' Failures Lose Aid Approximately 120 students had to be taken off the financial aids roster due to their failure to maintain the academic work load required to recei~ benefits according to Financial Aids Officer Bud Walton. ' He also expressed the idea that the administration has obligations to the students. These obligations include providing various services, such as counseling and financial aid. Conversely, the student must also meet certain obligations, according to Walton. These obligations being: to work in his selected academic field, to progress in his academic development, and finally " he must be a part of the college community," Walton stated. The Work Study Program, Education Opportunity Grant, Calif. Grant, and the National" Defense Loan' are the four financial programs involved. The students were receiving one or more of these loans at the time they were dropped from the financial aids roster.
Committee to Study Admissions ~Priority' SPRING
SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA WEDNESDAY, MARCH 24,1971
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Four Merchant Adventurers Win
An Admissions Priorities and Retention Committee has been organized to study the reasons behind students withdrawiqg from classes, and to set up con trols and procedures to help alleviate this problem in the future, according to Dean of Students, Paul Becker.
semester may have numerous openings at a later date, when students cannot take advantage of them," Becker said . There is no way of determining how much money waste is involved in these withdrawals; they may hurt a student a s far as time is concerned, according to Becke~ · Re-evaluation of admission priori ties and registration priorities at City College is the committee's main point of discussion.
"Du,ring the Fall semester, 6,430 daystudents entered various courses: of these, 516 had withdrawn by the end of the semester. This constitutes an 8 per cent withdrawal from classes," Becker sta ted.
Becker was elected committee chairman at the first meeting. Other A higher percentage was shown for committee members are Faye Bremond evening students over the same period, Don Brobst, Gabe Cordova Pet~ with 7,916 entering courses and a with- Fr~~usich, Jean Grabiec, Bob King, drawal of 1,677 indicating a 21 per cent' Tnmdad Figueroa, Robert Brown, Allen drop rate. Repashy, and Bertram Washington. Results and recommendations will be "These drops effect both the students submitted to the appropriate departand instructors. Instructors are unable to ments for consideration. utilize the full classroom capacity because of the withdrawals. Students " It will be some time before these a lso suffer because classes which were recommendations. will be put into action , not available, at the beginning of the If approved," Becker said.
Roemmich A nswers Stensrud
Calles Lands SD Slot I
City College president Dr. O{to Roemmich spoke Friday concerning a "Times" account of an alleged conversation between former student Pete Stensrud and himself. According to Stensrud, Roemmich said that he would use " any means to keep anything he disagreed with off campus." Roemmich said he was speaking with a student who had accused him of attempting to repress free expression when Stensrud approached the place where they were talking. " What I said was 'You fellows ought to know that you can't do this.' By this, I meant an illegal rally. 'You can't have a rally unless you have permission to have one. Everytime you do this.' By 'this' I meant try to have an illegal rally. 'We're going to stop you," Roemmich said. "I did not say 'anytime I disagree with You I'm going to stop you.' " Roemmich pointed out that he has never stopped a rally as a result of what was being said. "I've been here for four years," he continued " and we've had some pretty wild-eyed characters get up in that quad and speak. They've taken me apart, they've called me a fascist, a Nazi and any other thing, etc. and Pve never . stopped it, have I?, He said that a restrictive position concerning rallies in the quad was necessary due to the fact that .the area is in close proximity to the science building. He went on to explain that the restriction of assemblies to Tuesday and Thursday at 11 a.m. only applies to the areas near classrooms. Rallies in other areas are permissable at any time. "Any Tyesday or Thursday at 11 a.m. or anytime they want to go into the theater, they can have a rally and they can say anything they want," Roemmich explained.
