San Jose City College Times, Vol. 44, Issue 6, Apr 26, 1990

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Vol. 44, No. 6

Thursday, April 26, 1990

Energy, environment lead SJCC Earth Day issues Warming, toxics are hot issues

Renowned solar expert gives lecture

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"Solar energy is clearly a good idea whose time has come," said San Jose State professor Dr. Donald Aitken to an overflowing crowd.

Aitken was the keynote speaker in a two day celebration of Earth Day held at San Jose City College.

Aitken's presentation consisted ' of a slide show displaying different graphs and explanations of current solar advances, as well as local enviromental projects currently in place.

He discussed using currently available resources, such as solar energy, to alleviate energy demand rather than depending on scientists to discover others. He argued that society has enough resources to bring us into the next decade.

Aitken believes recycling power and re-di. tributing is not only more economical, but more intellegent.

"If you think appropriately, the solution becomes obvious," Aitken

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Aitken said that people could save 70% of energy used in heating just by adding windows on the south side of homes. Adding windows allows their homes to be heated naturally and also improves its value, he added .

"Houses with windows are beautiful," Aitken said.

Aitken said that 75% of energy used in heating and cooling homes and office buildings is wasted I needlessly.

"If we would just take the

LISTEN WITH YOUR EYES- Rhea Payne, left, during the 'Day on the Green'. The event was part of Pamela Masciocchi and Melissa Cruz from the Child a two day celebration of Earth Day held at San Jose Develooment Center sing; in American sign language City College.

Photo By Susan Matsuhiro money wasted on new power no action on global warming. plants and use it to add solar enAccording to Aitken, California ergy to homes and office buildings, is already working on several alterwe could :.ave almost 50% of our native energy plans, but he adds resources," Aitken encouraged that it is not enough.

"California saves $11.5 billion Aitken cited a story about President Bush in the San Jose Mercury by energy conservation every year, News as an example of the type of but that will not be enough in the opinion that he believes could years to come," said Aitken. eventually destroy the earth.

Aitken encouraged the audience "Enviromental polices that ig- to be aware and get involved. He nore the economic factor and the reminded them that everyone has a human factor are destined to fail," respOnsibility to the environment Bush said at a recent international not just on Earth Day, but every conference on global warming." day.

What we need are facts, the stuff Aitken used Frank Schiavo as science is made of." an example of one person fighting "That's the kind of attitude that the bureacratic system. will have our children walking Schiavo is a San Jose State proaround in gas masks," Aitken said fessor who fought the city zoning Dr. Donald Aitken_ in reference to Bush's speech, See Aitken, page g which suggested more research and Photo By Susan Matsuhiro

Disaccreditation rumors are unfounded

By A. Foster Rumors have been circulating at San Jose City College regarding the possibility of the school losing its accreditation. The rumors apparently arise out of information Printed on fliers distributed around the campus.

The fliers read, in part: "It appears that this institution is currently reducing the number of transferable courses, therefore detaining students from transferring to universities. In time City Col-

lege, due to the 'kick back' attitude of the institutional leaders, will lose its accreditation ... " There is no truth to the claims according to . administration sources.

"I don't see how such gross misinformation can be so widely disseminated," said college president Dr. Byron Skinner when asked about the rumor.

Accreditation reviews are conducted for community colleges every few years to determine whether schools are meeting the

needs of the communities they serve.

City College is accredited as both a vocational and transf-er school.

A source who spoke on condition of anonymity said that the group circulating the fliers does not actually believe that there is a legitimate threat of the school losing its status, but rather is trying toillustrate a worst-case scenario as a technique for drawing administration attention to the problem of a low transfer rate from City College

to University of California (UC) and California State University (CSU) campuses.

The low transfer rate indicates a failure on the part of the school to meet the needs of the students it serves, the source claimed.

At the beginning of last semester about 3,000 enrolling students indicated that their goal was to transfer to a four-year university.

The actual transfer figures are just over a dozen for transfers to UC schools and about 100 to CSU campuses for the year.

