San Jose City College Times, Vol. 80, Issue 3, Oct 13, 2015

New play presented by SJCC Theater in November

Spooktacular review of Halloween Haunt

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Remembering Kieran Connolly HVAC professor passes

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Tuesday, Oct. 13 , 2015

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The Voice of San Jose City College Since 1956

Volume 80 Issue 3

Safe Zone supports LGBT students

Spreading awareness and offering training to students, faculty, staff

BY ALEX WRIGHT TIMES STAFF

A rash of teen suicides across the U.S. in 2012 prompted San Jose City College to create the Safe Zone program, which provides training to support and raise awareness of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) issues.

“According to a 2014 Centers for Disease Control, LGBT students have the highest rate of suicide of any student group and are the most marginalized,” Safe Zone facilitator Joseph King said.

One component of the training is sensitivity and awareness for faculty and staff to assist LGBT students in need of help or support. Once trained, faculty and staff members receive a placard with the Safe Zone logo which they can hang in their office

window or work area.

The Safe Zone placard signifies to community members that they are welcome and have a safe place to talk when support is needed.

Safe Zone also focuses on referring students to both oncampus and off campus resources as well as ways to reach out and let students know there is a place for them at SJCC. “I had been the advisor to the GSA on campus in the mid-90s and been the main advocate for LGBT rights not only the students but for faculty,” King said. “It is time to pass this work on when I retire next year.”

Safe Zone has scheduled National Coming Out Day on the evening of Oct. 8. where an open discussion regarding the backlash LGBT people are facing after the Supreme Court’s ruling in favor of gay marriage took place.

See SAFE ZONE, page 6

Safe Zone Training

Safe Zone training is training in best practices on how to assist troubled LGBT students and is accessible to students, faculty and staff for free.

The training is through an animated simulation similar to a roleplay game where the user selects choices from a dropdown menu to interact with other characters.

How to get the training: Go to http://www.kognito. com/ccc Create an account.

Choose your point of view.

Select San Jose City College as your school Select LGBTQ Students on Campus and click “Launch” The program grants a certificate at the end.

This website also contains best practices videos for assisting students with mental illness and student veterans.

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Safe Zone facilitator, Joseph King discusses Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) program with senior librarian technician, Peter Vu in the SJCC library.

Options widen at SJCC New degrees allow students to be more efficient

BY NOE MAGANA TIMES STAFF

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Scott Inguito, 48, English Instructor, completes a task in his office before entering a meeting.

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San Jose City College now offers three new Associates Degrees for Transfer; English, Studio Art and Early Childhood Education.

Degrees for transfer are a result of collaboration between community colleges and California

State Universities that enables the students to efficiently transition from a two-year school to a four-year school with the goal of obtaining a bachelor’s degree.

“The cool thing about these transfer degrees is that it gives students a very clear track to transfer,” said Scott Inguito, English instructor, 48.

Duncan W. Graham, vice president of Academic Affairs, said that students were taking from 75 to 80 units to apply to transfer to three schools.

For example, one school might require class A, B and D while the other school needed the student to take class B, C and E. If the student still hadn’t made

his or her mind on what campus to transfer or was planning to apply to both, he or she was obligated to take all the classes to meet the requirements for both schools.

“He (Sen. Alex Padilla) recognized that there was a real challenge for our students in getting through with a degree with 60 units and then trying to transfer,” Graham said.

Sen. Padilla authored SB 1440, the Student Transfer Achievement Reform Act.It required community colleges and four-year universities to create a transfer process that was quicker and clearer for students.

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2 Opinion Making perfect babies Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2015

We should not allow the practice of genetically modifying babies.

No, it is not science fiction any more. It has become a reality.

Science advancement has enabled us to do impossible things. We have arrived at a point where it is possible to choose the characteristics of an offspring.

As an every controversial topic, there are those that oppose the practice of genetically modifying a baby to enhance its characteristics, and there are people who believe it is okay to use technology to modify genes to improve the baby.

The people who are in favor of modifying the genes typically reason that it is in the best interest of the baby. They argue that the practice helps ensure the birth of a healthy baby by erasing or modifying genes that are known to carry a disease.

There are three problems with this reasoning.

