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Catching some AIR
Don’t buy kids violent video games.
September 11, 2008
College has no trouble raising funds By Mitchell Tong Staff writer
Photos by Japneet Kaur
Students and MTV dancers show off their moves during the MTV dance-off Wednesday at the bottom of the Building 1 stairs. Ohlone student Palmer, one of six students who danced with the MTV crew, won two tickets to “All The Way Live,” an MTV music event which will take place this Friday and Saturday at the Smith Center Amphitheater. Tickets are available at the box office. MTV dance crew members Carsten (top) and Isaac Castillo also performed. For story and schedule of events, see Page 4.
Semester budget to be tight By Kathy Sung Staff writer While the state budget hasn’t been passed, Ohlone won’t run out of money any time soon. According to Director of Business Services Joanne Schultz, Ohlone “has significant reserves [it] can draw on even though the state is not funding us” at the moment. Ohlone is currently “managing cash flow on a weekly basis,” said Schultz. Part of the management includes not replacing retiring or leaving staff. Although many students have had problems with registering for classes in math and English, Ohlone will not be opening up new sections as long as the state does not pass a budget. According to Schultz, saving money has been achieved through a hiring freeze. Compared to other
colleges, Ohlone is in very good shape financially. One backup plan in case the budget does not come through until January is to possibly stop purchasing, which could eliminate some of the classes. Also, as long as the budget is not passed, Ohlone will not be hiring new faculty and will rely on the current and part-time staff already here. Next year’s budget has been planned, according to Schultz, based on the Full Time Equivalent Students (FTES) money. For every 15 units a student signs up for, Ohlone receives one FTES point up to 8,274 points. The budget is based on the 8,274 FTES but does not include any room for growth, meaning there will not be new sections added. Since the budget cuts last year and the problems with passing a
budget, Ohlone has been bravely struggling through. Ohlone did borrow 4 million dollars from the Tax Revenue Anticipation Note (TRAN). Schultz said that we do have “8 million in cash reserves,” $4 million of which was a loan from TRAN. If the budget is not passed by November, Ohlone will be using some of the $8 million dollars for operations (salaries, electricity, phone bills, etc.) The budget date was supposed to be passed by June 1 but Schultz said this is the “worst divide I’ve ever seen” between the Republicans, Democrats and our governor. To end on a brighter note, despite the need for money at Ohlone, Schultz said “we are not going to raise the parking fees.” Parking fees will remain at $35, at least for the fall semester.
Dave Smith, head of the Ohlone Foundation, told the College Board of Trustees last night that donations to the college have totaled $2,767,000 this fiscal year. Donations came from a variety of benefactors, including individuals, community organizations, as well as private organizations. The Silvera family, which includes three generations of Ohlone College donors, has had a section of the new Newark campus named after the family. The Newark campus now boasts 14 rooms named after donors. In addition to the funds raised by outside individuals and organizations, a total of $325,000 was raised internally from activities sponsored by the Ohlone Foundation. These activities included the green tie gala event, which Smith labeled a “huge success,” netting $90,000 this year. Following these successes, the Ohlone Foundation’s plans to follow-up with the largest golf tournament in Ohlone history, with a goal of raising $35,000. Smith believed that this quota would be easily met and surpassed, especially considering the plans to invite golfing sensation Tiger Woods. However, he noted that the sports star has not yet responded to the invitation due to a recent injury. Other topics of discussion included a controversy over the distribution of the raised funds. In particular was the contention over the proposed installation of touch-phone call boxes around campus: the proposed system would cost Ohlone roughly $120,000, in contrast to Ohlone’s current pay phone system, which costs $6,000 per year to maintain. Proponents of the new phone system include the Fremont police, who initiated the push to intall the phones. Most colleges have a phone system in which its easy to request campus police in case of emergency, but Ohlone’s pay phones do not have that option. This is in stark contrast to the Newark campus’s “blue phones,” which are much more advanced. Trustee Bob Brunton concluded the meeting by praising the efforts of Smith and the Foundation, stating that Smith has done an “excellent job of improving the image of Ohlone.”
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Ohlone Art Instructor Kenney Mencher’s works (such as ‘Study for Summertime,’ above) are currently being shown at the Los Gatos Art Museum. See story, Page 4.
