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Thursday, May 22, 1997

ore t an 900 students will graduate As San Jose City College's 75th annual ceremony quickly approaches, than 900 students will be eligible to This year, the graduation ceremony be commencing 6 p.m. Wednesday, 4, in the Martin Luther King Plaza of GE buildings.

Two 'Friends of the College' awards will awarded at the graduation ceremony.

Senator Alfred E. Alquist will be the award for Outstanding CommuLeader.

The second award will be given to Joe Outstanding Alumni. Fabris, who West Region Marketing Manager for

the Sales and Marketing Division of the Microsoft Corporation, was the frrst person to contribute to the City College website.

Charlotte Powers, a member of the San Jose City Council, will be the guest speaker at the graduation.

"Years ago she used to be on our governing board," said Diane Wesson, director of College Development. " ...We're really fortunate to have her come back as our guest speaker this year. She'sa very special friend of the college and has been very supportive."

In addition to the excitement of several deserving people getting awards, the approach of finals makes graduation more of a certainty for many students.

"I am exhilarated and frightened," said Colleen Reilly. Reilly, a Cal/SACC Repre-

sentative, has been attending school full time for the last 2 years. ''I'm going to be leaving (City College), where everyone's been like family, and going to a university and starting out as a number."

But as she prepares for graduation, Reilly is bewildered by the graduation date being changed.

"I think that it's rather bizarre that I have graduation and then two finals afterwards," said Reilly. "I understand that it's happened before, but graduation is a time of celebration, not a time to go home and study fo r biology."

Because City College and Evergreen alternate graduation dates, this year the graduation ceremony has fallen on June 4, while Evergreen's graduation date is 6 p.m.

Ju ne 5 in the Amphitheater.

According to Charles Southward, the full timeDeanofStudent Services, there was a misprint in the spring 97 schedule of classes that had the graduation ceremony set for June 6.

"I discovered (the misprint) on ... FebPowers ruary 10," said Southward. " .. .I talked to Bill Kester, I talked to the dean of instruction, and did all those things, and then I went back to the committee in March and said 'okay, I've talked to the

See Graduation, page 12.

And you thought paying your fines was bad ...

by Michelle Brooks Special to The Times

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e San Jose State University West African Drumming Ensemble performs traditional 'ricandances. The ensemble, taught by royal

There was no 'honeymoon ' peforCbui Tsang, who has been at work since becoming San College's President just two months ago. sang believes that he's adwen despite the short time • alreadytailoredhisagenda needs of City College. He the most important issues gthe college are enrollment, development and updatC<rnpus facilities.

0ne of Tsang's priorities is · ga closerpartnership with bigb school students. Tsang

hartigan, performed at City College on Monday and consisted of a multicultural variety of students who performed to the beat of African drumming.

wants to make more students aware about community colleges as an alternative to four-year colleges, a good "first step" in their educational career.

"We want to create a clear educational path for students, so the whole enrollment and transition period is much easier," be said.

Tsang wants to implement a system of classes or programs to aid people in skills assessment and adequate life skills to crisis intervention. With enactment of the Welfare Reform Act in July, he believes the college will need to "gear up to help people juggling work, children and studies."

He also anticipates making ad-

ditions to the electronic program to meet demands from the electronic industry, business community and students. Recent successful endeavors have included the new campus Intel training facility and establishment of the semiconductor manufacturing technician (SMT) program.

"Helping people take advantage of the economic miracle by providing educational resources is personalJyimportanttome,"Tsang said.

He is also currently a sessing the parking situation, which has been a continuing project from

See Tsang, page 4.

Have you ever had a library fine that you t110ught was too high? I lave you ever Is this been app all ed at enough money? t11e sight of an ungodly overdue notice?

Then surely you sympathize with a s tudent whose fine equaled $2,500!

No wait, sympathize with her cousin, he's the one who paid t11e tab.

For at least three months, f tft y three books have been missing, on account of one person. This may not seem like too many books to anyone until t11e realization hits that the cost of the books total $2,400.

Yes, that's right , $2,400 worth of books were checked

out of the library sometime in late February, and (after a campus police report was filed), retumed to the library on the moming of May 21.

Leman Uyuklu, t11e Interim Director (in the absence of Dean of Leaming Resources Russ Fischer), explains the account of the overdue books.

In February, a student checked out fifly three relatively new physics, science and computer science books.

Apparently nothing was t110ught of it t11en, as the library has no limit on the amount of books one person can check out.

After the due date on the books past, the appropriate notices weresentoutand promptly returned, indicating that the

See Library, page 12.

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Webb's 'Dark Alliance' warranted no apology

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erry Ceppos, Executive Editor of the Mercury News, said in a recently published "examination" of Mercury writer Gary Webb's "Dark Alliance" CIA expose series that "his most important job is to set standards for (his newspaper)."

The story he refers to, which in August 1996 exposed an alleged connection between the CIA, 'c rack' cocaine and several notorious Los Angeles drug dealers, set a few standards of its own in terms of investigative journalism and the ensuing controversy.

When Webb found himself engulfed in a storm of criticism from the L.A. Times, the Washington Post, the New York Times and the CIA, Norman Solomon, a wtiter for the Fairness and Accuracy in Rep01ting publication, took Webb's side.

Meanwhile, Ceppos and the Mercury Administration stayed silent in what was ostensibly a measure of support.

Coming now, nine months after the fact, Ceppos' apologetic outburst regarding the investigative series is equally pointless and self-defeating.

His tone is that of a martyred bureaucrat, his plea for understanding selfserving and uncalled for.

