San Jose City College Times, Vol. 52, Issue 7, May 7, 1998

Does student government represent students?

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ASC candidates voice goals for next semester J oseph Urzua Staff W riter The AssociatedStudentCouncil is currently holding an election for officers for the fall '98 semester.

The election will be held 10 a.m. to 7 p .m. today in front of the College Union.

And to encourage students to vote, a ticket redeemable at the cafeteria for one soda will be given to each voting student.

There wiiJ be only one candidate running for each of the following offices, president, director of finance, and director of activities.

Julie Rieken, a criminal justice major, will be running for president Rieken is the current AS vice president and has served on many committees.

Her major goals for the next year are to increase student involvemen t, decrease student apathy and e ncourage more students to form clubs.

Talance Orme, a Computer Applications/Computer Science major, will be running for Director of Finance.

O rme is currently the AS DirectorofFinance. He has worked with clubs to help support their activities and been in control of a budget exceeding $100,000.

Ormes' goals for the next year is to increase the budget by fundraising and to help fund more activities on campus.

Abui Beckley will be running for Director of Activities. She is

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Cosmetology program makes 'music of the night' Luisa Prieto Co-editor

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performance was part of a week long celebration of Cinco de Mayo put on by La Raza Student Alliance.

uizar brings life to Cinco de Mayo f estivities • Student breathes life into failing club and turns academics around ShawnaLisk Staff Writer The Latin beat and luscious scents drew students to the seventh annual Cinco de Mayo festivities like white cats to black clothes.

Last week's Cinco de Mayo celebration proved that good music, great food and some planning will get student participation.

Thi is La Raza' s seventh annual Cinco de Mayo celebration and it wouldn't have been po ible without the hard work of Javier M . Huizar, the club's president.

At the beginning of the semester, La Raza only

had two students. Although that is not enough people to have a club on campus, Huizar persevered and today they have 16 dedicated members.

The week long celebration started off slowly Monday, April 27th, with a small studentturn out, but by Wednesday had gathered enough momenUim to create long lines at the taco stand and fill all the seats while the local bands played.

The Cinco de Mayo festivities showcased the poetry of San Jost City College students and included guest speakers, food and music.

It reached it' peak Friday with a full house at the seventh annual Poetry festival .

Magda! ina Romero, a student at Cily College, and a member of La Raza was enthusiastic about the festivities , saying, "I think that having a Cinco de Mayo celebration at school is important because see Student, page 4

As the mist poured across the stage, one could almost believe that the 'Phantom' would make an appearance at the 38th Annual Cosmetology Spring Show on May

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Inspired by this year's "Phantom of the Opera" theme, the combination scholarship awards ceremony, competi lion and variety show spellbound the audience from 2:30 to4 p.m. in the San Jose City College theater.

Over 10 scholarships were awarded, thehighestbeinga$1 ,000 Sigma Eta Beta award given to Stephanie Clark.

The competitions were divided into two categories: students who have completed up to 800 hours and tudents who have completed 800-1600 hours.

Between awards presentations,

the students put on musical skits.

Among the most entertaining performances, was a trio of dancers that were led by a silver-clad man in heels and the "Grease" performers.

"It was absol utely beautiful," said Judy Rookstool, a counselor and ASC advisor. 'The spring show had a great variety and the entertainment was absolutely wonderful."

Moved by the "Phantom of the Opera's"longrunningstreak,Susie Castaneda, the director of the Cosmetology Program, decided to use the "Phantom" theme because she " ... wanted (the show) to be an evening look, with a touch of fantasy."

"It was wonderful," said Sahereh Karimian, one of the senior students in the Cosmetology program. Karimian placed first in

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Shadow of a doubt: planning for fall classes A

s fewer classes are offered or simply elimi nated, one can't help but wonder if the sign for San Jose City College should change from the title of the school to something better fitting the get-students-out quick rule of thought.

