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Potterton and Solomon fill two dean positions bY Jon Perez Assistant Editor
The San Jore City College faculty bas been a virtual checkerboard with the position changes that have been made lately. Raul Rodriguez, interim president, and Bill Kester, interim vicepresident of instruction, are not the only ones to take new positions, James Potterton and Albert Solomon were approved as new interim deans on Oct. 24 and 25. "It's to provide temporary leadership," said Rodriguez. The new positions were open to applicants and were approved by the Board of Trustees.
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"I Ul ink I've been picked because Ule faculty and administra-
lion have confidence in my ability to work calmly and effectively on a range of issues," said Potterton. Potterton, who has a Ph.D. in education, has been selected as Ule Interim Dean of Humanities and Social Sciences division which was formerly held by Kester. Potter ton will serve as dean until Kester returns. ''I'm really excited by Ule support of Ule faculty and of Ule division," said Potterton. "It's an hor10r to be recognized by your colleagues as a leader." Potterton has 15 years of experience teaching labor studies, psychology and social problems. "I Ulink it's my time to make a
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Beginning in a few weeks, U1e world-wide Internet community will have access to information on the activities of Ule San Jose City College Marketing Club. The Marketing Club is part of a nationwide group of marketing and business professionals. "In the past, a newsleuer was sent to oilier chapters each semester. This is a new way of doing things," said club president Elizabeth Howard. Thanks to a donation by form er rnarketing student Monika Weyer and Net view Communications, the club will have a web page up before the end of Ule semester. It will include club information and pictures of the club officers. Also on Ule web page will be a listing of club events, including an upcoming career fair, and career night. Anoilier event listed on Ule Page will be Uleclub'scareercloset, Which provides cloU1es for women ~ntering Ule work force after living In shellers. 'The reason we wanted to do this was so members in oilier states, ilnd chapters in California would be able to get on Ule web and see What we're doing," said Howard. Due to a problem wiiliU1eclub's Computer, Ule web page wasn't put up last semster as planned. Now the club members are redesigning the page and revising it wiili Uleir CUrrent events. Once Ule page goes 11p, an.address will be announced. For now, lhose on the Internet can get in forIllation by writing to Howard at leeso5A@ prodigy.com.
Solomon, who has a Ph.D. in educational administration, has been selected as Ule Interim Dean of Language Arts and will hold Ule position until a new permanent dean is selected. If one is not selected, Ule position will end at Ule close of Ule academic year. Solomon has more Ulan 20 years of experience both as an administrator and an instructor and is interested in keeping his new position. "It's probably someiliing I want to stay on in Ule future," .said Solomon. "Boili people I Ulink are strong and positive to lead Uleir divisions forward," said Rodriguez.
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lantern is located at Ule Lopez in Culver City, CA and has a sign that invites children to climb in and have fun.See more photos on page 5.
F.A. re-elects Gee president by Mark Schmidt and Kirsten Smith Times Staff Report
Henry Gee, re-elected District-wide president of the Faculty Association, plans to continue to fight for salary increases for faculty members. Gee has been district-wide president for Ule last two and a half years and will hold office fortwo more years. "My goal is that since we live in the same valley, we should be compensated just as West Valley and Foothill (Colleges); not just faculty, but all of the staff," said
Gee. Last year Gee helped negotiate a two percent cosfof living adjustment and a two percent salary adjustment for all full-time and part-time faculty. "One (goal) is tore-engineer the district overall and get it ready for the 21st century .. .in terms of roles and function compensation," said Gee. Gee said Ulat faculty and staff compensation should
be at the top ofilie list when the budget is written and that be will work to put it there. Linda Heiliger,photography instructor, was also part ofilie negotiations team that got Ule raise for the faculty. All ~f the offices were unopposed except for Ule position of district-wide president. Henry Gee was re-elected in elections that ended on Nov. 17, beating Philip Crawford, administra-. lion of justice instructor, by 153-96. Ronald Levesque, English as a Second Language instructor, was elected as the district-wide Fiscal Officerwith 181 votes. BruceCarroll,mailiematics instructor, was elected as the External Infonnari6h Officer wiili167 votes. Linda Heiliger..was elected Ule full-time San Jose City College Representative with 73 votes. Kevin Murray was elected as the academic hourly representative at Evergreen Valley College.
