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November 18, 2010

Bookstore outsourced to Follett Corporation

By KATHRYN DIXON Staff writer

The Ohlone College bookstore has been outsourced to a company that promises lower prices and that more resources will be available to students.

The Board of Trustees voted 6-1 at Wednesday’s meeting to hire Follett Corporation to privatize the college’s bookstore.

Board member Nick Nardolillo voted no. The five-year

contract with Follett Higher Education Group guarantees Ohlone at least $225,000 annually.

Follett will move into the bookstore in Building 5 on Dec. 1.

Meanwhile the bookstore is selling everything but food and texts at 50 percent off.

Last year Ohlone’s bookstore was remodeled, however it incurred deficit of $76,000.

This deficit, occasioned by students going online to

buy books at lower prices, propelled the college to form a committee to review companies’ proposals.

The committee, which included three students, voted 6-5 to keep the bookstore in house.

If the college were to choose to privatize, the members unanimously voted for Follett.

President Gari Browning told the board that she weighed the pros and cons of privatization including wheth-

er or not a private bookstore would provide extra revenue for the college at a lower risk of incurring further deficits.

Browning focused on service to students.

According to the contract, Follett will provide the following incentives:

13 percent of sales over $3 million • Annual donation to ASOC of $10,000 • Annual textbook scholarship of $5,000 • One-time investment of $25,000 in store fixtures

• Annual commission of 12.5 percent of sales less • One-time bonus to the than $3 million (guaranteed District of $75,000 minimum of $225K) • Purchase of the existing Continued on Page 3 • Annual commission of

Town Hall aims to understand “Izlam”

By HASSINA OBAIDY Staff writer

Photo by Christina Luviano

Campus activities threw their annual Thanksgiving fest on Nov. 17. See coverage on Page 4

Many people have a certain opinion toward Islam and will believe everything they hear in the media.

The Muslim Student Association of Ohlone College will present a town hall panel discussion about the misconceptions and common principles of Islam on Nov. 23 from 7-9 p.m. at the Jackson Theater on Fremont campus.

“Anything taken out of context is misunderstood,” said Billal Hararah, president of Muslim Student Association. One student jokingly said to Hararah, “Because of you, we can’t take water bottles on planes.”

Even though the student was teasing, Hararah knew that deep down inside, he actually meant it.

Others believe that Muslims are taking over America or that they don’t believe in Jesus. MSA hopes that these misconceptions

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Measure G passes with 62.2 percent yes vote

By MANIKA CASTERLINE Editor-in-Chief

With voter passage of a $349 million bond measure Nov. 2, Ohlone College will soon begin the process of renovating the Fremont Campus with rebuilt classrooms, new buildings and seismic safety improvements.

Ohlone’s Measure G bond passed with an overwhelming 62.2 percent of the yes vote.

Measure G aims to improve the infrastructure of the college as well developing a bigger campus, much like how Measure A in 2002 helped to finance the Newark campus and building 7.

“It will make all the difference to Ohlone -- $350 million will go a long way to revitalize the campus. It is something that will impact the campus for

decades to come and students for decades to come,” stated Ohlone College President Gari Browning regarding the approval of Measure G. Board trustee Garrett Yee, who was re-elected to a another four-year term on the board replied, “I was more excited that Measure G passed more than I was over my own race.”

“I want to make sure that community colleges are viable when my grandson gets ready to go to college and that higher education is not financially out of reach for him or for any of our children,” Browning remarked.

“It’s really important for parents and grandparents to be thinking down the line. The bond aligns that because we are going to be realizing these changes for years to come.”

Browning continued.

Board of Trustees chairman Richard Watters commented that said Browning led the supporters of Measure G by example in actions that were above and beyond by citing that she participated in through phone banking and precinct walking.

Incumbent board member Yee was re-elected with 46 percent of the vote while newcomer Jan Giovannini-Hill received 35 percent.

Ishan Shah trailed the winners with a double digit gap that separated himself from them and attained 19 percent.

Yee said that he was very thankful to serve on the board and added, “Ohlone College is great and it’s great to be connected to the college in any way.”

While on the topic of Shah

losing, Yee responded that as a board member Yee ought to be willing to work with anyone who comes onto the board.

