Monitor 2012-10-25

Vol. XLIV No. 6 Fremont, California October 25, 2012

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Disability Awareness Month stirs inspiration

HEATHER HEGEMAN / MONITORRandy Hyatt offers a tutorial on the different types of canes and tips available to blind people.

By CAMERON LOPEZStaff writer

In celebration of Disability Awareness Month, Ohlone College’s Disabled Students Programs and Services (DSPS) faculty and staff have been organizing events in both the Fremont and Newark cam-puses all throughout the month of October.

The next event on Oct. 26 will be coordinated by ASOC President Tawney Warren, and will be held at the Newark campus at 4 p.m.

It will feature different dis-ability simulation workshops, such as the auditory process-ing disorder module, which replicates a cold call center where the participant’s audio responses are at a very low volume and fuzzed making it hard to hear.

The non-dominant hand activity makes the participants fill out different forms using only their non-dominant hand to write.

“The simulations will give the participant a feeling of anxiety,” said Special Pro-

grams Assistant Joy Dawn Olla. “It puts them in the shoes of disabled students and helps them to empathize with them.“.

On Oct. 17, the team held an organization and time management workshop at the Fremont campus to help disabled students learn skills for their school and home lifestyles.

Earlier, the team also had their White Cane Day where students from the California School of the Blind came to Ohlone to showcase their collection of canes and have an exhibit on Goal Ball, a hybrid between soccer and basketball where the ball is filled with bells.

The participants are then blind-folded and using only their ears to hear the ring-ing bells, they have to make goal points into the opposing teams goal.

The school also prepared demos such as a Braille writing and a live musical performances featuring both a saxophonist and guitarist from the school.

The students received a proclamation from the Board of Trustees, which is currently displayed in the front of the Disabled Program Center in building 7.

In the beginning of the month on Oct. 3, the DSPS had a showing of the movie “Murder Ball,” which is a film about the sport wheelchair rugby.

Ohlone student Lauren Byrne who is a wheelchair rugby player was also a the main guest speaker at the event on Oct. 26.

“Your disability does not prevent you from doing any-thing anyone else does,” Byrne said.

These events were co-coor-dinated by Special Programs assistants Joy Dawn Olla and Terry Taskey.

Every semester Ohlone registers around 500 disabled students.

Because it has to be kept confidential, the DSPS makes it its goal to raise awareness about these students and help others to understand what they are going through.

By MARRA-MARIEMAGSAKAYFeatures editor

Adults and students walked towards the Newark Ohlone Campus Oct. 19 with high spirits and eager actions to search for job opportunities at the Fall 2012 Career Fair.

Student Walton Lee at-tended the Career fair for “general experiences,” he said. “I’ve never been to a job fair. Next time I have an interview, I have experience.”

Former Ohlone College and recent graduate of University of California Irvine Tony Bui participated with a goal.

“I just need to get my foot in the door and get my name out there,” said Bui.

The entrance led to reg-istration tables, while a few booths such as Tri-City Health Center, AC Library and Planned Parenthood lined the glass walls as a warm-up for the attendees.

Erika Calderon, Hispanic Outreach and Health Educa-tor of Tri-City Health Center, said the agency has intern-ships such as Dental Health Educator and many volunteer opportunities for students.

“Email you resume and we will email a list of events as mass email,” said Calderon.

The second floor held many other booths on the main floor

An Aerotek representative explains to career fair attendees the opportunities and benefits they will receive if they choose to join Aerotek’s team. Aerotek is a recruiting and staffing industry. and in the room.

The main floor featured companies such as AC Tran-sit, 94.5 KBAY and Bart Police Department.

The Professional Health-

care at Home booth provided students with an opportunity in a care-giving job.

“We are always hiring and our hours are flexible,” said healthcare staffing supervisor

Christina Balistreri.“Jobs are all over the Bay

Area,” said Balistreri. “Start-ing pay is $10 to $12 per hour and varies on experience.”

Student Chris Zelidon ap-

proached 94.5 KBAY with good intentions. With a major of radio broadcasting, Zelidon said he is interested in “any type of radio.”

The 94.5 KBAY repre-

Career fair opens new doors for students

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BOOBOOBOOBOO HAPPY

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Norihiro YokoyamaENGINEERINGI’ll be with my friends. I haven’t decided what I’ll be.

Chelsy Baculi PSYCHOLOGYI’m going to Great America I want to be Edward Scissorhands.

