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by Don Kleinert Editor-in-Chief

Bill Kester was named acting interim president of San Jose City College by the San Jose/ Evergreen Community College District Board at its Tuesday night meeting .

In an odd twist, however, the Board decided to limit Kester' s current term to thirty days beginning Sept. 1, and will consider the matter on a month-tomonth basis. Furthermore, the 4-3 vote was not indicative of the trustees' support for Kester.

The three trustees who voted in the negative were Ken Yeager, Richard Tanaka and Sue Ferdig.

Their objections were not directed toward Kester but rather in protest to the term limit.

"My feeling toward Mr. Kester is that he should have this position, but that it should have a strong endorsement," said Ferdig.

On the other hand, Richard Hobbs, whovotedforthelirnited appointment said, "My major concern was that there was a directive to return with a diverse pool and a diverse pool did not return ... we only had a pool of one and it is very difficult forme o describe that as a pool when eonly have one candidate, and o that extent I was not in favor f extending this as an interim sition."

Maria Fuentes and Yolanda Estremera echoed Hobbs' con') cern that only one person (Kester) was presented for consideration, even though he was the unanimous choice of a quactripartheid committee.

It was not made clear what happens October first, when Kester's 30 day appointment expires. The Board does not , meet again until Oct 22 so, in less than a week, SJCC will again · be without an interim president.

Meanwhile, a new search has 1 been initiated for a permanent president. Already, some response has been received via the Internet. Chancellor Geraldine

Evans expressed hope that the search will be concluded in time fora January hiring date.

A major concern of the board and other constituents represented at the meeting was the forming and composition of various selection committees, particularly as regards affirmative action.

Procedures are still being formulated to delineate the makeup of these committees and ensure that affmnative action guidelines are adhered to,

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My feeling toward Mr. Kester is that he should have this position, but that it should have strong endorsement.

Sue Ferdig Trustee which prompted considerable discussion among the board members and various constituencies, including the CSEA, Faculty Association and Academic Senate.

In other business, Pauline Clarke was named Director of Human Resources for the District Office.

The Board also heard complaints from the community. Sandy Perry of the Human Rights Defense Committee complained about the racist remarks of two instructors, one from SJCC, the other from EVC. He read Ed Coyne's letter which was published in the Mar 23,'96 issue of the Times and included racist remarks about Native Americans. The · other letter which appeared in the EVC Flyer's 9 May '96 issue, was written by math instructor Ron Fisher and pertained to a beating incident by Los Angeles police of an immigrant. Fisher supported the police action.

Coyne has since resigned as an instructor, although the Board declined to comment on either issue, referring the matter, instead, to the Chancellor's office.

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Students share Mexican-American culture by showing off traditional costumes at the La Raza fashion show in the quad. From

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Cai/SACC representative arrested in debate at mall

by Jeff Rehrig Staff Writer

Lesbian activist Colleen Reilly was arrested Sept. 13 at Valley Fair Mall for trespassing and disturbing the peace, after a brief verbal altercation with opponents of Santa Clara County's domestic partnership registry.

Reilly, a student at San Jos~ City College, is very active in student government and is the college's representative to the California Student Association of Community Colleges.

Reilly, who had gone to Valley Fair to shop, spotted a table with a sign that read, "repeal the domestic partnership registry" manned by members of the Santa Clara County Tax Payers Association.

The petitioners were out in force in many locations around the Sanata Clara Valley gahtering signaturs to force a referendum and a repeal of the regestry that was recently approved by the County board of supervisors.

When she approached one

of the petitioners about misinformation being given out by the group, mall ·security was called to put an end to the debate and lobbying of potential signers.

Security arrived in force with director of security William Kelley bringing up the rear to help diffuse the delicate situation.

After attempting to mediate the issue, Kelley asked Reilly to leave the mall. She refused and was taken into custody without incident.

Reilly was transported to the Santa Clara County Jail by the San Jose Police where she was booked, cited, and released after about six hours.

Reilly is scheduled to appear in Santa Clara County municipal court on Oct. 28 .

Criminal defense attorney Dan Mayfield has tentativ ely agreed to represent Reilly in the proceedings .

When asked to comment on the pending case, Mayfield deferred any comment to a later date saying, he would rather wait until she is a firm client and until he has met with her

personally.

When asked if she would go through this again to make her point about the domes tic partners registry Reilly said, "Yes, I believe in living how I believe."

