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College prepares for $339,744 in budget cuts It's ooly eight weeks into the semester, .t San J~ City College English lnstruc11' Aline Heffley is already 760 sheets into
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Last semester instructors were allowed lXX> sheets. "Almost everyone I know bas spent at klgy iast $20 of their own money," said English _.J Instructor Maurice Costello. "I've already spent $50 on copying baodouts at Photo Drive-Up," Heffley said. "We only have one copy machine in the GE Building, and half the time it's broken." Although times are tougher in other dis111 riels (the West Valley/Mission Community College District bad to cut $4 million from budget), everyone at City College is · g to feel the budget crunch. On March 17, a list of President Del Anderson's rec-
ommended budget adjustments to meet the college's target reduction of $339,744 was released. Anderson cited a property tax shortfall and the continued recession as reasons for the budget reductions. "When the state's revenue falls, our revenue falls," she said. "A lot depends on whether or not the state economy turns around. That's the only way we're going to get off this train." Despite district budget cuts amounting to $450,000 in 1992-93 and $1 million in 1993-94, reductions of $1.2 million from a total budget of $40 million are underway. Although no student services are going to be eliminated, there will be cutbacks. During the summer, the library is usually open four nights a week. But this summer, according to Russell Fischer, library director, the library will only be available two nights a week. This semesterAdmissions and Records is open from 8 a.m.-9 p.m., Monday-Tburs-
day. Next semester, however, the office will Anderson pointed out that no one received a close at 7 p.m. March 15 letter of termination, although "That's going to be very difficult for twopeoplereceivedlettersofreassignment. me," said Jeannie Ruiz, a forensic psycbol"Some of our people will be affected, but ogy major. "I take night classes because I it won't be nearly as horrendous as over at have a full-time job. It's not always easy to West Valley," Anderson said. West Valley's journalism program was make it here right after work." Students will also noticea price increase among five programs targeted to be cut from in class schedules from 50 cents to $1. the district next year, including fashion Transcripts will be up from $2 to $3.50. merchandising, photography and office Recommendations to reduce the budget technology.Lastyear,DeAnzaandFoothill were also made in regards to district em- collegesalsolosttheirjoumalismprograms. ployment, including freezing of a vacant "It would take a really disastrous budget administrative position and consolidating crisis for that to happen here," said Raul of administrative duties in student services; Rodriguez, City College vice president of consolidation of administrative duties in instruction. Deans have been told toexpect$900,000 student services; restructuring of several part-time classified positions; and elimina- in cuts next year. tion of college graphics services. "It's going to be much more difficult next "It's always stressful when anybody's year," said Anderson. "It may be that we employment position is threatened," said can't have as many programs, but the proAnderson. "But people do resign and fmd grams we do have get the support they other jobs, and positions become vacant" need."
Mercury News columnist receives 9th annual Janet Gray Hayes award by Julie A. Galvan Editor-in-Chief
hu, left, receives award during Women's History Celebration. A. Dennis Gaxiola/ 'kbra Photography
San Jose Mercury News columnistT.T.NhureceivedtheJanet Gray Hayes Award Thursday, March 17, as part of San Jose City College'sNinthAnnualWomen's History Celebration. Janet Gray Hayes, the first woman to be elected as mayor of San Jose, presented the award, which is given to women annually in recognition of community service. "T.T. Nhu was picked from an outstanding list of candidates," Hayes said. "She bas helped us to understand, through her writing, some of the things that happened to her people in Vietnam."Nhu was born in Vietnam in 1947 and was raised in Europe and the United States. Since 1987 sbebasbeenawriter for the San Jose Mercury News.
Putting the President in her place Pop quiz! What does San Jore Collegehaveincommon with state of Texas? Give up? Both oftheirCEOs featured in Lindsey Johnson Jackie Joyner-Kersee's "A 'oman's Place Is Everywhere," inspirational collection of proof female leaders in the United
Most people at City College see Anderson as the determined college president, but Johnson and JoynerKersee show the
v.orm have no idea how they found " said City College President Anderson, one of 30 female in the book. "'t's very ex... I'm the only educator tbe on1 y person from San Jose."
