San Jose City College Times, Vol. 25, Issue 12, Feb 15, 1974

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Murguia Decision Sparks Controve,rsy

By Todd Cunningham 'The rejection of the committee's minee without any cause being given is affront to the committee's judgment d the , college policy on academic tedom. rhis was the reaction of Anne Heffley, 1tructor of English, and a member of ! selection committee whose recommdation had been bypassed in the pointment of Clifford Transeth as an of the Evening Division and mmer Session at a board of Trustees !eting held February 5.

Dr. Murguia received the committee's recommendation January 17. Feeling the nomination lacked sufficient information to allow him to adequately submit this choice to the superintendent, he called for a reconvening of the committee, held on January 23.

No accord was reached a t this meeting, however following the meeting the committee provided a written rationale

Heffley's statement was in what he considered the committee's lack Ms. reference to the rejection by College of cooperation in providing him with the President Theodore Murguia of the facts he requested.

The incident was a major factor in nomination of a selection committee made up of represenatives of the various provoking a demonstration by faculty members in front of the main entrance Quadripartite bodies.

Dr. Murguia rejected the selection and the Student Union on Feb. 5. The committee's choice of Evangelos P . informational picketing r eceived media Phillips, instructor of English, because coverage on Bay Area television stations he felt the committee had failed to and in the San Jose Mercury - News. provide him with ample information regarding Phillips' qualifications.

Dr. Murguia felt "disappointed" in

for its recommendation. This second communication was still deemed lacking

by Dr. Murguia, and he a t this point declined the committee's recommendation and chose to submit the name of Clifford Transeth.

In a s tatement following the board meeti ng, Dr. Murguia said he hoped this incident would not mar his relationship with the faculty in the future.

The selection committee was made up of the following: Anne Heffley and GlQi-ia Zufold representing the facult;y , ·.•T .J .

Owens and Benjamin Sweeny from the Administration, Dario Castelblanco -abd Mary Jane Passafium e Students Rosemary Lucchese and Louis Rowley from the Classified section, and non _ voting observers fr om Affirmative · .: ' .

Action.

19-Year-Old Readies Assembly Campaign

By Debbie Burchett

more versatile and dynamic candidates for the various political offices.

1enced the various political parties in It seems that the 24th district of any ways, and one of the major California, which incidently enforms has the necessity for younger, compasses San Jose City College and San Jose State College, is to be no exception.

The Republican party is sponsoring a 19 year - old student from Santa Clara University to oppose a traditionally difficult opponent, John Vasconcellos, the incumbent Assemblyman for the 24th district.

The eighteen - year old vote has in-

BYU a Throw back

The day of the crew - cut is not over.

If you're tired of the rules and regulations here, consider yourself lucky that you aren't a student at Brigham Young University, in Provo Utah.

BYU, a Mormon - backed institution of over 25,000 students, may be the most straight-laced school in the land.

The dress code, dispensed with several years ago in California and most of the remainder of the nation is still a harsh reality in Provo. It declares that only " Dresses, sweaters, blouses with skirts, culottes, slacks or modest pantsuits not to include Levi's," are the limit [or the women of BYU. Women 's llemlines must be of modest length.

Men are restricted to slacks, f)Olished cottons, or Levi 's with >weaters, sport shirts, ties, sport ~oats and blazers. A person at:e~ding class with a beard or long 1a1r m~y be blocked from taking :hetr ftnal exam and flunked. \iustaches are acceptable, but mlyif they are well - trimmed.

The university was founded in 1875 oy Mormon leader, well, you guessed it, Brigham Young. It :eems as though Mr. Young would 1e barred from campus in 1974.

J(e possessed a luxuriant, long vh1te beard.

Why the Grades Are Tardy What ever happened to the good old days: the days before computers, when grades were sent out at a specific time and received at a specific time?

The giant brain of SJCC "broke down", said an administration spokesman when asked why the fall semester's grades were sent 01.1t so late. This breakdown uncertainty, ca~sed frustration and aggravation for many students.

The computer is given credit for ushering in a 'New Industrial Revolution' that promised to free men 's minds from routine tasks, just as the machines of the first Industrial Revolution freed men's muscles from strenuous labor. However, there are times when one misses the human touch.

Perhaps, the grades would not have been recorded any sooner had they been done manually, but chances are they would have been received when expected.

Steve Prader, the Santa Clara student is certainly no newcomer to politics, he has managed and co - managed the Republican fair booth, he is serving as a co - chairman for the Republican's Lincoln Day Dinner, a traditional Republican function , and he has served on various committees, as well as functioning as an alternate on the Republican Central Committee, and advising various teen-ag~ Republican groups in Santa Clara County.

Three fellow Republicans were responsible for Steve's nomination to represent the G.O.P.'s, they were Bob Walker, the director of Santa ·Clara County's Republican headquarters, Mike Cobb, chairman of the Republican Central Committee, and Frank Verlot, ex - chairman of the Central Committee.

Bob Walker, when asked for the main reasons Mr. Prader was selected, replied, " The party feels that Steve is extremely capable, having served on many organizations from an early beginning, he is extremely personable, has the necessary energy and enthusiasm, can speak particularly well, d_.j~.._gpresentative of much of the poiiiifation of the 24th district, he is a college student, an apartment renter, and he is concerned about the prevelent problems confronting the 24th Assembly district.

Mr. Walker did admit that, " This campaign will be extremely grueling, the 24th district is notoriously Democratic, in fact George McGovern defeated Richard Nixon by over 4000 votes, however, Steve wilJ precinct personally, going to hundreds of potential voters doors, and much thought and labor will go into this election. We have every indication and belief that Steve Prader will make an excellent candidate, let me stress that Steve is not a sacrificial lamb, in previous years our approach has been radically different, but this year we are going to truly represent a candidate for the people to relate to. " Steve Prader concluded : ''I was very surprised, but extremely pleased to be regarded as the parties representative, and although the battle will be uphill, I am most am6ous to begin the campaign."

Mr. Vasconcellos was unavailable for comment, however his aide revealed, that .Mr. V~~:sconce!Jos does not know any pertment mformat10n regarding Mr. Prader other than he is a student at Santa Clara University.'' His aide also revealed that Mr. Vascdncellos will not be precincting.

The youth issue has certainly reached Santa Clara, and the results will certainly be a clear mandate for youth in politics.

Is it surprising that the Republicans sponsored a youth for office rather than the Democratic party, I think not, popular demand and necessity effect all parties equally.

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Cancellations Start Scramble

By Pete Prete Fran Tarkenton, the scrambling quarterback of the Minnesota Vikings, has nothing on students who come to classes Monday morning to find one of their classes cance!Jed. Registration on your appointed day is only half the battle, the action starts when you find yourself chasing a teacher for an add or drop card and discovering the section you need is closed. The real test is juggling the rest of your classes to accommodate a new section.

The play you made for one class may turn out to be not what you expected and force you to use the option. If you were carrying twelve or more units at the time you wished to drop or add a section on the first day of classes . it was an impossibility . · That long line out front of faculty lounge was just for those with under twelve units. The next day you find the section you waited for has been closed.

That is what is meanf by scrambling.

Enrollment as of Feb. 7 is up in both evening and day divisions, over last year's spring semester. This spring we 6,075 day students attending classes an increase of 1%. The evening division is up · 9% to 8,872 students.

This semester marks the firs t time mail in registration is available to all evening division students, new and old.

Unfortunately-only 5,7'18 students took up the opportunity, 3,100 chose to show up in person to enlist in the educational corps.

Nearly one hundred mail in registration forms were received incomplete nulifying the application and making registration in person compulsory.

If the gym seemed a little crowded and the lines long it was due to an influx of students registering late. The demands

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for permits to register were down up until two weeks before ac tual registration causing the Admissions office to staff for a lower enrollment.

Then at the last minute a flood of students descended on the office to get their registration permits, causing the service and processing of students to slow down on " standing around the gym days".

Although enrollment is up this semester, it seems more s tudents are taki~g less units. Since our college

receives its' funding per unit per semester, it would seem that government money will be spread a little thinner.

Maybe causing a drop in the budget?

As of Feb. 5 thirty one class sections were cancelled and twenty one new sections were opened. The cancellations were either due to lack of applicants to the classes or listings under wrong section numbers.

