Jan. 27, 2003 Issue

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

De Anza students, Students for Justice members marched in the peace rally in San Francisco earlier this month.

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With the California budget heavily in the red, De Anza is now facing its own deficit and a possible loss of over $10 million in state money.

by Meera Kumbhani La Voz “The Rebirth of the Dream in a New Generation” transformed Martin Luther King Day, in the eyes of students, from another day off from school to a commemoration of the dreams and ideals of a cultural icon.

That theme shaped a four-day celebration and remembrance, from Jan. 13-16, of Dr. King’s struggles and visions of the world today.

The events culminated on Thursday, Jan. 16, with a formal dinner, a compilation of all the main events of the week, including two keynote speakers: Penni Sweetenburg-Lee in the morning and Judge Rise Jones Pichon in the evening.

“I really have to question how much have we done in society, what needs to be done, and how little we’ve accomplished in my view,” said De Anza president Martha Kanter to commence the evening program, saying that King’s dream has not been completely fulfilled yet.

Quoting Stanford University professor and director of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Papers Project, Clayborn Carson, Kanter added, “‘It is our responsibility to continue that fight for freedom.’ That’s why we do what we do here at De Anza College. We’re about opening doors to people of color, to underrepresented students, to the disadvantaged, to people who need a chance to have a future.”

Kanter said, “Eighty percent of all students of color who transfer and go into the workforce in California come through the doors of a California community college. We have 40,000 students doing so at De Anza every year.”

In light of King’s dream, Kanter and keynote speaker Pichon have crafted a longterm educational plan called “Vision 2010 for Silicon Valley” that declares a goal to increase the success rate of all ethnic, gender and disability groups, so they are incomparably high, with no more than five percent variance among the different groups.

The plan states, “Achieving this goal may be a towering feat. No matter how strong our commitment, we won’t make true progress unless the entire community participates.”

Kanter said, “That’s what I think Dr. King

What will the $chool do?

by Ling-Mei Wong La Voz De Anza College administrators held a town hall meeting last Tuesday to discuss what the school was doing in the face of an impending budget crisis.

De Anza may be forced to raise student fees and cut some student services in the middle of the current school year as a response to proposed education cuts in the California state budget. The statewide cuts, which could be upward of $250 million for the community college system, are a belt-tightening measure in the face of a state deficit some have projected will reach $35 billion.

The Foothill-De Anza District will lose between $5 million to $11 million in state revenues for the 2002-03 school year.

This is in addition to a $7 million deficit that the district has.

The state budget will be unknown until the California Legislature approves the budget; Gov. Gray Davis is advo-

cating for a decision by Friday.

The gauntlet was laid down for De Anza to cut costs in a Dec. 6 e-mail from the state chancellor of community colleges to Mike Brandy, the district’s acting vice chancellor of business service. The e-mail stated that the school may have to make over $5 million in budget cuts over the final seven months of the school year.

De Anza is required by state law to balance its budget for the year, which had been balanced in the fall for the 2002-03 school year.

Ways of increasing revenue include reducing the number of classes, or “denied access,” for classes with fewer than 20 students. Gov. Davis is also supporting a tuition increase, raising the price of a quarter unit from $7 to $16. However, international students’ fees are likely to increase from the current

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De Anza celebrates King’s birthday

INSIDE

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WHAT’S GOING ON OPINION

SPORTS

Does racism still exist?

Writers Lamont Haliburton and Julio Lara discuss the evolution of modern-day racism.

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Dons lose to Skyline De Anza’s men’s basketball team lost to Skyline 75-64 in a Coast Conference game last Wednesday.

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CORRECTIONS and CLARIFICATIONS “Lady Dons attacked by Jaguars,” Jan. 21, Page 7 Lady Dons Lindsay Webb plays guard, not forward “New players the key for 2003,” Jan. 21, Page 8 Baseball photos taken by Naomi Blinick

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JULIO LARA AND LAMONT HALIBURTON DISCUSS THE UNFULFILLED DREAM OF MARTIN LUTHER KING, THE NEED FOR STRONG LEADERSHIP AND THE SPREAD OF SOCIETAL STEREOTYPES AND PREJUDICES friends with them all and truthfully never don’t have marches or protests defendexperienced racism on a personal level. I ing our culture’s freedom. And no, I even got to the point where I thought it don’t have to sit in the back of a bus didn’t exist because I saw so little of it. because I happen to be darker than Joe That was just wishful thinking, I guess. over there.

Yet doing research for this piece has But we are closet racists because we made me see how naïve I was for thinkall hold stereotypes. We might not do it ing that way. I’ve gotten to the point with hurtful intent, but we do it. And all where I believe that the majority of peoit does is add fuel to the fire that is juliolara ple are racist and that includes me. But already out of control.