Giovannini-Hill said, “The Jan4Ohlone team worked very hard and this victory belongs to so many people. I look forward to working with the entire Ohlone community.”

In the weeks leading up to the election, Shah’s inexperience had been cited by various members of the Ohlone community, including the United Faculty of Ohlone President Alan Kirshner during an Oct. 20 Faculty Senate candidate forum.

Shah responded to the criticism in the various venues where he was attacked.

Shah advocated that as a student he would bring a different perspective if he were elected to the board.

By being on the board Shah would have been the first student to serve while he attended Ohlone.

Shah reflected, “that it was a tough loss and we had so many volunteers where this was their first exposure to the political realm and they saw a lot of the backroom stuff that goes on.”

Shah said, “A campaign isn’t just hey I’m going to run and knock on a couple of doors and make a couple calls, I wish it were that simple.”

“After running this campaign and getting all this exposure, you realize the pure amount of sacrifice when at the end of the day you come in third. And it kills you because you work really hard,” Shah continued Shah’s campaign message Continued on Page 6

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Does social networking eliminate privacy?

By Oranoos Nerow Staff writer

identities stolen.

The use of websites like Facebook is one major way people give out information without realizing it.

Even though users can adjust privacy controls, people are always working to find ways of getting around them.

Scammers can really get to know their potential victims.

After all, social networking reaches a mass audience, across nearly every demographic group.

Adults–particularly those ages 35 and older–will drive much of the growth in coming years. And Facebook, which

is rumored to be approaching 500 million active users worldwide, is the center of the social graph.

Parents and teens can both benefit from more education about privacy settings on social networks, as well as open dialogue about what content and behavior is and is not appropriate online.

Through social networks there has been bullying, stalking and murder. Many sites that provide privacy settings do not offer enough ways for users to protect their information.

Facebook users, for ex-

ample, are able to customize their settings to choose who can view some of their information and who cannot.

Even though Facebook gives us that opportunity, we are still not safe.

I have been stalked through Facebook and had my pictures downloaded through social networks. By one click to share, random strangers can share your picture with their friends.

Facebook has come up with a new feature called “See Friendship” which I believe is one more way for users to get stalked. Seeing friend-

ships allows you to get more information on the two users if they are mutual friends. You can see past posts and pictures they were either tagged in or posted on each others’ “walls,” or online profiles.

Privacy settings need to be strengthened so such abuses do not occur. Facebook and other social networks need to figure out a way to actually make profiles safe and personal. Social networks will do what it takes to bring in more users. If you have privacy concerns and or feel as if you are not safe, simply deactivate your current account.

This is the least wonderful time of the year.

Walking into retail stores Nothing irritates me more in the middle of November, than the fake cheer associated you can already see festive with this time. The holiday wreaths, garlands and smil- season does not bring people ing Santa Claus figurines. All together so much as it makes you hear at this time of year us feel we must project a is messages of gratitude and façade of happiness. And if goodwill toward men. anyone is unwilling to partici-

pate, she is dubbed a “Grinch” or a “Scrooge.”

I am routinely bad-mouthed at my family gatherings for being less than enthralled with the annual Preparation of the Thanksgiving Food and Decorating of the Christmas Tree. No, I am not declaring “bah humbug” on your fun. I

am simply calling you on using “the spirit of the season” to indulge in “special” eggnogg.

I realize that the holidays do provide the general population a reason to come together. No matter how disparate Americans are in their viewpoints, most of us will be eating turkey this Thanksgiving and receiv-

ing presents on Christmas day. But artificially inflating such cultural holidays with false emotion usually leads to exhaustion and post-holiday burnout. We build up so many expectations and idealize the holidays to the extent that a letdown is inevitable.

Social networking means ongoing connections with friends and family that people never dreamed possible a few years ago.

But it also means a constant flow of information going into cyberspace that many people do not think much about, and some of that information could get into the wrong hands.

This spells potential problems for job or college applicants, for parents and for those concerned about having their homes broken into or their

Burned out on the artificial holiday cheer

By TINA KARIMI Opinions editor

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Campus Comment > > > Do you feel secure on social networking sites?

Bryce Lee

Kathlene Macaraeg

Michelle Curl

Stephanie Reyes

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“Yes, because I control what is viewable.”

“No because it organizes strategy for people to stalk.”

