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Tsang to decide The kind leading the blind on Solomon's 1 future as dean

by Luisa Prieto StaH Writer

In a recent letter to City College president Chui rn:;m;qz Tsang, Chancellor Geraldine Evans mlledforanevaluatm ofEnglish dean IX.A.IrertSolomon.

This will determine whether lomon will remain dean of the language Arts de- · .,::.; jlll1ment oc be de- )?: sti moted to English

setting," says Anne Heffley, English instructor. "He'sverylikableandefficient" "It seems strange that someone · =· ·.: new comes in, and without really knowing what's going on, takes such drastic measures," she added, referring to Evans.

OlarlesHunter, a Reading instructor, is also greatly concerned over what he sees hap-

de D!structor. tu Solomon was nin: lected as the tern• 1XJ'3IY dean of the reae llnguage arts deIS. jYdftment in the 0 . !(ring of 1995.

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Solomon _ sang asking that Tsang has until June 30 to decide whether or not to ! L ~remain dean. keep Solomon as dean.

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Students at SJCC grow older... but college fighting to keep them young

by Layla Aguilera Staff Writer

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may appear that most of the studentsatSanJoseCityCollegehave enrolled directly outofhigh school.

The fact is, many of the students at City College could be teaching high school.

The conventional role of the college, as a certification station and university testing ground, has in large part stayed the same.

However, the school's age demographics, encouraged by current and past "return to school" programs, have shifted.

A review of statistics from the Admissions and Records office reveals that the largest current group of students, at 32%, is between the ages of 31 and 49.

19-20 year olds make up a mere 111% of the school's population.

The 21-25 year olds cling to second place, at 25%. Filling out the population are the 26-30 year olds at 18%, 18 years and under at 1 17% and finally 50 years and over at 6%.

A close look reveals that other Emilio Ratti!The Times community college populations in final round of the state the Bay Area, all of which have a tournament on Mar. 15. See significant proportion of their stuPage7foraccompanyingstory. dent body in the 26 and over age

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group, indicates an increased awareness of the importance of education in today's accelerated technological society, All of the area's community colleges have slightly different compositions, however.

56o/o of the student body is over age 26.

This may soon change ...

At West Valley, 50% of students are over age 26. At Mission College, this group is an overwhelming 61%. City College falls squarely in the middle, with 56% of its student body in this category.

One reason many of the older adults on campus are returning to school is for career changes or additional skills needed for their occupations.

This trend may soon change, however, as City CoiJege has begun a policy of actively targeting students who have yet to complete their high school educations.

"We are trying to recruit high school students. Any student concurrently enrolled in high school does not have to pay health or enrollment fees ," said Rosalie Eskew, Director of Admissions and Records.

Getting a free college education should be a powerful motivation for these young scholars, as should be the freedom of expression and personal experience that a college environment offers.

SJCC Age Composition 18 and under 19-20 21-25 26-30 31-49 50 and over

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Rapists tie knot when caught

by Joe Feldman Staff Writer

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tradition should end when its original focus, applicability and effectiveness have been lost.

Therefore, it is time to renovate or eliminate the celebration of Black History at San Jose City College.

The month of February was, as it has been for many years, witness to a Black History month celebration at City College.

Poor planning led to turnouts that were disapppointing and events that had little or nothing to do with history.

The committee that was chosen to plan the celebration confused "history" with "art," and to look at the schedule of events (see the Times, Feb. 6) it is clear that "Black History Month" was a misnomer.

The events at City College, with one exception, inexplicably highlighted contemporary African-American artists. The exception, "Black Experience in the 21st Century," was a discussion of the future, not of Black history.

The events and the proposed "celebra-

tion" had little to do with each other.

As evidenced by the trickle of attendees at these events, the students at City College were apparently not intrigued by City College's celebration of Black History.

Maybe they figured that as college students, they were qualified to visit a library if they were interested in Black History.

Maybe "egg tempera" paintings and gospel music didn't appeal to today's college mainstream.

Maybe the Asian students, who are 40 percent of the college population, spent February steaming that they are still without a month of their own.

All of the above are parts of the problem.

Unless their audience changes drastically, future History Month committees need to target an audience and line up meaningful events that focus on history.

This year's committee failed in both of these things and missed the opportunity for a potentially meaningful, educational, and interesting experience.

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Rape is considered a serious crime against women in America.

However, the rest of the world doesn' tnecessarily share this same view.

Several Central and South American countries have an absurd law that enables rapists to escape prosecution if they offer to wed the rape victim.

