San Jose City College Times, Vol. 30, Issue 8, Apr 21, 1978

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lty Vol. 30 No. 8

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Friday, April 21 , 1978

Thi-r d world students rotest board policy BY Joan Ward security arrangements the Son Jose Community District Office to look like the scene of a bank , ra ther than the scene regular board meeting night. Son Jose City police one patrol wagon, campus guards and several ,.A r"'"'"""' men were on hand maintain order during a over m inority firings by and off campus President Dr. John E. gave representatives ea ch of the protesting a chance to speak, and recommended that they a committee to meet with the odministraso they could make conrecommendations to the on May2. i ng and shouting, "Afve action n ow," demon-

strotors left the board room and trustees continued the regular board meetinQ. The demonstration included members of Somas Raza , the Third World Student Coalition, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

Registrat~on

permits Day students who wish· to register for Fall '78 may obtain permit~ to register in the Office of Admissions & Records from 8:3011 :30 a.m. and 1 :30-4 :30 p.m. Students may obtain the form after their scheduled date, but not before. Obtain Permit If Birthday During Week Is In : April 17 July, Aug., Sept. April 24 Oct., Nov., Dec. May 1 Jan., Feb., March May 8 April, May, June Mav 15 Open Issue

and the Chicano Employment Committee. In other matters , the board authorized the Administration to proceed with working drawings and construction for parking lot improvements in parking lots B and C and a portion of parking lot E at Son Jose City College . - Approved two new coursesRepresentational Drawing ond Perspective and a course on Personal Finance which will be offered on television. - Adopted changes in instruction policies. - Accepted the gift of a microwave antenna from Prodelin Inc. --Accepted the gift of two sedans from Spartan Dodge. - Authorized the Boy Bombers to use the City .Collge main gymnasium for seven performances beginning on May 13 and ending Aug . 12.

. 591

wO. st-udents on board?

By Joan Word nts from both Son Jose City College Evergreen Volley College expressed disof procedures for implementing A.B. at the San Jose Community College board meeting Tuesday . sembly Bill 591 updates the Education Code requires that one or more students serve a member of the board of trustees in collegE' di-.trkt. The "tudents will be nonmembers and will hove the right to attend board meetings except for executive ions. The Board of Trustees is required to •·•=~l"u, ish procedures under which a student is

selected to serve on the board. Robert Ramirez, pres ident of the Associated Student Body organization at City College, and Mike Medina , student body Vice president at EVC , spoke out against a proposal from Chancellor Dr. Otto Roemmich which would provide for only one student member to serve on the board on a rotating basis . Ramierz and Medina felt that student representatives from each college should be on the board , and that students sllould be involved in the implementation procedures. The trustees deferred action on the matter until the next board meeting in May.

ity C·o llege Times staff ins journ-alism awards second year in a row SJCC has received this honor. Other prizes received were fifth and sixth place awards for on-the-spot feature photos by Liz Gombos and David C. Brown, respectively , and a si xth place for an editorial cartoon by John Aynes. Over 70 schools and 700 students and instructors attended the conference, which consisted of speeches, seminars, on-the-spot competitions and workshops. Among some of the 30 outstanding speakers were graphics expert Edmond Arnold , formerly of Syracuse University; Lou Cannon, the Washingt on Post's West Coast Bureau chief ; Dennis Richmond, KTV U-TV, Oakland and Gary Fong, San Francisco Chronicle photographer. Robert Bohle, of the College of the Sequoias in Visalia, was elected new faculty president of JACC.

Photo by David C. Brown

HAND-TO-HAND CONFRONT A liON- President Dr. John E. Marlow ( left) explains procedures of Boord meetings to students Mike Galvin , center, and Ida Johnson at Tuesday's meetinQ.

Students from various campus organizations were at the meeting to discuss Affirmative Action w ith the Board.

