San Jose City College Times, Vol. 25, Issue 19, Apr 26, 1974

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San Jos e Ma yoral .Ca ndi dat e Qu eri es SJS U On Fir ing student rating in the "good" or ''outstanding'' categories the Professor was Dr. Peter Venuto, assistant professor not granted the available option of a sixth of business managemen t at San Jose year's retention without tenure. State University and candidate for The administrat ion has remained Mayor of San Jose is involved in a battle adament in their refusal to disclose in an against bureauratic secrecy surrounding official university letter specific reasons . termination from his post at SJSU. for Venutos dismissal . The adVenuto knows Venuto received final notification from ministration insists that the University's President John Bunzel, why. Venuto claims that he has not been Feb. 11 that he would not be retained for given any good reasons for his rejection. employment. of a fifth probationary year " Whatever the reasons, they clearly lie The decision came despite unanimous outside the jurisdiction of this university recommend ations by the Business and involve my outside activities in the Managemen t Departmen t, Personnel areas of clean air, lowered noise levels, Committee and the school of Business political reform , or the taxpayers right to that he be granted retention, promotion control growth in the city." In a recent interview for the SJSU a~d tenure. Despite strong support from hts colleagues and continually improving radio television center Venuto said "My By Laura Joesten

to keep him . The President had the option of granting Venuto a sixth year. Venuto has further asked that professors and press be told the full truth about what goes on behind the closed doors of the University Promotion, Tenure Retention Committee. "This way the public can determine for itself it there are acts of w1professional conduct taking place, .. Venuto added. The original idea behind not disclosing the facts was to protect the professors rights. Venuto is proud of his record and wants every part of it made public not ' buried in secrecy. Venuto is the driving force behind the Citizens Against Air Pollution Control District <CAAPJ. Pollution and uncontrolled growth are two of his main concerns in the upcoming election.

the Ford Foundation s Upper Division Scholarship Prog~am. Recipients are Cleft to nght) Roberto J . sepulveda, Louise Ochoa, and Horace M. Ch~mbers. Not shown are Frank V. Espinosa,

Luella Hemingway and Rosa Mazon. The awards permit students to apply for admittance to the college of their choice. Winners are selected by the Foundation' s College Entrance Examination Board.

Par_k in San Jose. Obviously, it's hopmg for better days ahead during the late spring season. <Photo by Fred Muraira) .

.om en Ch arg e . . . ~S Istr ict IS exist"

By Dave Goll Women" , a San Jose City unumOI:r.Htion, has charged the vVI<UUIIWil~.Y College District of hiring practices. accusation was made in the form received last week by Dr. Otto District Superintendent. The out to the City College ad.~at ~o fem~les occupy pos1hons m the district. opening paragraph, Campus utilize a quote from the llrPmi1Pr, 1970 Accreditation Report for It states : "The administrativ e composed of seventeen men all of wbom are assigned to' ad,nn•~e~;nw·e dulies on a full - time basis. are represented on the staff." continues, "It is recomthat ways be sought, without delay, for minority represenand women to be added to the ve staff." blame the SJCC heirarchy the stipulations of the in ~he 3 1/ 2 years since the paper published. They point up the fact several executive positions inPresident, Dean of Students' and t Dean of Students have o~ned the interim, but still no females been hired to fill those jobs.

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Continuing, the letter further chastizes the administratio n by pronouncing "In June, 1973, the San Jose Community Col!ege ~oard of Trustees adopted an Afftr~ahve Action policy that follows the gu1delmes of Executive Order 11246 as am_ended. Since that Affirmative Action ~b~y a~option, a number of admtmstrahve positions have been filled ' but no women have been hired." C They a~d, "Currently, the San Jose College District is om~!-lntty recr~.utmg , screening and interviewing applicants for the San Jose City College Dean . of Instruction, Vocational Education ; Dean of Instruction General and ._Tran fer. Education· ~nd the c~assiffeaposniOn of Outreach Coordmator .. ~I:>o, two Cluster Provosts and an Acqws1ttons Librarian are being hired Co~. the Evergreen Valley campus., We ar~ aware that qualified women ha.~e appbed for these positions." C~~pus Women strongly urges that quah~ted or qualifiable women be recrwted, interviewed and hired for these positions in order to meet the recommendation of the Accreditation Re_por~ to respond to Affirmative Action g~d~lm_es, ~nd ~o end the pattern of sex ~scnmmat10n m administrativ e hiring 111• t~e San Jose Community College D1stnct."