I am not Mexican, but I love their food. that’s because the definition for racism is Yes, we have grown as people and no Nor have I ever crossed the border. O.K., so blurry, vague and huge that I can see longer practice blatantly racist actions, once, but that was on a plane … legally. I how someone could view my actions as but racism has grown to a higher degree do speak Spanish, but so do people in being racist. where we no longer offend people with twenty-something different countries in Sure, there are some clear-cut racist our actions, but with our thoughts and the world (all of them, not just Mexico). acts, like the ones performed this last our preconceived notions about them. I I’m Hispanic, Mexico is a country and “el weekend on the people of color of San know this now, and failed to see it español” is a universal language.

Diego. According to news reports, tightbefore.

Last Monday we enjoyed a muchened “security” for the Super Bowl You see, because thinking that a needed break, courtesy of Dr. Martin required the INS to stop and detain certain white man living in Minnesota or Luther King Jr. Now unless you’ve been people in order to beef-up security.

Nebraska might not know what a living under a rock all your life, you Reports had at least 36 people of Arab or Hispanic man like myself is like, know who this man is. Dr. King led one Latino descent detained and arrested, probably is racist, but is most of the biggest fights in modern-day mainly security guards and concession likely true.

American society as he took his non-vioworkers for Qualcomm Stadium. ForeignIt’s So because we think this lent war against racism and for racial born taxi and bus drivers were arrested and way, no matter how many been 35 equality to the streets of the U.S. an estimated 80 people were held. No years after dream speeches we Nowhere was racism more eminent than white people. No black ones either. the death of hear, will we ever rid in the 1950’s. Different drinking fountains, Racism in America use to be a black and ourselves of Martin Luther assigned seating, different bathrooms -white thing; add brown to your list as well.

King Jr., and we racism? everything was different. Riots, protests, But cases like the one above exist by have had a lot of I don’t marches and boycotts, all for a common the dozen. The everyday racism that time to think about know, I’m cause. Dr. King led a fight against racism occurs, the constant stereotyping, the the man’s purpose durjust a and for love that reached the nation as a racial profiling and other smaller gestures Mexican, ing his time on earth. whole. But as he stood atop a sea of folthat often go unrecognized is what will But after all the struggles, right? lowers in Washington D.C. and made his keep racism alive in our society. what have we learned? Perhaps famous dream speech, he never envisioned You speak Spanish so you must be that the more things change, the the lack of progress that we would make Mexican. You are a black male, so you more they stay the same.

40 years later. And it isn’t because we con- must listen to rap, drive an Escalade with At De Anza, on the week before tinue to mistreat black people in society. at least 20-inch shoes and like basketball.

America celebrated the birth of King, In fact, it’s safe to say that black peoYou’re Asian—where’s your rice cooker, a weeklong conference in commemoraple have enjoyed a great deal of progress playa? Is it in the rice rocket your tion of the preacher and activist culminatfrom the times of the civil rights movedaddy bought you? You’re Middle ed in a student panelist discussion. ment. There’s Black Entertainment Eastern, so please don’t fly a plane “[I respected] the fact that he did all this Television, a Miss Black America, and into our building, man! without holding a gun, or holding a knife, using Black Student Unions nationwide. These I’ve been guilty of it and his words,” said Adil Hyatt, vice president of the are things that no one would have ever whoever isn’t, feel free to Muslim Student Association. thought to start during those times. Now cast the first stone. I While all of the panelists believed in his ideals, they are used to promote cultural diversiswear I’ll stand still. there was a common consensus between the panelists ty and are welcomed assets to our nation.

No, we don’t that King’s dream for America is not progressing and that Welcomed assets? Yes, pretty amazing make people of difwe may, in fact, be moving backwards. considering where we were 50 years ago. ferent races go to Hyatt’s brother and fellow panelist, Sulaiman, explained that The popularity of black athletes has different baththe civil rights movement did not end slavery because people are grown tremendously, and black performers rooms, or still put into slavery if they are criminals. He was unforgiving are no longer pigeonholed into stereotypidrink difabout the fact that blacks make up 12 percent of the country’s popucal roles. And national celebrities are no ferent lation, yet the majority of the inmates in America’s prisons. longer just white. Halle Berry wins the water.

He made a good point. The disparate treatment of blacks in this counOscar, and Denzel, oh Denzel, wins one No, try, in almost every aspect of life besides sports and entertainment, proves too. Pretty awesome stuff. No, black peowe that racism is alive and well. ple definitely have it better. It’s not close But why are there no leaders, no moving orators, and no groups causing to “all good” yet, but we’re working on it. noticeable action and change here in the 21st century?

