Monitor 2006-9-14

Students remember China trip

Katie Frank goes to Italy, carves marble

Students protest drug war

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Fremont, California

Vol. XXXVII No. 3

Thursday, September 14, 2006

3,500 citizens encircle Lake Elizabeth

Photo by Christa Meier Early Saturday morning, 3,500 men, women and children, including many representing Ohlone College, held hands creating a 1.8 milelong human-ring around Fremont’s Lake Elizabeth as part of the city’s 50th anniversary celebration. The event, titled “Hands Around the Lake,” was inspired by the Hands Across America event of 1986 and the work of artist Christo Javashev. The purpose was to create a solid ring of the color orange around the lake.

Enrollment up ‘unusual’ 10.5 percent over last fall

By ERIC DORMAN Staff writer College enrollment is up an unprecedented 10.5 percent over last fall, dwarfing the 2 to 3 percent increase that the college had predicted, said Associate Vice President of Student Services Ron Travenick.

“To be in double digit growth is extremely unusual,” said Travenick, gesturing at a computer graph showing the spiking growth. “This is an

incredible difference.”

The census, taken Monday, measured the students currently enrolled in a full load of classes (15 units or more). These Full Time Equivalent (FTE) students number about 3,300.

A head count of Ohlone showed about 9,000 students.

The FTEs, Travenick said, are important because they determine the amount of funding the college receives from the state each year. If Ohlone does not meet its state-set FTE targets, it loses money- to the

tune of $4,000 per lost FTE. “This funding is a huge source of revenue, much more than student tuition or parking fees,” said Travenick. “It’s the lifeblood of the college.”

The reason for the influx of students, Travenick said, was not only that there are more total students on campus this semester, but also that more students are taking a full load of classes. Thus, while the head count is up 4.8 percent this semester, the FTEs are up 10.5.

So what could be drawing in these new students and convincing many to take more classes? The reason, said Travenick, could be the college’s newly shortened 16-week semester. It could also be its new and improved wait-listing system, Ohlone President Doug Treadway agreed.

Of the roughly 4,000 waitlist requests for various classes, 1,758 were successful.

Treadway also noted that the college was connecting with em-

ployers who wanted their employees to receive training in various areas, particularly biotechnology.

He also mentioned that Ohlone’s planned Newark campus might have drawn some extra attention to the college.

Despite this, the college will still have to work hard to meet this year’s enrollment targets. The reason for this, said Travenick, is that the college is allowed a little leeway during the summer semester to add to the Continued on Page 6

sented last Friday in room 3201, titled “Geologic Hazards Facing Ohlone College”, Newton explained in detail the possible natural dangers facing Ohlone.

Emphasizing the inevitability of geological disasters, Newton cited a U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) study which found that there is an approximately 70 percent chance of a magnitude 6.7 or higher on the Richter scale quake occurring in the

Bay Area in the next 30 years. For comparison, the amount of energy released by a 7.0 magnitude quake is almost equal to that released by Tsar Bomba, the most powerful nuclear weapon ever detonated.

Of all the faults in the Bay Area, the Hayward fault is the most likely to slip and cause an earthquake. The same USGS report citing the Bay Area’s overall chances of a quake claimed that there is a 32 percent

chance of one along the Hayward fault which is only 1.3 miles away from Ohlone’s main Fremont campus and 2.7 miles away from the currently under constructio Newark Campus. In fact, the Mission fault runs through the Fremont campus directly under the pond behind Building 5.

Citing a study by USGS paleoseismologist Jim Lienkaemper, Newton explained that a quake oc-

curs along the Hayward fault every 130 years, give or take about 40 years. The last major quake along the fault occurred in 1868 and was rated at magnitude 7.0.

The damage that would be caused by a similar quake striking Fremont in contemporary times could be catastrophic, according to Newton.

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Ohlone may face a strong quake within 30 years

By OMER AHMED News editor “There is a good chance that we will all live to see an event along the Hayward fault that will kill more people then 9/11,” said Ohlone Geology Instructor Steven Newton at Ohlone’s first Brown Bag Science Seminar of the new school year.

At the seminar, which was pre-

Board hears proposal for frontage

By EMILY BURKETT Staff writer The Ohlone College Council recently perceived conflict with the Board of Trustees in regards to frontage properties. At the College Council meeting occurring Sept.

11, 2006, the council discussed the possible agenda of the Board of Trustees meeting on the following

Wednesday, Sept. 13. The long-term lease of the Fremont campus’s frontage property was a key issue of both Board and Council meetings.

While the council was in full favor of the frontage lease, several members expressed concern in regards to political agendas of Board members. The lease is uncontroversial in its essence. The plan involves a 60-year lease of what

has been deemed Plot C (Fremont Campus’s frontage property) with tentative plans for a mix of residential and commercial buildings.

Wednesday night the Board heard a proposal from Sobrato Development Companies with a plan for approximately 60% residential housing and 40% commercial buildings. The structures would keep Continued on Page 6

Treadway, Brunton clash

By EMILY BURKETT Staff writer There’s a possibility that Ohlone College President Doug Treadway may not move to extend his contract. Treadway’s five-year term is set to expire June 30, 2008 and his contract renewal or the decision to appoint a new president will be a Continued on Page 6

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Students high on drugs, low on financial aid

By MATTHEW SO Opinion editor Due to a provision of a littleknown federal law, the Higher Education Act (HEA), enacted in 2000, approximately 180,000 students have been revoked the financial aid helping to pay their way through college. In fact, the chief cause for students losing eligibility for financial aid is drug offenses. This is unacceptable.

When convicted of drug possession, abuse, or any other drug charge, students not only suffer the criminal penalties but also lose any financial aid they qualified for.

