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City College music department instructor Bob Davis, 68 , better known to many of her students as Ms. Bob, was arrested at a city council meeting in Alameda on Nov. 4 after colliding with the interim city manager.

Davis, an Alameda resident who has taught at City College since 1976, was part of a demonstration of renters and protestors from the Alameda Renters Coalition and Tenants Together who gathered to speak before the Alameda City Council voted on a rent increase moratorium.

Conflict arose when demonstrators were unable to enter the meeting cham-ber, where seats had been reserved and filled by a group of landlords who arrived earlier. Davis was at the forefront of the crowd attempting entry to the cham-bers, and can be seen in a video shot by demonstrator Duane Moles being pushed back by interim City Manager Bob Haun, causing both of them to fall backward away from each other.

“I only know what happened from the video–I was astonished. I can literally say I didn’t know what hit me,” Davis said.

Haun moved back into the chamber while Davis returned to the crowd as the single police officer on duty called for backup. Haun reported an injured hip which was later found to be broken, and more officers soon arrived and arrested Davis in the crowd.

The YouTube video shows officers pushing through the crowd and telling

Protesters held signs high at a demonstra-tion where hundreds of City College faculty and students from downtown campus to the new Civic Center campus, and expressed complete dissatisfaction with current faculty contract negotiations.

The district and City College administra-tion cited the proposition for a cumulative 26 percent cut to classes over the next five years as a step down they claim will be necessary after state stabilization funds run out in 2017.

The state’s stability funding, pushed through legislation by Sen. Mark Leno in 2013, kept City College from a complete budget crash when enrollment started to tank in 2008.

Faculty remains adamant that local and

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The Guardsman staff erupted in applause and exchanged con-gratulations during the closing ceremony each time City College was recognized, which included a first place win for on-the-spot edito-rial cartoon and first place for news photo and caption, as well as being awarded for “General Excellence.”

The Guardsman newspaper staff received 11 awards at the Journalism Association of Community Colleges regional conference on Nov. 7, after competing against 16 other north-ern California schools.

The all-day event at Sacramento State hosted approximately 220 stu-dents and teachers, some of which

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state monies were set aside through educa-tion funding propositions, passed in 2012, promising City College millions of dollars in aid to avoid such cuts.

San Francisco voters that year passed Proposition A, a parcel tax projected to bring in $16 million to City College alone.

Statewide, Proposition 30 was passed the same year to fund all levels of public

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The Guardsman staff stand with their 11 awards from the 2015 JACC conference after the ceremony on Saturday Nov. 7, 2015. (Photo by Fran Smith/The Guardsman)

City College Students and faculty march up San Francisco’s Fifth Street towards Civic Center campus chanting for increased teacher salaries and against class reductions on Thursday Nov. 12, 2015. (Photo by Patrick Fitzgerald / The Guardsman)

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education. It ensured City College would take in $20.7 million for the 2013-2014 school year, according to the state controller’s office.

In reference to these proposi-tions and stability funding, City College spokesperson Jeff Hamilton told local nonprofit online news source 48 Hills via email that the school is “incredibly fortunate to have them” but “they either run out soon or are not guaranteed to continue.”

City College’s teachers union, American Federation of Teachers Local 2121 (AFT 2121), has called for members to vote between Nov. 20 and Nov. 30 on a proposed one-day strike.

“The district could end up avoid-ing that, if it decides not to create its unfair labor practices,” AFT 2121 President Tim Killikelly said about

“The purpose of the teach-in is to empower students, faculty and staff, and get an understanding of what the students’ perspective is on the struggle of City College, and what we think is the best way forward.”

— Lalo Gonzales

Davis she was under arrest, and her asking, “Why, why?”

The camera was then obscured by a demonstrator’s back, and sec-onds later Davis can be seen being wrestled to the ground by an officer, falling face-first and leaving a smear of blood on the ground roughly a square foot in size.

“They took me down—the blood was from a cut on my nose that took four stitches,” Davis said. She also sustained injuries from the handcuffs, which she is worried may affect her ability to teach guitar at City College.

Outcome Davis was booked on suspi-

cion of threatening a public official, resisting arrest, battery of a public official and later of causing great bodily injury.

John Klein, 64, a leader of the Alameda Renters Coalition, was also arrested after allegedly touching or obstructing a passing officer, on sus-picion of battery of a police officer and obstruction of a police officer.

Davis’ bail was set at $50,000, with a bond of $3,500 that was paid by her partner Carol Kleinmaier.

“I was shocked by the video. It was horrible. You can hear her screaming

the proposed strike. “But if they continue doing it then the faculty has no choice but to go forward.”

The union also filed an unfair labor complaint against the district on Nov 9. The complaint alleges bad faith bargaining tactics and illegal surveillance of union activity.

A district representative said the district is in the midst of discussion with AFT 2121 on this matter, and declined to comment at this time.

Teach-in“The Fight for CCSF Teach-In,”

a two-day panel discussion from City College’s solidarity commit-tee stressed their concerns on the new proposals set forth by the dis-trict in the ongoing faculty contract negotiations.

Approximately 100 people attended the teach-in on Nov. 9 and Nov. 10 and heard testimonies from students and faculty representing various departments and student groups.


Keynote SpeakerThe conference began with

keynote speaker Cristi Hegranes, founder of Global Press, sharing the story behind creating her worldwide company which trains women in 26 developing countries to become journalists in their own communi-ties. Hegranes’ motto is, “Change the storyteller, change the story.”

Hegranes recounted her dis-content as a 22-year-old journalist covering the Civil War in Nepal, mainly due to the conflict of inter-est in the government-employed translators she worked alongside, as well as her struggle to credibly cover stories in local communities as an outsider.

“The discipline of foreign corre-spondents has to change. 97 percent of their content is war, poverty, disaster or disease,” Hegranes said.

Global Press Institute trains women in foreign countries—with a 100 percent graduation rate—to become journalists for the Global Press Journal and Global Press News Service.

“Extraordinary journalism changes our world,” Hegranes said, adding the importance of a jour-nalist’s commitment to quality and accuracy. Global Press currently employs more fact-checkers than The New York Times, ensuring the content they release shows a local’s perspective while also upholding the truth.

“My biggest takeaway from today was when the keynote speaker said there are two kinds of people in the world, ones that just live their day trying to get through it, and others that seek out opportunities for sto-ries,” Michelle Kelly, editor-in-chief of The Skyline View said. “Because I feel like as a journalist, you’re a storyteller.”

