Vol. XXXX No. 15 Fremont, California Thursday, May 5, 2005

MONITORMONITOROHLONE COLLEGE

Softballteam goingto regionals

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Mohammednew presidentof ASOC

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Bicycling toLos Angelesto fight AIDS

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They want their teacher back

Newark campusgroundbreakingshows some glitz

Long-time instructors retiring

This group of students staged a protest Wednesday after-noon to publicize the fact that one of their favorite teachers,

Four teachers, including one who was hired when Ohlone was born inthe 1960s, were honored at a retirement party Tuesday. From left are JimKlent, Dennis Roby, Gloria Reed and Howard DeWitt. See story, Page 6.

Photo by Tony YangIf you have a letter to the editor you intended to fire off thissemester, now is the time to point your browser at the Monitorand pull the trigger. Next week’s edition (May 12) will be thefinal one this semester. Our address is monitor@ohlone.edu.

Speak now, or...

Dadbeh Rouhbaksh, was not hired for a full-time biologyinstructor position. See story on Page 5.

By TONY C. YANGand FRANKIE ADDIEGOStaff writers

After an afternoongroundbreaking ceremony, anevening extravaganza will be heldMay 24 for the new Newark Centerfor Health Sciences and Technol-ogy, a “momentous occasion” forOhlone College.

Construction on the 76,100-square-foot center is set to beginafter the groundbreaking; a sec-ondary Ohlone campus, near

Newpark Mall, which will focus ontechnology and science.

The special gala and reception atthe Fremont Hilton will feature“pageantry and dance” while sup-porters feast on filet mignon orsalmon steak. An Ohlone dedica-tion ritual will be performed, andDeaf dancers from Gallaudet Uni-versity will join Ohlone students ina rendition of “Cirque du Soleil,”as well as hip-hop breakdancersand world-class tango dancers.

Not only that, Miss ChinatownContinued on Page 3

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“Gas prices suck.”“I don't even have money forlunch.”

How are gas prices affecting you?

DEVINADEO

Communications

“I have to work now in order topay for my gas.”

OPINION

HASEENAMOHABBAH

Communications

“I am so poor, I can only driveto school and home.”

ANKITASHAH

Biochemistry

SHERAZJKHAN

Undeclared

Junk food is dominating the lives of the American population

ANDREWSNYDER

Engineering

“I try to drive less or drive withfriends when I can.”

There is a dearth of handicap parking spots on the Ohlone campusBy INEZ BLACKStaff writer

The general parking situation hasimproved since I began attendingOhlone in 1997. Now in 2005, dayafter day I drive from disabled park-ing lot to disabled parking lot and allof them are filled. As a last resort, Ihave parked in staff/faculty parking;however, this semester a campussecurity officer stated that I could beticketed for using faculty parking.

Granted, as disabled students, weare sometimes limited as to the timeof the classes, and it is frequentlyduring peak times. As the staff/fac-ulty requiring handicapped parkingtypically arrive at 8a.m., frequently,students fight over whatever park-ing is left during peak class times.

To further exacerbate the disabled

parking situation, every day, all thespaces are filled, yet the motorcyclelot between Lots U and W has fiveparking spaces, (in addition to ninemotor cycle spaces), which remainempty, as they are posted “MotorCycle Parking Only - Cars will betowed.” The motorcycles are parkednext to the “Ohlone for Kids” build-ing, which used to be the CampusSecurity building.

I can understand the motorcycletheft problem, and the reason forparking them next to the CampusSecurity building when CampusSecurity was located between LotsU and W, but Campus Securitybuilding moved at least two yearsago to the Victorian house next toParking Lot C.

If a person is fit enough to ride amotorcycle, then obviously their

parking can be moved down the hill,closer to the Campus Security build-ing, and they can hike the hill, givingdisabled students the spaces currentlyused by the motocycles (as well asthe five unused parking spaces in themotorcycle parking areas).

As it stands, I end up hiking up thehill, while motorcyclists whiz pastme to their preferential parking. Asthe result of traumatic brain injuries,I sustained what is known as “invis-ible disabilities,” including a majorartery dissection, as well as severalcranial nerves which were perma-nently partially damaged resultingin horizontal vertigo, vertical ver-tigo, positional vertical, and disequi-librium. By the time I hike the hill, Iam light-headed, slightly disoriented,prone to falling, rendering me use-less for learning for at least an hour.

Add to this orthopedic injury to leftknee affecting stability. Many dis-abled students have invisible dis-abilities, and like me, try to operatewithin the limitations of our medi-cation and disabilities, but the Ohlonehill for the disabled is generally be-yond the limitations.

Ohlone has an excellent reputa-tion in providing services for thedeaf, however, providing adequateparking close to classrooms forstudents with other disabilities isalso essential.

For these students to be able toarrive at their classes in physicaland mental shape to learn, addingfive or ten more parking spacesbetween Parking Lots W and Uwould significantly improve thesituation on one side of campus.

Also, Lot P — is the most handi-

capped accessible parking lot on theother side of campus — needs morespaces allocated to disabled students.The overflow parking from handi-capped parking spaces allocated inLot P face a steep grade and otherobstacles when they use Lots Oand P handicapped parking.

To get to the Quad classroomsfrom Lots O and P, handicappedstudents with orthopedic, neuro-logical or other disabilities affect-ing flexibility and balance, are at adisadvantage, as there are no rail-ings or protected areas there. Fur-ther, it is a maze to get from Lots Oand P to buildings other than No. 7or No. 8, if flat pathways and el-evators are required. Increasingthe number of handicapped park-ing spaces in Lot P would reducethe risk and hardship.

By JESSICA LOSEEStaff writer

If the serpent of Eden had temptedEve with a creamy, golden Twinkiehanging on a branch of the Tree ofKnowledge of Good and Evil, wouldthe world be different today? Wouldwe say “A Twinkie a day keeps thedoctor away”? Or perhaps the succu-lent apple offered to Eve is the real junkfood. Just look at what taking one bite

brought her; and she wasn’t the onlyone - - it was an apple that put SnowWhite into her slumber.

Perhaps Eve’s temptation is the rea-son why, despite man’s greatest effortsto resist their delicious enticement,people cannot help but eat all natures ofsugary, salty unhealthy goodness.

One must consider how junk foodeffects everyone’s lives, I mean, whatwould happen if people couldn’t eattheir cookies? What if we couldn’t eat

Oreos and Twinkies and drink DoubleBig Gulps or have a hot fudge sundaefrom Baskin Robbins? Could we re-ally live without 31 flavors? Would 7-Elevens be erased from this earth, andif they were, where would we go whenwe crave sugar at 3 a.m. and need aquart of cherry Slurpee?

