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On Thursday, April 11, 2013, students from Chabot College had the opportunity to visit and take a VIP tour of the State Capital in Sac-ramento, Calif.
The first event was a floor session and stu-dents got to hear messages from California Gov. Jerry Brown, messages from the Assembly, and more.
The second event stu-dents attended was a visit to Senate Majority Leader Ellen Corbett’s office and students had a chance to ask her questions.
Corbett mentioned, “Al-
ways follow your dream your goals. Don’t let it get away.”
Corbett also allowed students to take pictures sit-ting at her desk.
The third event was a meeting with Assembly member Bill Quirk and he allowed students to ask
questions, especially about education.
Quirk also mentioned that, “A lot of things are happening with education and [he is] doing everything possible to help and make it better,” and students appre-ciate that.
Students said that every-thing was great but the best part was the VIP tour of the Capitol.
The VIP tour included a tour of the entire State Capital and students had a chance to pass through the current governor’s office and also visited the old gov-ernor’s office.
On Tuesday, March 26, 2013, the Supreme Court heard the oral arguments for the California Proposi-tion 8 case Hollingsworth vs. Perry.
Proposition 8 was passed in the November 2008 state elections mak-ing it a state constitutional amendment that not only defined marriage to be be-tween a man and a woman but also stated that only this type of marriage would be recognized or valid in the state of California.
The passing of this proposition annulled thou-sands marriage certificates of same-sex couples who had gotten married in San Francisco during the brief window of which it was al-lowed.
The desire to appeal Prop 8 was immediately taken on because many people questioned the con-stitutionality of this propo-sition getting passed by the state of California. Same-sex couple, Kris Perry and Sandy Stier, were chosen to become the representatives of this important case.
After taking the case to both the district and federal courts, both courts deemed the passing of Proposition 8 as a discriminatory act. This
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Arguments over same sex marriageProposition 8 heads to the supreme court
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Chabot College students at the State Capital participating in Student Lobby Day in Sacramento, Calif. on Thursday, April 16, 2013.
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Student Lobby Day A personal tour for Chabot students and a chance to speak to officials
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Vanessa Sadsad, 23, political sci-ence major, sits in Senate Major-ity Leader Ellen Corbett’s desk during a trip to the State Capitol for Student Lobby Day on April 11, 2013.
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Student’s spoken wordsChabot’s library is host to a poetry hour
On Tuesday, April 16, 2013, Chabot held it’s third an-nual celebration of poetry month, where students were able to read different poems in which they wrote.
Eight Chabot student poets who were winners of a poet contest had the op-portunity to read a poem that they wrote themselves in front of students in the library during college hour.
The first poem was written by Emily Thrown. Thrown hopes those who hear her poems find them inspiring. Poems are a way to express herself and ex-press her way on how she feels and when she can’t speak. “Words are part of my self and hope my words can touch the life of others.”
The second poem was written by Angelica Allen. Allen wrote a poem titled “7:58 p.m.” Chabot profes-sor Zac Walsh said that Al-len loves reading because it goes into people’s minds and eventually becomes part of her world.
The third poem was from Allen Johnson. John-son likes to write because of his childhood and remem-bers all of the trouble dur-ing his childhood including
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Becky Plaza, counselor and instructor of psychology at Chabot College, holds up a an Early Decision 2013 Matriculation Passport during a workshop for Chabot College Counseling Open House on Wednesday, April 17, 2013.
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On Wednesday, April 17, 2013, the Chabot College’s counseling department held an open house for students to show what services are offered to them at campus.
Chabot counselor Er-nesto Victoria explained
what students do in the front counselor’s desk. “Here at the front desk, students come and ask any question they can about financial aid; about transferring or about appointment’s and students prefer to ask here at the front office because sometimes counselor’s are booked and
there are no more appoint-ment’s for students that is why here at the front desk students come and ask any-thing they want.” Counselor Ernesto Victoria Explained.
“I really like what the counseling department did especially showing
Open house for Chabot studentsWorkshops and demonstrations for new and returning studentsBy Omar GOnzaLEz
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case has now finally moved on to the Su-preme Court as the Hollingsworth v. Perry case.
