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ASC to elect new officers; applications due April 21 by Vince Washington Staff Writer
The elections for new Associated Student Council officers are approaching fast, and students interested in running and voting should be aware. The candidate application deadline is April 21. Students can obtain applications outside of room U212, in the College Union or in the office of ASC advisor Priscilla Santos, located in room C-23 of the Counseling Center. Candidates must have a 2.0 G.P.A. or better and be enrolled in a minimum of nine units. Candidates are also required to obtain 100 verifiable student signatures before they can run. "Elected officers will have the opportunity to work with a student- oriented administration," said ASC president David McKague. McKague said elected officers also need to be committed to the students. The open positions are president (which requires applicants to have been enrolled at City College for one semester prior to running), vice-president, director of administration, director of finance and Student
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Trustee. Those elected will hold their positions until spring, 1995. The council has proposed the selection of one trustee from both City College and Evergreen Valley College as opposed to the joint trustee the schools were sharing. Dual trustees would allow the schools to be represented better, said McKague. Student are urged to join in the election process, not only by voting, but also by running. As McKague said, "the student council is only as effective as the group elected." Voting will be held May 3-6 and Saturday, May 7, in the College Union. Times for the voting will be from 9 a.m.-2:30p.m. and 4-9 p.m. during the week. There are no times as of yet for the Saturday voting. Before the elections there will be an open forum for interested students, according to Commissioner of Student Recommendations John Fernandes. The forum will "give candidates the opportunity to debate the issues," said Fernandes.
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City College traffic officer Manuel Guerrero doesn't mind that it's 7 a.m.; with slim jim in hand, he's ready and willing to help unfortunate students who lock their in their cars.
oaches say open weight room won't work out Michael J. Gonzales Writer
Classes for the day are over and are looking for a way to relieve . Why not bead over to the igbtroom for a light workout, or the gym to shoot hoops? Sorry, you attend San Jose City Couege and cannot do that. City College students were left envy of Evergreen Valley Cole students when Evergreen bean intramural sports program the spring of1993. Through that program, Everstudents are offered use of · school's fitness center seven per week. In addition, 10 a week are allotted for stuIS to use the school's athletic · ·ues while participating in sports including basketvolleyball and indoor soccer. ues and tournaments in a vaof sports are also offered. Evergreen students are of18 hours use of their school's · equipment per week-free ge-and all hours are outside ~Y "caleducationcourses. This · tack contrast to the zero hours ~le to City College students ide of physical education
letic Director Bert Bonnano, the reason is economic. 'The basic reasons we cannot offer open time to students are insurance reasons," said Bonnano. "We would be liable for too much." However, Randy Pratt, director of intramural sports at Evergreen, said insurance was not a problem in starting the program be beads. Pratt questioned Bonnano's claim because City College offers intercollegiate sports. "It seems that intercollegiate sports are more of a liability because there are other schools involved," he said. Executive Director of the Institute for Business and Community Developement , Rosa Dellacasa, said, "If it comes through our program, there would be no problem with insurance or liability," said Dellacassa. "We have liability release and consent forms that wouldcoverthescbool." "We have no time," said Bonnano. "I don't think it's possible with the amount of physical education classes we have for students." An in tructor who asked to remain anonyrnou said the physical educationstaffbold regularmeet-
See Fitness, page 6.
Julie Galvan shows Vince Washington the staffs first place plaque, the second won in 30 years. Hugo Jimenez/ The Times
Times places first in general excellence by Doug Cortney Staff Writer
The San Jose City College Times won first place in the Small College Tabloid competition at the Journalism Association of Community Colleges conference, held in Fresno April8-10. "This is only the second ftrSt place award we've won in 30years," said Ttmes Adviser Art Carey. "lt was an outstanding job." There were 52 schools- a total of 1,778 entries- which competed in contests of work that app6ared in
college publications. Tbepaperalsoreceivedanhonorable mention for front page layout and several staff members Oisted below) won individual awards. Doug Cortney, editorial writing (third place) Christopher Geer, editorial writing (honorable mention) Julie Galvan, news writing {honorable mention) Son Nguyen, sports feature photo (honorable mention) Julie Galvan, critical review {honorable mention)
"We were fortunate to have a staff that bad a variety of strengths ... photography, graphics and writing," said Julie Galvan, Editor-inChief. "We had a very small staff, but everyone learned to work well together." One of the highlights of the conference was the on-the-spot competition, in which studentjournalists are judged on work they produce under deadline pres ure. Geer woq a ftrSt place award in
See Awards, page 8.