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t be behind title. The book describe the way Anderson's upbringing in segregated Missis ippi and eventual expulsion from
Alcorn College as a civil rights demonstrator tempered her for her future career. "Once I left Mississippi, I considered myself to be practically indestructJble," Anderson said. Johnson and Joyner-Kersee go on to detail Anderson's education and later employment at San Diego State University and the trail that led her to City College. Gov. Ann Richards of Texas, Wboopi Goldberg and Janet Reno are also among the women profiled. "This book is about women demon trating courage and leadership," said Anderson. I suppose that's why she's in it
Her columns, which are often about changing California communities and situations in her own life, appear in the Living section. Nbu bas worked for NBC News
'Usually in the newspaper business you have to submit your own name for awards. But this is the best.' Ti Ti Nhu Columnist in Saigon and was the primary researcher for the documentary "Sins of the Father," a film about AsianAmerican children abandoned by
G.I.s in Vietnam. She is a board member of KPFA-FM radio, Asian Women United and the East-Meets-WestFoundation. She was awarded the Fifth Annual Freedom Award from Asian Americans for Community Involvement in 199l.Nbu bad been nominatedfortheJanetGray Hayes award last year, and this year her name came up again. "San Jose has been very wonderful to me. Usually in the newspaper business you have to submit your own name for awards," Nhu said. "But this way ... this is the best It was completely unexpected. It's just the best feeling." 'This is a great celebration," said Richard Tanaka, President of the San Jose/Evergreen Community College District. "There are many women who have made tremendous contributions to our society, yet are not recognized."
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Editor: This letter is directed to the young woman, who on Wednesday, March 2, was running late for her 9 a.m. class and almost ran over my four-year-old son. She was driving a small, lightbluecar. It was five minutes afier9 a.m. and she drove down the pedestrian crosswalk that is painted on the blacktop to save herself maybe about two minutes. To you lady, I say, "Look Out!" You saw me, but obviously did· not see my son. He was on my right side holding my band and you came from my left. You cut in as you passed me, to turn down the next row. I bad to yank my son back to pull him out of your way. I pulled him so hard that I hurt his arm. Boy, thismakesmeangry! I do my best to protect my son and all it takes is for one careless person, 'Iike yourself, who is late for class, to run my son down and possibly inmate increase. Instead of sentencing these end his life in the parking lot. repeat offenders to life imprisonment, the So again to you lady, I say, initiative should focus on "three strikes "look out," and I don't mean just you're dead," thus saving California from look out for my son. I mean you an even more overwhelming deficit as well better be looking out for campus police because they are looking for as reducing the number of social deviants you ... I got your license plate numthat crowd and defile our communities. ber and will be making sure you Melvin Carter, the "College Terrace get an earful from an officer, and Rapist," who confessed to raping 100 maybe a ticket. women, is among the many perverted trolls To all the other students who do scattered throughout the state terrifying not know ... there are children on
Three strikes you're dead nce felons are sentenced to the death O penalty in California, they might as ·well sit back, relax and enjoy the free ride, because they will probably die of old age or the heartbreak of prison love before they are actually executed. Of the 328 inmates on California's death row, only David Mason and Robert Alton Harris have been executed since 1976, when the death penalty was reinstated. Capital punishment was designed to deter people from committing violent crimes, to keep prison population down and to insure public safety. However, enforcement of this penalty is scarcely invoked. One of the main arguments of those opposed to the death penalty is that it costs the state more to execute convicts than to house them. Well, if these felons were not allowed such a barrage of appeals that fill the already complex judicial system with red tape, it wouldn't be so costly. Governor Pete Wilson is on the right track with his "three strikes you're out" initiative, but with the costs involved he needs to fme-tune this plan. California would have to spend $2 billion a year to operate the 20 additional prisons that would be required by the turn of the . century to house the expected 109,000
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tight-knit communites like Modoc County. Carter only served half of his 25-year sentence and is now placed in a minimum security facility in northern California. At the time it was built, the citizens of Modoc County were promised there would be no sex offenders placed in the institution. Carter should have never been released from prison. The heinous felonies he committed were 100 more than adequate reasons to sentence him to death. Instead, he was paroled after serving only 12 years in prison. This maniac is on the loose because California's prisons are so overpopulated that, in order to make room for newcomers, every one day a prisoner spends there counts for two. Governor Wilson needs to produce an initiative that limits the amount of appeals and enforces the sentences for these criminals, who are often unable to be rehabilitated.
