San Jose City College Times, Vol. 44, Issue 3, Mar 8, 1990

Serving San Jose City College

Vol.44, No.3

Thursday, March 8, 1990

Language boom hits nation

By Darko Fazarinc San Jose City College foreign language instruction is on the increase as student interest and awareness of future needs push up demand.

The demand for bilingual personnel amidst a growing Hispanic population and the projected growth in trade on the Pacific Rim are the probable reasons, said Dr. William Kester, Assistant City College Humanities Dean.

Spanish and Japanese enrollment has increased significantly at

City College, and the trend is statewide, according to Kester.

Language classes at City College attract both young and old, as in the case of 10-year-old Kara Hansen and 85-year-old William Halstead, who both study French.

Kara is a new student here at City College and a regular student of St. Martin's Elementary School, where French is not offered. She plans to travel to France this summer. Halstead, who has spoken French for years, is a 24 year veteran of City College and a retired community college instruc-

tor. He continues to study French for pleasure, exclaiming, "J'airne beacoup etudier le francaise avec Madame Amon! " Mme. Nicole Amon has been a full time Frencl:! instructor at city college since 1965.

Kester anticipates current growth trends to continue, citing California as a leader in this phenomenon for the nation. Florida is experiencing a similar increase in Spanish instruction and the popularity of other languages, such as French, German and Russian is

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Black history speaker was provocative

By Bill Erb

EVE R TOO LATE OR TOO EARLY-William !stead, 85, and Kara Hansen, 10 (center), review their with Mme. Nicole Amon,._French Instructor. t'hoto by Susan Matsuhiro

tudents fight for usic instructor Students and supporters of San City College Music Instructor Chacon packed Tuesday's of Trustees meeting in a show of support Rumors that Chacon wifl not be tenure prompted students to at least two petitions of for the popular instructor.

At the beginning of the special · to decide the fate of re-disng, Board chairperson RichBowers announced that "folthe recommendation of the and chancellor" they will a "second year, full-time inon notice that they may renew his contract Chacon was not mentioned, but students believed he was the Because "It is a felony ... I can tither confirm nor deny anything ~nceming personal matters coninstructor," said William , Assistant Dean of Humanawhen asked before Tuesday's to confirm rumors that he that Chacon not be given Personal matters concerning are strictly confidential and be discussed in closed sesas prescribed by law.

Chacon's supporters began to

voice their support when the meeting was opened to public discussion.

"A grave error will take place if Mr. Chacon is allowed to slip away. I am sure that others like me will follow," said Gene Guido, who gave the first testimonial on behalf of Chacon.

The testamonials continued, and one of Chacon's students burst into tears as she said: "He (Chacon) heard me and encour:.>ged me ... his way of doing it is good."

Music student Cathy Page said: "Mr. Chacon is an encouraging, understanding and compassionate instructor of the highest professional standards ... who demands a great deal."

After the meeting Chancellor Goff declined to comment on the matter, saying that "It is a difficult and gut-wrenching decision."

However, Dr. Goff was pleased with the input from the students.

"That's what these (Board) meetings are for," said Goff.

Board members Charlotte Powers and Rene Bloch, who voted to keep Chacon, also declined to comment.

When asked how he felt about the all the student support he was receiving, Chacon said: "It is areflection of the good character of the student body of City College."

Sylvester Harris, author of ''The Sly Harris Story," spoke at the Black Student Union sponsored forum, "A Reason For Being," on Feb. 28.

Also featured were several presentations ranging from poems and monologues to an inspirational rap song written and performed by Landon Green, president of the BSU. The masters of ceremonies were Diane McAfee, English instructor and advisor to the BSU and history instructor Charles Murry.

Harris, a former Wisconsin police lieutenant, won a landmark decision against a judge who conspired to imprison him for whistleblowing.

Harris, who now resides in San Jose, spoke about some of the problems blacks face in the criminal justice system, as we11 as presenting some of his perspectives on black/white relations throughout history.

Audience response was varied, with many people clapping and cheering throughout the presentation while others got up and walked out.

"I thought it was enlightening, thrilling and factual," said Stephen Spencer, a student who attended the lecture.

"The man made a number of sensational and inflammatory remarks, for a guy who purports to be working to defeat racism," said another student who asked not to be identified.

Harris encouraged blacks to become strong leaders while cautioning them to preserve their culture. He urged blacks to avoid the temptation to emulate the white mainstream.

The event took place in the campus theatre, which was fllled to standing room only at times.

"A Reason for Being" ended City Colleges' observance of Black History Month.

Sylvester Harris contemplates a student's question.

Photo by Susan Matsuhiro

Couples listening yet not hearing "Men gain status by being

By Melanie Saxberg competitive, whereas women faProminent marriage and fam- cus more attention on being C'oopily counselor Patricia Emard con- erative," she said .. due ted a presentation for .