No, you see, racism is no longer a Sulaiman believes, “If you’re really going to attempt to bring out the truthful black thing. It isn’t your momma’s things and the truthful perceptions, you have to understand you’re going to be put on racism or your daddy’s, and it has the hit list of a system that doesn’t want you to tell the truth.” spread further and wider than anyMartin Luther King Jr. advocated peace, love and life. Former DASB senator Jittaun one would have ever imagined.

Batiste, the only female panelist, understood this and reminded us that children are dying in Iraq Yet, to be honest, who am I because they don’t have clean water or food, and King would want us to think of them as well. to complain? I grew up in the Dead Prez, a socially active rap group, says that black people aren’t ready for a revolution.

Bay Area, one of the most That is half of the truth. The greatest social injustice has to do with both race and class. culturally diverse places Martin Luther King, like W.E.B. Dubois and many other leaders, was about human rights. The on the globe. real reason King was assassinated was because he was setting in motion an organization to unite poor I’ve seen everypeople. That organization could not be allowed because their combined power would be immense. thing from Black to That is the reason King was assassinated. Whether he could have White, Asian, been the key to Karl Marx’s long-awaited revolution is moot, but no Latino and one since has possessed the charisma that King used to pull people Middle together and encourage them to stand up.

Eastern.

Anthony Choice, panelist and Students For Justice member, said, “No I’ve great leader ever truly wants to be a leader. They become a leader by circumbeen stances.” An excellent point, but are the circumstances not perilous enough today? Choice continued, “Ultimately, what we have to do is speak up.”

People have been speaking up, but sadly, without impact. And although we’ve had lamonthaliburton our ear to the streets, it is now the time to put our feet to the streets as well.

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KING: Speakers honor civil rights leader, urge students to take stock of their lives FROM PAGE ONE

dramatic loss of motivation King experienced mid-high school. According to Pichon, stood for — involving the entire community, the only reason King regained his incentives touching the heart of every person to say was because of a certain teacher’s care and ‘You can make a difference, you can change acceptance.

“She could not prevent the decline the lives of people we are with in this world.’

I think Dr. King would have been proud of because the student had some things to work our regional vision, because it involves his out and this was his way. She understood, goal to create an inclusive society that con- and she did not try to fix him. She listened, nects people to opportunities to achieve eco- counseled, sympathized and stood by him, while he went on his nomic prosperity for all.” tortured, slow and Kanter also menpainful journey,” said tioned the budget crisis Pichon. “Because of affecting community this teacher and her colleges as an example Dr. King was a mentor unconditional acceptof King’s unfulfilled in the truest sense of the ance of the young man, dream and encouraged word. He believed it was he began to know himthe audience to stand up his personal responsibility self and accept himself against the cuts. “Yes, to end segregation. He and slowly, his cloud everyone is going to take believed it was his duty to started to lift. He was a piece of the economic still struggling, but crisis that we’re facing, lead, inspire and motivate because someone cared but let’s be fair, let’s be until his end ... and it was and showed him that appropriate, and let’s his desire that his work they cared, he had a understand how valuable continue after his death.” chance at success.” the community colleges Pichon went on to are to us.”

- JUDGE RISE define the role of a The premiere event JONES PICHON mentor as “a person was a speech by Santa who has the unique Clara County Superior ability to see the other Court Judge Pichon, person as he or she is, titled “My Brother’s Keeper.” The title was a Biblical reference to to accept that person unconditionally, and to Cain’s response when God asked him the inspire that person to reach his or her potenwhereabouts of his brother, Abel. “Am I my tial. A mentor encourages another person to persevere [toward] what appears to be insurbrother’s keeper?” Cain asked.

“Dr. King was a mentor in the truest sense mountable challenges.”

Pichon clarified that mentoring does not of the word. He believed it was his personal responsibility to end segregation. He require a long-term relationship, “It can simbelieved it was his duty to lead, inspire and ply be a kind act or gesture at just the right motivate until his end … and it was his desire time, a sincere affirmation of a person, a that his work continue after his death,” said word of encouragement, or just a little empaPichon. She added that we all have an obli- thy and understanding.”

Theatre arts student Smret Yohannes gation to look out for each other.

To illustrate her point, Pichon narrated the said,“[She] made me realize that I could and story of King’s adolescence, focusing on a needed to make a difference too. I live in

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BUDGET: De Anza deals with latest financial challenges FROM PAGE ONE amount of $101 per unit.

