San Jose City College Times, Vol. 50, Issue 3, Feb 29, 1996

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Evergreen Valley College dean named interim chancellor of SJCCIEVC district

by Joe Scott Staff Writer

Frances White, dean of social sciences and physical education for Evergreen Valley College, has been apppointed the new interim chancellor of the San Jose/Evergreen Community College District Office.

White has held positions at Laney College as an assistant dean and director of the tutorial center, department chair in the Psychology department and as an instructor of Psychology, Basic English, ESL and Basic Math.

At Merritt College she was directoroflearning assistance labs, a member of the faculty senate and an instructor of Basic Math and Psychology. Both colleges are located in Oakland, CA. Whitehasbeenamemberofthe State Developmental Disabilities Boaro, Area V and serves as a

member of the Board of Directors for the statewide Association of California Community Colleges Administrators (ACCCA). She has also served as vice ch~r of the Community College League of

California, Commisson on Trustee and Staff Development.

White holds a B.S. in psychology and an M. S. in counseling pyschology both from California State University, Hayward and a Ph.D. in education administration from _University of California,

Berkeley.

White also has professional memberships in Pi Lamda Theta (U.C. Berkeley Educational Society), Phi Delta Kappa (Educational Honors Society), Association of Instructional Admistrators, American Association of Women in community Colleges and Association of California Community College Administrators.

"I think that the Board of Directors made a good choice because she is a good communicator," said Evergreen College social science and physical education instructor Laurie Battaglia. "We will miss her greatly."

Dr. White will not be acting dean of social sciences, instead the District is in the process of getting an interim dean or an appointed dean. A meeting was to be held on Wednesday, Februrary 28, 1996 with the admistration to determine the outcome.

Black History Month continues to raise awareness

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y Through rain or shine, San Jos~ City d College's third annual Black History Month amtinues to captivate, entertain and educate. e The festivities, which have already in1. duded concerts, a fashion show and film " !resentations at the beginning of the month, tave been concluded with poetry readings, ~pel singing, and art exhibits all paying a toolage to the African-American culture.

City College speech students got into the spirit of things as well on Feb. 21, bringing the fourth annual Black Voices presentation to the theater's stage in a two hour production.

Directed by Speech instructor Merylee Shelton, the play, which focused on violence and racism, continued to raise students' awareness in the social standing of African-American people today.

Bringing the third week of the celebration to a festive close was The Gospel Extrava-

ganza, which was held at the Bethel Church of San Jose on the evening of Feb. 23.

The church opened its doors to anyone who enjoyed the sounds of live gospel music, wanted to meet new people and most of all just wanted to have a great time.

The Black History month concluded with a Literature Presentation from poet/novelist Devorah Major, and a concert from rap group Midnight Voices on Wednesday.

Major, a San Francisco native and a published writer, read selections from her

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Due to the work and donation Internet space by student Mil ' pa, The Times has the first orJd Wide Web site on campus. includes text, pictures, sound ~ graphics.

Pompa, a former student and

lfVp baseball player for the Jags, is currently majoring in timedia.

'The Internet market is growat such a phenomenal rate, I'm g what I know and applying it City College," said Pompa. lbe first part of the web page is lllage of hyperlinks, underlined ~ or phrases that lead to anpage of information. l:acb hyperlink leads to a page the paper. ~or each page, there are

Pompa "We wanted something original, nota copy of what we print On the Internet, it's originality that keeps people interested," said Pompa.

In the future the site will have sound, more graphics, information and pictures about The Times staff members.

"I'd like to see a more personal

side to the paper. In a regular paper you can't put in pictures of the staff, but a computer makes the personal side possible," said Jon Perez, The Times editor-in-chief.

The site is cWTently on a server from Best Internet Connections, of San Jose.

Eventually, the site will be moved to the school's server, and linked to the City College web site, which has yet to go online.

The page has been linked to the Journalism Association of Community Colleges (JACC), which means it can be viewed by students and teachers at other colleges.

"He's put in a lot of time and effort, and I think the results speak for themselves," said Journalism instructor Art Carey.

The Uniform Resource Locator (URL) for the web site is http:// www .Milo v an .com/Ti m es / times.html.

It can be viewed in the language lab in room GE106.

book of poetry "Street Smarts" and excerpts from her most recent novel "The Open Weave" to a full house of students in the College Theater.

Her poetry and short stories deal face to face with both the pride and anguish of being an African-American woman in the world today.

