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Women’s

OPINION

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international

SPORTS

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Thursday, October 26, 2006

Newark campus is ‘right on schedule’

By Morgan Brinlee Features editor With construction hats securely in place, the Ohlone College Council set off for a tour of the Newark campus Monday to check the progress of construction.

“It’s exciting to see the progress,” said Academic Administrator Leta Stagnaro. “How often do you get to build a new college campus?”

Green and yellow plastic decorates the framework of the main wing of the Newark Health and Sciences building. Stacks of concrete, steel beams and piles of dirt dot the 80 acres of land around the construction site. Inside the building numerous steel hangers hung from the ceilings waiting to be used to secure air ducts in place.

“The bottom floor is pretty much framed out and they’re working on the second floor now,” explained Stagnaro. “We’re right on schedule if not a little bit ahead.”

The new Ohlone College Newark Center for Health Sciences

and Technology is designed to be three stories high and have four wings. Currently, however, only two stories have been framed. The elevator shaft stood empty, wires and steel beams marking its place in the future lobby of the Newark Center. Makeshift stairs serve as the only way to climb from one floor to the other.

On the first floor, construction crews have already begun to frame out rooms and hallways. The library has been framed out along with a few classrooms and the lobby of Building One. Upon completion, the Newark Center will have 13 general education classrooms as well as 2 health and science classrooms. There will also be a library, a nursing wing, a locker room, counseling offices, as well as an amphitheater.

Roughly 3,000 students will be able to attend classes at the Newark Center with about 1,500 students being able to be on campus at one time explained Ohlone College Continued on Page 4

Leta Stagnaro, Ohlone’s Newark center dean, climbing up the stairs of the under-construction campus during a tour on Monday.

is an upper-division, independent, nonprofit university that offers an innovative approach to undergraduate study. Geared toward making students ready to work in their chosen professions immediately after graduation, their programs in liberal arts, education, business and the behavioral and social sciences use a professional school model, meaning that Alliant combines classroom learning with hands-on real world experience. Alliant has graduate programs located in seven different locations, with undergraduate programs in San Diego,

Mexico City and now Fremont through Ohlone.

Alliant and Ohlone also have two orientation sessions coming up on Oct. 26 at noon and 5 p.m. and have invited, via e-mail, business and psychology students who have completed 15 or more units here at Ohlone. Students who are eligible for transfer can become Alliant Bound Scholars. Becoming an Alliant Bound Scholar gives students the opportunity to receive a bachelor’s degree without having to actually leave Ohlone campus and be instructed by established

scholars to receive a unique, topquality education.

Transfer Coordinator Angela Jemmott is Alliant’s liaison to Ohlone. “I actually represent an entire team of folks at the Center for Undergraduate Education at Alliant International University, such as financial aid, academic advisory, business services and the like,”said Jemmott. “The great aspect of this transfer partnership for the students is the one-stop shop aspect my position offers. It’s simple - just remember my name and contact number and I’ll direct you to the

life. “You have to chase your next hit, you have to chase your next high - that becomes your life,” she said.

She expanded on her definition of addiction by illustrating the concept of soullessness, which goes along with meth addiction. The soul, the fundamental part of what makes a person, ceases to exist. “The drug does you, you no longer do it. The obsession/compulsion becomes so strong, the user can think of nothing else.” said explained.

Metheamphetamine is a synthetic amphetamine or stimulant produced and sold illegally in pill form, capsules, powder and chunks.

Amphetamines are stimulants, or uppers, and have properties similar to adrenaline. The effects are longer lasting and the withdrawal symp-

toms or “come downs” are more intense.

Methamphetamines are known by the names meth, crank, glass, speed, crystal, ice, batu, chalk, shabu, or zip, with the most common being crystal, speed and crank.

The drug can be ingested with a beverage, in Touitou’s case snorted, injected or smoked.

Currently there is a trend for addicts to smoke it. Smokers will often use a piece of tin foil and a straw as depicted in Touitou’s presentation, or more commonly use a glass pipe, which can be made out of a light bulb, glass air freshener or glass tube in all cases altered with a torch.

Touitou began using meth at the age of 19. A light user in the begin-

ning, she gradually increased her usage. Eventually, she became a dealer to support her habit, selling some to snort some, and providing meth for a house full of addicts.

“People don’t respect you, they respect what you have,” said Touitou about dealing.

Touitou was the product of a legacy of addiction coming from a divorced family with an abusive father. She was at least a fourth generation on her mother’s side and second generation addict on her father’s side. She was pressured to be successful in school because most of her family had never attended college.

After she started dealing to support her addiction, she stopped going to school and eventually

Photo by Morgan Brinlee

Ohlone allies with Alliant University

By Noah Levin Staff writer Ohlone College has entered into an agreement with Alliant International University to work together to offer Ohlone students a bachelor's degree completion program. Offering business administration, international business administration and psychology bachelor’s degree programs, students can transfer to Alliant by completing the same general education requirements as those of the CSU system.

Alliant International University

information that you need.”

Jemmott started working on campus in early March and, though not actually employed by Ohlone College, works closely with students to help them transfer to Alliant’s bachelor programs.

Jemmott began her career with Alliant as a graduate recruiter.

“I just recently accepted the full time position as the undergraduate transfer coordinator and I love every minute of it,” exclaimed Jemmott. “I am excited about building the first cohort of Alliant Bound Scholars this spring.”

Former student recounts meth use at seminar

By Michael Abura Staff writer A turbulent battle with an addiction to methamphetamine and the road to recovery was the topic of last Friday’s emotional Brown Bag science seminar titled “Flight Without Wings: The Story of a Meth User: A Journey of Despair, Acceptance, Healing and Hope” by former Ohlone student Brittany Touitou. “I go through every one of those emotions every day of my life” said Touitou to begin her presentation.

Touitou described addiction as “Any compulsive habitual behavior that limits the freedom of human desire.” When someone does meth, it becomes the dominant force in their

stopped coming home, “I stopped being me,” said Touitou.

On June 29, 2003 at 2:15 p.m.

Touitou was arrested on four felony counts of 11379: transportation of methamphetimine. Touitou hit rock bottom when bail was set at $150 and she had to call her mother. Touitou's mother did not bail her out.

Touitou’s mon did pay for a lawyer to help with her defense.

