lty Vol. 30 No.9
Spring Telephone 298-2181 ext. 346
Friday A pril 28, 1978
Cinco de Mayo
elebration to begin n campus next week CINCO VEMA YO (Researched by Connie Godinz of Somos Raza 1 La fiesta "Cinco de Mayo" confa victoria de los mexicanos los franceses en Ia batalls de Mexico ene/ ano 1862. Next.Friday is "Cinco de Mayo," Mexican hoi iday celebrating vic. ov~r the French at Puebla ICO, 10 1862. .
The citty of Puebla, near Mexico , stood on the morning of May 862. Within its fort a valiant ican an:ny was waiting attack. soldiers of France had inMexico and were heading tothe town of Puebla. 6,000 well trained French fought against a Mexican of 2,000 poorly equipped The French generals thought they would capture Puebla much t rouble. They even the people of Puebla to' them.
were ..brave and patriotic and willing to fight against great odds to preserve their liberty. Today in Mexico, and in the United States, Cinco de Mayo is celebrated as a national holiday. OJO DEDIOS (God's Eye) There are two cultures that
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make the hypnoti zing Ojo de Oios or Eye of God : The Indian and the ~.1exican. It has a center eye and smaller eyes at the t op and sides. It is the custom in Mexican f amil ies to add an eye every t ime a child is born t o the family. After the fourth child, a new eye of god was made or another eye added where t here was space. The Ojo de D ios became a family tree. PINATA The Pinata is a decorated jar made of clay wh ich is filled with gilts and candy and hung f rom the ceiling. Mexican children try to break the pinata. Pinatas are used for f es1-ive occas ions.
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Schedule.of events I
M ONDAY Day Program 1 Collective Pointing Maria chis SJCC Ballet Folklorico Praire Fire - Music N ight Program M . C. Introduction Teotro de Ia Gente l u is Jimenez- Singer Compesinos Slide Show Grupo Venceremos - Music TUESDAY Day Program I Collect iv e Pa inting Cor & Bik e l owridery Show M . C. Introduction Rafael Nunez - Singer Lowrider Rep. - Speaker Sa l Brauo - Singer Migr.o nt Education -
Night Program M . C. Introduction Teotro Contra Bakke Slide Show o n Bakke Alegria lnfantii-Folklorico Children Margarita Ramirez - Singer longest Walk - Speaker Sol y tierra _ Artist Slide
WEDNESDAY Day Pro gram Collective Poi nting Chicano A rt s & Crafts • Food Sale Musical Ba nd Night Program M. C. Introduction Olivia Mori s _ Speaker
7:20 Rachel Martinez - Poet 7:35 Estelo Nanez & Etta Delgado - Singers 7:55 Josie Lopez & AI Arteaga Poets 8:15 Lorna D. Cervantes - Poet 8:30 Grupo Xochipili - Ballet Folklorico THURSDAY Day' Program 11-1 Collective Pointing 11 - 1 Food Sole 11 :00 M . C. Introduction 11:10 Fashion Show 12: 10 Somas Roza-Mecho Speaker 12:20 Ballet Folklorico Night Program 7:00M. ( . Introduction 7:10 Jose Luis Orozco - Singer 7:25 Javier Pacheco - Poet 7:40Aiegria lnfantil - Ballet Folklorico 7 :55 Jose Antonio Bureioga Poet 8:10 Gilberta Romero - Speaker 8:30 Steve Cervantes Band Music FRIDAY Day Program 11-1 Collective Pointing 11-1 Food Sale 10:30 Mariachis 11:30 Ballet Folklorico Night Program 7:00 M. C. Introduction 7: 10 Vicente Touar & Leticia Sandoval - Music 7:30 Macario Ortiz-Franca Speaker 7 :40 Odolyz Garcia - Bailes Cubanos : Or. Go~ez - Speaker 50 7 8·00 Dr. Ruiz - Singer 8 ;30 Members of Flor Del Pueblo - Music
Sun Day We d ne s d a y
SOLUTION?
