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Thursday, November 6, 1997

Grading changes may affect GPAs Lauren Wood Special to The Times

Mari Matsumoto/The Times Chatterton and Rieken look to the future and prepare to serve their terms for the Associated Student Council.

Chatterton, Rieken to head ASC

es Sonya Wormington Editor-in-Chief

After a special election and a rocky start to the semester, the e Associated Student Council finally bas a president and vicepresident.

The special elections, held Oct 22-23, bad extremely close OUtcomes.

Marie Chatterton was elected president with 61 votes, with Amber Purvis following close behind with 58.

Julie Rieken is the new vicePresident, winning with only two votes more than Juan Garcia's 63.

However, the closeness of the election bas not kept either of the officers away from their duties.

Chatterton, who bas served on the Council for three years, already has plans for this year.

"I am trying to get more student involvement and make this

a more uniform campus. I want to make it a better learning environment for students," she said.

However, as the Council bas been without a leader since the resignation of Jairni Jehle almost two months ago, she has her work cut out for her.

"My first order of business is to remind people in council about parliamentary procedure and to serve as a role model to those leaders that will come after me," Chatterton said.

She is also concerned about the council's dynamics.

"Agoodcouncilneeds to 'click' before it can accomplish tbings ... we need to work on more cohesiveness in the group," she said.

Chatterton was the council president last year, but last year's council had worked together before she took over. "(This year) will be a challenge

to my leadership skills ...this is a different council than I'm used to.

I'm going to have to learn to work with them just like they're going to have to learn to work with me," she said.

Rieken also has set a series of goals for her term in office.

"My number one goal is to get involvement in student activities and make college a fun learning experience," Rieken said.

She also encourages students to drop in and voice their opinions to her.

"I have an open door policy.

Anybody can come to my door. If I can't fix it, I will find somebody to help you," she said.

Other goals on Rieken's list are to take a parking survey to find out students' opinions on the parking situation and to try to get a new company to run the cafe on campus in order to have a healthier, larger selection with better prices.

San Jose City College students may soon find their grade point averages (GPA) raised or lowered without any change in the effort they put into their class work.

On November 17, the Board of Governors of California Community Colleges is expected vote to allow +1- (plus and minus) grading in courses taken at California's community colleges.

Plus and minus grading would allow instructors to issue course grades to be A-, B+, B-, C+ in addition to standard A-F letter grades.

The plus and minus grading would affect the GPA's of students with a 0.3 added for a plus grade and a 0.3 subtracted for a minus grade.

A student taking 4 classes of three units each that earned an Ain each course would have a 3.7 GPA. The California Student Association of Community Colleges (CalSACC), which represents 1.4 million students, took a vote of its Policy Board Representatives from each of its 9 regions.

The vote took place at the California Community College Student Affairs Association (CCCSAA) convention Oct. 19 in

Sacramento.

"It was the overwhelming opinion of the region that I vote no on this issue," said Paige Ashby, Mission College student and Policy Board Representative for CalSACC's Region 4, which includes City College.

"CalSACC's position is we are opposed to plus or minus grading," said Shane Sommers, West Valley College student and Policy Director for CalSACC. "One of the major problems we have with plus or minus grading is it would allow each district to decide if it would implement the grading system. ''Then each college and instructor would have the choice to use or not use plus or minus grading," said Sommers.

"We hope to influence the Board of Governors that if they do vote to adopt plus or minus grading it would be made mandatory statewide," he said.

City College faculty and students echo CalSACC's opinion. "It is both ends of the spectrum that would be adversely affected, the honor student as well as the probationary student," said Nancy Gressley, Counselor and SJCC Honors Program Adviser.

"I don't think it's a good idea.

All those students that work hard

See Grades, p. 8.

ee cuts aim to lower students' costs to The Times Many City College students are that when they register for semester it will be cheaper this semester, and those that

don't seem to care.

The College Affordability Act of 1997 (AB 1318), signed Oct. 10

by Governor Pete Wilson, will lower registration fees from $13 per unit to $12 for California community colleges, and will decrease fees at University of California and California State Univ~ity _by five

No school Monday, Nov. 10, due to Veterans Da observance.

percent.

Despite that fact that this is only the second time in state hisory that fees have been reduced, according to a press release from the Faculty Association of California Community Colleges, many students feel that a slight decrease will not have a substantial impact on their pocketbooks.