Sammy PlaschBUSINESSI will go back to my hometown, Discovery Bay. Maybe I’ll be Aladdin.

What are your plans for Halloween night?

By HEATHER HEGEMANOpinions editor

Halloween, like our coun-try, is deeply rooted in religion and like many aspects of American culture; it is also a western European import.

Halloween is a composite of holidays from different religions.

While some early tradi-tions are still practiced today, America has created some-thing entirely their own.

Unlike other major holi-days, there is no script for Halloween, no set of rules or traditions that have been in place for centuries.

There is no one Halloween story. Halloween is about mystery and disguise; we are free to celebrate it however we wish. It is the only holiday that allows

Due to this freedom, Hal-loween has developed over the decades to be what America needs it to be most.

Leslie Earnest, a staff writer for the Los Angeles Times,

Halloween: A treat for the economy

Yuejiao LiBUSINESSI’ll stay home and wait for “trick-or-treaters.” I want to be a wizard.

Monica MacabitasNursingI’m going to my best friend’s house to watch scary movies. I’ll be Lilo from Lilo & Stitch.

Will the next president be sweet or sour?

outlined the evolution of Halloween. In the mid-19th century, the focus of Hallow-een was family celebrations and togetherness, an impor-tant value in post-civil war America.

In the first third of the 20th century, it became a night of mischief, a way to escape the hard days for one night.

With the taming of America in the 1940s and 1950s, Hal-loween became tame as well, while the 1970s and 1980s saw it became a night for fun and wild parties.

In modern America, Hal-loween has come to represent the biggest American value: consumerism.

Halloween had a slow start in America because of early puritanical rejection of pagan beliefs, but in the 238 years since the birth of our nation it has grown to be the sec-ond biggest holiday behind Christmas.

“In dollars spent on parties alone, Halloween is only beat by the Super Bowl and Christ-

mas,” said Martha C. White, writing for TIME Moneyland.

Retailers project Ameri-cans will spend $8 billion on Halloween in 2012. This is a $1.1 billion spike from last year and a $4.7 billion spike from 2005, according to the National Retail Foundation.

What Americans love to spend money is evidenced by our national debt. For Americans, Halloween has become another legitimate reason to do so.

Halloween spending is up in all catagories, but the most surprising increase may be pet

costumes. An estimated $370 million

will be spent on pet costumes this Halloween.

That is a $40 million spike from 2011, according to Stacy Jones of the Star-Ledger.

Another area of economic excess is decorations, Hal-

loween Club, a company in Santa Fe Springs, N.M., makes a yard decoration called the “industrial wood chopper” that features gyrating plastic legs, drip-ping blood and a $2,950 price tag.

The company reported selling out before the end of September.

Our willingness to in-crease Halloween spend-ing even in the midst of an economic crisis more than demonstrates the holiday’s importance to Americans.

Halloween has had dif-ferent meanings throughout its history and the history of this country.

Halloween may not be a traditionally American holiday or represent the most wholesome of Ameri-can values, but there is now doubt that the American spirit is alive for Halloween.HANNAH WALROD/ MONITOR

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JACC AWARDS

Attending the grand opening of Ohlone’s Communication lab ceremony Oct. 25 are (left to right) Speech and Communica-tions Studies student Alex Elbed, professor of Speech and Communications Studies Brenda Ahntholz, Ohlone board of trustees member Greg Bonaccorsi, Ohlone President Gari Browning and Kay Harrison, Speech and Communications professor.

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The Monitor regrets misidentifying Ohlone trustees in the September 27 issue. Above are (from left to right) is Greg Bonaccorsi and Bob Brunton.

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Students favor smoking ban By JOE NICHOLSNews editor

The results of the survey conducted by the Associated Students of Ohlone College on proposed changes to the Ohlone smoking policy showed that 66.4 percent or 346 students of the 521 stu-dents surveyed would like to see the Fremont Campus 100 percent smoke free.

“Smoke-free survey forms were distributed from Club Days onward,” said Sahira Tuazon ASOC Marking and Communications Represen-tative.

“This was done in response to the College Council’s planned recommendation to make the Fremont Campus 100 percent smoke-free,” said Tuazon.

The ASOC also is working on supporting Prop. 30 and to opposing Proposition 38.

