Feb 3, 2003 Issue

LAVOZ The Voice of De Anza College A First Amendment student newspaper

INSIDE A mother with leukemia and MDS takes her search for a bone marrow donor to her fellow De Anza students.

FEATURES, Page 5

February 3, 2003

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DE ANZA STUDENT A SUSPECT IN SJSU FRATERNITY BRAWL

by James Newburg La Voz

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San Jose police are looking for a De Anza College student they suspect was involved in a Jan. 22 brawl between two San Jose State University fraternities.

There is a $1 million

Lady Dons end their losing skid 45-41 HOME VICTORY OVER LOWLY CHABOT 2ND WIN IN A ROW

by Payam Jahromi Special to La Voz The De Anza Lady Dons were much bigger than Chabot, and Daynelle Parker was the biggest bully of them all as the Lady Dons (16-10, 6-3) held off the Chabot Lady Gladiators (4-13, 36) to win 45-41 last Wednesday at De Anza. The victory, coupled with their win over San Francisco City College on Jan. 24, is the team’s second in a row.

Parker, a sophomore forward, led the Lady Dons with 20 points and 15 rebounds. She seemed intent on not letting her team get outrebounded again, a recurring problem during the Lady Dons’ recent three-game skid.

“We had a mismatch because they were smaller than us,” Parker said. “I just took advantage of that.”

The Lady Dons started the second half with a narrow 20-18 lead but pushed the lead to double figures five minutes into the half with a 15-6 run and never looked back.

warrant out for the arrest of Long Duy Tran, 20, an accounting major at De Anza. The warrant issued by police is for assault with a deadly weapon.

According to various news reports, police have not said if Tran is a suspect in the murder of Alam Kim, a 23-year-old San Jose State student stabbed to death during the brawl.

The fight that Tran is suspected of participating in took place between students

from two predominantly Asian-American fraternities at San Jose State, Pi Alpha Phi and Lambda Epsilon Phi. The brawl took place at Flickinger Park, located in north San Jose.

The fight was apparently arranged to settle a feud between the two fraternities that escalated the previous night after a dispute at a Santa Clara pool hall, police said.

According to police, the fight was supposed to be a fistfight, but some participants

brought weapons, including knives.

Tran was reported missing by family members last Tuesday. Police describe him as a Vietnamese man standing 5 feet, 5 inches tall and weighing 175 pounds.

According to a news report on the ABC 7 News Web site, Tran was reportedly driving a green-colored 1988 Mazda MX-6 with license plate 4EGK192.

There will be an update on this story in next week’s La Voz.

Students face fee hike NEARLY 200,000 COMMUNITY COLLEGE STUDENTS PROJECTED TO DROP OUT IF STATE TUITION IS RAISED WHAT THE STUDENTS ARE SAYING “Though this may seem like a huge increase, the total costs will definitely add up. An extra thousand dollars for tuition is a huge difference to me.”

- SHELLENA MANGIONE

“If I were to pay for more classes, it seems like I don’t have a choice. I just think it’s ridiculous that more classes will be cut also.”

-VANNA LE

“The school needs to get more financial aid if they’re going to raise prices in tuition because people are going to a community college to save money.”

see LADY DONS, Page 8

JAMES SSENGABI, 66, TAUGHT AT DE ANZA FOR PAST 17 YEARS

by Ernie Ybarra La Voz Many De Anza students may be forced to pay over 100 percent more than this year’s tuition costs as early as this fall in an attempt to alleviate the forthcoming budget crisis.

A potential increase from $7 to $16 per quarter unit won’t benefit De Anza directly, however. The revenue used from the enrollment increase will be going back to the state in hopes of easing Gov. Gray Davis’ budget proposal that would otherwise cut over $5 million in the Foothill-De Anza Community College district by the end of this school year. Since statewide community colleges operate on both the semester and quarter system, any enrollment increase will be based not on dollar amount, but on a percentage. Although the percentage of the increase remains uncertain, it is expected that all 108 community colleges in the state will see higher enrollment fees in the 2003-04 school year.

“All [statewide community] colleges would have the same increase,” said Allen Frische, De Anza’s director of budget and personnel. “We as a college have no authority to charge anything else but what the state tells us.”

Frische told the DASB Senate last Wednesday that an estimated 196,000 students are expected to drop out from community colleges statewide due to the budget deficit.

In addition to students of California residency, outof-state and international students will also be affected by the potential tuition increase. Out-of-state

-MUNA HAMOUIE

Longtime Physics teacher dies

see TUITION, Page 4

by Daniel DeBolt La Voz James Ssengabi, a De Anza physics professor for 17 years, died on Jan. 26 in a local hospital.

He was 66 years old.

Ssengabi is the second faculty member to die within the past two months. History instructor Tom Galindo died of a heart attack in December.

Two weeks prior to his death, Ssengabi underwent surgery for a cracked tibia and hip replacement. Doctors suspect a blood clot from the recent surgery may have contributed, though the official cause of death is yet unknown.

Born in 1936, Ssengabi was originally from Uganda. After serving for the Ugandan Air Force, he left to pursue studies in various parts of the world. He earned his Bachelor’s of Science in Finland, his Master’s of Science in Canada, his Ph.D. in Sweden, and studied as a postDoctoral fellow in Canada and

see SSENGABI, Page 8

WHAT’S GOING ON OPINION

SPORTS

Smoking zones Are the new restrictions needed, or are they just a big hassle? Kris Rowberry and Ernie Ybarra weigh in.

