Serving San Jose City College
Vol. 41, No.5
Thursday, October 29, 1987
Baseball team put on probation By Brenda Yesko Times Editor The City College baseball team has been placed on probation for one year-the penalty for a recruiting violation head baseball coach Barry Woodhead made over the swnmer. This is the first time in the history of the college that an athletic team has been placed on probation, according to Bert Bonanno, City College Director of Physical Education and Athletics. State Commissioner of Athletics Walt Rilliet said that in addition to the team's probation, Woodhead will be suspended from three league games next season and the team's number of allowed games for the 1988 season will be reduced by
three. State recruiting codes prohibit coaches from meeting with potential players or parents for recruiting purposes outside of their district. Coach Woodhead violated this code, when he meet with the parents of five potential athletes in Pacific Grove the week of July 21, according to Rilliet. "It was a misinterpretation of the rule," said Woodhead, "I knew I couldn't talk to kids but not to parents." Rilliet said he received a phone call from the president of the Monterey Peninsula College District notifying him of the violation. The team and coach were reprimanded at the Oct. 9 meeting of the Golden Gate
Conference in San Mateo for what Bonanno called an "error in judgment" Woodhead made while "shopping around" for "It was a misinterpretation of the rule."
--Barry Woodhead players . Members of the baseball team were informed of the recruiting violation and its penalties last week, several days after the Times began interviewing state and campus officials .after a tip that the probation penalty had been levied. City College President Dr. Byron R. Skinner and Bonanno requested that the college be allowed to handle
the investigation of athletic code violations itself in order to add to the state's penalty. "We added coach Woodhead's penalty to the state's code of punishment because we will not be a party to any type of violation," said Bonanno. Woodhead, who is approaching his fourth season with the Jaguars, said this is his first violation at City College and that he shared Bonanno's concern for the players. "I don't think people Barry Woodhead realize how hard they (the front" about the violation. team) work," said Woodhead insisted that woodhead; who claims that the · probation and his · the baseball program and himself have "never covered suspension haven't "botheranything up." ed the team at all." The violation is the "It wasn't an easy task," second strike against the said Bonanno, who praised Woodhead for being "up SeeBASEB~,page4
In the nick of time
ASC pulls off a homecoming By Amber Sailors Opinion Editor
Despite some defmite progress in terms of voter turnout and student participation over last yell!'s homecoming, this year's was hardly one to wnte home about. As the Jaguar starting lineup was introduced and the game began, the stands of the C~ty College stadium looked as if the students had e1ther gotten lost or forgotten that Saturday night was their homecoming. Fans seemed to have found the stadium or suddenly remembered that it was homecoming. During the second quarter, the stands began to take on the look of a real football crowd. Even the spirit squad, after enduring a noresponse first quarter, finally got a little support rooting for the home team. After the second SJCC score, about three minutes before the half, complemented by a couple of cheerleaders doing the Ozzie Smith backflip, the crowd appeared to be hyped and ready for the halftime homecoming events to follow. The Overfelt High band high-stepped onto the field and put on a good show followed by the cheerleaders who performed their routine. . At this point, things seemed to be gomg according to the half-time agenda, unless you happened to glance at the scoreboard time clock. With the actual crowning of the king and queen still to take place and so little time left, people began to appear a !itt!e worried-could the crowning be pulled off m ttme? The (rushed) introduction of the candidates, the presentation of the prince and princess, Steve Koehmstedt and Jackie Ray, and then the crowning of the king, Matt Marks, and the queen, Liz Furtado, were the moment everyone had been waiting for. The second half kickoff was in the air as Matt Marks barely had time to smile after being crowned king and the jeers and cheers from the audience were heard. Some were optimistic of the outcome, while others felt that the ceremony had its negative points. "It was terrific. A great effort by the students to bring homecoming to City College," said ASC advisor Judy Rookstool. "ASC had it very unorganized," said cheerleader, Michelle Welsh.
