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Vol. 43, No. 14
Thursday, November 16, 1989
Concern over encroachment heightens
SJCC's enrollment drops for 3rd year By Brian Wachter
Coach Percy Carr's Men's basketball squad warms up to the new season in a recent practice . The Jaguars's next opponent will be Canada College on Friday, Nov. 17, in the City College Gym. Photo by Tai Duong
7 awards for Times journalists at JACC By Jill Morales San Jose City College Times staffers won seven awards at the NorCal Journalism Association of Community Colleges (JACC) conference held Saturday, Nov. 4 at City College. Former Times Editor and present production manager Chris Bucholtz received first place for his National Rifle Association editorial cartoon. He also took sixth Place honors for his editorial entry. Bruce A. Carter, current Times Editor , won second for his on-theSJ>ot newswriting competition entry. He also received third place and honorable mention awards in the sports news competition. In the photo essay competition, Times photographer Luzmaria V. Martinez won a flfth place for last Year's Cow Palace Rodeo essay. Times graphic artist Eugene Guido was awarded an honorable tnention for his editorial art work ~epicting the state legislature' s life lllsurance scandal. Over 200 students and advisors, CDri~<:PintirH7 over 20 schools as far 0orth as Shasta and as far south as Fresno, attended the conference. Many workshops were offered, from digital imaging and relations to investigative and the future of broadl'be workshop "Tips on Im. g Your Writing" wa s rewith a talk on "Covering the
quake," the dominant news story since Oct. 17. Gary Webb, of the San Jose Mercury News Sacramento Bureau, and Seth Rosenfeld, of the San Francisco Examiner, supplied students with helpful informational tips on how to go about investigative reporting. One point they both stressed was that if a reporter compromised his ethics,his position would likewise be compromised. Dr. William Briggs of San Jose State University and Diane McNutt, President of McNutt and Company (a public relations ftrm), emphasized the importance of a well-rounded education and volunteer work in a field related to your occupational goals. "You need to be faster, tougher and smarter," Briggs commented, "for the work place of tomorrow." "Networking" was the key word throughout the day at the conference. April Orcutt, story producer for PBS, Disney Channel and KPIX TV, and John McLeod, vicepresident of programming at KARA and KLIV radio, both stated the importance of this invaluable system. McLeod pointed out that three things are necessary to be successful in the "future of broadcasting." They are "talent, training, and luck." Timing and who you know fall under the category of "luck." With that, good luck was well wished to the aspiring journalists.
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Enrollment at San Jose City College has been steadily falling for the last three years due to the increasing popularity of other area schools, said Robert Brown, Director of Admissions and Records for both City College and Evergreen Valley College. "One causal factor does not exist" to account for the decline, although Santa Clara County's 3 per cent unemployment rate is a main factor, said Dr. Richard Goff, Chancellor of the San Jose/Evergreen Valley Community College District. People tend to seek training and education when unemployment is high, he explained. While City College has lost 549 students since the fall of 1988, more than 400 corrections students were transferred to Evergreen during that period, topping all factors statistically. EVC's numbers reached 10,000 for the first time this fall; they have been steadily rising during the three year period. This semester City College enrollment dipped just below that figure for the ftrst time in more than 20 years. There has been encroachment from the west, as well. In a letter dated Oct. 12, Dr. Goff cautioned West Valley College President Dr. Leo Chavez against recruiting in his district by revealing his most fearsome protector: "a pit bulldog which is trained to, and clamps down on, the reproductive organs of West Valley personnel who enter our district for recruiting purposes." Dt. Chavez "has been making mailings to zip codes many miles into our district," Dr. Goff said in
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EVC Source: Office of Admissions and Records his letter. "If we got back all the students that have left for West Valley, they would have to close," Dr. Goff said later. "If we don't do something we will continue to lose students to the other campuses," Brown said. "The whole admi nistrative team, faculty and staff are mounting a frontal assault" on the problem, said City College President Dr. Byron Skinner. Classes at the post office and at Santa Teresa High School, an expanded Saturday program, a music program expanded to include 1,000 high school students by the end of the school year and new courses in gerontology and Goodwill Industries servi ces a re a mon g the planned weapons, Dr. Skinner
Times graphic said. Also, Dr. Skinner will approach the Board of Trustees armed with a proposal to hire a full-time recruiter, and to establish a .satellite business school downtown. Though overall enrollment is down, the cultural background and ethnic breakdown of the student body at City College is increasing in diversity. Groups that have grown the most in the last few years are, in order: Asian, Hispanic, Black and women students. "City College is the real world . . . what California will look like tomorrow. We're not some cloistered, isolated place like West Valley or De Anza," Dr. Goff said.
