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Congresswomen Addresses Issues Facing Veterans

By Calindra Revier crevier @ theguardsman . com

editor-in-chief

On the fifteenth of September Jackie Speier, U.S. Representative of California’s 14th congressional district stood before Veterans in the community in an attempt to address some of their more serious concerns and issues.

Outside the room was a table where people were encouraged to sign up to meet with counselors that evening so that they could get feedback and help on their particular cases.

According to Congresswoman Speier City College boasts the most veteran students of any community college in the country at 1200 enrolled. Of that group 50 percent are either receiving and “are certified to receive services from the Veterans Association,” Chancellor Susan Lamb said.

Speier made it abundantly clear from the beginning of the night that it was time for action. She and her associates would address problems with veteran affairs, and promised follow ups and consultations with professionals in the room adjacent.

Jackie Speier, the U.S. Representative for California’s 14th Congressional District, speaking to veterans during a press conference in the Multi Use Building at City College Ocean Campus. Tuesday Sept 15, 2015. (Original Photo by Khaled Sayed, illustrative cutout by Serina Mercado)

“Everyone who is here should know that regardless of whether or not I represent you technically, as far as I’m concerned I represent you.

Your needs are ones I want to deliver on,” Speier said. “We are here today because you served our country and it’s time for me and the members of

Congress to serve you.”

Issues facing veterans in civilian life are complicated. As the number of post-911 vets increases, the

pressure to handle those cases – and cases from before 911 – continues to

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HARTS: An Essential Resource to Homeless City College and State

By Marco Siler-Gonzales mgonzales @ theguardsman . com

news editor

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Otto Pippenger opippenger @ theguardsman . com

staff writer

While roughly 7000 homeless people are living in San Francisco, a small team of students and faculty at City College have helped hundreds of homeless students enroll in classes each year.

The on-campus service Homeless At-Risk Transitional Students Programs (HARTS) currently serves

134 homeless students, and program director Chris Shaeffer said they expect to serve 150 or more by the end of the semester.

Lisa Welch was only able to attend one class at the start of fall semester before she was diagnosed with cancer. Welch, who has been homeless in San Francisco for the past six months, feared she would not be able to continue the semester until she found HARTS. HARTS advised Welch to enroll in late start classes, along with providing her food and book vouchers for the semester.

“I thought it was over for me. I missed the first two weeks of school,” Welch said. “But then someone told me about the HARTS program, and

they encouraged me to take late start classes to finish out the semester.”

Services provided by HARTS are funded mainly through Associated Students at City College. The district funds a $180 food voucher for each HARTS student to use throughout the semester.

The City of San Francisco funds public transit passes exclusively for disabled students in the HARTS program.

Computers and second hand clothing are also available at the HARTS office in the Martin Luther King Center room B on the first floor of the Student Union building.

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Explore Front Page Gallery’s newest exhibition... see page 5 `

Gala Reception Honors Photojournalist

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Business professor completes seventh ‘city’ book

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Opinion: Bring sexual assault out of the dark

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Respond to Sexual Assault

By Audrey Garces agarces @ theguardsman . com

staff writer

State’s Efforts

In late August, Gov. Jerry Brown approved SB 186, which permits California’s Community Colleges to suspend or expel students for committing sexual violence crimes off campus, even if the offense did not involve another student.

Six other proposals are being considered by the California Legislature that would increase consequences for sexual assault crimes, which includes requiring the schools to disclose more information regarding disciplinary action for student offenders, as well as adding a note on the assailants’ transcripts that the student is ineligible to re-enroll as punishment for their offense.

Assemblyman Das Williams, author of several bills, believes all colleges should hold their students to the same standards and have consistent treatment of sexual assault cases.

City College provides valuable resources to tackle the public health issue of sexual assault by lending support to survivors along with educating students about healthy relationships.

One in five women and one in 16 men are victims of sexual assault while in college, but more than 90 percent of victims do not report the assault according to the National Sexual Violence Resource Center.

City College’s Police Department said there have been no recent reporting of sexual assault on campus, but that does not stop them from taking necessary prevention precautions.

“We certainly provide routine patrols around campus to ensure safety. In the past, we have had issues in the Wellness Center where Prevention Programs assaults have occurred in the locker City College faculty member rooms, so we have an officer assigned Leslie Simon created Project to patrol the area,” Chief of Police SURVIVE 22 years ago with the André L. Barnes said, “We hope goal of prevention education and the bystanders will step up and take a program now serves approximately more active role in intervening perSexual assault sonally or calling an authority figure.”

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Womens water polo gears up for inaugural season

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Stadium renamed to carry on Rush’s legacy

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HARTS from page 1 HARTS Statistics

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In a report released by HARTS covering the 2013-14 school year, Shaeffer noted the program is serving as many as 250 students at a time on a budget created in 1998 when HARTS was only serving 56 students.

According to the report, HARTS is continually gaining students, who are shifting toward a younger demographic.

Shaeffer’s report lists 44 separate agencies and organizations that regularly refer homeless students to HARTS. Shaeffer wants to expand the program’s office hours from 20 to 28 hours.

“I believe it is reasonable to consider this proposition in order to provide adequate coverage for the program and service to its students,” Shaeffer said.

