San Jose City College Times, Vol. 75, Issue 1, Feb 19, 2013 by San Jose City College Times

Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2013

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Track star overcomes adversity

Cruz makes jump for women

By Astrid Caballero Times Staff

She has left behind loved ones and moved from home to pursue a dream others believed she could not accomplish as a young Puerto Rican woman. Diamara Planell Cruz, 20, a human physiology major with a minor in psychology, has broken records since she started at Los Altos High School as a junior. Joining the track and field team in Los Altos, Cruz Cruz broke the 2005 Los Altos girl’s pole vaulting record of 7’6.” Now at San Jose City College, she has broken the women’s pole vaulting record in Northern California State Championship jumping 12’7’’ and breaking the State record with 12’9’’ at Stanford. “She pretty much defines the sport right now in junior college in the state of California,” pole vaulting coach Brandon Vance said. During the summer of 2012, Cruz represented Puerto Rico in the Junior Central American and Caribbean Championship in El Salvador. Once there, Cruz won the gold medal in the CACC Junior Division that qualified her to compete in the Junior World Championship in Barcelona, Spain. Standing on the podium in El Salvador, it was an amazing experience to watch her flag and hear her national anthem play Cruz said. Though her hard work is paying off, negative correspondence from coaches in Puerto Rico continues to circulate on the fact that she is a young, female pole vaulter who could not possibly do what she does today. “It is hard to hear that, but it

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Corey Barrett scores during basketball game between San Jose City College and West Valley College in the main gym on Feb. 7.

Accreditation status comes clean By Linh Nguyen and Larry Harris Times Staff

After three years of effort and commitment, the San Jose City College accreditation status has finally come back clean. This assures the two most important things to students on campus, transferable credits and financial aid. “This full reaffirmation decree will renew our hope and commitment to our community,” President Barbara Kavalier said. “It signals there is a new day to say

who we are, what we can accomplish and how great this institution is.” Kavalier got word from Jack Pond, vice president of Team Operations and Communication of the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges that SJCC has been removed from probation and fully reaffirmed on Feb. 12. “I think it is wonderful news for SJCC, Evergreen and the district in general,” said David Yancey, a History professor and president of the American Federation of

administration, typically the Academic Senate and the Vice President of Student Affair since 2010. “A lot of extraordinary, great work was done by a lot of extraordinary great folks,” Yancey said. “We were successful in getting out from under the hammer that (probation and) accreditation had turned into.” The school has received a lot of positive feedback way ahead even before the official announcement to be made in spring 2013.

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The Roar is back for more

Jaguars strut their suff on floor By Marrisa Trigos Times Staff

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From left, Heidi Garcia, Daisy Martinez , and Jennifer Thom are dancing at the preliminary auditions in building Wing 200 on Feb. 5 Students teach students Page 3

Teachers. The fall 2012 follow-up report included exclusive statistics and specific evidence that summaries the effort of all faculty, staff, students and administration in fulfilling the last six requirements of the commission. Most of the work was done by the Accreditation Overview Taskforce, which was co-chaired by Celia Cruz-Johnson a faculty member and Rebecca Gamez, Spanish instructor at SJCC. The whole work was collaboration between faculty, students, staff and

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After a bumpy first season last semester, the San Jose City College’s dance team, The Roar, is back this season. The Roar started in the fall semester of 2012 with high hopes of being able to create some school spirit and perform at events such as the halftime shows at SJCC sports games. The team began with about nine girls. The team started to lose steam before it was able to do a perfor-

mance. Daisy Martinez, 20, business major, said some of the factors that led to this were that “a lot of the girls started missing practices and we barely got a key to the dance studio halfway through the semester.” Martinez was passed the torch as the new president of The Roar