Now, in terms of the welfare of the

convicted person, what good can come of taking away the money they need to pay their way through college? Absolutely nothing. Why should a person’s chance at education, therefore shot at life, be stunted by a totally unrelated conflict between federal law and the use of “politically incorrect” drugs? A drug offense does not negate the fact that the person earned, or was eligible for, financial aid.

Drug abuse is a very real and tangible concern, both present and growing in our societies, but complicating the matter to the point of jeopardizing the futures of people obviously inclined toward ensuring better futures for themselves

through education will not resolve the issue. Measures of HEA will merely fill our societies with uneducated, drug-abusing people, as opposed to educated people who may or may not still make drug-usage a personal choice. Because that’s what it is - a personal choice, and federal law should not compromise education any more than some personal choices already do. To some extent, a drug-using lifestyle may potentially impede on a student’s full capacity in their education, but severing the lifelines of their education, i.e. their financial aid, is making the chance at education little to nil.

In a society where drugs infiltrate

every area where there is a demand, including even high-level security prisons, federal law cannot depend on extremist “crack-down” tactics such as “zero-tolerance” measures and regulations. The country spends an approximated $60 billion a year in cracking down on druginfested neighborhoods and law enforcement aimed towards drug users in general. If this staggering annual amount were allocated toward treatment, more rehabilitation clinics and more jobs, our tax money would do more to reduce substance abuse in our society than it is doing now.

The drug market, like any other market, is fueled by supply-demand

economics. The sole drive behind this flourishing market in drugs is the societal demand for them. By throwing drug dealers and users in prison, the supply of drugs may be diminished temporarily, but the demand for drugs will and does continue to grow, and new drug dealers will gladly step in to accommodate it. For the last three decades, the escalating “War on Drugs” has done nothing to lessen the ever-increasing demand for drugs, much less the influx of prosecuted drug-abusers into our prisons.

However, if the government were to legalize drugs and sell them at cheaper prices, they could Continued on Page 6

political analysts and strategists to be a referendum on the current administration. For instance, in 1966 Democrats lost 47 House seats and broke even for the Senate seats they gained in 1964. This could be attributed to the shift in public opinion of how President Johnson was handling the war in Vietnam.

The Republican Party believes that the justification for the war in Iraq is where the strength of their party’s support lies. According to a White House press release on Aug. 21, President Bush said,

“We’re not leaving, so long as I’m the President. That would be a huge mistake. It would send an unbelievably terrible signal to reformers across the region. It would say we’ve abandoned our desire to change the conditions that create terror. It would give the terrorists a safe haven from which to launch attacks. It would embolden Iran. It would embolden extremists”.

Conservatives have redefined terms in order to tilt arguments in their favor. The War in Iraq, in G.O.P terminology, is now a war

on terrorism. And then there are the outright silly characterizations of anti-abortion supporters, like that of being “pro-life.” Who, exactly, do you know of that is pro-death?

Such labels are as convoluted as the Orwellian phrase “war is peace”.

In an interview on “This Week,” host George Stephanopoulos asked Sen. Rick Santorum (R-PA) if he believed if Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY) is a radical feminist, to which he replied, “Yes, I do.

I mean, read her work and what she’s done on children’s rights. I mean,

that’s radical. I mean, you’re talking about giving children the same - that children have rights equal to adults. I mean, that is not a nurturing atmosphere of mothers and fathers taking responsibility for shaping the moral vision of their children. She doesn’t agree with that, at least if you look at her earlier writings.” Of course, these are blatant examples of the rhetoric that Republicans utilize to depict the comrades who sit across the aisle from them.

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Upcoming November midterm election

By MANIKA CASTERLINE Staff writer The issue of national security is one of several key topics in current political debate, especially because of the upcoming midterm election on Nov. 7. The main question of controversy is which political party deserves to direct both foreign as well as domestic policy. Midterm elections are often perceived by

Campus Comment > >

How has 9/11 changed the world?

DIANNE GO Business

ROMAN SCHACHTER Undecided

“I think it made people “It seems like we’re more realize how precious the world is.” vulnerable to things like terrorism.”

QUAICE SARWARY Biology “People are more judgmental They’re more aware of certain things.”

ZESHAN NUSRAT Biology “People’s mentality toward nationality and religion.”

Steve KESHA HUGHES Fajardo Biology Chief of Police

“There’s a lot more stereotypes now.”

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Campus has wireless Internet network

By MICHAEL ABURAS Staff writer Guess what! I’ve got a fever and the only cure is more wireless.

It’s time to cut the cord because Ohlone’s campus now has wireless Internet access.

Anyone with a laptop equipped with a wireless card can access the school’s wireless network.

There are no passwords required because it’s an open network. All of Ohlone’s web-based resources such as WebAdvisor and the campus directory are available. In addition, all online library resources are accessible as well, including HANS and Ebsco host. The coverage is outdoors from Building one, up to the pond. Buildings eight, six, four and two have relays mounted on the roof creating the network.

There is no coverage from Building one to Hyman Hall. Currently the library, Hyman Hall (first and second floor) and rooms 1402 and 1406 are the indoor areas on campus with full coverage. Students who have been able to log on in the cafeteria or classrooms have done so because of spillover from the outdoor signal. However, Ralph Kindred, associate vice president of information technology (IT), has said that one of the technology initiatives of the school is to provide wireless access for all classrooms on campus.

Wireless for faculty in Hyman Hall has been in use for about a year. In 2004, Douglas Burns, director of IT at the time, went

Ahmed Hashmi to the college and said it needed to create a wireless network for Hyman Hall. After Burns was granted funding for the project, a wireless infrastructure was set up in Hyman Hall.

