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VOLUME XXXIII, Issue 3
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LADY RIDGEBACKS:
Defence getting
stronger
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Strike’s deep impact
Commuters
scramble
for rides
By Reka Szekely
Chronicle Staff
When the Durham Region Transit strike deadline hit at 6 p.m. on
Oct. 5, several students were left
waiting for buses.
Some thought it would begin the
following day, while others were
waiting on word from the school
that the buses wouldn’t be coming.
Mary Viloria, a second-year
Chemical Engineering student, was
one of those left behind.
“I heard there might be a strike,
but I caught the bus earlier today
and I saw them coming and going,”
she said.
Viloria thinks the school should
have provided students with more
information. She said all she saw
was a message on the mycampus
e-mail system and said she would
have left campus earlier had she
known.
She doesn’t know what she’ll do
if the strike is lengthy.
“I have a friend that lives near
me, but I don’t want to depend on
him all the time,” she said.
Lotoya Scott, a first-year Business and Integrated Studies student
at Durham, said she will be relying
on her boyfriend for rides. Like
many students, she’s resigned to the
situation and not angry.
“I’m not hating on why they’re
going on strike,” she said. “Everyone needs more money.”
So far, most students are turning to friends and relatives for rides.
Getting on campus takes longer
and the passenger drop-off zone is
much busier.
GO Transit, which is still running
in the region, said it hasn’t seen an
increase in ridership, though there
have been minor delays causes by
increased traffic in the region.
“What we’ve done is run regular services, adjusted some bus
stops and tried to keep our riders
informed,” said GO Transit spokesperson Stephanie Sorensen. As a
result, GO buses will stop on Simcoe
Street instead of coming onto campus for the duration of the strike.
Sorensen said if the routes get
busier, they will add buses if they
can, but that would prove difficult
in rush hour when a lot of the buses
are already in service.
Dan Gallant will be loaning his
Photo by Reka Szekely
son, a Police Foundations student
at Durham, a vehicle while the strike
OSHAWA GARAGE: Driver Mike Cruickshank waves to
continues. Gallant is a bus driver in
Ajax and Pickering and both he and passing motorists at DRT East headquarters.
his wife work for Durham Region one is good for all,” he said. “If you get a part-time job while she walks
Transit. They’re walking the picket put the steak on the table, leave us the picket lines.
line at the Ajax GO station.
half the meat, not just the bones.”
She’s worried about the region
He said he’s fighting for the same
Donna Wright supplies, when contracting out jobs and hopes to
retirement and health benefits as necessary, as a casual driver in Ajax be hired full-time soon.
his Oshawa counterparts.
and Pickering. She said the strike is
“I know the union is going for
“These are important issues, we going to be tough on her as a single that and I know it will benefit me in
feel, my wife and I. What’s good for mom of two, and she may have to the long run.”
October , 2006
Durham
Region and
union still
deadlocked
By Marilyn Gray
Chronicle Staff
Durham Region Transit drivers
walked off the job at 6 p.m. on Oct.
5. Since then, students have had to
find other ways of getting to class.
At press time there seemed to be
no end to the strike in sight. Since
drivers left their posts on Oct. 5
there has been no bargaining at all.
“It might take 10 minutes, it might
take a year,” said Garth Johns, Human Resources commissioner of
Durham Region.
Both the region and the union
say that the ball is in the other party’s court, resulting in a silent standoff. Both sides accuse the other of
putting an end to bargaining. “I’m
hoping it doesn’t last long, but it’s
up to the region,” said John Johnson,
chairperson of the Durham Region
Transit unit of CAW Local 222.
The region has refused to return
to the bargaining table until certain
key issues are dropped altogether,
such as post-retirement and contracting-out policies. The union
feels the region is simply refusing
to bargain. “The region won’t even
come sit at the table . . . they refuse
to bargain with us,” said Johnson.
Durham Region argues that it
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$2M cash for university
By Jocelyn Nespiak
Chronicle Staff
Photo by Jocelyn Nespiak
LEFT TO RIGHT: Judy Mappin, Sandy
Hawley, Jim Flaherty and Chris Bentley.
The green velvet cloth was pulled from the Plexiglas casing.
Inside were bundles of fake bills representing the $2 million cash
donation from Windfields Farm and Tribute Communities.
The money, given to the University of Ontario Institute of
Technology on Oct. 10, is a stepping-stone towards an even better future for the school.
“I am so honoured to be a part of this,” said Judy Mappin, president of Windfields Farm.
It is important for the school to continue to grow and expand,
she added.
“We must attract both the best professors and the most eager
minds. For that to happen it has to have leading-edge technology, fully equipped classrooms and an environment conducive
to higher learning,” she said. “To that end we are happy to be supporting the university with a sizeable donation.”
Students at UOIT will see more changes in classrooms.
“It (the money) will be used to help further the leading-edge
learning environment that we strive to provide,” said Dr. Richard
Marceau, provost of UOIT.
Changes to look forward to include a rapid prototyping and
manufacturing lab; a mechatronics lab; an energy systems lab;
a radiation lab; an IT security lab and a simulated-patient nurse
training lab.
Jim Flaherty, federal minister of Finance, attended the presentation. He believes post-secondary education is the road to success as a nation.
“By making this donation, they are helping to make Canada
more competitive and a better place to live, work and raise a family,” he said.
It was obvious to Mappin to donate to UOIT for many reasons.
“We are building a relationship with them. We have an existing relationship with Durham College,” she said. “You get to know
your next-door neighbours.”
UOIT opened its doors in 2003. It is the only laptop-based
university in Ontario. This spring the first class in a four-year program will graduate.
“This is a day to celebrate excellence,” said Chris Bentley, minister of Training, Colleges and Universities. “We have the future of
Ontario right here in this campus.”
Howard Sokolowski, CEO of Tribute Communities, said his
donation was an expression of gratitude to the university. Four or
five years ago the company was given the opportunity to build a
subdivision close by.
“To do this right next door to an emerging, sophisticated, firstclass institution, that’s some-
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October 17, 2006
CAMPUS NEWS
School suggests
carpooling
Illegally
parked
cars will be
ticketed
By Marilyn Gray
Chronicle Staff
Photo by Reka Szekely
LEFT BEHIND: Students like Mary Viloria have been left
to fend for themselves while the region and union say
the ball is in the other party’s court.
Region refuses
arbitration
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willing to return to the table and
their demands are not unreasonable. “We’re happy to talk to them,”
said Johns.
One of the issues the region demands be dropped from the table,
contracting-out policies, has been
a bone of contention between the
two parties that the union refuses
to drop.
The union accuses the region
of wanting to contract out enough
work to cut full-time positions.
Johns says this accusation is “absolute nonsense . . . there will be no
job loss because of it.”
The region claims it wants to
change the policy on contracting
out because there isn’t enough
staff and expertise within the union
to meet their needs. “We have to
have the flexibility,” said Johns.
“We’ll guarantee that nobody will
lose their jobs, but that’s not good
enough (for the union).”
The union has offered to go to
arbitration and have a third party
make the decision for them. The
region has flatly refused arbitration, both now and in the future.
“You’re putting your fate and future in the hands of a third party
who really doesn’t give a damn
about Durham,” said Johns. “Not all
arbitrators are bad people. It’s just
they don’t care.”
The region feels that it would
be unfair to leave the fate of such
a large public investment in the
hands of someone who isn’t going
to be affected by the decision.
“We don’t want to risk it on behalf of our taxpayers,” he said.
Durham Region maintains its
stance that its offer is more than
fair. “They should take our offer
and run; it’s a very generous one,”
said Johns. He expressed his sympathy for the workers, saying “the
union’s driven them to it.”
Johns said the region can’t
budge on its position with these
300 transit workers because the
3,700 other Durham Region employees will want the same deal.
“The cost is outlandish,” he said.
“There are ramifications for any
other deal we come up with.”
The union remains strongly in
favour of returning to the bargaining table.
“We will go back to the table any
time, any place,” said Johnson.
With the recent increase of traffic on campus due to the transit
strike, parking has been affected
surprisingly little.
The administration of DC/UOIT
has been encouraging students to
carpool to school or be dropped
off. Many students have been doing
just that.
“There has been barely an increase,” said Mario Woolery, clerk
for DC/UOIT Parking Administration, regarding parking problems. “I
think carpooling is working.”
Though cars have been seen
parked on grass and curbs, Woolery said this is normal. “People are
always going to try to break the
rules . . . people are always parking
illegally,” he said. This was an issue
before the transit strike and is only
slightly worse now. Cars that are
parked illegally will be ticketed and
drivers will be fined.
While many students who usually take public transit are now
driving to school, very few have
Money
will go to
labs and
equipment
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very special,” he said.
Tribute built the Neighbourhoods of Windfields Farm. Bentley believes it is collaborative
relationships like this that build
stronger communities.
As students, one of the biggest
challenges is the cost of education.
Evan Muller-Cheng, the Student Association president, said,
“This generous donation by Tribute and Windfields takes some
of the burden off students, allows
them to excel in their studies and
develop the skills they need for the
future.”
Photo by Marilyn Gray
PARKING WOES: Parking remains scarce on campus, but
the administration says there are still weekly and monthly passes available.
bought short-term parking passes
because of the strike. Weekly and
monthly parking passes are available. They can be registered for on
the Parking Administration’s website at durham.parkadmin.ca and
paid for at the reception desk near
the entrance of the Gordon Willey
building.
The administration is encourag-
ing students to continue carpooling for the remainder of the transit
strike.
Carpooling notices are posted
at the main entrance of the Gordon
Willey building, in the East Atrium
of the Science building at UOIT
and in the Student Centre.
At the Whitby campus, a centre
will be available inside the cafeteria.
Halloween
happenings
Dress up for pub night
Zombies will rise from their shallow graves, witches will sweep
in on their broomsticks and black cats will creep to E.P. Taylor’s for a
thrilling night.
On Oct. 25 the Student Association will be holding a Halloween pub
event at E.P. Taylor’s. This event is free of charge and anyone who is 19
or over is invited to let loose and laugh while dancing the night away.
So wipe away the cobwebs from your favourite Halloween costumes, throw them on, and join your fellow ghouls and goblins at E.P.
Taylor’s.
-Tania Harris
Helloween Havoc
Helloween Havoc is invading E.P. Taylor’s on Oct. 26.
Performing live will be Probation, Explosions In Silence, Step Function, The Skallywags and Anti-Hero.
It will be Step Function’s first performance since they lost their lead
singer. Conflicts broke the band apart, but they have resolved their issues.
“They have a new singer and have been practising like crazy,” said
Matt Malbon, from Uprising Entertainment – the booking company
promoting the event and bands.
The show starts at 8 p.m.
-Jocelyn Nespiak
CAMPUS NEWS
The Chronicle
October 17, 2005
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Campaign creates Positive Spaces
By Shannon Dossor
Chronicle Staff
Trying to make Durham a better place, the Student Association,
SHARE (Students for Humanitarianism and Action through Respect
and Education), and PRIDE have
launched the Positive Space campaign.
“As our campus diversifies what
we need to do is open our doors to
the issues, or acknowledge the issues in diversity that any campus or
community has,” said Evan MullerCheng, president of the Student Association. “For students it basically
encompasses awareness and education and hopefully developing
that sense of respect.” The goal of
Positive Space is to develop workshops about sexual orientation,
ethnicities and religions. It will open
the door to awareness of all cultures
and how to respect everyone.
The SA, as well as the new diversity officer Jon Sarpong, will be creating workshops with faculty as well
as students to create awareness.
“I think it’s really needed here,”
said Jon Sarpong. “This is to create
a splash.” Sarpong would also like to
set up a workshop for student advisors as well, because they are the
ones students usually turn to when
they need help.
“We want to create an atmosphere where everyone feels comfortable,” said Sarpong. The campaign is to promote GLBTQ (gay,
lesbian, bisexual, transgendered,
queer) and how to touch base and
learn more about everyone.
The Positive Space campaign issued buttons promoting GLBTQ.
Photo by Pavan Sandhu
SPEAKING OUT: Anthony Henley, president of PRIDE, at a panel discussion on Oct. 10.
The buttons were given out in during the weeklong campaign. There
were also stickers issued. The stickers are for teachers to place on their
doors, windows, or somewhere in
their workspace to show that it is
a Positive Space so students with
issues are able to approach this
person and know they will accommodate any needs. “I want to show
other people that this community
(GLBTQ) is just like any other,” said
Nicole Cooseelal, project leader for
SHARE.
“To wear the button or show the
sticker doesn’t mean that you are
gay or lesbian by wearing it, but that
you support human rights and human issues,” said Muller-Cheng.
“Our goal is to see a positive shift
in the campus atmosphere for gay
and lesbian students,” said Anthony
Henley, president of PRIDE. “There
really isn’t any visible support for
gay and lesbian students on campus. I think it is something our grow-
ing campus is lacking.” The campaign was held Oct. 10-13 and there
will hopefully be regular awareness
weeks in the years to come.
Durham is not the first school to
have the Positive Space campaign.
Many schools already do. The University of Toronto was the first. Durham is adopting some ideas from
other schools, and making new
ideas of its own. Students are taking a pro-active approach and are
launching this campaign. Rather
Seminar explains rare disease
By Valene Nicholas
Chronicle Staff
Midterms and multiple assignments take a
toll on students, but imagine the stress of school
mixed with joint pain, fatigue, renal dysfunction
and skin ulcers. A handful of DC and UOIT students may have such symptoms, caused by sickle
cell disease.
Sickle cell disease is hereditary and commonly found in individuals of African, Mediterranean,
Greek, Italian, Turkish, Indian, Arabic and Latin
descent.
A person with the disease has distorted red
blood cells that are disc shaped, caused by the
protein hemoglobin S. The protein hemoglobin
found in red blood cells transports oxygen from
the lungs to tissues in the body. Hemoglobin S
cannot carry as much oxygen, transforming cell
shape and making cells fragile. These cells do not
function properly and break off, causing blood
clots and pain.
Health and Wellness Centre registered nurse
Jeannine Bennett said there are about five students on campus with sickle cell disease. The Caribbean And African Student Association held a
seminar Oct 5, to inform students about it.
“Not a lot of people know about this disease,”
said CASA public relations representative Shaila
Emijjo. Individuals can be carriers and unknowingly pass it on to their children.
CASA brought in Lillie Johnson to educate
students about sickle cell disease.
As an Ontario community nurse, 25 years ago
Johnson became frustrated when realizing that
many health professionals did not know how to
adequately treat patients with sickle cell disease.
She took action by founding the Sickle Cell Association of Ontario.
Photo by Valene Nicholas
VETERAN NURSE: Lillie Johnson has
been educating the public about sickle cell disease for 25 years.
“If we are going to wait until we have a disorder
before we help people, then what a world this will
be,” Johnson said, who does not have the disease.
SCAO is a non-profit organization, providing
services to patients in need and teaching communities about sickle cell disease she said.
Johnson stressed the importance of knowing
the status of your red blood cells.
A carrier of sickle cell disease has one hemoglobin and one hemoglobin S in the gene. This is
called sickle cell trait. A person with the trait does
not have symptoms or the disease,
If two individuals with sickle cell trait conceive
a child, the child has a 25 per cent chance of having sickle cell disease and a 50 per cent chance
of being a carrier. A baby with one parent with
sickle cell will be a carrier.
Veronica Akinsara, a first year UOIT nursing
student, has sickle cell. Both parents were carriers. She has two brothers, one with the disease
and the other with the trait. The disease never
affected Akinsara growing up, but she would not
want to have a child with the disease because the
severity of symptoms are different for each person.
“Sometimes it hinders growth and in some
cases individuals don’t end up walking until after two,” said Emijjo. Some other symptoms are
weakness, fever, jaundice, bone pain, strokes,
anemia and priapism. Priapisms are excruciatingly painful erections, not caused by sexual interest.
“Sometimes it doesn’t last long and sometimes
it lasts for days,” said Johnson.
Morphine and Demerol are administered
through intravenous at hospitals for extreme pain
episodes whether it be organ, bone or joint pain.
Other patients consume folic acid to maintain
the life of blood cells for a longer period of time,
said Johnson. A cure is yet to be discovered.
“People like you here and the population at
large have to open their mouths and say ‘we want
more research’ because this is a Canadian health
problem,” Johnson told students. In Canada one
out of every 400 black babies will have sickle cell.
Throughout the seminar she emphasized that
although sickle cell disease is common in black
people, other cultures can and do have it. That’s
why Johnson spreads the word throughout Ontario.
than administration saying you
have to do something, students are
asking for support.
The campaign consists of student and faculty workshops as well
as a panel discussion that was held
Oct.10. At the panel discussion
there were guest speakers as well as
SHARE representatives.
Jayne Schmid, one of the guest
speakers at the panel discussion,
is co-ordinator of prevention education, street outreach, needle exchange program as well as others
for the AIDS Committee of Durham.
“We cannot rest as the struggle is far
from over.”
Another guest speaker at the
panel discussion was Rick Telfer,
who was the former national rep for
CFS (Canadian Federation of Students). “It’s to break the silence,” said
Telfer. “It’s about getting to the point
of phasing out the acts of hate.”
Also part of the campaign, on
Thursday, Oct. 12 guest speaker
Garrett Metcalfe was at E.P. Taylor’s.
He talked about homophobia and
coming out of the closet.
“There will be information sessions for staff that are interested in
participating to make them aware
of issues that face GLBT students,”
said Henley. Sarpong added that so
far, the majority of faculty is really
on board.
This is the first year that Durham
has had the Positive Space campaign. Henley explained our campus is growing therefore there are
more GLBT students now and we
need to move forward. There is so
much diversity on campus, that to
eliminate discrimination of all kinds
will take a lot of work, but all efforts
are worth it.
Career
fair
coming
soon
By Luba Tymchuk
Chronicle Staff
Durham College and UOIT
students will not want to miss
the chance to explore employment prospects, expand network contacts, and research
options for further education
on Oct. 24.
The Career and Employment Services is hosting the
first fall Career and Education
Fair, which will be held from 11
a.m. to 3 p.m. in the gym.
More than 55 companies,
professional associations and
educational institutions, including the Canadian Forces,
Lakeridge Health, Ontario
Power Generation, and the
Ministry of Finance, will be on
hand.
For the complete list of
companies and associations,
go to the Durham CollegeUOIT website.
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Security is your big brother
It’s nighttime. Dark. Quiet. After
studying you’re heading back to
South Village Res. The school is partially lit. The lights cast shadows in
corners of the buildings.
A cracking noise in the distance
startles you. You walk a little faster.
You hear another cracking noise.
You turn quickly. The light behind
the towering figure blinds you. Then
you see the Group 4 patch on his
arm. It’s just a security guard and he
offers to walk you home.
Feeling safe at school isn’t a
luxury. It is expected. It should be
the last concern on every student’s
mind. But a couple of weeks ago a
girl was assaulted in the South Simcoe parking lot. Fortunately she defended herself and managed to call
for help.
As a result safety has become a
huge issue. Students are questioning whether the campus is secure,
but by working with security, using
the services provided and by improving protection in some areas,
we can ensure it is.
The demand for more security
guards increased after the addition
of the University of Ontario Institute
of Technology. Deborah Kinkaid,
director of Campus Services, said to
meet growing needs more officers
have been hired and new programs
have been added.
The school contracts officers
from Group 4 – one of the biggest
security companies in the world.
There are a regular number of officers patrolling during the day and at
night. During special events security
increases to meet demands.
There is one main security desk
stationed in the Gordon Willey
building with an officer there 24
hours a day, seven days a week.
Even though the school is twice
the size it was in 2000, Kinkaid said
there isn’t a need for another security station elsewhere on campus.
The main desk can contact any
of the security officers randomly patrolling all areas of the school at any
time, she added.
Other programs such as Safewalk, Campus Phones, and the
Work Alone Program complement
security, but only when students
use them.
Safewalk provides escorts who
can walk students to their cars or
residence after dark.
Campus Phones are available for
anyone who feels at risk.
The Work Alone Program is for
students studying after hours, but
is only effective when students sign
up at the main security desk to be
checked up on through their stay.
To request any service contact
the main security reception desk at
ext. 2400.
As well there are 15 Blue Call
Lights in parking lots around campus. They are nine-foot high, red
poles with blue lights at the top.
Once the emergency button is
pressed the call goes directly to the
main security desk. Cameras in the
area are activated and security can
see what is happening. An officer
immediately responds.
Most of the parking lots have the
Blue Call Lights, but the South Simcoe parking lot does not. Kinkaid
said they are looking into putting se-
curity measures in place at that lot,
but haven’t acted on it yet.
This is definitely a concern for
students parking there. Kinkaid said
anyone staying after dark should
consider moving his or her car to
a closer lot. If this isn’t a feasible
option, she encourages use of the
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Freshman 15: reality for many
Durham College-UOIT Chronicle
RIIIPPPPP. Oops your pants just since those glory days there are cersplit and your size large underwear tain memories carved in our minds.
is exposed. Don’t worry, it’s not your
Memories of the only place that
fault you’re fat, college is to blame.
sold food, the high school cafeteria,
The variety of foods spread and the lack of food choices it had
all over campus,
to offer. Those
lengthy breaks that
damn rules of
are often boring and
not being alTania
the availability of
lowed to eat anynice cold alcoholic
where but the
Harris
beverages is why
cafeteria, forcing
there is more fleshy
students to be
people in college
disobedient. Bethan there was in high school.
ing humiliated when we got caught
For some college and university eating jelly beans in class and getstudents it’s only been a few months ting yelled at in front of our friends
since they graduated from high- or that devastating time when our
school, for the rest of us many years delicious creamy dark chocolate
have passed since we last walked goodness got snatched away by a
down our high-school hallways. malicious teacher because we were
But no matter how long it has been about to eat it in the hallway.
We cursed our high school teachers back then for being so evil but
looking back now they were only
protecting us from true evil, weight
gain. That protection doesn’t exist in
college and university.
A study at Cornell University in
Ithaca, N.Y., found that freshmen
gained an average of 4.2 pounds
during the first 12 weeks of college.
That’s almost 11 times more than
the weekly weight gain expected in
17- and 18-year-olds.
College and university life means
more freedom to eat wherever and
whenever you want. It’s not uncommon to see students in the classroom dipping their Hawaiian slice
of pizza in creamy garlic sauce or
walking down the halls munching
on a bag of chips.
Even though there are healthy
food choices at Durham College
and UOIT, such as smoked salmon
wraps and salads, it’s the greasy
foods like burgers, fries and pizza
that are picked more often.
“There are healthy choices, but
they are more expensive so I am willing to pay less and get what I want
than more and get what I need,” says
Renee Giroux, a second-year Practical Nursing student at Durham.
Having fatty foods available in a
variety of different locations on campus makes it difficult for students to
stay away when their stomachs are
screaming in hunger.
Some Durham students face a
three-hour break between classes.
This time can be used for completing homework, watching TV at the
Student Centre or playing pool in
the pub. But no matter how the time
is spent there is one thing that is
guaranteed - students will be eating. According to the Anne Collins
weight loss program, 400 million
packets of crisps are eaten in the UK
every year out of sheer boredom.
Alcohol consumption is another
major factor in weight gain and having a pub on campus makes it convenient for students to drink whenever they desire.
The variety of fatty foods, long
and boring breaks and availability
of booze are why students are more
beefy in college than they were in
high school. So there’s no need to
feel ashamed your pants just split,
you’re in college now and it’s more
common then you think.
Cell phones filthy Models scrutinized
with deadly germs for being stick thin
You wouldn’t put your head under an germs that can cause pimples to meningitoilet seat, so why would you put it next to tis and even pneumonia.
a cellphone?
