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Faculty and Neighbors Voices Their Concerns About Proposed Housing Development for Balboa Reservoir By Caoilinn Goss
and educators from City College,” said Low. Neither the Board of The Balboa Reservoir Project Supervisors, the developers, nor has prompted concerns of traffic the Planning Commission have congestion by City College staff, specified how many units that has challenged the city’s definition would be, but all three institutions of affordable housing, and has have assured that some of the fanned the flames of a larger housing would be reserved for debate about the privatization of faculty, staff, and students. public land. The city will subsidize the The project itself, a proposed remaining 17 percent for both private housing development at income groups, comprised City College Ocean Campus’s partially of an undisclosed number western edge, published a Draft of for sale units capped at a single Environmental Impact Report income that is 105 percent of the for public review and comment city’s AMI. on Aug. 7. Traffic congestion of the The 17 acres of undeveloped surrounding streets, including but land identified as the reservoir, not limited to, Frida Kahlo Way are currently owned by the and Ocean Avenue, also pose San Francisco Public Utilities major concerns for those who are Commission and have been used Community members chalk the Balboa Resevoir Notice of Public Hearing bullitin to encourage students critics of the project. by City College for various reasons, to voice their opinions at a Sept. 12, 2019 hearing at City Hall. Photo Illustration by Claudia Drdul / “Supervisor Yee has been The Guardsman including a student parking lot adamant about the issue around since 1946. Housing, Pacific Union Devel- worked with the community roughly $60,000. transportation mitigation, ensuring San Francisco voters have opment Company, and Habitat members to push it to that level,” Another 15 percent will that we actually have transit access rejected three past propositions for for Humanity of Greater San said Jen Low, a legislative aide be subsidized by BRIDGE for and congestion mitigation given the city to sell the land to private Francisco to develop a housing to Supervisor Norman Yee who residents earning a single income the size and scale of the project. housing developers, most recently plan to combat the city’s lack of specializes in land use measures. of up to roughly $105,000 or 120 We already have a lot of issues, as in 1991. The current Balboa affordable housing. However, the 50 percent that percent of the city’s AMI. it stands, with Frida Kahlo Way Reservoir Project originated in The parameters for the is said to be set aside for affordable “City College faculty would and some of the intersections near November 2014 as part of the development, as it currently housing is actually much less. not qualify,” said Madeline the project site. We’ve been very Public Land for Housing Program stands, include a total of 1,110 BRIDGE Mission Housing Mueller, City College Music public about our concerns on the under former San Francisco housing units. Of those units, 50 will subsidize 18 percent of the Department Chair, in a public issue of traffic congestion and the mayor, Ed Lee. percent have been allocated as rental apartments for residents comment letter submitted to the impact it will have on our transit A development team was affordable housing. earning a single income of Planning Commission. system, especially with the K line” selected in 2017, including “I think when this project was up to 55 percent of the city’s “I believe they are negotiating said Low. AvalonBay Communities and initially conceptualized it wasn’t Average Median Income (AMI), an educator housing building that Balboa Reservoir continued BRIDGE Housing with Mission even at 50 percent. Our office putting the annual income cap at would potentially house faculty on page 3 cgoss2@mail.ccsf.edu
Buildings on Ocean Campus Evacuated After Bomb Threat By Meyer Gorelick msggorelick@gmail.com
Students and faculty on Ocean campus were evacuated from the Multi-Use building (MUB), Creative Arts, and Science Buildings Wednesday, Oct. 17 after an unidentified caller at 2 p.m. told campus police that a bomb would go off at a designated time in one of those buildings. Given the size of each building and the volume of students on campus, law enforcement made a joint decision to evacuate before conducting sweeps, said City College Chief of Police Colleen Fatooh. The goal was to make sure everyone was evacuated swiftly and safely without raising panic, said Fatooh. News choppers hovered over a tense scene as police cars, fire trucks and SFMTA vehicles blocked off Frida Kahlo Way during the evacuation. Students and faculty gathered on the sidewalk outside of the MUB, some asking about family, friends and coworkers who were still inside. “I was in the Creative Arts building and there were police tearing through trash cans and searching bathrooms, and they told me to get out,” Matt Wood, a 25-year-old economics major, said. “I walked into the Science building and there were fire alarms going off and they told me there was a bomb threat so I got out.” At 4:33 p.m. police officers and bomb sniffing dogs gathered outside Conlan Hall’s parking An SFPD officer closes off the Multi-Use Building (MUB) parking lot on Frida Kahlo Way and restricts access after a bomb threat was reported to the Ocean Campus on Oct. 17, 2019. After searching MUB, Science Hall, Student Health Center and Creative lot and announced that all three buildings were safe to enter. Arts, the campus was given the all-clear and classes resumed at 4:33 p.m. Photo by Franchon Smith / The Guardsman