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Manhunt: Psychopath now rated E for Everyone By Ryan Richmond Staff writer One of my biggest pet peeves of all time is complaints. Now, complaints in moderation are a good thing. They can let people know what is wrong, allowing people to fix it. Complaints are good in moderation; however what people do today is far beyond moderation. I honestly think that the pastime of America is not baseball, but playing the blame game and complaining. Problem is, people complain about things and have no intention of doing anything about it. Worst of all, some people just complain to start trouble or because
they have nothing better to do. Worse still they are not even willing to think up a solution to the problem so others can fix it. Usually people complain about the most things, like video games. People have blamed video games for just about everything that is wrong with the youth today. If violence occurs anywhere, there is suddenly a video game to blame. So they make a system that tells people exactly which audience that video game was made for. This is known as the Entertainment Software Rating Board, abreviated as the ESRB. This system rates video games similar to a movie theatre setup. Games are rated from E to Every-
one to the much-coveted Adults Only (AO) rating. Most games fall between the Teen and Mature category. Barbie’s Pony Adventures is rated E. Mortal Kombat is rated M. But this system is obviously too hard to follow. So why do kids go out and shoot up a school? No, not because of the video game, at the worst it’s the person who bought them the video game. Problem is, parents just want something to basically shut their kids up, but instead of taking the five minutes to choose the right game for their child, they pick the one the child wants. In addition, instead of asking the clerk if it is a good game for their
child, they just believe their whining child and get the game. Seriously, stop thinking the xbox 360 you bought is a parenting tool. Then they act so surprised when the child they never raised goes out and shoots up a mall. But surely it can’t be the parents’ fault and the kid is too young to make decisions for himself, so it must be that video game they bought with no questions asked. I could honestly go on and on about things so easily stopped if people did something instead of complaining. I’m looking at you, Jack Thompson. So, before you go out and just start complaining, please at least think of a way to fix the problem.
At least don’t take chances. Even if you don’t believe that video games cause violent behavior, don’t risk it. The media will blame you for a bad parenting job if they find out you bought your child the latest military murder simulator. Come to think of it, why did you buy your child the latest Soldier of Fortune anyway? He’s 7 years old. So okay, the rating system is not always perfect. Instead, think of it more like a set of “guidelines.” Your best tool is good old common sense. Because remember, Neglectful parenting plus Doom is a bad combination.
A proposal for the USS Ohlone Shuttle Fleet By Brian Chu Staff writer Ohlone is a campus of stairs and a clogged parking system, on the main campus. With the opening of the Newark property last spring, students were able to take advantage of its new and eco friendly facilities as well as more advanced technological equipment for sciences and health programs. However this came at a price and that price was time. According to Google maps, a
one-way trip from one campus to the other takes approximately 14 minutes and that was while traveling on an unclogged 680. Unless your last class (or the one you need to arrive at) is at Hyman Hall or close to the upper parking lots (in which you would have had to pay $2 for a daily pass) any person having to had commute between the two campus can attest that it will take longer. With many specific departments and classes offered only at Newark it remains difficult, even while taking online classes, to be able to
avoid having to go to both Newark and Fremont during the same semester. In that sense, the new campus causes students to be at a disadvantage and this does discourage some from taking classes that they would otherwise be interested in but would not be able to make the trip. Aside from having to go to Hyman Hall or fighting for parking, there is also the issue of gas. This is especially if after going to the opposite campus, one must return from where they came. A solution would be to have a
multiple shuttle system. The cost would be to purchase vans and hire drivers. Even with a daily and monthly fee system in place it would most likely be impossible for the school to find funding. However, the school would be offering a service of convenience to the students, born from the opportunities and at the same time inconveniences of the Newark campus. This would not, however, be able to come free. Aside from most likely having students help pay for the services the, students themselves
would have to schedule their classes accordingly between transit times. If done correctly however a person would theoretically be able to commute between their home and both campuses using only public transportation. It would save gas, money for commuting student and teachers in the long term, assist the school image and save an unquantifiable amount of profound frustration and cursing. Stay tuned for next week for a proposal to replace every staircase at Ohlone with an escalator.
