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MONITOR OHLONE COLLEGE

Vol. XXXX No. 4

Fremont, California

Thursday, September 8, 2005

Semesters may get shorter; faculty to vote in 2 weeks

Club Day in the Quad

By AMAN MEHRZAI Editor-in-Chief

Photo credit line

Photo by Daniel Kwan

The Muslim Student Association passes out literature on Club Day Wednesday in the Quad. From left are: Sabbir Sattar, Huda Shreim, Hamzah Hararah and Azim Mogaddedi.

In an attempt to attract more students, Ohlone is considering plans to shorten semesters from the current 18 weeks to 15 or 16 by next fall.

Faculty Senate members voted overwhelmingly Aug. 12 to move ahead on plans for a compressed calendar, and most hope to do it quickly.

Mike Bowman, director of enrollment and curriculum management, said, “Plans for scheduling next fall start this November and comes out by February of next year. So if we want to get this to work by fall of ’06, then we have to work quickly.”

Ohlone currently has 18-week semesters that many students and faculty feel is too long. “It drags and students get burned out or lazy by mid semester,” said Ekta Patel, ASOC legislative representative. “It’s better for us to become more like the real world and other universities with shorter semesters.”

The entire Bay Area has been affected by a shortfall in student enrollment for the past two semesters, which is driving administration and faculty to come up with new ways to make Ohlone more compelling.

“Having shorter semesters will make Ohlone more attractive, much like some of the career colleges like Bryman,” said Ohlone President Doug Treadway.

“We wanted to know what made these schools more attractive and why students would pay more than community colleges when they could get the same thing here. Time may have been the factor there, that they had shorter semesters.”

Ohlone center helps New Orleans refugees

By ANNA NEMCHUK News editor Nine Katrina refugees from New Orleans walked into Tina Dodson’s office at Ohlone’s One-Stop Career Center in Newark Tuesday at 10:30 in the morning and asked for help.

First it was a shock to Dodson to find out her center was a federal disaster agency, and then came the reality of helping four adults and five children who needed basically everything.

Jennifer and Michael Pham with

kids, Jonathan, 14, and Jasmine, 6, along with Jennifer’s sister-in-law Tuyet Pham, husband Khuong Tran and kids Kevin, 14, and Alex, 11, were looking for Cong Pham, the brother, who lives in Fremont, who had offered them refuge through the storm.

The group left New Orleans last Saturday voluntarily as soon as the evacuation alerts sounded.

“My husband called me, I was cleaning; I thought he was joking.

If they let us go back, we would like to go back to our house, just to see...that’s our house, we’ve been

living there so long,” said Pham.

They drove to the Houston Astrodome, a 400-mile trip, but decided not to stay there. Then they contacted Cong Pham, and after another 2,300 miles, arrived in Newark.

Pham said FEMA gave them the wrong address, so they ended up in the One-Stop Career Center.

The center, which regularly provides various job and business-related search services for the community, is funded by the Department of Labor and the State of California. The revelation that it

Health service cut way back

By OMER AHMED Staff writer Community college students in need of health care are in danger of losing many of their benefits, according to State Assembly member John Laird.

Ohlone’s Student Health Center has cut or reduced many of its services, despite being the primary healthcare provider for many students. Due to a lack of funds, the health center had to cut back on its hours and services for this fall’s semester and beyond.

Since the beginning of the school year, the center cut back its operational hours to Monday through Thursday from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. and 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. Last semester, the clinic was open an extra hour as well as Fridays. In addition to the reduced hours, the number of staff was cut in half, from eight employees to four.

Sally Bratton, director of the health center, said the remaining staff will no longer be offering HIV tests, health education seminars, blood drives, or other extended services due to the shortage.

The Health Center’s budget problems are a result of increased tuition fees and more students receiving financial aid, said Laird.

As the cost of tuition has gone up, so has the number of students who apply and receive the BOG, or Board of Governors, Fee Waiver.

These students, in turn, don’t pay the student health fee that constitutes the main source of funds for the center, and as a result, the Health Center’s budget has fallen from $290,000 to $190,000. The student health fee has been raised from $12 Continued on Page 4

was a part of the Federal Emergency Management Agency came as a shock to the staff.

“I thought yesterday was going to be a slow day,” said Dodson.

