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Fremont, California

Vol. XXXVIII No. 7

OPINION

Brown Bag to showcase card counting.

SPORTS

NEWS

FEATURES

Flea market vendors show wares.

October 16, 2008

Plaza Los Olivos opens its doors

By Japneet Kaur Photo editor

Photo by Japneet Kaur

The new development features spaces for lease, inclusive architecture, and easy access.

The Plaza Los Olivos complex, just north of campus on Mission Boulevard, opened for business Oct. 4, after about a year of construction. The two-story, 21,000 squarefoot complex is Dutra Enterprises’ “signature building.” It will “...follow the highest architectural design standards that honor the neighborhood’s uniqueness and historic setting,” according to www.plazalosolivos.com.

This venture cost Dutra Enterprises over $7 million – a little over $1 million for the land, and about $6.5 million for construction.

The complex currently houses Prudential Financial, Inc., Chicago Title and a Dutra Enterprises office. Other companies are in talks to lease as well, but they were not disclosed.

John J. Dutra, CEO of Dutra Enterprises, said that the company’s interests have always been and will be with the community. Dutra expressed the company’s desire to be beneficial to the students of Ohlone College as well, by including some sort of smoothie or coffee establishment with wireless internet access, and providing the students with employment opportunities. “We totally support Ohlone College,” Dutra said. “We all really, really love it with all our hearts.”

With its 19-acre parcel of land, Ohlone college could be doing something similar. The topic of developing the frontage property has come up before the trustees several times, but has never reached a proper conclusion.

Senate talks board election and special students

By Rebecca Soltau Staff writer The Faculty Senate held its monthly meeting Wednesday night and focused their agenda on special student enrollment and Ohlone College board candidate endorsements.

After taking care of the formalities of a senate meeting, Professor Alan Kirshner

proposed that immediately following the College Board Candidate Forum on Thursday afternoon, the Senate convene and decide which of the candidates they will endorse for the election. It was unanimously approved.

Immediately afterward, the senators discused how they would be able to support the candidates. It was the general consensus that

the Senate would take out an advertisement in the local newspaper, the Argus, in order to showcase its support. It was unanimously decided that the faculty of Ohlone would raise the $500 through donations.

The attention then turned to Ron Travenick, who proposed that Special Student enrollment be limited to only those students who had previously completed 9th grade of high

school. These special students would also be prohibited from enrolling in any Basic or preBasic Skills course offerings and this would be put into action in the summer of 2009.

This is meant to provide more resources for current post-high school students and prepare them for transferring to a four-year university. It was also approved, with only one abstention.

ASOC converses on future of Building One

By Anna Biaritz Roldan Staff writer Tuesday, the Associated Students of Ohlone College (ASOC) debated plans for the future of Building One after many of its offices move to the Student Services Building (currently under construction) next year.

Ideas discussed included having a place for a student union, a lounge, new parking spaces and even bathroom renovation and improvement of sanitation. Student Success Representative Alex Hilke brought up the topic of acquiring bonds for this prospect project.

“The most recent bond, which was about two years ago, amounted to $150 million,” said Hilke. “That

amount was invested and $10 million was gained out of that.” He discussed where the money was allocated, which served as an example to the ASOC members.

Hilke also mentioned that he and his colleagues have come up with an idea to change the Free Speech Area from its current location in front of the Palm Bosque to the front of the new Student Services Building, because the current location is very secluded and can only fit a small number of people.

Hilke brought up an incident last week, in which the preacher handing out Bibles in front of the campus bookstore was escorted to the Free Speech Area. Included with the proposed change in the location of the free speech area would be

a revision of the time place and manner policy.

Changes in the Free Speech Area and its policies would require approval by the ASOC, ICC, Faculty Senate, College Council and College Board of Trustees.

There will also be a jazz-rock concert at the coffee cart featuring Tim Roberts and Jo Currell next Tuesday from noon to 1 p.m. This will be a recurring event held every third Tuesday of the month, featuring various artists from around campus.

The ASOC also discussed the furnishing of Hyman Hall. They will be deciding the chairs’ upholstery and the color of paint for the walls.

They also discussed Student ID discounts that the ASOC will work

on getting for the rest of the student body for the upcoming semester.

In other news, Campus Activities and EOPS Director Debbie Trigg discussed a new program she is considering rolling out. It will be called the “Adopt a Student Leader Program,” which will involve having one of the student leaders paired up with a staff or faculty mentor.

