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Does City College of San Francisco struggle with keeping students? By Logan Dang ldang27@mail.ccsf.edu

Senate Bill 24 Offers Reproductive Protection to Some College Students in California

By Emma Pratt Email espratt8@mail.ccsf.edu

Community colleges were on a steady increase in student enrollment from 2001 to 2012, but have been on a decline since. Data from the National Center for Educational Statistics, based on 5,831 postsecondary institutions, shows the student population increased from 23 million to 29 million from 2001 to 2012, but have seen a steady decline with an overall headcount of 25 million in 2021. Moreover, the decline in student enrollment also is evident at City College of San Francisco. According to City College’s Argos Institutional Headcount datablock, in 2010-2011, the overall headcount of both credit and noncredit students reached 83,718. However, in recent years, City College has been losing students by the thousands, and most recently in 2019-2020, the total headcount reached 53,601, losing around 36% in student enrollment since 2010. As every student has their own unique circumstances, the reasons vary for why one is deciding to call it quits. During the pandemic, through Opportunity Insight’s Economic Tracker, showed 30.2% of small businesses closed at the height of the pandemic in March and April 2020, leaving many unemployed. Public Graphic by Cindy Chan/The Guardsman

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By Jan. 1, University of California and California State University student health clinics will provide abortion medication on campuses, as mandated by Senate Bill 24. The bill further protects the right to abortion in California, a timely measure as the constitutional right to abortion was overturned by the Supreme Court earlier this year. “On a federal level, there's a lot of movement to try to make it [abortion] illegal everywhere, you can never be too safe,” said Angelica Campos, a City College student who works at the Women’s Resource Center and is a student member of the college’s Participatory Governance Council. “Even in Orange County, there are already attacks against reproductive rights there, so you never know,” she added. City of San Clemente Councilmember, Steve Knoblock, of Orange County, proposed a resolution which would limit access to abortion in San Clemente. The resolution never made it to the city council agenda, according to an Aug. 7 article published in The Mercury News on Aug. 7.. Campos and Shella Cervantes, Women’s Resource Center advisor, recently distributed abortion information cards at student support centers on the Ocean Campus. The cards come from Plan C, a campaign that advocates for access to abortion medication in the United States. Campos took the initiative to suggest having the cards on SB24 continues on page 2

DSPS Accessible Theater Arts Teacher Sparks Creativity, SelfConfidence and Self-Expression By Beth Lederer bethlyn2020@gmail.com Judy Goodman teaches with a purpose and is making a difference in the lives of the disability community in San Francisco. A long-time teacher for the Accessible Theater Arts class in the Disabled Students Programs and Services (DSPS) department at City College, Goodman is preparing her students at the Mission Campus for the highly anticipated end of semester performance, “In the Heights.” Goodman has adapted and directed Lin Manuel Miranda’s musical for the Accessible Theater Arts class. The two performances are scheduled for December 16 at 10 a.m. and 12 p.m. in room 109. Goodman’s accessible theater arts class was in jeopardy of being eliminated when budget cuts threatened the DSPS department in the academic year of 2009-2010. Twelve years later the class is still going strong with many of the same students in attendance. Goodman was hired by DSPS in 2006 and became a full time instructor in 2017. She received her masters in theater education from Emerson College. Her training is in theater, dance and visual arts. The joy that manifests in Goodman’s theater arts classes is contagious. Goodman estimates around 75-80% of her students have participated in her classes for over ten years. Goodman believes in building community and a sense of trust. “That's the most important thing to me is their self confidence, their personal growth, their enthusiasm for art-form as they are learning theater techniques,” Goodman said. She wants her students to feel encouraged and to feel safe to try new things. “Self DSPS student Heather Ostrau rehearses a song from the musical, "In The Heights" accompanied by pianinst Paul Griffith at The Mission Campus, room 109. San Francisco, November 18, 2022. Beth Lederer/The Guardsman.

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