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Vol. XLIV No. 4

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October 4, 2012

Hawaiian college life isn’t just a walk on the beach RYAN TIGLAO / MONITOR

The University of Hawaii in Manoa’s 20,000-student body experiences both the paradise and academic influence that Hawaii has to offer. See story on page 4.

Annual crime report reveals campus safety

By JOE NICHOLS News editor

Ohlone’s crime rates have remained low, according to the annual crime report released last week by campus security. The report looks at crime over a three-year period at both campuses.

“The reason the crime rate at Ohlone has remained low is a combination of the hard work of the men and women of the campus police and the demographics of the students who attend Ohlone as students,” said Ohlone Police Chief Steve Osawa.

The report shows that even though crime is low here on campus, there is still some crime. The three most reported crimes on campus include

theft, vandalism and drugrelated offenses. According to the report, incidents of vandalism are up from 28 incidences in 2010 to 54 reported in 2011.

“The reason for the surge in

after a while and stop.”

The report also showed that there has been an increase in drug offenses from one in 2010 to six in 2011.

“The biggest drug offense is marijuana. The reason most people smoke on campus is the view,” said Osawa. “Even though it is legal in the state of California, it is still illegal on any public college campus.”

Theft is always an issue on campus. According to the campus crime report theft on campus is down from 28 reported COURTESY OF / in 2010 to 20 in 2011.

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the number of reported vandalism is the new students who come from the high schools in the fall,” said Osawa.

“They usually get bored

The items most reported stolen include iPods, iPads and computers.

“A student will get up to walk to a printer or use the restroom and leave his or her stuff at the table and not look back to watch it. When he or she gets back, the stuff is missing,” said Osawa.

When compared to other local colleges and universities, including Cal State East Bay’s Hayward campus, Ohlone has one of the lowest crime rates.

Students can keep from becoming a victim of crime by exercising common sense, Osawa said.

“Those common sense

things include not leaving your car windows open or leaving your things unattended.”

According to tips posted on the Ohlone Campus Police web page, students should be aware of their surroundings, especially at night. If possible, students should walk in a group and avoid walking alone.

Students can also take advantage of Ohlone Police Service student escort service. Staff and student should take the time to report any suspicious activity to campus police.

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Ohlone’s annual crime report says that theft, vandilism and drug abuse remain the college’s most common offenses, but overall crime rates are low.

Prop. 30 and 38 pave educational future

By MANIKA CASTERLINE Senior editor

When California voters head to the polls in November, they will take a critical step in deciding the fate of how education will be financed.

Both propositions 30 and 38 will increase personal income taxes for those who earn $250,000 or more per

year. College students would not benefit by the passage of Proposition 38 but will byProposition 30.

Prop. 30 will allocate the money to schools K-12 through colleges all across California.

Proposition 38 would only insert fiscal capital into K-12.

If both propositions are passed, the proposition with

more votes will be the one that is enacted.

Proposition 30 promises to give the majority of the money earned through the tax initiative to K-12, leaving 11 percent to higher education including community colleges. It will also charge a ¼-cent sales tax, which would continue for the next four years.

“Prop. 30 has a very significant impact on community colleges,” Vice Chancellor of College Finance and Facilities Dan Troy said.

Proposition 30 is a convergence of the Millionaire’s Tax and Brown’s First Tax Increase Proposal. It will mandate that individuals earning an income over $250,000 per year pay a higher personal income tax

over the next seven years, according to the voter information guide.

Proposition 38 will raise taxes for those earning more than $7,310 per year over the next 12 years.

The Ohlone College board of trustees has taken a position in support of Prop. 30.

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OPINIONS Hybrid classes work around your schedule 2 monitor October 4, 2012

By AMY HYEIN PARK Staff writer

Ohlone College has various hybrid classes as well as faceto-face classes.

Students who have a faceto-face class need only go to a classroom to learn.

However, students who have a hybrid class go to a class on campus and online to learn.

To understand what the hybrid class is, let’s take a look at a student at Ohlone.

She’s taking English 151B with four units, which is a hybrid class. She goes to class on Fremont campus from 10 a.m. to 11:35 a.m. on Mondays and Wednesdays.

She spends about three hours in the classroom per week. So, she still has one more hour to complete four units per week.

The one hour should be included to online class and lab assignments. She completes online parts when she’s free.

After taking the online class, she goes to take a mod-

ule test (overall six module tests per semester), which is covered the materials of online class and in-class contents, at Hyman Hall.

One more thing to do with one unit is completing seven reading and writing programs at Hyman Hall.

Finally, she could spend four hours to learn per week.

Lots of colleges encourage students to take hybrid courses.

Some students prefer to take a hybrid course because they could get much than the traditional face-to-face class.

Why do they prefer a hybrid course than face-to-face class?

Let’s find some reasons.

Students can be flexible in their use of time. Each student has different time to use per week. Some students have part-time jobs. Some students have other classes to attend.

Some students should take care of their babies or family.