WorkshopsHegranes’ powerful message set the tone for the rest of the workshops throughout the conference, which included a variety of topics rang-ing from social media to editorial cartoon drawing. A common thread was the role of responsibility that media plays to audiences, espe-cially in the age of lightning fast information.

“We don’t manipulate people. Our obligation is to serve them,” Kel Munger, freelance journalist and adjunct professor at American River College said, during her sourcing workshop.

Alexei Koseff, Capitol Alert reporter for The Sacramento Bee, and Nikki Moore, from the California News Publishers Association, led a workshop titled “What They Don’t Want You to Know: Government Access and Reporting.”

“We want to see ourselves as watchdogs for the government,” Koseff said, who used his personal experiences as examples for how to cover government institutions, from school level all the way to the national level.

In another workshop, three Sac City Express staff members from Sacramento City College told the process of covering the fatal shooting on campus during the second week of this fall semester. The audience questioned the students and their advisor, Randy Allen, about how to handle sensitive issues that have occurred on their own campuses.

“Sometimes being a journalist means asking: how many people are we gonna piss off today?” Allen said.

Students traveled between workshops, meetings and compe-titions until 5 p.m. when Joseph Daniels, the Journalism Association of Community Colleges NorCal student representative, presented awards for on-the-spot competitions and pieces previously submitted by the schools from their campus news-papers. Daniels ended the closing ceremony with a nod to the impor-tance of journalists in society.

“I still believe that if your aim is to change the world,” Daniels quoted from Tom Stoppard, “journalism is a more immediate short-term weapon.”

“The purpose of the teach-in is to empower students, faculty and staff, and get an understanding of what the students’ perspective is on the struggle of City College, and what we think is the best way for-ward—as far as the campus—and combating the cuts,” Lalo Gonzalez said, organizer of the activist group MEChXA.

The students and faculty plan a walk out at Ocean campus on Nov. 18 at 11 a.m.

in such pain, and saying ‘Don’t hurt me’ but they just kept going after her,” AFT 2121 President Timothy Killikelly said. “It was outrageous and there should be an independent investigation. Seeing someone you know and respect be treated like that is just unbelievable.”

Representatives from AFT 2121 accompanied Davis to the arraign-ment on Nov. 6 where they learned that no charges would be filed at the time.

“The fact that a teacher is get-ting involved with the community is proof that our teachers aren’t ivory tower types,” music depart-ment Chair Madeline Mueller said.

“They’re with the people, with our students who are being pushed out of San Francisco, Oakland and Alameda. That’s why Bob is such a good teacher. She cares.”

The City Council unanimously voted to approve the 65-day mora-torium on rent increases of eight percent or more, in a meeting with nearly 100 speakers that lasted more than seven hours.

Davis returned to teaching on Monday with her left arm in a sling. Neither the Alameda County District Attorney nor Bob Haun’s office have responded to requests for comments as of press time.

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“What are ways to support the (distressed) student without being judgemental or pulling them out and also support the other students in their learning?

— Samuel Santos

An attempted kidnapping at City College on Oct. 13 and multiple killings and injuries at an Oregon community college on Oct. 2 may indicate a greater need for oversight of potentially dangerous student behavior.

City College has a comprehen-sive system in place to deal with disruptive student behavior called the Distressed Student Response Protocol. Summarized in a con-cise one-page document, it is a flowchart for handling disruptive behavior.

The college also has the College Assessment Intervention Response Team, also known as the CAIR Team, which reviews evolving trends and topics of students in distress. CAIR’s purpose is to audit campus-wide communication and figure out ways to do more training and potential intervention strate-gies to promote health, wellness

and safety.Campus awareness of the

response protocol is developed through various trainings for fac-ulty and staff: flex day, professional development, departmental and one-on-one.

Dean of Student Affairs Samuel Santos is primarily responsible for campus safety.

“It’s distributed during new employee orientation,” Santos said.

“Every new employee who comes through, faculty or staff, I get about 45 minutes in front of.”

During these meetings, Santos does an overview of how to support students in distress as an interactive session of role playing for teachers

to practice handling students and understand when an issue needs to be referred to other campus resources.

For the past three years Santos has done a presentation about class-room management on faculty flex

days at least once each year. No group orientation has been held for classified staff flex days, but staff does have the option to join faculty flex day sessions.

“What are ways to support the (distressed) student without being judgmental or pulling them out, and also support the other students in their learning?” Santos said. “We pick three random scenarios – some related to drugs and alcohol, some

related to (the perception that) someone needs more support out-side with a social agency, and then just general disruptions.”

Santos feels not enough is being done. The school is contemplating ideas to improve teachers’ access to

trainings by moving some of the materials online with a possible 15- or 30-minute video available “as needed.” The goal is to be “sup-portive and restorative” and less punitive to the student.

When incidents occur, a report is filed by the faculty or staff to notify Santos about the disruptive student, provide background and contact information for the student, and start the process of providing

support. Santos then arranges a meeting

with the student to discuss the issue, highlighting the student’s circum-stances and connecting the student to resources at the college and in the community.

It is also is an opportunity for reiterating college behavioral poli-cies and escalating sanctions which could lead to expulsion, as a very last resort. A follow-up appointment is then scheduled for two weeks later.

“We know that if students aren’t here they’re out doing other things that usually don’t lead to anything very productive for themselves,” Santos said. “I try my best to figure out something that’s workable for (a) faculty (or) staff person, the employee and the student.”

An investigation will follow in the next issue of The Guardsman, available on December 2, as to whether these strategies are working effectively across the City College campuses and centers.

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Disruptive Student Behavior Draws Campus Concern

Marketing Campaign Set for Spring Semester

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Due to low enrollment and impend-ing class cuts, City College administration and faculty seek to improve marketing and advertising campaigns to reel students back in for the spring semester.

Faculty are in strong opposition to the class cuts and have criticized the school for not taking enough steps to advertise open enrollment to the public.

In response to the district’s proposition to cut 26 percent of classes over the next five years, American Federation of Teachers Local 2121 (AFT 2121) voted to create a hardship relief fund in the event of a strike.

“It’s a death spiral,” Social Sciences Department Chair Darlene Alioto said.

“You don’t have enough students, so you cut classes. You cut classes, then students don’t come. Then you have to cut again. Decline, decline, decline.”

Administration’s PlanAt the enrollment colloquy on Oct. 16,

City College spokesperson Jeff Hamilton said the college will continue the “Future Focused” marketing campaign going into the 2016 spring semester.

