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Thursday, May 2. 1996

Elections run smoothly New A.s.c. officei"'S

by Cyndi Kessler Staff Writer

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With all but one candidate running uncontested, Associated Student Council elections were held on April 20- 22.

A total on 126 votes were cast, 2of which were invalid. One vote went uncounted.

Current A.S .C. vice-president Colleen Reilly was defeated by candidate Mike Manselle who won with 69 votes.

"The work Collen did was

appreciated and I hope she'll still contribute to the A.S.," said Manselle.

Marie Chatterton, current A.S .C. secretary won the election for president, with 98 votes.

"Being president is a big job, but I have confidence in my council that the next year will be a productive one," said Chatterton.

Along with Chatterton, Ana Zamora, commissioner of activities, switched positions. Zamora won the election for director of administration with 95 votes.

Remaining in his position of director of finance, Chris Robinson received 94 votes, and in a joint vote between Evergreen Valley College and City College, EVC student J onica Ojeda received 13 5 votes for student trustee.

A.S.C. comissioners, CalSacc representatives and a secretary will be chosen at the beginning of the Fall 1996 semester.

"I think we had a team spirit in making sure everything ran smoothly and legally," said A. S.C. advisor Priscilla Santos.

President. ............... Marie Chatterton Vice-president ............ Mike Manselle Director of Finance.........Chris Robinson Director of Administration ...... .Ana Zamora . . ..

Library Resource Center bid revived

by Jon Perez Editor-in-Chief

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Children from City College's Children's Devebpmental Center sing "The World is a Rainbow."

Earth Day '96 packs Plaza

by Joe Scott Staff Writer

such as bikes and buses. ''Environmental stuff is important but some people go to extremes," said student Pamela Rivera.

"It's one day to re~ind people

The crowd was small but the San Jos~ City College Union Plaza was packed with booths, vendors and curiosity seekers all with one thing in common: Earth Day '96.

Earth Day, an entire day set aside to appreciate and preserve the beauty of the planet, was celebrated on Wednesday, April 24 and was sponsored by the City College Ecology Club.

Many booths lined the Union Plaza all concerned with preserving the planet. Some of the booths incl uded the Zero Population Growth booth which is a group of people dedicated to reducing the population, the recycling booth which showed the benefits of re- to take care of the earth," said cycling and the booth about alter- student Wendy Sumida "There's native modes of transportation a lot of little things we can do like

picking up your garbage."

The celebration continued with the children from the Children's Development Center enthusiastically singing "The World Is A Rainbow". Their performance was so energetic they nearly stole the show.

Inside the College Union, the band Stoneflower played a loud and entertaining set of music including some classic Santana selections while students ate their lunches, bobbing their head in time with the music.

Other events around the campus included the Nature Trail dedication and an exhibit of electric cars from the San Jose Auto Association.

At noon in the College Union, David Schrom ofMagic Inc. gave a keynote speech on endangered

See Earth Day, Page 4.

San Jose City College has a second chance to get a Library Resources Center thanks to Prop.

203.

The staff parking lot, next to parking lot C, the City College Theater and the GE building, is the proposed site for the Center.

City College has a deadline of June 30 to submit the final plans in order to receive money from Prop.

203 for the working drawings of the project.

According to Chris Brown, director ofadministration facilities, the working plans can range anywhere from $30,000 to $40,000. '"The working drawings is areal critical step," said Raul Rodriguez, City College interim president.

If the plans are accepted, City College would have to wait for another bond measure to pass to fund the Center.

The Center is budgeted for under $14 million.

The idea of the Center started in August of '91 by bringing in a consultant on how to best use camp_us sp_ace.

Originally, the Center was supposed to be a three-story bullding that would tear down the science lab building and half of the 300 buildings.

Due to money constraints and the secondary effects of the project, it was denied by the facility planning commission which makes recommendations to the state chancellor's office.

According to Brown, Walt Reno, a faculty planning specialist, said that the project wasn't well thought out because of the inability to find a place for the science classes and 300 building which includes the bookstore, health services and faculty offices.

