Vol. XXXXI No. 14 Fremont, California Thursday, November 17, 2005

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Artist discussesher work atLouie Gallery

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Ex-Monitorstaffers innew lives

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Jason Tweedyheading to playat Long Beach

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A universal symbol of hope brings a ray of light to the protest at DeAnza.Photo by Aman Mehrzai

NASA comet showdazzles audience

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Photo by Krista MartinezOhlone student Paul Cheng illustrates the faux effects of fractures,abrasions, and inhalation of VX nerve gas during a disaster drill inOakland Tuesday. See story on Page 3.

By DANELLE MEYERStaff writer

People crowded in the hallwayof the Smith Center to admire thechosen artwork on display that wassubmitted into the Art of the CometContest. They also awaited theSTARDUST Comet Sample Re-turn Mission presentation by As-trophysicist Dr. Scott Sandford onTuesday night.

The chosen art ranged from wa-

tercolors and pastels, to digitalgraphics and drawings. Each piecehad its own unique flair, and a dif-ferent interpretation of the comet.Not only Ohlone students were fea-tured, but also work from varioushigh schools and other college cam-puses that were submitted.

“I came here to see the art con-test. It’s pretty interesting. I want toknow how they did a lot of it,” saidAnkita Shah, Ohlone student.

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Disaster ‘victim’Quad speakersdenounce‘imperialism’

Ohlone students batteredduring protests at DeAnza

Short semester snag?

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By OMER AHMEDStaff writer

The shorter semester plan that met wide approval throughoutthe campus is likely to hit a delay from the Community CollegeChancellor’s office.

The plan would switch Ohlone’s semester from 18 weeks to16 weeks. The proposed change was planned to possibly asoccur soon as Fall ‘06. Following the templates and instructionsof the Chancellor’s office, Ohlone preceded down the pathtoward getting approval and enacting the change. Many othercolleges in California are also working on shorter semesterplans.

The problem now is that the Chancellor’s office has scaledback and slowed down the approval process. There is also thepossibility of a moratorium being called to investigate the

By ERICK SANCHEZStaff writer

Western imperialism as the de-termining cause of global terrorismwas the subject tackled by guestspeakers Wednesday in the Quad.Three speakers explained with dif-ferent approaches why historicalpractices of imperial-economicpolicies have led to worldwide dis-content today.

The three spoke of the “prob-lems” of imperialism and their ver-sions of the solutions.

The “True Patriots” event wassponsored by the Muslim StudentsAssociation and other groups.

Anthony Choice Diaz, an indig-enous peoples activist, said 500 plusyears of native subjugation by co-lonialism created a world indig-enous movement, which finds itsroots in response to imperial glo-balization. Choice said the indig-

enous movement was growing be-cause the indigenous “represent 500years of survival and that it [indig

Noel Amherst speaks.Photo by Devina Deo

By ERICK SANCHEZStaff writer

Three Ohlone students were as-saulted by riot police during lastFriday’s protest at De Anza Col-lege against former Secretary ofState Colin Powell.

Ohlone student Ken Steadman27, said he was hit several times inthe back while trying to get awayfrom the officers who advancedagainst the crowd without warning.

Steadman, who said he waspresent for the demonstration onlyas an observer, decided not to ac-

tively participate as part of the pro-tests.

Although Steadman said hedidn’t participate in the rally, hesaid that he found himself drawn inand attacked by the police.

“Despite my neutrality, I foundmy rights violated by police as Iwas struck in the back several timesby the riot squad as they tried tosweep the campus of protesters,”said Steadman. “They [police] puton an aura of authoritarianism andsuperiority that reminded me of aRoman legion.”

Two other Ohlone students were

also assaulted at the event.The Monitor’s Editor-in-Chief,

Aman Mehrzai, was hit in the ribsby a baton and pushed throughbushes by riot police around thesame time Steadman was assaulted.

“They came without warning,”said Mehrzai. “The police made aformation blocking off all studentsin one area, then swept through.There was a lot of confusion. I sawstudents get attacked by police withbatons and stepped on. Theywouldn’t slow down, even though Itold them that I was press and

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“The people have spoken.Unlesshe dramatically changes his ways

he won’t be reelected”

“Yes, it will influence theelections – but I’m not sure it will

tip the scale”

How will last week’s vote influence the next elections?

TONY HOANSociology

“Aagh! - what did we do votingfor him at all?”

GARY GROZEMusic

NASEEM SHARIFHealth Science

ALEJANDRA MYERSPhysical Therapy

KYLE BASELTONUndeclared

“I don't think (reelection) isgoing to happen; all proposi-

tions were turned down”

“ It will have a negative impact –it just shows that Californians

don’t favor him anymore”

OPINION

By MORGAN BRINLEEStaff writer

What defines a patriotic Ameri-can? It seems as if recently thedefinition of patriotic is becomingmore and more twisted. Last Fridaywas one of the more patriotic Ameri-can holidays, though from thespeech President Bush gave thatday at Tobyhanna Army Depot inTobyhanna, Pennsylvania and theback and forth mudslinging be-tween politicians that followed itfelt like another day on the cam-paign trail.

How did what began as a simpledisagreement on policies and tac-

tics suddenly turn into politicalmudslinging? In his speech Bushundoubtedly made a stab at his oldopponent in the 2004 elections,Senator John F. Kerry. He thenwent on to chide other Democratsfor their behavior during the war.“It is deeply irresponsible to re-write the history of how that warbegan,” Bush stated in his speech.Bush went on to say that whatAmerican troops need is the sup-port of all political officials throughtimes of thick and thin, hintingstrongly at Democrats being theunsupportive and unpatriotic poli-ticians.