This semester also boasts an increase in Saturday classes. As of the opening day of classes 635 students have applied

HURRY U P AND WAIT- This is a typical City College scene at the beg.inning of i!ny semester, and this sprmg wasn't any different. The

above line wended its way through the counseling department. <Photo

by Coreena Foresee).

Investigation continues into the murder of San Jose City College student Jesse Roy Hill, 18, of 898 Moss Drive,"San Jose. Hill was murdered a t an ASB sponsored dance Feb. 3 on the Santa Clara County Fairgrounds.

Hill was stabbed just above the heart while he was inside the dance hall.

The dance was held by Somos Raza , a student organization.

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Bart Makes The Traveling Easy This is the Spring of '74. A new feature of the Times, it will probe areas or general interest and entertainment. Although news is fine, we believe that there are people and events in the world that are worth observing and experiencing firsthand.

By DaveGoll Traffic jams, smog, and concrete.

These and other such amenities help make city living less than bearable.

Having reached my tolerance level with freeways, gas- station hopping and the like, I decided to dispense with the obnox1ous automobile for a recent ext cursion to Berkeley.

No, I didn 't hitchhike. As unfashionable as it may be to admit one ba~ ~~perience cured me of any~ore achvitJes in that direction.

The Bay Area 'Rapid Transit, better known as BART, provided me with an unu~ual~y pleasant way to reach my destmat10n . Indeed, the old saying is brought to mind that "getting there is half the fun. " Before you jump to the conclusion that you're going to get a chamber of commerce pitch, forget it. I, as many others, could not help but be cynical in the past about BART's bungling. Remarkably, they started constructing the system in 1960, and fourteen years later it still isn't completed.

But cynacism quickly melts into awe when you step aboard one of those streamlined cars, rolling out of Fremont, heading toward po-ints north.

The initial impression you receive is the station itself. All are extremely clean, seemingly spotless. Along with the anticipation of riding the train, it gives

you ,a sense of being at Disneyland.

The architecture is imaginative and attractive, not your usual, everyday train station. Many term inals are decorated with rich, warm - colored brickwork of red and brown. Some contain interesting wall murals that make waiting for a train very pleasant.

Due to the fact that you are entering the domain of the computer, human error is not tolerated. When inserting a dollar into the. ticket machine, if the money is not pulm the right way or upside down, Mr .. Computer wastes no time in politely rollmg yo~ green paper right back out at you . At first rather embarrasing, you can't help but giggle when you see other frustr~ted riders go through the same confus1~n before they get the idea.

Parking at the various stations is a problem. It seems trivial, but if you arrive at a terminal anytime after the

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Goff said he could understand the lack of funds but stressed the city had led them to believe the necessary steps would be taken to provide a workable traffic system.

Alternative solutions to the looming traffic snarl, such as shuttle buses, car pools , and a central parking lot between the two campuses are being studied.

Enrollment Jncreases

e commitment Goff spoke of is in the of various letters from the city ng back to 1967) approving the icts choice of locale. Key notes in City College's enrollment is up more . . ! of the letters are:. etter front ~e City m .~~00 m whicrlhan ten per cent this semester, ac.say San Fi~lipe Road Is sch~ule~ording to a records office spokesman.

At the end of the first week of school , ~.upgrad~d ~ to a four-lane facihty.. ~ty pubhc lworks department study 6,075 day students and 8,969 evening 2 that sa~s a stree~ system that students were registered , compared to serve th~ community at an ac- 6,014 day and 8,176 evening for last year tble level*-" should be constructed. at this time The stude~t tally of 15,044 will change ~ council .en . nov.: feel the city . t afford t s w1demng of the street, somewhat by the official census day ' tng only $ 50,000 of a required $1.3 February 25.

for the Saturday sessions.

Once a week classes are becoming more popular and it is speculated that enrollment and class selection for Saturday mornings will grow rapidly.

The programme is offered through the evening division if you are interested.

The future has much in store for the students a t SJCC. It may be possible that by next fall there will be some form of mail in registration for day students. The Admissions office went as far as speculating some form of quick and efficient Computer registration as early as the Spring of 1976.

It may get to be as easy as making an airline reservation and with the energy crisis education may be the best bet to get where you want to go in the future. So despite all problems in juggling, adding and dropping classes it is nice to get back to the learning process.

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SJCC AnsYiers Council Decision

1e city "has a responsibility to carry ts commitment" to widen the road ing to the new Evergreen campus, Richard Goff~ San Jose district ess manager last week . ff was speaking of the City Council's of action concerning the widening of Felipe Road , site of the new green campus. s . statement was prompted by a

by San Jose vice mayor Janet !ment ' Hayes that the Evergreert campUs [n Jose City College is in the wrong

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Mr. Vasconcellos two years ago defeated Larry Fargher to maintain his seat, and previously he had defeated other candidates to reign as Assembly man.

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BART STATION - Not too many commuter train stations in the U.S.

can b03St such an appearance. This particular one is the Berkeley ter-

minal on the East Bay line.

Photo by Pat Yep.

morning rush, forget about finding a space in the main lot itself. Usually, though, nearby parking areas are a vailable at shopping centers and office buildings.

But the real BART awaits you. Those speedy little trains are very appealing on the outside, and even more so on the inside. If you've ever rode a commuter train in the East or Midwest, you may appreciate this.

The trains are carpeted throughout, which contributes to the noiseless ride.

The inside is wide and spacious, with enough room down the aisle for people to stand two lines deep, in comfort. It rarely gets that jammed.

With beautiful views looming on both sides of the track, the huge picture windows let you drink it all in.

Passengers seem relaxed and happy, not the condition you find in many automobile commuters.

At peak speeds, BART hums a1ong at 80 mph , though it usually has no cause to move that fast. You may travel northward all the way to Richmond on the line paralleling the Bay, and inland to the Concord - Walnut Creek area. On the west side of the water, BART serves the area from San Francisco's financial district to Daly City.

The system closes down after 8 p.m. on weeknights, and shuts down totally on the week-ends. Because of recent money woes, the district may have to curtail service altogether early next year.

One amazing realization is that sue~ a thing exists in the state of Cahforma.

Before BART opened, Californians seemingly had no conception of mass transit, nor its advantages . Los Angeles mayor Tom Bradley, wants to construct a si~ilar operation in Sou thern California, where rapid transit is a total stranger.

With all the hang - ups a nd delays that surround any project of this magnitude, L.A. may not have a workable system until about 1990. By that time, the area may not be worth saving.

Another thought that pops into mind is the short - sightedness of San Mateo County. When voters there killed a measure to allow BART to run through that congested area, in the 1960's, they not only hurt themselves, but ruined chances for a Bay Area - wide transportation system in the near future.

Watching motorists tule along nearby roads and f.reeways, one cannot help but feel superior to others while whizzing· past the chaos. ot only did I save on gasoline wear on the car, nerves, and atmosph'ere, but I actually enjoyed traveling th rough the urban maze.

All that for one, thin dollar .

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Problems For Avenue, that is removed from the bulk of the student body. Some 60% of the students are residents of the Eastside or Milpitas. The is campus Evergreen located much closer to these people.

Both Hayes and councilman Jim Self proposed the use of shuttle buses to transport students to the Evergreen Valley. Self did admit that it might be difficult to obtain such vehicles , which is at the least an understatement. Such a system would be very involved and expensive, and though it may be the ideal situation, it is not at all realistic.

Cities all over the nation, including San Jose, are encountering trouble just

g Though 1974 is indeed still young, its short reign has but nothing brought problems for City College.

It seems as if there has been more controversy packed into the past month and a half than in all of troublesome 1973, if that is possible.

The Evergreen dilemma continues to rage on many fronts . Most recent of theissues is the San Jose City Council 's refusal to allow widening of San Felipe Road, new the to leading Evergreen campus.

College officials, including district superintendent Otto Roemmich, went to plead their case before the council last week. They contended that improving roads in the surrounding area was necessary to handle the increased traffic load or the estimated 7,000 day and evening Evergreen students. · • The council ' s major reason for turning them ~-= away empty - handed, was ::: that the city lacked sufficient .. funds to cover street costs.

Ready or not, the metric • City Manager Ted Tedesco system is on its way.