"It will not affect me that much.

It's only four quarters," said freshman Keith Musaeus.

The sentiments of Musaeus seem to echo the opinions of most of the student body. 13 out of 15 people polled feel that the fee reduction will not have any impact on them.

Still, there are some that con-

See Fees, p.8.

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Charge for local calls on pay phone higher Luisa Prieto Opinion Editor

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Fee cut doesn't benefit students, hurts colleges f ever there was a case to look a gift-horse in the mouth, it's Governor Pete Wilson's passing of bill AB 1318, reducing college registration fees.

The measure reduces community college fees from $13 to $12 per unit and reduces fees at University of California and California State University campuses by five percent.

Initial response to this measure may appear to be favorable. Who wouldn't want to pay less for tuition?

However, a one dollar per unit reduction translates to little savings for students and a tremendous loss in funding for the institutions.

If an average full-time community college student takes 12-15 units per semester, the reduction will only save the student between $12-15.

This small savings is little assistance for students who cannot afford the current registration rates.

The reduction is also applied across the board, benefiting students that can currently comfortably afford the tuition rates.

Rather than implementing a measure which robs necessary funding from the institution and affords slight and indiscriminate aid, it would be more beneficial to propose a measure which

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would place aid where it is needed.

Universities and colleges losing a significant amount of income may not be able to continue to grow at the rate of students needs, particularly as children of the baby-boomer era are approaching college age.

Campuses may not be able to provide adequate course scheduling to accommodate demand.

Speaker of the Assembly Cruz Bustamante said, "Governor Wilson has shortchanged students and their families. It does little good to reduce fees if students must pay for an additional year of college to get the classes they need to graduate."

Stabilization of university and college funding is necessary in conjunction with such fee reductions in order to enable the campuses to offset the loss of tuition.

Wilson vetoed Measure AB 1415, which would have stabilized university funding, on the same day that he passed the fee reduction bill.

Without such stabilization, institutions may be forced to in turn raise tuition or other fees in order to compensate, creating a roller coaster effect.

Phi Theta Kappa honors SJCC students Phi Theta Kappa, an international honor society for two year colleges, recently honored ten San Jose City College students at an induction ceremony.

The ceremony, which was attended by over 70 people, was on Oct. 27.

The students honored in the ceremony were Maria Arsenieva, Loc Dao, Louis Ford, Christine Kelly, Andrew Reynolds, Dejenane Santos, Felicia Taylor, Roberta Telles, Lauren Wood and Sonya Wormington.

To qualify for the City College chapter, Beta Epsilon Nu, students must maintain a 3.50 grade point average or higher.

They will be working closely with City College's Extended Opportunity Programs and Services program (EOPS).

The honor society members will be working with EOPS to provide holiday meals to those in need.

Congratulations to everyone who was honored.

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As stealthily as the fog makes its way into the area in the dark of morning, the charge for local calls on pay phones has been changed from twenty cents to thirty-five.

The price change, which went into affect on Oct. 20, was only for pay phones and not local calJs made from home.

On the surface, the fifteen cent raise doesn't seem so bad.

Most people probably see the price of a phone calJ as nothing more than pocket change, so the price change wouldn't seem so bad.

Perhaps it's a slightly annoying surprise, but nothing really to worry about.

One hears about it from a friend, grumbles about it happening without any notice and then moves on to th e next inconvenience.

If'<>ne is lucky.

The more common, and perhaps frustrating, way to is to attempt to make a phone call with either exact change or a quarter.

On any given day, one is most

likely carrying a lot of books an has a line of people waiting behin them whoalsowanttomakeaquk call between classes.

If one is lucky, they have a bun of loose change on hand and a easily move around the surpri: waiting within a few rings when answering machine picks up ru informs them of the change.

However, one of the problems the change coming so suddenly that some of the machines aren aware of it.

After depositing twenty cents' a pay phone the other day, u mysterious voice of the phone answering machine asked me 'please deposit twenty cents.'

A local call costing a quarto could see, but thirty-five cen Why not thirty?

I've heard that the price hadri been changed in around thirte years , but doubling it doesn exactly bring it into the nineties.

Although the price change m not seem like a lot of money on ~ surface, many students who ~ cautiously budgeting their moll( so that they can go to school :~ pay their rent aren't going to happy over such a drastic pri change.