The defendant in this case, Holling-sworth, who is also in association with other supporters of Proposition 8 is being repre-sented by Charles Cooper. They argue that Proposition 8 should remain implemented because it protects the traditional sense of marriage, between a man and a woman, in future hopes of procreating.
The plaintiffs, Kris Perry and Sandy Stier are being represented by Theodore Ol-son and David Boies. Perry and Stier who got married in 2004, got their marriage li-cense invalidated by the Supreme Court six months later. They are arguing that Proposi-tion 8 violates their constitutional right un-der the 14th Amendment Equal Protection Clause.
Oral arguments for both cases have now been heard by the Supreme Court justices.
Chabot Political Science professor Tracy Nelson said, “The Perry case is absolutely a 14th Amendment case. That’s the basis of the claim. It’s treating a group of people un-fairly under the law.” As to the outcome of the case she said, “Hard to tell because the court is so divided between conservative and liberals and if it’s similar to other equal pro-tection cases I’m going to guess 5-4 and my guess is they will overturn Prop 8 and it will only apply to California.”
As for the arguments being presented by both sides Franco Cervantes said, “The ar-gument made against it [same-sex marriag-es] said that the main reason why to keep union between a man and a women is for procreational rights but if that’s so true then what should we do for menopause approach-ing couples.
Should we nullify their marriages? A lot of people defend it saying it’s the traditional value of what marriage actually is and that gay people are going to ruin that but that’s not true. People today are ruining it all the time.
Divorce has become a fad it’s a new thing to do, what kind of argument is that? Marriage is already ruined in my eyes.”
Supreme Court justices will have a lot to think about when taking into consideration both sides of the case and the effect it will have not only on California, but a nation as a whole. The final decision will be made by June 2013.
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After the August 6, 2012 explosion, Chevron be-gan working with government agencies to find out the cause through a thorough investigation.
Three employees received medical attention not life threatening. About 11 p.m. on Aug 6, 2012 the fire was contained. The fire took place in crude unit four in which it remained closed un-til further notice. The safety board and Chevron will hold a meeting on April 19, 2013 for further discussion and safety recommendation as of if it is safe to reopen the unit, and why it was already delayed to June this year.
State officials claim that Chevron knew of the problem but failed to fix the corroded pipe. It cost them a total of $963,000 of the 25 fines due to their negligence. Chevron also failed to fol-low emergency shut down procedures as the leak left workers and employees unprotected where it transpired.
Sean Comey, Chevron spokesperson was contacted on April 11, 2013 but there was no re-sponse. Following the explosion the refinery has been operating at a 60 percent capacity rate and the fire that surrounded the San Francisco Bay Area sent thousands of residents to the hospital. This has left the refinery with intent to cut em-ployees bonuses, equity and awards due to the hefty fines and citations they received.
Besides the Richmond, Calif. mishap, Chev-ron was responsible for an oil spill in Brazil that
resulted in heavy fines. Could this mean that Cali-fornia drivers who pay some of the highest gas prices in the nation will have even higher gas prices?
Chevron Refinery has worked numerous hours over the past 242 days to repair damages. The crude unit received a major boost with word from CAL /OSHA on April 5, 2013 that they are on the way for clearance to restart the plant near June 2013.
Chabot student Milan Carter-Wilson said, “What have they done to assure the residents nearby are safe and that they will find any reason to raise gas prices?”
Being from the Richmond, Calif. area, she would like to see a full layout on safety and the pollution in the area. “They have not shared it with residents,” Carter added.
“Chevron Refinery has acted irresponsibly on fixing the corroded pipelines that they were in-structed to by CAL/ OSHA and don’t feel that gas prices are a result of the explosion,” Alejandro Espinoza said. “Gas prices are going to be expen-sive regardless where you go.”
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3when he ate lonely at the dinner table. The poem that he shared was inspired by his ex-girlfriend.
The fourth poem was by Ann Sites. Sites wrote a poem titled “Falling in Love”. Ann men-tioned why she is a poet, “To hear random hearth energy receiving with respect and confidence as a hidden treasure is to be uncovered, that is why I write poems.”
Fifth poem was from Santos Alfares. Alfares told those who attended that poetry is still very much new to him. “I don’t write poetry much less read any but I do inside curiosity and poems are a new thing to me.”
