San Jose City College Times, Vol. 46, Issue 13, Dec 5, 1991

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Thursday, December 5, 1991

NO HOMECOMING!

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ASC cancels traditional celebration

By Mark Gomez Sports Editor

Retiring art instructor Ray Oeschger was present at the showing of his "Swansong."

At least his likeness was. For more pictures, see page6.

Emotions and motions flew as the Associated Students Council voted not to have a homecoming court this year.

InaheatedmeetingonNov. 27, the council spent nearly two hours on discussion of homecoming, the end result being the total cancellation of the annual tradition. The vote was decided by a margin of one.

The homecoming election was originally invalidated on Friday, Nov. 22 when a petition alleging election code violations was turned in to ASC advisor Priscilla Santos.

The executive council called an emergency meeting, with two members showing up, along with the secretary. They voted to invalidate the election.

The petition listed anum ber of violations that occured during the voting process, in-

eluding insufficient public notice of the elections and inconsistent poll locations.

Tara Roberts, who was in charge of the homecoming election, acknowledged some of the violations had occurred. However, she did not feel the council's decision was a fair one. "I think they are biased. They didn't take all the students' complaints into consideration," said Roberts. The Nov. 27 ASC meeting following the invalidation was packed, with some of a standing-room only crowd angrily protesting the invalidation of the election, and others supporting the move.

At that meeting, the council formed a task force was necessary to investigate the election. The task force returned its findings and recommendations to the council at the Nov. 27 meeting. It recommended a quadripartite committee further examine the alleged viola-

See Homecoming, page 4

Board of trustees allocates funds to support retention Photo by Kristin Kirst

By Mark Gomez Sports Editor

Second in atwo-part series aboUl attempts to improve retention in the district. This part shows some ofwhat is being done, and what is being planned, to reduce the drop-out rate.

The San Jose/Evergreen Community College District Board of Trustees has allocated $120,000 to aid in the fight to improve

retention.

At the board's Nov. 26 meeting, the trustees made a one-time allotment of funds to support programs designed to aid specific groups of students and to create a new tutoring program which will benefit all students.

Some $45,000 will be spent on classroom instruction, which includes tutoring in developemental studies and in regular courses.

See Retention, page 4

SJCC Times brings home most awards ever Y Beth McKinney ntertain ment Editor

Eight members of the San Jose City College Times staff went to Stockton for a day with the pros at the Journalism AssoCiation of Community Co11eges' annual orCaJ Journalism Conference, held at San Joaquin Delta College, on Nov. 16.

The conference consisted of workshops "'ith professional journalists and on-theSpot writing competitions. Bring-in com;. Petitions were held for info-graphics and Photography. :· . Theconferenceisdesigned to let students teract with students from other colleges <lnd professional writers.

"It makes you feel as if you have a ~n for writing," said Elizabeth Gotelli, Yourefiortsarerewardedand itshowsyou you're going against" Gotelli reCeived an honorable mention for feature

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AnneEiena Foster, editor-in-chief of the

1"'~~nes and state president of the JACC, Presented a workshop on "real world" ex·ences for community college journal. students featuring information about

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The Times received 15 awards, its most t'tier, including third place for general ex-

cellence and second place for front page layout Andy Barron, Times photographer, won four awards, including first place sports feature photo, third place bring-in photo and second and third place for sports photo.

The Times brought home both first and second place for the bring-in info-graphic.

First place went to Kevin Moore, Times news editor and Mark Townsend, a former staffer, won second place. Foster had pushed for the introduction of the new competition category to reflect the move toward more visual elements in professional journalism today.

Maria Kinney, a newswriting student from last fall, won a sixth place award in feature writing for a story about the plight of illegal aliens. The same story won fust place at the state level in last spring's conference.

Foster received two awards, fifth place for on-the-spot editorial writing and an honorable mention for editorial writing.

Otto Waldorf, opinion editor, won fifth place for on-the-spot newswriting.

Miguel Delgadillo,a former Times staffer, took fifth place for critical review writing.

The Times is a consistently award-winning paper. Students interested in participating on staff can sign up for Journalism 65, held Monday, Wednesday and Friday at either 11 a.m. or noon.

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Kevin Moore's infographic indicating discrepancies in the numbers of deaths attributed to cocaine took first-place honors at the Journalism Association of Community Colleges' regional NorCal conference.