Faculty hiring for vacant positions has been put on hold, as well as for “floaters,” part-timers who temporarily fill in for a vacant full-time job. An increase in grants, community funding and reductions in B budget funding will alleviate the shortfall.

Notices for layoffs for academic positions could take place by March 15, which would affect full-timefaculty, counselors, librarians and academic administrators. That date represents the last day which the district can fire full-time employees. The firings would take effect at the start of the next school year.

The schedule of classes is under consideration for spring quarter and the variety of courses

offered at De Anza may be reduced. However, summer session is expected to be about the same size as the previous year.

Director of Budget Operations Kathy Blackwood and Brandy described further steps the Legislature could take to prevent the budget cuts. The steps included proportionate cuts to other educational programs as well as community colleges, less severe fee increases, and maximum flexibility and suspension of some state mandates.

“We’re here to serve the students.

We’re doing an exemplary job of that, and we will continue to do [so], and we will get through this,” said De Anza President Martha Kanter.

“We’ve gotten through every budget crisis that’s come before us in the last three decades and this one we will survive.”

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Oakland, where there’s a lot of shooting and, sometimes, I give up on helping other people there. When [she] talked about how you can help your own community, I realized I can make a difference … when you change, you see other people change too.”

In concluding her speech, Pichon said, “To be able to look at another person and recognize that he or she is in need, and to be able to reach out, even in some small way, is especially important today, because we have been examining each other very closely, and we view each other with suspicion, distrust and fear. Our lives have become competitive to such an extent that we have a tendency to believe, without reason, that the next person is out to get what we have. Our differences are meant to enhance the beauty of life, and not to become grounds for speculation, prejudice and fear. Look to your right, look to your left and support each other, so all three of you can be a success.”

Pichon received a standing ovation from the audience.

“If you’re an African-American student, you can’t help but be proud. Even just sitting in the room and looking around, there were just so many accomplished AfricanAmericans here,” said De Anza student trustee Deanna Stewart. “From a nonAfrican-American student view, I was proud of my school. I was proud of my president. I was just proud to be associated with a group of people who care about ideals.”

“I hope [the students] learned about what the struggle was all about, and what it still is about,” said Planning Committee Co-Chair Texanna Davis. “Our goal was to make sure students didn’t say, ‘Well, I went, but I didn’t really learn anything.’”

In the morning program, SweetenburgLee’s speech included a three-step “Recipe for Success” that transcended race.

“I think the ultimate message here is a message calling people to serve, to look at Dr. King’s life and his commitment to serv-

ing mankind, regardless of race, creed, color, or nationality,” said Sweetenburg-Lee. “And now we too have been given the privilege, the same ability, to make a difference and to serve. So I think the greatest message is to commit ourselves as educators and students, and realize that we have an obligation to help each other and support each other.”

“I leave this event with a greater commitment. I’m more motivated and inspired than ever in regard to servitude, making a difference in the lives of people, and understanding how important it is to having a healthy concept of who you are,” said SweetenburgLee. “Every time I give a message of that magnitude, I get re-inspired to be dedicated.

From what I felt in the room tonight, the people will leave with a greater determination and a greater readiness, and can use what they have to help other people.”

In addition to Pichon’s speech, a highlight of the evening program was a performance

by De Anza’s Actors’ Ensemble, directed by instructor Sarah Albertson. The performance documented the struggles of Rosa Parks and the lesser-known stories of child activists Rachel West and Sheyann Webb.

“Rosa Parks is always focused on, but Rachel and Sheyann are not,” said SJCC instructor Blair Dunton. “I thought it was interesting and refreshing that they talked about these two children, these girls who couldn’t even vote who were fighting for black voter rights.”

Sweetenburg-Lee expressed satisfaction at the diversity of audience, explaining that most Martin Luther King events she has spoken at have mostly been attended by only African-Americans.

“When you see a climate of the culture such as tonight, where students came from all ethnic groups, all ages, different sexual orientations and all cultural backgrounds, it is another opportunity to teach and to share, and to bring people to a place where they can respect differences.”

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Above: Julie Fischer, holding sign on right, and other members of De Anza’s Students for Justice march in protest against the potential war in Iraq. Left: One protester plays the part of an injured Iraqi woman. Her shirt reads, “You can bomb the world to pieces, but you can’t bomb into peace.”

DA students march in S.F. peace rally

by Daniel DeBolt La Voz In one of the biggest demonstrations since the Vietnam War, hundreds of thousands of people took to the San Francisco streets Jan. 18 to protest a possible war with Iraq. More than 160 students and community members from the South bay arrived in two buses provided by De Anza’s Students for Justice.

