** Sustainability Movie Screenings **

Foothill Sustainability Movie Screenings

In the Hearthside Lounge

(Across from the Bookstore)

Free Admission

• Botany of Desire  Oct. 22 @ Noon
• Food Inc.  Nov. 10 @ Noon
• Future of Food  Nov. 24 @ Noon

Free Snacks!!  Great Door Prizes too!!

** Science, Technology, Engineering, Math FAQ **

Science, Technology, Engineering, Math

INTERESTED IN ONE OF THESE MAJORS?

NOT SURE WHERE TO TRANSFER?

NOT SURE ABOUT FINANCIAL AID?

HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT CAREER OPPORTUNITIES?

Come to this informative session to find the answers to these questions and more!

WHEN:      WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 27, 6:00 P.M.

WHERE:    HEARTHSIDE LOUNGE (NEXT TO THE BOOKSTORE)

WHO:        UC Santa Cruz, San Jose State University, USC Viterbi School of Engineering, along with the Foothill Career and Transfer Center faculty and staff

FREE REFRESHMENTS!

SPONSORED BY THE FOOTHILL COLLEGE PHYSICAL SCIENCE, MATH AND ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT IN COORDINATION WITH THE CAREER AND TRANSFER CENTER

** Job Interview From Hell! **

Can you answer these questions?  

• Why are manhole covers round? 
• How would you figure out the number of kilowatt-hours required to boil a container of water? 
• For a randomly ordered bucket of numbers 1 through 3,000 with one number missing, how would you detect which number is missing?

An interesting article this morning in the SJ Mercury News discusses off the wall questions asked of interviewees at Google, Facebook and Cisco.  Are you ready??  
more...

** Keep Calm and Rally On!! **

** Server Problems **

  ***  UPDATE   ***

The CTIS Sysadmin has notified me that Foothill experienced several power outages today and a power circuit failure.  At present, the web server (krypton) is back online (that means that all web sites are available), but only 2 file servers are available  due to an unreliable power supply.  This will only affect COIN 63 students.  File servers that are available are:

paris.fhda.edu
london.fhda.edu

Once plant services reactivates and upgrades the power outlets, the remaining servers will be back online.

 *****

I am unable to connect to our web server (krypton) or any of the file servers.  This means that the class web sites are also not available.  Possibly, the power is out at Foothill or there may be some other problem.  I have notified the Sysadmin, and hopefully, all will be back to normal soon.

Meanwhile, carry on and keep calm.

** News for Foothill Students **

Campuswide Fire Drill Is Oct. 14

As part of ongoing campus safety activities and awareness, all Foothill students, faculty and staff as well as visitors and on-site contractors will participate in a campuswide fire drill Thursday, Oct. 14, at 10 a.m. Campus emergency response staff, who will wear bright yellow vests, will assist as emergency coordinators. Follow their guidance or ask them for assistance if you need help. Our goal is to have all buildings, including classrooms and offices, cleared within 30 minutes. When the alarm bell rings, collect your belongings, and safely and calmly evacuate to the nearest parking lot to wait as buildings are cleared by security personnel. Remain in the parking lot until you are advised by campus emergency response staff to return to your classroom, building or office. The drill will also be facilitated by firefighters from El Monte Station 14.
The fire drill is also an opportunity to test the Foothill-De Anza emergency notification system (ENS). Ensure that your emergency contact information is correct by accessing myportal.fhda.edu. Select the Configure Your Emergency Notification Preferences link located on the right side of the All Users tab. You can then review and update contact information. FHDA District Police ChiefRon Levine will send an text message to the district's ENS 24 hours prior to the drill to remind you that the drill is Thursday, Oct. 14, at 10 a.m. He will text another reminder 60 minutes prior to the drill.