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EDITORIAL

Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2013

In search for a more secure campus Resolution to improve campus safety

Through the school’s top priority is to educate, protecting students, faculty and staff is also very important. San Jose City College needs a better security system. The lockdown incident during the fall 2012 semester at the Technology Center was a wake-up call about the inadequacies of security at SJCC. Despite receiving the message about the gunman at 4:30 p.m. the notice from the campus police had not been sent until 5 p.m. For students in the Technology Center, it took them almost two hours waiting in the dark until the police came and escorted them out. One of those reasons for this slow response could be the shortage of campus police officers, especially after 3 p.m. The San Jose Police Department was waiting for the campus police officers to search through other rooms, as the campus police are the ones who have keys and know the campus terrain. This incident certainly would have been handled much faster and easier if there were more campus police officers on campus. Even though there are around 19 police officers in the San Jose/Evergreen Community College District, only two to three campus police officers are seen on campus. Compared to Evergreen Valley College, SJCC has less campus police officers and less police office hours. EVC always has police on campus seven days a week and even on holidays, from Monday to Saturday, from 7 a.m. to 11 p.m. Meanwhile, police office hours at SJCC are only from Monday to Friday, from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. “Provide police patrols and services whenever classes are in sessions as well as holidays and weekends,” is what is written on the district’s website about the Law Enforcement Authority/Peace Officer Responsibilities. However, it seems it has never been the case at SJCC. Classes do not end at 3 p.m. at SJCC. Many students have very late classes until 9 p.m. or even 10 p.m. Chris Chiodo, a Facilities Committee member, said in the committee’s meeting on Feb. 12 that she had once

gone with a student to call campus police, and it took 45 minutes for campus police to arrive. The emergency emails and text messages service from the campus police is a great idea. However, not all students have a cell phone or computer at home. In addition to that, many rape cases occurred because the victims did not pay attention to their surroundings as much as they did to their phones. This solution is not completely effective. The remaining solutions are payphones and those emergency phones, which were set up in various areas on campus. However, the payphones at SJCC were removed last semester without any notification. Vice President of Administrative Greg Nelson wrote in an email that the cost for the payphones made it prohibitive to continue the service, vandalism and disrepair so the school opted to remove phones for momentary and maintenance reasons. Another sad thing about this removal is the fact that it’s free to call 9-1-1 from a payphone. This is extremely helpful, and not many people seem to know this. Unfortunately, the administration decided to remove the payphones without any notification or consulting with the Association Student Government or even asking them for funding to repair them. As soon as the payphone at the library was removed, many students gave their complaints to the library staff, who definitely were not responsible for the payphones. Without payphones, reporting emergencies can be extremely inconvenient and even dangerous in emergencies, such as power outages or earthquakes, when cellphones may not work. However, there is another way to contact the campus police in the crisis situation: red emergency calls. Those are in gray boxes that are located in a few areas on campus, and probably have the least attention from all students and faculty at school. There are no additional signs or instructions to tell how to use the phones or at least tell the passers-by what they are. The phones are nearly invis-

ible. Shortage of police officers, payphone removals and practically invisible emergency phones, this should a big question mark for the security system at SJCC. Aren’t we ready for such mishaps? We surely can expect our administration to do a better job than this to prepare the school for the worst case scenarios. With the passage of Proposition 30, the district and our school particularly gets some of weight off their shoulders. The administration should spend some of this money we received from the state to improve the school’s security system. They should hire more police personnel at SJCC campus, extend their office hours to 9 p.m., set up more lights and have a police team patrol around the parking areas, as those are the hot spots for rapes, robberies, and assaults. Opening another police office near the Technology Center and Science Complex or at least moving the police headquarters to mid-campus as a compromise solution is also a must-do solution. The Technology Center can be considered the most dangerous part of campus, because it fronts the busiest street where most crimes normally occur. Imagine if we had an police officer in Technology Center during the lockdown last semester; the situation could have been so different. The school also should hold more safety and security workshops and education events, such as Active Shooter on Campus, to educate students, faculty and staff about how to protect themselves in crisis, and how to use emergency phone numbers and contacts. During those workshops, the police should explain more about the red emergency phones around campus and at the same time, set up more of those phones on campus. For those students and faculty or staffs who don’t use cell phones, payphones the solution. It is a free and instant phone in the emergencies. Students and teachers should be enjoying an environment where they can learn and teach without any fear. Let’s keep SJCC safe.

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How are you budgeting this semester? SPEAK Compiled by Andy Nguyen and Aquilas George/ Times Staff

Momoh Lahei Major: Marketing Management Age: 67 It is going to be difficult; I’m going to start spending less and learn how to save.

