Monitor 2005-9-15

Kay Harrison honored by speech group

English class has ideas on book prices

Women’s Soccer loses to Cañada

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MONITOR OHLONE COLLEGE

Vol. VXXX No. 5

Fremont, California

Sustainability is theme of World Forum

By JOYCE LEUNG Staff writer A presentation on “Environmental Sustainability: The Natural Step Approach” with speaker George Basile will launch this year’s lineup of World Forum lectures on Tuesday, September 20 from noon to 2 p.m. in Epler Gymnasium.

Environmental sustainability refers to the practice of considering both ecological and human conditions when making individual and group decisions.

“At every level you’re part of that big machine that makes a difference,” said Basile. At the core of this practice is an understanding that human life relies on the earth’s resources and services.

Through conservation and an ecologically conscious approach to business, environmental sustainability hopes to preserve our current ecosystem.

Though Basile said he felt most

people view sustainability as irrelevant to their lives, he stressed “It’s the most important topic of our time.” His intention next Tuesday is to “make this stuff real to people.”

Basile serves as a consultant and researcher for The Natural Step, an international organization that advises such Fortune 500 companies as FedEx, Kinko’s, the Home Depot, McDonald’s, and the Bank of America, as well as other wellknown corporations like Starbucks, Nike, and IKEA. According to Basile, their purpose is to “help these corporations create a vision of success that embeds sustainability, whether they want to take big steps or small steps.”

The Natural Step is grounded on four principles of sustainability. As stated on their website, a sustainable society is one that decreases the amount of resources taken from nature, lessens the number of unnatural substances released into the Continued on Page 6

New campus hits snag

By OMER AHMED Staff writer and AMAN MEHRZAI Editor-in-chief

Dancers for the Gala

Photo by Krista Martinez

Members of the Persian Dance Club, Anahita Dadnam, left, and Mitra Khatibi, practice for their performance Saturday night at the Gala to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Gary Goren Smith Center for the Fine and Performing Arts. For more photos, see Page 5.

Constitution Day set for Sept. 21

By AMAN MEHRZAI Editor in chief

Ohlone could be prevented from building the new Newark Campus due to subdivision deed restrictions that were made public by Ohlone trustees last night.

The 80 acres of land purchased from Sun Microsystems two years ago is part of the New Technology Park subdivision, which is governed by CC&R’s (covenants, conditions and restrictions) set to regulate property development. Education was not specifically permited by these terms, allowing the majority property owners within the subdivision to keep Ohlone from constructing the new campus.

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Thursday, September 15, 2005

Here at Ohlone and at federally funded educational institutes across the nation, Sept. 17 will be officially recognized as Constitution Day. But because the official day lands on a Saturday, ASOC decided to celebrate constitution day on Wednesday, Sept. 21, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

This day is intended to remind Americans of the laws and duties

that our civil servants (the legislative, judicial, and executive branches of government) must abide by to insure the needs and welfare of the masses are being meet.

As our country becomes polarized by different political ideologies, there is a need for people of this nation to understand that political parties do not govern this nation but the constitution does.

Constitution day also reminds us of the boundaries that our gov-

ernment must never violate or supercede and to reduce oligarchical tendencies with checks and balances between the three branches of government.

As Ekta Patel ASOC legislative representative said, “I think this new mandate that is starting this year is very important and will be helpful as the constitution spells out what government can do and what government can’t do.”

This celebration will include free food and prizes in a constitution quiz in front of Building 1.

President Treadway to lead delegation to China

By OMER AHMED Staff writer Ohlone’s President, Dr. Doug Treadway, will soon be heading for China. Accompanying Treadway will be the Dean of Exercise and Science/Wellness, Leta Stagnaro, and Executive Director of the Ohlone College foundation Josephine Hawkins.

Among the cities to be visited are Hong Kong, Shanghai, Hangzhou, and Taizhou. The Hong

Kong University of Science and Technology will also be visited.

The focus on the trip will be establishing more connection with China. This will be accomplished by creating relationships with private Chinese businesses and entrepreneurs. The possibility of working together for business management and training education will also be explored. Plans are not finalized but the trip will last 13 days, from Oct. 6 to 19.

Treadway’s trip won’t be

Ohlone’s first tangible contact with China.

In August of 2004, a delegation of educators and government officials came from the large Asian nation to Fremont. They were here to meet with college officials and take a tour of a number of Ohlone’s academic programs including biotechnology, broadcasting, and nursing.

At the end of the visit, the Chinese representatives and Ohlone College officials signed a coopera-

tion agreement to strengthen ties between the groups.

Three months latter in November 2004, Ohlone sent Vice President of Instruction Jim Wright, Board of Trustees Member Garrett Yee, as well as Xisheng Fang and Alison Hill on a nine-day delegation trip to Taizhou, China. Then in spring 2005, Ohlone sent a follow up faculty delegation including Vicki Curtis, Cynthia Katona, Connie Olsen, Chris Bolt and Vern Puimarta. The result of these meet-

ings is a Sister College Program between the Ohlone Community College District and Taizhou Community College/Taizhou Radio and Television University.

Referring to the positive relationships being forged, Yee said, “This was a ‘win-win’ for both Taizhou College and Ohlone.”

The Sister College Program has not begun in full force yet but possible future plans and major objectives include a student exchange Continued on Page 6

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OPINION

STD doesn’t stand for Stuff That Doesn’t-affect-me

By JEROME ENGELBERTS Opinions editor The main goal of this week’s extracurricular information is to make Sexually Transmitted Diseases Awareness something that is present before, rather than AFTER catching it. Although today’s sexually active people are better informed than, say, their parents, they all too often still believe that STD’s A) can be caught off dirty toilet seats, and B) always happen to

someone else.

