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City TimesCity TimesServing the San Diego City College community since 1945 Volume 59, Issue 11 May 10-23, 2005www.sdcity.edu/citytimes

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Prized music players at risk for theft

Eye on iPods

Student Billof Rightstabled

By Keriann BryanThe Student Bill of Rights

legislation, or Senate Bill 5, the second bill introduced by North County state Sen. Bill Morrow, hoping to protect California college students from “abuse” within the col-lege system was defeated in April, Morrow plans to rein-troduce a reformed bill next January.

The bill instructed Califor-nia public colleges, like City College, to implement “princi-ples of intellectual diversity.” Principle number three was “Faculty shall not use their courses or their positions for the purpose of political, ideo-logical, religious, or antireli-gious indoctrination.”

Morrow took up the fight of

Scholarship Banquet fetes students’ academic successBy Cindy J. WimerMore than $140,000 in scholarships

were awarded to 150 students at the City College Annual Scholarship Banquet that was held at The Prado in Balboa Park on April 23.

There were also three special awards given including a Special Recognition Award from Student Affairs that was pre-sented to Professor Ternot MacRenato, a Phi Theta Kappa Distinguished Officer Award went to student Bernie Casey, and the Golden Apple Outstanding Faculty Award went to Professor Herald Kane.

There were seven new scholarships given this year by the family and friends of Willard Blackinton, Mickey Clowers, Ann and Buddy Cressy, Francis X. Gold, Edward Roach, Luisa Salinas, and Janet S. Schwandt in honor of their memory and contributions to City College. The Hope Shaw Scholarship and Molly Macleod Velazquez-Speech Scholarship will be presented for the first time next spring.

Sharing the Master of Ceremony duties were Jim Mahler and Roberta Alexander with the Rev. Glenn Allison giving the invocation. Other special guests included

the Board of Trustees of the San Diego Community College District and Chan-cellor Constance M. Carroll, who is also a scholarship donor.

Other major community donors were the American Federation of Teachers Guild, the Buffalo Hunters of San Diego, Café Sevilla, Friends of Downtown, SDG&E, and James Sinegal, president and CEO of Costco.

There are a growing number of schol-arships available to the students of City College. Contact Carmen Ruffo at the Student Affairs Office in Room D106.

MARCH FOR EDUCATION

By Angel HernandezHundreds of students

from various local high schools, colleges, and uni-versities gathered at City College on April 20 to walk-out against Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s proposed budget cuts on education.

The demonstration took place a day after dozens of students were arrested at the University of California Santa Cruz for staging a camp-out/sit-in on campus in opposition to tuition fee hikes.

The San Diego Budget Coalition, comprising stu-

City College launch point for protest over proposed budget cuts

Former SDSU assistant profes-sor Pat Washington addresses students who participated in a planned walk-out April 20.

Photo by Mike Sullivan

See BUDGET, Page 2

Don Estes, a political science professor at City College, died on May 7 from complications associated with triple bypass cardiac surgery, his family said in a state-ment.

In an e-mail to the college, his family has requested that if anyone wishes to send flowers, they can instead make a donation to the Japanese Historical Society, P.O. Box 620988, San Diego, CA 92162-0988.

Estes’ memorial ser-vice is scheduled for 7 p.m. May 11 at the San Diego Buddhist Temple, 2929 Market St.

Professor dies

See BILL, Page 5

dent activists, organized the walkout in coordination with other schools holding similar events across California.

Demonstrators marched to the California State Building in downtown where three ulti-matums were presented at the governor’s local office.

Organizers met with rep-resentatives to demand elimination of budget cuts on education, fully funding Proposition 98 and to create a preliminary tax for the richest one percent to help subsidize education.

Proposition 98, passed by California voters in 1988, guarantees the allocation of approximately 40 percent of California’s budget to K-14 education.

Karla Pardo, member of the SD Budget Coalition and a City College student affirms she believes in the concept of education being a right not a privilege.

“Where is all the money going to? Students have a right to learn,” said Pardo.

Facing an $8 billion deficit last year, Schwarzenegger, along with education lobby-ists, agreed to deduct $2.2 billion from Prop. 98 to help balance the budget with the promise to have it repaid this year, something the California Teachers Association says has not happened.

Patricia Washington, member of the NAACP and a speaker at the walkout said that students have always been right.

From the Vietnam era, to the Iraq war, and now against budget cuts, “students have always lead progress,” Wash-ington said.

“Somebody who has eight or nine hummers should not be telling us about budgets.” Washington adds.

City College has seen its tuition more then double in the past two years from $11 to $26 dollars per unit.

Tuition jumps have affected student enrollment and have caused the cancellation of a number of courses.

The San Diego Community College District Institutional Research and Planning, a committee in charge of statis-tical data for the district, con-

firms a decrease in enrollment at City College of more than 500 students in the past three years.

Spring 2003 “end of term” data shows an enrollment of 14,775 students, spring 2004 had 14,261 students and preliminary census data for spring 2005 shows 14, 219 students currently enrolled, a figure that usually lowers when the semester ends.

Following the demonstration at the governor’s office, protes-tors faced a confrontation with Police when they marched into a one-way street.

Police stopped the crowd with a man-made barrier revealing extended batons.

Protesters were eventually allowed to finish marching

back to City College on the sidewalk.

There were complaints by several protestors that police on horses were bumping people unnecessarily and there was a report of a student having his foot run over by a police motorcycle. San Diego Police Department assured protes-tors that they were there to provide safety.

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Top photo: Students converged on San Diego City College as part of a planned walkout April 20. They rallied to protest a possible tax increase that would strongly effect students. Middle left: UCSD student Kyle Samia joins City College students at the walkout. Bottom left: City College Profes-sor Jim Miller addresses the gathering. Above: Julie Medina, a freshman at SDSU joins holds up a poster in protest of planned budget cuts.

Photos by Mike Sullivan

May 10-23, 2005 City Times 3CityNewsNoted author takes ‘empire’ to task

By Cindy J. WimerChalmers Johnson, award

winning author and profes-sor of Asian studies at UCSD and UC Berkley, took the stage to a packed house at the Saville Theatre on March 17. The topic: “The Cost & Consequences of American Empire.”

Johnson has completed his second book in the “The American Empire Project” series, titled “The Sorrows of Empire.” The book discusses the spread of Imperialism and its effect on our democracy.

Following 9/11, the question

of “Why do they hate us?” was asked by many Americans. President Bush’s response was, “They hate us for our freedom.”

Johnson maintains that they do not hate us for our freedom, but for what our gov-ernment has done through dominant military power. Johnson refers to this as “Blow-back,” which is a CIA term for “unintended results of Ameri-can actions abroad.” America has more than 725 military bases around the world. Chalmers Johnson adresses a students and faculty during his recent visit

to City College. Johnson says those who hate the United States do so because of its global dominance through military power. See AUTHOR, Page 4

Suspect soughtin district break-in

San Diego, Ireland region become sisters

By Jordan BanksA resolution went before the San Diego

City Council on April 11 to officially twin the Shannon Region of Ireland with San Diego in a sister city partnership.

Mayor Dick Murphy initiated the proj-ect in March 2002, and after a long period of inactivity he recommended this motion to be approved, which it was with a vote of 8-1. But according to Pat Flannery, a self-proclaimed San Diego Irishman and a former member of the San Diego-Shan-non Partnership Inc. board of directors, the city breached its own written policy statement in doing so.

The new sister city program foregoes the traditional people-to-people affiliation requiring an elected body at both ends of the relationship and replaces it with two new concepts — a “substantive area” and an “administrative partner.”

In this case, the substantive area is the Shannon region, which represents a large portion of Ireland that is more com-parable to all of Southern California than one city. And the administrative partner is the Shannon Development Company, which is an Irish government agency that has a loose remit for economic develop-ment in and around Shannon Airport, Flannery said during his opposition

speech at the city council meeting. Shan-non Development is incorporated as a private company, wholly owned by the Irish Minister for Finance and though a government agency, it can buy and sell property without a bidding process.

