The Chabot College wom- en’s basketball team won against Gavilan College in their last home game last Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2013 with a final score of 80-31. The girls were success- ful in making three-point shots and easy lay-ups over Gavilan’s defense for the en- tire game. Throughout this match, the Chabot Gladia- tors were leading by at least three times Gavilan’s score. By the second half, Gavilan was only able to score about 13 points against Chabot’s defense. Each team member of Chabot’s women’s team was able to play and have fun in this sure-win game. Gavilan was held back due to their lack of team members. They were only able to use five players on their entire team in this On Feb 13, 2013 the U.S. Department of Education unveiled a website that would allow parents and college applicants to search for college costs. The website was men- tioned by President Obama in his State of the Union address. In a press release by the Department of Edu- cation, the College Score- card was launched “as part of President Obama’s con- tinued efforts to hold col- leges accountable for cost, value and quality.” It provides information about a college’s average net price for undergraduate students per year. Current- ly, the website provides the average net price for the academic year 2010-2011. The net price is de- scribed as “the aver- age yearly price actually charged to first-time, full- time undergraduate stu- dents receiving student aid at an institution of higher education after deduct- ing such aid.”It also lists graduation rates for first- time, full-time students, percentage of students who defaulted on their loans, and the median amount of federal student loans bor- rowed. The website also provides The Spectator Chabot College Hayward, California Thursday, February 28, 2013 TRUTH, LIBERTY & INTEGRITY www.thechabotspectator.com Scorecard, page 2 BY MARIA MANIEGO [email protected]College Scorecard Pope Benedict XVI an- nounced on Feb. 11 his impending retirement due to “advanced age,” a first resignation in almost 600 years. The pope declared that he will renounce the papacy Feb. 28, 2013 at 8 p.m. “In order to govern…, both strength of mind and body are necessary, strength which in the last few months has deteriorated in me to the extent that I have had to rec- ognize my incapacity to ad- equately fulfil the ministry entrusted to me,” the Pope said. Days after his announce- ment, the pope held his last public mass on Feb. 13, 2013 to usher in the Lenten period. He asked for contin- ued prayers and expressed his gratitude to the public, according to a report by the New York Times. The last pope to resign before him was Gregory XII in 1415. “Everybody knew his papacy would be short,” said Carol Hogan, Pastoral Projects and Communica- tions director for the Cali- fornia Catholic Conference. The pope was 78 years old when he entered the pa- pacy almost eight years ago. He was known as Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger before succeeding the late John Paul II in April 2005, ac- cording to the Vatican web- site. “I think he did some- thing very courageous and brave,” said a Hayward parishioner. “Everybody around him was probably saying ‘no, you can’t re- sign. Popes don’t resign.’ I think he really listened to God and realized that a new person needed to come in,” according to Steve Mullin, Parish Life director for All Saints Catholic Church in Hayward. About two weeks after the papal vacancy, the Col- lege of Cardinals would prepare for conclave – the papal election. Cardinal electors would Leaving the papacy Dominate, page 8 Pope, page 2 Chabot 81 - Gavilan 30 Sabrina Head (25) goes for a lay up against Gavilan College defenders at Chabot College on Feb. 20, 2013. ALLEN S. LIN/STAFF PHOTO Lady Glads dominate BY NATHAN RAMOS [email protected]Pope Benedict XVI delivering his “Urbi et Orbi” (to the City and to the World) speech from the the Vatican, Dec. 25, 2012. PHOTO COURTESY OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BY MARIA MANIEGO [email protected]Year of the snake TAMMY LEE/STAFF PHOTO e San Francisco Chinese New Year parade is the larg- est celebration of its kind in the world outside of Asia. 201 foot “Gum Lung” (Golden Dragon) from the Lung’s White Dragon and Lion Dance Association at the San Francisco Chinese New Year parade on Feb. 23, 2013. TAMMY LEE/STAFF PHOTO Miss Chinatown U.S.A. 2013 Leah Li from Mercer Island, Wash., waves to the crowds at the San Francisco Chinese New Year parade on Feb.23, 3013. Page 6
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The Chabot College wom-en’s basketball team won against Gavilan College in their last home game last Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2013 with a final score of 80-31.
