Durham Chronicle Issue 08

Volume XL, Issue 8

Novermber 27, 2012

Diwali shines light on DC

Manjula Selvarajah

FESTIVAL OF LIGHT: International students perform a dance at Durham College’s Diwali celebrations. See stories pgs 27, 28.

One-two step leads to DC three-peat Jeff Budgell The Chronicle

The Durham College and UOIT dance team took home first place at the 10th annual Ontario Universities Competition for Hip-Hop (OUCH) at the John Bassett Theatre on Nov. 17.

The victory was the third OUCH win in a row for Durham College and it didn’t come without controversy.

All teams beside Durham performed multiple songs that flow together, forming a playlist. The playlist is an integral part of the performance. The competition even has a special award for what the judges deem to be the best playlist, an award that was taken home

by Carleton University. The other special award recipients include: McMaster for best costumes, and the University of Toronto, St. George for best transitions.

While the other 14 schools performing put together multiple different songs, Durham College decided to just play one song, Missy Elliot’s, “9th inning.,” a song that speaks to how this will be the last year for the seniors of the group who’ve not only put the crew together, but also won the two other OUCH titles.

“We decided to use one song

Jeff Budgell

THREE-PEAT: Durham College dance crew makes a statement with their third straight title at this year’s Ontario Universities Competition for Hiphop, held in Toronto. to send a message to the other schools. We wanted to prove you could tell a story and send a message with one song instead of using 9 million songs in two minutes,” said Wayne Carrasco, one of the Durham College dancers. “We also wanted to show them the professional level we were on, compared to

doing the same old thing every time. Quality over quantity.”

Using just one song had mixed response from the audience, and some of them seemed to be confused about whether it was over.

But while the performance was short-lived, it was still one of the standouts of the night

and the judges came to a unanimous decision to award first place to Durham College.

“With Durham I think a lot of it was heart. I think what pushed it for us was the performance behind the steps. The energy, the vibe, and the clean transitions,” said Kojo “TUCH” Mayne, one of the judges. “An-

other thing was that now a days crews will do like 10 tracks or they’ll do 20 tracks, but we just thought it was a little bit refreshing that the group did one song and they killed it.

Some groups took 10 minutes to give us something hot,

See DC on pg 2

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Santa visits Oshawa for the Christmas parade Alex Martinez The Chronicle

Jeff Budgell

CHAMPIONS: For the third consecutive year, DC dance crew earns the title at OUCH.

DC dance crew titles at OUCH Continued from pg 1

these guys gave us something hot in two minutes.”

According to Mayne, the decision for both first and second place (University of Toronto, St. George) winners was unanimous, while the choice for third was harder to decide, eventually ending in a tie between Wilfrid Laurier University and McMaster University.

“It was quality vs. quantity; it was straight to the point,” said Jungle, another one of the three judges.

“There was no gimmick involved. It was just dance.

They weren’t trying to hide anything by having smaller numbers, or less time on stage.

It was just dance and you

couldn’t deny it.”

He also shared Mayne’s appreciation for their choice to only play one song.

“It was refreshing, whether it’s a one-song thing or something that separates you from the 15 crews, you got to have that something, because that factor will help you stand out with the judges.”

“Getting the three-peat was just as sweet as the first one because we really wanted to win to send a message to all the schools that you haven’t figured us out yet and that wasn’t a fluke all those years,” said Carrasco.

The money raised by OUCH will be going to the Simcoe Hall Settlement House in Oshawa on behalf of Durham College.

He’s making a list, checking it twice. Going to find out who’s naughty or nice. Santa Claus came to Oshawa.

On Saturday Nov. 17, Santa’s Parade of Lights took over the streets surrounding the Oshawa Centre with bright lights, Christmas music and children from various clubs and organizations. The cold weather didn’t stop the spectators from having a festive night. Christmas cheer and celebrations brought high energy and joy to the thousands of children and adults who were in awe of the floats, and who patiently waited with excitement just to get a glimpse of Ol’ Saint Nick.

The 88 entries in the parade included local business and sport clubs who helped spread Christmas cheer by handing out candy canes and stickers to the crowd .

The Durham Lords and the UOIT Ridgebacks had their team busses in the parade, along with athletes who walked and greeted children. The Wing Chun and Martial Arts float had children waving to the crowd, bright lights, and music playing for the spectators. Some floats even had up to four cars covered in lights.

The parade was put together by the Santa’s Parade of Lights committee who were in charge of entree floats, order of floats, security, pathway clearance, safety and of course Santa’s float. Also assisting in this year’s parade was the Durham College Special Events Auxiliary Team (S.E.A.T.) with 30 student volunteers.

First-year Police Foundations students Jennifer Chinaloy and Kristen Jarvis

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HO HO HO: Santa Claus at the Santa’s Parade of Lights in Oshawa, on Saturday, Nov. 17 were among the 30 student volunteers at this year’s parade.

Chinaloy described her duties as volunteer.

“We blocked off all the streets so cars and people were not allowed in,” said Chinaloy.

“We made it safer for the pedestrians on the road.

A few cars were trying to get in and force people aside but we stopped that and told them not to come in.” The volunteer work they put in that night was part of the 40 hours of mandatory community service they need for the S.E.A.T. program.

Both Chinaloy and Jarvis were looking forward to seeing the grandest float that evening.

“I’m looking forward to seeing Santa,” said Jarvis. “I have never been to a Santa Claus parade in my life so this was fun.”

Third-year parade committee member Tom Lloyd believes this year to be better than in past years.

“Each year I’ve seen a number of improvements,” said Lloyd. “We talk about things that we can maybe change.

This is the first time that we have used both north and south parking lots and it made it so much easier.

We always had the concern of big trucks coming in and so

many children that could get hit. We give the drivers a lot of credit. They have been very good with that.”

Lloyd plans on helping out again next year.

With all the help from the SEAT and Santa’s Parade of Lights Committee, none of this would have been possible if it weren’t for event co-ordinator Jodi Hewett.

Hewett, chief of the Santa’s Parade of Lights committee, was thrilled with the volunteer staff at this year’s parade “The students from Durham College in the S.E.A.T. program did a fabulous job tonight,” said Hewett.

“We got a lot of wonderful reports on them, and their help was just excellent. Of course our crew did a fabulous job.

They just pitch right in and help. We have an awesome, helpful committee.”

This is the fourth year the committee has run the parade.

As floats and walkers started marching along the route of King Street, down south on Centre Street, west on John Street. to Elmgrove, children rushed back to the end location to see Santa’s float and tell him what they wanted for Christmas.

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Durham prepares to vote Manjula Selvarajah The Chronicle

Voters in Uxbridge, Scugog and Clarington go to the polls on Nov. 26 to select their next Member of Parliament.

Students heading to the voting booths will find connections to the campus on the ballot.

Their choices include a former general manager of the Durham College and UOIT Student Association, Liberal candidate Grant Humes, and a former Durham College environmental technology student, Green Party candidate Virginia Erwin.

Other candidates in the race include Christian Heritage Party candidate Andrew Moriarity, Conservative candidate Erin O’ Toole, NDP candidate Larry O’ Connor and Online Party candidate Michael Nicula.

Humes left the general manager role in October this year to work on his campaign.

“When I got nominated I had to leave,” he said. “One of the rules was that you couldn’t run for political office when you work there, which makes a lot of sense.”

Formerly a vice-president and chief operating officer at the Toronto Board of Trade, Humes spoke about his understanding of the struggles of students from his time at the SA. “You have extremely bright young people, who have put huge energy into their education, and then to leave and find yourself underemployed or unemployed is a difficult way to start off life,” he said.

He said the unemployment rate in Durham Region is a

UOIT hits decade mark

Students celebrate 10 years Leah Hanna Manjula Selvarajah

DURHAM BY-ELECTION: Erin O’ Toole, Conservative candidate for Durham, answers questions from a resident at his campaign office. percentage point higher than the Ontario average.

“Even though we think of ourselves as being a fairly successful area, with a fairly reasonable degree of manufacturing, we are finding ourselves disadvantaged from a point of view of the number of jobs compared to the balance of the province,” he said.

He sees investments in the nuclear and auto sector as critical to keeping high quality jobs in the region.

Erwin, a field technician with Durham-based Continental Fitness, was quoted by Durham Region news proposing the renewable energy sector as a driver of new jobs into the

economy. She did not respond to an interview request from the Chronicle.

A poll by the Forum Research Group places the Conservative Party’s Erin O’ Toole as the frontrunner, with 42 per cent of respondents indicating a voting preference for him.