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Times article unfair Editor: As a member of the KJCC staff, I was wondering why several important details from your November 14, 1991 article are missing.

First of all, you never once mention the fact that Eric Lutvalc and Eric Montgomery have been (and continue to be) very close friends, a friendship that has lasted over a year.

Secondly, I'm upset that nowhere in your article did you allow Mr. Montgomery a chance for rebuttal.

It seems to me, that in all fairness, he should have had an opportunity to tell his side of the story.

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Editorial

by Michelle Gray

Whither Homecoming? tradition of homecoming was T hestarted to celebrate the return of alumni to the school from which they graduated. It was a day for them to go back in time to their old alma mater for a nostalgic look at the past, and in their honor, a celebration was thrown.

Over time, the tradition began to take on new meaning. The homecoming game not only served to welcome back the school's alumni, but also became a time to celebrate the present spirit of the school.

That is what homecoming is, a time for the students, faculty and alumni to come together and show their support and spirit for their school. It is also a time to honor those students who have continuously demonstrated their spirit and devotion to the school by crowning them the homecoming king and queen.

But this year, San Jose City College will have no homecoming celebration. No one will be honored for their spirit or hard work or the time that they have put in to make this school a better place.

This year, the homecoming celebration was cancelled by the Associated Student Council.

The ASC felt it had cause to invalidate the election because the homecoming committee had not followed all of the guidelines for elections as outlined by the ASB constitution.

Their principle grievance was that the event was not properly publicized.

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Although it was announced in the Times and in Open Line, the campus newsletter, it was not posted in ten places throughout the campus as prescribed by the constitutional guidelines.

They also argued that the polls floated from area to area, and that hours were not consistent. The complaints were found to be valid. The election process was mishandled, and perhaps the results should have been scrapped.

But not homecoming.

The ASC should remember that this is a college, a place of learning. Those who were running the election are students and those who were candidates are students.

And some judgment calls were made that, in hindsight, were clearly in error.

But the decision to cancel homecoming at the last minute did not correct any of the wrongs done. It just left the school without a homecoming.

The students running the election process made some mistakes. That can't be denied. But for the ASC to wash their collective hands of the whole affair is a greater mistake by comparison and a great disservice to the school.

Homecoming is an ASB event, and if it was fouled up, for whatever reason, it is the responsibility of the Council to fix it.

Cancellation does not constitute a solution.

The ASC has shirked its responsibility for the sake of a quick and easy termination to a sticky little problem.

The Times welcomes comment from the public on subjects of Interest to the campus community. Letters to the Editor and Viewpoint articles should be submitted In typewritten form, double-spaced if possible. Handwritten submissions will be acceptable if readable. 'Letters and Viewpoints will be edited for style and length, and sbould be signed. Names may be withheld under special circumstances.

We especially encourage comment by students, faculty, staff and administrators on matters of general interest, regardless of whether or not they have been discussed In tbe Times.

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Editor-in-Chief AnneEiena Foster Opinion Editor Otto Waldorf Entertainment Editor Beth McKinney Sports Editor Mark Gomez News EdHor Kevin Moore Campus Editor Elizabeth Gotelli

Staff Writers Amelia Lara Todd Mackey Allison Torres Photographers Chris Geer Joseph Jolly Kristin Kirst

Special to the Times

There is a killer on the loose. A heinous criminal that has been running rampant on a world-wide killing spree for over a decade.

This killer feels no remorse when it takes its victims. It is indiscrirninate, talcing the lives of the rich, the poor, the old, the young, all races, and all sexual preferences. The killer to which I am referring is Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS), and it must be stopped.

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You can support the ex AIDS is not justa "gay" disease. contributing money or time No one is completely safe. We can can let your elected officials sc ill afford to be complacent. Any of that you are concerned aboU us .can fall prey to this mass mur- and wish to see more of derer: heterosexual, homosexual, dollars spent on the pr"'~rvlllll&.._ young, old, rich, poor, all races, all life rather than the preD3illlllJI creeds;thisdiseasek:nowsnobound- war. You can also choosew aries. officialswhoarecommiued kl Something must be done to put ping this deadly disease. Y an end to this senseless killing. We do a lot We can do a lol must do everything in our power to The time to arrest this preserve the most precious thing we murderer is NOW!

