San Jose City College Times, Vol. 69, Issue 5, Oct 28, 1970

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Eas ter Sea l Be nef it Rep lac es Cit y Co lleg e s De ad Classic "Homecoming Game," a tired tradition at City College, has been displaced by the Easter Seal Benefit to be known a s the "Big Game. "

was entered by Vicki Ruff on behalf of the Board of Activities. Since that time she has suggested a number of innovations that will reportedly make Big Game an exciting event.

P roceeds from .the Nov. 6th game will be donated to the Easter Seals Society for Crippled Children of Santa Clara County. In making this decision, the Adm inistrative Council weighed man y factors and alternative s. Among the reasons for making the decisions were :

Vicki R uff, Director of Activities, Bill P urdy, Student Body Public Information Officer and James Fiske, Executive Director of the Easter Seals Society for Crippl ed Children h ave been busy planning the game activities.

• the detachmen t of Homecomi ng activities from the reality of a changing campus environment • the lack of response fro m the gener al s tudent body for Homecoming • had it not been for a sex disqualification, a dog would have been top contender for Homecomin g Queen last year. BIG GAME - Prince Damen E . Close, 9, and Princess Lea Theresa Ventura, 8, share a happy moment wit!! Vicki Ruff, Director of Activities, who helped displace the ;,Homecom ing Game" in fa vor of the "Easter Seal Benefit" game. (Photo by Steve Brummel)

F our hundred dollars of the money raised a t the game will be used for a scholarship fun d for handicapp ed City College students. The motion to make the game a benefit

Ruling over the activities will be Princess Lea Theresa Ventura 8, and Prince Damen E. Close, 9. Princess Lea lives at 2522 Lanburt Lane in the Willow Glen area of San Jose. She attends Chandlers School. Lea uses a wheel chair and braces.

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Prince Damen lives at 1065 La Roda Dr., in Cupertino. He attends Fremont Older School. He uses braces.

Both Princess Lea and Prince Damen are looking forward to the game which may well be a GGC conference playoff. and ta lked a bout the benefit game. They are eager to help the Easter Seal Fiske has been making ar rangements to Society for Crippled Children as it has transport Santa Clara Valley crippled helped them in the past. "A lot more kids children to the game so they can enjoy need help," concurred the the Big Game Royalty. the fun. Vicki Ruff appeared on KNTV

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11 with Sports Director Da n Hayward

Purdy has been in close contact with local ra dio and television stations and they have been most co - operative in backing the benefit game. KLIV, KSJO, KLOK and KNEW are all supporting the effort he said. KNTV, Channel 11 has been of immeasura ble help, too, P urdy added.

The royal couple will visit the cam pus tomorrow at 3:00p.m. at which time they will be introduced to the football team and general student body. The presentation will take place on the football field with the student body invited. Other activities planned for Big Game night are a half - time performance by the Pioneer High School marching band and a post - game dance.

ASB Fu nds Sen t to c-f(ent S tate 25' De fen se

Six clowns w1U be there through the game to enter tain the crippled children · in attendance . The clowns will be volunteers from campus organizations like Operation SHARE and Mer" While I'm definitely in favor of justice " chandising Club. Even Student Council said Miss Ruff, "I'm just as definitely :will have a couple of clowns on the line. opposed to the derogatory sloganeering and dogmatic bromides contained in the The major function of the Big Game will telegram ." be to raise money to assist the handicapped and crippled in Santa Clara . County. F unds derived from ticket sales will be used to improve equipment a nd instructor services and maintain a residential therapeutic camp.

By DUNCAN REED

.. vindicate themselves of the murder of snow the people into believing that Seale for conspiring among himself?" four Kent State students" during last justice works. Anyone with a basic unStudent council, avowing "to defend the derstanding of law would realize there Miss Vicki Ruff, director of activities, rights of all students," sent $50 of spring's demonstra tion there. was no way Seale could have been tried. and J ohn Sarrensen, director of finance, Associated Student Body funds to the "(The Ohio establishm ent) is saying, in By law, it takes (at least) two to "Kent State 25" defense Thursday. con- cast the only council votes in opposition essence, that students are responsible for spire. What were they going to do ... try to sending the telegram of support. four deaths. The A telegram to Kent State ASB President the Rhodes/ Reagan/ Hayakawa pseudo Craig Morgan announcing the donation said "we r ealize that the indictment s philosophers are saying students have no brought against the Kent State 25 are in right to discuss the issues on campus .. . sa n iose city college fact indictment s against all legitimate and this leaves the students with no alternative but to go into the· streets," dissent in this country. We, the students of San Jose City College, send $50 to .Stensrud told the Times. defend the rights of all students. Dare to " It is inter esting to note," said Stensrud, Struggle! Dare to win! (signed) in "that at about the same time the insolidarity. " dictments at Kent State came down, (Judge) Julius Hoffman announced the Student Body President Dermis Manning dropping of conspiracy charges against . said the general feelings of student Bobby Seale. They should have been governmen t are that the indictments are dropped the minute the Chicago Seven SAN JOSE, C4-UFORNIA- WEDNESDAY, o crOBER 28, 1970 ~ meant tp strike a blow at so-..called: · were acquitted of the same charges. It VOLUME LXIX "permissiveness" on campus. · appears to be a half-assed attempt to "The $50 is intended to contribute to the ~dvancement of justice,'' said Manning.