Proposition 30, which

would raise income taxes on those making more than $250,000 and increase the statewide sales tax by .25 per-cent for four years, would fund K-12 education and California State Universities, University of California campuses and community colleges.

Proposition 38 raises taxes, funding K-12 education.

On Monday, the ASOC hosted a Town Hall meeting on the Fremont Campus to start raising awareness on Proposition 30 and will host a second town hall meeting at the Newark campus Nov. 1.

Another event the ASOC is hosting is the “March on Mission,” a protest event to not only raise student aware-ness but the awareness of the public on the issues that Prop. 30 would address.

Students who are interested in participating in the “March on Mission” can speak with any ASOC senator or find more information at the ASOC.

By JOE NICHOLSNews editor

A small fired broke out on the pier at the bond behind Building 5 on Ohlone’s Fre-mont campus on Monday.

The fire, started by cigarette ash, burned the last two boards at the pier over the water.

“The fire was small and was put out by a student who

Fluke fire ignitedpoured water on it,” said Ohlone Police Chief Steve Osawa. “ The damage to the pier was minimal.”

Fremont Fire Department responded to ensure that the fire was out and there were no flare-ups.

Ohlone’s Facilities Depart-ment will look into the costs of repairing the small damaged section of the pier.

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Johnny Cupcakes Coffin Tour takes a detour to SF

MARRA-MARIE MAGSAKAY / MONITOR

(Top) Johnny Earle, founder of Johnny Cupcakes, advises his fans to make one’s self stand out. One attendee handed Earle his business card made of wood. (Bot-tom left) Earle’s “Masks” design consists of traditional Halloween monsters. (Bottom middle) Fans bought exclusive Halloween themed items such as shirts, stick-ers and necklaces. (Bottom right) Another design by Earle is the “Frankie Bones.” He adds a Frankenstein design to his iconic logo of a cupcake and crossbones.

By MARRA-MARIE MAGSAKAYFeatures editor

The independent street T-shirt brand Johnny Cupcakes targeted San Francisco Oct. 20 as one of their pit stops for its Johnny Cupcakes Cof-fin Tour.

The owner of Johnny Cup-cakes – Johnny Earle – has opened up four stores in Mas-sachusetts, Los Angeles and London.

His exclusive presence in the Bay Area attracted many fans who did not mind wait-ing for a few hours to buy his exclusive Halloween line and to meet him.

Ohlone College student Allister Singh and his friends biked from Newark to San Francisco to show their sup-port and appreciation for Johnny Cupcakes.

“He, Johnny Cupcakes and staff really reach out and interact with the community, whether they are long time

fans or people who have never heard of them,” said Singh.

Earle’s iconic design, the cupcake and the cross bones, seems to attract attention from his followers.

“Though the logo is sim-plistic, it really catches you eye. The design has concept and meaning behind it,” said Singh.

Earle graduated from high school in 2000 and tried the traditional college route.

However, he dropped out and decided to work on some-thing he actually cared about.

According to his website story on Johnnycupcakes.com, he wrote he is “a col-lege dropout with a drug- and alcohol-free lifestyle. I never wasted my time going out and partying but instead fo-cused only on brainstorming and sketching up my wacky ideas.”

“You must have 12 things that separate you from any-one else,” said Earle. “From packaging to your mission

statement, keep coming up

Student Deidre Jimenez debuts her favorite T-shirt out of her and her cousins’ design line called, “Blowing My Mind.”

PHOTO COURTESY OF / DEIDRE JIMENEZ

with ways to reinvent yourself.”

Singh agrees that Johnny Cup-cakes is unique.

“Take a look how Johnny Cupcakes packages its products, the design of its tags and special events,” said Singh. “It’s the littlest things that may go unnoticed by other big brands that make people appreci-ate and fall in love with Johnny Cupcakes.”

Ohlone student De-idre Jimenez worked with her family to make their own de-signs and brand.

Her brand is called “Family Over Everything” which she calls “F.O.E. Cre-ations.”

“I’ve been wanting to do some shirts in high school,” said Jimenez.

Once she and her cousins teamed up, they were able to

make it happen. Jimenez edits the graphic

designs.“It really takes a lot of

money. It’s easier if we all pitch in,” said Jimenez.

Their first gig was at the Nihonmachi Street Fair 2011

in Japantown, San Francisco.“We sold around 100 shirts,” said Jimenez.

The T-shirt brand has a wide competition.