Also during Flannery’s argument, he said that as an agent of the Irish govern-ment, Shannon Development dispenses

large cash grants as incentives to Ameri-can companies who invest in Ireland, and under the sponsorship of the proposed Sister City organization, has already given a seminar to San Diego businesses regard-ing the use of Ireland as a tax shelter.

San Diego Sister Cities International

See SISTERS, Page 5

Photo Courtesy of Pictograph Ireland NEDWNC

Some residents decry decision, however

Photo by Manny Lopez

By Shane CrumrineThe Charles W. Patrick

building, which houses the San Diego Community Col-lege District offices, was bur-glarized March 23, according to the San Diego Community College police.

The police have named their suspect as Charles C. Homman and have issued a felony warrant for his arrest.

“There was actually little loss, everything taken by him was recovered,” said Officer Ed Headtke.

Although property loss was minimal, the suspect did damage the door he used to break into the building, according to Headtke.

The police could not give any details about the evidence that led to their suspect because of their “ongoing investigation.”

By Terris L.S. PattersonCity College’s 35th annual

Chicano/Latino Graduation Celebration will be held on May 21 at 12 p.m. in the Sav-ille Theatre and is open to all students from all cultural backgrounds, as well as their families and friends.

A mariachi band will be among the live music perform-ing with a reception will follow the ceremony. La Asociación, an organization including staff members from City Col-lege, is sponsoring the event

Chicano/Latino Graduationset for May 12

See LATINO, Page 5

Prior to 9/11, Al-Qaeda had car-ried out five major attacks. Since then there have been 18, including a train bombing in Spain. Johnson estimates that 80 percent of the Islamic popula-tion despises us as well as 22 percent of the global population.

Johnson parallels what is happening today in America to the Roman Empire. Octavian, who came into power after Julius Caesar was murdered, turned Rome into an “Imperial Dictatorship” largely through military force, lead-ing to the destruction of democracy and their ultimate demise. One signifi-cant difference today from the days of old Rome, notes Johnson, is that the military at that time was made up of wealthy landowners. Slaves could not enlist in the Roman Army.

Today, of the 500 members of con-gress who voted almost unanimously to grant open-end authority to attack Iraq, only seven have children in the armed forces.

The Bush administration has expanded the powers of the executive branch way beyond what our Founding

Fathers intended. This has weakened other branches of government and vir-tually eliminated our system of checks and balances. President Bush has the ability to wage war on anyone he deems a threat.

Johnson also said the other major obstacle facing the United States is bankruptcy. The defense budget has risen to three quarters of a trillion dol-lars a year.

“We keep adding to the monstrous deficit and not paying for it,” Johnson said, “currently China and Japan are financing us.”

Johnson finished by saying “the decline of the U.S. has already begun.” When asked by a student what we can do? He said, “Plan your escape route, the people need to take back Congress,” and he recommended contacting your local congressperson.

Johnson’s New York Times bestsell-ers include “The Sorrows of Empire” and “Blowback,” and are available at the City College bookstore.

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Noted author Chalmers Johnson signed a copy of his book “Blowback” during his visit to City College on March 17. He spoke to a full house in the Seville Theatre.

Photo by Manny Lopez

‘We keep adding to themonstrous deficit and not paying for it.’

— Chalmers Johnson

which is free for all attendees and guests.

Dean of Student Affairs, Mario Chacon explains that “the celebration is a long standing tradition designed to be a more intimate and family oriented affair than the formal graduation ceremony.”

Graduates will also have the opportunity to give a short personal speech or say thank you.

Chacon adds that the cel-ebration also acts as an out-reach to the community, often reaching out to people who may not traditionally have had the opportunity for a col-

lege education. It welcomes them and shows our apprecia-tion.

Elva Salinas, a Chicana English professor at City Col-lege, says “the idea is to pro-vide a cultural venue that our students can be proud of and we can show our support for them.”

Each of the graduating stu-dents will be given scrolls with the names and phone num-bers of the staff members that are involved with the project. “[The graduates] always know that they are our family.”

Students still have time to R.S.V.P. and are encouraged to participate. For more infor-mation or to confirm atten-dance contact Salinas at (619) 388-3411.

likes this “new departure” from the traditional sister city program and has created a new affiliation program called their “International Partners Program.”

Flannery went on to say he was told by the direc-tor of that organization they plan to recommend “The San Diego Model” to other Ameri-can cities and other countries around the world. But he pro-tests that unlike Sister Cities International, San Diego does not have an “Interna-tional Partners” program and current City Council Policy Statement 000-18 requires, “A similar identifiable civic or official group must exist in the city with which affiliation is proposed.”

A private company, even

one with its sole shareholder being the Irish government, cannot pass for a civic or offi-cial group, Flannery said.

After Flannery went through his allotted three minutes and almost through the additional three given to him, he wrapped his speech up by appealing to the City Council not approve this proj-ect as an official Sister City–– to not make San Diego part of this “new departure” whereby stripping the sister city con-cept of its traditional integ-rity.

“Please give us a real tra-ditional people-to-people Irish sister city, there are so many wonderful Irish cities to choose from,” Flannery said.

The floor was opened to Councilwoman Donna Frye for discussion, and she called Flannery back up to elaborate on his arguments for almost 10 more minutes during which

time she made particular points that she was disturbed with the idea of the sister city concept being used for greed and corruption.

“I am surprised and some-what offended by Mrs. Frye’s attack on this, attributing to conspiracy what is nothing more than a good faith effort to try to establish a positive relationship between the city of San Diego and the coun-try of Ireland,” was Murphy’s response to Frye.

Frye then defended herself by saying she was merely let-ting a citizen who was clearly offended express his concerns with the way the program had turned out, and that she herself was unhappy with the direction it was going.

The motion was seconded and the council members voted. Eight green lights lit up, and one red one.

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David Horowitz and the Stu-dents for Academic Freedom. The SAF is concerned with the high percentage of politically liberal college professors, and what they see as the “abuse” of students who don’t share a professor’s ideology. Its web-site contains a forum for com-plaints against professors, but does not list any entries for City College.

Statistically in America, cit-izens with graduate degrees, like college professors, are

more likely to vote liberal. An exit poll for the last presiden-tial election showed that 85 percent of voters with gradu-ate degrees in Ohio voted for Kerry. City College profes-sor Ternot MacRenato said it is part of the job. “If you polled the military, or law enforcement, they’d be more conservative, it’s part of the personality,” he said. “We’re not going to demand that the Marines hire more liberals.”

City College Professor Jim Miller wonders if biology pro-fessors teaching evolution would be considered guilty of “antireligious” indoctrination, and writes “All of us,

liberal, conservative, inde-pendent and apolitical should be wary of this sort of unnec-essary and divisive govern-ment intervention into campus life.”

City College student Doug West was also skeptical about the need for a law to protect his rights. Despite having a college professor (at another campus) that he feels graded him on opinions, rather than the quality of his paper, he feels that the liberal stance of most college professors helps balance the information in today’s pop culture, stating, “I’d rather attend a liberal col-lege than a conservative one.”

Last month at Cal State San Marcos, Morrow debated the bill with Graham Larkin of the American Association of University Professors, who thought the bill infringed on academic freedom. Morrow also criticized the bill for having been vague as there’s no mention of who would have enforced the criteria, or even what constituted an offense.

California college students complained about the bill also, causing some wording to be changed. Instead of calling college students “immature” and without “sufficient ripe-ness of judgment” to form their own opinions, the bill

stated “Teachers should not take unfair advantage of their power over a student by indoc-trinating him or her with the teacher’s own opinions...before a student has sufficient knowl-edge and life experience.”

Only one of the few web sites devoted to student com-plaints, www.noindoctrina-tion.org has a complaint about a City College class. The com-plaint is of a Logic and Critical Thinking course, and is coun-tered by the professor on the website.

Students who feel they were treated unfairly by professors can file complaints with Stu-dent Services.

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�May 10City College Job Fair, presented by the Career/Transfer Center, Gorton Quad, 9 a.m.-12 p.m.

�May 11“Asian American Panelists Breaking Stereotypes,” presented by World Cul-tures, Saville Theater, 9:35 a.m.-11 a.m.

