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Vol. XLI No. 11

Renegades handle Skyline

OPINION

A ‘new look’ and how it worked out

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Speaker debunks health scams

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Fremont, California

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April 22, 2010

ASOC candidates make their pitches

By EAN TAJERON Staff writer The ASOC candidates for executive positions gave their speeches at the candidate forum on Tuesday April 20.

The senators were given three minutes each to state what their objectives and anticipations would be, if they were elected.

According to ASOC Vice President Ngan Vu, who emceed the event, the common themes in the speeches were how they all wanted to be an even more active voice for the students, and their plans to address the budget cuts.

The forum was held in the cafeteria from 1 to 2 p.m.

Voting Monday at the Fremont campus quad will be from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., and in the Newark Campus central lobby from 5 to 7 p.m. Voting Tuesday at the Fremont campus will be 5 to 7 p.m. in the quad, and at Newark in the central lobby from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.

The ASOC endorsed the Electronic Benefit Transfer ad–hoc committee with the plan to implement the use EBT cards (cash side) in the bookstore.

Sen. Teran Finley presented the committee’s report on the cards, and all of the benefits that they could have for students who live on welfare.

Finley described the EBT card Continued on Page 3

Photo by Joseph Rivera

Kevin Feliciano campaigns for the office of Student member for the Board of Trustees. See statements by all candidates on Page 6.

Ohlone’s Newark campus celebrates Earth Week

By NOAH LEVIN Staff writer This week the Ohlone College Sustainability Committee, led by Newark campus teacher Narinder Bansal, have been hosting several environmentally focused activities and events around the Fremont campus and the Newark satellite campus.

Activities held this week at both campuses includes a Tri-City Ecology Table, a display in the Newark campus’s lobby entitled “Ohlone’s Junk Mail,” a solar panel demonstration, and an open

debate on the microeconomics of sustainability projects.

Others ongoing events this week are the photo contest and the art exhibit “Rethink Relive Redeem,” located at the college President’s office at the main campus.

Bansal, who teaches environmental studies and geography at the Newark Campus, has headed up this year’s Earth Day celebrations.

The week opened with the information table, which was to be coupled with a demonstration of the installation and working of satellite campus’s trademark solar panels.

However, the demonstration was postponed until Thursday due to the rain in the first part of the week.

Though the weather is still expected to be cloudy on the day of the demonstration, Bansal pointed out that direct sunlight alone was not key to generating solar power.

In addition to the solar panels on campus, Bansal also made mention of wind turbines to be erected in the coming semesters at the Newark campus.

Thursday morning will also see Bansal leading a group of students and faculty in constructing a “Bio-

that started in 2008. Newark was coming online and the campus was about to open,” said Griffin.

Ohlone continued to utilize SIG due to their success at the Newark campus.

Griffin said, “After that we had more bond projects coming up. It was about providing stability and having another layer of accountability because it was a contract service at the time and there were so many high stakes projects at the time.”

However, in the past two years a restructuring of sorts has occurred due to the $2.6 million budget deficit that the college is facing for the 2010-’11 fiscal year. Some 150 sections have been cut as a response as a means of streamlining the college.

Griffin remains optimistic as to the direction of the IT department

and the overall future of Ohlone.

“We have lived through the hiring frost and we have through attrition led the campus by example,” he said.

Griffin continued that the guiding principle in working with IT will be, “Not in terms of a layoff or something that will affect the staff.

It is really more about finding efficiencies. We are in a phase where we can’t do some of the things in IT today in the same way we could do it six years ago.”

While Griffin has a new position, he notes that there were some beneficial aspects with the prior arrangement that the college had with SIG. “What we got with the SIG contract was assurance. I think now here we are two years later and it is probably not as important to Continued on Page 3

dynamic Garden” at the Newark campus.

The garden is to consist of fragrant plants and flowers: “attractables,” which draw butterflies, bees, and yellow jackets. Seasonal crops of vegetables will also be grown.

Bansal said that the garden would be “strictly native plants” in keeping with the trend established by the flora that surrounds the environmentally sound satellite campus.

The display at the Newark Center’s lobby, “Ohlone’s Junk Mail,” is the centerpiece to the week’s

events. The display consists of a massive pile of junk mail, largely addressed to teachers no longer employed by the college. Much of the mail is sent by vendors announcing new inventory, and Bansal said “it’s just like the junk mail at home, only the amount is exponentially larger.” The pile of unwanted mail sits in the middle of an outline of a fallen tree, much like the chalk outline of a dead body.

The Sustainability Committee is still processing statistics concerning how much resources were used to make the junk mail that will be inevitably thrown away.

New district chief technology officer

By MANIKA CASTERLINE News editor Bruce Griffin has been named as the District’s Chief Technology Officer/ Assistant professor of Information Technology effective April 16.

The salary is approximately $158,000 per year.

Griffin started working at Ohlone in January 2008 as part of the Strata Information Group (SIG) contract.

The contract was controversial at the time due to the fact it would be outsourcing the IT department in order to tackle several bondrelated projects, such as integrating technology onto the brand new Newark campus.