"I wasn't sure if the audience understood my writing at first," says Major, "They weren't very responsive in the beginning,

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Freeway Killer diedtoo quicK

by Kevin Winzer Staff Writer

Editorial

Superhighway hits red light n the most blatant disregard for the IinFirst Amendment right of free speech recent history, Congress and the presi-

evident in the arguments surrounding the bill as this faction flexes its political muscle. ~ent passed into law ~e ~elecommunicaThese arguments are filled with hyperlions Act (S. 652), which mcludes the so- bole and the familiar buzzwords: sleaze called cy?erpom prov~s~on._ . smut, family values, Christian ethics. ' What IS most su.rpn smg Is th~t t.he bill Surprisingly little protest, beyond muted br~zed through with near unanimity. . rhetoric, seems to be forthcoming, although Ltberals, who have always been consid- many Internet providers and subscribers e~ed ,bed~ates of the ACLU, a~p~ently turned the background of their web pages didn t thmk the cyberpo~ provisiOn black and displayed blue ribbons, symbol~ou~d fly, ~r they had a different agenda izing the brutal beating they had suffered m thts election year. by the passage of the bill.

The effects of the cyberpom provisions Although the cy~e~om prohibitions . ~e curren~y. langmshmg u~der a restram- of the Telecommunications Act go far mg ord~r, It IS clear that a signal has been beyond restricting only pornography where sent by Its pro~oters th~t the Inte~et, minors may have access. ~ateway to the mformation superhtg~way, Senator Leahy (D-VT) is correct in his IS no longer free of government scrutmy assertion that the language is vague , ,. , enough to include the prohibition of" ... onand control. line discussions of safe sex practices, of And control of the Net IS what s at stake here. . birth control methods, and of AIDS prevention methods ... " There are already sufficient laws to ~rotect minors ~rom pornography dist?bu- And this is only the beginning. tion and the vanous other abuses detailed The agenda of the proponents of the bill in the bill. has not yet been fulfilled.

The Internet has been around ~or years Upcoming amendments may include an? no one .has thought to re.str~n access bans on the scientific origin of the universe, or mformation. However, With Its recent Darwinism and more. popularity surge and the billi~ns of dollars "Fahrenheit 451"will not be the symbol garnered by software companies and host of the ban on information but the delete providers like America OnLine and key will. ' Compuse~e, Congress has suddenly Although the cyberpom problem is real, perked up Its ears. federal censorship is not the real way to The strength of the religious right is solve it.

The Times welcomes comment from the public on subjects of interest. to the campus community. Letters to the Editor and Viewpoint articles should be submitted in typewritten form, double-spaced if possible. Handwritten submissions wlll be acceptable if readable. Letters and Viewpoints will be edited for style and length, and should be signed. Names may be withheld under special circumstances.

We especially encourage comment by students, faculty, staff and administr ators on matters of general interest, regardless of whether or not they have been discussed in the Times.

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Recently, William Bonin, the notorious ''Freeway Killer", was the first on Death Row to be executed by lethal injection.

Our justice system was too kind tobim . .

Guards were placed outside San Quentin Prison to deal with the flow of protesters they were sure would arrive.

Protesters?

William Bonin was convicted of raping and brutally murdering 14 boys, most of them children.

Bonin slowly strangled most of his victims.

One was killed by an ice pick stabbed through his ear three inches into his brain.

In many cases the victims were found naked and mutilated near California freeways. All victims experienced agonizing , painful deaths.

This murderer was put to death quickly and painlessly.

He was given three separate drugs, the first to render him unconscious, the second to stop his respiratory system, the third to stop his heart.

This method of execution,

sparked by anti-death penalty protesters, was put into effect after gas chambers were declared eruct and unusual punishment.

Despair will haunt the families of William Bonin's victims. The loss of their loved one will plague them, probably forever, and tit execution of William Bonin is questioned.

Hammurabi, king of Babylonia in 1760 B.C., enforced an "eye fa an eye, tooth for a tooth" policy, in which the punishment literally fit the crime.

The criminals were treated willi the same cruelty that they exacte:l on their victims.

Obviously Hammurabi's Code is outdated. It is the extreme side of the spectrum.

But a society that questions~ death penalty in a case like Willian Bonin's is obviously going soft The crimes this man committel warrant execution.

