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As 90,000 students return for fall semester, the school fights for its future. Milton Marks. Photo by LUKE THOMAS/FOG CITY JOURNAL
College board member dies just before new semester begins By Sara Bloomberg
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Hundreds of mourners filled a bright, yellow memorial hall in San Francisco on August 12 and as the pews filled up, dozens of people resorted to standing along walls and sitting on the floor for a chance to honor the life of Milton Marks. Only three days earlier, City College Board member Milton Marks III died after suffering from a brain tumor for the past couple of years. He was 52 years old. The service began with a traditional Jewish prayer, or Kaddish, and the sounds of English, Yiddish and Hebrew interminged as Rabbi Micah Hyman reflected on Milton’s life. “He was heroic. He was dignified. He was the mensch we all knew he was,” Hyman said. More than a solemn service, it was a celebration punctuated with humor and fond memories as multiple speakers talked about his childlike curiosity, goofiness, unconditional loyalty and humble manner. “Even at the end of his life,” Milton’s wife Abby said, “he was still joking around.” She teared up as she spoke about their love, their life and their three young sons. “He gave them (our boys) so much in such a short time,” she said, and recalled how Milton was MEMORIAL: PAGE 2
INSIDE: Chancellor Search on hold Pg. 2 Students speak up about accreditation Pg. 3 Photo Story: Football gears up for a new season Pg. 4-5 What’s the best crepe in town? Pg. 6 Meet Will Walker, the new student trustee g. 7
Students rush to class on the first day of fall semester at City College’s Ocean campus on Aug. 15, 2012. Photo by SARA BLOOMBERG/THE GUARDSMAN
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irst it was budget cuts — in the last fiscal year alone, the state cut $17 billion from City College’s coffers. In order to keep the school running as close to normal as possible, college administrators dipped into its financial reserves, which saved many classes, jobs and benefits for workers. Then just as summer session began, the Accrediting Commission of Community and Junior Colleges put the college on sanction for not having sufficient financial resources, among other things, and gave the Board of Trustees approximately eight months to make an effective plan. If the college doesn’t present a solid plan within that time frame, the commission may revoke the school’s accreditation — a require-
“We’re not gonna let our school get privatized!” -Shannel Williams,
Associated Students president, Ocean campus
ment to receive federal funding, which would render the college’s degrees worthless. “If the school wasn’t here, I wouldn’t be able to help myself... help myself,” said student Jamel Burrell, 45, at a speakout in Ram Plaza on August 15, the first day of classes. Associated Students President Shanell Williams emceed the speakout to bring attention to the issues facing the school. “You all need to get active,” Williams said over the sound system as students buzzed around, to and from their classes. “We’re not gonna let our school get privatized,” Williams continued. “Wake up.” Just a few hundred feet away from Ram Plaza, a handful of Occupy Bay Area supporters stationed themselves near the base of Ocean campus and passed out fliers against what they consider austerity measures that the state is imposing on the college.
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Women’s soccer returns determined to win State Championship this year By Lucas Almeida
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Jojo Smyth dribbles down the Ocean campus soccer field during a preseason practice on Aug. 15, 2012. Photo by JAMES FANUCCHI/THE GUARDSMAN
With the 2012 season only a few days away, City College’s Women’s soccer team has been preparing since the beginning of the summer and has a solid group of returners. The Rams’ head coach, Gabe Saucedo, recruited a blend of freshmen and sophomores that will give this year’s team the perfect chemistry and combination of skills to win the State Championship.