“What we were brought in to do was to shepard the IT organization through some big events

Photo by Amy Kent

Bruce Griffin, chief technology officer.

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How not to let summer break break the bank

By FARAH SIDDIQI Contributing writer

I wouldn’t call myself an expert traveler, but I would say that I am somewhat of a deal junkie and because I do end up vacationing about 4 or 5 times a year, I’d love to offer some advice.

Summer is around the corner and if you haven’t found your travel deals yet, you might be out of luck till the end of peak season after Labor Day. I do have some ideas, though.

Air Travel 1. Try to book air travel midweek. Most carriers have better deals for travel on Tuesdays through Thursdays since many people like

to travel on the week ends after or before their workweek.

2. Book your flights online as apposed to over the phone or through an agent to avoid additional fees or charges.

3. Book your airfare on Saturdays and Sundays after 1 p.m. in the carrier’s time zone for the most selection of seating and pricing. According to this month’s issue of Conde Naste Traveller magazine, airlines tend to release more seats at various price points after this time.

Car rental 1. Reserve your rental midweek 2. If you need a van or SUV, reserve a full-size and when you go to pick it up, offer to pay an ad-

ditional daily fee for the upgrade.

You can usually save about $100 on weekly rentals.

3. If you need the rental for five days or more, make your reservation for the week, it tends to costs the same or less because of weekly rates and deals.

Accommodations 1. Sign up for a membership with a hotel chain. They often have special deals for members only.

2. Book on the weekends for urban city travel and midweek for tourist towns. Urban cities tend to have many business travelers during the week and can often leave their hotels empty and hungry for weekend bookings.

3. When you are travelling

through a tourist town, or travelling with family, stay in a suite with kitchen or kitchenette. It will really help save a lot on food costs.

Most places like this also offer free hot or continental breakfast with the night’s stay.

Summer destinations 1. My personal favorite is Hawaii, although it’s hard to find deals. This year Alaska Airlines and Hawaiian Airlines are increasing service to the islands from the Bay Area and across California due to the closure of Aloha Airlines in 2008, according to SFGate’s April 2 Aloha Friday article. San Jose tends to have the cheaper deals, but if you go out of San Francisco or Oakland and connect in Southern California

you can get similar pricing.

2. If you travel to Florida or Southern California, check out deals with Disney. They often have partner rates with hotels and can also give great dining coupons.

3. It’s also a great idea to check out free stuff in your travel destination. Often going on the city’s website can lead to great activities such as museums and walking tours, even music festivals or movie nights with free live entertainment.

If you try all the tips but still can’t find a budget friendly deal then you can also try to squeeze in some great activities locally.

The Bay Area is a great travel destination as well as a great place to live.

true than you might think.

On April 7, a federal appeals court ruled against the Federal Communications Commission’s power to stop broadband providers from blocking or slowing internet service in a decision that could mean the end of the open internet.

The decision was a serious blow to the FCC’s pursuit of net neutrality laws which refer to the idea that companies providing internet service should treat all sources of data equally. Net neutrality is what we currently have: access to any web site you want equally quickly.

We currently have a free and open internet: consumers are unlimited in the content they have access to, and the FCC wants to keep things the way they are.

The FCC sanctioned Comcast when the broadband provider

slowed people’s access to the filesharing site BitTorrent. The DC Circuit of the Federal Appeals Court, however, has ruled that the FCC lacks the authority to sanction Comcast into net neutrality. The precedent seems to be that Internet Service Providers can block whatever content it deems undesirable.

This could give Comcast and other cable companies the legal basis to introduce a tiered system of providing internet service. In essence, these companies advocate instating a “fast lane” and a “slow lane.” Companies would have to pay higher rates to cable and phone companies in order to have their content delivered at high speed, as they currently are. Companies that do not pay the higher fee—or that the cable companies choose to block—would be more difficult

to access.

This brings up serious questions regarding the future of the internet as the ultimate open forum. The prospect of the cable company deciding what you can and cannot access over the internet is disturbing. Goodbye, Hulu, certain YouTube channels and any other website that interferes with the cable company’s television shows.And what about websites that Comcast or other service providers deem controversial? BitTorrent is on the blacklist—what other websites would ISPs be able to censor?

This is not a completely abstract concept. In 2007, Verizon Wireless blocked Naral Pro-Choice America’s request to send text messages over the network. Verizon reversed the decision—but only after a deluge of criticism.

A sanitized internet—an internet

with no controversy—is a scary thing to consider, especially since the internet has played such a central role in promoting freedom in recent years. Social networking sites like Twitter, for example, were so crucial for the Iranian protesters last June that Twitter delayed its scheduled maintenance so that the protesters would be able to stay connected.

We have all heard of the recent furor over Google’s decision to end censored search in China. It is no coincidence that Google is also pro-net neutrality. Censorship is censorship, whether it originates with a government or with a corporate entity. It is imperative to support net neutrality legislation and vigorously defend freedom of the internet. Bottom line: do you want corporate America deciding what you can and cannot do over the internet?

The World Wide Web no longer neutralized

By TINA KARIMI Staff writer

Imagine sitting down at your computer, typing in a URL, and waiting with mounting impatience for the website to load. Nothing.

