The Guardsman, Vol. 158, Issue 8. City College of San Francisco by The Guardsman

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IT’S GOOD! A 41-yard field goal in the last seconds of the match gives Rams the win and a spot in the championships By Patrick Cochran

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Board of Trustees Reinstatement of board may not come for another 18 months. » Page 4

Prereq Enforcement Banner, also known as WEB4, your online registration center, will enforce prerequesite requirements for Spring 2015 enrollment. » Page 5

Alberto Campos Meet the man who fuels the energy of Mission Center students. » Page 9

Tied at 14-14 with twelve seconds left on the clock, Rams kicker Cristian Antezana had to kick a 41-yard field goal to win the Northern California Championships and advance to the state title game. American River College, the only team to beat the Rams all season, had given them a tough game all afternoon. Winning the game now and not risking overtime was critical for the Rams. The pressure on Antezana was immense, who earlier in the game missed his first two field goals. American River only heightened it with a timeout to “ice” Antezana. When the play resumed, the anxiety in the air was palpable. The holder called hike and then promptly received the long snap. For a second, it looked like everything might go wrong, as the holder had to quickly readjust the ball, but he was able to get the ball in the proper spot before Antezana made contact and sent the ball sailing. The kick was a line drive and

Rams linebacker Justus Fa’ai’u reacts after the game winning field goal, Nov. 29. (Photo by Khaled Sayed)

looked like it might end up short of the goal post, but it didn’t. The referees signaled the touchdown was good and the Rams celebrated the 17-14 lead with just seconds remaining on the clock. “On that last play, I had trust in my line, and I just had to go out there and do my job,” said Antezana. “They do 90 percent of the job, I am just a kicker. I just stand there and occasionally kick.” From start to finish the game was back and forth with both teams playing top-notch defense. “The defense was their best day,” said an ecstatic head coach George Rush after the game. “I really couldn’t ask any more out of them. With Tony out, they knew they would have to step up, and they did.” Starting quarterback Anthony Rodriguez sat out of the game with an injury he sustained in his previous game versus Chabot, leaving Jerry Peralta to start. Peralta lacks the size and pocket presence of Rodriguez, but is an excellent scrambler in the backfield. With the ability to turn broken plays into 20-yard runs, he seems like a poor-man’s Johnny Manziel.

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Film festival showcases college filmmaking talent By Elisabetta Silvestro

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The fourth annual Festival of the Moving Image, presented by the City College Cinema and Broadcast Electronic Media Arts (BEMA) departments, showcased selected works from the students’ short movies from the past year and a half. The festival was organized by the students of the Cinema 170 class, a work experience course coordinated by teacher Trina Lopez. The event was held at the Mission District’s historic Roxie Theater on Nov. 20. The 40 short films were presented in two different shows, one at 7 p.m. and one at 8:45 p.m. They ranged from ten-second IDTV (the college’s own TV show) bumpers, to 12 minute more elaborate short movies. The selection included the winners of the past City Shorts

Moviegoers line up Nov. 20 at the Mission District’s Roxie Theater for the “Festival of the Moving Image.” (Photo by Natasha Dangond) Film Festival and was handpicked by the heads of the BEMA and Cinema departments. “You’re about to see the best of the best,” student Carlos Sandoval

said, introducing the first screening. The themes were diverse, many were documentaries about San Francisco or City College

people, activities, issues and history. Others were fiction, from comedy, to drama and horror. “Harvest: A Season on Alemany Farm,” by Ivan Moore,

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Guardian Scholars Program appears back on track Editor-in-Chief Santiago Mejia Managing Editor Alex Lamp News Editor Samantha Dennis Culture Editor Elisabetta Silvestro Sports Editor Patrick Cochran Photo Editor Nathaniel Y. Downes Multimedia Editor Elisa Parrino

Carida Ward, a guardian scholar, laughs during a homework session, Oct. 10. (Photo by Natasha Dangond)

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After a rocky transition through the summer and beginning fall semesters, the Guardian Scholars program is functioning well with students finding needed guidance counseling and support services reliably available. The Guardian Scholars Program was developed at City College in 2006 to serve emancipated foster youth exiting the foster care program to fulfill aspirations of attending college. Similar programs exist on other campuses across the state. Foster children face the unique challenge of growing up without the dependable support of other loving family members. The idea of home is more of a concept than a reality for many of these youth. “This program has meant stability,” Tiffany Brown said. “It has meant personal connections, networking, information resourc-

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es, (and) an environment with others that actually relate to my background because I am a former foster youth.” Problems developed with City College’s program when the former program coordinator, Michael McPartlin left at the end of the spring 2014 semester. Brown highly regarded the coordinator who resigned in frustration due to a lack of clear administrative support. The search for a new coordinator is ongoing. “(There was) no clear chain of command to rely (on) in the administrative hierarchy to function in a way, to know what to expect in terms of what kind of support and advocacy you need(ed) to have especially for a mentor program,” McPartlin said. The program provides a host of supportive services, chief among them, academic and personal counseling now provided by Guillermo Villanueva until spring 2015 to help guardian scholars overcome financial, emotional and academic challenges in attaining associate degrees. Other supportive services

include housing relief, transportation assistance, tuition aid, book vouchers and employment advice to remove educational barriers. In one fiscal year, McPartlin recalled facing as many as five administrative changes. Currently, there are 130 students enrolled, according to an Oct. 3 letter from Chancellor Arthur Tyler. Problems rapidly surfaced with failing services during the summer that culminated in the fourth week of September when guardian scholars were greeted with a sign saying the office had been closed until November. That’s when Dr. Elizabeth Coria, Dean of Financial Aid and Success Programs, who now has direct oversight of the program, took a more hands-on approach.

