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Ohlone trustee election heats up

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Children from Ohlone’s Kidango Child Development Center dressed up for in the annual Imagination Parade Oct. 31. The children gather in the Child Development Center and march to the Student Services building. This year, Kidango has renamed the event the Imagination Parade to avoid endorsing Halloween. “Either way, we just call it fun,” says Jamie Valdez, teacher at the Child Development Center.

By MANIKA CASTERLINESenior editor

The failure of Proposition 30 could result in the loss of 210 course sections offered at Ohlone within the next year, said Ron Little, Ohlone vice-president of administrative services during a roundtable Wednesday on the impact of Propositions 30 and 38 on the community college system.

The panel, held in Jackson Theatre, included various c a m -pus of-ficials and the S t a t e Senate M a -j o r i t y Leader E l l e n C o r -b e t t (D-San Leandro).

“I cannot fathom the idea of not having a community college system,” said Corbett.

WebAdvisor currently re-flects the cutbacks as being the worst-case scenario, Little said. WebAdvisor would add those courses back if Prop 30 is passed.

Both propositions will in-crease personal income taxes for those who earn $250,000 or more every year. College students would not benefit by the passage of Proposition 38 but would if Proposition 30 passes.

Proposition 30 promises to give the majority of the money earned through the tax initiative to K-12, leaving 11 percent to higher education, including community col-leges.

It will also charge a 1⁄4-cent sales tax, which would con-tinue for the next four years.

Prop 30 will allocate the money to schools K-12 pro-grams and to colleges all across California.

Proposition 38 would only insert fiscal capital into K-12 programs.

“Our community college system is being taken for granted,” said Jim Wright, vice-president of academic affairs.

If both propositions are passed, the proposition with more votes will be the one that

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By MANIKA CASTERLINESenior editor

The four candidates vying for the three available seats on the Ohlone College board of trustees have a battle on their hands this November.

The four – incumbents Teresa Cox and Greg Bonac-corsi and challengers Kevin Bristow and former trustee Bob Brunton – each seek a seat on the Ohlone College board of trustees where they are the ultimate boss of the college president, faculty and administration.

They work together to make policy decisions and

set the long-term vision of the academic institution.

With fur-ther budget cuts looming, the choice of which three will serve on the board is criti-cal. The quartet of board can-didates each touts their own backgrounds.

Among the four, Brunton’s r e c o r d h a s come under

fire from faculty and from a former Ohlone College president.

Several inci-dents throughout his decade of ser-vice have turned him a controver-sial figure. In an interview with Brunton, he of-fered his side of past events.

Brunton was removed from the board presidency both times he held the position.

The first time

in 2001 occurred because of remarks he made about his fellow trustees.

In 2006, board member removed him after a quote he gave the Tri-City Voice that suggested former Ohlone Col-lege President Doug Treadway did not have the college’s long term interests in mind.

Brunton is the only trustee to receive the boot from the board presidency since the college was founded in 1965.Accreditation criticism

In 2008, the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges cited the board for four accreditation

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COURTESY OF/ MARLON MAGSAKAY COURTESY OF/ BLAKE WINCHELLLeft: A float at the Giants Parade Oct. 31 hypes up the crowd. Right: Tim Lincecum and his team greet fans in the SF parade.

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GRECHEN WILBURNART“Women’s issues. We are begin-ning to see the differences in the parties based on treatment of women.”

DARRYL SAN PEDROPSYCHOLOGY“What they choose to do with the education system and al-location of funds.”

SONNI COTTRELLBAKING/PASTRY“It depends on individual agenda. The older crowd will pay more attention to health-care, younger voters will care about education.”

What will have the biggest influence on voters this election?

By JASON WARDOFFStaff writer

In the 2012 presidential campaign between Republi-can Party candidate Mitt Rom-ney and Democratic President Barack Obama, the offensive was played during the initial debate and was then followed by a tasteful comeback by the president two weeks later.

Romney portrayed his insight on the current presi-dent’s values for the country in the past four years to demon-strate what he calls “his idea of a better system.”

Gov. Romney presented dozens of goals and ideas that all will put America level in a circulatory playing field of business.

The goal for both candidates was a constant comeback in voter alliance throughout the election.

Romney painted the de-bates red, white and blue while

stand to be cut if the budget crisis continues.

He is very much in touch with the student and faculty population and will work to serve our best interests.

If elected, Bristow has said his top priority is to keep edu-cation accessible to students an ensure they can get in and out of Ohlone in a reasonable amount of time.

By HEATHER HEGEMANOpinions editor

The outcome of recent political polls shows that the upcoming presidential elec-tion is going to be a tight race.

While no one disagrees that this will be a close election, poll results are not an accurate way to predict results.

“Poll results reflect the mindset of voters during the time the poll was conducted,” said CBS News Director Of Surveys Sarah Dutton.