One argument m her pres~nta­ Women's Week Wednesday in tion opened the door for aud1ence the Faculty Lounge. Students, fac- involvement ulty and staff turned out to hear Nate .Bro-:vn, a psycholo?y her speak on the relationships be- student bstemng to the talk w1th tween women and men. his class, asked Emard why · Her presentation titled "What women don't say what they Women Say Is Not Always What mean. Emard replied by giving Men Hear," was largely about the several examples of typical situsituations she encounters at the ations in which women use lat•Center for New Beginnings, guage to manipulate their partwhere she works as a counselor ners into doing what they want for domestic problems. them to do.

"Men and women are differ"Men ask direct questions, ent," she said as she started her and women tend to hint around presentation. "Men and women about what they want, rather have psychological and physical than say what they mean," she differences."

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A change of mind Americans are acutely unaware of international issues and foreign cultures and languages. The problem is important in light of the economic competition challenging this nation from its industrialized counterparts in Europe and Asia.

Much of this ignorance is caused by an educational system that fails to address the development of important skills. American social attitudes have reinforced this problem. Students are given the impression that technical training will suffice for careers in future industries that are now faced with having to maintain and, in some cases, recapture international and domestic markets from foreign competition. The '80s have been marked by this trend without addressing the fact that both international and domestic sales would be needed to provide the jobs for the technically trained.

Ironically, while engineers and scientists continue to graduate from America's schools, the trade imbalance has steadily worsened, negatively affecting the job market. Attempts to deal with this problem with stop gap measures, such as the arms trade, are unreliable in the long run, immoral and economically inefficient with no multiplier effects, additional economic returns generated by an initial investment into a given economy.

Additional skills in international affairs, geography, and foreign languages must be developed by the educational system and endorsed by society to insure the viability of our youth in future global job markets.

America's global ignorance is rooted in a historical suspicion of "people and things foreign," or xenophobia. America has isolated itself and been reluctant to become involved in foreign affairs except as dictated by military and ideologic necessities.

A consequence of cold war thinking has been to perceive foreign things as "unAmerican" and bordering on communism.

This approach was not a problem while America maintained an economic and military superiority in the world. But things

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changed as emerging industrial powers brought new economic competition and American military strength became irrelevant in an era of unconventianal warfare of guerrillaism and nuclear brinkmanship.

This century has seen an unprecedented American involvement abroad due to the country's material needs and political ideology.

America's international affairs are conducted by a cadre of culturally insensitive business and government "experts" who work to maintain American superiority, often with less than orthodox methods.

An unaware and ill-informed American public has frequently been the last to find out about such foreign ventures which damage the nati.on's interests and reputation. One needs only to review events in places like VietNam, Iran, the Phillippines, Haiti, Panama, El Salvador, etc.

At election times politicians and issues that impact the nation's foreign affairs are voted upon without sufficient knowledge of the "international scene".

An internationally more savvy American public would be more dificult to dupe in issues of foreign policy and international business, rendering it a tougher adversary at the voting booths. · If America is to maintain a position of prominence in the global equation of power and prosperity, there will have to be an improvement in international awareness and skills in future generations of its people.

Currently Americans receive most of their international education from the media's reporting of a tumultuous world.

Yet the constraints of the media , particularly television, do not allow for thorough, in-depth coverage of the events in which this country finds itself involved.

Education and a shift in American mentality are necessary to avert current trends and to assure a place of success and acceptance of this country in the future world.

Editor-in-Chief Brian Wachter Opinion Editor AnneElena Foster Sports Editor Patrick Boggini Campus Editor Vicki Kostka

Staff Writers Darlco Fazarinc Allison Torres Bill Erb Melanie Sax.berg Melanie Salazar Advertising Barbara Gershowitz Adviser Art Carey

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By Fran McBrien Hunger turns people toward desperate acts. Maslow was right.

Until our most basic needs for physiological safety are met. We can neither understand nor aspire to lofty ideologies.

Nicaragua is a case in point.

Having been there among the people: the old, the young, the pro and anti-sandinistas, the widowed, the orphaned, the mothers of heros and martyrs, the participants in the management workshops I presen ted there-my view of Nicaragua as an extraordinary "happening" in our universe is different from the simplistic and often racist depiction of its leaders that has been thrust on the people of the United States by mass media.

These elections were not a race between Daniel Ortega and Violeta Chammorro.

They were the Q offer of a bribe to a people held in bondage by U.S.

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understanding of the culture, ology, history, or reality of Ia south of the border in general, of Central American countries particular. In reading about all extraordinary world even ts c verging at this time, our me looks to Europe with respect; government woos China for p poses of lucrative business pr pects despite the bloody massa in Tiananmen Square. We app the release of Nelson Mand from prison in South America result championed and suppo by people, individuals who brou world pressure to bear on. the esty of apartheid.

