicken wings into the oven at 900 degree Farenheit in apporxametly two minutes on Sept. 06, 2018. Photo by Cliff Fernandes / The Guardsman
6 | CULTURE
Vol. 166, Issue 2 | Sept. 12 – Sept. 25, 2018
After skirting death, Paul Nowicki finds life in mentoring By Cliff Fernandes
Through his gentle eyes and white beard he jokes that a bicycle cferna44 mail.ccsf.edu chain keeps his spine up. Professor Paul Nowicki has When he was in a coma and been teaching architecture at City presumed unsavable, his family College since 1977, but a shattered had his last rights read to him. spine after a hospital error put him Nowick is only alive today because on his deathbed seven years ago. of a last ditch surgery attempt that Initially going in for a broken sacrificed his left leg. ankle, he was treated with unster“Why people know me is ilized pins leading to a massive because I do a lot of stuff for NASA, infection.“My whole right leg was have drawn for George Lucas rotted out from the knee down,” [...] Pixar, Intel, Old Navy,” Nowicki Nowicki said. said. In fact, he is currently workThe infection had to be treated ing with Metallica’s lead guitarist, for 12 months. When he was let Kirk Hammett. out, it was already December, the month most people decorate their “All I did was house and ponder their New Year’s look over my right resolutions. Three weeks later, he looked shoulder, and I over his right shoulder and broke every bone shattered his spine by doing an everyday motion. in my back.” “I broke every bone in my back. — Paul Nowicki It just popped going up. I remember the first two and then I passed out,” Nowicki said. Nowicki’s portfolio reaches The infection, thought far and wide, providing a whole removed, had traveled into his livelihood that extends well past back and made his bones brittle. the grim concrete walls of Batmale
Professor Paul Nowicki prepares for his 1 p.m. freehand drawing class as students file in on Sept. 4, 2018. Photo by Cliff Fernandes / The Guardsman
Hall. But he loves to teach. that he snuck out to show Prof. He has set up his life to be Nowicki. a mentor to people, extending There have also been dark beyond mere subject matter into times. Nowicki is the kind of the ethics of responsibility and teacher who thinks about the reliability. Throughout the inter- strudents he couldn't help. Even view he shared many stories of the decades later he recalls a student students he bonded with. committed suicide in the 1980's One was a former student, and wishes he's been able to handle now a NASA employee, who the situation better. came in and handed over a block Waking up from the clutches of foam. It was 1/10 gravity and of death, Nowicki did not wonder took 90 minutes to fall from the how could he live differently. He ceiling — highly classified material instead focused on what could he
do more. Nowicki continues to be the voice that can makes people comfortable so they can come to him for advice as their mentor. Four decades have passed since he first began teaching in City College. A wealth of knowledge and experience, Nowicki said the injury has only slowed him down. “There are days when I’m tired and I don’t know if I can go on, but I say to myself my work is done here, on earth...I made a difference in somebody’s life a little bit.”
Reconnecting the Child Development Center to nature
Faculty at City College’s Children Development Center add onto the newly installed “Nature Explorer Area” on Sept. 03, 2018. Photo by Sarah Berjan / The Guardsman
By Sarah Berjan
“We want to give kids a chance to be outdoor spaces at their current location on outdoors and to experience nature. Nature Ocean Ave. sberjan@gmail.com gives kids more of an opportunity to learn “At our old space, we did have a children’s The Child Development Center (CDC) at the fundamentals, like colors, shapes, garden and the kids were always thrilled to the City College constructed a new “Nature comparing and contrasting. We can use it be there because they can always dig for bugs, Explorer” area on Aug. 16, as an initiative to for art, science, and for math.” Program look at birds, find flowers and gardens. We bring nature into children’s learning experi- Coordinator of the Child Development used it a lot. When we relocated to Ocean ences. Faculty, students, parents and other Center, Judith Hurst said. Ave., we did not have any of that,” Hurst said. members of the City College community According to Hurst, relocating from their The CDC received a grant from First contributed to this garden and continue to facility located on Judson Ave. and Genessee 5 California for the construction of the collaborate on it’s development. St impacted the CDC due to the lack of space, where design consultant, Eliana Elias
collaborated with Hurst in the development of the project. “We received donations from the San Francisco Parks and Recreation and they helped us with the the logs. We were also able to buy some things from the grant, like raised flower beds, seeds, plants and staff members also donated plants. We are not completely finished, but it should be completed in the next few weeks,” Hurst said. CDC staff and members of the City College community participate in maintaining the nature explorer area in addition completing the area. The nature explorer area will not be fully immersed in the program’s curriculum until it is fully constructed. “We’re holding off until we are done with the yard so children can help water, and play in the mornings. We will use a garden where they will grow tomatoes, mint and other vegetables like lettuce. / We teach the children about the food that they grow and get them to learn how to appreciate what they eat, learn and see,” Cook for the Child Development center, Tai Do said. Student worker and international student from Taiwan Ching Ting Kao, also participates in maintaining the garden. He is also a CDC Cook as well as a Marketing and Computer science student. “I feel like children here can only stay in the classroom, or play with some toys in the classroom, so basically they are limited to a small area. If we can build this garden, we can educate kids while having a place to stay and so teachers can also teach them.”Ching Ting Kao said. / “We had some parents to come help put it together, and we also have some parents who would say they they would love to help, and offer their assistance. Everyone has been very enthusiastic about it by offering to bring plants and help.” Hurst said.
