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Thursday, March 14, 1996

She then demonstrated exactly what she was talking about.

Staff Writer She opened her set with a meA combination of Music at dium paced walking blues song : Midday and Women's History entitled "Wild Women Don't Get : month brought talented blues gui- the Blues," a song from 1920. She tarist Del Rey to San Jos~ City movedthroughoutthemusicofthe College on Wednesday.

'20s to '40s, playing a 1929 DeThe focus of her presentation pression anthem by Dorothy Fields, was women in American music. a song from the days of border Del Rey mixed her folk/blues mu- radio in the '30s, an a cappella tune sic with a spoken history of female by Rose Maddux from the '30s and blues, country, jazz and bluegrass a dance song from the late '30s musicians.

Rey also played originals, inStanding in front of her micro- eluding a song dedicated to one of phone with a custom-made metal her major influences, Memphis hollow body guiMinnie. The tar, Rey epito- - - - - - - - - - - - song featured mizedtheportrait numerous guitar of blues music. styles and interShe played estingdynamics,

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Toes tapped ail OVer the COllege sthoengwsboymmeannyshoef theater in time to spoke about in- Rey's up-tempo

from fast chord progressions to den finger-pick• ing, sliding into eluding Amy Smith, Dorothy mUSIC. cut-time at the Fields, Memphis - - - - - - - - - - - end. Her voice a Minnie, Rose Maddux, Jane Lucas, perfect match for her intricate guiWillieMabon and Lydia Mendoza. tar playing.

Rey said that the music of fe"Therearehundredsofobscure male musicians is very important. female performers and rare songs, "Women have been in blues little gems of tunes, that deserve to and jazz from the beginning," she be heard," Rey said. She mensaid. She cited Amy Smith, a mu- tioned a blues musician of such sician in the '20s, who recorded obscurity that the only thing known the first blues album, to support about her is her pseudonym, Jane her statement.

Lucas. Rey performed one of her Rey spoke of "power and el- songsentitled"HowCanYouHave egance"infemalebluesmusicians. See Midday, Page 8.

until March 29.

An International World Conference on Women was held on Monday, March 11, in the College Union Community Room. Three women who attended the International Women's Conference in Beijing, China last August talked about their personal experi-

Throughout history, women have been abused and oppressed and were upon as objects to be used at the of men.

To raise awareness and celebrate the acpllpllislunelllts of women, San Jost City is putting on its lith - annual History Celebration.

Barbara Snyder, who bas worked at City for 20 years and was City College's woman electronics instructor, bas tamearu:d the event for the past 11 years. · is the biggest one yet," said Snyder. focus is on some of the issues particuaffecting women today. The underlyt.beme is mainly international, it is also Barbara Snyder women's voices."

The celebration took a year to put toInstructor and includes such events as internaspeakers. art exhibits and musical eoces.

Dr. Meg Bowman spoke of her difficulOpening the celebration is an art exhibit ties in obtaining visas for her group, student artist Tibisay Geis, a native Venezuelan. Sherrie Gomez spoke of the differences and spiritual art is the theme and Geis' similarities of women in China through the makes bold political and social com- eyes of a poor single mother and Donna using found objects. The exhibit Zgil, a San Jose State University professor, be on display in the CoiJege Gallery showed slides~ v~o of the Beijing con-

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The focus is on some of the issues particularly affecting women today. The underlying theme is mainly international. ...

ference including the speech that First Lady Hillary Clinton delivered to the crowd.

Snyder said that she feels the discussion on the Beijing conference will be the highlight of the celebration because of its international flavor.

She wants those who attend the discussion to get an "increased appreciation for what women can do. Women who hear it can internalize it themselves and pass it on to their sisters and daughters."

On Tuesday, March 12, City College art instructor Eve Page gave a lecture in the College Union Community Room on Hildegard von Bingen. Bingen, who lived almost a 1,000 years ago, was a composer who practiced medicine and was recognized as a theological scholar in the male dominated fteld of religion. Th~ lecture included slides and dealt with why Bingen's ignored messages are relevant today.

On Wednesday from 12-1 p.m., noted blues musician Del Rey played in the College Theatre.

