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OPINION

Speaker talks on Arabs in the media.

SPORTS

NEWS

FEATURES

Student finds success in modeling.

April 24, 2008

Board selects Browning to lead Ohlone

By Tseten Dolkar Staff writer The College Board of Trustees announced Dr. Gari Browning as its preferred selection for the next President of Ohlone College at last night’s Board meeting.

Browning, of College of the Desert (COD) in Palm Desert, was chosen over two other finalists, Dr. Cecilia Cervantes of College of Alameda and Dr. Laurence Spraggs of Broome Community College. The Board is offering a salary of $270,000, but Browning’s contract has yet to be finalized.

Board President Garrett Yee called the search for a new president a “great and difficult process.” Yee believed Browning’s experience with accreditation, research, budget and multiple education levels will

keep the college moving forward and build upon current President Doug Treadway’s tenure here at Ohlone.

Treadway, who became president in 2003, will retire this June. His time at the college was marked by an increase in environmental awareness and resource sustainability, and his crowning achievement was the environmentally friendly Newark Center.

Assistant to the President Sarah Daniels expressed excitement over the decision and said this is a “wonderful opportunity for a fresh perspective.” Daniels added that “the college is in great shape because of [President Treadway’s] influence.” Daniels hopes Browning will bring the Board of Trustees and the college together to define and adhere to respective leadership roles, which is one of the recommendations made by the Accredita-

tion Team during their March examination of Ohlone.

COD Vice President of Student Services Diane Ramirez said that Browning is a progressive thinker. During her time at COD, Browning established an extensive and in-depth priority process. This way, during budget cuts and financial crises, the college retains its priorities and objectives while looking for alternative ways to finance its needs.

COD Curriculum and Catalog Specialist Jojie Magbuhat described Browning as “very friendly and hardworking.” Magbuhat said Browning introduced in detail the workings of Student Learning Outcomes (SLO).

SLO, a requirement by COD’s Accreditation Committee assesses the curriculum and Continued on Page 3

Dr. Gari Browning

ASOC budget in the black - barely

By Barry Kearns Features editor

Photo by Pei Ju Chen

Students listen as the Forensics Team debates environmental policy Monday. For information on today’s Earth Week festivies, see Page 3.

Week: all about the planet

By Kathy Sung Staff writer ASOC, LIFE club and the Sustainability Committee banded together to help celebrate the Earth at Ohlone this week. The events will continue through Thursday.

Earth Week kicked off with an environmental art contest, which began on Monday with several works of art, including photographs, a garbage clock and some computer art. The art was displayed on the second floor of Hyman Hall, where students passing could look and vote.

Students voted on Monday and Tuesday. The winner was selected on Wednesday and will be announced today at Rock the Hill.

Monday also included Board Game Day, where students gathered

at the Palm Bosque to play games such as Scrabble, Cranium, Don’t Break the Ice, Catchphrase, Phase 10, Uno and more.

Members of the Speech and Debate Team gathered from 11:45 a.m. to 1 p.m. to hold an environmental debate concerning topics ranging from recycling to global warming. Students from Kay Harrison’s speech and debate class took a poll and voted for the government side.

Together, the 30 students decided that it was a good idea for Ohlone to add more recycle bins around the campus. According to Kevin Feliciano, ASOC treasurer and secretary of the LIFE club, they believed that it would “give people more options to throw their trash away in a recycle bin” rather than the trash bin.

Gardening day was also held on Monday from 1 to 3 p.m. and LIFE club planted trees and flowers around campus. The flowers

by Building 1 were planted by the LIFE club.

Monday and Tuesday, the ASOC offered free drinks to promote the use of reusable containers. Drinks offered included orange juice, apple juice soda pop and Gatorade.

The morning was slow, according to ASOC Senator Aaron Moss, who was there from 10:15 to 11 a.m.

Ohlone clubs also gathered at the Palm Bosque to sell snacks. But by afternoon, the flow of students had picked up and they’d begun bringing in their reusable containers.

Energy Awareness Day, held on Tuesday, proceeded smoothly with the assistance of the vendors, who Continued on Page 3

The Associated Students of Ohlone College remain in the black this semester, but just barely. ASOC Treasurer Kevin Feliciano announced Tuesday that if the ASOC approved the money requests made during the meeting, the ASOC’s current budget for the rest of the semester would be $258.49.

Feliciano said that while the amount of cash for the semester is low, it should last because today is the last day to file a money request with the ASOC and Feliciano does not expect many more requests.

The elections committee said that since no one was running for the positions of secretary, legal

representative, treasurer and representative at large, they would be available for appointment.

ASOC elections will be held next Tuesday, April 29, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on the Newark campus and 5 to 7 p.m. on the Fremont campus.

Next Wednesday, April 30, they will be held at the same times but in opposite locations. After voting, students have an option of receiving a free donut or burrito.

After the ASOC meeting, the members of the ASOC held a closed meeting where they discussed their performance over the year.

After the meeting Feliciano said that they used the time to discuss what they thought of the ASOC, and evaluated its successes and failures.

Newark campus garners EPA award

By Max Stephens Staff writer This summer, the latest addition to Ohlone, the Newark Center for Health Sciences and Technology, expects to receive the highest honors, the Platinum Award, for being a green campus.

This award is given out by the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) and based on a points system; if the campus receives the award, it will be among only 48 buildings worldwide and will be the first institute of higher learning to do so.

