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'JCC evaluated by accreditation team fara Kurzawski ltaff Writer ten member accredidation team evalul San Jose City College March 23-26 to :rmine if the college meets the basis for :editation. tlle Accrediting Commission for Com~ ity and Junior Colleges is a branch of Western Association of Schools and eges 0N ASC), of which City College is ember. llle purpose of the visit is to determine City College places in 10 different gories, which are: Institutional Mission, "tutional Integrity, Institutional Effec-
tiveness, Educational Effectiveness, Educational Programs, Student Support and Development, Information and Learning Resources, Faculty and Staff, Physical Resources, Financial Resources and Governance and Administration. The evaluation is done every six years and the team gaveaclosingreport with their findings on March 26. Some of the recommendations included the restructure of affirmative action processes, tracking students' outcomes and the clarification of the district officials' positions. Another recommendation that was made, was to centralize information about campus learning resources.
James Henselman, team chair, recommended that the college's review process be simplified and straight forward . The team also recommended that the college mission statement should be more closely linked to the Chancellor's and the board of trustees goals and missions. The team based their decision on several sources of information, one being the "Accreditation Self Study Survey Results" conducted by City College last year. Findings were also based on City College's midterm report and the 1992 accredidation report. The survey polled 348 staff members and 483 students on a wide-varie ty of questions
about the policies, procedures and effectiveness of City College in all of the 10 areas of the accreditation protocol. Statements ranged from "Public transit access to SJCC is convenient," to "The college administration uses a decision-mal<ing process that involves affected persons or groups." A copy of the report is available in the library. The Accreditation Team also conducted interviews with 60 faculty members, 38 classified staff, 75 students and 53 administrators. They also visited 32 classrooms during instruction. A full report of the accreditation team evaluation will be available later.
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Jose State University. However, Shaw added that the district negotiators decided not to The dream of just one more start the calendar so late. "I think it's because of the days week of summer vacation may soon that would be lost," Shaw said. be fulfilled . AIU10ugh the last day for finals The Faculty Association and the in the fall will San Jose/Everbe falling two green Distract days before have tentaChri s tma s, tively agreed Shaw feels that on an academic City College calendar for could lo e stu1998-1999. de nts if the The fall school year 1998 semester were to start in will begin Aug. early August. 24 with flex "The fall is days on Aug. time," a critical 20-21. Shaw said. Because the school year will Spencer Shaw "Starting later be starting a FA President could have a dramatic effect week later, on enrollclasses will be ment." Holirunning until days will fall on the same days. Dec. 23. Because it isn't critical for the 'There had been a proposal to spring semester to begin later, the start Aug. 3 1," said Spencer Shaw, 1999 spring semester will be tartpresident of the faculty associaing Jan . 25 with the final exam tion. "However, we'd lose three days ending June 4. weeks of classes." The flex days for the pring will According to Shaw, the faculty and administration had wanted to be from Jan. 21-22. Rex days, or instructional imstart the fall semester after Labor Day in hopes of boosting enroll- provements days, are us ually ment due to students not able to get scheduled for the Thursday into lower division courses at San andFriday before school tarts.
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This fall , San Jose City Col. e Dental Assisting Program U be celebrating its 40th Anni-
TSary. In today's dental indus try, ~n tal assistants are in high deatld. ' We can't graduate students t enough," said Patricia Wil111, the Dental Assisting Program Dominator. In this program, students learn •neral anatomy, phys iology, OtaJ anatomy and physiology,
radiography , infection control, business office procedures, nutrition and dental specialties. The program, which lasts 11 months (two semesters and one swnmer session), enables students to earn a State Radiation Safety License, a certificate in Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR), a certificate in coronal Poli bing and a Certificate of Achievement from City College. Upon completion of the program, students will be qualified to take the California Registered Dental Assistant Examination and the Dental Assisting National Board. "IL' s a good program. They make sure that you are ve.ry professional at al l times," said Monica Coleman, a fre hman in the pro-
gram. The Dental Assisting program is accredited by the Commission on Dental Accreditation of the American Dental Association, a national organization which accredits schools that meet their standards. Students who pass the state exam and earn their RDA license may choose employmen t in the dental field assisting dentists, orthodonti ts, oral surgeons or pediatric denti ts. Startingwage rangefrom$10$14 per hour. The total co toftbe program is about $800, which includes uniforms, supplie , testing and Iicen ing fee as well as units .
