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Debate Continues on Arming Campus Police Audrey Garces agarces @ theguardsman . com

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An attempted kidnapping left campus police feeling unequipped on Oct. 13 at City College’s Ocean campus, due to having one of the stricter gun policies in comparison to other California community colleges. Three days prior to the incident, Gov. Jerry Brown signed Senate Bill 707 to close loopholes in the GunFree School Zone Act of 1955. The new law, written by Sen. Lois Wolk (D-District 3), expands the scope of the existing law by adding new restrictions to gun carrying laws on California college campuses. People who possess concealed carry weapons permits are now banned from carrying handguns onto school grounds, or ammunition unless locked in a vehicle. Exemptions include certain appointed peace officers and certain retired reserve peace officers who may carry weapons if licensed and allowed by City College Police Officer Erica McGlaston patrols the campus as a part of her daily routine to make herself present to City College students, and look for any suspicious activity. Friday, Oct. 30, 2015. (Photo by Natasha Dangond/ The Guardsman) their agency. City College already has a “no guns” policy in place, concealed or safely,” City College Chief of Police should be allowed on campuses at witnesses claimed one of the men fled,” college police public informanot, in effect for students as well as André Barnes said. all. was carrying a handgun. tion Officer Tiffany Green said. campus police officers. In a country that has experiCCSF Policy Students and staff at the library Due to school district policy, “As the individual responsible for enced 52 school shootings in 2015 A 17-year-old City College took cover while campus police and City College police officers have campus safety, I want to make sure alone, according to TIME Magazine, student burst through the doors of the Ingleside Police Department never been armed since the College we are prepared to respond with- California lawmakers, police, stu- the Rosenberg Library on Oct. 13, responded. first acquired campus police in 2001. out delay to any type of emergency dents and faculty are in debate about reportedly shouting, “They’ve got “We were there in one minute, situation that would arise, and that who the “right” people to carry fire- a gun.” His two assailants caught Ingleside took eight, and by the time continued on page 2 we would have the tools do our job arms on campuses are, or if guns and began to beat him, but two both had arrived the suspects had

Part-Timers Face Prospect of No Restorative Pay

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Although City College part- on Oct. 22, part-time teacher Kate time faculty are paid 36 percent Frei said these adjustments are not @ mijo _ marco more on an hourly basis than part- able to compete with the cost of news editor time faculty at other community living in San Francisco. colleges in the bay area, many argue “Since then (2007-08) inflaPart-time teaching is a mis- they are still grossly underpaid. tion has gone up, cost of living has leading concept, implying the In an update by the Employees gone up about 16 percent, so that teacher only works part of the Relations office, the district proposal amounts to another pay cut,” Frei week, but for many City College to increase restorative wages pertains said. part-time instructors, it’s a full-time only to full-time teachers. In a response as to why part-time responsibility. According to the update, “To faculty are not offered restorative pay, Fifteen hours a week delegates the best of our ability, the goal is Employees Relations office director part-time work, but with additional to address this inequity in full-time Mickey Branca said they are comresponsibilities such as committee faculty salaries.”. mitted to sustaining fair wages for participation, preparation, subbing The district’s compensation all City College employees, but are to make more money or work- proposal for part-time faculty only using their limited funds to address ing part time at other schools, it offers a cost of living adjustment-- the inequity in full-time faculty and Professor Patricia Gallagher explains the warm up exercise of the day to becomes a full-time job. a cumulative increase of 3 percent classified staff. her beginning ESL class on Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2015 at the City College Part timers are paid 3.5 percent over three years. John Adams Campus. (Photo by Yesica Prado/ The Guardsman) under the 2007 salary level. In a Board of Trustees meeting continued on page 2

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have adamantly insisted that arming school officers would allow for a Although trained annually to use safer environment for police and firearms and tasers, campus police students alike, however others feel are only permitted to carry batons cautious of arming police in fear of and pepper spray. fighting fire with fire or potential Campus police protocol in the police brutality. event of a campus shooting is to Former City College Police relocate to a safe area and contact Chief Carl Koehler resigned in 2007, the Ingleside Police Department. mainly due to disagreement with the This policy subjected campus police college’s policy for unarmed campus to “not really be able to address” police. the attempted kidnapping, Officer “I know a lot of incidents where Green said. we certainly faced challenges as far “We do feel like students’ safety as officer safety,” Barnes said. “The and our safety is compromised,” fact that we don’t carry firearms Green said. “Not only can we puts our campus community in a position that we could not be able to conduct full range of our duties without being armed.” Let’s commit to

making today’s victory the beginning of our shared mission of holding our elected officials responsible for identifying and passing sound policies that will reduce gun violence in our nation. — Campaign to Keep Guns Off Campus

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respond a lot quicker than SFPD, but we are also familiar with the campus and other campuses throughout the district.” The issue was sparked 14 years ago when the City College security agency transitioned into a police department. The campus police

the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence’s San Francisco chapter, said. Exemptions are made for retired reserve police officers, or anyone school officials grant permission to

Some organizations have spoken in outright opposition to the bill. For instance, the National Rifle Association’s Institute for Legal Action categorized SB 707 as a “misguided anti-gun bill,” and urged

For other California colleges and universities without district or school gun policies, the Gun-Free School Zone law of 1955 banned individuals from openly carrying a firearm within 1,000 feet of a school, but allowed those with concealed carry weapons permits to carry a concealed firearm, and ammuni- carry a concealed firearm. tion with written consent from The ban of concealed arms on administration. campus is already a part of City County sheriffs are responsible College’s policy, but their policy is for giving out concealed handgun even stricter than the bill by addipermits to applicants who can prove tionally prohibiting campus police their in immediate danger, good from carrying arms. cause and need to carry a weapon. Although Officer Green “does The new law now enforces, “No not disagree” with this law or the person shall carry ammunition or equivalent district policy rules held reloaded ammunition onto school by City College, she doubts the grounds, except sworn law enforce- compliance of criminals to follow ment officers acting within the scope laws in general. of their duties.” “Most people who are criminals “I think this law will reduce the break rules, so to have policy that number of people who are carrying says ‘don’t bring guns to school’ guns on campuses. It does not elimi- doesn’t really help when it comes nate guns altogether, but it makes to people who are criminals or feel a safer environment,” Emma White, they have the right to carry a firebill supporter and vice president of arm,” Green said.