Meanwhile, STD’s still hover between the “embarrassing” and the “non-discussable” afflictions and especially because of those two factors, many people who wind up infected are concerned about discussing their medical problem.

For those of you who are not comfortable talking to peers, parents, or your family physician: talk to Planned Parenthood (www.plannedparenthood.org or www.teenwire.com ). Get a (free)

HIV test. Use condoms and common sense (as in: if you have many sexual partners, your likelihood of contracting some STD increases vastly (after all, all those partners like to have multiple partners, too).

Don’t engage in practices that involve possible injuries (blood can transmit HIV) – you know who you are. Be smart.

Remember: HIV can lead to AIDS. Syphilis can kill you if untreated (in a slow, painful way, while going insane in the process).

You keep Genital Herpes with you forever,like luggage (to quote Eddie Murphy). Gonorrhea HURTS. So as you cruise across campus – make a stop in the quad, and take the opportunity to get some information. The people manning the table and answering your questions are from the Tri-Valley Health Center (39500 Liberty Street, Fremont CA 94538, phone 510 770-8131).

They are set up to provide you with information on where to go for anonymous testing, free condoms,

and support if you actually do contract an STD. The information provided is important to anyone – even if you don’t sleep around. And guys: in spite of all the clichés - using condoms is not like taking a bath with your socks on, unmanly, uncool, or necessarily interruptive (and YOU might as well get ‘em instead of hoping your partner will).

STDs – unlike the flu – are within everybody’s control. So; get checked. Be smart. Be safe.

LETTERS

President’s stand against war took lots of courage EDITOR: I would like to tell my reactions to this school year’s lead Monitor story, (Ohlone President Douglas) “Treadway takes stand against war.” First reaction… Wow! (Surprise… Taking public, principled stands like that isn’t all that common). Second reaction… Wow! That took courage. A lot of Americans mistakenly equate opposing the war to siding with the enemy, so one runs a risk, especially these days. Never mind that the war itself is our greatest gift to Al Qaeda:

1. Unlike before, Iraq now provides a fertile breeding ground for terrorists. Where else could they get such great first-hand experience?

2. Osama bin Laden favors theocracies like Iran to secular states like Iraq was. We just got rid, at no cost to Osama, of his rival, and it looks like Iraq is going to join Iran as a theocracy.

3. We went into Iraq with clear majorities of people in almost every country in the world against us.

This, of course, weakens our moral credibility around the world. It has not improved with all the civilians

killed by our military invasion, at least 24,712 people at last count.

4. Focusing so much on Iraq, which did not attack us, meant we did not focus as fully as we should have on Al Qaeda, which did.

5. For the more than $130 billion spent on the Iraq war to date, the U.S. could have undertaken 18 major new projects to strengthen our security at home and abroad!

6. 1897 dead Americans (and more than 14,000 wounded) My third reaction to the stand against the war, that it’s not too late.

Just as public pressure finally forced the United States to abandon its mis-

guided adventurism in Vietnam, so too might it this time in Iraq.

Also, I wouldn’t be surprised if George Bush doesn’t have more wars up his sleeve. We need to be eternally vigilant against his militaristic mindset.

Let us make sure that any future wars follow established just war precepts, as set out in a feature which appeared before our Iraq invasion and which you can google (“Declaring a Just War”, McLennan, Chronicle): 1. Just cause, a defensive response to grave and certain harm to the nation.

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Last resort.

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Legitimate authority.

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Probability of success, not just short-term military, but longterm political, success.

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Test of proportionality.

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No civilian targets.

As you can see, a convincing case was made for none of these the last go-round, when, in fact, all need to be satisfied. I would be happy to be adviser for any group of students who feel that we must stop going the way of war.

-- Geoffrey A. Hirsch -- Associate Professor of Mathematics

CAMPUS COMMENT > > >

How expensive would gas have to get to make you change your driving behavior, and how would you change it?

SHANTI CHARAN Communications “I’m trying to change it right now. It’s so expensive. I’ve already started to carpool.”

BRANDEN MORHOUS Mechanical Engineering “$2.50 - 'cause I already changed it. I got a new car”

ALAN COSIO Political Science “Anything higher then it is right now. I think gas prices are outrageous”

ADRIENNE OLIVER Criminal Justice “$3.50 and that’s what it’s near.

I’d catch the bus”

TOMAS ORTEGA Psychology “Oh God - 5 bucks. I’d spend 4 but 5 is too much”

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Ohlone helping storm victims

By ANNA NEMCHUK News editor Katrina raged its warpath in New Orleans, but people all over have felt the effects, including the Ohlone campus.

The Pham family mentioned in the Monitor last week has settled into a hotel suite provided by the Red Cross for two weeks. The four kids are in school and say they like it. They have not heard anything more about a missing aunt and brother, or any insurance information.

“Thank God we left early, so we’re okay. A lot of people were dying,” remarked Jennifer Pham.

The family walked into Ohlone’s One-Stop Center in Newark early last week, and received help from Tina Dodson and her staff. It was news to them that the Newark Center was a federal aid site, apparently because it receives funding from the Department of Labor.

Altanette Ford, an Ohlone student and part of the Monitor’s staff, also remained unable to contact some family members. Her cousin Beatrice Robinson, was caught in New Orleans and eventually evacu-

ated to Las Vegas. Transported to a convention center, they were allowed to take just a little food; the meat and crackers soon ran out, and the 3-4 days spent at the center until the National Guard arrived were bereft of food, water, electricity and functioning plumbing.