Key returning players are forward Stephanie Barragan, who scored eight goals and had one assist last season, and Antonella Carrera, who also scored eight goals and had four assists. The 2011 season had a heartbreaking ending when the Rams were defeated by Santiago Canyon 2-0 in the State Final four. Despite that loss, last year’s season was also the Rams’ best, under Saucedo’s direction. They won the Coast Conference North Division undefeated (13-0) and had an outstanding
overall season (20-2-2). Saucedo holds a winning record of (42-1510) and is going into his fourth year as head coach. The loss against Santiago Canyon was a lesson in what it takes to win the State Championship, which is their main goal for this year, he said. “The talent is there, our skill is there but we need to get stronger, we need to get faster and we need to get closer as a group and that’s what this summer was all about,” he said. “Having most of WOMEN’S SOCCOR: PAGE 8
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NEWS CITY COLLEGE: FROM PAGE 1
One of the commission’s requirements is that the college re-evaluate its mission statement annually to reflect fiscal realities — starting now. Twelve workgroups comprised of administrators, faculty, staff and students have formed to address the commission’s fourteen recommendations by October 15, which is when the college’s board will have to present a preliminary report to the accreditation team. The workgroup tasked with reworking the mission statement presented a new draft on August 14 to the board of trustees. Most of the mission statement remains the same, but includes more language about student success, learning outcomes and the reality of scarce financial resources. “In addition, the college offers other programs and services supplementary to our mission, only as resources allow,” according to the newest draft of the mission statement, “and whenever possible in collaboration with partnering agencies and community based organizations.” “We are in crisis mode,” Interim Chancellor Pamila Fisher said August 14 at the board meeting, and explained that the mission statement has to be revised before other problem areas can be fully addressed. The workgroup will present an updated draft to the board on August 23 and then a final reading is scheduled for September 11.
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devastated that they might grow up without him. Other speakers that day included his brother, childhood friends, college classmates and professional colleagues. “He was the nicest guy in politics,” said John Rizzo, president of the City College Board. “But he was tough” and would fight for
Associated Students President Shanell Williams (left) and instructor Roger Scott participate in a speakout on Aug. 15, 2012 in Ram Plaza at City College’s Ocean campus. Photo by SARA BLOOMBERG/THE GUARDSMAN
everything he believed in. A native San Franciscan, Milton served on the college’s board for nearly twelve years and came from a family that was active in law and politics — his father was a California assemblyman and his grandfather was a judge. Elected to the board in 2000, Milton served as president for two years until he had a seizure in
December 2010 that revealed he suffered from a brain tumor. But even illness couldn’t stop him and he went right back to work as soon as possible. He never pretended to have all the answers, Rizzo said to the packed memorial hall, but he always sought out solutions. While some final prayers were said, the pallbearers escorted Milton’s coffin down the aisle and
through the hall to a hearst waiting outside on Divisadero Street. His friends, family and colleagues filtered outside, too, and consoled each other with hugs and their shared memories of a man who was an advocate for students, sustainability, transparency and love.
Search for permanent chancellor postponed By Sara Bloomberg THE GUARDSMAN / @BLOOMREPORTS / SBLOOMBERG@THEGUARDSMAN.COM
As City College deals with trying to hold onto its accreditation, the search for a new permanent chancellor has been postponed. The current interim chancellor, Pamila Fisher, was hired in May after Don Griffin retired earlier than expected due to a brain tumor and an advisory search committee formed to participate in the search for a replacement. But now the nationwide hunt for a permanent replacement is on hold, according to an August 16 email from John Rizzo, president of the board of trustees. Instead, a long term interim chancellor will be selected to take over for Fisher when she leaves her post at the end of October. “We’re in the middle of this accreditation effort,” Rizzo told The Guardsman. “We’re not in regular mode.” He added that the school needs someone to help guide it through the rigors of accreditation. In March, the board approved a $40,000 contract with Gold Hill Associates, a company dedicated to community college presidential searches. “We will not be paid unless we are successful in the search,” Dr. Preston Pulliams, a consultant with Gold Hill, told The Guardsman earlier this summer. It’s still unknown whether the college with continue to use Gold Hill and if the candidates will be chosen internally or not, Rizzo said.