voters to contact their senator to vote against the bill. In Sacramento, SB 707 was heavily supported and pushed through the Senate by gun violence prevention groups such as California Chapters of the Brady Campaign, the Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence and Women Against Gun Violence, among others. “Let’s commit to making today’s victory the beginning of our shared mission of holding our elected officials responsible for identifying and passing sound policies that will reduce gun violence in our nation,” an official statement from the Campaign to Keep Guns Off Campus stated after Gov. Brown signed the bill.

own hands to draw in more students. Part-time ESL instructor Danny The district’s latest proposal to Halford not only wears a sign that cut 25 percent of classes over the advertises City College is indeed still next five years would reportedly accredited and accepting enrollment, eliminate 356 full-time instructors. but is also a co-organizer of the There are two and a half part-time Volunteer Enrollment Campaign to instructors for every full-time help boost City College enrollment. instructor employed by the college. ESL instructor Susan Lopez, women’s studies instructor Leslie Simon and Halford formed the campaign in July 2013, which has “I still need to relied on 200 volunteers to pull in

any prospective students around the city. Interim Chancellor Susan Lamb and the Board of Trustees officially recognized the Volunteer Enrollment Campaign’s efforts on Oct. 23 via the Adult Education Block Grant (AB86), which will fund a full-time position for Lopez and some paid hours for a small group to work on the development of student enrollment this spring semester.

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continued from page 1 Full-time faculty and classified salaries are significantly below what similar employees who work for bay area colleges earn. “Unless we increase the salaries of our full-time faculty positions, we risk losing the best candidates for our open faculty positions to other bay area colleges,” Branca wrote.

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Part-timers may temporarily be upgraded to full-time schedules and pay rate, like ESL instructor Pattie Gallagher, but this does not guarantee job security. “I still need to substitute teach to make hay while the sun shines, but I don’t know if next semester I’ll be so lucky,” Gallagher said. Gallagher taught a full-time load in the summer, but for the few weeks before classes started and after they ended, Gallagher went on unemployment. Gallagher used to work at three community colleges in the bay area, but she cleared her schedule in hopes of making permanent full time at City College. “You have to have time for committee work and check off all the boxes,” Gallagher said. Gallagher will work up to six days a week in order to save for next semester.

Big Cuts

substitute teach to make hay while the sun shines, but I don’t know if next semester I’ll be so lucky.”

—Pattie Gallagher

Due to a plunge in enrollment, the district reasons the cut in class offerings is necessary to align the school’s budget with state funding and the actual number of students the college has. Many City College teachers think the drastic cut in class offerings is a step to downsize the college, and have taken matters into their

Part-time ESL Instructor Danny Halford visits Gallagher’s classroom to discuss the pay disparity between part-time and full-time faculty. Wednesday, Oct. 28 2015. (Photo by Yesica Prado/ The Guardsman)

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Local Rapper Campaigns for Vote 1-2-3 Candidates Otto Pippenger opippenger @ theguardsman . com

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Many know him for his music. He’s collaborated with Andre Nickatina, Bored Stiff and Mike Marshall among dozens of others in his 25-year career. Others know him from the preschool where he teaches. But most recently former City College student Ilych Sato, better known as the rapper Equipto, made news for the viral video of him haranguing Mayor Ed Lee during an encounter in Max’s Opera Cafe over Lee’s housing policies. “You’re a disgrace to Asians. You’re kicking the people that built this city out,” Sato said. Now he’s lending his support to the trio of independents, campaigning as a group in an electoral tontine hoping to unseat the mayor with the power of ranked choice voting and grassroots support. Amy Farah Weiss, Francisco Herrera and Stuart Schuffman (better known as “Broke Ass Stuart”) are candidates opposing Mayor Lee, along with former hospital administrator Rent Graham and urban technology designer Reed Martino. Joe Eskenazi, a writer for San Francisco Magazine, described voter’s choice as a “gaping chasm between Mayor Ed Lee is unacceptable and I want Broke-Ass Stuart to tell me what to do.” Nevertheless, the trio are confident that one of them could win, considering that Lee only won in 2011 after 12 rounds of candidate eliminations.

“Ed Lee is a sleeping giant, and we can win if we get people involved who have been disengaged,” Weiss said. Ranked-choice voting goes into effect if no candidate receives 51 percent or more of the initial vote. According to a poll by SurveyUSA conducted in December 2014, Lee’s most recent approval rate is 47 percent. As three outsiders running with many of the same positions, they have decided to campaign together and promote each other to be their supporters’ second or third choices on the ballot. On Oct. 18, Sato and the trio attended the Mission’s Sunday Streets event, promoting themselves as individuals and as a group to anyone in earshot, trying to encourage last minute voter registration before the cutoff on the Oct. 19 in hopes of reaching the 75,000 voters they say are needed for one of them to win. Local rapper and former City College student Equipto (right) showing his support for the “1,2,3 Replace Ed Lee” Sato himself is a supporter of campaign during Sunday Streets on Valencia and 22nd Streets on Sunday Oct. 18, 2015. (Photo by Franchon Weiss, but believes all three share Smith/The Guardsman) his priorities. “Anybody that’s for education Neighbors Developing Divisadero Francisco. Nov. 3 is going to be one told Schuffman that he couldn’t go should vote for these three. We all and organizing her community of the most important elections ever through with his plan to run for know teachers are underpaid and against displacement from a Chase for this city,” Weiss said. mayor while writing about it for teaching is the greatest responsibil- Bank. Herrera is an activist and singer The Examiner, he decided to do it ity of any job,” Sato said. “There Eviction, displacement and songwriter running on an eight- himself. aren’t enough homeless shelters, affordability are the issues at the point platform including affordable His online materials and casual not enough clinics. There’s so center of her platform, and she has housing, funding for neighborhoods writing style present his candidacy much money coming through this been endorsed by the SF Tenants and the arts, improving MUNI, pro- as an exercise intended to reveal the city- more of it needs to go to the Union and Green Party, among tecting education (including saving flaws in our system, but in person people of this city.” others. City College), police accountability, even he seems surprised by the supWeiss is a Bay Area native who Naturally, she hopes to win, but immigrant protection and worker’s port he and the others have seen. has worked in education, mental anyone other than Lee would make rights. “We’ve raised maybe $30,000. I health services, medical cannabis her happy. Examiner columnist Schuffman think they’re starting to get nervous. and a number of other fields. She’s “I think I’m the most qualified to has been a vocal critic of Lee and the We’re fighting against apathy. Ed Lee only become active in local poli- lead, but no matter what happens city’s election process. wins because of apathy,” Schuffman tics in the last four years, founding on Nov. 3, I’ll work with Stuart and After the Ethics Commission said.