Further upcoming events include a lecture by Gloria C. Duffy in the College Union Community Room on Monday, March 18 at 7 p.m. And two plays, "Dolores" and "Valentine Fairy," will be held at the City College Theater at 8 p.m. on March 22-23.

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Fair trial not fair for victims

by Candida Estrada Staff Writer

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Extremism haunts GOP n the current climate of political-extremism-run-amok it is fitting, and perhaps ominous, that the words of Sen. Barry Goldwater, GOP extremist par excellence, should come back to haunt the party which claims Abraham Lincoln and Teddy Roosevelt; and that the party which routed the Democrats less than two years ago should be on the road to self-destruction.

The death knell was sounded for the Democrats in the '94 elections, but it seems the obituary was premature and now the tombstones are being reetched.

It is Republican presidential hopeful Pat Buchanan who has dredged up the memory of Goldwater's immortal words : "I would remind you that extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice."

And although it is generally agreed that Buchanan has little chance of winning the Republican presidential nomination, his message will most surely be heard 'round the world this August at the GOP convention.

If you liked his speech at the '92 convention, you'll be in right-wing heaven come their ' 96 get-together.

Buchanan is riding on the coat tails of a '90s phenomenon intent on reversing the liberal excesses of the '60s. But, like others in the GOP, he has misread the signals of the electorate.

In so doing has taken to swinging the pendulum fully to the right when only a minor correction was called for.

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In the midst of this phenomenon, a rash of bills is being considered and enacted by federal and state legislators of both parties that challenge the very essence of the Constitution and seem to defy reason.

The recent cyberpom provisions of the federal T elecommunications Act is a case in point.

The New York legislature is chewing on its own version that promises to put the federal act to shame.

The Tennessee legislature is exhuming the remains of the Scopes trial with its version of church and state wedded bliss in a bill, expected to pass easily, one that "could" threaten the jobs of teachers who teach evolution as fact.

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Pratt claims that he appeared r4 wo organizations organized by Whi supremacist groups strictly to gather information and thathedcxs not share their views of White supremacy. ey( Buchanan claims that he kneW ph~ nothing about Pratt's ties witb an< White supremacist groups and in- per sists that Pratt is not a raci.\1. Ull( Buchanan also said that be woukl alit not have anything to do witb rae· fall ists.

How gullible does Buchan31 think people are? ity Buchanan is from another ell dre another generation and he is com- ye2 pletelyoutoftouch with the limes. ye2 His ideas are old fashioned Tbi could set the country back f~ chi: years.

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The Presidential Election year is here and there are many candiThese are the same legisladates campaigning for the Repubj tors who proposed the posting lican nomination with Pat : of the Ten Commandments in Buchanan being one of the most schools and other public places. controversial of all the candidates.

The mandatory "V" chip is Buchanan claims that he repredue in a couple of years and is sents the Christian right wing, but touted as the savior of our his ideas are far beyond representyoung from the bacchanalian ing the right wing. They are so offinfluence of the decadent media. centerthattheyloseallcredibility.

And we will soon all be able to Recently, Buchanan challenged pick and choose television program- the validity of the Holocaust by questioning whether it actually ming as we do movies, thanks to the prooccurred. Toopenlymakeastateposed rating system. One has to wonder, ment like that reeks of neo-Nazi what will be rated next? groups.

Meanwhile, the electorate has thrown up Buchanan has stated that he its hands and stood on the sidelines watch- opposes gays in the military and ing the parade go by, as evidenced by the does not want gays in his adminiswaning voter turnout, all in the hopes that it tration. will soon be over and we can all go back to Headmitstoworkingwithgays business as usual. in Nixon's administration, but for him it was okay because they were in the closet Buchanan also added that gays are good people in a lot of ways but their lifestyle would discredit his administration.

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The delay in the case against Richard Allen Davis is a total waste of precious time and money. True it takes years to bring a murder case to trial, but the man confessed to the crime and be also led police to the lifeless body of 12 year old Polly Klass.

This should be an open and shut case. This man should be awaiting his sentence not a trial date.

The system is so concerned with giving this man a fair trial that the victims in this case have been put on the back burner until further notice.

