Monitor 2009-10-1

– Page 4

Women’s soccer loses to Skyline

– Page 6

– Page 8

Fremont, California

Vol. XXXVIX No. 5

OPINION

Students celebrate Club Days

SPORTS

NEWS

FEATURES

The real ‘Rain Man’ to speak

Solving the problem as a community – Page 2

October 1, 2009

Summer festival canceled

Pay cuts center of crisis talk

Ohlone’s well-attended summer theater production, Summerfest, has fallen victim to the current budget crisis.

The musical productions, which usually featured students as well as community members, were performed under the stars in the outdoor theater at the Smith Center.

Last year’s show was “Sweet Charity.” Other productions have included “Man of LaMancha,” which featured a well-known drama instructor as one end of a dancing horse.

The cancellation was announced

by Jim Wright, vice president of Academic Affairs. He said it was cut because the school needs to reduce the number of students in summer session classes, and also because Ohlone needs to save money any way possible to avoid layoffs.

By Nazia Mastan Features editor

Photo by Dennis Franklin

Police SWAT vehicles responded to Newark Memorial High School Wednesday across the street from the Newark Ohlone center.

Newark High locked down after youth is spotted carrying a gun By jeff weisinger Editor-in-Chief Police descended on Newark Memorial High School in SWAT vehicles, squad cars and helicopters Wednesday after four non-students were spotted on campus, one with a loaded gun.

The Ohlone Newark Center, which is across Cedar Boulevard from the high school, was not invlolved, although traffic was tied up in the neighborhood for hours.

Late Wednesday, police annoucned that three of the four nonstudents had been apprehended, and that the gun carrier was a 16-yearold boy from Union City.

According to police reports, the incident began shortly before noon as a Newark police officer noticed four boys standing around the

south end of the Newark Memorial campus.

Since Newark Memorial is a closed campus, the officer went in to investigate the situation, and as he turned on his flashers, the four ran and scattered.

The officer chased after them, and caught one, the 16-year-old, and discovered the loaded handgun on him.

However, since the three other teens ran toward the campus, Newark Police worked with the Newark Unified School District to lock down the Newark Memorial campus as of 11:40 a.m.

The Newark Memorial students were released to their parents in small groups around 3 p.m. in the NewPark Mall parking lot. They recieved a recorded message about the current situation shortly after

the lockdown of the campus took effect.

Although students were asked not to text or call family and friends about the situation, parents flocked to the NewPark Mall parking lot, discussing rumors about a possible hostage situation and shots being fired.

Both rumors turned out to be false, however most of the parents began to get frustrated at the police officers as they felt as if they were not being told the entire story of the situation.

There was also a rumor a freshman student in a class in the 400 Building that another class in the same building had been taken hostage.

Police reiterated that the rumors were false.

Fremont, Union City and Newark

SWAT teams searched each and every classroom on the campus, as a precaution, releasing students to the gymnasium after it was deemed safe. Each student was ordered to stay in place during the search. The SWAT teams found no suspects during the campus search, There have been numerous reports as of late about teenagers, mostly non-students, hanging around the campus during school hours.

The other three boys of the original group were apprehended and four more teens were detained at gunpoint an hour after the lockdown.

The day started as two Newark Police officers responded to a call to patrol a condominium complex just south of the Newark Memorial campus.

ASOC plans all sorts of entertainment, food and a feel-good atmosphere for the dedication.

The room includes a pool table, an Xbox 360 complete with Rock Band, a Nintendo Wii and Super Smash Bros. Brawl, a piano, and a Foosball table.

All students will have free access with their Student ID cards. Students are able to get these cards at the

ASOC center in Building Seven.

ASOC President Kevin Feliciano said, “The intention was to give students a feel of a student union.”

On Tuesday evening, Sept.29, the Associated Students of Ohlone College, (ASOC) had their first official meeting of Fall 2009.

At exactly 4:13 p.m. the senators of our school were sworn in to serve as the voice of the students

this fall. After being sworn in, the senators immediately went to work, as President Feliciano stated the first order of business, appointing the new ASOC Secretary. Senator Diana Lazo was unanimously voted into power and is now the new ASOC secretary.

Other business matters took place, such as discussions about Club Days, which was a success.

ASOC room to open in Newark

By Ean Taijeron Staff writer A grand opening for the new ASOC recreation room at the Newark campus will be held Oct. 15.

The grand opening will be hosted by the Associated Students of Ohlone College in the room next to Peet’s Café on the first floor of the campus.

Across-the-board pay cuts emerged Tuesday as the focus of efforts to close Ohlone’s $700,000 deficit by the end of the fiscal year.

At a college-wide forum Tuesday in the Jackson Theater, Ohlone President Dr. Gari Browning explained that “85 percent of our budget goes to salaries and benefits, so we will have to pull from here.”

At a College Council meeting last week, Mike Calegari, vice president of Administrative Services said that administrators are negotiating with three unions: the United Faculty of Ohlone (UFO) which represents teachers; the California School Employees Association (CSEA) Continued on Page 3

Social media: So in By jeff weisinger Editor-in-Chief At first, we all got our news by word-of-mouth. Once the telegraph was invented, and eventually the telephone shortly thereafter, we had a new source to get our news: the (always bland, but always fresh) Associated Press.

However, along with other major news sources, such as the A.P., the N.Y. Times, and many other big-time newspapers cutting reporters left and right, society has turned to a new method for receiving their news: Social Media.

The best way to describe the social media trend: think of it as an electronic “wordof-mouth.”

Even the Ohlone Monitor used social media sites to cover the lockdown of Newark Memorial High School on Wednesday.

Thanks to such popular sites as Facebook and Twitter, people now have a quicker and more direct way of getting their news. (Yes, even if it is only 140 characters long.)