"I want the Mercury readers ... to know when I have doubts," he says. Just how inane that statement is may be lost on some, but others know that all decision

makers, at all levels, face doubt daily.

"In a few instances ... [ the story] presented only one interpretation of complicated evidence," Ceppos said.

Webb spent over a year researching a complex issue and compiling thousands of pages of information.

He then analyzed what he found, and everything pointed to a single conclusionwhich he reported, not as ironclad fact, but as the results of an investigative report.

Webb's journalism should be pointed to as an exemplary performance, not questioned as " not addressing gray areas," as Ceppos did.

Ceppos should spend less time giving overwrought critiques of his journalists and more time considering the future of his trade; for years, readership has dwindled.

Look to the days of Lincoln Steffens, Jacob Riis and Ida Tarbell-journalistic 'muckrakers' who created massive readerships with factual, controversial exposes of government and business corruption-as the golden age of journalism.

Adjust your apologetic stance accordingly, Mr. Ceppos.

"Care no more for the opinion of others, for those voices. Do the hardest thing on the earth for you. Act for yourself. Face t11e truth."

Katherine Mansfield New Zealand author, 1922

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by Luisa Prieto Staff Writer

Despite the criticism against horror movies for being too grisly and having a needlessly high body count, iliere is a lot of social commentary to be found in U1em.

"I can't believe they're asking ilie man if he wants an abortion and not his pregmmt lover! The nerve of those men!"

Sometimes half-hidden, ot11er times quite obvious, U1e messages are there.

"Their friend is slowly dying andbecomingazombieand U1ey're just sitting t11ere and letting it happen? Why don't they put the poor guy out of his misery?"

While watching "Dawn of the Dead" recently, a friend and I watched in amusement as the simple escape-ilie-flesh-eatingzombies movie raised questions about the plight of human beings.

"The mall? They're gonna live in t11e mall?"

At flrst, I was content to sit back and let U1e social commentary pass .

However, as the continual comments began to upset my friend , I started to pay attention to U1e meaning behind t11e character's words.

"Where's the military? For all ilie money they get, t11ey should have blown all oft110se U1ings away by now."

The movie, made in U1e 1970's, wasn't the most sophisticated when

it carne to special effects, but the social commentary was still as valid today as it was twenty years ago.

Behind every zombie feasting and character's in-fighting, Icould see a society tom apart from both t11e outside and within.

"How can they keep trying10 survive in that world? By then,you and I would have made a suici!t pact!"

Yeteven as U1e odds grew higher against U1e mortals, they kept fighting, kept struggling to survive.

They knew what they were fighting for was more than just tlle chance to live. As t11ey made the mo tof all the fun things to do in tlle mall, U1ey were celebrating life.

Movies may have grown more~ sophisticated in both special effects and body count over U1e years, but some have still retained semblance of social commentary.

While in some movies the commentary was more obvious, we couldn't ignore it. Now, behind ~ every rampaging tornado and at· ~ tacking alien is an advertiseme S to buy shoes.

1991 Maybe themoviesshouldretu for i to t11e days when t11e characte am mou U1ed t11e cliched warningsm ~ obviously. ~ At one time, hidden away in wfill momentary safety of a mall, tre F words weren 'tjust lines said in tbe Cali moments separating life and death 11 bt but actual feelings. !hut In the end, all thatisleflofthem 1 1 are t11eir words.

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A famous man once questioned the reliability of human senses.

Basically, his contention was that everything humans know has to have been processed by one of our senses,andifiliosesensesare inaccurate, all that humans know is also inaccurate.

Americans have grown to rely almost exclusively on processed information. Ideas taken from television programming, news media, books, etc. combine to form the opinions that govern our decisions and determine our li ves.

Human trust these sources, as we do our senses, to tell u the truth.

Why? Print journalists, individually, might be fair people generally committed to the truth. Their own perceptions, however, will influence every story they produce.

This effect is compounded when added to the fact that nearly every publication that makes up the collective news media will admit to having an agenda, that nearly all of them have a noticeable 'slant' towards one school of thought, and that this is planned and executed by

the paper's management.

In other words, this i one American 'sense' that we we can't trust. There are others.

The distortion that take pll:t in television is subtlydifferentand more powerful. Visual imagery '· the future of news, entertainment. and education, and television as raw tool surpasses print media both distribution and its power motivate and influence people.

The potential for comple' government con trot tbrou~ Hitleresque propaganda is real unsettling. But t11at's not all.

As unsettling as that 'potenti:: may be, even more disturbin the possibility, however lim, none of what humans hold now in America really exi ts.

And though it may sound.n· diculous, it i n' t too hard to i.nU1 . a demented master of puppets · venting the repulsive acts of . · manity we see and read aboUtdJJ · Some demonic Wizard of committed todividingourcoun . through contrived race riots nonexistent abortion clinic boOi • ings, may be in charge of American senses.

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nenl Since the passage of Proposition 215 in 1996 legalized the medical use of marij uana for people with a doctor's recommendation, a number of cannabis clubs have been n ~pping up in the Bay Area Some have been the target of police raids, ntlr bile others have been left alone. ~tlr ~ece~~y, however, it appears as if lh,. California s state government has decided ea b be more lax·in its effort to investigate and h !hut down the state's cannabis clubs. e This is the way it should be.