Immediately following the

speech Democrat and liberal inter-est groups began retaliating. Sen.Kerry accused the President of“playing the politics of fear andsmear on Veterans Day.” SenateMinority Leader Harry M. Reidclaimed Bush is resorting to oldtactics of “attacking those patrioticAmericans who have raised seri-ous questions about the case theBush administration made to takeour country to war.” While it’s nosecret the Bush administrationdoesn’t want the American peopleto know the truth, or even the factsabout the war in Iraq, it is suspecthow far Bush is going to stop thosewith questions. His decision to com-

pletely ignore Cindy Sheehan andher questions about her son's deathand the Iraq war, aside from simplybeing a bad decision, showed a lackof patriotism, in my opinion. Isn’tpatriotism about truth? Wouldn’tsupporting our troops mean sup-porting our troops' families in thistime of need?

It seems as if Bush has his ownagenda about what patriotism is.For Bush an all trusting, submis-sive, American with no mind orvoice of his own is a shining ex-ample of a patriotic American.While I doubt many of our Forefa-thers, given their own feelings ongovernment are rolling around in

their graves in protest I know thatmany more currently living Ameri-cans should be. What do we have ifwe don’t have our voices, what dowe have if we can’t question ourgovernment? But most importantly,what kind of society are we livingin when people choose not to usethat power? I can’t stress involve-ment in politics enough. Get outthere, take to the streets, let yourvoices be heard, sadly we are passedwriting letters to senators and con-gressmen now we need action. Sowhatever you opinions are, get themout there, get them heard, and acton them. That is what a true patri-otic American does.

The two faces of the hot button of patriotism

By OMER AHMEDStaff writer

Looking at headlines like“France in Flames” or “The FrenchFry” and watching the footage ofthe riots outside Paris during thepast few weeks make me wonder:what would it take to get Ameri-cans to riot against the governmentlike that?

It’s one thing for the French toriot. It’s the land of the FrenchRevolution. Violent upheaval isnothing new for them. Valid socialreasons (a 50 % unemploymentrate in certain demographics andwidespread racism) plus shockingevent (the tragic death of two youthsfrom said demographic) expectedlyequals riot fun. It shows that changewas necessary and the people tookit into their own hands to act. I alsolike to believe the song “I Predict a

Riot” by the European band theKaiser Chiefs had a little bit to dowith it but that’s just because Ithink it’s catchy.

Could this happen in the U.S.?Is there any issue that could enragepeople enough to act out? We arequite dissatisfied with our govern-ment. President Bush’s approvalrating has fallen to an all time lowof 39% and shows no signs of mi-raculously climbing any time soon.Even on a state level, voters turned

down every single proposition inGovernor Schwarzenegger's spe-cial election, sending the messagethat the politicians should do theirjob and not ask the voters to bailthem out. As Ohlone political sci-ence instructor Matthew Freemanput it, “No, no kiddies. Go back toSacramento.”

For better or for worse, this lackof confidence in the governmentdoesn’t seem to be enough to getpeople to riot. It hardly gets them

to even vote. The message of noconfidence I mentioned before wasgiven by only a fraction of theCalifornia population. The last timea riot occurred, it was civiliansagainst civilians in Toledo, Ohioand was sparked by a planned KKKrally. Do the KKK have to takeover the country before anythinghappens in mass?

The most obvious reson to pro-test and possibly riot is the war

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Riots in France - is this a sign of things to come?

NEWS November 17, 2005 MONITOR 3

By KRISTA MARTINEZFeatures editor

At least 74 Ohlone students wereinjured or died horrible deaths in aterrorist attack Tuesday, but it wasall pretend.

It was a planned, statewide ter-rorism exercise and the only realdanger was the possibility of sun-burn.

There were at least 10 emer-gency events, including bomb at-tacks and biological warfare. Atthe Oakland Coliseum, Ohlone stu-dents were “exposed” to O-Ethyl-S-[2(diisopropylamino)ethyl]methylphosphonothioate, or VX, adeadly chemical mass produced inthe ‘50’s.

The exercises were organizedby Citizen Corps, part of the USAFreedom Corps initiated by GeorgeW. Bush in January 2002 in re-sponse to the 9/11 attacks. Therewere exercises across California,including the one in Oakland.Golden Guardian 2005, the officialtitle of the exercise, focused on theSacramento Valley Region and theBay Area.

Everyone on site was given arole to play during the exercise,from “Controllers,” those who man-age and set up the event and playresponse people of agencies notactually playing in the exercise, to

“Actors,” volunteers who role-playduring the event. Realism was fa-cilitated by make-up artists on sitewho used stage blood and skin-waxas well as prosthetics to simulatethe injuries assigned to actors, fromblunt object injury to exposed frac-tures.

The elaborate trial included theactivation of law enforcement andfire departments to HazardousMaterials Control (HAZMAT) andSpecial Weapons And Tactics(SWAT). However, due to the na-ture of the chemicals released at theOakland location, where most ofthe Ohlone students involved par-ticipated, a large number of actorswere wheeled into the morgue setup for the exercise by the timeantidotes for VX became available.

The “Player Hot Wash” is theofficial term used by Citizen Corpsfor the time, up to one hour, afterthe exercise has been terminatedand any player can ask questionsabout what happened. The fourhours between the activation of theexercise and the arrival ofHAZMAT was brought up morethan once in conjunction with thenumber of people whose triage tag,a badge of sorts explaining what iswrong with a person, was marked“MORGUE.”