Perhaps something like "if it's not here or gets canceled, go to Evergreen" would be a more honest attitude students at City College are given every semester.

With 65 classes canceled within the first two weeks of this semester alone, it's almost easy to forget the dread that many students felt during those early days.

Although this seems like a silly thing to be upset about so late in the semester, there is something that we all need to keep in mind: the fall schedule of classes will be corning out in a few weeks.

Within its glossy cover will be dozens of classes that, if the past holds any truth, will inevitably be canceled for any number of reasons (the most common being low enrollment).

Among the classes, will those that people would have needed to graduate or transfer.

Already the words that pop-up when a class has been canceled come to mind: "It's offered at a later time. Take it then," or "I'm sorry if that was the only one offered here, but it's also being offered at Evergreen."

Both statements don't take into consideration that students: A) may already have classes that interfere

with another time, B) don't have a car to drive from City College to Evergreen, or C) don't have the time between school, work and obligations to fit in going to another school or take the class at a different time.

Although sometimes it is possible to follow the suggestions, all too often students are unable to change their entire schedule and have to wait for the next semester in hopes that the class will be offered again (and hope that it doesn't get canceled then).

In the past, students have tried complaining with mixed results. Generally, their words are met with "I feel your pain" words and the dreaded " ... but" just around the corner.

Perhaps everyone who has ever told a student to "take the class at Evergreen" should leave their car behind and take the bus to our sister school.

We know it must be difficult to plan how many classes to offer in addition to budget costs and enrollment.

However, whoever plans and cuts the classes needs to keep in mind that they can't just brush students aside with the theory that if a class isn't offered at the right time or at all , students can go to Evergreen.

The student chose to come to City College, and if they wanted to take the class at another school why bother with City College or Evergreen?

If forced to go to another school for one class, why not go to another school period?

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Dealing with stalkers hazardous to health Verna Barrientos Special to the Times Even though many people don't realize it, stalking is a serious problem that must be dealt with promptly.

At first, the stalker may seem harmless, but after time passes, someone once seen as harmless can be deadly.

Many women, and men too, have felt the agony at least once in their lifetime. I myself, have been through this disgusting experience.

My drama starts out with me meeting this guy named Ray. We went out for close to a year. Things were fine at first. He treated me really well.

Then, gradually, things started to change. The person I once knew was gone. Our relationship started to get really ugly from here on.

He started to act jealous. He also started mentally abusing me quite often. Plus on more than one occasion, be was physically abusive.

Me being the young, stupid girl that I was, always took him back because of his false promises to "never, ever do it again."

He also said that he would "try to control [his] temper better."

After I realized how horrible the situation was, I tried desperately to get out of the relationship.

Ray wouldn't allow that to happen and this is where he became the typical stalker.

He would, after we broke u stop by my house, because he w~ supposedly in the neighborhood, 10 say "hi."

He also called me no matter how many times I told him to stop.

He would also threaten my new boyfriends and told them to slay away from me.

Plus he also said things like, "il I can't have you, no one can."

After a couple of months of Ibis garbage, Ray finally stopped.

Some women, and men, are ~ as lucky.

If any of this behavior sounds all too familiar, I would say that you are dealing with a stalker.

One way to deal with this problem is with a restraining order.

If the stalker isn't too serious, this might just be the trick to drive him, or her, away. If that does n~ work, then you have a real problem.

If your "significant other" <X someone that you real! y don' l know acts in the same manner as Ray, then you must deal with this situation quickly before the problem escalates.

Don't wait until the problem becomes something that you can'l handle.

"An attack on any journalist... must never produce silence.

It must never produce self-censorship.... (The attackers) fear the light that (journalists) carry. They fear the truth."

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I think students should have more say in the operation of the school, without us there is no school.

It's just that bagging on the officials who are trying to better the quality of life for students here on campus is the wrong approach.

If more students took student government seriously, and federal government for that matter, and organized themselves our voice would be so loud it could not be ignored.

