OCT. 19, 2017

Vol. LII No. 6

FREMONT, CAOHLONEMONITOR.COM

THURSDAY

FALL FASHION ‘17Renegades’ styleguide for this fallSee photos on Page 4

Wildfires: Is Fremont prepared for the worst?

5,000 marvel at ‘Night of Science’

Trustees discuss college status

Continued on Page 6

Just as homes on the North Bay were close to the hills, our campus is also close to the dry Fremont hills.

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Ohlone science fair volunteer demonstrating the art and process of 3D printing to the audience using chocolate

and henna as the ink to print pictures of Albert Einstein at the Science Fair held at Ohlone’s Newark Campus.

MARK EMMONS STAFF WRITER

YUMNA URFI OPINIONS EDITOR

JEREMY MARTINSTAFF WRITER

The science behind glow sticks, bubbles and paper airplanes welcomed an esti-mated audience of 5,000 on Oct.8 at the Newark Ohlone Science Extravaganza.

The entire campus was set up as a stage for display-

ing various science experi-ments, performed mostly by Ohlone students themselves.

The main lobby of the Newark center was filled with numerous tables, each of them having a new sci-ence concept to present. The outside parks had activities like rocket launching and

magic show that attracted and involved a huge number of audience members. Second floor’s major magnets were the 3-D printing and paper plane flying by world record airplane master, John Collins.

A detailed map handed to the guests upon entry out-lined the position of each

activity which made the science tour around campus easy and more involving.

The Ohlone student and staff community put in their best effort to pull a successful college annual event as it’s starting to become a must-attend event within the Fre-mont-Newark community.

Ohlone College’s ongoing effort to develop its front-age property along Mission Boulevard took center stage during the college’s Board of Trustees meeting Oct. 11.

Trustees also received re-ports from the Faculty Senate president, the president of the Associated Students of Ohlone College (ASOC) and Ohlone President Dr. Gari Browning.

Browning delivered a short address concerning developments for the college. “Ohlone received $16,200 from the state chancellor’s office to support the Ohlone Pantry Program,” Browning said. She described College Night, held Sept. 26, and Ohlone’s Fall Career Fair, presented Sept. 28, as suc-cesses concerning attendance and support.

Browning also briefly covered Measure G.

“Significant progress con-tinues on the Academic Core project,” she said. “The schematic designs for -

In the last several days, foggy, hazy and smoky air has covered the skies over Fremont and the Bay Area. With the wildfires burning in the North Bay and elsewhere throughout California, what is the chance of a similar-sized fire oc-curring in Fremont? What would it look like? Where would residents evacuate to? How do we prepare?

Currently burning across the state are 22 major fires. At press time, the largest ones continue to burn in Napa and Sonoma coun-ties. Like all around the Bay Area since the fires began Oct. 9, smoke and ash have permeated the air in Fremont.

Is Fremont prepared? Doug McKelvey, the Fre-

mont Fire Department’s act-ing deputy chief and head of

operations, said responding to a fire of such large size, like the fires burning in the North Bay, would be “incident de-pendent,” and would depend on a few factors. Evacuation locations would not need to be in the path of the fire.

For instance, McKelvey said a “raging fire” in Fre-mont’s Niles Canyon would cause citizens to evacuate “north of the canyon and on the south side of the canyon.” When asked about the process of evacuation, McKelvey said, “It starts where it starts and it heads where it’s going to head” as the process in the event of a fire of that size would be somewhat unpredictable.

“It’s at that moment that whomever is on scene has to make the decision about how we are going to deal with this,” said McKelvey, elaborating about the evacu-

ation process. Going further, in a general sense, the only set evacuation points would be high schools, community cen-ters and other major facilities.

“Through Niles Canyon, there is some danger there,” McKelvey said. “There is potential there.” At press time, the nearest fire to Fre-mont is currently burning in the San Jose foothills. Unrelated to other wild-fires in the North Bay, this wasn’t a random wildfire. As a result of two arcing power lines, a three-alarm grass fire broke out, severely damaging two homes. When firefighters reached the location, the flames had already burned through large amounts of vegetation in between the two homes.

