Newt Gingrich has been viewed as the only real challenge left to Mitt Romney. With his years of experience in congress, many feel that he has a legitimate chance at beating current president Barack Obama in an election. However, his marital infidelities, sketchy voting record, and his close ties to lobbyist groups have many people questioning his integrity. He is conser-vative on economic and social policy, along with strong support of strong United States hegemony.Education: B.A. in History from Emory University, M.A./PhD. In Modern European History from Tulane UniversityPolitical Experience: Member of U.S House of Representatives for Georgia from 1979-1999, House Minority Leader from 1989-1995, Speak-er of the House of Representatives from 1995-1999; Ran for Congress in 1974 and 1976 (lost)Will Newt Gingrich continue to provide competition for Romney?Dr. Sara Parker: “If Gingrich stays in the race all the way to the conven-tion, he will challenge Romney in the sense of making him fight tougher and spend more money in order to secure the nomination. Gingrich has a lot less money than Romney and if he doesn’t have any wins soon, it will dry up quickly. But, he also has a track record of not giving up and perhaps shouldn’t be counted out yet.”

Mitt Romney is currently the front-runner in the Republican presidential

primaries. His success in the busi-ness world has led to the hope that he could be the candidate to lead the U.S to greater economic growth. He has moderate to conservative beliefs about social

and economic polices. He has been criticized for seeming out of touch

with the common man and his change on certain issues.Education: BA in English from Brigham Young University; J.D/MBA from Harvard UniversityPolitical Experience: Ran for Mass. Senate in 1994 (lost); Ran for Gov. of Mass. (Won); Ran in 2008 Republican presidential primary (lost); Currently running for 2012 Republican Presidential nominationWhat makes Mitt Romney such a strong candidate? Dr. Sara Parker: “Romney is a recognized name. His father was Governor of Michigan and a Presidential candidate. Mitt Romney was a Republican governor in a Democrat-leaning state giving him some credibility among independents. He is seen as having the necessary executive skills to be president given his success in the private sector, as Governor of Mass., and organizing the Salt Lake City Olympics. Leading up to and throughout the Republican primary there has been reluctance about Romney’s candidacy from within the party. Nonetheless, he is currently appears headed towards taking the nomination.”

Rick Santorum, although and elected official, he remains relatively unknown to a major-ity of the American public. He has gained controversy on some of his comments on social policy in America. After taking Iowa (24.6%) on Jan. 1, he fell short in the the other state primaries, but with recent wins in the states of Minnesota (45.0%), Missouri (55.2%) and Colorado (40.3%) many see Santorum making a late push at the nomination. His social, economic and foreign policy views are all, what some people would say, as very conserva-tive. Education: B.A. with Honors in Political Science from Pennsylvania State University, M.A. in Business Administration from the University of Pitts-burgh, J.D. with Honors from Pennsylvania State University’s Dickinson School of LawPolitical Experience: Elected to the U.S House of Representatives for the state of Pennsylvania from 1991-1995, Elected to the Senate for the state of Pennsylvania from 1995-2007; Ran again for Senate in 2006 (lost)How is Rick Santorum making a late push?Dr. Sara Parker: He is expected to do reasonably well in the Midwest and the Rust Belt states. Santorum’s politics play well to certain (more conser-vative) constituencies. However, I do not think he constitutes a real threat to the frontrunner(s).

Ron Paul is the perennial dark horse. He has a strong internet support but he can

never transport that to the mainstream media. His consistent voting record

has garnered him strong sup-port from the youth who find themselves dissatisfied with the traditional flip-flopping candi-dates. He has a strong isolationist

foreign policy view and is extremely conservative in social and eco-nomic policy.Education: B.S in Biology from Gettysburg College; MD from Duke University School of MedicinePolitical Experience: Republican Congressman from Texas from 1976-77, from 1979-85, and from 1997-now; Ran for Senate in 1984(lost); President in 1988 as Libertarian Party Candidate (lost); Ran in 2008 in Republican presidential primary (lost); Currently running for 2012 Repub-lican Presidential nominationWhat is Ron Paul doing that is keeping him in the race?Dr. Sara Parker: “He is choosing to remain in the race presumably to get his message out there and because he has supporters that want him to stay. I believe people appreciate his ideological purity. Whether you agree or disagree with Paul’s ideas, he demonstrates an honesty that people say they want in politicians, but find seriously lacking in most. Paul also has motivated “youth voters”, who tend to be loud and energetic.”