Priscilla Santos Guidance Instructor Age:59

Mike Casas Major: Political Science Age: 43 I’m doing pretty well saving money budgeting month to month.

Charles Davis Major: Computer Science Age: 18 Don’t go out to eat as much.

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Elizabeth Eckford Interim Director Student Life Age: 45 Make sure you plan every day. Budget accordingly to the tasks at hand and budget daily. Plan and prepare.

Aaqilah Brown Major: Undecided Age: 20 I’m very cautious when it comes to budgeting since I only work during the weekends.

Dear Editor, I am not good at the English language. I am an American resident now, and I am happy here. I miss my old home and friends. I am happy when I see posters on the walls about my culture and language. I see that the words on some of the school posters are wrong, and it makes me sad. I would like for the school to correct the words. It would make things a lot better.

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Campus Life 3

Student-led program expands to new majors Peers teach peers By Jourdan Aguirre Times Staff

Classes can be overwhelming. For some students at San Jose City College, lectures are not helpful enough and questions cannot always be addressed. Professors have limited office hours and cannot reach their students. Peer-Led Team Learning is a program that helps students with their classes and instills good study habits. PLTL is offering five new classes this semester. The need for extra help is apparent when looking at the many fliers for tutoring placed across the campus, said chemistry professor Madeline Adamczeski. The students and leaders are in a friendly environment. Ruby Abd Latif, 21, occupational therapy major, said her students “listen to others, give different perspectives with lots of support, share notes, share knowledge and form study buddies.” Abigail Villarreal, 20, nursing major, said her leader for Chemistry 32A made studying easier. Not only was her leader helpful, but also others in the workshop were willing to help each other. “We guide students as peers,

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Tuan Ngo, 27, Nursing/Chemistry major, is working for Peer-Led Team Learning and helping the Chemistry 32B students on Feb. 4 in M104. not as lecturers,” said David Zarate, 25, nursing major. Students in the program’s workshops work in small groups. “We show them how to do it, and they do it themselves,” said Phat Huynh, 21, computer science major. The program is aimed for sci-

ence, technology, engineering and mathematics courses. The PLTL sessions are known as workshops. Students who have passed the class from previous semesters supervise the workshops and are referred to as leaders. The leaders

Work Experience program faces low enrollment issue By Michael Barajas Times Staff

Lack of awareness of the Work Experience Program class for San Jose City College and budget cuts are to blame for the low enrollment in the program. General Work Experience (GWE) is a program in which students can earn extra elective units for working or volunteering. In addition, the instructors will arrange to meet you to discuss your career goals, career growth and review your career direction. No classroom time is required. “I feel that I’m uninformed. There’s not enough advertisement, but I think this is a great opportunity for working people,” said Juan Medina, 21, undecided. Many students do not know of this great opportunity, especially those that are working and are part-time students here.

“Your workplace is your classroom,” said Pat Space, Work Experience coordinator and instructor. Students must work five hours weekly of paid employment. Those that volunteer must work four hours weekly for each unit. To get into the program, an application must be filled out then turned in at the GWE office in room 308A or via email to one of the instructors. Registration starts in April for the fall semester. For more information or to make an appointment, visit the Work Experience webpage on the San Jose City College website and see all the contact information of the instructors. “Getting units for Work Experience can be effective if it’s well-monitored and controlled,” said Stephen Eckstone, communication studies professor, “It’s not very publicized.”

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know from a student perspective what topics are overlooked or are too detailed. The leaders go through an intensive two-day training session between semesters. The training gives the leaders tools to facilitate their workshops. This train-

ing also helps the leaders become more effective in communication, cooperation and understanding. By using these skills and knowledge, the leaders are able to help their students. The program provides the incentive to join by offering up to five-percent extra-credit. For some students, by the end of the semester, the five percent is negligible. The influence helped students get a letter grade of A without the five percent boost. PLTL was founded in the early ’90s by David K. Gosser, Jr., Director of the Center for Peer-Led Team Learning at the City College of New York. The program expanded to SJCC in the summer of 1999 because of Adamczeski. In 2010 PLTL was funded by the Metas program, which helped spread the program outside of Adamczeski’s chemistry classes and into other chemistry classes. The additional, alternative aid of the PLTL program helps oncestruggling students grasp concepts and work through the confusion. “I needed tutoring in a subject we rarely see in our daily lives,” said Julio Zaragoza, 36, nursing major, “PLTL helps connects the links between everything.”