Landmark Student Transfer Legislation

Earlier this week, Gov. Schwarzenegger signed Senate Bill 1440, California's landmark student transfer legislation that establishes a transfer associate degree that guarantees junior standing admissions for community college students to the California State University (CSU) system. Set for implementation by Fall 2011, SB 1440 provides a clear pathway to transfer for tens of thousands of community college students each year. It will save students significant time and resources. SB 1440 and its counterpart, AB 2302, will shape the higher education landscape in California for generations of students and help to produce a competitive California work force. The California Community Colleges is the largest system of higher education in the nation composed of 72 districts and 112 colleges serving 2.76 million students per year. Community colleges supply work force training and basic skills education and prepare students for transfer to four-year institutions.
SB 1440 streamlines the transfer process for students looking to transfer from a California Community College (CCC) to a CSU. Specifically, this bill requires CCC districts to establish associate degrees for transfer, guarantees an associate degree for transfer students are admitted to CSU with junior status and establishes course unit limits on most majors in order to reduce unnecessary, excess coursework. AB 2302 complements and builds upon the work of SB 1440 to improve the efficiency of the transfer process and helps facilitate the successful implementation of transparent transfer pathways at the University of California (UC). The bill calls for the UC to examine the development of a transfer pathway for students that would result in a transfer associate degree and system admission, and it provides a framework for student notification of the new transfer pathway created in SB 1440.

Fall Plant Sale

The Foothill College Environmental Horticulture & Design Department presents its popular fall plant sale, with a spotlight on drought-tolerant and native plants, and hard-to-find greenery while supplies last. Sale proceeds benefit the department. The plant sale is Saturday, Oct. 9, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the on-campus nursery and greenhouse facilities adjacent to lots 7 and 8. Admission is free; parking is $2. Cash and checks are accepted; no sales by credit card. Bring bags and boxes to transport purchases. The sale will feature a wide selection of shrubs, perennials, bamboos, decorative grasses, ground covers and vegetables. Some trees in larger containers are available. Most plants are in four-inch pots, and one- and five-gallon containers. For more information, call (650) 949-7427 or e-mail SvensonDaniel@foothill.edu.

Foothill Authors Series: Stuffed & Starved: The Hidden Battle for the World Food System

The Foothill Authors Series presents Raj Patel, author of Stuffed & Starved: The Hidden Battle for the World Food System, Oct. 12 at 11 a.m. in the Smithwick Theatre. Admission is free and copies of his book will be available for purchase from the campus bookstore at a 20-percent discount. The series is co-sponsored by the Foothill College President's Office. For more information, call (650) 949-7408 or e-mail CaseyMia@foothill.edu.
An award-winning writer, academic and activist, Patel has degrees from Oxford University, the London School of Economics and Cornell University, has been a visiting scholar at Yale, and now a visiting scholar at UC Berkeley's Center for African Studies, and is an honorary research fellow at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, in Durban, South Africa. He is also the author of the New York Times and international bestseller, The Value of Nothing. He has also co-authored Food Rebellions with Eric Holt-Gimenez, and Promised Land, with Peter Rosset and Michael Courville. His work on sustainability, food and economics has been translated into more than a dozen languages. As a fellow at the Institute for Food & Development Policy, he has testified in front of the U.S. Congress on the origins of the 2008 food crisis, and continues to advise the United Nations on the right to food

University Transfer Information Tables

Foothill Counselors Kathy Adams and Marylou Heslet will staff information tables during Fall Quarter to answer your questions about the university transfer process, transfer-related workshops, CSU and UC majors, choosing Foothill courses to meet your transfer goals, transfer admission guarantees (TAGs), referrals to the Foothill Transfer Center and additional on-campus resources and more. Visit the transfer information table from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Campus Center (patio adjacent to Room 2016) Oct. 12, 19, 25, 26 and Nov. 8. For more information, call (650) 949-7235 or e-mail ChenowethMaureen@foothill.edu.