If this crime had taken place before the 60's, Davis would be sitting on deathrowbynow. Since then we have become so concerned with the human rights activists' opinion about the justice system that the rights of criminals have come before the rights of the victims.

Since Davis has the right to a trial by jury and an unbiased jury is so difficult to come by in this case due to the wide publicity it got during the search for Polly, it could take many more months before he

sits in the defendant's seat to stand trial for a murder be bas already confessed to committing.

While everyone involved in thU case is concerned for Davis' rigbl.l, who is working on the rights tw. were so quickly taken from y01mg Polly Klaas and her family when the life was so brutally snuffed from her body.

What was her crime? Where were the rights activists when l}dvis broke into her home, kidnapped her, and killed her without thinking twice about his actions?

The fact that this man has lived three years since the crime and has not yet even been tried leads me to believe that our justice system has become more for the criminals than for the people. lbe saying goes, " A person is ' innocent until proven guilty."

When a person confesses to a crime in detail that person bas been proven guilty by their own admis· sion. Therefore thenextstepshould be followed; the sentencing oflbe individual for their crime.

This should be the case with Davis so why is the system wast· ing valuable time, money, and en· ' ergy to find a man guilty of a crime \!. he has already admitted to have committed?

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Certain people are getting more possessive every day.

Apersoncannotgooutsidewitboutseeing someone' s name spray-paintedsomewhere.

It's called tagging and it is present in almost every city on walls, cars and even :be highway signs.

The highway signs are really an accomplishment. lj)" I can picture a guy climbing a pole with aspray-paintcan in hishandsohecan climb 011 :he 25 feet in the air and write a name on it that nd no one can read. lly I would like to try that. It would give me aspecial feeling to know that somewhere in rry !he world, thereisa signthathasJoeBananas' name on it :oYep, that would be my sign and no one else's. ng nd It would be a shining beacon of my life tly ~K:complishment. ~-

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Having a sign wouldn' t be enough. I would probably tag my car, or any other car

I see.

My underwear doesn't have my name on it, so I would probably tag it also.

I am also very self-conscious that people will not know who my mom is when she

goes out in public. She might as well also get tagged along with my whole family.

My backpack, pencils, clothes and cat will also know the wrath of my spray-can.

The possibilities of tagging are endless. I could do drive-by taggings, take a picture with a tagger booth at amusement parks and

hold nationwide seminars on being a better and enlightened tagger.

By tagging, all my insecurities would be driven away.

Making a person continually buy paint to cover up my artwork so their property can look nice would give me a sense of accomplishment and worth.

Being a pain in the neck for people who take pride in their city, wasting public funds so there can be more cops on patrol and hiring people to cleanup the artwork I left behind, would be a truly worthwhile and gratifying experience.

Acting like my two-year old cousins who throw tantrums and yell, "It's mine! It's mine," is something I always wanted to do.

Feeling this way, I would strive to be a leader of a group of people who have nothing better to do than waste money and time going around the city so they can put ugly black paint that no one can understand.

And If you can read this column, consider yourself lucky that I haven't tagged it... .. yet.

The hardest decision a mom ever has to make

When two innocent beautiful eyes look-up to their mom, the • physical emotional, psychological and self-esteem included are dependent on this mom to twist the unexpected terrible threads of reality that have been woven into fate to become something more !X>Sitive.

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) targets chil11 dren from the ages between two years old all the way up to ftfteen e\. years but shows up more in boys.

This is according to the Child Psy. thiatry Outpatient Department at Johns Hopkins Hospital. l ADHD children all have indications of neurologic abnormalities ofthe "soft'' type of the brain which makes it impossible to calm down.

I have two sons who were recently diagnosis with ADHD. Nicholas, 6 and James, 5.

They are only eleven months apart but share the same genetic lllake up.

"It is not unusual to have two

sons with ADHD because if you looked at your family history, you'll fmd ADHD symptoms as ADHD is heredity," said Dr. Fremont, Child Development Specialist, What is a normal amount of sassiness, activity, distractibility and ability to concentrate?

When is an attention span short?

How much should a child fidget or be restless?