Because of changes in California State University (CSU) requiremenL~ forcommunitycollege general education patterns, students can be assured Ule classes Uley are taking are Ule classes they need to transfer to their university of choice. In Ule past, students signed up for classes that the community college said were for CSU transfer in a particular area according to U1eir major. If the CSU challenged the placement of a class, it wa.~ possi hie Ulat Ule class would be dropped or moved to anoilier area. This left Ule student enrolled in a cla.<;s Ulat he or she didn't need. "The only Uling preventing me from getting my transfer, was U1e chemistry class I was failing," said Sue Parisi, nursing major. "Dut Ulen it was dropped from U1e requirement list, and I was stuck in a class Ulat wasn't helping me and was dragging down my GPA." Starting U1is semester, it was required Ulat all class placement be acknowledged by Ule CSU system. Meaning Ulat by Ule time the course catalog came out, all the information was correct. Alex Reyes, counselor and articulation officer, recommends Ulat students always check wiili their counselors to make sure Ulat Uley are enrolletl in Ule classes Uley need in order to transfer. They must also understand that ·sometimes counselors don't have Ule information the student needs.
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Learning front 'Huck by J.S. Sarmento Staff Writer
"Huckleberry Finn" was back on the chopping block, and once again it walked away a little bruised but still with its head. There are some people out there who feel the book is offensive and . even demeaning to the AfricanAmerican. One reason for this is the fact that the book uses the word "nigger" over 200 times and that it contains stereotypical views of blacks. So what's so offensive about that? It's a book, t11e characters aren't real . They're fictional, and the setting is America in its full glory of ignorance and injustice towards the African-American. Because of the book's content, it should definitely be taught with care, especially to young children. But to ban the book from public schools is a crime of even greater than anything the author,
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I fully agree that the and stereotypical views in the book are offensive but if you're still living in the I In a modem and so called lized society, it makes no sense take the past and pretend it happened; that leaves too opportunity for the mistakes society to repeat themselves. Living indenialof the way to guarantee a successful ture, and sticking your head hole in the ground doesn' t stop world from exist ing. You just up blind to it. If you've ever wondered happened to the ostrich that st his head in the hole; he never what hit him.
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No cameras in courtroom Cameras show injustice speedy trial? The defendant should be considered innocent until proven guilty, and Staff Writer both sides deserve a speedy resolution. How cananyonehaveafairand speedy With lawyers spending so much !rial with lawyers and judges playing time acting for the camera, trials take more time and cost more money to the camera. When the judge is because each side spends all their cast in the role of acting overly fair time working on what the public and just, while the prosecution d$~~~~ will think. They try to come up with plays the role of the victim and new ways to sway them instead of tbe defense acts the part of the innocent and falsely accused, how concentrating on the 12jurors in can justice be served? ~ the court room. ITO Each week some typeo ffitctt. While cameras are present, P.v •. ~~ !ryone tries too hard to make themtious court drama can be found on selveslookandfitapart. Then they the tube, and most of the time justice Jose sight of what they should be · prevails on what is considered to be concentrating on. fair. Ifeveryone outside thecourtsees However, in the real world i/Je court case on television and justice can be far different than later the case is appealed how can the what we think it should be, and it is based on defendant get a fai r trial if everyone has the law and what rule fits that situation. already formed an opinion? Drama is based on emotion and law is If human beings are cast as defendants based on rules, so courts should base their and victims, would they deserve a fair and decisions on rules not emotion.
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showed that the number of women calling for help rose greatly. Simpson's trial, in some respects, gave those women the incentive to get help. Television coverage of trials is a simple matter of supply and demand. Whether people felt outrage or hapPeople want to know what's going piness over the verdict, it ended in on, and it's the media's job to discussion of the legal system for supply that information. If the ~IJ~~'il~ many of them . The opportul)ity to public didn' t watch, no money share their views openly was enwould be made, so the whole couraged by the constant media idea of coverage would cease to o.J. coverage and commentary. SIMPSIJ,i exist. Everyone had some opinion on the case . There was little middle Watching the legal system in W.llllliii!FY"""W' action by watching a trial can ground between those who provide quite a learning experience. thought Simpson was guilty and Recent trials have shown the injusthose who thought he was in~~nocent. tices handed down by judges and juries and the leniency given to those in the From the minute he went on that slow upper class of society. Even if this doesn't speed chase, everyone had an opinion. generate a change in this system, it can be a Finding a jury that didn't know about the wake up call for those less aware. case would have been nearly impossible. It The trial of O.J. Simpson brought to is not the fault of the media, that people had light the issue of spousal abuse. Reports an opinion on the case. The details of the from counseling agencies and hotlines case couldn' have stayed quiet forever.
