San Jose City College Times, Vol. 25, Issue 14, Mar 8, 1974 by San Jose City College Times

Child Care ·Funding Approved By ·rrustees

By Todd Cunningham child care center at San Jose City e received a financial shot in the but a proposed class in Human lity was shot down at the Board of ~es_ meeting Wednesday night. child care center, which was on the of closing down due to financial :ms, was allocated funding for the ,pment of an on- campus center by 7ard. motion, introduced by Dr·. Otto mich, San Jose Community College ct Superintendent will allow the Fare center to move into room 5 of ome Economics building at SJCC. renovation program should be leted in two to four weeks. The total Jle board agreed to finance was ximately $8,000. This will cover the ation of the new facility and the JS operating expenses of the center e remainder of the semester. board also allocated funds for the :~m to continue to operate at the nuel Lutheran Church on Leigh where the center is currently . This will allow the child care :tm to function right up until its g date. program will serve up to '24 en every hour. The center will be ::1 by two full time directors who will •ise a staff of student teachers up of students in the nursery

program of the Home Economics department and members of the work study program . The fee for the service will be $25 per month. The program is filJed now and a waiting list for future spots is anticipated. A spokesman for the center said the on campus location will probably encourage more parents to make use of the program. Jean Machado, director of the center, said she was very pleased with the decision of the board, and felt "it was a step in the right direction ." She also commended Dr. Otto Roemmich, saying that he had been "very sympathetic from the beginning" and that he had "done everything humanly possible" to secure the support of the board of Trustees. Ms. Machado said she and her staff would strive to run " an .exemplary program" to give the District something to be proud of and to further point out the benefits of the child care center. Efforts are still being made to secure contributions from various private sources in order to further improve the center. Sex Class Vetoed Human Sexuality 100, a course dealing in sex from a psychological viewpoint, was dropped from the list of course proposals approved by the board of Trustees Wednesday night. . The question of approving the course arose when Dario Castelblanco, ASB

President, said tha.t the student council had approved the course with the understanding that it was an experimental course. San Jose City College President, Dr. Theodore Murguia, who had sent the proposal to the student council, said the course was not experimental, but rather was a regular course proposal. At this point, questions arose from the board . regarding the nature and necessity of the course. Richard Manseau, chairman of the Psychology department, and· originator of the course proposal, fielded a series of questions from the board, apparently not to their satisfaction. A motion was then introduced to drop the Human Sexuality course from the list of those to be approved. This passed, and the board then approved the original list of the proposals, minus the Human Sexuality course. Manseau said later he was surprised and disappointed in the board's failure to approve the course. He noted the proposal had been submitted to the board over a week before the meeting, and that he had received no communications, unfavorable or otherwise, from any of the board members, prior to the board meeting. Manseau said he felt now that the only By Barbara Page course of action is to reach the various City College's Resource Center for the board members, further explain his Handicapped is working on pr-oposals to corse, and resubmit the proposal at the eliminate archtectural barriers on next board meeting. campus and in the community, according

Handicapped Barriers Not Just Physical to Counselor Paul Beddow. swimming pool should be ready in time They are drafting a petition to Mayor for the Fall '74 semester. Norman Mineta to cut curbs and modify "Plans a re in the works to open ·the the island at the intersection of Moorpark Resource Center at night for the benefit and Bascom near the college. of evening division students," he said, Members of the department have also · "so that they will be able to take adattended Santa Clara County Tran- vantage of the many services we have to sportation meetings at City Hall to keep offer. " "The number of evenings will track of improvements in the transit depend upon available funding," he district. Plans have been irutiated to added. supply two dial -a- buses with ramp and Beddow announced that speech lift adaptions for the handicapped. They therapy classes are planned . for next will service areas from the East Side of semester. Students who are mterested San Jose to Palo Alto. can contact him at extension 338 or 367. Beddow also said that someone from the center will be attending a Conference of the Blind later this month, in order to perfect services and familiarize the staff with problems facing blind students. Plans are also in progress to have room numbers printed on classroom doors in braille before the end of this semester. A newly assembled Childcare Coalition Beddow has instituted a grant proposal has voted to sponsor a county - wide for: elevators in the business building, childcare initiative for the November which is used frequently by handicapped ballot. The initiative will be modeled students; automatic doors in the student after San Francisco's Proposition M union, science building, business and which was passed by the voters last' drama departments; ramps in the November. theater entrance, counseling building Proposition M established a county and Records and Administration; policy of supporting low cost, quality, making the "W" building more ac- child care programs. The Childcare Coalition is presently cessible; modified bathrooms; and many more ramps around campus walkways. composed of representatives from: Two new electric wheel chairs have Parents for Childcare; SJCC Childcare been acquired for the center this Action Group; Sunny,vale T.O.O.S.; semester, and a one- handed typewnter Sunnyvale F.I.S.H. ChiJdcare Center; that can attain speeds up to 70 words per Childrens Lobby; Santa Clara Children's minute. After familiarizing themselves Centers; Lowell Childrens Center; with the different keyboard, students P.A.C.; Licensed Day Care Group a nd would then enter a regular typing class the National Association for the for instruction with students using a Education of Young Children. 46,000 signatures are needed by June standard keyboard. Beddow is working toward adapting 17, 1974. Petitions will be circulated on certain PE courses as another resource SJCC campus . For more information caJI of the center. Installation of a lift in the 279-1160 or 292-3289.

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Hydrogen May Answer Fuel Crisis resulting mixture of hydrogen, carbone dioxide and .carbon monixide is combined with more gasoline and air injected into the cylinder. Although the compete engine has not been assembled under a hood JPL studies, substituting bottled hydrogen for the hydrogen generator, shows it to be cleaner and more efficient. The engine is 10% more economical in gasoline usage than are engines fueled only by gasoline. Other companies are experimenting with hydrogen alone as fuel. The International Materials Co. in Burlington, Mass. has developed an engine that converts all its gasoline into hydrogen, carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide by reaction with water. This car satisfies all the 1977 standards for clean air. German motor also Uses hydrogen At the Atomic Energy Commissions Brookhaven Lab_oratory on Long Island, engmeers are testing the Wankel engine as the major component of another hydrogen powered automobile. This is the same engine that runs the Mazda. !iJe Brookhaven Laboratory ts also pioneering the use of components known as hydrides to provide pure hydrogen for propulsion. When hydrogen is mixed under pressure with a metal m powdered form hydrides are produced. Hydrides are unstable and break up into hydrogen gas and the original metal when heated. In the Brookhaven concept the cars gas tank would be cylinder containing powdered metal which would be converted to metal hydride when mixed with gaseous hydrogen when