Dr. Skinner undecided on career move

By A. Foster San Jose City College's president, Dr. Byron R. Skinner, travelled to ~nnesota over the spring break for an interview at a school there.

Dr. Skinner said that he is considering making "one more career lllove," but that nothing is decided at this point.

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"I'll know within the next couple weeks what I'll be doing," said Dr. Skinner.

Dr. Skinner narrowly missed an appointment to the chancellorship of the Peralta Community College District of Alameda County in late 1988.

He was one of the two fmalists, but that position ultimately went to a former vice-president of Pennsylvania State University.

A lively panel discussion held Tuesday, April 17 was the first event of a planned two-day Earth Day celebration recently held at San Jose City College in the Faculty/Staff lounge.

The topic discussed by the six different panelists was the "Major Environmental Problems of the 1990's". Each speaker presented their viewpoint on this issue in a five to ten minute talk. A crowd of over 100 attended.

The first speaker was the student representative from City College, Victoria Flores. She presented results produced from a informal survey conducted at City College which asked students what their major concerns for the next decade were.

Jim Beall, representative from San Jose City Council's District Nine, was the only elected offical on the panel. Appropriately, his concerns dealt with the many different environmental problems that government officials must face in the coming decade. " One of may continuing missions is to let people know what the government can or can't do."

His greatest dream for the 90's includes a network of mass transit that would include the BART system circling the bay and the long awaited completion of the light rail system in San Jose ~ Water quality and quantity in Santa Clara County are two of the issues that the water company must face in the next 10 years according to Jenny Micko, a civil engineer from the Santa Clara Valley Water District.

"Contaminate your bed and you will sleep in its waste." This statement was voiced by Ted Smith, President of the Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition.

He had both negative and positive news for the audience. Starting with the negative, Smith said that Silicon Valley has the largest amount of government cited superfund sites, that there is over 150 groundwater contamination sites; at least 1000 sites that have been shown to have fuel leaks and ultimately we are destroying the ozone layer.

Yet, according to Smith, there is go\l(l news. He said that there are long term toxic reduction policies.

For example, he cited IBMs effort to reduce their use of fluorocarbon chemicals for cleaning purposes.

He concluded his speech by saying, ''The message is it it possible for one person to make a difference."

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so and maybe hang on to a couple good habits for life.

Realistically, we '11 probably forget the whole thing in about a hot week and go right back to the hour shower and the gas guzzler.

That would be a real shame.

It's a handy coincidence that Earth Day fell as close as it did to Mother's Day, coming up on May 13. On that day set aside to honor those who have loved us, nurtured us, given us their best, Mother Earth is surely the most worthy of recognition.

Let us try to keep her in mind at least until then.

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1 over. Put the green shirts away, forget those catchy slogans.

Skeptics are now taking bets on how long the mood will last How long will we continue to recycle our trash, conserve water, utilize public transportation and forsake aerosol cans. How long will our environmental consciousness stay raised?

Ideally, we will all change our lifestyles and continue in perpetuity to treat our planet with the reverence she deserves.

Optimistically, we'll be conscientious and aware for a month or

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a figure so vast, it is hard to ~omprehen~ in pra?tical terms. Maybe that IS why pubhc reaction to President Bush's savings and loan bailout has been so miniscule as to be hard to comprehend. Scale fails in these extremes.

• The figure is real. It is almost twice the defense budget, which is by far the federal government's single greatest outlay. It is five times this year's projected budget deficit and a sixth of the total national debt.

It ~s maybe 50 times l~ger than any -preVIous government brulout of a private industry.

And ~as that ind_ustry ever private!

Reagan s deregulation of the S&L industry took away the government's reasons to scrutinize thrifts, which resulted in the outbreak of a rash of financial abuse from insiders.

News accou~ts have cited risky investments as the pnmary cause of widespread failure in the industry, but this is a diluted explanation as to where the great volume of liquid funds were funneled off to.