Earn Units for Your Job or Volunteer Work

At Foothill College, your job or volunteer work can also earn you college units. Foothill's Cooperative Work Experience (CWE) Program gives you the opportunity to improve your work skills and earn college credit. CWE offers significant benefits for students who participate in work-based learning, including finding competitive jobs faster and earning more than their classmates during the first year of employment. Foothill adds value to your professional resume by offering CWE courses every quarter, and you can add a CWE class from one to four units through the fourth week of the quarter. CWE units also transfer as an elective to CSU campuses as well as to some private universities. Learn more at www.foothill.edu/coop or call (650) 949-7205

Free Flu Shots for Foothill Students

Foothill College will offer the H1N1/Seasonal flu vaccine to Foothill students at no charge while supplies last. To receive the vaccine, you must present photo identification and proof of current, valid enrollment in a Foothill course; there are no exceptions. You can get the vaccine at the Main or Middlefield campuses on the following dates:
Main Campus in Los Altos Hills

• Monday through Friday, Oct. 11 until supplies are gone, 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Health Services Office (Room 2126); and
• Tuesday and Wednesday, Oct. 12–13, from 8:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. in the Health Services Office (Room 2126)

Middlefield Campus in Palo Alto

• Tuesday and Wednesday, Oct. 19–20, 5:30 to 8 p.m. in Room B-7

For more information, call (650) 949-7243.

Resume Basics Workshop: Part I

This workshop will teach you how to write an effective resume using a step-by-step approach. Learn the purpose, form and content of resumes. Meets Oct. 12, from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. in the Career Center (Room 8329). Advanced sign-up required. To reserve your seat, call (650) 949-7229 or e-mail OehKaren@foothill.edu

Volunteer Fair

Numerous agencies from our community will be on campus recruiting students for a volunteer opportunities in the areas of health, environment, youth programs, senior service, homelessness and many others. Event takes place Oct. 13 from noon to 1 p.m. in the Campus Center Plaza. Admission is free. For more information, call (650) 949-7282 or e-mail DavorenTricia@foothill.edu.

Book Arts Jam 2010

Foothill College hosts the ninth annual Book Arts Jam Saturday, Oct. 16, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Campus Center at Foothill College. The Book Arts Jam is a celebration of the book arts, print arts and paper arts. Admission is free; parking is $2. The one-day event includes exhibitions of artists' books (you'll be able to open and touch the books on display); artist talks and slideshows (listen, question, hear secrets, and admire fine work); book artists and craftspeople participating as exhibitors (ask them questions about their processes and products–and buy some of their work); and printers (watch them work their presses and find out why they print this way). The Book Arts Jam is co-sponsored by Bay Area Book Artists and Foothill College, and funded in part by a grant from the Associated Students of Foothill C ollege (ASFC). For more information, e-mail info@bookartsjam.org.

Auditions for Working

Award-winning Foothill Music Theatre hosts auditions for its winter musical, Working, Saturday, Oct. 16, from noon to 4 p.m. or Sunday, Oct. 17, from noon to 5 p.m. in Appreciation Hall (Room 1501). Callbacks are Oct. 23-24. Rehearsals begin Jan. 4.Working runs Feb. 18–March 6, in the Lohman Theatr

Astronomy Lecture: The Ultimate Fate of the Solar System & The Music of the Spheres

As part of the 12th annual Silicon Valley Astronomy Lecture Series, Gregory Laughlin, Ph.D., of the University of California, Santa Cruz, will present The Ultimate Fate of the Solar System & The Music of the Spheres Wednesday, Oct. 20, from 7 to 8:30 p.m. in the Smithwick Theatre at Foothill College. Admission is free; parking is $2. Seating is on a first-come, first-served basis. Arrive early to locate parking. For more information, access www.foothill.edu or call (650) 949-7888.
The long-term fate of the planets in our Solar System has intrigued astronomers and mathematicians for more than 300 years. Although the planetary orbits are often held up as a model of clockwork regularity, the Solar System is in truth an extremely complex and chaotic system. Dr. Laughlin will explain how very recent advances in computing technology have finally given us a solution to the problem. He will also show how the delicate gravitational interplay between the planets can be interpreted as a true "music of the spheres", and will audition for us the profoundly unsettling compositions that can result in the event that the planetary orbits go haywire in the extremely distant future.
From 1999-2001, Laughlin worked as a planetary scientist at NASA's Ames Research Center. He is a leader in the field of detecting planets around other stars and is also an expert on the long-term fate of the Earth, the Solar System, the Galaxy, and the Universe. He is co-author of the The Five Ages of the Universe: Inside the Physics of Eternity.
One unit of astronomy course credit at Foothill is available to those who attend all six of the Silicon Valley Astronomy Lectures in 2010-2011 (you may watch one on the Web) and write a short paper. Lectures are always on Wednesday evenings, and there are two each quarter, from October through May. California residents pay $17 per unit plus basic fees for Foothill classes. To register for the course, ASTRO 36, go to www.foothill.edu/admissions.
The free lecture series is sponsored by the Foothill College Astronomy Program, NASA Ames Research Center, SETI Institute and Astronomical Society of the Pacific. Past lectures from the series are available online in MP3-format athttp://www.astrosociety.org/education/podcast/index.html.

