San Jose City College Times, Vol. 41, Issue 16, May 26, 1988

Vol. 41 , No. 16

Thursday, May 26,1988

Serving San Jose City College

Asbestos removal due again

By Julie King

Photo by Dolores Lorigo

Joe Depprima is probably more in the mood for summer than finals as he relaxes by the G.E. Building

Athletics task force reports progress By

Jim Boeck!

The task force investigating the San Jose Mercury News allegations of misconduct by the San Jose City College Athletics Department bas presented a progress report.

Dr. Glenn Gooder, executive secretary of the task force, presented the report to the District Board of Trustees on May 17, and said that the report is only an update, and

includes "no findings or recommendations."

The final report should be submitted to the Trustees at the June 7 Board meeting.

In the report, the task force agrees to perform the investigation, asked for by college president Dr. Byron Skinner, with two modifications.

The first being that the task force will provide a written summary of "findings," rather than "impressions."

The second is that it won't be possible to report on the "vitality and soundness of the athletics program," except as findings may result from inquiry related to one or more of the four chief allegations.

The allegations are separated into four areas: recruiting, eligibility, academic performance, and financial aid.

Each topic will be looked at by a subcommittee.

The task force will also

review related documents, factual materials, and written responses of college administrators. It has also held public hearings at City College to allow members of the campus community to speak on the matter.

A written summary is expected to report on findings regarding accuracy of the allegations, sources of concern

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For the third time since 1985, San Jose City College will have cancer-causing asbestos removed from some of its older buildings.

The removal, which was approved by the District trustees May 3 and will cost $237,460, comes as a result of a January report by an independent asbestos specialist.

The report stated that there are unsafe levels of asbestos, measuring in the hundreds of thousands of feet, located in the ductwork above the men's locker room, the ceiling and lobby staircase in the Business building, the Theater lobby ceiling, as well as the acoustic ceiling, curtains in the actual theater, and several maintenance closets.

According to Phillip Mowry, Director of Facilities and Planning, there is no guarantee that this will be the last asbestos removal in City College's future.

Eight companies bid for the contract, with bids as high as $382,491. The job was awarded to Quality Asbestos Control, a South San Francisco based company,

Other events planned

Graduation set for June 3

By Joe Medina

Photo by Robin Stock FALL '88 A.S.C. MEMBERS-Clockwise from left President Alba Elena Diaz, Student Trustee Marie Yoder, Vice-President Marie %!ttison, and Administrative Assistant Ramona Romandia.

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San Jose City College graduation ce~emonies should go smoother this year than they did last year, due to the District Trustees' choice of the Rev. Cecil Williams as guest speaker.

The Rev. Williams is the minister of Glide Memorial United Methodist Church in San Francisco. Last year's event was marked by a surprise appearance by State Assemblyman Tom Hayden, origin ally i n.v i ted as commencement speaker. It triggered a walkout by several dozen Vietnamese graduates.

The Rev. Williams is responsible for the city's most comprehensive human service charities, which include food and clothing programs for the poor, a crisis center, job and housing programs.

The commencement ceremony for the Class of 1988, will begin at 6:30 p.m. on Friday, June 3, in the San Jose Civic Auditorium, 145 West

San Carlos St. In addition to scholarships and special awards for academic excellence, various faculty members and citizens of the community will be given special awards for their contributions to the community.

Dr. Herman Wilbur Hyatt, who is a physician, pastor, and attorney, will be awarded with an Honorary Associates in Arts degree.

Keith A . Watt , the Treasurer of the City College Trust, will also be . given a special award.

Language Arts Instructor Anne Heffl ey will be recognized as Facul ty Member of the Year , and the C lassified Counc il's E mployee of the Year will be Achsah J. Davy, director of the Child Development Center.

Two other activities will be held the day of the graduation ceremony.

There will be a breakfast and program for graduates and retirees in the City College Cafeteria at 11 a.m. , and a

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reception for platform guests and staff will be held after graduation at Brennan's Terrace at 95 South Market Street at 8:30p.m.