In the midst of Reilly's mini demonstration at the mall, Matt Schnone, Assistant Press Secretary and Legislative Assistant to Congress woman Zoe Lofgren happened by to investigate the issue himself.

He spoke briefly with Reilly, handed her a business card and told her to let him know what happens.

"I hope these guys aren't here to haras s you," sa id Schnone upon the arrival of mall sec urity.

According to Reilly she was treated very fairly by representatives of Valley Fair Mall and was given an application to set up a table of her own to present her views.

Scott Abbey, general manager for Valley Fair Mall said, "we are required by the courts to give access to all groups to express their opinions, but when the situation becomes disruptive we need to step in."

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New standards needed Editor: I enjoyed your article [Clinton literacy program inspires deja vu] intheSept.12editionofTheTimes.

One problem of education here in the good old U.S.A. is the problem of standards. Here the teachers set them and as a result there is no uniformity and things slowly go downhill.

In other countries such as England and Germany, they are set by the state. The teachers teach and the state tests. It is my understanding that standardized tests are given in all high school and college courses.

Furthermore they are given at the same time throughout the country. Students cannot go on to the next course without passing these tests.

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Where' s our President?

It's high time the San Jose/Evergreen Community College District Board of Trustees acted seriously on the appointment of an interim president for San Jose City College while a search is undertaken to fill the position permanently.

A quadripartheid committee has submitted its recommendation to the board, but it has been ignored without comment. While the board's inaction is shrouded in a fog of bureaucratic rhetoric and the trustees hide behind a veil of "legalese" which precludes open discussions of personnel matters, speculation and frustration will eventually take their toll on the faculty and students of City College, if they haven ' t already.

In their most recent meeting,on Sept.

24, the Board gave a concilliatory nod to the quadripartheid committe by naming Bill Kester acting interim president until the end of September, but no provisions were made after that. Since the Board will not meet again until Oct. 22, it's back to square one until then.

Meanwhile, City College has averaged a new president every three years over the past 15 years and has not had a permanent president since (date). It's not surprising that other high administrative positions are also entered into through a revolving door.

All this leadership shuffling does not reflect well on a board that is apparently apathetic to the recommendations of a

faculty that is at their mercy. Whatever the reason the trustees have for failing to even name a pe rmanent interim president, their shunning of (name) and (his/her) committee smacks of dictatorial arrogance.

The fact that a well qualified candidate has been unanimously endorsed by Chancellor Geraldine Evans and the comittee that represents those that will work with him doesn't seem to sway the intractable trustees who appear to be looking for a person "for all seasons."

What qualification is it that prospective candidates have lacked that would cause the board to be so reticent and secretive in their decision making? One can only speculate because the trustees aren't talking.

Some of that speculation revolves around ethnicity. Just as Evans was opposed by two of the trustees on the grounds that she "lacked diversity experience," this issue may be the obstacle that has prevented a decision on the selection of a president.

If ethnic diversity is the litmus test one may further speculate, considering the facts already in evidence, that qualified candidates have previously been passed over in search of an "ethnically correct" candidate.

If this is the case it makes for interesting fodder for debate in the up-coming election which includes a California Civil Rights Initiative (CCRI) that specifically addresses this issue.

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Editor: realize is that the time spent riding I read with interest the "Bad a bus could be put to good use in News" article in the September studying, and in addition, public 12 th edition of The Times and transit is a very inexpensive mode noted that adequate parking at of transportation .

SJCC is not only getting scarce, At AL TRANS we can develop but also getting well deserved at- a personalized trip plan for indi· tention. Your article mentions that viduals interested in taking public one possible solution to the park- transit to school. For individuals ing problem involves public tran- interested in carpooling, we assist sit and shuttle service from light in finding carpool partners for rail. I could not agree more with them. For bicyclists, we plan the you . shortest and safest route to City AL TRANS is the answer to College and provide bicycle lock· , those on campus parking problems. ers on campus to secure their bikes .For approximately the past three while attending class. We are here years, AL TRANS has been help- to make peoples' commutes easier, ing students, staff, and faculty at and in some cases, less expensive.

