Monitor 2005-2-10

l,

2,

us

ce

ms

n

Foundation has a new director

World Forum set Feb. 24; topics: Iraq, Afghanistan

– Page 5

The sound of chimes on campus – Page 5

– Page 6

MONITOR OHLONE COLLEGE

Vol. XXXX No. 4

Fremont, California

Thursday, February 10, 2005

Child Development Center dedicated; campus plan OKed

By FRANK ADDIEGO Staff writer The Ohlone Board of Trustees began their meeting Wednesday by cutting a ribbon with a giant pair of scissors to open the new Child Development Center.

The $3.7 million, 2,799 squarefoot building was funded by a state bond issue. The building contains such high-tech features as a toy sterilizer, security cameras throughout the building, one-way observation mirrors and rooms designed to

teach four different age groups.

The board adjourned outside to cut the ribbon.

“We did fudge it a little,” said Superintendent Doug Treadway.

“We did use the building before it officially opened.”

Cutting the ribbon was Board President John Weed and Paul Miller, executive director of Kidango, who will operate the Center.

After the ceremony, the Board of Trustees moved inside to its meetContinued on Page 3

What’s up with the Pell Grants?

By WENDY LAO Staff writer

Photo by Daniel Kwan

Rapping engineer is using Ohlone students to bring some bling-bling to the geek image.

Rumors about Pell Grant changes have been flying around campus, leaving students confused about whether the amount of financial aid they receive may be increasing or decreasing.

Pell Grants, the main federal form of financial aid for college students, served more than 5 million students last year. Congress recently added $458 million to the funding for Pell Grants, raising the fund to approximately $12.4 billion.

However, recent procedural changes may affect grant eligibility for up to 1 million students, cutting financial aid awards to some and disqualifyContinued on Page 3

Engineer meets rap – ‘geekster’ video at Ohlone

By LINDA STONE Features editor Wanting to banish the image of a pencil-carrying, pocket protector geek, Rajeev Bajaj has set out to reengineer the look of the modern day scientist to the bling bling of an iPod, Blackberry and Bluetooth technology.

Bajaj is working with Neil Strudwick, Ohlone’s new multime-

dia instructor, and some of his students in his Advanced 3D Modeling/Animation (MM117) class, making a 3-D animated video of his song Geek Dreams from the CD, Geek Rhythms, in hopes of marketing it to high tech companies, and, perhaps, MTV as an “edutainment” message to garner interest in science and technology.

“I’m trying to bring an element of education into entertainment,”

said Bajaj. “It’s not instructional in content but introductory in concept.”

In making Geek Rhythms, Bajaj believes that he has made a small place in history by combining the strength and influence of music and technology. By making technology infused with music, he feels that he can make learning, appreciating and working in technology a multi-faceted and rewarding experience.

Ohlone wants higher profile

By BRITNEY BINDEL Staff writer On bus billboards, movie screens, and in Bay Area newspapers, one name is noticeably appearing more. It is not the name of a movie star, car or food brand, but rather the green and white emblem of Ohlone Community College.

Ohlone is heightening its profile

to raise awareness of opportunity that is available to the surrounding communities.

The plethora of communities in the Bay Area are well represented by the diverse multi-cultural and wide-spanned ages of Ohlone’s student body. The purpose of the increased publicity, according to Patrice Birkedahl, director of public information, is to make “...sure

everyone that needs [Ohlone] has access to it.” The publicity is geared toward the following three sets of people: 1. Older students who are retaining jobs and are desiring more training in order to further their careers.

2. Active adults who are advanced in years and seeking life enrichment through the furthering Continued on Page 6

Bajaj received his Ph.D. in chemical engineering from the University of Texas at Austin in 1995 and has worked in the semiconductor industry in various engineering and management positions.

He is currently the CEO of Semiquest, a semiconductor materials start-up company in Fremont.

The idea of making a rap CD came to him in January 2004. He recorded eight songs with several

well-known artists in his native country, India. Postproduction was done locally, and it went on sale in October through Amazon.com where it is currently ranked at 1,979.

He began his project because scientific principles have a very specific language and expression that typically requires training and understanding, while music caters to instinctive emotions in people, Continued on Page 3

Valentine breakfast set

By CLIFTON M. DER BING Staff writer The ASOC met Tuesday to further discuss the several activities and concerns for this semester.

With nine new sworn-in senators, the student government is planning the next monthly ASOC Continental Breakfast, which will be held on Monday, Feb. 14 from 9 to 11 a.m. in the Quad, with a Valentine’s Day theme. All Ohlone students and employContinued on Page 6

2

MONITOR February 10, 2005

OPINION Editor in chief: News editor: Opinion editor: Features editor: Sports editor:

Associated Collegiate Press / National Scholastic Press Association All American 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 Regional Pacemaker 1988 Journalism Association of Community Colleges First in General Excellence, Northern California Fall 1994 General Excellence Fall 2000

Sean G. Crawford Aman Mehrzai Olivia Speranza Linda Stone Steve Chavez

Photo editor: Shari Wargo Layout editor: Tony C. Yang Staff writers: Frank Addiego, Britney Bindel, Clifton M. DerBing, Alisha Francisco, James Hendra, Meenu Kaushal, Tahsin Khan, Wendy Lao, Jessica Losee, Marc McCord, Roun Tamaki, Tau Wang, Randall Woo, Nick Zambrano Photographers: David Mohammadi, Inez Black, Lawrence Gerrero, Daniel Kwan, Charlie Hebison, Melody Marquez, Shari Wargo Ad manager: Corie Howell Adviser: Bill Parks Printer: F-P Press

Offices are located in Room 5310 on campus, 43600 Mission Blvd., Fremont 945395884. Call (510) 659-6075. Fax: (510) 659-6076. E-mail: monitor@ohlone.cc.ca.us Opinions expressed in the MONITOR are those of the respective authors and are not necessarily those of the staff, the college or the Associated Students of Ohlone College.

Unsigned editorials reflect the majority view of staff members. Advertising material is printed herein for informational purposes and is not to be construed as an expression of endorsement or verification of such commercial ventures by the staff or college.

The MONITOR is funded by the district, by the Associated Students of Ohlone College, and through advertising revenue.

The MONITOR is a member of the Associated Collegiate Press, Journalism Association of Community Colleges, Community College Journalism Association, California Newspaper Publishers Association, College Media Advisers and Society of Newspaper Design.

OPINION The jaded, the languished, and those in love- they never go away

By OLIVIA SPERANZA Opinion editor The Valentine’s Day that we all know is synonymous with showing the person you love how much they mean to you. From my observations, I’ve discovered that Valentine’s Day brings forth three groups of people: the jaded, the languished, and those in love.

You can count on seeing at least one of these three this February 14.

Let me begin with the jaded.

This group takes on the attitude

that they have been through the worst in relationships and no one’s problems can top their own. Not only this, but they hate the holiday that they’re too cool for while they’re single.

“I’m just going to get drunk and turn my phone off!” I heard one of my friends say. “Jaded,” I thought, or is this just selfpity personified? Either way, this Hallmark holiday certainly achieved its goal of making her believe that Valentine’s Day was about only one concept.

Covering up hurt and loneli-

ness with anger and sarcasm is always entertaining to watch.

Especially when I saw first hand how into Valentine’s Day she was last year when she was dating her new boyfriend.

The languished are my personal favorite. These love-hungry, relationship-challenged types are always telling stories of heartbreak and how they let “The One” get away. Dwelling in the past and over-thinking what cannot be changed, their stories never fail to make the rest of us uncomfortable. “One day man, I swear

to God, I’ll get her back.” How do you tell someone to stop beating a dead horse and just get over it without sounding insensitive?