Rodriguez agrees. "These are some of the best buildings on campus."

On April29, in the City College Community Room, Rodriguez held a Monday at One meeting where faculty and staffdiscussed possible sites.

It was at the meeting that the new site was suggested.

Brown passed the suggestion on to a facility planning committee held on April30, in B-208. '"That was the one that seemed

See Center, Page 8.

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Inflated gas prices, deflated wallet nyone who drives a car this summer will cringe as their gas needles move toward empty. · Gasoline prices are getting higher every day, sometimes jumping several cents, literally overnight.

There is no end in sight to the inflation of prices.

The question on every driver's mind is why? Several reasons have been given.

One reason is that the reformulating of gasoline to make it cleaner has driven up the price.

Good for the environment, yes.

Good for the mile.a ge, no.

Another reason is the embargo against Iraqi oil.

America's refusal to buy Iraqi oil has lessened the supply of gas.

This depleted supply caters to an ever increasing demand.

Gas prices always increase in the summer, due to increase in demand.

It would seem that oil companies are taking advantage of this rise in demand to milk the consumers of every dollar they can.

The combination of these factors and more results in a staggering price increase at gas stations all over California.

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For example, transporting food and other products via trucks will become a much more expensive mode of transport.

Obviously, consumers will pay the brunt of this increase.

Jet fuel will also become more expensive, so vacationers will fork out more money for their holiday plane tickets.

It is unlikely that steps will be taken to ease this situation.

One factor that is very important in explaining this situation is greed.

Oil companies will not be pleased at the prospect of lessening the flow of money into their pockets.

One possible solution is accepting Iraqi oil into the American trade system. This is unlikely. Another solution is to make use of public transportation.

Unfortunately, for many people this would be just as unpleasant and inconvenient as paying $1.50 a gallon for unleaded gasoline.

The fact that oil is so necessary gives oil companies a lot of power to blow up their prices.

The government must look into the factors involved in raising gas plices so high and decide what can be done about it.

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Dear Editor, I have come a long way since the incident that happened on March 21, 1996.

I am confused on how San Jose City College administration is still willing to take a chance by letting Edward F. Coyne continue to instruct a population that is so racially diverse, knowing he has racial biases.

Each and every one of his students has a right to know that this man has racial biases, is uncontrollable and may snap at any time.

I wish I would have been informed of his past writing in The Times on Thursday, March 23, 1995.

Go look for yourself and see what his views are.

Ed Coyne is a disgrace to any institution he associates himself with.

Now ask the administration what their view on this incident is.

Where do they stand?

Are they concerned about a young man's education, freedom and future? Returning to City

College from Chico State was not easy.

I returned to a place where I am proudofmypast. Nowionlyhave questions.

How can an institutionofhigher learning print a policy that only adheres to certain individuals?

The Academic Freedom Policy did not apply on March 21, 1996.

I was assaulted in a hallway by a school officer and an instructor because I wore a baseball hat to cla~s .

What is the administration going to do when this happens again?

The administration knows they made a big mistake, and Mr. Pomeroy knows he made a mistake.

It's time for the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth.

So help you God. Samuel Douglas Landers SJCC Student P.S. Ms. Shelton has been by my side since I contacted her from jail. I thank her from the deepest part of my heart.

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Justice or revenge?

by Candida Estrada Staff Writer

Is the death penalty justice or revenge?

When a criminal kills an innocent human being for no other reason but to cover his tracks, get rid of a witness or whatever else he could think of to justify his actions, he has let everyone know that he does not value life in any way. This being true, why should his own life be valued any higher then that of his victim(s)?

The death penalty is a punishment enforced to tell people that life is the most precious thing we have. When you decide to seal someone' s fate by taking their life, you have decided that life can be discarded in any fashion, therefore, your life should be treated in the same way.

There are many people who say that when someone commits arson we don't burn down their home, or when someone rapes we do not rape them, so when someone kills we should not kill them.