Junk food does affect our lives;we spend billions of dollars onjunk food every year, and thatdoesn’t even include the money

we spend at fast-food restaurants.Some might say that junk food

and fast food don’t impact ourlives that much, but would some-one really make a hit documen-tary about getting fat off ofMcDonald’s, or a woman slip herdead aunt’s finger in her Wendy’schili bowl if they were just someunknown mom-and-pops place?

“Americans eat more than 500million Twinkies each year,” proudly

states the Twinkie websitewww.twinkies.com andMcDonald’s posts the number ofhamburgers sold right below theiralluring Golden Arches, even thoughby July 7, 1992, their 90 billionthhamburger had been sold.

Face it. Our lives are junk food,and there’s no escaping it unless wewage a full-on war right now. I guessI’ll pick up a three-pack of Twinkieswhile I protest outside of 7-Eleven.

LETTERS/NEWS May 5, 2005 MONITOR 3

EDITOR:

This letter is in regard to a re-quest for a story about the recentpetition in support for Microbiol-ogy Professor Dr. Rouhbaksh. Twohundred students signed a petitionand many of these students sent e-mails to the dean directly and those

signatures and letters went unan-swered.

Dr. Rouhbaksh has been a profes-sor at Ohlone for 8 years and he isfinishing a 1-year contract this sum-mer. The students here support Dr.Rouhbaksh and want people to knowwhat an excellent professor he is andthat due to a selection process that

didn’t take into account the voices ofthe students and the years of servicethat professor Rouhbaksh dedicatedthat professor Rouhbaksh dedicatedto Ohlone students, he will no longerbe teaching here at Ohlone.

A rally in support of Dr.Rouhbaksh was held at the freespeech area in front of Building 1

on Wednesday at 1 p.m. More than60 students showed their supportby attending. This rally was stu-dent organized and Dr. Rouhbakshhad no involvement.

When a student asked the Editorof the Monitor why they wouldn’trun a story about our petition, wewere informed that because the

position had already been filledand the news was too old. Thisletter is so that the students ofOhlone can be informed and heard.

Present and former students ofDr. Rouhbaksh:

Shayna Gastellum, CassandraShambaugh and Denise Harada

Ohlone Students

Students voice their opinion in support of instructor

Blood drive resultsimprove over fallBy MEENU KAUSHALStaff writer

Ohlone’s Spring Blood Drive col-lected seven more pints than the drivelast fall.

The student health center orga-nized the April 26 drive in theCafeteria. This event was also spon-sored by the ASOC.

“We had 35 pints in the fall and 42pints this spring,” said Sally Bratton,director of the Student Health Cen-ter. “The collection data from theother blood drives are usually aboutthe same.”

The blood drive is not an eventlimited by time and occasion. Stu-dents can consider donating bloodon any other day.

Many people think that donatingblood is unnecessary, which causespeople to ignore, but this simple acton your part can save lives. Accord-ing to the American Red Cross sta-tistics, blood donation saves morethan four million American lives eachyear in a demanding need of bloodevery three seconds.

According to the American RedCross, one out of three people needsdonated blood in their lifetime. Oneout of 10 hospital patients needs atransfusion.

Blood is indispensable when itcomes to treating patients of seriousdiseases like cancer, hemophilia,surgery or accident patients.

“That is why blood drives aredone every year, because people needblood,” said Bratton.

Students interested in donating atany time can go to http://www.beadonor.com. You can alsocome to the Student Health Center inBuilding 16, call (510) 659-6258.

“The blood collected at Ohlonegoes to the American Red Cross,”said Bratton.

According to the American RedCross, the eligibility criteria to giveblood for transfusion to another per-son is that, you must be healthy, be atleast 17 years old or 16 years old ifallowed by state law, weigh at least110 pounds, and not have donated

blood in the last eight weeks (56days).

“Healthy” means that you feelwell and can perform normal activi-ties. Students must not have a chroniccondition such as diabetes or highblood pressure.

According to the American RedCross, other aspects of each poten-tial donor’s health history are alsodiscussed as part of the donationprocess before any blood is col-lected. Each donor receives a briefexamination during which tem-perature, pulse, blood pressure andblood count (hemoglobin) are mea-sured.

Making donations for your ownuse during surgery (antilogous blooddonation) is considered a medicalprocedure and the rules for eligibil-ity are less strict than for regularvolunteer donations.

Photo by Melody Marquez

Gabriel Chu relaxes while he waits to donateblood.

U.S.A., Miss Asia, Miss Vietnam,Miss Japan, Miss Punjab, MissThailand and more will be on handto add to the exciting atmosphere.

The Mayor of Newark andDelaine Eastin, California’s super-intendent of public instructionround out the dignitaries attending.To top it all off, Ohlone’s very ownFoundation will kick off a capitalcampaign by capping off a $20,000scholarship giveaway to students.

“First class entertainment andfirst class meals,” said FoundationExecutive Director Josephine Ong-Hawkins. “To ensure we will con-tinue to grow.”

The events will begin at 4 p.m.,to include a press conference andtribal dancing, consecrating theground for future construction.

Ohlone President and Superin-

Newark groundbreaking plannedContinued from Page 1 tendent Doug Treadway; the Mayor

of Newark, David W Smith; andthe principle architect of the newcampus are expected to appear atthe groundbreaking. After the cer-emony is complete, the gala startsat 5 p.m. at the Hilton nearby. Thesecelebrations are to “kick off thecapital campaign,” said Ong-Hawkins. “We want to thank thecommunity, our donors and recog-nize students.”

The Newark campus has been apoint of discussion in almost everyBoard of Trustees meeting this se-mester. It has been the subject ofmuch controversy, since its con-struction was approved in a $150million bond measure by local vot-ers in 2002. $450,000 has beenspent on dealing with endangeredowls in the area of construction.

Out of California’s 109 commu-

nity colleges, the Newark centerwill be the first “green campus,”meaning ecologically constructedout of environmentally sound ma-terials.

“It’s going to be a state-of-the-art facility for training people,” saidTreadway earlier this year.

Classes are expected to begin atthe completed Newark Center inthe fall of 2007.

The administration is consider-ing a shuttle service between theNewark site and the main campusin Fremont. This would also makeit easier for students without cars toattend classes at both campuses.

The Newark site is at 39370Cherry St. For interested parties,you must RSVP to the Ohlone Col-lege Foundation by May 15 to at-tend the ceremonies. Call (510) 659-6020 for more information.