This group, I have to say, I enjoy observing, but avoid one-on-one conversations with them at all costs.

Last, but never forgotten, are the smitten and in love. How nice it is to be in an intimate relationship with another person.

Are all of these actually healthy and fully functioning unions?

Probably not, but they look like they’re working like well-oiled

machinery in public. To this I say, “Excellent!” It makes the jaded and languished jealous and defines their groupings even more and therefore provides greater support for my theory. To the happy and functioning couples out there, I think the Valentine’s Day that America has come to know, fits you like a glove. So spend your money on forgettable gifts, and enjoy the day because next February 14, you’ll probably be one of the jaded or worse yet, the languished.

A personal experience that shaped my perception of Feb. 14

By AMAN MEHRZAI News editor Valentine’s Day is one of my least favorite days. Not because I’m single, I have a lovely wife and two kids. Not because of an economic protest statement, although this holiday, like many others, equates to nothing but buying. I don’t like this day because I associate it to a melancholic memory.

I was 14 years old, it was the day after Valentine’s Day, my

parents, my brother, and I went to my older sister’s house for dinner. My other sister was working late at Walgreen’s.

After dinner, I mysteriously fell asleep. My parents didn’t want to wake me, so they went to get my other sister from work, with the intention of picking me up on the way back. If I had been awake, I surely would have gone with them.

I woke up that night wondering where they were. My brother assumed that they were doing

some late-night shopping, so we went home.

As soon as we got home, a call came telling us that my parents, sister and niece who went along with them to pick up my sister, were involved in an accident. My brother and I drove around to find the scene not knowing the intensity of the accident.

It was worse than we thought.

To make a long story short, we followed the ambulance to the hospital and found out that my

sister’s elbow was broken, her spleen split, along with a gash on her forehead patched with 150 stitches. My niece broke both legs at the femur bone because she was pegged beneath the drivers seat. My mother and father both died on impact. They were last seen going to the car, holding hands.

So every time this year, I remember what happened. I am not telling you this so you could hate this superficial day, but I am trying to make the readers

realize the importance of loving one another, especially your parents. As the cliché’ goes, “you don’t know what you got until it’s gone.” Cherish every day with your loved ones as if it is your last day alive.

Okay, I’ll quit sounding like the love poet RUMI, but I will leave you with this: you do not know when death will approach you. Cherish each moment because Valentine’s Day is no more special than any other day of the year.

CAMPUS COMMENT > > >

What’s your ideal Valentine’s Day gift?

JASON TORRADO Pre-pharmacy “Dinner at a nice restaurant.”

JESSICA TORRES Undecided “Something that he put time and thought into.”

MARK CHANDLER Psychology “A coin-operated boy.”

TANIA SALAZAR Child development “A hand-made card.”

HOP HOANG Chemical engineering “A kiss.”

February 10, 2005 MONITOR

LETTERS

3

Why carry guns? If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it EDITOR:

“If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it,” would be my short answer for why our campus police officers should continue to not carry lethal weapons.

But I have strong personal reasons as well, relating to me nearly killing a loved one. Jim is not the loved one, just a classmate I used to wrestle with in eighth grade, who will reappear late in this tale of love, passion and violence.

It all started innocently enough.

I was about 17, trying to study. My mother was in the next room watching TV. It was on too loud. I’ve forgotten if she ignored a polite request to turn it down or if I was just being a brat (probably, the latter).

In any case, I pulled the plug,

which was in my room. She plugged it back in and went to watch, whereupon I again unplugged it, whereupon she re-entered my room and began hitting my face.

I grabbed her wrists to prevent her from hitting me. My beloved father, hearing the commotion, then entered the fray. He demanded I let my mother go. I refused until she agreed to stop hitting me.

Not good enough! He judochopped my wrists, which was totally inconsistent with our relationship. So now he and I started scuffling, again totally inconsistent with the loving, nonviolent, relationship he had done so much to nurture.

He had about a 50-pound weight advantage on me, so I think it surprised us both that I was able to send him sprawling all the way across my bed and into the bed headboard that we had spent many

hours crafting. He got up dazed and lunged at me. Again, I handled him surprisingly easily, this time sending him crashing through a window on another side of the room!

I could have easily ended the fight right then, pushing his head down quickly so that the few jagged glass shards still vertical would slit his throat. I recoiled on seeing how easy it would be to kill him. I decided I would do nothing more except protect myself.

I covered my face and gut and said, “Go ahead. Beat the s—t out of me!” He did hit me again and again and again and again, but between every blow, he sobbed uncontrollably. I learned that day how easily violence escalates and takes people to places they could hardly imagine. My pacifism started that day. It hasn’t always been easy. A year later, a military science cadet

mistakenly believed I had expropriated his ROTC cap. When I said I hadn’t, he slapped me hard in the face. It hurt, but I just stared at him.

He slapped me in the face again with equal force. When I did not meet his violence with my own, he skulked away muttering.

Of course, I was familiar with the successes of Gandhi in India and Martin Luther King here, but it was only on that day that I personally was witness to the power of nonviolence.

What does Jim, my old wrestling buddy, have to do with all this? Well, he grew up around guns, so it was not surprising that he distinguished himself in Vietnam.

One night after his return, there was a get-together at his house. After a while he wanted everyone to leave.

To eliminate the sass factor, to show folks that he was serious, he pro-

duced a gun. There was a scuffle and in the end, Andy, a kid who grew up one house away from me, lay dead.

Violence escalates to terrible places. One reads frequently in the newspapers of unarmed people being shot dead by well-trained police officers. With our officers unarmed, we have not encountered such tragedies. Why risk it?

One reason I have heard is that most Bay Area college campuses have armed their officers. Do those campuses have the same pacific campus we do?

And just because others are doing something doesn’t mean we should, too. Let us be the beacon on the hill – literally!

GEOFFREY A. HIRSCH Associate Professor of Mathematics

NEWS Geekster rap at Ohlone Continued from Page One science and technology cater to people’s thoughts and intellect, said Bajaj.

When he decided to make a video, he thought of Ohlone. “Neil responded quickly,” said Bajaj. “Having an academic environment is more conducive to the process.”

Strudwick thought the idea was a good one. “I think it’s a cool idea, I listened to the music and thought it was cool.” He has enjoyed working with Bajaj, “He is very open minded, takes suggestions well.”

Although Strudwick is a new multimedia instructor who took over the class in January, he is well versed in art design. He was one of the creator’s of Pac Man 3-D and redesigned the Pac Man logo. He has extensive experience in the video game industry.

The students are thrilled to be working on the CD. Modeling and animation are difficult and a chance to work on something like this is a great experience, said Strudwick. He is also working with Gary Kauf in the broadcasting department to create a new logo identity for Ohlone TV Channel 28.

You can buy his CD at Amazon.com or at RLPKrecords.com. Cost is $11.98. Here are the lyrics from one of the cuts: Enjoy the Ride In a machine made of silicon and steel My brothers in mechanical, electrical and chemical field Created a chip with 50 million transistors Lots of capacitors and resistors CPU, math coprocessor and graphics engine Rely on transistor switching fine It takes electrons flowing across the gate A short distance from source to drain A journey obviously not made in vain Chorus Sit back enjoy the ride Computer geeks have arrived The internet is a creation devine; Plumbing every line; modem, Router; cable network and wireless put together to criss-cross the globe round the world criss cross the globe WAN and LAN, WAP and SAP Stop and think How the world shrinks Stop and think How the computer blinks It’s an on demand world now; Do you want me to show you how User-interface, middleware and backend combine To make communication across platforms flowing fine Fine you chech my rhyme, I got no time to stand in line (No no no no...)