By Arlene Wagner Hydrogen , the fuel which .oc.~~...u. r .s ~n:wts into s pace, is now considered by m any scientists to be the fuel of the future, and a boon to the auto industry. Triggered by the energy c risis , technicians at a number of research centers throughout the U.S. have m ade notable progress towards finding a direct substitute for gasoline by the use of hydrogen. This fuel could be made in limitless quantities, is clean, and efficient and its technology may prove to be scarcely more then that of the internal - combustion engine, according to "Newsweek". An automobile engine .vhich runs on a mixture of 1ydrogen and gasoline has ·ecently been revealed by >cientists at the Jet ? ropulsion Laboratory :JPL) in Pasadena, Calif. £'he operation of this engine l.'as found to be so clean that t meets almost all of the rederal emissions standards 1et for 1977 model cars. Although hydrogen is not :ompletely new to the ransportation field, what is tew is the use of hydrogen as 1 fuel for conventional inernal - combustion engines. Uthough there may be ninor internal engine ·hanges , according to troject manager Harry E. :otrill of JPL Pasadena, hey could be considered omparable to year to year 11odel changes by the auto ldustry. How The Engine Will Work The initial step in the JPL ngine is to produce ydrogen in a special hamber with a reaction that tvolves a small amount of asoline and water. The

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ral Mass was held for San Jose ege staff member, Isabel Huber, 44 Gunar Drive in San Jose. llapsed while at work, Thursday, and was taken by ambulance tO' ,lara Valley Medical Center, e died the following day of a hemorrhage. iuber, an employee since Sep1972, worked in the college ·epairing and binding books. or of Library Services, Dr. ~. Brundin, expressed the senl the entire staff, " We were all at her untimely death, and will iss her. She was liked and by everyone she worked with ary -she was a lovely person."

A native Californian, Mrs. Huber was in Oxnard July 9, 1928, and resided m the San Jose area for the past 15 years She is survived by her husband, Emii E . Huber, of San Jose; and two daughters, Mrs. Anita Garcia 28 and Sylvia Huber, ~. both of San 'Jos~. She was the sister of Charles Puentes Jr ., of Sacramento; Mrs. Alice Azevedo' San Jose ; Mrs. Margaret Sandoval' Fremont; Mrs. Esther Aguayo, Liver: more ; and Mrs. Virginia Jacobo San Jose. ' Mrs, Jacobo, also a SJCC employee has_ worked in the Law Enforcement Offtce for three years. Interment was Monday, Feb. 25, at Santa Clara Mission Cemetery. ~rn

only one of several to benefit from the future hydrogen .econop1y, Many - hydrogen enthusiasts believe that hydrogen will be used to heat homes, drive turbines to produce electricity and store power produced in off peak periods for later use.

filled at a specially equipped filling station . When heated by water from ~ the car's radiator the hydride would produce hydrogen gas , which would burn in the Wankel engine. Unlimited Uses The auto industry may be

The Spring of ~74

Troubled !(ids Get Second Chance By Dave Goll . It's not easy growing up in a strife torn world, especially when your own family life provides little comfort and support but much unhappiness. For countless numbers of children, this is how they are brought up to face our complex modern society. The results of such confused lives are graphically portrayed by alcoholism and suicide statistics. People have begun to awaken and realize the causes for such afflictions, known in every corner of the globe. Not long ago, a small group of these people banded togeth~r to combat this " troubled family syndrome" head -on. Known as the "Social Advocates for Youth," <SAY> they were formed five years ago, in 1969, by a successful San Francisco lawyer, Tadini Bacigalupi, Jr. From humble beginnings in a Santa Rosa office, the organization has mushroomed into a nationally recognized program, with nine centers in California and other parts of lhe Western United States. Bacigalupi saw the need for a helping hand regarding disadvantaged kids because of what he calls, "my strong desire to eliminate delinquency and the negative responses of society towards troubled youth." He has recently retired from his lucrative law practice in hopes of devoting the major part of his life to these children. Why a SAY? Jim Valentine, Assistant Director of SAY's Mountain View branch, believes strongly in his group's efforts. "There are so many kids," Jim remarked, "that will get into, or are in trouble. Most have no idea what they're in for." ."People should not try to compare us w1th the SHARE program, which by the way is an excellent organization. We are more into helping the child through the mental problems of an unhappy home," he added. . Valentine related that children being atded by SAY are referred to his people via other social institutions, including Family Services, Catholic Social Services, and various police departments. The Santa Clara County chapter of SAY did not come into existence until last September, at which time the Mountain Vie_w center was opened. The county is logtcally separated into two geographical areas; north, including the Palo Alto Mountain View - Sunnyvale region, and the south portion, involving the immediate San Jose area. yolunteers are matched up with ch1ldren geographically, so that it is convenient for them to reach one another. Volunteer "advocates", as they are known , must put in a certain amount of time in what is called "service

training,'' which acquaints them with the various social problems they may face, and how to deal with them. Currently, Mountain View is headquarters for the South Bay operations. According to director Valentine, it is hoped by SAY members that a house of some sort could be acquired in San Jose, closer to the center of the county's population. This house could serve as a "live-in" abode for involved children and volunteer counselors, a concept presently being used in Santa Rosa . Limits Because of staff size, SAY does have restrictions as to how many children it

can handle at one time . The maximwn case - load is 75 kids, and the referred child must be screened and evaluated by the staff. SAY has at its disposal a board of advisors, consisting of such professional people as psychologists, social workers, policemen, lawyers and judges. They assist the organization in coping with the many and varied social dilemmas which confront them. Age limits also serve to narrow down the amount of children in the program. SAY tries to keep it within the Tange of five to 13 years of age , although Valentine admitted that there are some older than 13 being counseled.

Volunteers- are requested to spend a period of nine months with their designated child, and four hours a week together is the minimwn. Valentine remarked that the bulk of his counseling staff consisted of college students, who in the course of their work, can receiv~ college credit. Jim Valentine and his fellow "Social Advocates" view their efforts as positive, sharing one's own past experience and knowledge with someone who is going through similar quandries that affected you years before. In other words, when you've learned the answer to a question, don't keep it to yourself.

Drop-In The Health Center "Athletes Have Feelings Too !" is one of three new drop - in classes available to City College students at the Health Center. It is a rap session for athle'tes,_ both men and women, to share feelings and common concerns from the athlete's point of view. It meets Thursday at 11 a.m ., under the direction of Norma Croekett,Ciinical Psychologist. : Another new offering is: "Making' Things Perfectly Clear ," a group focusing on individual growth and clarity of relationships. It meets on Wednesday at 11 a.m. Everyone is invited to participate; it is not restricted to couples only. "Man and Woman," a discussion group focusing on problems in relationships, marriage and divorce, will meet Thursday at 10 a.m. in room 30A.. . AJI other drop - in classes will meet m the Health Center, Room :rlSA . Other drop - in classes, em~sizing self - discovery and potential, are : Psychology of Women, Monday at 10 a.m.; Personal Potential, Tuesday at 10 a.m.; Weight Control, Thursday at noon ;· and Counselor Aide on Tuesday and Thursday at 9 a.m. All sessions last one hour.