The poll results, announced on Nov. 13, also show that O’Toole leads the vote even in the individual categories of respondents, across genders, age groups and income levels.

In second place is the NDP candidate with 26 per cent of the vote, and the Liberal candidate captured third place with 22 per cent.In response to the poll, Michael Maynard, a for-

mer campaign manager for Humes in the 2011 federal elections and president of the Oshawa Federal Liberal Association, said he always waits to see what happens when voters head to the polling station. “The most important poll is the one that happens on election day,” he said.

The seat was vacated in July of this year when former twoterm MP Bev Oda resigned following some administrative and expense-related controversies that dogged her in her last year.

Students looking for information on voting details can visit the Elections Canada website at www.elections.ca.

Artist makes food for the eyes

Jesse Lyle The Chronicle

The Robert McLaughlin Gallery held the opening of its Raw and Cooked sculpture exhibit on Nov. 18.

The sculptures are the work of P.E.I. based artist Gerard Beaulieu, whose work focuses on the way farming has changed in a bad way.

“The show is about the problematic relationship we have developed with food,” said Gil McElroy, curator of the exhibit. “The drought this past year decimated the corn crops and really revealed how much things have changed.”

On display for the exhibit are stalks of corn not for eating, but used for ethanol. They are covered in tar to represent the fact that they are cursed to be used for industry. A fivefoot rooster made out of syringes stands next to the corn.

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MCLAUGHLIN GALLERY: Marc Beaulieu shows off his sculpture at the opening reception of Raw and Cooked.

It represents how animals like chickens are pumped full of drugs to genetically modify them. In the next room, the piece known as Drift, which is 72 jelly-fish made entirely out of garbage hanging from the

ceiling, is used to represent how we treat the ocean as a dumping ground.

“It’s about the ‘raw’, how things should be, and the ‘cooked’, how things actually are,” said Beaulieu.

The sculptures deal with a wide variety of subjects, but all get across the point of how machine-driven our society has become.

“We used to grow corn to feed people and animals, but now we grow it to fuel our cars,” said McElroy. “The rooster made out of plastic syringes is sort of indicative of the fact that they’re housed in big, windowless buildings and grown until they’re ready for harvest.”

Drift is also about what McElroy calls the “rise of the jelly-fish”.

“The world’s population of jelly-fish is skyrocketing because we’ve mucked up the world so much,” said McElroy.

“Run-off from farm fields are killing off any other species that exist in a certain area.”

The exhibit will be on display at the Robert McLaughlin Gallery until Jan. 6.

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The 10th anniversary of UOIT was celebrated at the Business and Information Technology building at 61 Charles St. on the 12th.

Students were invited to participate in activities such as a lottery wheel and a rubber duck pond.

Everyone was a winner, with prizes ranging from key lights, T-shirts and mugs to the two grand prizes.

The two lucky grand prize winners, Ryan Thompson at the downtown location and Rochele Carpio at the North campus, were rewarded with a $50 gift certificate to any of five restaurants and another $50 certificate for Cineplex.

The proposed balloon drop, which would have involved dropping balloons with raffle tickets inside from the second floor of the Charles Street building into the atrium, was cancelled.

“Due to allergy concerns we opted to change the format of the activity to ensure an inclusive and safe environment for all students, faculty and staff,” says Melissa Levy, communications officer for UOIT. But the celebrations won’t end after those events – Levy says the 10th of every month will have activities honouring the anniversary.

“Everyone is encouraged to visit [the website], especially at the beginning of the month to see what is planned for the next monthly activity,” says Levy.

“We also promote the monthly activities quite heavily through UOIT’s Facebook and Twitter accounts.”Students can keep track of the monthly activities at www.uoit. ca/10th.

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Student voices need to be heard We all have the right to make choices. That’s what living in a democracy is all about. We could choose to travel the globe, choose to have a job, or choose to go to college or university.

We also get to choose our politicians.

Voting is a fundamental right in Canada and in all democratic countries. It gives us as a society the opportunity to choose who takes care of our needs and wants.

Over 60 per cent of eligible voters marked a ballot in last year’s federal election, meaning 40 per cent of people abandoned the polling stations.

While over half of Canadians voted, that is not the case for young Canadians. In a recent study by Elections Canada, around 38 per cent of voters between 18 and 24 came out and voted in May 2011. That means over 60 per cent of youth voters chose not to have a say in who runs their country.

There could be a reason for that.

The problem that young voters have had with politicians since the dawn of politics is that they were never the politicians’ priority. Their priorities weren’t the focus of political campaigns, so they felt their vote didn’t matter.

But there’s a Catch-22 here. With less than 40 per cent of youth voting, politicians could believe students don’t care, so they won’t go after the student vote, or even try to help with student issues. They may actually start increas-

ing our problems, such as increasing tuition, since they really don’t know, by counting the ballots, that we’re going to notice.

And this is not just happening on a national or provincial scale, it’s also happening right here on campus. According to the Your Student Association website, last year only 1,259 ballots were cast at Durham College and UOIT for the current students in charge of our Student Association. With over 17,000 students attending both campuses last year, our current SA president and associates were elected by only 7.5 per cent of our campus population.

Although voter turnout rose by 200 from the 2010 elections, it’s still a minuscule number that these people are winning by. Remember, the Student Association is our voice for what we want, whether it’s lower tuition, more financial aid, or an increased say in decision making.

Think of it this way: these position are paid jobs. Their salaries come out of your school fees whether you vote or not. If you’re going to be paying for their wages, why not at least have a say in who fills the positions and speaks on your behalf.

Finally, lower voter turnouts may cause conflict later down the line internally. According to Elections Canada, lower voter turnout may call into

question the democratic legitimacy of an election. This also applies on a local level, or on a campus level. When candidates win in an election with less than eight per cent of the student population voting, our collective voice isn’t being heard because it’s almost mute.

If more young people voted, we could really shape the face of Canadian politics. For example, in the last few elections in Quebec, almost 50 per cent of their youth from 18-24 voted. This made the politicians shift their attention when creating their campaign platforms. This also could be why the governing Liberals lost the Quebec election in September. And with all the protests Quebec students held to stand up for their rights, and show their government

Country music star Reba McEntire has done it again. But this time she’s gone California style and is using the name Reba MacKenzie.

Award-winning McEntire returned to TV after a five-year hiatus from the small screen.

Malibu Country premiered on Nov.2 on ABC and CityTV, drawing an approximate 8.9 million viewers in the United States (Canadian ratings aren’t available at this time), winning the time slot for Friday night.

The half-hour comedy follows a similar format from McEntire’s last show,

with the same character name as the star and the cheating husband.

The element of family also contributes to the tone of the show - including Reba’s judging mother, Lillie, deprived daughter, June, and sarcastic son Cash.

Although family environment is present, familiar sights begin with the main characters professional life, which is again lacking.

After discovering that her husband Bobby is having an affair, Reba picks

up her family from Nashville and moves into their Malibu beach house. This provides the opportunity for Reba to focus on her singing career, something she gave up 15 years ago to take care Michael of her family. She writes a new song Denault after she’s told she’s not hot or pretty, setting up plots for the rest of the season.

Surprisingly enough, Reba also encounters her annoying neighbour, Kim, who

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what they want, the Quebec government took a step back and didn’t increase tuition costs. With more students voting in Quebec, their voices are now being heard by their provincial politicians.

If Ontario students stepped up to the ballot box, we could really shift the political agenda, giving politicians no choice but to put students in the spotlight. And if for the next school election second semester, more students came out to vote, it could mean our voices would be more fully represented on campus.

We all have choices, so why not choose to vote?

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Although McEntire mentioned she would never do TV again, she returned to a network with a struggling Friday line-up.

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Think you’re invincible? Think again Too often it seems that we can never learn from the pearance. mistakes of others until we experience them ourselves.

Ah, like fireworks raining over such a glorious night.

Our inability to trust the wisdom of those who faced You’d think that a red flag would’ve shot up, or sithe burden of a past regret makes the story I have to rens would have been screaming for my attention, but share to likely be ineffective, but I choose to share it I never saw or heard it as the night continued. anyways.

Bumps, bruises and scrapes quickly followed as the Being someone who lived like ‘it’ll never happen to group became sloppy. Jamie took a tumble down a me’, I’m here to inform you that it can and it will. Why steep hill after loosing his footing and badly scratched not you? What makes you so invincible? his hands. That was our cue to end the night.