It can be quite difficult to make original ideas and designs stand out.“It is really stressful because

there are a lot of other brands,” said Jimenez. “But it would be cool if we were as well know like Johnny Cupcakes.”

For now, Family Over Everything is starting at local joints and working their way up.

Earle’s advice for young designers and students is that people must give up one thing in order to excel.

He chose drinking.Earle said, “I’m still a non-

drinker. I do the best that I can.”

His withdrawal from al-cohol helped him focus on the important things and his dream.

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Halloween thrifting: Scavenge for treasures

Kids poses are picture perfect for portraits


Kids are not the only ones who are excited to celebrate, eat an absurd amount of candy and wear their costumes for Halloween.

Eco-Thrift in Hayward camouflage pants and jacket complete the look of a soldier. Thrift Town in Fremont unleashes the Hulk costume with a mask and purple shorts.


Ohlone student Manika Casterline scavenges for cheap pieces at Thrift Town in Fremont. With a lot of time and patience, she was able to find multiple costumes for under $15. (Top) Genie costume consists of an ethnic top and colorful pants. (Right) Cowgirl costume has matching top, skirt, hat and boots.

Students at Ohlone College are also anticipating the ritual holiday.

Halloween stores such as Spirit open up every fall to sell all kinds of creative costumes, masks and accessories.

“If all goes well, I’ll be dressing up as Sesame Street’s Cookie Monster,” said ASOC Vice President Marcus Ton-dre.

His maximum budget for a

H a l -loween costume is $40 “so long as the costume will last me for a minimum of a good two to three years,” he said.

Student Vivian Nguyen also sees that price is right.

“It’s never too late to dress up for Hallow-een in my opin-ion, and my budget right now is prob-ably $30,” said Nguyen.

Student Alpha Lirio is ready to look her best with her secret costume – no matter the price.

“Right now it’s about $50,” said Lirio.

Some students are a bit more frugal with their spend-ing.

Student Karyn Pandong plans to dress as a native Indian.

“I usually don’t spend; I just make my own,” said Pandong. “I buy a shirt for a few bucks and turn it into a costume.”

Besides the popular Hal-loween stores with pricey costumes, some people can turn to their local thrift stores and find interesting pieces for a costume.

Thrift Town in Fremont of-fers traditional costumes.

For women, a red-and-white checkered top and matching shirt for $3.99 works as a cowgirl costume.

The costume comes alive with a pair of boots for $3.99 and a cowboy hat for $4.99.

Another costume students find at the store is a genie costume.

Ethnic tops for 99 cents and bottoms for $2.99 that comes in different colors can suit any female student, finished off with some beaded flip flops for $3.99 and a headpiece could complete the look.

For men, army jackets and pants could complete a look of a soldier.

Another costume idea for men is a Hulk mask for $4.99 and matched with purple shorts for $2.99.

He could complete the look with a green shirt and/or green body paint.

Others find the holiday a bit overrated.

“I will not be dressing up this year just because I do not want to,” said student Mary Muriithi. “I don’t think there is an age that is too old to dress up…especially for parties.”

Despite how students cel-ebrate, Halloween is child-hood holiday that will follow and commemorate the old traditions.



Portrait photographs are not as easy as they seem.

Many people hide their thoughts, nerves and fears through a smile.

Photographer Renee Bill-ingslea captures the true emotions through her portraits of kids in her gallery show “Identity In-Formation.”

Students, friends and fam-ily in festive costumes slowly filled the Louis Meager Art gallery Oct. 20.

Ohlone Gallery Director and art professor Kenney Mencher provided refresh-ments for students while he conducted his own portrait photo booth.

Within minutes, the gallery was filled with students partic-ipating and appreciating the art provided by Billingslea.

“It [photos] shows every-thing you can’t get with an adult,” said student Katie Austin.

Renee Billingslea’s art focuses on kids in a certain role, dressed in a costume or

MARRA-MARIE MAGSAKAY/ MONITOR

(Top) Kenney Mencher poses with his students Emilie Yeung and Xiaoyu Ji with his DIY photobooth. (Right) Photogra-pher Renee Billingslea and student Claire Tsai get into their costumes’ characters.

as their natu-ral self.

B i l l ings -lea’s favorite picture “is the girl dressed as Lincoln. It shows the young girl’s role in Amer-ica.”

S t u d e n t A n t h o n y White likes the picture of the couple sitting facing each other on a bench at park.