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Vol. 168, Issue 5 | October 23 – November 6, 2019
The Search for Gavin Octaviano Continues By Meyer Gorelick msggorelick@gmail.com
Gavin Octaviano was set to graduate from UC Irvine this Spring when he went missing near the Golden Gate Bridge in late November 2018. Octaviano was home on break, to spend Thanksgiving with his family and friends. The day after Thanksgiving, Octaviano spent the day helping his family decorate their Christmas tree. He told his mom that he was going to get dinner with some friends from high school and his cousin, and assured her that he would be home soon. Octaviano didn’t come home that night. He didn’t come home the next morning, either. His family grew worried and the police were informed. A search across the San Francisco-Daly City border began and his sister’s car, which he had borrowed the night he went missing, was discovered north of the Golden Gate Bridge. Gavin’s two older sisters, Veena and Steffi Octaviano, began canvassing the Bay Area with missing person posters. They focused the search on the Marin Headlands, spreading the word of his disappearance online and reaching out to local news stations to beg for air-time. Initially, the family’s attempts to broadcast Gavin’s disappearance weren’t deemed newsworthy. Seventeen days after his disappearance, KRON 4 aired a two minute story on the search for Gavin Octaviano. When If you have any information regarding the disappearance Veena Octaviano was asked why it took so long to convince of Gavin Octaviano please call his sister at (415) 672-8929, a news program to assist in the search, she said “I honestly the San Francisco Police Department, or the Daly City Police Department. You can also support the search for think it’s because he wasn’t white.” She recalled seeing Gavin Octaviano by liking and following the Facebook page another young white man around the same age who went “Come Home Gavin.” / Photo courtesy of Veena Octaviano missing at the same time as Gavin Octaviano, who appeared on the news immediately. the tunnel on Veterans Boulevard in San Francisco, but later Veena Octaviano not only felt a lack of responsiveness recanted, saying she’d been drunk. “I’m like, why are you and motivation from local news, but from the police as well. calling me if you didn’t see him, and why are you driving She explained that the police weren’t always communicating drunk!” Veena Octaviano said. While she appreciated people what they were working on with her family and felt as though trying to help, it was hard not to be disheartened. the onus fell on their shoulders to find her brother. It became painful for Veena Octaviano to continue The Octaviano family’s search was long and exhaustive. monitoring online forums set up to help the search. People From November 2018 through January 2019, it was all posted hateful messages and made unfounded claims that hands on deck. Veena Octaviano, whose phone number her brother was dead. was listed on the flyers, had to sift through many bogus calls “People would post saying ‘oh he just jumped off the from people claiming to have seen her brother. bridge, or his friends killed him, why are you looking for A woman claimed to have seen Gavin Octaviano the him?’” said Veena. “I’ve thought about the good, ugly and night of his disappearance while she was driving through the bad, don’t get me wrong, but I know that he’s out there
somewhere and I’m not going to be proven wrong until somebody brings his body in front of me.” Gavin had been to the Golden Gate Bridge countless times prior to his disappearance as it was a regular hangout for him and his friends. More recently, the police investigation for Gavin Octaviano was changed from active to long-term, a difficult step for his family, who is still searching and holding out hope. “I believe that he is somewhere out there.” Veena Octaviano said. When asked for comment on the investigation, Sergeant Sean Begley of the Daly City Police Department Investigations Division said, “This is still an open investigation which we have been investigating thoroughly. We do not suspect any foul play, but can't release any more specifics at this point.” Gavin Octaviano’s disappearance has been incredibly hard on his family. Gavin’s mom, Jocelyn, has relied on her faith to get her through the anguish of missing her son. One of her co-workers had a daughter who went missing, then returned a year later, which also gives her hope. The holidays are a difficult time for the Octaviano family as their son’s absence is more pronounced on days where the family is accustomed to being together. Veena remembered how driven Gavin was. Whatever he dove into, he became great at, because he would immerse himself in it. His passions include basketball, ping pong, and LED glove light shows. “I remember sometimes we used to tease him about the finger light shows, but now I really miss it,” Veena Octaviano said. He had always been popular, but his disappearance made it apparent how many people really care about him. A small silver lining through the process for Veena Octaviano, was getting to see how many people love her brother. “I hate that this is what his story is right now,” said Veena Octaviano. Gavin Octaviano’s family wants him home and say they won’t have closure until they find him. If you have any information regarding the disappearance of Gavin Octaviano please call his sister at (415) 672-8929, the San Francisco Police Department, or the Daly City Police Department. You can also support the search for Gavin Octaviano by liking and following the Facebook page “Come Home Gavin.”