But we refer to Spanish s ing leaders with whom we disa as "rascals" and chide them for ~ conducting themselves ~t soc' events by the latest standards by Miss Manners. w ·h,en c our paran about Cen

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S p a n 1s I iter a cy In time speaki ng bOJ • ' tions in c1 gal history .will recog- proxi mity aJOI us? For m n i z 9 hiS a C C 0 m _pe~ple in int: Umted Stat du. pi iSh mentS. natives tax;

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Vwleta Chamorro, like Daniel Ortega, is anti-somocista.

She should be.

Somoza assasinated her husband. Her .c~ildrcn are spht mto pro and antiSandinista loyalties: they work for opposing newspapers.

But Violeta Chamorro did not run as an independent vote-getter.

She headed up a disparate coalition of leftist and rightists, whatever those terms actually mean. (In Central America "rightist" often means rule by tyranny and death squads, as in El Salvador.) Her only asset to the coalition ticket was name recognition.

Through the National Endowment for Democracy, the U.S. is alleged to have poured over ten million dollars into the coalition's campaign efforts. Interested SJCC students might wish to probe into all the organizations spawned in Nicaragua by this Endowment.

The U.S. has had but one goal in Nicaragua since the triumph of 1979: the pursuit of the demise of the Sandinistas. Regardless of how many impossible goals and commitrnents we set and the Sandin istas met, our government continued to up the ante by adding yet another requirement beyond the prearranged agreement. · For complex reasons, many U.S . politicians seem to have no

c o u n t r ie South of t pm Border are barefoot donkey rid coc who don't know what's happeni the in their countries. See the Mere enf News 2(27 cartoon by Scott Will' · To the credit of the Sandinis net this is not true of Nicaraguans.

U.S . would benefit from learni how ~o involve its citizenry in way Nicaragua has. It would be fit from learning how to make its citizenry as articulate as people I interviewed on the str sco and in the homes and in tbr bad churches of Nicaragua. beh As is too often the case in wort: · events, the true leaders of extraa· cle: dinary movements do not get~_ enjoy the glow of their acco111- plishments. Ortega has lead hil ( people to victory over tyranny~ illiteracy. He has brought them. honorably, to self-determination I this second free election. In timt the history books will recognize M accomplishments. Meanwhile, a knowing few will quietly speak tit lha history we have personally expert pe' enced and we will mourn the ab<J· An tion of brave and brillian t net COl approaches that might have endel! h~1 a bigoted foreign policy toward a~ Cia compadres south of the border. r~ so "Jc (Editors Note: City College instructors Fran McBrien (Business) (Jill} on

Ann Lopez (Biology), visited Nicaragua in the summer of 1989. Their !Je, account and-impressions of the trip are reviewed in "Instructors Visit at Nicaragua" Times, Thursday , Oct. 5, 1989.) the

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SPEAKOUTS JPJEAKOU1rSPEAKOUTSJPJEAKOU1r Do you believe that legalizing drugs will help the drug problem?

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"I think legalizing marijuana (growing and smoking) would help ease the legal system. But "No. It's like saying to kids it's okay to take drugs." cocaine and other hard drugs should still be illegal."

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Charles Osborne Business law "No, it will make it worse."

"No, a lot more ~ople will use it because it s easier to get to."

Robyn Simonsen Undecided "Yes, because decriminalizing it will put government restrictions on the drugs (regarding) purity and whatisinthedrugs."

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bo The war on drugs 1s a travesty. i s We are not winning. Our only g bope of emerging on top is tolecl galize drugs. Decriminalization ty alone will not be adequate. m We must turn the drug trade t into a legitimate, controllable intal dustry subject to regulation and taxation by government agencies. r i e The Bush administration prof t posed to commit $1.1 billion to ·d combat drugs in this country, with ,ni the greatest portion to be spent on rc enforcement and interdiction.

Bush's drug czar, William Bennett, would like us to believe we can alleviate the problem by working from the bottom up: by attacking more vigorously the petty users and dealers, and by enforcing more e severe penalties and longer sentences, we will eventually clear the r scourge. Bennett recently said he tlx bad "no problem" with the idea of beheading drug dealers. or!: The need, Bennett says, is to · clear the streets of the riff-raff; and H

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to do so we will need more police, more judges, and more prisons in which to store the criminals.

This approach is inherently flawed and totally impractical.

The drug industry, like any other, is predicated on supply and demand . There will never be a shortage of potential addicts; the psychology of addiction arises from factors far too varied to isolate and control. And as long as they create a demand for the drugs, the drugs will continue to come.

Even if we could arrest and conviet these addicts for their crimes, we would end up with an entire American sub-community of addiets and petty criminals living in jails and institutions.

