The Water Cooler: Volume two, part three
I don’t know if journalists are supposed to walk around feeling like rock stars, but hell, I feel like Lil Wayne right now — minus the money, the cars and, of course, the nice looking women. Alright, that’s a bit much. But after three students recognized me last week from the picture in this column, and told me they actually wasted five minutes of their life reading my material — I mean damn — I feel like I’m walkin’ on water.
Thanks fellow classmates. It’s really appreciated. Who knows how long until The Guardsman pulls the plug on me and puts this column to sleep forever. Until that day comes, let me continue to be that guy that keeps ya laughing and forgetting about the stress of homework, exams and late night studying...
Tennis Hotheads
Watching the U.S. Open tennis highlights this past week was probably the highlight of my week. Check out Serena Williams absolutely lose her cool? Serena not only blew up, but her “little tantrum” caused her to lose a point, and the MATCH! Oh, I forgot to mention this was the championship!
Supposedly, Serena told the line judge that she would ‘kill her.’ Please go to YouTube and search for Serena’s rant, and to check out how scared the poor line judge looked. It only cost Serena 10,000 dollars out of her bank account. Even cool mannered Roger Federer got fined $1,500 during the tournament for dropping some profanity on a judge. I’m not knocking the sport, but I never thought tennis could get that serious...
Local Love?
I got a complaint from Mr. Juan Gonzales the other day that I don’t talk enough about the local sports. I can’t lie, it kind of irked me, but it makes sense considering the local papers don’t give City College any love.
Think about it, we have the best football program in the state, yet there is no television coverage even though we have the only college football team in the city.
Cross-country won the NorCal championship last season, but the city of San Francisco probably knows nothing about it. Hell, the men’s soccer team has been a national power since I’ve been attending classes here. Anything from the San Francisco Examiner? Nada.
I’d bet my bottom dollar that the most exciting basketball in the bay area comes out of the Wellness Center, from both the men's and women’s teams.
Volleyball has a solid program, and the women’s soccer team, with new coaches, has structure for the first time ever.
Point is, it’s no reason this program should be ignored. There is a lot of quality athletes that come through this program and move on to be successful. Where is the love for City College?