Counseling A HELPING HAND - Problems affect us all, including our children. "Social Advocates for Youth" is

doing somethin g about these troubled kids , offering an alternative to them. <Times Photo).

The Christian Science Campus Cou nselor, Ray Prendergast will ~e available for drop-tn counseling inside the Stude~t Union from 6 to 7 p.m. thts Thursday.

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A New Way to Relax By Laur a Joesten Transcendental Meditation is a simple, natural technique of gaining rest and relaxation . Students, housewives , businessmen , pilots and physicians, to name a few, have all reported practical benefits in terms of their own needs through transcendental meditation (TM). Through TM, an individual makes use of his own natural ability to evoke and gain new knowledge of life through awareness. Transcendental Meditation is practiced for a few minutes morning and -'evening. During this time the mind experiences subtle states o'f thought while

physiological changes occur. Scientific investigation has found that during the period of TM, oxygen consumption, carbon dioxide elimination, and cardiac output are decreased. This physiologica l evidence together with the measure of skin resistance prove that an individual gains a deep state of rest while the mind stays aware of stimuli. These natural effects clearly distinguish TM from all other techniques involving effort control hypnosis or auto suggestion. Scientists have described the period of TM as a unique state indicative of a fotirth major state of consciousness.

A Weird ThOught weird, adj. 1. >Colloquial> Startling or extraordinarily singular, odd or queer, as in "a weird get-up". Syn. Weird, eerie, uncanny, weird esp. to use of that which is strange, wild, or uncanny. -Webster's New College Dictionary But when is weird not weird? When it is not weird, but usual - aye, that's the rub! Weird, once a pleasant, unassuming adjective, is now used like a tonic for sagging sentences. It is cropping up everywhere , from the hard-hitting pages of Time magazine to finer publications like TV Guide (A"A weird and horrible plant infests a California ~n'' or ''Mr . Cooper specializes in outrageous costumes and weird makeup"), AM and FM disc jockeys use it eyery other word. Third trend must be ~pped!

,;used sparingly, (as it once , 'i!s>, "weird " was a 'b!lightful seasoning for cmJphasizing the unusual. At ~ point in it's abuse, one qannot communicate the fieling " weird" once added. ij~Jost.

Some people use weird as a staple to their vocabulary. Sandwiched in between their regular hip jargon, the conversation goes something like," Well like wow man, it was -you know, weird. It was far-out, but it was just so-soWEIRD !" Another trend we'd really like to see halted is the really escessive use of the word "really". It really doesn't communicate really much of anything, except that maybe its user is a real clod. We've yet to see any piece of writing really improved of the word " really" . Enough has been said of the overuse of "far out" and "right on"; the blandness of the word "nice" has been made known ; and the true meaning of the word "hopefully " has been exposed. Now we must call attention to this further abuse of the language. Thus, the TIMES is taking a negative stand on the word "weird". We urge you to stop this scourge. Ration yourself to using "weird" only three times a sentence. Boycott Johnny Carson! If everyone works together, perhaps we can stop this really weird trend.

Accumulated tension and fatigue which hinder efficient functioning of the nervous system are dissolved in a natural way through TM. The result is increased energy · and developed creative intelligence , more inner stability and improved clarity of perception at all levels of experience. TM is a process of direct experience rather than one of intellectual analys is . Therefore, the technique can be explained in terms of the actual mechan ics of the thinking process. Everyday thought, is an impulse that is perceived as thought- only during the last stages of its development. TM allows the conscious attention to be .drawn automatically to the .deepest and most refined level of thinking. Subjects who practice TM ARE YOU READY FOR perform faster and more SPRING VACATION? This accurately in complex peaceful country scene perceptual motor tests. Good performance indicates ; greater coordination between mind and body, greater fie xi bili t y, increased perceptual awareness , greater efficiency and neuromusclar integration . Studies show that the meditators perform better on recall tests and Jearn more quickly than non - meditators. After meditating, an individual naturally engages in activity more effectively without strain or stress. With expended awareness , increased carlity of perception and more profound knowledge he acts in a difRecognizing the need in ferent manner. TM unfolds the San Jose community to the full potential of mind and extend more of a helping hand to our senior citizens, heart. Regular practice of TM San Jose City College is insures the harmonious and offering several short balanced development of courses for spring. life. These practical bene~its Beginning painting, golf of TM enable one to enJOY and conversational French living in the sustained ·and Spanish are among the freedom of increasing achievement and fulfillment.

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o: i!a'he San Jose City College Women's Volleyball team pt)Sted an impressive victory over Hartnell in their season 's opener. Because of the time factor, the- women were only allowed to play a two out of three match instead of a three out of five series. d:rhe women lost the <'Pening game of their match 1u

.:il'he first baseball player to S!ij)re more than 4000 hits was Tyrus Raymond ("Ty") b. He played with Detroit rom 1905 - 1926 and with biladelphia from 1927 928.

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Volleyball but m-ade a terrific comeback, as they won the last two games of the match. The men 's teams met shortly before the women's match and the Panthers of Salinas edged by for the series win. The co - ed teams only had time to get in one game a piece. City's A - team took the lead early in that game and continued to dominate the scoring plays throughout the rest of the game. The two B - teams played at the same time on the other court. The women were able to post the win . City's ·volley teams will travel to Monterey for a match against the teams of Monterey Peninsula College this afternoon at 4 p.m. The next home series will · be April 2. This will be a tri match with Cabrillo and City College of San Francisco meeting for competition against the Jaguars of San Jose. The action will begin at 3:30 p.m.

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The first baseball player to win Most Valuable Player Award 3 times was Stan . Musial of the St. Louis Cardinals , who won the award in 1943, 1946 and 1948.

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November ballot. The initiative will be modeled after San Francisco 's Proposition M which was passed by the voters last November. Proposition M established a county policy of supporting low cost, quality, child care programs. The Childcare Coalition is presently composed of representatives from : Parents for Childcare ; SJCC Childcare Action Group ; Sunnyvale T.O.O.S.; Sun nyvale F .I.S.H. Childcare Center; Childrnes Lobby; Santa Clara Childrne's Centers; Lowell Childrens Center ; P .A.C .; Licensed Day Care Group and the National Association for the Education of Young Children. 46,000 signatures are needed- by June 17, 1974. Petitions will be circulated on SJCC campus. For more information call 279-1160 or 292-3289.

