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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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Buy American for quali nasty and Sprint rank better crash tests than Toyota ComJ£ Honda CRX or Nissan Sent:ra. InOsaka,Japan,assemblyworkThe Chrysler Corporation ersatNissan meet each morning to tects its American built cars pray for the thousands of souls lost seven years, while the best J in minor, but fatal, collisions in- can do is three years on its Mazdt volvingtheircarseachday. In Flint, Sony Walkmans are protected Michigan, Chrysler workers hear three months against defects, w of the high ranking the Dodge Dy- General Electric and RCA are nasty earned in the newest crash tected against defects for one tests. Does this have to do with the Sharp's upright is only COWJ: quality of design? You bet it does. against defects for one year, Even when people buy Japa- Electrolux is covered in home nese and are asked what the best five. T.V. is, the majority say Zenith or The American products RCA. When people are asked for covered longer, because they the best cars, they usually say "Lin- better quality products. coln or Cadillacs." When people American products such as are asked what the best vacuum is, Dodge Dart, Ford Mustan. almost always you here Chevrolet Nova or Chrysler "Electrolux." When asked the best rial are known for running ~ motor bike, they say Harley. Yet ever. It's not unusual to get o they say America doesn't build 300,000 miles on the orig' power train or body, yet it's good products. The truth is that America builds possibletorackover100,000 · the best new products in the world. on a car from Japan. So as you can see, we need J.D. Powers ranks the Saturn and Buick highest in the consumers say Buy American and H satisfaction index for cars under Union Labor because our g $15,000. The Dodge Daytona, Dy- are the very best on the market
by John Natty Staff Writer
Editorial
Bashing it out of the ballpark T
he past month, and the occasion of President Bush's trip to Japan, has seen a marked increase in the tenor of antiJapanese sentiment across a broad spectrum of U.S. society. And across the Pacific, Japanese officials at the highest levels of government are becoming increasingly frank and critical in airing their own perceptions regarding the economic problems of the United States. U.S. politicians and captains of industry have often pointed their fmgers at Japan as either the source, or a contributing factor of, the current recession. Representative John D. Dingell, DMichigan, said recently that the recession was "made in Japan." The president himself, justifying his trip to Japan in what has to have been one of recent history's more queasy chapters, tied the recession to the trade imbalance with Japan by linking ')obs, jobs, jobs," for Americans with a more open market for American products in Japan. Japanese leaders don't like to shoulder the blame for the United States' current dire economic straits, and often fire back with jibes of their own, such as when Japan's speaker of the house referred to "lazy" American workers as the source of the United States' economic problems.
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Viewpoint "Buy American" is a slogan that is catching on. The Seattle Mariners won't be sold to Japanese businessmen, even if they live in Seattle, and Los Angeles County has backed out of a contract to by Una Navarro buy rail cars from Japan. Staff Writer This week Japanese Prime Minister Kiichi Miyazawa added more fat to the Americans should not be disfire, saying American workers lacked a couraged from buying Japanese "work ethic." cars. Pressuring American consumNone of this finger-pointing and ers from "buying Japanese" is just blame-fixing has done anything to throw a form of Japan-bashing, and staany new light on the problem. It has tistics show that American congenerated plenty of heat. sumers want automobiles that are Getting excited about what the politiJapanese-producedforvariousreacians in Japan are saying about the United sons. States is a frustrating and ultimately futile Most importantly, freedom of exercise. Beyond advertising an extremely choice is one of the principles of thin skin and a profound insecurity in the the U.S. government, and we should U.S. economy's ability to recover, it be able to buy goods from other solves absolutely nothing. countries if we choose to. The U.S. auto industry is in seLeaders on both sides of the ocean are rious financial trouble right now, only succeeding in appealing to their own xenophobia. While it might be comforting for some to blame the United States' current economic woes on Japan, doing so does not merely prevent us from seeing the indigenous roots of the recession. It also diverts our gaze away from where any solutions, if they exist at all, must be.
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country is not going to solve economic woes. Now where else but in Ameril can a person buy products from over the world? Obviously, Americans w imported products or else would not have so many. So Americans favor Japanese a: who's to stop them?