Invincibility didn’t stop me from being ejected 25 They watched us, the crowd, as we watched them feet from the passenger’s window of an old pickup get in their vehicles to leave. I know I didn’t think to truck. ask or notice if anyone was a designated driver. But Why not me? So ordinary and so vulnerable at 15 they weren’t innocent either; they all saw how trashed years old, just three days shy of my Sweet 16.

Jamie was as he stumbled into the driver’s seat of his “Yes mom,” would be my reply after my mother truck. I shared the passenger’s seat with Darryl, after would inform me of all the things I already knew, be- refusing to step foot in the dark depths of the unkempt cause of course at 15 I knew more than she did. back seat.

So why after hearing the message on the news, and Did I mention that the seat belt was jammed? But from my friends and family, did I get into a car with a who needs one anyway when you’re so invincible. drunk driver?

We got lost, because if you think directions are hard I know why. It was because bad to follow sober, you should try it drunk. things would never happen to a girl Somewhere along the way we lost the like me. How naïve was I to think passenger’s side view mirror in a scufErica that I could impress people with stufle with a stubborn tree that refused to pidity. move out of our way.

Mota When he – ah, yes him – the apple Paint peeled back on the car doors of my eye, allowed me to tag along from the scrapes of tree branches as with him and a friend, I couldn’t rewe swerved to the furthest sides of our fuse. little dirt road.

They picked me up from my home in Oshawa. I Picking up speed was the obvious solution to our didn’t hesitate when I hopped into the back seat, en- predicament, as the kilometers per hour grew higher gulfed in the scent of cheap beer seeping from the open and higher. bottles.

I was in a complete daze as Jamie and Darryl arTwo bottles with their tops popped off, one each for gued over driving and directions. In a panic to miss his the two men, one driving and the other in the passen- turn as Darryl barked orders, Jamie made a sharp left ger’s seat of the minivan. which sent us spinning.

The apple of my eye was a man 7 ½ years too old for Around and around we went. I don’t remember me to be interested in, but I was. His name was Dar- speaking, or even blinking, as Darryl reached over to ryl Goulding. At 23, he was a hard worker, but he also try and help Jamie regain control of the truck. partied just as hard.

But his desperate attempt was useless and the truck I hardly knew him or his friend for that matter. flipped.

James ‘Jamie’ Crichton, 25, was no more responsible.

My invincibility had run dry, and all I saw Fast forward. Switching vehicles in Port Perry, we was darkness. ‘What’s your name?’ ‘Wake up!’ slid on into Jamie’s truck where the men felt it would If I could only remember what she said to better suit the roads we were about to scale. me as she jarred me back into consciousness.

Nope, no regretful tug pulling at my insides yet.

Even after blinking repeatedly, I couldn’t make out After choking down a couple of beers, I was feeling the shadowy figure looming over me. Female from the pretty damn invincible. Considering how wasted the voice was a sure bet. A man called out after her, asking guys were, they must have felt like gods. about me. He was with her, right? Right.

We were somewhere outside of Blackstock, just afI was shivering on this cool summer night, as shock ter midnight, at a place called The Pits. Classy, I know. began to creep in from the top of my head to the tips It was all dirt roads, sand and water, surrounding of my toes. a roaring fire and hungry youth. Surrounded by unI lay calmly on the cold hard ground feeling nothfamiliar faces, I watched as they threw whatever they ing. I wasn’t scared or concerned or in pain. could into the bonfire.

Jamie was in my view as I watched him climb awkOf course, aerosol cans made their explosive ap- wardly out of the truck, tilted over in a ditch. But I

couldn’t care less about his welfare. I wasn’t even sure if I was concerned for Darryl either, but seeing Jamie, I couldn’t help but ask the shadowy figure, “where’s Darryl?”

She and her boyfriend were astonished by my question, only thinking that there were two of us in the vehicle as they had yet to spot another.

Next thing I knew they were in a panic, dragging me to the back seat of their car then drove several feet up the road before they stopped.

It was then that the sky lit up in flames and smoke as emergency responders simultaneously arrived on scene.

But where was Darryl? A question I asked to every firefighter, police officer and paramedic that came my way. No response. If TV taught me one thing, no response only meant trouble.

An ambulance took me away to the nearest hospital, and the shock was still deeply set in the very core of me.

The fog slowly cleared from my mind. I was calm and polite as questions came my way – along with x-rays, bandages and examinations.

I asked a nurse, “Where is Darryl?” I assumed she finally answered me as I participated well with her all night.

“He died,” she informed me. Her tone was questioning, as if she wondered how I would react.

“Oh,” I replied, my voice flat and devoid of emotion. “I thought so.”

As the truck continued to roll, he too was ejected from the passenger’s window, but somehow was caught with the truck until it finally came to a halt, pinning him under.

After the pickup struck a hydro pole, it didn’t take long for the engine to catch fire, making the rescue of Darryl Goulding, father to a 3-year-old girl, impossible.

When my sister, mother and father came to pick me up, the shock began to thaw. By the time I was released, not too much later that morning, as my injuries weren’t life threatening, I was ‘me’ again.

But a darker, hollow me that cried the entire way home, the entire week later, and whenever a memory would strike me for the next year or two.

It’s a surprising amount of guilt you feel when you’re at fault for the death of another individual.

The throb of my concussion, the pain of my torn ligaments, and the ache of my compressed vertebrae paled in comparison to the pain in my heart.

I felt like it was my fault that Darryl died, and that Jamie killed his best friend, because while I was too busy thinking I was invincible, I wasn’t making the right decision to stop us from getting into the car.

And over four years later, I still feel that it was my fault.

Don’t drink and drive.

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A celebration of student success

Melisa DeGasperis

SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS: Hilary Shaw, winner of the Durham Region Chairman’s Award for Internet Applications and Web Development - Year I, receives her award and has a celebratory hand shake with the president of Durham College, Don Lovisa.

School of Continuing Education Director: Nancy Martin Nichola Kerr: Durham College Scholarship, Continuing Education

School of Business, IT and Management Dean: Judy Spring Associate Dean: Jackie Bathe Ludovic Artus: General Motors of Canada Limited Scholarship, Computer Systems Technician - Year I; Adam Bagi: Durham Region Chairman’s Scholarship, Hospitality Management - Hotel and Restaurant - Year I; Adam Ball: Durham College Scholarship, Business/Accounting UOIT Transfer; Marie Barber: General Motors of Canada Limited Scholarship Business/ Business Administration - Marketing - Year I; Cerian Barnett: Durham Region Chairman’s Award Business Administration - Accounting - Year II; Tyler Batho: Durham College Alumni Association Award, Computer Programmer Analyst – Year I; Charlotte Batty: Durham College Alumni Association Award, Business - Entrepreneurship and Small Business - Year I; Cassandra Britton: Matthew Ludlow Spirit Scholarship, Sport Management - Year II; Ashley Cameron: Human Resources Professionals of Durham Scholarship, Business Administration - Human Resources - Year II; Hubert Chan: General Motors of Canada Limited Scholarship, Business Administration - Operations Management - Year II; Sarah Clements: Durham Region Chairman’s Award, Computer Systems Technology - Year II; Rachel Comiskey: Messier-Dowty Inc. Scholarship, Business Administration - Operations Management - Year II; Jared Cory: Durham Region Chairman’s Award, Business/Business Administration - Operations Management - Year I; Harminder Dhindsa: Durham College Scholarship, Computer Systems Technician - Year I; Tyler Fairservice: Durham Region Chairman’s Scholarship, Computer Systems Technology - Year I; Shannon Gove: Durham College Scholarship, Business/Business Administration - Operations Management - Year I; Jordon Hall: Durham Region Chairman’s Award, Sports Administra-

