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Students install a brighter future

By ASHLEY LAM Editor-in-chief

Ohlone College’s solar class lit up low-income houses late September.

Students volunteered on Sept. 28 and 27. Their day started off with a safety meeting, before the class broke into groups to begin installing the solar panels, said Chris Moreno, student sustainability coordinator.

The solar team volunteered for a two-day installation in Castroville that started at 8

a.m. and ended at 5 p.m.

Nine Ohlone students experienced how to install solar panels while simultaneously helping the local community.

“We got a chance to work on almost everything,” said Moreno.

“GRID Alternatives is a fun way to allow the student to see how it’s done in the field,” said Professor James Collins, who teaches the solar class at Ohlone.

Moreno said that volunteering is very important because it helps people both gain experience while helping out the community.

“GRID Alternatives is great because you’re able to gain the experience you need to start a career in solar installation and design. Even for people who aren’t interested in

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Ohlone students help a Castroville family install solar panels.

inverters, lifted solar modules to the roof crew, mounted the solar modules and connected them to the micro-inverters, said Moreno.

“It was very enthusiastic and laid back. Since most of the volunteers had no experience, we were able to take our time, learn and enjoy the experience and still get work done. All of the volunteers were excited to learn and gain more experience,” said Moreno.

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New records system at the health center marks healthy new direction

Ohlone College’s Student Health Center integrated a new electronic medical record system called Epic.

“We are currently using a different electronic medical record system, but are switching over to Epic,” said Jessica Lopez, Ohlone College medical assistant.

According to the Epic Fact Sheet by Epic representative Barb Hernandez, “Epic provides software to healthcare organizations so they can take better care of patients by improving outcomes, enhancing the patient’s experience and supporting research.”

“We are the information backbone for some of the most respected healthcare organizations,” said Hernandez.

With this new integration, the Ohlone Health Center staff will withdraw from its duties for a few days. The Health Center will be closed Oct.10, Oct. 16 and Oct. 17.

Although students face a

few days without the health center, the new electronic medical record system will be useful for future references.

Sally Bratton, Ohlone College health center director and nurse practitioner, described Epic as a system that is shared and used by Kaiser Permanente, Palo Alto Medical Foundation and Washington Medical Foundation.

The students’ records are inputted in the Epic system.

Only authorized personnel can open those

files and see the patient’s previous medical history.

Students do not have to worry about sending their

Fremont teen Akbari runs for mayor

By HEATHER HEGEMAN Opinions editor

a solar career will learn a lot,” said Moreno.

The Ohlone solar class team drilled holes in the roof for the mounts and flashings, cut, drilled and spliced rails, assembled parts and attachments such as fast jacks and rail splices.

They also bent and cut electrical conduit, sealed roof flashings and holes with sealant, fed wires through conCOURTESY OF /GRID ALTERNATIVES duit, wired a junction box, mounted microOhlone’s solar class volunteer to install solar panels.

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medical records to another hospital or if the doctor will put him or her on medication they are allergic to.

According the Epic Fact Sheet, “All applications are built on a single database so they work together to support patient care throughout hospitals, clinics and physician offices.

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While many students have trouble managing school and a part time job. Aziz Akbari said he hopes to begin managing a city of 218,000 people in addition to his college workload.

On Nov. 6, Akbari will be running for mayor of Fremont.

If elected, he will be Fremont’s first mayor of South Asian decent and at 18, its youngest.

To Akbari, age is just a number.

When Akbari was 8 years old, he went to his first city council meeting. That fostered in him a fascination with local politics. He followed local politics from then on, watching city council meetings on television when he could not be there in person.

At the age of 14, Akbari worked for the campaign of Rep. Pete Stark. He has been passionate about local politics for years and that passion has turned into a vision for a better Fremont, a vision that Akbari hopes to see become reality if he is elected mayor.

For now, Akbari is a regular 18-year-old. He is in his sophomore year at USC and is majoring in mechanical engineering, with minors in computer science and pre-law.

He flies home on the weekends to work on his campaign, splitting his time during the week among classes, a campus job, serving on a community service club board and enjoying time with friends.

With this type of schedule, a social life seems impossible but Akbari maintains that running for mayor has only helped him build friendships,

tals and the health center can share records, Bratton said.

“For example, if during semester break a student is admitted to the emergency room, the practitioner can open up that student’s file and see I what I have done,” said Bratton. The important factor to this, said Bratton, is confidentiality. Only those who need to know will have it.

