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Serving San Jose City College Volume 51, No.7
The Times on-line: http://www.jaguar.sjeccd.cc.ca.us/SJCC!fimes
Thursday, May 8, 1997
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•At about 9:45 a.m. Monday, the electricity at City College went out, leaving students and staff in the dark.
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by Luisa Prieto Staff Writer At around 9:45 Monday mornjng,afallenwi.recost5,079 Paci fic Gas and Electric customers their power. One of those affected wasSanJostCity College.
According to Scott Blakey, a PG&E spokesman, tbe power outage began south of City College on Keesling Avenue. While cutting down tree limbs, a man from J .A.B. Landscaping accidentally brought down a branch onto an electric wire. ''The branch fell," Blakey said,
the entire campus until ovti!U IVa went out, students and staff the spring weather- in class
"and as it feU , it touched the line and him .. . he had some bums around his bead." While the power was restored to the General Education buildings and the 500 wing after forty-five minutes, the rest of the campus remained without power un til 2:58 p.m.
Calls to PG&E throughout the day showed that by 10:30, ninety-five percent of power had been restored to the area. ''The remaining is out due to the tree cutters that hit a circuit breaker," Tamara Buckman, an operator for PG&E said
See Lights, page 8.
City College celebrates Cinco de Mayo by Joe Feldman Staff Writer It's time for a fiesta! Dancing, music, chips and salsa, guest speaker, children smacking · Las and even a shouting contest Arrrr-iij-baaa!!) were someofthe eo.ents held on the San Jose City College campus to commemorate Cinco de Mayo. The midday festival was orgaby La Raza Student Alliance
and MECbA, botb of whi ch represent Latino students who attend City College. Even with an unexpected power failure that bit the campus, the festivities were not badly hampered thanks to a power generator. The only major problem was the inability to beat the cheese for the chips at the nacho booth (which turned into the chips and salsa booth). "Each year there is something
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new (referring to the power outage) but it was good to see the children from tbe daycare on cam p us h a ving fun wi th th e pinatas," said Monica Sanchez, President of La Raza. "It was important to gather fellow students and share Latino culture," she said. Among the festival'shighlights was guest speaker Rudy Cordova, a retired City College teacher of Latino culture who spoke about
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the importance of Cinco de Mayo. "It was a political movement, a struggle to separate church from state, to give more privileges and freedom to the poor and less power to the rich," he said. Cinco de Mayo began on May 5, 1862, when a small group of Mexican peasants defeated the French army at the battle ofPuebla However, it wasn't until 5 years later that they finally kicked the French out for good. Now it is an annual celebration that brings Mexican-Americans together to revive the past, revel in the present and look to the future . Zeke Garcia, Dean of Special Programs, was one of the many people who checked out the festivities. "It's a great activity. With all of the djversity on this campus, it gives the opportunity for students to share in Latino culture," he said. Many of the students felt the same way. ''The philosophy of independence connects all of us as a whole," said Ro a Perez, a Latin American Literature Major. Besides tbe power failure, the event went off without a hitch and seemed to be quite a success.
Students who usually mingle around the lower half of the College Union may be wondering where the music they' ve been hearing lately is coming from . Since Monday, May 5, t11e San Jore City College radio station, KJCC, has bee n broadcasting through a speaker located inside of the College Union . The person responsibl e for taking action in allowing KJCC to be broadcasted in the College Union, is Mike Man sel le, Associated Student Council vice president. Manselle was inspired by t11e idea during the past election when a candidate suggested that the campus radio station would be a good forum to use for student activities. "People tend to listen easier. Many students walk by bulletin boards and don't pay attention tocampusactivities," said Mansell e. Manselle was curious to find outstudents' opinions on themauer so he conducted an infonnal poll. The poll consisted offifry students and revealed that forty-tl1ree of the students thought it was a good idea, tbree didn't and four had no opinion. A few years ago students on the Broadcasting Staff attempted to broadcast in the College Union, but their plans did not go well due to loud volume of the music and
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