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The U.S. Postal Service announced on Feb. 6, 2013 its plan to change mail delivery to a five-day sched-ule as it tries to recover from ac-crued losses.
Postmaster General Patrick Do-nahoe addressed the public and re-vealed plans to cut Saturday mail delivery and processing. However, package delivery will retain its six-day schedule. P.O. boxes will still receive mail on Saturdays. The de-cision was a result of “a major im-balance between costs and revenue” as stated by Donahoe.
“Since 2008, we’ve seen a steady decline in the use of first-
class mail. It’s our most profitable product and generates the most rev-enue,” Donahoe said. He stressed that nowadays, people prefer to make payments online. The sched-ule change is said to help the Postal Service cut costs of approximately $2 billion annually.
In 2012, the Postal Service de-clared $15.9 billion of financial losses. About $11 billion of the said amount was due to a required pay-
ment to U.S. Treasury for health care benefits.
According to Postal Service spokesperson James Wigdel, they are required to pay about $5.5 bil-lion annually to prefund retiree health benefits. This obligation is mandated by the Postal Account-ability and Enhancement Act of 2006. “We had to default on those payments because we did not have
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Communications and triathlons
Do you plan to take Communica-tions 1 in the future? Take it with Catherine Brewer.
Ms. Brewer has been instruc-tor here at Chabot for six years and also instructs at Laney College and Diablo Valley College in San Ra-mon. Despite being an instructor for three different colleges in the Bay Area, Ms. Brewer also likes to participate in triathlons.
The following interview conducted by Edrene Abueg gives insight on who Catherine Brewer is as an in-structor and her passion for doing triathlons.
Q: What made you decide to be a communication studies instructor?A: As normal college students do,
you tend to change your major many times. I was doing health and then I was doing psychology. Then I took a class, which was one of the last classes I had to take, and it was this class (Communications 1) that I currently teach, it was public speaking. I was thinking that this class is really cool. At first I was a nervous wreck, I was afraid to do it, but once I learned how to do it, I thought it was really empowering.
So I decided that this is what I wanted to teach. I’ve always known that I wanted to be a teacher; I just didn’t know what I was going to be teaching until I took that class.
Q: What do you find most chal-lenging in teaching?A: I think all teachers have their challenges and unique challenges. As a part-timer for me I teach at
three different campuses. So I’m really spread out and don’t always have the time, like my office hours are in chunks.
It would be so nicer if I can have an hour dedicated to each class that I’m instructing and have more interaction with the students.
Q: What are your best and worst experiences as an instructor here at Chabot?A: My worst experience is when I had a student who was really dis-ruptive in the class and I tried my best to work it out with the stu-dent because I wanted them to stay and learn. This person was having problems outside the classroom that was affecting them inside the classroom. So they eventually
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During the month of September 2012, Instagram announced that it was acquired by Facebook, re-sulting in changes of Instagram’s Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.
Since the announcement, In-stagram has released statements through blog posts and emails to its users, letting them know of the new changes and updates. One being that Instagram was going to begin adding advertisements and promo-tions to its service.
Following this announcement was a misconception that Insta-gram was going to sell users’ pho-tos intended for advertising. How-ever, Kevin Systrom, co-founder of Instagram said in a blog post, “Our intention in updating the terms was to communicate that we’d like to experiment with innovative adver-tising that feels appropriate on In-stagram. Instead it was interpreted that we’re going to sell your photos to others without any compensa-tion.”
“This is not true and it is our mistake that this language is con-fusing. To be clear: it is not our intention to sell your photos,” he adds in the post.
Instagram’s policy on who can view users’ photos has not changed and is the same prior to being ac-quired by Facebook.
Systrom also explains that Ins-tagram would like to use advertis-ing in a way that would promote other companies or businesses. He gives an example that a way users would be involved in advertising is that their actions, such as “follow-ing” the company or “liking” one of the company’s photos. He adds that a user’s profile photo may ap-pear if one is following the com-pany’s account.
When a user signs up for Insta-gram, they must agree to the Terms of Use and its Privacy Policy. Its newly updated Terms, which came into effect on Jan. 19, 2013 states under point one of the “Rights” section,” Instagram does not claim ownership of any content that you post on or through the Service.”
Also in the Terms of Use, point
Instagram’s updated terms
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the funds,” Donahoe said. The Post-al Service seeks to “close the bud-get gap” and “repay the debt” in the long run.