“...Random strangers can see my information.”

“Anyone can know your personal life on Facebook.”

“...My privacy is somewhat invaded.”

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NEWS The “B” Side

By MANIKA CASTERLINE Editor-in-Chief

On top

While this year has been perceived as the year of political women due to the emergence of the Republican mama grizzlies this election cycle also demonstrates how quickly we forgot the original symbol of hope to break the glass ceiling, Secretary of State, Hillary Rodham Clinton.

Female dominance in roles of traditional male leadership and examples of such womanly empowerment are closer to home than we think.

The first female president in the college’s 43 year old history is Dr. Gari Browning, a woman who dreamed of being a brain surgeon when she was a teenager.

Browning said,”I think that women bring a fresh perspective. But, they also bring a fresh style to problem solving and to working with people sometimes not always. I wouldn’t really say that what I’ve brought to the college is really gender specific so much.Perhaps, there has been a pendulum of styles and focus on what needs to be done.”

When it came to deciding a career Browning explained that there were lots of things that were available to her and she took an interest in language. While she pursued that she said it didn’t extinguish her interest in nature and science and the brain.It was a reaction and claims it was probably a motivator for her.

Then there is Dean of Humanities, Social Sciences and Mathematics, Mikelyn Stacy who is in charge of 40 percent of the college’s departments. ASOC is led by water polo player, Evelyn Choy who has Vivian Lam as her vice president. Even the Monitor is run by predominantly female editors.

Browning said, “When I was hired it was right around the time of the Obama election and Hillary Clinton was running.

I remember people saying ‘you’re are Hillary’. I don’t know if its election specific.

If you look at the numbers there is still a long way to go.”

If anything the older I get, the more I become inquisitive when it comes to the question of gender roles.

Men can say this is a man’s world. Seeing is believing though. So, take a look around this campus because women are on top and definately not on the bottom.

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can be cleared from the discussion.

The adviser, Nadia Dadgar is trying to get Philosophy, Psychology and Anthropology classes to give their students extra credit for attending the panel.

“For what [MSA] is capable of somebody could benefit from it and hopefully it will lead to something,” Hararah said.

However, considering the topic, many people may not attend because it’s not something everyone is in to like a concert or a movie.

The Understanding

“Izlam” event will include two guest speakers: Mustafa Davis, a professional Film Producer and Photographer, and Zahra Billoo, a Civil Rights Attorney and community activist.

A microphone will be placed near the audience so that they can have a chance to ask any questions regarding Islam.

The discussion is open to the public so bring your friends, family and any questions you have to this event.

Every question will be answered and every attendee will be greatly appreciated.

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The holiday rituals simply do not mean as much once one leaves childhood.

Once you know that Santa Claus is not coming down the chimney, it is difficult to see the appeal in putting up stockings and baking him cookies. There is no point to doing these things just for the sake of fulfilling tradition. My youngest sibling, after all, is 14. I am fairly sure he doesn’t believe in Santa either.

The only truly valuable thing about this season is the charitable giving that takes place. However, if

charity is so important to us, why does the spirit of giving only manifest itself once a year?

Even this sentiment wears a little thin. If one truly cared about the poor, one would not wait until the most ostentatious moment to do something to help.

Retailers are the ones with the most honest approach to the holidays: they know that this season just gives people an excuse to spend money.

That’s all well and good—but Scrooges should be able to sit things out without being told we simply don’t understand the appeal.

Follett set to take over the bookstore used books and an opportunity for students to sell their old inventory and existing cred- textbooks back to the store. its with vendors. The college Follett guaranteed that the will place funds from the mark up for new textbooks will purchase of inventory into a remain the same or lower than special account to be used if the current markup. the college decides to operAlan Kirshner, President of ate the bookstore itself in the United Faculty of Ohlone, the future. spoke in opposition to graviFollett, as a wholesale tation, stating that “if it’s not book distributor, will bring broken, why fix it?” to Ohlone, lower priced textHe noted that Ohlone’s books. It will provide the col- child care and the cafeteria lege with a full service book have been privatized and rental program and a virtual warned that privatization bookstore to provide easy may turn into a “bottomless online ordering of books and pit”, in that the board could education materials. be tempted to privatize other Follett’s bookstore will also public services of the college feature discounted new and in the future.