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have, even more precious houses and our cars. We m teet and preserve our lives.

It is, unfortunately, too the thousands of people already taken from us. Ho Editc may not be too late for the res ~ The sooner we act, the fewo mov will be taken needlessly ~ ve1o mass murderer. tl You or I may be lucky.'II. never contract this devasta · . ease. It may, however.~ one: a relative, a friend, a Would that be any better? ing someone dear tousslowl) fully slip away as we stand~ lessly, knowing there is

If we sit back and do nothing, we might as well be playing "Russian Roulette"

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Those are the best gummies they've got

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Chris Hackett, 16 Undecided

Sourpatch kids gummies. They melt in your mouth and get your lips all puckered.

The everlasting gummie snakes they had in the bookstore. Those things were killer! It took about a half an hour to eat them.

Liz Dunbar, 17 Undecided The worms. It would have to be the worms. They have character. The others just look like food, but the worms have character.

The ones that look like a little pig. It's soft and not sweet. I don't eat candy, but I do like those.

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tiny bird indigenous only to the San Francisco · k · baylands, hovers on the edge of extinction. ~a Its natural habitat has been encroached upon r'! ¥ by developmentand flood control for decades. .

Back during his presidential campaign, ~;~ GeorgeBushpromisedus"nonetloss"ofthe nation's wetlands.

Yet, in another move of really reprehen. sible political manipulation , Bush and his ·: cronies are seeking to have "wetlands" re~ - defined, thereby opening up any land that doesn't meet the new definition to developiO[ ment If it's no longer wetland, it can be aL developed, and strictly speaking, there's been . "no net loss" of wetlands. It's a pretty sleazy 101 , move, but technically, it keeps Bush from ~-. being a bold-faced liar.

Currently, the "wetlands" definition is g, applied to land that is saturated for seven con sec uti ve days annually. The Bush administration's proposal would redefine Wetlands to include only those lands that are "inundated by water for 15 consecutive days 0 or saturated to the surface for 21 consecutive re. days." The more narrow definition will efty. fectively reducetheamount of"wetlands"in Ca.Jifornia by more than half. In the Bay Area alone, such a redefinition would constitute a lass of up to 75 percent of seasonally wet bay lands, including the habitat of the sa.Jtmarsh yellowthroat.

In the mid-1800s, wetlands covered 313 square miles around the Bay Area. By 1968,

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by Kevin Moore ews Editor

The literacy rate is dropping at an alarming rate. Alarming

to who? Those who are most alarmed are those with a vested

• interest in keeping people reading (writers and publishers). ith all the advances in technology, like television and tculjng computers, the inability to read will not be a major

~dicap.

What all this is doing, is leading to a new international "'riuen language. A hieroglyphic language that everyone can ~dy read. Symbols like the no-smoking, restroom and telephone signs are already in use all over the world. Some ~our laws will be written in hieroglyphs. Hey, dude, can't

ha.y~foun(fa more pei':i{mal iii$igilfC>.ri the ·. · true1nearurtg ofcheeii&idirig'!)@})(i• . • i ''lam my sister'skeeper.".Manipeople •' have questioned thestittement ih~fWe havif . airl:Jiushe<Jhn the backofour cheerleading ' · · swtili:tShirlS: ·••··· •:••••\••• ••.• : • •. · ···•)\\• ;;., •. . . Quite simply, we h~ve found the -~ecuf i ri(y and self-assuranc& in one antither td · proudly stand as one. To consider our>·• selves sisters in one big family is a wami and stipportive feeling. . { •· ..·..· ., .. ;:·. . Cheerleading goes beyoridst)ppcirting theschoolteams,igriii:ingspiritandg~ttilig

croWd participation. We have to be able tri get along . with each other and work to:-. getherinunicy. Wehadtofamiliariieeach other with the diverse personalitieSwithiri' ourS<)uad. We'vespentinany ~ours tOgether . asa'squad, whether itbelate-nightpraetice8; · overnight slumber parties, girls-night-out, or traveling nearly 500 miles away from home for competitions and knowing the only support we have is among each other.

Though we might practice for hours on one single routine, we only have one performancetoshowcasethoseefforts. Practices, performances and competitions are taken seriously and there is pleasure found in the positive response from the crowd.

The guidance, encouragement, understanding and support we give to one another is enough to supply the greatest confidence.