City College Seeks to Improve Student Equity Services Beginning in January “Our department lost all of our part timers,” Romano said. “They cordonio @ theguardsman . com were all laid off at the time because @ cassieordonio of funding. It’s been really difficult staff writer to replace counselors who have retired or have gone on to another As City College approaches position.” the final stages of reaffirming their Currently, the college’s airport accreditation, the college must first center has no counselors, according show the Accrediting Commission to the task force. for Community and Junior Colleges Part of the task force’s plan is that they have improved student to hire counselors for all locations equity services. The counseling department is at the top of the task force’s list to improve this semester. The task force, E.A.S.E. (Equal access to student services, located on the Ocean Campus. The task force action plan also Access to Success Emergency task (Photo by Cassie Ordonio/The Guardsman) includes training each center’s staff, force) developed a draft of plans deans and community members to address the following services: implement improved equity services of high school graduates not enroll- about Student Success and Support counseling, admissions and records, at each campus. ing in college at all has increased. Program mandates (formerly called financial aid, student affairs, tutoring The student equity task force “I think it reflects that we haven’t Matriculation Process, according to and the libraries. The implementa- must improve services for all 11 reached really well to SFUSD,” the California Community Colleges tion will begin January 2016. locations around the city. Lamb said. “There are new ways to Chancellor’s office), designating Developed by Interim “We’re trying to target all stu- work with the SFUSD. Students are counseling coordinators for all Chancellor Susan Lamb in early dents in the centers,” Romano said. more likely to come here from high centers, scheduling matriculation August, the task force consist of Student Access school to get a head start.” activities at underserved campuses 37 members with a combination In a discussion about enrollLamb said the task force will and increasing counselors-to-stuof students, administration and ment at City College April 24, be working with SEIU (Service dent outreach. faculty. The task force is headed Rick Fillman, director of research Employees International Union) and Funding is the task force’s priby Interim Vice Chancellor of for institutional effectiveness at AFT 2121 (American Federation of mary concern in order to proceed Student Development Samuel the college, presented data exam- Teachers) in the next month. The with their plans to improve access Santos, Academic Senate Liaison ining declining college enrollment first main goal for them is finish the to student services. Lisa Romano and classified staff of graduates from San Francisco draft and hand it in to Lamb. “We have a significant step down Teresa Melendrez. Unified School District high schools. Departments in Need in our funding,” Lamb said. “What The task force met seven times Fewer high school graduates are One department that suffered we’re trying to do is find existing in August, for two to three hours enrolling at City College, fewer at from the college’s accreditation crisis funds.” each meeting, to organize a plan to four-year colleges, and the number is the counseling department. City College has two separate

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categorical funds: student success funds and equity funds. Department chair of Latin American and Latino studies Edgar Torres said his department has applied for equity funds in order to upgrade computer systems which will help Latino students with their math classes. “The Math 80 course is a huge stumbling block for Latinos trying to transfer,” Torres said. “We have to close the achievement gap.” Torres said the new system would cost up to $20,000.

Final Step

The task force’s main goal was to complete their draft for improving access throughout district. The last item on the task force’s checklist is to submit their draft to Interim Chancellor Lamb to complete the evaluation process by the end of the fall semester. “I feel very confident in the work folks are doing in student development to pass accreditation,” Santos said. “There is still a lot of work to do, but there are a lot of dedicated students who are involved, hardworking classified staff, faculty and administrative team of student development. We all want to see us make it.”

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Last Gun Store in SF Closes

CCSF Chancellor Addresses Campus Safety

The only gun dealer in San Francisco laid down its arms as of Oct. 31 in the wake of proposals for stricter gun regulations in the city. High Bridge Arms closed its doors after 63 years of service in Mission District. Supervisor Mark Farrell introduced a law that would require the store to video record all gun sales and submit weekly ammunition sales to the police. High Bridge Arms manager Steve Alcairo said this proposed bill is a blatant breach of customer privacy, the San Francisco Chronicle reported. Olympic champion pistol shooter Bob Chow opened the store in 1952. Chow sold the store to Andy Takahashi in 1988. Since then, the gun store has been a fixture of political and public debate for gun reform in the city.

In the aftermath of the campus incident involving a firearm in the Rosenberg Library, Interim Chancellor Susan Lamb sent an email to the City College community on Oct. 20 to adhere to problems in the College’s safety alert system and the school’s plan to improve them. Lamb said the administration is working with campus police to install an emergency text messaging system by late November and assessing door locking mechanisms for classrooms. In order for immediate implementation of safety precautions, Lamb said the school is to solicit outside funding and convene a Safety Task Force to ensure safety on all City College campuses.

Board of Ed Passes Resolution to Protect Trafficked Children The San Francisco Board of Education has unanimously approved a resolution sponsored by board president Emily M. Murase, which requests new training and policies to detect and prevent the human trafficking of minors in San Francisco schools. The resolution, entitled “In Support of Countering Human Trafficking and Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children” was passed on Oct. 15. San Francisco Unified School District staff will add language to the existing Child Abuse Reporting Policy in order to better handle human trafficking in addition to domestic incidents. A new training program will be created for administrators. teachers and staff to better detect and report human trafficking, while students will receive age appropriate instruction as part of health classes and through peer leaders. The FBI has identified San Francisco as one of 13 “high-intensity child exploitation area,” with runaways, homeless and foster home youth being at the highest risk for commercial sexual abuse.