Roots of HARTS

HARTS has provided services for homeless students since the program was first established at City College in 1992 by John O’Brian, a homeless veteran.

When O’Brian introduced his idea for the program to the Board of Governors in 1990, board member Chuck Ayala set up a task force of city, county and community college constituents to investigate issues of homelessness among the City College populace.

Shaeffer, a member of the task force, became the director when the program was implemented.

“I had been working for ten years in the county jail before that, so they thought I might be able to deal with some of the problems our students have,” Shaeffer said.

Homelessness at Large

This fall, Senator Mark Leno

authored a senate bill (SB 252) that would prohibit the Department of Education and academic testing companies from charging homeless youth for GED high school exit exams.

“Homeless youth face impossible barriers that make it difficult to graduate from high school, and yet we make it even more challenging for them to receive a diploma at a later date,” Senator Leno said in a press release on Sept. 3.

Fees for these tests can range from $150-$200, a price too high for many homeless youth. Before Shaeffer headed the HARTS program, he taught GED programs at City College’s Southeast center, where the students could pay a reduced fee for the classes but not the tests.

“Why make life more difficult when it’s difficult enough? Their parents don’t have the money otherwise they wouldn’t be homeless.

They can’t get financial aid without a GED or high school diploma,” Shaeffer said.

Homeless youth face impossible barriers that make it difficult to graduate from high school

Lisa Welch explains her story outside HARTS office Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2015.

(Photo by Otto Pippenger/The Guardsman)

at the office, like Deondra Trumbo, are well-connected with housing agencies throughout the city.

“I know a lot of other people in non-profits that can help where we can’t help,” Trumbo said. “HARTS really doesn’t do much with housing, but I know three or four housing specialists that students can go to in order to start the process faster rather than sitting out on the streets.”

Welch, 40, currently lives in a tent with her boyfriend. They

- Senator Leno According to Leno’s press release, nearly 270,000 students experienced homelessness in the 2012-13 school year.

Housing

HARTS isn’t able to provide direct services for temporary housing, but HARTS students who work

HARTS Director Chris Schaeffer pores over student data in the HARTS office Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2015. (Photo by Otto Pippenger/The Guardsman)

taught by Amber Straus, who works factors so that we don’t just say, with Project SURVIVE. WOMN 55 ‘These are bad guys out there.’ What Ending Sexual Violence Education responsibility does our whole cul400 classrooms annually through teaches students to be peer educa- ture have in creating people who are presentations to the College and tors, and after passing the class each hurting other people?” Simon said. local high schools. student may go through an interExpect Respect SF is a high view process and thorough training Health Center Resources school program created in 2006 that to work a paid position with Project City College’s website links stustemmed from Project SURVIVE SURVIVE. dents to resources to help address and is now a mandatory part of Peer educators are also required sexual misconduct, including the the freshmen health curriculum to take WOMN 54 Politics of Sexual Student Health Center. for all San Francisco Unified School Assault. Both classes focus on awareStudent Health collaborates District high school students. ness and education as the means for with Project SURVIVE to provide “We actually have people come learning to support victims, as well presentations and consultations up to us after the presentations and as preventing future sexual assaults, with teachers, and publishes an tell us, ‘I’m a survivor, I’ve never told in an attempt to address these issues online monthly magazine, Student before they actually occur.

Health 101, which is available to Pastrano, who took WOMN students and has a specific section “Let’s look at poverty.

55 and WOMN 54 as her first two regarding sexual assault. classes at City College, describes “Part of what I’m trying to really Let’s look at what these courses as having a strong encourage and support within our is going on in sense of community and openness; institution is for us – as administraplaces that create a safe space for tors, professionals, and faculty – to our country, and students who come from all differ- have a very clear line of referring our world, that is ent backgrounds, socioeconomic students for support. Through all statuses and ethnicities. these means we really hope students causing people to Project SURVIVE also focuses will feel more safe in telling somedisrespect women.” on sexual violence as a public health one,” Director of Student Health -Simon problem, teaching people to look Services Becky Perelli said. at a broader picture of society in The College’s Health Services anybody.’ They were so moved by order to better understand the root provide resources and support for what we had said, and they felt so of this issue. survivors, along with respecting vicsafe in the environment we had cre“Let’s look at poverty. Let’s look tims’ right to choose whether or not ated, they felt they should tell us at what is going on in our coun- to report the incident. right then,” Hanna Pastrano said, try, and our world, that is causing Health providers at the College a Project SURVIVE peer educator people to disrespect women. It is go through mandatory training for 3 years. very important to look at a larger to learn ideal ways to respond to City College offers two classes picture of political systems, social victims, including non-judgment, on the subject of sexual violence conditioning and psychological willingness to listen and refraining

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plan to enter housing through the Navigation Center, a program located at 1950 Mission St. that houses homeless partners temporarily until they can help them transfer to permanent housing.

“It inspires me to see students like Deondra, because she was once where I am, and she was able to get housing. ” Welch said.

Welch plans to pursue a degree in business and management through City College. She begins radiation therapy this month.

from questions.

“One of the first things survivors have told me that they appreciate is for others to be very nonjudgmental, and to say, ‘Wow, I am so glad you told me about this, I’m very sorry this happened to you and it is not your fault. Let’s do some research about this and find out who we can talk to some more, are you willing to do that?’ I think we need to encourage this person to make their own decisions about how they want to move forward with what they revealed,” Perelli said.