As stated by CTV News, cellphones sit
Cellphones are everywhere: in offices, in pockets and purses, two warm places
business places and most of all, in colleges that provide a perfect breeding ground
and universities across the world where for germs. Then your phone touches your
students use them to stay in touch with lips and your hands. If that’s not enough to
family and friends.
make your skin itch, then U.S. microbioloThey come in different sizes, colours gist Dr. Chuck Gerba, from the Univeristy of
and shapes. Some have attractive features Arizona, told CTV that half the cellphones
such as TV, radio,
he tested were filthy.Some
cameras and mp3
believe this is just a scam to
players. Some people
get people to buy the antiJason
pay more attention to
bacterial soaps or gels that
what features a cellare the best way to keep this
Miller
phone has to offer
frequently used device free
and how cheap it is
from germs. And, Dr. Anthan the dangerous
drew Simor, a microbiologist
germ-filled booby trap hiding in the shad- at Sunnybrook Health Science Centre in
ows.Have you ever stopped to think about Toronto, told CTV germs are a normal part
how clean your cellphone is before sharing of everyday life and can actually help keep
it with someone else? This secret has been your immune system strong.
hiding on your lips the whole time. The deScrew that, I want to be sure the damn
tails were spilled to unaware users when thing is clean and since prevention is betmicrobiologists at Manchester Metropoli- ter than a cure, I think it is in everyone’s
tan University in England discovered the best interest to clean their phones with
average cellphone is dirtier than either a anti-bacterial agents.
toilet seat or the bottom of your shoe. So
But if you decide not to take caution,
the next time you sign a contract to get a just remember the next time you make a
high-tech cellphone, remember you are call from your washroom, your toilet might
signing up for an unhealthy serving of be closer to your face than you think.
Models have been banned from a fashion help but compare her own body to that of Beshow in Madrid. Wait a minute. Take a breath. yonce, or maybe the lips of Angelina Jolie. Not
How could this happen? How can someone as only is the general public being victimized, but
beautiful and as perfect as a fashion model be other actresses have fallen into the trap as well.
turned away from a runway? The answer is a
Of course there are the more talked-about
shocker: they are too skinny. Too skinny!
recently thinned-out celebrities such as LindWhat does this mean for women around the say Lohan and Nicole Riche. But what about
globe? Well girls, this proves that being wafer Star Jones Reynolds? She went from being a
thin is definitely not the
funny, healthy looking, yes –
way to go.
somewhat overweight talk show
Amanda
The models in Madrid
host to almost obscurity.
were snubbed by the AssoStudies show that Jones ReynGauthier
ciation of Fashion Designolds’ popularity plummeted not
ers in agreement with the
long after she allegedly had gasMadrid regional governtric bypass surgery. This is not to
ment for not showing a healthy body image. suggest, however, that people who lose weight
This, according to the association, is what it are not liked. There is absolutely nothing wrong
wanted the show to portray.
with wanting to stay healthy and appreciate
Apparently, skin and bones once your body. Look at Oprah Winfrey. She lost aphad its place in the industry, but now proximately 60 pounds and her fans still can’t
it’s all about the natural healthy look get enough of her!With the banning of models
– more achievable for the average female. from a European runway, the obsession that
Thanks to the constant images of perfection has taken over the minds of so many people in
being forced down our throats through mov- today’s society can finally come to an end. Or at
ies, music videos, magazines and even com- least start to fizzle out a bit.
mercials, many young girls today have become
In a Metro article, Concha Guerra, a member
innocent victims. They suffer not only from se- of the Madrid regional association, said fashion
rious eating disorders, but lack self-confidence shows “are mirrors for many young women.”
and have a twisted view of how the modern
This is definitely true. So I wonder, when was
woman is expected to look.
the last time anyone looked into a mirror and
In seeing these beauties, a woman cannot saw a walking twig?
Sequels becoming the norm
It’s an addiction like no other. It
pulls you in and leaves you craving
more. You wait for the second but
it ends as cliffhanger. And so you
wait for the third. It’s a
cycle that never ends.
When sequels attack
there is no escape.
Movies no longer
end when the credits
roll. The industry has
become too reliant
on sequels. It is common for Hollywood movies to continue to a threequel and more. They have even
branched out to prequels, inter-
quels and midquels. Interquels are
used to describe events that happen
between the original and the sequel. What happen to being unique
and surprising
viewers with
new storylines,
Pavan
new characters
and
movies
Sandhu
that actually
end? It seems
being creative
is a thing of the past for directors. It’s
easier to copycat the original movie,
and fill it with the same characters,
the same plot and the same ending.
The audience needs to take a stand
and let these movie-makers know
they will not be spoon fed the same
movie time and again.Not all sequels
are bad. There have been some that
are even better than the originals.
Movies such as Batman Returns,
Spiderman 2, Saw II, Toy Story 2, XMen 2, Home Alone 2, Terminator 2,
Back to the Future II, Bill and Ted’s
Bogus Journey, and Aliens 2. All had
great storylines, the central idea was
carried on to the sequel but the plotline differed enough to differentiate
it from the first. Still directors need
to realize when enough is enough.
A sequel filled with bad scripting,
plot and acting ruins an original
amazing movie. It should not be attempted if it cannot be done as well
as the first. We definitely need more
creativity on part of the scriptwriters and directors. There have been
many precious minutes wasted on
sequels: Speed 2, Miss Congeniality 2, Grease 2, Mask of Zorro 2,
Dirty Dancing Havana Nights, Blair
Witch Project 2, Son of Mask, and
The Whole Ten Yards, just to name
a few.
When sequels, threequels and
prequels attack, no one is safe. The
next few years have already been
mapped out. Victims of possible attacks including: The Butterfly Effect
2, Constantine 2, Freddy vs. Jason 2,
Halloween 9:Retribution, I, Robot
2, Jurassic Park IV, Legally Blonde
3, Mrs. Doubtfire 2, Pulp Fiction 2,
Rambo IV, Return of the living dead
5, Speed 3, Spiderman 4, Terminator 4, Toy Story 3, X-Men 4, and True
Lies 2 . The verdict is in. Sequels that
cannot measure up to the splendor
of the originals should not be attempted. Directors need to cherish the success of one movie rather
than the demise of several.
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October 17, 2006
CAMPUS NEWS
Photo by Krystle Pereira
CRIME SCENE: UOIT Forensic Science students pose in front the first mock crime scene house in Canada, located at Camp Samac in Oshawa.
Learning through experience
By Krystle Pereira
Chronicle Staff
There are fingerprints on doorknobs, windowsills and walls. Windows are shattered
and blood colours the walls. The scene is not
from CSI nor is it a local homicide investigation. Instead a class of students learn, analyze
and experiment with mock crime scenes.
On Sept. 20 and 22, UOIT Forensic Science students entered a mock crime scene
house on Camp Samac’s grounds in Oshawa.
The house, which is the first in Canada, has
become a part of the curriculum for the fouryear program.
The house is expected to bring new experiences and promote UOIT and its forensic science facilities.
The idea stemmed from the United Kingdom. Dean of the Faculty of Science, Dr. William Smith, travelled to England in March of
2004 to the University of Central Lancashire
for a meeting on the school’s forensic science
program.
The university, located in Preston, U.K., and
the first to create a forensic science program,
used old Victorian row houses and transformed them into mock crime scenes for students.
“They started the idea (of the crime houses) in the U.K. and they said everyone else was
copying them,” Smith said. “I said, ‘That’s perfect, we have got to have one of these in our
program’.”
In July of 2005, Dr. Shari Forbes and Kimberly Nugent, forensic science instructors,
began working together to locate and create a
crime scene house for the program.
The faculty of science considered building
a new house, but expense and lack of time
encouraged them to try to locate a house that
was already available.
After researching, the small cabin at Camp
Samac, which was previously used for one
month a year by a ranger, became the choice.
“At the moment we are leasing. Down the
line I suppose we would like to build our own
facilities on campus, but at the moment this is
just as convenient,” said Forbes.
The house includes a kitchen, bathroom,
two bedrooms, a family room and a basement. There is also a car, donated by Forbes, a
garage and plenty of surrounding land for use.
The house is furnished courtesy of donations
by faculty. There are state-of-the-art cameras
installed in each room to monitor the students
during independent labs and exams.
The house is used starting in the second
year of the Forensic Science program, with
approximately 27 students.
Both Forbes and Nugent, along with Det.
Const. David Robertson of the Durham Re-
gional Police, go with the students into the
house twice a week.
“The house is a teaching facility, just like we
have a biology or a chemistry lab. It serves as
a practical example of a forensic crime scene,”
said Nugent. “It allows students to conduct
investigations and get actual practice with
many techniques and the instrumentations
involved.”
Some of the hands-on labs will include
trace evidence analysis, forensic photography, footwear impressions and fingerprint
analysis.
During their first week in the house, the
students spent their time practising with forensic photography - taking pictures inside
and outside of the house.
Robertson, who has become a teaching assistant, spoke to them briefly in the basement
about what to look for, techniques and simple
advice for taking pictures in the house.
Aside from the pressure, Robertson sent
the students off with some humour for the
work they had ahead of them: “I guarantee
you will bang your head once on the way up
the basement stairs, but I also guarantee you
won’t do it again.”
Shawn McLeish, one of the students in the
house, is positive about the facilities available
to him.
“It helps us appreciate the process, how
many measures you have to take, how timeconsuming it is.” McLeish also feels the crime
house will help him to better understand the
collection process.
Ashley Harris agrees with what their new
experience is providing for them. “I like that
it gives us opportunities, it gives us a real appreciation for the field.”
Robertson, who has been a police officer
for 34 years and a member of the crime unit
for 16 years, is there to provide technical assistance to the students.
His experience investigating crimes, which
have included over 30 homicides and sexual
assaults, and his experience with DNA analysis will provide additional education for the
students.
“You can only get so much in a classroom,”
Robertson said. “This gives them a feel for
what they’re doing. The students need to be
passionate about this job. You have to love
your job, but when you leave it, don’t bring it
home.”
He also suggests that this field of work will
not be physically exhausting but mentally exhausting because the students may deal with
scenes that can be disturbing, especially if
they follow his career path.
The costs that are associated with the crime
house, including repairs and equipment, will
be funded by UOIT.
Sing out loud at E.P. Taylor’s
Durham
pub offers
karaoke on
Thursdays
By Tania Harris
Chronicle Staff
It’s not just another day, it’s a day
of beauty. The day music washes
away the loneliness and pain that
linger in your heart. It’s a day of
strength; it’s the day of song.
That day is every Thursday when
a chance is given to anyone who is
stressed from school or painfully
in love to express him or herself
through music. Even if you just love
to sing and want to show off your
lungs then E.P. Taylor’s is the place
to go every Thursday from noon to
2 p.m. for karaoke.
Paul Bates, entertainment specialist for TDG Entertainment, a
company that provides entertainment services such as karaoke, hypnotists and disk jockeys for events in
the Durham Region and GTA, looks
forward to karaoke every week.
“It’s a stress reliever and a nice
break from school,” Bates says.
“When you sing most times you
don’t care about what other people
think. You’re just up there for fun.”
For those who are timid about
getting up on stage and having people watch them, Bates, who remembers the first time he sang karaoke,
offers some advice: “You get more
relaxed the more you do it.”
The man behind the music is
Rob Middleton, owner of TDG Entertainment, and an entertainment
consultant and recording artist.
Middleton organizes and hosts
karaoke at Durham every Thursday and is now offering students a
chance to win some cash.
Each week everyone who sings
gets his or her name entered into a
draw to win $200.
Photo by Tania Harris
KARAOKE: Paul Bates, who works for TDG Entertainment, sings karaoke at E.P. Taylor’s.
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October 17, 2006
7
CAMPUS NEWS
Search for new name continues
fidential until we reveal the official
new
name of the station,” said DickChronicle Staff
erson. “We have had some interesting names though, but I encourage
anyone else to submit their name
The FreQ. Students have enjoyed ideas.”
The student whose name is selistening to it while sitting in the caflected
not only gets the honour of
eteria or online for a few years now.
naming
the station, but they will
All the students here know the
also
receive
a $400 gift certificate
campus radio station’s name. And
it is a good name, but apparently it for the Oshawa Centre.
“As long as it’s a good name, I’m
belongs to someone else.
cool
with it,” said Wallace Peddle Jr.,
“Over the summer we were conhost
of
The Wallace Show.
tacted by Freq107 in Winnipeg and
The vote for the name will take
they told us they own the copyright
to ‘Freq’ in all media forms,” said place on-line between Nov. 6 and
station manager Kris Dickerson. 17.
“Once we have received the final
“We contacted our lawyer and the
results from the student vote we will
end result is that they
be working with our
do own the copyright
own graphic deWe
will
be
to the name.”
The FreQ’s man- throwing an offi- signers to come up
agement, not wincing cial party for the with multiple logo
designs,” explained
in the face of defeat,
Dickerson. “There
new
name
at
E.P.
gracefully agreed to
will be a group
change the name. Taylor’s.
comprised of FreQ
However, instead of
representatives, SA
deciding the name in a
r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s,
meeting, they decided
Kris Dickerson and student repreto let the students desentatives that will
cide the new name for
decide
on
the
fi
nal
logo.”
the station.
Students
won’t
see
the final result
After all, the station does adverof
the
vote
until
Janurary
though.
tise being a radio station that is for
“We will be revealing our new
students by students.
If students want to submit their name at the start of the second sesuggestion all they have to do is go mester,” said Dickerson. “We will be
to www.thefreq.ca and enter their throwing an official launch party for
name, email, phone number and of the new name at E.P. Taylor’s prior
course what they think the station to the official live on-air broadcasting.”
should be renamed as.
So if you’ve ever wanted to name
The site has been taking suggestions since Sept. 18 and will contin- a radio station, don’t delay. Log onto
www.thefreq.ca and submit your
ue to do so until Oct. 27.
“We are keeping the names con- idea today.
By Elise Haskell
‘
’
Photo By Elise Haskell
HARD AT WORK: Kris Dickerson, station manager of the campus radio station, enourages students to have their say and submit a new name for The Freq. Students can do so
by going to www.thefreq.ca until Oct.27.
Pink M&Ms help support
breast cancer research
By Ryan Peterson
Chronicle Staff
In light of October being national
breast cancer awareness month,
M&M candies have released shades
of pink M&Ms.
M&M candies will donate 25
cents from each 240-gram bag to
the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation.The promotion runs until
Oct. 31. M&Ms will pledge a maximum of $200,000 to the cause from
these sales.
The Canadian Breast Cancer
Foundation was founded in 1986
and is a national volunteer organization.
It has a number of fundraising
opportunities, including the recent CIBC Run for the Cure, which
earned $23.4 million.
Also this month, some money
from any movie viewed at a Cineplex entertainment location will
be donated to the Canadian Breast
Cancer Foundation. The money
raised by Canadian Breast Cancer
Foundation is used for breast cancer research, education, to support
early diagnosis and to preserve the
quality of life of those affected by
breast cancer.
Photo By Andrew Capps
BYLAW OFFICERS TICKETED CARS: In the Simcoe
parking lot last Wednesday, a team of bylaw officers
ticketed over 70 cars.
Over 70 parking tickets
issued last Wednesday
By Andrew Capps
Chronicle Staff
Photo By Ryan Peterson
BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH: During the month of October, buy a 240-gram
bag of M&Ms and find a new shade of pink M&Ms in each bag.
Durham College/UOIT students trying to park where they
don’t have permits were fined last
Wednesday.
A team of three Oshawa bylaw officers ticketed over 70 cars
in the Simcoe residence parking
lots.
The majority of the cars in the
lots were there illegally or without
their permits visible.
The bylaw officers were only
called by security to check on the
lots surrounding the residence
lots.
“[We] just do what security
asks us to do, so we did it,” said
one officer.
The average fine was $50. It
can be paid either online at oshawa.ca, in person at the Oshawa
municipal offices, or by sending a
cheque to the Oshawa municipal
offices at 1 Mary Street North, Oshawa, Ont., L1G 7W8.
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October 17, 2006
CAMPUS NEWS
Ramadan celebrated on campus
Students
tell their
Ramadan
stories
By Pavan Sandhu
Chronicle Staff
RAMADAN MUBBARAK.
It means Happy Ramadan. You
may have heard Muslims exchange
this greeting as they pass each other
in the hallways.
Ramadan is the most blessed and
holy month of the Islamic calendar
and marks a very special time for
Muslims around the world. It began
on Sept. 23 and lasts for 30 days. It is
a time to purify the soul of impurities and refocus the attention on the
worship of God.
Fasting is a vital part of the Ramadan month. Muslims participating in the fast abstain from food or
drink from sunrise till sunset. They
also abstain from anything negative.
Smoking and sexual relations are
also forbidden during the fast.
“During the fast, one is required
to be under their best behaviour,”
said Muhannad Alghoul, a fourthyear Health Psychics student at
UOIT.
“You are encouraged to pray
more, be kind to people you meet,
not get angry and to forgive others.”
In the Islamic faith there are five
principals that are considered the
basic practices that every Muslim
should do. Fasting during the month
of Ramadan is one of them.
To many Muslims fasting is a
time to purify the soul, a chance to
get rid of bad habits like gossiping,
or cursing. It is also a chance to increase worship.
“Normally if you do a good deed
it’s multiplied by 10; at Ramadan it’s
increased by more,” said Nafisah
Khan, a fourth-year Nuclear Engineering student.
“If you are aware of God, and
scared of God you will abstain from
it,” said Khan. “It helps you become
a righteous person.”
For Alghoul fasting is about
personal discipline and personal
growth.
“When praying and fasting I feel
more humble,” he said.
Many children start fasting before they hit puberty. The parents
might get them to try it for a part of
the day, or just the weekend. Fasting is not a rule, and the children do
have a choice to fast or not.
“When you start at a younger
age you don’t have the influence
of western culture,” said Khan. “It’s
a little hard in the beginning. It’s a
self-sacrifice: you must abstain from
food or desires that you would not
(usually) abstain from.”
“It is not a rule that they have to
fast. They have a choice,” said Alghoul.
If your health is not good then you
do not have to fast. You can make it
up when you recover. People who
are not fasting participate by giving
food or clothes to charity. This giving is known as Sadaqah-al-fitr.
Muslim students at the college
and university gather at sunset for
the prayer called Maghrib. After this
they come together for the breaking
of the fast, called Iftar.
About 100 students took part in
the fast and Iftar at school last year
“There is a certain level of happiness at the end of the day when we
break the fast, that a certain level of
satisfaction has been achieved,” said
Alghoul.
The array of cafeteria food and
variety of items on the menu will not
seduce these dedicated individuals.
“We don’t focus on the hardships.
We just block it out,” said Alghoul.
“You wake up knowing not to eat
and drink. Once you are determined
you follow through with it.”
There are times when people are
exempted from participating in the
fast. People who are mentally ill,
people who are traveling, the sick
and elderly. Women who are pregnant and girls who have their menstrual period are encouraged not to
fast. However you are expected to
make it up at a later time when you
are well and able to.
Idrees Derwish is a first-year Advertising student. He has been fasting for the last 10 years.
“You have to control yourself,”
he said. “If you focus on the fasting
you don’t care about people around
you.”
He has never before broken the
fast, but this year he had to.
“I was sick, so I had to break it,
but now I am fasting again,” he said.
A special celebration called Eid
marks the end of Ramadan. Eid is
the celebration of the breaking of
fast. It happens the first day after Ramadan.
“It’s a celebration of the long trip
that everyone took together,” said
Alghoul.
Eid has become a three-day
event because not everyone can
take the same day off to celebrate.
The Eid prayer happens at a public
place. On this day everyone dresses
in new clothes.
During Eid, Muslims greet each
other with Eid Mubbarak, which
translates to blessed Eid.
“It’s a lot like Christmas,” said
Derwish. “We exchange gifts and
dress our best.”
Khan gets up before dawn for
Eid.
“We prepare something small to
eat,” said Khan. “We gather for the
pre-dawn prayer (Fajr) and wear
our best clothing.”
“We take the first day off and give
gifts, and decorate the house,” said
Khan. “My family visits the graveyard of my grandparents.
Guest
Illustrator
By Alicia MacDonald
Chronicle Staff
Guest Illustrator Pol Turgeon
will visit Durham College on Oct.
16-18 to display his artwork as well
as facilitate workshops in the east
atrium of the UA Building.
Born on Oct. 26, 1959 in the
midst of the cold war, Turgeon enjoyed drawing and creating paper
sculptures from a young age. After
receiving a design and illustration
scholarship to the University of
Concordia in Montreal, as well as
attending the School of Visual Arts
in New York, he began his career in
illustration.
Turgeon has never been to
Durham College before and when
he visits, he will bring with him 30
pieces of his work to display. He
also intends to facilitate workshops
on technique, the creative process,
client-designer-artist relationship
and some portfolio development.
“He is the type of creative person
that would enjoy having discussions with students in a very informal environment/context because
it usually encourages more verbal
interaction than a classroom setting,” said Richard Brown, a professor in the Graphic Design program
at Durham College.
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Lord Durham: more than
just a student in costume
By Chad Ingram
Chronicle Staff
Anyone who’s been to a Lords game may
have seen the college’s mascot, Lord Durham,
hyping up the crowd.
Of course, Lord Durham is more than just
a sweaty student dressed in fuzzy, oversized
costume.
The namesake of the college’s varsity teams
(and the college itself) was a real man, and an
important figure in Canada’s history. John
George Lambton was born in London, England, on April 12, 1792. A precocious young
man, was first elected to parliament when he
was just 21. In 1938, he was appointed Governor General of British North America, and
awarded the title of Lord Durham. (Durham
was the name of the county where he’d lived
in England). Durham sought parliamentary
reform. He fought avidly for responsible government. For his crazy ideas, he was given the
nickname of “Radical Jack”.Radical Jack also
fought for national unity, being one of the earliest leaders to suggest a combined colony of
Upper Canada, Lower Canada and the Maritimes He believed the way to end squabbling
between French and English settlers was for
the English to assimilate the French, and as
a result was considered a racist by most of
Lower Canada.
However, many historians contend that he
saw English as the language of business, and
was trying to help Lower Canada proper economically. Durham died young on July 28,
1840, from tuberculosis.
Robbery near campus
By Chad Ingram
Chronicle Staff.
On the night of Tuesday, Oct. 3, a 22year-old lone male was confronted by two
men near Conlin Road and Walreg Drive as
he walked home. The men pushed
the victim against a fence and demanded money, said Dave Selby, director of
Corporate Communications for Durham
Regional Police.
The men pepper-sprayed the victim
before stealing his bag, which contained a
laptop computer. The victim told police he
thought an object, which may or may not
have been a gun, was pressed against him.
Durham Regional Police would neither
confirm nor deny if the victim was a student of DC/UOIT.
The victim suffered minor injuries. Anyone with information concerning the incident can call Durham Regional Police.
Photo byTania Harris
CASH OR CHARGE: Vanessa Lancaster is the service supervisor at the
Tuck Shop. Many students have worked here over the years.
School and work
life hard to combine
By Tania Harris
Chronicle Staff
It’s 10 p.m. and you just got home from
work. Your stomach is cramped from hunger;
eyes drowsy from exhaustion and your feet
painfully throb. Fantasies of the warmth of
your comforter as it softly caresses your skin
and the comfort of your feathery pillow bring
a smile to your face. A smile that quickly disappears when you think about the hours of
homework still left to do.
It’s a tough life; it’s the life of a college student who works. A life that an increasing
number of students live each year.
John Tabrizi, owner of Picture Picture in
the Oshawa Centre, refused to hire students
in the past because he didn’t think they would
be available to work the hours he scheduled
for them. But because of the growing amount
of resumes he has received recently from college and university students, Tabrizi has hired
students and is pleased with his decision.
“It’s not all that bad because they seem
to want the hours I give them,” Tabrizi says.
“Some of them even want more.”
With so much to do in the day, including
school, work and homework, and with little
time to do it in, it is no surprise that, depending on the hours worked during the week,
the effects can be substantial, including low
grades and dropping out.
Madison McLaughlin, a third-year Business Administration student at Durham, finds
it difficult working and attending school but
she feels as though there is no other option.
“I would be lying if I said it didn’t affect
my schoolwork, but to be honest I have no
choice,” McLaughlin says. “I have to work because if I didn’t then I couldn’t afford to come
to school.”
For students like McLaughlin, having a
job while going to school is not a life that
they choose to live; it’s a life that they have
no choice but to live because of the growing
costs.
Typical full-time university students
spent more than $11,000 to put themselves
through
an eight-month academic year in 2001/02,
reports Statistics Canada. Although there
can be negative effects, student employment
can also be beneficial to students. Examples
include gaining experience in life and work,
College stats
1. Typical full-time
university students in
Canada spent more
than $11,000 to put
themselves through an
eight-month academic
year in 2001/02.