The girls were success-ful in making three-point
shots and easy lay-ups over Gavilan’s defense for the en-tire game. Throughout this match, the Chabot Gladia-tors were leading by at least three times Gavilan’s score.
By the second half, Gavilan was only able to score about 13 points against Chabot’s defense.
Each team member of Chabot’s women’s team was able to play and have fun in this sure-win game.
Gavilan was held back due to their lack of team members. They were only able to use five players on their entire team in this
On Feb 13, 2013 the U.S. Department of Education unveiled a website that would allow parents and college applicants to search for college costs.
The website was men-tioned by President Obama in his State of the Union address. In a press release by the Department of Edu-cation, the College Score-card was launched “as part of President Obama’s con-tinued efforts to hold col-leges accountable for cost, value and quality.”
It provides information
about a college’s average net price for undergraduate students per year. Current-ly, the website provides the average net price for the academic year 2010-2011.
The net price is de-scribed as “the aver-age yearly price actually charged to first-time, full-time undergraduate stu-dents receiving student aid
at an institution of higher education after deduct-ing such aid.”It also lists graduation rates for first-time, full-time students, percentage of students who defaulted on their loans, and the median amount of federal student loans bor-rowed.
The website also provides
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Pope Benedict XVI an-nounced on Feb. 11 his impending retirement due to “advanced age,” a first resignation in almost 600 years.
The pope declared that he will renounce the papacy Feb. 28, 2013 at 8 p.m.
“In order to govern…, both strength of mind and body are necessary, strength which in the last few months has deteriorated in me to the extent that I have had to rec-ognize my incapacity to ad-equately fulfil the ministry entrusted to me,” the Pope said.
Days after his announce-ment, the pope held his last public mass on Feb. 13, 2013 to usher in the Lenten period. He asked for contin-ued prayers and expressed his gratitude to the public, according to a report by the New York Times. The last pope to resign before him was Gregory XII in 1415.
“Everybody knew his papacy would be short,”
said Carol Hogan, Pastoral Projects and Communica-tions director for the Cali-fornia Catholic Conference.
The pope was 78 years old when he entered the pa-pacy almost eight years ago. He was known as Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger before succeeding the late John Paul II in April 2005, ac-cording to the Vatican web-site.
“I think he did some-thing very courageous and brave,” said a Hayward parishioner. “Everybody around him was probably saying ‘no, you can’t re-sign. Popes don’t resign.’ I think he really listened to God and realized that a new person needed to come in,” according to Steve Mullin, Parish Life director for All Saints Catholic Church in Hayward.
About two weeks after the papal vacancy, the Col-lege of Cardinals would prepare for conclave – the papal election.
Cardinal electors would
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The San Francisco Chinese New Year parade is the larg-est celebration of its kind in the world outside of Asia.
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KCRH 89.9 FM’s “Into the Pit” crew will be having their fourth showcase at the historic Gilman located at 924
Gilman in Berkeley on Friday, March 8, 2013.
The Gilman show-cases mostly punk rock, specifically pop punk and hardcore punk acts, as well as heavy metal,
grindcore, ska punk, and industrial music.
The bands scheduled to appear include: Star Destroyer, Hemorage, Zombie Death Stench, Dammit!!, Umbilical Noose and Nephlim.
Doors open at 7 p.m. and cost of admis-sion is $10.
• There have been five popes who renounced the papal throne: Clement I in 97, Pon-tianus in 235, Benedict IX in 1045, Celestine V in 1294, and Gregory XII in 1415.
• Under St. Peter’s Basilica lies another church, the Sacred Grottos of the Vatican.