This month’s issue of Student Health 101 discusses how sexual assault often does not look how one might expect it to, leaving victims feeling confused or even somehow responsible.

“We may struggle with the notion of our classmate as a sexual predator or alcohol as a weapon. Acts of sexual violence and coercion can be camouflaged by the social scene and our own beliefs about sexual behavior,” reads Student Health 101.

Four out of five victims are not strangers to their assaulter according to the Rape Abuse and Incest National Network.

Student Health 101 also mentions a new study by The Washington Post which found that one in four women and seven percent of men reported at least one non-consensual sexual experience in college.

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news Speier continued from page 3 be a struggle for the VA. This was a common theme brought up in the question and answer section of the evening.

“Civilian benefits is just part of what we owe you. We owe you a top notch college education. The GI Bill provides the richest set of benefits ever in the history of this country,” Speier said.

“Everyone who is here though should know, that regardless whether or not I represent you technically as far as I’m concerned I represent you, because your needs are ones I want to deliver on.”

- Congresswoman Jackie Speier The VA has gone from 29 thousand claims unprocessed to 3 thousand claims unprocessed since 2012, said Speier -– and the turnaround response time continues to improve.

Jonathan Irizarry, Vice President of the Veterans Alliance club at City College, served in the U.S. Navy for 4 years as an aircraft mechanic.

Irizarry finishing his degree in Urban Studies before transferring to San Francisco State in the spring.

“There is a lot people could learn from veterans. We have a lot to teach because we’ve experienced things that the everyday person hasn’t,” Irizarry said.

“Here, I think the best thing the school can do and invest in is to push with opening the performing arts theater,” Irizarry explained. “For veterans coming to San Francisco, you expect to be able to express yourself through the arts. For the City College that represents San Francisco to not have an actual efficient building for the arts, it’s a little bit disappointing and discouraging for me as a veteran.”

The Walter S. Newman Veteran’s Resource Center hosts the Veterans Alliance Club.

The namesake, Walter Newman, served in WW2 and was shot in the chest during D-day. He was awarded the purple heart. He passed away recently and was survived by his wife Ellen who continues his philanthropic legacy.

Among the panelists in attendance were Julianna Boor, appointed about a year ago at the VA in Oakland and Bonnie Graham who is the director of San Francisco’s VA medical services.

Also Navy Veteran and business manager Mark Leach, Patti Pace director of NPower, Navy Veteran James Roe who intenternned for Patti and U.S. Navy Veteran James Lucas the Chair of the Genentech diversity team.

Finally Coreena Conley the Chief Executive Officer of the Veterans Outreach Center and Chris Raschke a Marine Veteran who works for the Network of Care. All were there to discuss opportunities for veterans such as job placement and programs.

“There is a lot people could learn from veterans. We have a lot to teach because we’ve experienced things that the everyday person hasn’t.”

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Front Page Gallery Hosts Photojournalist Jessica Lifland Michaela Payne Copy Editor

More than 100 guests came out for photojournalism instructor Jessica Lifland’s solo show Sept. 17, packing The Guardsman exhibit hall in Ocean campus’s Bungalow 615.

The opening was the newspaper’s second-ever photography show in the new Front Page Gallery, founded by students in May for a group show of City College student photojournalists’ work.

Lifland’s solo exhibit featured 21 images from her travels to seven countries and two U.S. states over the last two decades, united by the theme “Faces of Hope.”

At the opening, Journalism Department Chair Juan Gonzales introduced Lifland as a key instructor for the program, and introduced special guest Kim Komenich, a Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer, professor at San Francisco State and longtime mentor to Lifland.

“The spirit of the event was so high – a spirit of camaraderie and of family coming together,” Gonzales said.

Photojournalism Abroad

As a photojournalist, Lifland has travelled to the Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jordan, Kosova, the Philippines, Paraguay and Senegal.

Her work in “Faces of Hope” documents children with cleft lip and palate getting free surgeries from Operation Smile, Haitian communities recovering from earthquake

disaster, Iraqi refugees in Jordan, Kosova after conflict, vibrant scenes from Saam Njaay village in Senegal and more.

“The show helped to clearly illustrate the humanity of life and the tragedy of the human sector.

But the subjects had a ray of hope,” Gonzales said.

Lifland included three images from her visits to cowboy poets’ homes in North Dakota and Montana. In 2004, Lifland began documenting the annual wintertime National Cowboy Poetry Gathering in Elko, Nevada, where she enjoys full backstage access as the event photographer.

In summer, Lifland captures the spirit of cowboy poets when she photographs their labors and lifestyles at home, on the ranches.

“Cowboys are out on the land a lot, without modern technology – and they come from an oral tradition, which continues when they share stories through poetry,” Lifland said. “Every single one lives the life.”

Back to Her Roots

Lifland has been living a photojournalist’s life since 1995 when she moved to the Bay Area to start her photography career.

“Back then you could do that,” Lifland said. “It was $650 for my own studio.”

Holding undergraduate degrees in photography and art history from Cornell University, Lifland found steady work as an in-house

freelancer with the Contra Costa Times. There, established journalists took her under their wings and advised her to go get a journalism degree.