“I saw so many people die right beside me, babies, babies,” Robinson lamented.

Robinson said the electricity in her region went out before the hurricane hit, forcing her to suspect it was turned off purposefully.

“They didn’t want the people to know what was going on. The rich people got out; we didn’t have cars but we could have found some kind of way. Then people couldn’t get out - the water came up, and we weren’t warned about it,” said Robinson.

At the convention center, the refugees were told buses would come for them.

“Bus after bus passed by us, and they never come, finally national guards came and then busses came.

They didn’t care; they didn’t care at all. I think the president should have ordered the National Guard; I think nobody ordered them to come.

New Orleans storm victims helped by Ohlone agency: top row, from left, Michael Pham, Jennifer Pham, Tina Dodson, Tuyet Pham, Cong Pham Bottom row, from left: Tien Pham and Khuong Tran I don’t think the government handled it well, what would happen to us again (if we went back)? I saw today where the congressman said that he went back to check on his house, and we’re sittin’ out there,

and you, why is your house more important than all these people’s lives?” said Robinson.

The family couldn’t locate Robinson’s ex-husband or grandchildren.

Her son, who helped pay for the ticket that took her to Las Vegas, saw her ex-husband’s backyard on the news, flooded to the top.

“I’m gonna try, but it hasn’t been easy so far,” stated Robinson.

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MONITOR September 15, 2005

Jessica Losee

Looking for a place to go So you’re free one night, no homework, no work, no family engagements or school activities, what is there to do?

Well the Fremont/Newark/ Union City area has a plethora of suburban entertainments.

Yet, once presented with the quandary of finding something to do out of the blue, most settle for a movie, which for a college student is like going to a fancy restaurant: it’s nice, but unnecessary.

A cheap alternative to the typical “going to see a movie” would be the Super Saver Cinema, where one can watch movies that have been playing in theatres for a while. One can pay a third of the price of a normal ticket and still see movies that you didn’t have the money to see when they first came out.

The only problem with this is that the closest “cheap-o” theatre has been temporarily closed to move to a bigger, better location in Milpitas.

Aside from going to see a movie, there is Golfland, another place that costs money, but two people can usually play a round of miniature golf for about $15.

Just stay away from the video arcade. Not only do the games tend to eat quarters, but the prizes for tickets you can earn playing games are cheap and uninteresting.

If you are really bored, grab a few friends, a football, soccer ball, or just a pair of tennis shoes, meet up at the closest park and start a game of touch football, or if you’re desperate and it’s dark outside, flashlight tag.

There are also concerts happening all over the Bay Area, at relatively cheap prices.

Although, one must understand that if you enjoy listening to performers that are known well, the tickets may get pretty expensive. Try something different and find a local battle of the bands, a jazz club or rave and see what comes from it. Often times the experience ends up being better than anyone could predict and a lot cheaper than going and seeing the Backstreet Boys Come-back concert.

Don’t forget that there is always that necessary snack after you’ve been playing or partying hard, but instead of the typical drive-through, try one of the many wonderful taquerias, Chinese and Italian restaurants, the really good burger place that nobody knows about (its called Big Bobs Burgers).

You will have fun if you make it. Many young people have survived growing up in the East Bay Area, so can we. It is just a matter of what your interests are, who your friends are, and getting out and making it possible and necessary for you do to something instead of staying home and wasting away in front of the computer and the TV.

FEATURES

Harrison honored for helping speech department grow

By DANELLE MEYER Staff writer Kay Harrison remembers when the school only offered two speech classes 30 years ago.

“We now offer 14 classes, 7 certificates, and an A.A. degree,” Professor Harrison said. It was her efforts, and that of other faculty and staff, that caused the speech department to boom.

This was one of the reasons Harrison was awarded, the National Communication Association’s Community College Outstanding Educator Award for 2004.

Winners are nominated by colleagues. The nomination must include a V.P. of Instruction’s written support, and it is then sent to the National Communication Association to be reviewed.

“I was surprised to receive a phone call from a ... professor from Florida State University...telling me I had been selected to receive the award,” Harrison said.

Certain items are taken into consideration, including teaching skills. The person “is recognized for classroom teaching, curriculum development and leadership in the field of communication,” Harrison explained.

Brenda Ahntholz nominated Harrison, and Harrison was notified in June to attend a November meeting in Chicago. This is where she received the award. “I love the

field of communication and enjoy sharing that with my students,” Harrison said.

Dr. Treadway also announced Harrison’s award when he recently spoke to faculty during a Fixed Flex Day meeting.

“I nominated Kay ... because she has been the most important and influential mentor I have had in my professional career,” began Ahntholz. “She has helped me to be a better teacher, communicator, and faculty member here at Ohlone.”

Harrison said Ohlone’s Speech and Communication Department is now “recognized for both its academics and its competitive speech and debate team.”

Faculty and students both are continuing to work hard in keeping the Speech Department strong.

Harrison is also grateful for the fact that the department has had “full support of the college” through its expansion.

The Speech department’s faculty consists of many individuals that make it what it is.

“I have had the pleasure of working with wonderful colleagues ... and the department could not function without our dedicated and skilled part-time Speech faculty— many of whom have been here for 15 years,” Harrison said.

“I believe that creating anything special is a team effort and I am proud to be part of that team,” Harrison stated.

Photo by Joyce Leung

Kay Harrison has won the National Communication Association’s Community College Outstanding Educator Award.

Skyrocketing book prices? Students have answers

By JESSICA LOSSE Staff writer It does not matter how much you get from scholarships or financial aid, book prices will always haunt you. If you’re a student, you already know about it.