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Kirshner stressed that Ohlone is a “public institution of higher learning” and “we will be giving away public funds” by privatizing the bookstore.

Sandi Goudy, CSEA President, spoke in opposition to privatization. The bookstore employs one manager and three employees who are CSEA members.

Linda Evers, chief CSEA shop steward, also spoke in opposition, stating that the college did not conform to a new Education Code provision that sets standards for the use of independent contractors to provide services that are currently performed by classified

district employees.

Shairon Zingsheim, associate Vice President of Human Resources and Training, told the board that the contract with Follett provides that the four current employees of the bookstore will have the option of remaining with Follett or obtaining equivalent employment with the college with at least the same salary and benefits they current have.

Follett, based in Chicago, generates more than $2.7 billion in annual sales.

It operates bookstores for 820 colleges in the U.S. and Canada including Stanford University and University of California, East Bay.

College is to receive $954,000 from state

By KATHRYN DIXON Staff writer

Ohlone College is to receive $954,000 from the state of California, which may aid in reducing the current budget deficit of $619.000.

The funds are the college’s proportional part of the $126 million provided in the state budget as additional funding for all 122 community colleges.

This amount was set at the Chancellor’s meeting on Nov. 5 in Sacramento in which Joanne Schultz, Dean of Business, represented the college.

The influx of this $954,000 may help the college avoid cutting the number of courses, the number of new enrolled students and the salaries and wages of the faculty and staff.

The receipt of this $954,000 is conditioned upon the college’s attaining a 2.2 percent enrollment growth.

This is a statewide condition for all colleges.

To meet this condition, the college may have to add new classes, hire new faculty and staff and increase enrollment.

If the college does not

meet the condition will lose $954,000.

Mike Calegari, Vice President of Administrative Services, said the state is incorrectly characterizing the $954,000 as “growth”.

He added, “In 2009-10 the community college system endured a workload reduction of 3.39 percent. That reduction essentially lowed Ohlone’s funded base FTES (Full-Time Equivalent Student) number from 8,447 to 8,127. The 2.2 percent currently shown in the budget is an increase from the 8,127 number, not the former highpoint of 8,447. It is only correct to characterize an allocation as “growth” if we are surpassing the 8,447 figure.

I refer to this allocation as ‘enrollment restoration’ and not growth.”

According to the California Post-Secondary Education Commission, the acronym FTES refers to “the term “fulltime-equivalent student” enrollment, a calculation used by the state to determine funding levels per student.

For the California Community College, one FTES

represents 525 class (contact) hours of student instruction/ activity in credit and noncredit courses.

The number, 525, is derived from the fact that 175 days of instruction are required each year and a student attending three hours per day for 175 days will be in attendance for 525 hours. That is, three times 175 equals 525.”

When Calegari was questioned as to whether or not “Ohlone will attain 2.2 percent enrollment growth?” he said, “Assuming classroom capacity exists and the cost to achieve the restoration FTES is not excessive, the plan right now is to achieve the full amount of any allocation for enrollment restoration.”

Ohlone College is now facing a $618,000 deficit. Will this $954,000 wipe out the deficit?Calegari said, “New revenues do help offset anticipated deficits. In the case of this enrollment restoration funding, it will not reduce any anticipated deficit until it is earned. A compounding factor is that the State is now talking about reopening the current

year’s budget to deal with an unexpected $6.1 billion deficit. One of the ways the State may address this new deficit is to remove the enrollment restoration funding for the community college system.

We will not have certain information on that for several months.”

On Nov. 10 the Board of Trustees accepted the college’s first quarter financial report and status of employment contracts’, which was provided to the Chancellor’s office.

It showed the same $618,000 budget deficit indicated in the 2010-2011 Final Budget’ dated Oct. 13.

President Gari Browning’s Memorandum to the board dated Nov. 10 regarding the first quarter report stated in part, “Any changes as they relate to the passage of the state budget will be presented in the second quarter report.”

In early Feb. 2011, the board will receive the second quarter financial report and status of employment contracts.

FEATURES Thanksgiving feast comes to Ohlone

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Life and Style

By Ashley

McKenzie

Columnist

Soul food

Recently, I had the pleasure of going on a nine-hour date with the guy I’m dating, Matt.