• reported that while the Teachers will soon be project would run about $1.3 faced with teaching this million, all San Jose could nearly universal, more spare at this time was accurate of means $150,000. measurement. _ Dr. Roemmich and his When the U.S. Senate group also received rebukes passed a bill last August . such as, "The community requiring a 10 year gradual college should have built adoption of the metric closer to where th students system , farsighted This particuiar educators realized the live ."

• comment came from Vice - urgency of starting the - Mayor Janet Gray Hayes. metric system at every level What Mrs. Hayes and the in the nation's schools. remainder of the council At this point only England seemingly fail to realize is outside the metric remains that the new campus is already under construction. · world. It was from England that we inherited the " inch It is obviously rather late to ounce", sys tern with its be discussing or criticizing various hodge podge of 12's the site of the school.

Mrs. Hayes must also be and 16's and other odd rather uninformed about the combinations. England is San Jose Community College two years away from completing its change over District. As any ordinary to the metric system. student on the present Competition in exports campus can tell you, it is THIS site, on Moorpark from metric - minded

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keeping their city - wide bus service afloat. If the city cannot even fund road improvement costs, how would they ever finance this grand plan. Or do they expect the college to pay for it?

What this eventually boils down to is an appalling lack of planning by the city. The fact that the Evergreen Valley campus is but a year away from opening and a problem of such magnitude still remains unresolved is an extreme case of shortsightedness.

While the Times does not relish seeing this semi - rural area become congested with realistically traffic, something has to be done to cope with the inevitable increase in automobiles.

Drivers Beware!

88.51 Kph Limit

Letters

countries- Japan, Germany,_ and the Common Market Nations - may very easily overtake the United States inthe of because our of compatibility measurements . This could affect everything froin the manufacturers of machines, including automobiles as well as typewriters, computers, vacuum pumps and tools . Camera and film makers already use the metric system.

Children in the early grades can look forward to graduating into a world of measured in metric units.

From an economic standpoint it is vital that that metrication become a high educational priority.

The mystery of the United States continued adherence to the inconsistencies of a measurement system based on standards like the ·inch "three barely corns laid end to end" , seems completely alien to the sophisticated people that put the first man on the moon.

In California legislators are currently considering a bill to provide teacher training funds for K-12 and special adult classes to give in - service training of the metric system.

The main impact of want to eat cannot find a teaching,_, tb~ ,metric, system place to s'it, 'esp~cial~ involves the idea of fhinking ' · · ·· · around noon. metric . Any attempt to teach I find it annoying to by " conversion" is likely wander about aimlessly with . doomed to failure. Just like a tray of food for ten minutes learning a language by until I can find a nook to translation , metr i c squeeze in . education must emphasize Granted , the Student the various units as inUnion is for everybody and and not many students like to eat and dependent measures old the of equivalents studying. sip coffee while version.

English But I have seen students using the S.U. exclusively as CARUSO BORN a study hall.

Italian tenor Enrico Caruso I wish these people would use the library to study in. was born at Naples on Feb. 25, That's what it is there for. 1873.

Signed, Sharon Williams SJCC Student

MAIL BOX Editor : To many men the act of imposing one's will upon another is seen as ignorant and even vulgar. Why is it then that student union occupants are forced to listen to the blaring emissions from that obnoxious juke box? Most of the music it broadcasts is enough to ruin your lunch.

That's beside the point. My will, and the will of others who share my feelings, is not to listen to the tastes of others. Would you make me use your toothbrush? Well then, don 't make me receive what I consider to be spiritual poison ! I challenge the student body to be fair and respect the rights of individual wills. You know what they say, " One man's meat is another man ' s poison."

Sincerely, Richard J . Dutka Student SJCC

• Editor : San Jose City College has a quiet warm library in which to study, but when people use the Student Union for that purpose, those of us who

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• Editor : In find the column entitled "What Goes On", by Tom Rowen , very informa tive and often times humorous .

Although I don ' t often agree with his analysis of current albums or his taste or lack of it- when it comes to certain aspects of music , I respect his opinion. I look forward to his column this spring and will continue to be a faithful reader.

Cordially, J imJoesten

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Canada Visited

Think It's Cold? <EDITOR'S NOTE : TiiJ!eS Circulation Manager Pe~er Prete isn't impressed w•t~ complaints about how cold It gets in the Santa Clllra Valley . Prete, who hlllls from Northern Canada, describes what the weattter was like on a recent trip home).

By Peter Prete "More snow continues to fall ", the weatherman proclaims, "temperatures to reach 50 degrees below zero.

Tomorrow ' s outlook the same clear and cold."

Don't be alarmeg, ttUS announcer is 3,600 miJes from S'a n Jose. He keeps northern Canada informed of w.hat the people face todaY and what to look for tomorrow.

It is hard to write about snow and cold weather when I have taken it for granted for so many years. My wife and I spent Christmas artd New Years up in northern Manitoba, about 1,400 miles northwest of Minneapolis and " By gar Pierre eet sure

The Great Gaine

The Federal Government is to be commended on its swift action to combat the growing rates of unemployment.

In a statement released by the Department of Consumer

Library Studies It's not too late to enroll in Ci ty College' s only independent study course , "Libr ary Studies 10", a one unit class that is transferrable to SJS. There are no pre requisites for this course , and registration is open to both Day and Evening Division students until Feb. 25. The class is designed to enable students to make full use of library materials .

It is an independent study course , which means that there are no scheduled class hours that one must attend.

Each student determines his own schedule : mornings , afternoon , evenings , or weekends ; anytime the library is open.

Students work in the library from a materials kit that g ives him instructions, an and informa tion , assignment for a specific a s pect of library usage .

There is a total of 16 lesson assignments for the course.

According to librarian some Mandel , Claire students in the past have completed all assignments the first month of school rather than spacing them out at the ra te of one each week.

Each student works at his own pace.

She sa id that the kit is designed for use at City College 's library , but is applicable to all major libraries , s inc e they all operate on the same system.

The library is open : Monday - Thursday 7:30 a .m. to 10 p.m .; Friday 7:30 a.m. to 4:30p.m .; Sunday 1 p .m . to 5 p.m

find your way around the campus more e a sily.

Salary Absorption, perhaps the hardest hit department in the Federal system, it was announced that a neW commission will be created under its auspices . The Federal Commission to Promote Constructive Use of Recently Idled Manpower will be staffed entirely by the formerly employed.

It was the wise decision of the DCSA to appoint Dr. I.VLove, former professor of National at English University , as head of the new commission. Though he has no experience in the field, he will be able to add new ideas and fresh insight.

The purpose of the com· mission is to conduct surveys and to record research into new areas of employment. positions the Among available within the com· mission itself are depart· ment heads ; advisors ; v i ce consultants ; presidents; ass i stants ; election , selection and ap· comm ittees ; pointment secretaries ; file clerks ; records keepers ; computer. operators; entire business relations public and departments ; and a full maintenance crew. It is hopeful that the idea will spread to the state level in the near future .

Though full plans for attaining funds have not yet been disclosed, it should be no cause for concern .

Judging from its past Federal the records, Government has never been lost for sources of money.

The creation of this new commission is a tribute to a established well bureaucratic system that continually expands to meet the needs of the nation it serves.

SANTA ANA DEFEATED On Feb. 23, 1847, Gen. Zachary Taylor's U.S. forces defeated Gen. Santa Ana in the Battle of Buena Vista, Mexico.

get much snow but this was cold. " , To be more winter it was a little over specific the community was waist high. This brought Cranberry Portage 650 miles back memories of snow forts north of Winnipeg. and falling back down on the Well to make a short story snow, spreading your arms long, it took us two days to and legs up and down to get there due to the snow, make snow angels. I planes could not land or promptly responded to navigate. When we finally childhood m emories. did arrive it was a cheery 34 Going back t o the below zero. The people up elements , a s people put up lhere are not phased by the with the cold they are also weather at all. They get up at -subject to frostbite, higher ~ a.m. to go to work through heating bills , less daylight Jt all. Kids play hockey on and m ?re s elf relian~e _for outdoor skating rinks or go entertamment. F r os tbite ts a l<lboganning as if it was only • .,consequence a s sunbw:n is 10 below ,zero.