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OPINIONS
Accreditation has shady past and is a threat to democracy By Alex Schmaus SPECIAL TO THE GUARDSMAN / NEWS@THEGUARDSMAN.COM
The private organization threatening to close City College is itself a threat to equity, democracy and justice. Sherrill Amador, the chair of the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges, has a controversial past herself. Amador resigned from her post as president of Palomar College in San Marcos, Calif., after faculty and staff issued no-confidence votes against her during union contract negotiations in 2003. Palomar College Trustee Nancy Chadwick said, “the major issue was a lack of communication between the president’s office and constituents --an attitude of unilateral kind of authoritarianism,” according to the San Diego Union Tribune. Not surprisingly, then, the commission’s report threatens workers with demands that City College “reduce the percentage of its annual budget that is utilized for salaries and benefits; and address funding for retiree health benefits costs.” The 17-member team sent by the commission last March to evaluate City College was packed with administrators --it included only three faculty, one elected trustee, zero staff and zero students. Their report complains that shared governance — which allows students, staff and faculty to shape college policy on issues such as sexual harassment, diversity and grading — engenders excessive democracy and
insufficient authoritarianism. Accordingly, the evaluation team writes, “there exists a veil of distrust among the governance groups that manifests itself as an indirect resistance to board and administrative decision-making authority.” City College certainly has problems, such as Sacramento’s diminishing commitment to provide adequate funding, but I believe the college can only benefit from a broadening and deepening of democratic governance. Upper-tier administrators, however, are not promoting democracy as a solution. Interim Chancellor Pamila Fisher, who is leading the accreditation response workgroup tasked with drafting a new mission statement, appears to be maneuvering in such a way as to circumvent meaningful student input. A draft of proposed changes indicates that the workgroup aims to eliminate vital elements of the college’s current mission, such as: “active engagement in the civic and social fabric of the community, citizenship preparation, completion of requirements for the Adult High School Diploma and GED, promotion of economic development and job growth, lifelong learning, life skills and cultural enrichment.” Associated Students Council President Shanell Williams, who is officially listed as one of two students in the workgroup, says most of the work was done before she had a chance to contribute. “I am signed up for this
committee and the draft is already completed. How can you call for student input if the guiding committee is already completed?” Williams said. Student Trustee William Walker said, “I asked the chancellor to admit students on to the accreditation response workgroups on July 6 and she said she needed to speak with other campus presidents beforehand. That’s why the draft was complete before (Williams) was able to contribute.” Accreditation Liaison Officer Gohar Momjian said that because the mission statement workgroup “needed to be fasttracked (...) it is true that by the time (Williams) joined the workgroup, the bulk of the work had been done.” The history of accreditation has a shady past itself. A national accreditation system began taking shape in the early 1900s that required colleges and universities to have certain financial resources and facilities — a system that shut out many black institutions and favored those supported by white philanthropists. New York City teacher Brian Jones writes in Education and Capitalism that accreditation was devised during old Jim Crow-days as a “technique to limit Black higher education.” These grievances with the accreditation commission and the chancellor should raise a question: do we really have to play by these bothersome rules, or can we make up our own?
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This summer I learned it sucks to have your school in the headlines. By now, I’m assuming everyone knows that City College is facing a loss of accreditation. Losing accreditation would make our credits illegitimate and prevent the school from receiving federal funds. The school has seven months to improve before the banhammer pummels City College out of the certified college circuit. Which doesn’t seem like a lot of time for those of us who are THIS CLOSE to a certificate or transfer. Talk about downright hairpulling, teeth gnashing levels of frustrating. That goes to those just beginning their path at City College, too. There is good news: the general assumption is that the school is “too big to fail” (finally, a place where that phrase isn’t monstrous). I mean, dang, if the largest school in the state and a population of 90,000 students isn’t worth saving, there’s a lot more problems facing our education system than I originally suspected. (And I suspect a lot.) It would be downright shameful if education and learning really mean so little that the school closes. What baffles me is that City College is losing its accreditation status over the same reasons that I believe make our school awesome. The school is getting a lot of flack for, well, spending too much taking care of teachers. It’s incredible that the college offers benefits to part-time staff and adjunct professors, and that
it hasn’t scaled back on offering benefits to retired teachers. One doesn’t have to look far to find someone decrying the state of instructors’ salaries; City College is attempting to do it right, and somehow, that’s a negative. The shared governance is coming under harsh consideration as well — but I can see the reasoning for this. With so many voices and lack of an all-controlling authoritative figure, it can be difficult to make quick and often difficult decisions that will move the school forward fast. But the school is called the Community College of San Francisco — and a variety of voices is central to that community. Will streamlining the decision process cost the school its soul? And is it worth it? I can’t make that call, and I’m an opinions writer. There are certainly ways City College could improve. The technology in the school could use a serious upgrade — it feels like there’s never enough computers in the Rosenberg Library and the Counseling Center drives me up the wall with what feels like decade-long wait periods and frustratingly vague or overwhelmingly bureaucratic answers. What really gets me, though, is that our school is facing criticisms of improper use of funds while the government that’s supposed to support it spends $9.6 billion on prisons and only $5.7 billion on higher education. City College’s overspending is not what’s killing us; it’s budget cuts proving that educating a new generation is not a top priority.