Painting the Future: Building Community in Early Care & Education Conference

The Foothill College Child Development Department presents the fourth annual Painting the Future: Early Care & Education Conference Saturday, Oct. 23, from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at Foothill College. Designed especially for early childhood educators and parents, registration for the all-day event is $50, which includes the general session presentation by keynote speaker Bev Boss, choice of three workshops, lunch, snack and parking. The conference features more than 35 workshops. Review conference information and registration procedures. The deadline to register online is Oct. 15. For additional information, e-mail conference coordinator Marian Browning or call (650) 949-6962.

Lunch & Learn Workshop: How to Choose a Major

Knowing who you are is critical to knowing what you want. Learn ways to choose an academic major and the right questions to ask yourself. In this workshop, you will hear about the steps involved in choosing a major, and the many valuable resources to help you decide. This workshop will also help you prepare for Transfer Day on Wednesday, Oct. 27. Complimentary pizza will be provided to workshop participants. Meets Oct. 25, from noon to 1 p.m. in the Hearthside Lounge (Room 2313). Advanced sign-up required. To reserve your seat, call (650) 949-7229 or e-mail OehKaren@foothill.edu.

Students Make The Loop

Student designers, photographers and writers have published the second edition of The Loop, a campus magazine.

AAN Food & School Supplies Pantry Helps Foothill Students in Need

Last year, the African American Network (AAN) Food & School Supplies Pantry raised $1,625 and helped more than 300 Foothill students make ends meet. The need still exists and the donation pantry program has returned. All donations go to currently enrolled students. Donations of the following items will help Foothill students in need:

• Foodstuffs—canned meats and vegetables, dry pasta, beans, rice, peanut butter, pudding cups, apple sauce.
• Supplies—paper, binders, notebooks, pencils, index cards and pocket dictionaries.

You can drop off donations at the Admissions & Records Office (Room 8101) or Administration Building Mailroom (Room 1908). Monetary donations are also welcome and can be made to the Foothill College African American Network. Food distribution occurs bi-weekly on Tuesdays from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. in Room 8103B.

Authors Series: Scott Lankford & Tahoe Beneath the Surface

The Foothill Authors Series presents Foothill English Instructor Scott Langford, Ph.D., author of Tahoe Beneath the Surface: The Hidden Stories of America's Largest Mountain Lake, Tuesday, Nov. 9, at noon in the Hearthside Lounge in the Campus Center. Admission is free and copies of his book will be available for purchase from the campus bookstore at a 20-percent discount. The series is co-sponsored by the Foothill College President's Office. For more information, call (650) 949-7408 or e-mailCaseyMia@foothill.edu.
Raised in Colorado, Lankford got lost en route to Stanford University and spent much of the next 10 years as a maintenance man, musician and mountaineering guide at Lake Tahoe. After joining the 1985 American Everest West Ridge Expedition, he completed a doctorate in modern thought and literature with a dissertation on John Muir. He has served as Foothill's dean of Language Arts and co-director of the Foothill College Cultural Diversity Center.

