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Return of the 'Force' I Episode I brings 'Star Wars' fans out in droves Kristina Nicholas Editor in Chief
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A long time ago in a ga laxy far, ar away (actua ll y in 1977), the 1names Luke Skywalker, Princess Leia and Han So lo were forever Immortalized and a pop culture 7 phenomenon was born. While s ittin g among t dedig :ated "Star Wars .. fans in Tent City :r <!Century 21 on opening day eve, If lhe Times staff witnessed the imct the trilogy has had on ge neraIS tions over the past 22 years. If
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The night before "Episode I: The Phantom Menace" opened, the Times staff arrived for the preopening festivities at 9:30p.m. ln comparison, a lot of fans at the theater had been there since the tickets had first went on ale. "I've been here for two weeks and a day," said San Jose City College EMT student Scott Bakalar. .. I've been here 90 percent of the time and only left for showers and classes." Baka lar was one of many fans wa lking around in costume as a Rebe l fighter and is considering the possibility of showing up in cost ume once a week until the closi ng of the show. Abo ut 40 people we re in Bakalar's group and the members
of the group traded off shifts at Tent City, including his friend Shara Smith. Smith wa dressed fo r the occasion as Princess Lcia when she had been captured by Jaba the Hutt. Approximately 200 hundred people waited outside Century 21 Tuesday night watching the "Star Wars" Trilogy. The trilogy started playing on a big screen TV at about 9 p.m. All three movies were s hown that night one after the other. "Return of the Jedi" finished showing slightly after 3 a.m. A band was also out playing until about II p.m. , and lightsaber battles were fought through out the see Re turn , page 8 .
Job opportunities knock at SJCC's door Tom paulding Staff Writer Opportunity knocked at San Jo e City College Wednesday morning with the Spring Job Fair. Jeanette D'Anna. job placement director at City College described this year's Job Fair as. "the best ever!"' Many students gathered at the potential employer bles to take advantage of the Job Fair. 60 companies sent repre entatives to City College 1nhopes of filling po itions. They came prepared with formation. handouts and, of cour e,jar full of candy. The employer set up their booth on tables around the quad in-between the library and theW-building. The range of occupation and companie varied ~N idely. Among the paticipatant were Pizza Hut. Allied Security, Great merica. Manpower and Lucent Technology. '1 think that this is great," aid Child Development tudent Tere a Perez. looking at the long row of ble . "We need variety. we need option .'' Thi is the lOth Job Fair D'Anna has organized. "The faculty really upported it,' 0' nna exlained," orne had their cia e come out."
"It is my as ignment to come out here," sa id busine s tudent Amy Schwartz, a member of Mr. Wahler's Bu ine s 82 class. "(Wahler) told us to go out and get a job," Schwartz aid smiling. 0' Anna said that many of the employers commented on the good tum out and quality application they received. She also wa exci ted at the possibility of building bridges with technology companie with the students in the Applied Science department. "Lucent Technology and Checkpoint Technology were out there and they are looking for the skills that tudent in applied ciences are learning,'· said 0' nna. Maggie Perez, assistant human resource director at Hyatt, u ed the morning to. ··expo e students to the ho pitality industry." Since City College doesn't offer a hospitality program, it was the only chance Hyatt had at introducing themselve to tudent at City College. Students who want a link to a new job need not wait till next year' Job Fair. 0 ' Anna i available in the Coun eling Building during the chool year from 9 a.m to 12 p.m and 1:30-4 p.m. Monday through Friday. tudents can al o reach her office at (408) 288-3783.
The I999SanJoscCityCollege graduation ceremony wi ll be both traditional and full of new ideas. Last year·s grad uat ion was a first for City College wi th the ceremony falling on a Saturday afternoon. This year. tradition will return, and grad uati on wi II be o n Frid ay, June 4. The ceremo ny will begin at 6 p.m . in the quad area of the Genera l Educati on Buildings. There are 300 tuden ts el igible for grad uation and around 200 grad uates will take part in the ceremony. The pos t grad ua ti on party, dubbed the "Grad uation Celebration," will be held directly after the ceremo ny in the College Union quad area. Food, drinks and entertainment wi ll be se rved for the grad uates and their fri ends and families. A new idea for this year grad uation wi II be portraits for graduates and their fami lies 10 be taken during the celebrati on. "We' re hoping that the pictures will be under $25 for each family:·
said Zeke Ga rcia, Dean of Special Programs and the per on in charge of the gradua ti o n festivities. Speaki ng Burciaga at the grad uation ceremony wiII be O:::c ili a Burciaga, execut ive assistant to the pres ident of Ca l State Mon terey Bay. She has an ex tensive background in education and commun ity work. all over Ca lifornia. bur most of her work is focused in the Bay Area. The title of her speech is st ill unknown. Award s given out at the ceremo ny will include an Ou tstanding Male and Outstanding Female student, as well as a Friend of the Co ll ege awa rd . This award is us ually given to an alumni or some other co mmunity representative that has dedicated time and hard work to help better Ci ty Co llege. At press time, Mr. Garcia was unabl e to release the names of the recipient of any awards.
Age and ethnicity numbers increase at City College Joseph Urzua Staff Writer
The number of students of various ages and ethnicities at San Jose City College has show n a stead il y increasing trend over the past five years even though tuden t enroll ment numbers have show n a decrease . This information is located in the updated San Jo e City College Educational Ma ter Pl an. which is
designed to provide the base data that will determine the in structional and support service facility needs for City College as projected to the year 20 I0. It is further designed to facilitate the re ults of a successful local bond iss ue, Meas ure I, which will provide the College with a sub tan ti al revenue income stream over the next I0 yea r .