All Epic systems are “all password protected,” said Bratton. “Anyone who is not authorized could not have access to it.”

Continued on Page 3 “Everything stays in the office,” said Lopez.

Ohlone College Student Health Center is integrating Epic because “we are connected to the Washington Medical Foundation,” said Lopez. “All of Washington Hospital will have the same system and same records.”

The Ohlone Student Health Center staff attended a training session on Practice Management for the Epic system.

For more information, contact the Student Health Center COURTESY OF / SFIST.COM atstudenthealth@ohlone.edu. Aziz Akbari

OPINIONS Obama speaks softly and carries a big stick

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By HEATHER HEGEMAN Opinions editor

President Barak Obama is a eloquent speaker, which conservative political blogs call “the silver-tongued serpent.”

Even members of the GOP agree, Obama is superb behind the podium.

So where did this eloquence go during the first presidential debate?

The president seemed distracted, agitated and barely able or unwilling to concentrate on the debate.

Obama did not display any of his usual verbal prowess during the first debate, but he was not completely absent mentally.

“The president did a very good job in laying out his concrete plan for restoring the middle class,” said Vice President Joe Biden.

Biden is not a completely unbiased judge of the president’s performance, but he makes a good point.

Obama has been consistent in his words and plans from the very beginning of this election cycle.

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In the debate, the last leg of the campaign, Obama showed consistency by sticking to his original plan.

In contrast, consistency has been missing from the Romney campaign.

Going into the campaign, he changed tactics and viewpoints yet again.

Obama brings Romney’s

shaky platform foundation to the forefront as he delivered a huge debate hit.

Tax policy and reform were huge on the minds of the constitutes going into the debate.

Obama was able to summarize his entire attack on his opponent in a few short words “his big tax plan is never mind.”

Obama’s next concise hit against Romney was the rhetorical question “Does anyone think the problem is we have too much regulation of Wall Street?”

With this question Obama made sure that Bain Capitol stayed fresh in the voters mind and still keep the message short and meaningful.

Romney’s solid blows stun opponent

By JASON WARDOFF Staff writer

The 2012 presidential election will be held Nov. 6 between the top two candidates: Republican Mitt Romney and current U.S. President Barack Obama, the Democratic representative.

Following the last presidential debate, a live poll survey was taken of the people who viewed it live on TV on Oct. 3.

The survey’s results showed a whopping 67 percent favoring Romney over Obama, who had 24 percent still favoring the Democrat.

The survey on such topics such as each candidate’s innate ability to solve the public debt, how they would each do as president and each candidate’s likability after the debate.

For the majority of the surveys taken, Romney climbed

in national as well as state polls.

During the debate, Romney discussed such topics such as his visionary plan to reconstruct the economy by making the United States totally self-sufficient.

In the areas of energy, economic circulation of wealth and the expansion of the middle-class’s opportunity as well as small businesses.

Romney also began to attack the system of Obamacare as well as Obama himself along with every one of his strategies, leaving the president speechless.

Romney made such claims as how ‘unimportant’ new tax cuts, insignificant budgets and borrowing would be if it all just adds to the same budget, all while subtracting so very little.

Romney said he believes that if he can level the playing field for American businesses

‘Romney also began

to attack the system of Obamacare as well as Obama himself along with every one of his strategies, leaving the president speechless.’ by having them compete within the nation, they would have greater opportunity to succeed.

This is what would enlarge and strengthen the middleclass, flowing wealth and income throughout the nation’s economy as a whole.

Another step in Romney’s plan to stabilize the economy is to establish an advancement system for education – for class workers to get their higher degree in education and then their new job.

With all of this being completed, the government will

reduce spending and begin collecting the sum of income instead of outcome.

With a stabilized economy, workers will want to find work, entrepreneurs will want to start business and get them up and running.

While the country benefits from itself instead of foreign countries taking too much of our wealth.

America faces exceptional challenges. Romney is an exceptional man with unique qualifications.

He can lead our country through perilous times, restoring our strength at home and abroad.

Romney led an entire company successfully as CEO for more than a decade.

He has shown himself capable of being an effective leader.

At times such as these, he is more than qualified for the role as president of the U.S.

Obama may have kept his words economical, but plenty was said about both candidates over social media.

Obama supporters were present and accounted for on Facebook and Twitter.