The connection has timed out.

You refresh the page: still nothing.

You check your internet connection, and it is just fine. You refresh again. Maybe this time you get a new screen. Maybe it will read, “We’re sorry, but this website has been deemed unacceptable by your Internet Service Provider.”

What a nightmare. Good thing the internet is the exact opposite of the police state: completely open, uncensored, and free for all to access.

Right. Well, that admittedly dystopian scenario is closer to coming

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“D.C. because I like Superman.”

“Marvel. They have more characters I feel more similar to”

“Marvel because they are more badass!”

“Marvel. I love Captain America and I can’t wait for the Marvel movie.”

“Marvel. I like their movies better.”

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News The “B” Side

By MANIKA CaSTerLINE News editor

Blind beauty As a society women are constantly being bombarded with images as to how we ought to be.

Skinny. Tall. Blonde.

All of which constitute an archetype of what “perfect” is.

All of which I am most certainly not.

The new VH1 reality show, “The Price of Beauty” explores the pursuit of perfection on an international scale.

It served as the premise for me to perform an experiment of sorts; a way to test the theory regarding whether beauty is or is not skin deep.

So for one day, my image was the one that others want me to be. I pinned up my hair and ditched the glasses.

Two simple visual allterations that made a world of difference.

I wish I could say that beauty is only skin deep.

That what truly matters is intellect and substance.

However, that would hypocritical to what I blindly observed in my Monday not so scientific analysis.

Appearance matters and it was palable in how I was treated while in the midst of going about my daily routine.

I didn’t even change my behavior for the sake of things.

There was a two pronged response that I recieved throughout the course of the day.

The people that know me even varied in how they treated me.

I am accustomed to being the “responsible and focused” one in terms of how people perceive me.

Instead of looking to me for answers as to what was going on.

I was being told things as if I was utterly clueless.

But, then there is also the fact that the male species gravitated toward me more than normal perhaps due to my altered aesthetic.

And it built up my confidence to a certain extent.

Mostly though what it gave me was a temporary sense of power that I do not possess all the time.

One guy offered to make me coffee while another voluntarily offered to do something I was going to tell him to do in the first place.

Suddenly I had power, yet I didn’t know what to do with it. I had the positive attention that is what is strived for.

But, it was based on a false image. An image of who I am “supposed” to be rather than who I actually am.

It is a headache to pretend to be someone that I’m not and I’d rather be loved for being genuine...quirks and all.

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New CTO Earth Week blooms Continued from Page 1 the campus particularly given the budget situation.

It was a different budget climate when we came on board. But at the time, they had the opportunity to bring in someone that would have a support team behind them from a corporate standpoint. That really is where the value of that contract was, at a particularly important time in the history of the bond and the campus.”

Griffin said, “As time has changed the response has changed.

The goal has become to stand on our own two feet.”

Continued from Page 1 The Microeconomic Sustainability Debate, held by faculty member Tina Mosleh of the Business Administration department, will be at noon at the Newark Campus on Thursday.

The debate will focus on the topics of local sustainability, the economic implications of sustainability projects.

It will be an open forum, where all members of the Ohlone community are welcome to participate in the event.

Bansal called the debate “a nice way to get students and community members engaged” in the shift towards full sustainability.

Though the events of Earth Week are short lived, Bansal pointed out that the spring 2011 semester would see the addition of an urban sustainability class. The course will focus on changing views on contemporary urban living and coexisting with nature.

The following semester in fall 2011 would introduce “Sustainability and Agriculture,” a class geared toward new techniques in cultivating and harvesting in an eco-friendly way.

Photo by Amy Kent

Griffin has a Bachelor Associates degree from the University of Arizona and a Masters Bachelor Associates degree from CSU Los Angeles.

Candidates state their case Continued from Page 1 she spoke from experience, and with passion as to how helpful this would be to anyone else who uses these benefits.

The EBT card has two sides: The cash side, which can be used to buy anything and the food side which can used to purchase any food item that hasn’t been prepared. She elaborated on her mission to have EBT applied to our school.

Finley explained, “The EBT is essentially an upgrade from actual paper food stamps, and I think people have more dignity and integrity when they use these cards.

I’m a student and a mother of five, and I have friends like me who sometimes have to make decisions such as, ‘Do I buy food with this money or put gas in my car?’”

She continued, “We already have the Point of Service (POS) system in our school, all that’s

left is for the banking company to apply EBT into the system. I really want to push for the food side of the benefits, but for now, I believe it will be easier to start with the cash side, being that there is no criteria for it.”

Finley said she hopes to be able to extend the use of EBT to the cafeteria, but for now, only baby steps can be taken in order to acheive to this process.

Senator Finley, is currently only pushing for the cash side of the card, due to the more complex criteria of the food side. She does wish to have the food side implemented, but not until the committee has more information and better understanding of EBT. The ASOC also said farewell to another council member and friend.

James Renteria was relieved of his duties as an ASOC senator.

He explained some of compli-

cations that he’ll be facing with transferring. Renteria said that instead of leaving every meeting early to attend classes at another campus some distance away, he made the tough decision to resign from the council.