Tickets can be purchased for $2.00 at the following outlets :

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• SJCC F inance Office • Sa nta Clara Valley Box Office Sherman and Clay Bldg. 50 N. Winchester Blvd. Santa Clara

·_ UMBER 5

Spring Pro gral llrn ing Slated for Nov. 23, 24, 2 5

rhe indictments were brought against 25 ;tudents and " agitators" on 43 counts of 'deliberate criminal action," and the Self - programm ing students will be )hio National Guard was cleared in the iss ues! permits to register for spring ~ay 4 shooting deaths of four Kent State semester on Nov. 23, 24, and 25 il1 the :tudents by a special state grand jury Counseling and Administration Building. vhich blamed the deaths on the college 1dministration's "over - indulgence and Self - progr amming students. according •ermissiven ess. '' to A. Gordon P eterson, assistant dean of C?unseling and guidance, are those who 'he grand jury said guardsmen killed the r>ur students in the honest and sincere elief that their own lives were in danger, nd called the campus demonstrat ion "a iot."

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Iter questioning "hundreds of witesses," the grand jury concluded that uardsmen should be furnished with eapons and live a mmunition during ~riods of campus unrest.

1 an earlier report by the President's Jmmission on Campus Unrest which mcluded that troops should never again ! allowed on any campus with loaded ~apons, the slayings by the Ohio ational Guard were called "un!Cessary, unwa r ran ted and inex.sable."

1rmer Pennsylva nia Gov. Willia m ranton, who headed the president's mmission, declined comment on the iictments , as did commissioner J oseph 1odes, Jr., 22, Harvard, but comssionl!r J ames F . Ahern (New Haven, nn., Chief of Police) called the grand ·y's report "inconsistent with the :ts."

e United States Departmen t of J ustice, ose investiga tors concluded earlier .t the slayings by the Ohio National ard were unnec essary and tha t lorted " student s nipers" wer e bably non-existen t, is considering ether feder al a ction should be iated "pending evaluation of the nd jury report. "

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G:o unci l App rov es Bus ing

A busing service proposal for City College students , presented to t he Student Council by Lee J. Polanco, Director of Academic Affairs, has been unanimous ly approved.

will have completed a minimum · of 24 units by the end of this semester . STARTS NOV. 9 "Counseling time will be available on Nov. 9 for self - programming s tudents,'' he added. Students with less than 24 units may begin counseling on Nov. 30. Registr ation permits will be issued Nov. 30 thru Jan . 28.

New or transfer students will be scheduled J an. 18 - 28. Registration permits may be obtained dur ing this time. MAKE APPOINTMENT Students are urged to make counseling

appointments prior to the period set aside for new students. E arly counseling sessions can result in an early appointment within the regi stration· priority category. NIGHT STUDENTS

• Village Music & T.V. Center 117 Town & Country Village San Jose

OPEN TIME

. A ng -_ ~pointment counselor · is now availa ble to all SJCC students from '7':30· a.m. to 3:30p.m. daily in the Counseling a nd Admi nistr ation Building, comA new approach to provide counseling mented Pe terson. services for night students is now available, said Peterson. "This service is intended to vrovide students with answers to questions of an Ron Zarcone, evening counselor will be immediate nature and which will not available from 5:30 - 9:30 p.m . daily. require r efe r ence to the stud ent' s folder ," he added. · Any student having a question of a short natur e niay contact the evening coun-· selor by telephoning 298-2181. These calls A sign displayed on the counseling desk will be given priority over aJ!~ointm ents indicates the counselor who ca n be seen Monda y thr u Thursday from 7 - 8 p.m. . each hour of the day and his office number.

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"I have checked the route to SJCC in r egards to distance and time, and have discussed this- proposal with various students who would be effected by the proposed r oute," remarked Polanco.

