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on discrimination instructor, gave a presentation on Nellie Bly, the woman best known for her trip around lhe world in less Times Staff Report than 80 days. Ken~ discussed Bly's deterWith an audience of roughly 30 mination and successful journalstudents and staff members, Annie ism career in lhe 1800's. Dandavati, Chair of Santa Clara Diane McAfee, chair of the County Commission on the Status Women's History Month commitjof Women, gave the keynote adtee of 13 people, scheduled this dress to begin the celebration of month's events while trying to 'Women's History Month Wednes"give a well-rounded idea of day, March 9, in San Jore City women working in the commuCollege's Communi~ Room. nity." Danda vati discussed the issue of The celebration of women's jdiscrimination towards women in history "is not only important for the workplace by explaining the City College, but disadvantages everywhere ... to women face every • For schedule of recognize ... day. groups that events, see pg. 8· According to have been Dandavati , overlooked, and • Gallery displays art women earn twod th f that includes thu s e pay 0 a by women, pg.6 man doing the women," said same job, only McAfee. three percent of women bold top Sbealsosaideverypresentation Uobs with Fortune 500 companies planned is important, but, "the !and of people making over $75,000 health topics are crucial to women," jannually, more than two million she said. lare men, and only 250,000 are Janet Gray Hayes, former women. MayorofSanJose, will be on cam: Although these facts are dis- pus at 12:30 p.m. Thursday, March couraging, she urged women to, 17,topresenttheJanetGrayHayes "not sit back and cry about dis- Awardtothisyear'srecipient, T.T. !crimination, but to stand up and do Nhu, a San Jose Mercury News •something about it" columnist Dandavati also emphasized that She was chosen over the other the batUe against discrimination is nominees because, "her columns not a war of the sexes, but a war shedlightonAsian-Americansand against injustice. help to shatter myths of AsianWhileDandavati'saddressoffi- Americans," said McAfee. icially began this month's celebraMcAfee also feels it is importion it was prefaced by two other tantforstudentstoknowthat"men events commemorating women's shouldn't feel that this (celebrahistory. tion) is only for women; this is On Monday, March 7, Martha something we can all be enriched
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peaking at lhe right time. A state championship ... would be a big accomplishment," he said. CityCollege'sopponentMarch 10, Chaffey College, earned the FoolhillConferencechampionship with a league record of 16-0. Chaffey's overall record stands at 31-5. Representing the Northern California Region with the Jaguars will be last year's State Champions, Columbia. They will be joined by City College rival West Valley College and
men to. Southern California Region representativesincludeitstopfour seeds. They are lhe team that ousted City College in the first round of the State Playoffs last year, No.1 Ventura, No. 2 Long Beach, No. 3 Riverside and Chaffey. "All the teams in the playoffs are playing well, it'sjustamatter of who' s playing better at the time," Carr said. "We' regoingto staymentally
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Olympics are not golden ust when it seems that the world is on the verge of another global police action in which millions of young soldiers will lose their lives in a futile scrimmage, we all receive a stay of execution because the world is tuning into CBS sports. But this is no ordinary sporting event. It's the Olympics. The Olympics are nothing but an overhyped, two-week political banter session in which a beautiful history of tolerance and international brotherhood supposedly can be found. Let your mind wander back to 1936 when Adolph Hitler refused to award the gold medal to American athlete Jesse Owens, or to 1980 when the United States completly boycotted the summer Olympics or to 1984 when the Soviets returned the favor. The show really worth watching isn't the two week media blitz from the snowcapped mountains of Norway but the
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special reports from "a nation under seige" one week after the closing ceremonies. Should care about these countries who don't even try to keep the peace they begged for a week before? Will the American public still want to do something about the hardship feature stories aired by CBS between speed trials and finally forget about full-contact figure skating? Without a glimmer of doubt the answer is "no." Israel has already started an insurrection on the West Bank, no one remembers where those kids were starving yet every American can tell you what Nancy Kerrigan had for breakfast this morning. The olympics aren't about brotherhood or peace between nations. It's a sick and twisted mess of endorsements, payoffs and most important, bragging rights which only brings hardship to the athletes who lose and shame to the nations who sent them.