“The program is great. It has been the basis of my success...” -Carida Ward

“It was never closed and has never been at risk of closing.” Tyler said. “In fact the College stands firmly behind the Guardian Scholars Program and is currently exploring ways to strengthen and expand the program.” Foster youth tolerate displacement from family and schools as well as multiple placements in the foster care system. A study, published in November 2011 by the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation, found that less than one in ten foster youth obtain a degree. “We were trying to figure out the program, figure out the processes, so you have this transition period,” Coria said. “So that’s where some of those issues

Campus Briefs

Two students sue City College over alleged police brutality

also choked and pepper-sprayed. Both were arrested for allegedly resisting arrest, the SFGate reported.

Otto Pippenger, 21, and Dimitrious Philliou, 22, have filed a federal lawsuit saying they were victims of excessive force by campus and city police officers while being arrested at Conlan Hall during a March 13 protest, the SFGate reported. They were part of a coalition of students, faculty and staff who staged a sit-in to protest a new tuition payment policy and to call for the resignation of Special Trustee Robert Agruella who was appointed by the state to help the college remain accredited. Pippenger told SFGate that a campus police sergeant repeatedly hit him, breaking his wrists, and that a city police officer slammed him to the ground and punched him in the back of the head. Philliou said he, too, was slammed to the ground by college police officers and was

On-campus food truck service may end The Crown Catering food truck service may see its last days on campus if a new contract is not signed before the end of the semester. Crown Catering, which has been operating at the Ocean Campus for the past 23 years serving students and faculty members, is reportedly struggling to make a profit. It blames low-student enrollment as a contributing factor. As student enrollment declined at City College, business at the food truck has gone down as well, according to Crown Catering owner Mike Franco. Currently, the food truck service has a month-to-month contract with the college. It pays $200 per day from Monday

through Thursday and $100 per day on Friday, Franco said. He added that City College recently agreed to lower their rent from $270 a day from Monday through Thursday and $180 on Friday, but still the company loses money on some days. He said Crown Catering has already sent a letter to City College officials of their intention to leave. But he said he would like to work something out with the college so that Crown Catering can continue to serve the school. (Steven Ho)

Bill to ease student loan burden fails in Senate A Senate bill formally that attempted to help ease the burden of student loans by allowing private loans to be refinanced as federal loans was recently struck down by Senate Republicans for the second time. Senator Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass. authored SB 2432 on June 4, 2014 as a part of the

came about. You have a bunch of newbies trying to figure out a new program.” As of June 2014, 100 guardian scholars graduated from City College with 64 transferring to higher education institutions, 35 already completed a bachelor’s degree, McPartlin said. “The program is great. It has been the basis of my success,” said Guardian Scholar Carida Ward. “It has been why I have been able to continue school, even though I have obstacles in my way. The program appears back on track, according to Coria who pointed to consistent academic counseling services as well as resolved housing and transportation issues. She made it a priority to reinvigorate outside relationships too because, as Coria said, it takes a village to really provide comprehensive services. In October, an open house reception and resource fair was held for the guardian scholars to provide program updates, to listen to student concerns and to arrange an opportunity for students to interact with outside resources. Scholarship winners also received laptops from the Backpack to Success John Burton Program. ”In sum, I can say on behalf of our Special Trustee, our Foundation Board as well as our administrators, faculty and classified staff, City College of San Francisco remains committed to the outstanding work of the Guardian Scholars Program and will ensure its ongoing sustainability and effectiveness,” Tyler said. “It (Guardian Scholars Program) is a great place to meet each other and draw motivation from each other,” soon-to-be graduate Jack Avery said. His immediate plans are to go on in education.

Democrats’ “Fair Shot” agenda to “portray themselves as the sole advocates for the middle class as the midterm elections draw closer,” Tribune Star reported on June 9. Despite endorsement from President Barrack Obama, the bill failed to get the 60 votes needed both in June and in September. Republican representatives strongly opposed how the bill would be financed. Warren proposed to use a Buffett Rule, which would raise the minimum tax rate on millionaires to 30 percent of their adjusted gross income over their tentative fair share tax. “Opponents… argued that refinancing would not solve the deeper problem in higher education – the cost of college – and that it would unfairly favor past students by freezing their loan interest rates, while the interest rates on current or new loans could continue to rise,” Warren told US News. (Kristie Barlas)

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Balboa Reservoir considered for development

The struggle continues as officials figure out what to do with Balboa Reservoir, located at 50 Phelan Avenue, which is currently used as an overflow parking lot for City College students at Ocean Campus. (Photo by Khaled Sayed)