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Finding the correct path in life, even if temporary, is always objective number one.

The forecast for new careers in the real estate marketplace is booming. At Chabot College you can find all the fix-ings to get you started. The easiest way: go online to Class Web at the Chabot college website http://www.chabotcollege.edu/courses and register for school.

There are course requirements you must pass before being allowed to apply to take the exam for your Real Estate license. They are:

•Real Estate Principals – Real Estate 80•Real Estate Practice – Real Estate 84•And One Elective Course.

Real estate principles

The coursework is designed to give a broad overview of: the Real Estate market place, formal real estate educa-tion including defining a range from a township, what a median is, the Spanish American revolution and how the mis-sions played an important part in real estate as we know it today.

Once the coursework is completed (which can be done online or in class in one semester) you can apply to take the test.

Many students often study for their real estate exam while working their pri-mary job or raising their children from home.

Rest 80 steps you through the mate-rial covered in the exam such as: water rights, items appurtenant to a property and even glosses over how contracts are handled in the real world.

Real estate practice

This course delves into the day-to-day operation of working for and owning your own agency; giving both a broker and agent prospective regarding han-dling the exchange of client funds in a transaction.

You will learn valuable information about how to create listing and handle prospective clients known as “farms.”

The real estate market is continuous-ly changing. Helpfully, Chabot provides assistance in understanding the recent changes, providing several options to make getting a real estate license a real-ity.

Once you’re ready to take your test, there are applicable fees paid at time of examination:

•Examination Fee: $60.00•License Fee: $245.00•Fingerprint Fee: $51.00•Total Fees at Examination: $356.00

What you can make in real estate

Comparable to the income a li-censed agent can attain, it seems like they would charge more.

A sales person with three to five years of good experience can make (in the right market) upwards of $40,000 in the first 90 days.

Many real estate firms will hire those in training while they are going to school.

Offering an opportunity to get the work done that you need to and obtain your license, while you begin your career working in the real estate industry.

There are still a few openings left in the Spring 2012 semester. By the end of summer, with proper application and desire, there is no limit to your in-come potential.

Contact Jay Mumford the head course instructor at jmumford@chabotcollege.edu for more info

Other helpful websites would be at the California Department of Real Es-tate, and you can get there on the web at: http://www.dre.ca.gov/lic_home.html

For more info about courses in Real Estate, go online or check with your counselor upstairs in building 700 at Chabot College.

Google notifies users of changes to privacy policy, affecting a range of products and services.

Google Inc. announced changes to its privacy policy on Jan. 24, informing users that this new and “simplified” policy becomes effective March 1 of this year.

Google’s official blog states the main change, “is for users with Google Accounts. Our new Privacy Policy makes clear that, if you’re signed in, we may combine information you’ve provided from one service with information from other ser-vices. In short, we’ll treat you as a single user across all our products, which will mean a simpler, more intuitive Google experience.”

The policy indicates no change in the amount or type of data collected, but only a change in how that data is shared. Google maintains, as a privacy principle, that they “don’t sell users’ personal information.”

But any conversation about Google and privacy can lapse into hysteria. As the size and scope of Google’s operations, and the reliance of their users, increases. So does the threat of an unsanctioned invasion of privacy.

In one sense, the change means very little for users con-cerned about their privacy, in another - it is a reminder of their current and potential vulnerability.

The policy change doesn’t mean much to Gary Tsan, a Chabot student.“ It doesn’t bug me. There are still services that I can use without having to sign in.”

Google street view cameras collect pictures and hundreds of gigabytes of data, from passing Wi-Fi traffic in several dif-ferent countries. New Android phones are introduced com-petitively into market that tightly linked to Google Accounts.