What is the difference between being "all boy" and being overactive?

These are the questions that Dr. Fremont and many parents incl uding myself have had to answer, to be able to find the right course of treatment and to determine if their child is indeed hyperactive.

According to Dr. Dennis P. Cantwell, there are six aspects to the evaluation each of which yields asomewhatdifferenttypeofinformation: Interview with the Parents, In-

terview with the Child, Behavior Rating Scales, Physical Examination, Neurologic Examination and Laboratory Studies.

If the child shows abnormal levels of activity, which includes

overcome the hyperactivity The learning disabilities make through counseling and special it extremely hard to find the proper diets, that included sugar-free school setting in which a child can foods. be successful.

All my efforts failed to reduce the hyperactivity and poor attention span to both of my boys.

Dr. Fremont suggested that it wastimetoputbothofmychildren on a drug called Ritalin, because their hyperactivity brings on asthma attacks, which their other doctor can no longer control.

It is the hardest decision a mother will ever have to make. I now have to watch out for the side effects and hope and pray that the end results will be positive and they will be able to calm down long enough to function in a norChildren with special needs remal society. quire parents who have extreme Parents of children who have amounts of patience, love, and the ADHD suffer alone as they do not ability to never give up and fight have support from family and for the rights of their child. friends. These children can also I pray every day that I will have suffer from learning disabilities, what it takes to raise both my sons such as dyslexia, which Nicholas to become successful and producwas diagnosed with. tive in the community in the future.

I now have to watch out fo r the side effects and hope and pray that the end results will be positive .. .

poor aptitude in school and behavior problems at home, most likely the child will be diagnosed with ADHD. There are many treatments for ADHD children, but the process to achieve the best treatment is a rigorous and time-consuming effort on the parent. I have spent several years working with my children to

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Bill Chew skates his way around town to drum up support for his latest city council bid.

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from keeping infonned about how money is spent "It's like watching a foreign film with no subtitles," said Chew_ Chew earned a degree in political science from Long Beach State which began his career in politics.

"I am a politician by choice. I would like to be known as an honest politician," said Chew Chew hands out homemade campaign buttons instead of kissing babies and shaking hands.

He is outspoken about the lack of public involvement in local politics.

"Less than 10,000 people voted in the last election in a district of 80,000," said Chew.

Chew ran formayorofSanJose in 1990and 1994,anddidn'taccept

Wearing his trademark suit and cowboy hat. Bill Chew speeds through the San Jose City College campus on his roller skates handing out campaign buttons and saying good morning to everyone he sees.

Chew traded his car for a pair of roller skates in 1984. Since then he has skated from 10 to 50 miles adayforexerciseandasameansof transportation.

He also skates to City Hall and listens in on meetings that decide how the city of San Jose is run.

Chew might have a hand in that if he is elected to the City Council for district 6 in this year's election.

Chew has bad to learn the jargon used by city officials, which

monetary donations, as he is doing in his campaign for city council.

Neighbomet. a TV show on the TCI cable system is also giving Chew a chance to put his political skills to use.

Neighbornet is a political talk show that will begin taping on April 1. Chew had been on a waiting list since July to get the show aired.

Neighbornet is a1so the name of a computer bulletin board system that Chew is setting up.

Chew offered the use of the bulletin board service (BBS) to other candidates, but was turned down by all of them.

The BBS has a graphical interface and will include messages and files for local nonprofit organizations and neighborhood groups.

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Abstract art from the minds of tlie students A photogram is made by placing objects under an enlarger and exposing the object for a certain amont of time. The objects could be almost anything, from another photo to a piece of string. The following photos are from the classes of Linda Heiliger and Mathias Van Hesemans.

There are new photos exhibited in the library.

Kristina Fagundes

Gretchen Knight

Ethal Burnham

Maria Guido

Angelique Guardado

Feminist spiritual art by Tibisay Geis leaves a mark on anyone who viewed her paintings at the San Jose City College Art Gallery long after 1eaving the Gallery.

With a mixed media of primary reds and blues, Geis adds the bright contrast of yellow and orange.

"Washing Off the American Dream," depicts the various stages of one man's struggle to acheive the American Dream.

