THURSDAY
DECEMBER 1, 2016 Vol. LI No. 12
Ohlone basketball goes to 8-2. See story on Page 8
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Many opinions, strong feelings on gun question
Your favorite memes
TOMI BOYD OPINIONS EDITOR
The Monitor surveyed students, asking for their favorite memes. Here’s the most popular one out, an Evil Kermit. See survey on Page 4.
The 12-member task force studying the controversial issue of whether to arm Ohlone College police held its third and final public meeting in the Smith Center Wednesday afternoon. The members reported their findings on such questions as: • How many Bay Area community colleges have armed police? The answer is generally nine are armed and three are not, but there are many conditions involved. • Do armed police provide a safer campus environment? • Do armed police result in a reduction in violent crime? • Have any students been shot by accident as a result of arming police? Members of the task force found, in general, that information on the topic was often difficult to find, inconsistent and vague. They also found that there continues to be a wide range of opinions on the topic, often passionately expressed.
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The Alexander Hamilton of Cuba: Che Guevara
VINCENTE VERA CONTRIBUTING WRITER
The hit musical that everyone is in love with, Hamilton, captures the story of Alexander Hamilton, one of the most influential founding fathers. Hamilton helped establish America’s bank, America’s revolution and the structure of America’s government with his writing and fighting. But there was another founding father who did those very things for the country of Cuba, his name was Che Guevara. “Every other founding fathers story gets told, every other founding father gets to grow old” is a line sung during the closing number of Hamilton, and it is just as relevant to Hamilton as it is to Guevara. With the recent passing of Fidel Castro, this is the perfect time to look back at the life of Castro’s “right hand man,” Che Guevara. Ernesto “Che” Guevara was born on June 14, 1928 in Argentina, ever since he was a child, he knew he wanted to help humanity. He was a chess fanatic and a bookworm, having studied the works of Sigmund Freud and Karl Mggarx as a young man. A 1958 declassified CIA biography described Guevara as “fairly intellectual for a Latino.” Though Guevara was a guerrilla warfare and military expert, he started his career as a doctor studying medicine, with hopes of a career as a medical research scientist. But his dreams of embarking on a
OPINION future in medicine were halted when he began a motorcycle journey through many Latin American countries. Guevara witnessed people being too poor to afford medical care, and too used to it. In a speech given to the Cuban militia, he described the situation being so bad that “a father can accept the loss of a son as an unimportant accident.” Guevara was outraged at the travesties he witnessed and began researching on the cause of these problems and how to solve them, as a revolutionary. Guevara believed that the United States along with other capitalist countries exploited small Latin countries for monetary purposes, at the expense of the Latin citizens. This ignited a rage in Guevara, that’s when he met up with Fidel and Raul Castro to start a vanguard revolution that is now known as the 26th of July Movement. The purpose of this movement was to overthrow Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista. Batista was notorious for abusing his power, killing anyone who spoke out against him and letting the United States influence most of his decisions. Guevara knew he wanted to help humanity, he knew he wanted to help the people of Cuba, and he did not throw away his shot. Continued on Page 6
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From left; Rose-Margaret Itua Professor of engineering with Marina Gonzalez Student Support Specialist for Engineering.
Student engineering showcase makes its debut at Ohlone ROELLE BALAN STAFF WRITER
The Ohlone cafeteria was filled with aspiring engineers who want to change the world. Boards were being propped up and tables were being rearranged as engineering students dressed to impress, hoping to land an internship and possible job in the industry. On Friday, Nov. 18, Ohlone’s introduction to engineering
class held a showcase of their projects, based on humanitarian needs, at the Fremont campus cafeteria. Private industry professionals acted as spectators who asked the students questions about their prototypes and gave feedback. Rose-Margaret Itua teaches the introduction to engineering class. Itua organized the showcase with Marina Gonzalez, the
student support specialist for engineering and STEM activities at Ohlone College. About 60 students are in that class presenting their projects to engineering employers. The theme this year was Humanitarian Engineering to Solve Social Issues, Itua said. She said engineering themes that involve humanitarian needs, “..engages female and underrepresented Continued on Page 2