Men’s basketball wrap-up. See Lords Page 27.
Hedley headlines the GM Centre. See Hedley Page 20.
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Amping up the Purple Pit
DC working together with Parkwood on new program Tracey Fidler The Chronicle
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SURPRISE SHOW: Local band 20 Amp Soundchild played a surprise flash concert in the Purple Pit in the Gordon Willey building on Feb. 15. See 20 Amp Page 19
Durham College and Parkwood National Historic Site are planting some seeds and watching them grow. Literally and figuratively. The two institutions came together at Parkwood on Wednesday, Feb. 29 to announce a collaboration that will see Durham College students working together with Parkwood in a new two-year Horticulture Technician diploma program beginning this fall. Parkwood representatives Brian Malcolm and Richard Marceau, Landscape Ontario’s Mark Humphries, Bill Slute from the City of Oshawa, and Brian Keys, a former Parkwood gardener, joined Durham College president Don Lovisa to express their excitement regarding the new program and collaboration.
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And your new Student Association president is... Bobby Perritt The Chronicle
“Get up, you won,” vicepresident of university affairs, Ijlal Gonde said, poking her in the back. Rachel Calvelli stood up, slowly absorbing that she had just become the president-elect of Your Student Association for Durham College and UOIT. The 21-year-old UOIT student won 59 per cent of the presidential vote. Her opponent Josh Bickle, VP of college
affairs, secured 32 per cent. The rest of students who voted didn’t select a presidential candidate. According to returning officer Michael L. Maynard, there were 200 more voters than last year. With the increase in enrolment that means the voter rate climbed less than one per cent, making bringing voter turnout to about eight per cent of the student body. The voter turnout shed light on a campaign platform shared by the two other incoming SA executives, Jesse Cullen and
Kayleigh Johnston. Calvelli wants to increase SA transparency and marketing in order to spread word of what the SA offers, how it functions and how it is relevant to students. “We need to take it down to our members and say this is what you’re paying me for. This is what I’ve done for you… They’re paying a membership fee so they should know,” said Calvelli.
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SA welcomes new DC VP Bobby Perritt The Chronicle
On May 1 Student Association vice-president of college affairs Josh Bickle will pass the torch over to Kayleigh Johnston, Durham College’s future vice-president of college affairs. Her voice is as fragile as eggshells. She describes herself as “a little on-the-shy side…not the most outgoing.” Yet her campaign and conviction were enough to garner about 49 per cent of student voters. Johnston’s opponent, board vice-chairperson of the SA Arif Elmazi, earned about 40 per cent of the vice-presidential vote. The remaining voters did not select a president in their choice of president a vice-president. Johnston gave Elmazi credit. “He was a tough opposition,” she said. “I was just glad to see two candidates that I thought either one would have done a great job.” A VP of college affairs, like a VP of university affairs, doesn’t hold authoritative power over school services, SA services and bursaries, or infrastructure im-
provements. But they do play a role in those things. VPs are hired to persuade and negotiate with local governments, school administration, community members and SA members on behalf of Durham College students at both campuses. Johnston, 20, is a first yearjournalism student and was director of communications/advertising for the Society of Media Art and Design (SoMAD). “I am younger (than Elmazi, who is 33) and I feel I will probably be able to represent a larger number of the student body,” said Johnston. “Most people have come straight out of high school. I’ve recently dealt with the stress of choosing a program. I’ve also recently realized what it’s like to move far away from home…I definitely think I can help students who are dealing with transition struggles.” She said she will begin her term by making a month-bymonth plan of her goals. The training course will familiarize her with her roles and pressing issues and introduce her to managing her $4,000 budget, which will help her set realistic goals.
“I want to make sure I keep the promises I discussed with students…I want to make constant progress during the year that I’m VP,” she said. “I have a hard time accepting that I won’t be able to please everybody. I like making people happy. It’s hard when you’re at a fork in the road, and to have to try to choose what will be better for most people…Obviously you want to make everybody happy, but that’s just not possible.” One item of business Johnston plans to tackle as soon as possible is an increase in SA bursary programs. Like her counterpart,VP of university affairs-elect Jesse Cullen, one of her platforms showed empathy for students struggling with financial inaccessibility. She expects to get businesses in Durham Region interested in sponsoring more student bursaries. And Johnston doesn’t ever want to hear students mention that they are unaware of any bit of financial assistance that she helps introduce. That’s where SA awareness comes into play. “Something that Rachel, the
elected president, talked about a lot on her campaign as well, is better marketing (of SA services), especially of the student insurance plan.” Johnston said. She insisted that SA executives, including AVPs, need to travel to individual classrooms to speak about SA services, how the SA affects student life and the fine details of the student health insurance and the student dental plan. As of the 2011-2012 school year, each school in Durham College is represented by its own society. In Johnston’s vision, each society would visit all the classrooms of its constituents to tell them how societies represent student interests and get their voices out to the SA. She reminded students to look out for the college’s upcoming first-ever elections for the school’s societal president. As with all the elected SA executives, Johnston has consistently asserted the importance of giving clubs and societies more freedom to grow organically, represent the student voice and enrich their college experience. “I’m just encouraging people,
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BICKLE PASSES THE TORCH: Kayleigh Johnston is the new SA vicepresident for DC. if they want to add me on Facebook or Twitter, then they can just throw their ideas my way,” Johnston assured students. “I believe that I am a good communicator. As much as I might not be the most outgoing person normally, I definitely want students, if they have an idea for societies, clubs…on anything that they would like to see happen, I would like to speak to those students. I definitely want to help them accomplish the goals that they have for the SA and that they have for Durham College.
UOIT students elect new VP Bobby Perritt The Chronicle
The orange badges in his campaign suggested “JC 4 VP.” But in the general election, student voters demanded it. Jesse Cullen (JC) was elected the new vice-president of university affairs on Feb. 15, surpassing his opponent Shane Comella by 14 per cent. Your Student Association’s vice-president of university affairs-elect will begin receiving 10 hours a week of training in April. He will take office in the new academic year. The VP of university affairs advocates and advises the Student Association from a UOIT perspective. Cullen, 26, studies Criminology and Justice at UOIT in downtown Oshawa. He has come to represent the UOIT face of the SA after years of experience in the local political scene and community involvement. Cullen campaigned with NDP Oshawa candidate Mike Shields in the last provincial election and is the first student representative of the New Democratic Party provincial and federal riding association for Oshawa. He also is the communications director for the Durham College/UOIT chapter of Canadian Students for Sensible Drug Policy and media spokesperson of Fair Vote Can-
ada in Durham Region. Cullen was the president of the Young New Democrat Association but had to step down to run as VP of university affairs, in compliance with SA policy. “I want to take those experiences with me to this new position,” Cullen said. One of his vital goals is to improve the newly created SA position of associate vice-president of university or college affairs (AVP). Both Durham College and UOIT vice-presidents now have AVPs working under them, who try to get more involved in the student conversation, improve representation at satellite campuses and advise the VPs. “Greater autonomy to the AVPs is something that needs to happen and it’s going to happen one way or another,” said Cullen. He pointed out that certain aspects of his job could force him to be confined to his office for long periods of time, doing budgeting and planning. He said he will rely on AVPs to be personal with the students and catch things that he might miss. “The AVPs are going to play an integral role in the the SA over the coming years…They’re the ones on the front lines.” Cullen says he will lobby for the SA to give AVPs more control over the budget, allowing them to work and develop ideas
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UOIT GETS NEW VP: Jesse Cullen represents UOIT students as the new VP of university affairs. more independently. He also got involved in the conversation of clubs and societies which was a common topic among candidates during the election. “Everything is approved until further notice,” is the philosophy Cullen wants clubs and societies to go by. He said he will advocate for the SA to reduce what he considers “micromanagement” of clubs and societies. This could free clubs and societies of the bureaucracy of getting all events approved by the SA – anything from a movie night to
a bake sale – and allow them to operate with more freedom and be encouraging of growth and productivity. As a student of a satellite campus, Cullen also prioritized downtown concerns with fees that are considered unfair by many downtown students. North campus parking passes are invalid downtown, requiring students to sometimes leave in the middle of classes and exams to put money in parking meters. Drivers must fork out more money to park on the north campus if they have classes there, or if they want to take advantage if services and facilities unavailable downtown. The gym and workout equipment are just around the corner for north campus university students. But downtown students pay the same fees without the convenience of any fitness space around the corner from them. Cullen suggested reducing the fees that downtown students pay for fitness facilities, or arranging a deal with the YMCA to provide affordable services to students. Cullen intends to also look at financial issues at a larger scale. Financial barriers to education is something Cullen has wanted to attack for a long time. UOIT students pay some of the highest tuition and ancillary fees in Canada.
Therefore, Cullen wants to negotiate UOIT ancillary fees without undermining the quality of courses. Resources for obtaining more affordable education exist outside of the school as well. “Whether it is going out to the National Day of Action (held on Feb. 1 for Canadian students to protest rising tuition fees) or working with leaders and activists of the College Student Alliance, we need to make sure we are making connections with people who are fighting for our students – period…Wherever they are, I don’t care what organization they are a part of,” Cullen said. Most of his agenda will need to be discussed as a team with the other two SA executives, president-elect Rachel Calvelli and vice-president of college affairs-elect Kayleigh Johnston. But over the next few months he plans to get in frequent contact with university societies, which represent the different university faculties. “I just want to foster the relationship now,” he said, in order to create a good framework of how he is going to begin his administration and what issues are most immediate and important to students. It will be a transition into the monthly meetings he intends to have with societies during his administration.
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She wants to improve SA awareness by sending out a monthly SA newsletter, carrying on and improving Bickle’s Student Voices First student relations program and revamping the SA website and the SA social network. Another digital project that was advertised on her campaign webpage was a new club and societies forum, which she wants in order to speed up communication between the SA and all clubs and societies. This is the first academic year the SA has had a marketing department, which Calvelli said will really establish her objectives. Calvelli noted that once she takes office on May 1, she will have graduated and be one of very few presidents ever to not be enrolled classes, which she felt could make some students skeptical of how well she will relate to them. “My whole platform was focused very much on what students told me they wanted and they needed,” she assured. While campaigning Calvelli learned about concerns and aspects of student life that she was not aware of even as a student. The experience equipped her with more knowledge and ideas to bring to the table. “I am still a student for the students.” She said that becomes important when combining the business objectives of the Student Association with the students’ best interests. “I don’t think you have to have one or the other. I don’t think you need to choose between what will be a good business decision (and) what will be a good student (decision).” “Satellite campus,” “downtown,” and “Whitby,” are not far-off, elusive places to Calvelli and they are frequent in her vocabulary. She has experience as vice-president on the Whitby
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campuses, because parking passes are not universal. Recommendations will also be made to fill UOIT’s hunger for campus food facilities downtown. And students are left holding the short end of the stick with their recreation facilities, or lack thereof. Downtown students pay the same fees as Simcoe campus students to use the athletic centre. But students coming from downtown don’t have as much accessibility to the gym as other students, and drivers have to pay more for gas and parking. To be more proactive about campus inequality, Calvelli wants to visit the UOIT downtown campus and the Durham College Whitby campus at least
once a month. She warned that frequency could change once some job experience shows her just how often her services will be needed on the satellite campuses. Your SA’s soon-to-be president has several ideas of how to be innovative through technology, which she wants to promote. They include the development of an online agenda for students to book appointments with any SA executive. Calvelli also wants to deliver better-quality wireless Internet on campus and advance and the SA social network. “We’re trying to move a lot more toward digital media,” said Calvelli. When asked about the greatest obstacles that she is anticipating, Calvelli said, “I don’t
believe in obstacles.” Reiterating part of a quote from the late inspirational American professor Randy Pouche, she said, “Brick walls aren’t there to keep us out. The brick walls are there to show us how badly we want something.” The three SA executives will work as a team to develop ideas for the campuses. They will sometimes making separate decisions from one another, melding ideas together or dropping them altogether. Calvelli pointed out that she understands, “Each one of (the executives) has their own campaign that they ran and (have) their own expectations of them…It’s going to be a strong executive. Students will see a lot of results.”
SA board needs one more from DC Bobby Perritt The Chronicle
Yes, Your Student Association general election may be over but the SA Durham College board of directors is still looking for one more fresh face. A by-election will run from March 14-16 to fill one more available space on the Durham College board of directors. “We are hoping to ride the wave of attention, following the general election,” said deputy returning officer David Federman, who is working alongside chief returning officer (CRO) Michael L. Maynard to monitor the elections. Only four candidates applied for the five openings on the Durham College board of directors in the SA general election that took place in mid-February, as opposed to the nine candidates who competed for the five openings on the UOIT board of directors. The board is a volunteer position, but plays a vital role in the Student Association, as they have the democratic final say in many SA decisions. The SA is not just behind recreational events on campus. They are the body that speaks on behalf of Durham College and UOIT to any person or institution that may affect the quality
of campus or student life. That may require talking to different levels of government, speaking to residents complaining about the student-housing situation in Oshawa, to businesses to sponsor student bursaries, or to the presidents of Durham College and UOIT. Some things that students owe to the SA are peer support services, the 24-hour study space on the north campus, extra study and lounge space, student bursaries, the U-PASS and campus clubs and societies. Any Durham College student interested in the director position may pick up their nomination packages from the CRO office in the campus clubs room March 1 to 5 p.m. on March 7. The campus clubs room can be found across from the security desk in the Gordon Willey building. Students must be 18 or older and receive 10 or more signatures from fellow Durham College students in order to qualify as a candidate. They also need to hold a grade point average of at least 60, and be bondable, as a criminal record check is required before taking the position. The all-candidates meeting will be held on March 9. Once again the SA and the entire student body need voters to do their part and cast their ballot during the elections. To keep informed about the election, follow the returning office on Twitter @ SACRO_DCUOIT. Maynard can be reached at sacro@dc-uoit.ca. Students can also speak to Federman at saelections@dc-uoit.ca.