All this was made possible by a $200,000 grant from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to help clean the toxins out of the soil previously used for agriculture.

The property that the Newark campus is built on was originally purchased as surplus land from Sun Microsystems, who had since decided to expand their campus in a more northern part of the Bay Area. After the EPA provided the funds for the clean-up of the land, a bond measure was passed in 2002, by the residents of the Ohlone district, for $150 million.

This money would be split between the new Newark campus and the existing Fremont campus. $100 million was set for the design, land and construction of the new campus, while the other $50 million would be Continued on Page 3

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Opinions

I’m missing out on the game, but not my career

By Tomás Ortega Sports editor Part of growing up is learning to set aside immediate pleasures in order to achieve a more long-term, more satisfying result. It is something everyone should try.

Believe me when I tell you, I’m the biggest sports fan you’ll ever meet. Unfortunately, over the past eight months, you wouldn’t know it.

I want to be a sportscaster and I’ve spent

these past eight months working hard to get into the industry. While working, I haven’t had much time to be a major sports fan.

While I’m covering Ohlone sports for the newspaper or doing the online play-by-plays for the broadcasting department, I know I am missing the “real” games - the profesional games - that everyone will be talking about the next day.

Ironically, I’ve set aside the thing I love in order to spend the rest of my life covering the thing I love. I have to sacrifice, but

it is worth it.

Sure, I check the standings every morning online, but my browsing turns quickly into searches for information that might advance my profession: What jobs are available? Is my resume up to date... and is it good enough?

I over-fill my schedule because I’m young and I want to do something more than what an average student would do.

True, the average student studies hard, has a job and makes time for fun and games, but I don’t want to be an average student.

Though I may have to miss a game here and there, I try to think of myself as an entry level professional in my field… without the nice paycheck.

So when will all this work pay off? Who cares? I’m enjoying the entire thing and that’s the point. I enjoy the stress because I know what I’ll get at the end will feel better than watching one less Giants game.

Like they say, “Find the job where they pay you to do something you enjoy and you’ll never work a day in your life.”

‘Strange’ food is real and wonderful

By ANNA NEMCHUK Editor-in-chief Kids are terrible at trying new foods and, unfortunately, as adults, their tastes often remain so. This is a terrible shame.

Do you remember screaming when the kid in second grade brought souvlakis to school? What about the bento box with a hint of tentacles sticking out? I do.

Last night, I discovered what may possibly be one of the most delicious dishes I’ve ever tasted: raw sashimi-grade tuna rolled in organic powdered cinnamon with an ooze of raw sheep’s milk Roquefort.

The mild, chewy fish provided a smooth basis for the slight sweet burn of the spice with the entire experience brought to ground by the cool bite of the cheese. I still get chills.

Most of you may get chills for a different reason.

Why is it that a large percentage of Californians will eat sashimi (sushi with uncooked fish) in a restaurant but balk at chowing down on a chunk of the fish with none of the nutrition-devoid rice in the privacy of their own homes?

Personally, I’d rather trust myself (and Whole Foods) to make sure the finned ones are fresh rather than a random restaurant.

For the longest time, I’d look cross-eyed at my Mum when she devoured calamari.

It’s hard for me to trust anything with more than four legs.

But I tried it, eventually, and now I wish I hadn’t. I’ve fallen in lust with it and the fried stuff is not exactly healthy.

I am not a cook. It is difficult to convey to what extent I am not a cook. Let’s just say I once got in a fight with the omelet and the omelet unequivocally won.

This limits my gustatorial experience to restaurants and what I can scavenge from the shelves of stores like Whole Foods, Trader Joe’s, Raley’s organic department and various ethnic markets. Oh, but the wonders I sometimes find... delicious!

The more involved I become with healthy, varied, “strange” foodstuffs, the more I notice other people’s choices and weep.

Wonder Bread is not a food group. Soda is not water. Cheese that sprays from a can is NOT cheese (excuse me while I shudder) and the same goes for butter.

If it can be bought at a gas station it does not belong on your plate.

Meanwhile, there are oodles of slimy, sweet, tentacled, fermented, raw, marinated, spicy, rich and crunchy vegetables, animals and minerals just begging to be taken in with a glass of Pinot Noir.

There is food out there to be sampled.

Let’s get to it, shall we?

Monitoring Part of the funds Ohlone received from Bond A went to fix the fountains on campus. Some are working, some are not. Monitoring asked VP Mike Calegari about it.

He said Ohlone used bond money to refurbish the fountains around Building 1 and down to the Palm Bosque. Additionally, construction of the Student Services Building impacted a water channel, shutting down some of the fountains.

Facilities is working to bypass the channel.

The fountains are extremely expensive to operate and maintain.

The fountains not fixed could not be justified as an expense related to Building 1.

Monitoring wants your help. Point it out to us at: monitor@ohlone.edu

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What would make you take public transportation?

Nina Davis

PSYCHOLOGY “Running out of gas.”

Anh Nguyen

Mario Castaneda

Christine Nakahara

“If they lowered the price.”

“More information about it.”

“A direct line from San Jose to campus.”

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“If I had no one to carpool with.”

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Speaker praises ‘Lost’ portrayal of Arabs

By Kyle Stephens Staff writer Speaker Zaki Hasan gave a presentation on Arab Muslims in the post-9/11 world to a full room of attendees on Friday, April 18.

