San Jose City College Times, Vol. 29, Issue 9, Dec 2, 1977

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t u d e n t bu s r i d e r s By Margaret O'Brien

Many students who ride the Santa a County buses aren't finding problem to be whether the buses up, but when, . The County Transit System, as it ·sts today, was designed by Santa a County Transit and cities that ive its service in 1974. l;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;iiiiiiiiiiiiiiii;;;;;;;;;;;;;:;;;;;;l~eoun~ty Transit services 1.2 million le and 40 square miles in the r ta Clara County. tween 45-50 thousand people per king day were riding the buses l r to October 15, 1977 when the Patrol Highway Cornia ~(Wounded " 37 buses for safety

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According to Frank Lara, Transit l(arketing Officer, 95% of the ICheduled buses are running now. Lara also said the peak hours for transit are from 6:30a.m. to 9 a.m. 2:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. Booth on an out pa In order to change a route within a VC 22 for the irst down. She 'ty, Lara ·said that both the city cil and the transit district must bled for 15 yards th with a 7 yard toss IPPfOVe the change. .score . Thompson ~Cbaf.Jotte Pete: ,who.ha~,been a bus. P AT and the purple ~ for years , sa1d, The buses a 7-6 lead into the J<Xf'Ve been pretty reliable. They may

not alw~ys be on t1me but they are usually there." " I rely on the buses for doctors appointments, shopping, socializing and just about everything, so if they break down or the driver go on strike I'm doomed. " Kathy DePuy, a one year l:lus rider said, " I think the system is pretty ridiculous. The routes should ·be more direct, but· lately the buses haven 't been too bad." Richard VanCleave, a two year bus riding veteran , offered some solutions as well as criticism. "The transit is okay, but there should be more communication and organization to make the sytem run more efficiently. I think that the small bans should be used all the time to back up the regular buses. Also, if a bus doesn't come within a half of an hour after it was due, call transit and complain. The best thing to do is to call up transit before you leave and find out if the lines are running. Also, some bus drivers .should learn to be more courteous and understanding too. Another bus rider suggested the use of telephone boxes with direct lines to the transit center, in addition to keeping the buses and stops cleaner.

Mark Horning, Transit Service Represen t ative , said that th r Transit District has had many problems with the companj es that were supposed to cons,ruct 81 replacement coaches. The coaches were due here in J ul) of 1977, but Horning now says that they will probably be here in May of 1978.

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AOOU[ tne future of the Santa Clara County Transit system , Horning said , " It's anybody's guess at this stage. Many things out of our control are affecting us." Horning said that the biggest problem is that the transit district is "basically trying to build a system overnight, that usually would take uo to 20 to 30 years to develop."

Jenner will spe ak at spo rts ba nqu et The final whistle has blown the end of four San Jose City College sports for this year, football , soccer , water polo and cross country. On Wednesday, the coaches, athletes, and interested fans will gather for an awards banquet to honor the teams and outstanding players. Bruce Jenner, Olympic Gold Medal winner, will be the keynote speaker at the event. Jenner did much of his training for the 1976 Montreal Games at SJCC. He recently called Coach Bert Bonanno, who is a personal friend,

cond half, DVC Ds , two of them · a, The Vikes took r lost only 1:11 r when, on the third linked up with a 57 yard scoring ikings a 12-7 lead. d a great , as the 36 a fter a '"'~'""'"u ching to the 17, d off and carried ine. However, he ess, and the ball in the end zone by hback . d their lead to ~-7

ana asked Hon:anno what he could o for SJCC. Bon.snno asked him to speak at the banquet. Jenner usually charges between $3,000 and $5,000 for speaking engagements. Success has come to Jenner after twelve long years of work and sweat. He has the opportunity to rub shoulders with many personalities but Coach Bon."anno says that Jenner and his wife Christie still have a great deal of feeling for the people that helped them at SJCC, while he was training for the gold medal. San Jose City Colle.s~· s sports program did not do as well as predicted this year. The Football team finished 3-6-1 for the season and its showing can be attributed to injuries and lack of experience. The water polo team finished third in the conference with a 14-14 record overall. Soccer also suffered from injuries finishing 2-10-2 in their conference and 6-15-3 overall. Cross Country was the shining star in the semester sports program, taking the State Championship a t Sierra College in Rocklin. The public is invited to the event at Lou's Village on San Carlos Street in San Jose. Tickets are priced at $7.50 for ASB Card holders and $9 for noncard holders.