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The hangover is still pounding in your temples; memories of the slurred giggles and the bad karaoke are plaguing you. You’ve managed to roll out of bed, but now you have to fish out your keys and find a way back to the watering hole. After a night of drinking the last thing you want to do is pick up your car the morning after. Taxis have worked for decades as a means of transport. And they are still heavily relied upon, especially after a night of drinking and merriment. In the last few years, designated driver services have emerged offering a way to transport a person and their vehicle. They may cost more than a cab, depending on how far you need to go, but they offer the benefit of convenience to clients who would be unable to drive their own vehicle home. The city of Oshawa is looking to dismantle designated driver services over their similarities to taxis. Disgruntled cab drivers are upset at designated driving services invading their turf and waiting outside bars to pick up potential clients. In the past, Oshawa created a bylaw to regulate designated driver services but cancelled it because the definition of the service was too close to that for taxis.
Considering how vast the English language is and how much political jargon is thrown into contracts and bylaws, it shouldn’t be that hard to define a designated driver who brings the client and their car home from a taxi who brings only the client home. As a result of this lack of creativity, designated driver companies may face fines from bylaw officers because they are not regulated by the city. Taxi drivers must complete an 18-hour training course and have a number of certificates and documentation including CPR, first aid, criminal background checks and a clean Ontario driver’s record. Looking at how some taxi drivers move about on the road, it doesn’t seem as if the driver’s record document is too important. According Keys to Us, a driving service that has been in business for over 15 years in Oshawa, drivers must be at least 25 years old, fully licensed with a clean driving record and be able to operate manual and automatic transmissions. These services are supposed to transport the client in the client’s car with a designated driver so the driver is covered by the client’s insurance. The teammate who drives the chase car picks up the designated driver after the client and his or her vehicle have been dropped off. The main issue the taxi companies are
having is with the designated driving companies who transport their client in the chase car instead of being a passenger in their own vehicle. They are behaving like taxis without proper insurance. Many companies do not follow this conduct however, and they are at risk of a fine. It’s time the city of Oshawa regulated designated driver services, instead of clamping down on them. Leaving a vehicle at the bar and grabbing a cab to get home has worked as a means of transport for the last decade or so. But the next morning the vehicle must be retrieved. The benefit of having your car in your driveway the next morning instead of having to travel to the bar to pick it up might be worth the extra 10 bucks. Statistically speaking, young drivers are responsible for the highest percentage of drinking and driving. Having several options open to them not only works to reduce this statistic, but also showcases this generation’s responsibility. The bottom line is, as long as people aren’t drinking and driving, the transport used to find a way home shouldn’t be an issue.
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“Our mission as a college is the student experience comes first and for me that’s the core of this new partnership,” said Lovisa. “It’s two institutions coming together to preserve and to build and to provide our students with programming and job opportunities.” Students will study on site at Parkwood with the gardening staff, and also at the Oshawa campus. Lovisa added that this new program will not only help to support and maintain the green space at the college’s two locations, but also to help restore the Parkwood gardens back to their original state. Brian Malcolm and Richard Marceau also expressed their enthusiasm for the project. “It’s a partnership that’s terrific for Durham College, terrific for students and for the future of this community,” said Marceau, the president of the Parkwood Foundation. “It’s taking the two most established organizations of this community from an education perspective, and cultural and museum perspective, and bringing them together. Durham College is deeply entrenched in this community, and so is Parkwood.” Marceau said this collaboration will do for Parkwood what the Niagara Parks School of Horticulture did for the botanical gardens in Niagara Falls, bringing them to “another level,” making them “significantly better” for visitors to the historic site. Parkwood’s executive director Brian Malcolm called the
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GROWING TOGETHER: Durham College president Don Lovisa, and Brian Malcolm, executive director of Parkwood, in the greenhouse at Parkwood Estate. partnership a “natural fit.” Mark Humphries, the Durham representative for the Landscape Ontario Horticultural Trades Association provincial board of directors and a director at Parkwood, was on-hand to describe Landscape Ontario’s role in the partnership. “[We have been] providing support for the development of the new horticulture program and advice on industry needs to help today’s students achieve success in our industry,” he said. “Landscape Ontario ap-
plauds the vision of this new program and the development of this unique partnership that will help the horticultural industry to build its human resource capacity and provide a strong future for all.” Landscape Ontario helps to foster and encourage education and research in the horticultural field, and is also involved with environmental programs, such as Communities in Bloom. Humphries said the horticultural industry in Canada is huge, with an estimated value of $15 billion, and more than
60,000 full-time employees in Ontario alone. However, when baby boomers begin retiring in the next 20 years, Humphries said there will be an “unprecedented shortfall in skilled labour in the industry. So with this significant gap in skilled labour in the horticultural sector, today’s announcement is exciting and timely.” Bill Slute, serving as a representative from the City of Oshawa, said there will also be a great need in the municipal industry for new graduates, with
community as lawyers and business owners. The student representative has full voting power, their opinion equally as important as any of the others. Students must be enrolled in a full-time program to qualify for the unpaid position, and receive five endorsement signatures from students to be nominated for the campaign stage. From here, students can campaign however they like. Posters can be used, like the ones seen plastered around campus for the SA elections, or those running can canvass classrooms for votes. Eastman opted for speaking to his classmates rather than using posters, since he was only running against one other candidate. Eastman, a second-year business administration student, also distributed flyers at the polls to get his name out to students. But the student governor elections will be held online-only this year. Once elected, the student governor
will attend an orientation session to learn more about board policies and their responsibilities to the college. “I think Durham College probably has the best orientation program, the most welcoming president and board members, just to make the
where he was put up in a hotel for the weekend. “[The conference] explains exactly what the board is and it goes through a lot of the government legislation that’s placed onto the colleges and how the board has to operate,” he said.
about 55 to 65 per cent of employees retiring in the next five years. These graduates will become an integral part in community development across the province. Former gardener Brian Keys worked in the kitchen garden for five summers from 1965 to 1969, and said he is excited to see the gardens restored to how he remembers them. He also sees this as a “wonderful opportunity for future horticultural technicians to sow the seeds of their careers in just a beautiful historically important setting.” Jocelyn Shaw, the granddaughter of the former owners of the home, Sam and Adelaide McLaughlin, could not attend due to illness, but provided Parkwood curator Samantha George with some of her thoughts on the new partnership with Durham College. “As strong advocates and supporters of post-secondary education across Canada, my grandparents would be delighted that Durham College is working with their legacy and their legacy in Parkwood to foster the next generation of young Canadians,” she said. “My grandmother, Adelaide McLaughlin, would be thrilled with this partnership news. It combines things she loved: education, her home and its gardens. An education in the outdoors, working on this stunning property, surrounded by Canadian history, she would agree it is the perfect fertilizer for nurturing the gardens of tomorrow.”
Student rep passes the torch Emily Wood The Chronicle
With elections approaching for the student representative on the Durham College board of governors, Zach Eastman, the current student governor, raves about the positive experience and benefits of the position. This election has flown under the radar of most students in the past, overshadowed by the SA elections. Eastman said this year has been better for advertising the position and the board itself, which also tends to go unnoticed by students at the college. The board of governors is the governing body of Durham College, responsible for maintaining the strategic plan and finances, and approving program additions and eliminations. Four internal members sit on the board, as well as 12 external members, who typically hold high standings in the
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Zach Eastman student feel like they are a full voting member of the board,” Eastman said. The position itself offers many benefits. Along with good board experience and networking opportunities, Eastman received a free parking pass, a laptop, an invitation to the board’s annual retreat and the Colleges Ontario Conference,
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To make things easier for the next student governor, Eastman plans to meet with the newly elected student to explain his experience and the demands of the job. The student governor must attend all board meetings, which are typically scheduled once a month. The student governor is required to read the minutes of the meet-
ing, which ranges from 100 to 400 pages detailing new policies, programs and anything else on the agenda. “They run on a consent agenda, so it’s expected that you read and familiarize yourself with all those things to raise any issues that you have and approve or deny those things,” Eastman said. But the time commitment was manageable for Eastman, a full-time student who also worked fulltime at the Beer Store. “How much work and preparation and details [that go] into everything that we don’t even notice on a daily basis, [is] pretty interesting,” he said, eager to recommend this to any student. More information about the board of governors can be found on the Durham College website, along with dates for the monthly public meetings. Online polls for the student representative position will be open until March 9.
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DC has plans for grads and incoming students Lori Marks The Chronicle
Success Matters at Durham College, and on Saturday, March 31 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. both the Oshawa and Whitby campuses will open their doors to potential students, alumni or anyone wishing to visit the spring open house. “Durham College offers a wide variety of programs which
are taught by experienced faculty,” said Michelle Theophille Kennedy, admissions and recruitment officer at Durham College. “The open house is a wonderful opportunity to invite our community onto the campus to see our facilities, classrooms, and labs. Also meet with faculty and chat with current Durham College students.” The event gives anyone who has applied to Durham College
an opportunity to take part in a hands-on experience of the school to make an informed decision before the deadline in May. As well, current Durham College and UOIT students who are looking for options after graduation are encouraged to attend the event. “We would love to see current Durham College and UOIT students visit during the open house to check out the many post-graduate programs that we offer to accompany their diploma once they have graduated,” said Kennedy. “We have a variety of graduate certificates and fast-track programs
designed specifically for individuals who have completed a program of study and want to further their education.” Kennedy believes in the school’s motto of Success Matters and said that offering an open house so potential students can make that decision about a post-secondary program is the first step in the path to a gratifying career. The event will not only bring awareness of the campuses and their programs, but will also provide fun activities throughout the day, such as free skating from 2 to 3 p.m. at the Campus Ice Centre, a photo booth at
both campuses, walking tours at both campuses, and bus tours of the Oshawa campus. Admissions, career preparation, and financial aid presentations at both campuses and questions answered by student ambassadors and experienced faculty will also be available. Free parking will also be offered at both campuses. Students wishing to volunteer at the event can contact sue.hawkins@durhamcollege. ca. And for further information regarding the open house visit www.durhamcollege.ca/openhouse or call the office of the registrar at 905-721-3000.
Inclusive job fair comes to Toronto Sarah Hyatt The Chronicle
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KEEPING CURRENT: Associate professor Dr. Andrea Slane stays busy trying to improve the UOIT learning experience. Slane conducts research for the Faculty of Social Science and Humanities (FoSSH). The faculty does much of its own research and gives students new and innovative options.
FoSSH stays FrESH
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The Faculty of Social Science and Humanities offers six degrees and one masters – and a downtown location that has a thriving city all around it. Located at the Bordessa Hall, 55 Bond St. E., in Oshawa the FoSSH is fitting right into the urban environment. Dr. Andrea Slane, UOIT associate professor prefers to be integrated into the community rather than isolated on campus and enjoys sharing the sidewalk with a lot of different people. Slane recently completed a research study about Canadian Internet safety education and online child sexual exploitation, crime prevention strategies, which was funded by Public Safety Canada in 2009. The faculty and students are
currently working on a number programs, which help students of research projects, said Dr. find “a pathway from college to Nawal Ammar, dean and pro- university,” she said. Students who graduate with fessor of FoSSH. Results of the research proj- a two or three year Ontario Colects are published in journals lege Diploma from police foundations, correctionand periodial worker or law cals, such as What is innovative and security adGlobal Studies In Childhood. about our school is that ministration proSometimes we make ourselves grams can bridge to UOIT’s Bachelor the research is programs of Arts (honours) funded by ex- around ternal agencies, rather than tradition- in criminology and Ammar said. justice. al disciplines. Many students The FoSSH have trouble choosis currently researchDr. Andrew Slane ing majors and minors but with UOIT ing drugs and some things are difdrug-use and the impact on men and women; ferent. “What is innovative about Internet and communications; and legal studies on first nation our school is that we make ourand status rights — and those selves around programs rather than traditional disciplines,” are only a few. Ammar speaks highly of the Slane said. The focus is spread around, currently developing bridging
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she said. This gives students more choice; many of the FoSSH classes qualify for multiple programs. It’s always developing in new ways and there is a freedom between programs, Slane said about how UOIT differs from other universities. “We are constantly revising the program to make it better,” said Slane, who also helps create curricula. She is part of the curriculum committee at UOIT and the curriculum program review committee (CPRC). “I like the challenge of working at a place that is still so young, developing programs and changing,” Slane said. The Faculty of Social Science and Humanities offers many programs including criminology, justice and public policy, legal studies, communication, forensic psychology and community development.
