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Serving San Jose City College
voL 4s, No. 1
Well, if you're not going to do it
Thursday, February 6, 1992
Cordero asked to resign Council members list absence at meetings by AnneEiena Foster Copy Editor
Joe Pereira has been coming to San Jose City College for 10 years to recycle aluminum cans and get his daily exercise. PhotO by Eric Peterson
The Associated Student Council got right down to business at its first meeting of the semester, with members of the executive council presenting president Miguel Angel Cordero with a letter requesting his resignation. Cordero has come under fire several times during his term, which began last spring, for allegedly being uncooperative and disrespectful to council members and reportedly failing to fulfill his responsibilities as president. Members of the executive council presented Cordero with a letter, dated Jan. 30, enumerating grievances against him and calling for his resignation. The letter was read aloud in the ASC's general meeting Wednesday, Feb. 5. The letter referenced sections of the ASC' s constitution that Cordero is alleged to have violated. Specifically, the complaints are that he failed to attend and
represent the associated students at district board of trustees meetings, that he did not prepare a summary of "student operations," that he failed to see that the provisions of the constitution were carried out and that he had more than two unexcused absences from council meetings. According to the constitution, any administrative council or executive council member who misses more than two consecutive meetings unexcused is to be asked to resign. After the reading of the letter Cordero gave his defenses to the complaints, saying that he was not notified of some meetings and that in the case of board meetings he had always arranged for a proxy when he was unable to attend. Cordero said those people failed to keep their commitments to attend the meetings in his stead. The executive council declined to hold further discussion of the matter in closed session, as some council members expressed that
they wanted to hear deliberations on the matter. Vice-president Bianca Hernandez said she initially supported the idea of closed session discussion of the issue, but felt that it would better serve the council and student body to have the discussions in open session. After discussion of the points raised in the letter, administrative council members voted to bring the issue before the entire council at the Feb. 12 meeting and allow all voting members to vote at that time on whether or not to vacate the office of the presidency. According to Cordero, the executivecouncil'sactions to remove him are the result of a "personal vendetta." 'The executive council should learn how to separate personal feelings from professional, ethical feelings," he said. Student trustee Robert Robledo denied Cordero's assertion, saying that the executive council's action was motivated by Cordero' s performance, not his personality.
Classes are forced to close as 2,000 new students invade campus by Kevin Moore Sports Editor
If you found yourself packed into a classroom like a sardine in a can, then it should come as no surprise that San Jose ~ty College has yet another large increase menrollment. Officially, the opening day census shows a 6% increase in daytime enrollment over the spring semester 1991, or an additional 343 students. Enrollment in night classes is
officially down 3% or 114 students. Overall, there is a 2% increase of 229 students. According to Robert Brown, Director of Admissions and Records, these figures are misleading. The 91 spring census has included the students in the inter-session classes as well as the spring semester. Due to budget considerations, there was no intersession this year, so the actual increase is closer to 2000 new students at City College. The number of units per student is up 13% for day classes and2% fornightclasses,
giving an overall increase of 9%. 130 sections were dropped from the spring schedule. ''Everything's full," said Brown. "The classroom space is being used. Most of the classes are closed, day and evening." There will be changes as a result of years of large increases in enrollment The state has imposed a cap of 1.5% on increases in enrollment at community colleges, but the colleges must admit everyone who applies. When enrollment exceeds the state limit, the
college must absorb the extra costs. · "If the budget structure doesn ' t change within the state," said Brown, "there are going to have to be other measures taken that don'thittheclassroomasdirectly. There will probably be a freeze . on hiring support staff rather than layoffs. When someone vacates a position, we won't be able to flll it. The students ultimately suffer because offlees and services won't be able to provide the same level of support that they have in the past."
High h opes for new Learning Center By Mark Gomez Editor-in-Chief
City College officials are hopeful that the state will grant funds necessary to build a massive Learning Resource Center, estimated at $12.1 million. On Jan. 28, the district's board of trustees unanimously voted to file an amendment with the state to get the funding for preliminary drawi ngs. The amendment needed to be filed by Feb.l in ader for the college to receive money from the 1993-94 budget The fJrSt step in getting the money may lie on the passing of a 2.6 billion bond on the state's June election ballot According to Martha Kanter, Dean of Instruction, community
colleges statewide could receive about"$300million"infundsfrom the bonds issue. The passing of the bonds does not guarantee the district receiving the funding. 'There is no guarantee. We just have hopes," said Philip Mowry, head of the district' s Facilities Planning Commitee. If the district receives initial funding, it could then ask for the construction funding to come out of the 1994-95 budget or any other funds available. "Once the tate has committed, it would become a high priority," said Mowry. The new building will be a two story complex, appro ximately 85,000 square feet See Center, pa e .
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