Vol. XXXX No. 8 Fremont, California Thursday, March 10, 2005

MONITORMONITOROHLONE COLLEGE

Appreciation lunchBoard movesto sell surpluscampus land

Wireless hub networkopens in Hyman Hall

New directorof Kidangochild center

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Softball10th in

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Gary Kauf, director of television operations, chats with ASOC mem-bers Rosary Cordova, left, and Wendy Lao, during the staff apprecia-tion luncheon Wednesday. Barbeque chicken, hamburgers and hotdogs served as the main course. Ohlone staff, faculty and administra-tion members gathered to eat and mingle at the lanai behind thecafeteria by the pond for this annual ASOC event. Raffle tickets werepassed out for vouchers donated by local restaurants and a treat-ment donated by Alexander’s Spa and Salon in Newark.

Aztec celebration

Photo by Shari Wargo

Onlineeditionup Friday

The Monitor’s onlineedition, missing from theweb for more than a se-mester, is scheduled to re-turn by Friday afternoon.By next week all of thissemester’s issues shouldalso be available online.

The site will bemonitor.ohlone.edu. Thereturn of the online edi-tion is a step toward aMonitor/ONTV site thatwill contain not only newsfrom the Monitor but filmpackages from the ONTVWednesday evening newsshow.

The site will include anaddress link to make it easyto let us know how youlike the online edition.

By TAHSIN KHANStaff writer

The wireless revolution has reached Ohlone College, at least as far asHyman Hall and Building Six.

After working on this project for the last five months, members of thecomputer studies department unveiled the 30 Computer Studies (CS)network servers on Wednesday. The new network servers have beenplaced in various places throughout the school.

Some are in Hyman Hall and the others are located in Building Six.These two buildings are where most of the Computer Studies classesare taught. Students will bring their laptops, use their own accounts,and save all their work to the Ohlone server.

Students will no longer have the excuse to say their homeworkdidn’t print on their home printer. All they have to do is save the workon the server, and print it from the computer lab in Hyman Hall.

The wireless network is being tested by teachers now, before studentsstart using it. The goal is to finish testing before the fall 2005 semesterstarts.

CS instructors John Degallier and Richard Grotegutt said the wirelessproject for students started in January 2005, and should be done before fallsemester 2005 starts.

There are no restrictions if you bring your own laptop, you maydownload music, movies, or any other files you want to. “It is a monumen-tal step in in Ohlone’s history,” said CS Coordinator Xisheng Fang.

This is one of the dancers in the Aztec NewYear’s celebration in San Jose. ChicanoStudies instructor Ralph DeUnamuno ishelping coordinate the event. See Page 3.

Studentsare stars oncampus TV– Page 4

By FRANK ADDIEGOStaff writer

After rejecting Trustee Bill McMillin’s plea to lease, rather than sellsurplus campus land, the Board of Trustees Wednesday night voted to putabout 36 acres of hillside land on the market.

The first piece of land the board discussed was a one-acre parcel at thecorner of DeAnza-Pine Road and Mission Boulevard. Trustees rejected,by a vote of 4-2, an amendment proposed by McMillin to lease the landonly and not to sell, with McMillin and Brunton voting yes.

The next issue at hand was the leasing of an 18-acre plot, which wasapproved unanimously.

McMillin proposed an amendment to lease 17 acres along the southernboundary of the campus instead of selling the land. McMillin and Bruntonvoted yes with the rest of the board voting no.

“There’s a concept people have talked about called planning for theseventh generation,” said McMillin. “If you long-term lease it, and youhave property for the seventh generation, they can still decide what dowith it... it’s a matter of who controls the property that now the collegeowns, and it’s my feeling that the college should continue to control theproperty.” Chairperson John Weed removed himself from voting on theproperty sale, citing a conflict of interest.

In other business, the board unanimously approved a contract withUrban Planner Jerry Hagg dealing with owl mitigation on the site of thenew Newark campus. The cost of this passive relocation of the burrowingowls will be about $450,000.

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“It is great! Our campus is a closedcommunity, we don’t need guns.”

“I don’t think we ever neededarmed security on campus.”

What do you think of President Treadway’s

TERRYWANG

Computer Scence

“If security have not used guns yet,there is no point anyway.”

OPINION

JACQELINENAVARROPsychology

JACKSONMCBRAYER

Film

DANNYBRITON

Undeclared

STEVEFAJARDO

Chief of Police

“I support the President’sdecision.”

“I don’t think it's the brightestdecision.”

decision not to arm campus security officers?

By TONY C. YANGLayout editor

Gov. Arnold Schwarzeneggerwants to terminate junk food, andhe wants to do it with extremeprejudice.

“We in California this year areintroducing legislation that wouldban all the sale of junk food in theschools,” Mr. Schwarzeneggersaid, during his very own body-building contest last week.

To replace the “junk” he wouldfill vending machines with healthyfood like fruits and vegetables(pears and Brussels sprouts, any-one?). To be honest, I am moreenamored with the idea rather thanthe implementation of his plan, butI wish him all the best forcing sal-ads down on cranky teenagers.

Some state legislators are in sup-port of this revolutionary studentdiet plan. A recently introducedbill aims to ban soda at all publicschools and perhaps even snackssuch as chips. Previously, a similarsoda ban in schools passed byformer governor Gray Davis ex-empted high schools, but it wasmet with little success.