During our date, Matt took me to this little breakfast and lunch spot I had heard about on a show called Soul Cities.

The Brown Sugar Kitchen is one of my new favorite places to eat an extraordinary breakfast or lunch in the Bay Area.

Nestled in the warehouse district of Oakland, this restaurant is unlike any other I’ve ever been to. First of all, it’s one of the hardest restaurants I have ever had to find.

We must have passed the place twice before we finally found it. When we finally did find it, we had to wait for over an hour to get a seat; but it ended up being totally worth it because the food was incredible.

I would describe the cuisine as neo-soul food or a new age soul food. The chef and owner of Brown Sugar Kitchen or BSK is Tanya Holland.

She completed her culinary studies in France and combines those French techniques with traditional soul food to come up with something truly unique.

The menu boasts everything from poached eggs in white cheddar grits, to pulled pork sandwiches, to one of my particular favorites—buttermilk fried chicken and cornmeal waffle with brown sugar butter and apple cider syrup.

Matt had an eye opening experience at BSK not only because this was his first time eating soul food in general, but also his first time eating chicken and waffles.

While we’ve all heard of Rosco’s Chicken and Waffles and most of us have experienced chicken and waffles firsthand, you haven’t had anything until you’ve tried Tayna Holland’s chicken and waffles.

Her cornmeal waffle is savory instead of the traditional sweet, which gives the combination a new and interesting twist.

Matt didn’t know what to expect after I explained the concept of chicken and waffles to him, but he was a real trouper.

Photos by Christina Luviano Chris Pidena, at left, is served his Thanksgiving feast, while a crowd of students, right, waits in a long line that wrapped around the cafeteria. Food served included turkey, mashed potatoes, salad and much more. bring some people together and make people feel good,” said Campus Activity Coordinator Renee Gonzales.

Gonzales hoped that this year’s outcome would be even better. Newark campus had 225 students at the feast the previous day, which Gonzales was very pleased about.

The event has taken place once a year for nearly a decade, sponsored by the ASOC and the Campus Activity Department.

They expected to feed at least 500 students, staff and faculty, but mainly students.

Some students did not expect it to be a delicious meal because it was only $1, however they were impressed and pleased with the outcome.

“It was very delicious,”

Lauren Fussell said, who wished she knew about it earlier so she could donate canned foods as well.

As first year students, Kristine Garcia, Sean Himan and Fussell are definitely attending next years’ feast.

“It’s pretty awesome,” said Adam Shermerhorn and Juan Davis. “I like it a lot and it doesn’t cost much.”

Michelle You agreed and believes it’s very nice what Ohlone is doing for students.

A student from China, Yasha Zhu, never celebrated Thanksgiving until two years ago. “This is my second time celebrating Thanksgiving and I really like it,” she said.

Other students were very pleased that they included a

vegetarian option.

When the feast started, there was a long line of students and staff. During the last hour, the amount of students in line declined.

However, students were greatly enjoying the food with their friends and classmates in the cafeteria or outside.

For the past two years, students are encouraged to donate $1 or canned food. So far it has not been a problem.

The majority of students donated $1. The donations will go to the Alameda County Food Bank.

The leftover food, on the other hand, will be donated to the Fremont homeless and employees of the Fresh and Natural Café.

performance I realized I loved clude “Cheri Magill, Alexz Johnson, David Archuleta, performing.”

A love for music runs in Taylor Swift, John Allred, Ohlone is predominantly the Stewart family. She ex- Skye Sweetnam and Demi a commuter school; students plains that her inspirations Lovato.”

Stewart, who classifies the arrive for class and leave as include “my mom singing and soon as their final lecture or basically growing up on the majority of the music she sings piano, then my brother picked now as “pop-rock acoustic,” lab is dismissed.

Being encircled with commuters leaves little time for social interaction outside of class and can lead to great talent being overlooked. Case in point: Kaylie Stewart.

Passing her on your hike up to class you’d never realize the recent high school graduate has a special talent. Talk to her for a few moments and you’ll notice that Stewart is an adroit singer and passionate about what she does.

Photos courtesy of www.kayliestewart.com Stewart has always had a Kaylie Stewart started performing at the age of 10. relationship with music as far hopes to eventually compose as she can remember. “I’ve up guitar and so did I.” Stewart, like many other music for her church. been involved with music my Stewart is currently seeking whole life; I was performing at artists, uses her music as “a a degree in vocal performance.