The problem is not the systems fault. We can work within it to better it, and it is not our representatives fault.

Some may say that the representatives do not attend enough board meetings. If that is true than that is a valid concern.

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Staff Writer Student government serves an important role on campus.

The student government controls the San Jore City College student budget allotting moneys for dances, clubs and activities.

Perhaps the most important thing the student government does is give students a voice in the decision making process, i.e. with the board of trustee's.

Our representatives provide the real decision makers with the students collective voice. Whether or not the "higher-ups" take our opinion into consideration is up to them.

As far as that is concerned, our bands are tied.

I'm not saying that the system

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The one problem with that view is that we chose them. It would be easy to draw a direct correlation between any lack of participation on their part and the lack of participation on our, the students in generals, part.

The problem is our fault, the students who make the school.

We need more participation in student body meetings, more interest in the direction of the school and our education.

Then, when the masses organize, we will form a voice which can not be ignored.

Our student government is a joke.

I'm not trying to blacken our Associated Student Council representatives, they try, but San lost City College students don't care.

Our representatives can't give a fair representation of the City College student body because by running for office they show that they do care. Or that they want to flesh out their transfer applications.

Well, supposedly they care.

At the beginning of this school year the president and vice president of the ASC quit. It took two months for replacements to be found . There are still four positions that aren't filled. I guess no one wants the job.

City College has a population of approximatly 15,000 students and the advisor, Judy Rookstool , was stoked early this year on the first election day when 50 students had voted by 2 p.m. It makes me wonder what the usual tum out is. I'll bet it's pretty pathetic.

One of the largest problems with our ASC is how they choose to spend their time, and our money.

Early this year, there was a Homecoming dance, with elections for king and queen.

Oh Boy!!! Let's flash back to the eighties why don't we?

A large part of our campus population are returning students, students with jobs, children, and lives.

We, have real problems and real needs that theASC with their high school dances and popularity contests just don't meet.

We hear complaints that the student population just doesn't care, but I think that it is the other way around. Our ASC doesn't care.

If they did, they would look for real ways to represent us, the student body, instead of tired cliches that went out of vogue with lace gloves and teased hair.

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Student--From page 1 people about our heritage."

Cinco de Mayo is a celebration of Mexico's victory over the French Imperialistic army at the battle of Puebla in 1862.

Jesus Covarrubias, the clubs' advisor, calls it a David and Goliath story. " It shows bow people can defy the odds and accomplish anything that they set out to," be said.

This is the third and last Cinco de Mayo celebration that Hazier bas coordinated. Next year he intends to transfer to either the University of Santa Cruz or San Diego State .

Huizar is not afraid to work for what be want's, and believes in.

He said that it is important to have these kinds of events at school, " because it is a way to

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make going to school more fun and the Cinco de Mayo festivities on campus help to promote student art and Latino cultures."

Huizar, who has been attending City College for the last 31/2 years was a high school student with a 1.33 grade point average. Today he is on the Deans list and bas been on the presidents list for his outstanding scholarship abilities.

Huiza r has held every position there is to be had in the club and bas been instrumental in rebuilding of it.

When questioned about his dedication Huizar said, "I have the skills and the ability, I am enthusiastic about this ... I am only trying to do my part."

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Beckley hopes to increase student involvement with functions such as Diversity Day as well as invite speakers and guest to entertain students.

She would also like to increase student awareness of how the Associated Students can benefit them by utilizing the various suggestion boxes around the campus to keep in contact with the students at large.

All students are encouraged to vote. Remember, if you don't speak up, you won't be heard.

The voting booth will be open from 10 am. to 7 p.m.

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Karirnian placed flrst in the men and women's hair cutting competition on May I and fourth on May 4 for total look.

"We have the best teachers, they work really bard," said Karimi an.

Although the 'Phantom' may not have been able to come to the show, a lot of peopl e made appearances.

