San Jose City College Times, Vol. 77, Issue 4, Mar 18, 2014

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Tuesday, March 18 , 2014

Volume 77 Issue 4

Briefs Students gain seats on senate The Academic Senate passed a motion to appoint two new student advisory members onto the senate Tuesday, March 4.

Student members can provide opinions on matters that impact student welfare both on and off campus.

The Associated Student Government put together a resolution requesting that one or two students join the AS because many senates throughout California have students that serve as advisory members on their senates.

ASG President Alex Ward, 29, biochemistry major, elected and assigned former City College Times reporter Larry Harris and Chuck Stevens as the first two students on the AS. Harris, 71, undeclared major, attended the meetings on Feb. 18 and March 4 to make sure the AS acknowledged the resolution and to find out whether it passed.

“As a Times reporter, the Academic Senate was part of my beat for several years,” Harris said. “I have observed the value of shared governance and hope to represent students input and views into this esteemed committee.”

The AS is now attempting to assign two faculty members placed on the student government just as the two students will be placed on the senate. This allows a voice from every aspect of the college to be present and heard.

“The president told us they are now moving to have two faculty members added to the ASG,” said Margaret Muench, ESL instructor and language arts representative.

“It’s like a swap.”

Muench said she has never been on a council with students involved.

“They can’t vote, but they do have the chance to speak out,” Muench said.

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City College Times staff members Taylor Atkinson, Sonia Waraich, Roland Bough and Steven Canalez pose for a photo with their awards at the California College Media Association awards banquet on Saturday, March 1 in San Diego, Calif.

Times staff brings home awards Journalism students gain knowledge and recognition in San Diego

BY SONIA WARAICH TIMES STAFF

The City College Times brought home five awards from the California College Media Association Banquet in San Diego on March 1.

Three awards were for content produced by individual staff members, while two awards were for the team as a whole.

The banquet was held by the CCMA on the Saturday during the Associated Collegiate Press’ 30th Annual National College Journalism Convention, a four-day convention full of workshops, critiques and

Identification card machine now fixed The student identification card machine located in the Student Center has been fixed after eight weeks and four days of being out of order. The Academic Senate will look into switching vendors to avoid future problems.

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valuable information from journalism experts and industry leaders.

The focus of the convention was the current journalistic landscape and the outlook for the future, in terms of everything ranging from diversity to technology.

Current journalists, experts and advisers from across the country shared what they learned after years of experience in the field.

“It was beneficial to see professionals who have extensive experience in journalism and were once in the same spot that I am right now,” said Steven Canalez, 18, journalism major.

Workshops covered a wide variety of topics, including how to interview anybody about anything, quick design fixes and reviewing music more effectively.

There were also critique sessions that gave students the opportunity to receive feedback on their work.

“These conferences give us experiences that we wouldn’t normally have in class,” said Taylor Atkinson, 21, journalism major.

Attendees were not only able to speak to leaders in the field from Google and The New York Times, but to other students from

all over the country.

Students were able to speak with their peers informally during a luau reception, and more formally at roundtable sessions where editors discussed the issues they face at their campus papers.

“Exchanging ideas and seeing what works for them was helpful because it will improve our paper and help make our presence even stronger on campus,” Atkinson said.

San Jose City College President Byron Breland helped ensure the journalism students would be able to attend the conference by securing the much-needed funds.

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2 Opinion Editorial

Tuesday, March 18, 2014

Get with the times

SJCC needs to hop aboard the technology bandwagon

Some people tend to avoid technology and progress, but that is impossible nowadays, especially for a school in the heart of Silicon Valley.

The Internet is the future of communication whether everyone is ready for it or not. It has already drastically transformed the landscape of human interaction and continues to do so with the introduction of the latest app or piece of technology.

It is time for San Jose City College to ramp up its digital presence. The school updated its website and there is a Distance Education Committee, but these are not enough since there is no single individual or committee whose sole responsibility is the website, and the Distance Education Committee has not met in several months.

Technology can offer countless benefits for the school and students, but only if all constituencies get plugged in.

Expanding access to education Not everyone has the time to come to campus and take classes, especially if an individual has other responsibilities in his or her life.

Online classes provide people who would not otherwise have the opportunity, a chance to get an education on their own time. Join the Distance Education Committee or pester those already involved to call a meeting this semester.

Some may argue this is an inauthentic way of gaining an education, but there are several tools instructors could utilize to make the online learning experience just as effective, if not more effective, than the traditional classroom experience. Videos, interactive graphics, chatrooms and forums are a few ways to make distance education more dynamic and interactive.

Instantly sharing information with larger groups of people

Fliers and announcements on campus will only reach a few people. Twitter, Facebook and blogging are very accessible and easy-to-use tools to keep everyone informed about what is going on and coming up.