Her mom also lost 40 pounds and came close to kidney failure from the stress. Touitou, who is heavier now, entered jail at 145 pounds and spent 90 days locked up. “I had tormented myself by not asking for help,” said Touitou.

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Bands make it big without help of record labels

By CHEN LIN Online editor 200,000 albums sold, critical acclaim, and recognition by Rolling Stone as 2005’s “Hot New Band” all things that, until the advent of the Internet, could never have happened for the band Clap Your Hands and Say Yeah. The until-then unheardof-group, whose success last year was attributed largely to attention from a handful of privately run MP3 blogs, made record earnings for a self-released debut album. While Clap Your Hands celebrated their success on tour, record industry

bigwigs shuddered, seeing its success as an omen of their imminent demise.

Not that’s at all a bad thing.

What, for example, might have happened if instead of mailing out copies of their album to reviewers, Clap Your Hands had instead relied on a major label for promotion and distribution?

To begin with, probably none of the Big Five - the major label companies that own about 75% of the market - would have picked them up. Clap Your Hands is not radio-friendly enough. Their music would hardly appeal to casual listen-

ers, used to expensively produced major-label pop, on a first listen.

And if somehow Clap Your Hands had received a contract, they’d have to first crawl through the complex labyrinth of promotion, contract signing and management fees that would leave them eventually with what producer Steve Albini, in his article for Maximum Rock N’ Roll, “The Problem with Music,” estimates is about $4,000 per band member. That’s probably a very conservative guess, but most bands typically don’t expect above a middle-class income with any deal. Needless to say, job security

is hardly guaranteed.

But Clap Your Hands, by using the Internet, became free of the overhead, making more money and granting themselves complete artistic freedom. The Net, with its freely available music, self-publishing critics and speed-of-light spreading memes is a medium for distribution of music that democratizes what once was the exclusive domain of commercial-oriented “talent” seekers. No wonder the music industry’s scared.

For the last couple decades, since the cassette player came to prominence, the music industry

has undergone consolidation both horizontally and vertically. It is dominated today by a cartel of the Big Five, the OPEC of music.

The largest companies, those who had the bankroll, began buying up smaller, independent labels and distributors, eliminating both family-owned record stores and independent chains. It also happened that these were the same distributors most willing to carry or help promote less well-known artists. In their place were retail giants like Tower Records and WalMart that cater only to the Big Five’s Continued on Page 3

younger brother of Pat Tillman, who famously gave up a multimillion dollar NFL contract in order to serve in Iraq. “Somehow the most reasonable, trusted and respected country in the world has become one of the most irrational, belligerent, feared and distrusted countries in the world.”

The younger Tillman has every reason to comment on this issue.

Pat was killed on April 22, 2004, by “friendly fire.”

Tillman is right to be indignant, because the simple answer to the “Are We Safer?” question is “No.” We are facing more terrorist attacks per year than ever before—in

2005, worldwide terrorist attacks increased to 11,111, four times greater than the previous total, according to an April Washington Post article. We are detaining innocent civilians at airports for interrogation simply for having the same name as a suspected terrorist, while real threats—such as the men who bombed the London subway—are absent from the no-fly list. We let the NSA tap our phones—but have they foiled any plots, uncovered any evidence from their endeavors?

Gives you a real feeling of security, doesn’t it?

Whether or not you believe invading Iraq was a mistake,

there can be no doubt that it has contributed to the rash of terrorist attacks worldwide. Of those 11,111 terrorist attacks mentioned, 30 percent occurred in Iraq. Our removal of Saddam Hussein, at a great cost of American and Iraqi life, has turned Iraq into a breeding ground for terrorists. Saddam, while without a doubt a tyrant and a dictator, was also a strong ruler and kept anyone he didn’t approve of out of Iraq. After our invasion—ahem!—“Operation Iraqi Freedom” into Iraq in 2003, we’ve opened Iraq up to terrorists until we can get organized. And that organization, as you all know, is not

proceeding smoothly.

But the problem isn’t so much who we invaded—although that certainly is problem enough—but rather, who we didn’t invade. These days, we almost never hear about U.S. troops combating terror in Afghanistan, the headquarters of Osama Bin Laden as well as the terrorists behind 9/11. So far, we have a grand total of 17,900 U.S. troops in Afghanistan: nothing to the approximately 134,000 soldiers America has deployed in Iraq.

So, in short, the U.S. isn’t safer today than it was on 9/11. We’ve squandered our resources in Iraq, Continued on Page 3

Has America become safer since pre-9/11 days?

By Eric Dorman Staff writer Is America really any safer now than it was in the days leading up to Sept. 11? It’s a question that’s been voiced by many, and one that is always answered with a blanket “Yes”—and few reasons—by the powers that be. However, the most recent questioner just might make Washington sit up and take notice.

“Somehow American leadership managed to create a more dangerous world,” wrote Kevin Tillman,

Campus Comment > > > If you could legalize anything, what would it be?

ANTHONY MILLAN Business

SURJIT KAUR Undeclared

ANUM CHISHTY Physiology

“Gay marriage-gay people are Americans; they have rights too.”

“Financial aid for multiple schools for one person; now you can only get aid for one college.”

“I would lower the security measures for air travel and make them less selective.”

STEVEN LOPEZ Deaf Studies “No speed limit on the freeway.”

MAT WEBER Undeclared “I would lower the drinking age; if I can die for my country at the age of 18, why couldn’t I drink?”

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International programs obtain a leader

By Chen lin Online editor Small and untidy, Eddie West’s office appears hardly an apt container for the man’s exuberant spirit.

Boxes brim with unpacked material throughout, binders and paperwork stacked tall barricade an entire door.

In its center is West, himself more casual even than his surroundings.

Today, he has on a plaid button-up with no tie; on his round face, a gold-colored Van Dyke.

West is an expressive talker. Like a trapped mime, his hands press outward toward the bounds of an imaginary container, pushing by telekinesis against the enveloping dry wall. He tries to breach the boundaries keeping him from the hallway beyond. No luck however, nothing in his office appears to have yet given way.

But West, the new director of international programs and services at Ohlone, knows well the value of patience. Press as he might, the job of expanding Ohlone’s international

outreach, exchange and enrollment he’s taken on will take years to see any result.

Before engaging in outreach overseas or hosting exchange students here, West must first establish the required infrastructure at home, starting with the simplest, most overlooked basics. Today, he’s setting up an international FedEx account online for Ohlone so information can be mailed to prospective exchange students.