He stated, “It took me a long time to come to this decision and I did not take this lightly. It has been an honor to serve the student body, and good luck to the ASOC for the year.

A candidate for the office of the vice president, Thomas Briseno, chose to drop out of the elections.

Briseno said, “I have a lot personal stuff at going on at home and I don’t think I’ll have enough time to devote to the position. I feel that if I was elected I would not be able to fulfill the duties with my whole heart, and I think it would be best for everyone if I didn’t run at this time.”

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Food for Thought

By Nazia mastan Columnist

Stepping stones The other day I was reading an article in “The Economist” that was explicating the reasons why China, Brazil and India are far surpassing the United States in their production capability.

The fiscal results of their recently increased efficiency in production have been tremendous, largely due to the fact that instead of using old and outdated methods of producing, innovation and different ideas have been introduced in many areas of research and development.

This is precisely the key to their success.

Where do these innovative ideas and ever-changing views and methods of making big money come from? From students who are cranked out of universities in China, Brazil and India.

Please don’t take offense at my usage of analogy in regards to the massive number of intelligent and hardworking university graduates from these up-andcoming countries.

Instead, take offense to the fact that the United States is not in any way, shape or form a leader in research, development or innovation, and the last most shameful fact is that the educational standards of the U.S. are to blame for the lack of new and bold ideas.

Why are we using China and India for “brainpower?” Why is the U.S. not producing people who can contribute to research and development here, on our land, with our money and our tools.

I thought outsourcing companies for cheaper labor was one thing, but outsourcing thinking, what has the world come to? I understand that my “thinking” about innovation will not be the same as numerical and scientific thought about production and research.

We need more science and mathematics majors now more than ever in order to compete.

The United States has a history of both unexplainable might and bottomless opportunity for success and redemption. This is one of the main reasons people come here from all over the world to work, thrive and live the American dream.

But now the United States is no longer the country that can give endlessly its fiscal bounties because the middle class of hard working and educated individuals is disappearing. Many are leaving to find success in countries like China, India and Brazil.

There is something here that is slipping away from our hands.

Educational standards.

To be continued

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Emiko McAuley, “The Nest” 3rd place Ceramics

Debi Foland, “The Falls” 3rd place Glass

Trish McNeill, “Ley Lines, Fused Glass” 1st place Glass

David Moreno, “Warhol Gun“ 1st place, Art Historical References

Sheila Ramie, “Skull Still Life” 2nd place Painting

Lori Stime, “Gecko with a ‘G’” 3rd place Computer Graphics

Farshid Namei, “Some of My Favorite Things” 1st place Painting

CJ Jones, “Traffic Cone, Mixed Media” 1st place Sculpture

Students are awarded and praised for artwork

By Sarah Hashemi Staff writer The art world is a difficult world to live in. For many artists it is hard to catch a break and become recognized. Ohlone’s annual Spring Art Show in the Louie Meager Art Gallery allows students to explore a new environment.

The process is fairly simple: students have a two-day slot to enter in their work. They fill out a form, entering their art into a specific category, where it is then processed and catalogued.

The categories are as follows: Art Historical, Ceramics, Computer Graphics, Drawing, Glass, Graphic Design, Sculpture, Painting, Photography and Interior Design.

Each professor is given 5 stickers for each of the 10 categories.

They place a sticker on pieces they

like and the piece with the most stickers in that category wins first place, second most—second place and so on.

Any piece with at least one sticker, even if not winning an award, will still be displayed in the art gallery.

The director of the gallery, as well as Professor of Arts, Kenney Mencher, co-ordinated the award ceremony and gallery show with help from his Museum and Gallery Techniques class and his assistant, Oscar Guevara.

At the opening of the award ceremony Monday, Mencher offered some encouraging words to those who did not make the gallery and explained the lack of rhyme or reason of being judged.

“Being chosen for the art show is kind of like finding a date: sometimes you don’t always find exactly the right person to ask you out or

don’t always get your first choice, but sooner or later, someone is going to choose you.”

Mencher continued, “Just because you didn’t get into this show, it doesn’t mean you’re not good enough to get a date, it just means it was not the right time for you to get a date.”

Mencher, who has been directing these shows for the past two years, has worked at Ohlone for the past 10 years.

The requirements to enter the art show are that an applicant has to be a current Ohlone student and the art should be connected to Ohlone or one of its classes.

During the ceremony, all of the award presenters were art teachers here at Ohlone.

One of them, Denise Owen, Professor of Art and Interior Design, said as a professor, she tries to, “encourage students to take

what their favorite pieces are, put them out here, and see what kind of reception they get.”

The 30 winners were called up in front of the crowd of family and friends and handed a certificate awarding and congratulating them for their work.

One of the honored, Jessie Worden, who was awarded for her graphic design poster, ‘Bauhaus’ said, “I was very shocked and surprised. It was a good feeling. It completed my work basically and gave me more confidence to push through in my career of graphic design.”

After the ceremony, the event was moved into the Louie Meager Art Gallery in the Smith Center, where all of the 30 winning pieces of art, as well as any other art that was considered presentable, were on display for the crowd to enjoy.