Study Shows Students Emotionally Overwhelmed By College The Jed Foundation, Partnership for Drug-Free Kids and the Jordan Porco Foundations have released the results of a national survey of more than 1,500 people’s first year college experience. Their report shows that a majority of students report feeling emotionally unprepared, and that those who reported those sentiments are more likely than their peers to drop out, report poor academic experiences, transfer and abuse drugs or alcohol. Those reporting a sense of emotional underpreparedness reported an average GPA of 3.1 (versus 3.4 for those who did not) and characterized their overall experience as “terrible/poor” at 22 percent, as opposed to 5 percent for their peers.

Airbnb Ad Causes Uproar A recent Airbnb advertisement campaign against proposition F drew public scrutiny due to what many San Franciscans perceived as a condescending and belittling message. One of the ads wrote, “Dear Public Library System, We hope you use some of the $12 million in hotel taxes to keep the library open later. Love, Airbnb.”

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The Pacific Islanders Club will be hosting their weekly club meeting in Student Union lounge from 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. For more information contact ccsfpacstudies@gmail.com.

CCSF Biotechnology Club will be in Ram Plaza selling Chinese food to raise money for their club from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Pork fried rice, egg rolls, spring rolls and chicken wings will be served.

CCSF Hackers Club

CCSF Hackers Club will be meeting in Science 214 from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. The meeting will feature speakers from the industry and projects about friday information security. For more information, contact CCSF.Hackers@gmail.com. NOVEMBER

Noche de Familia

CCSF’s Puente Program will be hosting their annual Noche de Familia open house event at the Mission Campus from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. friday The event will showcase resources available to Latino/a students and families and will include refreshments. NOVEMBER

This advertisement was part of an 8 million dollar campaign to swade San Francisco voters against proposition F, which would impose stricter regulation on short-term private rentals. Airbnb immediately took down the ads and issued a public apology. In a company statement, Airbnb wrote how their intention was to show the hotel tax contribution from their hosts and guests ranged close to $1 million per month. Martha Kenny, an assistant professor from San Francisco State University, wrote on twitter in regards to the Airbnb campaign, “Out of your $12 million of hotel tax, only 1.4 percent goes to the SF Public Libraries. However, had you donated that $8 million you spent fighting Proposition F directly to the public library you love so much that could have made a bigger difference.

Plan Unveiled to Expand Environmental Studies A push to expand environmental studies in California’s public schools is underway, State Superintendent Tom Torlakson announced recently. The plan, “A Blueprint for Environmental Literacy,” seeks lesson plans that allow students to directly learn the environment, the San Francisco Examiner reported. Among the recommendations from the 47-member task force for environmental literacy were: increased firsthand environmental experiences like a school garden or field trips and the integration of environmental education subjects like English, math and science. “A lot of programs were cut back, including some the outdoor education programs…So we’re encouraging schools to bring back those hands-on lessons so that students can experiences the outdoors and see nature firsthand, as well as study it in a textbook,” Torlakson told the Examiner. Currently in San Francisco, according to the Examiner, Lincoln High School has a yearly Green Academy pathways program that incorporates environmental studies with other courses for some three dozen students.

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First Amendment Coalition Forum

The weekly meeting of the Physics Club will be held in Science Room 193. The club meets Mondays to discuss physics field trips and movie night from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m.

Scholarship Award Ceremony

Philosophy Club

Asian Coalition of CCSF Open House

BSU Fundraising Event

Gender Diversity Project

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The CCSF Journalism Department will be in Ram Plaza from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. to celebrate monday Journalism Day. Journalism students will be providing information about classes and on how to get involved with campus publications. Refreshments and raffle prizes will be awarded. NOVEMBER

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The First Amendment Coalition will be holding a public forum tilted Pulling Back the Blue tuesday Curtain: Police, Privacy and Public Exposure. The event will be from 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. in the Koret Auditorium at the San Francisco Main Library at 100 Larkin Street. For more information, contact the SFPL at 415-557-4400. NOVEMBER

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The Asian Coalition of CCSF is hosting a Meet and Greet Open House on Friday, November 13, friday from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the Chinatown North Beach Center, 628 Washington Street at Kearny. You are invited you to share a relaxing evening with colleagues, enjoy delicious refreshments and engage in a dialog with Vincent Pan, Executive Director of Chinese for Affirmative Action. NOVEMBER

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Discuss contemporary French literature in French on the Downtown campus, located at 88 4th St in San Francisco from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30

An event honoring Scholarship recipients will held in the Cafeteria from 2:30 p.m. until 5 p.m. Light refreshments will be served.

Thursday November 17 is campus-wide Transgender Awareness Day featuring films, tuesday games, panel resources, networking and food all centering around the theme ‘untold stories.’ For more information, contact Emily at 415-452-5202 or ethompso@ccsf.edu.

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Power of Persuasion How to make your message count

WHAT:

A panel discussion sponsored by the Journalism Department on opportunities and challenges that exist in Public Relations.

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PR representatives from Kaiser Permanente, Gilead Sciences and United Airlines

WHEN: Tuesday, December 8, 2015 7 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. WHERE: City College of San Francisco / Ocean Campus Multi-Use Building, Room 140

Complimentary snacks and beverages will be served Contact: Ross Hayduk / rhayduk@mail.ccsf.edu / (415) 670-0783

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Journalism Department to Host Public Relations Panel Discussion City College of San Francisco’s Journalism Department is sponsoring a public relations panel discussion to help students and professionals learn the necessary skills to compete in today’s communications marketplace. Guest speakers include media relations, public relations and public affairs representatives from major organizations in the Bay Area, including Kaiser Permanente, Gilead Sciences, and United Airlines. The panel discussion titled “The Power of Persuasion: Making Your Message Count” will explore how to become a better communicator, target local media outlets with effective public relations techniques and make your message count. This free event will be held on Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2015, at City

College of San Francisco’s main campus Multi Use Building, Rm. 140 from 7:00 – 8:30 pm at 50 Phelan Avenue in San Francisco. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Snacks and refreshments will be served. “Top professionals in their field will be participating in our panel discussion.” said Public Relations instructor Tom Graham. “Last year, our class sponsored a similar event on ‘Why Journalism Matters,’ which exceeded our expectations. The standing room only crowd was really engaged in the topic and the Q&A session was quite lively.” The event, organized and hosted by CCSF’s Public Relations class, is designed to explore the educational opportunities in public relations and journalism at City College of San Francisco.

