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Vol. XXXVI No. 2

Women’s hoops take two in a row.

OPINION

ASOC wrangles over Theater cash.

SPORTS

NEWS

FEATURES

Grief-themed art on display in Gallery.

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Parking power play examined.

Fremont, California

February 7, 2008

Man behind Smith Center dies at 73

By Sandeep Abraham Features editor Gary Smith, founder of Ohlone’s Gary Soren Smith Center for Fine and Performing Arts, died of Parkinson’s Disease on Feb. 4.

In addition to serving Ohlone as a professor of music, he was also the dean of Fine Arts and acting vice president.

Smith was born on July 4,1934 to Eloise and George Smith in Modesto. They later moved to Healdsburg, where they bought the Sanitary Dairy. He attended Santa Rosa Junior College in 1952 for one year and then

graduated with honors from U.C. Berkeley in 1956. He did a tour of duty in the Army from 1956 to 1959 and played in the 6th Army Band as principal clarinet. Smith began teaching at Oakland public schools in 1960 and then moved to Ohlone in 1967.

Most of us mainly knew of Smith from the sign in front of the Smith Center, but Gary Smith was extremely active in the Fremont community. He served on the boards of both the Fremont Philharmonic and Fremont Cultural Arts Council.

Smith was also instrumental in the design of Ohlone College’s Mission Boulevard cam-

pus in the early 1970s, taking special interest in the college’s music department.

As a lover of classical and Baroque music in particular, he brought with him a strong dedication and sense of discipline when he taught. He had a reputation as a strict, but affable professor, fondly remembered by many current and former Ohlone faculty members.

Walter Halland, an old colleague of Smith’s, remembers him as someone rabidly dedicated to his work and to his music, each of which comprised his glowing 33-year career.

His crowning achievement was, of course, Continued on Page 6

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Dean of Fine Arts Gary Smith.

Clubs weigh in on effects of election

By Kyle Stephens Staff writer In the aftermath of “Super Tuesday,” political clubs around campus are weighing in on the results of the California elections and primary and gearing up for the final hurdle: the presidental elections.

Twenty-four states, including California, held primary elections on Tuesday. Statewide results on presidential candidates named Sen. Hilary Clinton as the Democratic winner at 52 percent, and Sen. Barack Obama at 42.4 percent. For the Republican Party, Sen. John McCain received 42 percent of the vote, followed by Gov. Mitt Romney at 34.1 percent, and, after him, Mike Huckabee with 11.6 percent.

Propositions 91, 92, and 93 did not pass, while Propositions 94, 95, 96 and 97 did. For complete information, see the Office of the California Secretary of State Barbra Bowen’s website at http://vote.ss.ca.gov.

Proposition 91 concerns certain taxes on vehicle fuels and Photos by Andrew Cavette (top) and Eric Dorman has no direct impact on Ohlone. Proposition 92 has a more A member of the Ohlone tribe, Andy Galvan blesses the Newark Campus at the bracing effect, however; with its failure to pass, community college tuition rates will remain at $20 a unit (as opposed to dedication ceremony Thursday. Below, Lt. Gov. John Garamedi speaks.

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Newark Center dedicated

By Eric Dorman News editor

The Newark Center was hailed as setting a new standard in environmental sustainability at the center’s dedication last Thursday, drawing praise from notables such as Lt. Gov. John Garamendi and Assembly members Alberto Torrico and Ellen Corbett.

“Now let me tell you, there are a whole lot of folks out there who said it can’t be done: it’s too expensive, can’t be done, don’t know how to design it,” said Garamendi before a crowd of about 300 inside a small tent protecting the viewers from the Newark elements. “Well, our architects designed it, the community supported it, and you, all of you, have become the pioneers...you’re the people that have come together and said, ‘let us do it right.’ ” The speakers devoted much of their praise to the center’s Platinum Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification, the highest level of certification awarded by the U.S. Green Building Council to those structures built and operating with the most sustainable practices. The Newark Campus is the first college campus in the world to achieve this certification.

“You have set the bar right where it oughtta be: Platinum LEED,” said Garamendi. “We oughtta be doing that everywhere.”

Gail Steele of the Alameda County Board of Supervisors echoed a common theme when she said she saw the campus as ahead of its time. “In another 10 years, every building will be like this.”

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Board nixes frontage bids

By Barry Kearns Staff writer

The College Board of trustees chose to decline two bids for the college frontage property in a meeting held Dec. 19.

Board President Nick Nardollilo said that the board plans to regroup and rethink a future request for bids.

The Board received two bids; one that would bring the college $600,000 a year and another for $1.5 million a year.

The bids came from Clark Realty Capital and the Aspen Group of San Jose, respectively. Both bids included a proposal for a combination of retail and residential development.

A consultant hired by the college said that the $1.5 million offer was in the ballpark of what the property is worth at fair market value.

The frontage property is divided into four parcels - from a triangular slice of land near the Anza Street entrance to the lot where Building 10 sits near the Anza-Pine road entrance.

The area of all four parcels is estimated to be at 19 acres. The lease would run for 50 years, with a 10-year option.

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ASOC parking power play will benefit students

By Brian ChU Staff writer You may have come across the vast emptiness that is parking Lot N. There is no student parking allowed there. If you look closely, you will notice the crisp, white paint of some freshly reassigned spaces, each labeled “ASOC.” The Associated Students of Ohlone College represent the interests of the student body of Ohlone.