While this fire is unrelated to other recent fires of its kind, a major wildfire in the Fre-mont area is still a possibility.

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Campus Comment

Vice President, Michael Pence walks out of the game in Indianopolis as the 49ers kneel to the national anthem

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Taxpayers pay for political drama

How do you feel about the NFL players kneeling during the national anthem?

JOSEPH CHANG MUSIC

“There have been a lot of issues that United States has been ignoring. Therefore, as atheletes who holds such a strong position, it is their responsibility to speak out for a community or a cause. And if they choose kneeling to the national anthem as the only way to get their mes-sage across, then it is a valid form of protest and they are entitled to practice it ”

ERIC GUNNARSON UNDECIDED

“I think it is a perfectly valid form of legal protest. It’s a good way to go about it because it is a visible form of protest - it helps reach and impact more people. I feel like it’s a very tactical way to tell people about your opinions. If I were to ever kneel to display my form of protest, I would. I am glad that these players are doing their part for the community ”

COLLEEN McCALLPSYCHOLOGY

“They probably did the right thing and presented their feel-ings in a respectful way. As far as mixing sports and politics is considered, then in theory it should be kept sepearate but in reality nothing is isolated from politics”

ACHINTYA THAKURMANAGERIAL ECONOMICS

“If they are trying to bring an issue to light that they person-ally care about, we need to understand that they don’t have other more impactful venues to display their protest. It’s not like they’re disrepsecting the country but only kneeling to put their point across to other people”

Seventy thousands fans came down to the Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis to witness the game between the Colts and 49ers in action.

To grace the audience with his presence was our very own Vice President, Michael Pence, who flew all the way from Las Vegas for the event.

However, the audience at the game weren’t expecting the drama that erupted as soon as the national anthem played. We saw many play-ers from the 49er team kneel down to the anthem.

Offended by the supposed disrespect of the national flag, disappointed Michael Pence walked out of the stadium.

The aftermath of the event was obvious; it made huge headlines and remained a hot discussion topic for many po-litical debates. But what went unnoticed was the misusage of our country’s money.

Looking back at the ex-penses - the hourly riding cost for the Air Force model C-32, used by our officials for air travel, totals $30,000. Multiplied by the time taken to fly from Las Vegas to India-napolis - 3 hours and 20 mins - the cost rises to $100,000. Once the return journey from Indianapolis to Los Angeles is calculated, the amount equals $242,500 (CNN).

After the final inclusion of all overhead charges, the grand total is an approximate

$300,000.If you’re thinking whether

we just foot this bill for our Vice President, Michael (Mike) Pence, you’re right.

Our tax dollars were used to finance the entire trip - which is now being viewed as a staged political drama.

However, the question that concerns us is not whether the event was staged, but whether we are willing to pay for trips like these when we can be contribute towards improving dire situations across the country?

The situation in Puerto Rico is akin to that of a war torn nation. People are without basic amenities like power, food, medicine and phone services as the island

battles its way through a se-vere debt crisis.

Furthermore, aiding ca-lamity hit areas can benefit our nation more than sponsor-ing trips for the fame of our government. By rebuilding workforce and workplaces, we can help pay for a grow-ing GDP and a progressing nation.

The takeaway thought from this event remains how the future of our country is headed into a dark abyss if we don’t begin to reconsider our choices.

Time calls for us to priori-tise our economic resources and channelise our human energies to reap maximum benefits.

OPINION M O N I TO R3Home Economics: What you should know

5 Health Tips:

YUMNA URFIOPINIONS EDITOR

OCTOBER 19, 2017

Trying to shuffle between academics, work and health, we are in that phase of the semester where everything seems to be falling apart. With deadlines around the corner, sleep and fitness is of-ten the least of our concerns.

Instead of cooking healthy at home, McDonald’s al-ways appears as an easier option; and before we know it, our budget is exceeded.

Now, imagine if the solu-tion to our rampantly increas-ing problems at college, lay in the modification of our high school curriculum? What if our schools taught us the ways to save money and the way to cook healthy? After all, weren’t schools invented to arm the kids with the tools to lead a healthier life.

By introducing Home E c o n o m i c s c l a s s e s , high schools can aim to achieve their true purpose.