Sixth poem was by Timothy McDonald, he said he likes to dig in his backyard and find bro-ken glass from the previous owners. At times, “I feel like an archeologist rescuing the past and writing poetry is like digging in my yard.”
Seventh poem was by Ann Marie who is completing her fourth semester here at Chabot. Marie is hoping to graduate with a BA in Eng-lish with a focus in writing. Marie writes poetry to express her hearth and she better understands herself through her poems. Her poem was titled the “Ashes of Courage.”
The eighth poem was by Art Pordiaz, he be-came a poet when he knew he had no singing talent and wanted to be a rapper. His poem was called “H 2 Circle.”
Cal State East Bay professor Susan Guber-nat, a published poet was in attendance and also shared many of her poems as well. Some of her poems included what she felt around certain is-
sues including the Oscar Grant shoot-ing.
Gubernat said that the poems writ-ten by the eight students who shared their writing were very good.
“I really like all the poems that
were read today because they had a full range of emotion especially the last guy was really funny and it’s really difficult to be funny. As a poet I could never be funny. And they were sentimental and I love the diversity of voices and the way they enter their poems. A poem is different voic-es it’s not just one poem.”
Walsh was very impressed by how the event turned out. “Everything was fabulous and the crowd gets bigger every semester, actually today was the biggest crowd we ever had and I also thought the students were the best student work poems we ever had.”
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Susan Gubernat, Cal State East Bay professor and poet, shares her poems to Chabot students in the Chabot College Library during College Hour on Tuesday, April 16, 2013.
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students different workshops.” Miguel Romero said “What I like the most was the food.”
Chabot student Terrence Johnson said “The open house was fun espe-cially seeing a lot of students coming and checking it out and also we had a chance to talk to the counselors and ask them questions and to know them better.” Terrence also mentioned that the Chabot counseling department should do the open house every se-mester.
Dean of Counseling Mr. Matthew D. Kritscher explained what services are offered and how does it help stu-dents. “We do all this to raise aware-ness and so people can see what we do and also how we do it for example we started doing this front desk of-fice three to four years ago and we preferred to put the main desk in the lobby so when students come to the counseling department the first thing they talk to is the counselor. Some-times students get shocked because they think that when they show up at the front desk the first person they see is just a staff member but they don’t see a counselor. What’s great about this is that when students show up in the front desk the counselor at the front desk can answer their question.”
Dr. Kritscher also mentioned about different workshops offered for students. “There is a Mental Health & Wellness Counseling for students for students who feel lonely or need help and also a career center for students that need help and a suicide preven-tion and Gatekeeper Training for stu-dents and if students need informa-tion on any of the workshops they can come to the counseling department at the 700 Building 2nd floor.”
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Chabot Spring FestivalChabot Clubs will be hosting a Spring Festival next Tuesday, April 23. 2013. This will be Chabot’s first Spring Festival. Most clubs will be involved with the festival running tables and holding fundraisers.
Activities to be featured at the festival in-clude live music from three different bands, raf-fles and dancing from Hip Hop Spot. Spring Fest is meant to promote club awareness, and serve as an interaction event for students and faculty.
The ASCC will be having a dunk tank in place and ready to drop a faculty member into the cold water. The bookstore will be advertis-ing for their upcoming Graduation Fair for stu-dents who want to buy their cap and gown for graduation. The Dean of counseling Matthew Kritsche will have a table to promote registration awareness which coming up later on this month.
Nakisha Thompson, Student Liaison and senator for Chabot Clubs adds, “Were just get-ting all the clubs together and having a function for this year. If this year goes well hopefully we can make it an annual event.”
If students are interested in going to Chabot’s first Spring Festival it will be on Tuesday, April 23 from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m. in the grand court yard. If any clubs are interested in participat-ing in the Spring Festival please see Nakisha Thompson in the Office of Student Life on the second floor of Building 2300.
By Ryan [email protected]
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On Tuesday, April 12, 2013, Neil Mammen spoke to Chabot students about proving the exis-tence of god without having to rely on the bible as sole evidence.
Neil Mammen, who is a man of science holds an MSEE in Computer and Solid State Physics and a BSEE in Electrical and computer engi-neering from Oregon State University. Mammen uses his science background as a foundation for his argument that god’s existence can be proven by rational and scientific examples.