Triumphant merchandisers Wade Four
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Bolding and Greg Shore (first row), Rockee Millian , Mary Rosario and Steve Blieler
the 18 students who City College Merchandizing Club at the annual three-day state conference of distributive education clubs of America, won three first places , two second places, and came back with $800 in cash for their efforts. Two of the City College Merchandizing Club, Greg Shore and Rockee Mt~llian, won first place honors in two different events and were able to pocket $300 each. Shore received $300 for his first place in the Sales and Manager meeting. Miss Millian, aCC coed won$300pocketmoney for taking first place in the Chapter' Activities Manual phase of the contest. Mary Rosario, another CC coed, nailed down first place for the contingent when she won the California Marketing Clubs Student of the Year facet of the contest. This was the first time in five years that a CC student has won this title. Steve Blieler took a second place in the Indi vidual Marketing Improvement phase and a $100 bill for his efforts. In Chapter Marketing Improvement -a team effort -- CC students Wade Bolding and Mary Rosario teamed up to take second place and split the $100 prize between them. Purpose of the state conference of Distributive Education Clubs of America, (DECA) which was held at repre~en ted
Several Thousand Words
Robin Robinson uses "Body English" to explain why this semester's dances are expected to shatter tradition by actually making money . .Wore photos and story on page :1.
Lake Arrowhead, March 12, 13 and 14, was and is open to junior C!.'Ileges who are members of the organization. DECA goal is to promote future leaders in the field of merchandizing through 13 contests held at the time of the conference. San Bernardino Community' College was the host college for this year 's DECA state conference. John DeLong, former finance director of the City College ASB and treasurer of the CC DECA Merchandising Club, was elected to the pos( of state treasurer of DECA. ' Steve Shelton, former City College ASB president, and now Western Regional vice president of DECA on the national
level," also attended the conference at Lake Arrowhead. Shore, Millian, Rosario, Blieler and Bolding, as the result of winning at the DECA state conference, will be entering competition at the annual DECA national conference to be held in San Antonio, Texas this year. Other City College students attending the DECA state conference were: Don White, Eddie Oliva, Dale Barry, Jack Collins, Chuck Gullo, John Moody, Jorge Delgado, Mike Burakowski, Barbara Mors, Del Finnell and Jackie Houret. Advisors from CC were Ros Atkinson and Ralph Wilderman. Special guest was George Vlahakis.
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CHILDCARE CENTER
A former City College student noted for his diversified writings for Mexican - American publications in the Santa Clara Valley left this week to take a job as Assistant Administrator of the Mexican . American Council in San Diego. Before departing the campus, Rudy Calles, who has been working for the State Human Resources Department said that he regretted leaving City College and the many friends that he had made among the students, instruc tors and administration. Calles, who has always been interested in the Chicano movement, has written numerous articles and poems for the following Mexican American publications: . Ex: E~ntrio, MECHA, Ceasar Chavez' El Malcrarido, La Palabra, The American Rose 'Magazine and the Sur vival Fair Poetry contest. In working for the State Human Resources Department, Calles was a Community Advisor and monolinguist specialist. He also worked with the disadvantaged in helping them find jobs, preemployment training, postemployment counseling, transportation, immigration, referees' court and interpreting civil situations. Other duties with HRD consisted of referr ing disadvantaged people to
other agencies and recruitment and enrollment into San Jose City College and vocational training centers in the area. In addition to his job and the va rio us organizations to which Calles belonged, he found time to attend City College and lacks 11 units toward receiving his A.A. degree. As a youth, Calles worked as a fruit picker and field worker in the Santa Clara Valley. From 1938 to 1941 he worked for Consolidated Aircraft in San Diego as an aircraft mechanic. With the onset of WW II, he joined the Navy "Seabees," served in the South Pacific and participated in four invasions before the war ended. As the result of the conditions under which he worked as a youth, and later experiences in adult life, Calles said he feels that for "My people, -- the Mexican-Americans -is this important key: Try to better yourself through education," which in his way of thinking, " is a way to solve our social problems and pave the way for a better fulfillment of life." In parting Calles said, " Farewell to .my many friends at City College. It has been my pleasure to have been associated with a wonderful group of students and instructors. "Via con dio:t."