The best part of the trip _ ~ere on lesser sca le, it can be paintful but you live with was the snowmobiling, although it was so cold, when ' it. The hea ting bills speak for themselves. Up north the Yo~ dress for it, you don't da ys are much shorter, the nolle~ the cold. Can you sun rises about 8 a .m . and in a Jmagme being out sets near 4:30 p .m . The m?mmoth down filled body ha rdes t thing to adjus t to SUit cruising around a frozen in venting enter tai nment lake at 65 mph on one of othe r tha n sno wmobi~ing . snow amazing the~e Here in Sa n J ose there IS no vehicles. You can maneuver need to cr eate, it is all a t these machines in the bush to han d , c oncer ts, t heat r es places Where man has yet to dances a nd things like setf~t.It is a truly uplifti ng libraries and musuems. In expenence to be out riding Cranberry P or tage there is a on a crisp, clear night. There thea tr e that has oeen closed thing that can b only one JS for ions a nd onl y one . rmg you down fast and that 18 getting stuck either in television station therefore you are pr etty much on your eftremely deep snow or own . s ush on a lake.

The experience was well This is where the elements worth the cold , it was hard to lake over. Once you get off lea ve but good to get back . the machine and try to life or The summers are supposed dig your way out of the wet to be a lot more enjoyable slush or snow you begin to than the winters , and next freeze YOur bingo chips. This summer it will be hard to o_nly happens a couple of leave such an entertaining limes but yet the good out place it will be good to get ways the bad by far. back .

The area does not usually

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Aching backs lecture topic " Oh, My Aching Back '~ will be the subject of Dr. Borgia ' s A. Charles presentation next Tuesday <Feb. 19) evening as speaker a t a Community Health Forum sponsored by The Good Samaritan Hospital of Santa Clara Valley .

The public is invited to the free lecture, which will be at the hospital 2425 Samaritan Dr., San J~se. It begins at .

7:30p.m .

Dr. Borgia, an orthopedic surgeon, will discuss low back pain, one of the most common complaints of man .

Using visual aids and anatomical models . Dr .

Borgia will delve into many causes of back pain and the present confus ion of treatment.

He will a tte mpt to crystallize modern c oncepts cause , t he r ega rding prevention and treatment of low back pain.

IMPEACHMENT

Withr~Jc in~ecause I love my Country

sticker: Us~· White I blue. Bumperstid:er: $.35 @, S/$1, IOO/SI2. Smaller non-prolit Po • 10/SI, 100/SS. F ast delivery, Constitutional Enterprues, Inc., Box 54129d, Att.nta, Ga. 30308 LOCAL REPS WANTED '

By Deanna Victorino The ga soline we took for gr a nted a year ago has become ha rder to fi nd a nd is e x pensive . as twi ce Rationing plans are a reality in some states, and an e m ergency federal plan stands r eady to be utilized if the need ar ises. Lighting de emed unneces sar y is be ing snapped off the millions of watts . Formerly relaxing diversions like T .V. watching and radio listening are accompanied by slight twinges of guilt. The layered look is fashionable again, this time with a few more la yers ' to compensate for a therm osta t set patrioticly a t 68 degrees . Daylight saving time has been reins tated by our legislatures, giving us an extra hour of dar k in the morning .

In his State of the Union message on January 30 of this year, President Nixon declare d ''one year of Watergate is e nough". He vowed to make his first priority " breaking the back of the energy crisis " . In other words, " How a bout it folks, Forgive and for get".

Then on the swift wings of rumor comes the crushe r.

The energy crisis is a myth, a sham. We are all poor shnooks being duped by the fat ·c;tts , i\1 thq oil industr y .

The energy cr isis has been replaced by the credibility cri~is . 9 r , as Russell Baker writes m the J a n. 14, 1974 issue of New York T imes Magaz ine : "Uneasily we wonder if " energy crisis" is not one of those Ronald · Ziegler coinages that speak with forked tongues ."

Diversionary tac tics have a par t of politics for

thousands of ye ars . rulers of the Roman utilized a similar pl as " P anem e t rc•~n::>e~t " bread and circu~es the a verage Amenc an got a whole lot of the numerous hardly be ca l~ed c But the idea IS the Keep the little guy bUSY doesn' t make wav es_.:..........

E ver yone rnust sa make -and Everyone, that is e X''-'"'1_.'" " Ame r ican oil baron not be denied a k illing . A bill n r..,.._ · pend ing in the Se . would tax the . luu ~tP.a windfa ll profits w1ll not be fillibustered by the oil _ state se1~1>e, Another tax break f oil depletion al ~..,.,.",.,.. ·• been abused by t he oil c ompa nies, Texaco Gulf, Stan Indian.;, Mobil , and .,......_.. r study conduc t ed Gene ral Accounting showed th e firms du mping half as m oney meant for an d e xpl orati on i nto vertising.

So in the name of energy crisis w_e are plea se stop bemg so and incidentially , to the 'watergate a ffair the r ug . Snug as a s upposed.

Travelog: Mid E ast

" The Anc ie n t Athens to Cairo" ope ning film of the Spr ing World T ravel T he series . documentary w ill be in the college lhEab!lf'IO Sunday, F eb. 17 a t 7 On the 700 m ile between the two po1n~• film highligh ts cities of Athe ns Beiru t , Alexa n Cairo ; and e those of a ncient Myc e nae, Corinth , Dama scus. There featured scenes frn•llll~ s u rround i n g

Likes & Grip Wha£ is your rea ction~ tn th e grad es ' lot t'lie fall semester having been sent out late?

Charlotte M. Price - I thought it was terrible ! A first semester student in the fir st half of a course (such as a language course ) can not go on to the second section unless they have a C ave r age. Withou t yo ur grades this is impossible to know.

Mark Faler - It didn' t affect m e one way or the other. I ' m r eally quite apathetic about grades .

Bob )Bender - I forgive the m .

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- ~tJE~=ill ~ horrible: . ~w;;e~-~~ grad~ s• it is essential to our is frustrating to have so long.

Keith Kum ada - It really bother me as I what m y g ra des anyway .

Lonie Mann - It bother m e. We c an get our grades tea chers.

Lisa P age - The was k illing me. I pounds waiting for come out.

Rick Christeson - It m inor inconvenience. made arrangements them early .

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New Speed Lim· Saves Lives Over a month ago, the threa tened 55-mile-per -hour speed limit became a reality .

Though a few optim ists initially viewed the change as a " blessing in disguise", m ost mot orists mer ely grunted. They did not feel par t icul arl y blessed by a dding an extra half hour to their traveling time , or fa cing incr eased highway patrols.

But , as a result of conc ern , eco n om i c e cological awareness , or fear of arrest, traffic ha s slowed down .

Statistics released by the California Highway Patrol prove that since the new speed limit went into effect the r e has been a conside rable decrease in the number of traffic accide nts

and highwa y deaths.

In Santa Clara accidents in the J anuary declined 30 from last Ll"""....,.,. per cent from 1973. The coun r ecorded no traffic January of 1974 , five de a ths in .v"""'"' ...,.....1., six a y ear ago . The c ons is decli ne throughout the state.

Though it took a crackdown on the CHP to conv ince comply with the law, dr ivers appear to formed the habit of more slowly.

It took some but if the highways , the seems small.

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lcatraz On Display

Feared ~Rock' Now Greets Tourists

By MONROE SCHACHT Alcatraz, the legendary sland prison that stood leserted in the San Franisco Bay, has finally been pened to tourists.

The Island is a quarter of a ~ile long, 525 feet wide, 148 eet at its highest elevation, ,nd lies within the San 'rancisco City limits.

It has long been the most nysterious, controversial, ~ted and puzzling island in he Bay. Down through the ears it has been referred to s Bird Island, White Island, 'ort Alcatraz, America 's >evil Island, and the most :~mous , The Rock .

"The Rock", a nickname estowed on it by its risoners when it was a naximum security federal enitentary 0934 to 1963), as long attracted the urious to batteries of ~lescopes on Telegraph Hill nd Fisherman's Wharf.

I took the tour during the .h ristmas vacation, and was n the waiting Jist for three ·eeks. The Island is imressive, and the tour well andled . Now run and 1aintained by the National ark Service, it is condered a part of the Golden ate National Recreation rea.