Mammen who is also a minister outside of his engineering career is an adamant spokesper-son of people having rational faith in god rather than blind faith in him. Almost immediately stu-dents began questioning this idea. One student asked “But didn’t Jesus say that blessed is he who believes without seeing?” To which Mam-men answered that god made him self present through physical actions or outcomes of cer-tain situations. These actions therefor providing proof of his existence.
One of Mammen’s main focus had to do with the following statement. “Everything which has
a beginning has a cause; anything that existed forever needs no cause. The universe has a be-ginning and hasn’t existed forever. Therefore the universe needs a cause.” Following this ideol-ogy Mammen attributes the cause to “Agent X” the name he gives to represent god before prov-ing his existence through scientific evidence.
The lecture acquired various responses from
the audience. Some audience members walked away not completely convinced by the presenta-tion. Such was the case of
Aeneas Avate who said “Christianity and Athiesm are really close together. Whichever ar-gument one of us brings up, whoever brought it up first has the strongest point because we both don’t know the truth but we have the best answer at the time so how can you have a second best answer to the first best answer.”
For others the presentation was much more convincing. Chabot student Anne Caughel said “I was really impressed. I was like when is he going to open the bible? Because he said he wasn’t going to but I was like come on can you really? And he didn’t. I think he did a really good job of proving it.”
Moses Kodur For the Cross club president said “I thought he presented an argument that was very relevant to everyone because it did not address one religion or ethnic group, he present-ed science which is universal and thus applies to everyone. The arguments he mentioned are actu-ally very technical and he brought them down to our level.”
Proof God exists without the BibleBy Luz eLena HeRnandez
(Left to right) FX Club President Moses Kodur, Aenas Avate, and guest speaker Neil Madmen pose for a picture after the lecture at Chabot College in Hayward, Calif. on April 12, 2013.
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The unfortunate explosion that occurred at the Boston Marathon on Monday, April 15, killing three, and injuring more than 170 people is another senseless act of violence, traumatizing the lives of innocent people and children.
The story has been broadcasted through news sources all over the nation. These events are unfortunately happening more frequently.
Just last year, on December 14, the hor-rible shooting that occurred at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. took the lives of 20 children and six adults.
At the Boston Marathon, a group of runners, named Newtown Strong, dedicat-ed each mile of the marathon’s 26 miles to each of the 26 victims in the Sandy Hook shooting. Members of the group were also at the marathon raising money for local charities.
What is puzzling is that this marathon was partially in memory of those lives that were lost in the Sandy Hook shooting. No one would have thought that at an event that some had dedicated to these victims, another tragedy would have occurred.
It is hard to understand what kind of emotions the members of Newtown Strong had once they were placed with that feeling of fear and anxiety once again. As if they weren’t already recovering from an event that changed their lives forever.
It is tough to remain positive and be strong when such a tough event takes place and then to be faced with another event can be absolutely devastating.
To understand why people engage in these random acts of violence is tough to comprehend.
Why hurt innocent people and children to take out your anger? This is an exam-ple of an obvious call that things need to change and there has to be some ways we can prevent such tragedies from happening.
Allen S. Lin, Editor-in-Cheif of The Chabot Spectator, completed his first half marathon, the inaugural Transamerica San Francisco Rock’n’Roll Half Marathon in San Francisco, Calif. on Sunday, April 7, 2013.
After the run, he had joked about doing a full marathon next year with a friend who has been running with him.
The explosions at the Boston Marathon brought back painful memories of his time in Iraq as a military police officer.
In March 2004, on a vehicle patrol out-side of Baghdad, Iraq, his vehicle was hit by an IED (improvised explosive device).
He would never think that a bomb in a pressure cooker could be used to harm and kill at an event that raises money for good causes in the U.S., a non-combat zone.
How will the public feel attending events such as marathons? Will they contin-ue to participate, cheer on those who go or stay home instead? Will the organizations that are dependent on the money raised for good causes disappear?
Many questions will be asked and an-swers are slow to trickle in. The authorities in Boston are asking for the public’s help in answering these questions.
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CampusNational Day of Silence• Join the Chabot College GSA on April 18th for the National Day
of Silence. A day where they stand in solidarity and silence to bring awareness about those LGBTQ persons who have been silenced.