“I like the romantic pic-ture, its very focused on the couple,” said White. “Their faces are covered which makes it mysterious.”

Another student Deann Agnew caught her eye on the portrait of the kids playing with toy guns. “When I saw them, I knew it had the most meaning,” said Agnew.

For a portrait photo, its good to know the person, said Billingslea.

“If you don’t know the per-son just make a connection,” she said. “Stay with them for a little and talk to them.”

“It’s an acquired art to

learn,” said Agnew. “You have to have an eye to see it.”

Billingslea used a black and white film Hasselblad camera.

“I love the process of black and white,” said Billingslea. “Digital is really fast. Film is thinking about the portrait.”

According to the gallery handout, Billingslea wrote, “As an artist, my love for analog photography provides me with an opportunity to slow down, reflect upon and treat each photograph as a unique object.”

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Shuttling from campus to campusBy ASHLEY LAMEditor-in-Chief

Everyday about 100 to 150 Ohlone students commute to a from the Fremont and Newark campuses, said Osawa Chief of Police. Ohlone College’s Newark Center for Health Sci-ences and Technology has be-come increasingly popular as class selection has increased.

However, the new facilities are about a 15-minute drive from Fremont to Newark.

The only option for students who don’t drive is to take AC Transit between the two campuses, said Leta Stagnaro, associate vice president of Academic Affairs.

In January 2008 a shuttle system between the Newark and Fremont campus was discussed.

Ideally, from a sustainabili-ty perspective, students would be about to schedule all their classes at either the Fremont or Newark campuses to avoid having to travel between two sites at all, said Stagnaro.

Ohlone has discussed team-ing up with AC Transit in the past.

“The Alameda Transit was contacted, but they would not

operate a shuttle unless there was a guaranteed income flow enough to pay for the entire operation 7 days per week.

The college district con-sidered providing a shuttle service but the cost would have been enormous.

The college district deter-mined that the costs and li-ability to the district would be unacceptable,” said Osawa.

Having to hire a full-time employee who is licensed to drive a shuttle bus is also a concern, said Osawa.

There are no plans to es-tablish a shuttle at this point in time, said Osawa.

“You must also take into consideration on how a regu-lar transportation schedule could be established,” said Osawa.

“For instance, if a student has a class at Fremont that ends at 10 am and the next class is at 11 am at Newark and another student has a class at Newark ending at 10 am and a class at Fremont that begins at 11 am, how is the shuttle schedule going to be set?”

Finances seem to be the main driving force.

If the college district were to adopt a transportation fee in

place of the semester parking permit, then the college dis-trict could increase the costs and require all students to pay the fee along with registration fees, said Osawa.

There is also fear of how the students may respond to this type of service.

“I think that the students would complain and say that collecting such a fee would be unfair and burdensome when

they do not drive or use the shuttle,” said Osawa.

Stagnaro said that having a shuttle would be a possibil-ity in the future, but funding would continue to be the main issue.

“It would be interesting to conduct a survey to determine the need for this service and to determine how students currently get to and from campus,” said Stagnaro.

The Ohlone Library holds an annual Outstanding Re-search Paper Award, which librarians say is an excel-lent way to acknowledge the superior research efforts and information competency pro-ficiencies of students.

The Ohlone Library sets the specific criteria to students for the Award.

For details on the contest, go http://www2.ohlone.edu/org/library/researchaward.html.

Treatz and Beatz for Hal-loween, including free food, a live DJ, costume contest and a mini pumpkin patch, will start at 11 a.m. Oct. 31 at the cafeteria on Fremont campus.

Students are required to bring their student ID cards to participate to all events.

The spring schedule is now available on WebAdvisor.

There will be no printed schedule for the spring, according to Walt Birkedahl, dean of the Arts and Social Sciences Division.

Not all planned classes for spring appear in WebAdvisor because the missing 155 sections will be occuring depending on the outcome of Proposition 30 and Proposition 38.

Both initiatives are on the ballot this November.

If both pass the one with a higher majority will be enacted.

If Prop 30 does not pass, the state will re-calculate the effects of the budget cut and let Ohlone know how many FTES (Full-Time Equivalent Students) it will pay for in total.

This may result in further adjustments such as cutting course sections for classes that have low enrollment.

JOE NICHOLS / MONITOR

Ohlone’s shuttle bus sits idle at the Fremont campus. The unused bus could help students save money from driving back and forth between the Newark and Fremont campuses.