Massive fraud was the main drain on the vats of money that were poured though deregulated thnfts. S&Ls were allowed to offer unhealthfully high rates of return to attract deposits, which were in turn "invested" in myriad dummy companies disguising the pockets of the owners: much money supposedly "loaned" never ldft the front door. The high rates of return paid by the institu.tions, and the fa~t that many of the loans Issued from these federally insured deposits were never repaid, resulted in the bankruptcy of the majority of the hundreds of thrifts which have failed.

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Million dollar ski chalets, fleets of private jets, yachts, hunting lodges for the use of guests and casinos to launder cash for the mob were feed for the insatiable beast of executive greed.

Most doomed thrifts had dealings with mob-associated figures.

Democratic congressmen Jim Wright and Tony Coelho are just two of the naughty politicians who were caught exerting political thrust in support of S&L criminals with whom they had enjoyed intimate financial dealings.

At least one S&L lent money to a company which flew arms to the Contras.

When the U.S. Department of J~stice finally bought a clue as to the mynad filthy-disgusting deals that were going down, they failed utterly in prosecuting the criminals. They have complained of understaffing; they have complained of interference from "higher up." .

A respected law enforcement official revealed that a White House pardon was granted a man serving time for bank fraud, purportedly through now-dead CIA chief Bill Casey.

All of the puzzle pieces above are fact,_ most exhaustively documented by Stephen Pizzo and his co-authors in their revealing book, "Inside Job." Few of these frightening facts made it into the mainstream media, however.

The taxpayers who will be forced to pay for this fiasco deserte-to be informed. And the crO\lk~cl perpetrators of the rip-offs should be investigated by the federal government as thoroughly as they have been by the investigative journalists, then prosecuted roundly.

Editor: This is a call not to all and sundry, but to those amongst us who are truly concerned about saving our environment; planet earth in general, ourselves and our loved ones in specific, and last, but not least, our alma mater, San Jose City College, from becoming just another "learning warehouse," wherein the greatest emphasis is placed on a teacher's meeting tired, worn-out criteria that have no true relationship to the ability to teach and inspire students to learn and love what they are learning, because someone who truly cares about them is their instructor.

Our own beloved music instructor, Victor Chacon, is about to be denied tenure at this institution of higher learning, because he is supposedly "lacking" in some insignificant technicality, which has not lessened his teaching skills one whit If we lose Mr. Chacon, one

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of the brightest lights in the music department will go out and SJCC will be all the darker for it God truly blesses you, Louis Gutierrez, for having the guts, love, and intelligence to so eloquently defend this extraordinary man in your April 5, 1990 letter to The Times, for it's those of your and Victor Chacon's ilk that truly "light up my life," and give me hope to carry on, both in the name of our universal God, our heavenly creator, and in the name of Jesus Christ, our most beloved earthly brother.

C Despite all that is happening lvf to the contrary, it is still my most en fervent belief .that we all can rise th above the petty mean-spiritedness te that would cause such a man as m Victor Chacon to have his creden- orr tials be in doubt in the ftrst place. I er Eons of love and pax vobiscum. fer Your African American sister, il· Barbara Jacqueline Hoag ay ff(

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By Mark Muse arise against your present ' bondNot too far from our San Jose age', and seek 'freedom'or ' liberaCity College campus, at 420 So. tion'. Right on their face , these Bascom Ave. lies the American slogans and expressions are all Opinion Bookstore. From the front parts of a communist lie. They it seems innocent enough, with a have no real relationship at all to poster of George Washington in your actual situation."

A pamphlet entitled "Revoluthe front window, but if you go there and take a close look at what tion , the Assault on Selma" by is inside, you may wonder if a Scott Stanley Jr. calls Dr. King a burning cross might be a more fit- racist revolutionary.

Another article by Stanley enting ornament for this store' s front titled "United Nabobs" complains window.

The store carries a wide assort- about the non-white members of ment of merchandise, including the U.N. A portion of that pambooks, video tapes, stickers, maga- phlet reads: "They (the U.N.) inzines and pamphlets. The store also clude diapered gurus given to worhas a good-sized reference library. shiping cattle while their people On my first visit to American starve, goat-keeping date gardeners Opinion what r~ally stood out was in bed sheets, night-shirted aborigithe extremely patriotic theme, nes with bones in their noses and made obvious by the large number hair teased to the point of terror, of American flags. Oddly enough, three--toed caribs with thumbs on there was one Confederate flag their feet, and scrawny babus among them. I found the display of where civilization has not yet risen bumper stickers quite striking. above the eating of human flesh."