• The LGBT flag raising will be at 7:30 a.m. People who plan to attend are asked to wear dark clothing as a silent funeral proces-sion will begin at noon outside the cafeteria.
Games5th Annual Fun Night• For a night of music, food, fun, games and prizes, please join
the Able Disable Club for their 5th Annual Fun Night on Friday, April 19 at 5:00 p.m. in the Chabot College Cafeteria.
• The cost is $10.
EventFlavors of Rock 3: Just Desserts• KCRH 89.9FM, the East Bay’s Best Variety presents Flavors of
Rock 3: Just Desserts on Friday, April 17, 2013 at The Annex Rehearsal Studios, 2554 Grant Avenue in San Lorenzo, Calif.
• Bands scheduled and confirmed to appear include: Just Like the Movies, Skyway View, Modern Kicks, Clockwork Hero and Raised Threshold.
• The show begins at 7:00 p.m. and the cost of admission is $10 presale and $12 at the door.
CampusInternational Night• The International Club of Chabot College will be having their
annual International Night, celebrating world culture with a night of singing and dancing on Wednesday, April 24, 2013 at Chabot College Little Theater, Building 1200.
• The cost of admission is $5 which will include light fare. • The reception begins at 6:00 p.m. and the performances will start
at 6:45 p.m.
CampusDenim Day• Join the Chabot Student Health and Wellness Center on Thurs-
day, April 25, 2013 for Denim Day, an event to bring aware-ness of sexual violence against women from 11:00 a.m-1:00 p.m. Wear jeans with a purpose. There will be a Denim Day art exhibit.
• Style your jeans with purpose, you might even win a chance to win a free ipod.
• For more information, visit the health center at Building 100, Room 120, or call them at (510) 723-1624.
Music1 Comm “unity”• Come support Chabot talent and support the 1 Comm”unity”
movement and enjoy an evening of live local music and art at the Hat Rac Fine Art Gallery, 1714 Franklin Street located in Oakland, Calif. on Thursday, April 25, 2013.
• Scheduled local performers include Booker Long Duo, Just Like the Movies and Kurbie Brodie. There will be free refreshments, beer and wine. Show begins at 7:00 p.m.
Dance“Fiesta Caliente”• Puente and M.E.Ch.A presents Fiesta Caliente on Friday, April
26, 2013. The event begins at 7:00 p.m. and helps to raise funds for scholarships.
• Music will be provided by Banda Rio Verde and DJ Latin Sound. A dress code will be enforced.
• Tickets are $10 presale and $15 at the door. Come join the Fiesta!
MusicCinco de Mayo• Thomas Boots and Kurbie Brodie of KCRH 89.9FM, the East
Bay’s Best Variety, will be hosting a Cinco de Mayo event at Pizza Ultimate, 32681 Mission Boulevard located in Hayward, Calif. showcasing local bands.
• Scheduled to perform include Just Like the Movies, The Çires, Old Devil Moon and Margaret the King.
• The show begins at 6:00pm. It’s free and all ages are welcomed. Come support a local business and local talent.
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NewtownStrong at Boston Marathon 2013, Mile 26 dedicated to Newtown.
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Allen S. Lin holds 105mm artillery round that was used for an IED (improvised explosive de-vice) in Iraq, March 2004, after it was defused by U.S. Army EOD (explosive ordinance dis-posal) team.
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Allen S. Lin (left) and Matthew Hom (right) running the inaugural Transamerica San Francisco Rock’n’Roll Half Marathon in San Francisco, Calif. on Sunday, April 7, 2013.
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Crosswalks to be reinstalled
Two previously removed crosswalks on A Street will be reinstated to the benefit of pedestrians as well as merchants downtown.
The city will reinstall the crosswalks on A Street and Mission Boulevard, and A Street and Foothill Boulevard after hearing the grievances of the community.
According to Public Works Director Morad Fakhrai, the community asked that the cross-walks be reinstated. He also said that the city did a study which determined that the impact to traffic flow of having the crosswalks was “some-what minimal.” The removal of crosswalks was part of the one-way traffic loop project - dubbed as “The Loop” - along A Street, Foothill and Mission boulevards.
The owner of a consignment shop shared her sentiments regarding this issue. Cecille Halim said, “Hayward is a walking town. People love to walk here. They said that it will also help the merchants, but what happened is everything is in the contrary.”
