Vol. 40, No.1
Serving San Jose City College
Th~rsday,
February 12, 1987
Presidential elections concluding By Brenda Yesko The Associated Student Council's presidential elections are in their second and fmal day to fill an office that has been empty for four months. Candidates for the office are Frances King, Kim McDonald and Scott Moore-the same three candidates who participated in the council's previously invalidated election which took place last
December. The decision to invalidate December's election came about after 36 of the total 230 votes cast were unaccounted for. In addition,Shannon Sweeny, then A.S.B. director of academic
affairs and head of the election commission, declared that no one candidate had a majority vote, that is, at least 51% of the total votes needed to win. Understandably, the committee's decision to invalidate the election resulted in disappointment and frustration for candidates,commission members and the student body as well. The verdict also sparked conflict between candidates Scott Moore and Kim McDonald over what Moore called "conflicts of interests" McDonald had with A.S.B. advisor Judy Rookstool, when McDonald participated in the decision to invalidate the
election and when she learned of the elections results from Rookstool prior to a public announcement. At the time, Moore wanted to see what he called a "public disclosure" of the events surrounding and leading up to the invalidation to insure that it would not be repeated in the future. . While Moore restled with his feelings of frustration and yernings to see justice done, the election committee, still baffled by the abolished election, agreed that the election procedures did indeed need some serious overhauling. . "We were following the City
College constitution but it was very vague, "said A.S.B. Secretary, Ann-Marie Ruiz. Since this time, Ruiz, working with Advisor Judy Rookstool have relentlessly worked to bring about some changes that they hope will fool-proof this week's elections. The two worked as closely as two days before the elections to insure every detail was covered and that all the wrinkles in procedure were ironed out. Interim president and candidate Kim McDonald, said that she felt more confident about this second election and that she felt things would be much more clarified with less room for
errors. According to Ruiz, the changes she and Rookstool incorporated for this week's election are as follows: A sign-in sheet for all volunteers working the voting tables; a lock .for ·the ballot box; ballots which will be numbered and hole-punched, then marked off as they are listed on a computer print-out sheet; and greater overall supervision of the voting tables by members of the council as well as Ruiz herself. "If I have to cut work, this election is going to succeed," said an optimistic Ruiz. Ruiz also added that she believed this week's election was See ELECTION back page
SJCC, Evergreen enrollment up 17o/o By Elyse Jacobsen
.Photo by Luzmaria V. Martinez Norman Brown, left, Jim Mastro, athletic director Bert Banonno and head coach Howard Gay.
A sudden increase o{ students attending City College does not mean an increase of state funds. According to Robert L. Brown, Director of Admissions and Records for the San Jose/ Evergreen Community College District. although enrollment has gone up 17% at City College, students are taking fewer classes, which will result in no significant change in state funding. At the same time, Evergreen gained 365 students this spring, an increase of 6%. According to Brown, this increase was unexpected. He had anticipated a smaller increase of roughly 3% overall As of January 26, , City
Colleges' total population was 9,864 and Evergreen's was 6,687. A census will be taken during the fourth and tenth week of class to see how many students are still actively enrolled. State funds will be based upon census results. It is hoped that enrollment will not decline. "Both colleges' embarked on a much more aggressive advertising campaign during the latter part of the fall semester," said Brown, who cited these campaigns as the reason for the rise in enrollment. This campaign included: flyers, local mailings, advertising on the front cover of several Potpourri zones and even some radio spots.