The main topic of the speech was Hasan’s master’s thesis in film production and media arts at San Jose State University, which held that the character Sayid Jarrah of the television show “Lost” provides commentary on Arab Muslims’ portrayal in U.S. media, by both conforming and denying stereotypes.

Hasan opened by asking the audience what came to mind when he said “Muslim” and “Arab,” and further posed the question of what it meant to be both in America. Both of those distinctions are applicable to Hasan; he’s taken a personal and academic interest in these stereotypes in America. “We tend to take stereotypes lightly when they don’t apply to us,” said Hasan.

Early inspiration for his subject came from the 1986 Chuck Norris action film, “The Delta Force.” As Hasan explained, the plot revolves around a group of Lebanese terrorists hijacking a commercial flight.

The stereotypes of Middle Easterners being barbaric, bloodthirsty terrorists, said Hasan, were all too apparent in the film. What provided jarring context to the fictional events of the film were the real-life ones of 9/11, which took place three days after Hasan saw the film for the first time.

From there, Hasan’s presentation turned to the media. Many of us don’t necessarily have the luxury or courage to outright ask questions about the Muslim faith or other topics of the Arab world, he noted, so we often only have media stereotypes to draw from.

When “Lost” premiered in September 2004, and with it the character of Sayid, Hasan waited for many of the known stereotypes to manifest. He wondered “when

will they reveal the real bad stuff” - in other words, add negative traits to his character to overshadow the good ones - and if not, “when will he get killed off?”

Sayid has not been killed thus far in the series, and in the interim he “is portrayed as a complex, compelling character, a sympathetic Iraqi.”

This is a very deliberate choice on behalf of the shows’ producers, said Hasan.

In playing certain clips from “Lost,” Hasan demonstrated some of the commentative dynamics between the characters and the greater groups they represent.

Hasan praised “Lost” as “a show that’s willing to tackle our notions of good and bad.”

Prior to “Lost,” no practicing Muslim had been shown consistently on American TV. Research for the topic, by Hasan’s own reckoning, was the best part: sitting down and watching every episode of “Lost” available at the time of his writing the thesis.

Photo by Pei Ju Chen

Zaki Hasan spoke on the portrayal of Arabs in the media at the Brown Bag Friday.

What we see in the media shapes our perception of reality, providing a surrogate source of experience for what we lack, said Hasan. Seeing truthful, non-disingenuous portrayals of minorities of all kinds is a step on the way to greater equality.

Hasan closed with saying that with the recent birth of his firstborn, he hoped that in the face of decreasing ignorance and increasing awareness of what it means to be Muslim and/or Arabic, the world would be a better one to live in.

College aims to bring out green in students

Former ‘Idol’ to sing

Continued from Page 1 described their “green” businesses and groups. Groups that were represented included AC transit, Union Sanitary District, Bay Area Green Business, Greeniacs, the City of Fremont and Life GSA. According to Feliciano, this was his favorite event because it provided the most information.

Students were encouraged to fill out an Earth Week Survey and enter to win prizes. Live 105 was represented at the Palm Bosque, playing music and giving away free gifts.

E-Waste and Clothing Recycling Day took place on Wednesday. Students were asked to donate old batteries, cell phones and smart electronics. Unwanted clothes were donated to Campus California TG: Working together for a better world.

Wednesday, students were also invited to the Campus Clean Up; students met in front of the bookstore and

Former American Idol contestant Frenchie Davis will be speaking on new methods of paying for college Thursday. But she won’t necessarily be advocating her own path.

Davis, 28, was kicked off “American Idol” in 2003 after risqué pictures of an adult nature surfaced, featuring a 19-year-old Davis. When questioned about the reasons behind her appearance in www.daddyslittlegirls.com, where “the girls have all grown up...and the boys have come to play,” Davis responded “[to raise money] for college.”

Although not advocating the erotic photography route to support one’s higher education, Davis will discuss her own college fund-raising experiences at the seminar, which will take place today from 11 a.m. to noon in Room 6106. Also speaking about their choices will be Director of Campus Activities Debbie Trigg and Director of Financial Aid Deborah Griffin.

After the seminar Davis, along with a number of bands, will sing in the outdoor amphitheater.

According to ASOC Treasurer Kevin Feliciano, the purpose of paying Davis $1,500 to speak and perform at Rock the Hill was to “garner a diversity of experiences.” With the presentation of different speakers, students will be exposed to an expansive spectrum of ways people pay their way through college.

helped members of the Sustainability Committee and the Environmental Science classes clean up the campus. Feliciano considers Earth Week a success mostly because “we’ve definitely put the thought into people’s heads about being environmentally friendly and taking care of the environment.”

“Earth Week couldn’t have been a success without ASOC and Life Club,” said Feliciano.

Farrah Naqvi, ASOC senator and president of Life Club added, “there’s so much you can do to be environmentally friendly and not have to change your lifestyle that much.”

Earth Week was normally run by the Sustainability Committee, but was mostly run this year by the LIFE club and ASOC. This is the second year Earth Week has been celebrated at Ohlone College. LIFE club and ASOC plan on organizing Earth Week again next year.

EPA honors Newark campus Continued from Page 1 used to build the new Student Services Center at the Fremont campus, as well as other improvements around that campus.

Of the many earth-friendly elements on the Newark campus, most notable is the solar panel array, one of the largest in Silicon Valley. The array provides at least 30 percent of

the energy needs for the campus.

