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Student Bookloan Program helps students save money on textbooks

Student Bookloan Program helps students save money on textbooks

By Amal Ben Ghanem abenghan@mail.ccsf.edu The Associated Students Bookloan Program helps provide over 3,000 college textbooks for general education courses at no cost to City College students since its implementation in 1981. “The beauty of this program is that it’s student-powered. It is student-created, run,

Beloved City College administrator passes away at 93

Beloved City College administrator passes away at 93

By Lisa Martin lisamartin.562@gmail.com Laurent Broussal, a dedicated City College administrator of thirty years, passed away on Jan. 12, after battling pancreatic cancer. He was 93 years old. Broussal, also known as “Larry” by his friends and family, was born on Aug. 9, 1925 to immigrant parents

City College Student Awarded by SPJ NorCal

By Jerusha Kamoji jkamoji@gmail.com Michael Toren, a City College student and former reporter of The Guardsman, is one of several honorees for the 2019 James Madison Freedom of Information Awards. The award, presented by the Society of Professional Journalists NorCal, honors organizations and individuals in the Bay Area

Gimme shelter: California passes pet rescue and adoption act

Gimme shelter: California passes pet rescue and adoption act

By Jackelinne Gramajo jagramajo26@gmail.com In Jan 2019, California became the first state to address overbreeding and the inhumane conditions animals are subjected to in animal mills by passing the Pet Rescue and Adoption Act, A.B. 485. Animal mills are essentially factories established by amateur breeders that produce

Gavel passed to new board of trustees president

Gavel passed to new board of trustees president

By Casey Ticsay cticsay@mail.ccsf.edu The new year brought history-making leadership to the San Francisco City College Board of Trustees as President Brigitte Davila pounded the gavel for the final time and passed responsibility to unanimously elected Vice President Alex Randolph and Trustee Tom Temprano on Jan. 24.

Presidential Candidate in 2020

Presidential Candidate in 2020

By Andy Damián–Correa acorrea@theguardsman.com California senator Kamala Harris announced her candidacy for the 2020 presidential election on January 21, becoming the fourth woman currently in Congress to join the race for the White House. She will face Julian Castro, former secretary of housing during the Barack Obama

Student Press Freedom Day

Student Press Freedom Day

By Andy Damián–Correa acorrea@theguardsman.com The City College journalism department participated in what the Student Press Law Center declared Student Press Freedom Day on January 30 to recognize the role student journalists play in society and emphasize the need for state-based legislation to protect their First Amendment rights.