In Ireland they're known as leprechauns, or Wee Folk, and are believed to have magical powers. Native Americans * * * At one time, suburbs were exactly what the name implies; know them as Mescalito, and also believe they are magical. sub- urban, with strong and necessary ties to a major me- More recent sigh lings of the mysterious people have usually tropolis. There is reason now to rethink those connections, as labeled them as extra-terrestrials and linked them to very they are becoming increasingly unnecessary. First came the advanced technology. Their existence is frequently queshouses in neat little rows, then came the malls, flogging off tioned, but their appearance over centuries to widely disparendless cartons of tasteless middle class baubles. Now, with atecultures, wielding amazingly super-human powers, points the advent of tele-commuting, the suburbs have gained a life to their validity as a phenomenon in human experience.

If you ever happen to be so lucky as to meet a little green of their own. Edge cities they call them now. Rapidly gobbling up all the productive farmland in sight, and growing man, remember the folk wisdom of the people who have dealt out of control with nothing to limit them. Suburban hell, or with them before. You had better be nice to them, or else! night of the living mall crawlers. You call it * * * Black Holes?

Get Sirius!

Sirius B to be precise. A double * * * Any sufficiently evolved technology is indistinguishable star, roughly ten light years from earth. The "dog star" system from magic. That's true, but does it mean that magic is contains the nearest known Black Hole. A fact known to the indistinguishable from highly evolved technology? Who Dogon tribe of Africa for centuries and only recently concares? As long as it works. Right? What brought all this up; firmed by modem technology. Sirius can be seen in the of course, is the raging behind-the-scenes controversy over evening sky of the "dog days" of August, a time when U.F.O. the exact nature of the ubiquitous little green men. sightings are statistically higher than normal, doggone it.

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Retention support from page one Students will benefit from this not only by having tutors to aid them in their studies, but the tutors will be drawn from students on campus, giving jobs to students in financial need. Another $10,000 will go to hire someone to coordinate the tutorial program.

A $25,000 sum will go towards equipment for the multi-media language laboratory. Computers and video discs will be purchased to give the students a state of the art

facility to strengthen the turoring process.

Special programs like UMOJA, which is tailored to meet the needs of African-American students, Adelante, for students of Latino ethnicity, and the Carr-Student Athlete program will collectively receive $45,000 for tutoring , mentoring and peer support.

See box at left for a breakdown ofspecial support pro grams offered on the City College campus.

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from page one tions, that new elections be held with the same candidates, and that candidates not be reimbursed for any expenses incurred in anticipation of the coronation ceremony.

The council voted to reject the first two recommendations of the task force, but accepted the third.

Candidates had mixed reactions to the cancellation. Lori Branham said, "I think the election was run unfairly and I supported the recall petition and the cancellation of homecoming."

Arecia Cummings felt the judgment was the opinion of an elite few. "I think the council was partial to the candidates they had in-

valved. They weren't interested in what the other students said, they weren't interested in what the Task Force said. They had their minds made up."

AnneEiena Foster said "It's a sorry situation. It's not that it's so important to begin with, but doing away with it altogether because we're too fed up with it to properly address the problem is just lazy."

Afler the vote, Priscilla Santos said she believed the entire situation was a learning experience.

"From beginning to end, I truly feel students at large and council members acted in good faith," she said.

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Student killed in crash· Memorial services will be held this evening, Dec. 5, for a City College student, Paul M. Pickett, II, who died in a highway accident.

Pickett was killed in an accident Sunday night when his motorcycle was struck by a car on Interstate 880. He was 20 years old.

Pickett was in his second semester at City College. He had moved to San Jose just one year ago from his native Oklahoma and lived with his father in San Jose.

He worked two jobs to pay his

way through college, both as a liquor store clerk and as a data-entry operator for a San Jose computer company.

Mr. Pickett is survived by his father, Paul M. Pickett, Sr., of San Jose, and mother Jeannie Pickett, of Kansas; and his sister Christine Pickett, also of Kansas.

Memorial services will be held at the Willow Glen Funeral Chapel in San Jose at 7 p.m. Burial will be in the Fairview Cemetery, Fulton, Kansas.

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Listening to the ViolentFemmes is somehow reminiscent of listening to a six-year-old singing in the bathtub. There's a mindless unselfconsciousness about the songs, as if they never thought you might be listening, and while there's a melody in there somewhere, it's departed from as liberally as most recipes.