Jaguars, Coach Gay honored at banquet By Brenda Yesko Not many things embarrass Jaguar head coach Howard Gay. Not the crack-remarks about the dusty, little town of Colinga from which he emigrated to City College four years ago, nor the teasing and raised eye-brows he sometimes ·encounters when strangers hear is last name is Gay. However, a broken zipper on the morning of the day he is to be the honored guest at an awards banquet attended by a distinguished cast of local media personalities, district administrators and local and state government officials, may have finally brought some color to his cheeks. All ·mischief aside, Gay respectfully accepted praise from his peers for bringing national aclairn to City College and the city of San Jose as well. The banquet, held at Lou's Village in San Jose, honored the
outstanding coaches and players of the Jaguar football team along with Gay, for their tremendous achievements of the past four consecutive years and most recently for their coveted national title and record-setting season. City College President Dr. Byron Skinner called the banquet "a grand occasion;" proclaiming an equality between athletics and academics for the college. The team received several impressive proclamations from San Jose mayor Tom McHenry Govern of California, Georg; Dukemajian,and Congressman Norman Mineta. The mayor's commendation to the team, which was read by co~ncilwoman Nancy Ianni, pratsed the Jaguars for bringing "national acclaim" not only to San Jose City College but to the city of San Jose as well. Master of ceremonies was KICU TV -Channel 36 Sports Editor, John Shrader, who called himself "the referee of a ball
game in which there would be no instant replays," referring the seemingly countless awards to be handed out and special guests who needed to be recognized. Shrader's joking only helped to further emphasize just how much the Jaguars' success depended on the efforts of many and no one single individual. "We are very fortunate to have a tremendous coaching staff here at City College," said an overwhelmed Gay, who received two standing ovations and a trophy for his outstanding work with the team in the past four years. Ten Jaguar team members who were present for the banquet received medallions which Gay presented to them commemorating their post-season Elk's Bowl victory. "He deserved it. he's a good man. He's a hard coach. but he's a good guy," said Jaguar cornerback Darius Harris of Gay's coaching .performance. -
"I wonder how any of us are going to able to live with them (the team) starting tomorrow," cracked District Chancellor, Dr. Richard Goff, when he recieved his commorative plague from Gay. Also receiving plagues from Gay were athletic director Bert Bonanno and the Jaguar coaches who managed and coordinated the national champion team. Gay thanked his coaching staff for their support and additionaly recognized and thanked their wives for "putting-up with them" and for supporting them as well. "It's a tremendous thing, not only for myself or the football program or the coaches, but for San Jose City College it's a tremendous thing," said Gay. When Gay was . given a trophy for being named California's coach of the year, he humbly replied with thanks from himself and the college. "We at=e celebrate our triumph, but again it is not a
singular one," added Dr. Skinner who came up with idea for the . banquet, referring to it as a college community celebration. For the record, the national champion City College Jaguars fmished their 1986 season 11-0, 6-0 as the Golden Gate Conference champions and the winningest community college football team of the last four seasons from 1983-86 at 38-4-1.
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A.S.C. elections criticized I am deeply concerned about the incompetent way the last ASB presidential election was conducted because: (1) No voting booths were provided. People were looking at who I was voting for. I find this an invasion of my privacy. (2) Kim McDonald had a poster asking people to vote for her hanging over the ballot box. I feel this is unethical. (3) There was not enougn publicity stating when and where
elections were being held; myself as well as other students didn't .. know when they were going to be. (4) The ballot boxes were not locked and not properly supervised. I witnessed several students opening the ballot box and looking at the ballots. I feel very strongly that this situation should never have been allowed to happen. I do not want to see this happen again. Kathleen Flynn
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A.S.C. merits praise Today the Associated Student Council is continuing its elections for the office of president. Running for the position are Frances King, Kim McDonald and Scott Moore. The post has been vacant for more than three months since former president Kelley Anderson resigned last October. · . Due to Anderson's sudden resignation, the council's remaining members, headed by vice president Kim McDonald, were faced with a difficult task. Could the council function efficiently and productively without the aid of its top official until an election could be held to replace him? Ahead of the handicapped council was a sea of uncertainty which tested the abilities of the remaining members to work together. Working with McDonald were Secretary Anne-Marie Ruiz, Adminstrative Assistant Frances King, Director of Finance Bobby Cherrington and A.S.B. advisor Judy Rookstool. With just over a month's worth of campus delegations under their belts, the council ran into conflict with campus cheerleaders when City College's supposedly traditional homecoming festivities failed to materialize. While both the council and the cheerleaders were eager to lay the blame on each other, the eventual outcome of the situation brought to light communication breakdowns which threatened to hamper the council's relations with campus organizations and activity groups. Fortunately for both the council and the cheerleaders their disagreement brought about a much needed awareness of the importance of successful interaction and communication between the council and campus organizations, while forcing each
side to clarify its own role and review A.S.B. policy as well. Soon after the homecoming confusion had settled, the council set a date for its presidential elections, only to run into further policy and personal conflicts which resulted in the election being ruled invalid and the council coming under fire again. The source of the election's breakdown led back to procedural problems. One specific example was the lack of clear, written directions for the poll-sitters who , were tabulating the votes. Interim president Kim McDonald was caught in what an angered presidential candidate Scott Moore called a "conflict of interest" when she participated in the decision to invalidate the election. Additionally, Moore verbally attacked advisor Judy Rookstool for informing McDonald of the election's results before they were made public, indicating what he thought to be a bias in favor of McDonald. These incidents seemed to spark a uniformity within the council from which a much more responsible approach towards the most specific and complex areas of policy emerged. The roles of interim president and advisor were carefully examined and defined Since December's invalid election, the council has worked feverishly to define written procedure and dissolve the conflicts of interest in time for this week's election. Whom-ever the students of City College vote into office as their new student body president, the effort and dedication put forth by these council members will not be forgotten. City College's new president will step onto a firm foundation of responsible student leadership and devotion to the best interests of the student and the campus community as a whole.