2. The average amount
college students in
Canada pay for one year
of school is $9,330.
3.
As of March 2002, an
estimated 62 per cent
of all those aged 18 to
24, had taken some
form of post-secondary
program.
4. 44 per cent of Canadian
students had applied for
a government student
loan at some point in
their school life.
5. Four out of five of
those who applied for a
student loan in Canada,
actually received one.
Source: Statistics Canada
learning responsibility, and building contacts
for future job opportunities.
Ingrid Saravia, a first-year Journalism student at Durham, works approximately 25
hours a week at Swiss Chalet and Harvey’s in
Bowmanville. She doesn’t find working while
going to school a challenge. In fact, both she
and her parents have benefited from her having a job in ways that she never expected.
Saravia has learned how to be independent and compassionate by helping her parents out financially.
“They’re kind of tight on money so I want
to lighten their load a little bit,” Saravia says.
“If I can buy my own things and not ask them
for much, then it’s a little less that they have to
think about.”
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October 17, 2006
CAMPUS NEWS
The mother and daughter bond
By Tania Harris
Chronicle Staff
CLICK-CLICK-CLICK-CLICK.
The size eight high-heeled shoes
are too big for her size three feet but
she walks in them every day, pretending for just a moment she was
her. CLICK-CLICK-CLICK-CLICK.
Her feet have grown and the shoes
are filled. She storms away in anger
and frustration, hoping that she will
never become like her.
It’s a relationship that starts out
with hugs and kisses, bedtime stories and walks to the park. But when
the stories end and kisses fade the
relationship between a mother and
daughter can turn to disappointment, anger, frustration and disconnection.
“I loved the sound of her shoes,
the clicking sound. I loved her smell,
the smell of yellow flowers. I wanted
to be just like her. I loved her before
I knew what love was,” says Meah
Weeks, second year Dance student
at York University.
For Weeks, her most vivid and
happy memories as a child were
spent with her mother.
She spoke of picnics in the backyard, tea parties every Sunday and
times where she fell asleep in her
mother’s arms.
But mixed in with these happy
memories are times of harsh words
spoken in anger, glass being broken in fury, emotions unnecessarily bruised and cheeks stained with
tears.
“My mother may have taught me
how to love but she was also the one
who taught me how to hate,” says
Weeks.
“Many women have difficult relationships with their mothers and
daughters, even when they want
good relationships. A mother may
wish her daughters happiness,
yet - from the point of view of her
daughter - she acts quite opposite. A
mother may describe her daughter’s
choices as failures, criticizing hairstyle, college, clothes and friends.
A mother may advise her daughter
to be realistic by preparing for an
unfulfilling life,” says Teresa Mocna,
trainer of Soulwork systemic coaching, an international relationship
coaching system that is taught internationally.
This leaves a barrier between a
mother and daughter, a barrier that
keeps getting thicker and thicker
with each passing year.
Jude Weeks, stay-at-home mom
from Oshawa, said, “I remember
there was a time that whenever I
looked into my daughter’s eyes my
heart would grow warm with love.
That love eventually turned into resentment and anger.”
Fortunately, in most cases, the
barrier isn’t built strong enough to
last.
By the time the daughter is 20
or 30 the mother becomes her best
friend again, reports Discovery
Health, an internet-based health re-
LIKE MOTHER LIKE DAUGHTER: Three generations of women. Tania Harris (Chronicle
staff) is pictured between her grandma, Mary Nelson, (left) and mother, Judith Harris.
source.
The barrier that was separating
the two comes crashing down and
the mother-daughter relationship
The CN Tower celebrates the big 3-0
By Alicia MacDonald
CN Tower Facts
Chronicle Staff
The CN Tower celebrates 30
years of being the world’s tallest
building this year and also offers a
discounted admission price for residents of Oshawa.
The CN Tower is located on Front
Street, in the heart of downtown
Toronto, but it is worth the drive
for Oshawa residents this year. For
2006, the Total Tower ticket package has been reduced from $35.47
to $25, including taxes.
This price includes admission to
the lookout/glass floor observation
level, sky pod observation level, and
film on the construction of the tower and motion simulator ride.
Oshawa is a participant in the
CN Tower communities in bloom
gardens program, which is why residents are receiving this discount.
Oshawa has been participating in
this program since 1995, said Lynda
Lawson, parks community programs co-ordinator for the City of
Oshawa.
As a member of the communities in bloom gardens program, Oshawa participated in the Pitch-In
Canada program and co-ordinated
environmental clean-ups throughout the community and also aided
the Environmental Earth Angels,
a Toronto-based environmental
charity, with tree planting at local
schools during Earth Week.
“As it is now fall, we don’t expect
that the gardens will remain in place
much longer,” said Lawson.
Oshawa’s garden is located at the
foot of the CN Tower and reflects
the natural beauty and diversity of
- Construction of the CN
Tower began on Feb. 6,
1973.
-1,537 people worked
on the tower during its
construction.
-It cost $63 million to build
the tower.
-The
official
opening
ceremony for the tower
was held on Oct. 1, 1976.
-There are 400 regular
staff members working
at the tower, and 550
employees in the peak
tourist season.
Source: www.cntower.ca
HIGH TIMES: It took $63
million to build the tower.
the community. Citizens of Oshawa
have until Dec. 31 to take advantage
of the special offer.
The CN Tower has a variety of
attractions. The glass floor and outdoor observation deck are located
at a height of 342 metres, where
tourists can enjoy a view of Toronto.
For casual dining, Horizons Café
is at 342 metres, with the indoor observation deck close by.
For fine dining, the 360 restaurant is located at 351 metres. It has a
360-degree rotating floor for a view
of the city.
The world’s highest public observation deck, called skypod, is located at 447 metres above the ground.
The base of the tower boasts the
arcade motion simulator ride LEGO
Racers and a 15-minute documentary of the building of the tower
called “To the Top: The movie.”
begins to mend. When the dust
settles, they face each other. Staring into each other’s eyes they both
realize something. Mother doesn’t
feel angry or resentful towards her
daughter and daughter doesn’t have
to pretend any more, she has finally
become just like her mom.
YWCA holds
annual violence
prevention week
By Amy Parrington
Chronicle Staff
The Young Women’s Christian
Association (YWCA) is holding
its annual Week Without Violence, from Oct. 15 to 21.
The Week Without Violence
is a violence prevention plan
organized by YWCA Canada.
During this week residents in 30
communities across Canada can
connect with friends, family and
other members of their commu-
nities to support a violence free
week.
This is the 10th anniversary of
the YWCA Week Without Violence in Canada. To honor this
anniversary, YWCA Canada and
its member associations have
developed a conference for girls
and young women, titled The
Power of Being a Girl, which is a
community conference for girls
age 14 to 17 and focuses on girls’
developmental needs to prevent
violence in their lives.
Non-profit organization seeks
volunteers for abused women
By Ryan Peterson
Chronicle Staff
For students looking to make Oshawa better, look no further: Luke’s
Place is looking for volunteers.
Luke’s Place, a not-for-profit haven for abused women and children, is seeking volunteers. Some
are needed for office help and fundraising events. Others are needed
to accompany women to various
appointments. Volunteers can be
male or female.
“We are looking for compassionate, empathetic and energetic
volunteers,” said Amey Mezzabotta, the volunteer co-ordinator for
Luke’s Place.
An open schedule throughout
the day is a necessity and training is
provided.
Mezzabotta will be holding an
orientation on Thursday, Oct. 19.
For more information or to register,
phone 905-728-0978 or e-mail at
amey@lukeplace.ca.
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October 17, 2006
CAMPUS NEWS
Doctors say: live balanced life
Mental
health stats
shock and
surprise
By Alicia MacDonald
Mental illness as a matter of fact
•
About 4,000 Canadians commit suicide each year.
It’s the most common cause of death for people aged 15-24.
Mental illness is a factor in most suicides.
•
Some communities in rural and remote areas of Canada have rates of suicide and addiction that are among the
highest worldwide. Many of these are Aboriginal and Inuit
communities.
•
Nearly six million, or one in five Canadians, are likely
to experience a diagnosable mental illness.
Chronicle Staff
He is dedicated to helping others
and is admired and respected by his
colleagues. He is a family physician
from Toronto, Ontario and is very
active in his profession as a physician psychotherapist. His name is
Dr. Michael Pare, devoted teacher,
and loyal to his church.
He seemed to have it all, including severe depression and was seriously suicidal. With the help of his
psychiatrist, the right treatment and
his involvement as a guest speaker
for Mental Illness Awareness Week,
Pare has said he’s found balance and
happiness in his life.
In 1992, the Canadian Psychiatric Association established Mental
Illness Awareness Week with hopes
of educating Canadians about the
reality of mental illness.
This association felt the issue had
gone unrecognized for too long and
•
By 2020 it is estimated that depressive illnesses will
become the second leading cause of disease worldwide and
the leading cause in developed countries.
that sufferers of mental illnesses
did not know how or where to seek
help.
Phil Upshall is the Executive Director of the Canadian Alliance on
Mental Illness and Mental Health,
located in Guelph, Ontario and
has been involved in mental illness
awareness week for the last four
years.
“This cause is important to me
because mental illness issues have
long been ignored in Canada.
This is principally because of
stigma involved with mental illnesses in our society,” he said.
Mental illness affects more than
six million (or one in five) Canadians. Of the 10 leading causes of dis-
ability worldwide, five of those are
mental disorders.
Each year, close to 4,000 Canadians commit suicide and mental illness is the most common cause of
death for people aged 15-24.
This year, mental illness awareness week was held Oct. 1-7, with
a variety of different ways to get involved.
“My advice for those who would
like to become involved is first to
understand the issues of mental illness which consumers and families
face and recognize that mental illness is just another form of illness
that our health care system needs
to be prepared to treat and our society needs to be prepared to accept,”
said Upshall.
Members of the community
can get involved in mental awareness week by organizing events.
This year, at Halton Healthcare in
Oakville, display tables were put out
in the hospital lobby with brochures
about hospital programs and mental health diagnoses.
In Toronto, the Mood Disorders
of Ontario organized the That’s Just
Nuts Subway Campaign.
This event brought awareness to
mood disorders, through volunteers
handing out That’s Just Nuts peanut-shaped information cards. And
in Aurora, Ontario, community experts organized an education event
focusing on identification and intervention of psychosis and substance
abuse.
Dan Carter, executive producer
of Live at Five, television talk show
host of First Take Live and professional speaker from Ontario spoke
at the Whitby Mental Health Centre
on Oct. 5. He believes that openly
discussing mental illness can help
eliminate stigma and encourage
people to get the help they need.
Carter is part of a province-wide
campaign to bring awareness to the
Centre for Addiction and Mental
Health in Toronto. He has appeared
at more than 100 charitable events
and local functions each year, speaking about living with depression and
an addiction to drugs and alcohol.
He was awarded the Durham Region Man of Distinction Award for
Poker tour coming soon
By Mike Gokdag
Chronicle Staff
Canada will get its first taste of
World Poker Tour action on Oct.
25, with the North American poker
championship at the Niagara Fallsview Casino and Resort.
The popularity boom in poker
over the last few years has finally led
to a Canadian stop. With countless
television broadcasts of live tournaments, fans have only been able to
experience the World Poker Tour
action from the comfort of their living rooms.
According to the Fallsview Casino they are expecting approximately
600 entries into the main event, but
there is no cap. The Canadian Open
will have a cap of 300 entrants. Big
names that have entered the tournament is unavailable until the day
of but fan favourite and Canadian,
Daniel Negreanu, is expected to be
a part of the games.
Satellite entries are an option for
many and are running until Oct. 23.
These satellites give players wanting
to play in the tournament a chance
to win their way in. For the main
event two different satellites will be
running.
Fans are being given the opportunity to come out and watch the
players. There is no charge. “There
are 1,300 seats available and they
are given on a first-come first-serve
basis,” said Jayne Scott of the Fallsview Casino.
The North American championship will have an entry fee of
$10,300 and the Canadian Open, a
significantly less $2,700.
11
2005 and the Civic Pride Award
from the Greater Oshawa Chamber
of Commerce. He is celebrating 16
years of sobriety.
A major problem contributing to
this issue is that many Canadians
fail to recognize they may have a
mental illness, or don’t try to get help
because of embarrassment, noted
Upshall. It is important for us to be
aware of warning signs of mental illness and to seek help immediately
when experiencing symptoms such
as inability to cope with problems
and daily activities, strange ideas or
delusions, excessive anxiety, prolonged feelings of sadness, abuse of
alcohol or drugs and extreme highs
and lows.
Mental Illness Awareness Week
is one week dedicated to recognizing and educating the public about
mental illness issues.
Donate
for those
in need
By Marilyn Gray
Chronicle Staff
Students who want to donate their blood will soon have
a chance to do so on campus.
A blood donor clinic will be
held in the gymnasium on Nov.
24. In preparation for this, a
clinic is being held for students
who want to find out what their
blood type is. The clinic will be
held in the West Atrium all
day.
Students are encouraged to
attend to learn their blood type
or have any questions they may
have about donating blood answered. Medical professionals
will be present to answer any
questions and provide information regarding the process
of donating blood.
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October 17, 2006
CAMPUS NEWS
Is the plan working for you?
Mayor
looking to
keep his seat
at city hall
By Chad Ingram
Chronicle Staff
“Oshawa is now very much open
for business,” says Mayor John Gray,
seated at a coffee table in his office.
Gray was first elected to the
mayor’s seat in 2003, and is vying for
re-election Nov. 13.
“We’ve been able to accomplish
more in the last three years than
has probably happened in the last
two decades,” he said of city council,
which he called a “solid team”.
Gray highlighted the renewal of
the city’s infrastructure as a major
accomplishment.
“When I was first elected, our
arenas were falling apart, our facilities were in shambles,” Gray said.
“We put together a plan to revitalize these buildings or build new,
and we’ve been seeing the fruits of
our labour throughout this term of
council.”
Gray cited The Legends Centre
and the South Oshawa Community
Centre as the crowning achievements of his first term as mayor.
Photo by Chad Ingram
IS IT TIME FOR CHANGE OR MORE OF THE SAME?: John Gray is looking for another
term at the head of Oshawa’s city council. His platform is based on the idea that ‘the
plan is working’. Despite criticism about high property taxes and the lack of action in
renovating the city’s waterfront he hopes voters will support his race for mayor.
Of course, such renovations
come with a price. Oshawa now
has the highest property taxes in the
GTA.
“I didn’t invent high taxes,” Gray
said. “They’ve been a fact of life for a
long time. We were faced with some
heavy capital investments early on
and, of course, this caused taxes to
go up.”
Gray is confident these investments will not only pay off, but will
also allow a new-found prosperity
for the city.
“We’re going to see a lot of private-sector investment. Gone are
the days when businesses cringed
at the idea of coming to Oshawa.”
Gray said he’s been able to keep
all his campaign promises, except
one – the renovation of the city’s waterfront.
“It’s been very frustrating,” said
the mayor, explaining how he’s been
trying to get the federal government,
which owns the old port section of
the waterfront, to turn it over to the
Gamsby looking to
represent ward 7
By Chad Ingram
Chronicle Staff
Steve Gamsby says it’s time for a
change.
The Oshawa native is stepping
up to the political plate, running
against Ward 7 councillor John Neal
in the upcoming municipal election,
Nov. 13.
Gamsby, 43, owner and manager
of Clintar Groundskeeping Services,
says his business background, sensibility, vision and leadership skills
are what Ward 7, and the city of Oshawa, need.
“I decided to watch some council
meetings and see what was going
on,” Gamsby said.
“What prompted me (to run) was
the lack of professionalism, the lack
of pure leadership, plus the fighting.”
Gamsby was referring to the
amount of squabbling that occurs
between councillors.
“You might represent Ward 7, but
councillors are forgetting that on
the corner of their card it says ‘city
of Oshawa’.”
Though he has no previous political experience, Gamsby has been
involved in the civic life of Oshawa
for several years.
Chair of the Durham Family
YMCA, he is also involved with the
School Alliance of Student Songwriters and Friends of the Second
Marsh.
In 2003, he started Books Without Borders, an organization that
provides educational materials for
schools in struggling countries. So
far, the organization has sent 22,000
textbooks abroad.
“If I’m elected, I plan to hold
town-hall style meetings,” Gamsby
said in a June 2006 press release. “I
want to get people involved. They
are the energy that’s driving our
growth and development.”
Ward 7 is unique because it encompasses not only urban areas,
but rural ones as well. It is the city’s
largest ward.
The would-be councillor said he
is sensitive to the individual needs
of the varied constituents of Ward 7.
“People on top of the ridges,
they’re concerned about the Oak
Ridges Moraine,” Gamsby said,
pointing out that conservation also
involves provincial and federal legislation. “They need somebody to
help them.”
Several Columbus residents are
members of the Oshawa Ratepayers
Association, a group protesting the
rate of property taxes in the city.
“I can’t lower taxes, I can’t roll
back taxes. That’s not going to happen,” Gamsby admitted. “But we
can increase the amount of services
that they’re receiving for the money
that they’re paying.”
Gamsby also pointed to the city’s
student population, and problems
with student housing.
city. “There are people who want
to blame the city of Oshawa, but
they’re quick to forget that we don’t
own the lands.”
Gray said he is continuing to
push the issue.
As far as campaigning, Gray says
he’s old-fashioned.
“I go door-knocking,” he said. “It
gives people a chance to ask questions. We can have good dialogues,
and I think that’s very important.”
Issues on his platform this time
around include budgeting, the continued revitalization of downtown
and a strategic financial plan for the
city.
“It’s to help guide councils in the
future,” Gray said, “to ensure that
services and infrastructure will keep
pace.”
During this campaign, there has
been speculation, inside and outside of council, that a slate has been
formed. A slate is a group a candidates, unofficially working together,
to promote common goals. It is
considered an unethical and undemocratic practice.
Gray was staunch and candid in
his views.
“It’s deplorable, the creation of
slates,” Gray said. “It’s not us and
them, it’s got to be a team. It would
be a sorry day for Oshawa if some of
these people got elected.”
Gray’s campaign slogan vows
that “the plan is working”, and the
mayor seems eager to see it continue.
“We been able to turn pessimism
into great optimism,” he said.
Indoor
scream
park
By Lauren Marks
Chronicle Staff
Photo by Chad Ingram
GAMSBY VS. NEAL: Steve Gamsby is hoping to bring
change to Ward 7 and city council if he is elected. He
says that there is a lack of professionalism and leadership
within the council that needs to be addressed.
“We have to recognize that Durham College is a distinct community within the city of Oshawa,” he
said. “It’s going to grow and it’s here
forever, so we have to welcome that.
This place (the campus) is arguably
home to some of the city’s greatest
minds, and that shouldn’t be ignored.”
Gamsby said he plans to visit
the DC/UOIT campus as part of his
campaign.
He can be contacted directly at
(905)-725-2111.
Would you spend a night in
a haunted house alone? Well,
until you find some eccentric
millionaire willing to pay you
for such an endeavor, Screemers is as close as you’ll get to the
real deal. Calling itself ‘Canada’s
Premier Indoor Scream Park,’
2006 marks its 13th season of
scaring visitors senseless. Even
the most well-steeped of horror aficionados will have to restart their hearts every so often
during their visit.
With six chilling features,
including a maze of a haunted
house, where creatures lie in
wait, a visit with Dracula and
The Castle of Doom, Screemers is not for the faint of heart.
Yet another popular area is
The Black Hole— an immense
spaced where you are plunged
into complete darkness where
again, creatures of the night
lurch out to your surprise.
Screemers is open starting Friday, Oct.13 to Tuesday,
Oct. 31 at the Exhibition Place.
General admission is $22.95
with coupon printable of their
website www.screemers.ca.
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CAMPUS NEWS
Neal looking for a third term
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By Chad Ingram
Chronicle Staff
It’s hard to miss Ward 7 councillor John Neal.
As part of his campaign for the
Nov. 13 municipal election, he’s
turned his minivan into a moving
billboard, advertising his name and
ward in bright, yellow letters on either side.
Ward 7, home to the DC/UOIT
campus, extends north from
Taunton Road to Raglan, and contains about 15,000 constituents.
If re-elected, Neal will begin his
third term as city and regional councillor. He was first elected in 2000.
“I like to campaign,” said Neal,
seated at a desk in his campaign
headquarters. “I like the discussion
at the doors, and hearing what people have to say because it gives me
my direction.”
Neal said open dialogue with
constituents is the essence of a
campaign, and he encouraged them
to drop by his campaign headquarters in the strip mall at the corner of
Glover’s Road and Simcoe Street.
“You have to be a good listener,”
he said. “You’re not here for your
own personal goals and ambitions,
you’re here to represent the people.
That’s what your residents have
elected you to do.”
Among Neal’s proudest accomplishments as councillor are the
new Legends Centre, the two ice
pads at the university’s sports complex (an $8 million investment by
the city), the new fire station on
Harmony Road and the initiation of
a new police station for Ward 7.
He is also a member of the Osha-
Photo by Chad Ingram
BEHIND THE WHEEL WITH NEAL: Councillor John Neal stands in front of his minivan, which he transformed into a travelling billboard for his campaign. He is looking to capture a hat trick win for Ward 7. He is being challenged by Steve
Gamsby and Mary Jo Cunha in this year’s elections.
wa Ratepayers Association, a group
dedicated to lowering property taxes in the city.
This year, Neal has two opponents vying for his seat, but seemed
unshaken by the competition.
“I’ve been upfront with everybody,” he said. “I’ve been responsible with their tax dollars and always
accessible.”
While Neal has no definite plans
to visit campus, he emphasized the
importance of young people getting
involved in the democratic process,
and said students with questions
could drop by his headquarters any
time.
Resident students are able to
vote in the election, as long as they
are properly registered.
Mmm... children.
Photo by Luba Tynchuk
TASTY TOTTS: This Shoeless Joe’s sign at Simcoe and
Taunton was designed by head office to draw attention. On
Sundays children are fed for free, not served for free.
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CAMPUS NEWS
New class can make a difference
Program
will help
troubled,
behaviour
disorded
youth and
children
By Alicia MacDonald
Chronicle Staff
Five-year-old Nicholas loves to
play with toys. Unfortunately, not
every toy is fun for Nicholas, who is
autistic. “It’s hard to find something
just for him,” said his mother, Jennifer Navarro of Newark. Finding
challenging, yet uncomplicated entertainment is one of many battles
Nicholas daily endures. He struggles
to find ways to communicate, ways
to entertain himself, but luckily as
he moves through life there will be
Child and Youth Workers to help
him work through his battles.
Doctors are increasingly diagnosing young children with serious mental disorders, according
to National Public Radio (NPR).
The number of American children
Photo by Alicia MacDonald
THE FIRST: The new Child and Youth Worker program began with a great start this year,
bringing in the class of 2006, the first ever in the program.
diagnosed with attention deficit
hyperactivity disorder more than
tripled in the 1990s and psychiatric
researchers have found that bipolar
disorder occurs in children as well
as adults. As a result the need has increased for qualified individuals to
work with emotionally troubled and
behaviourally disordered children
and youth. Durham College now
offers the Child and Youth Worker
program to help fill that demand.
The program began in September admitting 40 students from a
possible 400 applicants. It is designed to prepare students to pro-
vide treatment services to children
and youth with emotional or behavioural problems.
Faculty member Brenda McGowan is a child and youth worker
and has been in the field for 25
years.
“There is a fair amount of funding
right now that’s being spread around
the province to deal with youth concerns and youth violence,” said McGowan. She believes that the funding for such programs will provide
students with job opportunities in
areas such as working with children
with autism.
McGowan teaches interpersonal
communication skills. In order to be
successful in this course, she said
students must be open-minded and
non-judgmental.
“There’s a whole range of quali-
ties that are important for students
in this program to have,” she said.
“Certainly kindness, a generous
spirit, positive nature, compassion,
caring and intelligence.”
