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Tuesday, April 9, 2019
The Voice of San Jose City College Since 1956
Volume 87 Issue 4
Child care center may open soon Student parents struggle to juggle children and school BY MADISON MCNAMARA TIMES STAFF
Have you noticed a parent bringing their child to sit in on a class? Or maybe you are one of those parents who is forced to make your child sit through a college lecture hoping they won’t cause a scene? Don’t worry, you are not alone! There once was a time when proper child care center was available right here on campus. Nowadays parents are forced to juggle their children and their school work side by side. Up until 2011, there was a daycare on campus that would take care of your little ones while you sat through all of your classes. What happened? Two things, actually: The college started to run out of money to fund the daycare, but it kept hanging on until it was deemed unsafe. The child care building closed for renovation and never re-opened. The original center was built in 1973. In the 2004 G ballot it specifically mentioned the renovation of the child development center. Though it was listed, renovations were never implemented. According to the May 21, 2009 SJECCD meeting minutes, during the financial crisis in 2009, the
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Julian Reyes, 20, liberal arts major, takes in old playground at the soon to be demolished child development center. district chose to keep the Child Development Center open. On April 1, 2011, former SJCC President Barbara Kavalier informed the school that the Child Development Center must close
at the end of June because the state of the center had become a threat to the health and safety of the children. Blake Balajadia, director of Student Activities and Develop-
ment, shared that when he first started in 2014, there was still a building for the daycare, but it was unoccupied. He seemed to be on the side of re-opening the service for student
parents. He introduced some workstudy students who work in the Student Center and mentioned their daily struggle with jugglingtheir children and taking classes.
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How to handle harassment effectively
Tips from the students BY ALAN WILLIAMS TIMES STAFF
SJCC student Dania Tomayo, a 21-yearold nursing major, said that she knows of someone who has been harassed. “They stopped showing up to school for two months because they were frightened. They went to a teacher but this person still doesn’t show.” `Harassment should not be taken lightly and if you are being harassed do not be afraid to “block them and seek out help. The more people that know about this, the more likely it will be true.” Oftentimes, survivors of sexual assault or harassment don’t speak up because they are afraid that people will not take them seriously or that it was somehow
their fault. Victim blaming occurs when the victim of a crime or any wrongful act is held entirely or partially at fault for the harm that befell them. Due to the faults in other people, it is hard for survivors to voice their experiences as was the case with the #Metoo Movement. The #MeToo movement went viral in 2017 and it sparked a nationwide conversation about how we treat victims of sexual assault and victims of harassment. Instead of disregarding the experiences of these women and men by blaming them for the actions of others, they were taken seriously. Jammaar Hall, a 29 year old psychology major at SJCC says that he doesn’t know of anyone who has ever been harassed; however, he did say, “The advice that I would give is to stay away from that person. I would say that if it keeps happening, go report them because you don’t want it to keep going and going.
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Make the report and then go tell people about it.” The legal definition of harassment is the act of systematic and/or continued unwanted and annoying actions of one party or a group, including threats and demands. The purpose may vary, including racial prejudice, personal malice, an attempt to force someone to quit a job or grant sexual favors, apply illegal pressure to collect a bill or merely gain sadistic pleasure from making someone fearful or anxious. Carlos Galindez, a 21-year-old media arts major at SJCC says that he has experienced harassment in the workplace once or twice. He said, “Internally I was feeling angry at the person, but professionally I had to deal with it by remaining neutral. Afterwards I talked to my manager because it was some kind of solution for me.” If you are being harassed Carlos said, “You definitely need to talk to
somebody because you don’t want to keep it inside and internalize it. Definitely reach out for help.” According to EqualRights, a website about equal rights, if you are being harassed or if you are a victim of sexual assault do not blame yourself because it is not your fault. You did not ask to be harassed. You need to tell this person “No,” because they may not even realize that what they are doing constitutes harassment. Write down what happened and who may have seen it and save any texts that they may have sent you because it is important to keep records. Report the incident and tell somebody about it because your experiences matter. If you’ve consulted the Title IX grievances, which can be found on the SJCC website under Student Affairs and Title IX - Sexual Assault Awareness, and that hasn’t worked, you can always file a lawsuit.
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2 OPINION
Tuesday, April 9, 2019
We grossly overpay our athletes It’s time for us to re-evaluate our priorities as Americans BY MIKIE NEGRETE
“Mike Trout resigned with the Anaheim Angels on a deal for 12 years worth $426.5 million.”