Excited and frustrated, but not sure of how to help them - the family needed both basic staples like toothpaste and towels as well as food, housing and health insurance - she contacted the Red Cross Office in Oakland as well as Family Resources in Fremont and put together a care package, anticipating future refugees.

“How they found us, I don’t

know, it just amazes me. I expect we’ll be seeing a lot more. When you see it on the news, it’s different,” Dodson said.

A main concern was placing the children back into school and though obstacles abounded at first, due to the combined efforts of Dodson and the family, Kevin and Jonathan will begin attending Irvington High Thursday, while Jasmine and Alex were accepted into Harvey Green Elementary Wednesday.

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Our animal friends

By OMER AHMED Staff writer Last Friday, the Science and Technology Division presented its second Brown Bag Science Seminar of the fall semester, “Living With Urban Wildlife.”

Juliet Hoffman, wildlife educator, conservation biologist and previous Brown Bag speaker, spoke on the topic, which was particularly relevant for Ohlone students as the 2,999-acre Mission Peak Regional Preserve is directly behind the school and reports of animals on campus are very common.

The seminar consisted of an informative slide presentation, a question and answer session and a chance for the audience to come in contact with a selection of taxidermic animals they Continued on Page 4

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MONITOR September 8, 2005

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OPINION

Hurricane Katrina is a wake-up call for the Bay Area

By GEORGE RODGERS Assoc. Professor, Anthropology/Geography Adjunct Emergency Preparedness Planner, City of Fremont Throughout history, there have been times of tragedy and devastation which have severely tested the human spirit.

Presently, we are witnessing the horrors of the most destructive hurricane to ever strike the United States.

We watch from the comfort of our homes real-time images of the suffering, despair and utter hopelessness of thousands of our fellow Americans along the Gulf Coast.

Our hearts go out to them, our dol-

lars will help in the recovery process and some of us may even be mobilized to aid in the clean-up efforts.

However, their suffering and shattered lives have touched us here in California in another way. What’s going on down in New Orleans, Biloxi and Gulfport should act as a giant wake-up call for all of us.

We must be prepared to deal with disasters. I’m not talking about the federal, state or even the local level. I’m talking about the personal level.

Each one of us must take the responsibility to make sure that we have the necessary emergency preparedness skills and supplies to cope when a disaster strikes our area.

We may not get hurricanes here in Northern California, but we do live in earthquake country. The are two dangerous myths about earthquakes: “It won’t happen here,” or “It won’t happen for years.” Don’t kid yourself, it could happen tomorrow.

Major earthquakes are inevitable in California. As a matter of fact, the United States Geological Survey had determined that there is at least a 60 percent probability of a damaging earthquake hitting the Bay Area in the next 20 years.

In addition, the Hayward fault which runs through Fremont ,(less than two miles from campus), is considered one of the most dangerous faults in the country. ARE

YOU PREPARED, or are you like a lot of us and become complacent and think it will always happen to the other guy.

Do you think that our emergency responders will come find you or deliver food and water to your neighborhood.

Don’t count on it.

As a matter of fact, we teach in our Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) classes to prepare yourself and family to be self-sufficient with enough water, food, and supplies for a minimum of 72 hours. Was three days enough for the folks in New Orleans? You can answer that question for yourself.

Let this ongoing tragedy along

the Gulf Coast be a lesson to us all.

Let’s get prepared so that individually we can help our families, neighbors and community cope when the dreaded disaster strikes our area.

Remember it’s not a matter of IF, but WHEN an earthquake or other disaster strikes.

BE RESPONSIBLE! BE PREPARED! I will be conducting a number of Personal Emergency Preparedness (PEP) classes during this and next semester here on campus. These three-hour classes will be open to all members of the college community.

Please email me at grodgers@ohlone.edu or call 6596257.

Why are there so many unanswered questions in the world?

By JESSICA LOSEE Staff writer I want to know why....

Why does the school have so many soda vending machines and so few water fountains?

Why is there no feminine hygiene product dispenser in the girls bathroom in the cafeteria, but they have a condom dispenser?

Why are they charging 50 cents for a single condom when you can

get a bunch for free at the Student Health Center?

Why does the condom dispenser in the girls’ bathroom not work; and if there is one in the boys’ bathroom, does it work?