Lifland completed a master’s degree in photojournalism at the Ohio University School of Visual Communication and moved to Indiana to photograph for the Evansville Courier & Press. That newspaper was a great place to work and to learn Lifland said, but she was eager to return to the Bay Area.

A transplant from New York, Lifland was born in Manhattan and grew up in Lawrence, Long Island.

Another one of her photojournalism projects, not included in the Front Page Gallery show, featured the multicultural Black, Irish and Orthodox Jewish mix of Long Island’s Far Rockaway beach community.

With a young daughter and family life in Marin County, Lifland goes on fewer weeks-long photojournalism adventures these days.

“Now I have to find a balance between work and family, and I teach, so I have two families with that,” Lifland said.

From Mentee to Mentor

Komenich has mentored Lifland for many years in their shared pursuit of international photojournalism work. He won a Pulitzer Prize in 1987 for images covering the Philippine Revolution, and shared lessons from his career in The Guardsman newsroom during the gallery opening.

Komenich referred to the display of Lifland’s images as “life itself, brought to us through the eyes of one concerned photographer.”

“A camera is a tool for being a witness,” Komenich said. “It’s about concern and empathy – about showing the plight of one person to someone who might be able to help.”

The framed 11 x 14 printed photographs included some blackand-white and some color prints, made either digitally from film negatives, from 35 mm film or from digital photos.

Most of the prints were for sale with all proceeds donated to the City College journalism program.

Former editor-in-chief of The Guardsman Sara Bloomberg won the print titled “Cowboy Poet Rodney Nelson,” from Lifland’s visit to Nelson’s North Dakota home in 2009.

Photojournalism student Ekevara Kitpowsong curated the “Faces of Hope” show. Former photo editor and current online news director for The Guardsman, Kitpowsong also freelances and plans to curate more Front Page Gallery events.

Kitpowsong has completed Lifland’s City College beginner and intermediate photojournalism classes.

“I’ve seen her work in class but it’s even more beautiful to see the colors and contrast in print,” she said. “She’s a great teacher and I got a lot of inspiration from her work

– to become a better photojournalist.”

Gonzales said the gallery’s first show, curated by Kitpowsong and current Guardsman photo editor Natasha Dangond, was easy because everyone was excited for the start of something new.

“Its continuance shows that people value having a space like this to showcase the work. Our emphasis is in presenting work that tells a story, like the printed word but in pictures. That distinguishes photojournalism from aesthetic photography,” Gonzales said.

Visitors from the City College photography department attended Lifland’s opening, including instructors, students and the photo club manager.

Kitpowsong and Gonzales plan to involve other departments in future shows, and are hoping to coordinate a Cinco de Mayo gallery event with the Latin American studies department.

Lifland’s work will be on display through Dec. 4. Visitors are welcome during The Guardsman office opening hours from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. most weekdays.

To arrange additional times, group appointments, or future shows please contact Gonzales at accionjg@aol.com or Kitpowsong at ekitpowsong@theguardsman.com or on social media as @TheAperturist.

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Faces of Hope Shine in Debut Photo Exhibition

Approximately 100 guests attended the opening reception for “Faces of Hope” at Front Page Gallery in Bungalow 615 on the Ocean Campus. Thursday, Sept. 17, 2015.

Mirlanda Pierre, 12, is fitted for a Prosthetic leg at Handicap International in Port Au Prince, Haiti.

(Photo by Jessica Lifland)

Ekevara Kitpowsong ekitpowsong @ theguardsman . com

@T he A perturist online news director

Approximately 100 people gathered to celebrate the very first solo photo exhibition of the Front Page Gallery gallery featuring photographs by City College photojournalism instructor Jessica Lifland.

The show, “Faces of Hope”, consisted of 21 of Lifland’s custom prints, including color digital prints

from color negative film, color print from 35mm chrome film and black and white and color giclée digital prints.

The images were taken around the United States and many different places around world.

The exhibition included photographs from Lifland’s work with the non-profit Operation Smile and her long-term project documenting the lives of the cowboy poets.

The opening reception drew a great crowd, including City College faculty and students.

Sara Bloomberg, former

editor-in-chief of The Guardsman, won a custom print of “Cowboy Poet Rodney Nelson,” in a raffle.

Journalism Department Chair Juan Gonzales and Pulitzer Prize winning photojournalist and San Francisco State professor of photojournalism Kim Komenich, gave a memorable speech during the reception.

The photo exhibition will be on view from Sept. 17 to Dec. 4 at Bungalow 615 at Ocean campus.

Select prints are available for purchase and 100 percent of the proceeds from each sale will

Reception Photos by Ekevara Kitpowsong City College photojournalism instructor Jessica Lifland is the featured artist in the first solo photo exhibit presented by Front Page Gallery in Bungalow 615 on the Ocean Campus. The opening reception for “Faces of Hope” was on Thursday, Sept. 17, 2015.

(L-R) Sara Bloomberg, former editor-in-chief of The Guardsman, won a photograph by Jessica Lifland from the raffle during the opening reception for “Faces of Hope” at Front Page Gallery on Thursday, Sept. 17, 2015.

Special guest, Pulitzer Prize winning photojournalist and San Francisco State professor Kim Komenich, and the featured artist Jessica Lifland, speak to attendees including City College faculty and students during the opening reception for “Faces of Hope” at Front Page Gallery on Thursday, Sept. 17, 2015.

