San Jose City College Times, Vol. 77, Issue 3, Mar 4, 2014

The Voice of San Jose City College Since 1956

Tuesday, March 4, 2014

Jags snag playoff spot

BY ZACH TATAR TIMES STAFF

The San Jose City College men’s basketball team ended their regular season in two CoastSouth Conference matchups against West Valley College and De Anza College.

The team traveled to West Valley (10-16,5-6) to improve their conference record to 10-1 on Wednesday, Feb. 19. They played conference rival De Anza (13-12,8-4) at home on Saturday, Feb. 22, but came up short in a 58-56 loss.

In the game against West Valley, the Jags were focused on maintaining the defense they had established moving into the top spot in the Coast-South Conference.

They came out strong, holding West Valley’s lead scorer Melek Kanaan, sophomore guard, to only 6 points in the first half.

Andre Russell, sophomore forward, added 10 points and fellow sophomore Rontrell Randell recorded 7 points with 8:41 left in the half.

Russell continued to excel on offense in the second half, going

9-for-13 from the floor in the second half and finishing with 30 total points.

Time-out call with 1:32 left in the game from the West Valley bench, down by 13 the game was essentially over. Freshman guard TJ Viney finished with 10 points, stealing the ball away twice late to cap off the 87-74 win.

The Jaguars then came home to take on long-time conference rival from Cupertino, the Dons of De Anza battling for home-court advantage in the first round of postseason play.

Both teams came out with high intensity. Joiner led the Jags with 12 points and seven rebounds in the final half, but SJCC went into halftime down by nine.

For most of the game the officials were not calling many mid-court fouls allowing more scoring opportunities for both teams, and a chance to see which team’s defense would outlast the other.

The second half started out with two offensive turnovers from the Jags, forcing them to call their last two team timeouts with 16:29 left to play. With De Anza maintaining a consistent 4 point lead the Jag defense took

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Maurice Joiner, freshman forward, records 1 of 9 rebounds against West Valley College in the second half of their second-to-last game of the season on Wednesday, Feb. 19. the game down to the wire.

After a two point lay-in recorded by Randell, the Dons, who were up by two with 1:40 left to play, called a timeout.

After Randell made the lay-in, the Jags intercepted the inbound pass from De Anza’s sophomore

forward Jack Pasquini with :31 left, putting the play near the home bench’s corner.

Randell became overwhelmed with exhaustion after battling for the ball and throw-up next to the home bench. Meanwhile the clock never stopped, allowing De

Anza to score two more points and to finish off the win at San Jose City beating the Jaguars.

San Jose City (19-9,10-2) will enter Tuesday’s matchup with the number nine seed averaging 81.5 points per game with Russell contributing 22.8 per game alone.

Art expert helps students improves skills

BY JUSTIN SAN DIEGO TIMES STAFF

From far away they seem like typical paintings of oceans and cliffs, but as you get closer, colors, textures and techniques emerge in Sandra Smith-Dugan’s exhibit titled “What I see.”

Smith-Dugan, who enjoys nature and works at NASA, said she picked the title “What I see” because what she sees inspires her to paint.

Many of her paintings are landscapes in Santa Cruz or Pacifica.

The reception was held Saturday, Feb. 21 at the Carmen Castellano Fine Arts Gallery.

She also talked to art professor Eve Mathias’ beginning painting class on Wednesday, Feb. 19.

The featured artist explained skills she learned and used in her paintings as well as the process of getting art displayed and being a professional artist.

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The expert discussed framing, which is when an artist determines the borders of their landscape before painting onto a canvas.

“Composition is key to having a successful painting,” Mathias said.

In painting, composition refers to the placement of objects, which includes determining the borders, size and scale.

There were a few figurative ANDY NGUYEN / TIMES STAFF drawings of people made Sandra Smith-Dugan discusses her artistic process in the with charcoal on paper or Carmen Castellano Fine Arts Gallery on Saturday, Feb. 21. canvas.

When working with She revealed to the class that gray. charcoal against a white she uses a palette knife to bring “The way Sandra lays colors background, the artist said she out texture and add a 3-D effect makes her paintings more appreciates the smudges and is to the rocks and cliffs in her stimulating to look at,” Mathias against cleaning up a picture to paintings. said. get the contrast.

Smith-Dugan added specks “The less blended paintings “In figurative work, I’m more of blues and greens to rocks that look realistic and the more interested in capturing the psyche oddly made them more realistic blended paintings look dreamy,” or emotion of the object,” Smiththan if she just used brown and said Norma Johnson, 25, fine arts Dugan said.

Campus saves money on equipment

The College Planning Committee approved a motion to implement design standards for furniture, fixtures and equipment. The design standards will be district-wide and are intended to save money by allowing the district to purchase equipment in bulk. The standardization of district furniture and equipment is designed to establish a greater sense of efficiency.