Social media played a big role in breaking the news about Continued on Page 3

2

Opinion

monitor October 1, 2009

Associated Collegiate Press / National Scholastic Press Association All American 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 Regional Pacemaker 1988 Journalism Association of Community Colleges General Excellence Fall 1994 General Excellence Fall 2000 General Excellence Fall 2004 General Excellence Fall 2005

Editor in chief: News editor: Opinion editor: Features editor: Sports editor: Photo editor: Online editors: Staff writers:

Ad manager: Ad staff:

Shelby Lacy Manal Bejaoui Ian MacDonald Jimmy Patten Cheryl West Nelam Rafiq Anna BiaritzRoldan Christy Marovich

Cartoon staff: Adviser: Printer:

Ibrahim Badawy Bill Parks F-P Press

Photo staff: Offices are located in Room 5310 on campus, 43600 Mission Blvd., Fremont 94539-5884. Call (510) 659-6075. Fax: (510) 659-6076.

E-mail: monitor@ohlone.cc.ca.us Opinions expressed in the Monitor are those of the respective authors and are not necessarily those of the staff, the college or the Associated Students of Ohlone College. Unsigned editorials reflect the majority view of staff members. Advertising material is printed herein for informational purposes and is not to be construed as an expression of endorsement or verification of such commercial ventures by the staff or college.

The Monitor is funded by the district by the Associated Students of Ohlone College, and through advertising revenue.

The Monitor is a member of the Associated Collegiate Press, Journalism Association of Community Colleges, Community College Journalism Association, California Newspaper Publishers Association, College Media Advisers and Society of Newspaper Design.

Opinion

Ohlone College has recently begun a campaign to protect its staff and students while improving the school’s cleanliness, tapping into two of its most plentiful available natural resources: squirrels, and the sun.

Jeff Weisinger Gloria Franco Manika Casterline Nazia Mastan Jillian Sanchez Nick Zambrano Japneet Kaur Max Stephens Kyle Stephens Miguel Cerda Ankita Chhabra Theresa Gutierrez Anika Dokes Kathryn Dixon Naijia Qadir Kelsey Bloom Lesly Hernandez Hyder Alikhan

Beginning Wednesday, squads of solar-powered ninja squirrels will be sanitizing the school against the onslaught of Swine Flu. A designated mammal wrangler staff member who wished to remain anonymous said, “Our ability to naturally fight a virus whose origins are also in nature is a huge step toward becoming a greener campus.”

Employing cybro-biocidal measures like this are the wave of the future.

Community, not just a new NBC television show

By MANIKA CASTERLINE Opinions editor How do we get to the point where Ohlone College has to come up with $700,000 within the next few weeks? The only solution being discussed in meetings is layoffs, salary cuts, and furlough. And why do we as students... as faculty... as administrators... as a community continue to remain silent while this institution’s financial situation is tearing down who it is that we are as a college and a community?

In name and principle, Ohlone College is not just a community college. It is a “community.” One would hope that it operates under the ideology that we are all in this together. We should all take responsibility on whether we succeed or fail.

So far, the only members of the so called “community” who have been pick-pocketed by the financial

crisis are the students.

Prior to the beginning of fall semester, California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger raised the cost of tuition per unit from $20 to $26 across the board. This change in policy meant that students who had already been forewarned to pay when registering for sections had to eventually hand over more of their hard-earned money. And Ohlone parking permits also received an incremental hike. The thing with these revenue generating measures is that they fail to even make a significant dent in the finances of the college as a whole. They are just a small piece of the equation.

The idea of layoffs is drastic, especially when the states, unemployment rate is around 12 percent.

And layoffs put an additional burden on those who remain. More than 100 courses were cut from the curriculum this semester and current classes are running at their

maximum capacity. Everyone on campus is suffering from this strain on resources. And it will only be exacerbated if members of our “community” are given the pink slip.

At the second budget forum on Sept. 29, it became clear that the public discourse is evolving.

Ohlone President Gari Browning said, “furloughs and wage reductions should be considered and layoffs should not be used unless necessary.” And the V.P of Academic Affairs, Jim Wright went on to illustrate that salaries ought to slashed across all sectors of Ohlone.

These statements were issued in order to calm this community’s nerves since salaries and benefits account for 85 percent of Ohlone’s overall income.

The idea of salary cuts is imminent for all forms of Ohlone staff, but we are not seeing leadership by example and that is simply

unacceptable if we want to define ourselves as a community. If there were not salary cuts for everyone it would expose a character flaw within our moral compass as a community.

The solution that Ohlone’s top salary earners don’t dare to mention is a massive salary cut, for themselves. Financial sacrifices have been set on the students and teachers alone.

If salary cuts happen they should be implemented gradually to everyone that the college employs. Salary cuts ought to be higher for those at the top eschelon of the income scale while those in the middle should have an average cut. A salary cut for those who are already paid the least needs to be the smallest in terms of the percentage cut.

While dealing with this crisis we are not acknowledging what this crisis means to our professors.

Our teachers on any given day

see us far more than our even our parents do. And yet they don’t receive the proper amount of respect vocally or monetarily for the services that they provide.

If you consider yourself part of this “community”, own up to the fact that teachers are the driving force of this campus. And that anyone who has ever accomplished anything in this world did so because they had a teacher that truly inspired them to think outside the realm of possibility. They are fighting for us. So, why is it acceptable for their salaries and benefits to be cut?

We ought to be more proactive regarding the situation that Ohlone college is currently facing. We need to engage in the discussion as opposed to staying silent while someone else dictates our academic future and builds more obstacles for us in both the short and long term.

We are not simply a college. We're a community.

Right to bear arms isn’t just for Michelle Obama

By KATHRYN DIXON Staff writer The U.S. Supreme Court in the case District of Columbia v. Heller decided in June 2008, that an individual has the right to possess a firearm for private use. It is a landmark case because it’s the first case

that decided the right to keep and bear arms as a right of individuals instead of just a right that applies to state-regulated militias.

The Court upheld the second amendment by interpreting the clause, “the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed’’ as to the right of people to carry personal weapons for self

defense.

The key words of the Supreme Court, “sensitive places such as schools and government buildings” and “qualifications on the commercial sale of arms” are important to the Ohlone College community.

Looking at these key words, states, counties and municipalities are reviewing their gun laws – to

allow persons to have guns for self-defense yet to forbid their use in “sensitive places.”

Russ and Sally Nordyke operated a gun show on the Alameda County fairgrounds. On July 4 1998, a 23-year-old Richmond man began shooting at the fairgrounds, causing a stampede, which injured 16 people. He did not obtain the

gun from the Nordyke’s and was not involved with their gun show.