�May 13“City Dance,” Saville Theater, 8 p.m., $10 general/$8 students

�May 14“City Dance,” Saville Theater, 2p.m. & 8 p.m., $10 general/$8 students

�May 17“When Heaven and Earth Changed Places,” presented by World Cultures, M101, 12:30-1:50 p.m.

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First off lets just set the record straight. There is no crisis in Social Security!

The Bush Administration, however, is spending millions of tax dollars to convenience you otherwise. President Bush is holding fake town hall meetings around the country that are completely staged and rehearsed multiple times, which are then passed off as real news, while the only people that are allowed to attend are the Bush faithful.

The fact is that Social Secu-rity is completely solvent until 2041 and at that point would still be able to pay out 70 per-cent of benefits owed. Social Security is the most success-ful government program ever period.

There is one very simple change in the current system that would sustain the pro-gram indefinitely and that

would be to increase the cap from $90,000 to at least $150,000. Currently there is a cap on the amount of income that is taxed, meaning you are not taxed on any income over $90,000.

For example someone like Bill Gates pays the same amount of tax as someone who works in say middle management. So people who make less money are actually paying a higher percentage of their income to Social Secu-rity. The extremely wealthy can and should pay more.

It is important to under-stand the history of Social Security and why the pro-

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I am a college student who works full-time so I can feed myself. I’m an International Affairs major who is nothing short of outraged at the direc-tion the Bush Administration has taken this country. But I’m also 23 years old, and I think that last statement explains why I feel the way I do about Social Security.

I have no illusions regard-ing Bush’s motives regarding privitization, I’m sure his cro-nies are profiting, however, my feelings all come back to one core fact — that I feel much more comfortable about the money that is growing in my 401K than I do with the money going to Social Secu-rity. And who can blame me? According to the Social Secu-rity Board Report in 2003, they will start running at a deficit in 2018. (Which means it will be dependent on its

trust funds until they run out in 2042 — I’ll be 61, still six years away from receiving ben-efits.) A now infamous survey done in 1994 by the Third Mil-lennium showed I’m far from alone, that 18-34 year olds are more likely to believe in the existence of UFOs than in the future existence of Social Security.

OK, you say, I’ve got some quotes and numbers, but what does it mean? It means that to keep up with population growth, the Social Security Board needs “the combined payroll tax rate increased immediately by 1.92 percent-age points, benefits reduced

Social Security — to reform or not to reform?Illustration by Keriann Bryan

Privitization solves nothing ... I am a saving my way ...

See NOTHING, Page 17 See SAVING, Page 8

Just Say NoCindy J. Wimer

It Has to GoKeriann Bryan

Students enrolled in California’s public colleges got a reprieve last week when SB 5 was killed in committee. This so-called “Student Bill of Rights” was nothing more than an insult to every adult who pursues higher edu-cation.

While at a fi rst glance the text seems innocuous, a closer examina-tion reveals lines such as, “teachers should not take unfair advantage of a student’s immaturity by indoctrinat-ing him or her with the teacher’s own opinions before a student has had an opportunity fairly to examine other opinions upon the matters in question, and before a student has suffi cient knowledge and ripeness of judgment to be entitled to form any defi nitive opinion of his or her own.”

The author of this legislation, State Senator Bill Morrow, has stated in this text that we, the public college stu-dents of California, are too immature to form our own views and need to be protected from our big, bad teachers. What???

There are other attacks on our edu-cation underway in California, for which Governor Schwarzenegger is directly responsible. He has thus far refused to include equalization fund-ing in the new budget, something which is required by law so that public education resources are balanced from one community to the next. City Col-lege is the perfect example of where the money needs to go, as our funding level is currently #40 among all com-munity colleges statewide.

The governor’s proposed budget has also underfunded general education. Currently he has allowed for $3 billion in education spending, which is $2 bil-lion short of the amount mandated by our state constitution.

Students should also be concerned

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PerspectiveSandi Garcia

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Many young adults have tried marijuana and to some degree, it has become socially acceptable to do so. But what many people don’t know is that marijuana can be addictive like any other drug.

At the age of 13, Henry (name changed to protect the privacy of the individual) began smoking marijuana on a daily basis. Henry said it became an addiction almost immediately. He used marijuana to cover up emotional problems like depression, loneliness and teen-age angst. Early on in his addic-tion, Henry was smoking a quarter ounce of marijuana a day.

According to the 2001 National Household Survey on Drug Abuse, an estimated 5.6 million Ameri-cans age 12 or older reported prob-lems with illicit drug use in the past year. Of these, 3.6 million met diagnostic criteria for dependence on an illicit drug. More than 2 million met diagnostic criteria for dependence on marijuana/hashish. In 1999, more than 220,000 people entering drug abuse treatment programs reported that marijuana was their primary drug of abuse.

The National Institute on Drug Abuse says that along with crav-ing, withdrawal symptoms can make it hard for long-term mari-juana smokers to stop using the drug. People trying to quit report irritability, diffi culty sleeping, and anxiety. They also display increased aggression on psycholog-ical tests, peaking approximately one week after they last used the drug. Students that use marijuana get lower grades and are less likely to graduate. Depression, anxiety and personality disturbances are all associated with marijuana use.

There is help out there for those who seek it. Marijuana Anony-

mous is a 12-step program modeled after the Alcoholics Anonymous program. It is not run by medical professionals but rather, it is run by addicts that have abstained from marijuana use for a reason-able amount of time. The program includes attending meetings and seeking out the help of a sponsor, someone that has been sober for an extended period of time and is will-ing to give out guidance. There are six weekly meetings of MA in the San Diego area alone.

Henry sought out the help of MA roughly a year ago. “The worst thing really, except regret, was it took so long and hurt me so bad to get there (to the point of getting help),” he says.

So, how do you know if you are a casual user or are developing an addiction? According to Henry, “One of the questions they ask you in MA the fi rst time you get there is, ‘Has marijuana stopped being fun?’ That’s the thing you need to ask yourself. Are you doing it because you need it emotionally, physically? Do you need this? If it’s just fun, then I guess you wouldn’t have to worry about it. But if you can ask that question and the answer is yes, then you probably are an addict and you probably could use some help.”

For more information about the Marijuana Anonymous program, visit their website at http://www.marijuana-anonymous.org/ or call them toll free at (800) 766-6779.

Chris Zimmerman is a City Times staff writer

Attacks on public education continue in state

Th ere is help availablefor marijuana addiction

PerspectiveChris Zimmerman

CorrectionIn the April 19-May 9, 2005, edition of City Times, a story on the front

page regarding student elections referred to fair-trade coffee as free trade. Student Mirona Constaninescu has pushed for the addition of fair-trade coffee in City College’s Cafe. City Times regrets the error.

It is the policy of City Times to correct errors. Send them to the paper at [email protected] or call (619) 388-3880.

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We can’tleave Iraq

Now we can’t leave. Have we ever really left Japan or Germany? With the elec-tion over in Iraq, we see that maybe things are not going the way the Bush administra-

tion wishes it would. I see a problem, the top two winning parties, happens to be Iran’s closest allies in Iraq. These two parties won more than 70 percent of the vote and are expected to name the new Prime Minister and President. This is a government that will have very good relations with Iran. Is this possible?

Iran and Iraq have been fighting for years and we kept edging them on. What side did we take in this war? We did not want Iran to win and

PerspectiveLes Swazzo

over the governor’s choices for Education Secretary. First, former Los Angeles Mayor Richard Riordan was selected. Last July, Riordan called an elementary school student a, “stupid, dirty girl” at an event designed to promote a summer book reading program. Rior-dan resigned in April, and will be replaced with Alan Bersin.

Bersin has been the unpop-ular superintendent of San Diego city schools for more than five years, and both a local teachers union and members of the school board had discussed the possibility of removing him from office as recently as January. Now, he is responsible for the entire California education system.

In April, when our Stu-dent Government was asked to support the student walk-out, an act designed to raise awareness of attacks on our public education system, they were unable to support it. In fact, during the discussion one

member of our student gov-ernment suggested we send Arnold a thank you letter for doing such a great job. The ignorance of our current stu-dent leaders as to the crisis facing students throughout California is terrifying. If these student leaders are unaware of the harsh realities our education system is facing, how can the average student be expected to know?