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According to veterioari Greatest Show on Earth," might be "The Cruelest Show On Joseph Walker, there have be Earth.'' several recent USDA violatil Many people do not know or including " failure to prov· refuse to believe that the circus sufficient space to allow each d uses inhumane methods to train to turn about freely, to stand, sita lie down ," and " violatioo and transport wild animals.

It is a fact The Ringling Bros. transportation enclosure for I and Barnum & Bailey Circus uses elephants." whips, chains, and bullhooks in How can people bring chil~ order to instill fear in the to these shows and expect thell elephants, lions, bears, monkeys, learn anything about the true naB So and other animals used in their of animals? he; Animals do not jump thro~ 1ns show.

There is no such thing as fiery hoops or parade around lhe positive reinforcem ent when costumes in the wild.

The circus only teaches child: training a wild animal to perform ~ntof of, that cruelty to animals is acre.- 5( unnatural acts on cue.

Trainers use electrical devices, It demeans the true wild nature the deprivation of food, water, rest exotic animals.

Every ticket purchased from I sh< and breaking an elephants sensitive skin in order to circus is causing suffering, and 0c: intimidate and dominate animals. could be just as enjoyable wilbO In 1989 and 1993, Ringling animals . leu Please support events that ll;a: Brothers opposed legislation that would ban these crude methods use animals and these torwro alrt of training as well as lowering the training methods.

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Be careful what yo~ wish for

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Recently a four-day school week bas been up for debate.

The proposal would affect everyone on campus, especially students.

A four-day week has a lot of benefits other than ns just the fact that students will have a a three-day weeklly ' end and more time to "party".

At this time, most day classes are 50 minutes in il'eD length. Students barely have time to start grasping ~Is · what the instructor is teaching when the period ends.

How many times have you gone through a class in )ne afog?

Then finally, in the last five minutes, start to see the 1e light at the end of the tunnel, only to have it diminish rter because the instructor announces the end of the class?

With a four-day week, class time would lengthen, allowing instructors to become more in-depth on the adri subject they are discussing.

The four-day week would also allow students that only work on weekends one more day of availability.

Having Friday off would give full-time students the opportunity to work more hours and earn a little extra money.

1n Although, lets face it, most students are not going to be thinking of those two benefits. Most people will be thinking of the extra free time as a gift from heaven.

Students have a lot of stress dealing with classes with projects, midterms, term papers, and numerous other projects due.

The four-day week would allow students time to relax and have more personal time to take care of errands that are normally pushed to the weekend.

Students would also be able to schedule dentist and doctor appointments for Friday and wouldn't have to miss valuable class time.

With having Friday off, student could even spend that time completing assignments that were left on the back shelves and are suddenly due next week. (Not to say that any of us procrastinate.)

The four-day week benefits students in many ways and doesn't give students just another excuse to party.

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In order to accommodate class hours without Friday scheduling, all Monday-Wednesday-Friday classes will need to be lengthened from 50 to 80 minutes .

This will make almost all classes like the dreaded 80 minute long Tuesday-Thursday classes that so many students attempt to avoid.

The class-length problem will only be compounded if the semester becomes one week shorter next fall.

Boredom is not the only obstacle presented by Psych quiz longer classes.

Scheduling a full-time course load of 1 1/2 hour classes into four school days will be a feat.

The longer days may also cause conflicts for extraIC curricular activities such as sporting events and pracIC tices.

The tragedy in this scheduling dilemma is that it ~~--~~~~~~~~ ! -= may force some aspiring student athletes to choose between their sports and academic pursuits.

Longer course hours may also cause hardship for working students.

Many morning students work in the afternoons. The longer courses may complicate scheduling and limit Philosohy: "What is man?" students' work availability.

Ironically, extended course hours for working fulltime students may cause conflict with their work, which is the source of income that finances their education.

Not all classes would be able to be accommodated by the four-day week.

Some five-unit classes (such as many Mathematics and foreign language classes) that require daily attendance may require Friday scheduling .

If this is the case, many students may be forced to commute to campus on a Friday for only one class.

Clearly, there are many issues that need to be considered before making a decision on this issue. The benefit of a long weekend may not warrant the potenGraphic: Sonya Wormington tial inconvenience to students.

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letters policy is standard Letter for college newspapers International army It was recently pointed out in a letter to the editor that readers are dissatisfied with the letters policy of our newspaper.