The display, which included

three-dimensional art, like the Andy Warhol Portrait, to photography, like the Berkeley Protest, was designed and constructed by Guevara and the Gallery Class.

Guevara is currently Mencher’s assistant and at one time Mencher’s student. He holds a degree in Fine Arts from Ohlone and a degree in Studio Arts from CSU East Bay. Mencher said, “He’s [Guevara] so patient and kind, that he never pisses anybody off like I do.”

Mencher then concluded that Guevara should be credited with about 80 percent of the work that was done in order to put on the art show.

The art will be on display until May 17 in the Louie Meager Art Gallery located in the Smith Center.

The gallery hours are Monday/ Wednesday from 1 to 3 p.m., Tuesday/Thursday from noon to 3 p.m. and closed on Friday.

Dunning exposes health scams and myths

By Dave Sheffer Staff writer Armed with only a laser pointer and a Power Point presentation; Brian Dunning set out to expose various health scams and myths last Friday.

Dunning, the creator of the popular podcast Skeptoid, filled the Smith Center to the brim with a healthy mix of college students and local residents. The event was hosted by the Ohlone Psychology Club and was dedicated to the memory of Kim Peak the Real Rain Man who died last December.

The evening started off with the message that “Health Scams Are Your Friends” which translates to, “ if you can understand how a scam is sold you can then talk people out of buying it.”

Dunning then went off to list

off a bevy of myths and scams one after another. From magic jewelry that supposedly improves your balance and makes you stronger to Organic Food making regular food seem worse than it is. No subject was safe.

Dunning talked briefly about how fast food is not as bad as people make it out to be and brought up the fact that the “Super Size Me” movie was entertainment and not science, since it was lacking any kind of scientific records of what he ate.

This seemed to all be a build up to Homeopathy which Dunning covered in great deal. Homeopathy, which has been around for more than 200 years, supposedly works on the basis of building up a resistance to various toxins.

The problem with it is that the ratio of the substance to water is

1 molecule of the substance to 1 mole of water; a mole is 6 x 10^23.

In layman terms it is essentially 1 atom of the substance in a shot glass of water, because the substance is so tiny it can be considered to be a non active ingredient.

After that segment, Dunning talked about Mucoid plaque which is a non-existent build up of the intestines and how this scam was selling pills to get rid of the plaque.

The interesting thing about the pills was that they were made out of kitty litter and polymer which created a cast of your bowels; in essence the pill is what created the Mucoid plaque.

The dark serious moment of the evening finally appeared when Dunning introduced Chelation.

Chelation is a real treatment used on people that have Acute Heavy

Metal Poisoning, what it does is filter out the heavy metal bonds in the blood out through the liver causing liver damage. The problem is that some scam artists will trick perfectly healthy people into getting the procedure done with all the risks involved but absolutely no benefit.

Dunning then went into how scams are sold to you in various ways such as scaring people, using authoritative imagery like a man in a lab coat or the influence of celebrities that endorse scams.

Some would go as fas as making up unknown forces such as, “mystical fields” that you do not understand and suppressed medicine that the government does not want you to know about.

Wrapping it all up Dunning brought up 3 lessons to be learned by his presentation. The first lesson

is that everything is a poison and everything is safe; it all depends on the level taken.

For example, an atom of plutonium will not kill you, but too much oxygen can kill you. The second lesson is that your own experience is worthless and cannot be used as evidence.

This is because variables are not taken into consideration and tested unlike a scientific test which controls the variables. The third and final lesson is to be positive and focus on the common ground.

The fact is that everyone is skeptical about something. Look at the reasons they are skeptical and then apply those reasons to other things that they should be skeptical about.

More information can be found about Brian Dunning at his website www.skeptoid.com.

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Candidates make their case for ASOC office

Vivian Lam

Charlyn Gonda

Chris Chang

VICE PRESIDENT

SECRETARY

TREASURER

I am running for Associated Students of Ohlone College Vice President. I have been serving as the Inter Club Council Representative for Ohlone’s Gay Straight Alliance Club and as ICC Secretary.

I have represented the students of Ohlone College as ASOC Senator and am learning the duties and responsibilities of being the ASOC Vice President.

Once I am elected, I plan on improving clubs on campus and getting ASOC and ICC more involved with each other. I will put in my full commitment, determination, and diligence to get the job done to the fullest potential.

I am running for the Vice President of ASOC. I have actively participated in many club activities, and I have joined the student government since last semester.

I have learnt a lot of communication skills and leadership skills through joining ASOC. Besides being a senior senator, I am also the president of Statistics club. I like organizing club activities, and creating activities for club every semester.

I am ready to serve the council and everyone in Ohlone College. I promise that I will try my best in the coming semester. Thank you.

I have never desired to be in a role of leadership, I imagined I was going to go through life as a wallflower, blooming and surviving, while staying unnoticed. Until one day I found myself crawling away from the wall and into the crowd, working for the organization that makes things happen, and it felt exhilarating to contribute to something worthwhile. We have made changes for the better, but there are still improvements to be done. In order to best continue the progress that was achieved these past semesters, I intended to once again serve you, the students, as Secretary in the Fall of 2010.