On their fifth and latest album "Why Do Birds Sing?" the Femmes dish out another batch of the wacked-out tunes that have made them so popular with the B-side crowd.

The Femmes mix a sort of rocka-billy meets the blues meets slam punk rock-and-roll style with irreverent, cathartic lyrics sure to offend or delight nearly everyone.

The album, almost two years in the making, is the culmination of some"strange experimental stages, according to vocalist Gordon Gano.

The album opens with "American Music," which parodys both popular lyrical themes and rhythms of good ol' American rock, followed by "Out the Window," a paen to suicidal jumping which is quintessential Femmes.

"Look Like That" departs lyrically from the beady-eyed cynicism the V.F. are known for, but it's

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redeemed stylistically by a rich, sarcastic delivery and a thumping, morbid melody augmented by Brian Ritchie's pounding baseline and the driving drum riffs of Victor DeLorenzo.

Among other little Femmes surprises on this album are a cover of "Do You Really Want to Hurt Me?" of Boy George/Culture Club fame. The Femmes strip the tune of the plaintive sincerity applied

by George and replace it with the mocking, sarcastic tone it needed in the first place.

"Do You ... " is followed by a romantic 16th century love poem with the original verse set to, uh, music.

Among things expected of the Violent boys: an utter disregard for rhythm, when convenient, and references to sex, drugs, death and bodily functions, as well as biting social commentary.

All this is brought together by Gano's grating, whining vocals.

By comparison, Bob Dylan sounds sweet and melodic.

"Why Do Birds Sing" is witty and amusing, and it's good nihilistic anarchy, but you can't really dance to it.

I'd give it a seven, Dick .

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Dada da dum (snap, snap), da dada dum (snap, snap), dada da dum ... da dada dum ... dada da dum (snap, snap). They're creepy and they'rekooky and now they'vemade the big screen in the motio.n picture "The Addams Family."

The film, produced by Scott Rudin and based on the characters created by cattoonist Charles Addams and adapted for the television series "The Addams Family," has captured and brought back the eerie clan that has amused audiences for decades.

Fans who love to watch the old black and white re-runs on television will not be disappointed. This movie, unlike some of the other major motion pictures that have been based on successful television series,

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shows a careful consideration to preserve and rekindle the nostalgia of the T.V. show which ran from 1964 to 1966.

The plot is actually reminiscent of an episode in which two scoundrels conspire to filch the Addams family fortune, but the unexpected weirdness of the family's everyday life unwittingly spoils their scheme.

In the movie, the scoundrels are played by Christopher Lloyd, Dan HedayaandDanaivey.Lloydgives, as usual, an excellent performance as Gordon, Margret's (Dana Ivey) son who poses as the long lost Uncle Fester in order to steal the family's fortune.

"The Addams Family" doesn't seem to lack anything. It is well

directed by Barry Sonnenfeld and superbly casted. No one comes to mind who may have played a better Morticia Addams than Angelica Huston and Raul 1ulia is comical as Gomez Addams. Wednesday, played by Christina Ricci, known for her performance in "Mermaids," could have stepped right out of the 1964 series.

The only character to have undergone any change is Thing. The writers elaborate on the character by giving it more movement and a greater role than in the television series.

The new Thing, played by magician Christopher Hart, adds to the movie, which contains constant hilarity and great visual effects from scene to scene.

The Addams Family is a wacky walk down memory lane.

'Darkness' envelopes City College

by Todd Mackey Staff Writer

If you did not know better, after stepping into the San Jose City College Theatre, you might actually think you were entering a gulag prison, one of the infamous Russian labor camps where countless thousands met an awful fate.

This describes the gloomy scenery for the City College Drama Department's current production of Darkness at Noon, directed by George Forrester. By Sidney Kingsley, the play is based on Arthur Koestler's 1941 classic about Russian political persecution.

The production, set in the 1930s, is the story of an ousted Communist party leader (Rubashov) who after attempting reforms in party leadership and theory is wrongly accused of conspiring to take over the party itself. The character Rubashov conveys the ideals that the strength is in the people, not a powerful central

government, the same ideals coming to surface in Russia today.

There were numerous outstanding performances. Van Phillips (Rubashov), a journalism insLructor at Evergreen Valley College and David Adams (prisoner #402), a student at City College, played their parts with different levels of enthusiasm.