The removed crosswalk on A street and Foot-hill Boulevard is right in front of her shop, Down-town Consignments, with a sign right across that read “No Pedestrian Crossing.”
Jake Shatara, who works at True Value Hard-
ware, shared, “it did hurt business a lot. We’re hoping things get better when everything is fin-ished.”
According to a report by San Jose Mercury News, City Project Manager Kevin Briggs veri-
fied that “the crosswalks will be installed by late May or early June before final paving begins on the loop.” For updates about “The Loop”, visit http://haywardloop.org.
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One of the downtown Hayward crosswalks that was uninstalled at the corner of A Street and Foothill Boulevard. Several crosswalks were uninstalled due to the new one-way traffic loop on city streets.
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Removal of crosswalks for “The Loop” in March 2013 hurts businesses in downtown Hayward
5,500 runners from 45 states and 15 countries turned out for the in-augural Transamerica San Fran-cisco Rock ‘n’ Roll Half Marathon on Sunday, April 7, 2013.
The race sold out in less than three months when it was first ad-vertised in late October 2012 – a feat considered to be a record sell out for half-marathons.
Roger Craig, a three-time Su-per Bowl champion with the Joe Montana era-San Francisco 49ers also took part in the inaugural race. After competing in the Rock n Roll series in San Diego and Ar-izona, Craig, an advocate for fit-
ness helped to bring the Rock ‘n’ Roll Marathon Series to the Bay Area in 2006 with the Rock ‘n’ Roll San Jose Half Marathon.
The scenic 13.1 mile wind-ing course included coastal views of the San Francisco skyline and Alcatraz, through some of the city’s well-known sites such as the Golden Gate Bridge and Presi-dio that culminated in a waterfront finish at Aquatic Park.
For more information on the Transamerica San Francisco Rock ‘n’ Roll Half Marathon, like them on https://www.facebook.com/RnRSanFrancisco or follow their instagram at runrocknroll #RnRSF.
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Rock ‘n’ Rolling in San Francisco
The inaugural Transamerica San Francisco Rock ‘n’ Roll Half Marathon began with a slight incline as runners had to run up Van Ness Avenue on Sunday, April 7, 2013.
Roger Craig, three-time Super Bowl champion with the San Francisco 49ers finished the in-augural Transamerica San Francisco Rock ‘n’ Roll Half Marathon on Sunday, April 7, 2013 and greets the crowd.
Elle Pishny, 27, of San Francisco who ran alongside the lead men, was the first woman to finish the inaugural Transamerica San Francisco Rock ‘n’ Roll Half Marathon on Sunday, April 7, 2013 with a time of 1:20:30.
Jallah and JSpy of the group “neX-usROCK,” a top final-ist in Hard Rock Rising The Global Battle of the Bands 2013 per fo rmed live during the inaugu-ral Trans-america San F r a n c i s c o Rock ‘n’ Roll Half Mara-thon on Sun-day, April 7, 2013.
Elizabeth Diaz, 27, of Oakland, Calif. was surprised at the finish line when her boyfriend proposed to her at the inaugural Transamerica San Francisco Rock ‘n’ Roll Half Mara-thon on Sunday, April 7, 2013.
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On Tuesday, April 16, the first place Chabot Gladia-tors faced their fellow divi-sion rival De Anza Dons in an exciting and climactic game, resulting with their fifth consecutive win.
Unfortunately, the game started off with a bang for the Dons. The bases were loaded with only one out (a looking strikeout), un-til a ground out was hit to Gladiator shortstop Andrew Ramos to complete a 6-4-3 double play and get out of the inning.
Gladiator second base-
man Brian Hamm led off the bottom of the first with a walk, and then stole second during centerfielder Billy Johnson’s at-bat. Johnson then bunted and hustled to first, beating out the tag and advancing Hamm to third. With a runner in scoring position, designated hitter Scott Mitchell grounded out to bring him home and to take the lead. Left field-er Pat Massoni was then walked and catcher Travis Hull hit an RBI double to bring the Glads up 2-0.
Joey Luchessi, starting pitcher for the Gladiators, struck out the first batter in the top of the second, with two quick and easy outs to follow.