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Very few individuals are as passionate about all things sports as myself. Sports has been a huge part of my life since the time I was a child. My father took me to my first major sporting event - a San Jose Sharks game, at the age of seven. From that day forward, I fell in love with the sport of hockey and began to develop interests in the other three major sports - baseball, football, and basketball. However, in spite of the love that I have for sports, this past offseason for baseball players in particular has left me absolutely disgusted with how much team executives are willing to pay a talented player. Here is a list of professions that earn less than a professional athlete: teachers, police officers, firefighters, emergency medical technicians, etc. The list goes on and on. This baseball offseason, Manny Machado signed a 10year contract with the San Diego Padres worth $300 million. Bryce Harper signed a 13-year deal with the Philadelphia Phillies worth $330 million. Mike Trout resigned with the Anaheim Angels on a deal for 12 years worth $426.5 million. After hearing about all these lucrative deals being given to baseball players, I couldn’t help but question if our priorities are straight as a country. Is the education of our children - the future of this country - not more valuable than the ability to throw a baseball? Is the protection of our citizens not more valuable than
one’s ability to hit a baseball? This is, by no means, an attack on athletes. You can’t blame them for taking what others are willing to give them. This is, however, bringing into question what really is important to us as a society. We idolize professional athletes and tend to forget that at the end of the day, Mike Trout, Tom Brady, Alex Ovechkin, and Kevin Durant are human beings just like you and I. One’s ability to catch a baseball, throw a football, shoot a puck, or dunk a basketball doesn’t contribute anything to society. Instead of continuing to demonstrate our idolization of athletes by giving them ridiculous sports contracts, we should start to show more appreciation to the individuals who invest time into shaping our children and responding to our phone calls in emergency situations by oh, I don’t know, maybe giving those individuals a much deserved raise?
Lack of conversations causing people to lose meaning of life The chase to make a life worth living
“As of 2017, 7.5% of the county lived under poverty according to a census. This proves the point that no matter the population of people that work, there will always be people living in poverty.”
BY DAIJUNAY TURNER TIMES STAFF
People’s lives are becoming fast-paced and evolving around money, causing family traditions like in cooking home cooked meals, and personal connections to become lost. In Santa Clara County, the population is 1,881,436 with 1,523,304 of the population the working class starting at the age of 16. This showing that to live in Santa Clara county everyone in a family household has to be working to be able to survive in the fast past life style of Santa Clara County. The sad part is, to live here in Santa Clara county high school and college students have to work long hours to keep up with the increasing cost of living. Personally I have to work two jobs while going to school to be able to not have to worry about money. With being a student I known that my long hours of working will never be over. No matter if I live in Santa Clara county the cost of living is consciously going to grow along with the poverty level. As of 2017, 7.5% of the county lived under poverty according to a census. This proves the point that no matter the population of people that work, there will always be people living in poverty.
Being a student knowing how hard it is to make it in Santa Clara county, the idea of working long hours to be able to afford the life fastpass and expensive lifestyle is something that just comes naturally. With that being said, working long hours to survive in Santa Clara county can create the meaning of enjoyment to be lost. Since the personal desire turned into getting a high income to live a in Santa Clara county, whether the high economy was created by the government or we as the people that live here need to find away to find happiness in the little things other than the dollar amount that is in our bank account. As we will never be happy if all we see in money.
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College Dropout? Dear Jack and Jill, My girlfriend wants me to drop out of school. Not forever just a little while. I’m thinking about it. Its hard right now. I work a full time job and go to SJCC full time. I don’t have much time for her right now but we’re going to have a little baby boy in May and I need to make as much as money as possible. Maybe I should focus on her and my jobs and come back to school next year or the year after. I like school but it takes too much time. I mean I love SJCC. I want to name our baby Jag. But I just don’t know what to do. What do you think? Should I drop out? I could make a lot more money. Sincerely, Will Dear Will, Do not drop your classes; likewise, try not to put college entirely on hold. If you start pushing college back now, you will find it increasingly difficult to pick up in the future. Try only taking one or two classes next semester instead. There are manly night courses that meet once a week and lots of online courses to choose from. I think the concern being shown for your significant other and coming child is very generous and selfless. You should try to keep that same mentality in the near future. I like that you are thinking of the name Jag, but why not take it a step further? Jack is a solid name, and it is somewhat involved with the school. It would make a great middle name. Sincerely, Jack Dear Will, Congrats on making a family, but I’m going to give you the cold hard opinion. Stay in school. Most people who say they’ll come back later don’t come back ever. If you are serious about graduating you should keep at it. I know it seems hard right now, but once you get that degree and you’re making more money, I guarantee you’ll be happy you stayed. I’m rooting for you! Sincerely, Jill
