BY JERICA LOWMANTIMES STAFF

Nicholas Akinkuoye, Vice President of Academic Affairs, did not get his contract with San Jose City College renewed for the 2012-2013 school year.

P r e s i d e n t Barbara Kava-lier, who made the decision not to renew Akinkuoye’s contract, re-fused to com-ment on why

A k inkuoye ’ s contract was not renewed because she is unable to discuss “personnel issues.”

“(To my knowledge),” said Charles Heimler, president of the Academic Senate, “he (Akinkuoye) was the only ad-ministrator who was not asked to come back.”

Many faculty members, in-cluding Heimler and Leslie Rice, English/ESL instructor, said that the frequent change in administration is not good for the school and the students.

Heimler said there is a lack of continuity with the administrators at SJCC, and it is hard to adjust to working with new people.

“The VP of Academic affairs is not an easy job,” Rice said. “The first year is a year of learning, and new administrators have to learn about all the different divisions and academic programs that are happening here at our school.”

The non-renewal of Akinkuoye’s contract came as a surprise to him.

“And this (decision was made) after a very positive comprehen-sive 360 degree evaluation from my constituents,” Akinkuoye said. “The non-renewal was based solely upon the personal opinion of the president. The decision and recommendation are under review (by the board of trustees).”

President Kavalier did not re-spond to emails regarding what is the future for Akinkuoye’s position, so his replacement remains un-known.

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Would-be sailors, take note: There is a new club on cam-pus that might just “shiver your timbers.”

A group of five enthusiasts assembled on campus Friday, April 27 to establish the Sailing Club.

The club is the brainchild of English instructor and Academic Senate President Charles Heim-ler, who has been a sailor of small boats since an early age.

“I have taught basic, intermedi-ate and advanced sailing,” Heim-ler said. “My dream is that people start sailing at San Jose City Col-lege. People don’t know about local waterways where you can

actually go sailing.”Heimler said many skills you

learn in sailing actually have job opportunities.

“They (students) get into the maritime program, and then they transfer to Cal State University, Vallejo, which is also the Califor-nia Maritime Academy,” Heimler said. “You can get a bachelor’s degree in maritime and then go on into some really cool jobs.”

Some of the jobs listed on the club’s mission statement are: Coast Guard, facilities management, yacht club and nautical design and construction.

The group plans to start sailing as soon as a date can be decided upon, and it will most likely be on a Friday or Saturday.

“I have access to boats we can

use,” Heimler said, adding that the best way to learn to sail is by doing it.

“We’ll do a little show and tell for folks who have never been ‘afloat’ before,” said air condi-tioning and refrigeration instructor Kieron Connolly, another lifelong sailing enthusiast. “For us who are more seasoned, our capacity would be more on an advisory level to get this thing rolling on.”

Connolly said the club is a great way to get people interested in sailing. For others, it is a great excuse to find time to get back on the water.

“I began sailing many moons ago, but haven’t done much sail-ing in the last several years,” said Evergreen Valley College biology professor Jack Baker. “This club

could get me out sailing again.”The group plans to start orga-

nizing trips within the next few weeks so summer events can be planned before the end of the se-mester.

“We are going to start meeting once a week and build up for some activities during the summer and into next year,” Heimler said.

“The idea is to get people on the water that would not normally be on the water,” Connolly said. “Through exposure to sailing, people get the feel of water.”

The club hopes to meet in the next few weeks before finals to determine where the first sail-ing event will occur. For more club information, contact Charles Heimler, charles.heimler@sjcc.edu.

A sailboat returns to Santa Cruz Harbor, Wednesday May 2, after a day on Monterey Bay. The San Jose City College sailing club will sail out of Santa Cruz as part of its club activities.

STEVE HILL / TIMES STAFF

Jaguars set sail in new clubStudents get behind the tiller with Charles Heimler’s boating program

VP to not returnAkinkuoye’s contract not renewed for fall

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Nobody wins when students do not care

Student apathy has been a problem for San Jose City College for seemingly forever.

