December 2009
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Renegades pillage the Vikings
Renegades forward Reggie “Big Ranch” Jones’11 second-half points gave his squad the spark they needed to outscore the West Valley Vikings 64-52 Saturday afternoon. Jones’ first half presence wasn’t felt as heavily and it showed, seeing the Renegades down 32-24 at the halfway mark. “It was an attitude change in the second half,” Head Coach [...]
In a disaster, what would Ohlone do?
Ohlone College is a large campus. So, if for instance a natural disaster occurred at Ohlone, what would happen? Floods are not a major concern for the Fremont campus as it is not in the flood plain zone and is elevated to some extent. In the event of an earthquake, the intensity of the earthquake [...]
Performances are music for Ohlone’s ears
It is finally that special and cheerfully familiar time of year. When the nights are glowing with Christmas lights and you are pulling your jackets out for the chilly weather. It is easily forgotten that Christmas time is not a time for getting material possessions from family and friends, or hunting down holiday sales. It [...]
How we went from St. Nick to Santa Claus
“Santa Claus is about as scary as it gets for babies. It’s like taking a 4-year-old to a frightening Halloween movie,” said Tom McMahon. When you think, “Santa Claus,” images of an overweight elderly man in a red costume come to mind. What most don’t know is Santa is an old legend/folktale with a long [...]
Happy Holidays from the Monitor
Monitor staff, Fall 2009, from top left: Bia Roldan, Shelby Lacy, Jimmy Patten, David Epperson, Nick Zambrano, Bill Parks. Second Row: Kyle Stephens, Manika Casterline, Nazia Mastan, Gloria Franco. Third Row: Jeff Weisinger, Manal Bejaoui, Anika Dokes, Jillian Sanchez. This photo was electronically modified to fit in additionalstaff members.
Holiday delights to brighten your nights
This weeks article was inspired by, of all things, an episode of Gilmore Girls. Rory had been in London for Christmas that particular year, so Lorlelai had waited to celebrate chritmas with her daughter. In order to try and recapture the Christmas spirit, Lorlelai and Rory decided to go to Weston’s coffee shop and drink [...]
H1N1 vaccine arrives on campus
The swine flu H1N1 vaccine has arrived at Ohlone. On the evening of December 8th, 160 doses of the H1N1 vaccine arrived at the health center The students with first priority to the vaccine are the health science students and also the staff as they are in contact with the infected patients. Those students must [...]
‘In Debt We Trust’
In 2007, local residents Paul Rea and Jane Bark founded the Tri City Documentary Series. The series features documentary films with the goal of giving our community a better sense of political and social issues. Some previous documentaries covered topics such as 9/11 conspiracies, the environment and global warming, the war in Iraq, the media [...]
Bake sale to raise money for dance crew
It might have been cold and windy, but that didn’t stop the Bliss Dance Company from their goal of reaching Arizona. “It was horrible, but I tried my best to stay warm,” said Karla Silva, member of Bliss. Silva, along with Alex Dratell and Michelle Frye, sat outside Building 5 Wednesday afternoon, selling cookies, bear [...]
Make my wish come true, all I want for Christmas is you
I must strongly empathize that there are not many things that fill me with glee during this time of the year. Take into account that I work in retail, however, instead of being the Grinch who stole Christmas, I opt to be Rudolph and spread at least some seasonal contentment. After Christmas sales Hello, we [...]