tion - Year I; Ellen Kuipers: Durham College Alumni Association Award, Business/Business Administration - Accounting - Year I; Geoffrey Lalonde: Durham College Scholarship, Hospitality Management - Hotel and Restaurant - Year 1; Donna Lietch: Durham Region Chairman’s Scholarship, Business/Business Administration - Accounting - Year I; Ian Manley: Durham Region Chairman’s Scholarship, Computer Programmer Analyst – Year II; Barry McInnis: Golf Association of Ontario Scholarship, Professional Golf Management Business Administration - Year II; Lyndsay Milburn: Durham College Scholarship, Business/Business Administration - Marketing - Year I; Kevin Moss: Durham Region Chairman’s Award, Business/Business Administration - Human Resources - Year I; Brandon Nolan: Paul Vessey Premier’s Award, Business Administration - Marketing - Year II; Daniel Perras: Durham College Scholarship, Professional Golf Management - Business Administration - Year II; Shayne Quinton: Durham College Scholarship, Computer Programmer Analyst – Year II; Kevin Riley: Durham Region Chairman’s Scholarship, Computer Programmer Analyst – Year I; Patrick Saunders: Durham College Scholarship, Computer Systems Technology - Year; Vinorth Sivakannan: General Motors of Canada Limited Scholarship, Business/Accounting UOIT Transfer; Stacie Smith: Canadian Federation of University Women, Business/Business Administration - Human Resources - Year I; Amy Sproat: Business and Professional Women of Durham Scholarship, Business Administration - Marketing - Year II; Kerry Steadman: Human Resources Professionals of Durham Scholarship, Business Administration - Human Resources - Year II; Brandon Trepanier: Durham Region Chairman’s Scholarship, Business - Entrepreneurship and Small Business - Year I; Will Vannieuwenhuizen: Durham College Scholarship, Sports Administration - Year I; Meredith Walker: Matthew Ludlow Spirit Scholarship, Sport Management - Year II; Keith Waters: Ian J. Ball Award, Business Administration - Marketing - Most Improved from Year I to Year II; Zachary Winch: Durham Region Chairman’s Award, Computer Systems Technology - Year II; Kevin Wright: Durham Region Chairman’s Scholarship, Computer Programmer – Year I; Matthew Wright: BDO Canada LLP Scholarship, Business Administration - Accounting -

Year II; Andrew Young: Durham College Scholarship, Computer Programmer – Year I

School of Health and Community Services Dean: Susan Sproul Associate Dean: Carol Burke Melody Alderton-Ballik: Durham College Scholarship, Practical Nursing - Year 1; Kristen Allen: Durham College Scholarship, Developmental Services Worker - Year I; Mary Chartren: Lovell Drugs Limited Award, Practical Nursing - Year I; Caterina Divilio: Durham College Alumni Association Award, Child and Youth Worker - Year I; Jessica Gower: Durham Region Chairman’s Award, Child and Youth Worker - Year I; Megan Hawks: Durham Dental Hygiene Association, Dental Hygiene - Year I; Kelsey Henning: Colgate-Palmolive Canada Inc. Admission Scholarship, Dental Hygiene - Year I; Darren Idle: Durham College Alumni Association Award, Fitness and Health Promotion - Year I; Meaghan Ironmonger: Durham Region Chairman’s Scholarship, Developmental Services Worker - Year I; Megan McBride: Oshawa Folk Arts Council - Jan Drygala Memorial Award, Early Childhood Education - Year I; Emily Mills: Nursing Faculty Award, Practical Nursing - Year l; Alicia Oakley: Durham Region Chairman’s Award, Practical Nursing - Year I; Ann Phinn: Victorian Order of Nurses Award, Practical Nursing - Year I - For outstanding commitment to patient care; Taylor Pleschberger: Durham Region Chairman’s Scholarship, Fitness and Health Promotion - Year I; Taylor Prakken: Oshawa Folk Arts Council - Anna Racz Memorial Award, Social Service Worker - Year I; Tanya Ramsay: Durham Region Chairman’s Scholarship, Early Childhood Education - Year I; Sarah Van Niedek:Durham Region Chairman’s Scholarship, Social Service Worker - Year I

School of Interdisciplinary Studies and Employment Services Dean: Kevin Baker Associate Dean: Bev Neblett Darren Brock: Optimist Club of Whitby - Teachers’ Award, Academic Upgrading – College Preparation,

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Scholarship winners continued Achievement: Pre-Health; Nadia David: Optimist Club of Whitby - Teachers’ Award, Academic Upgrading – College Preparation, Achievement: Science and Mathematics; Melanie Dupont: TD Insurance Meloche Monnex Scholarship, Office Administration - Legal - Year I; Maxine Franklin: Durham College Alumni Association Award, Office Administration - Executive Year I; Sarah Guimond: Durham College Scholarship, Office Administration - Legal - Year I; Cristina Henriquez: Durham College Alumni Association Award, Community Integration through Co-operative Education - Year I; Joan Lee: Durham College Scholarship, Office Administration - Medical - Year I; Ping Li: Optimist Club of Whitby - Teachers’ Award Academic Upgrading – College Preparation, Achievement: Communications; Shawn Murphy: Durham Region Chairman’s Scholarship Community Integration through Co-operative Education - Year I; Andrea Riekstins: Optimist Club of Whitby - Teachers’ Award Academic Upgrading – College Preparation, Achievement: Mathematics; Connlaoi Smith: Durham College Scholarship General Arts and Science - University Articulation - Year I; David Tam: Optimist Club of Whitby - Teachers’ Award Academic Upgrading – College Preparation; Courtney Tasch: Durham Region Chairman’s Award General Arts and Science - University Articulation - Year I; Alexandra Treen: Durham Region Chairman’s Scholarship Office Administration - Executive - Year I; Marisa Vandenberg: Durham Region Chairman’s Scholarship Office Administration - Medical Year I; Vikki Woo: Optimist Club of Whitby - Teachers’ Award Academic Upgrading – College Preparation

School of Justice and Emergency Services Dean: Stephanie Ball Associate Dean: Maureen Tapper Michelle Alexander: A. Alan H. Strike Scholarship Law Clerk Advanced - Legal Administration - Year 1; Skye Bignell: Roberts Marlow Jackson, Jackson and Associates Award Law Clerk Advanced - Legal Administration - Year II; Maryjane Boyle: Durham College Alumni Association Award Police Foundations - Year I; Shane Christensen: Durham College Alumni Association Award Protection, Security and Investigation - Year I; Stephanie Davidson: Durham Region Chairman’s Award Law Clerk Advanced - Legal Administration - Year II; Meaghan Doherty: Durham College Scholarship Paramedic - Year I; Heather Kileeg: LiUNA Local 183 Award Paralegal - Year l; Erin Martin: Durham College Scholarship 911 Emergency and Call Centre Communications - Year I; Mackenzie McFarlane: Robert Anderson Memorial Award Excellence in Criminal and Civil Law - Year I; Patrick Pugliese: Durham College Scholarship 911 Emergency and Call Centre Communications - Year I; Rebecca Robinson: Durham College Scholarship Law Clerk Advanced Legal Administration - Year 1; Kevin Rose: Durham College Scholarship Protection, Security and Investigation - Year I; Ryan Sheridan: Durham Region Chairman’s Scholarship Police Foundations - Year I; Samantha Snell: Patricia O’Connor Premier’s Award Paramedic - Year I; Clara Suh: Durham College Scholarship Paralegal - Year l; Yu Wang: Robert Anderson Memorial Award Excellence in Criminal and Civil Law - Year I

School of Media, Art and Design Dean: Greg Murphy Associate Dean: Charlotte Hale William Bath; Durham College Scholarship Public Relations - Year I; Sarah Brooks: Durham Region Chairman’s Award Fine Arts - Advanced - Year 1; Emily Canfield: Rotary Club of Oshawa Public Relations - Year I; Alyssa Cooper: Dann Torena Memorial Award - for excellence in illustration and creative art direction Graphic Design - Year II; Joseph Cotrona: Durham College Scholarship Journalism - Print - Year I; Molly Cross: Durham College Scholarship Fine Arts - Advanced - Year 1; Holly Davidson: Durham College Scholarship Animation - Digital Arts - Year I; Carly