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Jags had more than Lady Luck smiling down on them zzz! That was the sound of the final buzzer that ended the madness of March. With all the dust settled, only one of our teams came away from their respective tournament with a championship trophy, yet that does not tell the entire story of the tremendous seasons both teams had. With the season at an end we would like to take this opportunity to look back at an astounding year for San Jose City College's basketball programs, men's and women's. Aside from our Lady's outstanding performance in the State Championships that led them to victory and the fact that the Lady Jags broke seven school records, produced five players who received either All-State or AllConference honors and earned their head coach Coach of the Year honors, there is something much more important that has caused the team to standout. Even through the tedious task of practicing almost everday as well as playing exhausting night games during the week and weekends, the team managed to keep up an amazing combined 3.02 GPA (grade point average)
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during the year, led by Gina Paradiso's 3.72 GPA. This accomplishment deserves praise in itself. How about the men's basketball team running out of luck in the first round of the State Championships? An obvious dissappointment but the season proved to be one of the best in school history. The team also broke six school records, including completi ng a 63-10 record over the past two seasons. Again, the true accomplishments of this year's squad lies in their academics. All eight sophomores will be moving on to four-year universities. The C.A.R.R. program has assisted the team in keeping high standards in academics alo ng with their high standards in play, led by Jens Jensen's spectacular 4.0 GPA. Although only one our teams won it all, only one other school can boast having both teams in the State Championships. Our men and women have plenty to be proud of on and off the court.
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What could possibly posses children to kill? Intending to shoot only the girls who had broken up with them, Mitchell Johnson, 13, and Andrew Golden, 11, killed 5 people and wounded 11 others recently in Jonesboro, Ark. As people search for answers to help explain the two boys, I can't help think that the society we live in is corrupt. You're probably sitting there saying, "Tell us something we don't know." But apparenlly we rea ll y don't know, or we don't want to believe that our socie ty is t11at bad. There is no more respect for human life and for the human experience. There are many people on the streets today who will ask you "What are you looking at !" and if they don't like your answer t11en they will t11reaten to kill you. If you don't believe me, go to downtown San Jose on Saturday nights and try to make eye contact with as many people as you can and see what happens. I can sit here and tell you tl1at tel evision is the downfall of society today.
Although th ere will be 20 people coming up to me to argue against it, try to change the ch around 8 p.m., and tell me if y don't see at least five programs wi violence. That is what our society is going to be known for. In the future they will say "Th 90's were a lot of violence, wars am corruption, but man, they had SO!IIt great action flicks." If Mitchell and Andrew g!X their ideas from television 01 pornography or whatever, they · never f uII y know the terror tl1at llx:J have reigned. T hey will never know thr h earL~ tl1ey have broken. If so meda y they become ] remorseful, it will still not excuse t11e injuries that t11ey have caused. So when you're driving do~1 t11e su·cct and you start to get ang~ about <Ulother driver, rememberlhl compa~sion and respect for othcn ( is what makes us human , differe~ from the animals that conuniltedtJr atrocities in Jonesboro. '" The blood of the children 10 " Jonesboro is not only on Johnson's I and Golden's hands, but on all d societies hands. The yout11 of America i Of! business until t11e day we die. When we start to shirk o duties to t11em, t11at is when ba~ things start to happen.