Affordable, quality public education in California is under attack and cannot be taken for granted. Students need to be aware of the poten-tial cuts and take action when-ever possible to protect what is rightly ours, as granted to us by our state constitution. Student walk-outs are effec-tive, but direct advocacy to our lawmakers in Sacramento also need to occur. When an attack is made on any level of education, be it k-12 or at the UC system, we need to join the fight.

Sandi Garcia is City Times’ editor-in-chief

immediately by 13 percent, a transfer of $3.5 trillion in gen-eral revenue (in net present value) made, or some combi-nation of approaches adopted. Significantly larger changes, would be required to achieve solvency beyond 75 years.”

In my words, the younger generation could pay more taxes, the older generation could live on less money (1 in 10 men on Social Security live below the poverty line, and statistics are higher for women and minorities.) or our government could cover the debt with more deficit spend-ing. And all this would only cover us for another 75 years.

So, we’ve got a problem. What do I want to do about it? I don’t want to take away any-one’s Social Security benefits. My grandfather is in his 80’s and needs that money and the money he gets working part time as a propane handler (Hazardous duty.) to live.

I want to be able to put some of that money away for

myself. Don’t be frightened of the stock market, we’re all adults here, and we can handle our finances. Please don’t tell me that the market could collapse, I know — I also know that the govern-ment could collapse, and that would probably be more cata-strophic for our money, since the government wouldn’t have the same rebound rate.Yes, it has ups and downs, but do your research, the market has never lost money over a ten year period. (Hey, how long has our government been run-ning at a deficit?) Teachers, state workers and legisla-tors all have money in stock market funds rather than Social Security, and here’s the best part: That money is yours! You don’t have to apply for it, no one determines how much you get and if you don’t use it all before you die, you can pass it on. If I die tomorrow, my family and friends would not see a penny of the roughly $7,500 I’ve contributed.

Also the government can refuse to give you Social Secu-rity. Surprised? Check out Flemming V. Nestor, 363 U.S. 603, 610-11 (1960). Right off

the Social Security Admin-istration’s website “In this 1960 Supreme Court decision Nestor’s denial of benefits was upheld even though he had contributed to the program for 19 years...Under a 1954 law, Social Security benefits were denied to persons deported for, among other things, having been a member of the Com-munist party.” “Entitlement to Social Security benefits is not contractual right.” That’s right, don’t piss off the gov-ernment, because according to the Supreme Court, it has no obligation to pay you any money, no matter what you’ve contributed. Even scarier, this guy was a member of the Com-munist Party from 1933-1939, before the 1954 law went into effect. What prevents congress from passing future laws that deny you benefits?

Under the current propo-sition, nobody’s benefits are going to be cut, and younger workers will have the option of investing some of the money in a government approved pri-vate market and bond fund. (Yes, its even voluntary.)The government will have to spend around $2 trillion to cover the

system change, which sounds really bad, until you’ve seen the above statement from the Social Security Board that they need $3.5 trillion just to stay afloat. Estimated cost of not reforming Social Security goes into the $10 trillions. The reforms allow us more choice, greater ownership, and don’t raise taxes more or cut ben-efits. In other words they are actually reforms, not stop gaps that cost younger generations more and more money.

Where do I sign up?

Keriann Bryan is City Times’ copy editor

EducationContinued from Page 7

Dear Editor:This letter is in response to the City

Focus feature, “Officer on Duty: On Patrol with City College Police” (April 5-18). It is very difficult for me to understand how Mike Sullivan’s report on Officer Steve Tashoff is of journalistic service to the com-munity, City Times’ readers, or anyone for that matter, with the exception of a self-congratulatory police force that subsists on such propaganda. Such a biased piece I had never intended to see in City Times. One only has to look at the photos to see the racism inherent in our institutions, namely the police system and unfortunately, even the City College’s local media.

Interestingly enough, of the seven photos presented, three depict images of the while Officer Tashoff ticketing, interrogating and kneeling on top of people of Color. Perhaps I should be applauding Sullivan for his accu-racy and honesty in depicting the highly disproportionate rates of arrests, citation and “routine traffic stops” to which people of Color fall victim at the hands of a racist police force. While these photos of a day in the life of Officer Tashoff may appear innoc-uous to the editors at City Times, printing images like those in Sullivan’s City Focus feature only serve to reinforce negative ste-

reotypes about people of Color, stereotypes that are a direct disservice to all of us at City College who are trying to unlearn and combat the racism deeply embedded in our society.

Also, Shane Crumrine’s article on East Village crime rates lacked some vital crime statistics of which I would like to remind my fellow readers. The “redevelopment” [read: gentrification] of the corporate ball-park district displaced hundreds of home-less and working-class folks who were harassed, fined and forced off the streets that had been their homes for years, all in the name of corporate profit. I recommend that we, as concerned citizens, demand that the criminals responsible for the displace-ment and forced relocation of the residents of East Village be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.

Suze BonoCity College student

Photo essay on police isn’t complete picture

Letter tothe Editor

SavingContinued from Page 6

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See IRAQ, page 17

CityArts City Times 9May 10-23, 2005

Nationally recognized and award-winning radio station KSDS offers music and education, promotes the arts in the community and serves the San Diego Community College District — it’s also located on the City College campus.

KSDS is a nonprofit radio station established in 1951 by the San Diego Community College District. It moved to the Creative Arts building on campus in 1971 and has been broadcasting from there ever since.

In 1993, KSDS won the title of Jazz Station of the

DJ John Phillips broadcasts during the noon hour May 5.

City College hometo winning jazz station

JAZZ CENTRALInside Jazz88 — a San Diego institution

Listeners are the backbone

Stories by Jerry Weber ■ Photos by Mike Sullivan

Volunteers take calls during a recent pledge drive.Photo courtesy of Mike Wallace

See JAZZ, Page 16See PLEDGE, Page 16

Jennifer Weddel falls short of being physically imposing. She is not too tall, slightly built with a pleasant disposition. She is focused, and she is determined and at this point in the day it is probably a good idea to stay out of her way.

Weddel is the membership director for KSDS radio. Today is April 15, the last day of the membership drive.

“She gets even crazier as the time

10 City Times May 10-23, 2005ARTS

Sushi Deli 2 ranks No. 1We knew we were in the right

place when my companion and I saw the line streaming out the door, a given any weekday around lunch-time. Sushi Deli 2, located at 135 Broadway, (near Horton Plaza and Second Ave downtown) continues to be worth the wait for its quality, yet affordable sushi, along with a bevy of hot dishes that satisfy the most ravenous of appetites.

My lunch associate and I decided to sit at the sushi bar (always a sign of a clean kitchen when they don’t mind you watching), instead of the more secluded booths (per-fect for a date).

Although it was buzzing from the hungry droves, our presence was immediately acknowledged by the laid-back, 20 something waiter. He always seemed to turn up whenever another soda, the check or even a to-go box was needed (in which he considerately took it upon himself to add extra soy sauce and chopsticks).

Sushi Deli 2’s sushi combos are a real draw for those wanting variety of rolls, without paying a high price. “Claudia’s best combo” contains four different rolls (four

pieces of each for $9.99), including spicy tuna and the “shrimp killer,” (inside: shrimp tempura, cucumber and crab surimi, outside: shrimp and avocado).

My companion, who happens to be a vegetarian, celebrated a menu giving her another option than that same old cucumber roll. She quickly pounced on the “vegetable combo” ($7.50) consisting of a “tofu roll” (eight pieces of inside sautéed tofu and cucumber, outside avocado and sweet sauce), a veggie roll filled to the brim (eight pieces) and of course, three pieces of cucumber roll.

Our order was placed and within minutes, salads (included with the combos) arrived. The taste of their creamy, yet light sesame dressing, makes a return trip to this restau-rant all the more appealing-- unbe-lievable flavor and at no extra cost.

For those with a smaller appetite (the combos will definitely leave you with some left over-the only sushi

that tastes good the next day!), a la carte sushi costs between $1.25-$2.50 and the hand rolls vary in price from $1.99 to $2.50.