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Dons break losing streak De Anza’s men’s basketball team ended a four-game losing streak with a win last week over Foothill.

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CORRECTIONS and CLARIFICATIONS “It’s not a black-and-white world anymore,” Jan. 27, Page 2 Photo illustration of hands by Karen Uyenco

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Protesting is about more than just marches

The voice of De Anza College VOL. 36, ISSUE 14 JAMES NEWBURG Editor-in-Chief lavoz@fhda.edu

CORPORATE AMERICA DROPS THE BALL ON SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY

MARIECAR MENDOZA Managing Editor managinglavoz@hotmail.com ABIGALE ALMERIDO, Deputy Managing Editor LING-MEI WONG, Campus Editor MEERA KUMBHANI, Opinion Editor ERNIE YBARRA, Features Editor REZA KAZEMPOUR, Sports Editor JULIO LARA, Assistant Sports Editor LAMONT HALIBURTON, Assistant Arts Editor KAREN UYENCO, Photo/Graphics Editor MELISSA SWEAT, Online Editor MICHAEL GREVELINK, Design Consultant

of De Anza students. I’m tired, however, of being bullied by the political majority here on campus just because I subscribe to alternative ideas.

I am conservative. However, I don’t drive an SUV, I don’t turn my back on opportunities to the less fortunate and, brace yourself, I don’t even listen to Rush Limbaugh. No one likes being reduced to stereotypes. Moreover, it was reported through a medium that prides itself on equality.

I realize that as students, we are often enthusiastic and vocal about our opinions. And again, I am a strong advocate of La Voz. I would just the opinions articles to be written more responsibly and for them to take it easy on the political minority of students. Remember that we are a relatively silent minority here on campus and pose little to no threat to the reigning liberal authority.

I have no knowledge about the De Anza College Republicans’ organization. If the words “Liberal Scum,” however, were written into the organization’s statement, then their club might want to think of a more objective statement if they want to encourage supporters and be taken seriously.

Thank you very much.

Dear Editor, I do not pretend to understand fully the complexities of the issue I am presenting. I recognize that I am just beginning to scratch the surface of this situation that presents difficulty for all of us, recognized or not. The following thoughts and images echoed in my mind as I experienced my first anti-war demonstration in San Francisco on Jan. 18.

As we shouted, “one, two, three, four, we don’t want this racist war,” I found myself turning to the left and turning to the right, looking deep into the eyes of those who stood around and before me.

Although we were all there in the moment in unity protesting the war on Iraq, I recognized the ways in which we weren’t standing on solidarity.

I recognized the ways in which as a white American woman, I have not been politically astute in my life.

As I stood there in my natural-colored leather Gap jacket, I received glimpses of the tangled webs and contradictions of 21st century western civilization.

Suburban moms stood with their children garbed in homemade t-shirts and faces painted with anti-war slogans such as “no blood for oil,” while at the same time, we were wearing Gap and Nike sports paraphernalia. Images of sweatshops and slave labor in Indonesia, China, and Vietnam penetrated my mind.

How are these atrocities on humanity

by U.S. corporations any different than the atrocities on innocent Iraqi civilians with this war on Iraq?

Protesting the war isn’t just about coming out on a Saturday to stand in opposition against the war on Iraq. It’s about making sociopolitical and conscious choices every moment in our day-to-day existence. How can we stand in opposition to the war in Iraq and affect change while as consumers in American society we aren’t questioning the values of the proprietors of the businesses where we spend our money? As business is the most powerful force in our society, corporate America has an opportunity to create values-led businesses -- a vehicle to impel us to reach for a higher ground for humanity. Instead of America being a dominant force in the world, we can be what Martin Luther King Jr. suggests, a “moral example of the world,” chasing away evils of anthrocentrism, Eurocentrism, imperialism, colonization, colonialism, ethnic cleansing and ultimately, globalization.

I stand before you with clear eyes and a pure heart, wondering if these issues are of any importance to you.

Michael Matthews, student

Lisa Pamphilon, student

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Our Mission Produced by students, La Voz is dedicated to covering news that matters to the diverse population of De Anza College and the surrounding community. As a First Amendment newspaper, La Voz takes full advantage of the freedom of the press afforded to all Americans. However, this freedom comes with a tremendous responsibility not to abuse it. La Voz strives to present news in a fair and accurate manner. La Voz approaches this task with absolute integrity and actively pursues the input of members of the De Anza community to make sure that goal is achieved.

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Jason Fassnacht / La Voz

Subjective writing attacks schoolwide political minority Dear Editor, I am a student at De Anza College.

This is the first “letter to the editor” I have ever written. After reading La Voz for the first two quarters of this school year, I am aware of the subjective style of its writers. The article that motivated me to write this letter was “Student decries tactics of DA Republicans,” by George Makris, published in the Jan. 21 issue.

In his article, Makris professes that he does not do any “name calling” against Republicans. However, in his second to last paragraph, he uses a bevy of slanderous stereotypes to describe Republicans, and then claims that they all have basis in fact. Makris writes, “It seems that Rush Limbaugh and his cloned Fox ‘News’ correspondents have infiltrated the minds of many. Sure, there’s left-wing people who will refer to Republicans as heartless, mindless savages bent on taking blood diamond showers in Indian gold bathtubs and rinsing off with Iraqi oil, forcing the poor to blow dry them with their own breath, but those have basis in fact.”