Part of his job’s challenge, and what makes it unique, is that no real administration has existed for the coordination of international projects until West. Ohlone lacked the initiative, as the consequences have shown.

Compared to a national average of 4 percent international student enrollment, Ohlone has only 1 percent, consisting only of about 70 students. Internationally, the average is 6 percent.

What’s different today, and what has led to the creation of West’s office, is a renewed interest in

developing Ohlone’s international presence, according to West, largely headed by President Doug Treadway. Beginning in January 2004 with the Taizhou sister college exchange, Treadway’s enterprise has encouraged progress in a field once stagnant at Ohlone. Probably, said West, Treadway and others simply asked, “why are we behind the curve?” Ohlone, said West in response, “never devoted enough resources and attention to those areas.”

Now that the ball is rolling, only West can steer it. With no real precedent, he only has past experience to work from. Previously at Kokusai College of Foreign Language in Japan, he helped recruit students for a study abroad program to the U.S. and Europe.

That role, combined with a real empathy for “what it’s like to leave everything you know and love and to make a new life for yourself,” gives West a “more holistic worldview” on the international program at Ohlone. Moreover, he thinks he

“understands what this globalization thing is.”

A heady concept, but one that has lately become gradually more tangible. What began in 1989 with the Berlin Wall’s collapse continues today with the advent of the Internet and of outreach programs like at Ohlone.

West is only one of many, perhaps millions, working actively to form a better understanding of cultures and people unlike ours, breaching traditional geographical boundaries.

Sitting in his office last Friday, on occasion disrupted by the phone, West eagerly defended Ohlone’s international program, arguing for its practicality against detractors who say the program brings no discernible benefit. Ohlone’s unique location in one of America’s most diverse regions, said West, gives it “so much potential to be a great and active player in the field of international education.”

In this regard, West is none too humble about his involvement, and

Continued from Page 2 demands. With a vertical monopoly on the industry, the Big Five could then raise the cost of entry into the business, making it increasingly harder for independent labels to distribute or sell their music through major label-run companies.

What the music industry couldn’t own, they manipulated. Because music is an experience good - it has to be heard to be really evaluated - radio is, or was, an ideal way to promote new music. Payola, the bribing of radio stations to play certain artists, is today handled by a select coterie of industry representatives calling themselves “The Network.” It’s not the same drug dealing, prostitute pimping scandal that unfolded in the 60’s, but it’s still as influential, and just as illegal. The Network can afford payola independent labels cannot, effectively fencing out most independent labels with skyrocketing promotional costs.

Producing a successful record

shouldn’t cost anything more than decent equipment and exceptional talent – about $25,000 at most.

Instead, it has become for major labels a sometimes multimilliondollar enterprise involving big name producers, high quality equipment rental and extensive media promotion. Gradually, still-independent labels found the cost of putting a record to market becoming increasingly out of reach. As entry barriers rose, fewer firms could get started in the industry. Meanwhile, the Big Five kept buying up existing labels until each company dominated between 10 percent and 20 percent of the market – totaling in 2002 to some 75 percent. As a result, companies that shirked commercial success for artistic merit could not compete against the millions which major labels poured into one-hitwonders and boy bands. Innovation was stifled.

But with the Internet came hope.

As Clap Your Hands effectively demonstrated last year, the Net is

the ideal alternative to major label distribution. Promotion can be done free of charge by word of mouth through either the blogosphere or Myspace, while distribution is handled using file sharing or with iTunes. Success among bands is selected according to quality, by fans with real taste. Labels will find bribing bloggers difficult, as not only will the community police itself, but also because so few answer to commercial interests.

Unlike today’s radio, which also suffers intensely from consolidation, blogs are not, and cannot because of their non-profit nature, be controlled with payola.

The onset of the Web does not mean the demise of the independent label. Rather, it marks its revival.

When Clap Your Hands became an overnight blockbuster, for example, it signed with British label Wichita Records. Distribution of albums, the kind with covers and plastic casing, is still best handled by labels. In the past, new advances in technology

– the radio, phonograph, cassette, and compact disc, have always helped lower the cost of entry into the industry, ushering in a new wave of independent label startups. The Internet is no different, except that, because it’s practically free, the major labels can never control it, like they have with other mediums.

There’s no doubt, however, that they’re trying. Record labels have resorted to suing consumers for downloading music freely on the Web. If anything, these actions speak more to the major labels’ lack of ethics than the threat of piracy on revenue. Major label PR reps exaggerate figures of loss, sometimes placing it above total international record industry revenue. In fact, this number is derived from the false assumption that every download is a lost sale.

Most people couldn’t afford the volume of music they download, much less take the risk of buying an album without knowing if they’d like it. Keep in mind that music is

an experience good. The Internet is thus a promotional medium the way radio once was, allowing fans to evaluate music before purchase.

Thus, the Internet effectively makes up for sales it otherwise would reduce, a conjecture supported by a study conducted at the University of North Carolina.

The Internet, if and when it replaces the major label system, will usher in an era of musical variety unseen since before radio. The music business will become, according to New York magazine (“Facing the Music” by Michael Wolff), “in size and profit margins, the book business” – millions of new artists, few blockbusters, and average sales in the ten thousands range.

Gone will be the celebrity culture developed by major label marketers. People will have true variety.

In essence, consolidation of record companies is the foe. If government will not regulate it, then the people must. The Internet, thankfully, is just the tool for the task.

By NOAH LEVIN Staff writer

a humanitarian outreach project that helps poor families in Mexico that want a new house. Corazon is open to anyone who is interested and applications to volunteer can be found on their website. The families have to meet certain requirements set by the project.

Once a year, the members go to San Diego for three days, two of

which they spend across the border in Mexico, where the club members build one house a day. “The first time I did it, I handed the mother a key to the house, she started to cry, because she had never had a house she could lock, just guard dogs in the front yard,” said Club leader Tatiyana Hamady.

Hamady described the trips as

deeply moving, connecting the volunteers to the families they help in a profound way. Upon finishing her first house a few years ago, the recipients of the house and volunteers alike began to cry together.

Amidst tears of joy and feelings of a job well done, the mother of the family exclaimed, “Tonight we will live like kings!”

to make the campus as efficient as possible.