In reaction to the shooting at the Alameda County fairgrounds, the county banned gun sales on county property. And the Nordyke’s filed a lawsuit to be able to continue their show at the fair.

On Sept. 24, the 9th Circuit Continued on Page 3

Campus Comment >>> What do think about Ohlones financial crisis?

Karalyn Westholter

Leyla Afghanyar

Martin Ngo

Ramsy Javier

“It’s unfair to the people that couldn’t get in.”

“I don’t like it because it’s very expensive.”

“Don’t fire teachers. Spend the money on the teachers.”

“More people need financial aid.”

Samantha Ho “They should accept more people so they can get more money.”

News

Sun shines on open day for solar power Two classes for people who want to install panels

By Shelby Lacy Staff writer As the world gradually runs out of oil, the switch to renewble energy becomes more urgent, and two classes at the Newark Ohlone Center are a significant part of the effort.

Under the title of professional developement is a class called Solar Intensive Training. On Sept. 21 on the Newark campus, an intensive training course began. It is a weeklong bootcamp for people who want to learn about solar panels, and how to install them.

The class is designed for those who are unemployed and need to learn something new, or even just someone who wants to brush up on their skills. This course costs $2,500, which covers 40 hours of class time and a book. You can earn no credits for this class.

This intensive training class covers instalation techniques and applications in residental and commercial construction. During the 40 hours of this five-day class, students get hands-on training outside on a mock roof. The roof is placed low on the ground for saftey resons. The lab is called theory and skills.

Students learn to install the panels including all the electrical and wiring required. The four objectives of the class are to: • Learn to analyze solar photovoltaic system energy and building resourses.

• Critically assess solar photovoltaic system applications, site evaluations, design analysis,

codes and materials, and methods of instalation.

• Investigate solar photovoltaic sytems and their relationship with energy conservation, scarce resources and the enviornment.

• Compare and contrast solar photovoltaic system energy sources and applications.

An optional entry-level certification exam from NABCEP is available to the students. All this is made possible by the Workforce Investment Act. “The government is putting money into the state so we can educate the future workers of tomorrow,” said Gale Carli, the dean of Health and Envioronmental study at the Ohlone campus in Newark.

Carli had been out with the class on one of their projects, as the class installed the solar panels on the mock roof settup.

“It’s really a lot of fun!” said Carli. The class is taught by Narinder Bansal. He has a master’s degree and has had numerous solar training sessions. If this class is too much too fast for you, another course runs parallel to this one, also on the Newark campus.

This class is taught by Dr. Hal Aronson, who has been working in the solar industry for a number of years and who has traveled the world installing a countless number of panels.

Unlike Bansal’s bootcamp, Dr. Aronson’s class lasts a total of 10 weeks and is conducted every Sunday. Instead of gaining no credits, you can earn three and it only costs $26 for each unit.

So, whether you are looking for a refresher course or want to learn to make a living proforming a skilled trade, you could learn to install environmentaly friendly solar power panels.

October 1, 2009 monitor

3

Pay cuts center of crisis talk Continued from Page 1 and the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), both of which represent non-teaching staff.

Any final decision reached by the administrators and the unions will go to the Board of Trustees for final approval in early November. Whatever measures that are decided upon will be put into effect Jan. 1.

About 100 faculty, staff and students attended the budget forum in the Jackson Theater. Browning and Calageri said Ohlone trying to solve the $700,000 deficit problem

without layoffs. Across-the-board salary reductions seemed to be the focus of negotiations, since Calegari gave detailed explanations of how much would have to be cut from each of the three groups.

There were no such detailed explanations of how many workers would have to be laid off or furloughed.

The problem surfaced when the state revised the budget that had been previously approved for community colleges. Reductions in tax revenue and business activity forced

a mid-year cut in the budget.

Calegari said after cutting flexible categorical programs, such as EOPS that receive funding that is allowed to be moved between funds and the $1 million in reserves, the budget gap went from $2.2 million to the approximately $700,000 figure that must be resolved.

Browning said the Board of Trustees advised her that “Furloughs and wage reductions absolutely should be considered, and layoffs should not be used unless necessary.”

Gun cases go before court Continued from Page 2 Court of Appeals heard the Nordyke case. The county has financed the defense for about a decade. If the Nordykes filed a petition for a writ of certiorari, which means asking the U.S. Supreme Court to hear the case.

In light of the recession, the County should cease fighting the

Nordyke’s and allow them to operate on county property. State and federal laws already regulate these sales and if the Nordykes comply there shouldn’t be any problems.

This process is beginning as gun owners, sellers of guns, and citizens who are anti-gun ownership, pick their way through the rather vague issues of what is a “sensitive

place” and what are qualifications on commercial sales? It is not the time to engage in protracted, heated, lengthy, and expensive litigations regarding these issues.

Individuals must ultimately take charge of the issue of guns and make sure that if they own a firearm,they are stored and used safely by people who are mentally stable enough.

Reporters use social media Continued from Page 1 the Iranian election riots last summer, including an uploaded video of a girl dying as she was caught in a crossfire. The video was immediately uploaded to Twitter and was all over the news that day.

A more recent example of social media taking over happened yesterday, during the Newark Memorial High School lockdown Wednesday.

A reporter for the Ohlone Monitor newspaper read about the lockdown

on a friend’s status update on Facebook. No major local news source (KTVU.com, InsideBayArea.com, sfgate.com, etc.) had any, if not little information.

Although reporters were held outside the campus by Fremont, Union City and Newark Police, students inside the lockdown updated and tweeted all about the lockdown and the situation.

With such updates, parents of the students inside Newark Memorial

quickly flocked to NewPark Mall, which is right across the street from the campus, hoping to see what may be going on at the school.

No students were harmed and three of the four suspects have been apprehended.

Videos and pictures taken inside the campus during the lockdown were uploaded on Facebook via Twitter or Facebook mobile, proving that the kids inside were safe, giving parents a sense of relief, even if it was only 140 characters.

4

Features

monitor October 1, 2009

Real Rain Man at Ohlone

By Cheryl WEST Staff writer and photographer Writer Barry Marrow’s Grammy award winning movie Rain Man changed Kim Peeks life for good.