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TonyC.Yang

Photo by Melody Marquez

Maxine Visaya, art student, stands with her boy-friend and first prize piece titled “Diva Divan” atthe Fine Art and Design Student awards show.

Photo by Shari Wargo

H. Joan Long, adjunctprofessor, stands withher fabric art that is inPresident Treadway’soffice.

Hand-woven art exhibit in president’s officeBy MEENU KAUSHALStaff writer

Hand-woven fabrics by artist H.Joan Long, adjunct instructor, areexhibited in President DougTreadway’s office.

The exhibit is called Fabric De-sign Retrospective. “A retrospec-tive exhibit is one that includes workdone in the past by the artist or thedesigner. My experimentalweavings were done between 1970and 1978. At that time I had astudio in Mansfield, Connecticutknown as ‘The Loom Room’ whereI also taught weaving,” said Long.

“From 1970 - 1976, I wove pro-totypes of fashion and home fur-nishings fabrics and wall hangings.From 1976 until 1978, I lived inMexico and did research on thehand weaving techniques in vari-ous regions of Mexico and contin-ued to weave fabrics," she added.

The exhibit displays two double-woven tunics, one of which waswoven in Mexico. Both the tunicsare completely formed on the loom.

“Usually three such designs arecompleted at a time to eliminate thetedious process of dressing the loomand to the designer products to sell.”

As you enter the room, you seethe artist’s pictures. In one of thepictures she is weaving a fabric.Next to the pictures are two fabricblankets. They are examples ofmultiple pattern design possibili-ties, which could be selected forproduction yardage.

The blankets were produced bya variety of threading and weavingtechniques. “The green fabric dis-played is an example of yardage inwhich the design was selected fromsuch a process,” Long said.

There are other fabrics includ-ing a red colored sweater, mats,wall hanging, multi colored blan-ket with purple, cream and blackcolors.

She began weaving at the Uni-versity of Vermont, RiversideChurch Craft Center and theWesleyan Potters Craft Center.Long began weaving in graduateschool at Wayne State University

and has also studied at CranbrookAcademy of Art and Haystack CraftSchool in Maine.

Long said she found weavingyardage for fashion too time con-suming and found that changingcolors and patterns for future fab-rics had more appeal. Now mostfabric designs are woven on com-puter-generated looms. There islittle need for hand woven experi-mentation except for personal useand one of kind constructions.

In Long’s textile class, sheteaches her students to experimentwith pattern and texture on frameloom. “While some students foundweaving tedious, for those whopersevered, the resulting work ofart was its own reward.”

Long, who will be teaching aclass on color theory in the fall,said, “Like the students, I findworking with color and textureexciting and I miss having thetime and equipment needed tobe able to seriously weave again.However, the application ofcolor is never far from my

mind,” added Long.In her class in fall, Long said

she hopes to share the insightsof color rendition which she haslearned from color selection anddesign in weaving.

Every day isMother’s Day

Your mom.She is such a great person, she

deserves the best on her specialday. Which day? The onefederally designated by corporateinterests, of course: this Sunday,May 8. You can be sure thatsingle mothers, working mothers,mothers of all stripes will bethanked on this single solitaryday- that will make up for the restof the year’s worries, fights andheartaches. Uh-huh.

In reality, mommy dearestought to be valued and cherished365 days out of the year, notallotted one lousy day in May. Itis unconscionable for us to spendhundreds of dollars on flowers,spa treatments or fancy dinnerson her one weekend, but forget tocall her every other weekend.This type of purchased filialpiety, masquerading as love, is asfalse as water and even murkier.

Let’s take a look at the facts,shall we?

According to the U.S. Census,there are about 82.5 millionmothers out there, and that’s a lotof nurturing to be thankful for.Whether it’s a natural birthmother, stepmothers, grandmoth-ers or some other female guard-ian, most people have been raisedby a mother figure, and it is onlythrough the sheer love anddedication of these wonderfulparents that we have turned outthe way we have.

And so, Americans spent $10billion on moms last year-compared to only $8 billion fordads. This year, the NationalRetail Federation estimatesAmericans will spend $11.4billion “to tell mom they loveher.” Isn’t that sweet.

Is anyone else disgusted atthis? Sure, we really want toexpress our feelings to mom, butto turn these emotions into aBurberry purse? Please.

There have got to be betterways to show our love anddevotion to our beloved mommas.

George Washington oncesaid, “All I am I owe to mymother.” I guess we all owe aheck of a lot to Washington’smother, too. No matter whatkind of mother you have, a“kissing mother” or a “scoldingmother,” or both, you mustadmit you would not be whereyou are without her.

Moms work really hard year-round, and perhaps some regularappreciation for the difficultand oft-unrecognized work thatthey do would be nice.

More than jewelry, more thanchocolate, more than a bushelof bouncing grandchildren, Ithink moms would appreciate asincere and heartfelt “thankyou.” And a bear hug.

It costs nothing, yet is worthmore than anything to her. Sowhy don’t you go thank yourmom while you still can.

Ohlone student rider with a causeBy TONY C. YANGStaff writer

Do you want to know how itfeels to ride a bike 585 miles fromSan Francisco to Los Angeles? AskOhlone student and cyclist CorieHowell: she’ll be able to tell you inless than a month.

From June 5 to 11, Howell willbe participating in the fourth an-nual AIDS LifeCycle, where shewill be riding south with at least1,200 cyclists to Los Angeles forcharity.

Despite working and going toOhlone, Howell, 21, has a brand-new road bicycle and is trainingevery other day. “It’s hard becauseI have full-time school and work,”she said. “The toughest part oftraining is getting in the mindset.”

Photo courtesy of Corie HowellCyclist Corie Howell

Ironically, Howell was in a do-nut shop when she first came acrossan advertisement for this year’sAIDS LifeCycle 4- and becomeinterested in the race for the “chal-lenge of it.” The fact that it was fora good cause didn’t hurt either.

As a charity bike ride, each ridermust raise $2,500 to qualify for therace. She is currently 1/10 of theway there, with around $270 raisedfor her LifeCycle fund, June 5 be-ing the final funding deadline.

After Howell raises enoughmoney and is prepared to ride, shewill be embarking on a six-day ad-venture from northern to southernCalifornia in June, along Highway 1and the Pacific Coast Highway.

Through rolling hills, artichokefields and dusty side paths, thou-sands of her fellow cyclists will con-

verge on Dodger Stadium at the endof the LifeCycle to commemoratetheir accomplishment and to remem-ber those who have passed away orstill suffer from AIDS and HIV.