The problem is that many schooldistricts across the state and indeedacross this ever-expanding nation,are indebted to soft drink compa-nies for a portion of their funding(Ohlone included). By preferringone brand of carbonated sugar wa-ter over another, schools effectivelygive their charges no choice be-tween “Obey Your Thirst,” or “Dothe Dew.” And who gets all themoney? Certainly not the hyper-

caffeinated kids.“We have to find other ways of

raising money and there are otherways,” said Schwarzenegger.“Right now that is the only way theschools know. I always say don’tcomplain unless you have a betteridea.” Well, he’s complaining now.

His issue isn’t mere politics; asa nation, we are getting heftier-let’s face it – from documentariessuch as “Super Size Me,” to TVshows such as “The Biggest Loser”and “Fat Actress,” the obesity phe-nomenon is spreading and becom-ing mainstream.

According to the National Insti-tutes of Health, a third of Ameri-cans are overweight, and 4.7 mil-lion children between 6 and 17 areobese. For the record, according tonetdoctor.co.uk, obesity is a dan-

gerous medical condition that ischaracterized by “increases (in) therisk of obesity-associated diseasesand mortality.”

A few years ago, beforeSchwarzenegger become our gov-ernor, he gave an interview wherehe talked about the greatest dan-ger to California’s children- notpoor test scores, gangs or STDs-but “The vending machines inthe schools.”

“I think that the junk that isbeing offered in the schools isreally bad news for our children-our future,” he said. “Manyschools use junk food and thingsthat are absolutely horrible forchildren’s health in order to raisemoney. The irony is that you de-stroy the health of hundreds ofchildren in one school by raising

money with vending machines forthe limited few who are on thefootball team.”

For a former meathead andself-admitted steroid user, thegovernor makes some compel-ling arguments. As a seven-timeMr. Olympia, I think he has agood idea of what’s healthy.

However, some tough remarksand a modicum of support doesnot make a mandate. We must alllook hard at the question of howmuch governmental control of ourlives we are willing to take. Yetwe cannot ignore childhood obe-sity anymore – we must all startpaying attention.

As Schwarzenegger pointedout, “It’s not a Republican issueor a Democrat issue. It is achildren’s issue.”

Governator seeks to terminate unhealthy lifestyles

Don’t shoot me, I’m just the messenger, and other clichesBy JESSICA LOSEEStaff writer

They don’t say “give it the oldcollege try” for nothing. Studentsat any school literally live and learn,although the living part is stretchedthin. Face it, all people related to a

college in any way are skating onthin ice in some way in their life.Students strive to make the grade,but are sometimes unable to hit thebroad side of the barn in their aca-demics. Few would considerOhlone to have such a huge impacton students.

You can’t judge a book by itscover. Really, would Ohlone by

any other name, smell as sweet? Nomatter what, Ohlone will alwaysremain representative of the thou-sands of students who “gotschooled” here. Hundreds of stu-dents, teachers, and staff come dailyto make a mountain of a molehill upat Ohlone, all fighting similarbattles, but no stone is left unturned,no student goes without a book in

his bag. All commune on this sa-cred hill with grass tumbling overits slopes as thick as a London fog,which I might say we also have.

It is true that many hands makeeasy work; so when you have a freehand, think about Ohlone. Ask notwhat your community college cando for you, but what you can do foryour community college. Then

know that when you do put out ahelping hand, you are aiding some-one like yourself, in a situation youmight face already, or perhaps laterin life. For many, it is a battle foughtuphill, both ways, for five miles inthe snow, with no shoes on. Butopportunity doesn’t knock twice;so keep your chin up and keep on

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OHLONE COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATION

(EFFECTIVE JUNE 1, 2004)POLICY: OHLONE COLLEGE IS A DESIGNATED SMOKE FREE COLLEGE.REGULATION: SMOKING IS PROHIBITED IN ALL COLLEGE VEHICHLES, BUILDINGS, INDOOR AND OUTDOORFACILITIES, HANDICAPPED PARKING AND ALL OPEN AREAS EXCEPT FOR GENERAL USE PARKING LOTS.THIS REGULATION APPLIES TO ALL PROPERTIES AND FACILITIES OWNED OR LEASED BY THE OHLONECOMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT.SMOKING CESSATION

For those interested in smoking cessation, please visit the Student Health Center. We are available to help youformulate a plan of action. You may also call the California Smoker’s Helpline at 1800 NO BUTTS.

By FRANK ADDIEGOStaff writer

On March 12 and 13, the Indig-enous Peoples Council will hold acelebration of Aztec New Year’sin San José. The event will featureNative American dancing, lecturesand more.

“The term Native American is avery broad term in and of itself,”said Ohlone Chicano Studies in-structor Ralph DeUnamuno, whowill be co-coordinating the event.

The first day will focus on the

Ohlone joins Aztec New Year’s celebrationdancing of indigenous people, be-ginning at 10 a.m. and continuingon until 7 p.m. The event will befilled with spectacles of NativeAmerican and Chicano dance, ac-cording to DeUnamuno. Tribesfrom all over the U.S. and LatinAmerica will be represented. Thiswill include dancers from theApache, Lakota, Zuni and Ohlonenations.

DeUnamuno promised a “dayof dancing ceremonies... there’llbe different dancing tribes.”

The second day of the festivities

will take a more scholarly look atindigenous culture. The programfor March 13 will center on lec-tures. Willie Underbagage of theLakota-Mexika Culture Exchangewill be one of the most prominentspeakers at the event. He’s knownas a tireless activist for NativeAmerican rights.

Another speaker will be Mae-stro Ocelocoatl Ramirez fromMexico City.