City College Students Push for Subsidized Public Transportation By Andy Damián Correa
Transitional Students (HARTS) according to “SFSU, USF, and the Conservatory Associate Vice Chancellor Elizabeth Coria of Music participate in our “Class Pass” acorrea@theguradsman.com at the September 19 City College Board of program. MUNI usage is estimated for As public transportation costs in the bay Trustees meeting. the entire school and the cost is allocated area rise, City College students question Between 2018-2019, exactly 944 Clipper across all students. Every student is required, how much longer they will be able to afford cards were distributed to students through as part of their registration, to pay this transportation to school without subsidized the EOPS program. The same year, the fee, regardless of if they use MUNI. The transportation passes. Guardian Scholars program distributed 30 current fee is approximately $125 per According to San Francisco Metro MUNI and BART passes and the HARTS semester.” said San Francisco Municipal Transit Authority’s (SFMTA) fare table, program provided students with 240 passes. Transportation Agency’s (SFMTA) chief the cost of an Adult “M” Monthly Pass In 2015, the Office of Student Equity spokesperson, Paul Rose. will increase from $75 in fiscal year (FY) provided students with 625 Clipper “City College can become a participant 2018 to $85 in FY2020. The cost of an cards by using one-time funding of in this program, but it would require a Adult “A” Monthly Pass, which includes the approximately $400,000 to purchase a total referendum from the student body to use of Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) in of 4,000 cards. The remaining cards were approve adopting this additional fee” San Francisco, will increase from $94 to completely distributed by June 30, 2019, said Rose. $98 by FY2020. according Dr. Coria. In August 2017, a collaboration between Amos Shiela, a Psychology major who “City College provides transit benefits BART and SFSU established the Higher commutes between Ocean campus and the wherever it can, but it is not fiscally feasible Education Fare Discount Program (HEDP) greater Bay Area four times a week, said “I for the college to subsidize transit for all. The which offers subsidized rates for students at catch BART everyday and it costs me $15 College is committed to finding a way to colleges and universities. dollars, over $200 per month, not including make free and/or discounted transit passes Students from participating schools use MUNI. Lower rates for BART will benefit to our students” said Chief of Staff to the a school-specific Clipper card to get the students at City College.” Office of the Chancellor Leslie Milloy. discount, the cost of which is reimbursed Currently, transit passes are accessible Other colleges in the bay area such to BART through transit fees paid by the through several programs including as the University of San Francisco (USF), student body or the school. Extended Opportunity Program & Services University of California San Francisco According to BART’s website, the (EOPS), California Work Opportunities (UCSF), and San Francisco State University “discount is a percentage amount off of the and Responsibility to Kids (CALWORKS), (SFSU) charge students transportation fees regular fare. For example, if the regular Guardian Scholars and Homeless At-Risk alongside tuition. fare is $2.00, and the discount is 25 percent,
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then the student would pay a discounted fare of $1.50.” Alicia Trost, BART’s communications department manager said that while individual students have reached out about the HEDP, administrators have not. “We have told the individual students who have asked, that school administrators would need to be involved to make the program work,” said Trost. During the Sept. 19, 2019 Student Success and Policy Committee meeting, Chancellor Mark Rocha said he was not familiar with the need for student transit passes. “I do know that we are trying to implement a program similar to San Francisco State University's Transit cards. They are not free in that students pay through registration fees, but they do provide a discount on BART and access to MUNI” said Trustee Brigitte Davila. Trustee Shanel Williams said “This has been a work in progress for some time that we need to do in collaboration with other college districts in the area. It a multi-step process that I know all the trustees are interested in reengaging in now that we have secure accreditation and a more stable administrative team.” Staff Writers Anshi Aucar Tyler Breisacher Rachel Berning Meyer Gorelick
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Vol. 168, Issue 5 | October 23 – November 6, 2019
Balboa Reservoir continued from page 1
long-anticipated construction of the Performing Arts Education Center (PAEC). “The latest revision of the PAEC construction plan has extensively downsized the education portion of the PAEC because it would remove too many parking spots! Sufficient parking is so crucial that it is actually endangering the award-winning design of a long-needed building,” Halford’s letter claims.