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News 3 JACC Conference: The Times wins awards Tuesday, April 9, 2019
Our journalism students won five awards and received two editors’ achievement certificates at the 64th Annual JACC Convention March 28-31 at the DoubleTree Hotel in Sacramento. About 29 colleges and 309 delegates attended the Journalism Association of Community Colleges convention. Here is the list of winners: Third Place – feature photo: Benjamin Castro Honorable Mention – editorial cartoon: Alix Duhon Third Place - editorial cartoon: Nicholas Johnson Fourth Place – news writing (on-thespot contest): Krissy Tobey Fourth Place – social media (on-the-spot contest): Joeanna Lopez Editor’s achievement: Kayne Gallegos Editor’s achievement: Mikie Negrete The Times would like to thank Language Arts Division, the ASG student members and advisers, Business Services and all the journalism advocates. Thank you for your continued support. Daijunay Turner: The JACC conference in Sacramento was very motivating and uplifting. As there was helpful conversation among students about how to make the paper better are that we shared similar problems with in our paper. In many ways it was very eye opening that my school San Jose City had very similar problems as other schools. In the workshops there was the same feeling of comfort and respect between the people that ran the workshops to the advisers and students as we were all learning. This is the first time I felt comfortable while learning how to be a journalist as I saw that I could make a career out of all this hard long hours of work at a junior college just like the workshop leaders have. I liked how in each workshop the leader was not afraid to
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KRISSY TOBEY, JOEANNA LOPEZ AND DAIJUNAY TURNER CHOOSE WHICH EVENTS TO ATTEND AT THE JACC CONFERENCE IN SACRAMENTO, MARCH 28. be blunt and real with us about journalism Sacramento. Colleges (“vendors”) and and it was that in every workshop I had pieces of literature and advocates to attended. advertise their facilities and programs. There were contest to test and learned Lectures by people with credentials were new skills about journalism. I attended scheduled, given, and attended, and one and learned a ton about news design journalism-related lessons were taken even though I did not win the information away from them. Twitter handles were I took away was extremely helpful. In made and exchanged. Writing contests every workshop the leader shared helpful were conducted, and awards were given links and tips to take away and use in our for winners and participators. A few topics newsroom along with motivational quotes. addressed included fake news and mental All in all I would say this conference was illness. great and that every person who aspires to be a journalist should attend. Joeanna Lopez: JACC was exactly as I imagined Krissy Tobey: it would be and yet unlike anything I JACC was a three-day convention could have imagined. For one, I did not centered around community college originally plan to attend. Learning SJCC journalism students, held in a hotel in allocates some of the necessary budget to
attend was a big determining factor for me. The experience and opportunity is always worth so much more than I could put a price tag on. Mostly, I did not expect to get sick. Despite the health misfortune, JACC is filled with lots of learning and genuine fun. Being around that amount of people who in many ways aspire to some of the same passions that you do is exhilarating, no matter how much cold / flu medicine you’re on. Making connections and sharing ideas as well as the bumps in the roads we frequent as student journalists allows for the exchange of thought, solution and often contact information or social handles, to finish the conversation later. Sitting with unfamiliar faces at breakfast scores us an exchange with Laney College student journalists that have a groovy connection to a local Oakland journalist that shares creative working space with many resources available that students can use at no charge. Attending workshops with a former SJCC alum on the panel gives a sense of notoriety and belonging. Attending workshops with a former JACC participant as the speaker gives a sense of attainable accomplishment. One cannot help but to feel elated for a former student journalist that made it right out of his community college newsroom riding advice he scored at the JACC’s he’s attended. Staying up bouncing ideas off one another in our hotel rooms at 2 a.m. because we know and believe in how capable we are and the excitement of bringing fresh ideas back to our newsrooms can barely contain itself. Surely most of us have been given advice that goes along the lines of surrounding ourselves with those that we’d like to become or learn from, etc. Being at JACC is the grand result of said advice and it truly does have a positive impact.
