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Ohlone President Doug Treadway, center left,shakes hands with President Wei of ZhejiangChangzheng College, during the cooperationagreement ceremony on Oct.12. Ohlone represen-tatives who accompanied Treadway to China Oct.

6-19 included, from left, Xisheng Fan, professor ofcomputer studies; Leta Stagnaro, dean of theNewark Center and Entrepreneurial Ventures; andJosephine Ong-Hawkins, director of the OhloneFoundation.

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Citizen ofYear iscelebrated

Basketballseason toopen Friday

Boardrejectsland deal

Ohlone delegation back from China

Hyman, namesake of Hyman Hall, dies at 84

Breast cancer’s spiritual side Blood drive is todayToday you have an opportunity to give blood for the American

Red Cross between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. in the cafeteria. The goal is46 pints, but as of deadline, only 40 people had signed up. So thereis a great need for more donors.

To sign up, call the health center at 659-6258 or go toBeADonor.com. Alternatively, you could just go to the HealthCenter and get a tootsie pop for your trouble (and your blood).

The staff promises to be gentle and the procedure won’t leaveany marks. It will all be over in about five minutes.

By MORGAN BRINLEEStaff writer

Morris Hyman, Ohlone Collegebenefactor and namesake of HymanHall, died of cancer on Monday,Oct. 17, at age 84.

Founder and President of Fre-mont Bank, Hyman in recent yearshad donated half a million dollarsto Ohlone for the construction of anew business and technology cen-ter. The center later came to be

named The Morris and AlvirdaHyman Center for Business andTechnology in honor of him and hiswife.

Hyman will be remembered byfriends and family not only as asuccessful business man but also asa man of much generosity. Through-out his life, Hyman reached out tothe community by spending his timeand money on projects for commu-nity improvement, as well as tryingto better the lives of the people

around him.His donation to Ohlone was only

one of the many projects Hymanwas involved with during his life.Hyman also donated $250,000 toWashington Hospital for a newauditorium, and earlier this year hegave $1 million toward the con-struction of a public water park atthe Central Park swim lagoon inFremont.

Hyman was also a key compo-nent in the creation of Central Park.

He was once chairman of Fremont’sRecreation Commission and is cred-ited with sponsoring the bond mea-sure to buy the 450 acres that thepark resides on today. Hyman alsosupplied the city with the fundsneeded to pay for Fremont’s annualFourth of July Fireworks when thecity lacked the money.

In addition to donating money tocharities and various causes Hymanalso served in many local organiza-tions, such as the Lions Club, Niles

Rotary, the Washington HospitalBoard, and the President’s Councilon Small Business.

Morris Hyman was born on Oct.8, 1921 in Shreveport, Louisiana,and came to the Bay Area in 1945with his family. A graduate ofStanford Law School, and deco-rated war veteran from World WarII Hyman helped to found FremontBank in 1964. He then becamePresident of the Bank in 1970, and

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By AMAN MEHRZAIEditor-in-Chief

Returning from a two-week del-egation trip to China, Ohlone Presi-dent Douglas Treadway, Execu-tive Foundation Director JosephineHawkins, Dean of the Ohlone’sNewark Center Leta Stagnaro, andProfessor of Computer Studies

Xisheng Fang shared their experi-ence with staff and friends.

“The trip had many goals,” saidTreadway. “We had to fit it all inthe short span of two weeks.”

The delegation visited numer-ous places in order to build stron-ger ties and to promote a diverseexchange curriculum.

Hong Kong University’s Bio-

Tech Department and the Shang-hai Theater and Arts departmentwere also visited.

Last year’s visit by China’sHong Zhou College were re-paid avisit, along with Ohlone’s sistercollege, Zhejiang Changzheng.

After Sept. 11, the internationalstudent rate dropped at Ohlone. Inorder to ecnourage and increase

participation of such students, thedelegation met with multiple re-cruiting agencies who place inter-national students.

The agencies recruit studentsfrom India, Pakistan, China andJapan.

Devry Institute is being con-tacted to arrange dorms for theexpected students.

By OMER AHMEDStaff writer

HERS President and acting Ex-ecutive Director Tricia J. McMahoncame to Ohlone Wednesday tospeak for National Breast CancerAwareness Month.

She did not discuss the medicalor financial side of breast cancerbut chose to talk about the “other

side” of the issue: the emotionaland spiritual side.

McMahon said, “The reason Istarted this work was to empowerwomen in their heart, mind, bodyand soul.” She tries to help breastcancer survivors by providing acomfortable environment for themto recuperate and redefine them-selves. This includes practical as-pects such as padded bras and wigs

as well as spiritual help throughmeditation, yoga and reiki.

Tricia McMahon has been ac-tive in support for survivors of breastcancer. She runs the Hope for HerCenter, the Bras for Body & Soulstore and the Annual HERS Com-munity WALK/RUN Event. Shewas born and raised in Fremont.She has a master’s in Theology anda doctorate in Spirituality.

By OMER AHMEDStaff writer

Ohlone College’s Board ofTrustees met again last night after abreak of 21 days. This meetingdiscussed a broad variety of impor-tant issues such as the proposedproperty sale, the new academiccalendar and the health center bud-get crisis.

During a closed-door session,the board met with real estate nego-tiators to discuss the topic of sellingthe land along the southwest prop-erty.

Eventually, the board decidednot to sell the land at the presenttime. The property was initially tobe sold and turned into middle-to-upper scale homes. There is still apossibility that the land could beused in a residential capacity, asrental space which would not re-quire Ohlone to sell the property.Disappointed in the board’s deci-sion, many faculty representatives,including those from the CollegeCouncil and Faculty Senate, re-quested a written explanation ofthe board’s reasoning in choosingnot to sell the property.