We sat as spectators, in awe of the precision from our friendly “sushi-maker” and it wasn’t long before hot appetizers were laid before me (perfectly timed after the salad). Fried goyza (dumplings, $2.50) are warm, crispy and filled with a mysterious, yet delicious meat (pork?). Anyway, it’s worth ordering. At $4.50, so is the fried calamari.

Expecting the usual “rubber band” texture, found many times when ordering this dish, I was astonished to find it light, crisp and succulent, served with my new favorite condiment, “spicy mayo.” It’s a definite “must taste” item to reorder next time and probably better than I’ve had in most Italian restaurants!

But the real attraction here is the sushi — well priced, abundantly served, with tremendous variety and excellent quality. The quick, reliable wait and kitchen staff make it all the more reason to name this one of my favorite spots.

Patrons wait outside to get into Sushi Deli 2, located at 135 Broadway near Horton Plaza.Photo by Mike Sullivan

RestaurantReviewLauren Ciallella

By Donna MarantoSan Diego City College’s literary

voice opened to an audience of nearly 100, including President Terrence Bur-gess, on campus April 23. The reading was in celebration of the recent publi-cation of City Works 2005, the campus anthology of poetry, fiction, prose and artwork of City College students and the work of local writers and artists.

The selections are evaluated for publication by the student editors of the Introduction to Creative Writing course that is team-taught by Profes-sors Donna J. Watson and Jim Miller. The students in this course deter-mine the Best Student Prose Award, the Best Student Poetry Award, and the award for the Best Student Cover Design.

The first reading was performed by the 5th Annual National Award Winner, Carol V. Davis, who read the three winning selections of her poetry about Russia. Next was a reading of a short story by Rene Flores highlight-ing Slavic culture, the winner of the student prose award.

Shortly after Burgess expressed his appreciation for the literary jour-nal, making note of its prestigious reputation, Watson stepped forward to introduce the featured writer from San Diego, Reg. E Gaines. Gaines, an alumnus of City College, is a poet and writer who has recently performed for the World Culture Center in the pre-sentation of F-Stop. Commenting on Gaines’ work Miller said, “He has put City on the Literary Map.”

The program concluded, after read-ings by contributors including Marla Wilkinson, Teshonne Harper, Eric Lin-demann, Patrick Korn, Steve Quinn, Lynn Gagne and Joyanna Eisenberg; Marla Wilkinson offered invitations to everyone present to continue the poetry and art experience on Wednes-day night, Apr. 27, at the Supreme Bean, a coffee house in Point Loma. Although with that reading, the audi-ence was smaller, the “project art” experience proved to be an extension of the literary voice when poetry and short stories were read by contribu-tors to the City Works, as well as other writers.

The publication City Works 2005 can be purchased at the English Center, C226, and at the City College Book Store for $6.

Students’ work performed duringCity Works eventLocal artists and writers also participate April 23

By Alex TolhurstDo you have an iPod? Do you want an

iPod? Well if you do have one, you had better keep an “i” on it. iPod disappearances are becoming more common as these gadgets get smaller and more popular.

With sleek design and ergonomic controls, the Apple iPod is by far the most popular por-table music player on the market today. “The gift of the season” this past Christmas.

The iPod has enough memory for 10,000 songs and organizes them into multiple playlists while still fitting in the palm of your hand. Priced around $299 and available at multiple retailers, online, or the Apple Store. With a wide variety of accessories, the iPod is quite desirable and easy to find.

Easy to distinguish with white headphones, it is easy to tell who’s listening to an iPod and who’s not. Even when not in use, these white

headphones around their neck is almost a fashion statement of “Yeah, I have an iPod” they stick out in contrast of everything else. iPod commercials even extenuate the head-phones as being white over black silhouettes dancing to a popular U2 song.

Here at City College, we have a friendly learning atmosphere. People do their home-work, write papers, paint and play guitar in Gorton Quad.

Friends chat and have a bite to eat in the Cafe and say “hi” to people in their other classes as they pass one another in the halls.

But steal an iPod from another student?“I came back from the bathroom and it

wasn’t in my backpack anymore,” says City/Mesa student Marcus Brown. “I was listening to it in the library and I guess someone must

Eyeing iPods

See IPODS, page 13

Kathie DemerittSophmore, child development1. Mest2. Green Day3. Anything 80’s

Marisa MesserSophmore1. Elliott Smith2. Nick Drake 3. Phantom Planet

Paul MuskaGraduated last semester1. Donavan-Colors2. Flamming Lips3. Television

Hector MejiaSenior, political science1. Puff Daddy2. AC/DC3. 50 cent

Alex DuranSophmore, general education1. Cutting Crew2. 80’s and 90’s Ballads

Brian Morton Visitng the library1. Green Day2. Emanuel

Dominic PenaFreshman, finance1. “God” by John Lennon 2. Radiohead

Ernest Nyarko Sophmore, IT1. Reggae2. Hip Hop

May 10-23, 2005 City Times 11CityLife

Device’s popularity leading to theft

Photo by Mike SullivanCity College film student Ryan Broomberg listens to “Walking in LA” by Missing Persons on his iPod while on a break in between classes on May 5.

VoxPopuliWhat Do you have

on your iPod?

Question by Cindy WeimerPhotos by Mike Sullivan

VoxPopuliWhat do you have

on your iPod?

Question by Cindy WeimerPhotos by Mike Sullivan

12 City Times May 10-23, 2005CityFocus

EARTH DAYThe natural side of City College

Text and photos by Mike Sullivan

For many, the end of April is a time to celebrate all that Mother Nature has to offer. Earth Day celebrations give participants an opportunity to reconnect with our planet and help to educate people in ways that they can preserve the global environment, as well as their local ecosystems. Although it is near the epicenter of one of the largest cities in the United States, City College offers areas of lush green grass, towering shade trees and several species of color-ful flowers.

City College kineseology student Toby Cooley finds a peaceful patch of lawn in Gorton Quad to take his lunch break on April 26.

A passerby makes her way through Gorton Quad on April 26.

San Diego High School juniors Enrique Diaz and Cinthia Plaza share their time beneath a large shade tree at City College on April 26.

Despite being part of a large urban community, City College offers many areas dedicated to the growth of trees and flowers (above and below).

By Jonathan PivarIn the past decade advances

in digital technology have been so rapid that a heart pumping methamphetamines would have a hard time keeping up. Such is the case with the edu-cation system which has only in recent years started using computers and other equip-ment as a compliment to the learning process, as seen in the growing number of online courses.

Paul Detwiller is no tech-nophobe when it comes to

his teaching style. He uses the internet as a tool for his courses.

“I use a laptop and LCD projector every lecture to use PowerPoint, and to access online databases, Web pages, and animations that are rel-evant to what we are doing in class,” he says. “Overheads are pretty old school, but at times they get the job done when you don’t have access to digital equipment.”

Of course computers can’t be used for all types of classes.

It’s very doubtful that a psy-chology teacher would neces-sitate pulling up a fraud webpage. But certainly many humanities and science courses can, do, and will become more computer oriented as funding for equipment becomes more readily available and instruc-tors educate themselves to be more techno-savvy.

“For the courses I teach (marine biology and oceanog-raphy), the ability to access online resources in the class-room is indispensable, since

new discoveries are being made all the time and there is such a wealth of educa-tional resources and inter-active activities out there to work with,” Detwiller continues. “For example, stu-dents can learn about whale and sea turtle migratory pat-terns by accessing one of sev-eral websites that graphs the daily updated positions of dif-ferent radio-collared marine animals traveling through-out the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans.

“Students can access infor-mation on the Web sites of gov-ernmental and international oceanographic research insti-tutions and agencies to get the latest current research and technological developments in ocean science. Without these developments, we’d be read-ing about them years later in a textbook, but we can follow what’s going on in science as it happens. So it’s definitely an asset.”

So will the tutorial take the place of the teacher? Per-

haps not, but it certainly has and will continue to make the classroom experience more stimulating and efficient. The increasing role of technology in the classroom is inevitable, though will take time.