This event is being held not onlyto observe Aztec New Year, but toexplore the differences in different

tribes of indigenous people.“We’ve outreached to people

from all over the Bay Area,” saidDeUnamuno. “They’re going to beintroduced to the diversity of Na-tive Americans.”

Some, including DeUnamuno,feel that many people have a veryspecific and stereotypical view ofindigenous people.

“The important thing is to haveall these Indian groups come to-gether,” said DeUnamuno. “Themessage isn’t ‘get it straight,’ it’sso people can see the differences.” Ralph DeUnamuno

Photo by Shari Wargo

By AMAN MEHRZAINews editor

Imagine that you have achievedsuccess in your life. What one per-son in your past would you givecredit to? Perhaps a former teacherwould come to mind.

The Who’s Who AmongAmerica’s Teachers award givesteachers a chance to recognize thedifference they made in reachingtheir students.

Ohlone’s Math Instructor LindaMessia received this award for thesecond time in a row. Only studentswith high recognition for academicexcellence in the Who’s WhoAmong American High School Stu-dents and The National Dean’s Listcan nominate a teacher who hashad the most impact on their aca-demic success.

Last year Messia taught for theNewark/Ohlone Math Outreach Pro-gram that allows high school stu-dents receive college credit for mathclasses taken in the program. One ofher students, Murcil Makhani, anhonor role math student who mayattend Harvard University, nomi-nated Messia for the award.

Only 5 percent of the nation’stop teachers are given the awardwith less than 2 percent making itin more than once.

Messia has taught at Ohlone fortwo part time years and three and ahalf years as a full time instructor.She started teaching after leavingLockheed Martin Space Systems

Math teacher wins award

Division in Sunnyvale as a staffengineer after Lockheed Martinlayed off more than 18,000 em-ployees. Although her job was se-cure at the time, Messia said shedecided to leave to do somethingshe always wanted to do, teach.“Here’s a real cause that’s worthy,”thought Messia, “I wanted to give

something back, to make a differ-ence.”

Messia, along with varying re-sponsibilities in the math depart-ment, currently teaches a self-pacedmath class designed to help stu-dents achieve success in math de-spite difficulties or shortcomingsthey may have with the subject.

Photo by Charlie Hebison

Linda Messia with her ‘Who’s Who’ award.

Continued from Page 1trucking. Then hopefully, the ends will justify the means.

Just imagine, Ohlone staff and instructors must be doingsomething right when students go marching one by one up thosesteep steps, listen to the echoing calls of fake birds and attendclasses.

Not only that, but Ohlone manages to provide any student acornucopia of subjects of which they might find some interest topursue; allowing them to think outside the box. When all is saidand done, Ohlone prevails as an institution of learning, open toeveryone.

Literally, “a world of cultures, united in learning.” And whenlife gives you lemons, make lemonade and if that doesn’t work,just remember: if at first you don’t succeed, try, try again.

And if all else fails, if you can’t stand the heat, get out of thekitchen.

Avoid all clicheslike the plague

FEATURES4 MONITOR March 10, 2005

Photo by Alisha Francisco

Photo by Lawrence Guerrero

Photo by Lawrence Guerrero

Broadcasting Instructor and Director of TelevisionServices, Gary Kauf.

Kasey Petritsch and Edwin Cervantes review their stories before the show.

The news anchors for Wednesday night’s news, from left, Dan Harrington,Manuel Farias, Betty Yu and Kasey Petritsch do a run-through before theygo live on air. Cameraman Nick Nillo also prepares for the news by focusingthe camera.

This is life ONTV:creative chaos,deadline dementiaBy BRITNEY BINDELStaff writer

This is the office where ingenu-ity, creativity, and discipleshipbreed. Although no one is occupy-ing the room with their presence,there is never a still moment. Thecounter lining the back wall andwindow is littered with open note-books, appearing as though some-one has frantically been searchingin them for the missing crucial newslead. Finding a needle in a haystackwould be just as easy in this may-hem. Three TV screens silently blaretheir visual late-breaking news. Yet,all is not at a disorganized loss.

In walks Gary Kauf, director oftelevision and broadcasting. He istall, has dark hair and a broad, warmsmile. His trim person is without anounce of fat. Generally speaking,he fits the typical role of the pleas-ant, informative anchorman. Mostimportantly, however, his clearpresence brings balance to his do-main. Every mastermind is allowedtheir idiosyncrasy, and a scatteredback shelf is simply reflective ofKauf’s frenzied passion for his field

“I like to be in the middle ofthings; I’m nosey,” Kauf explainsthe passion that supported his 11-year itch for news reporting. Afterwriting in New York for TomBrokaw’s “NBC Nightly News,”reporting for Oakland’s KTVU, andteaching at UC Berkeley, Kauffound his passion at Ohlone. Atfirst, he was hesitant to apply, as hehad no master’s degree, only enoughcredentials to get him through thePearly Gates. Then,thanks to theencouragement of his good friend,Bill Parks, Chief of Staff of theMonitor, Kauf applied and was ofcourse, hired as director of TV op-erations. Now, he works with top-notch professionals amidst state ofthe art equipment, teaching his pas-sion to Ohlone students.

“What I’m really proud of arethe adjuncts we have here,” Kaufboasts. Dominic Bonavolonta wasthe director of the syndicated TVshow, “Extra!” and teaches along-

side another instructor who did workon the movie, “The Matrix.” Theinstructors strive to teach studentshow it will be “in the real world,”said Kauf.

In order to do this, the instructorsteach an array of classes on differ-ent levels including news produc-tion, music video, sitcom, non-lin-ear editing programs including Avidand Final Cut, and a special projectsclass open to amateur film students.Wednesday nights are open to thepublic to observe an actual newsbroadcast being filmed. The newscan be watched on channel 28.