The only tenable solution is legalization and regulation.

We cannot hope to take the drugs away from criminals, but we can move toward taking the criminality out of drugs. By creating legitimate competition and normalizing price structures for controlled substances, legalization would

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neutralize the powerful profit/cost dynamic.

Once legitimized, cost would go down; consequently, crimes committed to support the habit would logically decrease, as well as those customarily more violent crimes committed to control business within the trade.

Perhaps more importantly, it is likely that once drugs are legal-

ized, demand will go down, rather than up. The illicit allure that now surrounds the using and selling of drugs would be diminished by making them part of the.mundane.

There is historical precedent for this notion, for during the period following Prohibition, the excessive abuses of alcohol which characterized that era declined.

There is already statistical evidence to show that in many segments of the population, drug use is already on the decline. Use among college students, for instance, has declined in each of the three preceding years.

Further, the incentives to become involved in the drug trade that exist for America 's underclasses (power, prestige, financial gain) are less likely to appeal to those who are enjoying the privilege of a college education and hopes of a comfortable future in a legitimate field.

Were drugs to be legalized and controlled, those incentives would be considerably diluted.

No solution will be without its problems, and certainly there will be resistance to legalization.

The most obvious concern is that legalization will appear to be a government mandate of drug use, which will lead to a wave of unbridled indulgence in these substances. This is a fear unsupported by any precedent The government could not be seen as condoning drug use any more than it can now be seen to condone smoking, drinking or the use of guns, all of which are legal and regulated.

In fact, it is probably safe to say that cigarettes, alcohol and guns would be abused far more if they were illegal. As the saying goes, "If guns were outlawed, only outlaws would have guns."

Such is the case with drugs.

Bennett and President Bush have done a lot of puffing about getting tough and "taking back our streets." If we want to own our streets, we, as a nation, must assume ownership of that which we fmd there, the drug trade.

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Nothing more or less than 'African' When Jesse Jackson declared were stolen from our homeland tit that the correct identity for African during the slave trade and when we ri- people in America was African landed on the shores of the various , . American, many inside the African places where we were enslaved, we e• community felt that the fmal word were, without a doubt, Africans.

But there are those who insist ~~ had been uttered and that this crucial question of identity had been that somehow, through living in the resolved. However, far from re- Western Hemisphere, we ceased to solvi ng this issue, Jackson's be Africans and have been trans"Johnny-come-lately" realization formed into "something" else. only added fuel to the fire that has However, these same people are at been raging in our community for a loss to explain just when this alleged transformation took place. at least the past 80 years.

Using just about every rationale One would only have to look at the overt manifestations of African imaginable, we became Jamaicans, culture being presently exhibited Negroes, Trinidadians, everything by a significant portion of the Afri- but Africans. One rationale given can population in America, was that we had become mixed coupled with the fact that the pro- with whites and that we are no gressive elements have been advo- longer "pure" African. Aside from cating a pro-African position for the fact that in the modem world it Years, to realize that Jackson is is virtually impossible to find a characteristically trailing behind "pure" people of any kind, if in fact When it comes to recognizing our such a thing actually exists, the people's aspirations to a correct proponents of this "impure" conIdenti ty. cept had no problem avoiding this Anyone with even a scant criterion for defining other groups. knowledge of African history will There was no search for "pure" readily agree that when our peopl~ Cl)inese, E_uropean , 5>r anyone else. e,1

These identities were accepted as obvious. In order to accept this analysis as valid, one would also have to look over the fact that in the Caribbean, for example, Africans make up the vast majority of the population on practically every island. To allege that a minority population can transform the majority population, who are genetically dominant, without that minority group itself being completely transformed, if not genetically annihilated, is to stretch the imagination to incredulity, but also raises a troubling specter of an inferiority complex. Inside the United States, even though the numeric relationship is different, the genetic questions remain by and large indisputable, especially in the South, where the majority of the African population resides.

Here we have dealt only in the realm of biology, the questions of culture must be dealt with at a later time.

Of course there are those who say that it doesn't make any differ-

ence what we call ourselves. After all, it's only a name, right?

Wrong. Within the question of one's national identity comes the expression of ones world view. By calling ourselves African, we are not only justly claiming our birthright, that is, our African continent which we have never voluntarily surrendered, but we are also putting ourselves at one with the 900 million Africans throughout the world by saying that we have one identity, one common denominator, Africa, and one common destiny, Pan-Africanism. The total liberation and unification of Africa under an All-African Union government to act as the protector of African people world-wide.

Thus, by calling ourselves African Americans we are but one step along the way to arriving at our correct definition, that of being AFRICAN, period. No hyphens, abbreviations or alterations.

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Seven trustee redistricting OK'd

By Bill Erb & Vicki Kosta The San Jose/Evergreen Community College Board of Trustees voted Tuesday to divide the district into seven trustee areas.