REV. CECIL WILLIAMS

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a) To fight the British forces b) To escape the British forces c) George who? d) a and c, but n~t b e) All of the above f) Some of the above g) None of the above h) Don't know i) Don't care j) Oh, no, the answer on my forearm smeared k) To give aid to the Contras I) I don't have a #2 pencil m) Is this an open-book test?

view? s) I'll pay $100 to pass this test t) I'll pay $1 000 to pass this class u) I'm going to fail v) I need some hemlock w) He wanted to try the boat he got for Christmas x) He didn't have any bus money y) For a rendezvous z) To get to the other side

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Dead in the water ith summer vacation a week away, white water rafting seemed to be an appropriate topic for this issue's photo page. In addition to river running, there is a long list of other water sports to help cool the effects of the California sun.

In spite of the mild winter we've had, there will be enough water for boating, surfmg, wind surfing, water skiing, jet skiing, SCUBA diving, fishing, or just plain swimming. And, unfortunately for some, for drowning.

In 1985 there were 533 drownings in California. National Safety Council statistics show that drowning is the third leading cause of accidental death in the United States, mostly affecting those aged 15 to 44.

The fact is, most of these deaths were preventable with the use of proper safety equipment, water safety awareness, better swimming skills, and common sense.

When Merle Haggard sang, "I'll never swim Kern River again," he was serious.

There are big signs along the river that read: "DANGER! Do not swim, 136 lives lost in Kern River since 1968."

What usually happens is that some people from the city pack their cars with beer and inner tubes and head for the nearest river to "go for the gusto." They have little or no knowledge of the ways of a river, the need for the right equipment, or respect for the advice of experienced people. As a result, a few of them add to the numbers of the statistics.

True to its scale, the ocean claims the lives of many people, in a variety of accidents.

Boats capsize in rough seas, people swim into rip tides, SCUBA divers panic, and a few people fall off cliffs into the water and can't get out. Occasionally a surfer drowns or is

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Editor-in-Chief Jim Boecld Sports Editor Doug Thurman Staff Writers Lori Cambridge Rick Perez

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Photographers Dolores Lorigo Robin Stock

The Times is published twice a month during the school year by ~ Journalism 65 class at San Jose City College. Represented by the Collegiate Advertising Sales and Service and College Media Placement Service, Member Journalism Association of Community Colleges and the California Newspaper Publishers Association.

'Athletics' vs. 'P. E.' -

Editor: The headlines in two of the recent issues of the City College Time prompt me to write at this time. I refer to the following headlines: April 14, 1988-"SJCC athletics department cries 'foul!', and: April 28, 1988-"P.E. investigation attract!> criticism".

As a physical educator for the past 30 years, I feel compelled to inform your readers that athletics and physical [education] (P.E.) are not i_nterchangable terms.

Athletics bears the same relationship to physical education that laboratory experiences do to biology or physics.

Another analogy would be that athletics is to physical educa-· tion what the honors program is to English, history, or philosophy.

Physical educators have a unique role in education in that we strive to teach an under-

attacked by a shark (rarely). For the most part however, it is the surfers who are best prepared to deal with the harshness of the ocean.

Editor: One major factor in drownings is Members of the Associated alcohol. It is obvious that alcohol doesn't Student Body of San Jose City mix with gasoline, but not everyone knows College have a lot to be proud that it doesn't mix with water either. In of in this year's student addition to numbing the senses (common council. The ASB Council has sense included), it reduces a person's provided a number of , wonability to maintain body temperature. derful and well-planned activIn a cold water accident, victims often ities and services for all studrown because their body temperatures fall dents this past year, including: to the point where they can't swim Welcome Day for new Fall semester students. effectively.

Co-sponsorship of the Red One way to maintain body temperature in Cross Blood Drive. cold water is by wearing a wet or dry suit. .

Thanksgiving Food Dri've With the proper suit, a rafter or kayaker can for the San Jose Food Bank. paddle in 35-degree water in a snowstorm Homecoming events. and still be comfortable.

San Jose Bowl half-time That brings us to the life-jacket. activities.

Thousands of people would be alive today The very popular Dating if they had had a $50 piece of foam and Game. fabric wrapped around them when they Valentine's Day flower went into the water. sale.

Various speakers, a film Knowing how to swim is a big asset, festival, and an Easter Egg especially for young children who fall into Hunt for the Children's unattended pools. Many people would survive pool accidents if only they were able to calmly swim to the side. And, anyone who gets into a small boat without knowing how to swim is tempting fate, life-jacket or not.

