Vol. XXXXI No. 15 Fremont, California Thursday, December 1, 2005

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Paper cranesdecorate

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Women insix-gamewin streak

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Photo by Rostislav TsvetanovThe Chops Big Band induced uncontrollable bouts of dancing duringtheir concert Nov. 18 in the NUMMI Theater.

By SARAH NOORIStaff writer

The Transfer and Career Ser-vices Center (TCS), located on thefourth floor of Building One, maybe relocated to the One Stop Centerin Newark, moving its popular ser-vices off campus and becomingless accessible to most students.

Reasons for the relocation in-clude impending projects on the

Fremont campus, such as the demo-lition of Building 7 to make way fora new student services building.Dean of Counseling Martha Brownsaid the TCS will be moved out ofits home in Room 1405 to maintainclassroom space during the con-struction period. Among these ad-justments, TCS may be shifted to adifferent location on campus.Brown said no firm decisions havebeen made as to where the TCS will

By OMER AHMEDStaff writer

The budget for Ohlone’s future Newark Center ofHealth Science and Technology just rose slightly.

At a special meeting of the Board of TrusteesMonday, the request for over $2.2 million was ap-proved unanimously. This vote returned money thathad been previously taken away from the project andplaced in an Unaligned Contingency Budget. Withnew funds, the total budget for the Newark Center hasreached $99.2 million.

Trustee Member Nick Nardolillo expressed con-cern over wither it was wise to take out money fromreserves this early in the construction process, which isstill in the first phase. Nardolillo said, “I’m concernedthat if we get another hit, where will the money comefrom?”

Deputy Superintendent Deanna Walston explainedthat there would be no money left in the UnalignedContingency Budget if the request was passed butthere would still be $3.5 million in other contingencyfunds that are part of the overall Measure A Bondprojects budget. She also stated that the Board would

By OMER AHMEDStaff writer

Amidst the sounds of policedispatcher’s static, Ohlone ran anemergency response simulationexercise similar to the large scaleRegional Golden Guardian terror-ism response exercise that manyOhlone students attended in Oak-land.

The exercise was staged for thepurpose of testing the college’s pre-paredness and for training officersand staff how to properly serve theschool during a disaster. The Nov.23 exercise simulated a close prox-imity earthquake, which is a sig-nificant risk for the school due tothe closeness of the Hayward Fault.

The school’s response to thesimulated emergency was held inaccordance with the StandardizedEmergency Management System(SEMS) that all public agenciesmust follow. An Emergency Op-erations Center (EOC) was set upin the Smith Center dance studio.The response team received emer-gency calls and sent out officersand buildings and grounds staff to

help where they could. Efforts toassess the school’s damage, repairdangerous sections of the campusand assist students was also routedthough the EOC.

To demonstrate damage to thecampus, large folded posters wereattached to school buildings withdescriptions of the site’s damagewritten on the inside of the fold.Some of the simulated on-campusdilemmas included the front ofBuilding 5 collapsing and fires atvarious locations across campus.

Ohlone’s response to the simu-lated disaster passed the scrutiny ofSEMS guidelines but Police ChiefSteven J. Fajardo said, “There isalways something that we could dobetter.” He specifically pointed to-wards a lack of documentation andthe possibility of improvements incommunication.

Current plans call for there to beat least one disaster exercise a se-mester and Fajardo hopes to makea few changes for the future, “Theschool knows that we are trying tobe prepared and the next step is theget students and teachers more in-volved.”

be relocated, although the TCS staffcommented on the Newark site be-ing mentioned.

Work-Based Learning Special-ist Mary Van Noord will becomethe Career Center Job Developer atthe Newark One-Stop Center. Shereceived the official news Mondaythat her present position as head ofTCS was being terminated. She wasoffered the Career Center Job De-veloper position at the One Stop

Center, which she has accepted.Her duties at the college con-

sisted of helping students on a per-sonal basis with resumes and beingthe liaison between employers andstudents seeking jobs. “I would liketo welcome students to come seeme at the Newark center and hope Ican be of service to them at my newlocation,” Van Noord said.

The changes may take effect nextsemester. The current center in

Room 1102 will remain open andwill remain in existence through-out any possible changes. “Studentsshould continue to look forward tothe services offered to them on cam-pus,” Brown said.

The center offers services intransfer assistance, job and intern-ship search skills, career counsel-ing and testing, on-campus andwork-study jobs, and CSU & UCapplication workshops.

Transfer and Career Services Center to be relocated

$2.2 million more for Newark

Ohlone disasterdrill successful

Dancin’ in the NUMMI

Photo by Nick ZambranoMary Van Noord going to Newark.

not be able to award any bids for future constructionphases if it did not have the money from the request.

The board was slated to approve construction bidsafter deciding on the money request and, as such, wereput in a tight spot. Board Member Robert Bruntonexplained, “Even if I don’t approve of the $2 millionand 39 thousand, I still have to vote for it.”

The project is still in Phase 1 Increment 1 wheregroundwork and the very basic foundation are beingworked on. The building pads and earthwork for theparking lots are almost finished and the main waterlinehas been installed.

There have been some issues with PG&E’s inabilityto get four-inch gas pipes due to rebuilding efforts afterthe recent hurricane season. The groundwater retainingbioswale could also be an issue, as West Nile virus-carrying mosquitoes have possibly been found at a sitenorth of the construction grounds and the still watercould be at risk.

An update on the Newark Center focusing on thebids, as well as updates on the Student Support ServicesBuilding and the compressed calendar will be heldtomorrow at the College Council Meeting from 10 to11:30 a.m. in the Library’s Video Conference Room.

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OPINION

Attitude makes all the differenceBy ALTANETTE FORD

Correspondent

If you thought the cost of schoolwas high last semester, I hopeyou’ve braced yourself for the nextexpected price hike. Sometimes Ican’t help but wonder if the presentGOP administration has an axe togrind with education, the elderly,and poor people. Bush has a ten-dency to pay back those who criti-cize him where it hurts the most- inthe pocket book.