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College to send alerts to your cell phone By Anna Biaritz Roldan Staff writer In as little as two weeks, Ohlone students, faculty and staff members will be able to receive emergency text messages. The system is called ALERTU, which is used by universities all over the country. ALERTU, made by Waterfall mobile, is a Short Message Service (SMS)-based mass messaging system made especially for university use. It can instantaneously alert anyone who is subscribed to the system in case of any emergencies that may occur within either of the Ohlone campuses. As soon as posters and signs are posted around campus alerting students of the services, ALERTU will be all ready and available.
Once up and running, students, faculty and staff will be able to subscribe to this system by texting to a given number or going online. Though subscribers will be asked to provide their name and contact information, those details will be kept strictly confidential, according to ALERTU. Upon subscribing to the system, one will receive a message that will serve as a notice once every quarter to remind them of whether or not they still want to continue their subscription to the system. The system has been tested and has been found to work very efficiently. Only emergency messages will be sent out to subscribers, which means there is no need to worry about text message spam—especially since only the
college president, vice presidents and chief of police will be allowed to send out messages. This idea of mass communicating emergency alerts for incidents such as fires, flooding or any other emergency events came into being after emergencies in other colleges around the country quickly got out of hand because of the lack of a personal, instantaneous messaging plan. “Ohlone College is not the only college with this kind of service; it’s also available in colleges from in and out of the state,” said campus Chief of Police Steve Osawa. He mentioned that one valuble attribute to Ohlone’s SMS emergency alert system is that it’s free of additional costs—only standard text messaging rates apply to the text notices.
The college has plans to set up a textmessage-based emergency alert system.
ASOC hopes to swell ranks with senators By Anna Biaritz Roldan Staff writer
The Associated Students of Ohlone College (ASOC) began their search for this year’s senators at their meeting Tuesday. The meeting was headed by the ASOC President Jackie McCully, Vice President Kevin Feliciano, Secretary Tina Sayadi, Treasurer
Nancy Aridi, Representative at large Aditya Grover, Student Member, Board of trustees Lauren Baca and Legislative Representative Dan Zhou and Advisers Renee Gonzales and Debbie Trigg. In their presentation, that was started by Treasurer Aridi, they identified senators as members who actively participate in ASOC meetings, activities and events. Senators
are responsible for arranging, promoting and distributing events information, staying tuned to ongoing projects, participating in the voting on money requests, helping to solve issues with the rest of the council, staying informed on what is happening on campus and most importantly one who voices out the needs of the students. One must also have a GPA no
SSB is almost golden By Suchi Gupta Staff writer The Student Services Building is following the same path as its counterpart, the Newark Ohlone campus, in going green. The structure on the south side of the Fremont Campus is just a couple of points away from the Gold LEED certification. LEED, the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, provides a points system for environmentally sustainable structures. “Gold” is the second-highest level
of certification awarded. The Gold certification requires between 35 to 51 points, which includes energy saving and efficient fixtures, resources for proper waste recycling and reuse and optimum use of resources during construction. SSB is trying to achieve these goals by installing skylights to save electricity, putting pathways around the building to encourage bike riding and using recycled materials in the construction. Should the SSB attain the Gold
certification, it won’t be Ohlone’s only LEED building. The Newark campus gained Platinum LEED certification—the highest level of environmental sustainability certification awarded—in August. The SSB is scheduled to be completed early next summer. The building will be home to many programs and services currently scattered around campus, including Admissions and Records, Counseling, Disabled Students Programs and Services (DSPS) Financial Aid and the Student Health Center.
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lower than 2.0, be enrolled in at least five units at Ohlone, have paid student activities fee, be an ex-official member of any club on campus, and be able to have 50 constituent signatures in a packet to be turned in and an application that must be submitted no later than Sept. 17 at 5p.m. to be qualified as a senator. Those who turn in their ap-
plications on time will receive a response as to whether they made it as a senator or not the following day, Thursday Sept. 18. The future ASOC senators are to attend a senator retreat to be held at the University of CaliforniaBerkeley on Sept. 20 from 8 a.m. until 5:30 p.m. and must have three consistent weekly hours of service in the ASOC room.