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regulations and closely examine clientele to by Lewis Rountree avoid fraudulent doctor recomm~ndations, Staff Writer they should not be harassed by law enforcemenl Proposition 215, which was passed by A majority of Californians approved of California voters in the November election, Prop. 215 because they believed that it could legalized marijuana use for people with illbe helpful to people suffering from severe nesses such as glaucoma and "wasting syndiseases, and in many cases it bas proven to drome" associated with AIDS. The drug, which is illegal for the general relieve some of the symptoms associated with AIDS , cancer, glaucoma and other public, is being sold to people with a doctor's recommendation through medicinal mariserious diseases.

There is not enough evidence to classify juana clubs. marijuana as a deadly narcotic, despite what · A concern is the possibility for drug abuse. People without debilitating illnesses the critics of this law may say.

This is not an issue of whether marijuana could get recommendations from doctors.

People with headaches and minor aches is harmful, it is an issue of legal rights.

Do cannabis clubs have the right to sell and pains, and even people who don't have any thing wrong with them could use the marijuana for medicinal purposes? plant just to get high .

According to the law, they do.

Already •.there have been reports of abuse of the medical law.

On April25, Andrew Poltorak confessed toamedicinalmarijuanaclubthathefalsified a prescription with a real doctor's name to make him eligible to receive marijuana.

He claimed he needed the drug to help him control glaucoma, when in reality, he bad nothing wrong with him.

TheNationalinstituteofDrugAwareness has done studies that have shown marijuana reduces the T-cell count in the lungs' defense system, therefore making people more susceptible to illnesses.

Legalizing marijuana for clubs is giving the wrong idea to the population.

It gives the impression that using drugs is okay and that it is approved by the majority of voters.

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'La Raza' will honor Latino Paramedics to the rescue students in special graduation Lynda Pearson Staff Writer

The fifth annual "La Raza" Graduation will feature a catered dinner ceremony at 6:30 p.m., Tuesday, June 3, in the Union Plaza Quad.

"La Raza wants to honor Latinos because it is not everyday that Latinos graduate. By honor-

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ing graduates, it gives hope to other Latinos who would otherwise not have a mentor to give them inspiration," said Sophia Ruiz, from La

City College, and also William Kester, vice-presidentofCityCollege.

"We want to recognize what a great achievement it is for Latinos to graduate. Many are frrst generation college graduates, single parents with children and no real role model in life to look up to," said Ruiz.

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Dr. Suzanne Gutierrez, along with Phil Renteria, a EOP & S counselor, will be the combined hosts for the evening.

Together, they will pay a special tribute to the graduates by having a traditional bi-lingual ceremony.

Invitations have already been sent to Cbui Tsang, president of

give special recognition to 96 Latinos that are on their way to a · secure educational future.

If it was not for this special ceremony,many Latino graduates would go

unnoticed among the estimated 250 graduates from the graduating class of 1997. ''The La Raza Graduation is important because we want the Latino students to know that we know bow bard it bas been. That they have done a great job with the greatest achievement being graduation," said Ruiz.

Jehli plans to lead ASC to new heights deal ofleadership qualities and she points to one of her mother's sayEditor-in-Chief ings to show why.

As most students begin prepar"Knowledge isn't what you ing for summer vacation and know. It's the ability to find inchoose classes for the upcoming formation and to rely on others for semester, Jaimi Jebli is planning what you can't do. You're not for next semester. responsible for everything."

After being elected the presiBeing on the ASC this semester dent of the Associated Student bas also helped Jehli to improve Council President for the fall se- her leadership skills. mester, she bas added one more "I learned about parliamentary thing to the long list of things she procedureandlearnedalottbrougb needs to prepare for. the conferences and workshops I Jebli, who bas been at City Col- attended." lege for two semesters, is currently Jehli's goals for the new ASC, the president with her friend Andrea Buob as of the Pride 1 Vice President, include to "inAlliance ' crease participation, motivation club, which and pride in what the Council is promotes gay doing." She hopes that students will have an increased feeling of and lesbian wanting to do more. awareness on She also hopes to increase the campus and Jehli I feeling of unity in the ASC and allows students and staff to have someone to promote awareness of the ASC's talk to about their sexuality. activities on campus. She wants to She says that being in the Pride include all students in student Alliance club bas helped her to government, including the part"basically learn bow uninterested timers.

"I hope to generate more intera lot of people are."

She bas also learned a great est for next year by getting more deal about people's fears about students involved," she said.

Jehli and Buob hope to help joining a club such as the Pride Alliance, so she bas learned new steer the ASC to greatness.

Jebli feels that their friendship ways to draw students into becoming more involved in student and their excellent communication skills will help the pair work togovernment Jebli feels that she bas a great gether to improve the ASC.

by Sonya Wormington

A trust fund has been set up for two San Jo~ City College students, Mal ika Campbell and April Banks, who lost family members in the recent East Palo Alto frre.

Donations can be sent to: The Me Kean Family WellsFargo Bank AccountNumber 022441528 1071 El Camino Real Redwood City, Ca 94063

Paramedics make a good end out of a bad situation after a man had a heart attack on campuson May 12. While wheeling him away,

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ih~:semester comes to a .• clci~fiirid :students finish plaii~· riing theiftransfers or choosing their classes, a few students have stood out above the rest and received scholarships to help finanCe. their schooling.

Both the Scholarship and Awards Ceremony (hosted by the college) and the Hall of Excellence A wards Ceremony .(h()Sted by the Associated StudentCoJncil) show theexcel.:. lencethathas been achieved by staffil;nd students alike. .

At tli'<!Scholarship Awards Ceremony on May 15, Hector Mendozareceived$6000ayear for three years to the California College of Arts and Crafts.