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How to stay safe and get help from your campus police department.
anywhere. Thefts are especially high in the Wellness Center and Library!
2. Avoid dark isolated areas of campus. 3. Lock your car and never leave valubles visible. Lock-up your property with a high quality lock. 4. Always be aware of your surroundings.
How Campus Police can help: Escort Program- The Campus Police provides escort service to and from your vehicle or public transit. Lost & Found- Campus Police offices are the official locations for lost and found property. If you find or lose an item, contact us. Vehicle Battery Jump Start- Left the lights on in your car? Campus Police can assist you. Vehicle Lockout- If you locked your keys inside your car, Campus Police could help. CAMPUS POLICE Ocean Campus Police Office Cloud Hall, Room C-119 50 Phelan Avenue San Francisco, Ca 94112 Phone:(415) 239-3200 Fax: (415) 239-3065 www.ccsf.edu/police
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1) CCSF’s football team has been preparing for the start of their season with rigorous yet necessary practices under the direction of head coach George Rush. In the photo above, the Rams held an early morning practice scrimage on Saturday, Aug. 18, 2012. CCSF’s Rams claimed their 9th National Champions title last year in 2011. “[This year], we have an outstanding freshman class, and there are quite a few returning players”, said Rush, “The guys have a lot of confidence, and we have great team speed”, he added. The Rams will begin their season on Sept. 1 with a home game against Diablo Valley College at 1 p.m. Photo by JAMES FANUCCHI/THE GUARDSMAN
7) The Rams scrimage against eachother at CCSF’s Ocean Campus football field prior to the start of their Sept. 1 season on Aug. 18, 2012. Photo by JAMES FANUCCHI/THE GUARDSMAN
(Above and right) Rams members stay hydrated and keep cool during their practices. Photos by CLARIVEL FONG (Above) and JAMES FANUCCHI (Right) / THE GUARDSMAN
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2) Deandre Thompson, a freshman reciever for the RAMS, leaps to successfully complete a pass at practice on Aug. 15, 2012. 3) Sophomore quarterback Andrew Spivey scans for an open reciever during a midfield play at CCSF’s RAM stadium during a Saturday morning scrimmage on Aug. 18, 2012. 4) Freshman Jeremiah Stuckey, defensive tackle, leaves the Wellness Center locker rooms Saturday afternoon to join his teammates back on the Ocean Campus football field following a scrimmage played earlier that morning on Saturday Aug. 18, 2012. Saturday’s practice was a double session with the scrimmage at 9 a.m., a comprehensive taped video review of the scrimmage at 12:30 p.m., concluded with a routine practice which ended at 3:30 p.m. Photos by JAMES FANUCCHI/THE GUARDSMAN
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5) Athletic Trainer Jose Bonilla, right, examines the ankle of defensive end Chris Martin, left, as a precautionary measure when Martin’s ankle began hurting during a Saturday morning practice scrimmage on Aug. 18, 2012. “If you’re hurt, you can still go, but if you’re injured, you’re out”, Martin explained. “It’s like one of those situations where it just hurts so bad you have to make it funny.” Photos by JAMES FANUCCHI/THE GUARDSMAN
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Diego Rivera’s mural on display but out of view
A detail from Diego Rivera’s Pan American Unity mural on display at City College’s Ocean campus. Photo by LESLIE CALDERON/THE GUARDSMAN
By Peter Hernandez
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Getting a peek at one of the most important San Franciscan murals of the 20th century may soon become more difficult. Tucked behind the Creative Arts building at City College’s Ocean campus, the Pan American Unity mural by Mexican artist Diego Rivera has been off limits after hours for viewing it were significantly reduced over the summer.