A news student can expect tospend around two to three hours aweek practicing, and an editing stu-dent will spend about the same timeshooting any footage he can get hishands on. Kauf only applies restric-tions to pornographic material.

The students are encouraged totake home the cameras, sleep withthe cameras, and eat with the cam-eras. The cameras are sturdy andexpected to be handled in a not-so-delicate manner. As part of the stateof the art television equipment atthe Smith Center facility, the newscameras are only a fraction of thegoodness that abounds.

James Schaak is an Ohlone stu-dent who is already making his breakas a result of Ohlone’s TV andbroadcasting program. Schaak is aTV news photographer and editorfor channel 30 in Pleasanton and at19 years old, is the youngest personon staff. He raves that; “The equip-ment here is unheard of when itcomes to junior colleges.”

As the modern national televi-sion world is moving to high defini-tion digital usage, Ohlone is notbeing left behind. According toArnie Loleng, technical operator atthe TV center, the equipment beganundergoing a process of being re-placed by digital equipment aboutfour years ago. Sony enabled thedepartment to run a million dollarfacility. In fact, Loleng said that theequipment at Ohlone is better thanmost state schools and even mostnews stations.

Photo by Lawrence GuerreroJustin Chikin, crew member on ONTV.

Kauf pushes writing as the basisof any media based industry. Hesees his responsibility as teachingkids how to tell a true tale. Whenasked how much influence Ohloneexerted over the delivery of thenews, Kauf replied that the stu-dents were in charge of what wasreported. The board may requestthat the broadcasting departmentkeep their nose out of certain areas,and to an extent, the departmentcomplies.

However, news is news, rawand true. The general rule of thumb,according to Kauf, is, “If it’s true,you can do it.” The integrity of thedeliverance of news is vital to Kauf.The oxymoron of delivering truenews by biased stations and glam-orized anchors is not unnoticed byKauf. He agrees that the cosmeticaspect of news delivery has beenfocused on and not the writing.Because of this, Kauf sees thatstudents are trained to deliver theirmessages in a professional, visu-ally appealing, yet uncompromis-ing manner.

Success stories from Ohlone’sTV and broadcasting departmentinclude a student Kauf had whobegan at the same time he did. Shecame from the wrong side of the

tracks and was looking for an outletfrom bartending. She joined thebroadcasting department and herknack for writing was noticed byKauf. She began producing thenewscast for the Ohlone news andthen went on to study at San Fran-cisco State. Now, she produces thenewscast for channel 30.

The success of future studentswill be even greater than those pres-ently enrolled. Kauf’s visions toadd upper-level classes and obtainmore students in these classes willcarry their success. With the exper-tise of the staff and cutting edgeequipment, this vision is sure to bea reality.

FEATURESMarch 10, 2005 MONITOR 5

MarkMcCord

I’ve never to been to prison,thank God, and hopefully I neverwill. However, the first thing I’d doif I were released from prison is totake a long hot shower - alone.

So, I’m sitting here watchingCNN, and what is the hot breakingnews tonight? Osama Bin Ladenhas been caught? Nope. Brad andJenn are back together? Nope.There’s peace in the Middle East?Nope.

Get this; Martha Stewart isbeing released from prison. That’sbreaking news? Yes, for 30minutes I have been listening toanchors pontificate on what thefirst thing Martha was going to dowhen she got out of jail. Popchampagne perhaps? Bake cookiesmaybe?

The Women’s Prison inAlderson, West Virginia has beenhome for five months to the IceQueen of Homemaking, I can hearher in some board room meetingnow, “Come on buddy, I’m moreman than you are let’s fight!”

Over the last five months I havebeen entertained by hearingupdates of Martha’s “sojournbehind bars”. Hearing her daughterread letters from Martha on LarryKing made me think of CheGuevara’s message to the people,“To my dear brothers and sisters inthe struggle, the system has notbeaten me yet. I stand tall knowingthat I have been falsely accused,and gain strength from yourpassion for our movement. Viva LeRevolucion.”

Well, she didn’t say all of that,but she might as well have. MarthaStewart, a person who had aterrible reputation - pre-incarcera-tion; is emerging from this“ordeal” as a heroine. She wentfrom being the most hated to themost wanted in five months.

Let’s take a look at this, she hasa spot on a TV show awaiting herwith that other Cold Capitalist, theone with the bad comb-over (HeyDonald, be a man and cut it all off,or get a toupee), she has her ownreality TV show coming up, shehas a book in the works that willsupposedly chronicle her rise andfall and redemption behind bars.Wow, sounds like the stuff of areally reflective, life- affirming,piece of work about triumphs andstruggles; classic American “How Idid it” nonsense.

Usually when an inmate isfreed from prison they are given:$200 (no more new suits, theStates can’t afford those any-more) and a stern lecture aboutnot re-offending, then, after thehandshake, they are sent out intothe world to start their lives overagain. However, what a lot offormer prisoners encounter areclosed doors and seeminglyunattainable opportunities.

The stigma of being a formerprisoner follows them for the restof their lives. There is no fanfare orticker tape parade for the thousandsof prisoners who are released everyweek in America.

By JAMES HENDRAStaff writer

This Friday, there will be a fo-rum for a community service projectfor tutoring and mentoring. In col-laboration with Cabrillo neighbor-hood schools, Ohlone is doing atutoring program for grades K-6.So far, there has been a large re-sponse in the program, by both stu-dents and faculty of Ohlone. Theprogram opens their arms, meta-physically, to both, who are inter-ested in either tutoring andmentoring students of those grades.