More than 55,000 Californianshave AIDS and an estimated125,000 have been infected withHIV. The two main recipients of theLifeCycle charity funds will be theSan Francisco AIDS Foundation andthe Los Angeles Gay and LesbianCenter. The LifeCycle raised $5million last year for AIDS charities.

Howell seems anxious but ex-cited about her cycling prospects:“It’s scary when you think aboutit.” But she is comfortable with thewhole ordeal because, in its fourthyear, the LifeCycle seems “well-organized” and “so professional.”

“I want to see if I can do it,” she

By ALISHA FRANCISCOFeatures editor

The Louis Meager art gallery wascrowded at last Tuesday’s student artand design show. Later in the evening,awards were given out to more than30 students based on the artwork theysubmitted.

Cindy Luckoski, ceramics andgraphics design instructor, started theceremony by introducing the presi-dential award, a new award given tochosen participants in the art show.

Along with these awards, the stu-dents were invited to submit theirartwork to be displayed in the circu-lating art gallery in his office.

Several students who received thepresidential award were also nomi-nated, by the panel of art instructors,for a $5,000 art award.

“It’s amazing to see the quality ofwork and enthusiasm that is out there,”said Denise Owen, interior design in-structor.

Owen presented the awards forthe winners in the sculpting categoryin the art show. The winners received

Art show awardstalented students

cash awards from participating busi-nesses and the Associated Studentsof Ohlone College (ASOC).

“I've been really impressed withthe outcome from the photographydepartment,” said Paul Mueller, firstyear photography instructor.

Mueller presented numerous pho-tography awards and gift certificatesfrom the Negative Space in andPeninsula Digital Imaging.

The monetary awards and giftcertificates were all donated by vari-ous businesses like the Ohlone book-store. The ASOC also granted $2,000along with $900 from the OhloneFoundation and a cash donation fromDan Archer, member of the Board ofTrustees.

Although this tradition has beengoing on for more than 20 years, alot has changed since then. “DougTreadway has definitely showedsupport for our department,”Luckoski said.

“This is one of the best events ofthe year,” said Luckoski and with agroup of dedicated art instructorsand students, it can only get better.

said. “To test myself physically.” Itpromises to be the ride of her life.

You can help her on her way bycontributing to her LifeCycle charityfund by visiting:

http://www.aidslifecycle.org/6864

FEATURESMay 5, 2005 MONITOR 5

MarkMcCord

Students protest faculty hiring process

By ALISHA FRANCISCOFeatures editor

Don’t ever let someone’s workgo unnoticed. Instead, nominatethem to become Ohlone’s star ofthe month.

The stars of the month for April15 until May 15 are none otherthan Marge Segraves, computerstudies instructor and Maria Chi,cashiering assistant in financialservices.

Several people in the businessoffice nominated Chi. “She wasnominated because of her hardwork and dedication,” said KayHarrison, coordinator of the starsof the month program.

Along with Chi, several mem-bers of the computer studies depart-ment nominated Segraves becauseshe is “willing to go beyond what

was is expected,” Harrison added.Born and raised in Fremont,

Segraves has been teaching vari-ous computer courses at Ohlonefor four years. “I enjoy teaching,”Segraves said.

Besides teaching, Segraves alsoenjoys spending time with her fam-ily of 3 children and five cats.

Being star of the month is new toSegraves. “It feels very strange,”she said, “I never expected it be-cause there are many other peoplewho are so great.”

Each person chosen to be star ofthe month receives a certificate, cof-fee mug, free lunch and parking atthe top of the hill.

Nominations can be sent via e-mail with an explanation of whyyour person deserves to be star of themonth. For more information, visitthe Ohlone website.

New stars of month

Ohlone instructor invited to show work

Photo courtesy of Katie Frank

Power ofthe media

The most powerful tool evercreated by men was the media.By far the nuclear bomb is themost destructive tool ever created;but in many ways the media hasbeen just as destructive as 10nuclear bombs.

When the media is used in adestructive way it can lead tocatastrophes like the genocides inNazi Germany. In this case peoplewith twisted agendas took to theairwaves in campaigns of dissemi-nations that forever changed theworld.

As maniacal and twisted asHitler was, he could not have heldsuch a powerful influence over hisfollowers without utilizing toolssuch as his racist rant, MeinKampf, and having access toGerman airwaves. As evil as hewas, he was a master mediamanipulator.

For the longest time, the racistwhites in Hollywood studioscontrolled country images ofAfrican Americans. They createdthe image of the Sambo and manyother demeaning images.

A man named D.W. Griffith,whose film, Birth of a Nation,championed the Ku Klux Klan andportrayed the Black characters asvillains, produced one of the firstblockbuster films by an American.Yeah right, the KKK are righteoussaviors, whatever.

It wasn’t until the early 70’sthat we took control of our ownimages. I submit to you that 1971was a pivotal year for Blacks infilms, television and music. Here’swhy: In 1971 director Melvin VanPeebles released the seminalclassic Sweet Sweetback and hisBaaadasss Song.

This was the movie that startedwhat would later become the“Blaxploitation” era; it was farfrom the greatest movie ever, themovies attraction at least forBlacks, was that it was the firsttime that a brother stood up to “theMan” and fought back.

On television, a former highschool dropout and street hustlerfrom the South Side of Chicagonamed Eric Monte arrived in LA,and was a writer for a show calledAll in the Family; he was the guywho created the characters ofGeorge and Louise Jefferson.

Later he created the first allblack TV sitcom Good Times. In arecent conversation I had with Mr.Monte, he related to me hisdetermination to overturn thedegrading stereotypes that Holly-wood writers were so adept atcreating of Blacks.

He told me how in the firstmeeting he had with the writers forthe show, Good Times, they wrotedialogue like, “I be wantin’ to godown by da ribba.” You see, theyhad been writing junk like that foryears because they believed thatwas how we spoke. They had beenwriting it for so long that otherpeople believed it too.

Photos by Sean Crawford

Para Mi Raza IIOhlone College will be hosting its second annual Para Mi Raza

(For My People) II on May 12 from 5 p.m. until 9 p.m. in the GarySoren Smith Center. This event is free and open to the generalpublic.

It will honor J.J. Amaya, Ohlone radio personality, for his 25years on the airwaves on this radio show, Lowriding with J.J on89.3 KOHL FM.

J.J. Amaya will be honored for his Latino outreach in thecommunity and his accomplishments on the radio.

The event will be an evening of entertainment featuring theChicano Secret Service, a comedy group based out of Los Angeles.There will also be Aztec dancers, lowrider car show, food, give-aways, music, games and more.