Ohlone is planning a small-scale“tabletop” drill on Friday.

People were given glow bracelets, 3-D glasses andcookies as they mingled about during the receptionbefore the show.

“I like NASA. I owe them one because I wanted tobe an astronaut when I was a little girl, and I hear thereare 3-D glasses,” said MaryAnne Silva, Ohlone stu-dent.

Not just students came to enjoy the event. “I’minterested in science, the sky and the universe, andcomets are a really interesting part of our solar sys-tem. I can’t wait to see what they teach us today, andI really love 3-D technology,” stated Jon Degallier,instructor of Computer Studies.

Around 200 people piled into the theater. JimWright, Vice President of Instruction, introduced Dr.Sandford, whose work has been acknowledgedthrough many different awards.

“Feel free to wear these through my whole talk asa fashion statement, but I recommend you don’t,”joked Sandford as he explained to the audience thatonly some parts of his presentation would be in 3-D.

Sanford began his discussion by talking aboutwhat comets are and then went into the Stardustmission. “Comets are small objects that spend most oftheir time way out in the solar system,” said Sanford.

The type of comets that we send missions to are theones that become “short period” comets because wewill know when they will fly nearby, where othercomets just appear and leave without the precon-ceived knowledge of it coming.

He then explained that comets are useful for collect-ing the raw materials that planets are made of since itis impossible to find the real rocks that first made earthbecause they have all long since been changed. Ac-cording to Sandford, “comets are small bodies thatpreserve primitive materials.”

But comets aren’t always good because they “havean annoying habit of running into things occasionally.If one of these hit the earth, you would have a very badday,” said Sandford.

On Jan. 2, 2004 NASA launched Stardust to collectpictures and raw samples of Comet Wild 2 (“Vilt” 2)to bring back to earth. It is scheduled to land Jan. 15,2006, at the Utah Test and Training Ranges.

Sanford explained that Stardust is not much biggerthan a table, and while not the greatest looking piece oftechnology, holds many intricate details to gatherinformation from outer space while traveling at thevelocity of 6.1 kilometers per second.

The camera is able to take pictures of the comet asit passes through streams of particles, by switching tovarious mirrors and facing the opposite way. By takingpictures backwards, the camera is able to grab detailsrather then be disintegrated in the storm of comet dust.

The night concluded with the presenting of awardsfor the Art of the Comet contest that had two catego-ries, one for high school and one for college. The highschool first place winner was Chauncey Bateman.

The second place college winner was Valerie Severn,and first place was MaryAnne Silva, both Ohlonestudents.

Students play rolesin disaster drills

effort, which has been getting progressively more unpopular with thegeneral public. The entire situation has been looking more and more likethe 1960s and 70s with the Vietnam War. A recent USA Today pollshows that more then half of Americans want to withdraw from Iraqwithin the next year. In 1970, about half wanted to pull out of Vietnam.Could this tread create thhe needed anger and pathos necessary forsomething like the Kent State Riot? And even if it could, do we want itto? The Kent State Riot is more often referred to as the Kent StateMassacre.

France is not in an enviable position right now. The price of peaceseems be apatho y and we should be happy were still at a point whereapathy is possible.

Audience members put on their 3-D glasses for a film during the NASApresentation in the Jackson Theater Tuesday.

NASA show all about comets

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Riots possible in U.S.?

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merits of various colleges, in-cluding Ohlone’s, compressed cal-endar plans.

According to Ron Tranvenick,the director of Admissions andRecords, this delay is due to theChancellor’s “nervousness” in re-garding compressed calenendars.Travenick explained in a FacultySenate meeting that there many rea-son for the apprehension. First andforemost is the possibility for abusesby colleges to receive extra fundsby manipulating the calendar toshow Full Time Equivalent Stu-dent (FTES) enrollment. The recordof FTES are what govern how muchmoney the colleges receive. Ap-parently some colleges submittedproposals that where blatantly en-gineered to manipulate FTES andthis is what set the Chancellor’soffice on edge. The Chancellor’soffice is also concerned about itsability to ensure that no abuse willtake place. After budget and staffcuts, the office’s ability to monitor

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this, the chancellor is hesitant toapprove plans that contain the pos-sibility for abuse.

Travenick told the Faculty Sen-ate, “The thing that I wanted toimpress on you is that we have notgiven up” but also expressed reser-vation regarding extreme efforts toaffect the chancellor’s office. Hewarned the senate by telling them,“It’s not prudent to spend moretime across the campus if the yel-low caution flag is up.” Thechancellor’s office hasn’t cut offall negation with Ohlone. FacultySenate president Barbara Tull said,“The good news is that they are stillin conversation with us while theyare not with others.”

Ohlone staff plans to work withPresident Doug Treadway and di-rectly with the Chancellor’s officein the coming weeks to work on theissue. The College Council andFaculty Senate will hold a jointmeeting on Dec. 7 to discuss theissue.

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Speakers denounce ‘imperialism’enous movement] is a positive

alternative to present global condi-tions.” When asked what extentthe indigenous movement has onAmerican soil, Choice responded,“It completely re-writes our under-standing of history by returning itto the truth and enforces us to ad-dress injustices.”

Noel Amherd, an Ohlone An-thropology instructor, spoke abouthow the Bush administration usedlaws and force to mold their ver-sion of terrorism onto the Ameri-

can public. Amherd sees this as aproblem because law does not equaljustice. “The law can never encom-pass justice, because law can al-ways be reduced to its violent en-forceability,” said Amherd.“American citizens share responsi-bility [of the causes of terrorism],due to our enforced consent, in ourtaxes used, the products we buy,the gas we put in our car; we cannotescape fully from [responsibility].”