These tools are invaluable in providing rapid communication to large groups of people about non-pressing issues and act as archives for past information. Whether you are an on-campus project, club or just a social butterfly, this is a great way to let the Internet-savvy know you are around and active.

More effective coordination and collaboration E-mail is a great way for individuals to coordinate amongst themselves, but there are a lot of other tools available, such as Asana.com and Google Drive, to collaborate more effectively and efficiently. If you have a project, whether it is for a class or the entire campus, there are tools out there that will make it easier for you to focus on and stay on top of the tasks at hand.

Keeping the lines of communication open Many people are busy and it can be difficult to schedule a face-to-face meeting, but technology allows people to stay in touch no matter what time of day they may have a spare minute.

The most important aspect of technology is keeping in touch with one another, especially at a campus where several different constituencies operate individually and in unison to ensure the needs of the school are being met.

You can start today by getting on Twitter, Facebook or a number of other social media sites. Connect with other campus organizations and individuals.

If everyone on campus can learn how to take better advantage of this wonderful toolbox, the possibilities for improvement are endless.

Exercise random acts of kindness

BY AISHA MCCULLOUGH TIMES STAFF

Many people would describe their lifestyle as busy with not enough hours in the day to do all the things they would like to do.

Technology is ever-changing and the human lifestyle is keeping up with the pace of the changes.

Jenny Ho, 33, undeclared major, stopped unexpectedly early Wednesday morning, March 4, on the main campus in front of the gym.

Ho stopped to help a fellow student clean up a coffee spill by offering her personal box of tissue from her backpack, committing a random act of kindness.

“You see young people on the bus and you see elderly people with bags, and young people not helping those old people with those bags,” Ho said.

Care, concern and respect seem to be some of the unconscious themes in the desire to carry out random acts of kindness.

A random act of kindness can be described as a spontaneous or planned activity to either assist or

cheer up a person, or people.

Random acts are generally encouraged by various communities and cultural groups, and are best practiced or performed as a selfless act.

Previously, many communities maintained more labor-intensive careers. Typical household duties and chores also required laborious, manual activities.

With lifestyles structured around labor, it was often necessary to have additional help from family, friends and even strangers coming together in order to accomplish larger tasks.

Anyone can begin practicing random acts of kindness at any time of day. There are many free acts a person can provide, and then there are activities that have a cost associated.

Here are five great ideas or examples of those actions: n Leave a big tip. Surprise your waitperson with a bit extra.

It could be just the right incentive for your waitperson to provide better service next time.

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n No one should eat alone.

Meal-time is a great time to share space with someone. Ask a stranger to share your table and you just might make a new friend. n Write a note or uplifting letter. It is heart warming to receive a special note written from a special someone. It can be a post it note, an email or a voicemail; just the thought sends a sense of appreciation. n Hold the door open for a stranger. Chivalry for men and women is not dead, but it does require quick thinking to take advantage of this simple gesture. n Smile or say hello to strangers. A smile can make the world a better place even if just for a few moments. Saying hello to random strangers can uplift the spirits of those greeted as well as the greeter.

Take some time and try it out. You might find that the real benefactor of practicing random acts of kindness is the person practicing the activity.

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Letters to the Editor Dear Editor, I really don’t know how to .... get action taken on getting some consistent police presence at SJCC. I have attempted to file a lost key report at Campus Police.

Each of three times that I stopped at the office during the hours posted on the door, no one was there. When I called, I was told that due to police understaffing, the office wouldn’t be open until later in the week.

There have been more rampages in this country — the majority of them at schools. Since that time, I have seen little to no change in campus protection.

It is ludicrous to not have police at our urban community college! We should have more patrol — not less!

I understand that the City of San Jose Police Department will be fast responders to any crisis here. I also understand that we are in the process of filling a number of vacant positions. In the meantime, we need to hire temporary forces.

We hire interim administrators; we hire adjunct instructors and get substitute instructors when an instructor takes sudden leave.

We have the money. We have already had too many injuries, too much trauma and even a death on campus. This is about safety. This is about precautions. This is necessity. I don’t know how to say this more emphatically.

Thank you for your attention, Michelle Blair English Instructor

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Campus Life 3

Campus welcomes new administrator

another, and everyone I work with here is like that.

Blake Balajadia hopes to bring SJCC back to life

Q: Based on your previous experience, how could we bring more students to SJCC? We need to make it a point to tell people what we have. If each one of us is proud of our school then people will want to go here. I would love to have a huge marketing department with a professional film crew come in and make a video to show life on campus. We just need to figure out a way to remarket what we already have. Smaller classes make for an awesome experience, and some schools actually market themselves by saying they have lower class numbers to increase learning. I would promote that, and I would love for other people to know that.

BY TAYLOR ATKINSON TIMES STAFF

Blake Balajadia is San Jose City College’s new director of student development and activities, replacing interim director Elizabeth Eckford.