Campus Activities Director and ASOC Advisor Renee Gonzales announced that this will be her last meeting for several months, as she will be giving birth soon and will be beginning her maternity leave this Friday.

ASOC President Jackie McCulley reminded everyone to apply for scholarships that are now available.

She encouraged everyone to ap-

ply, since the lowest scholarship is at $500 which can pay for one semester of most students’ tuition fees. This fall, 15 scholarships totaling over $16,000 are being offered by the Ohlone Foundation. The scholarships range to $1,000, and encompass subjects ranging from tennis to chemistry to music. The deadline for filing is Nov. 7.

McCulley said, “It won’t hurt to apply. Sometimes you’re not the best for that category but [if] no one else applies, then lucky you. You might just get the scholarship. Anyone can use a scholarship. Again, it does not hurt to try.”

For more information on scholarships, visit www.ohlone.edu/org/ scholarships.

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Opinion

International students face challenges at Ohlone

By Anna Biaritz Roldan Staff writer Ohlone College welcomes international students to be able to share with them the ever-so-good education one can have here in the United States of America, but is it a fair trade? As some of you may know, international students are made to pay about $200 per unit.

Some say it’s reasonable, but many would claim otherwise.

International students face the same stress as every other student and more. Most of them have no cars since it just isn’t that easy to finance it given the high cost of tuition and housing and not to mention day-today living expenses. Given that they do not have cars, they have to deal with public transportation every single day and as we all know, riding the bus takes four times longer than if one had a car.

Try picturing yourself in the place of an international student.

Say you have a class at 8 a.m. So you wake up at around 5:30 a.m., eat breakfast, take a shower, get dressed and leave the house. You have to get to the bus stop at 6:30 a.m. so you walk on a street shivering with the cold weather with no sunlight, as if it were 8 p.m.

You get to the bus stop with some kind of fear that something or someone may just be lurking behind you. You get on the bus. You wait until you get to the stop where you have to transfer. You wait there anxiously, wishing you were home sleeping instead.

You get to school and see everyone walking up the stairs and you know you have to face another day learning English in one of your ELI (English Language Institute) classes.

Seem quite dandy to you? Well,

this is just one of those good days for an international student. There are days where he/she wakes up late and misses the bus, you stop and think, “Hey that happens to everyone” but here’s the catch: that international student who misses his/her bus has to go through the trouble of talking to bus drivers of the next buses that come, and some of them may be helpful, but some just will not bother. There, he/she is forcing their English to come out right, struggling to say what they want to say and yet it just gets more and more unclear to the listener.

The bottom line is, these are all the things international students have to put up with aside from all the regular frustrations a college student normally endures. The education they get is no doubt very good, but they should be given a break. Things could be made a bit

is the currency of Afghanistan, and Afghan is the Nation. I mean that should have been written as “Afghan,” not Afghani. Ohlone is a place where each of its students would be in a position in the USA or other countries. We actually introduced Afghans by a wrong name, so they will know this country by Afghani not Afghan.

Thank you very much for your attention and consideration.

Warm regards, Homayoun

A note on Afghan challenges Dear EDITOR: I have read your Monitor dated Oct. 9, 2008. The topic in the front page drew my attention and I approved of what Mr. Qayomi stated.

I would like to comment on one thing about the headline, in which I saw the word “Afghani challenges . . .”; I have to say that Afghani

Editor’s note: The Monitor always makes a sincere effort toward cultural sensitivity and accuracy.

We based our word choice in last week’s headline on Webster’s definition of “Afghani”: “of or relating to Afghanistan or its people.” The Monitor always strives for accuracy and welcomes reader input.

easier for them and here are some suggestions.

First of all, lower tuition fees. If this is not possible, at least cheap housing should be available for them on campus.

Next is transportation arrangements. Perhaps a carpool that will serve as a “school bus” for these students would be a good idea to help them lighten their stress. A fee for gas and drivers may be asked for this but due to the outrageous tuition fee they have, the service fee should be made reasonable.

Other than this, the rest of the student body should be given an opportunity to interact with these students, notice it or not they have a world of their own and this is not really what they should be getting from a school that boasts of its diversity.

This could be done in the form of an activity or social gathering.

If the school can fund a Bingo or theater shows I don’t see why they wouldn’t be able to fund such an activity, which is for the goog of the student body.