City College or the developers, I don’t believe that this development would preclude a performing arts Since it’s initial stages, the center from being built,” said Low. development project has been “We’ve seen plans in which a linked to the Balboa Park Station potential future performing arts Area Plan, an initiative launched center is somewhere on the plan, in 2000 to better link the BART but that’s not our jurisdiction,” Station with the College and the Low continued. Ocean Avenue Neighborhood Low and Halford both Commercial District. emphasized the need for students “One of the things that we want and other community members (the developers) to really evaluate to get involved and have their is if we are going to address some voices heard. of the traffic and transit concerns. Through the collaboration They could be a good partner between community activists with City College in trying to have and San Francisco’s city hall, the Sufficient parking Balboa Reservoir Community better way finding, to improve the transit connection to BART and Advisory Committee (CAC) is so crucial that MUNI. Those are still up in the was established to “ provide a it is actually air, you know, works in progress. community voice and function From our understanding, the as a central clearinghouse for endangering the developer and City College have community input” according to award-winning been in conversation about that,” San Francisco Planning. Low continued. “We developed this CAC design of a longThe proposed housing process because of the fact that needed building. development would also eliminate we weren’t really seeing a lot more than a thousand parking of conversations and discourse spaces located on the western edge involving the neighbors from — Daniel Halford various communities, City of City College’s Ocean Campus. Parking is already at a premium on College students and faculty, and campus, as more than 50 percent the merchants as well, to really of City College’s full time students “The PAEC had been included weigh in on what type of project are based at Ocean. in the school’s updated and they want to see and the types of “Eliminating parking spaces approved Facilities and approved community benefits they hope to seriously limits access to education,” Facilities Master Plan but the achieve if any project is to be built Daniel Halford said, and ESL education portion of the PAEC here,” said Low. instructor at City College, in a was recently extensively down Low emphasized that if the public letter to the mayor and San sized because it would remove too Balboa Reservoir Project does Francisco’s Board of Supervisors. many parking spots!” according continue to move forward, the Halford’s letter had 84 to Mueller. communities concerns must be cosigners, including 71 faculty. This could result in monetary heard and those involved in the Both he and Mueller submitted setbacks for a project that process must be transparent. their letters during the window has already cost City College To stay updated on project for public comment, which closed $30 million. developments or contact on Sept 23. San Francisco’s Board of city hall with concerns, Faculty and students have also Supervisors do not agree, however. visit sfplanning.org/project/ expressed concerns that the private “From our understanding, from balboa-reservoir development will interfere with the when we were being briefed from
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Gregoria Nova Cahill, Interim Dean of the Mission Center since July 2019, poses for a portrait in the lobby of Mission Center on Sept.18, 2019. Photo by Amal Ben Ghanem / The Guardsman
Dr. Gregoria Nova Cahill Becomes the Interim Dean of Mission Campus By Isaiah Willis iwillis@mail.ccsf.edu
Following the retirement of Mission Campus’ Dean Jorge Bell, Dr. Gregoria Nova Cahill assumed the center’s interim dean position in early July 2019. For the Mission campus, Cahill said that her goal is to, “work hard within the current administration, under the leadership of Chancellor Mark Rocha, to advocate and support our students.” Cahill, born and raised in the Andes mountains of Bolivia, left home at the age of 12 to pursue her education goals. By the time she graduated from high school, she had lived with five different families and earned a scholarship to attend a local Bolivian University while also taking English classes at a nearby American International School. With the help of a former faculty member from California State University, East Bay, Cahill was able to earn an undergraduate degree in Modern Languages and Linguistics in addition to a Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages Certificate from Beloit College in 2001. She eventually went on to obtain a master’s degree in Counseling from California State University, East Bay, in 2004. In May 2019, Cahill graduated with a doctorate in education and educational leadership for social justice from California State University, East Bay, making her the first in her Afro-Bolivian family to earn a doctoral degree. Her dissertation entitled “Breaking the Barriers” focused on
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the experience of Latinx students in community colleges and how to support their transfers to 4-year colleges and universities. Cahill has been working at City College since 2004. Her role at city college has ranged from an academic counselor and instructor in the interdisciplinary studies and learning assistance departments, to co-coordinator of the Puente program, which exists to increase the number of Latinx students enrolled in fouryear universities. As the Interim Dean of the Mission Center, Cahill “hopes to continue the former Dean Jorge Bell’s legacy of making education accessible to students in the Bay Area and most importantly to the Hispanic/Latinx community.” Specifically, Cahill is hoping to help students obtain certificates (credit and non-credit) or associate degrees, transfer to a university, or take classes for their personal enrichment. She has an open-door policy and welcomes positive and constructive feedback. “As I hone my skills and move forward supporting our students thrive in the pursuit of education to better their lives, I am committed to advocating for equity and social justice, and I count on you to make that happen,” Cahill said. She believes that she has “a lot to learn in [her] new role, but is eager to continue [in] Dean Bell’s footsteps to be able to advocate for our students, empower, be a role model, spark curiosity and bring out the best in our students and help them navigate higher education.”
