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Thank you, San Francisco, for supporting CCSF!

We faculty at City College of San Francisco want to say Thank You San Francisco! Thank you for your show of support for City College by approving Measure "A" by a resounding 72%! Your vote of confidence shows us that City College is valued, vital, and essential to

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 In California, both Proposition 30 and Proposition A passed, the worst parts of the Three Strikes law was repealed and voters rejected—for a second time—a deceptive car insurance law.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

Biden won, despite the malarkey on Twitter

By Jandean DeocampoThe GuardsmanA few hours after the Vice Presidential debate between Joe Biden and Paul Ryan, a status update popped up on my Facebook feed. It said that Biden “did a good job of concealing the fact that he didn’t know anything.”It was one of those precious

Voting is your voice

By Becca HoekstraThe GuardsmanAs you may have heard, there’s an election coming up in November.(If you have actually managed not to hear anything, can I please borrow your rocketship? Because you are obviously not on planet Earth.)Voting as a student can be really frustrating. We’re new

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

Don't give it away for free

By Becca Hoekstra The GuardsmanIf the local coffee shop offered the opportunity to work for them FOR FREE, would you take them up on the offer? I seriously hope not. So why are internships an exception? Becoming an intern is yet another mandatory step on the educational ladder that leads

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