City College outsourced advertising to the Wisconsin-based marketing agency Interact last year.

Hamilton hopes to reach out to a pool of 90,000 potential and current students to increase student enrollment.

The college’s marketing team is set to have TV spots, radio ads, bus ads and digi-tal advertising through mobile devices.

Email has been the most commonly used marketing tool, which links to the student enrollment page and course catalog, which are closely tracked by the marketing

team. The college is currently working with

the IT department to set up a system to track the number of visits and phone calls that the admissions office receives on a daily basis.

Hamilton said this will give the market-ing team a better perspective on student access and what can be improved to assist enrollees.

The administration has focused on promoting open enrollment to the San Francisco Unified School District senior classes. Interim Vice Chancellor of Student Development Samuel Santos said approxi-mately 11,000 SFUSD students enroll at the college each school year, which makes up 10 percent of the overall student enrollment.

The school’s marketing campaign focuses heavily on the SFUSD pipeline and the under-25 age group certificate, degree, transfer (CDT) populace.

Faculty Steps Up As of Oct. 23, City College adminis-

tration and the Board of Trustees passed an Adult Education Block grant, which will fund a new position for an Adult Enrollment Coordinator for the spring semester. Vice Chancellor of Academic Affairs Anna Davies appointed ESL instruc-tor Susan Lopez to the new position.

Among many other devoted faculty, Lopez has worked to boost enrollment outside the margins of her 25-hour-per- week class schedule. Lopez, ESL instructor Danny Halford and women’s studies instructor Leslie Simon co-founded the Volunteer Enrollment Campaign (VEC) in 2013 relies on the efforts of 200 fac-ulty volunteer to draw in enrollment from around the city.

As of next spring, Lopez will have a full-time paid position to draw in enrollment.

“The administration and my

co-organizers want me to devote my full time in spring to the development of enrollment outside the SFUSD pipeline,” Lopez said. “I don’t want to leave anyone out of the picture.”

Fall OutA 25 percent reduction in enrollment

since 2008 has caused the state to withhold over $50 million in funding. Sen. Mark Leno’s stabilization bill has helped City College avoid a total budget collapse, but will only see the college through 2017, after which the school will have to rely on state funds that are based on the number of students enrolled.

The strategy, supported by Lamb and the district, aims to reduce the amount of classes by about five percent each year for the next five years, and after the Leno bill expires, use the college’s reserve funds for four years to buffer the step-downs.

“No one ever likes cutting classes—there’s nothing good about it,” Interim Chancellor Susan Lamb said. “That said

… we’re about to hit a huge funding drop and we have to reduce the schedule to try to bring it in line.”

While many science, technology, engi-neering and math courses (STEM) will be left untouched by the cuts, a greater percentage of humanities and diversity courses are on the chopping block.

“The classes that are most vulnerable are ones such as African-American studies, Asian studies and LGBT studies, because they have lower enrollment,” AFT 2121 president Tim Killikelly said.

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City College of San Francisco banners outside the Market Street building on Friday November 13, 2015. (Photo by Otto Pippenger/ The Guardsman)

Part One

Investigative look at how City College handles incedents of classroom disruptions

Attempting to close the low enrollment gap


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Tutoring HelpBlack Student Union will provide tutoring and peer tutoring in the upper level of the Student Union from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. for math, English, and history. This activity is open to all students.

Resume and Interviewing WorkshopBring copies of your resume to CCSF Mission Campus Rms 107 and 108 from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

45 Years of El TecoloteCome celebrate 45 years of El Tecolote, the longest continuously published Spanish/English newspaper in California. The event will be held

at The Grand Theater 2665 Mission Street, starts at 7 p.m. and it’s free. For more info email [email protected].

Physics ClubThe Physics Club will be holding their weekly meeting in Science Hall Room 193 to discuss physics, field trips, and movie night from 11 a.m.

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Philosophy ClubThe Philosophy Club will be meeting from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. to hold philosophical discussions and debate on selected topics in Art Building Room 303.

SAFE Movie NightFrom 4:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. in the upper lounge of the Student Union there will be a movie night hosted by Students Advocating for Equity. Snacks and refreshments will be served.

Singing ContestLet your voice be heard! The World Music Club will be hosting a singing contest at the Diego Rivera Memorial Theatre from 4 p.m. to 10 p.m. Cash prizes will be awarded for first, second and

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Composition ConcertAt 7:30 on the third floor of the wellness center the choreographers of City College’s composition class will be showing their skills in a composi-tion concert. The event is wheelchair accessible

and costs $5 at the door in Room 301. For more info, call 415-452-5697.

City College Holiday PartyThe City College Faculty Association and Friends, in collaboration with the Chancellor’s Office and Classified Senate, will be hosting a holiday party on Friday, December 4, from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m.

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Fall Jazz Concert Michele Rosewoman, renowned pianist and composer will be at the Diego Rivera Memorial Theater from 8-10 p.m. The concert also features the City College Advanced Jazz Band and The

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Guitar OrchestraA guitar orchestra performance, directed by CCSF Music Instructor Lawrence Ferrara, will be held at 1:30 p.m. in the Ocean Campus Student Union, City Café Level. Ensemble performances

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Campus Briefs Berkeley High Walk Out

Over 2,000 students from Berkeley High School walked out of class over a racist message posted to a library computer on Nov. 4.

The message was left in the form of a modified screen shot of the school’s library website to make it seem like the site had been hacked. The post included references to the Ku Klux Klan, derogatory language toward African-Americans and threatened a public lynching on Dec 9.

The student, whose name is being withheld, confessed to posting the message. There is no update on what dis-ciplinary action is being taken.

The message was found at 12:30 p.m. and the Black Student Union (BSU) promptly tweeted it out to the school. The official email from principal Sam Pasarow was not sent until 11 hours following the initial discovery, which originally prompted the protest.

“That was the first question we asked him. Why the delay?” student Lashawnda McCullough said in a state-ment to the San Francisco Chronicle.

The demonstrators left class the morning of Nov. 5, and marched to the Sproul Hall administration building on the University of California Berkeley campus. They dispersed around 12:45 p.m., most of them going back to class.

This is the third racist incident at Berkeley High School within the year. In December 2014, a noose made of string was tied to a tree on campus, and a yearbook page about a primarily black organization on campus was edited to call them the “trash collectors of tomorrow.”