By Patrick Fitzgerald

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A San Francisco Business Times’ blog post dated Nov. 17 mentioning a possible Balboa Reservoir affordable housing development is premature according to Project Manager John Gavin of the Office of Economic and Workforce Development (OEWD). Balboa Reservoir located at 50 Phelan Avenue is currently used by City College as a student parking lot. “We are updating a Facilities Master Plan dated June 10, 2004, where the history of this land is discussed,” Vice Chancellor of Finance and Administration Ron Gerhard said. The land configuration of the parcel in question had changed ownership during this time period as part of a land swap between City College and the Public Utilities Commission. The result, City College acquired land west of Phelan Avenue, contiguous to the existing campus in front of the Science Hall in exchange for an equal amount of land City College owned back of the MultiUse Building. “For us college students, it would be hard to find a parking lot of course. It is really hard to find a parking spot here,” said student Mando Bayasgalas. “To take this parking spot which is really big would be also a very big issue for us.” The City’s OEWD and the Planning Department are leading an interagency effort to look at publicly-owned sites that are underutilized and may better serve the public interest if devel-

oped for another use, such as housing, Gavin said. The San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (SFPUC) portion of the Balboa Reservoir site is one of the sites that will be reviewed by the interagency team for inclusion in the program. So far, the San Francisco Planning Department held two community meetings in October to give an overview of the Public Sites (Land) Portfolio and to solicit public feedback. Information and initial public comments are available at their website. Gavin indicated more community meetings are planned for early 2015 before any form to the projects takes shape. Gerhard said the city had reached out to the College to have joint discussion in consideration of the property being adjacent to City College facilities. A 2014 study released by Metropolitan Research Center measuring urban sprawl ranked San Francisco as the second most densely populated city in the United States just slightly behind New York City. The U. S. Census Bureau Quick Fact Reports estimates that San Francisco had grown four percent or 32,207 people by 2013. Gerhard shared his understanding was that the city might identify the Balboa Reservoir for affordable housing in hopes of fulfilling Mayor’s Ed Lee’s goal of developing 30,000 affordable housing units in San Francisco by 2020. The mayor articulated this goal in his 2014 State of the City address. This is not the first time the Balboa Reservoir has been considered for development. Online documents dating as far back as May 1988 indicate an

environmental review had been conducted to see if the area could be rezoned into single family housing. Around that time voters rejected a proposition to allow

development on the site. There are no other properties adjacent to City College campuses that are part of Public Sites Proposal.

Gavin of the OEWD invited those interested to contact him by phone at (415) 552-6122.

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College faces long delay in Board of Trustees reinstatement By Brian Churchwell @theguardsman news@theguardsman.com

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The City College Board of Trustees will need to clear a set of milestones over a period of months before being reinstated, according to a plan unveiled at the California Community Colleges Board of Governors meeting held on Nov. 17 at De Anza College in Cupertino. The plan was presented by California Community Colleges Chancellor Brice Harris. The plan, titled “A Plan for Returning City College of San Francisco to Local Control,” reviews the Board of Governors reasons for giving Special Trustee Robert Agrella extraordinary powers in July 2013, a state takeover of City College that has left the locally elected Board of Trustees powerless. Harris noted the outcome of the lawsuit brought by San Francisco City Attorney Dennis Herrera against the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges could significantly change or eliminate the plan. The plan states that the college must have a functioning local board in order to meet accrediting standards and that, as milestones are met, control will gradually be returned to the local board. The plan states that, if City College is granted restoration status by ACCJC in January 2015, full control of the college will be returned to the Board of Trustees no later than July 1, 2016 and that progress by the local board could accelerate the process to no less than nine months. The plan lays out the following phases: professional development activities for the local board to orient the members to the current state of the college, the board returning to meetings according to the regular board meeting schedule but with no authority, restoration of board authority in student services and educational planning, restoration of board authority for all areas other than finance, board authority in finances restored, and

finally all board authority fully restored. The plan further states that the board will develop with the special trustee the milestones that must be met in order to move from one phase to another, and that the special trustee will trigger movement between phases including the final phase of restoring full board authority, at which point the special trustee will no longer be necessary. The Nov. 17 meeting was the first reading of the proposed plan. A contingent of City College students, staff, faculty and concerned citizens protested prior to the meeting and then more than 20 made public comments to the Board of Governors during the meeting, all in favor of reinstating the Board of Trustees in a more timely fashion than the timeline outlined in the plan. During her public comments newly elected Trustee Brigitte Davila said, “We are looking forward to steering City College over these rough shores,” and referring to the timeline, “I don’t see why it would take longer than nine months.” “We lost 35,000 students because of the idea that City College is going to close any day now,” Trustee John Rizzo said. “Returning the board to power would demonstrate to our students and prospective students that they don’t have to worry.” Tim Killikelly, President of the City College of San Francisco Faculty Union, AFT 2121, said City College needs an end to uncertainty. “Eighteen months is just way too long. There is no way that should happen,” Killikelly said. Student Martin Madrigal said to the Board of Governors, “Discard the draft proposal and immediately restore the Board of Trustees and abolish the special trustee.” A member of California State Assembly member Tom Ammiano’s staff read a letter from Ammiano to the Board of Governors. Referring to the 18 months the Board of Trustees have already

The public filled up the room to spectate a community college board meeting, Nov. 17, at De Anza College in Cupertino, Calif. (All photos by Bridgid Skiba) been suspended and the timeline for reinstatement it read, “There is no justification for suspending public oversight of this district for this length of time.” Following public comment the Board of Governors discussed the plan and responded to some of the public comments. “It may not be what the community here would like to see, but it’s an orderly process with milestones,” member Cecilia Esto-

lano said. “It’s an action plan that we can hold our Special Trustee accountable to,” and requested a status update from Agrella at the January meeting of the Board of Governors. Member Scott Budnick asked Chancellor Harris, “If the locally elected board … can move mountains in a few months, this could be expedited to this summer to be ready for fall semester?” Harris said the timeline will

be determined by the trustees and their ability to develop with the special trustee the as-yet undetermined milestones for the restoration of the trustees authority. At the next Board of Governors meeting set for January 20-21, 2015, in Sacramento, the board will receive updates from Agrella on what major points remain for City College to retain accreditation and further discuss the plan to reinstate its Board of Trustees.