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The movement still exists and can be seen working for little or no money. ~ Luckily, thousands of small More than just a fine name for our generation, "Generation bands and artists refuse to X" shows our ability to not stand compromise their integrity and their works' integrity for big paychecks. c for anything. These people have and wiU Previous generations had W.W.II, Korea, Watergate and always exist. The idea ls which were tbl Iran Contra. We have a president who can not keep his pants up and back-bone of our movement exist. Like anything good, tb the Gulf War. Comingoutofthe 1980s, the shou ld be embraced, not exploit As a whole, we should be gl me/yuppie generation, we were that a major war has not yet defi not going to be commercial. Armed with baggy pants, our generation. However, we have failed in 011 1 worn out flannels, alternative music (grunge, punk, gangsta- attempt to create a less materiali · rap, etc ... ) and hot coffee, we were society and committed our Oll1 starting a war against American ultimate sin: we "sold-out." It's not too late, though. I commercialism. Unfortunatly, strongly urge everyone to get commercialism is a lot like HIV/ involved. For a start, we could give AIDS. It constantly changes faces, adapting, so it can never be MTV, which happens to be the commercial mover behind olll eliminated. We wanted coffee, they gave generation. People sho uld get mort us Starbucks . We wanted involved in their local arts scene Al ternative music, MTV, a hold go see local musical groups, pill over from the evil 1980's, gave and musewns, etc .... See what' us Bush. there for your elf; don't rely ~ Everything that was in others. became commercial, and people Finally, we should alway began compromising themselves an open mind. If you like rap for the all-mighty American and see a local punk show, and 1 ' dollar. Luckily, all of the MTV hype versa. You might like it, or better)• hasn't totally destroyed what you might learn someth ing. Generation X stood for.
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It frustrates me to hear other students say "let's go over there and kick their butts" or "tel's nuke'em" when speaking about the situation involving Saddarn Hussein and Iraq a few weeks back when U.S. deployment was almost imminent. What irritated me the most was seeing students on th is campus so willing to send our troops, not Steven giving so mu ch Choy thought to how these troops being deployed and how their families would be affected. Almost three years ago when President Clinton and other United Nations representatives signed the Dayton Peace Accord, I was enlisted in the US . Army and a member of a unit being deployed to BosniaHerzegovina Our unit was one of the flrst to go as part of a task force on a peace keeping mission. Even thm1gb !had been in the military for over two years, prior to being deployed, I too was ignorant about the life of a soldier deployed. I once may have even been one of those people who said, "let's take'em out" or "we should wipe'em out." Since then, the memories of my six month presence in the war tom country only brings me anguish when I hear news of other deployments. I feel sony for the soldiers about to embark on such a mission . Because we were the first deployed, we probably had it slightly worse off than the soldiers to follow . I remember being on the convoy going through the northern portion of Bosnia on our way to our final destination. I have a vivid recollection of local towns looking like ghost villages, yet women and children inhabited these run down homes. I recall the chilling January winds that greeted us as we arrived at our destination. lbink.ing back, I can almost feel the freezing temperatures causing more grief than the Violent noise of artillery from above. Our unit was the first to inhabit that lerritory so the area bad to be swept for lllines before we staked out our area Seeing
the mine sweepers tear through the dirt, I could help but ask what I was doing there. The first night there, I remember a group of guys talking about their families and how they bad already missed them and couldn' t wai t for it to be over. When the lights went out all I could hear were artillery shells zooming through the dark night and acontinuous rattle of gunfire. The guys around me all looked liked the sounds did not bother them but I was terrified. The only thing that was keeping a round of frre from me and the sky was the canvas of the tent. It was foolish to expect the green tent canvas to provide any shelter from Mother Nature's icy breath also. Yes, we had a pot belly stove but the cold always won the battle against the beat. Sanitation was almost unheard of. I remember using baby wipes as a substitute for a warm shower. Food was equally horrid. Eating "Meals Ready to Eat" could not provide much palatal pleasure and the idea o a "hot" meal became a distant reverie in our minds. As the frrst onth went by the violent noises became less apparent Our bodies began to adjust to the temperature and anything that filled our stomachs was satisfying. As we adjusted physically, emotionally we began to fall apart. With no mailing system, there was no way to communicate with our families or the outside world. Obviously it hit the soldiers that had families the hardest but those of who were single found it hard to deal with also. We were just managing to cope with living without the luxuries we all were accustomed to from living in America No television, radio, junk food, or even TOILETS.