California State University Faculty Strike

Thousands of CSU faculty will strike if current labor negotiations do not yield satisfactory results, making the first strike in CSU history.

Tensions between faculty and CSU administration reached their peak this week when a union consisting

of CSU professors, lecturers, librarians and counselors voted to authorize a strike by 94 percent.

Recently, faculty had accused CSU of shying away from their tenured professors in favor of lower-paid lectur-ers. Tenured professors make upward of $80,000, whereas lecturers make approximately $45,000.

Faculty is calling for a five percent pay raise, as well as an additional 1.2 percent for experienced staff, but all CSU is offering is 2 percent.

They seem to be at a deadlock, but Toni Molle, CSU’s director of public affairs, told SFGate that the university is intent on settling.

A 2 percent pay raise would cost about $33 million, whereas a 5 percent raise would cost $82 million. The current CSU chancellor makes $422,300 a year.

There have been four previous votes to strike since 1999, but all were settled with labor compromises.

A fact-finding panel comprised of one neutral party and a representative from both sides will meet in November and December, but if no agreement is reached the 400,000 undergrads and 55,000 grad students cur-rently enrolled in the CSU system will find themselves without a teacher.

Trans Woman Falls Victim to Second Attack This Year

Samantha Hulsey had left the movie theatre in the Mission when for the second time this year, she fell victim to a random and violent hate crime. Hulsey was attacked sunday night by a couple who reportedly threw hot coffee on her and subsequently beat her.

Police arrested two suspects, Dewayne Kemp, 36 and Rebbecca Westover, 42. Westover was arrested on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon, conspiracy, battery and a weapons violation. Kemp was booked on suspicion of felony counts of aggravated assault, making threats and conspiracy.

This was the second time since January that Hulsey

was randomly harassed and attacked for no reason besides being a transgender woman. The first incident in January resulted in two stab wounds just below Hulsey’s neck.

The San Francisco Humans Rights Commission reported 79 percent of transgender people surveyed had fallen victim to violence in the city, and 88 percent reported being harassed.

Sham Classes Castlemont and Fremont High Schools have come

under scrutiny recently due to a class action lawsuit. The lawsuit was filed by civil defense attorneys against

the Department of Education. The suit claims that the state, and not the individual schools are responsible for making sure all students get the opportunity to have an education.

Several of the schools were cited by the plaintiff’s attorney as “sham classes” where students were retaking classes previously passed or just picking up trash or help-ing around the office.

The Board of Education voted to appeal on Nov. 5, and the agreement requires a state education official to track students assigned to classes with no educational merit. In addition, the state is to pay $400,000 in attor-ney fees.

Warriors Ground

The Golden State Warriors’ $1 billion arena has been approved by the San Francisco Planning Commission.

The building is set to move to Mission Bay sometime in 2018. The Mission Bay Alliance remains adamant on appealing the decision.

The original plans for the 18,000 seat arena proved to be controversial as it was proposed on piers 30 to 32, but that location faced opposition from environmentalists.

Along with the arena, the vote authorized 3.2 acres of public green space as well as a $60 million transportation improvement plan.


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Examiner

Jour 19: Contemporary News Media - 3.0 units35826 001 Lec. T R 09:40 - 10:55 a.m. Multi-Use Building 180 Graham Introduction to modern mass communication, with an emphasis on development of news media, analysis of the credibility of the media and its impact on daily life. CSU/UC/CAN

Jour 21: News Writing and Reporting - 3.0 units35827 001 Lec. MWF 10:10 - 11:00 a.m. Bungalow 715 GonzalesTechniques of newspaper reporting, developing and writing a news story, training in information gathering and interviewing sources. CSU/CAN

Jour 22: Feature Writing - 3.0 units35828 551 Lec. R 06:30 - 09:20 p.m. Mission Campus/Rm. 217 RochmisFundamentals in feature writing for magazines and newspapers with special emphasis on profile and interpretive news features. Practical experience in interview and in-depth research techniques. Training in how to write a free-lance story for publication. CSU

Jour 23: Electronic Copy Editing - 3.0 units35829 551 Lec. T 06:30 - 09:20 p.m. Mission Campus/Rm. 218 RochmisThis course is for writers, working editors, and those considering a career in editing or copyediting. Students learn to edit newspapers, magazines and web site articles for accuracy, style and organization. The writer-editor relation-ship, and ways to keep it healthy, is emphasized throughout the course. CSU

Jour 25: Editorial Management - 3.0 units35830 001 L/L MWF 12:10 - 01:00 p.m. Bungalow 615 GonzalesAn advanced journalism course that trains prospective print editors on all aspects of operating a publication, such as developing a publishing schedule, creating story assignments, coordinating a writing staff, designing a page, writing headlines and cutlines, sizing photographs, understanding the business side of print journalism, and work-ing with other editors and printers. CSU

Jour 26: Fundamentals of Public Relations - 3.0 units 36340 001 Lec. T R 12:40 - 1:55 p.m. Creative Arts 307 GrahamPrepares students to create an effective public relations campaign which includes writing media releases, “pitch” letters, public service announcements, managing media outlets, coordinating mailings and designing leaflets and posters, as well as setting up news conferences. Special attention given to in-house public relations duties for cor-porate and non-profit entities.

Jour 29: Magazine Editing & Production - 3.0 units31449 551 Lec. M 06:30 - 08:20 p.m. Mission Campus/Rm. 217 LiflandStudents will study the editorial, business, graphic, and production skills required for publishing a campus maga-zine. Course is appropriate for students interested in creative writing, graphic and fine arts, photography, business, and journalism. CSU

Jour 31: Internship Experience - 2.0 units35832 001 Exp. Hours Arranged Bungalow 615 GonzalesSupervised on-campus or off-campus employment in a branch of journalism or a closely allied field to which the student shows him/her self to be best adapted. CSU Jour 35: Internet Journalism - 3.0 units37151 001 Lec. TR 11:10 - 12:25 p.m. Multi-Use Building 180 GrahamInternet Journalism focuses on three topic areas: examination of the role of the online journalist, web publishing, and using the Internet for investigative purposes. CSU

Jour 36: Advanced Reporting - 3.0 units37152 001 Lec. MWF 11:10 - 12:00 p.m. Bungalow 703 GonzalesThe course introduces advanced concepts of news gathering, interviewing and writing with an emphasis on inves-tigative reporting. Extensive research, interviewing, meeting coverage and writing involved. Students will improve and expand their news-gathering and writing skills. CSU

Jour 37: Intro to Photojournalism - 3.0 units34104 551 Lec. W 6:30 - 9:20 p.m. Mission Campus/Rm. 217 LiflandEmphasizes concepts of photojournalism such as news and feature photography. Assignments will involve photo-graphing people and visual story telling for publication.