SJCC fmd alternatives to driving Here is the best part - there is no their cars to school and work. These charge for any of our services. We alternatives can be anything from are located in room GE-122, or can carpooling with a friend to riding be reached on the campus phone bicycles and/or transit (Yes, you by dialing extension 3683 . can take your bike on most public Tim Jorgenson transit vehicles). Many people feel ALTRANS Trip Reduction that the use of public transit takes Program Manager too long, but what they often fail to

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Editor: Youmaythink,asldid, that the primary purpose of City College is the education of its students. .

Since just about everythi_ng costs money, one way to examme the activites of an institution is to see how it spends its money. You may be surprised, as I was, to learn that the San Jose/Evergreen Comjmunity College District spends less than half its income on instruction.

On what, you may well ask, is the district spending the other half? i Let us hope that our new chanI

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of this scheme is that the teacher not put in the roll of God w determines the students' fut ure is instead on the side of the student not his or her judge!

The English department here Evergreen Valley College adopte a similar scheme. They have stan dardized finals but they count fo only 20 percent of the students grades and the teacher determin the other 80 percent. No o 1 departments have such a thing.

Things might get better wh this country gets wise and decid that it wants standards. I woul like to see an article comparing educational systems in other cou tries .

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pose something modest like this: by the year 2000 the district shall spend no less than 55 percent of il5 income on instruction.

That extra five percent of in· come moved over to instruction from whatever it is being spent on now would represent a 10 percent increase in spending on instruction Imagine the possibilites: for ex· ample, we could offer more sec· lions with fewer students per sec· lion at more convenient times.

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Proposition 209: Simple or simply deceptive?

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by Jeff Rehrig Staff Writer

Over the past 30 years something's gone wrong in the midst of trying to make things right.

State affirmative action programs have caused unnecessary resentment and division in our society as a result of the full court press by special interest groups on our government.

Proposition 209, nicknamed the California civil rights initiative, will eliminate state affirmative action programs and allow us to move forward .

Simply put; "The state shall not discriminate against, or grant preferential treatment to, any individual or group, on the basis of race, sex, color, ethnicity, or national origin, in the operation of public employment, public education, or public contracting."

These are not the words of sexist, racist, devil worshipping white barbarians, as opponents if the initiative would like you to believe, just people seeking equal treatment and opportunity under the law.

Millions of dollars are unnecessarily spent every year in the name of affirmative action, awarding high bid projects to minority and women contractors.

State contracts should be awarded to the lowest bidder not the lowest bid from a minority or femhle contractor.

In themeantimeifyouramalecontractor, and want a fighting chance at state contracts your best bet for success would be to have a sex change.

Theoverall fiscal impactof209 will be a savings of $125 million per year depending on future court rulings, and federal mandates that require the continuation of some programs.

The financial impact on community colleges will be minimal and any program that does not discriminate will be left alone.

Programs that do come into question will be allowed to restructure and apply for funds.

The community college programs that would be effected are; specialized counseling, tutoring, outreach, and financial aide.

We honestly have nothing to worry about here at City College because as most everyone knows, anyone with a pulse qualifies · for a fee waiver.

Proposition 209 will not pull the rug out from underneath anyone and allows all the wonderful programs designed to help the disadvantaged to continue.

The key difference is that with the passage of this initiative everyone will have a fair shot at going to U.C. Berkeley, getting the government contracts, and being hired to work for a state agency.

One of the main concerns of Opponents of 209 is that the initiative will allow discrimination against women.

They are of course referring to the language used in the originall964 Civil Rights Act that allows the sex of an individual to be considered if it's a "bona fide" qualification for a job.

This just makes sense.

This provision does not in any way encourage discrimination against women.

Proponents of 209 contend "Government cannot work against discrimination if government discriminates itself."

With Generation X coming of age, and so far removed from crimes against minorities and women, it is time for our state to move forward , while being ever mindful of the injustices of the past.

I encourage everyone to read the text of this proposed law and vote yes on 209.

by Nadine Ghoddoucy Staff Writer

Prop. 209 is a destructive initiative that deceitfully comes across as an idealistic new look at equality but really diminishes affirmative action . Should those who are not represented, misrepresented, discriminated against, and harassed be thrown in the social Darwinistic pit? To put it simply, it is a choice between idealistic equality or realistic inequality.

The very wording of the proposition is deceptive: "The state shall not discriminate against, or grant preferential treatment to, any individual or group on the basis of race, sex, color, ethnicity, or national origin in the operation of public employment, public education or public contracting."