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Peer counseling is a new program being offered to students at San Jose 6 City College for the first time this ~ lernester. This program was initiated to 5 4 lllake things not only easier for the 3 faculty , but the students, also. 4 Talking with the faculty often makes 1

some students uncomiOruioJ~:, ouL usually when they communicate with someone on their own level, they discuss things much more freely. . The idea of having a peer counseling program at SJCC was conceived by the dean of student ser-

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TOURING OFFICIAL--Representative Norman Mineta (center) is escorted by Chancellor, Dr. Otto Roemmich (left) and Information Services Director, Stu Grannis (right) as they tour different facilities on campus during a recent visit to San Jose City College.

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By David C. Brown The populace bemg aware of t tus Once upon a time in the land of type of reasoning felt that the City College, one of the many Kingdom of Guckenhiemers was not l<higdoms sponsored a contest for producing quality goodies and was UOP Sadri scored , e common populace. charging too much Jing for the e 13:25 and 89 : 15 rn Contests were not new to the land goodies. As a result they were a notched the shut as'!lany of the Kingdoms held them, staying away from the Great Hall in ~m Na.k aso was pi lllatnly the Kingdom of Sports, large enough numbers to upset ms, notmg that the ~ost weekly. But this contest was Queen Hilda and her treasurer. _iel~ed a ~ere 14 P lrlitiatedbyoneoftheKingdoms that So the Queen gathered together the by highly too of thought not ""as unes , wh1ch have her Ladies of the Jing and her Chefs team all year long. COmmon populace. in While and tried to come up with a S It seems Queen Hilda, Sovereign plan that would bring back the Gupre~e of the . Kingdom of ER SPRING populace and once more fill the Ukenh1emers was distraught about S ' Great Hall with merriment. After The ~reputation of her monarchy. RTER ~ LIGHT. many long hours of discussion she York C1ty .... Pans.. Populace of City College Land were decided to create The Order of the on .... Frankfurt..... . as a whole not unified on anything, Pie. The first recipient of the Order orf.... Kawaii....Trave there being a general feeling of would be decided by winning a pie in place took EuraiJlathy about what s Available : eating contest. She had her royal 'it rail Pass ... l nterTN ~ir realm . But on one point they printers make up placards to anudent Identi-ty Car ~~re in agreement. That being the nounce the event. There were to be Youth Hostel Card ''!ll~dom of Gu~kenh1emers was not seven contestants from all the (Stt Ser-vmg them m the manner they .. Kingdoms of the land which would desired and could afford. And as J 1b Placement be chosen by the luck of the draw. !) ... Tour lnformlllsuat they did nothing about it but The day of the contest was wet and t )... Student lnt~ftnoan and complain amongest cold and the Great Hall was filled Flights to Aslllllemselves. with onlookers, media maniacs and t ustralia & Midd The Kingdom of Guckenhiemers is supporters of the Contestants. 110m Europe ... Studer ~entrally located in the Land of City bown the middle of the Great Hal1 g & Hotel Tours. oJJege and provides a Great rs lnsurance ... Travr~eeting Hall and eating place ~h~re was a table at which the lucky seven In front of each of them was a · c L asing ar1 1:_e populace gather to soc1a1Lze, sat. s ~ten to loud music, buy food and : hocolate cream pie, their hands .1on... ar e Nere tied behind their backs and Jng...Student Tour drink and escape from the rigors of U.S.S.R. fro~ llle other Kingdoms. & .hey wore bibs with the ancient sigh ... Maps ... Luggage... "',Gukenhiemers is the only lf the turtle inscribed on them . Trip & T ravel Plall ·~gdom that sells food and drinks. Queen Hilda made her entrance o. (Formerly Camptl ltts.a ~ngdom based on a non-profit and the cro-.yd grew quiet. She was Advisors) 444 £Cipttalistic type of government. As St. (10th St. & wn;~~h it requri~d cef1:3in am~unts of !continued on page 2) n Jose, Ca. 951 12 tl~ to remam .a v1able Kingnom. 92-1613... Mon-Fri. ! p.m.