The Board of Trustees meet onthe second and fourth Wednesdaysof the month.

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“Yes. I like to watch fires andblow people up.”

“Yes. They have a high reactiontime I like.”

Do you play violent video games? Why?

KACI HANSONUndeclared

“Nice break from reality, plusonline action is attractive.”

CHRIS NGUYENBusiness Management

ALEXANDER TROUNGFilm

NICK GRECHBusiness

JOSH SNEDIGARUndeclared

“Knowing it’s not real makes it fun,online gaming lets me play withfriends from all over the world.”

“ Yes. They are for stress relief;knowing it’s fake.”

Video games addiction won’t lead to real violenceOPINION

By GABRIEL VILAStaff writer

Hello. My name is Gabriel, andI’m addicted to video games.

I have played nearly every vio-lent video game in existence. I havefought thousands upon thousands

of faceless minions. I have endedworlds, destroyed civilizations,and brought the Roman Empire tothe far reaches of the world only todestroy the third Reich time andtime again. I have a license to huntand kill zombies, I am a qualifiedsurgeon, and I occasionally engage

in international commerce. I am aone-man-army who has foughtback invading alien fleets time andtime again, and in my spare time Ienter martial arts tournaments andfight against crazy fireball throw-ing Japanese karate experts.

According to Jack Thompson, anoted lawyer from Florida, I am abrainwashed killing machine, aticking time bomb who is ready,willing, and able to kill. My brainhas been damaged by all these yearsof exposure to these games andbecause I was a teenager when Istarted, I have dangerouscopycatting behaviors, which willlead inevitably to the harm of oth-ers around me.

Funny, because, to my recollec-tion, I’ve never killed anyone. Infact, I have something of an aver-sion to needless violence. I’magainst the war in Iraq, I don’tbelieve in capital punishment, andI abhor the genocide currently ram-pant in Africa.

Does that make me special? Well,no; all of my gaming friends (read:all of my friends) are fairly pacifis-tic, peaceable people. They’re goodpeople too, my friend Omer Ahmed,also on the staff of this paper, re-

cently donated a good deal to theRed Cross for Katrina relief.

Given my personal experience,I can only say that Jack is wrong.Sadly, there are many people whobelieve he’s right.

Video games are like movies,television, music, paintings, sculp-tures, and what have you. Like saidmediums, they are serious forms ofart and expression that need to betaken seriously, and not written offas something that’s just “for kids,”as many older people see them.

These games haven’t been just“for kids” for many years. It’s beena long time since the halcyon daysof Mario and Sonic, of Tetris andPong. According to the Entertain-ment Software Association, theaverage age of players is 30, a farcry from yesteryear. New parentsare at an age where video gamesare readily accessible to children;if you’ve walked past an elemen-tary school when they’re out forrecess or lunch; try to count howmany Gameboys you see. It won’tbe none, I’ll tell you that.

The problems that we have seenwith video games are caused by asimple misunderstanding; parentssimply did not understand the im-

pact that games have. Would youtake your ten-year-old to see an R-rated movie? Probably not. Whythen, would you buy them an M-rated game?

When my family first got a gamesystem, my father would take timeout of his day to play with us.Maybe not every day, but certainlyon weekends - maybe holidays,some afternoons. I look back onthose days fondly, and althoughwe’ve both gotten significantlybusier, he still comes down for about of Tekken. Because he showedan avid interest in what I was do-ing, and moderated my game playfrom day one, I feel that I’m abetter gamer, and a better person. Ihave an understanding of the realworld versus the game world, ifonly because in one of them I canbeat up on my dad and get awaywith it.

Hopefully, parents will nowtake the same approach; don’t tryto ban these violent games fromyour kids, but try to get in thereand have a good time with them.Impress upon them that there is adifference between a zombiehorde... and the lunch line atschool.Screenshot from Quake 4, from Tri-Star Pictures.

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led the bank to become one of themost successful independent banksin the Bay Area, with branches inWalnut Creek, San Jose, San Fran-cisco and Fremont.

Hyman is survived by his wife of65 years, Alvirda Hyman, their threechildren, and five grandchildren. Amemorial service for family andfriends of the deceased was held at5 p.m. on Monday at Harbor LightFirst Assembly of God. The Hymanfamily requests remembrances tothe Washington Hospital Founda-tion in Morris Hyman’s name.

By JOYCE LEUNGFeatures editor

Attendees at the OhloneFoundation’s Citizen of the YearBenefit Luncheon loosened theirshirt collars and their wallets asthey participated in one of the year’slargest fundraisers. Scholarships of$500 each were awarded to 11 stu-dents during last Friday’s Hawai-ian-themed celebration at the Fre-mont/Newark Hilton.

“Everybody needs help. The bestthing I ever learned is no one suc-ceeds alone. That is the key reasonwhy to give scholarships becauseeverybody needs a helping hand,”said Rick Geha, honoree.

Vishv Goyal, recipient of theRick Geha scholarship, said he willuse the money to pay off debts heaccumulated from paying $195 perunit as an international student.Goyal said he is eager to repay hisdebts; including interest he has builtup with his sibling, he joked.

Traniecieya Harbin, a fashiondesign major, also has some debtsto pay off. After subtracting $100for overdue library fees, Harbinintends to buy a sewing machine.

Also honored was realtor,Ohlone Foundation Board Presi-dent, and overall servant of thecommunity, Rick Geha. “He’s

somebody who when he commitsto something it’s 150 percent andhe doesn’t do anything half-heartedly. He spreads himself verythin trying to be all things to allpeople,” said David Geha.

