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Serving San Jose City College
Vol. 49, No. 9
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Thursday, August 31, 1995
byJ<Irsten smith Editor~ln~Chief .
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i Wheri Del Anderson, former s:ri\}()s~ 'City College president, a~cepted theposition of chancellorat qty CoJ1ege of San Francisco she toO created an advancement opport~nity:...~ "LQsing,ideader like Del, who hassucb ~charismatic personalit~. :~ ~i~o!#,~ybe, w~ all had to pull · togetHer," satd Raul R~g4ez, pty College interim
president to be "'"'';>c;aa": Bill Kester., ....vll'ooUJIII
:Rodriguez was selected by the Board of Trustees after being recommended for the position by both Anderson and Ron Kong, San os~/Evergreen Valley College DiStrict chancellor. Thesearch for a new president has not yet begun because the screening committee bas not been fully Se.lected. · · · "Screening (committee) ap-
was Rodriguez's positi~n becoming interim president. J With Kester in a ) · . ••.· •·•· · · >C .· ·..... · ·•· Amy L. Hartman/ The Times eft are Spencer Shaw, Alex Reyes, Rau~ Rod/iguez, Evelyn Wesley and Steven Wong the dean of hum~ities .·. · now the dean of app!i(!() science. interested in exploring other avscience is now open to 11 • •.1-:ants. daY· Rodriguez has bCgun setting enues. The deadline for applicants i$l$~ . P~o1d Thomas came out of "Fundraising is a big ,part of day with the positionht!ingiht¢fY.p reili~rnent to pe ·i~ter@: district goals to improve .Jacilities .and communications at City College. our future. Educational dollars are only. . . ; .police chief; · Insteadofrelyingsolelyonstate not what they used to be," The posi!!,on of ~e#l of. ~~ Rosalie Eskew has stayed on as guage arts is also .open and tlie director ofadmis$idns and funding and registraiion fees to Rodriguez said. See Pres., page 4 deadline for applicants is aisolo~ /.records and Greg Ohallrieion is supportCityCollege,Rodriguezis
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Grna Zandipour of Admissions and Records closes down registration line due to computer crash.
Day· and evening enrollment down by Colton W. Evert Staff Writer
Enrollment for the '95 fall semester at San Jos~ City College is down 10 percent during the day from the fall of '94 and night enrollment is down 6 percent as of Aug. 23, according to Evelyn Wesley, vice president of student services. Last year there was a total of 9•572 students, com pared to 8 477 Students enrolled thts . year. This ' is a 9 percent decrease. In the spring '95 semester there were 9.102 students registered, this
ness major. "I'll be waiting and is a 14.5 percent drop. then the computers will go down At Evergreen Valley College and I'll have to come back later (EVC), a total of 7,747 students and wait in another line." are enrolled this fall, which is a A total of 30 classes have been 12.5 percent decrease from their canceled since registration began, fall semester last year. this is a definite improvement from The total student body at City the 11 0 classes canceled last fall. College is 19 percent higher than Returning students can look EVC's. In past years then umber of forward to easier registration for registered students has always been next fall. Wesley said their classes higher at City College. Registering students were that if all goes well, telephone regforced to wait in long lines at least istration will be available to stuonce due to computer problems on dents in the fall of 1996. "Students of good academic the first week of school. standing will be able to register by "I have a lot of problems with waiting," said Hoa Nguyen, busi- phone for their classes," she said.
San Jos~ City College students will get another chance to vote for district student trustee, as well as two associated student (A.S.) offices; vice president and director of finance. Those interested in running for office should see David Vopel in RoomU209orLiaFutuwiinU212. The deadline for applications is Sept. 8. The elected positions will run until June 30, 1996. The dates of the new elections are tentatively set for Sept. 25-28. At Evergreen Valley College (EVC) the elections of last May were invalidated, which also invalidates the election for the office of district student trustee at City College. Until the new elections are held, the Trustees of the San Jose/EvergreenCommunityCollegeDistrict have appointed Irene Garcia, former A.S . PresidentRJ. Riveras' running opponent, as a temporary district student trustee. The new A.S. president is Mark Cisperwho received 96 votes. The position of director of administration is now held by Lia Futuwi, who received 114 votes. Both candidates ran unopposed. The new A.S secretary is Marie Cha~terton. The forme_r A.S. Vice PrestdentRafaellaCamllohasbeen
appointed acting vice president. Lisa Garcia is the commissioner of publicity and Roshel Rosa is the commissioner of activities. David Vopel remains as commissioner of elections. ChrisMammy, whoranforvice president in May was disqualified and ruled ineligible when it was learned that he did not meet the minimum G.P.A. requirements. In the '95-'96elections,180City College students voted. Only four ballots were invalidated because they were filled out improperly. The total number of voters was more than double that of the previous election when there were only 58 valid voters. Almost immediately after the polls closed protests were filed. In a letter dated May 26, and sent to the Associated Student Election Committee protesting the elections, Rivera said, "The Elections polls were not open and available for students to vote during the hours advertised .... a student even came to the A.S. Council, to express the frustration of many." According to Vopel, the polls are only required to.be open for a minimum of three days and the polling places at City College were open for three and one third days, well within the specified guidelines for an election. Said Vopel, regarding the up-
See ASC, page 4.