Prop. I Initiates Taxpayers can look forward to having access to more state and local parks if the next "Proposition 1" is passed. The bill authorizes a $250 million bond issue to increase and develop California's parks. If it goes into effect, local governments would be granted $90 million to buy and develop recreation areas, beaches or historical sites. The State Park System would get $90 million for purchasing, and $45 million for developing general recreational facilities. An additional $15 million would be granted for historical sites. The bond would also allot $10 million to the Wildlife Conservation Board to establ ish fish and game preserves. The 1974 version of Proposition 1 will appear on the June ballot.

On or off When I leave a room for a short time, should I turn off the lights to conserve energy ? Asked by many energyconsc ious consumers , the answer is: yes and no. If the lighting is the standard incandescent lighting found in most homes, the answer is yes, it • will be beneficial to turn off the lights. If the lighting is florescent, the answer is no, ' because florescent lighting uses most of its energy in switching on and off.

courses offered. Those · interested may register at the next class meeting. Call Community Services, telephone 298-5064 for information. Another facet of the program is the new federaly funded luncheon for senior citizens, 60 years and older.

School Bond Vote Urged

A major statewide Community College bond proposal has been approved in Sacramento by the Californ ia Community Colleges Board of Governors. The proposal, for $250 m illion for Community Coll e ge construction, remodeling, site acqJJisitions , and equipment,~ rlft..l!;t oe approved by the Legislature before going on the November 1974 general election ballot. The bond authorization would provide state share financing for the Community College construction needs from 1975 through 1979-80. Chancellor Sidney W. Brossman said enrollment trends for Community Colleges indicate a rate of growth greater than any other segment of higher education and impose great dem ands on available facilities . State bond funds would be matched with local Comn munity College district funds made available through local district permissive taxes. The state bond funds would be allocated to local districts according to the amount and type of existing compared with s pace enrollment projections. With Chairman King Durkee of San Diego presiding at its meeting in the Sacramento Inn, the Board also adopted regulations dealing with standards for maintaining a 1750da y annual operations. The Board also authorized the South County Community College District to develop the first phase of a Livermore collete site with local distric t funds ; discussed ways of improving student personnel and counseling services; adopted resolution to seek a emergency legislation to insure financial support for colleges unable to fulfill the

Saturday Classes Its not to late to register for fully accredited college circulum courses offered on Saturday to residents of the San Jose City College Community District. Art classes in lettering and layout are available ; business educa tion offers math, marketing principles, real estate finance, data processing lab and more. Numerous other classes cover almost all fields of study, from electronics and engineering to photography, . language and home economics ; with floor covering offered in the apprenticeship program. The office of Admissions and Records will be open Saturdays throughout the semester from 7:45 a .m. until 12:15 p.m. to accomoda te new student enrollment.

George Green, English Dept. very neatly distracts Evergreen Valley College should not be built. The everyone from present site and buildings issues and real and because of that, (along with the Milpitas site) be built. could and should be sold for commercial purposes, and What is Evergreen? present power the entire absurd project should be abandoned. We between Otto Roemm have now, and will have for the faculty oligarchy, 1 many years to come, acagainst 20, seems to be cording to long .range control of the a ...,............. County, State and National the dozens administrative um•..••u•"" trends, a need for only one campus. City College is Evergreen' ideally located to be that one when Evergreen is campus, being quickly acCity College will hp•·ont@ cessible from any part of the Siberia of the District, County, and having adequate though Evergreen acreage to provide the geographically m necessary buildings in the suitable for that event that the student since the power population would grow determine who gets to significantly. their enemies where heaven or to hell. But two factors make this Evergreen, however, reasonable solution to the nothing to do with trivial problem of campusstudents. We don't building unlikely. Most $2,700 for a one time important, one needs at least structional expense, and 2 campuses to make l we have $27,000 a year district so that the taxpayers years to spend on some can be legally saddled with a -- administrative po fat bureaucracy. (The titled "Cluster Prnuoutl salaries of the 4 top who must be, bureaucrats in the present 1 his job specs, "open campus "district" to~al frank" -- the very last $130,000, and if you add their qualities with which he, staff, you can account for or it will get along another 2 million per year.) Evergreen. Through no fault of The other reason that own, and because of Evergreen will proceed in all of its waste is that it provides same bungling ministration", and the a distraction. San Jose City College is not meeting any self-serving "teaching' significant educational prevails in all of objectives, except in many education, half vocational areas that, unstudents at fortunately, attract Evergreen, relatively few students. Valley, DeAnza, (And, it is not the vocational well as, or worse areas, as valuable as they graders. Success in cw-,-.r may be, that make a college depends on 13th a college.) Properly staffed literacy. How will and properly administered, buildings solve tha City College could meet mense problem -- upon educational objectives; it no time, no Juc•t:u'"'"'' could -even state. some, or no money at all is even one. But Evergreen spent? By

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Initiative For Child Care Set For November Ballot t! A newly formed Childcare Coalition has voted to

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175-days attendance requirement because of lack · of fuel, and to take steps to insure that Community Colleges will be placed in a high priority for fuel allocations; and adopted a resolution approving annexation of territory of the Val Verde Elementary School District to the Riversi~e · Cpmmunity College District. Other regulations adopted were permits for seasonal agriculture workers to be exempted from one-year residency requirements and out-of-state tuition; and approved funding -of Community College applications for various occupational education projects under provisions of the Vocational Education act. The Board also heard reports on transfer of accumulated sick leave, equalizing of student financial aids, proposed environmental impact regulations, and proposed regulations for special credentials based on eminence.

Secretary Moves To New Post Jacqueline "Jaye" Murison has been named Administrative Assistant of Schedules and Catalogues at San Jose City College, a newly created post. Ms. Murison will be responsible for compiling and releasing the schedules of classes. She came to San Jose City College in 1967, where she worked for five years in the admissions office, and has spent the past year and a helf as secretary to the Dean of Student Services, T.J. Owens. Ms. Murison said she is looking forward to the challenge of the new spot. Her only regret is that she, will no longer come into close contact with the students, she added. When the National League was formed on February 2, 1876, it consisted of eight baseball teams: Boston , Chicago, Cincinnati, Hartford , Louisville, New York, Philadelphia and St. Louis.

Coordinator Alma LeRoy believes the project to be a good one, an event that will encourage older people to mix with others. " This is not really for the destitute", comments Mrs. LeRoy, "but for those who can't or don't provide adequately for themselves. This may be the only decent meal they have all day" . The luncheon is served at 1:30 p.m. in the City College faculty lounge, Monday through Friday. Volunteers who would serve, provide escort services , transportation, entertainment , outreach services are asked to donate their services in whatever capacity they choose. Both men and women volunteers are invited to call Virginia Perkins in the Community Services office at the college. In addition, anyone reading this announcement is asked to contact people they know over 60 years of age who would benefit from this type of program.

