San Jose City College Times, Fall 10, Dec 8, 1971

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T. J. Owens Asserts Authority, Issues Ultimatum naming·Stevens to tape the sessions for Members of the Student Ad- recorders into the classroom.) After a motion by Ralph BJorn, ASB official record. minis trative Council were threatened In other action, Associated student with loss of units and grades by T. J. vice president, to allow anyone to tape Owens, assistant dean of s tudent ac- the sessions, which failed for lack of a elections and related functions were tivites. second, Owens pointed out that it (the moved back a week by student adOwe ns s tatements came as he meeting > was a class and that if he was ministrative council. Council passed a measure to have a reiter ated his previous position in regard not allowed to conduct it as such the to the taping of student council sessions council m embers would "lose units and closed candidate meeting which featured .the "reading of the (revised) election by members of the campus community in grades." general. Council had allocated funds ($20.00) for code" according to Jose Ranjel, com(Although members of the council are the purpose of taping their meetings for missioners of academic affairs : this voted into office by the student body. the record, and Thursday appointed Steve meeting was held last Tuesday. The primary election has been set for council meetings are also a class session Stevens to be responsible for producing for them, and as instructor, Owens had the tapes, and turning them over to the December 15 next Wednesday. Students 1 that will be absent that day may vote exercised his prerogative under the campus library. BJorn's motion came after the action Dec. 13 in an absentee balloting. education code by r efusing to allow tape

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The general election will be held on January 7th with absentee and night students voting on the 4th, 5thand 6th. In parallel action to the election council took action on the election cod~ revision submitted by student supreme court a few weeks ago. Ralph BJorn, ASB vice-president, moved to accept a proposal changing Part 1 Sec. 2, part B to read : " The total expense including donations for any campaign, primary and general election may not exceed $100.00." Initially the bylaw read: " May not exceed $75.00," the measured passed with a 2/ 3 vote. Another change removed the ASB

President from the election board and put the responsibility for determining lllegalities into the hands of the Judicial Council. In further action on the code revision, council passed a m otion sta ting general elections are no longer mandator y. In reference to the parking boycott, P aul Selpuveda, ASB President mentioned that the ,..num ber of students utilizing the parking lot is increasing. It was brought to the attention of council that Richard Goff, assistant superintendent of business services, has challenged Sepulvecia and a member of RAM to a debate concerning parking.

Both accepted the challenge providing a faculty member also participates. T. J . Owens, council advisor, stated he would relat the provision to Goff. Anthony Alaimo was introduced to those present at the council meeting as the new Director of Activities. Alaimo is replacing Steve Hughes who recently resigned. Recently, Veterans for Responsible Ac tion ( VR A) · members have had problems in receiving petty cash. In solving the problem council placed Bob Mantey, VRA advisor in charge of $100.00 for petty cash dis tribution for the members.

ASB p r i mary e lectio n s are n e xt week , d_on ' t forget to vot e .

Candidates fo r ASB Offices to debate the issues tomorrow. san iose city college

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1971

Pay Parking Prompts 2nd A SB Rally

Chancellor Speaks To SJ CC F aCulty He commented that he thought it was " completely inappropriate" of the state legislators to keep praising the fine work of the junior college system, but not grant more funds to its operation. According to the chancellor, the junior colleges voluntarily slashed the amount of money in the current bill before the state legi s lat ure , from $185,000 to $160,000, in order to guarantee its passage . . B"rossman aii>O nottd a recenr curriculum change, concerning manIn his opening remarks, Brossman datory courses. The only class required enumerated the innovations that have of all junior college students by the state originated or been introduced in the San is physical education, although the inJose City CoJJege curriculum, singling dividual school may set up any other out for praise the nursing and health requirements it wants. departments, the electronics depart-· In a final note that was of great interest ment, and the ethnic studies department. to most of his audience, Brossman Brossm an, who has taught at USC, commented on the progress of the tenure UCLA, and Cal State at Fullerton, · bill, that would allow California teachers warned his audience that by 1973, the to acquire tenure earlier. He said that it total statewide enroJJment in junior was already passed in the legislature, co!Jeges would be over one million and needed only Governor Reagan's students. signature.

Dr. John Brossman , the chancellor of• California J unior Colleges, was on City College's campus Tuesday, Nov. 30, to :addre ss the fa culty on current developments a ffecting junior colleges, both legislatively and academically. Dr . Brossman, who became the state's first J. C. chancellor in 1968, and has held that post for three years, was introduced· by City College president, Otto Roemmich, to a large group of faculty members:

He continued by saying, "We invite and challenge-the--administration to answer to how the budget has been handled and refute the SDS accusations at next T uesday's rally." The administration said, according to Balter, the boycott will lose effect when it sta rts raining. "What we need" he encouraged, "is buses to volunteer to be ready on a standby basis to help and organize pickup spots. It'll only work if people help." The rally came to a close after a studentspeaker,SarnRhode,announced that he contacted the county registrar : and what students have to do he said, " is to pressure administration. I figured out how to do it," he said, "by petition."

.DISCUSS ISSUES

Accordipg to Rhode if students get 25,000 signed official names we can recall and challenge one of the Board of Trustees in order to get some action out of them. something about it, " he added. "This boycott is not dwindling, it is increasing."