Environmental sustainability, helping preserve the environment for future generations, is increasingly becoming a concern, especially in California. Ohlone, along with other colleges, has tried to be as green as possible, especially in its currently under-construction Newark campus, which will devote special attention to preserving the environment.

Treadway said that the decision to hire a coordinator was partially for financial reasons as reducing consumption and waste would save the campus money but it is also part of a conscious effort to leave less of an imprint on the environment.

He said that the public’s environmental awareness had increased in recent years and that is was important that the campus raise its own awareness.

Treadway will be conducting

interviews for the position shortly.

The position will be part-time, though it could be increased to full-time if necessary.

Though many people say they support the environment, said Treadway, few are willing to take action. Hiring the coordinator, he said, is about taking action.

“The consequences of not taking action are very severe,” said Treadway, “For us, and for the planet as well.”

Continued from Page 2 without doing anything major on the real battlefront, Afghanistan.

Soldiers are dying in Iraq, and we still haven’t caught Bin Laden.

We’ve placed a reward for his head at a measly $25 million. We’re spending that much every seven hours in Iraq.

It’s easy to get caught up in negativity involving America’s safety, or lack thereof—an offense you may likely accuse the writer of this article of. Still, we can change things for the better. We must hold accountable those responsible for America’s failings, and demand an explanation of their actions. And furthermore, we must learn from this, in an effort to really make America a safer and stronger country.

It will take many more deaths like Pat Tillman’s before his brother’s words are recognized.

But let’s remember his words and work toward making America truly a safer nation.

Photo by Sharon Quintana

Director Eddie West the prospect of having a key role globalizing the Bay Area excites him.

Only three weeks into his new job, West has first to understand the intricacies of Ohlone’s bureaucracy before exploring complex overseas collegiate relationships.

“I am still learning as much as I can about how Ohlone works,” said West.

Band’s online marketing approach more effective

Students build houses in Mexico For three years now, Ohlone College’s Interact club has been going to Tijiuana, Mexico in the fall and winter to build houses.

Sponsored by Rotary International, the club travels to Mexico to participate as part of Project Corazon,

Ohlone to hire sustainability manager

By Eric Dorman Staff writer Ohlone College has sent out a job listing for an environmental sustainability coordinator and five faculty members have already applied for the position, according to President Doug Treadway.

The coordinator would oversee the college’s inputs (such as water and electricity) and waste output, and coordinate the two in an effort

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A campus grows in Newark Photo by Morgan Brinlee

Council tours the Newark Campus under construction Photo by Morgan Brinlee

Continued from Page 1 President Doug Treadway.

Out of a planned 800 parking stalls, only 600 have been able to be mapped out. Both members of Ohlone’s College Council and Turner Construction are worried about students safely crossing Cherry Street in order to get to the Newark Center. They are working with the AC Transit Public Transportation Authority to see if a bus stop can be added directly in front of the college in order to make transportation to and from the school easier for students.

The surrounding 80 acres of land at the Newark site currently sits as dirt and, while some of it will be turned into parking lots, the future of all 80 acres is not yet certain. “The long-term plan is that this [the land] will be built out with more buildings, but those buildings are dependant on the industry,” said Stagnaro. The College Council hopes that the future

Photo by Morgan Brinlee

Photo by Morgan Brinlee

Clockwise from top: A view of the Newark Center for Health and Sciences. Leta Stagnaro discusses the construction progress with a fellow College Council member. Ohlone College Council members survey the 80 acres of land surrounding the Newark Center from the second story of a building under construction. A member of the Turner Construction crew sweeps the new concrete at the Newark Center.

Newark Campus will have the space and tools to offer students training in various industry fields.

The much-discussed geothermal heating and cooling coils have been covered and the construction crew has planned to plant grass on top of them. Currently, the construction crews are preparing to put in solar panels along with two enthalpy wheels. The enthalpy wheels work as an energy recapture system to cool the outside air before it reaches the air conditioning system, so that the air conditioning system does not have to work as hard to cool the building. Each wheel stands about 20 feet in diameter and will be housed on top of the building.

Both energy saving devices will help to save the college money as well as preserve the environment.

Those interested in following up with the construction of the Newark Center may view photos as well as watch the construction happen in real time via a webcam by visiting www.ohlone.edu/org/newark/chst.

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Devil's Advocate

By Anna Nemchuk Editor-in-chief

‘Bully’ plays nice

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Tony May’s exhibit titled ‘R.C. Boat’ hangs in the Louie-Meager Art Gallery.

‘Meager Retrospective’ by artist Tony May opens in the Louie-Meager Art Gallery

By Michael Aburas Staff writer The Louie-Meager Art Gallery at the Smith Center has never been so happy to look so gray.

At the request of artist Tony May, in preparation for his exhibit running through Dec.4, the LouieMeager art gallery and hallway in front of the G. Craig Jackson Theater has been painted gray. “I like it so much as gray, we’re going to leave it that way” said gallery director and curator Margaret Stainer. Stainer added “It has much more dimension and changes with the light where white doesn’t.”

Stainer said that this show is considerably different from the last, which had more traditional paintings on the walls and sculptures behind a white back drop. Stainer described May as very mixed media, and everything is a part of his work.

“Any sight installation artist is like that” said Stainer. The lighting system in the art gallery has also been reintegrated at May’s request.

It took a group effort from artist Tony May, his two children, former Ohlone student Will McDonald, and current Ohlone students art history major Lydia Leonard and interior design major Shizuka Nakazaki, along with artist David Gutierez as

well as others to paint the gallery and hall gray.

The exhibit by May is titled “The Meager Retrospective,” which is a pun playing with the name of the Louie-Meager gallery and covers a 40-year span of May’s career.

The exhibit will feature around 22 paintings documenting pieces he has built, 10 pieces document home improvement and the exhibit also features sculptures and maquettes.

“In general all the paintings are documentaries. Style-wise they’re all photo-realistic,” said May. In other words, the paintings are made to look like photographs, but, are made out of acrylic, explained May. Six of the paintings will document different views of a piece he calls “T. House.” The “T. house” was originally assembled in May’s backyard; it was considered a fusion of sculpture and architecture and was Japanese inspired. May built the house after he returned from a trip to Japan which was part of an artist sister city exchange program with San Jose’s sister city Okayama, Japan. May described the “T. House” as having a mid west farm building (May grew up in Wisconsin) and Japanese traditional architectural feel. But May has always been influenced by Japanese architecture even before his trip. The “T. House” is

still present in May’s backyard and is used as a personal gallery.