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elcome to election year, 1994. In an effort to enhance his toughon-crime image, Governor Pete Wilson and the California Senate passed the "three strikes, you're out" bill, which requires criminals convicted of three violent or serious felonies, to be given mandatory sentences of 25 years to life. California taxpayers would foot the bill for operating the 42 additional prisons required to incarcerate these repeat felons at an estimated price tag of $1 billion by 1999, $2 billion by the year 2001 and $5.7 billion by the year 2024. (Twelve of the 42 additional prisons will be built regardless of the bill.) Nobody will dispute that crime in the state of California is a serious problem. How can you when children as young as 12 years of age are packing guns to school and shooting their peers. But the "three strikes, you're out" initiative is also doomed to become a statistic. Not only is this law a waste of billions of tax dollars that could better be used for education, but its guidelines are written in anything but black and white. There are gray areas and loopholes that could incarcerate for life a criminal who deserves a much lighter sentence. For instance, criminals can receive strikes at the ripe old age of 16 or 17 that can count against them for the rest of their lives. Misguided youngsters can be that much closer to life imprisonment before they have the chance to develop the maturity and sense of right and wrong that would be expected of them as adults. "Three strikes" will undoubtedly
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augment the problem of injustices in our justice system, which already has its fair share of inherent flaws. Repeat offender Donnell Dorsey was sentenced to a minimum of 25 years in prison after being caught sitting in a stolen car (receiving stolen property is considered a felony). Yet serial rapist Melvin Carter, who confessed to raping more than 100 women, has been allowed to re-enter society after serving only 12 years of his 25-year prison sentence. Carter violently damaged and forever altered the lives of more than 100 women, yet he gets off easier than someone convicted of being in a stolen car. Has justice prevailed? Then there are the cases of the death penalty vs. "three strikes." If someone with two prior strikes committed a crime that warranted a death sentence, the "three strikes" rule would take precedence, and the criminal would only be sentenced to life imprisonment. Wilson basically has the right idea: criminals, especially felons and those who commit violent crimes, must be punished. But the "three strikes" initiative is in no way a guarantee that the punishment will fit the crime. The price we pay in inJ·ustices may . . . amount to more than the billions m actual dollars. Until a more feasible and realistic approach to punishment can be created, the state's funding should be directed to crime awareness and rehabilitation. Wilson and the legislature really struck out on this one. Production Mana~er Christopher Geer
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Freedom is a responsibility by Christopher Geer Staff Writer
The freedoms guaranteed to us by the Constitution are not privileges which can be thrown around 1 with wanton disregard for public good and safety. They are tremen1 1 dous responsibilities with which great care and caution must be taken. Ibringuptheideaoffreedomas · a responsibility after listening to a speech this past weekend at the Journalism Association of Community Colleges State Conference in Fresno. Preceeding the speech was a 10 minute praise/introduction of a union official of whom I had never heard. The gentleman who gave the pep-speech, as it were, stepped away from the podium and made way for a younger man, Patrick' McCallum, executive director of the Faculty Association of California Community Colleges, who smiled at 600 student-journalists as he reined the microphone. McCallum began his speech as many poor-speech writers do with a facetious look into the future. ''The year is 2001," he said, "and Delaine Eastin (currently a California Assemblywoman) has just been elected governor of California and former-California Governor Pete Wilson has been jailed for his political crimes against the state of California." At this moment, almost all 600 of the apparently intelligent students jumped and barked like Pavlovian dogs and did not stop their atavistic cant until the ringmaster behind the podium raised his hands in silent request for them to cease. Although McCallum 's slanderous but politically-correct fantasy was only his attention grabber
and not the root of his speech, words angered me nonetheless. As a representative of the FACCC, McCallum should have taken m<n care in what he said before an a~ dience. The fact that, 1. Pete WtJ.
the students jumped and barked like Pavlovian dogs and did not stop their atavistic cant until the ringmaster... raised his hands son has committed no crime and 2 that Pete Wilson had nothing to do with the remainder of his speec~ told me this man was either ignorant or that he didn't care and be would do anything at anyone's expense to try to express his idea. Unfortunately I was a member of the captive audience and coukl not escape McCallum's opening rant. Now I am taking the oppx· tunity at the appropriate time and space to criticize him. Although it is a right to openly criticize public officials, there is a time and place for such, but during the remainder of the day, they de· serve everyone's respect. Unfair and undeserved criticism of these officials should be kept in ~ monologues of late-night shows. The First Amendment does ~ only give you the right to say and print anything you choose; it also burdens you with the responsibiJ. ity of what not to choose.