Due to the construction of the student services building, Lots O and P are closed. After construction

began, several ASOC members got tickets when parking in Lot N. Following these incidences, Student Member of the Ohlone Board of Trustees Ken Steadman tried to present a resolution to the board, asking that the administration give ASOC assigned parking in Lot N. His resolution was not board-ready.

Steadman then met with VP of Student Development Ron Travenick and VP of Administrative Services Mike Calegari. After disagreements and struggles, the administration eventually handed over 20 spots in an effort to resolve the issue.

I believe this land grab of sorts

done by the ASOC is a positive thing; more than that, it’s a bold move forward on the part of student government. Although the 20 spaces were handed over without conditions, (effectively giving ASOC full reign over their use) ASOC did not claim these spaces solely for their own members (ASOC has parking placards for Staff Lot B). Currently, the ASOC spaces in Lot N are divided up amongst the many clubs, athletes and other extracurricular departments for this semester. Next semester ASOC has tentative plans to accept petitions and applications for the spaces.

One might argue that ASOC acquiring a mere 20 spaces for the student body does little to free up the parking congestion. Until the Student Services Center building is finally completed in 2009 and lots O and P are freed up, many of us will still park next to Mission Boulevard.

But the issue of the ASOC parking spaces in Lot N has less to do with asphalt, paint and convenience than it does with power. In the long term, this action sets a precedent for the ASOC. This successful power play shows that the student body does indeed have a real voice in

the discussion of what affects the students. This tactic by Steadman and other ASOC members will benefit the students as a whole. This has never been done before. ASOC could have easily taken the spaces for themselves, but they decided not to. For that, they deserve our support. Although we may not individually have one of the coveted 20 spots, this first step toward students taking a stand on what affects them without allowing the administration to simply run amok is beneficial to all of us. After all, we the students are the reason that the administration can exist.

Cause of Ledger’s death not drugs but final role

By Jacque Orvis Staff writer On Wednesday, autopsy reports concluded that Heath Ledger died of an accidental drug overdose. Later this year, film critics across the country will write their own, more accurate report on his cause of death when they review the film role that killed him.

Ledger plays the Joker in Christopher Nolan’s “The Dark Knight.” It was his final completed role. Ledger succeeds Jack Nicholson, who played

the Joker in Tim Burton’s 1989 “Batman.” In Nolan’s film, however, Ledger creates an entirely different Joker.

Ledger got deep inside the dark, villainous mindset of the clown. His take on the Joker is said to make Jack Nicholson’s role look more like a clown at a child’s birthday party than a true Gothomite archnemesis.

Ledger didn’t sleep much while filming. He fell so deeply into the Joker’s role, exhausting himself, literally becoming the Joker. I think Ledger outacted himself for this role. He started to think, eat and behave like his role at home. These habits, such

as insomnia, began to take over his life outside of work.

Perhaps Ledger got in too deep. When learning of Ledger’s death, Jack Nicholson had four words: “I told him so.”

Among the drugs alongside Ledger’s body was Ambien - a sleep aid reported to have caused several life-threatening situations. As it turns out, one of those situations involved Jack Nicholson, who reportedly almost drove his car off of a 50-foot cliff after taking Ambien.

Ledger was ingesting a cocktail mix of sleep aids, both prescribed and not. He was also suffering from depression,

dealing with a break-up with Michelle Williams. But we mustn’t forget that he was also getting under the skin of one of the most notoriously unhinged villains in American comic book fiction.

The exact cause of death will not be found in the autopsy report, as it originates from his mental state. Like many, I could not understand why Ledger would gamble with a dangerous sleeping pill while going through such personal heartbreak. But I wasn’t thinking like a psychopathic Gotham villain. Nicholson wasn’t warning Ledger about the pills, he was warning him about the Joker.

Heath Ledger plays the Joker this summer.

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“It’s easy to get around.”

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“The design.”

“Why so much attention is being paid to it.”

“The native plants.”

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Construction forecast: noise, noise, noise, noise

By Tseten Dolkar Staff writer Some classes in Buildings 6 and 8 have been relocated because of loud steel work on the Student Services Support Building (SSSB). Much of the current work was scheduled to take place during the winter break, but persistent rain delayed the project.

In addition to working overtime on Saturdays, more workers will be added to the current number of about 24 – 30 after the current phase of construction to make up for delays caused by the weather. For safety purposes, the number of workers that may be present on-site during steel erection—the construction and installation of metal decking and planking—is limited.

Jose A. Castro, project engineer of Consolidated CM, the company overseeing the construction, said the “noisy part will take up to end of February to early March.” The construction’s original completion was set for February 2009. Today is day number 255 of 630 days of construction.

Aside from the delays, President Doug Treadway said that the project is on budget. Treadway said the SSSB is being approached the same way as the Newark Center—along with recycled steel for construction, it will also have furniture from recycled materials.

Vice President of Student Development Ron Traven-

ick said he is “making every effort to help” classes that are impacted by the unanticipated delays. The opening of the Newark Center made it possible for some classes in Buildings 6 and 8 to be relocated farther away from the construction site to other buildings at the Fremont Campus.

As for future projects, Treadway said the college is exploring the possibility of building solar panels similar to the ones in the Fremont City Hall parking lot. Due to current budget cuts, and uncertainties in the future budget, funds for such a project would require revenue from the development of the college frontage property, granted the College Board of Trustees comes to a decision regarding the property’s plans. The frontage property is the strip of land along Mission Boulevard, right below Ohlone College.

