Vol. XXXXI No. 16 Fremont, California Thursday, December 8, 2005

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Multimedia fantasy

This multimedia art piece created by student Ying Lou, hangs inPresident Doug Treadway’s office in Building 1, along with manyothers. See more on Page 5.

HappyHolidaysfrom theMonitor

Focus of springsemester will beNewark campus

Snake tattoo startswith a green turtle

Continued on Page 4Losee’s new tattoo.

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By JESSICA LOSEEStaff writer

Once you get one, you’ll onlywant more.

This summer I got a small seaturtle tattooed on my ankle. Imme-diately after I got the tattoo, I beganplanning my next design.

Before getting a tattoo, think hardabout the design, coloration andplacement of your tattoo. If youhave it as something that you like atthis moment, it may not be some-thing you like later.

Consider the other people in yourlife, listen to your parents, signifi-cant others, and even friends. Notonly will they offer their opinions,but can also have valid advice aboutyour tattoo.

My turtle tattoo represents myexperience of swimming with seaturtles. I decided that my secondtattoo would be a snake, and thenbegan looking at designs. Beforemaking my appointment with Mikefrom Industrial Tattoo in Berkeley,I had a design in mind.

Building 7 to be demolished;new classroom space needed

The Five Facesof Darkness byJonathanWayshak

If the devil is inthe details, thenHell has brokenloose at theLouie MeagerArt Gallery.Ohlone’s galleryis currentlyshowcasingpaintings, draw-ings, prints,stencils andskateboards byseven under-ground artiststhat challengeour percep-tions. Relapse:Neosurrealismwill be showinguntil Feb. 8,2006. A recep-tion and artistpanel is slatedfor Wednesday,Jan. 25 from6:30 to 9 p.m.

By OMER AHMEDStaff writer

Building 7 will be demolished inJune 2006 and classroom space willbe falling with it.

As Assistant Director of Build-ings & Grounds Paula Bray ex-plained, “Right after graduation,boom! It’s going down.” The build-ing will be torn down to make roomfor the new Student Services Cen-ter, which will house the majority

of the school administration. In thetime until the new center is built,Ohlone will lose 4,729 sq. ft. ofusable space from the building’ssix classrooms, three offices andtwo storage rooms.

Director of Enrollment and Cur-riculum Management MichaelBowman led a study group to in-vestigate the implications of thelost space. From the information hegathered, plans have been createdto minimize the loss of the space.

Some of these plans are as simpleas converting rooms being used forother purposes back into usableclassrooms. More complex ways tosave space will include moving ad-ministration service rooms on thefourth floor of Building 1 to otherlocations. As part of this move, theContract and Community Educa-tion room will move to Building 27and the Career Center will be movedto the Newark One-Stop Center.

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By GABRIEL VILAStaff writer

President Treadway looked backconfidently on the past semester atOhlone, remembering both the easyparts and the trials that took placefrom the administration desk.

“A lot of big deals went downthis last semester,” he said with awry smile. Treadway was talkingabout the soon-to-be-approved 16-week schedule for next fall, a mo-tion that will be on the Chancellor’sdesk this week with a favorableoutlook. He was also talking aboutthe leasing of the front end ofOhlone College to contractors, andthe failed plan to sell college prop-erty on the hillside.

“It’s unfortunate,” he said, “But

even though the majority of voteswere for the sale, it still failed.”

Treadway is looking forward toplanned talks about exchanging theproperty for property aroundOhlone’s Newark campus, whichis slated to begin construction inJanuary. He is also anticipating see-ing what contractors have in storefor the front end of Ohlone’s cam-pus.

The current plan is to lease theland for 60-90 years to private con-tractors, who will then build at theCollege’s discretion. A series ofshops, cafés and a fitness center areplanned for the land, along withmajor changes to the campus’s lay-out. Essentially, the front parkinglot will be turned into a sports field

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Holiday stress - is it about Christmas anymore?By JEROME ENGELBERTS

Opinions editor

And there we are, rolling towardthe holidays again. No matter whatdenomination (if any at all) you fallunder, this time of year is a re-nowned source of stress - usuallylong before the actual holidays arereally upon us. First, for most of us,we’re in the middle of finals. Andsince a lot of us are procrastinatorsthere’s that frantic rush to make our

brain suddenly absorb all that stuffwe decided not to read up on earlierthis semester (admit it).