The plan was initially pro-posed in 2009. The Postal Service has taken steps such as reducing work hours, consolidating mail processing facilities, and reducing the workforce by 193,000 to help
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released by the Postal Service, 70 percent of Americans supported the idea of a five-day delivery. Spokes-person Wigdel thinks that if the poll was done after the announcement, the number would be higher.
The survey was concluded by a market research done by the Postal Service and a separate research by news organizations.
The American Postal Workers Union issued a response condemn-ing the plans declared by the Postal Service. According to the said state-ment, it will only “deepen the agen-cy’s congressionally-manufactured financial crisis.”
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dropped the class and for me that’s always the hardest because I can see when students want to try and want to succeed and when they have ob-stacles outside of school that pre-vent them from staying in school. It’s heartbreaking because every-body deserves to have an education.
My best experience is finding that fine balance of what works best and in so I think teaching is the best job because I get to meet so many people who then if they want, de-velop a friendship beyond the class-rooms. I have a lot of close friend-ships with former students.
Q: What do you want your students to take away after taking your class?A: I believe that communication is all perception and how we view people, events, etc. affects how we communicate with others. Do we choose to engage with them or not?
We have the responsibility to keep an open mind as human be-ings. If we have a negative per-ception of something we’re go-ing to have to change it. If we can learn how to change that negative perception, our lives can expand greatly. That’s what I want my students to take.
Q: How long do you plan on teach-ing?A: Forever. As long as I possibly can.
Q: What made you interested in tri-athlons?A: For years I would watch the Ironman on CBS. The Ironman was the biggest triathlon you can do. It was so inspiring watching the events year after year. I thought I could never do that until one day I thought that I should try it. Then I did.
Q: Have you had any injuries while doing these triathlons?A: I’ve had my share of injuries but nothing serious or nothing that’s prevented me from participating. Just minor aces and pains.
Q: How many triathlons have you participated in?A: Started my first triathlon in 2009 and ever since then I’ve done about 16 triathlons.
Q: Are there any skills from teach-ing that you’ve used participating in triathlons?A: Self-discipline goes across the border. Teachers give home-
work and then they have to grade the homework. For me that’s not the fun part of being a teacher. So I have to set aside time that this is when I’m grading papers. It’s self-discipline to grade papers just like its self-discipline to train for these triathlons.
Also positive communication, because as a teacher you can have doubts, and sometimes that doubt seeps in, same thing with triathlon. Also step out of your comfort zone. In order for us to grow, a lot of us have to try things that are uncom-fortable.
Q: What do you find most chal-lenging in preparing for a triathlon?A: The running. I’m a fairly good swimmer and cyclist but I’m a ter-rible runner.
Q: Was there anyone who inspired you to do this?A: I was watching “The Biggest Loser” and was inspired. One of the guys who won the show was Matt Hoover. He did an Ironman [triath-lon] and on one of his interviews I remember him saying, “Sometimes you got to go out there and see the big guy trying.” I really con-nected with that because I’ve been told many times that I could not do
something because of my weight. He really inspired me to do an Iron-man.
Q: What did you learn about your-self while training for these triath-lons?A: I got an Iron Man tattoo because too me it symbolizes strength, de-termination, and courage. That is what I learned about myself in the process of preparing and doing these triathlons.Q: For people who’s never partici-pated in a triathlon, do you think it’s a good experience to participate in one and if so why?A: I have made life long friends from this sport. I think the pros that do this for a living have been really encouraging to see average people participating in these difficulty events.
You get so much support, it can’t hurt to try it, and you also get the benefit of exercising. When you’re on the course people are cheering you on to keep on going and never give up. It’s just so inspiring and motivating.
For those interested in contacting Catherine Brewer or want to get infor-mation about her classes, email her at [email protected].
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Chabot College community education classes for spring 2013 are on the way.
Chabot College Dean of counseling, Dr. Matthew Kritscher gave information about this spring’s community education classes.
“There are a lot of classes for community education courses even work shops.
There are different types of classes offered for people including, people who are looking for a job and people who want to train for a job, and the spring education courses really help,” Dr. Kritscher explained.
He also talked about workshops to help people, especially a workshop to show people how to look for a job.
Dr. Kritscher had a workshop last Tuesday on
how to search for a job or change a career. This was part of the community education classes.
There are a variety of classes that peop l e c a n c h o o s e s u c h a s photo, piano and guitar, and automotive classes.