Downs: Durham College Scholarship Music Business Administration - Year I; Jeremy Dziewir: Durham College Scholarship Animation - Digital Production - Year II; Nathaniel Flower: Durham Region Chairman’s Award Game Development - Year II; Ryan Gallagher: Durham College Scholarship Game Development - Year I; Kelsey Hall: Durham Region Chairman’s Scholarship Multimedia Design - Year I; Luke Hamilton: Durham College Scholarship Advertising - Year I; Alicia Harper: Durham Region Chairman’s Award Music Business Administration - Year II; Isaiah Hiley; Durham Region Chairman’s Award Game Development - Year II; Robert Hinchey: Durham College Alumni Association Award Digital Video Production Year 1; Reza Karami: Durham College Scholarship Internet Applications and Web Development - Year I; Kevon Lopez: Durham Region Chairman’s Award Game Development - Year I; David Malarenko: Zoom Media Graphic Design - Year I; Lucinda Mnaymneh: Durham Lifelong Learning Digital Photography - Year I; Kathleen Moore: Durham College Alumni Association Award Advertising - Year II; Matthew Nolson: Durham Region Chairman’s Award Music Business Administration - Year II; Tara Oades: Durham College Scholarship Journalism - Print and Broadcast - Year II; Vanessa Oishi: Durham Region Chairman’s Scholarship Advertising - Year II; Blake Rice: Durham Region Chairman’s Award Animation - Digital Production - Year II; Thomas Roberts: Durham College Scholarship Multimedia Design - Year II; Brendan Schouwerwou: Durham Region Chairman’s Award Internet Applications and Web Development - Year I; Manjula Selvarajah: Rotary Club of Oshawa Journalism - Print - Year I; Hilary Shaw: Durham Region Chairman’s Award Music Business Administration - Year I; Gregory Shifman: Durham College Alumni Association Award Digital Photography - Year I; Katherine Taylor: Robert McLaughlin Gallery Award Graphic Design - Year I; Sijy Abraham Varghese: Durham College Scholarship Animation - Digital Arts - Year I; Zamir Visram: Zoom Media Graphic Design - Year II; Michelle Vogrinec: Durham College Scholarship Graphic Design - Year II; Kyle Wallace: Durham College Scholarship Digital Video Production - Year 1; Kimberly Warner: Durham College Scholarship Multimedia Design - Year I; Stuart Webb: Durham College Scholarship Multimedia Design - Year II; Christopher Willis: Durham Region Chairman’s Award Journalism - Print and Broadcast - Year II; Jim Wright: Durham Lifelong Learning Advertising - Year I

School of Science and Engineering Technology Dean: Susan Todd Cameron Allen: Durham College Scholarship Chemical Engineering Technology - Year I; Darryl Antler: Durham Region Chairman’s Award Mechanical Engineering Technology - Year II; Samantha Barnes: General Motors of Canada Limited Scholarship Chemical Engineering Technology - Year II; Stephen Barta: Durham Region Chairman’s Award Electronics Engineering Technology - Year I; Mitchell Bennett: General Motors of Canada Limited Scholarship ElectroMechanical Engineering Technology - Year II; Shawn Bernard: Durham Region Chairman’s Award Mechanical Engineering Technology - Year I; Adam Bernicky: Durham Region Chairman’s Award Pharmaceutical and Food Science Technology - Year II; Evangelos Bethanis: Durham College Scholarship Electronics Engineering Technician - Year I; Justin Bouman: Canadian Institute for NDE Scholarship Mechanical Engineering Technician - Non-Destructive Evaluation Year I; Jeffrey Chancey: Durham Region Chairman’s Award Biotechnology Technologist - Year I; Hailey Cole: Durham Region Chairman’s Award Environmental Technology - Year II; Raymond Comandante: Durham Region Chairman’s Award Environmental Technology - Year I; Kush Dalwadi: General Motors of Canada Limited Scholarship Biomedical Engineering Technology - Year I; Derek Day: Durham Region Chairman’s Award Electro-Mechanical Engineering Technology - Year II; Leah Dolinski: General Motors of Canada Limited Scholarship Environmental Tech-

nology - Year II; Joel Doswell: Durham Region Chairman’s Scholarship Mechanical Engineering Technician - Year I; Tyler Duguay: Andrew Foundation Scholarship Electronics Engineering Technician - Year I; Devin Durnford: General Motors of Canada Limited Scholarship Electronics Engineering Technology - Year I; Brian Freeburn: Durham Region Chairman’s Award Electronics Engineering Technology - Year II; Jesse Gagnon: Durham College Scholarship Mechanical Engineering Technician - Year I; Jameson Howes: OACETT Durham Chapter Scholarship Mechanical Engineering Technology - Year II; Leanne Johnson: Durham College Scholarship Water Quality Technician - Year I; Ryan Law: Durham College Alumni Association Award Electro-Mechanical Engineering Technology - Year I; Graham McCabe: OACETT Durham Chapter Scholarship Mechanical Engineering Technology - Year I; Mayelyn Molina: Patheon Inc., Whitby Operations Award Pharmaceutical and Food Science Technology - Year I; Lauren Lee Mook: Durham College Scholarship Biotechnology Technologist - Year II; Yulia Nasedkina: Durham Region Chairman’s Award Pharmaceutical and Food Science Technology - Year I; William O’Connor: Durham College Scholarship Biotechnology Technologist - Year I; Nicole Ottley: General Motors of Canada Limited Scholarship Biotechnology Technologist - Year II; Sneh Minesh Parikh: General Motors of Canada Limited Scholarship Chemical Laboratory Technician - Year I; Dhruti S. Patel: Durham College Alumni Association Award Chemical Laboratory Technician - Year I; Eric Perry: General Motors of Canada Limited Scholarship Chemical Engineering Technology - Year I; Justin Reddin: Andrew Foundation Scholarship Electronics Engineering Technology - Year II; Stephanie Sopik: Durham College Scholarship Pharmaceutical and Food Science Technology - Year II; Phillip St. Martin: General Motors of Canada Limited Scholarship Mechanical Engineering Technician - Non-Destructive Evaluation Year I; Max Thibodeau: Durham College Scholarship Biomedical Engineering Technology - Year II; Rachel Tibbett: Durham College Scholarship Biomedical Engineering Technology - Year I; Glen Trewin: Durham College Scholarship Chemical Engineering Technology - Year II; Matthew Tully: Durham Region Chairman’s Award Electro-Mechanical Engineering Technology - Year I; Manrico Venere: Durham Region Chairman’s Award Water Quality Technician - Year I; Brandon Wilson: General Motors of Canada Limited Scholarship Biomedical Engineering Technology - Year II; Lena Zdanowski: General Motors of Canada Limited Scholarship Environmental Technology - Year I

School of Skilled Trades, Apprenticeship And Renewable Technology Dean: Darrin Caron Associate Dean: Mary Collins Steven Bartholomew: Millwork/Rona Home Centre Scholarship Construction Carpentry - Sustainable - Year 1; Jordan Best: Durham Region Chairman’s Award Mechanical Technician - Mechanical Maintenance and Control - Year I; Thomas Bunclark: Pine Ridge Corvette Club Scholarship Mechanical Technician - Mechanical Maintenance and Control - Year I; Joshua Fedorchuk: Durham College Scholarship Electrical Technician - Instrumentation and Control Year I; Zachary Ferguson: Durham College Alumni Association Award Power Engineering Technician Year I; Mathew Fisher: Marigold Ford Lincoln Award Motive Power Technician - Service and Management - Year I; Sean Hurst: Durham College Alumni Association Award Renewable Energy Technician - Year I; Justin Jones-Ducharme: Durham Region Chairman’s Award Motive Power Technician - Service and Management - Year I; Daniel Lewis: Lawson and Julie Gay Family Award Renewable Energy Technician - Year I; Milton Munoz: Lawson and Julie Gay Family Award Construction Carpentry - Sustainable - Year 1; Kevin Noordstra: Durham College Scholarship Electrical Technician - Instrumentation and Control - Year I; Darrel Von Hatten: Durham Region Chairman’s Scholarship Power Engineering Technician – Year 1

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AWARD PRESENTATION: Deans and associate deans from each school in Durham College presented awards to recipients as they were cheered on by family and friends among the crowd.

Scholarship ceremony Melissa DeGasperis The Chronicle

One hundred and eightyfour awards were presented to students who represent outstanding academic achievements at Durham College’s fall scholarship ceremony on Nov. 22.

Just before 4 p.m., award winners had the opportunity to meet with their scholarship donors. They conversed about education and the future over drinks and snacks.

Chris Rocha, director of Financial Aid and Student Awards, explained just how the award recipients were chosen.

“There is one award for the top student of each program

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per year, who will win $1,000, and the second highest student will receive $500.”

Rocha continued, “Donor scholarships are usually given to people that are a similar agency to the program, whereas technology donors would most likely donate to a technology-related program.”

At 5 p.m., the procession of scholarship winners began, each entering the gymnasium behind the dean and associate dean of their program.

Margaret Greenley, master of ceremonies and vicepresident of Student affairs, welcomed all recipients, families and friends to the ceremony as well as introducing faculty members who were present on stage with her.

Don Lovisa, president of Durham College, then took the stage to show how proud he was of the students who were being honoured that night.

“To the students here tonight, your tremendous success is truly inspirational, as we know that many of you balance your studies with employment, family responsibilities and other significant demands,” said Lovisa. “Your dedication to academic excellence makes you exemplary role models for your peers.”