Technically this is his second semester because he started in December, but he is still adjusting to life at a new school.

Q: What were you doing before you came to SJCC? I was overseeing the student organization committee at San Jose State University. They have almost 450 student organizations, 38 fraternities and sororities and then the councils that supervise them.

I did a bunch of programming on campus and worked with associated students so it’s really similar to this. This component has the Veteran’s Center, outreach, job placement and then the ambassadors so that’s the new part for me.

Q: Why SJCC? I saw opportunity. The idea that I could work with and support all the organizations on campus was cool to me.

I want to get more groups going and bring this campus back to life. I also wanted to try working with a different population.

At SJSU, you get people from the ages

Q: What are some activities you have planned for this semester?

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Student Development and Activities Director Blake Balajadia works in his office in Student Center, room 115i on Monday, March 10. of 17 to 25 for the most part. Here, there are people aged 17 to 70. Some are here from SJSU taking classes, and some just want to improve their lives. Every day is a different story when I talk to folks.

It’s a new experience for me, a learning experience.

Q: What about your field of work inspires you?

Watching people grow. Anyone

involved in education loves that. When someone starts working with me and they run into a problem, we’ll talk about it and I’ll ask them what they learned from it. For someone to say they know how to handle a situation from here on out, that’s a life skill. It’s the experiential learning that I find the most exciting and rewarding. I could never be inside a classroom lecturing students and telling them what to do. I’m driven by people connecting and growing with one

I haven’t planned any of my own yet.

I’m mostly supporting AS and other things from other departments. I’m still getting in the flow of things and I’d like to start throwing my own events, but I don’t want to oversaturate what everyone else has planned. When the weather starts to get better, I’d like to have outdoor music events. I’ve noticed a lot of people here have children so it wouldn’t necessarily have to be during the school week. We could also screen free movies on the football field and have open mic nights.

I’m also interested in showing discount movies in our theatre on campus. It would also be really cool to do an outdoor concert over the summer with electronic music. People love electronic music.

Textbook troubles

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Each year companies such as Apple and Samsung release new smartphones with the latest and greatest features and technology.

We rush to stores and replace a perfectly functional phone with the latest model as soon as it is released.

The term for this phenomenon is referred to as planned obsolescence.

Planned obsolescence is the “policy of producing consumer goods that rapidly become obsolete and so require replacing, achieved by frequent changes in design, termination of the supply of spare parts and the use of non-durable materials,” according to the Oxford dictionary.

Just like the smartphone, textbook companies release new editions of their textbooks, rearranging and occasionally changing or updating the content.

“Textbook editions complete their publication cycles after five, six and seven semesters,” said Toshiaki Iizuka in his research article “An Empirical Analysis of Planned Obsolescence ... This is consistent with the popular perception that textbooks revise editions every two to three years.”

Releasing new editions when the content is not outdated makes students spend more money on new textbooks instead of being able to purchase used copies.

“I found that textbook publishers revise editions more frequently as the market share of used textbooks increases,” according to Iizuka.

With the high price of textbooks, the idea of releasing new editions to restrict the resale of used textbooks costs the student more, generating money for the publishing company.

“Over the past decade, college

textbook prices have increased by 82 percent,” according to a survey released by the U.S. Public Interest Research Group Education Fund.

“Sixty-five percent of student consumers have opted out of buying a college textbook due to its high price.”

While updating textbooks is a great way to keep material relevant and up-to-date as new ideas and information are discovered, it is not always necessary.

Companies sometimes update their textbooks every three to four years with very few content changes.

“Once a textbook company releases a new edition, the bookstore cannot order previous editions,” said Allison Connor, professor of art history. “However, I do allow my students to use previous editions and I have copies on reserve in the library.”

Using a previous edition is a great way to save money, but sections and chapters might be in a different order and content may be missing.

Another alternative to purchasing expensive textbooks is to rent them for the semester.

Sites such as Amazon and Chegg allow students to rent new textbooks at a low cost.

You could also purchase textbooks as e-books. Many textbook companies now offer e-books, and they usually sell at cheaper rates than print editions.

The world is always changing so it is understandable that material should be updated, but updates should not be made for the sake of making money.

If companies were to release new editions at more reasonable prices, students would be able to better afford new textbooks and potentially increase sales.

Campus Life 4 Students reach success through Umoja Program Tuesday, March 18, 2014

Strong support system provides keys to transfer

BY STEVEN CANALEZ TIMES STAFF

The Swahili word for unity is “Umoja,” which serves as both the name and central idea of the on-campus program offering a support system to underrepresented student groups on campus.

San Jose City College students Kristyn Blue, 20, criminal justice major, and Imani Caldwell, 19, graphic design major, are prime examples of student success stories from the Umoja Program.

Blue has been attending SJCC since fall 2011. She was introduced to the program as a senior in high school.