by Cyndi Kessler Staff W riter
Confined and suffering from paranoid delusions For people suffering from ago- and terror comes in abundance. raphobia, t11eir fears have grown From Jason to Freddy to the so strong that theycan'tevcn leave adorable Crypt Keeper, pop-cultheir homes . ture seems to be having a love A much more common example affair with the frightening. would be arachnophobia, or fear I'll stick to my claim that U1e of spiders. "Exorcist" is one of the funniest How many times have you seen films ever made. somebody panic, run, hide or fall We keep begging for more reel into paralysis upon spotting a small monsters even though we seem to harmless bug. be appalled by the real ones It's obvious that fear plays a (Charles Manson, 1effrey Dal1mer, much larger roll in our day to day 0.1 .?). life than we would like to admit. Sleepless, I to close my eyes The most surprising thing is once again. What wa<; that sound? that in modem society we seem to My heart starts pounding in my he on a quest to find the t11ings that chest. scare us the most. Was it the door? I personally can be found every Is someone here? night flipping channels looking for I'm not sure. the sla~h-em-up, gore rest, bloodIs my tired mind playing tricks a-rama where bikini bimbos get on me, or could it just be the groanbutchered, celebrities are stalked; ing of an old house?
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Screaming, in a hysterical panic, I make a desperate lunge for the ligbt switch. My hair is sticking to my face, sweat dripping off me; and all I can do is lie there shuddering. Looking back, all that remains are shattered glimpses of what terrified me so much, and it's growing more vague by the second. Why is it that the things that scare me so much in my dreams are so hard to recall when I'm awake. And why does the fact that I can't remember, bring the fear to a new level? The defini tion of fear is a distressing emotion aroused by im~nding pain, danger, evil, etc., wbetherreal or imagined; the feeling or condition of being afraid. Regardless of what scares you, fear plays a big role in all of our lives. The slightest sound can quicken
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Brotherly bond proves to be unbeatable by Mark Schmidt Staff Writer The quarterback scrambled right looking for a receiver. Down field he spotted number 20. On pure instinct be threw the ball. As if a bond connected them, number 20 turned and caught the ball. This is a normal sight for the undefeated San Jose City College Jaguars, where quarterback Andre Caballero plays with his older brother, wide receiver, Oscar Caballero. The Caballero brothers are identical twins, born fourrninutes apart on Aug. 19, 1975, in San Jose. They have played football together since they were seven, which explains their unique bond. "Whenl'minajam,likescrambling, there are times when I'd rather throw to him. When you're
scrambling there are certain times when you want a receiver to come back to you and there are times when you want them to go away from you and be, more or less, bas picked those times. We've been on the same page most of the time," said Andre. The Caballero twins acquired the interest in sports from their father Andre Caballero, who played football and baseball in high school. They remember going to their father's softball games when they were seven and watching sports
It was not until junior high school that they played tackle football. They went on to play football and baseball for Mount Pleasant High School. The Caballero twins do almost everything together. They have a lot of the same friends :\nd hangout in the left, and his identical twin brother Oscar Caballero. same crowd. Amy L. Hartman/ The Times In fact, until with him every Sunday. two years ago they lived in the They started playing flag foot- same room together. ball for the local YMCA when "We get more upset with each they were seven. other because we know that the
other person could do a better job., No one else on the team will let him (Andre)know that be'slhrow. ing a poor ball. It's the closeness we have together that allows us to come out and say things other people would not normally say,' said Oscar. The Caballero brothers decided to continue with sports at Cit) College together. One of the maio reasons was the interview wi~ head football coach Howard Gay. "Football was what we were going to do, so we figured we'd stay together," said Oscar. Oscar is currently majoring in business, while Andre is unde. cided. "We're looking for an opponu. nity out of sports, like a scholar. ship or a degree, that we would not normally get out of academics," said Andre.