The night then continued with the presentation of awards as families and friends happily cheered, showing support to their loved ones on such great success.

With the winter break just around the corner, many students will soon be indulging in hearty holiday meals and sugary sweets.

It’s hard to say no to a warm chocolate chip cookie…or five, when it’s snowing and below zero degrees outside. However, overindulging can make one feel guilty and stressed.

Luckily, there is a place right here on campus that students can turn to when they’re stressed or unhappy.

The Healthy Living club, founded by second-year Social Worker student Natina Da Silva, offers stress counselling to students.

Students can take any problem they have to the Healthy Living Club, whether it be stress about food, grades, family or school. “That’s all it is, is offering support at an outlet for students when they don’t want to go to a professional,” said Da Silva.

Da Silva believes that calorie counting can help students avoid over-eating, not just this holiday season but all year long.

“It’s like math. If we take the emotion out of food and put math to it, it makes more sense in our mind. It’s all psychological,” said Da Silva She also suggests a more spiritual method: talking to your stomach. Asking her stomach what it needed to survive helped Da Silva avoid binging

on sugary foods and instead, filling up on essentials like protein, fiber and antioxidants.

Most problems, especially over-eating related stress, can easily be changed with the power of our minds, said Da Silva. “Their reality can change if they change their thoughts,” she said.

The Healthy Living Club has two main focuses: a counselling aspect and the workshops.

While Da Silva doesn’t claim to be a therapist, she does have the knowledge to give good advice to students.

“I’m taking what I learned from social work (my program), and I’m taking what I learned from my placement, and I’m taking what I learned from experience and I’m trying to offer really positive feedback,” she said.

The workshops usually consist of art projects or guest speakers, both of which can be therapeutic, said Da Silva. The group has arranged this year for a yoga teacher to come in, as well as an art therapist and a guest speaker who will teach meditation.

Mainly students come to the club looking for a way to de-stress, and often times the solution is simply eating better or going to bed earlier said Da Silva.

“I’m emphasizing the need for self care. No one can go on and do anything in their life unless they take care of themselves, they make sure they’re fed, they make sure they’ve slept,” she said.

Firefighter competes in worldwide competitions Leah Hanna The Chronicle

A local firefighter from the International Association of Fire Fighters Local #456 recently competed at the World Firefit Championships in Myrtle Beach, S.C. Matthew Baca, 28, of the 2012 Oshawa Fire Combat Team joined other firefighters from around the world in a series of races to assess their fitness and skill in a simulated emergency environment Baca, who received three top 10 event finishes at the national competition in Baie-Comeau, Quebec in August, placed 52nd out of 150 competitors at the world championships.

Baca, a firefighter for three

years, has made significant strides since his previous appearance at the world championships last year where he placed 89th out of 150 competitors. This year Baca qualified to be inducted into the Lion’s Den, which recognizes competitors who have demonstrated exceptional skill on the course.

“It’s kind of an honour,” says Baca. “You get to meet people from all over the world with the same job as you. People cheer you on and push you so you can represent your department as best as you can.”

But the reward didn’t come without a lot of hard work and dedication. Baca says that during the season, he and his team are out training on the course three days a week.

“You have to really train hard

and push yourself to be able to compete at that level,” says Baca. “If you want that world title, you really have to train for it. The first time I didn’t really train for it, we trained a little bit but I just really wanted to experience it and I think I took about half a day to recover.

Despite the obvious physical challenges, Baca says that being psychologically prepared is just as crucial for success.

“I’d say the hardest thing is being mentally prepared all the time,” says Baca, “because physically you train for it, but mentally you have to push yourself through.”

Next year’s Oshawa Fire Combat Team will welcome two additional members to the current six, including their first female competitor.

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LOCAL HERO: Matthew Baca broke top ten on three separate occasions for the World Firefit Championships.

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Bullying not child’s play Kimberley Earley The Chronicle

Blaise Gelinas, a first-year General Arts and Science student at Durham College, was excited to go to college for the first time. After the first couple of weeks of getting settled and enjoying himself, he found himself dealing with some of the same childish behaviours he tried so hard to leave back in public school.

Recently Gelinas faced an incident with another Durham student who like many today are not able to pull themselves out of the past and join the rest of the society in the real world.

“Just before a class a guy accidentally bumped into me.

Total Accident. When I mentioned he was on my shoes and a little close he yelled at me ‘I’m not trying to get up on your dick bro,” I asked to be talked to with more respect than that and I was not going to tolerate anyone talking to me like that. He continued to yell at me in front of the entire class, called me a ‘prison snitch’ and threatened me with violence.

The next day he also yelled out of his dorm room from south village residence FAG! out his window.”

This isn’t the only event to take place since Gelinas has started at college. “I was in absolute shock at what had hap-

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BULLYING: Information can be found at the Outreach Services Centre or the Campus Security Services located in the Student Services building. pened. I thought it wasn’t real and that I was having a nightmare. I kept asking myself what year it was.”

Bullying starts at a young age, mostly because children are unaware of what they are doing. Gelinas has been on the receiving end of bullying for years and has learned how to deal with it.“When I was

younger in elementary and high school I faced a lot of bullying. I was overweight, wore glasses and did well in school.

And in high school I was the only out gay person. I did feel suicidal at times during these years because of the torment but I haven’t had any suicidal thoughts since those teenage years.”

Ashley Kish, a kindergarten teacher in Durham Region, deals with students in kindergarten bullying other students.

“As a teacher, I see bullying in some form or another on a daily basis. We see kids making fun of other kids on the yard at recess, kids excluding others from the games that they are playing or where they are sitting at lunch. Kids may not see this as bullying, but to the child that is being excluded, it certainly feels that way.”

When told about Gelinas’ trouble at Durham, third year Criminology UOIT student Erin Harvey was in disbelief.

“This is something that should be brought to people’s attention. We let bullying surpass its point of helping anyone out, as just recently we lost Amanda Todd to cyber bullying.”

On Oct. 10, 15-year-old Amanda Todd took her own life in Port Coquitlam, B.C. after posting a video on YouTube that scripted out the torment and hassles of being bullied relentlessly. “My heart goes out to those who knew her,” said Gelinas. He stressed to those being bullied, that “the stage passes and it really does get better.”

For students at Durham, support is available on campus whenever needed and the information can be found at the Outreach Services Centre or the Campus Security Services

located in the Student Services building.

John Neil, Administrator of Security Services for Durham College and UOIT, breaks down the system once a student reports an incident to security. “An official report is logged by security, the report is then reviewed by our Manager of Students Rights and Responsibility, Natalie O’Rourke,” says Neil.

Neil goes on to assure to all students that it is absolutely confidential for anyone to report an incident. He said that unfortunately, “more often than not incidents are taking place all over campus.”

Gelinas went on to talk about his support group and how they helped through his battles, “My family always has been incredibly supportive of who I am. It is the reason I can proudly identify as a gay male today.

I feel sorry for those who come from families who do not support them and have hatred taught to them. It causes those individuals to internalize the hate and torment others, or hate themselves.”

Harvey says “I think everyone should step outside the box and disregard themselves for a split moment when they see someone who is being hurt.

I challenge everyone to stick up for someone that they see getting bullied.”

Season the reason for SAD symptoms Erica Mota The Chronicle

It’s that time of the year. The air is crisp and cool, the sky is dull and lifeless. For some, winter can be a nightmare as they struggle with Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD).

“SAD is a form of depression, typically affected by the seasons, caused by the lack of exposure to the sun and vitamin D,” said Amanda Cappon, a mental health worker at the wellness centre.

Much like other forms of depression, those affected are commonly tired, sluggish, irritable, have lost interest in activities or even food, and have become socially withdrawn.

The difference between different types of depression is that these symptoms are triggered by a change in seasons, usually winter.

Workers at the wellness centre can help assess the student’s issues, and then place them in the proper care.

“We don’t diagnose here, but we can refer [the student] to a physician, where they can be properly diagnosed and medicated,” said Cappon.

SAD can be passed on or also can develop up on its own. “It can be triggered by issues go-

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SAD: Seasonal Affective Disorder is a form of depression caused by changes in the weather. ing on, or if it runs in the family there is a higher risk of developing SAD,” said Cappon.

There are a variety of treatments available to those effected by SAD, depending on each individual’s unique case.

After being diagnosed a

student can return to the wellness centre for further help with treatment.

A common method used to treat SAD is light therapy, where the patient sits in front of a sun lamp that mimics the brightness and heat of the sun.

Because of the high cost of it, one is available for students to share at the wellness centre.