These may seem like a whole new set of programs that the school might not want to go through, but these will benefit a good number of students currently dealing with an excess of other matters - language barriers, higher fees, transportation and housing issues - who deserve it.

This will make their stay here in the United States more pleasant.

Would you want visitors wishing they never came over or would you want them leaving with great experience and want to come again? Remember that these students should not only be here to learn; they are also here to impart something good to everyone else, but why would they even think of doing so if they do not get a good trade?

Tolerance needed DEAR EDITOR: I was disappointed that the Governor vetoed legislation that would create a day for honoring Harvey Milk, who was a gay activist that passed away in 1978. It was a shock to me that there was little media coverage on that matter. I don’t understand why having a fallen hero can’t be honored and recognized by schools where teachers can share his accomplishments and what he fought for.

—The Gay/Straight Alliance Club

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“I expect it to be a good environment, where people are there to help.”

“Personally, not much because I hardly use it.”

“[Better building organization so] it’s easier for incoming freshmen.”

Brittnet Friels

“It should be easier to find and more organized for the offices.”

“I wish it wasn’t that up high and I hope it’s up to date.”

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Making wishes come true this week, and always By kyle stephens News editor

Photo by Kyle Stephens

Tin Nguyen donates a dollar to Make-A-Wish Club President Sareeta Patel.

Cupcakes, CDs and DVDs and good karma were given to donators this week.

Building to open next summer

By Ankita Chhabra Staff writer The Ohlone campus is looking forward to the completion of the new Student Services Building that is coming together at an accelerating rate.

The building will provide a meeting room for the ASOC, new offices for all the student services such as admissions and financial aid and lastly more space and computers for the prospective students of Ohlone.

Currently, both floors have been laid out and the windows are in the process of being installed.

Ron Travenick, Vice President of Student Services, said that the new building will be a “one stop” place for students to get quicker and faster access to counseling and guidance.

“The building is about 50 percent completed and our progress

is very fast, so we should be looking at getting the furniture and elevators in by the end of this year and early into the next year,” said Lucky Lofton, Director of Facilities.

The construction is being funded by Measure A proposed by the Citizen’s Oversight committee. A tour of the building was offered the Board of Trustees last week where they got a preview of the layout of the building, which is basically a long hallway that will not only be advantageous for traffic flow, but also be an easy access way for handicapped people.

Among the other offerings of the building is the connection bridge the construction team is working on that will link the building to Building 8.

Lastly, the Student Services Building will be fullfilling its last purpose and that is providing a social gathering environment for students to hang out.

Ohlone’s newly founded Make-A-Wish Club is holding a fundraising event in Building One this week to help children with life-threatening illnesses fulfill their dreams.

This week started out strong, and on Wednesday alone they had raised an estimated $150. All proceeds are collected at the semester’s end and sent as a single big check to the Make-A-Wish Foundation.

The club is relatively young, started only this semester.

At present there are 12 members and growing.

The foundation’s process for selecting candidates operates in four steps. The first is referral by a doctor, parents of the child or the child themselves. Candidates must be between 2.5 and 18 at the time of referral to be considered, and at that they must have a diagnosed life-threatening condition, “a progressive, degenerative or malignant condition that has placed the child’s life in jeopardy” according to the Make-AWish website. After these conditions are met, a team from the foundation is sent out to engage with the child to figure out what their wish is, and find how to make it come true.

The experience by itself is very uplifting, and like the wish itself can help improve the quality of life for the child, even get them on the road to recovery. As the Make-A-Wish website describes it, “A wish experience is often more than a dream come true: It’s the catalyst that rekindles their belief in themselves and the promise of their future.”

The Make-A-Wish Club holds meetings Mondays, 3:304:30 p.m. in Room 8207. Inquiries can be made to the club’s email, MakeAWishClub@gmail.com.

Photo by Ankita Chhabra

The rotunda, from the inside of the Student Services Building.

Math makes cents in card counting seminar

By Eric Dorman Editor-in-chief It isn’t a trip to Vegas, but Friday’s Brown Bag might be the next best thing for anyone hoping to figure out how to get their money’s worth out of a game of cards.

Math Associate Professor Jeff O’Connell will explain the math behind card counting and examine the theories presented in the movie “21” to figure out just how possible it is to game the system at the seminar, which

will be held this Friday from 1 to 1:50 p.m. in Room 3201.