Google bought YouTube in 2006 and has since intro-duced technologies that link it to Google’s existing advertis-ing services.

They’ve introduced their own web browser, Google Chrome, which syncs with your Google Account and is ca-pable of tracking every website you go to. And then there’s Gmail and all the other products and services under Google Inc.’s purview: Google+, Blogger, Google Maps, Calender, Reader, and News--the list goes on.

Early on as a company, Google adopted the unofficial motto: “Don’t be evil.” Google has since grown up. They’ve abandoned the idealism of their youth, and no longer deal with abstractions like good and evil.

They had their initial public offering (IPO) in 2006, and have since been acquiring strategic companies and technolo-gies. Today, Google is no longer just a search engine; they’ve become a technological giant.

So what’s stopping Google from being evil? This is the question provoking all the anxiety around the privacy policy change. More than ever, they have the means to be evil in all the data their userbase provides them with.

Google users are waiting with vigilance for signs of what kind of company Google will become.

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In the pursuit of justice: Michelle Le update

On Jan. 20, 2012, Giselle Esteban plead not guilty on accusations of murdering 26-year-old Hayward stu-dent Michelle Le.

Le, a 26-year-old woman from San Mateo, Calif. was reported missing after she disappeared from the parking lot of Kaiser Permanente Medi-cal Center in Hayward, Calif. where she was taking a mentoring program.

On May 27, 2011, she left for her break around 7 p.m. and wasn’t seen after that. According to www.SFWeekly.com, Michelle’s adviser contacted the police. On the following day of Le’s disappearance, police located her car.

Parked about a mile away from the hospital, police released that there were traces of Le’s blood recovered inside her car.

According to http://www.People.com, Le’s cousin, Krystine Dinh described Le, “She was so popular and well-loved and she had this light grace about her.”

Esteban, a 27-year-old woman from Union City, Calif., was arrested on September 7, 2011 on suspi-cion of murdering Le.

Prosecutors have stated that Esteban attended the same high school as Le, that she was jealous of Le, and had hatred towards her for damaging Esteban’s relationship with her boyfriend, Scott Marasigan.

Marasigan briefly dated Le, and then soon after de-veloped a serious relationship with Esteban. The two later had their first child.

After Marasigan and Esteban split up in September 2010, Marasigan was granted full custody of their child.

Police found footage that showed Esteban and Le together in the parking garage of Kaiser Permanente in Hayward on the night Le went missing.

As reported by http://www.ABC7news.com, police believe Esteban attacked Le first, then placed her body in the trunk of her car and

drove Le from the Kaiser facility.Police acquired a search warrant for Giselle Este-

ban’s home and her computer. DNA of Michelle Le was found on shoes that belonged to Esteban.

On Sept. 17, the search for Michelle Le came to a sad and tragic end as her remains were found in Sunol Canyon in Alameda County.

After Giselle Esteban was charged, her hearings were postponed because of medical issues that had to do with her pregnancy. While in custody, she gave birth to her second child. The name of the child’s fa-ther has not been released.

Also reported by http://www.ABC7news.com, Pros-ecutor Butch Ford told the Grand Jury, “Giselle did not want him to have a friendly relationship with Michelle of any form, shape or fashion,” about Marasigan.

“Giselle would not leave the issue of Michelle alone and wanted to control Scott, wanted to prevent him from having any sort of contact at all,” Ford added.

“We know Giselle was in possession of what might be described as her most hated enemy’s cell phone,” Ford said to the jury.

Michelle’s phone was later found in Scott Maras-gian’s car beneath the backseat floor.

Ford added, “We intend to prove that Giselle Es-teban had become successful and actually stalked Mi-chelle Le to the Kaiser facility in Hayward, attacked her in the parking lot, threw her body into Michelle’s car and drove her away from Hayward, and ultimately, through some sort of a makeshift grave, buried Mi-chelle’s body out there.”