We need to combat this apathy and get students more involved to make our campus better for everyone.

This apathy is felt through classes, where more students drop than make it to their fi nals, the Associated Students, where there are so few students applying for the jobs that many are shoo-ins for the job and even with fee increas-es, where many students do not care enough to wonder what exactly they are paying for.

Students interested in positions on the As-sociated Students Council only need to put their names on a ballot to have a decent chance of winning.

We need more students to apply for these positions. We need the diversity in the ballot rather than allowing the candidate who spent just enough time to get on the ballot to win.

With a new fee increase next semester one would think students would fi nally get off their rears and complain. Sadly, it seems that stu-dents are more apathetic than ever.

We look to the causes of this apathy and fi nd that many of the students with the highest tuition burden, the international students, still fi nd the tuition more affordable compared to other community colleges and state schools.

Many students with the highest extracur-ricular burden and those taking multiple jobs to

make ends meet do not care because all of their tuition is waived with the Board of Governors Fee Waiver, and what is left is usually covered through government programs.

During the March in March, the statewide rally in Sacramento to support higher educa-tion at reasonable cost, is essentially the only time you will see students up in arms over school fi nancial problems, and even then many students only go because it is a way to cut class without an absence.

There has been a vocal minority on the issue with students both against and for the fee increase. Students against the fee cite the rising costs of college as the reason for their oppostiton.

Students for the fee increase describe problems with attending state schools due to the new bud-getary problems and how community colleges remain a much cheaper option.

Unless students feel more strongly about the issue, however, the vocal minority against the fee increase will be overwhelmed by support-ers of the fee increase merely because, in this case, silence implies consent.

So please step up and vocalize your opinion. Please send in letters that we can print.

Talk to your administrators and teachers be-cause without students talking about what they want to get out of their education and the price that education entails will leave the next gen-eration stuck with poor decisions.

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The Esthetics Program offers multiple skincare services to San Jose City College students, faculty and friends.

The program does fa-cials and makeup for people seeking em-ployment offers, spe-cial treatments for deaf women and educates about the importance of skin care to students.

Esthetics instructor Yelena Lipilina is in charge of the esthetics program. She has earned a CIDESCO (Comité In-ternational d’Esthétique et de Cosmétologie) di-ploma. It is recognized as the most advanced certifi cation in the fi eld of esthetics and beauty therapy in the world.

Lipilina has been teaching at SJCC since 2005 and has spent the past 25 years teaching at other schools.

“Teaching is my pas-sion; it’s something I’ve always wanted to do,” Lipilina said. “I come prepared every day for class; I provide the best.”

Lipilina has worked at the Elizabeth Arden Sa-lon, Visage Medical Day Spa, Mr. Lee Salon and Spa and the Lancôme Beauty Institute.

“She is very well-known in the industry;

she has worked for Eliz-abeth Arden,” said Hol-ly Zoffoli, 39, esthetics student.

The senior class of the program runs the esthet-ics club.

“Everyone works to-gether to raise money for graduation. The senior class leaves a contribu-tion to the program be-hind when they leave,” Leti Horta, 36, esthetics student.

The club contributes to the community; it has hosted fundrais-ers for abused women, Lipilina said.

“Our club is successful because we have conti-nuity of people who run the club,” Lipilina said.

The skin care clinic offers a professional ex-perience in facials, wax-ing, eyebrow arching, paraffi n hand treatments and daytime or evening makeup application.

Students can earn a Certifi cate of Achieve-ment in Esthetics in a two-semester program, with 21 hours of class a

week.“It’s a strict program;

students can’t miss more than three days,” Lipilina said. “Our high gradua-tion rate speaks loudly about our success.”

Students are eligible to take the State Board Esthetics examination after completion of the program.

The State Board of Cosmetology requires that each student have 600 hours of instruction.