We recei ved two letters regarding a headline that ran in the September 25 issue of The Times that read " Is it...a headboard ?" The headline regarded a piece of art by Judith Bell , an art instructor at City College.

The ftrst letter, which was 850 words (according to !he Wri ter), was recognized for its content and the point 0fit was understood by the editorial board. However, 850 words is excessive for print. lbe writer of the letter (an art major at SJCC) was then contacted and a request was made for him to shorten the letter, with the revised letter printed in the Oct 23 issue of The Times .

Bowe ver, the writer made a valid point about the letters p o Hcy of the paper, commenting that 150 words as too short to complete a thought.

'Ibis point is well taken and understood , as I have already gone past the 150 word limit.

Bowever, although the Hmit may seem exceedingly stringent, i t is for good cause.

Our newspaper has a very limited amount of space, aod in o rder to inform students and staff about imporlant thing s happening on campus.

It is the goal of our newspaper to "act responsibly .ithin cons traints of time and space limitations, staff SIJ.e, established journalistic practices and legal requirel!len ts," according to the Publications Policy of the City College Times .

'Ibis policy is reflected in many other community

college papers as well.

After corresponding with eight advisers from community colleges in California, I discovered that three have policies to edit letters for length but no specific limit, one had a limit of 400 words, one a limit of 300 words, and three that had limits of 250 words .

One of the advisers even decided that a 150 word policy sounded better than his current 250 word one.

Another adviser said " .. .we do such letter writers a favor when they are forced to limit their point to a readable amount. It has more impact."

Let's face it. How many of you would read anything that was 850 words long, especially if it did not affect you personally and was not accompanied by some sort of graphic or photo?

Even now, as long- winded as I've been, I'm still at under 500 words .

The majority of our news stories are under 400 words , and even then , readers lose interest rapidly and never make it to the end.

The Publication Policy also states that we attempt to observe "the standards of intellectual openness and taste reflected in a college community" and that we strive "for fair, complete, balanced and accurate reporting and editing."

These standards are what we as a newspaper staff strive for. I admit that we're not perfect and that we do occasionally make errors .

However, a word limit on our letters to the editor is not one of them.

Perhaps the number of words is, and that topic will be brought before the editorial board for its consideration .

is not the answer Editor: I am writing to you regarding Norm Christopherson 's letter in the last Times issue, in which he proposed a world army to enforce an international ban on war because bans on land mines simply aren' t enough for him .

I do appreciate Mr. Christopherson's ideas and logic concerning weapons and war, but like most contemporary humans in the United States, I, too, have an opinion; I think his dream of an international ban on war is admirable but the thought of a single world army is terrifying. After all , armies do overthrow governments (such as (the) affair in Haiti earlier in the decade) . The single world army also hints of a totalitarianism that democracy is fundamentally against.

Furthermore, the entire point of the International Campaign to Ban Land Mines was established to phase out a dreadful weapon that maimed as much as it killed.

Land mines, which are still scat-

tered across South East Asia and Bosnia Hercigovina, leave hapless civilians crippled with the loss of one or both legs . Land mines have been singled out for their inhumane effects; if you don ' t believe me, I recall that lasers were banned as offensive weapons because they were efficient at leaving soldiers blind than actually killing them. The world powers are deciding that weapons which mutilate rather than kill are not acceptable.

I would also like to add that I find it disgusting to see how popular and trendy the land mine issue has become after the death of its leading champion , Princess Diana; I see land mine removal as a secondary issue to the slight problem of famine, which could probably use a major international plan . Perhaps a world army of health inspectors/grocers who force people in poor countries to eat adequate meals .. .

Christopher Kisler Student, San Jose City College

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Denise Flores and Mario Bonilla smile happily after the crowning.

Peggy Russing lays out tasty treats for the students.

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'Starship Troopers' doesn't answer viewers' questions

Luisa Prieto Staff Writer Set in a futu re where people must earn their right to be citizens, "Starship Troopers" is about the bloody adventures of brave humans and the evil aliens that want to kill them.

The plot races along at an insane speed and does not pause for many explanations, hoping that its dazzling effec ts will take everyone's breath away.

But behind the sanguine mist, one fact gradually comes to the surface: although it asks very few questions of its audience, all of the fllrn's special effects can'tstop the audience from wondering about a few technicalities.