10 and picked up the guitar way of dealing with feelings, “I hope to have graduated it was my way of expressing at 12.” in vocal performance and myself.”

“I used to be quieter,” she Continued online at ohlonemonitoronline.com continues, “but after my first Her other influences in- have recorded some of my

own music; that’s where I see myself in the next five years.”

Despite the fierce competition, Stewart explains, “the hardest part would have to be having access to a recording studio and making good quality recordings. You can have a great voice but if no one can hear how good you are then that’s a problem.”

Many artists draw inspiration from other art mediums, for Stewart, dance is her inspiration for writing and composing music.

“I love how each dance has a different feel and different emotion attached to it; each dance definitely has its own personality.”

“Stick with it, don’t let other people stop you and try to learn about it as much as you can,” she advises fellow singers.

To learn more about Stewart, go to www.kayliestewart. com. She is also giving a live performance on Nov. 19 at the Fremont Teen Center.

By HASSINA OBAIDY Staff Writer

Many students and staff were eagerly waiting in line to feast on delicious Thanksgiving food cooked by the Fresh and Natural Café of Ohlone College.

The feast took place in the Fremont Ohlone cafeteria on Nov. 17 from 11a.m. to 1p.m.

The Thanksgiving Feast served a traditional Thanksgiving meal from a juicy turkey, dinner rolls, mashed potatoes, gravy, salad, stuffing, pumpkin pie and lasagna served by the chefs.

ASOC also gave out bottled water or canned soda and fliers for stress free week.

“This is an event to celebrate the season of giving,

Ohlone student aspires to be musician

By FELIPE MASCHION Staff Writer

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was that if he were to be elected to the board emphasized that he would provide a student perspective, which isn’t being represented.

Kevin Feliciano currently serves as the ASOC’s student representative to

the Board of Trustees, but he has only an advisory vote regarding board decisions.

“I’m not down,” Shah said.

“It wasn’t time, but I think it’s closer to happening than a lot of people realize and I’ll be very proud of the day where the Tri-City voters will honor

students with a voting student trustee,” Shah continued.

Shah attributes his loss to his choice of occupational designation, which was listed as “student.”

Former trustee John Weed advised against that designation.

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Edward Mast’s Time Machine brings in full house Henry ends up discovering refined, gentlemanly English- get Henry to lust for her and is disturbing and far from man remarkably well, which his confusion with her use of creates some amusing inter- language make for some borparadise.

On Oct. 29 the Nummi ThePatrick Hilt, who plays actions with the less refined, derline awkward, but nonetheless hilarious moments. ater drew in a full house for the Henry, does a brilliant job in liberated Eloi.

The Eloi women, Rooba long awaited and eagerly an- depicting the character’s inPerhaps the most endearticipated opening of Edward nate curiosity with the world ing interactions between (Bella Ohlmeyer), Koopi Mast’s “The Time Machine: Love Among the Eloi.”

Based on H.G Wells famous novel Time Machine, Mast holds onto the original plot but strives to explore the rudimentary disparities between the psychological, behavioral and linguistics of someone from the past examining the present.

“The Time Machine” is the story of the ingenious inventor Henry and his journey into a seemingly utopian future, Photos by Gregory Bush where the Eloi, what appears Art students, Alexandra Bush, at left, and Aarushi Saxena, at right, like a perfect race, live in showcased their art that displayed scenes from The Time Machine. a world reminiscent of the Garden of Eden.

The Eloi believe they live surrounding him and trans- characters were that of Henry (Elise Scarlott), Pootsie ( Jescarefree lives; food, water and mits the energy and emotion and the young charismatic sica Bettencourt) and Naki even the children they refer of the character from the stage Eloi, Weena (played by April (Karen Ordaz) all performed to as “litters” are taken care to the audience perfectly. their parts compellingly withLabson). of and provided for, but what Weena’s futile attempts to out a hitch.

Hilt plays the role of the

By FELIPE MASCHION Staff Writer

November 18 Last day to drop from full-term classes with a W grade 18-20 Women’s Water Polo and Men’s Water Polo away on CCCAA State Championship, Sacramento

They all managed to capture what director Tom Blank wanted to bring across to the audience; “very clearly indentifying a modern perspective.”