Career fair brightens student future

News bitesSpring

Schedule

Soul Surge, an open mic event, will take place from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday in the cafeteria, the second floor of Building 5, on Fremont campus. Sign up is required at 11 a.m.

Learning Disabilities – simulation activity through use of a special kit from the National Association for Dys-lexia – will be held from 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. Thursday on the Newark campus, room 2309.

Open mic

Disabilities

Library

Halloween

sentative Erik Johnson said that they are looking for an overnight board operator and promotion assistant.

The main attraction opened towards the attendees as they entered the core room.

Booths and tables of com-panies like Devry, National Guard and Ghirardelli out-lined the room.

“Smaller companies are difficult to get into than bigger ones,” said Bruce Lawrence

Continued from Page 1 who is a student at Ohlone. Sometimes a mall job is

harder to get than one from an establish company.

Thred Up is an online retail warehouse that sells good quality used kids clothes. A representative Vickie Hebel said, “You can go online and find the clothes you want in the search bar.”

The firm is hiring a distribu-tion center associate located in San Leandro.

“It is a great opportunity

for students, full time or part time,” said Hebel.

TV Radio CBS Human Resources Edith Rivera laid out internships for radio and TV and provided part-time position as a board operator.

“[You] don’t necessarily need experience because it helps decide if they like the field,” said Rivera. “You re-ally don’t need experience [for the internship/job] but it will help you.”

Student also had an op-

portunity in a job that is more hands on.

Mad Science, a science en-richment provider, is looking for people who “have a passion for science and enjoys kids,” said representative Kathy Hamilton. Mad Science works on afterschool programs and summer camps.

The next career fair will be announced in spring 2013, but for more information contact the Tri-City One Stop Career Center in Newark.

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Eager student Bruce Lawrence discusses the opportunity of working for the company, Thred Up with representatives Vickie Hebel and Irene Garcia.

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Fall season begins for baseball and softball

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Jacob DiThomas taking batting practice on Tuesday at Ohlone baseball field in Fremont.

By LOUIS LAVENTURESports editor Schedule

Baseball

Friday, Oct. 261 p.m. Chabot College

(home)

Tuesday, Nov. 61 p.m. College of San Mateo

(away)

Friday, Nov. 91 p.m. Chabot College

(away)

Saturday, Nov. 1711 a.m. Laney College

(away)Softball

Saturday, Nov. 1010 a.m. Napa Valley College

(home)

2 p.m. Cabrillo College (home)

Playoffs loom for men’s, women’s soccerContinued from Page 8

lone goal for Ohlone in the victory over Chabot, assisted by Pacheco Quesada who recorded his third assist of the year.

Playoff berths are heavily influenced by overall record as well as the opponents com-bined winning percentage, so

playoffs are still in reach for the Renegades with just six regular season games remain-ing on the schedule.

“In years passed, we have resigned ourselves to giving games to opponents, but this is not the case anymore,” Nordmo said. “We feel that we can continue to evolve,

improve and still have a shot at a post-season berth.”

The Renegades next game is Friday against the West Val-ley College Vikings at Central Park in Fremont at 1:30 p.m.

With the playoffs nearing both teams are looking to make a huge splash in the post season this year.


Lady Renegades forward Presley Strother pushes the ball forward for Ohlone in Fremont.

Volleyball wins yet againBy LOUIS LAVENTURESports editor

The Ohlone College wom-en’s volleyball team improved to 14-3 overall and 3-1 after defeating the West Valley College Vikings on Oct. 19 at Epler gymnasium in Fremont.

Brittany Creel and Jennifer Covey were overpowering for the Vikings who were not able to handle the viscious kills.

Selina Samorano and Elise Menicou were solid in the middle for Ohlone stuffing sev-

eral attempts by West Valley.Ohlone dominated the first

two sets and cruised to a 2-0 lead in the match when the Vikings woke up.

The third set was tough for Ohlone but managed to pull it out in the end by a score of 30-28.

“We got a little too com-fortable,” Menicou said. “You can’t play down to your competition we have to stay focused and do our jobs.”

Led by scrappy play from Olivia Downing, Lindsey

Calabrese, Ohlone has put itself in the drivers seat for a playoff berth.

With less than a month to go before the post-season be-gins, coach Jeremy Penaflor is confident in his team.