Scholarship winners: YoojinKim - Don & Babs AmsbaughAward for Health Science; Heta P.Desai - Don & Babs AmsbaughAward for Health Science; JiranSayadi - Country Club of Wash-ington Township; SarfrazMohammed - Fremont Bank Citi-zen Scholar Award; Yan Zhang -

By OMER AHMEDStaff writer

The Math, Science & TechnologyDivision presented its second- to-lastBrown Bag Seminar on Friday.

Aaron W. Zude, Fremont businessowner and safety consultant, spoke on“The Math & Science of Safety in theManufacturing Semiconductor Chips.”

Zude started off the presentation ex-plaining how semiconductor chips arecreated. First, layers are created andpatterned for the circuits. The “doping”process then fills in the patterns, creat-ing the circuitry. The layering, pattern-ing and doping processes are then re-peated until the correct number of layersare form. The entire chip is then heattreated and sealed. During all these pro-cesses, there are considerable risks fromexposure to acids, caustics, flammablegasses and electric shock.

Next, the safety aspect of the seminarbegan. Zude explained that his com-pany, Facilities & Safety Solutions, spe-cifically finds ways to ensure that thesemiconductor manufacturing work-place is safe. "That’s what my job isabout, keeping the employees and oth-ers from the products used in productionthat are harmful to your health.”

To illustrate the type of jobs involvedin Occupational Safety in the Semicon-ductor Industry, Zude presented variouscase studies. First he showcased how a

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Safety in makingcomputer chips

simple sketched design can beturned into the final product bydisplaying before and after pictures.In the second case study, Zude gaveexamples of reinforced seismic pro-tection, such as structural supportsand containers. He also mentionedthat seismic protection is a spe-cialty that is significantly in de-mand here in California.

The next Brown Bag seminar,the lass of the semester, is titled“Fun with Fungi” and will be pre-sented by Biology Laboratory Tech-nician Linda Evers. It will take placeFriday, Nov. 4.

Ohlone Foundation honorsGeha as Citizen of the Year

Photo by Joyce LeungRick Geha addresses the Hilton crowd

Washington Hospital CitizenScholar Award for Health Sci-ence; Xuexin Zhang - PG&ECitizen Scholar Award; VishrGoyal - Rick Geha Scholar-ship; Hudson Asiema - PepsiCitizen Scholar Award for In-ternational Students; DonHarrington - Comcast Citi-zen Scholar Award for Broad-casting Students; TraniecieyaHarbin - NUMMI CitizenScholar Award; Ekta Patel -Country Club of WashingtonTownship.

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Even though Vice PresidentDick Cheney is under investiga-tion for the C.I.A. leak case inWashington, he doesn’t stop do-ing what he does best; shockingpeople around the world with hisrobber-baron-like statements ofhow exactly America intends torule the world. His latest battle isto give the C.I.A. rights to tor-ture, in order to ensure that “wecan do the job right.”

On one hand he (Cheney) helpsLewis Libby “attain” informationrevealing the secret identity of aC.I.A. agent who happened to bethe wife of the whistle-blowerwho refuted Bush’s claim thatIraq was getting nuclear capabili-ties from Niger - and on the otherhand he is fighting a measure thatwill prevent torture against de-tainees in Cuba, Afghanistan, Iraqand elsewhere, because he wantsto exempt the C.I.A. from thismeasure.

So what’s the link between thetwo? He puts the life of one C.I.A.agent in danger on one hand, andsays he’s fighting for the rights ofthe C.I.A. on the other.

This tongue-tied discourse isnot uncommon though, fromhypocrites who hold office. Whatis odd, however, is what he isasking for - torture.

Sen. John McCain introducedan amendment that would outlawthe United States from commit-ting “cruel, inhuman or degrad-ing treatment” of anyone held bythe U.S., whether they are POWs orenemy combatants. Soundscommonsensical enough; not accord-ing to the White House who threat-ened the measure with a veto. TheSenate backhanded the president andvice president though, with a 90 to 9vote approving the amendment.

Cheney, C.I.A. Director PorterGoss and McCain met in a shortmeeting in which McCain wasurged to change his mind abouthis measure. Luckily, McCainrefused, but the House threatenedto reject anything that opposedthe Bush administrations doings,despite the fact that over two-dozen retired senior military of-ficers, including Colin Powell,signed and sent letters to theHouse-Senate conference com-mittee urging them to see the wis-dom in this measure.

What exactly have we come towhen we think that torture is okay?Monsters. It seems we are not onlylosing the war on terror, but we arelosing all moral grounds for every-thing America used to stand for.

The difference used to be, thatwe would never become like the“evil-doers” in their tactics.

So much for the hearts and mindscampaign.

With the approval rate of thewar at only 37 percent, and thebelief that this war wasn’t worth iteven less - this administrationshould listen to the people and notplummet us further into a path ofmoral degradation inspired by in-sanity and greed.

The VoiceWithinBy AmanMehrzai

Editor-in-Chief

Dick says,torture’s notthat bad

Photo by Ross Tsvetanov

The works of Magi Amma on display in the LouieMeager Art Gallery as you can see them until Nov.22.

By KRISTA MARTINEZFeatures editor

The first sculpture that greetsyou on your way into the LouieMeager Art Gallery, from Oct. 21until Nov. 22, is Glass Ceiling, anoddly unnerving sculpture of drift-wood, an old chair, even older chairparts and various little things.

Welcome to the art of MagiAmma.

From Birdcage of Love to BurkaBlue, autobiographical to feministstatement respectively, the work ofMagi Amma spans across a vastarray of emotions, some of whichare rarely felt.