“Top professionals in their field will be participating in our panel discussion.” —Public Relations instructor Tom Graham.

City College Fun Facts: Did you know?

• City College of San Francisco opened its doors on September 4, 1935. It’s astrological sign is Virgo. • City College was originally called San Francisco Junior College. • The school’s first nickname was “The Trolly Car School” due to long commute students made from ocross the city. • Cloud Hall is named not for its incredible view of the city and the bay, but for CCSF’s founder Archibald Cloud. • The statue outside Cloud Hall by Beniamino Bufano titled Saint Francis of the Guns of 1968 contains the metal from melted-down guns collected by SFPD. It honors four great American leaders lost to gun violence: Abraham Lincoln, Martin Luther King, Jr, John F. Kennedy and Robert Kennedy. • Non-credit courses at City College, like quiltmaking and basic auto maintenance, are always free! Go make your car a quilt. • A variety of non-credit courses are offered specifically for older adults, such as music appreciation, arts and crafts, and computers. Tell your grandma! • The school’s slogan was “Ut adolescentes vitae educantur,” the Latin for “That youth may be educated to life.” • Between 1859 and 1892, the land that now occupies Ocean campus was a home for wayward youth called “County Sheriff’s House of Correction Number Three.”

Mills offers talented women who want an exceptional and personal education the ability to: • Transfer in spring or fall. • Get the classes you need to graduate on time. • Complete your GE requirements at Mills. • Earn merit scholarships of up to $15,000.

TRANSFER VISIT PROGRAM November 11 • 8:30 am–12:15 pm Discover how we help you achieve your goals—meet Mills students, explore our curriculum, and tour our campus.

Oakland, CA admission@mills.edu www.mills.edu/transfer RESERVE YOUR SPACE AT WWW.MILLS.EDU/VISITPROGRAMS.

• Two buildings on Ocean campus are named for men named Louis who shared a love for basketball. Conlan Hall is named for longtime football and basketball coach Louis Conlan, while basketball referee Louis Batmale is the namesake of Batmale Hall. Written by Shannon Cole The facts preceding facts were collected from A Short History - City College of San Francisco by late City College Instructor Austin White, RoadsideAmerica.com and The Guardsman archives.

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T iny Tots Invade City College in Search of Treats Photo Story by Bridgid Skiba

Above: Children from the Family Resource Center gathered to go trick or treating around Ocean Campus on Friday Oct. 30, 2015.

Children, parents and staff from the Dr. Betty Shabazz Family Resource Center trekked through City College’s Ocean campus on Oct. 30 for a trick-or-treat adventure. About 30 children, escorted by parents and staff, visited the Student Union building, the Women’s Resource Center, Conlan Hall and other nearby offices for the ultimate reward—candy treats. Among the varied characters in colorful costumes were a doctor and Snow White. As children entered the cafeteria, Vincent P. Paratore of Culinary Arts and Hospitality studies greeted them with an assortment of treats. The admission office staff also greeted the children with handfuls of candy and big smiles. The children responded with even bigger smiles. The parents and children are from the Parent Exchange Program that is part of the college’s Family Resources Center. The program allows parents to participate in nine hours of classroom instruction, while their children, aged six months to five years old, are cared for in the center.

Below: Chanel, dressed as Minnie Mouse, reaches into her basket for more candy at the Extended Opportunity Programs and Services building while trick-or-treating.

Above: Women’s Resource Center staff offer trick-or-treaters from the Family Resource Center candy to celebrate Halloween at Ocean campus.

Above: Nadine and Rose pose while trick-or- treating in costume. Above: Children dressed in costumes play in the Family Resource Center on Ocean campus after trick-or-treating.

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Colorful Altars Grace Mission Campus for “Day of the Dead” Remembrance

Above: From left to right: Silvia Urrutia, Dean Jorge Bell, Silvia Elizabeth Noyola, Teresa Villicana and Salvador Ortiz-Solovie contributed to making a total of eight altars displayed at City College Mission Campus on Thursday, Oct. 29 2015.

Above and Right: Colorful altars and decorations are displayed on the first floor of City College Mission Campus that give a brief description of the culture and traditions celebrated during “The Day of the Dead” on Thursday Oct. 29, 2015. (Photos by Bridgid Skiba/The Guardsman)

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An array of colorful altars commemorating “Day of the Dead” (Día de los Muertos) is on display at the Mission Campus through November. The eight displays honor the

dead and appear at various locations on the Valencia Street campus. “It just happened like that,” said Jorge Bell, dean of the Mission Campus. An outside altar is for students to place personal items honoring loved ones. The altars range from basic to complex, and people traditionally bring offerings of food, fruit, and water.

The transitional studies department created an altar with an image of Mexican artist Frida Kahlo. City College instructor Sandra Ann Vaughn had her students draw portraits of themselves to honor Frida’s trademark painting style. An Associated Student Council’s altar displays photographs of deceased City College students or family members, and City College

instructors. Salvador Ortiz-Solovie proudly stood next to a photo of his father. “The altars are for those who have families far away,” Ortiz-Solovie said. “This is one way immigration

affects us and we can’t go back to say goodbye to our families, so this is the way we honor them. This is one way to say they are still with us—their presence is still with us.”