The main character, Raymond Babbit played by Dustin Hoffman, was inspired by Peeks life of being a mega savant.

Unlike Hoffman’s character, Peek doesn’t have autism but has, what neuron scientists now call, FG syndrome, which consists of physical and social development delays. Peek was born in 1951 in Salt Lake City, Utah, where he has lived all his life.

Doctors diagnosed him with macrocephaly, damage to the cerebellum and the corpus callosum in his

brain.Lacking the connecting fibers, the two cerebral hemispheres are not connected and are missing the anterior commissure, the secondary connection.

Doctors told Peek’s parents that he most likely wouldn’t live after the age of 14.

Despite the fact his mother left in 1975, Peeks father, Fran, became his prime caretaker. Along with Peek’s disabilities came his extraordinary memory.

At the ripe old age of 2 years old, Peek began to read books, finishing them in an hour if not in less.

Since the Left and Right sides of his brain are not connected, he reads each page separately but consecutively with each eye at a rate of 8 to 10 seconds per page.

Neurons that replace the missing connections contribute to his expanded memory capacity. In the documentary “The Real Rain Man.” Fran says that Peek remembers 98% of what he reads. He retains information read, distinguishes instruments played in music, and has an incredible photographic memory.

After Hoffman had met Peek, he told Fran to “share him with the world.”

Peek has traveled with his father to educate people about his condition.

Over 2 million people have asked him various questions about past events, times, places, and dates such as “What day of the week was it when I was born?” And in astonishment, Peeks answers were Continued on Page 5

The time to get Physical

By Tolu Dayo Staff writer Many students striving to make it into the nursing program at Ohlone have been turned down partly because so many students with great GPAs have applied. Have you been turned down?

Since the medical field is so diverse many, if not all, have taken Anatomy & Physiology which is a prerequisite joining the Physical Therapy Assistant (PTA) program at Ohlone.

This program is one of three accredited in California. Approximately 40 people applied last year and 20-24 people were chosen .

What is Physical Therapy? This is a health care profession that emphasizes the science of Pathokinesiology and applications of other techniques for the prevention and

treatment of disorders of human motion to restore main function.

The focus is on a variety of techniques assisting in restoring functions by use of exercises, manual techniques, massage and assistive devices such as wheel chairs, splints and braces.

If you are considering our PTA program you must first register in the Introductory Program to PTA. Intro to Physical Therapy is a great way to see if you want to become a Physical Therapist Assistant beacuse the intro course provides an overview of Physical Therapy as a field. Intro to PT Students learn a variety of hands-on techniques such as proper positioning and draping. In addition, regulations and requirements by the state are strictly enforced.

What is an advantage to the Introduction to PT? PTA instructor

Kathy Utchen Rice said, “If you prefer not to work with needles yet [and] more into a physical end of things, you might want to consider taking an Intro to PT.” In addition, “We have never had a PTA graduate come back to me and say they had a problem with finding a job; I have been here from the beginning.”

Are you interested in working with children, adults or any population of people? This particular medical field is wide open. So many people have focused on one portion of health care so long that we have forgotten the many other options in health care of which are growing.

Due to the advancement in the field of Physical Therapy, PTA’s can work in any type of environment that he/she chooses.

“What job allows you that much freedom?” exclaimed PT instructor Rice. She also happened to mentione the salary of which ranges from 40K to 60k with a possiblity of even 70K along with benefits and sign on bonus.

For any addtional information regarding the program and/or prerequisites contact Maria Ramirez PTA program counselor, or Sheryl Einfalt PTA program director for more information.

Food Diva By ashley mckenzie Food columnist

Bad Vegas The reason I decided to go to Las Vegas was to celebrate my 21st birthday. I wanted my birthday dinner to be nothing less than spectacular.

I was watching a Rachel Ray show on Food Network, and she had suggested quite a few places to check out while in Vegas, but the one place she said I must go is Carnevino. I took Racheal Ray’s advice, and have never been so thoroughly disappointed in my entire life.

Carnevino is the the latest creation of Mario Batali, a Food Network chef and his partner Joe Bastianich, a winemaker.

As partners, they have a already opened two other resturants in Las Vegas, both that opened to excellent reviews. I however, do not have excellent reviews of Carnevino.

Firstly, Carnevino’s is unbelieveably expensive. A classic porterhouse, which at Carnevino’s was big enough to feed two, was $70 per person! A bone in ribeye, also big enough to feed two, was $65 a person. Even the pasta was unbelieveable; it is served in an appetizer portion unless the customer says they want otherwise, and even then its not reasonably priced.

The price of an appetizer portion of pasta ranges anywhere between $15 to $20, and if you want a entrée size, you must add $15 to the price of whatever particular pasta you chose.

I don’t want to come across whining about money, but this a recession! I wouldn’t be so upset if it hadn’t been my 21st birthday and the food wasn’t so bad and the service hadn’t been so horrible!

Firstly, the resturant screwed up our meat orders. My best

friend Lindsay and I had both ordered filet mignon, but in different sizes and different levels of doneness. I wanted my 8 oz. cooked medium well and Lindsay wanted her 12 oz. cooked medium rare.

Our waitress served us steak that was cooked incorrectly.

Mine was cooked medium rare and Lindsay’s was cooked medium rare.

After our food was served to us, our waitress dissappeared for 20 minutes. By the time she came back and asked us how our food was, it was too late and half our meat was gone. She did not check back with us frequently enough to have earned her twenty percent gertuity.

On top of that, entrées, in any resturant but especially in a fancy resturants, are presented in tantilizing and imaginative ways; decoration for the eyes to build up anticipation of your first bite. Our meat was slapped on a plate and that was it. This would have been fine if the meat we had ordered had a ribeye, a porterhouse or even a bone in New York strip, but we had ordered smaller pieces of steak and the plates used to hold our meat were the enormous ones used for the giant pieces of meat that could feed two people. All we could do was look at our plates and think, “This is what I’m paying $40 for?”

There was no presentation, no pazazz and no appeal, just a tiny piece of meat slapped on a giagantic plate. I really don’t mind paying $40 for an entrée, but it better be aesthetically pleasing and it better be cooked right.