"We want the Latino community to see what Ohlone Collegehas to offer. Across the nation, the number of Latino studentsenrolled in colleg ehas dropped considerably. Ohlone College iscommitted to promoting open access to higher education andactively reaching out to underserved populations," said DougTreadway, president of Ohlone College.

Admission and parking is free. For more information about theevent, please call Renee Gonzales, Student Services Assistant -Campus Activities at (510) 659-7311.

By SEAN CRAWFORDEditor-in-Chief

After gathering 200 signaturesin the span of two weeks, a group offormer students of Biology instruc-tor Dadbeh Rouhbaksh staged arally in the free speech area belowBuilding 1 Wednesday.

The rally was staged to accom-plish two goals, to raise the studentbody’s awareness concerning the

administration’s failure to hireRouhbaksh as a full time, tenuretrack employee and to publicly ques-tion why the Ohlone Monitor didnot run their petition in the previousweek’s paper.

A large portion of the studentsthat attended the rally cut classes tohave their voices heard, “It wouldbe a disservice to the students ofOhlone to lose such a great teacher,”said student Kammy Cobarrubua.

“Our money is welcome here, butnot our opinions,” added studentRebecca Tai.

The group was not acting withthe consent of Rouhbaksh, but hewas touched that his students wouldstage a rally to support him. “Ireally appreciate what the studentsdid for me,” said Rouhbaksh.

Rouhbaksh was interviewed forthe tenure track position and wasamong the finalists, but ultimatelywas not selected. “I was not hiredeven though I was fully qualified,so I resigned on principle [insteadof continuing as an adjunct instruc-tor for the fall semester],” saidRouhbaksh.

Ohlone President DouglasTreadway was confronted by thegroup as the rally was wrapping upwhile on his way to a meeting, but

took time to explain his position onthe matter, which he reiterated laterin a letter to the Monitor:

"I understand that the studentswere frustrated that their support ofa specific candidate was not made aformal part of the faculty hiringdecision process. In meeting withsome of the students it was clearthat they did not fully understandhow the hiring process works andsince it had apparently not beenexplained to them, they came upwith a petition in order to maketheir views known. Since we havehired a new instructor for the po-sition there is nothing more to bedone for this situation. However,this concern has alerted me to theneed to review the hiring processand student participation goingforward."

By ALISHA FRANCISCOFeatures editor

Ohlone professor “nose” whatshe’s doing in her first invita-tional gallery in San Francisco,Scents of Purpose.

Katie Frank, art instructor, cre-ated a large nose that is paintedwith a cloudscape for this event.The nose is made of ceramic witha couple of crystals encrusted init. “Everyone walks around withthe experiences the spices of life,”said Frank.

Scents of Purpose invites 90 art-ists and architects to reflect andinterpret on the Jewish symbol, thespice box. The spice box is a craftedbox that is filled with aromaticspices. During Havdalah, a prayerservice that concludes the Sabbath,the spices are inhaled and passed

on from person to person. Accord-ing to the invitation, “This is themoment of transition - when holytime is linked with ordinary time,the spiritual with the material,light with dark, rest with resump-tion.”

The artwork at the event is thensold at a silent auction and part ofthe proceeds will benefit The Con-temporary Jewish Museum’s edu-cation programs.

Frank was contacted by TheContemporary Jewish Museumlast summer and started brain-storming ideas for this event.

After missing the catalog dead-line, Frank tossed her first idea andstarted over. “The other one wasn’twhat I had envisioned.”

Frank said she is proud to beassociated with good people. Oneof the architects in the show helped

build the new Twin Towers. An-other artists are the head of theceramic department at UC Berke-

ley. “This is a huge deal to me. I’min it with great people who I’veadmired for many years.”

Katie Frank, art instructor, poses with her piece.

Abigail Plevin, daughter of student protester,rallies with other concerned students. President Treadway explains Ohlone’s hiring policies.

NEWS6 MONITOR May 5, 2005

OHLONE COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATION

(EFFECTIVE JUNE 1, 2004)POLICY: OHLONE COLLEGE IS A DESIGNATED SMOKE FREE COLLEGE.REGULATION: SMOKING IS PROHIBITED IN ALL COLLEGE VEHICHLES, BUILDINGS, INDOOR AND OUTDOORFACILITIES, HANDICAPPED PARKING AND ALL OPEN AREAS EXCEPT FOR GENERAL USE PARKING LOTS.THIS REGULATION APPLIES TO ALL PROPERTIES AND FACILITIES OWNED OR LEASED BY THE OHLONECOMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT.SMOKING CESSATIONFor those interested in smoking cessation, please visit the Student Health Center. We are available to help you formulate

a plan of action. You may also call the California Smoker’s Helpline at 1800 NO BUTTS.

By TONY C. YANGStaff writer

If your mathematical skill extendsbeyond the Pythagorean Theorem orthe multiplication table, the Ohlonemath team wants you.

Beating the odds, Ohlone gar-nered a grand total of 252.5 points inthe AMAYTC (American Math-ematical Association of Two-YearColleges) Math League test to winninth place in the nation for 2004 to2005.

The combined scores put Ohloneover the edge to become one of thetop 10 math squads in the nation,beating out tough local competitorssuch as DeAnza, Chabot and Foot-hill College.

For 2004 to 2005, Ohlone wasranked No. 5 in the Western Region.

The campus team consists of Jin

Cai, Daniel Dzoan, MerlineHidayat, Long Tai Lai, Hai Lin,Trang Nguyen, Nikita Shvachko,Ling Zheng and DavidZimmermann. Zimmermann wasthe top student from Ohlone, beingranked No. 6 in the West and No.20 nationally. “I am very happy,”said Zimmermann. “It’s terrific.”

Shvachko added, “Even thoughI never went to any meetings, weall took eight or nine practice teststo prepare.” Discussion and fur-ther quiz sessions rounded out thetraining for the math team, andwent a long way in terms of gettingstudents ready for the test.

The AMAYTC website states:“Problems (are) selected at the col-lege algebra/trigonometry level”but the student test-takers say it ismuch harder than it sounds. In ad-dition, the contest is given through-

out the year in multiple rounds, at onehour each, in multiple choice format.

According to Hirsch, what accountsfor Ohlone’s success in the AMATYCSML exam is three key elements; lo-cation, teachers and practice.

The reasons for success are, “First andforemost, natural talent nurtured in adiverse location,” said Hirsch. “Second,[the students] all had excellent math in-structors at Ohlone. Third, most, if not all,took plenty of practice tests.”

The students themselves are no strang-ers to hard work.