“I was approached by (Khalid) White, who told me about the program,” Blue said.

She participated in the program from fall 2011 to spring 2012.

With the help of instructors and faculty, she said she has performed well in school and continues to do so.

“I was able to get a 4.0 GPA with their help,” Blue said. “Now I’m maintaining a 3.8 GPA.” As a criminal justice major, Blue

STEVEN CANALEZ / TIMES STAFF

Kristyn Blue, left, and Imani Caldwell, right, are examples of students who have benefited from the Umoja Program plans to work in law enforcement or as a correctional officer.

“I plan to work for the Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Department one day,” Blue said.

She balances both academics and athletics as a member of the track team. She says it is an excellent way to relieve the stress caused by her busy schedule.

“Track is what keeps me sane,” Blue said.

Blue is currently looking at universities with National Collegiate Athletic Association Division II track and field programs. Division II is the second level of the association where smaller universities typically compete.

Calendar

Tuesday, March 18

Friday, March 21

Softball v. Ohlone College Fremont 3 p.m.

Finance Committee Student Center, room 204 3 p.m. to 4 p.m.

Academic Senate meeting Student Center, room 204 2:10 p.m. to 4:10 p.m.

Associated Student Government meeting Technology Center, room 415 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.

Workshop with artist Johanna Uribes Carmen Castellano Fine Arts Center, room 106 Noon to 1:30 p.m.

Track and Field - Bob Rush Invitational College of San Mateo All day

Wednesday, March 19 Artist Books Workshop Carmen Castellano Fine Arts Center, room 106 12:15 p.m. to 1:15 p.m.

Thursday, March 20 Student Success Committee Student Center, room 104 2:30 p.m. to 4 p.m.

Softball v. Chabot College Hayward 3 p.m.

Monday, March 24 Golf v. Monterey Peninsula College MPC 1 p.m.

Tuesday, March 25 Softball v. Mission College SJCC Softball Field 3 p.m.

Thursday, March 27 Softball v. Foothill College SJCC Softball Field 3 p.m.

Safety Committee Student Center, room 204 3 p.m. to 4 p.m.

District Budget Committee District Office (Evergreen Valley College) 3 p.m. to 5 p.m.

Friday, March 28 Finance Committee Student Center, room 204 3 p.m. to 4 p.m.

Associated Student Government meeting Technology Center, room 415 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.

Track and Field - San Jose Invitational SJCC Track All day

Saturday, March 29 Track and Field - San Jose Invitational SJCC Track All day

Monday, March 31 Facilities Committee Student Center, room 204 2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.

Caldwell is currently in her second year at SJCC and is preparing to graduate in May. She began participating in the program in fall 2012.

“My mom works here and she introduced me to Khalid White,” Caldwell said.

Caldwell says the program has affected her in a very positive way.

“It’s kept me really involved in school,” Caldwell said. “It’s very eye opening.”

Caldwell hopes to work in the advertising business and possibly in web design.

“In five years I’d like to be working in the field and making use of my degree,” Caldwell said.

She cites her older brother Marquis Caldwell, former SJCC student and track star, as her main source of inspiration.

“He was able to transfer to a university and get his degree,” Caldwell said. “I’d like to follow in his footsteps.”

Marquis Caldwell attended SJCC from 2008 to 2010 and transferred to the University of California, Santa Barbara where he graduated with a history degree.

Caldwell plans on transferring to California State University, Fresno or Fayetteville State University in North Carolina.

The main focus of the program is improving skills in reading, writing classes and ethnic studies classes.

“If students are below transferlevel English,” history instructor Khalid White said, “we do our best to get them to at least English 1A.” White said, students participating in the program take a guidance course in their first semester to get them on the right track.

Academic and personal counselors work with students to ensure academic success, develop leadership skills and prepare students for the future.

“The program provides community support to help students transfer,” White said.

There is an application that can be filled out with a few prerequisites. The application can be obtained from Pamela Turner, Umoja counselor, or Elizabeth Eckford, Umoja program specialist.

Students need to be enrolled in courses as high as English 92 and Reading 101. They will then be evaluated by an English professor to determine their reading and writing level.

Umoja is a campus-wide program that serves all students.

“It’s primarily based in the African-American student group,” White said. “But it’s open for anybody to join.”

White has been working with the program for six years and he reflects on how much Blue and Caldwell have grown since they have been in the program.

“Normally it would take them roughly five or six years to transfer,” White said. “But now they’re beating the statistics.”

White expressed his enjoyment in working with the program.

“I enjoy being a part of something important,” White said.

The Umoja program is a resource that is available to all students at SJCC and can provide support for those who ask for it.

“I’m always going to thank the Umoja program,” Blue said.