Proponents say it is the shortest proposition ever to be put on the ballot. But that's exactly what's wrong with it. It doesn't take into considerations the history of discrimination that affirmative action was intended to address.

Just saying we should be fair to everyone isn't enough, as we have seen ever since civil rights legislation was enacted over 30 years ago. There are still minorities and other underrepresented groups that have not been given the opportunities they should have.

If Proposition 209 passes it would open the door to those in power to once again try to get around the law by changing their hiring standards in a discriminatory way, by setting up culturally biased tests, stricter language proficiency, whether needed or not, and other requirements that would weed out minorities.

Until society can come up with a logical yet fair way to give minorities a fair share from the land of golden opportunity, affir-

mative action seems to be the best way to go. The proposition states that people should not be given special treatment discriminated against because of race, sex, color, ethnicity, or national origin, in the aspects of employment, education, and state funded enterprises.

"Efforts such as the California Civil Rights Initiative [Prop. 209) which poses as ·an equal opportunities initiative, but which puts at risk every outreach program , sets back the gains made by women and puts the brakes on expanding opportunities for people in need," said General Colin Powell. As a working woman myself, awaiting life's unexplainable mishaps, I am frustrated to know that we'll be one step farther from equality. Not only will minorities be set back immensely, the country and state will suffer as well.

In public colleges and university programs and aspects that would be diminished are scholarships, tutoring, outreach, recruitment, and counseling to help ensure equal opportunity for women and minorities. Goals and timetables to encourage the hiring of members of "underrepresented" groups for state government jobs would no longer exists.

Contracts which are now divided up to include minority companies to give ·them an equal opportunity to compete with the big companies will also be eliminated, making these small firms compete on an uneven playing field.

So basically, Prop. 209 serves the community better to have than not to. To date, we are no where near a color-blind, nonsexists society, so until that happens, how can we let ourselves tum back the clocks thirty years? The deceptive language that attempts to explain itself will mislead voters.

Intolerance still alive and well on SJCC campus

by Don Kleinert Editor-in-Chief

Welcome to The Curmudgeon 's Comer, that'sker-'muj-en; in olden days a crusty ill-tempered, churlish Old man, but more recently meaning anyone who bates hypocrisy and pretense and bas the temerity to say so, thanks to 'The Portable Curmudgeon" by Jon Winokur.

In my role as a curmudgeon (the lllodern kind) itis my job to be like that troublesome little kid in the folk tale who shouted, "But, the emperor has no clothes on!"

So, let's get on with it For the past two years I have been editor of a local magazine dedicated to drug and alcohol reCOvery issues in the Bay Area One or our contributing columnists is Mary Cnkker Cook, who coincidentally also oversees the Alcohol

and Drug Studies Program program at San Jose City College.

In her current column Cook discusses a topic that bas been all too often in the news at City College: in tolerance. Last semester we were made aware of the racist attitudes of one member of the faculty, now Cook has related an incident of intolerance toward her students by another faculty member.

Cook declined to name the instructor but did discuss with me the incident which was published in the magazine. The instructor refers to the Cook's program as a "dumping ground for the parole department." He is appalled that "people like that" are attending City College. And, most absurd is his concern for "faculty safety" due to their presence.

Just who are these 'reprobates' and where do they come from?

doctors, even psychiatrists and psychologists. Most important of all, they are in recovery; no longer drinking and using .

It never ceases to amaze me that in today's institutions of higher learning, the so-called bastions of enlightenment, there exist pockets of intolerance, bigotry and fear.

I've been told that it's not surprising when it comes to alcoholism and drug dependence. According to Dr. Jerry Callaway, a long-time special ist in substance abuse treatThe Curmudgeon's ment at Good Samaritan Hospital, very little time is spent on recovCorner ery issues in medical school.

All the more reason for a prohelp others recover. They have not gram such as CADC at a commubeen sent here by the courts or their nity college. Substance abuse is a parole officers. They come from community problem and it is best diverse backgrounds, from all understood by ex-alcoholics and walks of life; mothers, teachers, addicts, not by textbook-quoting scientists, successful businessmen, Neanderthals stuck in a Victorian Most of them are people in recovery from alcohol and drug dependency who see an opponunity to

age who would sooner deny the existence of the problem than face reality.