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CCSF Reception to Honor 80 Years of Publishing

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Among the oldest community college student newspapers in the nation, The Guardsman is celebrating 80 years of publishing history at City College of San Francisco. This historic milestone will be celebrated at an event Nov. 12, on the third floor of the Rosenberg Library from 6-7:30 p.m. with special guest Joe Fitzgerald-Rodriguez, reporter for the San Francisco Examiner, providing remarks on his training as a reporter at The Guardsman. Everyone is invited to attend. “It is certainly a milestone,” Juan Gonzales, department chair of journalism and faculty adviser of The Guardsman, said. “Over the years, The Guardsman has truly been an important source of information that chronicles campus life and creates a sense of community. Its longevity is certainly due to the passion and commitment of journalism A history exhibit of The Guardsman is on display on the third floor of Rosenberg Library. Photo by Natasha Dangond/The Guardsman students.” The newspaper claims many alumni who are now locally famous Ingleside-Excelsior Light. The Guardsman has expanded newspaper also has an interactive About the only thing that has journalists like Cheryl Jennings, The newspaper has consis- its presence from print to The presence through Facebook and not changed at The Guardsman is current anchor at ABC7 News, tently won numerous awards from Guardsman Online, mirroring the Twitter. its identity as a student newspaper Alex Emslie of KQED radio and the Journalism Association of accelerating media convergence Recently, as the notion of Alex Mullaney, publisher of The Community Colleges for excellence. in delivering relevant news. The The Guardsman The Guardsman as Online provida journalism laboraed up-to-date tory persists. coverage of the “It takes hard Oct. 13 failed work,” Editor in kidnapping Chief Calindra attempt that Revier said. “That triggered an hard work involves evacuation of many skills such as the Rosenberg an eye for layout and Library. design, thoughtful Numerous illustrators, talented times, the kidwriters and copy napping story editors with a keen was updated as sense of tracking details became down the truth. It available, and takes exceptional it became the photographers able most visited to capture impactstory on the ful moments and website. it takes teamwork, “Today, which believe it or more graphics not, is a skill worth and illustrations cultivating these are being introdays.” duced to break The Guardsman apart stories is characterized by making the a timeless element news more of relevance. News accessible. The Editor Marco SilerGuardsman Gonzales summed —Juan Gonzales up his eye for news. is continually being reassessed “One thing I’ve to better serve the campus com- learned since becoming news editor munity,” Online News Director is that City College is so deeply Ekevara Kitpowsong said. ingrained in this city. The politics, An exhibit “Celebrating 80 culture and people that make up this Years: City College is Still Your city almost always have some kind of College” is now open on the third tie with the school,” Siler-Gonzales floor of the Rosenberg featuring The said. “I look for newsworthy mateGuardsman’s historic archive. It will rial within these connections.” be the focal point of the anniversary Though the news is constantly celebration and highlights the differ- changing, The Guardsman at 80 ent eras of the newspaper reflecting continues its steady pace, keeping the cultural ethos of the time. its stride one issue at a time.

“Over the years, The Guardsman has truly been an important source of information that chronicles campus life and creates a sense of community. Its longevity is certainly due to the passion and commitment of journalism students.”

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Warriors Ground Is In Oakland, Not San Francisco Shannon Cole

of residents who journey from the Some UCSF employees have ends of the East Bay—from El formed the Mission Bay Alliance, Cerrito, Concord, even Livermore— a group which opposes the arena’s staff writer and they take BART to get there. environmental and traffic impacts Those employees would have to to the area. For 43 years, the Bay Area’s only add both a cross-bay BART and a For fans that manage to get to basketball team has called Oakland MUNI trip to their commute, and the arena, the added cost will be While people were up in arms home. Although their name sug- additional $12 cost for each round their time and money. Game tick- with how offended they were with gests otherwise, the Golden State trip. ets will cost more than they do at Halloween costumes, they still made Warriors don’t belong to the entire Unless the Warriors subsidize Oracle and parking will also be more time to be appalled at an Africanstate of California: they belong to transit for their employees, workers expensive. American teenager being flipped Oakland. earning minimum wage would lose The extra costs added to tickets, upside down in her desk, yanked out But in April, the team purchased concessions and parking will help of said desk and then dragged across a plot of land across the bay and are fund the more than $6 million a classroom before being arrested. The greater, less planning to move to San Francisco. in operating costs for additional The girl apparently earned her When the Warriors leave MUNI service and construction. right to be served and protected for tangible loss for fans Oakland, it’s likely Oracle Arena But the greater, less tangible loss disrupting her class and refusing to is team pride. will leave too. for fans is team pride. obey her teacher. The city of Oakland and The Warriors were the first to Having bared witness to a variety Alameda county both benefit from bring a major sports champion- of classroom disturbances involving the tax dollars on Warriors merchanship to the city of Oakland since situations and actions far worse than dise, ticket sales and for the other almost an hour’s worth of wages just the Athletics won the World Series playing with a cellphone and not stadium uses such as concerts and to get to work. in 1989. Oaklanders will lose the listening to a teacher, the actions conventions. The Warriors also seem unaware pride that comes with watching of the responding officer seemed Neither the city nor county have that MUNI is one of the slowest, their hometown team defend their maybe just a tad bit aggressive. the money on hand to finance the most outdated transit systems in championship titles. I’m not exactly sure what the much-needed revival of the 54-year- North America, one whose infraTraffic fiascos, jobs revenue proper way a police officer is supold arena, especially without a new structure cannot handle 18,000 losses and inconvenienced neigh- posed to handle a disruptive student, tenant secured. more commuters on game days. bors have a place in the Bay Area, but the fact that we find it necesBig sponsors like Oracle probEven for fans who live in San and it’s not Mission Bay—it’s in sary to have sworn peace officers in ably won’t stay around either; they’ll Francisco, getting to Mission Bay is Santa Clara. schools is probably the bigger quesspend their money elsewhere. difficult by any mode of transportaThe Warriors would be wise to tion that we as a society should be It’s likely Oracle Arena will be tion, and parking in the area is hard learn from the mistakes made by asking. razed and redeveloped into condo- to come by. Traffic snarls around other sports franchises in the area It’s one thing to have secuminiums or another unnecessary, the arena could have very serious and invest not in San Francisco but rity, even armed police officers to unwanted strip mall. implications if they were to cause in Oakland, the place that’s invested guard high schools, to make sure And with the arena go the jobs. any delays in or out of their closest in them since 1972. unwanted persons aren’t coming Both the Warriors organization neighbor, UCSF Benioff Children’s on campus, to deter students from and Oracle Arena employ hundreds Hospital. leaving campus without permission and to have an officer nearby in the event of an emergency. But officers should not be allowed to interact with kids who are simply being rude, disrespectful and acting out like teenagers do. Do these officers have the training to deal with teenagers? It seems that the responsibility to deal with San FranciSco PeninSula | eST. 1851 kids, troubled or otherwise, should fall on teachers, counselors and administrators. Police officers should not asked to do the jobs that school officials were trained to do. If schools are going to have resource officers, or whatever other fancy name they want to call them, they should be used as deterrents for wrongdoing not as security blankets when school officials don’t feel like dealing with classroom disturbances. I understand the argument that the young girl should have been Our smaller, private college may be just what you’re looking for. taught to respect her elders, to listen to those in authority and to act like a young adult. However, anything short of pulling out a weapon should not have merited getting snatched out of her desk and knocked about. Everyone wants their kids to be safe at school and having police O r call 650.508.3600 officers as security surely gives us the sense that they are indeed safe, but there has to be a clearly defined line as to how these officers are allowed to interact with students. scole @ theguardsman . com