“I have been going to marches for five years. By far this was the largest one with the broadest spectrum of people participating,” said Adam Welch, a longtime member of Students for Justice. Estimates ranged from 40,000 by the police to 200,000 by

event organizers and other news sources.

The group marched in a contingent when they arrived, many wearing red and black, and carrying a large SFJ banner that read “Direct action, education, liberation.” They chanted, “Your oil, your oil, is blood on foreign soil” and “Education in this hour, we don’t need to bomb for power.”

“Bush has no evidence to go to war. War is not the answer. I think it’s about oil, and I think its a personal vendetta,” said Beth Hollingshead of De Anza’s SFJ. “It’s all about financial interest. This war is pure propaganda,” said SFJ member Joel Dovev.

A sign in the crowd read, “I am sorry for

the people I killed with my taxes, my compliance.”

Many people are connecting the war to current domestic issues such as budget cuts in education, the failing economy and the questionable election of George Bush.

“I’m here to let George Bush know that he is not my president,” said University of California at Los Angeles student Huyn Mi. The budget cuts that face education, namely community colleges, were on the students’ minds.

“Right now the public college system is facing the largest cuts ever, while the military is spending at levels higher than during the cold war,” said Welch.

“The only thing that attracts Bush is the oil. If there is a better reason, he needs to tell us,” said protester Bill Bystricky.

When asked if Hollingshead thought Saddam Hussein was dangerous, she said, “I think he is a tyrant. I think he needs to be out of there, but war is not the way to get him out.”

At the end of the day many SFJ members expressed a feeling of accomplishment.

“I was really impressed how we pulled this off,” said Huong Nguyen, a member of De Anza’s SFJ. “There were a lot of first timers, a lot of people who just saw the buses mentioned in the Mercury News. Everyone I talked to on the bus was so glad we put it together and said we should continue doing this.”

Notorious parking situation still a hassle for students ALTERNATIVES SOMETIMES DON’T WORK FOR STUDENTS, NEW PLANS MAY ADD 240 SPACES

by Kristopher Rowberry La Voz “So where exactly can you park here?” said De Anza student Donna Gullo. It is a question asked by many students who drive to school everyday. At certain times of the day, parking at De Anza can be both paradise and hell on earth.

It is several factors that are hurting the parking situation.

First is the lack of spaces available to students. Chief Ben Rodriguez Jr., of the Foothill / De Anza College Campus Police said there are 3,805 student parking spots on campus. The number has steadily gone down as Measure E improvements slowly encroach on the parking lots.

Another factor affecting parking is the markings in the lots.

Because the school has repainted the stripes in the parking lots, there are remnants of the previous markings. Many students are confused with which line marks the “true” parking space, ultimately causing two spots to be

taken up.

One student thinks that a main contributor to the parking predicament is that many De Anza students refuse to come to school earlier.

“If students would just get earlier classes, parking would be so much easier for them,” said student Diana Viray.

Convenience of parking spots has become a major issue with the student body. Many try to park close to their class and many do not want to walk a few blocks into campus, even if it means guaranteed parking.

“Chances are if you wait for a ‘good’ spot, you’ll probably be late for class,” says student Joe Pangrac. “So I’d rather take what I can get, even if it’s toward the back of the lot.”

With so few spots after 10 a.m., many drivers become desperate. Several eyewitnesses said that some students risk a ticket by parking in the 30-minute spaces all day. Some told of hit and run incidents in the parking lot.

“[The driver] just hit the other car, and simply drove away, as if nothing had happened,” said student Nick Pegis.

All of these factors can lead to frustration.

Some students claimed that they wait on average 20, 30, up to 60 minutes without finding a single spot. But Rodriguez said there have been little to no reports of road rage in the parking lots.

Alternative transportation is available to students for a guaranteed on-time arrival to school.

The free Altrans Shuttle runs from Vallco Fashion Park to campus several times a day. Five bus lines also make a stop near the De Anza campus. “Neither really works with my schedule,” many students said.

And although the Altrans shuttle is convenient and cheap, it only runs for the first three weeks of classes. Students still must eventually drive and park on campus.

Carpooling is another way to reduce congestion not only in the lots, but also on the freeway. “It usually takes 10 minutes to find a

spot,” says student Tabatha Davis. “But [people in my carpool are] sick today, so it’s taken 45 minutes so far.” The Web site www.rides.org offers a free service to find would-be carpoolers a match.

To ease the parking problem, there are several plans to help.

Rodriguez said the first plan involves converting the one-way street near the archery range into a street with parking on both sides. This will add approximately 140 new spots.