The hour and fifteen 1inute tour covers four 1ain areas : the switch :tck road, the major ~II block, the close detention !lis and the recreation 1rd.

During the tour, there is ne to stop, take pictures, 1d look around . It is •ssible to get magnificent .ots of the city of San ·ancisco from the south je of the Island.

Touris ts are shown the lis of AI Capone, famous .ngster of the 20's, and )ber t Stroud, the Birdman Alca traz who was tran-

sfered there from Leavenworth State Penitentary in Kansas for killing a prison guard.

Alcatraz, as I discovered, was no ordinary prison.

Between 1934 and 1963, as a form of the Federal Prison system, it held only the most desperate and hard nosed criminals. Prisoners were not allowed to read newspapers. They were allowed only three letters a week, and all mail was censored by a guard or warden. Inmates were permitted to see one visitor per week, and that had to be a member of their immediate family. In essence, they were cut off from society, and the only way a prisoner could be sent back to his original prison was to be on good behavior.

Only prisoners who had committed some form of crime within another prison were sent to "The Rock ."

ESCAPE? There were six escape attempts. One was by means of swimming to San Francisco, a distance of close to two miles. But the fact that the water was only at a high of 55 degrees that day made it intolerable. The two men who did try it both drowned.

One prisoner got completely off of the Island by boat, to Angel Island, which was at one time a military outpost, but he was caught. He had evidently worked in the laundry on the Island, and stolen items from a military uniform . He eventually had enough of a unifo~m to try an escape.

The Rock was at one time a Fort used fot defense against an enemy who might try a surprise attack on the City. This was around 1853 and remained so until 1858.

The guns were never fired.

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prison camp, and between 1870 and 1890 it was used as an Indian Prison Camp.

The prison was officially closed in 1962 by the then Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy. The last prisoners left in 1963. Most people remember the famous occupation of Alcatraz by the Indians from 1969 to 1971. At that time, Indian tribes from all over the country converged on Alcatraz and boosted the population to 400.

By 1971 there were eight inhabitants, among them was Richard Oaks, their late

leader who was arrested by federal marshals.

It is estimated that about one - tenth of the Island was damaged or destroyed. The tower once used for watching the prisoners is completely gutted out. The guard house where the guards ate, slept and held target practice, was destroyed by fire . It had rained the night before my tour and ankle deep puddles were all over the cellblock area, due to the decay on the Island. All windows are partially or completely damaged, and there is quite

a bit of graffiti on the walls.

In the cellblock area , the words "Julie and David" are scratched, referring to the Eisenhowers. Also, written in black letters on the water tower, is " Peace and Freedom" : Welcome, home of the Free Indian."

PLAN AHEAD Since 100 people an hour will be admitted to Alcatraz over the next five years (while the State is deciding what to do with it) , a reservation is needed for a tour. The tours are held seven days a week from 9

a.m. to 3 p.m. Notice should be given one day in advance of a weekday visit, and three to four weeks ahead of a weekend tour. The number to call. for arrangments is 398-1141.

The fee is $2 roundtrip for adults, $1 for children under 12, and free admission fo r children under five. Boats leave Pier 43 every half hour. Once on the Island the passengers are met by a Ranger who conducts the tour.

It is a most worthwhile trip.

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personal and social tragedy, ·that instead of weakening her character, seems to strengthen the fiber that runs through her.

The movies ' most poignant scenes occur in the final stages. She has been relaying her life's events to a young reporter from a New York magazine. When he must finally leave her, she speaks with him for a final time under a spreading oak.

Miss Jane offers her last thoughts about her own life, him, and the state of the world in general. · It is here that you gain the real insight into this remarkable human being.

She especially likes her Brooklyn Dodgers, including Jackie Robinson, and last, but not least, her vanilla ice cream.

"Jane Pittman" reached its dramatic climax at the very end. The frail, dottering lady alone makes her way to the front of the County Courthouse, and moves to the "Whites Only" drinking fountain. Jane moistens her lips with the forbidden water under the ~!are of the Southern •Sheriff and his deputies. She has won her battle. shortly died Jane thereafter, in 1962, never witnessing the momentous gains to come for members of her race.

T~is is not a happy story, obviOusly, but neither is it overwhelmingly depressing.

Had it really happened? o it is a realistic but fictional account.

Cicely Tyson , her make up job spectacular, brought Miss Jane Pittman alive, made her a real being. Had her performance been on the movie screen instead of .television, she would most probably be nominated for an Academy Award .

The lone drawback of the presentation is the fact that the television networks can't spend more of their budgets such other producing masterpieces.

Stoia Conducts Eugene Stoia, music inwill structor at SJCC , conduct the San Jose City College Orchestra tonight at 8 p.m . in the College Theatre.

Admission to the concert is free.

Stoia described the concert as a public rehearsal in which SJCC students have the chance to display their talents to' the community.

Soloist Carol will sing an Schittmann aria by Handel with orchestra accompaniment. and the concluding piece "March from Aida " by Verdi.

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By Dave Goll [n r ecent. years, television s been rather unkindly "vast a as bbed tsteland." To a great tent, it was, and still is. fhere have been glimmers hope, though. The Public oadcasti ng System has lped tremendously with ~ir interesting, non mm e rcial broadcasts. mmercial channels have, past years, aired several lught- provoking specials, hough too infrequently.

Jut public television 9id itself recently, as it "The e s ented tobiography of Miss Jane tman ." This sensitive t rayal of Black America lured an outstanding forma nce by its star, ely Tyson.

Pittman" chronicled the of a 110 - year - old exte, living out her final r s in the quiet indignity of ural slum in the South. · life story spans many ades, from a just - freed ~k girl of 11 in the :nant 1860's, to an old nan making her final mpt at human respect in turbulent 1960's.

1e presentation is filled 1 powerful , sometimes al reminders of black eric a 's long struggle. s Pittman 's life is tered at many turns by

area. The last cell on the third flo or once housed Robert Stroud "The Birdman of Alcatraz."

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New~~"Addition

By Barbara Page "The Woman 's Paper," a new Bay Area newspaper expand to designed awareness of self. and society, will publish its first issue March 1.

It will contain material from the perspective of women, for women.

The {laper is operated on a collective basis in which participates everyone equally in decision - making at regular meetings, and is staffed by a group of community - minded women with Widely different life - . experiences. According to a their member , staff philosophy is very much in tune with today's woman, in or out of the liberation movement, and in sympathy with all oppressed peoples. is newspaper The especially interested in parreader fostering

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By John Joyner If it's fear that I now feel ,

For all the things before me, Should I stop, turn around , or plunge on thru the dark?

For I just might be forewarned, Of dangers I can ' t see, Like at night, all alone, and walking thru a park.

So you see, I can 't tell, if I'm smart or if I'm foolish .

All I know, is I'm cold and tingling up my spine. ' And then, just all at once, I ' m standing at the crossroad, Looki~g left, looking right, am~ feehng , oh, so fine .

Straight ahead it seems to say, So I go, and just don 't question, 'Bout the force that draws . me on, For now my fears are gone.

Skipping down the road Alive with all the pleasure ' Knowing .that I'm right: And for JUSt once being sure, That no more will I doubt the truths that I' ve bee~ seeing.

Then a sign looms up ahead, Saying, Soon, you might be dead.

The coldness starts to climb, Slowing down my heartbeat, 'Till I'm sure that it won't stop, 'Fore l've been knocked off my feet.

So you see, I can't tell if I'm smart or if I'm fooli~h.

All I know, is I'm cold and tingling up my spine. '

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ticipation and encouraging women who write, do graphics, cartooning , .or whatever to become Invowed by contacting "The Woman's Paper, " P.O . Box 1335, San Jose, CA 95109, or . telephone 926-5636.

The first issue will contam stories and articles about: medicine , and health minority issues, women in adand education ministration book reviews, female sexu~lity, alterna~ive life styles. abortion and ~~~th control, identit y crasas, women's activities and liberation movement, rape, welfare, current legislat!on, poetry, sexism, do - a.t yourself tips, biographaes, methods of child care. and many more of a significant and timely nature that surveys the major issues

affecting the women 's world.