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The Adult Education Program Offers Opportunities for Lifelong Learners By Anshi Aucar
is an education program that coincides with existing programs and helps ease the transition into postsecondary education, as well as accelerating students’ City College offers a wide variety of classes for progress toward other academic or career goals. life-long learners and students looking to transfer to This program offers ESL courses and resources, a four year college, many of whom are enrolled in transitional studies, DSPS and methods of obtaining the college’s Adult Education program. High School diplomas for its participants. The Adult Education program is funded by the ESL student, Noe Matute, said the classes offered state of California through its membership in the San are “excellent classes and the professors are well Francisco Adult Education Consortium. prepared. The ones that I have gotten are really good.” There are three different types of “adult” programs: The Adult Education program is also aligned the first is the Working Adult Degree program, which with the greater San Francisco community as well. is designed to get participants an associate degree in City College and the Excelsior Senior Center have three years or less; the Adult Education Non-Credit collaborated to offer a class called “Body Dynamic program offers classes that were created to help people & Aging Process” for those interested in the topic. learn English and prepare for citizenship tests; and For students who weren’t able to attend high finally, the Older Adults program provides classes at school in the United States, this program offers a the San Francisco Main Library for life-long learners means for them to obtain a high school diploma and seeking to learn new arts or just enhance their skills. transfer to City College credit classes. “For those who want to pursue a more academic Although adult education classes have been education, having one department covering both affected by the college’s recent class cuts, students credit and non-credit allows for a seamless transition,” are still generally grateful for what programs and said DSPS professor Robert Fitch, who pushes the courses are still offered. education philosophy of life-long learning. More information on the Adult education The San Francisco Adult Education Consortium Consortium can be found on sfadulted.org aaucar@mail.ccsf.edu
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Vol. 168, Issue 5 | October 23 – November 6, 2019
Journalism Department Hosts a Photo Exhibit on the Struggle at the Tijuana border with the US By Matheus Maynard mmaynar7@mail.ccsf.edu
Juan Manuel Barragan Corona, distraught after being recently deported, descends the US/Mexico border wall at Playas de Tijuana after tying a piece of red fabric to one of the wall bars as a way to cope with separation from his family in the United States. Sunday March 10, 2019. Courtesy of Mabel Jiménez
An American flag made up of strips of fabric and set up on the Mexican side of the border wall by asylum seekrs in previous months, burns after being set on fire by a beachgoer on Friday March 15, 2019 at Playas de Tijuana, the westernmost section of the US/Mexico border wall. Courtesy of Mabel Jiménez Mabel Jimenez
Jenri Jose Juarez Villegas, a 16 year old migrant from El Salvador, looks at a patch of green US soil visible amongst the Tijuana skyline, on March 15, 2019. Juarez, who has attempted to cross to the US 37 times, fled El Salvador after gangs kidnapped his younger sister and threatened his parents, who fled their home. Juarez Villegas does not know the whereabouts of his immediate family. Courtesy of Mabel Jiménez
City College’s Journalism Department is hosting a documentary photography exhibition at the Front Page Gallery that explores the harsh reality of the United States’ strict and inhumane immigration policies’ effect in the border city of Tijuana, Mexico. Photographer, writer, and former photo editor of Mission District bilingual newspaper El Tecolote, Mabel Jiménez, went to visit her hometown Tijuana last February and saw herself in the midst of the harsh reality of immigrants trying to cross to the U.S. through the Mexican gateway city. Then, she decided to photograph eyeopening images of that reality and the exhibit “Tijuana: The refugee struggle at the border” was born. “It felt like the eyes of the world were in Tijuana, which is a weird feeling, because when you grow up somewhere what is normal to you; then, all of a sudden, everyone outside and the rest of the world is looking at,” Jiménez said. Many Central Americans cross the continent to reach the city of Tijuana, which is located on the coastal border of California. The cities of San Diego, in the U.S., and Tijuana are side-by-side divided by walls, fences, huge barbed wires, and high border surveillance that are meant to keep the influx of thousands of immigrants from crossing. In the past few months, images of the horrifying conditions of immigration detention shelters have startled the world. However, this exhibit delves into the conditions outside of the U.S. Jiménez explained that the burning flag photo represents the immigrants protesting against U.S. enforcement of their immigration laws. Many of them are asking for asylum, and in many cases, they have to go through detention first to request asylum. “This is meant to keep you out, this is meant to hurt you,” said Jiménez when talking about the border wall in Tijuana. The wall, fences, and surveillance in Tijuana extend into the Pacific ocean as can be seen in one of Jiménez’s photos.
Jiménez’s photos explore the interesting Mexican side of the wall, which is filled with artwork whereas the American side is rusty, dark and intimidating. The exhibit also explores the hardship that Mexican shelters suffer from the large influx of immigrants who get stuck at the border. Thousands of people legally cross the San Ysidro border from Tijuana to San Diego every day. Many of the Central Americans cross the continent northwards and find themselves stuck in the Mexican gateway city. A range of different emotional images was captured for this exhibit, and Jiménez’s photos are a political statement to bring Americans closer to the reality that this country faces on the other side of its border. What Jiménez hopes to achieve with this exhibit is that, “People [immigrants] don’t want things handed to them. People want the dignity of earning their own way. Just an opportunity to do that without rain of bullets around you all the time, without gangs threatening you all the time. So, I hope what people [viewers of the exhibit] get is ‘yes, these people are going through a lot of things,’ but I want them to be seen not as victims, which is partly true, but also as survivors.” This is the seventh exhibit held by the Journalism department at the Front Page Gallery. “We are thankful that you are here, that you are part of this, part of our history at City College, the Journalism program. I think this is what journalism is all about. Helping tell the stories of the people, not only words but in pictures,” said Department Chair of Journalism Juan Gonzales during the opening reception on Oct. 18. “Tijuana: The refugee struggle at the border” can be visited from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday to Friday, at City College’s Bungalows 615, Ocean Campus. Special hours can be arranged with the department. The exhibit closes on Nov. 8. All the photos are available for purchase and the money raised from the shelter photos will be donated to the shelters by Jiménez.