It seems to be a habit of Presi-dent Bush to seek revenge whenfolks don’t agree with his deci-sions. The House of Representa-tives approved a bill for a budgetcut of $50 billion that will affect thepoor, elderly, and students.

School is getting harder andharder to pay for, that is unlessyou’re rich, or your dad is a CEO atHalliburton. Then of course, bud-get cuts don’t bother you, becauseyou’ve lucked out and hit the lot-tery as far as the government goes.The already very wealthy will gethefty entitlement checks in the formof $70 billion in tax cuts.

While the poor and middle-classstudents will get to pay 8.25 per-cent interest instead of the previous6.8 percent on their student loans,

By ANNA NEMCHUK News editor

On the first day of class, there’sa certain quivering in the air - aquickening, a pulsing, a flurry, ifyou will. A new beginning is athand and the slate is wiped clean:new professors, new classes, newbooks.

The instructor explains theclass’s guidelines, hands out con-tact information, and the lecturebegins. Half an hour passes, a day,perhaps a few sessions, the profes-sor warming up to the subject, thediscussions picking upenergy...when there it is. The balldrops. A student lets fly a hand andimperviously demands, “Will thisbe on the test?”

The professor, skin suddenlytight around the eyes, slowly turnsaround and, pinning the lumberingquestioner with a resigned glare,bites out an answer. The mood isshattered. Convivial chatter trick-les to naught, teacher and studentstense - feeling as if treading on aminefield, the class takes on a bit-ter, battlesome nature.

I am so tired of lazy studentsruining my fun! Every class, every

year, some dolt will indubitablyask the dreaded question and re-mind the teacher, already boggeddown by administrative balderdash,a puny salary and half the classhaving bought the incorrect text, ofjust what the students are reallysitting there for. Not to learn, whywould you do such a thing, but topass the test, of course, then passthe course, complete a degree, trans-fer to another school, get anotherdegree, find a job, and so on.

When did education stop beingabout learning? Perhaps a bit of theidealist still survives in me, but Iremain flabbergasted when hear-ing, “I just need to pass this class,what’s the lowest percentage for aC?” Why would you EVER go intoa class intending only to pass it? It’sone thing to try your best and re-ceive a B or C for your efforts, thereis nothing dishonorable about notgoing through school with a 4.0GPA, and quite another to beginwith the attitude that a half-assedattempt is good enough. As a stu-dent, I abhor students like that. Asa teacher, I imagine I might be-come homicidal.

At the end of the summer se-mester, having successfully com-pleted the course work for a historyclass and in the process of depart-

ing it for the last time, I asked theprofessor for a copy of the notes fora class I had missed earlier. Hisutter incomprehension at why Ishould desire information now to-tally unrelated to my grade and hismore than mild shock when pre-sented with the explanation that Ihad come there to learn and I wantedall the information I could get weredepressing, to say the least.

We have trained our teachers toexpect the worst of us. There aresites dedicated to rating them byhow easily they grade, how manytests are given, even how hot theyare. This is what college is about?!

And as for teachers: the bestteacher I ever had, a MSJHS En-glish teacher named Patricia Allen,never raised her voice in a class ofmore than thirty rowdy kids. Oneglance from her and the bun crown-ing her head was enough to silencethe most irascible among us.

Professor Barbara Tull starts outher week with two meetings andends with twenty-four as the fac-ulty senate president, yet her sci-ence fiction, Shakespeare andgothic novel courses are some ofthe most fascinating on campus.

History and Political ScienceProfessor John Kenney single-

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parents will now pay 9 percent onloans that previously carried aninterest rate of 7.9 percent. ‘Stu-dents graduating with an averagedebt of loan of $17,500 the changeswould increase the cost of payingoff loans by $5,800 in interest andfees,” said Matt Petrie, PortlandState University, Vanguard. Col-lege education in the future formiddle-class and low-income stu-dents will be very slim. The bud-get, also, raises the interest rate forconsolidation loans, and reducessubsidies paid to student lenders atotal of $20.5 billion in cuts over a10 year period.

All of this is of course mainly theproblem of people who are under-privileged already, and have themost despertae need of (additional)education.

President Bush and his adminis-tration are just in time to play thepart of Scrooge during the Christ-mas holidays, and his GOP Staffcan play the evil ghosts or the spi-der-webs on the wall. Some of usare going to need borrow themailman’s slogan for inspiration“come rain or shine” nothing willstop us from getting an education.Don’t let the Robbing Hood bunchstop you. Where there is a will,there is a way.

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handedly overturned my hate ofhistory, solely due to his passionfor it. Bill Parks, Ohlone’s re-nowned journalism instructor, putsup with a quarrelsome, restive news-paper staff day in and day out with-out losing his love for the Monitoror chucking any of the aforemen-tioned off a balcony.

Ohlone is a community college.As such, it is not out to make aprofit; it is out to make educated,thriving members of society out ofstudents.

The next time you’re in class andyou’re wondering what will appearon the test? Read the book(s), listento the professor, take notes, partici-pate in any discussions, do yourassignments, and I guarantee you’llnot only pass the class, you’ll verylikely achieve an A in it, and allwithout driving your professor andfellow classmates bonkers.

And just think: you might learnsomething, too!

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Listen more, talkless, get better grades

Student says police abusive at protestEDITOR:

Having never been to a politicalprotest before, I was excited to at-tend the events surrounding theColin Powell appearance at DeAnza College Nov. 11. My inten-tions were more for knowledge andexperience than to support any po-litical agenda. In other words, Iwent as an observer, to find outwhy people are moved to protestand how informed they are aboutwhat they are protesting.