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'Ci nco De Ma yo' Ne xt We ek The Somos Raza . of S~CC is sponsoring a celebratiOn of Cmco de Mayo the Mexican Day of Independence, fro~ April 29 through May 2. All activtties are open to t~e public and will take place on this campus. Scheduled events include theater and dance performance s, poetry readings, m11;si~ , and a week _long display of 0 ngmal art by Chicano students all designed to reflect the mood an' d spirit of the Chicano culture. . Two groups-of artts_ts, the Teatro Conciente and Latmo Sol, are composed entire ly of ~JCC stude~ts. Their performanc e J~cludes sk1ts, music and dan c e routmes . Other performers , the Fremont .;.. :;:· Ballet Folklorico, Teatro d~ Ia Gente

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k ee have a large, well - rounded Ill at present. We believe thatpar oudr master plan which J·s baR · ' m ka~ge g 20 ~ears mto the future ' 11 Ythe regiOn's recreation dem~~~ ~ar~s do at present. " And Ms, r· 1dn t even flinch when 1 men-

Calendar of Cinco de Mayo Events Monday, April 29 Poetry Reading by SJCC students 11 a .m. Quad Tuesday, April 30 Fremont BaJJet Folklorico 11 a .m., Quad Teatro Conciente 7: 45 p.m. Men 's Gym Latino Sol - dance group 8 p.m., Men 's Gym Teatro de Ia Gente in "Flory Canto de Ia Nueva Raza" 9 :30 p.m . Men •s Gym Wednesday, May 1 Teatro Conciente 11 a.m. Quad Thursday, May 2 Naming of the Cinco de Mayo Queen .; 11 a .m ., Quad :-: Mariachi Nueva Tepatitlan

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People Pressure to keep open space one step of urban encorachmen t is the . Clara County Parks and JOn Department, located in a ':ID~retentious yellow frame . hillstde overlooking Vas ana m Los Gatos. is a small, but muscularly Department employee doin to help preserve bits and snat~ Santa Clara County. Kirby need for the acquisition untrammeled territor S lh an ~ose. But instead of resorti/ g ~e typical gloomy mouthin i n sprawl is inevitable " h gs of , . e s.e~med ~ent that the count cipalities would Y ankd mdtvJduaJ wa e up and nd t h . o t e public cry for recreational

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firing is a warning to others not to challenge the power structure in the city , of San Jose". Many of Venuto s colleagues and students have theories on his termination. Venuto declines to play a guessing game: "qne of the hallmarks ?f a professional 1~ h1s re!usal to engage m wild speculatiOn Without adequate speculation of fa~ts." Venut.o went on to say "One thing IS clear, C1ty Hall and whatever vested interests would like to see me leave town , I have been told that by many council members". Venuto has requested that University President John Bunzel provide a written personally signed letter to the press and public explaining why he oyerruled the unanimous recommenda tiOns of the Management and Busmess Department

s11 nta (;lara name overfookiQ Valley. Alulll H g tbe link in the greenbelt cnaino~~ is one ro und San Jose. CPhoto by ·~at sllr0 mpson). Jltu Tb

This week the Times' page examines the current issue of impeachmen t, both in editorial and feature style. · .Page 2· Writer Todd cunningham compares the impeachmen t of Andrew Johnson to the l974 version .. .Page 2· Writer Kris Fisch e r defines im peachment. . .Page 2. SJCC Jazz Ins tructor , Eddie WiHiams, was, believe it or n~t , an SJCC st~d~nt last fall. Get the inside story on this mteresting transition · · .Page 3· Writer Steve AbneY paid a r_ecent visit to the great, gray New York T1mes, East

Coast equivalent os us. Read about his impressions ... Page 3. The No. l tennis doubles team (men's) at City College is the partnership of Dave Sandoval and Jeff Bedolla . The Times Sports page features them this week. .Page 4. Take a glimpse into the San Jose Relays . .. Page 4. City's sprinters go undefeated through the 1974 confere nce season, and roll up a Golden Gate Conference title along the way .. .Page 4. SJCC's aquam en place sixth in the recent Nor - Cal championships at Diablo Valley in Pleasant Hill. .. Page 4.


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