The date is set! This year’s career fair for persons with disabilities will be held at the Hilton, downtown Toronto, March 29 from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. General admission is free, and the fair is open to all people with both physical and invisible disabilities. Attendees will have the opportunity to meet with some of Canada’s top employers. A number of guest speakers and career experts are set to appear at the fair as well. Resume writing, editing, job search strategies, and a special marketing yourself through social media lecture will also take place. A comfort lounge will be available too, thanks to Scotiabank. The keynote speaker of the day will be Tim McCallum, a man who overcame a tragic accident that left him paralyzed and who now travels the world singing. Persons with disabilities have the largest unemployment rate of any definable group in society. To register people can visit www.joininfo.ca/ page/careerfair/. For more information interested candidates can call 1-416241-5646.
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UOIT students dress to impress
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The Chronicle Fashion in sports has paid off…again! The campus is now $30,000 richer thanks to two stylish UOIT students, a flood of supporters and a well-known sports company. The Adidas Student Style Battle ended last month after a lengthy competition among universities across Canada in a fashion showdown. UOIT came out on top for the second year in a row, thanks to outfits designed by Kayla Wood and Kaz Nesbitt. Students of the university were to create outfits through the Adidas website using their clothing products before the public were able to vote on which school had the best styles. UOIT came out on top, winning the $30,000 prize ($5,000 more than last year) for the campus while Wood and Nesbitt each won $500 worth of Adidas gear. After winning last year, the
money was used to add and update many things for the athlet-
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energy-efficient lights. Ken Babcock, the director of campus athletics, said they are not sure yet what the money from this year will be used for but they will be polling the campus to get suggestions. “It really benefits all students,” said Babcock. “Our students are smart, connected and very engaged. It’s a big deal.” The university was officially crowned the winner at a news conference on Feb. 8 at the Campus Ice Centre. Members of the UOIT men’s soccer team attended, as well as the well-known mascot Hunter the dog. Jeff Clements, the director of Adidas Group Canada, presented the check to the UOIT Ridgebacks and other members of the campus athletics. “It’s great to be here for the second year in a row,” said Clements. “We (Adidas) wanted to create a brand experience for young athletes. This contest is unique. We hope to get back here next year.”
when entering into the almostworking world. “Utilize every opportunity that the placement gives you,” said Public Relations program co-ordinator, Lynn Gough. “Go early, and stay late. Work hard, they will remember that. Once you’ve left a good impression they will always remember that good impression.” Gough, who also runs the field placement course of Public Relations, passes on her advice and life experiences to students ready to take the plunge into the working world. Despite the economic down-
turn, Gough’s placement students have a high success rate. Out of last year’s 35 graduated and working students, 24 have contracts or full-time jobs in communications. “It’s important for the employer to have a good fit with the student and vice versa,” said Gough. “I think that we have a high success rate because of that. The company needs to be interested in the student and the student needs to be interested in the company.” As an intern, you will likely be at the bottom of the totem pole, and given tasks that seem
unimportant in the scheme of your career choice. “Be very proactive. Don’t sit at your desk and wait for them to give you work, look for extra work to help with,” said Gough. “If you have a can-do kind of attitude, and you’re really proactive and can do the little jobs like answer the phones or stuff the press kits, that’s when you get to do the better stuff. They always evaluate you on the small things. And small things always lead to big things.” Her tips for students are to be punctual, go to placement every day, and dress for the job
you want, not the one you have. Come in early and stay late, the little things are what employers notice. She says that the people who go above and beyond the call of duty are the ones who typically get hired. “Look at the placement opportunity as the opportunity to do whatever you want because it’s just placement, it’s not the rest of your life,” she said. “All placements at the end are good placements, it’s what you make of it. You get to obtain some great skills and put them on your resume.”
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BEST DRESSED: Hunter the Ridgeback, Ken Babcock, and Scott Barker accept the 1st place award from Jeff Clements, Steve Clements and John Williams for the Adidas Student Style Battle for the second year in a row.
Placements offer skills for future Amy Valm The Chronicle
To a pessimist, the thought of working for free would seem like a chore with little gained. The optimist views field placement as an opportunity to gain skills, network, and set themselves up for the future. Field placement is a time to spread your wings, embark on a journey that is not quite student, and not quite professional. While you’re sitting in limbo a positive attitude and outlook is a great asset to have
Anime club offers singles U pass will rise escape on Valentine’s day in price next year for students Natasha Cohen The Chronicle
Valentine’s Day may be great for those who are in relationships – but those who are single might have been feeling lonely and left out. The Anime on campus club held the Forever Alone anime viewing night on Feb. 14, where members of the club could come to hang out and watch anime together. “Some people just feel really lonely on this day because they’re single,” said Alfred Frendo, president of the Anime on campus club. “Maybe because they think it’s their fault, maybe it’s not even their fault, maybe they
just don’t have the time for a relationship, maybe they’re just bored and don’t want to put up with all that Valentine’s day stuff, so this would be a good alternative.” The anime NHK was played, the theme throughout the story deals with hardships of life and how people must deal with them in their own way, along with depression and loneliness, and overcoming fears that hold us back. “We were brainstorming ideas for the year,” said Frendo. “We all thought this would be a pretty cool idea. Plus there are a couple of shows that match that theme specifically. Especially the one we’re showing right now, called NHK.”
During the start of the event, Frendo said they were looking for a new president, as he would be graduating and be unable to keep the position. He told any members interested to let him know, and that they could be made a shadow to get a feel of what they would be doing, adding that it is a lot of work. He encouraged members to help whenever they had the time. Members of the club or those interested can check out the website at http:// s3.zetaboards.com/animeuoitdc/, to keep up-to-date on the next club meetings. Members or fans of anime are welcome to drop by the club office in room UL 105.
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The Chronicle Durham College and UOIT students may be seeing a difference in their fees for the upcoming year, thanks to the rise in U Pass prices and the additions to popular routes. At a regional council meeting held on Feb. 15, it was decided that Durham Regional Transit would up their prices across the board. Fares will increase by two to three per cent, with the overall price of tickets rising about 10 cents.
Therefore, the U Pass for Durham Region’s college and university students will be increased from $70 per student per semester to closer to $74, effective July 1. Popular bus routes such as Simcoe and Taunton with also be updated with increased service and more buses to keep up with the growing number of DC/ UOIT students. Another transit status report, including the fate of Durham’s underperforming routes, will be provided to the council for voting in September 2013.
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Are young drivers dangerous? Sarah Hyatt The Chronicle
Even with cars that can virtually park themselves nowadays, there’s still no technological advancement like one’s wits that can prevent someone from crashing into a guardrail. Chances are if you’re a young Canadian driver that guardrail and you could have an unexpected lunch date sometime soon. Each year over 5,000 teens ages 16 to 24 die in car crashes according to Statistics Canada. About 400,000 teens are seriously injured. For each mile a teen drives they’re about four times more likely than other drivers to crash. Studies show teen drivers tend to underestimate dangerous road conditions too. What’s more, along with the lowest seat belt use rate, teens are also more likely to speed and tailgate. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration estimates the cost of teenage car accidents is over $40 billion a year. “It’s often the most dangerous thing we do on a daily basis,” said Suzanne Vukosavlevic, director of public relations for Young Drivers Canada. “You take your eyes off the road for even a split second, tragedy can strike.” Although statistics over the past 25 years show a steady decline in the number of fatal traffic collisions as well as those resulting in personal injury, car crashes remain the number one leading cause of death for young people, according to Statistics Canada. “Some people like to argue Canadian drivers have become better over the years, I think it’s things like seat belts and airbags that are really saving lives,” said Whitby resident Rita O’Connell, whose son was killed by a drunk driver at the tender age of 21. Impaired drivers impact nearly 65,000 Canadians each year, according to Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) Canada. Daily, four Canadians are killed, and about 200 are injured. O’Connell’s son was one in four, one unlucky summer evening. “I lost my son because of someone else’s choice to drive drunk,” said O’Connell. “To say it’s unfair is an understatement,” she said. “He and I were both robbed of our lives.” You never recover from something like losing your son, she added. “He had his whole life ahead of him, then suddenly and instantly he was gone,” O’Connell said, tearing up. “It’s nothing like when you lose someone you love to cancer, where you have at least a little warning. Your loved ones
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YOUNG CANADIAN DRIVERS:Teens are one of the most dangerous groups of drivers and are more likely to get into a car crash than any other driver. are ripped from you in what seems like seconds.” The worst part O’Connell says is that her son would never drink and drive. He died because he stopped a couple friends from getting behind the wheel drunk. He offered them a lift, completely out of his way, O’Connell said. Not long after a drunk driver collided head - on with their vehicle. “My boy was the only sober one, and the only one to die,” she said, all the while trying to keep her composure. According to MADD Canada, about 40 per cent of teens that are killed in road crashes have been drinking. “I find it hard to imagine that people who get behind the wheel even intoxicated could forget that they could not only kill themselves but other people too,” said O’Connell. By the time a person reaches a blood alcohol level of 0.10 he or she is 51 times more likely to crash, according to MADD. The Traffic Injury Foundation estimates there are nearly 4.5 million impaired drivers on Canada’s roads every month. Impaired driving is also the single leading criminal cause of death in Canada. According to the Department of Justice an impaired driver who injures someone may face up to 10 years in prison. Life in prison is the maximum punishment for an impaired driver who kills someone. “But that won’t bring back my son, will it?” said O’Connell. Alcohol isn’t the only issue for Canadian youth behind the wheel, though.
Distracted driving can be just as dangerous as driving intoxicated, according to Durham Regional Police. Eating or drinking, playing with the radio or CD player, passengers in the car, or even moving objects around in the car are all distractions – that can get people killed. “Teens are especially susceptible to peer pressure, as we know, and they do act differently when they’re around others,” said Vukosavlevic. “In the car it’s no different, and it’s distracting.” And of course there are those things called cellphones. This Feb. 1 marked the second anniversary of the distracted driving law, which makes it illegal for drivers to use their cellphones behind the wheel, among other things, such a laptops or DVD players, for instance. The second year of the campaign has seen a drastic increase with nearly 1,800 tickets being issued in Durham Region. In Ajax and Pickering 616 tickets were issued. Following closely behind with 463 tickets issued was Whitby. “People still can’t seem to put the phones away…turn it off while you’re in the car so you’re not even tempted,” said Vukosavlevic. It’s not worth it, she adds. Surprisingly Canadians agree they’re distracted, according to a recent survey released by Kanetix, an online quote comparison website for insurance companies. About 80 per cent of all drivers surveyed have bad habits behind the wheel.
Eating, drinking, speeding, and texting while driving took the top spots. “Something like speeding down the highway, in combination with other issues teens often face behind the wheel, like inexperience for example, can be colossal,” said Vukosavlevic. In Durham Region roughly 20 per cent of all traffic accidents involve excessive speeding or driving too fast for conditions, said police. Statistics show increasing one’s speed by one per cent increases one’s fatality risk by some four to 12 per cent. “Wherever you need to go, work, school, or the grocery store, it can wait,” said Anne Knapman, who lost her husband in a car crash years back. “You know when you’re rushing around in the morning after you’ve slept in and there’s no time for breakfast, you run back into the house five times for 10 different things and you eventually stub your toe off the coffee table or walk right into something – it’s no different in a car, eventually you hit something or someone.” She and her husband were just kids when they got married. “I was 21 and in love, and got hitched,” said Knapman. A year later she was a widow. “My husband left late that day, he was kind of in a rush, and so was the guy that hit him.” Both men were inexperienced drivers when it came to bad weather winter and it cost them their lives, said Knapman. “We’re young, and sometimes we just don’t think about
the repercussions of our actions until it’s too late,” she said. Unfortunately for teens the consequence can often be death. “Driving is a life skill; it’s a complex task,” said Vukosavlevic. “But teens often see it as a form of freedom instead.” She admits a lot of the new laws are great, but what has to change is youth’s perspective. “Texting behind the wheel is dangerous,” she said. That’s it, there’s no debate. At Young Drivers they require their students to take part in a cognitive assessment prior to actually ever getting behind the wheel of a car. We know teen brains are still developing when they’re learning to drive, said Vukosavlevic. “So from our testing we can tell if a teen will… be easily distracted behind the wheel, or tell if someone is a risk taker or overly confident… we can then help them before they start driving down the highway 80 km/h,” said Vukosavlevic. Just pay attention on the road and make smart choices for your own sake and other people’s sakes, pleads Knapman. Durham police warn teens to be extra cautious during the remainder of the winter months, and during the hours of 11 a.m. and 8 p.m., as that is when most accidents happen within the region. “Be courteous on the road,” said O’Connell. “Play your part in a better and safer community for you and your family, and for other people’s families.” No more kids need to die, she said
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STUDENTS ATTACHED TO PHONES: DC student Kristin Purdy, currently in the Business Administration-Accounting program, multitasks while at school.