The first one is that in order to have the knowledge of how this practice affects a human being, scientists must conduct experiments on human beings, not animals, to have a conclusive result of the method. And in order to be a real result, they must conduct the practice on multiple embryos, not just a few. Sheldon Krimsky, Professor of humanities and social sciences at Tufts University, said during an Intelligence Squared U.S. debate that the only way to truly know if it works is to conduct a clinical trial in which scientist genetically modify embryos and have the same amount of un-modified embryos and follow them throughout life to know if the intervention was beneficial to the offspring and at what cost.

The second problem is that scientists don’t know for a fact what they can, unknowingly, trigger outside or inside of the DNA. There is a possibility that they eliminate a disease but “turn on” another that can be more harmful than the original. Krimsky argued that all parts

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of DNA interrelate so a change in it can start a domino effect that can result in incalculable damage to the embryo that can show up years after birth.

The final problem is that they are assuming that by changing a bad gene the baby will grow healthy and stay healthy throughout its life. That is erroneous. It is true that genes can influence ones health but that does not determine it. Robert Winston, professor of science and society and fertility studies at Imperial College London, said that the environment we grow up in also has a tremendous influence in our health. The environment includes our diet, the activities we partake in and emotional stress we grow up with. Genes define our appearance and can contribute to our health but it does not determine for a fact that we are going to develop a specific disease.

There exist safer methods to know whether an embryo carries known genes that cause diseases as pointed out by Krimsky and Winston in the debate. We have the technology to scan an embryo before fertilization to know the dangerous genes it contains. Then it becomes the parents’ decision if they would like to use that embryo or use another.

We do not possess the capability, yet, to understand the social and environmental factors involved in manipulating DNA to enhance wanted characteristics or delete unwanted ones. The implications are much deeper than just “curing” an embryo. When is it acceptable to change a baby? When is it not? Who has the power to decide? Is it part of our rights as parents to decide the genetic make-up of our offspring? What if the parents are in disagreement?

Winston describes genetic engineering as unpredictable. If it is unpredictable, it means we do not understand it. If we do not understand it, it means we are not ready to shift the experimentation from animals to humans. Regardless how hopeful we are that it will cure diseases.

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Name: Cathy Moilan Age: 52 Major: Medical Assisting

Name: Andre Age: 30 Major: Biology Read the material, study groups, practice test, coffee, red bull, and rock stars! Then re-read materials.

I read over notes that I take in class and also read the textbook.

Take any practice test online.

Name: Gilbert Ayala Age: 21 Major: Sociology I stay up late for long hours of studying.

Name: Destiny Garcia Age: 19 Major: Teaching I go over everything before class to have it fresh on my mind

Name: Paola Calata Age: 20 Major: Nursing

Name: Tiana Teixeira Age: 19 Major: Nursing

Read class notes and go back to study the chapters.

I do all the study guides given to me from my instructor. I also make flashcards, highlighting key points.

Follow up Letter to Editor: ‘Library extended hours’ Lost a position, hours were cut

BY ARACELI LOPEZ TIMES STAFF

The Cesar E. Chavez library hours come into question quite often. In the “Letter to the Editor” segment from the Sept. 22 Times issue, Tiffany Errecalde expressed her concern regarding the library’s availability. The library is open Monday through Thursday from 8:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Linda Meyer, library coordinator, explained the factors that play into library availability.

“I’m pretty sure it was in the middle of a budget crunch, a big drop in the school’s budget, and lots of things got cut. We lost a position: the classified staff,” Meyer said.

“We had to cut those hours.”

The staff position was lost in the 2010-2011 academic year: it would take roughly $65,000/year (not including cost of benefits) to secure a full-time librarian

technician, according to last year’s library Comprehensive Program Review.

The library hours used to extend to 9 p.m. and were open for four hours on Saturdays.

The SJCC library has never been open past 9 p.m. Meyer said, and would suggest for students that have night classes, to visit the library before class. It is also very unlikely that the on-campus library would be open past 10 p.m.

“For working people, we need to be open on Saturday, like we used to be,” Meyer said. “We used to be open 11 a.m.3 p.m., but even that’s not enough.”

Meyer and other library department officials often worry and are disappointed that students, who take night classes, do not receive the same services as day time students.

Students such as Errecalde, have night classes, are not able to make it to the library before it closes by 7 p.m.

However, with a recent newsletter sent

The Times welcomes comments and opinions that do not exceed 200 words.

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Linda Meyer, Library Coordinator campus-wide, the Martin Luther King, Jr. Library located in downtown San Jose, offers SJCC students to study alongside San Jose State University students for their extended hours. Students need their SJCC student ID and a public library card to check out any materials.