Mendoza also received t11e Henry Hammer Memorial ScholarsJ'Iip and the Cesar

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Tsang before his arrival at City College.

Tsang has been working with the Associated Student Council and administration for a solution; suggestions point to a multi-level parking structure. While that possibility is being discussed, it has to be determined how that will affect plans to build a new library resource center.

Plans for the center, which has received support from local politicians like Senator John Vasconcellos, is currently making the rounds through State government paperwork circles.

New structures haven't been added to the campus in 20 years and Tsang said it' s long overdue.

As for his short-term goals, Tsang is working with several faculty members to fine-tune a program called "Service Learning," which starts this fall.

In cooperation with local nonprofit organizations and community service agencies, the goal is to expose students ·:not just to _book

· Chavez Transfei' Sttident Scholar~ · have never been·prbuder 6fmy- , self. I'm jus(in awe. I'm so ship for $500 eaCh;( · LaurenWoodreceivedtheMost tllrilled," said Diaz, who be. OutStanding Academic Achiever lieves that she couldn't possiaward; which had .rigid require- bly have succeeded without the mentsof exceptiqnal contribution support of her child~en and her tO the college, the community and famil y.

At the Hall of Excellence aminimum3.8curnulativeG.P.A. Wood, a single mother, feels Awards Ceremony on May 18, that "by honoring me, all single four students and three faculty moms that are woiking and going and staff members received to school are being honored." awards .

Kyle Crooks received the ·•· Many scholarships were also given out to single parents and to Male Athlete of theY ear award, . students enrolled ih specific pro- while both Angie Catalano and grams (such as Dental Assisting Arbatisha Kitcheri received the F emale Athlete Of the Year · · and Cosmetology)./ However, the student with the awards. · Chuck Southward received . largestsinglescholarshipawarded · at the ceremony was Carol Diaz, the Humanitarian award and who received the UC Santa Cruz William Kester received the Karl S. Pister Leadership Oppor- Fac ulty and Staff Member tunity Program award, which award.

The Alumni award went to awarded her $20,000 over two Tony Alexander and the student years at UC Santa Cruz.

"I am honored.' I am in awe. I award to Colleen Reilly.

From page 1. knowledge ...but to show students how knowledge acquired in the classroom applies to the outside community."

By the fall , Tsang hopes to see a "healthy enrollment." Holding recruitment drives at local high schools and perfecting the STAR phone registration system attempt to fulfill that goal.

Tsang receives nothing but glowing praise for his efforts from Vice-President Bill Kester, who was previously temporary Interim President. " I'm very impre ss ed with Tsang's performance ...he has a vision for the college. I think he sees City College becoming a major technical resource fo r Silicon Valley," Kester said.

Kester believes Tsang has the community and education partner cooperation, along with the political skills, to get that accomplished.

"He' s the right man at the right time with the right vision," Kester said.

"It is better to debate a question without settling it than to settle a question without debating it."

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From the festival of the new , T~t, to the obituary of a bettl philosopher and historian, v. Kim Dinh, the San Jose City 'ollege Vietnamese newsletter J)vers many subjects of interest to 'olb the Vietnamese students and :dlers at San Jose City College.

Thien C. Tran, who was the J;t Vietnamese speaking cou n~lor in nort11ern California, is one :/the coordinators of the newsletrr.

He currently is one of t11e in)lructors for Social Science 40 Vietnan1ese-American Culture).

Everytwomonths, City College ietnamese Association publishes he Vietnan1ese newsletter.

In every newsletter, there are articles dealing wit11 t11e history of Vietnam and events cwTetHly affecting the Vietnamese.

In the February issue, many ages were devoted to t11e Tet holiy: special delicacies t11at would served, thehistoryoftl1e holiday, and a special essay celebrating t11e love of life that Tet sym bolizes.

As Phan Viet Phung writes, "Here life is an obsession with t11e exterior world, a struggle to make !IIOney for paying bills, debts, taxes llld acquiring material goods, a )Ursuit of happiness by tryi ng to tisfy material needs, almost at re exclusion of the needs of t11e nind and soul. TI1ere arises then 'tfore these expatriates a fate ful question: Will U1ey shake off U1eir ltate of blind addiction to materi~ism ; or will they treasure U1eir rultural heritage, as embodied in lhe Tet tradition ... " One of tl1e interesting historical ories in U1e February issue conms the time when the Mongols, hid by Ghengis Khan, tried to :nvade Vietnam.

Only tl1e Vietnamese and t11e apanese were able to stand against • Mongol armies, and t11e Japae had haLl help in t11e guise of a ries of stonns that destroyed t11e Iongo!' s fl eet prior to t11eir at-

Pompa leads Times into 21st century res~n-

Kevin V{inzer Staff Writer

Anyone seeking information in the 90's is bound to utilize the Internet.

With links capable of catapulting a user to web sites all over the world in seconds, the Internet has become a powerful .- th e student, businessman, too I tOr or anyone with a thirst for knowledge.

That's why getting The Times on-line in February 1996 represented such a large accomplishment for City College.

This accomplishment was recognized in the fall of 1996 when the on-line version of The Times received the Creative Media award.

Behind the on-line version of The Times is Mil Pompa.

Pompa, 39, came to City College with no achievements in computers except for baffling customer service representatives with the complex crashing of his hard drive.

"I was entry level at best," Pompa said.

. Since then hehas _been ball, but was injured at his job in Sible not only for making The Tunes Cupertino, where he was employed fi t" th d" · · 1rs m . e lStnctto goon-lme, but as a maintenance man/tree trimmer. for ~g several steps towards After rising to the top of his catchmg up to Pr e s e n t technology.

