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.
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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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