In a special session dedicated to the issue of redistricting, the trustees listened to four new proposals drafted by Joaquin Avila, redistricting consultant to the board.

Avila presented two seven-trustee and two five-trustee plans. He strongly recommended a seven- . member plan that had two minority voting blocs (50% or more) . The plan includes Milpitas as one vot- ~ mg area.

The action taken by the board was done by way of two separate motions. The first motion was as to : whether the board should adopt a 1 seven-member redistricting policy. · All board members voted in favor 1 of the motion with the exception of 1 Charles Blackmore.

The second motion was to de- • cide which seven-member district p lan the board should adopt. The 7-1A plan passed unanimously.

The District Fac ul ty Association (FA) last week requested that the board delay action on any districting proposals until FA representatives had time to speak with their constituents. At Tuesday's meeting , FA President Fran McBrien spoke in favor of the re-

districting , say ing the change would lead to more minority representation on the board.

John Morales, a former student trustee and president of the Hispanic Student Body who has been lobbying the board for redistricting, was satisfied with the outcome of Tuesday's meeting.

By AnnaEiena Foster San Jose City College's campus radio station, KJCC, will soon have a new sound for its listeners. Having become a subscriber to the College Music Journal (CMJ), KJCC is now an "officially recognized" college radio station.

CMJ is the official listing service for college radio stations to which the record companies turn when exploring markets for promotion of their new releases.

Subscribers to the Journal are included in that listing, as well as receiving promotional materials such as posters, tickets and recordings from CMJ itself.

Record companies send new releases to CMJ subscribers free of charge, hoping to have their artists exposed on the college stations.

Since becoming a subscriber in November, KJCC has received upwards of 50 new releases from recording companies across the country.

This has substantially altered the composition of the station's music library, from an eclectic collection of often old albums to one of a more popular variety with a core of current releases.

Previously unformatted, the· station broadcasts a variety of musical styles, dependent on the tastes of the performing disc jockey. DJ's often brought in their own selections from home.

"We had everything; country/ western, heavy metal, jazz, some punk ... ," said Lea Rubio, the station's program director.

The formatting will streamline their playlist to appeal to the 18-

30 age group , into which most City College students fall. It will focus on alternative/adult contemporary musical styles.

"It'll be danceable, but not necessarily dance music, per se," said Rubio, emphasizing that they will focus on playing the "B-side" of popular albums as well as those cuts specifically recommended for play by the recording companies.

The station' s student management also hopes to showcase the talents of some local bands. KJCC is on FM radio at 104.1 and broadcasts from 10 a.m. to noon Mondays and Wednesdays, and ftom 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays. KJCC is part of the broadcasting program, which includes both radio and television.

Located in Room 212, the program is equipped with a television studio and the radio broadcast studio as well as two new practice studios where aspiring DJ's can hone their skills.

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Dr. Ray Collins, advisor of the Broadcasting Program, is excited to have Rubio as the first female program director. " Well, th ere are going to be some changes, but they have more to do with who I am than the fact that I'm a woman ," said Rubio, who as program director has re. sponsibility for all aspects of the station's management.

"We'll be undergoing a reorganization," she said. As opposed to the previous power structure at the station in which all students participated in a co-op sty le or management with "everyone involved in everything," the structure is now geared toward assigning specific responsibilities and holding indi victuals accountable for a particular aspect of management in order to have the station run more efficiently.

"We're trying to lay the groun work for better programs fo KJCC's future," said Rubio.

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~ f~QVIOrious 'Glory'

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By Bill Erb The motion picture "Glory" has ~ been nominated for five Oscars by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. It stars Mat1 thew Broderick ("Ferris Bueller's Day Off"), and is a tale about black soldiers in the Civil War. Few Americans are aware that 186,000 blacks enlisted in the Union Army, or that 38,000 black soldiers died in the Union's struggle against the Confederate secession.

The 54th regiment of the Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, under the command of Colonel Robert Gould Shaw, was the first black fighting unit in the Union Army.

"Glory" bills itself in press releases as a movie that "honors the 54th Regiment, its participation in one of the most meaningful events in American history, and indeed, all black men who joined the Union effort," a commendable but meaningful statements on each impossible undertaking. Maybe song. someday, when "Glory IV" is reJust as importantly, the band leased, the true extent of black doesn't just scream its messages participation in the Civil War will over the same cliched punk to unfold, and perhaps then begin rhythms. They mix it up - from we will commemorate those men the minimalistic "Stocktaking," and women of color who were whiGh bring to mind early Gang of heros of the Civil War. Four, to the Descendants-style With all its grand intentions, punk-pop of "Oh No! Bruno!", to "Glory" manages to gloss over the the plaintive but pissed-off "All problems the men of the 54th Lies," which has the same sort of faced under their unequal legal miserable-yet-anthemic qualities of status as 3/5 of a citizen, such as Death of Samantha at its best. inadequate training, lack of quarDon't let these comparisons tering, and vicious 19th century fool you. NoMeansNo has its own racism. musical identity, based primarily around the band's offbeat sense of rhythm, borrowed straight from jazz. If Charlie Parker had played guitar and been in a punk band, it would have sounded a lot like NoMeansNo. About the only thing NoMeansNo lacks is subtlety.