The construction of several parking lots close to the Smith Center and the gymnasium is also being explored. For that to be possible, Ohlone would have to negotiate with outside investors who will not only foot the construction’s bill but also manage the parking lot on a permit or daily fee basis, just as any other private parking service. From that fee, the college would generate a percentage of the revenues.

For more information and updates on the SSSB construction, go to www.ohlone.edu/org/bondprojects/project_sssb.html.

Photo by Eric Dorman

A worker welds beams together for the new Student Services Support Building. Construction will be noisy over the next few months as workers hammer and rivet steel beams.

ASOC, Theater Department dispute funding

By Barry Kearns Staff writer Money requests and accountability provided the fuel for heated debates and a foray into brinkmanship style of politics as the Associated Students of Ohlone College (ASOC) kicked off their first meeting of the semester.

An order of business aroused a long-standing dispute between the ASOC and the dance department. In October of last year, the ASOC denied a money request to the dance department for the sum of $5,000. Dean of Language and Performing Arts Walt Birkedahl and the Director of Business Services Joanne Schultz appeared before the ASOC to repeat and clarify a request for the money.

Last year, the ASOC granted $5,000 so a dance group from Shanghai could perform at Ohlone. This was part of an exchange between

Ohlone and China in which Ohlone students would also travel to China and perform. The time spent planning this exchange was approximately four months, and a money request for another $5,000 was not made until after both trips had been completed.

It was the second money request that represented the source of conflict. Members of the ASOC felt that the assumption that they would grant a second money request—raising the sum to $10,000—without being asked beforehand was an affront to their authority to approve or decline funding for such activities. While this was the basis of the disagreement between the two parties, explaining how this had come to pass was a matter that took some time.

Schultz, after going over the books for the Theater Department, found that the funds were assumed but not yet delivered, creating a deficit for the department of $5,000. As

members of the ASOC were asked about their views on the money request it appeared that most were against approving the funds.

In the midst of what appeared to be a deadlock of opinions, Student Board of Trustees Representative Ken Steadman proposed that the ASOC could help the Theater Department raise the funds to remedy its financial troubles. Both sides agreed, and Birkedahl also mentioned that if the ASOC could help the Theater Department sell tickets for some future performances it could put the department back in the black.

The meeting opened with discussion between the members of the ASOC as to whether they wanted to spend an additional $50,000 to control Room 1200 in the Newark Campus, located next to the Fresh and Natural Cafe.

Steadman emphasized the importance of gaining a contract before handing over the cash.

He also mentioned an idea of turning the room

into a recreational center for the students that could also be a way to generate revenue.

ASOC Adviser Debbie Trigg raised the question of allowing the bookstore to occupy the room for the first two weeks of every semester. Its presence would also require several days for setup and take-down.

Another issue with the room is the presence of a piano, which ASOC Treasurer Kevin Feliciano defended as an enjoyable asset to the students that occupies relatively little space. The contention of the bookstore’s presence was alleviated by the suggestion that the piano could also be placed in one of the other rooms.

A vote to allocate the funds was pushed to next week’s meeting. After the long discussion and resolution of the Theater Department’s money request, the other three orders of business set for that meeting were bumped to next week’s meeting.

International students increase diversity

By Jerome Nepacena Staff writer

The number of international students attending classes at Ohlone is on the rise for the second year in a row, increasing diversity as well as funds for the college, said Director of International Relations Eddie West. The tally of foreign students at Ohlone is now about 190.

Culturally, the school benefits greatly from the rising presence of international students, said West.

“As cliché as it sounds, our students and faculty both benefit from the presence of international students, because they give us different perspectives and different ways of looking at the world.” However, Ohlone also benefits financially from foreign students as tuition prices are more than double that of what a non-international student would have to pay.

Because of the state’s budget woes, the college’s budget will see significant reductions in state funding this year. The higher amount of tuition international students are required to pay contributes needed

dollars to the college, which can go to upgraded facilities and healthy revenues.

The average student at Ohlone, foreign or otherwise, takes about 13 units per semester, but instead of the $20 per unit American students pay, international students must pay $203 per unit.

On top of that, international students are required to enroll in 12 units in order to attend because of the F1 Student Visa. “It is great news, because international students can help us learn a lot about other cultures but they also really help with our school’s budget,” said West.

Ultimately, Ohlone is working toward avoiding any budget cuts with the help of international tuition, which has helped the school see a $500,000 increase in revenue.

And it doesn’t end there. According to West, the number of foreign students attending Ohlone should continue to rise as the years go by.

It is expected that by the year 2012, more than 500 overseas students should be making the trip to the

already diverse population of the Bay Area to attend Ohlone.

Because of the many positives possible, colleges today are making more of an effort to reach out to students overseas and expose them to the benefits of an

American education. Ohlone has tried to do this through its sister college in the Taizhou province in China, which is opening up an Ohlone College office on its campus.

West said more information on

the project will be available within the next couple of weeks. “[Foreign students] help out a lot,” said West, “but most importantly because of the things they can teach us and the diversity they bring to our campus.”

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Weighing Anchor

By Eric dorman News editor

Keep your identity free What if you could pop a pill and become autistic for a week?

What if you could temporarily rewire your brain to focus intensely on one task, shutting out communication with others at the same time? And if you did, would that re-wired person still be you?