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Women showin strong on court by Sean Peterson Staff Writer
The San Jos~ City College women's basketball team is the best it has ever been. It is ranked thirteenth in the state and seventh in Northern California. They are currently leading the Golden Gate Conference with a record of 6-1 (21-7 overall). The Jaguars have won five of their last seven games. Coach Oberg feels that a large part of their success is due to the team morale and a close knit, positive attitude. 'This is a kind of team that a coach wants to have," said Oberg. Team captains Katy Bigelow and Erin Rose have been a tremendous lift to tbe team's cohesiveness.
Jaguars play an aggressive womanto-woman pressing defense. Success is not limited to the TbeJaguarsfacedan undefeated court for the Jaguars. Oberg feels Lassen College (24-0), that is that her program is a good combiranked number one in the state. nation of athletics and academics. The Jags played bard and were tied Seven of the twelve players have a witb three minutes remaining, but GPA of 3.0 or better, four have made tbe Dean's list. lost the game. The Jaguars are doing remarkDespite the loss, Oberg felt the game showed that tbe Jags could ably well, and a playoff picture is play good bard basketball with any imminent 'The first priority is the conference, so we are playing one team in the state. Because of a fast-paced style of game at a time," said Oberg. "If we play, three players average scoring don't make it through the conferin double digits. The rest of the ence, the playoffs won't matter." The Jaguars are down to their team is contributing with a balanced inside and outside attack. final five games, two of which will Oberg is extremely proud of the be at home; San Francisco City team's defensive prowess. Ranked CollegeFriday,Feb. 7,andChabot, fourth in the state in defense, the Friday, Feb. 21.
Jaguars guard MaryJean Espino puts one up in the game against the College of San Mateo Friday, Jan. 31. The Jaguars took the game 64 to 46. photo by Andy Barron
by Mark Gomez Ecfrtor-in-Chief The men's basketball team fmds itself in adivision where with five games to go, it's anybody's ballgame. The Jags' conference record stands at 23 (14-9 overall), trailing first place West Valley College (4-1) by two games. The
West Valley on Jan. 28 at Jaguars home, and lost tbe game in overtime by three points. The Jaguars have lost two of their last three games in overtime, and have lost two other games by one point a piece.
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'This may be the toughest league in the state," said bead coach Percy Carr. ''Everyone can beat everyone," he added. Coach Carr feels tbe top two teams in the conference are San Francisco City College and West Valley, botb of whom tbe Jags bave to play away. The Jags play at San Francisco at 7:30
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_ _ - ·- -·· Poetry Festival in).~- San i6re CitY College theatre at7 --•--- ..: Saturday, Febiuary 8. -Keynote speakers will be authors AlfredO: Arteaga, Rooerto ·.Duriffi and artist Henry Murillo. · Gen&al' · adnlission is $5, stiidentS$2 and children free. · ·· ·-:-:-:__ .:·
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San Jose/Evergreen Community College District bas three new administrators with a mission. A mission to go beyond academic and job skills and into values. Chancellor Ronald Kong, EVC President Richard G. Carpenter and returning SJCC President Del Anderson will be inaugurated at 4 p.m. Friday, February 21 in a celebration called ''Leaders 2000." The inauguration will take place at the Fairmont Hotel in San Jose with Ysabel Duron, KRON1V, as Mistress of Ceremonies. Entertainment will be provided by FRIENDS, a choir directed by Virginia Roberts and the San Jos~ City College Wind Symphony. Guests will include the Mayor of San Jose, Susan Hammer, Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors, Joe Lofgren, Members of Congress, State Senate and State Assembly. San Jose State University Interim President, Dr. J. Handel Evans and President of University of Santa Oara, Father Paul Locatlli, SJ., will also attend. College alumnus and publisher, Millard Hampton, will represent students. Money for educational funds will not be used for this event.
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"It will be a mammoth building," said Mowry. The flrst floor of the building will contain a library, a large leeture room, faculty offices and the Reprographics Department.
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• University of California, Berkeley representatives will be on campus from 9:30a.m. to 2:30p.m. Tuesday, February 11 in llle Careerffransfer Center where you may also sign up for individual student appointments.
No classes on February 13, 14 and 17. Enjoy your five day weekend.
Photography instructor Steve Salisian shows his work at the City College Art Gallery. His sabbatical works, along with Art intructor Jim Wayne's, will run through Feb. 14. Photo by Joseph Jolly
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