Monitor 2005-4-21

Sacramento gallery shows Mencher art – Page 4

Gulf War vet now a teacher

Softball team tops Monterey

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MONITOR OHLONE COLLEGE

Vol. XXXX No. 13

Fremont, California

Thursday, April 21, 2005

Dancers ‘On the Brink’ ‘The Brink’ refers to being on the edge – of the world, reality, bliss and despair.

This number is entitled ‘Paradise,’ which is about dancing on the edge of the world. The annual spring dance will be presented this weekend. See story on Page 4.

Photo by Daniel Kwan

Ohlone skater scores high in national meet

Gold medal for debaters

By JAMES HENDRA Staff writer

Ohlone College’s forensics team won a record six awards at the annual Phi Rho Pi national speech and debate championships in Philadelphia this past weekend.

Due to successes in individual events as well as debates, as a limited-entry school, Ohlone brought back its first-ever gold sweepstakes award in Parliamentary debate.

“The team did great,” said debate coach Dave Curtis. “I’m proud of all the effort and work that the team put into it and it paid off at the state and national tournaments.”

From April 9-17, five of Ohlone’s top speakers and debaters traveled to Philadelphia for the National Forensics Championships, Continued on Page 6

Alice Ho: ice skater, college student, generic humanoid carbon unit.

But is there more to this person than all that? I think so. When the interests of such an energetic, driven person collide with family interests and other interests, the results can be rather – interesting.

Getting up at 6 every morning, even on Sunday, is standard procedure for figure skater Alice Ho. While most of us are still hitting the snooze alarm, Ho is zipping around the ice, the wind ruffling her practice costume. She’s at the Iceoplex in Fremont on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays.

“I used to be very tired to get up in the morning to practice,” said Ho. “Now it’s not such a big deal.”

Ho said that the best part about skating is, “landing a jump that you’ve been learning. It’s exciting when you get something that you’ve been working hard for.”

Last week she competed in the national intercollegiate skating competition in Oxford, Ohio. Ho won third place in two events and fifth and ninth Continued on Page 5

Pick up trash for Earth Day Don’t forget, on Friday from 2-6 p.m. students, staff and faculty will “clean up” for Earth Day throughout the campus. For more information, or to join, contact Jim Wright at jwright@ohlone.edu

From Staff Reports

Photo by Sean G. Crawford

Alice Ho: figure skater and college student.

Wednesday Spring Health Fair may be last

By TONY C. YANG Layout editor Every spring for the past eight years, Ohlone’s Student Health Center has held a Spring Health Fair, and this year is no exception.

Unfortunately, this year’s fair may be its final fling.

“This is the last one because the budget is being cut,” said Director of the Student Health Center Sally

Bratton. “I have to lay off four staff members and cut the medical assistant’s hours to half.”

For now, the Health Center takes pride in a successful fair, organized primarily by Health Educator Sang Trieu. “It took two months to prepare,” said Trieu, among the health paraphernalia in the lobby of Building One. Those preparations were well received, since at least 100 people

showed up to the event, according to Head Athletic Trainer Chris Warden. “We’re promoting better body composition and healthier lifestyles,” said Warden.

Over a dozen booths from various health organizations provided information, handed out gifts and took blood pressure and cholesterol readings. Some of the tables held sign up sheets for clubs, examinations and free screenings.

Fatana Wahab, a community outreach librarian for Washington Hospital, said she was there to inform the Ohlone community about the “free services” they provided.

“We go to all the health fairs around the community,” she said. “Emphasizing prevention and free testing services.”

Washington Hospital offers free blood pressure measurement, osContinued on Page 6

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MONITOR April 21, 2005

OPINION Editor in chief: Sean G. Crawford News editor: Aman Mehrzai Opinion editor: Olivia Speranza Features editor: Alisha Francisco Sports editor: Steven Chavez

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OPINION Military recruiters should not be allowed to persuade on campus

By CAMERON WILBERT Staff writer Over the last few semesters I have noticed that there have been more and more military recruiters on campus. I have observed Army, Navy, and Marine recruiters talking to students and passing out pamphlets. I myself find this very disturbing and feel that it should be banned for several reasons.

Now, I know that there are legal statutes that allow these recruiters to be on campus and speak to whom ever they please. I respect that, however, I think we need to reevaluate and reconsider these statutes to see who is actually benefiting; is it the students or the government.

First and fore most, I believe that the students attending community colleges are getting younger and younger. Many college freshmen aren’t even 18 yet.

The greater number of which are still very inexperienced, immature and uncertain about where their goals and future lie. Not to mention that by their second semester a number of these students are barely staying afloat, and looking for any reason to drop out. For a recruiter, this student would be a prime target. These recruiters use every means of bait, including things like education, financial stability, future and everything else, except what they are really recruiting the student to be, which is a soldier or officer.

Today’s youth are so easily swayed

and so fickle when it comes to making decisions that when someone in a position of power approaches them, they become very vulnerable. Knowing this, these recruiters try to use it to their advantage by prying and pressuring the students day in and day out, month after month. I am saying this because I have seen it happen with my own friends.

They would say things like “this guy just doesn’t quit, he calls at least three times a week.”

Now for the parents, how do you feel about your teenage young adult who is not to fond of college and is mainly going because they still live with you; having to undergo these pressures? Another reason these recruiters shouldn’t be allowed to recruit on col-

lage campuses is because these days many high school students are taking advanced courses on college campuses like Ohlone, which count toward collage credit. This would leave them open to be approached and persuaded by a recruiter before they have even gotten to college or the legal age to enlist. Now I highly doubt these recruiters ask every young adult they talk to how old they are and if they do, they wait until they’re done with their persuasion pitch.

My first main objection is that if young adults are in school working hard and trying there best to keep up, why would we allow outside influences such as the Air Force, Navy, Army, and the Marines a chance to

sway them from what they have already decided or have not, but are working on it. My second main objection is that I am sick of these recruiters talking to students about how the military offers you so much education, financial backing and a secure future. They completely avoid the fact that they are recruiting you as a soldier and your prime objective when the time comes is to kill other human beings in some way shape or form, whether it is in hand-to-hand combat or on a Navy ship. I think there are others out there that feel the same way I do and think that these recruiters should not be allowed on campus. I am just the first to voice my opinion.