This subject takes the first step toward resolving issues at the root by teach-ing children the basics of nutrition, budgeting and home management, making

the study of Home Eco-nomics absolute necessary for high school students.

Jennifer Grossman, found-er of Dole Nutrition Institute and a health editor and advi-sor, in her article Food for Thought (and for Credit) writes that to return to a healthy lifestyle - uprooted by the fast food culture and fast paced individualistic lives - one needs to reintroduce Home Economics to students.

The idea behind it is to teach teenagers the balance between work, responsi-bilities and personal health. Grossman highlights the flaws in American eating habits, blaming McDonald’s and other fast food brands for coating our meals with unhealthiness. Easy access to genetically modified food that contains “cheap sweet-eners and hydrogenated oils necessary for food to survive indefinitely on store shelves” (Grossman) has done im-mense harm to the people.

According to a simulation model designed and studied by Y Claire Wang, member of the Department of Health Policy and Management,

Columbia University, the United States will have 65 million more obese adults by 2030. “Con-sequently accruing [to] an additional six to 8.5 million cases

of diabetes, 5.7–7.3 million cases of heart disease and stroke, 492 000 to 669 000 addi-tional cases of

cancer, and

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to 55 million quality-ad-justed life years forgone for USA” (Wang).

These facts underscore the urgency for Americans to adopt healthier food habits that include eating freshly cooked, non-preservative food. According to David Ludwig, an American phy-sician “about 35 percent of adolescents are [presently] overweight.” The truth is, obesity exists not only be-cause of the lack of nutrition, but also because of the lack of knowledge about nutrition.

Home Economics, through a combination of pragmatic and detailed instruction, aims to aware individuals about nutrition and transform meals into a balanced diet consti-tuting adequate nutrients. As people move into their independent lives soon after high school, it is important for each individual to know the essentials of a healthy life.

The biggest problem of living by yourself is but a fundamental economic prob-lem of scarce resources and unlimited wants. Financial il-literacy - the inability to man-age personal finance matters in an efficient manner, includ-ing the knowledge of making appropriate decisions about personal finance - becomes another concern after health.

Toiling between part time jobs simultaneously, strug-gling to complete a degree and maintaining a social life, often feel themselves bound by expenditure restraints and blinded to the nitty-gritty of operating the banking system.

A recently finished sur-vey by the Fortune group in October 2015, revealed that about two thirds of

Americans can't calculate interest payments correctly.

Home Economics - as the word explains - teaches daily life accounting and economics to students. It introduces them to the con-cept of “opportunity cost” through which they learn to make trade-offs between existing choices. Basic ac-counting lessons like bank-ing processes and managing records makes them aware of their financial policies and how to act upon them. It educates young adults on how to manage education loans and pay off credit card bills in time. Home Ec is an introduction into the real life application of theory, a step you take away from chaos and toward discipline.

Home Economics sows the seed of an organized, bal-anced and healthy individual future. Beyond just teaching one how to cook and finan-cially stabilize themselves, it serves to introduce disci-pline in our everyday lives.

John Naisbitt, who writes about of future studies, concludes from National Science Foundation reports, SAT scores and dropout studies that “The generation graduating from high school today is the first generation in American history to graduate less skilled than its parents.”

Meaning the young adults today are lesser equipped to handle life challenges that come their way. Home Ec targets this problem area and teaches the necessary life skills and a sense of respon-

s i b i l i t y .

Some might feel that Home Economics deepens the in-tensity of gender stereotypes, however, the truth is quite the opposite. Home Economics levels the playing field by inculcating basic skills in each individual - both male and female - and preparing them for life. Therefore, Home Ec is not “Wife-Ed.”

Considering the time crunch in students’ lives, Home Economics can be seamlessly integrated into the curriculum without an extra hour being devoted for it. For instance, problem solv-ing skills can be woven into different subjects like mathe-matics and economics. Lead-ership skills and management tactics can be enforced during community service, while nutrition lessons can be in-tegrated with biology labs.

The incorporation of Home Economics as a manda-tory course in high school curriculum can ensure that every child graduates with a basic skill set, regard-less of his/her upbringing.