There is an escalatin$ need in enoug~ to get a job while still these hip '80s to have 1t all. In attendmg classes. Unfortunately the near future you'd probably . ~e w_alk:ed around the halls loo~ like to have a rewarding, chal- ' mg ~ike an extra for a zombte lenging career, be married, and · movte. Fortunll;tely her pm:ents maybe have those 2.1 kids. . started forwarding her mail to Who are these ambitious people school. One semester I went to school training for junior yuppiedom, vying for that '80s pie in the sky? · two days a week and worked Students who work! three. I started to suffer the That's right, those people with dreaded "School/Work Reversal lots of energy that are trying to Syndrome." When at work, I earn a degree and a buck at the had .an urge to take notes when same time. They are juggling · talkmg to my boss and felt the social science and sales, geome- n~ed to leave f:be o.ffi~ every SO try and gas stations, and com- mmutes. Th1s dtdn t go over puter science and Colonel well. At school, I had a strong Sanders. The proud the thou- desire to type memos in class and sands, the exhausted ..'. the work- · if I passed a rin~in~ phone, I ing students ~ wanted to.answer 1t w1th a pleas. ant greeting. My grade point Now that you feel good (or still average dropped .27 points. just tired) about furthering your . . . ., education while bringing in the All the kidding as1de, tt s hard green at the same time, let me ask to wor~ and go to school .at the you one question... aren't you _ same ume, on ~th the bram and tired (or exhausted, as the case body. You m1ght be exhausted may be)? from :-vork when at school, or . worrymg about a test at work. I know, I sympathize. I've ·. Sort of like the old adage, "you done it, and am still doing it. work hard and then you die." It Last semester I started buying doesn't have to be bad, though. stock in No-Doz. It's hard to · One must try to attain a balance manage one's work and academic 1 two when you chopse to earn tlltd schedule, fmding time to study, . , . sleep, eat, and (if you still have learn. any friends teft) socialize. I I feel stagnant 1f I m not m guess rm just a masochist, like school, aJ?-d very poor when rm many in their quest for becoming not work1~g. So cho~se to do the modem renaissance human both. I ~ the last trme I fed my cat was m 1983. being. Last semester, a friend of mine By J .K. of the De Anza at San Francisco State was lucky College La Voz
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Jags, Rams to battle jinx
Thurday, February 12, 1987
By Doug Thurman Friday night, City College's men's basketball team will face not only the Rams of City College of San 1 Francisco, but they will also battle with superstition. The Jaguars will be playing their second to last regular season -g ame at San Francisco at 7:30 p.m., Friday the 13th. City Colleges league leading record of 5-2 was spoiled last week when the Jaguars traveled to Hayward to play Chabot College. Despite 20 points by guard Rick Witmer, Chabot took sole possession of first place in the Golden Gate Conference with a 72-64 win over City College. The Jags handed West Valley College a 76-66 loss to two days later, however, when the Vikings came to City College. Darryl Woods and Winston Bell ied the Jaguar's scoring attack with 14 points apiece, completing a three game sweep over the Vikings this season. The Jags are currently 6-3 in league play and 17-10 overall, and are making a bid for the state regional tournament. "The top 26 teams (record wise) from Northern California and Southern California make it
to the regionals ... so I think we have a good chance," said head coach Percy Carr. The four teams that overcome the regional playoffs go on to challenge the state tournament, scheduled for March 12-14. · One reason for the Jaguars success this season is the contributions of a number of players on the squad. "We're playing 11 guys constantly," said Carr. Evidence of these contributions · showed up during the West. Valley game, as three other Jaguar players, besides Woods and Bell, scored in double figures. Frank Massey, Don Wade and Matt Sample all turned in ten points in the game. With this unique substitution system the Jags don't possess one scoring threat. they possess a number of them. The teams' leading scorer, Rick Witmer, is a good example of this, as his respectable 13.3 point average is almost 13 points lower than the top scorers of the Golden Gate Rick Witmer rises for a comer shot Conference. . Although this playing style very young ballclub," Carr might seem like it would create Carr revealed that his team has no said,... "but they play well some irritations among players such problems. "They get along great together, together." who want more time on the court. on and off the court. They're a San Jose City will close out the
Lady spikers finish up . fourth in Golden Gate play By Sandi DiLeo San Jose City College's women's volleyball team wrapped up its '86 season with a 9-7 record and a fourth place ranking in Golden Gate Conference Championship play. Sophomore team captain Jenny Fischenich, playing the middle blocker position, sparked the offense to win the last two games of the season. Other key offensive players were Cindy Johnson, Charlene Begay, and Neida Veloz who alternated playing center with SaraGokce. Begay, voted the team's Most Valuable Player, paired up with