I’m as bad as the next person,when it comes to that. Next, we getto sit in anticipation while our gradesare being decided - which, in lightof the procrastination - may turnout to be pretty stressful, too. Reg-istering for classes next semes-ter, and making sure that theydon’t collide on your calendar, isalso something that should be

dealt with before they all fill up.NOW we get immersed in the

actual holiday stuff, which involves(once again, still not really a part ofthe holidays) being forced by cul-ture into places with very distantparking, pushy mobs of people whoall want the same deal, and (worstby far) being exposed ad nauseamto the rap version of “The LittleDrummer Boy;” Frank Sinatra’sclone singing “Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer,” and many other

old chestnuts that have been elec-tronically altered to sound “hip.”And this is the backdrop with whichYOU have to pick out suitable giftsfor people whom you know will geton your nerves long before Santaslides down any chimneys. In theland of consumerism, the actualChristmas thought has been buriedunder brochures, credit card state-ments (soon to arrive in your mail-box), and the obligation to spendmoney. Not to sound smarmy, but

“peace on earth” and “good will toall mankind” seem to be pretty lowon the list these days. The holidaysseem to have taken on so manymaterial obligations that the mostlong-lasting beneficiaries may bethe pharmaceutical companies whowind up dispensing the necessarytranquilizers. This year, maybe weshould just sit back, enjoy the com-pany of those we like or love, andforget about the big spending andbigger stress for just this one time.

Are students willing to put up a fight for their education?By ALTANETTE FORD

Correspondent

Most students in college do notpay attention to politics, unlessthey’re majoring in business, po-litical science, or journalism. Backa few years ago, when the stakesweren’t so high, it wouldn’t havemade too much of a difference.However, now is not the time toignore government decisions re-garding your educational future.

President Bush has your college

budget in his hands. Judging fromthe significant cuts to education inthe proposed budget bill that passedin the House of Representatives,things are not looking too bright inthe future for college students, atleast not for those who are middle-class and poor. A college educationfor them could become a thing ofthe past. The bill would reducefinancial aide and raise the interestrates on student loans.

Whatever happened to thosefired up students who would cameout in droves to protest unjust andunfair decisions that would affect

millions of people? In the past, thestudents were the ones to lead or bein the forefront protesting. Theywould organize their differentgroups, come out and march, hold-ing signs, giving speeches, shout-ing their beliefs until it reached theears of those who needed to hear it.

It was because of college stu-dents protesting that the war in Viet-nam ended. It was college studentswho were instrumental in fightingfor civil rights, women’s rights,gay rights, or whatever rightsneeded to be fought for at that time.Students were at the forefront, fight-

ing for every cause that came aboutback in those days. Millions ofpeople enjoy and participate in theresults of those causes today.

Back then, it was Black power,Brown power, Asian power, womenpower, gay power, and studentpower, you name it, everyone wasfighting for some type of power.Students made a difference and hadmore power than they think. Afterall, students are the ones with thefresh minds -new ideas. They’reour future. What goes on in theworld of politics is going to af-fect their future, and that is why

they shouldn’t sit back in silence.There are just as many causes

worth fighting for today as therewere in the 60’s and 70’s. Collegeteaches you to become an indepen-dent thinker. Why let all thatbrainpower go to waste, when youcan go out and exercise your mindfighting for a right to have an edu-cation. You might even earn a placein history. What would happen iftoday’s young people got up fromtheir TV programs, put down theirvideo games, and went out in thestreet to make the world a betterplace? Maybe we will find out.

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ASOC developing a new statewide student senateBy OMER AHMEDStaff writer

The Associated Students ofOhlone College (ASOC) and stu-dent bodies from other colleges areworking collectively to create a newstatewide Student Senate.

The need for better representa-tion of student concerns in the statelegislature necessitated the creationof the Student Senate.

The California Student Associa-tion of Community College’s(CalSACC) was the main organi-zation responsible for getting stu-

dent issues to the government and,until last May, held the official sta-tus of State Student Senate. It’sinability to affect state educationpolicy on such issues as tuitioncosts and program cuts led to wide-spread dissatisfaction.

CalSACC president JasonTeramoto has also been criticizedas being out of touch with manyschools and not properly represent-ing the collective voice of commu-nity college students.

A number of representatives,including those from his ownschool, have indicated that they

want Teramoto removed from thepresidency.

Responding to these issues, Cali-fornia Community College Chan-cellor Mark Drummond revokedCalSACC’s position as the officialcommunity college state senate,which it held for 12 years, andcalled together representatives fromthe ten CalSACC Regions at theStudent Body Government Presi-dential Summit to jumpstart thecreation of the new student senate.