On the other hand, many drowning victims were (or thought they were) good Editor: swimmers, and were merely overconfident I am writing in reference to of their abilities. the recent picture in our Water can serve as a wonderful playschool newspaper. It was of ground. When people respect it, they can ~~ four dancers and for pubhave the time of their lives. When they licity for the Dance Designs don't, it can be extremely uilforgiving. concert.

I wanted to say that I thought the picture was kind Opinion Editor Campus Editor of insulting. All of the danJulie King Joe Medina cers worked very hard and Photo Editor/ Sports Writer Ms. Carrier showed as bumbProduction Chief ling around. She could have Christopher Filice Luzmaria V. Martinez t~en more time and imagination to capture a better image D. Le'Vinia K. Loyd Martin Oppus Matt Barba Joe Posadas Sherry Carrier Tawny Zimmerdahl

standing and acceptance of the body as a symbol of the self and understanding of the law~ of the body's expression and use, and an appreciation of the value of achieving and maintaining a responsive, welldirected, mature, responsible individual who is able to live democratically both with himself and with others.

Athletics is an integral and important part of physical education programs, but because it is only a part of the whole, to say P.E. when one really means athletics is incorrect.

I hope this brief statement helps to clarify this situation.

If further information on this subject is desired, please feel free to contact me.

The Times is located in Rm. 303 at San Jose City College, 2100 Moorpark Ave., San Jose, CA 95128.

Newspaper staff hours are 11 a.m. to noon Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Telephone: (408) 298-2181, exl 3849. The Times' on campus mail box is in Reprographics Rm. 307.

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The very successful Spring Faire and Rea Market.

The upcoming awards bapquet and dance.

The Second Annual Black and White Ball.

Using a very small operating budget derived from mostly ASB card sales, video game and jukebox proceeds, donations, and assorted fundraisers, the ASB Council and members of campus clubs devoted a great deal of time and energy to planning and carrying out these activities for the benefits of the entire campus.

We all owe them a vote of thanks.

Sincerely, Judy Rookstool Director of Student Activities

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I'd also like to say that we merited more publicity and exposure than some other picture spreads and rehearsal shots the paper has printed.

All in all, the paper and Ms. Carrier could have done a lot better.

Lisa Colosino (P.S. And I am not the only person in the Dance Department who feels this way.)

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Marketing instructor

MICHAEL B. SCHUMAN,

Ross Atkinson: achiever motivator '

for the student, do it; if it's not ~~~d ~or the student, don't do · It, said Atkinson.

The influence of Ross' A~in~on has a long list of Atkinson, long-time instructor in the Marketing Department at contn?~tions t? City College.

San Jose City College, was In addition to his dedication to apparent again earlier this the marketing, sales and month, as four City College business departments and students placed in the top 10 at founding the DECA, h~ has this year's Distri butive helped to establish programs Education Clubs of America for the song girls , cheer (DECA) national marketing leaders, rally committees, and competition, held in Salt Lake Homecoming.

City, Utah.

Evidence of Atkinson's One of his students , influence as an instructor Richard Corr, took first place comes from several sources: in his category. the awards his students win in "Being an educator is competitions, the number of important to me .. .if it's good scholarships presented to his

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students by local companies ' and praise from students.

See story on winners below.

:·He's a great motivator.

He s thoughtful and caring.

You don't find too many teachers like him," said Sylvia Abunassar, one of Atkinson's "Sales Concepts" students.

Atkinson has strong personal ties with his department.

"Ninety-five percent of my friends are students, past and present," he said.

A graduate of San Jose State University, Atkinson received a master's degree

Club wins awards AthleticsBy Christopher Filice

Eight San Jose City College Marketing Club members finished in the top 10 of their respective categories, including one first place, at the Distributive Education Clubs of America (DECA) national competition, May 4-8, in Salt Lake City.

Richard Corr placed first in the nation in the Entrepreneurship/Participation event, and was awarded $500.

Contestants who finished fourth or higher were: the club's incoming President for the fall semester, Patrick Portera, in the category of Sales Manager Meeting; Gail Korza, in the Entrepreneurship/PaTti-

cipation division, plus Chris Waterman and Kristine Travis in Team Industrial Marketing event.