Driftwood, feathers, paints andeven the paintbrushes themselvesall become part of the message

Magi Amma speaks through hersculptures. She uses the three-di-mensional form how it should be, totell a new message, rather than ex-pound on an old one.

Healing, Tarot, self-expressionand feminism are all subjectstouched on in her sculpture, as wellas aging, pain, entrapment andpersonal history.

The Louis Meager Art Gallery,part of the Gary Soren Smith Cen-ter for Fine and Performing Arts,feels like a completely differentplace.

Sullen faces built of driftwoodand photographs from yesteryearwhile a TV plays snow give theroom a feeling akin to being trappedin a high-quality horror film with asub-plot of personal loss.

Touching life history in sculpture

By MORGAN BRINLEEStaff writer

We laugh with them, we cry withthem, we welcome them into ourhomes, cars and ears daily, but justhow much do we have in commonwith on-air radio personalities?

For students of Ohlone College,it might be more than others. Manysuccessful people in the radio in-dustry come straight out of Ohlone’svery own radio program and hadserved as on air talent for thecollege’s radio station, KOHL.

In fact the list of Ohlone alumniactive in the radio industry includesmore than 200 names. The two menbehind the radio program as well asKOHL, Robert L. Dochterman andThomas Gomez, credit the over-whelming amount of Ohlone stu-dents in the radio industry to theunique approach of Ohlone’s pro-gram.

Gomez, a broadcast instructor aswell as an air personality for Mix106.5 explains that Ohlone, unlikemost colleges, treats “radio as anarea of study,” with the goal being

“to train students to be profession-als.”

One of the most successfulOhlone alumnis in the radio indus-try to date is Rob Williams of the“Rob, Arnie, and Dawn in the Morn-ing” show which is broadcast toSacramento and Reno.

Williams is the owner of thecorporation that owns the RAD inthe morning show. Having enteredthe Ohlone radio program at age 18,right out of high school, Williamsspent four semesters in the pro-gram before landing a full-time jobas a morning show DJ in SouthLake Tahoe.

A few years later, Williamsmoved to Reno, where he contin-ued to do mornings on the radio, aswell as delved into radio manage-ment. It was at the station in Renothat the RAD in the mornings showwas born.

Seven years later, because of theirsuccess in Reno, Williams and hispartners were recruited to bring theirbroadcast to Sacramento. Not manypeople experience the fast-trackedsuccess that Williams has had in the

radio industry, though Williamsbelieves it is a combination of goodgenes and great mentors.

“I was light-years ahead of any-one else trying to compete with meat the age of 19 in the industry,most of it thanks to the Ohloneprogram,” he said.

The radio industry is a broadfield, with many more job oppor-tunities than one might think; alot of those jobs being behind thescenes. For a station to run prop-erly it needs a program director,producers, a director of opera-tions, engineers, traffic and newsreporters and many other people,and Ohlone alumni fill many ofthese positions.

Williams, for example worksoff the air with his producer, NickBeard, a fellow Ohlone alumni.Beard went through the Ohloneradio program years after Will-iams had already left, and wasencouraged by Ohlone instruc-tors to try for the job as producerof the RAD in the morning show.Because he had come out of theOhlone program, Williams knew

that Beard would be up for thechallenge and consequently gavethe job to him.

Other Ohlone alumni in the ra-dio industry include Lisa Fox,assistant to Ryan Seacrest and whois rumored to make about$100,000 a year, April Summersfrom STAR 101.3, who also servesas the director of operations fornews and traffic for Clear Chan-nel in San Francisco also camefrom the Ohlone radio program.Alice radio’s Kathy Coats is an-other Ohlone alumni, as is RobAdamic, a producer for ClearChannel, and Tony Michaels fromKFRC.

Radio is a billion dollar indus-try. Someone in Williams’ posi-tion, for instance, can makeenough money to afford to liveluxuriously, travel constantly, buytwo houses, four cars, and keeptheir spouse from having to work.With the Ohlone radio program,wealth and fame seem withinreach for some, so it is no wonderthe program is so popular withstudents.

By KRISTA MARTINEZFeatures Editor

Halloween, in some form or an-other, has been in observance onOct. 31 since 988 A.D. ,when PopeGregory III officially changed thedate from May 31. Halloween defi-nitely wasn’t always about candyor costumes, either. In fact, Hal-loween isn’t even a primarily Anglo-Saxon religious holiday at all.

Celtics have the earliest recordedcustoms in relation to maliciousspirits and the end of October.Samhain was the name of the Celticcelebration. Individual Celtic reli-gions differ in exact customs butgenerally involved reinforcing

Alumni find success in radio business

All-Hallows Eve: Thestory behind Jack

boundaries of the area and lightingfires to thwart spirits and meanghosts who might cross over andthreaten the community.

However, the only culture to stayas true as possible to the oldestHalloween customs is Ireland. Thelast Monday of October is a publicholiday and the following week aswell becoming their mid-term Hal-loween break.

Since 1960, and probably backmuch farther, a few small towns inEngland celebrate Punkie Night onthe last Thursday of every October.Children wander about the townsduring the late day and eveningwith hollowed-out pumpkins andask for money while singing a songabout “punkies” or pumpkins.

Punkie Night is based around a taleof men seeing “ghoulies,” the ghostsof children who weren’t baptized,on this spiritually active day andrunning in terror from the etherealbeings, not aware that the so-calledghoulies were simply their wiveslooking for them.

Many Christian religious groupsrefuse to allow their youth to par-ticipate in Halloween or relatedactivities, citing the day as paganor Satanic. However, just as manyother Christian groups really don’tmind, calling the day All-SaintsDay or a conducting a Fall-Festivalon the date of Halloween.