Another maquette that will be on display at the Louie-Meager gallery is a small scale model replica of a maquette that May and artist Lonny Tomono collaborated on titled “T. Tree House”. The original piece was 6 by 6 by 6 feet and was 6 feet off the ground so people could, theoretically, go inside and have tea.

Humor is present in May’s work as five layers of resin and hundreds of pages of irony could describe the exhibit titled the “R.C. Boat” hanging upside down from the ceiling of the Louie-Meager gallery. The boat was brought home by his son, Ian, and a friend after they found it in Los Gatos Creek in San Jose.

“I repaired it and ‘artified’ it,” said May. The boat was covered in five layers of resin and the pages from two different versions of Robinson Crusoe. The only difference in the two editions is the quality of paper they were printed on. Because of the difference in quality, it creates a checkered pattern using the color tone and has mirror and light for people to look under it.

May has rowed the boat, but before he did, May performed a test sinking and found it to be adequately buoyant and able to hold two people comfortably. This sum-

mer May and artist David Couteer took the boat out on a reservoir in San Jose. “He’s [Couteer] my old boating buddy,” said May. “Variable Book Construction” is another maquette that is on display.

Originally inspired by the old wing of the San Jose Art Museum, which at one time, was a library. The exhibit, was hanging from the lobby ceiling of the San Jose Museum of Art. The concept was a play on words said May who also calls the piece Book Mobile alluding to the “Mobile” style of sculpture.

Alexander Calder, one of the most influential sculptures of 20th Century, is created with the invention of the “Mobile” which is a sculpture with hanging or wire parts whose movement can be influenced by wind. May’s sculpture or maquette has books hanging down from the design, thus the name variable book construction or book “Mobile.”

For students that have been to the Guadalupe River Park in San Jose, they will find a familiar piece titled Remembering Agriculture. The maquette is a replica of the publicly commissioned work May worked on from 1994-’97 featuring different multicolored windmills.

May has been retired for a year after teaching at San Jose State for 38 years.

Shakespeare’s tragic couple, Romeo and Juliet, soon to appear for Ohlone deaf, hearing students

By Manika Casterline Staff writer Oh Romeo! Oh Romeo! Wherefore art thou, my Romeo? Ohlone College’s Theatre Department adaptation of the Shakespearean classic Romeo and Juliet is a far cry from the classical Elizabethan version.

This interpretation draws upon a vast range of modern cultural aspects. Actors worked on utilizing pieces from their own wardrobes and customized them with the guidance of the production’s costume designer. Swords are not used for the fighting like they initially were in original versions. Instead Ohlone’s

theatrical players strike each other with chains, steel pipes and their fists of fury.

“Even when they use Shakespeare’s words they move like they are punk’d [sic] out 18-yearolds,” Director Tom Blank said of how the roles are portrayed to the audience.

Gang violence is a thematic connection that the Romeo and Juliet play highlights. Blank said, “We brought in the Tri-City Anti Gang Violence Task Force. And a couple of the detectives on that team came and did a presentation for us and talked to us about gang activity in Fremont, Newark and Union City...

They guided us away from being real gang identifiable...Don’t in any way even come close to trying to realistically recreate a gang because even thought we think we are delivering a message. A 15-year-old kid may misinterpret it”.

The production has also traveled to various junior high and high schools. It made a stop at a San Mateo junior high campus on Oct 19. Blank said, “The audience last Thursday was quite captivated in their own way. High school and junior high students tend to be unpredictable. Several times the production was interrupted with applause and they were so caught

up in it. And the teachers were stunned. They were expecting a little rag-tag group and were really quite amazed by the quality of the whole production.” They visited local Fremont high school Irvington this Tuesday and the adaptation will be performed at all Fremont high schools as well.

Romeo and Juliet will be performed at 8 p.m Nov. 2 to 4 at the Smith Center’s Jackson Theatre.

There will be a different cast performing for each night and the performance will be interpreted for deaf students on the opening night.

A post performance discussion will be held after the show.

To blame everyone else for your problems is a perfectly human thing. After all, relationships don’t work because she/he is a cheating idiot - your lack of emotional contribution to the affair has nothing to do with the matter.

Heaven forbid you actually spend time with your kids when the television makes such a stellar baby-sitter. Moreover, you’re not fat, you’re big-boned and proud of it - and the five gallons of diet soda and three packs of potato chips you guzzle and snarf down a day are much more effective than jogging regularly, since it’s your biceps you need to tone, not your calves.

Hate, no, actually, love to break it to you - simply because “everyone” does something, doesn’t make it right.

The video game Grand Theft Auto came under fire a bit ago for containing a hidden minigame that evoked a love scene between the main character and his girlfriend. With hackers gleefully pouncing on “Hot Coffee” for a cheap thrill, conservatives and self-appointed public decency officers just as gleefully pouncing on the sequence as further ammunition in the fight for censorship, some people were asking why more of a fuss was being made over one sex scene between a couple than the game’s rather extravagant display of violence.

Ladies and gentlemen, Rockstar’s back. Bully, for Playstation 2, was released Oct. 17 and is retailing for under $40; it has been continuously condemned since the concept was first announced more than a year ago.

Veering from GTA in concept but perhaps not in spirit, Bully is a huge, 3-dimensional theme park of a game, taking place in a private school Jimmy has been consigned to by his flighty mother.

The point of the game is realistic - get through the school year, get along with your classmates, don’t get caught by the teachers.

Jimmy is not the bully; he fights or outsmarts them, decides what cliques, if any, to join, whether to work and increase certain abilities by going to classes.

While he does beat others up, there is no blood or death in the game and Jimmy’s been compared to Bart Simpson in level of mischievousness.

Nonetheless, the game has and continues to be labeled a Columbine RPG, since, as we all know, that entire mess only happened because of video games.

I say rock on, Rockstar. Instead of getting stuck in adult-only territory and making GTA clones for the next 20 years, the company’s hit the teen market very close to home with an entertaining game that empathizes thinking, strategy and even attending classes as the best ways to get through high school - an ordeal that would be infinitely more enjoyable if we could view it as a game.