They could complete their online part whenever they’re free. It’s all depending on

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when they have time to do.

Students can develop their time management skills. They can choose their time to spend working on their online class.

They learn how to make their own time by themselves.

It is very different from the life in high school.

They could get more opportunities to meet instructors or

mentors at school.

Whenever they go to take tests or get signs from instructors, they could have time to communicate with another instructors.

This should be out-of-the classroom learning.

Students may repeat the online part as much as they want. Sometimes, taking the

class one time is not enough to understand all about what the teacher says.

They can get all of things by repeating again and again.

Time is gold. Students should manage and divide their limited time for each important part part of life.

Hybrid courses offer students that opportunity.

Syria’s political turmoil leads to global unrest

By HEATHER HEGEMAN Opinions editor

“I may not agree with what you have to say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.”

American Revolutionary Patrick Henry used this famous quote from French philosopher Voltaire in the framing of our country’s values.

Right now we are not facing a revolution on our own soil, but an uprising 18,000 miles from our capital. These words should still apply because they are the heart of American values.

Americans have spent almost a decade at war in the Middle East.

This country is tired of turning on the news to see more stories about American blood staining Middle Eastern sands. However, are we ready to turn our backs on genocide?

According to information released by UNICEF, the

death toll of children in the Syrian crisis passed 2,000 on Sept. 20 as the total Syrian death toll soared past 30,000.

We cannot let Syria become another Rwanda or Darfur.

For many people, it is still not clear why America as a country should care.

We have come a long way since the American Revolution, but we cannot forget that foreign intervention to throw off a repressive regime is written in our own history.

We welcomed French and German intervention to free ourselves from England. The Syrians need our help to free themselves.

It is not a question of why we should, but what right do we have not to intervene.

Taking a step beyond humanitarian issues, there are other reasons relevant to the United States that we should intervene.

“People have to know it’s allowed to take a discussion beyond the human suffering.

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As the conflict in Syria rages, rebels continue to make their voices heard.

There are huge, practical consequences for the United States when it comes to Syria,” said Hillary Mann Leverett, a Washington-based professor and political analyst reporting for CNN. We need to remain consistent in our foreign policies.

The United States was heavily criticized for its contradictory foreign policy during the

Arab Spring.

As a global leader, we need to safeguard our own integrity and set an example for other countries that are hesitant to offer help without a major global superpower backing the cause.

Our economy, our allies and ultimately our wallets will suffer.

According to CNN geo-

political strategist Robert Zarate, there are geographical implications to consider.

Syria borders Turkey, a U.S. ally, Iraq, a U.S. enemy and Lebanon, a country still in shock at its own social and political unrest.

If the violence spills across any of these borders, the financial cost to America would be just as significant as invention.

Syria does not produce as much oil as Libya according to Zarate.

Contined conflict in Syria would reflect in a contined in spike in gas prices.

It is not the right of Americans to impose our civil, political or social beliefs upon areas that do not wish to accept them, but more than 30,000 Syrians have died fighting for their freedom. We have the power to help them.

The heart of the issue, we are allowing mass murder because it is more convienant .

That is not the American way.

Campus Comment >>>

Should free speech rights cover racist ads?

Mari Yamazaki

Ankush Kalig

Cody Hill

Oriana Rodrigue

“No, racial discrimination is bad and unacceptable.”

“No. Racial advertising is biased and unfair to different groups.”

“Yes. Even though I don’t agree with racism, free speech is universal to all opinions.”

“No. There’s no purpose to give these comments.”

ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES

BIOLOGY

PHILOSOPHY

POLITICAL SCIENCE

Jagpreet Sidhu

BIOLOGY “Racism is wrong. Everybody is entitled to their opinion, but they shouldn’t force it on other people.”

NEWS A.A. degrees foster limitless returns October 4, 2012 monitor 3

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By ASHLEY LAM Editor-in-chief

More than 105 faculty memEditor-in-Chief: Ashley Lam bers of Ohlone College have earned an Associate Degree in Senior editor: their academic career. Some Manika Casterline completed theirs outside of California and some even News editor: earned theirs at Ohlone.

Associate degrees (A.A. deJoe Nichols grees) are getting increasingly Features editor: popular in the realm of higher Marra-Marie Magsakay education. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Sports editor: workers with an A.A. degree Louis Laventure on average earned an extra $128 per week compared to Opinions editor: workers whose highest level Heather Hegeman of education is a high school diploma.

So, is getting an A.A. degree Photo editor: really worth it?

Joe Nichols Kim Stiles, currently a Staff writers: nursing professor at Ohlone, Cameron Lopez got her A.A. degree at State Norihiro Sasaki University of New York, but Ryan Tiglao that was not the beginning of Jason Wardoff her academic career.

Stiles first worked towards completing a bachelor’s deGraphics: gree in animal science at Penn Amy Hyein Park State, she said.

Hannah Walrod Stiles said that the economAdviser: Jeanie R. Wakeland

ic condition in New York at the time was extremely competitive as jobs were incredibly scarce. She decided to change her major to nursing.