Also, plans call for reducing the size of the berms, or hills in the A, B and C lots. This will add approximately 100 new parking spots. Rodriguez said, “I want to be able to park as many cars as possible. The spot you get may not be right next to your class, but you will have a spot.”

There was no timeframe given for these improvements.

Despite the circumstances, some students see the humor in the situation.

“It might take an hour, but it’s fun,” says student Tuan Nguyen.

FACTS ABOUT PARKING AT DE ANZA 3,805 total student spaces Lots A, C, E have motorcycle space 62 limited time spaces 85 disabled spaces 191 compact spaces 579 staff spaces $25 tickets for parking without a permit, or parking on the lawn $250 tickets for parking in a disabled space

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the life of Luotto LONGTIME PROFESSOR REMEMBERS 35 YEARS TEACHING AT DE ANZA

by Marvin Kusumoto La Voz ames Luotto can proudly look back at his forty years of teaching. It’s a humbling thought that more than 15,000 students were influenced by his ideas and skills as an educator and mentor.

In addition to teaching classes in English and speech at De Anza, he served briefly as the Language Arts division dean and also participated in two non-traditional programs: Campus Abroad, which took him to Europe, and an experimental program called Minicollege.

Today, Luotto lives in Fair Oaks, near Sacramento, with his cat Sebastian. He has five grown children and will soon add to his seven grandchildren.

Although he officially retired in June 2001 from De Anza, Luotto returned last quarter to the Language Arts classroom. His retirement allows him to return one quarter each year to continue teaching.

“I do miss the excitement of teaching,” he said. “But as long as I am teaching one quarter a year, that’s enough to feel like I still have my hand in it. It would have been hard to quit cold turkey.”

Born of Italian immigrants, this soft-spoken, silver-haired gentleman grew up in the neighborhoods of Brooklyn, N.Y. He still can turn on the old Brooklyn accent when it suits his needs.

Luotto graduated from the University of Notre Dame with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English. After military service as an Air Force pilot at Travis Air Force Base, Calif., he went on to complete both his master’s and doctorate degrees at Loyola University

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of Chicago.

While teaching high school in Illinois, Luotto heard from a friend that Dr. Robert De Hart from a Foothill Community College was on a recruiting tour in the Midwest and was going to be visiting Northwestern University, near Chicago.

Luotto had fond memories of California from his days in the Air Force and, following his interview, was offered a position as an English instructor. He spent his first year at Foothill and transferred to De Anza when the college officially opened in 1967.

“I found the students consistent in whatever changes there may be,” said Luotto.

“They were always kind and they were interesting. I like the student population of De Anza.”

During the intervening years, Luotto

served briefly for a year and a half as the dean of the Language Arts from 1970 and 1971. “That was a challenge,” he said.

He left the administrative position to join the experimental Minicollege program at De Anza that lasted for several years and was interdisciplinary. There were teachers from biology, speech, English, sociology, and other disciplines in the program.

“Even though you were an English teacher, you might teach biology or other subjects,” he said. “You couldn’t pretend you were an expert. You did your best to communicate and learn with the students.”

“I do miss the excitement of teaching. But as long as I am teaching one quarter, that’s enough to feel like I still have my hand in it. It would have been hard to quit cold turkey.”

-James Luotto Photo courtesy of Language Arts division / La Voz

Luotto also had the unique experience of teaching in Europe under the Campus Abroad program on three different occasions.

Hosted by both De Anza and Foothill Colleges, the program allowed students to study in Italy, Spain, England and other countries, while continuing their college education.

In his final year as a full-time professor, Luotto was surprised when De Anza president Martha Kanter made an announcement at the 2001 commencement ceremonies. A special site on campus would be dedicated to the founding faculty of the college and would be called Luotto’s Grotto.

The grotto is situated under the shade of several towering redwood trees tucked between the Advanced Technology Center and the Language Arts office. Here, students can lounge or study on molded concrete seating in front of a modern art sculpture.

On a brass plate anchored in the grotto is an old English text from Geoffrey Chaucer’s 14th century classic The Canterbury Tales. It reflects Luotto’s love of Old English authors and his teaching philosophy of nearly 40 years: In Middle English, it reads, “And gladly wolde he lerne, and gladly teche.” Luotto said he always thought about that quote when he taught his class on early English writers.

In modern English it translates, “And gladly would he learn and gladly teach.” .

Photos courtesy of Language Arts Division

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1 0 SCROUNGE up those coins because at the Edge Nightclub in Palo Alto are $2 Tuesdays. DJ Fabian will be on the turntables Jan. 28, so get up on the dance floor.

For more information, visit www.edge-nightclub.com 9 SPEAK out on the mic Jan. 28 at Last Day Saloon in San Francisco for “Issue 9 - hip hop open mic night.”