Spring 2016 JournaliSm ClaSSeSThe courses below currently appear

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Classes start January 19, 2016.

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Left: A woman stops by the sidewalk art booth in down-town San Francisco to make a relief print greeting card.

Above: A sign reading “Make art for you, a friend,” rests on the table inviting people in downtown San Francisco to sit and create artwork.

Hospitality House:Photo Story by Natasha Dangond

Right: Studio Manager and City College student Ivan Vera, left, and CAP ceramics instructor Josh Reinstein, right, set up art supplies at a table outside the studio at 1009 Market St. Friday Nov. 7, 2015. (Photo by Natasha Dangond/The Guardsman)


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Left: Txutxo Perez reaches into a bucket of markers to draw with at the sidewalk art booth.

Above: CAP ceramics instructor Josh Reinstein, left, shows passerby how to make relief prints at the sidewalk art table at 1009 Market St.

Below: CAP staff member, Robert Chambers, making handmade greeting cards at the sidewalk art table at 1009 Market St.

Above: Txutxo Perez, a CAP staff member, drawing at the sidewalk art table at 1009 Market St.

Above: A sidewalk art event took place on Friday Nov. 7, 2015 in front of the CAP’s studio location, also known as the “Free Space,” located at 1009 Market St.

The Community Arts Program (CAP) is one of the six programs offered through Hospitality House, a multiple-program agency established to provide for adults in the Tenderloin and Mid-Market neighborhoods who struggle with poverty, homelessness, and other socioeconomic issues.

CAP is the only free-of-charge fine arts studio and gallery space, located at 1009 Market St. The program offers artists and neighborhood residents a space to create and explore self-expression in an environment that does not discriminate or limit artists based on their current state of living.

The CAP studio is currently closed for reconstruction and working towards providing a temporary space for the artists to create freely. Despite the temporary closure, volun-teers and participants of the CAP set up a sidewalk art stand outside their studio location on Friday Nov. 7, to encourage artists to continue creating.

“When you struggle with poverty, or homelessness, or isolation, creativity takes a backseat.

We as an agency try to provide support and resources to make things immediately available,” says Studio Manager and City College student, Ivan Vera, who has run the CAP program since 2009.

Over 3,500 local artists benefit from the free materials and environment to create, house, exhibit and sell their art-work.


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The Many Journeys of Instructor Michael Morales

80th Anniversary Celebration of The Guardsman A Success “If it weren’t for The Guardsman the college wouldn’t have a watch dog — with real bite.”

— Joe Fitzgerald

“Anybody can do anything, they just have to learn it.”

–Michael Morales

Thank You to Those Who Joined Us in Celebration! A special thanks to Safeway Stores, Bare Minerals, and the Department of Journalism for their donation that helped make The Guardsman 80th Anniversary reception possible on Nov. 12 in the Rosenberg Library.

Florida Sen. Marco Rubio said at a recent Republican debate,

“Welders make more money than philosophers; we need more welders and less philosophers.”

But can welders make music, do stand-up comedy or teach a phi-losophy class?

According to City College phi-losophy instructor Michael Morales, they probably can.

“Anybody can do anything, they just have to learn it,” Morales said. He has been teaching at City College since the fall 2011 semester.

A native of El Paso, Texas, Morales is proud to now call San Francisco home for the last eight years.

The humble Morales currently teaches a course titled Knowledge. He also prefers that his students refer to him as an instructor, not professor.

“I don’t have a Ph.D.,” Morales clarifies. “Some people prefer that,

using that terminology but I don’t. I feel like it implies a certain amount of work that I haven’t done yet.”

On The Road What Morales does have is

plenty of life experience. He’s been a hardworking college student, start-ing his first job as a mover in the busy military town of El Paso just days after graduating high school.

It was that job that helped him pay for his first year of art studies at University of Texas at El Paso.

But it was music that ignited an interest in philosophy, the sub-ject that he would eventually earn both a bachelor’s degree and mas-ter’s degree.

“Punk rock and philosophy for me just always went hand in hand.”

Morales said.Morales

found inspira-tion through the lyrics of punk band Bad Religion’s singer Greg Graffin.

“I started to be introduced to all these sociopo-litical concepts that I didn’t find in some of these other bands,” he said.

Doctor Gaffin’s own return to school to pursue a doctorate at the height of his band’s success also served as inspiration to Morales.

“As my interest in school started waning … I dropped out after a year and a half and went full throttle playing in bands, going on tour for the better part of 20 years,” he said.

So Morales combined school with touring the country with bands, Not So Happy, Siva and Apache among them, picking up a semester here and there until

he finished. He still makes music, started doing stand-up comedy a few years ago and is now a dedicated father to a young daughter.

“I have ‘dad brain,’” Morales said, referring to the inhibited cognitive function parents of young children tend to develop. He said he can really sympathize with students that try to balance raising a family with an education, as well as ones who work to pay for school themselves, because he’s been there.

“I know what you’re going

through right now,” he said.Stand-up Classes

It’s that sort of relatable life experience that makes students feel so comfortable with Morales in the classroom. He assumes an informal rather than authoritative posture in front of the class, choosing to lean on the desk with an arm casually propped against the lectern instead of positioning himself at the center. He speaks with his students, not at them.

“It’s not that I know more than you. I’ve just read a lot more dry, boring philosophy papers than you guys,” he joked to the class.

His classes are rapid-fire dis-cussions peppered with questions and explanations from Morales

and are far from the dry, preten-tious lectures often associated with a philosophy class.

Scanning the room, Morales is quick to notice when waves of confusion wash over the faces in the classroom and offers clarifica-tion so everyone can participate in the discussion.

Students appreciate his casual, informal nature and engage deeply with the subject at hand. Even those who don’t like to speak up in class enjoy listening and learning from what’s being said.

“I like learning about things I’ve never thought of before,” Morales’ student Emwanki Mangkia said.

Trying and doing things you’ve never done before is what Morales is all about. Though he’s only been doing comedy for a few years, he’s been hosting an open mic event in the Mission District for fledgling and established comedians to try out their new material.

As one such comedian found out, Morales doesn’t stop teaching when he starts doing comedy. When the new comedian took a little too long to set up a joke, Morales heck-led the very comedian he introduced moments before from the back of the room.