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Editor: I am appalled at the filth in the new College Union. Students do nottakeprideintheirschoolfacilitiesandfailtocleanupafterthemselves. There are signs posted that state:"Bustraysanddishes;"however, they have not been implemented. Ha.ve an~ of you other
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any suggestions to solve thts prob? 1em . I would like students who spend a long time in the cafeteria playing dominoes, cards and games to be considerate when they occupy the tables that impede disabled students and other students from using the cafeteria. Let's have an
environment of fairness in whicb everyone is treated with dignity, honesty and respect. The entire college, but espe· cially the College Union should be a source of pride. The College Union is new. It would only take a little effort oo our part as a group to have a c1 College Union for all of u to enjoy. How can we work together keep our new beautiful cafeteria clean? If you agree that this m area bothers you as it does me, si the petition on the wall in thecaf· eteria. Business Manage
The 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 a memberoftheJournalism Association of Community Colleges and the California Newspaper Publishers Associatio The Times is located in Rm. 303 at San 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 , exL 3849. Fax: (408) 288-9023 Unsigned editorials representmajority views of The Times Editorial Boarti Signed Viewpoint rolumns represent the views of individual writers. Neither necessarily represents the opinion of San Jose City College's administration. faculty, staff, students, nor that of the San Jose/Evergreen Communit · College DistricL
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me, but to the people who read it self. I am twenty-five-year -old, di- This is a column that is designed to vorced and returning to school after help an wer the questions that have a seven-year-long trial by error people tumped. Iamnotaprofessional in any field, but I will do the experience with life. I left Los Angeles with a mar- footwork necessary to provide riage gone bad and a ~r in logical and accurate answers to JX"Ofessional hopping on Rodeo your questions. Your Drive, in order to pursue my edu- questions can be related cation. Since then my life has taken to pol itics, sci e nce, on some very dramatic changes, hea lth, sports, a stronomy, world news, all for the po itive. In spite of working four nights local news, relation a week as a cocktail wai tress in a ships, astrology or j ust rather classy lounge serving tired anything that makes you bui ness men in expensive suits wonder who, what, why, behaving as if they have just es- when or where. "Where do en rollcaped from the i land of Alcoholics Anonomyous, I orne how have mentfees go?" San Jose State University junfou nd the time to work as a reporter on the San 1ore City College Times ior Heidi Herrera; Chemistry mataff. jor. All tuition fees collected go to As I sat down at the computer the tate first, then based on the and started to brainstorm ideas for a column, one thoughtcro sed my demographic of student population, money is sent back to the mind almost immediatley; thi chool. The money received back column isn't about what is impor-
University School of Medicine Taurean man's sensuality, sparks show that 52percent of 56 identi- will fly. Both signshaveacommon cal twin sets were both gay and love for beauty, comfort, good only 22percent of 56 fraternal twin music and deliciously rich foods. sets were both gay. Some arguThings can go awry with the ments suggest that the strongest lions dramatic flair ups and exinfluence on on sexual orientation travagant behavior. If the Leo is biological, hormones the fetuses woman can curve the emotional are ex- showdowns, her Taurean man· posed to. could lavish her with the royal In the lifestyle she desires. near fu"How come the U.S. doesn 't ture sci- allow professional athletes to perentific form in the Olympics when the studies other countries competing do ?" may just SJSU senior Joe Bennenfant; prove psychology major. that hoOther countries have very few mosexu- if any "professional" sports comality is pared to the U.S .. Recently the indeed linked to genetics. U.S. put together the "Dream "My boyfriend is born on May Team" made up entirely of pro5, 1969 and I was born on August fessional basketball players. 18,1969, are we astrologically So yes, we do have professional compatible?" athletes competing in the ol ympics. Please feel free to drop by or Freshman Angela Leech, cossend your questions to the Times metology. With your Leo passion and in room 303.
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Our time has been called a "New Age. " It is, a new age of McCarthyi m. It is an age where people once again live in fear of being labeled with a dirty word. Then, the word was "communist." For the new breed of thug , or "'Thought Police," (TP ) the word is "racist." Those lacking in the verbal acuity to fight it out with more rea-
sonable words so freq uently resort to the word "racist"? "Raci t" i used by those who don' t wish to have their arguments exposed in a way that might put their accountability into question. It is an abuse of power and the damage i instant. Unfortunately, it tripsofftonguesas free and easy as an order for a Big Mac and fries. "Racist" is the napalm of verbal
weapons, and every time someone uses it unjustly, everyone gets burned. People who throw out the word racist like discarded candy wrappers are not unlike the boy who cried wolf. By screaming "racist" at anyone who looks at them sideways, the TPs weaken their own argument. And just like the boy who cried wolf, on day, when a
bonafide racist comes along and the TP s scream out and wag their fingers, their cries will fall on deaf ears. Flippant use of a damning word like "racist" serves no purpose but to continue the polarize people and the issues. Perhaps that's the point. TPs use the word "racist" to snuff out views different from their own and reveal by their actions the
truth of their intentions. TPs don't want racial harmony: they want revenge! Welcome to the age of NeoMcCarthyism. The Thought Police have arrived. Have you got your thoughts in order?