Photo by David Mohammadi

Play and classroom area at new Child Development Center is bright and airy. The building was dedicated Wednesday evening.

Ohlone board dedicates child center Continued from Page One ing room to discuss issues ranging from the new Newark Ohlone Center to the 2004-2005 financial report.

Vice President of Business Services Deanna Walston hopes to award a bid on the New Newark Ohlone site ultimately by 2007 and would like to have it open by fall of that year. Walston introduced architects Karen Cribbins-Kuklin and Keven Olcott, who displayed a blueprint of the planned Newark center.

Trustee Robert Brunton raised concerns over putting the building on the most valuable parts of the site.

The board voted to increase the architects’ contract by $202,149 and the Newark Center package received only one “nay.”

The board also voted to fill two new positions: the Director of Institutional Research and Director of

Grants.

The board then considered the 2004-05 financial report. Trustees looked closely at enrollments and the amount of revenue coming in and increased revenue projections. Certain categories of revenue have declined.

Trustees said the college may not have reached its target of student enrollment, so the board hopes to reduce the budget by $438,000. The board approved the report unanimously.

Trustee Brunton used a recent development in Hayward to illustrate the value of an elected board. He said CSU Hayward changed its name to CSU East Bay, “even though the students were opposed to it and the faculty was opposed to it, and the people of Hayward were opposed to it, but their board, who isn’t elected, unanimously changed it.”

Sit back enjoy the ride Computer geeks have arrived

Pell Grant outlook is clarified

I pack more heat in a computer chip than any man there is more than most can handle the trick is to protect the circuit and conduct the heat without causing to short circuit

Continued from Page One ing others completely.

Most of the affected will be students whose family income ranges from $35,000 to $40,000, Staff Director of the Advisory Committee on Financial Assistance Brian Fitzgerald said.

Jacqueline Bradley said California schools do not need to worry.

California community college students’ fees per unit were recently increased so much that even if Pell Grants lower the amount of financial aid, there would

Hot electrons can ruin my day Switch the transistor to go the other way I make my software self healing To prevent such a calamity from dealing A deadly blow to my directory root If all else fails... YO. REBOOT Sit back enjoy the ride Computer geeks have arrived x 5

be “no penalty,” Bradley said. Unit fees were increased from $11 to $26 last fall. “[The changes] won’t affect California schools much,” Bradley said.

Congress maintained the maximum amount for Pell Grants at $4,050. Students will not be receiving more money from the Pell Grants; the additional funding is intended to satisfy the growing number of applicants.

Bradley said that despite the current circumstances, it is never too late for students to apply for financial aid.

February 10, 2005 MONITOR

FEATURES

New head of foundation is a woman of many talents

By TONY C. YANG Layout editor Author, chemist, parent of five, fundraiser, CEO, award-winning professor and now the Executive Director of the Ohlone Foundation, Josephine S. Ong-Hawkins is a renaissance woman. According to Patrice Birkedahl, Ohlone’s director of communications, Hawkins began her first day on the job on Feb. 1, and since then has “hit the ground running.”

As the new head of the Foundation, she is in charge of the college’s fundraising activities, among other responsibilities. Ohlone College is intent on increasing its endowment, from $650,000 today to $2 million in 2009, and has even formed a Task Force, where Hawkins is a co-chair.

But she is confident it can be done.

She is not shy about asking for money for a good cause and feels that transforming students’ lives and giving them educational opportunities are important.

Born in the Philippines, her diverse background also includes fluency in four languages: English,

Spanish, Tagalog and Chinese (three dialects).

She studied music at Arizona State University, received a Bachelor’s in Chemistry from the University of the Philippines, earned her Master’s in Chemistry from Indiana State University and was awarded a Ph.D. in Higher Education from Arizona State University.

She’s also a concert pianist and a published author, if that weren’t enough.

In addition to having distinguished educational credentials, she is also a recognized leader in academics. She was named Exemplary Professor of the Year by the American Association for Higher Education, and has been the Vice Provost at National Hispanic University as well the Assistant Vice President for Academic Planning at the University of Arizona.

After several stints as a consultant and chemistry professor, Hawkins’ latest job has been the president and CEO of Asian Americans for Community Involvement, providing direction and oversight for a $20 million agency respon-

Mark McCord

World ignored real-life horror

Photo by Inez Black

Dr. Josephine S. Ong-Hawkins isn’t shy about asking for money, especially money for Ohlone. sible for health care and was in charge of program development and funding. In this role, obtaining funding in the six-figure range per event is not unusual for her.

Accepted in both academia and the business world, Hawkins aims to leverage her fundraising talents for Ohlone’s benefit.

Johari Peebles, the Foundation Coordinator, said, “She’s got a great deal of energy, and lots of big ideas, and she has an excellent background.”

Hawkins is busy attending charity events and reaching out to community leaders in order to develop rewarding relationships for the college and its supporters. Long-term, she wants to establish asset management plans and dramatically improve revenue streams for the Foundation.

Birkedahl, who assisted in Hawkins’ hiring decision, said, “She’s got a lot of experience, and she’s able to reach out in terms of the community.”

One man’s campaign brings chimes to Ohlone

By BRITNEY BINDEL Staff writer

Photo by Lawrence Guerrero

Now Ohlone sounds like a school should, with chimes on the hour.

5

A man walked around Ohlone’s campus and noticed something was missing. “There stand two clock towers on campus, yet neither ring in the hour with typical bell-clock tower chimes,” he thought.

So he pursued the sound that fulfilled his fancy. This semester, Director of Theatre Operations, Chris Booras, spearheaded the installation of the chimes that resound through the Smith Center clock tower.

The tower now rings on the hour from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m., Monday through Saturday, and from 10 a.m. until 8 p.m. on Sundays. There is no late-night chiming so Ohlone’s neighbors will not be annoyed.

The chimes serve no religious purpose, whatsoever. They are purely of aesthetic intent. Booras noted that most major universities have clock towers with bells or chimes. He thought Ohlone should have the same.

“Ever since I was a little kid, I always thought [clock towers with chimes] were neat,” he said. “If there was one around and I knew it would chime, I would sit and wait, especially if it had moving parts.”

With a personal affinity for the chimes and a minor need on campus present for them, Booras began to search on eBay for speakers. He found that Hollywood Bowl was selling a pair of 4 by 2 foot speakers at 60 watts each for $50 and went to L.A. to retrieve them. After sanding them down and painting them, he installed the 25 watt system on the tower. Booras found the software for $200, that plays multiple chimes besides the current “Westminster Chimes.”

Apart from $100 for electrical equipment, Booras donated an amplifier, and roughly $1,000 was anonymously donated in the form of a computer.

The grand total for the system was $350.

If purchased brand new, the cost would have been over seven times as much, at $2,500. Funds for the system came from the Amphitheater Improvement Fund, which is supported by Smith Center patrons.

The chimes program also has the ability to play other recorded chimes as well as serve as an emergency public address system, should the electricity ever fail on campus.

This semester and notably, this summer, the tower will serve as “a gift to the Smith Center for the 10th anniversary,” Booras said. The chimes will sound before the curtain call and at the close of intermission.

Should the public enjoy the chimes, Booras said, “...hopefully it will stick around.”

Reality is often scarier than any horror movie. Especially when movies are based on real events.