Resume Basics Workshop: Part II

This workshop will teach you how to write an effective resume using a step-by-step approach. Learn the purpose, form and content of resumes. Meets Nov. 4 from 4 to 5 p.m. in Room 8330. Advanced sign-up required. To reserve your seat, call (650) 949-7229 or e-mail OehKaren@foothill.edu.

Resume Critique: Part II

Bring your resume and have a professional review it for spelling, content and layout. Bring any corresponding job ads that you're applying for with your resume. This is a great opportunity to get fast feedback that can make a difference. Drop-in resume critiqueswill be conducted Oct. 28 from 10 to 11:30 a.m. in the Career Center (Room 8329). This service is available on a first-come, first-served basis and limited to 10 minutes. To participate, you must be a Foothill College student with current student ID. For more information, call (650) 949-7229 or e-mail OehKaren@foothill.edu.

University Transfer Week Events & Activities

University Transfer Week includes workshops and presentations designed to help you better understand your transfer options. Presented by the Foothill Transfer Center, on-campus events run Monday through Thursday, Oct. 25-28. Admission to all events is free.
Monday, Oct. 25

• Workshop: How to Choose a Major, noon to 1 p.m., Hearthside Lounge (Room 2313);
• Workshop: How to Get Your Foot in the Door to UCLA through the TAP Program, noon to 1 p.m., Toyon Room (Room 2020)

Tuesday, Oct. 26

• Admissions Workshop: Mount Holyoke and Smith Colleges, noon to 1 p.m., Hearthside Lounge (Room 2313);
• Workshop: Tips on How to Apply for Financial Aid for University Transfer, 2 to 3 p.m., Hearthside Lounge (Room 2313)

Wednesday, Oct. 27

• University Transfer Day at Foothill; 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.; Campus Center Quad—Admissions representatives from more than 50 universities, including UC, CSU and private and out-of-state institutions will be available to meet one to one with you, and answer your questions about transfer requirements, financial aid, housing, student activities and more. See the list of universities that will attend the event.
• CSU Panel Presentation: Make a Smooth Transition to CSU, 1:30 to 2:30 p.m., Room TBA;
• UC Application Presentations, 1:30 to 2:30 p.m., Room TBA;
• Columbia University Admission Workshop, 3 to 4 p.m., Room TBA;
• Engineering Transfer Opportunities, 6 to 7:30 p.m., Hearthside Lounge (Room 2313)

Read the Current Issue of Student Health 101

Foothill students have free access to Student Health 101, an online magazine that promotes better health for college students. The publication also includes events held by the Foothill Health Services Office, including free, rapid HIV testing; Planned Parenthood services; vaccines; and more.

Tax Credit for Textbooks

Textbooks and course materials are now eligible for a tax credit under the American Recovery & Reinvestment Act's (ARRA) newly created American Opportunity Tax Credit. To learn more about this option as well as how to claim the tax credit, review the IRS instructions posted online at www.textbookaid.org. 

** IT Innovation Summit **

De Anza College will host an IT Innovation Summit on Oct. 15, 2010.  Students are invited to attend in the afternoon.   The Foothill-DeAnza Foundation is providing students with scholarships to attend the event.  The scholarships are available until Wednesday evening.

If you are interested, or want more information, contact Marie Taylor Harper.  You can visit her at her desk in the Business/CS Computer Lab in the ATC building at De Anza campus between 1:15 and 9pm or email her at taylorharpermarie@fhda.edu.

Separating the Truth From the Truthy

Here's some interesting analysis of Twitter that may interest you...

A new Web project out of Indiana University is separating the truth from the "truthy" in political Tweets online.
The project—named "Truthy," after Stephen Colbert's descriptor for misinformation dressed up as fact—mines Twitter to analyze patterns in political discussions and makes the information available online. The software allows visitors to take a closer look at Twitter trends to spot data manipulation by tech-savvy special-interest groups. 

More at:http://chronicle.com/blogPost/Separating-the-Truth-From-the/27321/?sid=at&utm_source=at&utm_medium=en