City College President Chui Tsang and Chancellor Geraldine Evans came by to show their support. Dean of Counseling Charles Southward came by with the Chinese delegation. " .. .It 's alway s a great event...the students work really hard," said Southward. "One of (the Chinese delegates) said that they really liked the music a lot."

"It was well put toge ther, with the smog and everything," Jason Abergas, a said Cosmetology student who not only placed second in total look but was also one of th e lead dancers in the Grease dance.

Beyond the scholarships and awards, two Community Awards were given to Jim Campbell from M edia Services and Joan Gustafson from reprographics for the ir help to the people in the Cosmetology program.

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Here's the dilemma; do you: a) Sit through the entire local television news broadcast.

(Boring!). b) Switch to a national sports network and hope you haven't missed the whole 30 second segment dedicated to your team, or c) Jump on the net and let your fmgers do the walking.

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Above, from left, Sal Gaeta and another musician strum 'Acoustic Paradise' during intermission at the La Raza Poetry Festival. Right, a dancer for Santa Cruz's 'Fire and Water l performs an Azteca dance at the festival.

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'La Lucha Continua' for La Raza Luisa Prieto Co-editor For a moment in the shadows, the six proud dancers on the stage could have been Aztec warriors.

They stepped into the faint light, long feather head-dresses and gold glimmering in the light.

As one of them began to play a soulful beat on a drum, the vision momentarily became reality as the seventh annual La Raza Student Alliance Poetry Festival began.

The festival, which was held from 7-lOp.m. on May 1, was held in the San Jose City College Theatre. It featured many talented groups such as "Fire and Water," the Hispanic dancers that opened the festival.

The theme, "La Lucha Continua," ("The Struggle Continues"), was interwoven throughout the festival, through poetry, dance, song or story.

"Jose Montoya was

awesome," said Abui Beckley, a student at City College. Montoya was a storyteller who talked about the versatility of Hispanic culture.

Although many of the poems and songs were in Spanish or, as in one case, American Indian, a few were in English.

Everyone involved in the festival intended to touch the audience , and they employed many delightful weapons: from the delicate scent of incense to the eyecatching glitter of the dozens of gorgeous costumes.

"We put our whole hearts into it," said Dolores Cajigas, one of the students in La Raza. "We worked bard to make sure the show went smoothly."

The stage was home to more than just students from City College and Evergreen Valley College. The dance group "Los Mejicas Folklorico" were from Santa Cruz and "Fire and Water" were from Mexico City.

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Many deceased Hispan· leaders were mention throughout the evening, incl · Ceaser Chavez and Octavio The fes tival was commemoration of Paz, a His poet who died in April.

In order to reach everyooe · the audience, there were 1 MC"s for the ev ning: Jes Covarrubias and MaricelaAI Covarrubias spoke in English AI varez repeated everything· Spanish.

"I was very scared, it was first time ... talking in front of ( many) people," said Alvart Despite her original nervous Alvarez added that she "enjo) everything" in the festival.

Poetry books, flute bracelets, and t-shirts could bought during intermission after the festival.

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Jaguars finish

season strong Alex Vasquez Staff Writer Led by solid play and a deep squad the San Jo~ City College women's softball team qualified for the state tournament May 8-9 at Chabot College.

The lady Jags finished their season with a 10-1 win against Gavilan and ended up second in their conference, behind long time rival West Valley College.

"If we play our best and everyone comes together as a team we have a good chance to make state (fmals)," said coach Debbie Huntze-Rooney.

Centerfielder Melissa Taku went 4 for 4 to go with three runs.

Catcher Rockie Villa bad three runs batted in and went 2 for 4 at the plate.

The team also produced eight All-Conference honors .

First team All-Conference selections include pitcher Kelly Beal, catcher Rockie Villa, shortstop Angela Dunhour and outfielder Melissa Taku.

Outfielder Megan Farnsworth and utility player Christy Smith were second team All-Conference selections.