Finance Committee develops Event cancelled because of new process lack of attendance

The Finance Committee is currently making a charge to ensure an orderly process for establishing an operational budget for San Jose City College. The committee is also working to establish a timeline for resource allocation that works with the school’s program review and the College Planning Committee, and allows feedback for final recommendations

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SJCC cancelled a showing of the movie “Fruitvale Station: The Oscar Grant Story.”

The showing was scheduled for Thursday, Feb. 20 to celebrate Black History Month.

“The movie has been cancelled because of lack of attendance by the students,” Elizabeth Eckford, director of student life, wrote via email.

Smith-Dugan went through the steps it takes to become a professional saying, “it takes a lot of motivation and support.”

Many careers involve more than just getting a degree, students need real life experience and business advice.

“You have to understand business and do your own promoting,” Smith-Dugan said.

For artists looking to take the next step in their career, Mathias recommended Art 76, Professional Practices and Portfolio Development.

Smith-Dugan said “it takes 10,000 hours of practice to master something,” so students should not feel discouraged. When people start buying their art it will be rewarding and validating.

The reception was not as enlightening as her lecture to Mathias’ art class, but free food was offered and Smith-Dugan was focused on selling art.

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We need more full-time faculty

There are many reasons it is important to get more full-time faculty members on campus. The benefits will not only affect students, but the campus as a whole.

In terms of academics, full-time faculty are the closest link to the students and thus the largest determining factor in whether or not they succeed.

Most students choose not to see a counselor and may not know what resources are available to them. A professor who has been around and active on campus for several years will have more knowledge regarding how best to help students, acting as a surrogate counselor.

Full-time faculty have the time to meet with their students and discover resources off-campus that may help them better succeed, such as scholarships, awards and conferences.

Faculty are also more likely to develop bonds with one another and other staff if they have chosen to commit to this particular school.

These bonds may even initiate new programs that would enrich the learning experience.

For instance, a history professor and an English professor could coordinate their course curriculums to give students a deeper understanding of a particular time and place.

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Full-time faculty have more incentive to participate in shared governance and could help ease the load being carried by the few faculty members currently in the Academic Senate.

We definitely need more support staff on campus, particularly in financial aid and admissions and records, but these positions are not as frequently in contact with students as instructional positions.

Hiring full-time faculty is expensive, but the foundation of a good educational institution depends entirely on the quality of instructors.

There is no guarantee that a tenured professor will deliver high-quality education, but this can be easily resolved by hiring current, exceptional adjunct, or parttime, non-tenured, professors.

The school could hire adjuncts on a three-year probationary period, during which they go through a rigorous evaluation process.

After this period, professors who have integrated into the campus community and contributed to helping students succeed should be given the opportunity to be hired permanently.

We must reward those professors who excel at educating by giving them a permanent place on campus and the benefits they deserve.

What would you SPEAK change about San Jose City College?

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Name: Timothy Hutchins Age: 19 Major: Undecided I’d like to see a locker room for the football team.

Name: Kasey Strickland Age: 17 Major: Psychology I would make the “Women in American History” class an A-G requirement so I could not take it for transferrable credit to go to SJSU. All the other history classes are, yet this one is not.

Promoting civil discourse on campus Dear Editor,

Name: Robert Ramirez Age: 19 Major: Communications There should be a bigger weight room.

When students feel comfortable they will be treated with respect by instructors and peers, the students will be more willing to participate in class and develop a sense of shared academic community.

Each everyday campus interaction adds to an overall perception of college climate experienced by all.

Civility represents a larger purpose of the college: developing problem-solving skills in a diverse population, promoting mutual respect, enhancing students’ educational and social development, and making the college a better place.

The Culture, Climate and Civility, or C3, Task Force developed a comprehensive Civility Statement that was adopted by the board of trustees on Oct. 18, and is engaged in implementing those ideals.

Civil discourse invites people to discuss and listen; they do not limit, but rather encourage the respectful exchange of ideas.

Disagreement is welcome when expressed in a spirit of mutual respect and understanding; opinion is based on fact and relies on integrity.

Civility is not suppression of free speech, but valuing the humanity of others and their right to practice free speech in a fair and equitable manner.

Civility in the classroom is conducive to learning.

Name: Barbara Alley Age: Undisclosed Position: Art professor I would like higher pay for part time instructors

Respectfully,

San José-Evergreen Community College District C3 Civility Task Force

Speaking in silence - the dynamics of communication in a digital world

BY MARC BRODEUR TIMES STAFF

Students gather around cafeteria tables in silence, staring down at the glowing screens of their cell phones. Back and forth they carry a conversation through text, even though they are in the same room.

This common sight is a growing trend that can be seen in coffee shops, shopping centers and public places across America.