In "Fear in Trekking," we see the shadow of a man about to be killed, representing his soul, and a bold yellow foot over the entire scene to indicate that soul walking the earth.

Allen Vinnedae views "The Man With Big Ears," right.

Meices flat in lollapa-loser

by Raul Rangel Staff Writer

With the commercial success of bands like Nirvana, Pearl Jam and Green Day in the early '90s, it is no wonder that almost every band on the alternative airwaves nowadays is blatantly copying, cloning and ripping off their predeccessors in order to keep the fading grunge movement alive.

The Meices are no exception to this current trend.

This alternative trio, who played to a very small crowd at the Cactus Clubrecently,hasreleaseditsdebut album "Dirty Bird."

The band' s ftrstsingle, "Wow," is enjoying moderate airplay on the airwaves.

The album is full of some clever guitar riffs and nice melodies, but

this is nothing new to the present alternative music scene (or the punk-rock scene of the '70s, for tha t matter).

The songs on the album seem to have been influenced by musical styles ranging from ska to glam rock, and songs like "Rosies On

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The Dole" and "Monday Mood" are like some twisted cross between the Sex Pistols and Metallica.

The show at the Cactus Club included four forgettable opening acts, all sounding and looking the

same.

The Meices were the last band to perform in a concert that could have easily been named "The Lollapa-loser Tour," but surpris-

ingly enough, their set was the highlight of the evening.

Appearing on stage looking like rejects from TheMonkees, the band was able to breathe some life into its otherwise dull music with a tight musical performance.

The show benefited from the fact that the loud guitars drowned out their juvenile lyrics which contain every rock cliche from women's degradation to marijuana smoking.

The audience was small (maybe because fellow potheads Cypress Hill were playing a gig just four blocks away) and mostly inattentive during The Meices' set.

If rock bands like these don't try to break out of the recycled grunge mode soon, the audiences will most likely get smaller and smaller.

'Executive Decision' hard to take seriously

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by Cindy Kessler Staff Writer

There is one good thing to be said for "Executive Decision:" Steven Segal ("Hard To Kill", "Under Siege'') makes an early exit from the movie. This still does not save audiences from the usual barrage of action movie cliches and impossible events.

Segal is the leader of a military team who are sent to save 400 passangers from a hijacked plane with a bomb on board. Terrorists hijack the plane because the leader of their group has been kiddnapped by the U .S. government During the 15orsominutes that Segal is in the movie he has a few bits of dialogue, all of them given in his dry, emotionless demeanor.

He gives the audience a barrage of faci al express ions, which are slightly amusing.

Kurt Russell ("Backdraft," "Big Trouble in Little China'') is David Grant, member of a government think tank, who is forced into going on the mission to save the passengers and defuse the bomb on board.

It was interesting to see Rusell in a different kind of role. He bad to do all the physical things in the

role while wearing a tuxedo.

One part was played by Halle Berry ("Losing Isiah," "Boomerang"). She risked her own safety to help the soldiers.

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the hijackers, she still did everything she could to save the passengers and herself.

The highlight of this movie was seeingJohnLeguizamo(''ToWong Foo," "Regarding Henry'') play Rat, one of the American soldiers.

He plays the macho role, which is a big switch after wearing a dress for most of the last movie he was in.

He has some entertaining lines during the movie, most of which are directed at Grant, who the soldiers learn to trust by the end of the movie.

One such line comes from the Secretary of Defense, who says "It's the President's decision now.

It's an executive decision."

Like a lot of the lines in the movie, this one seemed silly com-

ing from someone meant to be so serious and distinguished.

The movie did have some good scenes, especially the ones showing the fighter planes and the helicopters.

Despite these good scenes, some of the things that happened in the movie seemed a little absurd, such as a plane flying with a huge gaping bole in its side.

People going to see this movie are probably looking for a lot of action, but violence doesn't make this a good movie.

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Middle-distanc.e runners lead 5-3 track team Freshmen show promise and high jumper Charles Griffm, and 2 throwers David Jackson

by Lynda M. Pearson Sports Editor

Led by sophomore middle distance runners Greg Tademy and Brendon Mosher, the San Jo~ City College Track and Field team is off to a 5-3 start.