Questions like this could someday move beyond the hypothetical with the findings of a group of German researchers, who announced last week that they had perfected a method for inducing autism—and curing it—in mice.

By disabling the protein network that causes synapses to adhere to each other, researchers were able to cause mice to “exhibit highly selective deficits in reciprocal social interactions,” which is quite similar to autism in humans, the National Academy of Sciences reported. By reversing the process, they were able prompt return of normal brain function.

Although the drug has a long way to go before it will be ready for human use, it will get there at some point, and it won’t be alone.

Already, use of “smart pills”— prescription drugs like Adderall and Ritalin that increase concentration, alertness and short-term memory—is on the rise among college students, according to the Washington Post. In 2002, seven million Americans used bootleg prescription stimulants, with 1.6 million of the users student-aged; usage has risen considerably since then. Clearly, we aren’t afraid to play with fire when it comes to messing with our brain chemistry.

We should be, though. If you’re regularly relying on stimulants to provide heightened concentration or memory to complete a job, who’s really responsible for the work—you or the drugs?

If you take a pill that makes you focused but impaired socially, is that new personality really yours?

When our thinking and interactions are ruled by a prescription, we risk losing our identity to the pills we use to bolster it.

What if we look at it from the opposite angle: if all autistics take the pill, won’t our society have lost something? According to “Thinking in Pictures” author Temple Grandin, who thinks on an intensely visual scale, autism has been a great gift. “I would never want to lose [my ability to think visually],” noted Grandin.

Surely society would never want to lose that ability, either.

In some ways it may seem pointless to caution concerning a drug that is years away from making it onto the market, but to others the issue could hardly be more relevant. Already we have shown ourselves susceptible to the systematic use of mind-heightening stimulants; we must be careful to protect our minds to ensure that our future successes, failures and ideas are strictly our own.

Features ‘The 11th Hour’ makes waves

By SANDEEP ABRAHAM Features editor

Leonardo DiCaprio’s new humanitarian documentary, “The 11th Hour”, aired in Jackson Theatre on Jan. 30 and 31. Ohlone’s Liberated Individuals for the Environment (LIFE) club, having organized a viewing of Al Gore’s “An Inconvenient Truth” only a year prior, decided to screen “The 11th Hour” free of charge to students, with the intention of increasing environmental awareness among Ohlone students.

Lately, the LIFE club has found itself riding a wave of publicity as both Ohlone and California at large have made environment and sustainability issues two of their top priorities. The opening of Ohlone’s Newark campus and its arsenal of

eco-friendly technology have made it a model for California Community Colleges as well as having spurred student interest in environmental issues. Accordingly, the activities of the formerly periphery LIFE club have come under the spotlight as “The 11th Hour” and films like it have become directly relevant to the future of Ohlone.

As an unexpected detour in his career, DiCaprio has joked about how “The 11th Hour” has given him peace of mind in more ways than one. “The tabloids and the paparazzi don’t care what I have to say about global warming or getting away from dependency on fossil fuels. I think I’ve just bored them into leaving me alone.” He is, however, extremely serious about this project, having not only narrated but also produced and wrote it. It

had a generally good reception for an environmentalist documentary, making $60,853 in four locations in its first weekend. The film focused on the myriad environmental problems of which human activity has been the cause, the tone constantly chiding the audience throughout the movie toward a solution. It featured prominent scientists, politicians and environmental activists such as former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, physicist Stephen Hawking and environmentalist journalist Paul Hawken.

Reception at Ohlone, although disheartening on the first day, picked up by the second day, estimated by LIFE president Farrah Naqvi to have been about 20 and 100 people respectively. The increase in the audience was due in large part to advertisement via word of mouth.

Various professors also offered extra credit for attendance. Farrah added “This wasn’t as sugarcoated as ‘An Inconvenient Truth’…A lot of people were surprised [by what they saw] and more motivated to act.” Ohlone has found in the LIFE club an instrument with which it can educate and prepare its students for an environmentally uncertain future. LIFE so far has no objections to that.

Currently, according to Cynthia Garcha, a LIFE club member, the club’s main benefactors are Ohlone faculty. LIFE, through movies like “The 11th Hour” and various other green events, hopes to attract more students. “One of the biggest problems we face is inspiring people who don’t feel the need to be inspired,” Garcha said. “It’s like were in a culture on autopilot.”

New campus up and running Continued from Page 1 his granddaughter’s electronic Disney book, which squawked “dreams do come true!” when Smith pressed the appropriate button. Smith went on to quote Christopher Reeve: “ ‘So many of our dreams at first seem impossible, then they seem improbable and then, when we summon the will, they soon become inevitable.’

The inevitable is here, the College of the Future is here today, and to all the young people out there, dreams do come true!”

Along with Smith, Fremont Mayor Bob Wasserman and Union City Mayor Mark Greene also spoke. Greene, who drew attention by wearing a green Renegades swimming hoodie underneath his sport coat, originally attended classes at Ohlone before going on to Berkeley.

He predicted that much more attention would be heaped upon the campus, calling it the “newest tourist trap in the Tri-City area.”

Corbett also voiced the idea that the Newark Center would achieve notice in its building design as well as its operation. “I’m going to bring you all to Sacramento so you can show everyone the right way to [build a campus],” she jokingly pledged.

Former Ohlone President Floyd Hogue was able to shed some light on the humble beginnings of the Newark Center. When Hogue became President in 1994, the Newark Center was located in MacGregor Elementary School. This lasted until 2000, when the Newark School District informed the college that the school was needed for other purposes and that the college would have to move elsewhere.