• Vatican license plates begin with the letters, S.C.V. (Stato Citta Vaticono-State of Vatican
City) with numbers running from 1 to 142.
• The Vatican installed its first central telephone system in 1866 (invented by Gian Bat-tisti Marzi) five years before the United States. It’s been estimated the Vatican receives about 18,000 calls a day and as many as 25,000 a day during the Christmas season.
Sources: ``The Incredible Book of Vatican Facts and Papal Curiosities’’ By Nino Lo Bello, ``The Popes: Histories and Secrets’’ By Claudio Rendina
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would gather at the Sistine Chapel and vote in secrecy.
When a candidate re-ceives two-thirds of the votes, a white smoke is produced from the chapel to signal that a pope has fi-nally been chosen.
The elected pope will then choose a papal name
and be introduced at the St. Peter’s Basilica balcony, as described in the US Conference of Catholic Bishops website.
Archbishop Alex J. Bru-nett of the Diocese of Oak-land issued a statement say-ing: “While Pope Benedict XVI’s announcement…surprised us all, it demon-strates his courage and wis-
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Director Mullin cited the “new evangelization” as part of Pope Benedict XVI’s legacy. The new evangeli-zation is a move to renew one’s Catholic faith.
Pope Benedict XVI will be known as the Bishop Emeritus of Rome when he retires.
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links to the colleges’ own net price calculator.
The website allows us-ers to narrow down their search by location, degrees and majors, and campus setting among others. The department has yet to add average earnings of former students who borrowed federal student loans. Stu-dents are advised to ask the institutions to obtain such information.
“[We support] the con-cept of the scorecard but also has some suggestions for ways to improve it,” Shannon Gallegos, Com-munications Associate for The Institute for College Access & Success, stated.
In a blog post by Gal-legos, she indicated that loan default rates and me-dian borrowing figures are “misleading.” She stated that the website does not take into account whether federal loan borrowers “en-tered repayment after grad-uating or dropping out after
a semester or two.” “This makes colleges
with high drop-out rates look like a good deal, com-pares apples to oranges, and undermines the value of outcome information,” Gal-legos stated. She suggested that the department of edu-cation should “provide the necessary context for inter-preting default rates.”
The institute has their own website that allows us-ers to search for “college affordability, student debt, economic and racial diver-sity, student success, and other characteristics.”
The CollegeInsight web-site was launched in No-vember 2009. They obtain their data from resources such as Pell Grant files and the Integrated Postsecond-ary Education Data System files. The latter is also a pri-mary source for the College Scorecard website.
To visit the College Scorecard website, go to http://www.whitehouse.gov/scorecard.
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Left: Hemorage and Star Destroyer, two of the six bands who will be performing at the 4th “Into the Pit” showcase stopped by KCRH 89.9FM and hung out with the Into the Pit crew on Feb. 26, 2013.
Many students tend to become stressed, always wondering how their professor will be through-out the semester, but others have figured out another way to see what professors will be like throughout the semester.
Ratemyprofessor.com is a huge website that lists all the professors that are working in a spe-cific college by name and the department they work in. What can be easier than having a web-site that tells how the work load will be like dur-
ing the semester, if the professor is easy or hard and if the class will be fun to learn or not. This website has many good ratings on the professor, but there are other factors that could cause argu-ment about this website.
Chabot student Chris Molano said, “It was easy to navigate and I was amazed at the info about professors across the country. It was very accurate and the helpful tips that each student had about the professor made it easier for me to prepare for the class. It was for my Business 10 professor who is an easy grader and doesn’t give out a lot of homework.”
Psychology Pro-fessor Tom Morin believes the website is very helpful. “The pros about this web-site is that it gives an idea of what to expect. Professors can make a difference of how the class is taught and how the professor can relate to the student.” says Morin.
The shooting that happened in Newtown, Con-necticut over two months ago has led many schools to take precautionary steps in order to prevent a similar tragedy from taking place.
