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$17 goes a long way to assist students with health issues

$17 goes a long way to assist students with health issues

By Diane Carter and John Marshall City College of San Francisco Positive Health Outcomes for California Community College Students GOALS AND COVERAGE Each semester, the S.F. City College Health Service Program delivers significant health services to students through on campus appointments. The goal of the City College health service

Foibles of modern American jury duty

Foibles of modern American jury duty

Jury Duty: How it works and where it’s headed By Diane Carter The framework for the modern idea of a jury trial was crafted by Henry II in England, in 1166 A.D. Henry wanted systematic governance so he could fairly decide land ownership issues, which at the time

America needs a fair living wage

By Patrick Cochran City College announced that all student-workers would see their hourly waged bumped up from $10.74 an hour to $14.00 on Nov. 9. This increase made it so that student-workers were paid as much as everyone else making $14 minimum wage in San Francisco. It was

The Opiate Epidemic cannot be undone

The Opiate Epidemic cannot be undone

By Otto Pippenger If the opiate crisis is to be solved we must first identify what our definition of solved is. Currently both Republicans and Democrats have the same idiotic, fanciful and negligently murderous idea that we can end addiction in America. It is offensive to the public’s sense

City College flies its flag high with Free City ad campaign

By Sarah Berjan Beautifully vivid images of students are shown in the neighborhoods that are home to the five locations of City College in an advertisement campaign to promote the Free City program. This visual story telling experience mimics the objectives of the program. It expresses progressive values through a

Riding driverless cars into uncharted ethics

Riding driverless cars into uncharted ethics

By Barbara Muniz and Quip Johnson Driverless car manufacturers are eager to make their technology a reality. However, the release of automated cars presents both ethical and technical quandaries. The transportation business has gone through significant changes before, but the advent of driverless cars means a multitude of only partially

Have Your Say: student’s facility complaints

Have Your Say: student’s facility complaints

Chloe Young “I would say the lighting situation by the Bungalows is my biggest concern. It gets really dark around there and it is not safe for the people who are taking night classes. I feel fine walking through the Bungalows, but a racoon did pop out at me one