To gain a better perspective on the viability of each candi-date, it is more beneficial to look at the overall campaigns of each candidate.

Obama’s initial campaign strategy was to remain relaxed and hold his electoral firewall.

His policies and positions have remained consistent throughout the campaign.

Throughout the campaign, Romney has been anything

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They both worked hard to see the college through those rough times and succeeded.

If they remain on the board, they will be a definite asset when Ohlone undergoes ac-creditation review again in 2014.

Bonaccorsi recognizes the ability to work as a cohesive unit with other members of the board as a key responsibility of a board member.

Both candidates have an affirmative track record of constructive cooperation with other board members.

With experience and a vi-sion for a better Ohlone, the Monitor strongly endorses both candidates.

Kevin Bristow has never held an elected office before but is able to view the diffi-culties being faced by Ohlone from a unique perspective.

Bristow is currently the coordinator of the Renais-sance Scholars Program. As a former foster youth, he is a product of the programs that

Editor’s note: This edito-rial represents the view of the Ohlone Monitor edito-rial board.

The Ohlone Monitor has chosen to endorse candidates Greg Bonaccorsi, Kevin Bristow and Teresa Cox for the three available seats on the Ohlone board of trustees.

As students with a vested interest in the positive image of our college, we believe these are the candidates best qualified to maintain our school’s public image and standing as one of California’s top five community colleges.

As incumbents who came onto the board in 2008, Teresa Cox and Greg Bonaccorsi have a proven positive impact as board members.

Bonaccorsi and Cox both cite the 2008 accreditation risk as the reason they chose to run.

Both trustees were handed a tough project, according to Bonaccorsi.

JOSEF DEVOSUNDECLARED“Probably the debates. People watching them and the candi-dates responses to the ques-tions.”

Monitor endorses three candidates for trustees

The Ohlone Monitor has decided to oppose the candi-dacy of Bob Brunton.

We do not believe it is in the best interest of the students if he were to be elected. Due in part to his actions during his last term, Ohlone almost lost its accreditation.

The school will face ac-creditation again in 2014 and cannot afford to come under

that type of fire again. The stu-dents stand to lose too much.

While we at the Monitor believe in forgiving the past, Brunton is, at best, in denial of his former mistakes and has not provided satisfactory evidence that history will not repeat itself.

We urge you to vote for Bonaccorsi, Bristow and Cox for the Ohlone College board.

but consistent. His strategies, positions and at times platform have changed based on public response.

It is this lack of consis-tency that caused political correspondent Jon Hunts-man to call him a “perfectly lubricated weather vane of politics.”

“Obama’s ads overall had the desired effect: They in-creased his share of the vote by six points while decreasing Romney’s share of the vote by 8 points on average,” said Molly Ball, a staff writer for the Atlantic.

He has run more positive ads than the governor and his negative ones have had more of a favorable impact.

According to Ball, Rom-ney’s ad run by the super PAC Americans for Prosperity ac-tually harmed the governor’s popularity among women voters, a demographic with which he could not afford to

become any weaker.It is an undeniable fact that

Obama is more popular among women, minorities and youth.

John Cassidy, political writer for the New Yorker, said that he had never seen a more successful ad campaign focused on painting a negative picture of a political opponent than the Obama anti-Romney campaign.

Heavy media coverage of the Republican war on women this past summer as well as certain comments made by Romney and those close to his campaign that leaked to the media have severely af-fected his standing with these integral groups.

The polls may show an even race and recent debate per-formances may have closed the gap.

On Election Day, however, the results will show that Obama ran a more successful and solid campaign.

Obama was re-establishing his goals for a second term, so much so that Obama seemed to be changing his campaign strategy and responded with a flashy smile while speaking to reinstate his views.

The president came back in a sense to make a better stand to nullify his opponent in his own way to satisfy the people.

Romney took the lead as the one with the most to say and the most to argue over. Obama, in the past debates, showed him as the voters’ most popular choice.

While the country consid-ers a president, the funding committees publicize their candidates.

Candidates examined in closing days of election

AVALON ROBERTSENGLISH“How likeable the candidate seems. Obama seems pretty likeable and Romney doesn’t.”

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ending barage of advertis-ments in the swing states.

“I watched the first presi-dential debate and it seemed like Obama just let Romney kind of go off,” first-time voter Victor Ramirez said.

“Then in the other two de-bates, Obama came off really strong to me and made me forget about the great showing Romney had in the first one.”

While the presidential elec-tion is the most prominent, a slew of other propositions as well as disputed offices have intrigued the interest of sev-eral first-time voters.

“At first I just wanted to vote for president and leave ev-erything else blank,” Ohlone student and first time voter Paul Akin said.