As I arrived, the protest was un-der way, filled with chanting andarm-locking, and fully stocked withpolice in riot gear. I began to talk torandom people and within a fewminutes had identified three well-represented groups: pacifists, Mus-lims and anarchists, with a few oldhippies thrown in to spice thingsup. They all agreed that the currentadministration is bad and that thewar must end, but all for very dif-ferent reasons and purposes. I met

a few people who were well in-formed about current events, but Ifound that many were there forsuperficial reasons and were rela-tively uninformed. There were sev-eral people who thought themselvesjustified in throwing rocks and eggsat police, or harassing elderly folkstrying to attend the speech. I won-dered whose side they were on.

Then we had the police. Presum-ably called upon to maintain peaceand order, I found them arrogantand disrespectful to the peoplewhom they are paid to serve. Theywore an attitude of authoritarianismand superiority reminiscent of aRoman legion, while also mimick-ing their tactics. At times, they bru-talized people with clubs and pep-per spray and then justified theiractions by their motto, “We’re onlyfollowing orders.” This might soundfamiliar to your grandparents; itwas the same defense that the Nazisused at the war crimes trials atNuremberg. Someone should tell

the “boys in blue” that everyone isresponsible for their own actions,regardless of orders.

I was not a protestor. I did notidentify with their cause or theirmethods of protest. Nor do I be-lieve that this government is lead-ing this country in the right direc-tion, meaning the preservation offreedom. We have been and willcontinue to suffer intrusions uponour liberties, as were suffered bymany innocent people at this pro-test, until we the people realize that“We the People...” means us. De-spite my neutrality, I was assaultedby police and struck in the backmore than several times by theirclubs, as they advanced upon thecrowd without warning. I witnessedthe police severely beat and maceone individual who appeared tohave done nothing wrong except tobe slow to get out of the way.

– KEN STEADMAN IIIStudent

LETTER

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JessicaLoseeStaff writer

By DANELLE MEYERStaff Writer

It has always been said that artis in the eye of the beholder.

So imagine taking a piece ofpaper, flat and nothing more thatwhat it appears, and folding it inevery direction, creasing andbending the square to your will,to create something more thanjust paper.

This practice of creating newshapes, forms or even animalsfrom simple pieces of paper hasbeen done for many years allthroughout China.

Would this be art or not to you?For many the art of origami is

anything but bland. Origami,which actually translates to “pa-per folding” fromJapanese, is anart form that takes pieces of ordi-nary paper and produces enticingpieces of art, sometimes withsimple functionalities like hop-ping frogs or flapping wings.

At the finish of a folded cre-ation there is no longer a piece ofpaper, but a masterpiece ofshapes.

The range of origami possi-bilities is endless, from the very

easy to the extremely difficultlevels of technique.

One can create almost any-thing they can imagine. Booksupon books have been createdto cover just the most com-monly created origami shapes,such as cranes, boxes, roosters,stars of almost any shape or,

for the advenerous, dragons.A shape that has become very

popular and widely known is thepaper crane because of its easeand simple attraction.

The crane starts humbly, with asquare piece of paper folded inhalf diagonally the ends pinchedto eventually become the beak.

When the sheet is finished, theshape of a bird will be left stand-ing proudly, break up and wingsat its sides.

To Professor Kris Lyons, andher class, constructing these pa-per cranes became their ideal workof art.

Students folded the manycranes and strung them together,ranging from small to large togigantic, and hung from the vari-ous branches in one of the trees inthe quad.

While a single crane figurealone may not seem like much,seeing this many cranes all to-gether on one tree at once makeseach individual crane seem likeso much more.

Contrasting cranes of color arespread throughtout the display,making each white crane evenmore pristine looking than if thewhole nimbus of crans werewhite.

This display can be seen cur-rently next to the library in thequad. Learn to make your owncrane from any commerciallyavailiable book of origami or at:0

w w w . s a d a k o . c o m / f o l d /folding.html.

Photo by Devina Deo

Suicide marriageLast month, three hotels in

Amman, Jordan were rocked byexplosions causing havocthroughout the city, a safe andstable area in the midst of theconflict of the Middle East. Fifty-seven people were killed in thethree bombings, which occurredat different hotels in the city.

At the Radisson Hotel, two ofthe suicide bombers, a husbandand wife, were at a wedding. Thehusband’s explosives were setoff, but the wife, Sajida Mubarakal-Rishawi, was unable todetonate her explosive belt.

“He took one end and I tookthe other,” said al-Rishawi, in aquote from the New York Times.“The hotel had a wedding in itand there were women andchildren. My husband executedthe attack. I tried to detonate itbut it failed. People began to run,and I ran out with them.”

It is unfathomable how one canrun away from causing such atragedy. Al-Rishawi was arrestedand confessed to aiding in thebombing, then running away withthe rest of the crowd afterwards.

During her taped confession,she still wore the transparent beltof explosives around her waist.

It is unknown whether al-Rishawi’s interrogators asked orforced her to wear the belt, aslittle of the taped confession wasreleased. The interview includedinformation about how the attackwas organized, but not the targetsof the attack.

King Abdullah, ruler of thenation believes that despite thepresence of foreign citizens at thehotels, the attacks were aimed atJordanians.

Had the explosives gone off,the woman would have beenidentified like the rest of thesuicide bombers, by piecingtogether body parts on a coroner’stable. Yet now the world can lookat this person, and wonder whyshe would choose to murder somany people for a selfish cause.

These issues are apparent inheadlines, but there is also amovie in theaters now about thesubject. Paradise Now, a WarnerIndependent film, focuses on twoPalestinian suicide bombers, Saidand Khaled. The two are followedaround with cameras during whatthey feel is their last 48 hours.

In the future it can be hopedthat people are able to expresstheir opinions with words, notexplosives. It is a sad day whenthe human voice is so oppressedthat it can only be heard throughbombs blasting.

It is unfortunate that I wasunable to discover the meaningbehind the Amman suicidebombings. One can only judgefrom possessed knowledge, whichcan be biased, incomplete orcompletely inaccurate.

Judge for yourself how such adesperate reaction can be broughtabout, but a man once told me,“People do severe things whenthey are severely oppressed.”