“I would say that my associate’s degree had the highest return on investment.

It gave me the highest return financially not to mention highly rewarding. I found my community college education more intense than my experience at Penn State, in that at Penn State it was purely intellectual,” said Stiles.

“At State University of New York, the nursing program was more hands-on because it challenged me emotionally and it really equipped me for situations when patients are facing heartbreaking diseases like cancer, for example,” said Stiles.

“Go the distance and get the degree. My brother had everything done except for one course and although he worked his way up as far as he could, there came a point where he could no longer advance because he didn’t have his degree,” said Stiles.

at Ohlone. He said that he made lifelong friends with his teachers and peers while he earned his A.A. degree in anthropology.

“Coming into school, you have to have the mindset of being ready to work. Community college is different because --George Rogers there are smaller classes and therefore more individualized teaching. Also, teachers at “Getting an A.A. degree Ohlone are really here to teach makes the world of difference, you as they aren’t preoccupied don’t quit,” said Stiles. by research projects like they George Rogers has been may be at a larger school,” an anthropology professor at said Rogers.

Ohlone for 20 years now. In “I took eight years to finish 1965, Rogers went to Chabot my four A.A. degrees because College fresh out of high I was working. Sometimes I school, but in 1972, he joined only took one class a semester, but I knew that I was one class the Marine Corps.

“I wasn’t ready for college closer to fulfilling my dream,” then. I wasn’t a very good said Rogers.

Rogers said that he is dysstudent in high school. I just was not mature enough to lexic and this made it difficult start college at that time,” for him to learn things at the same pace of others at times, said Rogers.

Rogers said he remem- but he said he just worked bers some of his friends in harder at it until he completed the Marine Corps vouching his degree.

“If I could do it, a student for Ohlone and the city of Fremont. Rogers ended up who was once struggling in really liking his experience Continued on Page 6

‘ If I could do it, a student who was once struggling in high school, then Ohlone students can do it, too.’

Speaker to discuss cognitive dissonance

JACC NorCal Student president: Manika A. Casterline By JASON WARDOFF Staff writer

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Social Psychologist Carol Tavris will discuss “Mistakes Were Made (but not by me)” Oct. 12 at 7 p.m. at the Jackson Theatre. Tickets are $10 to $15, with parking an additional $2.

According to the Ohlone California Newspaper Psychology Club, Tavris will Publishers Association explain why the human avoidance of cognitive dissonance leads them to dodge responsibility, make bad decisions and never admit they were wrong, even to themselves.

Journalism Association of Tavris’ work includes a long Community Colleges list of well-written bibliography and research. Her most JACC AWARDS widely known books are “AnMail-in winners ger: The Misunderstood EmoEnterprise news writing tion” and “The Mismeasure of News writing Women,” covering a variety Sports game writing of information ranging from Feature photo critical thinking, egalitarian Editorial cartoon feminism and the criticism of On the spot winners pseudoscience.

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Carol Tavris

In Tavris’ book “Mistakes Were Made (but not by me),” Tavris and her colleague Elliot Aronson help to theorize the idea of cognitive dissonance – the emotion that causes people to change their thoughts or beliefs before they change their behavior when the two are inconsistent with one another, due to an implied behavior.

Research on cognitive dissonance began in the late 1950s when long-time social psychologist Leon Festinger stumbled upon UFO cultists preparing for the end of time, only to find it never came.

He wrote about it in a landmark psychology book, “When Prophecy Fails: A Social and Psychological Study of a Modern Group that Predicted the End of the World.”

The aftermath of the cult leader Dorothy Martin’s life as explained in Festinger’s book is an example of cognitive dissonance, said Sheldon Helms, Ohlone psychology teacher and club advisor, considering that she continued her behavior by associating herself with different practices.

Martin eventually even changed her name. Though forgotten, Martin’s failed end of the world prophecy lasted on her until her death in 1992.

Tavris and Elliot Aronson

do an exceptional job in refining Festinger’s theory, said Helms.

“Whenever an answer is brought to light, likely a dozen questions will be, too,” said Helms.

“Scientists often feel as if we are presenting the square pegs of reason to a society of round holes,” said Helms.

The Ohlone Psychology club Speaker Series educates people about psychology and related sciences and builds awareness of the marvels modern scientists have discovered over the years.

During the past four years the club has had a number of speakers, such as Philip Zimbardo, author of the book “Stanford Prison Study” and Eugenie Scott from the National Center for Science Education, who was awarded the Public Welfare Medal from the National Academy of Sciences in 2010.

FEATURES College in Hawaii: It’s swim, surf and study 4 monitor October 4, 2012

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(Left) Students sit and enjoy the weather at UH of Manoa in Honolulu,HI. (Right) Students can take a break from studying at Queens Beach in Honolulu.

By RYAN TIGLAO Staff writer

College life in Hawaii is not all just rainbows and sunshine.

The sea crashes against the vibrant, yellow sand.