One instance occurred in Peru over three months ago. Late one evening, a few drunken buddies in their 20's raped a 17-year-old girl who was on her way home from work in the Villa El Salvador district of Lima, a crime-infested town.

The family of the girl was upset at first about the incident when she told them about it and they were ready to avenge her rape in a violent fashion until one of the rapists offered to marry her.

With the family's pressure and threats by the other rapists, she accepted his offer of marriage.

Three months after the wedding, he left her.

It is an unimaginable scenario, yet it is an accepted practice in many Central and South American countries.

The law was written in 1924 and was modified in 1991 to allow co-defendants in a rape case a full pardon if one of them marries the victim.

Feminist groups have beeo fighting for years to eradicate this barbaric law, but to no avail.

How can such a ridiculous Ia be allowed in today's world?

Not only do women beco~ victims of rape, but they have Ill live with the assailant and repea1• edly be violated by him for the rest of their lives or until he de· cides he· s had enough of her and leaves . · So the woman is essentially being punished for being raped, and the rapist gets off scot-free.

Amazingly, this law is still io effect and the governments in the countries that recognize it find nothing wrong with it.

Many men in fact think lh~ this is a justified law.

When a woman is raped, she u considered a "used" product and no one will want her.

Allowing the rapist to marry the woman at least, in the mindsol most men in these countries, will give her a companion.

This type of illogical thinkin! is one of the main reasons why !he rapist/marriage law will not ~ abolished any time soon.

But the fight held by womens' groups is a strong one and will n~ be given up until justice is served and this law is terminated for gool.

Until then, the unfortunate vic· tims of rape will go on sufferin from a horrible crime and wretched vile offenders will continue tora~ with a get-out-of-jail-free card.

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Kids have right to be safe

by Lynda Pearson Staff Writer

Is there a significant difference between financial independence, financial freedom or even financial stability?

When I think of financial independence, I think of people who have moved out of their parents home into their first apartment.

Financial freedom seems to be people who have family money or have become successful early in their life.

Financial stability is when paycheck to paycheck is how the bills get paid and how you survive.

When it comes to the financial burden that is a packaged deal when children are involved, financial stability should be the one that is the most important.

If a single mother is raising her children all alone and she is providing the best care and education possible, then the children are in good hands.

When their emotional and physical needs are met, then the mother should have the right to raise her children especially if that is the children's choice.

When a dad gets sued for child support and a wage attachment has been started, the absent dad decides to sue for custody.

This way theydon' thave to pay any child support.

This change of parents could be detrimental to the children involved

as it can also be disruptive to lhe ~ children's lives .

If a parent has been absent from the children's lives and the sole 0 reason that they are back in their lives is for a reduction in child 1 support throug h visitation, shouldn't the motives be investi· a gated?

If a parent has harmed a child in an emotional, physical or even a sexual way, shouldn't the rig hiS or that parent be terminated immedi· ately?

S houldn •t the safety of the child be the most important factor?

Even if I do not have the money and the means of my ex-husband.

I have raised my children by my· self.

I have given them the best home possible, a home in which they have been able to blossom inlo intelligent, respectful and extremely caring boys.

Unfortunately, the society thai we live in gives clout to the one with the most money, not the one best suited to raise the children.

It is time to insure the safety of children from now and for the fu· ture to remember that what is in the best interest of the children is to remain with the nurturing parenl. not with the money-hungry skin· flint who only wants to harm the children to get even with their ex.

The children have the right IO be safe. Society needs to demonstrate this to the children so theY know that they are important.

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Behind every great writer, there she reclined. She was the vehicle ofHemingway' s spartan elegance and Shakespeare's rambling pentameter.

These days, she should be hiding. Not only are her thighs flabby like Delta Burke.

Like Demi Moore, she bas a bad haircut, and everywhere I look I see her.

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They take her beautiful apostrophe, drag it in the dirt, and put it wherever they want.

It may only be me who feels this way, she is but if you're going into the sign business, 1and take a minute or two and learn what a iXJSSessive is. narry I could not care less about possessive

men. It's time to deal with a more important issue, namely, men who don't know what a possessive is.

What possesses me the most, though, is society (including the Times), and its problem with "its".

Itsandit's,folks, there are only two blasted versions!

Only two, but for too many people, English 1A should be a class committed to remedial "it" theory.

Notice, if you will, that the words "two" "to" and "too" were all used flawlessly in this sentence.

Instead of persecuting homophobes, we should all flrst master the homophone. IT CAN BE DONE, people.

