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Volum e 51, No.3
Thursday, March 6, 1997
Asians, Hispanics majority at City College by Sonya Wormington Editor-in -Chief
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SanJoreCityCollegebas faced tremendous changes in its population in the past 16 years. City College bas become much more diversified in the past two decades, with a tremendous change in its demographics. In 1980, 77 percent of the JXlpulation of students at City Colle!!t! were while, with only 5 percent Hispanic and 6 percent Asian. Last semester, the numbers of white students bad plummeted to only 21 percent, while Hispanic 2 students rose to 6 percent and Asian students reached a tremenoous 40 percent of the population. According to Jon Kangas, Dean of Academic Standings, this is jmlially due to waves of immigrants who don't necessarily have lhe language skills required for the CalifomiaState University system. He believes, however, that many
of tbese new immigrants have the ementary schools, over half of all support from tbeir families and students are minorities ." communities necessary for tbe City College bas been attractskills upgrade and to be successful ing many of these new immigrants in tbeir new surroundings. due to the support programs on c This trend is spreading campus. City College bas been throughout tbe San Jose/Evergreen focusing a great deal on recruiting Community College District and Hispanics, especially by including through California in general. support programs on campus The SJCC/EVC district has which help students by providing shown many of tbe same percentcounselors and tutors. age changes, with white students Many of these Hispanic studropping from 73 percent to 17 dents are frrst-generation college percent. students, and City College is doing Hispanic and Asian students as much as possible in order to have also dramatically increased, help them succeed. with Hispanic students jumping Other minorities may not have from 7 percent to 26 percent and as many support programs on Asian students going from 7 per- campus. cent to 44 percent. According to Kangas, "if they According to Jeanne Gobalet, [students] bring in strong cultural an instructor at City College witb a values, the support we need to proPh.D. in Sociology witb a specialvide varies from group to group." ization in demography, "This is City College is well known generally tbe pattern in most areas. within many immigrant commuThe youngertbe group is, the higher nities because of the possibilities the number of minorities. In elfor expanding English language
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the population more diverse. "It is encouraging that we have a large population of minorities. We are really an open-door college," said Gobalet.
Winning Carr a valued model Jags rip Wolverines
.. City College coach is most successful in California by Joe Feldman Staff Writer
If there is one tbing Jaguars' b Percy Carr knows, it's bow to win. With a lifetime record of 434 - s and 223 losses after 21 years up to this season, Carr is the Winningest basketball coach in the - tory of the California community college system according to lhe National Association of Bastball Coaches Courtside Maga- , December 1996 issue. And be keeps on winning. This the Jaguars have compiled 29-4 overall record, including a I record in their conference. y are also Coast Conference pions, 1st place in Nortbern "fornia and 5th place in the _ On top of that, Carr was coach of tbe year for the ern Division. What does be tbink about all of - success? "I haven ' t given it much !bought," be says, "I'm just proud the fact that I haven ' t got frus(as so many other coaches ) and quit." Surprisingly, winning doesn' t ·veCarr the greatest satisfaction. "Watching a player grow, uateand become a productive ·tizen in society is a greater feelg than winn ing a basketball ," be said_ This shows bow Carr gets inlved with his players beyond etball.
"He' s a good coach who demands perfection. When I transferred from Foothill College, be made sure I stayed on top of my books. He's like the father of a family," said Reggie Williams, sophomore forward. About seven years ago, Carr began the Creative Athletic Retention Response (C.A.R.R) program located in room 301 , which is a tutoring program for student athletes on campus. It is the only program of its kind among California community colleges and has been very successful in helping student athletes improve academically. As a former student athlete himself, Carr knows the importanceofeducation. AtTulare Union high school, be played football, baseball, and basketball while still keeping up with his studies. He continued playing baseball when he went to the College of Sequoia and, eventually, Fresno State Univer ity. Although well educated, Carr never strayed from his passion for sports. His desire is what led him to become a basketball coach. In 1968, be began his coaching career at his old high school as an assistant coach. After two yearsatTulare Union, he became head coach at Edison Emilio Ratti/ The Times high school, where be coached for Carr discusses strategy with his team during a recent game. four years. After one year as assistant coach at Stanford Univer- coach, Carr has a simple formula butgivethemfreedomontbecourt, sity, be started at San Jo~ City for success-player communica- and we develop trust with the playCollege. tion. ers," be says about the coaching "We teach players bow to play - After 22 years as Jaguar head
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The stands were crowded, the stage was set. The electric ity that marked the previous two Jaguars' basketball games was present. None of this was needed, however, as San Jore City College pulled out to a twenty-point lead en route to a 78-64 victory over the Sierra College Wo lv e rines Wednesday night. The City College men's basketball team advances on the road to the state champion hips and