PhotojUaphers Amy Bergeson,Clark Janowski, Elliott Millner,Lorie Van Staff Writers Hans Donschikowski, Candida Estrada. Joe Scot:t,Raul Rangel, Kevin Winzer Production Edy Bojorquez, Tu Dong, A.J. Hunt

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Dear Editor, This letter is in response to the article "Proposal brought up to ban Dianetics from campus, Feb. 15, 1996." There were a few omissions and actual false reporting, in the article I wish to address.

First, the Academic Senate never took a vote on my proposal, so it was never denied. The matter was postponed waiting a formalized written process from the office ofDf. Evelyn Wesley, vice-president of student affairs, to address the Board's adopted policy of banning groups who discriminate and who recruit on campus.

Second, the issue of recruitment was not well covered . The Scientology group is recruiting members. I know this from my own experience and we have students who also advise us as such.

Third, Scientology does discriminate against gays. I quote from the founder of Scientology, L. Ron Hubbard, in his book, ''Dianetics: The Modem Science of Mental Health," ''The sexual pervert (and by this term Dianetics,

to be brief, includes any and aD g forms of deviation in dynamic two such as homosexuality, lesbianism, sexual sadism, etc., and al down the catalog ofEllis and Kraff Ebing) is actually quite ill phys) cally ... He is also so far from nor· mal and so extremely dangerous to society that the tolerance of perversion is as thoroughly bad f~ society as punishment for it... B ~ with an effective science to handt theproblem,asocietywbichwouti continue to endure perversion alll allitssadand sordideffectsdoesn'l deserve to survive," pages 13536.

I think it's clear that Scientology does have a policy on homosexuality and it's very homophobic according to their leader. I also think the church leader in LoS Angeles accurately quoted fr()(ll this book.

Ithinkstudentsshouldbeaware of any group on campus who recruit and be judicious in listening tD beliefs and marketing tools.

Joseph King Librarian

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: Frustrated Poi-Dog hangs up his gloves I'm mourning

doesn't want idealists anymore, they just want a writer who will write about things they agree with.

1be Poi-Dog couldn't understand this. He was a romantic who envisioned young people trying to solve the problems of the world and showing the older people who looked down on them that they were just as smart as anybody.

But, all he saw were young adults into materialistic items, drugs and ignorant logic.

The Poi-Dog took a desperate last stand to show his own form of

the loss of a friend. Recently, someone close to llty roe has decided to shun society and r~e~ live the rest of his life as a hermit some deserted isle.

That man was the Poi-Dog. For all of you who dido' t know Poi-Dog, he wrote a column for The Times last semester.

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column. That is when the Poi-Dog, came to me with a gun pointed to

his bead. He told me that society had a blanket over its eyes and he couldn't get it off and he wanted to be a martyr for people with self-awareness everywhere by killing himself. He then started to complain that society is this and society is that but I stopped him and told him that he was starting to whine like Thoreau. I told him by committing suicide, he would become a quitter and a hypocrite. So, he decided to go into isolation.This is where Joe Bananas steps in.

Joe Bananas used to be like the PoiDog, but he is clinically insane. He

believes that conforming his writing and physical appearance is more important. Bananas strives for people to like his writing and plans to talk about issues of no real importance but is popular with the public.Bananas writing will probably become extremely popular.If that happens, then I would have no more hope for the world. Maybe I should quit right now.

Hey Poi-Dog, how come you didn't take me with you?

The e-mail ate my homework How cyberspace obsessions can ruin your day

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While some students and administrators continue to debate the philosophical merit of a wired campus, many students have already learned about some drawbadcs to the information explosion.

For some students, computer use can become habit forming."It's an addiction," Pauk Logemann told the Daily Nebraskan last fall. The NU sophomore said his grades suffered after he began spending more than four hours a day online.

Psychologist Kimberly Young has seen dozens of people who can't shake their obsession with cyberspace ather Center For Online Addiction in Pennslyvania.

'These are people that don't go to class, don't go to work, and don't go to sleep becuase they are addicted to their computer," Young says. 'They need to be online all the time" Young says she is currently working with her patients to belp

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trust others when they're surfmg the net, usually because they often are ea<;y targets for online harassment.

Even if you're intelligently using the computer to your advantage, there's always the chance that Mother Nature may come calling.

LastJanuary, a flooded basement on the University of Nebraska's campus blacked out access to the Internet for thousands of computer users across 7 states for nearly 12 hours.