Even the day before Halloweenhas special significance, thoughmostly for adolescents. MischiefNight, the evening before Hallow-een, has been considered a nightfor malicious pranks since the emer-gence of the holiday into the main-stream. Going by many names,Devil’s Night, Goosy Goosey or

Mizzie Night, depending on theneighborhood.

Things to do on Halloween andjust before are inevitably creepierand more horror orientated than therest of the year. The Halloweenmovie series, Saw II, Friday the13th, Nightmare on Elm Street andmany others come out right beforeHalloween to make the best of themood. Bloody Mary and other ur-ban legends surround themselvesaround mirrors and Halloween night.

Or, for those in the Fremontarea, there is the Halloween cos-tumes contests in the cafeteria forfood vouchers or in the studentstore for other prizes on Monday,Oct. 31. For something consider-ably less creepy, there are manyopportunities to help out for thenext big holiday, Thanksgiving.Check out www.love.org for in-formation on how to help out thosein need on the most important dayof giving.

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By DANELLE MEYERStaff writer

Imagine walking onto Ohlone’scampus and not knowing whereany of your classes are. With newstudent jitters taking over, theendless stairs are enough to over-whelm anyone.

Or even imagine not knowingmuch about what’s on the cam-pus, even though you are a re-turning student. Both of these situ-ations can be put to rest by par-ticipating in an Ohlone CampusTour.

The Student Ambassador pro-gram is in charge of helping otherpeople by taking them on tours ofthe campus.

“Tours are primarily given toprospective students who are in-terested in learning more aboutthe college,” said Allison Bly,advisor of the Student Ambassa-dor Program.

The tour begins by meetingwith an Ambassador in BuildingOne. Once there, friendliness andknowledge are given over topeople interested in finding outabout the campus. An Ambassa-dor comes along and leads youaround the main Building One,explaining all the different itemsthat are contained within.

Then, depending on what youalready know, need to know, orare interested in, a tour is given

for the rest of the campus. “If astudent is interested in nursing,we will make sure we take themto Building A, where the nursingprogram is.

“If a student is just generallyinterested in the campus, we willlead them through the circle fromBuildings One though 9, and toHyman Hall if they really want togo,” said NuwaneeKirihennedige, Student Ambas-sador, who gave me a tour.

Building One is the center ofall major information at Ohlone.If you are interested in gettingfinancial aid, applying for schol-arships, checking out campus ac-tivities, making counselor ap-pointments, joining a club, trans-ferring to another college, check-ing out a book, or maybe justrelaxing, Building One will bekeeper of everything you need.

“There’s so many clubs anddifferent things going on thatpeople just don’t know about,”said Kirihennedige.

Each other building is jammedfull of classrooms and teachersfor all different types of classes.Building 9 is the keeper of physi-cal activity classes and the gym,while Building 2 showcases someart and music.

“We’re students too, so weknow what type of things wewould want to know and offer itto other interested students,” said

Kirihennedige.Campus tours last anywhere

from 20 to 45 minutes dependingon what a person would like toknow.

“Students enjoy the campustours. We always have good feed-back at the end of each one,”stated Kirihennedige.

The Student Ambassador Pro-gram is currently home to 15 Am-bassadors who perform in otherthings such as recruitment of highschool students, and Welcomeday.

Since 1999, Ohlone’s StudentAmbassadors have been activelyinvolved in recruitment, as wellas other campus events and pro-grams.

“Each semester, Ambassadorsparticipate in a variety of recruit-ment activities both on and offcampus, providing high schoolstudents and community mem-bers with information regardingOhlone’s academic programs, stu-dent services, and campus life,”said Bly.

Ohlone Campus Tours are fullof information that any studentcould benefit from. If anythingelse, the Ohlone web page ispacked full of answers to many ofthe taunting questions that stu-dents bare.

“I encourage that if people haveany problems or questions to goto the website and see if they can

Photo by Danelle MeyerNuwanee Kirihennedige, left, and Sara Mirzaconsult their information to give the best ideato tour-goers of what happens in each build-ing on campus throughout the day.

Ohlone tours: not just for freshmen

By HUDA SHREIMStaff writer

From Oct. 21-23 at theDoubletree Hotel in San Jose, nineOhlone students, including severalmembers of ASOC, sacrificed theirtime for the sake of improving theirleadership skills and building a bet-ter college.

The “CCCSAA,” CaliforniaCommunity College Student Af-fairs Association, an association thatconsists of over 64 colleges in Cali-fornia, held the 24th Annual Stu-dent Leadership Conference. Thepurpose of this yearly conference isto “focus on leadership skill devel-

opment and the theories of rela-tional leadership.”

Participating students said theybenefited greatly from it. “It’sbeen the most beneficial thing forme and it’s going to be the mostbeneficial thing for Ohlone Col-lege through my position as a stu-dent member board of trustees,”said Tristan Tilma, “Ever since Itook up the position several weeksago this has been the best learningexperience I had in the position.”

However not everyone felt thesame. “To my expection thiswasn’t that great,” said RazMohammed, “This last workshopfor me wasn’t that helpful because

it was more of general knowledgethat I already knew about, but itwould be more effective for newsenators.”

Mohammad, Fatima Shaikh,and Tilma discussed what theylearned later on after the work-shops.

“I learned how to reach out tothe students at Ohlone, to come tothem with open arms,” said Tilma.

“I learned to have a vision andthe steps I need to take to get tothat vision,” said Shaikh.

For more information on howyou could attend next year, go to theCCCSAA website at http://www.cccsaa.org.

By GABE VILAStaff writer

We’re sure you’ve noticed him;a jovial young man walking aroundcampus, laughing and joking withstudents, chatting with teachers, ingeneral having a good time. In fact,there’s almost no way to distin-guish him from the regular crowd.Well, except for the navy blue uni-form.

