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City College
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' FALL · WEDN ESDA Y, NOVE·T\'IDER 3, 1971
Phone 298-21 81, Ext. 324
NUMBER 6
STUDENT GOV'T. HALTS EXPENDITURES Council Freezes Unhu dg et ed Fu nd s
P oe t
Makes Good
Stu den tGo v't. Un cle ar On AS B Fin altc es
A poem by San Jose City College student Dennis Pavan entitled "Junction" has been accept ed by " MERIDIAN'S" for publication next month.
A freeze was enact ed last Tuesd ay on all nonbu dgete d appro priati ons and expen diture s by Stude nt Coun cil until Assoc iated Stude nt Body financ ial staus is determ ined. The original motio n was to suspe nd all expen diture s, hut Ste~e Hugh es made an amendmen t which exclu des budge ted items and only nonbu dgete d expen ses are frozen .
The work was first seen in the Fall '70 issue of " Prome thean, " which is · published by students of City College. Pavan, a sociology major, recently received a letter from "MER IDIAN'S" indicating that his poetry had been found accepta ble for publication by them in the forthcoming edition of their "Anthology of Modern Poetry," and inviting him to submit additional materi al for consideration.
Council passed the amendment but failed the motion .
Greco To Da nce At
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The 20-year-old bard related that under the conditions of his agreem ent with the Los Angeles based publication, lie is to receive · the equivalent of a 10 per cent royalty from this work. "Junction" was written in free verse style, and composed from impressions of a walk ·in downtown San Jose, according to the author.
At Thurs days meetin g, the interpret ation of the freeze seemed varied among the council members. Virginia Sandoval expressed that her understanding was that the freeze was to last one week, yet Ralph Blom, vic-e preside nt, stated the freeze was to last until council is given an accurate account of their financial state.
J ose Greco is scheduled to appear in the Men's Gym next Tuesday evening at 8 p.m. Adding to the confusion, a conflic t The noted Flamenco dancer , along t arose as to what expenses are budgeted with his partne r Nana Lorca, are being or non-bu Carol lngbretsen, a San Jose City College Student who was dgeted. recently crowne d "Miss Santa Clara, " is presented in conjunction with the San pictured here receiving a photo-poster from Don Prather, owner of SIZEUP · Jose Comm unity College District's Fall · Council with their freeze in mind ap. '71 Cultural Series. proved $500 to Black Student Union The program, a departure from the (BSUJ for their cultural series. This was usual dance concert, is a lecture- only after determining that the money in demo nstrat ion-re cital espec ially the assemb ly fund was budgeted exdesigned for college and university pressly for the series. presentation as an educational as well as entertaining perform~nce, Also after much discussion council " There is no reason why an voted agains t VSU's film series because A semina r designed to increase the how well everyone else does on the test. by definition. If the curve continues educational experi ence cannot be lively, the money to purcha se the films is not effectiveness of tutors in City College's " It may be that the faculty sub- throug hout the semest er, the students believed motivation to attend class would stimulating and certainly entertaining," budgeted. Cooperative Learning Progra m (CLPJ consciously believes that be increas ed, and added, "If a kid could -only a few aren't "learn ing" ; a term Chadbo Greco stated. " In fact, there's a good urne pass my test withou achieved a second goal -- introduction of studen ts should get t my help, A's; that is when the defines as "changing one's·c On the other hand, members approved apabilities." should make the test harder it means I chance my good friends may like the new a new teaching and learning theory self-fu lfilling prophe cy takes over, " The distribution of grades at ." a measu re to investigate the possibilities concep t more than the old." the end of 18 which many hope will be instituted on Chadbourne states. Between 1957 and weeks of directed instruction of grantin g Mr. Walton, financial aids For his materi al Greco explore EXAM s, with S REMODELED shoUld . this campus. resemble a skewed curve. with greate r Included in the alterna tive to the his audience, the charac ter and history of and placem ent officer , money for Assistant Dean of Instruction and portion of the grades in the A and B presen t system of finals is attempting the the Spanis h people . It sets the scene, he medical loans, especially dental loans.......Seminar director Dr. James Chadbourne bracket. test on an individual basis when suf- feels , for captur ing the beauty and grace only for emergency cases. was quick to point out that any adoption . ficientl y prepar ed. Most people rea lize which are so much a part of Spanish of the new methods would be volunta ry FINAL GIVE-AWAY In other action RAM requested a