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Professor Completes Seven City Books

By Cassie Ordonio cordonio @ theguardsman . com

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Carol A. Jenson, a part-time business instructor at City College has completed her seventh book to add to her collection: Images of America Series.

“The latest book that went into the press is ‘Lake Tahoe Through Time’ written for Fonthill Media with offices in Concord, MA and Oxford, UK.” she said.

Jenson is a eastern Contra Costa County native who’s always been fascinated about local history since the early 1960’s. She’s very passionate about “saving the historic property from vandal and ignominy.”

For 15 years she’s been writing local history. In fact, each book she wrote are from her home towns: Brentwood, Bryon Hot Springs,

ACCJC Update

The California Community Colleges Board of Governors will call on the ears of federal education officials to request a new accreditor to oversee the 113 California community colleges, including City College.

On Sept. 20, the board voted unanimously for the California Community College State Chancellor Brice Harris to send an accreditation report written by a state task force last month to the U.S. Department of Education by Sept. 25.

The task force, comprised of community college administrators, faculty, trustees and officials with the state chancellor’s office, advised the board of governors to replace the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges

East Contra Costa County, the California Delta, Lake Tahoe’s West Shore, and Maritime Contra Costa County.

Each book took six months to publish.

Her inspiration for history came from Robert Chandler, a Historian Emeritus for Wells Fargo Bank with a Ph.D at UC Riverside.

“Dr. Chandler said to me, ‘Carol, nothing counts until you write it down.’ I took his words to heart. You can collect ephemera, admire artifacts, read history, listen to people’s stories but it is just

personal amusement. Nothing Copenhagen, Denmark, and author. counts until you write it down.”

With such a busy schedule, one For her education, must wonder how she can squeeze Ms. Jenson received in time for writing her books. a Bachelors in art “There are only 24 hours in a day,” history at UC she said. “You manage your time Santa Barbara based on your priories in life using in 1974 and a preferred time management tool graduated like: Time System (previously Time with M.B.A Design). It is ‘old school’ binder, honors at paper, and pen.”

UC Los Most of the books Jenson wrote Angelos in are historical visual stories that 1976. describe the history of a community through images and captions.

Currently, She admitted Bryon Hot she works as a Springs was her favorite and her director at a Real biggest accomplishment.

Estate Education “It required serious digging, priCenter, instructor at mary sources, and tenacity to find City College and Small true, factual information under a lot Business Development Center of incorrect rural and urban myth.” at Cabrillo College, instructor at Though Bryon Hot Springs was Liberty Adult School, Brentwood, her favorite, California Delta ended principal at Carol Jensen & up being her best seller.

Associates, U.S. Fulbright Scholar at Jenson has worked with four

publishers: Arcadia Publishing Company, Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina, which is one of the largest publisher of local history books in the U.S., Fonthill Media, Oxford, UK, Cengage Publishing, and Local history newsletters and journals.

Out of all the publishers she’s worked with Cengage Publish Co. was her favorite.

“They have a great academic reputation and are highly professional.”

Jenson’s books are paperback and are available on Amazon and Barnes & Noble.

She has one advice to give to aspiring writers trying to get published.

“Good luck, be tenacious, and never miss a deadline.”

with a new accreditor.

The accrediting commission attempted to revoke City College’s accreditation in 2013, a decision that was fought and overturned by the City Attorney’s office. However, the commission’s sanction over City College to “show cause” is still in effect until January 2017, when the school must meet accreditation standards set by the accreditor.

Fund in anticipation of a possible strike in a 93 percent landslide.

The union’s leadership is pushing not only for full restoration of teacher’s salaries lost after the 2007 cuts but also an increase of 16 percent over three years for both full and part-time teachers. “(This will) bring us back to about the same purchasing power we had before. We at City College are 3.5 percent behind (in salary) where we were in 2007 and it’s 2015,” union president Timothy Killikelly said.

The district’s current proposal includes a salary restoration to undo the 2007 cuts for full-time teachers only and an annual cost of living adjustments of roughly 1 percent. Part-time instructors were offered only the annual cost of living adjustments.

to authorize union negotiators to call a strike. It would be the first strike ever called by AFT 2121 since its founding in 1978.

As the next step of negotiations unfolds, student equity will be an important AFT 2121 consideration.

Currently, the union is strategizing to minimally interfere with student’s schedules.

“We are discussing a wide variety of options for how we could move forward. We want to impact students as little as possible.” Killikelly said. “The conditions of the faculty are the conditions of the students.

When people aren’t paid enough and a college can’t have competitive salaries that affects what happens in the classroom.”

Campus Briefs

AFT Members Authorize Hardship Relief Fund

After more than six months of tense weekly contract negotiations between American Federation of Teachers Local 2121 (AFT 2121) and the San Francisco Community College Board District, the City College teachers union voted on Sept. 9 to create a Hardship Relief

The district’s proposal includes a 15 percent class reduction over the next three semesters. Although union negotiators have no formal say in class reductions, it inevitably will factor into a strike decision.

“The district has the authority to make those cuts. We think they’re terrible. Some of the diversity departments in particular will be really hurt by this proposal,” Killikelly said. “We don’t negotiate the cuts but that doesn’t mean we won’t fight them.”