Officer Ben Peralta has been amember of Campus Security fornearly a decade, watching over thecampus since 1998. Officer Peralta,who insists on being called “justBen,” is well liked by the staff andthe students.

“He’s an awesome guy, and he’svery professional with what hedoes,” said Rose Martinez, Coun-seling Services. “He’s always herewhen we need him...which is a goodthing because we get some irate

students down here,” she added witha chuckle.

“I’m an avid believer in leader-ship by example,” said Peralta, “Ithink that, you know, nowadayspeople keep forgetting about ac-countability; that you are held re-sponsible for your actions, and I tryto show that in how I go about myday.”

“I take my job seriously,” saidPeralta. “I don’t see working hereas like an assembly line. I mean,I’ve dedicated myself, like mycolleagues have, to public ser-vice. This is a lifestyle, and youhave to carry yourself -even off-duty -with dignity.”

While conducting himself withprofessionalism and efficiency,he still finds time to get to knowthe people who he works with.

Peralta is a husband and proudfather of Josh, who is 21 monthsold. “I’m lined up for another one

soon, too,” he joked while gestur-ing to the vast collection of fam-ily pictures he keeps in his locker.Among them is a picture of himholding his son and his Star of theMonth award, just after the Presi-dent awarded it to him.

As Star of the Month, Ben wasawarded a certificate, coffee mug,and a temporary parking spot inlot W with the motorcycles (al-though given his security job, hecould choose to park in the middleof the quad if he so desired). Benshrugged off the Star of the Monthaward humbly.

“I don’t really see it as just forme, you know?” he said, “Thereis no ‘I’ in team, like they say,and this is more for everyone hereat Security.”

“He deserves it,” said CarleneMoralez of Campus Security,“He’s a great guy, and he’s a veryvaluable asset to the department.”

ASOC attends CCCSAA

Star of the Month is campus cop

look it up. It usually has all theinformation that people need, butpeople just don’t seem to knowit’s there,” said Kirihennedige.

Campus Tours are held everyTuesday, at 2:30 p.m. on the firstfloor of Building One.

They can also be set upbyrequest on other days throughAmbassadors. The Ohlonewebsite can be located at http://www.ohlone.edu.

And they will continue to helpenrich campus life.

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place an ad, contact Corie Howell at (510)396-4209 or email c.howell@comcast.net

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NOVEMBER1 Men's Soccer -- 3 p.m. At

Ohlone, versus Hartnell College.

4-5 The LaramieProject -- 8 p.m in The Smith Cen-ter. Written by Moises Kaufman.Produced and directed by MarkNelson. The savage beating of ayoung gay man bound to a fence andleft to die in the hills outside Laramie,Wyoming, in 1998 was a shockingact of brutality. His death became anational symbol of intolerance, butfor the people of Laramie the eventwas deeply personal. In this stun-ningly effective theatre piece it istheir voices we hear as the cast por-trays more than sixty different localpersonalities and, using their ownwords, explore the depths and heightsof humanity. Continues Nov. 10-12.

8 Women's Soccer -- 1 p.m.At Ohlone, versus DeAnza College.

8 Men's Soccer -- 3 p.m. AtOhlone, versus Fresno City College.

9 Women's Volleyball --6:30 p.m. At Ohlone, versus CabrilloCollege.

8 Women's Soccer -- 1 p.m.At Ohlone, versus Chabot College.

10 Men's Soccer -- 3 p.m.At Ohlone, versus DeAnza College.

12 Super Flea Market -- 8a.m. to 3 p.m in parking lots E and H.Merchandise for sale includes newand used clothing, antiques, col-lectibles, jewelry, dried and silk flow-ers, cosmetics, delicious food, com-ics, sports cards, gourmet tomatotasting and much more. Vendorspaces are $30 and same day regis-tration is $35. Admission is free!Visitor parking is $2 per vehicle. Allproceeds support Ohlone Collegeprograms. For more informationcontact Elaine Nagel at (510) 659-6285 or email Enagel@ohlone.edu.

8 Women's Soccer -- 3 p.m.At Ohlone, versus City College ofSan Francisco.

15 NASA Science Night-- 6 to 8 p.m. in the Smith Center. Artof the Coment contest exhibit andreception will be until 7 p.m. After-ward, Dr. Scott Sandford will dis-cuss the scientific goals of the Stardustmission and provide an overview ofits design and flight to date. He willalso describe the data returned by thespacecraft during the recent encoun-

JOBS AND INTERNSHIPSStudents are Welcome to visit. Transfer & Career Ser-vices, Building 1 room 1405A. Open Monday thruThursday 9 to 12 a.m. & 1 to 3 p.m. Closed Fridays.

OFFICE/ACCOUNTING ASSISTANT - Part-time, $10-$13 per hour,in Fremont, CA. Schedule To Be Arranged. Must have familiarity withMicrosoft Excel & Word, Windows 2000. Microsoft Access familiarity &proficiency a plus. Customer service experiences a plus, but can train onall tasks if you are willing to learn and grow professionally. Must be detailoriented & have a positive working attitude. General office administra-tion tasks not limited to, but to include: data entry, account reconciliation,filing, light phone and customer service support. #1560124