Council Approves Site A cooperative babysitting service, staffed by student parents and located in the southeast corner of the student union, won a unanimous vote of support from the student Administrative Council on March 16th. The council directed Chris Nunez, student author of the proposal, to bring an account of needed capital and facilities before the council. Gil Jones, ASB president, commented that the laws governing children in the student union building must be looked into before the service begins. Miss Nunez said the southeast corner was picked because of the adjacent lavatories, a doorway leading directly out-of-doors, and the closable partitions that isolate the area from the remaining cafeteria portion of the building. Bertam Washington, legislative aid, said a bill is now before the governor concerning funds for childcare centers on a statewide basis. Vicki Ruff, ASB vice president, said "we've heard about those bills for three semesters now. " Miss Nunez stated that the service would not be a childcare center -- but parents, agreeing among themselves to care for each others' children during classes, would set up a schedule of their available babysitting time. In other business the council: Approved the formation of the Budget Advisory Committee. Members are: Jones, Paul Sepulveda, administrative assistant; Phil Will iams, director of finance; Sharon Corsello; and Maureen McCourt. The committee will study the proposed study budget with representatives from the faculty, administration and classified members of the college community, and make recommendations to the department heads who also review the budget. "There are things we should question, like what priority are the needs of the students?" queried Miss Corsello. She then gave examples of wasted money such as: 1) $12,000 for synchronizing and repair of clocks; 2) $5,000 board of trustees conference and travel fees; 3) $1,500 for faculty recruitment. Miss Corsello feels this money could better be spent on re taining the seven instructors hired on a temporary basis to replace
permanent instructors now on sabbatical leave and returning in the Fall, '7l semester. "Estimated enrollment for Fall '71 is up 1200 students ," she told the council " we need teachers, not clocks." ' Approved a grant of $24 for losses sustained by Travis Stadford, caterer at the " Love City" ASB dance March 5. Though the ASB's legal responsibility was $2.40, council members felt a reimbursement of half the losses was fair. Miss Ruff reminded the council that Stadford did not lose the uncooked meat and this could be resold. Approved a grant of $60 to the sports department for a banquet on March 24. The sports department originally requested $457 for two banquets, the second banquet to be scheduled in May. The March banquet will cost about $200. The sports budget now contains $95, and $65 was transferred from the basketball budget, as the basketball season has ended, to the banquet fund. "We decided to meet their immediate needs now. We don't know what expenses will come out of the emergency fund before May, so the sports dept. has to wait and request more money later, " Williams said. Jones welcomed guest Yancey Williams, president, board of trustees, and invited him to come more often to council meetings. Williams replied that he welcomed students to the board of trustees meetings (alternate Tuesdays at 7:30 p.m. in the board room fronting Moorpark Avenue, adjacent to the library). " We don't represent just the faculty -- we represent students, administration and the public. We try to work with a ll of them." At Thursda y's council meeting, a motion to hire " The Johnny Quick Review," a group lead by John " Johnny Quick" Arnett (director of activities> was approved. The group will receive $425 for the one-night per formance in the student union March '1:1 . The Ecology Action group received $24 to buy tickets for their folk festiva l on April 25. ASB emergency funds were allotted for the tickets.
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AUTHOR OF ~cHICANO '
Vasquez to Speak Tonight The author of the book "Chicano," Richard Vasquez, will speak at City College tonight at 8 p.m. in the theater. His appearance is part of the Spring Cultural Series of the Community Services office. Due to the popularity of his book and his numerous magazine and newspaper a rticles, Vasquez is becoming known as a spokl'sman for Chicanos. It was through his writings that many
Americans of other heritage first learned of the Chicano. Since he himself rose from the barrios, he can claim firsthand knowledge of the problems of poverty. especially as they effect large families. li e worked as grape picker. da.' laborer . construction helper and t•ahdri\'er befon• st•t•king assistanct• through t•ducation in tltt• t·ommunity •·ullt').:t' ~ysh'm -- \\hkh hl' tt•rms a turning pui111 in hi s lih•. ·