Schools all over the country have had prac-tice drills for the students and teachers just in case a gunman were to enter a campus. Chabot has not yet held a practice drill this semester, but there is an Emergency Response and Disaster Plan from Chabot’s campus security that instruc-tors follow in order for themselves and their stu-dents to avoid getting hurt.
When asking Chabot students if they knew that the Emergency Response and Disaster Plan can be found on Chabot’s website, each one an-swered “no.” Although it is unpredictable wheth-er a tragedy like the one in Newtown would ever occur at Chabot, students and staff should be prepared just in case.
The following information is from Chabot’s College Emergency Response and Disaster Plan under SHOOTING/SNIPER INCIDENT on page 43:
Teacher/Staff or Discovering Incident:1. Give DROP Command (personnel will
seek available shelter under or in back of a desk/table or other solid object out of the line of fire).
2. Keep staff and students away from win-dows and doors; Lock Down Facilities.
3. Notify Campus Safety and Site Adminis-trator immediately then call 911 and if advised.
4. Keep Campus Safety/Police informed of location of shooter but do not put you in harm’s way.
Evacuation of Building1. Evacuate building if instructed by Police,
Site Administrator or other authority and move to designated assembly area.
Campus Safety/Security or EOC:1. Call 911 to report incident.2. Campus Safety, Administrator or EOC will
attempt to determine or pinpoint the location of the suspect(s) and report such to 911.
4. Avoid direct confrontation with shooter, leave this up to the police and keep constant sur-veillance until police arrive.
5. Remove people from line of fire.6. If safe, administer first aid as needed.
Activation of Incident Command System (ICS):
1. Activate the ICS as needed (see chapter 4).2. If required, Site Administrator or Campus
Safety will activate the Emergency Operations Center (EOC).
All Clear Sign if the building was evacuated:1. When the incident is over and the police
release the campus/building, the “ALL CLEAR” sign will be given (by voice or by phone).
2. Do not re-enter the building without au-thority from campus staff in charge.
To view the entire Emergency Response and Disaster Plan, please visit the Chabot Safety and Security website at: www.chabotcollege.edu/safety/disasterplan.com
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Forensics team heads to C.C.C.F.A. State Championships tournament
The Chabot College Forensics team is pre-paring to take part in the C.C.C.F.A State Championship Competition.
When one thinks of the word Forensics crime scenes and investigations immedi-ately come to mind far from the idea of an argumentation and debate team.
Forensics at Chabot also known as Communication Studies (COMM 48) is a class open to all students in which you learn the art of speech and debate. Stu-dents are able to take part in the competi-tive team and can participate on campus events, local tournaments or both. They also get the opportunity to compete in a state and national level.
The California Community College Fo-rensics Association (C.C.C.F.A) is a state championship competition that will take place in Woodland Hills, Calif. this year from March 13-17. The Forensics team is preparing themselves to take part in this competition.
When asked if they were prepared for the C.C.C.F.A., Angela Gregory, Head
Coach of Interpretation of Literature said smilingly “Definitely. We are prepared. We had a lot of success in our last tournament two weeks ago out in Livermore, Calif. and Modesto, Calif. We are definitely having, we have some speeches in the work now that we haven’t taken to competition yet and those are being molded and shaped before state championship but the other speeches are ready to go. We’re ready to rock.”
Jenna Hewitt, a first year Forensics student participating in this year’s com-petition said in regards to being prepared “Definitely, we’ve been doing the same speech all year and working on it and mak-ing it better so I think at this point it’s at the best of its best.”
The Forensics team is confident with their skills and work and are hoping to make it count at the competition.
If you are interested in joining the Fo-rensics class contact Jason Ames, Director of Forensics at [email protected]. Class meets in Building 800 Room 810 on Tuesdays from 2:30 p.m. - 4:10pm. Debate practice is in Room 810 on Tuesdays from 12 p.m. - 2 p.m.