“Within two weeks, we were hands-on in the program. It is a great class,” esthetics student Juli Silva, 54, said.

Lipilina said the pro-gram offers a summer course that provides stu-dents with job training and tips for job inter-views; it is perfect prac-tice for the state board exam and for practical skills.

The program provides less expensive, quality treatments in a full-scale salon, Lipilina said.

“We have a supportive administration; they give great equipment for the stu-dents and provide a won-derful service,” Lipilina said. “We’ve been hit with cuts but grateful that the program is still running.

After completion of the program students will be prepared for entry level position as an esthetician, makeup artist, spa techni-cian or a salon owner.

BY LINH NGUYENTIMES STAFF

The American Chemis-try Society club at San Jose City College has quickly become one of the more successful groups on cam-pus. It has been around only two years, but it has won 12 awards in local and national competitions.

“They (students) get to do a lot of scholarly work, and they get very unique educational experiences, mainly in research and con-ference attendance and par-ticipation,” said Madeline Adamczeski, an ACS club adviser. “To be in commu-nity college and have that opportunity, it’s incred-ible.”

Club members have op-portunity to participate in many local and national ACS conferences and So-ciety for Advancement of Chicanos and Native Amer-icans in Sciences confer-ences.

Spring 2012 ACS Presi-dent Athena Ford said the LAPS PharmD conference at University of California, San Francisco showed her graduate school was a pos-sibility for a low-income students. The MIMS con-ference helped her decide on a career path and solidify her goals.

“I realized how infl uen-tial the club was on how

I viewed my educational career,” said Ford. “Joining the ACS club opened up countless opportunities for me.”

This year was the fi rst time students went to La-tino Association Pharmacy Students PharmD confer-ence and Mental Illness Management Service con-ference. Ford said that such successful conferences like these will likely to be con-tinued.

Outdoor trips to local museums and research laboratories are always in the club’s activities. Club members are exposed to a variety of scientifi c envi-ronments.

ACS club also works closely with the SACNAS chapters at SJCC, San Jose State University and Uni-versity of California, Santa Cruz. A number of students, who transferred to SJSU, UCSC and other pharmacy schools, also act as ambas-sadors for the SJCC ACS chapter.

Being known as a green club, ACS members ac-tively work in green chem-istry. Before becoming the offi cial club, interested students, who later became the founders of ACS, held successfully the Earth day in April 2010 at SJCC cam-pus.

Strong leadership would

be the reason why the club has held many events that successful. Many ACS members are part of Peer-led team learning work-shops that provide group activities and individualized learning to help other stu-dents understand chemistry. They are often the leaders and tutors at PLTL. Many students, who were in the PLTL workshop, later be-come the club’s members.

The ACS club was of-fi cially formed at SJCC in the spring of 2011. Before becoming an offi cial club, a few chemistry students and teachers had been worked together on their research. On Dec. 10, after receiv-ing the starter grant for ACS student chapters from the national organization, the SJCC ACS club offi -cial started with 12 student members with Eric Oh as the club’s president.

“Everyone is welcomed to join,” Ford said. Howev-er, she said members should have an interest in math or science as the club has a strong emphasis on allied health fi elds and chemistry.

“You can attend this school for years and never really make any lasting connections,” Ford said. “Joining a club like ACS will help you build up re-lationships that will last a lifetime.”

LINH NGUYEN/TIMES STAFFAmerican Chemistry Society club members discuss an upcoming pre-health conference at their weekly meeting Tuesday, May 1.

“Our club is successful because we have continuity of people who run the club.”Helena Lipilina, Esthetics instructor

BY OLIVIA PAYNETIMES STAFF

Drastic budget cuts have caused many California State Universities to put a hold on spring 2013 enrollment.

San Jose State University is one of the schools that will not be accepting spring transfers.