Sexual assault awareness, avoidance as easy as tea YWCA programs provide information and help
BY KRISSY TOBEY TIMES STAFF
n Every 98 seconds, an American is sexually assaulted. n 90 percent of survivors are women. n 55 percent of assaults are in or near the home. n 85 percent perpetrators are a known entity. n 95,000 rape victims per year n 1070 perpetrators are convicted per year n For more statistics, visit http://rainn.org Andrew Anguiano, a training and communications education coordinator for the YWCA, presented a multifaceted lecture titled “Sexual Assault 101” in a Human Sexuality class at SJCC on Monday, March 18. Using PowerPoint slides, video illustrations, in-person demos and handouts, Anguiano spoke about gender-based violence in an attempt to raise awareness. Anguiano’s lecture covered topics of supporting survivors, raising awareness and crisis counseling. “I don’t think there’s enough conversation about sexual assault,” Anguiano said. “And not enough men are involved in the conversation.” Fran Jackler, the psychology professor who invited Anguiano and the YMCA’s education
program into her class, frequently invites guest speakers with expertise into her classroom. “The topic of consent is important for everyone,” she said. “I’ve found the Y presents sensitively and helps people feel comfortable.” Anguiano has worked at YWCA for three years and speaks at many venues, including high schools and colleges. His relaxed presentation allowed the students to be interactive and engaged. Sensitive topics, such as reluctantly consenting to sex within marriage were raised, and Anguiano handled the tension with compassion and ease. PHOTO BY KRISSY TOBEY, TIMES STAFF “Not being offended to a ANDREW ANGUIANO USES VIDEO ABOUT TEA TO ILLUSTRATE CONSENT. rejection is a problem,” Anguiano said. If someone takes a rejection titled, “Consent: It’s simple as “Assault is not a result of what the incident anonymously can personally, the offended person tea” to illustrate. Emphasis was a person is wearing,” Anguiano be done with and without law can view themselves as a failure, placed on the fact that consent said. According to his sources, enforcement, and they include which may induce coercion or must be clear, coherent, willing the victim can be wearing Planned Parenthood. violence. Clear communication is anything from pajamas to a sweat and ongoing. The “do not” list when paramount. Victims of sexual assault suit, and 10 percent of victims are learning about an assault includes Myths of sexual assault are at an increased risk for male. confronting the abuser, asking are often perpetuated by PTSD, depression and drug Anguiano demonstrated what why the incident happened, Hollywood stereotypes. The abuse, among other things. coercion looks like by working acting shocked (the victim victim stereotype is female, Stigmatization is a factor which with a student volunteer and a becomes a comforter in that case) young, naïve, intoxicated and impacts whether a victim reports and telling others what happened pen. Coercion was defined as wearing revealing clothing. The the incident, and it can also whenever it is more difficult to to the victim. perpetrator stereotype is male, lead to the victim internalizing say “no” than to say “yes.” It The YWCA is hosting a middle-aged, not necessarily blame. is not always physical, but can survivor panel to stand against attractive, stronger, taller and also include threats, body language To help a victim of sexual sexual harassment April 11 at intoxicated. assault, the “do” list includes and shaming. 5:30 p.m., at 375 South Third But the facts of sexual assault listening, acknowledging, Coercion’s counterpoint, St. The event is free, open to differ from Hollywood and the validating and providing consent, has permission at its the public, and registration is at main narrative. resources. Options for reporting core. Anguiano used a video http://tinyurl.com/ywcasvpanel.
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4 Campus Life
Tuesday, April 9, 2019
Single parents can receive aid from SJCC Expecting students can visit Student Center to see options BY JULIAN REYES TIMES STAFF
Struggling students expecting children or already with children can seek financial assistance in the student center. Our campus health department can help any student that believes they may be pregnant. They can offer any student birth control counseling, a pregnancy test or a Sexually Transmitted Diseases test. Campus nurse, Kathleen Barzegar, said having and knowing where children do or do not fit into your life plan is important for the birth control counseling. Barzegar said, they can go over any type of contraception you wanted to know about during their birth control counseling services. They can also offer you a pregnancy test for the price of one dollar, and then follow up with you about any questions regarding what your next steps could be. The Family Planning Access Care and Treatment program is
a program from the government. It is for people that do not have insurance, or are covered by their parents’ insurance yet still want access to contraception. “If we have a student come in that does not qualify for Family PACT, or they have private insurance. Generally what I’ll do is, just make them an appointment to do the [birth control] counseling piece.” Barzegar said. If you are having complications with a pregnancy and find yourself unable to attend class, you could petition for an emergency withdrawal. “Emergency withdrawal is for extenuating circumstances,” said counselor Tina Dang. To petition for that you would need to see admissions and records, and they would help you from that point. An emergency withdrawal could drop all classes for you and they would not be counted against you in the future. If you are a single expecting parent, there are programs on campus like California Work Opportunities and Responsibility to Kids and Cooperative Agencies Resources for Education to assist you. CARE is a program connected with EOPS for parents. In order to receive support from CARE, you must be a single parent taking 12 or more units that is
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Travis Cheng; medical assistant; Sonia Torres; Medical Assistant; Sophia de La Fuente; Case Manager; Kathleen Barzegar; Clinic Nurse; posed by front door; April 2 next to student health services. receiving cash aid. “They offer lots and lots of resources like sometimes its gas cards, sometimes its book vouchers and supplies.” Dang said about the CARE program. CalWORKs offers equally as many resources as CARE does,
and it will pay for a student’s supplies along with getting a case worker for the student, Dang said. Like CARE, CalWORKs is for financially struggling parents. CalWORKs can offer academic counseling, mental health
counseling and even child care, according to the SJCC school website. “It’s important to reinforce with everybody,” Barzegar said, “the services that we provide at Student Health services are private and confidential.”