Once it was set up, the school purchased 30 laptops to push teachers to come up with new and innovative ways to use wireless in their classes. Through the Mobile Computing Learning Community (MCLC), a beta testing group of 25 students was created. The purpose of the beta group was to log onto the Internet, give feedback and fill out a trouble shooting ticket if there were any problems.

Last semester, the MCLC provided computers used for an experimental PC pilot Program for the nursing department. Initially, Nursing Instructor Carrie Dameron and Instructor of Computer Studies Richard Grotegut composed

a Hewlett Packard grant for PC tablets that was not approved. The college saved the day through the MCLC, and provided Dameron’s nursing program with tablet PCs that were chosen for their wireless capabilities. Nursing students were assigned tablets and held responsible for the $1,400 piece of equipment. The tablet PC was aptly named. It has the ability to rotate its screen down and over the keyboard, becoming a tablet.

When using this feature, a nursing student could take down a patient’s information and save it for later applications, or, using the wireless capability, send information to other students. The tablet PC involvement with the nursing program has been discontinued.

The hospital felt it would interfere with the hospital equipment used to monitor patients.

In addition, the hospital did not have a place for students to store them. According to Dameron, once the nursing department moves to the Newark campus, she will look at requiring students to have laptops. She will, however, also consider how affordable it is for students.

Presently, in Hyman Hall, there are 60 tablet PCs. It has removed 30 work stations in room 118 and replaced them with 30 tablet PCs. Another 30 are stored in a cabinet for use upstairs. Both sets are available to faculty who come up with experimental projects that require wireless access.

The reason students have

be free campus-specific handouts, brochures and giveaways.

CSUs from as near as Hayward (UC East Bay) to as far away as Fresno as well as more prestigious UC’s such as Berkeley and San Diego will be at the event. Also handing out information will be independent academies such as Menlo College and Robert Ross University of Nursing.

Also on hand during Transfer Day will be Alliant University. This private university has attempted to build a curriculum where students are able to take courses from Alliant while still attending Ohlone. This, however, has yet to happen.

Following that, there will be a University Panel in Room 7102 from 2 to 3 p.m. where financial

aid as well as UC, CSU, and Private system representatives will give presentations. There will be a chance to ask system-wide questions about general admissions, programs, tips, processes, deadlines and more. “Those who will benefit the most from this,” said Berkland, “will be those who are new to Ohlone.”

For more information and resources, students can visit www. ohlone.edu/org/transferday and can find a list of questions to ask themselves when looking for the right college as well as more information regarding Transfer Day. Transfer Day is expected to take place despite construction work being done around the ground level of Building 1.

Transfer Day Sept. 19 will help students pick colleges

By Frankie Addiego Staff writer Transfer Day will provide an opportunity for students to get information from 40 colleges and universities about transferring policies. “People think that it’s just for those who are ready to transfer from Ohlone,” said Ohlone College’s Diane Berkland, “it’s best to attend this event when you’re just beginning.”

Ohlone will hold an Information Fair in the Lobby of Building 1 Wednesday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Admissions counselors will be there to inform students about their campuses or answer questions about academic programs, admissions, and enrollment. There will

wireless access on campus this year is because of the largesse of the general manager of Broadsite Wireless, Ahmed Hashmi.

Hashmi donated about $20,000 worth of wireless equipment to the school. Hashmi’s daughter attended Ohlone in 1996-97. Hashmi said his generous donations were a result of his daughter’s wonderful experience at Ohlone, the fact that “because of so many different cultures, (Ohlone) serves the community diligently,” “and faith in the Quran says you must give back to the community.”

On Wednesday, the outdoor access was performing a little sluggishly. The library and Hyman Hall had excellent reception and the Internet worked efficiently in those buildings.

However, in the cafeteria it was almost impossible to surf the net. The Ohlone home page refused to load. These last two days, students may have seen Hashmi and his team, summoned from their vacation in Taiwan to work on fine-tuning the campus’s network. Hashmi’s company will also maintain the network at no charge to the school.

The team and Ohlone’s IT department are working assiduously on maintaining a reliable network for students.

There has been positive feed-

back from both teachers and students. English Instructor Tracy Virgil, who teaches English 101C online, believes that more of her students may do their homework because of wireless access. In addition, Virgil said it creates more office hours without officially having to be in her office. Conversely, Virgil is concerned that wireless may not benefit students who cannot afford a laptop. Librarian Kathy (KG) Greenstein said “It’s mobility and flexibility, little brother.” Student and member of the beta testing group Abniner Mundra said, “I think it’s essential for a campus to have wireless because it caters to different types of students.” Student Ho Phang thinks it’s great that he can go into a library conference room, which does not have computers, and use his laptop.

Dennis Driver, the IT computer lab coordinator for the first floor of Hyman Hall, said, “Ohlone College is working hard to provide what (author) Mark Prinsky calls “digital natives,” a learning where technology is a cornerstone.”

The wireless network is up and running well. But the “digital natives” who need assistance or more information can call the help desk at (510) 659-7333 or contact the IT help service at http://help. ohlone.edu

Continued from Page 2 those who are fed up with what the majority party has done since obtaining power in 2000. For congressional control, the Democrats need to obtain six Senate seats and 15 in the House. California is not considered a highly contested state when it comes to incumbent Sen. Dianne Feinstein against Republican Dick Mountjoy and Green party candidate Todd Chretien. However, Democratic gubernatorial challeng-

er Phil Angelides is pulling out party favorites like Sen. John Edwards to make campaign appearances, in hopes of exterminating the Terminator also known as our Governor.

According to the AP, there is a 71 percent negative approval rating regarding the direction in which the country is being dragged, and analysts predict that Democrats will take control of either the House or the Senate. Who will you give the authority to govern?