This is all fine and good, but if your child was brutally killed by an individual would you still feel the same?

When you stop to think about it, an individual convicted of rape or

any sex crime usually gets sexually assaulted while behind bars by other inmates. Anybody with a conscience knows that in order for someone to pay the full price of their crime they should know what it feels like to be a victim.

Arsonists are taken out of society by way of imprisonment, as are most criminals. So why should the punishment be any different for murderers?

Because a murderer has committed the ultimate crime by deciding to play God by saying who should live and who should die. In treating human life as he would a piece of garbage he is saying that no one's life is worth anything, including his own.

People complain about the overpopulation of prisons and the early release of criminals to make room for the new convicts, but with the death penalty being properly enforced there would be no problem with overcrowding or early releases.

So, to answer the question," Is the death penalty justice or revenge," my answer is justice.

I know that I speak for thousands of citizens as well as families of murdered victims when I say the only justice for a murderer is the death penalty.

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byDon Kleinert Staff Writer OK, I forget, is it "smile" or "sinil!' If you're an elementary student in Los Angeles' Westside, it doesn't matter. Either one is correct That's because the school adheres to a "whole language" philosophy which has become the rage in the California school sys-

tem.

According to its proponents, students will somehow learn to read without the need to learn basic skills like grammar and phonics, presumably through osmosis.

But, in eight years of experimenting, California's fourth grade reading scores have nose-dived to their lowest level, barely above scores in Louisiana and Guam.

In the middle of all this is the case of Windmill Springs School in San Jose where no grades are given, ostensibly to protect the children's self-esteem. In a recent news story Windmill Spring's drama teacher is quoted as saying, "With grades, children become competitive."

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Windmill Springs has just fallen off a Siberian freight train. God knows we certainly don't want to instill a competitive spirit in our children, nor do we want to do anything to bruise any of the little tyrants' egos.

I don't hear any discussion of some obvious effects this experiment will have on these kids with well-healed egos. For example, without some sort of progress report, other than the current vague written descriptions, how will a student know ifhe or she is working upto standard?Thenagain, whatis the standard? No one seems to know.

If the standards are mediocre, that's what you will get: mediocrity. Ask anyone who's worked for a bureaucracy. When incentives are removed, performance declines.

And instead of worrying about a grade schooler' s self-esteem, shouldn' t we be more concerned about the blow to his ego when he graduatesandfindshecan'tqualify for even the most menial job because he can't read or write?

This isn't just an isolated case.

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losophy is everywhere: In the Goals 2000 legislation, Outcome Based Education, Whole Language and soon to be appearing at your local legislature: The Careers Program.

In addition, colleges and even some corporations are having to offer remedial math and english courses to make up for primary and secondary education's defficiencies.

with White-out, many where just plain unreadable.

But I'm sure McDonalds will be hiring for at least another generation, and with the way education is proceeding, with a degree they may let our future graduates run the cash register, as long as they do it with a "sinil" on their "faiss."

Here's a bit of personal experience I have in the "Dumming of America:" When I was a manager for a Silicon Valley firm I advertised for a secretary. Of the 100 or so resumes I received over half went straight into the waste basket, unread. These had cover letters with spelling, grammar and punctuation errors. Some were pocked -

Wherever Banan as goes, the black hole seetns to go There has been a new black hole discovered.

No, it is not close to Alpha Centauri, and it is not directly adjacent to the Orion Nebula. it is right next to Joe Bananas.

It seems that the black hole has read the nursery rhyme "Mary had a Little Lamb," and wherever Bananas goes, the black hole seems to

go.

Bananas has had his Luke Skywalker action figure, number 49 Silver Surfer comic book and his Bee Gees album (give him a break, he was young) taken away from him due to the black hole.

The black hole takes joy in taking Bananas' keys in the morning.

After a frustrating 20-minute search where Bananas' house is turned upside-down and his cat is blamed for all the problems in the world, the black hole puts the keys where Bananas left them last night after a 19-hour day.