Even the side dishes were disappointing. Lindsay ordered the broccoli with house smoked pork and currants and my mother ordered the summer corn. I was too scared to try the corn as the broccoli was so oversalted I not only winced but gagged. I could literally feel my blood pressure go up as I swallowed my food.

I now know why the resturant was so empty when we came in at 8:45 p.m on a Friday night, on a major fight-night weekend.

This resturant is severly and utterly disappointing.

Features

October 1, 2009 monitor

5

New improved Ohlone Student Health Center

By Nelam Rafiq Staff writer The Health Center has recently been moved from the small, worn out uncomfortable portables, to the nice, newly built Building seven.

Not only has the location changed, but several additional technologies have been added to our already superb facility.

The building looks much more roomy and professional, as compared to that of the old Building 16 where the Health Center used to be. Students, and especially the staff members feel much more comfortable in the new building. Every Health Center staff member has his or her own individual rooms, and the rooms look much more spacey and “clinical” than those of the old portables.

The Health Care Center in Building seven also has new equipment that helps the staff perform their duties more efficiently. The trauma rooms are now up to date, and this is where Sally Bratto,n head nurse of the Health Center, performs minor surgeries on students.

Automatic lights, which turn on when someone enters the room are an added benefit of the new facility.

Each room looks extremely professional which gives the new Health Center the appearance of an actual hospital clinic, which better shows that the Health Center is indeed a full time clinic. The Health Center is also very beneficial to all students in any physical or mental distress.

The Health Center also offers Personal Counseling Services for students’ mental health issues, and even Life Coaching, which

encompasses goal-setting and self help strategies. Rosemary O'Neil is a Life Coach at the new clinic and appeared to be very friendly.

She made it clear that she was ready to help any student in need of assistance.

Coaching is not like counseling because it does not work on student issues from the past, but instead helps them better their mindset for the future. Education, life, and careers are just some things that can be improved by consulting a life coach like O’Neil. Her office is very welcoming to the students of Ohlone, even having a beutiful water fountain just so that the students will feel more relaxed.

The Health Center has also added a couple new services like the Family Pact Services, STD Testing and Birth Control, and PAPs. Students

are encouraged to take advantage of these programs and get checked regularly.

The only thing that concerns the staff about the new location of the Health Center is that it might not be as comfortable to the students as the old building. They are afraid that maybe the students believe the old portables might have felt “more at home” than the new clinic, which appears more hospital-like. They dont want students to be in any discomfort.

For example there were posters and pictures on the walls of the old clinic, which led it to appear more safe and warm to the students. The new Health Center looks much more organized, clinical yet calming, so they hope that students can still find comfort in the new building as they did in the old one.

Although the appearance of the Health Center has changed, the staff members themselves have not.

The staff is extremely dedicated in helping each and every student, and encourages them to use the Health Center. No matter where they are, they are ready to perform their duties and help a student in need.

“We could perform our jobs on the Baseball Fields,” said Bratton, emphasizing the fact that it doesn't matter where they work, all they want is to do their jobs in helping the students of Ohlone. All students at Ohlone are strongly encouraged to use the Health Center They are open from Monday through Thursday 9am-2pm and 4pm-6pm Located in Building 7 Room 302.

(510) 659-6258, Studenthealth@ ohlone.edu.

Rain Man Continued from Page 4 exact. He has been called the “living Google” and has been said to be “in love with knowledge.”

Peek lacks the understanding of metaphorical phrases, but when asked about his father he said “My dad and I share the same shadow.”

Fran has been an understanding, patient, and loving father by taking care of his son through his struggle with poor motor skills to his advancements in life as well.

After the success of Rain Man, Peek gained more social skills and a sense of humor. Having gained those qualities mak him the most famous savant of our time.

With thanks to the ASOC and the Psychology Club and department, Peek will be at the Ohlone College Jackson Theatre on Oct. 30 at 7:30p.m. So come out and be a witness to the real rain man.

Photo by David Epperson

Sally Bratton who, is head nurse of Ohlone's new Student Health Center, is seen assisting students at the new Center in Building 7. Bratton's expertise allows her to perform minor surgeries.

Dont blame the Three Little Pigs for Swine Flu

By Manika casterline Opinions editor The brown bag seminar entitled “Viruses, Influenza, and Swineorigin 2009 a (H1N1)” focused primarily on the numerous misconceptions that the general public has about viruses. Dr. James Baxter said that this most common mistake is that society generally believes is that viruses are “alive.” And also viruses tend to be small in terms of size.

Viruses go through a gentic process that creates antigens, which

are foreign molecules that help an individual from relapsing from the same type of illness. In the short term, it kills affected cells while in the long term it make antibodies.

Antibodies then bind to the antigens and disable viruses. Memory cells are developed, which is what scientists utilize in order to create a vaccine.

The basic life cycle that a virus goes through is attachment, penetration, uncoating, replication, and assembly. During attachment, viral capsid proteins bind to receptors on the host surface. Viruses then

gain access to the host cell through either a mediated endocytosis or membrane fusion, which is the penetration. Uncoating is when the virsus releases viral nucleic acid.

Viral replication requires the messenger RNA to syntheis. And finally the virus particles assemble.

The most widely spread virus is influenza aka the flu. It falls under three types; A, B, and C. Type A is limited to be a human to human virus only. Type B includes both humans and swine. But, Type C is inclusive of multiple carrier mammals. Type A is the most prevalent among the

populace and only evolves into a pandemic when genetic reassortment occurs. A genetic reassortment is when a virus is transferred from one species to another; such as from bird to human.

Baxter said, “ Approximately 5 percent to 15 percent of the global population get influenza each year.

People die of the flu per year with U.S making up 34,000 of those deaths.”

The latest virus scare happened this past spring with the emergence of 2009 A H1N1. It has been highly publicized that it had originated

from swine. However, the pigs are not at fault for the recent scare. Despite, being called H1N1 the virus is a human to human disease. And there are currently four genetically different types of H1N1. All of which can trace their lineage back to the Spanish Flu of 1918.