"People seem to think that thesesysternsareperfect; they'll never be inoperable," says Mary McLaughlin, director of UN's MIDnet. "But Mother Nature can have her say whenever she wants, so if you're going to rely on the Internet for all your information, you should always have a backup plan."

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Carl Nylec, a junior at the University of Illinois, says he sees the benefits of using his computer when it comes to surfmg the Internet for information, but he no longer places the emphasis on it he once did. ''When I was a sophomore, I emailed everyone I could to fmd out what I missed in this psychology class," Nylec said.

"Pretty soon, I just stopped going and got notes from everyone else off my computer."

But when it came time to take the final exam, Nylec found out he wasn't exactly getting the right information.

The20year-oldjunioralsosayshe's heard horror stories about professors who get frequent requests for information by e-mail from students who don't show up for class.

Nylec admitshestillasksaroundfor input, "but it's just to compare notes," he says .

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Art exhibits have become very fashionable in the 90's, invading coffee houses on every comer, but artist Richard Tucker's work has been prominently displayed in the San Jose City College Art Gallery where it also received a grand reception and a two week stay.

The exhibit ends today.

Tucker, a fonner City College student, has graced the gallery with his paintings and sculptures to coincide with the Black History Month celebration.

The display features a very diverse collection of work from Tucker including mixed-media artwork and some very col-

orful semi-abstract paintings, most of which relate to life as an African-American.

The City Gallery welcomed Tucker on Feb. 21, to present his work and opened its doors to anyone wishing to learn more about the man and his craft.

Art connoisseurs who attended this free event enjoyed refreshments at the artist' s reception .

Tucker was on hand to make infonnal remarks and answer any questions regarding his influences and artwork.

Those who could not attend the reception, however, had the opportunity to view Tucker's works in the gallery.

The subjects of his paintings range from family and unknown people, to that of well known African-American figures of past

Black Voices sing literature's beauty

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with the style and finesse of both classic and contemporary art.

He used such familiar mediums as oils and combining them with the harshness of substances like broken glass as he does in his painting of rapper Queen Latifab.

Some of the artwork also seemed very personal, portraying family life and seU manifestation, but always very colorful and vibrant.

Tucker's use of different styles expresses his talent.

Richard Tucker's artwork carries !be spirit of the African-American struggle.

His work has been appropriately dis· and present such as Jimi Hendrix and Billie played in the very middle of Black History Month for students of all walks of life to Holliday.

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Tucker, a former City College student, has graced the gallery with his paintings and sculptures to coincide with the Black History Month celebration.

Randall, Yuseflman, John Nikki Giovanni and Coun Cullen was read. The poetry vivid pictures of violence, inj tice, and the decrepit state America's cities.

The poem "Ballad of Binningham" is about a small child who wishes to participate in a freedom march on the streets of Binningham. Her mother tells her to go to church to sing in the children's choir. The poem ends in heartrending tragedy with the child's mother searching frantically through the rubble of the church for her child.

The poem was powerfully delivered throughout, ending with the stanza "She clawed through bits of glass and brick, then lifted out a shoe. 'Oh, here' stheshoemybaby wore, but, baby, where are you?"'

The audience reacted to the ex- . . . . . . ...._. pressive poetry readings with applause.

The powerful emotions being expressed instilled in the listener an anger and horror towards the state of the country and children.

San Jose City College students gathered in the College Theater to watch the fourth annual Black Voices presentation.

The production washeldonFeb. 21 , and was given by City College speech students.

The pwpose of Black Voices is to celebrate the beauty of black literature in accordance with Black History Month. This year the perfonnance focused on violence and the black male.

The production was entitled "Just an Old Woman" and was written by Bill Erb. It told the story of Rosa Parks, the black woman who sparked boycotts by refusing to comply to segregation laws on buses.

It also tells the story of Skipper, the black male who beat and robbed her. The story closes with the end of the bus boycotts and abolishing segregated buses.

The play was acted from the perspectiveofboth characters. The variety in style and the convincing "Just an Old Woman" was distrength of the acting drew the audience into the presentation.

Throughout the performance, performances byNsiab Smith, poetry from selected black writers Charles Griffin, Heather Johnson, including Don L. Lee, Dudley Corwin Haynes and Karlo Kanto.

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Sports Jags' hitting firepower fuels 11-3 baseball start Thursday, February 29, 1996

by Lynda M. Pearson Sports Editor

Head coach Doug Robb has a smashing hit with his starting line-up for San Jos~ City College baseball team, which currently has an impressive record of 113-1.