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Even with an alleged attempted kidnapping on campus a few weeks

ago, I have never felt unsafe at any of our campuses. All my interactions with City College police have always been cordial and professional. While City College police do a good job of having a presence on all of our campuses in actuality, how safe can they actually keep us when they’re not allowed to carry guns? I understand we’re in San Francisco and I understand the mentality of the area we live in, but we task the City College police department to keep us safe, yet they’re not allowed to carry side arms. There is actual crime on and around campus. On top of the alleged kidnapping, in the past there have been robberies in bathrooms and assaults right off campus. Yet we expect our campus police to respond unarmed to quell these situations. We can’t actually feel safe on campus when those who are supposed to protect us only have a baton, some pepper spray and a cellphone to call police who do carry guns. We fear that campus police carrying guns would lead to them abusing their powers, but we’d be ignorant to think that by allowing them to carry guns would suddenly lead to students getting pistol whipped for smoking marijuana in front of Batmale Hall or having guns drawn on them for being too loud in the library. In the event that a situation presented itself where campus police needed guns, I would rather they have access to one instead of having to depend on an outside agency to get to campus. Campus safety is not the reason our campus police are not allowed to carry guns. It goes much deeper and gets way more complicated than just safety. With the continuous problems City College faces the gun debate is probably not something that will take precedence over the plethora issues that are always present. Hopefully, campus police batons and pepper spray will give San Francisco police enough time to arrive in the event officers with guns are ever needed.

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Police departments are not suddenly going to get disbanded because of the continuous abuse of power we witness on an almost daily basis due to technology. As a society we will always need someone to protect us from ourselves. Until we find that savior we will have to rely on our police departments. Hopefully the responding department will have more than a cellphone, baton and pepper spray.

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Have Your Say: Should City College police be able to carry guns? Jorge Velasquez 19, Undecided

“No, with what’s happening right now with shootings and people dying over guns, I don’t think it’s really under control.”

Karin Keys

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“No, I don’t think guns should be the first solution to an altercation,. There are other things.”

Danielle Palmer 19, Kinesiology Major

“No, because I don’t feel like they need guns, I don’t feel like people at City College would have guns.”

Cassidy Chan

19, Psychology Major

“Yeah, I guess, but they should only use them as a last resort.”

Lendell Morris 27, Social Work and Mental Health Major “No, because police and authority tend to kill people for no reason, and even though they’re security they still feel like they’re the police, so I think they will be fine with the walkie talkies. If they have an issue they can call the police [SFPD] for real matters.”

Photos by Shannon Cole / Reporting by Margaret Weir

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Seahawks Snap Rams Streak with 3-0 Set Win

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to their other games ended. Gone was the calm usually seen in the eyes of Rams players. staff writer Even freshman outside hitter The Rams’ six-game win streak Kijana Best, currently ranked second ended on Oct. 28 when the con- in the state in both kills per set and ference-leading Cabrillo College hitting percentage, couldn’t make Seahawks conquered City College the ferocious kills that enhance her 3-0. team’s confidence as much as their The match started out as Rams score sheet. games usually do, with each team The Seahawks seemed to read huddled on their side of every play and their quick-thinking the net making last minute defense responded to her attempts preparations before shouting their quickly. The Rams dropped the first team’s name and meeting in the set 13-25. middle for a cordial high-five. The second set saw the most As usual, the Rams were louder spectacular and harrowing plays of even though they were fewer in the game in short succession. number. They even earned the The Rams had a small lead to first point of the game courtesy of start the set, but soon surrendered captain Sifa Faaiu and went on to a point and possession to the score four more unanswered points Seahawks. to take a 5-0 lead. The resulting serve that rockBut that’s where the similarities eted over to the Rams side of the net could have been a deadly blow to the team’s confidence, but providing the biggest dig of the night was the team’s smallest player, sophomore outside hitter Devan Simmons. With lightning-fast speed, Simmons dove under the ball in a crouching position to prevent the Seahawks from scoring on the serve. The crowd responded with a swell of cheers and applause. A few minutes later, freshman middle Tatiana Jimenez was struck by the ball off an attempted dig and fell to the floor with a thud that echoed through the court. Rushing to her side was athletic trainer Addie Martin, who assessed Jimenez and removed her from the City College’s Emma Seslar (4) regame as a precaution. turning the ball during a VolleyJimenez paced the sidelines lookball game with Cabrillo College at Ocean Campus, on Wednesday Oct. ing more frustrated than injured and 28, 2015. convinced coach Saga Vae to let her (Photo by Khaled Sayed/The back in the game. Guardsman) The Rams would lose the second scole @ theguardsman . com