Treadway stays busy By Nicole Johnson Staff writer Doug Treadway may no longer be president of Ohlone, but he’s still doing big things. Treadway, who retired from the presidency on June 30 after five years on the job, became the new president/CEO of the non-profit membership organization Community College Leadership Development Institute (CCLDI) on Aug. 1. Treadway has been enjoying an “active retirement,” as he called it, spending a lot more time with his grandchildren and playing golf. Treadway also commutes one week per month from Livermore to San Diego, where the CCLDI office is located. In addition to being president, he also is a part-time professor, teaching graduate students about community colleges. His duties as president/CEO “are to organize the leadership training curriculum, hire the faculty and go around the region promoting [their] services and making sure [they] meet the local college needs as well as the region.” The CCLDI helps community colleges in California, Hawaii and Western Pacific with training for present leaders and those who want to be college leaders in the future. “Just as the U.S. presidential candidates are talking about the need to make changes in our country,” Treadway said, “so are college and university leaders needing to make changes to better serve our students of today and the future.” “It’s a fun job,” he added, “especially the time I spend on the campus in San Diego and of course traveling to the Pacific Islands is really great as well.”
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The view from here
Ohlone artist shows work in Los Gatos
By Andrew Le Features editor
Faith over facts
I had a talk with an atheist friend of mine. He made me a challenge: “Give me one thing, just one thing that I cannot refute that even remotely proves the existence of God.” We had gotten into the argument because of an off-hand remark I made about Good Friday, the not-so-strongly enforced Catholic limitation against meat on Fridays. Soon we were arguing about the time I had “wasted” in church, praying, just doing anything remotely religious. At this point we were frothing at the mouth, with us calling each other names that were not holy in the least. “Give me one thing for a fact that proves to me God doesn’t exist,” I said to my friend, not really a good argument since the concept of God is something that transcends Newtonian physics or even reasoning in general. So it went back and forth for days with us failing to convince the other person definitively that God does or doesn’t exist. When it comes down to it though, it just comes to a few simple things. When my friend looks at his hands, he sees a layer of epidermis covering some bone and muscles. When I look at my hand, I see something completely different. I don’t just see my epidermis, I see a collection of cells, composed of organelles, composed of proteins, composed of amino acids, composed of molecules, composed of atoms, composed of quarks, composed of leptoms, composed of whatever else it is that makes everything. With just my hand, there are thousands of whatevers, each composed of thousands of more whatevers, and it goes on to infinity. To this day, no mater how many particles we accelerate, or atoms we split, we just keep on finding out that everything is composed of something else. Within each hand I see an infinity of existence that will never end. I look at the stars and see a limitless universe that knows no boundaries. I know that in 4 billion years or something we’ll all be eaten by black holes, and everything in our known universe will cease to exist, but until that day comes, I live every day knowing I am part of an infinity that is ineffable. So when somebody tells me that God doesn’t exist, I guess my friend was right, I can’t really logically give anyone a good reason to believe otherwise. But that’s beside the point really. In the end, I guess some people see a hand and just see a hand. People like me, though, we may believe in things that are illogical or completely without scientific merit, but that’s fine by me. Some things don’t have to be proven, I just know them to be true.
Assistant Professor Kenny Mencher’s exhibit ‘Sex, Politics and Misogyny’ is being held at the Los Gatos Art Museum through Sept. 28.
Breakdancers to rock campus By Benjamin Chang Staff writer This weekend B-boys from all over the Bay are coming to the Smith Center to perform and conduct workshops. Big names such as DS Players, Supreme Soul from America’s Best
Dance crew, Storm from Battle Squad, and others will be present. This Friday night there will be performances by dancers and DJs. On Saturday, from 11 in the morning to 3 in the afternoon there will be workshops conducted by Storm from Battle Squad and Ceech from DS Players. Then later on that day
from 4 to 10 p.m., dance battles will be taking place. These battles will include events such as the three on three B-boy high school finals, one on one B-girl battle, and other assorted events. The winners will stand to win cash prizes. All of the profits will go towards Passion Society, a
non-profit organization that helps children in the Philippines. Raul “Kool Raul” Navalta from Supreme Soul said, “Everyone should come out, this is one of the first hip hop community events in Fremont.” So people should attend and be treated to a lot of flares, footwork, and popping.