The other top ten fmishers and their categories were : Doug Smith, Finance and Credit; Bill Larkin, Sales Manager Meeting, and the club's current president, Christopher Filice, Entrepreneurship/Written.

"This is the best group I've ever witnessed. . . it was a successful trip and everyone had a lot of fun," said Club advisor Bob Barci.

The marketing · program was started by Ross Atkinson 35 years ago. Since then, the club has repeatedly proven that students can learn by competing.

Continued from Page 1 and information, and, recommendations for preventing or resolving any problems.

The progress report said that three City College faculty members who had been quoted or referred to in the Mercury News series or have been critical of the athletics program had been invited to speak at hearings and had declined.

The task force encourages comments from members of the campus community and anyone who would like to do so should write to: The Special Athletic Task Force, c/o Glenn G. Gooder, 2100 Moorpark Ave., Room 510, San Jose, Ca. 951282799.

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Atkinson also led the movemen t to change the school's name to San Jose City College because he felt that "junior" was an inferior and inappropriate name for an educational institution dedicated to higher learning.

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Some are luckey enough to enjoy the river every day Doug Cochran rescues an abandoned kayak

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1 ;ng water has strange effects on the human he. A violent rapid on a river, for instance, away of captivating a person and generating ngs of both fear and attraction. Especially nthe rapid has a name like "Maytag," on the a River, "Last Chance ," and "Freight train," e California Salmon, or "Satan's Cesspool," eAmerican. or some people, the attraction to these lays of nature's power overcomes their fear they become rafters and/or kayakers. o get into a small boat on a wild river, and off from the shore takes commitment. mnment to face and deal with whatever acles that arise. A river has only one ' clive, and that is to ru n its course. It cannot rsuaded otherwise, nor can it be wered. Good rafters and kayakers rstand this and are able to use the power of urrents to their advantage: to get where want to go, and to avoid the dangerous

s. ased on that description, white water ing may sound like a crazy thing to do, but ally n·s a lot of fun, and if done properly it is safe. e nice thing about a trip down a river is that is so much more to it than just running

Head guide Mark McCarroll demonstrates proper paddling technique

s. ere is the camaraderie among friends and boaters of sharing an adventure, and of ing out. ost commercial rafting customers eat like . A typical dinner might include barbecued kand/orchicken, salad, french bread, baked toes, corn-on-the-cob, beer, wine , plus a oven dessert, such as brownies or upsidecake. en at night the sky comes alive with nds of stars, with enough streaking the sky for everyone to wish upon. ng the many special things to see on a trip is the variety of wildlife. There are often , herons, eagles, otters, trout, foxes , deer, sometimes, even bears. hile it is always exciting to make it through a like "Satan's Cesspool," overall it is the dness" of a river that makes the biggest ression on people . A couple of days on a remind us of who we are, and where we from, and that many of the problems that so frustrated by, are really insignificant.

Tony Sloss tries to quench his "thirst"

Bob Vandegrift juggles at camp

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by Jim Boeck/ Dave Tamayo struggles to keep his kayak upright

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Scholarships handed out

By Tawny Zimmerdahl Sixty-six scholarships valued at over $14,000 were awarded to outstanding City College students on May 19 at the Fifth Annual Scholarship and Awards Ceremony.

Since the ceremony was first introduced in 1984, the number and value of the scholarships and awards presented has increased dramatically each year.

Zee Gibson, head of the Scholarship committee, urges students to inquire about prospective scholarships.

The Outstanding Academic Graduates in the Divisions were the following: in Business and Service Careers,

Lori Johnson and Nhien Thuy Nguyen; in Humanities, Joanne Nakaso; in Natural Sciences, Mathematics, and Early Childhood Education, Edward Piepenbrink; and in the Social Sciences, Nancy Scoggins.

The Outstanding Academic Achievers in the Divisions were: in .Applied Sciences, Larry Shipstead; in Business and Service Careers, Linda Lumpkin ; in Humanities, Michael Czapkay; in Natural Sciences, Mathematics, and Early Childhood Education, Samer Aboujudom; in Social Sciences, Y omi Adeb akin; and in Liberal Studies, Bonnie Cahill-Hodges.