Completed during World War II, it’s Rivera’s largest contiguous mural. The mural was open just 16 hours per week over the five-week session, down from 20 during last year’s summer session. In part due to the shorter session, the mural was available for viewing only 80 hours in total this year compared to 180 last year. “It should be available to the public at least six days of the week,” said Halé Guerra, Senior Management Coordinator of the
Liberal Arts Department. Will Maynez, former physics instructor and unofficial guardian of the mural, envisions a permanent venue for the mural — The Center for Pan American Unity — to coincide with the planned erection of the Performing Arts Center, which is slated to break ground next month. The mural, which is displayed in the Diego Rivera Theater, has seen a long history of events that have further displaced it from its originally intended home — a
grand library in place of Cloud Hall on the Ocean Campus that never came to be due to the death of its renowned architect, Timothy Pfleuger, who was Director of Architecture at City College in the 1940’s. Its history suggests a long series of misfortunes: it was stored and displaced for 21 years before finding its present home and it was planned to be expanded three times its size and political conflicts with Rivera’s affiliation as a Communist in the midst of the Red Scare in the 1940’s further delayed giving the mural a permanent home. Lack of a budget and meager grants are leaving docents paid too little and working largely out of a dedication to the mural. The mural’s two docents were paid $350 each for their work over the summer session, which equates to being paid around $9 per hour using a grant sought by the dean of Liberal Arts, Ms. Bob Davis. The steadily decreasing financial means for the mural’s stability has resulted in an influx of community members who, out of dedication, provide their consultation as a resource for Maynez’s aspirations for the mural, through legal, artistic and architectural assistance. With the communities assistance, Maynez aspires to create a Center for Pan American Unity
that would be adjacent to the planned Performing Arts Center, which is in limbo during the City College fiscal crisis, and would be constructed behind Riordan High School on Phelan Avenue. The mural’s scale is disproportionate to the hallway of the Diego Rivera Theater, Maynez said. Themes of dualities, like science against indigenous culture, are obstructed by distance between the viewer and the mural. If it were in a larger venue, where viewers could step further back to take in the entire piece, its full picture and its themes would be asserted more clearly, he said. The mural was created at the height of WWII during Diego Rivera’s last visit to San Francisco. After its public inception on Treasure Island, it was crated in boxes and stored for two decades, silently awaiting its excavation. Rivera died of cancer in 1957 and Timothy Pfleuger, who commissioned the work for the library he was designing for City College, suddenly died in the street of heart attack in 1946. Pfleuger’s son, Timothy Pfleuger, accommodated the mural in his auditorium in 1961, which is now named the Diego Rivera Theater, where it awaits new viewers and a new home.
Munch on this: Crepes By Valerie Demicheva
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It’s hard to be a college student and fill your belly on a budget without dumpster diving or moving in with your parents. It’s especially hard in a city where food is god and the devout include everyone from bankers to baristas accustomed to paying $12 for a few micro-thin slices of ahi tuna at hotspots like Yuzu and Bar Crudo. So what’s a flavor-seeking writer without a trust fund to do? This week I ran around SF seeking the hardy, the steaming, and the wrapped – crepes that is, for under $10. I ate crepes for breakfast, lunch, dinner, and dessert. I thought I’d become revolted by the sight of these paper-thin porous cousins of a pancake. But as I delved into the plethora of San Francisco’s interpretations of the century old, classic French dessert, I realized that Socrates had it right: “The more you learn, the less you know.” At Frjtz in the Mission, the walls are covered with local art, and the crepes are named after world-famous painters. With 27 options, I chose the Matisse - a trio of essential food groups for under $10. Though made on a slightly buttered pan, the salmon for protein, buckwheat for grains, and chives made a healthy and diverse meal.