improves their record to 29-4. By halftime, the score was 3925 and the packed were without the anticipation of the overtimes previously viewed by dedicated Jaguars fans. The leading scorer was freshman forward Lynn Washington with 15 points and six rebounds. With 13 points were fre hman forward Leroy Mayo and sophomore guard Jesper Rasmussen. The Jaguars will next face
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Buy Nike? Just don't do it by Tamiko Rast Staff Writer
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or a sheep, "Dolly," the first mammal to be successfully cloned from an existing adult, has raised quite a furor. At only seven months old, however, her fifteen minutes of fame are far from done. Indeed, her birth will likely influence humanity greatly in the decades ahead. Scientifically, the ability to clone mammals is a headlong dive towards the ability to clone humans. Long considered in a negative light and viewed with relief as the domain of science fiction, the fearful reality of cloning humans has both scientists and ethicists cautioning against the development of the technology. Most widespread arguments in the community, unfortunately, do not address the true pitfalls that must be prepared for. People, for whatever psychological reason, fear a vision of Saddam Hussein or Fidel Castro "duplicated" into armies of goose-stepping world conquerors. Frightening, yes, and also impossible. A dictator who already has a nuclear arsenal at his disposal would not wait 20 years for his clones to grow into men, nor could his country afford to clothe and equip these troops. The same forces that prevent these countries from conquest would remain; lack of resources, not manpower. More misplaced apprehensions are based on the possibility that a society could eventually develop into a group of identical, "ideal" humans. This prospect is also more frightening than concretely imaginable. The technology of cloning is a far cry from a baby-producing machine capable of overhauling society with xeroxed Aryans. These arguments are easily refutable, but they are peripheral to the true issue, one that is not getting nearly enough
attention. The true moral dangers inherent to this technology are actually hidden in what are perceived as cloning's great scientific possibilities: organ manufacturing and genetic disease eradication. The problem with experimentation towards eliminating genetic disease is that the experimentation would have to be on humans. In an effort to make this possible, it is feasible that laws could be passed limiting or eliminating the rights of the cloned human. This would also be the main problem with "organ farming," though the process would be even more distasteful. Doctors and scientists understandably look forward to the day when organs are readily available and compatible with those who need them. This is as understandable as their excitement over the possibility of a species free of cystic fibrosis or sickle-cell anemia. However noble this end, the means bear careful thought. For scientists to make a truly useful tool out of cloning, a redefinition of humanity will be necessary. Here is where the concerns over cloning should be directed. For these human creations to be useful, they will be flesh without any rights. They will think and feel in a manner equivalent to the people they were cloned from, yet they will be raised, "cultured," for a certain purpose after which they are expendable. We must think long and hard before we allow "humanity" to take a boy whose organs are mature enough to harvest and tell him that his time is up. For more opinions on cloning, see page 4.
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With m uch publicity and fan.fare, Nike Town has opened in San Francisco' s Union Square. But the opening of Nike's mega-store is also being received with criticism and protest of labor violations. All Nike products are made overseas, some by documented third world child labor. Nike doesn'tdirectlyemploy the 75,000 workers producing their goods, but pays outside contractors , or "middle men," to produce the products. In a recent "Life" magazine photo essay, young South American children are shown earning six cents an hour to hand-sew Nike soccer balls. In Indonesia, where over 35 percentofNike products are made, laborers are controlled and often abused by their repressive government. Most shoe workers in Southeast Asia are women who do endless piece work for 15 to 16 hours a day. The minimum wage is just over twodollarsaday,anamountbelow tlieir decent living standards. However, workers don't always receive the minimum amount. These poor laborers stand in striking contrast to the highly successful Nike corporation. In 1995, Nike sold 2-112 billion dollars worth of sneakers - almost forty percent of the huge sneaker market. Nike's marketing ad campaign has cultivated an image primarily from athletic endorsements. The
most talented and revered athletes from all fields are often on Nike's payroll. One ofNike' s most recent additions, Tiger Woods, signed an enormous $40 million endorsement contract. Some of Nike' s advertisements are ironic in light oflabor concems. While advocating girls in sports in the "If you let me play ... " ads, Nike takes advantage of child labor. While pushing an image of female strength over adversity, Nike steps on the women that make their products. Not long ago, Kathie Lee Gifford was widely denounced after it was discovered that her clothing line was produced in sweatshops. The nation-wide criticism she received was soon followed by Gifford's promises to rectify the problem. Nike has been confronted with knowledge of their own labor violations for several years, but continues to deny any guilt. Nike has a responsibility to provide the laborers making their products with fair compensation and freedom from abusive working conditions. Unfortunately, Nike may not even acknowledge being part of the problem, let alone take action, until its pocketbook feels the pinch. Trite though it may sound, the power of change literlllly lies in the hands of consumers. The most effective message Nike will receive is a loss in their pocketbook. Conswners should take Ni.ke's Ia· bor violations into account while shopping and until this problem i corrected, consider another brand.