on the part of individual instructors, and " If your teache r doesn' t give you a that students do not learn at the same dance and music. telegra m be sent to China welcoming Follow ing the discus speed, sion, and use of this procedure would Greco them to the world. .dependent upon noticeable response copy of the final exam during the first Council's vote showed from students. week of school , he is cheating you out of a allow students to advanc e at their own demon strates variou s techniques and their approval of the measu re. Yet at the charac teristic rate, s of increa the se dances their The first seminar series outlined with his next meeting, it chances of passing good grade in the class. " Chadbourne was discovered the the test favora bly and eliminate the 18 beautiful partne r, Nana Lorca. reasons behind student failure and told the semina r group. He explained week semest er. Selected as topics for his lecture and message had not been sent beca use it had presented a model for insuring studen t that demon one of the greate st problems a stratio ns are the region s of been vetoed by T. J . Owens because: success. Among reasons for student student faces is trying to decide what the · Dr. Chadbom ne sees no reason for the Aragon, Basque, Valencia, Castile and failure discussed were the common • The cost was more than counCil had teacher wants him to know. student to wait until the end of the Andalusia. To the accompaniment of voted on. misuse of the normal curve, the use of piano and Flame nco _guitar, the two norm referenced grading and educations Handing out the fmal exam would semester to take the final , and suggests • Owens wasn't sure how the adthe dancer studen s reveal the a rtistry that has t take the exam only when failure to open up time to students. he is make the goals of the class clear. The minist rators would react. readybrough " be t that them week world 5, 12 or 25." renown. ABANDONING NORM CURVES student would know exactly what he is Greco has spent a lifetim e studyin Studen t unrest on campu ses g A second deviation to the -stand ard Paul Selpulveda as president assure d expected to learn, an_d with what perthrough out the nation have raised many centage accura cy to pass the class. This final proposed during the semina r was Spanish culture, particularly in the RAM the telegra m would be sent as questions about the educational system metho d, called "crite rion refere nce studen t use of alterna tive testing forms medium of the dance and music. Born of approved. in the country. Education, observers testing," challanges the studen t with a to prove he knows the materi al and can ·Spanish-Italia n parents in the town of Ralph Blom brought up the idea of point out, is the only industry which task and his accura te completion of it meet the goal levels of the class. A Montario, Italy, he does not recall a moment when he was not intensely in- counci l memb ers having a more guaran tees its clients failure by design. rather than pitting studen t agains t student who may have trouble answering Most teachers utilize the "norm al studen t in competition for a grade, ex- questions on·pap er might still prove he tereste d in researc hing dance and music. supervisory role in the bookstore. This Miss Lorca, born in Lorca, Spain, has would apply to policy making , such as curve " gradin g system in their knows the materi al by rapping with the plained Chadbourne. · been as equally interested in Spanish prices. The measu re failed 3- 2- 1. classrooms. This method of grading 1968, the numbe r of studen ts receiving Audience membe rs were skeptical, teache r, or perhap s, illustration by way dance and music. She was already an assures, by design, that part of the class A's at City College never exceeded 8%. questioning whether the system would of an art form . The normal curve is actually inapaccomplished dancer when, a t the age of Answering a request from a city must fail. A students letter grade (using work for students who might only bother "It is a 19th century attitude that nine, she won the propria te for classro om use, grand award for a college on the Monterey peninsula, Blom since it this method ) not solely by the accura cy to learn what was on the final and never everyone should have the same test," dance interpretation . She is a gradua te of asked council if they wanted to give blood he displays in tackling the problem, but pro.ves true for only random activities. bother to come to class. Chadbourne Chadbourne asserte d. "After all, is it the Royal Conservatory of Music and for a teache rs two sons who Directed instruction cannot be random · are both answe red the charge by saying that he (Coptinued on page 4) Declamation in Madrid. hemophiliacs . The youngsters need a ,. Tickets for the perform ance may be chemical in blood to allow blood to clot. purchased at the door. Additional in- Blom requested that if council knew any formation may be obtained by calling one willing to donate blood to have those 298-2181, ext. 205. individuals contac t him.