Where was I? Oh, yes. Paragraph IX and its thrilling segue into the world of Paragraph X. Ahem:

Now, I am not "Joe Bananas," and there As a man committed to beauty, in English or otherwise, I will now carpe this diem is a point to this column. (Quick English and use this forum in a cosmetological effort 1A aside: that means, "Listen up, this is the to improve the thesis of this column.") (Not that sentence, hold your breath, it's coming. First, a bit of world.

You, in the back, rhetoric to further my point.)

I am desensitized to violence. I am stop fidgeting. Put away your makeup, intolerant.

My life is ruled by sound-bites and my ladies, and listen up.

It's class time, from attention span has evolved accordingly. I am, yes, an American. a man with class.

What language does the intelligent "Its" is a useful word used only when American speak?

I speak English, and even conversationa possessive pronoun is desired. See para- ally, I speak correctly. Why can't the rest graphs V, VI for of this country? (Thesis! Thesis! Thesis!)

This column should be plastered to the background information. high school diploma of any native American For advanced speaker who has not bothered to perfect the students: Try to indi- English method of communication. cate what the proFor the non-native speaker trying hard noun stands for. I realize this is wishful to improve English skills and having understandable difficulties, I have nothing thinking, but I gotta chase my dreams.

"It's," on the other hand, is a shortened but the highest respect. version of the phrase "it is." This paragraph Any comments? Write me a letter. was a shortened version of a third-grade Any errors? I won't print it.

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date), but I was given a guarantee by the obnoxious clerk behind the counter that "You have a 99.5% chance of this getting there by Saturday and it's guaranteed to be there by Monday (which is when I needed it there in order for it to be considered)."

Once upon a time in fairyland, there was a post office that actually worked. !nn There once was a smiling face behind the counter and a mail carrier who ran from dogs. Mail was delivered through rain, shine, sleet or snow, no matter what happened in the mail carriers' lives.

However, as most of you know, today's post office is radically different Today's post office consists almost solely of cranky people, long lines and late mail.

That could be due to having to wear those off-colored blue shirts, the 1940 bats and knee-high socks that go along the with the shorts that nobody else would even consider putting .

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There once was a time when "Priority Mail" meant that 1e~ tiki SOOJething was important and that it should be given priority.

Today, however, priority mail means 1-3 day service, sti· and even then it usually doesn't get there on time.

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What are the chances of that happening? 0.0001%?

Now, if I was part of the 0.5% that wins the lottery, or was picked by the Publisher's Clearinghouse Sweepstakes where

Where's that $#&*@! handbook?

The toilet seat must always be put down after a guy uses the oothroom, or the male faces being yelled at by the next female to ~ the facility.

This is the actual rule as it appears in the official female handbook. I tis not theflrstrule . in the handbook, as I understand it, but it is really close to the top.

The number one rule is to call if you (a male), are going to belate foranyreason . Ifyoudo , DO~ you will have to endure the wrath of the female. The guys who have girlfriends can attest to that.

I was reminded of this rule the other night, when I was \isitingsomefriends,(bothgirls).

We went out for pizza and then ent back to their house, where I Jloceeded to use the bathroom facility.

As a typical male, I made the mistake of leaving the seat up. I -~ on the couch watching televi- . '

sion as a yelp came from an unknown part of the house.

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went something like this: "Who the @#&! used the bathroom?

Lewis, you left the$%&@ seat up, how could you do something so $%@#idiotic, you$@#!"

Of course, being a typical male, I was scared out of my pajeeper , which is Lew-slang for being really scared. I vowed never to make

that mistake again.

I decided to ask an authority on the subject of women and the rules to help enlighten me (and hopefully not yell at me). She invited me into her lair and I told her my problem and what happened the previous night.

"You green eyed, dilapitated bridge in a snowstorm,$%&*, how could you do such a$%#!* deed?"

"I thought you weren't going to yell at me!," I said.

"How can I when you violatedoneofthemo timportant rules in the unwritten handbook!," my mom said.

"How come I don't have a copy of this alleged handbook?"

"Becauseyou'renotawoman!"

I finally come to the conclusion there is a conspiracy against green-eyed ... uhh, I mean men.

This is the handbook women are born with, along with the handbook on how to get upset when men forget to call.

those dorky people come to my door with a big Polident smile on their faces, or was even treated nicely by mail workers, I wouldn't mind. But no, I had to be in the 0.5 % whose mail is not sent on time.

Not only that, my application was not even delivered until Wednesday, a minimum of one day late by Priority Mail's guarantee and three days late according to the clerk's reassurance.

Also needless to say, the management at the Post Office have nothing to say to this lowly reporter and their boss is unavailable for comment.