Mike DeUnamuno is spearhead-ing this project by leading by ex-ample. Unamuno started threeweeks ago, and as he would tellyou, “I come into work, and I feelgood, I feel better, knowing that Imade a difference.”

Looking for more membershipand response in the CommunityService Task Force funded project,

the forum is open to anyone whowants to join the effort.

Volunteering can also have somegood side effects more than just theactual feeling of helping. If youqualify for the financial aid, mini-grants are also provided as finan-cial aid for school. Also, workingfor the effort can earn you workstudy units, which are transferableto UCs and CSUs.

Superintendent DouglasTreadway came up with the ideawhen he came from Shasta Univer-sity. He got the idea for this pro-gram from a similar program called,Each One Reach One. These pro-grams will also interact with theyouth’s parents and get them in-volved as well, working with themto maximize the effectiveness ofthe tutoring and mentoring.

Anyone interested in joining thementor and tutor program, the fo-rum is going to be this Friday inroom 8113 at 2p.m.

Mentor and tutoringprogram at Ohlone

By CLIFTON M. DER BINGStaff writer

Ohlone Instructor of History, Dr.Howard DeWitt, will be travelingto London as a featured speaker totalk about the Philippines on behalfof the Young Lives Project.

An international organizationthat studies childhood poverty, theYoung Lives Project, is a project thataims to identify the links betweeninternational and national policiesand children’s day-to-day lives.

The data collected will assistpolicy-makers to plan and improvethe quality of life for underprivi-leged youths. Currently, the re-search is taking place in Ethiopia,India, Peru and Vietnam; and theYoung Lives are thinking aboutextending their studies to includethe Philippines.

DeWitt was selected due to hisadvanced knowledge about the Phil-ippines and ethnic diversity. Anauthor of 19 books with four ofthem being about the Philippines,DeWitt will be speaking at SouthBank University, the leading cul-

tural university in England, to helpthe Young Lives Project becomemore aware of the need to study thePhilippines and the Filipino culture.

In 1996, Dr. DeWitt was a fea-tured speaker at Manila for the In-ternational Celebration of FilipinoIndependence, where he was hon-ored for his work on José Rizal.

Also specializing in AmericanGovernment, International Rela-tions and Comparative Govern-ment, DeWitt’s background hasenabled him to take part in a politi-cal science study tour of Germanyand Austria in 1992.

A former instructor at severaldifferent universities as well asan speaking internationally, trav-eling to London as a featuredspeaker is nothing new to DeWitt.With the goal to academically in-form the Young Lives Projectabout the underprivileged youthin the Philippines, Dr. DeWitt saidhe, “appreciates the opportunityto make the international aca-demic community aware of thehistory and needs of the Philip-pines.”

Photo by Charlie HebisanDr. Howard DeWitt will be speaking about thePhilippines in London.

Dewitt going to Londonfor Youth Lives Project

By RANDALL WOOStaff writer

Tom Blank’s Student RepertoryTheatre class will be performing aseries of five one-act plays at theOhlone NUMMI Theatre.

Many different styles, includingcomedy, drama and abstract fan-tasy will be represented on the stage.

One of the acts on the bill is TheProblem directed by Sedrick Amar.Amar has also directed last year’splay, Act Without Words.

The Problem written by A.R.Gurney Jr. is the complex story ofa husband and a wife.

“I really wanted to make it likean illusion; similar in style to AClockwork Orange or DickTracy,” said Amar. The approachwas to make the play really color-ful and surreal.

Starring in The Problem will be

Photo by Shari WargoSedrick Amar, directorof the one-act play TheProblem.

Five playson one bill

Ryann Hammond whose influencesinclude, Al Pachino, famous for hisrole in Scarface. The other maincharacter of this act is JonnaHughs who is role model is fromthe original Saturday Night Livecast, Gilda Rodner.

What Amar enjoys about beinga director is the leadership and theartwork aspect.

Amar said his influences includeStanley Kubrick, Harmony Korine,Martin Scorsese and Gus Van Sant.

When it comes to a dreamproject, Amar said, “Everyday Ipray to have the ability to direct ascript by Charlie Kaufman.” Hehopes to someday become a pro-fessional filmmaker.

You can catch the plays threenights in a row; on March 16, 17and 18 at 8 p.m. in the NUMMITheatre. Tickets are $5 for studentsand $10 for adults.

She’s back,she’s richer

NEWS6 MONITOR March 10, 2005

ASOC sets elections May 3, 4;Carnival moved to April 27

Jim Klent

Jim Klent will doexperiments FridayBy RANDALL WOOStaff writer

Retired Ohlone Professor JimKlent will perform chemistry dem-onstrations as the guest speaker atthis month’s Brown Bag Seminar.

Dr. Klent was one of the fewremaining original teachers fromthe time the campus opened whenhe retired earlier this year.

His name may sound familiar asthere was a lab named after him inBuilding 2 at the graduation dinnerlast year.

The Brown Bag Seminar willtake place this Friday, March 11,from 1 to 2 p.m. in Room 3201.There will be refreshments avail-able as well.

Ohlone offers a Brown BagSeminar for its students on the firstFriday of every month. Futureseminars include: “Polar Bears ofManitoba” by Juliette Hoffman on

April 1, and “Insects as Vectors ofDisease Transmission” by JimBaxter on May 6.

These seminars are sponsoredby the Math/Science Division anda grant from the ASOC.