The diatribe is funny. I specifically enjoyed the part where the poor would have to blow-dry the evil Republicans with their breath. Makris seems like a very creative writer. It is because of this creativity that I encourage La Voz and its development

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Ummm ... can you please move your butt? kristopherrowberry

THE PROS AND CONS OF THE NEW SMOKING RESTRICTIONS AT DE ANZA, INCLUDING THE PROHIBITION OF SMOKING WITHIN 25 FEET OF ALL CAMPUS BUILDINGS

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In a country so devoted to protecting the rights of law-abiding citizens, freedom in the community is One only must stand around the open and closed spaces diminishing heavily. By limiting smoking areas at De Anza, our college community is being deprived of around our campus to see it. It rises slowly at first, but eventualthese unalienable rights that “The Declaration of Independence” has promised us for over 200 years. This is ly it spreads itself throughout the campus. I’m talking about the an unfair act and is completely unconstitutional. cloud of poisonous gases rising from our smoking population.

Tremendous anti-smoking campaigns like “The Truth,” dominating the media like a new boy band on Now, with a ban on smoking 25 feet within any entrance to a MTV, give the impression that people who smoke are murderers. Yes, smoking is hazardous to one’s building, maybe we won’t have to walk in such a great big poisonhealth — we all know this. But do smokers need to be reminded constantly through billboards and comous cloud of smoke all the time. mercials? It seems that these corporations shooting propaganda at the masses are attempting to tranDespite several billions of dollars being spent on anti-smoking camscend the problem of smoking to a more personal level. They attack paigns, and millions more invested in aversion prothe smoker as a person, not as a person with a habit. Whether one grams, some students still feel the need to smoke. And smokes or not, no person deserves this kind of ridicule. by smoking near the classrooms the rest of us are tryThe policy prohibiting smoking “25 feet from doorways, windows ing to learn in, they are only spreading their toxins to and ventilation systems,” seems much more disturbing to me than several others students who have never asked to die beneficial to the well-being of students. early.

First of all, the length of 25 feet is 20 more than what the state of In America, we have the right to life, liberty and the purCalifornia prohibits in restaurants and bars. One would imagine the suit of happiness. By limiting the amount of smoke nonstate law, which affects over 35 million people, to be more drastic smokers are breathing, we are giving ourselves the compared to a policy enacted by the community college district with right to longer, healthier and happier lives. a population of approximately 45,000 students. It is completely Time after time, smoke, and more importantly unnecessary for this school district to ostracize itself from other colsecond-hand smoke, has been proven to be even lege districts by prohibiting smoking farther away from buildings. more deadly to others than to the smoker themIt seems to me that the issue regarding second-hand smoke on selves. According to the American Lung Association, campus has been blown way out of proportion. Though it is valid to “Second-hand smoking, also called passive smoke or say that second-hand smoke is 20 times deadlier than what a smoker environmental tobacco smoke, is a health risk that inhales, that occurs only under specific conditions. Second-hand smoke affects about 150,000 to 300,000 children and kills is only problematic if one inhales cigarette smoke directly from the tip, or 53,000 non-smokers each year.” How can you not deny when smoke is in a confined area, like indoors. And as we already know, it is the validity of these studies? Why do you feel the need to illegal to smoke in public buildings anyway. There have not spread your toxic smoke unto others? been sufficient studies to indicate that “passive smoke” can Personally, I do not wish to reek of smoke lead to significant health problems. It is quite impossible for when I’m going for a job interview. Nor do I second-hand smoke to really be dangerous to someone on want my clothes having a permanent stench for those who love to smoke campus if he or she is at school for a few hours a day, four because of someone else’s bad habit. I won’t or five days a week. And personally, I have never seen anyeven mention the blackening of my lungs and 1. Smoke one to three packs at once one purposely blow cigarette smoke in someone else’s face slow decay of my heart and brain cells.

2. All secondhand smoke is saved by the re-breather on campus.

The cost of your smoking habit has been 3. Best of all smoke anywhere, anytime, NO RESTRICTIONS The Foothill-De Anza Board of Trustees should thoroughproven, and it’s rather shocking.

Jason Fassnacht / La Voz ly reconsider its new policy of banning smoking 25 feet According to University of Maryland from buildings on campus. For adults, smoking cigarettes in this school district, this Medicine’s “Smoking Calculator,” if you were to smoke seven cigarettes a day, you would state, and even this country is not an illegal act. By extorting people who do spend $517 per year, not including health costs and higher insurance rates. smoke, even though it is perfectly legal, people are being deprived of the rights This decision is a victory for all parties, even if smokers are too blinded by the clouds our forefathers set forth. This new policy will not change the morale of smokers, they walk in to see it. Students being harmed from smoking will no longer have to worry nor will it encourage people to quit smoking altogether. If they wish to smoke, about inhaling so much second-hand smoke, and smokers don’t have to feel guilty for as they will continue to smoke. All of the money spent on “No Smoking” signs many deaths. If they do stop puffing away everywhere, the smoke will clear and so will across campus, as well as the publishing of notices in the Schedule of Classes their minds and our lungs. and other locations stated in the De Anza Health Services newsletter could be Yes, it is your decision to smoke, but isn’t it our decision whether or not we want to be much better spent on, hmmm … education? harmed by your decisions?

SPECIALLY DESIGNED

Can’t a brother get a little respect?

juliolara I think my car is cursed.

How else could you explain all of the abuse she has taken?