Cellphones in school: a bad call? Robynne Henry The Chronicle
The sound of cell phones going off follows you no matter where you go, and they don’t stop when you enter the classroom. Usually, before a lecture, a teacher will ask everyone to turn off his or her phone. Whether the students listen or not depends on the student, but there is usually a moment when somebody’s phone goes off. “I put my phone on silent during class,” said Sarah
Brooks, a Fine Arts Durham College student. “But it bothers me when someone’s phone goes off during class.” It’s hard to find people without a cell phone, for emergency reasons or for social reasons, but they are out there. “I don’t have a cell phone,” said first-year Electrical Engineering Durham College student Naveed Khan. He said he didn’t have the money for one, and never wanted one. The use of cell phones in schools has been a hot topic
for years, with studies looking at how much they distract students, who might check their text messages or Facebook instead of paying attention in class. Some students seem to have their phone glued to their hands, constantly checking it and texting someone or updating their Facebook through the phone. “Some people are kind of scary with their phones,” Khan said. This generation is defined by older generations as the constant cell phone users, who note they go out to a bar and sit in the corner texting people who aren’t there. Go to an event at E.P. Taylor’s, take a look around and you will realize they are right. “It’s become such a part of our life that I think a lot of people couldn’t go without them,” Durham College Police foundations student Luke Princiotta said. He also said that he sees cell phones as a necessity to students, and that a lot of people couldn’t make it through a day without them. Cell phones are a way of keeping people well informed, and connected to the world around us. In 2010, Dalton McGuinty caused a stir when he was quoted as encouraging students to use cell phones in school, saying that it is a way to keep students informed. It has been proven that phones are a distraction to students, the ones using them and the people around them. “It bothers me when someone’s phone goes off during class,” Brooks said. Students with cell phones check their phone a lot during a class, and see nothing wrong with it. “I use it quite often during the day,” 911 emergency and call centre communications student Kaila Ritchie said. Princiotta also said he checks his phone every five minutes, on an average day.
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New course at Durham gives direction to service workers ham giving them an idea of which they’d like to pursue The Chronicle or if they’d rather move on to university and gain a degree Early Childhood Educa- in a specific field instead. tor. Child and Youth Worker. “Those foundational Social Services Worker. De- courses will already be velopmental Services Work- there,” said McGowan. “They er. already have it and have These are a few of the credits in those, so that their careers students in one of workload will be lighter once Durham College’s newest they enter into one of the programs can pursue after other four, if they choose to gaining the foundational go on. skills needed to work in comSome students might take munity and child services. this and decide to go to uniThe Community Services versity, which would also and Child Studies Founda- give them those credits, betions program has recently cause they’re bona fide colbeen added to the School of lege credits. So they would Health and Community Ser- be considered just like any vices as a one-year diploma. other.” “It really is geared towards Courses in psychology, sohelping students decide ciology and communications which direction they want to will prepare students for adgo,” said professor Brenda ditional education in the field McGowan, they choose. co-ordinator Social isI think it’s really sues will be for the new program. “So going to be a success discussed with they may even strategy for the stu- guest speakers come into from various ordents. It’s one way ganizations and this foundations program for us to really help to fields to help thinking they facilitate their educa- students make want to be in tion. the correct deECE (Early cision for their Childhood future. Susan Sproul Education) McGowan and decidsaid the proed, ‘nope. Child and Youth gram would be suited for Worker is more what I’m in- people with volunteer expeterested in’. So it’s an educa- rience who have an interest tion in that sense.” in helping others. Both McGowan and Susan Students must be ready Sproul, dean of the School of to work in challenging situHealth and Community Ser- ations and handle the people vices, agreed that there was within them, whether they be much movement of students children or those with menbetween four of the school’s tal health issues. programs. “I think it’s really going to Developmental Services be a success strategy for the Worker, Child and Youth students,” said Sproul. “It’s Worker, Early Childhood Ed- one way for us to really help ucation and Social Services to facilitate their education.” Worker had students decidThe new program, which ing after a semester or a year will begin in September of that they’d rather be in a dif- this year, already has many ferent program. applicants, from recent high It became expensive for school graduates to people the students. returning to post-secondary “We want them to be suc- education. cessful in their chosen proThe high number of appligram,” said Sproul. “So we cants reveals the number of found that students would people who wish to aid their apply to those programs, be community. successful, get into them, “You have to enjoy it,” said and they weren’t what they McGowan. “You’ll burn out if had anticipated.” there’s no enjoyment there. During the two semesters You might be committed to of the year-long diploma, it, but if it doesn’t bring you students will be discussing joy then it’s not going to work the four programs at Dur- for you.”
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Opportunity of a lifetime For a select few students, who are serious about a business plan, they can be their own boss this summer. Sarah Hyatt The Chronicle
It’s an opportunity of a lifetime. At least for a select few this year it will be. The Ministry of Economic Development and Innovation, along with the Summer Company Program, are offering students the chance to be their own boss. “This is an exciting opportunity for any student to create and run their very own business,” said Ryan Ounjian, program director. “The program really does teach students about budgeting, how important time management is, and what it takes to be a successful business owner.” There’s also the chance to make a little extra cash. Students are responsible for
everything themselves. “So they’re in charge of setting up meetings with organizations to get their product out there, for instance,” said Ounjian. “They’re in charge of ensuring their budgets are feasible too.” But it’s not all without a little help. Local community business leaders are around to help coach and mentor individuals. “The skills individuals take away from this experience are highly transferable and valuable,” said Ounjian. “By the end of the program these people walk away, even if they’re 15, so confident, they’re legitimate salesmen and saleswomen.” Some students have even continued on with their businesses after their summer company experience.
“We’ve had lots of people who’ve achieved success within the program,” said Ounjian. “One of our girls from last
not be working more than 12 hours at another place of employment, and must be either a Canadian citizen or a landed immigrant living in Ontario. Individuals who have been a past recipient of the Summer Company Award are not eligible. Serious applicants will be willing to commit a minimum of 35 hours weekly, for approximately eight to 12 weeks over the summer. University or
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year was very successful. She’s currently still running her own business and actually planning on travelling to Switzerland soon to expand her business, it’s been so successful.” Along with a great business plan, eligible students must be returning to school in the fall of 2012, and be between the ages of 15 and 29 as of April 30. Ideal applicants will also
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Ounjian. Students in any field of study can apply and be successful. “Whether you’re in trades, or the sciences, it doesn’t matter,” he said. “It’s about getting that entrepreneurial experience and using that experience to further develop contacts and explore new career paths.” But only a select few will be chosen for this year’s 2012 Summer Company program. “It really is a one of kind experience every time for people, and it really does give people the opportunity to live out their dreams,” said Ounjian. It’s doesn’t look horrible on a resume either. “It’s funny,” said Ounjian. “A lot of the students I see come in are looking to make a lot of money,” he said. “But they take away so much more with the skills they learn and the experience of running a business, and at the end that’s what they’re more pleased with.” The deadline to apply is May 7. Students interested in applying can visit www.ontario.ca/summercompany, or for more information call 1-866-632-5151.
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Women’s centre here to help
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Students in need of someone to lend a helping hand, a place to go for guidance or just someone to listen can always count on Durham College’s outreach co-ordinator, Barbara Bryan. Bryan has been helping students as an outreach co-ordinator since September 2009 and loves her job. “My job is to work with students and be their support system when they feel like they have no where or no one to turn to,” said Bryan. She runs several of the outreach services for the campus, including the Women’s Centre, LGBTQ Centre, and Campus Food Centre, and supervises the Sexual Health Resource Centre, which is run by students. Her primary location is in the Women’s Centre, located in the new Student Service Building; she encourages students to drop by any time to talk or hang out to empower one another. Bryan’s mantra is that she always has a shoulder to cry on. “We offer supportive services to students to empower them in any situation they’re going through, but we’re not counsellors,” said Bryan. Bryan says the Women’s Centre offers information to students on a variety of resources, referrals to medical professionals and crisis intervention. “We also host campaigns and
events for students to learn about women’s equality issues, violence against women, sexual assault and education. Our next event is the Vagina Monologues,” said Bryan. The Women’s Centre also focuses on female students who find themselves dealing with unplanned pregnancies, and provides free pregnancy tests, information on birth control methods and support. “Unfortunately, we don’t have a lot of services for women dealing with eating disorders. There is maybe one community program that we work with in support of that issue.” The LGBTQ Centre exists to advocate and educate students on issues such as Homophobic harassment, discrimination and violence. “Students that come in are dealing with homophobic issues, self esteem issues, discrimination.” Students can volunteer for the outreach programs, but training is required. The training is usually about two hours, once a semester. “I would never bring a volunteer into a session with a client who hasn’t been trained. They need to know what to say and how to react to clients, especially those who are going through a crisis.” The purpose of these outreach programs is to provide awareness, education, and promote equality and diversity among the communities at Durham College and UOIT, creating a community of peer-
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Women’s Centre: Barb Bryan shows she’s available to lend a helping hand and shows off what they have to offer. support and acceptance as part of the educational experience.
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SA gets students more involved Natasha Cohen The Chronicle
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dents – without them, students wouldn’t have as much fun on campus. Students may not realize just how much the Student Association does for them.
“My main role is event planning,” said Derek Fullerton, the vice president of campus life. “Planning the concerts, the pub nights, planning events for students to have fun. I kind of get to do the fun stuff.” The best part of his job is, “Being at the event,” he said, “There’s a lot of planning and stuff and you’re kind of getting fed up, and then when it’s finally happening you’re seeing everyone having a good time and you’re like, ‘Oh thank god’.” Fullerton enjoys helping students make the best of their stay at DC or UOIT. “You’re seeing it come to life and seeing people enjoying it. And that’s what it’s all about, that’s my job, to try and make them have fun,” said Fullerton. The Student Association is busy throughout the year working to benefit the students. “I try to keep in contact with everyone through the website too,” said Fullerton. “I slowly add people through the week as friends and if there are some events coming up, feel free to ask any questions about these or future events.“ The SA finds ways to get the
students involved. Josh Bickle started a program last year called SVF – Student Voices First. Students can give input to the SA and get a chance to meet and talk with the Student Association members. Bickle also sets up a meeting place once a month for students to come and talk if they have any questions. Fullerton found joining the SA a good opportunity. “I found out from one of my teachers, and you’re doing stuff for the students and you’re having a lot of fun.” Ijlal Gondal, the associations vice president of University Affairs, has also been busy making the student experience as good as possible. “I am negotiating with them (the university) to create some more study space for students,” said Gondal. “Secondly, I said I would solve any problems I hear in my election, so I am doing this right now, so if any students have any issues they can contact me through email.” Student Association members always welcome student’s opinions and suggestions, said Gondal.
Amy LaRue, president of the Student Association, loves her job. “Just communicating on the behalf of the students,” said LaRue. “It’s very humbling, to know that you’re representing so many people and that those considerations are being respected and honoured, when they are taken into consideration I feel I have done something that is going to better the student population - that’s why I’m here.” LaRue is most proud of what they’ve done with Riot Radio. Even before she became president, she was always involved with clubs and societies on campus. “I try to go to events, when there’s clubs, and I come to pub nights. When there are events and any time I see charity event at the school I try to keep change on me. I want to show I support them. And to me it doesn’t matter if they know whether I’m president, but just that I know I’m supporting them. Without them, without all the groups we have as part of the SA and students being here, the SA wouldn’t exist.”
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Local blogger is on her way Amy Valm The Chronicle
Her face is illuminated by the glow of a laptop, long blonde hair cascades past her shoulders; her big blue eyes enhance a friendly smile. But Lindsey Evanoff is more than just a pretty face - she’s a firecracker. Full of wit, and anecdotes, she’s the girl who has a funny story for everything. The 2007 Durham College Journalism grad now finds herself in communications but has found a way to project her creative writing side. She is a blogger. Blogging is a great way to catapult your thoughts, and make connections, but it can also turn into a moneymaker if used correctly. The tale of forgetting a cat in a suitcase (the cat was fine), bluffing about seeing a legendary native spirit in the woods, nearly sinking in an appropriated row boat, and getting stuck in a revolving subway door are all narrated on Evanoff’s blog, hungryorhappy.com, accompanied by cartoon pictures. Happy or Hungry was conceived in early 2011, originally as a healthy living blog. It has since grown into a fun storytelling blog touching on some food topics but mostly highlighting Evanoff’s comedic adventures and tales of her growing up in a
CREATIVE SPIRIT: Happy or Hungry blogger Lindsey Evanoff, whose blog has gone from focusing on healthy living into a chronicle of her personal adventures. small town. “I just found a bunch of healthy living blogs and decided I can probably do that too,” said Evanoff. “The ones I really liked inspired me to start my own. I started to become more interested in other things and started telling random stories and drawing pictures.” Evanoff said that she got a little bored with posting what she was eating every day, and assumed if she was bored writing it, people would be bored reading it. She still sometimes mentions eating in her blog, because as the title of her blog suggests, she is either happy, or hungry, and loves eating.