They were also unable to locate my package at any time throughout the wait and didn't even attempt to ensure that it got there on time.

Once again, customer service has been thrown out the window in order to allow more room for big business and more money.

Once again, consumers' rights are unimportant and a plethora of opportunities have been shattered due to the post office's "guaranteed service."

Back in the days when my parents had to walk five miles through the snow to school, service was important in any situation.

Now, in our fast-paced lives, money and speed have become much more important than service.

All that matters is the money, and in this case, I guess that the $3 I paid for "priority mail" was not enough to fully grease the palms of those whose services I needed.

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you want to be EDITOR: dent determine if he or she has all I recently attended a meeting of the elements of success in place. athe San Jose City College audi- . It takes more than just desire to be ·um which was held to address successful. Not everyone who group of high school students wishes to become President of the bo were being briefed on how to United States can do it.

Not everyone who wants to be a ¢n admission to the college.

Se\'eral of the speakers told the doctor, lawyer, teacher, engineer, illldents, "you can be anything or whatever they wish to be can do want to be." · ·. so. I do encourage my students to This statement is have work at achieving their career goals ieard usedon many occasions and however, sometimes the best thing • is simp Iy not true. You cannot I can do for a student is to help anything you want to~! When them face reality and look for anmake such a statement we are other career choice.

The statement, "You can be ·ng up our students tor possible · ure and disappointment. anything you want to be," sets up I always thought that one of students for disappointment and goals as teachers; counselors failure. The· best approach is to -d administrators \vas to help . help students evaluate their career udents set reasonable ·career choice, their ability, and circums and attain them. .This in- stances. Then we need to help lodes learning what their them define their goal, objectives ngths and weaknesses are and necessary to reaching the goal, and ing to differentiate fantasy then provide the necessary encourreality. agement.

Real success depends on sevWhen r hear a fellow instructor, factors. These ' include raw counselor, or administrator state ility, a reasonable and attain- " You can be anything you want to le goal, desire, hard work, and be," I cringe at the Uloughtsofhow cumstances. much damage is being done to the All of these factors are neces- impressionable minds of young to achieve career goal and people who take such advice from cress. The statement, "you can adults who should know better. anything you want to be," only Those of us in the business of dresses the factor of desire. education need to think about what Circumstances alone can pre- advice we give to our students. ent reaching the goal and cirIf it were true that we can be m tances are not always under an ything we want to be, then how rcontrol. Somestudentsdonot is it that Mr. Bill Kester did not get ve the raw ability to learn the to become the President of San terial necessary to achieve U1e Jose City College? lL was sometiling he wanted and he worked I realize Ulat those who use the very hard atattaining. The missing , "you can be anything you factor was that of the circumt to be," are trying to be en- stances, Ule one factor he could not ging and supportive of the control. :areer choice of the student A counselor, teacher, or adNorm Christopherson ' istrator should help Ule stuInstructor, City College

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'Women' full of naive assumptions EDITOR: I was rather dismayed to read the disengenuous remarks in Ule essay "Women deny equality." I found the terms used in the writing to be poorly defined and gross generalizations which in great measure were untrue.

I worked in the women's movement in Ule early 1970's as a male feminist. I hard! y think that American women, used as a general term, are lazy and uninterested in their rights. Women played a pivotal role in re-electing our current president and they have entered Ule work force in greater numbers than ever before.

It would be natural that women would be very interested and willing to do a great deal of work to equal the playing field, why wouldn't they? And why would all ofiliem want "men to open doors for Ulem," (something by the way I rarely see), when women are perfectly capable of being strong and upright. Despite the current conservative backlash, the country is changing.

I would like to know if women are so lazy, then how did they get the right to vote? Those early suffragettes such as Ule Pankhurst sisters suffered

imprisonment, starvation and acts of self sacrifice such as ending their lives by throwing themselves in front of crowds of spectators watching events such as a horse race.

These women gave today's woman the right to excercise free speech which was denied to many women for hundreds of years.

In the sixties, when I was in high school, women could become nurses, teachers or librarians. They faced tougher entrance requirements to enter law schools, medical schools and engineering programs.

I know of a very bright librarian who dropped out of Stanford Law School in the fifties because she was told she should devote her time to being a mother and she would never get work in Santa Clara County anyway.

Women such as Gloria Allred, Urvashi Vaid, Gloria Steinem, Betty Friedan, Germaine Greer, Patricia Ireland and millions of others fought very hard so that women would have equal opportunities in all careers.

We see now that there are 40% females in med school and the percentage for women and minorities in law is also rising over white males.