You see, I used to live in Oakland. And when I first moved there, I was scared. Not that I’m racist or anything (see last week’s issue, page two, with the pretty mug), but Oakland doesn’t exactly have the best reputation (see Super Bowl Sunday, after the Raiders lost). It wasn’t but two weeks after I had moved that my fright was solidified when someone broke into my car and stole the 73 CDs that I had sardined into my nice 64 CD wallet. Yes, the heartbreak among heartbreaks. But I wasn’t tripping; that’s Oakland. When I moved to San Jose, I figured my horrid luck was over.

But something about my baby calls to

people.

For all of you who don’t know what my car looks like, it’s a rose in a field of thorns. Ten bucks says you’ve seen it on campus. She’s got a green paint job, which hasn’t been cleaned in ages. She’s got a huge dent on the right side, courtesy of a younger brother and a Ford Excursion.

And then there’s the broken window on the same side that’s been replaced once before, but not since. However, unlike what you may be thinking, that wasn’t my brother’s fault or The O’s, no sirree.

During the fall quarter, someone on this campus broke into my Nissan Sentra, shattering the same window and stealing the same CDs that I re-bought after they were stolen the first time. Frustrating? Yes. That’s it. That’s all they took. Nothing else had any value to this person but my CDs. Just to name a few, we’re talking Foo Fighters, every Mana CD and personal favorites like “Britney,” “Californication,” “Stankonia” and the “The Blueprint.”

I don’t know who it was, nor do I care.

I don’t know why they did it either; that isn’t of concern to me. I don’t know what it was about my raggedy-looking ride that made someone purposely want to break the window, reach inside, and take something

JULIO LARA SHARES HIS FRUSTRATIONS OVER FREQUENT THIEVERY AT DE ANZA

that is priceless to me. I must have horrible karma.

But that isn’t the issue.

You see, unlike the countless others who report vandalism performed on their cars, or on their personal belongings for that matter, I happen to write for this publication, and can express my anger via the opinion page.

It isn’t just the robberies that are reported every day (or not reported). It’s the hit-and-runs, the stealing of one’s personal belongings, and the overall disrespect for the people of this campus that should anger all of us, not just me.

I can buy the CDs again and begin to heal. I work for Circuit City, and I get a discount. But unfortunately the “We’re With You” people don’t repair damage done to vehicles that are hit because you don’t know how to drive, or replace belongings that someone couldn’t keep his hands off of. Nor can they replace the trust that you once had for such a highlyregarded campus.

Why are thieves thriving in a place like De Anza? Wait, let me rephrase that. Why are people like this even in college?

Didn’t we leave this kind of mentality back in the halls of our respective high

schools? Or is the temptation of having something you can’t afford just too great?

I sure hope it was for the music, and not because the culprit was tired of scratching his or her ass and had nothing better to do.

My car looks like crap (right now, ladies, only right now), and seriously there’s nothing in there of any value to anyone but me: old Jack In The Box receipts, an old prom picture and a Britney Spears sticker I keep on my steering wheel, for inspiration, of course. If you want some CDs, I’ll hook you up. You know where to reach me. Just leave my baby alone.

Unfortunately, due to the fact that we at La Voz like to keep a certain level of professionalism, I cannot fully elaborate on my feelings toward the person who took my stuff. A ton of four-letter words come to mind, but I promised my mother, God bless her heart, that I’d stop cursing … on Mondays.

So to conclude, I have refused to fix the broken window because, one, I still believe that the majority of people here are good and, two, I’m broke as hell.

They’re thinking about raising tuition from $7 to $16.

I guess the situation only gets worse.

Campus

NEWSbriefs a look at events on campus

De Anza scholarship applications due soon The deadline for many 2003-04 De Anza scholarships is approaching. Applications for all but 15 of the nearly 100 available must be received by Feb. 13.

Scholarships are provided for academic merit, activity on campus, diversity, disabled students, environmental causes and international students. They range from $100 to $2000.

Contact Financial Aid in the basement of the Campus Center for details or go to www.deanza.edu/financialaid/scholist.html.

Early fall registration for continuing students to move to August A De Anza study found that registering for fall classes in August was more cost-efficient for the college than registering early in May and June.

A major problem is that continuing students don’t have complete information when registering in May and June. They therefore drop more courses than other students. The resulting reassignment of waitlisted classes is costly to the district.

Another reason cited by De Anza researcher Andrew LaManque, was the difficulty in building a course schedule four months before fall. Last-minute changes to the economy, budget and faculty hiring may have contributed to higher costs.

When the Records Office prepares for the summer quarter during early registration, it can’t provide the necessary services during this period without hiring extra staff, according to the report.

For more information, see http://ets.fhda.edu/newsbytes/ nb012703/html/story4.html.

Compiled by Ling-Mei Wong.

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TUITION: Fee increase could hurt enrollment DAVIS PROPOSES RAISE FROM $7 TO $16 PER QUARTER UNIT FROM PAGE ONE

Anza’s director of financial aid. “It is to the students’ benefit to apply early and give us a chance so when students start school in September, things are ready for them.”

Castillo said the budget cuts might affect the hours of operation and personnel in the Financial Aid office. This would hinder the ability to help students with financial aid issues at a more efficient rate.

“We are anxious to see what the 2003-04 budget looks like,”

responsibility of the state onto the students of community colleges.