Midterm elections

Stark story mistaken In the Sept. 7 issue of the Monitor, an article titled “Pete Stark to speak at Ohlone” contained incorrect information. The reporter who wrote the article drew some of her information from an out-of-date press release. Pete Stark will not be speaking at the Early Childhood Studies Conference as he had last year. He has been scheduled to appear at the Fremont Senior Center the day of the conference, which will be held on Saturday, Sept. 30 in Ohlone’s Kidango Child Development Center.

The keynote speaker will be Cheryl Jackson-Williams. Participation in the conference will cost $20.

New baseball stadium planned on Newark campus

By Morgan Brinlee Staff writer For the Ohlone Renegades baseball team the idea of playing home games to a stadium full of people has always been merely a dream.

Now it seems that dream might finally become true.

Plans to build a stadium on the Newark campus are being discussed

by Ohlone President Doug Treadway, Executive Director of Asset and Enterprise Managment Services David Smith, and the Ohlone College Board of Trustees. Both Treadway

and Smith feel it would be more cost effective to move the baseball field to the Newark campus rather than rebuild one on the main Fremont campus. “It’s a comparison of the cost of building one on a hillside vs. on flat ground,” Smith said.

The idea of leasing out the future stadium to Golden Baseball League is also being discussed. Shortly after joining the Ohlone College faculty Smith who is also the Mayor of Newark received a letter from Dave Kavel, CEO and Founder of Golden Baseball League that said the league was looking for sites to

house future teams.

If the Ohlone Board agrees to lease out the future Ohlone stadium more seating and amenities would need to be included in the stadium’s building plans. “This is a work in progress and I think that both parties are willing participants at this point and we are just trying to see if we can work out the details,” said Smith, “no contracts have been signed.”

In order for work to start on the stadium, negotiations for the Fremont campus frontage property must come to a conclusion. “For the

Ohlone Renegades to have a new baseball field to play on the Fremont frontage development must come through. That is where the money will come from,” said Smith.

The board will vote Sept. 27 about whether or not to pursue a lease with the Golden Baseball League. However, plans to pursue the modification to Newark campus to include a baseball field and stadium were approved by the board at the May 24 meeting. The Golden Baseball League would lease the stadium during the summer, providing a source of income

for Ohlone as well as the city of Newark. The stadium would also serve as the home of the Ohlone College Renegades and there is talk of it being used as a venue for other events as well. “It gives the college a venue to do other things as well that we haven’t even thought about,” said Smith.

The stadium would take up approximately seven acres of the 81-acre Newark site. “What they [Golden Baseball League] need in order to do business is a park that seats probably 3,000 people and lights for a night game.”

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Photo by Adam Manning

Photo courtesy of Renee Gonzales Photo by Adam Manning A city navigable only by boat, one of many places visited by students last summer. (above) Carlos Vejar next to a girl in traditional Chinese dress. (lower left) Student ambassadors from the Shanghai Theater Academy, from left to right: Vincent, Kiki, and Summer. (lower right)

Strange encounters of the Oriental kind

By CHEN LIN Feature editor Ashley Dorsey had wanted to travel abroad all her life. It was her dream. So last spring, when she stumbled across a flyer recruiting students to be part of a delegation that would visit China in May, it may come as a surprise that she hesitated to apply. “[I was] afraid of taking the chance to possibly be let down again,” said Dorsey in an essay prepared for class. The past year, she'd been devastated when a trip overseas of her own was canceled after circumstances interfered.

She was afraid that history would repeat itself.

Fortunately for her, however,

Dorsey applied in spite of her fears. After she learned in April that, along with seven others, she’d been selected to be a member of the delegation, she had no regrets.

In America, and for Dorsey in particular, dreams have a way of themselves coming true. But in China, as the student delegation members would learn, oftentimes the inhabitants don’t have that same privilege.

One example is Kiki. The last of three student ambassadors assigned to accompany students at their first destination, Shanghai, Kiki is a singer who hopes one day to pursue her career as a vocalist in America, believing she’ll have better fortune overseas than at home. She, like many other Chinese the delegates

encountered, is eager to be a part of the American culture that everyday so fascinates them.

Yet odds are she probably won't set foot in the U.S. anytime soon, but not because she can’t afford it. Kiki lives in a lavish, well-off apartment in Shanghai. Her location is fantastic: outside her living room curtain is a sprawling view of Shanghai's vast urbanscape - row after row of high-rise apartment buildings. By Chinese standards, Kiki’s family is unusually wealthy.

It’s actually the paperwork that's the trouble. While it’s not hard for foreigners to enter China - income from tourism accounts for about five percent of the nation’s GDP - it can take months, years even, for Chinese to obtain visas clearing them for a

stay in the U.S. “It’s just, thinking that your dreams are not going to be realized,” said student delegate Nicole Sanders, reflecting on the situation of those like Kiki.

No wonder then, that Kiki was so eager to accommodate the Englishspeaking delegates. She and her two fellow Chinese representatives, Summer and Vincent, all made a tremendous effort to be hospitable to Ohlone’s delegation. In the process, students sometimes formed close bonds with their guides. Some still keep in touch through e-mail.

It was through Vincent and Summer that the students had their first glimpse of how native Chinese interacted. Close friends, the pair often teased one another.

“Bi zui!” Summer would tell Vincent jokingly, meaning “shut up” in Chinese. The students describe Summer as quiet, reserved, but otherwise “unconditionally nice.”

Vincent, on the other hand, is more outgoing. He is tall, has a bulky build, and is exceptionally athletic. He likes to joke with the delegates.

“Do you know Tae Kwon Do?” Vincent asked, striking a mock martial arts pose. Laughter ensued.