Free care at SJCC clinic
Health services await use By Richard Grey Are you aware that as a registered San Jose City College student you are eligible to receive free health care at the Student Health Clinic? The clinic is located at 308-A and is open from 8 a.m.-3:30 p.m. and 6 p.m.-9 p.m. Monday through Friday. If a student already has a medical insurance plan, the clinic can be a convenient alternative. Some insurance plans require appointments more than a month in advance, while a student can easily be seen on the same day at the clinic. The clinic is also an excellent opportunity for those students who
do not have insurance. Most services are free of charge or have a nominal fee, e.g., a $61ab fee. A licensed medical doctor is available by appointment on Tuesday and Friday. "We are being utilized," said Ayako Saito, director of health services. There were a total of more than 5,000 visits to the City College clinic last year and most of them were for general health services, according to Saito. Diagnosis and treatment of minor illnesses, medical emergency care, birth control services, pregnancy tests and vision screening are some of what the clinic has to offer.
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Also available are such selfservice needs as bandages, cold tablets and aspirin. The clinic also provides blood pressure checks. Clinicians may.include suggestions on controlhng blood pressure levels as part of this service. Family planning is another important service provided by the clinic. Condoms are offered free of charge. Drug abuse and AIDS are two of the topics covered in educational programs offered at the clinic. Saito said the focus of the AIDS program is assist students in "r~l izing the risk and how to avoid (it)" and by encouraging an individual's self worth.
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Trip to France: C'est si bon! (EDITOR'S NOTE: Another letter defending the City College trip to France was received but could not be printed because of space limitations.)
Editorial
Drugs, deception President Bush has declared war on drugs. His actions point toward a war against the Nicaraguan people, and a subsequent tolerance of the flow of drugs from Central America into this country. General Manuel Noriega and the wicked Medellin cartel have both been involved, with Bush, in the Contra supply effort. FBI documents confirm United States' knowledge of Noriega's drug trafficking when Bush first met him as Director of the CIA in 1976. Surely the head of the U.S.' international secret police force was privy to this information. · Bush claims he knew nothing of these activities until February, 1988. The U.S. senate recently issued documentation of Noriega's drug liason with the Medellin cartel of Colombia beginning at least as early as 1982. Noriega began selling arms to the Contras around this time. While dealing with Noriega on a friendly basis, Bush claims to have served as the Reagan administration's "point man" in narcotics traffic prevention. 1982 is the year in which Bush headed two "interagency narcotics interdiction groups" for the Reagan administration. These efforts to stop cocaine shipping have been described as "a liability" to Drug Enforcement Agency efforts by Reagan's DEA administrator at that time. The following year Bush met with Noriega again. Unnamed sources on Capitol Hill h_ave speculated that Noriega's. public boasts of having damaging information about Bush may involve a recording of that conversation. In 1984 the Medellin cocaine cartel began using Nicaragua as a base of operations for cocaine distribution, as Noriega wanted more control for his outpost in Panama, which bothered the cartel. The cartel thought it a perfect arrangement to use clandestine Contra supply airstrips to fly cocaine into the U.S. In exchange, they distributed arms to the Contras for the outlaw U.S. operation. "Senior U.S. policy-makers were not
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Editor: We, the undersigned students who were enrolled in French Culture 10 and traveled to France last summer, wish to respond to Aram Grayson's letter of Nov. 2. For us, if anything, the trip and the classes were even better than we had anticipated. Had Mr. Grayson attended all the classes and participated in the planned group events he might have had a different experience. We visited Versailles, the Louvre, Musee D'Orsay, Notre Dame, the Faubourg St. Honore, Place de Vosges, Musee Picasso and La Malmaison among other group-planned excursions in Paris, all with well-informed commentary provided by our (San Jose City College) instructors. We toured several historical sites by bus in the south of France during our two week stay at the Vaison Cultural Center. The Cultural Center, deep in the wine country but within walking distance of the ancient village of Vaison La Romaine, also serves