With a cult following of almost 600 followers and 400 page views a day, Evanoff has certainly started making a name for herself in the blogging community. She has hosted giveaways on her blog, and is sometimes sent products to sample and write about. In tough economic times, blogging is a way to make extra money. Although Evanoff is a fairly popular blogger she doesn’t make a profit from Happy or Hungry. She hopes to get into blogging for profit this year. To do that, bloggers pay a set amount of dollars per month for a server to facilitate
their blog. Advertisements are then posted on the blog to generate a profit. “I’m happy with where I am,” Evanoff said. “I didn’t expect people to actually want to read what I was writing about. Now that I have maybe a mild success, who knows where that could go? I think some bloggers measure success with how much money they’re making, but I love the interaction. I love it when people comment on my blog.” Jordanne Christie, a learning technology specialist with the Centre For Academic and Faculty Enrichment at the school, said that blogging is im-
and Durham and UOIT campuses are going pink! This year the goal to beat is a whopping $100,000. And Suzanne Clark, marketing coordinator for Durham College, says she remains hopeful it can
be done. This year’s events, such as the Change for Change Toll, and Passport to Prizes, will give students a chance to show their support and win prizes. The bookstore window and display cabinet near Tim Hortons in the Gordon Willey building offer a sneak peak as to what students can expect to win. “I think it’s absolutely great we’re doing this again this year,” said Samantha Starr from the Personal Support Worker program. “I lost my aunt about four years ago to breast cancer, and I really love to get involved and see others getting involved.” Activities will be taking place in the H-wing Galleria, Recognition Square, the Science building, Founding Dean’s atriums, Vendor’s Alley, the Student Services Building, as well as on Charles Street and the Whitby campus. The day kicks off at 7:30 a.m. with the Change for Change toll, where students can drop spare change into a pink boot, get a sweet treat in exchange, and grab a POP event schedule. The Change for Change toll will be available at any of the major building entrances until 9 a.m.
Also from at 7:30 a.m. until 5 p.m. students can pick up their Passport to Prizes. “This is a great time to have some fun and support a great cause,” said Starr.
portant for creating an online identity and expressing points of view. “Blogging is important because it gives a voice to anyone,” Christie said. “It allows someone who’s not necessarily in the publishing industry to have a voice online. People have the opportunity to share their own opinions online so it opens it up a bit more so we get a bit more diversity in the information that’s out there.” Sites such as Blogger, Wordpress, and Tumblr are free platforms to get started with blogging. A URL name can be purchased each year to generate more hits, but is not mandatory. Evanoff and Christie both feel that the key to a successful blog is to interact on other blogs by leaving comments and getting your name out there in the blogging community. Evanoff encourages bloggers to link a Twitter and a Facebook page to your blog to better market yourself. “Write the blog that you would want to read,” said Evanoff. “Don’t get too caught up in what you think your followers would want. Just do you, and don’t worry about what people are thinking when they’re reading.” Visit happyorhungry.com to follow Evanoff and see for yourself what blogging is all about.
The power of pink cannot be denied Sarah Hyatt The Chronicle
Let’s get it ‘POPPIN’! This March 7 is the eighth annual Power of Pink (POP) Breast Cancer Awareness Day,
Durham Cycling Club Spring Kick Off Spring has sprung and those avid Durham Cyclists are ready to hit the roads once again. We are holding an open house for all members and any people who might be interested in joining our club of cycling enthusiasts. No obligation to join, just come investigate why cycling with us is not just great exercise but fun and rewarding.
Thursday March 15 2012 at 7PM Sports Garden Cafe (Iroquois Centre) 500 Victoria St. West, Whitby
RSVP at INFO@DURHAMCYCLING.COM
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I lost my aunt about four years ago to breast cancer, and I really love to get involved and see others getting involved.
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Passports are stamped each time a donation is made by students. Students can pick up their passports at any participating office or display, or in the Founding Deans’ atrium in the Science building as well as in the Recognition Square in the Gordon Willey building at one of the kiosks. After students are finished with their passports they can drop them off at one of the information kiosks. Students receive one ballot per stamp. They then have
a chance to win one of the gift baskets featured or one of the several gift certificates offered. To be eligible passports must be handed in by 5 p.m. March 7. Winners will be contacted the week of March 12. The Ontario chapter of the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation will receive 70 per cent of the proceeds. The remaining 30 per cent will go to the Gala of Hope in Oshawa. The Gala of Hope with the infamous I Love Boobs attire will be on campus too. And even if you don’t have a little time for fun, students can also show their support by wearing their fav pink and denim outfit the day of. “At least support the cause, please, and show off your favourite outfit,” said Starr. “This is something that affects so many Canadians,” said Starr. Have a little fun, enjoy yourself and take the time to help someone else who truly needs it, said Starr. “It’s a win-win situation for everyone,” she said. Other students who’ve been touched by the disease also have the chance to sign memory banners available at one of the event kiosks.
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If students want to stop by to talk a little about sex... Natasha Cohen The Chronicle
Have a burning question about sex – but are shy to ask? Students can put aside their fears and pay a visit to the Sexual Health Resource Centre to get answers or advice. The Sexual Health Resource Centre provides resources, education, support and advocacy for all students concerning issues about sexual health, birth control, pregnancy options and STI prevention, treatments, and much more. Having a Sexual Health Resource Centre on campus gives students a place to go for information. “It gives a different variety of choices
to students to have either a healthy relationship or having a healthy sexual life,” said Ana Robalino, the assistant director of the SHRC. “Whether that’s with toys or having barriers to protect themselves from different types of infectious diseases.” The SHRC offers condoms, female condoms, non-latex for those who are allergic. “It gives people that variety to have a safe relationship,” said Robalino. Students can find the SHRC tucked away in the Campus Recreation and Wellness Centre. “We offer education and counseling, about anything from referrals to any concerns you may have - whether you want to go for an STI testing, HIV testing, or
adoption, abortion clinics, any type of domestic abuse. We’re also connected with the Women’s Centre and the other outreach services, whether that’s with Pride or the LGBTQ Centre.” Students may be a little uncomfortable at first with the idea, but once they take the time to come in, they get more comfortable. “After they (students) leave and talk about it, they do feel better about it and more confident about what they had issues with or were just having some questions about.” said Robalino. With the Student Health and Resource centre students don’t need to hold back any questions, or feel shy about buying a sex toy. That’s why the centre is there. Students won’t be judged.
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Students counting down to graduation day Angie Doucett The Chronicle
Graduating students are invited to attend the convocation countdown today at the Campus Wellness and Recreational Centre. The alumni association will be hosting the event in gym three from 11 a.m. until 2 p.m. Durham College alumni will be on hand to offer advice and information on the upcoming convocation ceremony and the benefits of being an alumnus. Pizza and free gifts from the alumni association will be offered, as well as the chance to win tickets to see the Toronto Maple Leafs take on the New York Rangers on March 24. For more information, students can contact the alumni association at alumni@durhamcollege. ca or drop by their office in room 2114 at Campus Corners.
Career fair for UOIT and DC students Sarah Hyatt The Chronicle
Durham and UOIT health science students are invited out for a day of fun and learning. The Hyatt Regency in Toronto will be hosting this year’s Interaction Day Healthcare Career Fair, March 25 and 26. The fair will have students meeting with employers from 10:30 a.m. until 3:30 p.m. the 25th, and 10 a.m. until 3 p.m. the 26th. Students will have the chance to learn about job opportunities abroad Canada and the U.S. Attendees will also enjoy free snacks, resume assessment, and free gifts, like massages. A grand prize draw will also occur. For more information or to register, students can visit InteractionDay.com or call 1-416-620-1940 or toll free 1-877-311-5333.
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20 Amp surprises students Mike Ryckman The Chronicle
Flash mobs are common in large public places but has anyone ever heard of a flash concert? On Feb 15 the local band 20 Amp Soundchild played a surprise flash concert in the front foyer of the Gordon Willey building at Durham. “It was so cool, everyone kind of just ran in with a bunch of guitars and microphones so I stopped to see what was going on,” said Durham College advertising student Katie FrendoCumbo. Out of Pickering, 2O Amp Soundchild has been making a name for themselves around the local music scene, playing bars like the Horseshoe Tavern, Lee’s Palace and even Durham College’s EP Taylor’s twice in the last year, said drummer Ryan Walker. After playing a few shows at Durham, 20 Amp was given a MuchFact grant to shoot a full budget music video and they chose Durham College as the venue. “We got a MuchFact grant, and the director was MMVA award winner Mike Portoghese,” said lead singer Nicolas Vieira; “We did it during Christmas break so the place wasn’t too busy.” Shooting during the Christmas break made it easier for the band to film and still made the entire experience feel like a
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20 AMP SOUNDCHILD: Guitarist of 20 Amp Soundchild, Nicolas Vieira, shreds in a surprise visit to the pit in Durham College’s Gordon Willey building. dream, according to Walker. “It was great, kind of surreal actually. A full budget video is something you don’t shoot every day,” said Walker. 20 Amp Soundchild were asked to play a surprise flash concert after making great contacts with people at Durham
through the few concerts they played and the music video they filmed at the school.“We made some good contacts while filming the video for Lights go out, so afterward they came back to us with an idea for a surprise performance to follow up on the video,” said Vieira.
The show started with Vieira playing the piano like any normal student of Durham would do when passing through the Gordon Willey Building. Within minutes the entire band brought out microphones and gear and started to play an entire concert said nursing stu-
dent Tejanna Desire.“ I was just on my way to class and I had to stop and see what was going on,” said Desire. “Someone is always playing that piano but then a bunch of guys just ran out of the hallways setting up equipment and then they just played a live show.”
Durham knows reel music Derek Morton The Chronicle
While many courses have a large project that students work towards throughout the school year, The Music Business Administration course’s project is something different. Their project is a music festival that takes place from March 14 to the 17 “It’s a four-day music and education showcase,” said Tony Sutherland, the coordinator of the course. “We focus on not only organizing local concerts all over the campus and Oshawa but also educating people with workshops and keynote speakers.” The festival puts a focus on local talent, with many of the bands coming from the Greater Toronto Area. “Unlike a normal concert where there’s maybe two or three bands playing in one venue, we have around 25 artists in multiple venues all over Oshawa. Most of these bands are local.” Students in the program run
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REEL MUSIC: Tony Sutherland (top left), music business administration program co-ordinator, talking to students about the Reel Music Festival. every aspect of the event, from booking the venues and the bands to even doing advertising to get the people to the festival. “You probably noticed our current signs in the halls, the ‘What’s This Festival?’ posters. We’re really pushing to get people to come this year.” While the main focus of the festival is on organizing con-
certs, the students also work on other attractions.“We also have our Song Writers Revealed contest, which is our song writing event. Someone plays their song in front of a panel and gets critiqued. Similar to that, we also have a Demo Derby where local bands can have their demos listened to by people working
in the music industry.”Over the years the festival has been able to bring in important people from the music industry. Last year’s highlight was the booking of radio personality Alan Cross as the keynote speaker. “We try and bring in people who have been in the music industry for a while, so they tell the students attending about
their experiences. We’re trying to educate people as to what goes into working in this industry. It can be one of the best parts of the festival.” The event started 12 years ago as the Durham Music and Film Expo. Its focus was on music and student films that would be showcased throughout the event. The event changed names over its history, from the Rock n Reel festival to Reel Music festival. “Other years we would have a film component and even some vendors, but this year the students decided that we should focus more on the music this year.” With all of the hours of entertainment that the festival puts on, Sutherland’s favourite part of the festival isn’t the shows.“I love to see the students’ work on this festival. They get to accomplish a lot in a short amount of time with this festival. I get to watch the students grow during this festival.”
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Hedley Ship Wrecked at GM Centre
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The concrete waves brought the boys of Hedley to Oshawa’s shores on Feb. 25 during their Ship Wrecked tour, docking at the General Motors Centre for a sold-out show. Fans welcomed the band to Oshawa with open arms, and screams so loud they were heard throughout the downtown area. Hedley came onto the stage after a video featuring the band becoming shipwrecked on a beach, and walking to Oshawa. It introduced the band members, lead guitarist Dave Roisin, Tom Mac on bass, Chris Crippin on drums, and Jacob Hoggard, lead singer. The empty stage was alight with the effects, and the presence of the members within seconds. Hoggard, who is known for his crazy dance moves and voice, kept all of the audience members on their toes during the show. His exaggerated dance moves that had him jumping and spinning around in circles on stage, made all the girls scream. They played fan favourites (She’s So Sorry, Sweater Song and Don’t Talk To Strangers), along with new songs from their new album Storms (One Life, Heaven’s Gonna Wait and Invincible). Hoggard dedicated the song Old School, a song about remembering how things used to be and how quickly it can be gone, to the fans. “This song is dedicated to all of you who remember the good old days,” he said before a slide
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SHIP WRECKED: Lead singer of Hedley, Jacob Hoggard, puts on a show for the sold-out show at the General Motors Centre on Feb. 25 show started as they played. The photos were of the quartet from when they were kids, when the band started, and times in between. There was also a slide show during the song Invincible, the anthem from the album Storms, with fans holding up signs with the lyrics written on them. One sign thanked Hedley because their songs helped him
deal with his autism. There was never a dull moment, even during the slower songs. At one point, the band sat in a boat in raincoats and sang a song they dedicated to the ladies in the audience. “This song isn’t dedicated to the boys,” lead singer Hoggard said. “Because when we wrote it, ‘doesn’t he look beautiful?’ just didn’t work!”