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this season," said coach Bob Jones.

Taderny runs the 800 and 1,500 meters, while Mosher runs the 400 and 800 meters.

According to Jones, freshmen who have started to show potential this season is long jumper and sprinter Joe Wright, 200 and 400 meters runner and sprinter Derek Prior, middle distance runner Louie Andre and Sokros Chim, hurdle

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The last competition held on March 1, a four-way meet, saw San Jos~ City College placing third with Fresno City College in first place, College of Sequoia in second place and Merced College ftnishing in fourth place.

"This competition showed outstanding abilityofthesprinter (Taderny) who showed a lot of depth . There was a lot of close calls, but unfortunately it went to the other team," said Jones.

"The strength of the team is in middle distancing events, such as 800and 1,500rne~ersandsprints .

The weaknesses of the team include no-pole vaulter and no depths in jumps. The freshmen throwers show strong potential, but they need to develop to become better which also includes the women who need time to develop their potential," said Jones. The next competition will be at the American River College at lla.rn. Saturday, March 16.

Home runs key to 14-5-1 mark Jags play San Francisco Saturday

by Lynda M. Pearson Sports Editor

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by Kevin Winzer Staff Writer

The San Jos~ City College golf team is off to a good start. The team has won most of its matches, which were practice matches before conference play.

The golf team beat Modesto College 385 to 403, Columbia College 385 to 411, Foothill College 379-392, Chabot College 372 to 386, and was third out of 16 teams in the Stanford Invitational Tournament with 394 points.

In league play, the Jaguars' team beat Monterey College, Cabrillo College and Gavilan College in the ftrst mini-conference of the season, with a score of 377. In the first dual match, City College beat Gavilan 377 to 420.

In the all conference tournaments, City College placed second with 376 points. In all, the team has acquired 20 out of 22 possible points.

Freshman Ted Bakelis, sophomore Mike Braga and Brian Shayne lead the team in league averages with 74.5 points. Freshman Jon Lynch follows with 75.5.

"This team is potentially very good," Stagnaro said. "It is prob-

ably the strongest depth-wise we've ever had."

Stagnaro said the team is close, and reacts well to competition.

The team has already met strong competition. According to Stagnaro, Chabot and Monterey are the teams to beat. The team has beat · Monterey twice and has a one win, one loss record against Chabot. So far City College has met these teams on its "home" course, with away games in the future.

Three teams will make it to the NorCal competition. Last year City College took third place. From there the competition intensiftes with the California state championships.

City College has not won since 1982, but last year they placed a solid fifth . Strong competition comes from Southern California, as golf colleges are added to the matches.

Stagnaro remains optimistic despite difftcult future matches.

"I am very hopeful, we're looking to get to the state tournament and compete," said Stagnaro.

City College will match up against De Anza College at 1:45 p.m. Monday, March 18attheLos Altos country club.

The longball has been the story for the San Jos~ City College baseball team. They lead the league in horne runs with 26 in only 20 games.

The Jaguars' current record is 14-5-1, with a 3-2 in coast conference record.

Relief pitchers failed to hold the lead 5-0 in the 8th inning against Gavilan College Saturday, March 9. The Jaguars lost 7-5.

Sophomore in fielder Shane Howell had four hits, ending 4-5.

The Jaguars beat Hartnell College on March 7, by a score of18-

6. Two home runs and sophomore outfielder Richard Gregory with 1 home run set the winning tone for this game.

"Relief pitcher Freshman Scott Rogers pitched for 5 innings and did ·an outstanding job of pitching," said Coach Doug Robb.

OnMarch 5, the visiting Jags beat Mission College 4-1 .

"Sophomore pitcher Dan Post showed a very good performance and played solid defense," said Robb.

The next three games will test the team to see if the teams up for the challenge.

At 2 p.m. today, March 14, the Jaguars will host Monterey Penin-

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Friday, March 15, is an away game against Chabot College, which is 4-1 in the onference.

At noon Saturday, March 16, the Jags will host San Francisco City College, which won the division last year.

"Last year was a transition team.

The next games are going to be a test to make us play our games.