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vices, T.J. Owens , some time ago. He heard of the system being used at a few other colleges and decided it ought to be tried at SJCC. It services students in a variety of areas including: classes, financial aid infor mation, grants, student facilities, book and personal loans, campus administration, among many other areas . The program has been successful In the fact that it has serviced for students of hundreds registration. " If we can 't solve your problem," said Robin Preston , assistant coordinator of the peer counseling progran, " we'll tell you where you can go to get it taken care of. " The counselors can also help serve with personal problems. In one case, there was · a woman who was unhappy with her situation at home. After talking . with the counselors, she decided on a divorce. They helped her make arrangements with a lawyer. A lot of inquiries want simply to know where to take some business or a small difficulty of some sort. All of those problems come out resolved. There are two volunteer counselors willing to help sort out the problems of other SJCC students wishing it in room U-211. They can be contacted by phone at 298-2181 extension 300.

Monday through Wedrie$daY, Borden Production, the people who have filmed True Life Adventures, National Geographic Specials, and the American Sportsman, will be on the San Jose City College campus to film the. story of Bruce Jenner. The film will be based on Jenner's life as written by Peter Finch in the "Bruce Jenner Story." It will be titled "Jenner's Ouest for Gold." Bill Sweeney, who has received a Sine Golden Eagle award for production will produce the film. Coach Bert Bonanno of the Athletic Department said that the film will reconstruct Jenner's quest for the gold medal in the qecathlon at the 1976 Montreal Olympic games. Since Jenner spent a great deal of time training at SJCC the people and the .facilities here play a big part in the film. Bonanno said that Jenner who lives in the apartments behind the track cut a hole in the fence so that he and his dog would have quick access for their daily training sessions.

JSy Margare1 O'Brien It was a cold, gray Nov . 21, but

that was the day that Norman Y. Mineta, representative for the 13th Congressional district, came to take a look at SJCC's Solar Energy, Electronics, Laser Technology and Fine Arts Departments. Mineta was escorted on his hourlong tour by Mr. Stuart Grannis, Information Services Director, Dr. Ted Murgia, president of SJCC, Chancellor Otto Roemmich, Clyde Herrick , Dean of Occupational Education, and Mineta's Field Representative, John Beichman. First stop was the Electronics Department where Bill Deem and Bill Nash showed Representative Mineta the workings of their Microporcessor Division, one of only three in the state. Mineta seemed genuinely interested and well-versed in the area of electronics. He was curious and asked ll lot of questions . It was then on to the Solar Technology Department , where Jerry Hurwitz explained the different uses of solar energy. Mineta, who spends a~l!.t 120 ?ays e yearm Washington, was of especially interested in thls area since he supports a 350 million Solar Energy Research Bill. .T hen John DeLeone took over and demonstrated the workings of a laser beam .

Representative Mineta seemed quite intrigued by this. The Fine Arts Department was next on the agenda and Ray Collins provided some background on the department and its problem with space. 1 Mineta was allowed to listen to a woodwind recital for a few minutes before returning to the President's Office. Throughout the tour most students seemed unaffected and unaware of the Representative's appearance on campus. The majority, probably , didn 't even know who he was. When asked how he felt about the facilities on the SJCC campus, Mineta said : "I've always been impressed with SJCC and the whole community colle~e concept."

first Nelson scholarship Yvonne Brannan is .the first recipient of the Robert I. Nelson Memorial Scholarship. The scholarship honors Aooert I, Nelson, former coordinator of the Audio Visual Deoartment at City College. ::>an Jose City College Presiderrt Theodore Murguia presented the scholarship.

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registrati on The student government can help continuing attendees at San Jose City College register early in exchange for them lending a hand during registration. Helpers are needed for day registration January 23 and 24 between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. For evening enrollment they are netded on January 25 and 26 from 6 to 9p.m. Persons interested in assisting are urged to contact the Associated Student Body president's office at 298-2181, e>ctension 381, or visit room U-215 in the student union.

STATE CHAMPIONS- f'he 1977 edition of San Jose City College'• croa country team captured the state harrier championship in the .mall college d iYi1ion last Nov. 19 at Sierra College In Rocklin. Memben of the

team pictured above a;. from top row, left to right: Bill Joseph, Dave Parilh, Sue Munday, Sc:ott Lind, Joe Salazar, Terry S1elma, Joe Fabris, and Plul Sechrist.

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