We are drowning in in-formation but starved for knowledge, our minds are oozing with huge amounts of information - neces-sary and unnecessary - but our implementation skills are almost nil.

As a generation, we are unable to link the pieces together, lack the skills to instantly deal with crisis and fail to analyze the bigger picture. Home Economics can come to our rescue and bridge the gap in our learning.

1. Quit Smoking

2. Avoid soda and reduce sugar intake

3. Stay hydrated

4. Exercise regularly

5. Get proper sleep

M O N I TO R FEATURESOCTOBER 19, 20174NEWS BITES

Accesability Workshop

Did you know that Ohlone College offers mini workshops on informa-tion and communications technology accessibility? Brought to you by Human Resources & Training and Information Technol-ogy Services. The goal of these workshops is to make your electronic docu-ments more accessible.

Fremont CampusEvery Tuesday and

Wednesday from 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm

Oct. 24, 25, 31 - (Room 7102)

Nov. 1, 7, 8, 14, 15, 21, 22, 28, 29 - (Room 7102)

Dec. 5, 6, 12, 13, 19, 20 -

(Room 7102)

Join Emmy Award win-ning psychologist Dr. Rob-in Zasio from the A&E show “Hoarders” as she discusses hoarding disor-ders. Dr. Zasio will discuss and go over in detail what a hoarding disorder looks like and how it develops.

This event tookplace on Friday October 13th in the Jackson Theatre of the Fre-mont campus Smith Center for the performing arts.

Inspired by the Dream-Works animation featuring a score that includes the Academy Award-winning “When You Believe” by the composer and lyricist of Wicked you do not want to miss this breathtaking event. The story features a multi-ethnic cast in the saga of Moses and Ramses, his Pharoh brother, and those who were involved in changing them forever.

Join TheatreWorks, in the Center of Performing Arts running now through Nov. 5. Tickets range from $40 to $100 and can be purchased through theatre-works.org or call (650) 463-1960 for more information.

Hoarding disorder with Dr. Zasto

Prince of Egypt:The Musical

Neel Venkatesan showing off his plaid layers and casual high-top kicks.

Madeline Inman layering her “summer dress” with a maroon cardi and flats

Maryam Ebteda strutting in her black booties and taupe textured sweater

Aliya Abbas staying comfy and casual with an oversized hoodie

Autumn is here which welcomes the season of leaves changing colors pumpkin spice lattes and sweater weather posts. With the

seasons changing, the weather in our area becomes unpredictable. This is a guide from one Renegade to another on

tips and tricks on how to dress this Fall.

PHOTOS AND STORY BY

JAMILA WARDAK

FALL FASHION

2017

Transition your spring and summer favorites to effortless fall outfits

• Tees & Tops: Take that plain or graphic tee or top and layer a flannel, button up or a textured sweater/cardigan for an effortless fall outfit.

• Skirts & Dresses: Layer on a cardigan, leggings, and maybe a pair of booties with that skirt or dress you were obsessed with this summer

• Cropped Pants & Denim: You can easily transform those ankle cropped pants with a closed toe heel or flat, and a blazer to throw over your blouse. Obsessed with distressed? Wear your leggings, tights, or stockings under those jeans. Opt to pair your denim with a light and flowy shirt and a fun knitted sweater.

• Shoes: Sneakers are also quite practical during the rainy times. They are also easy to pair with any outfit. From joggers to denim and skirts and leggings, there is a sneaker for every outfit.

FEATURES M O N I TO ROCTOBER 19, 20175

New Health Center Director full of experience

HEALTH CENTER’S OPEN HOUSE

New Health Center Deparment Director, Catherine Hayes

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Fruit snacks, spin roulette, and prizes welcomed students at the Open house event hosted by the Health Center on Building 7.From mental treatment to sexual health, this event intention was to promote and spread the word about this, and many other services that the Health Center provides.

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Flying helicopters to Baghdad full of wounded American combatants, civil-ians and Iraqi combatants, helping perform resuscita-tion surgeries, in an at-tempt to save the lives of those caught in conflict.

These were the kinds of experiences that caused then 24 year old Catherine Hayes to realize her “life was a gift”, and that she wanted to do something that she cared about. “That really pushed me into a career of service,” she said.