"Bigotry and intolerance, silenced by argument, endeavors to silence by persecution, in old days by frre and sword, in modem days by the tongue," said Charles Simmons. It is this attitude of intolerance that keeps homosexuals in the closet and the 20-plus million alcoholics and addicts in America "anonymous."

And God knows we wouldn't' want people the likes of Betty Ford, writer Pete Hammil, baseball pitcher Dennis Eckersley, Mickey Mantle, actor Nick Nolte, Ernest Hemmingway, and even Sigmund Freud, to name a few, stalking around our campus, endangering the faculty. Of course they could always claim they didn't swallow or inhale.

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hangin OJ Pudgy Gabriel 0. Esparza plays the hits for KJCC Radio.

The secret handshake of domino players.

The heart of the school, the Union. A place that's warm winter and cool in the su can watch TV, play games, s eat.

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Need a break from classes? Test your skill at the collection of video games in the Union.

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If you take a peek into the City real anger comes from his own College art gallery between now

by Lewis Rountree feelings of inadequacy and kicks and Oct. 9 you may think, "this is Staff Writer Javier out of the house. just a bunch of rocks." .

"The House of Ramon Iglesia" The climax to the show begins Normally when we think about written by Jose Rivera, opens in when Javier confronts Ramon, in a art most of would fall back on trapresent day Holbrook, Long Is- clouded drunken stupor, about his ditional definitions like paintings, anger about the fake deed to the sculptures of famous dead people, land.

The father, Ramon Iglesia, house and tries to convince Ramon and if you really want to stretch it, played by Adolpho Palacios and that it's not worth killing himself photos.

These days the definition of the mother, Dolores, played by becuase he can't sell the house.

The sets were inventive and "what is art" can be expanded to Maricarda Ortiz. The three pleasing to the eye. The house had include; twisted metal, glass, gara glowing translucent light and it bage, household cleaners, and just made the roof look like stained 1 al)out any assemblage of objects ' . in thefamily,Javier, Julio, glass, which the audience could you can imagine. and Charlie played by Adam see through.

Even tall free standing sheer Antuna, Franco Navarro, and Javier finally has to physically cliffs that look like you would find drag Ramon back to safety. The in the middle of the Arizona desert Robert Enriquez. father ends up at the hospital and have found their way into the galThe half-full theater crowd rethe rest of the family back home lery. acted with apathy to the dramatic skills of the cast at a Friday night but they still have to deal with the For the first time in recent performance of the play. The perreality of getting to their final des- memory, rocks are making an apformance was well rehersed and tination- Puerto Rico. pearance at the college gallery. well acted and the cast looked like "The House of Ramon Igelesia" All kidding aside, if you take they were naturals at being on the protrays the characters in real life alxmt 30 minutes to experience the conflicts along with the harsh Ian- ceramic sculptures of San Franstage.

Student Joseph Urzua looks at guage that sometimes accompa- cisco based artist, Danae Mattes The play is about a Hispanic family wanting to move back to nies such incidents. you will be surprised, and amazed The play gives no answers to at what you will discover. their homeland and the problems muting off the coast of California. thequestionsitposes withoutgreat The rocky collection of works that keep them from their dream.

According to Maues, the exThe problems start when the sacrifices. entitled "Deluge, What Remains" posed cores and general feeling of father reveals the deed to the house It is not the size of the theater blends human characteristics with decay contained in the works repis a fake and they won't be getting that matters, but the quality of natural rock formations in perfect resent the process of human aging acting which shines as brightly as harmony the money to move. The father and development, and the beauty embarrassed about not being able the spotlights on the stage.

Five of these abstract images in life and death . to fulfill his family's dream, turns There will be performances of are rugged looking, small columns In the artist's statement Mattes to alcohol to relieve the stress.

"The House of Ramon Inglesia" on with exposed eroding inner cores, says, "My intent is not to imitate The main conflict comes when Sept. 27 and 28 at 8 p.m. and a while the sixth, is a smal l fossil nature but rather reveal the intenRamon blames his oldest son for performance for City College stu- like-replica of something an arche- sive human relationship to it." notsupporting him when Ramon's dentsandstaffonSept.29at2p.m. ologist may have discovered in a This is masterfully evident . - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - . . recent dig in the far reaches of our throughout the exhibit. planet.

For this exhibit it is important The seventh, and final work to use the artist statement as a contains seven separate pieces it- guide to clearly understand the self, all horizontally oriented, with artists intent, and fully appreciate color, shape, texture and arrange- the intricacies of the works.