If I’d known that the Matisse would fill me to the brim, I never would have ordered a Claudel Crepe for dessert – $6.75. I smacked my jaws on a few of the perfectly sticky caramelized apples underneath the soft triangular crepe, the size of a generous pizza slice. Needless to say, I had enough to take for leftovers. La Belle Crepes on Union Street in the Marina District features a savory crepe with eggs, mushrooms and spinach was warm, basic and fresh – no frills, no thrills, just large and honest. It had spirit of an omellette, except here, the crepe was the glue that held it together instead of an egg. La Belle was the right place to fill up on healthy calories for around $7 before trekking up the Fillmore steps to the next course – dessert with an emoticon! The chefs at Belly Good Café and chefs wear bandanas across their foreheads while concocting happy face crepes. Ice cream and M&M’s made a face possibly mistaken for a Sanrio character, starting at $4.50. It was a final treat on my crepe tour that was both tasty and cutesy.
Clockwise from top left: A Happy Face Crepe from Belly Good Cafe in the Japan Town mall. Zully Martinez keeps up with the orders at Frijtz Cafe in the Mission. The Van Gough Crepe from Frijtz cafe. Photos by FRANCESCA ALATI/THE GUARDSMAN
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Professional photographers share experiences and food with students
By Peter Hernandez
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Instructor Marshall Berman is offering free lectures with professional photographers, and even the chance to eat Chinese food with them. A series of evening lectures began this week which, by the semester’s end, will encompass a number of professional photographers’ personal experiences — from glacier photography to food photography — but always with a theme of exploration and travel. The series also stands as the only weekly free photography lecture series provided to San
introduce her glacier photography on September 24. Her work creates identities of natural environments such as stormy weather or the slow melting of glaciers in Antarctica. Her work addresses environmental decay and serves as a visual recording of the effects of climate change. “In my travels I have discovered that no matter how far I go, I am always the constant, and I carry with me all that I am,” Seaman wrote in a statement regarding a set of photos titled, “Earth Series Part 1: Ger (No Matter Where You Go You Are There)”. Last semester, Berman invited photographers that had studied with Ansel Adams and former photographers from the San Francisco Examiner. Before the semester began, he had around 50 students enrolled — twice the amount of this year. Berman’s dearth of enrolled students also parallels a campuswide issue — fewer enrolled students overall, which some instructors have blamed on media, claiming it pushed students away Photography by Sara Remmington. Courtesy of SARA REMMINGTON who were fearful that their classes would be unaccredited. The lecture series is also Franciscans. Other colleges, like outside the Ivory Tower,” Berman Photojournalists and art notorious for migrating to one California College of the Arts and said from his photography studio. photographers alike will also of Berman’s favorite restaurants, San Francisco Art Institute, only His Photography 52 course, revel in the work of Judy Walgren, Golden China, at the end of host a small handful of public Photographers and Their Images, a Pulitzer-winning journalist. She each lecture. There, the students, lectures per semester. showcases photographers like and a team of journalists at the Berman and the current lecturer Now in its fifteenth year, Walt Odets, who studied under Dallas Morning News received mingle and continue discussion Berman’s lecture series is known Cartier-Bresson and shoots the 1994 Pulitzer Prize for Interfor giving attendees an opportu- exclusively in black-and-white, national Reporting regarding their informally through casual convernity to peer into the professional and Deanne Delbridge, who will series on violent human rights that sation. Each semester, you see five lives of photographers that many speak in terms of motivation and focused on abuse against women different philosophies about students normally wouldn’t expe- breaking into the professional worldwide, including female photography from professional rience before entering the field. realm of photography. genital mutilation among Islamic photographers,” Berman said. Considering the opportunity, it is The series will begin August Attention: women in Peter Somalia.Ho As DirecThe series is open to the unfortunate that Berman is still 27 with Sara Remmington, a The tor Guardsman, of Photography for theFrancisco San San City College, August public and occurs every Monday scrambling to fill the 350 seats native San Franciscan, whose Francisco Chronicle, Walgren September 5, and September 19 in Conlan Hall, with only 25 bright and optimistic food photos has commanded documentary night at 6:30 p.m., from August x 4” approximately $120.00 students now registered. display their subjects like precious 2”photography with a flair for both 27 through October 29. Berman is also accepting people who enroll “I’m trying to share something gems and use editorial images that natural beauty and drama. with students that they won’t get combine people, places and food. Camille Seaman will also late.