The three tiers of school that apply to just about every aspect of society

By JAMES HENDRA Staff writer In every school, you find a group of kids, that whether they want to or not... simply do not fit in. What usually happens is that there are three segments of students at any school, and indeed in every society. There are the popular people. You know these people as preppy, jocks, or any form of other social icon. The other two tiers of society always look up to these people, looking for a chance to elevate themselves, to gain the opportunity to get to

know these people and not just show them a blind eye.

The middle tier belongs to two different types of people, who are both totally ignored, but, at the same time, not ridiculed by the tier above them.

This tier belongs to the normal and semi-intellectuals. These people usually corroborate information and relations with all the tiers. These people are usually the ones who aren’t sent to the office for any reason or another, they are the quiet ones. The ones no one really hears about... unless you belong to their particular group. You can see

this tier as the people who go to social events, but don’t really do anything, or are really outgoing but don’t really do much outside their group.

The last tier, the one everyone ridicules, or jokes, or sometimes, just sneer at, are the intellectuals and the nerds.

These people (when they hit high school) usually are the people that have pocket protectors, thick glasses, or just some weird thing that they like that sets them apart from the rest of the people.

What I really like about schools now is that more people are being encouraged to be included in so many things,

that it is difficult to find much difference between people at all. Most of the time you cannot even find ethnic separation in the tiers.

I am currently involved with a group that has no formal meeting, no formal leader (yet) and no formal meeting place. We meet in the cafeteria every day, and play a multitude of games.

Most of them are card-related, and all of them fun. When we all get together, we take up a good quarter of the seating down there. Many of the games are made up, though most of them can be purchased, or bought into.

This part of geekness evolves from the massive oppression that was placed on us from the upper tiers, and from many, many years trying to figure out who we are, and how to have fun without “them.” This happened in many ways, most of which I am involved with. Some turned to petty aggressions, and other ways of “sticking it to them,” in any way they could. Others turned to the many forms of video and card entertainment: Formulated into Magic, The Gathering and others. The nerds stood together and always will.

CAMPUS COMMENT > > >

What does the day 4/20 represent to you?

AAISHA KHAN Nursing “Didn’t Columbine happen on today?”

LISA TRUDEL-MORANO Athletic Training “The day of the Health Fair.”

FARIAH MAQDPPR Nursing “Happy High Day”

MARK JCHOW Industrial Design

OMAR CARDIN Engineering

“A good day to look at a new life.”

“It’s Smokers Holiday... People get together on 4/20 ’n smoke.”

April 21, 2005 MONITOR

LETTERS Four years of STARSS coming to an end DEAR OHLONE CAMPUS COMMUNITY: As the school year is coming to a close, we are saddened to report that the STARSS (Students Towards A Smoke-free School) Project is also coming to the end of its four long, but accomplished years.

STARSS has the been the driving force in making Ohlone College the first smoke-free campus in the Bay Area. We would like to take this opportunity to provide an overview of our journey by highlighting our achievements and challenges. And to graciously thank the many individuals, departments and agencies that have helped make our goal possible.

The STARSS Project, funded by a grant from the California Department of Health Services has three objectives: to counter protobacco influences, to reduce the exposure to secondhand smoke and to increase the availability of cessation services. The ultimate goal of course, was to make Ohlone a completely smoke-free school.

Our first year focused on an educational campaign on what was then a 20-feet reasonable distance smoking policy. An advocacy campaign using petitions and surveys resulted in the creation of four designated smoking areas.

The following year, our new President Dr. Doug Treadway removed one of the designated areas (in front of Building 1) in order to

eliminate smoke residue affecting students and faculty occupying Building 8.

STARSS Club members participated in legislative meetings with Sen. Liz Figueroa and Assembly member John Dutra advocating for tobacco tax increases and earmarking such funds toward tobacco prevention efforts.

Sen. Figueroa presenting the group with a letter of support for a smoke-free campus. We have also been active on the Interclub Council and participated in numerous campus-wide events such as Welcome Week, Club Recruitment Week and Unity Week.

Four ‘Tobacco-free Fun Runs,’ a two-mile run or walk around the campus, took place with more than

The question of being Indian EDITOR: In the March 31, 2005 edition of the Monitor, Mr. Mark McCord entered the foray regarding Prof.

Ward Churchill of CU, Boulder.

Mr. McCord’s op-ed piece participates in valorizing a cynical use of ethnic authenticity used for eroding civil rights.

I’m sure that Mr. McCord did not intend this outcome. However, pervasive and constant repetition lulls us into dangerous participation. This is a nationwide antidemocratic rhetoric and is dominating the media and the tongues of a governing elite seeking to censor informed dialogue to consolidate controls over citizenry.

Firstly, and most seriously, the case against Prof. Churchill is a first amendment issue! Prof. Churchill has the Constitutional right to make and publish his statements, even if they incriminate monied and federal powers that are seeking ways to crush honest dissent.

The method used to discredit him is to distract people with irrelevant charges. For Prof. Churchill the issue recently raised is that-are you ready?-he’s not really Indian.

Those who participate in this character assassination deflect attention from the erosion of our constitutional rights in the name of patriotism.

Let’s consider the fact that it is the U.S. government-the very same entity that has a recorded history of genocide against Native Americans-that gives itself the right to deem who is Indian or not through numbered enrollment in a “tribe” that it chooses to recognize.

Our academic community is itself called Ohlone College after the native people of the Bay Area.

How many of us are aware that the U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs does not recognize the Ohlone? What am I to think of the contemporary Ohlone residents here in the Bay Area? Are they “frauds?” - Mr. McCord’s word, not mine. Authenticity is always evoked by someone or some group claiming the authority to determine who is and who is not.