IT PROFESSIONAL/BUSINESS ANALYST/QA - Full-time, EntryLevel, in Fremont, CA. 8:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. You must have a Bachelors/Masters in Computer Science or Engineering, Masters in BusinessAdministration. A Combination of any of the following skills is a plus:Operating systems: windows NT/2000/XP. UNIX,Linux Databases:Oracle, Informix, Sysbase, Progress, DB2 Languages: C, C++, Java,Visual Basic, J2EE Other technologies: SAP R/3, ABAP 4, MM, SD, FI,EDI, ALE, Siebel CRM, PeopleSoft. QA Testing: client server testing,Performance testing. Selected candidates will provide Consulting ser-vices to our client site. Responsibilities will include (but are not limited to)a combination of some or all of the following: - Act as liaison betweenbusiness users and developers - Clearly articulate the business pro-cesses - Allocate resources to relieve constraints - Implement processmethodologies such as SDLC, RUP, Agile, etc. - Prepare test plans, testcases and/or test strategies - Use manual and automation tools such asWinrunner, Load Runner, QTP, Silk, etc. - Ability to conduct white boxand black box testing. #1521945

CASHIER - Part-time, $7.25 per hour, in Newark, CA. Flexible,various shifts. No experience necessary. Job includes cashiering,customer service, stocking, and maintenance of department. #1555923

APPLICATIONS DEVELOPER - Full-time, Entry Level, Competi-tive salary and benefits package, in Newark, CA. Normal businesshours, Monday - Friday. Entry-level position with 1 years experiencein application development. Must have college degree or equivalenttechnical certification, strong oral and written communication skills,strong communication skills including verbal and written communica-

tions. You must be highly motivated to achieve client satisfaction withtimely high quality services and able to work as a team member in a fast-paced environment. Must be US Citizen with excellent technical skills.Specific technical skills based on role: Unix Shell programming SQL &understanding of Relational Databases, Java / C / C++ programming.Application developer role responsible for providing technical and enduser support for business application systems supporting ERP, Logis-tics, Quoting and Contracts Modules. This candidate will providemaintenance and enhancement support to clinical applications. Willparticipate in design, development and QA phases of system configu-ration and development. #1560063

CORPORATE SALES REPRESENTATIVE - Full-time, Experi-enced Salary plus commission, phone and car allowance in Milpitas,CA. Monday - Friday days. Successful candidates will have a proventrack record of new account sales with three or more years ofprevious sales experience. They will also have good communica-tion, prospecting, cold-calling, sourcing, and selling skills. OurCorporate Sales Representatives (CoSR) play a vital role in theoverall growth of our business. The CoSR is responsible for devel-oping new accounts through prospecting, cold-calling, conductingneeds assessments, and making sales presentations. They willcoordinate first delivery of our work uniforms, towel services, dustcontrol items or other products to ensure complete customer satis-faction. We offer a competitive base salary, plus commission, bonus,car allowance and excellent benefits including health, dental, vision,401(k), Profit Sharing, and Tuition Reimbursement Plans. We alsoprovide complete training in our systems and products and careergrowth opportunities. #1556499

ACADEMIC COACH - Part-time, $15 per hour and up, in SanJose, CA. 12 - 15 hours, possibly more, afternoon shifts. Bilingualismstrongly preferred. Some college education or college degree Expe-rience in education or tutoring children. Excellent communication,people and problem-solving skills Ability to tutor in math/languagearts Familiarity with computers. We are looking for people who arehighly committed to the educational advancement of economicallydisadvantaged students and families. Individuals will be needed toprovide academic tutorial services in our innovative, school-basedafter-school programs. This position is 4-5 days per week and isduring after-school hours. The areas we have openings in are SanMateo, Redwood City, San Jose, Salinas, Richmond, Oakland andother Bay Area locations to be determined. #1559669

ter with the comet Wild 2, and dis-cuss what these data tell us about thenature of coments. The presentationincludes 3D images of the comet inspace. Admission is free and thereare no reservations. 3D glasses willbe provided to the first 300 attend-ees.

16 Women's Volleyball -- 6:30 p.m. At Ohlone, versus GavilanCollege.

18 Csárdás -- 8 p.m in The

Smith Center. Csárdás presents tra-ditional and contemporary worksof Hungarian Tango originatingfrom the folk dance heritage ofHungary. Csárdás, /chär-däsh/comes from the Hungarian wordfor a village inn or tavern wherevillagers gather to sing and dance.These “dances of the tavern” per-sonify the passions and traditionsof this colorful cultural heritagefused with modern dance innova-tions. Tickets are $25 adults and$15 for students, at the box officeor online at www.ohlone.edu.

ONGOINGFlu shots: $15 for students, $20

for staff. Available until supply runsout in Building 16. Please call foryour appointment: (510) 659-6258.

Free and Anonymous HIV Test-ing in the Student Health Center.Tuesdays from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. inBuilding 16. No appointment is nec-essary, no needles are used, and re-sults are available within two weeks.

Gay Straight Alliance will meetevery Tuesday in SC116 at 3 - 4 p.m.

27 Blood Drive – 9 a.m. to3 p.m in Building 5, Cafeteria. Signup at the Health Center, Building 16,or call (510) 659-6258.

28 Women's Volleyball– 6:30 p.m. At Ohlone, versusCañada College.

28 Women's Water Polo– 3 p.m. At Ohlone, versus Collegeof San Mateo.

28 Men's Soccer – 4 p.m.At Ohlone, versus Cabrillo College.

28 National MathematicsExam -- 3 and 4 p.m. At Ohlone,Room 3201. A one-hour exam ofchallenging pre-calculus mathproblems. Contact Geoff Hirsch atext. 6247.

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By STEVENCHAVEZCorrespondent

Thefinalscore

To close ornot to close?

Competitive fire must be a thingof the past. With all the talk sur-rounding the World Series on Tues-day evening, a disturbing themedeveloped through the interviewswith the Astros players.

