Vol. 163, Issue 5 | March 22, - April 12 , 2017 | City College of San Francisco | Since 1935 | FREE
Photo by: Izar Decleto/The Guardsman Mult-Use Building at City College of San Francisco on Sept. 16, 2016.
MUB robbery reveals outmoded security cameras By Otto Pippenger oppipenger@theguardsman.com
City College’s annual number of robberies declined from five to six the years 2013 and 2014, to two to three in 2014 and 2015. 2016 saw none at all. But the vicious armed robbery of student Victor Tense in mid February at the Multi-Use Building (MUB) has students in 2017 wondering if the year will be a return to higher rates of violent crime. With several other serious crimes including a grand theft in the MUB and an aggravated assault the same day elsewhere on Ocean Campus, these incidents are a reminder that police can never be everywhere at once in a place as large as the Ocean Campus. Tense was robbed when two men followed him into the men’s room in the MUB. They were both Hispanic males, one 20-30 years old and the other 30-40 with a vivid purple scar on the right side of his face that “washes out all other details” according to Tense. They told Tense that they thought he had spat on one of the offender’s sister, flustering Tense long enough to corner him and pull out a semiautomatic handgun. They told Tence to “get on the
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floor if you don’t wanna be shot in the head,” and then robbed him of his phone, wallet, keys and backpack for damages totalling nearly $500. Tense waited after they left. “I was expecting to open that door and find a gun in my face,” Tense said before returning to his classroom. His classmates and teacher helped him to call the police and cancel his debit card. Campus police arrived within minutes. Since the phone could not be tracked the only remaining evidence was the security camera footage, while Ocean Campus is patrolled both on foot and by car, according to Officer Tiffany Green. “Our security officer for the campus is usually at the Wellness Center or bookstore,” Green said, “we may increase or restructure our patrols to prevent crimes like this.” The MUB is one of only three structures, including Rosenberg Library and the Wellness Center, to be equipped with security cameras on Ocean Campus. While Tense’s attackers can clearly be seen exiting MUB robbery continued on page 3
MUB war rages on
IN THIS ISSUE
Administration and students battle over two thirds of building By Lynda Brommage
lbrommage@theguardsman.com
The Multi-Use Building (MUB) has students, teachers and in an upheaval regarding Walking the line faculty the proposed idea of classroom space taken away for administraCulture page 5 tive purposes that was meant for student learning. The proposal has been put forth due to the need to relocate 85 City College employees from the 33 Gough building that is leased out to developers for the next 75 Women's day years starting July, 2017. Opinion page 7 In doing so, 20 of the 34 total classrooms meant for student instruction in the MUB would be used for administrative purposes such as human relations, City College finances and payroll - but New will also include student services astrological such as consolidating financial aid from Cloud Hall, counselforecast ing services, matriculation and Opinion page 6 creating a larger student testing lab according to Assistant Vice Chancellor Linda De Silva. “This would be a one stop first contact for student services,” said De Silva. “It would make operaMexika tional sense.” New Year The move will take up the entire third floor and half the Culture page 4 second floor displacing the Link Center which many students depend on for computer use and health services. It will also
disband the Child Development and Health Education Programs which many students attend for their certificates. “I was astounded when I reached out to my union representative Athena,” Gender Diversity Project Coordinator, Andrew Ciscel, whose office lies in the Link Center said. “I was looking for representation that would impact my job and the staff here but instead she wrote back that the student perspective seemed entitled.” The argument boils down to the fact that the MUB was created by a bond issue approved by San Francisco taxpayers to create a learning facility for students at City College to grow enrollment and serve its community. Most objections relate to twelve of the classrooms to be used solely for non-student related administrative business. In a video recording of the February 23, City College Board of Trustees meeting held in the MUB to discuss the topic many students, faculty, teachers and all those affected by the proposal voiced their strong objections to the proposal. MUB war continued on page 3
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