The band encouraged fan involvement, asking fans to sing along, hold their lighters and/or cell phones up during ballads, and threw out free merchandise during the show. Hoggard even stopped halfway through Don’t Talk To Strangers, to shoot free T-shirts out into the crowd. The shirts were shot through a cannon, reaching the other side of the room
numerous times. People feared the T-shirts, because people lost sight of them in the rafters. Along with dancing around the stage while singing, Hoggard would also reach into the crowd and grab fans’ hands. He would sing certain parts to eager fans, sometimes even kissing a girl’s hand, even running into the crowd at one point. He had a boy on his shoulders while he sang, with fans around him almost drowning him out. Hedley said good night to Oshawa, but came back on stage for an encore when the audience continued to scream. “We could not be where we are right now if it wasn’t for all of you!” Jacob screamed over the screams. The band gave fans everything they had in them, not expecting anything in return. Hoggard also announced that bass player Tom Mac had recently become a father, the first member of Hedley to do so. Hedley has been together for almost a decade, gathering a following of men, women and children of any age. Hedley has proved time and time again that they aren’t just a pretty face, and have a depth that other bands lack. Their songs are written mostly by lead singer Hoggard, and make fans feel like he is speaking directly to them. They emphasize people’s everyday emotions, and are easy to relate to. The lyrics range from ballads to anthems, speaking about lost loved ones, old times, mocking reality television shows and staying strong when your world crumbles around you.
Students get a peek into the future
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Physic Dan Valkos gave Durham College and UOIT students the chance to find out what their future has in store for them by allowing them to ask him three free questions. Valkos has been involved with the paranormal since 1969. In this time he has helped many people with what some people would call a physic gift, while he simply calls it an ability. “I’m no better than anyone else. It’s an ability, not a gift,” said Valkos. He was the director of the Paranormal Enlightenment Centre for seven years as well as the chief investigator for the Association of Psychic Investigative Researchers. He has performed at more than 1,200 colleges and been on
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DAN VALKOS: With just a few questions from volunteers, Dan Valkos gave students a glimpse into what their future holds. more than 1,500 radio shows. Valkos also gives lectures and teaches psychic development
and reincarnation classes. His favourite part of the job is working on his abil-
ity to become stronger and being able to give young people advice and insight.
Valkos was at E.P. Taylor’s from 9 p.m. until midnight on Feb. 15. Although you couldn’t hear what people’s questions were, you could tell by their facial expressions that Valkos physic abilities had many students emotions going. Durham student Natina DaSilva came out to ask Valkos fun questions and ended up in an in-depth conversation about her personality and family. “He was dead on when it came to my personality. It was more than unbelievable. He made the hairs on my neck stand up. I would love to have a full reading done, I also want to check out his lectures,” said DaSilva. With years of experience Valkos has no intentions of retiring any time soon. In fact, he is in the process of joining the Michigan State police.
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Creepshow has Musician Julie Doiron fans of all ages wears a genuine smile
band members remain humble and are happy to play at any The Chronicle venue. “I wouldn’t even say that it is fame. It is just that This isn’t your grandpa’s we have been everywhere so music. Well, not really. some people know who we are Canadian band the Creep- because we have tagged every show has played thousands fucking back stage room in the of local and worldwide ven- world,” Blackwood laughs, “but ues, spreading the psychobilly no way are we close to being fasound and attracting a variety mous, to me anyway. of listeners. Maybe I am wrong, but it still Psychobilly is a mixture feels like we’re just some peeps of 1950’s rock and roll with a in a band. The most important punk edge. It takes much of its thing to me is that maybe we influence from classic horror could influence some people movies and tattoo culture, in and do things right and open other words, sex and violence. up doors for more independent It’s a subculmusicians.” ture that flourEvery band ished on a worldhas their critics, You can’t impress wide scale and but for the Creepeveryone, that is im- show it’s about more recently in Canada with possible. There will the passion for bands like the always be people who music and doing Matadors from love you one minute what feels right. London, Ont. and Through this Burlington-based and then hate you the they’ve develband, the Creep- next. oped friendships show. with local bands Sarah Blackwood “It’s still a mufrom punk, rocksic that is really abilly and psynew to Canada, chobilly genres or at least has grown really and are becoming increasingly slowly,” said Creepshow’s or- well known in Toronto. ganist, who goes by stage name, “You can’t impress everyone, ‘Reverand McGuinty.’ that is just impossible. There “But more and more bands will always be people who love are springing up, as more you one minute and then hate and more Canadians catch on you the next. That stuff doesn’t through the Internet, or just bother us,” Blackwood said. through word of mouth. A lot of Since coming to fame, the our fans still don’t even know Creepshow has moved their what ‘psychobilly’ is.” way up from local Toronto bars With a variety of sound to high capacity venues. They styles, the psychobilly sub- recently played at Toronto’s genre includes a range of Opera House in January and listeners.“It’s really cool to opened for the Dropkick Murknow that people are so open- phys at the Sound Academy minded to different styles of last month. music,” Creepshow’s singer “We are doing what we love, Sarah Blackwood said. “That’s that’s really what it comes down is my favourite thing.” to… As musicians we can only “It’s so funy that we get ev- do what feels right and good to eryone from 50-year olds all us out of our hearts, and that the way down to 5-year-old comes out in the music. kids, all watching us at the People decide whether they same show,” McGuinty added like it or not. Either way, we laughing. “We transcend age!” still play music,” Blackwood But despite their success said.
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The Broken Arts is two for two for sold out shows. To follow up January’s Soundtracked 24: Factory 2012 The Broken Arts and SlowCity Magazine presented Soundtracked 25: Julie Doiron. It had been years since Doiron had played an Oshawa venue, and her brown boots were more than welcome through the Mad Café doorway on Feb 17. Opening acts were Stereo Moon, Heather Luckhart and Darling Meadow, Broken Arts member Lori-Anne Clark’s musical act. Photos taken by Marina Osmond hung by clothespins across from a table set up to sell SlowCity subscriptions and zines. While the openers played songs that made the audience sway with coffees in hand, Doiron was teaching a yoga class at Bola. There was a deal that if you took the yoga class the show was free. When people entered the café with rolledup yoga mats at quarter after nine sans Doiron, whispers skipped through the crowd. Eventually she entered to play her acoustic set, just her and her guitar. Camera flashes were as constant as her genuine smile. She offered to take her hair down and her cardigan off to give a variety to the shots by media and fans alike. She candidly spoke in between songs of her 15-year old daughter borrowing her clothes, or the last time she played Oshawa her band was on mushrooms, unbeknownst to her. Her latest album, I Can Wonder What You Did With
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SOUNDTRACKED: Julie Doiron played the Mad Cafe in Oshawa on Feb. 17 for Soundtracked 25. Your Day, stood behind her, bright blue cover a contrast to the dark night coming through the windows. Doiron began her music career in 1990 with her band, Eric’s Trip. The band was the first Canadian act to be signed to label Sub Pop Records. After three albums the band broke up and Doiron released 10 of her own. Her latest was released in 2009. Forty tickets were sold for the event, but while her audience waited, people walked in and added to the number. It has been a great year in terms of turnout for The Broken Arts.“This was the first time we sold advance tickets,”
said Harley Pageot, Broken Arts founder. In two years The Broken Arts family have put on 25 music events. The Broken Arts are a group of people who put on various artistic events throughout downtown Oshawa. They have a concert series, under the name Soundtracked. There is one Soundtracked show a month and another event such as a craft fair or busker fest. The group tries to be anything but boring and is always looking for new ways to display local talents. SlowCity Magazine came out last year. It is a music magazine put together by Will McGirk.
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Art in the heart
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Miracle Mart to The Robert McLauglin Gallery, Dani Crosby’s art has been around the block. Crosby is a businessminded artist, teacher and event co-ordinator. Her greeting cards, buttons, books and toy collection Badass Pistachios, named by Oshawa culture staple Will McGirk’s son, can be found in the RMG gift shop. Her work hangs on the walls of Stuttering John’s at 19 Simcoe St. S. and will be at the Station Gallery come July. Her illustrations have appeared in publications such as Bitch Magazine, Durham Tourism Transitions and The National Post. She does flyers for businesses such as Mad Café and event posters. The gal organized November’s The Durham Creative Marketplace and she illustrated the event posters too. Crosby attended Durham College for small business, a sign of her business savvy, and has also taught at our school. She taught basic drawing and narrative and looks forward to joining us again in the near future. Crosby’s teachings are not reserved for adults. She has taught children at the gallery and The Visual Arts Centre of Clarington. “I think it’s important to talk to every age group with the same respect,” said Crosby over hot drinks at downtown cafe Isabella’s. It was when Crosby was a child that she discovered her love of creating art, through drawing, painting and writing. She said her parents noticed her passion and were encouraging from the start. When she was five years old she entered a colouring contest at Miracle Mart. “The prize was a giant bucket of Crayola markers,” she said. Then and still now her inspiration comes from conversations and other artwork Grassroots groups such as The Broken Arts are something she
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looks to as warmly as she does institutions such as RMG. “Never stop experimenting or exploring,” was Crosby’s advice to new artists. Her current personal preference is working with brush ink. She thinks beginners should start with a basic kit of pencils of different weights and start working with charcoal. “See if you enjoy working with hard, soft or liquid materials,” said Crosby. In regards to technology Crosby said there is a place for both worlds. She herself uses computer tools for some work but warns there are certain things that cannot be imitated. When an artist wants to start selling their work, what is the next step? “Come out of the studio,” she said. Though she admits art can be a very solitary in order to make a living artist need to be social and network. They also need to lose any inhibitions about their work. “Once you start doing art for a living, you get over those insecurities,” she said. Crosby sends her work to publications as promos to invite their business. Money also comes in from word of mouth and older artists who have too big a workload and recommend Crosby’s work to potential buyers. It is not as though work is simply landing in her lap Crosby works hard to not only turn her art into food on the table but to still enjoy it. “It’s hard because when art is work, there is stress, and inspiration suffers.” And for those who think art is an easy job she has a simple answer: “It’s a service, like dentistry. I dare you to ask a plumber to work for free because he likes [plumbing]” Crosby used to work in Toronto but returned home to Durham. “This place has a soft spot in my heart.” Crosby says in 10 years she would like to own a house with a special space dedicated to teaching art. For now she remains one of Oshawa’s favourite artists.