The next Brown Bag seminar by this department, “How Sixth Grade math keeps your Facebook password safe: RSA encryption: what it is and how does it work?” will be held on Friday, Oct. 16. For more information on the next seminar contact Jeff O'Connell.

6 MONITOR

October 1, 2009

KenKen winners By japneep kaur Photo editor The winners of the September 18 KenKen competition are as follows: 1st place: Yang Gus, who completed 12 puzzles and won $30.

2nd place: Andrew Hong, who completed 11 puzzles and won $20 3rd place: Rosa Ng, who completed 9 puzzles and won $10.

4th place: Xian Ma, who completed 8 puzzles.

5th place: Liting He, Jing Huang, Minkai Ong, Joy Qian who all completed 7 puzzles each.

Math Club meets every Friday at 5 p.m. in Room 6205

Enrollment is increasing By hyder alikhan Staff writer California’s 110 community colleges have been ordered to cut enrollment this year, despite record numbers of students packing classrooms. Some have tried to delay the cuts, hoping the state budget will improve. About 110 classes have been cut just this semester, but surprisingly, Ohlone is becoming an open door.

“Even with fewer course offerings, the student enrollment has increased. This is like one perfect storm,” said vice president of Ohlone Student Services, Ron Travenick.

He also said, “ At the state level, education is taking a hit. The state is saying to lower the amount of students we serve because they can’t afford it,” Ohlone’s funding is almost entirely dependent on the state budget. The situation for this year and coming years is not defined yet.

Travenick also said that Ohlone is expecting more budget cuts for next year. Ohlone is cutting as much as half of its EOPS budget this year.

Enrollment surges often correspond with state budget problems, making it difficult for Ohlone to serve additional students.

The college’s “Dual Enrollment” program, in which high school students have the option of taking Ohlone classes at their schools, has also been reduced in size.

News Carnival Club Days fun for all

By Kyle Stephens Staff writer The Palm Bosque was full of students enjoying themselves with activities, games and music provided the Office of Campus Activiites.

Games included tic-tac-toe, bean bag toss and cactus tossing.

The carnival theme grabbed students’ attention to enjoy the festivities. This function was hosted over two days to encourage students to participate in a team effort.

All Ohlone clubs participated in the carnival, striving for the same goals: introducing Ohlone students to a lifestyle of diversity, opening their hearts and minds to community services, and giving opportunities to advance students’ careers.

The Associated Students of Ohlone College (ASOC) worked hard to get students to visit all the booths at Club Days, by hosting a game that involved getting stamps from each booth. Popcorn was the prize for visiting all of them.

According to Student Board Representative Lauren Baca, “We hoped for a little more sun but we’re happy about the turn out. Despite the windy weather, a lot of people showed up.”

Radio station Wild 94.9 was present, as were station DJs Rob Stephens and DJ Hollywood. Stephens said “I’m here to help support the campus activities, we have registration for students to win tickets to the Jamie Foxx show,” coming

up later in the month. Wild 94.9 is known as a Bay Area party station, playing a variety of reggae, hip-hop and dance music.

On the second day of campus activities, various booths were till out representing their respective organizations. Game Developers Club President Ryan Coggins passionately explained to event-goers about the club’s newest project, with themes of technology versus magic.

The Civic Engagement Club emphasized their focus on support and student services, encouraging students to volunteer. Students can additionally attach this to their transcripts when transferring to a fouryear university, giving them another reason to spend their time.

Latinos In Science and Technology at Ohlone (LISTOS) member Audrey Harris said “We are trying to get students involved,” and encouraged students to attend club meetings on the second and fourth Fridays of the month from 3-4:30 p.m.

The Ohlone League of Engineering, whose efforts won them a model airplane competition last year, sought to draw students with both technical and creative sides to join their club, and hopefully win again this year.

The Asian and Pacific American Student Association (APASA) supports and encourages the diversity of the Asian American population of Ohlone.

Above, Wild 94.9 had the music going in the Palm Bosque during Club Days on Tuesday.

Below, a student is excited about the new club she is signing up for.

Photos by Manal Bejaoui

Inter Club Council ushers in semester By lesly hernandez Staff writer The Inter Club Council (ICC) is made up of all the club representatives. Each club must choose a representative to attend a weekly meeting which takes place every Tuesday at 2:30 to 3:30 p.m.

The ICC is basically a way to bring all campus clubs together.

Each club representative take the time to inform others about their club and what it is they are doing, or planning on doing.

Renee Wong Gonzales, the campus activities coordinator and Ngan Vu Assoc. VP. are in charge of the Inter Club Council. These meetings are intended to monitor what the clubs are doing.

The Representatives also participate in workshops during these weekly meetings. At this point there are 28 clubs registered but as Ngan Vu said, “This number always increases during the semester.”

Each club is responsible for its financial status. Every club must

find a way to raise money.

Although the ICC does get a budget of $3,500, this money must only be used in case of an emergency. If a club finds themselves in a financial crisis they can come to the ICC for help.

A representative of M.E.Ch.A. said their future plans, Our plans so far are the Dia De Los Muertos (Day Of The Dead) event in November. This club also plans on finding more ways to help the youth in Fremont.

In the previous meeting they

focused on sharing how each club did on Carnival Club Days which is the ICC’s major event. It took place this past Tuesday and Wednesday here on campus.

According to all representatives it was a success. They were also informed about Transfer Day which is to take place Oct 13.

The main fair will be here on campus, but the three workshops offered will not. So, for the most you can say that the ICC is simply an association between all campus clubs.

Campus Events/Sports

October 1, 2009 monitor

Volleyball ready for conference By jeff weisinger Editor-in-Chief With the conference opener against the Chabot Lady Gladiators coming up this Friday, the Lady Renegades came up with a huge win against West Hills, three sets to one (25-8, 25-20, 14-25, 25-11) last Friday, building momentum for the first conference game of the season.

Ohlone struggled to finish in the past two matches, despite sweeping the College of Alameda in early September in three sets, and had to improve on their .266 attacking average going into conference play.

Jayme Leftridge led the charge for the Lady Renegades Friday

night, recording a team high, and personal season high 15 kills along with nine digs against the Lady Falcons.