Wasitfair? Maybenot. Wasitourduty? Indeed. We all agreed to follow our leaders and trusted that they made the right decisions. Would I do it again? Probably not. It would take our own shores and soil to be
threatened before I would allow myself o experience such a life again now thatl'mout ofthe Army. I must admit that my experiences in Bosnia could not even compare to the ones our soldiers faced during the Persian Gulf War. First of all, our mission was to keep peace; to preve nt others from warring with each other. Those in the Gulf
War bad to cope with being the targets of deadly force. They had to worry about being exposed to chemical warfare. I have known a few soldiers who were exposed to these deadly gases and came down with the "Saudi Syndrome." I cannot imagine myself in their shoes, let alone facing the pos ibility of returning to it Some gue that someone must take action against ggressio . l agree somewhat. 1 am not speaking of the political ramifications of ndine troops to these potentially fatal si tuatiom.. I will not argue the nece s1ty of U.S. mi litary being sprea across the globe for ariou reasons. However, I woulci just simply !" e; to give others the perspective of life as a soldier deployed. Hopefu Iy this per· pec ti ve will e 'bk others to actually think ut the consequence of sendm our men and women to ~ rcig lands on such miss1ons. Consequences that do not justaffec< our country as a wbol but a so affect th lives of the tnousands of ld1ers an !h 1 families.
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ce a diSturbing trend. To much disbelief I saw a few commercials that starred some of today' s budding sports journalists. There they were singing, dancing and eating away for consumers to admire. The sight of NBC's Amad Rashad and ESPN's Chris Bennan singing along with Gatorade's "I wanna be like Mike" ad was shocking. It didn't get any better. The next channel I turned to had ESPN' s most prestigious anchor, Dan Patrick, trying to convince consumers that 7up's new taste is the best yet. It didn't stop there. One more flick of a switch Choy and there was NBC's Keith Obennann mocking Cal vin Klein fragrance ad's to promote the great te of Boston Market's chicken. So what's so disturbing about it all? ~lfstly, sports journalism has come a long way the la-;t half century d 1s finally being recognized a-; journalism. I remember a fonm;r journalism teacher I had once scoffed at me hen I told him my plan of pursuing a career in sports journalism. La He told me that if I wanted to be a "real" journalist than I better stwl :r pa· inking about "real" news. ts Being the sports l.lllatic I was. this was U1Jiy a huge blow to my 3Wll!. earns. Granted, the Supcrbowl may not din.:<.:tly impact millions of lives and ou probably won't sec a progr~un interruption for a special report on en Griffey Jr. breaking Roger M~lfis' home run record, but sporL<; news Times!Mari Matsumoto general docs affect the livelihood of millions of Americans today. The reputation of the field is not being supported much when some of Jags' Lamar Harvey beats the throw to second in their 12-7 win over Mission College. t's most notable joumalisLs tum in t11etr mics to go off to make cameo ppearances in Hootic mHJ the I3lowlish videos. Putting media ethics aside for JUst a moment, I wonder how Amad Rashad can conduct a professional interview with Michael Jordan when e knows tha t the interview can make or break his chances to do anotllcr Steven j. Choy The win kept City College tied outstanding team perfonnances pot. such as the 21-8 scorching of Sports Editor for second in the conference. pag Maybe it will take CNN' s I3cmard Shaw dripping sauce on his tie in Monterey Peninsula College and tile season already half With Walk by tile San Jose City Cola Carl's Jr. commercial or NI3C's Today Show <UJchor Katie Couric individual perfonnances such as completed, every conference win eak · cing on stage in a Victoria's Secret ad before I cm1 feel comfortable lege baseball diamond and you' II becomes more irnportant.The top ouUielder Joey Morales' 580 bat1el' with everyt11ing and even tllen how serious can t11e public view joumal- hear the "clank" coming from tile