Card counting, refers to the process in which a gambler modifies his or her bet on a given hand based on the odds of a particular card appearing, calculated by the cards already played from the deck. “21,” a movie released in March detailing 6 MIT students’ foray into educated gambling, presented an example of the financial rewards possible through card counting: according to the movie (based on a true story) the students

Debate forum

By Andrew le Features editor Ohlone College’s Speech and Debate team will moderate a forum for the Board of Trustees candidates today, in Room 3201 from 4 to 5 p.m.

This election, the Board of Trustees will have Trisha Tahmasbi, Bob Brunton and Nick Nardolillo’s seats up for grabs. Tahmasbi is vacating the Board of Trustees in order to run for Fremont City Council, leaving candidates David Sheen and Greg Bonaccorsi to run for her seat. Teresa Cox is challenging Bob Brunton and Nick Nardolillo is running unopposed.

The purpose of the forum is to provide a place for voters to get an idea of who to vote for and the admission is free.

Contact Kay Harrison for further information at kharrison@ohlone.edu.

made millions in Vegas. O’Connell will be bringing his personal blackjack set to the table to investigate some of the movie’s claims and figure out just how favorable the cards would have to be in order for those claims to work.

Though he will be examining the card counting from a math standpoint, O’Connell promised that the math would be accessible to all—the entire array of operations used during the talk will consist of addition, subtraction and division. The calculations will

mostly be centered around finding a value that will determine your average chance of making money on a given game (a value that is negative for most casino games).

While O’Connell cautioned that his talk is unlikely to make any audience members rich—after all, calculating the odds of success does not in itself guarantee success—he promised that students would have a good time. Between card playing, movie commentary and a bit of math, “it should be a lot of fun,” said O’Connell.

Special event is really year-round

By KYLE STEPHENS News editor National Depression Screening Day is an event that in fact goes year round. The day proper is to draw specific attention to the issues surrounding mental health, how it affects students academically and otherwise, and the ways in which it can be dealt with very effectively.

Screenings were held in the Student Health Center, and were (and will continue to be) done via a page-long questionnaire that a health center worker goes over confidentially with the recipient. From there, options exist for counseling in the Health Center and beyond as well.

Depression and anxiety symptoms include an unusual loss of interest in pleasurable activities previously enjoyed, unusual trouble sleeping or eating, fluctuation in mood between feeling overly energetic to sad and hopeless, feeling keyed up and anxious all the time, and nightmares or reoccurring thoughts of something that happened in the past.

As said, all these symptoms are treatable. A fact the day always aims to make clear is that “it is possible to virtually eliminate the emotional and physical symptoms of depression

and anxiety disorders.” Further, “It is designed to call attention to the symptoms of depression and anxiety disorders and to promote the prevention, early detection and treatment of prevalent, under-diagnosed and treatable mental disorders,” according to Rosemary O’Neill, Coordinator of Personal Counseling and Life Coaching Services.

The Health Department offers a variety of services for students’ health. Depression and related mental problems can have a definite physical manifestation, and for these the center has various means to help students.

The Student Health Center is located in Building 16, the portables between the Smith Center and Building 4. Once the Student Services Building is completed, tentatively in May, the center will be moved there.

Counseling services are available in the health center for enrolled students, including health concerns and life coaching – Ohlone is one of the few colleges to offer such services. Referrals to other counselors sin the area are also available.

One can also go to www.depression-screening.org for an online screening, and bring the results to the Health Center for analysis as well.

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monitor October 16, 2008

From the basement

By Brian Chu Opinions editor

Join da club While looking for a staff writer gone missing the other day (The Monitor often sends its staff to dangerous war-torn parts of the school) I happened to pop into the weekly meeting of the ASOC (Associated Students of Ohlone College).

I was thoroughly impressed. As a staff writer who formerly covered the Ohlone Board of Trustees as well as the ASOC more than a year ago, I can definitely say for sure that the current student government is much less “High School Musical” and much more “Twelve Angry Men.” However, what I also noticed was an overwhelming amount of work and a smaller number of people at the tables.

As a community college, the majority of the school’s students are retained for anywhere from two to three years. A university typically retains its students up to four and half years and some also have the presence of post-graduate students.

Thus there is a cyclical system where roughly every three years the school’s student clubs and organizations experience a large drop in terms of numbers as well as experienced leaders.