Then there was that time in class when Bananas lost his paper that was due that day. Normally Bananas would tear apart his whole backpack to find the paper, but unfortunately, there was the goodlooking girl sitting in the next desk factor. She was one of those girls

that all the guys wanted to talk to, but she was always quiet and thus

was too hard to talk to.

That didn't stop Bananas, who is ~~~riously known for having

delusions of grandeur.

He got it to the point where the girl actually remembered his name and would say more than one word when he talked to her. Bananas wouldn't have been able to keep up his smooth, cool and cocky personality if she saw what was in his backpack, so he didn't rip it apart.

Instead, he closed his eyes and prayed to the almighty black hole and promised to sacrifice his Raekwon the Chef tape if it gave back his paper, but there was no answer. So Bananas sat through the whole class doing cool poses for the girl, and nonchalantly look-

ing for the paper when she wasn't looking.

Bananas did end up fmding the paper, but it was two hours later. In . an ironic twist, he lost his Raekwon the Chef tape that same day.

So if there is someone screaming and blaming his cat for all the problems in the world early in the morning, don ' t worry, it is just the victim of the black hole that goes wherever Joe Bananas goes.

As for the girl, Bananas can' t find her. She is just one of the many things, alon.g with the Bee Gees album, that has been lost to the Black Hole.

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A look inside the perimeter of San Jose State University

by Dana Perry Staff Writer San Jose State University gets a bad rap all too often when it comes to its appearance and surroundings. It is often said to be an "ugly" commuter school with run down buildings and a dirty campus in a gritty urban location.

The rumors are completely untrue. Granted, the outer perimiter of the campus which includes the streets of San Fernando, Fourth, San Salvador and Tenth Street is not very "appealing to the eye."

When actually stepping foot inside the perimeter of SJSU one can not help but say, "Wow, what a beautiful campus!"

The reaction is comparable to feelings like Dorothy in the Wizard of Oz who was overwhelmed by the beauty of the Emerald City.

Most of the campus buildings are beautiful, some brick and some stucco.

The grass is a lush green and well maintained.

Tall trees form a canopy over one of the walkways. A trickling

fountain resides amid a large grassy area and the breathtaking ivy covered tower that is known as the President's Tower.

The beauty of the campus resembles one of the old ivy league schools that you read about on the East coast.

It is hard to believe that this is SJSU, after all, it was supposed to be ugly.

Although it is true that some buildings such as the Business Tower and Sweeney Hall could use some renovating, the president

of SJSU is doing his best to remodel the older buildings as quickly and efficiently as possible.

Currently, a new walkway is being paved and tiled on San Carlos Street and Seventh Street.

Additionally, there are plans for another beautiful fountain in this same area.

The Business Tower is next on the list of renovations that will take place in the fall.

The Student Union, where students "hang out," is one of the more attractive settings of SJSU.

Also, there is the Jazzland Coffeehouse that resembles a Paris setting where students sit around small tables and chairs conversing lazily as they sip hot cappuccino.

Anyone that visits or attends the college will discover that the rumors of an "ugly" commuter school are absolutely false.

The board of administration, faculty and students all take pride in maintaining the beauty of the campus.

Come one, come all, take a look inside the perimeter of SJSU.

Earth DayFrom page 1 species.

Magic Inc. was founded in 1972 and offers programs the interweave four themes: clarifying values, becoming healthy, cooperating and protecting the environment.

"You care about nature because you're a part of it and it's a part of you," said Schrom.

He went on to discuss the extinction of many species that represent millions of years of evolution.

"This is happening because we're doing it," said Schrom.

"We have to learn the rules of nature's game and play by those rules."

Schrom also spoke on population growth.

"We have about one million people a year coming to live in California We have to reduce human population and take care of each other."

After Schrom's speech, there was a drawing for environmental T-shirts and then Stoneflower played another set in the College Union ending Earth Day '96.

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Going with the flow Phish rides the rhythm in an attempt to capture the feeling of being at a show. "A Live One" is a two-disc live recording including concert favorites like "Bouncing Around the Room," "Gumbo," "Chalkdust Torture," and "You Enjoy Myself."