Mr. McCord’s argument inherently collapses under his own critique: “From what I hear, my greatgreat grandmother’s mother was 1/ 4 Cherokee Indian.” What part of

Mr. McCord exactly is Indian and how would he go about proving this other than family lore? While some (the U.S.gov’t., some members of AIM) say Prof. Churchill isn’t Indian, there are others today, like AIM founders Russell Means, Dennis Banks and other Native elders who unequivocally accept Prof. Churchill as Indian. It is symptomatic that Mr. McCord’s logic ends up utilizing the same justification for his identity that he castigates Prof. Churchill of using.

More important than essentialized identities are the lived experiences of individuals. How many so-called Indians have participated in Indian culture? Lived on a reservation? Worked with elders and other tribal members on political agendas and struggles?

Fought the FBI’s COINTELPRO against AIM? For decades Prof.

Churchill has been documenting the history of native peoples and their victimization at the hands of the U.S. government and military.

What Prof. Churchill can claim is a proven record of political activism and publications for Native Ameri-

can rights that speaks volumes more than the empty rhetoric of identity.

It is not some flaccid notion of authenticity that gives Prof.

Churchill the right to publish. It is the Constitutional right he has to free speech, followed by the merit of his scholarship. And this is true for everyone! The loss of free speech and academic freedoms are at stake!

This autistic discourse regarding Prof. Churchill is epidemic within our society: a willing erasure of constitutional rights due to a lack of critical comprehension and commitment to informed, democratic discourse.

Please, to everyone in Ohlone’s community, let us use our innate intelligence enough to recognize what is being done to us and whose interests it serves. Following money is always a big clue. “Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery, none but ourselves can free our minds,” sings Mr. Marley, rolling in his grave.

NOEL AMHERD Anthropology instructor

100 people participating.

STARSS has sponsored focus groups, campus community forums, conducted key informant interviews and observations and opened up club meetings.

Environmental tobacco policy change is not only about reducing exposure to secondhand smoke, but to assist current smokers in their efforts to quit. The Student Health Center has expanded our cessation efforts over the four years, including assessing the smoking status of each patient seen and improving cessation interventions .

Our advocacy efforts proved worthwhile when the Board of Trustees and Dr. Treadway approved Ohlone to become a completely smoke-free campus in March 2004. We celebrated with a press conference where more than 50 people and 11 media representatives attended.

Our goal was to demoralize smoking and indirectly influence current and potential tobacco users by creating a social climate where tobacco use becomes less desirable, acceptable and accessible. As a result, the campus smoking prevalence has decreased from 13 percent in 2001, to 10 percent in 2003, and 8 percent in 2004.

We are not out to attack smokers, but rather to protect the majority of nonsmokers, particularly individuals who are more vulnerable and susceptible to environmental tobacco smoke, such as those with respiratory and cardiac problems.

Credit for the success of this program must be given to Sally Bratton, director of the Student Health Center, who has worked tirelessly over the last four years by making tobacco use a priority on campus and among her patients.

The student health center staff, especially myself believe we have the best boss in the world. We also appreciate Dr. Treadway’s leadership in making a smoke-free campus one of the college district goals in his State of the College Address in fall 2004.

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We thank the students who completed our public opinion survey in 2000 and our attitudes and policy awareness surveys each spring.

Collaboration has also been a key strategy in our work plan, particularly with departments such as the Campus Security and Athletics and Physical Education.

We thank the Ohlone Monitor for providing a forum to exchange dialogues, opinions, and rebuttals on this rather controversial, but very important public health and social justice issue. In the 2002 - ’03 school year, a total of 39 articles, opinion pieces, and letters to the editor were published on the campus smoking issue.

We thank the staff of Buildings and Grounds for removing old receptacles, installing new ones, painting the “no smoking beyond this point” lines, and making the campus a cleaner, healthier and safer place. We thank faculty members such as Gregory Mellblom, Cynthia Katona, Howard DeWitt, and Yvette Nichols for their continuing support.

ASOC has funded a number of our programs, including our famous Ciggybuttz costume character. We are grateful for the 100 People / 100 Days participants. We also thank the Alameda County Public Health Department’s Tobacco Control Program staff for their leadership.

We are grateful for the students who make up STARSS. As one of the leading campuses to address tobacco control in higher learning, many schools have contacted us for technical assistance, and we have presented segments of the program at state and national public health conferences.

Although the grant period will be ending, we hope tobacco control education will continue on this campus in order to maintain a smokefree school and promote smokefree lives.

Sincerely, SANG LENG TRIEU and the STARSS Club

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MONITOR April 21, 2005

Tony C. Yang

Don’t be fooled by white smoke For those of you living in a cave, Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger is now Pope Benedict XVI, after a two-day deliberation by a secretive Vatican conclave.

While 1.1 billion of the world’s Catholic faithful cheer the ascension of the 265th Vicar of Christ, a dwindling number of loyalists in the west, as well as social unrest among third-world countries, threaten the supremacy of the Catholic church. In light of this new election, I do believe it is doomed.

Hear me out. I am all for morals, decency and a firm reliance on God. Yet the current tone of the Vatican has been nothing but strident.

What’s interesting is that Benedict was not only a member of the Hitler Youth in WWII Germany, but ended up becoming an American POW in 1945 in the last days of the war.

After seminary school and much ladder-jumping, Benedict became John Paul’s right-hand man for enforcing doctrine.

It is also worth mentioning that Benedict has been out of the public eye since 1981, when Pope John Paul named him the prefect of the Holy Office of the Inquisition. A complex, messy job, no doubt (whose name and duties has changed over the years), but one filled with the arcane details enforcing the orthodoxy of the establishment, which he loves.

Known as “God’s Rottweiler” in some circles, Benedict is an unrepentant ideologue, whose dogmatic views goes something like this; “I am personally convinced that the constant presence in the press of the sins of Catholic priests, especially in the United States, is a planned campaign.” His hard-line stances on gay marriage, abortion and euthanasia don’t help matters, either.

It is with this problematic background that leads me to conclude that Benedict will not change overnight into a beloved figure just because of this promotion.