In a letter sent to various studentbody presidents, Drummond askedfor the senate to be “designed by

students, for students, and be repre-sentative of all students of the Cali-fornia Community Colleges.”

Raz Mohammed, ASOC presi-dent, attended the Summit andworked on creating a draft consti-tution. During a Presidential Re-port to the ASOC senatorsMohammed described the event as“incredibly important” because thenew Student Senate will effect howcolleges and students are repre-sented for years to come.

Since the Summit, Mohammedhas been working on the StudentSenate’s constitution with repre-

sentatives from other CalSACC IVschools including Chabot, DeAnzaand Foothill. If ratified by the otherCalSACC regions, the new consti-tution will serve as the basic struc-ture for the new senate.

The fate of the California StudentAssociation of Community Collegeitself is not clear. Currently,CalSACC and the Student Senateare being treated as two totally sepa-rate entities, not having anything todo with each other despite the senate’sorigins. However, once the senate isfully organized and operational,CalSACC may become obsolete.

Current classroom space will alsobe utilized more efficiently. Room4104A is a good example - somefaculty believe it should be shiftedaround regardless of possible lostspace. Cooking stations will be re-moved and, with the expanded space,14 seats will be gained in the room.

Other rooms will be turned intogeneral education classrooms byadding projectors, white boards andcomputerized podiums.

The room shortages will likelylast until either the Newark Centerfor Health Sciences and Technol-ogy or the Student Services Build-ing are completed. Vice President

Master Yuen explains centrifugal force.Photo by Ross Tsvetanov

By OMER AHMEDStaff writer

If you’ve seen a man with a longponytail with students discussingthe ideas of René Descartes in rela-tion to the nature of reality in TheMatrix movie trilogy, then you havemost likely encountered Ohlone’snew full-time philosophy instruc-tor Wayne Yuen.

Called Master Yuen by some ofhis students, this is not his first timeteaching at Ohlone. He taught as apart-time instructor at many col-leges but applied to Ohlone whenits sole full-time position openedup.

Jobs for philosophy instructorsare hard to come by and Yuen wasnot sure he would get the positiondue to the nature of Ohlone’s phi-losophy department, which includescomparative religions, Islamic stud-ies and theology courses. “Ohlonechose me more then I chose

Master Yuen writes about Buffy and discusses Descartes

Treadway. “Plus, the new build-ings out front will be in Mission-style architecture - tile roofs andsuch, to blend in.”

The Newark campus also looksto be coming along smartly. How-ever, due to Hurricane Katrina andthe elevated price of oil, coupled

Treadway talks aboutthe past, dreamsabout the future

Ohlone,” explained Yuen in regardsto his surprise at being hired.

Looking back at his first semes-ter teaching full-time, Yuen ob-served that he enjoyed it. He said,“I really like it. I’m in one place, Iget to meet people and it’s nice, in

a way, to have a home.”As the only full-timer among

Ohlone’s five philosophy instruc-tors, Yuen has his hands full. Ontop of his Monday though Fridayteaching schedule, he is the de factohead of the philosophy department

and completes the program andcourse reviews.

Currently, he is working on get-ting an Introduction to Philosophyclass into shape for Fall 2006 tohelp students who are somewhatoverwhelmed from jumpingstraight into Ethics or Modern Phi-losophy classes without basic rea-soning skills. This is in addition towork he is doing for a future publi-cation.

In regards to teaching, Yuen isunique. He said, “I don’t like thedry academic side of academia,”and it shows in his style. For hisplanned Intro to Philosophy course,he is thinking of using clips fromvarious movies to illustrate con-cepts and points to his students.

Further proving that philosophyand pop culture go hand in hand,Yuen co-wrote a piece titled “Mo-rality on Television: The Case ofBuffy the Vampire Slayer” whichappeared in the Buffy the Vampire

Slayer and Philosophy essay an-thology.

While all the media involvedmight make a student think hiscourse is easy, Yuen warns, “Whenyou take my class, expect it to behard.”

As a philosophy teacher, Yuenexpects students to do somethingthat many people skip out on inmodern times: think. Elaboratingon his goals in forcing people tothink, Yuen said, “I want people towalk away with a more question-able attitude and a more reasonableoutlook.”

Yuen was born in New Jersey,raised in San Jose and earned hisBachelor’s and Master’s degrees inPhilosophy at San Jose State Uni-versity, hence the nickname Mas-ter Yuen.

He specializes in ethics and ifyou are wondering about the longhair, Yuen said simply, “I just don’tlike getting my hair cut.”