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Horrific horse slaughter by Mandi Sparks Staff Writer
Animal abuse is all around us, but it seems to be a huge problem within the horse world. Many people seem to think that justbecausehorsescannottalk they don't have feelings . Tbis is one of the most ridiculous things I have ever heard. Horses have feelings, just like people. Horses can be sad, happy, angry, etc. They feel pain like we do. Sound familiar? I sometimes volunteer at a horse sanctuary called Redwings. Redwings saves horses, ponies and donkeys from abuse, neglect and slaughter. Slaughter is one of the leading causes in the horse world of unnatural death. Redwings knows that they cannot completely stop horse slaughter, so for right now they're trying to make the animal's living more hwnane. Here is a brief description of what horses go through . I do not want to go into full detail becau e it's too horrific. Horse owners trying to sell their horses will often send their horse to an auction. 90% of all people who attend horse auctions are "killer buyers". Killer buyers are the middle-men representing slaughter companies. Once the horse has been pur-
chased, it is loaded onto a double decker cattle truck with no food~ water for the duration of the trip. Most of the time, the trip lasts about four days. There is not even enough room for the horses to lie down. Stallions are very temperamen· tal and should to be separated from other horses, but they aren't. For those who are not luck}' enough to have been stomped to death by stallions, the nightmare has just begun. Redwings got a bill passed f~ the horses to be stunned before they're actually killed, but they never dreamed of what the slaugb· ter houses would do. Slaugbtet houses stun the horses by drivinga ten inch spike through their skull and into their brain. This does not kiH them thougb. The horses are then transferred to a huge conveyor belt, where the kill· ing takes place. Unfortunately, most of the horses are wide awake when they're killed. Redwings goes to the horse auctions and tries to outbid the killer buyers. Once they've dolt this, they nurture the horses bad: to health and provide a safe, Iovin home for them. There are many bills on the table to demand the humane handlingof the horses at slaughter hou · Hopefully, you will be able to vote for them .
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It seems I can make money anywhere. It has only been a couple of months since I gotoutofthe psycho ward, and already I have thought of a new scheme to fatten my bank account. Here is the situation. Joe Bananas, my alter-ego according to my staffofpsychiatrists, was asked to write this column you are now reading. The only problem was lhat I had no topic to write about. Lucky for me, I invaded the City Council meeting and told everyone that I was the ~t looking guy in the world. I was arrested and my staff of psychiatrists made me put on my own i:>ersonal~ed straight-jacket that cuts off the blood circulation to my brain. Suddenly I had a revelation on what to Write about. I frequent the San lose City College Union, and when lbe voices in my head are on lunch, Inotice the people upstairs. There are the people that hang OUt in front of the radio station, the T.V. watchers, the sleepers and last but not least, there are the ~pies who sit on the couches and lllake out. After seeing this spectacle of dosed eyes, tongues and slobber, Illy first response to the friends inside my head is for the couples to
flnd a room. But that in itself causes problems. The couple would always have to fork over money to pay for motel rooms, and most of them do not have hourly rates. Using the back seat of their cars is out of the question because their are campus police who patrol the parking lots. Now I believe that everyone should have the freedom to do what they like doing best, I told you I was crazy.
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my good looks, winning smile and delusions of grandeur? And then it hit me like the way I bang my head on the wall when my staff of psychiatrists take my Twinkie eating privileges away. Since I have an office upstairs due to my afflliation with the Associated Student Council, please don't tell them that I am crazy, I could let the slobbering couples use my room. In return they could buy me lunch, and everyone would be happy. The radio station people could listen to their music , the T.V. watchers wouldn 't have the dilemma to watch the couples or Ricki Lake and the sleepers wouldn't be kicked off the couch that they are sleeping on. So where do I make money? Well , right behind my office is the hospital where the inside of my office is in plain sight. All I have to do is charge them money a Ia pay-per-view, and that equals a Joe Bananas who gets free food and has a very comfortable bank account. It seems that I can make money anywhere, and they call me crazy. Now if you will excuse me, my psychiatrists are strongly urging me to put my straight-jacket back on.