control and social unrest. Cobb’s work is similar in being a graphic novel, to be released in several installments (five to be exact) set in a ravaged Southern California of the future, though it has a definite beginning, middle and end versus Tale’s open-ended nature. The book’s titular main character, a detective named Van Wyck, is “an unlikely hero,” an archetype Cobb likes for its ability to let the reader place themselves in his shoes. Van Wyck is a “cipher, an everyman,” and is never shown in the book’s illustrations. Van Wyck lacks the typical detective vices of drinking and smoking, and even a gun. Cobb found inspiration in a character named Quiller from a series of Cold War era espionage novels bearing his name by author Adam Hall. The glamour and bravado of the spy archetype like James Bond was not present in Hall’s special agent, a gritty realism
in its place. Each installation is to have a different illustrator, and the search for artists in still ongoing. The visuals are meant to move the story forward, showing plot points that the text alone doesn’t convey. As it stands, the books are somewhere in-between a novella and a full on comic book, an “illustrated novelette,” as Cobb described it, a trend many authors in the world of small press are moving toward. The format is also a means of enticing readership. Cobb said with his high school reunion coming up, it would be easier to get old classmates to read something with the visual appeal of a comic book and the literary oomph of a book – the best of both worlds packaged in entertaining, easy-to-swallow proportions. Cobb, his book and publisher Ink Pen Mutations (http://www. inkpenmutations.com/) will be
coming to the Bay Area on Nov. 1 and 2 for the Alternate Press Expo (APE) at Concourse Center in San Francisco.
Former student writes graphic novel By Kyle Stephens News editor Mysterious post-apocalyptic locales, a hero without a face – the adventures of Van Wyck and the Pirates of the Outland Empire. Ohlone Alumni Christopher Cobb’s new serial tale is one not to be missed; especially considering it can be purchased for a mere $4.95. Cobb lives in Los Angeles, the setting for an inspiration for the book (if in an “I can do better”context), Southland Tales. Southland Tales, directed by Richard Kelly (perhaps best known for directing Donnie Darko), is set in a post World War III greater Los Angeles area (“Southland”), and was initially intended to be released along side an accompanying set of graphic novels. The film consists of separate yet interconnected vignettes about life in this new era of governmental
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Ohlone graduate Chris Cobb is coming out with a new book.
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By Nicole Johnson Staff writer There is a new Dean of the Center for Deaf Studies and Special Services. Dr. Genie Gertz began work on Sept. 2. During her first week at Ohlone College, she “already feels welcome by the warm community and is getting a sense of family from the staff and students. It’s a nice feeling,” Gertz said. One of the things she likes about Ohlone is how accommodating people are. She was attracted to Ohlone because she comes from “a strong cultural background and Ohlone greatly supports that, especially with its motto a world of culture united in learning. What better place than here.” Dr. Gertz had many different roles before becoming Dean. Dr. Gertz worked as a faculty member at California State University Northridge (CSUN) for 13 years. She started as a full-time counselor for the National Center on Deafness. A year later, she became a full-time lecturer in the Deaf Studies Department where she taught American Sign Language and Deaf Studies courses. In 2003, Dr. Gertz was appointed as Assistant Professor in the Deaf Studies Department. Everything she did at and prior to CSUN helped prepare her for working at Ohlone. The door opened for her to become Dean and this was her chance to do more for the Deaf community. “I have a vision for the Center,” Gertz said. Her vision is to better support Deaf students and to also “continue supporting this Center and bring it to newer heights. Our center has been a recognized
‘landmark’ for many people, so we ought to not stop making it better with new opportunities.” Dr. Gertz said, “that there is a large Deaf community with which Ohlone has always had a good relationship.” As Dean, she wants to further advance the Deaf community by contributing to it. Her goal is for the Deaf community to “move up in administrative positions, because as people, [they] are capable of doing it.” Gertz was born in St. Petersburg, Russia. She grew up in New York City, but for the past 13 years, has been living in Los Angeles. Gertz is married to Patrick Boudreault. Her hobbies include reading, learning new information, art, theatre and traveling. She has a Bachelor of Arts in Communication from Gallaudet University in Washington, D.C. She holds a Master of Arts in Human Resource Management in Higher Education from New York University, and earned a Ph.D. in Social Sciences and Comparative Education with a focus on Cultural, Racial and Ethnic Studies from the University of California, Los Angeles. Gertz has also organized social, educational, and cultural programs to promote interactions between Deaf Studies majors and members of the Greater Los Angeles Deaf community. A major example of this would be the annual major Deaf cultural event, Los Angeles Deafestival, for which she has been a program coordinator since 1996. For more information you can visit: www.ohlone.edu/instr/deafstudies