The periodic rain drops falls from the sky.

The wind blows between the creases of the palm trees.

“It really is a beautiful place,” says Emma Francisco, a Hawaiian local, student and surf shop owner.

“But for those who live here, Hawaii is a place of living and work, not a place of vacation.

College for students here is no different. ” How can students concentrate on studying when the surf calls?

And, can they take life seriously on the beach?

“University of Hawaii in Manoa is the most accomplished college in Hawaii,” says Olivia Meering, staff member in the Department of General Information/Services.

“The University of Hawaii is a system that consists of a family of 10 sister colleges, seven community colleges, two baccalaureate universities and one research university, which is the largest and oldest UH campus, taking up 320 acres in Manoa.”

In-state tuition is $9,100. In comparison, out-of-state is about $24,000 at University of Hawaii in Manoa, says Meering.

“We also provide cheap living accommodations for those interested in staying on campus.”

There are 20,000 students in Manoa.

The student ethnicity on campus is a mixture of 41 percent Asian, 20.9 percent Caucasian, 17 percent Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Island, 13.2 percent mix, 1.5 percent African American and .4 percent American Indian or Alaska Native, said Meering.

More than 70 percent of the students are Hawaii (in-state)

students. The average class say some students. “You do size is 24,”she says. feel the sense of relaxation There are 1,209 full-time and ease here,” says Dylan Ramiro, another student at Hawaii University of Manoa and a former California native. “Because of how culturally diverse it is here, many students are open-minded. I have never had a problem regarding my race or interests.”

Not all students regard the campus as paradise.

“Minimum wage is at $7.25,” says Brian, a student of Hawaii University of Manoa and Oahu local who did not give his last name. faculty members, 86 percent “We get paid pennies to of whom have attained a doc- spend dollars.” toral degree.

“The ASUH (under gradu“There are good and bad ate student government) professors,” says Francisco,” spends most of the funds on but the good professors are frat parties and there’s actuwhat makes UH in Manoa so ally a bar on campus. great, aside from the location.”

Whoever thought it was a Life does have a differ- good idea to drink before class ent pace from the mainland, was obviously a genius.”

Many students are having trouble leaving after the fouryear mark, which wasn’t their intention, he said.

“It is tremendously hard to get into the classes you need and there are lots of useless graduation requirements causing you to stay an extra semester.”

It also feels, he said, like some of the professors have lost their drive to teach.

Ramiro says that there are distractions at every single college.

He said he feels college life is what the student makes it.

“If you want it to be a party school, you can make it a party school.

“If you want to focus more on your academics you can do that, too.

The biggest difference is the environment,” Ramiro says.

“You’re in paradise. As far as I know, there is no perfect school, so there is no use complaining and just make the best of what you are given,” said Ramiro.

Ohlone students layer up to warm up for fall

By MARRA-MARIE MAGSAKAY Features editor

Fall is supposedly approaching.

Many students are eagerly waiting for the weather to cool down so they can wear the new fall fashions.

Trends come and go, but fall is one season where almost anything is accepted.

Anyone can put on jeans, boots, a sweater and beanie together and still look fashionably lazy but cool.

The fall semester would be incomplete without the fall weather.

“I did not check the weather today but I’m over the summer weather,” said student Kyle Del Rosario as he wore his fall brown jacket on a warm October day.

Students are stocking up and preparing outfits for the fall season coming up.

Here the top fall must-have MARRA-MARIE MAGSAKAY / MONITOR items for Ohlone College Ohlone students Deidre Jimenez (left) and Junryl Molina (right) get ready for the fall season. students:

Jackets and hoodies “I really like jackets and sweaters and hoodies,” said student Nick Morales. “If I could, I’d have more of those than shirts.”

Scarves

Student Rose Silvestre prefers scarves that are “solid colors to go with anything,” she said.

Boots

Boots such as “military boots, ankle boots and knee high boots” are favored, said student Jeankaylyn Ebreo.

Beanies

Del Rosario is most excited about beanies “because they are stylish and they keep my ears warm.”

Cardigans

“I like those cardigans or so-called ‘grandma sweaters,’ ” said student Trish Catindig.

Colored jeans

Student Pam McFerrin said her top fall clothing must be “H&M plum skinny jeans.”

Now, if only the weather would cool down.

FEATURES Ohlone sculpts out a creative new art scene

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(Top and bottom right) The art piece “Two for Tea” is inspired by the Native American history of Ohlone College. (Far top right) The figural pieces sit across Building 3 for students to walk by.

By HANNAH WALROD Staff writer

Art installations around Ohlone bring a little more life and color to the campus.

The dynamic and unique installations are very well crafted and a great contribution to the campus by the students and professors.

White sculptures along the wall of Building 4 stand out against the dark wall behind it.

Each one was made by a student from Roald Hartman’s basic sculpture class in spring 2012.

The students constructed the sculptures from wire mesh, pre-cut wood dipped in plaster and were covered in burlap.

“We were suggesting a figured piece,” said professor Roald Hartman.