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October 26, 2006

News

Teachers defend their rights with petition

By Frankie Addiego Staff writer A petition denouncing the violation of First Amendment rights by the current presidential administration has attracted the signatures of 53 Ohlone faculty and administrators. The “Ohlone College Educators’ Petition in Defense of the United States Constitution” was started by Ohlone Mathematics Instructor Geoffrey Hirsch.

Hirsch said the petition was created in order to give a voice to faculty members who not only disagree with the actions of President George Bush, but see him as an enemy of

the Constitution from who they need to “defend the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the state of California against all enemies, foreign and domestic.”

Hirsch said Ohlone faculty signed an agreement that they would defend the Constitutions of the United States and California against such enemies when they agreed to work here.

“Basically it says… defend the Constitution against all enemies,” said Hirsch, “and if you look at the Bill of Rights… they’ve all been battered by the current administration.”

The petition cites Bush’s con-

Rap video filming set Friday

Filming of Ohlone student Ivy Brawner’s “safe sex” rap video is scheduled Friday at 5 p.m., behind the Smith Center.

Up to 150 people are expected to be in the street scenes, Brawner said.

“It’s going to be big,” he said. “Really big.”

Arrangements are in the works to have the video shown in various venues.

For information, call Brawner at (510) 938-8400.

Photo by Michael Aburas

Britany Toitou speaks at the Brown Bag.

troversial wire-tapping program as violating the First and FourthAmendments.

Also, the document criticizes Bush’s suspension of habeas corpus, the torture and rendition that the armed forces committed in Abu Gahrib and Guantanimo Bay, the government’s funding of “faithbased” initiatives and the relocation of protestors to “free speech” areas, which Hirsch considers a violation of their First Amendment.

One of Hirsch’s biggest concerns, however, is Bush’s use of signing statements.

“I had never heard, in my life, of signing statements,” he said, “and

so I became aware of these not too long ago.” A signing statement is a note that the President can write when he signs a bill into law.

The first President to use such a note was James Monroe. The statements can range from a political statement such as, “this is a great law,” to a refusal to enforce a particular part of a bill. Hirsch said that he isn’t aware of any other president using signing statements in the way Bush has.

Bush’s signing statements can be found on www.coherentbabble. com/signingstatements/TOC index. htm.

Hirsch said, “if [the president]

has a major problem with a law, he should veto it.”

Hirsch distributed his petition through an email. Various staff members said, “add my name,” and they were added to the list.

“I know at least two people who don’t generally sign things,” said Hirsch, “but they made an exception.”

As for whether or not any staff members are dissenting from Hirsch’s effort, he said that only one person wrote to him saying that it doesn’t reflect everyone’s opinion on staff.

The petition is available online at ww.xanga.com/constitution1787.

Continued from Page 1 two recovery programs, spending over 18 months in rehab. Touitou learned how to deal with her emotional problems and interact with people outside of the meth house, which was difficult as she was living in a halfway house with 17 other women.

“As an addict your comfort is the drug. In recovery you don't have drugs to comfort you,” said Touitou. She eventually went on to become house manager at a halfway house.

After nearly two years she was allowed to go home after “having found [her] soul again” said Touitou. “Some days the only thing that keeps me sober is the threat of

going to prison,” and the memory of the agony I caused my mother added Touitou. Other days she feels strong.

Touitou did experience a setback when she relapsed. As a result, she checked into rehab on her 21st birthday. She also decided that in order to stay sober. she could no longer be with her fiancé because he was still doing drugs.

Although Touitou is still going through legal problems, she transferred to San Jose State last semester from Ohlone and is working on her bachelor’s in Criminal Justice Administration and planning to attend law school after her legal troubles are finished.

Showing their support by attend-

ing the seminar were her mother Julie Dibene, her godmother Jill Chandler, and Touitou’s friend, Milpitas Police Officer Eric Emmanuele.

Touitou dedicated her presentation to her friend James B. Hanks who died, in his 30s, in 2005, from his drug addiction.

Touitou's presentation was part of the series of Brown Bag seminars presented during lunchtime at Ohlone. The Brown Bag seminars are sponsored by the Math, Science, and Technology division of Ohlone and funding is provided by a grant from the ASOC. Brown Bag Seminars are the first Friday of every month in Building 3, Room 3201 and are open to the public.

Nightmare of meth abuse

Campus Events October 27 New Art Exhibit - “Dias de los Muertos.”

In honor of the Mexican celebration of their ancestors, the gallery presents an ofrenda with authentic artifacts. This new exhibit will be in the Louie Meager Art Gallery through Nov. 10 and can be seen anytime Monday - Friday from noon - 3 p.m. and Wednesday evenings by appointment.

27 Library Displays -Visit the Library, Building 1 Floor 3, and take a look at the current displays of both art and informational displays. Includes: information for upcoming elections, information for the Ohlone Bookclub and student art. The library is open Monday - Thursday 7:45 a.m. - 7:45 p.m. and Friday, 7:45 a.m. - 4:45 p.m.

2 Transfer Event: UC Berkeley -- Meet with representative Angela Skrivanich between 9:30 a.m. and 3 p.m. For more information and to set up an appointment, visit the counseling window in Building 1 or call (510) 659-6110.

2-4 Romeo and Juliet -- 8 p.m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday at the Jackson Theatre. A contemporary look at Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet that is delivered through a modern setting. This edgy 60-minute production provides an insight into the marriage of art and social justice in our community.

Tickets are $12 for adults, $10 for students and can be purchased by going to the box office or by calling (510) 659-6031.

3 Men’s Soccer -- 3 p.m. vs. Las Positas College here at Ohlone.

31 Men’s Soccer -- 3 p.m. vs. Skyline College here at Ohlone.

5 World Class Pianist, Benefit Concert -- 4 p.m. in the Smith Center, Jackson Theatre. “An Afternoon Romance,” by John Nakamatsu, is a fundraiser for academic programs and student support. He is one of the most sought-after pianists of his generation, gained international fame as the Gold Medal winner in the Tenth Van Cliburn Competition. Tickets are $60 for assigned seating, and $100 for preferred seating. They can be purchased by going to the box office or calling (510) 659-6031.

1 CSU Application Workshop -- 10 to 11 a.m. in Room 1405A, the placement center, and again between 1 to 2 p.m. Come receive help with your CSU applications.

8 Transfer Event: CSU East Bay -- Meet with representative Louise Martinez between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. For more information and to set up an appointment visit the counseling window in Building 1 or call (510) 659-6110.