The beast who haunts the nite, sleeps in a coffin, casts no shadow, and dr~ks warm blood, played by Asa

Berger, an obvious typecasting, will be on stage in the theater at 8:30p.m. this Thurs., Fri., and Sat., Dec. 9, 10

and 11, when the Drama Department brings you "Dracula." <see story pg. 4)

~~Chicano Crisis In A merica,'' Lopez

by Paul Germain A Chicano crisis exists in America today, according to Enrique Hank Lopez, a former president of the Harvard Law School Forum. Lopez, in addressing a group of apprma mately 200 people in' the campus theater Nov. 23, outlined the progress of the Chicano or "Brown Power" movement.

Trapped By Toll On Nov. 23, Fred Clark, an ex-convict, was ar rested on City Campus for possessiOn of a stolen car.

NUMBER 10

Dr. John B rossman

City College s tudents head the latest development concerning the boycott at a Nov. 23 rally. The boycott is "still going pre tty strong," said Mike Balter, SDS speaker . He further stated that there is " well over $1000 the administration hasn't received from the new parking fee." He accused the administration of having more money in reserve funds than they admit ha ving. According to Balter , his research shows that there is at least three million dollars in the reserve funds, which the administration denies.

" If their job is threatened, they may do

.Phone 298-2181, Ext. 324

Among the points stressed by Lopez as contributing to the present "crisis" in the lives of Mexican-Americans was the language barrier which faces many member s of this large minority group. This problem, according to Lopez, is partially responsible for the high rate of high school dropouts among Chicanos, and also lea ds to a "supposed belief" that Chicanos are bi-lingual. He coined the phrase "schizo-lingual" to describe the manner in which Mexican - Americans imperceptively transfer, back and forth, from English to Spanish when speaking. He believes this makes them less bi-lingual than rr aay believe.

national periodicals, Blaming this "Brown-out" on the fact that aJI the media; advertising, news agencies, television, and radio, have their headquarters in New York, Lopez said that there is virtually no exposure to the Chicano community by the general populace in that part of the country. "Al most every commuter train heading toward Madison Avenue has to pass through a Black ghetto or neighborhood, the media executives cannot help being exposed to the Black

problem, '' claimed Lopez. :'This East oriented media group thmks that most Mexican-Americans are farmers," he continued. In closing, Lopez stressed the importance of infusing Mexican-Americans into every facet of American life includin g; politics, communications media, and most important-, education. "Unless we do (these things) we'll remain the most neglected minority group in America, " Lopez told his listeners.

Office Seekers Face Student Press Panel Six of the seven candidates for student government offices aired their views on a number of campus issues in last weeks " Meet the Student Press" program sponsored by the Beta Phi Gamma group on campus. The most prevalent issue during the program was the month old parking boycott. The candidates who hold government offices at the present time, Paul Sepulveda, AS president, and Anthony Alaimo, Director of Student Affairs, belived that the parking problem will be the most important issue facing student government next semester. Reedie Moore, supreme court justice, saw the major issue next semester as being getting the student council reorganized and adjusted to serve the needs of the students.

Sam Rohde and Beth Holland are vying for the office of vice-president. Rohde has been active in past political campaigns while Miss Holland is a relative newcomer at City College and active in the Student Health Center. Two students are running for the office of administrative assistant. They are Shirlee White and John Borba. Borba did not attend the second " Meet the Student Press" program. Future guests on " Meet the Student Press" will include a dministra t or of the Pl311ned Parenthood organization (local ) ; Sa n Jose Mayor Norma n 'Mineta ; California State Assemblyman John Vasconcellos ; and possibly San Jose Police Chief Robert Murphy.

Lopez also · explained that "most" Chicano children "learn in Spanish" during the formative "first five years of life." " T_h e~ they 'r~. required to speak English m school, he continued. "It's a built-in failure syndrome, " Lopez stated adding that it is the stubborn not necessarily the intelligent, who m~ke it through high school and on to college.

Clark, who gave his address as Oakland, Calif., had come onto campus to " drop off a student" whose name he c?uld not remember. However, he found , Attri buting much of the present himself locked onto campus for lack of a "crisis" to the Chicanos' lack of exposure quarter to leave the parking lot. The gate in Ameri~a. Lopez quoted from a 1969-70 operator offered to take an "IOU," but he made of the 10 leading national survey Claej< could produce no identification. magazines of that period. Dick Philips, head of security, hap"Out of 7,320 column inches dedicated pene~ to be at the gate and began to to news and information on minority question Clark about his presence at the groups, only seven inches were about camp~s. At this time, Philips became Chicanos," Lopez s tated, adding that suspiCious and put a "make" out on the blacks received 37 times the column car that Clark was driving. It was space allotted to Chicanos. determined that the car was stolen. The He then went on to s tate that "We rank San J ose Police then came by and Clark was arrested with no resistance. Clark lower, statistically, than what is suphas . been book for possession of a stolen posed to be the deprived minority vehicle. (Blacks) " a s far as news coverage in

Aspirants for ASB offices (clockwise from left : White, Rohde, Alaimo, Holland and Sepulveda >faced a three member panel of student

reporters Thu1·sday.


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