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Vol. 46, No. 16
Serving San Jose City College
Thursday, December 12, 1991
More students, fewer classes for spring semester by AnneEiena Foster E or-in-Chief
Students at San Jose City College have gotten the message about bigger classes and fewer offerings and they are taking it seriously. Continuing students at City College have been keeping their registration appointments like never before, leading to an overload in the Admissions and Records Office, and waits of up to two hours to complete registration. As of Dec. 5, some 2,219 continuing day students had registered for classes, a 15 percent increase over the 1,934 who had registered Lines outside of Admissions and Records reach a wait of two hours as students try to get their classes. photo by Beth McKinney by the same time last spring. For Earlier in the semester faculty Class sizes will also be larger, a trustee Robert Robledo. "This is an evening students, 1,154 have regisBrown said that customarily, the matter of great concern to most issue where the students really need and administration faced difficult tered as opposed to 1,067 at this Admissions and Records Office decisions about which class secto support the faculty. There are teachers and many students. lime last year, an 8 percent increase. expects "about a 50 percent attnrooms that are potentially unsafe. tions to cut in order to stay within The Class Size Task Force, a Applications for new students tion rate," with about half of stuThere are no panic bars on the doors; the budget and still meet the needs faculty group formed to review are up by 26 percent overall. dents failing to keep registration none of the rooms have capacity of more students. According to problems with current and increas"Traditionally, continuing stu- appointments.Forspring,ho~ever, signs posted." Brown,"those cuts were made by ing class sizes, made its presentadents have been pretty lackadaisi- Brown guessed that about 70% of "Students are being forced into calaboutgettingtheirclasses,"said students had kept their appoint- the deans within the divisions, not tion to the San Jose/Evergreen Disevery single seat," said Brown, "It by administrative ft.at" Most sectrict Board of Directors at its TuesRobert Brown, district director of ments to within a day. "There are really puts a heavier load on tions cut were off-campus classes day meeting. The TaskForce found admissions and records, "but still a bunch who haven't regisand those not essential instructors ... another two or three for graduasome classes were registered to fully they'vebeard thenews. They know tered," he said. students in every class is another tion or transfer. double the capacity of the classabout the budget cuts, about the Because of class cutbacks, there Lower-level ESL classes are two or three papers to read, another rooms to which they are scheduled. overtlow from San Jose State and won't be much left for students mostly closed at this point, as are two or three tests to grade-for "It's a really grave concern for theyarekeepingtheirappointments. who wait until the first week of most chemistry classes. every class," he said. faculty and students," said student That's what created the lines." classes next term to register.
Interim dean finallv hired
Language Arts gets its Mann by Todd Mackey Staff Writer
After numerous difficulties in finding a replacement for former language Arts Dean Mary Jane Page, who resigned from that role last spring, an interim dean has fmally been hired to bead the department Her name is Karen Mann, Ph.D .. A former English professor at De Anza College, she has been designated as interim Dean of Language Arts. The position is temporary and will last until Spring when a permanent dean will be chosen. Before coming to the Bay Area in July of 1990, Mann taught as a professor of English at West Illinois University. Mann noted that some rewarding experiences in the Bay Area caused her to return. "I experienced some very productive and happy times while attending at (University of California) Berkeley," Mann said.
Mann' sresponsibilities will include representing Language Arts faculty in the Board ofDeans, handling administrative business, and working on special programs and funding. Although only a temporary posiMann tion, Mann has specific goals for strengthening the Language Arts program at City College. She cited fostering more departmental unity and consensus problem solving as among her ambitions."There is plenty of work to do," Mann said, but "I love it when a plan comes together, to quote a famous George Peppard quip."
Gay to return as Jaguars' head coach After a one year leave of absence, former Jaguar football coach Howard Gay will be returning to the helm for the 1992 football season. Bert Bonnano, Athletic Director of San JostCityCollege, saidGaywillbereturning next year, but his supporting staff is still "up in the air." Don Stagnaro, who was recommended by Gay as the replacement last year , was
previously the defensive coordinator. The Jaguars fmisbed the season with an overall record of 2-8, and have a 5-15 record over the past two seasons. The Jags ended their season with a victory over San Joaquin Delta College Gay had coached the Jags to five consecutiveGoldenGateConferencechampionships from 1983-'87, winning the national title in 1986.