Have Your Say - How do you feel about the end of the mask mandate on campus?

By Renée Bartlett-Webber

Email rbartle8@mail.ccsf.edu

City College’s Board of Trustees voted to repeal the mask mandate on campus at the Feb. 6 Board of Trustees meeting. Masks are no longer required anywhere on campus. The Guardsman asked students their opinions about it the same day the repeal went into effect. Check out what they had to say.

Aaron Gonzales

Yeah, I received an email a couple of days ago. I think every situation is difficult, I think it depends on what information they got. If they got information saying that it's safe, I understand that. And if it's not, people are able to do what they are able to do, wear masks. But my personal opinion, I feel like if they got some good information saying that it's safe, then we should be fine, But obviously, it should be encouraged because, obviously, it's still an ongoing thing.

Carlos Navaez

I don't really mind. I stopped wearing a mask in public a long time ago. I just respect the rules that we have here. I think going forth, I might continue wearing my mask just out of respect for everybody else.

Estefany Cantarero

This is my first time hearing about it, because today a teacher said that you need to wear masks. The teacher was mad. There were some people who came and they were like, ‘I don't have a mask.’ And she was like, ‘here.’ Thank you for telling me. If I'm with a lot of people, like, for example, if I go to the gym, I’ll wear a mask, but it depends. If there's too many people, I'll wear a mask.

Lauren Waqa

For me, personally, I don't mind. I think it's just up to the students if they want to wear it, because I like wearing it, but I don't mind if other