as a meeting place for the loca: music and art societies and pro. vides housing for visiting artists ( choral group was in residence the same time as our group). Two students on the trip, nc longer in this area, each wrote OUr City College instructor leaders · the trip was a pleasure because their expertise and their help. We had many opportunities(( practice our Frenc h and th campus library at SJCC recenul displayed the results of our field· produced art work. Certainly our instructors mad the trip, as another couple said o our return , " ... the trip of a life time!" Said one of the undersigned, "I was a truly worthwhile experien - a practical experience in wh I've been learning for t,lte last years!" Please, SJCC, don'tjudge th remarkable and worthwhile experi ences provided by dedicated in structors on the basis of one dis gruntled writer. Sylvia Bill Shelle Mary Jane Pag Corrine Stew Steve Salis' Michael Cr
immune to the idea that drug money was a perfect solution to the Contras' funding problems." Somebody higher up than Ollie North had given the go-ahead to this disgusting exchange, the Senate said. The highest official with any working knowledge of these sorts of operations was then vice-president, George Bush. Richard Brenneke, a former associate of CIA operative and Bush cohort Donald P. Gregg, has said that as far back as 1983 the Editor: any drawing in 25 years, but I was vice-president's office was aware that I was one of the many satisfied inspired to do both thanks to the weapons were being illegally supplied to participants on the City College enthusiastic approach of both in· the Contras, and that in 1985 he told Gregg French Trip last summer. structors. that many of the weapons were traded for It was disturbing to read the I had recommended this trip to cocaine and marijuana. He provided critical letter in the City College two friends in Santa Cruz County. memos documenting these assertions. Times by the unhappy camper in They were delighted with the ex· Retired Admiral Daniel Murphy, Bush's the grou~. I don't believe there is perience and are looking forward deputy CIA director and later Chief of Staff anothe~ m the class who. would to the next one. They will also be during his first vice-presidential term, met a~.wtt!t ~e contents of his letter. commuting to City College from " al h ad a narrow an d both Santainstructors. Cruz to take classes from with Noriega twice in 1987. Murphy admits Th IS ~n d IVIuu to informing Noriega that contrary to the ?ega~ve outlook from the ~tart ~d Tht's was the tenth time this trip · ' · · f h JUSt didn't know how to enJOY hunpubl~c yres~ure he w~s rece1vmg ro~ t e self. His judgments are unfair con- has been offered, and I understand admmistration, he did not have to resign sideringlhe fact that he did not at- there has never been a complaint until after the 1988 presidential election. tend many of the classes and sched- before, which is quite a record in Now, as our president, Bush tells us uled events. itself. that "Drugs have strained our faith in our The price of the trip was a real Overall, the French trip was a system of justice." bargain which one could hardly fantastic success thanks to the out· You, President Bush, have personally duplicate on one's own. standing efforts and concern on strained that faith. Personally, the trip surpassed all the part of both instructors. By surrounding your activities in a veil of ~Y expectations. I had never Steve Salisian of subordination, by hiding in the executive s....tu_d_te_d_F_r_e_n_ch_a_nd_h_ad___:n~o-td_o_n_e_ _ _ _ _P_h_o_to_g_r_ap_h_y_I_ns_tru_ctlcr branch, you have gotten away with helping run an illegal and immoral paramilitary operation paid for by cocaine. Foreign policy objectives held only by an elite group of men who place themselves above the law they use to control those of the Times is out below them are important to you. Keeping "this evil," cocaine, out of America is Nov. 30. definitely not. Have a happy It is ironic that Bush staged a crack bust across the street from the White House so Thanksgiving that he could wave a baggie at America holiday! during a speech and claim that crack cocaine "is turning our cities into battle zones, and it is murdering our children," because his is the same hand that has embraced those of cocaine smugglers and murderers.
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By Tracy Seals What does a college degree re:e~ ally mean? Automatic respect by , nc our peers? A guaranteed high pay:OUr ing job? Or are we as a society extha: pecting too much from a piece of e paper? Professions such as qoctors and :s (( lawyers require a college educathe tion. They make good money and Dtl) are respected by the community. eld. Yet teaching, for example, is one of the lowest-paid professions for college graduates. Teachers receive little respect for their skills of teaching our young people. Can Is (·
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America really afford this? Ironically, professional athletes are paid astronomical amounts, including their college tuitions, for playing sports. Are these people more important than the teachers of our children? I believe we as a society should take a hard look at the value of a college degree. It's not just something to hang on our wall, or something we write down on a job application. It should be respected for the hard work it took to achieve, and it shoold be used to better ourselves and the future of our society.