At 2 p.m. today, the Jags will host West Valley College. At 11 am. Saturday, March 2, the Jaguars will face Ohlone College at home.

This launches their 28 game season in the Coast Conference.

"We have won 4 out of 5 preseason tournaments in first place and fmished in second place for the other.

We are playing well but we haven't peaked yet," said coach Robb.

The Jaguars have hit 16 home runs while averaging 7.8 runs per game in only 15 games played. The team is giving up 7 runs per game.

"Freslunan left fielder Noah Hall has had an ex-

ceptional preseason play. His batting average is .550 with 6 home runs," he added. Hall is leading the team in hitting.

The three losses were 6-1 to Cuesta College, 13-1 to Allan Hancock College and 8-4 against Cuesta again. ''The offense is playing well on the road which included a grueling 1,500 miles in three weeks . The conference has 28 games and we want to finish first in the state," said Robb.

"We have played the sweet sixteen teams who went to the playoffs last season. We need to improve some areas to play better. We will need to peak to carry us into the playoffs," he said.

"They are an exciting team to watch even if it is a one and nothing game or 11 to 10 game. We know how to score runs. I hope students come and watch the game," said coach Robb.

The full season will end, hopefully, with the state playoffs, which begin May 10.

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"Everyone is pOSitiVe. We get a 0ng Very We on the fie Id and off."

•• The San Jose City College softball team is presently standing strong with a record of 5-1-1.

I 11 The team consists of four sophomores and ten freshmen. The four sophomore second baseman, said sophomores make up the team's ''The most important thing is for Sean Galvin/ The Times llld leaders, but all players are very the school to come out and support ON THE MOVE-Abdul Benjamin, 6 feet, 2 inches tall, 180-pound promising.

Freshman Jaime Simon you." ses sophomore guard, is one of the reasons that the Jags are in the Yo/and lnda Thewomen'ssoftballteambeat holds a pitching record of 4-1. playoffs. Benjamin scored 26 points in two earlier season games.

The players are very optimistic Solano College and tied Sierra First Baseman liril about the team's potential. Sev- College in the Sierran doubleeral close games have boosted the header on Feb. 24. lis· team's morale, and the closeness Ol)' of the players is another contribut: 10 ing factor. Yolanda Inda, sopho.more first baseman, said ''Everyone is positive. We get along very well on the field and

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Editor -in -Chief Debbie Huntze, head coach, TheSanJo~CityCollegemen's shares the players optimism. She basketball team bowed out of the tall Braggs and Woods, 6 feet, 6 stated "We are looking forward to slate basketball championship inches tall. a successful conference." Huntze Wednesday night, losing to the "In the beginning of the season concurs with the player's judgMerced Blue Devils , by a score of we were playing well. Somewhere ment that teamwork is a great fac0-59. we lost our pizzazz. If we can get tor in their wins.

The team shot 27 percent from back to that point, it would be the The harsh weather has not lhe field, ending the season 27-5. high point for the season," said stopped the team from practicing.

High scorer for the Jaguars was Carr.

Kathleen Hayes, sophomore third freshman point guard Jesper Turnovers were a problem in baseman, said, "We practice rain Rasmussen with 16 points. the Jaguars previous victory in a or shine, anywhere we possibly Sophmore guard Abdul Ben- home playoff game against Coliamin scored 11 points. lege of Alameda.

For the Jaguars it was a second ''They played pretty good," said defeat by the Blue Devils, but this Carr. ~s was much more costly. ''The thing that killed us is that The Jaguars had experience we had 22 turnovers. That's too with Merced before, losing 59-51 many turnovers this late in the on Dec. 2, 1995. year."

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On Campus- 9am -7 pm Monday, March 4 Despite the Jags' early exit in "Our team has to prove that we the playoffs, it has been a successSJCC- Room 204 can win it all ourselves," said ful season that saw Woods and Evergeen Valley - Art Gallery Braggs.

Braggs selected to the all-conferCarr said for the playoffs, they ence first team for the Coast ConViill concentrate on playing to their ference , a 7-0 start and a second Offer also good at all H&R Block offices March 4, 5, 6 from 9am to 9pm. strength which is theirinsidedomi- place finish in league play behind Must have valid student identification. llal.ion anchored by 6 foot, 8 inches West Valley.

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The year of the Rat is here and the San Jose City College's Viet• · are to at 1 namese Culture Association celp.m. every Thursday in RooniU200; ebrated it in the College Union.