Parkin gto be easier and more coni pact By Keith Hodgin
Students may find parking The Mexican Indians were very easier next semester after the peaceful. They did not remain this completion of a compact car lot way for long. Spanish explorers that wou ld increase parking were in search of gold and j ewels.· capacity by 100 spaces. The Indians didn't have guns or Reconstruction of the parking gunpowder. It was very easy for the lot!J along Moorpark Ave. (next Spanish t? conquer t hem. The culture of Spain gradually replaced to the men's gym), and the lot There was no welcome. The next to the Child Development that of the Indians. had decided to defend Center were discussed at a city. Still hopeful, the French recent meeting chaired by PhilPart of Mex ico used t o extend . ·Heavy ~u n fire brok~ out lip Mowry, director of fa cilities into what is now Texas. Many many French soldiers died Mexican-American wars took place and planning, for the Son Jose the bright Puebla sky. for the land and eventually Community College district. The French pushed closer to the the A io Grande became the border Eight others were present at Suddenly, the Mexican army _between Mexico and the United zed them with slashing swords the meeting including contracStates. Many 1exicans stayed on cut them down. .. tors and district and campus the American side and became citiThe Mexican army w~ fictoripolice. zens. They became farmers~ and catMowry stated that when contle ranchers. Today most of the The Mexican general, Ignacio struction was completed there Mexican immi9rants live in the za, sent his report to Presiwould be a net increase of Southwest. They cel~brate fiestas Benito Juarez: "Our Army has break pinatas and enjoy singing and about 100 spaces over this years it self with glory." dancing. total. The battle at Puebla showed to The park ing along Moorpark world that the Mexican people presently has a capacity of 518 cars, and after conversion to a "compact car only" lot it will increase t o about 590 spaces. Const ruction will begin June The Sun, wherever it is, will be first , and if things aren't delayed, the basis for an international cele- should be f in ished by August 25. bration on May 3. The "compact cars only" lot The Solar Energy Department of will either continue to be coin San Jose City College will have a o perat ed or converted to a card display of solar hardware, solar operated ' lo t . If cards are used, collectors and lectures for the stu- only compact cars w ith cards dents at the campus. . . · t 0 be d ' d .InC1 d con ent er . One quest1on ra1sed T OPICS ISCUSSe U e , . job prospects in the solar field, cost a t t he m eetmg was, what If my effectiveness of solar heated wat er small car breaks down and I and how to use t he sun's free en- have to drive my Golixe to P. rgy. school ? I've already paid for my OF NEXT WEEK -- Hector Galarza, Junior Medina and Josie · The event will take place May 3 par k ing w ith the card? The prepare some of the signs to announce the coming events from 2 p.m. - 8 p.m. in the Quad. dist rict pol ice chief answered t he :inca de Mayo celebration which will be goin9 :>n all next Everyone is welcome to drop by "tough " , you still wouldn't be at San Jose City College. Pho to by D avid c. Brown and join in the. celebration of the able t o park in there regardless I Sun and wh at 1ts power does and if y ou hod already paid. can do for humanity. One of the problems with Students of San Jose City College have a chance to express their ideas on the 160-day caiendar an<. how the extra 15 days of the in· terim period, between semesters might benefit themselves and the faculty. The '180-day calendar conim ittee is seeking information from the general student body on three key areas: -a list of courses and time (day, week, hour) in which student would participate, -other educational activities in which students would participate, - workshops in which students fell faculty, staff or administrators should participate so as to better serve the student population . Students should immediately submit taeir ideas in writing to the office of Dean of General lnstruc~ . tion Clyde Herrick.