“Then I started reading about all of the other local offices like Fremont mayor

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KEVIN BRISTOW

Occupation: University academic adviser Kevin Bristow has worked as a program coordinator, for the Renaissance Scholars Program in CSU East Bay and he was also an educa-tion specialist through the Independent Living Skills Program. Currently, he is a board member of the Chilpancingo Assisted Liv-ing. Education: Bristow has a master’s degree in public administration and a B.A. in Psychology. Plans: Bristow wants to ensure fiscal responsibil-ity with proper budgetary safeguards, boost revenue to better student and resident experience by using front-age property resources and manage the implementation of Measure G. Key endorsements: Alameda County Demo-cratic Party; Alameda Labor Council, AFL-CIO; John Burton, chairman, California Democratic PartyQuote: “I’ve always fought for students who haven’t been given the best lot in life.”

GREG BONACCORSI

Occupation: Junior high school teacher

Greg Bonaccorsi is a member the Who’s Who Among Teachers, an edu-cation board, a member of the Redevelopment Agency Relocation Appeals board for the city of Fremont.

He was the president of the Fremont Unified School District Teachers Association from 2000-2005. Education: Bonaccorsi has a B.A. in biological sciences from Humboldt State Univer-sity. Plans: Bonaccorsi wants to prioritize strengthening Ohlone’s Board of Trustees in order to make the col-lege more responsive to the community. He wants to increase the educational pos-sibilities at Ohlone College in order to make it a gateway of post-secondary education. Key endorsements: Busi-ness for Good Government; PAC of the Fremont Cham-ber of Commerce; Alameda County Democratic Party Central CommitteeQuote: “I want to reach out to our community and be advocates.”

TERESA COX

Occupation: Ohlone Com-munity College District Trustee Teresa Cox is a member of the Fremont Economic Development Advisory Com-mission.

She also represents the city of Fremont delega-tion to improve relations with Chinese and Indo-American communities. Education: Cox has a B.A. in nuclear engineering from Northwestern University.

She also got a master’s degree from the University of Rochester. Plans: As a trustee, Cox wants to preserve Ohlone’s accreditation for the highest quality of education in order to sustain the top five honors within California community colleges. Key endorsements: Doug Treadway, Ohlone Communi-ty College president emeri-tus; Ohlone Faculty Senate Governing Council Quote: “We have been prudent and are only dipping into our reserves now.”

BOB BRUNTON

Occupation: Certified financial planner Education: N/APlans: N/AKey endorsements: N/A Quote: “Proposition 30 pretty much shows what is bad about Sacramento. You are passing a temporary sales tax that everyone pays.

“Community colleges need money, but this is not the way to do it. The state and then Sacramento treat community colleges very poorly.

“They are using this method to entice us because they know community col-leges are so popular with the citizens.”

Voters register to make their voices heardBy LOUIS LAVENTURESports editor

Every four years Americans who have the right can change how the country is run.

The presidential election is the most obvious sign that vot-ing time has come yet again.

For many, this marks a chance to have their voices heard regarding the issues that are at stake. For first-time voters, it is just the be-ginning of being able to flex their political power over the issues that affect their day to day lives.

President Barack Obama and Republican candidate Mitt Romney are on the cam-paign trail, leaving a wake of first-time voters – some of which seem to be more con-fused than ever by the ardous political process and the never

and propositions 30 and 38 that could directly change my education.”

This year the California State Secretary Debra Bowen’s office offered online voting registration. According to Bowen, more than 1 million registration applications have been submited to county election officials since mid-September.

Online registration can account for the overall spike in the levels of registration.

However, the local picture is different.

The Ohlone College library set up a voter registration information center at the circulation desk and kept the forms available for everybody.

“The deadline to register was last Monday and unfortu-nately we did not see a rush in registration,” Ohlone College

librarian K.G. Greenstein said.

“The first time I voted, it was a huge moment in my life and very memorable so first-time voters should be thrilled to have their voices heard.”

Television network MTV even launched a campaign to appeal to first-time and younger voters, called the “Power of 12,” but it appar-ently didn’t have much impact locally.

With so many issues that will have an immense impact – especially locally – the lack of enthusiasm has been apparent on campus. Even first-time voter Akin noticed.

“My friends aren’t vot-ing even though they are all eligible because they think that their vote won’t make a difference and things will take care of themselves.”

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Dia De Los Muertos

Students learn, lead and give through APASA

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(Top) Skeleton figurines decorate the Ohlone library to commemorate Dia De Los Muertos. The Puente club hosts the event of Dia De Los Muertos in the library with activities.(Left) Tyler Botelho experiences the Mexican holiday through face painting. Half of his face is painted as a skull to represent loved ones who have passed away.

(Above) A table for paper flower making entertained students with mixing and rolling colorful pieces of paper together.(Right) The Ohlone Library, Mecha and Puente helped deco-rate and make a variety of pieces illustrating the importance of Dia De Los Muertos.

By NORI SASAKIStaff writer

For students who are trying to find a new environment, the Asian Pacific American Student Association is an ideal club.