See HOMECOMING, page 4
Photo by Luzmaria V. Martinez
SJCC's King and Queen Liz Furtado and Matt Marks
-Instructor attacked, robbed By Kathy Flynn Campus Editor Students, faculty and administrators are being asked to leave campus at night in groups of two or three following a beating and robbery. District Police Chief Edwin Dunn has made this recommendation after community education instructor Tanja Brekke, who holds a black belt in karate, was found beaten and robbed in the Cosmetology Lab, Friday, Oct. 16, at approximately 9:55p.m., by night custodian Rolando Bantila. Dunn praised Brekke for the way she conducted herself during the incident. "Ms. Brekke took control of the situation by keeping the man calm, by talking to him, and not continually resisting him," said Dunn. "Too many woman are taught to fight their assailant when in some situations they should just cooperate trying to regain some control and keep themselves alive," noted Dunn. Brekke told Campus Police that she was waiting alone to see if a student who had left a pair of glasses in the lab would return when she encountered the assailant. He walked up to Brekke at the door and pushed his way past her. Once in the class, he began threatening her and then struck her in the face. Resisting, Brekke kicked the man and scratched his face. The man grabbed Brekke and dragged her into
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Life-saving course By Elyse Jacobsen. Staff Writer If somebody offered to pay your way through an entire emergency training course so you could save yourself and others (possibly a loved one) in c ase a disaster occurred, wouldn't you do it? Well, apparently most of the City College/Evergreen Valley College staff would not. Since the beginning of last summer, the San Jose/Evergreen Community College District has offered to pay for all full time staff and management to take this emergency training course. According to District Police Chief Edwin Dunn, out of 617 staff members 20 people ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-- have gone through it and approximately 26 are scheduled for the next course in November. This course is designed to teach district wide employees how to take charge in an
Editorial
True Giants fans?
The Giants win the Division, lose the League Championship Series. Now what? Where does it go from here? How will Giants fans and "Humm Baby" bandwagoneers reflect upon this season? Will it be remembered as a triumph or a tragedy? In the minds of most Giant fans and sports fans alike, it will remembered as a season of disappointment. They will remember the World Series as a bad choke. They will remember watching Will Clark sit in agony on the St. Louis bench as he watched the Redbirds prancing around in jubilation. That's just the way Giants fans are. If they're winning, they're everybody's heroes. If things are going bad, it seems like Giants fans come home from a bad day at work and take their aggressions out on the "Humm Baby Kids." Take Bob Brenly, for example. In 1985, the 100-loss season, he was known to Giants fans as the head hobo on\ a team f\111 of ·bums. - ·This year, whenever Brenly came up with the bases loaded and struck out, the hobo logo again filled Candlestick Park.
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But, when Brenly hit the game winning home run to clinch the Division title, the Bay Area acted like he took over Diane Feinstein 's position as mayor. Giants fans need desperately to get their priorities straight. Two years after the tOOloss season, the Giants were one game away from being in the World Series experiencmg the "Horr.er !-I4!Ilkies."
'That's just how Giants fans are.' They should be commended for their accomplishments, not downgraded for losing the Pennant. It's no wonder Bob Lurie wants to take his team elsewhere; besides three measly games of the regular season, the last three, the Western Division Champions' only sellouts at the 'Stick' were during the pla~offs.
u·s ume the Bay Area realizes the true meaning of the word FAN, or else we can expect to watch those "Humm Babies" on Giants Vision via satellite from Denver.
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emergency, such as ·a fire or earthquake. If district employees took the course they would be learning how to evacuate a building and look for any injured or disabled people to carry out. It may be that the reason these staff members aren't participating in the program is because it's time consumingeight hours a day, one day a week, for a total of 40 hours. It scares me to imagine an earthquake or a fire on this campus. The campus police · and 46 trained instructors are not nearly enough people to save the lives of the entire student body and its staff. How many of these people · will break under pressure? How many will be injured and need assistance themselves? These questions cannot be answered until the real thing happens. In saving lives, there are never too many people to help.