Kim McDonald, former student body president, was

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The Rosellina Lobue Memorial Scholarship was awarded to Sandra Sheffield.

For outstanding scholarship and service to the college, the President's Award was presented to Deborah Kerr and Edward Piepenbrink. The College's Most Outstanding Academic Achiever was Trung Thuc Nguyen.

Alba Elena Diaz Diaz received an ASB scholarship as well as Deena Adams, Kathleen Flynn, and Kim Me Donald. City Times photographer, Luzmaria V. Martinez, was awarded the City College Journalism Scholarship.

Reducing the chances of burn-out

Controlling stress on finals

By D. Le'Vinia K. Loyd

clear the mind. *Recognize the limitations involved. There are only 24 hours in a day, and sleep is important. * Avoid drugs and alcohol.

Coffee and amphetamines only add to the problem of stress.

head start. * Organize studies by priority. Get control of the hard stuff ftrst. * Study in a quiet place that is free from distractions. * Manage study time to include breaks, to relax and

Finals week means two things, the end of the semester is near and the level of stress in students is high.

There are both advantages and disadvantages to stress.

The secret is to benefit from it without burning out on it.

Stress is a result of a confrontation with a problem, such as bumping into a Grizzly bear, breaking up with a lover, or writing an English 1A paper.

It's a small world ...

By Lori Cambridge Iran and Columbia may be thousands of miles apart, but two City College students have found that they are part of .a connection between the two countries.

Colombian Stella Serrato and Iranian Hamid Mohabad met in an English as a Second Language class and discovered that they are related.

Neither of the two suspected that they were part of the same family until Mohabad's sister mentioned that their second cousin had married a Colombian.

Stress causes the release of adrenaline into the bloodstream which causes anxiousness , rapid pulse, quickened breathing, sweating, and an increase in available energy. This is fine when it's time to run from a bear, but it can hinder the flow of words into the typewriter.

Here are some tips to help reduce the negative effects of stress: * Don't wait until the last minute to start studying. Get a

From there he asked Serrato about it and found out that one of her second cousins had married an Iranian, and that these cousins had married each other.

Ms. Serrato has been in the United States for seven months.

She has a degree in economics from a Colombian University, and just wanted to learn English.

Mohabad came to the U.S. in October to learn computer systems, and will probably not be able to return to his homeland until the political atmosphere changes.

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Bases Loaded

By Doug Thurman Sports Editor

The other side. • • All of this hullabaloo about an official task force investigation, brought on by the Mercury News' inflammatory three-part series about the athletics "scandal" at San Jose City College, is entirely unnecessary.

So was the three-part series. Unnecessary, I mean. If City College really wanted to know why the series was publistled, they could have just asked me. I would have told them in three sentences-and without the $11,000 consultation fee.

1) Someone at the Mercury News is bucking for a promotion.

2) Several instructors at City College are bucking for promotions.

3)Someone's bucking for a promotion. (Did I say that already?)

These are the only explanations that I can come up with.

Now all you journalists and civilians alike reading this piece may be asking yourself why a journalist would be knocking a fellow journalists' integrity, as one such letter to the editor asserted in the April 28 issue of the Times?

Well, let me tell you first hand.

It seems I'm caught in the middle of a never ending tug-ofwar. You see, I moonlight as a baseball player here at City College, so I know what it' s like to go through the athletic system, and I can honestly tell you that it is not steering me into the depths of eternal hell.

Now perhaps I'm being a bit harsh, but I don' t believe the ·series gave the whole picture. M ter all, there are two sides to every story, but you wouldn't know that from reading the articles.

Here are some of the crucial points the Mercury News neglected to include in the three-part series. For the sake of argument, let's call it "Part 4."

•Over the past four years, an average of 76.5 percent of sophomore football players (with their so-called "Mickey Mouse" transcripts) transferred to four-year institutions. If the classes the gridiron stars are taking are filled with cupcakes and cream pies, then maybe someone should investigate the four-year schools for accepting them.

• All five of the starting Jaguar basketball players received full scholarships to four-year universities, and the remaining two seniors will also be transferring. (Now tell me how Head Coach Percy Carr, who demands that his players spend at leas~ six hours a week in the library and one hour a day with him or his assistant in study hall, doesn't care for his players.)