“You have to be faster!” he warned after picking the comedian’s low-hanging fruit of a punchline.

Morales is also trying his hand at a new musical endeavour titled

“The Prix,” in addition to teach-ing two philosophy courses in the spring 2016 semester.

So, Sen. Rubio, do you still think we need fewer philosophy majors? You could learn a lot from them.

Musician, stand-up comedian, and City College philosophy instructor Michael Morales, outside the Rosenberg Library at Ocean Campus on Monday Nov. 16, 2015. (By Shannon Cole/The Guardsman)

Attendees of the 80th Anniversary celebration of City College’s newspaper, The Guardsman, view photos and historical information on display in the Rosenberg Library on Thursday Nov. 12, 2015. (Photo by Fran Smith/The Guardsman)

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Have Your Say:

Photos by Cassie Ordonio / Reporting by Margaret Weir

What is your favoriteplace to study on

campus?

Alex Cmar 27, English major

“I’m afraid if I tell you people will start to go there”

Alex Xie21, Environmental Science

“Science hall because it’s old.”

Phateama Jefferson21, Ecology

“With my basketball team we study three times a week for two hours in the study hall.”

Jack Dickinson24, Biology

“LAC because there’s help and other people.”

Sarah Alghesheyan22, Mass Communications

“I don’t study on campus because I live really far.”

How to make your message countPower of PersuasionPower of PersuasionWHAT: A panel discussion sponsored by the Journalism Department on opportunities and challenges that exist in Public Relations.

WHO: PR representatives from Kaiser Permanente, Gilead Sciences and United Airlines

WHEN: Tuesday, December 8, 2015 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

WHERE: City College of San Francisco / Ocean Campus Multi-Use Building, Room 140

Complimentary snacks and beverages will be served

Contact: Ross Hayduk / [email protected] / (415) 670-0783

San Francisco - City College of San Francisco’s Journalism Department is sponsoring a public relations panel discussion to help students and professionals learn the necessary skills to compete in today’s communications marketplace.

Guest speakers include Randy Wittorp, director of public affairs for Kaiser Permanente San Francisco, Ryan McKeel, associate director of public affairs for Gilead Sciences, and Melinda Franklin, regional managing director, corporate and government affairs for United Airlines.

The panel discussion titled “The

Power of Persuasion: Making Your Message Count” will explore how to become a better communicator, target local media outlets with effec-tive public relations techniques and make your message count.

This free event will be held on Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2015, at City College of San Francisco’s main campus Multi Use Building, Rm. 140 from 7:00

– 8:30 pm at 50 Phelan Avenue in San Francisco. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Snacks and refreshments will be served.

“We really appreciate these top professionals’ willingness to share their knowledge and experience with our

students in this panel discussion.” said Public Relations instructor Tom Graham. “Last year, our class sponsored a similar event on ‘Why Journalism Matters,’ which exceeded our expectations. The standing room only crowd was really engaged in the topic and the Q&A session was quite lively.”

The event, organized and hosted by CCSF’s Public Relations class, is designed to explore the educational opportunities in public relations and journalism at City College of San Francisco.

“We really appreciate these top professionals’ willingness to share their knowledge and experience with our stduents in this panel discussion.”

-Tom Graham

Journalism Event

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opinion

We’re all vulnerable.Anytime we go out into the

world, we put ourselves in situations of potential harm. As we go about our daily existence we seldom take into account the things around us.

We get caught up in our own lives, trying to make it to the train, rushing to get lunch before heading to your next meeting or any other routine we go through.

But the world is a complicated place and sometimes we’re reminded just how complicated it is when it hits so close to home.

Is the incident in Paris the one that wakes people up? Probably not.

As devastating and barbaric the incident was, there is no answer to the chaos our world has become.

The violence in Paris was an unacceptable act of cowardice.

We have ignored events that are happening in other parts of the world. This type of atrocity happens on regular basis, just not here. Not in Westernized countries. Beirut, who cares? Niger? That’s in Africa, that doesn’t affect us.

Bombings, raids on villages, killing of civilians and callous sav-agery is a normal thing, and unless you’re searching for this kind of news you’ll likely not get too much more than a blurb if anything at all.

I was under the impression we weren’t supposed to be worried about this group and not over inflate their importance.

The same organization that has been beheading people on high reso-lution, slow motion film, driving around in caravans of Toyota’s and slowly lowering prisoners in cages into rivers can maybe now have their importance inflated, just a bit.

The quick answer appears to be to wage war on the organiza-tion claiming responsibility for the attack.

Waging war is a great idea, however, haven’t some of the great-est superpowers on the planet been dropping bombs on them for some time now?

Secretary of State John Kerry issued a warning to the organiza-tion, “your days are numbered, and you will be defeated.”

This after reports surfaced that the Pentagon was “reason-ably certain” British citizen “Jihadi John,” who is alleged to have killed

countless people, including U.S. journalists James Foley and Steven Sotloff, in highly edited videos that were posted online.

The group in Paris apparently missed Kerry’s warning as we are left shaking our heads in disbelief as the atrocity is much too close to home this time around.

We are vulnerable as humans. Every time we leave the safety of our homes, but as a society we cannot choose to be afraid to go out. We must choose to live our lives as we have.

It shouldn’t matter that we’re caught up in our own things and that we can’t let the acts of cowards determine how we live.

Our problems are still here. The soaring rents, the budget cuts, homelessness, crime, your husband’s drinking, the kids on the lawn and all the rest of our problems. All still here.

There is violence around the world and there is violence around us. No, we’re not used to terrorists gunning down people at will. That’s not acceptable. We expect our kill-ings to be drug related, turf related and you looked at me wrong related. We’re cool with that, but storming a building and killing hundreds, no, that is not acceptable.

The incident is atrocious, and those affected need time to heal, but we cannot allow ourselves to be afraid to do anything we wouldn’t normally do.

There is no one answer. Things will likely not get better. We’re not even sure who it is we’re fighting.

We are unaware, by choice or otherwise, of the problems occur-ring around the world. We cannot fathom the ideology of many groups of people or the lengths they might go for their beliefs.

At the same time, we cannot bow down to cowardice and we cannot let the actions, as gross as they may be, dictate how we live our lives.

You cannot change people’s way of thinking. Life will continue, violence will continue and people’s beliefs and ideology will remain the same.

We have to realize what is important to us. Take care of each other as well as we can and enjoy the freedoms and liberties we still have.