“It was hard at first,” said Hidayat.“But I’m glad I did it.” One of the femaleson the team, she will be returning in thefall to see if Ohlone can rise even higherin the rankings.

Hirsch is eager to see new mathemati-cal talent in action. “I encourage all withmathematical talent to join us in ourpractice next fall,” he said.

Math team places 9th in the nation

Student Yani Chen, left, and Genentechemployee Paige Lloyd talk at the BiotechFair on Wednesday at the Smith Center.Elaine Johnson, national director of Bio-Link, was the keynote speaker.

Biotech fair

Photo by Daniel Kwan

Ohlone sees off veteran teachersBy TONY C. YANGStaff writer

Retirement is never easy, but itcan be softened when accompaniedby strains of Hungarian RhapsodyNo. 2, by Franz Liszt. That’s exactlywhat happened at the Best House atPalmdale Estates on Tuesday, May3, when longtime Ohlone instructorsHoward DeWitt, Jim Klent, DennisRoby and Gloria Reid were serenadedinto retirement by pianists PresidentDoug Treadway and Foundation Di-rector Josephine Ong-Hawkins.

More than 70 guests affiliatedwith Ohlone crowded in and enjoyedrefreshments and cake at a retire-ment celebration put on by the fac-ulty senate and Ohlone Foundation.

At the Best House on PalmdaleEstates, various speakers fromOhlone’s past and present got achance to laud the four departingluminaries, who, together have serveda total of 112 years at the college.

Philosophy professor DennisRoby, whose daughter, Sarah Roby,continues the family tradition teach-ing psychology, was very graciousand low-key in accepting the manycongratulations; “I’m so happy tohave been able to teach.”

Several speakers gave their testi-

monials and praised Roby, beforehe took the stage. Speaking aboutRoby, the 34-year Ohlone veteran,and the other retirees, Biology in-structor Jeffrey Watanabe said, “It’sa wonderful thing to see how dedi-cated faculty members are.”

One of Roby’s students, DevinaDeo, said, “He was really funnyand eccentric. His lectures didn’tput you to sleep.”

Jim Klent, an “explosive” fix-ture in the chemistry department,ended his 38-year service at Ohloneby saying “I’ll miss my five-minutecommute.” His distinguished ca-reer kept extending longer andlonger, because: “Jim loved being ateacher, and he touched thousandsof students’ lives.” If you walk bythe chemistry labs, and carefullynote the gouges in the stucco walls,you’ll be able to see part of Dr.Klent’s rocket experiments thatcaught so many students’ (andteachers’) attention.

A history instructor, prolific au-thor known as “King Author” byhis friends and sometime Beatlespoet, Howard DeWitt spent morethan three decades teaching in oraround the vicinity of Ohlone, un-

less he was traipsing around theworld.

Retired biology instructor WaltHalland said of DeWitt, “He is oneof the most extraordinary teachers,who helped students.” There werealways crowds of students by hisoffice, Halland said, and DeWittwould always be giving advice orwriting letters to help students. Apublished author 20 times over,DeWitt also wrote inspiration onthe minds of many of his students.

One of DeWitt’s former students,an accomplished college jock-turned-successful businessman,gave a moving tribute to his abili-ties to motivate and teach: “I trulybelieve that the best measure of [aperson’s] success is the quality ofthe product of their labor. I am theproduct of [DeWitt].”

Reid announced her retirementfromher position in Reading andDevelopmental English in a March9 agreement with the college.

“We’ll miss them,” said speechinstructor Kay Harrison, who wasin charge of the ceremony. Admin-istration of Justice head professorRich Cominos said, “They were allgreat -- great mentors.”

By CLIFTON M. DER BINGStaff writer

Sarfraz “Raz” Mohammed hasbeen elected president of Associ-ated Students of Ohlone Collegeby 14 votes.

Mohammed received 264 votes,compared to 250 forAngie Hazeri.

A total of 561 votes were cast,up from 334 cast in May, 2004.

Wendy Lao was elected vicepresident, receiving 277 votes. SaraMirza finished second with 153votes. Tristan Tilma was third, with107.

Karina Laiwalla was elected rep-resentative at large, with 426 yesvotes and 60 no votes. She wasunopposed.

Ekta Patel was elected legisla-tive representative with 60 write-in votes.

Heta Desai was elected treasurerwith 47 write-in votes.

No one ran for student boardmember, so the position will beappointed by the new president.

Mohammed winsThe final results were not deter-mined until 1:30 a.m. Thursday.

In other ASOC business, theproposed new student activity cen-ter in the Building 1 lobby wasdiscussed at the Tuesday afternoonmeeting.

The purpose of the center is tohave a central, established place oncampus that will serve as a bridgeconnecting all students to campusorganizations and events. Both thestudent government and theInterClub Council will utilize thisarea in order to promote upcomingactivities and even recruit mem-bers.

Committee Chairperson WendyLao and her team members havedrawn a tentative design of whatthe future area will look like. Theplan sketches several uses for dif-ferent parts of the center: areas forclub brochures and flyers, an eventcalendar, main welcome table,ASOC suggestion box, photo IDwindow kiosk, as well as a Monitornewsstand and a “Letter to the Edi-tor” box.

CAMPUS EVENTSMay 05, 2005 MONITOR 7

OFFICE ASSISTANT-- Full or

part time internship, $8.50-10/

hour in Hayward. Must have

general familiarity with usingMicrosoft Office Suite and havestrong organizational, verbaland written communicationabilities. Duties include answer-ing multi-line phones, customerand vendor contact, assistingwith accounts receivable,serving as departmentalsupport, and performing otherduties and/or projects asassigned. #1428476

RECEPTIONIST-- Part time,$7-10/hour, Monday throughFriday from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. or1 p.m. to 5 p.m. in Fremont.Must have Microsoft Wordprocessing, Excel, and goodcommunication skills. This jobincludes answering phones andbasic office work. See Transfer& Career Services for moreinformation.

OFFICE HELP-- Part time, $8-10/hour, Monday, Thursday,Friday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. inFremont. Must be able toanswer phones, transfer calls,and file. Computer skills arealso needed. This position maylead to other job openings. SeeTransfer & Career Servicesfor more information.