In 2011, Americans aged 18 to 24 sent or received a median number (a measure of the center of data) of 50 text messages per day. As a general population, the median number of phone calls per day is 12, according to the Pew Research Internet Project.

With such a large number of text messages being sent in favor of phone calls, has the text message ruined the art of communication or enhanced it?

On one hand, you can argue that communicating via text has ruined the face-to-face communication skills necessary

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for professional and personal relations.

On the other hand, you can argue that texting has improved communication by giving people the confidence and accessibility they might not have in person or over the phone.

While texting can help with confidence and accessibility, you lose the importance of non-verbal cues and emotions that you get with face-to-face communication.

Teens and adults say that with face-to-face communication “you can’t control what you are going to say, and you don’t know how long it’s going to take or where it could go,” said Massachusetts Institute of Technology psychologist Sherry Turkle in an interview with National Public Radio.

With texting, phrases such as “I’m sorry” or “I love you” become empty words on a screen.

You do not get the eye connection and you do not get to see or hear the emotion someone puts into those words.

By not engaging in face-to-face communication, we are no longer teaching ourselves the “skills of negotiation,

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Photo Editor Aisha McCullough Arts and Entertainment Editor Design Editor Justin San Diego William Boenisch News Editor Steven Canalez

of reading each other’s emotion, of having to face the complexity of confrontation, and dealing with complex emotion,” said Turkle.

Without these face-to-face connections, the non-verbal gets lost and words can be misinterpreted, creating conflict or misunderstanding.

It is believed that communication is 93 percent nonverbal, according to a study by Albert Mehrabian, professor of social psychology at the University of California in Los Angeles.

Mehrabian determined that our conversations are 7 percent words, 38 percent vocal elements (emotion and tone) and 53 percent non-verbal (facial expression body language).

With non-verbal playing such a large role in communication, it is important to learn how to read, understand and interpret these traits.

By communicating through text messages, children and adults are losing out on opportunities to engage and learn from face-to-face communication.

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Tuesday, March 4, 2014

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Future planning

Guidance 96 helps students graduate

between both their class schedule and personal life.

TIMES STAFF Santos said you want to find out what kind of classes you enjoy, and which classes may be a If you are just starting college, it can be challenge for you. daunting not knowing what major or occupation Having a well-balanced schedule with to pursue or what classes to take. general education and major courses will keep Students with an education plan will have a you motivated and give you something to look better understanding of what major they want to forward to. pursue as well as what courses they need in order Upon completion of your plan you will know to graduate. your graduation date.

An education plan is a chart that lists the It is important to “see a counselor at least once general education and major courses required for a semester,” Santos said . graduation. It creates a schedule based on these Many students who have an education plan take courses for each semester until graduation. their courses and never meet with a counselor.

Students are recommended Counselors are here to help guide to look into signing up for you through your education. They Guidance 96 in the fall if they can inform you of any requirement are undecided about your future. changes and guide you through the “I would recommend that new application and transfer process. students take a guidance class “I will also tell my students that get connected to a counselor and I come from counseling,” Santos to get information about how to said. “When you are in my class, do this thing that they are here look at it as if you were having a to do, college, and how to move counseling appointment twice a forward,” said Dr. Priscilla Dr. Priscilla Santos, week for an hour and 25 minutes.”

Santos, counselor and Guidance Guidance 96 instructor If you are currently pursuing 96 instructor. a certificate, you may want to Guidance 96 is a career look into switching to a transfer and life planning course that program. is designed to help students figure out what Sometimes the difference between transfer and occupation is right for them and what major will non-transfer programs are a couple of classes. get them there.

By switching to a transfer program you will Students do this by taking several assessments finish your general education, leaving you an that will create a list of careers. They then open opportunity to pursue higher degrees in the research their top five and eliminate four. future.

After students have selected their top Set up an appointment with a counselor to occupation, they select the major they need to begin setting up your education plan today, and pursue and begin creating their education plan. enroll in Guidance 96 this fall.

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Lasers fly over the crowd during a performance by dubstep duo Adventure Club at Finger Lickin’ Fort Mason on Feb. 16

Dance music artists electrify crowd at Fort Mason festival

BY STEVEN CANALEZ TIMES STAFF

There is nothing quite like being immersed in a sea of neon as lights and lasers wash over the crowd and the music whisks you away.

Fans of electronic dance music poured into the Fort Mason Festival Pavilion in San Francisco on Feb. 16 to see a lineup of renowned disc jockeys.

The six-hour event was put on by event organizers LED, Goldenvoice and Collective Effort as part of a three-concert series with shows in San Francisco, Los Angeles and San Diego in the same night.

The Fort Mason Festival Pavilion is a large warehouselike venue overlooking the San Francisco Bay. The stage, which was larger than the size of a football field, was drowned in colorful lights.

