October 2009
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Ladies drop a heartbreaker to Las PositasSaman
The Ohlone’s Women’s soccer team were faced with some rough conditions that cost them their game this past Tuesday against Las Positas College, losing 4-3. The Lady Renegades stuck through the whole game and put up a great fight in efforts to tie the game, however just as Las Positas Head Coach Sissi do Amor [...]
Women’s hoops: New coach, same swagger
The Ohlone Lady Renegades are looking to build off a solid ’08-’09 campaign as they head into a new basketball season. Last year’s team was the first team in school history to finish the season undefeated in conference play, (12-0), and 19-9 overall. The Lady Renegades fell one game short of a heading to Fresno [...]
Peterson begins tenth year on Ohlone’s bench
Aside from his impressive 201-81 win-loss record, John Peterson has excelled where other coaches have failed – job security. Next weekend’s tip-off of the Jonathan Wallace Memorial Tournament will mark Peterson’s tenth season as Ohlone’s basketball coach. Peterson admitted that he didn’t believe it had been this long since he joined the Ohlone community and [...]
Hartnell snaps Ohlone’s winning streak
When a team rolls out a four-game winning streak the way the Ohlone Men’s Soccer team has twice this season, once in mid September and the second this past four game stretch, it gets to the point where it is expected that they can win every game played. A 2-0 win over a tough De [...]
Consistent chemistry?
Yes, they may have earned their first conference win over San Jose City a week ago Wednesday, breaking a 19-game conference losing streak dating back to last year, but after following that win with a five-set loss to Skyline on Friday night, one can only ask one of two questions: “Where’s the consistency?” and “was [...]
Zombies invade literature
One of literatures favorite works of art, Jane Austen’s, “Pride and Prejudice” has been given a serious makeover. “Pride and Prejudice and Zombies” is set in the same century as the original but is quite the opposite love story that Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Dracy share. Bennet is sent off to fight the crazed disease [...]
Ohlone Community Band Concert
The Ohlone Community Band will hold their first concert of the fall with the conducting debut of assistant conductor Jacob Guilbeau. The concert honors the 100th anniversary of Gustav Holst First Suite in Eb², and features a variety of classical and contemporary pieces. At the age of 11, with the encouragement of his middle school [...]
Halloween History Lesson
Once again, it’s that time of year. A time where people are someone or something different for one night only. Knocking on neighbors’ doors begging for delicious treats, visiting haunted houses or just staying home to watch the latest “SAW” movie is known as Halloween. Although, many of us wonder what exactly is Halloween? When [...]
Hooks, the scary clown
“It’s a lot of fun because you get paid to scare people, the co-workers are fantastic and there will be moments in the middle of the night where it dawns on me that I actually get paid to do this,” explained Nick Hooks, an Ohlone student who gets paid to dress up and jump out [...]
The correct term now is ‘deaf/hard-of-hearing’
I am writing in response to Monitor’s article on Oct. 15, 2009. There is a featured article on Page 5, titled “A spotlight on Disability Awareness Week.” The writer is to be commended for bringing attention to Ohlone’s Disabled Students Program & Services. The more information we provide about serving different populations on the campus, [...]