Not only do textbooks give students bad dreams with the hundreds of pages of daunting, incomprehensible information, but also with their exorbitant price tags.

Yet there are solutions to this corporate monopoly of texts, as some students found out this summer in Sean McLain Brown’s English 101C class in Critical Thinking.

He asked students in the small class to address the issue of textbook prices in an investigative essay, which focuses on all aspects and perspectives of the issue.

“It’s something all students complain about,” said Brown.

The students interviewed not only fellow students about the high prices but also the Ohlone Bookstore Manager as well as publishers and book representatives and collectively presented their findings in these essays.

Students focused their writing on the causes for the rises in book prices and what solutions are available to schools and students.

Brown has already started utilizing one solution for his fall semester classes. He contacted 15 authors

about using their essays and writing in a compilation “reader” for students to use for his English class.

“About 80 percent of the authors I contacted allowed me to use their stories at no cost,” said Brown.

Along with his online syllabus, Brown includes online links to relevant readings that aid students in the craft of writing, obviously a cheaper alternative to the expensive instructional textbook.

This method allows students to print, cut and paste, and even create notes from the information online instead of using the textbook.

Students offer various reasons as to why text- Sean books cost so much, including CDs that come “bundled” in a package with a textbook, newer editions which cost more because of the effort publishers put into revising the text, and the general effort of many editors, writers and researchers as well as the other necessary components to put a book together.

The bundled packages are published without the option of leaving the CD out of the textbook, and

Photo by Joyce Leung

McLain Brown present a real problem for students who are not going to be using the extra multi-media information in their class.

“Sixty-five percent of faculty said they rarely, or never use the bundled materials that come with half of all textbooks,” stated the source in Farhan Saiyed’s essay.

“You really feel the burning of the hole in your pocket when the $50 chemistry CD becomes noth-

ing more than a table coaster,” said Aaron Arnold in his essay.

Publishers constantly make newer editions that are found to be relatively unnecessary. Instructors may not always use the newer editions of textbooks, but when they are, students find that the difference between the old text and the new is relatively pointless and ultimately expensive for both the company and the consumers.

Arnold’s essay also cites ex-publishing executive, Erwin V. Cohen, “Publishers release new editions of successful textbooks every few years-not to improve content, although that may be a byproduct-but to discourage the sales of used books by making them seem obsolete.”

According to a citation in student, Blanca Salcedo’s essay, “...textbook prices are increasing at more than four times the inflation rate for all finished goods and that wholesale prices charged by textbook publishers jumped 62 percent since 1994.”

The solutions to the problem of rising textbooks prices that students suggest in their essays include buying used books, using library copies of the book, book-swapping through the internet, and getting fellow students and their schools to protest outrageous prices for texts.

“Students need to be more proactive in their education,” said Brown.

“They’ll complain about, but they won’t do anything about it.”

FEATURES

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Gala performers are all ready for Saturday’s show

Photo by Krista Martinez

Photo by Krista Martinez

From top left, clockwise: Persian dancers Anahita Dadnam and Mitra Khatibi perform together to cool down from rehearsal, The Ijama group, composed of Latrice Cotton, Ielvic Waters, Traniecieya Herbi, Nuwanee Kirihenndige, Kathie Yang, Roun Tamaki, Nadia Dadgar, Ivy Brawner and Gemma Jamena from the top left down, pose for a quick shot during the day. And the Ohlone Theater Troop give a dashing finish to their song during an evening practice.

By KRISTA MARTINEZ Features editor This Saturday marks the long awaited Tenth Anniversary Gala celebration for the Gary Soren Smith Center, Ohlone’s center for fine and performing arts.

With as many names attending as we have, such as MadTV’s and Family Guy’s Alex Borstein and talented Latin musician Pete Escovedo, we can lose sight of the

talent from our campus who will also be performing at various locations and times throughout the gala.

Persian dance is expected early in the evening in front of the stairs leading to the outside amphitheater. Just before the Persian dance can begin, there will be a multicultural fashion show on the stairs, stage and preceding staircase in front of the entrance to the Smith Centers offices.

More entertainment is to be found on the inside of the Jackson Theater, just across the hall from the art gallery on the first floor of the Smith Center. There will be a high-energy hip-hop dance show immediately followed by a montage of music and dance from the shows shown inside the Smith Center through all of its 10 years, performed by Ohlone’s star performers.

These theater events will be taking place just between 7:30 and 9:30 p.m., leaving plenty of time to visit Lam Plaza for a bite to eat, or a drink, all of which is included with ticket price.

The prelude events promise to be as much of a show to enjoy as the main events. From 7:15 till 8 p.m. the amphitheater will be house to a circus center complete with magic tricks and balloon animals, which

should be as amusing for children in attendance as it will be for the adults.

Gala tickets are still on sale for reduced price at the Smith Center.

Ticket prices are $50 for adults, $40 for seniors and $25 for students. Bills larger than $20 are not accepted. All events and services within the Gala are covered by the ticket price. Schedule is subject to change for any reason.

Show about independent films opens on Ohlone TV

By GABRIEL VILA Staff writer With the new show “The Screening Room,” independent film has arrived in style on Ohlone Network TV. Written, co-produced and anchored by noted performer Nizar Ahmed, the show will showcase independent films from around the Bay Area, as well as around the world.

Ahmed, whose acting and “Rick James” curls you may remember from such Smith Centre productions as “Dracula,” “The Three Musketeers,” and “A Chorus Line,” has been brewing the idea of an independent film showcase for some time. “It started when I was looking at my friends’ stuff,” he said. “I was thinking ‘some of this is really cool’... they just need a place to get

it out.”