Like any form of depression, it can be alleviated and controlled over time with the help of a professional.

“Typically [students] would

receive medication and peer counselling to ward off SAD,” said Cappon.But if students suspect they may have depression, or any issue at all, they should seek guidance from the wellness centre or their family doctor or even a friend.

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Hale has a passion for photography Melissa DeGasperis The Chronicle

When you walk into Charlotte Hale’s office, Associate Dean of the School of Media, Art and Design, you will immediately be drawn to the black and white portraits that she has printed, most of which she has taken herself.

Though she is working hard to ensure the success of students and programs in MAD, she is also finding success on her own with photography.

“My introduction into photography came later in life,” says Hale. “I had three children at the time and I was actually studying at Durham College in the Advertising program.”

The advertising program involves several photography courses and after attending classes that were held in an old style darkroom, Hale discovered that photography was a strong passion for her. “I discovered at that point of my life, which was kind of late, that photography is the best way to express myself.”

Throughout her life, Hale was not very strong at painting or drawing and considers herself “only so-so at singing and dancing,” so felt it was nice to find an artistic outlet that she excelled in.

Though Hale may be lacking skills in other areas of the arts, Hale has strong writing skills and believes that she is someone who is able to analyze and observe things with an advanced eye, which is beneficial for a photographer.

“The reason photography appeals to me so much is because I can go from observer to expresser. Photography gave me the means to express what I was observing.”

Hale has found success with her work winning numerous awards, one being in 2011 for Applied Arts Magazine with her photo entitled My Dearest Emery, a black and white composition of an ill elderly man with a small smile and his hands framing his face.

“I like taking portraits of older people,” said Hale. “They are like really young people

because they are at the point in their life where they are not afraid to be themselves and their faces, just by the virtue of all their years, are just so much more interesting because they wear their lives on their face. It’s extremely striking in a black and white photo.”

Some of the best advice that Hale has for aspiring photographers is to constantly be photographing even if you do not have a camera directly in front of you by mentally capturing photo. She believes that exercising your skills will allow you to become more aware of lighting, shadows, colours and especially emotions.

“Another thing that aspiring photographers should do,” she said, “is to enter competitions.

It’s really great to get your work out there for others to see.”

Hale has recently obtained a small studio in Toronto that she will set up and use as a studio to continue capturing photos. Keep your eyes open for any upcoming portraits, as they may potentially be award winners.

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WINNING PHOTO: Charlotte Hale won an award in 2011 for Applied Arts Magazine with this photo titled ‘My Dearest Emery.’

Zeta Psi walks for AIDS Jacie Houghton The Chronicle

Zeta Psi raised about $700 this year fundraising for the AIDS Walk, $500 from website donations before the walk and $200 in cash on the day of the event.

“A lot of the guys had 20 bucks in their pockets and donated because it’s for a good cause,” said Scott Ryall, philanthropy chair of Zeta Psi. The AIDS Committee of Durham hosted a Durham AIDS walk for life on Sept. 22 with the help of Zeta Psi fraternity and Alpha Sigma Chi sorority.

Lindsay Chartier, founder of Alpha Sigma Chi, contacted philanthropy chair of Zeta Psi Scott Ryall asking the fraternity to get involved in this event.

Chartier is also the outreach Co-ordinator for the aids Committee and has close ties with Zeta Psi. “The co-founder of Zeta Psi and founder of Alpha Sigma Chi are engaged to be married this month,” said Ryall.

Ryall oversees all philanthropy events through the Zeta Psi chapter and encourages members to get involved.

“I participate in all of them. I don’t ever ask someone to participate in something I’m not willing to,” he said.

Zeta Psi was invited to attend the AIDS Walk last year but was unable to take part.

“We had a golf tournament on the exact same day but we still donated money, even though we couldn’t be there,” said Ryall.

A total of 10 members, in-

Drama club try-out

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DANCE OFF: Zeta Psi stops to sing and dance during AIDS walk in Oshawa. cluding Ryall, represented their fraternity by wearing their chapter letters or AIDS Walk Tshirts on the march from Memorial Park to the Out Lounge in downtown Oshawa.

“It didn’t take too long, only half an hour or 45 minutes, including stops for dance-offs,” said Ryall.

The morning of the AIDS Walk was dim and rainy but Zeta Psi kept their spirits high by singing, dancing and chanting throughout the walk.

“We wanted to get the spirits of everyone , so we did Gangnam style dances and sang

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We wanted to get the spirits of everyone, so we did Gangnam style dances and sang Backstreet Boys.

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Backstreet Boys,” said Ryall.

The AIDS Walk started at 9 a.m. and lasted until about

noon, which was enough time to exhaust the brothers of Zeta Psi. “We were all pretty tired,” said Ryall. “We had another big event coming up that night.”

The Zeta Psi fraternity participates in other fundraisers, such as Relay for Life and breast cancer fundraising, which is done through their intramural hockey team and goes all season long.

“Charity is never something you do to get credit, and if you’re doing it for that reason than you’re not doing it for the right reasons at all,” said Ryall.

Break out your acting skills students. The Drama Club on campus will be holding auditions for their play, A Contemporary American’s Guide to a Successful Marriage, on Nov. 27, 29 and 30 at 6:30 p.m. in B 138.

Actual performances won’t begin until March 21 and 22 at UOIT’s Regent Theatre.

Tickets for the play will be $5 and can be purchased at the Tuck Shop, or from any member of the Drama Club. Founding member of the club, Amber Vibert has positive expectations for “I’m really excited to see what sort of talent our schools hold and to be able to direct that talent into something that everyone will really enjoy,” she said.

“It should be a very funny play, but there is some sexually explicit language that potential actors and audiences should be aware of. I expect that all of the actors will be willing to take direction and despite having experience or not, take the project very seriously and be committed.”

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Be a survivor, not a victim Amanda Graham The Chronicle

Statistics state approximately one of four women will be sexually assaulted in their lifetime. The probability is too high for comfort, so that’s when the R.A.D. for Women program stepped in.

The Safety Through Empowerment Program (STEP) or better known as Rape Agression Defence (R.A.D.) is a program for females over the age of 13, and focuses on teaching them basic fundamentals when it comes to awareness and selfdefence.

R.A.D. for Women is part of a bigger program known as SEARCH-On, Safety Education & Assistance for Returning Children Home, Ontario.

The program originated in 1989 and focused on empowering and informing U.S. female college students. After a successful start, the program quickly spread across North America and eventually gained international status. With the expansion of the program, R.A.D. for Women branched off into other programs such as radKIDS, R.A.D. for Men, and R.A.D. for Seniors.

The program now consists of approximately 11,000 certified instructors who have taught an estimated 900,000 students.

Durham Region R.A.D. program director Jeremy Trump spent three years working for the Peel Regional Police, three years for the Durham Regional Police and 2 ½-years as a sexual assault response officer.

Working first-hand with cases pertaining to sexual assault and sexual abuse, Trump faced

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WOMEN FIGHT BACK: The R.A.D. for Women program uses simulation exercises to teach women over the age 13 the basic delf-defence moves needed for survival against an attacker. the tough reality of the growing statistics, and knew something had to be done.

Joined by his wife Patricia Trump, the two of them took action and signed up to be instructors for the R.A.D. for Women program. After extensive studying and thorough practical training, both earned their titles as certified instructors and brought the program to Durham Region.

With classes being offered in both Ajax and Oshawa, instructors share the responsibility of

working one-on-one with students to benefit them as much as possible during the eightweek, 12-hour program. Being a former police officer, Trump is able to teach correct stances and methods for self-defence that prevent accidentally inflicting self-injury.

“Yell loud, hit hard and run fast,” says Trump, which is one of the first things R.A.D. students are taught.

Trump says it’s important for people to know sexual assault or sexual abuse can hap-

pen to any one of any size and any ability. So through carefully instructed procedures and realistic simulation exercises, women are taught how to defend themselves in many different situations. “Before I took this course, compliance was my only option,” says Patricia.

“Now I’m much more alert and confident.”

The Trumps hope to teach their students the fundamentals of how to physically and verbally defend themselves, which will internally teach

them how to have a survivor’s state of mind. Jeremy says not everyone will physically get away harm-free, however it is important to be know everything possible was done to ensure one’s own safety.

Donna Mason, a former Child and Youth Worker student at Durham College, took the R.A.D. course and says it was a very empowering experience. “I took the course because it makes sense, I didn’t have any tools to protect myself,” says Mason. “Now I have options… I’m not going to comply.”