Syren music movement Peers and Pressure Tour visits Santa Cruz on April 17 inside Bocci’s Cellar
Art and Entertainment
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By Kaili Zhuang /Times staff
After returning from a short stint in Texas, they began working on Syren’s solo career in 2017, at the request of DJ Loot to provide vocals for his first official EDM track. Syren and DJ Loot initially met when she auditioned for a hip-hop group, the Foothill Fam, at DJ Loot's home-studio in Sacramento. Their creative chemistry was instant, and DJ Loot began to get her featured on various artists' songs. The Syren Music brand became "official" in early 2018 with the creation of the Syren logo, securing of the Syren Music website, etc. Syren has performed in venues all over the West Coast, including opening (with Charlie Muscle) for Tech N9ne on multiple occasions. She is a part of the 2019 "Peers And Pressure" tour, which is slated for 13 shows in seven states. Syren has also been very active collaborating with artists from various countries, including Russia, Poland, Australia and more. Syren's musical goals include creating captivating, universally appealing music; something you can listen to over and over, like your favorite songs. Syren's music has been featured on many Spotify playlists, Pandora channels, Youtube playlists, and radio stations worldwide. Syren and DJ Loot have been building the Syren music movement with the intent of covering many genres, including Dance/ EDM, pop, pop-soul, R&B and rock, in order to appeal to the broadest listener base possible. Their creative approach is inspired by a love of one-of-a-kind sounds, interesting arrangements and unique vocal structures. Syren is also heavily involved in the creative marketing involved in the Syren music movement. Syren and DJ Loot collaborate on the ideas for cover art, promotional flyers and videos, and editing of official music videos. The entire Syren catalog has been released
SYRENMUSIC.COM BY MIKIE LAMB/ (DJ LOOT) OF SYREN
thus far as singles (since so many genres and sounds are covered), and each song gets a full promotional campaign. According to streaming and airplay statistics, the most notable Syren singles include: "Delicious", “Always Changin”, "Wicked Games" and "I'll Be Livin”. Syren's music can be found on all digital music platforms. The best place to find all Syren related content is at www.syrenmusic.com, which serves as a jump-off point to all of her social media, pictures, music, video content, and merchandise. “Syren was born and raised in Placerville, California, a small town in the foothills of Sacramento. Unofficially, she was "singing before she could walk", but she started performing publicly when she was eight years old,” DJ Loot said. Aside from vocals, Syren also plays a little guitar and piano, but her primary focus is writing and singing. Her main influences are Jewel, Digital Daggers, Flyleaf and PVRIS. She has worked with many prominent WestCoast artists, including San Quinn, Charlie Muscle, Optimiztiq, Seanessy and Mistah F.A.B. She also collaborates primarily with West-Coast music producer DJ Loot. Optimiztiq, Charlie Muscle, Syren and special guest Van B are performing the “Peers and Pressure Tour” on April 17 in Bocci’s Cellar Santa Cruz and April 25 in SJDC Stockton.
Tuesday, April 9, 2019
Wet is better
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Kelly Zutrau owns her lead role well on the co-headlining tour BY JOEANNA LOPEZ
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Wet and Kilo Kish coheadlined The Regency Ballroom on March 26, 2019, with an opening set by Helena Deland, so naturally, by the shows end San Francisco was wet. It really rained. Back in 2015, when Wet was named the most promising group in music by The Fader, California was in a drought. Whether the Brooklyn-based indie duo makes it rain remains unknown, it is of wide concern that the conscious choice to continue to sleep on Wet is still being made. Billboard’s Chart History has the band logged with a single entry for their 2016 debut, “Don’t You,” peaking at #76 on the Billboard 200. Pitchfork’s review of a 4.0 did not help, making it easier to miss the way the strings at the end of “Love Is Not Enough,” the best song to end any album in 2018, are scratched and blurred to perfection. Last year, on the release night
Captain Marvel bustin’ records
of “Still Run” the realization of the New Moon in Cancer came to me as the perfection on the last track faded out and it began to rain. It was the middle of July. Although it was only the first listen through, the droplets fell with such a clarity. “Still Run” was my answer and it was so clear all the truths in the arrangements and lyrics needed to be taken in via live show. The way Kelly Zutrau croons her demands for liberation in lovelorn fashion over upbeat tempos with the added bass guitar and steel pedals — Wet has never sounded better. That’s because Zutrau did that. She stopped sparing the bands’ feelings and began taking credit for her work. In an ultimatum to Marty Sulkow and Joe Valle, the other two members of the band, Zutrau would take over creative direction. The result left Zutrau and Valle to remain and craft the band’s current sound not forgetting to blend signature Wet into the set. Zutrau made sure to tell the
room how the most well-known Wet song was written before Wet was even Wet. “We get so much feedback about this song all the time, and I love knowing how it has helped so many of you out,” she saidw before giving a tearjerker performance of “Don’t Wanna Be Your Girl.” Wet knew to open their set with “11 Hours,” wrecking the crowd immediately. The same immediacy returned after DWBYG as “Softens” thoughtfully followed up serving as the tissue needed to dry the tears. Zutrau acknowledged the playful energy in the ballroom calling the crowd “the loudest of the tour,” and spoke of “hanging out for 20 minutes near the merch booth if anybody wants signatures or to say hi after.” But not before Zutrau came back out alone and sat with her steel lap guitar to give the crowd the encore that was asked for. She begins with title track “Still Run,” “Trust No Man” and “All The Ways,” with the band joining her back on stage for “Weak” and then ending the
show at the first minute mark of “You’re The Best.” Valle and Zutrau really are the best and the experience of their show allowed for the audience to feel through color, stage lighting and instrumentation not to mention all the added personal touches. Wet has the ideal music for all times. Have a crush? Listen to Wet. Crushed about your crush?