Pompa is presently attempting to put audio and video clips into the on-line version.

Persistence and dedication has kept Pompa in pursuit of his goals.

His Pompa creativity has 1 helped him excel in his pursuits. position he was told he had a deOn several occasions for generative spinal disease mat renPompa, however, it's been a case dered him unable to work his job of 'so close, but yet so far. ' anymore.

Pompa's first love was baseIt was music tha t sparked baiL He played for City College Pompa's interest in the Internet. and San Jose State, and was named Pompa started as a drummer and Most Valuable Pitcher for City then switched to bass, and has been College in 1980. in many successfl!l bands.

He intended to play pro baseIn March 1994, when a friend

requested his song for use on Virtual Rad" b · ded. _ 10, a we Site I cated to music, Pompa realized that his music could be heard all around the world.

Shortly thereafter, he realized that the Internet would soon be a widespread tool in all aspects of informationandcommunication.

Virtual Radio proved to be the seed from which Pompa's inspiration grew.

Now, Pompa is prepared to graduate in June. His goal is to become a programmer, and ultimately to program web pages for the blind.

He says be will program in JAVA, which is a multi-platform · computer language. He believes that sound activation will bring a new future to the blind.

Such a goal would seem to be out of reach, but Pompa is not discouraged. He is focu sed on his goals, and is not dissuaded in the least by skepticism.

"Believe in yourself and you can do anything," Pompa said.

"It's down to you."

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The viewpoints of two Chinese

· torians are referred to.

Wbile Vuong Dong Linh and ':hu Coc Thanh have differing riews on how people first found ~ina and the sunounding area, ending result is still t11e same: Vietnan1ese history is rich witl1 IIOries of people fighting not simly theircountry- tl1ey're fighting their people.

"United we stand," sait.l Trat1. 'hat we call minority studen ts f they get toget11er, t11ey wi 11 be .ognized ...if we do not tell, they tghtnothear. If the baby does not "Jy, the mother will not feed."

For more information about t11e JCC Vietnamese Culture Asso. jon or the newsletter, please . ntact Thien Tran at (408) 28850, ext. 3640.

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Haunting images await in City College Gallery

by Luisa Prieto Entertainment Editor The San Jose City College Gallery is currently showing the works of students from a variety of art classes.

While the pieces in this showing are quite beautiful and enthralling, many are disturbing enough to not leave one's mind for hours.

Judy Hurley's creation, "Grace," is an acrylic wonder.

The painting depicts a woman lying over a fountain, her eyes closed.

IL is designed to look like she· s outside a window, with a pair of

"The women have wind-up keys in their backs, and as they look at the skeletal monstrosity hovering over them in horror, two openmouthed fish look up at th em in wait." curtai ns on e it11Cr side of the window.

The contours of t11c woman's face arc distinctive and very detailed. Each stroke is delicate, giving her an aura of life.

1l1e water in !11e fountain, like the yellow-green sea behind her, appears cool and beautiful.

A candle floats on the surface of the water in !11e fountain, its flame bright.

Above her is a green snake intertwined around the curtain rod.

The curtains, gray and white on tlle left and green on the right, each show a different landscape.

I3chind tl1e woman is a vast sea, witl1 t11e sun risi ng above its soft

(I Gallery waves. The sun, which looks like an eye, looks down on everytl1ing radiantl y.

On the left of t11e woman is a desolate plai n of chuming shadows, while on t11e right is a skeletal beast hovering over tlle pro ne forms of two women.

The women have wind-up keys in t11eir backs, and as they look at U1e skeleta l monstrosity hovering over t11em in horror, two open mou t11ed fish look up at them in wait.

There were so many images in "Grace" !11at it's hard to settle on just one.

A woman caught between two, three worlds? llell on one side, despair on another, heaven above her raining crosses onto the ocean behind her, the woman clos ing her eyes and resting here on Earth?

No matter what, t11e painting is en thralling.

The piece t11at was t11e most haunting was Hector DioMenoza' s "Poli tical Decay."

1l1e piece is an eclectic blend of

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Judy Hurley's "Grace" is a haunting painting full of wonder and dazzling strokes.

mixed media, clay, and ceramics.

In "Political Decay," a faceless man stands witll his handless arms raised slightly above his head.

Money lines his coat pockets and behind him is a circle with three colors: green, white, and red.

His face is a clear oval that resembles glass. With acloser look, the image of a gorilla-like man appeared. A screaming beast lies inside the faceless man.

What he regrets in uncertain, but what lies above him gives some hints.

Above him is a red and brown chaos of what appears to be flesh and worms sinuously intertwined.

The colors are vibrant, giving the image a very raw and striking appearance.

It is beautiful and horrifying all at once.

Worlds away from tlle stark sadness of "Political Decay" is tlle brilliantly painted "Hope."

The artist, Tori Killins, used many passaionateshades of acrylic for the piece: red, green blue, dark purple and rich browns.

In "Hope," three beautiful dark skinned woman huddle close toge ther in a dessert.

Thewomen'sdressesaredifferent but vibrant colors: the one on the left is wearing red, the one in the middle purple, and the one on the right is wearing green.

The woman on the left is holding a small gold statue that is emanating a bright light.

Their smiles are very real, and combined with the deep colors, "Hope" does a lot to convey its name onto a viewer.

The art exhibit runs from May 5

to May 23.

The gallery's hours are 1 to 6 p.m. Monday, 12:30 to 6 p.m.