Their lyrics pound away like a jackhammer, and the distortionsoaked guitar work can grate like a dumptruck emptying a load of barbeque grills. But these guys aren't trying to be subtle- they're more concerned with getting their point across. Have no doubts NoMeansNo means business.

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By Chris Bucholtz · Those who inight think Canada is merely a land of Mooseheadswilling hockey fans who punctuate their speech with "eh?" and have difficulty saying "out" and "about" have obviously never heard of NoMeansNo. While the Vancouver trio has been tagged as a hardcore outfit by label-happy press types, they're a whole lot more. Imagine Ministry minus the drum machin e plus a huge, eclectic record collection and an extra 250 I.Q. points, and you might start to come close to what NoMeansNo is.

Their new album Wrong provides further proof that it's what you say and how you say it that counts.

Brothers Rob and John Wright and Andy Kerr produce a furi ous sound that'll pin you to the wall and pack that sound with enough innovations to keep you from climbing it.

To be sure, NoMeansNo has as much anger as any hardcore band.

But unlike those bands, who spew vitriol at everything and end up communicating nothing, NoMeansNo focuses the anger into

However, "Glory" did manage to fill my illy-white soul with joy to see those black boys fight'n for our country like that, especially after be'n, you know, slaves and all that.

Unfortunately, the star of glory is a wimpy white boy. The viewer looks at the 54th through the eyes of Col. Shaw (Matthew Broderick) a third generation abolitionist.

However, director Edward Zwick ("thirtysomething") ingeniously balances Broderick's insecure Col. Shaw against some of the most convincing character acting of the season.

Denzel Washington ("Cry Freedom") has received an Oscar nomination for best supporting actor for his flawless portrayal of Trip, the runaway slave turned soldier.

Washington's portrayal of Trip gives "Glory" most of its glorious moments.

Morgan Freeman ( nominated for best actor in "Driving Miss Daisy") again demonstrates his remarkable talent as Rawlins, the gravedigger, who rises to the rank of sergeant major.

Cary Elews is convincing as Major Cabot Forbes, Col. Shaw's sidekick.

Zwick apparently pulled the character of Forbes right out of "thirtysomething," as he did the climate of racism. He should have left them there. The time spent unnecessarily on this insignificant character could have been spent focusing on the men of the 54th and the racism they faced.

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tv The San Jose Wind Symphony, c< will present its Spring concert at p.m. Sunday, March 18, in the Saa 21 Jose City College Theatre.

Darrell Johnston, a 32-year vet· eran music instructor at CitJ College, will be conducting the evening of classical music. Jn. eluded will be several marche1 composed by John Philip Sousa and "Night on Bear Mountain" bJ Modeste Moussorgsky.

Galen Lemmon, who is the principal percussionist for the San Jose Symphony will be featured as a soloist along with James Dooley, who is principal trumpet for the Symphony.

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will be satisfied when they hear excruciating cry, "PLEASE, don' cut anymore," from the mouth of young soldier whose leg is bei sawed off behind a transluc.e screen, not to mention a devastat 1 ing scene with Trip and Co Wimpy that you must see to Iieve. And believe you will.

"Glory" has almost everything takes to be a great work of art. has excellent acting and brilli Oscar-nominated sound and ci matography that are put togeth with flawless editing.

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"Glory" does little more th glorify the fact that on July I 1863, the men of the 54th were to their slaughter.

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Baseball team wins Coach Woodhead knows it's going to be a struggle to repeat as Golden Gate Conference champions.

"Our league is very strong this year. I feel Chabot is the team to beat. It's up to the kids, if they want it, we can do it."

The Jaguars' pitching staff is led by Brent Deremer, and Jeremy Aduincula~ Both hurlers have 4-1 records, and their earned run averages are both below two.

The hitting attack is led by Lou Lucca with a .400 batting average, Jan Weisberg with a .330 batting

By Patrick Boggini

The San Jose City College Baseball team defeated San Francisco City College 16-9 on Tuesday.

The victory improved the Jaguars' record to 13-6.

Even though the team has a good record, it has been a struggle so far for coach Barry Woodhead's squad.

"We've been winning ugly. We don't get many hits, so we have to struggle to score runs," said coach Woodhead.

average and 23 RBI's, and Nathan Trosky with a .360 batting average.