According to Joe Garofoli of the San Francisco Chronicle, of the 5.9 million debate opinions posted on Twitter from the beginning to the morning after the debate, 35 percent favored Obama compared to the 22 percent for Romney.

Facebook showed similar results with a narrower gap leaving Obama favored 40 percent to Romney’s 36 percent. Online blogs were the only form of social meida that favored Romney.

In the 2008 election in which Obama won his first term .we witnessed a change in the role of social media.

As these media outlets become mainstream, they are likely to have a greater impact.

While many are disappointed by the president’s performance during the debate, the Twitter and Facebook responses show that it was not as lethal for his next term as predicted.

Letters to the Editor Dear Editor, Heather Hegeman in her editorial on candidate Mitt Romney omitted some important details; one of them being that Mr. Romney gave more than $7 million to charity over two years.

In 2011 the Romneys donated 29 percent of their income to charity.

This is a refreshing change; for many years, those in power have decided to be charitable with other people’s money in the form of taxing the middle class to subsidize social programs that have failed.

One thing neither candidate addresses is how to end intergenerational poverty, a problem that has actually become more pervasive since the beginning of Johnson’s “Great Society” programs.

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Campus Comment >>>

Who do you think is the winner of the presidential debate?

Jon Quo JAPANESE STUDIES “Obama. More people can relate to Obama.”

Angelica Falkman BIOTECH “Romney. He will make America a better place and offer a lot of jobs.”

Daniel Erickson NURSING “Obama: Nobody trusts Romney.”

Parisa Aoladi ENGINEERING “Obama. No Republican never gonna win.”

Hongquan Xiao UNDECIDED “Romney. Many Americans agree with his tax plan.”

NEWS Professor profile: Darren Bardell

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Professor Darren has been teaching teaches history and political science at Ohlone for almost eight years now. He said he had always known that he wanted to work at a community college and Ohlone ended up appealing towards him the most.

Bardell said this passion started in his early high school days.

Q: What was your favorite subject in high school?

A: In high school, I liked history, but in college I liked sociology as well as English literature. When I had to pick a major, I had to pick something that I had a major strength in and that was history.

Q: What was your least favorite subject?

A: I struggled the most with physics and chemistry. In high school I didn’t like Spanish

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Akbari runs for Fremont mayor Solar

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either, but I love it now.

Q: What type of hobbies do you have?

A: I love to play lacrosse, more as a hobby now. I also surf for fun. I used to do it everyday, but now that I am married with a child I don’t get to do that very often.

Q: What is your biggest pet peeve?

A: I think my biggest pet peeve in the classroom would be selfishness. I think students’ behavior reflects selfishness, like if they are late or distracting to other students. With students who aren’t concerned about other students, their behavior can be hugely disruptive.

Q: If you weren’t a professor, what would you be doing?

A: I would be flying fighter jets in the Navy, with the Blue Angels. My fantasy job would be to fly a fighter jet and be an aviator.

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Aziz Akbari

he can handle and enroll accordingly.

Akbari said he is confident that he is what Fremont needs.

Fremont is his hometown; he has grown up in the Fremont school system, followed the politics and more recently seen the impact of the recession.

The other four mayoral candidates have all held seats on the city council, he said. “They have had their chance to affect change and

no progress has been made,” said Akbari.

Akbari’s platform is simple with four key points: Increase shopping and dining, draw major tech companies into Fremont’s vacant business buildings, strengthen schools and preserve historical heritage.

He said he has full confidence in his ability to enter the office of mayor with a clear and effective plan for improving Fremont.

Collins said his experience was meaningful inside and outside of the classroom. “It is very important for students to gain experience before applying for jobs. It’s not enough to have taken a class but to have hands on knowledge is far more important,” said Collins.

Moreno said he thought this was a positive experience for the students who went and something other students can learn from.

“I think students were able to take what they learned and apply it. A lot of people do better when they have hands on experience.GRID Alternatives installations can help build confidence. It depends on the person, but it can be very gratifying knowing that you’re helping a family,” said Moreno.

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Scary movies: the classics vs. modern tales

By LOUIS LAVENTURE Sports editor

With Halloween fast approaching, it is time to start getting in the mood to be scared. Here are some of the scariest movies – old and new – that will be sure to have you leaving on the lights when you go to sleep.

“Psycho” (1960) This is one of the best films of iconic director Alfred Hitchcock.