This happened last year and currently as of now many of us remaining veterans are filling out our transfer applications and working on the last of our required classes (also known as the one's we cannot screw up on) so the ranks are thinning.

Yet the number of people having an interest in school activities is actually rising.

Two more clubs were formed in the last week, thus bringing the total to 28 and new committees are being made constantly.

Given the current situation with the economy, it’s perfectly understandable why it would be more beneficial to be working than to be volunteer. Yet there are still rewarding experiences as well as useful knowledge to be learned.

If nothing else, it will look good on your transcript and whomever you served under can be used as a reference. So, spend a semester in an officer position if you’re already involved and if not, sign up for a club and see if it interests you. Starting now means being experienced later and your student government could use the help.

Clubs as well as many different school departments could definitely use your help. Even our very own Ohlone Monitor is in dire need of your help. Everyone is understaffed.

Because frankly, us older folk are getting ready to leave and, as intimidating as it sounds to you and your stoner buddies, you are the future of this school.

Damnit.

Photos by Anna Biaritz Roldan

An Ohlone Flea Market vendor shows her wares, top; grapes in shoes, bottom.

Wide range of wares, all bargains

By Anna Biaritz Roldan Staff writer Antique furniture and vintage books, sporting goods and holiday decor, from neglectable items to those useful, new and old; you’ll find them all at the Ohlone College Super Flea Market. The flea market was packed with people last Saturday.

Among the many vendors, who each have a story to tell, there was Jim Gonzales at one of the corner stalls. Gonzales, of Santa Cruz, buys and sells different items of all kinds.

Gonzales said, “I’ve been doing this for 32 years now and I’ve been at the Ohlone flea market since sometime around 1983 to 1985.”

He said that the customers are very interesting and he likes meeting new people. Gonzales also added, “It’s a great flea market, especially with the economy today. People want to stretch their dollar. Why buy something new when you can buy at the flea market?”

If you’re looking for collectible comic books, cheap DVD’s and used appliances, gold-plated utensils and other miscellaneous items, you might consider visiting Mary Lopez’s stall. Lopez has been selling at the Ohlone flea market for eight years. She sells collectible DC comic books, DVD’s for only $3 and other items that she once used as well as many items she collected from neighbors and relatives, too.

Juliet Anderson, another longtime flea market stall owner who has been in the business for 17 years, sells beads of all kinds. The stones used to make the beads come from countries all over the world, such as Czech Republic. She is an occasional seller who is also involved in beads shows and bazaars.

Anderson sells beads of all shapes and sizes, for as low as two to three cents for most beads to $20 for the more special and bigger stones/beads. Anderson said, “Busi-

ness has been down this year.” She hopes it will get better, especially with this economy as the holiday season approaches, people might be interested in homemade gifts instead of ready-made ones, which cost much more.

At another stall filled with hand crafted home decor items and gift baskets, was Erlinda Cobb. It was Cobb’s first time at the Ohlone Super Flea market. Cobb sells different kinds of sculptures made out of resin and paint that she made herself.

Cobb is a designer for Just Beecauze, a business that sells silk floral arrangements, home decorations, gift baskets handcrafted items and various other similar products.

Hilda Sayedi, who once worked for Microsoft and Freddie Mac, is now in the flea market business.

Sayedi said, “I decided that I never want to go back to working in an office again, so that’s why I’m here.

This is my business now.” She sells items from Shanghai that she is able to get when she visits her sister who lives there. Sayedi also sells collectible stamps, bills, coins and plates that were once personal collections which she decided to let go of after visiting China and learning more about her spiritual wellness.

Sayedi also buys fine items from Santa Fe and other ritzy neighborhood thrift stores and sells them at flea markets.

Barack Obama was also present at the flea market; well at least it seemed like it. Paul Samsotha is campaigning for Barack Obama by catching people’s attention with his Obama mask. Paul dressed like Obama and wore a mask, which can really make heads turn. It was his first time at Ohlone selling what’s left of his products.

Samsotha sells t-shirts he designed himself with Obama’s full name and face printed on it for only $15. He customizes shirts, sells them online where people can purchase wholesale, and 20 percent of the website sales are contributed to the Barack Obama campaign.

Samsotha has been going all over the United States, including Philadelphia, North Carolina and Oregon.

He even got the endorsement of Obama himself.

Sewing machines are also available at the flea market. Tom Trebutich has been selling and repairing sewing machines for 28 years now.