MO CI( BA LL OT ON PA GE TW O

AR C Rep s See k Blo od Don atio ns The American Red Cross will be on campus to receive blood donations from students and faculty tomorrow in the Women's .gym, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The blood drive was organized by the Merchandi sing Club in cooperation with the Four Coun ty Red Cross Blood Program . T~e goals of the drive are to replenish the blood used on campus and in the community and carry the effort to other local campuses.

• consumption of fatty foods four hours prior to • donating blood Left to right, Nancy Hogan of the Progres sive La bor P a rty, Pa ul Becker , Dean of Student Services <that 's his back) , Dougla s Hogan of the Progr essive Labor Party and RichardPh illips, Campus Security Office. By GEORGIA SHORE Y

In order to hold such a gathering, organiza tions must have the approval of the Assistant Dean of Students Activities, U-206.

A physical confr ontation between the Progress ive La bor P a r ty and the leral investigato rs are r eportedly Revolutionary Union on campus Oct. 19 k on campus to "re-examin e the resulted in the PLP being asked to leave · Action gatherings will be confined to .ation." the campus. places, times and manner·consistent with orderly conduct of the professional acThere has also been a suggestion that the e Stensrud, spokesman for Radical ion Movement and author of the· proposal be expanded to include a The PLP had obtained a permit from tivity of SJ CC and the free flow of tr affic. gram, called the indictments "an bussing route that will travel as far south Assistant Dean Stev~ S. Holma n to set mpt by the established power to as necessary. up a ~a ble to solicit money and food for Groups not directly under the jurisdicUnited Auto Worker strikers. The tion of the College Administration and Revolutionary Union disrupted the table, who do not ha ve written approval of the confiscating their literature and money, college president may not distribute causing such a fracas th at the PLP was bulletins, circulars, advertisem ents or asked to leave caf?pus . Both groups ar e films and the like on campus. non-campus organizations. Concerning this issue, Dean Becker said, "We can allow these groups on campus Although there seems to be little as long as they are peaceful but the j•Jstification for this act, the Times feels minute there is any disr uption, they will students at SJ CC shoUld be a ware. of the be asked to leave campus." policy the a dministration has towards The Tim es hopes this will give students a action gatherings sponsored by either better understanding of the policies the students or non-students. administra tion has toward such ma tters-

VOTE TODA Y

• Society for Crippled Children & Adults of Santa Clara County, Inc. 2000 W. Hedding St., San Jose

Sign ups wer e take n la s t Monday , Tuesday, and Wednesda y in the quad area. A routine examination is given all prospective donors on the day of the donation. Some of the conditions that ·may disqualify a prospective donor ·are : • weight under 110 pounds

Time schedule sheets and attached maps ser ve a purpose Polanco explained in that " a survey is now being conducted to determine which times would best serve students. Routes are indicated on maps which are posted throughout campus . All students who would like to see the bussing proposal become a reality, are urged to sign the time sheets attached to the maps." When a sked what effect the bussing proposal would have on the parking problem, Polanco, stated, " Due to the critical shortage of parking · areas, I strongly encourage students to consider making full use of all bussing services. Stude nts can a lleviate th e par king problem by taking advantage of the bussing proposal. ' •

• Roberts Books 330 S. lOth St. San Jose

- we hope it will stifle future incidents on campus.

Otto's Rally

Set For Nov. 7 The Sa n Jose City College Ski Club presents "Otto' s Car Rally" on Saturda y, November 7th. The starting place for this exciting event will be at the Cl>llege parking lot on Moorpark Avenue (main lot) at 6 p.m . The entrance fee is only $3.00 and the winners will receive trophies, and there will also ·be door prizes. So, why not plan an inter e stin g a nd e xciting eve ni ng c hanging your tr usty mount to victory.

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• poor health records. All blood types and classifications are accepted. F or the per son who donates blood, there are significant benefits. In cases of emergency , he and membejs of his immediate family will receive free blood anywher e thr Red Cross operates. The community also benefits beca use of the increase in the blood supply serving the immediate area. The area covered by the Four County Red Cross Program includes Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, San Benito and Monterey counties. The Blood Center is located at 333 McKendrie St. , San J ose. Chairman for the Merchandis ing Club Blood Dr ive is Eddie Oliva. When asked about the drive, he commented, "Everyone and anyone who wishes to can help by donating blood which will ma ke the drive a successful activity." He a lso stated, " I hope that it will show the community that the younger generation is interested a nd willing to give wha t it takes."


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