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Vol. 166, Issue 2 | Sept. 12 – Sept. 25, 2018
MEN’S SOCCER
Rams hold out to claim 2-1 victory over Napa Valley
SPORTS CALENDAR
Football
Sept. 15, 1 PM vs. Modesto Sept. 22, 1 PM @ Butte
Women’s Soccer
Sept. 15, 11 AM vs. Redwoods Sept. 18, 3 PM vs. Solano Sept. 21, 4 PM @ Ohlone
Men’s Soccer
Sept. 14, 4 PM vs. Santa Rosa Sept. 19, 4 PM @ Contra Costa Sept. 25, 4 PM @ Gavlion
Women’s Volleyball
Sept. 14, 3 PM vs. Feather River Sept. 14, 5 PM @ Foothill Sept. 19, 5 PM @ Gavilon Sept. 21, 3 PM vs. Redwoods
Women’s Basketball
Sept. 22-23, TBA vs. TBD @ Delta Community College
Women's Water Polo
Sept. 15, TBA vs. TBD @ De Anza Sept. 19, 2 PM vs. Ohlone Sept. 21, 3 PM vs. Las Positas
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Head Coach, Adam Lucarelli, addresses the team at the end of the game. Photo by Cliff Fernandes / The Guardsman
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By Cliff Fernandes cferna44@mail.ccsf.edu
On Aug 31, the men’s soccer team walk away with a 2-1 victory over Napa Valley College in the season opener with goals by Alejandro Perez (#18) and Eruvey Arceta (#27). Head coach, Adam Lucarelli, commented at the full time whistle, “Technically-wise we have to get better and some of our decision making, but I think our effort was really good, our effort and our fight was good, we just didn’t execute a lot of the plays we should’ve.” Despite the win, the game was scrappy and performances waned towards the second
half. After a large defensive spell, City College “You can see them at scrimmages, at practice conceded a late goal as Napa Valley looked all you want but until you play that first game to equalize. you don’t really know what you have and you don’t really know who’s going to perform, at Attacking potential what level. So this was definitely a gage and I The Rams short build up play held, but did feel like we have a lot to improve on.” not sustain, as possession broke down. Late in the game the Rams lost a sizeHowever, Napa’s high defensive line able amount of possession due to clearances created enough space for early thru balls, and that went out of play or into empty areas of the City College’s pull back into midfield, put the pitch. plenty of numbers into the box. Freshman Gabriel Arias stood out, even Apart from moments of promise through- though he didn't score. Playing the full 90 out the match, rough edges are to be expected, minutes, he was initially center mid, but ended as the new Rams team make their debut at the evening as right back when Napa Valley the college level. made a late push. Efforts that hadn't gone Assistant Coach, Jesus Hernandez said, unnoticed, as indicated by Coach Lucarelli.
Alejandro Perez (left) ran the defense ragged, looking to score again on Aug. 31, 2018. Photo by Cliff Fernandes / The Guardsman
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Rams midfielder freshman Alex Berumen (#13) leaps between two Napa Valley defenders on Aug. 31, 2018. Photo by Eric Sun / Special to The Guardsman
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Vol. 166, Issue 2 | Sept. 12 – Sept. 25, 2018
FOOTBALL
Rams win 56 -13 against Sierra in season opener By Patrick Cochran pcochran@theguardsman.com
DesHawn collins waited an entire year for this moment. Down 6-0 against Sierra to start the game, sophomore Collins got the ball and burst past defenders to score a 60-yard rushing touchdown, putting the Rams up 7-6 after they hit the extra point. For the rest of the game the Rams dominated, ultimately winning it 56-13. “It felt good. I was just ready to go,” DeShawn Collins said. “Sitting a year out helped me, I turned from a boy into a man.” DeShawn Collins was certainly the man that afternoon, finishing the game with 115 rushing yards on 14 attempts with three touchdowns on the ground. During the game Collins showed off his versatility, tearing through the Sierra defense to rip off big runs, while also being able to run between the tackles, and even highlighting his pass blocking abilities when he picked up blitzing linebackers to protect quarterback Jack Newman. Collins missed all of the 2017 season with an injury he sustained in the opening game. In his absence, back up running back Isaiah Floyd thrived, rushing for 1797 yards, a City College record and earned himself a scholarship to Arizona State. Head coach Jimmy Collins was ecstatic to finally have Collins healthy. “It was just a matter of time,” coach Collins said. “He is a special, special player.” Besides DeShawn Collins, other Rams had stellar games. Newman, playing in his first college game ever, looked cool under pressure. Newman was 17-for-23
Freshman quarterback Jack Newman (#12) squares-up to deliver a pass during the Rams season opener against Sierra on Sept. 01, 2018. Photo by Eric Sun / Special to The Guardsman
passing for 246 yards with three touchdown passes. “Jack was fantastic in the pocket,” coach Collins said. “He had great poise, and was as accurate for a first start for a college quarterback that you will ever see.” Sophomore wide receiver Frank Hall led the team with 70-yard receiving on 6 catches with two touchdown receptions. Hall runs precise routes, and with his quickness he is able to overcome
City College’s Deshawn Collins (#10) rushed for a first down Sept. 01, 2018. Collins had fourteen rushes with a total of 115 yards against Sierra. Photo by Veronica Steiner / The Guardsman
the fact that he is short. All after“You guys faced adversity,” noon Hall found himself wide coach Collins said to players in the open, and on his second touch- locker room after the game. “It was down catch of the day, a 27 yard 6-0, but we came back and got our catch from Newman, Hall had first comeback game of the year burned his way past the defenders. baby. It is so easy when you guys
play hard.” The Rams are now 2-0 and after traveling to Sacramento City college, beating them 37-29 on Friday September 7 at 6.00 p.m.