There were moments that were eerily similar to situations that arise in reality shows like Jersey Shore, which helped the audience relate and identify with the characters and situations.

The male Elois, Hook (Bobby August), Chum (Mark McDonald), Top (Alex Lamothe), Brot (Mike Tran), Tak (Efren Gonzalez) and Bok (George Spelvin), were on par with the performances from the female characters.

With their zeal and acrobatics, the male Eloi were able to play their roles convincingly as they chased the female Elois around the stage.

Blank wowed the audience by producing and bringing Edward Mast’s rendition of H.G Wells classic novel to life.

19 Men’s Basketball away on Shasta Tournament

20 Women’s Softball away on Scrimmage, 1 p.m.

23 Women’s Volleyball CCCAA Regional Round 1

23 Chops Big Band, NUMMI Theatre, 8 p.m.

19 Psychology Club Speaker Series: “My Journey from Evil to Heroism” an evening with Dr. Philip Zimbardo, Jackson Theatre, 7 p.m.

20 Women’s Basketball away vs. Feather River College, Quincy, 2 p.m.

23 HIV Testing clinic, Student Health Center, room 7302, 11 a.m.

24 Men’s Basketball home vs.

Monterey Peninsula College, 5 p.m.

23 Men’s Soccer CCCAA Regional Round 2

23 Inter Club Council (ICC) meeting, room 7101, 2:30 p.m.

24 Women’s Basketball home vs. Foothill College, 7 p.m.

23 Women’s Soccer CCCAA Regional Round 2

23 ASOC meeting, room 7101, 4 p.m.

25 Thanksgiving weekend, Ohlone College closed

18 Employee workshop: diversity workshop follow-up, Jackson Theatre, 12:30 p.m.

20 Women’s Soccer and Men’s Soccer CCCAA Regional Round 1 20-21 Men’s Basketball away on Shasta Tournament

18 Gay Straight Alliance (GSA) meeting, room SC116, 4 p.m.

20 Men’s Baseball away vs.

Cabrillo College, Aptos, 11 a.m.

SPORTS Women’s soccer team squeaks into playoffs November 18, 2010 monitor 8

By Ricky Cardenas Staff Writer The Ohlone women’s soccer team lost against the City College of San Francisco’s Lady Rams 1-0 Tuesday, Nov. 2.

“San Francisco is a good team” said Ohlone coach Larry Heslin. “They had very physical plays. We gave up one chance we had in the beginning of the second half.”

San Francisco’s overall record of 13-1-3 shows that the Lady Renegades held their own against them.

“They’re a first-place team in the league. We knew it was going to be hard. The girls were disappointed that they couldn’t pull out a tie for the match. It

was a fairly even match, closely hard fought.”

In the end the Lady Renegades put out a good effort. “The girls fought, they tried to execute a game plan, but we lost our chance,” Heslin said.

With the season in crunch time the Lady Renegades face it head on with confidence.

“The seasons winding down.

The girls know what they have to do.”

“Hopefully they learn from the desire and fight from San Francisco” With Ohlone already having faced the teams in their upcoming matches, “they should know exactly what to expect when it comes time” said Heslin On Nov. 12, the Lady Ren-

Early struggles for women’s basketball

By Kyle Nordeen Staff writer

The Ohlone Women’s Basketball team began their 2010 campaign this past weekend by participating in a three-day tournament known as the “Sierra Summit” at Sierra College in Rocklin.

The Lady Renegades ended the tournament with a less than stellar 1-2 record. They lost in the Consolation Championship Game on Sunday to Butte College 65-60 after losing 66-56 in their opening game against Cerritos College and a 52-35 victory over Shasta College on Saturday.

While definitely disappointed with the tournament results, head coach Julia Allender knows it was a good learning experience for a young team and she is using these games to address areas where the team needs improvement.

“Our defense, surprisingly, was one of our noticeable weaknesses,” said Allender, who has high expectations for the team this season.

“We gave up too many easy baskets, and we didn’t shoot too well, either.”

The Lady Renegades have

a very young team consisting of nine freshmen to only five sophomores.

“Yeah, I think experience played a big role in these games.