He also extends his service to those who have antique sewing machines and those who collect them. Twice Nice Shoppe is the name of his business and his workshop is at home with his wife, Marge Trebutich. Tom Trebutich said, “It’s my second time here in Ohlone. I basically come here to meet people and to let them know about us.” They also host quilt shows all over Northern California

from January until October of next year.

MonaVie’s premier açai blends, a juice-like product made to help people fight free radicals in their bodies' systems, is also available at the flea market. Independent Distributor Arcenio Martinez Jr., a former student at Ohlone tried to introduce to everyone what MonaVie is all about.

Martinez said, “MonaVie is actually like a juice. Since many people do not eat fruits, this product helps people have a good daily dose of fruit supplement. A shot of this must be taken twice, in the morning and at night.” Martinez said that one could also make money out of MonaVie through networking. One has to try the product first and then try to sell it to different people with slightly increased price.

Everything mentioned and much more are available at the Ohlone Super Flea market, including rings, brand new import overrun linens and comforters, plants, watches, incense oils, paintings, clothes, bags, Hollywood-inspired paraphernalia, anditems printed with Elvis Presley, Marilyn Monroe and Audrey Hepburn pictures.

The flea market is held on the second Saturday of every month.

Parking is available throughout the year at parking lots E and H. The parking fee is $3.

Features Pianist to perform the classics

October 16, 2008

By Nicole Johnson Staff writer Pianist Richard Glazier will be performing “The Arts Come Alive” at the Smith Center on Saturday night.

Glazier was trained in classical piano and earned a bachelor’s and master’s degree in piano performance from Indiana University School of Music, as well as a doctorate of Musical Arts from the Cleveland Institute of Music.

Glazier made several classic debuts in New York, Boston, Los Angeles and Rome. Glazier won multiple major international piano competitions including the Pro Musicis Award and National Federation of Music Clubs Grand Prize.

According to his website, “Glazier is one of today’s foremost interpreters of the American Popular Songbook and probably has close associations with the music of George and Ira Gershwin.” In 1996, in celebration of George and Ira Gershwin’s Centennial, he began performing a one-man, multimedia concert program entitled “Gershwin – Remembrance and Discovery.” He added two more programs, “Ragtime and Romance” – “The Music of Joplin and Gershwin and A Salute to the Hollywood Musical,” to that performance as well.

For the 2004-’05 season, Glazier premiered Hooray for Love – The Music of Harold Arlen in celebration of Arlen’s Centennial. Glazier has more upcoming shows in various parts of California.

Tickets for “The Arts Come Alive” will be available at the Smith Center box office Tuesday to Thursday from noon to 7, Friday to Saturday noon to 5, and one hour before the performance. The price for adults is $25, for seniors it is $20 and for children the cost is $15. For more information on Glazier you can visit www.richardglazier.com.

New face at Ohlone

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Weighing Anchor

By Eric dorman Editor-in-chief

Keep U.S. healthy

Photo courtesy of Richard Glazier

Richard Glazier will perform on the piano this Saturday.

“Gosh, I never thought applying for

scholarships could be so easy...”

By Suchi gupta Staff writer Ohlone College has a new operations system manager at the Smith Center, Julie Collins.

Collins also manages the box office for the theater, music and art gallery-related performances at the center. Collins started out in 2005 at the Smith Center after taking Janel’s Tomblin-Brown dance lessons and did a couple of performances with the group at the center.

Collins enjoys working in the ever-changing theatrical environment as she feels that there is always a new show or an event to handle.

There is a lot of detail and organization that goes into managing these events, right from getting the flyers to communicating and setting up the theatre for the artist takes an experienced and organized person like Collins to work like a pro. Collins’ love for performing arts is evident through her charming, easy-going and relaxed personality.

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As the nation turns its attention to bailing out financial firms, we’re hearing relatively little about plans to bail out health care.

Which is a shame, because the system is desperately in need of rescue.

Though your own experiences dealing with health care—or lack thereof—have probably already convinced you of this fact, allow me to present some further numerical evidence. Forty-six million Americans (about 15 percent of the population) remained uninsured last year, a number that continues to grow. America’s current employer-based health care system is a morass of skyrocketing premiums that is putting the squeeze on companies, businesses and families alike. The health insurance companies are getting richer, plans are growing narrower, and there’s no end in sight.