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Classroomsto be relocatedContinued from Page 1 of Instruction Jim Wright con-

firmed, “We will be pressed forspace until these are opened up.”

The dates when construction willbe finished for the two sites aretentative and delays are expected.

Speaking at Wednesday’s Fac-ulty Senate meeting, Wright pokedfun at this when he sighed, “I hopethat two years from today that wewill be celebrating that the NewarkCampus building will be openingnext month.”

The changes being put forth tocombat the room shortage will startover winter break and the last ofthem should be concluded by theFall 2006 semester.

The holiday season isn’tall Starbucks eggnog foreveryone.

The Associated Stu-dents of Ohlone Collegeare collecting toys for un-derprivileged children.

Bring an unwrappednew toy to the lobby ofBuilding 1 today throughFriday, Dec. 16.

For more information,contact ASOC AdviserRene Gonzales at (510)659-7311.

Got a kid?Donate it.

with a new baseball field formingthe hillside to the south of campusand a parking garage coming inbehind the Smith Center. The planis to keep sports fields between thecommercial aspect and Ohlone.This new layout, coupled with thenew front end is, according toTreadway, in no way going to alterthe identity of Ohlone College.

“All of the contractors we’vespoken with plan to build somekind of arch and gate to preserveOhlone’s identity here,” said

with a lack of plywood, the projectis looking more costly.

“But the Newark Campus is go-ing to save us money, in the longrun,” said Treadway, “It will run ongeothermal power, and that willkeep energy costs at a bare mini-mum.”

Even so, funding problems standin the way, though a new bill isgoing to the state legislature tochange the structure of funding forcommunity colleges in California,which should alleviate some of thespending needs.

FEATURES4 MONITOR December 8, 2005

Monitor repoter, Jessica Losee, in the process of being stabbed hundredsof thousands of times to create the effect of a picture on her skin.

You gotta lotta nice tings, tings break

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Choose a parlor and artist thathave experience and a clean shop.Usually there are photos of tattoosthe artists have done in the front ofthe parlor. If you have an idea ofwhat you want and find somethingclose, they can usually come upwith an image that is close to whatyou want.

The price of a tattoo will varydepending on the rate per hour fortattooing as well as size, coloration,and the amount of detail. Largertattoos may take more than onevisit to complete.

ALWAYS check to make surethat a brand new needle is used, thatyour skin is sterilized and that theartist wears gloves. There is a riskof contracting viral diseases if aneedle is reused. Make sure thatyou eat a good meal, and have notbeen drinking, as alcohol thins theblood. Placement is important inchoosing your tattoo. Professionalswill not want to have tattoos inobvious places.

Getting a tattoo is also painful;

you’re having a vibrating needleinject ink into your skin. The de-gree of the pain depends on thelocation, size and the time it takes tocomplete.

For example, my turtle tattoo,which measures one inch tall bytwo inches wide, took 20 minutesand hurt most going over bones andligaments. My snake tattoo mea-sures seven inches tall by four incheswide, and took three hours and cov-ers the skin on my back above myspine and kidneys, particularly sen-sitive areas.

The after-care of a tattoo is im-portant to keeping it vibrant,uninfected and unscarred. Once atattoo is completed, there are sev-eral hundred thousand to severalmillion tiny holes in the top threelayers of skin; your tattoo is really alarge open wound.

A bandage will be put over yourtattoo; keep this on for a few hours.The skin must breath so leave thebandage off once it stops bleeding.

After a few days the tattoo willpeel and itch, do not scratch or pickat it. Keep your tattoo out of water,

and the sun. Wash it with antibacte-rial soap and keep it moisturizedwith unscented lotion. If you don’tcare for your tattoo, scarring and aloss of color can occur.

If you do not like your tattoo,you can sometimes get it covered

with another.Surgical removal canbe used for smaller tattoos, but maytake several surgeries, and skingrafting.

There are also methods of re-moving the tattoo by sanding theskin as well as using a laser to

evaporate the pigments.There is a tattoo parlor on Wash-

ington Avenue called Tattoo U II,here in Fremont. Listings of the tat-too parlors in the state can be foundat www.aaatattoodirectory.com/California_Tattoo/California1.htm.

Tattoos for dummies

Photo by The Nice Lady at The Olive GardenFall, 2005, Monitor staff making an offer you can’t refuse. Left to right,Omer “Board Rage” Ahmed, Aman “Who?” Mehrzai, Nick “The Goon”Zambrano, Krista “Joysta” Martinez, Joyce “Kristoyce” Leung, Anna“The Instigator” Nemchuk, Jerome “The Don” Engelberts, Gabe“Muscles” Vila, Jess “The Gun Moll” Losee, Bill “The Consigliere”Parks and Devina “Hindi Speak” Deo. Not pictured: Morgan Brinlee,Steven Chavez, Sara Kwan, Danelle Meyer, Erick Sanchez, AnnieUtter, Ross Tsvetanov and Corie “really freakin’ awesome” Howell.

