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BY STEVE HILLTIMES STAFF

Vice Chancellor of Administrative Ser-vices Jeanine Hawk resigned Oct. 11 from her position in the San Jose Evergreen Com-munity College District.

“I’m particularly proud of contributions that were made during my time at SJECCD,” Hawk said.

The Vice Chancellor of Administrative Services is responsible for coordinating most administrative programs and services for the district and preparing the district bud-get. The position also oversees the overall management of the budget during the year.

Chancellor Rita Cepeda wrote in a dis-trict-wide email that the “executive team will be working together to ensure that we continue to provide effective administrative services while we develop the next steps in staffing this critical area.”

Hawk began her tenure in the district in the summer of 2009.

“Shortly after I arrived at SJECCD in July 2009, it became a very difficult time for the district,” Hawk said.

In the fall of 2009, former Chancellor Rosa Perez left the district on medical leave

amid accusations of misusing the district’s funds. Jeanine was appointed acting chan-cellor until the position was filled.

Reflecting on that time, Hawk said she is “proud of our accomplishments and the spirit in which we moved forward.”

She went on to say, “I’m particularly proud of the $268 million bond effort passed and the contribution that bond will have to support instructional facilities, instructional technology and deferred maintenance across the district.”

Hawk declined to state the reasons for her resignation and where she is going, but she said she will make an announcement in the coming weeks.

STEPHANIE SMITH / TIMES STAFFCoach Carr at practice with Keith Martin, forward, on Oct. 4 at San Jose City College. The Jaguars’ first game of the season is 7 p.m. Nov. 18 at Los Medanos College.

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Vice Chancellor Jeanine Hawk Resigns

STEVE HILL / TIMES STAFFVice Chancellor Jeanine Hawk at work during the fall of 2009 when the District Offices temporarily occupied the first floor of the Technology Center.

Resignation effective immediately; Hawk declines to state reason “The executive team will be working together to ensure that we continue to provide effective administrative services ...”Chancellor Rita Cepeda

By Jon MarinaoTIMES STAFF

The Constitution Committee met on Oct. 13 in Student Center 204 to discuss changing the governance of the San Jose City College Associated Students from a board to a senate.

Mike Casas, 42-year-old politi-cal science major and student body president, Alyssa Issac-Casey, rep-resentative from Chabot College and Wayne Spalding, representative from DeAnza College answered questions with Karrawinds Salters, 35-year-old social and behavioral sciences major and region four representative from SJCC mediating the panel.

“How are we able to motivate peo-ple to run for office when we can’t get enough people to run now,” asked 31-year-old student Tony La Rosa.

“Marketing. We have to get the in-formation out to the student body,” Issac-Casey said.

“Getting the people elected to be more involved in the students will generate more interest in the student body,” Spalding said.

“One of the things we need to do better on campus is to market us by sending out emails and flyers to get more information out about elections and the student body,” Casas said. “If we elect officers and commissioners during the spring, we will be able to keep them in there for the fall semes-ter.”

About the two styles of governance, Issac-Carey said, “Instead of the board with the clubs sending members to sit on the council we have senators elect-

ed from the student body.” On dealing with elections, a prob-

lem which plagued the AS last se-mester, Spalding said, “We don’t have petitions for people to run we just have an orientation meeting and then there isn’t any crossover when the ballots are cast.”

“We have our director of student life verify all student identification numbers alone, so there is no cross contamination from the petitions and the ballots.” Issac-Casey said.

The student body put the question whether they wanted to switch to a student senate to a vote last semester and the vote was turned down.

“I don’t know why they are bring-ing this up again.” La Rosa said.

Students are confused over the measure and few have knowledge of the change.

“I don’t know what the difference is between the senate and the AS thing,” said Robert Chleboun, 20-year-old economics student.

Board versus senate

JON MARINARO / TIMES STAFFKarrawinds Salters speaks on the difrence of a board and senate

AS takes a look at the options

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The Student Voice of San Jose City CollegePAGE 2 • OCT. 18, 2011 • SJCCTIMES.COM

How do you feel when you’re studying?

Angel NavaroAge: 21Major: Undecided

■ It’s kind of hard. I really can’t focus that much.