So when the director of television operations, Gary Kauf, asked for “new and original programming,” Ahmed came forward with his idea.

The show itself, which opened last night, will consist of three segments, and each will unveil a film or films as time permits. First the film will be introduced, shown, and then reviewed with an eye towards the particular techniques the filmmaker used in his or her film. This last segment occasionally will be somewhat longer, as in the case of the film “Nomads,” (a science-fiction piece with “Enter the Dragon”style fight sequences) after which a full behind-the-scenes look and director interview will be presented.

The films that will be presented on “The Screening Room” vary in

quality and appearance, however “they all are selected carefully from our submissions,” Ahmed said.

“We don’t want films that are just, action-action-action-and then the movie ends because they didn’t know where else to go. We want quality films with plot and skill.”

And it shows. “Clay TV,” one of the films that will be shown, is done entirely in claymation. It’s a parody of terrible after-prime-time- television, with humorous looks at “The Crocodile Hunter” and a technically impressive paintball fight.

Take into consideration; a regular live action film is filmed at 32 frames a second. A claymation is filmed in 24 frames a second. How many frames does it take to animate a single flying clay paintball shooting across the room? True, the film doesn’t look that impressive to our

“Wallace & Gromit” trained eyes, but the skill is there.

Another film, “Les Pantins” hails from France, and gives us an artistic look at... slightly disturbing things. The film is, in simplest terms, a story about two suspicious deaths surrounding a play. The film is done entirely without dialogue, however the quality of the acting tells us all we need to know; the megalomaniacal play director, the downtrodden clown (the main character), and the beautiful however tragic female lead. Unlike most “disturbing” films of today, there is no truly gruesome part, nor are there any real action sequences.

The film is simply... off a little. Just watch it.

Despite having a great show, Ahmed admits to being a little understaffed. “We’ve really been film-

ing with a skeleton crew, and it’s been tough,” he said. “Sure while we could go and get a bunch of people to work the shoot, we really want experienced people.” He added with a grin, “Hopefully, this will make others want to do other quality shows.”

The screening room will air, starting on Wednesday, every day for two weeks at noon, 3:30 p.m, and 8:30. After that, the new schedule will be every day at 3:30 and 7:30 p.m.

Submissions to “The Screening Room.” Can be sent to: The Screening Room PO. Box 09 Newark, CA 94539 Questions or comments about “The Screening Room” can be sent to: ohlonescreening room@yahoo.com

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September 15, 2005

Tomb’s paintings on display

By KRISTA MARTINEZ Features editor

Photo by Annie Utter

Adaptive Technology Center is open.

Adaptive Technology Center open in 4203

By ANNIE UTTER Staff writer The Adaptive Technology Center (ATC) in Room 4203 is now “officially” open, said the Alternate Media Specialist, Kevin Kirk.

Hours are 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. from Monday to Thursday, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Friday. The ATC is open for registered disabled students who have the priority to use the lab’s 10 computers specifically designed to help with their needs for academic work and projects.

One neat program is the Dragon Voice Recognition Software that responds to student’s voices and types out the words for them as well as editing, with not a single finger having touched the mouse or keyboard.

This program helps students who have trouble typing due to speech impairments, physical disabilities and learning disabilities such as dyslexia.

There is also a CCTV that magnifies regular type paper and can change the text and background color to enhance visibility for vision-impaired students.

Parking fines kick in At one month into semester, Campus Police will be cracking down on everybody who hasn’t bought a parking permit yet. For those of you who don’t know what that means: if your car doesn’t have at least a daily permit on it, you can (and will) be cited - for a zingy $28. That’s 14 days worth of daily permits (at $2 each), and almost twice as much as you’d pay for a parking permit for the whole semester ($26) at the book store.

Or how about this: the price of one parking ticket buys you a whole unit of any course at Ohlone College. Both the ticket and the course unit provide education, but the classes are more rewarding, trust me.

You don’t need a math class to figure out which is the better deal.

The good news: there are still plenty of permits available.

Treadway going to China Continued from Page One program, faculty exchanges, a distance learning program, a guest lecturing service, a nursing study group, and joint online learning communities.

Ohlone also plans to create a relationship between the Chabot-Las Positas Community College District and China for automotive maintenance and repair training.

Ohlone has also made connections with Zhejiang Changzheng Professional College in the Chinese city of Hangzhou, a privately funded threeyear community college, and Shanghai Jiao Tong University’s Distance Education Center, which uses cutting-edge distance learn technology.

Future events related to China are a planned International Trade conference for Taizhou business people and an ESL Conference to be attended

by Taizhou Community College faculty. Both are to be held in Fremont.

Ohlone has also invited another delegation from China to come in the second half of 2006 and review how long term plans are proceeding.

Volleyball team loses The Ohlone Renegades women’s volleyball team lost to De Anza Wednesday night in a 3-0 streak out of 5 to be played. The score was 22 - 17 - 22. The Renegades will play San Francisco City College on Friday night in an away game and then play at home again against Chabot College on Sept. 21 at 6:30 p.m.

The Louie Meager Art Gallery last night opened a show of paintings by David Tomb.

Tomb has created a beautiful style of painting that means something different to every person who views it. Slight hints of something more than just what you can see, each painting invokes one human emotion after another.

David Tomb’s paintings have been displayed in many California based and nation-wide galleries where people from all parts of the United States can come and be inspired by Tomb’s unusual style of painting.