Benedict is facing not merely a new wardrobe and a name change- but an ever spreading “godless secularism” he decries that is exacerbated by activist priests and Dan Brown books.

Benedict’s ironclad adherence to the orthodoxy of the Church will continue to be a sore spot for western Catholics, whose hopes for a more flexible and liberal ideology died along with his friend, the late Pope John Paul II. If history is any indication on how Benedict will fare, I think we should look to an old Roman saying: “Fat Popes are followed by thin ones, and so on.” If this is true, then Pope Benedict may have some large robes to fill.

FEATURES

Dance show comes to the Smith Center

By MEENU KAUSHAL and BRITNEY BINDEL Staff writers The Ohlone College Department of Theatre and Dance will bring their audience to the brink of “world,” “reality,” “bliss” and “despair” in their Spring 2005 dance production, Dancing on the Brink.

It will be presented on Friday, April 22 and Saturday, April 23 at 8 p.m. A matinee will be presented on Sunday, April 24 at 2 p.m.

The dance production is TomblinBrown’s vision and creation. As director of the dance department, Tomblin-Brown explains that her job is “not just about dance.”

The spring concert is the achievement of this goal, as represented by Tomblin-Brown, and the other teacher and student choreographers.

“It is a diverse production with as many as 11 choreographers and 120 performers. There are many types of dances - jazz, tap, hip-hop, and ballet,” said Brown.

Jana Morris, assistant artistic director, confirms, “It unifies all the dances and signifies the college’s motto of a world of culture united in learning.”

The spring production has the creativity of each of the 11 choreographers who are as follows: Julie Collins, Onel Higginbotham, Senchal Burks, Morgan Lindstrom, Michelle Kelly, Natalie Martin, Ashley Bogue,

Cara Candelanci, Justin Isla, Alia Padaong and Melissa Larson.

“The choreographers have motivated the dancers to perform, both emotionally and physically, beyond their boundaries and capabilities,” Morris said.

“It was both challenging as well as rewarding for the choreographers to help the artists with different body types and experience levels, [and] perform in such a versatile dance production,” said Morris.

“The dances are, however, a part of a theme. It is different from a recital or a concert as the production has a story.”

Tomblin-Brown has set movement to her own personal turmoil in the finale, Unempowered. In this piece, she beckons to the buried experience, addiction or relationship, “it,” and challenges her dancers fight through their dance for healing. The performers exude their raw experiences of whatever life-sucking powers “it” may hold over their lives.

A climax occurs when the dancers begin dancing over their “brink of despair.” This is evidenced at different times, but becomes undeniably obvious as dancers walk away from their “it” wall.

Consequently, the wall fades and pictures of children are flashed in cadence with their laughter.

Tomblin-Brown’s voice offers hope to the audience as she explains; “There is a reason for the

Photo by Daniel Kwan

The dance company practices for their upcoming show with their ballet L’oiseau, choreography by Morgan Lindstom. dark hours, a very good one. Despair has succeeded in its purpose if it leads us back to hope.”

Tickets are available online at www.smithcenterpresents.com or at the Box Office at (510) 659-6031.

For more information about “Dancing on the Brink,” contact Janel Tomblin-Brown, Director of Dance at (510) 979-7450, or contact Jana Morris, assistant artistic director at (510) 659-6000 ext 5242.

Ohlone art instructor has new art show

By AMAN MEHRZAI News editor Art is like a mirror, reflecting the mood and character of its creator.

Some people create art to dissolve stress, while others choose to capture beauty. But many artists always have a hidden message in the work they create, telling something a little about themselves, about the world as they see it, containing deeper messages that only those close to the artist get to find out.

Ohlone’s Art Professor, Kenney Mencher had the opportunity in recent years to not only create the paintings he loves, but his art work has been displayed in places from the Bay Area to Sacramento.

Mencher’s works are not shy of controversy. Last year, his drawings were removed from

Sacramento’s California State Teachers’ Retirement System office lobby, for being “wry and perverted.” An array of Mencher’s paintings on display there depicted women and men in what was perceived as "sexual." Many female employees felt uncomfortable with these depictions and pushed to get the paintings removed.

Mencher pondered on what happened and decided to incorporate the incident into his new set of paintings.

Mencher often ties in his real life experiences with his paintings, both with the actual paintings itself and with its titles. The title of Mencher’s current display in Sacramento interplays with the incidents of the past.

“A ham is an actor who over acts,” said Mencher, referring to Shakespeare’s infamous play. “This is a common cliché" in the world of

Photo by Inez Black

Kenney Mencher stands next to one of his pieces.

Photo courtesy of www.kenney-mencher.com

Is the cup half full or half empty?

Photo courtesy of www.kenney-mencher.com

Man thinking of morality in ‘Hamelettes on Wry.’

Art and Theatre. So I decided to do a play on words with it. “Hamlettes is spelled almost like omelets. It is like a derivative of a little ham. The wry almost sounds like rye bread, playing on the lady calling my work wry and perverted.” The final illu-

sion, sounding like "omelets on rye" is a sarcastic play on spelling, wording and real life.

Currently, Mencher’s new paintings, “Hamlettes on Wry” is on display at the Elliot Fouts Gallery in Sacramento.

FEATURES Ice skater goes to competition with UC Berkeley skating team

Photo by Daniel Kwan

Continued from Page 1 in another. However, her UC Berkeley skating school ranked fourth place in the overall competition.

Her inspirations come from her favorite ice skaters, Michelle Kwan and Sasha Cohen.

After an hour and a half to two hours of skating, which would seem daunting to anyone who has not done this since they were 13 years old, 21-year old Ho sets off to her first classes in Berkeley at 11 in the morning.

Currently Ho is signed up for 15 units in two different schools, three units at Ohlone and 12 at UC Berkeley.

Only coming to Ohlone three times a week is still a hassle, because Ho has to take the Fremont BART to Berkeley, just to get to her classes there. But all work and no play isn't what she's about.