Program co-ordinator Chris Harris is also a child and youth worker,
and has been in the business for 23
years. She said the program helps
students learn necessary skills to
work with children and youth with
special needs. Students will learn
techniques for dealing with different emotions and behaviour, how
to communicate effectively with clients and their families, developing
and maintaining relationships with
children and youth and gaining a
better understanding of why and
how people think, learn and behave.
Students learn to communicate effectively in oral, written, nonverbal
and electronic forms,as well as developing strong counselling skills.
This is a six semester program,
with field placements done in the
summer. Child and youth workers
deal with children from pre-school
to age 18. Upon graduation, in Durham Region students could end up
working as child and youth workers
at Kinark Child and Family Services,
Enterphase Child and Family Services, Frontenac Youth Services, the
Children’s Aid Society, Chimo Youth
Services or in group homes.
Park feeds the
need for fright
By Pavan Sandhu
Chronicle Staff
Prepare to satisfy those cravings for thrill and excitement.
With over 140 live monsters
and five horrifying attractions
including, murder motel, terror
trail trek, haunted barn, howling
hayride and the brand new Black
Cavern, the Haunted Adventure
is sure to feed the need for fright.
Located just North of Toronto,
at 13953 Ninth Line, in Stouffville.
It is open October weekends.
Gates open at dark. The park
remains open until 11 p.m. or
until it is sold out. Be prepared to
spend at least three hours at this
haunted adventure.
No one under the age of 8 is
admitted. Prices are from $17 for
two attractions to $32 for five attractions. Parking is free.
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CAMPUS NEWS
New deal for students next year?
Transfer
payments
for college,
university
education
are being
considered
By Reka Szekely
Chronicle Staff
A new deal for colleges and
universities will be part of the federal government’s budget early next
year, Finance Minister Jim Flaherty
said in an interview last week.
Funding for post-secondary
education is primarily a provincial
responsibility, but the system relies
on transfer payments from Ottawa,
as does health care.
Flaherty, who visited the campus
on Oct. 10, said that while the provinces have reached an agreement
with Ottawa on health care funding,
transfer payments for colleges and
universities are currently being considered.
“We’re having lengthy discus-
Photo by Reka Szekely
MP TALK: Jim Flaherty, federal Finance Minister and local Member of Parliament, explaining his job to a class of first-year Canadian Government students on Oct. 10.
sions with the province of Ontario
about that and when we announce
what we’re going to do federally,
there will be substantial funding in
Ontario for post-secondary educa-
tion.”
But Flaherty admits unanimity
is hard to find in Canada, especially
for a minority government.
“I think we’d be fortunate to have
Volunteers needed
on AIDS committee
By Andrew Capps
Chronicle Staff
Volunteers, volunteers, volunteers.
What AIDS Committee of Durham needs more than anything
says to Jayne Schmid, coordinator of Preventative Education, is
more volunteers. “We can never
have enough of them, every little
bit helps.”
Schmid’s office is, “in the supply closet,” in the very small offices that house the committee in
downtown Oshawa. Through presentations and outreach support,
her job is to help spread awareness of HIV and how to prevent
infection. This is no regular job
and includes many evening and
weekend events.
She sits on many committees
for agencies serving at the regional, provincial and federal levels. It
is important that the AIDS committee of Durham doesn’t overlap
services with other agencies. It
would be a loss of resources and
counter-productive.
One surprising obstacle Schmid
complained of was the difficulty in
getting into school in the Durham
District School Board. A specific
teacher must invite Schmid and
her colleagues to classrooms. The
Durham Region Department of
Health is responsible for the region’s sexual health clinics.
The presentations done by the
AIDS committee of Durham can
vary depending on the audience.
Pride in our Youth is geared towards a younger crowd. Presentations geared towards the gay
community tend to be racier than
ones intended for a corporate audience.
Statistics for infection rates
in Durham Region residents is
hard to determine, as there are no
anonymous testing facilities here.
Concerned individuals must travel
to Toronto for the testing. Once diagnosed with HIV/AIDS, patients
return to Durham for treatment.
That’s where Tiff Idems, Health
Promotion Coordinator, comes
into the picture. Where Schmid
deals with preventative education,
Idems works with those infected
and affected by HIV/AIDS.
She is a front-line support
worker for those infected with
the virus. This job includes linking her clients with specialists and
treatment in the area, food bank
services, and even an emergency
living-well fund. “[We] need to
break it down…the stigma is so
enormous.”
All support and services are
confidential and this is one reason
that she is unable to get into specifics for all aspects of her duties.
Community outreach is a
front-line volunteer position that
is always in need of people. This
position includes speaking directly to the public in small and large
groups about HIV/AIDS prevention. They distribute condoms to
bars and school or to any of the
groups that they talk to.
Compassionate Drivers is another program that the committee
runs. These are people that drive
a person with HIV/AIDS (PHA)
to various medical and HIV-related appointments. There is some
physical assistance required in
that the passenger may need assistance to and from the car.
Volunteers are always needed
for monthly dances that take place
the first Saturday of every month
at the Masonic Temple, at their
many bingo fundraisers, and this
organizing and stocking the food
bank. Those wishing to volunteer
can contact the AIDS Committee
of Durham at (905) 576-1445.
a consensus, to have a solid core of
provinces that would say we want
these transfers, we want this equalization, and encourage their federal
members of Parliament, no matter
what their party is, to support that
budget.”
Flaherty, the member of Parliament for the Whitby-Oshawa riding,
said he’s proud of the fact that while
finance minister in Ontario, his government announced the creation of
UOIT in its 2001 budget.
Now that he’s moved on to federal politics, he still sees technology
research as an important part of the
economy.
Funding research is part of Ottawa’s responsibility and it does so
by creating research chairs at vari-
ous universities and contributing
to partnerships between the private
and public sector.
Flaherty said the best example of
that is the Beacon Project, which is
a partnership between General Motors, UOIT and the governments of
Ontario and Canada.
In the future, he sees more research being done at the community college level.
Flaherty said colleges have a
good record of turning research into
results.
“We have a couple of colleges
that do substantial automotive applications research, which is very
useful for the automotive sector in
Canada and it helps us maintain
an edge in engineering and design,”
said Flaherty, citing St. Clair College
in Windsor as an example.
“At the end of the day, we will assemble some vehicles in Canada, but
it’s not going to be done by people
making $10 an hour. CAW doesn’t
want that, Buzz Hargrove doesn’t
want that, so we have to keep technologically improving what we do.
That’s the way to keep the industry
and keep good paying jobs.”
Flaherty also said his government is looking strongly at funding
for transit systems. Ottawa has already kicked in cash for public transit in the GTA such as York Region’s
new rapid transit system Viva.
“I’ve urged Durham to come up
with a plan and they’ve given me a
preliminary plan as of last week,” he
said.
Flaherty thinks Durham Region
Transit will suffer a decrease in ridership as a result of the strike, but
the consequences could be greater.
“To use the word emergency is
probably too strong a word, but this
is urgent because we’re damaging
the economy in southern Ontario,”
he said.
“Every day when people have
trouble getting to school or to work
or to appointments, there’s an economic consequence to this, not
only in terms of lost time, but also
in terms of other businesses in the
world deciding where their going to
expand, and looking at the Greater
Toronto Area and being hesitant because of transportation issues.”
Pacers Racers
raise the bar
By Steve Parker
Chronicle Staff
The DC-UOIT Pacers Racers set
a new personal record at this year’s
CIBC Run for the Cure, which was
held at Lakeview Park in Oshawa on
Oct. 1.
They raised over $3,900 as of
Oct. 2, exceeding last year’s total by
about $900.
“I think we are going to be over
the $4,000 mark once the money is
totaled up,” said Kathleen Stewart,
captain of the Pacers Racers.
The team consisted of Kathleen Stewart, Megan Stewart, Han-
nah Stewart, Cory Hodgins, Karen
Hodgins, Rick Hodgins, Harpreet
Kochhar, Liesje deBurger, Bill Connelly, Suzanne Clarke, Laura Buckley, Lisa Culbert, Katie Dunk, Debbie Ireland, Hillary Ireland, Karen
Spearing, Katelyn Spearing, Melissa Mulder, Lana Pickering, Elke
Schnieder, Melanie Burnett, SA
President Evan Muller-Cheng and
Stephanie Ball, dean of the School
of Justice.
The Pacers Racers extend their
thanks to the Student Association
and SHARE for their donations and
support and hopes to see even more
people join them for next year’s run
on Sept. 30, 2007.
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CAMPUS NEWS
Writers are
spreading
the word
Erections all
around campus
By Chad Ingram
Chronicle Staff
The new sculpture near the Ontario Power Generation engineering building is the latest instalment
in an ongoing art project, part of
campus expansion at DC/UOIT.
“It was felt that campus expansion was not just about putting up
brick and mortar buildings,” said
Ralph Aprile, vice-president of the
campus facilities department.
“It’s also about creating certain
spaces on campus, and it was decided that an integral part would be
art of some form.”
The idea of the project, Aprile
explained, is to have a piece of art
representing every province and
territory.
The new sculpture is by Sas-
katchewan artist Doug Bentham.
He was unavailable for comment.
The foundation for another
piece, one representing the Yukon,
was poured last week near the UA
building. Another, from Quebec,
has already been commissioned.
“If you look at the campus, its
architecture makes a statement,”
Aprile said. “It’s futuristic, but also
stands for history.
We wanted the art project to
represent our country.”
Other notable instalments of the
project include the silver ring sculpture by the bus stop, and the colourful leaf sculpture/compass near
William’s Coffee Pub.
It was designed by Dar Bolahood, co-ordinator of the Computer
Animation program at DC.
The cost of the works is being
covered by corporate donations.
By Amanda Gauthier
Chronicle Staff
Photo by Chad Ingram
NEW SCULPTURE: Doug Bentham installed a beautiful addition to the campus that really makes a statement.
Elizabeth Ruth’s new novel is smoking
By Amanda Gauthier
Chronicle Staff
Thick-rimmed, black hornrimmed glasses added a sense of
comfort to Elizabeth Ruth’s reading of her second novel Smoke on
Wednesday, Oct. 11.
They, however, were not the only
ones left hanging by a string, as her
audience of about 35 people listened intently to each written word.
The reading was held in room
J127 in the Simcoe building, where
this Canadian author gave an animated reading of three excerpts
from her highly praised 2005 novel.
The reading began at 7 p.m. and
Ruth, arriving about fifteen minutes
early, began by introducing herself
as the author of two novels titled
Smoke and Ten Good Seconds of
Silence.
Ruth shared the inspiration behind the plot of each novel. Structure is very important to her, so in
her latest novel, she explained, there
are no numbers defining the chapters because she believes they have
no bearing on the story.
Smoke takes place in the 1950s in
a small Canadian town by the same
name that prides itself on its intense
involvement in the tobacco-producing industry.
The first excerpt she read was the
prologue of the novel.
The main character, Buster McFiddie’s face is burned following an
accident with a lit cigarette and too
much alcohol.
The prologue consists of the
mysterious Doc John distracting
Buster with tales of Detroit’s Purple
Gang while he changes the boy’s
bandages.
The second and third were points
of the story, in which Buster learns
more about who he is after the accident compared to who he once was
– a continuous theme throughout
the novel.
Love and sacrifice also presented
themselves in these excerpts.
Although she does not usually
talk about her works in progress,
Ruth mentioned that she is in fact
currently working on something.
Elizabeth Ruth’s website contains more information about this
Canadian author and her works.
I am Canadian... are you?
By Pavan Sandhu
Chronicle Staff
A crowd of 57 gathered outside
the Oshawa Citizenship and Immigration Office to become Canadian
citizens.
Waiting patiently for the ceremony to begin, some fumbled with
their papers, others took pictures.
A little girl waved a mini Canadian flag.
Everyone was handed a piece of
paper with the words to ‘Oh Canada’
written on it.
Lorenzo Aurori was very excited
about his citizenship. He came to
Canada from Italy in 1966.
“It’s about time,” he said.
Behind him stood Robert Norton. He came in 2001 and loves the
quality of life here.
“I definitely recommend living in
Canada, even visiting. The quality of
life here is great,” he said.
“You may enter now,” said a woman dressed in a long black gown.
As everyone sat down the woman asked everyone to turn off cell
phones and pagers.
Wearing his black robe, Judge
Normand A. Allaire took his seat.
“I am so pleased to welcome you
all,” he said.
“Today, Sept. 28, 2006, will mark
a very important milestone in your
life.”
“Your citizenship will allow you
to explore your dreams in this country.”
There were people from more
than a dozen countries present at
the ceremony, including Jamaica,
India, U.K. Italy, Pakistan, Poland,
China, Romania, Egypt, USA, and
Bangladesh.
As they were sworn in to citizenship, they were reminded of their
new rights and responsibilities.
Canadian citizens have the right
to apply for a passport, to run for
elections, to vote, to express their
opinions freely while respecting the
rights and freedoms of others, and
to help others in the community.
“Canada is truly a land of immigrants,” said Judge Allaire.
“ Canada values its diversity. It’s
a characteristic which separates it
from other countries in the world.”
According to Citizenship and Immigration Canada, a total of 262,236
people immigrated to Canada in
2005.
That’s an 11-per cent increase
over 2004.
China and India were the leading countries from which new immigrants came. In 2005 China accounted for 16 per cent and India
for 13 per cent. The Philippines and
Pakistan came third and fourth.
“People come to this country
because of the opportunity,” said Allaire.
“They come with different cultures and Canada encourages them
to keep their traditions and
cultural habits. We encourage
them to share theirs with other Canadians.”
Farai Wailatama, from Zimbabwe, loves the freedom that Canada
offers.
“The freedom of speech, safety
and security, things you take for
granted like medicare, social assistance,” he said.
Angela Gibson has been in Canada for the last eight years.
“People move to Canada for
many reasons,” she said. “Some for a
better life and others for more personal reasons.”
When Gibson moved to Canada
it wasn’t easy at first because she did
not have any relatives here.
“Now I have a family of my own,”
she said.
“It has made all the difference.”
Canada has been great for Gibson. She completed her Masters degree in Urban Planning at the University of Toronto.
“It is affordable here. My under-
graduate degree was from a university in the United States. It cost my
parents a fortune. So Canada has
been a real blessing to me.”
However Gibson feels that the
government should do more to help
new immigrants find jobs in their
fields.
“I was blessed because I come
from the UK and had work experience in the United States. Therefore,
I have had fewer obstacles than
most immigrants,” said Gibson.
Soon it was time for the oath.
Everyone stood up and raised their
right hand and said the oath.
“I do solemnly swear that I will
be faithful and bear true allegiance
to her majesty Queen Elizabeth the
second, queen of Canada,” we began.
As the ceremony came to a close
Judge Allaire reminded everyone of
their importance.
“You will add your abilities,
strengths, dreams, and build a better,
stronger, united Canada,” he said.
He urged everyone to give back
to Canada by volunteering at hospitals, coaching sports teams or by
being a big brother or sister.
“Now I can finally say I AM CANADIAN like that beer commercial,” said Kiran Sandhu, holding her
citizenship certificate up high.
An evening spent curled up
on a chair by the fire is not the
only way to enjoy a good book.
The Writers Reading Series is
available for anyone to enjoy.
Canadian authors and poets,
both established and up-andcoming, are able to spread
word of their work through this
program by holding readings.
Readings are generally held
at colleges and universities
across the province and consist of the author sharing some
of his work with an audience.
After each reading, a period of
time is available for the audience to ask questions.
“It’s not just an audience,”
said James Neufeld, professor
of English Literature at Trent
University.
“You do not just sit in a
room and listen.” Neufeld said
the authors are usually quite
generous with their time. The
Writers Reading Series is funded by the Canada Council and
the Writers’ Union of Canada,
and is offered through Trent
University.
The faculty of the Department of English Literature in
1988 decided to organize a
series for Canadian writers
who are well-known in the
reading community, as well as
new authors who have not yet
established an audience. The
Canada Council and the Writers’ Union of Canada provide
the English department with
enough funds to cover costs included in the authors’ visits.
The Canada Council provides a limit on how many
authors it will sponsor. Readings to be held this winter will
include Michelle Berry, Drew
Hayden Taylor, Douglas Glover,
A.F Moritz and Elizabeth Ruth.
These sessions will be held at
Trent University at 8 p.m. from
Jan. 19 to March 16.
Anyone interested in the
world of literature is encouraged to attend one of these sessions.
“These [sessions] are wonderful for anyone who is interested in writing,” said Neufeld.
Local & Loud
By Krystle Pereira
Chronicle Staff
Local and Loud battle of the
bands this Friday, Sept. 20 at
8 p.m. in EP Taylor’s pub. The
show will feature bands competing to win the grand prize of
50 hours studio time at a Wellcraft Music Group studio.
Each band will be given 20
minutes to perform their music and convince the judges to
advance them to the semi-finals. This is an all-ages event.
Cover of $3 for 19+, and $5 for
under 19.
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Federal goverment cuts
summer jobs for students
Budget cuts
affect students
By Reka Szekely
Chronicle Staff
Photo by Jocelyn Nespiak
DEMONSTRATING TECHNIQUE: Clare Snoodon, a fire prevention officer, teaches a boy how to use the hose at the
opening of Fire Hall No.5.
Prepared to
fight fires in
north Oshawa
By Jocelyn Nespiak
Chronicle Staff
North Oshawa residents can
expect a faster response from firefighters and the city will receive better coverage now that Fire Hall No.
5 is open.
The ribbon cutting was on Oct.
4 and residents of Oshawa were
invited to a barbecue on Oct. 7 to
celebrate.
“We wanted to welcome the
public to our place,” said Fire Chief
Steve Meringer.
There were activities, games, and
information boards.
There was a fire safety house
filled with smoke. Children entered
and were taught by Paul Hunt, the
public education officer, to crawl to
the window to escape.
This event also kicked off Fire
Prevention Week.
“We wanted to raise awareness
about fire safety,” said Susan King,
acting chief prevention officer.
The event attracted over 2,000
people and helped to raise money
to send two children from Durham
Region to Camp Bucko – a camp for
burn victims aged 7 to 17.
It costs $1,075 to send a child
there. King said the barbecue raised
enough money for one child, but
donations are still being accepted
to reach their goal.
Nancy Sinclair, a representative
of Camp Bucko, said it is important
for burned children to have this retreat.
“At school, you’re always the one
who is different or made fun of,”
she said. “But at Camp Bucko you
stand out from the crowd because
you climbed the highest, or ran the
fastest, not because you’re a burn
victim.”
“The fire hall is state of the art,”
said Deputy Chief John Jeffs.
It is the first site to have its own
mechanical division. It also has a
training facility, pump testing facility, auto extrication training and
high angle rescue training.
It is equipped with a tanker and a
pumper emergency vehicle.
There are five fire suppression
staff, two mechanics, two training
and two education officers at this
site.
This is the first station built in
Oshawa since 1981. The city has
grown since and so has the demand
for a more efficient fire service.
“There were 9,000 calls last year
and 14,000 truck movements,” said
Meringer. “Fifty per cent were medically related calls and the rest were
fires, motor vehicle accidents and
hazardous spills.”
Fire Hall No. 5 is at 1550 Harmony Rd. N. Residents are welcome to
visit.
“It’s a fantastic facility and it’s definitely what they need at the north
end,” said Lawrence Sargant, an Oshawa Resident.
Student groups are calling for the reinstatement
of 25,000 summer student jobs, which were recently
axed by the federal government.
As part of a $1-billion spending cut last month, Ottawa reduced funding to the Summer Career Placement Program’s by $55 million, which is half the program’s budget.
“I think it was a surprise and a disappointment and
something student unions will be opposing across
the country,” said Ian Boyko, government relations
coordinator for the Canadian Federation of Students
(CFS). The CFS has over 450,000 members, representing student associations across Canada. The
campus student association is not part of the CFS, but
often works with them.
Boyko said the program serves several functions,
helping students finance their educations as well as
getting them that first job in their field.
“It’s so students don’t go into this chicken and egg
scenario where you can’t get a job because you don’t
have experience and you don’t have experience because you can’t get a job,” he said.
The government says the job market is stronger
than it was when the program was created and can
support more summer jobs without government aid.
“I think there’s a few things people have to remember. In Canada, we generate about 1.5 million summer jobs,” said John Atherton, director general of Active Employment Measures for Human Resources
and Social Development Canada, which oversees the
program.
Atherton said surveys show 30 per cent of businesses who participate in the program say they would
hire students regardless of the government funding,
and 30 per cent of students said they could find other
jobs.
“What the government has asked us to do is refocus the program to where there aren’t summer jobs,”
he said.
That would include using the remaining funding in
areas of Canada with higher unemployment, poverty
or crime rates and helping groups with higher unemployment rates, such as students with disabilities, aboriginal students and new Canadians.
However, the CFS thinks the government should
fix the program instead of scrapping half of it.
“Clearly, a 50 per cent cut is a gross over-reaction
to a small inefficiency,” said Boyko. “There are small
and mid-sized companies who maybe can’t afford to
create a job for students with no experience.”
The CFS has been lobbying the government to restate the program, but has found more support with
opposition parties than with the Conservatives.
Geoff Regan, Liberal critic for human resources,
said the cuts show the government’s true colours.
“For next year, cutting it in half is outrageous,” he
said. “I don’t know what they’re thinking.”
Regan said many groups across the country rely
on the program. “Over the years, I’ve talked to not only
businesses, but non-profit organizations who depend
on these programs.”
Atherton said his department is currently working
on the criteria for employers who apply for funding.
Though students on campus aren’t members of
the CFS, Evan Muller-Cheng, the Student Association
president, said he supports their efforts to get the program re-instated.
“I would assume the CFS is creating awareness for
other student associations where other student associations don’t have the capacity to lobby the government because they’re focusing on local issues on
their campus.”
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CAMPUS NEWS
Going the extra mile for Gulu
By Marilyn Gray
Chronicle Staff
Students, faculty and the community of Oshawa are coming together
to raise money and awareness for
children in northern Uganda.
GuluWalk is being organized
through partnerships with Students
for Humanitarianism and Action
through Respect and Education
(SHARE), the Student Association,
CAW and the city of Oshawa.
A presentation was held in the
UA Atrium on Wednesday, Oct. 11
to raise awareness for the event on
campus.
Walkers will collect pledges and
on Saturday, Oct. 21 will walk approximately 10 kilometres from Memorial Park in Oshawa to the UOIT/
DC campus. Registration starts at
Memorial Park at 3 p.m. and that
walk begins at 4 p.m. An after party
will be held on the DC/UOIT campus with refreshments and entertainment.
Students who want to get involved can sign up online at www.
guluwalk.com.
“No student will be turned away
because he or she didn’t raise
enough money,” said Naheed Dosani, SHARE founder and president,
McMaster
University
and
Queen’s University will also be hosting GuluWalk in their respective
cities in partnership with their local
Photo by Marilyn Gray
RAISING AWARENESS: Evan Muller-Cheng encourages students to come and show their
support by joining the GuluWalk on Oct 21.
SHARE chapters.
Dosani has been looking forward to doing something to help the
children of northern Uganda since
he first heard about the night commutRaisers years ago.
“It was always a dream for me,”
he said, adding that he wanted not
just to walk but to get the whole
community involved.
“How can you not do something
about it? Just because it’s miles and
miles away. . don’t ignore it,” he
said.
The administration of DC/UOIT
is giving its full support to the GuluWalk.
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case, our campus can evoke a positive change in the lives of children
and families in Uganda.”
GuluWalk was co-founded by
Oshawa-born Adrian Bradbury and
Kieran Hayward. In the spring of
2005, they heard about the effects of
northern Uganda’s 20-year civil war
on the children that live there.
Each night 40,000 children walk
from their rural villages to urban
areas such as Gulu. They do this to
sleep in relative safety from being
abducted by the Lord’s Resistance
Army and forced to serve as soldiers
and kill their own people.
This war has displaced over 1.7
million people, not including thousands of night commuters.
Displaced people have been
forced into camps where hundreds
of people die every night due to lack
of clean water, food and medical
care.
Bradbury and Hayward completed the first GuluWalk by themselves. They walked 12.5 kilometres
to sleep in front of Toronto’s city hall
every night for the entire month of
July 2005. At sunrise they walked
home, while continuing to work
full-time and maintain their daily
routines. This was an attempt to
imitate the lifestyle of the children
of northern Uganda.The aim of that
walk was to tell the story of the night
commuters to Canada.