When the delegation's stay in Shanghai came to a close, it was at Kiki’s lavish, riverside apartment that the group said their goodbyes.

Gathered about Kiki’s living room, the entire student delegation, some staff, the Chinese ambassadors, and Kiki’s parents all mingled and

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Katie Frank molding marvelous marble

By Morgan Brinlee Staff writer Italians have had a reputation for being crazy for many years – in a good way. Over the summer, Ohlone Art Professor Katie Frank traveled to Carraro, Italy to try her hand at carving marble. She found that Italians are just as wild as their reputation implies.

“Don’t get me wrong, most Italians are really wonderful people.

They were so excited and enthusiastic to have someone interested in their town and in learning to work with marble. They were very kind, engaging people, but they are crazy,” Frank said.

In Italy, Frank rented a room from a woman named Ana Borghi, who was perhaps the most colorful character Frank met while working overseas. “I can remember one time I was eating dinner and she came into the room and lifted up her dress and just started spanking herself,” Frank said. “There was so much drama in Italy.”

Manuel Neri, an artist Frank showed with at The California College of Arts early this year, invited Frank to Italy to work in his studio.

Neri himself, however, never made it to Italy.

By luck, Frank happened upon the Nicoli Studio, where she worked alongside other artists from May 30

Photos courtesy of Katie Frank Katie Frank working with marble in her studio (above) and standing next to a marble quarry (below). until June 30, chipping and sawing away at marble. “It was a wild experience because I got to work in a studio where they made replicas of Michelangelo’s ‘David’,” said Frank. “I had no idea how you go

about working with marble.”

Looking through Frank's pictures you might ask if maybe there was a summer snowfall in Italy. Marble is everywhere in Carraro, both in its natural state and in the city’s

architecture. “In Carraro marble is like cardboard,” Frank said. “It’s everywhere.” Mountains appear as if covered in snow and streets glisten white from all the marble.

Marble, it seems, is a big business for Carraro, making it an ideal place to work in marble carving.

Frank spent most of her time in the studio. Monday through Friday, Frank would arrive at Nicoli Studio at 7 a.m. and stay until 4 or 5 in the evening.

While there, Frank made three marble pieces: an eye, a teardrop, and a replica of the ear from Michelangelo’s “David.”

While Frank doesn't see herself working with marble again any time soon, she is not opposed to the idea.

“I think that if my idea needs to be made in marble, then I’ll make it in marble. But I still think in terms of clay,” Frank said.

In her free time, Frank explored the marble museum and the marble quarry in Carraro. She also traveled to Florence, Rome, Milan, Portifino, Lucca, Cirque Terre, and Pietrasanta. “If I went back, that is where I would work in marble. In Pietrasanta,” Frank said.

Frank followed up her month in Italy with two weeks in Spain, visiting both Madrid and Barcelona before returning to Ohlone for the Fall 2006 semester.“Italy is still with me. In some ways I felt like I was at a retreat," Frank said.

Lift reopened in Building 1

A bagpipe tribute to 9/11

Kevin Kirk tries out the newly reopened handicap lift in Building 1.

Instructor George Rodgers played Amazing Grace on a bagpipe the morning of Sept. 11 to commemorate the terrorist attacks. From left are officers James Keogh, Miguel Mendoza, Rodgers and Ben Peralta.

... with more next year to come exchanged gifts. For most, it was a touching experience.

With their adventures in Shanghai concluded, students next left for Hangzhou. Because of a delay, the delegation didn’t arrive at Zhejiang Changzheng College in Hangzhou until past midnight.

To the delegation’s surprise, students there remained awake and prepared at even that time to receive their guests. After only several hours sleep, typical of most of their nights in China, the students attended a two-hour talent show the next day held exclusively for their benefit.

Students in Hangzhou were uncompromising in how much attention they gave their foreign guests.

“We were treated very, very well by the students,” Dorsey said.

This turned out to be a common theme throughout much of the delegation’s stay in China. Almost anywhere they went, the students were treated with unrivaled hospitality.

Except at popular tourist destinations, members of the delegation were often approached for photographs, most times only with exaggerated hand gestures and broken English. Their presence at schools often caused a sensation, and students generally welcomed them with open arms.

“We felt so like celebrities,” said student delegate Adam Manning.

It’s no surprise then, that members of the delegation generally felt that the trip was a success. The culmination of a three year long

dialogue with schools in China for development of an international exchange program, last summer’s trip was the first of what will probably be several international exchange programs with China.

In November, a troupe of dancers from the Shanghai Theater Academy is expected to perform in the Smith Center. By January, dorms may be ready for rent to exchange students from China studying at Ohlone. In May, a dance troupe of Ohlone’s own will perform at the Academy.

Some staff however, feel that the exchange program hasn’t been worth its cost.

“Besides emotional growth and other intangible and immeasurable aspects, I’m still not sure of the pur-

pose of this exchange we're engaging in with Taizhou,” Professor Sheldon W. Helms said in a comment to Vice President Jim Wright’s blog earlier this month.“A dozen or so faculty and students have made the trip, using many thousands of dollars during a fiscally difficult time.”

Pilar Lewis, who is planning to teach classes in China next year as part of a contract education program, said in response, “Spending money and time in China is an investment that would benefit both Ohlone and China ... [Shanghai Arts and Crafts Vocational School] is willing to pay all of the expenses to hire a teacher from Ohlone, and they may even pay extra money to buy necessary equipment for my department.”

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Devil’s Advocate

By Anna Nemchuk Editor-in-chief

Stay out of my damn diary For a nation that screams “lawsuit” at the slightest provocation, America has very odd views on privacy. We’re surrounded everyday with commands to keep our noses to ourselves. Yet, as usual, we hardly practice what we preach.