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By MORGAN BRINLEEStaff writer

In its 42nd season the FremontSymphony Orchestra teamed upwith Yoko’s Dance and Perform-ing Arts Academy to present thecity of Fremont’s first ever fulllength production of Tchaikovsky’sNutcracker.

The show opened Friday, Dec.2 at 8 p.m. at the Smith Centerwith an additional show at 2 p.m.on Sunday.

Not surprisingly, tickets for theevent sold out fast, and it becamestanding room only.

Making a special appearancein the production was Mayor BobWasserman, along with his wifeLinda Wasserman,Councilmember Steve Cho,Councilmember Anu Nataranjan,and Councilmember RobertWieckowski.

All played partygoers to theChristmas party in the openingact and performed a short waltz,though the Mayor and his wifeopted to sit out. Carlos Sierraswas also a guest artist for theproduction.

Sierras, a dancer for the San Fran-cisco Opera and an internationallyknown dancer, danced the part ofthe Cavalier.

Under the direction of DavidSloss the Fremont SymphonyOrchestra played beautifully,giving life and energy to theballet.

Although musicians are some-times forgotten during dance per-formances the Fremont Sym-phony held their own against thedancers.

Before the second act, mem-bers of the orchestra stuck theirheads above the pit wall and wavedtheir instruments at an audience whogreeted them with resounding ap-plause.

Choreographer Yoko Young isan internationally acclaimed mas-ter teacher whose local dance acad-emy has earned the award for “BestStudio in the West.” Young’s cho-reography was the perfect blend of

traditional ballet and creative art-istry.

Though students performed thedances, the performance could notbe farther from a typical recital.Many of the dancers were young inage and yet performed with talentand professionalism.

While “cute” was a prevalenttheme that was woven through-out the performance, Young suc-ceeds in balancing it with el-egance by incorporating manyclassic ballet moves.

The ending duet between Sierrasand Lindsey Carson, who playedthe sugar plum fairy, showcasedthe talent of the duo in the manycomplex lifts and multiple turnsthey performed.

The Nutcracker has long sincebeen a favored Christmas produc-tion for children and adults alikeand The Fremont Symphony’s pro-duction was a far cry from disap-pointing.

In fact the audience for the clos-ing show on Sunday afternoon gavethe performers a standing ovationat the final curtain call.

Nutcracker sells out at Ohlone before first showing

Above: Nutcrackerperformers on openingnight performed for afull house in the SmithCenter in an array ofcolorful and fancifulcostumes.

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Multi-Media artworknow in president’s office

Counterclockwise fromtop: Ying Lou creates astunning face of con-trasts, Pieju Chen usesgreens and sneakers tocapture the viewersattention, Alex Aksamakes a tribute torelationships forgedyoung, AlexandraDeLory uses a trick ofthe eyes to startle anobserver into closerinspection and MaritzaSilvas brings a portraitto life to the visage of ayoung man. All imageswere made usingAdobe Photoshop orIllustrator.

By JESSICA LOSEEStaff writer

Bright images created by stu-dents from the Art 160, 161 and 139classes cover the walls of PresidentDouglas Treadway’s office.

Installed before the Thanksgiv-ing Break, the art has been col-lected since last spring and sum-mer semesters from the art classeswhich allow students to draw pic-tures in the program, Adobe Illus-trator, as well as hype-up and morphphotos into these amazing pieces inAdobe Photoshop.

“They might combine picturestogether, use different propertiesand filters of Photoshop,” saidCynthia Luckoski, the instructor ofthe classes.

After this exhibit ends in Janu-

ary, the work of Denise Owens, aProfessor of the Fine and Perform-ing Arts, will feature her work inthe office.

“It’s an ongoing process,” saidInstructor Katie Frank, who coor-dinates what art is put into thePresident’s office.

Those to be featured in the officefirst are full-time art instructors andtheir students work, then part-timeart instructors’ work, and the listgoes on.

“It is a combination of facultyand student work,” said Luckoski.

Artwork is also featured fromthe students who win at the AnnualStudent Art Show, which is held inthe Louie-Meager Art Gallery inthe Smith Center.