“We just have to play our game and do things the right way,” Penaflor said. The mo-mentum is building for the Lady Renegades who hope to carry it in to the playoffs come November with only a few regular season games remaining.

Baseball

The fall scrimmage sched-ule is well under way for the Ohlone College base-ball and softball teams. Fall scrimmages are a way for the teams to get some game experience against oth-er teams some of them con-ference foes and some not. “We are not allowed to keep statistics and scores of fall scrimmages,” said Base-ball coach Julian Russell. The baseball team has al-ready played six games and will play again 1 p.m. Friday at Ohlone College against Chabot College. The Renegades will have three fall scrimmages re-maining following the game

against the Gladiators. Sophomore pitcher Jackson Zarubin will be a key com-ponent in the Renegades push for a playoff berth. “Jackson Zarubin is a good all-around person,” Russell said. “He is a great example of a well-balanced student athlete.”

Zarubin is prepared for his new more prominent role.

“Last year I was a relief pitcher,” Zarubin said. “This year I will probably a starting pitcher so I am re-ally looking forward to it.”

The Renegades have a reson to be optimistic after making the Super Region-als last year and returning several key players from that team.

All signs point to go for yet another successful reg-

ular and post- season.Softball

The Lady Renegades softball team has also been getting ready for the season compet-ing in several scrimmages.

Including the Battle of the Bay Tournament in Hayward on Oct. 13. Ohlone has two remain-ing home games on the fall scrimmage schedule.

The first is a double-head-er at Ohlone College on Nov. 10.

The Lady Renegades will take on Napa Valley College and Cabrillo Col-lege in a double header. The final fall scrimmage for the Ohlone softball team will be at 1 p.m. Nov. 17 at Ohlone when they take on former Lady Renegades in the annual alumni game.

SPORTS

Renegade Revealed: Selina SamoranoBy LOUIS LAVENTURESports editor

The ankles and the wrists are arguably

the most important body parts when it comes to playing vol-leyball.

Sophomore stand-out Selina Samorano learned that the hard way last year when she severely sprained her ankle resulting in liga-ment damage.

“Selina never played club volleyball and came from a pretty sim-ple system at Arroyo High School,” coach Jeremy Penaflor said.

“The speed of the game at Ohlone was a lot faster, which she struggled with at first but was progressing very well before the injury.”

Ohlone was unde-feated at the time of the injury to Samo-rano and were set to

Selina Samoranobegin conference play.

“We lost a lot, espe-

cially defensively, when Selina went down,” Penaflor said. “Her presence was huge in

the middle for us and we were definitely not the same.”

S a m o r a n o never suffered

an injury be-fore in any sport she par-ticipated in which include softball, bas-ketball and

swim-ming.

“When I injured my ankle last year it was re-ally hard for me because that was my first injury,” Samorano said. “I was learning a lot and we were do-ing so good when

I got hurt so the timing of it was really bad.”

S a m o r a n o

was able to return from the injury and to play at the end of the season despite not be-ing completely healthy.

The Lady Renegades still had a great season finishing 17-8, its best record to date.

Ohlone is well on its way to shattering that record this season and find themselves 14-3 overall and 3-1 in con-ference.

Samorano’s presence in the middle has been a huge fac-tor in the Lady Renegades success.

She has since dedicated herself to rehabilitating the injury and improving her game in every way.

“Selina constantly gets better and has worked ex-tremely hard in both the weight and training rooms,” Penaflor said. “Selina has progressed in leaps and bounds and her size, talent and ability have really shone through.”

The Hayward native start-ed her high school career at Hayward High School but transferred to Arroyo High School in San Lorenzo after

her freshman year. The transfer proved to be a

good thing for Samorano, who was able to lead the Dons to an NCS playoff berth in her senior year.

Samorano saw a familiar face when she first arrived at Ohlone College in the form of former rival Elise Menicou.

The two had many bat-tles while Menicou was at Moreau Catholic High School in the tough Hayward Area Athletic League.

“We were both pretty much the tallest players on our teams and played the same position so I knew who she was,” Menicou said.

“There was not much talk-ing between us when we played against each other we just kinda stared.”

Menicou and Samorano now combine to provide a formidable front line of defense for the Lady Ren-egades.

Penaflor has been im-pressed by the play of his two lengthy sophomores.