Crane flocks gather herewind brushing their wings aside

forever in flight

Paper cranes decorate campus trees

Smith Center Presents:What you want to seeIs it hard for you to find an interesting show?Want to see something special? Take theSmith Centers survey to voice your opinionson upcoming shows.

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By DANELLE MEYERStaff writer

For the longest time the art dis-play case on the third floor of Build-ing 2 has been dormant, barren ofany work. But Paul Mueller, Pro-fessor of Photography, has broughtlife back to the dusty case eversince he began teaching at Ohlone.

This semester, each of his Ad-vanced Black and White Photo stu-dents has had a chance to fill thecase with their best artwork. “It wasalways intended to be a displaycase for photo students,” saidMueller.

The artwork has included differ-ent photographs from students NikkiHo, Joey Pardo, CJ Jones and IanLong; and will feature the best pic-tures from the beginning photogra-phy classes. “I’ve been gatheringbeginning student’s best work to

put up at the end of the semester,”remarked Mueller.

Photography is not just clickingthe button of a camera, but an entireart form. Each photographer hastheir own unique personality thatcan be seen through their pictures.“My favorite way to photograph isto walk around in an area and lookfor strange relationships that ob-jects have with one another,” saidCJ Jones.

“I absolutely love photographybecause it’s inspiring. It’s a motivefor me and there are so many thingsyou can do with it. I enjoy doing itall the time. My favorite way tophotograph is with people,” saidJoey Pardo.

Not only is the case a great wayto add flavor to a hidden area of thecampus, but it’s also a wonderfulopportunity for photography stu-dents to see their work all together

at once.“I put up 22 of my photos from the

previous semester and it gave me asense that I had really advanced as aphotographer,” said Jones.

Students and teachers alike haveremarked on the quality of art thathas been showcased through thesemester. “The other teachers in the

hallway are always commenting. Ithink it’s interesting for them to seenew work,” said Mueller.

“It’s fantastic. It’s really nice forstudents to have something like thisto do,” started Muller. “I encouragepeople to come and take a look atthe great work that’s being put up.There’s always something there.”

Black and white photographydraws attention in a color world

Harry Potter Express: A humble reviewBy KRISTA MARTINEZFeatures editor

Harry Potter and the Goblet ofFire, the fourth movie in the suc-cessful series on movies based onbooks, opened up in theaters Nov.18 and as of Wednesday night hasgrossed more than $412 millionworldwide. The thing to thinkabout though, is this movie worthyour $7.50?

A wonderful cast, an enchantedworld, interesting situations andcolorful characters can still makea bad movie when directors andwriters rush stories along and editpoorly. There is no way to enjoythis movie, beyond special ef-fects, unless you have seen theprevious three movies and have

read the novels.Many worthwhile events are

completely ignored, changed or,even worse, combined in an ef-fort to keep the plot plausible,while unimportant minutia some-how made their way into the finalcut.

The movie feels as if the direc-tor thought there wasn’t enoughtime to cover everything andpushed 9/10 of the book into- thefirst 20 minutes and the attemptedto make the last bit cover anothertwo hours. Yes, the full runningtime of Harry Potter and the Gob-let of Fire is 157 minutes.

Not everything was awful. Infact, the editing was the only thingthat could use help at all.

The ages of the various actors

finally look spot on for the partsthey play, most obviously DanielRadcliff, playing the Boy WhoLived, Harry Potter himself.

Those who felt that Daniellooked exceptionally young in thefirst three films can rest assuredthat Harry looks the age he issupposed to be. Malfoy, on theother hand, played by Tom Felton,might have to be replaced for thelast three movies if he continuesto look so much older than anyother character, barring profes-sors.

Michael Gambon plays aslightly more sinister, twitchierand creepier Albus Dumbledorethan the one the late Richard Har-ris brought to life in the first films.

Surprisingly, with the overall

darker tone of the fourth movie,this works well to the advantageof the film and will likely proveessential to the mood in the nextmovies as the themes becomemore serious.

Special effects become centralto the movie series as events be-come more outlandish and plot-orientated. The green-screen ef-fects are very nearly flawless, withcharacters interacting with realand digital elements with the sameamount of natural movement.

Dangerous times ahead for thewhole cast but don't expect tounderstand one word of what hap-pens unless you remember thecontents of the previous novels.Now, all there is to do is wait forthe next novel.

Dancingaway atDesi NightThe Ohlone Indian-Fijian Club hosted anight of dancing andfun in the Cafeteria lastSaturday for any toattend.

Photo by Devina Deo

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The VoiceWithinBy AmanMehrzai

Editor-in-Chief

By GABRIEL VILAStaff writer

With a brilliant stir of traditionalmusic the curtain rose to unveil anevening of stunning performances,perfectly timed comedy and excit-ing dance that all fell under thetitle of Csárdás (pronounced“chardash”).

The performance took place onSaturday, Nov. 18 in the SmithCenter and opened to a more thansold-out house.

The audience loved Csárdás,clapping in time to the music. Andwhen the performance was over,the dancers came down from thestage with their musicians and hadthe audience join in on the fun.

Csárdás is the name of a seriesof folkdances from Hungary andSlovakia, which at 200 years oldis still fairly young among othertraditional dances. Popular even

today in the Carpathian Basin,regional variants of the dance areabundant. Like most new dances,Csárdás was born of a musicaltransformation, incorporating in-fluences from all over Europe.

The dance is popular among menand women and for the most partimprovised. Even on stage the danc-ers ad-lib their dance steps to keepthings fresh and different everynight.

“All of the dancers are authen-tic,” said producer Kalman Magyar.“We searched far and wide for thebest dancers, and these are them,the best. What you see on stage isimprovised on the spot, but basedlargely on the folk dance that youwould find walking into any vil-lage.”

The program, put together byrenowned choreographer ZoltanZsurafszki, arranged the dances toconform to a story. While none of

the actors had any lines, the storywas clearly evident simply from theway they danced and the expres-sions on their faces.