Women in our culture will be examined, with articles dealing with the early history of the movement, such as suffrage and temperance movements; and an mtroduction to the women's liberation movement, with a brief history and an exploration of the issues of today.

In short, "The Woman's Paper" will provide ~n­ centives to women who wash work thei r have to published ; present mater~al of specific concern and mterest to women from differing points of view ; and provide an a ve nue for women to turn to for help in the many instances when women would be better able than a man to understand a woman 's problems.

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N ow On Sale The Promethean, SJCC's student literary magazine, is on sale now and editors are soliciting contributions for the next issue .

Contributions should be left in the box marked "Promthean" in the English Administration building.

The per iodical , which features the best of student poetry and photography, is available at the SHARE offices in the Student Union or from the magazin e 's adviser Rose Higashi. The price is 25 cents with an ASB card ; 50 cents without.

The magazine is published once a semester and is mostly the product of the creative writing classes .

However assistant editor Lorna Ce~vantes emphasizes

it is open to everyone: ' It's a student magazine , and an opportunity for everyone in some creative endeavor to get their work published." " We are looking for student support. We would like to get more artwork for next issue, as well as the and poetry usual photography," she went on to say.

The 40 page publication is named after Prometheus, the Greek god of strength.

Although Ms. Higashi serves as advisor, it is entirely student - run and s tudent edited. 200 of the 500 copies were distributed to holders of ASB cards, and it is also the suggested text for Ms. Higashi's creative writing 'class.

Preservation Hall Band sets Feb. 21 date at Flint Center The Percy Humphrey Preservation Hall Jazz Band will appear in concert a t <F lint DeAnza College Center ) Feb. 21, at 8 p.m .

The Percy Humphre.)'

Band is one of seven bands which plays out of the Preservation Hall.

The P ercy Hum phrey Band usually tours the east coast, so this will be the first opportunity for jazz lovers in the Bay Area to hear another great Preserva tion Hal l Band.

The music played by this

ba nd is authentic jazz played by the mus icians who have c reated it. Although all of the me mbers of the bands a re over 60. they have not lost the spir it and joy of New Orleans jazz.

Gene ral adm iss ion tickets are S·l.OO a nd stude nt tickets are $2.00. They are on sale in the Flint Center Box Office a nd ot her m ajor ti cket agencies. The box office is open from 10 :30 a .m. to 2 p.m . a nd from 2:30 p.m. to 6 through p. m . Monday Frida y.

stephen Abney ·~.";); ·hr lfiT -:,.,,, rn Jr;r The 'first thing that I wish to make clear is that this is strickly a film review. I am not concerned with the William Peter Blatty novel, or whether the film is faithful to it or distorts it. I am writing only about the film: Its cinematic techniques , development, and content.

Viscerally and visually, the "Exorcist" is a highly effective film. The sinister and diabolical mood created through the expert use of lighting, timing, setting, and make-up is truly chilling. are effects Special ingeniously employed to make this a film of stark terror and tingling horror.

For instance, the use of sublimal photography to depict the grostesque , surreal face and form of the demon in several of the early scenes is a brillant, subtle device which plants an insidious image of evil in our unconscious m inds . The image is so quickl y flashed across the screen that our minds cannot question or analysis it but can only hold its haunting suggestion of horror.

Unfor tuna tely, this subtlety degenerates as the film proceeds, un(il we are overwhelmed bt scene after scene of explicit and grisly terror . The demon or devil (hope l 'm not spoiling the plot of this fairytale for anyone ) is revealed in successive stages through the series of transformations which the victim of the possession undergoes . It is a process of sharpening focus, until, at last, our sweet, little girl is a yellow - green, misshapen fiend . (reminded me of that great tacky classic, " I Was a Teen-age Werewolf'' ).

The beginning of the film vague some s'uggests relationship between the evil spirit and the exorcist priest, but this is never. really developed. But why bother to develop plot or character when the real point of the film is to shove fingers of fright down the throat of the audience to make them retch with disgust? Isn't this what we paid our money and s tood in line for?

The ending of the film is in Hollywood best the traditions of over-simplied corn ; the compulsory, one on one, knock 'em out, herovillain fist fight. Really, the kid's mother should have bypassed all those fancy surgeons and psychiatrists and called in John Wayne and just let old Duke punch out the devil.

What I am really saying is that this movie loses any claim of being a suspenseful or entertaining film because of its insistence on the ex"'"

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pj ojWiol'! of ~11ock, ~Qvte.§ fike Brando 's and Bertuiucci's " Last Tango in Paris " and Bergman 's "Cries and Wfiispers " also shock us . Indeed , part of their greatness is that they move and shock us into feeling and experiencing them. Through them, we share in human pain, sorrow, and tragedy, and come away , hopefully, people of enriched empathy and awareness . But the "Exorcist''rioes not do this . It is devoid of any real human statement and only seeks to titillate us with its sick fascination for grostesque imaginings. Let me qualify this. If you really believe in ghosts , goblins , demons , leprechauns, and hobbits , this film will have value for you . But for those of you for whom diaboical possession is not a meaningful reality, then you will probably find this to be a hopelessly ugly and tasteless film.

I am not saying that a film has to have a message to be valid and valuable. Films of fantasy , adventure , and escape provide us with pure entertainment. They are delightful and necessary .

Also, there are ligitmate experimental films like the bizarre allegory, "E I Topo" and the classic " Un Chien are which Andaelu " predica ted on their surreal, visual effects. But they are adm ittedl y experimental film fantasies . They are not intended to be taken literally, while the cheapest thing about the "Exorcist" is that it pretends to be about people.

My final comment on this film is that it is a terrifying depiction of supernatural horror . If you enjoy being shocked and repulsed by vile obscenity and s ick fantasy , this film is a must. I recommend that you drop a

Rock group at Circle Star Tower of Power, will perform, in concert, a t the Circle Star Theatre in San Carlos, Friday, Feb. 22 and Saturday, Feb. 23 .

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cap of acid and smoke a l ew numbers so 'tha t you can shock your senses . a nd disgust your sensibilities to the utmos t. Personally. I found t his movie to be pointless , vulgar , and offensive. We have films that exploit sex, such as, "Deep Throat". We have films that exploit violence, such as , "7Ups" and " Magnum Force·· and now we ha ve, at long' las t, a fil m to exp loi~ demonic depravity.

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Win Free Parking!

Free parking for the semester will go to the lucky winner of the A.S. B. drawing held March .1, a t the swim meet versus Laney College.

Any student owning a day session A.S.B. card is liable to have his card number drawn from the lot.

Should the winner al ready own a parking permit, he will be reimbursed ful ly. lr1 addition, should the winnelf of the drawing be present, he will receive di nner for two a t "the Rare Steer.

A simila r dra wing for th~ night s ide s tudents is: planned. The drawing will be! held following the divmg; event, the fi rst event of the' meet.

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Ex-Jag Goes Pro

By Monroe Schacht (This is the first in a series which will attempt to look at ex- City College athletes who have made professional careers in sports.

RECOGNIZE HIM? - This is Forrest Fezler. At the time of this photo, he was a student at San Jose City

College. Now he's a part of the Professional Golf Assoc. <PGAJ. (Times Photo).

Play Ball!

This afternoon the San Jose City College baseball team opens the 1974 campaign in San Mateo, in a five baseball team, two day tournament. CAt press time, the time and opponent had not been determined> .

The tournament will be· hosted by the College of San Mateo, and will feature such area schools as Fresno City College, West Valley and Laney .

This year's team, with only six returnees on a 25 man squad, lacks experience. But City College John Coach Baseball Oldham hopes the team will jell, and will get stronger as the season progresses.

In a comparison with last years team , Oldham pointed out how much better pitching depth , better defense and speed, this year's team has as a whole, but emphasized the fact the conference and schedule will be tougher too.

The team will fino out how really good it is as the Jags will open Conference play quite early after only two baseball tourneys and a non conference game, against Contra Costa Junior College, which opens a three game homestand on Saturday, March 2. The Jags come back the following Tuesday, March 5 in their first conference game against, Diablo Valley College. According to Oldham, Diablo will be the team to beat in the G<>lden Gat e Conference this year, along with Chabot, Laney and San Mateo. · As has happened in the past, the team lost a talented Freshman in pitcher Jerry Houston , to the Major League last month . (Article on Houston can be found on this page ).