"Women," the term used, being lazy and uninterested in equal rights, is like saying all cancer is incurable. It is a naive assumption. While there are Phyllis Schlaflys in the world, women who encourage sex discrimination and promote misogyny, I know that far more are actively pursuing careers and opportunities not open to them previously.

I end this by saying that I believe that U1e article is also incorrect about women in combat roles in the military. Just witness Melissa Coleman, who was raped and captured while a POW in U1e GulfWar, or the nurses who fought to save lives in Vietnam right on the battlefield, or Florence Nightingale who attended the sick and dying soldiers of the Crimean War and you will see U1at women have always been on the battlefield. Their position was even worse than men because they didn't have guns to defend themselves.

I'd also like to know what is so special about beingapartofakilling machine ? Would it be a step up for women to become trained killers or is that something seen as a worU1y goal for attaining equality among the sexes? I U1ink not. Women will only be equal when our society becomes free of sexism, racism, homophobia and becomes comfortable as a pluralistic society.

Joseph King Librarian

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I would like to add a piece of rmation to Luisa Prieto's . woftbeartexhibitcurrenUy the Triton Museum in Santa This presitigous exhibit work by tbe Association of ifomia Ceramic Artists ines one of San Jose City ge' s owninstructors, James ayne! Under Jim's tenure of Ius years at City College, the

Ceramics department has grown to be considered one of the finest high-fire pottery studios in Norihem California. We are very fortunate to have an artist of Jim's caliber in our midst, and it is my pleasure to bring to your attention one of our treasures here on campus.

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by Lewis Rountree Entertainme nt Editor ... .In a galaxy far, faraway there was a movie cal led "Star Wars" that spawned a fever of space movies across the nation 20 years ago.

Fast forward to present day to the new, revised "Star Wars" series, which concludes with the opening of" Return ofthe Jedi" on March 14.

The last in the series opens with t11e two droids, C-P30 and R2-D2, entering the lair of Jabba

Movies the Hut in hopes of freeing Han Solo.

The revisions become apparent in the music scenes inJabba's main room. What used to be sketchy puppe t operations is now replaced with computer animation which gives a more fluid performance.

There are extra dancers in the background and the high point is the singer of the alien band out into the crowd and dancing.

She almost gives the screen a big kiss with her protruding mouth as she waltzes by the camera. The lighting around the dance floor

lightens the sometimes dark surroundings.

Unlike "Star Wars", the ftrst revised film to come out on Jan uary 24, which added scenes that were left out from ilie original ver-

Any film that is released 20 years later and still manages to pack a full house, has to be a great film. sion in 1977. We see Han Solo bargaining wiili a young J abba the Hut. Jedi, likewise added extra scenes as the directors just improved the existing ones from the original screenplay.

Jedi did not ha ve as many changes as "Star Wars" but it is still exciting and manages to keep the characters likable all ilirough the t11ird installment.

Sequels hardly ever keep the same quality as ilie first one, and usually mediocre actors replace the original actors that made the ftrst

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obyPinion ·Tamiko · Edit' orRast Titled, "Not the Goddess: Contemporary Women," Patricia Sherwood's exhibiteliminates any notionsofwomenas spoiledprincesses. It is a stark portrayal of real women, expressed ilirough paintings of conflict, fear and loneliness.

The exhibit is being shown at the San Jose City College Gallery through March 21 as part of the on-ca mpu s Women's His tory Month events.

Painted primarily i n shades of brown with teal accents, Sherwood' s paintings are oils on canvas and mylar. The unusual techniqueof oil onmylar produces effects that resemble watercolor with more defined details.

The colors reinforce the paintings' · serious themes, th ough Sherwood abandons somber hues in a piece titled, 'The Gift." She uses highlights of bright blues, pinks and purples in iliis vibrant centerpiece.

Contrasting colors and mood, tllemalesubjectin"Gift"appears pensive. The joy one would normally associate wiili brilliant colorscontradictshissadexpression.

Loose, but carefully placed brushstrokes characterize Sherwood's oil-on-mylar paintings. In the oil on canvas paintings, "The Gift" and "Still Standing," she used tighter brushstrokes that give her art a photographic appearance and show her versatility in painting styles.

Becauseallmylarpaintingsare painted in the same artistic style,

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the artwork appears to have a re. cumng, continuous ilieme. But by including different styles from the canvas paintings, Sherwood prevents it from becoming too repetitious.

Contrastbetweenemotionscan be found tllroughout iliis exhibit, especially in "Still Standing" and "Crying Girl." In "Still Standing," a woman is shown from the back. her blouse slashed open. Standing against a background of darkness and faint red streaks, she holds her hands behind her back wiili one middle finger raised.