Demonstrators cause controversy Graphic imagery incites response from student body

BY TYLER BAR-NESS TIMES STAFF

Project Truth, a pro-life group, demonstrated in front of the Student Center on Tuesday, March 4. They set up signs with images of post-abortion fetuses and handed out pamphlets full of graphic imagery.

These pamphlets not only compared the practice of abortion to the Holocaust of Jews, homosexuals and other ethnic minorities, but also the Bosnian genocide and slavery in the American South.

It proposed abortion is a systematic attempt to murder African-American children and stunt the growth of their population specifically.

They used quotes such as “abortion is womb-lynching,” and accused organizations such as Planned Parenthood of scheming to eliminate the African-American community.

The demonstration was not without controversy. The police were called on the group, and complaints were made to the offices of both Elaine Burns, vice president of student affairs, and Blake Blajadia, director of student development and activities.

Similar to merchants who sell jewelry and posters in front of the Student Center, groups who wish to assemble on campus are required to submit an application to Blajadia and agree to follow certain rules.

The group’s right to be on campus falls under the right to free speech and expression.

“If someone has a viewpoint,

TYLER BAR-NESS / TIMES STAFF

Joseph Ascensao, student, reads through a graphic, prolife pamphlet handed out by Project Truth during their demonstration on March 4. whether or not we agree with it, were still within their rights and we are a state-funded institution had not violated the terms of the and a public campus,” Blajadia vendor’s agreement. said. “We have to let them on the Their usage of graphic imagery, campus.” however, left an impact on As long as they were not students. causing direct harm or “hawking,” “Some people on this campus deliberately isolating students have gone through that,” said Tara and disrupting them with their Turner, 22, child development presentation, they could stay on major. “Seeing that could be campus. really bad for them.”

“They were not shoving The imagery and comparisons anyone, they were not yelling at in the pamphlets left a sour taste anybody and they were not using in students’ mouths. hate speech or inciting violence,” “As soon as I saw what was Blajadia said. inside, I couldn’t read it,” Turner He said someone had called said. “There was no warning.” the police, but the demonstrators

Tuesday, March 18, 2014

Campus Life 5

From left, President Byron Breland, Chancellor Rita Cepeda, student veterans Michelle Ibanez-Torres and Mic Taylor, and American Legionnaires Gene Grundstrom and Rick Gundo cut the ribbon to the new Veteran’s Resource Center on the second floor of the Student Center.

Veterans find a home on campus

BY TYLER BAR-NESS TIMES STAFF

The grand opening of the Veteran’s Resource Center was held in the Student Center on Wednesday, March 12. The event started on the first floor of the Student Center with a presentation of the national and state flags, escorted by the Santa Clara University ROTC Color Guard.

SJCC administrators, including President Byron Breland and Chancellor Rita Cepeda, gave speeches thanking those who made the VRC possible, such as oncampus veterans Gary Ledesma and Stephen Mansfield.

Cepeda stressed the importance of returning soldiers having a home

on campus, especially since soldiers returning from World War 2 were a major driving force in the growth of public education.

The crowd was comprised of both veterans and civilians who made their way to the second floor of the Student Center, where the VRC is located, for light refreshments and a chance to mingle.

The center was open for a few weeks before the grand opening, which was held primarily to spread awareness about the VRC’s existence and to remind our veterans that the administration has not forgotten their service.

President Byron Breland gives a speech in the Student Center main lobby thanking everyone who made the VRC possible.

From left, ROTC cadets Patrick Shanahan, Inn Parrott, Brett Tavarez and Mathew Chi march the American flag into the Student Center for the pledge of allegiance.

Chancellor Rita Cepeda speaks about veterans on campus with a reporter from Channel Five KPIX.

PHOTOS BY ANDY NGUYEN

6 Arts & Entertainment

Tuesday, March 18, 2014

Artist captures women’s faces

Johanna Uribes’ series of portraits illustrate beauty in aging process

BY JUSTIN SAN DIEGO TIMES STAFF

Close-up paintings of women’s faces by professional artist Johanna Uribes will cover the walls of the Carmen Castellano Fine Arts Center Gallery at San Jose City College until March 28.

These paintings are all part of her collection “The Terrain Project,” which is also the name of the exhibit.

“My intent is to show beauty in the so-called imperfections of an aging face,” Uribes said.

Facial details such as hair, wrinkles, moisture and dryness are easy to see because of the framing and use of light and shadows in her pictures.

Uribes interviewed the women in her paintings and learned about important issues they dealt with before painting them.

Their issues, struggles and accomplishments are captured in their portraits.

“A woman talked to me about giving birth to a dead child,” Uribes said. “The woman had not spoken about it for more than 30 years.”

There was a reception at the art gallery on the opening day of the exhibit, March 6, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. where the artist talked to attendees.

“When drawing faces, it is all about light and shadows,” Uribes said.

There are 17 contemporary paintings, mostly 36-inch squares, of acrylic on canvas displayed in the art gallery.