Why do the fountains not work, and if they do, why do we not use them?

Why is there a hose that takes water from the fire hydrant to refill the pond?

Why are there so many wasps by the pond and why can’t they leave

people and their lunches alone?

Why do the guys still giggle when someone says “clitoris” or “penis” in the Biology of Sexual Reproduction class?

Why are there so many ground squirrels on campus and do they ever come into classrooms to listen to lectures?

Why is there only one bookstore where we can buy our books and why are they so EXPENSIVE? Why are there teachers who lecture badly and put students to sleep?

Why do we not force these bad lecturers to watch their lectures on video and then see if they fall asleep?

Why is it so WRONG to sleep in class? Why can we not have napping classes?

Why do people put up bulletins on the boards near the bookstore and the cafeteria and then forget them?

Why does the bookstore buy our used books back at a lower rate than what we paid for them and then sell

them again at the original price we paid for them? Why is that not considered robbery?

Why does the cafeteria charge so much for their food? Why are there so few places to eat aside from the cafeteria?

Why does the sun ¡shine so hot on Ohlone’s hills when it is still foggy over the rest of the bay?

Why is the world so scary, unfair, and horrible and why is it that at the same time it is also extremely beautiful, awesomeand mysterious?

CAMPUS COMMENT > > >

What would you take first in an evacuation?

JTROY LUCAS Political Science “Bible and water and all the money I can get.”

CHRIS TRAN Business

JANIS GROVE English

“I would have to take a computer.”

“My family and animals, anything living.”

CLAUDIA VILARDY Technical Theater “Probably my photo albums.”

DREW RABOY Theater “Probably take my cell phone, to make sure my friends are safe.”

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CAMPUS EVENTS SEPTEMBER

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Hurricane Relief Now! Ohlone Car Wash -- 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. in parking lot "D." All proceeds to go the American Red Cross.Volunteers are needed to work two hour shifts starting at 9 a.m. and ending at 4 p.m. Please contact Paul Mueller at pmueller@ohlone.edu or (510) 979-7922 or Elaine Nagel at (510) 659-6294. Also needed are clean towels, sponges, buckets, and shop vacs. Please bring all donations to the Flea Market office in the Victorian house (Building 20) near Hyman Hall.

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21st Annual Golf Tournament -- All day. Registration fee of $225 for individuals or $900 for groups of 4 includes green fees, cart, lunch, dinner, and prizes.

Tournament will take place at Castlewood Country Club in Pleasanton. For the registration form, visit www.ohlone.edu.

ings -- This exhibit will be open

World Forum-- 12 - 2 p.m. in

from September 14th to October 15.

Reception and artist lecture will be held on September 21 from 6:30 8:30 p.m.

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.

14 Men's Water Polo -3:30 p.m. At Ohlone, versus College of Marin.

14 Women's Water Polo -- 2 p.m. At Ohlone, versus Laney College.

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

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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.

14 David Tomb: Paint- 20 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.

MANAGER/CUSTOMER SERVICE REP - Full-time Training: $9 per hour and starting: $10-$12 per hour.

Fremont, CA. Saturday 8 a.m.

- 4 p.m. and Sunday 9 a.m. noon. Must be computer literate and have excellent communication skills. Job tasks include setting up, servicing customers, answering questions, data entry, web site data entry and management, taking digital pictures of vehicles, and handling administrative tasks. This position is located on Ohlone campus. #785393 SALES/STOCK/CASHIERS - Part-time up to $15 per hour. Fremont, CA. Flexible hours. We are looking for energetic and ambitious customer service oriented individuals who are looking to grow with a leader. Previous retail experience is preferred, but we are willing to train. #1517971

Ohlone College

speak well over phone and having a positive attitude is also essential. If you have no experience I will train you to succeed. I you have mortgage experience I can sharpen your skills farther than you ever thought possible. The job description is simple: 1) You will be trained to obtain potential mortgage clients. 2) Identify a potential client’s mortgage wants, needs and goals. 3) Learn how to take a set of wants, needs or goals and develop mortgage options, which benefit potential clients. 4) Learn how to sell each mortgage program and secure deals. #1516832 CHESS INSTRUCTOR - Parttime. $25-$50 per hour. Fremont, CA. Monday - Friday. 12 - 5 p.m.