Tuesday, 1 to 5 p.m. Wednesday, 11 a.m. to 6:30p.m. Thursday, and 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday.

For more information, call (408) 298-2181, extension 3890.

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Entertainment Ed1tor

On May 10, the Erasure "Cowboy" tour played in U1e San Francisco Civic Center.

People from all over the United States came to the concert to see the band perfonn, and !hey weren't disappointed.

The lead singer, Andy Bell, came out dressed in a cowboy outfit and began singing several songs from thenewCDand many songs from past releases.

From the current "Worlds on Fire" to "Oh 'Lam our" from past bits, t11e music was an eclectic blend of voice and syn thesized music.

The music was combined with some well timed and spectacular special effects.

Mist poured out from somewhere near U1e stage, batl1ing hundreds of people in cool mois1 ture tllat smelled like hairspray.

Colorful lights danced out from all comers of the auditorium, casting a rainbow of hues across tlle ocean of fans during a couple songs.

During the song "Rain," silver glitter showered down on the stage.

TherewassomuchglitterU1at, after t11e song, Bell was picking glitter out of his clothes and hair.

The stage was designed toresemble somet11ing out of the old west: a stagecoach for the chorus to stand in, a saloon for U1e chorus to sing in, (and for people to change costumes behind, which was obvious from some vantage points).

There was a campfire in U1e left comer of the stage.

The fire burned pleasan tly throughout U1e perfonnance, casting a faint light on U1e hay that surrounded it.

As the concert went on, Bell discarded his outfit for others.

Vince Campbell, t11e man responsible for writing nearly all of the songs, once came out dressed as a cactus.

All and all, the concert was great.

One of my favorite parts was when Bell attempted a dance move that I myself had attempted ~odays before, and he ended up 10 tlle same place I had: tlle ground.

Despite the auditorium's rule of no smoking,tllere was somelb. . tng floatm g along in the breeze ...

Hidden undertlle cloak of mist was tll e t:runt · scent of clove cigarettes and marijuana.

As tlle crowd left tlle building ~ add to the heavy traffic conditionsouts•d 1 e, however tlley were ecstatic.

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by Layla Aguilera Staff Writer The San Jose' City College Creative Writing class of '96 has put together a compilation of their poetry and short stories titled "The Promethean."

"The Promethean" is a miscellany ofemotions enclosed with a rather homely cover that has a disfigured dragon placed on the front.

This is proof that looks can be deceiving because these pages emanate with talent.

Dana Morella's melancholy poem "In the Absence of Life" is about a married couple whose relationship has become lifeless.

The female character in the poem is trying to put the flame back into their marriage but it is of no use because her husband has gone without her affection for years and he has turned cold towards her.

Antonio Nunez has an interesting limerick about getting

by Sonya Wormington Editor-in-Chief Altllough it is named after a famous toy store, Cults 'R Us is not for children or the faint of heart.

Created by Antonio Mendoza witll help from many different sources, Cults 'R Us is a subpage of the Internet Crime Archive.

This page is the place to go for all those crime and murder freaks out tllere.

The subpage opens with a strip of photos featuring serial killers and cult leaders followed by a header titled "Killer Cults."

The page tllen allows the viewer to choose from a variety of different links, including places such as "Body Count," "Speck' sPecs," and "Cannibals Anonymous."

The page also has sections which put cult leaders and serial

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burned out from years of doing drugs and being a carefree youth.

Overall, "The Prometllean" is profound in tllought and is well written.

The City College Creative Writing class puts this journal together every year.

Anyone willing to donate ten dollars can receive a copy, along

killers into categories according to able on the same page are sites tllat include haunting music and chillhow many people they've killed.

There is also an extensive array ing photos.

Jeffrey Dahmer's page "Canof photos of different cult leaders and serial killers including Jeffrey nibals Anonymous" has the title Dahmer and members of the "Guess who's coming to dinner" and an eerily repetitive 'tune.

Heaven's Gate cult.

The page seems to take a huWitll many of these photo colview on the crimes, inmorous lections, clicking on a person's cluding titles like "Coming to a photo will give you a background subway near you" for tlle God of history of what tlleir specific crimes and where and why tlley did it (if Poison page.

The Internet Crime Archive is that fact is known).

The page also gives graphic de- overly spooky, simply because of scriptions of violent crimes as well the chilling facts tllat are being as histories of cults and how they doled out and the sound track.

However, tlle designers seem were founded.

The site is set up in a fairly to believe that cults and serial killsimple fashion, with a series of ers are exciting, as they seem to be textblocks summarizing tlle infor- striving for sensationalism in order to promote viewership. mation about tlle cults.

The page has a section devoted The viewer can click on most of . the different cults to get more in- to updates on serial killers and cults, which shows the numbers fonnation or to see photos.

Many of tlle other links avail- of incidents that happen.

with having their name printed under the conu·ibutor section of the nex t issue.

For information, contact Anne Heffley at extension 3863.

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Thursday, May 22, 1997

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Inconsistent season, disappoints coach '

by Lynda Pearson Staff Writer Precision and precise execution of a swing is what is needed to be dominant on t11e putting green.

The San Jose City College men's golf team finish ed fourt11 in t11e Coa<;t Conference.

Unfortunately, tl1e team was 371100 of a stroke off t11e best score and were unable to advance to t11e State Competition.

"The season went fairly well, but it was incon sis~ent among tl1e top guys, witl1 me exception of

age stroke score of77 .4, but placed tentl1 in tl1e league due to tl1e degree of difficulty on tl1e course.