Community college students who complete their associate degree for transfer will be eligible to transfer to the California State Universities of Channel Islands, Chico, East Bay, Fullerton, Hum-boldt, Los Angeles, San Bernardino, San Francisco and Sonoma.

The priority application fi ling period for spring 2013 will be Aug. 1 through Aug. 31, academic advising specialist Carol Vasquez wrote in an email.

California State University, East Bay enrollment counselor Jean Paul Nguyen will be at San Jose City College in the Student Center on May 14 and June 18 to answer any questions for students.

East Bay favors students that are seeking science, engineering and math majors, but is open to accepting any ma-jor, Nguyen said.

“We encourage students to apply as soon as possible, so we have time to eval-uate their transcripts,” Nguyen said.

Filing periods for East Bay will begin on June 1 and extend through October. The winter quarter will begin on Jan. 7.

According to the Calstate website, if Gov. Brown’s tax initiative is not passed by the voters in November, CSU’s will face more budget cuts. Approximately $200 million of state support for the CSU’s will be cut. Enrollment for 2013-2014 will be cut by 20,000 to 25,000 stu-dents.

“We are not able to increase our en-rollment, but we are able to maintain our enrollment. Before budget cuts, our stu-dent enrollment goal was 17,000. Now it is 14,000 students,” Nguyen said. “We maintain our number of students so class-es do not get cut.”

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Japanese Olympic Gold Medalists, Koji Muro-fushi, 37, No. 1 in the world for hammer throw is training for the 2012 Olympics in London at San Jose City College.

David Flynn, SJCC assistant track and fi eld coach, and Murofushi are both good friends. Flynn sug-gested to Murofushi that he come to SJCC and use the fi eld to train on. He also decided to come here to get away from the crowd and big publicity in Japan.

“I love it. It is very peaceful here at this fi eld,” Murofushi said.

He trains at both Muffet fi eld in Mountain View and at SJCC with his coach, Torre Gustafsson. He trains for four to fi ve months to be ready for the Olympics.

Murofushi said he comes from an Olympic fam-ily, and their family history of Olympic competitors is known in Japan. He was 13 years old when he attended his fi rst Olympic game. Both Murofushi’s father and sister were also hammer throw competi-tors in the Olympics.

He has been in track and fi eld since he was 15. Now, 22 years later, Murofushi stands 6 feet 2 inches tall and throws at about 279 feet. Muro-

fushi’s father no longer competes, but his sister still continues to do so.

Gustafsson, 50, has been training Murofushi since 2005. “It’s like a dream come true,” Gustafs-son said. Gustafsson said he competed in the Olym-pics from 1988 through 1992 and 1996. Gustafsson said that training Murofushi is more of training smart along with a lot of recovery. He said this training is to prepare Murofushi and are not exactly hard training as of right now. Gustafs-son also said that you must be careful when in the training process. This training is to prepare Mu-rofushi for both the upcoming training camps and Olympics.

Gustafsson said, Murofushi is doing well in his performance and that there are two training camps left, which are 10 intense weeks of training before the Olympics begin.

Gustafsson said he enjoys what he does and that it is defi nitely a once in a lifetime opportunity. “It’s part of history and not the moment,” Gustafsson said.

“I am happy to be competing at 37 years old,” Murofushi said. “As of right now I am the oldest champion in history.”

Olympic competitor trains at SJCCMurofushi prepares himself on SJCC throwing fi eld for an upcoming event

Top Left: Koji Mu-rofushi does a warm down stretch after he completes weekly training at the San Jose City College ath-letic fi eld on April 26.

Bottom Left: Mu-rofushi warms up his muscles with a stretch in the beginning before he began his training for the 2012 Olympics in London.

Top Right: Olympic competitor Murofushi concentrates on com-pleting his fi rst throw of the day during his practice.

Bottom Right: Muro-fushi spins with the hammer throw on the fi eld getting ready to release it for a long distance.