After being evicted from MacGregor, Hogue began searching for a more permanent Newark base.

Initially, the plan was to occupy 40 acres of land by the bay being sold by Cargill Salt; however, the location was inconvenient and it was unclear whether the area would pass the environmental inspection necessary for building.

While the Cargill deal was under

consideration, the college began eyeing another piece of property - the stretch of land along Cherry, a site which had both a good location and plenty of space. At first, Newark officials were uninterested in selling the land to the college, hoping instead to sell the land to businesses, which could prove more lucrative for the city. But later the city had a change of heart and agreed to sell the land to Ohlone. After the passing of a $150 million bond measure in March 2002, the college purchased the land and, in 2006, began construction on what would ultimately be a $120 million campus.

The ceremony concluded with resident Ohlone Indian Andy Galvan leading the crowd outside where he conducted a ritual blessing of the four directions of the campus. “On behalf of my ancestors, the Ohlone people, we welcome you, because whether you’re in Fremont, Newark or Union City, this is all Ohlone land,” said Galvan. “It’s a good day to be alive.”

Photos by Eric Dorman

George Rodgers burns fragrant sweet grass to commemorate the opening of the new Ohlone Campus in Newark.

Lt. Gov. John Garamendi addresses crowd at dedication as Board of Trustees members look on, from left, Richard Waters, Trisha Tamahsbi, John Weed, Bob Brunton, Bill McMillin and Garrett Yee.

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R.W. Kendrick to play concert

By BARRY KEARNS Staff writer “The joy of performing is kinda stressful,” said Ohlone music teacher R.W. Kendrick.

While this is Kendrick’s first concert, he has played in lots of musicals as a student and numerous times at the pond.

He will be playing a nylon electric acoustic guitar for solos and a regular electric guitar for jazz.

The planned repertoire will feature both classic and smooth jazz.

Kendrick commented that the Smith Center event, “is a launching point,” describing it as a “great venue.”

The concert is set for Feb. 8 and will be filmed and recorded.

He is currently looking for a manager, professing that he could use some help with the business end of performing to better concentrate on his music.

When asked about his influences, he noted that much of it had to do with what age he was when he listened to certain artists.

He remembers being a fan of Creedence Clearwater Revival at

the age of 14 and then going into Johnny and Eddie Winter.

At around the age of 20, he got into jazz music.

Other influences such as George Benson, West Montgomery, Larry Carlton and Joe Pass have made their mark on his particular style.

However, the biggest influences on his music turned out to be his teachers; Warren Nunes, his teacher of seven years, and Tuck Anderss.

Once Kendrick felt the need to acquire his own sound, he found he had to sacrifice some aspects of music, such as songwriting.

Early on, he recalls getting some mixed reviews of his songs, but found that “people always enjoyed my playing.”

As he anxiously awaits Friday and his first publicized concert, Kendrick is mainly concerned about his equipment, cares that might not have plagued him as much when he was just a “side man” instead of the main meal.

Why the guitar? Why not a sax?

“You can’t get away from the guitar in the 20th centur y, ” K e n d r i c k c h u c k l e d .

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‘Grief Work. Art Heals.’ exhibit examines mourning

Afghanistan unveiled

Photos by Pei Ju Chen

Professional artist Lisa Levine displays her work, focused on grief recovery, at Ohlone’s Louie-Meager Art Gallery until Feb. 28.

Photo by Mojhgan Mohtashimi

‘Koochi Sisters’ is one of a series of photographs by former Ohlone student Mojhgan Mohtashimi showing rarely seen Afghani village women. Her photos, gathered during recent visits to her homeland, are on view in ‘Life and Spirit of Kabul’ at the LightRoom Gallery, 2263 Fifth St., Berkeley, until Feb. 15. Call (510) 649-8111.

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Governor’s cuts to affect School for the Deaf

By Kathy Sung Staff writer The California School for the Deaf (CSD) would see a 10 percent budget cut this year under Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s proposed spending plan, a move that could affect the number of deaf students continuing on to Ohlone after their graduation from CSD, said Superintendent of the School for the Deaf and Blind Hank Klopping.

However, he thought that reductions would not be that severe.

The cut comes as part of Schwarzenegger’s proposed budget, which suggests cutting $4.3 billion from school funding in the East Bay. CSD’s anticipated 10 percent budget cut would amount to roughly $3.2 million for the budget the school will be receiving beginning July 1, 2008. Although there have been no cuts as of present, the proposed cuts would have a major effect on CSD. CSD would end up having to increase class sizes and the number of students per counselor.

Along with this problem, staff development, travel, equipment and supplies might be cut from Ohlone.

The staff, parents, deaf adults and alumni at CSD are working hard to convince the legislature and governor that the budget should not be cut. As a whole, the community is banding together to address the issue.

According to Klopping, “We are working hard with the legislature to get them to support CSD by not cutting our budget and if they must cut it to only minimally cut it. We

are hopeful that the legislature will support deaf kids.”

Klopping insisted that despite furious gossip, “It is purely a rumor that the school will close down. Speculation has run rampant and, naturally, since our students, alumni, parents and staff love CSD, they want to make sure that we survive and that is fully our intent. I do not believe that CSD is in danger of closing.”

