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Phony Fliers Attempt To Scam Students

By Patrick Fitzgerald Fraudulent flyers posted around City College’s Ocean Campus on designated billboards and in classrooms advertising online work for $12 per hour caught the attention of campus police after several students reported them as a bogus ploy for money and possibly phishing personal information. The flyers carried

New Smartphone Application Aims To Keep Students Safe

By Daniela Fiestas-Paredes City College Campus Police Department launched the 911 Shield Safety app at the beginning of this semester to improve campus-wide security. The application, which can be download on any smartphone, allows students to report crimes occurring on campus, seek help when needed and request safety services such

March 9 - March 22, 2016 Campus Briefs

Reports of Norovirus at UC Berkeley UC Berkeley health services identified a possible outbreak of norovirus with three confirmed cases following an outbreak among hundreds of college students in Michigan, Ohio and Pennsylvania, Inside Higher Ed reported on March 3. The virus, also called “winter diarrhea,” causes flu-like symptoms and

Opening Day of Slain Student’s Civil Trial

JUSTICE FOR ALEX NIETO By Marco Siler-Gonzales The parents of Alex Nieto finally had their day in federal court for their son, a City College student who was shot and killed by San Francisco Police officers in Bernal Heights Park nearly two years ago. On the opening day of trial

From Dark Past, City College Student Looks To Brighter Future

By Nancy Chan Nick Lindley, 24, wakes up to a panic attack every morning at 7 a.m. His body does this without an alarm clock or an actual cause for alarm. Then he walks with his dog Ziggy to the Bay Area Addiction Research and Treatment (BAART) clinic on

Stem Cell Internship Open to City College Students

By Andy Bays In the basement of Science Hall at Ocean Campus, in the former welding facility, City College students are learning to grow stem cells that may potentially cure diseases such as Alzheimer’s, stroke, Parkinson’s, heart disease and diabetes. “Those little stringy things are stem cells,” Dr.

Reclaiming MLK’s Legacy

Reclaiming MLK’s Legacy

Photo story by Joel Angel Juarez Protestors marched through the Fillmore District during a demonstration against displacement of minority communities in San Francisco and to demand justice for the family of Mario Woods on Friday, Jan. 15, 2016. At one point during the march, protestors occupied the intersection of Geary