Two men were chasing after awoman, one suited in red, and theother in blue.

The man dressed in red won thegirl’s heart but the blue-suited mansteals her away, and so the first manmust journey to win her back. Hedoes, and they get married and makepeace with the man in blue.

A simple story, but so well toldthrough color and dance that theaudience felt as though they livedevery moment of it themselves.

“I’m loving it,” said WalterBirkedahl, Dean of Fine & Per-forming Arts, during intermission.“I love how the story progressesfrom dance to dance...it’s amaz-ing.”

A wonderful part of the perfor-mance was the music, supplied

by a small six-man band on stage.With amazing clarity and flowthey brought the piece home withcrowd-pleasing solo pieces in themidst of the dances and footwork.

As the dancers leapt aboutthe stage exhibiting near-super-human stamina and energy (thelead dancer, Fitos Dezso, play-ing the role of the man in red,dance=d nearly non-stop fromthe start of the performance tothe end) the audience cheeredon the violinist, Pap Istvan, whoplayed with superhuman speed,and put their hands together forMako Peter, who played on astrange predecessor of the clari-net.

The show toured the East Coastin 2000 to rave reviews. If thisperformance is any indication ofhow well the dancers perform, thecurrent West Coast tour can onlyturn out well.

Csárdás at Ohlone: ‘I’m loving it’

Of the noble attributes theUnited States has to offer theworld, its justice system seems tobe one that is constantly braggedabout. Over the years, citizens ofcountries abroad who face severeoppression and lack of freedom,long to reach our borders so theycan express their opinions withoutfear of being beat by the strongarm of their police nation.

Is our nation changing towards apolice like state that takes awaybasic freedoms of the people?Some say that such sacrifices arenecessary for the sake of ensuringsecurity from potential terrorists.

However, if we accept this trainof thought, then we must alsorealize and admit that our countrycan no longer parade itself to theworld as a free state that is betterthan others because we are a“freedom loving people” who offerliberty to its citizens and to thosewho follow our footsteps.

Many in the world believe thatour constant promising to othernations of freedom throughdemocracy is confusing when weare tightening freedoms bothdomestically and abroad.

The Patriot Act takes awaymany rights of citizens and givesrights to authorities such as thepolice, federal agents, and othergovernment entities. This leavespolice with new broad powers,who don’t quite know how to dealwith it except through experimen-tal lapses of trial and error.

Allow me to give a basic, localexample of how things arechanging: last month at De AnzaCollege the protests against ColinPowell proved violent and abusive,and made me wonder what a policestate might look like in America.

Officers went after some whosay they were innocent and otherswho are accused of committingcrimes such as throwing eggs.The general understanding of ourjustice system is “innocent untilproven guilty.” Albeit, I am afirm believer in the law, andagree that if someone broke thelaw, they should face trial. Butwhat I saw that night was thepolice acting as authority, judge,and punisher all in one - symp-tomatic of fascism.

The police waited until the endof the protest, went after protestersand beat many of them excessivelyin plain view of several witnesses.

Whether someone is guilty ornot, it is not the job of the policeto execute the role of the judi-ciary. When a person is detained,punished/judged (by beating),arrested by the police, then laterjailed for a supposed crime, thebalance of justice has been tilted- this feeling will cause nothingless of resentment and a separa-tion between the people and itsgoverning party.

Such inequities serve as a greatdanger to our fragile society, whoalready suffers from an identitycrises of claiming moral superior-ity in the world with the mask ofso-called democracy.

Unpatriotic act

By ANNIE UTTER Staff writer

Peek inside into the lives ofOhlone Deaf students who comefrom all over the world. Somedeaf students attending Ohlonefor the first time knew nothingabout American Sign Language(ASL) while others more familiarwith signing soaked up ASLquickly. Many countries simplydo not have the support or themoney to provide the interpret-ers.

Hudson Asiema moved fromhis homeland in Kenya to Fre-mont two and a half years ago.Asiema, born deaf, grew up withKenyan Sign Language (KSL) andlearned English as well. Once hegraduated from high school hestarted learning American SignLanguage (ASL) from a book bor-rowed from a family friend inAmerica. Since Kenyan collegesdo not provide any support fordeaf students, Asiema moved toFremont to attend Ohlone.

“It was hard at first with ASLbecause it was not in perfect gram-mar like English. It has more faceexpressions,” said Asiema.Asiema does not know the Kenyanlanguage well since he is used toKSL. “Most deaf students ignorethe written language and are intothe KSL,” said Asiema. Asiemawishes there were more supportfor deaf students in colleges andbeyond. Another interesting factis that KSL is not offered to the

public like ASL is in America. Itwas strange for Asiema to see a lotof hearing people know signing.KSL is mostly shared by friendsand families.

Dileep Mathew who was borndeaf in Kerala, India moved toFremont in 2003. Mathew grewup with Indian Sign Language(ISL).

When Mathew graduated fromhigh school he went to work forhis father’s business. AfterMathew married he moved hereto attend Ohlone. It took Mathewa year and a half to learn ASL.

Mathew decided to move toAmerica because of the limitedopportunities and services for deafpeople in India. There was a lackof sign language interpreters anda low percentage of deaf people

being hired.“Only about 1 percent of deaf

people are hired,” said Mathew.Sandhya Sudanagunta hails from

Andhra Pradhesh, India and movedhere nine years ago in 1996.Sudanagunta who is hard of hear-ing, grew up in India using IndianSign Language (ISL). Sudanaguntadecided to go to Ohlone because ofthe deaf programs and the opportu-nity to meet new students, deaf andhearing.

“It’s very interesting for me tointeract with new people,” saidSudanagunta. “Also, there are manyIndian students who are attendingOhlone College.” Yao-Li Yuan wasborn deaf in Taipei, Taiwan andmoved to California in 1996. Yuanwas never exposed to sign languagesince he was put into oral school.