A secretary steals money from an employer to solve her boyfriend’s financial woes.

While driving from Arizona to California, it begins to rain so she pulls over and checks in to a hotel for the night.

This is where she encounters the owner of the hotel, Norman Bates (played by Anthony Perkins.)

While more suspenseful than scary, this classic is sure

‘I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice chianti.’

--Hannibal Lector played by Anthony Hopkins

to give any viewer an uneasy feeling, especially during the infamous shower scene.

“The Exorcist” (1973) Originally a novel inspired by a documented exorcism in 1949, this film was the first horror movie to ever be nominated in the Best Picture category of the Academy Awards (even though it lost).

A woman notices strange changes to her 12-year-old daughter (played by Linda Blair) but is given a clean bill of health by doctors.

She takes her to see a psy-

chiatrist, whom she violently assaults at the meeting.

Unexplainable events begin to take place that begin lead to an exorcism.

The events that take place as the two priests try to exorcise the demon from the girl are sure to give anybody the chills – if spinning heads or vomit don’t get to you.

“Halloween” (1978) On Halloween night in 1963, a 6-year-old named Michael Meyers (played by Will Sandin) murders his older sister with a butcher knife.

Meyers is placed in a sanitarium where he is held until he escapes 15 years later on Halloween day.

Meyers returns to his hometown and began to stalk high school student Laurie Strode (played by Jamie Lee Curtis.)

A true slasher film, Meyers made “Halloween” even creepier than it already is

thanks to great direction by John Carpenter.

“The Silence of the Lambs” (1991) This film was critically acclaimed and was only the third film to ever win the top five Oscars, including Best Picture.

A serial killer named Buffalo Bill Is pursued by the FBI and FBI Academy student Clarice Starling (Jodie Foster).

She enlists the help of convicted cannibal and former psychiatrist Hannibal Lecter (played by Anthony Hopkins) to help track down Buffalo Bill before he kills again.

Lecter takes a liking to Starling and helps her as she tries to capture the serial killer in a brilliant performances

by Hopkins and Foster, both respectively won Best Actor and Actress Oscars for their roles.

Suspenseful and chilling, the thought of “fava beans and a nice chianti,” still incite fear in my heart.

“House at the End of the Street” (2012) In her first role since “The Hunger Games,” Jennifer Lawrence plays Elissa, the daughter of divorcee (Elisabeth Shue) who recently relocates for a fresh start.

Their neighbor Ryan (Max Thieriot) lives alone in the house where his sister murdered their parents and then vanished.

Elissa befriends Ryan, despite everybody urging her not to do so.

Though things start well for them, they definitely take a turn for the worse.

This film provided plenty of plot twists as well as a great scare factor with a realistic premise that adds to the spookiness.

Ancient Halloween survives with American twist

By MARRA-MARIE MAGSAKAY Features editor

No matter the age, many Americans anticipate that special holiday in October –Halloween.

It is an excuse for kids to dress up as their favorite character and eat bags of candy.

Young adults get the chance to pretend to be the alter ego or someone completely different, such as a hippie, Superman or a zombie.

Adults get a reason to dress up in a ridiculous costume and enjoy giving out candy.

Halloween is probably the most giving and the friendliest holiday.

Once the doorbell rings, someone is eagerly ready to give candy to whoever is on the other side of the door.

However, this commercialized holiday did not originally focus on candy, costumes and scary movies.

Halloween goes back to ancient Celtic New Year of Nov. 1, which marks the last day of summer and harvest.

Nov. 1 welcomes the cold, dark winter that is usually associated with death.

According to History.com, “On the night of Oct. 31 they [Celtics] celebrated Samhain, when it was believed that the ghosts of the dead return to earth.”

The Celtic priests, called Druids, “built huge sacred bonfires, where the people gathered to burn crops and animals as sacrifices to the Celtic deities.”

As a tradition, the Celts wore costumes like animal’s heads and skin. The Celts lived in the area of what is now Ireland, the United Kingdom and northern France.

In 43 A.D., the Roman of the children’s magazines Empire conquered the Celtic ‘Jack and Jill’ and ‘Children’s Territory, leading to a combi- Activities,’” according to Halnation of festivals from both loweenhisory.org. cultures.