Will a campus voice be silenced? A s of the March 3 West Valley/Mission Community College district board meeting, both the journalism and photography programs were on a list of programs doomed to be cut. The district cites the expense of the programs and low enrollment among the reasons for the cuts. But at what price the voice of a campus? Admittedly, eliminating the journalism program could rid administrators forever of pesky student reporters, but college newspapers are invaluable sources of news, entertainment, campus infonnation and commentary on our college commu-
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nities and the world around us. Community colleges are often a transitory step for those on their way to four-year institutions. If it weren 't for campus newspapers, students might not experience any sense of cohesiveness or unity with others on campus. Should the West Valley Norseman be eliminated, San Jose City College, Evergreen Valley College and Ohlone College will be the only community colleges in the area to still publish a campus paper. But nothing is yet official; hopefully the newspaper will be spared and the campus voice of West Valley College will not be silenced.
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Staff Writers Michael Gonzales Laura Lazzarini Vincent Washington
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What's up with Mike? Maybe thealtitudesbereacbedonbisdeath defying dunks put a strain on his brain. Whatever it is, Michael Jordan is about to (gasp!) fail. For Air Jordan, the best basketball player ever and certainly one of the most well known athletes in history, retiring from basketball when he did was fitting. Jordan did not leave us with painful memories of a fading player, trying to bold on. Instead, be left at the height of his game and on the strength of his team's third straight National Basketball Association world championship. He left us with the belief that be could accomplish anything. That belief is about to be shattered. Jordan is currently attending spring training with the Chicago White Sox, in pursuit of a major league baseball career. No way. Not gonna' happen. There is legitimacy to the argument that Jordan, with his superb athleticism, could have been an excellent baseball player. Could have been. Maybe be can make it. After all, pro ball is the next step up from college ball. Only problem is, Jor-
dan did not play collegiate ball or high school ball for that matter. Still Jordan, however great an athlete be is, is attempting to com. pete with men who bavespentmost of their lives fme- tuning their skill. A skill that requires the most difficult task in sports, bitting a baseball . "Earth to Mike, do you read? ...Over." Maybe I'm making too big a deal of it. Perhaps Jordan is justa rich man having fun and who dreams of his own baseball card. Maybe I'm just holding on to the dream to be "Like Mike" and I would rather fantasize about being the greatest basketball player ever instead of a sunflower seed· chomping sideshow. Whatever it is, I do not think Jordan bas Barry Bonds' chance in hockey of playing major league baseball. I hope I'm wrong. I wish him I uck, as should the millions he could captivate. He is going to need it, every single wish. Maybe 10 years from now Jor· dan will be retiring on the wings of three straight World Series titles. Still a commercial image haunts me of (Swing at) Air Jordan frozen in the batter's box as a voice comes across. "Strike one, strike two, strike three, nothing but out! "
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Uniforms not the answer by Doug Cortney Assistant Editor
It's tough being a kid. As if it weren't bard enough to deal with homework and parents, kids have to worry about staying (or becoming) popular with their classmates. And that means saying, doing and wearing the cool things. Saying the right things from time to time isn't too bard. Any kid who doesn't mind getting in a little trouble now and then can do the right things. But wearing the right clothes? That's a different story. Cool clothes are invariably (much) more expensive than the uncool variety. And so it's tough to convince Mom and Dad to buy them. Fortunately for the children of America, a solution to the cool elothes dilemma may be at band. There is talk in many communities- including some in San Jose -of instituting uniforms at public schools. Proponents of the plan argue that if everyone wears the same (uncool) clothes then students need not worry about what they wear
and parents need not worry about bo much clothing costs. A win-win deal. Sorry, I'm unconvinced. Idistinctlyrecallattendingpublic schools. Public schools without uniforms. Sure, I always wanted to wear the cool (expensive) clothes some of the kids bad. Butmyparentsknewtheclotbes were too expensive. They also knew that in a month or two I would want a new wardrobe of different- but equally expensive -cool clothing. So they said, "No." And somehow I survived. In fact, I like to think tbatitbelpedme learnaboutnotalwaysgettingwhal I wantandaboutmaking priorities. Yes, peer pressure is tough. And yes, kids want to be just like all the other kids. But they need to learn bow to stand up to pressure and that everyone isn'tjust the same. I think the real beneficiaries of the uniform plan are those pareniS who worry so much about being buddies with their children that they don't want to tell their kids. "No." But that's a skill they really need to learn. It's tough being a parent.