Staff Editorial

Editorial Cartoon

City College has been severed down the middle by the all-too-familiar blade of dissonance.

First blood was drawn when our accreditation first came into question in 2013, and since then the blade has driven deeper into the college’s body as enrollment plum-meted and trust between faculty and administration dwindled.

The burden of these wounds is ultimately felt in the heart of the students.

Since 1935, San Francisco has relied on City College not just for an affordable path to higher education, but as an institution to nourish life-long learning and as an invaluable

resource for immigrants to learn English.

It is not uncommon at City College for recent high school grad-uates seeking to transfer to four-year schools to attend the same classes as retirees looking to follow their passions for arts.

City College of San Francisco is a special institution. The nation is looking to us to set a precedent for others to follow.

But students here look at a high wall of odds stacked against them.

They face higher textbook costs and higher rents, especially in the Bay Area, than ever before. The universities they apply to are more

impacted and therefore more com-petitive than ever.

Student debt continues to rise and we are faced with the prospects of working minimum wage jobs or taking on enormous sums of debt.

Is it any wonder students are buckling under the weight? We walk through the world fighting for a small place in it and it is daunting.

We are expected to know what we want to do with the rest of lives. Now.

Everything in the modern world is designed to happen now, but we forget that true genius, true art and true magnificence take time to cultivate.

Illustration by Serina Mercado


sports

The women of City College’s soccer team secured their sixth straight conference win on Tuesday afternoon with a 3-1 victory over Evergreen Valley College, but it wasn’t as easy as it looks.

The Evergreen Valley College Hawks were a formidable opponent for the Rams on the field despite holding a 4-1-2 record in conference play compared to the Rams’ sub-stantially better 8-0-2 record. They took to the field with an intensity and speed of play not usually seen by City College in anyone but themselves.

The Hawks would score first, sneaking one past goaltender Jade Fathollahi.

But soon to answer was fresh-man midfielder Marianna Aguirre, who tied the game 1-1 off a pass from fellow freshman midfielder Daniela Gutierrez.

In the break between the two halves, coach Gabe Saucedo remind-ed his players that this was more than just a regular home game for them: the conference title was on the line. And with the Hawks sitting in second place right behind the first place Rams, Saucedo wasn’t going to let his team lose.

“You have 45 minutes left in your last home game of the season,” Saucedo said to his players. “You have to match their energy and then take it up a notch.”

That pep talk proved to be just what the Rams needed, cheering from the sidelines as they rushed

the field to start the second half.Scoring the go-ahead goal for

the Rams was an unassisted attempt from sophomore forward Paloma Zermeno.

But the Rams saved the best goal for last. In the final minutes of the half, freshman defender Jazzlene Herrera sent the ball soaring from far down the right side of field into the top left corner of the Evergreen net, shocking the Hawks goalkeeper as the players and supporters in the stands.

The City College men’s soccer team, who had gathered to prepare for their own match, cheered the loudest. From their angle, they could tell it was going in the moment it left Herrera’s control.

Herrera was still worried her

shot wasn’t going in. “I was thinking, ‘I better not kick it over!’ but I was really surprised it went in,” she said.

After the game, coach Saucedo was more than happy to gush about the goal and his players. “It gives

us something to talk about. We’ll talk about it at practice, and we’ll show it on film again,” he said of the goal. “It will give her confidence going forward too.”

Not that the team needs it. From the sound of things, the Rams are more confident than ever as they head into the playoffs.

“I’m looking forward to making it all the way to the final four, I feel like this team really has it in them,” said Herrera.

She added, “All I see is positive outcomes in the future for us. The chemistry is really strong between us, I feel like we can go all the way. I’m really proud to be on this team.”

The Rams playoff pursuit begins on November 21, against opponents yet to be determined.

Rams Win Sixth Straight Conference Title

Women’s Volleyball Undaunted by Injuries, Shuts Out Monterey

The City College Rams women’s volleyball team were missing their three top players but still delivered a decisive 3-0 shutout of Monterey Peninsula College Lobos, their 21st victory this season.

Before the game, sophomore Rams players participated in a short but touching ceremony, accom-panied by family members for

“Sophomore Night,” commemorat-ing the end of those player’s careers at City College.

Co-captains Sifa Faaiu and Sierra Nelson, as well as outside hitter Kijana Best are among those who will be moving on after this season.

Coach Saga Vae later said that he advised his players to give it “75 percent” against Monterey, hoping to avoid further injuries before their match with Cabrillo College.

Their interpretation of 75 per-cent was still a nearly constant assault that reliably scored on serves, and produced punishing backcourt shots that led the Rams to a victory.

Yet the scores remained close as the Rams cost themselves points by

hitting the net and failing to recover unexpected digs.

The game started poorly for the Rams, who lost two points with a serve straight to the net, followed by the Lobos scoring on what should have been an easy return.

The Rams crowded the net, attempting tandem fake-outs and surprise dumps but were stymied by Monterey’s jousting and dives, which drove up both scores.

Technical errors cost the Rams more points than they gained as the score quickly jumped to 9-9, then 10-5 as Monterey attacked with a back court shot over the bunched Rams at the net.

Faaiu sprinted and dove expertly but hesitant teammates failed to return it, a situation that would repeat itself throughout the game.

Visibly irritated, Faaiu attacked with a backcourt shot and an explo-sive wipe which the Rams kept up for the rest of the game.

Both teams retreated from the net with Monterey maintaining their game high lead of 12-7.

With more distance between players, the Rams advantages in height and power came into play as they shot back tying the score 12-12, sending spikes and smashes over the net to the floor.

The Lobos’ attacks lacked the sharp trajectories and killing power needed to land. The set ended 25-17 as Monterey scored only after long volleys displaced the Rams’ posi-tions and interrupted their defense.

Set two began slowly. Many volleys passed over the

net six or seven times before either team scored.

The teams stayed even to 7-7 before the Rams pulled ahead, rely-ing heavily on Faaiu to further the lead 11-7.

Monterey called a timeout and conferred somberly before return-ing and spreading the team out, but remained unable to maneuver to meet or block attacks from the Rams, who outpaced them to 15-9.

The Rams’ small mistakes cost them throughout, taking big shots and risking hitting the net rather than let Monterey control the ball, despite the fact that Monterey’s attacks lacked power.

The Lobos distributed and firm positioning allowed for a wide range of valid passes after a block or set, and players were well positioned to rescue the ball if their neighbor had to dive.