“I really recommend for students that want to attend the 2013 spring community courses classes to sign up fast before it is too late,” Dr. Kritscher said.
Each class also has a fee, to get more information those interested can check the 2013 spring education community courses booklet or contact the counseling office.
This year Chabot’s community education courses also have some new classes and they are project management certification and safety training.
Dr. Matthew Kritscher a l so men t ioned tha t returning favorites are back
for example auto wholesale dealer notary public, cake decorating and other classes.
F o r a d d i t i o n a l informaiton about the 2013 spring community education classes at Chabot College you can contact Dr. Matthew Kritscher or
make an appointment with a counselor located in building 700 upstairs in room 752 or email the counseling department at [email protected].
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While some people may know exactly what they want and where they want to be,
that may not necessarily be the case for the rest of the student population.
Chabot College is aware of the prevalence of this issue and is focusing on ways to help ensure their students achieve academic, professional and
work oriented goals. One way they plan to
do so is by offering Career and Transfer workshops throughout the month of February in the Career and Transfer Center.
The workshops are open to all Chabot students and will include the following topics: major exploration, job search, Eureka-Careers, transfer basics, scholarship search and resume building.
The workshops will include helpful handouts, identify useful websites and give students the opportunity to ask questions and get answers from counselors and facilitators.
When asked why these workshops were set up Chabot counselor Felicia Tripp said “Counseling and the Transfer and Career Center created these workshops (which they have held for over the last five years) to ensure students get needed information on critical topics regarding their career choices, transfer goals and employability.”
The workshops kicked off on Feb. 5 with the major exploration workshop, aimed to help students learn the process of choosing a major. This was followed by the job
search workshop on Feb. 6, 2013 and the Eureka-Careers workshop on Feb. 7, 2013.
These workshops were designed to help students become familiar with job applications, networking and interviewing skills. It also introduced students to the Eureka-Careers database that aids in researching majors and careers.
Upcoming workshops include Transfer Basics on Feb. 14, 2013 at 4 p.m. in room 758. This workshop explains to students what they need to know to successfully transfer from Chabot to four year universities including
CSU’s, UC’s and private schools.
Scholarship Search will be held on Feb. 21, 2013 at 4 p.m. in Room 758. This workshop focuses on teaching students how to research and apply to scholarships. Lucrecia Ugarte a second year Chabot College student said she benefitted from previously attending this workshop. “The biggest thing that I got out of it was seeing different varieties of scholarships that are out there for me alone. For example the Latina Scholarships, there are leadership scholarships, sports scholarships, academic
scholarships and there are community scholarships. Wherever you’re from they will help you out.”
The Resume Building workshop will be held on Feb. 27, 2013 at 12 p.m. in room 758. Students will be taught how to create the key parts of a resume and include all necessary information to make their resume stand out.
The last workshop-Job Search-will be held on Feb. 27, 2013 at 12 p.m. in room 758.
For more information you can visit the Career and Transfer Center in room 761 of Buliding 700.
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Dr. Kritscher, dean of counseling gives out information on new and returning spring classes at Chabot College in Hayward, Calif.
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On Tuesday, February 5 and Wednesday, Feb 6. 2013, ASCC hosted Club Rush at Chabot Col-lege for the students to know about the opportunities that can be ex-tended to them.
The clubs at Chabot College are all about having a sense of commu-nity and sharing one common goal.
According to Skye Ontiveros, head of Interclub Council of Chabot College or ICC, “Common goal of clubs is to create and offer commu-nities to students.”
Clubs extend the opportunity to show case what Chabot has to of-fer and the new experiences that can come along the way to the students. The most important factor that clubs offer is a sense of community because it contributes to students of always having help in school and being able to have someone there.
There are 32 different clubs,
which means that there are 32 dif-ferent and unique communities at-tending Chabot.
Ontiveros said, “Clubs reach out to the student body and help students explore different options that can come across their path, plus clubs are super fun.”
The clubs extending their op-portunities for the students to check out included: Chabot College Inter-national Club, Cheer, Puente Club, DRSC Club, Anthropology Club, Satori Club, Project S.E.L.F., For the Cross Club, and Students for Social Justice, Gay Straight Alli-ance, Chemistry Club, and Biology Club.
Other outside sources were able to attend this and let students know about their own services such as U.S. Army, U.S. Navy and the Ma-rines.