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pays $500/ semester for these services.

Errecalde’s “Letter to the Editor” expressed her dismay about traveling all the way downtown, find a well-lit parking spot, and that the scent of urine kept her from focusing on studying for more than 30 minutes.

Meyer said the extended hours at SJSU’s library are a wonderful opportunity for students to have access to the high level materials and have 24 hour nonstop study sessions during finals.

Meyer encourages students to share their concerns to the Dean of Language Arts Keiko Kimura and other deans because the students are responsible of making change happen.

Make your voice heard on this issue: Contact Linda Meyer at sjcc.library@sjcc. edu or Keiko Kimura at Keiko.Kimura@ sjcc.edu.

To learn more about the Cesar E. Chavez Library, visit http://www.sjcc.edu/ library.

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Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2015

CAMPUS NEWS 3

College instructor left homeless SJCC faculty member down but not out

BY JAMES HARTLEY TIMES STAFF

Hard times not only affects students in today’s slow economy. Anyone can fall on hard times but resilience and optimisum can even out the playing field.

Lara Cray, a 45 year old part-time math instructor at San Jose City Community College, moved out of her home in the East Bay this past summer due to a rent increase, and now is homeless.

A verbal lease agreement was broken in June when two of the four tenants moved with no notice. This increased Cray’s financial responsibilities, forcing her to find more affordable housing.

The move came after a bad turn of events.

Cycling and public transportation helped her commute back and forth from San Jose to Newark.

This past May, while commuting she strained her back which prevented her from doing side work, thus decreasing income considerably.

According to Cray, without the extra money, she had to live off savings from the previous school year throughout the summer.

During Cray’s move, personal items like her identity were stolen By the time she reported the crime, her accounts had been emptied out which resulted in an overdraft and forced her to file for identity theft.

Even though the string of negative events had Cray wonder where she was going to sleep next, studentscould catch her in the tutoring center with a smile on her face offering help in math.

Due to Crays misfortune, over the summer she was under-prepared to teach elementary math, which resulted her passing the job to a better prepared instructor.

“I’d like to see more community in the community college,” Cray said. “I’ve worked in a lot of under privileged communities trying to prepare our unprepared students.”

In the mist of all the chaos, she does her part to help the community at the college.

JAMES HARTLEY / TIMES STAFF Cray said she has had a large Professor Laura Cray poses for the City College Times amount of emotional stress but in Multi-Disciplinary building courtyard.

SJCC has been very supportive during her current situation. said. “By being a part of City College Cray has recently been able to acquire Although she is not eligible for all of you’ll receive more than just academic a bed space at a homeless shelter in San the employment benefits as a part-time education. There are resources to help fill Jose. instructor, fellow community members in the blanks. We do our best to listen to “It’s hard for some people to ask for have given her referrals and money, as well what the campus needs.” help.” Cray said. “Not everybody grew as food.

Some of the resources SJCC offers up in a culture where asking for help is Marilyn Crawford, who runs the schools are homeless referrals, employment acceptable, but if you don’t give up you’ll Cal-works office, and Blake Balajadia, assistance programs, family therapy, find there are people to give a hand.” head of student affairs, want to remind health center services and child care. students that SJCC facilities offer help to its community members who fall on hardships.

“One of the most difficult things to deal with is being homeless,” Balajadia

SJCC celebrates Universal Day of Peace Peace pole dedicated on campus

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San Jose City College dedicated a ceremony to Sal Alvarez for his peace work in the Bay Area and around the world Many people had the opportunity to speak about Alvarez and his impact on the community including Byron Breland, SJCC president, Dave Cortese, president of Santa Clara County Board of supervisors, Deacon Ruben Solorio and the San Jose City Mayor Sam Liccardo.

“He taught me to insure love, peace and passion in everything that we do,” Solorio said. “The three activist mention earlier; Martin Luther king, Gandhi and Cesar Chavez, he was a part of that influence.

He took all three spiritualities to form his spirituality. That is why this peace pole is dedicated to him.”

Alvarez was active in the farm workers movement with Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta. According to the article “Sal Alvarez, catholic deacon and social activist in San Jose, dies,” in the San Jose Mercury News, he was also a delegate on peace missions to 20 nations and helped with the Immigration and Reform Act of 1986 with Congressman Peter Rodino and Senator Alan Simpson.