It’s the wrong way to go if we make it more difficult for students tuition would increase from $94 to to receive a higher education.” $103 per unit, and for international However, Barney’s views do not students from $101 to $110 per reflect those of the entire faculty. unit. Unlike the raise in fees for “I hope the tuition increase will California students, these increases not discourage students too benefit De Anza instead of the much,” said psychology instructor state. The final decision regarding Gloria Mitchell. “Even though De the cost of enrollment, Frische said, Anza isn’t a four-year institution, may not be determined until severmany students say the education al months into the next fiscal year, they got here was equal to which begins July 1. If De or better than the educaAnza’s budget is not tion they received after approved by September, the transferring. It still seems original price of tuition It’s the wrong way to go if we to me like a good barwould stay the same for the gain.” fall quarter, but then may make it more difficult for students “It’s going to be territo receive a higher education.” increase in the winter. ble,” said student Nabil “The first of July is the Mohammed. “Right now, planned implementation I’m barely managing the date,” Frische said.

“However, no one in the - DAVID BARNEY, tuition and book costs. community college system FILM AND TELEVISION INSTRUCTOR But if the fee increases, I may have to drop out.” believes this because [the Student Arlene Lorenzo tuition] is tied to the budgbelieves an increase in et problem of the state.”

Some financial aid programs cur- Castillo said. “[If] demand is tuition may deter students from rently offered, such as the Board of increasing, it would take us longer moving on past De Anza to a fourGovernors fee waiver, will continue for us to process student files, year institution or from completing an Associate Degree. to be available for students who even if the money is there.”

Film and television instructor “Some students are taking only qualify, despite next year’s projected increase in the price of enrollment. David Barney believes the raise in two classes per quarter because However, the demand for financial tuition will hurt people of lower they can’t afford to take any more,” Lorenzo said. “Now, with tuition aid is expected to increase next year. economic status the most.

“My concern is that the tuition possibly increasing over 100 per“There is a 30-40 percent [greater] demand [for financial is going to affect the people who cent, they will be forced to take aid] this year than last year can afford it the least,” said Barney. even [fewer] courses, causing them already,” said Cindy Castillo, De “Increasing tuition is putting the to finish in a much longer time.”

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Smile OF A

Survivor DE ANZA STUDENT REMAINS HOPEFUL DESPITE ‘DARK MOMENTS’

by Meera Kumbhani La Voz o many college students, adversity is turning in a midterm late, not getting into the right college, struggling to pay bills, or, in these times, struggling to find a job.

To Paulette Cole, adversity is much more than turning in a paper late.

Too preoccupied with vital blood and platelet transfusions to continue with school, too weary to work long periods of time and rendered bald from two rounds of cancer treatment, Cole has endured more hardships than some people will see in their entire lives.

But this mother of two keeps smiling through the difficulties with the unrelenting belief that life will only get better, as she confidently searches for a much-needed bone marrow donor.

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“Now that I’m faced with [MDS and cancer] ... I do have my dark moments, and sometimes they’re longer than moments. But overall, it’s like, oh no, I’m going to lick this.”

-Paulette Cole Thanks to the Child Development Center, though, she may find one in a De Anza student or faculty member Feb. 12, when the center will hold a bone marrow drive in her honor.

“Our program here is not just to meet children's’ needs, but families’ needs,” said Debbie Zavodnick, Child Development Center site supervisor. “So, any time we have a family that needs assistance, whether it’s housing, food, counseling, medical help or anything, we help parents connect to whatever resources they need.

[Cole] needs help in finding a bone marrow match, so we’re using all the resources that we can get our hands on to assist her with that.”

Cole’s five-year-old son, Richard, and three-year-old daughter, Katie, currently attend the center’s preschool program, and Cole participates as an active member of its Parent Support Group.

“I think she’s going to be fine. I have no doubt we’ll find a match. And if not, we’ll just keep doing this as many times as we need to,” said Zavodnick.

DISSECTING

IN THE BEGINNING …

In October 2001, after the unusual observations of fatigue and slight bruising were brought up at a casual doctor’s visit, Cole was diagnosed with myelodysplastic syndrome, a group of disorders characterized by bone marrow dysfunction that lead to low blood cell counts. Although other treatment options may help, the only known cure for MDS is a bone marrow transplant.

“Overall, it was shock and disbelief. Everyone kept saying, ‘You’re a mother of two. Of course you’re going to be tired,’” said Cole. “I was pretty much in a state of shock ... but eventually acceptance came.”

Between frequent transfusions and hospital trips and her ever-increasing fatigue, Cole decided to suspend her studies temporarily, withdrawing from school.

In March 2002, she was also diagnosed with leukemia. With another reality check, Cole gained perspective on what was important in her life.

see MDS, Page 8

MDS

myelodysplastic syndrome

‘mI-lO-dis-plas-tik ‘sin-drOm HISTORY L MDS was first considered a disease on its own in 1976.

L In 1999, 13,000 new cases per year were estimated.

L Primarily a disease of people 65 years and older.

BASICS L Occurs when bone marrow is “injured,” or unable to produce enough white blood cells, which lowers resistance to infections.

L Possible causes of MDS are insecticides, benzene, weed killers and fungicides.

L Does not necessarily shorten life expectancy.

SYMPTOMS L A routine blood test will expose a reduced blood count.

L Low red blood cell count is a sign of anemia-fatigue.

L Low white blood cell count is a sign of neutropenia-low immunity to bacterial infection.

Melody Buchanan (3) / La Voz

Information courtesy of www.emedicine.com

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Arts

February 3, 2003

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Argue with me lamonthaliburton Who is the best of the arts, artistically and musically? Well, it’s Stevie. Born Steveland Morris in Saginaw, Mich. on May 13, 1950, he was placed in an incubator and given too much oxygen, causing permanent blindness.