Club Rush helped promote oth-er clubs and get the word out about what Chabot has to offer. Many of
these clubs help the Hayward com-munity, and other parts of the world. They also help students discover themselves and become leaders.
A student, Hector Huerta, who is a part of the Puente Club, talked about the many great aspects of be-ing in the Puente Club.
“This club is to help build lead-ers so they can come back to the community and give back,” Huerta said.
The Puente Club helps many students that are in a crossroads in their life by building connections and creating a bigger community. Moses Coderv, of For the Cross Club, talked about many good points for their club and how they provide Bible study for Chabot Stu-dents and anyone of any religion and age can come.
This club also helps out many causes around the world. Last se-mester alone, they had 50 members in which Coderv was very excited
to talk about. He expressed the fun activities and the advantages of be-ing in the For The Cross club.
Last year, For the Cross helped out an orphanage in India by send-ing gift boxes and Christmas gifts, and had a drive for homeless chil-dren in Third World countries and the United States.
The Chabot College Interna-tional Club is a great way to meet new people that come from differ-ent cultural backgrounds.
Nate Schribben, a member of the International club explains, “ [It] teaches people how to act in a society because we don’t always meet other people from different culture.”
Chabot Chemistry Club is try-ing to build a bigger science com-munity. The members in the Chem-istry Club make new friends and do interesting things like “make Play-Doh,” a fun activity they did at Club Rush to attract new members.
Austin Chauv, president of the Satóri Club, a Japanese and Korean culture club, talked about the many great aspects of having Club Rush.
“ [It] helps us create awareness of our club, but also the rest of the clubs,” Chauv said.
Many students join this club be-cause they all have a common in-terest in enjoying Japanese and Ko-rean culture.
Diversity at Chabot is an amaz-ing asset that the college has for its students. Without having Club Rush, the students would never know about the 32 different clubs that Chabot College has to offer.
Ontiveros shared a quote by her favorite author, John Muir, “If you’re going to accomplish any-thing, do it with clubs.”
Club Rush day at Chabot
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How withdrawals affect your academic careerMany students may or may not know that withdrawing from a class, or having a “W” on your tran-script can affect you academically.
Now there are many reasons why a student would withdraw from a class. It could be because he/she is not performing well, their class conflicts with work, have oth-er responsibilities such as children, medical issues or they just don’t want to take the course anymore.
“I suggest students withdraw from class when they know they don’t have the time and energy re-quired to pass the course,” says Dara Greene who is a Chabot coun-selor and instructor.
Greene also suggests that those who aren’t performing well in class talk to a counselor before deciding to withdraw. “We can often offer perspective and help the student make the right decision.”
When a student gets a W, the W
does not get calculated and there-fore does not affect the student’s GPA. In regards to students plan-ning on transferring, it could or could not have an affect on them being admitted depending on their situation.
Students planning on transfer-
ring to a CSU (California State University) won’t have to worry about having W’s impacting their admittance since CSU doesn’t look at W’S. “The exception to this is
in nursing programs at the CSUs where having a W in the pre-requi-site courses can affect your admis-sions,” Greene adds.
However schools under the Uni-versity of California (UC) system may want to know why any student interested in transferring to their school has many W’s on their tran-script. Greene points out that “If a student has that history it is in their best interest to address the issue in the personal statement.”
Students should also be aware that they can only have three at-tempts to take a course. If a student withdraws, then it will count as an attempt. This is especially impor-tant for courses that students are required to take such as Math, Eng-lish, Communications, etc. in order to transfer.
For example if a student had to withdraw English 1A two times in the past because they were strug-gling, then they better try a lot hard-er their third time since it will be
their last of three attempts.Withdrawing from a class can
also affect those students with their financial aid. Students that with-drew all their classes in the se-mester when they received a grant might have to repay for that grant.
According to Chabot’s Student Academic Progress Policy: “A stu-dent who withdraws or receives an “F”, “I”, “IP”, “NC”, OR “NGR” in all his/her classes will automatical-ly be suspended if s/he received any financial aid, regardless of whether or not the withdrawal occurred dur-ing the ‘Grade of No Record’ period of the semester, or shows up on an academic transcript. Repayment of funds may be required.”
For more information about withdrawals, please visit sched-ule an appointment with a Chabot Counselor in the second floor of Building 700 at the counseling of-fice.
The last day for students to with-draw this semester is April 14, 2013.