New club revives spirituality By Cordell Kintner Times Staff

For years, there has been little to no way for students to discuss their faith here at San Jose City College, but a new club is looking to change that. The SJCC Interfaith Dialogue Club has just started and is looking for new members of any faith to join. “We have no campus ministry here; I think today an interfaith group can fulfill that role that traditionally was just Christian or Muslim,” said Gerald Gruzen, 71, philosophy faculty and club adviser, “Now we’re interacting much more across these lines to get a more globalized

world, so I think this could be an important service to the campus community.” The club’s goal is to have students discuss their faith with other students in a safe environment, free from persecution from their peers. The only prerequisite for joining the club are an open mind and an acceptance of your fellow human beings. “It’s not about religion it’s about us; it’s about the people,” said Omar A FojasFlores, 24, psychology major. The first club meeting went off without a hitch, with the inaugural members quickly discussing their varied faiths in an open and kind matter. “I’ve been in situations like this where it could be explosive, but it seems like it’s a good dynamic so far,” said Melissa Cook, 32, psychology major. Gruzen said he hopes other people will take part in the club and become interested in what the club is doing. The club meets in room SC 104 from noon to 1 p.m. every other Wednesday, starting on Feb. 29.

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Campus Life 5 Explore the great indoors with Google Maps Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2013

SJCC early adoption and participation in Google’s new program BY ROLAND BOUGH

TIMES STAFF

San Jose City College is one of 19 U.S. college campuses participating in a new program from Google known as Indoor Maps. During the spring, summer and fall semesters of 2012 administration collaborated with Google providing blueprints and building schematics to the project team at Google. Fortunately now the manual process we went through is quite automated for others. The end result is still in a beta phase with only partial campus availability. As of the publication of this issue interaction with several classroom and administration buildings were available but incomplete including the Student Center, General Education, Business and Applied Science Buildings. If you are interested in exploring this new functionality here are instructions courtesy support.google.com

Explore Indoor Maps Indoor Maps works just like regular Maps. Search and see friends on Latitude the same way you would with any location in Google Maps for mobile. View Indoor Maps 1. Find an available Indoor Maps location. 2. Zoom into the map until you start to see an indoor floor plan of the building. 3. Use the level switcher to move from the ground floor to other available floors in the building. Depending on the data available, the map will show notable places in the building you’re currently viewing, including stores, restrooms, food, and more. Touch any indoor location to learn more.

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Right to left, International Student Counselor and Coordinator Doriann Tran celebrates Valentine’s Day on Feb. 13 with international students in SC216J. TIMES STAFF

For international students the International Students Program at San Jose City College is a home away from home. The San Jose City Colleges International Students Program has been here for more than 25 years and was here before Student Exchange Visitor Information System. “It’s always good to have an organization like this because it’s important to know the area in which you are living and the people in your environment,” said an international student Ashutosh Dube, 25, an electrical engineering major. Dube said he likes everything the program has to offer. “My main interest is the oncea-week gatherings with other students in the program,” Dube said. “During these gatherings, the students get to know new people.” Weekly social hours provide an opportunity for international students to get together, help each other with homework, create a family environment and come up with field trips. These field trips are to help them explore lifestyles; they are also there

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Students from around the globe connect to enhance their education

BY LEAH SMITH

to help them feel more at home. International students are required to enroll in a minimum of 12 units per semester and keep at least a 2.0 GPA. The maximum number of semesters a student may participate in the program is five semesters, but extensions may be given under certain circumstances. International Education Week is celebrated worldwide every year on Nov. 13-15. SJCC celebrated the week for the first time in 2012 to inform students about different cultures and cuisines from around the world. They also have American culture events on campus to help them get to know American culture and lifestyles. The program is also starting an International Students Club, and they are looking for students to join, who are interested in learning about different cultures from around the world. “The people at San Jose City College’s International Students Program are very polite, welcoming, and always willing to help out,” said international student Abibat Oshiobugie, 18, a microbiology major. “It’s hard to blend in when you come from different background, but they make it easier to meet new people and new friends.” The program is for students who