Imagine waking up to the following statements on the radio: “Hutu Power! Brothers, let us unite, it is time to start chopping down trees. Unite Hutu brothers, it is time to kill the cockroaches!”

If you were in Rwanda in 1993 and you heard that bone-chilling message on the radio, if you were Hutu, it was a signal for you to arm yourself for the upcoming slaughter. If you were Tutsi, it meant that you had better run for your life.

The movie Hotel Rwanda is the story about hotel manager, Paul Rusesabagina, who saved the lives of over a thousand of his fellow countrymen while their nation was locked in a fierce civil war.

Rusesabagina, a Hutu, who never bought into a rebel-backed program that fostered a bitterly intense intertribal hatred, was one of the few Hutus that his Tutsi neighbors could trust. You see, the Hutu militants had started a calculated program of genocide against the Tutsi. The Hutu called the Tutsi “cockroaches” and also referred to them as “trees” because the Tutsis characteristically, were taller than the Hutu. The militants also branded any Hutu that didn’t subscribe to the slogan “Hutu Power” a traitor and set about to kill them as well.

As a hotel manager, Rusesabagina performed his duties with class, charm and with the smooth accommodating manners befitting an ambassador. When the trouble broke out, Rusesabagina outwitted the military and rebel forces using a combination of bribery and deceit while hanging on to the desperate hope that the world would intervene.

But the world never did. Why? Well, in 1993 while the Clinton administration was doing battle at home against the forces of the far right and abroad we were in serious trouble in another conflict on the African continent in Somalia. We were also deeply involved in a civil war in Bosnia.

At that time there were cries at home from people on both sides of the political fence bemoaning the fact that the U.S. military was policing the world.

Meanwhile, back in Rwanda, tribal tensions reached a boiling point when Tutsi rebels assassinated the Hutu president. The Hutu rebel forces engaged in a reign of terror equaling the Nazis. They raped and killed millions of their fellow countrymen.

By the time President Clinton had made a tour of Africa toward the end of his second term, upon seeing the savagery of genocide, he said, “Something like this can never happen again.”

I agree Mr. Clinton, the world must never again turn its back on people in danger just because there is a lack of national interest.

4

MONITOR February 10, 2005

FEATURES Brown Bag focuses on reproduction

Tony C. Yang

By ALISHA FRANCISCO Staff writer

Astrology is just plain fake You’re a cock. Yep, you read that right – if you were born in 2005, 1993, 1981, 1969, 1957 or 1945, then you were born in the Year of the Rooster, according to Chinese astrology.

As such, cocks are supposed to be “hard-working and decisive.

They are not afraid to speak their minds and can sometimes come across as boastful. They make good restaurant owners and world travelers.”

Sound like anyone you know?

Not really. The descriptions are so broad and vague as to be meaningless or applicable to everyone.

I am vehemently against attaching any significance to the alignment of the stars or when you were born. And don’t get me started on “Miss Cleo.”

New age philosophies and all that pseudo-spiritual mumbojumbo make me more than angry, and it seems there’s no end to it all.

Cults of star-worshipping, quartzwearing, incense-burning, tarotcard-believers are sprouting up like weeds and I feel I must spray some common sense into the world. So here’s some handy horoscope facts that may help you stay away from astrology and its ilk: Fact: Basing lifestyles or behavior on the whims and orbits of Jupiter and Mars is akin to following the fashion trends on MTV or going on a low-carb diet because Oprah said so. It’s pathetic, pointless and possibly dangerous.

Fact: Numerology is like the lottery, except someone else chooses the numbers and gets rich off of your stupidity.

Fact: Voodoo and Wanga dolls, spells and other such nonsense are great alternatives for stuffed animals – and just as useful in creating change in your life. After all, poking holes in a doll will accomplish lots of things.

Fact: Websites that claim “Your Future is in the Stars” are actually highly sophisticated operations utilizing the most talented clairvoyants and cutting-edge supercomputer technology. Not. Fact: Yoko Ono, Rod Stewart, Mia Farrow and Eric Clapton may share my zodiac sign, but they have absolutely nothing to do with me. They all suck anyway – except for Clapton.

Fact: No one cares about your “sign.” Saying you’re a Gemini or Scorpio doesn’t make you a Casanova or Aphrodite in love.

Rather, it’s a clear sign you are not the brightest bulb in the chandelier.

Fact: The only part of astrology I like is the Chinese New Year when adults put money into red packets and give it to us young ones. But it’s like bribes for believing in a mystical makebelieve mishmash of crap.

I’m no fortune-teller, but I can answer one question for you: What lies ahead? Well, if you’re into horoscopes, more lies.

It’s the season for big red hearts ...and flowers, too

By OLIVIA SPERANZA Opinion editor Looking for a special place to take your Special Someone for dinner on Valentine’s Day? Here are some of my favorites.

Park Chalet in Golden Gate Park where the park meets the Pacific.

This is located behind Beach Chalet, its sister restaurant, and welcomes guests with sliding glass doors that double as walls and a two-story stone fireplace surrounded by leather ottomans. Dinning outside on the lawn is a treat with the smell of salt water coming in from Ocean Beach located directly across the street. The dishes here are simple and creative, and the wild mint mojitos can’t be passed up.

The Cliff House The Cliff House is located right up the street from Park Chalet where the Great Highway turns into Geary.

Dinners may be on the expensive side, so my suggestion is to go for lunch. Not only will it be bright enough outside for you to see the view, you’ll also have the rest of the day to hang out in San Francisco. The restaurant is right on a cliff with a panoramic view of the Pacific Ocean and the entry to the Golden Gate.

Kan Zaman located on Haight and Shrader Dinner at this restaurant is about more than just the food. Not only is the ambiance here romantic and energetic, there is a belly dancer and a bar for you and your date to

have drinks such as spiced wine and smoke hookah (flavored tobacco).

This Middle Eastern restaurant isn’t very expensive and you can indulge in a variety of activities while you dine on pillows or chairs.

Pacific Café located on Geary and 34th Pacific Café offers inexpensive romantic seafood dining. This restaurant doesn’t take reservations, but while you wait, which you most likely will, you’re offered complimentary house wine. The setting is cozy, the lighting is warm and the booths are intimate. Food portions here are generous.

Palomino located on Spear on the Embarcadero Enjoy a three-course meal for under $20! The view here is breathtaking, you can see the full Bay Bridge and the Pacific Ocean below it. The three-course meal for under 20 bucks is only served from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. and is on a first come basis. So needless to say, get there early. The atmosphere is stylish and the energy is upbeat. There is an outside eating area with heated gas lamps if you want to dine outside and enjoy the ocean.

Taco Bell located on Linda Mar beach right off Highway 1 in Pacifica

Just north of San Francisco, is the most beautiful Taco Bell I’ve ever seen. If you’re really on a budget, this restaurant offers an amazing view and easy access to the beach.

If you decide to take your Valentine to the beach to do some surfing or just walk around and collect shells, this is the spot to visit. A staircase from the beach leads you up to the Taco Bell where you can take your date and enjoy the view.

Soluna located on McAllister at Larkin This sexy restaurant and lounge is a popular place to enjoy music and food. The menu is surprisingly inexpensive and they offer a tasty variety for meat lovers and vegetarians. After dinner, the tables are moved and the restaurant becomes a dance club. On Friday nights, they play house funk and R&B. Ghirardelli Square located a bit past the end of Fisherman’s Wharf Desserts here are nothing shy of delicious. Ghirardelli Square is famous for the chocolate that it produces. Sundaes, banana splits, milkshakes and everything else in-between can be enjoyed as you look out across the bay and down at the lights that scatter throughout the streets of this corner in San Francisco.