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Clubs offered candy, raffles to win prizes such as an iPad mini and information about themselves to tudents during Clubs Rush day at Chabot College on Feb. 6, 2013.
Students and community members gathered Tuesday Feb. 5, 2013 at Chabot College to dis-cuss the City of Hayward’s future General Plan during a workshop held by the Development Services Department and the General Plan Task Force.
“The purpose is to get input from people on what are the issues that we should address in the general plan” said Erik Pearson, Hayward’s se-nior planner who led the workshop. The work-shop gave attendees an opportunity to express their opinions on Hayward’s General Plan, the city’s assets, problem areas, and opportunities.
The group discussed aspects such as Hay-ward’s reputation, the school district and how the city can help vitalize the local economy. Community safety, education attainability, eco-nomic development and cultural resources are all aspects of Hayward the General Plan hopes to address.
With a two-year timeline for development and approval, the General Plan relies on in-formation from these workshops to form an idea of what the community wants their city to look like in the next 30 years.
A popular concern was Hayward’s undesir-able reputation for being dangerous. “Perception is so crucial”, a community member contributed.
“My parents feel the same way,” a Chabot student added. “They really like Hayward, but then over time I guess, things changed.”
Because of violent activity that has increased in Hayward, the reputation has gone down, pre-venting people from spending time and money in Hayward. Francisco Zermeño, Chabot Col-lege professor and city council member, noted, “Some of my students don’t want to get shot when they shop at Southland [Mall].”
Another contributing factor to Hayward’s safety issues is the city’s schools. “Something that creates the ‘plight of Hayward’ is the school district,” another community member men-tioned. “It’s such a central part of why people choose or don’t choose to live in the city.”
Many people agreed that Hay-ward’s school district is not up to par with sur-rounding districts, contributing to the negative per-ception as well as encouraging peo-ple to send their children to school elsewhere.
Along with the school district and safety issues, a large topic was downtown Hay-ward.
“What we need is a place to shop, to do practical things,” said a participant. With a convenient location near the BART sta-tion, the downtown area has potential to attract many shoppers. The economic issues coming from high rent and failing businesses have pre-vented it from achieving that potential, leaving many stores empty.
The city of Hayward may have many chang-es soon, however, the General Plan intends to maintain these changes long term. “Every 10 years we should look at the plan, look at what we’re doing. Every five years we should see, ‘Okay, we put this bench mark. Are we reaching it?”,’ says Zermeño. Ideally, the city of Hayward will be the result of the community’s contribu-tions by the year 2040.
“Brainstorming happens when you build on other people’s ideas,” said Professor Veroni-ca Martinez, who also is a part of the General Plan task force. “I just wish we had more var-ied ideas.” Questionnaires asking for ideas were passed around and filled out, as well as a poster board open for ideas.
The General Plan’s two year schedule started in Fall 2012. The Task Force hopes to have the
plan finished by Summer 2014. While every city and county has a General Plan, Hayward is em-phasizing the input from the community to plan and formulate what the city will look like 2040.
The conversation held during Tuesday’s workshop reached out to Chabot students. How-ever, input is needed from families, workers, students and all community members in order for the Task Force to gain a well-rounded under-standing of what Hayward should look like in the future.
“We’re hoping people get interested and stay involved throughout the process” says Pearson. “We’ll be having additional workshops in March [and] we’ll be talking about more specific policy options.”
For people who missed the workshop, the Task Force launched a website in January, www.hayward2040.org. Similar to the workshop, community members can offer ideas, approve other ideas, and become a part of the conversa-tion regarding Hayward’s future. Information on the General Plan is posted at www.hayward-ca.gov/generalplan, including dates for future workshops, contact information and detailed schedules regarding Hayward’s General Plan.
Local residents gathered at The Bistro in downtown Hayward for the thirteenth annual Double India Pale Ale or IPA Beer Fest on Sat-urday Feb. 9, 2013.
With over 60 beers on tap, people arrived ready to celebrate the fest as early as 11 a.m.
The Bistro, owned and run by Cynthia and Vic Kralji, is located on the corner of B Street and Main Street. Main Street was closed down for the day to make room for the vendors and the beer fanatics. The Bistro was prepared for their IPA Fest to be a popular event. By 12 p.m. the line was trailing down the street.
Beer tastings at the fest started at $50 for five tastings, and $2 per tasting after that. T-shirts, sweatshirts, and other memorabilia were avail-able for purchase as well.