“Halloween is currently the One festival, Feralia, was second most important party celebrated in late October as night in North America. In the Romans honor the passing terms of its retail potential, it of the dead. is second only to Christmas,” Another festival was a day to honor Pomona, the Roman goddess of fruit and trees.

The goddess is symbolized as an apple, leading many historians to believe that bobbing for apples originated from her.

In 835 A.D., Pope Gregory made Nov. 1 All Saints Day also called All-Hallows Day, which is a celebration for saints.

In 1000 A.D., the church made Nov. 2 All Soul’s Day to honor the dead who were not saints.

According to the book, “Halloween” by Nicholas Rogers: “First, the rituals surrounding souling, in which supplicants moved from door to door asking for food in return for a prayer for the dead, bear a resemblance to modern Halloween customs, especially since soulers went from house to house with hollowed-out turnip lanterns, whose candle connoted a soul trapped in purgatory.”

Halloween did not come to the United States until “the second half of the 19th century, when America was flooded with new immigrants,” according to History.com. “These new immigrants, especially the millions of Irish fleeing Ireland’s potato famine of 1846, helped popularize the celebration of Halloween nationally.”

Slowly and cautiously, America accepted Halloween as a holiday.

“Early national attention to trick-or-treating was given in October 1947 issues

according to Rogers.

“Yet Halloween can also be seen as a homogenizing force, as the epitome of North American mass culture.

“It is now over a 100 years since Halloween could be

described as an ethnic festival... it is sufficiently part of the mainstream to represent American-ness.”

Halloween became a tradition in many American’s lives.

While many enjoy carving a pumpkin or watching scary movies, others enjoy a night of trick or treating.

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FEATURES High school drama strikes back uncensored

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By JOE W. NICHOLS News editor

The Ohlone Theater Department is gearing up for its annual fall production.

“Dog sees God,” is a parody

by Bert Royal that follows the “Peanuts” cast through the pitfalls of high school.

It takes a comedic look at issues that many high school students deal with on a daily basis.

Those issues include sexual relationships, teen violence, eating disorders and identity.

“It’s relevant to what’s happening in our schools today,” said Director Michael Navarra. “The theater department presented me with three plays when they asked me to direct. ‘Dog Sees Dog’ is one of them.”

Navarra brings years of experience to the show bringing the double casted show to life.

It sheds light on several issues faced by high school students today. It also sheds light on homophobia and bullying, both that are on the epidemic scale in our schools.

The warning on the play posters says, “Sex Drugs Language Violence, The Truth Uncensored.”

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Ohlone Theater prepares for the fall production “Dog Sees God.” (Above) Poster of “Dog Sees God” portrays the frustration of a high school teen. (Right) Elise Marie Scarlott and Alexis Marie Neideffer get into charater during rehearsal.

“There are some people who will be offended by the play and I respect that,” said Navarra.

The double casting allows for a wider range of character choices, according to Navarra, but it also represents its own set of challenges.

“We have a strong theater program and we wanted to offer as many roles as possible to our students, so we doublecast the play. That means we had to cut our rehearsal time in half,” said Navarra.

“In order to tackle this challenge we created a system

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where my two excellent assistant directors, Wesley Rou and Bryan La, would rehearse each cast on alternate nights.”

The play will be touring area high schools.

The show will close at the Smith Center with six performances over three weekends

in the NUMMI Black Box Theater.

The Smith Center shows are Nov. 2, 3, 8, 9 and 10 and 15, 16 and 17. The Nov. 10 performance will be interpreted for ASL. Tickets are $12 for general admission.

African American club aims to improve student life

By CAMERON LOPEZ Staff writer

The African American Student Alliance walked away from Club Days last month proudly holding 30 sign-ups for possible new members.

With their participation in the Music Club’s “Tomorrow’s Stars” open mic event, their up-and-coming school supply drive and even teaming up with Phi Theta Kappa to create the new “Book Loan Program” as well as plans for their future

event to raise awareness for voter registration, it’s easy to see why a club like the AASA wouldn’t have any problem getting anybody to come and find out about one of Ohlone College’s most ambitious and motivated clubs.

The AASA aims to deal with different issues in society by providing a place where people can learn to deal with issues like racism, sexism or homophobia.

One of their main goals is to educate people and to keep

them in school, said AASA former president Kimberly Randell.

With the assistance of Phi Theta Kappa, the AASA is producing two important events.

