OHLONE COLLEGE
MONITOR
THURSDAY NOVEMBER 6, 2014 Vol. XLVIII No. 8
What can we learn from the Free Speech Movement? Read opinion on Page 6.
NILES ALIVE WITH DAY OF THE DEAD
FREMONT, CA OHLONEMONITOR.COM
GOVERNMENT
Students elect new ASOC reps
RYAN PARCHER Editor-in-chief
Above: The Ollin Anahuac Aztec Dancing Group performs during the Niles Altar Walk. Left: The Day of the Dead celebration displays altars which are freely displayed to the public. Right: Ballet de Folklorico de James Logan High School performs in traditional garb for the Mexican holiday.
See photo essay of Ohlone and Niles Day of the Dead festivals on Page 4.
LAURA GONSALVES / MONITOR
Ohlone board retains incumbents Lonsdale not to be a trustee
RYAN PARCHER Editor-in-chief Incumbents Garrett Yee and Jan Giovannini-Hill were re-elected Tuesday to the Ohlone College Board of Trustees, according to
unofficial results from the Alameda County Registrar of Voters. Yee garnered 41.2 percent of the vote and GiovanniniHill 37 percent, while challenger Joseph Lonsdale received 21.4 percent. Yee ran much of his campaign while serving as a member of the U.S. Army Reserve in Kuwait. Yee is still currently on deployment and is expected to return back to Fremont, and his duties as a board
member next summer In her campaign, Giovannini-Hill touted her 47 years of experience working in higher education and work as a financial anaGarrett Yee, left and Jan Giovannini-Hill, center lyst as what made her the right fiscal responsibility and person for the job. She ran transparency on the board. on a general platform of Continued on Page 3
Ohlone students this week cast their ballots for three new representatives to the Associated Students of Ohlone College Council, after the president and two other officers resigned. Students cast their ballots Tuesday and Wednesday online or in person on the Fremont and Newark campuses. Results will be available today, ASOC officials said. John Collan and Nadia Khan were the candidates for treasurer, and Raveena Chahal and Alina Farooq competed to be the marketing and communications representative. Bubba Manzo is the lone candidate for Newark representative. Wr i t e - i n c a n d i d a t e s could seek election to any of the positions if they got at least 50 votes. A m i t o j Sa n d h u w a s elected in April to serve as ASOC president for Continued on Page 2
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STATE RACE
Democrat Chu takes 25th Assembly seat
Former trustee denied in bid for state office RYAN PARCHER Editor-in-chief San Jose City Council member Kansen Chu defeated former Ohlone Trustee Bob Brunton on Tuesday in the election for the 25th State Assembly District seat,
according to unofficial results from Kansen Chu Bob Brunton the Alameda ton was second in the June County Registrar of Voters. Chu, a Democrat, received primary. The candidates were vying 68 percent of the vote against his Republican opponent. for the seat left vacant by Chu finished first and Brun- Democrat Bob Wieckowski,
who won the 10th State Senate District seat with 69 percent of the vote on Tuesday. The 25th Assembly District includes southern Fremont, Newark, Milpitas, Santa Clara and part of San Jose. Brunton received 23.7 percent of the vote in the primary election, in which he was the only Republican on the ballot. Chu, who received 30.4 percent of the vote, was competing not just against Brunton, but also against three other Democrats.
Two of the other candidates, Ohlone Trustee Teresa Cox and Craig Steckler, endorsed Chu after their defeat, according to Chu’s campaign website. Running in a traditionally Democratic district was not the only obstacle in Brunton’s path. According to state campaign finance reports, Chu raised more than half a million dollars for his campaign. Meanwhile, Brunton’s campaign only took in the $8,000 he donated to himself.