I would like to serve as your ASOC treasurer for 2010-2011.

I have been learning the duties of the ASOC Treasurer, and I am Treasurer of Taiwan Student Association for this fiscal year.

Therefore, I have full knowledge of what needs to be done.

If I am elected treasurer, I will speak out and fight against bias within the ASOC council when necessary.

I will allocate our funding effectively and accordingly to where students believe it is right, and I will give 200 percent of effort into my works.

Frank Lan

Nazia Chandiwalla

Isabella Ohlmeyer

Helen Harrison

I am currently a candidate for the Associated Students of Ohlone College (ASOC) Treasurer position for the 2010-2011 academic year.

Currently, I serve as a Senator on ASOC and as Secretary on the ASOC’s Budget Committee.

I am a Mathematics/Economics major, pursuing a career in Finance.

In the past few months, I have taken my time to learn about, the role of the Treasurer in ASOC, allowing me to recognize the responsibilities required.

And I feel I am ready to pursue the position. Vote Frank Lan for 2010-2011 ASOC Treasurer!

Marra-Marie Magsakay

I’m running for the Representative at Large. I’ve been an active participant with the Psychology club and Muslim Student Association, which gave me the opportunity to represent Ohlone College students to businesses and the community.

While on the Associated Students of Ohlone College, I worked with the Campus Activities Programming Board to provide students with activities they would enjoy and participate in, and with the ID Discount committee to establish discounts at places of students’ choices. If elected, I plan on personally communicating with students to ensure that their voices are heard.

REPRESENTATIVE AT LARGE

Kevin Feliciano

Herman Stampley III

Christina King

Jason Trinidad

Manav Shah

I would make an admirable student member because I have the fortitude to assume duties of the president upon the absence of the ASOC members.

I lead.

I believe the true worth of a leader is one who has the ability to lead without being seen.

Laz Tau said, “A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say : we did it ourselves.”

I will take the path that others will not. I am the pulse of the student body.

My name is Christina King and I am a candidate for Legislative Representative! Ohlone’s student agenda must be rendered through capable and motivated leaders.

I have served as Black Student Union vice-president at American HS and am the current Shekinah Christian Fellowship Youth President. Political science is my passion and I’ve been cultivated for this position through previous leadership experience. Fear to speak up and out for our students is not an option. I plan to exert my expertise, motivational skills, and time to thrust Ohlone to its fullest potential.

I’m a candidate for Legislative Representative. I’ve had the rewarding experience of serving as Parliamentarian to the ASOC council, alternate delegate to state meetings and worked with other members in drafting a new version of the ASOC Constitution and Bylaws. Currently, I have the privilege of serving as a Senator, Chair of the Student Rights and Campus Relations Committee and Vice Chair of the SSCCC Region IV, where 13 community colleges meet to advocate for the students.

I have the experience, knowledge and passion to represent students of Ohlone College.

As a Political Science major, I completely understand the necessity of proper representation for the voiceless. I have prepared myself for this position by working as a co-director for the Civic Engagement Club in organizing the March in March 2010.

As current Vice Chair for the Legislative Committee, I have taken up the responsibilities on campus, regionally, and at the state level for the previous Legislative Representative as a result of her recent resignation. I am confident that I can continue to voice your needs, wants, and concerns as your ASOC Legislative Representative.

Evelyn Choy

Timothy Thu

PRESIDENT

VICE PRESIDENT

I am running for President of the ASOC Student Government.

I am currently the Chair of the Cafeteria Committee and a co-author of the new ASOC Constitution and Bylaws.

I am also on the Water Polo and Swim Team.

As President, I would serve to the best of my abilities to meet the Ohlone students’ needs, wants and concerns.

I believe my personal interests and goals should come secondhand to achieving the greater goals of the council.

TREASURER

STUDENT MEMBER BOARD OF TRUSTEES

I’m a candidate for Student Member, Board of Trustees. I had the privilege and honor to serve as (ASOC) President, Vice President and Treasurer. I worked to establish the Newark Recreation Room and the Cafeteria Modernization Project among other things. I represented the interests of Ohlone students to the Student Senate for California Community Colleges (SSCCC) as Region IV Chair and now as Regional Senator. I have what it takes to represent the students of Ohlone and if elected I will continue to represent the students.

Vote Kevin Feliciano!

REPRESENTATIVE AT LARGE

STUDENT MEMBER BOARD OF TRUSTEES

My name is Marra-Marie Magsakay, my major is Biology and I am pursuing a career in medicine.

Joining ASOC as a Senator in Fall 2009 was a great experience.

I am actively engaged in ASOC and Campus Activities events, served on the curriculum and student conduct committees, and was part of the Cafeteria Modernization Project.

For next year, my focus is to increase the visibility of the Student ID Discount Program and encourage students to get their ID Cards. With my ability to interact and connect with students, I am willing and able to serve as your Representative at Large.

LEGISLATIVE REPRESENTATIVE

REPRESENTATIVE AT LARGE

I am running for Representative at Large for Fall 2010-Spring 2011.

I am a well-qualified candidate for this position because I am wellorganized.