In spring 2012, the clubs are opening their Book Loan Program. This program is going to allow students at Ohlone who struggle with financial issues to be able to rent their books from Ohlone with only a small refundable deposit.

Second is an event they will

be creating in the near future to raise awareness for voter registration.

“We want as many people to vote, and to be educated about what’s going to be on the ballad,” said Randell.

“Because if certain things pass, it would really affect us in a negative way.

A set date for this event is

JAZZ GUITARIST

Grant Geissman

Ohlone college presents autumn nights of classical entertainment Coming later this weekend, Ohlone College Smith Center will host two concerts featuring the California Wind Orchestra and the Mission Peak Brass Band.

Former San Jose Symphony tubist Tony Clements will direct both ensembles.

The wind orchestra will be performing Gustav Holst’s orchestral suite “The Planets” transcribed entirely for band

by Merlin Patterson.

The orchestra will also play renditions of Jukka Viitasaari’s “Strange Dreams” and Joseph Wilcox Jenkins’ classic “American Overture.”

James Latten from Juanita College in Huntingdon, Penn.

The 30-piece brass band and percussion ensemble will be performing Cunrow’s “Ragtime for Horns” and will be featuring a spotlight on the tenor horn section.

The orchestra also will perform Vaughn Williams’ “English Folk Song Suite” and Powell’s “Chicken Run” (from the movie of the same name) and more.

The California Wind Orchestra will perform Oct. 14 at 5 p.m. and the Mission Peak Tony Clements Brass Band will play Oct. 19 at 8 p.m.

The Mission Peak Brass Tickets are available on the Band will perform later that Ohlone College website for week, with guest conductor. $10 and at the door for $15.

Recognized worldwide for his extraordinary jazz guitar work, Grant Geissman brings a long history of touring and recording that is reflected in his versatile compositions and performance.

OCTOBER 20 Saturday at 8pm

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to be announced. The club also offers tutoring, seminars about African American history and workshops on how to improve public speaking skills and how to build an effective business.

For more information about the club, contact club advisor Sandy Bennett at sbennett@ ohlone.edu.

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Ohlone celebrates Letters to the Editor News bites indigenous people Disability Awareness

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the eventual colonization of the land.

Indigenous Peoples’ Day The Ohlone College has its roots in a 1977 ConSpeech and Chicano Studies ference on Discrimination Departments will hold a cel- Against Indigenous Populaebration of the 20th annual Indigenous Peoples’ Day from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

Friday in the Jackson Theater.

The event, titled “Re-Affirming Indigenous Knowledge: 510 Years After Columbus,� will include guest speaker and live music performances with a theme of Native American history.

The event was conceived as an alternative to Columbus Day, observed Oct. 8.

While Columbus Day has tions in the Americas, which been a federal holiday since was held in Geneva, spon1937 and as far back as 1906 sored by the United Nations. in some states, some activThe first celebration of the ists say they believe the holi- holiday was held in Berkeley day overshadows some of the in 1992, marking the 500th darker aspects of Columbus’ anniversary of Columbus’ legacy, including the spread- voyage. ing of disease to the AmeriThere will be a celebration cas, as well as displacement event in Berkeley on Oct. 13 of the indigenous people and from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

By FRANKIE ADDIEGO Correspondent

STAG E 1 T H E A T R E

I would like to see the candidates address improving the quality and accessibility of public education. I would also like to see an honest addressing of the issue of the Patriot Act and the erosion of our freedoms. Unfortunately, this seems to put me in the minority of voters.

The only way to evaluate a candidate is by his record in office; using that measure, there is little difference between the candidates. Words are meaningless coming from politicians unless they reflect their actions. This election

is between two candidates who have very similar track records on the major issues.

Both seem to be interested in starting a war with Iran.

Both have an unusually close relationship with Wall Street and Mr. Obama has been known as a major supporter of welfare for corporations owned by campaign supporters, as in the case of Solyndra.

It seems that the American people will support corporate welfare if it is tidily wrapped with green ribbon or another appeal to emotion.

- Nadja Adol Newark CNET Student

Bardell Q and A Continued from Page 3

Q: What do you love most about Ohlone?

A: The relationships with other faculty members is very healthy and collegial. There is a lot of respect and there is very little fighting and pettiness here. We have a lot of people who enjoy their job.

They all like their job.

Q: What is your biggest concern?

A: My biggest concern would have to be the budget

crisis and how it is affecting the culture of our campus.