In an exhibit of solemnity, iliis gesture of defiance stands out.

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In "Crying Girl," a woman sits on the ground with her eyes closed in pain and a bloody handkerchief brought to her face. Wiili shoutders hunched and legs tucked close to her body, the woman looks fearful and defeated.

Aliliough both women appear to have endured great pain, the messages conveyed by both paintings are unmistakably opposite. One woman is literally "still standing" and the other looks completely defenseless.

Inanoilierpainting, "Adam and Eve," a couple are shown in the middleofaheated'argument From the furrowed brows to pursed lips, Sherwood convincingly captures anger and fru tration in their faces.

Sherwood's powerful and thought-provoking works of art leave a strong impression, but it is

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George Lucas directs one of ilie extras for the new scenes in Return of the Jedi film so popular.

"The Star Wars" trilogy is the only series of movies in which eachmovieis agreatproductionin its own right. Each one manages to compliment the other in a positive way· The whole film looks much cleaner and the surround sound

helped bring out the fast-paced action which made it more enjoyable at ilie Century 22 theater.

The rest of the film seems to be untouched in means of noticeable improvement.

Lando Carissian frres the laser to explode the Death Star and ev-

eryone returns to ilie Ewok village to celebrate the Imperial fleeiS' demise. It shows people celebr.ll· ing all over tJ1e galaxy Tatoonie and the Cloud City.

Any film that is released years later and still somehow manage to pack a full house it has to ~ a great film.

RhYthmical guitar kicks out the jams

by Lewis Rount ree Entertainment Editor Strunz and Farah pull off guitar wizardry once ag.,;n t'n therr · lt' ve "" performance recording. The two classicalguitaristsJorgeStrunzand Ardeshir Farah entertain a live crowd with their flamenco guitar.

They are classified as a Jazz group but spill over into other genres with a latin sound.

The main attention is on ilie guitars battling back andforth wiili the rhyilim instruments such as the bass guitar and ilie drums fading into ilie background keeping the high tempo of the beat. There is certainly a Spanish/Latin sound to their music with conga drums replacing the regular fi ve piece drum set found in most bands.

This is an excellent live recordi ng of one of ilieir live shows compared to most oilier performances recorded live. Most of ilie timeiliere isanechoandsometimes the music from ilie instruments fades in and out to audible blast to ' barely a whisper. One can hardly · tell iliis is a live recording except for ilie occasional cheers from ilie crowd.

Thecrowdcheersasilieguitarists blast into a fever pitch on ilieir ftrst song, Heat of ilie Sun, witll an excellent guitar picking melody that rivals ilie speed of heavy metal groupssuchasMetallicaorSlayer, but comes ilirough with much more clarity and precision ilian ilie lat1 ter.

The second track on the recording starts off at a fairly fast pacewiilieachguitarsoloingfaster than ilie one before until one guitar wins by sounding out the notes 100-milesperhour. Whatisamazing about the guitar music is iliat

every note is sounded wiiliout any muted notes. Maracas are very apparent in the song Chincha, breaking ilirough the wall of guitars and gives ilie music a salsa feel with the driving beat found in tango music.

Terremoto is where ilie bass guitar is showcased and is given time to shine in the spotlight The mix gives this song a danceable

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quality but also very calming, and gives images of a small, dark, smoky bar in the middle of the desert.

Disappointment sets in when the jazz track Selva starts will a slow, sad jazz number, which is a high contrast to the upbeat, excitable tempo of the Latin sound.

Strunz and Farah give a good example of how good they compliment each oilier. At ilie end of the song Selva, it sounds as if one guitar is playing the solo but after

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listening to that section a times, it is actually the twc guitaristsplaying the same the same time.

The most noticeable change !he the song Bola is ilie bass guitar 1 Instead of soft sounding note!. a 1 E liseo uses a sharp, slappin! meiliod to get a sharp snare drul sound from his instrument tb.1 b keeps ilie time just as good as lit as drums in the background.

Ot sound is reminiscentofilie slapp' method Les Claypool from theoon!

Primus, uses in almost everyone« • his songs. This breaks up .ill: 11 'I mono tony of the bass gUJIJ ts seemingly playing ilie same n<*l for every song.

It is a good album overall an! gives a person a unique Jistenttf experience iliat most can' t fi nd . · mainstream radio stations. album might even appeal to heavy metal rockers with its hi. speedguitaranddrivingLatin\6 All lyrics are in Spanish, but music is infectious enough I English speakers.