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CLP, SH-4_,R E Face Di fficulties
PART TWO School Educa tio :es. (Editor 's note: Last week the "Time s" pick up Solano 's itle published the first installment in a three "Title III is ¥here mnovt~uvt: a ....I m oy direct order that SHARE would get part series design.ed to provide students exemplary type progra ms might be money to continue a third year," Solano with inform ation on "stude nt-help- modeled in other areas in the future, " stated. student" progra ms.) explains Solano. "They give you money by Pete Moylan Title Ill, however, only provided half to operat e for x numbe r of years and we SHARE did not have an easy time requested the funds SHARE needed, but instea d of two years funding ." appropriating the $475,000 on which it According to Solano, Title III funded cutti ng the progra m back , Solano operates each year and CLP is having a the decided to take a chance. progra difficult time holding on to the funds it is promising m because it had two feature s. First, "I didn't see any sense in cutting it was an insupposed to receive. home Gil Solano, chief of SHARE, explains massivtutoring progra m and secondly, the back," Solano explained, "so I told the eness of the program. staff that we were funded for half a year how he started the program in which "We said we could reach 3,000 tutors, " and if they wanted to find anothe r job, go college students tutor elementary school Solano told the administrator s of Title ahead and do it. children. III. "They couldn't even comprehend "I just bounced ~his whole notion off on that, "We didn't lose anyone," Solano said so then they said cut it back to 1,500 a class (at San Jose State) and I asked proudly, "and we started working on the and we'll fund you." anyone that was really interested to sign federal government for the other half of After two years of funding under Title the year." up right there and about 60 people signed III, SHARE legally could get no more up," stated Solano. Solano said that the Title III program, About 35 people showed up at SHARE's funds under that progra m unless as which is a federa l program, retains firs t workshop Feb. 11, 1967 and after the Solano says, certain things happened. approximately 15 per cent of its Certain things then began happening to word spread, the semester ended with 326 a llocations from Congress for special SHARE which kept that progra m haptutors. projects and interests. pening . At the time , Solano was working for the "What we did was get the commission · SHARE' managect to convince the poverty progra m. The program 's intent on innova tion in education for the state to Commissioner of Educa tion to give it a was to develop a program on existing revam p their guidelines and their rules grant, so in effect, SHARE was operating would pick up. Eleme ntary and then we got the state board of under both state and federal Title III funds.
"No other progra m in the history of the nation, " remak red Solano, " has ever gotten both federa l and state Title III money at the same time." Solano points out that SHAR E's record s of effect ivenes s played a primar y role in convincing the com missioner of education to grant funds for the progra ms continuation. SHARE's next immed iate problem was funding the progra m for this school year. However, the solution was set up Sept. 16, 1970 when Governor Ronald Reagan signed Assembly Bill 2127, making SHARE a state law. "What really happened in reality is that we really sort of established a credib ility founda tion with the legisla ture," Solano pointed out. During the summe r, SHARE wrote an appropriations bill asking for funds to ·continue the progra m which was now a state law . However, even SHARE 's strongest supporters felt that the bill would never pass. A strateg y was worked out which succeeded in getting more than twothirds of the Assembly as co-authors of (Continued on page 4)
GUARANTEED FA ILURE - The number of "A" students at City College consistently ran up to, but never exceeded 8% between 1957 and 1968. Part of the problem may lie in
the teachers use of "normal cun•es " which guaran tee failing grades <lop) instead of the more logical skewed curve.