The Rams won set two 25-18, playing well against an opponent prone to giving up free balls.

The Rams scored the first five points of set three before Monterey staged a brief comeback in their best effort to win at least one set, but the Rams pulled ahead to win the final set 25-17.

With the playoffs starting Nov. 18, players and coaches alike were more concerned with their next game than the victory they had just won.

“The tempo (tonight) was slow but without our key hitter we played it safe. I don’t think the girls were into it,” Vae said. “We’re playing it safe, keeping them healthy for Cabrillo.”

Vae praised Faaiu’s efforts in particular.

“She doesn’t know what 75 per-cent is. She got some good hits in, and she’s progressing fast,” he said.

Faaiu herself was modest. “We started off slow, but we

played them better,” she said.Outside hitter Best also played

well despite a knee injury incurred last game and felt confident it would not be an issue at Cabrillo. Best’s primary concern was fixing weak-nesses highlighted by the game.

“We wanted to win by 15 or more. We didn’t come in with the right mindset,” Best said. “I think teamwork was an issue.”

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“All I see is positive outcomes in the future for us. The chemistry is really strong between us, I feel like we can go all the way.

— Jazzlene Herrera

FOOTBALLCCSF vs. Butte SF Bowl1:00 PM at CCSF

MEN’S SOCCERRound 1 NorCal PlayoffsTBA at TBA

WOMEN’S SOCCERRound 1 NorCal PlayoffsTBA at TBA

VOLLEYBALLCCSF vs. Cabrillo6:30 PM at Cabrillo

MEN’S BASKETBALLCCSF vs. De Anza7:00 PM at CCSF

CCSF vs. San Jose7:00 PM at San Jose

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

Sierra TournamentTBA at Rocklin

CCSF vs. De Anza7:00 PM at De Anza

CCSF vs. Foothill6:00 PM at Foothill

UPCOMING GAMES

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Freshman forward Jesse Bareilles launches over Evergreen College players in pursuit of the ball during City College’s final home game on Tuesday, Nov. 10 2015. (Photo by Peter Wong/The Guardsman)

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The Guardsman wishes the City College

Women’s Volleyball,

Women’s Soccer and Football teams good luck in each of their respective

playoff efforts.

GO RAMS!


sports

It was the last challenge of the regular season, and it was a must-win game for the Rams with home field advantage at stake. Up against the talented College of San Mateo team, the Rams quite possibly played their best game of the season and came out with a 42-24 victory.

Already guaranteed a playoff berth, the 9-1 Rams will have all their playoff games at the newly christened George Rush Stadium.

It was an exciting game featuring big plays by both teams.

The Rams scored the first touch-down of the game late in the first quar-ter when Anthony Gordon marched the offense 65 yards in 10 plays and capped off the drive with a 13-yard touchdown pass to Antoine Porter.

San Mateo tied the game at 7-7 after a 46-yard rushing touchdown by running back Keenan Smith, who vexed the Rams defense all afternoon by gashing them for big runs and finished the game with 169 yards and one touchdown.

“We gave up some big plays early, but we adjusted to it,” head coach Jimmy Collins said. “The defense was able to bounce back and play a great game.”

The offense quickly struck back. Gordon marched the team down the field 70 yards in five plays and found Porter for another touchdown.

Both Porter and Gordon had outstanding games. Porter caught six passes for 97 yards and three touchdowns, while Gordon com-pleted 16 out of 29 passes for 238 yards and six touchdowns.

“We came out and ran our gameplan exactly like we designed,” Porter said.

Running back Elijah Dale was instrumental in the victory running for 234 yards on 21 attempts. All afternoon Dale was able to break through the San Mateo front seven and turn what would have been a three-yard run into gains of 10 or more yards.

“What Elijah Dale did today behind the offensive line was amazing,” Collins said. “Dale’s per-formance running the ball enabled us to open up the field and allowed Gordon to have such a great game passing the ball.”

The Rams added a touchdown in the first half when running

back Thomas Buntenbah caught an 11-yard pass from Gordon. Buntenbah had a breakout game catching three passes for 93 yards and two touchdowns.

Although the Rams had the lead at halftime 21-17, the team knew their opponent was talented and needed to do more to secure the victory. The Rams came out of the half scoring two touchdowns on long drives in the third quarter to give them a 35-17 lead.

San Mateo scored one more time on 57 yard punt return by dynamic wide receiver Ramiah Marshall. Marshall, who earlier in the game returned a kickoff 91 yards all the way to the Rams five yard

line, fielded the punt, initially fumbled it but quickly picked the ball back up and cut through Rams play-ers as he made his way to the left sideline.

Turning the corner, Marshall got into the open field and sprinted down the sideline on way to the end zone making the score 35-24.

The Rams scored one more time midway through the fourth quarter when Buntenbah caught a 70-yard pass from Gordon for a touch-down. Lining up on the left side, Buntenbah ran a post-over route down the field. Gordon flung the ball and it floated over Buntenbah’s shoulders into his hands.

Securing the ball, Buntenbah raced down the field jetting past two San Mateo defenders on his way to the house. It was the last score of the game for either team and gave the Rams the confidence boosting 42-24 victory over their talented rival.

Buntenbah was very excited about his big game.

“I hadn’t scored all season. It feels so great to come up big for the team,” Buntenbah said. “My last touchdown helped seal the win. After I caught the ball I was like they aren’t going to catch me. I got to put this away.”

With home-field advantage secured, the Rams can now focus on their ultimate goal: winning the state championship.

“It was a great team win, every week we got better and better. But we still have a long way to go,” Collins said. “We accomplished one of our preseason goals, beat San Mateo, but we still have other things we want to accomplish; win the Nor-Cal Championship, a state championship and hopefully a national championship.”

Rams win, gain home field advantagePatrick Cochran

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staff writer

“ We gave up some big plays early, but we adjusted to it. The defense was able to bounce back and play a great game.”

— Coach Jimmy Collins

Wide receiver Antoine Porter (17), catches the ball during a game against De Anza College at City College Ocean Campus on Nov. 7, 2015. (Photo by Peter Wong/The Guardsman)

Erik Phillip (19), wide receiver, catching the ball during a game against De Anza College at City College Ocean Campus on Nov. 7, 2015. (Photo by Peter Wong/The Guardsman)

Linebacker Nick Pierotti (15) at the home game against De Anza College on Nov. 7, 2015. (Photo by Peter Wong/The Guardsman)

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