“When drawing faces, it is all about light and shadows.”

Johanna Uribes, artist Uribes said she made 32 paintings for the collection and has 10 more that are in progress. She said she only works on series now, so all of her paintings are part of a larger collection.

“I thought they were photographs until I got really close and saw the brush strokes and coloring,” said Carolann Espino, 35, fine arts major. “The textures

of skin tone and eyes in her work blew me away.”

Uribes was born in up-state New York and moved a lot as a child. She attended Otis College of Art and Design in Los Angeles and earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from San Francisco’s Art Institute.

She taught drawing and painting classes for 12 years and has more than 30 years of experience as an artist.

Uribes is now training to be a wine steward.

She is doing a seminar that involves students forming groups and answering 12 questions about aging and beauty that she asks all the models in her paintings.

Uribes said she hopes to produce something personal and theatrical, similar to “The Vagina Monologues,” but with paintings.

The paintings are uniquely unframed. Uribes said this is because she wants her work to travel in and out of exhibits, and it is easier to move art without the frames.

Visit terrainproject.com to view the full collection of Uribes’ paintings. Her work is also available for purchase in the art gallery.

JUSTIN SAN DIEGO / TIMES STAFF

Left, SJCC art professor Judith Bell talks to Johanna Uribes during the reception at the Carmen Castellano Fine Arts Center Gallery on March 6.

Gallery Hours Mondays and Wednesdays: 9 a.m. to noon, 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.

Tuesdays and Thursdays: 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. and Fridays from 9 a.m. to noon.

Cinequest conquers San Jose Film festival brings joy and inspiration to downtown

BY JUSTIN SAN DIEGO TIME STAFF

JUSTIN SAN DIEGO / TIMES STAFF

Producer Ian Michaels and director Sarah Smick promote their film “Friended to Death” at the Cinequest VIP Lounge on March 8. Cinequest hosted the U.S. premiere for the film allowing movie goers to meet the filmmakers.

COURTESY OF CINEQUEST

For 13 days and 13 nights, downtown San Jose experienced the magic of cinema as filmmakers from around the world gathered to present their films.

The 24th annual Cinequest Film Festival screened 150 films downtown from March 4 to 16. Of the 150 films, 57 were shorts from Picture the Possibilities.

Picture the Possibilities is an organization that has youth with Silicon Valley leaders to make short, five-minute films that are displayed before fulllength films.

Neil Gaiman, a 53-yearold England native, was the recipient of the Maverick Spirit Writer award, the highest honor at Cinequest.

This award is presented to someone who has no limitations, someone who has made a huge impact on the film industry.

Gaiman was an ideal recipient because he has written many screenplays for dark-fantasy stories.

Previous winners include Harrison Ford, Spike Lee and Kevin Spacey.

Gaiman began his career writing for several British

newspapers. He created a few comic books before he became a novelist in the late 1980s.

Some of his top accomplishments include “Coraline,” “Stardust,” “Sandman,” “American Gods” and “The Graveyard Book,” all of which are books reworked into screenplays and films.

One of the Picture the Possibilities films is “Frankie’s First Impression.”

A Frankenstein-looking character gets ready for a date, scares many civilians on his way to dinner and confronts someone who is obnoxiously talking on the phone at a nearby table.

Aside from movie screenings, the festival provides opportunities to get in touch with directors, actors, writers and other professionals.

“Filmmakers supporting each other’s work is awesome,” said director Sarah Smick “There isn’t a competitive vibe here like at other festivals.”

VIP soirees held at lounges and restaurants offered the chance to socialize and network with the masterminds behind the Cinequest films.

Screenings were held at the California Theater, the Repertory Theater and Camera 12 Cinemas.

Movie Review ‘The Arrieta Method’ hard to understand Making its U.S. debut, “The Arrieta Method” is a documentary about two sisters that learn to communicate.

Mentxu and Lourdes are handicapped and cannot control their muscles. They establish a system of communication that involves spelling out letters with their eyeballs.

It was inspirational, but did not pack a lot of excitement for 87 minutes. It was hard to connect with the characters at certain parts.

There are few parts that will make you chuckle and more that will make you emotional.

Rating: 2 out of 5 stars

‘Friended to Death’ evokes laughter “Friended to Death” is a hilarious movie that most people can relate to.

Michael, played by Ryan Hansen, has the job of ticketing parking violators and he is constantly posting on Facebook.

He ends up losing his job and his best friend is distant, which causes him to fake his own death through Facebook.

“We get laughs in places I’m shocked out of my mind from the audience” said film producer Ian Michaels.

The actors were great at portraying strong comedic characters, including the typical bromance duo, the psychotic female, the mama’s boy and a pompous main character.

Rating: 5 out of 5 stars

Tuesday, March 18, 2014

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Lady Jags going strong Softball team gaining momentum

BY ZACH TATAR TIMES STAFF

After seven away games the Lady Jags came home March 11 to play De Anza College, winning 6-0.