Other articles describe the sancTheir messages ranged from simple patriotic themes to far right- tions placed on South Africa as wing reactionary propaganda on "the international conspiracy issues such as abortion, integration, against South Africa," and accuse and gun control. It was after an the American Indian Movement of associate and I did a close study on being communist revolutionaries. the vast supply of free literature There are also full length books and videocassettes on these and that things got interesting.

Not unlike the McCarthyist in- similar topics It seems that some of the matesanity that took place in the '50s, the majority of the literature is of rial found in the American Opinion an extremely paranoid, anti-com- Bookstore is of an highly racist namunist nature. There are various ture. Its continual denunciation of flyers and pamphlets that describe the honorable Dr. Martin Luther the civil rights movement of the King and its use of savage racist late 50s and early 60s as a "com- stereotypes clearly illustrate this munist ploy." On page six of a point.

I beg all people who read this to pamphlet entitled "To the Negroes of America" by Robert Walsh, try to find a solution to the inhupublished in 1967, it reads: man stupidity displayed by this and "Shameless liars like M. L. King other organizations which seem to and dozens of other agitators are promote racism and injustice.

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But "white culture?" Come on.

Webster's Unabridged defines lture" as "the concepts, habits, · , art, instruments, institutions, . of a given people in a given ·od." So is yuppyism a "white" cept? Are station wagons and ure suits components of white lure? Are we talking about bay and Wonder Bread? What is hite" music? And what is hite" art?

In this country, white people e from sundry ethnic backds, from the Scandinavian to Mediterranean, with cultures as erent and distinct as apples are oranges. They arrived in this try as its founders, builders or later immigrants, establishing muriities in which they could tinue to live with the traditions their home lands. Certainly e has been a dilution of those ·ve cultures, and assimilation

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Campus clubs calling them "white student unions" have forming recently at colleges the South and Midwest with the purposes of opposing af. ve action and racism and Jvu•vLJtu~ "white culture."

I think there is some meaning en one says "black culture" with erence to American blacks, for ile many generations back they ay have come from a variety of fferent African cultures, their voluntary arrival in this country d the conditions of their presence re led to a sort of homogenizan of those African traditions der a lifestyle forced upon them re.

And there is certainly some ing to "Hispanic culture" as it pears in America , because ough Hispanics in this country me from several different nanal backgr ounds, most from at is usually referred to as tin America," the commonality that Latin/Hispanic history proces some undeniable consistens between those nations of ori-

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into a united American people has The president of the WSU at the forced further compromise that has University of Southwestern Louisidiminished distinctions. But there ana (USL), was a worker in the was no homogenization of the free legislative campaign of David white peoples arriving in this coun- Duke, former Grand Dragon of the try, no matter how oppressed a fac- KKK and founder of the National tion, into an single ambiguous Association for the Advancement group, as happened to the enslaved of White People. The WSU and blacks.

USL's College Republicans have So "white culture", as such, is invited Duke to speak on campus. sort of a non-concept. Its definition Further, while their political would have to be so general as to opposition to affirmative action mean nothing at all. How then can programs seems to be a socially people organize to promote some- acceptable platform, and indeed thing which, in effect, does not ex- could be perceived by some to be ist , as the white student unions legitimately anti-racist, if not a claim to be doing? little self-serving, the rhetoric ------------------------~ There is something inherently spouted by WSU organizers about suspect about these groups. affirmative action is distinctly recThough they purport to be open ognizable as regurgitation of KKK to all interested persons, regardless propaganda on the issue. of race, sex, or religion, they have It should be apparent to even the been reported to have ties to the Ku most gullible that something sinisKlux Klan and white supremacist ter is going on here. Let us call a organizations. Most have popped spade a spade. Since "white culup fairly recently, within the last ture" demonstrably has no valid year or so. intrinsic meaning it can only be They tend to use similar re- understood to be the antithesis of cruiting tactics when trying to en- non-white cultures. Therefore, to list members, and the language promote it is, by definition, racist. used in their material is consistent Free speech laws in this country from one group to the next, though force us to allow the purveyors of Think of it. The 21st century is only a they are geographically scattered hate and ignorance to ply their decade away, and the fast-changing future and organizers deny that the WSUs wares, but we need not be taken in is crammed with more question marks and are part of a larger organized effort by any ruse designed to make the opportunities than ever before -- especially by white supremacists and the promotion of racism and bigotry for women. · KKK to assert their presence on appear to be innocuous cultural And here you are, a student at City college campuses. activity.