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Bush's 'kinder, gentler' idea is way out of line When President Bush was run- go? . The U.S. dollar btll says "I!~ ning for office, he promised a kinder, gentler nation. President God we trust," but who do AmenBush had a good idea, but he cans re.ally trus~? The ~umber of missed what was really happening people mv~lved .m satantc. cui~ ~e in America. American society is at an all tn:ne htg~ and ~1tuahst1c becoming more violent, selfish and d~ths ~e 1~creasmg datly. Ev~hard every day. gelists like Jtm Bakker are ~te~ng Television today is more violent millions of dollars from therr ~ruththan ever before. Americans want ful followers. Who are A~encans programs that show action, but in a actually placing their trust m these vicious way. Look at the new days? . . shows that are gaining popularity: I~ a ttme when the Amencan Roller Games, WWF Wrestling must.c scene wa~ supposedly reand American Gladiators. As these flectmg the feehngs of a healt~programs gain viewers, the stunts conscious, moral, just-say-no soc1performed get more and more sen- ety, a group like Guns 'n Roses sational. How far will these shows comes along and gains tremendous
popularity. · been exposed. Guns ' n Roses represents th.e So who will be the inspiration underlying feelings of the Amen- for the future of racial equality? can society; the groups lyrics sugEven going to college these gest drug use, sex •. rac_ial prejudi~e, days is one big competitive race homosexual preJudtce and vto- for entrance. Students have to take lence. test after test, get outstanding Other groups such as NW A grades and be tremendously inpromote gang violence through volved just to gain entrance into explicit lyrics. college. What happened to Dick Clark So much pressure is put on getand American Bandstand? ting into college that students feel Racial prejudice raged on even that if they don't get into a school after all the work that has been of choice, then they will not get a done to stop racism. good education. The work o f Martin Luther Once we look at what the real King Jr. has even been spoiled. His American people are like these apparent sexual escapades have days, President Bush's idea of a
kinder, gentler nation seems way out of line. But we should be very concerned about what our nation's frame of mind really is: harsh , cold and selfish. True, it is a harsh world out there; you have to struggle just to keep your head above water. Today- s society makes it very difficult for anyone to be more kind or gentle, but we all need to make steps to slow down and put some caring into our lives. If we don ' t we are digging our own graves that will be fi lled with uncompassionate, ruthless people. The Campus College of the Sequoias
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Tonya Robertson and Jenee Wollbrink finger paint during play time
Computer Instructor Daniel McElroy plays Batman for a day
ECE Instructor Dr. Robert Schirrmacher initials paintings for artists Desiree Bargas and Suzanne Jackson
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center focuses on more than just ABC's
At the Child Development Center where there's education in abundance Bruce A. Carter It's such an obscure building, noticeable to students rush. on their way to classes, but in. City College's Child DevelopCenter there's a whole lot of 'going on. The center, which has operated 1974, educates in three sepaspheres. Children of qualifylow-income student parents, Childhood Education stuand the parents themselves learn in this building. Children in the program range 2.6-5 years old and must have least one parent in attendance at College. There are presently 50 children in the program. "Our aim," says the parent rnuuluU\J'"· "is to assist each child reach his or her full potential, the building blocks for ~uccessf'u1life experiences." Those blocks lie in the compe-
tent hands of Mary Sweeney and Cherie van der Molen. Sweeney has been at City College for 17 years and has two Masters degrees, one in Marriage, Family and Child Counseling and another in Childhood Education. She is able to utilize skills from both degrees in her work at the center. As a child development instructor, Sweeney gets a chance to work directly with the children, something she really enjoys. "The pay is really the pits," according to Sweeney. "We've stayed because the good things outweigh the bad." Her long-time
'There are kids to play with and the students to teach.' -Cherie van der Molen associate van der Molen agrees. "It's really the best of both worlds for me," she said. "There are kids to play with and the students to teach." Vander Molen, like Sweeney, has a Masters degree (in Early Childhood Development) and has been at City College for 13 years. She likes to see the positive changes they are able to make in a child's, and in a parent's, life. "We teach the children respect for their work and the work of others," said van der Molen, This attitude helps to promote self-esteem
money raised by the CCAG is imperative to the program's efficiency. The idea of having parents actively involved in educating the children is not to infer that they are unfit parents, said Sweeney, but rather to act as a support system for them. "Our parents are conscientious and loving parents," she said. "The spirit behind having the parents (participate) is to model proper techniques." Juanita Martinez has been associated with the center for all of her and self-awareness in the children, which, says the handbook, are two of the center's key objectives for its pre-school program. The center also focuses on educating the parents. Not only are they required to take on a minimum of six units of college work, students participating in the program are expected to attend a parenting class every semester, according to Janice Wheeler, District Director of the Child Development Centers. The class offered this semester is entitled "Systematic Training for Effective Parenting," or S.T.E.P. Parents are also required to help out in the center at least two hours a week, a practice which benefits both parent and child, according to Wheeler Each parent also belongs to the Child Care Action Group (CCAG), which, among other things, helps to raise money for the center. "The state does not give us enough money to operate the program in a quality manner," Wheeler said. She added that although the district does help,
'It's neat to get the feeling that you've .really changed some body's life.'