A quest for AIDS awareness by Colton W. Evert Staff Writer Stan Horyza, 20, who is currently majoring in Liberal Arts here at San Jose City College, aspires to someday become a teacher. But until that day, he is teaching his campus and community to become more aware about Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, AIDS. Horyza has received a lot of motivation in his quest to inform. Though he is not infected with the HIV virus himself, he is a Hemophiliac, and is part of a very alarming statistic. Ninety-five percent of Hemophiliacs born before 1985 are infected with HIVor have full blown AIDS. Horyza is one of four Hemophiliacs he knows that are not infected. "All my role models are HIV positive," Horyzasaid., "Allofthe people I look up to are now dying." The major inspiration for Horyza to educate people about
AIDS came last June when he was a counselor at a Hemophilia summer camp. He became friends with Alex Reyes, 14, who later died of AIDS. Horyza went to the funeral and saw the small boy, who should have been just starting out his life, lying in an adult sized coffin and Horyza said to himself, "No one should have to die of this at any age." That boy was not the first, and not the last of Horyza's friends to fall victim to the AIDS virus, which is why he works so hard to educate about it. Last year he was a cast member of the play "Choices" which deals with issues of AIDS and AIDS awareness. He toured with the group, going to cities as far away as Chicago. On Sunday, Oct. 15 he participated in his fourth AIDS Walk, a fund raiser in which people collect pledges for the five mile walk. Horyza is an AIDS Walk team leader for groups from SaintJ ohn 's
Catholic School, Saint Elizabeth's Teen Group, Milpitas High School and City College. He, along with the student Ambassadors, organize the groups for the walk every year. This year Horyza proudly represented his group on his roller blades, waving the banner that d·isplayed the names of the groups he represents and waited anxiously for the hom to sound and the walk to begin. And when the hom finally did go off, he was off faster than all the other walkers. Soon, all that could be seen was his banner amongst all the crowd. Horyza' s goal has never been to clear to him. "I always want to do the AIDS walk, always." he said. "I guess where I'm going with (AIDS education), depends on where I'm going in life." Horyza has learned a valuable lesson from his friends with HIV, "Try to live each day as it comes ... because you can plan for the future but it may never happen." Sean Galvin/ The Times ' ·The library is the place for Stan Horyza as he aspires to be a teacher.
Schools with ghouls make for creepy campuses by Marco Buscaglia College Press Service
No one doubts college can be a scary place. Just ask freshman before their ftrst exam. But few college students would say their fears have anything to do with monsters under the bed or goblins in the closet. Maybe they should. Nationwide, ghostly legends thrive on campuses. "There'sjust so much going on in college buildings when you think about their history, not to mention some of the high emotions that people have when they're in school," says Richard Crowe, a supernatural phenomena expert who's based in Chicago. "Ghosts can thrive on these emotions. They can tap into the anxieties that people have." Still, Crowe says most ghosts just want to be noticed. "If people pay attention to them and let them coexist, they're usually fine," he says. "The problem sometimes starts when people try to deny that they exist." For many students across the nation, the question about whether
ghosts exist has been answered by their campus experiences. For example: For years students at Mansfield University in Mansfield, Pa., have maintained that North Hall is haunted by Sarah. Sarah, according to campus legend, is the ghost of a student who committed suicide by leaping over a railing through an open atrium in the building. She allegedly killed herself because of love gone wrong. The building, which was built in 1874, has been vacant for many years, giving Sarah plenty of room to roam. Mansfield students say they sometimes see Sarah in the windowsofthe building's top floor, supposedly looking for her former lover. But Sarah's days of solitude are numbered. This fall, the university began extensive renovations on North Hall and has plans to tum the old building into a state-of-the-art library and academic center. If the ghost liked the peace and quiet of her abandoned building, it soon will be bustling with students. Students at Stonehill College in North Easton, Mass., have reported seeing the ghost of Freddy
