ASOC candidate statements

Nazia Chandiwalla,
Hi, my name is Nazia Chandiwalla, and I am your current Representative at Large. While on the Associated Students of Ohlone College, I worked to establish the Campus Activities Programming Board to provide students with activities they would enjoy. I’ve served on the ID discount committee to establish at places of student’s choices, which ...
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Out of Darkness walk honors late Stewart Dawson

The Out of the Darkness Campus Walk for Officer Stewart Dawson will be held on April 19.
The purpose of the walk is to honor the memory of Dawson and to raise awareness about the problem of suicide and depression.
On Dec. 28, 2010, Dawson—campus security guard of six years, Ohlone College alum, self-described nature ...
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Students jam for japan

“Charity
concert. That is the best we musicians can do right now” said Darrell
Reconose of UC Davis in response to hearing of the devastating
earthquake and tsunami that has affected Japan.
With
1 microphone, 2 battery powered amps, a bass guitar, an electric
guitar, 3 acoustic guitars, a ukelele, 2 hand drums and a whole lot of
heart, 10 students/musicians from ...
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Oz comes to Ohlone

The yellow brick road led to Ohlone College in a Wizard of Oz
themed seventeenth Annual Ohlone College Theatre Festival
from 7 a.m.- 5 p.m. on Mar. 18 and 19.
From Amador High School in Pleasanton to Bishop O Dowd in
Oakland, over 800 high schools competed in the festival.
Students competed in various areas in the competition including:
maxi musicals, ...
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Katie O’Brien runs for Miss Oakland

Katie O’Brien runs for Miss Oakland

In 1924, Oakland started the Miss Oakland beauty pageant. The tradition has continued, now awarding the winners scholarship money.
On Dec. 5, 2010 Ohlone student Katie O’Brien competed as a candidate for Miss Oakland 2011.  It was held at the Koffman Auditorium.
Ladies were competing for a scholarship and the responsibility to represent Oakland ...
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Scholarship awarded to Ohlone Student

Second year Ohlone College student Reashaun Jefferson will receive a $3,000-5,000 scholarship from the Soroptimist Women’s Opportunity Award Program on March 21 at the Papillion Restaurant on Mission Blvd.
Jefferson’s life journey thus far has not been an easy path.According to ASOC advisor and Director of EOPS,  Debbie Trigg, “has known Jefferson for two ...
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Budget discussions take center stage

Discussion of budget related matters took priority during this week’s Faculty Senate and College Council meetings.
In January, in an effort to help solve the California budget crisis, Governor Jerry Brown released his budget plan. The plan includes $12 billion in tax extensions and $12.5 billion in spending cuts to balance California’s $28 ...
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Ohlone employee slims down for his wedding

Ohlone employee slims down for his wedding

Ohlone College Smith Center’s Technical Coordinator Adam Fresquez and his fiancé Dawn Pino are competing on a new reality TV show called “Shedding For The Wedding” from the producers of the “Biggest Loser” and “Pimp My Ride” on the CW network.
A casting agency for the CW first saw Fresquez and Pino on ...
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Former Ohlone student publishes a book

Former Ohlone student publishes a book

Ken Bilderback: traveler, writer, Ohlone alum, man of many talents.
Many Ohlone students may have no idea who Bilderback is – despite his
book “Wheels On the Bus” being recently published.
Bilderback’s story begins, somewhat unhappily in Michigan where
he went to high school.
Bilderback grew up in a troubled home – his father was a
“paranoid schizophrenic” that he had ...
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State budget cuts $400 million from community colleges

Governor Jerry Brown has proposed budget cuts for 2011-2012 that would reduce funding for higher education in the state by $1.4 billion. The proposal would diminish money allocated for community colleges by $400 million, the California State University system by $500 million and the University of California system by $500 ...
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Ohlone student rises amongst the stars

Ohlone student rises amongst the stars

The last we heard from 18-year-old Ohlone College student Ray Holston
III, he received a scholarship on  March 11, 2010 from a member of the
American College Theatre Festival; paid full tuition to go to the CSU
Summer arts Program in San Francisco.
He was there for a month and studied with the Steppenwolf Company and
rehearsed Shakespeare from 8 ...
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Ohlone students go abroad in Egypt during break

Ohlone students go abroad in Egypt during break

Egypt: a country known for its famous ancient civilization. This
ancient country that has the world’s most legendary monuments
including, the multifaceted Giza pyramids and its great Sphinx.
The ancient remains such as those of Memphis, Thebes and Karnak, all
have an immense amount history of the ancient world of “Misr”—Egypt.
I have always wanted to study abroad because I ...
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Pulitzer Prize Winning Author in Ohlone Web Conference

Ohlone College Puente students participated in a
web conference involving Pulitzer Prize winner Sonia Nazorio and a New
Jersey high school on March 7.
The Puente students and the New
Jersey high school students were asking questions and having a
discussion about the book “Enrique’s Journey,” written by Sonia
Nazorio. The Puente students gathered together on Thursday morning
in room 3101 to attend the web
conference.
“Enrique’s ...
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College Council discusses fee raises

College Council convened to discuss the signing of the SB70 Education Trailer Bill by the Governor Jerry Brown during its March 28 meeting. The bill raises the fee for each unit per semester to $36, effective fall term 2011-2012. According to the bill, the board of governors is allowed to “proportionately adjust the amount of ...
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Love and Politics

In the lives that we lead everything culminates in an integration of love and politics. These supposed separate spheres in fact are dependent. They are both mind games that are reliant on having a challenger.
Take the recent Washington battle regarding the budget  for example. While the government shutdown was averted, ...
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