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Kicking California Community Colleges when they are down: Do we really need a UC Regent to insult us?

Staff Editorial Funding for California Community Colleges has been cut by $809 million, or 12 percent, since 2008-09, according to the Chancellor’s office. Last month, Gov. Jerry Brown announced his proposed budget for the fiscal year 2013, which included $197 million in additional funding for the state’s community

The payroll tax increase hurts low income workers

By Dalton Amador The Guardsman The punditocracy and public opinion are unanimous: President Barack Obama “won” the fiscal cliff deal. The United States Congress, for the first time in almost 20 years, voted to raise taxes on the wealthy and avoided cuts to Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid. President Obama

News Analysis: One quarter of all community colleges in Calif. are under sanction

News Analysis By Gina Scialabba and Sara Bloomberg The Guardsman Thick, gray storm clouds loom over City College, which threatens the existence of an institution that serves almost 90,000 students of all ethnicities, ages, genders and backgrounds. Older than the Golden Gate Bridge, the school has been a staple

Obama Won, Now it's Time to Fix the System

By Sara Bloomberg The Guardsman What an election! In California, both Proposition 30 and Proposition A passed, the worst parts of the Three Strikes law was repealed and voters rejected—for a second time—a deceptive car insurance law. Oh, yeah. And President Barack Obama was re-elected with just over

Don't Believe Everything You Read

By Sara BloombergThe Guardsman As college students, we’re supposed to be learning critical thinking skills, whether in a math, music, English or art class. But don’t leave it in the classroom! Misinformation is everywhere, especially in the news—I should know, it’s my business. That isn’t

The only thing we can be sure of right now is that everything is uncertain

By Sara BloombergThe GuardsmanRomney keeps shooting himself in the foot, which leads me to believe and hope that Obama will get elected to another term in November—despite the failings of the Democrats, the thought of a Republican in the White House scares me. But the election isn't

Letter from the editor: I'm tired

By Sara BloombergThe GuardsmanI’m tired. I bet you’re tired, too, and midterms haven’t even hit yet. It’s not just school, though. I’m tired of two party politics and the Republican National Convention—the Democrats are preparing to hold their own flag waving party this week.