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Vol. XLIV No. 6
Fremont, California
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October 25, 2012
Career fair opens new doors for students By MARRA-MARIE MAGSAKAY Features editor
Adults and students walked towards the Newark Ohlone Campus Oct. 19 with high spirits and eager actions to search for job opportunities at the Fall 2012 Career Fair. Student Walton Lee attended the Career fair for “general experiences,” he said. “I’ve never been to a job fair. Next time I have an interview, I have experience.” Former Ohlone College and recent graduate of University of California Irvine Tony Bui participated with a goal. “I just need to get my foot in the door and get my name out there,” said Bui. The entrance led to registration tables, while a few booths such as Tri-City Health Center, AC Library and Planned Parenthood lined the glass walls as a warm-up for the attendees. Erika Calderon, Hispanic Outreach and Health Educator of Tri-City Health Center, said the agency has internships such as Dental Health Educator and many volunteer opportunities for students. “Email you resume and we will email a list of events as mass email,” said Calderon. The second floor held many other booths on the main floor
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An Aerotek representative explains to career fair attendees the opportunities and benefits they will receive if they choose to join Aerotek’s team. Aerotek is a recruiting and staffing industry.
and in the room. The main floor featured companies such as AC Transit, 94.5 KBAY and Bart Police Department. The Professional Health-
care at Home booth provided students with an opportunity in a care-giving job. “We are always hiring and our hours are flexible,” said healthcare staffing supervisor
Christina Balistreri. “Jobs are all over the Bay Area,” said Balistreri. “Starting pay is $10 to $12 per hour and varies on experience.” Student Chris Zelidon ap-
proached 94.5 KBAY with good intentions. With a major of radio broadcasting, Zelidon said he is interested in “any type of radio.” The 94.5 KBAY repre-
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Disability Awareness Month stirs inspiration By CAMERON LOPEZ Staff writer
In celebration of Disability Awareness Month, Ohlone College’s Disabled Students Programs and Services (DSPS) faculty and staff have been organizing events in both the Fremont and Newark campuses all throughout the month of October. The next event on Oct. 26 will be coordinated by ASOC President Tawney Warren, and will be held at the Newark campus at 4 p.m. It will feature different disability simulation workshops, such as the auditory processing disorder module, which replicates a cold call center where the participant’s audio responses are at a very low volume and fuzzed making it hard to hear. The non-dominant hand activity makes the participants fill out different forms using only their non-dominant hand to write. “The simulations will give the participant a feeling of anxiety,” said Special Pro-
grams Assistant Joy Dawn Olla. “It puts them in the shoes of disabled students and helps them to empathize with them.“. On Oct. 17, the team held an organization and time management workshop at the Fremont campus to help disabled students learn skills for their school and home lifestyles. Earlier, the team also had their White Cane Day where students from the California School of the Blind came to Ohlone to showcase their collection of canes and have an exhibit on Goal Ball, a hybrid between soccer and basketball where the ball is filled with bells. The participants are then blind-folded and using only their ears to hear the ringing bells, they have to make goal points into the opposing teams goal. The school also prepared demos such as a Braille writing and a live musical performances featuring both a saxophonist and guitarist from the school.
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Randy Hyatt offers a tutorial on the different types of canes and tips available to blind people.
The students received a proclamation from the Board of Trustees, which is currently displayed in the front of the Disabled Program Center in building 7. In the beginning of the month on Oct. 3, the DSPS had a showing of the movie “Murder Ball,” which is a film about the sport wheelchair rugby. Ohlone student Lauren Byrne who is a wheelchair rugby player was also a the main guest speaker at the event on Oct. 26. “Your disability does not prevent you from doing anything anyone else does,” Byrne said. These events were co-coordinated by Special Programs assistants Joy Dawn Olla and Terry Taskey. Every semester Ohlone registers around 500 disabled students. Because it has to be kept confidential, the DSPS makes it its goal to raise awareness about these students and help others to understand what they are going through.