Stephanie Cao had a personal season best nine kills for the Lady Renegades as Ohlone recorded a total of 38 kills, a season high so far, and 50 digs on the night.

Ohlone (2-2, 0-0) has won two of their last three matches during their current four-game homestand with the Lady Gladiators coming in for the conference opener on Friday night.

Peñaflor and the Lady Renegades finished their non-conference schedule 2-2 for the second consecutive season (with a postponed match against Laney College

pending).

Jeremy Peñaflor will be looking for his first conference win as the Ohlone Volleyball Head Coach.

The Lady Renegades were 0-12 in conference play in 2008.

Ohlone hosts two of their first three conference games (vs. Chabot on Oct. 2 and Hartnell on Oct. 9) before going on the road for three straight games at Foothill, DeAnza and San Jose City College.

The Lady Renegades will only play three total home games in the month of October.

Ohlone has recorded a total of 121 kills and 186 digs on the season.

Ohlone will host Chabot Friday at 6:30 p.m.

Read the Monitor Online at http://ohlone.edu/org/monitor The Monitor invites your comments. Letters should be 250 words or less and include your name and relationship to Ohlone. Letters become property of The Monitor and may be edited for spelling and length. Campus Events listings are free for college-related events.

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

October 1 Sustainability Committee meeting , noon1 p.m. in Room NC-1219, Newark campus 2 Men’s Soccer home vs.

Evergreen Valley College, 1:30 p.m.

2 Women’s Water Polo home vs. College of San Mateo, 3 p.m.

2 Men’s Water Polo, home vs. Solano College, 4 p.m.

2 Women’s Soccer home vs. City College of San Francisco, 4 p.m.

2 Women’s Volleyball Home vs. Chabot College, 6:30 p.m.

5 Curriculum Committee issues meeting @ 3-5p.m. room 1407, Fremont Campus/Room 1317, Newark Center 6 Women’s Soccer home vs. West Hills College, 2 p.m.

6 Inter Club Council (ICC) meeting, 3:30 p.m. in Room 6105 6 ASOC meeting, 4 6 p.m. in Room 6105 6 Men’s Soccer home vs.

Los Positas, 7:30 p.m. in Livermore 7 Bingo Ballin, noon in the Cafeteria, Building 5, second floor, Fremont campus. Play Bingo and win prizes!

7 Women’s Water Polo home vs. Laney College @ 3:30 p.m.

7 Campus Tour 4 p.m. meets on the second floor of the Student Services Building. The Ohlone College Peer Mentors

conduct campus tours the first and third Wednesday of every month, unless otherwise specified. Wear comfortable shoes, as you will be walking.

7 Women’s Volleyball at Gavilan College, 6:30 p.m.

9 National Depression Screening Day, 9 a.m.

Student Health Center, Building 7, Fremont campus. Free 10 Men’s Water Polo - West Valley Tournament away. All day

10 Making the Connection: Children...

Families... Educators - A Conference for Early Childhood Educators, Ohlone Newark Center for Health Sciences and Technology Seminar, Workshop, Conference, Presentation, Forum College Activity - (away) 13 Transfer Day 10a. m. to 3:15p.m. University Information Fair at building 7 from 10a.m. to 1p.m; The University Panel Q&A Brown Bag Session at

room 6104 from 1 to 2p.m.; Early Care and Education Session at room 6104 from 2 to 3p.m.; and for UCLA Information Session room

3101 from 2:15p.m. to 3:15p.m.

7

Thursday, October 1, 2009

Page 8

Ladies lose a close battle to Skyline

By ANKITA CHHABRA Staff writer In soccer, everything and anything is possible, even the possibility of being unsure of how to play in the first five minutes of a game. Something along those lines was how the Ohlone Women’s Soccer team felt like and faced their sixth loss of the season against Skyline College, Tuesday. The game concluded in a 1-0 loss, which Ohlone agreed could have been easily avoided.

“We lost our mental focus in the beginning and that cost us,” said Ohlone Head Coach Larry Heslin.

The winning goal for the Trojans came off the foot of freshman forward Isharene Malave. She slipped the ball into the Ohlone net within the first three minutes of the game.

“We knew we were going to be faced with a tough team, so I feel very proud of my girls to have gotten that first shot,” said Skyline Head Coach Kevin Corsiglia.

Though the goal was a result of the lack of focus of the Lady Renegades, they attempted throughout the game to make up for it.

“We could have easily tied or had a nil game today, if it wasn’t for the first goal,” said Ohlone goalie Shelby Tomesello.

Toward the end of the half, Ohlone managed to get about four good attempts at the goal, but long shots sometimes aren’t the answer to the problem when your team is at a disadvantage in terms of height.

“This is our eighth game, and out of the eight this is the sixth time we

By Ankita Chhabra Staff writer

From side to side

Photo by Tara Lynn Lanning

Reanna Williams fights to keep the ball away from the Skyline attack. Despite being smaller in stature, Ohlone only lost, 1-0. have allowed for a goal to be slipped in the first five minutes,” said Heslin.

“I just think the girls are physically prepared, but mentally they need to get themselves ready.”

The second half showed more aggression on Ohlone’s side, as the Lady Renegades created more space to move the ball around and get more looks at the goal.

“We played hard after the first goal, because we knew we could get it back, and tie the game,” said

freshman forward Ariel Brown.

Tomesello set out to prove that she was not going to allow any more balls to go past her. “We just need to work harder and attack in the beginning,” said Tomesello. Neither side got many looks at the goal during this half, but Ohlone’s game tactic on the field changed with the wind in a new direction.

“We’re 1-1 in conference right now, so we can still prove something and just get better,” said Heslin.

This loss was a tough one for Ohlone, as Skyline head coach Corsiglia was surprised to have earned it because this is the first time in four years that Skyline College has won a game on Ohlone turf. Looking back at this game, defender Jagdeep Braich, like the rest of her team agreed that “this is only a learning process that we will get better at.”

Ohlone will be hosting San Francisco City College tomrrow at 4 p.m.

second half, outscoring Delta 5-2, with another couple scoring chances taken away by a couple great blocks

by Delta’s goalie Nick Giles.

Overall, Head Coach Gene Kendall was pleased the way the game turned out, and the way the new defensive scheme worked.