In addition to solar power, the campus is also making use of geothermal heating and cooling.

These thermal coils are buried in the ground and contain a 26-mile closed system through which water is pumped. On a hot summer day, the earth beneath the ground is quite a bit cooler and the water is pumped

up through the building to help cool it. The campus has a capacity of 3,500 student.

These students will be able to take classes for nursing, respiratory therapy and biotechnology along with general education classes, meant to reduce the carbon footprint of transportation between campuses.

By Andrew Le Staff writer

Browning selected Continued from Page 1 determines whether any program improvements or reviews are needed. SLO is especially important for students, as it tests the students’ level of preparation for the outside world.

Also discussed during the meeting was the Frontage Property. Jim Eller of the San Jose-based firm

Eller and Associates provided updates on his talks with developers.

Eller said he met with prospective developers to ascertain levels of interest in the development, as well as to try to understand the developers’ issues and interests.

Board Member Nick Nardolillo said it was encouraging that even in today’s economy and mortgage industry, there are developers still interested in putting money into such a substantial development.

In an effort to minimize paper use, last night’s Board meeting was conducted using laptops from the Innovation Technology Center.

Dean of Learning Resources and Academic Technology/Distance Education Lesley Buehler said it was to “encourage people to go green.”

The next Board of Trustees meeting will be May 7. Among the items to be discussed is the Technology Master Plan.

A biography of Dr. Gari Browning’s career history can be read at: www.ohlone.edu/org/president/ search/finalistbio-browning.html.

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Weighing Anchor

Features Sing Xuan, a resounding success

By Eric dorman News editor

Death of a rail system As Earth Week reaches its climax and “green” sentiments spread like fire in a paper mill, it seems appropriate to direct our attention to one of the cardinal reasons we need to dedicate such a week in the first place—the demolition of a convenient and blossoming public transportation system 50 years ago.

It was April 20, 1958, when the last Key System Transit Lines bridge train, for years part of an extensive, clean and comfortable network of electric trains that spanned the Bay and surrounding area, ground to a halt for the last time. The event, quickly followed by the derailing of public transportation around the United States, marked the end of an era in clean American transportation, and the beginning of a sad chapter of our addiction to cars and oil.

There was nothing accidental about the demise of this convenient and earth-friendly national public transportation network.

It was the fruit of three decades worth of labor by General Motors, Standard Oil, Firestone Tire, Mack Truck and Phillips Petroleum, a team which by 1946 maintained control of streetcar operations in 80 American cities.

The partners in crime subsequently shut down nearly every one of those streetcars, paving the way for GM-made, Firestone-bearing, oil-drinking buses and cars to take over American transportation.

Of course, upon learning of these strong-arm and definitely illegal tactics, the government’s crack legal team immediately sprang into action to ensure that the offending corporations would pay for their atrocities. For decimating the American rail system, GM was fined a whopping $5,000. Its treasurer was forced to cough up a respectable $1.

Today, we’re paying a whole lot more than that for the misdeeds of GM and its cohorts. As drivers reel from the financial and environmental impacts of driving and ask for more public transportation, they’re greeted with enormous price tags. Today, it costs $200 million to lay every new mile of BART—a cost that would have been negligible in the 1940s and ‘50s, when the area was sparsely populated and land was cheap. Furthermore, our cities are built for cars, and any attempt to add useful public transportation is costly and difficult.

So when you bemoan the lack of public transportation, need to drive everywhere, dirty buses and clouds of exhaust during the week dedicated to appreciating the Earth, remember the cause for your lack of options. Sure, 50 years worth of hindsight won’t cure today’s public transportation deficiency, but it’s worth remembering if only to ensure that it doesn’t happen again.

Photos by Brian Chu

Robin Jung and Kimi Chen passionately perform for a rapt audience, hoping to win the contest.

By Sandeep Abraham Features editor and Brian Chu Correspondent The first annual Sing Xuan Singing Competition took place April 20 in the Jackson Theatre. Hosted by the Ohlone Chinese Student Association and the International Students Club, the event drew roughly 275 people, filling most of the seats.

13 contestants were chosen from among over 30 applicants. The applicant pool included students from Ohlone as well as from various other Bay Area high schools and colleges.

The program was conducted in Mandarin, Cantonese and English.

The large backdrop projector screen was used to display a magnified view of each contestant as he or she performed, giving the stage an illusion of tunneling depth. The 13 contestants each initially sang one song and were judged on a

scale of one to ten on vocal quality, technique, style, presentation and appearance along with other minor factors.

The judges were sponsor member Benjamin Chen of the charity organization Reincarnation, Ohlone Music Professor Dennis Keller, Transfer Center Specialist Frances Fon and Khuu Tu, a voice instructor.

The first round had five winners: Robin Jung for the song “Right Here Waiting,” Cynthia Chan for the song “Ting Hai,” Eric Choi for the song “Tian Shag Wai Chen” (romanized from simplified Chinese), Kimi Chen for the song “Ai Ni De Liang Ge Wo” and Jon Fung for the song “Xing Lu Dao Ge.” They then went on to perform in the second round, which yielded three final winners.

The first place winner was Jon Fung, who sung the Chinese song “Chi Pei” and won $200. Robin Jung took second place and won $150 for the song “Incomplete” (originally perormed by Sisqo). He also man-

aged to snag himself an entourage of adoring and mostly female fans.