It is true that Hayes has had diverse and extreme life experiences that have lead her to the point that she is in her career. As students of Ohlone College we are lucky to welcome her as our new director of Student Health.

Her office is located in the Health Center, on the third floor of building seven.

In her earlier days she did not always have the same pointed interested in this kind of humanitarian work.

She started her college career in Georgetown Uni-

versity School of Nursing and Health Sciences, study-ing nursing, just a few hours away from where she grew up in Washington D.C. What drew her to nursing?

“I liked people, I liked doing nice things for people, I liked interacting with peo-ple... I liked science and that was how I kind of got into it.” Hayes said, “Later in life, I got a degree in public health.”

She received a masters from, Johns Hopkins Bloom-berg School of Public Health in Baltimore Maryland. Just this year, Hayes completed a masters of Nursing at Boston College, in the city where she was working for, the Boston Healthcare for the Homeless Program.

Hayes worked as a nurse for the Navy for seven years after college. After this she spent seven years working for the internationally rec-ognized non-profit, Doctors Without Borders. She said, “I was really shocked by a lot of the things I saw and so when I got out of the navy I went and I worked in humanitar-ian aid.” She refers to her time in Iraq specifically as

something that prompted her to make that career change. “That really pushed me into a career of service,” she said.

Hayes brings all of these diverse experiences and her unique knowledge base of health care, in a range of different contexts to Ohlone. “I want the student population to … know what their options for health care are and how they can best utilize them,” she said.

Hayes is continuing her mission of, “contributing to a better human experience for everybody,’ here. Though she is no longer doing aid work in Syria, or working with an organization to help the homeless of Boston, she is still using her specialized skill set, developed over years of experience in foreign countries and within the U.S. to help people get access to health care and better the lives of students on campus.

“I think here at Ohlone I see my role as … helping students become people that can make positive change in the world,” she said.

Having lived all over the world in places such as the

Democratic Republic of Congo, South Sudan and most recently Boston, Hayes relocated to the Bay Area just this July to work with Ohlone students. She loves her new proximity to the beach and said she is “excited to not shovel snow.” The

weather here is quite differ-ent than it was in Boston.

Hayes experiencemake her a unique addition to the Ohlone College staff as shebring a specialized global perspective to the Ohlone Health Department.

M O N I TO R NEWSOCTOBER 19, 20176

‘Mathletes’ preparing for test

Trustees agree to update curriculum

Board meets on college matters

Geoff Hirsch, Math professor.

Continued from Page 1

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All 3 academic core buildings are currently being worked on to install interior wall framing, mechanical,

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Measure G continues smooth progress

Math Students at Ohlone College have been sitting the Student Math League exam, year after year, for over 20 years occasion-ally making the top 10 but never securing the top spot.

This year, they have a n o t h e r o p p o r t u n i t y to strive for a top spot.

The Student Math League, which Ohlone’s Math Pro-fessor, Geoff Hirsch calls, “a challenging national competitive math exam at the pre-calculus level” will be offered at Ohlone College. The competition is open to all students at Ohlone College but he says that, “those who did very well in pre-calculus have a chance to do well.”

The test is taken by stu-

dents at community colleges in 35 different states all across America and is even offered to students in Bermuda. Ohlone College has administered the test for more than 20 years.

Hirsch says that, ‘good performance on the Student Math League is one of several things that might be consid-ered in awarding scholarships and awards.’ For Ohlone Students in particular there is a chance of winning gener-ous awards. The ASOC has provided prizes for the top Ohlone students entering and more. According to Hirsch, “gift cards for $75, $60, $50, $40, and $30 will go to the top five scorers, while two $20 gift cards will go to two lucky second-tier scorers chosen by the roll of a fair die.”

Hirsch says the exam,

“will be administered on Friday, Nov.3, 2017, from 10:15-11:15 a.m. and 11:15 AM-12:15 p.m. in Hyman Hall, HH-218”

To those interested in taking the exam Hirsch sug-gests preparing by taking previous exams offered by the Student Math League, which can be found on the website, http://www.amatyc.org/?StudentMathLeague. On the website Hirsch says, “you will find plenty of old tests, many with worked out solutions.