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this campus. The child devekt ment center is located in the bact parking lot towards Fruitdale A. enue. I don't think that I should halt tohurtmy son becauseastudenti running late for class. I am a~· sponsible parent. I hold my son's hand and keep him close to me soon as he stepsoutofthecar,asoo most of the parents whosecbild!Q attend the CDC. Irresponsible people like lady in the light-blue car have I) realize there are other people11 this campus besides themselves, and 60 of these people are dren. I guess basically what I wou~ like to say is, please, please, plea~~ be careful while driving your can through the parking lot. Not oolj do we have children on this cam. pus, but many disabled studenu too. Who knows, the next timea student decides to cut two minulel off the arrival time to their 9 class, maybe a parent won't lu quick as I was and a child will ga hUJt .. or worse. That would really make llr driver late for class. I underslall that being arrested can be I'CIJ time consuming. Janine Lamon-Van Cam Vice President of the PJ. ent Action Group
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Education top priorit~ ~ by Brandy Sailors Staff Writer
by adopting the same tecbniqll we could eliminate those whodal' really want to learn. There are no general requittments in France. That's whathi. school is for. In France there are no teamsattheUniversity. You go school to learn, and play sports n your own time. JoeBiowsboulli I' get a scholarship to pay for n education because he can tbro ball better than I can. The scholarships should awarded to those who need fmancial support and as a rev. for academic accomplisbmeDI5 My last point is structure uniformity. The government runs all schools in France. So no
The government doesn't have its priorities straight. For example, the $18 million spent to give the congressmen a subway to relieve them of the "dreadful" 5 minute, 14 second walk from their offices to the Capitol, could have benefited a lot of bright people whose only barrier to an education is a lack of funds. Education is the most important aspect of all our lives, and yet it's so hard to obtain. Where does the government think college students can get the money, since most of us can only hold down a part-time job and still give adequate attention to studies? Alotofthestudents' families can't afford this debt, either. The U.S. should model itself on France as far as education goes. In France, after students take a government's top priority. placement test and pass, admis- of spending $400 on haJJU)leiS. sion to a university is free, ac- government should shift its · cording to Nicole Amon, a French and money to changing edu instructoratSanJoseCityCollege. and put a stop to the waste of Their test is more difficult, but time and money. 1be Ttmes is published alternate Thursdays during the school year by Journalism 65 class at San Jose City College. Sales representatives are Collegiate Advertising Sales and Service, College Media Placement ~f\'i:t and American Passage. The Ttmes is amemberoftheJournalism Assoc:•a of Community Colleges and the California Newspaper Publishers Assoct The Ttmes is located in Rm . 303 at San Jose City College, I , Moorpark Ave., San Jose, CA 95128 . Newspaper staff hours are 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday, Wednesda · Friday. Telephone: (408) 298-2181 . ext 3849. Fax: (408) 288-9023 Unsigned editorials represent majority views of The Times Editorial Bo:ll'! Signed Viewpoint columns represent the views of individual writers. ei~ necessarily represents the opinion of San Jose City College's administnl faculty, staff, students, nor that of the San Jose/Evergreen Conunu
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Breaking records instead of by Julia Ballantyne Sports Ed~or
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San lost City College's men's tasketball team's season came to an abrupt halt after a first-round 1o in the California Community College State Playoffs to Cbaffey ~l lis College, 111-79. The loss marked the end of a R· n's season in which the Jaguars compiled the most wins in City College history with a 30-5 record. This was a season that brought many individual honors to the City College team. Vince Barnett was declared the D Most Valuable Player of the Golden (I es, Gate Conference. He was also named to the first team California riJ. Community College All-S tate squad. Reggie Steele earned first team All-GGC honors. Freshman center Terrill Woods, 6-6 and 230 p:>unds, was named second team All-GGC, and 6-3 sophomore Yanda holds the key to success; a basketball. :a guard Terry Fulton received GGC Son Nguyen/ The Times Honorable Mention.