BY DUTCHES RICHARDSTIMES STAFF

“Noesis”, by Alfonzo Tucker, tells the story of his childhood and how he overcome the negativity around him so that he to can become a successful African American per-son. I personally enjoyed reading this book. I can’t say that I can fully relate to his situ-ation, but I think there are a lot of teenagers who want to succeed in life by going to col-lege but don’t think they’ll make it because of the negativity from the people around them. From reading how many trial Tucker went through’, this book says to me that if he can do it then anyone can. If you want to

succeed, you have to want to succeed is the advice that I got from reading this.

Throughout Tucker’s life, he constantly goes through trials and tribulations. He made a vow to himself that he would not get involved in any drugs or addictions like his father. It was tough for him because it was an everyday thing in the neighborhood where he lived.

Tucker lived with his biological father, who was a drug addict and a pimp. He lived with him until he was thirteen, when social services came to take him away from his fa-ther.

Tucker continued to move around to three different foster homes. At age 17, Tucker moved in with his last foster family. Tuck-er’s new foster parents were Mike and Dana Darling who were Caucasian.

It was a new start for Tucker because now he no longer was exposed to drug addicts, violence, living in a criminal lifestyle in a broken home with his biological father in the ghetto.

Tucker had this dream of having a better education in his life and felt that now he is in a better place. Tucker then also brought sports back into his life and became an ath-lete in the N.C.A.A. Division 1 All-Ameri-can for wrestling.

At $17.95, I would recommend this book to anyone who needs some extra words of inspiration and encouragement. It has mo-tivated me to keep pushing forward and to never stop or hold back on things. I would also like to say that people should take the time to read Tucker’s book. Tucker’s inspi-rational philosophy is summed up when he says, “The power of (Noesis: The power of thought) reminded me that I could still love me and the blessings of security had been accomplished already.”

Tucker’s life story through his novelAn individual growing up in a broken home strives for success

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Mixed martial arts and kickboxing orga-nization Strikeforce will return to its home base at HP Pavilion on May 19.

Strikeforce: Grand Prix Heavyweight Tournament Final will feature eight mixed martial artists whose fi ghts in the octagon will be broadcast live on Showtime.

The matches are: former Strikeforce light heavyweight champion Rafael “Feija” Cav-alcante vs. Mike Kyle, Bobby Voelker vs. Nan-Shon Burrell, Gilbert Melendez vs. Josh Thomson and Josh Barnett vs. Daniel Cormier.

Founder and CEO of Strikeforce Scott Coker, a resident of San Jose, said San Jose has always been a great city for martial arts.

Strikeforce lightweight champion Me-lendez is set to defend his belt against San Jose’s contender, Thomson.

“If you think about Melendez and Thom-son fi ghting in a trilogy, it is exciting be-cause Strikeforce is the birthplace of this match,” Coker said.

Melendez and Thomson have met twice in Strikeforce with each fi ghter taking home a win.

Thomson (19-4) stole the light-weight championship in a fi ve-round unani-mous decision in 2008.

Seventeen months later, Melendez (20-2) sought revenge, taking the judges’ votes in another 25-minute decision.

“I think this fi ght is going to be entertain-ing and exciting,” Thomson said. “I’m get-ting myself ready to be the fi rst one to fi nish him.”

Thomson struggled with injuries in the

past two years before returning from a 15-month layoff to defeat K.J. Noons in a unanimous decision at Strikeforce: Tate vs. Rousey on March 3.

“I made some changes in my training at American Kickboxing Association where it’s not training but technical style, so I won’t get injured,” Thomson said.

His match airing on Showtime does not phase him. Thomson said he looks at it like another fi ght or another opponent.

Heavyweight grand prix fi nalists Barnett and Cormier headline the night’s main card on Showtime.

Cormier started wrestling in high school and realized his dream after college gradu-ation when he was on the 2004 and 2008 Olympic freestyle wrestling squad.