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First in the nation

SJC.C celebrates Vietnamese Culture Week

By Darko Fazarinc

Pham Bach Phi presents an interesting technique of painting, gold leaf lacquer

San Jose City College became the first community college in the nation to present Vietnamese Culture Week, April 18-25.

The week was highlighted by two major presentations. An exhibit of artworks of Vietnamese gold leaf lacquer and watercolors by artist Pham Bac Phi was on display at the City College gallery.

The display was strikingly beautiful.

On Tuesday April 23, a luncheon lyceum presenting Vietnamese culture in music, scholarly achievement, fashion, floral design and food was hosted by the City College Vietnamese Student Association for over 100 invited members of the faculty, staff and students.

The musical presentation was a haunting recital of traditional Vietnamese stringed instruments and the food was excellent.

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of Readings on Social-Cultural Values and Problems of the Vietnamese in the United States, were distributed to attendees. Dr. Byron Skinner and his wife, Gloria were honored , among other staff, by the campus Vietnamese Student Association for their contributions to the education of present and past Vietnamese students of City College.

The week's events commenced with a display of reference books in English and Vietnamese on Vietnamese culture in the Library and included a cultural conference presented bilingually at the Faculty Lounge, Saturday April21 on the topic of "What Should be Preserved and Promoted in Vietnamese Culture?"

Monday April 23, the Artistic Photograph exhibition was held, featuring the photography of professional photographers Nguyen Ngoc Hahn, Than Trong Si, and Nguyen Xuan An.

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student- of- the-week. . here to make an impact on the One interesting aspect of the broadcasting program and 1 think (408) 946-5965 Look out 49ers, here come the broadcast is how it's advertising this is a good way to do it."

Jaguars! will be handled.

"We are going out to high "Heritage Cablevision has a schools and having assemblies to Broadcasting students Ron Gilmore and Ramon Johnson have policy against televised advertising help students become more intera proposal that will enable San in cases such as· this one," Johnson ested in sports and City College," Jose City College students and the said. "We're going to hang banners said Johnson, who is the host of the public to watch Jaguar football on along the stadium walls to adver- "Eleventh Hour" on City College's Heritage Cablevision's Commu- tise different clubs and organiza- radio station, KJCC. nity Access Channel (2B). tions, and that way we can create a Students who have questions about the program or who want to The games will be taped and loophole." then shown on a delayed basis the "We want to start this and become involved in broadcasting following week. The days and have it continue on as we move on. can contact Dr. Ray Collins at ext. times of the broadcasts have not ourselves," said Gilmore. "I came 3785. yet been determined.

"It's a great proposal and we are extremely excited that these two young men took the initiative to come up with this idea," said Athletic Director Bert Bonanno. "It is a big step forward for City College "The football program at City College is regarded as one of the best in the Bay area," said Gilmore. "In fact, the team won the Junior College National Championship in the 1986-87."

The broadcasts will bring some exposure to City College's football team and bring recognition to the school's broadcasting students.

The play-by-play announcers will be the same students who proposed the idea.

"I always encourage students to come to me with different projects like this and I hope it is successful," said Judy Rookstool, campus counselor.

Prior to the game, the students will be able to watch a pre-game show. The pre-game show will last about 15 minutes and will consist of a review of the previous game and interviews with coaches and GUADALAJARA MEXICO CITY other sports administrators.