First Baseman Angela Wittman and Second Baseman Dana Freeman both earned honorable mentions.

The Jaguars open the playoffs 2 p.m. Friday at Chabot against Shasta.

Track and field team hobbled by injuries at season's finish

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Team results: 1. West Valley 172 2.1-larttlell 150.50 .

The Jaguars finished in sixth place at the conferencechampionship, which happens to be in the middle.

"It's a little disappointing. Much of it was fostered by injuries," said men's track and field coach Stephen Haas.

Haas was referring to the many injuries nagging Jag standouts such as Steve Harris.

Despite the teams fmal standing, three Jags qualified for the Northern California Finals, Friday 11 a.m., to be held at the City College of San Francisco.

Derek Ditmer qualified in both the hammer throw and the discuss.

Efrain Carasco will be competing in the 400 meter hurdles and Nick Garcia qualified in the hammer throw as well as the shot-put.

"It's really gratifying when an athlete's progress through a season exceeds your initial expectations," said Haas in reference to Garcia's strong season. ''I'm excited and have high hopes for our athletes in the Finals," said Haas.

What does the future hold for the track team? ''I' m very encouraged by the recruiting response and our chances for next year," said Haas.

The Times!Mari Matsumoto With a dive, Angela Dunhour makes it safely to first just as Angie Castro tags her.

Back in the saddle again City College softball prepares for playoffs Steven J. Choy Sports Editor They're back!!! San Jo~ City College's Softball gears up for their third consecutive postseason appearance.

"We're excited and pumped up to play," said center fielder Melissa Taku, who bas the bot bat bitting a .440 average for the team.

Strengths Pitching and defense is the heart of this years team.

PitcbersKellyBeal(0.71 ERA) andCbristySmith(1 .15ERA)have been the stronghold for the team all season long and will need to continue to make up for the team's less than dominant offense .

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Head coach Debbie HuntzeRooney bas been mentally preparing her team for the post season all year by getting her players to develop strong support for one another, along with hours of physical practice on the field .

"I believe that mental preparation can overcome the

The team bas been plagued by injuries throughout the year.

Key injuries include shortstop Megan Farnsworth (broken leg), who was batting .478 before the injury.

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Outlook Huntze-Rooney knows the playoffs mean each team will be

ready to cut throats to advance and an easy win in the regular season may not account for much in the tournament.

City College played all three teams in their bracket and of the games resulted in close scores with the Jags out on top against two of the three.

"Every team is a threat," said Huntze-Rooney. "Last year's experience will help."

X-Factor Huntze-Rooney says other than practice and experience, an important factor in winning will be the team's maturity.

"The team is supportive," said Huntze-Rooney. "The ir ready to battle 'til the end."

THIS YEAR A LOT OF COLLEGE SENIORS WILL BE GRADUATING INTO DEBT. Under the Army's Loan Repayment program, you could get out from under with a three-year enlistment.

Each year you serve on active duty reduces your indebtedness by onethird or $1,500, whichever amount is greater,

Baseball team falls short of post season Jess Ortega Staff Writer Take me out to the ball game. Take me out to the crowd. Buy me some peanuts and Cracker Jacks.

Even though the season is over the spiritofBaseball lives on at San Jo~ City College.

With a record of 15-12 in the conference and an overall record of20-15-l, the Jags barley missed the cut-off to make it into the Conference playoffs.

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Rocking with the Phantom 'For your Wormation' 0 The Governitlg -B()3rd ·~ h;;Iding a ~~ption from 7-7:30 p.m. on May q in the College Union Comnimiity Room to honor . employees whbannounced their retirement after June 1, 1997. ...·

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0 The San Jd~ PoliCe Department will host "Alcohol: Its Use and Abuse" on May 13. It will run from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Community Room and Quad.

0 The San Jose City College Job Placement Center will hold a Spring Job Fair on May 20. Over 60 local companies will be on campus recruiting for full-time, part-time arid summer jobs. For more information, call288-3783.