In this club, students can deepen their understanding of Asian Americans with great enjoyment.

The club welcomes all students of any cultural back-ground.

“First, we start off the meet-ing with a fun Asian American fact and have a quick discus-sion about it,” said Melanie Cairel, club secretary.

“Second, we do a fun ice-breaker to get to know each other better.”

APASA is planning several events for the fall and spring semester.

“We held an open gym badminton night where any-one could drop by and play for a good three hours,” KC

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Members of the Asian Pacific American Student Association include (from left to right) treasurer Linh Lam, member Kamu Tolentino, Cheryl Leung, marketing director KC Coronejo; president Tanya Abarado, vice-president Nancy Liu and mem-ber Josh Harner.

Coronejo, marketing direc-tor, said.

“Half of our proceeds have gone to the Viola Blythe Foundation stationed in Newark in the form of rice and dried pinto beans,” said Cornonejo.

“This event is our club’s most popular event,” said Coronejo.

“We are planning to host another badminton night on Nov. 16.”

Many students say they decided to belong to APASA

because of a friendly and warm atmosphere.

“APASA’s atmosphere is like you can walk into the club meeting without knowing anyone then walk out with a couple of good friends,” said Iris Zhou, Inter-Club Council Representative.

In addition, students can mature through APASA ac-tivities.

Club member Nick Ale-jandrino said, “I gained leadership skills and received good advice from the APASA adviser and my fellow peers.”

“These skills and advice will definitely help me through school and later on in life,” said Alejandro.

They interact, learn and get involved.

APASA meetings are every Thursday at 3:30 p.m. in room 7107.

“I always look forward to the next meeting. Something new always happens in APASA,” Cairel said.

‘ I gained leadership skills and received good advice from the APASA adviser and my fellow peers’

--Nick Alejandrino

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‘Cloud Atlas’ bounces among time periods

A giant leap leads to another

First time voters step to the polls

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A student prepares to observe the moon from a telescope at Star Night: Curiosity -- a regular fund-raising event held by the Ohlone College Astrophysics Club.

By FRANKIE ADDIEGOCorrespondent

Ohlone’s Astrophysics Club held its “Star Night: Curios-ity” fund-raising event on Fri-day with discussions focusing on the possibility of creating hospitable environment for life on Mars.

As part of the event, the Astrophysics Club adviser Eric Wegryn set up telescopes so that students could observe such heavenly bodies as Mer-cury, Jupiter and the moon.

Club Vice President Jenni Christian’s began the night discussing “Astronomy To-day,” emphasizing the im-portance of studying space and stars.

“Astronomy is an ancient form of science,” she said, adding that even the most primitive observations “would tell them when to start harvest-ing or prepare for winter.”

Social media coordinator Rhealyn Letada introduced the topic of terraforming – the

process by which scientists hope to create an atmosphere like our own on the surface of Mars — to the discussion.

Letada described the his-tory of Mars.

The planet is divided into three different geological pe-riods including the Noachian epoch, which is believed to have been a time when Mars had an abundant amount of surface water.

The theme of exploring the Red Planet continued with a speech by Club Secretary Bobby Bosack, who discussed the history and current state of Mars rovers.

They were planned for 90-day missions.

Opportunity is still active on Mar, and Spirit lasted until May 25.

Currently, the rover Curios-ity is surveying Mars.

“It’s the biggest and best rover we’ve built,” said Bo-sack.

Switching gears, Club Pres-ident Nabeel Naqvi delivered

a speech titled, “How We are All Star Dust.”

“Every atom in your body comes from a star,” said Naqvi, “and it couldn’t have gotten there if the star hadn’t died.”

Naqvi talked about how the Big Bang Theory came about after Robert Wilson and Aarno

Penzias—two scientists at Holmdel, New Jersey’s Bell Labs—discovered microwave energy in 1964, which led to the Big Bang theory.

The evening closed with an enthusiastic speech by club member Josh Macha.

“Humanity builds on it-self,” he said. “We actually

have the same brains as our ancestors.”

The Astrophysics Club meets Tuesdays from 9 to 10 p.m. to observe the moon and planets in our solar system.

The club has held holding “Star Night” once each se-mester since it was founded in the fall 2011.

By MARRA-MARIE MAGSAKAYFeatures editor

The United States has come a long way since voting was opened to all races, colors and genders and one of a U.S. citizen’s duty is to vote.

Some students at Ohlone College have had experience with the voting process, while other students have yet to experience the poll booths.

Student Arielle Silvas, only 16 years old, stays informed even if she cannot vote yet.

“I do keep up with the news because it is interesting,” said Silvas.

ASOC President Amit Patel is excited for his first voting experience.

Patel prepares himself for the general election by “read-ing up on the propositions and getting myself educated,” said Patel.

“I think every student should vote,” said Patel.

“Community college is the largest voting community. They can really make a dif-ference.”