This year’s walk is an attempt to
tell the story to the world. GuluWalks
are being held, not only in Canada
and the U.S., but in cities across the
globe such as Amsterdam, London,
and Beijing.
Students are encouraged to come
out and show their support, whether
they raised money for event or not.
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The Sexual Health Resource Centre (SHRC) is starting up on campus! We are confidential, non-judgemental, student-run service.
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CAMPUS NEWS
Promoting Positive Spaces
By Reka Szekely
Chronicle Staff
Students, staff and community
members participated in the campus’s first ever public panel on gay,
lesbian, bisexual, transgendered and
queer (GLBTQ) issues last week.
About 25 people came out to the
event on Oct. 10, which was MCed
by Student Association president
Evan Muller-Cheng and SHARE’s
Nicole Cooseelal.
Jon Sarpong, the diversity officer for Durham College and UOIT,
described his job, which is to implement policies and programs that
lead to equality and diversity. He
said the Canadian Charter of Rights
and Freedoms guarantees the right
to equality without discrimination,
including discrimination based on
sexual orientation.
Sarpong said the college and
university are being proactive in addressing the needs of their increasingly diverse community and planning ahead.
“We are taking into consideration
the students that are here now and
the students who will be here in the
future,” he said.
Sarpong said his office will work
to bring groups together. “I really
think this campus will be the hub
for diversity and multiculturalism in
the Durham Region.”
Anthony Henley, the president of
Durham and UOIT’s PRIDE group,
described how he first got involved
with his organization.
In previous years, PRIDE hosted
dinners and movie nights. While
the group will continue to host the
social events, it will be working with
the Student Association and the administration to promote the Positive
Spaces Program.
Positive Spaces aims to promote
a welcoming atmosphere on campus by eliminating discrimination
based on sexual orientation and
gender identity.
October 17, 2006
23
Coffee
creates
sleeping
problems
By Reka Szekely
Chronicle Staff
Photo by Reka Szekely
POSITIVE SPACE: President of PRIDE Anthony Henley, and Diversity Officer Jon Sarpong
talk at a panel discussion for the new Positive Space campaign.
The campaign uses posters, buttons and events to promote a more
accepting environment. For example, the poster campaign targets the
negative words people use for the
GLBTQ community.
“Some of our posters have been
getting ripped down this year and
last year, and we want to see that
fazed out,” said Henley.
The event also included members of the community such as
Jayne Schmid from the AIDS Committee of Durham Region.
Schmid called on the audience to
leave their safe zone and challenged
them to become activists.
She said everyone can do basic
things like vote, familiarize themselves with what political candidates have to say about GLBTQ issues and meet with local politicians
to bring those issues to them.
Schmid said groups that are opposed to rights for the GLBTQ community are positioning themselves
to influence government bodies
and urges people to get involved before more of their rights are stripped
away from them.
“Do not wait until it happens to
you to become involved with positive social change and social justice,” she said.
Schmid described the alarming
rise in HIV rates among gay men
and men who have sex with men,
and the importance of anonymous
HIV tests, which are not currently
available in Durham Region.
“If you test positive in the Durham Region and it’s not an anonymous test, it affects loans, it affects
credit cards.”
Rick Telfer, a former executive
member of the Canadian Federation of Students (CFS), described
the origins of the Positive Space
program at the University of Toronto several years ago. As a result
of it, the CFS pooled resources and
printed Positive Space stickers that
would be distributed on campuses
across the country.
“The idea was that stickers would
be placed all over the campus and
create visibility and to make people
think just by seeing that sticker,” said
Telfer.
In addition to getting involved
with groups like PRIDE, Telfer advised students to get involved with
their student association.
“I found the best way to be a gay
activist is to be an activist that’s gay,”
he said.
Drinking coffee to stay
awake at night may also prevent people from catching up
on their sleep during the day.
A new study by Université de Montréal researchers
found that using caffeine to
get through a night of work or
study hurts recovery sleep the
next day.
Studies have already shown
that caffeine increases the time
necessary to fall asleep as well
as the number of awakenings.
It also decreases the amount of
deep sleep.
However, the recent research shows those effects are
stronger when caffeine is taken
before daytime sleep than in
the evening before nighttime
sleep.
“Caffeine makes daytime
sleep episodes too shallow to
override the signal from the
biological clock that tells the
body it should be awake at this
time of day,” said Julie Carrier,
who conducted the research.
“We often use coffee and other
sources of caffeine during the
nighttime to counteract sleepiness generated by sleep deprivation, jet lag and shift-work.
However, this habit may have
important effects when you
then try to recuperate during
daytime.”
Pushing cars for Heroes of Hope
Fraternity
members
raise money
for cancer
By Robert Sudak
Chronicle Staff
Imagine a family of 30 members
pushing a car for 24 hours. On Sept.
29-30 the Zeta Psi brothers did exactly that to raise money for cancer.
The Zeta Psi frat house had its
third annual car push, where they
pushed a Volkswagen hatchback,
non-stop, for 24 hours. Donated by a
friend, the car was repaired and set
up with a four man-powered engine
and steered by another who sat in
the driver’s seat.
Taking place in front of the new
engineering building at UOIT, on
the parking lot, the event made no
less than $3,500 in donations, with
cheques still coming in. In the past
two years they have raised a total
of $5,000. All proceeds go straight
to the Heroes of Hope Foundation,
which is in partnership with other
foundations to build a new cancer
centre in Durham Region.
Sponsored by Kool-Aid, Kellogg’s
and Long and McQuade musical instruments, the frat had cereal, juice,
baked goods, hamburgers, hotdogs
and music. Any student who made
a donation was welcome to any of
the goods laid out on the tables.
With the school allowing any frat
house a maximum of two events
per year on school property, Zeta
Psi had to carefully plan the event.
With friends and family attending,
plus students coming over to donate some spare change and have a
bite to eat, the frat was able to raise a
fair bit of money.
“The university is looking out for
the school’s best interest,” said Peter
Marchut, a fourth-year member of
the frat. “We are a community-based
organization and we want to be part
of the student life.”
Photo by Robert Sudak
ZETA PSI: Dan Homoncik, Graham Wight, Kyle Mullin,
Mike Bryck, Peter Budd, Curtis Russell, Brian Renaud,
Jonny Castro, Peter Marchut and Jeff Gilchrist are all
members of the Zeta Psi frat who attended their third annual car push.
Starting at 5 p.m. on Sept. 29
and ending the next day at 5 p.m.,
there was no rest for the car or the
brothers. Since the car doesn’t run,
the frat brothers had to push it from
their house, which is right by Simcoe Street and Commencement
Drive, to the parking lot.
With a metal bar stretching from
the driver’s window to the passenger window the brothers used this
as a way to push the car.
Sometimes they would do solo
laps around the parking lot at a
walking pace.
Timed by one of the brothers,
the car was pushed a total of 1,200
times around the parking lot in the
24-hour time frame.
“Everyone does their own thing,”
said vice-president Matt Hargraves,
a fourth-year Business and Marketing student at UOIT. “You can push
for 15 minutes at time, go off for a
break then get back to pushing.”
With a total of 30 members in
the frat and another 10-15 pledges
attending and helping out at the
event, it was a success and the Durham College and UOIT can expect
to see another car push next year.
24 The Chronicle
October 17, 2006
CAMPUS NEWS
CSI test gives
School of Justice
a new challenge
New fitness
program
prepares
first-years
By Robert Sudak
Photo by Chad Ingram
ENGINEERS WITHOUT BORDERS: President of UOIT’s Engineers Without Borders branch
Aswin Pillarisetty (left), and V.P. of Finance Andrew Lukomski (right) gather to raise money for poverty in Africa.
Volunteers improve life
by partying for poverty
By Chad Ingram
Chronicle Staff
About 100 students partied to
beat poverty at E.P. Taylor’s Oct. 5.
Party Against Poverty, co-ordinated by UOIT’s Engineers Without
Borders, was a fundraiser for the
organization, which has chapters
worldwide.
Founded in 2000, Engineers
Without Borders is a volunteer nongovernment organization that uses
technological innovations to improve the quality of life for people
in impoverished areas, with a concentration on Africa. It provides
everything from cleaner water to
skills training, and has over 15,000
members.
This is the inaugural year for Engineers Without Borders at UOIT.
Aswin Pillarisetty is president of the
university’s branch.
“You don’t have to be an engineer to take part,” Pillarisetty said.
“Anyone can join.”
He said for a $20 membership
fee, volunteers can take part in
panel discussions, held monthly on
campus.
Hussain Master, vice-president of
fundraising, was also in attendance.
“Everyone should do their part to
enforce change in their world,” he
said, paraphrasing Gandhi.
The night was filled with dancing,
drinking and giveaways, but the reason for the party was not forgotten.
The tables sported placemats
with facts about poverty. One read:
“A child dies every three seconds as
a result of extreme poverty”; another: “Eight hundred people go hungry each day”.
Andrew Lukomski, vice-president of finance, thanked “everyone
who came out and supported our
cause.”
The evening’s financial goal of
$1,000 was achieved.
Pillarisetty stressed that Engineers Without Borders is always
looking for volunteers. The organization will be holding more events
on campus during the year.
For more information on Engineers Without Borders, visit www.
ewb.ca.
Chronicle Staff
Cops risk their lives every day for
our safety, and staying fit is essential for their survival and for Police
Foundations students there’s no exception.
The School of Justice introduced
a new program this year called CSI
fitness or the College Student Initiative fitness. Co-ordinated by Don
Arscott, who teaches in the School
of Justice’s Police Foundations program, the fitness initiative is meant
to help first-year students prepare
for their mandatory fitness test in
the second year.
The program is based on the second-year Police Foundations fitness
test, which is derived from the PREP
test (physical readiness evaluation
for police) and a previous program
called the female empowerment
program for Police Foundations
students.
“What we’re finding is a lot of students don’t have a concept of what
reasonable fitness really is,” said Arscott. “Some can come in the first
day and score 85 per cent.”
The program has one basic principle that it follows, called FITT (frequency, intensity, time and type).
It tests a student’s cardio, flexibility
and stamina.
With any movement the human
body burns calories, from moving
around your house in the morning
getting ready for school, to sitting
and talking on the phone. Improving the body’s heart rate will deliver
blood faster to the muscles and
lungs. The better that ability is, the
better a person can do things.
“Half of the workouts I do, I don’t
like, but once I do them I feel so
much better. In your body there’s a
chemical called endorphins,” said
Arscott. “After you’re done exercising it’s released, giving you more energy and making you feel better.”
Unfortunately, of the 104 students who signed up for the testing, only a couple of dozen showed.
Three tests took place on Saturday,
Sept. 30.
“The majority of the people who
signed up didn’t show,” said Arscott
when he was talking to the last
group of students doing the fitness
testing. “These students might have
been afraid of failure, but we’re all
afraid of failure.”
The guidelines for the Police
Foundations fitness test were taken
from Dr. Norman Gledhill, who designed a test for regional and provincial police officers. He has received
several awards for his contributions
and leadership in the field of fitness,
including the Canadian Society for
Exercise Physiology Honour Award,
which he was awarded in 1999, according to York University’s School
of Kinesiology & Health Science
website.
Dr. Gledhill worked with police
chiefs and high-ranking officers in
Ontario to set the standards for the
fitness test known as PREP. This test
was designed to test both skill and
ability of a police officer while in the
field. Once officers were able to pass
the test they’re physically ready to
take on their tasks.
The RCMP testing is slightly different, and when compared to the
PREP, harder on the body. The PARE
test (physical abilities requirement
evaluation) was around 10 years
before the PREP test and is made of
the same elements.
For example, the police test
(PREP) has a shuttle run, the RCMP
(PARE) does not; the police have
to jump a four-foot wall, the RCMP
have to jump a three-foot wall, and
the police test has to be completed
in 2:45, the RCMP has to be done in
four minutes or less. There are minor
differences in both tests, but they
both have different effects on the
body. The PREP test is more aerobic, so the body is receiving enough
oxygen throughout the workout fatiguing the body. The PARE is more
anaerobic, so the body is getting
worked out but the exercises being
done are not spaced out. This will
not provide enough oxygen, making
the body wear out faster.
“I would like to see the police
services and the RCMP swap fitness
tests,” said Arscott.
The first-year Police Foundations students got a taste of what is
to come in their second year. Hopefully, when that time comes they’re
fit and ready to go.
The Chronicle
October 17, 2006
25
ENTERTAINMENT
Durham College-UOIT Chronicle
Photo by Keith Fernandes
TRAILER TRASHING: In full character, J-Roc, Mr. Lahey, Randy, Julian, Bubbles and Ricky at a press conference at the Mod Club in Toronto.
Trailer Park Boys take Canada
By Bruce Bolton
Chronicle Staff
Living in a trailer, theft (of
course) under a thousand, and
smoking marijuana are a little more
Canadian than you think.
For the characters on the Trailer
Park Boys, that’s life, especially for
Ricky, Julian and Bubbles, the three
characters the show is based on.
On Oct. 6 the little Canadian TV
series came out with a movie nation-wide called Trailer Park Boys
Movie: The Big Dirty. The movie
has been successful, taking away
$1.3 million in its first weekend
and leading the Canadian box office as the number one comedy in
Canada.
Like the movie, the television
show is also number one in Canada
with 300,000 viewers a week, and
now with its very own motion picture the people of Sunnyvale are
becoming Canada’s homegrown
stars.
On Oct. 5, the day before the
movie came out, Alliance Atlantis
held a press conference, with the
entire cast in character, at the Mod
Club Theatre in Toronto.
Ricky, Julian, Bubbles, Randy, Lahey, Lucy, Sarah, J-Roc, Tyron, Barb,
Cory, and producer Barrie Dunn
and Michael Volpe were the stars
in attendance. Missing in action
were the director Mike Clattenburg
and Trevor who was playing video
games, according to Lahey.
The entire cast was on hand not
just to talk about the movie but also
to entertain the audience of about
30 press and 40-plus fans. They talked about the usual subjects: trailer
parks, getting drunk and smoking.
They also discussed some other
key issues on how they are now being viewed as part of the Canadian
culture.
‘
It’s such a great
country
and
we
didn’t realize how
many other people
besides us get drunk
and smoke pot.
’
Rob Wells
“It’s such a great country and we
didn’t realize how many other people besides us get drunk and smoke
pot,” said Ricky, who is played by
actor Rob Wells.
“I think a lot of people are going
to move to Canada once they see
how it is in the movie, with the dope
laws a little more relaxed.”
Ricky is one of the main characters in the show. He loves hockey
(he’s captain of the prison team),
loves getting drunk and stoned
(with his family), and lives in a car.
Ricky’s two best friends are Bubbles
(who lives in a shed and loves cats)
and Julian (who always has a rum
and coke and is always thinking
about his next scheme).
From small screen to big, these
characters are always on the ball.
Julian, the mastermind behind the
movie’s scheme, didn’t have much
to say about where the money has
gone but after the opening weekend
numbers there will be a lot more to
come.
“I remember a movie guy made
me sign some papers. If that is what
gets us the money I’m not quite
sure,” Julian said. “I’ll probably be
getting a lot more free liquor.”
Even though they are big movie
stars now, the cast doesn’t want
much. Bubbles, played by actor
Mike Smith, thinks things are fine
in the Sunnyvale trailer park the
way they are.
“I don’t think it’s going to change
that much,” said Bubbles. “I hope I
can make a few bucks and put a top
floor on my shed. Something like
that would be pretty cool.”
And why would anyone want
change? Since 2001 when the show
was first aired on Showcase in Canada, it has been watched all across
the country. The best part about the
show still stays true to its Canadian
roots, which is a good thing because
it is becoming a part of our culture.
E.P. Taylor’s hosts a stellar night in Durham
By Chad Ingram
Chronicle Staff
It rained the night of Sept. 30, but the stars were out
and shining at E.P. Taylor’s.
A Night with the Stars, presented by Music Business
Management’s Backrow Records, was a showcase of
some of the area’s singer/songwriters.
“We’re here to bring people together and introduce
them to bands they may never have heard of, bands
they might like,” said stage manager Dan Hand, a second-year Music Business Management student. “Basically, we’re here to have a good time.”
Kendall Thompson, a 19-year-old Alliston native, hit
the stage adorned with nothing but an acoustic guitar
and a voice that belies her size. She belted out heartwrenching original tunes, as well as a cover of Bob
Marley’s No Woman, No Cry.
“I’ve been playing for three years, but only playing
really seriously for the last seven months or so,” Thompson said. “Songs would just pop into my head, and I
couldn’t let them go unwritten.”
Thompson cited Lauren Hill, Bob Dylan, Jewel and
Fiona Apple among her influences.
Durham student Kevin Foster followed Thompson,
accompanied by guitarist Cory Zaks and a violinist.
Foster serenaded a crowd of about 100 with his brand
of alternative folk.
“I think it’s going back to a better style, more indie,”
Foster said of the music industry. Referring to mainstream bands like Nickelback, he said, “I think people
have had enough of it.”
Daydream Theory is a duo composed of Noelle Morris and Chris Slye, both Toronto university students.
Backrow Records discovered the pair on MySpace.
com.
Armed with acoustic guitars, they delivered a catalogue of angst-ridden originals.
Slye enjoys the writing aspect. “It’s way to release,
an escape,” he said
“We’d like to go as far as we can,” Morris said of Daydream Theory’s future. “It’s either law school or this,
and I’d rather be a rock star.”
The duo has performed at The Kathedral, as well as
a number of Toronto cafés.
Dave Fontaine is the front man of Sleep the Season,
an arty ensemble from Niagara. Guitar, bass, drums
and cello formed a musical backdrop for Fontaine’s
melancholy, almost Morrissey-esque vocals.
Fontaine cited Elliot Smith, The Ravonettes and
Hayden among his influences.
“I listen to all kinds of music,” he said.
The group toured this summer, playing gigs in New
Brunswick, Quebec and Ontario, and released their
first full-length album on Sept. 13.
Other performers included As Fast As Molasses and
Autumn Eve.
Backrow Records will be presenting more events
throughout the year.
Photo by Chad Ingram
STAR BOWING: Sleep the Season’s cellist Greg Goertzen
at E.P. Taylor’s Night with the Stars.
26 The Chronicle
October 17, 2006
ENTERTAINMENT NEWS
Beware of the locals in Fiji
Travels not
found in a
brochure
By Andrew Moore
Chronicle Staff
Beware of machete-wielding locals when travelling to the islands
of Fiji and Vanuatu.
Wary citizens, transgendered
prostitutes, and tropical storms
are just a few of many problematic
encounters travel writer J. Maarten
Troost stumbles across in his latest
non-fiction book Getting Stoned
With Savages.
After roughing it for two years
on the small atoll of Kiribati only to
find himself yearning for western
civilization in his comical debut
book, The Sex Lives Of Cannibals,
Troost finds himself back amongst
the odd native rituals and political
corruption of the sunny South Pacific in Getting Stoned With Savages.
Equipped with a pair of flipflops and a few silk shirts, Troost
flies into Port Vila, Vanuatu. Shortly
after landing he realizes his destination may not be the paradise he
hoped for.
Getting to know neighbours,
Troost finds himself hanging out
at local nakamals, which are generally a clearing under banyan trees
where natives serve the intoxicant
kava.
Kava comes from the root of a
pepper shrub that grows in the hills
of Vanuatu. It is prepared by having
young teenage boys chew the root
to a pulp, then mixed with water
and served in a coconut shell.
As Troost quickly discovers,
kava can be very potent and cause
very intense hallucinations sometimes lasting for several days.
With his wife, Sylvia, arriving in a
week to start a new job at a regional
nonprofit, Troost is left to explore
and discover the island and find a
safe home for his family.
An overthrown government, traditions of cannibalism and a lack of
health care eventually send Troost
and his impregnated wife out of
Vanuatu and into Fiji in search of
current medical technologies.
Written in an amusing narrative
format, Troost portrays the colours
and culture of the South Pacific
flawlessly.
“Very often the road would narrow into a bush trail before suddenly widening into enormous mud
pits where bulldozers stood idle
and empty, parked in a remarkably
haphazard fashion, as if they were
forgotten remnants of some longago road improvement project,”
writes Troost when explaining how
the outer limits of the city are far
from a tropical getaway filled with
palm trees and sandy beaches.
A light read packed with heaps
of funny yet unusual incidents, Getting Stoned With Savages is, love it
or hate it, the kind of book that will
oddly leave you booking a flight to
the South Pacific.
xoElliott wants you dancing
Newcastle
band in Local
& Loud Show
By Chris Bracken
Chronicle Staff
They’re reviving pop punk like it’s going
out of style, only they’re adding their own
element to it. They want people to listen,
they want people to dance, and they want
people to get naked.
After finding out their set time was at
midnight, xoElliott decided to offer their
fans something above and beyond their
performance, and they did just that. XoElliott took the stage at The Dungeon in Oshawa half nude and played their hearts out,
as usual.
People who have enjoyed an xoElliott
show should be please to hear that a CD is
in the works and should be out shortly.
Their debut CD titled It’s Called Show
Business, Not Show Friends, should be out
in just under a year of being together. The
CD will consist of seven tracks that blend
catchy pop melodies and hard driving instrumentals.
“It’s definitely a huge accomplishment,”
said Kyle Merkley, bassist of xoElliott. “A
CD within a year of being together, a huge
fan base, and we have five guys who work
great together and are serious about making music. We are all willing to invest the
time, money, effort and it shows with this
achievement, I couldn’t be anymore proud
of this band.”
Lead singer Mike Elliott said their sound,
at first listen, seems to bond with that of
Fall Out Boy and Panic! At The Disco. But
after the listener takes a step back and sees
through the musical stereotypes, they will
find something that is original, captivating,
and memorable.
“We write catchy songs that people can
dance and sing along to, we’re not your everyday cup of tea,” said Elliott, also known
as xoKasp. “We’re so proud of this record. It
represents all of our hard work and accomplishments.”
With a new sound, a new look, and a
new member in the band, things are look-
ing up for xoElliott.
Wallace Peddle Jr., also known as
xoDubP, is the new guitarist and backing
vocalist for xoElliott, and he has added a
more dynamic sound to the band. Peddle’s
former band performed with xoElliott on
Canada day, and he fell in love with Elliott’s
voice. He really enjoyed their style and was
looking for a band of their nature.
With Peddle joining the band, lead vocalist Mike Elliott has stopped playing the
guitar and has begun rocking the microphone.
“We have definitely matured as songwriters,” said Merkley. “And the member change
is also credited to the new sound we have
found ourselves playing. On our album you
will find a much more dominant presence
of catchy melodies, the kind of stuff that will
get stuck in your head.”
Drummer Mike Vossen said to write the
album took three or four solid months of
practising and dedication, and they work
even harder on their live performances.
“The main thing we try to focus on aside
from the obvious musical aspect is stage
presence,” said Vossen. “Nothing pumps up
a crowd more than seeing a band go nuts
on stage. Whether it’s guitar spins, jump
kicks, spin kicks or jumping around, people
come to a show, and we give it to them.”
But people aren’t just starting to take notice of xoElliott. They have been impressing
audiences since their first show in December 2005. They opened up for fellow Newscastle, Ont. band One Second 2 Late in front
of 300 people. In the past year xoElliott have
shown how hard they’re willing to work to
play the music they love.“I think they’re
[xoElliott] showing great initiative and gaining exposure early,” said Kyle Allin, guitarist
of One Second 2 Late. “I completely agree
with releasing your material as soon as you
feel content enough in your writing, and
xoElliott have proven they are confident by
means of their hardwork, confidence and
dedication.”
XoElliott got their big break from rolemodel band One Second 2 Late. Mike Elliott explained that they are taking the same
steps that One Second 2 Late did. Elliott and
Merkley of xoElliott say they admire One
Second 2 Late for their help, but at the same
time xoElliott try to compete with them in
order to become better musicians.
The band recently decided to enter the
Local & Loud battle of the bands competition being put on by Long & McQuade. The
competition will run over several dates, and
will be hosted at E.P. Taylor’s.