two teams in each division gel ting average in conference play. sound of our teams' bats hitting Jg · ts who do such things? The Jags, currently on a four au tomatic pl ayoff berths at their opponents' balls. game winning streak, want to season's end. Wednesday's game led the Jags continue their success and secure The Jags have shown they over Hartnell college, 7-5. an automatic playoff bertll. to none with should be second The Jags ruined Hartn ell's starting pitcher's, Caesar Nunez bid for a no-hitter when infielde; weeks," said Haas. Kevin Yee broke up the feat in tile fourth inning with a double. Final standings had West ValAt that time, Hartnell was ou t in ley flfst, I !artnell College second, San Jose City College's track front, 1-0, but witll tile Jags' got hot City College third, Footllill College d field team placed tllird in its and went on to their nintll conferfourth and Contra Costa College et at West Valley College on fiftll . ence win. They are now 9-5 . turday, March 26. "Our team did what we had to The Jag's next meet is tile Bruce Derek Ditmer Jed the jaguars by Jenner Cla~sic here at 9:30 a.m . do to win today," said coach Doug cing flfst in tile h;unmer throw Saturday, Apri14. Robb. the shot put. 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0 San Jos~ City College Theatre Arts Department will be presenting "Romeo and Juliet" starting April 3 at 7:30 p.m. in the college theatre. The play will run on weekends throughout April with a special matinee on April 19 at 2 p.m. Ticket prices range from $4 for people over 65, City College students with ASB cards and faculty while general admission is $7. For more information, please call298-2181, ext. 3602. 0 CSU Sacramento will be in the College Transfer Center on April 14 from 9-1 p.m.
0 'Learning lunches and coffee breaks' with Priscilla Santos continue with "time management and bow to raise my GPA" on April16 in GE206A from 10-11 a.m. For more infonnation, please call298-2181, ext. 3655. The Times!Mari Matsumoto
0 U.C. Santa Cruz will be in the College Transfer Center on April 21 from 9:30am. to 3 p.m.
0 David Lee will present "helping your friend cope with domestic violence" on April23 from 10-12 p.m. in the community room.
0 The Cosmetology Department will hold a close-out sale dUting the month of April.
0 La Raza is inviting student poets to participate in t11e Poetry Festival and Cinco de Mayo celebmtions. Poetry must be submitted by maili ng to San los~ City College c/o Jesus Covanubias or viaemail (La Raza S tudcnt Alliance WebSite@ http://members.aol.com/ sj<;clarazalsubmit.html). Poetry must be submitted by April 13. 0 Are you interested in a teaching career? Careers in teaching is a program for students in exploring teaching as a career. Students must be eligible for English 92 and matl111 A. For more information on tlle program, see Susan Smitll in GE207, t11e Learning Center, or call (408) 298-2181, extcntion 3607
0 Commencement ceremonies for San Jose City College will be heldJune6atlO a.m. in tlleMartin Luther King Jr. Plaza in the G.E. complex. compiled by Times Staff
Presidential search continues at Evergreen Valley College Alex Vasquez Staff Writer The quest for tlle next President of Evergreen Valley College continues. "We were optimistic and had hoped for a se lection before Christmas, but that just didn't happen," said Geraldine Evans, Chancellor of San Jose/Evergreen Community College District and Interim President Evergreen Valley College. The contract of t11e previous president, Noelia Vela, had not been renewed. Of the original candidates, Dr. Thelma White, executive dean of student services at Pierce College District in Tacoma, W A, is still being considered. Anotllercandidate applying for tlle position is Dr. Frances White, former EVCdean of social sciences and physical education. She also served as interim chancellor of tlle San Jose/Evergreen Community College District, in 1997 The position had been offered to Michael Rao ofMission College, but be turned it down . Roa has been the Mission College president
for 6 years. "All applicants are being strongly considered, but there are no frontrunners," said Kathy Kyle, coordinator of tlle search.