Union members cast a record 600 ballots to temporarily raise annual union dues from 1.26 percent to 1.31 percent of salary to develop a Hardship Relief Fund to aid the most financially-vulnerable faculty should a teacher’s strike materialize.

Union members still must vote

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September 23 – October 6 Mon/ Sept 21 – Oct 10 This Is Not a Square

“This Is Not a Square” is a photography exhibit shot by Chase Newton that will be on display in the Gallery Obscura. The artist’s reception will be September 21 from 6 – 8 p.m.

Sun/ Sept 27 Free Exploratorium Day In celebration of engineering day, The Exploratorium on Pier 15 will be open for free from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. This event will be on a first come first serve basis.

Tues/ Sept 29 7th Annual Talanoa Series

OF YOUR EVENT TO CREVIER@THEGUARDSMAN.COM

Weds/ Sept 30 Women’s Resource Center Open House The Women’s Resource Center is hosting an informational open house for anyone who wants to come. It is in Smith Hall rooms 103 and 104 from 12 – 2 p.m. There will be food, speakers, and resources.

Thur/ Oct 6 BOT Candidates Forum The League of Women Voters of San Francisco in partnership with EATV will host a candidates forum for the Community College Board on Tues., Oct. 6, at 6:30 p.m., City College Ocean Campus, 50 Phelan Ave., Art Extension 164 (Studio A). Seating is limited. For more information, call 989-8683.

ness cards. There is a $20 charge for 200 cards, to cover the cost of materials used. Orders are due by Friday, October 20 and will be returned to you with campus mail within the week of Monday, November 2.

Fri/ Oct 7 Ocean Campus Fall Buffet The students of the culinary department will be hosting this annual buffet to display their skills. The dinner will be held at The Chef ’s Table in the Pierre Coste Room, and doors open at 11:15. The cost is $21 with tax, per person.

Make reservations with Chris Johnson at (415 )239-3438 or cjohnson@ccsf.edu.

Fri/ Oct 15 Celebrating 80 years

CCSF Photography is proud to show a selection from Flora Aurima-Devatine will be speaking in Multi-Use F ri / O ct 7 “75 years of Photographs, Selections from the PhotograBuilding room 140 from 6 – 9 p.m. This event is sponphy Department” as part of the 80th year anniversary of sored by the Department of Interdisciplinary Studies, Business Card CCSF. Thursday October 15th from 6-7:30 p.m. with a Critical Pacific Islands Studies Program, and the Pacific The Visual Media Design Department is now taking public reception.

Islander student organizations at CCSF. Refreshments orders from employees of the City College for busiwill be served.

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opinion

Have Your Say: Do you feel safe on campus?

Ricky Gregory

Major: Tae kwon do “I do but I could be safer.

Why? Because the campus police are very uncomfortable to be around because of things that happened in the past. I’ve heard a lot of things that happened on and off campus. I feel safe already it’s just the campus police. I believe they should be more fair.”

Desiree Jordan Major: Nursing

“I do feel safe, other than the occasional strangers that don’t go here, but I do feel safe overall.

To feel safer, I would say having someone to monitor who does come in and out of the school who are actually students. ”

Evan Hill

Major: Finance “Yes I do feel safe because nobody messes with us, and we see the campus police everywhere, so I feel pretty safe. To feel safer, I saw we need more security.”

A Grain of Salt

By Patrick Tamayo ptamayo@theguardsman.com OPINION EDITOR

There is so much hate and anger all around us. As far as we’ve come as a society, with all the technological advances and milestones surpassed, we still fall so short.

It’s hard to comprehend the stresses and worries that other people have.

One can usually barely cope with the complexities within themselves much less have any sympathy for anyone else.

We walk around campus in our own worlds. Hurrying to get to class, rushing to leave campus and run off the next place, never even having time to attempt to care about anyone else.

I walk the streets of San Francisco and most of the time I ignore homeless people, barely change direction when those people asking for donations to save polar bears, the planet or whatever they’re saving on any particular day and even if someone were to talk to me I wouldn’t hear them because I’ve got headphones on.

I’m in my own world. We’re all in our own world.

Our lives are so busy that there is simply no time to smell roses. When have you ever stopped to smell a rose, honestly, people don’t have that kind of time. ººº There are people around the country serving lengthy jail sentences for marijuana. Yet out in the free world people are consuming marijuana medically and legally with no repercussions.

Marijuana is slowly becoming acceptable for its variety of purposes, but something needs to be done about the government’s involvement with it.

Major: Computer Science

“I do feel safe on campus. I haven’t seen anything really out of the ordinary. I feel like I know what’s dangerous and what’s not, and people look around their surrounds. That’s the most important part, if you know your surroundings then you should feel safe.”

Kevin Alfaro

Major: Biochemistry “I do feel safe. There’s a lot of police officers on campus, and that makes me feel really safe while walking around campus.”

door in the middle of the night is not scary enough, they may soon have realistic robots alongside.

Wars of the future may very well depend on who has the more technological robots. What could possibly go wrong? ººº I feel bad for kids nowadays for having to go to school in an age where they can be suspended for forming guns out of Pop Tarts and getting arrested for bringing bomblooking clocks to school.