Many of Phish's songs are fast and punchy, with creative songwriting present . everywhere. Phish also plays souped-up country-rock songs, so catchy that even the clueless can tap their feet to it.

Phish' soriginality is displayed in so many different ways that it would be difficult to name them all, but one good example is their interpretation of the Beatles' "White Album," played in the same order the Beatles originally recorded it in.

1l1e manic way Phish attacks the opus recording makes me wonder why the Beatles didn't record it that way to begin with.

According to tl1e band, Phish will continue to play until original ideas are no longer coming. Anastasio and Fishman recently completed an album called "Surrender to the Air," on which they jam with several other musicians.

Anyone witl1 a love for good, original music is urged to check it out.

by Kevin Winzer Assistant Editor

''The trick is to surrender to the flow," guitarist Trey Anastasio sings to his audience during a performance of the song "Lizards."

The music of Phish makes surrender irresistable.

Ph ish consists of four talented musicians.

Anastasio commands guitar and vocals.

Mike Gordon weaves bass guitar through Anastasio's swirling melodies.

Page McConnell churns a frenetic keyboard into the mix, and Jon Fishman, famous for rarely playing the same beat twice, plays drums.

The band is famous in the improvisational field. A song can be played for five minutes a night, and mutate into a 30 minute improvisational jam the next night.

Phish also uses the technique "melting", a technique mastered by bands like the Grateful Dead. A "melt" is a song that segues directly into another song, creating the flow that Phish achieves so easily.

Ph ish has fivestudioalbumsoutnow, but the essence of the group comes out in live performances. Ph ish released" A Live One"

Playing off the success of the movie ''Dead Man Walking," "Last Dance" bas a similar theme to it.

In ''Last Dance," Rick Hayes (Rob Morrow, "Quiz Show," Northern Exposure) a lawyer on his ftrst day working for the clemency board is assigned the case of Cindy Liggitt, (Sharon Stone, "Basic Instinct," "Total Recall") a death row inmate.

Cindy committed two cold blooded murders, which she admitted to. She doesn't want to try for an appeal to her death sentence, until be convinces her that it's worth trying, and finds a loophole that might save her from death.

The film bas an interesting contrast between the dark, dreary world of the prison system and the colorful world of the rich and powerful.It was strange to see the scenes shift so fast from one to the other.

Morrow is kind of dull as Rick, only occasionally showing any emotion, butS tone does a wonderful jobofbringing the emotions into her character. At first she is angry and sullen towards Hayes, but she slowly lets him help her.

Also in the movie are Peter Gallagher ("While You Were Sleeping," "The Player") as John Hayes, Rick's brother, and Randy Quaid ("DaysofThunder," "ByeByeLove")

as Sam Burns, Rick's boss at the clemency board.

Like Morrow, Gallagher is dull and dry in his role. His lines are delivered with no emotion what so ever, and be might as well be made out of wood.

Quaid on the other band, is perfect as the cynical non-believer who doesn't believe Cindy Liggitt is worth saving. His character is gruff and unforgiving, and only grudgingly helps Rick out when he is trying to plead the case.

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Whoever did makeup for this portion of the movie did a great job.

Some tl1ings in this movie are puzzling.

Morrow slips in and out of a southern accent, and Gallagher, who's supposed to be his brother has no accent.

If both grew up in the south, wouldn't both have an accent?

Beyond t11at, it was a pretty good movie.

It was an inleresting love story and showed that people who are in prison still have feelings and emotions.

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wagon.Lead vocalist Nat11an.Larson has . very good voice. It's too bad that the·· music which backs up bis voiCe isdi)' and bland. Of the ten tracks on "Of The Mind", nothing stands out. If you want a good rock CD stay clear of Miri'd , SCience. .· ·.·.··

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Sophomore Hector Esparza, takes his cuts. The next game is on May 3.