Student workstations and study areas sit empty in the Chabot library on flex day.
(Top) While students are out of school and Chabot staff/instructors are at-tending meetings, the quad area on campus is empty during the mornings and afternoons of a flex day.
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Flex days are days for instructors to have meet-ings also known as staff development.
Flex days are during the week that means that classes in the morning are cancelled but classes that start at or af-ter 4 p.m. are still in session. This semester we had two flex days in a row. For stu-dents it’s good that there are flex days because they can rest or do homework, etc.
Administrative As-sistant Catherine Powell from Chabot explained the purpose for flex days and what things happened on flex days.
“On flex days instruc-
tors have meetings and there are workshops too. It helps instructors to prepare for their classes and that is the purpose of flex days”, Powell said. But everyone asks why are morning class-es cancelled but the evening classes are not.
Powell said, “We know about this and we are work-ing on this and possibly for future flex days it can change and all the classes can be cancelled including evening classes.”
Powell also said, “Flex days are good because it gives an opportunity for students to rest but some students don’t like flex days
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Those driving through down-town Hayward won’t be tak-ing the same route a month from now. Starting next month, one-way streets will be in effect on major streets in the area.
Those who have been driving through Hayward the past few years have been dealing with detours, construction, traffic, closed roads, and coming soon more one-way streets in downtown.
According to the City of Hayward’s website, the one-way “loop” of one-way streets will be in effect in
March. The streets affected will be Foothill Boulevard between A Street and Mis-sion, A Street between Foot-hill and Mission and Mission Boulevard between A Street and Foothill/Jackson Street.
Only northbound driv-ers will be able to use the Foothill portion, westbound on A Street and southbound on Mission back to the “Five Flags” intersection where both streets meet.
Before the loop goes in effect, there will be major street detours in the area such as new traffic signals, signs, new pavement and stripping of the roads will result in traffic delays for drivers in downtown Hayward.
The downtown “loop” is just a small portion of one of the final parts of the Route 238 Corridor Improvement Project which also includes street improvements, beau-tification, street widening along the Hayward portion of California State Route 238 also known as Foothill Boulevard and Mission Bou-levard south of downtown.
For more information on the Route 238 Corridor Im-provement Project and up-dates on the project including the downtown “loop” visit the webpage on the City of Hayward’s website at http://user.govoutreach.com/hay-ward/faq.php?cid=14252.
Riders of Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) may be looking at price in-creases in both fares and parking fees as soon as next year.
The Board of Directors has been considering a proposed extension of BART’s inflation-based fare increase program. Increases would be calcu-lated through a productivity-adjusted Consumer Price Index-based formu-la, which BART has been using to calculate fare increases since 2003.
The increase that has been calcu-lated to be 5.3 percent, an average of 18 cents more per ride.
More than a third of BART riders are considered low-income, and the increase will undoubtedly be a cause for concern.
“I don’t think the fare increase will change how frequently I use BART because I need it to go to work, but I’ll probably grumble about it for a while,” said a Chabot student who relies on BART and AC Transit as her main forms of transportation.
Parking fees at stations are also set to be raised up to 50 cents. West Bay BART station fees will likely have a $3 daily minimum fee. Many
East Bart parking lots have yet to charge for parking. However, they are expect to soon have a $1 mini-mum daily fee in place.
If approved, the revenue is ex-pected to be around $11 million. BART will be able to use the money towards maintenance and general op-eration costs.
“Hopefully the in-crease will go towards making BART run lat-er, though”
~ Chabot studentUnfortunetaly no mention of in-
creasing train frequency or hours has been made yet. The price increases will help BART maintain their finan-cial stability. They will also keep a reputation for being one of the most effective public transportation sys-tems in the nation.
The Board of Directors will be making a decision in the near future. Exact fare and parking increases will be determined as well as when these increases will be implemented.