You must work well with children, have reliable transportation. Have chess knowledge or be willing to learn. Presentable appearance.

You will be instructing children in the game of chess. Experience not important but must be willing to learn the game. A plus if you already understand the game of chess. Prior work with children a plus as well. #1514333

TECHNICIAN - Part-time. $8 per hour. Fremont, CA. Monday - Friday. You must be familiar with Windows XP. Job includes performing software testing or assembling PC desktop systems and notebooks. #1516697

PRESCHOOL TEACHER Part-time or Full-time. $13-$16 per hour to start. Fremont, CA. Schedule To Be Arranged. Must have 12 ECE units, experience with preschool children. You must also be reliable, mature, and a self-starter with good communication skills. Job includes teaching child ratio 1:10, supervising preschool children, preparing and executing group time, prepare/ present art/crafts to children, and supervising children during meals and free play. #1036704

LOAN AGENT TRAINEE - Part-time 100% commission with up to $40 per hour possible. Fremont, CA. Flexible hours. 2 -8 p.m., Monday - Thursday. This position requires a person who can follow directions. Being able to

BABY SITTER - Part-time. $810 per hour. Fremont, CA. Weekends and some evenings. Must be a high School graduate with some college, non-smoker and D/D free. Previous experience handling toddlers will be helpful.

Must be legally able to work in the

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Men's Water Polo -- 2 p.m. At Ohlone, versus Santa Rosa Jr. College.

21 Women's Water Polo -- 3:30 p.m. At Ohlone, 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.

27 Transfer Day -- 10 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 Professor 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.

“GSA-Gay Straight Alliance” will meet every Tuesday in SC116 at 3-4pm.

Come and meet like minded people!

ROOM 4 RENT Female looking for Female Roommate Room + Bath in 2 Bd/2 bath CONDO (6 min. from Ohlone) many amenities!!! $600 includes utilities!

NICE & CLEAN! (510) 364-4482 or e-mail: Step.

81713@hotmail.com AVAILABLE NOW

U.S. We are looking for an individual to help manage our 19-month-old baby boy. The work involves taking care of his needs both when we (his parents) are away and at home. He is an active and friendly toddler and requires kind handling. We are in the Mission-San Jose district just a few minutes from Ohlone College. #1507271 OUTSIDE SALES REPRESENTATIVE - Full-time. $850 per week. Milpitas, CA. We are seeking creative, enthusiastic outside sales representatives for our Northern California office. The successful candidate will work with new and existing relationships to generate sales. The representative will also work with our operations manager and job site superintendents to ensure successful installations. Ideal candidates will be self-starters who combine good communications and organizational skills with a desire to excel in sales and product representation. An outgoing personality and computer experience are highly desirable. Responsibilities include: Developing relationships with general contracting and covering companies, advancing existing relationships, completing take-offs, prepare estimates and submit proposals, following-up on outstanding proposals and future opportunities, coordinating installations with operations manger and job site superintendent, managing projects from start to finish as a liaison between the operations team and the contractor.

Compensation is commission based with a guaranteed draw of $850 per week to start. Successful candidates should expect an annual compensation between $100K - $200K within 18 months of employment. #1507321

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Men’s soccer opens season with win over Lassen

By SARA KWAN Staff writer It was an intense game all the way for Ohlone, but in the end the Renegade men were able to hold on and beat Lassen College in their season opener.

Things looked good for Ohlone as they scored their first goal in the first half. Andrew Burkheimer, a defender, made a 60-yard run with the ball from Lassen’s end of the field

and passed it to Valentin Fajardo.

Fajardo crossed the ball and gave it up to Riley Johns, who put the Renegades on the scoreboard with the first goal.

The Renegades kept their lead intact for the first half, but when the second half began, Lassen promptly scored a goal to tie the game up at one. The ball travelled back and forth on the field and the game remained tied.

It was starting to get frustrating

for the Renegades but they never gave up. With 10 minutes left in the game, Ohlone made a run for their last, and what proved to be gamewinning, goal. Daniel Khairy crossed the ball to Alan Wigley, who shot the ball into the goal to put the Renegades ahead. Ohlone toughed out the remaining 10 minutes and held on to win their first game of the season.