1be Times is published alternate Thursdays dwing the school year by the Journalism 65 class at San Jose City College. Sales representatives are the Collegiate Advertising Sales and Service, College Media Placement Service and American Passage. The Times is amemberoftheJoumalism Association ofCommunityColleges and the California Newspaper Publishers Association. 1be Times is located in Rm. 303 at Sao Jose City College, 2100 Moorpark Ave., San Jose, CA 95128 . Newspaper staff hours are 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Telephone: (408) 298-2181, ext 3849. Fax: (408) 288-9023 Uosigoededitorialsrepresentmajority viewsofThe Times Editorial Board Signed Viewpoint columns represent the views of individual writers. either necessarily represents the opinion of San Jose City College's administtatioo, faculty, staff, students, nor that of the San Jose/Evergreen Community College District
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Clinton smokes virgin voter's expectations After enduring the last yearand-a-half of the Clinton adminisb'lltion,I'mconvincedthatnotonly did be inhale, but Slick Willie will continue to blow smoke into the faces oftbe American public until be is impeached or until we fmally have the chance to rid ourselves of his rhetoric in 1996. It has become blatantly clear !bat Clinton's campaign promise for "change" was just a campaign ploy. Heusedhisplatform togainthe votes of tbe gay community by his guarantee to lift the ban of homosexuals in the military. However, once elected his efforts to fulfill this promise were, at best, minimal, although I will admit there were a few meetings inundated with ri ght-wing, homophobic, military officials making idiots of themselves and whining about shower schedules.
Clinton folded under the pres- gage from his power trip is probsure and came up with the conser- ably the only campaign promise be vative, "Don' t ask, don' t tell" will keep, also probably the bigpolicy, which essentially means gest mistake be will make. that gays will have to stay in the He promises that it will benefit closet, as they' ve been doing for the nation. The mind-boggling generations, when it comes to the complexity of this plan is so fllled military. NAFT A just furthered my disgust with our conservative-in-denial president. Hispromise tocreate morejobsfortheAmerican people was broken when be came up with .By Margaret Bethel the bright idea to send AmericancompaniesofftoMexico with political semantics that only where they can get cheaper labor, beaurocrats in Washington, who as well as exploit the Mexican are more interested in benefitting people with wages that couldn ' t themselves, can decipher it. pay for a second-hand sombrero. So, the nation is left to trust the Socialized medicine , th e word of our honest politicians (an comm uni st ' s, uh ... I mean oxymoron in itself). Clinton's, mostrecentexcess bagI don't know who to blame for
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the social mishap we are doomed to face for the next three years. Should it be Clinton who will undoubtedly add to the famous, "I am not a crook," and "Read my lips, no new taxes," lines with, "Er ... the buck stops in Whitewater"? Should I find fault with the American voters who elected him. After all, they did give the job to a senile movie star; unfortunately, Bonzo lost his gig to a new chimp named Bush. I guess after that they just wanted to stick with the entertainment motif and hire a secondrate sax player. Hey, maybe Snoop Dogg y Dogg should run in 1996. I mean, he can rhyme well. Or does the blame fall on me, a liberal idealist who wasn' t pre-
pared for such a grave disappointment? For the first time, I was old enough to vote in a presidential election. On Nov. 2, 1992, I stepped into the unfamiliar voting booth and punched a bole next to the name Bill Clinton. My naivete led me to expect a miraculous "change," as was promised. Admittedly, no one person can save the world, but! expected the man leading a new democratic administration to at least try to save the framework of the platform that carried him to the top. But now, thanks to Clinton and my new found realism, I've learned thatplatformsareshaky, campaign promises are just the words of a well-paid speech writer and the visions of a first time voter are rapidly blinded by reality.
