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Faculty union president Alisa Messer on accreditation, salaries and cuts

Interview by Gina Scialabba The Guardsman Preface: On Feb. 19, The Guardsman spoke to Alisa Messer, president of the American Federation of Teachers, Local 2121. She represents the instructors, counselors and librarians of City College. The Guardsman: How many faculty or staff members do you represent? Alisa Messer: We are

Academic Senate president wins award

By Lavinia Pisani The GuardsmanCity College’s Academic Senate President and Librarian Karen Saginor was honored with the Full-Time Faculty Member of the Year Award by the Faculty Association of California Community Colleges during its annual Advocacy & Policy Conference in Sacramento. Elected in 2010 A.S. president, Saginor’s

Architectural details shine at Science Hall

By Alex Reyes The Guardsman Oh, Science Hall. City College’s first classroom building sits atop Ocean campus’ highest plateau, an archetypal image of human aspiration, a great and worthy fortress of academic study. Science Hall was the shared vision of City College founder Archibald Cloud, chief deputy superintendent of

Remembering Ernesto ‘Xe’ Gonzalez Acosta, 1989-2013

By Sara Bloomberg At the end of a warm winter day, more than 200 friends, family and community members gathered at Alamo Square Park to honor Ernesto “Xe” Gonzalez Acosta, who was shot and killed Feb. 10 in San Francisco near Hayes and Webster streets. He was 23 years old.

News briefs

Local news briefs By Sara Bloomberg Colleges removed from sanction The Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges removed three colleges from their respective sanctions this month. Cuesta College and College of the Redwoods were both on “show cause” and the commission moved them up to less severe sanctions. Cuesta

Parklets delight on sunny Mission days

Alex Reyes The Guardsman Dane Ohri plays an original song on his thin, “backpacker” Martin guitar. A harmonica is strapped around his neck. Alice Leroy, Kari Koller and Gigi, Koller’s Maltese poodle, listen as the lean, young, pork-pie hat-sporting Ohri sings, “A smile goes a long way/It makes

Steven Soderburgh’s new film is A Tough Pill to Swallow

Gina Scialabba The Guardsman A woman claims prescription drugs drives her to kill. That’s the plot of Steven Soderbergh’s latest and reportedly last film. It begins with a clear vision—a noir Hithcockesque “whodunit.” This movie has all the elements of a solid, clever picture. The heavyweight cast