THURSDAY
OCTOBER 12 2017 Vol. LII No. 5 FALL FASHION ‘17 Renegades’ style guide for this fall See photos on Page 3
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Night of science, learning & more
Ohlone science fair volunteer surprises the audience with the art and process of 3D printing to the audience using chocolate and henna as the ink to print pictures at the “Night Of Science” at Ohlone’s Newark Campus. See story below.
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Wildfires: Is Fremont Prepared For The Worst? JEREMY MARTIN STAFF WRITER
In the last several days, foggy, hazy and smoky air has covered the skies over Fremont and the Bay Area. With the wildfires burning in the North Bay and elsewhere throughout California, what is the chance of a similar-sized fire occurring in Fremont? What would it look like?
Where would residents evacuate to? How do we prepare? Currently burning across the state are 22 major fires. At press time, the largest ones are burning in Napa and Sonoma counties. Like all around the Bay Area since the fires began late Sunday evening, smoke and ash have permeated the air in Fremont. Is Fremont prepared?
Ohlone “mathletes” preparing for test
Doug McKelvey, the Fremont Fire Department’s acting deputy chief and head of operations, said responding to a fire of such large size, like the fires burning in the North Bay, would be “incident dependent”, and would depend on a few factors. Evacuation locations would not need to be in the path of the fire. For instance, McKelvey said a “raging fire” in Fremont’s
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Math Students at Ohlone College have been taking the Student Math League exam, year after year, for over 20 years occasionally making the top ten but never securing the top spot. This year, Ohlone Mathletes are presented with another opportunity to strive for that desired top spot. The Student Math League, which Ohlone’s Math Professor, Geoff Hirsch calls, “a challenging national competitive math exam at the pre-calculus level” will be offered at Ohlone College. The competition is open to all students at Ohlone College but he says that, “those who did very well in pre-calculus have a chance to do well.”
Ohlone College’s ongoing effort to develop its frontage property along Mission Boulevard took center stage during the college’s Board of Trustees meeting Oct. 11. Trustees also received reports from the Faculty Senate president, the president of the Associated Students of Ohlone College (ASOC) and
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Geoff Hirsch Math Professor The test is taken by students at community colleges in 35 different states all across America and is even offered to students in Bermuda. Ohlone College has administered the test for more than 20 years. Continued on Page 4
whomever is on scene has to make the decision about how we are going to deal with this,” said McKelvey. Going further, , the only set evacuation points would be high schools, community centers and other major facilities. McKelvey said “through Niles Canyon, there is some danger there. There is potential there.”
Ohlone trustees discuss Mission frontage land
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Niles Canyon would cause citizens to evacuate “north of the canyon and on the south side of the canyon”. When asked about the process of evacuation, McKelvey said that “it starts where it starts and it heads where it’s going to head” as the process in the event of a fire of that size would be somewhat unpredictable. “It’s at that moment that
Ohlone President Dr. Gari Browning. Browning delivered a short address concerning developments for the college. “Ohlone received $16,200 from the state chancellor’s office to support the Ohlone Pantry Program,” Browning said. She described College Night, held Sept. 26, and Ohlone’s Fall Career Fair, presented Sept. 28, as suc-
cesses concerning attendance and support. Browning also briefly covered Measure G. “Significant progress continues on the academic core project,” she said. “The schematic designs for the Building 5 renovations have been completed, the architect team presented the schematic design plans to the executive
The entire campus was set up as a stage for displaying various science experiments, performed mostly by Ohlone students themselves. The main lobby of the Newark centre was filled with numerous tables, each of them having a new sci-
ence concept to present. The outside parks had activities like rocket launching and magic show that attracted and involved a huge number of audience. Second floor’s major magnets were the 3-D
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5,000 marvel at “Night of Science”
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The science behind glow sticks, bubbles and paper airplanes welcomed an estimated audience of 5,000 on Saturday at the Newark Ohlone Science Extravaganza.
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