Listen to Wet. Happy about life and love? Listen to Wet. Need a song for this feel good super bloom spring weather? You guessed it, just listen to Wet. And if the chance presents itself to you, always see Wet live. Practice self-love and listen to latest playlist included for The Times Is Now, inspired by the show.
Art Installation: Unconventional Relationships According to the program flyer for Unconventional Relationships, sculptor Staphanie Robison plays with multiple oppositional relationships. Created out of wood, fabric, stone, foam and wool, Robison’s work often uses humor or the absurd to address uncontrollable aspects of body, self, environment, and relationships.
Franchise’s first female-lead movie off to a great start BY ZOE GODDARD
Left, the sculpture filled with air, the last minute add to the install was among the favorites. Below, shadows casted from sculptures are part of the uncontrollable environmental relationships between objects. Bottom middle, organic and geometric, natural and achitectural, soft with hard.
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On March 8, 2019 the world was blessed with a new Marvel movie. Captain Marvel, Marvel’s first feature film with the main character being female, was released. The film made around $153 million on its first weekend taking over the title of most money made in one weekend by a female lead superhero movie, a title previously held by Wonder Woman at $103 million. Captain Marvel has also beat out Wonder Woman worldwide making $912 million with Wonder Woman at $822 million. Captain Marvel is a movie that follows an alien named Vers played by Brie Larson who crash lands on Earth while chasing enemy aliens. The movie then proceeds to follow her, and her unlikely partner Nick Fury played by Samuel L. Jackson, while she starts to unravel the truth about her past life that she doesn’t remember. This action packed and funny movie will also connect and prepare long time Marvel fans to the upcoming Avengers: End Game which is set to release next month. It’s an amazing movie and it is also refreshing to see a woman kicking butt instead of a guy. So go see Captain Marvel. You won’t be disappointed.
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Zutrau gives the Regency Ballroom a solo encore performance on March, 26, 2019, of the band’s latest single, “Trust No Man,” before the band joins for the close out.
Above, sculpture instructor at City College of San Francisco, Stephanie Robison showcases her wall installation in the SJCC Art Gallery. Below, Robison’s sculpture, Target, synthesizes and fuses stone and wool.
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6 Lifestyle
Tuesday, april 9, 2019
We will stand up for the journalist
Killing a journalist contradicts every western value that worships freedom of expression BY SUAD NURAHMED TIMES CONTRIBUTOR
Jamal Khashoggi was an individual who carried Saudi citizenship and had permanent residence in the United States. Khashoggi vacated a sensitive position in his country before he moved to the United States to work as a journalist for The Washington Post. On Tuesday afternoon of Oct. 2, 2018, Khashoggi entered the consulate of his country in Istanbul, Turkey. He intended to finish some paperwork related to his plan to marry a Turkish woman. This was his second time visiting the consulate after he was rescheduled the first time. Luckily, Khashoggi was smart enough to sense the oddness of the situation so he took his Turkish fiancée, Hatice Cengiz, with him to the
consulate. After entering the consulate that afternoon, Jamal Khashoggi was nowhere to be found. His fiancée contacted Turkish authorities and they opened an investigation. When the authority asked the consulate about Khashoggi’s whereabouts, an official said he simply left. Cengiz, Khashoggi’s fiancée, didn’t believe the official who said he left. She escalated his disappearance case to become general opinion. For the first time, a few days after Khashoggi’s disappearance, the consulate opened its doors to the Turkish authorities to continue the investigation. Also, the counselor himself hosted Reuters to dispel suspicions from the Saudi government involvement. The crown prince appeared to the media stating to the world
that Khashoggi left the consulate that afternoon, and that was to be the first of the crown prince’s lies with regard to the disappearance. Also, he asked some mercenaries to propagate an accusation that Turkey is responsible for the man’s disappearance. After the Turkish authorities worked harder on the case to deny suspicion from themselves, they found evidence that proved that Khashoggi never left the consulate. The crown prince had his own officials say to the press that Khashoggi was murdered by rogue elements. This statement was made to avoid any embarrassment if the Turkish authorities continued the investigation and found more evidence that proved Khashoggi was actually killed. That was the crown prince’s second lie.