Getting electronic with Kevin Hill
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Electro music is primarily electrically altered instruments, with 126-130 beats per minute. The wet snow and brisk air forces everyone Dubstep is another subgenre of electronic inside except those waiting for buses or travel- music and is typically 140 beats per minute, ling to class. with many more “drops,” where the music The inside of his Dalhousie house is sealed builds up to a climax and then falls back to a from the wet traces of snow and is as warm as more regular beat and rhythm. Dubstep is also a summer evening. His music mixer, which recognizable with the snare drum noise, as oplooks like a digitalized turntable, lights up like posed to a deep drum kick, like most electro a spacecraft. music. It is here that he sits under the high ceilHouse music has a softer and slower base ing of his Dalhousie house, on the cosy couch than electro or dubstep, not to mention more against the back wall of his living room. piano riffs and fewer constraints. This is Kevin Hill’s workspace Personally, Hill listens to a lot and sometimes his venue for the of top-40 hits. He says that DJs part-time but challenging art of “He put together need to have repetitive music DJing. a pretty decent top- with minimal lyrics, so it can be One year ago, Hill started out or repeated. 40 set...I thought it looped tinkering with a music-mixing The verses or choruses and would be neat if I put instrumentals in many top-40 program in his spare time. Now Hill has been offered DJ my on music together” hits, will vary slightly throughout gigs at the Banshee Bar and Deli, the song, which makes looping the Junction in Peterborough sound sloppy, according to him. and in Lindsay at the York TavElectronic music is slowly Kevin Hill ern. The 23-year-old is in his last growing in the Oshawa region. year of Business Administration Just a year ago, many clubs in the at Durham College. area wouldn’t even play dubstep Also known as DJ Maverick, he has done if it was requested, Hill said. amateur work for the past year after he was The new type of British electro had not inspired by a KRMX song while vacationing in become well liked or familiar around here. Florida. Things have a way of changing. “He put together a pretty decent top-40 Nightclubs are more open to dubstep and set…I thought it would be neat if I could put more people crave it when looking for a night my own music together,” he said. out. The enthusiasm for mixing music rubbed Within one year, Hill has dedicated so much off on his roommate at that time, and they time and effort to his hobby that he is out for became friendly competitors while the nov- more advanced challenges. elty lasted. He was the one who bought Hill’s “I’m more or less trying to make my own mixer for him. song,” he said. This requires putting together a His first completed song as being choppy great range of individual sounds – even backwith absolutely no transitions, he recalled. “It ground noise – from different sources. was just awful! I had a lot trouble with it at “I spent 30 hours putting together a song of first…I played a song out for two minutes with- two minutes,” he said. out changing it.” “Anyone who wants to get into (mixing muThe last time he threw an open house party, sic), must do it for the music, if anything…You which he DJed, he had to patch up large goug- have to learn programs and music and what es in his wall. A person had eroded the dry- music actually is instead of just what you listen wall from rubbing against it for so long with to.” a studded belt. Hill uses less common songs Some of Hill’s best work can be found on and electro, house or trance music to create his website www.soundcloud.com/kevinhill-1. remixes. The website has some of Hill’s best work These subgenres of electronic music can go and may interest listeners in checking out one more than an arm’s length over somebody’s of his parties which he DJs on Dalhousie, usuhead if they aren’t educated in the field. ally in March and October. The Chronicle
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Whosarmy sings for skate park Angie Doucett The Chronicle
After winning CBC’s Cover Me Canada, Whosarmy was warmly welcomed at Uxbridge Baptist Church as part of a skate park fundraiser. Hosted by Pocket Change Apparel in support of building the new skate park in Uxbridge, city Councillor and friend of the band Jake Mantle, welcomed guests helping to raise funds for the park. “It’s so great to see everyone out here,” Mantle said. “We need dedicated people to make this a reality.” Playing alongside Durham Region bands Lauren Malyon and Air Marshal Landing, Whosarmy entertained fans with original songs as well as covers, all well received by fans. “Cover Me Canada was a great marriage of two things. We spent all that time working on the covers, but our passion was always doing the originals,” front man Travis Wood said. “We got on the show and it was doing those things together, pick up a song and play it, now make it your own. Now we’re just carrying the torch that Cover Me Canada has lit for us. And who knows if we’ll be playing them in five or ten years, but right now we’re playing them and it feels like the right thing to do.” The church-turned-concert hall provided a great venue for the band. “The funny thing is, it’s got a great sound system - better than some places we’ve played,” Whosarmy guitarist Cory Williams said. Since Cover Me Canada, the band has grown musically and in popularity among fans. Working with producer Gavin Brown, Whosarmy has further developed their own style and matured as artists. Whosarmy’s cover of Paul Anka’s Lonely Boy has turned into a fan favourite. Yet the band feels all their covers are reinvented and turned into their own pieces. “Once we were on Cover Me Canada, we wanted to play those songs. We’ve brought them to a point where they feel like Whosarmy songs,” Drummer Max Trefler said. After their success on the show, the band is in and out of the studio preparing new material.“It’s exciting working on the new stuff with Gavin and feeling so great about it. We all kind of want to be there in the studio. If we wanted to we could just send one guy in and we could all stay home, but no, that’s not in any way what we’re about,” Wood said. Trefler said it’s about commitment and hard work. “You’ve gotta bring it every
time you’re in there, every time you’re playing. It’s not just a passing thing. That’s what it’s going to sound like every time you listen to it forever. It’s got to be your best and can be a lot of pressure and you have to play it like you mean it. It’s so rewarding during and after,” Trefler said. “The new songs are stylistically different and we’re on a different level.”Wood said since winning the competition, it took about a month to get their new songs together and the band looks forward to touring this summer with a possible new album or an EP. Whosarmy will be headlining a show at the Horseshoe tavern in Toronto on April 5 at 8 p.m.
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WHOSARMY: Travis Wood of Whosarmy shows his passion as part of the Pocket Change Apparel’s skate park fundraiser in Uxbridge.
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A bit of curiosity for Family Day
Nancy Ellis The Chronicle
What did you do to celebrate Family Day? – About 93 people visited the Oshawa Community Museum and Archives for Curio Day on Feb. 20, where the most popular educational sets of artifacts were out for display in the Guy House from noon to 4 p.m., including old cameras, archeological artifacts and toys. Heritage Day was established in 1973 by the Heritage Canada Foundation and is celebrated the third Monday of February. It’s a day to celebrate Canada’s history and the architectural and natural heritage of our country – and to promote the preservation of history. In 2008 when Family Day was created and coincided with Heritage Day, the Oshawa Community Museum and Archives decided to host family events. The museum has artifacts on display and family tours. “We tried to bring a family learning aspect” to our events, said Lisa Terech, visitor experience coordinator at the Oshawa Museum. “Basically we’re opening up some of our artifacts to really interact with Oshawa’s history,” said programming assistant Victoria Michalowsky. There were tours available, she said. The tours last about 45 minutes to an hour and include the Robinson House, where Milk Stories: Remembering the Oshawa Dairies exhibit is on display, and the Henry House, a Victorian era home. During the tours people love to stop and look, and extra time is allotted for that, Terech said. The general store in Robinson House seems to interest a lot of people. “They like to see old logos like Premium Plus or Mr. Christie,” she said.
The kitchen in the Henry House gets a lot of questions too, Terech said. “The most unique thing in our kitchen is a pot scrubber. It looks like a fly swatter or a torture device,” she said. Lisa Terech, visitor experience coordinator, chose the artifacts for their commonality and because she finds them interesting, hoping that others will too. “There are tables for interaction with objects; to get a feel for them,” she said. The objects were there for people to hold and touch. The Toys and Games, Archeology in Oshawa, Curious About Cameras and Early Lighting sets were on display. Last year’s Family Day included Victorian costumes for children to dress-up and Victorian toys to play with. “The archeology set gets rented out a lot; it fits in with the Grade 6 curriculum,” Terech said. The educational kits are great teaching tools, she said. Rental is $25 a week for a full kit with background information and 10 artifacts, or you can build your own selection for a different fee. The Toys and Games kit includes Noah’s Arc (ship and animals), corn husk dolls, a catapult, marbles, structural blocks (vintage Lego-type blocks), a button string used for jewelry, a whirligig, a balero (ball and cup) and more. “My favourite is this mechanical bank from 1869,” Terech said. The coin collector or piggy bank is made from metal with a painted boy, dog and barrel on the top. The dog takes the penny into its mouth and jumps across to throw it into the barrel, down into the bank. Terech said it must have been the nice weather that attracted so many families. She remembers last year’s weather as grey and dismal. Oshawa also celebrated Oshawa Heritage Week from Feb. 20 to 26 and
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THE BEST DRESSED: Programming assistant Victoria Michalowsky dressed up in a Victorian era outfit for Curio Day on Feb. 20. on the weekend of Feb. 24 and 25 the Oshawa Community Museum, the Clarington Museum and Archives and others visited the Oshawa Centre. The heritage section was set up near Purdy’s Chocolates in the mall. The Oshawa Museum had curio artifacts
inside a case for display, Terech said. “People could take a look and if they guess all five correct, they win a complimentary tour.” The event was aimed at exposing a wide variety of people to Oshawa’s heritage and the great resources available.
Band finds success playing local shows Meghan Wels The Chronicle
A talented trio of Whitbyraised musicians have come together to bring a unique sound the GTA’s local music scene. The small but loud alternative rock band is known as The Busker Bros and features brothers Chris and Sean Panacci who take turns on guitar and bass, and percussionist Dan Leduc. The band has found success at many local shows throughout the GTA. They’ve played various bars in downtown Toronto such as The Rivoli and Clinton’s Pub. They even drew quite the crowd at Living Culture’s Musical Entropy on Saturday Jan. 21 at The Bombshell in Oshawa. “We just get out there and try and play as many shows
as possible,” said percussionist Leduc. Chris Panacci and Leduc both attend school in downtown Toronto – Panacci at Ryerson and Leduc at York -- so it gives them a lot of opportunities to find new venues to play at in the city. The boys grew up together in Whitby and each roamed the halls of All Saints Catholic High School, where Sean Panacci is currently in Grade 9. “In highschool, you’d just jam with whoever had an instrument,” said Leduc. “It didn’t matter if we were good or not, we just played ‘cause we loved it.” The Busker Bros began when Chris Panacci and Leduc found they shared a bond over similar taste in music. “The only person I knew that had such a ridiculous amount of music on their computer was Chris,” said Leduc. “That kind of got the chemistry going.”
Both Panacci and Leduc played instruments and jammed together frequently during their time at All Saints. It wasn’t until the summer of 2011 that the Busker Bros began jamming officially as a band. “Chris asked me to start writing bass lines for their songs,” said Sean. “That’s when we started recording.” The boys experimented with their sound and recorded what they came up with together. “When we first started recording it sounded awful,” said Leduc. “It just took a little bit of abuse and before we knew it started coming together.” Since then, the Busker Bros have recorded a four track E.P. titled From A Frozen Shoreline which can be found at buskerbros.bandcamp.com. Check out the Busker Bros on Facebook to learn more about new music and upcoming local shows.
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Next generation cars displayed Philip Petrovski Chronicle Staff
For most people, Christmas and birthdays are the most highly anticipated time of the year. But for car fans, the Canadian International AutoShow is the year’s biggest event. Last year, the auto show had its highest attendance records, setting an even higher bar for this year. But with a room full of supercars surpassing the $10 million mark, attendance records were broken again. The Metro Toronto Convention Centre has hosted the auto show for years, but with all-new features and cars every year, the auto show is always original. So how is an auto show of this scale put together? Assistant director of advertising for the auto show, Linda Carmichael says, “When we bring in cars, they’re typically from dealerships. For Auto Exotica, Ferrari of Toronto and other companies bring in their cars for the show. But we usually start preparing for the auto show around September, putting together the floor plan. So we start pretty early.” This year, the auto show had some of the rarest, newest and most radical cars to date. Auto Exotica included the Pagani Zonda R, the only one on the continent, as well as the beloved 1,001 horsepower Bugatti Veyron. BMW also delivered it’s awe inspiring Vi-
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CANADIAN INTERNATIONAL AUTOSHOW: The Canadian International Autoshow had over 160,000 fans breaking all previous records. The show had a room full of supercars surpassing the $10 milion mark. sion concept, which was featured in Mission Impossible 4. With so many reasons for car fans and car shoppers to come to the auto show, the show set records yet again. Jaime-Lea Foss is the marketing specialist at the auto show, “The first weekend alone, we had over 160,000 people attend. And we managed to break last year’s records as well.” With each new auto show comes new vehicles from manufacturers eager to get their cars noticed.
And as a shopping experience, the auto show makes it easier to compare cars, get information and see what’s on the market. As a result, manufacturers notice an increase in sales. “You’ll see an increase in sales within a three-month period following the auto show,” Foss says. “So manufacturer sales are definitely affected by the show.” Keeping the auto show fresh after 38 years is more difficult than it sounds, but the show’s
Woman in Black leaves its audience in screams Natasha Cohen The Chronicle
If you’re feeling like watching a scary movie that’s not too gory but still gets your heart hammering, Daniel Radcliffe’s new movie The Woman in Black might be a good choice. The Woman in Black follows young lawyer, Arthur Kipps (Daniel Radcliffe) a single father who lost his wife when she gave birth to their now 4-year-old son (Misha Handley). Arthur is facing financial problems along with the stress from his employers. He’s also still grieving for his wife Stella (Sophie Stuckey). He is given one last chance to save his job and assigned to handle the estate of Alice Drablow, who owned Eel Marsh, where she had lived with her husband and son Nathaniel, and sister, Jennet Humfrye. At Eel marsh, Kipps works on the paperwork, but keeps
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WOMAN IN BLACK: Daniel Radcliffe in a scene from his new horror flick hearing footsteps and sees a woman dressed in black. Kipps reports the sightings to the police station, and slowly unravels the terrible truth of the Woman in Black and the things she does to the people living there. This movie is excellent for
getting your heart pounding, and the fear viewers will get with the anticipation of what’s going to happen next. Daniel Radcliffe continues to prove he can go beyond his Harry Potter role in this horror movie remake. A scary movie doesn’t need to be full of blood and gore to be scary. The Woman in Black is a 1983 horror fiction novel by Susan Hill, about a menacing ghost that haunts a small English town, foreshadowing the death of children. It was adapted into a stage play by Stephen Mallatratt. A television film based on the story, also called The Woman in Black, was produced in 1989 with a screenplay writer Nigel Kneale with actor Adrian Rawlins playing Arthur Kipp. The latest The Woman in Black proves to be as good as its predecessors. Check this one out next time you go to the theatre.
staff works hard to make sure the audience doesn’t feel like they come to the same show ev-
ery year. “The auto show is always changing. Even aside from the cars there’s always something new for people to come check out,” said Foss. “We always have special features for the auto show, and this year it’s Auto Exotica. We also had the EcoDrive showcase, where we had some of the most energy-efficient vehicles.” This year’s huge success had attendees looking forward to next year. Brian Smith is a regular visitor at the auto show. “The manufacturer exhibits were good but I was surprised that they had the Veyron, and that whole supercar exhibit was wild. There was a lot of new stuff this year, but the idea is the same. Pretty much every car you can think of is under one roof.” With the massively successful auto show all wrapped up, the staff at the Canadian International AutoShow will need to build something truly incredible to shift into next year.