This is held in April and May.Students get a chance to submit

their artwork to win scholarshipsfunded by ASOC as well asawards and prizes. Treadway do-nated $900 for student art awards.

“I get a lot of great commentsabout it,” said Treadway who wasthe one who decided that thereshould be art in the office.

“Of course I also get to work inan art gallery so it’s great for metoo.”

“It is a great way to show whatart is produced here at Ohlone,”said Luckoski.

The Art 139, 160 and 161classes are offered during the dayand night during the spring se-mester and in the day during thesummer semester.

These classes welcome begin-ners and there are no prerequi-sites.

ART-139A, 160A and 161Aare all still open on WebAdvisor for registration inthe spring semester

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By STEVENCHAVEZCorrespondent

Thefinalscore

Lady Renegades: Missed it by that much

No being homesick for men’s basketball

16-0 isn’tan Indypipe dream

Hey Warriors, come out and playI hate to say it, but I’m going to

say it anyway, “I told you so.” TheWarriors, our Golden State War-riors are the real deal this year.

Even though the season is young,the Warriors are rolling on all cyl-inders, having won their last fivestraight games. We are witnessingwhat could be a changing of theguard down in Oakland, folks.

In the month of November, theWarriors were 11-6 and are cur-rently holding the ninth spot in theNBA power rankings. They havenot posted a winning Novembersince 1992, which ironically wastheir last winning season.

Talk about a complete 180.

The bench is performing well,they’re hitting their free-throws, thedefense has shown signs of im-provement and most importantly,Baron Davis is healthy.

Just recently, Davis was namedthe Western Conference Player ofthe Week, it’s the third time he’sdone that in a Warriors uniform.

This past week alone, he averaged21 points and 13 assists a game.And since the season started, he hasonly gotten hurt once.

Davis is not alone when it comesto putting up points; the Warriorshave five men averaging in doublefigures.

Believe it or not, Mickael Pietrusis one of those players. The third-year player out of France has aver-aged 10.5 points a game and con-tinues to make an even more im-pressive highlight reel. I was skep-tical at first when the Warriors tookhim in the first round of the draft in’03, but since then he’s pretty muchshut me up.

Moving on, already the War-riors front office is campaigningfor Jason Richardson (22.5 points,6.5 boards and 2.5 assists), TroyMurphy (16.1 points with 8.6boards) and Davis to make a trip toHouston for the big game this year.And once again if you refer back toyour history sheet, the Warriorshave not had a representative in anAll-Star game since LattrellSprewell.

It’s been hard to notice what theWarriors are doing, but just give itsome more time ladies and gentle-men, because this has been in theworks since 1992 and we havewaited too long already.

By NICK ZAMBRANOSports editor

To have an impressive win-loss record is admirable. How-ever, when that impressive recorddoes not even get you in to thepost-season, it becomes a bit of adowner.

What is even more of a downeris that is exactly what happenedto the women’s soccer team thisyear.

Like the BCS, (or as what Ilike to call it, “The Bull CrapSystem”) teams were picked forthe playoffs by way of a com-puter determining such things asstrength of schedule and marginof victory.

Because of this “sure-fire” sys-tem, Ohlone missed the post-sea-son by 2/100’s of a point.

“If we would have tied when wehad lost, we would have the madethe playoffs,” said Ohlone HeadCoach Larry Heslin. “Sitting athome was not fun that first Satur-day after the season.”

During the season, the LadyRenegades had five games wherethe margin of victory was just onegoal.

Despite not making the play-

offs, the Lady Renegades posteda stellar record this year going14-8. This was due in part oftheir dominance in conferenceplay, in which they went 12-4.In two of those games, theypounced on rival Chabot withalmost no problem, out-scoringthem with a total of nine goalsto two.

“Depsite wins and losses, ourfight was there,” said Heslin abouthis team’s record.

An example of the fight the LadyRenegades had, could be seen inmidfielder Erin Sincerny.

Sincerny played the whole sea-son fighting a broken foot injury,and still managed to start a ma-jority of Ohlone’s games. Despitethe injury, (the second of her ca-reer) she managed to have twoassists on the year. As soon asschool lets out, Sincerny plansout to go under the knife to repairthe foot again but will also not beback next season.

As is the usual with athletics incommunity colleges, playerscome and players go. Unfortu-nately for Heslin, that hits homeharder.

This particular departing classconsists of star sophomore for-

wards Sarah Fernandez and AnaCeja. Fernandez and Ceja com-bined for 34 goals on the year,which was over 65 percent ofOhlone’s total goals scored.