Robert Warren, fellow prosecutor in the trial, said to the grand jury in reference to Scott Mara-sigan, “No matter how many times he denied any relationship between himself and Miss Le, Miss Es-teban refused to believe him.”

Esteban is being held in Alameda County jail without a bail.

Giselle Esteban is scheduled to return to court on Feb. 17.

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Majors with benefits:Business Edition

This semester at the Chabot Specta-tor we are going to produce a new series, dedicated to introducing the different departments at Chabot College and the various degrees or certificates that are offered, this issue will showcase: Business

Professor Dmitriy Kalyagin who teaches Business 7, Business 1A, Business 8, and Business 22, an-swered some questions to help clari-fy the possibilities behind attaining a degree in business.

Q: So what do you teach here at Chabot?

Dmitriy Kalyagin: I teach account-ing classes as well as business classes, management and international class-es and Business 8, which is payroll accounting, and Business 22 (Intro to Management).

Q: How much does one expect to make with an accounting degree?

DK: So there is a big difference be-tween certificate and two year degree versus a four-year degree. So there are kind of two paths, one path we offer two certificates and an A.S de-gree, so that is kind of not focusing on transfer and with the certificates

you would be a bookkeeper or an accounting clerk and the salaries on those jobs average about $35,000 a year. Students who get a four-year degree make on average about $68,000 a year and if you get the CPA you can expect to make about 15 percent more a year.

Q: What is the difference between an Accounting Technician Certificate and a Bookkeeping Certificate?

DK: Bookkeeping is focused on keeping the books for small business day-to-day things. Accounting Tech-nician focuses on smaller parts of accounting for large corporation, like only payables or receivables.

Q: What about the two-year degree?

DK: Two-year degrees are really tricky. There are not many specific jobs for a two-year degree in ac-counting. So our accounting tech has exactly the same classes as the two-year degree, but the two-year degree includes General Education.

Q: What about the student that wants to transfer to a four-year university?

DK: There is a general list of courses within your major for any business major regardless of whether your focus is accounting, H.R, or market-ing it doesn’t matter. So everybody takes these courses, which are: two

accounting courses, economics, busi-ness law, intro to business, one com-puter class, and Gen Ed. They get a two-year degree A.A in business ad-ministration and then when the stu-dent transfers they specialize at the four-year college.

Q: Do you have any relationships or internships available to students studying Accountant Tech or Book-keeping?

DK: We have relationships with busi-nesses; we have an advisory commit-tee once a year where people from industry come in and whenever they are looking for someone they send me an email or our secretary. Also the transfer and career center will forward us jobs.

Marcie San Vicente, Chabot col-lege student and tutor for Business 7 and 1A, also provided some insight to the Chabot College business de-partment.

Q: What advice would you give a student who is thinking about taking business 7 or about to take it?

Marcie San Vicente: Forget ev-erything you know about debit and credit it’s just left and right and once you grasp that concept everything is smooth sailing. Just go in it with a clear mind.

Q: How would taking business 7 help you in your personal life?

MSV: If you want to invest in a com-pany, before you buy stock in a com-pany you still have to look at their financial reports not just the price of the stock or the size of the company.

Q: People think that accounting re-quires a lot of math? How much and what kind of math do you use?

MSV: Business 7 and 1A there is not a lot of math. The numbers have to match your debit and have to be the same amount as your credit, so there is no way they are not going to match. So it’s generally, you add from here or subtract from there. As long as you have an understanding of ba-sic math like: addition, subtraction, and rounding - then it’s easy. If you move onto 1B then there is a lot of math and a lot more algebra.

Chabot College offers a wide va-riety of degrees and certificates that one can pursue if one wanted to work in business.

The different degrees themselves are as varied as one would expect in a subject as broad as business. For more information check out the website at http://www.chabotcol-lege.edu/BUS

Painting Chabot with characterNew art can now be found around the Chabot campus by artist, Natalie Blake. Devoting her time to put her artwork around campus, her work can be found in the Cesar Chavez court, (located between the bookstore and the caf-eteria) and in the cafeteria.