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Students enter Gateway to success people who score below 1A levels There are only 25-35 students in on the placement tests. the same four classes together, so Staff Writer To participate in the program, it's like their own community. Life. For 41-year-old high students must attend City College They form study groups, use the school graduate Linda Wortham, full-time and must be able to at- buddy system and develop a it's just beginning. Thanks to the tend morning classes. According comradery among themselves. Gateway program at San lore City to former Gateway director Lois So what does all this do? AcCollege, she's on the trail to sue- Janowski, students must also be cording to those involved in the cess. motivated. program, this brings back their selfLinda, who is divorced, lives in The program provides four esteem, encourages them to persist East Palo A l t o . - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - . , and basically Math success rate English success rate teaches that with with her her two
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69% hard work, they'll supportive sons, ?O% 13 and 19; daughsucceed. ter, six; and grand- 60% The Gateway daughter, three. SO% program receives She decided in $90,000 per year the summer of '93 40% in state funding, that it was time to 30% which helps pay get off welfare and for tutors and stuget a job. That 20% dent support sersounded great, un- 1O% vices. til she actually got Thanks to that out there, and re0% -'-....1...---0% money, Wortham ceived reject after receives financial Control group reject. aid and particiTimes graphic by Robert UnU1ank Even though Sour~: SJ/ECCD pates in the Care she had computer training, she classes, reading, writing, math and program, which takes care of her lacked the basics: spelling, proper an orientation to college. It also books, transportation (bus tokens English and basic math, which are provides a tutor like Elizabeth and parking passes) and extended all requirements for a decent job. Carter, in each class. Tutors assist child care. "I kept running into walls ev- students during class and for eight Wortham estimates she should erywhere," Wortham said. additional hours in the writing lab. reach her goal, which is to graduThat's when she took the initia"It feels good to give them back ate with an associates degree and tive to come back to school. their self-esteem," said Carter, who certificate in alcohol and other After not doing so well on the is herself a graduate of the pro- drugs, by 1996. placement test, she talked to coun- gram. She aspires to become a rehaselor Jacqueline Mathis who reGuest speakers, career planning, bilitation counselor because she's ferred her to Gateway counselor counseling and even outside ac- been down that road. She would Bill Bronsan. tivities, such as attending school like to give back some of what's The Gateway program was cre- plays, are other benefits of the pro- been given to her, to help others ated in the spring of 1992 by a team gram, start over with the possibility of a of faculty, and is for the According to Gateway director success. "I'm grateful that I have "underprepared" and Chuck Hunter, one of the reasons anewlife,"Worthamsaid. 'Things "underrepresented" student the program has a 70-80 percent that other people take for granted This is not an ESL class, but is for higher success rate is the layout are blessings for me."
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Harry Sager makes a come back He survived a car crash·and turned his life around
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At 28 year of age, Harry Sager had been a hard drinker and drug abuser for almost half his life. He'd done it all - marijuana, speed, reds and, in 1981 as a 24year-old Fresno State student, cocaine. "I came from a rich neighborhood," Sager said. "I had a lot of girls. I had cars, money and clothes. I was a great skier. I had an I.Q. of 165 and a 1.9 G.P.A., but I didn't care. I wasn't happy." On March 1, 1985, Harry climbed into hi Chevy S-1 0 Blazer to go borne to his girlfriend after a night of drinking and doing cocaine with friends. While driving through the intersection, his car was struck on the right side by another drunk driver. Sager's body, the seat be was in and the middle console were thrown out the driver' s side window, and while the driver of the other vehicle ran for help, Sager was run over by yet another car. "I remember lying in the treet and looking up just in time to ee the other car coming," Sager said. "It was the last thing 1 saw before I woke up from a coma 31 day later." Today, at 36, Harry Sager i a man who bas crashed and burned in the fast lane and made the decision to tum his life around. For the past year, guests at the Piccadilly Inn - University have received much more than coffee and juice at breakfast; they've often been graced with the friendly smile and easy conversation that Sager offers when he come on hi 6 am. shift at the hotel, located across the street from CSUF. He's friendly, warm and honest, and not ashamed to tell people where he's been and how far be's come.
Sager, who barely escaped death at age 28, poses next to a statue called "The Spirit of Youth." Chris Geer/ The Times
"He has a great personality and the areas of cognitive functions at me to come back. But some part a great sense of humor," said Randy and social skills. He also partici- of me could bear the doctors saying I wouldn'tmakeit. I could hear Fiorini, a Piccadilly Inn employee. pated in group therapy. "I had a lot to work through," them, and it made me want to prove "He' got a really touching tory," saidManagerTammyZinn. Sager said. "I remembered so them wrong." After struggling to come out of When Sager awoke from his much, even dreams I had in the the coma, Sager felt a new apprecoma, he faced 10 months of physi- coma and conversations I heard." In the one he most vividly re- ciation of life and put all his energy callv and emotionally exhausting calls, be is walking down a long, rehabilitation. into recovering. "For a month I was "I knew I could eibreathing through my ther give 110 percent Editor's note: Articles and photos on this everyday,oricouldbe neckandeatingthrougb my nose," said Sager, page were originally entered in the JACC handicapped," said in Ule slow, careful on-the-spot team feature competition. Sager with a smile. peech and somewhat "Now that I'm out of
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coarse, quiet voice he's had ince Ule accident. He suffered from brain damage and had to relearn even Ule basics of walking, talking and functioning in everyday life. "Everything was still in my brain," he said, "but the connection were broken off." Each day of his rehabilitation was marked by hours of physical therapy and relearning se ions in
dusty road in the middle of a wheat field. He is moving forward, trying to get back to his body and his life. "I knew if I could only keep walking, I'd be okay," Sager said softly. "But off to the right behind me I could see a man who kind of looked like Richard Harris, and he was leaning on what I later realized was a sickle. He kept waving
a reason yet not to give 110 percent." In 1986, almost a year after his accident, Sager returned to CSUF and one year later earned a degree in agricultural science. He graduated with a 3.3 G.P.A. and worked at the campus orchards for several months. In the years before he got his job at the hotel, Sage_r worked vari-
ous jobs, includingjobs as a USDA raisin inspector, a farmhand and a check review clerk at an insurance agency. "Most of my jobs were seasonal, until I found the job I have now," Sager said. "The owner of this company was impressed with my attitude. She told me that 10 percent oflife is circumstances and what happens to you. The other 90 percent is your attitude and ho'W you deal with it." Sager has faced death, yet he' still convinced running his first Los Angeles Marathon against I9,000peopleinMarch,1992, was the hardest thing he's ever done. "It's a 26-mile run. I was 25 feel from the finish line and I thought, · 'Wow. I'm brain damaged and I'm running a marathon'," laughed Sager. Sager ran his first marathon in seven hours, 26 minutes. The following two years he ran them at six hours, 26 minutes and six hours, 31 minutes. "I'm 36, but I feel like I'm 21," Sager said. Sager plans to continue running, and has raised thousands of dollars in fundraisers for his church and the American Lung Association He has also volunteered with ers, a non-profit sport/art center in Fresno. "I'm not qualified to be a coach, but I am qualified to be an encourager," Sager said. "I volunteered to give people love. But I have gotten so much love back. That's how Jesus works." Sager hopes to one day marry, have children and work in an agricultural firm. "Of all the people in the world," Sager said, "I have reason to be unhappy . People judge me, and think I'm retarded because of how I talk. I spent Easter alone and even cried about it. But happiness is a choice. I am determined and driven to be happy and t? help others."