The Chronicle
October 17, 2006
27
ENTERTAINMENT NEWS
From the park to the big screen
Fans of the
show will
be pleased
with film
By Bruce Bolton
Chronicle Staff
Photo by Keith Fernandes
GETTING OUT OF SUNNYVALE: Trailer Park Boys Ricky,
Bubbles and Julian make an appearance at Toronto’s Mod
Club Theatre to promote their new movie. The film opened
everywhere on Oct. 6.
With more drinking, smoking
and cursing then ever before, Trailer Park Boys the movie is everything
fans of the TV show have come to
love and that much more.
It’s always a challenge to bring
a hit TV show to the big screen but
director Mike Clattenburg and the
entire cast pulled it off with a solid
motion picture.
The movie, which opened Oct. 6
across Canada, sticks to the shows
true roots by following Ricky, Julian
and Bubbles around during their
crazy and exciting criminal lives.
The main focus is “the big dirty,” a
master plan to get rich quick, without getting caught of course, which
seems to always be a problem for
the trio.
Not only is the entire cast from
the show in the movie but there are
also new characters involved, plus
great cameos from the Tragically
Hip’s Gord Downie and Rush guitarist Alex Lifeson as cops.
It’s a movie for anyone who loves
a good comedy about a community
filled with many different and dynamic people. The characters entertain the audience but also bring
the moviegoer to Sunnyvale trailer
park.
The movie also offers something
the TV show doesn’t have, which is
a proper score made up of Canadian music from such bands as Rush
and Alexisonfire. In addition, the
music was properly placed to make
the story better.
From jail time to a wedding and
a hockey tournament, the writers
of Trailer Park Boys saved the best
parts of these characters for the
big screen. They also made a great
transition from a 22-minute show
to a 97-minute movie. With new
sets such as the local strip club, the
movie also takes the story a little bit
more outside the park.
Trailer Park Boys the movie will
be a Canadian classic for years and
could even be a classic around the
world.
Everyone who watches it will realize they have a little something in
common with these characters.
If you’re a Trailer Park Boys fan
you will love it and if you’re not,
there is a good chance you’ll like it
anyways.
Body image key for girls
By Shannon Dossor
Chronicle Staff
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More than ever, television, magazines and movies filled with beautiful skinny women are influencing
body image. Young girls look up to
actors and musicians, and when
they see they look nothing like their
role models, many begin to feel
depressed. They wonder why they
don’t look like the women on TV.
With shows such as America’s
Next Top Model, it’s hard for girls
to accept average-sized women as
beautiful. They watch all of these
women try to become models, only
to be told by judges they are “fat,”
“manly,” or “weird.” Last season’s
Top Model winner, Danielle Evans,
has been modelling, but one designer told her she was too fat. Models have always been skinnier than
the typical woman. Twenty years
ago the average model weighed
eight per cent less than the average
woman. Now the difference is 23
per cent.
Hopewell, a Canadian eating
disorder support centre, says 60 per
cent of Grade 6 girls are either now
or have been on a diet. Hopewell
also states that 85,000 people in On-
tario are suffering from eating disorders. There is something wrong with
the way media is making 11-yearolds think.
According to justthink.org, the
average woman sees 400-600 advertisements per day. Also, one in
eleven commercials have a direct
message about beauty.
Canadian Fitness and Lifestyle
Research found that more than
three quarters of women’s magazine
covers include at least one message
about how to change a woman’s
bodily appearance either by diet,
exercise or cosmetic surgery.
Girls are constantly faced with
issues of how to be pretty and thin.
Every time they pick up a magazine
or watch TV they are bombarded
with advertisements of how to be
beautiful. Studies show the average
girl will see 250,000 commercial
messages through the media by the
time she is 17 years old.
Some magazines are doing their
part to show average women, including Chatelaine, which pledged
not to touch up photos, or include
models younger than 25. It doesn’t
work for everyone because advertisers control the marketplace and they
believe thin is in. If advertisers aren’t
happy with what a magazine shows,
they stop advertising. Recently, the
Australian magazine New Woman
included a heavier model on its
cover. The move received praise
from readers, but advertisers complained, forcing the magazine to go
back to thin women.
The National Eating Disorder
Information Clinic (NEDIC) states
that 27 per cent of Ontario girl’s ages
12-18 have extremely problematic
food and weight behaviour. They
also say that the annual death rate
associated with anorexia is more
than 12 times higher than the annual death rate of all other causes
combined for females between 15
and 24 years old.
Body image needs to be taken
seriously by everyone. If this trend
keeps going, girls will keep getting
skinnier, and much unhealthier.
This image is harmful to women,
making them think they have to
reach unreasonable and unreachable expectations.
From there, more will become
sick and some will die from eating disorders. Society as a whole
needs to end this trend. We need to
change what the ideal woman looks
like, or take the ideal woman away
altogether. Everyone should be accepted for who they are.
A Blunt performance at ACC
By Shannon Dossor
Chronicle Staff
Wednesday Oct. 25th
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Running across the stage, guitar
in hand, James Blunt wasn’t the usual calm guy seen on TV.
With goofy faces and tons of
energy Blunt performed at the Air
Canada Centre on Oct. 3. His hourhalf performance mostly included
songs from his only CD, Back to
Bedlam, but Blunt also played three
new songs, including a live performance debut of Annie. Also on his
play list were So Long Jimmy, Wisemen, Tears and Rain, Out of My
Mind, and a new song, I Really Want
You.
When the fourth song was about
to start the crowd thundered as
Blunt sat at the piano. He smiled
for a few seconds before saying, “I
don’t know what you’re all cheering about. I’m at the piano, which
means I’m about to play a musical
song.” He then performed Goodbye
My Lover, letting the audience sing
the last part of the song. He then received a standing ovation.
Blunt shared how in 1998 he
joined the British Army, was sent
to Medicine Hat for six months, and
then moved to Kosovo where he
wrote the song No Bravery. When
he performed it, a video played in
the background showing footage of
cities of war.
Continually switching from guitar to piano, Blunt maintained con-
stant energy. For one song he went
into the audience to get everyone
clapping on beat, for another he
jumped up to play guitar beside the
drummer, then leaped down beside
the keyboard player, then he ran to
play beside the other guitarist.
After playing for 75 minutes,
Blunt left the stage, only to return for
an encore after a five-minute standing ovation. He played three more
songs, one of which was new, and
he closed with his hit, You’re Beautiful. With a captivating performance
over, Blunt took a picture of the audience, thanked everyone and said
he will be back. He brought laughter,
tears and screams from thousands,
so hopefully fans won’t have to wait
long for his return.
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October 17, 2006
ENTERTAINMENT NEWS
Waking up culture in Toronto
By Jocelyn Nespiak
Chronicle Staff
Warm droplets fell from the
rolling, black clouds above. Water
pooled in the crevices of the cracked,
cement sidewalks. And thousands
of umbrellas bloomed.
It was Saturday, Sept. 30 and
Nuit Blanche, Toronto’s first sunset
to sunrise contemporary art festival,
hit the streets.
The weather didn’t stop the expression of creativity enchanting the
city and it didn’t squash the passion
deep inside people curiously examining the displays. Instead it added
character to the so-called Fog in Toronto exhibit on Philosopher’s Walk
near the University of Toronto.
Fujiko Nakaya, the artist, connected her artificial fog mist to the
surrounding environment. The path
at Philosopher’s Walk felt mystical,
magical. It was a dream. Carefully
I stepped, placing my feet on what
I hoped was the way. I couldn’t
see my own hands. Prisms of light
bounced between the clouds. And
finally I was on the other side.
Fog in Toronto was just one exhibit as all across the city artists
expressed themselves in different
forms. There were living demonstrations, movies, dance, interactive exhibits, drawings and paintings.
The idea for the art festival began
Photo by Jocelyn Nespiak
CAUGHT IN THE LIGHT: Two spectators pause for a moment in front of Derek Michael
Besant’s creation from the Fifteen Restless Nights collection, a feature exhibit at Nuit
Blanche.
in Paris in 2002. It has spread to big
cities such as Madrid, Riga, Brussels
and Rome.
In Pursuit of Happiness, by Tan-
ya Mars, attracted steady numbers
of people all night with its sarcastic
view of gluttony.
Two blonde women sat at each
Local band Place
Called Home’s last
gig at The Dungeon
By Chris Bracken
Chronicle Staff
If you’re a fan of the pub and frequently attend events there, then you have more than
likely seen Place Called Home courtesy of
Backrow Records.
But there comes a time in every band’s career when they have to make the decision on
how to handle the future. And unfortunately,
Place Called Home has decided that it would
be best to end their band now.
After being together for three years, the
band thanks everyone who has supported
them and attended one of its shows.
But Place Called Home is not going down
without a fight.
The Place Called Home farewell show will
be Saturday, Oct. 21 at The Dungeon in Oshawa.
They will be playing with Rudely Awakened, Man With Target, Forty Cent Fix, and
Lost Cause. The cost of the show is $6 and it
starts at 6 p.m.
GMC new home for
the Oshawa Generals
By Shannon Dossor
Chronicle Staff
Oshawa’s new sports and entertainment
facility has a name. The city of Oshawa, General Motors and Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment have decided to give the naming
rights to GM for the next 10 years.
The General Motors Centre is located at
99 Athol St. E., and will be opening on Nov. 3,
when the Oshawa Generals will host a game
against the Owen Sound Attack.
The new $45-million facility will be the
new home of the Oshawa Generals and the
Oshawa Sports Hall of Fame. It will include
corporate boxes, special club seating, a Generals retail store, a two-level restaurant, an
outdoor plaza with an ice rink that will turn
into a fountain during the summer months,
two ice pads and seating that will hold about
5,400 for hockey games, and 6,400 for concerts and other events.
Upcoming events at the GMC include the
world famous Lipizzaner Stallions Nov. 9 and
Nov. 10, Tom Jones on Nov. 13, and INXS on
Nov. 14.
end of a table, slowly filling their
stomachs with cake. Vanilla swirl icing, beaded with sugar pearls. Mint
green icing, checkered with pink
polka dots. Lemon yellow icing,
moulded to perfection. The cakes
looked majestic against a white
tablecloth and hundreds of shiny,
white plates looked inviting. But the
women weren’t into sharing.
Outside the Church of the Redeemer, a neon sign reflected the
words, Hold That Thought.
Intrigued and not knowing what
to expect I walked up the stairs. After
entering the church, nothing caught
my eye.
Candles were lit. A gathering of
people sat in the pews.
It wasn’t until I stopped searching that I realized what this exhibit
represented.
It brought together a diverse
crowd of people in a church that
many of them might not have visited. There were young faces and old
faces. There were black faces and
white faces.
And at that point I understood
what Nuit Blanche was about.
It was a celebration of creativity. It
revealed cultural energy. It brought
people together. And it gave birth to
the spirit of Toronto.
It was an exciting event lasting
12 hours. More than 425,000 people
came out to explore the city.
If Nuit Blanche hit the streets of
Durham Region it would bring a diverse crowd of people together and
it would reveal the talent and creativity of artists in our community.
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ENTERTAINMENT NEWS
October 17, 2006
29
Record companies pay radio
stations well for artists’ air time
By Chris Bracken
Chronicle Staff
CRISIS IS A HIT: The most recent release from the Canadian screamo band has already surpassed expected sales
during its first two weeks on shelves.
Alexisonfire’s
latest album
heats up the
charts quickly
By Matt O’Brien
Chronicle Staff
Screaming onto CD stands, king’s
of screamo Alexisonfire are back
with their latest album Crisis.
Following the success of their
last album Watch Out, a lot was riding on the band’s fourth CD, and the
boys did not disappoint. The album
has shown great momentum in past
months with predicted sales being
surpassed in the first two weeks of
the album’s release.
With the band’s success growing by the day, lead guitarist Dallas
Green’s side project City and Colour
seeing success on both sides of the
border, and a collaboration with
Moneen on the Switcharoo release,
Alexisonfire is clearly a front runner
in Canada’s music industry.
The new album has elements of
the old Alexisonfire we’ve grown to
love. With George Pettit’s throaty
screams and Green’s soft melodic
choruses the album resembles past
releases, but with a more refined
sound and style.
The CD explodes with the opening song Drunks, Lovers, Sinners
and Saints, a perfect intro and sampler to what the rest of the album is
packing.
Their widely released single This
Could be Anywhere in the World
has received a lot of radio play over
the months, climbing to the top of
the Muchmusic video countdown.
Like previous albums, the lyrics
are thought-provoking, and reflect
a lot of intense emotion. The album
covers issues from depression, to
poverty, relationships, and broken
friendships, all things one would
expect from a screamo band, but
Alexisonfire makes it original and
unique.
It’s clear the band is experimenting with new sounds when it comes
to pumping out screamo hits in a
genre that has already seen dozens
of bands invade the scene.
In the middle of the album, You
Burn First appears like a door stop,
catching listeners’ attention because
it doesn’t sound like anything the
band has done in the past. Almost
reminiscent of Tool, or Nine Inch
Nails, the song is slow, dark, and
doesn’t feature any of the band’s signature screaming. The song is surprising and an indication that Alexis
is still trying out new sounds, and
willing to experiment.
But what keeps Alexisonfire
original with so many other similar
bands?
The band has stuck to its guns
for so many years. They have been
blasting out their brand of screamo
rock before it hit the mainstream,
and it shows in the music. Combine
heavy guitar riffs, and poetic lyrics
and Alexis has an equation to produce great music. Crisis is a must
own CD for long time listeners, or
screamo newbies. With every song
on the CD catchy and easy to listen
to, this could easily be the album of
the year for hard rock fans.
Ever wondered why you’ll hear
same song on the radio a dozen
times a day? Ever feel the radio
stations are forcing you to listen
to those same songs over and over
again? Well they are, but it’s for their
own good.
Apparently it doesn’t take talent to become popular on the radio
anymore. You just need a record
label that will pay enough for radio
stations to play your songs.
Say it ain’t so. Can major record
labels actually do that? Technically
yes, but morally no. A radio station
has always had the option to play a
specific song in exchange for money, but it has to be said on-air that it
is sponsored airtime. If the radio station does not mention that, which in
most cases it doesn’t, then that my
friends, is illegal.
This practice is known as “payola” — where a record company
gives money or other incentives to
radio stations to ensure its artists
receive more than enough airplay.
The record companies have a right
to manage and promote their artists, but who in the hell gives them
the right to tell me what to listen to?
This topic was just as relevant more
than 50 years ago with legendary DJ
Alan Freed.
Freed, who coined the term rock
‘n’ roll, was a pioneer by breaking
down racial barriers in the music industry over the radio. But his career
and reputation were greatly harmed
by a payola scandal in the 1950s.
But the fun doesn’t stop there.
It’s not just a one-stop transaction
between the record label and radio
station anymore; it is now custom
for record labels to hire an independent record promoter, also known
as an “Indie.”
An Indie is paid millions of dollars a year to make sure certain
songs are played on the radio by
mediating between the record labels and radio stations. A majority
of the rock and Top 40 stations are
paid to spin the songs they do.
According to a CBC report, court
records revealed that stations received payments for playing songs
such as I’m Real by Jennifer Lopez
and Daughters by John Mayer. Other artists named in the documents
include Jessica Simpson, Celine
Dion, Maroon 5, Good Charlotte,
Franz Ferdinand, Michelle Branch
and R.E.M.
Many songs have been written
about payola, including a parody
called My Payola instead of My Sharona. Also, The Dead Kennedys sang
about the practice in the chorus of
Pull My Strings. They Might Be Giants song Hey, Mr. DJ, I Thought You
Said we had a Deal, talks about a naïve artist who pays for airplay only to
have the DJ disappear, not holding
up his end of the bargain.
When a radio station is influenced by payola, it puts independent artists at a big disadvantage. It
becomes difficult to get their songs
or videos played when they can’t offer some sort of perk.
If someone does not take a stand
against payola, then not only will the
local and independent artists suffer,
but the major labels and popular
artists will eventually be hurt too.
Because if there are no thriving artists of today, then there are no superstars of tomorrow.
HARD AT WORK?: Dax Shepard (left) and Dane Cook (right) provide the laughs while
Jessica Simpson (centre) is just along for the ride in Employees of the Month.
Jessica Simpson proves she is
no Employee of the Month
By Chris Bracken
Chronicle Staff
Although Jessica Simpson usually strikes fear into the hearts of
moviegoers, her latest offering is
different. Co-star Dane Cook saves
the movie and makes Employee of
the Month a must see for comedy
lovers.
Cook plays a king-slacker
named Zack at a warehouse store
called Super Club. He gets everyone to do everything for him and
lives life day-by-day without doing
any work. But that entire lifestyle
seems to stop when with the arriv-
al of a new Super Club employee,
Amy (Jessica Simpson).
Zack takes aim at hotshot head
cashier Vince (Dax Shepard) and
his 17-month reign of employee
of the month. Naturally their motivation for this competition is
because they heard Amy sleeps
with the employee of the month.
And with female customers going
crazy for Vince’s speedy checkout
skills, being a better employee is
no easy task for Zack.
That leaves Simpson with the
sole purpose of creating a lame
love-triangle between Amy, Zack,
and Vince. And much like other
romantic comedies, the movie
is laced with awkward scenes
that will make viewers laugh and
cringe.
Many scenes throughout the
movie have Zack and Vince in
competitions that are elaborate
and exceedingly silly. The humour
is directed towards older teens and
middle-aged viewers, so needless
to say the movie is seeded with inappropriate and funny situations.
This movie is a great watch
thanks to Dane Cook, Dax Shepard, and the supporting cast, except
for Jessica Simpson. She was just
the eye-candy.
30 The Chronicle
October 17, 2006
ENTERTAINMENT NEWS
The Mars Volta
provides religious
experience on its
latest album
By Caitlyn Holroyd
Chronicle Staff
Progressive rock duo The Mars
Volta has returned with its third studio album, Amputechture.
Amputechture showcases the
mellower side to The Mars Volta. It
still features the wailing guitar riffs,
space ambiance feeling and lyrics
that often require a dictionary to
understand, but the songs have become quieter and the melodies have
become a tad more prominent.
This album is still filled with religious references, but unlike the previous two albums, it offers a more
worldly view rather than a novel ap-
proach to topics.
The band consists of vocalist
Cedric Bixler-Zavala and guitarist
Omar Rodriguez-Lopez, who previously played in the 1990 group At
The Drive-In.
“This album’s a commentary
about the fear of God instead of the
love of God, which goes hand-inhand with Catholicism,” Bixler-Zavala told MTV.com. “To me, religion
is the reason there is so much conflict in this world, and I think it’s just
so unnecessary to believe in this
blue-eyed, white-bearded, whitehaired God.”
In true Mars Volta fashion, the
disc runs over 76 minutes and
features extensive music material,
such as the 17-minute “Tetragammaton.” However, the lengthy songs
remain interesting from start to finish and the album provides a distorted flashback to 1970s rock.
Red Hot Chili Pepper guitarist John Frusciante makes another
guest appearance after contributing
to the band’s previous albums, DeLoused In The Comatorium (2003)
and Frances The Mute (2005). The
Mars Volta is currently touring with
Frusciante and his bandmates.
The final verdict: The third installment for The Mars Volta is another
success for the unconventional rock
duo that fans will surely enjoy.
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October 17, 2006
31
ENTERTAINMENT NEWS
Coast guards dive into theatres
The obstacles of two U.S.
divers brought to the big
screen in The Guardian
By Valene Nicholas
Chronicle Staff
Helicopters battle demonic
winds and ocean storms, flying U.S.
Coast Guard divers on recovery
missions.
Two divers suit up and plunge
into icy waters from 80 feet high, the
equivalent to smacking their bodies
against asphalt. They search for survivors amongst raging waves. The
helicopter hovers above, reminding
them time is short.
Can you lay down your life so a
stranger can live? This soul-searching question is the heartbeat of The
Guardian, starring Kevin Costner
as a senior chief coast guard rescue
diver and Ashton Kutcher, as a high
school graduate swim champ.
After recovering from a failed diving attempt in which his fellow diver
and best friend dies, Ben Randall
(Costner) embarks on a different
career path, teaching new recruits
at Barksdale Air Force Base in Kodiak, Alaska.
Randall drags the diving recruits
through endless obstacles past the
point of exhaustion. Sergeants bark
in the faces of worn-out students as
they strive to meet Randall’s requirements, such as treading water for an
hour, performing CPR while experiencing hypothermia and fighting off
panicked swimmers choking them.
If they can’t handle the training,
they are dismissed.
Jake Fischer (Kutcher) adds flare
to Randall’s class with his humorous
and overly confident ways. Randall
and Fischer butt heads from Day 1.
Randall perceives Fischer as a cocky
athlete wanting to be idolized for his
record-breaking swimming talent.
Fischer views Randall as a washedup diver.
Over the course of training, a father-son relationship evolves and
they discover they both hold similar
haunting pasts.
The Guardian is an intense film
filled with death, disaster and regrets. However, the writers provide
dramatic relief through Fischer’s
and Randall’s characters. For example, after Fischer returns to the base
from a bar fight with Navy sailors,
Randall heads back to the bar with
fat-lipped, eye-stitched Fischer to
confront the bullies.
Also, where would any movie
be without a love interest? During
a wedding reception Fischer bets
his diving friends $100 that he can
get any lady present to leave with
him for the night. Brown-haired,
red-dressed Emily Thomas (Melissa
Sagemiller) becomes the target of
the harmless bet.
The story steadily unravels, bringing viewers through the harsh diving
boot camp experience, graduation
Serious look at
sketch comedy
By Shannon Dossor
Chronicle Staff
As a new season for television
comes rolling in, a new drama
stands out above the rest. Studio
60 on the Sunset Strip takes a look
at the dramatic side of what’s supposed to be a funny show.
Studio 60 is a behind-the-scenes
look at a show like Saturday Night
Live. The first episode shows the
producer trying to get a controversial sketch aired, called Crazy Christians. Upset the sketch is cut, he
goes on stage live, delivering a rant
about a network dumbing down of
television.
While the outburst is going on,
a new network president, Jordan
McDeere, (Amanda Peet) is being
hired and is left to fill the position.
Only on the job a few hours, she
chooses to hire back Matt Albie
(Matthew Perry) as writer-producer, and Danny Tripp (Bradley Whitford) as director-producer. This duo
worked for the network four years
prior, before being fired.
While Studio 60 is unlike any
other show on the air right now, it
still has its relationships. Albie’s exgirlfriend, Harriet Hayes, played by
Sarah Paulson, is one of the stars
of Studio 60 and a fundamentalist
Christian. She plays a great role as a
woman who has just gotten out of a
serious relationship, and now unfortunately has to work for the man she
hates. Although she has religious
beliefs, the most important thing to
her is acting. She was scheduled to
star in the Crazy Christians skit, and
was prepared to do it. All she asks
for is an audience.
Peet’s character is very strong
and determined. Her goal is to turn
this downhill station into the great
network it once was. She proves
the dumbing down of television
when she puts a skit on the air that
the audience doesn’t get. It appears
audiences are attracted to mindless
humour, but Peet hopes to change
that.
The all-star cast of Studio 60
also includes Steven Weber, D.L.
Hughley, Nathan Corddry and
Judd Hirsch. This great collection
of talent offers a few laughs in the
first couple episodes and has a lot
of charisma. The show always has
something going on, and whether
it’s hiring new producers, watching
Peet take charge of all situations or
seeing Perry try and come up with
a brand new show, it’s very enjoyable.
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
looks like it will be the year’s new hit
drama, and entertain us for seasons
to come.
SAVING LIVES: The Guardian takes a look at putting other people before yourself. U.S.
Coast Guard divers Jake Fischer (Ashton Kutcher, left) and Ben Randall (Kevin Costner)
butt heads on screen but develop a father-son relationship as the movie progresses.
and finally Fischer’s job as a coast
guard diver.
Costner’s and Kutcher’s characters mesh well together on screen,
providing a believable plot. Kutcher
appears calm and mature compared to the harebrained personalities he’s played such as Simon
Green in Guess Who and Kelso in
That 70’s Show. Costner continues
to wow audiences with his charm
and relaxing demeanour.