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Banner enforces prerequisite requirements By Steven Ho

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City College faculty members have expressed concern with a new policy to enforce course prerequisites through the Banner system which is set to begin in 2015. The change comes as the City College administration move to enforce all approved prerequisites through Banner, also known as Web4, in accordance to Title 5, Section 55003 of the State Chancellor’s Office, according to Assessment and Prerequisite Coordinator Kitty Moriwaki. Moriwaki said City College currently has about 30 percent of the prerequisites enforced through Banner but plans to enforce the remaining 70 percent, which are currently enforced in class. Moriwaki also stated the enforcement for new prerequisites will start the spring 2015 semester and the remaining approved prerequisites that have not been enforced on Banner will be implemented in the fall 2015 semester. Students that have not completed a prerequisite for a course will be blocked from registering and will receive a message stating they have not met the prerequisite for a class and to

contact the Matriculation Office. The problem with enforcing course prerequisites through Banner is that the system will not recognize courses taken at other schools. Students will have to take a prerequisite challenge exam or provide transcripts before registering for a particular course. The enforcement policy

they can’t registered for the class until the class has started,” said Library Department Chair Karen Saginor. The implementation in fall 2015 was supposed to give department chairs enough time to prepare for the new policy. Several department chairs have already expressed concerns about

have not taken course prerequisites to give students the opportunity to challenge the prerequisites. “The policy of the Engineering and Technology Department is not to have prerequisites enforced at Banner level,” engineering instructor Wendy Kaufmyn said. “I had a student tell me that he tried to enroll but he wasn’t able

may give up and not try to take the class. “It was my understanding that we would be able to explore, change, or go back to advisories,” Music Department Chair Madeline Mueller said. Mueller feels we have to have all these prerequisites so we’re not bias with a student’s demonstration of exit skills.

to because he doesn’t have this one class.” Saginor said she felt the policy may lead to class cancellations for low enrollment because students

Once a prerequisite is enforced on Banner, departments will no longer be able to stop it starting in April 2015, Moriwaki said.

(Illustration by Cristina Flores) will have a negative impact for students applying for financial aid. “If a student has financial aid obligations then they can’t show that they have a full load, because

the implementation of prerequisite enforcement on Banner. Many departments currently have policies to allow students to register for courses even if they

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Theater Department Chair Gloria Weinstock retires to pursue her acting career By Charles Innis

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After directing her swan song “Clybourne Park” for six productions throughout November, Theater Arts Department Chair Gloria Weinstock is leaving City College. This same veteran instructor has once acted alongside highprofile actors like Danny Glover and has opened for musicians like Janis Joplin, Jefferson Airplane and Santana in an Afro-Haitian dance group at The Fillmore. Her retirement comes after almost 40 years of directing and instructing for the Theater Arts Department. Yet despite her years of activity, she does not plan on being idle in her retirement. After some brief rest and relaxation, Weinstock aims to travel the globe and re-immerse herself in the world of theater. “My plan is to go back into professional theater and really listen to the universe,” she said. Although she’s departing to pursue her own acting, one cannot conclude that she hasn’t had a fair share of experience in theatre already. Since birth Weinstock’s had her hands in a myriad of artistic and theatrical endeavors, starting with her upbringing in an artist community in North Rochelle, N.Y. Many acclaimed thespians and artists were raising families there during Weinstock’s childhood, including Ruby Dee and Ossie Davis, the former being an original cast member of the 1959’s Broadway production “A Raisin

in the Sun.” Both Dee and Davis mentored Weinstock with acting at a young age. The three of them, along with other actors including Sidney Poitier, were founding members of the Theater Arts Company of Westchester. “We would tour through Westchester County doing plays,” Weinstock said. “So by the time I was 15 I had been up and down Westchester county acting with this company.” Years down the line, she found herself moving to San Francisco at a time when a whirlwind of artists and musicians were migrating across the country to the historic Haight-Ashbury streets. She joined an Afro-Haitian dance group called The Kwanditos and danced opening shows for now-legendary musicians at The Fillmore. But Weinstock’s history with City College begins in 1972 when she began taking classes in journalism, art and theatre for her own personal fulfillment. Eventually she was picked by the chair of the African American Studies Department to teach a black theater class. As years went on, she continued teaching and became the Theater Arts Department chair in 2003. Weinstock has directed dozens of plays with City College and her pupils often come back to act in her productions years after taking classes with her. Lukas Hoag has acted in Weinstock’s productions for over four semesters. “She treats her craft like a child and at times becomes defensive for it if she feels its being treated improperly, not given its due respect,” he said, regarding