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tunjty to see uch natural beauty. Two gentlemen keep the horse in · Dan Smith and Buddy Beaver _do the honor of keeping the eq~m cantering, and preserving a bit of that Old We t tradition. mith has never had any trouble _performing a practice that has ex-.
isted for thousands of years, shoeing a horse. With the utmost patience and gentlene he forcefully hammers on shoes with 4 inch nails. "I guess humans would not stand for this; as long as the horses have a pleasant experience they are pret~y docile," Smith
quipped. Somesayelephantsnever forget, well obviously neither do horses. So put on your spur and gallop on down to the Eque trian Center on campus. Who knows? Maybe you wiU cro_ss a little bit of that Wild Western Fr~ntier yourself.
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tination . Shackled in the bottom of the ship they never breathed the would be available. Bonnano said Entertainment Editor the meetings were not at set times. fresh sea air, but instead only the Therefore, an open weight room at A young man looks disconso- fetid, foul vapors of their shipthose times would not be possible. lately in his hand; he holds the mates. It is during this slave trade that However, women's volleyball severed remains of a braid of hair; coachSamHuerta says thosemeet- a pigtail that has been tom from his the process of "cutting of queues" ings are held from 11 a .m. to noon head with a bowie knife. This started taking place. The slave tradTuesday and Thursday. Yet even braid or "queue" has taken all of ers wanted to rub out the Chinese if there were time available, there his 24 years to grow, 24 years gone identity before they were sold. might be a problem with supervi- in a second, erasing a symbol that The display continues the sion. for him was a symbol of his being, story with photos and text "You want to help the students, a sign to all of his Chinese heritage describing the Chinese then they want more," said Huerta. and his direct connection to the involvement in the "Then it starts to infringe on your Manchu dynasty of China advent of the tinle." This situation faced many at the great steamSoftball coach Debbie Huntze time,and theirstories aretoldinan shipsas the a greed with Huerta. " No, I exhibitondisplayatSanJos~City most imwouldn' t give up an hour of my College's Library. The exhibit, p ortime. I feel bad, but yo u ha ve to "Maritime Relations Between tant understand, between coaching and China and the United States," is teaching there' s not a lot of time based on the book. "Ocean of Bitleft," she said. ter Dreams," wriuen by Robert ''Basically, the school had to Schwendinger, an English inmake a commitment to U1e stu- structor at City College. dents and it did," said Pratt. "Our Women caucasian travelers philosophical approach is not to stare wistfully off the bow of "Siprovide to the elite group of ath- beria," clothed in their best travelletes but to the average student." ling clothes and looking off to- mode Theideaofanopcnweightroom ward the horizon and their in- of transand open gym at City College was tended meeting with destiny in one portation in news to Dellacasa. of the photos featured in the dis- the world from "No one has ever approached play. 1867-1915. our program with that idea beVisitors viewing theexhibitcan Involvement in marifore," she said. "We would be expect to see eight display panels time actvities normally happy to discuss it with City Col- of over 36 photos and text from brings a sense of pride to those lege. All it would take is approval Schwendinger' s book. The dis- who contribute, but China's imfrom Bert Bonnano." play is a slice of history showing portant role in this part of history "For me, I don't think there's how the Chinese began their im- was conveniently swept under the anything to discuss. I don't think migration to the United States. carpet it's possible," said Bonnano. For some Chinese their emigraFor proof that the Chinese were Pratt says it would be a shame if Lion was not a true migration of the unsung seafarers, look for the a sports program could not be free will. Many fell victim to the crew list that is featured in the started at City College. "Coolie" trade, a slave trade that display of the last voyage of the "It gives students something to was incredibly similar to the Afri- steamship City of Rio de Janerio. do. They participate for social can slave trade. The crew list contains the names reasons as well as recreational reaChinese were kidnapped or co- of on! y the Caucasian officers, pursons," said Pratt. "Friendships erced into long overseas voyages posefully omitting the names of grow ... the students are learning to on Clipper ships, facing the fate of the Chinese crew. This is why get along with each other, which is being sold for $400 in gold when Schwendinger wrote "Ocean of a whole part of the college ex peri- the ship arrived at its arranged des- Bitter Dreams," and why he put ence."