When did the Arachnids and humans fmt meet?

Who exactly began the war?

And, for the biology majors out there, if the alien bugs live on a planet all by themselves, what do they eat?

These questions aside, "Starship Troopers" is an enthral-

ling display of well calculated violence, eerily quick aliens and a fairly simple plot The film, which is based on a novel by Robert Heinlein, quickly pulls viewers into it and, like the enemy, won't let go until the credits run.

Soon after graduating from high school, Johnny Rico, Carmen Ibanez and Carl Jenkins vow that no matter where life takes them, they will always be pals.

Because the three friends are sent to different vocations, the audience is able to view military life from various angles.

Rico (Casper Van Dien) enlists as a soldier and learns to make the haunting choices that war calls for: what risks to take and knowing that every action could cost someone their life.

Ibanez (Denise Richards) learns to maneuver big ships and Jenki~s learns the fme art of military intelligence.

Against them are the brilliantly created and horrifying Arachnids that are intent on wiping out humanity.

In a ma d dance of life and death, the two forces battle for life amid the stars with no quarter asked for or given.

On occasion, however, this also affects the plot. Without knowing when or why the war began, one can almost get lost amidst the fighting.

Old style propaganda commercials help explain some things, like what the society is like, but do nothing for explaining the Arachnids.

Perhaps in war it doesn't matter how well you know the enemy's eating habits, but on occasion you can't help but wonder.

As long as one doesn't think about various technicalities, however, "Starship Troopers" will be a delightful escapade.

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Jodie Thompson Staff Writer The San Jose City College men's basketball team, poised for a strong season, face their largest cballenge early.

The Jags are returning from a successful season in the 1996-97 school year.

The team, with a record of 34 wins and 5 losses, made it to the fmal round of the State Championships, losing to Los Angeles City College.

All but two members of the 1996-97 Jag team will be returning as sophomores this season.

These team members will bring with them the experience gained in a winning season.

Among the returning sophomores is Lyn Washington, who was selected first team in all-

league and all-state categories.

Also returning are Da ve Ferguson, ftrst team all-conference and Leroy Mayo, second team allconference.

Shawn Harris also received an honorable mention for last season.

New to the team are six freshmen, including three guards, two forwards and one center.

According to Head Coach Percy Carr, the new freshmen "have been able to mesh very well with the sophomores that were on the team last year."

San Jo~ City College's Jaguar team was predicted to be the no. 4 team in the nation in the pre-season in an article written by Rick Ball for Dick Vitale's College Bas-

ketball magazine.

The Jags' season opener will be against Porterville at the Sierra Round Robin Tourn ament in Rocklin, 6 p.m. Friday Nov. 14.

Porterville is ranked among the top ftve teams in the state.

Carr said of the upcoming game, "this game is so important for us, and them, that when the state playoffs begin this game is really going to mean something.

"With the challenge of facing such a tough opponent in the first game of the season, Carr said, "We will have to be a little more prepared early this season because of the game than we normally do."

Interested Jag fans may still be able to reserve space on a "Rooter Bus" headed to the game. Inquiries should be made to Jaguar Assistant Coach Rob Wojtkowski at (408) 298-2181 ext. 3807.

Jags' losing streak continues as they fall to Chabot 54-19 Kristina Nicholas Assistant Editor Although the Jags were defeated 54-19 to Chabot College, leaving the team 1-6, coach Howard Gay said the team has a good chance to fmish out the football season strong.

"We can close out pretty good if we regroup," Gay said. "We have a chance to win two out of the three remaining games."

City College played on their home turf on Saturday against Chabot College Gladiators.

The Jags had 11 ftrst downs, six Burke Smith/The Times by passes, one by rushing and four Shawn Hanis "shoots" for another strong season with the Jaguars. by penalty.

Chabot College, which is ranked 17th in the nation and 5th in the state according to the J.C. Nov. 7: Volleyball vs. San Francisco@ S.F. at 7:00 grid wire, took the lead in the ftrst Nov. 7: X Country Coast Conference: half, scoring 7 points in the ftrst quarter and a whopping 31 points Mens @ Torro Park at 3:15 in the second.