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set 20-15 and the third 25-17. Following the game, Vae said his team wasn’t completely healthy, which likely led to their lack of focus on the court. “Sifa’s kind of injured, she’s at about 85 percent. We just found out today,” Vae said. “Sierra Nelson is hurt too, so we didn’t have our players be 100 percent at practice.” But Vae is hopeful his players

can rely on their depth as a squad to make up for late-season injuries and missteps. “Our smaller players are stepping up,” Vae said. “All our girls are touching the ball. It’s influential and it’s contagious.” The Rams record is now 4-1 in conference play.

will be renaming their home field George Rush Football Stadium. The formal celebration for the renaming will be held on November 7, after the 6-1 Rams face off against De Anza College at 1. After the game a reception will be held at the Pierre Coste Dining Room until 6:30 pm. People interested in attending can pay $50 to join the fun. Coach Rush is highly regarded not only in the Northern California football scene, but nationwide for his seven state and national junior football college titles and for the numerous players he developed at

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Soccer Success Continues With Season’s 10th Win Shannon Cole scole @ theguardsman . com

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A hat trick from City College’s Jesse Bareilles propelled the Rams women’s soccer team to a 4-1 win on Oct. 27 over Cañada College. The Rams, now 6-0-2 in conference play, dominated ball possession at the home game. The team spent the majority of the 45-minute half stripping the ball from Cañada’s defenders and pelting opposing goalkeeper Sophia Perez with shot attempts. Freshman forward Bareilles was City College’s Kevin Ramirez (22) passing the ball to another player during a game with Chabot College on Tuesday Oct. 27 at Ocean Campus. the first to score, earning the first of (Photo by Khaled Sayed/ The Guardsman) her three goals with an assist from sophomore forward Haley Rivers. Cañada responded three minutes later with their only successful offensive attempt of the match, but the Rams were unrelenting with their scoring attempts. At 30 minutes into the first half, midfielder and team captain Raquel Herrera passed to defender Valentina Camacho Arias, who sent the ball soaring past Cañada’s goalkeeper for a 2-1 lead. collided with Chabot’s hulking Play halted after when Cañada’s Andy Bays goalie, who was pulled from the goalkeeper took an errant knee to contributor game with an injured foot after the head and collapsed to the turf. deflecting Padilla’s shot. She lay still staff from both teams As both teams met beneath As the two teams went to half- attended her. She was eventually heavy gray skies, Rams, dressed in time, periodic raindrops pelted the cleared to play and spent the rest their home-team red, came onto of the game in net without further the field like a racehorse breaking incident. out of the starting gate against the In the second half, the voice “Everybody has yellow-clad Gladiators, snuffing of Rams freshman goalkeeper Jade the mentality of Chabot 2-0 on Oct. 27. Fathollahi could be heard throughThe Rams began to hit their out the field as she yelled words of winning the state stride three minutes in, making encouragement to her teammates. championship.” good passes and formidable offenFathollahi faced just three shots —Bobakr Hussain sive shots. on goal the entire game, leaving her Kanata Ishida caught Chabot with plenty of time to sing. defenders by surprise and punched Down the field, her counterpart the ball past a diving goalie. soccer field. Perez continued to face shots from At about 15 minutes into the The second half was marred by the Rams. She allowed four goals game, the Rams began playing like collisions. Another Chabot player off 20 shots, including two more the No. 1 conference team they are, limped to the sidelines and other from Bareilles. but Chabot was not without their players on both teams rolled around At six minutes into the second share of acrobatic defensive plays on the ground from kicks to the shin. half, Bareilles took a pass from freshthat temporarily halted the Rams’ Neither of the goalies allowed man defender Rebecca Kilmartin momentum. any goals in the second half. and scored. Seven minutes later Bobakr Hussain, flanked by two “In the first half, we attacked well,” she scored again off a pass from City College teammates, rushed a head coach Adam Lucarelli said. “In second shot on goal past the Chabot the second half, our reserves played goalie for a 2-0 lead. At this point, hard. They haven’t had a lot of playthe Gladiators looked tired. ing time over the season, so they did After a heroic save by City a good job holding the score 0-0.” College goalie Sergio Delamora, Hussain was optimistic followthe Ram’s succession of offensive ing the victory, as the City College plays advanced the ball down the players ran post-game laps. field like a pinball machine. “We played really hard,” Hussain Elisama Padilla charged straight said. “Everyone has the mentality down the field with the ball and of winning the state championship.”

Rams Continue Run for Conference Title with Convincing 2-0 Win Over Gladiators

City College’s Reymond Velete (5) maneuvering the ball to avoid a Chabot College player during a home soccer game on Oct 27. at Ocean Campus. (Photo by Khaled Sayed/ The Guardsman)

Rams sophomore defender Valentina Camacho Arias (3) hugs Denise Hernandez (6) after Arias scored a goal against Cañada College giving the Rams a 2-1 lead during the first half of a CCCAA women’s soccer match at Ocean Campus, on Tuesday Oct. 27, 2015. (Photo by Santiago Mejia/ The Guardsman)

sophomore forward Alejandra Sanchez to round out her hat trick. Following the game, coach Gabe Saucedo reflected on his team’s latest win. “We focus on the things that are important to us, on our goals and what we value, but we don’t talk about wins and losses too much,” Saucedo said. “But it’s definitely a momentum builder when we haven’t lost in a while, so it does give them confidence. They know how to win.” Herrera was also proud of the efforts of her team, especially the defenders. “They talk a lot to each other, they talk a lot all game. They talk to

the whole field, and push everyone up. They’re really good communicators so it helps everyone a lot,” Herrera said. Saucedo agreed that the team works well together, saying their chemistry is their greatest asset. “They’re so much fun to coach. They get along so well, practices are high-energy, high work rate,” Saucedo said. “But more importantly, they all get along. They joke around and hang out outside of soccer. The chemistry, more than anything, is what’s fueling this team.” The Rams face Hartnell College on Nov. 6 and Evergreen Valley College at home on Nov. 10.

Rams sophomore defender Valentina Camacho Arias (3) gets past a Cañada College defender during the first half of a women’s soccer match at Ocean Campus, on Tuesday Oct. 27, 2015. (Photo by Santiago Mejia/ The Guardsman)