Phillips, the despondent political prisoner facing a fate he does not deserve projected his character's sadness effectively. Adams, as the sexually deprived, semi-psychotic cell neighbor ofRubashov, performed with a comical disposition.

The production was executed with a professionalism that rivals many commercial performances. The creativity and versatility of the stage props allowed the production to flow from one scene to the next in a smooth and timely manner. 'Darkness at Noon' gets a strong recommendation.

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Thursday, December 5, 1991

Japier mache dreams William Shakespeare said it best. Parting is such sweet sorrow. Art instructor Ray Oeschger is presenting his "Swan Song" in the campus art gallery, F2, through Friday, Dec. 6.

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Local stats give clues to SJCC's future

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"Demography is not Sl very exciting subject, from most peoples' point of view. I find it really thrilling because it tends to provide the basis for making intelligent decisions," said Jeanne Gobalet, PhD. Gobalet, a geography instructor, has recently completed a demographic study for the San Jose/ Evergreen Community College District which classifies district residents according to gender, age, education, income and ethnicity.

"There are implications for where the class schedule gets mailed, where we offer satellite programs, where we think we should strengthen satellite recruitment efforts and where, presumably we've been doing a good enough job," said Gobalet.

"Some areas of our district don ' t supply very many students, when presumably, they could, given the demographic proflles ...People from the Milpitas area may be going to other colleges, like Mission and Ohlone for example."

The study is not merely a large compilation of statistics.' It represents a step forward for demography. "1ltis was a preliminary exploration of the concept of data analysis linked to geography," said Gobalet. "This report serves as a prototype for what can be done in the future and what I plan to do in the future in order to analyze the

characteristics and needs of our community, which as a community college, we're obligated to meet."

Why the sudden interest of the district board of governors in demographics? 'There's a state-wide, perhaps a nation-wide focus on drop-out and lack of success in school, and, the other side of it, success and retention. Our governing board, within the last half-year, has decided to place a lot of emphasis on developing success and retention models," she said.

"San Jose City College and Evergreen have both been asked to develop a plan for improving retention. It's a deliberate, board mandated activity. What I did predates that board interest."

Beyond knowing where to mail class schedules, the study points to more dramatic action that can be taken. "There's been some interest in having a down-town center for City College and the data suggests one would work. San Jose State, recently, has just been cutting back dramatically in what it offers, especially in the lower division. A downtown center could offer some of our developmental courses or remedial courses and programs, as well as transfer level courses," she said.

What next? ''I'm branching out now and looking at other colleges in the area," she said, "getting some numbers from them to work on, make some comparisons. I've got somereallyexcitingresults I'm not quite ready to talk about yet"

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Sports

Jaguars end season with a -win

by Mark Gomez Sports Editor

A Delta run ner marches through the Jaguar defense

Volleyball team ends mediocre season

by Beth McKinney Entertainment Editor

Two players from San Jose City College women's volleyball team were selected to the All Conference Volleyball Team.

Arlene Banaban. sophmore setter and team captain, was selected forthefirstteam in the Golden Gate Conference. "Arlene is a top setter in Northern California. She is very strongoffensively and defensively," said head coach Sam Huerta.

Banaban has been in the conference for three years. Last season she was on the second team.

Malika Patterson, freshman middle hitter, was selected for the second team. "Malika is one of our big hitters," said Huerta.

The team ended their season on a winning note by defeating Laney College Nov. 20 in three straight sets.

The team placed 5th in their league for the season. The final record for was 4 wins and 81osses.

"We were quicker ( than last year) but we couldn't put the ball over because of our height but we kept it in play," said Huerta.

Six sophmores are eligible to return to the team next semester.

Meanwhile Huerta will be actively recruiting local high school students.

Final GGC Standings Conference play Diablo Valley I2 Chabot 10 Delta 8 West Valley 6 4 San Jose San Francisco 2 Laney 0

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This year's cross-country runners were all freshmen, and the The men's team placed 4th in final standings in this year's com- the conference, and went to the petition reflect the inexperience of Northern California championships the athletes. in a wild card slot.

The women's cross country "I was convinced we were the COuld not field the minimum team, second best team (in the conferso all the athletes competed as indi- ence, behind West Valley)," said viduals. men's head oach Steve Haas.