"Whatever problem I have," Williams said of the instructors, "they're here to help me." That, according to Mary Sweeney, is one of the reasons why she has remained at City College for so long. "It's neat to get the feeling that you've really tQuched someqne's life," she said. Last, but certainly not least, is the education that Sweeney and van der Molen provide to students entered in the Early Childhood Education program at City College. In this respect she and van der Molen are "master teachers or models for students," according to Sweeney. They help to make practical application of what students learn in theory in the classrooms. Students in passing may never even notice the center, but the effects of theeducation that goes on inside will be in evidence for years to come.
-Mary Sweeny three semesters at City College. She was a single mother of now four-year-old Christopher when she first came into the program. Now she is an Early Childhood Education major. "They (Sweeney and van dcr Molen) are role models," Martinez said. "In them, you see everything you read about in the books." Juanita's friend Yolanda Williams is equally appreciative of the program. Her daughter Kimberly attended the center for two semesters while Yolanda majored in .___ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ___J Physical Education.
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Forrester's 'Damn Yankees' a real hit City College version of Tony winner is 'devilishly' appealing and the life he used to know, and introduces him to Lola. The presentation of "Damn After doing a number to, Yankees," put on by San Jose City "Whatever Lola Wants ... Lola College's Drama Department un- Gets," Lola enters the scene in a der the direction of George T. For- hilarious, seductive manner. ester is a musical fromwhich evEven though the temptation was eryone is sure to receive more than high when Lola offered to do their money's worth. "anything" he wanted, Hardy "Damn Yankees" is a musical turned down the proposal. about an avid baseball fan, Joe After an investigation into Boyd, who trades his soul to the Hardy's past by a suspicious redevil for a chance to play for the porter, several questions arise the Washington Senators and help which begin to make him nervous. them capture the pennant. And since the devil is hoping to Along with his soul, Boyd also keep Hardy under his wing, this trades his persona and takes the adds to Joe's nervousness. form of young, athletic Joe Hardy. One thing that is on his side, After leaving his wife (pretend- however, is Lola, who takes an ining to have gone away on busi- terest in Hardy once again (this ness), Hardy starts to become quite time only as a friend). homesick. Despite almost not playing in The devil however, wants the pennant-clinching game, Hardy to stay away from his wife Hardy's main concern is that he
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will never see and love his wife as rester, the director's son, in the role of Mr. Applegate (the devil) was he once had. Not surprisingly, this musical's an exceptional one, as Forrester's ending is quite spectacular, reciev- talents surged to the forefront, bringing to life the character he ing overwhelming applause. The cast's performances pro- played. And the role of Joe Hardy, per~ vide proof of the hard and long hours each one of them must have formed by Larry Hayes, depicted the typical baseball player of the put in. The music in the background, 1950's era in an true-to-life fashwhich was always on cue with the ion. The performances by the rest of performances, is another feature which added to this musical but the cast were all more than enterwould have been more effective at taining. George T. Forrester's produca lower level. The singing and dancing in so- tion of, "Damn Yankees" is easily los and in groups was performed comparable to the original 1955 with an upbeat manner which cap- Tony award winner and should not tivated the audience and held its at- be missed. tention throughout the musical. Remaining " Damn Yankees" The devil's comical lines were performances will be at 8 p.m. always followed by laughter from Nov. 16, 17, 18, and at 2 p.m. Nov. the audience. 19 in the City College Campus The performance by Ric For- Theatre.