Doors open at 7 p.m. For more information, call 415387-6344.

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POETRY lovers, attend the “Poetry Workshop” held at the San Jose Art League Jan. 30 at 7 p.m. The show will be led by poet Greg Hall and SJAL president Bea Garaidh. Admission ranges from $7 to $30. For more information, call 408-2944545.

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4 CHECK out the “De Anza College Art Faculty Exhibition” open until Feb. 1 at the Euphrat Museum. It showcases artwork by fulltime and part-time art faculty from De Anza. For museum hours, call 408-864-8836.

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Owls conquer the night

LADY DONS OUTHUSTLED BY FOOTHILL AS THEY SUFFER THIRD STRAIGHT DEFEAT

by Payam Jahromi and Luke Stangel La Voz Throughout the night the Lady Dons’ defensive pressure was solid against Foothill, but the moment they needed it the most, it collapsed on them. As the last couple of minutes dwindled down, the Lady Dons saw their chance of tying up the game vanish. The Foothill Lady Owls sealed the victory with three consecutive lay-ups as they won the game 68-61 last Wednesday.

With their third straight loss in the past week, the Lady Dons dropped to 4-3 in the Coast Conference division and 14-10 overall.

Poor rebounding has been a common problem during the past three games. “(Foothill) got every offensive rebound,” said head coach Mike Gervasoni. “We just assume we’re going to get the rebound because we’re 6’1”, but if you’re 5’7” and active, you have a better chance of getting the rebound.”

Guard Lindsay Webb carried the Lady Dons for most of the night with a game high 19 points. She also led the team with seven rebounds and four assists. She brought the crowd to its feet with a beautiful nolook pass on a fast break, but the ball slipped through Daynelle Parker’s hands for a turnover.

“Our heart wasn’t in it and we just got outhustled on the boards,” Webb said. “At the end, our intensity level totally dropped from what it was in the first half.”

In spite of giving up the game in the final minutes and not grabbing many defensive rebounds, the Lady Dons did keep the game close with their solid defense. This included a steal in which Webb lunged a pass to Parker to put in the two points early in the game.

But the game came down to the Lady Owls outrebounding the

Kelly Brackin

Amber Hall

Lindsay Webb

FG %: 63%

FG%: 25%

FG%: 47%

Points: 10

Points: 8

Points: 19

Rebounds: 2

Rebounds: 2

Rebounds: 7

Assists: 2

Assists: 1

Assists: 4

Steals: 3

Steals: 0

Steals: 1

“ They need to get tougher mentally and physically.

Whatever it takes from them, from within themselves, they have to understand that they have to go do it.”

-HEAD COACH MIKE GERVASONI

Lady Dons.

Foothill head coach Jody Craig emphasized the importance of rebounding to her players prior to the beginning of the game.

“They have so much more size,” Craig said. “If you can’t

rebound against them, you’re not going to stand a chance.”

Foothill’s traps and full-court presses disrupted the Lady Dons on offense, forcing them into 31turnovers. Sophomore centers Muna Hamouie and Parker led the

futility with seven turnovers apiece.

Webb kept the Lady Dons in the game early, scoring seven of the team’s first eight points. This included a play early in the game in which she stripped the ball loose from a Foothill player. She went

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on to make the basket while getting fouled, then converted the free throw for the three-point play.

Although the game got sloppy at times, it was full of momentum swings. The Lady Dons had a 7-0 run in the first half to tie the score at 20, but Foothill answered that run with an 8-0 run of their own. A few minutes later, the Lady Dons scored six unanswered points to cut the lead to three just before the half.

Foothill entered the second half with a 32-29 lead. Control of the lead was switched back and forth between the teams four times and the biggest lead in the second half was six points held by Foothill with 11 minutes left to play.

Foothill Lady Owls were led by guard Maria Matus, who scored a team-high 14 points coming off the bench.

Matus believes the key to the victory was when her team finally stopped allowing the Lady Dons to get to the free throw line.

“Coach told us at halftime to cut back on fouls because that was killing us,” Matus said. “They got to the line too many times and they were living off the free throw line.”

Centers Amber Hall, Parker and Hamouie combined for 22 points, 14 of them coming from the free throw line.

The free throws did indeed keep the Lady Dons in the game as they converted 21 of 27 from the stripe, but they had no free throw attempts in the final five minutes.

The Lady Dons hope to get back to their winning ways with tough conference games ahead. In order to win, they need to improve their rebounding after being outrebounded 128-92 over the past three games.

