Serving San Jose City College
Vol. 43, No. 4
Thursday, March 30, 1989
Youn at heart By John Besmer The renaming of all the buildings on the San Jose City College campus is being considered for the fall of 1989. City College President Dr. Byron Skinner suggested this change to the San Jose/Evergreen Community College District Board of Trustees three years ago in an effort to give the campus a more scholastic appeal. Skinner said the idea of buildings being called X, Y and Z is too prosaic. "We need to give the campus more spice, as if it were a university," he said. The center building of the General Education sec.tion will be re-
named Martin Luther King Hall, if the board of trustees approves the name. Charles Murry and Anne Heffley suggested the name, and Skinner said that he "enthusiastically" endorsed the idea when he learned of it Another suggestion is that the Student Union be named after Herman Buchser, the first president of City College. ' The building renaming must follow a set of criteria - the person honored must be deceased, have made a notable contribution to society, and must have a multicultural context The board 'o f trustees will rule on the issue at its second meeting in May, and, if approved, the board will begin voting on names that
Chase broadcasts opinions on women, news in SJCC talk Rosalie Eskew pays tribute to Carl Asunama at his 50th birthday party. Asunama, who works in the San Jose City College audio visual department, threw the bash at the Hyatt House Meditcrrenean Room recently, and celebrated reaching the half-century point with 350 of his closest friends. - Photo by Robin Stock
Director hopes for bookstore revision If all goes as planned, San Jose City College will have a brighter, fresher looking bookstore by the summer of 1990, according to Dave Painter, District Director of Bookstores. Some of the · improvements would include installation of a new air conditioning system, a new ceiling and an overall remodeling of the store's layout JI'S "We would like to create a look in that is new an'd fresh," said Painter, "something that the campus can be Proud of." Painter pointed out that the Present facility has not been a rec!pient of any major remodeling 81Ilce 1968, and in his opinion is in dire need of a new look. Although remodeling would Create a more pleasant working atmosphere within the bookstore, Painter insists that "our ultimate &oal is to serve the students. A new look and a new ambience, "all or that enhances the service," Painter. Monies for this proposed reproject would be gener-
ated by the bookstore itself, according to Painter. Although it is a part of the Community College District, the bookstore is "totally self-supporting," and pays its own salaries and occupancy costs. In an average year, the City College bookstore generates about $600,000 in annual textbook sales. All new textbooks are sold at a 25 percent gross profit margin, which is "standard for community colleges," according to Painter. It is with these monies that Painter hopes to make improvements in the City College bookstore. But the ultimate decision about the distribution of funds rests in the hands of the Community College Board of Trustees. In keeping with board rulings, profits are diverted to wherever the board feels they are needed the most At this time, all of the profits go right back into maintaining the bookstore. If this present trend continues, and the board approves Painter's recommendations, City College students may soon be able to spend their hard-earned dollars on textbooks in a fresh, new environment
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shared her concerns on children and childcare. "We need to make it possible "Women must do twice as good as men, and that's not hard," said for women to feel it's okay to have Sylvia Chase, KRON news anchor, children." Chase said. "Businesses who recently spoke at San Jose are going to see that they need to City College's fourth annual provide childcare." In addition to co-anchoring Women's History Celebration in Newcenter 4 's "Evening Edition" the College Theater. Nellie Bly, and Women in Jour- and "Late Edition" at 6 & 11 p.m. nalism in general, were just two and hosting KRON specials, Chase among many of the topics that she continues to produce investigative reporting and field work that addressed. Chase began with a historical prompted TV Guide to name her view of the first woman in journal- the no. 1 newspaper and documentary reporter in its 1983 nationism, Nellie Bly. Bly covered the news on sweat wide survey of investigative reshops, corruption and divorce. She porters. In her first month at KRON, went to Mexico and took notes on how women were treated there. Chase put together five major stoHer first journalism job was a story ries. A series on the resurgence of on how women were getting government spying made national "ripped off' at their jobs. "She is a and international news when she great inspiration to me," Chase disclosed that the FBI was holding 11 pages of information on Sasaid. On the issue of feminism, mantha Smith , the little girl who Chase said she's for it with some visited the Soviet Union at the inreservations. Although her speech vitation of Yurl Andropov. Other touched on feminism, she also Assignments included a look at
By Marie Yoder
Sylvia Chase Hyatt Legal Services and an investigation of conflict of interest in California's Public Utilities Commission. While working on ABC's ''20/ 20", Chase's stories ranged from investigative reports to special features and personality profiles. She won two Emmy awards and numerous other accolades before moving to KRON.
Slaying suspect still awaits trial By Eugene Guido In the case of the State of California vs. Gregory Paul Rector, a new trial date is to be determined in court at a trial-setting hearing scheduled for June 14. Rector, 28, is charged with the Feb. 26, 1986 gunshot slaying of Mark Garies, kidnapping, and assault on Lori Shifrel, Garies ' girlfriend, who survived the ordeal. Both were City College students at
the time and active in student affairs. Rector's trial had been set for Jan. 9 in Oakland. According to M. J . Tocci, Alameda County Deputy District Attorney, more time was requested by Sherry Schoenberg, Alameda County Assistant Public Defender, to prepare Rector's defense. Two other "special circumstance" cases were then moved up on the court calendar, and, because
of the currently crowded schedule, a new trial date cannot be set until the June hearing. Tocci said that in the interest of justice and of compassion for the families of both victims, me prosecution is "deeply concerned" by the long delay; however, she says she is trusting that Calendar Court Judge Michael Ballachey can hold to his promise that, this time, Rector's trial will be "definitely set"
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