We’re not going to fix this problem by issuing tax credits or shopping for health insurance across state lines. These “fixes” are really only a band-aid slapped over the gaping sore that lies at the heart of the problem: health insurance companies. Currently, up to 25 percent of your health care premiums go to covering administrative costs and profit for health care companies. And interestingly enough, as your premiums have steadily risen, so have the profits.

The solution to the problem isn’t simple, but we can’t begin to reach it without minimizing the power of private health insurance companies and implementing a national health care insurance system. The advantages of nationalized health care are clear and proven—a governmentally run system can operate with reduced overhead costs (because of the unified system) and is free of much of the need for increased profit that drives up the cost of health insurance today.

Nationalized health care’s detractors like to argue that this is a socialist scheme that will result in the government choosing a doctor for them. This is not the case.

At the present, most universal health care proposals (including Obama’s plan) support only the nationalizing of the health care insurance system, not the medical system itself. As for the charge of socialism, it’s true that universal health care is a socialist idea—but so are police and fire. Those services both function smoothly, as would nationalized health care.

As our emergency rooms fill up with uninsured patients and businesses struggle to make a profit in the face of rising health care costs, we must realize that we cannot afford financially, economically or morally to turn a blind eye to the problem. Until a national health care system is put in place, Americans will continue to feel the pain.

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21 Men’s Soccer - Away vs. Cabrillo College at 4 p.m.

22 Board of Trustees - Meeting at 7 p.m. on Fremont Campus in Child Development Center.

21 Women’s Soccer Home vs. Skyline College

23 Art Gallery - “Dark Designs” Theater Show in

16 Forum - Ohlone College Board of Trustees Forum for candidacy at 4 p.m. in Room 3201 on Fremont Campus.

22 Men’s Water Polo - Home vs. West Valley College at 4 p.m.

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23-25 Halloween Trilogy - week 1 in Jackson Theatre at 8 p.m.

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24 Women’s Volleyball Away vs. SJCC at 6:30 p.m.

25 “Dark Designs” Theatre Show Reception at 7 p.m. in Art Gallery.

28 Women’s Soccer Home vs. Cabrillo College at 1:30 p.m.

24 Men’s Soccer - Away vs. Mission College at 4 p.m.

28 ASOC - Meeting in Room 6105 at 4 p.m.

24 Women’s Soccer - Away vs. Foothill College at 4 p.m.

28 Men’s Soccer - Home vs. Monterey Peninsula College at 4 p.m.

16-17 Make a Wish Foundation - Visit Building 1 lobby to make a difference in a child's life from 11 a.m. until 2 p.m. on Fremont Campus.

16 Campus Tour - Meet in the lobby of Building 1 to join a free tour of Ohlone College at 4 p.m. on Fremont Campus.

17 Men’s Baseball - Away vs. West Valley College at 2 p.m.

17 Brown Bag Seminiar - 21: The Math Behind the Movie. Seminar in Room 3201 at 1 p.m.

17 Men’s Soccer - Home vs. DeAnza College at 4 p.m.

Women’s Soccer - Away vs. Las Positas at 4 p.m.

17 Women’s Volleyball - Away vs. Cabrillo College at 6:30 p.m.

18 Smith Center Presents - Richard Glazier on the piano in the Jackson Theatre at 8 p.m.

18 Men’s Baseball - Home vs. West Valley College at 10 a.m.

18 Women’s Softball - Away vs. Sonoma State University at 2:15 p.m.

18 Women’s Water Polo - Away vs. San Jaoquin Delta /Fresno City Colleges at 3:30 p.m.

18 Women’s Softball - Away vs. Sacramento City College at 4 p.m.

20 College Council -­ Meeting in Room 1307 at 3 p.m.

21 GSA - Meeting in Room SC-116 at 2 p.m.

21 TechComm - Meeting in Room 1407 at 2 p.m.

21 ASOC - Meeting in Room 6105 at 4 p.m.

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Denying the Dons: Men’s water polo dominates DeAnza; Women’s team remains undefeated

By Ankita chhabra Sports writer One team came in perfect, the other came in not so perfect, but in the end, both looked good and, more importantly, got the win.

Hosting DeAnza College yesterday, both the Men’s and Women’s water polo teams came out on top, both in dominating fashion.

The Ohlone Men’s water polo team took on the DeAnza Dons first, beating them for the second time this season with a final score of 8-1.