Some of the pieces are not quite clear as to what they might be.

Others are clear what they represent, such as the

flamingo, cowboy and the posing man.

Each one is open to different interpretations.

The beautiful ceramic tea set displayed by Building 4 is called “Tea for Two.” Hartman said the inspiration behind the installation was the Ohlone Indians and the historical background they have in Fremont and the Ohlone Campus.

The contributors to the different pieces were from past summer ceramics class, as well as the basic sculpture class along the way.

Ohlone student Shushia Ho had a big part in making the installation successful.

“She was involved in making some of the clay elements and preparing the slatecovered platforms,” Hartman said.

They are still adding to the installation.

Also near Building 4 is a mosaic sphere and pyramid.

The basic sculpture classes constructed the mosaic sphere and student C.J. Jones came up with the idea of the pyramid with help from professor Hartman.

“I wanted a companion piece to the sphere,” Jones said.

The work began in spring 2011 and was installed year later.

Hartman created the metal frame and Jones did the rest.

The mosaics on the pyramid were made from smashed coffee mugs and various other glazed ceramic pieces that the Ceramics department donated.

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The Mosiac pyramid is made of different donated mugs and leftover glass pieces from the Art Department. This piece of art is located by Building 4.

cultural references, such as a picture of Captain Kirk and things from Egypt and Mexico.

The base is made from slate and there is a small seating area around it so people can get up close and enjoy it.

It is hard to miss the brightly colored keyboards that actually spell out “music” by the music room at Building 2.

Music professor Tim Roberts installed this piece after the keyboards were recycled from the music lab because of a product recall by Yamaha.

He said it was a waste that they be thrown away, so the Music Department decided to add a little more color to the courtyard outside of the music room.

“It’s our miniature, musical version of the ‘Hollywood’ sign down in LA,” said Roberts.

New art is displayed every semester.

Students can keep their eyes out for ceramic squirrels around the campus near the trees to be installed sometime during Spring 2012.

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By HEATHER HEGEMAN Opinions editor

In order to help Ohlone students gain an edge in their classes, the Ohlone Library has added 18 new academic databases, bringing the total available databases to students up to 51.

Databases are an underused resource.

Many students do not realize how helpful they can be inside and outside of the classroom, said KG Greenstein, an Ohlone librarian.

“The California Community College Library Consortium purchases the databases for all community

colleges in California,” said Greenstien.

“This allowed for a discounted group rate,” said Greenstein.

Databases provide a professor-approved fully credible alternative to sites, such as Wikipedia or basic search engines like Google, said Greenstein.

Ohlone now has a wide range of databases some subject specific some more practical.

If students want a step-bystep guide on how to change the brakes, the new Auto Repair Reference Center covers every make and model from 1954 to the present.

Want to read Tupac Shakur’s or Kurt Cobain’s obituaries? Rock’s BackPages has more than 20,000 articles covering 50 years of music.

Included in Ohlone’s collection are six databases specific to medical fields, three of which are devoted entirely too nursing.

According to Greenstein, the consortium purchased the full version of EBSCO host for all colleges freeing up some of the budget to purchase additional databases.

This guarantees that students are not stuck with additional cost that would be reflected in the already sky-

rocketing cost of tuition.

“Students want full text versions of the articles, not just citations and abstracts,” said Greenstein.

The databases now offered

by Ohlone are all full versions ensuring that students have complete access to the resources provided.

The main challenge now is getting students to take advantage of these resources.

Sandra Huynh, a second semester Ohlone student, said she wished she had known about the databases sooner, but said there is not enough of a push to get the information out to students.

Greenstein said there is

no formal training of information workshops about the databases, but professors are encouraged to book information sessions for their classes.

Librarians are always ready to help students individually.

Students can access the databases at www.ohlone. edu/org/library/databases. html. They will need their student I.D. number and last name to log in.

Reference librarians are available to answer any questions at the help desk on the third floor of building one during normal library hours.

Datatel changeover hits minor speed bump

By MARRA-MARIE MAGSAKAY Features editor

Ohlone College’s main computer system experienced a couple of hiccups in the past few days.

Monday at 12:30 a.m., “There seemed to be a corruption in the database,” said Daman Grewal, Ohlone director of Technical Services.

“This is the first mega email problem. It had been running smoothly for three years.”

“Emails are being migrated to a new server environment and we’ve had an outage due to corrupted files,” said Bruce

Griffin, Ohlone vice president of Information Technology.

“Email is being recovered with an expectation of zero data loss.”

The system was called Datatel but has been newly changed to Ellucian.

Some users opened up their Ohlone.edu emails to find all files and folders recovered on Wednesday morning.

“Emails went back up (Tuesday) afternoon,” said Grewal.

“Email is up for communication but recovery takes a little longer than expected.”

“Recovery will take the next few days,” said Griffin.

“There are always challenges but it’s mainly stable,” said Don Penrose, director of Application Services. “When we are doing maintenance, we try to be sensitive.”