With Merritt not fielding a team this year, the Conference will be made up of only six teams, playing each school five times, which is the reason for the early conference play. Next season when Foothill, West Valley, and DeAnza join the Camino Norte Conference, according to Oldham it will be a much more balanced . and tougher league.

The opening game pitching chores will either go to Tony Gonzalez, or Marko Gonzalez, (no relation) depending on how the two sophomores looked in practice this past week.

Oldham listed what he thought might be his starting team , but felt it might change. He listed returnee Curt Becker, sophomore Augie Garcia , and freshman Will Wimmer, in the infield alignment, with sophomore Mike Page and Freshman Steve Ferguson, of St. Francis High School, in the outfield. on hib Especially Oldham 's list of freshman are Jim Hemeon of Leland, Steve Peterson of Oak Grove, both to play in the infield Pitchers Mike Ambers of Lincoln, and Stan Moline of Piedmont Hills could make fine contributions, as well as Tim Long, an outfielder ~ut of Mitty High.

Depending on bow they do

today will determine their course tqmorrow in the finals.

The team will have six days to get ready for action • again, they'll compete, as _ they have done every year in River American the Baseball Tournament , hosted by American River in College Junior Sacramento, on Friday , February 22nd and concluding Saturday, February 23.

Houston Signs Following in his brother Gwy's footsteps, freshman baseball pitcher Jerry Houston has signed a professional baseball contract with the Philadelphia Phillies of the National League.

The six - foot, 185 -pounder was a fifth round selection in the January agent draft. He had attended City College for half a semester, and might have been a starter on this year's team .

His brother, Gary, now pitching in the Kansas City farm system, attended City College three years ago. Like Jerry, he was drafted and accepted a contract.

Jerry , a right-handed pitcher, was named the Most Valuable Player in the Mount Hamilton League while attending Oak Grove High School last year.

He will report to the Phil 's Clearwater, Fla. 1 training camp for further assignment later this month. " What caught the scout's eyes was his size, fine curve ball, and good fast ball," City College baseball coach John Oldham said.

Probably one o~ the biggest success stones of those who attended City College, although may have been one of the lesser known lJthletes, is Forrest Fezler, now playing on the PGA tour.

Fezler who played on the 1968 and 19el City College Golf Teams has gone on to bigger and better things.

Fezler who won just about everything while at City, has made quite a bit o~ money ~s well. His credentials, while at City included in two years, an overall record of 17-2 and a 10-2 record in Conference play. Those two meets he lost were played while he was sick witli the flu, according to Golf Coach Harley Dow showingJ·ust how much spunk he ha . His overall record including other tournaments he may have entered was 39-4-1, and a seasonal average of an unbelievable 72 .3 and a Conference mark of 71.6.

Included was a first place finish in the Far Western Junior College Tournament , held in Fresno in 1968, where he became State Junior College Champi.o~ in 19el by a first place fmtsh .

Dow wh'o coached him both years while at .C_ity, commented, "In my optmon, he's the finest individual I've ever had the privilege of coaching."

Summer 1969, Forrest became State Amateur Champion after graduating from City, and set his si~es, -on his dream, turmng professional, and playing on the pro tour.

In the latter part of 1971, after playing the Satellite tour, for about two years , which is more or less a Mini tour, of what you may see on any given week~nd, o_n television, he recetved h1s

official PGA Approved Playing Card, but didn 't start until January, of 1972, making his home course , from that point on, Indian Wells Country Club, in Palm Springs, site of the Bob Hope Classic last weekend . He is sponsored by Vic LaBue, his brother Sal, and Andy Pepitone, who is oner of the mentioned golf above course.

In his freshman year on the Pro Circuit, he did quite well, winning a total purse, in 1972 of $26,000, taking 83th place on the money list.

Even though he wasn't able to hit the top 60 money list, in 1972, he still had to put ondays, which to a golfer on the tour can be a nightmare if he doesn't qualify for the tournament.

It seemed as though 1973 might be,a tough year for the man who graduated out of James Lick High, which has produced so many fine athletes, but for Forrest it turned into a fine year.

The word is unbelievable, taking lucky number 13 on the Money List and a fat $106,390. The figure most unbelievable is the fact he accomplished it without a win. He did take a couple of seconds for some big prize money but what has to rank so far was a second in last year 's Jackie Gleason Inverrary Classic, held in Florida, with $45,000, going to the winner. Even though he led the first three rounds, he fell under the pressure, the final round with a nationwide audience wa tching, to Lee Trevino. But in any case_he did pocket a nice check for close to $30,000, whiCh to date is his biggest payoff.

With the pressure of qualifying off this year, he has won already about, $10,000, in five weeks, since the tour started its 1974 season.

With the type of success he has achieved, it is expected he should have even a bigger year, and' a possible wn seems that much more apparent.

Sports Fare

Sportscaster?

By Monroe Schacht It's unbelievable the type of trash you see on television these days, but when you s~e it in sports news, you begm to wonder.

By profession, the person would be considered a sportscaster, a man or enough with woman, knowledge to give to you the basic material to tell you in an objective way what happened on a given day.

Unfortunately , the Bay Area has a new sportscaster, and his name is Milt Kahn, who is supposedly working for KPIX-TV Channel 5 weekdays, on the six, seven and 11 o'clock news hours .

He recently took over for disposed and well -known sportscaster Barry Tompkins for one reason only , low ratings.

At this point it has become very unbelievable how a switch could have been made. Tompkins, who took over for well known sportscaster Frank Dill, learned his profession in the City and the area, quite fast. He was known as one of the area's top sportscaster.

Kahn, wh.o today ends his third wee.k , at Channel 5, started out as a public from man relations Brooklyn. He came to the West Coast, hoping to gain fame and fortune .

The man , who doesn't know a thing about ·sports, runs his show just like aPR man. The thmg that has gotten him into so much trouble naturally his mouth.

Kahn, who doesn't discuss what usually happens on a given day, has the unnerving ability to turn his whole time to comments.

His subjects, and the one which has gotten him into so much trouble, was his firs t show , when he decided to show how big a fool he could make of himself by putting down woman tennis star, Billie Jean King. He firs t came out with the stupid statement that she was a lousy tennis player, and didn 't back it up. He has since taken a swipe for her with the involvement sponsor, Virginia Slims, a cigarette company, that sponsors the Ladies tour.

Since then he's put her down because she has been actively involved in the women's movement for equal rights . He has also taken shots at sports reporters , as well as San Francisco Giants ' Manager Charlie Fox, whom he called a dummy, and said even he could do a better job than Fox. The public's response was just like this reporter envisioned. At latest count, mail and phone calls were coming into the station at an ever increasing rate, to get rid of him, and if this can be believed, the CBS Network, accord ing to the San Francisco Examiner which Channel 5 is part of from New York City is considering some action , to get him off the air, once and for aU .

Jags Post Golf Win The San Jose City College Golf Team st arte d the ir season , last week on a winning note, as the team goes after another cham pionsh ip to add to this school 's fine record in golf .

The Jags , coac hed by Harley Dow , who always seems to bring out the finest in his team, may have another one, if it's any indication after their action last week , against other , schools, in the area.

Wednesday , Last February 7th , the Jags opened play against tough Stanford Fr os h at one of two home courses used by the Jags, this s eason, at The Village, beating them 31-23.

The other course to be used , Almaden Country Club, will get a lot of wear as well.

Returnee Tom Pera, who became number one man tough s ome through qualifying, beat his man easily by seven strokes , as Armando Claudio, who is expected to battle Pera for the number one berth, won easily by a fat ten strokes over his opponent.

Dow emphasized the fact that competition will be tough this year in conference play, and overall. Not only will this be a tough year, but it should get tougher next year, with the addition of DeAnza , Foothill, and West Valley from the Camino Norte Conference.

Dow felt it was just a typical outstanding round for the team and he figures it will go places, if the scores are kept down.

Jack Buddeke, who at the moment is number three man, a sophomore transfer from the Univ ersity of

The grapplers had to default three matches, resulting in 18 lost points, due to injury . Coach Sam Huerta said that you can not just give a team like Diablo Valley 18 points and expect to win. Diablo Valley is rated No. 2 in the state behind Chabot college.