are here on an F-1 student visa, meaning they have the following: a valid passport, I-94 Departure/ Arrival card, F-1 visa and I-20. All international students are required to have a health insurance plan. International Student Counselor and Coordinator Doriann Tran, 36, said, “My goal is to help the students involved in San Jose City College’s International Students Program transfer on to the universities and for them to be successful in their careers. The students are the best part of this program, getting to know them, learning their culture, and it’s fun.” The program is currently accepting applications for spring 2013 semester, fall semester 2013 and summer semester July 1, 2013. The deadline for spring semester is Oct. 15 and the deadline for the fall semester is April 15, but the program will continue to admit students after the deadline if there is available space. For more information: Student Center room 216J Tuesday 1:30 p.m.-4 p.m. and Thursday 10:30 p.m.-1 p.m.. Telephone: 408-288Fax: 408-297-3924

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FROM FRONT PAGE ACCREDITATION “This is a different place from two years ago. The amount of engagement and commitment I observed is incredible,” said John Morton, The chair of Accreditation Evaluation Team according to a summary of the team’s feedback which was sent out by Kavalier to all faculty and staff on Oct. 31, one day after the team visited the college. Associated Student Government President Mike Casass said, “I am totally delighted that this spring I will be graduated and receiving a certificate that is accredited from a fine institution.” For the last two years, Cassas had sat on various committees and was responsible for seeing that the student involvement met its alignment to satisfy the Accreditation Committee’s expectation. Back in 2010, after submitting the Self Study Report to the commission, the college was put on probation in spring 2011. The former Academic Senate President Chris Frazier was saying that “We’re failing. We’re failing seriously,” regarding the Student Learning Outcomes requirement, which “appeared to be a losing proposition.” The table has turned. “No way in the world would any of the team members who were here two years ago believe that we would be where we are today. Amazing work!” said Morton,

according to the summary of the team’s feedback. The summary said that Morton recognized that there is still some work to be done in Humanities and Social Science, but “feels confident that (SJCC) will complete all of this –‘remarkable accomplishment.’” The school is now no longer under any sanctions and this means there will be no questions or warnings about the school’s accreditation status. City College is fully accredited and supported from government funds. All the credits earned by students still can be counted and transferable to other colleges and universities. “Without accreditation, SJCC would no longer qualify for Federal Grants or Student Financial Aid through the Federal Department of Education,” said Celia Johnson-Cruz, the chair of the Accreditation Oversight Taskforce. “Without federal aid, we would lose 80 percent of our students. It is no longer the case. The commission has sent out all of its report back to all schools in February. The report is believed that it has been received by the school and should be published in public. “Having our accreditation reaffirmed can only have been possible when fueled by words like hope, aspirations, loyalty, passion and the belief that we … can overcome anything!” wrote San Jose/Evergreen Community College District Chancellor Rita Cepeda in a message from the

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Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2013

‘Identity Thief’ also steals your time Jokes with no substance Casey Audelo Times Staff

Seth Gordon makes yet another appalling comedy with his latest film “Identity Thief.” It took 40 minutes for the plot to be explained so that you’ll care about what is happening to Jason Bateman’s character, Sandy. His character, who has had his identity stolen by Melissa McCarthy’s character, Diana, isn’t developed. The sarcastic Sandy has to travel across the country, and capture Diana in order to clear his name. He doesn’t have much of a character arc. Any change his

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at the end of last season. She has taken three semesters of hip-hop dance at SJCC, and has performed twice in the SJCC Dance Concert, which is held once every semester. “I try to put in at least one dance class a semester because that is the way that I relieve stress from having to sit in classes three to four hours a day,” she said, “ and that’s what I look forward to at the end of the day.” Martinez said she is enthusiastic and hopeful about this upcoming season. She plans to run things differently than last season and is dedicated to getting this dance team off the ground.