Womens @ Salinas at 2:30 At half-time, the Jags were Nov. 12: Volleyball vs. Skyline @ Pacifica at 7 down 38-0, but began to show signs of life in the second half, Nov. 14: Volleyball vs. Foothill @ SJCC at 7:30 ov. 14: Women's Bball vs. American River @ SJCC at 5 scoring 6 points in the third quarter and 13 in the fourth.

"I'm proud of the team," Gay said, "We gathered ourselves in the second half."

The Jags attempted 30 passes, 18 of which were completed and 194 yards were gained. One of the passes was a touchdown pass, an 8-yard pass caught by Larry Evans made in the third quarter.

Chabot rushed 228 yards , while the Jags only rushed 50, gaining three and losing 47.

City College had 10 penalties, losing 138 yards, to Chabot's 15 penalties and a loss of 120 yards.

Philipe Wells comple ted six passes during the game with 65 yards.

Free-safety, Darriel Trotter, also

played a good game according to Gay, and had a "nice hit on punt."

"Chabot outplayed us from the get go. They're a good football team," Gay said. "Chabot overwhelmed us. They ran the ball well and passed well ."

This the second time in the last two weeks th a t the Jags have played against a top twenty foot- • ball team.

Last week, Foothill College, ranked 14th in the state, defeated the Jags 49-8.

The Jags play their next game at Live Oak High School in Morgan Hill, against Gavilan College.

The game starts at 7 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 8.

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Thursday, November 6, 1997

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Day, The Business Senunar" is me·San lost City College Theater, from 7. a.m. to 2:30p.m. on Nov. 12. If you regiSter early it is $199, savuig $50~ A lighllurichis serv~. Five best ~~ng authors will be featured. For more information and registration, · can: 800-262-795 .

• The 8th annual Latino Student day is being held at nOOn in the Community Room on Nov. 14.

• Last day to drop classes with a ''W'' grade is Nov. 17 • San Jost City College Child Development Center bas immediate openings for children of students and staff. Age requirement 2 years and 9 months to 5 years old (not eligible for kindergarten). For further infonnation, please call Kathy at 288-3759.

• Adelante peer mentors are needed. If you can work 8-10 hours a week, are enrolled in 12+ units and have a GP A of3 .50, contact Ceiia Cruz-Johnson at 298-2181 ext.3653 or come to C-7 for more infonnation.

• JbeLaRaza Student Alliance is currently seeking new members tojoin the club. Meetings are held at 1 p.m. every Friday in Room U-200. For more information, call298-2181 ext 3901.

Compiled by Amy Bergeson

Luisa Prieto

Opinion Editor

The name, which is Spanish for "Day of the Dead," was sponsored

by La Raza and was located in the Community Room. The club had been planning the event since early October.

"Dia de los Muertos is a festive (affair)," said Jesus Covarrubias.

Covarrubias, a Mexican American Studies Instructor at City College, is the current advisor for La Raza.

According to tradition, Nov. 1 is Saint's Day, while Nov. 2 is the Day of the Dead.

"Dia de los Muertos" is a day of remembrance and a night of festivities.

In honor of the event, a table was transformed into an altar in the Community Room.

Candles, pictures of deceased family members and the Virgin

Mary, beans, beer and tequib IX! decorated the table. Like Flyn~ many people shared their meJll(} eq 00 ries of deceased loved ones aJX! brought things to the table. : Nydia Nunez, a student at Cicy College, said that one brings thin : that the deceased was fond of ~ life. For her, that meant leaving a e11 bottle of tequila on the altar for bel grandfather.

PJ an After a band played some ~ . . al mus1c, . a fiew peopIere- WI. dJtion cited poetry. m1 Javier Ortiz, a member of 10 Raza, read a poem by Trini

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Outside in the quad, La sold bot chocolate and a variety ~ sweet bread to raise money frt ~ scholarships. u-

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Fees----------------------sider it a welcome change from the recent increases in the cost of education.

"It's nice to lmow the trend is going that way," said Rosalie Eskew, Director of Admissions and Records. "It is a positive step."

Schoo! officials are optimistic that decreased tuition will increase declining enrollment "I'm hoping that the lower cost will let students know that an education is accessible to them," said Dr. Gilbert Sanchez, Associate Vice Chancellor for Enrollment Management. "A dollar here and a dollar there can help pay for books, pencils and supplies."

There are approximately 9,600 students currently enrolled at City College. The one dollar decrease could save a total of $68,000.