27 Women’s Water Polo -- 3:30 p.m. vs. Foothill College here at Ohlone.

27 Women’s Soccer -- 4 p.m. vs. Hartnell College here at Ohlone.

30 APASA Meeting -- 2:15 to 3:15 p.m. in Room 2201.

The Asian Pacific American Student Association, a club on campus, meets every Monday.

November

1 MECHA Meeting -- 2 p.m. in Room 8204. Club meets every Wednesday.

Refreshments are served, everyone welcome. Come check out the excitement.

2 UC Application Workshop -- 1 to 1:45 p.m. in Room 1405A, the placement center. Come receive help with your UC applications.

2 Gay/Straight Alliance Club -- In the Smith Center Green Room, Room SC-116, from 2 to 3 p.m.

A student club for gay/ straight/bi/or curious students who meet to talk, make friends and meet like-minded people. Club meets Thursdays, everyone is welcome.

8 Transfer Event: UC San Diego -- Meet with representative Erica Qintor between 9:30 a.m. and 2 p.m. For more information and to set up an appointment visit the counseling window in Building 1 or call (510) 659-6110.

8 CSU Application Workshop -- 11 a.m. to noon in Room 1405A, the place-

ment center. Come receive help with your CSU applications.

9 Women’s Volleyball -6:30 p.m. vs. Cañada College here at Ohlone.

9 Transfer Event: San Francisco State University -- Meet with representative Collete Cowan between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m.

For more information and to set up an appointment visit the counseling window in Building 1 or call (510) 659-6110.

10 Veterans Day -- Holiday break. No classes.

10 Women’s Soccer -- 3 p.m. vs. Foothill College here at Ohlone.

10-11 My Water Broke!

-- Dance performance by the Bliss Dance Company. It will be in the Jackson Theatre at 8 p.m. both nights. Tickets are $10 in advanced and $12 at the door. They can be purchased by visiting the box office or calling (510) 659-6031.

10-12 Jonathan Wallace Memorial Tournament: Men’s Basketball -- All day in the gym here at Ohlone. Some of the other participants include: College of Alameda, Contra Costa, Diablo Valley, Feather River, Hartnell, Ohlone, Sacramento City and Shasta.

15 Men’s Basketball -- 7 p.m. vs. De Anza College here at Ohlone.

your interview @ 650872-7870; 925-522-0102; 866-994-7823 or visit www.californiastaffingservice.com.

HIRING MUSIC TEACHERS -- Are you musically talented and looking for a highpaying part-time job?

We are looking for a few motivated, musicallygifted teachers to help teach weekly music private/group classes in the Cupertino and Fremont area. Looking for teachers in the following areas: String, woodwind, brass, piano/percussion instruments, also conducting, band, composition and voice. If interested, please contact Carol Liu, Director of Joyful Melodies Inc. at (408) 725-9049 or Mail@joyfulmelodies. com.

HAPPY FISH SWIM SCHOOL -- Seeking smart, friendly swim instructors to work with children & adults. Indoor heated pool open seven days a week. Pays $9/hr$12/hr DOE. Part Time Availability, Fun Environment, & Friendly People.

Flexible/Steady schedule works well with school schedule. Print application at www.SwimHappyFish.com.

Hiring Office Help -- An engineering company, located in Fremont, is seeking part-time

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or full-time office help.

Responsibilities: General office help, assisting with accounts payable/receivable, purchasing, shipping and receiving, matching with purchase orders.

Requirements: Strong organizational and communication skills, reliable and multi-tasked, familiar with Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook), and QuickBooks is a plus. Send your resume to tooltekeng@gmail. com.

Hiring mechanical drafter -- An engineering company, located in Fremont, is seeking a part-time or full-time mechanical drafter. Responsibilities: Drafting of par ts and assemblies, working with Bill Of Material and detailed drawings, suppor ting design/engineering depar tment and constructing BOMs. Requirements: Strong organizational and communication skills, reliable and multi-tasked, familiar with AutoCAD, Pro/ENGINEER is a plus. Send your resume to tooltekeng@gmail.com.

Seeking piano instructor -Looking for a person to take piano lessons from.

Must be affordable and in the Fremont area. Must already teach lessons to others. Please call (510) 304-2538.

CLASSIFIEDS PRESCHOOL TEACHERS & AIDES NEEDED - Do you love working with children? CalStaff is looking for substitutes to work in preschools, daycares & after school programs. We have jobs all over the Bay Area.

Schedules are flexible.

We will work around your availability. You pick your days, hours, region and age group! Travel as far as you like, see new cities or stay close to home.

Call CalStaff to schedule

Library Announcement Our Ohlone Library has 4 glass-enclosed display cases available to showcase student, faculty & staff talent (artistic, literary) as well as to promote campus clubs and upcoming community events of potential interest to the campus at large. Bookings are for a 2 week period and are accepted on a first-come basis. Several of the cases are lockable. To learn about availability this semester, please stop by the Library Information Desk or e-mail Librarian Elizabeth Silva at esilva@ohlone.edu.

Read the Monitor Online at http://ohlone.edu/org/monitor

The Monitor invites your comments. Letters should be 250 words or less and include your name and relationship to Ohlone. Letters become property of The Monitor and may be edited for spelling and length. Campus Events listings are free for college-related events.

To have your event added or to place an ad, contact Danelle Meyer at (510) 659-6075 or e-mail monitorads@ohlone.edu

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Over time

First and 10

By JEFF WEISINGER Sports editor

By RAHUL BATRA Sports writer

The future QBs are here

Was it dirt, or was it worse?

The game of football has changed a lot over the past decade or so. Defensive linemen are much faster, linebackers are as fast, if not faster than some receivers, and defensive backs hit as hard as the linebackers do these days.

Along with the changes on defense, there’s got to be changes on offense. So, what is the biggest position to change on offense?

The quarterback position.

A coach can change receivers in and out, runningbacks in and out, and some linemen in and out, but the one constant in that offensive package is the quarterback.

Fans do get used to their teams’ quarterback, so much that they begin to look at them like family. Kansas City adores Trent Green, Tennessee was surprised when they let Steve McNair go, San Francisco still loves Steve Young…and Joe Montana, Philadelphia, who once hated Donovan McNabb now doesn’t know what they’ll do without him and Jets fans will never forget the days when Vinny Testaverde was their quarterback. And fans loved Kurt Warner in his tenure with St. Louis, Arizona and New York.