African American and Islamicactivist, Amir Abdul-Malik said thata number of topics molded and

distorted the people’s perception ofAmerican politics. Abdul-Malikdescribed the institution of westernimperialism as a form of enslave-ment. Abdul-Malik said that Mus-lims would eventually win againstwestern imperialism in the MiddleEast and domestically, even thoughthe Muslims are out gunned andout-resourced.

Two of the speakers, Choice andAbdul-Malik, also spoke at De AnzaCollege before riots broke out re-sulting in the arrest of eight people,mostly students.

The writer of this article wasalso assaulted by police on twooccasions while attempting tocover the story for the Monitor.

While observing a San Josestudent being arrested, the re-porter was hit in the head with abaton and pushed back to lose hisbalance.

On another occasion, while riotpolice were pushing back thecrowd, this reporter was attacked,

thrown to the ground, and as-saulted with the officer’s baton.

Eight students in total were ar-rested that night. All were minorites,who are alleging racial profiling bythe San Jose Police, who are al-ready facing allegation of profilingby the NAACP.

Powell, who was paid $50,000to speak as part of the college’sCelebrity Forum at De Anza’s FlintTheater, left early for security rea-sons.

Thanksgivingfeast planned

The ASOC will host aThanksgiving feast Tues-day, Nov. 22, from 11 a.m.to 1 p.m. in Building 1.There will be free food forstudents and staff.

The ASOC is also col-lecting canned food for theTri-City Homeless Shel-ter. Call (510) 659-6063.

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A Pointof ViewBy DanelleMeyerStaff writer

In my opinion being ajournalist is unlike anything else

It requires you to not beafraid of approaching people.

It means that any prior phonephobias you may have had, youmust get over.

Being a journalist means thatyou can’t be intimidated byanyone, no matter how impor-tant or “hard to to handle” theymay be.

It means you must take thewrath of any wrong detail, andspend tons of time writing andrewriting your pieces.

It means you can’t be afraidof the delete button, even ifwhole paragraphs have to bechopped out.

In my opinion, being ajournalist means you have topretend to be interested insubjects that you don’t actuallyfind interesting, and wear asmile no matter how difficult itmay be.

Being a journalist means thatbeing nervous has to become athing of the past.

You have to be able toquickly bat down your shakesand do your thing.

It also means that you haveto not be afraid to keep going,and have the perseverance of acat that wants attention.

To be a journalist means thatyou can’t be afraid of hurtingone party’s feelings if there’snegative feedback from some-where else.

It’s your duty to state the allthe facts without saying whatyou want to say.

You also have to be willingto attend an entire event andthen some, no matter what elseyou could be doing, likehomework.

Being a journalist means thatyou can’t be afraid to carry apen and notebook in public andwrite feverishly with peoplewatching you nervously as theyspeak.

Nor can you be discouragedby any odd looks you receive,or worry about the silence thattrails while you write.

A journalist requires that youcan’t be worried about beingalone.

You can’t be afraid to be theonly person sitting alone in acrowded area, or the onlyperson standing oddly off to theside with a camera.

In my opinion a journalisthas all the opposites tugging attheir personality, and is one of akind: patient yet fast, calm yetcrazy, outgoing yet shy, socialyet not.

A journalist has each intri-cate detail that may be neededfrom one moment to the next,and the ability to switch at thedrop of a dime from kind topushy.

But hey, I’m a journalist.And that’s only my opinion.

How to bea journalist

By MORGAN BRINLEEStaff writer

Laura Casey, 28, wrote for theMonitor through the fall of 1995 tothe fall of 1998. Currently Caseyworks as a writer for the OaklandTribune covering the Oakland Hills.Casey has been with the OaklandTribune for four years but due todecreasing circulation feels that itmay be time for a change. WhileCasey feels she will always be ajournalist she is currently studyinglaw at St. Mary’s and is looking totransfer into the legal field. “I’ll bea writer for my entire life, whetherit be for newspapers, internet blogs,or family Christmas letters,” Caseysaid. After leaving Ohlone in 1998Casey went on to earn her B.A. injournalism at San Francisco StateUniversity.

“I felt that Ohlone was a morevaluable experience for me. Ohlonewas a springboard to my career as ajournalist. If I hadn’t gone to OhloneI might not be a journalist,” Caseysaid. Her first experience in thenewspaper industry came when she

interned at The Argus before mov-ing on to work as a writer for theHayward Daily Review while inschool at S.F. State.

A more recent journalist to leavethe Monitor staff is Linda Stone,50, who left the Monitor in themiddle of the fall 2004 semester.Stone is currently working at theTri-City Voice as Assistant Editor,though a promotion to ManagingEditor is rumored to be in the works.20 years ago while Stone was liv-ing in New Hampshire she wrote acolumn titled “As I See It” for TheNorthern Light. Although Stone lefther column after only a year, shecontinued to hold a soft spot forwriting. “I always recall writingwith great fondness’ ... but I had toget over my fear of being in thepublic eye,” said Stone.

Barry Shatzman, 47, used towork in the tech industry but de-cided in early December 2002 thathe wanted a job with more opportu-nity. Shatzman enrolled for thespring 2003 semester at Ohloneand began to write for the Monitorin the fall 2003. Within weeks

Shatzman became news editor andthe following semester took on theposition of Editor in Chief. In Feb-ruary 2003 Shatzman began to dofreelance work for The Argus andwas soon hired full time. In Septem-ber 2005, Shatzman left The Argusto start up his own local news ser-vice. “Writing for newspapers isgreat, but I began to see its limita-tion,” said Shatzman.