Jarvis played his best but was two strokes off tl1e leading score to advance to tl1e state competition.

Til is will be tl1e first time in four years tl1at tl1e team has not advanced to me state level compelltion.

"Joey Marquez did very well at tl1e end of tl1e year. He is tl1e most improved player on tl1e team and plans to return next year," said Stagnaro.

According to Stagnaro, Jarvis,

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It has been a fun year. The top three golf~rs will be leaving the team but there is potential left on the team as th.e rest of the team will be coming back next year. We will have· to wait to see how recruiting goes to start the team up again for next season.

Don Stagnaro head coach(Joey) Marquez. It was very disappointing," said Don Stagnaro, head coach for the men's golf team.

The Northern Californi a n · Tournament was h e ld at the Monterey Peninsula Golf Course on May 5.

The top tl1ree players were: Kevin Jarvis, who finished third in tl1e league witl1 an average stroke score of 76.6.

Paul McLane finished eightl1 in tl1e league witl1 a n average stroke score of 77 .4.

Travis Sayer also had an aver-

Catalano is All-American

by Joe Feldman Staff Writer A phenomenal year landed Angie Catalano, catcher for tl1e Jaguars softball team, a spot on the All-American team for community colleges.

"She is a solid catcher and an all around strong player," said Coach Debbie Huntze.

Catalano is a leader on and off me field . She is the team captain and a very good student witl1 a G.P.A over 3.5.

Tile National Fast Pitch Coaches Association (NFCA) which decides what players will be selected as an AllAmerican, chose Catalano by majority vote to represent tl1e first team .

The All-American team includes the first and second team wi 11114 player selected for each.

Catalano is one of two catchers in California chosen for tl1e team.

McLwe and Sayer are awaiting scholarship offers from four year universities, since tl1ey have two more years of eligibility left to play golf and tl1ey have tl1edrive to continue to play.

"It has been a fun year. The top wee golfers will be leaving tl1e team but t11ere is potential left on tl1e team as me rest of t11e team wi II be coming back next year."

"We will have to wait to see how recruiting goes to s tar~ tl1e team up again for next season," said Stagnaro.

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Jackie Hotchkiss placed third in the discus, while Derek Pryor placed third in the 400, and the 4x400 relay team placed sixth.

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Men's Basketball: Most wins in team history

For the San Jose City College men's basketball team, it was a season where the ball seemed to go in the hoop more often than not.

The Jaguars finished the year with an overall record of 32-5, which is the most overall wins in City College history. They wer~ Coast Conference Champions as well, postmg a Conference record of 9-10 The Jaguars also did well in the Com~uonityCollege State Championships before osmg a bard fought battle to Los Anoeles City College in the final game. o Coach Percy Carr was proud with the season his team had.

"It was a good team. They learned, gained somelcnowledge, and with their experience th ' e~~hould play well next year," be said. ltb only two players leaving and four ~esbmen starters returning (Dave Fergerson, Mhawn Harris, Lynn Washington and Leroy ayo) they should have a solid team for next year.

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But it's a long road ahead," he said.

Men's Baseball: 'Learning to play catch'

The word that best sums up the season that the San Jose City College men 's baseball team had is 'disappointment'.

With a conference record of 6 wins, 21 losses and an overall record of 13 wins and 31losses, nothing seemed to go right for the Jaguars this season.

"The main problem was our defense," said Jaguars coach Doug Robb.

"We gave up big innings because we couldn't play catc~;· he said.

The team's overall batting average was .295 (8th in the conference), a good mark that ranked them 6th in the conference.

One of the other few highlights this season was the selection of three players to the Coast Conference All League (2nd) Team: Kyle Crookes, outfielder Tom Jimenez and catcher Rudy DeAnda.

Since the team will only be losing 6 players due to graduation, they should be very solid for next season.

"We are going to win the conference next year. We have great hitting and great pitching. We just need to fill a couple of key positions and make defense our number one

priority," Robb said.

Assistant coach/pitching coach Eric Coleman agreed with Robb.

"We have some great players coming back and should be the favorites in the preseason. This year was a learning experience for our freshmen ," he said.

Women's softball: Back-to-back champions

Pitching, hitting and defense were all working almost flawlessly for the San Jose City College women's softball team this year.

They posted an overall team batting average of .299 and their pitching staff compiled an amazing 0075 earned run average.

With an overall record of 34 wins, 14 losses (including the Nor-Cal State Finals) and a Conference record of 15-1 , the Lady Jags claimed back-to-back conference champion hip seasons (they were actually co-champions this year with West Valley, who also finished 15-1).

They a1 o made it to the 1st round of the Nor-Cal State Finals as the 7th seed among 16 teams in Northern California. "It was great to see them grow together as a team (through theseason)and if a playerwentdown due to injury, someone would step up and do a great job of filling in the hole," said Coach Debbie Huntze.

Some key players that will be returning include Angie Castro (2nd base), Christy Smith (3rd base and pitcher), Rockie Villa (3rd base and catcher) and Melis a Taku (outfield).

Women's Basketball: Young, talented, and successful

A slew of young and talented players helped the San Jose City College women's basketball team to a successful eason.

The Jaguars finished with an overall record of 26-6 and a Conference record of 13-2 with a starting squad composed entirely of freshmen . " Every starter is coming back and they are looking forward to next season," said head coach Terri Oberg.

The Lady Jags' year ended in the 3rd round of the State Regionals at the hands of Butte college.

During the season, the Jags defeated twotime defending champion Ventura College which had compiled an amazing two-year record of70-0 before losing 10 the Jaguar .