Prices are student friendly and it’s the perfect spot to end or begin your Valentine’s Day.

An Ohlone biologist spoke about reproductive technology and the ethical issues surrounding new methods such as In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) and freezing embryos at the Brown Bag Seminar held last Friday.

Louise Joy Brown, born on July 25, 1978, was the first test-tube baby born from the new IVF procedure. The process of injecting the sperm into an egg in a petri dish was like “taking the embryo out of the darkness of the womb and in the light of the lab,” said Ohlone instructor Laurie Issel-Tarver.

Since 2003, trends in IVF such as weight variations in babies and the risk of chromosome abnormalities have been studied along with the new technology of freezing embryos for later fertilization. She presented case studies and ethical issues that frozen embryos raise. She also mentioned Snowflakes, an organization for adoption of unwanted frozen embryos.

Issel-Tarver received her Ph.D. at Berkeley in Biology. She is now a part-time instructor at Ohlone teaching a hereditary and evolution course and is a mother of two.

The Brown Bag Seminars invite speakers for lectures on various topics in science and technology. Most of the speakers are volunteer members in the community or faculty at Ohlone. The purpose is to spark interest and bring awareness of topics, trends and careers in the industry.

This event is sponsored by the Math/Science Division, which is composed of 40 full-time faculty members. It is funded through a grant from the Associated Students of Ohlone College.

The Brown Bag Seminars are held on the first Friday of every month in Room 3201 from 1 to 2 p.m. Light refreshments are served. The next seminar on March 4 will feature Ohlone instructor Jim Klent, who will perform chemistry demonstrations.

Other Brown Bag Seminars will be: • "Polar Bears of Manitoba" by Juliette Hoffman on April 1.

• "Insects as Vectors of Disease Transmission" by Jim Baxter on May 6.

Mandala art display to open Friday

By MEENU KAUSHAL Staff writer When gallery director Margaret Stainer first saw Edyna SischoNownejad’s paintings, she was attracted to them.

“Being an artist and gallery director I was attracted to the wonderful artwork. The paintings are beautiful, colorful and geometric to look at, but more than that they are symbolic and have a meaning,” said Stainer.

A couple of years ago she talked to the late artist and invited her to exhibit her paintings.

She continues to live through

her art work, which is promoted by her daughter, Dr. Gita Marie Nownejad.

Sischo-Nownejad was born in Merced. She received her BA in Art Education from San Jose State University and later earned her Master’s in Graphic Arts from California College of Arts and Crafts. After completing her Ph.D. in Educational Psychology, she taught at the Iran-American Society for the American Embassy.

She also studied language and art at Paris at the Sorbonne and La Grande Chaumiere. Later, she served as the head of art depart-

ment at the Beirut College of Arts and Crafts in Lebanon. In 1986 she returned to Merced and taught art history and studio art classes at Merced College.

Her paintings are displayed in public and private collections throughout the world. Today she is considered as one of the finest Mandala painters.

Her daughter will talk about her mother’s artwork on March 2 in the Louie Meager Art Gallery.

The reception will be held from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. and the lecture will begin at 7:30.

“Edyna Nownejad’s daughter represents her mother’s spiritual

astrological and philosophical works,” said Stainer.

The 36-inch square mandala paintings are breathtaking.

“Mandala” refers to an ancient style of circles in squares. This art form, which belongs to Tibetan Buddhist and Hindu art, is meant to visually convey a higher consciousness.

The paintings will be on display starting this Friday until March 17.

For more information, log on to www.mandalaconnection.com or visit online www. ohlone.edu/ org/artgallery. To see mandala paintings, please go online to: www.mandalaconnection.com.

February 10, 2005 MONITOR

FEATURES

New head of foundation is a woman of many talents

By TONY C. YANG Layout editor Author, chemist, parent of five, fundraiser, CEO, award-winning professor and now the Executive Director of the Ohlone Foundation, Josephine S. Ong-Hawkins is a renaissance woman. According to Patrice Birkedahl, Ohlone’s director of communications, Hawkins began her first day on the job on Feb. 1, and since then has “hit the ground running.”

As the new head of the Foundation, she is in charge of the college’s fundraising activities, among other responsibilities. Ohlone College is intent on increasing its endowment, from $650,000 today to $2 million in 2009, and has even formed a Task Force, where Hawkins is a co-chair.

But she is confident it can be done.

She is not shy about asking for money for a good cause and feels that transforming students’ lives and giving them educational opportunities are important.

Born in the Philippines, her diverse background also includes fluency in four languages: English,

Spanish, Tagalog and Chinese (three dialects).

She studied music at Arizona State University, received a Bachelor’s in Chemistry from the University of the Philippines, earned her Master’s in Chemistry from Indiana State University and was awarded a Ph.D. in Higher Education from Arizona State University.

She’s also a concert pianist and a published author, if that weren’t enough.

In addition to having distinguished educational credentials, she is also a recognized leader in academics. She was named Exemplary Professor of the Year by the American Association for Higher Education, and has been the Vice Provost at National Hispanic University as well the Assistant Vice President for Academic Planning at the University of Arizona.

After several stints as a consultant and chemistry professor, Hawkins’ latest job has been the president and CEO of Asian Americans for Community Involvement, providing direction and oversight for a $20 million agency respon-

Mark McCord

World ignored real-life horror

Photo by Inez Black

Dr. Josephine S. Ong-Hawkins isn’t shy about asking for money, especially money for Ohlone. sible for health care and was in charge of program development and funding. In this role, obtaining funding in the six-figure range per event is not unusual for her.

Accepted in both academia and the business world, Hawkins aims to leverage her fundraising talents for Ohlone’s benefit.

Johari Peebles, the Foundation Coordinator, said, “She’s got a great deal of energy, and lots of big ideas, and she has an excellent background.”

Hawkins is busy attending charity events and reaching out to community leaders in order to develop rewarding relationships for the college and its supporters. Long-term, she wants to establish asset management plans and dramatically improve revenue streams for the Foundation.

Birkedahl, who assisted in Hawkins’ hiring decision, said, “She’s got a lot of experience, and she’s able to reach out in terms of the community.”

One man’s campaign brings chimes to Ohlone

By BRITNEY BINDEL Staff writer

Photo by Lawrence Guerrero

Now Ohlone sounds like a school should, with chimes on the hour.

5

A man walked around Ohlone’s campus and noticed something was missing. “There stand two clock towers on campus, yet neither ring in the hour with typical bell-clock tower chimes,” he thought.

So he pursued the sound that fulfilled his fancy. This semester, Director of Theatre Operations, Chris Booras, spearheaded the installation of the chimes that resound through the Smith Center clock tower.

The tower now rings on the hour from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m., Monday through Saturday, and from 10 a.m. until 8 p.m. on Sundays. There is no late-night chiming so Ohlone’s neighbors will not be annoyed.

The chimes serve no religious purpose, whatsoever. They are purely of aesthetic intent. Booras noted that most major universities have clock towers with bells or chimes. He thought Ohlone should have the same.

“Ever since I was a little kid, I always thought [clock towers with chimes] were neat,” he said. “If there was one around and I knew it would chime, I would sit and wait, especially if it had moving parts.”

With a personal affinity for the chimes and a minor need on campus present for them, Booras began to search on eBay for speakers. He found that Hollywood Bowl was selling a pair of 4 by 2 foot speakers at 60 watts each for $50 and went to L.A. to retrieve them. After sanding them down and painting them, he installed the 25 watt system on the tower. Booras found the software for $200, that plays multiple chimes besides the current “Westminster Chimes.”