War on drugs is a waste of billions of tax dollars · As a youth, I spent many of my of my uncle. One Sunday my uncle told me summers in Canon City, Colorado where the inmate population of the something I have thought about four federal prisons in the area for years. He said that one of "the outnumbers the unincarcerated ci- low-life niggers" that be guarded vilians of the sleepy mountain had made the outlandish claim that town. the United States government had And, as with many small towns introduced cocaine to the Africanin America, everyone has at least American to supress the race. The U.S. government is not enone relative who works in the industry. But what is unique about tirely run by racists. Fortunately Canon City is its industry to keep for our society, bigotry fell out of people locked behind bars. Rather popularity in the late 1960s and it than talking about how many cars would be a mistake for elected they built that week or bow bad the officials to try to control an entire conditions are at the textile plant, I ethnic persuasion of people by heard stories of felons recited jailing them. The entire drug problem in our throughout the heavily biased lips
country is about money. The U.S. government knew the Cold War was coming to an end and needed to find another scape-goat to justify its outrageous budget. The
Viewpoint By Christopher Geer answer it found was to declare another war, this time the problem couldn't be erradicated on its own unless we wanted it to. So for the last 15 years we have been fighting an endless war on our soil at the cost of billions of
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dollars a year, all of it footed by the American taxpayer. But if mainline America were the casualties of this war we would have put a stop to it years ago by legalizing most drugs and treating addictions as a medical problem rather than a criminal act. But the government wisely recruited local police forces as the soldiers for the front-line and went after people no one cared aboutinner-city youths.More than 70 percent of drugs in this country are consumed by white, middle- and upper-class citizens, but male, blackyouthsaccountfor90percent of the arrests and more than 90
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Screaming her team to victory, Jaguar fan Carol Pienkoski roots the young men to victory and on to the state finals.
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Only eight teams make the state playoffs each year and for the third consecutive season, the Jaguars are among those top competitors. The Jaguars made the cut by surviving the Northern California playoffs in a 88-76 trouncing of Shasta College. So with this victory behind them, the Jaguars tum their attention south to the University of California, Irvine where they will match skills with the best in the state and only one team will leave the victor.
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There are two ne..y professional sports teams in·san:Jose, the Rhinos, a professional Roller Hockey team, and the Grizzlies, a professional indoor soccer::team. Season tickets are now on sale at BASS ticket center~· arid ·tile San Jose Arena Ticket' Office.
Kal Gettle, publisher and creator of the City Revolt newspaper, found his inspiration for his alternative music magazine in the story of William Randolph Hearst. With only $300 in his pocket he quit his job working for a skateboardmanufacturerandcoaxedhis friend Robin Stock to collaborate with him on his vision. Stock is an employee at San lore City College's Admissions and Records by day, and editor of the City Revolt by night. The City Revolt is published monthly to help promote the entertainment/arts scene in San Jose, especially the music scene. Gettle and Stock wanted to see San Jose get the cultural recognition it deserves. "There is a lot of culture here that people don' t know about," Gettle said. They both hoped that by getting the word out, more people would turn to San Jose to find the best in music and entertainment. They had also hoped to steal
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article on Mike Ness of Distortion" and a popular away some of the thunder of that Robin Stock, editor, left, and Kal Gettle, publisher of City Revolt. jazz musician by the name Jordan? other large metropolitan city up Jarrod Walde/ The Times north somewhere. Local clubs, such as Gettle was the one who are insidejokes intended for friends one of the hottest places Gettle and Stock wanted to thought up the publication's title, of the publishers. music, are also featured promote local bands that simply "City Revolt" Freedom of the press reigns, were not getting the press coverage paper. For Gettle, "revolt" bad two with the sole exception of editing they deserved. The paper has been so meanings: to communicate a re- bad grammar efficiently from the ful as of late an offer was Two bands featured in their bellious nature, and to revitalize paper. Gettle and Stock to buy tbe newspaper, "Imperial Space Pod" the community. According io Gettle, circula- and ''Diatribe," now have major zine. Gettle declined the offer, The rebellious nature can be tion is up to 18,000 copies. record labels knocking at their ing that he didn't want to seen throughout the paper, which For Gettle and Stock, the en- doors. is available at various clubs, busi- deavor began in the home, and The paper is produced by people his vision just yet Gettle probably won't nesses, and music stores in the then spread throughout California, who really enjoy their work. South Bay, such as Streetlife even as far south as Los Angeles. Stock described with pleasure ing up his home for public Records, Tower Records the CacFeaturing local bands in their the long nights she spends work- yet, so the Hearst castle tus Club, Oasis, FX and Ajax. paper has been a big personal ing onk the paper the night before have to worry about the Peppered throughout the paper payoff. · it comes out, scarfing on pizza at 4 tion there ... yet
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Diane Duglosh creates assemblage sculpture. She utilizes items San Jore City College's Gal- she has found in the trash, thrift lery celebrates Women 's History shops and fabric stores to convey Month with a display of works by her message. Her artistic style of Diane Dlugosh and Anita Lappi. mixed media creates images that The show was called, "Women's are animal but at the same time human in nature. Work: the Child as Image." by Laura Lazzarini
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In a commerCial that aired after she won an Olympic silver medal,Nancy Kerrigan, America· s sweetheart-of-the-moment, beamed proudly and said, "I'm going to Disney World." But later, while riding in the Disney World Parade, Kerrigan had a few other choice words to say. "This is so corny. This is so dumb.l hate it" Jerry Solomon, Kerrigan's agent, said Kerrigan had been exhausted, and defended her by saying, "If she bad turned to Mickey Mouse and said,'Hey, you're a jerk,' that would be one thing." Now had she bashed him in the knee, she would still be making headlines.
