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Student Services Center wins LEED Gold certification
Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design GOLD Certification (LEED), has been awarded to Ohlone College’s new Student Services Building, located on the Fremont campus. Designed by tBP/Architecture and funded by the Measure A Bond, the 44,500-square-foot Student Services Center was completed in June 2009. This helped to further advance the District’s commitment to constructing sustainable facilities. Recognized nationally as the industry standard for the design, …more |
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Life and styles of the rich and famous
Learning a new language can be easy for a few, but for the majority of students, there is a bit of frustration. Assistant Professor of Spanish, Deborah Lemon, has embarked on what some can call an expedition to make learning a new language a little less discouraging. Lemon has worked for Ohlone for the past eight years, originally hailing from North Carolina. She holds a B.A. from North Carolina State University and a M.A. from University of California, Santa Barbara. Several years ago, she crossed …more |
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Feather River ousts Ohlone in first round
It was the bittersweet ending that no one wanted. The tears rolling down their faces signified the depth of the moment they were trapped in. Hugs were given out, but none of the congratulatory type, these ones were more along the lines of the farewell type. None of them wanted to leave. This was the picture painted on Sunday afternoon after the Ohlone Lady Renegades were caught off guard and swept in two games by the Feather River Golden Eagles of Quincy, CA. The heavily favored Lady Renegades entered the regional …more |
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We ignore the negative influences of media
If it’s one thing that I’ve grown to be extremely passionate for over the past five years of my educational career, it’s increasing the general public’s awareness on how much the media uses their hidden agendas to obtain their profits via sources of imagery. Being the emotionally involved and driven person that I am, I simply cannot stand the fact that there are a great multitude of people in our communities that are blind to the ways in which these hidden agendas work their ways into shaping how we view and obtain our ideas of what reality is. It is in human nature to be affected by everything around us, and media is no exception. How can a concept that seems so easy to understand become so difficult for people to really see and believe? It seems that a lot of us, especially the younger generations, have underestimated the power and control the media has over our very realities that …more |