•The Jaguar baseball team is sending all of its sophomores on to four-year institutions. Included in this group is Scott Erickson, who is not only going to University of Ariwna on a scholarship but was elected to the Academic All-America team ..

•The Mercury News has yet to run the letter that Millard Hampton, the 1976 Olympic gold medalist who was mentioned in the series, sent to an executive editor at the Mercury. Hampton claims that Iknoian jumbled more than a few of his words and he's more than a little upset If you missed it, it's available in the April28 issue of The Times.

Iknoian seems to have overlooked the fact that students who come here either must be 18 years old, or have proof of graduation. With these two necessities, you would think that these former students who were quoted in the articles as saying that coaches never emphasized getting an education, would realize that they were big boys and that neither mommy nor the coaches were going to hold their hands.

One former student was quoted as saying, "I like City College.

But it doesn't do much for you academically." Well, it's not the college's function to do anything for you. It's functi~n is. to offer courses, and provide adequate instructors. The leammg IS up to the individual.

Apparently, some of these ingrates have forgotten what community college's are all about.

Fortunately, people like Millard Hampton have not. ~e, and many others realize that it is the effort that they have put mto their educational experience, both academic and athletic, that makes City College a fme institution. Perhaps ~ the prom~tion seeking instructors put as much time and effort mto upgrading their own progl'ams, City College would be a nice environment for everbody.

After all, it was John F. Kennedy who said, "Ask not what your school can do for you, but what you can do in school."

Or something like that.

lOth annual Bruce OFF!- The Bud Light Classic will get under way at City at noon Saturday. The Jenner Classic is the

only North American stopover on this year's Grand Prix tour and is a tuncup for the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea.

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Jags bow out in baseball pitcher AI Garcia looked as if he might not last through the second inning as the Jags Maybe it was the long layoff jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the first inning. and waiting two weeks before But, as the game went on, beginning the Northern CaliGarcia became better and fornia regional playoffs. better, and when the ninth Or maybe it was the long, inning finally rolled around, he early morning drive to San and his Falcon teammates were J oaquin Delta College in on top, 7-6.

S tockton. Or perhaps it was The Jags had one final the long. . . chance-a good one--in the Whatever it was, the City bottom of the ninth, with the College Jaguar baseball team, score 7-6.

Garcia landed 1988 Golden Gate Conference himself in a jam in the inning champions, suffered back-toby walking the bases loaded hack losses to College of the with only one out. But, like he S equoias, 7-6, and Fresno had done all day , Garcia C ity C ollege, 8-5, last weekworked out of the jam by the end in a tournament that it was skin of his uniform. favored to win , thus eliminatAfter catch er R y an H aley ing its chances to move on to struck out, second basem an the state championships to be Ralph Maldonado hit a line held in Irvine, California this drive, one that eve rybody in weekend.

Both games started out well the park thought would surely for the Jags, who ended thetr land- ev e ryone except fo r season with a 33-1 2-1 overall G iant righ t fiel d e r Ch r is record, as they scored two Harper, w ho sprinted in and runs in the first inning of each made a slid ing catch to end the game. game.

In the frrst playoff match-up The Jags came back on against COS on Friday, Giant · S a turday need ing to win a

By Doug Thurman

Track teams finish

By Kathy Flynn & Rick Perez

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Vic Pelayo paced the City College m en's team to a second-place finish in the Northern California community college track finals at Fresno , while setting a new meet pole-vaulting record.

P elayo's winning vault of 16' 5" helped the Jaguar track team place behind Taft College in the meet with a total of 5 3 points. Taft took first place with a to tal of 149 1/2 points.

Al so contributing to the Jaguars' strong showing were Harold Rucker, Tom S aggau, Adrian Oliver, and Fernando .Balderas.

Rucker tied the Nor Cal track record in the long jump by jumping 25' 3 3/4".

Saggau placed second in the 800 meter, and Oliver placed fourth in the same event.

The men's track team wasn't so successful at the state championships, however, held last Friday.

However, Pelayo again won the pole vault, setting a new state championship meet ·record with a vault of 16' 6".