The announcers will discuss · both teams' strengths and weaknesses. Before the game the anONEWAY nouncers will use graphics to introduce both offensive and defensive There's never been a better time to uke ~l bre.1k in Mexico. With Mexican~1's great squads for both teams on the telefrom San.Jo~e InternationaL you can c1tch a J~1ily nonstop to Guad ~1bj~1ra th~n goe~ on fares vision screen. to Mexico City. It'll give you ~l ch~mce to catch 40 winks before catching a night to your During the half-time break favorite beach Jcsti nation . there will be a pre-taped presentation r~garding one of the many interestmg components of City ColII\ lege's academic programs, such as I) 1\ t p \ I R 1 1 '\It \ :>. \ ., 11 '\1 t P the Biology Department. l .art·' . JH· h.•,c.:d '"' 1 r,,,d tnun \ .111 ''''t' lmcrn.Ht•m.ll .lt h.l ..I• • 11111 tth.ludt:.· d,:p.l nun. 1.1\ ••r . Ill\ • Hhc.:r ' ·'''""' Rv.. rn" '"'"' .1pph Also at this time there will be a ( .dl .\ lt' \h... lll . l . l( SOil '\H --921 or \tlllf rr.l\«.:1.' :nu lurdc.:t.uJ, l11211llH R2. presentation for a scholar- and a

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'Eartli tDayI rrhe campus was afive witfi tfie soundS of music, wfii{e stuaents pfantea trees, a6sor6ea tfie wisaom of environmenta[{y l(now[etfgea6[e spea{(g_rs ana 6rowsea at ta6[es faaen witfi fiterature on ways to save our p[anet.

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By Melanie Saxberg Touchstone Pictures' new release "Pretty Woman" is pretty

hot Richard Gere plays a selfish over-achieving multi-millionaire who finds himself lost on the streets of Hollywood looking for directions.

Accidentally he runs into an outspoken hooker, played by Julia ~oberts, who charges him a few dollars for directions back to his hotel.

Somewhere between the inquiry and the conclusion her cleverness turns a "few dollars" into

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Unfinished scenery is rehearsal backdrop for W.A. Bouch and Ann Rand.

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character he portrayed. His accent was authentic. He seemed extremely comfortable with this characterization.

Two people with very few scenes practically stole the show.

Playing brother and sister Mae and Vincent Jones, Elizabeth Taylor and David Cooper were, in a word, impressive.

Taylor played the cheap, drunk and slightly pudgy young lady with flare. Her retuni from a night of drinking was hilarious.

David Cooper's portrayal of the neighborhood bully was convincingly cruel and cold-blooded.

Although the preceding characters stood out, this is not to say that others weren't good. In fact, as a whole, the cast was competent.

Nicole Jackson, as Rose Maurrant, was fine in the first act yet seemed to have trouble being persuasive in the final moments of the play.

Jacque Greer, as Emma Jones the neighborhood busybody, was difficult to understand in the rear of the theater.

The set, designed by William Pfanhl, was outstanding. Filling almost the entire stage, this multistory building with numerous windows was very realistic.

On one side of the tenement is a building in the process of being torn down and on the otherside is another being renovated.

Particularly good was the utilization of the space under the stage.

Stairs lead down to the cellar and lower apartments of the building.

Lighting designed by Barbara D' Ardenne was brilliant. Notably good was the lighting in the second act which orginated with daybreak

A good play requires both a strong plot and good development of character. In addition, there must be actors who are skillful and can do justice to the playwright's work.

In "Street Scene," the current production offered by the San Jose City College Drama Department, these requirements have been admirably fulfilled. It is a play worth seeing.

The play deals with the tensions and challenges that humans of varying nationalities face when they live in poverty burdened with the lack of privacy and confronted with bigotry.

Although written in the late 1920's, the issues are contemporary. The faces of the men and women have changed, not the situations.

The setting moves from a humid summer's night and the following day at a tenement building in a poor neighborhood of New York City.

The main conflict deals with the presumed infidelity of one of the tenants and how her family and other residents react. Numer;ous sub-plots add variety and showcased the talents of those in minor roles.