Third place, $100 and the award for “Most Sophisticated” was awarded to Eric Choi, who has won similar competitions at UC Berkeley and De Anza. A separate award chosen by the audience for “Most Popular” was given to Melody Chen for the Chinese song “Fei Zhou Bu Ke” The Chinese and International Clubs had also organized a raffle for Jamba Juice gift cards, awarding them based on a random selection of numbers found on the event’s program given to the audience.

ASOC president and competitor Tatyana Hamady said, “It’s a great campus activity; it adds cultural diversity. I think it’s awesome and I would do it again.”

Notable performances included Scott Holcom’s cover of “Can You Feel the Love Tonight?” from the “Lion King,” Vanessa Magat’s performance of “I Don’t Wanna Miss a Thing” and the duet performance by Kai Ling Siu and Sunny Liu of the

Chinese song “Ai De Zhu Xuan Yu.” One of the judges, Benjamin Chen, also gave a vibrant performance.

Fon performed with her group Cheesecake Diva, covering charttopping singles such as “What Hurts The Most,” originally done by Rascal Flatts and “You’re Beautiful”

by James Blunt. She said she was “very proud of every contestant” and that she was pleased with the performances she saw.

EOPS Counselor Mzao Water’s band Mukagee also performed three heavy metal songs, employing their full arsenal of guitar riffs, drum work and seismic bass, a drastic departure from the night’s otherwise serene ambience.

CSA president and one of the Masters of Ceremonies Karen Chan stated, “We have worked very hard for three months, and I would like to thank the clubs, the sponsors and the staff for all their contributions.”

The winners will compete in the finals on October 18 and 19 in San Mateo.

Student show kicks off

Photos by Japneet Kaur

The Annual Fine Art and Design Student Show will be on display at the Louie-Meager Gallery until May 14 and will feature artwork of students as judged by Ohlone art instructors.

Sandstrom on poetry

By Rachael Funk Staff writer The soothing voice of Cathie Sandstrom filled the library last Friday. Students and teachers crowded to hear her poetry. The pieces ranged from her father’s army work to her childhood to “Harley,” a poem about the rugged adventurer who was “definitely not my type.”

A self-professed army brat, Sandstrom told of her childhood, and of coping with constant mov-

ing because of her father’s military service. When she spoke of her early years, she said “I think the constant change is a good thing…I learned how to be a chameleon.”

Sandstrom said that while she tries to write everyday, there are triggers that help her. Her favorite poem, “Releasing the Birds,” is a product of this inspiration.

“What I like about poetry is the compression…In a poem, there’s only enough room for me and the truth.”

‘Then and Now’ Theater and Dance Production Manager Shannon Schultz announced the spring dance production of “Then and Now.” The Theatre and Dance Department will be doing a special preview of the Spring Dance Production on April 30 at 10a.m. in the Jackson Theatre.

The production of “Then and Now” is scheduled for May 1-3.

The department will be doing voucher tickets and sign-in at the end of the show for any of the students that cannot attend an evening performance.

The performance will mark a 10-year anniversary of the performance.

Features Sammie Smith on model behavior

at all; like for the cover of Vogue, it’s $200.”

With a standard five to six hours spent “standing in awkward positions for a really long time” per shoot, modeling pays less than most people expect.

Furthering Smith’s difficulties is the modeling ban prevalent in most

of Europe restricting runway models to ones with a BMI of over 18.

As a result, Smith is for the most part restricted to work within the United States.

So far, she hasn’t been getting much work due to her novelty to the industry.

However, she “just did this

big convention in LA for a week [with competitions] and there’s a lot of agencies from all around the world.”

“It doesn’t seem real yet,” is how she sums up her feelings about the whole thing.

As for her future plans, models are usually considered “too old to model by 25.” As a result, if modeling “doesn’t work, I have school to fall back on.”

Originally, she was hesitant to tell people she was a model, due to some unrealistic and less than pleasant assumptions the average person may make about the job.

Those assumptions, she firmly believes, aren’t true; at least not in her experience.

When asked why she was willing to put up with all these struggles she explained that fashion “becomes your life. If you don’t love it, you just won’t do very well.”

And on the bright side of things, since designers sometimes let models keep the clothes, in the worst case scenario, at least she’ll come out of her experiences with an “awesome wardrobe.”

got all hot and bothered with the very scientific process, McMahon noted that the class was doing this to expose people to the unknown factors of sexual activity, and that this was possibly one of the scariest demonstrations a class can do.

McMahon went on to further show, through the help of a chart, that if a person and their partner have sex with just one person, they are exposed to just that one person.

If a person has sex with 3 people, they’ve potentially been exposed to seven people.

If the number goes up to six partners, then the people they have benn exposed goes to 63.

At 12 partners, a person has the potential of being exposed to over

4,000 other individuals.

Every time intercourse occurs, a person is exchanging bodily fluids with everyone else their partner has has sex with.

With this in mind, the students grabbed their cups of colored fluid and proceeded to walk around the room having “sex” with different partners. Unfortunately, there was no Barry White playing in the background to help with the mood, but everyone was at it like rabbits anyway.

After making the sound and well thought-out decision of having unprotected sex, each student poured a little of their “bodily fluids” into each others cups. After just a few partners, the cups were starting to

look pretty dark and shady.

The cups only contained foodcolored water, but the message was clea; the more unprotected sex you had, the worse your cup was looking. The whole purpose of this presentation was to inform students of how fast and easily sexually transmitted diseases transfer between people. One of the many statistics shown in class was that 9,100,000 youth between the ages of 15 and 24 get a STD each year.