I care about the wants, needs, and concerns of those around me.

I am learning more and more to being a team player.

Having been the most recent Representative at Large for Ohlone College, I have learned a lot between my duties and also, who I am as a person.

I am accountable and never give up! “Vote for “Bella”, and she’ll sing for you accapella!”

LEGISLATIVE REPRESENTATIVE

STUDENT MEMBER BOARD OF TRUSTEES

The Board of Trustees plays a key role in setting policies, budgeting and planning for Ohlone College.

At Ohlone I have served as the VP and ICC representative of the Civilia World Project Club and protested alongside my peers in the March in March against budget cuts.

Both my participation in the March and my experience in Civilia have taught me how to represent a group and act as a liaison between two organizations.

Next year, I would like to be your voice as the Student Member of the Board of Trustees and bring student opinions to the district level!

LEGISLATIVE REPRESENTATIVE

Campus Events April 22 Men’s and Women’s Swim/Dive away vs. Coast Conference Championship in West Valley, all day 22 Earth Week 2010 All Earth Week Events are free.

See web page for schedule, all day 22 Sustainability Committee meeting in Room NC-1317 at noon.

22 Don’t Trash Your Old Cell Phone - Recycle It. (Campus Activities) visit the Cafeteria in Building 5 of the Fremont campus at noon.

22 Soul Surge Open Mic (Campus Activities) in the Cafeteria at noon.

vs. Cañada College in Redwood City at noon.

25 Spring 2010 Youth Basketball Instructional League - Mini Renegades, Grades 1-2 Boys and Girls at 9:30 a.m and Grades 3-4 Boys and Girls at 10:45 p.m.

26 ASOC Student Government Elections in the Fremont campus Quad starting at 9 a.m. and in the Newark campus Central Hub starting at 5 p.m.

26 College Council meeting in Room 7101 and video conference from Room NC-1219 at the Newark campus at 3 p.m.

27 ASOC Student Gov-

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ernment Elections in the Newark campus Central Hub starting at 9 a.m. and in the Fremont campus Quad starting at 5 p.m.

27 HIV Testing Clinic in the Fremont campus Student Health Center at 11 a.m.

27 Men’s Baseball away vs. Hartnell College in Salinas at 2 p.m.

27 Inter Club Council (ICC) meeting in Room 7101 from 2:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.

27 ASOC meeting in Room 7101 from 4 to 5 p.m.

27 Speech Night tryouts in Room 2133 from 5:15 to 6:30 p.m.

22 Celebrate National Poetry Month Open Poetry Reading in the Fremont campus library at 1 p.m.

To sign up to read or get more information, contact English instructor Robert Mitchell at (510) 979-7415 or email at rmitchell@ ohlone.edu.

22 Men’s Baseball home vs. Cabrillo College at 2 p.m.

22 Speech Night tryouts in Room 4104A from 3 to 5 p.m.

22 Gay Straight Alliance (GSA) meeting in Room SC-116 at 4 p.m.

24 Men’s and Women’s Swim/Dive away at the Coast Conference Championship, all day 24 Men’s Baseball away

Read the Monitor Online at http://ohlone.edu/org/monitor or www.ohlonemonitoronline.com 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

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Ohlone goes 9-1 to end regular season

By Nick Zambrano Sports editor The Ohlone Lady Renegades ended their regular season on a lot of high notes.

First, there was that ninegame win streak they had ripped off. Secondly, there was Shelby Tomasello’s walk-off grand slam against De Anza on sophomore day. Continuing, freshman pitcher Jessica Varady was also named the CCCAA Female Athlete for the month of March. And to make matters even sweeter, there was the season sweep of rival Chabot College, which they completed back on Thursday, April 15.

The Lady Renegades’ 8-0 win put a damper on Chabot’s own sophomore day.

Right off the bat, Ashtyn Mullin put Ohlone on the scoreboard first with a triple down the right field line to score lead-off hitter Ashley Nahale. Following in the second inning, Paulina Gentry led off with an infield single. She would later score on Mariah Jones’

double to deep center field to make the game 2-0.

Jones, who has found herself on base a lot in the last few games, finished the game 3-3, with that double and two runs batted in.

Varady not only continued her dominance on the mound but at the plate as well. The freshman standout was the spark plug in Ohlone’s four-run fifth inning with her two-run home run. She finished the game 2-4, with two runs batted in.

Stefanie Hatley followed Varady up with a home run of her own, this one a solo shot.

In the previous game, the sophomore finale against De Anza, Hatley went a dismal 0-3 with two strikeouts. The homer was just what she needed to bounce back.

“It feels good, I feel like I can actually hit the ball now, I feel more confident now,” Hatley said. To go along with the home run, she collected a double and went 2-4.

This brought the ladies’ win streak to eight games. Unfortunately, the winning streak came to

Photo by Alex Glanville

Ohlone has had solid production from everyone in the lineup, including 9-spot hitter, Mariah Jones. She has batted .341 for the year. an abrupt end when they split their final two games, a double header against Solano College. Ohlone won game one, 6-4 but barely lost game two, 4-3. Despite the loss, the Lady

Renegades finished the sesaon going 9-1 in their final games.

