September 2009
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Galloway makes due outside of the box
Daniel Galloway had made four consecutive starts at the keeper position for the Ohlone Men’s Soccer team. Come game five Friday afternoon versus Mission College in Santa Clara, Galloway will be replaced by 2008 starting keeper Iman Aghel. There would be no second-guessing Head Coach Jan Eric Nordmo’s decision to swap the two. Against Mission, [...]
Polo opens with home tourney
As the Ohlone Men’s Water Polo team opens up its first week of home tournament play, the third tournament overall, the Renegades hope to build off a strong showing last weekend, and continue to improve week after week. Last week at the Cuesta College tournament in San Luis Obispo, Ohlone went 2-2. Ohlone beat Solano [...]
Peñaflor, Volleyball aiming for rebound season
The main question surrounding the Ohlone Women’s Volleyball team for the past few years isn’t whether they have talent or not, but moreso when will the Lady Renegades actually become consistent enough to pull away from the “middle of the pack?” That is the goal that second-year head coach Jeremy Peñaflor is aiming to accomplish. [...]
Ohlone making plans to combat Swine Flu
According to Sally Bratton, director of the Ohlone Student Health Center, so far no cases of the novel or new H1N1 flu, known as the “Swine Flu,” have been reported to the center by any of the college’s 13,000 students. On Sept. 28 vaccinations for the regularly expected seasonal flu will be available on campus [...]
Many students fail to repay emergency loans
Ten thousand dollars of the Financial Aid’s student loan funds were given out to Ohlone students last year during the spring semester and only $6,000 were paid back. Due to the $4,000 debt, Financial Aid will only be able to provide $6,000 for student loans this year. If the problem with students not paying their [...]
Racing for LeMons: life in the trash lane
“Crap can racing” – sport of the few, the brave. One such competition, The 24 Hours of LeMons Race, held at Thunderhill Raceway, a ways west of Chico on Nov. 22-23, will feature an Ohlone student and computer science major Andrew “Max” Stephens, in a race of endurance, and eclecticism. To give an idea of [...]
iLLUSIONS dancers perform at Ohlone
The Bliss Dance Company in association with the iLLUSION Dance group performed an interpretive dance show on Friday Sept. 18. The Bliss Dance Company is known for having a central message in their performance about women’s issue. The message portrayed through the performance on Friday was about the eating disorder, bulimia. There are many phases [...]
Peer mentors help our freshmen
college can be hard and that’s why the Peer Mentors are here to help. Formerly called the Student Ambassadors, the group changed its name three years ago to better fit their new goals. In the past, their role was solely to recruit students, however after the name change they started to incorporate a community-based support [...]
Rhythms of Rajasthan
The musicians on stage are in a frenzy, growing from a mournful dirge to a thunderous maelstrom of piercing music. A dancer appears on stage, donned in a vivacious blue, red, and yellow traditional dress/veil adorned with ornate sashes and jewels. A beautiful young woman, she is a gypsy dancer of the Kalbelia tribe, and [...]
Vegas eats
Greetings from Sin City! This week I am in Las Vegas, celebrating my twenty-first birthday, and my goal is to eat my way to birthday bliss. Anyone who has ever been to Vegas will tell you that you can find delicious food on the strip. Although the choices are plentiful, I wanted to concentrate on [...]