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Feature Cloning nature a paradox I'd like a Sharon Stone, please by Kevin Winzer Staff Writer
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Have you ever looked at a monarch butterfly and marveled at its beauty, awed by the knowledge that out of the thousands of these creatures that exist, not one looks the same as another? This will no longer be the case if cloning spreads to such creatures. After the recent cloning of a lamb in Great Britain, many questions have to be answered and many priorities set. Consider that nature in its essence is unique, and that, aesthetically, cloning would blur the lines that set one animal aside from another. The idea of cloning nature is a paradox. Theconceptthatnaturecan be synthesized is false, as nature ceases to be nature when it is scientifically produced. One idea that seems to be an appealing and beneficial use of cloning is to use it to replenish our endangered species. After peeling off the initial impression one gets from thinking of our precious but numbered animals thriving once again, it can be seen that it would have unpleasant side effects. It is difficult to teach people that it is our responsibility to keep our earth healthy and our animals alive; the concept is too great. The general attitude is that one soda can thrown on the street isn't going to kill off a species, an attitude that ends up with hundreds of soda cans lying in the streets. If cloning is applied as a safety net for the dwindling numbers of certain animals, nobody will take responsibility for keeping
the ones that are alive safe. The new attitude will be that if a species starts to die out, we can always clone more. This logic is completely skewed, because if the attitude is infectious enough, the safety n"et will not be able to stretch far enough to cover the damage. Imagine a large quantity of oil located under the habitat of one of these endangered species. ~be only thing that might stop the . government from tearing up the soil to get at this surplus is the fact that tampering with the habitat ofan endangered species is illegal. If the species can be replenished to the point that the damage is not significant, then you can bet that there will be a huge bole in the ground where a natural habitat once existed. This application of genetic cloning would further devalue the true nature that we have. Consider that a complete ecology could conceivably be recreated by cloning. People would have less motivation to save the rainforests if the animals within could ~.easily_recreated. Preservation would certain! y become less important. There is no way to recreate the nature that the earth is blessed with, and there should be no attempts. It is imperative to realize that diversity is nature's gift, its artistic expression. To photocopy it would be to lose its very special essence.
too bard since you already know bow they will turn out. Staff Writer Most entertainers wouldn't object to sellDolly, the cloned sheep, bas made his- ing their DNA samples. It would mean extra income for them. tory. Financially insecure stars, like Burt She's the first ever cloned mammal in the history of the wonderful world of science Reynolds, would especially benefit from this process (although, I don't think Burt's and technology. DNA would top the charts as a top 10 best But why stop there? Now that we have the technology, why seller). Elvis, Marilyn Monroe and James Dean should we limit ourselves to cloning just could be cloned to satisfy all the nostalgic farm animals? We should expand our focus and start people. . New jobs woul<t become available. cloning humans . Sure, there may be a few ethical consid- Positions such as mruiagers, distributers, f'}ways needed when a erations, but come on now, what's the big clerks, and so on, new business is-created. deal about duplicating a human or two? Of course, there would have to be certain What guy on this planet would object to acloneofsay, model Cindy Crawford orex- restrictions. DNA of convicted criminals would have to be outlawed. Baywatcb beauty Pamela Lee Anderson? If some mad scientist got a hold of I don' tsee any women objecting to clones ofTom Cruise, Brad Pitt or John F. Kennedy Charles Manson' s DNA samples, it could prove fatal . Jr. Cloning laws would have to be created. Cloning sheep could become a profit- · If you break the laws, then all of your able business. You could go down to your local clone cloning privileges wo~_ld be l_9st and a fine store and order one of your very own or jail time would be enforced (depending on the seriousness of the cloning crime, of favorite clones. "Let's see, today I'll have the Sandra course) . So let's do it. Bullock combo specia! with extra Let's set up those rental clone stores, the Sharon Stone, hold the Ma- 24 hour clone drive-up and the clone supermarkets. donna." Let the scientists perfect the human Then, they could provide a cloning process and allow us to create a manual on how new market for the 21 st century. The cloning business will be the biggest to raise your clone . It thing to hit the open market since the laptop wouldn't be computer.
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Dolly the sheep. When I first heard about the sheep that was cloned and the implication that the process could be applied to human beings, I had visions of Frankenstein's monster stomping through my head. Angry ethicists, religious folk, stunned scientists and the rest of humanity wave their pitchforks and cry out that such abominations should not - canrwt - be allowed to breathe. What about the souls of those who are cloned? Will the clones be real people? Our personal slaves that we can take whatever we need from? If a clone is me, can it do my math homework? Common questions that need to be asked, but the reasoning to why this happened bas all but been lost in the flurry of "are we God?" chants. All the Scottish researchers who brought this about wanted was a beep whose milk could be used as a medicine. Medicine. Not to take over the world with an army ofStepford sheep. They believed that if this could be applied to cows, the milk could help a lot of people. No more bad tasting cough syrups or
huge pills- all one would have to do is have a tall glass of cool, refreshing milk. Good, noble aspirations, but why do we need to make more out of this than there has to be? Why can't we leave the good intention wbereitisand not toy with its darker aspects? Perhaps because it's been a little while since we've had something new to worry about. Perhaps it's nicer to think about than wondering of there's an asteroid coming straight at you from several billion miles away. Or maybe we're bored and the thought of mindless clones moving in next door to us sounds nifty. But Frankenstein's monster won ' t be moving in tomorrow. Like the infamous patchwork man 's creator, PPL Therapeutics has unleashed something that can be used for the side of good or evil. They seem to be pretty level headed and don't have any inclination to play with humans:! can only hope that we'IJlet them. As a species we're momidly fascinated with the dark side, and as sick as this sounds I think that there are some people who would be disappointed if their worries never bore fruit.