Apart from $100 for electrical equipment, Booras donated an amplifier, and roughly $1,000 was anonymously donated in the form of a computer.

The grand total for the system was $350.

If purchased brand new, the cost would have been over seven times as much, at $2,500. Funds for the system came from the Amphitheater Improvement Fund, which is supported by Smith Center patrons.

The chimes program also has the ability to play other recorded chimes as well as serve as an emergency public address system, should the electricity ever fail on campus.

This semester and notably, this summer, the tower will serve as “a gift to the Smith Center for the 10th anniversary,” Booras said. The chimes will sound before the curtain call and at the close of intermission.

Should the public enjoy the chimes, Booras said, “...hopefully it will stick around.”

Reality is often scarier than any horror movie. Especially when movies are based on real events.

Imagine waking up to the following statements on the radio: “Hutu Power! Brothers, let us unite, it is time to start chopping down trees. Unite Hutu brothers, it is time to kill the cockroaches!”

If you were in Rwanda in 1993 and you heard that bone-chilling message on the radio, if you were Hutu, it was a signal for you to arm yourself for the upcoming slaughter. If you were Tutsi, it meant that you had better run for your life.

The movie Hotel Rwanda is the story about hotel manager, Paul Rusesabagina, who saved the lives of over a thousand of his fellow countrymen while their nation was locked in a fierce civil war.

Rusesabagina, a Hutu, who never bought into a rebel-backed program that fostered a bitterly intense intertribal hatred, was one of the few Hutus that his Tutsi neighbors could trust. You see, the Hutu militants had started a calculated program of genocide against the Tutsi. The Hutu called the Tutsi “cockroaches” and also referred to them as “trees” because the Tutsis characteristically, were taller than the Hutu. The militants also branded any Hutu that didn’t subscribe to the slogan “Hutu Power” a traitor and set about to kill them as well.

As a hotel manager, Rusesabagina performed his duties with class, charm and with the smooth accommodating manners befitting an ambassador. When the trouble broke out, Rusesabagina outwitted the military and rebel forces using a combination of bribery and deceit while hanging on to the desperate hope that the world would intervene.

But the world never did. Why? Well, in 1993 while the Clinton administration was doing battle at home against the forces of the far right and abroad we were in serious trouble in another conflict on the African continent in Somalia. We were also deeply involved in a civil war in Bosnia.

At that time there were cries at home from people on both sides of the political fence bemoaning the fact that the U.S. military was policing the world.

Meanwhile, back in Rwanda, tribal tensions reached a boiling point when Tutsi rebels assassinated the Hutu president. The Hutu rebel forces engaged in a reign of terror equaling the Nazis. They raped and killed millions of their fellow countrymen.

By the time President Clinton had made a tour of Africa toward the end of his second term, upon seeing the savagery of genocide, he said, “Something like this can never happen again.”

I agree Mr. Clinton, the world must never again turn its back on people in danger just because there is a lack of national interest.

6 MONITOR

NEWS

February 10, 2005

ASOC plans events James C. Cox Jr. and his Kappa Alpha Psi award, which he received for inspirational achievement from his fraternity.

Photo by Lawrence Guerrero

Ohlone employee receives educational services award

By CLIFTON M. DER BING Staff writer On Jan. 22, Ohlone Financial Aid Outreach Coordinator James C. Cox Jr. (Jimmy) received the Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity’s “Knowledge is Powerful” Award for his dedicated educational services.

The honor is a regional award that is part of a national fraternity, where it is awarded to inspirational leaders annually.

Cox said, “My fraternity’s motto is ‘Achievement in every field of human endeavor,’ and I honor education as a part of my motto’s achievement.”

Cox has been motivating and

inspiring young minds for over a decade. It has been said that he has the unique ability to connect and draw a crowd with his charismatic message of hope, along with his exciting and inviting personality.

Following in his footsteps of his father, Cox is a member of the Berkeley Alumni Chapter where he has held the positions of Keeper of Records, Board Member, and where he currently serves as Chapter Advisor for the Nu Sigma Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi. Cox is a licensed and ordained minister. Besides working at Ohlone, Cox serves as the First Assistant to the Pastor of the Olivet Institutional Baptist Church of Oakland, where his preaching has taken

him throughout California, Nevada, and the Western United States.

Earning his bachelor’s degree for CSU Hayward, Cox focused on Liberal Studies with an option in psychology.

With an extensive background in education, student services administration, and mentoring groups, Cox infuses spirit into those who follow.

Sandy Bennett, of the Extended Opportunity Programs and Services Coordinator at Ohlone, said, “Jimmy is one of today’s finest leaders because he understands that people are intrinsically different and he recognizes the needs of others and appreciates their unique skills and talents.”

World Forum scheduled Feb. 24

By AMAN MEHRZAI News editor Only 10 days after the elections in Iraq, 175 people have died in the continuing violence. Among those killed were 153 Iraqis, with at least 106 of them being Iraqi soldiers, police officers and recruits.

An additional 15 U.S. soldiers have died in combat.

Although some see an increasing level of hostility in Iraq and

Afghanistan as a necessary growing pain for the road to democracy, others blame this cycle of violence on poor strategy.

On Feb. 24, these topics along with others regarding the Middle East will be discussed at Ohlone’s first World Forum by two experts.

Keynote speaker, Jamil Hanifi, Emeritus professor of Anthropology at the University of MichiganDearborn, and Stephen Zunes, professor of Political Science and

Chairman of the Peace and Justice Studies at the University of San Francisco, will critically analyze the situation.

Ohlone President Doug Treadway initiated the forums to get students involved in world affairs. An additional forum will be held in April on the topic of “China, the U.S. and the Global Economy.”

All students and faculty are invited to attend the forum at the Epler Gym, beginning at noon.

OHLONE COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATION (EFFECTIVE JUNE 1, 2004) POLICY: OHLONE COLLEGE IS A DESIGNATED SMOKE FREE COLLEGE. REGULATION: SMOKING IS PROHIBITED IN ALL COLLEGE VEHICHLES, BUILDINGS, INDOOR AND OUTDOOR FACILITIES, HANDICAPPED PARKING AND ALL OPEN AREAS EXCEPT FOR GENERAL USE PARKING LOTS. THIS REGULATION APPLIES TO ALL PROPERTIES AND FACILITIES OWNED OR LEASED BY THE OHLONE COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT. SMOKING CESSATION For those interested in smoking cessation, please visit the Student Health Center. We are available to help you formulate

Continued from Page 1 ees are welcome.

A dominos tournament is scheduled for March 3 from 4 to 7 p.m., aiming to include more evening students. Gift certificates will be awarded to the top three winners.

Unity Week, an annual campus-wide event, is scheduled for April 4 - 8, which will include cultural performances, guest speakers, panel discussions and many other activities.

ASOC took an advisory vote in favor of supporting a $0.25 increase in the student health fee. The council agrees that it is a continuation of last year’s policy.

The ASOC also made an advisory vote to financially support three students to attend a Journalism Conference in Washington D.C. The members also approved $600 to produce discount cards for Ohlone students.

To express appreciation of Ohlone’s faculty, staff and administration, the ASOC will be hosting an afternoon filled with food and games. Some possible ideas are kick ball or flag football, or having employees against students.

The official ASOC meeting times have been changed to start at 4 p.m. for the remainder of the semester. All are welcome and encouraged to attend these meetings to give and/or receive student input.