The best artist to ever touch the microphone, harmonica, song, album or soul is the man who started off his career in 1962, then known as the 11-year-old wonder. Stevie Wonder, the man, the legend and the untouchable, at least on an artistic level.

Sure, The Eagles, The Beatles and Elvis Presley were on top for a long time. But the first two were groups and most of Elvis’ music wasn’t original.

Musicians Miles Davis and Louis “Satchmo” Armstrong, as well as painter and sculptor Michelangelo, and dance choreographer Alvin Ailey definitely deserve mention as great artists.

In addition, Ludwig Van Beethoven expanded classical music a thousandfold, even though he couldn’t hear.

Yet, there has never been a man, woman or child who could touch the heart of an individual like Stevie Wonder. With the ability to make you smile against your will, Stevie has sold more than 70 million LPs and ranks alongside The Beatles and Elvis Presley in earning the most Top Ten records.

By age 11, he mastered the drums and harmonica, but

STEVIE WONDER: THE GREATEST ARTIST OF ALL TIME Motown records couldn’t guess what was in store for the boy wonder.

Stevie Wonder would grow into the best artist and musical influence of all time, winning 18 Grammy awards and introducing 23 albums. He was the producer of two quality albums for his then-wife, singer Syreeta Wright.

From 1973 to 1976, Stevie Wonder owned the Grammy's, amassing 15 awards and becoming the only artist to win the Album of the Year Grammy for three consecutive albums. He also has an Oscar for the song “I Just Called To Say I Love You” from the 1984 film “The Woman in Red.” Stevie Wonder collaborated with at least 86 people on his albums, including Herbie Hancock, Deniece Williams, George Benson and the West Angeles Church of God Choir.

He wrote, sang and produced songs for others, including Elton John, Michael Jackson and Quincy Jones.

Stevie’s message puts him above and beyond other artists.

He doesn’t lose sight of reality.

He is a great humanitarian who has written many songs touching on social and political topics.

A long time fighter of apartheid in South Africa, Stevie also spearheaded the lobby to create the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday in 1981.

The underlying theme to

Stevie’s music is love in all of its various forms. Love fills his soul -- for God, for life, for the people close to him and for humanity.

He radiates a powerful and spiritual aura that originates from that love. When he sits down at the piano and plays, you feel God’s presence in the room.

It may be the way he stretches a note, or the rhythmic genius of his melodic precision on the piano or synthesizers. Whatever the secret to the purest art is, it belongs to Stevie.

Stevie Wonder is responsible for a whole new style and genre of music, combining elements of gospel, rock ’n’ roll, jazz, African, Latin and American rhythms.

There is no artist today who isn’t influenced by or doesn’t refer to Stevie’s music.

Jazz great David Sanborn remarked that before he plays his sax, he imagines how Stevie would play it on the harmonica.

Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1989, and recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award Grammy in 1996, Steveland “Stevie Wonder” Morris is the greatest artist. But don’t take my word for it, get an album of his. “Innervisions,” “Fulfillingness’ First Finale” and “Songs in the Key of Life” are his Grammy winning delights that will provide never-ending pleasure, lifting up your heart and soul.

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BILLBORED Top Ten List 1 0 PROTEST through music at the “Not in Our Name AntiWar Benefit Concert” Feb. 7 at the Berkeley Community Theatre. Ani DiFranco, Ozomatli and many others will be performing. For tickets, visit www.ticketweb.com 9 SUPPORT our creative youth at the “Youth Speaks and Oakland Schools Slam Championship” Feb. 8. Check out www.youthspeaks.org for more information.

8 “SCRATCH Thursdays” at Britannia Arms in Cupertino will have DJ’s spinning all night long. Call 408-252-7262 for more information.

7 MOHR laughing is always good! Watch Jay Mohr at the Improv Comedy Club in Downtown San Jose from Feb. 6-9. For tickets, go to www.improv.com 6 GET sweaty at the annual “Valentine Fun Run” in Campbell Feb. 8. This 3.1 mile run includes music and food.

Visit their Web site at www.ci.campbell.ca.us/ communityandarts/Valentines FunRun.htm.

5 EAT and do a good deed at the same time at Pizza & Pipes in Santa Clara. Check out the Erin’s Special and

you’ll know what I mean. Go to their Web site at www.pizzaandpipes.com 4 HUSTLE on down to the “First Annual Pacific Hustle Salsa Dance Classic” until Feb. 9 at the San Francisco Airport Hyatt. Visit www.pacifichustle andsalsadanceclassic.com for more information.

3 CHECK out Phife Dawg from A Tribe Called Quest at the Spy Night Club Feb. 6. For more event information, visit www.thespynightclub.com 2 ROCK out to local musicians The Betting Fraternity, Moulder’s Lounge, Seven Secrets, The Recipe, Electric Campfire and RMT at the FREE “Battle of the Bands” at Santa Clara University Feb. 5.

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Sports

February 10, 2003

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Upcoming Sports Games Women’s Tennis Feb. 14/15 Mission Tourney @ Mission TBA Feb. 18 CCSF @ CC San Francisco 2 p.m.

Feb. 21 Canada College @ De Anza 2 p.m.

Feb. 25 Cabrillo College @ Cabrillo 2 p.m.

Feb. 28 Monterey Peninsula @ De Anza 2 p.m.

Mar. 6 Chabot College @ De Anza 2 p.m.