By CLIFTON M. DER BINGStaff writer

The Associated Students ofOhlone College met last Tuesdayto talk about the many upcomingevents and issues concerning thestudent council.

To begin the main business ofthe meeting, Vice President of In-struction Jim Wright proposed acampus clean up on Earth Day,April 22. The council agreed to theidea and formed a group to furtherplan for the event.

ASOC Executive Elections areto be held on May 3 and 4 from 9a.m. to 2 p.m., and again from 5 to7 p.m. in the Quad. All Ohlonestudents are encouraged to vote fornext year’s executive council mem-bers.

Moved to April 27, the OhloneCarnival will be held in the PalmBosque with dates to be later deter-mined.

The committee reported thatthere will most likely be food,games, a bouncy castle, sumo wres-tling, and much more for all toenjoy. Since the Carnival is oneweek before the student elections,the ASOC welcomes all valid ex-ecutive candidates to campaign atthis event.

With an undetermined date forthe ribbon cutting ceremony, theASOC Student Services Informa-

tion Center is pushed toward a lateropening. There was discrepancywith the council to decide whetheror not to pursue the use of the areagranted to them, feeling that moretime is needed for further training.However, ASOC Adviser DebbieTucker said that “backing out nowis political suicide, especially whenagreeing to accept the corner.” Sheadded that the main reason of thisnew student lobby center is to giveout information about student gov-ernment and clubs with a friendlyASOC presence.

In terms of funding, the councilunanimously approved $300 fortheir Bi-Monthly Breakfasts for stu-dents, $127 for the Western StatesCommunication Association Con-ference attendees as well as $6,000for Unity Week.

To end the meeting well, deaf

senator Ban-Jin Tan gave a work-shop on American Sign Languageby introducing the council to hisculture. Through ASL facts andsigning lessons, the entire ASOCparticipated in learning simple signphrases useful at their meetings,such as “How are you?” and “Thankyou.” ASOC Treasurer ShawnaLuce commented that “Ban-Jin’sworkshop was very beneficial tothe council. It was informative andfun for all of us. I hope that he willcontinue to share his talents withASOC.”

The student government is cur-rently looking for more presentersto help the council learn more aboutleadership. If interested in givingany workshop on leadership toASOC, visit any of the councilmembers in the student govern-ment office Room 1130.

Ohlone student wins multimedia awardFrom staff reports

Katherine Lee, an Ohlone multi-media student, has won at the Me-dia Arts Award Competition be-fore. But her excellence in WebDesign earned her a Merit Award,sponsored by California’s Eco-nomic Development Network.

More than $15,000 in softwareprizes was awarded to the winners

and certificates were given to meritaward recipients.

Among 700 entries in 11 catego-ries from community colleges andhigh schools across the state, Leeentered her digital portfolio intothe contest, produced in instructorPilar Lewis’ MM-160 course.

More than 50 faculty and indus-try professionals judged the entries,and the winning projects will be

showcased at a ceremony on Thurs-day, March 17. The students’ ac-complishments will be recognizedat an event hosted in the Applestore in Cupertino and in Pasadena.

Lee is a native of San Franciscomajoring in Multimedia at Ohlone,and she has entered the contest sev-eral times before, winning on sev-eral occasions.

“We are very proud of her,” said

Lewis.Lewis has worked in the design

industry for such clients such asVolkswagen and as a graphic de-signer in Mexico. She now doesconsulting projects, in addition toteaching at Ohlone.

Multimedia classes in HymanHall use computer equipment andsoftware employed by industry pro-fessionals.

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11 Monitor -- By about3 p.m. the Ohlone CollegeMonitor will be updated andavailable for viewing atwww.monitor.ohlone.edu!

11 Deadline to Sub-mit Application for Spring2005 Graduation -- The ap-plication for Spring 2005Graduation (AA Degree, ASDegree, or Certificate ofAchievement) is availablefrom and should be submit-ted directly to the Office ofAdmissions and Records ormay be submitted via thestudent's Web Advisor ac-count. Applications re-ceived after the deadline willbe processed for the nextterm.

11 College CouncilMeeting -- 10 a.m. to 12p.m. in Library, Room 1-307(Videoconference Room). AllCollege Council meetings areopen to everyone and publiccomment will be invited atevery meeting. Requests foritems to be placed on theagenda can be presented toDouglas Treadway or Den-nis Keller (Co-Chairs) as wellas brought before the Coun-cil directly at the public com-ment section of our meetings.

11 Chemisty Demon-strations by Jim Klent -- 1to 2 p.m. in Room 3201. Re-freshments will be served.Contact Yvette Niccolls formore information.

12 Super Flea Mar-ket -- 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. inParking Lots E and H. Ad-mission is free and visitorparking is $2 per vehicle.Vendor spaces are $30 or$35 with same day registra-tion. For more informationcontact Elaine Nagal at(510) 659-6285 or emailENagel@ohlone.edu.

13 Ohlone Wind Or-chestra -- At 2 p.m. in theJackson Theatre. For ticketinformation you may visitthe Smith Center Box Of-fice.

14 APASAFundraiser-- 11 a.m.-1 p.m.the Asian Pacific AmericanStudent Association is hav-ing a desert sale in the quad.

15 College Recruit-ing -- California StateUniversity, East Bay, willbe atTransfer and CareerServices in Room 1405. Tomake an appointment, orfor more information call510-979-7555.

15 Community Band

MARCH-- At 8 p.m in the JacksonTheatre. For more informa-tion you may call the boxoffice at 510-659-6031.