Klopping’s wife, Ohlone ASL/ Deaf Studies Professor Sandra Klopping, said that Ohlone “[has]

a big volunteer association with [CSD].” Many students come to Ohlone to learn ASL so that they can volunteer at CSD. Deaf/Drama Studies Professor Tom Holcomb noted that he “moved from New York to here for the School for the Deaf.”

Over half of the students who go to CSD live on campus. If the school were to close down, all those students would have to go back home.

“I think it’s a tragedy for all parents and students,” Holcomb said.

Smith led Fine Arts Department, founded Center Continued from Page 1 the Smith Center, which began as a project in 1988 and was opened with a GALA celebration in October 1995. He then created Charitable Remainder Trust, which gave the center the name of its benefactor.

It has since stood as a haven for Ohlone’s music students, a group

that has never been the biggest on campus. Smith retired from Ohlone in 1993, going back to Healdsburg to be with his family.

Smith is survived by his wife, Faye, several cousins, and their Boston Terriers, Lucy, Winnie and Clementine. His caregivers, Charlotte, Patty, Nancy and his

Continued from Page 1 $15 if the measure had passed), and current community college and public school funding methods will stay in place.

Ohlone Republican Club Member Emily Burkett said that, “With the state already $14 billion in deficit - the $70 million lost from the reduced fee rates - if 92 had passed, it would not have helped the budget any more.”

Ohlone Political Awareness Club President Gurlene Kocher said in an email in regard to 92, “One of the major problems we are facing today is the misuse of money; the question we have to ask as a society is ‘is education a misuse of our money?’ ”

Marcus Silva of the Ohlone Democrats Club said in a statement about Proposition 92, “California Democratic voters are smart and care about educational equality.

These voters clearly communicated to Sacramento that ambiguous legislation won’t pass, and that Proposition 92 was too vague.”

Kocher further said of the Democratic party presidential candidates, that while foremost candidates Clinton and Obama both stood on very similar platforms, the “major argument is a matter of experience. Clinton has a great amount of experience under her belt...[but on] the other hand, Obama comes with a strong forefront of taking this country along a new path.”

Clubs weigh in on voters’ choices

Brown Bags continue

By ANNA NEMCHUK Editor-in-chief Looking for a career in the sciences? Learn how to apply for an internship at Lawrence Berkeley Labs this summer at Ohlone’s first Brown Bag of the semester.

Laurel Egenberger of the Berkeley Lab’s CSEE (Center for Science and Engineering Education) will discuss the “nuts and bolts” of the application.

“It’s an experience like no other - a real hands-on opportunity.

I think that science, engineering, technology and math students would really benefit,” said Egenberger.

The CSEE Community College Initiative (CCI) “is the only program [like this] I know of offered specifically for community college students.”

To be eligible, students need a certain GPA and to meet other criteria, which will be discussed at the Brown Bag. Though the CCI focuses on California community colleges, “we have students coming in from all over the country. It’s competitive, but not impossible, obviously. Ohlone students shouldn’t have a problem.”

The Brown Bag will be hosted Friday, Feb. 8 in Room 3201 11:45 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. Ohlone’s Brown Bag seminars are presented by the Science, Technology and Academic Affairs Division and the ASOC. The series is free and open to all. Refreshments are served at the start of the event. Audience members are welcome to meet the speaker afterward.

The next Brown Bag’s topic will be “Industrial Engineering” and it will be held Friday, Feb. 29 from 11:45 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. in Room 3201.

Upcoming Brown Bags will explore the human larynx, stem cell research, cyber crime and the Hubble Space Telescope.

nurse Carol were invaluable in their service to him.

Smith was an immensely positive force at Ohlone and the college would not be what it is today without his help. Although most of us here today never got to meet him personally, we do enjoy the fruits of his labor as will future generations,

a most fitting legacy.

The Ohlone Chamber Singers will perform a memorial concert on March 15. The concert will take place in the most fitting venue, the Smith Center in the Craig Jackson Theatre, and will feature the Requiems of Gabriel Faure and Maurice Durufle. The concert will be free

and will begin at 8 p.m.

There will be a memorial service for Smith at 10 a.m. for friends and family at St. Paul Episcopal Church at 209 Matheson St., Healdsburg, on Saturday, Feb. 9.

Instead of flowers, his family requests donations be made in his memory to the Smith Center.

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February 7 Title III Project Staff Meeting -- 9 a.m. in Room 1407 at the Fremont campus.

7 Title III Monitoring Teem Meeting -- 1 p.m. in Room 1407, Fremont campus.

7 Ohlone Baseball - Home vs. Deanza @ 2 p.m.

7 Ohlone Softball -- Home game vs. CCSF @ 3 p.m.

8 Women’s Basketball -- vs. Foothill College 7 p.m.

8 Ohlone Baseball -Ohlone - Mission Tournament in Santa Clara @ 2 p.m.

8 Smith Center Spotlight -- R. W. Kendrick Contemporary Jazz 8 p.m. Jackson Theatre 9 Ohlone Baseball -Home game vs. Laney @ 11 a.m.

9 Ohlone College Super Flea Market -- The regular Flea Market is held the second Saturday of each month on Fremont campus in lots E and H. $2 admission. Shopping 8 a.m. - 3 p.m.