A reason for the change is due to the “new” standard for NFL quarterbacks now have changed dramatically, thanks to Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick. Vick, who replaced longtime Falcons quarterback Chris Chandler, showed that now defenses have to stay honest and keep their eyes on the quarterbacks, especially those that can run like Vick, Eagle’s quarterback Donovan McNabb, and Titan’s quarterback Vince Young.

So, who are the new members of this quarterback fraternity of the NFL? Well, there’s Andrew Walter in Oakland, taking over for Aaron Brooks, who barely lasted a week; Vince Young in Tennessee, replacing long-time Titans quarterback Steve McNair; Matt Leinart in Arizona, replacing Kurt Warner; Eli Manning has become a household name in New York after he replaced Kurt Warner in 2004; Carson Palmer replaced Jon Kitna in Cincinnatti after sitting out his rookie year; Tom Brady was once a practice squad reject, and is now one of the faces of the NFL; Jake Delhomme has made a name for himself in Carolina after being cut and re-signed by the Saints; and the newest member of the bunch… Tony Romo of the Dallas Cowboys.

He’s replacing two-time Super Bowl quarterback Drew Bledsoe.

Fans, get familiar with these names, because these guys will be around for a while.

What was on Kenny Roger’s hand during game two of the World Series? He claims it was dirt. Was it? Evidence has shown that that same substance that was on his hand during the World Series was also there during his performance in the ALDS against the Yankees and in the ALCS against the A’s.

If it was essentially pine tar, it’s cheating and he should have been ejected from the game along with a maximum 10-game suspension. A punishment like that would have dramatically changed the entire course of the World Series. For game two, the Tigers would have had to bring in someone from their bullpen, which is costly in postseason play. A team needs a strong bullpen to come in, late in the game, and pitch in a clutch situation. A worn out bullpen throwing too many innings only hurts the team because of the lack of time to rest during a short seven game series.

His ejection would have also affected game six as well, which is to be played in Detroit Saturday evening. The reason being Kenny Rogers is scheduled to pitch. A smudge on the palm of his left hand marred his postgame press conference, which would have been all about his dominant and spectacular performance.

So again, the question is, was he cheating? Well, we would have found out if Tony LaRussa had done more with the situation than what he actually did. Which was nothing! LaRussa is known for not letting close calls slide and has always been affirmative and strict when it comes to a players breaking a rule in baseball. However, after the first inning, even after LaRussa’s staff told him about the smudge from looking at different FOX camera angles, LaRussa only told the umpires to tell Rogers to wash off the substance. Some say he didn’t want to make a huge deal about it because of his close friendship with Tigers manager Jim Leyland. Who knows?

Of course Tiger fans are going to use the argument that after Rogers wiped off the smudge from his left hand after the first inning, he still pitched seven strong, shutout innings anyway.

That may be true. But, it doesn’t erase the fact that it should have been carefully inspected. Because, if it was proved that it was definitely pine tar, those eight scoreless innings he threw would have been erased and Rogers would have been watching game two from the bench.

And maybe game six.

Photo by Jeff Weisinger

Melanie Inouye and Jessica Panoringan dive for the ball in the second match of their volleyball game against San Jose City College last night.

Volleyball loses to San Jose despite big late-game rally

By Jeff Weisinger Sports editor Almost, but not quite The Women’s Volleyball team’s season has been one that most would forget. However, for these girls, it’s one that they’ll learn from.

The Lady Renegades took on the Lady Jaguars of San Jose City College last night here at Ohlone, and even with a pumped-up home crowd cheering them on, the ladies couldn’t come through with a victory, as they would lose the overall game 3-0.

The first match was kind of back and forth scoring-wise as both Ohlone and San Jose City traded point after point. However, it would be San Jose City pulling through till the end as they would win the first match 30-19.

Although there was much improvement shown throughout the first match by the Lady Renegades, the second match saw the Lady

Jaguars take full control offensively and defensively. Ohlone continued their struggles defensively as San Jose City easily broke through the Ohlone defense as they would win the second match by a score of 30-7, giving San Jose City a 2-0 lead in the overall game.

The third match was the one that stood out the most for Ohlone.

After losing the first two matches, and getting dominated on in the second match, most would think that Ohlone was down for the count, and the third match would let San Jose City College clean them up.

Ohlone would have an answer for that, as from the match’s opening serve, the Lady Renegades showed that they were down, but not out. Yet, even with a strong start, Ohlone continued to make their share of mistakes. San Jose City took advantage of these mistakes, and took a commanding lead late in the match.

Then came the Lady Renegades.

After trailing by nearly 15 points in the third match, Ohlone would rally and score 10 consecutive points to erase the deficit to as much as four points, as they would trail by a score of 28-24 toward the end.

However, a late rally by Ohlone would be too little, too late as San Jose City would shut the door and stop Ohlone’s rally and win the third and final match 30-25, and win the game 3-0.

Although they have shown much improvement, their defensive play has still struggled throughout the season. Lack of focus has also haunted the Lady Renegades throughout this season, however, their improved play offensively has, without a doubt, benefited Ohlone.

The Women’s Volleyball Team will take on West Valley College in Saratoga next Wednesday at 7 p.m.

3-peat: Women win annual game

By Brittany Wilson Sports writer

What’s a rivalry that tops the Yankees/Red Sox? The annual softball game between the men’s basketball team and the women’s softball team.

Last week it was “put up or shut up” time for the two teams leading up to Thursday afternoon’s game.

The Men’s Basketball team even brought in some extra help to boost their chances. Ben Peterson, Coach Peterson’s 5-year-old son, was the special guest player. He may be little compared to the other guys, but Ben held his own in the game by scoring two runs and stealing four bases.

At the start of the game there was hope for the guys to end their streak of bad luck against the girls. Men’s Basketball Coach John Peterson got the first hit of the game, and the men looked like they would take control of this one.

However the girls were on top of their game as they would take a 7-3 lead into the fourth inning. The men were down, but not out, as they would come back to tie the game at 7 in the seventh inning. But, in the end, it would be the girls who would come through in the bottom of the seventh as they would win the game by a final of 8-7.

The win extends the girl’s streak in the rivalry to three years in a row that they’ve won this game.

Jessica Panoringan gets ready to defend.