her instructing. Hoag is part of the ensemble cast in “Clybourne Park,” Weinstock’s final production with City College. Weinstock has expressed her admiration for the Tony Awardwinning play since its Broadway debut in 2012 and is proud to direct it now in the context of San Francisco today. “The students, San Francisco, everyone here understands the issue,” she said. Said issues in “Clybourne Park” revolve around racism, gentrification, confrontation and grief. The play’s two acts take place in 1959 and 2009 respectively, and both involve the conflict of a family moving into a neighborhood inhabited mostly by a different racial group. What Weinstock appreciates about it is not its topical subject, but its universally applicable themes. “It’s about human frailties. It’s about human beings. It’s about you and me and how our proclivities take over sometimes and how we respond to internal pain,” she said. “It’s about human beings and those are the plays that last forever.” Although “Clybourne Park” marks the end of her time with City College, Weinstock said she still considers it a home and believes the college will surmount its current accreditation battle. “I know who my colleague are, I know how smart they are and I know that they are dedicated to the students,” Weinstock said. “And they are going to do everything they can to make sure that City College students continue to benefit from what we’ve had and we’ve been getting all these years.”

Theater Arts Department Chair Gloria Weinstock had her last directorial appearance directing “Clybourne Park” at the Diego Rivera Theater on Nov. 23. (Photo by Niko Plagakis)

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Simon said. “Project SURVIVE changed my life,” former peer-educator Mary Ignatius wrote in one testimonial. “The class empowered me to address my childhood abuse and process the death of my father, two experiences I had been too young and too fragile to comprehend.” Every semester, peer-educators involved with Project SURVIVE lead discussions, role-play scenarios and present statistics in classrooms with the intent of educating fellow City College students about sexual violence.

Since 1994, City College’s Project SURVIVE has given over 4,000 peer presentations tackling the oftavoided subjects of sexual violence and abusive relationships to students. The peer-education program, administered through the Women’s Studies department, trains students to present on these issues in order to dispel myths surrounding rape and promote healthy relationships. So far, they’ve reached over 80,000 students. In honor of its 20th anniversary, Project SURVIVE is hosting an exhibition featuring artwork and student testimonials on the 2nd floor of the Rosenberg Library until April 24, 2015. The artwork consists of paintings and drawings by artist Juana Alicia and a series of dresses designed by City College students. The showcase of dresses, titled “ReDressing Injustice”, is a display of nine garments that represent the innocent deaths of young men and women who have been victims of sexual violence or unjust murder. Students may have already Selections from Project SURVIV noticed another part of the exhibit display on the Rosenberg Librar while ascending the Rosenberg “I think what makes it special is Library’s five floors. Small quotes its your peers,” said Kim Moore, a pulled from the exhibit’s 13 testimocurrent peer-educator. “I think that nials are plastered throughout the makes a difference because it’s less steps of the lobby’s stairs. threatening and we’re able to relate “The testimonials are the heart to each other on a peer to peer level. ” of the exhibit,” Project SURVIVE Moore first joined Project founder Leslie Simon said. The testimonials contain state- SURVIVE in 2011. “I’m a rape survivor,” Moore said. ments written by past peer educators “When I enrolled in 2011 I didn’t reflecting on their experience with know what I wanted to do but I did Project SURVIVE. want to know why I was raped. I saw “They represent the 200 or so that a class which was Politics of Sexual have served over the last 20 years and Violence and I decided to take that how the program has affected them class. ” or transformed them personally, Moore watched a Project academically and professionally,”

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excerpts from Project SURVIVE’s testimonials are displayed. SURVIVE presentation for the first time while taking Politics of Sexual Violence and the experience motivated her to join the program as a peer-educator. “I had this ‘a-ha’ moment. I was inspired and it touched me in a very deep level,” she said. Project Survive gave 60 presentations per year during its infancy in the mid 1990s and has since grown to give about 400 per year. For many students, Project SURVIVE is a steppingstone on a path to a career in social work or public health.

VE’s “ReDressing Injustice” ry’s second floor. Those who complete the program’s associated classes, Politics of Sexual Violence and Ending Sexual Violence: Peer Education, receive a sexual health educator certificate. Having this certificate and the experience of working with Project SURVIVE may lead to positions in community-based organizations, Simon said. “I am now able to share Project SURVIVE’s philosophies in my career, where I work with people who have mental health challenges,” former peer educator Ivy Eng wrote in a testimonial.

Project SURVIVE’s 20th anniversary comes at the end of a year where sexual assault was a pervasive topic in news media. Columbia University student Emma Sulkowitz made headlines in The New York Times in September for carrying a 50-pound mattress around her college campus in protest to the school’s alleged inactivity in regards to a sexual assaulter. President Barack Obama also reauthorized the Violence Against Women Act in March 2013 and launched the “It’s On Us” campaign in September of this year in order to raise awareness of sexual assault on college campuses. Starting next spring, all City College freshmen will be mandated to see a sexual violence presentation online. “But we see that as the floor,” Simon said. “Project SURVIVE is the ceiling. You don’t want to do this one shot thing online. You want to infuse the campus with this information.” A variety of courses watch Project SURVIVE’s presentations every semester as part of their curriculum, including Health, Psychology, Sociology, Learning Assistance and English classes. City College Sociology instructor Jessica Sabolboro brings her classes to see Project SURVIVE’s “Drawing the Shades” presentation every year. “Having that experience for students is very necessary and very urgent,” Sabolboro said. Project SURVIVE has already begun extending its services to San Francisco high schools with a recent program called Expect Respect SF. The program currently presents workshops in 16 different high schools. Getting more youth involved in sexual violence education is Project SURVIVE’s next plan, Simon said.