15 Louie-Meager ArtGallery -- Ming Ching Cel-ebration is available forviewing any time the SmithCenter is open from March15 until Sunday April 10.The exhibit is in celebrationof a spring custom in Chinawhere they honor and re-member ancestrial relatives.Advanced Ohlone art stu-dents will have artifacts andphotographs on display.

19 Minneapolis Gui-tar Quartet -- Their musicstyle is borrowed fromchamber music and stringquartet traditions, and at 8p.m. in the Smith Center youcan here them play. Ticketsare available at the SmithCenter Box Office.

21 Spring Break -- Noclasses will be meeting fromMarch 21 until March 27 due tospring break (weekend classes donot meet).

30 Board Meeting --7 p.m. in Child DevelopmentCenter. The Ohlone CollegeBoard of Trustees meetstwice a month (second andfourth Wednesdays) exceptJune, July, August, Novem-ber, and December. Minutesfrom meetings are publishedafter they have been ap-proved (which is usually atthe following meeting).

31 Book Discussion -- 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. in Li-brary, Room 1-307(Videoconference Room).Join us for a discussion ofIvan Turgenev's Fathers andSons. For more informationgo to: http://w w w . o h l o n e . e d u / o r g /bookclub/

Ohlone College SuperFlea Market – Held the sec-ond Saturday of every monthin Parking Lots E and H,

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Free and Anonymous HIVTesting – Tuesdays from 11a.m. to 2 p.m. at the StudentHealth Center, Building 16.No appointment necessary.Results ready in two weeks.No needles; Orasure Methodused. Call (510) 659-6258for more information.

Smith Center Box Office– Open Tuesday throughThursday from 1 to 7 p.m.and Friday and Saturdayfrom 1 to 5 p.m. Ticketsavailable for Smith CenterPresents!, Ohlone Theatreand Dance Department andOhlone Music Departmentperformances. Call (510)659-6031 or visitwww.smithcenterpresents.com

Library Display Cases -Display case two featuresOhlone campus Book Club'sfirst Spring '05 selection isFathers and Sons, by IvanTurgenev. Everyone's in-vited to participate in an in-formal discussion (Marchdate to be announced soon),led by Dr. Paul Belasky,Ohlone Geology Dept. Bookmay be purchased in the li-brary for the bargain priceof $6.50. For more informa-tion about the Book Club,go to http://www.ohlone.edu/org/misc/bookclub/ or call LibrarianKG Greenstein at 659-6000x5272. Display case threefeatures updates re. MeasureA bond-related constructionplans for Ohlone CollegeNewark Center for Technol-ogy and Health Sciences aswell as plans for the renova-tion of the Fremont campus.

Gay/Straight Alliance -meets every Thursday inroom SC-116 in the SmithCenter. Meet new friendsand join in our activitesand rap sessions. Open toall students.

Friday, May 6 has beenset as the deadline for sub-missions to the fourth an-nual Ohlone College Film,Video, and Multimedia Fes-tival. Entries are sought incategories including ShortFilm, Animation, Advertise-ment and Music Videos.Entries must be originalwork no longer than 15 min-utes. The festival is open toall independent filmmakers.Only DVD, DV and VHSformats will be accepted.First submission is free.Each additional entry is $25(make checks payable toOhlone College Smith Cen-ter). Send submissions to:OFVMF/Ohlone CollegeTV Center, 43600 MissionBlvd., Fremont, CA 94539.

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PPOO SSRRTTSSThursday, March 10, 2005

Softball team ranked 10th in California

By BRENDEN BLAKEStaff writer

The Lady Renegades swim teamcontinued its strong start by beat-ing Foothill College 140-62 in adual meet last Friday. The victorykept the team’s record perfect indual competition and continued apromising start to the season thatcoach Gene Kendall hopes will endwith a conference title.

Amanda Jackson led the way,as she placed first in three events.Along with being a member ofwinning free-style relay team,Jackson also won the 1000-meter

free-style and 500-meter free-style. Lauren Ashley also had astrong showing as she won twoevents, the 50- and 100- meterfreestyle. Erin Morgan was theRenegades’ third multiple eventwinner, taking the 100-meter flyalong with the 200-meter Indi-vidual Medley.

“The one event that I was dis-appointed in was the 200-metermedley relay loss,” said coachKendall. “Foothill really handedit to us in that event.”

Aside from that event, the teamwas very strong throughout thecompetition.

A shorthanded men’s teamsuffered its first loss of the yearin dual meet competition. “Wewere missing four key guys,” saidKendall. “I feel confident that ifwe had our full team, we wouldhave come away with the victory.

“I am not too concerned aboutthe loss, because dual competi-tions don’t have anything to dowith the conference finals. If wedo well there, we can still finishhigh in conference,” Kendall said.

For their next event, bothteams will travel to San LuisObispo for the Questa Invitationalon March 18 and 19.

Photo by Taylor Dunn

Casey Cardone makes a push for Ohlone duringthe men’s team’s loss on Friday. The women wontheir meet; both teams competed against Foothill.

Women’s swimming victorious over Foothill

Kristine Beristianos delivers a pitch during theLady Renegades’ 9-1 victory over De Anza.

Photo by Taylor Dunn

By STEVEN CHAVEZSports editor

The Lady Renegades softball team earned an-other victory on Tuesday with a “mercy rule” winover De Anza that kept them undefeated in conferenceplay.

The game was much tighter than the 9-1 finishwould imply, as De Anza kept the game close well intothe five-inning game.

De Anza actually drew first blood in the top ofthe first inning when Krista Gambrel singled andcame around to score two batters later on anothersingle.