Fernandez’s final stat sheet had23 goals and 10 assists, whileCeja’s had 11 goals and 7 assists.

Also leaving Ohlone this yearare midfielders Dana Ryan,Kristina Eng, twin sisters Allisonand Ambur Hollenshead and full-backs Tiffany Miller and Chris-tina Lemos.

“You never have the same teamtwice,” said Heslin.

If you followed the LadyRenegades this season, youknow what this means. Thewhole starting lineup is practi-cally gone.

None have yet to decidewhere they will be moving onto next season but they surelywill make a fine addition towhere ever they go. Heslin’sgoal for the leaving girls rightnow consists of getting the wordout about his players.

All that is remaining from thisyear’s starters is freshmangoaltender, Amanda Lopez.

Lopez, who might be movingout of the net next season, an-

chors a class of sophomores thathave already proved they got whatit takes the play at this competi-tive level.

Returning with Lopez will befullbacks Christina Buna andAlex Korn, forward/midfielderSophia Ngo and CSUEB transferApril Rodriguez.

Ngo stepped up toward the endof the season and had a few as-sists, while Buna could be thenext Sincerny as far as competi-tive spirit and will go.

Also, look for Rodriguez tobring some of her leadership skillsover from CSUEB, where sheplayed on a higher level.

As far as recruiting goes,Heslin has put a recruitmentpacket together covering prices,classes and other things that arebeneficial while attendingOhlone.

Now that this season iswrapped up and in the books,Heslin looks forward to next year.“We got to do a good job at re-cruiting,” said Heslin, “and thenmake a run at the league and statechampionship.”

Look for the Lady Renegadesto make another run at the play-offs and titles come next fall.

By NICK ZAMBRANOSports editor

“There is no place like home.” “Home is where the heart is.” “Homesweet home.” These are phrases that you will not likely hear from themouth of Men’s Basketball Head Coach John Peterson, regarding histeam’s play at home.

The Renegades returned to Ohlone after being out on the road sinceThanksgiving. Their last stop was down in Monterey for the MontereyPeninsula College Tournament. While there, Ohlone won two games andlost only once. This tournament marked the third tournament (JonathanWallace and Thanksgiving) that the Renegades have participated in thisstill young season.

“We’re worn out, because we’ve had to play13 games in 25 days,” saidPeterson. “It’s a little too much. If I could go back and reschedule, Iwouldn’t do it again.”

Playing in these last few tourneys have taken a toll on the Renegadeplayers. Freshman forward Jermaine Smith has missed the last sevengames with a staph infection, while sophomore guard Brandon Lott isgone for the season with a torn ACL, and will be having surgery to repairit in January.

Although they have taken their licks, the Renegades post a 9-4 record.Peterson’s young squad has meshed together quite well, and continue togrow as a group. “I’m happy with where we’re at right now, and verypleased at being 9-4,” said Peterson.

Despite having won two games in Monterey, Peterson would say thathis favorite moment at the tournament was getting to have some time

together with his team and catching up.Being on the road may not seem beneficial to most coaches but to

Peterson it is the exact opposite. “I love it,” said Peterson, “we don’t playtoo well at home, there are too many distractions.”

Usually it’s the other way around, but if it works, don’t mess aroundwith it.

However, being on the road so often also adds a few problems. TheRenegades have not had a lot of time on the court to practice or hit theweights in the weight room.

Peterson and the Renegades are on the road the entire break,ironically their second game after the semester lets out is in the SanJoaquin Delta College Tournament, and then after that, it’s off toanother tournament, this time in San Jose, the week after Christmas.After the tourney in San Jose, the Renegades then travel three hoursto Oroville to face Butte College. Two days after that, Ohlone is stillon the road, this time travelling to Weed to play the College of theSiskiyous.

Ohlone will finally return home on Saturday, Jan. 14, againstFoothill College the weekend before school gets in, and after that theyhave only five games inside of Epler Gym.

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The Indianapolis Colts tookhuge strides in November tobecome the first team, and onlyother team, since the 1972Miami Dolphins to go unde-feated during an NFL season. InNovember they beat the twice-defending champion Patriots,and the two teams dueling to callthemselves the second best teamin football, the Bengals and theSteelers. The closest of thosegames was the 45-37 win inCincinnati over the Bengals.

They destroyed the Patriots 40-21 in New England, then, onMonday night, took advantage oftheir own home field in beating theSteelers handily 26-7. This Coltsteam started this season withoutthe ability to put points on thescoreboard, but their revampeddefense kept them in the first threegames by holding their opponentsto just over five points a game.Since then, however, the Coltshave found their offensive strideand have put up 35.5 points pergame while their defense hasallowed just under 18 points pergame.