told the story of a sustainable, small-scale farming season. The film showed, through the volunteers’ voices and stories, the whole process, from the planting to the final harvest. It reminded viewers of an attachment to nature that is rare these days. “Sticky,” by Candace Bernard, was a ’90s-set, very pink, comedy-horror movie involving girls, obsession and bubble gum. From the framing to the acting, this film was dreamy, entertaining and could have easily come from a more mature director. “The Monkey Movie,” by Audience members cheer during City College’s 4th AnJamie Sharp, was a 5-minute nual “Festival of the Moving Image” screening, Nov 19. action-comedy involving a blue (All photos by Natasha Dangond) gorilla and a man, played by Sharp himself. The characters cinema major, and dreams to months pre-producing, four days shooting and three weeks editing. find themselves in a mad chase transfer to New York University. “Maybe I’ll make my first The movies were professionthrough the streets of the city to feature there, ” he said. ally done in every aspect and end with a funny revelation. To make his first film, “The revealed, to those unfamiliar with Sharp is now in his fourth Monkey Movie, ” he spent three the departments, the promising semester at City College, as a talents of our college. The screenings were followed by an after party at the Pork Store Cafe across the street, where the organizers offered sandwiches and entertained the attendees with music and a raffle. Bryden White, from the Cinema 170 class, said they learned “every facet that would go into organizing a film festival,” such as deciding the movies’ order, developing ideas for the posters’ graphics and publicizing the event. “Between the two departments you can learn a lot (about making films,)” White said. An important part of the organization was funding the event. The Kickstarter campaign created by Lopez was backed by 22 supporters and raised $1,002, almost $500 more than the goal. Lopez has taught at City College for eight years but this was her first time coordinating the Cinema 170 class. “It’s been a steep learning curve,” Lopez said about her experience. “I’m feeling good about it.” Bryden White (left) pulls raffle tickets during the shows afterparty.

Festival of the Moving Image crew members gather in front of the theater.

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culture

New app looks to connect students By Elisabetta Silvestro

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Developed by two students, the Campus Community app is intended to connect students who want to buy and sell school books. (Photo by Nathaniel Y. Downes)

City College business student Eric Manning was tired of paying so much money for his books and getting so little when he sold them back to the college’s bookstore. “I wanted to create a place where students could sell their books because I was so mad,” he said. “I was paying so much.” With this basic idea in mind, Manning started brainstorming with co-worker Tito Arevalo, while they worked the graveyard shift at Pier 39. The two decided to make an app together, where students could communicate easily and in a safe environment, like an electronic bulletin board — Campus Community. Students can create a profile, find their classmates, sell books or other items, post about housing, events or lost and founds, and take advantage of local deals from businesses close to the different campuses. “We want to create an electronic community where students can have a voice, and where they can speak freely,” Manning said.

The free app launched in September in its BETA version for Android and will be available for iPhones in about five months. Selling books directly one to another, students can save money, paying less when buying and getting more when selling. “Students should be able to communicate among each others,” Arevalo said. “Why can’t students create an app for themselves? This is a City College app created by City College students.” Manning, 24, and Arevalo, 25, have been working for over a year on their project, working both full time on the side. “We have put all our personal savings in this project because we believe in it,” Arevalo said. At the moment, the app serves just the City College community, but in the future Manning and Arevalo plan to expand the service to other San Francisco universities and eventually to California.

You can learn more about the app or download it at campuscommunity.org.

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culture

Spotlight

Meet the man behind Cafe de la Mission By Calindra Revier

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Alberto Campos stands alone when it comes to feeding students and providing a late-night jolt at City College’s Mission Center, but he also retains a position as a community man. Campos, 45, is the owner of Cafe de la Mission, which can be found near the Bartlett Street entrance of the Mission Center, adjacent to the outside stairs. Working alone on a busy school night, Campos dashes between helping the seven customers surrounding his stand, grabbing coffee for one, putting hot sauce on a tamale for another. A sign reading “cash only” signals the quick exchange of dollars and cents that will soon rush between hands, as Campos rushes to get all of his customers orders handled as quickly as possible. Underneath a red awning, he sells everything a tired student needs to last through a long class — empanadas, homemade tamales, pupusas, carrot and orange juice, sandwiches, churros, and rellenos with sweet cream. He also sells his vampiro

Above: Alberto Campos delivers a drink at Cafe de la Mission. (Photo by Niko Plagakis) Left: Alberto Campos prepares a meal for his hungry customers. (Photo by Calindra Revier)

juice which contains carrot, orange, beets and celery. He makes the juice fresh on the spot. The flan is homemade, as well as the tamales, which come as vegetable, chicken or

pork complete with mole sauce. In the morning, Campos offers breakfast burritos, containing chorizo, potato, cheese and egg, as well as the recent popular item — bagels

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with turkey or ham. Campos says developing the menu is a long process and requires input from the community. “The customers will let you know little by little what to add,” he says. Campos owns this cafe but it is certainly a family affair. His wife Veronica Campos can be found most nights working by his side as well as his son Jose Campos. Originally from San Juan de los Lagos, Mexico, Campos left when he was just 14 to come to the states and work in the food industry. From Oklahoma to San Francisco and back to Mexico he kept his dream of owning his own restaurant alive. Years later after returning to his hometown in Mexico, Campos says, “I realized that I needed to come back to San Francisco.” He returned to San Francisco in ‘85. “I helped my brother start La Corneta in 1985,” Campos says. “We started in a small place, a little tiny place. It was only for 10 people.” After seven years of working and helping his brother with the highly successful La Corneta, he ventured out on his own to begin Cafe de la Mission. “Hey Orlando!,” Campos yelled out to a man passing by. Orlando Tolbert, who is in charge of Budget Analyses at Mission Mental Health, located between 23rd and 24th on Mission Street, attended City College before going on to earning his degree in business management. “I met Alberto before he started his business here. He was over there on Mission,” Tolbert explained how he was running a mental health clinic and he would work with Campos at La Corneta to provide hot meals for his patients via a coupon system.