For God-knows-what reason,the media focus was a questionof whether or not the retract-able roof of Minute Maid Parkwould be opened by MajorLeague Baseball or closed, theway the Houston Astros orga-nization wanted.

Personally, I don’t believe theMLB should have the right to tellanyone to open or close theirstadium’s roof. Having a closedroof holds in the noise, making it adistinct advantage for the hometeam. The Astros, particularly, werenext to unstoppable with the roofclosed over the park. During theregular season, the Astros were 38-17 with the roof closed and only 15-11 with it open.

The players, and even ManagerPhil Garner, protested the roof be-ing open through words all the wayleading up to game two of the se-ries. With the Astros down threegames to none, though, their focusshould have been baseball, not lo-gistics. This comes in a postseasonthat has been full of excuses fromteams about umpires, fans, wildpigeons, shooting stars; well, youget the idea.

My point is this, whatever hap-pened to the old-time baseball atti-tude? The attitude that said, “itdoesn’t matter what the umpires door what the fans say, we have to goout there and play better than theother team does to win this game.There are no excuses, if we lost, wedidn’t do our jobs.”

I’m so sick of hearing the bicker-ing, fighting and fussing about allthese things that have little to dowith the outcome of the game. TheAstros didn’t lose game three be-cause the roof was open, they lostbecause they didn’t capitalize onthe opportunities that were in frontof them.

White Sox Manager OzzieGuillen wouldn’t even talk aboutthe roof’s stance before the game,citing indifference to the wholematter. THAT’S what I’m talking‘bout. Guillen should be given abronzed jock strap for having theonly pair in this whole situation.

Look folks, umpires are go-ing to blow calls and the MLBis a dictatorship that has powerover everything, even makingthe All-Star game mean some-thing (I still don’t get that one).These things happen in base-ball because umpires are hu-man. These aren’t the reasonsthat are making the White Soxbowl over Hous ton ; the i rmanager’s attitude may just bethat reason.

The Renegades are going through their final tune-up for the 2005-’06 sea-son. They open up against American River in Sacramento this Friday.

Photo by Nick Zambrano

Men’s Basketball kicksoff new season FridayBy NICK ZAMBRANOSports editor

Swish. Sound familiar? You’veprobably heard it when walkingaround the campus. Swish, there itgoes again, where is it coming from?That sound is coming from EplerGymnasium where the men’s bas-ketball team is getting ready for theupcoming 2005-’06 season.

The Renegades are coming off aseason which always hovered aroundthe .500 mark, in conference playthey held a 5-5 record. But that doesnot get to somebody like Head CoachJohn Peterson, who is determined tobring his team back to glory. “Iexpect to compete for the league titlethis year,” said Peterson.

In his path stands a difficult chal-lenge, a challenge that any coachwill tell you is no walk in the park.He has only one player returningfrom last year’s squad.

Gone are the likes of Ryan Coo-per, Steve Cotton and Jason Bull,and in are 15 new faces fillingPeterson’s depth chart. Ohlone’s lonereturning player is Sam Kim, who is

coming off a wrist injury that side-lined him for most of last season.

It seems like Peterson has thedeck stacked against him, but hestill maintains his positive outlook.“Everyday is a new lesson,” saidPeterson, who is in his sixth year asOhlone’s head coach. Besides be-ing the coach, Peterson also acts asa teacher. Just like a teacher would,he gets on to the court and demon-strates how a certain play or drillshould work. He is active in bothroles, creating a hands-on experi-ence. Obviously for every coachbeing hands-on is a necessity butPeterson excels in the ability.

Although team memebers arestill getting to know each other, thechemistry needed for a champion-ship is there. “We’re stronger, fasterand bigger this year, we’re defi-nitely going to play more aggres-sive,” said Peterson. However, lastyear’s squad was pretty durable, sowe’ll have to wait and see if thisyear’s group can outdo them.

The Renegades open up theirseason this Friday in Sacramentoagainst American River College

and then travel Fairfield to battleSolano College Nov. 7. Ohlone fi-nally arrives back on home turf forthe second annual Jonathan Wallacetournament Nov. 11.

By SARA KWANStaff writer

If anyone knew anything aboutgoing against all odds, it would beOhlone’s volleyball Coach JamieCortez and her team. With someinexperienced girls mixed in with afew experienced players, the LadyRenegades are definitely goingthrough a building year.

However, Coach Cortez is stillproud of her team and their progress.“We have some girls who haven’tplayed before, but they’re hard work-ing and willing to learn.” said Cortez.

Their 2-8 record doesn’t reflectthe heart and effort that has beenput in for this season. In the gamelast Friday night against Gavilan,they managed to hold on and win.

“We’ve come a long way,” saidCortez.

There have been some outstand-ing performances by Angelica Ben-jamin and Jessie Sodderholm ledthe way. The girls have workedhard with each other in order tokeep up with their teammates andother teams in the conference.

In order to improve next timearound, Ohlone will offer volley-ball classes to help with possiblerecruitment for tryouts. With thehelp of volleyball classes and scout-ing high school talent, she hopes tobuild a stronger team next season.

If anyone has questions about thevolleyball classes or are interest intrying out for volleyball next season,Coach Cortez can be contacted atjcortez@ohlone.edu. Her officenumber is (510) 659-6051. Theirnext game is Friday against Cañadain Epler Gym at 6:30 p.m.

Buildingyear forvolleyball

Softball fundraiserThe Ohlone College Softball team is once again selling See's

candy to raise funds for their upcoming season. The sale will takeplace through November 21, with all purchases available forpick-up on the first week of December. All checks can be madepayable to Ohlone Softball. Anyone intrested in purhcasing cancontact Coach Donna Runyon a (510) 659-6053. The softballteams needs your help, so hurry!