The Glads held on to their 2-0 lead by adding in-
surance runs in the bottom of the third. Johnson led off the inning with a double, and advanced to third on a ground out.
Mitchell brought him home with an RBI single and also scored on an RBI double by Hull, tallying up the score to 4-0, Chabot.
“We’re really good at grindin’. Our mentality is if you can’t find a way, you make a way, and I think our team has done a pretty good job of doing that all year—just finding a way to get the job done,” Mitchell said later on.
Even with offensive success in the bottom of the third, the Dons answered back in the top of the fourth. Three runs were scored, but
SP Luchessi was able to keep the lead intact and end the inning with a strikeout.
“I felt pretty relieved,” he added, after the game.
For the rest of the in-nings, bats on both sides were quiet until right fielder Andre Davis blasted a solo homerun to give the Gladi-ators a two-run lead in the bottom of the seventh.
A collective offensive rally in the bottom of the eighth added three more runs for Chabot, and the game ended with a final score of 8-4 and a victory for the Gladiators.
“It was a good win, ev-ery win’s always good,” Mitchell said. “There were definitely times where we had some opportunities we didn’t capitalize on but the game was close and we fin-ished it out and found some ways to score in the late in-
nings.”Upon getting asked
about how it felt to be on a five-game win streak and what the team has done to keep the ball going, Luches-si said, “It feels great. We [have] momentum in the dugout. We talk to each other like we’re family. We cheer each other on, we al-ways pick each other up and we just practice hard. We’re just out here always doing our thing.”
Regarding the playoff push, Mitchell also said, “Every game is big. There are no days off. We’re excit-
ed for every game, but we take it one day at a time.”
“We’re working great as a team…and as long as we practice hard, we’ll succeed. That’s what our goal is: to win the ‘ship,” Luchessi said.
SportsHayward, California Thursday, April 18, 2013www.thechabotspectator.com
8Gladiator baseball on a five-game win streak
By ElisE [email protected]
Gladiator Joe Luchessi (34) pitching against De Anza College Dons holding them to another 8-4 victory for the Gladiators at Chabot College in Hayward, Calif. on Tuesday, April 16, 2013.
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Chabot 14-4 21-11San Mateo 13-5 19-13Mission 12-6 22-9West Valley 9-10 14-19
De Anza 7-12 13-18
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MENS TENNISBrook Workeneh wins 2013 Coast Conference Singles Championship.
Final, Workeneh def Rihard Feldmanis [Foothill], 62 63SF, Workeneh def Nik Petrov [Foothill], 62 62QF, Workeneh def Hiro Okuna [Foothill], 63 6016, Workeneh def Dan Hart-man [Foothill], 60 60
WOMENS TENNISNamrata Sher wins 2013 Coast Conference Singles Champion-ship.
Final, Sher def Najah Simmons [Foothill], w/o inj.SF, Sher def Arianna Cobos [Monterey], 60 61QF, Sher Def Allie Seals [Ca-brillo], 60 6116, Sher def Emily Yang [San Francisco] Def.32, Sher def Rachel Fritz [Ca-brillo], 60 60
MEN & WOMENS TENNISApr. 16 - Semi Final Dual Team Playoff
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Gladiator Joe Mello, tries to tag out De Anza runner on first base at Chabot College in Hayward, calif. on Tuesday, April 16, 2013.
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Brook Workeneh & Collin Mui win 2013 Coast Conference Doubles Championship.
Final, Workeneh & Mui def Gerald Mahone & Brandon Lew [Chabot], 26 62 63SF, Workeneh & Mui def Hiro Okuna & Eric Nishimatsu [Foothill], 62 62QF, Workeneh & Mui def Nguyen & Pham [DeAnza] Def.
WOMENS TENNISNamrata Sher & Arlesha Samu-da win 2013 Coast Conference Doubles Championship.
Final, Sher & Samuda def Kath-ryn Kasprow & Ghia Mehta [DeAnza], 62 57 63SF, Sher & Samuda def Najah Simmons & Irina Belova [Foot-hill], 62 64QF, Sher & Samuda def Ellsie Woo & Mariya Baguio [San Francisco], 62 6016, Sher & Samuda def Alyssa DeJong & Michelle Tam [Mis-sion], 60 61
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