In the Northern California chamThe men's team placed 8th in pionships, Javiera Trigos placed the Northern California Champitenth overall, Alexandra Moreno onships, and Robert Frost went on placed 26th, and Kirnik Anderson to compete at the state finals where fmished with her fastest time of the he placed sixty sixth. season, though she didn't qualify "Next year should be a considfor the state finals. None of the erably better season for us." said women placed at the state level.

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Hoopsters prepare for tourney

by Allison Torres Staff Writer

The men's basketball team has got off to a good start,nearing the Moorpark Tournament with a 3-2 record.

'Thingsareprogressingwelllike we're anticipating. We're trying to Prepare ourselves for the conference games," states head coach Percy Car. The Jaguars beat U.C Davis 9974, rebounding from a loss to Skyline College 63-59. The Jags were

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Don Stagnaro head coach Don Stagnaro's first season as head coach, and was replacing former coach Howard Gay, who had quit due to a surgery.

"Winning the last one helps forget the past," said Stagnaro. ''The last month of the season, we were pretty competitive," he said. The Jags had played San Francisco City College the week before Laney, and lost in the last 7 seconds against the state's top offense. A 60 yard run to the 4 yard line set up San

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Absence of experienced runners hampered Jaguars

by Kevin Moore

TheSanJoseCityCollegeJaguars finished their season in style by scoring 35 points in the second half to come back and defeat Laney College 45-31.

But winning the last game does not erase the team's 2-8 record, possibly the worst in the school's history.

One of the main problems head coach Don Stagnaro had noted during the season was the inexperience of his players (55 are freshmen.) However, if most of the players return, "there is a good potential in lots of areas. There is a good nucleus to work from," said Stagnaro.

In the final game against Laney, the Jags trailed at halftime 22-10, and their sole touchdown was an interception run back for a touchdown by Charles McMillian. But the Jaguar offense sparked during the second half, rushing for four

touchdowns and getting another through the air.

This was the most points the Jags scored all season, and both wins came against teams with a combined record of I-I9. This was

also victorious against Gavilan College, 85-60, and Fresno City College, 73-69.

These two consecutive wins overcame the loss from the season opener. The Jags traveled to the College of Sequoias and experienced a defeat of 97-87.

The Moorpark Tournarnent will be played from Wednesday, Dec. 4 through Friday, Dec. 6.

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They maneuver themselves strateCampus Editor gically through the crowds. The Shopping may seem to some agility of the athlete comes alive as like an idle way to pass a lazy day. they swerve to avoid elderly couples In reality, it is a strenuous activity who stop abruptly in their path. worthy of calling sport Now, with Once through the threshold, adrenathe Holiday season, the Superbowl line pumping, the shopper draws of shopping, upon us, even the most his shopping list They are prepared. They know powerful shoppers will be feeling the rigorous workout that months the lay out of the store the way any of training have readied them for. good race car driver knows the Once a leisurely pastime, shop- angles of every tum on the track. ping has become the ugliest event The shoppers make their way of the year. Shoppers must get up through ther different departments, with the sun in order to get a jump collecting merchandise as they go. on the novice consumers who flood Enduring the stress of the weight of the parking lots and aisles of shop- the clothes on their arms, the shoppers forge on. ping malls.

With awesome coordination the In the twilight of dawn, these asphalt plains become a demolition shoppers shift the loot to one arm, derby as cars race forward and in checking their lists to make sure reverse in search of a parking space. nothing was overlooked. Without Instead of wasting time searching losing pace, they search for an open for the perfect parking place, the receiver. Victory is at hand. In a knowing athlete floors it to the far fmal stroke they whip out their credit comer of the lot, parks with ease cards.

Loaded down with packages, and hikes back to the mall.

Once in the mall, the real game They make their way back across begins. In a race against the clock, the lot, feet aching and head poundthe shoppers make their way across ing. Shopping is no sissy game.

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by Beth McKinney Entertainment Ed itor

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• \ ' City College pre5_entS Black and Whit~ Porta its by A> : Derinis Gaxiola. The exhibit is display in the PJ:esident' s ConferenceRoom (505) from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday--Friday, until Dec. ::''·

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n · La Raza Student Alliance is sponsering Fiesta Navidad 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 12. Enchilada, rice, beans and soda .· will be $5. Chips and salsa$ 1.25. Food will be served in S-2. .·. • The Christmas Program String Ensemble presents a ChriStmas Carol Sing Together at 7:30p.m. Thursday, Dec.l2, in · the City College Theatre. The ensemble will feature works by Handel, Grieg, Vaughan Williams and Haydn. Tickets are $5 general admission and $2 for students and seniors.