McMahon’s Psych 106 class goes over identity development, puberty and, of course, sex and sexuality in adolescences; by the end of the course, students will know more than most adults about adolescent development, said McMahon.

By Andrew Le Staff writer Sammie Smith is down to earth, devoid of eating disorders, lacks a trendy drug habit and is the antithesis of the modeling stereotype.

Currently a student at Ohlone, Sammie is dropping her classes and moving to New York to further her modeling career.

In Manhattan, she’ll be paying $1,000 a month to share a two-room apartment with “five to seven other models”.

Her parents uphold her decision, “but they’re kinda freaking out because it’s New York.”

When questioned about how she was going to finance her living, she admitted that, “models don’t make that much money, unless they’re Tyra Banks status.”

Smith expects to have to get another job to support herself.

“The amount of models,” she added, “that actually make a good living off of being a model in New York I’d say is about 15 to 20 percent.”

“Models don’t get paid much

Photo by Andrew Cavette

Photo courtesy of Sammie Smith

Sammie Smith as she is as a student at Ohlone (left) and in one of her professional shots (right).

Students have sex in psychology class

By Max Stephen Staff writer Walking into a classroom and expecting sex is typically an adolescent dream. Tim McMahon’s Adolescent Psychology class got their chance in their Psych 106 Adolescent Development class on Wednesday.

“Not only are we talking about [sex], we’re doing it.” said McMahon. After the class settled down and picked up an accompanying handout, McMahon explained the assignment; the number on the paper next to their names was how many sex partners they were going to have today. The numbers ranged from 3 to 12. Before everyone

Matt Freeman now a Democrat delegate

By Sandeep Abraham Features editor Ohlone has seldom been known for its political prowess, but that changed on April 13 when Political Science and History Instructor Matthew Freeman was nominated and elected to be one of the pledged delegates for the Democratic Party for Barack Obama. He has worked for the Obama for America campaign

since August 2007, campaigning and working as a team coordinator within the campaign for District 13 of California and Alameda County as a whole.

Hilary Clinton won the Democratic majority in California on February 5, but Obama won the majority of Alameda County. Within Alameda County, Clinton won the majority of District 13, but on a slim margin. As a result, the National

Democratic Party awarded her three delegates from this district and Obama two delegates. Freeman described the system as having five “empty vehicles that we fill once were elected at the caucus.”

The Obama and Clinton campaigns held caucuses on Sunday, April 13 to determine their delegates. Delegates were allowed to nominate themselves and the Obama campaign had specifically

asked Freeman to nominate himself.

Out of a candidate pool of 26 active Obama campaign members within District 13, the campaign chose six to stand for elections at the caucus. Freeman and fellow Obama campaign worker, Antonette (Toni) Shellen, emerged victorious.

Freeman encourages students to get closely involved in the elections as well. Contact him at mfreeman@ ohlone.edu for more information.

He noted that, “during intermission, they will be able to go into the art gallery and see a fully-equipped, scary, spooky art show...possibly a psychic telling fortunes...and the concession [stand] will sell scary, spooky food. There will probably be a costume contest every night of the performance.”

The Halloween Trilogy emphasizes the three 12-20 minute radio plays created by Nemoy,with sound effects technicians as part of the on-stage performance, similar to the “Prairie Home Companion” onstage performance for PBS. Nelson said, “We will start the

evening with a 3-D movie, something like, “It Came from the Black Lagoon” and everyone will have their glasses on.”

The three plays are Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Cask of Amontillado,” Rudyard Kipling’s “Mark of the Beast” and Oscar Wilde’s “The Canterville Ghost.”

Nelson feels that the plays are an opportunity to showcase Ohlone’s technical capabilities with the new Entertainment Design and Technology Instructor Matthew O’Donnell.

O’Donnell has created lighting and sound for rock groups around

the world.

There is flexibility in the casting; the performances will require anywhere from 20 to 60 actors/sound technicians, as participants can have dual roles - both acting and creating sound effects.

In May, Nelson will have a full reading of the plays, where students will be given the script.

Over the summer, there will be a party to check the progress.

There will be performances for six nights, as well as three nights with two performances, including Halloween, with the second performance starting around 11 p.m.

Students come for Halloween auditions

By Inez Black Staff writer Auditions for Poe, Kipling and Wilde, three classic Halloween thrillers adapted as short radio plays

by Leonard Nemoy, were held at Ohlone April 21 and 22.

Theater and Dance Professor Mark Nelson held auditions just for students prior to the open call, which will include non-students as well.

Nelson said that there are really three parts to each performance: the three radio plays, a 3-D movie and then three illusions.

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Devil’s Advocate

By Anna Nemchuk Editor-in-chief

Bleeding for art Your Ivy League education, ladies and gentlemen, now comes extra rare. Aliza Shvarts, a Yale senior art major, has a little art project she’d like you to see. It consists of footage of 9 months of her artificially impregnating herself, taking herbal abortifacient drugs and subsequently bleeding the fruit of her loins away. She’s planning to suspend a large cube from a ceiling, swath it in plastic sheets with the Vaseline-preserved blood squished between and project the videos onto the sides. She hopes this will encourage discussion. Boy, did it ever.