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The Bay Breeze’s monthly race was on February 16 at Quarry Lakes of Fremont. It included a half marathon course as well as a 5k course, which is about three miles, and a 10k course, which is about 10 miles, for runners in the Bay Area.
Jasmine, the volunteer co-ordinator of Brazen Racing was in charge, along with her husband. They set up these monthly races to go smoothly and for the enjoyment of each participant. She was happy with the turn out of the race as it exceeded her expectations af-ter the race being relocated to Fremont from San Leandro.
Jasmine said, ”It’s nice to have a change in scenery, which is the nice part about races in the Bay Area. There’s so many dif-ferent venues that you will never get tired of, especially as a new runner.” Jasmine and her hus-band like to set up these events
to “get people off the couch and exercising and start to lead a healthier life all around the Bay Area”. Her efforts are evident with the success of this race.
Along with Jasmine, Alexis of 48 years old also supports the running community of the Bay Area. Alexis is a volunteer for Brazen Racing, who also runs herself in many of the races. She motivates the runners at the last parts of the race with an ecstatic smile and a cow bell. The effect on the runner: happiness and en-ergy. She also encourages new runners and is proud of the par-ticipation of each runner.
Jasmine notes, “Even if you can’t come out to the races, find a way to get fit. We just want people to get off their couch and run to promote bet-ter, healthier lifestyles.”
The new downtown “loop” of one way streets, which will go in effect March 15th
Vehicles traveling across the Five Flags intersection of Foothill, Mission and Jackson Street in downtown Hayward, Calif., on Feb. 27. 2013. The intersection will serve as the foundation of the new “loop”.
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Thousands of people gath-ered at Union Square and Chinatown on Saturday, Feb. 23, 2013 in San Fran-cisco for the annual Chi-nese New Year parade, which marks the end of the lunar New Year celebra-tions.
As one of the biggest
celebrations of the lunar new year of its kind in the country and outside of Asia, the parade opened with a traditional Chinese dragon. The dragon signi-fied the end of the Year of the Dragon and the kicked off of the Year of the Snake.
The parade fea-tured lion dance troupes,
marching bands from lo-cal schools, fan and rib-bon dancers, the newly crowned Miss Chinatown U.S.A. and her court.
The finale was a 201 foot-long Golden Dragon known as “Gum Lung” which was accompanied by the setting off of 600,000 firecrackers.
Members of the Orchard School Asian Cultural Dance Troupe runs through the parade route with their golden dragon.
The San Francisco Police Dept. Lion Dance Team wait on Market Street for their cue to begin their performace for the parade.
San Francisco Mayor Edwin Lee greets the crowds on Geary Boulevard and Stockton Street along the parade route.
Top: Fan Dancers from Alice Fong Yu Alternative School per-form for the crowds along Market Street.
Right: Members of the Shao-lin U.S.A. Temple demon-strate their sparring and self-defense moves for the crowds lined up along the parade route on Market Street.
People lined up along Market Street pet a lion from the Chung Ngai Dance Troupe.
Left: Miss Chinatown U.S.A. 2013 Leah Li from Mercer Island, Wash., waves to the crowds on Market Street.
Right: Miss Chinatown U.S.A. 2013 Court prin-cesses waves to the crowds on Geary Boulevard and Stockton Street.
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Is Craigslist for better or for worse?
In 1995 Craig Newmark started the internet phe-nomenon known as Craigslist.org that provides unlimited access to products, services and dis-cussion forums.
Craigslist was initially an email distribution list where Newmark would put up posts about events. Through word of mouth news spread and soon Newmark had more subscribers, who also wanted to post non-event type posts. With time what started as one person submitting event posts through an email list has now become the large country and now international classifieds and forum page it is today. According to the craigslist fact sheet more than 60 million people visit Craigslist each month just in the U.S.
Craigslist sections include: community hous-ing, personals, discussion forums, for sale, jobs, services, gigs and resumes.