To say that today’s citizens are disillusioned with their politicians is, in my opinion, putting it rather mildly. But no one likes salt rubbed on an open wound, so further proof that power corrupts is a depressing, but unexceptional.

Recently, a private meeting Arnold Schwarzenegger held with his staff in March was reported on by the Los Angeles Times. More specifically, six minutes of it in which the governor’s remarks to his chief of staff Susan Kennedy about state Assemblywoman Bonnie Garcia’s “Latin” temper had the public up in arms.

Or so his opponent in the gubernatorial race evidently thought would be the result, as they have admitted to being the source of the leak.

Phil Angelides’s staff are maintaining that the information they found was freely accessible on Schwarzenegger’s site. Adam Mendelsohn, a spokesman for the Terminator however, insisted that the material was not in an area easily accessed and that some hacking had to have taken place.

So Angelides’s crew got a little over-zealous in their campaign and decided to see if they could smear Schwarzenegger for being a racist. Frankly, I don’t think I care whether they hacked or no - I don’t want my laws dictated by someone willing to play that low AND be stupid enough to get caught. As for Arnold, my sympathies are with him. I can’t imagine having to watch your words every waking moment and living in fear of some harpy denouncing you as some sort of “-ist”. So he joked around about the woman’s fiery temper. At least he didn’t go Mel Gibson on a Jewish coworker.

Where is our respect for privacy now? Why should average citizens respect each other when their leaders do not? Then again, this is hardly the first time America has shown an embarrassing lack of courtesy to its citizens, as evidenced by the 1998 Clinton-Lewinsky fiasco.

No one is above being dragged through the dirt.

For that matter, if someone can explain to me what a president’s sexual behavior has to do with his merit as a leader, please stand up.

Living in a country founded by Puritans, you’d think we’d fight harder against the moralistic yoke thrust in our teeth.

Then again, what is privacy when set against national security? I hope our current administration makes very sure to launder all their interns’ dresses.

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September 14, 2006

News/Opinion Ohlone in danger Continued from Page 1 deaths in Hayward. This small number seemed almost reassuring until Newton explained that the total population of the area was around 500. The last estimate of Fremont’s population was 210,158 and, at the same casualty rate that Hayward experienced, around 2,100 lives could be lost locally in such a quake.

While Ohlone’s main campus fares relatively well compared to the lower-lying areas of Fremont, the site “is still on the corner of bad and worse”, Newton explained.

After showing a map of the areas in Fremont color-coded by how vulnerable they are to damage during a quake, on which there was no actual safe area, Newton pointed to the campus, outside the worse areas but still well within the disaster-prone area.

The one main advantage Ohlone has during a quake is that it is in the hills. Many areas of Fremont

are located on wet-lands which may become unstable during an earthquake. In addition to feeling the effects of a quake more intensely, these areas may experience liquefaction, a phenomenon which causes the ground to act like a liquid and cause buildings above to sink into the earth.

Ohlone also fared relatively will in regards to the possibility of flood and mudslides while the rest of Fremont may not be so lucky. Newton indicated that most of the possible mudslides in the area would not head in Ohlone’s direction.

Newton encouraged those interested in the Hayward fault to visit the Fremont Earthquake Exhibit at Fremont Central Park where a 15 foot trench has been dug, exposing the fault for viewing. The exhibit is open every Saturday, Sunday and last Friday of each month from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The exhibit is set to close on Oct. 30, 2006.

More students enroll Continued from Page 1 previous year’s total. Last year, the college borrowed some enrollment from the summer to reach their target, meaning that Ohlone was “in the hole” before the fall semester even began. With the increased enrollment, the college should be able to make up the difference and reach the targets.

Travenick and Treadway are doing everything they can to keep the enrollment up in the following semesters. Both plan to look into further the demographics of the new arrivals, as well as their reasons for coming.

“We’re on the move,” said Treadway. “And people like to be in a place that’s on the move.”

Administrations in conflict Use drugs, lose aid Continued from Page 2 a profit on a market whose revenue would otherwise have gone unchecked into the hands of drug-dealing private citizens. This money could then be aimed toward rehabilitation clinics, treatments for drug addiction, drug awareness programs and drug education in schools. The drugs sold would also be safer to use, as opposed to the unreliable variability in the safety and quality of the drugs sold by private dealers, which is a considerable concern as many drug-related deaths are due to drug poisoning and improperly refined narcotics. The end result would be a greater societal awareness of the negative effects of using drugs, safer drug use, an incheck, government-regulated market of drugs, more drug users committing themselves to rehabilitation clinics, a decrease in private drug dealing and drug-smuggling, and an overall decrease in the societal demand for drugs in the first place.

Personally, I find this to be the sole effective course of action federal law could and should take. But cracking down on drug-using students, thus depriving them of their student status is simply ridiculous. Take away all of our drug users, and we’ve got a bland society with half the population it was. Without a president.

To lease or not to?

Continued from Page 1 with the atmosphere of the Mission San Jose District by adhering to historical standards. However, even with Sobrato’s compliance to local standards, City Councilman Dominic Dutra stated that it could take up to two years before ground breaking could commence due to city regulations. The frontage property lease is expected to bring in approximately $2 million in annual revenue, about 4.5 percent of Ohlone’s current budget.

The current budget as presented to both the Council and the Board has not taken these funds into account, as they are not likely to be available until 2008. However, frontage lease funds notwithstanding, the Ohlone budget has been well managed. With a total of $1 million in unallocated savings in the past fiscal year and current year funding amounting to $2.4 million dollars, the college has achieved a total of approximately $3.0 million dollars in unallocated funds. This surplus is due in part to savings achieved over the 2005-2006 fiscal year. While these savings were not actively sought, open positions re-

mained unfilled, thereby decreasing the amount of paid salary. Furthermore, faculty and staff both made conscious efforts to reduce waste.