The story was immediately picked up by newspapers, online forums and blogs and provoked a huge outcry from both the pro-life and pro-choice camps. The prolifers I can understand, though the president of the National Right to Life Committee Wanda Franz calling Shvarts “a serial killer” strikes me as a bit sensationalist.

But the claiming of Ted Miller, a spokesman for NARAL ProChoice America, that the whole thing “is offensive and insensitive to the women who have suffered the heartbreak of miscarriage” is a little more puzzling. I thought those guys were supposed to be liberal.

In a guest column for the Yale Daily News Friday, April 18, Shvarts commented, “For me, the most poignant aspect of this representation — the part most meaningful in terms of its political agenda (and, incidentally, the aspect that has not been discussed thus far) — is the impossibility of accurately identifying the resulting blood. Because the miscarriages coincide with the expected date of menstruation (the 28th day of my cycle), it remains ambiguous whether there was ever a fertilized ovum or not.”

What tickles me the most is not the horrified reactions and public flogging of her character that followed Shvarts’s actions but the fact that I have yet to find anyone who defends her views.

Let’s just stand back for a moment. Abortion is legal in the United States. The drugs she said she took are also so. She’s over 18 and, having completed almost four years of Yale, likely relatively intelligent. She’s also, if one considers her editorial, surprisingly articulate for an art major.

Her body is her own to do with as she wishes. She violated no laws in the project’s inception nor in its presentation. As far as art goes, I’ll grant this piece is not for the faint-hearted but it is, in the end, a piece of art. A political, incendiary, complicated, highly icky piece of art.

Though my plebian sensibilities and fear of tummy-aches may prevent me from desiring to replicate such an exhibition, I do applaud Shvarts for her bravery.

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Campus Events CLASSIFIEDS PIANO FOR SALE -- Upright, rosewood Chappell piano in excellent condition. Made in England. $1,200. Call 510-790-1139 or email souzafive@comcast.net.

April The GSA (Gay Straight Alliance) -- Meetings are every Thursday @ 2 p.m. in SC-116.

Everyone is welcome.

Environmental Sustainability Meetings --Meetings are the third Thursday of each month @ 3:30 p.m. and rotate between the Fremont and Newark campuses, with the first one on February 21 at the Fremont campus.

24-27 Men’s Tennis -- Ojai Tournamentin Ojai.

24-27 Women’s Tennis -Ojai Tournament in Ojai.

24-26 Men’s and Women’s Swimming -- Coast Conference Championships @ Chabot.

24 Baseball -- Away vs.

Monterey Peninsula College @ 2 p.m.

25 Last Day -- Last day to drop from semester-length courses with a W grade.

26 Baseball -- Away vs.

Gavilan College @ noon.

JOBS For more information visit Transfer & Career Services.

For more information on Jobs & Internships visit Transfer & Career Services in Building 1, 4th Floor, Rm 1405A. Hours: Monday Thru Thursday, 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. & 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.

Closed Friday.

1-3 Spring Dance Production -- “Then and Now” 10th Anniversary Reunion @ 8 p.m. in the Jackson Theatre.

8-10 Men’s Tennis -- State Tournament in Claremont 8-10 Women’s Tennis -- State Tournament in Claremont.

9-11 Baseball -- Nor-Cal Regional I. Location TBA. 10 Ohlone Community Band -- Performance at Central Park Pavilion in Fremont @ noon.

10 Ohlone Community Chorale -- Performance

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at Centerville Presbyterian Church in Fremont @ 3 p.m.

Smartest Kid on Earth by Chris Ware. From 2 to 3 p.m. in Room 1307.

10 Fremont Symphony Orchestra Pops Concert -- Performance in the Jackson Theatre @ 8 p.m. Buy tickets at www.fremontsymphony. org.

16 Spring 2008 -- Semester instruction ends

11 Softball Regionals -Round II. Location TBA.

16-18 Baseball - Nor-Cal Super-Regional. Visit the Athletics website for more info.

12 Book Club Discussion -- Jimmy Corrigan: The

15-18 Women's Softball - State Championships in Southern California.

3-4 Softball Regionals -Round 1. Location TBA. 5 Graduation Gowns -Spring 2008 Graduates may purchase their cap, gown, and tassel starting today!

6 Baseball -- Nor-Cal Regional Play in Game 6 Reception and Awards Ceremony -- Annual Fine Art & Design Student Show @ 6:30 p.m. in the LouieMaeger Art Gallery.

7 Multimedia Festival 2008 -- Annual Multimedia Festival in the Hyman Hall from 12:30 to 5 p.m.

7 Campus Tour -- The Ohlone College Peer Mentors conduct campus tours the first and third Wednesday of every month in the lobby of Building 1 @ 4 p.m.

8-10 Student Rep -- Student Repertory II in the Nummi Theatre @ 8 p.m.

26 San Jose SaberCats vs. LA Avengers at HP Pavilion-- Ohlone College and the San Jose SaberCats invite all Ohlone students, staff and faculty to come out and enjoy a night filled with FOOTBALL, FIREWORKS and FUN! Game starts @ 7:30 p.m.

29 Baseball -- Away vs. Skyline College @ 2 p.m.

29-30 ASOC Elections -9 a.m. to 2 p.m. @ Newark Campus in the Central Hub AND 5 to 7 p.m. @ Fremont Campus in the Upper Quad.

FREE Krispy Kreme donut or Chipotle burrito per vote!