Detwiller finishes, “Digital technology provides the tools for educators and researchers to advance education by pro-viding free access to informa-tion and scientific knowledge. However, reading Web pages will be no substitute for the experience and knowledge of an excellent teacher who (like many adjuncts in the district) are also professionals currently practicing in their field. Teachers will always be needed to give direction, create a climate of intellectual challenge, and provide one-on-one learning experiences.”

Though technology will take the place of books, guid-ance through instruction will still be needed, which means class is still in session. See you there.

have been watching me as I was reading and waited for an opportunity to take it,” he says angrily, remembering what happened.

“I asked the people sitting around me but no one saw any-thing or they weren’t paying attention,” he continues. “I guess that goes to show you not to trust anyone you don’t know around you to watch your stuff. Especially if it’s valuable.”

He knows there’s nothing he can do about it now except buy a new one and start replacing his music library.

Looking on the Internet, it is possible to find insurance programs for iPods, laptop computers and other technolo-gies at www.safeware.com for reasonable prices per year. Also on many plans, there is no deductible and they pro-tect against theft and damage. This idea is very good for those who aren’t very responsible or gentle with their things.

These types of music play-ers are popular to both con-

sumers and thieves because they are small and expensive. Lots of people have them so it makes it easy to share music with others, or just take it away from them completely. It is possible these things are getting so small they’re get-ting harder to keep track of.

Whether or not you feel like you’re being targeted, an iPod is a cool thing to have. Looking around campus, it is surprising to see how many people are listening to one. Both students and professors enjoy this technology. These devices allow us to take part of our culture, lives, loves, personalities and now, with upcoming models pictures and videos, with us wherever we go and share them with whomever we choose. And though you can put an iPod on your Mastercard, the ability of sharing is priceless.

If you have an iPod, watch out for it, because there are people out there who will take it from you. If you’re going to get an iPod and you know you’re going to lose or break it, shell out the few extra bucks a month for insurance, it’ll be well worth it.

May 10-23, 2005 City Times 13LIFE

iPodsContinued from Page 11

Professor uses technology to his advantage in classroom

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14 City Times May 10-23, 2005ARTS / LIFE

By Jerry Webber In her second semester as

Intro to Mass Communica-tions 200 teacher, Professor Laura Castaneda brings her real life experience and con-nections to her students in a way that extends beyond the text book. Once a semester Castaneda invites colleagues and friends from the media, to gather as a panel and speak to her class.

“I think it’s really impor-tant for them to hear from five or six different people who play a really important part in gathering news for their orga-nizations,” said Castaneda.

Castaneda invites people from radio, television, news-papers, and public relations to speak to her students. This semester’s panel included, Victor Vargas- photo journal-ist with KSWB news, Dorrine Mendoza-assignment editor with KNSD/NBC, Sandra Dibble-staff writer with The Union-Tribune, Grace Sevilla-managing editor for Full Focus on KPBS, Chris Acedo-video tape editor with KNSD/NBC and City College student, and Martha Sarabia-free lance journalist with North County Times. Castaneda devotes an entire class to this news gath-ering panel. The class ties in to the text book chapter on news gathering.

The panel introduces them-selves. They tell students their history, and they give insight into their world and experience. If their world is a world you want to live in, this is an opportunity to go beyond concept and get a sense of the reality of being a member of the media.

“We’re not looking at them through the TV, we’re talking to them,” said Bernice Vil-lalobos, an Intro to Comm 200 student.

The students get to hear the personal and professional sides of being in the media. The panel members share their individual experiences

By Amanda EwellRemedial English teacher

Shin Evans, also City College Alumnus, is experiencing his first year of teaching here on campus while completing the master’s program at SDSU.

Evans was a City College student in the early ‘90s and eventually transferred to SDSU where he received his bachelors in English in 2001. He then began the MFA pro-gram for creative writing with a focus in fiction and plans on graduating this spring.

Last semester, Evans interned alongside Chris Baron, head of the English Department, and currently teaches remedial English here at City College.

“I like teaching overall. It’s hard work, but very reward-ing,” Evans said.

Sentence and paragraph development is the main focus of Evan’s English 43 class; however, he finds that he is still learning himself.

“Learning to teach is learn-ing to deal with the ups and downs of students, as well as learning to manage my emo-

tional resources,” he said.Although teaching is often

time consuming, Evans still finds time to work on the completion of his first novel, “Resplendence.”

“Resplendence” is based on the fictional character Benny, a delusional mental patient who is abused by his doctor, and his journey toward self acceptance. “Chronicle Books looks ideal for publishing when the book is complete,” Evans said.

Evans currently lives in downtown San Diego. He was born and spent the first eight years of his life in Okinawa, Japan, before his family settled in California. While finishing his thesis this semester, Evans tries to make time for his own school work and “Resplen-dance,” which he works on one to two times per week.

“Teaching takes up a lot of energy. I try to find a balance between school, my students and personal time.”

English teacher Shin Evans also a City College alumnus

FacultyProfile

Shin Evans lectures during his English 043 class, English Review, May 5.Photo Mike Sullivan

Students learn from professionals in radio/TV

See LEARN, Page 18

By Lauren Ciallella While waiting for her paint

to dry, legally blind artist Brita Ferm gladly agreed to an interview. This 50-something, Ocean Beach resident discov-ered a hidden talent for paint-ing only five years ago, after quitting her job in substance abuse (prevention) research because of failing vision (a

form of macular degenera-tion). Depressed and frus-trated about her deteriorating eyesight, Ferm says she took solace in watching a design show explain how to decorate your cupboards. Using broad lines and some paint, Brita began her transformation into an artist.

“Every morning I would

wake up and think, what am I going to paint today?” the artist recalls. After finishing her cupboards, Brita realized that inspiration was all around her. “My Backyard” was her first attempt at painting and it sold for $250. “I showed it to my sister and she showed it to a friend who loved it.”

Her loss of vision, in turn, created her bold, unique sense of artistic truism. Ferm’s style embraces vivid colors that pop off the canvas and strong lines giving defining shape to her characters, simplistic and magnificent all at once. The vibrant choice of paints are “ones I can see best” Ferm admitted, “They just look like regular colors to me.” Captur-ing life through brushstrokes, her work brings a sense of vital-ity and familiarity to everyday subjects. She added, “There is always something alive in my pictures. Something. Whether

it’s a cat or flowers or kids.” Ferm most often depicts the daily environment of Ocean Beach to inspire her, although there are three or four paint-ings of Paris (all with a sense of humor) thrown in the mix.

She has created around 200 paintings in the last five years and has sold or given away about 100. Ferm confessed that selling paintings has always been a struggle since so much of her self becomes a part of each work. “I painted and decorated my entire living room to match one painting

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She notes, “Some people don’t like my paintings. They think they look like a coloring book or kindergarten and I just say, keep it to yourself.”

Despite the minimal nega-tivity from critics, Ferm has become a true artist in her own right and is recognized by a strong following, locally and nationwide.

Love for her work comes through on the canvas with its life and vibrance. Ferm’s pieces can be seen every month on the first and third Sunday at Coronado City Park and the first and third Saturday at Balboa Park (weather permit-ting). Brita Ferm’s paintings can also be seen at www.abso-lutearts.com.

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on,” said Mike Waters, fundraiser vol-unteer, referring to Weddel’s behavior during the drive.

I walk through the reception area of the KSDS business office into their boardroom. Four people hold phones to their heads and are mid-conversation with callers making donations to the station. Weddel welcomes and warns at the same time. I can sit down, but stay out of her way. She runs from the table to the computer to the tally board, and back and forth, and back and forth.

On this day Weddel sets a frantic pace. A goal of $100,000 has been set for this membership drive and she is determined to reach it.

“We are about $7,000 away and we have 20 minutes,” Weddel said to the room.

They have set a 6 p.m. deadline and it is getting close. Weddel continues to move in bursts through the room. Two men and two women volunteers sit at the conference table taking calls.

They answer the phone with a smile even though they have been answer-

ing phones for hours. They welcome any contribution and thank everyone for calling.

“It’s really a year around thing that we’re always thinking about,” said Weddel.