Receiving All-Conference honor were Nina Vinther, Christina Lombardo and Arbatisba Kitchen.

Kitchen also received All-State honors, was MVP of the Conference and received the Hall of Excellence award at City College for female athletes.

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'JFor Your Information' • A retirement Luncheon wiiJ be held for Charlotte Montandon and Mary Jane Page today at noon in the GE Quad. The lunch will be catered by Cafe Trompe L'oeil.

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• The summer session struts on Monday, June 16. Continuing students will have access to the STAR phone registration system stru·ting Monday, May 19. The fall semester starts on Monday August 18. The late registration period begins on Monday, May 11. Summer and fall schedules of classes are now available in t11e Admissions and Records office.

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• The Associated Student Council presents Darilyn Davidson, perfonning at noon on Friday May, 23 in the Quad. She will perform her original songs plus cover songs from Melissa Et11eridge and k. d. lang.

• No school on Monday May, 26 because of Memorial Day. • An appreciation Bru·-b-que for classified staff to be prepared by t11e Administrators. It will be held in t11e GE Quad at noon Tuesday May, 27. If you arc going to attend, please RSVP Chris Brown at ext. 3768 by friday, May 23.

• A reception for LEA scholarships winners and to introduce the new college president, Chui Tsang, will beheld from noon to 1:30p.m.

Thursday, May 29.

• Bring in your used computer equipment for a tax-deduction, raflle ticket and aT-shirt at U1e Trade-In program being held at 10 a.m.

Saturday, May 31. 15 volunteers are needed for the Trade-In program to help out with donated computer equipment. Volunteers will receive T-shi11s to commemorate the event. for more information call Diane Wesson at ext. 3756.

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I lurry to U1e Bookstore for the textbook buy-back from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 2 p.m. to 7 p.m., June2 through June 5. Entry is through the Bookstore side entrance.

• The fifth annual La Raza Student Alliance graduation ceremony for Latino students will beheld at 6:30p.m. Tuesday,June 3, in U1e Union Plaza quad. For more information call Sophia Ruiz at ext.

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• Graduation ceremonies will be held at 6 p.m. Wednesday, June 4, in tJ1e plaza of tJ1e General Ed ucation building.

• The last day to return books to tJ1e Library is 1lJUrsday, June 5. The bookdrop will be open for items turned in later tlum the due date.

• The next issue of The Times will be out on Thursday, August 28.

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Emilio Ratti/The Times Fair, held from 9:30a.m. to 1 p.m. in the grassy area in front of the Library, brought around 50 compan ies to San Jose City College .

Graduation - - - - - -otJ1er people. Here's what I t11ink we should do.' So we discovered it in February, actually made the decision, if you will, in March."

On April 16, a memorru1dum was distributed to all of U1e City College fac ully, staff, and administration informing tJ1em t11at U1e graduation date t11at had been placed in t11e schedule of classes had been misprinted. Tile real date for graduation was for June 4, not June 6.

As news of tJ1e change made its way from the teachers to the students, many were stunned at the change.

"If(administration) had worked five years to get tJ1is grad uation, they would want it changed," said David Yancey. Yancey, who has been at City College for 16 years, called several administrators trying to learn why the date was changed. "I wa<; originally told tJmt it was done to accommodate

students ·and faculty because neither would come on a Friday."

"If students have a fi nal Wednesday night, they can't go," Yancey added. "How are tJ1ey going to accommodate t11em? It's unfair to ask students to accommodate U1eir work, children, transportation, for a mistake."

"Too many people would be inconvenienced (to change the date back)," said Geraldine Evans, chancellor to both City College and Evergreen. "We've given very serious wrunings to people who change these dates .. .I am sorry tl1at it OCCUlTed." "Traditionally we have not had it on Fridays," said Southward.

"We've found U1at in the past ... students ... aren't available (on Friday)."

"Some of the students tJ1at I talked to said tJ1at they would rather have it on the Wednesday" Southward added. " .. .I've talked to stu-

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student had moved, leaving no forwarding address.

By May 19, tJ1e crunpu police were notified and a report wru filed.

A cousin oftJ1e studelll was located ru1d informed of the overdue books.

The cousin told tJ1e school that tJ1e student in question was in I long Kong, and would be so for ru1 indeterminate runount of time.

However, the cousin did cooperate fully with crunpus police and the library, not on Iy driving all tJ1e way from Northem Califomia to retrieve the book· from an empty apartment, but also paying the fine (approximately $2,500) in full.

All of t11e books were retrieved except one, which was replaced.

Is this t11e biggest case of overdue books ever?

Well, no. A few years back, a man reportedly held 80 book gro. sly overdue, but the book were retrieved ru~d no fine was asses ·ed due to an apparent disability.

While thi · w<l! n't the largest collection of overdue books, it was hy far t11e largest fi nc ever collected.

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dents who would prefer to have it on Friday ... but morestudentshave expressed to me that they would rather have it on Wednesday than on Friday ... ru1y time you going to have it. someone would rather have it on a different day, because they have a conflict of some kind."

While the preparations for the graduation will be started the night before, the instructors were given the chance to be moved to other classrooms.

"Every cla.~s that I've had a request from to be moved has been moveo." said Southward.

Despite the conflict with graduation. however, many students, faculty, friends and family have a lot to celebrate.

"The Important thing," said SoutJ1ward, "is for students to have t11etr time to walk across and have their diploma .. .if individual . tudcnts need accommodation, we'll do somcthmg."

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