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Community Room on Saturday, 6, in the Journalism lab, Room 303: Visitors are welcome. · February 17, 1996. .: ~... :... . . .

"The Rat may symbolize an Compiledby Cimdida Estrada . · · easy life in the new year," said Tran Cong Thien, college counselor and instructor.

The festivities included an art exhibition, a musical program, and two dance parties.

The art exhibition began with a reception in the Community Room where paintings and photographs Staff Writer country, Tnnh satd. We tned to by City College students were on escape Vietnam many times. The Facing the wind on a chilly U.S. government fmally allowed February afternoon, Pboung My my family to migrate so I've been buiilie moreth!ii:dh ile more Trinh (or Trinh, My Phoung) was here for three years and two I could feel the positive energy oblivious to the coid air that blew months." iii tbe theater growing; lt was Trinh is married and has a ten around her. She was too excited to very uplifting.'~ \ :< > ·•••··· ·•·• • .. year old son. care. .. lrrimediatdy following the Besides raising a family, she "It was my dream;· she said of Ifter~fure· readings, ·rap group winning an all expense paid trip to works part-time at a fast food restaurant, tutors in the Learning Skills Midnight Voices tookto the.stage study in Paris.

Trinh, a full-time student at San Center and English Writing Lab, is with a set that included poetry, rap, arid hip-hop. Midnight Jose City College, took first place the president of the SJCC VietVoices is the brainchild of out of 966 other students who en- namese Culture Association, is a Mohainniect. who is illso known tered the National French Com- member of the Vietnamese Boy by theMTV generation for his petition organized by the Alliance Scout Lien Doam Ra Khoi Troop, tum on the "The Real Wofld."

Francaise held lastNovember. She and a double major in French and "The crowd really liked it a was awarded an Air France round- Social work. lot. Especially during the oldShe is fluent in Vietnamese and trip ticket to France, an Alliance school mmibers and th(h veird Francaise scholarship to study in English, she also speaks French, acapella stuff,'' silidMobarnmed.

Paris, cash awards and other prizes. Spanish and Russian.

The Black History Month "I worked for an import/export Trinh, a student from the only Celebrationcomestoaclosewith community college entered in the company in Vietnam owned by a contest, faced nearly a thousand Russian company so I learned Black XpreSs, a reggae music and cultural concert to be held in other students from prestigious in- Russian," she said. "And my the College Theater on Friday, stitutions such as Columbia Uni- mother taught me how to write in Mar. 1. The show will begin at versity, UniversityofVirginia, and French."

7:30 p.m. and will feature perMarquette University.

At the end of the spring seformances · from such artists as "I'm so proud of Phoung," said mester, Trinh will graduate with Ras Kidus; I Live, RebefSo-o San Jose City College French in- an A.S. and A.A. degree. She and ·many >others as well as structor, Nicole Amon. "She is not plans on transferring but isn't sure daricilii'1n&musk·provided by only intelligent and bard working, where.

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Trinh's plans for the future are but I have never known a student with such a thirst for knowledge." to graduate and get a B.A. and a Achieving the success she has Master's degree in French.

Jh.ey see ai:td evenhiaiiY:'getJnto "I would like to be a translator. obtained bas been hard work for Trinh. Originally from Vietnam, .. to service the society as much as she graduated high schoolin 1975. I can."said Trinh.

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Special guests were introduced, including many members at the Board ofTrustees and City College interim president Raul Rodriguez who delivered a welcome speech.

Following the welcome speech, the VietnameseCultureAssociatioo choir took center stage to sing "Mother Vietnam, We Are Still Here," a song about the determina· tion to restore the Motherland in freeedom and prosperity.

The choir performance was fol· lowed by the "drum dance," a folk dance of North Vietnam.

Then Marie Puentes, president of San Jose/Evergreen Community College District Governing Board made closing remarks emphasizing the beautiful tradition of the Vietnamese culture.

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Also in the Community Room was an Altar of Ancestors.

On the last day of the year, Vietnamese families invite the spirits of ancestors to participate in the New Year holidays.

"We wanted to introduce the Vietnamese tradition," said Thien, "and encourage students to maintain our beautiful traditions in our culture."

In the College Union, a large audience watched while three ceremonial Lions performed a good luck dance.

"The Lion dance brings luck to the people and the place it is performed;" said Thien, "This is the first time it was performed at City College."

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