0 The Associated Student Council will be hosting a flea market in the campus quad from 10-1 p.m. on May 21. For more information, call Marie Chatterton at 298-2181, ext. 3906.

0 The Gallery is currently showing the work of students from the Visual Art, Digital Art, Photography and Ceramics programs. The show will be running until May 27. For more information, call 298.-21 81 , ext. 3890.

0 ''Unfmished Business: Latino Culture at the end of the Millennium" will beheld at 7 p.m. on May 28 in the City College Theater. lt is a conversation between four preeminent artists and scholars.

Tickets are $6 for students and $12 for general admission. For mqre information, call938-3571.

0 The Associated Students will host the Annual Spring Banquet on May 29. For more inf01mation, call Marie Chatterton at 2982181, ext. 3906.

0 Student tutors are needed in all subject areas for the coming fall semester. Interested students must be enrolled in at least 6 units.

For more information, see Susan Smith in the Learning Center.

0 CPR instruction is offered every second Wednesday in the Health S-;ience Building, room Z6, at 6 p.m. It is hosted by the EMT Pre-hospital Emergency Care Program and costs $25. For more information, call398-5406.

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With the "Phantom of the Opera" mask watching over them, the members of "Girls Night Out" prove that masked men aren't the only ones who can put

Times staff wins seven awards The San Jost City College Times staff won seven awards at the Journalism Association of Community College annual state conference.

The conference, held at California State University, Fresno, held a variety of workshops and on-thespot competitions for over 510 students and faculty representing 46 community colleges in California.

Students were also offered a chance to learn from each other through discussion and compete through the mail-in category.

Craig Rose, Times web master, won a certificate of merit for Creative General Excellence for the Internet version of the Times .

Jags--------------------------From page 7 mention that Coach Robb also was nominated runner-up coach of the year.

In 12 games, the Jags have had a team batting average of .322 ''We bit well and we pitched well. We were inconsistent with winning through out the year. We were a real streaky team we bad a lot of peaks and Valleys," said

Coach Robb.

"Next year we are going need to flll the wholes left by the sophomores and keep working hard.

We'll keep improving a keep good attitude and desire," he added.

Not only are some of the players being looked at by different colleges some are also being looked at by professional teams.

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Among the winners for mail-in entries was fll"SI place for headlines for 1997.

Times photo editor, Mari Matsumoto, placed second for mail-in news photo.

Former executive editor Trevor Bryden received a third place award for editorial writing, while Tamiko Rast, former cartoonist, won fourth place for editorial cartooning.

The Times also won two awards in the on-thespot competitions, including an honorable mention won by Steven Choy in on-the-spot sports writing.

Co-edtior Kristina Nicholas also placed fust for on-the-spot front page newspaper design, tabloid.

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They were ousted by their rivals West Valley College who were chosen first because they finished third in conference.

"It's a little disappointing because we believe we could play with any of the teams in the playoffs. We were a very talented team. Ourrecordreallydidn'tsbow what we were capable of," said second baseman Steve Goldberg.

Through out the season the Jags had some tough breaks. Their third baseman Erik Bakich was hurt and missed six games.

Somehow he still managed a .452 avg., 11 doubles, three home runs, and 16 Runs batted in.

Both Mike Nunez, pitcher and Erik Bakich, third base made Ftrst Team All Conference. Mike Bowlin , center field , Kevin Yee,first base and Jason Franks, catcher all made second team All Conference.

Brent McCann, pitcher, Rob Quiroz, second baseman, Tommy Jimenez, left fielder and Brad Husted, pitcher received awards for Honorable mention.

With nine players being recognized by the conference it is plain to see that their record did not show their full potential. Not to

on a show. Marcia Hamilton (left), Tanee Mclnlosb and Tashica Willis were among the students in the Cosmetology Program who performed on May 4.

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