“In 2008 I was working in my offi ce, and I said to myself, ‘This wasn’t for me,’” Cormier said. “I knew MMA was the logical next step.”

Cormier began his MMA career in 2009.The May 19 fi ght is Cormier’s fi rst major

event.Cormier said he thinks the wrestling as-

pect is where he has an advantage. Coker said Cormier had no experience

with fi ghting but transitioned well because he was an Olympic wrestler.

Thomson and Cormier said they want to put on a good show for their fans and hope that they come out to support Strikeforce.

“It’s been a life long journey to see mar-tial arts where it is today,” Coker said. “It makes me feel good inside.”

Tickets for Strikeforce: Grand Prix Heavyweight Tournament Final went on sale to the general public April 6 and prices are ranged from $45 - $175.

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BY DUTCHES RICHARDSTIMES STAFF

The San Jose City College softball team ended its home schedule with a 6-4 loss on Tuesday, April 24 against Monterey Peninsula College. Head coach Debbie Rooney said that overall the Tuesday after-noon was a good game.

“The defense played very strong throughout the game,” Rooney said. “We were able to play smart and get out of tough innings.” Rooney said this is her 21st year coaching at San Jose City College, and she has enjoyed every minute of it.

Rooney mentioned that the team has been working on good controls (hav-ing good control of technique) and practic-ing on real-game situations for upcoming regionals at Ohlone College on Saturday, May 5.

Lindsey Maves, 21, kinesiology major, plays right and left fi eld. Maves said Tuesday’s game was not one of her best, but overall it was a good season for her and

that hitting is something she wants to work on.

Maves plans to transfer to University of San Francisco to fi nish school and start her career along with two other teammates, Lena Foster and Kristina Meneses. She said softball might not continue for her after this year. The thing that Maves liked about play-ing for SJCC is the friends she has made.

Kristina Meneses, 19, kinesiology major, plays second base. Meneses said that allowing too many runs was what cost them the game, but overall it was a good game.

“The team came out very strong that day,” Meneses said. “And the team’s de-fense was defi nitely on top of it.” Meneses also mentioned that even though the game did not go as she expected, the team still had the advantage of scoring early.

“At the end it was most upset-ting because I thought we were going to win,” Meneses said. “Everyone did play aggressive, and even though we lost, I still had fun.”

Offense strikes out at homeLady Jags lose to MPC in their last seasonal game

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SJCC competes with seven colleges at home event

Track and fi eld team qualifi es for NorCal meet

The swimming pool used by San Jose City College students and instructors will offi cially be closed beginning late July,Vice President of Administrative Services, Greg Nelson said in the Academic Senate meeting on May 1.

The pool is in bad condition with cracks, and there is inadequate funding to cover heating costs.

The maintenance department spends four hours a week to keep up with the cleaning.

There have been no lifeguards or certifi ed instructor during class hours, and this raised questions from the senate members about liability issues.

Swimming pool closure set for July

DUTCHES RICHARDS / TIMES STAFF

BY DUTCHES RICHARDSTIMES STAFF

The San Jose City Col-lege track and fi eld team hosted their fi rst home meet of the 2012 season at SJCC athletic fi eld on Saturday April 21. SJCC track and fi eld team assistant coach, David Flynn, says that he enjoyed the home meet and that the character of the team really stood up.

“Everyone did a great job,” Flynn said. He said everyone could use improvement, not be-cause they are not do-ing well, but instead to become better ath-letes.

Flynn said that he is proud of the track team coming through and doing well with their PR (Personal Re-cord). Flynn said the majority of the team has qualifi ed for the Northern California meet. It is the meet before States for track and fi eld.

At the meet, SJCC competed against about 7 other schools Flynn said. Also Flynn said the team was dealing with the intense heat weath-er, but managed to push through.