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together the display at City College to give credit where credit is due. The labor unions of America did not want to give the Chinese any credit for their maritime skills. The display features black and white pen drawings of the 2 shipwrecks that occurred in the San Francisco Bay- the shipwreck of the "City of Chester" and the "Oceani c," and the \\~We
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t h e "City of Rio de Jan e rio ." Common opinion began to surface that the Chinese crew was responsible for the wrecks. How could they blame the Chinese crew if they were not listed on the crew list? It seems that the on! y credit that would be extended to the Chinese sailors would be bad credit. The labor unions, frightened that the Chinese would take away valuable jobs of United States citizens in maritime areas, took a protectionist stance and supported the view that the Chinese were unfit seamen. This stance was echoed in the print media of the time, as the Chinese were renamed the "Yellow Peril" by the press. The book and display are only part of a de-
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Beethoven Piano Recital by Alfred Kanwisher
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Art Exhibition and Auction of "Transformed Mailboxes"
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Northside Theater Co. presents ''Dags"
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Latin Jazz Ensemble
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" Beehive: the 60's Musical"
cade lon g study that Schwendinger, an expert in Maj. time history has undertaken. "It was a bit of serendipity,• Schwendinger stated with mild aplomb as he described his amaz. ing discovery of photos never published before that the author Jock London took on his return voyage as a correspondent in the RlJSSO. Japanese war. London, ironically known for coining the phrase ''Militant Yellow Peril," took these p!Jo. tographs with a box camera on the steamship "Siberia." Scwendinger found the photos in the Jack Lon. don Library and Museum located in Glen Ellen California Scwendinger made his amaz. ing discove ry as he rifled Ulrough old photo contact sheets Ulat had been lovingly preserved by the Kingman family wbo run Ule library. "Do you realize what you bave here?" Scwendingeraskedthelatt Russ Kingman, curator oftheJact London Museum a nd libary. ''Those were meant for you to fmd," Kingman replied. These photos are excellentproof of Schwendinger' s assertion that steamships of this time were pnmarily operated by Chinese crews numbering 80,523 in total. Ac· cording toSchwendingertbesemay be the only photos of Chinese sea· men and citizens on Americanowned steamships at this time. This display is an important homage to the history of Chinese immigration to the United States. It gives Americans of Chinese descent a strong connection willl their current adopted home, tbe United States of America, as well as the solemn reminder not tore· peat the racist and bigoted bebav· iors of the past. This exhibit began its run oo April 4 and ends on April 15.
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Division one open signing period for colleges across the nation began on Wednesday, April 13, and two San Jore City College Jaguars were among the few and the proud selected to receive full scholarships; guard Vince Barnett and forward Reggie Steele. Both athletes were recruited by several schools, but chose the frrst and only schools they each visited. Both Barnett and Steele had personal needs that gave them an idea of where they wanted to go even before the offers carne in.
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"l'vefallenandl can'tgetup." Sure, that's what most people would say after they have seen the San Jos~ City College baseball team'sstatistics.Butthatisn'twhat the players are saying. The Jaguars are nearing the end oftheseasonwithanoverallrecord of 5-19 and tied with San Joaquin Delta College for last in the Golden Gate Conference. Their team batling average is .219, the lowest averageseenfromtheCityCollege baseball team ever. It also places lhe Jags near last in the state. Slightly better, but not by much, the team pitching staff has a 4.95 ERA. that holds a middle ranking
in the state. Even with those statistics, the team will be going into the next eleven games with the same intensity as they did at the beginning of the season. Head Coach Barry Woodhead believes his team has faced adversity head on and will play the best they can. "Our talent level isn't the best, butalllcareaboutisthattheykeep trying. We never talk about wins and losses, just for the guys to give it their best," Woodhead said. Choking on the pressure plays in defense has cost the Jaguars most of their games. Not making hits and outs when they need them have also been major factors. The pitching has fairly good depth this year and according to
coach Woodhead. Freshman pitcher Ruben Villa leads the team with a 1.88 ERA. The Jaguars will be hosted by the number-one placed team in the GGC, Chabot, at 2:30p.m. Tbursday, April14. InthelastgameagainstChabot, it was a 4-0 shutout. but City College held them under ten hits for the frrst time in five years. Teamleader and catcher Louie Ramirez has one outlook on the game ahead: "We are going in for a battle and I know we want to win." Ramirez added, "the difference between a good team and a great team is if they can succeed in the clutch play, and that's where we're at"
·: Ladies battle for a playoff spot by Michael Gonzales Staff Writer Using a three-run sixth inning, the San Jore City College softball team held off visiting City College of San Mateo 6-2 in a Golden Gate Conference game Aprill3.