Mabel Jiménez shows and speaks about one of her favorite photos in the exhibition at the Front Page Gallery, journalism department, on Oct. 18, 2019. Photo Amal Ben Ghanem / The Guardsman
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Social Justice Posters Make Their Way to Rosenberg Library Walls By Rachel Berning
values my colleagues and I hoped to help students develop in themselves. Divergent thinking, questioning, creativity, curiosity, resilience, resistance, solidarity, and a commitment Students’ artwork is raising concerns on social justice to community equity and justice,” Aaland said. through creative posters with inspirational quotes set up in Kate Connell brought this idea to City College students Rosenberg Library in visual media design department and other classrooms. Oakland based artist and educator Jessalyn Aaland The exhibit coordinator at Rosenberg Library, Katrina started the class set when she was an English Language Rahn, started her first project by showcasing the posters Development Teacher at Balboa High School in San the students had created in their classroom. Francisco. She struggled on a teacher’s budget to compenThe poster exhibit was a great seed to start, and 14 postsate for the aesthetic of her classroom. ers were created with this amazing professional design work Aaland was inspired by Corita Kent, a nun, artist, from City College’s students. This idea has taken over the and educator who created posters during the ’60s. Kent’s campus by connecting the students to inspirational quotes artwork conveys messages of love and peace during the from people who bring color into their lives. social upheavals at the time. In the exhibition area of the Rosenberg library, this Aaland brought this inspiration from Kent into her class- particular space was tricky at first because the idea was to room, by having the students build posters with meaningful catch the students eye while trying to convey the meaning messages. Her students illustrated quotes that were inspi- of the messages from the artists. The posters were difficult rational to them, aiming to bring color and light into her because they were all different pieces with different messages classroom. to give the students a sense of direction. “My classroom walls along with other classrooms and Rahn loved the idea of students making their own posthallways throughout the school became covered in colorful ers. “When you see something that speaks to you and also prints of inspirational quotes by radical authors, artists, and the impact the posters have on the students,” Rahn said. activists. Each quote selected featured one or more of the The students involved in this project took away a lot rachelo.berning@gmail.com
of inspirational ideas from the instructors, who provided opportunities for the students to engage with these ideas as well. Also, it was transformational, hands-on and practical for students. There were many inspirational artists who had touching stories behind their posters. Sarah Hotchkiss was one person that was particularly inspiring. Her piece, entitled Sci-fi Sunday, shows a shiny multi-colored book, representing the sci-fi books she read which described many possible futures. Another inspirational piece that caught Rahn’s eye was “Be a rainbow in someone's cloud” by Kirsta Kammon. Rahn felt like it spoke to her in a way that was very touching. “The takeaway from all of this is the collaboration that students use to make a change. It was just right Exhibit for City College and it’s calibrated with the art language around San Francisco,” Rahn said. The librarian created a grant for students to work on the exhibits in the near future to give the students a vision. To this day, Aaland still gives posters out to K-12 teachers so that their classrooms are brought to life. It all just started in her own classroom. The exhibit is located on the 3rd Floor Atrium round case, Room 518, and the 4th Floor Reference Desk, at Rosenberg Library, Ocean Campus.
In The Classroom : Social Justice Posters exhibit at the Rosenberg Library, 3rd floor. City College, Sept. 20, 2019. All photos by Amal Ben Ghanem / The Guardsman
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Vol. 168, Issue 5 | October 23 – November 6, 2019
HAVE YOUR SAY BY SAROYA MACKEY
“WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT CITY COLLEGE'S CLEANLINESS?”