Just to unwind, Ho listens to her 20-gigabyte iPod, full of her favorite music. She enjoys hanging out with friends at the movies, or watching the television show “Lost” at one of their houses.

As you can see, much unwinding is due for Ho as she juggles the pressures of her parents' jockeying for her to graduate with her pastime of figure skating.

Majoring in mass communications, Ho wants to go into advertising.

Although she does not think she is good enough for the Olympics, Ho still wants to continue ice skating for a long time to come.

Ho was first introduced to ice skating when she went on a trip with her church, when she was 13 years old. She went to San Jose’s Eastridge Mall ice rink.

Her first time on the ice was in a small group lesson, given at the church outing.

When Iceoplex opened in Fremont, Ho begged her mother to sign her up for group lessons.

“When I first went ice skating, I loved it.”

As long as Ho continues to fuel her passion for ice skating, along with her continued dedication to her schoolwork it will surely pay off in the long run.

Alice Ho practices skating at Fremont’s Iceoplex.

New Ohlone English instructor shares his past experiences through writing

By ALISHA FRANCISCO Features editor After serving in the Marines during the first Gulf War, Sean Brown says he has now found his true calling.

Now a part-time instructor since this spring semester, Brown has been teaching the fast track English classes at Ohlone.

During the first episode of the Gulf War, he worked as a Marine jet engine mechanic for AU8B Harriers. While loading a 500pound cluster bomb, his partner who helped him carry the bomb onto the aircraft, tripped over a chain and let go of the bomb. The weight of the bomb resulted in Brown needing surgery because of a dislocated shoulder. Then came a medical discharge.

Brown’s inspiration goes back to when he served in the Marines.

During that time, he kept correspondence with a doctor’s wife

and teacher who gave him encouragement to continue writing because of the narratives that he would write in his letters.

In 1994, he came back from the Marines and decided to go back to school. “Going back to school helped make me realize that writing was what I was suppose to do,” said Brown.

Brown’s first attempt to go back to school was on the East Coast. He then moved out to California where he went to San Francisco State and received his master’s degree in English, Creative Writing and Fine Art. Brown’s writings range from fiction to poetry. “I write primarily in camps of experiences. I write about my childhood, family, military experiences and dayto-day experiences.”

His forthcoming book, Manufacture’s Specifications and Guidelines, is set to come out at the end of the year, which talks

about “relationships and our lives,” Brown said. It’s told in the perspective and narrative of a child, who recalls memories which are strung together to show a large picture of life.

For two years, he has also volunteered his time as assistant editor at a literary magazine, LUNA, which is based in Minnesota.

When he’s not writing he enjoys going on motorcycling trips, camping out and exploring new places.

Brown is also a member of a veteran’s writing workshop led

by Maxine Kong Kingston. A group of veterans meets once every season at a farmhouse in Marin County.

After a potluck they write all day. They conclude their day by sharing some of the thoughts they wrote. “These vets come from a place of loss and this helps traumatic participants find understanding and a way toward whole-

Photo by Sean G. Crawford

Sean Brown is Gulf War veteran now at Ohlone. ness,” said Brown. “This is a big part of my life right now.”

Brown will have more experiences to write about while starting his new chapter here at Ohlone.

Summer enrichment program for children

By FRANK ADDIEGO Staff Writer The semester is winding down and Ohlone College will be holding its popular Ohlone for Kids summer enrichment program.

Starting June 27, Ohlone College and Mission San Jose High School will be holding classes intended for children between the ages 12 to 15.

Ohlone for Kids will feature courses on a variety of topics that are sure to appeal to younger stu-

dents who fall into the desired age group.

For the more artistic students, there will be classes on art history, cartooning, drama, theatre improvisation and ethnic art.

For more science-and-technology-centered pupils, there will be courses on electronics, chemistry and robotics. The robotics classes will teach students about machines through the aid of Legos.

Not all Ohlone for Kids classes are geared toward recreation. For parents concerned that their kids

are going to waste their summer on fun and games will be happy to know that the program offers more serious academic courses.

There will be courses on language arts, geography and mathematics including algebra. Health and fitness courses are included as well and include swimming and karate among other physical activities.

According to the Ohlone for Kids page on Ohlone College’s web site, “attending Ohlone for Kids nurtures the habit of learning that becomes a life-long per-

sonal investment,” and it is a “rich selection of diverse and challenging courses to help you along that important journey to [the children’s] future.”

The semester will be divided up into three sessions. Session one starts on June 27 and ends on July 7.

Session two begins on July 11 and runs through July 21. Session three is offered from July 25 to July 28.

For more information, visit Ohlone for Kids on the web at http://www.ohlone.edu/org/ ohloneforkids/

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Mark McCord

The circus trial of M. Jackson I didn’t want to talk about it, but now I need to talk about it somewhere, why not here? The “it” is the circus that is the Michael Jackson trial.

OK, let me start by saying that this is probably one of the hardest cases to get a handle on; I’m not sure what to think. On the surface it looks like Jackson could be guilty, things like: him being 46 years old and keeping company with young boys and, according to allegations, would shake and cry hysterically if the boy wasn’t allowed to sleep in his room with him. To say that’s creepy would be an understatement.

Over the years Jackson has been constantly talking about how he missed out on his childhood. Hey, in the past 20 years this guy has had a better childhood than me and any 20 people I’ve ever met. Settling a previous charge of child molestation out of court in 1993 has definitely hurt his case too.

OK, now from what I understand of the case: the boy’s mother has said that she and her family were held captive on Jackson’s estate while a documentary was being made that refuted allegations of improper behavior by Jackson.

The accuser, a 13-year-old cancer patient, has made allegations that Michael Jackson fondled him.

According to published reports, Jackson is said to have “seduced” the boy by serving him wine.

OK, so where’s the circus? The clowns are the parade of witnesses that are former employees who have stepped out of the shadows to say, “I saw the boss do bad things.”

A security guard has said that he watched as Jackson stepped out of a shower - naked- with a child towel his hair off, kiss him and then perform oral sex on the boy.