Coach Harold Whitmore said that there was solid play throughout the

line and some guys came through for the team. On Friday they head on the road for their first away game this season, at the Allen Hancock Tournament (this tournament was pushed back to this weekend from last weekend), and Whitmore said that the most important thing is to focus their energy in the right direction.

“We played the style of our game,” said Whitmore. “Everyone played and participated.”

Photo by Daniel Kwan

Ohlone gets dirty to go for the win.

First letter to this editor, hope I don’t scare you off Sweet, I get my first chance to comment on a reader’s comment.

This will hopefully be the first of many interactions I have with the readers of this column this semester: keep the letters coming (monitor@ohlone.edu or drop them off to Room 5310).

Editor, I feel your comments about Brett Favre are way off. He is a human being just like you and I, but the difference is his family has lost just about everything in Mississippi. It is a true testament to Brett Favre, the human being, to see him standing up at the podium after everything he has been through with the death of his father, brother-in law, and the breast cancer of his wife, giving words of encouragement to people who are in the same boat as the Farve

family is. If the media can use players such as Favre, or Steve Mcnair, or Michael Lewis, to put a face on this terrible tragedy, to help with donations, then more power to them.

Who would you rather see, a stiff CNN reporter who no ties to the area, or someone who has grown up in the area and still has a home there? I think it was the wrong time to say anything about this, especially about someone who has first hand knowledge.

Sincerely, Elliott Almeida First off, Elliot, thank you for writing in, it takes courage and I commend you for it. Second, though, what comment that I made offended you? I’m not really sure where to begin here because I didn’t

The Final Score

By STEVEN CHAVEZ Sports editor say anything about him. Oh, wait, I did say something about him, I said, “...I love Brett Favre,... as a quarterback and human being.” I also said, “Why the hell do I have to turn on ESPN and watch a news conference dedicated to his thoughts on Hurricane Katrina?”

I will qualify one thing, at print time last week, it was not a highly published fact that the Favre family lost what they did. I did not know that at the time. I say qualify it

because I didn’t say anything! Was it the “I don't get it,” line? I most definitely did not say anything derogatory or belittling. I made a statement of opinion that the “total sports network” shouldn’t be dedicating their time to cover this. I turn on ESPN to watch sports or news about sports. I want to see EPO, BALCO and every other acronym you can think of, but I don’t want these sappy, feel-good stories.

If I want to watch news on the hurricane, I’ll turn on one of the 15 news channels I have at home or any of the local news broadcasts.

I’ll pick up any newspaper and read it on the front page. I’ll go onto the internet and do a Google on “Hurricane Katrina” and sit back and watch as it generates “about 46,100,000” websites for me to look

at. But I sure as hell won’t turn on ESPN, therefore I also won’t apologize for the comments. Brett Favre is a great human being. I’ve kissed his butt more than once in this column, for his devotion to his wife when he shaved his head progressively closer to emulate hers while she was undergoing chemo treatment for breast cancer as well as his ability to suck it up and be a man like he had that unbelievable game the night after his father died. Perhaps you’re a freshman and didn’t read those comments in this column last year, in which case you’re given a pass. But please don’t act as if I was the most insensitive person this side of John Rocker just because you misread what I said.

Hate my opinion if you want, but it’s my opinion. Get over it.

Lady Renegades kick season off splitting first two games

By NICK ZAMBRANO Staff writer

Photo by Daniel Kwan

Ohlone Renegades get their defense moving.

Going into a new season, it is every coach’s goal to keep their team with a winning percentage of .500 or better. If they do that, they have a sense of accomplishment.

For Women’s Head Soccer Coach Larry Heslin, the expectations are much higher than just .500 or better.

Heslin’s squad showed signs of what should prove to be a dominant season last Friday as the crushed Shasta College, 5-0.

It proved to be no contest right from the opening kickoff. Sarah

Health Center cut Continued from Page 1 to $13, the maximum a California community college is allowed to charge, in an attempt to recover some of the lost funds but only $50,000 has been gained. The Health Center is now appealing to the ASOC for more funding.