Higher profile for Ohlone Continued from Page 1 of their education.

3. Ethnic groups who are unaware of the extent to which Ohlone seeks to help meet their multi-cultural, educational needs.

In effort to target these people, the end-of-year budget included running larger ads for 9, 12 and 15-week classes in the Chinese yellow pages, Spanish newspapers, the San Francisco Chronicle at Naz Cinema, on bus billboards and on posters at BART stations. Ohlone students also participate in service projects and the Adopt-a-Highway program.

Press releases are sent to radio stations, “The Argus” and the “San Francisco Chronicle,” depending on how broad a release is desired.

The results of increased awareness throughout the school will result in company awareness and consequently, their donations of computers for labs, scholarships and hopefully opportunities for internships.

Finally, the higher the profile, the more students enroll. Based on a state-determined quota, Ohlone must meet a certain enrollment number.

This quota is inflexible.

If Ohlone does not fulfill enrollment requirements, the college is penalized for every student they are short. At the same time, schools are required to not overstep this quota.

Birkedahl sees the increased profile as a, “Good investment for bringing money back into an operating budget.”

CAMPUS EVENTS FEBRUARY

11

WEX Orientation -In Room 4202 from 11 a.m. to noon. For more information about Work Experience, please contact Transfer & Career Services.

12

Men’s Baseball -- vs.

College of San Mateo, 11 a.m. at Ohlone.

13

Softball -- vs. College of the Redwoods / Fresno City, 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. at Ohlone.

13

California State University East Bay Recruiting -- 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. By appointment only. Sign up in The Career Center, Room 1405A.

15

Academy of Art University, San Franisco Recruiting -- Cafeteria Lobby.

24 World Forum -- Noon

in the Epler Gymnasium. Two well-informed speakers will share perspectives on Afghanistan, Iraq and the United States in the context of trends and issues of global governance.

24 San Francisco State

University Recruiting -- 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sign up in The Career Center, Room 1405A.

To Mar. 17

Sischo-Nownejad: Mandala Paintings -- In the Louis-Meager Art Gallery, Smith Center.

Reception on Wednesday, March 2 at 6:30 to 7:30 p.m.

Artist's Representative Lecture from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m.

ONGOING The Monitor invites your comments. Letters to the editor should be 250 words or less and should include your name and relationship to Ohlone College. Letters become the property of the Monitor, and may be edited for spelling and length.

Ohlone College Super Flea Market – Held the second Saturday of every month in Parking Lots E and H, from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Next flea market will be Feb. 12. For more information contact Elaine Nagel at (510) 659-6285.

Free and Anonymous HIV Testing – Tuesdays from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Student Health Center, Building 16. No appointment necessary. Results ready in two weeks.

No needles; Orasure Method used.

Call (510) 659-6258 for more information.

Smith Center Box Office – Open Tuesday through Thursday from 1 to 7 p.m. and Friday and Saturday from 1 to 5 p.m. Tickets available for Smith Center Presents!, Ohlone Theatre and Dance Department and Ohlone Music Department performances. Call (510) 659-6031 or visit

February 10, 2005 MONITOR

www.smithcenterpresents.com Library Display Cases - Display case two features Ohlone campus Book Club's first Spring '05 selection is Fathers and Sons, by Ivan Turgenev.

Everyone's invited to participate in an informal discussion (March date to be announced soon), led by Dr. Paul Belasky, Ohlone Geology Dept.

Book may be purchased in the library for the bargain price of $6.50. For more information about the Book Club, go to http://www.ohlone.edu/ org/misc/bookclub/ or call Librarian KG Greenstein at 659-6000 x5272.

Display case three features updates re. Measure A bond-related construction plans for Ohlone College Newark Center for Technology and Health Sciences as well as plans for the renovation of the Fremont campus.

Friday, May 6 has been set as the deadline for submissions to the fourth annual Ohlone College Film, Video, and Multimedia Festival. Entries are sought in categories including Short Film, Animation, Advertisement and Music Videos. Entries must be original work no longer than 15 minutes.

The festival is open to all independent filmmakers. Only DVD, DV and VHS formats will be accepted.

First submission is free. Each additional entry is $25 (make checks payable to Ohlone College Smith Center). Send submissions to: OFVMF/Ohlone College TV Center, 43600 Mission Blvd., Fremont, CA 94539.

Campus Events listings are free for college-related events. To have your event added, call 510-6596075, fax 510-659-6076 or e-mail CHowell@ohlone.edu.

JOBS AND INTERNSHIPS For more information on Jobs & Internships visit Transfer & Career Services in Building 1, 4th Floor, Room 1405A. Hours: Monday - Thursday, 9 a.m. to noon and 1 to 3 p.m. Closed Friday.

TEEN SPECIALIST-MEDIA ADVISOR - Part time. $10.55$14.85/hour, 20 hours/ week, Fremont, CA. Must be at least 18 years old and have a class C Drivers License. Any combination of education and experience with an emphasis on Recreational & Leisure studies, Advertising & Marketing, English, Journalism, Technical or Creative Writing or related fields in an accredited college. One year experience in recreational programming, including work with teens. Computer skills including some knowledge of Word, Printshop Premier, PageMaker, Adobe Photoshop, and Microsoft FrontPage. Knowledge of methods, practices, and techniques in planning, developing, and leading community leadership programs and/or publication. Able to work flexible hours including evenings, weekends, and holidays. You will produce a teen newspaper and/or literary magazine, which includes selling, advertising, editing, layout and distribution.

Recruit teens to develop a teen website. Meet with community groups; prepare letters, flyers

and other written materials; prepare budget allocations and monitor revenue and expenses. #102542279 ASSISTANT BOOKKEEPER Full time. $15-$20/hour, Schedule to be arranged, Fremont, CA. Education and/or experience helpful. Duties include accounts payable, certified payroll, phone support, job filing, and monitoring credit cards. #1372857 NANNY - Part time. $12-$12/ hour, 15-20 hours/week, Afternoons, Fremont, CA. Experience with children required. Must be reliable and punctual. Must have own car and good driving record.

You will pick up 2 children at school and bring home, help with homework, do crafts, make lunches and snacks, clean up, pick up and drop off at nearby friends’ houses and kid classes, and take to local playgrounds and sports fields. #872850 ADMINISTRATIVE/MARKETING - Part time. Salary to be determined, Schedule to be determined, Hayward, CA. No experience necessary. You will market and canvas the Bay Area for roofing company. #1378110 ONE-DAY MOVER - Temp. $20/ hour. One day only - March 5th.

All Day. Fremont, CA. Must be strong and able to work 8 hours non-stop. Have ability to stand all day and lift at least 75 pounds.

Will be moving the contents of a 2 bedroom apartment with the son of the owner. Must be strong and able to work all day until the job is done. #102545339

7

MONITO ONITOR S P O R T S OHLONE COLLEGE

Thursday, February 10, 2005

Page 8

Softball forces American River to cry for mercy

By STEVEN CHAVEZ Sports editor The Ohlone softball team cruised to victory last Thursday over the American River College Beavers, scoring in every inning, eventually forcing the game to be called on account of the “mercy rule” winning the game after the top of the fifth inning was recorded 11-0.

The Lady Renegades jumped ahead to stay in the first inning when leadoff hitter Lauren Pensa walked, stole second, advanced to third on a groundout and scored on a passed ball by American River.

The day didn’t get any better for the Beavers, as the Lady Renegades proceeded to assault the scoreboard, sending eight batters to the plate in the second, third and fourth innings, scoring three, three and four runs respectively.