Sports Field San Jose City College has begun construction on two . major athletic fields at the corner of its campus at Moorpark and Leigh, beginning the college's longrange master plan . The projects are termed " enabling programs· · by Philip C. Mowry, facilities planning director, because they open the way for future development of existing· facilities. About six acres of land at Leigh and Moorpark, a portion of which was occupied by the old Bascom Elementary School, is being developed into a new baseball field and associated turf areas. Vacant property facing on Leigh Avenue adjacent to the football stadium, is now under development as a new 3 and one half acre soccer field . Construction of the new baseball facility makes it possible to begin a program of relocation of existing facilities to ultimately accommodate the new buildings called for in the campus master plan. The old women's gym will . be demolished, and the swimming pool will be relocated to provide space for a new two-story classroom building which will rise on the site of the old women's gym and some of the tennis court area . Mowry sets the cost of the athletic field projects at $340 thousand, and estimates the new facilities will be ready for use in the spring of 1975. He also indicates that perimeter areas will be fully landscaped to enhance the appearance of the college grounds.

Are you using alternate means of transportation such as carpools, bikes, etc? Denise Walker: No, my schedule is too different from everyone elses. It would be too difficult to find another student in the same area with seven o 'clock classes. Mrs. McKeown: No, what I need is a Bart that runs from my corner to school. I'm really ashamed that I'm not

using a different transportation. Barbara Modrak: use my car. Pat Hansen: I dri school, but I ride my everywhere else. Jeff Hanley : The eXJrt•~'=''-' fumes of the cars sick, but I belong to a to get to school. Reggie Ledesma: my bike alot. Linda Marti: I drive my car.

Chamber music concert slated A guitarist and a string and piano ensemble will perform at a chamber music concert to be held in the Old Town Theater in Los Gatos Sunday, March 24 at 3 p .m. The concert is sponsored by the Los Gatos - Saratoga Symphony and is offered free of charge. This is a change in date of the originally scheduled March concert of ~:1e Sunday Afternoon of Chamber Music Series, which had been set for March 10. Bob Brandon, guitarist, will play music of the Baroque period, including three pieces by John Dowland (lf132 - 1626), an Irish tune by ?urcell 0668 1695), and three pieces by J. S. Bach (1685- 1750). He will also play " Fandanguillo" by a 20th Century composer,

Turina. Making up the trio will r Jack Gates, violin; Anderson, cello; and John ·Boswell, piano. Gates, of Los Gatos realtor who has widely in concerts in the area Diane Anderson is a ........,...-,~ of the Santa Rosa .,..,..........- ..n Dr . Boswell, of SaJratolllllF€ a psychiatrist music at the Washington for one year. He also chamber music Sandor Salgo, and companist for the ;-o.r.;:1nn•v University Chorus. They will play trios Beethoven, Brahms, Dvorak, and will 11"-'.t;...- · their program to the late Michael Serber, who been Jack Gates' tea

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History? Groener1 Lived It By Todd Cunningham It's Friday in the second week of the semester. My classes are set and school is falling into its routine for Spring. As I head past the Bookstore out toward the parking lot; I hear my name called. "Hey, well hi Jerry, " I you "Where answer. heading?" "Home. I just added a history class. 17A. "I've got t hat. Who've you got? " 1 ask. Mon d ay, "Groenen. Wednesday , and Friday, 2: 00."

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Tom Rowen After being around the .ges of the music scene for e past seven years, I scovered that I was no 1ger into it, it was into me. Yes, I had become the ~tim of a rock 'n roll jones. aybe it was the album I .d, all one thousand of em. Or may be it was cause I was broke all the ne from my concert-a~ek habit. Or maybe it was y complete collection of llmore posters. But I was ()ked. I suddenly found myself ing strange things. For stance I would walk ound mubling lyrics to yself. Or I would have this ·ange desire to become ephen Stills. Just little ings. It was a week ago that I d this flash. I was sitting ound looking at the cob~bs on my ceiling and nteplating the lint in my llybutton humming the eatest hits of Jeff Beck to yself when it hit me. "Self" that's what I ways c~lled me, "You sure e in a sad stale of affairs. y man, you are in a rut. Do mething about it." So, I did. After a week of tense meditation and sting, I gave up many of y former pusuits . No 1ger did I have any desire go to concerts. :-Ia longer J I have any need to lock yself in myself in my room r eight hours a day with my cord collection. I was red! But the cure did have its le effects. I became a ~publican. I cut my hair. I mt to church. And .. .I also ~pped writing ·'What Goes m." 'Yes, I know, it was hard. tth on me and on you, dear pders, but it was the only ty. Before I was just a lrned- out shell , just barely 1sting. Today, I'm happy id alive , and writing other column. The Heart or The Matter This weekly column is lied "The Scene" a name ~ arrived at after much ought , a whole five inutes. It will be devoted t just to music, but to the 1er things. The finer vultures, ings, culture eludes s uch things as ms, television, art, and her pursuits. I've found that those IOple who were into rock

with Ivy League college life and on the other explore the trials of an ·exiled Jesus Christ in his old age. In one of the more interesting selections, an opinion of modem day man a by presented is Baluchitherium, a beast found throughout E urope prior to the appearance of the first man. The themes are as varied as the scenes and circumstances. They range from the mundane to the absurd. In "Plumbing" for instance, he explores the feeling of communion one acquires over the years with the piping in a particular house. Contrast this with "God Speaks" which deals

are now into other things, just because the music led them to it. It led us to grow our hair, and give up our old lifestyle and become free men and women, and now, since it only took us so far, we're on our own. And that's not so bad at all. Music is an extension, a means of expression, but what is really interesting is the fact that it led us and gave us something to believe in. Now, we have to believe in ourselves. And that's part of the whole trip. The magic was in the music , as that tie-dyed geek pointed out so long ago. Now the magic is in ourselves, and basically that's what this here thing is about us. Well, You Could Always Stay Home There's a rare and strange event coming up that perhaps you should know about. On Sunday, March to, from 8 p.m. to 1 a.m. , in "the perfect acoustically Zellerbach Hall" at U.C. in Berkeley S . U.P.E.R.B productions and StarSeed will present Hawkwind and Man in a tribute to Ti-mothy Leary. If you're not familiar with either of these bands, Hawkwind is an interstellar rock band from England. They're rather spacy, and they're music is mighty strange. Man, probably the more interesting of the two, is a cooking little band from Wales. From what I can tell, they sound like the early Allman Brothers, with a little Amon Dull and Pink Floyd thrown in. Speaking of Amon Dull, one of these days I'll be doing a column on European Rnck. Tickets are available from all the usual locations, and it might be a truly bizarre e vening. Maybe You Know ome!_hing I Don't Word is that the remake of "A Star is Born " will feature the Taylors in the lead roles, that's James and Carly. . .And speaking of James, whatever happened to the man ? . . .They're ma king a sequel to "Fritz, the Cat", called "The ine Lives of Fritz" . . .Capitol Records informs m e that the name of the next elpee by the Band will be " Is Everybody Wet?", it's probably a live album, recorded at Watkins Glen, and it will be released they say, "soon" , and that ·~ it fo r another one.