Live music was scheduled for the all day Fest. The Allman Brothers, Double IPA Fest regulars, started at 12 p.m. filling the street with their blues music. The Coffis Brothers followed at 3 p.m. Bad Boy Bruce and the Blues Mob brought the Fest to an end, with last call at 6 p.m.
Vendors included Lagunitas, Guiness, and Si-erra Nevada. Beers available for samples were of the “IPA” variety. Many of the breweries were located in the state of California; one was brewed as close as San Leandro, but others as far
as New York. IPA is a style of beer distinct for the use of
hops while brewing. The flavor provides for a bit-ter, stronger beer. Different styles of IPAs include double, triple, west coast and east coast IPAs.
The Bistro, which has been holding the Double IPA fest for several years, has live mu-sic every night.
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By Amy [email protected]
Bistro’s Double IPA Beer FestivalThe Hayward Youth Com-mission has recently de-buted their “I <3 Hay-ward” t-shirts and bumper sticker decals to develop more pride in the Hayward community.
The white shirts with red and black graphic are similar those of ma-jor US cities including New York, San Fran-cisco, Oakland and Los Angeles to name a few. “Due to results of recent youth survey, we’ve noticed youth in Hayward lack pride in their city,” said Sarahi Bautista, chairperson of the Hayward Youth Commission and Chabot Col-lege student. “It is one of the easiest ways to instill pride in our city was create these shirts,” said Bautista.
After they were debuted, dozens of people from Hayward and those who have relocated have admired the new shirts via social media.
“It will be awesome, we are finally giving love and pride back to Hayward” said Elmer Beltran, Youth Commissioner. The new shirts are available to everybody and come in most sizes. They are available for purchase for $10 at both Hayward Public Library branches.
All proceeds go toward youth programs and the Hayward Youth Commission.
Bringing pride to Hayward
Workshop attracts many from Chabot community
By Amy [email protected]
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The Bistro’s thirteenth annual Double IPA (Indian Pale Ale) Festival in Hayward, Calif. on Feb. 9, 2013.
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Erik Pearson, city senior planner for the city of Hayward gives a workshop on Hayward’s future General Plan at Chabot College on Feb. 5, 2013.
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The Battle of the Bands contest at Chabot College in the auditorium on Feb. 9, 2013 filled almost all of the seats with music fans.
The event was brought to Chabot and hosted by the Hayward Area Recreational and Park District or HARD. The concert was scheduled to begin at 6:30 p.m.
Battle of the Bands fi-nalists in order of appear-ance were as follows; Gyp-sy Flight, Fleetwook Mask, Zen Vendetta, Jordan And The Hashmites, The Switch, Zephyr, The Rob Sesma Band, Sidetrack, The Grow-ing Room, and My Ever-green Soul, who were in-troduced by Mick Flaire. In addition, Rundown Radio-
Guest Band (2010 winner) provided the opening act and Ten Days New-Guest band (2012 winner) per-formed after the last contes-tant.
The band group mem-bers varied from group to group. Some band members were as young as 12 years old and other band members as old as 40 years, male and female. Also, each band had their own unique costume that was eye catching which was only enhanced by the lighting effects.
The audience was atten-tive and respectful to the bands performing. Once the bands completed their performance, they cleared their area by removing their equipment so the next band could set up. Once the bands finished removing their
equipment most of them were offered an interview by Chabot’s own “KCRH Radio”.
Interviews with KCRH radio and most of the bands occurred back stage following their perfor-mances. Richard Espinoza, and his crew reported for KCRH radio and conducted interviews to learn more about the band members and to get feedback on their experience with the contest.
Anyone who would like to see the footage of KCRH interviews with the bands should contact KCRH ra-dio.
All Battle of the Band finalists that were scheduled to perform, did as planned.
HARD prepared a well-organized show for our community once again.
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Mick Flaire, the master of the ceremonies at the 50th Annual “Battle of the Bands” introduces the local bands as they perform.
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The Growing Room, were the ninth contestant’s at the 50th Annual “Battle of the Bands” at the Reed L. Buffington Visual and Performing Arts Center in Hayward, Calif on Feb. 7, 2013
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On Thursday, Feb. 7, 2013, Fox Theatre in Oakland had the honor of having the band, FUN performing at their venue.