character does have has to be summed up for you at the end. At this point in the movie a curveball is thrown at you by saying Sandy’s character is not assertive. This does not make any sense since he roams across the United States to capture and bring back a criminal stranger. It was nice to see a leading lady who doesn’t look like a runway model, and McCarthy gives an enjoyable performance in her first blockbuster leading role. Half of the funniest parts come when she is on screen. While her character does have an arc, it’s obvious, you will know what is going to happen. A few of the jokes are those staples of lazily written comedy movies, such as the legendary

semi truck that smashes into the character’s car without warning and drives off without stopping. This film had the same feel as Gordon’s other comedies, “Four Christmases” and “Horrible Bosses.” Overall the acting wasn’t dreadful. It is the dialogue that needed work and the development of the plot. The music set the mood, and the wardrobe captured the essence of the characters. If you’re still itching to see this movie, wait for it to come out on Redbox; you’ll save some money. “Identity Thief” gets 2 stars out of five.

The Roar’s vice president, Heidi Garcia, 18, business major, and Treasurer Jennifer Thom, 20, business and communications major have come back with Martinez from last season. They have been proactive this semester by setting up advertising posters all over the campus in hopes of finding new recruits. The Roar already has some performances booked. They have been invited to perform at the Cosmetology Hair Show and the Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Azatlan Low-rider Show in April. They plan to do hip-hop and jazz style dances at their shows but are open to ideas from their teammates. At the preliminary auditions,

Princella Woods, 29, liberal arts major, said she wants to be a part of The Roar dance team because, “I’m trying to come out of my shell and stay focused.” The preliminary auditions were held on Feb. 5, and they had a turnout of nine people, seven girls and two guys. Official auditions were held on Feb. 14. The students who came to inquire about the dance team at the preliminary audition said they are excited about joining The Roar. Business major Jazzmin Ramirez, 20, said she wants to join the team “to show school spirit and make new friends.” Martinez says that the reason she is so motivated to get this dance team going and off the ground is

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to create school spirit and to create a place where SJCC students who want to dance can perform. “I’m trying really hard to get this dance team going so that even after I graduate this will still be here, and that it can be a legacy to leave,” she said, “so that other dancers will want to come to this school because they know we have a really good dance team and that we have dance programs.” ADVERTISE WITH US! Buy AD space in the San Jose City Times paper by contacting us at: citycollegetimes @jaguars.sjcc.edu

Additional dance classes There are three more dance classes being offered at San Jose City College. The new classes are Tap Dance and Beginning and Intermediate Mexican Folkloric Dance. Next fall there will be four levels of certain dance classes that will be offered, allowing for students to take the same type of dance class four times within their college career. The dance program at SJCC has been made in a way that is suitable for all dance levels, from people who are beginners to people who have been dancing for many years. The Dance Department will hold a dance production in the SJCC Theatre on May 2, 3, and 4, at 8 p.m. Dance course schedule Dance 040-101 Tap DanceTuesday, Thursday 2:00 p.m.-2:50 p.m. Room A206H. Lampe Dance 062-101 Mexican Folkloric Dance Saturday 10:00 a.m.11:50 a.m. Room A206 S. Cashion Dance 063-101 Mexican Folkloric Dance, Intermediate Saturday 10:00 a.m.-11:50 a.m. Room A206 S. Cashion

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Sports Column Can Jags Make Playoffs? BY PATRICK LOERA TIMES STAFF

At the end of 2012, the basketball season started well at San Jose City College as both the men’s and women’s teams looked like contenders to make the playoffs. The thoughts of playoffs quickly become mirages once conference games began in 2013. To put it in perspective, Speed City won the Tipoff Tournament in November to start the season, lost four straight following the Thanksgiving theft incident and then bounced back to win eight straight games, including the SJCC Classic and Hancock tournaments. Speed City shot more than 40 percent in 10 out of 15 games in 2012 to go undefeated at home with 11 wins, four losses and playoffs looking imminent. Since conference games have begun, Speed City finds itself in fourth place in the Coast Conference-South with four wins and four losses. Part of the reason is because they have shot over 40 percent from the field just once in the past eight conference games. The Lady Jags, on the other hand, were having trouble finding their rhythm in 2012 as players got injured early in the season, and there were only four games where they shot higher than 40 percent. This left the bench minimal