Record review
Fellows' new LP: more cartoon classic By Chris Buchohz If there's ever been a band that deserves to be immortalized, it's the Young Fresh Fellows. Not in statues scattered around their home town of Seattle, nor in paintings, poems or postcards. If the world was a bit more perfect, the Fellows would live forever in a Saturday morning cartoon, and their latest effort, This One's for the Ladies is more proof positive of that. For instance, how many bands take the stage wearing loud sports coats and coonskin caps? How many bands have drummers who wear football helmets to prevent self-injury? How many bands have had the honor of playing at the Replacements' Paul Westerberg's wedding reception? Just one, pal. Besides that, these guys can crack wise, play sometimes loud and sometimes obnoxious rock 'n' roll and still remain so gosh-dam wholesome at the same time. On This One's for the Ladies, the Fellows serve up more suitable-for-the-whole-hip-family hilarity and poignancy in musical form in the way only they can. Conrad Uno's bare-bones production leaves the Fellows out on their own on this album, but they have no need to hide behind studio gadgetry. Reverb on vocals is almost universal these days, but Scott McCaughey goes without with good results. Uno leaves the effects to the guitar of Kurt Bloch , who takes
over for departed founding Fellow Chuck Carroll. Bloch (formerly of the Fastbacks) adds a wonderful, frenetic edge to the mix. His solos, especially on "Rotation," reel wildly, but at the same time have a bizzare organization to them, and the energy with which he plays makes him mesh with the other members beautifully. Kamikaze drummer Tad Hutchison and bassist Jim Sangster comprise what is simply the best rhythm section alive today. Hutchison drives songs with machine-gun playing and a Warner Bros.-autoon ethic of percussion, while Sangster vies for his place. capably, squeezing bass fills in at every narrow opening. Stir in McCa~hey's guitar, and let the recipe make its own heat The Fellows offer a few less wild but equally outstanding tracks here that show they're much more than a novelty act. "New Old Song" and "Middle Man of Time," with Burns Stanfield of Scruffy the Cat chipping in a keen organ line, are subdued and sublime pop. "Deep Down and Inbetween" is a clever road song that features a slippery guitar solo from the Replacements' Slim Dunlop. And "When I'm Lonely Again" is as melancholy as the title suggests, save for the "Ziggy Stardust" -esque opening chords and Bloch ' s squiggly, mosquito-onbad-acid solo. But when the Fellows cut loose, the real fun begins. Galloping bass and guitars propel"Wishing Ring." A cover of the Kinks ' " Picture
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Book" emerges as a cross between the Banana Splits and the Lovin' Spoonful {and it's probably the last song of the '80s with the phrase "scooby dooby" in it). ''This One's for the Ladies" is all sarcasm, as the Fellows toast the groupies they don't often encounter.
But the best of the bunch is an instrumental, "Taco Wagon," which sounds like Booker T. and the M.G.'s hanging ten with the Ventures and the Fleshtones, all directed by Tex Avery. Genius. This One's for the Ladies succeeds for the Young Fresh Fellows
because of both the lyrical McCaughey and Bloch band's musical wisdom. no reason to talk about "the can sound;" this is the band. So get those animators' gear,y'hear?
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Jaguars gun for GGC title · ay Frank Cappiello -;Jose City College's football 1e3r11 won its Nov. 11 Homecoming game, defeating Laney College 3()-21.
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Head Football Coach Howard Gay, •especially on defense. "Greg Semus was our defensive player of the week, cornerback Marvin Earl was the hitter of the week and Scott Benning, because his great blocking, was our offensive player of the week," Gay continued. According to Gay, in order to have a chance at the Golden Gate Conference title, the Jags' only opwas to beat Laney. Last weekend's Jaguar victory sets up a title showdown this Friday night against Diablo Valley. Diablo Valley has a 9-0 overall is 5-0 in the GGC and is the #I rated team in Northern California. They are also ranked #3 in the slate and rated among the top ten ww1umuuuJ college teams in the According to Gay, "a definite rerth in the San Jose Bowl is riding on this Friday's game." "Right now we have a 60- 65 ~rcent chance of being in a bow1," says Gay. "If we beat Diablo we'll
have a 100 percent chance." By looking at Diablo Valley's record, one would think that they were a dominating force, but several of their games were of the nail-biting nature. They beat San Francisco 30-29 in the last 2 minutes. After trailing Laney 21-0, they came back to win 27-21. Down 20-17 with 1 minute 55 seconds left, Diablo eked out a victory over San Mateo, 24-20. " Everybody has played Diablo close, but haven't been able to slam the door on them," said Gay. "Hopefully, we'll slam the door." Gay likes the way his team responds to challenges and adds that "the team is pretty excited about their first game on artificial turf." Gay feels his team has a good chance to beat Diablo "if they play the most emotional and physical game of their lives,"he said. The Jaguars don't have a showcase record like Diablo Valley, but they've played a more difficult schedule, according to Gay. "I hope that difficult schedule will pay off for us now," he continued. "We have a history of exciting games with Diablo Valley and this is definitely going to be another exciting game," assured Gay.