Is this guy to be believed? I don’t know about you, wait, no, I do know about you, we couldn’t just stand there while a grown man performed oral sex on a child; job be damned, who can stand there while something so morally reprehensible is going on? If Jackson would’ve taken out a gun and shot the kid, the guard would’ve instantly been on the phone with the cops. But he sees him engaged in oral sex with the kid and he does nothing? Yeah right, believe that and I have a bridge in San Francisco for you to buy.

Former maids have taken the stand and have made the same kinds of allegations, one of them has said that Jackson had improper relations with her son, but they settled the claim out of court. As a father of three sons, let me tell you something, there is no job and no amount of money someone can pay me to keep quiet about someone improperly touching my kids.

The only representation I’d need is the firm of Smith and Wesson.

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Health Fair may be the last one Continued from Page 1 teoporosis screening and much more. Open from Monday to Friday from 10:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., no appointment is necessary to take advantage of their offer, and you can find out exactly how strong your bones are within a few hours.

But physical needs aren’t the only aspect of health, however, for mental health can be just as important to one’s well-being.

Students are under a great deal of stress and pressure to succeed or make ends meet, and they sometimes go without treatment for psychological conditions. Kim Cardoza, a community liaison for Fremont Hospital, said, “Yes, [they’ve] shown interest.” Fremont Hospital is focused on behavioral health and psychiatrists are on duty to help with any mental issues someone might have.

Overall, the Health Fair covered many key aspects of wellbeing, from ending smoking to the prevention of domestic violence. Launa Charest, a physical therapy student, said it was important to get people aware of their body weight and encourage them to sign up for physical education classes.

NEWS Tuesday last day to drop, get ‘W’

By JESSICA LOSEE Staff writer For many students, Tuesday, April 26, is a very important day. Those who wish to discontinue some of their classes have until that day to drop any class and receive a “W”, meaning that they have withdrawn from the class.

This means that students can drop a class, without the grade they currently have affecting their GPA. Yet, Director of Admissions and Records Ron Travernick said that although the “W” will not affect your GPA, financial aid and counseling departments can view them in order to follow a student’s progress.

A “W” grade and a drop grade differ. A drop is an action on the part of the student to disenroll themselves from a class and a W “non evaluative”

grade is a symbol which shows up on a transcript to represent that the student persisted in the class but withdrew,” Travenick said.

According to Travenick, a student can receive a “W” grade from 20 percent of the class period to 75 percent, allowing the students to drop a class without any recorded grade and after the 75 percent date, a letter grade is applied to the student’s record for the class.

Since the Spring Semester is composed of a total of 86 days, the final day to drop a class would be approximately 65 days into the session, thus April 26. Despite some courses holding the class times only a few days out of the week, the same day applies to all.

Yet, for classes that don’t span a whole term, the 75 percent of the class is determined by the meeting times.

“So if a class met 100 times, the date of the 75th class meeting would be the deadline to drop with a W,” explained Travernick.

Speakers win national honors Continued from Page 1 which changes venues each year. Waking up at 7 a.m. or earlier to prepare for a full 12-hour day of public speaking for a week, the competitors were “psyched” and “super prepared” for the challenge.

Even though last year was the first time Ohlone had ever won gold at the national level, this year’s performances culminated in gold and silver finishes at the state championships. With less than half a dozen traveling members, Ohlone qualified as a “limited entry” college, and won gold in debate sweepstakes, which takes into account win percentages and events entered. Ohlone also got a bronze award for overall sweepstakes (limited entry).

This most recent accomplishment on the national level was an “pleasant surprise” said several team members.

“It’s been a great experience,” said Sophomore Joyce Chuang. “I’ve gained a lot and it’s something I’ll never forget.” Chuang earned a bronze award in Impromptu Speaking, which to her, was completely unexpected. “I’m shocked and I wasn’t expecting it,” she said. “But it feels great, because now I’ve made it to final rounds in all of my events.”

Sophomore Erica Jubilado and sophomore Tony Yang made it to semifinal rounds in Parliamentary Debate, earning bronze, missing silver by one vote.

“We did our best,” said Yang. “I am really glad my partner and I worked so well together.” Yang also won a bronze in Extemporaneous Speaking.

Sophomore Cara Cuison said the trip was “excit-

ing” and “scary” at the same time. This was Cuison’s first time at a national competition; she debated with a “hybrid” partner from another school, and this was the first time they had met.

Despite this, Cuison made it to two semifinal rounds, earning bronze awards in Prose Interpretation and Parliamentary Debate, respectively. “We worked hard throughout the year,” she said. “I’m happy because I won with the piece I had since the beginning of the year.”

Cuison is optimistic about the future, saying that she believes Ohlone can “seriously” win gold awards next year if the team continues to build on its success with the right coaching.

Ohlone’s forensics program’s accomplishments are all the more remarkable given the fact that it essentially didn’t exist five years ago.

With the help of committed communications instructors, the Ohlone Speech Communications Department has grown from a one-woman operation with the late Prof. Maggie Morrison to a growing communications major and certificate field boasting three full-time professors and an increasing number of students.

Ultimately, the team’s success was due in part to some last-minute funding from the ASOC, the Ohlone Foundation and even President Doug Treadway’s office.

“We couldn’t have done it without their help,” said Yang. “It’s encouraging to know people are behind you and you want to do better to earn their support.”

Chuang added; “I think the team can only get stronger from here on out. If anybody is interested, I say ‘go for it’ because you never know what you’re missing.”

Kidango grant for low-income students The Ohlone Kidango Ohlone Lab was just awarded a state grant that will allow the program to host two extra three-hour sessions a day for

low-income families.

The preschool program is being crafted around a survey that will be distributed in the coming weeks to

Foundation Scholarships Corner Check out this week’s featured scholarships: • Audrey M. Hack Scholarship • Anne E. Golseth Excellence in Student Leadership Award • ASOC Leadership Scholarships • ASOC Scholarship for Academic Achievement • JVA Business Services Scholarship for EOPS/CARE students • Fremont Bank Scholarship • Jones Hamilton Co. Scholarship for Chemistry & Engineering Students

Students can visit the scholarships web site to find out more information and to apply. http://scholarships.ohlone.edu

determine an ideal time for each of the three-hour sessions.