His paintings will be on display and on sale at the Louie Meager art gallery, located just inside of the first level at the Smith Center for Fine and Performing Arts. There is no charge for viewing any gallery exhibit though donations are very much accepted and appreciated.

Tomb’s paintings will be in the Louie Meager gallery until Saturday, Oct. 15 and there will be a reception and lecture from the artist himself on Wednesday, Sept. 21 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.

‘Woman on Couch’ is one of the paintings by David Tomb on display at the gallery in the Smith Center through Oct. 15.

Book group reading ‘Laramie Project’ to go along with play

By ANNIE UTTER Staff writer The Ohlone Book Club is teaming together with the Theater Department this fall with a play, The Laramine Project, written by Moises Kaufman and The Members of Tectonic Theater Project.

It’s a play based on the murder of Matthew Shepard, who was severely beaten and left for dead just because he was gay on Oct. 7, 1998 near Laramie, Wyoming.

Shepard’s death impacted the nation and brooked discussion about violence, tolerance, and discrimination. In this day of age one would think the discrimination would be

over in, for instance, America, where everyone is supposedly equal, but this murder had shocked everyone. Hatred is still around and it’s up to us to put a stop to it.

Moises Kaufman and The Members of Tectonic Theater began interviewing the people of Laramie four weeks after Shepard’s death; it took more than 200 interviews and one year and half to complete the play. The play is constructed with eight actors portraying 60 characters.

Books are available for $8 cash only at the reference/information desk in the library.

The Ohlone Book Club will be meeting twice for the discussion to

the play, The Laramie Project.

The first meeting will be- Wednesday, Oct. 19, 7-8:30 p.m. at Newark Memorial High School in Room 315.

The discussion will be led by Rick Flynn from the English Dept.

The second meeting will be held on Friday, Oct. 21, at 1-2:30 p.m. at Ohlone College Library in the Video Conference Room. The discussion will be led by Mark Nelson from the Theatre Dept.

There is a blog for the Book Club for those who cannot attend to the events. Just log on http:// ohlonereads.blogspot.com Check out the Ohlone Book Club website at http://www.ohlone.edu/ org/bookclub/

Problem develops with new campus Continued from Page One Currently, New Technology Park Associates, LP, partnered with John Sobrato, owns a majority within the subdivision giving them substantial control.

Ohlone, however, recently discovered that it held a considerable amount of land ownership that en-

ables a substantial representation in the subdivision’s association of property owners.

Negotiations with New Technology Park Associations, LP, has led to an agreement to rewrite some CC&R’s and other alternatives to ensure progress for all parties involved.

Trustee John Weed said buying the land without finding out that a campus might be prohibited by the association’s rules was a “multimillion dollar mistake.”

Despite the problem, Ohlone Public Information Officer Patrice Birkedahl indicated the campus will probably still be built.

Sustainability in World Forum Continued from Page One environment, diminishes the physical degradation of the earth, and distributes all of our resources “efficiently, fairly, and responsibly so that the needs of all people on whom we have an impact, and the future needs of people who are not yet born, stand the best chance of being met.”

Basile received his undergraduate training in physics at the University of California, Irvine and his doctorate in Biophysics from the University of California, Berkeley.

He has also served as a faculty

member at Stanford University.

Basile has developed a research field in emerging technology and sustainability at University of California, Berkeley and was Vice President for Business Development at Neomorphic, a bioinformatics business. His interest and work with sustainability also extend to a number of research articles such as “Strategic Sustainability” in the Journal of Cleaner Production.

Tentative World Forums include “The African Continent and World Hunger,” “U.S. Policy toward Israel and Palestine,” and “Weapons

of Mass Destruction at Home and Abroad.”

Past World Forum topics have featured “Afghanistan, Iraq & the U.S., War on Terror,” and “China, U.S. and the Changing Global Economy.”

The World Forum is free to the community and addresses important global issues. Introduced in Spring 2004, the World Forum brings in speakers of varied backgrounds from business leaders to distinguished professors to open up discussion on pressing international topics.

September 15, 2005 MONITOR

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CAMPUS EVENTS SEPTEMBER

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Sexually Transmitted Diseases Awareness -- 11 a.m. - 3 p.m. Be aware and in control.

Gain knowlege and make smart choices. Learn everything you wanted to know about STDs. Free condoms. Register to win an iPOD Shuffle.

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Safety Committee Meeting -- 2 p.m in Room 5209.

For more information oh how to assist on campus.

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Smith Center's 10th Anniversary Gala-- 6:30 p.m.

Special guest star Alex Borstein of MADtv hosts an all-out salute to the 10th Anniversary of the Smith Center. Borstein performs her stand-up comic act as part of the evening’s entertainment, which features music, dance and comedy. Tickets are $50 for adults, $40 for seniors, and $25 for youth under 12.

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Ohlone College World Forum-- 12 - 2 p.m. in Epler Gymnasium, Building 9. Inaugurated in Spring 2005, the Ohlone College World Forum brings speakers to our community twice a year to engage in dialog about important global issues that affect our community. The World Forum is free to the community. Today's topic: The Natural Step Approach to Environmental Sustainability.

21 Water Polo -- Men at 2 p.m and Woman at 3:30 p.m. At Ohlone. Men will be versus Santa Rosa Jr. College and Woman versus Cabrillo College.

21 Women's Volleyball -- 6:30 p.m. At Ohlone, versus Chabot College.

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The Great Garage Sale Blast -- 8 a.m. - 2 p.m in Ohlone College Parking Lot "E." The Great Garage Sale Blast is to give those who need to clean out their house the possibility to take advantage of the large crowds. There will be no competition from professional vendors or arts & crafts vendors. Pre-Registration is $25 or same day sign up is $30. For more information contact rettare@ohlone.edu.