As a result of all his work, in 2011, he was awarded the “Pro Eccesia et Pontifice” (For Church and Pope) by Pope Benedict XVI. “Alvarez was like a Dr. Martin Luther

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Financial Consultant John Mathias holds up peace pole in Dedication of Deacon Sal Alveraz on Monday September 21st at the Tech center court yard.

King Jr. You would be impacted by his life even if you (were not) in direct contact with him. He lived a great life,” Cortese said. “I can remember him walking side by side with Yolanda King.”

Douglas Martin wrote, on his New York Times article “Yolanda King, 51, Actor and Dr. King’s Daughter, Dies,” that King was the eldest child of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King. She followed her father steps in pushing for civil rights and equality through nonviolence.

“He would work with the county, he would work with the city, he would shovel back and forth to the mayor’s office, to (the) president or the supervisors bringing together resources,” Sam Liccordo said.

A prayer was also held for Alvarez to commemorate his work through the Catholic Church.

“Alvarez was a prophet, someone you grew up with that you didn’t want to hear DERRICK L. HURD / TIMES STAFF but it was what you needed to hear,” LicSan Jose City Mayor Sam Liccardo cordo said. “He woke people up to harsh realities.” speaks at the peace pole event.

4 Campus Life San Jose City College is alive with activity

Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2015

News from the Associated Student Government, College Advisory Council and Academic Senate

BY LARRY L. HARRIS TIMES STAFF

Associated Student Government The Associated Student Government is planning to develop an internet newspaper to reach out to the more than 8,000 students.

“This internet newspaper will bring awareness of college activities to our student body and encourage student participation,” said Cody MowBray, ASG president.

The first edition of the “ASG Jaguar Times” is expected to be published toward the end of October.

In other ASG business the student council set aside Oct. 15 as the date to celebrate The Moon Festival with moon cakes, tea and other snacks. The festival location is the Student Center from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

According to “The Journal of Popular Culture”, “The Moon Festival celebrates three fundamental concepts which are closely tied to one another: Gathering, such as family and friends coming together, or harvesting crops for the festival.

Thanksgiving, to give thanks for the harvest, or for harmonious unions Praying (asking for conceptual or material satisfaction), such as for babies, a spouse, beauty, longevity, or for a good future” The ASG meets every Wednesday in room SC 204 from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.

College Advisory Council The College Advisory Council recently

reviewed the college’s Educational Master Plan prepared by Cambridge West.

Based upon extensive workforce research, the educational plan looks forward to the workforce needs and curriculum offerings of the college through the year 2030.

The Educational master Plan can be viewed at; http://www.sjcc.edu/AcademicAffairs/ Documents/San%20Jose%20City%20 EMP%20081915.pdf In other business the College Advisory Council reviewed its charge, mission statement and discussed the college accreditation update.

The CAC meets monthly on the first and third Friday in room SC 204 from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m.

Academic Senate On Oct. 6 the Academic Senate heard and put forth to the college president its suggestions for 10 full time hiring priorities as follows: 1. Air Conditioning 1 2. Physics 3. ESL 1 4. Math 5. Computer Applications 6. FMT 7. Biology 8. Music 9. ECE

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Name: Benita Esaloo Age: 18 Major: Criminal Justice.

My brother grabbed the pillow case and he filled up the whole thing with candy, plus his big backpack filled with candy, and I only had a little tiny bag, and he didn’t share anything with me.

What is your most memorable Halloween story?

Name: Sidney Quesada Age: 18 Bookstore Sales Associate I was dressed up as a character from Star Wars, I think ObiWan Kenobi and we were walking in the neighborhood and I seen the coolest house that had all the Star Wars props and replicas. I think I was 8.

Name: Monica Benitez Age: 18 Major: Undecided I remember, when I was little, I was with all my little cousins we were all chased out of this one haunted house.

Most of us dropped our candy. It was a thrill.

10. Air Conditioning The next Academic Senate meets Oct. 20 room SC204 from 2:15 – 4 p.m.

Be heard: “Students Speak” Want your story heard?

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SJCC English professor Michelle Blair is compiling students’ stories about their experiences at SJCC for her new book.

Share how you got to SJCC, your goals, your obstacles and your memories.

She’s not only looking for the typical straight A students, she wants diverse and memorable stories.

Interested in sharing your story, send your name, phone number, and current email to Blair at michelle.blair@sjcc.edu. The email subject line should read “Students Speak.”