Mathematicians out there, thatmeans that the Colts are scoring,on average over the past eightgames (which is the equivalent ofhalf a regular season), twice asmany points as they are giving up.Remember, that a lot of thosepoints are scored in what isreferred to as “garbage time,” thetime in a game where the coachpulls some of the key starters tosave their energy reserves andkeep them healthy.

The Colts still have a toughroad ahead of them, facing theunderrated San Diego Chargers,as well as the best team in theNFC in a possible Super Bowlpreview when they play theSeahawks in Seattle.

The Colts have already proventhat they are the team to beat, andthe road to the Super Bowl willindeed go through Indianapolis andany other cliches you can think of.Even if an undefeated season isn’tin their cards, you can believe thatany team hoping to hoist theLombardi Trophy on Feb. 5 willhave to beat the Colts.

Manning and company havelaid down the law in the league,much like the 49ers, Cowboys andPatriots in seasons past. Thoseteams were beatable, and werebeaten at certain points, and so arethe Colts. Nobody will beat thisteam, though, unless Tom Bradycan figure out a way to play in thesecondary for the Patriots.

By NICKZAMBRANOSports editor

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DECEMBER

8 Textbook Buy BackDays Begin -- In the Bookstore.The bookstore is open Monday -Thursday from 8 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.;Friday from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. andSaturday from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. Thebookstore is closed Sundays.

8-10 Winter DanceShowcase -- At 8 p.m. in the SmithCenter, NUMMI Theatre. Show onDec. 10 also runs at 2 p.m.

8-16 Toy Drive -- Build-ing 1, Lobby. Make a child’s wishcome true this holiday season. Bringa new, unwrapped toy to the Lobby,in Building 1. Hosted by ASOC. Forquestions call (510) 659-6063.

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

10 Ohlone College Su-per Flea Market -- At OhloneCollege, Parking lots E and H from8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Merchandise for saleincludes clothing, antiques, col-lectibles, jewelry, cosmetics, food,comics, and more. Admission is freeand parking is $2. Vendor spaces are$30-$35. All proceeds supportOhlone College programs.

11 Holiday Concert,Ohlone Chamber Orchestra-- In the Smith Center at 2 p.m.Featuring Handel’s Royal FireworksMusic, Mozart’s Concerto for Bas-soon and Orchestra and Haydn’sSymphony No. 73 in D, followed bya light reception and the 4th AnnualSing Along Messiah at 4 p.m.

13 Free and AnonymousHIV Testing -- In the StudentHealth Center, Building 16, from 11a.m. to 2 p.m. No appointment nec-essary.

17-18 20th AnnualChristmas at the Mission -- AtOld Mission San Jose, on Mission

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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

Boulevard. Conducted by DennisKeller with special guests Charisma!Tickets are $10-$15. For advancedticket reservations call (510) 659-6031. Saturday show at 8 p.m. andSunday show at 4 p.m.

ONGOINGSmith Center Box Office is open

Tuesday to Thursday from noon to7 p.m. and Friday and Saturdayfrom noon to 4 p.m.

FEATURESDecember 8, 2005 MONITOR 8

Photos byDevina Deo

Where are you goingon your winter break?

The Bay Bridge, left,leads you into thesights and scenes ofcity life. This skyline,below left, alwaysmakes any touristsmile. Winter scene inSan Jose, lower right.

By DEVINA DEOPhoto editor

It’s that special time of year.Finals loom just ahead. Then HOLI-DAY BREAK.

Those of you planning to spendthe holidays in Europe, stop read-ing. This is for the majority of us,who will be spending the holidaysin the Bay Area.

Whether you’re flying solo orhave a special someone, here aresome ideas:

• Ice-skating isn’t just forRockefeller Center in New York

City. We have our own ice-skatingrinks in San Jose, San Francisco,Oakland and Berkeley. Take yourparty there and have some fun. Falland laugh!

• For that someone in your fam-ily that always seems to have“Scrooge” written on their fore-head, take them to San Jose Christ-mas in the park. Every inch of thispark screams holidays and no mat-ter how you’re feeling I’m sure thesight of Christmas trees will bringback those days of making cookiesfor Santa. Check out more informa-tion at : http://www.christmasinthepark.com/displays/

• If shopping is escapism,Santana Row in San Jose is an es-cape — the psychic equivalent ofhopping to a different continent.

In any case, get out and have fun.