by Trevor Bryden Assistant Editor
The first reporled abuse of cloning technology took place in 17ze Times office this month. A single idea for an article about sheep was taken and, with the exception of content, context and word order, was duplicated for this page. Thankfully, the longstanding issue of "nature vs. nurture" was settled unequivocally when multiple articles that started as genetic copies (a blank screen and a blank expression) evolved into indisputably differing pieces... one having about 500 words, one having 450, and in the spirit of terseness and variety, I' m aiming for 400 here. Vive /e diferance. Variety is what's important, right? The spice of life? That's what makes it so baaad to think that some twisted despot may somehow seize a modem laboratory and crank out legions of goosesteppers. How, then, can the powers that be control such a powerful capability? Authorities are uncertain as to what meas ures need implementation to prevent real-life abuses of cloning technology. Even City College's resident cloning expert, head of reprographics Sherry Hood,
could not offer guidance. The real issues, though, (as asserted in this issue's Editorial, page 2) are being overlooked. The most important question regarding human dittoing has gone unaddressed: Do humans in fact have a limited amount of replicable DNA? Most important of all: How much DNA does Brad Pitt have to spare? I know that I personally have scores of brain cells to spare, and I know that most of the targeted women donors have mammary cells to spare, but I fear that the supermodel and I are exceptioo / . From my window, it doesn' t look like society in general has an excess of positive DNA. Certainly, a premium should be placed on certain types of DNA that are obviously in hort supply. The most notable would be "good driver'' DNA followed closely by "qualified teacher'' DNA. Then, cience could insure tJ1at future generations are enlightened by hording "newspaper reader" DNA. If we have any DNA security guard left over, assign them to "honest, deci ive politician" DNA, which may have to wait until technology catches up. At this point, we ~annot clone the dead.
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Ms. Wormington? Do you realize the seriousness of the situation you are writing about? You wrote that women expect "... to get paid for the same work when they are often not doing the same work." This implies Jane of the janitorial staff expects the same salary as a CEO. This is obviously not where the equal pay for equal work battle stems from. The validity of the "battle raged in our country" exists because women with the same education, experience and skill are being paid 70 cents to every dollar earned by their male counterparts. The women earning those 70 cents are actually a minority, Ms. Wormington. Of the largest 500 companies in the United States only 10 percent of the top jobs are held by women. Within thatlOpercent., only 2.4 percent are chairpersons,
presidents, and CEOs. This doesn't mean there aren 'tenough qualified women in this country to hold more of these positions, buttheyaresimpl y not being hired because of their gender. When you say, "Women don't truly want to be equal," I'm curious as to where you get this information. Considering you are the editor of this newspaper, is it safe for me to assume this embarrassment to me, as a woman and an aspiring journalist, was researched? Suggesting we call our senators and representatives is a great idea Ms. Wormington. Why don't you start by calling Dianne Feinstein andBarbaraBoxer. Haveyouheard of them? Margaret Bethel Journalism San Jose State
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Truly offensive tlleoi-yi EDITOR: I am responding to the truly offensive editorial, "Women deny equality," written by Sonya Wormington. Once again, a Times staff writer, in this case no less than the editor-in-chief, has failed to do her homework. Her assumptions are so appallingly obtuse that one wonders whether she has any notion of women' shistory or of women at all. Apparently, she feels comfortable attacking the whole of womanhood with the accusation that they are undeserving of equality because they "want it all without having to get into the trenches and fight for it." What trenches has she been
examining lately? Of course there are women who might fit her generalization; there are always examples to support any theory. I, for one, resent being lumJ>e.<I into this stereotype. Perhaps Wormington is one of those who feels that women have to act like men in order to be considered "equal" to them. When are we going to get past this sort of mentality? She takes for granted the generations of women who struggled in trenches she can't even imagine so that she can have the opportunities that they could only imagine. Judith Bell, Instructor Art and Humanities San Jose City
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views. I'm not saying your · ions are wrong, because you a right to express your behoweversophomoric they are. ~I you have some misconcep,and I hope you talk to women treallife experiences the next you decide to speak for an gender. Michelle Codde Business Major