“I thought it went pretty well, they actually ran that play, it was an isolation play the first three times that they had the ball, all three times we shut it down and they never tried that play again,” Kendall said.

Ohlone’s second game on Friday was against an undermanned, young Solano team. Five players from Solano were not able to suit up for the tournament, due to the flu, resulting in an unfortunate forfeit for the Falcons. Day two of the tournament

was all Ohlone. The Renegades also played San Jose State, beating them 8-6, in a defensively sound game.

Ohlone also won their second game of the day, versus Sierra College 12-9. Scott Harvey was the team’s leading scorer against Sierra, “He had a fantastic game, they couldn’t stop him, it was fun to watch,” Kendall said.

The win against Sierra College was especially impressive considering Ohlone only had one hour’s rest after the first game, and Sierra had not yet played that day. This is a very good example of great conditioning in the off-season, experience to know what it takes to get ready for the rigors of a tough, full season.

“To only have an hour rest in between games, and to beat a

fresh team, I feel like yea, were in pretty good shape,” Kendall explained.

“It’s a tribute to these guys coming to Tuesday, Thursday swim practice very early in the morning and putting some miles in, and getting in great condition lifting weights every Monday, Wednesday and Friday in the morning before school,” Kendall continued. “They’re putting in a lot of conditioning time, and it’s paying off for us.”

Ohlone will begin conference play this Friday at the Ohlone pool taking on Solano at 4 p.m.

The women’s water polo team will begin the day at 3 p.m., the first game of a double header, playing the College of San Mateo.

Renegades the entire first half to get back to their winning ways.

The one highlight of the first half came when Renegade keeper Iman Aghel blocked a shot to his left, then crawled on his knees sideways to punch the ball out of bounds. It was reminiscent to a penalty kick Aghel blocked last season when he dove to his right to block the initial shot then got back to his feet to dive and save the second shot.

Three minutes into the second half, Ohlone struck for their first goal.

Daniel Galloway took a throw in pass up the right sideline and crossed it to the back post where George Mayer II

placed a header into the middle of the box. Galloway then rushed over after the initial cross to pick up the loose ball that ricocheted off the crossbar and tapped it in for the score.

Ohlone’s lead would last only until the 62nd minute after a superb 20 yard score by Skyline’s forward William Sardiñah. Sardiñah moved to his left, parallel to the 18 yard box chasing down a quick pass from teammate Drew Heuer then finishing with a perfectly placed shot in the left upper 90.

Ohlone was later denied a great opportunity to score via a Dustin Richards 20-yard shot on goal. Unfor-

tunately for Ohlone, Skyline’s backup keeper made a great save on Richards’ shot, diving high to his left side.

Skyline’s defense couldn’t hold for any longer after that. Galloway backpedaled toward the goal taking a throw in pass and chipping it backwards toward the right side of the goal for the 90th minute winning goal.

Galloway and Mayer continued through Tuesday’s game at Gilroy against Gavilan College, Galloway added to his season total of goals, scoring two against Gavilan. Mayer added the third goal for Ohlone.

The Renegades will face Evergreen College tomorrow at 1:30 p.m.

Ohlone goes 3-1 in opening tournament

By Jacob Schabert Staff writer The Ohlone Men’s Water Polo team continued its solid play to begin the year. The Renegades went 3-1 over the weekend at the Ohlone College Tournament last Friday and Saturday. On Friday, Ohlone was barely edged out by Delta College 13-11, for the third loss versus Delta this year.

The Renegades, coming off a 1811 loss to Delta in the two teams’ previous match, came out with a new defensive strategy to try to combat the strong offense Delta has to offer. Ohlone started the first half a bit sluggish, falling victim to a 5-0 Delta run to give Delta an 11-5 lead.

But Ohlone came out strong in the

Galloway and Aghel propel Renegades

By Tomás Ortega Staff writer After ending the 2008 season with only 3 wins on their overall record last season, this year’s squad has not only surpassed their win total from 2008, they have accumulated their most wins since records started collected in 2003.

Since a 3-1 loss to Merritt College in mid-September dropped the Renegades to a .500 team, they have been on a tear, winning their last four, Friday beating Skyline 2-1 and a 3-1 win over Gavilan.

In the Skyline game, it took the

The fast break

The men’s soccer team has had its moments of glory and misery.

But one consistency they can be thankful for is their goalies. Yes, goalies. Not one, but two of them that are unstoppable on the field and their feet are the rock solid shield that has been convincing us sideline viewers that there is always room for jaw-dropping moments, even if it is soccer.

This year opened with sophomore Daniel Galloway, who was the unexpected element to Ohlone’s success. Galloway stumbled upon this opportunity, as the team goalie, during practice over the summer. Head Coach Jan Nordmo asked for a volunteer as the other goal keeper and it ended with a sideline talk with coach Nordmo telling Galloway, “I have some good news, I think I found us a keeper for next season.

Are you up for it?”

“As a forward, I liked being the first one who was running through defenders to get to a lofted ball. But as a keeper I love the feeling of being the last line of defense,” Galloway stated.

Since game one, against West Hills College to his last game in the goal against Merritt College, Galloway has earned recognition by his teammates for blocking 39 attempted shots. Now that he has finished his job substituting for Iman Aghel, he returns to the offensive side of the field.

On the contrary, the real show stopper for the Renegades has been Iranian recruit Iman Aghel, who started playing here at Ohlone about two years ago.

“The role of a goalie is to come up with the big saves when the team needs them most,” said Aghel. “The difference between a regular goalie and a great goalie is the one on one contact with the ball and assuring a shut-out game. I want to be a great goalie every game.” Though Aghel had a rough start this season, as he could not start this season in goal due to a hip injury that he faced over summer training.

“I wanted to earn my spot back and when coach gave me the chance I made sure not to let him down,” added Aghel, who has been back in the goal and has been unstoppable. In his game against Mission College, Aghel contributed by giving his team a shut out game. “I love to make saves, that’s why I like being a goalie.”

The season is still young and these two players have devised a new light and hope for the men’s soccer team. With Galloway back on the offensive side and Aghel back in his comfort zone, the dream to making championship this year only seems like a another block away.