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Lady Jaguars clinch first

by Kevin Winzer Assistant Editor

A season of hard work and :k:termination has paid off for the ~an Jose City College women's iOftball team. The Jags clinched first place in the conference with awin over the second place West Valley College team.

The hard 3-0 win over West Valley was helped by a clutch hit fromYolonda lnda, a double that drove in two runs in the first inDing. Pitcher Jaime Simon gave :JP only four hits.

"It was intense, we played with a lot of heart," said head coach Debbie Huntze.

TheJagsalsowonahard-fought victory over Monterey College, a 5-4 game won in the 12th inning.

A two-run homer from catcher Angie Catalano in the eighth inning tied the game at 4-4.

Catalano also hit a triple in the game.

Pitcher Belinda Espitia took over for Simon in the eighth to seal the win.

The team also beat Cabrillo College 6-2.

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ranked 4th in U1e 800 meter run.

This in itselfis a greataccom plishment for a long-distance ruruier FaS~i that a since it is such a grueling race, meihliigthatwill according to Coach 110 i.biutigh ones Gene Neeley . .

Jlind : whenever Tademy wants j\)Useesophomore to finish out college !OO. an~ · 1,500 wiU1 a couple of ~teil9hgdistance good years of runrunner · · · Greg ning because he said Tademy compete. that he was defiTademy is a '94 nitely going to con~ilver Creek High Tademy tinue to run.

School graduate. He has always In June at Almaden Lake in reeninvolvedinrunningandcom- San Jose, Tademy hopes to com~tions since he was in junior pete in another triathalon which Digh. involves swimming, biking and "Mydadinfluencedmeintoget- lastly running. ling into running because running "I just do it to do it,"said takes me to higher places in my Tademy. lllind. Thecompetitivenessis good Tademywill be transferring Ulis exercise since I think a lot when I June 1996 but is undecided as to m," said Tademy. which college he will be attendTademy has raced past many ing. !Kher competitors which has made Tademyhasmanyoptionsopen his strong grueling practices pay- to him due to his atl1letic success. ~ffby ending up in First Place. in He wants to pursue a career as :be Coast. Conference Hartnell a History teacher and track coach.

Competition with a personnel "I see myself teaching History record time of15 .4 in the 800 meter and most definite! y being a track run and 35.4 time in the 1,500 coach,"said Tademy. lleter run.

"Running is a lot of work, but Tademy said "Both of my par- it's worth it.," said Tademy as his ents are real happy for me but I'm closing remark to future runners. enjoying it."

Although track takes up a lot of Tademy is ranked 3rd in the time and energy, Tademy doesn't ilale for the 1,500 meter run and mind.

lYl ynda M. Pearson ~orts . Editor

The team finished 14-2 in the conference. They automatically receive a playoff berth.

The top 16 teams in the North will be seeded on Saturday.

The coach and players are typically enthusiastic.

"We're really good, we'll be all right," said outfielder Kathleen Hayes.

Huntze agrees that things are looking good.

"We're sitting pretty. It's been a great year, with nothing but teamwork, heart., desire and a drive to win."

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Although theyhaven'tstruckout a lot in their at bats, theSanJoseCity College baseball team has done just that in their pitch to make the playoffs.

A Coast Conference record of 11-15, has offset a strong offensive year that saw the Jaguars lead the league in homeruns with 46, and having a lineup fuat gave opposing pitchers and head coaches nightmares.

"You wouldn't sleep very well knowing that you would have to face these guys," said Doug Robb, head coach.

The Jags, with only one game left., have a record of 22-18-1, and are slated to finish seventh in their league.

"You always want to make the playoffs," said Robb. "I still think we have a team that would succeed in the playoffs."

One of the reasons, along wifu injuries to their pitching staff, the Jaguars failed to make the playoffs was their lack of depfu.

"We dido' t have a lot of depth on fue mound. We didn't have a lot of depfu anywhere," said Robb.

The lack of depth forced a lot of players to play more than one position like sophomore Jeremy Bruce who handled duties of shortstop, starting pitcher and closing pitcher.

