Fears by the piers

-ey should not have been given copyright protection, and several lawsuits testing the legality of AI art have recently been filed.

“I think it is important to give credit where credit is due, and I think there are copyright laws in place to protect us from this kind of thing. I am sure we will be seeing issues like this in the news more and more as AI gets more developed. things that are not under copyright, for example, illegal graffiti art, may not be able to protect itself against AI using the same copyright laws. Art has always been taken, remixed, and put back out there. I don’t particularly see anything different about AI doing this,” Esfahani said of the legal implications.

When asked if he anticipates his courses using AI tools, Esfahani said, “I am 100% sure we will use AI in our classes at some point. Maybe a lesson on generative artwork or using some third-party software that utilizes AI to create something visually interesting. Maybe we will make traditional oil paintings of 3D models that are rendered as a combination of different body parts from figurative sculptures from all around the world! I mean, the possibilities are limitless, really and I personally think it is very exciting.”

In related news, aiEDU recently announced a partnership with Skyline College to “bring AI education to every student in America.” aiEDU did not immediately respond when asked to comment on the specifics.

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Former College of San Mateo employee pleads guilty to lewd acts with minors

By Joshua D. Picazo Editor-in-Chief

Richard Rojo, the former director of marketing and community relations at College of San Mateo, pled guilty to lewd acts with minors on March 15.

Rojo first joined CSM in 2017.

Rojo, 54, was first accused of engaging in sexual activities with two underage girls. In November of 2020, he met with a 14-year-old he met on social media according to the charges. The San Jose Police Department was then notified of a second incident with a then 15-year old girl.

Rojo turned himself after an arrest warrant was issued and was promptly released on bail.

He faces a maximum sentence of three years and eight months and is due back in court for sentencing May 26.

According to the Daily Post, the girls told police Rojo met with them in a hotel at Santana Row in San Jose and gave them alcohol then raped them.

A global pandemic. Labor shortages. Inflation. Severe weather.

Calamities have brutalized San Francisco’s businesses along the piers over the last three years.

Since the COVID-19 outbreak in March 2020, tourism has dropped significantly, damaging the health of businesses in the bay. For a city that saw 26.2 million tourists in 2019, reduced to 10.2 million during the first year of the pandemic, small businesses have found it an upward battle to stay afloat amidst a plethora of other issues.

Pier 23 Cafe Restaurant & Bar is just one example of many once-thriving tourist destinations struck by issues currently plaguing the city by the bay.

Lei Levi, a host working at the family-owned Pier 23, gave insight into the restaurant’s problems since 2020.

“[The decline in customers] was from the very beginning. Fortunately, we’re a restaurant, so we were able to stay open throughout the pandemic. But immediately, it was only, maybe 10% of our [usual] business. I think that in the early days of the pandemic, people were not coming out at all.” we’re classic San Francisco.”

Pier 23’s business started suffering the moment the lockdown began, but it didn’t stop there. Through the pandemic, Levi stated that the restaurant noticed an upand-down trend from 2021-2022. Along with extreme weather conditions this past winter and the labor shortage that has affected the entire nation, the cafe has been fighting to stay afloat.

Levi also mentioned that it would be nice for the city to look into possible financial support for small businesses that haven’t seen numbers increase.

Ko A., who has worked at Magowan’s Infinite Mirror Maze since 2016, has concerns about the recovery of the city’s shops and attractions in the Pier 39 area, which relies heavily on tourism.

“[In 2021] it was just dead here. I think it’s starting to pick back up this year. 2022 was a really quiet year for us. It’s been very, very different,” she said.

The Exploratorium, an Embarcadero iconic museum, has also struggled to regain its customers. “Attendance from our tourism partners was approximately 60% of pre-pandemic levels during the first year we re-opened to the public,” Jenny Hu, Senior Manager of Institutional Communications said. In this second year, we are at approximately 80% of pre-pandemic figures for admissions from tourism partnerships.”

In related news, Mayor London Breed appointed Ed Harrington to the San Francisco Port Commission, which oversees the waterfront.

“In the past, the Port was critical to San Francisco growing and thriving as a City. Today it is vital for tourism, housing, and economic development,” Harrington said in a statement released by the city.