There were approxi-mately one thousand people anticipating for the band to come out and perform. There was no age limit, there were ages attending this event ranging from 10 years old to 70 years old. What was good about this event that it was very fam-ily oriented, but yet raising awareness about issues in the bay area.
The doors opened at 7 p.m., which many fans rushed in to get in line to purchase merchandise of the band. It was almost a 45 minute wait for the line to die down just in time for the opening band to start playing. Many people made their way to get a close enough spot to see the band while others stayed behind
in the background to watch from a distance.
This concert sold out in matter of hours and it showed that night with peo-ple coming all over from the Bay Area to watch. There were people from San Le-andro, Hayward, Dublin/Pleasanton area and even concord area to watch FUN perform. This was the only band’s stop in California, so many can imagine on why not missing this show. Many students from Chabot
and Las Positas College at-tended this event. Some came in groups while others came with their best friend and significant other. Many of these people definitely enjoyed this show.
FUN band members are great performers. The group sent their fans lots of love and appreciation for show-ing up for their concerts.
FUN’s hit song “We Are Young,” won a Grammy this year for Best Song of the Year.
A FUN time in OaklandBy LuLu ugart
FUN performs“Some Nights” at their show in at the FOX Theater in Oakland on Feb. 7, 2013.
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Everyone knows what Valentine’s Day is about and what it represents, but what does it really mean?
Chabot Students will be celebrat-ing this Valentine’s Day with their significant other and their families.
Valentine’s Day is a day to re-member the people that are in your life and why you have them in your life. Many students at Chabot like the idea of Valentine’s Day being a holiday about celebrating love with the people you hold dear and close to you.
Dan and Lexi, who are students at Chabot College, expressed their feelings about Valentine’s Day and how they will be celebrating it to-gether. Valentine’s Day to them has always been a couple’s holiday, but over time it has become a holiday not only about couples, but more about the people you’ve had contact with in your life that you hold dearly and love unconditionally.
Lynn and Terri, a mother and daughter, who were at local coffee shop EON’s, shared their feelings about Valentine’s Day and how they will be celebrating it.
Lynn will be celebrating Valentine’s Day with her children while her mother Terri will be
celebrating that day with her daughter, Lynn and her grandchildren.
Valentine’s Day isn’t only about celebrating the day with couples, but also family and friends.
Others have different opinions about Valen-tine’s Day and that people shouldn’t have to be reminded about telling someone that you care
and love them. “There shouldn’t be a holiday to where you
need to remind someone that you love him or her,” said Hayward resident Whitney Rosario.
Even though some people like celebrating Valentine’s Day, it’s not for everyone. Valentine’s Day is advertised for couples and puts added pressures for the guys and girls, but mostly guys.
It’s like a competition of who can go over the top with the ex-travagant surprise or gifts and for women it’s a competition of who has the better boyfriend based on his level of extravagance.
Rosario’s boyfriend, Victor Ortiz was with her and agreed with most of her points on Valen-tine’s Day. Ortiz doesn’t always celebrate it, but feels the day cre-ates pressure for him to celebrate it.
“I believe each day is Valen-tine’s Day, the person you wake up each day with and want to be around with,” said Ortiz
Many students at Chabot College will be celebrating this lovely holiday with their signifi-cant other and their families.
The people of Hayward will also join Chabot students in celebrating their Valentine’s Day with their friends and family.
What does Valentine’s Day meanBy Galia aBushi
Valentine’s Day display at Walmart in Union City, Calif. on Feb. 13, 2013. According to the National Retail Federation, the average person plans to spend $130.97 on candy, cards, gifts and more, up from $126.03 last year. Total spending will reach $18.6 billion
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On Friday, Feb. 8, 2013, Chabot women’s basketball hosted a game against City College of San Francisco.
The game started promptly at 5 p.m. with both teams playing strong. Chabot’s offense and de-fense were playing hard against CCSF. The first half went by faster than usual due to each team’s fierce
play. Before halftime, the score was a close 36-34, with the Lady Gladiators in the lead.
The game took regular pace in the second half with Chabot and CCSF scoring numerous times. Tatsiana Dashkevich (#14), guard, of CCSF was a key player in
the game, making not only free-throw shots, but also two-pointers and assisting with plays to put CCSF in the lead over Chabot v a r i o u s times.
Fighting back, Chabot also made plays on their own to keep up a good fight. Freshman Jasmine Wash-ington was definitely one of
the stars of the game. She scored a lot of two-point shots and made key free throws.