Constitution a I body organized by ASC By David C. Brown The continuing controversy over the validity o f the 1977 Associated Student Body Constitution came one step closer to bei ng resolved in the Turesday meeting of the Student Council. Ida Johnson, a member of stu dent government and the Black Student Union asked the council "Who is the Constitution Com~ i tte th.at submitt ed the let~er pub· hshed m the City College last Friday? " She was told by council President Robert Ramirez that he signed the letter and t hat the comm ittee ref erred to was an An Hoc Committee. Johnson then asked , " that the minutes of the April 18 Student Council meeting show that Ramirez signed the letter and that he is not the ASB Constitutional Committee and that the letter came from him an no one authorized by the current council." The current Constitution Committee was fo rmed at the April 13 meeting of the council and the letter referred to was dated April 7 ' 1978. The comm ittee will consist of six mem bers which were selected by the Council in Tuesday 's meeting. They are Ida Johnson, Carmelita Boyd, Julian Macies, Mike Galvin, Charles Tate and Pat Pennix. It will be t he responsibility of t he committee to investigate any alleged discrepancies in the 1977 constitution. The controve rsy which began

in February 1978 stems from allegations by Robert Ramirez that the 1975 Constitution approved by the General Student Body in an election on May 27; 1975 is not the same document that was approved by the Board of Trustees on July 5, 1977. T.J. Owens, Dean of Student Serv ices and advisor to the student government class stated that he, Robert Ramirez and Administra· tive Assistant Angel Vasquez took the material from the election and brought it together in a meeting prior to submitting it to the Board for approval. The minutes of the July 5, 1977 show that both Owens and Ramirez were present when the document was approved. The minutes also show that Owens explained any changes in the document that d iffered from what the students had passed in 1975. Ramirez was not listed in the m inutes as making a comment either way. Subsequently the Student Government of San Jose City Coll ege began to operate under the 1977

Constitution when classes started in August 1977. It was not until February 1978 that any discrep· ancies were noted by Robert Ramirez. Tehe nature of the discrepancies have not been made public by Ramirez except for the contention that the document is not valid as stated in the letter to the Times last week. However the nature of the d iscrepancies will now be the responsi· bility o f the Constitutional Com· mittee. Other action at the Tuesday meeting resulted in the confirmation of the election dates for Student Body elections. Election will be held on May 10 and 11 and petitions for candidacy may be picked up at any time through April 28 in Rooms U204 or U215. The Council also changed the 100 signatures requirement to 50 signatures that are needed by prospective candidates. Other candidate requirements will be explained by student government in the rooms listed.

Co-op

Fun RUn April30 St udents of San Jose City College who are interested in buying f ood from a food store that they ow n might be interested in a growing group of people in San Jose who are working to establish a non-prof it grocery store~ in the central San Jose area. The group which is called the San Jose Co-op, but only members will have t he power to make de· ci sions conce rning store policies. The one-t ime $5 membership w ill entitle members to free or inex· pensive services which can grow ou t of a Co-op, such as child care , health plans, educationa l programs and more. The San Jose Food Co-op is sponsoring a F eet for Food Run on Sunday, April 30 at 11 a.m. near San Jose State Un ive rsity . The purpose is to ra ise funds for th4e non-profit Co-op.

. T · anchor v1ew RSAWEIGH. of the Monterey h1s -· . ~art enabled Liz Gombos to take 5th place in a Iff ? n:the·spot photo contest at the Journalism ~oc1at1on of Community Colleges state copference 1ch was recently held at A$ilomar in Monterey.

The contest requ ired the ph ot ographer to bring back one pictu re that to ld a viewer a story about Mon· terey's Fi sherman s Wharf. The photograph w as to be printed along with a featu re articl e on the Wh arf.

Th is fi rst Fun Run is one of the many events t o help raise funds fo r t he Co-op and its Store-onWheels. · Students interest ed in the Feet fo r Food Fun Run should contact Feet for Food c/o NorCal Pirg Box 70 2, Santa Clara, CA 95053 or call 984 -2777 or 984·2778.

Bird's Eye View- The last week has seen the return of the sun to the campus and students as well as tllis fat sparrow have been taking advantage of the warming rays.

35 schools due at colleg,e day The ann~al Cal ifornia College and University Day, featuring admissions representatives from 35 public and private four-year-colleges will be ~~~ted by the Career Center from 9 :30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesday, April ':' par:ial list o f ~he s~hools a~tending include San Jose State University, ~al1forn1a State Umverstty at. Chrco: California Maritime Academy, Univer-

Sity at Berkel ey and Pepperdme Umversity. Weather pe rm it~ i ng, t his ev~m wi ll take place in the quad area in front ?f the Student U~ 1on , otherw1 se the display tables will be located upstairs 1n the Stud ent Umo n. For fu rther inf ormation, contact the Career Center or call ext. 414,418.


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