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“I feel that the newer buildings are up to par but the older buildings need more TLC (tender, love and care) and compared to other schools I’ve been to, City College is more considerate about the trash bin options they give us.” — Fabiola Hidalgo, Undecided
“I’m not really concerned with the school cleanliness. I’m just here for my education, but definitely if the bathrooms were dirty I would let someone know because who wants to use a dirty bathroom.” — David Benton, Liberal Arts
“I feel they could improve cleanliness in the girls locker rooms for sure and certain areas of the school that most people wouldn’t go to like the shortcuts or even the stairs by Conlan Hall” — Alexandria Knuckles, Kinesiology
“I would say they could pick the trash that’s here and there, and that traffic plays a role with them pushing in debris and trash so they can’t really blame the students completely.” — William Makarewicz, Undecided
Quid Pro Quo or No, the Cracks are Starting to Show By Caoilinn Goss
statement from her office released on October 21, the House Speaker stated that the president “betrayed his cgoss2@mail.ccsf.edu oath of office, betrayed our national security.” In an interview with Fox News’ Sean Hannity, A recent Gallup poll shows Trump’s disapformer tabloid talk show host Geraldo Rivera made proval rating to be 56 percent. The president’s a bone-chilling prediction about the influence of right approval rating dropped two points in the week wing media in potential impeachment proceedings. following Pelosi’s announcement on Sept. 24 that “If it wasn’t for your show, Sean, they would destroy the House would initiate a formal impeachment him absolutely. You’re the difference between Donald inquiry. This drop is small, but sharp for a president J. Trump and Richard Nixon,” Rivera said. This time, whose approval ratings have remained stagnant though, with more and more evidence flooding in to throughout his administration. suggest that the President pressured foreign leadership The President himself appears to be flounderto discredit his opponent Joe Biden and tamper with ing. Tweeting at a record high rate even for him, the American electoral process, even Hannity may Trump has begun to use increasingly inflammatory not be able to save him. language. He’s accused Representative Adam Schiff The perpetual motion propaganda machine that (D-CA) of “treason”, referred to the whistleblower has successfully muddied the water and diverted as “a spy” and described the impeachment inquiry blame in past Trump scandals is finally showing signs as an attempted “coup”. of stalling. But what makes this allegation different? Despite Trump’s claims that, “Republicans The President’s latest misconduct is not only the have been very unified,” many congressional GOP most egregious abuse of executive power he has been members have been reluctant to vocally defend the accused of, it is also the most straightforward one. The phone call, with some like Senator Mitt Romney rough transcripts of Trump’s phone call to Ukraine’s (R-UT) denouncing the president’s conduct and President, Volodymyr Zelensky, on July 25, quoted Representative Rep. Mark Amodei (R-NV) even President Trump as saying, “I wouldn’t say that it’s supporting an inquiry into possible misconduct. reciprocal necessarily because things are happening 129 House Republicans backed a resolution critithat are not good but the United States has been very cizing the president’s decision to hold the next G-7 very good to Ukraine,” at a time when the President summit at one of his properties. Senate Majority was withholding 400 million dollars in expected mili- Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), usually quick to tary aid to the Ukraine. back Trump, lambasted the move in a Washington If the use of the term “reciprocity” and the threat Post op-ed on October 18. Under these new pressures, implied are not enough to prove that the President the administration chose to roll back the plan. betrayed his oath of office, the subsequent cover Even Fox News appears to be distancing themup documented in the whistleblower’s report and selves gradually from the president, allocating less and the president’s refusal to cooperate with impeach- less air time for Trump’s rallies. The network cited ment proceedings should be. His repeated threats to falling ratings as the cause of the decision. unmask the whistleblower is a flagrant attack against The president’s machinations have served only to the First Amendment. sink him deeper into political quicksand. With fewer House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), up until now voices echoing and validating the President’s lies, they the champion of Democratic reticence, agrees. In a are finally beginning to crumble.
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Vol. 168, Issue 5 | October 23– November 6, 2019
Warren Is the Democrat to Beat in Latest Debate by Andy Damián-Correa
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The fourth debate among the twelve Democratic candidates for the US presidential primary ended with Elizabeth Warren as the main protagonist. The candidate has been virtually tied in the polls with Joe Biden for the last month and that is why her program was the most attacked by her rivals, who called it “unrealistic” and “too progressive.” Senator Warren found that her increased rating in the polls had a high cost. She is now a clear target for attacks, particularly from the more moderate candidates, and her plans are now undergoing a much more acute analysis. Moderates Pete Buttigieg, mayor of South Bend, Indiana, and Senator Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota aggressively went after Warren in the debate, asking her to explain how she would pay for her proposals, described as ambitious, including her public health plan for all. Both Buttigieg and Klobuchar are trying to get out of the anonymity of a crowded Democratic group. Buttigieg has qualified for the November debate, but Klobuchar has not. They have less than four months before the first election in Iowa, next February 3, which will be the first indicator of the real power of each of the candidates. Health and taxes were the key issues discussed as the Democratic candidates for the US presidency debated in the city of Westerville, Ohio. The debate was characterized by the high confrontation between some of the candidates. Warren denied that her health proposal would harm the middle class through a tax increase, although she did not specify how she would finance her proposal. In addition, she attacked her rivals by telling them that only she and Bernie Sanders were the candidates who “imparted social justice” by wanting to take away privileges from billionaires. The three favorites are over 70 years old, something that did not go unnoticed by their rivals, who questioned Biden, Warren and Sanders about the guarantee that they would exercise as president for their four- or eight-year terms in the office at their high ages. The oldest of them is Bernie Sanders, who, at 78, recently suffered a heart attack that has paralyzed his campaign for several weeks. On his return he assured that his health is good and that he intends to resume his meetings this week. Biden would also end his term as an octogenarian, as he is about to turn 77. Biden promised to release his medical records before the Iowa caucuses next year and said he was running because the country needs an elderly statesman in the White House after Trump. Biden has seen how in the last two months his solid leadership has been progressively diminishing in favor of the progressive proposals put forward by Elizabeth Warren. During the debate, he stopped being the man to beat and went quite unnoticed during the more than three hours of discussion. The next debate will be in Georgia in November and for Biden the requirements to continue as a candidate will be harder and harder to meet.