The win improved City College's overall record to 19-11 and 4-3 in league play. Jaguar pitcher Michele Aviles held San Mateo scoreless until the top of the sixth inning when San Mateo scored twice with two out. The runs pulled San Mateo to
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Name-Montazh Crittle Athletic history-A close friend encouraged Crittle to run for the track team in his sophomore year at Oceanside High School in
Southern California Crittle stopped running track for four years and is making his come back this semester as a freshman middle distance runner for the San Jore City College Track and Field team. City College Achievements-Crittle is currently leading the conference in the 400-meter at 48.3 as a result of placing first at the San Mateo meet on April I. At the Bruce Jenner Classic that was hosted by City College Saturday, Apri19, Crittleran his personal best and placed fourth in the 200-meter at 21.9. He also finished with 49.2 in the 400-meter race in "-'bich be placed third. Coach's comment- ''Unlike a lot of athletes who really want to SUcceed but don't want to work for it. Montazh does. He has the desire attd hard working attitude that is going to yield results. He's an OUtstanding student and athlete," Head Coach Steve Haas said. Goals-Crittle says there are two reason as to why be is so ltiotivated, "I like the attention and J bate to lose." Interview by Julia Ballantyne
within 3-2. City College quickly answered San Mateo's rally by scoring three runs in the bottom of the inning. Freshman pitcher Julia Tabarez relieved Aviles for the save in the seventh. The win against San Mateo beganastretcbrunattheplayoffsfor City College. With seven games remaining, Huntze predicts tbe Jaguars will need five wins to have a legitimate shot at the playoffs. "We're playing some good softball. We're just battling and trying to get a playoff spot," said Huntze. The win against San Mateo was also the second win in two consecutive days on City College's home field . The Jaguars defeated City College of San Francisco 113 on Tuesday, April 12. City College scored their runs on 13 hits. The Jaguars were led by freshman pitcher JoAnn Garza. In addition to picking up the win, Garza had two hits and four RBI . Garza's two hits included her frrst homerun of the season, a three-run shot Three other Jaguars also picked up two hits a piece in their victory over San Francisco. Freshman Davina Vasquez' two hits included a home run. Aviles and Gonzales ea h chipped in with two base knock - Gonzales had 3 RBis. City College will vi it San Joaquin Delta in theirnextgameat 3 P- m. Thursday, April 14.
of Indianapolis, Indiana. The support of Barnett's family played an important role in his decision. "It was hard for my family to see me play in the last two years because of the distance, but now myparentscanseemeinanygame.
I'm really happy about that," Barnett said. Barnett bas declared law enforcement as his major. Just as Barnett's reasons for going East were a matter of the heart. Steele will travel south to San Diego State University. "I chose SDSU because the campus was beautiful, the weather is great and, most of all, to be near my girlfriend ," Steele said. LaCheri Grant played for the City College women's basketball team last year, where they met, and received a full scholarship at California State University of Fullerton. Steele has said he will begin with a major in public administration but he also feels it's subject to change.
Vincent Barnett Points per game:
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Rebounds per game: 6.2 Assists per game:
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Reggie Steele
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the100mat10.5. JerryKai-Lewis came in at 10.7 Lewis, a sophomore, took frrst San Jos~ City College's golf in the long jump with a leap of team dropped a match to Foothill 6.83m. He also placed fifth in the College on Tuesday, April 12 at 400m hurdles. Shoreline Golf Course. Sanunie Cole claimed second ·. CityCoUege' snextmatchwill inthe400m,withMontazhCrittle beagainstGavilan College at The finishing tbird. Cole and Crittle Villages Golf Course at 1 p. m. also finished second and fourth Thursday, April14. respectively in tbe 200m. CityCollege'sTrackandField Freshman David Chavez won team enjoyed a great weekend the 10, OOOm by thirty seconds hosting theBruceJennerClassic. with a time of 33:08.6 and Juan Michele Ferguson placed frrst Pin ales finished fourtb in the in the 400m. Jarron Turner, a 5,000m at16:00.3. freshman, tied for tbe to s tin Compiled by Michael Gonzales ';::::::::::::::::::::::::===~~===========:::;=;::;
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'Good Woman' a commentary on climbing the social ladder Judgment day is approaching. Are you ready? What if the gods descend from above to search for one good person, and destroy the entire planet if they do not fmd that person? In Bertolt Brecht's play "the Good Person of Szechwan," set in '''',.,,,.,, . . ,.,.,.,_ China, not only are the Gods look-
Sben Teb is the town prostitute and the townspeople treat ber like dirt Shen Teh responds to this treatment by taking on a "Woman Warrior" alter ego to defend her usually passive and generous self. It is the age old struggle for women: how to be assertive and aggressive in the workplace and at borne while facing the traditional view that women are gentle and nurturing by nature.
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Enjoy Po~itiye Lifestyles Day, sponSored by Health Servicys and the City· Coll~ge ASJ), from 9 am.-1 p.m., Wednesday, April 27, in the College Union Quad. The afternoon will be highlighted by the presentation of "CHOICES" a one-act play about AIDS. For more information come to Health Services in ,, :rooin 308!.\.