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From page 1 When compared to Bryman, a private institution which charges $6,500 and doesn'tinclude testing or licensing costs in its tuition, the City College dental program fee is a relatively low cost. "It's very well structured and you get real experience." said Melissa Cera, a student who is enrolled in the program. The program accepts walk-in applicants because tlle Star System causes scheduling conflicts. For the City College community, tlle Dental Assisting program offers $5 dental x-mys 12-3 p.m. Mon. and Wed. However, they require a prescription from the patient's previous dentist requesting tlle xrays. For more information, please call (408) 298-2181, ext 3712 or visit the Dental Assisting program in tlle Vocational Arts building.
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Rieken revamps SJ Cafe Tara Kurzawski Staff Writer Students may find themselves eating gourmet meals on starvingstudent budgets at the SJCC Caf~ with the implementation of healthier food choices and associated student body discounts. Julie Rieken, ASB vicepresident, along with Eurest, the company who runs the caf~ in the student union, are on a campaign to bring environmentally friendly packaging and health education to San Jose City College. Students can receive 10 percent off any food items purchased at the cafe with an ASB card. An ASB card can be purchased for $5 at the Business Services Office in the 500 building. In addition, "meal deals" offer a choice of a cheeseburger, bacon cheddar burger, or marinated chicken breast sandwich. Thecomboalsocomes with fries and a drink fora set price of$3.75$4.25, depending on the item . "Meal deals" are also available for breakfast. For students who can't afford the meal deal, a "bargain buster" is now available t11at offers a small drink, small fries and a special item for under $3. The cafe is a lso offering
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frequent buyer cards. When 10 of one item is purchased, the 11th is free. The cards can be used when buying pizzas, bagels, sandwiches and large drinks. "I wanted to make improvements in tlle quality of food, pricing and just a better place and atmosphere," said Rieken. In addition to Rieken's efforts, Eurest, who has been serving City College for five years, is also implementing a new program called "Nurture Our World." TI1e program is a combination of healthy eating and environmental awareness relating to t11e food industry. Peggy Rushing, director of food services, said that t11is is a program of balanced nutJition t11at will involve more spices and olive oil, instead of heavy cream sauces. "Students always request low fat dishes," she said. Each "Nurture Our World" menu item will have a card displayed indicating t11e nutrition breakdown and will be offered once a week at first. Rushing hopes tllat making highly seasoned dishes witll eye appealing displays will help tlle new cuisine sell better. Some of t11e ot11er changes being considered are a daily rotation of a
1 "wild greens station," which will feature salads made to order, and r U a "wrap bar," where you can build ·ce 1 c~ your own bunito. Rushing says mat Eurest is 11 trying to up-market tlle cafe with es "menutainment," which will olli feature a more attmctive display or the food items. ~I) 1 "We have to change witll the 1 times," said Rushing. · One of the more controversial ent changes is a sw itch from the sandwich bar to pre-made fad sandwiches. si Rushing knows that the h 1 sandwich bar does well, but she i feeling pressure from Eurest to . n switch because of fears tllat the tty food will spoil while sitting out. Rushing will try to offer a wide variety of sandwiches to ensure or that t11ere will be something for oc h< everyone. Carrie Kostolanci, sophomore, tl1inks the changes are a good idea "I eat more gourmet, healthy food. To me, it gives me more n energy t11an greasy food like a hamburger," she said. In addition to new menu ( choices, Eurest has healtlly eating pamphlets for people to read, as well as a free pack of seeds to grow your own spices. New seed varieties will be featured every two months.
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