District Down rocks the house at El Mocambo Aaron O’Toole The Chronicle
Oshawa’s District Down took a party bus up to their show at El Mocambo in Toronto, Feb. 18. “We do the party bus three sometimes four times a year,” said Brian Hatcher, the rhythm guitarist in District Down. The bus left Oshawa from The Roi at 8:45 p.m. with about 40 of the band’s fans, family and friends. “Let’s get the party bus started,” said Hatcher. As he turned up his portable stereo, the bus warmed up and took off down the 401 to Toronto. That night All But Over, Unbound and Laugh at the Fakes from Toronto hit the stage with Alyeus from London and District Down. It was a friendly and loud atmosphere all night at 464 Spadina Avenue. The artists were all predominantly heavy rock and metal influenced. Anthony Dell’ Orso and Of The Bear bookings organized the event. On The Covers were playing 90s songs off to the side while the other bands set up on the main stage. They covered some Nirvana, Radiohead, and The Strokes hits. The crowd was enjoying themselves during each performance. Mark Beitle, the vocalist in District Down, said, “We recently recorded a new single in Toronto.” District Down has a Facebook page that displays upcoming events and plays their music. Their performance was exciting and entertaining; Beitle is a powerful vocalist. “We don’t think we’re rock stars, but we like to have fun,” said Beitle. “We all grew up in the GTA,” said Hatcher. “We just did a radio interview on S@Y Radio at Seneca College and we’ve been touring all over Ontario,” said Julian Craig, drummer in Laugh at the Fakes. “We just finished filming a new video.” “The songs called Little Girl,” said Everett Manson, who plays guitar and sings in the band. Their music video for Little Girl and some of their other songs can be found on YouTube. “If you’re interested you can check out our Facebook page www.facebook.com/Alyeusband,” said Andrew van der Voort, the drummer in Alyeus. District Down play at The Eclipse in Oshawa on March. 16 with Distance in Decibels, and other great bands.
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Lords battle with OCAA best Star Erin Emery keeps score close against Seneca Tyler Richards The Chronicle
The Durham Lords women’s basketball team played what would be their final game of the regular season on Feb. 22 against the second-place Seneca Sting. The Lords lost the game by 20 points as Seneca trampled them 69-49. Even though the Lords downed the first basket of the game, it really was the Sting who stung hard, holding the Lords off for the first five minutes of the game. But with some major help by the team’s star guard Erin Emery, the Lords bounced back in the latter half of the first quarter to keep the game’s score tight. The Lords’ second quarter was nothing spectacular. They constantly turned the ball over and allowed the Sting to grab
a commanding lead. Little improved over the quarter, but free throws by Brittany Walters and key baskets by Odette Stephens helped the Lords to encroach on the Sting’s massive lead. At the start of the third quarter the Sting came out late to the floor and Durham let them know they didn’t like to be kept waiting, scoring six points right out of the gate. But the Sting’s heavy press and some questionable calls by the referees dampened the Lords’ earlier successes in the quarter. Play didn’t improve for the Lords in the fourth quarter. The street-ball style of play by the Sting took its toll on the Lords as they desperately tried to solve the Sting’s press “They have a big bench so they are able to press the whole game,” Emery said. A rare miss by Emery on the
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DEDICATION: Durham’s Brittany Walters passes the ball during the final home game of the season against Seneca. foul line put the Sting on the offensive for the rest of the quarter. The questionable referee-
ing continued into the fourth quarter with missed calls on both sides of the court.
Durham fights to the end Robynne Henry The Chronicle
The Durham Lords men’s basketball team played their final conference game against the Seneca Sting on Wednesday Feb. 22, ending the game with an 87-82 win. The Lords held a 68-43 lead going into the fourth quarter. It looked like the Lords were going to have an easy one-sided win, but Seneca turned on a switch, managing to outscore the Lords 39-17 to cut the lead to just three points with under a minute left on the clock. The Lords wouldn’t go down without a fight; they tightened up their defence and forced a Sting turnover, while senior player Tyler McGarrity capped the game off with a lay-up. Kevin Honig had 18 points and seven rebounds for the Lords, while Christoff Pierre had 15 points and four rebounds. McGarrity had eight points and seven rebounds in the win. The Lords also beat the Cambrian Golden Shield 67-42 on Saturday, Feb. 18 at home, with Pierre leading the Lords to another victory with 16 points. Tristan Franciso had 11 points off the bench, while McGarrity had nine points and eight rebounds. The Lords beat St. Lawrence 67-57 on Friday Feb. 17, com-
The Lords gave the ball away towards the end of the game; the obvious frustration of the Sting’s press began to break them down. After her earlier miss Emery hit the foul line a few more times before the game ended sinking all her shots. Kelsey Hare also managed to sink some free throws at the end of the game, but it wasn’t enough to bring the Lords up from their 20-point deficit. “Seneca has been averaging over 100 points in the last three games,” coach Tim Baulk said. “We held them down to under 70, so I’m really pleased with that.” “Kelsey was very frustrated tonight, they played a physical game. Frustration is part of the game and you have to work through that,” Baulk said. “They’re always tough to play,” said captain Emery. The stars of the show for Durham were Walters, Stephens and Kenesha Stinchcombe-Brown, while its superstars Emery and Hare still netted their fair share of baskets.
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FINAL STAND: Durham Lords’ guard Tristan Francisco fights for position against the Seneca defence during the Lords’ last regular season game. ing back in the second half, outscoring them 42-22. Pierre has his season high points of 35 points in this game, and also went 14-for16 at the free throw line, with 24 of his points coming in the second half comeback for the
Lords. Honig led the Lords on the defensive end with seven rebounds and four steals. Durham finished conference play in a three-way tie for third place in the Ontario Colleges Athletic Association (OCAA) east region with a record of
12-8, ending up in fifth place due to the OCAA tie-breaking procedures, and had an OCAA championship qualifying game in Hamilton on Saturday, March 2 against the Mohawk Mountaineers. Results were not available at press time.
Can’t help but notice the posters of roller-skates in DC halls? This retro image is a symbol of girls, violence and sport. Durham Region Roller Derby is inviting the public to meet the teams before their first home season starts. People can meet the athletes from the Motor City Madames, the Atom Smashers and the Durham Derby Devils March 24 at Out Lounge and Eatery at 540 King St. W. in Oshawa. Tickets are $10 and the event starts at 8 p.m. There will be plenty of door prizes, raffle tickets and referee Teddy Refspin will be the party’s DJ.
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An eye for new recruits Bringing the fun Mike Pickford The Chronicle
Although the indoor soccer season is well under way, head coach Stan Bombino still has half an eye on the fall’s outdoor program. Recruiting is a major part of college soccer and Bombino says it’s at this time of the year that coaches should be looking for new talent. “February is around the time I start getting actively involved in outdoor soccer again,” Bombino said. “It’s important not to
get left behind in the recruiting process.” Unfortunately, with it being winter, no outdoor leagues have commenced, so Bombino has to rely on his past reviewing, reports from other people and interviewing possible candidates. “I’m interviewing prospects all the time in the winter,” Bombino said. “They’re players that have come to me with an interest in playing, players I’ve seen before that are now ready for college soccer and players that have been referred to me
by other people.” With the bulk of last year’s team expected to return, Bombino is optimistic the mix of youth and experience will pay dividends for the Lords next season. “The players we had last year were very skilled but maybe weren’t ready for the pressures of college soccer,” Bombino said. “With a year’s experience under their belt they will be better this season. Mix that with some young talent and we’re expecting a successful campaign in the fall.”
Lords lose to last-gasp goal Mike Pickford The Chronicle
The Durham Lords women’s indoor soccer team fell at the final hurdle of the Sheridan Invitational on the weekend of Feb. 19 losing 1-0 to the Humber Hawks in the championship game. The tournament involved many of the top teams in the OCAA, including one of the Lords closing rivals, the Seneca Sting. The Lords advanced from round robin play having gone undefeated in three games. In
the first game they defeated the hosts Sheridan Bruins 2-1 courtesy of a game-winning goal from Leanna Fomenko. Fomenko then went on to score a hat trick against the George Brown Huskies in a big 4-0 win. The Lords also tied the Fanshawe Falcons 0-0 in the group stage, giving them an overall record of 2-1-0. The Lords were then drawn against the Seneca Sting in the semi-finals and defeated them 1-0 in a close game, thanks to a goal from defender Chelsey Rogatinsky. The final, contested against
the Humber Hawks, was a close game with both teams creating several chances throughout. However, it was the Hawks who finally broke the deadline with a goal three minutes from time to condemn the Lords to a heartbreaking defeat. The Lords will be quietly confident, however, for the regional championships taking place March 5-7 in Vaughan, Ont. They are included in the same pool as such teams as the Seneca Sting and Cenetennial Colts, teams they have already played and defeated this year.
back into sports Bobby Perritt The Chronicle
Why so serious? There’s a lighter side to competitive sport too. On April 10, the Harlem Ambassadors show-basketball team will transform the north campus gymnasium into a live theatre of basketball and goofy showmanship as a fundraiser to assist with childhood cancer and childhood hunger. Oshawa Optimist Club, a non-profit youth-oriented charity, has organized the night. Half the profits raised will go to support children with cancer in Durham Region and the other half will fund a local youth food drive. Tickets are $8 each and $25 for a family of five. Optimists are organizing a team to play against the Ambassadors, and are seeking some Durham Lords and UOIT Ridgebacks. The game will not only be about professional basketball, but also showing off cool tricks, less-than-professional
dancing and other audienceinteractive Ambassador family entertainment. “We’re trying (to) get Mayor (John) Henry and council members and the fire chief too,” said president of Oshawa Optimist Club, Sandy Crosbie. “It’s a big risk,” he also said, noting some of the expenses of arranging the event. Crosbie said he is dedicated to rigorously promoting the event and filling as many of the thousand available seats as possible. He encouraged anyone interested in buying or selling tickets to call his cell at (905) 431-0960 or his home at (289) 240-6399. Ticket sellers will earn a 20 per cent profit of their sales. Optimist has helped with local youth causes for over 30 years. The charity is a branch of Optimist International Canada, made of 20,000 volunteers countrywide. To see what the Ambassadors have up their sleeves for the evening, visit www.harlemambassadors.com.
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Western Lakehead Waterloo York Windsor Brock Guelph Laurier UOIT
28 21 4 3 28 19 9 0 28 15 9 4 28 14 10 4 28 15 12 1 28 13 14 1 28 9 14 5 28 9 17 2 28 6 21 1
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Laurier Guelph Toronto Queen’s York Western Windsor Brock Waterloo UOIT Ryerson
26 25 0 1 26 18 6 2 26 15 10 1 26 14 9 3 26 13 12 1 26 13 13 0 26 12 12 2 26 12 13 1 26 10 11 5 26 10 16 0 26 1 23 2
Centennial 20 18 2 36 Algonquin 20 16 4 32 Georgian 20 12 8 24 St. Lawrence 20 12 8 24 Durham 20 12 8 24 George Brown 20 11 9 22 Fleming 20 8 12 16 Seneca 20 8 13 16 Loyalist 20 7 13 14 La Cite 20 4 16 8 Cambrian 20 2 18 4
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West division
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Playoffs Durham lost its playoff game to Mohawk,
The UOIT men’s team did not make the playoffs this year
East Region
OTL Pts
51 38 31 31 27 26 26 25 25 20 4
Playoffs While the UOIT women’s team came close they did not make the playoffs, missing out by five points.
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Algonquin 16 15 1 30 Seneca 16 15 1 30 George Brown 16 11 5 22 Loyalist 16 10 6 20 Durham 16 7 9 14 Fleming 16 5 11 10 Georgian 16 5 11 10 Centennial 16 4 12 8 St. Lawrence 16 0 16 0 Playoffs After a record season for Captain Erin Emery the Lords could not succeed in the playoffs and lost to Humber.
OCAA Women’s Volleyball East Region
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Algonquin 20 19 1 38 Seneca 20 18 2 36 Durham 20 15 5 30 Loyalist 20 14 6 28 Georgian 20 13 7 26 La Cite 20 9 11 18 George Brown 20 8 12 16 Fleming 20 5 15 10 Trent 20 4 16 8 Cambrian 20 4 16 8 Boreal 20 1 19 2
Cambrian 20 19 1 38 Algonquin 20 14 6 28 Georgian 20 14 6 28 Trent 20 13 7 26 Seneca 20 13 7 26 Loyalist 20 12 8 24 George Brown 20 9 11 18 Durham 20 7 13 14 La Cite 20 5 15 10 Fleming 20 4 16 8 Boreal 20 0 20 0
Playoffs Durham won their playoff game against Fanshawe, but failed to make it further than three games into the OCAA championships.
Playoffs Durham failed to gain enough points to qualify for the playoffs.
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