“It really turned out to be successful thing. Without these coupons, our patients who are some of the most severely mentally ill in the city, could never hold onto their money.” Orlando continued “but if they had this coupon, they would go to the restaurant and use that there.” Once Campos opened Cafe de la Mission, they continued a similar practice, where Campos provides catered meals from time to time. “He’s been a real asset to the community,” Tolbert said.

“I always had that dream and I think it has come true, to open up a restaurant.” - Alberto Campos

“I always had that dream and I think it has come true to open up a restaurant,” Campos said. He now looks to the future and hopes to open a seafood restaurant, but he admits it’s getting tougher-and-tougher as the Mission continues on its path of gentrification. Campos attributes some of his success to a great staff at the Mission Center and an excellent custodial staff whose dedication seems to be unparalleled. “These little places, it’s where you want to go and get all the information you know. It’s like a bazaar,” Campos said. For now, Campos remains under his stand inside the cafeteria room, but dreams to get a bigger space with a full kitchen so he can provide better service to City College students. Until that day, you will see him at the CCSF Mission Center providing excellent service to this community.

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opinions

Have Your Say City College community How will the University of California five percent tuition increases affect your education plans?

Michael Chen Criminology

I think it will be harder for me to get in.

Raymond Reed Electrical Engineering I will be unaffected because I am a veteran; my school is completely paid for at least up until I get my bachelor’s. It won’t affect me financially.

Mohammad Youssef Electrical Engineering/Computer Sciencew I am going to attend U.C. Berkeley so they raised everything. I usually go with financial aid. I guess it is going to be $15 thousand instead of $12 thousand. Yah that’s going to affect me, $3 thousand.

Jody Becker Childhood Development Probably doesn’t affect me. I have already got my bachelor’s. I don’t anticipate going back. I am just really knocking out some childhood units. I don’t like universities raising their fees but it doesn’t affect me personally. Reporting by Patrick Fitzgerald. Photographs by Nathaniel Downes.

needs to step up to the plate By Patrick Fitzgerald

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On the eve of City College of San Francisco’s 80th birthday, we would do well to remember the words above the entrance of the Science Hall. You do remember those words right? It is easy for us to take our community college for granted. After all, we visit the campuses sometimes much more than we wish to, and stress about assignments, projects and deadlines to notice what the College does for us. City College is an institution threatened and hobbled by our indifference. It is not just outside forces that would like to reform the College like the American of Community Colleges and Junior Colleges Accreditation Board.. There are also consultants from within that would make the College into an institution of performance over education, of plug and produce programs to serve utilitarian business needs rather than creating critical and flexible thinkers. Is this what we wish City College to become? Education can be nebulous, and consider courses like philosophy or history. Where is the immediate benefit, the plum of a job at a livable wage with philosophy and history? Some would argue the real purpose of community college is just job training. Some would substitute technical or career for the word community. We may not be cognizant of what the College

really is. City College is first and foremost a grand community college, offering a broad array of schools and departments from aviation to music. The word community embodies a democratic notion that the institution exists to educate everyone not just to get a job, which is for sure important, but to enlighten us with curiosity and new perspectives as we learn to see the world with more discerning eyes. The College launched a comprehensive marketing campaign in November that reflected these struggles. Our college is standing tall but are we by its side? Implied in standing tall is the institution’s need to draw on its dignity and self respect, to put a confident face forward in light of numerous allegations of shortcomings and failings especially with an ongoing accreditation issue. City College’s faculty is brilliant. If you doubt it, check on your instructor’s background by going online. Many have chosen to teach at City College, answering a personal calling to serve the public good rather than their purse or wallet. They don’t get paid their worth. Yet there is an undeniable animosity between faculty and the administration,that divides the institution into factions, weakening the College’s integrity. The battle for direction and leadership should not obscure the institution needs us all to rally by its side and enroll the public’s faith and good will. Our student body is often self

absorbed, stressed to the max just making their way to a new level of professionalism, financial security and maturity. Our College suffers because while we take from it, do we also in turn show our allegiance and loyalty by spreading the good word about the excellent skills and all the new-found knowledge we learn? Or do we treat the College like a demanding parent, complaining about the tyranny of its higher aspirations for us? Where else could we students find the wealth of information and skills at our fingertips in just a couple of acres at such a reasonable price? Where else could we find the wealth of goodwill, networks and contacts we find available here all for the asking? A $400,000 marketing plan is a wonderful start to let the public know our college is still here and doing great work. We cannot expect a marketing plan to carry the yeoman’s oar alone. We all must rise during this time of challenge and walk a little taller while our community college is standing tall and moving forward, preparing for a new semester. We, the administration, the faculty and especially the student body needs to see with fresh eyes the bigger picture, acknowledge the good work that goes on here, day in and day out, and be personal ambassadors for the College, boasting to our communities and friends of its good work. We are City College of San Francisco, we are moving forward and we are proud to stand by its side.