with the complications encountered by a young Harvard undergraduate who finds himself called upon to ascend to the throne of a primitive tribe of barbarians in the hill country of Afghanistan . A common sense point of view and a dry wit are found throughout the collection. Updike's awareness and his ability to make use of his keen appraisals make the sense he displays seem far from common, however. Often Updike 's central figures regard themselves and their lives in general, with a kind of am used fascinat ion and impotence. Updike can bring an illuminated grin with an ironic look at some quirk of human nature, or can evoke a bellylaugh with the ranlings of a twentieth century husband, emasculated by his wife's constant efforts on behalf of the social cause of the hour . Updike's talent for the mechanics of writing is often glaringly apparent. At times, the phrases and ideas are arranged with such precision that you are stopped on the page. The first paragraph of selection, first the "Museums and Women", conveys in part the ability to discern and relate images found throughout the book. Here he compares the two and museums words , women: "Set together, the two words are seen to be mutually transparent; the E's, the M's blend - the M's framing and squaring the structure lend resonance and a curious formal weight to the M central in the creature, which it dominates like a dark core winged with flitting syllables. Both words hum. Both suggest radiance, antiquity, m ystery, and duty." The assembling of this book reminds me a great deal of a fine sculpture. Updike 's range , insight , approach and homor provide him with a huge, powerful stone. Then, with a stunning mastery of his art, Updike brings it all alive into something real and impressive.

Guest conductor Guest conductor, Henri Lazarof will conduct the Master Sinfonia Chamb~ Orchestra in a premiere performance of his Rhapsody for Violin and Orchestra Sunday, March 17, at 8 p.m . in the Foothill College Theater. Violinist Stanley Plummer will be thefeatured soloist. Call oox office, 948-4444 for tickets.

"See you there. I've got the same class." " What's it like? Required and all. Kind of a drag?" "Not so bad. He's kind of interesting." In the Spring of 1948 a creaking frigate named the " Bald Eagle" landed in r Hoboken , New Jersey . Johannes Franciscus Petrus Groenen celebrated his nineteenth bir thday by stepping onto the soil of the United States , thus realizing a dream nurtured since his childhood in Blade!, Holland . Groenen was penniless, owning only the clothes on his back and the wooden shoes on his feet. Groenen was also unable to speak English. " Is he the guy with the accent?" "Yeah. That's him.'' "I've heard of him before. Wasn't he In the paper awhile back for some deal with his wife?" · "Right, I say. "That's him" Groenen met Johanna van Beers in December of 1944. In April, four years later, the secretly were couple engaged. The engagement was kept a secret to avoid the wrath of the families , since ooth were strongly opposed. Two weeks later Groenen arrived in the

United States. Miss van Beers remained in the Netherlands to become a department supervisor in one of Holland 's largest chain stores . Groenen meanwhile was earning his Bachelor of Arts degree a t Washington State University. From there he went on to get his Master of Arts and do graduate work at Vanderbilt University, San Diego State , and the University of Southern California. Groenen held managerial positions ~ith the Shell Oil Co., the Fteld Office Service Co., and the Soil International Reclamation Co. After this, he embarked on his teaching career. Finally, twenty three years after t heir engagement, Johanna came to the United States. The Groenens were married in Spokane, Washington on August 19, 1971. "Much homework?" " J ust reading, I say. He really knows his stuff. He's travelled a lot. Communist countries and all. He told us about it in class today." At the age of twelve, Jan Groenen served in the Dutch Underground. His father and brother were members of the Belgian Underground, based just across the oorder. Battle-marred Bladel, his hometown, was occupied by the Nazis for the duration of World War II. While on a sabbatical leave in 1972-73, Groenen became a research associate at the John F . Kennedy Institute University of Tilburg, Tilburg, Holland. While on his leave Groenen visited the Polish Institute of World Affairs as part of the exchange program with the John F . Kennedy Institute. While behind the Iron Curtain with his wife , Groenen experienced the "Big Brother" atmosphere

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meditate and their essences be seen floating in can bubble - gum spheres in the sky . The children are wearing by educated headsets which permanently engrave the information in their brains the same way. One engravew writing on a watch. The cartoon, barely 75 minutes long took a prize in the 1973 Cannes Film Festival and has an orignal , surrealistic music score. Another thing used in " Fantastic Planet" is a constant varation on a theme· to avoid cliche's. For example: Variation on the Trial . By -Combat Theme: Terr and a combatant tie blue creatures with sharp, snapping jaws to their chest, rather than using inaminate weapons. Variations on Sexual Themes: When . the Omes escape to Fantastic Planet, they see male and female headless statues where the essence bubbles of the Drags land. Says Terr : "We accidently discovered the secret of the Drog 's visionary power . It was Fantastic Planet, where they woUld commune with beings from other galaxies and ·perform ' strange nuptial rites, which was also how they reproduced" . The film cuts to the statues dancing, th is proper waltz , a n allegory for copula tion . Varitation on a Venus Fly Trap : This plant-animal thing traps insects in a similar way to a Venus fly trap. Rather than eating its prey, however, it shakes them around and flings them to the ground ,dead. And it laughs. Then the film cuts to the

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ground around the plant animal thing, which is littered with dead, splattered insects. Very effective ; kind of creepy. These variations are done so subtley that you don 't realize that the specific purpose is to avoid the traditional slant on an idea. Abrupt Ending Flaws Theme As entertaining as the film is, it stops just one milimeter short of having a significant theme. The.. plot builds and builds and then abruptly ends. As it is, it has some interesting observations but they aren't tied in to any one theme. To call "Fantastic Planet" a cartoon is to demean its innovative plot ; to label it science fiction ignores its technical excellance. It is a novel animated science fiction adventure that entertains children as well as adults.

acquired first hand expertence of life behind the Iron Curtain, Groenen returned home with an even deeper regard for the United States. " I know. I've heard the . name before." " Probably when he ran for Congress." "Ran for Congress, huh. He win?" "No. He's really actin in that stuff I guess. He said In class he 's thinking of running again." The Congressional Record dated October 3, 1968, contains a citation for Jan F . Groenen for his work in instructing California youth in History , U.S. Government, and Political Science. In 1953 Groenen served as Personal Emmisary to the Dutch Royal Family for U.S. Senator Estes Keffa uver and Tennessee State Sen. Regan Motlow. Groenen is an Executive Member of the Santa Clara County Republican Party. In June of 1970, he was unsuccessful candidate in the California Legisl a tive primary election. " He keeps It interesting. Quite a bit of the class Is current events." " Does he grade you on