In the running events, Saggau placed third in the 800

meter with a time of 151.58 seconds, and O liver placed sixth in the same event with a time of 152.39 seconds.

Rucker placed sixth in the long jump with a distance of 23.8 feet.

The women 's track team placed seven th o u t of ap proximately 25 schoo ls in the Northern C alifornia Finals.

Deena Adam s placed second in the 3000 meter with a time of 10:24.73 . B arbara Keehner placed sixth in the 150 0 meter wi th a ti m e of 4:5 1.5 .

Sprinter Donya AndrewsLittle placed sixth in the 400 meter event with a time of 59 .60 seconds, and equalled her best in the 200 meter with a time of 26.09 seconds.

B ridget Johnson pl aced second in the triple jump with a mark of 37' 4 3/4", and fourth in the long jump with a distance of 17 9 1/4".

Sherry Kouhns placed fourth in the shot put with a distance of 40' l/2".

There were five Lady Jags competing in the state finals ~eld last Friday.

Three of those athletes placed in the state championship meet, giving the track team a tie for eleventh place in the state.

double-header to survive the double-elimination tournament, and that's where they ran into Steve Wilson from Fresno City College.

Wilson almost singlehandedly eliminated the Jags by recording 15 strikouts.

The Jags jumped to a 4-0 lead by the fourth inning while Jaguar starter Scott Erickson had thrown four shutout innings until finally running into trouble in the fifth.

Tom Myers came in to relieve Erickson in the sixth, but allowed the Falcons to extend their lead to 8-4 by letting two runners cross the plate in the eighth.

The Jags put together a onerun, two-out rally in their half of the eighth, but in the ninth , Wilson came to the mound sincere in fin-ishing what he had started , and struck out the side.

Erickson, who was the 1987 GGC Pitcher of the Year and is headed to Univer sity of Arizona, was e lected to the S cholastic Academic All America award .

Bosco was invited to try o ut fo r the 1988 U.S. O lympic tean1.

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The Hall of Excellence, which will be located near the entrance of the library, will honor the accomplishments of the college's students, faculty and staff. · Paulette Wamego has been hired by the San Jose/Evergreen Valley College District, as Marketing Director to help promote the colleges and their services. Wamego began her work on May 2. She is the fom:er marketing director for the arts and lectures division at University of California at Santa Barbara · Graduation \ vill be held at the San Jos((Civic Auditorium 'at 6:30 p.m. Frida}r/ JUile { . ..

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MAKIN WAVES- Microwave radar expert H. Paul Shuch zeroes in on a model plane

Shuch flies high with anti-collision device

By Christopher Filice

H. Paul Shuch, Director of the Microwave Technology Program at San Jose City College, and member of Who's Who in Aviation and Aerospace, believes he may have a partial solution to the complex problem of mid-air collisions and near-misses for · small airplanes.

His answer: the completely self-contained Binaural Doppler Collision .Alert System" (BiDCAS).

The system works in much the same way that a bat's radar works, using the ability ·to hear a sound and determine from which direction it came.

"BiDCAS is actually an extension of the pilot's own hearing," Shuch said. "By

using the same headphones that [are used] to hear the tower, music, or weather, [the pilot] can also receive an echo [bouncing off of another aircraft] at a different radio frequency. " Additionally, the system allows the pilot to keep his attention on what's going on outside the plane, rather than on a radar screen.

Shuch, who also invented the first home satellite television receiver, has always been interested in aviation.

As a former member of the Air Force, and a licensed commercial pilot and flight instructor, air-traffic safety has always been an important concern. However, that concern heightened in 1978 when a crash involving a PSA 727 and a small Cessna plane caused 150 fatalities.

In that instance, the larger aircraft was at fault and since then the government has adapted an anti-collision system for these planes at an estimated cost of $100,000.

"But it is the sm aller aircraft that account for 98% of all mid-air collisions," said Shuch. "It's just that when an airliner crashes, more people are involved. However, I'm concentrating on that larger [98%] percentage. BiDCAS can make an improvement in · the safety of small planes who fly iri more congested air zones [almost all collisions occur less than 25 miles from the airport], and [it] can do it at a price of about $1,000."

"Basically,[BiDCAS] gives control to the pilot," said Shuch, "and if I'm flying, that feels safest to me~"

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