The art pieces in the Cesar Chavez court are named Mandala and Abstract Tree, with the piece in the cafeteria called Live Oak Fare, which is a very beautiful art piece that paints the cafeteria with character.

According to the website www.artful-home.com, Blake expressed the background of her art, “I attribute the simplicity of my forms to a desire that my vessels have a whole and graceful presence,” she describes. “I want my work to make a bold and prominent state-ment, yet reserve restful composure.”

Blake did not go through any trouble dis-playing her art around the campus with the embrace of people’s talents around the school.

The Spectator got word from Instruc-tor of College of Art History and Museum studies at Chabot, Diane Zuliani (also part of the Chabot Public Art committee) that, “In the fall of 2009 the Chabot art commit-tee launched a national call for entrees for public artwork. We received 662 applications; the members in the committee narrowed that pool down to 21 semi-finalists.”

To choose the winner, a decision was made on the top seven that were shown around campus and were given three months to submit their artwork for the Chabot campus. Zulaini also said, “There were ten proposals all together, and these were also voted by the campus. Those votes determined the winning three artists, of which Natalie Blake is one.”

“It gives it a nice feel since the caf-eteria seemed a bit gloomy” says Chabot student Laura Hernandez. Describing that the artwork gives the cafeteria more style and uniqueness.

If you haven’t gotten the opportuni-ty to check out Blake’s art, make sure to check by the Cesar Chavez Court and in-side the Cafeteria.

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“Abstract Tree” art piece on the outside wall of the cafeteria.

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Last Friday, February 3 from 6:00 P.M. to 7:30 P.M., the Chabot College Planetarium welcomed its first $6 movie night, with the topic “Black Holes: The Other Side of Infinity”. According to Timothy Dave, astronomy and physics instructor at Chabot, “After the total renovation of our college planetarium, it is the first movie show that sells tickets to the public,” Dave continued, “In the future, there are more activities coming to the Planetarium.” By 6:10 P.M., most of the seats in the Planetarium were taken. Everybody was excited about the 360-degree circular screen. At the beginning of the show, Mr. Dave played a short welcome video of the universe. I heard patrons say, “That was very interesting.” Shannon Lee, who teaches physics and astronomy at Chabot, answered questions from the audience. People were very active to ask questions about the universe. One young boy asked: “Why will we fall after jumping up?” Lee answered “That’s because of the gravity.” As part of the event, Shannon Lee taught audiences about the stars and constellations in different months. Audiences also had a chance to look at the real stars, planets and the moon through the telescopes outside the planetarium. Mr. Dave set up two telescopes for people to observe the sky, and pointed out Jupiter, the moon and Sirius. I could see the craters on the surface of the moon. The next movie was about how black holes were formed and was about 24 minutes in length. Audiences were immersed with the dazzling animations of the formation of the early universe, and how the stars were born and die. Besides learning scientific knowledge, audiences enjoyed the full dome screen of trillions of stars, planets, and galaxies. “This movie is [one] of the most successful full dome shows ever produced, and it has been distributed to more than 100 theaters worldwide.”

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mouse’s never-ending rivalry. (11)8. Pebbles has always had a thing for this subtle boy, son of Barney and Betty Rubble. (6)9. Scooby-Doo would be a lonely dog without his owner, this lanky guy in a green t-shirt. (6)10. This duo, originally played by Frank Oz and Jim Henson, were designed to resemble a banana and orange, respectively -- intended to show how two can be friends, even as they are very different. (12)13. Jenny was the love of this man’s charmed life in this 1994 best picture Oscar winner. (11)

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15. How could anyone love this guy? With only competition like Gaston, Belle had quite a dilemma. (5)16. Jack fell in love at first sight with this redhead frustrated with her constrictive, aristrocratic life in 1997’s “Titanic,” returning to theaters in 3D this year. (4)17. Ross and Rachel were the couple everyone was pulling for, even when on a break, in this television sitcom that ran for 10 seasons, from 1994-2004. (7)18. ‘The Office” wouldn’t be complete without this couple, played by John Krasinski and Jenna Fischer. (9)19. In 1959, this demure 11 1/2 inch tall, blonde beauty was born. In 1961, her mate followed and they’ve had a dramatic on and off relationship ever since. (12)20. Shakespeare’s most famous star-crossed lovers. (14)

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Who wants my blood?Donating blood was always something I would do, because it would help other people who are not as lucky with good health. I never thought that I would have trouble giving away blood when I moved from Europe to California, but I was wrong. Not everyone can do it.