The third lie was when the Turkish authorities asked for the body of the victim to be delivered to his family. The Saudi Foreign Minister said they handed the body over to a Turkish contractor to hide it when the body was actually dissolved by acid by specialists that were sent from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Out of fear for the crown prince’s injustice that will come upon them, the Saudi officials continued to lie to cover up a premeditated murder that was ordered by the crown prince Mohammed bin Salman to silence Jamal Khashoggi. The Turkish authority condemns the crown prince because they found audio tapes of him ordering the killing. According to the head of the Central Intelligence Agency, Gina Haspel, the order for the killing
of the journalist was issued by the crown prince. Her statement supported the Turkish conclusion. Since killing in general, and killing a journalist in particular, contradicts every western value that worships freedom of expression, an international sanction resolution issued a note to not deal with Saudi Arabia, particularly in weapon deals, leaving Saudi Arabia completely isolated from their Western allies. Under the fallout of this case, Saudi Arabia lost relationships with an important ally: the United State of America. The investigation is still in progress, but the case is cooling down which we will not allow. Newspapers refuses to get things to cool down. We will continue to publish about the scornful journalist until justice takes its course.
International student health insurance Guide for using health insurance BY KAILI ZHUANG TIMES STAFF
San Jose City College requires all international students to purchase and subscribe to the health insurance plan selected by the San Jose/Evergreen Community College District, but there are many international students who do not know what the insurance is for and how to use the health insurance, and still pay a high medical insurance fee for each semester. Getting your insurance ID
card is the most important step. Keep your ID card with you at all times. You will need your card when you visit the campus health center, doctor’s office, urgent care or hospital, said Maria Tcha, international student program specialist. “I pay $700- $800 for each semester, but I have never used the medical insurance once and I don’t know how to use it,” said Tianyi Zheng, an international student. This is the situation for most international students. Visit www.4studenthealth.com/ sjcc and click on the Insurance
ID Card icon to download your insurance ID card. Complete the information on the Student Login page to access your account. Students only need to take insurance card to the hospital to see a doctor, but they need to pay the medical copay. Take the receipt from the hospital to the designated insurance company. It is required for reimbursement. The fee will be refunded to your bank account within one week. According on San Jose City College website, there is a different charge of copay when you go to an in-network doctor’s office and an out of network doctor’s office. The copay of
an in-network doctor’s office is around $20- $100. Out of network doctor office would charge $30 - $200. The fee is waived at the campus health center, according to the San Jose City College website As stated in the San Jose City College website, there is a maximum of $250,000 benefit per year for all eligible medical expenses. Most doctor visits and hospital charges, are paid at 100 percent when you use an innetwork provider, or 80 percent when you use an out-of-network provider. It is important to have basic health insurance. Basic health insurance usually includes a medical visit for a serious
illness (or a certain percentage of visits), hospitalization and surgery, according to the website. Counselors advise students not to go to the hospital for minor illnesses or injuries. “If you need to see a doctor immediately and cannot wait for a scheduled appointment, go to an urgent care center.’’ Tcha said. Hospital emergency rooms typically charge two to three times more than a doctor’s office or urgent care center, according to the SJCC website. Use an urgent care center instead of an emergency room to save time and money.
Here are some in-network urgent care centers close to campus: Verity Medical Foundation 625 Lincoln Avenue San Jose, CA 95126 (408) 278-3620 Beacon Urgent Care 4949 Stevens Creek Boulevard Santa Clara, CA 95051 (408) 260-2273 Santa Clara Urgent Care 1825 Civic Center Drive, Suite 7 Santa Clara, CA 95050 (408) 985-2401 For more information visit the official website http://4studenthealth.relationinsurance.com For questions about claims or benefits, contact LewerMark at: Phone: (800) 821-7710 Website: lewermarksupport@lewer.com
7 Sports
Tuesday, april 9, 2019
Keeping the top ten set!
Child care From page one
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Softball team is focused, determined
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Child Care Center’s unsafe play area closed off to public, April 2.
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Keeping the six game winning streak alive. Is what the lady Jags are pushing for in the next games ahead. Lady Jags completed huge wins this week against Mission, Diablo Valley, Foothill, and Solano College beating their opponents by a combined score of 53 – 8 , ranking for top 10 in State Rankings as of March 18, are neck-and-neck with MPC for 1st place in our Coast South Conference. In order to keep the streak alive with not getting too cocky. Stefanie Troja said “They have been working really hard on preparing for each team individually as they go along with focusing on the weakness they have.” The assistant coach Terrell Jones said “along with going game by game it is also about keeping the positive energy keeping and working as a family. As we all have to keep pushing and uplifting each other.” This energy has helped the team exceptionally as the record of the Lady Jags is 24-4 and 7-1 in the conference. With doing so well in the season coach Terrell Jones said “that in practice they have been able to take some days to be able to focus on individual aspects of the game to help improve their game.” The Lady Jags are definitely a team to keep a eye on as the team has great energy.