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It's womens history month and there's no better time than the present to introduce a young woman on San Jo~ City College's campus that will knock your socks off. Kim Yanda, a dedicated athlete who has made her mark this year as a key starter for the women's basketball team, has no doubt made in history at City College. Yanda broke three school records this year and didn't know it: The single season scoring record with 832 points, previously held by Mary Jean Espino with 562 points, the twoyear all time scoring record ofll88 points, also held by Espino at 1078 points, and 568 points for the most rebounds in a season at City College. ''I didn't know about my ranking until I saw it in the last paper. The stats don 't really affect me. I had no idea," Yanda said. But that's not all, folks! As well as being chosenAII-NortbernCaliforniaRegion, Yanda was the fourth leading scorer in the state averaging 24.4 and the second leading rebounder in the state after averaging 16.7 boards per game. Just by looking at Yanda's stats and performance people might think she credits her
But think again, the truth is that she gives credit where credit is due ... her "lucky socks". Apparently, the star athlete is superstitious about the socks she wears during game time. Yanda wears these special socks, once worn by her father, underneath her game socks, holes and all. "It's really funny, my teammates give me --about it but ifl don't wear themI feel I'm not all there," Yanda said. Superstition didn't just start with Yanda, it runs in a family full of athletes. Her father, aunt and uncle have been her main influence growing up. All three played basketball with the same jersey number, 33. Throughjuniorhighandhighschool, Yanda wore that number, 33, as good luck, but when she started playing for the City College the number was already taken. Number 34 would have to do, and that is where the socks picked up the slack and took over. Although luck might play a big role in the life of an athlete, the desire to win clearly comes from withinandmanifestsataveryearly age with almost all athletes. Yanda's broad scale of success this year
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The San 1ost City College track and field team's are getting off to a slow start. According to bead coaches' SteveHaasandBobJones, the track repair bas cut into prac•· lice time and affected opening sea~ son performances. Not only is the women's track and field team suffering from lack - of depth in the cover events (they only have six athletes), the inability to practice regularly on the same field prior to the season starting 1 hasn't helped any. The women's head coach of 30 . years, Bob 1ones, believes that his team has bad a rough start and is behind in training because the team is out of its regular routine. This years team of women is much smaller than normal. Only two of the six, middle distance runner Alex Moreno and Michelle
Cal Championship two years ago but didn' trun last year for personal reasons. ThisyearMorenoismaking a strong come back. In the last meet Friday, March 11 at West Valley College, Moreno ran her personal best in the 1,500 meters at 5.24, finished third overall. Ferguson the conference leader in the 200-and 400-meter relay came in with times of 59.7 in the 400 and 25.2 in the 200. Speculating on the rest of the season, coach Jones said, "Let the chips fall where they may and hopefully we will finish high in the championship meets." The men' s team seems to be doing fairly well against all odds. ''The track repair has been a real headache for us in training. Some losses were expected but we've managed to do fairly well," head coach Steve Haas said.