Of course I wanted to know why my blood was denied and the answer from a Red Cross worker answered that people from Europe might have abnormal prions in their blood, this could lead to death within months.

It is known as variant Creutzfeld-Jakob-Disease (vCJD), similar to a dis-ease in animals known as bovine spon-giform encephalopathy, or mad cow disease.

I decided I would have to research CJD to satisfy my personal desire to help. I wanted more details and so I wrote an email to UCSF. I got a lot of answers from Katherine Wong who is a Research Coordinator at UCSF Memory and Aging Center.

She told me that variant CJD can be transmitted via blood transfusion but cannot be definitively diagnosed without a brain biopsy or autopsy. I thought that maybe I would rather skip having tissue from my brain taken, just so I can donate blood. Even with an MRI made, doctors can never be abso-lutely sure that it is not another cause of rapidly progressive dementia.

The diagnosis is not as easy, as drawing blood from a patient and running a few tests. This disease can lay dormant in your body for years without symptoms in both the vari-ant and genetic forms of the disease. It is genetic in origin ten to fifteen percent of the time.

Elderly people between the ages of

60 to 65 usually develop CJD. Some-thing you have to know about CJD, is that this disease can be in your body for years without you knowing. It doesn’t matter if you inherited it or if you ate an infected piece of beef. When people with prions in their blood start getting older, the symptoms, such as dementia and memory loss, start showing.

At this point I started to under-stand a little better, but I had more questions, so I contacted Elana Silver, Epidemiologist in San Francisco. She told me that with a disease as rare as CJD just a few people being infect-ed from one single person donating blood might be considered, by some scientists, as an epidemic.

I really want to help people, but risking the cause of a CJD epidemic definitely makes me understand more why the guidelines of the Red Cross are so strict with us Europeans.

If you were born in the U.S. but lived in Europe, the UK in particular, for more than three months from 1980 until now, you are also at risk to transfer a variant of CJD by donating blood in the U.S.

It looks like the Red Cross guide-lines for blood donations will not change any time soon because intro-ducing a new screening process might be too complex for such a rare disease, so it is easier to keep people, who were born in Europe or spent a lot of time there, from donating blood in America.

Both Silver and Wong agree with the guidelines of the Red Cross con-cerning vCJD. Wong added that it is a small price to pay when Europeans are denied to donate blood, considering they could infect someone with CJD here, despite the chances that someone who lived in Europe or was born there having CJD are very slim.

To my last question, about CJD ever being cured, Silver replied:

“Sure, I bet there will be a cure for CJD someday, but maybe not in our lifetimes.” A happy forecast for our children or grandchildren, but for us at least, CJD is so rare that there is only one case per million people per population.

This really made me stop worrying about having CJD or knowing some-body who does.

I thank Katherine Wong and Elana Silver for providing me with informa-tion, and I will now try helping society in other ways than donating blood.

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Lady GLads faLL in naiL-biterOn February 3, the Chabot women’s basketball team suffered a heart-breaking loss to Skyline College at home, 57-54 in overtime.

After a strong first half, the Glad-iators took a small lead into halftime. Chabot sustained great defense in the paint, not allowing the Skyline players to drive inside. Maintaining oppressive defense into the second half, the Gladiators built a 32-21 lead, of that point of which, Chabot’s cha-risma seemed to change.

Having only one player coming off the bench seemed to affect the Lady Glads, specifically in the latter of the second half.

“As you can tell we’re kind of short,” point-guard Tina Guerra ex-plained of the deficiency of players, “It makes running drills hard, as we get late into the second half, we seem to get a little bit more tired.”