Mar. 7 Mission College @ Mission 2 p.m.

Men’s Tennis Feb. 11 Alameda Community College @ Alameda 2 p.m.

Feb. 13 Santa Rose Junior College @ De Anza 2 p.m.

Feb. 18 Foothill College @ De Anza 2 p.m.

Feb. 21 Chabot College @ Hayward 2 p.m.

Feb. 25 Mission College @ De Anza 2 p.m.

Feb. 28 Canada College @ Canada 2 p.m.

Mar. 4 City College of San Francisco @ San Francisco 2 p.m.

Head Coach: Coleen Lee-Wheat

Head Coach: Chuck Dougherty

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Softball Feb. 18 Napa Valley College @ De Anza 3 p.m.

Feb. 20 Chabot College @ De Anza 3 p.m.

Feb. 25 City College of San Francisco @ De Anza 3 p.m.

Feb. 27 Foothill College @ Foothill 3 p.m.

Mar. 1 West Valley Tournament @ West Valley TBA Mar. 4 College of San Mateo @ San Mateo 3 p.m.

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LADY DONS: Team wins defensive struggle FROM PAGE ONE

Kevin Batangan / Special to La Voz

De Anza reserve Zuleeka Mohammed (with ball), finished with two points and one steal in the Lady Dons’ 45-41 victory over Chabot.

Parker had nine points during the run, including a three-point play to finish the run and give the Lady Dons a 35-24 lead with 12:28 left.

During the run, on back-to-back possessions, Parker scored after grabbing the offensive rebound. On the team’s next possession, Parker scored inside after a pass from center Muna Hamouie. Parker then answered the Lady Gladiators’ Shela Amin’s three-pointer with a three-point play of her own on the following possession.

The game was never in real doubt the rest of the way. Chabot scored the final six points of the game to make the score respectable, but the final score was not indicative of the game.

Lindsay Webb also had a great game -which isn’t news anymore -- finishing with 12 points, 10 steals, eight assists, and five rebounds. She also had the play of the night.

Webb made a beautiful bounce pass on a three-on-two fast break that led to an easy

layup for Parker to give the Lady Dons a 41-31 lead with 6:38 remaining in the game.

Turnovers kept Chabot in the game as the Lady Dons gave the ball away 30 times.

But the Lady Dons also created plenty of turnovers from Chabot, led by Webb’s 10 steals.

Makiaha Long kept Chabot in the game throughout the night, scoring 17 points, including 7-10 from the free-throw line.

The sophomore forward, who is the only returning starter from a team that went 24-8 and went to the regional final last year, said her team’s fatigue was the key in the second half.

“We got tired,” Long said. “We played hard and didn’t give up. But we don’t have a big team.”

They also didn’t have too many players on the bench. Injuries, including a knee injury to 6’3” redshirt freshman Victoria Ramirez, left Chabot with only eight players in uniform, and the fatigue showed in the second half.

MDS: Finding the right match FROM PAGE 5 “I knew that hospitalization would be coming up, so I decided to spend a lot more time with my children. That’s been really nice -- sitting down, getting on the floor and playing with them,” she said. “Before, I was more of a caretaker than I was involved with them. I would do things with them, but certainly not as much as I do now.”

Determined to take a proactive role in her recovery, Cole, with the help of friends and family, organized a bone marrow drive in her own Willow Glen community this past September. Although 137 potential donors showed up, there were no matches for Cole, but she remains hopeful that one of them could be a match for another patient.

hope; it’s belief. And that’s very encouraging,” said Cole.

ACCEPTANCE: IT’S ALL ABOUT THE ATTITUDE

tant enough to stay angry over.”

Cole also stresses the importance of being a self-advocate in the face of illness, especially during hospital stays.

“It’s unfortunate that we have to do these things sometimes, because you’re sick; you don’t feel good; you want to be taken care of; but you still need to take care of yourself.”

“Even now, I don’t get angry. Sure it bothers me that we, my family, have to go through this, but it’s part of our life,” said Cole.

THE DRIVE: A GIFT After the initial OF LIFE shock of the diagnosis, Cole soon learned “When you think of someYou can save a life. the necessity of body’s life, like Paulette’s, it’s The life we’re talking accepting the changes not just her. It’s her husband, about is Paulette’s. But this new life called her children, her sister, and all even if you’re not a for, including helping the family and friends that match for her, you her children adapt to she’s connected to. It’s not just might be a match for her condition. her life at stake; her children somebody else.”

“I know it weighs need her.” said Zavodnick.

FINDING STRENGTH: on them, and my son A CIRCLE OF SUPPORT - Debbie Zavodnick “By being a donor, it’s not one is very aware of it. life you affect, because each In January 2002, Cole and her family had Recently he said, ‘I person is connected to many decided to “go public” with her condition. know you’re going to be in the hospital for a other people.”

“We wrote a nice letter to let people lot of weekends.’ I told him, ‘You know The bone marrow drive will be held on know, hey, I got this problem,” she said. what? We don’t need to worry about that.

Feb. 12 from 11 a.m. - 2 p.m. in the Hinson “The response we got was overwhelming.

Let’s just worry about today.’”

Campus Center. In Conference Room A, parPeople are just so kind; it took me aback.”