“With 16 incoming freshmen on the team and them looking really healthy they are doing very well this season,” said Coach Gene Kendall, whose team is a complete turnaround from last year’s onewin squad.

The men scored consistently throughout and took advantage of the mismatch of the players.

Freshman Joey Partridge was looking forward to playing De Anza, as they had already beaten them in the last match.

“I came into this season taking on the role of being the freshmen leader for most of us,” said Partridge after the game.

His leadership skills do speak for themself as he was the lead scorer for the game.

Ohlone goalie Jon Norris provided a tremendous amount of guidance in the game as he blocked, assisted and guided with his defenders to win the game.

The Ohlone Women Water polo

Photo by Jeff Weisinger

The Renegades kept the DeAnza Dons out of the net almost all game long. Great saves by goalie Jon Norris and clutch defense were key for Ohlone’s success Wednesday. team also came in strong today as they took down the De Anza Lady Dons in the late game 13-2, remaining undefeated in the conference.

The Renegade ladies dominated the game, as they gave no room for

the Dons to do anything.

Ohlone goalie Dannie Zboyovsky got the crowd cheering with her every block. If her blocks weren’t enough for the crowd, she kept the girls in the game with pro-

viding “goal worthy” assists.

Lucy Bergey led the game in goals as she scored in both halves.

Some key players to watch out for this season would be Amy Lo-

vilen and Lucy Bergey, who are the leading scorers and are keeping the spirits high not only for the team, but also their own.

Both teams face West Valley College next Wednesday.

Getting there: Women’s volleyball steadily improving

By Ankita Chhabra Sports writer From starting off as a full bench to now being down to 10 players, the Ohlone Women’s volleyball team has come a long way on their journey as a new team and with a new coach.

The West Valley Vikings came to Ohlone on Wednesday night and swept the Lady Renegades, but not without a fight.

“We work day in and out and it’s how we play the game at the end with all our heart, and it shows,” said Ohlone’s Angelica Benjamin, who seemed content with the

growth and desire the team shows to work hard.

And she was absolutely correct about that desire that showed on the court as the girls started strong all three games, giving the Vikings a run for the money.

Ohlone took an early 7-3 lead in the first game, until the Vikings began to take advantage of the Renegades’ lack of control.

The other two games seemed to follow the same pattern, with Ohlone putting up a great fight in the beginning, then slowly deflating, allowing West Valley to take charge.

Last night’s game highlighted the

Lee earns award

By Jeff Weisinger Sports editor Last Thursday, Men’s Soccer Co-Captain midfielder Patrick Lee was honored by the California College Athletic Association with an honorable mention for the October Athlete-of-the-Month award.

“I wasn’t sure if it was real, I was really surprised,” said Lee, who is headed to UCSB after the season.

Lee currently leads his team with two goals and four assists on the season. “We all work hard, and I do my best to help the team out.”

return of Maria Susana Bumb, who came back to have fun on this team.

She said, “this team has offered a fun and great time that the girls pour their hearts out on.”

Considering the team has come upon many injuries, Coach Jeremy Penaflor is very pleased at the improvement of the players he has remaining.

“If by game 13 we can show a completely opposite team with a great improvement, then I will know this team and I have done our job,” said Penaflor.

The girls stand at 2-7 on the season, but they are looking forward to this Friday against Cabrillo College.

Photo by Jeff Weisinger

Ohlone played well against West Valley, keeping it close for most of the three games.

Countdown to tipoff begins

By Tomás Ortega Sports writer Today marked the first day basketball teams could hand out equipment and officially begin their season.

The Ohlone Men’s basketball team turned their Wednesday practice into an all-out game, although only between themselves.

It ia now dubbed the “Green vs.

Gold” game.

Both sides put on a good game, kept possession on their respective sides and limited the amount of turnovers. That was one thing Coach John Peterson liked to see out of his ballplayers.

It was also the first time Ohlone had the chance to showcase their two seven-footers on the court and pit them against each other.

Neither of the two, though, showed anything basketball fans would expect from two big men

manning the inside of the key.

The Renegades are returning a small portion of their Sweet 16 squad from last season and the general mantra among the players is to win the State Title.

Ohlone moved past Cabrillo College in the round of 32, then lost to state champs Fresno City College ,coming up just short 62-64.

Peterson has yet to name his starting five when the season kicks off Nov. 7.