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Stefanie Troja softball pitcher at practice, April 3.
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In the fall of 2016, the Associated Student Government conducted an on-campus student survey and found that difficulties in obtaining child care was a primary barrier and concern for student parents attending San Jose City College. “I could stay and work longer, but I have to pick my child up from school and take him home,” said Cara Parker, a student and mother who works in the Student Center. She said that if there was a daycare on campus, she could bring her child back and drop him off in the child center. She opened up about the possibilities of taking more classes and even working more hours. Ilder Betancourt, dean of Social Science and Humanities Division, said that the EDA went around campus and spoke to students, faculty and staff members about the Child Development center. He said that it was a rare case where they had 100% consensus
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across the board. Betancourt said that the plan was to partner up with a local agency who will supply the staff, but there are talks about it also being used as a sort of lab for child development students, in other words an observation course. “I think we have a chance to influence early child care and that’s exciting!” Betancourt said. As for the fee, he talked about how the state provides funds to subsidize the center. Betancourt said that they were still talking about the details, but there would be some kind of qualifier for students so they can avoid any kind of fee, almost like a financial aid for child care. There are talks to open a temporary child service center within the year while they begin construction on the new one, Betancourt said. The school hopes to have the new center open and fully operational by 2021.
Ever wonder why out of all the sports teams on campus, SJCC doesn’t have one of the most popular sports in America: baseball? Once upon a time, the college did offer a baseball scholarship, until about nine years ago. Doug Robb was brought on as the coach after his long journey in baseball, which started in college where he played for four years and played in the professional league for three years in Italy. His career eventually took him to Canada and finally home to Los Gatos. During his coaching years here on campus, for the first six years the team performed very well, Robb said. Eventually, with the growing population of SJCC, the school decided it needed a parking garage. Where would they put it, you ask? How about the baseball field? Well, that is exactly what they did. Construction started for a new baseball field off campus while the new parking garage was also being built. Robb said that at first, they switched the baseball and softball fields, but that didn’t last. SONA, also known as Sherman Oaks Neighborhood Association, a voice for the neighborhood around where the new field was being built, didn’t like the poles around the field and threatened to sue the school, Robb said. Going on Robb’s ninth year of coaching for SJCC, the then chancellor and vice chancellor made the decision to get rid of the bonds and end construction of the field completely. Originally $50,000 - $60,000 of taxes went into funding the team, that responsi-
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“I was shocked that they had no other solution, they thought it wasn’t a priority.” Doug Robb, former baseball coach bility was now placed on the school. It was a sad day for the Jags. With no homefield the team had to rent other teams’ fields to practice on and could only play games off campus. They used Wilcox, Willow Glen and a couple of other schools for their practice sessions and even used the Jags football field when they could. Even though the team was going through so many difficulties, it still placed fifth out of 44 teams in the Nor Cal division. When asked about his feelings when he found out about the colleges plans to shut down the baseball team Robb paused as he remembered the day he found out and said, “I was shocked that they had no other solution, they thought it wasn’t a priority.” Robb said that the sophomores felt something bad was coming, and the freshmen were devastated that they would not be able to transfer to a four-year college with a baseball scholarship from SJCC. The decision to say goodbye to the baseball team came too late and the freshmen were forced to transfer to another two-year college. Robb said that there has been talk about a new field, but the college doesn’t know where to put it. When asked if he thinks the baseball field will ever return, Robb said, “For a while, yes, but for the last year and a half there has been no traction.”
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8 Lifestyle
Tuesday, April 9, 2019
Cultural Spring Festival
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From left, Counselor Cac Nguyen, Counselor Maria Tcha, International Student Program Counselor Doriann Tran, Language Arts Faculty Patricia do Carmo, ESL Faculty Zerrin Erkal and Cres Nolasco.
“I always want to help international students progress in school.” Stephen Mantee, USDA president Left, Stephen Mantee, USDA president, wears a German military hat. He works with the International Club because he is interested in learning about different cultures, especially Japanese and German. Mantee said, “I always want to help international students progress in school.” His job is to make sure the club is active and has interesting stuff.
The Cultural Spring Festival happened on March 19. Students learned more about countries all over the world.
From left, interim METAS program director Dr. Elizabeth Gonzalez, Administrative Secretary Dee Davis and Vice President of Academic Affairs Elizabeth Pratt. A well-traveled woman, Pratt lived in Australia when she was 16, moved to Germany for a year and then to Kenya for eight months. TO READ THE ARTICLE ON CULTURAL SPRING FESTIVAL VISIT THE TIMES ONLINE AT HTTP://SJCCTIMES. COM
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These four beautiful lanterns are made in Vietnam. The fabrics of these lanterns are traditional costumes from Vietnam.
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