Embrace equality EDITOR: As an aspiring journalist you should know better than to assume an attitude, action, and belief to one race, age, or in this case gender. It is understood that Sonya Wormington's opinion piece, "Woman Deny Equality" is just that, an opinion. However, opinion or not, it is vitally necessary for you to understand what a gross factual error your presumptions are. • "Women say they want equality, but they are not willing to be drafted if the need arose," said your viewpoint. Tell me, Wormington, how many women did you survey to come to this unanimous answer? Learn to protect your unresearched guestimations by using a very simple adjective, some. Some women are not willing to be drafted, neither are some men. You have lumped me into a category I have never been a part of. Ask those members of your staff or instructors on campus that
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know me and you will be told the last thing I (a woman) have ever done is "claw at a glass ceiling." In fact there have been times that many people wished I would have shut my mouth and kept my seat. Understand, Wormington, if women had not been fighting as you claim, you would neither be a college student, nor the editor of an award winning studenlnewspaper. It is time for you to stop biting the hand that has fed you and fostered a world where your gender has the ability to be right where you are. While full equality for women has yet to be gained, without the fight your predecessors put forth you would have never had the opportunity to publish this viewpoint in the first place. You are the editor of a newspaper, you have the power of the word at your fingertips. In your short-lived time of power, you are obliged to do more than basically suggest bake sales to gain equality. Kirsten L. Smith, Journalism Major San Jose State
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Triton Museum brings clay to life by Luisa Prieto Staff Writer
Hidden in the back streets of Santa Clara is the Triton Museum. Past its very enchanting revolving door is a world that takes the things we take for granted and places them in a variety of displays. Currently on display is Clay ad Glass: Association of California Ceramic Artists 50th Anniversary Exhibition. Many of its objects reach out to you with their haunting poses. Janet Fullmer Bajorek's "Around the Comer" shows a homeless man standing near the exit door of a jewelry store with
one hand on a shopping cart. His face is several shades of blue and his eyes look out past the viewer: deep, reflective, soulful, tragic. In real life we may walk past him without a second thought. Here, we pause and look into his eyes and wonder about what has been lost, and at whose hand. Another of Fullmers' work is "Mirror of Time." In it, a young, slender blond woman is putting on lipstick and looking at her reflection - an older, less slimmer woman . Actually, it's hard to tell who is looking at who. Is it the younger woman looking into the future or the older one looking at what she use to be? One can only guess, and the figure's beautiful pastel colors
make studying it a treat. My personal favorite was Marilyn Stiles' "Dancin~ Fox." The handbuilt ceramic is a tortoise-green fox standing on its hind legs. The face has a very expressive smile and large eyes that almost make one wonder if the fox is about to wink at them. The Clay and Glass exhibit is very diverse and will be at the Triton Museum of Art until April 30th. There is a $2.00 recommendation foc donation, but they will be happy with whatever you can give. The staff is very nice and the small park behind the museum that one can see through the windows gives the very roomy museum a refreshing look.
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There is a new site on the web and it contains articles, pictures, and art on a morbid subject matter.. ... Death! The website background is all black with different icons to click on. The top of the page has two torches blazing with heads of skeletons. Bad News, Bizarre topics, Necrophilic Art, Reviews of movies and books dealing with death, and links leading to other websites on the different gory topics are some of the items a web surfer can look through. This new website is only about a month old and warns the web browser the site contains moving pictures of death, mayhem and graphic written descriptions of dying. Don't hold your breath. As for the pictures, the download time is reasonable (three minutes was aboutthelongesttime). But when the movie shorts are shown they are choppy and sometimes the view is far away. In the movie short of the race car driver swerving off the road and plowing into spectators, the car rides onto the opposite side of a hill and blocks the view so the impactoftheaction doesn'tmake a dent in the mind of the viewer. Click on the icon "Bad News" and the web surfer can find up to date information on certain topics like female mutilation, electrocution, and serial killers along with many. ~raphic picture~ ~o accom-
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Fast breaks slow down Shasta by Jon Perez Staff Writer
Mt. Fuji is the biggest mountain in Japan. Luckily for the San Jose City College women's basketball team, · it has a Fuji of their own. Despite her big last name, freshman Kim Fujii is all of 5 feet two inches and is the smallest player on the team . That did not stop her from leading the Jags from an early 8-0