That second hit, however, was the final hit De Anzawould collect until the fifth inning, as KristineBeristianos collected her composure and shut downthe Dons for the rest of the game.

Beristianos had six strikeouts and no walks, whilegiving up just those three hits, as she threw the com-plete game.

Ohlone answered back in the bottom of the firstinning, scoring the first three hitters that came to theplate.

Lauren Pensa led off the game with a single. KeriMacinsky quickly followed with an RBI double. MissyCross came up next and promptly singled in Macinsky.

Cross later scored when De Anza’s pitcher Crys-tal Fisher, who was called twice for illegal pitches,lost her control and threw three consecutive wildpitches.

The game stayed at 3-1, with neither Ohlone nor DeAnza getting even one runner on base in the second or

March Madness tournament in Fremont this weekendThe Ohlone softball team will be hosting the

13th annual March Madness tournament thisSaturday and Sunday, March 12 and 13.

The tournament will be held at the CentralPark Sports Complex on Stevenson Boulevard.

Sixteen teams from throughout California willcompete in the two-day tournament, with eachteam competing in three games on Saturday.

The teams are divided into four groups of fourteams, so each team will play every team in its pool.

The pool play from Saturday will determinehow the teams are ranked for Sunday’s Gold andSilver Brackets. Those teams will play until

Ohlone vs. Yuba @9 a.m.

Ohlone vs. Lassen @1 p.m.

Ohlone vs. Merced @5 p.m.

Saturday Sunday1ST ROUND @11 a.m.

2ND ROUND @1 p.m.

FINALS @3 p.m.

there is one winner of the Silver Bracket and onewinner of the Gold Bracket.

Participating teams are as follows: Chabot,Cosumnes River, De Anza, Feather River, Lassen,Merced, Monterey, Napa, Ohlone, Porterville,San Jose City, San Mateo, Siskiyous, Solano, Taftand Yuba College.

Making significant sponsorship contributions:Clif Bar, David Sunflower Seeds, Diamond,Easton Sports, the Fremont Marriott Hotel andRingor Shoes.

Ohlone will be going into the tournament on a5-game winning streak and a record of 14-1-1.

the third inning.The top of the fourth was more of the same, but the

Lady Renegades broke the monotony in the bottom ofthe fourth when Mallory Lantz came up with a one-outsingle. Jackie Pappalardo followed Lantz’s single withone of her own.

With two runners on, one out and the game gettingolder by the second, Ohlone was looking for a big hit tobreak the game open.

Up next was freshman catcher Kelly Taylor.After fouling off a number of pitches, Taylor nailed

one to deep left-center that was over everyone’s head.When the play was over, Taylor was standing on thirdwith a triple and Ohlone had a 5-1 lead.

The Lady Renegades finished off the job in the fifth.After the first two batters were retired, Ohlone started atwo-run rally. Alicia Gil-Abrego started the inning witha walk. That was followed by consecutive singles byMonica Carrazco, Kirsten Hiett and Pappalardo. Tayloragain came up big, putting the game at the mercy rule’slimit of eight runs after five innings with a double,sending home her third RBI of the game.

Ohlone is now ranked 10th in the state byjucaltransfer.com, ranked behind powerhouses such asWest Valley and Butte College (who up till now is theonly team to beat Ohlone this season, 5-3 in the SierraCollege Tournament two weeks ago).

Ohlone will be playing host to the 13th annual MarchMadness Tournament this weekend at the Central ParkSports Complex (see gray box below for details), wherethey will be competing with 15 other teams.

Their next home game is March 15 versus CityCollege of San Francisco.

Crybaby former players remind teams why they let ’em go

Now, let’s just get this out in theopen right off the bat: I was a hugeDustin Hermanson fan the past twoseasons.

Back in 2003, Hermanson was

By STEVENCHAVEZSports editor

Thefinalscore

thrown on the scrap heap of themajor leagues. He was a pitcher thatno one wanted. He had to sign aminor league contact with the Giantsjust to have a chance at getting backto “the bigs.”

Hermanson was converted from astarting pitcher to a closer near the endof last season because the Giants hadlost faith in their closer Matt Herges.

He did very well filling into a rolethat he had not previously tried out,converting 17 out of 20 save oppor-tunities.

Then something happened. That

something was simple: Hermansonbelieved he was bigger than the team.

I’ll make this as simple as pos-sible for you non-sports junkies: play-ers are sometimes given performanceincentives in their contracts, givingthem more money for achieving cer-tain goals.

Hermanson had it in his contractthat he could earn $200,000 by get-ting certain numbers.

He didn’t get those numbers, ac-cording to him, because he was con-verted to a closer rather than remaininga starter, like he was when he signed.

He actually said that the Giants“screwed” him out of those incen-tives by turning him into a closer,saying they should have paid himanyway and that if they had paid himhe would have signed with them at adiscounted rate this season.

Now, I haven’t played organizedsports in about 6 years, but fromwhat I remember, you sometimeshave to make a sacrifice or two inorder to do what is best for the team.

Obviously, Hermanson believedhe was bigger than the team, andsince I have limited space, I’ll let

Giants General Manager BrianSabian explain my feelings.

“We didn’t owe him a dime underany circumstances. It sounds like hemust not be happy where he’s at ifhe’s slamming us, as well as it’spretty ironic we took him off thescrapheap. We can get into revision-ist history, too. He was a releasedplayer that we turned back into some-thing to get him a contract.”

Funny how people forget soquickly what an organization did forthem when it’s time for the organiza-tion to do for him.