Pros of using craigslist are• Unlimited service: you can post things when-
ever you want and there is no limit to how much you can post
• Access: Gives you access to finding a variety of topics like housing, jobs and free stuff
• Advertising: Businesses and people can ad-vertise themselves and their products and services
• Wide range of services offered: You can find everything from gardening, private music lessons, to someone who will help you move
• Community building: You can find activities to do around the community and meet people through forums and discussions
Cons of using craigslist are • Fraud and Scamming: people putting up
posts might not be completely honest about their intentions
• False advertisement: products or services be-ing sold might not be the same as the quality being advertised
• Exposure to strangers: you don’t know who the people you are interacting with are
Your experience on craigslist truly depends on how you use the website. Chabot student De-nise Olberg is a constant user of craigslist who has benefitted from the website. “I’ve had great experiences with it. I got this slate pool table for free and it came with the set of balls, six or seven sticks and it had a ping pong table on the top. It was all free and I was so excited. It was unbe-lievable it was a couple thousand dollar table for
free, I mean you can’t beat that.” While Denise has obtained great results
from using craigslist some people have not had the same luck. Some online reviews on craig-slist talk about how products are not the quality they are advertised as being or the products be-ing sold to the highest bidder even though the buyer contacting the seller had an agreement with the seller. There are also reports on scam-ming on craigslist.
Even though there are some negative reviews of craigslist this does not in any way reflect the overall experiences of everyone who uses it. A lot of people have actually benefited from using the website and like Denise have found lots of free stuff.
Jesse Pallen who has actually never used Craigslist before thinks he might use it one day as well. “I probably will need it if I’m looking for a place to stay. My best friend went on there to find a place to stay at SF and it worked out pretty well for her.”
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game, so they were easily discouraged from playing at their best level. Still, they fought their way to get points on the board and did a great job scoring with having practically no time to rest between plays.
The spectators started to feel bad for the losing team and appreciated the
effort that they gave when they scored, while still be-ing ecstatic when Chabot scores a shot.
The difference between Chabot and Gavilan’s ex-perience was very obvious as Chabot looked effortless making long-range shots and making every lay-up. It was practically steal after steal before Gavilan could even reach the three-point
line to play the game. Gavilan wasn’t able to
utilize their left hands to avoid the turnovers and in-stead just made use of the right side of the court to at-tack. Because of that, it was easy for the Gladiators to force the dribble to the left hand, making the inexperi-enced hand vulnerable to a steal or turnover.
Martin, a spectator, felt
that the game was “really good entertainment as the team doesn’t always win” and that “they were winning by quite a lot” in the sec-ond half. He was meeting up with his son to watch the men’s game as well as the women’s final home game of the season.
Holly, a Gavilan spectator, just felt that, “Gavilan isn’t doing very
well today”. Regardless, it’s still nice to see sup-port for the guest team, especially when they come from a far distance.
In the end, anyone could see the happiness that the women’s team had after winning and walking off the court with roses in their hands as a reward for their awesome performance for the whole season.
On Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2013 in the Chabot College gym, the Chabot Gladia-tors men’s basketball team beat the red-hot Ohlone College Renegades by a fi-nal score of 55-53.
Chabot knew that if they wanted to have a shot at making it to the playoffs, they would have to get past the resilient Ohlone Renegades; a team that has won five of their previous six games.
The game began fan-tastic for Chabot College as they won the tipoff and started the game off with a 12-0 run. What helped Chabot on their early run was spectacular defense along with Ohlone’s shots not being able to make it into the basket.
Halfway through the first half, Chabot had an 18-3 lead and their biggest lead came with six min-utes left in the half when Chabot had a 26-10 lead. Ohlone’s head coach was
visibly frustrated with the events that had happened so far in the game.