One improvement the I.T. department is working on is internally updating computer and upgrading faculty’s PCs. For example, “Faculty received Microsoft Suite 2012,” said Penrose.

The second hiccup occurred Tuesday morning.

“A brief Datatel outage this morning was caused by a licensing key problem,” said Griffin. “That paticular issue was resolved before the start

of the business day.”

A big system is prone to minor problems. Datatel has software called Colleague, which controls and “works with financial aid, Web Advisor, administration, day-today business and payroll,” said Penrose.

Bugs come about but “the past four years Datatel has been really stable,” said Griffin. Ohlone College has been using Datatel since the 2000-2001 school year.

Over the summer, IT implemented “a completely new computing environment – servers, networking and storage – to run the college’s

systems,” said Griffin.

The summer project is called the SANS Server Project, which is currently migrating to new hardware and more storage from EMC2 and servers from Cisco.

With the upgrade to the storage, “Fremont has 85 terabytes and other systems,” said Griffin.

There are 1,024 gigabytes in a terabyte; Fremont has 87,040 gigabytes to fill and to make thing more stable. The ideal goal for this new project installation is late October.

As for now, “We are mainly focused on email recovery,” said Griffin.

Ohlone faculty members vouch for A.A. degrees Continued from Page 3

high school, then Ohlone students can do it too,” said Rogers.

Ohlone professor Narinder Bansal teaches not one, but three subjects: geography, environmental studies and FGIS (geographical information systems). He started working at Ohlone in fall 2001 as an adjunct professor and later in 2007, he was hired as a fulltime faculty.

Bansal got his A.A. degree at Ohlone, focusing on liberal arts before pursuing other job opportunities nationwide.

With his students, Bansal is known as the “Information Activist” because of the guidance he provides. Bansal said that this nickname is analogous to the process of teaching as Bansal as a teacher presents information and it is up to the students to take it and make something out of it.

“You can get an A.A. degree. It is a good thing in that it gives you a sense of accomplishment and achievement,” said Bansal.

Bansal said that by getting an A.A. degree, it shows employers that the individual is a hard worker.

“If someone has an A.A. degree, I can trust that they

have a good work ethic and if I leave them with a project, they will be able to be on their own,” said Bansal.

Professor Alison Germaine of the English department, who has been working at Ohlone since 2008, has had a long-standing relationship with Ohlone and its roots.

“As a child, my mom took me to the Ohlone campus to see the pond, fish and nature and expose me to a collegiate environment. She even took me to Ohlone to see Santa one year, so I grew up with Ohlone in my heart,” said Germaine.

Germaine said that by completing an A.A. degree, it had opened many doors; specifically it provided her the opportunity for on-the-spot admission to CSU Hayward in addition to preparing her to extend her educational endeavors.

“Always believe in yourself and never give up. I completed my A.A., a two-year degree, in five years. Even if you are not exactly on schedule, never give up on yourself or your degree. An associate degree is an important step in your future and, whether you realize it or not,” said Germaine.

Donna Ireland, now an Ohlone faculty for 30 years,

had to work her way through college, gaining a total of four A.A. degrees in 10 years. Today, Ireland has a degree in liberal arts, word processing, machine shorthand (medical, technical and legal) and secretarial science.

“My parents didn’t allow me to go to school. In those days women seldom got an

education,” said Ireland. Ireland funded herself through her academic career that she started in 1978 and completed by 1988.

“To me, completion of anything is important. It took me 10 full years of full- and part-time student status to earn my degrees. After those 10 years of study, the feeling

I had while walking across the stage at graduation was indescribable,” said Ireland.

Even after spending years dedicated to Ohlone as a student, teacher and faculty member, Ireland’s academic career still won’t stop. “Once I retire, I’ll be able to go back to college to complete a bachelor’s degree,” Ireland said.

Proposition 30 and 38 raise nationwide debate Continued from Page 1

“If Prop. 30 does not pass, another cut will come from the state and Ohlone will be forced by the state to cut our enrollment by 1,500 additional students,” the board statement said.

Proposition 30 is backed

by Gov. Jerry Brown and will funnel funds into the General Fund. This is why chief Proposition 38 backer and civil rights attorney Molly Munger opposes it. “[The governor] can’t sell education funding because he’s backing an initiative that doesn’t do anything for education funding,” Munger said.

Munger’s argument is that Proposition 30 is not going to directly allocate money to the cash strapped system of education within the state.

“People look at 38 and say, that’s what is needed to fix schools and 30 would be the insurance policy, the BandAid approach of the governor,” Munger said.

These competing legislative initiatives come at a time when California places 47th in the nation in education, according to Munger, who is a product of both private and public school.

“The system has endured three years of budget cuts,”

said Eric Skinner, vice chancellor of Community Colleges.

The budget cuts have led to an overall 12 percent reduction in funds to community colleges, which has translated into in fewer course sections being offered to students.

“The draconian cuts are targeting students,” said Rich Copenhagen, president of the Student Senate of California Community Colleges.