Fresh out of high school and first-time voter Ashlee Stancill said, “I’m excited to do the whole act of voting.”

However, another student and first-time voter Shafi Ayubi doesn’t see the value in this year’s election.

“I am not voting,” said Ay-bui. “I don’t agree with any of the candidates.”

The first time Ohlone Col-

By AMY HYEIN PARKStaff writer

“Cloud Atlas” is a good film overall.

It’s a three-hour block-buster filmed like the pieces of a puzzle with the six different stories in succession.

Even though it has various stories with different times, it’s not very hard for cinema audiences to understand what the film wanted to talk about.

The directors – Tom Tyk-

lege history professor John Kenney voted was in 1984 for Ronald Reagan, while he was still in high school.

“I couldn’t wait to vote,” said Kenney. “I’m glad it was my first vote; it was the only winning vote.”

Although he said the value of his vote may or may not mat-ter, it is his way of expressing his views.

Student CJ Jones first voted in 2000 for Democratic can-didate Al Gore.

He called voting “a normal thing to do.”

“I was kind of bummed that Bush won,” said Jones. “But it’s not stopped me from voting.”

Student David Martin’s first vote was eight years ago.

“I don’t think it [votes] mat-ters toward the presidential election but matters towards the propositions,” said Martin.

Board of Trustee member Vivian Larsen’s first vote was more than 30 years ago.

“I had to stand in line and punch the card,” said Larsen.

She was an immigrant from Chile who became a citizen and registered to vote.

“The whole ideas was I’m here, I’m not in my country,” said Larsen. “I voted. I believe in expressing your opinion.”

Registered to vote students, first time or not, will help define and mold the history of the United States.

Students votes matter in one way or another, it is their future.

wer, Andy Wachowski, and Lana Wachowski – make the different stories connect simply.

Normally, changing the scene suddenly to another story line might make the viewers confused.

However, it’s clear in this film.

The special effects used in this film are also well done.

First, they used costumes properly making the audi-ences understand what the

era was or what the characters are about.

Second, they used rich sound effects, letting each scene sound exuberantly.

For the one of the stories, the film described it as “Neo Seoul, the future of city (2144)” and a fighting scene on the very high and narrow place.

They used tight music with windy effects to illustrate the tense scene. It let the audi-

ences build up the tension.

Lastly, the acting was re-ally good.

Each actor and actress performed well with his or her character em-phasizing each one’s charac-ter.

After watch-ing the film, viewers were left with many things to think about: life, the past, greed and one’s relation-ship with oth-ers.

This f i lm would be high-ly recommend-ed for those who want to step back from their daily life and just think of real life.PHOTO COURTESY OF / WARNERBROS.COM

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Continued from Page 1warnings because of trustee behavior.

The warnings came after Brunton set up a table in the cafeteria and attempted to so-licit the opinions of students, according to the commission’s report.

According to Treadway, Brunton was forceful in grab-bing students by their arms.

“He was a problem trustee that caused stability problems because of overreaching,” Treadway said.

Brunton said he does not recall ever doing what Tread-way said.

He added that he only came to campus once to visit his eldest daughter.

“It wasn’t a single action jeopardizing our accredita-tion,” Brunton said.

Regarding the tabling incident, Faculty Senate president Jeff O’Connell, said, “I worry that he doesn’t think about the consequences of what he is doing before he does them.” Chinese visit

Brunton created another controversy in 2006 when the Ohlone College Founda-tion hosted a delegation from China.

At the time Brunton was a sales manager at Transparent Products, which is a touch screen company located in Valencia.

According to CNET faculty member Richard Grotegut, Brunton attempted to sell products that his employer manufactures to the visiting Chinese delegation.

Asked about that issue, Brunton’s voice rose flippantly as he denied any wrongdoing.

He replied that members of the delegation asked him what he did for a living.

According to a letter written by trustee Garrett Yee, Brun-ton later went on to reference foreign exchange activities as “junkets.” Sex-for-grades policy

Brunton also got into deep water with faculty over his comments regarding initiating a sex-for-grades policy as a condition for him to sign off on a faculty contract.

“This came up in a discus-sion where the University of California Berkeley had lost a lawsuit because a student had an affair with a faculty member,” Brunton said.

He said that he raised sex-for-grades as an issue not because he was insinuating that such actions were occur-ring at Ohlone College, but as a measure of protection just in case anything similar would go happen here.

Brunton touted his prior experience of serving on the board as an asset and said believes that he has learned from it.

“I can’t control what they talk about, but that’s all past history as far as I’m con-

cerned,” said Brunton of his critics.

“They want to talk about the past in a negative way, but they don’t want to talk about it in a positive way,” Brun-ton said and voice lowered in register when admitting that it hurt when individuals pigeonholed him. Brunton claims

Brunton took credit for three major accomplishments during his time on the board: the hiring of President Gari Browning, the final location of the Newark campus and that the board will lease, not sell, the frontage development property.