"Jeremydidagreatjob U1is year," said Robb.

The key players for tl1e Jags U1is year were sophomores Hector

Esparza, Richard Gregory and freshman Noah Hall.

According to Robb, Esparza, who displayed power last year with 10 homeruns, has become more fuan a one-dimensional power hitter.

"Hector's progress has been his development from a one-dimensional power player to a complete player.

According to Robb, Esparza has established himself as tl1e best third basem~m in the Nor-Cal due to his 13 homers, high batting average and his defense.

Gregory, ru1 outlielder who has also put in some utility time, has been productive a-; the cleanup hitter witl1 11 homeruns.

"He' s a clutch hitter, especially on two strikes," said Robb. "You like to watch him swing.

Hall ha<; been U1e catalystall year for U1e Jags. wiU1 a team leading 15 homers combined witl1 a high batting average and good footwork on the base-patl1s, Hall ha<; established himself as a complete package.

"You can only imagine what's going to happen in his sophomore year," said Robb.

Winning U1ree out of four tournaments and hitting a conference leading 51 total homeruns in only 41 grunes, has been U1e highlights of the season.

But it ha<;n't been U1e most import.-"Ult thing acconling to Robb.

"We would u·avel to toumrunents and the guys would have a bru·becue ouL.,;ide the hotel. I have never seen Umt (chemistry ru1d crunaraderie) before," said Robb .

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Cosmetology holds awards presentation

by Lynd a M. Pearson Staff Writer

Step aside Pointer Sisters, Cosmetology Models can give you a run for your money.

This show expressed a flashback to the "Hippie Days" which was created in a very unique and tasteful fashion.

The Men's Haircutting & Styling Competition, included from the 0-800 hours group first place Bemalyn Gutierrez and second place Ricci Dowell.

Fromthe800-1,600hoursgroup, Tiffany Gregory was frrst and Mary Williams was second.

Women's Haircutting & Styling Competition: from the 0-800 hours group, first place Stephanie Zeek and second place Erin Caltabiano.

Fromlhe800-1 ,600hoursgroup Mandy Apodaca took first with

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Criteria for the site was based on how much demolition would be needed, how much inconvenience it would be for students and most importantly, visibility.

Visibility and image aren't the only positives of the project.

The ftrst floor will consist of computer, reading, writingandmath labs. The second floor will be a library.

here from left to right are Adam Altuna, T Kosmal , and drama instructor DonnaM The performances ran until April 28.

Tree planting honors Davis

by J o e Scott Staff Writer

A small redwood tree was planted on Monday, April 22, to honor the memory of retired San Jose City College instructor Richard D. Davis.

Davis, who died Feb. 28 at 65 years of age, was an instructor at City College for 30 years and an ardent enviromentalist.

The tree planting not only honored Davis' memory but also marked the beginning of City College's campus nature trail which is also dedicated to Davis by

the Ecology Club.

As a crowd of faculty and students gathered around the tree, Janet Daggett quietly stood by interpreting t11e proceedings in sign langu age and Martha Kendall, English instructor, played cello pieces by Bach.

After a brief introduction by Dr. Pete D'Eliscu, current advisor to the Ecology Club, faculty and students were invited to give words in memory of Davis.

"It's fitting to plant this tree on Earth Day," said Kendall. "Not only did he hear the birds, but he heard his students and his friends ."

"Dick was always a teacher," said Journalism instructor Art Carey. "Over the years he taught me quite a bit of how to look at things."

The proceedings continued with many instructors paying respect to Davis" memory.

After the speeches, everyone was invited to come up and place a shovelful of earth into the ground to help plant t11e tree while Kendall played the cello.

The tree, now planted, will stand as a monument to a great man who is well loved and well missed by many here at City College.

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"Unless there is a full commitment to the parking problem, I have a serious problem with the location," Robinson said.

Another facility planning meeting is scheduled to be held at 2 p.m.

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800-1,600 hours group to Trisha , p~'$&1\V!th a i37~7 vote in favor, . got iberaise," said CSEA president .

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