“They have to get tougher mentally and physically,” Gervasoni said. “Whatever it takes from them, from within themselves, they have to understand that they have to go do it.”

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“It wasn’t their height ... but we didn’t use our speed like we could have, so the height affected us. We let them keep up with us when we should have outrun them.”

- CENTER DARIO BURNS, ON THE TEAM’S MATCHUP AGAINST SKYLINE

Dons fall to Skyline in division clash

by Reza Kazempour La Voz Despite the 14-0 run late in the second half of last Wednesday night’s game, the Dons men’s basketball team could not come away with the win against Skyline College (14-10, 1-1).

The Trojans went home with a 75-64 victory and angry emotions in the end. Dons forward Sam Phifer and Trojan center Rod Picou exchanged words and shoves shortly after the horn to signal the end of regulation.

The last time these two teams met, the Dons (13-10, 0-2) defeated Skyline College at the Shasta Tournament Nov. 16 by a score of 65-64.

The Dons started off Wednesday night’s game with a backdoor pass by center Daniel Logan to forward Rondell Howard as they caught the Trojans off guard.

Point guard Santos Benitez contributed to the Dons’ only lead as he nailed a threepoint basket 5:25 into the game.

The Trojans never looked back as they began their attack on the shorthanded Dons.

Dons forward Keith Miyakusu was still out, nursing a quadriceps injury.

Head coach Mike Riley said the team had a hard time picking up for Miyakusu, the team’s leading scorer.

Riley started Howard in the place of Miyakusu as he favored a more defensiveminded approach to the game.

Riley was looking to forward Prince Benitez to provide the team with a comeback. Benitez, known for his clutch threepointers, went 1-for-8 from beyond the arc.

“The guy that had to pick it up for Keith [was] Prince. Prince didn’t shoot well. That happens,” stated Riley.

Even though Logan put up only six points throughout the game, his presence was felt the instant he stepped onto the court. The 6’7” center put up back-to-back blocks immediately after Benitez gained the

lead.

Trojan forward Eldridge Henderson scored 17 points to lead the Skyline attack, including a 7-for-8 night from the free throw line.

Trojan center Jason Holman put up two three-pointers in the first half while the Dons defense was slow to react. After two free throws in the first half, the Dons adjusted and kept Holman under wraps in the second half, not letting him score a point.

The Dons went into the locker room at the end of the first half down 35-20.

The Trojans put more pressure on the Dons’ defense early in the second half as they jumped out to a 61-40 lead.

The middle of the half came near, and the Dons decided it was time to turn the tables. Phifer, Steven Butler and Dario Burns each chipped in four points in the big 14-0 run.

But the runs was leaving the Dons tired, so Riley decided to slow things down by running back to a normal style of play.

Whatever the reason for the breakdown late in the second half, the Dons seemed pressured throughout the game.

“A lot of the players were intimidated because of the height,” said Burns on his team’s performance. Burns said the Dons were much quicker than the Trojans, but the intimidation hit them early in the game.

With the Trojans pulling away the victory, they now stand in third place in the Coast Conference North Division while the Dons sit in fifth.

Both teams entered the game having lost their conference opener. The Dons kicked off North Division play with a 63-61 loss at Chabot College on Jan. 17. On the same day, the Trojans lost their North Division opener to Ohlone College 69-56.

The Dons will play next at Foothill on tomorrow at 7:00 p.m. De Anza came out on top in the two teams’ last meeting, winning 85-80 on Dec. 14.

Kevin Batangan (3) / Special to La Voz

Head Coach Mike Riley holds his head, frustrated with his team during the final minutes of the game last Wednesday against the Trojans of Skyline College. The Dons did have a 14-0 run late in the game, but that still wasn’t enough as Riley was upset at the lack of communication on both offense and defense. The loss sent De Anza to an 0-2 start in Coast Conference play.

De Anza vs. Skyline Box Score No. Name

Pts

No.

Name

Pts

12

S. Benitez

8

3

Holbrook

2

14

P. Benitez

3

4

Fugua

13

22

Howard

7

21

Morris

10

23

Phifer

10

23

Henderson

17

25

Angervil

0

24

Cockerham

3

30

Campbell

0

33

Houston

5

32

Burns

26

34

Holman

8

42

Santos

0

35

Picou

50

Logan

6

44

Bell

0

52

Butler

4

45

Wheatley

2

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Left: The Dons started the game against the Skyline Trojans with strong defense coming from center Daniel Logan. Center Rod Picou’s shot is blocked early in the first half by Logan. Right: Center Dario Burns started a 14-0 run in the middle of the second half. However, center Tremaine Fuqua and the Trojans finished off strong with the score 75-64.