Ames roaming the campus. Ames, the original owner of the property, died in a plane crash in the 1930s. According to legend, Ames instructed his servant to light the runway of his property at night while he was away flying, but the servant forgot. When Ames came in for a landing, the only light he saw was a lamp on the third floor of his mansion. Mistaking that for the runway, the pilot crashed to his death. Now whenever there is a blue mist hanging over the pond on campus, it is believe that Ames is looking for his forgetful servant. At the University of Illinois, students tell their own colorfultales about "The Blue Man." The Blue Man is supposed to be the ghost of a man who allegedly hanged himself from a tree in a cemetery just outside of campus. Students swear on nights with a full moon, they often see a ghost emitting an eerie blue light. Back on campus, the English Building is supposedly haunted by the ghost of a former student who committed suicide. Rumor has it the girl succumbed to the pressure of academics and
spends her days haunting strict professors as an act of retaliation. Several students living in North Spencer residence hall at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro say they've had the opportunity to meet Annabellewhether they wanted to or not. Legend has it that Annabelle is the ghost of a student who committed suicide in one of the building's bell towers. And while they don't know what she's looking for, students say they sometimes hear her walking the halls of the dorm. Dorm residents have reported spotting a blue haze passing through thehallandhave witnessed objects flung across different rooms . The ghost apparently gets antsy when the students are gone for the summer, since most occurrences have taken place when
the dorm is occupied by summer school students and hall advisors. University of California Ber· keley professor Henry Stephens lived in Room 219 at the Faculty Club for more than 20 years. And after his death in 1919, students walking under the window of the building said they often heard Stephens reciting his poetry. The circumstances were for· gotten until the 1970s, when a vis· iting Japanese scholar stayed in the same room. Without any prior knowledge of its previous resident, Noriyuki Tokuda told others that he was visited by a ghost one night and said that an older man was sitting on a chair quietly watching him. the next night , Tokuda said he saw two heads floating across the room near the ceiling.
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Looking for the perfect
pumpkin The Pumpkin Festival at the Lopez Ranch in Culver City and the Arden Wood Pumpkin Patch in Newark are ideal places for children to discover all kinds of pumpkins.
Christopher Agnew gets an upclose look as he crawls accross the pumpkins.
A pumpkin with character.
Lady scarecrow at the Arden Wood Pumpkin Patch.
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Girl peeks through corn stalks at Lopez Ranch.
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Schtum, "Grow"- It's nice to know that a band can come across with strongly opinionated lyrics without having to preach a political message. Containing strong rhythms and a constant duel between singer/guitarist Christian McNeil and Ivan Birthistle, "Grow," the latest release from the young Irish quartet known as Schtum, could only be described as emotional. The lyrics by McNeil are delivered with such style and power that they blend with the music perfectly. Their style is hard to define; it's almost a blend of punk and altema-
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on stage than in a studio. Schtum is definitely a band for people who are tired of having their music over analyzed and labeled. It's truly original, unlike any style of music ever released before. Soul II Soul, ''Volume V Believe"-Sit back, relax, and let the sound carry you away. There is no message, no complaints about what's wrong with the world, no parental advisory sticker. There is
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ISAAC HAYES MOVEMENT, ''Raw & Refined."- Isaac Hayes, best known for his work on the definitive blaxpotation movie "Shaft," has not maintained most of his style and charm from his work in the 70s. Unfortunately, the 70s aren't making a comeback anymore.
The album "Branded" gets off to a bad start with Hayes attempting to be more modem by pleading with his listeners to "stop the violence" and "save the planet." Although the classic style guitar that is reminiscent of just about every theme song from every TV , show in the early 80s is cute, the album loses the listener in the fact that it is very hard to distinguish one song from the next. The album, "Raw & Refined," put out by the Isaac Hayes Movement is even worse . It's easy to see that the biggest influence on this album was taken from elevator "Muzak" and deserves to go back on an elevator heading down to where itcan'tbe heard. Skip it, and let the 70s die. It's time to admit that retro wasn't as cool as we thought it would be.