At halftime the score was 34-26 in favor of Chabot. Current Chabot track student-athlete Da’rell Calvin said, “The game is alright so far with the score being 34-26…it’s a really intense game.”
Fast forward to midway through the second half as Chabot has a 40-37 lead. That is until Ohlone ties it on a three-pointer with 10:47 left. Ohlone didn’t officially take the lead until there was 9:40 left in the game when they held a 42-41 lead over Chabot. The Gladiators didn’t get the lead back un-til Chabot’s Greg Brown hit a three-point shot attempt to give Chabot a 48-46 lead.
At the two minute mark, Ohlone retook the lead by having a 52-51 advantage over Chabot. The Gladiators struck back with a go-ahead baseline shot by sophomore Jon Darwin with 56 seconds left on the clock.
After a series of missed
free throws by Ohlone and Chabot’s own share of missed throws, the game
came down to one final shot for Ohlone. With 7 seconds left and Chabot hanging on
to a 55-53 lead, Ohlone inbounds the ball at mid-court and the guard for their team went for the game-winning three.
The shot bounced off the rim and traveled all the way to backcourt which was good enough for time to ex-pire. This sealed the game in favor of Chabot as the fi-nal score was 55-53.
Sophomore Damien Stewart said, “It feels great, we all knew this could be our last game because we needed this to make the playoffs. So we just wanted to give it our all and in the end we came out with the win.” Stewart had a fantas-tic game where, in differ-ent times, it seemed like the play was over, but he put in the extra effort to keep the offensive attack alive.
Currently the Gladia-tors are unsure if they will make it into the playoffs or not. This victory definitely helped their cause, though, as the team is hoping for a spot in the CCCAA Tourna-ment as an at-large bid.
SportsHayward, California Thursday, February 28, 2013www.thechabotspectator.com
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Chabot men’s basketball win keeps playoff hopes aliveBy Chris Booker
Tyrelle Jackson (33) goes for a jump shot against Ohlone Col-lege in Hayward, Calif on Feb. 20, 2013.
Andrew BArBer/StAff Photo
Feb. 19, 2013 Chabot took on Cosumnes River College of Sacramento in their third home game of the season.
“We always have high expectations,” Coach Steve Friend said. “We have high standards and we set out to pursue excellence every day we’re on the field.”
The first inning began with only one hit for Co-sumnes River, and an excit-ing play for the final out of the top of the first inning. A runner was caught between first and second trying to steal second base and was tagged out by the Gladia-tors’ first baseman.
In the bottom of the first, Billy Johnson lead the in-ning with a triple, but was soon rushed off the bases after the third batter hit into a 4-3 double play. No runs for either team were scored
in the next inning and a half.Once again, Johnson got
on base and this time, was able to steal second. Fol-lowing him, Rob Smith was walked, and that brought up Joe Mello, who hit an RBI double. Two runs were scored in a two-out rally, putting Chabot on the board first and in the lead.
Johnson hit a single with two outs in the bot-tom of the fifth. On an overthrow by the pitcher to first, he was able to not only steal first base but ad-vance to third. Rob Smith knocked in Johnson to score on an RBI single and then stole second and third. Chabot was leading 4-0.
The sixth inning was where things really took off. With the game at 4-3, Chabot entered the bottom of the sixth with plans to further their lead.
Desmond Bradford led
the inning off with a single, followed by two more hits and an RBI. The inning turned out to be one of the longest in the game with Chabot totaling their box score to 13 runs on 11 hits and no errors.
Coach Friend and player Rob Smith had positive thoughts pertain-ing to the game.
“There were flashes of brilliance,” Friend said. “We took advantage of the opportunities given to us and had good results.”
“We played hard and we picked it [compared to] last Friday’s game,” Smith said. “As a team, we’ve been working together the best we can and we’re coming together slowly but surely.”
This win is the sec-ond home win for Chabot, who plays a double header this upcoming weekend. The next Gladiator home game takes place on Feb. 21, 2013.
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