DESIGN INTERN-- Full Time,$12-15/hour, 40 hours/week inFremont. Must be a self-starter,able to multi-task, have a goodsense of design and basicunderstanding of construction, 2years of experience, educationin Architecture/ Interior Designor related field, and Proficiencyin AutoCAD. Duties includeworking with principals of firmon drawing in CAD and handsketches, presentation draw-ings, and some administrativesupport. Typical drawingsinclude floor plans, elevations,sections, detail and layoutplans. #1434393

GENERAL OFFICE PERSON-NEL-- Full time, starting at $7/hour, Monday through Friday inHayward. Must know MandarinChinese –written and spoken,be familiar with Windows XPand basic software, be able tofile, and type at 30 wpm. Dutiesinclude general office duties inan import export business,phone sourcing and research,and working with productionpersonnel in various aspects ofthe business. #1433569

Read the Monitor online:http://ohlone.edu/org/monitor/

MAY5 College Recruiting-- All

day in the Transfer and CareerCenter. California State, East Bay,will be answering questions. Stopby the transfer and Career Centerto make an appointment.

5 Awards Ceremony--The Reception is at 5:30 p.m. in theJackson Theatre Lobby, and theCeremony is at 6:30 p.m. in theJackson Theatre. Come and showyour appreciation for the hard workof our students at the 23rd Annualawards Ceremony held by TheAssociated Students of OhloneCollege (ASOC).

5 Media Festival-- From3:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m in HymanHall. Awards will be given forstudent projects. Any one who isinterested in Ohlone's MultimediaProgram is Welcome to attend.

5 Informational Forum-- From 3 p.m. to 4:30 p.m in Room2133. Dr. Treadway has scheduleda campus-wide meeting to discussthe revised Fremont campus mas-ter plan and land use concepts, andthe student services building (ini-tial design).

6 Brown Bag Seminar--From 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. in Room3201. Jim Baxter will be discuss-ing "Insects As Vectors of DiseaseTransmission."

6 Festival SubmissionDeadline-- Today is the deadlinefor the 4th Annual Ohlone CollegeFilm, Video, and Multimedia Fes-tival.

8 Sleeping Beauty-- At 2p.m. through the Dance and The-atre Department. Call the box of-fice for more information.

10 A Night Of Fiction-- From 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. in theOhlone College Library. All fac-ulty, staff, and students are invitedto attend and hear readings per-formed by writers from CreativeWriting English 111A and 111B.Refreshments will be served afterthe readings.

11 Board Meeting-- At 7p.m. in the Child Development Cen-ter.

11 Ohlone ChamberOrchestra-- At 8 p.m. in the Jack-son Theatre. A spring Concert fea-turing the Bay Area's pianist RussellHancock. For more informationvisit the box office or call 510-659-6031.

12 Student Rep. SecondBill-- At 8 p.m. in the Nummi The-atre from May 12-14. For moreinformation visit the box office orcall 510-659-6031.

13 Academy of ArtUniversity Field Trip-- From9 a.m. to 3 p.m. with the Transferand Career Center in San Fran-cisco. Go to the Transfer and Ca-reer Center for more informationabout this tour.

13 College CouncilMeeting-- From 10 a.m. to 11:30a.m. in the Library Video Confer-ence Room, Building 1, Room 1307.

13 EOPS Awards Cer-emony-- From 3 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.in the Jackson Theatre. Join us incongratulating EOPS students asthey complete their goals at OhloneCollege.

14 Ohlone CommunityChorale-- At 8 p.m. in the GarySoren Smith Center at Ohlone Col-lege. Moments With The Mastersincludes performances by theOhlone College Community Cho-rale, Centerian Choir, CentervillePresbyterian Church, FremontChristian High School, AdvancedVocal Ensemble, and RevelationBrass Quintet. The event also fea-tures Rachelle Perry-Ward (So-prano) and Michael W. Rogers(Baritone) from the San FranciscoOpera. Call the Smith Center Boxoffice for more information at 510-659-6031.

15 Ohlone Wind Or-chestra-- At 5 p.m. in the SmithCenter. For more information con-tact the box office at 510-659-6031.

Ohlone College Super FleaMarket – Held the secondSaturday of every month inParking Lots E and H, from 8a.m. to 3 p.m. For more infor-mation contact Elaine Nagelat (510) 659-6285.

Free and Anonymous HIVTesting – Tuesdays from 11a.m. to 2 p.m. at the StudentHealth Center, Building 16.No appointment necessary.Call (510) 659-6258 for moreinformation.

Smith Center Box Office –Open Tuesday throughThursday from 1 to 7 p.m.and Friday and Saturdayfrom 1 to 5 p.m. Call (510)659-6031 or visitwww.smithcenterpresents.com

Library Display Cases -There are four display casesin the Library that featuredifferent interest for those atOhlone College. For more in-formation call Librarian KGGreenstein at 659-6000x5272.

Gay/Straight Alliance -meets every Thursday inroom SC-116 in the SmithCenter. Meet new friends andjoin in our activities and rapsessions. Open to all students.

Friday, May 6 is the dead-line for submissions to thefourth annual Ohlone Col-lege Film, Video, and Multi-media Festival. Entries mustbe an original work no longer

JOBS ANDINTERNSHIPS

For more information onJobs & Internships visitTransfer & Career Servicesin Building 1, 4th Floor,Room 1405A. Hours:Monday - Thursday, 9 a.m.to noon and 1 to 3 p.m.Closed Friday.

ONGOINGThe Monitor invites your com-ments. Letters to the editorshould be 250 words or lessand should include your nameand relationship to Ohlone Col-lege. Letters become the prop-erty of the Monitor, and may beedited for spelling and length.

than 15 minutes. Only DVD,DV and VHS formats will beaccepted. Call the TV Depart-ment for more information.

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Check out this week’sfeatured scholarships:

• JVA Business Services Scholarship for EOPS/Care students

• Fremont Bank Scholarship• Jones Hamilton Scholarship for Chemistry

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Foundation Scholarships CornerStudents can visit thescholarships web site

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By STEVENCHAVEZSports editor

TheFinalScore

Softball enter Regional Tournament as 7th seed

Happy Cinco de Mayo los niños!As some of you know, it is my birth-day today and I’d just like to saythank you for all the cards and e-mails that I’ve received from myfaithful readers... er, wait. I haven’treceived anything? Oh well, I stilllove you all.

On a better note, I’d like to abusemy forum to send out an über HappyMother’s Day to all The Final Score’sreader’s mothers for this Sunday.You’re a good lot for helping toproduce the readers of this column.And, of course, to mine own mom: Idon’t know what’s appropriate andwhat isn’t on this stage, but I loveyou lots and you’re the best. This iswhere the Karate Kid music comesin, “You’re the best around...” On tothe news:

John Rocker: You kind of have tolove this guy don’t you? Sure he’s afoulmouthed, racist, hypocriticalmoron, but you have to love hisstick-to-it-iveness.