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J>y Lynda Pearson Senior Sportswriter

On March 14, the Butte College Roadrunners narrowly escaped defeat at the bands of the San Jose City College Lady Jaguars, just as the Roadrunner bas been doing to Wile E. Coyote for years.

The Jaguars were eliminated : from the state championships by a score of 63 to 65.

The team wound up with an overall record of 26-6.

They were 12-2 in the Coast Conference, placing second to De Anza College.

They traveled to Oroville for the third Regional Play Off game against Butte College.

The Lady Jaguars were down by 14 points in the second half but . . stormed back to within two points.

Guess wh~t happems when you are tb~ leading team. That is exactly what happened to Continuing City College's trend scorer of your tea in, a co-MVP and have some freshman forward Arbatisha Kitc::hen as she of t11rilling basketball games deof the best hands in the Coast Conference? Not made the All-State team and carried the . cided in the closing seconds, the lage only does your coach, Terri Oberg, praise you, womeri's basketball team to a 26-6 record.

Lady Jaguars inbounded the ball :ets' but the state of California asks you to be on their "She knows how to play the garne;'' said Oberg. with eight seconds Iefton the clock. l al· t"--- - - - - - - - -- - - --------__;.;;.-------------' They were unable to capitalize when the ball was dropped under the basket. lOj With four seconds left on the clock, they again had posession of t11e ball but it was thrown away as

by Jon Perez The game was held on Satur- Giants and even the49ers couldn't the whistle blew ending the game.

"It was an emotional game for Staff Writer day, March 15attheSanJoseState do: seriously contend for a cham-

Final step topples Jags

Record breaking season shines through championship loss

Wbenateamscores2,933points a span of 37 games, has a of32-5 and has four players · "·•···•~A·A . . to all-conference teams, it has a great year. . So maybe it is a compliment to e• llf San Jose City College men's tar ketball team when their fans apect more.

Maybe it started when the Jags ~ IWept arch-rival West Valley or tit llben they beat such powerhouses . IS Diablo Valley College and . Olabot College. , It could also be when freshmen, •d _ xperienced in the level of play ' •community colleges, win games •overtime with last second hero1:!.

Plain and simple, the Jaguars re on a roll.

They were ready to be crowned state champions.

Unfortunately, the Cubs of Los Angeles City College had other They beat theJ ags 67-62, which Qlded aseason of what could have

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Even though their defense was strong, the skills that were present in the journey to the state finals were absent.

They missed open shots, were weak on the boards and couldn't run their half-court sets.

Fan support couldn't help City College as the Cubs bad the ball, calls and tempo go their way.

"We are proud of the support we got from the faculty, staff and community, and hope to do it again next year," said Percy Carr, bead coach.

Freshman Leroy Mayo led all scorers with 24 points, while freshmen Shawn Harris and Lynn Washington chipped in with 16 and 14 points respectively.

With numbers like that, it is hard to imagine that the Jags lost.

Well, imagine it. The rest of the team combined to score only 8 points.

The fans in dismay over the loss had no reason for their emotions.

The Jaguars have done something that the Warriors, Sharks,

pionship.

"We won more games than any other team in the history of the school," said Carr.

Along with being Coast Conference champions, City College bad two players on the All- Coast Conference first team, Washington and freshman Dave Fergerson, and on the second team, Mayo and sophomore Jesper Rasmussen.

Washington was also named to the All-State team.

Unfortunately, when a team loses the big game, all that is remembered is losing the title of state champions.

"Obvious!y we are disappointed that we could not beat LACC for the championship," said Rob Wojtkowski, assistant coach.

"However the entire coaching staff is very proud of this team.

This group was not picked to be a top 10 team in the state.

By the way, there is always next season.

"I feel really good about the team in particular because they were so young," said Carr.

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us. We will be back next year and hopefully go all the way," said freshman guard Arbatisha Kitchen.

The freshmen players who contributed to the comeback were Kitchen with 21 points, guard CbristinaLombardowith 16points, and forward Nina Vinther with 15 points.

Forward Anissa Butler, who consistently scores over 15 points, was held to 6 points in the game.

"The game was a lot of fun. It was exciting to watch and also very disappointing to lose when we had expectations of going to the State Championships," said Terri Obei:g, head women's basketball coach.

Three City College players from the Butte game were recognized as all-Coast Conference.

They were all freshmen, starting with Kitchen, the CO-M.V.P. of t11e conference. She averaged 20 points per game .

Guard Christina Lombardo and forward Nina Vinther were also recepients o~ All-Conference honors.

"The freshmen will all be back next year. It will be a great season.