The current city editor of TheArgus, Rob Dennis, 38, wrote for TheMonitor in the spring of 1998. Afterleaving Ohlone Dennis interned atThe Argus before moving on to at-tend Berkeley University. While atBerkeley Dennis did various freelancearticles for The Argus and after gradu-ating in 2002 took the position ofnight city editor at The Argus. Dennisthen went on to work for the Hay-ward Daily Review in May 2003. InSeptember 2003 Dennis returned toThe Argus and was promoted earlierin 2005 to city editor.

The Argus is currently holdingsteady in their circulation numbers,though Dennis says he could neversee himself leaving the industry even

if the numbers were to drop. “Thereis a lot going on right now in theindustry that is worrisome for jour-nalists. Newspapers are trying toreact and find out what do readerswant,” Dennis said.

Working alongside Dennis is an-other Monitor editor, SteveWaterhouse. While at Ohlone from1998-1999, Waterhouse worked asthe sports editor of The Monitor, aswell as doing correspondent workfor The Argus. At the end of 2000Waterhouse quit his job at a SprintDistribution Center and began towork full time for The Argus. “I gotfed up with the grunt work; I didn’twant to do it anymore. [Journalism]was more fun, more gratifying,” saidWaterhouse. Currently, Waterhousehas been working as a sports writer atThe Argus for 5 years.

Although the newspaper indus-try is currently facing some scaryscenarios it remains the old standbyfor information on current events.In the end the industry will un-doubtedly get back up and throughit all the Monitors editors and writ-ers will be there.

Monitor editors from yonder days of yore

Artist, Magi Amma, talks about sculpture

Photo by Joyce LeungMagi with one of the scuptures in her 'Chair' seriesBy JESSICA LOSEEStaff writer

The Louie Meager Art Galleryis now filled with warm and dark

browns, contrasting the bleach-white walls of the plain art gal-lery are the works of Magi Amma,who spoke Wednesday in the Jack-son Theater about her pieces for a

small group of art students and fans.When one enters the gallery,

there is a sense of rust, antiquityand a semblance of nature comingfrom the pieces.

Amma, who favors using mixedmedia in her sculptures, uses bones,dead frogs, old boxes and chairs,faded wood pieces and driftwood.

Four spiders hang passively fromMary, looking like dainty little ad-ditions to the wood sculpture in thecorner of the gallery.

Amma presented a slideshow ofphotos of her works, beginning witha simple ceramic piece.

“My first cup,” said Amma whobegan making pottery in college.“Once you make your own bowl,you’re reticent to use anyoneelse’s.”

From her work in ceramics,Amma moved into sculpture andbronze casting, working with ballshapes and 3-D modeling.

“I went through a lot of differentphases,” admitted Amma, who hasalso worked with video, plaster andmarble.

Amma reuses many of her piecesto make new ones. One bronze pieceis now used in her piece The Tower.

“I very rarely buy stuff,” saidAmma. “Most of it I find on the sideof the road.” This is reflected in herpiece, The Birdcage of Love, whichfeatures a birdcage with tiny whitebirds up in ribbons, pictures of a

wedding, a small white televisionand her own divorce papers. Thetelevision once played a three-hourlong video of women talking aboutdivorce.

The artist has also worked withothers to create a gallery of “twigsand plastic” for the stage of adance performance, as well as ashow with a conglomerate of fe-male artists.

Magi Amma is more than justan artist. She is an inspiration tosingle mothers who wish tocontiue their lives after mother-hood. She took care of her twodaughters while in school, usingwelfare checks to pay tuition attimes.

Much of Amma’s work reflectsher strong feelings about women.

“I’m a feminist, that’s whereall the goddesses come from,”said Amma, whose work featurewomen behind screens of fabric,hidden by dead butterflies andfrogs, and caged.

Amma feels she is now mov-ing into making art that also has amessage.

Magi Amma's messages arenot hidden and one can see itspresence in the works featured atOhlone’s art gallery.

Magi Amma’s work from her“Chair Series” will be in the LouieMeager Art Gallery, located in theSmith Center until Nov. 22.

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JessicaLoseeStaff writer

iPod NationThe iPod has become the new

black for the fashion industry.Better than any other accessory,the sleekly styled iPod managesto play your favorite music,photos and video as well as makeanyone who has one look “cool.”

Already one can tell a personhas an iPod just by looking attheir headphones. If you havethose spiffy little white Star TrekEnterprise-looking things in yourears, you’ve got the best statussymbol of the day.

Not only do people recognize itbut brand names do too. Girls cannow buy Coach and Gucci casesfor your iPod. And guys you canbuy the printable “tattoos” foryour iPod and put anything fromyour favorite video game charac-ter to 50 Cent to Angelina Jolie ina bikini on your iPod.

The iPod has even shrunk toNano and the tinier Shuffle sizes,allowing a cheaper, smaller iPodexperience. I must also add, theseare tiny enough to be worn asnecklaces, as advertised on theircool, black and white highlighterads, or even as earrings!

Hell, I know I’ve seen biggerand heavier hoops on JLo than theiPod Nano.

With the iPod, gold andplatinum jewelry seem to beobsolete now, when you can wearall your bling-bling on your mP3player.

In 2004, P. Diddy was showingoff his Hewlett Packard iPod afterthe MTV Music Awards, it wasencrusted with 120 diamonds.And some might think that theiPod Video is expensive, I’d liketo see that jewelry appraisal.