ULTI~ATE
coin operated lots is having to police them to discourage Iorge cars R. V .'s and vans from entering and clogging up traffic. West Volley College is currently experimenting w ith o compact car lot and campus police ch ief Mel Wagner says his office is finding it extremely difficult to enforce. "We've hod it (compact car lot) for well over o year now, and if it my way it would come out", says Wagner. He says when people can't find o place to pork , or ore only staying a short time, they will park in the small cor lot and block tr affic. If a Iorge car par k s in the middle, they block the whole row. Wagner says the court hasn't assured them that they w ill enforce any legal a ct ion taken aga inst v ioloters, and that unofficially the court t old them they consider it unenforceable. West Valley pol ice don't ticket cars yet , but leave a war ning and ask them to cooperate with the experiment. It is estimated that 50 percent of City College's st udents drive compact cars , and that the t rend is heading toward s small cars. There ore only one or two American cars that are u nder 14 feet in length, .which is usually the maximum length allowed. Mowry decided to try a compact cor lot because of the difficulty in finding a parking space. Also , there w ill be parking spaces lost as a result of the construction of the new Learning Resource Cen ter. The reconstruction is in conformance with the ultimate college master plan. Light fixtures
Hair styles from the future By Diane Wesson I n t he j unior division I eresa t:Srown took f irst place and Kelly Simmons " Future Simplicity," "lightning· was first runner-up and Chris Shane was second. a-go-go" and "Tomorrows Twilight," took first p lace. were t he latest names of hair styles Instructor Jean Wells spent one The wome n~ competition, in created and shown by cosmotology we:~ preparing for the show . the senior d ivision, Debbie James students at the "Touch of Class" annual competition awards held Friday. The evening show consisted of three competitions- "Cot and Style for Men," "Cut and Style for Women" and the " Totla Look Competitions," (design from hair to feet). The cosmet ology students demonstrated their talents in a variety of new hair styles and designs. The evening opened with belly dancing and entertainment included a Hawaiian dance, a comedy skit, a disco dance and two female guitar players. For the "Future Hair- Total Look" competition the students spent f rom 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. work· ing on their model's hair, costume and make·UP from head to toe. They were judged separately on these things. The judges consisted basically of salon owners and operat ors in the the area. Rick Sanders and his model were seco:ld in the "Total Look." First place awards went t o Kelly Simmons and her models. in the senior division, "Total Loo k" compet it ion. In the juniour division, Elizabeth Rameriz was fi rst runner-up and Edel ia Gonzalez took first place. Kelly Simmons was also honored with the very special " Dean's Award" for having the highest t otal amount of points in two out of three categories. Dr. Murguia pre· sented the award to her. In t he mens' hair styl ing compePhoto by D av id C . B rown t it ion, Diane Portillo was first CLO~IN~ AROU~D-:-Co~metology students Kathy and M2g Curring were r unner-up for the senior division. the wmnmg combmat1on m the " Tot al Look " competition at last Friday's Margaret A ll frey came in first place. "Touch of Class" hair styling show.
will be relocated and landscape elements will be installed. Six Magnolia trees , costing about $2,500 hopefully , w ill be incorperoted into the landscaping. The trees are located near the counseling building. It is too early to tel l what the cost of the entire project w i ll be, but it may cost about $80,000. Mowry hopes the project can be completed with a " minimum amount of work." At the meeting he asked what students felt about a compact cor lot, and campus police chief Ken Rose said he asked for student input through " open line", but no students responded.
Seven honored By Jo Ann Souza Seven minority student s f rom San Jose City College were recognized by the College Board and will be included in the " Talent Roster of Outstanding Minority Community College Graduates," to be issued to four-y ear colleges and universities. Daniel Arruiza, Hilad Boyland, V ictor Conyers, Michael Curry, K ~vin James, Edward Claque and Sharon Tyson were among t he 1500 student from 35 states and t he District of Columbia who were selected on the basis of t heir academic achievement s, future poten· t ial and f inancial needs. The College Board, a non-profit educational association of over 2000 schools, colleges, universit ies and scholarship agencies nationwide designed the Talent Roster in 1976 t o promote minority enrollment in ~our-year colleges and u niversities. The 1978 Talent Roster was sent to admissions officers at all accredited fou r-year colleges listing the names, addresses, fields of study and grade point averges of student s who expect to comp lete t he associate degree during the 1977-1 978 academid y ear.
To be eligible for the Talent Roster, nominees must be BJack A merican, Puerto Rican, Mexican A merican or A merican Indian and a cit izen of the Unit ed States. They must also be enrolled in a College Transfe r Program and scheduled to received an Associated Degree by the end of the academic year. These m inority students must also have a cumulative grad e point average of at least 2.5 and have a semostrable financial need. "I t 's a good way for (minorit y) students t o explore other educational institutions, " said Zee Gib'son, a counselor at San Jose City College. San Jo5e City College will aw ard three scho larships in the fall semester 1978. One Dr. Martin L King Jr. Memorial Scholarship will go to an Afro-American student in his last semester of Associate of A rts degree program who plans to con· t inue at a four-year college or university. T o be eligible, a stu· dent must show evidence of out standing achievement or gradual improvement, and of actual or pot enti al contribu t ions t o betteri ng society. The nominee must also have financial needs. Five Henry Hamm er Memorial Scho larships will be awarded to st u· dents with Spanish-American An· cest ry who eit her attend this col· l eg~ full·time or on a cont inuing baSIS. They m ust also be a resident of t h is dist rict and have complet ed a minim um of 12 unit s. Further requirements include a minimum grad e point average of 2.5 and some contribut ion t o communtiy life.