“I had no com-plaints that day from any of the athletes,”

said Flynn. Eighteen-year-old

Dante Spears, theater and acting major, competes in the 4 x 400 meter relay and long jump. At the April 21st meet, Spears came in third in the long jump that made him in the top four and came in fi fth place in the 4 x 100 meter relay. Spears said he was very excited and happy to have a home meet. He also mentioned that it gave him a sense of comfort.

“I know this fi eld,” Spears said. “It was a little bit of home fi eld advan-

tage.” Paige Hollis, 19,

competed in the hurdles for SJCC. Hollis won fi rst place in the 100 meter hur-dles. Having a home meet gave Hollis a good amount of confi dent.

“I haven’t been do-ing that well lately,” Hollis said. “But with pass track meet, it was a good come-back for me.”

For the upcoming meet at Hartnell, Hollis said she plans to prepare herself by having a better mentality. Hollis’ record in competi-

tion is a 16:30. She wants to reach her PR (16:09) in the Hartnell meet. Hollis said the heat did not af-fect her.

“I can appreciate that kind of weath-er,” Hollis said.

She said she runs better in the heat than the rain. In the meet, Hollis felt that the competition she was not what she expected.

“I wanted some real com-petition,” said Hollis. “Going against really good competi-tive people will make me a bet-ter runner and athlete.”

SJCC Lady Jags team captain and fi rst baseman Lena Foster (No. 3) focuses on getting a run against Monterey Peninsula College on April 24.

SJCC track and fi eld sprinter Oscar Sanchez competes in a relay event during home meet on April 21.

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A PERSON GOT SHOT ON THE 700 BLOCK OF SOUTH BASCOM

AVENUE ON MAY 2 AT 12:33 P.M.

A VEHICLE WAS STOLEN FROM THE 1400 BLOCK OF FRUIT-

DALE AVENUE ON MAY 2 AT 7:46 P.M.

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AN ASSAULT WITH A DEADLY WEAPON OCCURRED ON THE

1200 BLOCK OF DEL MAR AVENUE ON MAY 2 AT 10:16 A.M.

AN ASSAULT WITH A DEADLY WEAPON OCCURRED ON THE

700 BLOCK OF SOUTH BASCOM AVENUE ON MAY 1 AT 11:45 A.M.

A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ASSAULT OCCURRED ON THE

700 BLOCK OF SOUTH BASCOM AVENUE ON MAY 2 AT 4:24 P.M.

A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ASSAULT OCCURRED ON THE

1200 BLOCK OF DEL MAR AVENUE ON MAY 2 AT 10:16 A.M.

AN ASSAULT OCCURRED ON THE 900 BLOCK OF SOUTH

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A THEFT OCCURRED ON CAMPUS ON APRIL 30 AT 10:30

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Bay Area’s soul food beats LA’s famous chain

CALENDAR OF EVENTS

Wednesday May 9■ College forum on reorganiza-tion in the Technology Center room T-315 from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m.

Thursday May 10■ UC Berkeley Rep visit 10:30 to 1 p.m. in the Student Center■ Faculty Development Center presents An “On Course Confer-ence” Discussion/Debrief noon to 1:30 p.m. in GE 118

Friday May 11 ■ Track and fi eld— Norcal Fi-nals all day at San Mateo

Monday May 14■ CSU East Bay Rep visit Jean Paul Nguyen 10:30 to noon in the Student Center

Tuesday May 15■ Transfer Day Celebration 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Friday May 18■ English fi nals

Thursday May 24■ San Jose City College Com-mencement

Friday May 25■ Spring semester ends

Wednesday June 6■ Spring 2012 grades available on Myweb

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Name: Noe TorresAge: 31English Instructor

We make a traditional drink called Ponche. It’s made with sugarcane and different kinds of fruit and left to ferment for a few days. It is usually served hot on Christmas Eve.

BY OLIVIA PAYNESTAFF WRITER

Home of Chicken and Waffl es is the late night sensation located in downtown Oakland. It is the perfect place to dine if you are on a budget.