May 1-3 Men’s Tennis -- Nor Cal Tournament. Location TBA. 1-3 Men’s and Women’s Swimming - State Championships in Mission Viejo 1-3 Women’s Tennis -- Nor Cal Tournament. Location TBA. 1 Baseball -- Home vs. West Valley College 2 p.m.

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Baseball goes 12 innings strong, lose to Hartnell

By Nate Gill Sports writer Tuesday’s game against the Hartnell Panthers was the biggest and most important game of the season for the Renegades. After three hours and 12 innings of long, hard-fought baseball, the boys fell short of picking up a crucial victory to put them in a 3rd place tie with Hartnell.

Renegades’ Head Coach Tom Kunis pulled out all the stops, using four different pitchers and introducing some new faces in the starting lineup in an attempt to earn a victory over Hartnell.

The big right-handed bats of David Luna and Justin Lunday were absent in the beginning of the game, as Kunis utilized his lefthanded hitters against Hartnell’s right-handed pitcher.

“It was a strategy that worked; this pitcher really struggles against left-handed batters. He walked six and gave up four hits to left-handed batters.”

Starting pitcher Shane Murchison lasted 2 1/3 innings, giving up three earned runs; his day was cut short when he got into a big jam in the 3rd inning.

Relief pitcher Ian Hoff then came in; it was an attempt to get Ohlone through the 3rd inning but he was unable to do so. Kunis was forced to use a third pitcher in the inning, Kevin Radach.

Radach threw one pitch to get a huge ground ball out and stop the bleeding. Joe Gardner came in to relieve and had a dominant performance, racking seven strikeouts and only allowing five singles. “To win a game like this, we gotta be errorfree” said Kunis after the game.

Ohlone tied the game at four apiece in the 7th inning, with a lead off double by Matt Langseth, followed by a RBI single by Michael Vandenbusch. Langseth finished the game with two walks, two stolen bases, four runs scored, one RBI and a home run shy of the cycle.

Vandenbusch added with a couple sacrifice bunts, a hit and two RBIs. Hartnell responded in the 8th

inning and regained the lead at 54. Ohlone rallied in the 9th with a lead-off single by Zach Townsend; Justin Lunday pinch-hit and worked the count to get a walk.

Langseth came to the plate getting an RBI single to tie the game at five apiece. A sacrifice bunt by Vandenbusch moved the runners over. Hartnell intentionally walked Aaron Plimmer to load the bases for pinch hitter David Luna.

A sacrifice fly would have ended the game, giving the Renegades their victory, but a double-play by Hartnell ended the 9th, sending the game into extra innings.

In the 12th inning, the Hartnell Panthers rallied with two outs with a single and a stolen base, followed by an RBI single scoring the go-ahead run. Ohlone was unable to recover, falling short to the Panthers 6-5, putting their shot at a playoff berth in serious jeopardy.

It won’t be an easy task for the boys as they play their next three games on the road and close out the season at home against a very talented West Valley team.

Photo by Pei Ju Chen

Second baseman Matt Langseth slides home for his fourth run scored.

Softball strolls into playoffs

By Tomás Ortega Sports editor

Photo by Pei Ju Chen

Joe Gardner delivers a pitch in Tuesday’s loss.

Ohlone’s Softball Coach Donna Runyon should have a new plaque to hang in her office wall soon. She will, though, have to make a decision on where to place it, seeing as a plaque from 1990 where her team took her to a 42-11 (17-1) hangs for all to see.

“I can’t remember ever going undefeated,” she said while pulling out various scoresheets from previous years. This year’s team, which did have a few injuries and illnesses scattered throughout the schedule, was able to battle tough all year long and finish the regular season 38-7 overall, 24-0 within their conference. Runyon later said, “The kids stepped up when the others were either sick or injured. And we didn’t skip a beat.”

The Renegades have very good momentum heading into the playoffs that start next Saturday. They have won their last 11 games with their last loss coming against American River, when they played them in Sacramento.

Runyon, ecstatic at the success of her ballclub, even has a small speech prepared for them. “My speech will be ‘there are only 16 teams practicing. Everyone else is is planning a banquet.’”

Ohlone will be one of the 32 schools in the state still looking at a chance to hold a state championship trophy. Half the teams are made up of the northern part of California, the other half are in the south.

At press time, Ohlone was ranked fifth overall in the north of California. Runyon added, “It would be a nice placement if we could have the three or four spot.”

Tennis players finish strong

By Jerome Nepacena Sports writer Ohlone’s Lea Knop pulled deep into last weekend’s women’s tennis conference tournament,and made it all the way to the finals to highlight a season in which the Renegades’ finished strong.

In order to do so, Knopp beat Megan Kummer, whom she lost to earlier this season.

Knop managed to make it all the way to the finals in the tournament in both singles and doubles competition, with Hanh Nguyen as her doubles partner.

Knop kept fighting through the tournament before getting eliminated in the finals by Foothill.

For a first-year team trying to find

a rhythm during the course of the season, a 0-7 start is not unusual.

“We had a great season,” Tennis Coach Fu Wong Chong explained, “We went 0-7 our first 7 matches and then we won 5 of our next 7 matches.”

The year was one of growth for Wong, who credited players Susana Bumb and Christina Vargas as being the ones who have made the biggest jumps in their games.

“They are the most improved players of the year,” said Wong, who lead his players to an overall record of 5-14 this season.

The Renegades look forward to helping build on the success of the last few games and build on their 5-2 finish to the ’07-’08 season.