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Volume 52, No.12
Thursday, October 15, 1998
San Jose's mayoral race enters the 21 century Brian Cahn Sraff Writer San Jose's mayoral campaign has entered the 21st century as both candidates, Patricia Dando and Ron Gonzales, have sites located on the Internet. After spending a few minutes at each site, it will become apparent to all voters that they will face a tough decision next month: who will be the next mayor of San Jose. The choices are Dando, San Jose city council member, or Gonzales, a former Hewlett-Packard manager and Santa Clara County supervisor.
Both candidates are promoting virtually the same issues. Dando' s top priorities are improving schools, protecting neighborhoods, and stopping govenunent waste. Gonzales also endorses the improvement of San Jose's schools, strengthening neighborhoods, but also intends to concentrate on the local gang and drug problems. While the issues are nearly the same for each candidate, their proposed solutions are completely different According to Dando's web site, schools can be improved with partnerships with businesses to expand Internet access for all
schools and students. She also endorses smaller class sizes, an anti-truancy program, and a program called the School Safety Team. The site does not elaborate on how these programs will achieve their goals, but it does provide detailed descriptions of what each proposal entails. For example, the school safety program is to be sraffed by police and probation officers in coordination with school officials, students and parents. Gonzales, on the other hand, seems to believe that schools can only be improved if they have more and better teachers.
Gonzales' site details programs that offer educational loans to students studying to become math or science teachers, and provide loans to help teachers moving to San Jose with the down payment on a new home. He is also pushing a nationally recognized program, the Role Model Program, to keep students enrolled in school. While Dando makes government waste one of her top priorities, Gonzales makes no reference to it. Last week Dando received the endorsement from her former opponent, Cathy see Race, page 8
Measure I could help update campus facilities Mitzi Farnsworth Staff Writer
Above, a cover to a watercontrol is in desperate need of repair. Left, the door leading to a ceram ics class is damaged and the paint is peeling off. The bond issue would cover many repairs and pgrading necessary to the campus. The issue is up for vote on Nov. 3. Photos by Pablo Martinez
San Jose and Milpitas residents are being asked to help refurbish the San Jose City College and Evergreen Valley Community College campuses through the Measure I bond issue. This series of bonds would allow the reconstruction of many City College buildings that have remained unchanged since the campus opened its doors over 40 years ago. Measure I, the bond issue that would provide the Sa[l Jose/Evergreen Community College District with the essential funds to replace and update campus facilities on both campuses, is currently campaigning for voter support before the Nov. 3 election. Measure I is a bond proposal for $135 million, of which $75 million would go to City College, to pay for the construction of new facilities and an upgrade on many of the existing facilities.
Financial aid offered at SJCC Joseph Urzua Entertainment Editor With the high cost of books, classes and living adding up, it's getting tough for students to get by. Perhaps a trip to the Financial Aid Office could shed SOme light The Fmancial Aid Office may have several ways to assist students with fmancial burdens. It offers &rants, fee waivers and academic scholarship to Sb:J<Jents who qualify. "We encourage students to come in (the Financial Aid office) and ask questions to fmd out if and what they may qualify for." said Charlotte VonRueden, a
financial aid advisor. ''Many students who do qualify are completely unaware of it." Approximately 1,300 students received fmancial aid at San Jose City College last year. The amount of fmancial aid recieved is determined by the number of units students are enrolled in as well , as progress shown and grade point average. Oneformofaidavailable, is the Board ofGovernors Fee Waiver. It is a state offered grant which aids low income students by waiving class and registration fees. Another of the more popular grants available, is the Pell grant, a federal grant that is a bit harder to be see Aid, page 8
The bond will only cost the average home owner less than $22 a year, and will last for twenty years. If Measure I is passed, a local contractor will do the actual construction and upgrades, which should only take a few years to complete.
need of repair. Many of the older buildings on City Campus lack air-conditioning and heating, making it difficult for students and teachers to focus on lessons while they are trying to keep warm or comfortably cool during classes. Among other things, the bond
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... Community colleges are a vital link... they are a wonderful way to start a career.
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The life of the bond, if passed, would be twenty years City College, moved to its currentlocationonMoorepark:Avenue in the early 1950s, will get the largest portion of the bond money to rebuild facilities in desperate
issue would provide money for a complete site electrical power upgrade on the entire school and full compliance with the American Disabilities Act regulations.
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