• Join the student tour to France and receive three units of course credit. The trip, planned for the middle of June, will include two nights in Paris, a train ride to Avignon and bus ride to Vaison La Romaine, a small town in the South of France. The price of the tour is $2,200, but does not include all meals or concert admissions. ·· Interested students should contact Nicole Amon at x 3882 or Marilyn Mitchell at x 3785.

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City College is now accepting applications for the spring 1992 semester. Class catalogs are on sale at the Bookstore and Office of Administration for 25 cents. · .· • Health Services would like to remind you to take care of yourself and that registered day and evening students are eligible to receive health care. Diagnosis and treatment for minor illnesses, throat cultures, medical emergency care, family planning/birth control, pap smears and a variety of other services are offered in room 308A For further information call 288-3724. · Evergreen Valley College's choir and voice classes will • sing holiday musical selections at its annual Christmas Concert at 8 p.m. Friday, Dec. 6, in the college'sMontgomery Hall. The event is free. For more information, contact EVC's College Marketing Department at (408) 270-6418.

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Marketing Department wins first-place aWards

by Elizabeth Gotelli Campus Editor

Two first place awards for a promotional brochure to introduce the Umoja program for AfricanAmerican studies called Umoja at City College were won by the Marketing Deparunent of Evergreen San Jose /Evergreen Community CollegeDistrictonNov. 7 and Nov.

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The project, which was funded by the Marketing Department was coordinated and written by Martha Lucey in collaboration with the advertising team ofYamagumaand Associates.

The brochure took the first of its

first place honors, the Medallion Award, at the regional conference in Santa Barbara.

Then on Saturday, it was the the recipient of the prestigious Joey Award, a national competition with 400 entries.

The Joey Award, presented by the San Jose Convention and Visitor Bureau, was received at a black tiedinnerheldattheFairmontHotel in downtown San Jose.

This is the second year the Joey Award has been awarded to the district for the work done by its Marketing Department. Both awards will be on display in the Hall of Excellence, located in the City College Library.

"What sound does the seatbelt make? Click, click, click," sings Danny Giray and the children as they jump excitedly about Giray, with his jet black hair pulled tightly back in a pony tail animately sings with the children who are avidly watching his every move. They follow him in a circle, laughing and singing.

Giray brought art and music to the San Jose City College Child Development Center through the Artist in Residency Program Oct. 8- Nov. 26.

Giray is a professional dancer who was chosen by the Wolf Trap Institute for Early Learning through the Arts to participate in the nationwide program.

The Artist in Residency Program was designed to integrate the arts into children's learning by having the children interact with professional artists.

To teach the children about shapes and colors Giray brought outablanketcoveredwithshapes in different colors, making a game out of identifying the different objects.

"I want to give back what I've learned by sharing my art with the kids," Giray said. His approach is to involve the children in the learning process and make them enjoy learning.

Giray has worked with children for the past 12 years and is currently starring in "Danny G 's Incredible Fun Times," a local children's television show on Channel32.

The show incorporates many of the same techniques Giray uses at the center.

"There are not enough role models for children in the arts,"

If you smoke Del Ahderson would like to meet with faculty, staff and administrators who need to smoke during working hours as a ftTSt step in responding to the requests of non-smokers for a smoke-free work space. The meeting is scheduled for 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 18, in the College Conference Room

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Artist, Danny Giray employs his musical talent to teach the children from the Child Development Center.

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Giray said. He feels that budget cuts for educational programs have kept artists away from working with kids becausefunding is not available to support artistic programs.

"The children love him ... he adapts himself to the age and needs ofthechildren," said Janice Wheeler director of the Child Development Center.

Wheeler hopes that students or faculty will be able to continue the

teaching with art program where Giray left off.

Evergreen Valley College also has an artist in residence. A dance, music and theater spe. cialist, she is known professionally as Mara.

The Artist in Residence Program is being funded by the Knight Foundation, which awards grants for journalism. arts and culture.

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