Since it is a membership driven radio station they are always thinking about ways to bring in funds. Accord-ing to Weddel the preparations for each drive usually begins around three months out. They need to set up addi-tional phone lines, make sure the web site is updated, and coordinate staff and volunteers for the drive.

One thing that set this member-ship drive apart from others was that KSDS was offering a polo shirt with their logo on it.

“What we really want to do is get our logo out there,” said Weddel. “It is really eye catching, it pops,” she con-tinued.

For a membership driven radio sta-tion each move must be carefully mea-sured. They do not have the funds for excessive advertising and moves that cost money must be well thought out and productive.

“We only want to do things that are going to benefit the station and grow the station,” said Weddel.

There is a passion at KSDS radio. The staff is driven to make the station

a success because they love the music that is played on their station.

“We want more jazz lovers in town,” Weddel said.

It is a business, yes, but not just a business. Weddel conveys an apprecia-tion for the radio station and the art form that they promote.

“It’s really the one true American art form. It’s our thing,” she said. “You’re not going to hear anything we play on any other radio station,” Weddel con-tinued.

6 p.m. arrives. The drive deadline is here. The phones continue to ring. A caller offers to pay $6,000 for a cruise that the station had offered as part of the membership drive. They had already received a bid of $3,500 and had told their listeners there was a 6 p.m. deadline on the bidding for the cruise.

The $6,000 the caller offered would put the station over its goal, without it they would fall short.

Weddel calls in Mark DeBoskey the station manager. He gets on the phone with the caller and explains that they must stick to their time deadline and their commitment to the previous bidder. DeBoskey thanked the caller and offered other options but the caller was not interested.

“I think he was just as disappointed

as I was,” said DeBoskey about the $6,000 caller.

The calls kept coming and the dona-tions came with them, but KSDS fell just short of their goal.

According to DeBoskey, funds were still trickling in after the drive ended, but at the time the station had gener-ated approximately $97,000 with 738 contributors calling in.

Although they were a little short on their goal DeBoskey was not disap-pointed.

“I think it was pretty steady, we seem to have a formula that works for us,” said DeBoskey.

According to DeBoskey last year’s cash revenues indicate that member-ship contributions paid for 30 percent of the operations of the station. The balance is paid by underwriters, grants and District support.

Even though they did not reach their financial goal there is still a sense of success with DeBoskey. The station continues to play the music they love and continues to increase the size of their membership. For a station that wants more jazz lovers in town, that is success.

Year from the National Association of Broadcasters, and has had numer-ous other nominations and awards for excellence in radio.

Through its Jazz Live concert series, KSDS brings jazz performers to the Saville Theatre at City College. Jazz Live started in 1977, and since then has showcased mostly local talent, offering free admission for community college students. Since September, with funding from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and under-writer Cox Communications, KSDS has increased its ability to attract nationally recognized acts and bring them to the City campus. For example, the Bobby Hutcherson show in Feb. Hutcherson is a well-known jazz musi-cian who may have been out of reach for KSDS in the past.

Along with recognizable artists came an increase in ticket prices for com-munity college students. Starting last September ticket prices for students increased to $10. Music and Record-ing Arts instructor Jerry Fenwick said Jazz Live could be, “pricing itself out-of-reach for students” and suggested a middle ground for ticket prices so that students could still contribute to KSDS and be able to afford the concerts.

KSDS Station Manager Mark DeBo-skey said he would discuss the idea of lowering student ticket prices at the next staff meeting. Two days later DeBoskey contacted the City Times to say that the ticket price for students had been lowered to $5.

Students have another attendance option, for an annual fee of $25 they can become a member of KSDS. Mem-bership benefits include two free Jazz

Live concert tickets for each of the 15 concerts within the year. Non-students have to pay $50 a year for the same membership privileges.

Jazz Live also serves as a tool for City College students to learn radio program production. Students who enroll in RTVC 132 become part of the staff for the Jazz Live productions.

“You don’t just plunk a mic in front of a set of vibes and it works,” said

KSDS Promotions Director Claudia Russell, “you are learning hands on, you are in it.”

Russell went on to say that tech-nically the RTVC 132 class is a great opportunity for students to learn the production side of a concert and live radio broadcast, and that students are not just learning hands on, but with the increased budget for Jazz Live, they are working with nationally rec-ognized performers.

According John Hildebrand, chair-man of the Communications Depart-ment, “The primary focus of the radio program is to train people for employ-ment.” Hildebrand said most of the students in the program are placed into radio stations throughout San Diego.

For a long time KSDS could have been considered one of City’s best-kept secrets. Playing mainstream and traditional jazz keeps them in a niche market that is not as widely listened to as pop stations, but with larger finan-cial support, and the various ways in which they are involved with the com-munity, their audience and member-ship is growing.

“We want to be a better known, best-kept secret,” DeBoskey said.

The Shelly Berg Trio with Lorraine Feather will be at the Saville in June.

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Jazz88 DJs J. Otis Williams, left, and John Phillips stand outside the studio May 5.


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was implemented. It is NOT an invest-ment plan. It IS a security net. It also is a social program for not only the elderly but the disabled and orphaned as well. As a civilized society we have a responsibility to take care of these people. Do we really want to turn our back on the elderly, disabled, and orphaned? In the days before we had Social Security, the elderly were liter-ally dying in the streets.

Now back to the Bush Adminis-tration and their so-called plan for privatization or personal accounts or whatever clever name their market-ing team has given it this week. They have no plan. They just keep talking about it but have not explained exactly how their “plan” would work. To even consider making private accounts, the government would have to borrow 4.5 trillion dollars over the first two decades. Who do you think will pay that money back? We will, long after George W. Bush is out of office and back in Crawford Texas clearing

brush. With the deficit at the current level this would be completely fiscally irresponsible. Even Republicans are not convinced and they have been after Social Security from the begin-ning. Bush himself has finally admit-ted that private accounts do not solve the “problem” with Social Security sol-vency. Don’t be fooled, these people don’t want to reform Social Security they want to destroy it! Those who are pushing for private accounts are the very same people who stand to make considerable profits off of privatiza-tion, but who are also financially set for life and don’t have to worry about their retirement.

The real joke is that privatization will not give you more money in the long run. You can see exactly how the Bush plan will affect you personally by going to www.boxer.senate.gov/socsec/index.html and plug in your date of birth and annual salary. I did it and found I would get 17 percent less under Bush’s plan. Simply, private accounts are a gamble and my future is not something I want to gamble with, I want security.

Cindy J. Wimer is City Times’ news editor

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didn’t want to back a mad man like Saddam Hussein. What we did was hope these two would weaken each other to the point were neither of the two would be a threat to the region.

Iraq and Iran have never given up the dream of dominating the region but the United States did stop Iraq at least for the moment. There lies the problem. Most nations have ignored American entreaties to impose strict sanctions on Iran and they have been sitting back building their military might especially in the area of noncon-ventional weapons. Did we ever find any weapons of mass destruction in Iraq? No! Was there ever any there? Yes! If so is it possible they got to Iran? This is what I want to know and I am not the only one.

The United States has started this democratic process and appears pre-pared to accept the results in large part because we have no choice. We are facing mounting tensions with Iran over its alleged nuclear weapons ambitions, support for extremism and human rights violations. On her first trip abroad this month, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Iran’s behavior was “something to be loathed” and charged that the “unelected mul-lahs” are not good for Iran or the region.

While I was writing this I thought to myself am I a warmonger? No I am not, I just can not sit back and see our soldiers dying in vain. If we just left Iraq it would be a slap in the face of our deceased solders. They would have fought for nothing. This cannot happen and we cannot let the people of Iraq down.

Les Swazzo is a City Times staff writer

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and insights into the profession. They make recommendations and give the students advice on how to get into the field and what to expect when they get there.

Sevilla told the class about the signif-icance of internships and how competi-tive the field is. Dibble spoke about the sacred covenant between the reader and writer. She told the class the reporter is the reader’s advocate. Acedo advised that you have to be good under pres-sure. Mendoza said that sometimes the ability to handle different personalities is as important as any skill you might have working in television news. They also told the class why they are in the business.