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Sports oftball opens pre-season with 7 straight wins Thursday, March 10, 1994
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TheSan Jost City College softteam, which fmished third in conference last year, is enterthe conference games this year a boost of confidence that
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"It's a good start; I'll take it," Coach Debbie Huntze said.
,oon as a team is in decision aak.ing on the field, developing lle ability to read and react better to know where to throw the ahead of time," Huntze said. According to Huntze, the conis competitive this year. Jaguars have won their previpre-season games with in a 'lt:Jilll'l""""' one or two run leads. Out of seven winning games, four were by only one point and the ........_. ..vv ..
other three were won by two runs. The lady Jaguars are preparing for a good battle against the top four teams so far: San Joaquin Delta College, College of San Mateo, West Valley College and Chabot College. The Jaguars will face a strong home conference opener with a match against Delta College at 3 p .m., Tuesday, March 15. Delta beat the Lady Jaguars ~ice in the conference games last year and placed first overall. With Deltas strong returning pitcher, the Jaguars have a tough game ahead. "I think we are much better this year than we were last year," Huntze said. "We're a pretty productive group. We have 15 players that are aggressive, bard-working and committed." Leading the pack in batting is power bitter sophomore Tanya Stein, batting clean-up. Stein displayed her prowress by bitting a third inning grand slam in the frrst game of the season against Modesto Junior College. Not only did that incredible slam bring home four runs altogether, but it gave the Jags a winning RBI
Catcher Monica Florez tests her reflexes on a high, fast ball. Hugo Jimenez/The Times
lead that kicked off their seven game win streak. "We have a very even and continuous batting line-up; all the way through it's pretty strong," Huntze said.
Even though the batting line-up seems to be strong all the way through, Huntze believes that along with key hitter Tanya Stein, sophomores Rochell Perez and Leslie Gonzales have also shown
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aggressiveness at bat and have performed consistently well. Because there is a lack of depth in pitching, the Jaguars could be facing stormy seas ahead if one of the two pitchers bum-out or suffer from an injury. The two starting pitchers are returning sophomore Julie Mendiola and freshman Julia Tabarez. Freshman Joanne Garza is trained as a relief pitcher but shows her defensive dominance infield at shortstop and second base, according to coach Huntze. One interesting aspect of training the pitchers for the Jaguars is that the training doesn't focus in the area of speed, but rather the technique in throwing off speed with rotation and drop ball pitches . Overall, the Lady Jags have had a terrific start in their pre-season games and will be looking forward to the competition with anticipation. Because theJagshave won their seven games within just a hair, if Huntzes' prediction is right, the conference games will be extremely challenging and exciting to watch.
Jags strong in sprints by Julia Ballantyne Sports Editor
starting pitcher Josh Frisby 21, airs it out against C.C. of San Francisco on March 3. Hugo Jimenez/ The Times
ags' season a strike out J. Gonzales Four games into league play, San Jose City College baseball on a 7 game losing streak, entered the dog days of its
grow up before they are ready," Woodhead said. "It doesn't mean that they are not going to be better players someday. It's just they are not ready right now." The players al o know they are undermanned .
With a 5-1 Golden Gate Conloss to Diablo Valley Colon Tuesday, City College 1"1\ll~·rl to 1-10 overall and 0-4 in
\Voodbead attributes hi team' of success to the immaturity the players. Immaturity in that the team I t player due to injurie and · ineligibility. 1be list includes three tarting the starting de ignated a catcher, a third baseman, a baseman and the tarting ceofielder.