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Genie Gertz is the new Dean of the Center for Deaf Studies and Special Services. She hopes to contribute to the deaf community
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Ohlone Alum Tony Yang Serving in Iraq. Iraqi Freedom in 2007. Stationed in Kirkuk, he served as a humvee turret gunner and completed a full tour. “I made a difference in Iraq, and wanted to help out the community here at home so I considered becoming an Oakland police officer,” explained Yang. “But who wants to do that. It's too boring.” Back in the States, Yang still
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Tony Yang, a profile in excellence Tony C. Yang, former Editor-inChief of The Monitor has recently accepted a job as a tech reporter for the Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal. This just the latest feat in a lengthy list of accomplishments obtained by the 26-year-old Ohlone alumni. “It has been an awesome ride, but I am really looking forward to the future,” reflects Yang. Gaining confidence in his skills at The Monitor, he moved on to become the Editor-in-chief of The Branding Iron, the University of Wyoming newspaper. Afterward a job offer was given to Yang to be the business reporter for The News & Observer in Raleigh, N.C. Yang worked for prestigious papers such as The Oakland Tribune and The Chicago Tribune since his time at Ohlone and has had the opportunity to interview important figures such as California’s First Lady Maria Shriver, the Rev. Jesse Jackson, and former California Gov. Jerry Brown. He has won an array of reporting awards ranging from first place in General Excellence at JACC Fall 2004 for his contributions to The Monitor, to the CAP Award for a feature on acupuncture that he did for The Oakland Tribune. In 2000, Yang joined the U.S. Army Reserves and was accepted to West Point. Yang eventually was called up to support Operation
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wanted to help the community and upon arrival he realized that he would do so by going back to his passion, reporting. On April 14 of this year Yang got a job with The San Francisco Business Times reporting on small companies and doing profiles on green companies and business executives. Yang is the type of person that
is never satisfied and hates being stagnant so once he learned about the job opportunity at Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal he tackled it earlier this month. At the Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal he covers emerging technologies and businesses.
Seven years ago today, nearly 3,000 Americans died in the largest-scale attack on American soil since Pearl Harbor. Seven years ago today, America was forced to reassess its role as an untouchable superpower. Seven years ago today, President Bush pledged an official start to America’s war on terror. Today, over 4,000 Americans have died in the sands of Iraq, fighting an enemy once blamed but now known to be non-responsible for the terrorist attacks. Today, America’s continued lack of success in Iraq and Afghanistan reminds us that the world’s largest military isn’t as invincible as we once thought. And today is the day we need to honor those who lost their lives seven years ago by changing our attitude toward the war on terror. From the beginning, America’s war on terror has been a flawed endeavor. With our attention focused on Iraq, we’ve never made a serious and sustained effort to capture 9/11’s mastermind, Osama bin Laden. And we’re paying for that mistake: as we’ve floundered in the quicksand of Iraq, Bin Laden and the Taliban have all but taken control of Afghanistan. Even more troubling, however, is the Taliban’s push into Pakistan, a nation with a well-publicized nuclear arsenal. With the recent fall of Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf and the powerful military authority he exercised over the country, the Taliban have a green light into a previously unattainable nation. But the most powerful weapon terrorists worldwide have within their reach isn’t planes, or missiles, or even nuclear weapons. The weapon that terrorists are wielding so well to their advantage—and the real reason we continue to fall behind on the war on terror—is simple: an engendered hatred of America. And as long as that hatred continues to grow and spread throughout the Middle East and beyond, attacks on America and the Western world will only continue to grow in number and magnitude. If we really want to win the war on terror, we need to change tactics. We need to pull the troops out of Iraq, where we are creating only anti-American sentiment. We need to focus on dropping fewer bombs and more humanitarian aid on Iraq, Afghanistan, and elsewhere. As long as our bombs and missiles continue to kill record numbers of civilians, we cannot hope to be seen in a positive light. And most importantly, we need to seriously enlist the help of other nations in this endeavor. It’s time we realized that this isn’t a war we can fight alone. This Sept. 11, it’s time to make sure our dead didn’t die in vain. It’s time to win the war on terror.
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PIANO FOR SALE -- Upright, rosewood Chappell piano in excellent condition. Made in England. $1,200. Call 510-790-1139 or email souzafive@comcast.net.