The Guardian inspires viewers to
think of others more than one’s self.
Throughout the film Randall pounds
into his students’ heads to never give
up, but then says to Fischer, “Save
the ones you can Jake; the rest you
gotta let go.” Letting go is the biggest
challenge in Randall’s life.
He finally learns his lesson when
he suits up to save Fischer, who is
trapped inside a 75-foot sinking
ship.
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October 17, 2006
ENTERTAINMENT NEWS
Trivium crusades through TO
By Chris Bracken
Chronicle Staff
Security at The Phoenix was
put to the test Oct 9, as music heroes Trivium were on a crusade to
bring metal music to Toronto. From
crowd surfers to stage divers, Trivium brought out the crazy metal
heads of Toronto.
Cellador, a melodic speed/power
metal band, opened the show with
their aggressive guitar style and Iron
Maiden-like vocals.
Being the first band to play, Cellador pumped the crowd up reasonably well. They played the majority
of their hits like Never Again, A Sign
Far Beyond, and Leaving All Behind.
But Cellador was only the first of
this stellar line-up of bands.
The Sword, from Austin, Texas,
was more instrumentally based.
With few lyrics, but amazing musical talent, it took the crowd a few
songs to warm up to them.
Performing new and old songs
like Freya, Winter’s Wolves and Iron
Swan, by the end of their set The
Sword left the crowd wanting more.
After The Sword finished, a band
that Toronto knew a little better
took the stage.
The Whitby-based band Protest
The Hero were in main support of
the show, and the crowd seemed
to be impressed with that. Nautical,
a track of their recent release, Kezia, opened the set and was quickly
followed by their single Blindfolds
Aside.
The energy Protest The Hero
brought to the stage was incredible,
whether it was lead singer Rody
Walker’s jagged movements and
high-pitched vocals, or the crushing
guitar riffs from guitarists Tim Millar
and Luke Hoskin.
The ridiculous attire of booty
Due to border
problems,
Mastodon no
longer plays
Toronto
By Byron Jung
Chronicle Staff
Photo by Chris Bracken
TALK ABOUT METAL: Metal band Trivium blows through Toronto and rocks The Phoenix
in support of their new album, The Crusade. The album was released on Oct. 10 through
Roadrunner Records.
shorts and dreadlocks from drummer Moe Carlson and crazy facial
expressions of bassist Arif Mirabdolbaghi also added to their already
amazing performance.
And although the fans went nuts
for locals Protest The Hero, Trivium
was about to make it way more intense.
Trivium opened its set with its
newest single Entrance of the Conflagration, following it up with another new song called Detonation.
If that didn’t get the crowd pumped
up, then surely nothing would.
This time around, there was a
different Trivium performing. Lead
singer Matt Heafy has switched up
his vocal style for their new CD, and
for good.
And although the newer songs
have less screaming, many were
glad to hear them perform their closing song, Pull Harder on the Strings
of your Martyr, just like they used
to – tons of screaming and heavier
than ever.
Lemonheads have seedy reunion
New members
hail from The
Descendents
and Black Flag
By Ryan Peterson
Chronicle Staff
After undergoing continuous
line changes, various record labels,
10 albums, and an eight-year hiatus,
the Lemonheads are back with a
self-titled album.
This time new members hail from
two of the most respected bands
from the California punk scene:
The Descendents and Black Flag.
Karl Alvarez on bass and Bill Stevenson, who tickles the skins, guitar
and dabbles on background vocals,
join lead vocalist Evan Dando who
helped form the band in 1986.
The record has a cover sticker
denoting the bands Alvarez and
Stevenson have been in. As a result,
those unfamiliar with the Lemonheads may give the disk a listen hoping to hear the Descendents and
Metal
band says
farewell to
Canadian
fans
Black Flag. They’ll be disappointed.
The new album sounds like
a cross between Local H’s, Here
Comes the Zoo and The Goo Goo
Dolls’, A Boy Named Goo.
Even though they’ve been around
for 20 years and
made 10 albums, the Lemonheads haven’t
enjoyed much
commercial success. Their most
notable songs
were a pop/punk
cover of Simon
& Garfunkell’s,
Mrs. Robinson
and a pop/rock
song with odd
Barenaked Ladiesesque vocals
called Into Your Arms.
The gaping divergence in genres
is something quite common to the
Lemonheads, who’ve gone from
punk rock to alternative to country, all of which are present on this
album.
The album starts with Black
Gown. The beginning sounds something similar to running water, then
switches to the sound of volume be-
ing turned up high with light piano.
After that, it quickly goes into feedback with tight, compact and layered
composition with the bass, guitar
and drums it sounds like some good
old-fashioned punk rock. Think Ramones meets The
Cure meets The
Tea Party meets
NOFX.
These
tight
compositions
happen so often
that it causes every song, in parts,
to sound the
same, thus, there
is not a standout
single. On the
other hand, there
are some essential songs for
their artistic vision.
The lyrics of Become the Enemy
(Track 2), Let’s Just Laugh (Track 4)
and Baby’s Home (Track 8), tell a
story of broken marriage.
In Become the Enemy, Dando
sings about how he has to work terrible jobs that don’t pay enough. This
puts strain on the relationship. “Now
you’re raising two…And oh what do
you say to me,” Dando sings. “It’s not
how love’s supposed to be.”
The repeated message is that
both people are blaming the other
and not taking responsibility.
In “Let’s Just Laugh,” Dando sings
rather self-defeatedly, yet upbeat.
“We can never do anything about
anything, anyway, whatever will be,
I guess we’ll see.” Further, he sings,
“We’re just aphids in hell’s half acre.”
The lyrics suggest that, as a result
of personal conflicts, he’s lost faith
in humankind and their ability to
move onto greater things.
Lastly, Baby’s Home, is sneaky
unless you listen carefully. The man
involved knows his wife is having
an affair. The song starts, with indecision about confronting his wife.
Eventually, he takes the day off work,
watches the house with a loaded
shotgun, and when her lover shows
up he says, “I’ll cut you in half, with a
double shot blast, and I’ll pound on
his head with a stone.”
Overall this is an OK album, with
tight musicianship and interesting
lyrics. The interior cover art is attractive, but the front is a little bland.
Many of the songs start really slow
and sound quite different at the end.
As a result, listeners may press stop
before the album is finished.
Heavy metal has been welded into many different forms
through time, but now a new
age has begun under the name
of Mastodon.
Hailing from Atlanta, Georgia, Mastodon played its last
performance ever in Canada,
Sept. 5 at The Phoenix in Toronto. The band claims it will
no longer be welcome in the
country after this tour (with
American bands Converge and
The Bronx) because of complications at the border.
After punk beats and metal core introductions by the
opening bands, Mastodon performed numbers from past albums including the renowned
“Leviathan” and “Remission”. It
went on to play tracks from its
latest album, which hit record
stores the day of the show,
“Blood Mountain.”
The legion of fans that
caught Mastodon’s release party looked like a mismatched
army, consisting of every type
of fan from gothic misfits to
metal-heads who hadn’t seen
the light of day in years, besides the glow from their lava
lamps. Some fans looked out
of place compared to others,
but by the end of the night everyone was chanting the same
words, banging their heads to
the same deafening tunes and
pumping their fists in the same
direction.
KISS may have once had
an army, but at this show it
was clear that Mastodon simply had an extended family.
Of course the mosh pit was
fuelled by angst-ridden teens
exploding to every fast guitar
riff, but apart from that the
comradery between complete
strangers in the packed venue
was unlike anything else. The
extreme ballads and powerful
guitar solos left viewers in awe.
The diversity and originality
in each song could be heard
through exasperating screams
or the sweet sound of a whistle
into a blaring microphone.
Newcomers to Mastodon
left fulfilled. Dedicated fans
left wanting more. Both left
saddened, knowing that the
next chance they will get to
see the band won’t be in their
hometown or even country,
but to the south instead.
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October 17, 2006 33
SPORTS
Durham College-UOIT Chronicle
‘G-BO’ and Lords set for post-season
By Matt O’Brien
Chronicle Staff
The Men’s baseball team is still
racking up the win’s this season
with the exception of a couple of
rocky exhibition games.
The Lord’s took on Monroe College for a double header Sept. 29,
and a single afternoon game Sept.30
for an exhibition series.
Monroe was packing a punch,
with their pitching staff lighting up
the mound all three games.
The Lords could not gain momentum in game one, losing 3-1.
Monroe didn’t stop there, they out
hit the and out scored the Lord’s,
allowing Monroe to take game two
12-4, and dominate game three 145.
Thankfully, the Lords conference
is still untouched, with the two losses not affecting their standings.
The real action took place Oct.
1 with the Lords taking on Queen’s
University in a double-header.
The Lords were relentless in
game one with Craig Megill, Adam
Sylvestre, Dale Kryway, and Vince
Carbone all contributing runs and
allowing the Lords to snatch the
game from Queen’s 5-1.
With Gord “G-BO” Robertson
pitching he has now broken the tie
for all-time game wins in Lords history, pitching all seven innings and
allowing only one hit.
The Lords lost their cool in game
2, allowing Queen’s to take a tworun lead early in the second inning.
The Lords couldn’t respond offensively, Queen’s scored three runs
in the fourth to seal the deal, beating
the Lords 5-0.
Finally, the Lords took on York to
finish the Sept. 24 game suspended
with the Lord’s a 2-0 lead at the bottom of the sixth inning.
The game lasted a full 16 minutes, with veteran pitcher “G Bo”
striking out four of the five batters
to lock up the game with the Lord’s
winning 2-0.
As a result of their final win the
Lords finished first place in the
CIBA East Division with a conference record of 8-2.
“I think we’ve been playing well
for the last little while but not up to
our potential,” said third baseman
Jimmy Richardson. “Finishing first
always feels good but once you get
down to it, it really doesn’t mean
a thing because if we lose in the
finals no one is going remember
that we finished first in the regular
season we’ll just be a loser with an
impressive record, kind of like the
Yankees.”
The Lords were scheduled to
take on either the Queen’s Golden
Gaels or York Lions in a best of three
series at the CIBA Ontario Conference Finals .
Photo by Matt O’Brien
CAUGHT HIM LOOKING: Gord Robertson (AKA “G-BO”) striking out another victim. Robertson and the men’s baseball team finished first overall in the east division. The team
began the playoffs starting Oct. 14.
Basketball ready to take flight
Lords sting Seneca
in pre-season action
Men’s V-ball
starting off
with a win
By Ryan Peterson
Chronicle Staff
Photo by Bruce Bolton
DRIVING TO THE NET: Returning veteran Vick Warya of the Durham men’s
basketball team fights off Fleming Knights defenders for a basket. The
Lords are a perfect 2-0 during exhibition play. The regular season starts
on the road Oct. 18 against Sheridan.
The Durham Lords men’s volleyball
team won their first exhibition game
against the Seneca Sting 3-1 on Oct. 3.
The game, part of a double-header,
started off with an intense warm-up, but
the men didn’t look as much like a team
as the Sting, because they weren’t all
dressed the same for the warm-up like the
Sting were.
There were two injured players were
sitting on the bench, both of whom were
veterans. James Russea will be out for a
week and Josh Bowen could be out until
Christmas.
The coaching staff, missing assistant
coach Pat Henderson, were ready to go.
“Today we’re going to figure out who our
starting six are going to be,” said assistant
coach Scott Grundy.
Head coach Gord Williamson said he’s
always ready for the game. “That’s not the
problem, it’s whether these guys are. The
first time is always a little nerve-wracking
for the rooks.”
The Lords took the first set 25-19, but
had a few missed shots. The Sting, through
their constant communication and cheerful huddles, exuded a lot of spirit.
In the second set the Lords dominated,
serving up a 25-15 win.
After two dominant sets the Lords
thought they had the victory in the bag.
They just had to win one more set, and
that’s where the problems came.
Shortly after taking a time-out at 12-6
for the Sting, coach Williamson commented, “This is what cost us the championship
last year, right here.” He was referring to
the lack of communication on the court,
missed shots and stupid penalties.
Assistant coach Grundy, throughout
the remainder of the game continually
shouted encouragement at the men to
communicate.
The Lords rallied, but the Sting still
took the set 27-25.
The fourth and final set was filled with
nail-biting, back-and-forth action with
both teams showing signs of fatigue. The
Lords took the set 25-23.
The MVPs for the game were Dave
Crabbe with 21 kills, and one ace, Dieter
Stevens with eight kills and two blocks,
and Jamie Mater with eight kills and one
ace.
At the end of the game Williamson said,
“Well we won, but we certainly made a lot
of mental and physical mistakes. There’s a
lot to work on.”
Crabbe said the same thing. “I would
have liked it three straight,” he said. “Seneca already played a tournament and we
had a few rooks on the court. We’ve got a
few small things to work on.”
34 The Chronicle
October 17, 2006
SPORTS NEWS
Legends classic at the Legends
By Jason Miller
Chronicle Staff
Have you ever wished that you
could lace up your skates and get
a chance to play with a legendary
NHL player?
Well you could get that chance
on Jan. 5 to 7, when legendary NHL
player’s such as Johnny Bower, Ron
Ellis and Red Kelly will be on hand
to offer coaching assistance, in a
tournament organized by former
Maple Leaf player Bobby Baun.
Baun was on campus on Oct. 3 to
announce the launch of the annual
Bobby Baun Legends and Friends
Classic fundraising tournament.
There will be 20 teams made up of
10 to 15 players.
Proceeds from the event will go
toward student scholarships and
bursaries at UOIT and Durham
College. The tournament is scheduled to take place at the Campus
Ice Centre and the Legends Centre
from Jan. 5 to 7.
Passes to the game will be on a
first-come first-serve bases.
“Today is a special day for us
here,” Baun said. “It is important to
give back to our grass roots and help
young people to get started in life.
All this money is going to financial
aid, and that’s what I love about it.
We also want to bring people into
this wonderful city of Oshawa.”
He said he was more fortunate
than others. He received his first
paycheque from hockey when he
was 15 and went professional when
he was 18.
“My wife Sallie and I are incredibly proud to work with UOIT and
Durham College,” said Baun, who
Photo by Jason Miller
LEGENDARY MOMENT: Players of the Ridgeback’s women’s hockey team pose with Bob
Baun. (Left to right) Megan Friel, Melissa Scott, Cheri Ostroski, Bob Baun, Sallie Baun,
Jen Jarvie, Carleigh Taggart and Jackie McArthur.
also partnered with his wife in 2005
to serve as honorary co-chairs of the
college and university’s annual fundraising gala, raising over $250,000.
“Both schools deliver skills, education, and life experience designed to
position students to be sought-after
graduates in a demanding and competitive job market.”
Each club will draft an NHL
alumnus to be part of a guaranteed
three games, including players such
as former NHLers Gary Leeman,
Bill Derlago, Peter Ing, Jim Dorey,
Mike Ferryman, and Carleton - The
Bear.
“I was a big fan of his when I was
growing up. It is going to be a wonderful and exciting event,” said Leah
Myers, president of Durham College.
She said the names expected are
dazzling and this will create a buzz.
“Oftentimes the only barrier
keeping a student from reaching his
or her greatest potential is the financial assistance UOIT and Durham
College are committed to providing,” added Baun, whose decorated
NHL career includes three decades
of play with the Maple Leafs and
scoring a Stanley Cup final overtime
goal for the Toronto Maple Leafs,
while playing on a broken leg.
The entry fee is $25,000 per team
and charitable online sponsorship
opportunities will be available to
anyone wishing to contribute to a
team’s entry fee or sponsor another
portion of the tournament.
Ken Babcock, director of athletics for Durham College and UOIT,
said this is a real success story for
student life and financial aid. He
said a portion of the funds will go to
athletics.
Participants will receive gifts
such as signed memorabilia, meals,
and entrance to the Friday evening
draft party at Tosca Banquet Hall in
Whitby and the Saturday evening
banquet at Deer Creek Golf and
Banquet Facility in Ajax.
Players will also have a chance
to take part in an all-star game that
will see an alumni all-star team face
a tournament all-star squad made
up of one player from each of the 20
teams.
CTV news anchor Ken Shaw will
host the Saturday evening banquet
and Canadian recording legend Michael Burgess will perform.
The weekend will also feature
plenty of opportunities for family involvement and a chance for friends
and family members to sponsor
their favourite players.
“This is a great opportunity for
students who need a scholarship,”
said Melanie Barnett, a Durham
College student with mild autism.
“I appreciate this event. This is great
for students with financial need.
This also supports students with
disabilities.”
Ronald Bordessa, president of
UOIT, said it is good as a new university to have winners and an icon
on board.
This, he said, will enhance the
profile and profitability of both
schools.
“The Baun family continues to
leave its mark on UOIT in so many
ways,” added Bordessa, “Students
who have the required academic
standing but are in need of financial
support will find a home at UOIT,
thanks to the ongoing efforts of the
Baun family.”
Sponsors are still needed, with
multi-year commitments and options available to businesses and
organizations.
To register a team or to learn
about sponsorship opportunities,
contact Elaine Catell at 905-7213111 ext. 2722.
There will also be a website
where teams and sponsors can
check pledges and make updates.
“It’s a satisfaction that I can
make something happen for young
people to be able to attend school,”
Baun said.
“ If you know how to give, that’s
what matters. The art of giving is
something special.”
Ridgebacks’ hard work yielding results
Goals
against
are on the
decline
ing for the Gaels 43 seconds into the
second period on the power play.
The second period ended with
the Gaels up 2-0 after Jennifer Skinner scored on another power play in
the final minute.
Once again the 60-minute game
took its toll on the Ridgebacks as
they surrendered five more goals
in the third on their way to a 7-0 defeat.
“We haven’t done a lot of conditioning,” Scott said. “They’ve been
running before every game and
we’ve only been on the ice once a
week, so I think our team was a bit
tired.”
By Steve Parker
Chronicle Staff
It was another learning experience for the Ridgebacks women’s
hockey team as they dropped game
one to the Queen’s Golden Gaels
and game two to the York Lions in
the Queen’s Invitational Tournament Sept. 30 and Oct. 1 in Kingston.
In the three games the Ridgebacks have played so far this season
their goals against have been steadily declining.
“Our focus has been on team
play,” said Gary Pitcher, head coach
of the Ridgebacks. “As a group of
five on the ice we’re stronger than
we ever were.”
Goaltender
Melissa
Scott
stopped 23 shots against the Gaels
in the first period of game one to
keep the game scoreless.
Miranda Costie opened the scor-
‘
As a group of five
on the ice we’re
stronger than we
ever were.
’
Gary Pitcher
Photo by Steve Parker
LAST LINE 0F DEFENCE: Ridgebacks goaltender Carleigh
Taggart was sensational in the 5-1 loss to the York Lions
Oct. 1.
The top line of Amy Moulton, Katie Grant and Cheri Ostroski played
well, creating a number of offensive
chances, while defender Megan
Friel had a great game, leading the
Ridgebacks defence in ice time.
“The defence played really good,
getting the puck out and letting me
see a lot of the shots,” Scott said.
Game two saw the Ridgebacks
fall to an early 3-0 deficit after a re-
lentless York attack in the first half of
the opening period.
The Ridgebacks showed up
on the scoreboard about halfway
through the first as Sarah Carter set
up Sarah Rossall for her second goal
of the season.
Jackie McArthur picked up the
second assist.
The Ridgebacks continued their
never-say-die attitude and battled
until the last minute of play.
Ridgebacks goaltender Carleigh
Taggart was awesome, making key
saves throughout the game to give
her team a chance to get back in it.
The final score was 5-1 in favour
of the Lions.
“It was a positive experience,”
said Scott Barker, assistant coach of
the Ridgebacks.
“Overall, we were very happy
with the girls’ effort, the progress
that they’ve made, and were encouraged by the fact that every single one of them gives 110 per cent
when they’re on the ice and they are
open to learning the game.”
The team has shown gradual improvement already this young season, playing a more defensive game
and working hard both in practice
and in games.
“We’re constantly trying to build
on the positives and take it one period at a time,” Barker said.
The Ridgebacks next game is Oct.
22 against the Carleton Ravens at
1:35 p.m.
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October 17, 2006
35
SPORTS NEWS
Rookie rocks the fastball scene
Rising star
strikes out
competition
By Matt O’Brien
Chronicle Staff
“It’s all about team.”
Danielle Smith, the rookie pitcher for the women’s fastball team is
blowing away the competition this
year.
Smith tries to stay healthy and active all year, drinking plenty of water,
weight training, and taking advantage of the assistant coaches pitching clinic in the winter months.
“Gotta practice during the off season to prepare for the fall and summer, gotta stay in shape,” she said.
The 18-year-old Oshawa native is
a hometown hero, growing up with
two younger sisters and is a graduate of Oshawa’s Eeastdale Collegiate
and Vocational Institute.
She didn’t feel the pressure of
joining such an elite team as a rookie. She loves the team, the players,
the coaching staff, and they all keep
her in line and keep the game fun at
the same time.
“We have such a great team,
amazing offence and great defense,”
she said. “I don’t let the pressure get
to me. I guess it would be different if
I didn’t have such a good team behind me.”
Smith believes strongly that every game is a team effort and it’s not
one person who completes a win.
“We win as a team, we loose as a
team. It should definitely not be one
player; it should be the whole team.
It takes all the girls to win a game. It’s
not just the pitcher,” she said.
Smith gets a lot of support from
her family. You can find her mom or
dad watching from the bleachers at
most games.
“She spends a lot of time doing
this, and it shows,” said her dad,
Vick Smith. ”She’s got a great team
behind her and they give her a lot of
confidence.”
Smith’s confidence and hard
work are definitely paying off this
year. She was recently named
OCAA athlete of the week, and has
been recognized as one of the top
powerhouse pitcher’s in the conference.
But this powerhouse comes in
a small package. She can be found
around campus, texting on her
phone, hanging out with friends or
hitting up the bowling alley just like
any other teen.
But don’t let her looks fool you;
she’s got a gun for an arm and
benches 110 pounds.
As her fellow teammate Corrine
McDonald said, “She’s an up and
coming superstar.”
She’s currently taking the 911
emergency course at the college and
Photo by Matt O’Brien
ROOKIE OF THE YEAR: Danielle Smith made OCAA player of the week. She ranks first in
the OCAA for wins and strikeouts. At the age of 18 her career is exploding in fastball.
is trying to experience as much as
an 18 year old can while at school.
Her first choice of colleges was
Fleming because they offered the
massage therapy course she had
her eye on. Instead she decided to
stay in town and attend Durham.
She likes it so much she hopes to be
around for years to come.
“I want to come back next year,”
she said, regarding the 911 program
being only one year. “I’d probably
like to take a business course…I
want to open my own business
some day.”
This isn’t Braveheart, it’s baseball
and Brendon Martin, it was a boy’s
night out to have a couple of beers
and let it all hang out.
The Student Association put
on the event and the students got
chocolate treats from SA president
Evan Muller-Cheng, before their departure.
“They had a special college and
university night and the SA wanted
to host a bus trip so it was a perfect
fit,” said Scott Toole the SA events
programmer. “The student turn out
was good. We filled up both buses.
Unfortunately, the Blue Jays lost but
it was a good game. Students said
they had a lot of fun and look forward to another trip.”
By Jason Miller
Chronicle Staff
“Hey it’s that damn Yankee fan
over there in row 106 that’s screwing
with our wave,” said the overweight
beer bellied Blue Jays fan covered
with blue and white paint.
Another fan, Ryerson University
student Andrew Stone, sported the
letter “J” in white on his blue chest.
He joined in the fray shouting,
“There is going to be a wave coming
through here any minute now, so
you guys have to be prepared!”
“One, two,three!” Stone counted
as a wave of thunder and flying
hands went around the Rogers Centre in less than 30 seconds. “Let’s go
Blue Jays!” fans chanted, like a tribe
of warriors dressed in their war apparel, ready to defend their territory.
This was a special night for the
Durham College students who
went on two buses to see the Blue
Jays play the Yankees at the Rogers
Centre on Sept. 18.
“I had a great time. Our students
behaved well compared to other
students around us,” said Alisha Leanne Thornton VP of internal and
operations management for the
Student Association. “There was
also a lot of students from the Whitby campus as well and that was a
positive sign.”