Name: Marcus Anderson Age: 20 Major: Business Administrations So I went trick o’ treating with some friends, and we ended up at this haunted house, and one of the guys, they didn’t like my friend, and we ended up getting into this big brawl, and then we all ran from the cops and took a lot of kids candy.

Name: Claudia Garcia Age: 20 Major: Mathematics I dressed up as a scarecrow, and I got to scare people. So you know the typical candy jar that is on the side, and have people reach for it, and I would scare them. We actually had a camera hiding and people didn’t know and you should see people’s expression, that was probably the most fun time. I was 10 years old.

Name: Johnny Hernanadez Age: 21 Major: Nutritional Science In high school, my friends and I ended up going to all of our friends houses so we can steal all of their candy because they left bowls out. We took one of our friends bowl and gave it back to him at school.

Event Calendar Oct. 15 Art Gallery (A-112) 1:45 p.m.-2:45 p.m.

Latino Heritage Month: Music lecture and presentation by Jesus Covarrubias, Ethnic Studies Instructor.

Oct. 22 M303 1:30 p.m.-2:45 p.m.

First round of Mathematics Contest.

National winner will receive a $3,000 scholarship.

Oct. 27 T415 6:30 p.m.-8 p.m.

Bicycle Built For Two Billion: Author of book, Jamie Bianchini, discusses his experiences traveling around the world by tandem bike.

Oct. 16 GE 118 10:15 a.m.-12 p.m.

3rd Biannual Peer-Led Team Learning Practitioner’s Workshop: Discussion on expanding program into disciplines beyond Science, Technology, Engineering and Math.

Oct. 23 Mexican Consulate in San Jose 6 p.m.-9 p.m.

Lucy Ghelfi, SJCC student, art exhibit shown at Mexican Consulate.

2nd Friday of each month, Auxiliary Gym 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

SJCC Family Harvest distributes food to CalWORKS students.

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5 Arts & Entertainment

Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2015

SJCC instructor performs with band

From left, Robert Soper, Ken Owens, Alex Baum and Ciaran Mac Gowan on stage at the Tarbard Theater in San Jose on Sept. 22.

Photography instructor Ciaran Mac Gowan performs with band members; Robert Soper (electric guitar), Alex Baum (bass) and Ken Owens (drums) at the Tabard Theater in San Jose on Sept.

22. Many people, including faculty and staff attended the evening and showed support of the well-written lyrics and toe-tapping beats. Mac Gowan shared humorous storiesin between songs.

Mac Gowan and the band performed songs such as, “Fly me to the Moon” by Sinatra and “Everybody’s Talking” by Nillson.

As well as performing great music, Mac Gowan also whistled songs which had the crowd very impressed. Mac Gowan would enjoy the oppuntunity to continue performing and hopes to receive the same support from his students.

Ciaran Mac Gowan plays the acoustic guitar.

Robert Soper plays the electric guitar.

Ken Owens plays the drums.

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Alex Baum playing the bass.

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6 Campus Life SAFE ZONE SUPPORTS LGBT STUDENTS FROM PAGE 1.

People have been denying services to homosexuals at their businesses and banning them from entering establishments.

Safe Zone has trained the faculty and staff, now they are moving on to student training. The training is free, online and done anytime from any computer with internet access.

The online training is an animated interactive program similar to a role-play game where the trainee goes through simulations and makes dialogue choices while

Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2015

talking to other characters. The training takes between a half hour and an hour to complete and awards a printable certificate.

“This is for students, this is not about me; this is not about the faculty,” King said. “It’s about inclusivity, it’s about lack of discrimination, it is about them feeling that someone cares.

It’s about their safety and their rights.”

King said the most difficult part is to get people on board. With any issue, there will be a core group of supporters but there will also be those who are not interested or are against it and choose not to participate. Participation is as easy as going online and taking the

training course at any time.

“Part of the learning experience is self-discovery. Not just about the academic subjects but also how they relate in the world,” King said. “That is our goal; to educate students, for them to be successful, and establish their rightful place in the world.”

It’s a solid piece, keep mind of the many times you said “King said” and when you start paragraphs with “Safe Zone does this and that” sort of thing.

A list of resources for LGBT people and links to the online training program are available on the Safe Zone website.