The program is exclusively for low-income families on a first come first serve basis and will only accept children 2.9 to 5 over the course of 180 days. Initially the program plans to host 48 children in two three-hour sessions.

For more information concerning the Kidango preschool program contact Director Mitchell Ha at (510) 656-3328 or come directly to the Ohlone Child Care Facility.

Academy of Art back May 4 Recruiters for the Academy of Art University of San Francisco were on campus Wednesday, but they will be back on May 4 for a second sweep.

Those students interested in getting more information about the school before the second visit, can contact the Transfer and Career Services building in Building One, Room 1405, or call extension 7555.

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ebration -- 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. in the Library. The English Department and the Library invite everyone to join in a celebration of National Poetry Month. Listen to poems, or sign up at the Library Reference Desk to read a poem of your own.

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College Council Meeting -- 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. in the Library. in the video conference room (Room 1307).

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Earth Day Project - 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. around campus.

The litter in some areas of the campus will be picked up by a group of volunteer For more information and ways to help contact Jim Wright at jwright@ohlone.edu.

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Dance Concert --

The 22nd and 23rd at 8 p.m. in the Jackson Theatre, and the 24th at 2 p.m. in the Jackson Theatre. For more information about the Spring Dance Concert call the box office at 510-659-6031.

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Art Gallery-- Open during gallery hours until may 17th. The Annual Student Fine and Graphic Arts Show. The Art Department presents 195 of the best student works from the last three semesters.

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Photography Display's Last Day-- Open during library hours from April 4-25.

Tthe work of photography student Phillip J. Montalbano III can be viewed in the library's new photography display case.

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Summer and Fall Registration-- Registration for continuing students from Spring 2005 begins. Individual registration priority appointments were Emailed April 3.

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Blood Drive-- 9 a.m.3 p.m. in the Cafeteria, Building 5.

Call 510-659-6258 or visit the Student Health Center in Building 16 to make an appointment or to find out more information about drop in appointments.

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Board Meeting -- 7 p.m. in the Child Developement Center.

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Screening Day-- In the Deaf Community Center (DCC) in San Leandro. The interpreter preperation program will consist of applicants spending the day talking with community members about various topics. To find out more information about screening day E-mail Sue Owen at sowen@ohlone.edu or call her at 510-659-6269.

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Ohlone Chamber

Singers-- 8 p.m. in the Jackson Theatre. The Ohlone College Chamber Singers present the Fifth Annual Masterworks Concert, voices of the past and present, music of Pan America. Call the

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CAMPUS EVENTS $1,800 in scholarships ONGOING to be awarded this week

Theatre Box Office for ticket information at 510-659-6031.

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 www.smithcenterpresents.com Library Display Cases Display case two features Ohlone campus Book Club's first Spring '05 selection. 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.

Gay/Straight Alliance meets every Thursday in room SC-116 in the Smith Center. Meet new friends and join in our activites and rap sessions. Open to all students.

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.

By BRITNEY BINDEL Staff writer Sometimes, money does fall from the sky. You just have to know where it is going to land.

This week, Ohlone will give away more than $1,800 in scholarships. As with most, colleges, Ohlone has an abundance of scholarships waiting to be claimed.

There is a total of $20,000, donated by various patrons and companies, to be given away by this May. Scholarships will be granted for the coming fall semester, as well as to transferring students.

Johari Peebles of the Ohlone Foundation said Ohlone is “...eager to put money into students’ hands.”

Scholarships will be awarded in the areas of international student aid, health sciences, broadcasting, bio-technology, music and general education. What scholarship money is not given away this semester will be given away in the fall.

Today is the deadline for the $500 “Audrey M. Hack Scholarship,” to be given away to a first generation college student (meaning neither parent attended college), who has submitted a FAFSA form through Financial Aid, is enrolled full time, and has a cumulative minimum GPA of 2.5. Those interested in applying must fill out a completed scholarship application, and write one page, typed in 12 point font, double spaced, about what a college education will mean to him. Applications are due today; no late applications will be accepted. Look at http:// scholarships.ohlone.edu for complete directions. Attention to detail is a must, and shows ability to follow directions.

Other scholarships to be given out this week include the “Anne E. Golseth Excellence in Student Leadership Award,” due by Wednesday, April 27, as well as four “ASOC Leadership Scholarships,” in the amount of $250 each.

Also due April 27, is the “ASOC Scholarship for Academic Achievement,” for $300.

Writing contest deadline May 6

By FRANKIE ADDIEGO Staff writer Ohlone College will be holding its annual writing contest. The prize will be $200 and will be awarded in May. The winning story, or part of the story, will be published in the final issue of the Monitor for this semester. Fiction and non-fiction entries will be accepted.

The judge and coordinator of the contest is Jeffrey Dean, Assistant Professor of English. Dean will oversee the judging of the entries, as he has done in many of the previous years. “I try to stay true to what I think Karen Rosenbaum [envisioned],” said Dean.

As for what Dean is looking for in an entry, he says, “it really varies, in general, we just look for really strong writing, [and/or] a compelling story...we’ve had fiction and non fiction stories.” All interested writers must be enrolled in at-least three units during the 2004-2005 academic year. Also, they may not submit any

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.

SPANISH TUTOR-- Part time, $20/hour, 1-3 hours/week in Fremont. Must be able to provide necessary skills to tutor a Freshman Spanish student.

Meet within one mile of Ohlone College. #102573392 SALES INTERN-- Part time, $10/hour, 20 hours/week in Fremont. Must be a self starter, motivated, enthusiastic, and result oriented with excellent verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills.

Must also have; negotiation and listening skills, a professional appearance, strong phone and web-based research skills, an excellent command of English (oral and written), be a team player, and Coordination with editor-inchief is critical. Duties include

stories that have been previously published.