“I like discovering something that no one else has seen,” said Dibble.

Sevilla told the class that there are times that what she is doing is so great that she would do it for nothing.

“I’ve been transported to other worlds,” Sevilla added.

The students benefit from the panel by getting direct contact with members

of the media. Panel members also benefit from this experience. Vargas is one of the panel members that enjoys the opportu-nity to give back to the community. He wants to give to the journalism students and hopes they will eventually be the type of people who will also give back.

“I really care about the industry, I feel the quality is dropping and can be changed,” said Vargas.

According to Castaneda she has gotten positive feedback from other panel members. She said both Sevilla and Dibble thanked her for having them in the panel and told her it was fun.

“They don’t realize what kind of an impact they’re having,” said Castaneda, in reference to the panel.

Castaneda said she plans on continu-ing the news gathering panel. She said she thinks it is really crucial for students to see how people get into the business, and for them to share their stories, per-sonal events and tragedies. She hopes to provide an opportunity for students to think about their future and possibly come to some conclusions. She would like for her students to leave her class with a better idea of what they want to do.

“It’s either going to make you think, I can’t wait, or no thanks,” Castaneda added.

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City Times 19May 10-23, 2005 NEWS / SPORTS

Student and faculty enjoyed a day of culture and language April 21 during Language Day. Top photo: Language Department Chairwoman Maria Clara Romero-Huerta performs in Gorton Quad. Above left: Flamenco dancers Stephanie Rey, left, and Barbara Schwatka perform. Above right: After being pulled on stage by belly dancer Larisa Shirinyants, right, Brittany McCarthy and Macelino Guel Jr. help to entertain the crowd.

Photos by Mike Sullivan

Celebratingculture

Students, colleagues, friends honor late RTV professor

By Chris BurtSan Diego City College honored

Hope Shaw April 29 at the Seville Theatre. At the memorial friends spoke about Shaw’s life and the type of person she had been.

Shaw, who passed away last month in an accidental drowning, was credited for creating the Radio and Television program at San Diego City College.

“The Radio and Television program couldn’t have come together without her,” said James Dark, former dean of the arts and communication depart-ment, who Shaw nearly 40 years ago.

Also at the memorial was Shaw’s best friend Kerry Teeple, retired pro-fessor of communication, who had known her since 1963. “The school is going to miss her,” Teeple said.

Other speakers at the event included other professors, students and friends of Shaw. The event lasted about an hour.

A portrait of late professor Hope Shaw was placed in the Saville Theatre, where friends, students and colleagues gathered April 29 for a Celebration of Life.


cannot answer these questions without jeopardizing my friends, my family, or myself. I intend to follow their advice.” And that he did.sheepishly avoiding questions with an “I’m not here to talk about the past,” or a “I’m only here to be positive.”

In Canseco’s book he says steroids have been running “rampant” in base-ball since the late 1980’s. Which brings up the questions why do smething now? Why not ten years ago? Before baseball’s record book was tainted by beefed-up athletes who were all of a sudden doing things they had never come close to doing earlier in their careers. The answer to these ques-tions is easy. At the time that these records were being broken, baseball was as popular as it has ever been. So why ruin a good thing? Baseball was making money and the fans were happy, why let out their little secret? Besides, no one had proof.

That might have been true, until the Grand Jury testimony of single season home run king Barry Bonds and former American League MVP Jason Giambi, in which they admit to using steroids, was leaked to the San Francisco Chronicle. Although Bomds says he took them unknowingly, we wonder if he realized he was doing things on the field at thirty-nine that he could not do at twenty-seven or thirty. We wonder if he thought about the massive bulk of muscle he put on in his older age? Probably not.

Now we wonder if asterisks should be put on these records. For fans who grew up in this era, like myself, the memories of McGwire hitting number sixty-two or Bonds hitting number sev-enty-three already have asterisks on them. All the memories and records of this era are in question, and so is the future integrity of baseball as a sport, which could be teetering on the status of the WWE or the XFL, when we start refering to the game as sports enter-tainment.

Shane Crumrine is a City Times staff writer

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Athletics Deptartment mark student, faculty successesCity College women’s tennis doubles

team Crys Ren and Yoko Anderson recently won the Southern California Regional Championships, according to an Athletics Department statement.

The duo advanced to the State Championship Tennis Tournament as a result, according to the department’s

Irene Mello.Men’s basketball coach Mitch Char-

lens has been named male coach of the year by the Pacific Coast Conference, the department also reported. Steve Ball men’s assistant basketball coach, has been hired as the head men’s bas-ketball coach at Napa Valley College.

By Shane CrumrineThe young San Diego City

baseball team has had an up and down season, and with two games remaining through May 1 the Knights would like to end the season on a high note.

After beating Grossmont in two straight games the Knights made it a five-game season sweep against Impe-rial Valley when they beat them in two straight games on April 12 and 14.

The Knights tried to build on their four game win streak but were stopped short by conference kingpin Palomar, losing two straight games. The first game against Palo-mar was a classic pitching duel between City’s Eric Bill-ings and Palomar’s Bran-don Adams. Billings pitched seven strong innings giving up two runs on five hits with five strike-outs. However, his counter part, Adams, pitched a complete game allowing City’s only run to score on a wild pitch with a man on third

base. The Knights lost the second game of the series in similar fashion 2-0.

On April 23, City was able to rally past Southwestern 8-7 behind a grand slam by City’s 6’5 245lb freshmen first base-men David Dennis in the ninth inning. The teams next game did not fair as well. Starting pitcher Billings was uncharac-teristically wild.The five pitch-ers head coach Chris Brown was forced to use walked a

total of 12 batters while strik-ing out only six. The Knights scored their only run in the

bottom of the second on a Mike Reynolds R.B.I. single, the final score was 10-1.

Going into their final four games of the season the Knights were thinking play-offs.

“We have an outside chance at making the playoffs, a real outside chance.Usually they (Pacific Coast Conference) take two teams from each conference, but hopefully we can take it down to the wire and finish strong.” said coach Brown.

The Knights tried to take that mentality into their next game but plays that have been haunting this young team all season sealed their fate. Missed base running signs and fielding errors led to the 9-2 loss. First basemen Dennis did the scoring on his own with a two run home run, his sixth of the season, driv-ing in catcher Cody Willis who doubled before him.

With all players except for the sophomores returning, 19 of 26 are freshmen, according to coach Brown, the coach-ing staff is “...looking to build upon this young team.”

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Baseball: Doped-up entertainment?

Knights baseball seeks season-end high note

Photos by Mike SullivanCity College’s David Reynolds attempts to lay down a bunt during a game versus Palomar College on Tuesday, April 19. The Knights lost 2-1.

Knights first baseman Lorenzo Church tags out a Palomar College player that couldn’t get back to the bag in time on April 19.

With baseball’s elite being brought in front of The House On Govern-ment Reform Committee on March 31, steroids have come to the forerfront of sports. After a 36-year-old home run record (62) was cracked in 1998 by Sammy Sosa and (66) and Mark McGwire (70) only to be shattered in 2001 by Barry Bonds (73). Not one of these players hit 50 home runs the year prior to breaking these records. Because of this and other factors, suspicions of steroid abuse have been high amongst baseball fans and people directly involved in the game.

Former Padre and National League MVP Ken Caminiti, who recently died of a drug overdose, was the first prominent player to admit to using performance enhancing drugs in an article that ran in Sports Illustrated. Padres current General Manager Kevin Towers has since said that the organization had it’s suspicions but did nothing about it. That interview was one of the main reasons that

Towers, and others, found themselves in front of the House on Government Reform Committee.

Not to mention Jose Canseco’s book “Juiced” which he admits to using steroids and accuses possible Hall of Famer’s Mark McGwire and Rafael Palmeiro, amongst others, of using steroids. While Palmeiro sternly denied the accusations to congress, the retired McGwire said “Asking me, or any other player, to answer ques-tions about who took steroids in front of television cameras will not solve this problem. If a player answers no, he simply will not be believed. If he answers yes, he risks public scorn and endless government investiga-tions. My lawyers have advised me

PerspectiveShane Crumrine

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