Yuan remembers seeing a youngstudent using a sign language inter-preter in his grade school in Taiwanand felt useless that he didn’t knowsign language.

Mylene Mendiola born in Ma-nila, Philippines moved to SanJose in 1996 when she was 12years old.

Mendiola did use sign languagein her country but had forgottenmost of it. At that time, the schoolsdid not have sign language orEnglish and Mendiola’s motherdecided that America would bebetter for her daughter's educa-tion. “It was awkward at first butthen got better,” said Mendiola.“At first I not sure about DeafCommunity,” said Mendiola. “It’sa lot of fun and I feel big welcomehere.”

International deaf students here

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DECEMBER

2-4 Tchaikovsky’sNutcracker Ballet -- In TheSmith Center. Bring your childrenand grandchildren to this wonder-ful holiday classic! And followingthe Sunday matinee, bring them tothe Sugar Plum Party for refresh-ments, special holiday treats, and achance to meet and have their pic-tures taken with the costumed danc-ers. Shows on Dec. 2 and Dec. 3will be held at 8 p.m. and the Sun-day showing will be at 2 p.m. Buyyour tickets online atwww.fremontsymphony.org.

3 Community Chorale-- At 8 p.m. in The CentervillePresbyterian Church in Fremont.The Community Chorale, di-rected by Darry Guzman, withspecial guests The PhilippineSaringhimig Choir from SanFrancisco under the direction ofGeorge Hernandez will present acombined concert of “HolidayDelights” at Centerville Presby-terian Church in Fremont, locatedat 4360 Central Ave. Buy ticketsonline or at the Smith Center BoxOffice.

5-6 College and JobRecruitment Days -- All Day.If the weather is nice, the recruiterswill be outside in the Quad (be-tween Buildings 1 and 5). Other-wise, the recruiters will be in theCafeteria lobby (Building 5, sec-ond floor).

6 Ohlone CommunityBand -- At 8 p.m. in The SmithCenter. Buy tickets online or at theSmith Center Box Office.

6 Free and AnonymousHIV Testing -- In the StudentHealth Center, Building 16, from11 a.m. to 2 p.m. No appointmentnecessary. Your results will beready in two weeks. OrasureMethod used - no needles!

8 Textbook Buy BackDays Begin -- In the Book-store. The bookstore is openMonday - Thursday from 8 a.m.to 7:30 p.m.; Friday from 8 a.m.to 3 p.m. and Saturday from 8a.m. to noon. The bookstore isclosed Sundays.

8-10 Winter DanceShowcase -- At 8 p.m. in TheSmith Center, NUMMI Theatre.Show on Dec. 10 also runs at 2p.m.

9-15 Final Exams --Fall 2005 Final Exam schedule cannow be found online atwww.Ohlone.edu.

10 Ohlone College Su-per Flea Market -- At OhloneCollege, Parking lots E and H from8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Merchandise forsale includes clothing, antiques,collectibles, jewelry, cosmetics,food, comics, and more. Admis-

JOBS AND INTERNSHIPSStudents are Welcome to visit. Transfer & Career Services, Building 1 Room 1405A. Open

Monday thru Thursday 9 to 12 a.m. & 1 to 3 p.m. Closed Fridays.

LEASING CONSULTANT - Full-time. Entry Level. In Fremont, CA. Will work around schoolschedule. Part time also available. Job qualifications include telephone professionalism,customer service, friendly, English-speaking, and organization. Job duties include tele-phones, filing, basic computer (Word Processing) skills, good customer service, perhapstravel between locations Fremont to Milpitas. #1012757

OPTOMETRIC ASSISTANT - Part-time. $8 to $12, but negotiable. In Fremont, CA. Tue,Wed, Fri 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.; Thurs 11 a.m. - 7 p.m.; Sat 9 a.m. - 2 p.m. We are looking for the rightperson to join and grow with us. Experiences in the following areas are highly desirable -optometric assisting, optical or optician experience, medical front office. Good telephonetechniques, computer skills, knowledge of medical insurance, and the ability to deal well withpeople are also good skills to have. In addition we look for honest, dedicated contributors.Duties as optometric assistant include front office reception, scheduling of appointments,checking patients in /out, insurance work, optometric pre-testing and screening, opticaldispensing and verification, and other duties as needed for the day-to-day operation of anoptometric office. #1580872

ACCOUNTING TUTOR - Part-time. $6.75 per hour. In Fremont, CA. Flexible hours. Musthave either completed 2 semesters of accounting, or completed 1 semester and be currentlyenrolled in a second semester. Must be familiar with computer operation. Completion of tutortraining is a big plus. Can be enrolled in 101B. Job duties include: tutor students in accounting,help students use software on computer, help students to access information on Internet, setup videos for student viewing, and conduct review sessions for exams. #102295870

CHESS INSTRUCTOR - Part-time. $25 - $50 per hour. In Fremont, CA M-F: 12 - 5 p.m. Youmust work well with children, have reliable transportation. Have chess knowledge or be willingto learn. Presentable appearance. You will be instructing children in the game of Chess.Experience not important but must be willing to learn the game. A plus if you alreadyunderstand the game of chess. Prior work with children a plus as well. #1514333

CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE - Part-time. $10 per hour. In Fremont, SanRamon, Union City, and Milpitas CA. Flexible, Nights and weekends required. No experiencenecessary, will train. Looking for someone who is willing to grow with the company and is ableto be a self-motivated employee. Must be able to approach and speak to everyone (potentialcustomers) Please call for more information. Looking for a lead generator (appointmentgenerator) to represent the company in a local retail store. Basic job description is talking tocustomers offering free in-home estimates for our services. #1571885

RECEPTIONIST/OPTICAL ASST/OPTOMETRIC AST - Part-time. $12 per hour & up. InFremont, CA. Full Time and Part Time available. You must have people skills, attention todetail, punctuality, courtesy to others, and previous optical experience a plus. Job dutiesinclude roles as receptionist, optical assistant, optometric assistant, pretest patient, assistpatients in selecting eye care products. #804258