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American River College. The Jag. • Baseball uars finished second in the disdrppping a Golden Gate tance medley and second in the Conference game to visiting Delta 10,000 meters. .~ollege op M~h 22, the San Jos~ · · softball Therunnersinthelongdistance GiiY:cqu~·geb~seballteam'sre'cbid' San Jo~ City College's softball medley wer, Montazb Crittle who dropped to 4-13 overall and 3-7 in team, which traveled to Chabot Colran 49.4 in the400 meters; Brendon league. lege for a Golden Gate Conference Mosher who ran 159.9 in the 800 City College scored the flrst run match up on March 22 ,was shut out meters; Joe Sheppard who ran •Q(tl,l~ &a#le. ill t!le. Stb inning Delt~ 3~0 by the Gladiators. 314.7 in the 1200meters; and Juan = W:~nt:bri'{o'SC.§ie one run in each of The loss dropped the Jaguars' Pinales clocked in at 428.7 in the tlienext threeipnings and four in the league record to 1-2, but their over1600 meters. top oCthe ninth inning to ice the all record remains a solid 9-5. David Chavez swept into sec- game. The loss began a week which ond with 33.07 in the 10,000 The Jaguars managed six hits meters. ~gainstDelta (4~6), tWO by freshman included a pair of games Jaguar coachDebbieHuntzesaid were very The men's team is 2-0 in con- Jeff.Bacigaludi. ference meets and 7-1 overall. Next up for the Jaguars will be important 'These are games that we gotta Coach Haas says the team is conference powerhouse West Valget some W's:' said Huntze. looking forward to getting the track ley CQilege. West Valley will bring The Jaguars will get a chance to back and hosting its first meet of 1~-7 overall record and league salvage the week when they host the year, the Bruce Jenner Classic, leadmg 6-3 record into the game. an annual event at City College WestValleywillplay hostto the San Mateo at 3 p.m., Thursday, that will be held from 9:30 a.m.-5 Jaguars in that game at 2:30p.m., March 24. p.m. Saturday, April 9. '-Th_u_rsd~ . ..;ay;..._M_arc_h_24_._ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _...;;J
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courses around the Coast Conference. City College's record stands at 2-4, all results of Coast Conference play. Heading the Jaguars' attack is coach Harley Dow in his 30th year as City College's golf coach. "Over the years, City College bas been one of the better teams in Northern California," said Dow, who in his tenure as head coach bas won 2 state championships, 6 NorCal titles and 15 league titles. "Coach Dow is a real motivator," says the Jaguars No.2 player, Brian Shayne. Dow says the talent of his team is comparable with talent of past teams that produced 2 members of last year's Professional Golfer's Association tour. 'We all have pretty good averages, good depth," says the Jags' No. 1 player Willy Burtner. A big difference from past
teams, Dow said, is the youth of I I this season's team. The team conI sists of 8 freshmen who are ex periI encing growing pains in their tranI sition from high school golf. I 'They're seeing courses for the ftrst time," notes Dow. "They are experiencing a lot of things for the ~Studying first time" Stress Control Dow says that experience Memory gained this season will help his Habit Control team become a force. 'They' ll be defmite contenders Learn A simple techthesecondtimearound,"saysDow. Dow acknowledges Burtner as nique thru relaxation the team's leader. that allow you to Burtner earned the No.1 slot on acce s the greater part the team despite getting a late start of your mind thru elf due to a hernia operation late last hypnosis! year that forced him out of action for 4 months. Only 1 night per week Burtner will lead the Jaguars in for 5 weeks! a match against Monterey Peninsula at 1 p.m. Thursday March 24 Call Today at Villages Golf Course. 371-4332 The match will be a chance for the Jaguars to avenge a 3 shot loss to Monterey on Feb. 24. Creative Learning Monterey currentl y leads the 501 Washington St. #206 Coast Conference with a record of anta Clara .J 6-0. L
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Winning by sheer style by Laura Lazzarini Staff Writer
Stefani White, a first-semester cosmetology student, took flrst place in haircutting at the California Cosmetology Association statewide competition at the Cal Expo in Sacramento, on Sunday, February 27. Suqi Gonzalez, a cosmetology instructor, noticed White's talent and encouraged her to give the contest a try. According to Gonzalez, this is the flrst time that a City College student bas taken flrst place in a competition of Ibis sort. "Stefani beat her closest competitor by one point," Gonzalez said. Thiscompetitor,astudentfrom Skyline Community College, had 12,000 hours of haircutting experience, compared to White's 142 hours. White's inexperience in bair-
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cutting made her appear to be the dark horse in Ibis competition. She admitted that Ibis was the flrst haircut she had performed on a human model, as opposed to the mannequins used in the cosmetology department. White holds a degree in marketing from the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandise, located in San Francisco and Los Angeles. She is now pursuing a second degree in Cosmetology. White used City College cosmetology student, Susan Filing, as her model. She not only cut Filing's hair, but paid careful attention to applying professional make-up and coordinating her clothing to compliment the haircut. White's win was a sw-prise to the auendees of the event, as well as to herself. "I did not expect to win ... J just did it for the experience," White said.