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As the former director of marketing and community relations at College of San Mateo, Rojo made $149,656 per year.

“I think for us, we’re a legacy business, and it would be nice to have some special recognition from the city that we’ve been here over 35 years,” Levi said when asked what the city could do to assist small businesses along the Embarcadero. “We want these kind of businesses to remain in the city to kind of be able to give people a diverse sense of what the city is,

One thing is clear: for the city once dubbed the Paris of the West to remain a tourist attraction, small businesses like those along The Embarcadero will need to survive a deluge of issues. After all, in a city known for unpredictable earthquakes, San Franciscans have managed to persevere through its fair share of shaky moments.

Skyline College named one of the nation’s top community colleges

By Joshua D. Picazo Editor in Chief

A recent ranking of community colleges in the United States has placed Skyline College as the 73rd best in the nation.

The publication, Stacker, used information and data from Niche’s 2023 Best Community Colleges in America rankings to make the list.

“Skyline College in San Bruno California is dedicated to sustain- ability alongside education and has published both a Sustainability Plan and Climate Action Plan outlining its initiatives to improve its sustainability and environmental impact,” Stacker wrote in their rankings.

There are nearly 1,000 public community colleges in the U.S.

“It is quite an honor to be identified as a top community college, alongside our sister colleges in San Mateo County. Skyline

College’s ranking put us in the top 8% of the 935 community colleges across the nation. While our publicly reported data is what got us in the top 100 ranking, What makes us truly great is our approach that brings a sense of belonging to our students in the context of excellence in teaching and learning ,” President Melissa Moreno said.

“We have one of the most diverse set of employees and faculty in the District providing nothing faculty in the District providing nothing short of a transformative experience to our students. When students arrive, they immediately get a sense that they belong here. Students see themselves reflected in the classroom, at our events, and in all the supportive services we provide,” Moreno added. All three of the San Mateo County Community College campuses made the list.

It is the year 2023. Why does it take 10 hours to load my communication class syllabus?

Skyline College needs to significantly improve its on-campus Wi-Fi.

The way schooling is carried out has drastically changed with the rise of technology. Today, nearly all classes rely on some sort of ed-tech (educational-technology) to run efficiently. Most online lessons and assignments cannot be carried out without reliable access to the internet.

Furthermore, you would think that community colleges and schools generally would make the efficiency of its Wi-Fi a top priority.

This is not always the case. And Skyline is not exempt.

Skyline’s Wi-Fi needs to be improved to ensure the success of not just its students and teachers in class, but to effectively demonstrate its commitment to an evolving age of education, with the eventual goal of increasing enrollment.

Professors come into their classes everyday with some sort of a lesson set up through their computer or tablet. However, this lesson cannot serve much of a purpose if the PowerPoint fails to open or a YouTube video won’t load.

This ultimately leads to unfinished lessons, wasted time,

By Alex Gonzalez Reporter

San Bruno needs to have more garbage cans available throughout the community.

Going for walks in your neighborhood should be an easy and pleasant experience for all. That’s their purpose really, to be able to clear your head with the company of your pet or by yourself with some music. However, this isn’t always the case in San Bruno. Having to be hypervigilant for any types of trash should not have to be a part of the walking experience in our communities. San Bruno needs to provide more garbage cans to ensure the safety of children

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or at worst, the whole class being postponed all together.

Mishaps like this not only waste precious time, but can be detrimental to the educational goals set by the professor for their students. Not to mention the career goals of the professors as well.

This fluctuation in internet reliability can lead to confusion during lessons, translating to substandard test scores for students and finally resulting in poor reviews for professors at the end of the semester for something out of their control.

Skyline has a responsibility to ensure the efficacy and efficiency of the education it administers to all students. And in 2023, regular access to high speed internet is instrumental to delivering on that duty.

Many students do not have the privilege of having their own internet access at home, so they rely on that little “SMCCCD_Public” icon in the corner of their screens.

If the Wi-Fi is not reliable enough for a student to complete their homework, or even worse, their classwork on campus, it can exacerbate existing socioeconomic barriers entrenched in public education.

With poor on campus Wi-Fi, there could be a dichotomy between the success of students with no at-home-internet-ac -