He said that accreditation is becoming a problem because of the rolling cuts and used City College of San Francisco as the example of accreditation woes that are happening throughout California.

SPORTS Goodell makes wrong call on replacements

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By LOUIS LAVENTURE

Sports editor

“Protect the shield.”

It’s a term that football fans have come to know all too well but has taken on a new meaning during the tenure of the National Football League Commissioner Roger Goodell.

With the new knowledge of concussions, brain injuries and how they affect former as well as current players, Goodell has made it his primary platform to change game rules and the way the game is played to prevent violent collisions.

The league reviews almost every hit in a game that the league deems violent, illegal or causes injury. Every week players are fined tens of hundreds to hundreds of thousands of dollars for their missteps in an ever-evolving game.

With all of these precautions and new standards being placed of highest importance and implemented, it almost makes no sense the way the commissioner has handled the referee situation.

On Sept. 26, the NFL finally reached an agreement with its locked-out officials just before Week Four of the regular season kicked off Thursday night.

The replacement officials who were used for the preseason and first three weeks of the regular season were in no way prepared to handle the speed of the game or the

technicality of the rules. It was a calamity of errors for their entire seven-week involvement, culminating On Sept. 24 when the replacement refs blew a possession call on the last play of the Seattle Seahawks-Green Bay Packers game, giving Seattle a victory over the Green Bay. Simultaneously, two replacement referees called a touchdown and an interception respectively, which is where the madness began.

The home crowd for Seattle is one of the loudest in the league and has even earned itself the moniker “The 12th Man,” which some people think was a major factor in the call.

The play happened in the end zone just yards from the raucous crowd, which many believe had a direct effect on the officials to favor the home team Seahawks even though one of the two officials clearly called an interception favoring the visiting Packers.

Officials should be the ultimate unbiased party, showing no favoritism at all and strictly calling facts blindly. The fact that a crowd could be affecting a call was a scary thought for everybody.

The highest level of officiating experience by any of the replacements was Division 1 college football in some of the country’s mid-level conferences.

Several of the officials only had high school or junior col-

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The last play of the Monday Night Football game on Sept. 24 led to the NFL ending the lockout of the regular officials less than two days later.

lege experience. One of the referees was even employed by the infamous Lingerie Football League.

All this being said, why would Goodell put the safety of the players in the hands of these under qualified refs?

It goes against everything that he stands for, especially considering that the main sticking point that stalled negotiations was a yearly pension plan.

This plan would only cost the NFL, which is worth billions, less than $5 million per year.

Player safety and protecting the NFL shield and brand

seem to be primary in this administration; however, the handling of the referee situation seems to go against that.

Several illegal hits, which were not called on the field but subsequently fined by the league offices later in the week, was just one glaring admission of guilt.

Another was the Monday night debacle that left the media and fans begging for the return of the normal officiating crews.

Now the regulation referees are back and it is apparent that they were needed. The game times for Week Four were collectively shorter than

the average game time for the first three weeks.

The replays and challenges went faster as well as the calls on the field.

The game flowed without the number of abrupt halts that happened throughout games with the replacements.

Everybody thanks the commissioner for living up to his “Protect the shield” mantra by getting the real officials back in the game.

Football is now America’s game, replacing baseball.

With all the revenue created, it deserves the respect and protection to uphold its credibility.

The Lady Renegades just keep on winning Continued from Page 8

given day. The versatility and unselfishness of this Ohlone team is a huge reason for the success.

The Lady Renegades used ball control, quick feet and precision passing to control possession for the entire game.

Canada did not have a single shot on goal during the game.

Ohlone was too quick on the ball for them to mount any kind of offense.

“Our training sessions are at a really high pace, we try to push and have the players push each other to get better,” Heslin said.

“It helps us play faster and it translates very well to the games.”

Mooney, Hernandez, Collyer, Hamblen, Tamara Achanzar and Olivia Lacayo all had goals for Ohlone in the victory over the Colts.

Heidi Moreno and Presley Strother both had assists along with Hamblen and Achanzar.

The Lady Renegades have three consecutive road games and then return home Oct. 16 to take on Monterey Peninsula College at 4 p.m.

feated City College of San Francisco, who were 7-0-1.

CCSF was able to shutout Ohlone using two goalkeepers and only allowing five shots on goal to the Renegades.

Goalie Michael Beigarten had a lot of shots come his way allowing three goals on 15 shots for Ohlone.

The schedule does not get any easier for Ohlone, but they do have three consecutive home games to get things back on the winning track.

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Ohlones Samantha O’Brien takes a shot on goal against Canada College Tuesday in Fremont.

Men’s Soccer

College on Friday and City College of San Francisco on The tough conference Tuesday. schedule got the best of the Skyline handed Ohlone Renegades with the last two their fourth loss of the seagames falling to Skyline son, defeating the Rene-

gades 3-1.

Jorge Alcarez scored the lone goal of the contest for Ohlone.