Hirsch hopes that Ohlone will be able to regain its place among the top 10 in the United States.

You can help Ohlone, gain national recognition and potentially get a gift card by getting involved.

Building 5 renovations have been completed, the architect team presented the schematic design plans to the executive team, and they now proceed to the design and develop-ment phase.”

Susan Yeager, vice presi-dent of Administrative Ser-vices, delivered a brief update on the Frontage Property development. “We are in Steelwave’s due diligence period, which they have three years to get the land use entitlements and approv-als they need,” said Yeager. She added that Steelwave continues to be a responsive partner, making her confident for the project going forward. The college is working to find ways to deal with easements on the property, primarily a PG&E utility box and a Comcast service box.

Faculty Senate President Brenda Ahntholz delivered a brief presentation concerning ongoing projects within the Senate.

ASOC President Martin Kludjian delivered a short ad-dress about the committee’s recent activities. Kludjian discussed the ASOC’s Fall Retreat, an intercultural com-munication workshop held at the Newark campus, the Interclub Council’s “Club Days,” held for the first time at the Fremont campus since construction began here.

Ohlone College’s Board of Trustees met the night of Oct. 11. During the meeting, one vote was conducted under the header of “Consent Agenda.” Within the consent agenda were lists of both courses being added and removed from the college’s curriculum for the 2018-2019 academic year.

The listings can be found on the Ohlone website’s board page, listed as the document index of the Oct. 11 meeting.

Ohlone’s Board of Trust-ees meeting was simply the final formality for finalizing these modifications to the curriculum as they were ini-

tially reviewed and approved by the Curriculum Commit-tee of the college.

The information packet details five new classes and two new programs. Two new science classes: Intro to Biology for Health Sciences and Physics for Respiratory Therapy, two new History classes: History of Modern East Asia and History of Modern Latin America, and a new Journalism course: Introduction to Public Rela-tions. The new programs cre-ate an introductory certificate for the information worker field as well as a certificate for English as a second lan-guage.

As well as adding courses, the board passed the judge-

ment on some courses to be removed. The vast majority of removed courses are being pulled from the curriculum due to inactivity as they “have not been taught in several years,” according to the infor-mation packet. In total, there are 18 courses being removed for this reason.

There are more classes being removed from the college’s curriculum as re-sulting from reviews by the Curriculum Committee. The six classes making up this set are ASL-190: Workshop in Beginning ASL-I, BIOL-140: Sierra Nevada Natural History, PE-323: Golf One on One, and TD-117A, A1, and A2: Audition/Portfolio Preparation.

New Courses Pulled Courses BIOL-102

Introduction to Biology for Health Sciences

HIST-109History of Modern

East Asia

HIST-110History of Modern

Latin America

JOUR-132Introduction to

Public Relations

PHYS-106Physics for

Respiratory Therapy

ASL-190Workshop in

beginning ASL-I

BIOL-140Sierra Nevada

Natural History

PE-323Golf One on One

TD-117A, A1, A2Audition/Portfolio

Preparation

electrical and plumbing preparations, as well as fire-proofing.

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Recruited by Ohlone, life in the States

Fisher’s experience motivates basketball players

Scott Fisher

Top Left: Center, Lachie Hunter, Bottom Left: Forward, Mitchell Mckenna Center (Left): Guard Richard Jackson, Center (Right): Forward, Jarod R., Right: Forward, Bradley

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Soccer

L, 4-0 @ Skyline College10/16

L, 3-2 @ American River10/17

L, 13-9 vs. Cabrillo College

9/27

W, 3-2 vs. Foothill College

Opening Day:11/1

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[Not playing this semester]

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Men

There's more sugar in the food and more sass in the people. Those are some of the differences noticed by Ohlone's six basketball players who are here from Australia -- more than 8,000 miles and 15 hours away.

"The cul ture ," sa id Nicho las Sa r in in a heavy Australian accent.

“It’s the people and the way people act. Americans are a lot more outgoing, they will come up to you and ask you questions out of nowhere.”

And the food is way sweeter. “The food is more sug-

ary, and sweeter here,” said Nicholas Sarin and Cam-eron Bradley, nodding in agreement as Bradley, ironi-cally, bit into a M&M cookie.