As the Glads took the largest lead of the game at 11 points, the Ladies complexion began to fall as Skyline began to rain in shots. After a well executed first half, the statement did not hold true for the second as fa-tigue set in, consequently leading to an 18-7 Skyline run, bringing the game to a deadlock at 39 points.

“Inconsistency,” coach Mark Anger said of his teams low-marks. “We have to pass the ball better,”

Anger continued. “Fatigue tends to reflect our decision making, its tough when you’re suiting up as few of people as we are.”

Rebounding was also a key-point of emphases from Anger, an aspect that seemed to tail away from the Lady Glads as the game progressed.

Sloppy passing, poor rebounding and inconsistent shooting resulted in a late game Chabot collapse.

As the second half continued, both teams showcased outstand-ing shooting from outside the arc as both teams knocked down a spree of three’s as time wound down. Chabot nearly stole the win from Skyline from a sloppy inbounds pass with two seconds left in regulation

as Guerra swiped the ball away, but clanged the ball off the rim as time expired with the game tied at 44.

The sloppiness continued in overtime as both teams turned the ball over repetitively, not scoring un-til two minutes ran off in the extra period with a Skyline basket.

After a huge three to give the Lady Glads a 54-51 lead with a little over a minute remaining, the defense could not hold up, committing a foul with 42.5 left, and giving up a crucial steal that led to an easy Skyline score to take the go-ahead 55-54 lead.

With the ladies last chance at a miracle with 3.5 seconds left, an un-fortunate loose ball foul was called on the girls, giving Skyline back the rock. Skyline then scored on a quick inbound play sealing the victory at 57-54.

“If we would have stayed under control and made some smarter pass-es, we probably would have won,” de-picted Guerra. “A lot of girls, I would say, had a lot of adrenaline pumping, we all weren’t thinking that clearly.”

Now with a 11-9 record, the playoffs are still in the team’s eyes. To do so, they must win most (if not all) of their final games. “We have to be more consis-tent,” declared Guerra. “Better com-munication between all of us will bring success.”

By Jon Comeaux

MANAGING EDITOR

Point Guard Tina Guerra controls the ball at mid-court against visiting Skyline.

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When looking over the London 2012 Olympic schedule in July, some will pass right over equestrian sports altogether without a clue of what they are.

There are three types of equestrian events in the Olympics: dressage, eventing and jumping. Equestrian, from the Latin root equus or “horse” has 6 events in the Olympics: two for each event, team and individual opportunities.

It is interesting to note that equestrian events are one of the two sports in the Olympics where men and women compete against one another equally; the other is sailing.

Equestrian sports joined the Olympics in Paris 1900 with one jumping competition, but did not return until Stockholm in 1912 with 5 events. The sixth, Team Dressage, was added later.

According to the Olympic Studies Centre, men were the only competitors allowed until the Helsinki games in 1952 and since then, equestrian events have been mixed.

Equestrian sports are also part of the Paralympic Games. Olympic dressage is a set of events where the rider and horse demonstrate the highest level of technical skill while showcasing grace and elegance.

In these events, the horse will be seen moving in varying formations at different paces, speeds and directions including diagonally, sideways and in place.

According to Katherine Blocksdorf in her article, “The Basics of Olympic Equestrian Sports,” dressage “is often compared to ballet on horseback.”

In Grand Prix competition, a routine with movements is put to music and participants are judged on accuracy of movement and artistic expression. The show jumping competition in London this summer will feature a short course with 12 to 14 fences requiring precision, technique and speed.

There are five rounds of jumping between team events and individual events, with only two rounds contributing to the team score and a jump-off to break ties between medal contenders.

Featuring elements of dressage, cross country and show jumping, eventing is an all-encompassing competition taking place over four days.

The first two days consist of dressage, where judges give penalty points that carry into the next days of competition. In day 3, the riders take a cross country course that can consist of around 45 jumps or up to four miles of obstacles. Judges keep track of time, missed, touched or knocked down jumps, and the ability of the rider to stay on the horse. The grand finale of day four consists of show jumping elements that are also judged on jumping errors and time limits.