Performances take place in and outside the building. Characters can be seen hanging out windows of the multi-story building, milling around the front stairs or walking and skating on the sidewalk.

There is a very large ensemble cast of adults and children numbering more than 40.

Ann Rand, who plays the pivotal role of Anna Maurrant, was very good as the belittled wife. Her portrayal conveyed just the right amounts of both sensitivity and vulnerability. She was particularly convincing when she was confronted by her husband's· verbal assaults.

Playing the equally pivotal role of her husband Frank, was W. A. Bouch. His tough and generally vicious attitude_was extremely believable. He seemed to savor this role.

His brightest moments are in the f"mal scenes of the play.

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"Street Scene," is under the direction of George Forrester. There is a performance at 8 p.m. tonight.

In addition, there will be performances at 8 p.m. on April 27-28 and a 2 p.m. matinee on April29.

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Gere is a versatile actor and lends this role the same excitement and sensitivity as he did his lead iD "An Officer And A Gentleman."

His character seems confused about what he wants and denies his feelings for Roberts at firs t. He tries instead to hide his insecurities behind an insatiable desire to conquer.

Roberts is one project that will not be conquered.

The most captivating aspect of this movie are the dramatic changes both charactors experience. · Both Gere and Roberts start off hiding their feelings behind a veil of hardness and end up in each others arms.

If it's a provocative romance you want, you can't get a more alluring duo than Richard Gere and Julia Roberts.

And,if it's a story about a man trying to rediscover love with a beautiful girl who just wants a little respect, "Pretty Woman" is still this spring's choice for adults.

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by Patrick Boggini The San Jose City College track team will be in the running for the Golden Gate Conference championship tomorrow, when the conference championship meet takes place ar the City College track.

The Jaguars will go into the conference championships in frrst place after their victory over Diablo Valley.

The Jaguars won that meet by the score of 81-58, but Coach Steve Haas doesn't feel it will be as easy to beat them in the conference meet.

"There are three events that are contested in the conference meet that were not contested in the head to head meets. Diablo Valley will probably pick up points in all of those events," said Coach Haas.

The victory over Diablo Valley was a surprise to even Coach Haas.

"I didn't expect us to win, I had us pegged as the underdog," said Coach Haas.

The Jaguars had a few key performances that led them to their victory.

Luis Juico won the high jump with a mark of 6 feet, 6 inches.

Juico also won the long jump with a mark of 22 feet, 5 inches.

He then turned in the third fastest time in the conference in the hurdles. His time was 15.6 seconds.

Juico also came in second in the 400 meter hurdles.

"I.:uis' performance really got the ball rolling for the rest of the team," said Coach Haas.

Cliff Pappadakis also turned in an impressive day's work by winning three events.

Pappadakis won the 1500 meters with a personal-best time of 4 minutes, 3.4 seconds.

Pappadakis also turned in a personal-best time of 1 minute, 56.9 seconds while winning the 800 meters.

He finished the day with a victory in the 5000 meters, an event he usually does. not run.

Coach Haas was also impressed with Mike Ureta's performance in the javelin.

"Mike threw 158 feet, 1 inch, which is good for a guy who came in half- way through the season.

He keeps improving by leaps and bounds, and should be very good by the end of next season," said Coach Haas.

The Nor-Cal meet is the next step after the conference championships. The Jaguars could have as many as 13 athletes qualify for the Nor-Cal meet.

The Nor-Cal meet begins May 1 in Shasta and concludes May 11 in Modesto.

Jags to finish third in GGC

Golfers advance to Nor-Cal

By Patrick Boggini

The San Jose City College golf team will play in the Nor-Cal tournament May 7, at Rancho Canada

Golf Course.

Coach Harley Dow thinks the team has a chance to do well.

"It all depends on which game we bring with us. If we play well, we can compete with anyone," said Coach Dow. The top four teams from NorCal will advance to the state tournament.

The golf teams' overall record in matches is (8-2).

The team has one first place fmish, one second place fmish and

RBI base hit. The Victory improved the Jags' record to 23-16 overall.