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team is in l:::nfeJrenc:e.The Jaguars finished season with a 24-18-1 record. "We are a new team but we are !'Aug to get better. The pitching llff will help but we need to be agressive," said Doug Robb, I ~ baseball coach . Early in the s:eason, the Jaguars ;uoo up the bats and balls and eled to SantaMaria to compete !be Allan Hancock Tourney and H · ed 3-2 in single games. The J .(y College Jaguars defeated the :::: aft College Cougars with a score 1 9-7, and beat the Alan Hancock ~ ege Bulldogs by a score of 13-
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Left fielder Noah Hall has signed professionally with the Montreal Expos this season. last season that have benefited from Coach Robb's expertise. Left fielder Noah Hall has signed professionally with the Montreal Expos this s:eason. Hall was also a recepient of the First Team in Northern California award from the Coast Conference. Switching from baseball to football is designated hitter and former Jaguar football quarterback Andre Caballero, who received a full scholarship to Tennessee Tech Uni versity. Short stop Jeremy
Beauty and talent have joined Khoshkbariie placed second in Shot San Jose City College track dfield teamasKirstenKelter with Azar Khoshkbarii are
put. The next competition will be at 2:30p.m. Friday, March 7 as City College hosts the Modesto, De Anza, and Merritt meet The golf team is 4-1. .The team has beaten Gavilan, DeAnza, Canada and Cabrillo with the only
Bruce received a full scholarship to Western Carolina. Cumberland University has sought the potential of two of last s:eason's players, right-fielder Richard Gregory and center-fielder Mike Ford. They have received full scholarships. Sonoma State University has accepted third baseman Hector Esparza and pitcher Dan Post. First baseman Shane Howell was accepted to Chico State University. The Jaguars traveled to Modesto to compete in the Modesto Tourney against Butte College, Shasta College, Modesto Jr. College, and De Anza College. " I expect a different playing style in the games this year than last with the quality, depth, and strength of the team coming from the abilities of the pitching staff. We won' thave to produce as many runs," said Robb. The next game will be Thursday at2 p.m. against Hartnell College, followed by a game againstGavilan College at 12 p.m. Saturday, March 8 in Gilroy . "It will not be hard to stay focused this season so that we can win all four pre-s:eason games. I atn excited about this year' s team . I think that we will compete for the divisional cro wn," said coach Robb.
loss coming to Foothill by only three strokes. Sophomore Kevin Jarvis finished the Canada Tourney with 75 and leads the team with his talent and experience. The next competition will be at the Conference Tourney when the Jaguars will ho t the Tourney at San Jos:e Country Club at 12 p.m. Monday, March 10.
deficit against Shasta College with 17:38 left to play in the first half. The game was held on Tuesday March 4 at City College. Shasta's early lead was due to their ability to hit 3-pointers and the Jaguars' rusty play. According to Terri Oberg, head coach, the team's slow start was d ue to nervousness, but as predicted, they were ready to play. Despite freshman forward Arbatisha Kitchen's slow start in the scoring department, the Jaguars were able to come back led by freshmen Anissa Buller' sdominant inside play, Nina Vinther' s passing and tempo control by Fujii and Kitchen. Kitchen made up ·for her slow start by pushing the ball on the break and dishing to get the rest of her team started. "Kitchen has the capability to score 30 points, but she's uns:elfish," said Oberg . Kitchen, co-MVP and leading scorer of the Coast Conference Northern Division, made Shasta
worry about the break. Fujii killed them in the halfcourt game. Fujii, who came off the bench, didn't have high totals in scoring or assists, but she made the pass:es that set up assists while her penetration of the Shasta zone allowed the Jaguars' post players to get good position. "We're getting good help from the bench," said Oberg. The difference in the game was the ball-handling of both teams. Kitchen, Vinther and freshman guard Christina Lombardo were able to break Shasta's defens:e which took away the Knights' height advantage. Shasta's only decent ball-handler was sophomore guard Jamie Panuke, and even she dido' t compare to City College's trio. ''Those three are the guards that get it going," said Oberg. Shasta's turnovers and inability to score due to the Jaguars "manhelp" defens:e resulted in a halftime score of 28-22. While Kitchen rediscovered her shooting touch (she finished with 18 points), Vinther s:et up Butler with uncontested baskets in the paint. Fujii capped the Jags performance with a highlight reel pass that was met with nothing but prais:e and req uests for a replay from her teammates . Butler and Kitchen led the team with 18 points apiece while Lombardo chipped in with 10 points. The 26-5 Jaguars will travel to Oroville to face Butte College in the third round of the Nor-Cal regionals on Friday, March 7. "I just hope we play to our potential," said Oberg. "Our potential will take us a long way."
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• The City College Gallery will be opening a new exhibit called "Not the Goddess: Contemporary Women" . The paintings and drawings are done by Patricia Sherwood. The exhibit will be on display from March 3- 21.