We have a lot of freshmen, and I want them to get used to the intensity level of these games,” Allender said.

Playing three games in three days at this level of play is probably something that most of these girls aren’t used to, and fatigue definitely played its part as the tournament went on.

“We were a bit spurty,” said Allender. “Our guards struggled in their shooting and their penetrating, and they were starting to get too deep.”

This team is a lot different from last year’s, though. The year’s Lady Renegades team is especially athletic and very talented in Allender’s eyes, and all of the players are especially hard workers.

“This team is athletic, quick, has good size, and we have a very strong post game. Our girls like to attack the basket and they play hard for one another.”

As the team plays more together, their chemistry will get better and the level of their play will get better as a result.

egades Soccer team won their final regular season game against Chabot College 2-0.

The game started off with goal attempts made one after the other. Chabot goalkeeper Monica Aguayo’s relentless saves proved to be a problem for the Lady Renegades.

In total there were 16 attempted shots by Ohlone, some far above the crossbar while others bounced off the goal posts.

Many of their attempts were a result of disorganization, however the cluster of Chabot’s players made it difficult to try anything too fancy.

Ohlone goalie Luisa Cardenas was on her toes throughout the game.

Chabot’s Corinne Velasquez

had an opportunity in the first half for a open shot but had it blocked by Cardenas.

During the second half of the game the action and rather comical events took place.

The Lady Renegades applied pressure on Chabot’s defenses and it soon paid off.

Ohlone’s Stephanie Costa was in the right place at the right time.

Costa found herself in front of goal after Chabot’s goalkeeper caught a shot but had it slip from her fingers. Costa took advantage of the drop and tacked on the first goal of the game.

The played shocked the crowd who couldn’t believe what just happened.

It was a much needed boost for the Lady Renegades.

The final goal was made from the left corner by Reanna Williams to end the game, 2-0 Ohlone.

Heslin then told spectators to stay and honor the sophomores on the team. Jessica Mortimer, Ariel Brown, Brigette Ngo, Melissa Flores, Chloe Blancas, Alyx Jones, Laura Gorecki, and Reanna Williams were each given a rose to honor their time on the Ohlone soccer team.

Ohlone was 15th out of 16 teams in regional standings.

This grants them eligibility for playoff matches.

With their record at 10-8-2, and 8-5-2 for conference, the lady renegades can rest knowing how far they’ve come this season no matter what happens next.

Men’s basketball heads to Shasta this weekend

Photo by Khesrow Ghafoor Mikhael McKinney attempts a shot to prepare for a trip to Redding for the annual Shasta College Invitational. Ohlone opens against American River on Friday.

Men’s soccer losing streak extended

By Kevin Yin Staff writer In yet another somber chapter of what has become an all too familiar late season swoon, the Ohlone men’s soccer team was defeated by De Anza College 6-1 in Ohlone’s home season finale on Tuesday, Nov. 9.

The loss was Ohlone’s fifth in the past six games, a streak broken only by a disappointing

tie against a Chabot squad that ranks among the worst in the Coast Conference.

What had looked to be a promising season just a month ago, when Ohlone’s record was 8-4-1, now serves as a painful reminder of the end of the previous season, when Ohlone started 10-4, but lost five of their final six games.

Even worse, perhaps, than the bare fact of the losses has been

the manner in which the defeats have been absorbed—a series of one-sided affairs in which the Renegades appear listless and disjointed. Tueday’s result was preceded by 6-0 and 5-1 losses to Hartnell and Canada respectively.

“Twenty five years as a coach and 40 years as a player, I’ve never been in this type of situation with a team before,” head coach Jan Nordmo said

on Tuesday.

Against De Anza, Ohlone never looked engaged from the outset, giving up two almost effortless goals just moments apart in the game’s opening minutes.

De Anza’s lead was 5-0 before Ohlone managed to get on the board late in the second half with sophomore forward Nicholas Sanchez-Torres’ third goal of the season.

“It wasn’t the team necessar-

ily,” Nordmo said. “I think there was a couple of players—and we probably should have looked at them getting in the warm up a little bit better—that just, they didn’t look on. It just kind of snowballed from there.”

Nordmo delineates a clear distinction between the slide at the end of last season and the ordeal the current team is undergoing.

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