The problem isn’t limited to Ohlone. California community colleges aren’t required to have a Health Center, but many that do are facing similar budget crises for the exact same reason. A survey of California community college health centers revealed that at least 31 clinics have reduced hours and at least 40 have cut services or staff. This statewide situation has led to the creation of Assembly Bill 982, which the Ohlone Student Health Center supports.

The bill would recreate funds by allowing colleges to charge health fees even if students have BOG waivers. Bratton said that the bill is the only way to create a permanent solu-

tion and a number of other schools and organizations agree with her.

The Community College League of California, the California Federation of Teachers and the Health Services Association of the California Community Colleges have all pledged their support for the bill, which has passed the State Senate and Assembly.

Despite broad support, Gov. Schwarzenegger has shown his intent to veto the bill .

Bratton has called for student support saying, “We definitely require student activism to have Gov. Schwarzenegger sign AB 982.”

Guides on how to write the governor about the issue, are available in the lobby of the Health Center, located in Building 16.

Despite cutbacks, the Heath Center will still offer many of its services such as low-cost immunizations, clinical appointments, and over-thecounter medications.

Fernandez took it right to Shasta, scoring 3 goals and also adding an assist. Also putting the ball in the net were the Hollendshead sisters, Allie and Ambur, who each contributed with a goal.

And as we all know, a shutout is nothing without the hard work of the goalkeeper. Amanda Lopez showed that she is worthy to be in that net by shutting down what was supposed to be a good Shasta team.

As do many coaches at the beginning of a season, Heslin looks for big things out of his team.

“We have a good shot at making a run at the league title,” said Heslin.

He does have the one key component for a run at that league title, returning players. Heslin has quite a few girls returning from last year, rejoining the likes of Fernandez and the Hollendshead sisters are sophomores Dina Ryan and Tiffany Miller. So there should be no shortage of team unity.

Tuesday afternoon the girls played a tough Lassen College squad from Susanville. It was hard fought battle all through out, but the Lady Renegades came up short and lost 2-0.

“We played well out there but it didn’t work out for us in the end,” said Heslin. The team showed a lot

Ohlone aids refugees Continued from Page 1 day, a horrible day. We need help, and they’re giving us a hard time, but today, everything is okay today, it’s better than yesterday. Tina, we’re grateful to her, today she called us to pick up some donations. Everybody there was helpful - we went into the wrong place, but she helped us, made us feel better,” Pham confided.

Jennifer Pham was employed at an insurance agency. Michael Pham was a fisherman; though it is far from certain his boat remained intact. Tuyet Pham and Khuong Tran owned a restaurant fro 20 years and were afraid it met with the same fate.

Unknown were the whereabouts of another brother and aunt.

“I never applied for food stamps, but I know I have to because I have no income. If I can find a job close; we only have one vehicle. We lost everything, we have flood and homeowner insurance, but we don’t know when they’ll pay us. We need help. My children need school supplies...housing...you know when you live in a 3-bedroom house with 4 people, it’s crowded. We now have 15 people, we sleep on the floor.”

Offers of assistance to the Pham family should be sent to timfam@gmail.com Volunteers are needed to help at the Ohlone College Car Wash held Saturday 10 during the Flea Market from 10 to 3 p.m. - All proceeds will go the American Red Cross. Contact pmueller@ohlone.edu (510) 979-7922

of heart and competitive spirit though, refusing to go down without a fight. They would get hit hard on a play and shake it off like it was nothing, quite reminiscent of players in the NFL. Coming off an 8-9-3 record last season and a quick exit from the playoffs, Heslin is poised at getting his team to go all the way. “Our main goal is to win league, then state and so on,” said Heslin.

The Lady Renegades look to overcome the Lassen game with their next game, last night at Skyline College. Results were unknown as of print time.

Animal neighbors Continued from Page 1 wouldn’t normally have access to.

The majority of contact with wild animals didn’t end negatively and most of the residents surveyed thought the animals were not pests but assets to their quality of living.

The audience saw an owl, a raccoon and a deceptively innocentlooking mountain lion. Pamphlets on living with local wildlife were available, as well as free passes to the Lindsay Wildlife Museum in Walnut Creek.

The Brown Bag Seminars are offered on the first Friday of every month.

The next seminar will be presented on Oct. 7 by Ohlone Professors Narinder Bansal and William Harmon and is entitled “GIS on Campus - the Power of Geographic Information Systems.”