Now there is even clothingmade specifically for iPod.Kenpo, a clothing company isnow advertising their iPodControllable Jacket, which comesin silver or black features acontrol panel with volume, play,pause, skip forward and backwardfabric buttons. The jacket requiresno batteries and is even machinewashable and can be dry-cleaned.Compatible with both iPod andiPod minis, this stylish jacketretails for $275, but will not beshipped out until Nov. 28.

Another retailer, Burton,makes a similar jacket, whichcosts approximately $375, but towash, the iPod controller unitmust be removed first.

When purchasing one of theseunits, just remember not to leaveyour iPod in your pocket, and donot let your mom wash it withoutyour knowing. I don’t think thewarranty covers “accidentaldrowning.”

However you use your iPod, orif you refuse to purchase one, justmake sure to draw a line on theamount of money spent onaccessorizing your music playerbecause the fashion industry won’t.

It is all too obvious that theiPod has become the 21stCentury’s equivalent of the gogoboot and we should all be wary ofits power.

By GABRIEL VILAStaff Writer

Get your dancing shoes on boysand girls, because the Chops BigBand is coming to town! Showcas-ing the greatest songs of the swingand jazz era, this 18-piece big bandwill be playing at the Smith Centerthis Saturday. Nov. 19 at 8 p.m.

The Chops Big Band plays a mixof classic big band music, in bothold and new arrangements alongwith a vocalist who performs worksfrom well-known performers, suchas Frank Sinatra, Natalie Cole, andHarry Connick Jr. The band alsoplays a variety of songs from the’60s, ’70s and ’80s in a variety ofdance arrangements.

“The band has a lot of fun outthere,” said Director Ken Crowell.“And I think that’s part of the reasonwhy the audience likes us, becausethey can see we’re having a goodtime.”

The band started back in 1987and was first led by the Music De-partment head Phil Zahorsky, whoin turn turned it over to Crowell in1991. Since then the band hasplayed publicly and privately allover the Bay Area. The band hasperformed for Fremont and New-ark, along with shows for Oracleand Johnson & Johnson, along withprivate family parties.

The band has been a presence atOhlone for years. It is now a traditionfor the band to play twice a year,once in the fall and once in the spring.This year however, after their per-formance at the Smith Center’s 10thAnniversary Gala, they were askedback to play for a dance. Some ofyou may remember it, the long hoursspent in the darkened room listeningto classic hits and swinging withyour dance partners. Hopefully, thisevent will capture that same feel.

“It’s great to see people dancingout there,” said Crowell. “Swing isgetting more and more popular, andit’s nice to have a dance instead of ashow.”

The band has always loved theSmith Center. “We started the bandback before the Smith Center wasaround,” said Crowell. “And nowthat we have it, it really feels likeit’s our home.”

By JOYCE LEUNGFeatures Editor

Born out of village inns nearlytwo centuries ago, a fiery danceswept across Europe. Contrastingheavily with the genteel dances infashion at the time, such as thewaltz, the common people em-braced these “dances of the tav-ern.” Now reinvented and infusedwith contemporary choreography,Csárdás storms into the Smith Cen-ter on Friday, Nov. 18 at 8 p.m.

The “Tango of the East” is rootedin Hungary and spread to Austria,Croatia, Poland and Ukraine. As thedance traveled from province to prov-ince, it was adapted to regional tastescreating variants that would seemworlds apart.

There is however one rather as-tonishing characteristic that ties thesenumerous variations together: im-provisation. Improvisation is the fore-most characteristic in performing theCsárdás. Dancers are encouraged toshow off their individual style andability. Performers improvise theirfurious dance steps to lightheartedGypsy violins, culminating in a trulyauthentic and natural experience.

Csárdás incorporates individualand couples dancing, with the malerole dominating both parts. Part-ners often separate, teasing eachother in solo performances thatmimic mating rituals. During hissolo, the male makes use of variousrhythmic accompaniments such asfinger snapping, clapping, stomp-ing, heel clicking, and boot slap-ping. The women who are gener-ally in circle or group formations.

Intermingling an internationallyrenowned pianist and Hungariantavern dancers, the Smith Centerstrives to commission performancesthat represent all areas of the finearts: dance, music and theatre. “Wewant to offer a balance of perfor-mances that are entertaining andbroadening,” said Walter Birkedahl,Dean of Division of Fine & Per-forming Arts.

On explaining his choice to in-clude Csárdás this season, Birkedahlexplained, “We want people to beexposed to things people not benecessarily exposed to. We wantthem to be culturally enriching.”

Two nights of fun Procrastinate much?By GABRIEL VILAStaff writer

It’s official. You’re panicking. There’s no shame in the idea.You just put it off, didn’t you? You figured you had today, you hadtomorrow, so what? You had forever to get your transfer applica-tions in, why rush? Well now, with a scant two weeks left, is the timeto rush. Nov. 30 is right around the corner, and to that end DianeBerkeland of the Counseling Department has teamed up with theTransfer and Career Services Department for their annual event:The Last Minute Transfer Application Workshop.

The event will be held on the first floor of Hyman Hall Nov. 28-30.The counselors will be available Monday noon to 3 p.m., Tuesday10 a.m. till 2 p.m. and Wednesday 1 to 4 p.m. After that, the curtainfalls on UC and CSU applications.

While some schools, some mind you, will keep the door openfor a few more days, the majority will not. “It’s a good idea toget your application done as soon as possible,” said Berkeland.“If you wait for the last minute, the system will get clogged- itdoes every year.” There will be no timed lecture at the work-shop. Rather, students are invited to come in at any timeavailable, ask whatever questions they need to ask, and then fillout and turn in their applications online. “Just, you know, don’tcome in five minutes before the end on Wednesday,” Berkelandsaid with a smile.