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"'We just have to do the best with what we have," said redsbirt freshman right-handed pitcher Eric 0 trow ki. Woodhead al said thi year is tough to wallow becau e he is used to producing baseball powerhouses for City College. "We're used to winning. It' ju tashardontheplayer asiti on the coaching taff," aid Woodhead. \1 oodhead' playersagreewith th ir coach' entiments. "The team h got a long way to go. There are a lot of criucal ituation duringgames, whereweju t don't produce," says red hirt
freshman catcher Louie Ramirez. Woodhead singles out Jag freshman pitcher Josh Frisby as the lone solid Division one prospect and said Chabot will be the overpowering force in the GGC. The team's goal is to end the season in fourth place in the GGC. It is a goal that Woodhead feels i realistic and that sophomore pitcher Scott Deremer feels the Jaguars can attain. "If we play like we can we can take fourth," said Deremer. "We have to execute and cut back on a lot of missed igns." To play like they can, Woodhead believes the Jaguars need to execute basic, fundamental baseball. "It' ju t a matter of making the play . Basic baseball, not making error mentally," said Woodhead. "Make the routine play ". If the Jaguar cannot change their way , they know they are in for a trying year. "ll' gonna be a long year, but we gotta bang in there," said Ramirez.
The San Jose City College men's TrackandFieldeventshave begun with the good, the bad and the ugly in their flrst scoring meet March 4. Also competing in the meet were Chabot College, Monterey Peninsula College and host Hartnell College. Hartnell won the meet with 77 points followed by City College with 66, Chabot with 23 and Monterey with 22. In the men's event the good or ,to be put more modestly, the outstanding performance at Hartnell was from freshman middle distance runner Jack Beloney. Beloney ran 10.04 in the 100 meter and 21.01 in the 200 meter event. According to Head Coach Steve Haas those numbers are the kind you see at the end of the season.
"Outstanding marks don't usually happen early in the season because of the conditioning factor," Haas said. Hartnell possesses two of the best athletes in the U.S., twins Alvin and Calvin Harrison. Haas said there were no two quarter mile runners in the U.S. better than they were last year. Beloney ran against Alvin Harrison in the 200 meter and literally blew him away. According to Haas, Beloney ran with numbers that would have placed him in the state championships last year. Haas feels his team's other events with depth and strength are the 400 meter and the middle distance running. Next up for the City College Track and Field teams will be a dual meet against host West Valley College at 2:30 p.m. Friday, March 11. Lookforwomen's track
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Prize-winning outdoor writer and author Michael Hodgson will discuss the "Agony and the Ecstasy" of freelance writing at 9 a.m., Friday, March 11, in room GE 203. Hodgson, whose works appears in Adventure West and Backpacker magazines, the San Jose Mercury News and other publications, is a former editor of the City College Times. His talk is sponsored by the Journalism department.
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City College is offering a course entitled, "Exploration of Trades." The course is designed for women seeking a nontraditional trade or technical career. The class will provide hands-on eXperience in Computer Aided Drafting, Construction Technology, Glazing, Laser Technology, Plumbing, Electricity and Air Conditioning. Two· units of financial aid are available. Form ore information, call City College's Re-Entry program at (408) 288-3708.
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CALSACC, California Student Association of Community Colleges, is holding a regional meeting Friday, March 11, at West Valley College in the Baltic room. Governor Pete Wilson's proposed tuition increase of $20 per unit will be debated. CALSACC is ari organization designed to lobby in the state legislature on behalf of student rights. Contact cam pus representative Martha Aragon at (408) 298-2181, ext. 3942.