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In 1972, a meteoroid weigh· in at I ,000 tons, missed the by 35 miles. Fearing a panic epic proportion, astronomers down tile near catastro· which could have wiped out a large portion of tile world population. Not to won·y, for all those that missed the event., U1c Swift-Tuttle comet is expected to do tile job if it slams into the and kicks up enough dust to semass extinctions in the
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7 Sports Jaguars ready for San Francisco showdown Thursday, October 26, 1995
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Victories against Foothill and Hartnell rank football team fifth.in the .state Caballero completed 12 passes of 23 attempts with a total of 300 yards including two touchdown The San Jose City College's passes with only one interception. fOOtball team clipped the wings of Sophomore kicker Jeff we previously unbeaten Foothill Bacigalupi contributed with 12 College Owls by the score of 30-
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23. The victory, played at home on ()ct. 21, sets the stage for the Jaguars to play against the defending NationalandStateChampions, the City College of San Francisco Rams. The Jags are ranked fifth in the state and second in Northern California with a 6-0 record. "Biggest team as far as size wise goes that our kids will ever play agai nst," said head coach Howard Gay. The Owls were kept grounded as the Jags defense shut down the passing game. Gay said, "Good athletes and attitudes along with good work habits," have contributed to the players motivating and getting to know each other better. Gay said that another key factor ·for the Jags victory was that 476 yards were obtained by the offense which is more than double what Foothill bad been giving up. Sophomore quarterback Andre
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points which included field goals from 31, 30 and 36 yards. Bacigalupi fielded an over-thehead ball by quickly regaining his composure togiveupanothergood punt. "We have been looking forward to this game for a year. I'm extremely excited how the game turned out," said Bacigalupi. Freshman tailback Clifton Rainey had two receptions for 18 yardsand 11 carrieswith43 rushing yards with an average of 3.9 yards per carry . " I want to thank my offensive line for blocking as they did," said Rainey. Freshman outside li'ne backer Pedro Tovar said, "We won and I feel gre at. We became more united." "I feel great.," said freshman wide receiver Troy Mosely. " We are 6 and 0 and hopefully will be 7 and 0 after beating Frisco this
nst week." The Jaguars beat Hartnell College on Saturday Oct. 14 in Salinas with the score of 40-19. Many of the players share the same feeling that coach Gay has about understanding the importance of the San Francisco game.
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The San Jos~ City College women's volleyball team broke its two game losing streak Wednesday night as they defeated San Francisco City College with the scores of 15-12, 15-10 and 15-11. Playing as a group, freshman Vanessa Dunn had nine kills out of 17 attempts with no errors, while freshman Shannon Wright had eight kills.
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The San Jos~ City College men's cross country team remains positive despite the injuries that have plagued t11cm this season. The Jags traveled to Salinas to COmpete against Chabot at the #2 Coast Conference Meet held on Oct 11. They were plagued by injuries and lost making t11eir record 4-2. Top runners were sophomore Greg Tademy, freshmen Louie 1\ndre and Sok Ros Chim wit11 the limes of 22:03, 23:32 and 24:04. The Jaguars are tied in third
place with Cha bo t in the Coast. Conference play and that is the team to beat at the Coast Conference if the Jags are going to make it to the State Championship. Head coach Steve Haas' job now is to instill in the team a sense of desire to beat Chabot. Sophomore Brendon Mosher, said, "We' re working for third · place. I tl1ink we'll beat Chabot to make il." Tademy, has been struggling with injuries, however he still runs well a nd is the team's top runner. "Everybody should run good," said Tadcmy . "It's not just one person , it's a team thing."
Gay said, "Onegamedoesnotmake a season. I shouldn't have to do much to motivate them. Our guys will be up and know what is at stake and will play with tremendous emotion." · The Jaguars will host the Rams at 7 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 28.
Bacigalupi said, "I believe this game will be another test for us. We play at home wearing our purple. We can't be stopped. They may be bigger than us but we will play bigger, and we will fight up until the last seconds of the game." • Related story on page 4.
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means that they could pass better. By doing that we gave them confidence and then their overall game was better," said Huerta. Sophomore Mao Gaoteote
kept the team in the race for the entire game by making incredible digs to hold back Chabot. Despite their mistakes, the lady Jags were in high spirits through-
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out the game. "We had some ups and downs in the game and whenever someone did something wrong they would get down and tha t changed the whole motion of the game," said Gaoteote. The Jaguars are 12-8 overall
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Jaguars' hard work, the Owls slipped away with the win. The Jaguars will host Skyline College at 7 p.m. Oct. 15. "We're playing well at this point. We just need to improve and stress conditioning," said Huerta
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Transfer Day brings over 60 colleges to SJCC by Cyndi Kessler Staff Writer
Students galher infonnation on over 60 colleges at Transfer Day in lhe San Jose City College quad.