‘Love and Information’ coming soon San Jose City College Theatre Arts will be presenting Love and Information, the latest play by iconoclastic playwright Caryl Churchill, directed by Leyla Modirzadeh and designed by Leigh Henderson.

Churchill examines our age of information overload, dwindling attention span, and multi-tasking to the point of losing our ability to truly connect with each other.

With 57 short scenes and

over 100 characters, Love and Information plays out like kaleidoscope of moments superimposed to dizzying distraction.

At times reflective, at times raucous, anything goes in this gutsy ground breaking play.

The show runs for three performances: Friday, Nov. 6, Saturday, Nov. 7 at 7 p.m, and Sunday, Nov. 8 at 2p.m. in the San Jose City College Theatre. Free admission.

http://www.sjcc.edu/future-students/ on-campus-resources/safe-zone

In memory of professor Kieron Connolly

Kieron Connolly’s life was celebrated by SJCC staff, students, family and friends at the campus theater followed by a reception at the Art Gallery on Oct. 7.

Attendees got the chance to interact with Connolly’s family and exchange favorite stories about Connolly.

Information Center always available Ambassadors help students find their way

BY DARRICK L. HURD TIMES STAFF

Information Center in helps students with school identification and answering general questions students might have.

“We always greet with a smile and willing to help,”

said Catia Goode, 29, student ambassador, Psychology.

Student ambassadors can help with informing students about the steps to enroll in school, staff’s office locations and different programs available for students.

“I’m not a license council or advisor but I will map out instructions that will lead you to one on campus,” said Jeff Hancock, 29, Business major.

The Information Center

is open from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Mondays through Thursdays. On Fridays student ambassadors are available from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m.

The maximum hours an ambassador can work a week is 20 hours making minimum wage.

“I may stay past hours at times so students may get help. It is not a matter of getting paid but of assisting students,” Don Walker, 62, ambassador, Administrative Justice. “I enjoy bonding

with friends here on the job.”

Students need help with different things and sometimes the ambassadors can’t help. But they can guide students to the right place where they can be assisted.

“Some people make request that we are unable to assist them in. We suggest the people that can help them with their request,” Hancock said. “I cannot give you pizza but I can let you know they PHOTO BY DARRICK L. HURD / TIMES STAFF serve slices at a charge in the Jeff Hancock, 29, business major, student ambassor cafeteria.”

OPTIONS WIDEN AT SJCC FROM PAGE 1. “(Students) will be guaranteed acceptance with that degree at a CSU and not be required to take more than the 60 units to get the bachelor’s degree,” Graham said.

Within the 60 units required to obtain an AD-T, students need to complete 18 core units within their degree and pass classes with a C or better.

“If you think about transferring quickly you’re saving time (and) you’re saving a lot of money,” Inguito said. “(Degrees) are designed to get people in and through quickly.”

Information about the degrees and the requirements is available online for students to analyze. However, it is recommended to students to utilize all of the available resources at hand. Making an appointment with a counselor to make a career plan is one of those resources.

“I thought I knew it all so I (thought I) was taking the right classes, but then when I met with my counselor (I learned) I was taking classes I wasn’t supposed to,” Ingrid Elias, 20, Health Science, said.

The educational plans consist of informing the students about what classes are required for a degree along with an expected time frame of completion and other program applications that relate to a specific

degree.

“We have been developing these transfer degrees over the last couple of years. We started out with two and now we offer 11,” Graham said.

Along with the three new degrees SJCC offers AD-Ts in Communication Studies, Economics, Elementary Teacher Education, Kinesiology, Psychology, Administration of Justice, Business Administration and Mathematics.

SJCC seeks to offer more degrees in the near future. There are four new degrees in process this semester; History, Philosophy, Journalism and Art History. Graham said that the time frame to get accredited for a new degree ranges from a semester to a full year.

“It gives students a great opportunity, if they’re serious about their studies and getting through very efficiently,” Graham said. “And it gives them a clear path to go in. That’s why we are interested in creating more of these (AD-T degrees).”

Elias said she believes it is important that SJCC is offering more degrees because it gives students more options.

In her case, she transferred from Evergreen College because the classrooms were full and sometimes it was difficult to get a class.

She said that as long as more degrees are being offered, students will not be forced to travel to Mission College or other nearby schools to pursue a higher education.

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7 Campus Life

Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2015

A scare around every corner

Great America’s Halloween Haunt review

BY ARACELI LOPEZ TIMES STAFF

October is the time of heavy sweaters, warm beverages and thriller films. Halloween is near.