Then Tuesday they had a tough match against unde-

Wednesday, Oct. 10 6:30 p.m. Women’s Volleyball; Chabot College (home) Friday, Oct. 12 6:30 p.m. Women’s Volleyball; Gavilan College (away)

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Renegade Revealed: Jessica Hernandez

By LOUIS LAVENTURE Sports editor

With soccer-playing parents, it was almost a foregone conclusion that Jessica Hernandez would excel at the sport that both of her parents love.

Hernandez leads the undefeated Lady Renegades in scoring with five goals and two assists on the season responsible for 12 points.

The 19-year-old sophomore played at Newark Memorial High School where her mother also played during her high school career.

Hernandez has been playing organized soccer since the early age of 4 in her hometown of Newark.

She liked the sport that her parents introduced her to, sticking with it and eventually turning in to a lethal scorer with quick feet and powerful shots.

“She can hit shots with both her left and right feet,” coach Larry Heslin said. “She hits rockets and the ball flies off of her foot with tremendous power.”

Last year Hernandez scored the tying goal against City College of San Francisco that clinched a playoff berth for the Lady Renegades.

She has moved to forward this season primarily because of her progress from last year as well as her striking abilities.

“It feels good to have all of my hard work pay off,” Hernandez said. “Coach really pushes us to make us do more than we think we are capable of.”

Hernandez would love to keep playing the sport that has brought her so much joy in her life after Ohlone and has not ruled out transferring athletically.

“I have had some contact with CSU Monterey and I would love to play there,” Hernandez said. “Even if I don’t play soccer, I would still like to transfer there and finish my education.”

If playing professional soccer is not in the future of Hernandez she would still like to accomplish her career goal of becoming a nurse.

She is finishing her general education requirements but would like to enroll in a nursing program once she transfers.

Hernandez was brilliant for the Lady Renegades in the first half of their 6-0 victory over Canada College Tuesday.

She scored the only goal of the half, giving Ohlone a slight edge at halftime 1-0.

She took a pass from Presley Strother and showed dazzling dribbling skills and soft feet to put the touch past the keeper. Her offensive skill set is very impressive and even teammate Melissa Grey took notice.

“Jessica is an amazing

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Jessica Hernndez advances the ball past the Canada College defender in a 6-0 shutout victory on Tuesday at Central Park in Fremont.

player. She is a huge asset to our offense,” Grey said. “She is smart with the ball, knows where to play it and without her we would not be able to call ourselves undefeated to be honest.”

Even in the blistering 95 degree heat, Hernandez was able to make push after push toward the goal before ultimately sneaking one past the keeper just before the half.

The sophomore has one sibling, a 12-year-old sister

who also plays the sport her parents have a fondness for.

She also is familiar with one of her Ohlone teammates, first-year player Renae Waldschmidt. The two both attended Newark Memorial High School and played together for three years.

Heslin has the Lady Renegades undefeated and his style is appreciated and respected by his deadly striker.

“I like when coach gives me advice during the game,”

Hernandez said. “He tells me what to do by correcting me and it makes it easier to focus on what I need to do, especially playing more physical on defense.”

Hernandez has scored in the last two games and Ohlone will need that scoring as they are set to embark on a tough three-game road trip.

Their next home game is Oct. 16 against Monterey Peninsula College at 4 p.m. at Central Park.

Lady Renegades soccer team still unbeaten

By LOUIS LAVENTURE Sports editor

Women’s Soccer

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Tamara Achanzar displays impressive ball skills and a soft touch in the win over Canada College Tuesday in Fremont.

The Lady Renegades remain undefeated improving to 5-0-3 after a convincing 6-0 shutout victory over Canada College Tuesday in Fremont.

After a slow start Ohlone came out of halftime with a lot of energy and turned the momentum in their favor scoring five of their six goals in the second half.

The Lady Renegades were focused on not having a letdown after an emotional 2-1 win against City College of San Francisco on Friday.

Ohlone was able to shut down the potent Rams scorer Ashly Dickson and keep their undefeated season in tact with the huge road triumph.

“We were aware of Ashly and we did bring it to the girls attention that she was dangerous,” coach Larry Heslin said. “We still played our game but she is a good player that takes a total team effort to defend and that is exactly what we did.”

Jessica Hernandez

and Elizabeth Mooney had goals for Ohlone on assists by Morgan Collyer and Racquel Hamblen.

Goalkeeper Kami Herley had five saves, allowing only one goal in the win to forward Danyelle Perez.

The win was especially sweet for the returning Ohlone players who tied CCSF in their final game last year to clinch a playoff berth. Both teams having undefeated records made it even more intense and even the players took notice.

“This year, we put them in their place and finally got what we deserved which was a W,” sophomore Melissa Grey said. “Especially knowing that they are a team to look out for and showing them that we are the new team to look out for.”

As emotional and satisfying as that win was, it had no effect on the Lady Renegades performance Tuesday as they lit up the scoreboard in the second half for five goals. This is the second shutout of the season for Grey who goes from goalie to in the field on any Continued on Page 7