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SJCC 125, Gavilan College 94 Merritt College 98, SJCC 95
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San Francisco City College defeated SJCC 15-7, 15-9, 15-13 Diablo Valley College defeated SJCC 15-10, 15-8, 15-11 Chabot College defeated SJCC 15-11, 15-14, 15-4 San Francisco City College defeated SJCC 15-7, 15-5, 15-10
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RUNNERS AT REST-The Men's and Women's cross-country teams wrapped up their seasons Saturday with a sixth place men's finish and a ninth place fmish for the women. Pictured in the top row, from left, Jose Raggoza, coach Bob Jones, Lou Ortiz, Frank
Runners just miss state tourney By Frank Cappiello
In recent cross country competition, both the Men's and Women's teams finished second at the Golden Gate Conference meet, thus qualifying them both for the Northern California Championships. For a team to advance from the NorCal meet to the state meet it must finish in the top five. Unfortunately, the City College Women's team fmished ninth. Although the team won't be advancing to the state finals, Debbie Bedal ran well enough to qualify individually for the state meet. Bedal improved her season-best
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for the state finals - Rick Woods fmished 36th, Joe Amendt 37th. "It was a just-miss meet for us," said Men's Coach Steve Haas. Lou Ortiz and Cliff Pappadakis did run well enough individually to qualify for state. Haas felt his team ran a great race. "We were disappointed but we ran well," he said. "If Rick Woods didn't have the flu and was healthy we'd be in the state meet," assured Haas. Haas and his team had made it a goal to go to the state meet. "We came as close as you can come without doing it," said Haas. "As for next year, we'll have a good nucleus for a great team."
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time by a full minute, but th@ greatest improvement at the NorCal was Kim Coyne, who improved on her best time by two minutes and eighteen seconds. "I felt the girls did what they were capable of and reached their full potential," said Women's Coach Bob Jones. "I don't know how good we'll be next year, but as for this year, it was a great and successful season." As in the women's division, at the NorCal meet the top five teams go to state- the Jaguar Men's team finished sixth. The top 15 individuals get awards -Lou Ortiz finished 16th. The top 35 individuals qualify
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)~r~(k If ~ou af~ unsure of how you are doirig iD class, talk with : your instructor.·rr you have"any questions howa withdrawal will 'affect your college record, aslc your counseioC:i :: .. : \t All facul ty, staff and students are requestecfto ~ttend the All· ·. falll pus ~eetiilg, Thursday~ Nov.I6, in theCollege Theatre. The · , .~O~miiiute meeting will deal wiih College piisiliess and AIDS in theworkplace. · .· . , In a continuing series "Literature of the W9rld," Dr. Byron Skinner will speak on "The Haunting Presence of Blackness in A~erican Literature and History' Nov. 2LThe following *"eek, Alice Gosak will be speaking on "The Egyptian Novel." .·.· KJCC will continue offering an expanded four-ininute report ofcampus, national and international news at noon Thursdays. The newscasts are written by students from the Journalism 14 class and will continue through the semester. · • , Join the Great American Smoke Out, Thursday, Nov. 16. There will be free blood pressure and blood anemia checks, pulmonary function tests and stop smoking information on the G.E.Iawn from 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. City College's 55-piece wind symphony, directed by Daryl Johnston, will be traveling to Portland, Oregon, Saturday ,Nov.l8, · to perform in a major music festival-the Western International Band Clink, sponsored by the University of Southern Oregon. About 25-30 City College students are needed for a major photo shoot at noon on Monday, Nov. 20. The group and individual photos will be used in City College ads and brochures. Interested students are required to see Peggy Harrington in the Counseling Center prior to noon in order to verify enrollment St. Mary's College representatives will be in the Career/ Transfer Center from 9:30 am.~l p.m. on Friday, Noy: 17. Ammgements from Jazz to Bach will be featured in the aimGal Fall concert of the San Jose City College Chamber Singers and Jazz and Show Choir on Friday, Dec.I. The free concert will be held at 7:30p.m. in the Music Concert Hall, room F-7. Philosophy Instructor Dr. AI Dipippo will speak on "The Latest Gimmick: Critical Thinking" in a brown bag lunch staff symposium held at noon on Monday! Nov. 20 in room GE 105;
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Speech tourney- an invitation to argument By Bruce A. Carter