Many combinations on the menu are just over $10. It is also cheap to order items a la carte and side items are under $4.

Oakland’s Home of Chick-en and Waffl es is a version of Roscoe’s House of Chicken and Waffl es because it is co-owned by the son of the original Ros-coe’s in LA.

There is parking available across the street in the parking garage, and the restaurant will validate your parking ticket.

I ordered Keith’s Tackle ($10.25). The plate included two chicken wings, one waffl e and macaroni and cheese.

The chicken was crispy on the outside and tender on the inside. To get the complete soul food fl avor, you need to add the wing sauce to your food. The sauce adds spice and southern fl avor.

My favorite part of my meal was the macaroni and cheese. The touch of sour cream makes the cheese creamier. The waffl e is thin and is served with a scoop of melted butter.

There is a full-service bar in the restaurant with occasional happy hour and daily specials.

I went on Tuesday night, where it was $2 Tuesday. I ordered a double shot of pomegranate vod-ka with a pineapple back.

Our server brought a com-plimentary basket of Taylor’s Sweet Potato Fries ($5.25).

The restaurant has large win-dows that face the train tracks in Jack London Square.

The music in the background is a continuous play of new and classic Rhythm and Blues songs.

The food at both restaurants tastes almost identical. It is re-ally good soul food for a good price.

The famous Southern Califor-nia restaurant was a good experi-ence. The food met my expecta-tions.

Roscoe’s House of Chicken

and Waffl es is a Southern Cali-fornia restaurant chain.

The Hollywood location is popular with celebrities. Rap-per Snoop Dogg took his camera crew to the restaurant on his real-ity TV show.

I visited the Hollywood loca-tion on a Sunday morning.

The restaurant was packed. There was a 10-minute wait for my party of three to be seated.

The restaurant had a casual ambiance with an intimate set-ting and low lighting.

There was music in the back-ground that could barely be heard over the loud crowd in the restaurant.

There is not a full-service bar available at this location. Beer and wine are the only alcoholic beverages served. They are open from 8 a.m. to midnight.

Our server suggested we get

the traditional chicken and waffl es ($5.75) it included two waffl es and two chicken wings.

I added a side order of mac-aroni and cheese ($4.90).

The food portions were gen-erous. The waffl es were so big they spread over the edge of the plate. The fried chicken was delicious. It had a home cooked taste. The macaroni and cheese was not the best, it had too much cheese in it.Our food came in just under

10 minutes after we ordered it; we were in and out of there in approximately 40 minutes.

My party ordered three plates of chicken and waffl es, strawber-ry lemonade and a side of maca-roni and cheese. Our bill was a few cents shy of $25.

There is only street parking, so be sure to bring change with you.

I prefer Oakland’s Home of Chicken and Waffl es to LA’s Roscoe’s Chicken and waffl es because Oakland offers later din-ing and the happy hour specials can’t be beat.

There is never a wait to be seated. The setting is inviting and comfortable. You can sit back and enjoy yourself with good music, good food and good drinks.

Hot spot in Jack London Square provides the best of chicken and waffl es on a budget

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Name: Soheil SamieeMajor: Web Design

When we celebrate Norouz, the Persian New Year, we give money to younger people as a blessing for the new year. If you keep the money, you will be blessed.

Name: Erick SotoAge: 20Major: Film, radio, TV major

For winter break I go home to Los Angeles. My family and I make Sal-vadoran pupusas and give them to the day laborers.

Name: Oliver FredriksenAge: 24Major: English

I observe Saturnalia. It’s a pagan rit-ual where you spend time in nature. Sometimes you hunt your own food like rabbit, elk or deer, or get a belly full of wine.

Name: Ang HuHaoxiAge: 20Major: ESL

I party with friends for the Chinese New Year, then we go shopping

Name: Joe AndradeAge: 29Facilities Manager

Most people give out candy or fruitcakes at Christmas. I give out tamales instead.

What unique cultural tradition do you practice?