In the case of 14-year-old Ahmed Mohamed, his name may have made the administrators at his school a tad bit too uncomfortable. Add a homemade clock that may or may not resemble a bomb and well, surely we’ve stopped yet another terrorist before he could tell everyone what time it is.

Our Commander in Chief was so impressed by the clock building skills that young Ahmed was invited to bring his clock to the White House.

Ahmed should probably jump on that visit sooner than later because if any of the current frontrunners for President of the United States are elected, he probably won’t be allowed within six blocks of the White House. ººº Don’t get caught up in the political correctness being pushed at us from every direction and don’t be conned into believing one side of an issue without at least finding out about opposing viewpoints.

Life will continue with or without us. If it’s with us, we should try to make the most of it. Slow down, take a breath. Be cliché, stop and smell a rose.

Discussing Sexual Assault

By Tiffany Yu CONTRIBUTOR

Jason Luu

While states are slowly taking notice of the vast amounts of tax revenue possible by allowing the sale of marijuana to adults, our federal government insists on vilifying it by any means necessary.

They refuse to acknowledge the classification of marijuana and insist on keeping it at the same level as heroin.

The same federal government that participated in the shipping of guns and drugs into Latin America is in charge of telling the people what drugs they can and can’t take. This does little to convince anyone that the government knows what’s best for anyone.

The government’s war on drugs will continue to go on as long as the public continues to accept their lies and start thinking for themselves. ººº As wars across the globe continue to escalate and tension between countries continues to grow, robots may soon be the ones that determine whether we live or die.

Boston Dynamics, which consists of teams of engineers and scientists who developed robots that resemble and move like animals, has now come up with human-like robots that are able to think, as well as run through woods and over several kinds of terrain.

They plan on developing selfsufficient robots that are able to operate as individuals and since Boston Dynamics is owned by our beloved Google X, the robots will be programmed with top of the line analytics that will allow them do pretty much whatever they’re programmed to do.

U.S. Marines recently trained with a four-legged robot. As if a squad of Marines knocking on your

It’s 2015, and you’d think that with the progressive waves rolling in the United States we as a nation would realize that women should be treated with the same respect a man is treated with.

It is disheartening to see how much more needs to be done in terms of women’s rights. Because of the dismissiveness surrounding women’s rights issues, issues such as the rise in campus rape remains a problem in need of some serious confrontation by our constituents.

There has always been a lack of conversation about the touchy subject (no pun intended) of sex, and until we start talking about it we can expect detrimental effects such as the rise of sexual assault on college campuses.

The prevailing culture of victim blaming surrounding sexual assaults prevents the victims from stepping forward, due to the fear of being blamed for provoking the attacks.

As if a low-cut shirt or a miniskirt could somehow broadcast a specific statement about how you were asking for it.

It sounds insane to have your personal space breached and your dignity as a human being decimated,

all because you had the audacity to feel good about yourself when put on that new floral skirt in front of the mirror that morning.

Even though the victim is not at fault, they may think it is due to a misogyny-fueled perception that they deserved it for wearing provocative clothing.

Thus, sexually-charged attacks more often than not go unreported. and are hidden away, stuffed into a desolate corner of the victim’s mind.

According to a study done by the National Institute of Justice, it is estimated that there are 35 incidents of rape each academic year for every 1,000 women attending college.

The ACLU estimates that of all the campus rapes that occur, 95 percent go unreported.

The social stigma attached to the men and women who are victims of sexual assault proves to be an issue that is terrifyingly real.

A factor to be considered when investigating the reason behind the rise in campus sexual assaults is alcohol and substance usage.

Within campus life, most are no stranger to the party scene brimming with flashy lights, music and, of course, alcohol.

Alcohol and substance use makes it a much easier for others to take advantage of a drunk individual, who will probably not be

alert enough to make good choices or give sound consent.

The perpetrator’s sense of responsibility may also be diminished, which can lead to misreading cues and, again, poor decision-making.

No 19-year-old, or anyone for that matter, should have muster up the courage to inform their friends, peers or family that they were sexually assaulted or rape.

No one should have to go through the trauma of being sexually assaulted in the first place and if they were raped, the person should not feel ashamed to tell trusted friends and family.

The perpetrator is to blame, not the victim.

If we cannot eradicate sexual assaults altogether, educational institutions should be mandated, early on in a child’s education, to provide tools and programs that will assist in the prevention of sexual abuse and assault.

Classes that will spread awareness, dismantle stigmas and encourage people to speak up about the issue should also be implemented.

If we do not discuss sex and issues encompassing it, we will essentially be dismissing something that plagues our country to an epidemic-like extent.

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sports sports calendar FOOTBALL:

Sept. 26, 1 p.m. vs. American River College @ CCSF Oct. 3, 6 p.m. vs. Modesto @ Modesto

MENS SOCCER: Sept. 26, 12 p.m. vs. Mendocino @ Mendocino Sept. 29, 1:30 p.m. vs. Hartnell @ CCSF Oct. 2, 1:30 p.m. vs. Las Positas @ CCSF Oct. 6, 4 p.m. vs. Cañada @ Cañada

WOMENS SOCCER: Sept. 25, 4 p.m. vs. Monterey @ CCSF Sept. 29, 4 p.m. vs. Las Positas @ Las Positas Oct. 2, 4 p.m.

vs. Hartnell @ CCSF Oct. 6, 4 p.m.

vs. Evergreen @ Evergreen

CROSS COUNTRY: Sept. 24, 3:30 p.m. @ Golden Gate Park (Polo Fields)

VOLLEYBALL: Sept. 23, 6:30 p.m. vs. Foothill @ CCSF Sept. 30, 6:30 p.m. vs. Gavilan @ Gavilan Oct. 2, 4 p.m. vs. Feather River @ CCSF

WATER POLO Sept. 30, 3:30 p.m. vs. Merced @ Merced Oct. 2, 3:30 p.m. vs.