9 Men’s Basketball -Home game vs CCSF @ 5 p.m.

9 Fremont Symphony Orchestra: Glorious Strings! -- 8 p.m.

10 Last day to add -- Last day to add a semesterlength class. Requires instructor’s signature.

10 Last day to petition -- Last day to petition to audit a full-term class.

10 Last day to drop -Last day to drop semesterlength class without a W. 10 Last day to drop -Last day to drop semesterlength class without a W. 11 - 14 Sexual Responsiblity Week and National Condom Day -- Sponsored on campus by the Student Health Center.

12 - 13 Love Through Art -- Help us create materials to decorate our new student health center (to open January 2009). Posters must address HIV testing, contraceptive use, or talking with sexual partners about sex. Please submit all entries to the Student Health Center, Building 16. Grand prize: $100, Honorable mention: $50. Deadline Feb 14.

12 Ohlone Baseball -- Home vs. San Mateo @ 2 p.m.

12 Ohlone Softball -- Home vs. Mission College. Every Tuesday & Thursday @ 3 p.m.

13 Psychology Club -- Psych Club meets every Wednesday in Room 4104A @ 2:30 p.m.

13 APASA -- APASA meets every Wednesday in Room 8112 @ 2:50 p.m.

11 - 14 Sexual Health Information Table -- 10 a.m.

- 12:30 p.m. @ the Quad.

Ohlone Student Health Center & Tri-City Health Center will be providing sexual health information and free condoms & lubes.

13 Reception and Panel -Grief Work. Art Heals. 6:30 - 9 p.m. Louie-Meager Art Gallery. Both nonartists and professional artists are showing their artworks made while mourning a lost loved one.

11 - 14 Free & Anonymous HIV Testing -- 11 p.m. - 2 p.m. @ Student Health Center. What’s your status? Ohlone offers free & anonymous HIV testing weekly. This week, we encourage you to come get tested. Bring your partner or a friend and each of you will receive a free movie ticket. Results ready in two weeks.

13 Workshop -- Cash for College Workshop for high school students and parents. 6:30 p.m. @ Newark Center in Room 1222.

11 Contraceptive Grab Bag -- 11 p.m. - noon in Room 1307. The Patch, the Nuva Ring. Come hear the latest contraceptive technology and contraceptive options available at your student health center. Food will be provided.

14 Ohlone Softball - Away vs. Chabot @ 3 p.m.

15 - 18 No School! -- President’s Day Weekend.

15 Ohlone Baseball -vs. Hancock in San Luis Obispo @ 2p.m.

15 Women’s Basketball -Home vs. DeAnza College @ 7 p.m.

16 Men’s Basketball -Away vs. Los Positas @ 5 p.m.

19 TechComm Meeting -- Any Ohlone College employee or student can attend. Meetings are every third Tuesday @ 2 p.m. in Room 1407.

16 Softball -- Away vs. Solano College @ 11 a.m.

16 Baseball -- Cuesta Hancock Tourn. @ 2 p.m.

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20-21 Club Days -- So many clubs…so little time! Find out how you can join a club. Music, free stuff and much fun in the Cafeteria from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

20 Women’s Basketball -- Home vs. SJCC @ 7 p.m.

20 Men’s Basketball -Away vs. Foothill College @ 7 p.m.

21 Environmental Sustainability Meeting-Third Thursday of each month @ 3:30 p.m, rotating between main campus and Newark.

22 Last day to petition -- Last day to petition to complete a class on a credit/ no credit basis

13 Men’s Basketball -Home game vs. Skyline 7 p.m. @ main campus.

13 Women’s Basketball -- Away game vs. Mission College @ 7p.m.

12 Sex Talk at Ohlone-noon - 1 p.m. in Room 1307 How many sexual partners did your friends have last school year? What’s the percentage of your classmates who used a condom the last time they had sex? Come hear recent data collected about Ohlone students’ sexual health status.

Food will be provided.

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Thursday, February 7, 2008

Unanimous Decision

By Jerome Nepacena Sports writer

J-Rich returns It was a day of familiar faces for Warrior fans at the Oracle arena Friday night. Former Warrior Jason Richardson made his first return to the Bay Area since being traded to the Charlotte Bobcats for rookie Brandan Wright.

Always a fan favorite, Richardson enjoyed cheers from the crowd when his name was announced during the starting lineups. Unfortunately for Richardson, the Warriors did not play down to their competition for once and beat up on Richardson’s Bobcats for a 127-96 blowout.

Despite all the excitement and emotion, Richardson finished with just 10 points, including 2 of 9 from the field.

Sitting for most of the second half, Richardson was forced to watch his Bobcats take yet another beating by his former team. Being on the wrong end of a blowout was no strange feeling to Richardson, who went through many games just like this one for Golden State.

Actually, I had Richardson on my least likely to get traded list by the end of the Warriors’ magical playoff run last postseason.

Richardson was someone I felt the Warriors were going to try to build around. The future of the franchise was embodied by Richardson, who the fans still stood behind even when the Warriors would struggle to finish games.

The best thing about Richardson’s visit to the Oracle Arena was that the Warriors were able to rest their starters for much of the game and give the young talent a chance to shine.

The entire fourth quarter featured a glimpse into the future, when Marco Bellinelli and Wright were able to get some burn and show the crowd what they could do.

From Bellinelli’s fadeaway three-point shot to Wright’s explosive fast break dunk, the rookies more than delivered, putting the icing on the cake for a much-needed blowout win.

So as Richardson shook hands and hugged former teammate Baron Davis after the game, fans were reassured of the future of the franchise with young players like Monta Ellis and Andris Biedrins to build around and the developments of Wright and Bellinelli to look forward to.