What can happen in this situation is everyone starts pointing fingers regarding salaries.

Q: What is your dream vacation?

A: I would be in a very warm climate on a beach, right in front of an amazing point cliff.

Q: What is your fondest memory of Ohlone?

A: Getting hired at Ohlone.

It was a great breakthrough in starting my career.

Ohlone’s Disabled Students Programs and Services (DSPS) will host two events in honor of disability awareness month.

White Cane Day is Oct. 17 from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.

The California School for the Blind will bring blind students to the quad to talk about how the school prepares them for academic, work and life.

The second event is a learning disability simulation on the Newark campus on Thursday Oct. 25 from 4 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. in room 2309.

Students get to experience some of the obstacles faced by those who are dyslexic.

Email Terry Taskey at TTaskey@ohlone.edu to reserve your spot.

Depression screening Ohlone’s Student Health Center will host its depression-screening at the Student Health Center Building 7 Oct. 11 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. and from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m.

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SPORTS Water polo stats rise as season progresses

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“I played softball so I have strong legs, which is where most of my power comes from,” Bantz said. “I just use my legs to propel myself up and shoot it hard.”

The Lady Renegades controlled the ball for the first two quarters – something that Coach Don French emphasizes at practice.

“We do like to control the ball and it is something we work on to get better at,” French said. “We emphasize it in practice, so were ready to play the same way in the game.”

Both teams played at a really fast pace with a lot of turnovers early. Playing too fast is something French wants his team to improve.

“We don’t want to be in a

By LOUIS LAVENTURE Sports editor

Women’s Water Polo The Lady Renegades improved to 2-1 in conference and 6-10 overall this season with only five games remaining on the schedule.

Ohlone defeated DeAnza College 14-3 on Oct. 3, led by top scorer Vicki Bantz.

Goalkeeper Rachel Whitaker was great in the net for the Lady Renegades, only allowing three goals in the victory.

Ohlone helped its playoff chances Wednesday with an important division win over West Valley College 8-5.

Bantz continued to score for the Lady Renegades as she found the back of the net three times against the Vikings.

rush and force bad passes,” French said. “We want our players to use their eyes and be patient because it may not be the first option. It could be the second or third even that is the best pass.”

The Lady Renegades are on the road for the rest of the regular season. Their next game will be in the Cross Over Tournament on Friday and Saturday in San Mateo.

Men’s Water Polo Ohlone defeated DeAnza College in Fremont Oct. 3, squeaking out an 11-9 victory

over the Dons. The win gave them a perfect 3-0 conference record and a 7-6 overall record.

The Renegades suffered their first conference loss of the season to West Valley College at home, leaving them at 7-7 overall and 3-1 in conference.

The loss was also the last home game for the men, as they will be on the road for the duration of the season.

French was not discouraged by the loss.

“The boys played OK,”

French said. “Just not where we need to be and we will get better.”

West Valley’s Vikings came out on fire scoring early and often en route to a 20-5 victory for the visitors.

The men will be heading to San Luis Obispo this weekend to take part in the Cuesta Tournament on Friday and Saturday.

With the conference championships less than three weeks away, the Renegades will have a tough challenge to get ready for playoffs.

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Lady Renegade Vicki Bantz takes a shot against West Valley College on Wednesday in Fremont.

Ohlone won their last home game 8-5 over the Vikings in conference play.

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Renegade Revealed: Captain Celia Ochoa

By LOUIS LAVENTURE Sports editor

A team captain and a vocal and emotional leader, Celia Ochoa is a major factor in the great start for the Ohlone College women’s soccer team.

From Pleasanton, the sophomore Ochoa has played the sport since the tender age of 4.

Thanks to one of her mother’s friends, Ochoa was introduced to soccer in the form of the Pleasanton Rage, a youth soccer team.

Nobody else in her family played soccer before – including her two older brothers – so it was a little divine intervention that brought her to the sport that she loves so much.

“My mom had a friend who was a coach and thought it would be good for me to play,” Ochoa said. “The atmosphere and the girls on the team were great. We connected like a family.”

Also on that team of 4-yearolds was Lady Renegade standout Presley Strother.

The two are neighbors and played together on the Rage for seven years.

They attended different high schools despite the close living proximity. Ochoa played four years for the Foothill High School Eagles, mostly at the forward position.

Ochoa now plays defense

‘We have to keep our heads up. The season is not over and we just have to keep working hard everyday.’