De Anza @ De Anza

Women’s Water Polo Team Inaugural Season

By Andy Bay contributor

This has been a strange year: Cuba and the USA have become friends, The Donald has risen in the polls and now City College has its very own women’s water polo team.

“This is the first season, so it’s a historic season,” said Coach Phong Pham, who played water polo at UC Davis before becoming a swimming instructor at City College seven years ago. “The majority of the players have never played before, so it’s a completely new learning experience for them.”

Practice consists of rigorous swimming, treading and ball handling.

Many of the faces of the players were strained with exhaustion after a recent demanding work out, but their spirits were high.

There was a men’s water polo team at City College in the 1970’s, but it wasn’t until recently that interest was generated in favor of creating a women’s team, according to Pham.

“Athletic Director Jamie Hayes and Department Chair Dan Hayes were very supporting,” said Pham, amid the hustle and bustle of his poolside office, whose battle-plan strewn desk and commanding view of the watery arena gives the air of Winston Churchill’s War Room.

After a recent practice the team huddled up as Coach Pham and a swimming instructor talked to them. Then the players dispersed in unison to their locker room, their team spirit exuding from the laughter and smiles they display over their sore muscles.

“It’s a physical endurance sport,” said Emily Schattenburg, who plays goalie and got her start on water polo in high school. “You need to be able

Women’s Water Polo team practicing in the pool at Ocean Campus on Sept 11, 2015. ( Photo by Khaled Sayed)

to have stamina to keep you going.”

Physical roughness is common beneath the surface of the water, where referees can’t see, Natalie Taylor said, who also got her start in high school.

“In the Olympics it’s different, because they have underwater cameras, but not in college,” Taylor said.

Players like Schattenburg and Taylor are here for the love of the sport, not merely to win. “Obviously I want us to do really well,” Taylor said, “but, no matter what, I’m excited to be out here.”

In a tournament at De Anza College, the 14-member team won its inaugural game against the Laney College Eagles on Sept. 19 in a hardfought 11-9 victory, only to lose later that day to De Anza College 13-3.

Coach Pham, who walked onto a water polo team during his freshmen

year in college, backed up this passion. “I was lucky that the coach gave me an opportunity,” he said. “Now, 30 years later, I get to coach junior college polo. I never imagined that’s where I would end up.”

The Rams’ next game will be Wednesday, Sept. 30, against Merced College. Their first home game will be Friday, Oct. 9 against Ohlone College.

Women’s Water Polo team practicing in the pool at Ocean Campus on Sept .

11, 2015 ( Photo by Khaled Sayed/The Guardsman)

Welcome to Rush Stadium! Sounds good, eh?

By Shannon Cole scole @ theguardsman . com

staff writer

Thanks to a recent unanimous vote by City College Board of Trustees, the stadium will now honor longtime football coach George Rush with a name change.

Coach Rush retired in January after 38 years leading City College’s football program. In that time, Rush led the Rams to a 32-6­9-3­4 record and seven state and national championships.

To Men’s Athletic Director Harold Brown, Coach Rush is an inspiring leader both on and off the field.

“The legacy he’s left here is how to identify and motivate young men to be their best, how to get the best out of someone who they thought didn’t even have the best in them -- and that goes for not only his players, but his coaching staff,” Brown said.

But Rush’s success wasn’t just on field. According to former City College Vice Chancellor Kristin

Charles, more than 600 of Rush’s student athletes went on to four-­year schools and more than 100 played professionally in the NFL. The board considered selling the naming rights to the stadium to a corporate sponsor back in 2010 at $1 million. Although nothing materialized, some members of the board were slow to accept the idea of losing a possible revenue stream for the school.

“I’m very reluctant to give up potential income,” trustee John Rizzo said.

Trustee Brigitte Davila opposed the idea of selling the naming rights to the stadium altogether. “I’m really tired of all our public spaces going to the highest bidder,” she said.

But board Vice President Thea Selby understood the draw of a name like Coach Rush’s. She advocated for naming the stadium for Rush in order to attract future investors.

“He has tremendous star power,” Selby said.

The cost for new stadium signage is anticipated to be around

Former Ram’s football Coach George Rush speaks to the team after the San Francisco Community College Bowl in December 2013. The Rams won against the Sierra College Wolverines 59-31. (Photos by Santiago Mejia/The

$25,000 to be funded by donations.

At a press conference announcing his retirement last January, Rush expressed gratitude for his long career at City College. “Thank you everybody. I’ve had the career of a lifetime. I really have. I just loved every second,” Rush said.

The stadium’s new name will

be announced during a halftime ceremony at game against De Anza College on Nov. 7.