Counselors, along with a representative from each the CSU andUC systems will be present to answer any questions or commentsstudents have at the event. For any additional information, pleasesee the Transfer and Career Services Department, or the Counsel-ing Department on the first floor of Building 1.

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NOVEMBER

18 Csárdás -- 8 p.m in TheSmith Center. Lavish and emotional,Csárdás presents traditional and con-temporary works of HungarianTango originating from the folkdance heritage of Hungary. Csárdás,/chär-däsh/ comes from the Hungar-ian word for a village inn or tavernwhere villagers gather to sing anddance. These “dances of the tavern”personify the passions and traditionsof this colorful cultural heritage fusedwith modern dance innovations.Tickets are $25 for adults and $15for students, and can be purchased atthe box office or online atwww.ohlone.edu.

19 Chops Big Band FallJazz Concert -- 8 p.m in TheSmith Center. Come dance to thegreat tunes of big band jazz. Generalseating is $10 for adults and $5 forchildren and seniors.

22 Free and AnonymousHIV Testing -- 11 a.m. to 2 p.m inThe Student Health Center, Build-ing 16. No appointments are neces-sary. We welcome all students, staff,and faculty. It is a completely freetest done on a first come, first servedbasis. Results are ready in two weeksand can only be given to the testedindividual in person (no phone calls).It is an anonymous testing, meaningwe do not take your name down andnothing will be written in your medi-cal chart. Testing is performed by aState of California Certified HIV/AIDS Test Counselor.

22 Campus Tour -- 2:30to 3:30 p.m starting in the Lobby,Building 1. The Ohlone College Stu-dent Ambassadors conduct campustours every Tuesday. Tours will be-gin promptly and will last approxi-mately one hour. Please make sureto wear comfortable shoes, as youwill be doing quite a bit of walking!

24-27 No Classes --Thanksgiving weekend.

28-30 Last-Minute UC/CSU Applicatioin Workshops --Ohlone College students who planon transferring Fall 2006 and arecurrently completing the CSU andUC applications, the deadline isquickly approaching! If you havequestions or want to come and con-tinue working on your applications,counselors and university represen-tatives are available to help. Bring acopy of your academic history, UCpersonal statements on a disk orinternet-based email account, and aprint card with some extra cash.Workshops will be held Nov. 28from noon to 3 p.m., Nov. 29 from10 a.m. to 2 p.m., and Nov. 30 from1 to 4 p.m.

29 Free and AnonymousHIV Testing -- 11 a.m. to 2 p.m inThe Student Health Center, Build-ing 16. No appointments are neces-sary.

29 Campus Tour -- 2:30 to3:30 p.m starting in the Lobby, Build-ing 1.

DECEMBER

2-4 Tchaikovsky's Nut-cracker Ballet -- In The SmithCenter. Bring your children andgrandchildren to this wonderful holi-day classic! And following the Sun-day matinee, bring them to the SugarPlum Party for refreshments, specialholiday treats, and a chance to meetand have their pictures taken with thecostumed dancers. Shows on the 2ndand 3rd will be held at 8 p.m. and theSunday showing on the 4th will be at2 p.m. Buy your tickets online atwww.fremontsymphony.org.

3 Community Chorale --At 8 p.m. in The Centerville Presby-terian Church in Fremont. The Com-munity Chorale, directed by DarryGuzman, with special guests ThePhilippine Saringhimig Choir fromSan Francisco under the direction ofGeorge Hernandez will present acombined concert of “Holiday De-lights” at Centerville PresbyterianChurch in Fremont, located at 4360Central Avenue. Buy tickets onlineor at the Smith Center Box Office.

5-6 College and Job Re-cruitment Days -- All Day. If theweather is nice, the recruiters will beoutside in the Quad (between Build-ings 1 and 5). Otherwise, the recruit-ers will be in the Cafeteria lobby(Building 5, Second Floor).

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

8-10 Winter DanceShowcase -- At 8 p.m. in The SmithCenter, NUMMI Theatre. Show onthe 10th also runs at 2 p.m.

9-15 Final Exams -- Fall2005 Final Exam schedule can nowbe found online at www.Ohlone.edu.

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November 17, Thursday 1:00pm English / 2:30pm Math

November 21, Monday 9:00am English / 10:30am Math

November 28, Monday 6:00pm English / 7:30pm Math

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

ONGOINGOhlone College Bookstore No-

vember Sale. Discounts on supplies,accessories, apparel, books, andmore.

Library display cases availablefor students and staff. This week:Ohlone Students C.J. Jones and CorieHowell display art work includingphotographs and paintings.

Flu shots: $15 for students, $20for staff. Available until supply runsout in Building 16. Call for an ap-pointment: (510) 659-6258.

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

The Louie-Meager Art Galleryexhibits a show each month. FromOctober 21 until November 22, MagiAmma's Chair Series will be on dis-play.

Spring 2006 schedules are avail-

JOBS AND INTERNSHIPSStudents are Welcome to visit. Transfer & Career Ser-

vices, Building 1 Room 1405A. Open Monday thru Thursday9 to 12 a.m. & 1 to 3 p.m. Closed Fridays.

able in the Bookstore.

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

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Yankees rivalry could get anyworse, but surprise, it just did. Thispast Monday, Yankees thirdbaseman Alex Rodriguez wasselected as this year’s AmericanLeague MVP over Red Sox sluggerDavid Ortiz.