These works are part of a ten ment that leave one with the impression of a herd of whales com- year long project Mattes refers to

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First up were the 22 Jacks, a local favorite .

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Mattes, who teaches at Academy of Art College has played her work all over and in South America and is rently creating exhibitions to place in Holland, and Reno, vada in 1997.

This is an outstanding tion that everyone should take moment or two to enjoy, after how often do you get a chance rock out in an art gallery.

The gallery will be open 10 a.m. to 6:30p.m. Monday Wednesday, 10 a .m. to 4:30 p Tuesday, 4 to 6:30p.m. and 10 a.m . to 3 p.m. Friday.

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One of the best parts of the band's set was their cover of the Police song "Message In A Bottle, " but all the songs they played from their new album were good.

The next to come up were the ska band Pie tasters. The audience took awile to get into the topsyturvy beat but were soon dancing reverently which soon turned into a violent moshpit in front of the stage.

The audience were encouraged to sing along to the songs as the carnival-like atmosphere raged around them . The lead singer continously spit beer on the crowd between songs as the squealing sound of the trumpet and trombone

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The Bosstones played from all of their previous and even a few songs from forthcoming album.

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Even though the San Jose City College Jaguars have tasted recent defeat, the team is by no means down and out for the season. The Jaguars will have a bye this week so that they can rest up and recoup from their losses. The team will have normal practices with the exception of full dress uniform during all practices.

The main focus will be on becoming more consistent throughout their game.

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The Marin College Mariners scored the last touchdown of the game beating the Jaguars by a score of 21 - 14 which now gives the Jaguars a 0-2 record for the 1996 season.

"This loss was a disappointment for the team. The ball was on the one yard line and we fumbled in the end zone with only 2 1/2 minutes left.

Instead of getting a touchdown, the Mariners made a touchback which put the Mariners on the 20 yard line.

Mariners drove the ball in for a touchdown which should have been ours. There was only 30 seconds left on the clock when we got the ball back. We drove the ball down around the 30 yard line and made one pass fortheend zone that did not result in a touchdown. We lost 21-14,"said head coach Howard Gay. Sophomore quarterback Shea Emery bad 33 passes attempted with 17 passes completed for 244 yards, one touchdown and two intercepLions. Emery's two game statistics are 66 passes attempted with 33 passes completed totaling 393 yards.

Emery has two touchdowns and four interceptions for the 1996 season.

Freshman WRPhilippe Wells caught three passes for of 27 yards. Wells· two game statistics are five receptions for a total of 48 yards which also includes one interception.

"We played hard but everyone made little mistakes. We have 9 or so more games to go. We will have a good team this season. We have the experience to win enough to win the championship this year,"said Wells.

"We did positive things in the Marin game. The defense played well in both the first and the second half. We made mental mistakes instead of physical mistakes . Mariners made street passes which we ignored them doing . A missed field goal at about the two or three yard line did not help either. The mistakes made were mental not physical.

Unfortunately, it did not tum into a win for us,"said Gay. The team will be practicing on consistency and more mental awareness for the future games.

"The Jaguars have made only three touchdowns in two games.

The offense has much more experience than the defense, yet the defense is executing plays much better than the experienced offense,"said Gay. The next game will be against Fresno City College Rams at 7 p.m. Sat. Oct.5 in Fresno.

In 1994 the Jaguars took their lumps from the Fresno Rams by being defeated by a score of 38 3.

In the 1995 season the Jaguars gave the lumps to the Rams by a

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The Jaguars have to start getting serious since the Fresno game will start counting and will have to start winning future games. The Jaguars need to start wining at this point of the season because after the Fresno game the next two games are conference games against West Valley College and Hartnell College.

"We are realizing how big a loss it is not to have both Andre

Lady Jags win playoff award

by Lynda M. Pearson Sports Editor

The Lady Jaguars pulled the experience ofthe team togethertowin the Silver Division Playoff Award by beating Cabrillo College Seahawks on Sept. 21.

The Volleyball team has an overall record of 1-1 after competing against Napa Valley College and Cabrillo.

"We won the Silver Division Playoffs by beating four teams. We could have won the first place gold award but we lost it by four points.

We played Feather River College, Yuba College and College of Alameda were the teams that we beat for the award," said head coach Sam Huerta.

The team will be practicing without competition for the next match against Hartnell College.