Writers are also limited to two stories. They can both be fiction or non-fiction, or they can be one of each. Entries should be no longer than 2,000 words. All entries should also have a cover page containing the story’s title, the author’s name, and

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phone number and mailing address. An e-mail address is optional. Electronic submissions can be sumitted and entries must be typed and double-spaced.

Pages must be stapled or numbered.

Submissions will be accepted from on April 18 until May 6. Entries may be mailed to Dean, or simply placed in his mailbox.

ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT-- Full time, salary to be determined, 40 hours/week in Hayward. Must have a high school diploma or equivalent and two or more years of experience in general administrative and project coordination. Must also be competent in computer skills, have excellent written and verbal communication skills, be able to work with people and organizations with different views in teen sexuality, pregnancy prevention, risk prevention, and other health issues, and have a professional demeanor in appearance and presentation. Duties include reporting to HR & the Administrative Director, acting as support staff to the office and being responsible for day-to-day internal operations, assisting the Development Director with the planning and implementation of fundraising events, interfacing with general public through daily phone calls, writing program correspondence, assisting with general materials development, and maintaining an organized and efficient office. #102574620

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Sheffield is far from model citizen, this case included I can tell you this, baseball is making a huge mistake by letting Gary Sheffield off the hook for attacking a fan during a game with the rival Boston Red Sox. Call it what you want, I know I will probably incur the wrath of many jar-headed types that think he didn’t do anything wrong, but Sheffield crossed the same line that Jermaine O’neil and Ron Artest did: the same crime that Artest garnered a suspension for at least the rest of this season for.

No, he didn’t climb into the stands and throw a dozen punches at the fan as Artest did.

No, he didn’t keep the fight going on the field.

Yes, he showed more restraint that Artest did by walking away from the fan and not making the incident any worse than it was.

Here’s the kicker though: Sheffield threw the first and only legitimate punch during that whole altercation.

Now, I was raised to believe what I see, not what I’m told. I bring up this point only to illustrate that just because the media and ESPN have decided to not make this incident a big deal, it was more than they’re making it out to be.

The Final Score

By STEVEN CHAVEZ Sports editor Sheffield threw a punch at a fan who he believed, in the heat of the moment, threw a punch in his direction.

ESPN and their crew of TV personalities seem to think that he didn’t throw the punch, or at least that is what they keep saying.

They also seem to think that the fan did throw a punch at Sheffield.

Now, I am definitely no fan of Sheffield and his tendency to think he is the victim in every situation, including the BALCO incident.

This, however, has nothing to do with that.

This is a simple case of me looking at film and still-shots of the incident and deciding for myself that: a) the fan was not throwing a punch, he wasn’t even looking at Sheffield when his arm was near Sheffield’s face, b) Sheffield did throw a punch at the fan and c) throwing a punch at a fan should

not be acceptable under any circumstance.

I know that it’s a natural reaction to throw a punch back at someone that threw one at you and it would be naive to think otherwise.

I also know that baseball is sending a bad message for future incidents between players and fans.

Bud Selig is a halfwit for letting Sheffield go unpunished and allowing the Red Sox to revoke the fan’s season tickets.

Sheffield should have been brought up on charges of battery for the punch he threw at the fan. ’Roid rage is a bitch.

Softball team bounces back against Monterey Peninsula

Women’s basketball

By STEVEN CHAVEZ Sports editor The Ohlone softball team bounced back on Wednesday from a tough loss the day before, defeating Monterey

Peninsula 2-0.

Ohlone lost to San Mateo College on Tuesday for the second time this season, meaning that Ohlone lost control of their own destiny for their ranking in the final conference standings.

Photos by Taylor Dunn

Angelina Franceschini (left) and Missy Cross (right) took their hacks this week.

Ohlone and San Mateo now have identical records in conference play, but because of their head-to-head meetings, San Mateo now has to lose in order for Ohlone to gain the 1st slot in the State Regional Tournament.

Before they can look toward the postseason, however, Ohlone will have one final conference game against City College of San Francisco.

With the postseason beginning the weekend of May 7 and 8, the Lady Renegades will have 10 days to rest and focus on the playoffs, where despite Tuesday’s loss, they would have to be considered heavy favorites.

On a lighter note, Wednesday’s win marked coach Donna Runyon’s 600th career coaching victory.

After the players exchanged pleasantries following the game, the team gathered at the pitching mound for a small ceremony.

The announcement of the landmark achievement came over the P.A. system with players and spectators applauding their coach for her remarkable achievement.

A bundle of flowers were also presented to Runyon.

The team will play three non-conference games over the weekend in hopes of gaining a few more wins, hoping that their impressive overall record, which totals 30 wins after Wednesday, will help them get a higher ranking for the Regional rankings.

Renegades defeat San Mateo in lopsided victory

By BRENDEN BLAKE Staff writer

Photos by Taylor Dunn

Ohlone bats yielded big results for the team on Tuesday as they pummeled San Mateo 11-2. Their next home game is today, Thursday, April 21 at 2 p.m. at the baseball field.

The Ohlone Renegades men’s baseball team rolled over San Mateo by a score of 11-2 in their game on Tuesday afternoon.

After falling behind 2-0 in the first inning Ohlone tied the game in the second inning while stringing together base hits.

The Renegades turned on the offensive firepower in the bottom of the 5th inning, scoring 6 runs and going ahead 8-2. They never looked back as pitcher Jeff Reekers pitched 8 full innings, only allowing the pair of runs in the first.

“Jeff pitched great,” said Ohlone player

Brent Bowers. “He was un-hittable at some points in the game.”

Pitcher Matt Bush came in to close the game out and did so in impressive fashion.

The 11 runs scored was one of the Renegades highest totals on the year, as they were able to get the bats going at all the right times.

“We continued to come up with big hits all day long,” said Bowers. “Guys came through when we needed them, with runners in position to score.”

Bowers finished the game with a pair of hits and an RBI. The win improved Ohlone’s record to .500 in league at 9-9 and to 13-18 overall.