Photo by Susan Matsuhiro

Softball team to face Chabot in playoffs

By Chris Caracci The San Jose City College softball team will face Chabot College in a playoff game at 11 a.m. Saturday, April 28.

The winner of this contest will play the winner of the West Valley College and San Mateo College game for the conference championship.

The Jaguars experienced a disappointing 2-0 loss to Chabot College on .Tuesday, April24.

The loss dropped City College down to third place in the Golden Gate Conference, with a record of

three third place fmis.hes in Conference tournaments.

The team will finish the regular season in third place in the conference, and receive an at-large berth for the Nor-Cal tournament.

"The team has not been consistent enough to win the conference," said Coach Dow. The teams three best performances were against Monterey, Canada, and in a conference tournament at Gavilan.

The team has been paced all season by sophomore Eric Buckelew.

"Eric has had an excellent s.eaon," said Coach Dow. Buckelew has a season average

of 73.8, and is leading the conference with one week remaining. · The team will wrap up their regular season with a conference tournament at Monterey on Monday April 30. .

"We'll work at it this week, and then go tee it up, and see what happens," said Coach Dow. If the team qualifies for the state tournament, they would play that on may 14, in Southern California.

This years squad will try and follow up on the success of last years team.

Last years team came in third in the Nor-Cal tournament and eighth overall in the state tournament.

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The Jaguars top hitter for the season so far is Kathy Ganguish with 5 doubles and 11 RBis. Kathy's batting average is .452.

The other top batters are Julie · Norris, with a .450 batting average, Sarah Scott with a .409 batting average, Yolanda Grijaiva with a .391 batting average Laura Stehlak with a .368 batting average and Michelle Garner with a .333 batting average.

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This year's Journalism Association of Community Colleges Conference, held at Fresno State University April 20-23, proved sue- Jgn cessfuHor the staff of the San Jose tc City College Times. ·o, A fourth place award for Gen- I eral Excellence, the paper's first since 1981, and a second-place award for Headlines were accepted

by Editor Brian Wachter.

Chris Bucholtz, former editor se and current production manager ge picked up third-place awards in c< both Editorial Cartoon and Critical ha Review categories. } There were more than 580 stu- kir dents and faculty members in at- o~ tendance, and Journalism students ot from 58 state colleges participated m in various competitions and se~nars. ha: Skill, patience and flexi bility de were tested during on-the-spot < competitions in writing, reviewing, I editing! lay out and photography ~ categones.

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laws to paint the roof of his house white.

"By painting his roof white, he is lowering the temerpature inside his house by 15 degrees," Aitken said "This shows that one person can make a difference on the whole world."

Aitken also addressed society's moral responsibilities to the future inhabitants of our world.

"Remember we have only borrowed the world from our children," Aitken said ,"look ahead at the world and think of what it could be for them."

Aitken has a Ph.D in Nuclear Physics from Stanford University,

and founded the Environmental Studies program at San Jose State on the first Earth Day in· 1970.

Aitken still teaches at San Jose State where he was voted professor of the year in 1977. He has researched solar energy in Japan, Switzerland and the Soviet Union, and developed the Western Regional Solar Energy Center for the Department of Energy.

People interested in getting involved with an enviromental program at City College, or who just want to know more about solar energy can contact Richard Davis at ext 3885.

His life ended early and abruptly, as Percy Long, ex-football player at San Jose City College was gunned to death, 4:30 a.m. on Sunday, April15~ Ford L. Lane, 24 was walking out of Dennys on Mathilda Ave in Sunnyvale, when two men allegedly attempted to rob him. Lane reached for his .22 caliber derringer from his car and started shootmg.

Police found Long across the

street behind a Security Pacific Bank dead from a gunshot to the chest.

According to Football Coach HowardGay, Long, a graduate from Independence High, played for the Jaguars only one semester during the '88 school year as a defensive back.

A wake was held for Long on Friday, April20, in East Palo Alto.

His body was then shipped to Chicago where his parents reside. The funeral took place on Wednesday, April25.

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