Team captains Kristine Beristianos and Keri Macinsky both had big days DATE DAY

for Ohlone on their way to the win.

Beristianos pitched the first four innings, allowing just two hits to go with her two strikeouts, one walk and one hit-batsman. She also added a 3 for 3 day at the plate, completing three out of the four legs of the cycle- missing only a homer- while scoring three runs and collecting three RBIs. Macinsky was 2 for 2 with two singles, two stolen bases and three runs scored.

The Lady Renegades were playing an American River team that was playing their first game of the season andtheytookadvantageofoverthrows and missed communications with aggressive baserunning.

“That’s our philosophy,” said Head Coach Donna Runyon. “We always practice taking the extra base.”

That they did, as Ohlone tallied seven stolen bases and advanced base six times on passed balls.

Monica Carrazco scored three runs while going 1 for 2 with an OPPONENT

RBI at the plate. Debi Prince was 1 for 3 with two RBIs. Ohlone is looking to defend the league title that they won last year, going 14-2 in league play. “(This is) one of the largest squads I’ve had, 16,” said Runyon.

“We have depth in every position.”

The Lady Renegades have five sophomore starters: Macinsky, Pensa, Carrazco, Beristianos and transfer student Mallory Lantz from West Valley.

Ohlone has a busy week ahead of them with a game Thursday, Feb. 10 at 3 p.m., as well as a doubleheader on Sunday, Feb. 13 with the first game starting at 10 a.m.

Ohlone is then set to take on rival Chabot College next Tuesday, Feb. 15 at 3 p.m.

“It’s like when the Raiders play the 49ers,” said Runyon. “(Players) can’t help it, they just get a little more excited.”

All games are being played here at Ohlone College on the softball field.

TIME

Women’s basketball

Photo by Taylor Dunn

Kristine Beristianos delivers during Ohlone’s blowout Thursday. She pitched 4 shutout innings.

Thursday

02/10/05

vs. Modesto Junior College

3:00 p.m.

Sunday

02/13/05

vs. College of Redwoods/ Fresno City 10:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m.

Tuesday

02/15/05

vs. Chabot College

3:00 p.m.

Two losses in one game for Men’s Basketball

By NICK ZAMBRANO Staff writer How does one celebrate coming off a big victory on a rival’s home court?

The traditional way would be to keep the team momentum going with another victory over the next opponent.

However, that is not always the case.

For the boys in the green and gold, it was a night that was completely opposite.

It was a night of losses for the Renegades, the obvious loss came in the form of the 64-49 pounding handed to them by the Owls of Foothill College, last Wednesday night.

But before the game really got into motion, a hush came over the crowd.

On the floor of Epler Gym was Ohlone star, Jason Bull.

Bull who had just came off an extraordinary game against Chabot, went down within the first two minutes of the game. The injury occurred while Bull was running down the court and stepped on a Foothill player’s foot causing the ankle to buckle. After spending some time

lying on the court, Bull was carried off by the trainers to the sidelines. He then spent the rest of the game on the trainer’s bench with his ankle elevated.

He will be out for at least one week, if the ankle permits him to come back at all.

Needless to say this affected the outcome of the game.

After Bull was carried off the court, the Renegades were visibly not the same team. The team that had defeated Chabot on their home court the previous week, was nowhere to be found. Foothill dominated the inside game on both sides of the ball, offensively and defensively. Offensively, Foothill dictated the tempo of the game with constant pushes to the basket, leaving the Renegades searching for a defensive prayer.

On offense, Ohlone had no clear cut “go to” man. The Renegade attack, or lack there of, also consisted of constant inside pressure.

Easy lay-up attempts seemed like

unbearable chores for Ohlone, but for Foothill they were genuine opportunities for rebounds.

“We’re in trouble, we have to do better on rebounding,” expressed Ohlone Head Coach John Peterson on his team’s inability to grab more boards.

Although the game was a downer, Ohlone had a few bright spots. Trying to pick up the slack in Bull’s absence was Ryan Cooper. Cooper had 12 points and was 5 of 6 from the free throw line.

Also adding to the team effort was sophomore guard Steve Cotton, who had 11 points.

As if things were not going down hill already, Ohlone lost freshmen guard Sam Kim for the rest of the season to a broken wrist.

Peterson admitted that two of the practices prior to the Foothill game weren’t of the quality he expects from his players. In regards to practices Peterson said, “we will work on everything.” He continued, saying “from one-on-one defending, to rebounding.”

Photo by Steven Chavez

Steve Cotton tries to wrestle the ball from a Foothill player while Coach Peterson looks on.

Showing the composure that needs to come with his occupation, Peterson kept his cool and looked on to the future. As far as this game went, Peterson said it best, stating, “there’s

no use crying over spilled milk.”

The Renegades will be on the road this week, but will have their home finale against rival Chabot on February 19.

Emmitt Smith was the model of class and heart Thank you for 15 seasons worth of excitement. Thank you for being the most prolific running back to ever play in the NFL in both rushing yards and touchdowns. Thank you for 11 seasons of 1,000 rushing yards and 8 seasons with at least 10 touchdowns, twice going over 20. Thank you for going over 200 carries in all but one of those years.

When I was a young lad, growing up the product of a peninsula-raised father, I was a hardcore 49ers fan.

Seeing as I spent many-a-formative year watching Smith blaze through 49er defenses en route to another Cowboy championship, I greatly resented the guy.

I was too young to enjoy the 49er championships before the 90s, so I enjoyed exactly zero at that point. I heard all the

stories, but never really witnessed it in a fashion that could truly be embraced.

In the early 90s, however, I hit maybe the peak of my fanaticism. In both 1992 and 1993 I was forced to watch as my team lost consecutive NFC Championship games to the Smith-led Cowboys, only to watch them win what was supposed to be my championship. Our championship (hey, all us niner fans thought they were just supposed to be ours at that point. Boy were we wrong).

It wasn’t until the next year that I got to see them win one, I fear the only one I’ll ever remember.

Suffice to say, I hated the guy. I cheered when he went down with an injury and sneered when he came

The final score

By STEVEN CHAVEZ back the next series. I called him a wussy for “faking” an injury to call attention to himself when he returned.

I now realize my mistake. He wasn’t a wussy.

He was a warrior.

A man that would stand up in the face of adversity, pain and all challengers; a man that would do anything to put his team in a position to win. This is the

guy that arose from a separated shoulder to carry his team to a win on their way to the second title of the AikmanSmith-Irvin era.

He was a quiet guy who never really stood out, even on the field. Despite all the great things that he accomplished in his career, Smith only garnered two major individual awards in his 15-year career; he won the NFL MVP and the Super Bowl MVP during that 1993 campaign.

Gracious and willing to pass off the accolades to others till the very end, Smith doled out a laundry-list of people to thank during his retirement speech.

The NFL is going to miss Smith, not for his two seasons in Arizona, or even for his 13 in Dallas. No, the

NFL is going to miss the attitude, passion and fire of a man that never gave up, and never did wrong, away from the field or on it.

Pepper Johnson was a 6’3” 250 lb. linebacker on the New York Giants, a bitter rival of the Cowboys, and he had this to say about the 5’10” 250 lb. Smith: “I saw a guy with the eye of a demon, a guy that ran the ball with a passion, a guy that had great vision and a small guy that didn’t play small. I remember him picking me up on a blitz and when he hit me, he was like, ‘Oh Pepper, I shocked you on that, didn’t I?’” Thank you Mr. Smith, you have truly made an impression on at least two of us.