Serving San Jose City College
Vol. 44, No. 2
Romance
Districting dispute By Bill Erb The Board of Trustees of the San Jose/Evergreen Community College District Tuesday asked attorney Joaquin Avila to draw up plans for a five member, geographically elected board of trustees for the district Avila, who was retained by the Board to divide the district into sub-districts, presented proposals for three different, seven member sub-districts to the trustees for their approval. He said that all three plans would satisfy both the "Voting Rights Act of 1965 and the one person, one vote philosophy." According to a press release from Martha Lucey, District Marketing Director, the trustees were to hold a public discussion and "act on" proposed changes. The trustees failed to move on the changes after facqlty representatives from San Jose City and Evergreen Valley College ques-
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tioned the need for seven trustees, and asked for time to discuss possible plans with their constituents. John Morales, a former student trustee and president of the Hispanic Student Body, questioned the motives of the faculty senates. "The faculty senates are stalling ... we have had time to talk to our constituents." According to Student Trustee Robert Robledo, Avila presented the trustees with drafts for one five-member and one seven-member plan at the last board meeting. He said that the trustees rejected the five-member plan and asked Avila to draw up three alternatives using the seven-member concept "I do not understand why they are objecting now... it was decided at the last meeting, to go with seven-member district, they should have objected then," said Robledo. The trustees were advised last April to "concern" themselves with
the "Watsonville" decision by James Emerson, Deputy Counsel for the County of Santa Clara, to see if the district meets the same criteria as WatSonville. The "Watsonville Decision" refers to Gomez vs. the City of Watsonville. Last March the U.S. Supreme Court upheld a lower court ruling that with "at-large elections" for City Council the mayor of Watsonville violated the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Avila was the attorney who successfully represented Gomez. Geographical elections will require that "a person running for a seat on the board must live in the sub-district that represents that the candidate represent" At-large elections allow a candidate to live anywhere in the district Any plan approved by the trustees must be submitted to the Santa Clara County Commission on School Districting for approval, and must be approved by voters.
Women's week to be celebrated
The Associated Students held their fourth annual dating game Feb. 14. Jill Morales was selected for a date by Dan Morales (no relation); they will enjoy dinner, a play, a ride in a free Expresso limosine. Photo by Dolores Lorigo
SJCC ballplayers unhurt in van crash By Melanie Saxberg Seven Jaguar baseball team members escaped injury Feb. 8 when the district van in which they were traveling on Interstate 5 hit a bridge railing near Stockton. The players and their coach, Barry Woodhead, were traveling in a three-vehicle caravan on their way to a tournament with the San Joaquin Delta College ball club in Stockton. The last vehicle "allegedly had a blow out...they had to pull a spare tire (and then) continued driving," said District Police Chief Edwin Dunn. District policy requires the reporting of accidents within 24 hours to provide precise information for insurance purposes. The accident, which occurred at 1 p.m., was not reported to district i>olice until 9 a.m. the following day, "supposedly after they got back to the college," said Chief Dunn. Dunn added: "It was too long in reporting to us .... This was not a high priority (to them). They didn't
do what they were supposed to." Athletics Director Bert Bonanno had no comment on the incident except to say that a blown tire was responsible. Woodhead, who refused to comment on the accident, said: "The Times should ask "more important questions, like what (the Jaguars') record is." A player, who asked to remain anonymous, said that Coach Woodhead had instructed the team not to speak to reporters. District policy on approved trips is contained in an operations manual on file in the district office. Basic information for drivers, though, is provided when vehicles are checked out It includes a 24hour number in case of emergency of any kind. At press time Vice Chancellor Mike Hill had just received the campus police report on the incident, Dunn said. Staff wriler Ellie Molloy contrib· uted to this report.
Murder case still on hold By Allison Torres Jury selection will begin April 2 in Alameda County Superior Court in the trial of Gregory Paul Rector. Rector is accused of the Feb. 26, 1986 murder of former San Jose City College student trustee Mark Garies and the kidnapping of Garies' girlfriend, Lori Shifrel,
who was Associated Student Body president at that time. The trial itself will take from seven to eight months, said Deputy District Attorney Joan Cartwright Rector appeared in court Jan. 29. His case was then assigned to trial court In the meantime, Rector remains incarcerated in Alameda County jail.
Photographic exhibits will be on Next in the ongoing march of will be presented in the Faculty commemorative celebrations is the Lo unge. Participants include display in the Library and Faculty Women's History Celebration for Maren Seidler, former Olympic Lounge throughout the week. At Evergreen Valley College on 1990, to take place March 5-8, at shotputter and member of four San Jose City College and March Olympic teams, who held the out- Thursday, March 15, playwright 12- 16 at Evergreen Valley Coldoor record for 11 years; Kati Ellis, Karma Ibsen-Riley will perform lege. a bodybuilder who has placed in her hit play Nine Women at 7:30 in City College will be holding the top five in national competi- EVC's Montgomery Hall. The daily events in honor of women's tion; and Terri Oberg, SJCC play, which first appeared in Chiachievments, beginning with a draWomen's Basketball Coach, who cago in 1979, is a series of nine matic presentation by noted lechas played in the World Series of monologues based on the lives of Softball and is a former All-Ameri- women Ibsen-Riley has known. turer and performer Sally Roesch There is no charge for admission. Wagner, on the life of Mathilda . can Softball Player. Joselyn Gage, a prominent feminist of the 1880s. Wagner, who has a Ph.D. in Women's Studies, will be giving her presentation on Monday , March 5, at 10:00 a.m. in the Faculty Lounge. At 9:30a.m., Tuesday, March 6, Joan Criddle, author of "To Destroy You Is No Loss, The Odyssey of a Cambodian Family," will appear with Thida Butt Mam, subject of that book, to retell the tale of Mam 's harrowing ordeal following the Cambodian civil war. The presentation, featuring a slide show and videotape, will be given in the Faculty Lounge. On Wednesday, March 7, the SJCC Classified Staff Development Group sponsors a presentation by Patricia Emard, a former outreach counselor here at City College now in private practice as a licensed Marriage, Family and Child Counselor. Emard's presentation, "What Women Say Is Not Always What Men Hear," will discuss the ineffective methods employed by men and women in their interactions with each other, with employers, and with children. The lecture is to be at 9:00 am. in the Faculty Lounge, with refreshments served. At 7:00 p.m., Thursday, March 8, in the College Theatre, Eilana Lappalainen and Susan Gundunas, resident arti sts with Opera San Jose, will present an hour-long concert featuring operatic favorites. Students were treated Wednesday to free rides in a U.S. Finally, at 11:00 am . on ThursNavy balloon. The Navy was recruiting on campus. day, March 8, a discussion on Photo by Dolores Lorigo "Women in Nontraditional Sports"
Flying high above it all