Who knows, maybe Richardson can once again don a Warrior uniform somewhere down the line.

Richardson will always be a huge part of last year’s “We Believe” playoff run, making his last season with the Warriors his most memorable one. Once a Warrior, always a Warrior.

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Women take back-to-back wins

By Tomás Ortega Sports editor

How do you define a good team?

One way to do it is putting them up against an inexperienced, nonathletic ball club. But when that is your standard, any group of athletes looks like a good ball club.

Seriously, though, how can you define a good ball club? That’s easy.

Identifying the team that squeaks out victories over dominant teams and collects wins over teams that should be beaten.

The latter is what was expected of the Lady Renegades last Friday night when they hosted the Hart-

Photo by Pei Ju Chen

Caprice Hall is good from a corner three.

Volleyball welcomes East Bay native

nell Lady Panthers in the Epler Gymnasium. And that’s precisely what the Ladies pulled off with a 85-42 drubbing of the Salinas-based college.

The Renegades jumped out to a quick 12-point lead early in the game, courtesy of a couple of longrange three-point shots by Caprice Hall, who finished with 14 points on the night, a large chunk coming from her 4-7 shooting from behind the arc.

By the half, they led 39-17 over a Hartnell team that is relatively inexperienced with only two sophomores among the nine total.

Hartnell’s sixth-year Head Coach Mary Ann Toney believes her team’s inexperience had a lot to do with their inability to get past Ohlone’s full-court press-on defense.

However, even with her team’s 40+ point loss, Toney stayed positive, commenting that, “Ohlone’s defense helps us learn. We have a young team this year who can’t really handle a full court press. But we’re learning.”

Another shining star of the game was C.C. Swaggerd, who capped off her great night on the glass with 17 points to lead the Lady Renegades.

Head Coach Elizabeth Stanley had some high praises for Swaggerd after the game, commenting on her great presence inside.

It’s especially good to see one of the players step up on the boards with the slight knee injury of the 6’3” LeKreeya “Keke” Hairston, who was able to play, just not at full force.

When asked how long Hairston would be out, Stanley noted, “She was in a car accident, but the doctor cleared her to play. We’re preparing

Match: Ohlone

By Tomás Ortega Sports editor

By Jeroma Nepacena Staff writer

Now, more than ever, is a good time to join an Ohlone sport, specifically volleyball. The women’s volleyball team has just picked up Coach Jeremy Peñaflor. Officially brought onboard Jan. 28, Peñaflor is ready to get his new program up and running. In doing so, he’s started up a volleyball class, PE 301, for anyone who wants to join.

Peñaflor grew up in Hayward and attended Moreau Catholic High Photo by Tomás Ortega School. He played volleyball all four years, including three on var- New head coach sity, as well as basketball and cross Jeremy Peñaflor. country. He also served as student assistant coach for two years for the SJ State women’s team.

It’s a funny thing, how he ended up coaching at Ohlone. As a high school student, he would come to Ohlone for the open gym.

“Who would have thought I’d be coaching volleyball at a place I helped to fundraise as a high school student?” he added.

When asked about his goal for the fall season, he stated, “we’d like to go all the way. But realistically, anything above .500 would be our minimal goal.”

From now until further notice, Peñaflor will be hosting an open gym Monday nights in the Epler Gymnasium. A $3 fee will be charged to help raise money for the volleyball team.

The Lady Renegades are coming off two straight victories over the weekend. Looking to continue their winning streak, the undefeated Lady Renegades softball team was ready to play Tuesday against interleague rivals DeAnza College.

Photo by Tomás Ortega

Danielle Yee holds DeAnza to two runs.

for the worst and hoping for the best.

Most of our girls are hurt, and not 100 percent either. But they’re all 100 percent out there.”

As for last night’s game, when the ladies of Cabrillo College came to visit, the Lady Renegades laid down the iron fist once more.

Led by another great game by C.C. Swaggerd (21 pts.) and Taylor Lyons (20 pts.) the Lady Renegades came away with a second straight home blowout, winning 76-32, averaging a 43.5 point win margin in their last two weeks.

What realy helped lead the way for the women was their depth, with 12 players on the roster compared to the seven on Cabrillo’s active roster. Every few minutes their head coach would either be yelling at her exhausted players or signalling one of the two players on the bench to check in.

The Lady Renegades’ next home game is next Friday against DeAnza, whom they lost to in a closer ballgame than the score shows, 63-74.

There will definitely be fireworks at this game, so bring your popcorn and a friend.

Division rematch

“Watching us, they should have fun,” said Chancious Rose response to the crowds expected for Saturday’s rematch vs. CCSF.

Despite giving up an early run, the Renegades got off to a quick start, putting pressure on DeAnza’s pitching with solid hitting by Jamie Miller (4-4), as well as Cassandra Ortega, who contributed a single and a triple, not to mention great pitching.

“Danielle Yee needed to get warm - she struggled a bit at first when she gave up an early run in the first inning,” said Head Coach Donna Runyon. “But she settled down, continued to play and did really well for us.” The result, a 14-2 Ohlone victory through five innings.

The second of two runs scored by DeAnza didn’t come until the bottom of the fifth and at that point the Lady Renegades only needed one more out to seal the deal.

The victory lifted Ohlone’s record to 3-0 on the season, including 1-0 in their league. The Renegades look to continue their winning streak when they visit CCSF today.