Each day’s score is put together to create a team winner before there is a second competition to determine individual medalists.

The Chabot men’s basketball team provided a dominant showing last Friday night de-feating Skyline by a score of 94-73. Chabot, coming off an overtime loss against Foothill, needed a win against the Tro-jans to successfully keep their playoff hopes alive.

From the opening tip off, the Gladiators were firing on all cylinders scoring 16 unan-swered points to begin the first half. Chabot’s early offense seemed to catch Skyline off guard causing them to panic and force well defended shots.

Defensively, the Gladiators were just as impressive in the early going, using various full court presses to stifle Skyline’s best ball handlers on their own half of the floor.

The Trojans had trouble ef-fectively moving the ball well enough to combat the press, usually making erred passes al-lowing Chabot to intercept and score easy buckets in transition.

“We started off with a 2-2-1 press, and then we did a dia-mond one occasionally. We just wanted to utilize our quickness and get the kids to play hard,” said Gladiator head coach Denny Aye.

The Gladiators would push their lead up to 27-5 before coasting into halftime with a commanding 42-27 lead.

The intermission didn’t do much for Skyline as constant breakdowns in communication and soft defense inside the key continued to hinder any chance at a second half comeback.

In attempt to tighten up on defense Trojans head coach Justin Piergrossi told his team to crash the lane and stop Chabot’s penetration close to the basket.

This strategy backfired as Damarius Jones, Jameal York and Terrell Gates combined for seven three pointers in the second half.

Three of the seven came from Damarius Jones on con-secutive possessions, as he seemed unstoppable from be-yond the arc.

Jameal York added the final three-pointer for Chabot, giv-ing the Gladiators their biggest lead of the game at 24 points.

The rest of the game was academic. Chabot was just too big, too fast and too physical all game, and the score reflected that. In a post game interview Piergrossi said, “We’ve been smaller all year, that’s how we are, we’re used to that. It’s more about being physical; we got out manned tonight. We weren’t physical enough. It doesn’t matter how tall you are”.

When asked about his team’s performance in a must win situation, Chabot head coach Denny Aye said “That was without a doubt the best 40 minutes of basketball we have played all year…from be-ginning to end”.

Game Notes--Damarius Jones was the lead-

ing scorer with 27 pts (6 three pointers)

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Win vs. Trojans keeps season alive

By Rashaan Mungo

SPORTS EDITOR

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Guard Jameal York and Forward Ladon Singleton celebrate 14th win.

Visit:www.thechabotspectator.comFor additional photos, news and

post-game interviews.

Countdown to London: 168 DaysBy Jessica caBalleRo

EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

Equestrian is one of the many lesser known competitions that will take place in London.COURTESY OF LONDON2012.COM

Some things you’ll want to know about Equestrian sports:compiled from London2012.com

To see Olympic Equestrian action, check

your local schedule starting Saturday, July 28, 2012 when the eventing competitions are set to

begin. Stay tuned to this column for more on the countdown to this year’s Olympic Games and visit www.London2012.com.

Fault: Penalty points awarded for making a mistake for instance, knocking down a jump or exceeding the allotted time.

Triple Combination: Three fences in close proximity, with just a few steps between them

Canter: A steady controlled gait for which three of the horse’s legs are off the ground at once. It is faster than a trot, but slower than a gallop.

Full-pass: When a horse moves sideways, bent in the direction of movement.

Half-pass: When a horse moves forwards and sideways at the same time, bent in the direction of movement.

Piaffe: A trotting movement, performed almost on the spot.Self-carriage: When a horse moves in balance without rein support.

Horse inspection: Each horse is checked by judges and vets, before the dressage and after the cross-country element.

Optimum time: The target time in the Cross-Country event. Each second above the optimum time carries a penalty of 0.4 faults.

Run-out: When a horse shakes off the rider’s control and runs around a fence instead of jumping over it.