The budget also took into account changes within the school itself.

Ohlone has met several goals over the past year, including the reduction of the 18-week semester to a 16week one. There is also a projected 4 percent increase in enrollment.

The reduced semester, improved programs and soon-to-be renovated facilities have had its intended pull over prospective students.

The Board went on to hear both the Sobrato presentation and the budget presentation Wednesday night and proceeded to discuss the replacement of Building Seven with the Student Services Building.

Trustee John Weed was not in favor of moving forward with Building Seven demolition, calling such an act imprudent and irresponsible.

Weed was of the firm opinion that demolition of serviceable buildings should not be undertaken before a permanent contract is in place.

However, Weed appeared to be in the minority and plans should move forward.

Continued from Page 1 key issue in the upcoming November Board of Trustees election.

A comment made in The Tri-City Voice by Board President Bob Brunton served to catalyze the debate of Treadway’s impending retirement.

In an interview, Brunton said, “My perspective is long term for Ohlone, while Treadway may be looking at things differently since his 5-year contract ends June 30, 2008 (and) has not been extended.”

Treadway has taken offense at the statement made by Brunton.

Brunton stated, “It’s a point of fact that his contract hasn’t been extended. The Board hasn’t made a decision to extend it or to not extend it...

it’s really a joint decision. [Treadway] has to want the position as well.”

However, Treadway hasn’t decided whether he wants his contract renewed. “Two years is a long time,” Treadway said.

Treadway has made numerous contributions to Ohlone, including the move to implement the new L.E.E.D. standards and improve current buildings.

Brunton has expressed his approval of Treadway’s work, stating that Treadway has done an “outstanding job.”

Treadway maintained that Brunton has been publicly critical of Treadway’s administration in two recent news articles, claiming that Brunton referred to the college president as a “highjacker.”

Campus Events

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Free admission.

September 14 New Art Show -- “Violence Against Women, Women Against Violence.”

This Northern California Women’s Caucus for Art theme show is ongoing and has been seen at many different venues. At each place, more artists join and new submissions are added. It will be displayed in the Louie Meager Art Gallery and can be seen Mon. - Fri. noon -3 p.m., and Wednesday evenings by appointment. The show ends on Oct. 10. Admission is free.

14 Women’s Water Polo -- 3:30 p.m. vs. San Joaquin Delta College here at Ohlone.

15 Men’s Soccer -- 4 p.m. vs. Mission College here at Ohlone.

16 Step back into the 1940’s -- “Tracks to the past,” from 10 a.m. - 6 p.m., in Sunol. Step back in time as the 1940’s era comes alive. Day includes Scenic Niles Canyon Railway train ride, vintage cars on display, music entertainment, food and more.

Admission to the park is free.

16 Ballet Folklorico Mexicano -- 8 p.m. in the Jackson Theatre. Presenting a fiesta of music and dance, this show features a full mariachi band and a vibrant cast of twirling and spinning dancers whose intricate footwork leaves audiences mesmerized.

The performance draws from the rich diversity of Mexican culture. Tickets are $25 for adults and $10 for students. Tickets are available at the box office or by calling (510) 6596031.

18 Annual Golf Tournament -- celebrating Ohlone’s 40th anniversary.

Proceeds will benefit the Ohlone athletics program.

Registration begins at 11 a.m. Tee-off stars at 12:15 p.m. Registration fee is $225 for each individual or $900 for a golf foursome. Registration includes green fees, cart, lunch, dinner, awards and prizes. Tournament located at 707 Country Club Circle, Pleasanton. Call (925) 846-2871 for more information.

19 Study Abroad: India -- meeting about Spring 2007 tour at 6 p.m. in the cafeteria. Tour dates will be Jan., 4 - Jan., 21, 2007. While in India you will get to experience the sights, gain new perspectives, explore India, visit corporations and learn of India’s advancements and more while earning units.

For details about registration and more information contact Professor Kay Harrison at (510) 979-7441.

20 Men’s Soccer -- 4 p.m. vs. Yuba College here at Ohlone.

22 Last Day to Petition to Complete Classes -- all day. Last day to petition to complete classes on credit/ no credit basis.

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22-23 Men’s Water Polo -- 8 a.m., here in the pool is the Ohlone College Tournament.

26 World Forum -- Noon - 2 p.m. in the Epler Gymnasium. Special speaker El Lic. Maria y Compos, will talk about immigration and U.S. and Mexico Relations. He has been in government service since 1985 in Mexico over Foreign Relations. This event is free.

28 Deaf Space -- 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. in the NUMMI Theatre of the Smith Center. Special speaker Dr. MJ Bienvenu, who is the Chair of the ASL & Deaf Studies Department at Gallaudet University, will speak to the college community about learning how deaf people see the world, designing and thinking about visu-centric space and visual freedom. Presentation will be in ASL and English interpretation will be provided. This event is free.

29 Women’s Water Polo -- 2 p.m. vs. Sacramento City College here at Ohlone.

19 Transfer Day -- 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. in lobby of Building 1. This is an opportunity for students to visit with representatives from four-year colleges and uni-

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Football outlook: the good, bad, ugly For one Bay Area team, it’s a promising start. For the other, it’s all too familiar. The San Francisco 49ers and the Oakland Raiders both lost their season openers last weekend, and although both teams struggled all of last season, they’re predicted to improve this year. Week one in the NFL proved that theory for only one of the two teams.