Since the regular season is now done with, Ohlone Head Coach Donna Runyon and company will

find out later this week where they will be seeded for the postseason, which starts next weekend. The team is hoping for a high seed so they can host at least one week of games.

Basketball coaches give back at camps

By Kevin Yin Staff writer Coaches and players from the Ohlone men’s basketball team have found a rewarding way to connect with the community through the production of a Youth Instructional League dedicated to teaching kids the fundamentals of basketball.

Members of the men’s program dedicate five Sunday mornings in April and May to helping local children develop their abilities.

The league is chiefly organized by Ohlone Assistant Coach Justin Carter.

“The camp’s objective is to teach kids

skills, and to teach them the rules of the game,” Carter said. “By the end, they understand them really well.”

The league services two age groups. First and second graders work with drills which seem primarily designed to build familiarity with game concepts and strengthening attributes like hand-eye coordination and footwork. Third and fourth graders participate in sessions which are geared more toward improving specific basketball skills, such as ball handling and shooting. Both age groups follow the drills with organized 5-on-5 play.

This spring, there are 21 kids in the younger group, and 25 in the older group.

“They don’t get a lot of skills in other places,” said Carter. “So it’s what we do to give back, to help them learn the game of basketball.”

Men’s Head Coach John Peterson also sees these clinics as a way for Ohlone to contribute to the community. Peterson has been teaching basketball to local kids for 10 years, and he said that Ohlone’s league fills a needed niche.

“I just thought there needed to be a better product, personally. You can’t find a place in town where it’s organized, in this age group, and competitive,” said Peterson. “So we decided to come up with an introductory league where we could introduce basic skills,

so that when kids get to the third and fourth grade level, they can be successful.”

Ohlone has been producing the league for four years, and Peterson believes it has had an impact on the area. “We’ve probably touched 3,000 families easily,” he said.

“We’re deeply ingrained in the community as far as our presence as a coaching staff, and our presence as a team.”

For Ohlone Assistant Coach Chris Burnett, the enrichment is a two-way street.

“It’s a lot of fun seeing the kids develop.” the Ohlone assistant said. “It’s really cool seeing that they listen to you and follow you.

It’s been a lot of fun.”

Renegades handle Skyline for fourth straight win

By Jeff Weisinger Editor-in-chief

Photo by Joseph Florez

Catcher Michael Di Rocco connects for a double in the win over Skyline College.

All it took was four pitches for the Ohlone baseball team to take control of Skyline in their 12-6 win over the Trojans in San Bruno.

After Steven Ramos and Cody Foster opened the game with back to back singles, third-baseman Zach Johnson capitalized on the opening surge with a three-run home run, giving Ohlone the early 3-0 lead. Two batters after Johnson, Tanner Laran and Kyle Holmstrom hit back-to-back solo homers to give Ohlone a 5-0 lead after the first.

“We set the tone,” Foster said.

“When you put a five-spot in the first inning, it pretty much demoralizes a team.”

“It was nice to see our offense show up in the first inning and put up five quick runs the way it did,” said Ohlone Head Coach Jordon Twohig. “When they want to, they can be very, very good.”

With the lead at 6-0 in the second inning with two men on and one out, Ohlone right-hander Matt

Fontaine kept Skyline scoreless by getting them to ground into an inning-ending 5-4-3 double play.

Fontaine pitched a solid six innings on the day, allowing two runs on nine hits while striking out seven as he picked up his fifth win of the season. It’s his first pair of back-toback wins since March 5 and March 11, when he defeated DeAnza and Mission, respectively.

“Matt gave us another good start,” said Twohig. “He kept a good hitting Skyline team to no runs through seven innings.”

The Trojans wouldn’t stay shutout for long, as they tagged Fontaine for two runs in the bottom of the third with two out as Cody Larson lined a Fontaine pitch past the infield for a two-RBI single, cutting the Renegade lead to 6-2.

The Trojan “rally” would end quickly, half an inning later.

In his second at-bat of the day in the top of the fourth inning, Laran capitalized on walks by Foster and Jeff Johnson by Skyline pitcher Mike Olmstead and drilled an Olmstead fastball to left-center for a three-run home run to give Ohlone

back the six-run lead. Laran finished the day going 2-for-5 at the plate (both hits being the home runs) with four RBI’s.

“Tanner has worked extremely hard to get to where he’s at,” Twohig said.

Ohlone pushed their lead even further in the fifth inning, scoring three runs off back-to-back RBI doubles by catcher Michael Di Rocco and Ryan Walterhouse, followed by a sacrifice fly to centerfield by Zach Johnson, scoring Walterhouse from third, giving the Renegades a commanding 12-2 lead.

Jon Sa relieved Fontaine in the seventh inning, pitching two innings, allowing two runs on four hits with two strikeouts and Ryan Devencenzi pitched the ninth inning, giving up two runs on three hits.

With just five games left, Ohlone (23-8, 15-5) finds themselves just behind Cañada College for first place in the Coast Conference Pacific, with a big game at Cañada on Saturday. However, they will look to win their fifth straight today when they host Cabrillo College at 2 p.m.