“At the guts of who I am, good or bad is this; I am a strong advocate for the stu-dents and the taxpayers. The second thing is I am a strong advocate for open and thor-ough government,” Brunton said.

He said he believes that the current board is “absolutely” too polarized.

Brunton said he hopes to bring friends and connections through the Ohlone College Foundation if he wins a seat on the board.

Other campus officials see Brunton in a different light.

“I can’t find any friends or connections that he brought

in 12 years,” O’Connell said. “He has a motivation to be

a whistleblower and then to correct those problems,” said Treadway.

Brunton said he is proud the things he did in the past.

“I made a positive impact. I plan to make a positive impact in the future and it is Ohlone’s loss if I’m not elected,” he said. Other candidates

Along with Brunton’s return to the spotlight, three other individuals are seeking a spot on the board.

Board candidate Kevin Bristow works at CSU East Bay as the coordinator for the Renaissance Scholars Program, which offers support services to foster youth and has never held elected office prior to his board run.

“It gets to be very frustrat-ing when you constantly feel like you’re raging against the machine, but you’re apart of it so there is nothing you can do to change it,” Bristow said about why he is running.

Bristow said, “I don’t find any value in focusing on the past and whatever drama was there because there is obvi-ously a lot of drama there.”

Financial issues will face the board regardless if Propo-sition 30 is passed or is not

in November and newcomer Bristow acknowledges that as a fact.

He said, “I’m very much a product of the services that on the chopping block such as EOPS.”

Bristow takes a pragmatic approach in how believes he has to deal with problems that might face him.

“I’m not under any illusions that I’m going to be able to wave a magic wand and fix everything,” Bristow said.

According to Bristow, his top priority is that education remains accessible and that students can get in and out in a reasonable amount of time.

Board incumbents Cox and Bonaccorsi joined the board in 2008 when the college’s accreditation was at risk and they each said that it was the driving rationale as to why they each first ran.

“Times were tough and the board of trustees was more focused on micromanaging the professional staff at the college than leading on im-portant issues of policy and vision,” Cox said.

Her board colleague Bonac-corsi said, “We were handed a tough project.”

According to Diana Garza, executive assistant in the president’s office, the board

and the college president agreed to put in effect a best practice policy that the presi-dent’s office would be notified whenever a trustee was visit-ing campus.

While it is not an official policy, trustees adhere to the stipulation.

“I have done a good share of campus visits during my four-year term. I am always interested in doing more,” said Bonaccorsi.

“I feel that being a visible trustee not only supports the work of the entire board, but, more importantly, demon-strates my support of the col-lege and keeps me grounded in what it is that our board should focus on as we set poli-cies affecting both campuses of Ohlone College.”

According to the commis-sion’s report, “Recommenda-tion 5 stated that the board of trustees would cease involve-ment in college and district operations and delegate all non-policy issues and policy implementation at the district level to the president.”

Bonaccorsi said the board of trustees continues to address this by recognizing that the board creates policy and the president carries those poli-cies out through administra-tive procedures.

“This helps to keep the board from micromanaging the president and getting entangled in matters that are clearly – not policy deci-sions,” he said.

The top priorities of the incumbents Bonaccorsi and Cox are the accreditation process that the board will guide the college through in 2014 and the campus’ finan-cial solvency.

The governing council of faculty senate has endorsed Bonaccorsi, Cox and Bristow. It also opposes Brunton’s candidacy.

“Bonaccorsi and Cox have shown they are very capable as board members,” O’Connell said.

Bonaccorsi, who now is in the position of board presi-dent said, “I want to play a positive role in making sure that the Board of Trustees is responsive to the community, while maintaining a formality of discourse whereby deci-sions are based on extensive input from all sides and are transparent.”

Cox said she is running for re-election “to ensure that our accreditation remains at the highest levels of achieve-ment and to be an effective advocate for our students, faculty, community to oper-ate a world-class community college that provides access to the education, training, workforce talent and tech-nologies local students need to succeed in 21st century jobs and careers.”

The top three placing can-didates will become trustees.

Trustee election critical to Ohlone’s future

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Up close and personal with mayor candidatesANU NATARAJAN

Occupation: Vice mayor and program director.

Natarajan is an experienced city planner and architect.

During her tenure on Fremont city council she has been an independent voice on the thought issues.

Natarajan has used her experience as a city planner to help facilitate the general plan to help build Fremont’s economic growth.

While on the council, Natarajan has facilitated the continued progress of several major infrastructure projects including the BART exten-sion to Warm Springs.

In 2006 Natarajan served the city as the event chair-person for the Celebrate Fremont.