The rain has dampened the fteld but not our spirits.

"We have a quest to win the division because we have the team to do it, not just high hopes but reality.This is my team now, it is no longer an inherited team," said Coach Robb.

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Rain does not dampen Club Day enthusiasm

by Kevin Winzer Staff Writer

San Jo~ City College's clubs had an opportunity to show what they were about at City College's annual Club Day. Among the clubs in attendance were La Raza Student Alliance, Psychology, Pride Alliance, M.E.Ch.A. and Journalism.

Grants of $25 were given to two clubs for originality and presentation. Pride Alliance won for originality, and M.E.Ch.A won for best presentation.

"They were well organized, bad handouts and a lot of information," said commissioner of activities Ana Zamora.

M.E.Cb.A. is a nationwide organization, with 20 members off and on at City College.

Their table featured among other things anti-proposition 187 information. Annette RuizEsparza, theM.E.Ch.A. representative present at Oub Day, said that they generally ".. .focus on education".

La Raza Student Alliance was

present at Club Day. Their organization focuses on tutoring for students and is open to everyone. They meet Fridays at one o'clock.

The psychology club, representedbyJenetteJimenezandMark Perez, is dedicated to building up the psychology library at City College.

They hold fund raisers to acquire money to spend on resources for the library. They continue to add books to keep the library going.

"Every step we take is a step towards our goat;• Jimenez said.

The journalism club was represented by Jon Perez, editor-in-chief of The Times .

"I felt that we got a very good response, but there can always be more involvement. I think the student body should take more interest in clubs because in the end they represent the student body."

In all, Club Day was deemed a success.

"Its purpose was to get people interested and exposed to different clubs and I felt it did that", Zamora said.

at San Jose City College on Earth Day, April 22, for Richard D. Davis, a retired City College instructor and environmentalist who died Feb. 28 after a brief illness at 65.

In his 30 years as a teacher at City College, Davis touched the lives of many ESL (English as a Second Language) students, and was genuinely respected by his colleagues.

Virginia Scales, an ESL teacher, said "We'll all miss him ... he was a gentle soul and a great colleague."

Scales said she will miss the readings Davis put in fellow teachers' mailboxes about things that would interest them, and especially environmental subjects.

Davis was a dedicated environmentalist, belonging to 30 different environmental organizations.

He helped establish the campus Green Team and acted as its advisor.

He helped the club sponsor Earth Day celebrations in 1990

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The audience reacted to the music with enthusiastic applause.

Toes tapped all over the college theater in time to Rey's up-tempo music.

After the concert, several people stayed tocommendherperformanceand purchase heralbwns.

Rey has 32 years of guitar experience packed into her stage showandfouralbums.Sherecords in Northwest Seattle, where she plays most of her shows.

She frequently plays in Santa Cruz.

Her albwns are called "Chartreuse", "BoogieMysterioso", and her latest, "Hot Sauce."

They are available for sale at P.O. box 273, Davenport, Calif., 95017.

and 1995, and sponsored fund raisers in his home for the California Institute of Man in Nature.

His previous vocations extended to being a seasonal Park Rangerin Zion National Park, Muir Woods, and Death Valley National Monument.

"Dick Davis was more than a good instructor who cared for his students; he was a dedicated environmentalist who tried to live his life in tune with nature," said journalism instructor Art Carey.

Davis was a member of the First Church of Christ Scientist in Los Gatos. He was a Reader for three years and played piano for the Sunday School for 10 years.

AI Solomon, dean ofLanguage Arts, remembers Davis sharing this by " ...putting me on his personal mailing list for the Christian Science Monitor."

Davis enjoyed many hobbies including hiking, biking, birding, philology and photography.

Davis is survived by his wife Starr and their two children, Rachelle and Jeff.

Donations can be sent to: Southern Utah Wil~~~

Richard Davis liance 1471 South 1100 East Salt Lake City, Utah, 84105· 2423 California Institute For Man in Nature John Olmsted, Director 11822 Lost Ranch Way Nevada City, CA 95959 Four Comers School of Out· door Education Janet Ross, Director P.O. Box 1029 Monticello, Utah, 84535

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