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UC Berkeley Workshop -- 3:30 - 5 p.m. Personal

fessor Cynthia Katona’s book, Book Savvy. It is impossible to resist a book with a first chapter entitled, “Autobiography of a Book Junkie.” Book Savvy is an inspiring and useful guide to books and reading. Copies of the book will be available at the reception. Light refreshments will be served.

30 Women's Volleyball - 6:30 p.m. At Ohlone, versus San Jose City College.

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Book Club Meeting - 7 - 8:30 p.m at Newark Memorial High School, Room 315. The Ohlone College Book Club will be meeting twice this semester to discuss The Laramie Project. Discussion will be lead by Rick Flynn of the English department. If you can attend a live discussion, visit http:// ohlonereads.blogspot.com for the online Blog. Copies of the book are available for $8 at the Library Information Desk.

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Book Club Meeting - 1 - 2:30 p.m in the Ohlone College Library, Video Conference Room.

The Ohlone College Book Club will be meeting twice this semester to discuss The Laramie Project. Discussion will be lead by Mark Nelson of the Theatre department. If you can attend a live discussion, visit http://ohlonereads.blogspot.com for the online Blog. Copies of the book are available for $8 at the Library Information Desk.

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statement workshop. You must sign up in advance in the Transfer and Career Services.

PD 149-04 (028000)

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Meets Tuesdays, 9:00 - 11:05 a.m. on 9/20, 9/27, 10/4, and.

10/11 This workshop is .5 units. This four week workshop is designed to assist those who would like to explore the career planning process through career assessments and interpretation. It is intended as an introduction to focusing on one’s interests, skills and personality traits. This initial exploration can greatly assist people who are changing careers as well as those who are trying to determine their major and career direction. If there are any questions, please feel free to contact me via e-mail at gsatake@ohlone.edu.

a.m. - 1 p.m in Building One. Students can visit with representatives from 4-year colleges and universities. If you are undecided on a transfer college, it’s a great time to “shop around.” If you know which transfer institution you will be attending, Transfer Day is an ideal time for you to learn details regarding academic programs, admissions and enrollment.

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Book Signing Reception for Cynthia Katona -- 3 - 5 p.m. in the Ohlone College Library. Come celebrate the publication of Ohlone College English Pro-

Career Testing Workshop

JOBS AND INTERNSHIPS Students are Welcome to visit. Transfer & Career Services, Building 1 room 1405A. Open Monday thru Thursday 9 to 12 a.m. & 1 to 3 p.m.

Closed Fridays.

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Lady Renegades soccer falls 1-0 Bonds, Barry Bonds... and a to Cañada College on Tuesday little redemption

By NICK ZAMBRANO Staff writer

The Final Score

By STEVEN CHAVEZ Sports editor BARRY BONDS: So we start another week of sports talk with a familiar subject. Namely, Barry Bonds.

Mr. Bonds made a semi-triumphant return to the San Francisco Giants lineup on Monday night at Pac Bell, er, SBC Park against the division leading Padres of San Diego.

In a season series that saw the Giants lose 8 of the 10 games played, Bonds’ return to the team after missing the first 5 1/2 months of the season has promptly turned the team around. The Giants have won the first two games of the series (the third had results after print time), but more importantly actually look like a team with some talent now.

Of course, having a September call-up to your team that has over 700 career home runs is a hell of an advantage over the other teams calling up potential spot players on their teams for next season.

With the two wins to start this series, the Giants have once again pulled into a second place tie with the Dodgers, just 5 games behind the Padres with 18 games left, including four against the Dodgers and five against the Padres.

In a division that features a 71-73 team in first place, it isn’t too much of a stretch to think that the Giants could win four of the final five over the Padres, which would alone bring them to within just two games of the lead.

The Giants are hoping to have Jason Schmidt back on Saturday, meaning he would only miss two starts (both Giant victories). With Noah Lowry pitching well despite coming back to earth after a Godlike August and unbelievably good rookie sensation Matt Cain in the mix, the Giants have three starting pitchers that they can feel confident in.

Throw that in with Moises Alou coming back on Monday from his latest injury, Pedro Feliz moving positions again, likely to first base this time, and you have the lineup taking the field that Playboy (told you I read the articles too) picked to win the World Series this year.

Is Bonds’ return too little, too late? We’ll know within a few weeks.

Check that, we’ll know this week, because this is the last week that they would be able to do any real damage.

Think I’m being a homer or a biased reporter that holds his alliance with this local team? You’d be right, but mainly I’m just holding on to the final thread that says that I could be right when I said before the season began that the Giants would play the A’s in the

Bay Bridge Series II. Hold onto your hats Giants fans, it’s going to be a fun week.

SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS: Wow! What a debut for new coach Mike Nolan and the “revamped” 49ers team. The 49ers defeated the St. Louis Rams 28-25 on Sunday, and in recently typical 49ers fashion, tried to give away the game at the end. They led by as many as 21 points in the second half yet it took an interception with less than a minute to go to seal the win.

Sunday’s game was highlighted by veteran Bryant Young, whose three sack performance on Sunday led to him being named the NFC defensive player of the week for the third time in his great career, all while switching from defensive tackle (where he had played his entire career, dating back to his college days) to defensive end.

With this week’s game against the Eagles and the injury to Donovan McNabb, the 49ers could possibly take the first two games of this season.

Couple that with games against the Cardinals, Cowboys and Colts and the lowly 49ers that won only two games last season could head into their bye week with a 4-1 or 32 record.