This year's team has a tough act to follow. The 1989 baseball team won the GGC, reached the state final four, and had a 38-15 record.

A big part of last year's team was pitcher Kerri Woodson, who recently signed a contract to play for the Seattle Mariners.

The number of guys that are successful ball players is not the most important issue to coach Woodhead. "The thing that makes me the happiest is when my players graduate."

Basketball team loses

By Chris Caracci

The San Jose City College men's basketball team closed out irs season Saturday with an overtime playoff loss to Merced 95-88.

The Jaguars were buried by twelve 3-point shots made by Merony, ced.

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Weatherby paced Merced with Sa~ 28 points and seven 3-pointers.

The Jaguars had three players in double figures. The leading scorer for the Jags was Kim Kemp with a total of 24 points and 9 rebounds.

Also in double figures were Stefon Davis with 11 points and 5 rebounds, and Jacques Cormier with 19 points and 5 rebounds.

Michael Trotter and Jacques Cormier combined to hit four 3point shots.

At halftime Merced was leading 41-39. At the end of regulation play, San Jose and Merced were tied at 78 each.

The Jaguars finished the season-with a 24 and 8 record.

For the season, Michael Trotter was the teams' leading scorer, and Kim Kemp was the teams' leading rebounder.

Jason Bugg, right, waits for a fly ba-ll as catcher Rob O'Neil watches.

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Lady Jags win opener in GGC

By Patrick Boggini

The San Jose City College Women's Softball team opened Golden Gate Conference play Tuesday with a 10-0 victory over San Francisco.

The Lady Jaguars are off to a four and two start in non-league games.

Head coach Sam Huerta is optimistic that the team can have a strong season and contend for the G.G.C. title.

"If we play as a team, and if we play unselfishly, we have the potential to win our league," he said.

"The strength of our team is pitching and defense. We have more pitchers then we have ever had," said Huerta.

Huerta's strong pitching staff includes Kim Muzzurco, a sophomore from Gunderson High, Brandi Farthing, a freshman from Gunderson High, Michelle Gamer,

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by Sara Scott from Mt. Pleasant, Joelle Erwig from Gunderson High, Farthing and Garner.

This year's team will try to follow up on the success of last year's softball team. The 1989 team compiled a 34.-11 record, but ended up in fourth place in the tough Golden Gate Conference.

The team didn't make the playoffs, even though they were ranked tenth in Northern California Huerta lost an important player from last season's squad to graduation. Cary Gessell got a scholarship to Cal State Sacramento.

The Lady Jaguars' will probably meet the toughest competion in the G.G .C. from both Chabot and West Valley.

The Lady Jaguars' next game is at home today against Sierra.

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Treats for toys· An Earth Day planning meeting will be held at 1 p.m. today in the College Theatre. English Instructor Richard Davis is campus , coordinator for the event.

The first issue of Open Line, a newsletter for i.he faculty, staff and students of San Jose City College, will be distributed Monday, March 12. For information, contact Shirley Friesen, ext. 3724, or Student Health Services in Rm. 308A. Santa Clara University representatives will be on campus 9 a.m. to noon on Tuesday, March 13. Contactthe Career Transfer Center for student appointments. · TheSanJose Wind Symphony,conductedby Darrell Johnston, will present its Spring Concert at 7 p.m. Sunday, March 18, in the College Theatre. Guest Soloists are James Dooley, principal trumpet, and Galen Lemmon, principal percussionist, both from t?e San Jose Symphony. Donations are $5 general, $3 students/semors.

Psychology instructor Mel Ciena, also known as "Melvi.n J ," the Oasis D.J., will have a modern music reunion show Fnday, March 23, atthe Cabaret, located at 370 Saratoga Ave, in the Garden City Plaza. For information call 248-0246.

Evergreen Valley College Natural Science Field Studies Program is sponsoring a seven-day field trip to the Anza Borrego Desert, April 7-13. Two orientation sessions are scheduled for 6-10 p.m. on Wednesday, March 28 and April4 innn. A6-212.

The $22.50 registration fee covers campsite fees. For information, contact the EVC Biology Department at 274-7900, ext. 6599.

San Jose City College Natural Science Field Program is sponsoring a five-day field trip to the Mendocino Coast April8-12. An orientation will be held at 7 p.m. on Friday, March 30 in Rm. S-11.

For information call the Natural Science Department at 288-3716.

Personal counseling is available from psychology interns Sue Miller, Amy Williams and Jennifer Lowell under the direction of Student Health Services psychologist Jim Keator. Stop by Rm. 308A or call 288-3724 to make an appointment . ;. ••·· . .· · "The Life of the Fire," an art exhibit of recently Anagama-fired stonewa.re and porcelain; presented by Jack Troy, -is avrulable for viewing March 5-'-22 in the San Jose City College Art Gallery.