With only roughly eight minutes left in the second half, the game was tied at 49-49. The ladies on both teams played a little harder and hustled a lot faster with
a win on their mind. Two Lady Gladiators even shot and made three-pointers. At
one point, the game was 61-61, with only few minutes to spare.
The game looked to be in Chabot’s favor until CCSF worked their way to break the tie and make the point 64-62. Determined to surpass their lead and win the game, Chabot’s Wash-ington shot a three-pointer with seconds left.
Although the shot was good, time had already run out, resulting in a 64-62 final score and a win for CCSF.
Head coach Mark In-ger, had a few thoughts on the game, as did a few of Chabot’s players.
“We played well and we played hard,” he said. “We definitely deserved to win.”
“I think we did amaz-ing,” freshman player Mo-nina Cuyugan said. “It was one of our hardest games this season.”
There were also both positives and negatives to the game against CCSF and to Chabot’s season in gen-eral.
“Two of our key players have been out due to injury
and that’s been an obstacle to overcome this season,” Coach Inger said. “And the team can also work on mak-ing free throws at the end of the game.”
On being robbed of her shot at the end of the game, Washington also had a few words to say.
“I felt really good about the last shot of the game, but I thought it was really rude of the [referees] to just walk out instead of having a conference about the call.”
Though they lost, the Lady Gladiators put up a tremendous fight with great effort and played well.
Jasmine Washington (23) & Sabrina Head (25), talking after a rough foul and tying up the game at the last seconds with two free throws.
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By ElisE [email protected]
“It was one of our hardest games this season.”
Courtney Arionos (center) from Chabot Collge, jumps for the re-bound against two other CCSF opponents.
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HAYWARD -- On Friday, Feb. 1 2013, Chabot base-ball kicked off their 2013 season against Santa Rosa College. With a 2 p.m. start, both teams showed how ready they were to play.
Santa Rosa started off by scoring three runs in the top of the first inning, giving the Gladiators something to battle against. In the bottom of the first inning, they an-swered back with two runs. Chabot left Santa Rosa scoreless through the next four innings, also scoring another run in the third in-ning to even out the game at 3-3.
Santa Rosa scored an-other run in the sixth to break up the tie, making the score 4-3. Down by one, second basemen Michael Johnson lead off the bottom of the seventh inning with a single to center field. John-son ended up stealing sec-ond base and advanced to third on a lost ball at home plate. With a sacrifice fly hit to the outfield, Johnson was able to run home and score the tying run.
“This game was really exciting for me to watch,” freshman Terahlyn Rancap said. “I really liked how Chabot kept their guards up and kept battling through everything Santa Rosa was
throwing at them. They seem to work really well to-gether as a team already.”
Eager to get through the rest of the game, both teams
continued playing with great offense and defense. In the top of the eighth, San-ta Rosa’s runner on third was gunned out at home on a superb throw by second baseman Johnson, prevent-ing the run that would have put Santa Rosa in the lead.
Hope was not lost until the top of the ninth inning, when Santa Rosa blasted a two-run RBI single, giving the Gladiators a two-run deficit with only half of an
inning left. Although a sin-gle was hit in the bottom of the ninth, Santa Rosa result-ed with the 6-4 win.
Johnson, a prime source of offense and defense dur-ing the game, was still opti-mistic about the team’s fu-ture, even after the loss of a close game.
“Even though we could’ve been better, we played well,” he said. “Pre-paring for the season has been tough, but [the team] gets along well and we’re going to win as many as we can to get to state.”
Chabot takes on CCSF
Chabot baseball hosts promising season opener
A Santa Rosa player is tagged out in a attempt to steal second base.
By ElisE [email protected]
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MENS UPCOMING BASEBALL SCHEDULE:
TH FEB 21 SIERRA COLLEGE HAYWARD 2 PM TH FEB 28 SKYLINE COLLEGE HAYWARD 2 PM TUE MAR 5 WEST VALLEY COLLEGE HAYWARD 2 PM TH MAR 7 DEANZA COLLEGE HAYWARD 2 PM TUE MAR 12 OHLONE COLLEGE HAYWARD 230 PM TUE MAR 19 CABRILLO COLLEGE HAYWARD 230 PM
Coast/Golden Gate As of Feb. 14th 2013
W-L
Mission 4-2
De Anza 3-4
West Valley 3-4
Chabot 2-3
San Mateo 2-5
San Francisco 1-5