It's Women's History Month and at San Jose City College, celebratory events will focus on education, inspiration and women's contributions to society. Throughout March, numerous • On March 8, there will be a Women's art and lecture conference, speeches and presentations will be the topic will be "The Art of Recovery". There is a $10- 30 given on campus to this year's donation requested. theme of "Coalitions for the Coming Age." • On march 11 the Women's History Month Celebration CommitA diverse group of people will tee willmeetfrom 3 p.m . - 4 p.m. in the Language Arts Conference speakatCityCollege,ranging from Room. authors and poets to athletes and musicians. • On Thursday March 13 the Academy of Art College will be doing . Speakers include KPIX-5 news a campus visitation from 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. in the College Union. · reporter Thuy Vu and noted psychotherapist Sandra Butler. • The Asilomar scholarship deadline is March 14. Author Alma L uz Villanueva and poet Adrienne Rich will give • On Tuesday March 18 U .C. Berkeley will be doing a college readings of their work and musician visition at9:30 a.m.- 3 p.m. Appointments are necessary. Sign ups Del Rey will present a concert and are available in the Career Center. lecture on "American Women in Music." • The San Jose City College Outreach Program is looking for Also featured are Campus Ambassadors to recruit students at local High Schools. representatives of the San Jose You will be Compensated for your time and effort. If you would Lasers Professional Women's like more information call Rosalie Gonzales at X3675. Basketball Team and City College instructors Shirlee Byrd, Barbara • There will be a Faculty Association Town Meeting on March 18 Snyder and alumni Glenda in the Community Room at 12 p.m. until 1 p.m. Fredrick. Byrd will give a lecture on • La Raza Student Alliance Club meets at 1 p.m. Friday in room U- feminist art and Snyder will bring 200. All students are welcome to attend. a global perspective to events by lecturing on the status of women in • Pride Alliance meets at 3 p.m. every Thursday in room U-207, at India. 3 p.m. Contact Joseph King at X3944 if you would like to attend. Speakers who could relate to Compiled by Mandi Sparks the people of this community and offer a unique perspective of the world were sought for the events. They have generously agreed donate their time for this to page 1. occasion. "It's very important for women staff. One goal that coach Carr would and men to build bridges for the When he isn't coaching, pre- like to accomplish before he leaves next century... and cooperate to paring for games, or working with City College is to win the state end hostilities towards our students in the C.A.R.R. program, championship. differences," said Roseanne Lucia coach Carr likes to play golf or When he finally does leave repair his house. (which hopefully won't be soon), He considers himself a regular he wants to be remembered not fix-it man when it comes to his only as a top basketball coach with house and is always working on an outstanding program, but also Porterville College, who defeated something, whether it's the as a hard worker who helped his Caiiada College in their regional plumbing, carpentry work, or players graduate and achieve their playoff game by one point in whatever. goals. overtime. "The team played much better ]OHN F. KENNEDY UNIVERSITY tonight than in the frrstround game. We were much more focused and put forth more effort than the frrst time around. We'll have to do both of these things to beat A CARING AND COMPASSIONATE CAREER Porterville College," said Robb AS A MARRIAGE, FAMILY AND CHILD COUNSELOR Wojtkowski, assistant men' s basketball coach and Academic AdAND YOU ARE HERE: visor. CLOSE TO OR HAVE AN AA DEGREE, In the frrst playoff game on OR WANT A NEW CAREER
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Quinn, coordinator of the Women's History Month Celebration. Whether differences of ethnicity, age, sexuality or ability, these events show "ways how women can come together and help each other in our society and culture," Quinn said. "It's an important time to look specifically at women's contributions and also continue the feminist project of equality for women in all areas." Acknowledgment of women's history at City College began informally in the 1960s and has only been formalized for about a decade. By scheduling events in uie evening and th rough wide publicity, the Women's History Month Committee is making it possible for more people to attend events. All events are free (except for th e City College Drama Department play), and open to the public. Almost all presentations take place in the College Theater or in the Community Room, along with Pat Sherwood's ongoing art exhibit in the College Art Gallery. Not only do these events offer benefits of personal enrichment, but some students also have the option of earning extra credit. A few faculty members have organized projects in conjunction .with the events and it is recommended that students ask their instructors about it. The Women's History Month Committee is comprised of City College faculty, staff, administrators and students. Anyone can be part of the committee and student input is greatly encouraged.
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March 1, the Jaguars descended on the College of Siskiyous Eagles, canceling their flight plan with a victory of 94 to 76. Jermaine Jackson of the Eagles made an intimidating presence, at 6' 10" and 290 pounds. He looked more like a football player than a basketball player. The Jags' defense held Jackson to 12 points. Leading the Jaguars in scoring was freshman forward Lynn Washington with 22 points. Following closely behind was
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Time/Place 7:30p.m. March 13, College Theater 12 noon March 14, Community Room 8 p.m. March 15, 20-22, College Theater 7:30p.m. March 17, Community Room 7:30p.m. March 18, Community Room 1 p.m. March 19, Room P7 5 p.m. March 19, Community Room 7:30p.m. March 19, Community Room 1 p.m. March 20, Community Room 7:30p.m. March 20, Community Room 12 noon March 21, Community Room March 3-21, College Art Gallery
Except for "Zara Spook & Other Lw-es.·• all events are free and open to the public.