. , ;,_ what he says?" " No, no. I mean the clan talks about current events." Today, Groenen says, hi( students have learned tcY discuss, as opposed to th4f sixties when they "knew only.l how to shout". At the start &f: his classes , be allovr~ students a forum from whiclt to discuss the various iasuea of the day. " Well, It sounds okay." Know an ybody elae In there?" "No. Not yet. " As long as I have to take It, I might as well go with a h} bearable class." " My greatest joy from teaching?. . .Simple " says Jan Groenen. It is- when years after I have taught a student he writes or lets me know he found ·the 1 class ·-;; some special help." " Hey listen, there's IJt}Q car. I'll see you Monday" ·:::: " Good enough," I say. -"'~· .it

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Comedy of Errors Plagues Gym By Kerry Gnekow Everyone should be a ware of the fac t tha t improvements are a necessity of life. Without them there would be no progress. More s pecifically, take City College. It is a perfect example . Recently many improvements have been made to lead the way to unimpeded pr ogress. J ust look ar ound the campus. It is a very easy to pick out the new things that have now been installed. It's a wonder how we ever got along without them before. The most obvious are of course, the new direction signs . Sure, they wer e needed, without them a student might never find their way to the Office of Admissions and Records. However, there have been other good projects that will be of some benefit to the students. If you haven't been out by the baseball field or the track lately, you may have missed an improvement that City 's sports fans have needed for a long time. Instead of the traditional' green henches for these sporters, they saw fit to paint them

purple ! When the improvement people don't do something of the • type above, they do something that might be considered just as bad. This is not to say that the proper improvements aren't made, that isn't the point here. , The renovations are taken care of, but the speed with which they are accomplished leaves much to be desired. Take as an example , the women's gym on campus. For years the roof of that facility has leaked to such extremes as to make any kind of use almost' im .possible without the threat of injury being intensified. Workers were sent up to correct the leaking early last fall . They claimed that they had fixed the roof and that was all that was done . The rainy weather has come and if you enter the gym while it's raining, you had better watch where you sit. The leaking roof can be adjusted to, if you wait long enough. But when things happen the way them seem to around this campus, you can 't help but begin to wonder .

TRY AGAIN A new electric clock was ordered for the women's gym . That was alright . Everyone waited and waited. Information came back that the new addition would arrive before the end of the baske tball season (women's) . The end of the games came and still no clock . Shor tly after the season, the clock was installed. Whoopee. If t hings weren 't ba d enough then, now they have plans for a new gym. Only God knows how long these plans have been or will be in the planning stage. In this day and age, the thing that counts is reality, not merely plans. But as usual, there will be a period of waiting. So you better get used to the present system of life here at City College or you won't make it anywhere else.

N etmen Rained Out ; Match is Postponed 6-4. Renteria and Elliott lost a close match in the doubles 46, 6-0, 4-6. Sandoval and Bedolla los t the other doubles match in straight sets 1-6, 4-6.

J eff Romona was named as an All - American last In the win against Mon- weekend as San J ose City terey Dave Sandoval, College wrestlers placed 15th playing no. one on the lad- in the state championship. J eff Romona, at the 1n der, beat his opponent in two sets, 6 2, 7-5. Jeff Bedolla , pound weight class, wrestled five times and won four No. 2, went three sets to win; times and was named as an 6-2, 2-6, 6-1. Craig Rentaria, number 1 All - American for 1973 - 74. last year and ineligible to The only loss came at the play at the start of this year, hands of the state champion became ineligible to play at for this year ; Rick Hale of the start of this year , Diablo Valley College. In the match, Romona was became elible to play against .Monterey and won two tie tied 1-l with Hale with only breakers to beat his op- 12 seconds left in . the third ponent 2-6, 7-6, 7-6. Tom period, but Hale countered Elliott was also a winner in Romona and won 3-1 in regulation. · three sets 6-1, 6-7, 6-3. "This was the best match The only losses in the smgles matches were by of the year for J eff. This is the way I believe that he has Alex Rivas, 3-6, 4-6 and .;...arry McMullen, losing a tie a lways been a ble to breaker in the first set 6-7 wrestle," said coach Sam arld falling in the second set Huerta . In r eaching the All H. Sandoval a n d Bedolla American status Romona teamed up to win in one of won a decision over J ohn HHI the doubles matches 6-1, 6-2. of El Camino 8-7 and then winning a decision over J im Fivas and McMullen lost a close match 8-9 in their Saules, of F ullerton 11-4. He los t the close match to Hale doubles. and proceeded to accept a WEST VALLEY default from Mike Zabinski, The netmen were crushed of Palomar. b.)' West Valley College, 8-l, Romona ' s ac losmg all th eir singles complis hment is par matches a nd winning only ticularly tough considering one doubles match. tha t the 177 pound class had All the singles matches two former state champions losses came in straight sets, as Sandoval lost 2-6, 1·6, and the state champion this year placed third last year . Bedolla 3-6. 2-6. E enteria 0-6,

Jerry Strangis, who placed second in the Nor - Cal champions hips the week before, won two matches and lost two ma tch es . This brought his season record up to 40-6-1. Stra ng is is a sophomore and will not be at City next year. Romona is a freshman and will be back next year, which gives him a chance to be a two times All - American. Coach Huerta is hoping for a good season next year and an improvement in the state finals . This depends on the high school seniors that will be coming to City next year. It's recruting time for the r est of the semester .

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mterv1ew, actually starts . helps to relax and mak~ both of us comforta ble." . He can also c on ve y different insight s be tte r than most commenta tor s because he takes the time to travel with the Bay Area sports teams if and when he can He traveled with the San Francisco 49ers a nd the Oakland Raiders th is past football season. Out of all the sportscasters Alexander is the l~ast egotis~ical and is the smcerest. In April of 1972 he started a saying, " Good lu~k everybody," that he's sa1d for almost two years. When asked why he started it Alexander explained "I wish everybody good luck because I hope that everybody has good luck in life and a good time in life like m yself. He is just as sincere now as he

was two years ago. " I ssy it and mean it, now. You'll notice that pause because I w ant look everyone in the when I say it." All sportscasters a nd go, dependirtg public ratings. When news team on KR ON was replaced a couple months ago in favor of fresher approach to news, Alexander was only one to stay. He made it to the top in I television as the director for KRON Ta king a look Alexander as a man a nd a sportscaster, and how has made it to the makes one wonder other spor tscasters few of the others with all their could even be '-VI I""~-· the