"Jimmy Dean" makes impact! . .
Tbeplay,wbichranMarch1012 and 17-18 treads on the heels of eight women who have to come to terms with unresolved conflicts in their lives. These women met in the 1950's when they formed a James Dean fan club, "The Disciples of James Dean," after be fllmed the movie "Giant" in Marfa, Texas. The play brings them together twenty years later, when the fan club decides to bold a reunion of the original members. The play was slow to start, but the pace picked up at the arrival of all the characters at the reunion . Forrester used flashbacks to bring the audience from the past to the present smoothly. He had both eras, the 50s and the 70s, present on the stage at the same time during these flashback sequences, and those moments were seamless in their execution. The character portrayals were carried out well for the most part. Several of the performers, such as Beverly Dennison as "Juanita;" Katarina Facchino as "Edna Louise;" Nance Brandhorst as "Sissy" and Renay Avila as "Stella
May," were all very comfortable in their roles. The audience was . · · th e rapt w1th attentwn dunng peformance, so much so that they seemed restrained in reacting to humorous situations in the play. Suzanne Hollis as "Joanne" and Jalayne Forrester as "Mona" bad the two meatiest roles in the play. Their performances were moving, but could have been strengthened with the use of subllety in conveying their emotions. These two had dark secrets to reveal. Joanne's shocker is that she was a former member of the "Disciples of James Dean" named Joe, but after a sex change operation bas changed her name to Joanne. Mona's revelation is that the child she claimed was James Dean's love child was really Joe's child. The character Mona is the most fragile of all the women in the group, but Jalayne Forrester's performance did not adequately communicate this; perhaps a gentler approach to her delivery would have helped. Nancy Johnson should be commended for her excellent job as Set Dresser. Her attention to detail added to the authenticity of the Five and Dime Store. The jar of sacred "Marfa" dirt where "Giant" was filmed , was an example of this excellent attention to detail. The play touched on homophobia, sexuality, single motherhood, celebrity worship and friendship, all of which are issues that trancend time and were represented well in this production.
with. Sbe'ssmartandshe'sagreat person. There's no doubt in my mind she will be successful in basketball and in school." While juggling practice time, game time and study time, Yanda has been able to balance it all and come out with an outstanding 3.8 GPA. Her future plans include playing basketball on a full scholarship for the next two years, as well as
earning her degree in pediatric medicine. "When I first got to college I had an attitude thinking I was really good because of high school. But I soon realized I was just a small fish in a big sea," Yanda said. Yanda has proven her theory wrong. After this year's succe , the saying should be: "I was just a big fish in a small sea."
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Staff Wnter ---------James Dean may have been killed in a bead-on collision on highway 24 in 1955, but be was alive and well on the set of San Jo~ City College's production of "Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean." "Jimmy Dean," written by Ed Graczyk and directed by George Forrester, did not have as much impact as a bead-on collision, but it had impact none the less.
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didn't just happen over night Yanda's father encouraged her to start playing basketball when she was in the eighth grade. Yanda excelled at Santa Teresa High School, receiving the Mount Hamil ton Athletic League's Most Valuable Player award. She was also selected Junior Athlete of the Year in 1991. The rest is history. "Kim's very coachable and
she's the most consistent player we'vehadbere," Head Coach Teri Oberg said. Yanda is very adamant about giving her teammates credit for all the success she bas had, claiming that if the team hadn't bonded as well as they did, she would not have been able to accomplish what sbebas. One of her teammates, Kira Powell, said, "She's fun to play
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