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Football

Rams are headed to the championships By Patrick Cochran

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continued from page 1 Ten minutes into the first quarter and the Rams on their own 40-yard line, Peralta threw a beautiful 60-yard touchdown strike to wide receiver Rodney Lawson. Dropping back in the pocket, Peralta launched the ball downfield to Lawson, who was running a streak route. The ball momentarily looked like it would sail past the receiver, but Lawson was able to catch up the ball and haul it. The defender, already trailing behind Lawson, made one last ditch effort to prevent the touchdown, but it wasn’t enough. Lawson avoided being brought down and took the ball all the way to the end zone, giving the Rams the early 7-0 lead. Early in the second quarter, American River tied the game at 7-7 after their own big passing play. Quarterback Tanner Troslin threw a 37-yard strike to receiver Tyler Young. After a scoreless third quarter, the Rams began the fourth quarter with a long, physical drive, that looked like it would wear down American River. Within striking distance of taking a 14-7 lead, the Rams handed the ball off to running back Jahray Hayes. Hayes, who

has been instrumental to the Rams success all season, ran hard into the defensive line. Lurching forward while surrounded by a plethora of defenders, Hayes was already on his way down to the ground when defensive lineman Viliami Umufuke stripped the ball out of Hayes’ hands. The ball rolled on the ground backwards until cornerback Damion Sanders scooped the rock and ran 90 yards unopposed to the endzone, giving American River a 14-7 lead. “I thought it was forward progress, and that Jahray was down,” said Rush. “I don’t think the ref could even tell, but he called it a fumble, so that’s what happened.” Down but not out, the Rams responded the next drive by going 70 yards in 11 plays to score a touchdown and tie the game up. Capped off by a six-yard touchdown pass from Peralta to receiver Maurice McSwain, Peralta showed off his leadership and toughness on the drive. Peralta, who threw 268 yards and two touchdowns and also ran for 48 yards, at one point on the drive scrambled to get his team the first down. At the end of the play, Peralta gained the immense respect of everyone in the stadium when he quickly bounced back up on a hit that would leave many quarterbacks rolling on the ground in pain. Firing up the home crowd, Peralta signaled he wanted more

Rams quarterback Jeramiah Peralta (14) breaks tackles and scrambles with the ball during a football game against the American River College Beavers, Nov. 29. (Photo by Khaled Sayed) and for the defense to bring it. “I am kind of a small guy,” said Peralta. “So it’s not hard to rough me up.” Peralta, who stands at only 5’9, which is short for a quarterback, had some trouble of getting his passes off over the much tall-

er opposing defensive lineman. Multiple times, his passes were swatted down, but Peralta didn’t let that phase him. “My offensive line worked hard to make it easier for me,” said Peralta. Peralta proved to his team-

Wolverines knock Rams out of playoffs By Patrick Cochran

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It was a gut wrenching defeat. The Rams played at their hardest for 120 minutes against Sierra, but even that wasn’t enough to avert a 2-1 defeat in the secondround playoff game.

A Sierra College player and Rams Cassie Stansberry (8) go for the ball during a women’s soccer playoof game, Nov. 25. (Photo by Khaled Sayed)

Sucumbing to a goal scored on a penatlty kick in the first of two 15 minute overtimes, it was a rough way to end a successful season. Sierra player Amanda Susbilla nailed the ball into the top right of the net. Ram’s goalkeeper Jocelyn Amable, who otherwise played a great game in net and did a good job of keeping her teammates together on defense, expected the ball to go to the other side of the net so was nowhere near the ball when it went in. During both overtimes, and also regular time, the Rams had numerous near goals. Shots would be to high, too far to the right or left, or simply Sierra’s goalie would make a remarkable save. “It was a tough loss for sure,” said head coach Gabe Saucedo. “The whole team felt we created enough opportunities for us to win, but the ball didn’t balance our way.” The Rams had valiantly fought back in the second half to tie up the game, after trailing 1-0 at intermission. Cassie Stansberry scored the goal that tied it up in the game’s 71 minute. The Rams were awarded a corner kick that sailed right

in front of the net, after a couple of missed shots that balanced back to the Rams, Stansberry got the ball on the rebound after a missed shot and proceeded to kick the ball in low to the ground and got it past the goalkeeper. “I think we played to our fullest potential. We never loss on our home field all season, and to loose I don’t have words,” said Stansberry. “We began the season as underdogs, and to end up here was big. We are the ratched Rams.” Next year’s squad should expect to be good also. Key freshman like Alejandra Sanchez, Katrina Voris, and Brenda Flores return for the Rams. The team will certainly miss though the skills and leadership the sophomore class, lead by plays like Stansberry and Hannah Mikles, were able to provide. Although it was a disappointing way to end an otherwise accomplished season, the team has a number of things to be happy about. “We won the Coast Conference, made it to the second round, and only had two losses all season,” said coach Saucedo. “We have a lot to be proud of.”

mates that he is more than capable of leading them to the state championship next Saturday if Rodriguez is unable to suit up. “Jerry Bear got heart,” said cornerback Uriah Harris. “Player of the game, number fourteen baby!”

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