She marshaled hundreds of volunteers and local busi-nesses to celebrate the City of Fremont’s 50 anniversary. Education:B.A. in archi-tecture from University of

AZIZ AKBARI

Occupation: engineering student; University of South-ern California Plans: Increase funding for schools; bring more jobs to Fremont, including tech, biotech companies, retail, and dining and entertain-ment options; preserve historical lands and sites.

STEVE CHO

Occupation: Self-employed software consultantCho was active in the PTA and Site Councils at Warwick Elementary, Thornton Junior High, American High School and other community and professional organizations. He has served on the Fremont City Charter Committee (1997), Fremont Planning Commission (1998-2000) and as the president of Citizens for Better Community (1999 and 2007). Cho is also a member of the Niles Rotary, Fremont Chamber of Commerce, Centerville Business and Community Association, Warm Springs

Business and Community Association, South Bay Chinese Club. He is co-president of the Fremont Symphony Orchestra, District Chair for Boy Scouts of America, Mission Peak District; treasurer for the American Association of University Women; Board Member of Ohlone College

Foundation, Board Member of the Santa Clara Vanguard. He served as a Fremont councilmember from 2000 to 2008. While on council, Cho served on the League of California Cities (LCC) board of directors and was the president of the LCC Asian Pacific Islander (API) Caucus.Priorities: Bring business to Fremont; create jobs; increase city revenue; strengthen city emergency services; update and maintain city infrastructure; balancing land development; develop a cultural and performing arts centerEducation: B.A. mathematics, Washington University; M.S. computer science, USC

LINDA SUSOEV

Susoev provided no official information. The following information is gathered from the Fremont Argus.Occupation: Housekeeper and private investigator. She has never held public office.Education: Graduated from Mt. Eden High School

BILL HARRISON

Occupation: Certified Public Accountant and Co Owner Harrison Accounting Group

Bill Harrison has been a member of the Fremont City council since 2006. He was re-elected in 2010.

From 2001 to 2006 bill served on the Fremont City Planning Commission.

Harrison currently serves on Warm Spring BART Advisory Committee, Sunol Express Lane Joint Powers Board under the Alameda County Transportation Com-mission (ACTC), city of Fremont East Bay Regional Parks Committee; president and treasurer of the board of directors of Kidding Child

Care Centers; president and treasurer of the board of directors of the Children’s Fund of the Bay Area; a member of the Centerville and city of Fremont Com-bined Project Committee, director and community service chair of the Fremont Kiwanis Club.

Education: Gradu-ated from Washington High School, Fremont; B.A., business economics with a concentration in account-ing, University of California, Santa Barbara

Plans: Creating jobs, local economic growth; restoration of city services and strengthening Fremont Police and Fire departments; working to improve schools

Key endorsements: Fremont Firefighters, Lo-cal 1659; Alameda County Democratic Party;Alameda Labor Council, AFL-CIO

Washington; M.A. in urban design and planning from University of Washington Plans: Make Fremont a hub for green and emerging tech-nology; enhance Fremont as a great place to live, work, and play; strengthen the one city many neighborhoods vision Key endorsements: Betty Yee, California State Board of Equalization; Gus Mor-rison; former Fremont mayor; Kamala Harris, California attorney general

Proposition 30 roundtable

Continued from Page 8“Jackson Zarubin is a

good all-around person and is a great example of a well-balanced student athlete,” Russell said. “We expect him to compete for some serious innings this year.”

Zarubin is hoping to have a great season and continue

to play baseball collegiately after Ohlone. TCU, Long Beach State and Fresno State are some of the schools that Zarubin would be interested in transferring to following his career at Ohlone.

Whatever path baseball takes Zarubin on he seems to be accepting and relying

on the fact that his faith and religion will help him make the right decisions and stay on track to reach his dreams ath-letically and professionally.

“I don’t preach or try and overwhelm anybody with my faith or beliefs, but I am sure people know I am religious,” Zarubin said.

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is enacted.Proposition 38 will raise

taxes for those earning more than $7,310 per year over the next 12 years.

Proposition 30 is backed by Gov. Jerry Brown and will funnel funds into the state’s General Fund.

This is why chief Propo-sition 38 backer and civil

rights attorney Molly Munger opposes it.

Munger’s argument is that Proposition 30 is not going to directly allocate money to the cash strapped system of education within the state of California.

Roundtable moderator Kay Harrison asked Corbett if Proposition 30 is ultimately being used as a shell game to

campaign against.“Anyone who would try to

confuse voters by calling it a shell game should be ashamed of themselves,” Corbett said.

The panel encouraged stu-dents to be informed about both of the propositions.

Corbett was more direct.“Vote yes on 30 if you care

about the economy and chil-dren,” Corbett said.

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Jackson Zarubin pitches for Ohlone College in Fremont during one of the fall scrimmages.

By LOUIS LAVENTURESports editor

Faith.It’s something that a lot of

people have, but most don’t have the commitment to their faith or spirituality the way Jackson Zarubin does.