Letter
Yoder apologizes Dear Editor: This letter concerns the Homecoming Election. The Homecoming candidates put up banners and posters which took hours even days to prepare for'this election. These signs and posters were removed without prior consultation or authorization from the ASB nor the Director of Activities. This confusion may have been caused by not completely explaining all the constitutional rules to those involved with the election. On behalf of the ASB we wish to extend our apologies for the loss of materials and any inconvenience that was caused in running for King and Queen or even Prince or even Princess. We would also like to express to the candidates that this was not an action taken
by any representative of the council. We would also like to thank all the candidates for their spirit and enthusiasm that would not have o therwise been brought to San Jose City College. The excitement was one that brought over four hundred students to vote. Overall , the participants displayed good sportsmanship, which in our eyes makes them all winners! We hope this was a positive experience for all those involved. This type of excitement can continue when we participate in other ASB activities. Thank you, Marie Yoder ASB President & The ASB Council
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Jags crush San Francisco 44-1 0 By Doug Thunnan Sports Editor Typically, when a team loses its starting quarterback, coaches tend to want to pull out some of their hair and throw in the towel. However, when a coach has a backup quarterback who can spring into the lineup and throw five touchdown passes and 211 yards in the air without an interception, there is relatively no reason to worry about the towel hitting the ground. That was the performance that freshman quarterback Daryl Fortenberry, who normally comes in off the bench to relieve Dan Yetter, gave to Head Coach Ho ward Gay and his coaching staff Saturday night in a 44-10 stomping over the City College of San Francisco. Yetter was forced out of the lineup last Thursday when he pulled his-' hamstring during practice, allowing Fortenberry a chance at the starting role. "I have felt all along that we've had co-starting quarterbacks," explained Gay, meaning there is no particular star at the field general position. The win over the Rams gave the Jaguars, who are ranked 5th in the state, their sixth consecutive victory and pushed their record to 3-0 in the Golden Gate Conference and 6-1 overall. For the past several
·games, Gay -has used the Yetter/Fortenberry combination exclusively because of the wide range of talent the two have in different areas. Saturday, when the Jaguars head to Hayward to take on Chabot College (2-1), Gay will stay with this unique strategy. "I think we have the best 1-2 combination in the G.G.C." Gay said. "They balance each other out in that they can do so may different things. It makes it good for the offense and the whole team." The Jaguars got the game rolling early in the first quarter on a one-yard run by Daryl G ag li ardi after recovering a Ram fumble. The Rams answered back shortly after with a one-yard run of their own by quarterback Ed Bailey and the first quarter ended in a 7-7 tie. The Jaguars put seven more points on the board at the 2:50 mark in the second quarter when Fortenberry connected with Robert Gaines for a 33-yard TD. Mter an Albert King field goal put the Jags up 17-7, the Rams had 56 seconds and 70-yards to travel to the end zone.
King was previously 16 for · 16. The Jaguar defense was making a shambles out of the Ram offense with constant pressure on the quarterback leading to six sacks and three fumble recoveries. The Ram offense had their horns stuck in the ground, to say the least.
for the locker room down by 17-10. It wasn't until the second half that the slaughtering began. With three minutes expired in the third quarter, the Jags went on a rampage, not let~g.up on the Rams until , they had collected an additional 27 points and the fmal gun had sounded. Ricky Washington initiated the second half scoring spree with a 12-yard TD reception from Fortenberry. The Jags could only manage six points on the TD, however, as the extrapoint try was blocked , marking the only extra-point King had missed all year.
Mter ·an interception by defensive back Tony Salter on the Rams 27-yard line, the Jags marched 73 yards, ending with a razzle-dazzle over the shoulder catch by Gaines for a TD, while King upped the score 30-10
with the extra point. Fortenberry later uirew two more touchdown passes in the fourth quarter; a pair of 19 yarders to Pat Nelson and Rob Brady, and the' Jags were well on their way to a first place standing in the G.G .C. "Our goal is to get to our bye (Nov.7) 7-1 and 4-0 in league," said Gay. "If we can do that I think that the Jags could be rolling." If the Jags keep "rolling" as they are now, six straight victories, 116 points in their last three games, it's going to be awfully hard for the rest of the fi eld to stop them.