time to rest and caused them to end 2012 with six wins, 9 losses and playoffs looking unobtainable. Since conference games have begun, they find themselves in the same position as Speed City: four wins, four loses and in fourth place in the Coast Conference-South. In contrast to Speed City, the Lady Jags shot more than 40 percent six out of eight conference games. Now that conference play is well under way and the season is nearly over, playoff chances are looking dim but not out of sight. Luckily, teams can also make the playoffs with a positive overall Rating Percentage Index. Basically, the RPI gives both teams another chance of making the playoffs based on the difficult schedule even if they have had an evenhanded record during conference games With this in mind, Speed City should make the playoffs without a problem assuming they don’t throw the rest of the season away with careless play. But the Lady Jags may have to win three out of four games to make the postseason jump. In any event, both teams will have to improve drastically on defense and offense as conference games come to an end and the postseason either becomes a foregone conclusion or next season’s wishful thinking.

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Diamara Planell Cruz, 19, major of Human Physiology and Minor in Psychology, student of San Jose City College is practicing polo vaulting on the track field of SJCC on Feb. 7.

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drove me more to prove them wrong,” Cruz said. “I was flabbergasted when I got some of these emails. She is as strong as any man I have ever met in my entire life,” Vance said as he describes last year’s State incident in which Cruz broke a pole going 150 mph during warm-ups and that left a contusion on her knee the size of a golf ball.

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Despite the injury, Cruz went on to win the State title. As a female pole vaulter, Cruz has not only broken records, but broken barriers and status quos that tried to thwart her efforts in being a pole vaulter in Puerto Rico. “They start jumping later in life. They start in college because it is not available in high school,” Cruz said as she retells her efforts to find a college pole vaulting coach in Puerto Rico. Her goal to change the way fe-

Scores & Results Men’s Basketball 1/9 Cabrillo L, 61-74 1/11 at West Valley L, 57-61 1/19 Gavilan W, 69-61 1/23 at DeAnza L, 77-82 1/25 Hartnell W, 72-64 1/30 at Monterey W, 56-49 2/1 at Cabrillo L, 50-57 2/6 West Valley W, 73-62 2/13 at Gavilan Women’s Basketball 1/9 Cabrillo W, 82-40 1/11 at Mission L, 70- 80 1/19 Ohlone W, 61-47 1/23 at DeAnza L, 56-64 1/25 Hartnell L, 61-68 1/30 at Monterey W, 55-44 2/1 at Cabrillo W, 63-34 2/6 Mission L, 66-78 2/13 at Ohlone Softball 1/29 Reedley L, 6-0 2/1 Cosumnes River W, 10-4 2/2 at Siskiyous W, 14-0 2/2 West Valley at MPC L, 12-7 (4 innings) 2/9 Modest W, 11-3 2/9 Taft W, 12-4

male pole vaulters are seen and treated is a passion of hers, she said she wishes to one day make it to the Olympics to represent her country. “I know she definitely has the goal of the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio to compete for Puerto Rico,” said friend and fellow pole vaulter Emily Soley, 19, bio-medical engineering major. “I wanted to inspire some kind of change,” Cruz said. “I want to show the girls that it is possible.”

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Men’s Basketball 2/16 *DeAnza 3 p.m. 2/20 at Hartnell 7 p.m. 2/22 *Monterey 5 p.m. (Sophomore Night) Women’s Basketball 2/16 *DeAnza 5 p.m. 2/20 at Hartnell 5 p.m. 2/22 *Monterey 7 p.m. (Sophomore Night) Softball 2/19 *Solano 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. 2/21 at Hartnell 3 p.m. 2/23 *Redwoods 10 a.m. 2/23 *Diablo Valley 2 p.m. 2/26 at West Valley 3 p.m. 2/28 at Cabrillo 3 p.m.