Halloween encourages candy, costumes, and horror flicks to play on loop. With Halloween comes the anticipation of the unknown, of questioning what is lurking in the dark.

With 17 spooky attractions at Great America’s Halloween Haunt, now is the time to test push fears to their limit.

Great America’s Halloween Haunt is open from Sept. 25 Oct. 31 on weekends after 6 p.m.

For the weekend of Oct. 16, 17 and 18 for Great America offers College Nights for Halloween Haunt. Admission is Friday, Oct. 16 and 17 from 7 p.m. to 1 a.m., Sunday, Oct. 18 from 7:30 p.m. to 12 a.m. You must purchase your Halloween

PHOTO BY STEPHANIE SMITH / TIMES STAFF Opening ceremony of the annual Halloween Haunt at the entrance of California’s Great America in Santa waiting to scare park goers.

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Four different live shows nine different horror themed cagreatamerica.com using the feature fantastic dancers were an mazes, including a new Dia promo code: CNHH located at upbeat contrast, where even in the top right corner of the website De Los Muertos maze and an costume, gave the night life and InSanitarium maze. and click “Go.” The general positive energy.

There are four scare zones admission is $35.99, with the Fright Lane + Skeleton Key where you could not simply walk passes are $55.99, allows access college student discount; it is around, only walk through, with only $28 for the weekend Oct. to the front of every maze line. ominous lighting, well placed fog Skeleton Keys holders were led 16-18 for Halloween Haunt only. machines and lurking characters Processing fees will apply. into secret Skeleton rooms in

certain mazes: a secret room that you would have to experience for yourself.

By the third themed maze, voices were almost lost from so much screaming.

Public Relations Manager of Great America, Roger Ross said this entire event appeals to the 13-year-old and up crowd; young adults are the Haunt’s audience.

Other attractions such as Killer Klown Town and the Toy Factory were avoided for obvious reasons: clowns and living dolls.

It does not help when there are characters waiting outside, beckoning an audience and sneaking up on others.

During the Haunt, the park’s rides are still open, so while taking a break from screaming in a maze, you can scream from fear of a sudden drop in Drop Zone.

“The Halloween Haunt was so much fun,” Denee Lopez, 20, Child Development major said.

“Every maze had me scared and made me feel like I was a part of a horror movie!”

Watching people get scared by a quiet clown is definitely worth getting scared over and over again, to the point of a hoarse voice.

For more information and tickets, visit http://www. cagreatamerica.com/haunt or call (408) 986-5853.

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On Oct. 13 in history:

1915 - Boston Red Sox beat the Philadelphia Phillies, 4 games to 1 in the12th World Series 1950 - “All About Eve” directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz and starring Bette Davis and Anne Baxter premieres (Best Picture 1951) 1960- Pirates walkoff against NY Yankees, 10-9, in game 7 of 57th World Series.

1963 - “Beatlemania” is coined after Beatles appear at Palladium 1993 - Mighty Ducks win their first NHL game

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7. She’s death on wheels.

8. German for “Noisy Ghost.”

12. “They’re all gonna laugh at you.”

13. “He’s my friend until the end.”

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4. Wes Craven film, featuring Drew Barrymore in the opening scene.

6. Linda Blair’s most memorable movie role.

9. Bram Stoker, Bela Lugosi, Sesame Street all had one.

10. Ridley Scott’s 1979 movie hit.

11. Disney film, where a 13-year-old witch enters her holiday themed roots.

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1959 - Marie Osmond, American singer best known for covering the country ballad, “Paper Roses” and as the co-host of the 1976-1979 TV variety show, “Donny & Marie” with her brother Donny Osmond.

1962 - Jerry Rice, former American football player for the San Francisco 49ers, played for 20 seasons in the NFL, won three Super Bowl Rings, and is ranked in the Top 100 NFL’s Greatest Players.

1971 - Sacha Baron Cohen, English actor, comedian and writer, best known for starring in the HBO series “Da Ali G Show,” starring in the films “Borat” and “The Dictator.” Cohen is also married to the actress, Isla Fischer.

1980 – Ashanti, American singer, songwriter and actress, best known for her 2002 “Foolish,” her 2003 hit “Rock Wit U (Aww Baby),” and 2004’s “Only U.” She also starred in the 2006 feature film “John Tucker Must Die” and 2005’s “Coach Carter.”

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