Sophomore centerfielder Krystal Rock scored a run in the first inning.

It was not until the fifth inning when an RBI double off the bat of sophomore second baseman Nicole Read started a 3-run rally, bringing the score to 4-0.

Two runs were added to the bottom half of the sixth inning, capping off the win with a final score of 6-0. Sophomore pitcher Gianna Cavallaro tossed all seven innings.

“It was G’s game; she was dominating,” Coach Debbie Huntze-Rooney said of Cavallaro.

Cavallaro said she felt more confident and took control in the circle.

The Jags had a 6-4 overall record in February. After outscoring Taft College 20-5 in an exciting doubleheader Feb. 1, they moved into a series of seven nonconference games.

Two games were canceled Saturday, Feb. 8 because of weather conditions.

The team traveled north to San Joaquin Delta College on Thursday, Feb. 13, but lost 3-2.

SOPHEA CHOUN / TIMES STAFF The Jags defeated the College of the Redwoods and the Diablo Krystal Rock, sophomore centerfielder, enjoys the Valley Vikings in doubleheader team’s six-point lead at the Feb. 14 home game. fashion Friday, Feb. 14. They

outscored both teams with a score of 38-2.

On Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, the team played another doubleheader in Elk Grove, Calif., taking on Big Eight Conference contender, Cosumnes River College. The Jags finished 1-1.

SJCC opened the Coast Conference South, playing against Hartnell College at home on Thursday, Feb. 20.

Hartnell’s pitching kept the Jags’ bats in check, allowing them to record 10 runs with 9 hits, leaving the final score 10-2.

The California Community College Fastpitch Coaches Association (3CFCA) announced the week three players and pitchers of the week Tuesday, Feb. 25, and sophomore catcher Treasure Rodrigues was named.

The team lost to rival West Valley College on Tuesday, Feb. 25 with a final score of 8-0.

Rodrigues said the team focused on working hard and achieving the win after back-to-back losses.

Taking on Cabrillo College at home Thursday, Feb. 27 was the next conference test.

After the Jags scored three runs in the sixth inning and two more from the visiting team, they made a comeback and achieved their first conference win.

The team took part in a regular season, two-day tournament in Fresno on March 1 and 2 where

they finished with a record of 1-3, playing all non-conference teams.

The Jags then went back to conference play, taking on Gavilan College in Gilroy. After 12 runs and 10 hits, the ladies walked away with a 12-7 win.

Continuing the road trip further down to Monterey Peninsula College, the Jags’ pitching fell short, allowing seven runs on 14 hits in a 7-1 loss to MPC. The Jags led with 40 doubles, 25 home runs, a .394 batting average and a .502 slugging percentage as a team, as of March 11.

Rock recorded 10 doubles on 25 hits, leading the team in extra base hits with 13.

“We stuck with what we had and what we knew,” Rock said about the season.

Sydney Halleen leads the team in numerous categories, such as home runs (6), RBIs (26) and slugging percentage (.898) in 49 total at-bats this season.

Pitching duties have been handled mostly by Cavallaro, who holds a 3.12 ERA in 67.1 innings with a win-loss record of 4-5.

Freshman pitcher Jessica Wakeman has a nasty, knuckle ball pitch that helped record 14 strikeouts in 35.1 innings.

The Jags are 3-5 and looking to improve on their overall record of 11-8. They played against the City College of San Francisco on Thursday, March 13 at home.

Featured Jag Born and raised in Torrance, Calif., Sydney Halleen is making some noise on the softball field this semester.

In 47 at-bats, she has scored 21 runs on 19 hits and leads the team with six home runs, seven stolen bases and 25 runs batted in.

After graduating from North Torrance High School in 2012, she attended San Jose State University and was a redshirt freshman on the softball team.

After the 2013 season, she decided to transfer to San Jose City College because it was a better opportunity for her to get more playing time.

Halleen started playing softball at 4 years old.

“It was a family thing, all my family grew up playing softball,” she said.

Her role model growing up was her hitting lessons coach, Laura Berg.

Berg was a part of team USA that won gold in the 1996, 2000 and 2004 Olympics. After retiring, Berg taught hitting, and that is how the two met.

Halleen said the lessons helped her a lot.

Halleen said softball is her favorite, but she enjoys math class.

Aside from softball, she said her favorite food is sushi, her favorite color is pink, her favorite genres of music are house and techno and she has “a bad habit of shopping.”

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Basketball ends Playoffs come and go

BY ZACH TATAR TIMES STAFF

The San Jose City College men’s basketball season came to an end Friday, Feb. 28 after the team traveled north to Butte College and lost 77-65.

“It didn’t come out as expected,” Coach Percy Carr said.