The Ohlone College sopho-more is returning to the Ohlone baseball team that was the 2011 CCCAA state champion runner-up to Delta College.

The sophomore Zarubin lists Tim Tebow as one of his favorite athletes who himself has become a polarizing fig-ure because of his faith and beliefs.

Sports and religion often go hand in hand, but are not usually discussed because of the politically correct era we live in where nobody wants to offend anybody else. Zarubin doesn’t like to preach but makes it clear that his faith is primary in his life.

“The most important thing to me besides sports is defi-nitely my faith,” Zarubin said. “I was brought up in a

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National League Championship Series Most Valuable Player Marco Scutaro rides along the parade route with his family on Market Street in San Francisco Wednesday. The San Francis-co Giants swept the Detroit Tigers en route to their second World Series title in three years.

Giant parade for champs

Achanzar out indefinitely with a torn ACL

LOUIS LAVENTURE / MONITORLady Renegade Tamara Achanzar before suffering the injury.

By MARRA-MARIE MAGSAKAYFeatures editor

“Do or do not; there is no try.”

–Yoda, “The Empire Strikes Back”

First-year soccer player Tamara Achanzar did not just try; she did everything she could for the Lady Renegades.

Achanzar tore the ACL (anterior crucial ligament) of her right knee during the Lady Renegade soccer game against Cabrillo College Oct. 12. It was the worst injury of her soccer-playing career.

“I went into the tackle too late,” said Achanzar. “I knew it was too late.”

But the center middle field player stuck with it for her team. The Lady Renegades won the game 3-1.

Now, she walks around the school in sweats with a full leg knee brace and is able to bend her leg only to her knee.

Coach Larry Heslin said Achanzar couldn’t play any-more.

“Her knee went to the left and her body went to the right,” said Heslin.

With one of the Lady Ren-egades starters out for the rest of the season, the team will have to “Try harder but is still a strong team,” said Heslin.

“It’s going to be tough. She controlled the center,” said Heslin. “One of the girls has to step up and control the position.”

Achanzar attended pre-ha-bilitation sessions at Ohlone

Christian household where religion and faith were very important.”

His parents met at church a few years after they both graduated from college. They both ran track in college; his dad at Fresno State Univer-sity and his mom at Wheaton College, which explains their son’s athletic abilities.

After marrying, his parents wanted a change of scenery and moved to Hawaii where Zarubin was born.

“We lived in Hawaii un-til I was about 6 years old, when my parents decided they wanted to move back to California,” Zarubin said. “My mom is from Redwood City and my dad is from San Francisco. I think they just missed it.”

This created another con-nection for Zarubin, who plays for Coach Julian Russell the 2011 Northern California Co-Coach of the Year. Rus-sell played for the University of Hawaii, Manoa and also was an assistant coach at the university for two years.

Zarubin has played base-

ball almost all of his life since starting tee-ball at the age 4. He has primarily been an outfielder before making the switch to pitcher his senior year at Foothill High School in Pleasanton.

“We had a really good team while I was at Foothill with a

lot of outfielders,” Zarubin said. “I decided to make the switch to pitcher because I have a strong arm and for more playing time.”

Zarubin was a reliever on last year’s Ohlone team and hopes to compete for a start-ing job this season. The 6

foot 1 inch Renegade still is not sure where he wants his education to take him, but law enforcement is something that intrigues him.

Russell had nothing but great things to say about the sophomore Zarubin.

Renegade Revealed: Jackson Zarubin

after her classes. The pre-hab prepares her for surgery in six to eight weeks.

During pre-hab, she does “a number of exercises to strengthen and get my range in motion back so the surgery and recovery will be smooth,” she said.

“I’m scared. I’ll be in crutches for three weeks,” said Achanzar. “I’m not the person to be on crutches.”

After surgery, her rehab will be as long as needed. The more work and consistent rehab, the sooner she will recover.

She calls herself an “adren-aline junkie.” She planned to go on a tropical vacation during break. Achanzar said reluctantly, “I guess I’ll have to stay low.”

Even though Achanzar takes a seat for the rest of the season, she still has the energy to support her team.

“She helps us out on the bench, helps us get pumped

up,” said HeslinAlthough Achanzar stays

positive, it is not enough for her.

“I miss everything,” said Achanzar. “I’m upset that I’m not able to play.”

Team captain Celia Ochoa called her team member’s

style as unselfish.“She’d rather pass the ball,”

said Ochoa.With support from family

and friends, there is no doubt that Achanzar will be ready for next season.

“She seems like the per-son to recover quickly,” said Ochoa.

Coach Heslin agreed that Achanzar would be “ready to go next semester, fully recovered.”

“I will not let this hold me back,” said Achanzar.

The Lady Renegades will be back in action on Friday when they take on the City College of San Francisco in Fremont .

‘ I miss everything. I will not let this hold me back.’

--Tamara Achanzar

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