This would be a stretch and remarkable turnaround, indeed, but it would not be out of the question with today’s NFL. Hey, if you can go into week one and win half as many games in one week as you won last year you can’t really count anything out.

OAKLAND RAIDERS: The Raiders went into Gillette Stadium to face the two-time defending champion Patriots and walked out losing by only 10 points.

Save a few mistakes on either side of the ball, this game could have been even closer or even swung in the Raiders direction.

The Raiders are an improved team, no doubt about it, on both sides of the ball, particularly their defense.

But if the Raider Nation has any hopes of seeing football in January, they have got to convince their players to stop killing themselves. The Raiders were, once again, victims of themselves, racking up 16 penalties for a whopping 149 yards.

You absolutely cannot do that in the NFL, you ruin your chance to beat a team that is better than you, like Thursday, but you’ll also have a much harder time beating the teams that you’re better than because you keep them in the game.

Coach after coach, year after year for the Raiders has been unable to install the discipline in the team to stop them from being one of the worst teams in the league in the penalty category.

Perhaps it’s in the water on that side of the bay. Good ole’ Mr. Davis should really look into a Brita filter, they work.

Losing is a sour feeling for any athlete. It becomes more sour when that “L” could have easily been a “W” instead. If the Lady Renegades had up to sum up their 1-0 lost to Cañada on Tuesday, it would probably go a little something like this; close, but no cigar.

That cigar was within arm’s, excuse me, leg’s reach the whole game. Both teams played extremely hard and fast paced on both sides of the ball. It’s no surprise that it was only 1-0 game.

Ohlone had plenty of opportunities to score but failed to capitalize on them. The ladies were 0 for 9 in scoring opportunities. “We had to play with depth out there, Cañada is a team that likes to play the long ball,” said Ohlone Head Coach Larry Heslin.

Amanda Lopez stood her ground in the net blocking 4 out of the 5 shots Cañada took at her. Also stepping up big was the Renegade defense, who helped minimize the number of shots Lopez had to challenge.

At halftime, the game remained scoreless.

Going into the 2nd half, Heslin wanted his team to up their intensity more. The intensity was noticeable as the Ladies of Ohlone came

Photo by Daniel Kwan

A net full of Ohlone and Cañada players scramble after the ball in Ohlone’s 1-0 loss on Tuesday. out and kept the ball in the Cañada zone for a good amount of time.

Showing all the heart for the team was their captain, Allie Hollendshead.

Hollendshead went down hard late in the 2nd half after chasing down a loose ball and colliding with a Cañada player. Everyone in the vicinity of the Ohlone soccer field was hushed as Hollendshead was tended to by sister, Ambur.

Shaking it off like a trooper, Hollendshead, who has been banged up all season, stayed in the game and finished it out.

“She's a battler and a great person to have as a team captain,” said

Heslin about Hollendshead.

Ohlone’s intensity level proved to be effective as the Cañada players became frustrated and at one point received a red card for unsportman’s like conduct. It seemed like the Lady Renegades had turned the game into their own.

The battle took its toll on both teams as they both showed signs of fatigue. Cañada, however took advantage of Ohlone’s fatigue late in the second half and found the net for the game’s only goal.

“They, unfortunately, outworked us in the second half,” said Heslin.

Women dominate the pool while men struggle in loss

By SARA KWAN Staff writer The Renegade men were on the short end of a high scoring water polo match against Modesto College on Wednesday. Fifteen seconds into the game, Modesto scored their first goal but Ohlone’s Brandon McDowell came back to score one for the Renegades. McDowell was then forced to sit out for fouling, and with the five-on-six advantage, Modesto scored another goal to gain back the lead.

Modesto scored two more times in the first quarter but Casey Cordone of Ohlone made a back hand shot to give the Renegades another goal. Cordone continued his dominance by lobbing the ball in for another goal to open the second quarter and Luke Green tied the game with a goal.

That tie was not long-lived as Modesto scored a goal going into halftime. Modesto never looked back as they scored four more goals in a row in the third quarter to open the game up. Matt Van Derwerken scored the lone goal in the third for the Renegades with 40 seconds left.

Van Derwerken scored another goal to open the final quarter but Modesto came right back to get their advantage back. Cordone scored his third goal of the game, but again, Modesto scored a goal to keep up with the Renegades. After that, Modesto scored their twelfth

Photo by Daniel Kwan

Lance Green looks for an open shot during Ohlone’s 12-7 loss to Modesto College. The women won 15-6. and final goal of the game to seal the victory, 12-7.

Ohlone’s women delivered in the first game of the inter-gender double header, destroying Modesto 15-6.

The Lady Renegades opened the game with Samantha Bogosian scoring the first goal. Traci Robertson scored a goal and Ashley Kendall followed with another.

With Modesto still scoreless, Robertson scored a goal and Kat Ashley made it 5-0. Bogosian scored one more in the quarter to give Ohlone a six goal advantage.

Modesto scored their first goal in the second quarter but Melissa Rynd

countered with a goal for Ohlone.

Modesto came back quickly with their second goal but Ashley and Jenny Galan put two more on the board for Ohlone before halftime.

In the second half, Rynd scored a goal 30 seconds into the quarter but Modesto scored on a penalty shot to give themselves one more goal.

Galan, Bogosian and Allison Gibson each scored another goal in the third quarter to blow the game open 13-3.

The Renegades were playing defensive ball in the fourth quarter and allowed Modesto to score three more goals. Bogosian and Gibson scored one goal apiece in the quarter to deliver the final score.