Vol. 162, Issue 6 | November 2–November 15, 2016 | City College of San Francisco | Since 1935 | FREE
Number of reported Clery crimes across City College campuses from 2013-2015 12
Vehicle Theft
27
12
Robbery
4
Aggravated Assault
10 9
Burglary
7 4
1 3
1
3
1 2
Hate Crimes Weapons Possession
2 1 1
Stalking Rape
1
Murder/Manslaughter/Arson Sodomy Liquor Laws
On School Grounds
Sexual Assault w/object Statutory Rape Incest
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Domestic Violence
Clarifying the Clery Report By Nancy Chan nchan@theguardsman.com
One of the less visible cogs that keeps City College running safely is an Annual Security Report (ASR), which provides criminal offense information involving the Ocean Campus and each satellite campus from previous years. The report, alternatively known as the Clery Report, is a federal requirement for U.S. colleges and universities with financial aid programs. Campus security authority is responsible for making reports available in print and online to educational communities every October.
Its legal namesake, the Jeanne Clery Act, was passed following the 1986 murder of 19-year-old Jeanne Ann Clery in a Lehigh University campus dormitory. A total of 163 illegal acts have been reported across nine of City College’s campuses between 2013 and 2015. Of these, 74 of them happened on school grounds and 89 occurred on public property. The Clery Center For Security On Campus defines public property as “all reasonable public property,” including parking lots, streets and other pathways adjacent to facilities. Clery Report continues on page 3
Infographic by James Fanucchi and Nancy Chan
City College anticipates accrediting commission decision By Cassie Ordonio cordonio@theguardsman.com
City College is awaiting the decision whether it will be accredited by an accrediting agency. The accrediting agency, in turn, is being reviewed by the Department of Education. After the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges (ACCJC) visiting team made their exit report back in October, the college can exhale for now. However, the four-day visit left an unsettling feeling with the ACCJC's new changes to their standards and practices. “I knew what to expect, in terms of this being mainly a thank you,” Interim Chancellor Susan Lamb said at the visiting team’s exit report. “I would’ve liked to have known where there’s areas of concern and areas of recommendation, but I understand this is a part of the process that they’re not able to do that.” The standards and practices
Special to The Guardsman
City College’s Board of Trustees approved a $53 million deal on Oct. 13, with a developer to lease 33 Gough St. All members of the board
Trustee race heats up By Nigel Flores Special to The Guardsman
in a residential area, it has potential for development. “The planning department wanted to rezone to build high rises in that area which makes the
City College Board of Trustee candidates addressed faculty and student’s concerns at the first public forum of its kind on Oct. 26. The incumbents a seeking to maintain their seats on the board included Alex Randolph, Amy Bacharach and Rafael Mandelman. Randolph most recently worked as a special assistant for the U.S. General Services Administration. Bacharach is a Senior Research Analyst for the Judicial Council’s Center for Families, Children and the Courts. Mandelman, who is a Deputy City Attorney with the City of Oakland is currently president of the Board of Trustee. Shanell Williams, the only African-American woman running for office citywide, is a City College graduate and a former student trustee who is involved in the Save CCSF Coalition. She worked on increasing the student minimum wage to $10.74 per hour and has
Gough Street continues on page 3
BOT Election continues on page 3
Half of the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges visiting team listens to the statements of faculty and administration at Ocean Campus's Wellness Center on Oct. 11, 2016. Only one student attended the fprum. (Photo by Cassie Ordonio/The Guardsman
have been changed slightly last year, but still highlight four standards: focusing on improvement of quality, student outcomes, improving consistency and clarity of standards and practices. “We look at more in terms the leadership, governance and leadership, and looking at student achievement,” visiting team
representative Henry Shannon said in regards to the standards. “We’re trying to get a feel for the whole institution.” On the other hand, the visiting team can no longer provide a recommendation to the commission. This change was implemented at the beginning of the Fall semester.
Before, the visiting team would report if the college is at a level of reaffirmation, warning, probation or show cause, according to Lamb. The commission will meet in January 2017 to review the visiting team’s evaluation, and determine the college’s status the following month.
City College administrative building leased for millions By Erin Schwab
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Dating Violence
Campuses by Color On Public Property
Drug Violations Forcible Fondling
23
present voted in favor of turning the current administrative building at 33 Gough Street into housing units with the requirement that 33 percent of the units be affordable, which is more than the 25 percent city law requires. The college trustees selected
in June 2015 Equity Community Builders and Integral Urban (ECB), an Atlantic based firm, to work on the project. The board determined four or five years ago that 33 Gough Street was not being utilized to its full potential and since it is located