Allision ChennyAge: 17Major: Undecided

■ Dependning on the subject, kind of bored.

Brian CamachoAge: 21Major: Criminal justice

■ I feel that I have to be super focused. I study in a quiet place, free of distractions.

Anna KohlerAge: 21Major: Communication writing

■ Sometimes I can feel over-whelmed with a lot of work, but usually I’m focused as well and motivated to get the work done.

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Valerie RiosAge: 48Major: Criminal justice

■ I feel good because I know I’m learning something and I’m going to go foward.

Tony La RosaAge: 31Major: Political science

■ I feel like I’m getting closer to achieving my degree and transfering.

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The board approved creation and fi lling of a new position, “Dean of Enrollment.”

The board approved a grant from the State of California from General Child Care California State Preschool Programs totaling in the amount of $328,939. The funds will be immediately utilized to subcontract with St. Elizabeth Day Care Home to provide child care assistance to registered SJCC students that previously utilized the Child Development Center services.

The board approved the fi nal submission of San Jose City College’s follow up reports to be submitted to the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges.

Rita Cepeda, SJECCD Chan-cellor, noted that the state’s income to date has fallen well below the original income es-timate that shaped the state’s budget, but that the district fac-tored in a state income short fall when the district established its 2011-2012 budget. Barring any further decline from the state’s original estimates, SJECCD should not have to make any further cuts in instructional sec-tions or service.

Support PinkNational Breast Cancer Aware-

ness Month started as a week-long event in Oct. 1985 to fi ll in

the voids for the public. NBCAM founding members of the Board of Sponsors were the American Academy of Family Physicians, AstraZeneca Healthcare Founda-tion and CancerCare, Inc. They spent the week passing out pam-phlets, talking to news media and an US congressional committee about the crucial need for wide-spread access to mammography.

In the past 25 years they have come forward to spreading aware-ness not only during October but year-round. The color pink is the awareness color for breast cancer during the month of October it is shown in many ways in support of NBCAM. They now have several organizations working to spread awareness and offer screening ser-vices.

Local shorts at Santana RowSantana Row’s CineArts The-ater is hosting the San Jose Short Film Festival for the second year from Oct. 20 to Oct. 23.

Sarah Klaren, Assistant Fes-tival Director of the San Jose Short Film Festival, wrote in an email that the fi lms will be shown in blocks arranged ac-cording to such themes as “Wel-come to the Alternate Universe” and “Another Slice of Life,” costing $12 for a block.

There are also workshops and interviews for those interested in the creation of short fi lms in-cluded in the price of the ticket.

Board approves accrediting reports

BY JONATHAN MARINAROTIMES STAFF

The tradition of radio is alive in the Radio Club at San Jose City College. “In our current iteration it is a vibrant group of people who are passionate about radio.” said Tony La Rosa, 31-year-old political science student. La Rosa is currently station manager and vice presi-dent of the Radio Club. Radio broadcasting has been a tradi-tion for the San Jose area since well before it was named Silicon Valley.

“It’s an environment where any interest that a radio broad-cast student has, he can develop that skill to a profi ciency that would fi nd him employment in the outside world,” said Larry Harris, 68-year-old communi-cations student and president of the Radio Club.

The club is open to all students regardless of their enrollment in the school’s broadcasting class-

es but previous experience is recommended. “I see the club as a support mechanism for the ra-dio station and other media out-lets on campus” said La Rosa.

“A lot of students would love to have their own show,” Harris said.

“I want to get as involved as I can,” said Yuriria Ponce, 29-year-old member and medical student, “I need to learn as much about radio as soon as I can.”

On plans for this semester, Harris said, “We want to be a little more proactive, with more games, clubs and activities.”

“I would like to see the Radio Club do amazing things on cam-pus” said La Rosa, “the Radio Club’s jurisdiction is not what it used to be.”

“I would like for us to make a formal way to communi-cate with each other outside of email,” said Ponce.

When asked why Ponce chose radio, “I’m just in love with my voice, I can talk forever.”

Club members who love to talkRadio club broadcasts points ofinterests to students in the area

JONATHAN MARINARO / TIMES STAFFTony La Rosa, vice president of radio club, broadcasts on KJCC at the San Jose City College in Student Center on Oct. 13.