The public is invited to join in the celebration of the first anniversary of the opening of "Purple Breasts" at 4 p.m. Sunday, March 18 at theEulipia Theatre. In addition to areception,there will be performances by the original cast members, followed by refreshments. The donation is $25 and will benefit the travel of "Purple Breasts" to the 1990 Edinburgh Festival. For information or to RSVP call (415) 328-1926. , . /::.. <...· , A retirement luncheon for San Jose City College warehouseman Owen R ose is scheduled for noon Monday, March 19, at the Three Flames Restaurant. .

The 2+2 program's first fund raiser, a reception, dinner and speaker, will beheld at 6p.m. Saturday, March 24, at BuchserHall. , Donations are $40.

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Variety of scholarships available now to ·students

The scholarship news booklet is Lydia Keuser is available either current1y available at the counsel- . 1·n her office at w102, ext. 3823 or Currently available at the coun- ing reception desk and at the Ii- in the Business Skills Center exten· ' tion 3729. · b f k seling reception desk are the appli- • r•ar• y- r.on• t•d•e•s· ·- - -- - - - -- - - - - - -- - -.. cation forms for a number of schol- 11 arships being offered this spring at San Jose City College. These scholarships are provided by community organizations, businesses, faculty, staff and students.

Lydia Keuser, Chariperson of If you're grinding away at the books and wish the Scholarship Committte, Comyou had some extra money, these fresh oppormitte, encourages students to apply right away. Deadlines vary occurtunities at Bob's Big Boy are for you! We're part ring as early as March 9 and conof Marriott Family Restaurants, offering tinues throughout the month. fnformation compiled by Allison Torres. excellent wages and flexible schedules.

According to Ms. Keuser, there We seek "perky" people pleasers to join are a "variety of eligibility requirein the following positions: ments." Not all have to do with the individual' s financial need. There •Hosts/ Hostesses 1 Continued from page 1 vised entrance requirements for are scholarships for diverse back• Cashiers increasing in other parts of the admission to the University of grounds, interests and talents.

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California and California State There are "some for showing • Cooks In particular, Russian language University systems, which call for potential," said Keuser. In fact, ac• Breakfast/ classes, in conjunction with Soviet a minimum of two years of foreign cording to Keuser, showing potenSalad/Dinner Bar area studies, have increased de- language. tial is one of the main criteria for Attendants mand in many of the nation's uniThe newly reimposed require- scholarships. In addition, there are ' •Utility versities. This trend has been fu- ment, which had been rescinded in scholarshps available for both eled by the sweeping changes in the mid-seventies, will become continuing and transferring stuthe Soviet bloc that are due to the effective in 1992 and can be satis- dents.

Ev liberalizations of Mikhajl Gor- fied at the community college Scholarships monetary value • - - Dit bachev. level. can range anywhere from $75 and d~ Locally, the trend continues as In the next few years Kester can go as high as $2000. Additionenrollment in Spanish rises at West anticipates the addition of other ally, the requirement of the indiValley College, said Ed Kursar, languages to the City College cur- viduals grade point average (GPA) ,.._ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ Spanish and French instructor. riculum, including Russian, varies. Some students, according to French enrollment has doubled at Italian,German and Cantonese, Keuser "just don't feel they are Evergreen Valley College, necessi- with an expansion of existing forgood enough to apply for a scholtating the search for a full time eign language sections and levels arship," however the opposite can French instructor, according to Lee in Japanese, Spanish and French. be closer to the truth .

Papkoff, Evergreen's foreign lanFunding from the state will be Although some scholarships , guage chairperson. available based on the usual Aver- that are available require a GPA of Key factors in the increasmg age Daily Attendance (ADA) crite- 3.0 or higher, there are a great demand in California are the re- ria used for other classes. many scholarship whose GPA requirements are not as high and in fact, start at 2.0. continued from Page 1 Students need to turn in all everythmg right." said. necessary information with their Emard ended her presentation applications.

"Women look at the feminist Apply in person with one final topic. "he won't movement as a war, rather than a at the location that's Keuser "encourages students to talk to me syndrome." She said problem to be solved, but things most convenient for you! apply right away." If assistance is that women have a need to talk are getting better," she said. "U needed in filling out application 1753 N. 1st. St. about everything. they weren't, I wouldn't be up form s, Ms. Keuser is available to San Jose "Most men don't need to talk here right now." those that need her help. She also about their feelings like women 449 Winchester "Women need to try harder to suggests that students plan ahead do," she added. "If they come San J ose convey what we want, and men and not wait until the last minute to home every day, they aren't havneed to try ha rder to ·start filling out forms or requesting EOE m /fld lv ing affairs, and they pay ~he understand,"she ended. letters of recommendation from bills, the¥ think they're domg teachers and others.

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