During a game for the Long Is-land Ducks of the independent mi-nor league Atlantic League, Rockerwas pulled out of a game after sur-rendering the tying and go-aheadruns while retiring only one batter.

Mommy’s day and birthdays take precedentWhile Rocker was being yanked

from the game, a fan of the oppos-ing team yelled to Rocker, accord-ing to witnesses, “It’s a long wayfrom Atlanta,” to which Rockerreplied, “I’m still a millionaire.”

I’m not here to call Rocker a badguy, everyone else has and/or willdo that for me, but you’ve got tolove the guy for sticking to his gunsand not becoming a classy guy.

What got him to the pros in thefirst place is what is going to get himback or he’s not going at all, I guess.

His attitude may not be exem-plary but it is surely an example ofhow to ruin a perfectly good career.Listen up kids.

Brett Favre: This is hardly head-line news, but as you all knowI’m a huge Brett Favre fan. I lovethe way he plays the game, I lovehis passion and I love his charac-ter. I love that you can alwayslook to Favre to see how thingsshould be done, and I’m not talk-ing about on the field; I’m talkingabout off of it.

This time, he’s giving sound ad-vice to a teammate, Pro Bowl widereceiver Javon Walker.

Walker was a no-show at Pack-

ers mini-camp this week, holdinghimself out for an extended con-tract with more money.

Favre said, “If Javon wants toknow what his quarterback thinks,and I would think he might, I’d tellhim he’s going about this the wrongway. When his agent tells him not toworry about what his teammatesthink and all that stuff, I’d tell himI’ve been around a long time and thatstuff will come back to haunt you.” IfI’m Walker, I’d listen.

Walker recently hired DrewRosenhaus as his agent, the sameagent that told Mike McKenzie tohold out for more money from thePackers. McKenzie was traded afew weeks into that season.

Barry Bonds: The Giants, so far,have been just what I said they’dbe, a .500 team. Nothing really spec-tacular, nothing really horrible. Just

Lady Renegades to take on three teams they’ve defeated during seasonBy STEVEN CHAVEZSports editor

The Lady Renegades found outtheir fate last Friday in a meeting ofmost of the softball coaches fromaround the state, landing in the num-ber seven spot for the Northern Cali-fornia Regional Tournament thisweekend.

Ohlone is the seventh ranked teamin the state according tojucaltransfer.com, but recent losseshurt their ranking.

They were slotted in with the four-some that will play at host WestValley College in Saratoga, withgames beginning on Saturday, May

7 at 2 p.m.Ohlone will take on Taft Col-

lege, whom Ohlone defeated dur-ing the March Madness Tourna-ment, in the first game of the tour-nament. The winner of that gamewill move on to play the winner ofthe game between West Valley andSolano.

The loser of the first two gameswill play each other, with the win-ner advancing and the loser goinghome. The bracket will continue inthis manner until three teams havelost twice and are eliminated.

Ohlone also defeated West Val-ley and Solano College earlier inthe season, so this bracket could

bode well for them.There will be three other brack-

ets consisting of four teams thatwill be playing in the same style oftournament this weekend, withgroups playing at Delta College,Shasta College and Siskiyous Col-lege.

The winners of each of thesebrackets will then be paired withthe four winners of the bracketsfrom Southern California, whichwill make up the teams for the statetournament.

Also over the weekend, Ohlonefound out that they had five playersmake the jucaltranser.com stateteam, two making the first team.

Pitcher Kristine Beristianos andshortstop Keri Macinsky bothrecieved first team honors.

Possibly more encouraging tothe future of Ohlone’s programthough, freshmen first basemanMissy Cross and catcher Kelly Tay-lor made the second team and util-ity player/designated hitterAngelina Franceschini rounded outthe five players by making the thirdteam.

Ohlone has had over a week nowto get their players healthy and theirminds focused on the task at hand.

“Shame on us if we’re not readyto play,” said Head Coach DonnaRunyon.

Photo by Taylor Dunn

Kristine Beristianos will tryto lead Ohlone to victory.

a team stuck in the middle, like thePadres.

There are two problems though:first they lost closer ArmandoBenitez for at least four months,which would make his return verylate this season if at all this year.Second, their best player, BarryBonds, just had the third surgery onhis right knee in the past four monthsand hopes for him returning any-time before the All-Star break arelooking like prayers.

What does this mean for the Gi-ants? Two words: not much.

The team is going on as if theyaren’t going to see their best slug-ger in the lineup anytime soon andthat seems just fine with them. Theteam is actually improving aftertheir horrendous start and this squadof role-players seems ready to playwith the big boys.

The biggest surprise this yearhas to be Lance Niekro and hispenchant for the long ball in toughsituations. The rookie is big, strongand is going to be an All-Star withinthe next three seasons with playingtime, which is never guaranteed toa Giants youngster.

Also surprising, only to me ap-parently, is the reemergence of

Edgardo Alfonso.Alfonso is hitting .341 with 2

homers and 16 RBIs so far thisseason and is making himself astrong case early for comebackplayer of the year.

Bonds, however, may simply beplaying the role. How many timesin the past two or three years haveyou heard the Bonds mantra that hewas tired and he was old? I’veheard it many, many times and I’mstarting to think that his plan is totake the first few months off untilthe Giants need him.

Notice how he keeps gettingbetter, then the Giants start win-ning and he gets worse.

Bonds is simply biding his timethis season before he comes backand passes Babe Ruth and wins hisfirst world championship all in thesame month. Yeah, and I’m thenew columnist at the Chronicle.

Frank Francisco: Anyone see thatthe man famous for throwing a chairat a fan during a fight at the Oak-land Coliseum was lost for the sea-son recently due to an elbow in-jury? No? Guess you can’t becomeinfamous without using racial slursthese days. Violence doesn’t cut it.

Terrell Owens: Last and least, theman who can’t be satisfied, Mr.Owens.

Mr. Owens believes that it is hisright to claim more money than thecontract that he signed last seasonrequires.

He believes he is entitled to thisextra money because, as he so elo-quently put it, he’s not... wait, I’lllet the man speak for himself.

When asked what more he couldhave done to help the Eagles defeatthe Patriots in the championshipgame: “Nothing, I’m not the onethat got tired.”

Owens, of course, was referenc-ing quarterback Donovan McNabband the rumors that he was so tiredat the end of the game that he wasthrowing up on the field.

McNabb has always denied thisrumor, saying that had nothing todo with the interceptions he threwat the end of the game.

That’s a great way to try to getinto the good graces of manage-ment and your teammates, taking acheap shot at the team’s leader.

Mr. Owens, shut up and play.