only improve one game over last year' s, 6-22 overall record. The loss was San Jose's 14th out of their last 15, after a promising 6-3 start. The Jags trailed the Rams by only four points, 36-32 a t the half but were blown out in the second half despite a 16 point effort by freshman Ron Howard. The culprit was the Rams ' Fred Banford who led all scorers with a high of 22 points. Particularly impressive was freshman Mark Mather of J ames Lick, who hit his high for the season, with 14 points including four field goals, and not missing a one from the free throw line going six for six. As has been the case all season, freshman forward Kevin Bryant played another fine game chipping in 10 points, to what ha s been a good season for the Oa k Grove graduate. Where it hurt the most was a d isappointing shooting night as the J ags could only muster a 26 for 70, for 37%, which won't win anything. Basketball Coach Pat Doughter ty is optimistic with the whole sq uad hope fully r eturning, a nucleus of nine men. The fact eac man will have been around the circuif"once can only help. For the team it won't be a matter of "wit 'til next year," as the slogan goes , as the team will try to do something about it early next mon th as Spring practice, gets under way right after Spring vacation. Note: The win ~ San F rancisco may seem trivial

at this point, but for Rams' Coach Sid P helan, it ended a career at that school. Phelan, who ended up 6·6 in conference play, found this to be his worst season in 19 years there, taki ng the school to 13 conference championships , one state crown, and established a reput?tion for outstanding defense. In fact, for three straight years, (1965-1967) the Rams' were the No. 1 JC defensive team . Under Phelan 's tutorship , came Willie Wise , and American Basketball Association All Star forward for the Utah Stars, who played on city's 1966 and 1967 GGC teams. Those two years the school had a ·total of 60-6 overall mark. Since coming to the hilltop junior c9llege in 1955 - 1956, Phelan has compiled a 218-40 league mark.. That should give him enough experience to help get a basketball pr ogram started at Los Me dano s Comm u nity College, in Pittsburg, in the East Bay where next year the school is set to open, with Phelan to take on uties as basketba ll coach and athletic director. Phelan , who has been called "the John Wooden of J C Basketball " will be sorely missed in the Conference, and at the school. Golden Ga te Conference Final Standings W L Pet. GB Chabot 11 1 .917 Merr itt 10 2 .833 1 Laney 7 5 .583 4 CC San Fran. 6 6 .500 5 San Mateo 4 8 .333 1 Diablo Valley 3 9 .250 8 San Jose CC 1 11 .083 10

• UP iN THE AIR - Kevin Bryant (center with ball) goes up for a shot, leaving

t wo opponents behind. William Myles, left seems to have arrived too late, while

JAGS Win The City College Aquamen won six of the thir teen events at a swim - meet with Laney at SJCC on March l, to take it by a final of 60-51. Coach Bob J ones said, " It was closer than I thought it would be" . The events won were : 400 Medley Relay in 4:19.6 - Jim Knight, Bob Moore, Herb Bell, and Mike Colburn ; 1000 yard freestyle in a record time 10:29.4. Gary Krage 200 yard butterfly 2:41.1 - Roy Reed; 200 yard individual medley 2:21.0 - Herb Bell ; 500 yard freestyle - 5:45.5, "Gary Swenor , ~0 breaststr oke 2:17.3 and Gar y Krage. Gary Krage also took 2nd in the 200 yard backstroke which is an event he had never competed. The Aqua Jags have a meet today at San Mateo College, and a meet at SJCC against Foothill tomorrow.

• Thomas Murphy ( 2 4 ) on. <Photo by Jim son)

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The San Jose City College baseball team was rained out March 2nd, against Contr a Costa and will get back into action tomorrow in a single game at Chabot, in Hayward starting at 11 a.m. The J ags who had a layoff of nine days before fi nally getting into action that past Tuesday, and Thursday may fi nd the going rough as the team will have to regroup as well as get in enough practice to get into the shape they were in before the season got underway. How much the layoff might hurt them will be a wait and see process. In their last action, the J ags took a third place finish in their annual trek to Sacramento in the American River Baseball Tournament. Especially noteworthy other than winning two and losing one was the fact both wins were over two top rated schools in the State. In their first game Friday, Februar y 22nd they were beaten by tough Sierra Junior College, 3-0. The Jags came back the following day, and beat host

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American River, rated 14th in the State, 7-5, and continued on, beating another Northern California school, Consumnes Junior College. If the layoff doesn't hurt the team it could show the fine depth this team has, and what can be expected this season. City · College Baseball Coach John Oldham was · q uite sati sfied with the' performances, and he feels the team has come along way since practice began . He did single out for there

fine perfor mances in the tourney, Freshman pitchers Tony Rubino, Stan Moline and Mike Ambers, as well a~ sophomore Pitcher, Mark Ambers. As of press - time last Saturday's baseball game had not been rescheduled. Th~ Jags will get back into acl!on, their third and fo urth game games next Tuesday March 12 here a gainst Laney and next Thursday, March 14th at San Francisco. The above mentioned games start at 3 p.m.

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"I love to read and I read quite a bit. I also love sports,' ' explained Alexander. " You might say that I was born to be interested in sports." Unlike most sportscasters, Alexander goes out to the public, gets hls own story and writes it up himself. He does have Doug Curlee, the sportscaster on the weekend to help with some stories during the week. When asked how he gets some of his interesting, different stories Alexander explained " I read all that I can and I get some literature sent to me." On television Alexander seems to have the ability to present a humanistic point of view of the athlete that he interviews. Because he does take a personal interest in sports and people he says, " I can get an insight into the people that I

cour ses while in high school. He entered Norfolk State, eva. ), in 1963 and gr adua ted in 1965, major ing in business administra tion, again not taking an y journalism courses. Not satisfied with his car eer he became interested in radio broadca s ting . Al exander had never taken broadcasting in school and had never had any practical experience. He got a job as a disc jockey for KNEW channel 91, San Francisco, in 1971. On Feb. 5, 1972 Alexande r star ted at KRON-TV 4. It's hard to believe that a person with no previous experience in journalism (in fact had never written a sports story) could get to become the most outstanding sports commentator in such a shor t time .

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of Eddie Alexander, the dynamic sportscaster of KRON-TV channel 4, San Francisco. His warm, friendly smile, neat, well matched, sharp looking clothes and intelligent, self-confident presentation of the 5:30, 6:30 and 11 :00 news is matched only by watching and talking to the man in per son. Wearing a navy blue spor t jacket with red stitch lining the lapel, Alexander showed me why he is the best sports broadcaster on television. He is honestly in terested in people, introducing and praising new talent in s po rts an d bringing out the best in veter an talent. Born May 18, 1944, in Columbus, Ohio, he loved spor ts and played football in high school, making All State as a half-back. He didn 't take any journalism

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