“Both Elise and Selina are

middle blockers and unsung hero type of players for us,” Penaflor said. “They are tall, athletic and consistent doing all of the dirty things to help us win that the average per-son does not notice.”

The 19-year-old would love to transfer to a Southern California college or univer-sity and continue to progress as a volleyball player.

While Samorano has not yet declared a major, she is certain that whatever edu-cational degree she pursues will have her working with kids in the future.

“I just love kids and being around them so working with them somehow would be ide-al for me,” Samorano said.

Samorano and the Lady Renegades will travel to Saratoga to take on the West Valley College Vikings on Friday at 6:30 p.m.

The next home game for the Lady Renegades will be on Nov. 2 at 6:30 p.m.

Ohlone will take on Gavilan College at Epler gymnasium in yet another tough conference match.

Ohlone soccer eying post-season berths

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Left, Elizabeth Mooney pursuing the ball in a win for the Lady Renegades at Central Park in Fremont. Right, Luis Chavez looking for a Renegade teammate to pass the ball to as the defenders close in on him during a home game at Central Park in Fremont.

By LOUIS LAVENTURE Sports editor

Women’s Soccer

The Lady Renegades soccer team received a blow to their playoff hopes when they lost two key contributors Oct. 12 against Cabrillo College.

Tamara Achanzar suffered a torn ACL following a collision. In the same game, Presley Strother partially tore an ad-ductor muscle.

Achanzar is out for the sea-son and will require surgery to repair the ligament. No timetable has been set for Strother to return.

“Tamara is very strong at center mid and she will be missed a lot,” Team captain Celia Ochoa said. “She helps control the center and does a great job of it as well as being very supportive.”

Strother will also be missed especially on offense, where she was excellent scoring four goals and two assists on the season.

“Presley was our target forward who also helped make scoring opportunities,” Me-lissa Grey said. “She is one of the best players on the team and it will be tough without her because those are big shoes to fill.”

Achanzar and Strother both scored goals in the 3-1 win over Cabrillo College before leaving the game due to the injuries.

Ohlone also defeated Mon-terey Peninsula College on Oct. 16 by a score of 4-0 improving their record to 7-2-3 overall and 3-1-1 in

conference.“We have been incredibly

balanced this year,” coach Larry Heslin said.

“This could possibly be the best depth we have ever had on a team here and it shows because people just keep stepping up.”

The defense has been stellar for Ohlone – even dominant at times – allowing only 10 goals all season. Goalkeepers Grey and Kami Herley have been solid in net including the shutout from Grey over Monterey Peninsula College.

Ochoa, Samantha O’Brien, Madeline Gray and Shaina Charles have anchored the defense all year by limiting chances for opposing offenses with high intensity and ef-ficiency.

“We have really high inten-sity practices that are really fast,” Ochoa said. “We prac-tice flying to the ball and being the first one there to every ball that is how we play.”

Second-year forward and American High School gradu-ate Elizabeth Mooney has picked up her scoring with some deadly striking ability. She is tied for the team lead in goals at five with Jessica Hernandez.

Racquel Hamblen has also been very good for the Lady Renegades and Heslin took note of her play.

“Racquel has been lights out consistent for us play-ing 90 minutes almost every game,” Heslin said. “Every-thing she does is good and she is a true soccer player through Continued on Page 7

and through.”There are only six games

remaining this season for Ohlone before the playoffs begin on Nov. 17. The next game for the Lady Renegades will be Friday at Central Park in Fremont at 4 p.m. against Skyline College.

Men’s Soccer

Goalkeeper Michae l Beigarten has been perfect in goal for the Ohlone Col-lege men’s soccer team the past two games, posting two consecutive shutouts.

The great effort and saves in goal resulted in a win over Chabot College 1-0 on Oct. 16 and a 0-0 tie against Canada College last Friday.

Chase Brower and Silver

Silva both played excellent defense in the shutout effort for the Renegades.

Ohlone is now 3-6-4 over-all and 2-4-2 in conference. Despite the losses, the team and coach Jan Eric Nordmo have remained positive and optimistic.

“We feel we can compete,” Nordmo said. “Our team lead-ership has developed which has influenced our results.”

Greivin Pacheco Quesada has continued to score goals for the Renegades with a team-leading nine goals this season. Pacheco Quesada and Martin Lopez had several chances to score against Canada but were stifled by Colts goalkeeper Rafael Patino.

Jorge Alcaraz scored the

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