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Serving San Jose City College Volum e 52, No.1
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Enrollment rises throughout district
Thursday, February 5, 1998
Six more weeks of this ...
Luisa Prieto Assistant Editor
did nine radio stations ... we advertised in the theaters, where we bad not been before." With more than 900 students In the ensuing months, more lied than there were last fall, will be done to continue to try to enrollment at San Jose City increase enrollment. One of the Uege has risen. plans is to place ads in 20 high uwe are looking much better," school newspapers. · Rosalie Eskew, the Director "That's one of our major Admissions and Records. ''The thrusts ... to attract more high school count is very good. Even our students, the traditional18-22 yearlications are up from last year." old type student right out of high As of Jan. 30, there were 9,531 school," said Sanchez. Another thing Sanchez says will dents at City College and over help is that, starting in July, the students at Evergreen. This comes at a sharp contrast fees for units will go down a dollar. m· ~lh last fall, which started with "That' II be a little bit of saving I students enrolled at City for students," Sanchez said. "(The Uege and 8,193 enrolled at Ev- decrease is) going to be permement, een. that was part of the governor's "That makes us very happy ... to budget. .. if you take 15 units, you that kind of increse," said save 15 bucks and over a year you '!bert Sanchez, the Associate save ... $30 and so forth . That pays -cbanceller and enrollment for two-thirds of a class." ager. "(The increase) is very While the enrollment has gone u ual because normally the up, a few students found problems ·ng semester is the semester that with STAR, one of the new methtake a slight dip from the fall ods of registration. ild nn, and this time it sort of regrew "We were under the gun for a lead of dropping down ." while, getting complaints," Eskew _ Sanchez attributes the increase said. enrollment to the heavy adverHowever, as more students have . g that City College had run . becomemorefamiliarwith the new ~we did a campaign during the system of enrolling for classes via th of January in which we ad- computer, Eskew adds that things in every newspaper... we have settled down.
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Torents of rain on Monday caused several areas of the parking lot to flood. A car in the student parking lot by the 100 wing sinks into a
puddleforminginthelot. Thefloodingoccured because of excess tar covering the storm drains after the parking lot was repaved .
Rain causes problems at SJCC The recent rains has caused a variety of problems on campus. Maintenance reported leaking roofs in the science wing, cosmetology lab, G.E. building, and 100 wing. While the Community Room, where staff and instructors often take their breaks, was partially flooded at the area facing parking lot A. . Workers quickly pumped out the excess water
and sandbagged to prevent any further leakage. The heavy rains also led to the discovery that the storm drains located next to Laswell Ave. had been paved over causing flooding in the parking lots. Maintenace had to chip off the excess tar over the storm drains to clear the water. Due to high winds , numerous types of tree branches and debris bad to be removed throughout campus.
SJCC celebrates Black History with a 'Search for Umoja', unity ordinator. The festivities will begin with the Dallas Dance Theatre Troupe, San Jose City College will cel- the oldest continously operating ebrate Black History Month with a professional dance company in series of events and performances Dallas. They will onandoffcamperform in the pus. City College This year's theatre from theme is "In noon to 1:20 Search of p.m Tuesday. Umoja." The 13 Umoja means member en unity, accordsemble will ing to event coSharon Youngblood performamixordinator and full-time City Office technology tureofmodem, jazz, ethnic; and College office spiritual dance technology innumbers by well known choreogstructor Sharon Youngblood. This is the flfth year that Black raphers. Seating is limited to 300 and History Month has been celebrated at City College, and the third year classes can make reservations by that Youngblood had been the co- calling ext. 3984. Individuals will
Tara Kurzawski Staff Writer
be seated on a first come f1CSt serve basis. Two bands will be playing as part of 'Music at Midday.' The see History, page 4
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All of these events trancends race.
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rn Carlise,Campus Ministry USA member, preachs in the · for students to repent their sins in the college quad .3-5. Carlise was met with varying degrees of interest rn students and is in the Bay Area for the week.
No School ! President's Day
Holiday Feb. 13-15