Jerry Strangis, at the 158 pound class, continued his fine wrestling by decisioning his opponent 3-2, Strangis is now 35-3-1 for the year. John Guric at the 167 pound class decisioned his opponent 8-3.

According to coach Huerta the fast improving Jeff R icketts , at the heavyweight class tied Bob

With just seven men to suit up for tonight's game, and with little hope of anything but finishing the season up in a hurry , the City College basketball team gets back into action tonight against Diablo Va lley College, at 8 p.m. here , with just three games left in the season.

The Jags , who beat Solano Junior College here Dec . 18 in overtime, haven't won since, going down to defea t 12 straight times, as of press ti me. The tea m was at one point, 5-1, a nd were looking quite forward to Conference play, which started J an . 4, unfortunately so was the rest of the Conference. The team in addition, has lost a ll conference games , being eight and has now brought their record to 6-15 overall.

What has to hurt two players have quit the team and another is out for the season with a broken thumb.

Sophomore s Kenny Hartsough, and Ga ry Bayer, quite because of a personality 'conflict, a couple of weeks ago, with freshman for ward Mark Mather, out with the above mentioned injury.

The team has been at a seven man advantage since, Feb. 5 when the Ja gs went down to defeat at the hands of 6th ranked Chabot, in the State Standings, 88-67 there.

It was quite noticeable as the difference showed in their first real test when Merritt completely put the Jags to sleep, 110-51, as the first half, was 43-25, Merritt, and·putting it away easily in the second half, 67-26, in their worst game of the year.

To bring you up to da te,

Spring Sports

Female Tea ...

With the Spring semester finally under way, the focal point of wome n's sports will be softball , volleyball and tennis .

This year's teams, as of this writing, consist of 14 players on the softball team , 14 on the volleyball team , which includes the seven male participants making up the men's team and the male half of the co-ed team, when necessary , and 14 on this semester 's tennis team.

City's basewomen will be coached this year by E vonne Davenport, while Gloria Zufall will handle the coaching responsibilities for the volleyball team and Dr. Jan Rees will be in charge of City's women netters .

Each of the three teams has its share of new faces showing along with t he returnees .

The returning woman of the diamond is: Robin Bell.

Volleyba ll fans of last year might r ecognize several of the '74 women's squad, such names as Kathy Spivey, Bev Reuter , J o Tui lagi and jumping from last year's assistant of position

manager to player is Talamantez. These joined by three women and seven male counterparts.

A look at the tennis team for this se reveals tha t Jeanne Laural ee Frank , Gallo Terri Ha r t, a nd Shelbig will again as part of the women 's team for San Jose College, for 1974.

All three te a ms be gun t heir prac meeting th ree days a for two hours.

The competition will F eb. 21 for the firs t match, while the team awaits their meeting on Feb. 28 Hartnell and the uGt::>t:1~n~ held off until Mar their seasonal officially begin.

Times a nd dates women 's s ports posted in the room and the P.E .

The Tim es office have this inf can be contacted by ext. 324.

since the last edition, the Jags were beate n 79-69 , against D iablo Va lley College, there on J anuary 18th.

The Stanford F rosh easily took care of the Jags , here January 26, 66-43; lost a heartbreaker to tough College of San Mateo, 74 - 73, lea ding all but ten minutes of the game, there J anuar y 29t h. T he game which marked a change in the type of game used by the team , going from a fast brea k to a slower type game was qui te noticea ble, but lady luck, just wasn 't there. F inally the Jags, lost to City of San F rancisco, here, F ebruary 1st, pushing their losing s treak to 10, as the Rams put it away in the second half with an advan t~ge of 38 - 26 points .

City College B aske tball Coach Pat Dougherty found Merritt, not really a strong team, but a quick team as he went so far as to say he felt the school was one of the quickest a nd best teams he has ever seen.

Doughter ty felt , Merritt, which pressed not part of the game but a full court press the whole game killed them, as Merritt s core d, 12 points, in the last m inute to turn it into a rout.

As tough and disgusting as this year has been for the Jags, there, ha ve been some standouts. On e of those , Kevin Bryan t , forward freshman from Ga inesville, Florida , has been hitting 15.3 per game clip, sixth best in the conference with 14 free throws , 39 feld goals , for 92 points , with 16 points last F r iday night. Big William

Myles, a fr eshman center fr om Silver Creek High has been hitting at a 10.7 per game average, and has the sixth best rebounding per game average in the State.

After tonight's a ction, the team has two games left this

Women's PE

Green in his match. Green, for Diablo Valley, is the leading contender to take first place in the state finals.

Two weeks ago Feb. 2 the matmen traveled to San Luis Obispo for a dual meet against Contra Consta College Cuesta College and Golden West College. City placed second in the dual meet by beating Contra Costa 30-20 and beating Cuesta 24-18, and without three regulars . losing to G<>lden West 24-21.

College City Three wrestlers made the all tournament team . Strang is at 158 pounds was 3~ for the day and is 35-3-1 overall.

Gurich was 3~ for the day and is 27-12 overall. Jeff Romona was also 3~ for the day and is 24-7-4.

young but highly improved tea m.

After todays final round in the Wes t Valley Invitational, the Jags get back into action , next Wednesday, February 2il against DeAnza, at the Villages.

Jags To End Slump?

Grapplers D.e feated The San Jose City College wrestling team was soundly beaten by Diablo Valley College 30-8 last Friday, February 8 in the SJCC gym.

Oregon, and a graduate of St. Francis High, broke the course record last Friday, F ebruary 15 at Stanford Country Club . From all indications he will have a good year. Bud Hewitt, now the fourth man , is a freshman from James Lick, a school that has produced such stars as Forrest Fezler, and Roger Matlbie, who have both played on this team. Sophomore John Bean from Willow Glen , the number five man, and Don Siegel, another sophomore from Leland, are expected to bat tle it out fo r sixth position.

This team , with its experience, has depth. It will find out how really good it is, early.

In their other match last week, a three round tournament, the West Valley Invitational, that started last Friday, February 8th, with three other schools participating, will have played this past Tuesday , and end today, at Riverside Golf Course. As of the f1rst round, Menlo and San Jose were tied at 139 strokes, with West Valley, seven strokes back, at 146, and San Mateo, four strokes farther back, at 150.

Pera , shot a low for San Jose of 73, who is a graduate of Willow Glen, and who last year was Junior College Champion. Claudio, a freshman from Sam uel Ayer, has a history of success, in amateur golf, in this area , ahd is expected to continue here.

Expected to be contenders in Confe rence play , according to Dow, should be Chabot, which he considers a fine team, and San Mateo, a

The San Jose City tenni s team will bounce back f r poorest season in the of the school last their first conference __ ,,..,.,,, ... coming on March 1 at ........ ..~,, Although the very poor season and their number 1 una ble to pl ay ineligibility , coach Berry is optimistic.

The conference starts with a match Merritt, who had strong team last y Berry thinks that and San Ma teo Coli be the tea ms to beat year.

EAT THE DIRT! - These wrestlers show just one of the predicaments that a player might get himself into. Nobody ever explains how to get out or a situation

like this, that is to say without getting hurt. Coach Huerta lets his wrestlers in on the 'escape' route. for this hold.

P.E .

Women ' s The Department of San Jose City College added a new member to their staff last semester.

Ruby Willis , policewoman of the women's locker room , works daily handing out locks and lockers. Ruby is in charge of keeping the locker room in proper order and the women P .E . majors in line.

Along with helping the teachers ou t, Ms. Willis m ight be considered the and queen " " uniform complaint dept. for the women majors. a doing ' ' Ruby ' s tremendous job and we get along just fine with her. She rea lly is quite a remarkable person ," said Ms. Davenport, who spoke for the students that know Ruby as well as the rest of the teachers in the dept. " I like these women (majors and teachers ) quite

game. He is rated con ference play.

Photo ). a bit" sa id the matron, as s he co~tinued her work with renewed dil igence.

BUSING CURBED On Feb. 19, 1970, the House and Senate passed bills c urbing school busing to ach ieve integ ration.

MONUME NT DEDICATED The Washington Monument, a 555-foot-high granite obelisk, was dedicated at Washington, D. C., on Feb . 21, 1885.

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