After two passes and three Jaguar penalties, the Rams found themselves in field goal range with one second remaining in the half. The 47- yard attempt was up and good and the Rams headed Photo by Mike A. Chacon
Jaguar defenders swann the San Francisco quarterback during 44-10 win
Girls VOlleyball at fUIJ Strength By Jason Engel Staff Writer The talents of sophomore setter Charlene Begay will return to the City College volleyball team this Friday when the Lady Jags take on Laney College Eagles at 7:30 p.m. in Oakland. The absence of Begay due to an ankle injury has had some serious effects on the performance of the spikers in league play . "When you lose a good hitter the team can be affected, but Charlene is also one of our best setters," said head coach Sam Huerta. The spikers have been working on a new form of offense in practice that will hopefully make up for the lack of consistent sets from their teammates. The new offense, centered around Bernie Vales, has been working for the Jags. "We are 2-1 in league conference play, and we are very confident going into our next game," said Huerta. The Jags have reason to be confident-stats indicate they're a tough team to be reckoned with. Alba Diaz Diaz leads the pack in the spiking category with 28 kills and a .311 kill percentage, an offensive threat at the net. Adriana Vera plays a very
important role for her team defensively with 25 digs (saves) in the first three league games. Finally, at setter is Bernie Vales, dominating in the assists departmen~ with 53 in league play. While these individuals play key roles in the success of the team, a combined effort from every player, especially the bench, is
Women's Cross-Country Update: The Women's crosscountry team, eight members in all, will take its 3-1 record to Coyote Hills in Newark Friday when it takes on Diablo Valley and San Francisco in a last dual meet of the season.
important. "I'm not afraid to go to the bench," said Huerta. "It has vastly improved over the course of the season." "Nagging" player injuries have sent Huerta to the bench more often this season and he has yet to regret it.
The Golden Gate Conference cross-country championships will be held on Nov. 6 in Belmont. Look for a complete story of the Conference Championships in the Nov. 12 issue.
Huerta called Friday's match against Laney a "must win game."
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Brekke Continued from page 1 the next room, forcing her to her knees. He began kicking Brekke in a back pack which she had on. Brekke instinctively put her hands over her head when the man pulled out a gun and began hitting her in the head. Brekke told the assailant that her purse was in the comer, at which time he took approximately $20 in cash and all her credit cards and fled, she told police. Campus police searched · the grounds while investigating officer Glenn Fudge took Brekke to Valley Medical Center for medical attention. Brekke was released after receiving stitches in her head. According to Dunn, the assailant is a black male in his twePties, about 5 feet 6 inches, weighing about
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160-180 pounds, who appeared extremely nervous and was a wearing a blue pull over. Dunn said Campus Police will b,e providing more security for the campus by patroling the grounds while evening classes are ill session. While there are no leads or suspects, Campus Police are continuing their investigation with assistance from the Santa Clara County Sheriffs Deparunent, and the San Jose Police Department
own. This youngster at a pumpkin patch near Almaden Plaza Shopping Center, seems to be on top of her search.
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baseball program this year. In May, the team was forced to forfeit four league games after a routine check of team member's class loads revealed an ineligible player who h ad n ot maintained the required 12 academic units over a span of four games. The loss of these games dropped the first-ranked team to fourth, stripping it of a Golden Gate Conference title and a chance at post-season play. To prevent further ineligible player violations, Bonanno said the Athletic Department now receives weekly computer print-outs of student-athlete's grades. ·:People are always taking shots at winners " said Bonanno, who, like Woodhead defended the baseball program, insisting that the program isn't in trouble.
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Koehmstedt said that he hopes that the student body will realize the effort put out by the ASC and maybe give some much-deserved support to it. "My fantasy has finally become reality," said Queen Liz Furtado, who claims
she's wanted to wear a crown on her head since she was a little girl. Whatever the viewpoint, one thing's for sure- the ASC did managed to pull off a homecoming of sorts and capture the student participation City College needs to see more of.
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