ACCOUNTANT/BOOKKEEPER - Part-time. $15 or more based on experience. In Fre-mont, CA. 8:30 a.m. - 5:30 pm. The candidate must have completed or be in the process ofcompleting the coursework for a undergraduate degree in accounting or a masters degree inaccounting or taxation Experience or coursework in payroll, individual and corporate incometax preparation is a plus. A working knowledge of MS Word and Excel is required. Thecandidate will assist in the preparation of financial statements, payroll and payroll taxes,individual, corporate and other income tax returns for our clients. Our clients range fromindividuals to small businesses who operate as sole proprietors, partnerships, corporations,estates and trusts. There will be longer hours during Tax Season from January to April.#1573998

FULL-TIME AND PART-TIME INTERNSHIPS - Intern/Extern in Fremont, CA. Flexible.Candidates should be ambitious self-starters with excellent communication skills and havethe ability to learn new tasks. This internship program is a great opportunity for those studentswho are interested in working in a learning environment. When considering an internship,please keep in mind that EIB asks for a three-month commitment. Internships: We are offeringInternships in Fremont, CA to those interested in Marketing, Bookkeeping, Sales, WebDevelopment, Software Development, Networking, Graphic Artists, Administrative andCustomer Service. We are offering full-time and part-time internships. These positions offervaluable experience toward your major. Gain career experience while working with our team.We have flexible schedules available. We have a limited number of positions available andfor the right candidates it could lead to full-time positions within the company. The opportunityis endless in this organization. #1440664

ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT - Part-time. $8 - $10 per hour. In Fremont, CA. Monday -Friday. We are looking for somebody who is able to speak and write English fluently. SomeWord/Excel/Outlook experience is a plus. Ability to type 35+ wpm is preferred. Excellentphone skills. Able to multi-task. Main duty will be to assist the Office Manager with answeringphones, filing and light typing. We will provide training. Position is part time and seasonal (untilapprox. April 2006). We need somebody to come in Monday - Friday. Depending onapplicant’s class schedules, we can be flexible with work hours. Position pays $8 - $10/hr,depending on prior experience. Great opportunity for students in the Fremont, CA area.#1576730

You must contact the Testing Cen-ter at (510) 659-6126 for more in-formation, or log onto Ohlone.edu.

December 1, Thursday 9:00am English / 10:30am Math

December 2, Friday 1:00pm English / 2:30pm Math

December 5, Monday 1:00pm English / 2:30pm Math

December 6, Tuesday 9:00am English / 10:30am Math

December 7, Wednesday 6:00pm English / 7:30pm Math

December 8, Thursday 9:00am English / 10:30am Math

December 12, Monday 1:00pm English / 2:30pm Math

December 13, Tuesday 9:00am English / 10:30am Math

December 14, Wednesday 6:00pm English / 7:30pm Math

December 15, Thursday 1:00pm English / 2:30pm Math

December 19, Monday 1:00pm English / 2:30pm Math

December 20, Tuesday 9:00am English / 10:30am Math

Spring 2006Placement Tests Schedule

ONGOINGLibrary display cases available

for students and staff.

Flu shots: $15 for students, $20for staff. Available until supplyruns out in Building 16. Call for anappointment: (510) 659-6258.

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

The Louie-Meager Art Galleryexhibits a show each month. FromOctober 21 until November 22,Magi Amma's Chair Series will beon display.

Spring 2006 schedules are avail-able in the Bookstore.

Smith Center Box Office is openTuesday to Thursday from 12 to 7p.m. and Friday and Saturday from12 to 4 p.m.

sion is free and parking is $2. Ven-dor spaces are $30-$35. All pro-ceeds support Ohlone College pro-grams.

11 Holiday Concert,Ohlone Chamber Orches-tra -- In the Smith Center at 2 p.m.Featuring Handel’s Royal Fire-works Music, Mozart’s Concertofor Bassoon and Orchestra andHaydn’s Symphony No. 73 in D,followed by a light reception andthe 4th Annual Sing Along Mes-siah at 4 p.m.

13 Free and Anony-mous HIV Testing -- In theStudent Health Center, Building16, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Noappointment necessary.

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PPOO SSRRTTSSThursday, December 1, 2005

Stanley’s girls on six game win streak

Indy iscruising

Going undefeated for theseason is a rare feat. Teams havecome close, but none haverepeated what the Dolphins did in1972. However, for manyreasons, the Indianapolis Coltsgot people thinking that the actcan and will be duplicated.

I agree.The boys from Indy just came

off an impressive Monday nightvictory that put them at 11-0. Alot of teams were picked to breakthe streak, but none have evencome close to succeeding. Let’sgo down the list of victims: St.Louis, Cincinnati, New Englandand as of this past Monday night,Pittsburgh (26-7, ouch). All teamswith powerful offenses capable ofblowing any team out the water.

So that must mean that they’redoing it on the defensive side of theball, right? Right.

Led by defensive linemenDwight Freeney (7 sacks), MontaeReagor (4.5 sacks) and RobertMathis (10 sacks) the Colts defenseis ranked eighth in the NFL in totaldefense. This past Monday night,the Colts did not allow the Steelersa first down until their fourth driveof the game.

Another factor in the Colts’success would have to be playinginside the RCA Dome.

The noise factor has placed aburden on all visiting teams.Playing in the dome has causednumerous false starts for theopposition and just makes iteasier for Freeney and the defenseto clear way for the offense.

Even Al Michaels and JohnMadden say it’s like having thattwelfth man on the field.

The Colts are also well disci-plined.

Unlike our hometown team, theRaiders, who have committed themost penalties in the league, theColts have committed the least. Inthe 12 weeks of play, the Coltshave only 120 penalties (53 onoffense, 67 on defense) to their rapsheet.

We all wondered how PeytonManning was going to follow uphis record-breaking touchdownperformance last season, but noneof us thought that this was goingto happen but honestly, with theweapons Manning has on offenseI’m surprise we didn’t see thissooner.

