Serving San Jose City College
Thu rsday, February 10, 1994
lack History Month exhibit Let's have a ball tirs contr versy on campus "The pain is real, the pain is nov. ,,,J the pain is in past," Zee Gibson, San Jose Cit) College counlor and Black History Month mord inator, told ut lOO students and faculty mc1nlx-r' at a heated discussion on Thursday, l -c t Gibson called the meeting to d'" '''' complaints t a Black HisMonth exin the library offe nsive in poor taste. "It was notmy to cause
artifacts up before," Gibson said. " I didn't feel there was going lO be a problem." Marylee Shelton, a speech instructor, addressed those at the forum and gave a presentation about stereotypes, racism and discrimination . One man argued that the information was important., "but theissueathandisadisplay. Iamnothere to go through Stereotype 101." A common feeling about the display was that it focused on only a negative aspect of the culture. "There's nothing wrong with learning about yo ur whole history," sa id Shelton, "but there is somet h ing wrong with focusing on the most ugly and Marylee Shelton least appealing Speech instructor part of reality." Acque l la Todd, a business major, said, "That's not how blacks view our black history . When I think of black history, I think of Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Civi l Rights movement." " Racism in this country is insidious," Reginald Lockett., an English instructor, said . "We need to take this display down or put it into context so that it is educating people.The idea ... is to counteract negative images like that. " Yet others made the point tha t the pas t., no matter
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There's 1othing wrong with learn ing r1bout your whole history, but therF s something wrong with focusing n the most ugly and least appc ling part of reality.
" Afril tlll-Arrleritcmls As Seen in the Pa ~1 preted AfriICII-AmtP.n,r.an stereotypes, such a, ll an-Ameriwi th full, red lips and a pictun: , oung black e !if eating watermelon with the cap t,, 'vfy ! It shure 1 weet tastan ." Other items ir 1 d a box of 'nlrkie" toothpaste and a "FOR TO COLs liD)" sign . When Gibson began receiving .. e response exhibit, which was on displa r ' -; 9, she said ftrst reaction was to take it dov. ' that it was y a committee decision lO Ic. up. "It's been three or four years, bur e had these
Kim Yanda, left, ranked third in the state for scoring , makes an aggressive play fo r the ball in the Feb. 4 game against the College of San Mateo. For story, see page four. Son Nguyen/ The Times
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Board Agenda Feb. 8 At T uesday's board meeting, Ca'·· . 'i a StateEmployeesAssociaofficers and Evergreen Valle) · l(e Classified Council officwere introduced , The board took action on a propo.-.d regarding executive officer ' (see story below) an d 'oted to make a new geologic of the Evergreen campus. Also, the board heard testim ony ~1hnu t a partially funded liability retiree's health benefits.
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Ailing enrolllllent figures recover during the first week of classes by Doug Cortney Assistant Editor
Things were looking pretty bad for San Jose City College on Jan . 10. With just three weeks until
·~ 1t.h di ffe ring educational levels and between new and experienced
classes began, the co llege bad re-
ern r loyees. argument <)nee the floor was opened to raises, it' s generally that comme nts from the audience, it wants one and the board of bc(.·ame clear that there was virtuall y no upport for the proposal says, " No." ttbe problem Tuesday night from those present. that the district staff didn't Don Brobst., president of the City the pay raise and it looked College Faculty Senate, was the the trustees were going lO only person lO speak in favor of the for it pay raises . He said be liked the ~ course, this raise was for precedent the raises would set, sugnot for facu lty and gesting that faculty would expect a And the board finally de- similar deal during negotiations. Henry Gee, president of the Facveitsomemore thought. ~subcommittee of the San ulty A ociation, said that be could !<~~'·•-,....... " Community Colnot understand why the board would District Board of Trustees grant pay raises to administrator at a time when budgets are so tight "1141ltllien<1ed that the district's administrators receive in- that faculty can not make the copies in their base pay and/or they need for classes. Estremera said that he wasn't allowance. Chuck Blackmore said tied to the proposal before the board opposed to the proposal and would actually prefer lO estabit is "not sound judge- li h a step ladder fortop executives to raise salaries during lis- "just like everyone else." At Estremera' s request the board unanimously decided to do a comTrustee Tony Estremera parative study and revisit the matsome sort of pay raise ter once a proposed salary schedule lO establish a pay difbas been prepared. between administrators
ceived20percent fewer applicalions than were turned in las t spring-andregis tration was down 24 percent for daytim e classesand 36per..:ent for those in the evening. Evergreen Valley College, too, was in dire straights, bowing an even larger de-
of college marketing, to place adclitional advertising. In addition lO extra ads in the San Jose Mercury News and the Spartan Daily, Lucey sent a special flyer about the district' s mini-session to local indu try.
six percent drop from last year at this time. "It looks to me at this point as if we're going to be okay," Brown said . An official at Santa Barbara Community College who spoke
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nitycollegesstiu h o w dec linin g enrollment. SJ(C .. . . :]===:=::::: ;,:.) {:t: j6.646 Brown sai d th a t confusion 3,450 about fee and a ti g ht eco nomy around the holi EVC ·::,·:,::;:.,·;:;; =·= •::•· ] 6,159 days probably 3, 134 contributed to the enrollment dip. With continuing s tate budget l:::::::=:•ij Day classe Evenin g classe p r ob lem s, talk continues about Times graphic by Robcn Unthan k rai sing commuource : Robert Brown Admi s ion & Records nity college fees . crease than City College. Brown said stu"Both colleges were in real bad Since Jan . 10, the enrollment dents were afraid they might pay shape," said Robert Brown, di - picture has changed radically. On asmuchas$30per unitthissemetrict director of admi ion and the first day o f classes, the di tri ct ter. In fact., the fee remained at po ted a modest increase of three $1 3. records . At the time, community col- percent compared wi th pring 1993 There are still opening in C ity leges all aero the tate were fac- fir t-day figur . CoiJegemini-seme tercourses, but By Monday, Feb. 7, there were application have closed for reguing similar problem . Because a dramatic decrease 10,096 students emolled at City lar classe . in enrollment could have disas- College, an increase of 2.6 percent As us ual , genera l education trous fmancial effects on the di - from th e arne time Ia t year. course fr.lled early, while more trict., Chancellor Ron Kong au- Evergreen' enrollment has grown thorized Martha Lucey, director to 9,293 tudents, but that i till a See Enrollment, page 4.
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