A financhil aid·workShOp will be beid at 2 p.m. Wednesday ll~vised to April 27; in the t:;onunu'fl.ity Room. ,Students . Complete$ ~uch ofibt{application as ws~iblepeforeattending ·. . tbe.wofkshop~. Ai:ecOr(l~f.monieseamed·during 1993. inco111e ,; tax: or W~2 fon:ils are afsd' recommended; "'
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San Jose State's o'wn contemporary dance company, The Unj.V~ity Darice Theatre, wi~ perform a variety of choreography starting at8 p.m., Thursday, April28, in City College's dance ,,studio. · Admission is free; For more information contact City Co.Uege dailce instructor Jinuny Lee Listenbee at (408) 298-
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Sben Teb is a woman who is too for her own good. The townspeople of Setzuan, the very same people who would put up the gods for the night, take advantage of Sben Teb's generous nature. "Brecht was interested in social be wanted to do theater that ld make people think,"
It is the age old struggle for women: how to be assertive .. .in the workplace and at home while facing the traditional view that women are gentle and nurturing by nature.
The play is a comment on social status and bow it directly affects bow people make a living.
This struggle has also been identified in the pastas what Asian woman face once they become
Toa place their torescue need stay. comes the character Sben Teb. Donna Mendoza, a drama instructor at San Jos~ City College, bas adapted Brecht's play andretitled it "The Good Woman of Setzuan." Mendoza directs this producwbicb will run Apri122- May
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Avvards--------------F-r-om_p_a-ge-1. editorial cartooning and an honorable mention for front page layout and Galvan and Geer received an honorable mention in the team feature category. "To win any prizes in the onthe-spot competition is impressive. To win a first place - as Chris Geer did- is excellent," said Carey. Six City College students at-
workshops with almost600 other students from 40 community colleges across the state. At the awards dinner Saturday evening, Galvan received one of two $2,000 scholarships awarded by theCalifomiaNewspaper Publishers Association. "I told the scholarship committee that I would be a very good investment and I plan to be true to my word," Galvan said.
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Grants help students to persist and succeed for providing equipment in the reading and writing labs. Opinion Editor In order to ensure future supThe Adelante program at San port ofCity College and to improve J os~ City College, designed to bel p relations with the community, this primarily, but not exclusively, grant also helped to begin the Hispanic students get out of devel- alumni club "which bas proven opmental classes, is funded by a very successful," said Obanneson. federal grant provided to strengthen The vocational grant, which is higher education. on-going, provides $600,000 an"Students in this program show nually and is used to help support a noticeable increase in persistance the career center; the placement and success," said Gregory office; the re-entry, dental assistObanneson, Ed.D., associate di- ing and accounting programs; the rector of administration and fiscal aides and tutors for these programs; operations. and vocational equipment. "By developing and improving The grant that assists programs, such as Adelante, is one of three different activities," said major federal grants allocated to Obanneson, "we are indirectly helping individual students to sucCity College. The hl gber education grant is in ceed." In conjunction with the vocaits fourtb year of a five-year cycle that grants $500,000 annually to tional funding there is another federal grant that is worth $200,000 City College. and is in its second year of a probAs well as funding Adelante, it is also used for strengthening the able four year cycle. This grant is provided for a disdevelopmen~ math program and
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trict project called Tech Prep, which encourages "high school students with vocational in~erests to successfully transfer to City College ...and then to succeed once they' re here," Obanneson said.
'By developing and improving different activities we are indirectly helping individual students to succeed.' Gregory Ohanneson Another federal grant called Student Support Services runs $175,000 annually and is on-go-
in g. It is used to help continue activities in the Learning Center and the Gateway Program. Gateway helps the academically disadvantaged students transfer from developmental to mainstream classes. Federal grants are supplemenlarf funds and without them City Colleges programs would still exist. However, they are intended to "improve and strengthen them so they' II do a better job," Obanneson said. In addition to these major funds there are six or seven minor grants that are less than $10,000 each. These grants are allocated to individual instructors from different programs and used to pay for them to attend conferences, workshops and seminars which enhance the skills and knowledge of the instructors, thus improving instruction.
westernized and step away from their Eastern ideologies. "I wanted to make it as Asian as I could," Mendoza stated. Mendoza, who bas studied Asian theater styles such as "Pe· king Opera," combines the theater sJ,yles of both the East and the West in this production. For example, the sound tecbni· cians are present in front of the audience as they perform their task. Set changes are made directly in front of the audience and are intended to add to the pomp and circumstance of the play. The characters struggle with their dark and light sides, a com· mon struggle faced by us all. If citizens of the world do not strive for this common good, they could turn into pillars of salt, whilst the entire planet is being "d~mol· ished for a superspace highway," in the words of author Douglas Adams. Performances of"Good Woman of Setzuan," will be on April22· 24, April 28-30 and May 1 in the City College theater. Tickets can be purchased at the door ($7.00 general, $4.00 students and se· niors). For more information dial (408)288-3784.
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