San Jose City College 's First Annual Intramural Invitati onal Speech Tournament will be held on November 29, according to Tournam en t Director Merylee Shelton. Competition in informative and argumentative speaking will involve approximately 25 City College students. Shelton also expects · at least ten visiting high school students to participate in a segment Jf the competition set up specifi:ally for them. All of the high schools in the .:::ity College sphere of recruiting .vere invited to the tournament, 1ccording to Shelton , who is a .peech instructor at City College. "We would like to let the high chool students know that we are •ere," said Shelton. Shelton said that the tournament vas planned after it had been sug;ested that more academic funcions be held on campus. But, she said, community colege students need to know how to 1roperly express themselves anyvay. "I want City College students to 'e more used to- the idea of com>etitive speaking," Shelton said. T his type of competition is an -pportunity to communicate a style f speaking not normally done at ;ity College." To her, this type of speaking ets the student get personal and motional about a topic, while still 1r intaining a sense of organization nt. rationale. )helton said that the style of 1 x h used in the argumentative
speaking competition was similar to what an attorney might use as a closing argument to a jury. . The competition segment of the . tournament will be held from 9 a.m.- i 1 a.m. in various rooms in the Speech/Drama Building. There will be a list of events posted in the lobby the day of t}le tournament. Although observers are welcome, competition will not be interrupted once it begins, so Shelton requests that interested persons arrive right on the hour to find a seat. From 12 p.m.- 3 p.m. a luncheon and awards presentation will be held in the President's Conference Room for tournament participants and judges only. Keynote speaker for this event will be Judge James Ware of the Santa Clara County Superior Court Criminal Division. Ware, 43, a Stanford graduate, is himself a former forensics student. He is also pending congressional confirmation to become the first black federal judge from Santa Clara county. Although this is the first event of its kind, in her knowledge, to be held at City College, Shelton would like to see this tournament occur annually. "We have a football team to be proud of," said Shelton. "We have an athletics program to be proud of. I would like to see us develop a forensics program that we can be equally proud of." Especially for transfer students," she continued, "a background in forensics is a qualification to be nsed in getting into a college of their choice."
Journalists encouraged to 'change the world' By Bruce A. Carter (Editor 's note: Tbe following story was awarded second place in tbe NorCal JACC on-tbe-spot newswrlting competi· tion, beld Nov. 4 at City College.)
"Believe in yourself and in the power of the press" was the idea that Dr. Carl Jensen related to almost 200 journalism students attending this year's NorCal JACC conference, held today (Nov. 4) at San Jose City College. Dr. Jensen, a professor of Communication Studies at Sonoma State University, was the keynote speaker at the conference . His topic was "So You Want To Change the World?" Dr. Jensen is also the director of "Project Censored," an internationally recognized organization that researches and brings attention to the stories most often ignored by the media. Having been in the media for over 30 years, Dr. Jensen tries to impress upon young journalists the importance of reporting stories that "represent moral and ethical issues." · When he was a young journalist, Jensen explained, he also "wanted to change the world." "I had a deep, abiding faith in the First Amendment and a deep, abiding faith in the power of the press," he recalled. "I wanted to expose evil. To throw the bastards out."
Jensen soon learned that the journalist wishing to ferret out the facts was not the writer most often appreciated, or hired. So he got out of journalism and into the field of public relations. After 15 years with an internationally-known advertising agency, Jensen left his vice president's position to return to school. Then, in 1976, the idea of "Project Censored" first hit him. "I thought this idea might just change the world a little bit," Jensen said. Regarded by critics as left-wing and full of ideological bias, "Project Censored" is now in its 13th year. The top censored story of 1988, according to Jensen, was a compilation of stories that Richard Meeker of the San Francisco Bay Guardian put together on then presidential candidate George Bush. Bush seems to have a story of his past that only alternative newspapers are interested in. That is the type of censorship that bothers the "Project Censored" group, said Jensen. Some of the nominated stories for 1989, although they have not yet been researched, are tales of the Exxon Valdez incident, General Electric untested jet engine components and of mafia-influenced journalism. On Sept. 14, "60 Minutes" ran a brief story on how the Cleveland
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