The Jaguars fell short to the Roadrunners 77-65 in their first and last playoff game. Heading into the game, the team was ranked as the ninth seed with Butte being the eighth.

The Roadrunners had a 14 point lead going into halftime and did not look

back, holding the score at 44-30.

SJCC outscored the Roadrunners in the second half by two points, but that was not enough to win the game.

Sophomore forward Andre Russell led the Jags with 31 points and 11 rebounds against Butte.

Sophomore point guard Bobby Gray added 14 points with four rebounds and four steals in the campaign. Freshman Stevenair Young finished with five rebounds and two steals.

Men’s basketball will be back next winter and Carr said the team is ready for next year.

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Dear Jazzy

she is making my boyfriend want to break up with me. He has been acting strange, making excuses for why we cannot go out.

Dear Jazzy,

My boyfriend took me to meet his mom. We talked on the phone before and I could tell that she did not like me. She is religious; we are not.

That was all she wanted to talk about. There is so much to say just about that, but here is what I want to know: how do I deal with her hating on me?

I like to go out dancing and partying. She thinks partying is evil, but she drinks at home. She hates my tattoos! I love my tattoos. And I think

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We thought we could make things better by spending more time with her. Big mistake! I gave her a plant and took food over there twice.

A few weeks ago my boyfriend and I cleaned her whole house, even the bird cage. Never again.

She did not even say thanks. She (complained) about her furniture being moved.

What can I do to make this woman like me? I just want her to to accept me as I am. I am not changing. Can I send her to bad mommy camp or something?

Angel

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MARC BRODEUR / TIMES STAFF

On March 4 in history: 1766 – British Parliament repealed the Stamp Act, a tax on printed material imposed by the British parliament on the American colonies

Dear Angel, The best place to start would be finding a middle ground between the two of you. Find an interest or hobby that both of you enjoy where you can have a neutral conversation and begin building a relationship.

While there is no such thing as a bad mommy camp, it would be good to approach situations with her with an open mind. Going into conversations with the perception that the other person dislikes you will only create tension and limit the opportunity for healthy communication. Communication is the key to creating healthy

BY MARC BRODEUR / TIMES STAFF

Ingredients: Crust: 2 cups graham cracker crumbs ¼ teaspoon ground cinnamon 8 tablespoons melted butter

Rich and creamy cheesecake

Filling: 4 eight-ounce packs of cream cheese 1 ¼ cups granulated sugar ½ cup sour cream 2 teaspoons vanilla 5 eggs

Famous March 4 birthdays: 1963 – Vanessa Williams, American actress and singer known for her roles as Wilhelmina Slater on the television series Ugly Betty and as Renee Perry on Desperate Housewives 1970 – Queen Latifah, American actress, rapper, singer, producer and talk show host known for her 1993 hit song U.N.I.T.Y. and her for her roles in Living Single, Chicago and Bringing Down the House 1979 – Adam Levine, American singer songwriter and judge on NBC’s “The Voice” Saint Patrick’s Day:

nLegend says that Saint Patrick used the three leaves of a clover to illustrate the Holy Trinity to the Irish, making the shamrock a symbol of Saint Patrick’s Day

Best Wishes, Jazzy

This delicious cheesecake recipe can also serve as an easy base to make a variety of different flavored cheesecakes.

1965 – Alexei Leonov of the Soviet Union was the first person to walk in space

nSaint Patrick was originally brought to Ireland as a slave. After escaping to Britain, celestial visions told him to return to Ireland as a missionary

relationships. Sit down and discuss this topic with your boyfriend and figure out what is really going on.

From there you can start rebuilding not only the relationship with his mother, but with him as well. And remember you cannot change other people and they cannot change you, but if you start by accepting them and their flaws without judgment, they will be less likely to judge you.

If she still does, do not look at her criticisms as offensive, see them as amusing. Humor is always a great icebreaker.

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1852 – Henry Wells and William G. Fargo created Wells Fargo during the Gold Rush

n Is the celebration of Ireland’s patron saint Saint Patrick. A patron saint is the protecting or guiding saint of a person or place

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Start to finish time: 6 hours total Active time: “1 hour” Servings: 8 slices

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Directions: 1. Preheat oven to 475 F and place large baking pan with ½ inch of water in oven 2. Combine graham cracker crumbs, cinnamon and butter in large mixing bowl.

3. Press mixture into bottom of a 9-inch round spring-form pan and wrap the outside with foil to keep cheesecake dry from water bath.

4. In a large mixing bowl combine cream cheese, sugar, sour cream, vanilla and eggs. Using an electric mixer, beat the ingredients until smooth.

5. Pour the cheesecake filling into a baking pan and carefully place it in a water bath.

6. Turn oven down to 350 F and bake for 60 minutes or until the top turns a light golden brown.

7. Remove from oven and refrigerate for a minimum of four hours before serving.

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