The 49ers began their 2006 campaign in Arizona against the

By JEFF Cardinals, who also celebrated WEISINGER the opening of the new Cardinal Sports writer Stadium on Sunday. Although the 49ers lost to the Cardinals 34-27, they showed signs of life that was not seen all last season. Quarterback Alex Smith looked like the number one draft pick he was considered to be last year as he almost led the 49ers to overtime. He threw for 288 yards highlighted by a 31-yard pass to rookie tight end Vernon Davis for his only passing touchdown of the day, and hit wide receiver Antonio Bryant on a 46-yard fade route in the fourth quarter.

Second-year running back Frank Gore started for the 49ers on Sunday and ran the ball 18 times for 87 yards with 2 rushing touchdowns.

The 49ers totaled just less than 400 yards on offense, a total which seemed next to impossible all of last season. The defense even looked better than last year as they forced 3 fumbles and recovered one.

In general, the 49ers looked like a completely different team than they were last year. They will have their season opener against the St. Louis Rams at Monster Park this Sunday at 1 p.m. With their improved play, it looks like 49er Faithful will finally have something to cheer about.

Meanwhile, on the other side of the Bay, the Oakland Raiders had their season opener on Monday night against their division rival the San Diego Chargers. The scene at McAfee Coliseum in Oakland was all too familiar to the Raider Nation, with the Raiders losing their opener 27-0, the first time they were shut out at home in 25 years.

After their third straight losing season since reaching the Super Bowl back in the 2002 season, the Raiders decided to switch things up...again. They signed Hall of Fame player and former Raider Art Shell to take over the head coach spot for the 2006 season. His goal for the team this year was to get back to basics.

Most would say that his plan failed Monday night. Quarterback Aaron Brooks, whom the Raiders signed to replace the departed Kerry Collins in the off-season, made his debut in the silver and black, threw for only 68 yards with no touchdowns and no interceptions, and was sacked a total of seven times. Backup quarterback Andrew Walter, who is predicted to be the future quarterback of the Raiders, came into the game in the fourth quarter and did not do any better as he only threw for 28 yards and was sacked twice.

The Raiders offense looked completely horrible as they only racked up a total of 129 yards of total offense, with the offensive line allowing a grand total of 9 sacks. The Raiders defense looked no better than their offensive counterpart, as they allowed San Diego to 302 yards total offense, highlighted by running back LaDainian Tomlinson’s 131 rushing yards.

The Raiders hope to rebound from their Monday night collapse as they travel to Baltimore to take on the Baltimore Ravens this Sunday at 1 p.m. Raider fans might be seeing and saying the same things they did last year if the team continues to struggle.

First and 10

Staff photo Big electric transmission towers loom over Ohlone’s seldom-used tennis courts. If a tennis team is started, the whop-whop of tennis balls will replace the moos of cows as the courts come back to life.

Ohlone survey asks if tennis team wanted

By NOAH LEVIN Staff writer On Friday of last week, a survey was sent out to Ohlone students inquiring about interest in the possibility of a competitive, intercollegiate tennis team. The survey, sent out by Ohlone Vice President of Instruction Jim Wright, queried students to gauge the current interest the student body might show for a tennis team.

The survey itself is fairly broad and short, with only six questions asking for gender, year in school, experience in the sport and how much time one is willing to put into a team.

Though there is already a recreational tennis class, Wright is aiming to start a competitive team. “We

are hoping to start a regular intercollegiate competitive team or teams,” said Wright. With the survey still freshly circulating, support for the possible team is sporadic. “It is too early to tell right now. The survey went out to students last Friday. We should have a better idea one week from today.”

The team, if formed, may not begin until Spring ’08, said Wright, as tennis would be a lower priority in relation to other athletic programs and it is traditionally a “spring sport.”

Currently, Wright and others are working with Maria Ramos to employ her as coach for the proposed team. Ramos is not only the current coach for Washington High School's tennis team but is also the local representative

of the U.S. Tennis Association (USTA) for the Bay Area and coordinates USTA tournaments in Fremont.

Wright said the initial capital for the proposed team would come from Associated Students of Ohlone (ASOC) fundraising as with the other sports teams. However, Wright added that the tennis program would be funded “as part of our regular athletics budget” if and once tennis becomes a wellestablished part of Ohlone’s overall sports program.

Additionally, the Board of Trustees discussed on Wednesday the resurfacing of the tennis courts.

To take Jim Wright’s tennis survey if you did not receive the initial e-mail, contact him at jwright@ ohlone.edu.

Fall baseball warm-up

Golf tournament Monday Gary Plummer, former San Francsico 49er and member of Ohlone’s football team in the 1970s, will be the guest of honor at Ohlone’s 22nd Annual Golf Tournament Monday, Sept. 18, at Castlewood Country Club.

Plummer graduated from Mission San Jose High School and attended Ohlone starting in 1977. He transferred to U.C. Berkeley in 1980 and became a starter even though he was considered small at 6-foot-2.

Plummer was picked up by the Oakland Invaders U.S. Football League, and played with them until the league folded. Then he played nine seasons with the San Diego Chargers before joining the 49ers as a linebacker in 1994. Over 12 seasons Plummer played 180 games, including the Super Bowl against San Diego in 1994. He is currently a broadcaster on KNBR. Plummer volunteered as a coach at Mission San Jose while he was with the Invaders. In San Diego, he contributed time and money to a foundation that he and a teammate established to help underprivileged youth.

For information on the golf tournament, call Donna Runyon at 659-6053. The tournament raises money for Ohlone athletics programs

Staff photo Students who hope to make the baseball team next spring are working out now, as part of a class. They will play a practice game here next Tuesday, starting at 2 p.m., against College of San Mateo.