Some City College staff realize t1le insignificance of the decrease to students.

"I don't see one dollar making

SJCC celebrates 'Dia de los Muertos' ~

While the Monday following Halloween is a day to get over having eaten too much candy, for Eva quired, and this was taken into con- Flynn, an Instructional Assistant in sideration. the Learning Center, it is a reThe Consultation Council's re- minder of marigolds. port includes the use of plus and As a child, Flynn used to celminus grading in other system. Of ebrate "Dia de los Muertos" by the 21 CSU campuses, 17 use plus bringing the beautiful (though she and minus grading. Three use let- admits smelly) flowers to the ter grades only and one uses a hy- graves of deceased family membrid method of student evaluation. bers in Mexico. campuses, even use plus and miNow many years later and nus grades and one uses personal- worlds away from the graves of ized evaluations. unforgotten relatives, Flynn shared The state Academic Senate fa- her memories and brought some vors plus and minus grading, but marigolds for the "Dia de los bad concerns as to bow a C- grade Muertos" event at San lost City would effect transfer students. The College on Nov. 3.

Academic Senate asked to have the C- grade eliminated.

Plus and minus grading was debated by the Board of Governors in 1990 where it was voted down. Luisa Prieto CalSACC opposed the implemen- Opinion Editor tation of plus and minus grading Yes, Virginia, there actually is and lobbied for its defeat. a Jaguar mascot for San lost City College.

To view him one might think From page 1 be was tired. His coat, once that a difference. To most students a proud and bright, bas faded with dollar won't mean anything," said admissions and records adminis- time, and his body sags from lack of having someone inside to protrator Ruben Perez.

Even students attending four vide movement.

However, be still bas spirit, and year colleges feel the decrease is despite his limitations, be still just a drop in the bucket. cared enough to come to the first " 's nice that the fees were lowHomecoming Dance at City Colered, but I don't think it will have lege in ten years. a substantial impact," said San The "Halloween Masquerade" Jose State University senior took place in the student union on Deborah Murai. Murai bas seen

Grades-----------------------From page 1 to achieve good grades are not getting what they are working for.

What's the point of pushing your grade up from a B+ to and A- if it's going to have a .3 deducted from it" said Gavin Yap, Theater major and international student at SJCC. At its May meeting, the Board of Governors voted to adopt in principle the concept of plus and minus grading but requested more infonnation on a number of important details on how such a grading scale might work.

The report concluded that the grade point scale would be capped at4.0and no A+ would be permitted. A C- would also not be allowed due to C or better grades need for satisfactory completion of courses. C- grades would reduce many students' eligibility for federal fmancial aid, as a 2.0 is re-

Marf Matsumoto/The Times

Elvin Rodriguez, an art and humanities instructor, It was part of the weekly Music at Midday sponsored Jo tickles the ivories with fellow piano player Nataly by the Arts and Humanities Department, performed gl Gingis (not pictured) in a Mozart Piano Concerto. in Room F-7 on Wednesday. tv.

registration fees jump $600 per year in the last four years. "A $100 per year decrease doesn' t make that much difference," she said.

A student taking 12 units per semester at a community college will spend $312 for registration per year. That number will be reduced to $288. While a student attending a CSU or UC could spend from $1,584 to $4,355 per year, these numbers would be cut to $1 ,505 to $4,137, according to FACCC press release.

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Oct. 24. Although not everyone that came was in costume, the mood was festive and a few people made special appearances Geraldine Evans, chancellor of San Jose/Evergreen Valley Community College distract, stopped by. After talking to many of the students, she left to attend the latest school play.

Although the City College mascot, the Jaguar, paid a visit, he did not dance. Instead, be hung on the outskirts of the dance floor with a sign under him asking for donations.

The cafeteria was transformed from a place where people eat meals to a mysterious cavern

Bailing out?

Nov. 17isthelastday to drop a class and receive a 'W' grade. ·

where metallic curtains bid pliotographers stalking lone dancen fe, and beautiful disembodied heads from the cosmetology department S!l looked down from the second floor.

The tables were either pusbed into one comer or taken out of the room to make space for a danCC floor. Under the cloak oflow light· ing, several people danced to the tl loud and throbbing music.

Red punch, popcorn, cooldes. salsa and chips were available 011 a nearby table.

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Call the YMCA Child Care Joh Hotline for more infonnarion.

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