For information on Jobs an Career Resources, visit the Student Success Center in Room 1403 or go online at www.ohlone.edu/org/ssc/
September 11 Transfer Center Transfer Admission Guarantee Workshop in Room 3102 at noon. 12 All the Way LIVE - Urban Dance Festival at Smith Center. Performance at p.m. Admission $20, $15 Student with flyer and ID. 12 Men’s Soccer - Away vs. Napa Valley College in Napa at 4:30 p.m. 13 All the Way LIVE - Urban Dance Festival Workships from 11 a.m. until 3 p.m. $25 per class. Battles at 4 p.m. $15 general admission, $10 student cost with ID and flyer. 13 Flea Market - Ohlone College Flea Market in parking lots E and H. Parking is $2. 15 Academics - Last day to drop a full-term class without a W. 15 Academics - Last day to submit petition to audit full term class. 15 Academics - Last day to add full term class with instructor’s signature. 15 ASOC - Meeting in Room 6105 at 4 p.m. 15 Men’s Soccer - Away vs. American River College at 4 p.m. 15 Women’s Soccer Home vs. Foothill College
at 4 p.m. 17 ASOC - Senator applications are due today at 5 p.m. at the EOPS window in Building 1 at Fremont Campus. 17 Transfer Day - Information Fair in Building 1 Lobby at 1 p.m. at Fremont Campus.
20 Newark - “It’s Magic” Show reception at Newark Community Center and Park. 22 College Council - Meeting in Room 1307 at 3 p.m. 23-24 Club Days - Club Days 2008 in Palm Bosque at 11 a.m. 23 ASOC - Meeting in Room 6105 at 4 p.m.
17 Faculty Senate - Meeting at 3:30 p.m. in Room 1307.
24 Board of Trustees Meeting on Fremont Campus in Child Development Center at 7 p.m.
19 New Art Gallery Exhibit - Realism Show: ”Reality” runs through October 17th. 19 Brown Bag Seminar - Pharmacy Program at UCSF by Rebecca Tai Alfonso and Andrea Hernandez in Room 3201 at 1 p.m. 19 Men’s Soccer - Home vs. Hartnell College at 4 p.m. 19 Women’s Soccer Away vs. Cabrillo College at 4 p.m. 19 Women’s Volleyball - Home vs. Laney College at 6:30 p.m.
1 Faculty Senate - Meeting in Room 1307 at 3 p.m. 1 Women’s Volleyball - Away vs. CCSF at 6:30 p.m. 3 Brown Bag Seminar
3 Women’s Soccer - Home vs. Chabot at :30 p.m. 3 Men’s Soccer - Home vs. Foothill College at 4 p.m. 7 World Forum – Education in Afghanistan. Noon, Jackson Theater.
23 Men’s Soccer - Away vs. Las Positas College at 7 p.m. 24 Women’s Volleyball - Away vs. Skyline College at 6:30 p.m.
18-21 Newark - “It’s Magic” 53rd Annual Newark Days Celebration at Newark Community Center and Park.
1 Campus Event - “Bingo Ballin’” in Palm Bosque on Fremont Campus at noon.
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- Curing the Ailing U.S. Health Care System in Room 3201 on Fremont Campus at 1 p.m.
23 Women’s Soccer Home vs. Monterey Peninsula College at 4 p.m.
17 Transfer Day - University Panel in Room 3201 at 1 p.m.
17 Women’s Volleyball - Away vs. Chabot at 6:30 p.m.
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26 Academics - Last day to petition to complete a class on a credit/no credit basis. 26 Men’s Soccer - Home vs. West Valley College at 4 p.m. 26 Women’s Soccer - Away vs. West Valley College at 4 p.m. 26 Women’s Volleyball Away vs. College of Alameda at 6:30 p.m. 27 Fremont Symphony – Opening night concert. 8 p.m. in the Jackson Theater, Smith Center for the Fine and Performing Arts. 30 ASOC - Meeting in Room 6105 at 4 p.m. 30 Men’s Soccer - Away vs. CCSF at 4 p.m. 30 Women’s Soccer - Away vs. Hartnell College at 4 p.m.