Finding parking, on the other hand, was a challenge and a long wait was unavoidable. There are limited public parking spaces in the area, which can complicate things.

The first artist of the night was WhiteNoize, an electro house duo based in San Francisco. They performed a brief, yet energetic 45-minute set that kept the crowd jumping and dancing.

DJ Green Lantern followed and changed up the vibe with an hour-long trap music set. His set catered to a different demographic in the crowd.

Trap music is a unique type of instrumental hip-hop which emphasizes heavy basslines and beats coupled with dance music style synths. The set served as a nice change of pace.

TJR performed next with a unique set compared to his fellow artists. In the world of electronic dance music, it is rare for a DJ to perform using a mixer with actual turntables and a crossfader.

TJR surprised the audience with his skills as a turntablist and provided a high energy performance.

After a switching of time slots, Adventure Club performed in the slot originally meant for DJ Snake. The switch was made in order to guarantee that Adventure Club would be able to fly down to San Diego in time to perform their set.

The Canadian duo made their name by producing melodic dubstep tracks, but as of late, they have shifted their style.

The latest craze in the EDM

world is the big room house movement. Big room house is a style of dance music popular on dancefloors at nightclubs and festivals.

The genre is characterized by a simple and repetitive drum pattern with a buildup leading to a breakdown. It is music geared to make the crowd jump in time with the music.

Adventure Club played several fan favorites, but there was a certain flow missing from the set.

After roughly 35 minutes of consistent big room house, they switched gears and turned it into a dubstep show. It seems the duo decided to cater to the crowd rather than stay true to their dubstep roots.

There was a 20 minute intermission at this point in the show where the crowd was given a chance to rest. It is the perfect time to take a trip to the bathroom and grab some water.

Perhaps the one major thing that distinguishes electronic music concerts from others is the comradery that can be found.

It is unbelievably easy to make friends at these concerts, especially during intermissions. There is a widespread understanding that everyone is there to have a good time and everyone does their part to make sure that this happens.

This is what makes this style of music and atmosphere so addictive.

DJ Snake took the stage after the intermission. The Parisian broke out onto the scene last year with his two massive trap anthems “Bird Machine” and “Turn Down For What.”

A massive cheer was heard as he took the stage, showing that fans were excited for his performance. The crowd was kept on its feet with frequent changes in tempo, switching to and from higher energy trap music to more mellow and low-key tracks.

Veteran DJ Laidback Luke closed out the night with a supercharged set.

Laidback Luke primarily produces in the house music genre, but his set featured elements of trap music as well as dubstep.

It was an excellent way to end the night, leaving the crowd dancing on their way out the door.

Rating: 4 out of 5 stars

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On March 4 in history:

Famous March 4 birthdays:

1861 – Abraham Lincoln was inaugurated the 16th 1678 – Antonio Vivaldi, classical Italian composer commonly known for his composition “Four Seapresident of the United States. sons.”

1933 – Franklin Delano Roosevelt was inaugurated the 32nd U.S. president.

1932 – Miriam Makeba, also known as Mama Africa, was a civil rights activist and singer most 1974 - “People” magazine published its first issue notably known for her song “Pata Pata” with actress Mia Farrow on the cover and sold for 35 cents.

1969 – Chaz Bono, transgendered son of celebrity 1975 - Charlie Chaplin was knighted Sir Charles at the age of 85 by Queen Elizabeth II.

pop duo Sonny and Cher.

1950 – Rick Perry, elected governor of Texas in 2000 and ran as a republican candidate for president in 2012.

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Servings: 16 brownies

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Ingredients: ½ cup white granulated sugar 2 tablespoons butter 2 tablespoons water 1 ½ cups semisweet chocolate chips 2 eggs ½ teaspoon vanilla extract ⅔ cup all-purpose flour ¼ teaspoon baking soda ½ teaspoon salt Directions: 1) Preheat oven to 325 degrees.

2) In a medium saucepan, combine sugar, butter and water, and cook over medium heat until boiling.

3) Remove saucepan from heat and stir in chocolate chips until melted. Mix in the eggs and vanilla. Then combine the flour, baking soda, salt and stir into chocolate mixture.

4) Pour mixture into a greased 8x8 inch square pan.

5) Bake for 30 minutes or until the brownies are set.

Let brownies cool in pan then cut and serve.

ACROSS 1. ______ magazine published it’s first issue in 1974.

3. Who did the men’s basketball team play on Feb. 22?

7. Smith-Dugan’s favorite colors are _________ blue and red sienna.

8. Sandra Smith-Dugan’s exhibit is titled “What I ____.”

DOWN 2. Who did the men’s basketball team beat on Feb. 19?

4. It is easy to make _____ at electronic music concerts.

5. Cameras in San Jose helped catch a serial ______.

6. Education plans help create ________ between school work and your personal life.

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