But if you ask me it shouldhave been the other way around.

Most of this past season, chantsof, “MVP, MVP, MVP...” couldbe heard from Fenway Park andfor good reasons. Ortiz had a .300batting average with 47 home runsand 148 runs batted in. Yes, A-Rod did have better numbers in thedepartments of home runs (48) andbatting average (.321), so what?

Ortiz was perhaps the mostclutch hitter all year long, whilethe A-Rod choked in crucialmoments and had to be picked upby the rest of the pin-stripers.

How could anyone stand out ona team with Jason Giambi, RandyJohnson, Hideki Matsui and GarySheffield, or as I like to refer tothem as “store-bought” players?Ortiz does have a supporting cast,but they all aren’t superstars. Withthe exception of Manny Ramirezand Curt Schilling, the Sox haveno other big superstar, makingOrtiz’s work more valuable.

Now the argument can be madethat Ortiz is just a designated hitter,and that the MVP award shouldhonor a player that excelled notonly at the plate, but also on thefield. Need I remind everyone thatsome of the best players in MajorLeague Baseball were strictly menwho could put the bat to the ball.

Example number one, PaulMolitor. Throughout his career,Molitor often switch between thirdbase and first base. However,towards the end of his stint in theMajors, Molitor was primarily adesignated hitter. Now when it wastime to call it quits, it was no doubt

By STEVENCHAVEZCorrespondent

Thefinalscore

Shaun Alexander has been seeking a lucrative,long-term contract from the Seattle Seahawks formore than two years now, but his patience willsoon be rewarded.

On Sunday, Alexander became the first playerin NFL history to score at least 15 touchdownsin five consecutive seasons. Collective Bar-gaining Agreement as it is says that theSeahawks are in their “last chance” season with

Alexander; after this year they will not be able toput the “franchise tag” on him, making him anoutright free agent not under their control. Theywill not be able to give him “the average of the topfive running backs in the league” and they will notget a first-round draft pick from any team success-ful in signing Alexander.

In other words, Alexander will finally get what hedeserves.

H i i l NFL H d ’ hi

Alexander’s clock is ticking away in Seattle

By SARA KWANStaff writer

When Ohlone Men’s Head Soc-cer coach Harold Whitmore wasasked about improvements forOhlone’s men’s soccer team inpreparation for next season,Whitmore was quick to take theblame himself and said the coach-ing staff needed work as much asthe players did.

“They [the players] had a lotof heart,” said Whitmore. “We[the coaching staff] need to dis-

cuss how we can coach betterfor next season.”

However, their 4-15 recorddidn’t reflect the real game situ-ations. Many of the Renegades’games have been close, and theyeven ended up with six ties.

In particular, the Renegades hadto play a game at Fresno, who wasranked third in the state. Ohlonewas also at a disadvantage be-cause of the shortage of playersdue to injuries.

Fresno jumped out early onOhlone and scored three goals,

but the Renegades never gave up.They fought back and scored onegoal.

They never quit and towards theend of the game, Fresno startedgetting frustrated at how the Ren-egades never gave up. After thegame, Fresno’s coach went up toCoach Whitmore at the end of thegame and complimented the Ren-egades for their performance.

Many times, the Renegadeswould play without any subs, or insome cases, a few players wouldplay while they had minor injuries.

Ohlone had a group of real teamplayers, and after every game, nomatter win or lose, they would holdtheir heads up high and be proudthat they played through all 90 min-utes.

For next season, CoachWhitmore hopes to start recruit-ing more players and getting themready to compete and play soccerat a college level.

Anyone interested in trying outfor next year's team can contactCoach Whitmore at (510) 659-6500ext. 5120.

Men’s Soccer looking to next year

g gSacramento City College, who hadjust suffered a loss at the hands ofModesto Junior College.

Sacramento dominated Ohlone,due in part of Ohlone’s lack ofheight on the court. Even thoughdefeat was in the cold near future,Ohlone had two very noticeablefaces in the crowd that tried tobrighten up Epler Gym.

Reverend Michael Wallace andwife Velma gave a warm receptionto fans in the stands welcomingthem to honor their son, Jonathan.An even more touching momentwas during halftime when VelmaWallace shared a hug with Ohloneguard Sam Kim.

Although they lost 71-54,Ohlone had three players that scored

pdation for his teachings on and offthe court.

Ohlone was then moved downinto the loser’s bracket where theyfaced Feather River CommunityCollege. The game was close allthe way through but Ohlone pulledit out 59-57.

The win pitted the Renegadesagainst the College of Alameda,Sunday morning.

Mistakes made in their previ-ous games were lessons learnedas Ohlone dominated in every as-pect of the game. “ We learned totake care of the ball,” saidPeterson.

Rebounding was also a big im-provement. Ohlone attacked theboards and without remorse for the

Alameda defenders.Ohlone also visited the free-throw

line 14 times, hitting 12 out of those14 attempts.

The Renegades opened up the sec-ond half with a 16-2 run and neverlooked back. Ohlone won 64-40.

Stepping up once again in the leaderrole was Sam Kim. Kim, along withRenardo Bass had 14 points a piece.

Kim, Ohlone’s only returningplayer was hesitant at first to accepthis new role as team leader. “It is alot of responsibility, and I didn’twant to do it,” said the sophomore,“but now I don’t regret doing it.”

The performance of Kim and therest of the Ohlone squad is some-thing that definitely had Jonathansmiling from up above.

Sam Kim defends against the Sacramento attack.Photo by Nick Zambrano