New student trustee fights for students By Sara BloombergaanddSeannHoulihan
Don’t be fooled by his easy going demeanor. William Walker means business and as City College’s newly elected Student Trustee, he represents more than 90,000 students at nine main campuses and many other instructional sites around the city. A San Francisco native, Walker attended City College from 1997 to 2003. He then left for a job in L.A. where he worked as an executive assistant for four years until an injury prevented him from working. So he returned to San Francisco in 2011, striving for a Geographical Information Systems certificate at City College in the hopes of finding a new career. “The goal is to pick up a skill,” Walker said, because “I’ve always done low wage office work.” On top of that, his seemingly insatiable drive to advocate for student voices has led him to participate in student government. During his first years at the school, he served on the Associated Students Council — both as president and vice-president — and last semester was the student shared governance coordinator. He wants to empower them with information from complex issues, such as accreditation, to simple things like the optional five dollar student activities fee that funds many services. “The problem is we don’t tell students what they get for that fee,” Walker said. However, many students do use the programs that it funds, including
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New Student Trustee William Walker at a Board of Trustees meeting. Photo by JAMES FANUCCHII/THE GUARDMAN
the Bookloan Program, Peer Mentoring Program and other student club activities. Organizing students is also one of his priorities. “(I want) to get all of our campuses on the same page so we can actually fight for something tangible for all of our students,” Walker said, using discounts on MUNI passes as an example-- and added that right now everyone is focused on saving the college from losing accreditation.
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SPORTS TEAM CHEMISTRY AND LEADERSHIP WILL LEAD THE WAY WOMEN’S SOCCER: FROM PAGE 1
our players come back and be here this summer working really hard together really builds some great chemistry within the team.” Feeling fit and more comfortable for the coming season, Barragan said she wants to be more of a leader and push the girls to be their best. “They need somebody to keep pushing themselves, they need leaders,” she said. “They need somebody with more experience to let them know how it’s going to be (this season).” Barragan added that since this is going to be her last year playing for the Rams, she has great expectations and plans “to be the best forward, top scorer and help the team with the wins.” Barragan’s attacking partner returning forward Antonella Carrera will also be a key player for this year’s team. Carrera said she thinks this year’s team is just as strong as last year’s and the fact that they have been practicing all summer long with the new players has made them bond on and off the field. Now a sophomore, she said she knows what it takes to win the state championship. Working hard until the end of
the season will help the team make it to the state playoffs and win the championship, Carrera said. Freshman defender Jojo Smyth came to City College from Chico and didn’t think twice about joining the team. She said she is excited to be part of a strong team and she has big hopes this team can win the state championship. For this season the biggest loss will be former City College forward Tera Piserchio who transferred to UCLA on a full scholarship. The former star was 2011 Coast Conference Player of the Year, 2010 1st Team Coast Conference and over two seasons playing for the Rams scored a total of 37 goals and 18 assists being No. 7 in the state as a field player. Even though Piserchio and other key sophomore players left, Saucedo said he already sees in this new team the chemistry they had to build during last year’s season. The Rams first game of the season will be August 23rd against San Francisco State University Sophomore forward Stephanie Barragan, on left, and sophomore forward Antonella Carrera, on and will be held at SFSU. The right, play against eachother in a one on one teammate scrimmage drill at Ocean Campus on Aug. 15, 2012. The Women’s Soccer team has their first season scrimmage against the SFSU Gators at scrimmage starts at 3pm.