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Vol. 168, Issue 5 | October 23 – November 6, 2019
Illustration by Lisa Martin / The Guardsman
CALIFORNIA BILL STRIKES BIG BLOW TO NCAA By Meyer Gorelick
over $100 million dollars in athletic revenue per year each, also lobbied against the measure according to A landmark piece of legislation, The New York Times. In June, the Bill SB-206, was signed into law NCAA president Mark Emmert, on Sept. 30 by Governor Gavin who made $2.9 million in 2017, Newsom allowing college athletes threatened that California schools in California to sign endorsement who act in accordance with NCAA deals and hire agents despite oppo- rules could be fined and or barred sition from powerful state and from competitions. national institutions. “It’s a threat,” Newsom said The National Collegiate to The New York Times. “I don’t Athletic Association (NCAA) that necessarily take it to heart.” regulates all of the most high profile There is skepticism over institutions across the United whether the NCAA can afford to States, has waged a long, and until bar California schools from compenow, successful campaign against titions without severely hurting the the payment of student-athletes. quality of their product. College sports is a 14 billion dollar The chief labor source, on industry, in which the NCAA earns whose backs this multi billionaround $1 billion each year. dollar industry has been built, Powerful universities including are student-athletes, who have University of California, Berkeley, always been prohibited from Stanford and the University of profiting from their name or likeSouthern California, who average ness, despite the huge profits they msggorelick@gmail.com
create. The only provisions for sweeping changes. In the mean- to the 2014 NCAA national student-athletes are free tuition time, lawmakers in other states are championship, told Fox News and room and board, as the NCAA preparing similar bills. reporters in 2014 that he went to judges their payment as a violation According to The New York bed “starving” some nights during of amateurism. Times, “legislators in Florida and his college career. “They exploit young people to Illinois filed bills of their own. There has been a long history their detriment for a profit, and Federal lawmakers, as well as offi- of coaches or intermediaries in it’s offensive,” State Senator Scott cials in Colorado, Pennsylvania, some cases paying athletes under Wilk, a former trustee at a commu- South Carolina and Washington the table in an effort to recruit them nity college, said of the NCAA. State, have also signaled unease to certain programs. Schools and This is the first successful blow with the NCAA’s way of doing students have suffered penalties to the NCAA establishment. In business. Even in states where when caught, barring them from 2016 the Supreme Court denied college sports are prized passions, competition, and taking away titles Ed O’Bannon’s appeal for financial the association and its policies have and accolades. compensation for student-athletes. gradually grown more alarming.” This California law can bring O’Bannon, a star forward for Multiple high profile athletes compensation above board, as the UCLA Bruins 1995 NCAA and politicians voiced their support student-athletes will be able to national championship team, for the bill, including Lebron James receive the same benefits any other initially won an antitrust class and Bernie Sanders. worker is entitled to: payment for action lawsuit in 2014, that was March Madness, which earns their services. overturned in 2015 by the Ninth the NCAA around $900 million One aspect of the bill releCircuit Court of Appeals. has featured athletes who couldn’t vant to City College is that the Bill SB-206 is set to go into afford a square meal. Shabaz California law does not apply to effect in 2023, giving California Napier, an NBA player who led the community college athletes. institutions time to adjust to wide University of Connecticut Huskies
SPORTS CALENDAR Men’s Soccer
Women’s Soccer
Women’s Water Polo
October 29, 4 PM vs. Monterey Peninsula
October 29, 4 PM @ Evergreen Valley
November 2, 1 PM vs. Sacramento
November 1, 3 PM @ West Valley
November 5, 12:30 PM vs. Chabot
November 6, 3 PM vs. TBD
October 25, 4 PM @ De Anza
November 5, 3 PM vs. Hartnell November 8, 3 PM vs. Las Positas
October 25, 1 PM @ Skyline
October 25, 3 PM @ De Anza