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Lady Renegades trump Cañada with shutout win By Ankita Chhabra Staff Writer It might have to do with the new sports psychiatrist or the fact that some old players have returned, but whatever the reason, the Ohlone Renegades Women’s Soccer team seems to be foreshadowing a promising season to come ahead. With a struggling first half and many failed attempts at the goal, the girls came back in the second half aggressively bagging a victory of 3-0 against the Cañada College Colts Women’s Soccer team. Captain Lories Machuca scored the Renegades’ first goal with an assist from Katie Marshall after a long back and forth ball toss in the box. Machuca fought her way through the pile-up to make the goal, which gave the team a new hope to win. “We did really good and the team is a lot more connected now, so we’re getting better,” said Machuca after the game. She hopes to lead the team the state finals this year. With six more attempts at the goal, Courtney Wilkerson, who just subbed in, brought the score to 2-0 making it the second goal for the Renegades. Even after being double teamed, Wilkerson managed to get through Cañada’s defenders and goalie to slide the ball into the net. The Colts put up a tough game, but their ef-
Photo by Japneet Kaur
Fannie Koloko-Green was a major contributor to the Lady Renegades’ victory over Cañada. forts did not match up against the Renegade defenders. Playing aggressively and hardly letting the ball get past them, defenders Michelle Jordan and Jasmine Floyd put up a strong front against the Colts. Floyd not only kept the Colts forwards hoping to
get past her but has become one of the many players to watch out for this season according, to Coach Heslin. “The girls played well and with them healthy again they should have a good season,” explained Coach Larry Heslin, who is also looking forward to kick off the
conference season with high hopes that his team will look good. Alissa Henderson, a first year from Robertson, closed off the game with the last goal as she fought her way past the Colts’ defenders. Forward Fanny Koloko-Green and Henderson complimented each
Men’s soccer lose to rivals
Photo by Tomás Ortega
Photo by Tomás Ortega
Former Ohlone Baseball Coach Jim Reynosa attempts to sink a putt on 13.
Ohlone fundraiser sells out; first ever By Tomás Ortega Sports editor
The Ohlone Athletics Department held its 24th annual golf tournament Monday at the Castlewood Country Club in Pleasanton. This year’s tournament filled 144 slots in the afternoons foursome. “That I can remember this is the first time ever,” said Softball Coach Donna Runyon. Runyon takes on the duty every year to make the fundraiser a hit. All signs point to a success, seeing as each of the 144 slots required a fee of $245. The evening also featured the announcement of the male and female athletes of the year, Matt Langseth from the Ohlone basball team and Ashley Rogers of the swimming/water polo teams. Both were All-Americans in their sport. However, neither was present to accept their awards. Instead, Langseth’s parents and Rogers’ sister accepted the awards.
other by keeping the ball near the goal. Overall, the team had a great second half with some close shots and wonderful hustles by everyone. The Renegades will be starting their season with their game against Foothill College next Tuesday on the home soccer field.
Ohlone Freshman Cher Yang wiggles through the Chabot defense and gets a shot off. Unfortunately, 4 defenders vs 1 forward equals no goal. By Wiliam Martin Staff writer The injury-ridden Renegades were punished by a more aggressive Chabot soccer team Friday with a final of 5-1. The only upside was not getting shut-out this week. Ohlone’s lone goal was scored by Iman Aghel late in the second half. Aghel was moved out of the keepers net due to a hand injury. Eric Underwood, with only one games worth of goalkeeping experience prior to Friday’s game, was called on as Aghels replacement. Underwood allowed five goals but understands that he will need more time to really learn the new
position since he is a natural right mid-fielder. New Coach Don Williams admits, “Eric tried really hard and did what we asked him but we had too many injuries. Four of the five goals would not have happened if we had a healthy team on the field.” He did not fail to mention that his new squad needs more discipline out on the field and that Chabot was not as good as they came into the game thinking they were. He was disappointed but had high hopes and was more approachable then expected. Undeterred by the loss, Coach Williams’ main objective remains to form a respectable soccer program here at Ohlone with an equal em-
phasis on on-the-field performance along with in-the-classroom performance. He stressed that he will push his student athletes in both athletics and academics. “We are trying to make a solid program with a strict academic basis,” Coach Williams asserted after the game. The Renegades only managed to have five shots on goal the entire game. Coach Williams said that if they wanted to win in the future, that stat would definitely have to improve. The roster is quickly twiddling down with an ungodly amount of injuries for only a few games into the season and ultimately the Renegades need to get healthy before worrying about winning games.