SF State on Thursday, Aug. 23. The scrimmage will begin at 3 p.m. Photo by JAMES FANUCCHI/THE GUARDSMAN
MEN’S SOCCER PREPARES TO FIGHT FOR THE TITLE
By Lucas Almeida
THE GUARDSMAN / @LALMEIDA / LALMEIDA@THEGUARDSMAN.COM
Coming off an exhausting period of practice over the summer, this season City College’s Men’s soccer team has one goal in mind and one goal only — to win the state championship. Head coach Adam Lucarelli pushed his players really hard during this summer by holding two practices a day to make sure all the players reached a high level of fitness and commitment. “I think the guys are a little tired, banged up and sore because we’ve been working hard but I think we are a little bit better, a little bit far ahead than we were last year at this time,” Lucarelli said. “I think the guys are a little bit more prepared and the fact that we returned a lot of sophomores, they kind of know what to expect.” The Rams still carry bitter memories from last year’s season, when they fell short against threetime back-to-back state champions Mt. San Antonio 2-0 in the final-four of state playoffs. The Rams finished the season with a (19-5-1) overall record and the Coast Conference North Division championship (11-2-1). Even though last year’s season did not end the way Lucarelli planned, 2011 was the Rams’ best season and the first ever appearance in state semifinals, where they were only one game away of taking the trophy home. Lucarelli said this year, his coaching staff, the players and himself are focused on winning
the state championship. “That’s the goal of this team. If we don’t win the state championship it will be a disappointment and failure for us giving the fact of what we did last year,” Lucarelli said. “That’s all we talk about. We don’t talk about winning the conference championship and making it to the playoffs, we talk about only winning the state championship and I think we are one of the teams that can do it.” For the coming season, key returning players include starting goalkeeper Kevin Gonzalez, who finished third in the state allowing just five goals all season, forward Arnulfo Garcia who scored eight goals and two assists, forward Juan Miguel Perez who finished the season with five goals and three assists and midfielder Alfredo Castaneda with four goals and four assists. Appointed by Lucarelli as a solid player in the midfield and now a more mature college athlete and student, Castaneda said this team is more experienced than last year’s and has solid players in all positions and excellent team chemistry. Although every year many key players come and go, Lucarelli and his coaching staff know summer is the perfect time to recruit new players. “(We) the coaching staff put a lot of emphasis in recruiting off season, so when our season ends it doesn’t mean the work ends, it actually increases because we are recruiting, we are going to high school games, we are going to tournaments,” he said.
Upcoming Games FOOTBALL SEASON
FRI SEPT. 1 VS DIABLO VALLEY COLLEGE AT 1 PM
SAT SEPT 15 AT LOWEY COLLEGE AT 3:30 PM SAT SEPT 22 VS. WEST HILLS COLLEGE AT 1 PM Sophomore midfielder Alfredo Casteñeda executes a one touch pass during preseason soccer practice at Ocean Campus on Aug. 13, 2012. The men’s soccer season begins with an Ocean Campus home scrimmage on Tuesday, Aug. 21, against the Academy of Art at 3:30 p.m. Photo by JAMES FANUCCHI/THE GUARDSMAN
Freshman forward Johnny Rojas is one of those recruits and comes from Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory to strengthen the Rams’ offense. Rojas scored a total of 22 goals overall and 15 in the West Catholic Athletic League while playing for Sacred Heart. Francis Lopez is another freshman recruit who played for the Bay Area Ambassadors, a semi-pro soccer club in the East Bay. Lopez also brings international experience, and has played in El Salvador and Argentina. The Rams will host their first home game facing Evergreen Valley on September 21st. Kickoff starts at 3pm.
SOCCER SEASON MEN’S SOCCER WED SEPT 5 AT MERRITT
WOMEN’S SOCCER THURS AUG 23 AT SF STATE
FRI SEPT 14 AT SANTA ROSA AT 3:30 PM
SUN AUG 26 AT DOMINICAN UNIVERSITY AT 4 PM
FRI SEPT 21 VS EVERGREEN VALLEY AT 3 PM
FRE AUG 31 VS CERRITOS COLLEGE AT 3 PM
COLLEGE AT 4 PM
AT 3 PM