While they are waiting for this - match, 32 high school volleyball teams wiJI be competing here on campus. The San Francisco Bay Area all the way down to the Central Valley will be represented here at this competition.

'1be girls played well. Everyone contributed to the win. People Stepped in when they were needed.

Shannon Wright, sophomore OH, Was the workhorse in the game,"said COach Huerta.

The outside hitterS did well which included Wright, Vanessa Dunn.

SOphomore OH and Callie Lopez,

freshman MH. Right side hitters that did well were Dunn and Teresa Spano, freshman OH who is known as the "Tree".

The setters were Priscilla

Coleman, sophomore OH,S and Sheryl Brady, freshman S who both contributed to the win of this game.

"The team is becoming very competitive. They need to remember that the competition

starts when you step on the court.

Although the team is progressing, it is still to early to predict how the team will do. They still need to concentrate some more,"said Huerta The next competition will be here on Campus against Hartnell College Panthers. It will be at 7 p.m.

Wednesday Oct. 2. ''We are looking forward to our own competition. We are leaming to be competitive in our conference.

We know who the strong teams are and Hartnell is one of the stronger teams. We are starting to become a strong team also,"said Huetra.

(quarterback) and Oscar (receiver) Caballero from last season who were very important to the team.

They were not just players but leaders along with being good students. Andr~ received a full scholarship to Tennessee Tech and Oscar received a full scholarship to Montana State University,"said Gay. Coach Gay said,"We played one home game and then an away game and then we had a bye which

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The writing center has been assigned a new telephone line. The new number is 3761. Outside callers will be able to call the writing center direct by dialing 288-3761.

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"La Raza" students Alliance meetings are held every Friday at 1 p.m. in room U200. ext. 3901 •

Notre Dame College will be at the student union on Wed. Oct. 9 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m .

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The San Jose City College Drama Department will be presenting 'The House of Ramon Iglesia" for one more weekend only. Friday the 27 and Saturday the 28 at 8 p.m. and Sunday the 29 at 2 p.m ..

Do you need a support group to discuss your concerns about life? Groups are being setup for Wednesday at noon or Wednesday at 7 p.m. Call 288-3724 for more information.

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Timpany for rehabilitation, back "Packard Foundation has been in problems and arthritis because the able to deliver the center out of fc people receive medicinal relief financial difficulty.

0 after spending time in their aquatic The Packard Foundation has pool. approved a grant for $ Even though you do not have dollars so that Timpany will insurance you can still go to havetocloseitsdoors,"saidCI Timpany. On an individual basis Service Representative J with yourownattendantifneeded, O'Toole. the cost will be $ 7.00 dollars an "Timpany Center will at hour. be safe for one more fiscal It costs$ 110 to$ 140 dollars because of this grant,"said for a therapeutic evaluation and Tuttle.

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Timpany Center gets second chance

A cloud has settled over the Timpany Center with the eminent chance of the closure of this • Are you tired of the general apathy around campus? Get facililty. involved! Sign up for a committee or call298-2181 x3906 The Timpany Center was with your new ideas. · opened by the County of Santa Clara in 1979 but then became an • San Jose City Associated Students are looking for hard Independent Non-Profit Organiworking students for paid commissioner postions. Contact zation in 1990.

Marie Chatterton, A.S. president, at x3906 The center is an aquatic physical therapeutic center that is open to children and people of all ages Compiled by Lewis Rountree including the elderly.

It is a center that also helps people who are on workmen's Bosstones, from page 6 ! compensation by helping the perHat," which is as close to psychedelic pit of fans by the security guards. son to get rehabilitated.

This center has a 100,00 gallon as ska can get, with it's full range of It got tiring trying to keep up phased chords, "Last Dead Mouse," with the crowd and the lack of fans pool which is heated at 100 dea slow paced but still load song that above made it difficult to breathe. grees where there is always a lifewas heavy on the trumpets and "A Barrett tried 10 help out by pouring Man Without," which had a definite his water on the few people lucky message to it. enough to be close 10 the stage. It Barrett encouraged audience was odd seeing people crash into particpation by heckling the people each other and then help people up who were carried on top of the crowd who ended up on the floor. and landed on the stage. Most danced Still it, was a great show, and all behind him for a few minutes before three bands are worth checking out OP.inP thrown hack into the chuminl! when they come back to town .

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