We formed a bond because they were a special group. It will never be like this again. It was a special year and very unique," said Oberg.

Sp®rts~k The City College softball team has started off their season with a record of 16-8: Theyarecurrentlyinthirdplace in Northern California and eighth place in the state.

The Lady Jaguars are 5-l in the Coast Conference.

The Lady Jaguars traveled to Fremont were 3-1 · at the March ·

Madness Tournament (March 15 and 16) by defeating Diablo Valley College by 10-2, Butte College by 3-2, and College of the Siskiyous by a 2-0 score.

TheLadyJaguarsbadonlyone loss which was toOhloneCollege by 2-4.

The team has 10 more conference games to ?o.

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New president seeks improved image of college

by Sonya Wormington Editor-in-Chief Chui Tsang has been president of San Jose CitY College for only three weeks, yet he has already made it his home.

WithinTsang'sfirstdaysatCity College, he spoke with the Academic Senate, the managerial team and many other students and staff members .

Tsang has made it a point to speak with as many people as possible, listening to the ideas that they have about the problems on campus.

Some of the most important problems t11at have been brought to Tsang's attention are facilities problems. Probably the three most pressing problems are t11e general maintenance and upkeep of buildings, parking lots and the library.

"City College has built no state-

funded buildings since the 1960s, and the newest building was built in the 1970s. The labs and other

Tsang students," said Tsang.

Tsang seems to be very pleased with with his new position, saying that it is very exciting to him and that he has had the chance to meet

a lot of different people and learn a great deal about the differe111 programs on campus.

"There is a great deal of friendliness on campus. It is a very wann feeling," said Tsang.

Although Tsang is replacingtlr temporary interim president BiD Kester (who resumed his positioo as Vice-President), there seems 1o be no animosity between the two.

"It is unfortunate that Kester was not selected (to fill the position). I hold him in high esteem. He has been a great be~ and he is totally dedicated to t1r college. He is a great advantage to the college," he said.

Tsang has a very positive vie of the college in general.

"We have excellent programs here and very talent¢ people. We need to build on the strengths of the college to make it a place where more students wo uld want to come," said Tsang.

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Amy Bergeson/ The Times History major Gu ille rmo frontof thedramabuilding, while Gloria takes advantage of the practicing his guitar playing skills warm weather to relax in for class.

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Author Alma Luz Villanueva will give a reading of her poetry and other works at the the Community room today at 7:30p.m.

• "Message To Love," a classic rock film, will be playing through March 14-27 at the Towne Theatre. Advance tickets are $7 and can be purchased by calling 297-2299.

San Jose City College English and ESL instructor Emily Strauss won theFACCC "AdjunctFaculty Member of the Year" award at the organization's annual conference in San Francisco.

Strauss won the award principly for her dedicated involvement with the group. The FACCC, which stands for Faculty Association of California Community Colleges, has recognized her hard work with this recognition. T he award was presented by Margaret Quan, a representative from Diablo Valley College.

Strauss recieved her Bachelors degree at Sonoma State University, and her Masters at San Francisco State University.

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years, and has taught over seas in the Philipines and Iran. Besides teaching at City College, Strauss also currently teaches at Mission College and UC Extension.

She is dedicated to improving tl1e job conditions of part time workers.

Uncertainty over whether they will be able to find employment after theircurrentjobs is one unsatisfactory aspect to the part time teacher's job. Another is that it is often hard for part time teachers to work with their students because contacting them in non-class hours can be difficult. Strauss is attempting to minimalize some of tl1ese problems associated with the position.

She is also the editor for tl1e

Strauss Strauss said when she woo Ill award she was embarassed, f1al. tered and very surprised. Herp for her teaching career is to geu full-time position.

Strauss says she will ''Teali until I die."

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• San Jose City College Theatre Arts is presenting "Zara Spook and other Lures" March 21-22 at 7:30p.m. Tickets are $4 with ASB card and $7 general admission.

• A 'Future Teachers Club' meeting will be held on April 1 at room B-204.

• The final round of the 1996-97 mathematics competition at San Jose City College will be held on April 1 at 1:00 p.m. in room S-9.

• "La Raza" will be hosting the Sixth Annual Poetry Festival on April 4 at 7 p.m. at the San Jose City College Theater.

• Spring Session of Art School opens April 19 at the San Jose Museum of Art. For information, call271-6875.

• On April 23, Music at Midday will present Mike Bati ta with a classical guitar performance.

• On March 23 at 4 p.m. John David Thomsen will perform at SJSU in the Music Concert Hall.

Compiled by Layla Aguilera

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