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Don't forget to buy your tickets for "Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean." Tickets for this City College production are available at the City College box office. For reservations, dial (408) 288-3784. Performances of this play are at8 p.m., March 11 , 12, 18 and 2 p.m., March 10 and 17. Choosing a job or career field is a major decision. Students interested in dental assisting, cosmetology, trade technology or office technology are invited to hear what the experts have to say at a discussion panel from 11 a.m. - noon, Tuesday, March 15, in the community room. A Facul!y Association meeting will be held from 1-4 p.m., Friday, March 18, in the College Conference room. This meeting is open to all association members. Compiled by Laura Lazzar ini
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Tanaka said. Most of the audience- and the other three board members weren't convinced, however. "I don't think this has been well thought out," said Rosemary Davis, a classified employee at Evergreen. Davis' reasons for disliking the proposal were repeated time and again during the meeting. People said they didn't like the schedule or the timing. Trustee George Melendez said, "In good conscience, I cannot vote for this now because of the budget crisis." In a memo circulated March 9, Hill warned that $1.2 million in cuts will be needed to balance the district's 1994-1995 budget. "It' s a disgrace," said a district employee who did not want to be named. "Theboardmembersdon't care about the students - they just care about furthering their political careers." The board actually approved a salary schedule for Hill and the college presidents. There are four salary levels, or steps, on the schedule. Vela was placed on the first step and Anderson and Hill, both of whom have more experience in the district, were placed on the second step. "We are not in opposition to individuals receiving the proper
salary; we are opposed to the way it is applied," said Peggy Harrington, president of the local chapter of the California State Employee's Association. The contention is about the way the salaries on the schedule were decided. When preparing a salary schedule, the district surveys local districts to detennine the median, or average, salary paid to someone perfonning a job similar to that which the schedule will cover. Classified employees said they were angry that the top of their salary schedule is the median but that the top salary for the executives is well above the median for
their positions. RosemaryLuchese,districtpersonnel director, said that the classified employees are technically correct, but that there is a good reason for it. When dete~ining the median salaryforclassifiedemployees, the th salary .d . . · d lstnct uses e top pru m . . other diStricts. But mo t districts don't have schedules for their executives, so the district assumed that the average salary it found for executives th sal was tru 1Y eaverage . ary-not the average salary prud the most . ed Th . . ~xpenen_c emp 1oyees. us 1t1s m the middle of the salary chedule.
TwonewfacescanbeseenatCityCollege this Instruction and Evelyn Wesley in spring . They are newly appointed vice - Services. Both have doctorates; Rodriguez presidents Raul Rodriguez of the Office of Pschology and Wesley in Educational ~-' ~·ht\~vw
Women's History Celebration Schedule of Events Thursday, March 10 9a.m.-4p.m. 9:30-11a.m. 12:30-2p.m. Friday, March 11 10-1la.m. 8p.m. Saturday, March 12 ?-9:30p.m. Monday, March 14 10-lla.m. 1p.m. Tuesday, March 15 noon 12:30-1:30p.m. Wednesday, March 16 lla.m. 11a.m.-noon ?-9:30p.m. Thursday, March 17 9a.m.-4p.m. 10:30-11:30a.m. 12:30-2p.m. Wednesday, March 23 noon-1 :30p.m.
Continuous Video: "How Schools Shortchange Girls" "Shattering Menopause Myths and Other Hot Flashes" "Breast Health Issues: What Can We Do For Ourselves?"
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"Women in Science and Math" Drama Opening Night: "Come back, come back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean"
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"Sharing the Pride: Reflections on Los Lupenos de San Jose"
Fine Arts- Room 7
"Women and Self-Esteem" Film: Frida Kahlo
Community Room Art Gallery
Film: Frida Kahlo "Women in the Labor Movement"
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Film: Frida Kahlo "Women in American Music" Slide Lecture: "North African Women in the Art of Islam"
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Continuous Video:"There's No Such Thing As Women's Work'' "Taking Charge: Awareness of Acquaintance and Date Rape" Janet Gray Hayes Award Ceremony and Reception
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Poetry Readings: ''Women's Voices"
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prepared, practice bard, and pray to God everything goes our way," Steele said. Before beating Shasta, City College hosted Ohlone College and Sacramento City College in the NorCal Regional Playoffs. In their second round game March 2, the Jaguars held off visiting Sacramento City College 786S. In the first half, the Jaguars th ed us a 14-0 run on e way to . . ou t to a 43 -21 half-ume . Jumpmg ad b t th p th .talized 1e ' u e an ers capl on late Jaguar turnovers to give City College a scare. With 2:37 to play, the Panthers pulled to within 70-63, but the Jaguars converted crucial free-throw tte ts h ld a mp 1o o on. Woods led the Jaguars with 20 points. Steele and Barnett bad 18 apiece.
own personal pain. The display communicates both the whimsical and dark side of ourselves and
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