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Opinion: Awarding the Nobel for lofty rhetoric shames selection committee

By Michael AndersonStaff Writer The Nobel Peace Prize brings to mind great historical figures such as Mother Teresa, Nelson Mandela, Linus Pauling and Martin Luther King Jr. Shockingly, the most recent prize-winner is our own president, Barack Obama. Obama hasn’t achieved enough in office to merit a prize which

Opinion: Arrests will not solve drug problem

By Jen HoughtonStaff writer “People come here to buy drugs.” That’s what a San Francisco Police Department officer told me, shining his flashlight onto the floor and backseat of my car while two officers leaned in behind him. Sometimes I park in the ominous yet bustling Tenderloin district just

Letter to the Editor: A Veteran’s Day Salute to All of Our Veterans and Reservist

The administration, faculty, staff and students would like to acknowledge and thank our City College of San Francisco Veterans and Reservists for their service at home and abroad. Our veterans have served in Iraq, Afghanistan, and in other parts of the world, often at great personal sacrifice to them and

Opinion: Corruption plagues Afghanistan: Election fraud shows U.S. shouldn't commit more troops

By Matthew GomezStaff Writer Gen. Stanley McChrystal wants as many as 60,000 more troops in Afghanistan to “change the operational culture to connect with people.” While President Obama is unsure of how to handle the situation, sending more troops to Afghanistan won’t help the people if their government

Opinion: American dream evolves over generations

By Liska Koenig CHIEF COPY EDITOR The United States was founded by many people who came here with big plans for their future and hearts filled with hope. America, the “promised land,” symbolized opportunity and the chance to start life over in a new place. The American dream stood for

Editorial: On censorship and free speech

An editorial published in the Oct. 7 issue of The Guardsman titled “Critical Citizens Vital to a Republic” warned against exalting the president in a celebration at City College and advocated dissent as a fundamental necessity of democracy. We received one letter to the editor in response to that editorial,

Opinion: Falcon's non-flight amounts to non-news

By Nick PalmStaff writer Give me nuclear disarmament talks, suicide bombers, human rights summits, Joe Biden bloopers, anything newsworthy. If I could wish upon a star, it would be that CBS never opened the reality show sewage dump flood gates when they first aired Survivor in 2000, allowing every schmuck