'lFor Your ][nformation' • Staff Development Committee meets from 2-4 p.m. Thursday, OcL 26 and Wednesday, Nov. 9. • Representatives from t11e Unive1·sity of Phoenix will be at San Jose City College from 6-9 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 26, in the College Union. • Faculty members are invited to a workshop on classroom assesment. techniques from 1-4 p.m . Friday, Oct 27 in GE 221. • · Stanford Transfer Admissions day will be Saturday, Oct. 28 at t11eOak West Lounge in the Trcsiddcr Student Union on Stanford's campus. • A Halloween comstume contest will be held from 11 a.m.- noon on Tuesday, Oct. 31 in the Quad outside the College Union at City College. Prizes will be awarded for most creative, scariest and best overall. For furt11Cr information, call Kerry Ann Larsen at ext. 3663. • "Thomas Eakins" video will be shown on tlle hour Monday, Oct. 30 in tl1e Gallery. Viewing of tl1e film can fulfill part of Gallery Lab viewing requirement. •
Transfe1· Admission Agreement deadline for CSU, San Bernadino; San Francisco State University; San Jose State University and University of California, Riverside. is Oct. 31.
• Uni versity of San Fra ncisco College of Professional Studies will have representatives on campus from 6-9 p.m ., Wednesday, Nov. 1 in the GE Building. • A College Fair will he held from 11-11:45 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. I & Thursday, Nov. 2 on tlle lawn near t11e faculty office building. l Iigh school students will be at City Cqllege for tours and talks with faculty and students. • Faculty Association Executive Board Meetings will be held from 1:30-3:30 p.m., Friday Nov. 3 in L225 at Evergreen Valley College and from 1:30-3:30 p.m. Friday Nov. 17 in Room U207 at City College. • Mountain Mike's Pizza Night, which benefits San Jose City College's Child Development Center, is from 7-9 p.m . Tuesday, Nov. 7. A percentage of the proceeds will go to the center. • Round one of the 1995-96 Mathematics Contest will be held from 1-2:15 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 14 in Room S-9. Cash prizes and scholarships will be awarded after tllree rounds have been completed. • Student Retention Grant applications must be submitted to Barbara Horrocks' by Nov. 15. Applications must first be reviewed and signed by the student's dean. Contact, ext. 3746. Compiled by Pauline Rudy
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Students, faculty and representatives from over 60 colleges gathered outside of the San Jose City College Union to give students infonnation on transferring to their schools. "It's one stop shopping for students to get infonnation on schools they may be interested in transferring to," said Zee Gibson, director of the student transfer center. Many of the colleges represented are in California, but some were from as far away as Hawaii and Guadalajara, Mexico. "We're interested in diverse populations, in our case 25-30 percent of our students come from lhe mainland, 40-45 percent from Hawaii, and the rest from around lhe world," said Les McMitchell, representative from Chaminade University in Hawaii. Schools from the University of California and California State
leges wererepresentedatlhe !fans. fer fair. Also in attendance were cialize in occupational such as cooking, chiropractic, fashion and graphic design. The transfer fair was also opportunity for graduates of local colleges to share mH>rma~OII I with City College students. "I was a transfer student and was difficult for me to because I did not have any ance," said David Sims, a of San Jose State University. The college gave OUt infonnatiOn On aU I JIU~~IIUII I requirements, housing, aid, course offeri ngs and other sues related to entering a uni sity. "It's amazing how much mation you don't know, lhat should ," said Geri, an major. Anyone neeeding add infonnation on transferring can to the Career Transfer Center.
by Cyndi Kessler Staff Writer Eight students represented The Times at the NorCal conference, held by t11e Journalism Association of Community Colleges on October 22. It was the first NorCal conference to be held at San Jose State University. 200 students from more tllan 20 community colleges attended workshops and participated in writing and layout competitions. The Times participated in mailin competitions, which consists of work done in the previous year, ' and on the spotcompetions, which gives participants a limited amount of time to complete a story or page layout. The Times won an honorable mention in the general excellencetabloid category. The other awards won by the Times are: Allan Angel, second place for line illustration; Trevor Bryden, fourt11 place for critical review and opinion stories; Amy Hartman, honorable mention, bring-in photos; Sean Galvin, fiftll place in photo story and honorable mention in news photo; Nora Kim, fourth place in photo story and honorable mention in photo illustration; Robert Unthank, fourth place page layout and inside page design .
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