--Celia Ochoa

for Ohlone, but has a lot of experience at forward. That gives her insight to all aspects of the game, resulting in two assists on the year for the defender.

Ochoa, who turns 20 years old on Oct. 21, is majoring in child development and would like to become an elementary school teacher once her playing days are done.

She is also interested in transferring to San Jose State

University after Ohlone, whether or not soccer is an option.

The leadership and speed of the swift sophomore have not gone unnoticed by her fellow teammates or by coach Larry Heslin.

“She is a verbal leader who always talks to her teammates and motivates the girls leading by example,” Heslin said.

“Her speed never slumps and she is tremendous not just as a player but also as a person.”

Another team captain sophomore, Melissa Grey, is well aware and appreciative of the leadership skills that Ochoa has or “C” as Grey called her.

“She is definitely a leader on the field and knows how to stand her ground as a defender,” Grey said. “She is the type of person that won’t give up and will do anything to get a win.”

Ochoa and the Lady Renegades suffered their first loss of the season on Friday in a close 1-0 defeat to division foe Las Positas College. Ochoa realized it is a long season and was able to remain positive

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Team captain for the Lady Renegades Celia Ochoa.

about the loss.

“We have to keep our heads up,” Ochoa said. “The season is not over and we just have to keep working hard every day.”

Last year Ochoa scored a goal on her birthday and her teammates made sure they celebrated it. Ochoa has come a long way since last year improving exponentially, which has pleased Heslin.

“Celia has come so far and has improved so much since last year,” Heslin said. “She is a quick player who can hit a ball with both feet and her confidence in her abilities has grown.”

Come support Ochoa and the Ohlone when they return home on Tuesday to take on Monterey Peninsula College at 4 p.m. at Central Park.

Team effort leads to strong volleyball win

By LOUIS LAVENTURE Sports editor

Ohlone rallied back from a 2-0 deficit Wednesday to beat conference rival Chabot College 3-2 at Epler Gymnasium.

The Lady Renegades struggled in the first two sets of the match which allowed the Gladiators to jump out to a two set to none lead. The momentum began to shift to the visitor that was felt by the crowd as well as the players.

“We never freak out but we do feel the momentum,” Olivia Downing said. “It was pretty tense out there but we are good enough to figure it out and we did.”

The Gladiators had everything go their way for the first two sets before Ohlone was able to take over. The Lady Renegades won the third set to stay alive in the match 27-25.

Selina Samorano, Jennifer Covey and Brittany Creel factored huge in the victory for Ohlone. All three kept several tough balls alive and displayed tremendous power on strong kills.

Lindsey Calabrese had several digs for Ohlone and Jacqueline Class was all over the floor in the victory for the Lady Renegades.

“The girls knew what was going on and they tried to motivate themselves before the third set,” coach Jeremy Penaflor said. “We never gave up and started playing our style and it really worked.”

The Lady Renegades came out in the fourth set focused and jumped out to a huge 14-6

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Jennifer Covey goes up for the spike on Wednesday against Ohlone’s conference rival Chabot College at the Epler Gymnasium.

lead halfway through the set.

Chabot was able to mount a comeback but Ohlone stifled it winning the fourth set 25-20 and tied the match 2-2.

“We knew what we were doing wrong and why we were getting beat. I made sure they knew in timeouts,” Penaflor said.

“We just have to stick with our system and once we adjusted and bought in, it worked really well.”

The fifth and deciding set opened up as the previous two did with the Lady Renegades jumping out to a commanding lead. The Gladiators could not stop the determined Lady Renegades, who were able to win the set 15-6 and the game 3-2.

“We just have to stay focused and work together as a team,” Downing said. “We just have to play our game, do our jobs and work together to

make things go right.”

The win improved Ohlone to an impressive 12-2 overall and a perfect 2-0 in conference play.

It was a total team effort

by Ohlone that also had impressive efforts from Emily Marden, Elise Menicou, Marcella Chinn and Taylor Presley.

Playoffs start in a month and every conference win is extremely valuable in a tough

division with several good teams. Ohlone still has 10 remaining games to ensure them a coveted playoff spot.

The next test for the Lady Renegades will be on Friday when they travel to Gilroy to take on Gavilan College at 6:30 p.m.

The Lady Renegades next home game is on Oct. 19 against the West Valley College Vikings in another tough conference game.