Mitchell Mckenna and 6’9 center Lachie Hunter, also

agreed the food is different. Mckenna said, “walking to an American grocery store just is not comparable to the grocery stores back home.”

Ohlone is known for its student body diversity, es-pecially a great deal of diversity in all of the sports programs. One program that brings in a plethora of athletes from miles and miles away is the basketball program.

After being here for three and a half weeks so far, none of the players seemed to have gotten very homesick, at least so far.

Australia is a 15 hour non-stop flight totaling at 8,128 miles away from the state of California. It would seem almost imperative for anyone stepping into a new country for nine months to be itch-ing to go home.

However, Richard Oryem,

Australian native and first-year player for the Ren-egades, said he has been far from home before and is "here

to take care of business.” One thing that is safe to say, every player agreed the goal for the season is, “State champs.”

The Renegades fin-ished the 2016-17 sea-son with a record of 21-9 and 8-4 in the conference.

To most, he is known as the Ohlone College Renegades’ successful men’s basketball coach. He’s also known for his smooth white hair that sits atop his 6’7” frame.

However, many don’t know Scott Fisher, the person. There is more to him than just coaching.

Born and raised in Fre-mont, Fisher began playing basketball at a young age, He was already shooting hoops in grade school at Gomes Elementary School, and later, at Hopkins Ju-nior High School. It didn’t take him long to realize that basketball had be-come his passion. Soon, it would become something he would pursue.

After Hopkins, Mission San Jose High School fol-lowed, that it is there that Fisher first left his indelible mark on the game. Fisher was extremely dominant at Mission; he and his team-

mates were so good that they led the Mission Valley Athletic League. Fisher was eventually inducted into the school’s Sports Hall of Fame.

Prior to pursuing a pro-fessional basketball career, Fisher attended the Univer-sity of California, Santa Bar-bara -- a huge stepping stone in his career, and one which subsequently launched him into his professional career. UC Santa Barbara had a gem in Fisher, who, after gradua-tion, left the school top 5 in the rankings for career points (1,351) and rebounds (664). Along with that, he was a two-time all-conference se-lection. As you see, Fisher didn’t stop with Mission San Jose as far as getting serious props: he was also inducted into UC Santa Bar-bara’s Athletic Hall of Fame.

Fisher had an extremely successful professional ca-reer: 16 years and 7 teams, and traveling to more countries than many do in a lifetime.

“The first team I played

for was the Wildwood Aces in the United States Basket-ball League (USBL)”, Fisher said. This launched his pro-fessional career on the right foot as he was recognized by the Philadelphia 76ers, and would eventually go up against the likes of now-Hall of Famer Charles Barkley. This wouldn’t prove to be Fisher’s last run in with the NBA, as he was soon called up to the Milwaukee Bucks for a little over a month. However, his career had only begun to take off. Shortly after his NBA stint ended, his Australian career began after receiving a call from the North Melbourne Giants in 1987. During his career with the Giants, Fisher was not only voted a top 10 player in the history of the NBL, Australia’s top league, but also the NBL’s MVP and Grand Final MVP. Many do not know, but Fisher was a member of the 1996 Olympic team and the FIBA world championships in 1998.

In 1996, he represented Australia who came in 4th place in Atlanta, Georgia.

Although Fisher’s play-ing career ended, he did not step away from the sport of basketball. In 2004, he was named coach of his former Australian team, the Perth Wildcats, which started his coaching career. After about four years with the Wildcats, Fisher was appointed Direc-tor of Basketball Operations for the University of Hawaii, then an assistant coach at the University of Hawaii. When asked about coaching Fisher had this to say, “You know, it’s not something that I envi-sioned myself being involved in. When I quit playing, I kind of wanted to get away from the sport. Then, when I was asked to coach, I thought, well, I want to help my for-mer team out, so I got into it. Then, after that initial year, I realized, this is awesome.”

Fisher is much more than a basketball coach. His resume extends as far

as the eye can see. Fisher can sit back with a smile on his face after an extremely fulfilling basketball career

M O N I TO R SPORTSOCTOBER 19, 20178

Warriors Back In Action

Over the past three years, the Golden State Warriors have brought two NBA titles in three years to the Bay Area, a continuing feat that may become a dynasty.