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Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2013

Discuss the Core Values of Trust

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Lying, cheating, and stealing are major violations of community trust at San Jose City College by Gary Mountain Times Staff

At San Jose City College the student membership size is actually larger than some cities within California. At City College, we have a tremendous opportunity to create a very large network and circle of influential friends who maybe become the very people who will assist us to shape our future. These years here at SJCC will open the doors to create relationships and future opportunities which are to become major assets that we will treasure. Each of us present a real value to the person next to you. The Lifestyle Section of this Times Newspaper is changing and we are going to present to you a small print area to discuss: Life As A Balance of Your Core Values. This week is about how Trust affects our relationships and about how it can cause rela-

Items are selected from the Santa Clara County Police logs at crimereports.com

tionships to grow or to be torn have participated in this first article have shown themselves apart. Each week; Gary Moun- to be brave, willing to expose tain will interview students at their hearts, and soul. These SJCC on the topics of Love, students want to become bold, Values, Goals, Dreams and and ethical leaders of the fuDesires, Wants and Needs. ture. They want to be part of Please make contact with Gary a world where no one is left to set up an interview time so out. These students have just that we can hear from you and demonstrated their trust in so that you can be recognized all of you…by speaking their truths. as one of our leaders in life. Want to join them? ConThrough this process you will experience an increase in tact Gary and participate in the your network of friends who interview process. Your ideas, will get to know you. You will opinions, experiences are all build new friends and share assets to be shared with all of real life experiences that may us and to be a way for all of us actually be of value to the stu- to know what you value most! dent you are standing next to. They face the same pleasures, pains To contact Gary Mountain with and fears. Our exyour interests please email perience is that these citycollegetimes@jaguars.sjcc.edu students who

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occurred on the 800 Block Enborg Court on Feb. 13 at 12:10 p.m.

• An assault and battery

Toni Roybal Major: Nursing Age: 26 I would gather all the food I can and hide for a while.

recovered at Del Mar Avenue and Marlboro Court on Feb. 11 at 8:38 p.m.

• A vehicle was stolen on

the 700 Block of Menker Avenue on Feb. 9 at 12:07 p.m.

• A domestic disturbance

occurred on the 700 Block South Bascom Avenue on Feb. 8 at 10:04 p.m. Campus police: 408-288-3735

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Thursday, February 21 • Vietnamese Student Association will conduct a Financial Aid Workshop primarily in Vietnamese. Arranged to help students understand the changes in Financial Aid and student loan policies. It is open to all current and future SJCC students. It will be held in the Science Building, room S204, at 3:30 p.m.-5:00 p.m. Sunday, February 24-Tuesday, February 26 • Last day to submit Pass/No Pass forms to Admissions and Records in the Student Center. Monday, February 25-Tuesday, February 26 • The dedication to Black Heritage Month will be held at the Student Center at 3:30 p.m. and there will be some performances.

• A stolen vehicle was

Sala Ifueta Major: Computer Graphics Age: 19 I would take all the ice cream from Coldstone, take some recess, then dress up as a zombie and eat them.

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South Bascom Avenue on Feb. 11 at 9:05 p.m.

Mike Osborne Major: Psychology Age: 20 I would go to Bass Pro Shops and take all the ammunition I can find. I would be strapped out like Rambo.

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• A theft occurred at

occurred at South Bascom Avenue on Feb. 10 at 1:14 a.m.

occurred at South Bascom Avenue on Feb. 12 at 8:20 p.m.

• An assault and battery

• A gang related battery

• A domestic disturbance

recovered on the 700 Block Menker Avenue on Feb. 13 at 9:08 a.m.

Isaac Mersburgh Major: Business Age: 18 I would gather a bunch of weapons and ammunition, go to a high rise and block off all the doors.

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Alissa Gonzales Major: Cosmetology Age: 19 I would find the nearest object that can bash their heads in, and stay with my family.

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• A stolen vehicle was

occurred on the 700 Block South Bascom Avenue on Feb. 13 at 6:18 p.m.

What would you do in the event of a zombie apocalypse?

COMPILED BY ASTRID CABALLERO Times Staff

Robert Thomas Position: Student Ambassador Age: 42 I would go to KFC and eat all the coleslaw I could.

Thursday, February 28 • Mel Mason, an original member of the Black Panther Party, will speak in the Performing Arts Theater at 12:15 p.m.-1:30 p.m. Friday, March 1 • Degree/Certification Petitions for Spring/ Summer 2013 due to Admissions and Records in the Student Center. Monday, March 4 • March in March will meet approximately at 5:30a.m. at SJCC and arrive in Sacramento between 9:00 a.m.9:30 a.m.

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