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the tea:n's other leading scorer the team two players. Ross wa ~ Johnson to romp City College of injured playing against West San Francisco in · the regular Valley and Fischenich suffered season three straight. Begay lat- injuries playing against Laney er made the All-Tourney team. College of Oakland. "I challenge the girls verbally Although spirited by team on and off the court to achieve leader Charlene Soras, City excellence," said coach Sam College lost to San Francisco in Huerta. He went on to say that · the first round o{ the Golden Gate he thought discipline and attitude Conference playoff action. were the two determining factors Four out of the eight teams in in developing a winning team. the G .G.C. compete in the Contributing from the bench conference playoffs and the two were Joany Culp playing top teams go on to the Northern backrow, Laura Barsocchini California playoffs. playing outside and hitter, and San Francisco, who defeated freshman Perla Ross also playing City College, along with Diablo outside and hitter. Monique Valley, who defeated Chabot, Vendenburg was voted as the . went on to represent the G.G.C. team's most improved player. in the Northern California Injuries late in the season cost Tournament.
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"Forget-Me-Not-Album" on display at the Art Gallery.
Creative Art of Gutierrez
"Forget-Me-Not-Album," ar. installation and exhibition by City College art instructor Luis Gutierrez, opens today and runs through March 13 at the City Gollege Art Gallery. The exhibit will include works that Gutierrez completed while on , sabbatical leave last year.
aesthetic value; but they often represent very powerful symbols," said Gutierrez. The artist links his present artistic direction to his interest in collecting antiques, especially advertising. In addition, he was particularly impressed with the sculpted quality of antique toys and games.
The exhibition is subtitled "an. investigation of personal and tra"Some of my most important ditional symbols," referring to the art symbols, the face (eyes and deep attachment Gutierrez has mouth), hand, yardstick and ruacquired for the vaiious elements lers, colored string and rope used throughout, were taken from old he uses in his work. "I began to realize that these toys, games and advertising," items are not only art obiects with stated Gutierrez.
"I feel my work is like a film shown all at once - one sees all of it at one time," he reflected. Most importantly, the artist is out to give his audience and viewers quality art work. "My aim is to always to push .myself to the limit and, hopefully, to dazzle my viewers in the process," said Gutierrez. The art gallery is located next to the art instructor's office near the music building. Hours are 12 p.m. to 4 p.m. Monday- Friday. A reception for the artist will be held from 6:30 - 9 p.m. tonight. Everyone is inv1ted to ·wear a personal or traditional symbol.
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Brenda Yesko, 19, is the ·ne" Editor-in-Chief of the Times . Yesko, who is majoring in Journalism, has always wanted to write. Her previous journalism experience includes a semester on the Times as a staff writer specializing in sports stories. She is one of the youngest to head the campus paper, succeeding Deborah Kerr, 27, who had been Editor for the past two semesters. " I want the paper to be more campus oriented, covering more organizations and activities," Yesko said of the studentproduced semi-monthly. She also talked about the importance of an unbiased handling of the news.
"It's (the Times) going to be more geared toward fairness and equality," she said. A 19 8.5 graduate of Independence High School, Yesko plans to graduate from San Jose City College and go on to Pepperdine University. The Times which has a circulation of 2,500 can be found on newsstands all over the City College campus.
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going to be more suc~ssful in terms of student turnout, because of greater student interest. "More people were interested this time, we've had more students show up for council meetings as well," added Ruiz. Secretary Ruiz, most importantly expressed her deep concerns and hopes that council will win back the trust and respect of the student body. "We know what we did wrong. December was everyone's first election and we made some mistakes," stated Ruiz,"for us to be a success; we need the student body to back us." . "I feel it'll go right this time/' said a confident Scon Moore, who simply and realistically remarked that we all "live and learn." Candidate Frances King had a similar forecast. "I feel positive we're finally going to elect a president so that the students will finally have some representation," stated
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