By staying open and honest with her chil- ticipants will first be shown a brief informaCole took in the kind words of hope and dren, Cole hopes they will learn from the tional video explaining the implications of support from her friends, and with their help, experience, without being dragged down by being a donor, then asked to fill out registramaintained her own positive outlook. it. tion paperwork. All participants must provide “I remember before I was ever diagnosed “The big thing is that once everything is three contact addresses of family and friends with any of this. When I would hear that over with, we’re all going to Disneyland!” who can locate them. someone had cancer, I would think, ‘Oh my Cole’s family and friends, including Finally, the participant will have his or her God, they got the death sentence.’ Now that Zavodnick, recognize her surprisingly upliftfinger pricked and a small amount of blood I’m faced with it, I don’t feel that way. I do ed attitude and, in turn, have faith that she drawn. A mere five drops of blood will be have my dark moments, and sometimes will find the donor she needs. sent to the National Marrow Donor Program they’re longer than moments, but overall, it’s “I know that inside it’s a real struggle for (NMDP) data bank to be HLA-typed. like, oh no, I’m her, but on the outside she hasn’t Following processing, the participant will going to lick changed much. She’s always been be added to the NMDP registry, where he or this,” said Cole. a positive, really good-humored she can be a potential donor to any nation“I don’t know person, and she still is that way,” wide patient seeking a transplant. If a match What I’d like people where that comes Zavodnick said. “She’s very coura- is found, the participant will be contacted to realize is that they from. I believe in geous, very positive. She knows through the information provided at registrahave more strength God, but I think it’s going to happen. She’s going tion. than they [know].” having people to find a match.”

“You can save a life. The life we’re talkaround that suping about is Paulette’s. But even if you’re not - Paulette Cole THE LESSONS port me helps the a match for her, you might be a match for most to keep me somebody else,” said Zavodnick. “I just in that state of mind.”

“Your life is what you make of it,” said think, what a wonderful gift, to be able to Cole was especially touched in the sumCole. “Depending on who you are and how save somebody’s life.” mer of 2002 during hospitalization, when things go for you, this could be devastating.

INTERESTED? one of her nurses expressed a strong convicWhat I’d like people to realize is that they The drive will be held Feb. 12 from tion of hope to her, insisting that one day have more strength than they [know].”

11 a.m. - 2 p.m. in the Hinson Cole will find a match and survive her condiAs with many life-threatening experition. ences, Cole’s values have changed as she has Campus Center’s Conference Room A. For more information about the “She went through this whole explanalearned to survive the cancer. tion, and I thought, wow. This person, pretty “I live more in the moment … time does- drive, contact Debbie Zavodnick at 408-864-5794. For information much a stranger, is thinking all these good n’t pass as quickly as it used to. I just take about being a donor, visit thoughts for me, and I realize that all this things slower,” said Cole. “I think I’m more good stuff is just around me. It’s not just forgiving, too. Some things just aren’t impor- www.nmdp.org.

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“They have superior size,” Chabot head coach Don Queyrel said. “I’m not disappointed for a 4-12 team to come out and play them that way. We were just one big person short.”

The Lady Dons struggled on offense at the start of the game, scoring their first point after nearly three minutes had elapsed. But they went on an 8-0 run, followed shortly by a 9-0 run to open up a 17-6 lead with 7:20 left in the first half.

Chabot then outscored the Lady Dons 12-3 in the final seven minutes to close the gap to 20-18 at halftime.

Turnovers came in bunches for the Lady Dons as they turned the ball over on four consecutive possessions three times in the first half, keeping Chabot in the game.

After falling behind 4-0 early, the Lady Dons took a 6-4 lead with 14:18 remaining in the first half and never trailed again.

Despite the turnovers, the Lady Dons played great defense the entire game. The 41 points allowed is the third lowest of the season for the Lady Dons.

SSENGABI: Remembering a professor FROM PAGE ONE Australia from 1978 to 1984.

In 1986, Ssengabi started teaching at De Anza where he worked to maintain the highest academic standards. He often spent many hours in his office at night and on weekends preparing for classes.

“He was very passionate about what he did,” said student Jansen Machado, who was taking Ssengabi’s class this quarter.

“He was very dedicated to teaching and to De Anza,” said Anne Leskinen, Dean of Physics. “A lot of people appreciated him.”

Ssengabi thought it was important to be a model for his students, and he never failed to wear a suit and tie to work.

De Anza piano teacher Anne Poklewski commented that Ssengabi was a private person. As neighbors, they had been friends for two years before they realized they both worked at De Anza. He loved music, including blues and classical, with Bach in particular. He also took great care in maintaining his home.

“Every weekend he was always working on his house, making things like cabinets, doing gardening. He built a solarium next to his living room with a glass roof. He wanted to make his house like a sanctuary, a place to relax,” said Poklewski. “[Ssengabi] was a religious man who never stopped cultivating a knowledge of science and the arts,” said fellow physics professor David Newton, commenting that he also enjoyed philosophical conversations about world issues.

Politics, though, may have been a sensitive subject. When Ssengabi left Uganda, his family remained under the Idi Amin regime and he never knew what happened to them.

Newton recalled that Ssengabi was congenial to his colleagues and always ready to laugh, even at his own quirks.

“For many years, he needed to be called at home to be reminded to adjust his clock for daylight savings time or else he would be late to class the next Monday,” said Newton. “[Another time] he left his car in his garage where it became stranded for an entire Spring Break because he forgot to take it out before the new concrete was poured in front.”

Even so, Ssengabi was respected by the De Anza community.

“He helped people in need and asked for nothing in return,” said Newton. “I never saw him hesitate to help a student learn, no matter how long it took, if he thought they had a desire to learn.

There will never be another James Ssengabi.”