On arrival students ran down to
right field to get a close look at their
favourite players such as Vernon
Wells from the Jays and Derek Jeter
from the Yankees.
“Oh Canada! Our home and na-
Smith makes
OCAA player
of the week
By Matt O’Brien
Chronicle Staff
Photo by Jason Miller
FANS FOR LIFE: From left: Josh Sheppard, Curtis Goodfellow, Brendon Martin (all firstyear Pre-Service firefighting), Justin Robson (first-year Public Relations), and Rick Majury (second-year Criminology, front) have a beer and enjoy a Jays game.
tive land”, sang a sweet voice over
the loud speakers from centre field.
The fans and players stood at attention for their national anthem.
Thundering roars filled the stadium
when the song ended.
Jay’s fans shouted support for
their local boys. “Go Vernie!” “That’s
a boy Reedie Reed!” They also wasted no time in hollering slurs and
mocking the opposing Yankees,
“Alex you’re on steroids!”
It was a special night out for the
students who wanted to relax and
take time off from their busy and
Stressfull School lives. For first year
pre-service firefighting students
Josh Sheppard, Curtis Goodfellow
Congrats to Danielle Smith.
The Durham Lords women’s
fastball pitcher was named
OCAA female athlete of the
week the first week of October.
Smith has been lighting up the
league during her freshman
year.
Smith currently ranks first
in the OCAA for wins and
strikeouts and second in innings pitched.
36 The Chronicle
October 17, 2006
SPORTS NEWS
Women’s soccer unbeaten
By Jason Miller
Chronicle Staff
The Durham College women’s
soccer team now owns a 35-game
unbeaten streak in conference regular season play dating back to 2002.
The amazing streak that started
in 2002 was improved by the 200607 team who have now made it 35
unbeaten, with a 5-0 conference
record. The lady Lords are also unbeaten in conference play at Vaso’s
field since it opened in 2003.
The OCAA team of the week for
Sept. 25, the Lords are currently
ranked first in Ontario. The 2002-03
team was 8-0-0 in conference play
and captured the silver medal at the
OCAA championship. The 2003-04
also recorded an 8-0-0 season and
went one better to win gold at the
OCAA championship before advancing to the nationals in British
Columbia.
“With the kind of talent we have
on this year’s team I think we deserve to be ranked high. The girls
are hungry to win and they can beat
anyone. I am positive we can go the
whole way,” said head coach Vaso-
Kirsten Bodashefsky
Vujanovic.
The 2004-05 season was another
big year as the team captured the
gold medal in Ontario for the second time in a row and made another
trip to the national championships
at Fanshawe College in London.
The Lords only made it to the final four last season, but it was still a
good year as Jana Cryderman was
Men’s golf grabs
a gold medal for
Durham athletics
By Ryan Peterson
Chronicle Staff
The Lords golf team picked up
a soaked silver at the provincial
championships Oct. 2-4 now they’re
hitting the links to outdo last years
silver at the nationals Oct. 10-13.
The tournament took place at
Fire Rock Golf and Country Club in
Komoka (outside of London).
The second day had extensive
rainfall. The course was considered
unsuitable for play. As a result, the
first-round standings were kept,
leaving the Lords with silver for the
team.
Tyler Martin tied with two other
players for the gold, and Stephanie
Brown won silver for individual
women.
Round one started at 11:30 a.m.
on Oct. 3. The men’s team finished
in second place at 295. This put the
Lords six strokes from first place,
six strokes from third place and six
strokes from their score last year.
Martin, last year’s OCAA silver medalist, was tied for first with
James Castle and Ryan Willougby
from Humber. Usually, golfers tied
for first would partake in playoff
holes, but the weather made that
impossible, so all of the men received the gold.
This win is Martin’s eighth individual men’s golf title for the Lords
and his second medal in the OCAA
provincial championships.
Over the last 17 years the Lords
have taken the gold eight times at
the provincials.
Will Mitchell was the defending
champion. Mitchell shot 73 and finished in Pfourth.
On the women’s side, Stephanie
Brown was the defending champion. This year, with 82, she was three
strokes behind Humber golfer Hilary Salvian.
“I was expecting two days, not
one,” Brown said. “I tried to get myself in a good position. I had two bad
holes with two doubles (bogeys).
I’m not happy with second.”
the OCAA league-scoring champion. Vujanovic also had a good year,
recording over 200 wins in OCAA
league play.
This spectacular record for the
green and gold has spanned four
years with the coaching staff of
Vujanovic and assistant coaches
Anthony Whitney, Lori Henderson
and Vasco Jeronimo.
Jeronimo, the goalkeeper coach,
has helped produce a strong lineup
of goalkeepers, who have recorded
three shutouts so far this season.
The lady Lords brought this momentum into their last three away
games, shredding St. Lawrence
6-0 on Sept. 24. Brittany Micucci
opened the scoring for the Lords
with two goals in the 20th and 23rd
minutes.
She finished the game with a
hat-trick after scoring the decisive
goal for the Lords in the 68th minute.
Kirsten Bodashefsky was also on the
score sheet with a hat-trick to give
the lords and goalkeeper Morgan
Kelly their third shutout win.
“We played well,” said Vujanovic.
“We missed a couple of chances and
we still need to improve up front. It
Brittany Micucci
was pouring in the second half but
the game was good.”
The scene was no different on
Sept. 27, as the Lords massacred the
Loyalist Lancers 7-0. Jana Cryderman had a hat-trick while Brittany
Micucci scored two and Jodi Den
Bok and Erica Vanviack had one
each.Centennial Colts were also unable to escape a similar faith, as they
were crushed 8-0 by the Lords. The
Lords led 4-0 at half time and outshot the Colts 26-1.
Kirsten Bodashefsky, a first-Year
Dental Reception student, opened
the scoring with her sixth and seventh goals of the season in the 8th
and 25th minute. Jennifer Michalicka, a first-year Sports Management
student, scored her first OCAA goal
this season in the 28th minute.
Amanda Durno, 2005-06 DC
Freshman of the Year, scored her
first two goals of the season. Leading the Lords and OCAA in goals,
Bittany Micucci scored three in four
minutes for the hat-trick.
Bodashefsky and Micucci lead
the OCAA in goals per game with
1.67. Goaltender Morgan Kelly recorded her fourth consecutive shutout and has not allowed a regular
season goal to date.
The Lords have outscored their
opponents 24-0 in conference competition.
“We didn’t play as good as we
should because of the bad conditions,” said Vujanovic. “Overall I
think we need better competition to
prepare for the nationals.”
Lancers lose to Durham Lords
By Ryan Peterson
Chronicle Staff
The Durham College women’s
volleyball team whipped the Loyalist Lancers into shape as part of a
double-header at Loyalist.
The women beat the Lancers 31 on Oct. 11, adding another victory
to the record books.
The crowd was moderately sized
and full of noisemakers for the
women, who started off the doubleheader.
The first set ended 25-21 in favour of the Lords.
Jousting into the second set, the
Lancers led the Lords by six points,
but the women quickly made that
up and crowned the Lancers 25-14.
In the third set the Lancers laid
out the Lords with a 25-9 victory.
“There was no communication,”
said Amanda Doris, number 5 for
the Lords.
“They were just going through
the motions without spirit. It was
just one of those games where nothing worked well,” she continued.
“There was no anticipation. We
weren’t moving before the ball, we
were moving toward the ball.”
The MVPs of the game were Janet Littlejohn with 12 kills, two aces
and three digs, Karlene Risebrough
Barnes with 10 kills, four aces and
five digs, and Cheryl Silva with eight
kills, four aces and two digs.
Warming up
Golf season drives forward
By Ryan Peterson
Chronicle Staff
The Lords were in the swing of
things at the Niagara college golf invitational with two out of three Durham teams placing first.
Stephanie Brown, the sole member of the women’s golf team, took
first. Brown beat out nine women
for first with 82, squeaking by Hilary
Salvian of Humber by one stroke.
“I basically played one shot at a
time,” Brown said. “I tried to recover
from my bad ones. I shot four double-bogeys…I had some bad swings.
I wasn’t concentrating.”
The men boasted two teams, one
placing first, the other eighth. The
team of Tyler Martin, Will Mitchell,
Matt Thomas, Matiss Mazutis and
Kevin Robinson placed first with
a best four out of five score of 297.
The second team, Chad Boudreau,
Tyler Boudreau, Cody Brifoglio and
Ryan Morisette, lost to Brock’s second team by one stroke.
Mitchell led the Durham men
with 73. Thomas, Robinson and Morisette were all tied for second with
74. Tyler Martin and Chad Boudreau were third with 76.
Photo by Al Fournier
JIM DRINKING TIM’S: Women’s fastball coach Jim Nemish keeps warm during the
Lords’ chilly game against the Seneca Sting. Lords won 2-0
SPORTS NEWS
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October 17, 2006 37
Hockey season looks juicy
It’s that time again.
Hockey season is here and boy
does it ever smell good. Every year
we sit for the better part of four
months (for Leaf fans it’s six) and
wait for hockey to come back. And
now with a new season underway
the buzz is back. Change was the
name of the game again this summer but this time it had players moving rather than the game changing.
Every team has made at least one
significant change and it’s going to
make things all the better. Florida is
the new Toronto, becoming the retirement home of the NHL. I can see
Gary Roberts and Joe Nieuwendyk
taking down Eddy ‘the Eagle’ Bel-
four and Todd Bertuzzi in a game of
canasta before practice. Avalanche
fans can’t be too happy with the departure of Alex Tanguay. Who will
feed Joe Sakic and Milan Hejduk?
I’m sure Jarome Iginla doesn’t mind.
Marian Gaborik finally has a friend
to play with in Minnesota after Pavol
Demitra hitched out of Los Angeles.
Edmonton Oilers fans have some
bad blood when it comes to Chris
Pronger and I don’t know about
you, but the defence in Oil country
is looking pretty sour.
Tampa cleared up its goaltending issue after John Grahame and
Sean Burke didn’t exactly pan out
the way it would have liked. Evgeni
Malkin is with the Pens and all I can
hope for is that he doesn’t acquire
the whiny qualities of Sid the Kid
Mike
Gokdag
and that instead he takes more of
a fellow young Russian superstar’s
personality (hint hint...Ovechkin).
Chicago is dishing out big bucks to
a couple of guys, Martin Havlat and
Nikolai Khabibulin, and I’d love to
see it work for them but that’s like
saying Danny Alfredsson is a great
playoff performer. Speaking of the
Sens, they look mighty small without Zdeno Chara in the line-up. The
thieves of the league seemed to be
Boston this year, stealing Chara
and Marc Savard from their former
teams. Maybe Bobby Clarke can
pick up some pointers. Vancouver
has promise, an all-star goalie and
Ryan Kesler tagged for $1.9 million.
Better hope he shows up.
The new CBA has done some
great things so far. Never has there
been so much change in the off-season and that will make it as close a
playoff race as ever. In past years
you could name the top six or seven
teams to make the post-season in
each conference but now that’s practically impossible. Too many teams
have changed and conformed to
the new system. Carolina, Edmonton and Buffalo adjusted quick, and
it showed, but now it seems every
team has caught up, making for an
even better year. I can’t bear watching another playoffs without the beloved Leafs and I feel a hell of a lot
better about their chances this year.
Just like the fans in St. Louis, the fans
in Florida, fans in Pittsburgh, Washington, Minnesota and every other
non-playoff team from 2005/06. Except Columbus…they still stink.
Hockey is a part
of our heritage
Photo by Ryan Peterson
KEEPING AN EYE ON THINGS: Coaches of the men’s volleyball team contemplate court
proceedings at Loyalist on Oct. 11.
Men’s volleyball team
can’t keep it together
By Ryan Peterson
Chronicle Staff
The men’s volleyball team didn’t
leave Belleville as winners on Oct.
11, but they didn’t leave as whiners
either.
The Lords lost the game three
sets to one.
The kill leaders for the game
were Ryan McIntosh with 12, Jamie
Mayer with 12 and David Crabbe
with 11.
While the kill level was high,
head coach Gord Williamson noted
that the hitting percentages and unforced errors were not very good.
“ It was as if we played two different matches,” Williamson said. “The
first match we played well and the
next match we didn’t play so well.
We take full credit for our win and
for the loss of the next three.” Williamson said the setters were not in
place, so the hitters had difficulty.
At the beginning of the match
the Lords had a huddle to discuss
“which players we have to key on, on
the other team,” said Eric Mooney.
However, Mooney admits, “we
weren’t focusing.”
Ryan McIntosh said, “We were
flat.” The Lancers would score four
or five points in a row and the Lords
could not stop them, McIntosh said.
“We were all right through the first
set.” He said the roof was lower than
at Durham, which caused a few
missed points.
For the other team, Loyalist College certainly lived up to its name as
several Loyalist supporters came,
and with yelling and noisemakers,
showed their faith in their team.
Part of what caused the Lords to falter was the faith of the Loyalist fans.
The Lords took the first set 2515, a promising start if the Lords
could just maintain momentum. It
appeared in this set that the Lords
had overcome the communication
problems in the previous game.
They were talking to each other, although not as vigorously as Loyalist,
and everyone was hitting their shots
and maintaining their coverage.
There was a certain symmetry
and fluidity to their movement. The
Lords, because of their perfect anticipation of the ball and where it was
going, did not waste a movement.
In the second set the Lords lost a
lot of that symmetry and, as a result,
lost the set 25-23.
The third set was a hard-fought
battle in which the Lords went point
to point with the Lancers who went
on to lose it 25-23.
The final set ended much the
same way as the previous two did,
with the Lancers coming out on top
25-23.
Sure we filled our head with baseIt’s been a long three and a half ball talk such as the Blue Jays actumonths of waiting for our beloved ally making the playoffs, and some
NHL to return. That’s approximately of us Canadians even attempted
110 days for those of us counting
summer sports like football, or laEvery summer we enjoy nice crosse. But nothing compares.
weather, lots
No matter what
of cottage time
the channel, no
and an occamatter what the
sional leisure
occasion,
there
Bruce
activity,
but
is always enough
come October,
time to watch the
Bolton
well really midgame. The best
S e p t e m b e r,
part about us is
when everythat we even have
one is back at
a night for that
the rinks, the NHL has us glued to a game: Hockey Night in Canada
television.
It could be something in our
It’s a great thing though, it is what blood or maybe because we live
our country is all about, and when in cold weather for the majority of
the puck dropped on Oct. 4 every the year, but when October comes
hockey fan was back to his or her upon us we are not paying attention
old tricks again. Whether it be at to the baseball playoffs or the NFL
the bar, at home or, if you are lucky mid-season, we all focus on one
enough, at the game, it’s the best thing - NHL hockey. And nothing
damn sport, and we are good at it.
can change that.
Women’s basketball
clobber the knights
work on the defensive communication.”
Chronicle Staff
Not only did Durham have a
strong defence, but they had a good
If coach Craig Andrews wanted
offence. They scored 70 points and
strong defence, then he got his
shot 76.5 per cent from the free
wish.
throw line. The Lords had 11 of the
The women’s basketball team
13 players make the score sheet.
opened the 2006-07 season on
Nine rookies experienced their
Tuesday, Oct.
first OCAA game
10, 2006 at the
The team needs to in a Lords uniform,
Campus Athletgaining valuable
ic Centre. OCAA work on the defensive
experience. Ashfirst team allcommunication.
ley Visser had a
star Samantha
strong first game,
McConnell had
scoring 12 points
Craig
Andrews
a great game,
and grabbing eight
scoring
22
rebounds.
And
points, and adding five rebounds,
Carly McGhie, who was returning
three assists and five steals to lead
for another year, had six points, four
the Durham Lords to a 70-13 vicrebounds and three assists.
tory over the Fleming Knights.
The Lords saw action on Oct. 13The Lords played strong de14 but results were not available at
fence, allowing the Knights to score
press time for the Georgian Invitaonly seven points in the first half
tional Tournament. On Oct. 18 they
and six in the second. Even though
head to Brampton to take on the
they held the Knights to a low score,
Sheridan Bruins at 6 p.m.
Andrews said, “The team needs to
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October 17, 2006
SPORTS NEWS
Lady Lords
move past
Seneca
By Ryan Peterson
Chronicle Staff
The women’s volleyball
team really heated up the
court in their season opener against the Seneca Sting
Oct. 3.
The Lords won the
match three sets to two.
Part of a double-header
with the men, the game
started with silent anticipation from both sides. There
was chattering in the background from the sparse
crowd, which grew a little
larger by the second set.
After a good warm-up
by assistant coach Shane
Christopher, the starters
were on the line and looking pumped.
“We’ll play everybody
whether we’re winning or
losing,” said head coach
Stan Marchut before the
game . “It’s just an exhibition game…I think we’ll do
all right though.”
During the first set a
time-out was called by the
Sting at 22-21 Lords. Christopher advised the women
to spike on the Sting’s right
side. The Lords went on to
take that first set 25-23.
It was around this point
and throughout the rest of
the game that the women
received a few net violations and a bunch of double
hits.
In the second set there
were a few good blocks, but
the Lords ended up losing
the set 20-25. Coach Christopher felt the Lords were
being beaten defensively,
and the best thing to do was
to play their positions.
In the third set the Lords
looked tired, but beat out
the Sting 25-15.
In the fourth set the
Lords started off with a
good four-point lead, but
then momentum began to
shift and the Sting ended up
taking the set 22-25.
The game-deciding set
Lords
go all
the way
By Ryan Peterson
Chronicle Staff
Photo by Ryan Peterson
LOOK OUT: Durham Lords volleyball players Cheryl Silva, left, and
Amanda Doris, right, go to the net against Seneca on oct. 3.
was pretty much a slaughter as the women took it
15-8.
The MVPs of the game
were: Cheryl Silva with
eight kills, two aces and
one block, Janet Littlejohn
with seven kills and three
aces, and Jen Lenis with
seven kills, one ace and one
block.
“I think we did very well,”
said Littlejohn. “We tried a
lot of combos of people, and
that’ll give us a good idea of
what to do in the future.”
“Well, the season started,”
said Christopher after the
game. “There’s a lot to work
on, but we’ve got something
to build on. We’ve got a lot
of good talent.”
“I think it was a great
starting point,” said Silva.
“Especially for the rooks.
They get to get the feel for
college ball.”
The Durham Lords golf
team was second after the first
round at the CCAA national
championships Oct. 11.
The Lords were in second
with 317. Later results were
unavailable at press time.
The event was hosted by
Champlain Regional College
St. Lawrence at Grand Vallon Golf Club in Ste-Anne-deBeaupre, Que.
In the men’s division, Will
Mitchell was in third after the
first round with 76. Tyler Martin was tied for 10th place with
80.
In the women’s division,
Stephanie Brown was sixth
overall with a 94.
SPORTS NEWS
The Chronicle
Shaky start to regular season
Oshawa
Generals are
trying to
end their
losing ways
Chronicle Staff
Chronicle Staff
After a disappointing start to the
regular season the Oshawa Generals are now looking to key aspects
of their game for improvements.
The Generals have already experienced some extreme OHL ups and
downs this year - their ups a perfect
pre-season 6-0, their downs starting
off their regular season 1-5.
Photo by Bruce Bolton
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Brad Selwood
So far the Generals’ main problem has been getting into a big deficit early and not being able to get
back into the game. The team has
been lacking a defensive side, being
out-scored in the first six games by
34-16.
GM and head coach Brad Sel-
Public
skating
at ice
centre
By Valene Nicholas
By Bruce Bolton
They want to do it,
they want to win and
they want to learn.
October 17, 2006 39
BATTLING IN THE CORNER: Oshawa Generals forward John Tavares fighting for possesion against Barrie Colts defencemen Ryan Gottschalk. The Generals lost the game 8-4
and fell to 0-4 on the season.
wood believes in his squad and
thinks it will turn around. He said
It’s only the start of the season and it
is nothing to worry about.
“As long as we get better as a team
every day and understand what it
takes to win in this league, when we
do that it will turn around. I believe
that it will,” Selwood said.
Another main factor in the lack
of wins has been team discipline
- taking costly penalties leading to
power play goals for the opposition.
“This is a league where the guys
have to understand a little slash
here, a little tug there, and you’re
in the box, so the rules are there
and they are there for everybody,”
Selwood said. “We just have to do
a better job of killing them. We will
take penalties. We’ve just got to kill
them, and we haven’t been doing a
very good job of that.”
Although the regular season has
brought on boo birds, many critics
and ship jumpers, the Generals are
still showing signs of life.
“They want to do it, they want to
win and they want to learn,” said Selwood. “They’re good kids. The positive part is that they do work hard
and they will stick together and we
will get through this.”
UOIT and Durham College
students can now lace up their
skates at the Campus Ice Centre, just north of Conlin Road.
Public skating is available
Monday to Friday from noon
to 2 p.m. and Saturday from 9
p.m. to 10 p.m. Students skate
for free on one of two NHLsized hockey rinks, but student
ID cards must be shown to
staff.
Last year about 10 to 20 students used the rink during the
week and 20 students showed
up for Saturday nights, said
Campus Ice Centre programmer Nancy Meredith.
“We would love to have
more students taking advantage of the ice time. The building is here for them to utilize,”
Meredith said.
Skate sharpening is provided for $2 and students can
borrow skates from the centre
free of charge.
Ball
hockey
tourney
By Matt O’Brien
Chronicle Staff
Photo by Bruce Bolton
FACING OFF FOR A NEW SEASON: The last home opener at the Civic, which was played on Oct.7.
Dogs row into head of Trent tourney
By Joshua Vanderstam
Chronicle Staff
The Ridgebacks varsity rowing team garnered some success Sept. 30, in the 36th annual Head of Trent tournament. According to the
OUA over 2,000 athletes were in attendance,
from high school, university and recreational
leagues.
Competing at the university level in the 10hour event that spanned from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.
were the junior varsity four, the novice men’s
eight, and the novice women’s eight.
At five minutes behind the leader, the junior
varsity four came in ninth out of 12 boats.
“They are not in last and they’re not in first,”
said head coach Robin Millikin. about the ju-
nior four. “They are right in the middle, where
we expected them to be.”
The university novice men’s eight race pitted
14 teams against each other. The Ridgebacks
finished in a respectable fifth place, coming
in marginally behind Queen’s University, who
were 18 seconds ahead at the finish.
The Ridgebacks finish pales in comparison
to when they won the university’s first ever
medal at the Western University Invitational
tournament on Sept. 24.
“The race you won yesterday won’t help you
tomorrow,” Millikin said.
The university novice women’s eight couldn’t
seem to shake the curse that has been following them since the Western invitational when a
fin was knocked off the bottom of their boat by
an unknown submerged object.
A head injury to Andrea Duguay and the
absence of a crewmember, Somer Verhoeven,
made matters worse for the women’s novice
eight. The team had to sub in a male coxswain
to cox the women, which by OUA rules means
the crew can’t compete for points. However
they could still row as an exhibition crew.
“A rower’s number one priority is family,”
said Millikin, alluding to the absent coxswain.
“Then education, and then their sport.”
Their troubles got the best of them, as they
came 12th out of 16.
Although the Head of Trent tested the Ridgeback rowers’ spirit, Millikin has high hopes for
their next test at Brock.
“I expected all the crews to place in the top
three in their races.”
Oct. 26 at 9 a.m. a ball hockey
tournament will be held in the tennis centre parking lot to raise money
for Durham College alumni, Barry
Larock, and the family of local Oshawa Dodgers baseball coach Troy
May.
May died this summer in a car
accident; he leaves behind his wife
and two children. Larock is a Durham graduate living in Peterborough who has recently been diagnosed with cancer.
Both families are in need of help,
and event organizer Adam PrestonLord (third-year Sports Management) is excited to be in charge of
such a project.
“This is a great way to raise money, have fun, and help out a couple of
families who are suffering through
some terrible tragedies,” Lord said.
The teams will consist of six players, it will cost $5 to participate,
and players must supply their own
sticks. Nets and goalie equipment
will be supplied and prizes will be
awarded for first, second and third
place.
There will also be raffles and
other activities. It’s open to anyone
in the community, and there is no
age or gender limit. Contact Adam
Preston-Lord for further information at (905) 259-5544.
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October 17, 2006