Edgerrin James has providedthat great rushing attack to balanceManning’s passing game, averag-ing 111.6 yards per game. Jamesalso adds to the arsenal of targetsthat Manning deploys. “Oh my,James, Harrison, Wayne, or Clark,who am I going to throw to now?”

Not bad for a team who didn’twin a single game in the preseason.

By NICK ZAMBRANOSports editor

It is often said that in defeat,lessons can be learned. No one cantell you that better than first yearWomen’s Head Volleyball CoachJamie Cortez.

Cortez and the Lady Renegadeswent through the year constantlychanging and rebuilding. Thisyear’s squad only had three re-turning players, forcing Cortez torecruit. And did she ever, in theshort amount of time between thefirst day of school and the team’sfirst match, she managed to suitup a team.

Getting a team together was juststep one.

In her recruiting efforts, Cortezattracted all experience levels. Thuspresenting the task of teaching allthe rules and aspects of the game.“If the heart is there, you can teachthem anything,” said Cortez. Luck-

ily, Cortez also had some help.Enter her three returning play-

ers, Donnalynn Sanchez, An-gelica Benjamin and MelanieInouye.

The trio helped Cortez by actingas the leaders on the court. “Theydid awesome. I couldn’t ask foranything more from them,” saidCortez.

However, Sanchez and Ben-jamin are among the players thatare departing from the Ohlonevolleyball court. Sanchez willpursue nursing at Western CareerCollege, while Benjamin is wait-ing until the end of the women’sbasketball season to decide whereshe will be going.

Also parting ways with Ohloneare Heather Flynn and KaycieZimmerman.

Flynn will be heading to SanFrancisco to attend the Academy ofArts University. Zimmerman is fol-lowing in Benjamin’s footsteps and

is also waiting until the end of thebasketball season to see what thefuture holds for her.

Al though , the l ikes o fSanchez , Benjamin , andZimmerman are gone, Cortezwill have more returning facesthan she did when took over theteam this year.

Returning to wear the greenand gold again will be Inouye,along with Jessica Sodderholm,Taylor Stevenson and NahalNassabeh.

This will prove beneficial toCortez as she will not have to bringin as many players as last year.

“Recruiting was something Iwasn’t able to do well this year,”said Cortez.

With Inouye, Sodderholm,Stevenson, and Nassabeh re-turning, Cortez will once againhave what she had wi thSanchez , Benjamin andZimmerman this year. Leaders

on the floor, and the right in-gredients for team chemistry.

Any coach will tell you thatthese are a neccessity, but Cortezwill be the one to tell you that it isa blessing. With all the obstaclesin her way, chemistry was some-thing Cortez needed to get out ofthe team themselves, and theydid.

Even though their record reada dismal 4-12 (3-9 in conferenceplay), the Lady Renegades kepttheir heads held high. After dis-appointing plays on the court,they were quick to pick each otherup and get right back to it. One ofthe best tools to have as an athleteis a quick memory. Determina-tion is also something that youcannot teach, and that was some-thing Cortez did not have to do.

Look for a vast improvementout of Cortez and the Lady Ren-egades when the 2006 seasoncomes rolling around.

Interested in writingsports for the Monitor?

Lady Renegades out, but not down

Ever sit down and read the sports page of your local newspaper (hopefully the Monitor), and consider how much fun itcan be to write about something that consumes most of yourlife?

Well today is your lucky day!The Monitor is currently looking for people interested in

writing about the happenings of the Ohlone Athletics depart-ment and the wide world of sports for next semester.

All are welcome to join in on this positive learning experi-ence. Joining will also get you those credits you so direly need.You have your pick of a one, two or three unit class. You alsoreceive practical experience on how to put an article and pagetogether.

Anyone interested can contact Sports Editor Nick Zambranoor Monitor adviser Bill Parks at (510) 659-6074 ormonitor@ohlone.edu.

Photo courtesy of women's volleyball teamCoach Cortez and the Lady Renegades are allsmiles despite their win-loss record this season.

MONITOR

From left: Angelica Benjamin, Liezel Dacuycuy, Aofie Sands, TashaGonzalez, Kaycie Zimmerman, Laura Elliot, Alcha Strane, Erika Mahler,Amanda Everett, Erin Stewart, LaKesha Hokes-Vaught, Jenna Nicholson,Christine Vargas and Erica Scoles.

Photo by Nick Zambrano

Photo by Nick Zambrano

By NICK ZAMBRANOSports editor

On fire. That’s it, that’s how youcould describe Ohlone’s ladies ofthe hardwood. Honestly, how elsecould you describe a team that haswon six out of their first sevengames?

This current streak has been noeasy task for the Lady Renegades,as they have taken on some of thetougher opponents in the state. Ear-lier this month, they took on SierraCollege, who are one of the top fivein the Northern California area, andwon, 69-67. What was even moreimpressive is that they beat Sierraon their own court, in their owntournament. Sierra had not suffereda loss at home in more than twoyears before Ohlone came to visit.

Spearheading the Ohlone attackwas Alcha Strane. The sharpshootingStrane had 25 points, and was three offour from the three-point line.

During the tournament sopho-more Kaycie Zimmerman wasnamed MVP of the tournament. Sheput up 11 points and six rebounds inthe game against Sierra.

Sierra sought revenge as they

came down to face the Lady Ren-egades in Epler Gym Nov. 26.

And once again our ladies of thehardwood prevailed winning by thesame score as in the first game.

“I’m extremely happy for our

team,” said Head Coach ElizabethStanley of her team’s success.

The dominance should be a clearsign of things to come. “Successwill be anticipated,” said Stanley.

Stanley certainly does have the

right team for the job.All five starters are experienced

sophomores and the bench is filledwith freshmen with raw talent. “Thisis the most coachable group of teamI’ve ever had,” said Stanley.

By NICKZAMBRANOSports editor

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