The Warriors, however, in China, recently to the lowly Minnesota Timber-wolves, 111-97, a game that gave Minnesota confidence though the Warriors routed the Wolves in a rematch, 142-110.

However, Golden State has, over the course of the preseason, looked rather sloppy (1-2), a devasta-tion for the reigning world champions. Golden State, who kept a major core of elite players after a compli-cated summer of signings.

However, it’s hard to write over Golden State as a flop this early, considering their combined star power in guard Stephen Curry, forward Kevin Durant, Not to forget the superb deci-sions by the front office to draft Jordan Bell (2nd round) and Chris Boucher.

Are the Warriors the same team they were last year? Probably not. Is the NBA, specifically the rival Cleveland Cavaliers the same caliber? Definitely not.

The best part of the off-season may be that Stephen Curry signed a $34 million, 5-year contract.

Jokingly, the Warriors call themselves the Golden State Supervillains, but nevertheless the Warriors did create adversity against the Cleveland Cavaliers. Golden State shot 42 per-cent from behind the three-point line at home, versus the 35.5 percent not at home.

Last year, the Warriors’ offense was too much for any NBA team to handle. Kevin Durant’s multidi-mensional offense and Stephen Curry’s shooting ability made them, pos-sibly, the greatest duo to ever win.

“It’s not up to us,” said an exhausted but humble Curry in a post-game in-terview.

Fatigued legs brings losing streak to Men’s Soccer

Volleyball team brings victory home

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Ohlone’s no. 7, Hannah Finnigan, with a well-hitted service

Fatigue from two consecitive games brings defeat for the Renegades against Skyline and American River.

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Despite an intense training program and a great team bonding, Ohlone has been losing their last few games of the season.

Against CCSF they lost 1-0, 2-0 versus Skyline Col-lege and 4-2 against Canada College.

At the end of previous matches, head coach, David

Marroquin said they were “looking to play more con-sistent halves”, the inability to do so is what often drives defeat home.

However, in the last game on Oct. 17 versus American River College, fatigue from having played two games in two days, is what accounted the loss.

In their last match against American River College,

the Renegades were initially leading with two goals by attackerS, Sangrok Lee and Ismail Shafi.

Still, despite the early lead, the Renegades ran out of fresh legs to replace the ones on the field, and Ameri-can River College ended up dominating the game.

Eventually Renegades conceded three goals, sur-rendering to a 3-2 defeat.

With full cooperation from both the coach and the team, there seems to be no stone left unturned (both on and off the field) yet Ohlone Renegades fail to strike the right cord.

Looking ahead, the Ren-egades shall get a good three day rest before they play their next match on Friday, Oct. 20 against Monterey Peninsula College.

13 games into a success-ful season, Ohlone’s women volleyball team won the game against Foothill col-lege. Renegades took the lead in the first two sets with the scoreboard clos-ing at 27-25 for the first set and 25-21 for the second.

However, Foothill contin-ued to fight their way back into the game and won the next two sets with a score of 15-25 and 18-25, respec-tively. As the game moved to its final minutes, Ohlone won the last round and thus the game, by 3 points. The scoreline for the last set closed at a 15-12 with the final score closing at 3-2 .

Bouncing back after suf-fering their first two season defeats against state ranked #1 Cabrillo College and #12 Butte College in the beginning of the season, Renegades made drastic

improve-ments in their style, structure and strategy of play.

A proud head coach, Jer-emy Peñaflor, was elat-ed with his team’s win against Foothill Col-lege on Wednesday Oct. 18.

As the entire team put their best forward, setter/opposite, Hannah Finni-gan once again proved her mettle as she led in service aces with 5 and in assists with 31. Moreover, she had a total of 8 kills and a 0.571 hitting percentage. Finnigan has been an essential part of the team and in good form throughout the season.

The outside hitter Sa-brina Quilalang led in kills with 19 and Libero Malia Silva led in digs with 13.

The team continues to build it’s strength both on and off the field as the players prepare for their next match on Wednesday, Oct. 25 where they face De Anza College.