“Each woman leaves the course feeling truly empowered and more self-confident,” says Jeremy. “Equipped with a survivor`s defensive mindset that will help her to effectively manage the safety risks in her life, as well as enhanced self-defense options that may become considerations if ever attacked.”

Something R.A.D. strongly believes in is a free lifetime return and practice policy. Students are given the option to participate in any suitable and scheduled R.A.D. class for life, in hopes of refreshing and repractising their fundamental self-defence skills.

With a society facing the reality of sexual assault’s, especially on campuses, Jeremy says, “It’s important to know it’s a crime of opportunity and power… However we’re in a safe environment and it’s the best opportunity for women to practise these self-defence skills to ensure their safety in real-life situations.”

For more information, visit www.search-on.org.

UOIT student fights for social justice Colin Lack The Chronicle

He’s a UOIT criminology student, musician, parent and vice-president of the Student Association. With all of those demands on his time Jesse Cullen, 27, has still managed to be politically active in both the academic community and ‘the real world.’

Currently the rhythm guitarist and vocalist of local punk band Sixth Floor Balcony, he often pens their lyrics. His interest in social justice and civil liberties are reflected in these lyrics, which cover topics ranging from the G20 summit to Guantanamo Bay. “We’re still together, we’re just presently looking for a new drummer,” said Cullen of the band, which has played locally at the Atria.

Citing musical differences as the reason their previous drummer left, he then jokingly

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MAN OF MANY TALENTS: Jesse Cullen hard at work, focusing on his job as vice-president of the SA. added, “What do you call a person who hangs out with real musicians? A drummer!”

There may be a lot of drumming in his home soon, as his infant grows towards toddlerhood. This year he and his partner Savanah welcomed a daughter into their lives. Having a child has firmed his re-

solve to pursue social justice.

His interests in social justice, civil liberties and the concern of the labour movement led him to become founding president of the Young New Democratic Party (YNDP) at Durham College and UOIT. He held this position from September 2010 to February this year. The

YNDP is a group of young NDP supporters whose goals are to unite politically active youth and raise their awareness on local, provincial and national issues.

Last semester he was elected VP of University Affairs for the Student Association. He recommended that Durham College and UOIT support the Quebec Student Movement against tuition increases. While it was unsuccessful, it illustrates his commitment to addressing the issues of poverty.

He has started projects including promotion and financial support for a farmer’s market next door to the Regent Theatre. He also recommended events to raise awareness for PowerShift, an environmental conference on environmental issues and environmental justice. Durham College and UOIT sent 25 representatives each.

Political activism has been

a big part of his life. Studying criminology and justice has made his views on activism stronger, but he said he got involved in politics because of his mom, April Cullen, a former regional councilor. He emphasized that she was one of the biggest influences on his life.

She may be why he ran for Oshawa City Council during the 2010 municipal election. During his campaign he spoke of changing the status quo with the acronym P.A.T.H which stood for Participation, Accessibility, The Three R’s (Reduce, Re-use, Recycle) and Honesty.

Jesse illustrates all of these concepts in his life and practices what he preaches. While he was unsuccessful at getting elected to city council, he did receive 4,022 votes. He is unsure if he will run again but one thing is certain, he will always be an advocate for social justice.

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SA VP steps down, new VP wanted

Kayleigh Johnston passes on VP duties Makeeba Foster The Chronicle

Wanted: New vice-president of college affairs for the Durham College Student Association.

Kayleigh Johnston has stepped down from her position as vice -president of college affairs.

Johnston handed her letter of resignation to SA president Rachel Cavelli in October. She

described her decision to leave the association as tough.

“I was very lucky to have been in a role like this, to have met so many people, and to have been in a position to help students every day,” said Johnston.

The experience of becoming an SA team member was quite a ride for her, because she never thought about running until she heard the encouraging words from former VP of college affairs Josh Bickle.

When she decided to run, she put forth the idea of transferring out of the Journalism program and into Durham College’s three-year Multimedia diploma program on the back burner.

“When I decided to run for election I put my decision to switch programs on hold,” said Johnston. “I would be really upset if I didn’t run, knowing that someone saw potential in

me.”

Although Johnston considers herself to be shy, she overcame that personality trait and campaigned hard.

She went on to win the election by 50 votes.

After winning the election she became the voice for DC students, describing herself as the main link between students and administration.

After six weeks of training, and meetings with fellow SA members. Johnston finally settled into her VP position.

The next item on her agenda was to figure out how to balance both her responsibilities as VP and being a Durham College student.

“I won the election, and realized that I missed school,” said Johnston. “I started meeting with my student advisor Kerry Doyle- Brownell and she was pretty good at helping me figure things out.”

Johnston was in her first year of the Journalism program when she decided to run for VP. By the end of the year, she no longer saw Journalism as a career for her.

“When I got into the second semester I started to notice I didn’t like writing about things I’m not interested in,” said Johnston. “I’m a little more artsy fartsy.”

The decision to transfer over to Durham College’s Multimedia program was made while Johnston was still in office.

However, with the threeyear program being reduced to a two-years, the process of transferring programs hit a roadblock.

The new changes to the course made it impossible to find a way to balance both school and the SA. “In order to graduate with a three-year multi-media diploma in 2015 I would have to be

in school full time by next semester,” said Johnston. “I was willing to do night school five time a week if it would work. I really did try.”

Although it was a tough decision Johnston ultimately chose her education.

“I came into this role because I was a student,” said Johnston.

“I can’t sacrifice the diploma.”

The position is posted on the SA website as a hired position, because the SA bylaw says that if a VP steps down after first term the position becomes a hired one.

“It would be unfair to ask students who have already been in classes for a couple months to drop out, so they can run for VP,” said Johnston. “It’s not the same as when candidates run in February because they don’t have to stop their education, they just do not return for next September.”

ence student who is also a volunteer at the SHRC. “We’re doing this for a purpose.”

The SHRC is a non-judgemental, confidential, prochoice, student run resource centre that is part of outreach services.

That affiliation gives them a web of contacts to help students through almost any relationship questions or concerns.

“It’s just a big network of people,” said Deoraj, who explained that if the SHRC can’t handle a situation, they are able to refer students to a different campus resource.

The centre exists for students to have a place to go to about any questions or concerns they may have.

“Promoting safe sex and healthy relationships is a big deal for us,” said Deoraj.

The members at the SHRC are only volunteers, so they cannot prescribe anything or give medical recommendations, however they can give advice.

“We are there to just sit and listen,” said Deoraj. “Our duty is to be there for [students].”

The SHRC has a variety of resources to promote healthy sexual relationships. This includes sex toys for both men and women and even free condoms.

“We have tons of informa-

tion pamphlets about anything and everything,” said Deoraj.

There is usually only one person in the SHRC office. The volunteers, known as “sexperts”, work together as a team, sometimes even dropping by during other member’s shifts to keep them company.

“It’s really good for support,” said Deoraj. “They’re a really great team.”

But they are there to educate more than anything.

“I think people should be more educated about sex,” said Deoraj, who also said schools only talk about reproduction.

She said she believes compared to previous generations, Generation Y is more open to talking about sex, but there is still a stigma.

“[Sex] is something we need to talk about,” said Deoraj.

“We shouldn’t be embarrassed about it.”

SHRC volunteers continue the conversation by going to events like Foreplay, an event sponsored by Playboy, at E.P. Taylor’s and setting up tables around campus.

While they are not allowed to show any sex toys at the various booths they set up, the toys are available, and the SHRC offers a lower price than at brand stores such as the Stag Shop.

Despite being called the campus sex store, the SHRC engages people and promotes healthy sexuality without the stigma that comes from society’s views.

SHRC gives relationship advice on campus Cody Orme The Chronicle

They’re long, thick, and give you pleasure. Or they can be short, thin, and full of gelatine.

Whatever your preference, the Sexual Health and Resource centre has it.

Because of this, the SHRC has developed a reputation as the Sex Shop on campus. While it might be seen that way to some, the SHRC is much more than that.

“We don’t want to be the sex store on campus,” said Keisha Deoraj, a second-year life sci-

Drinking alcohol can add on pounds Erica Mota The Chronicle

With the holidays quickly approaching, it isn’t just food that adds extra pounds. Behind all the stuffing, turkey, and pie, there is a silent intruder: alcohol.

Dr. Ellen Vogel, a dietitian and the dean of the faculty of health sciences, says alco-

hol consumption can cause weight gain.

For instance, mixing one can of Coca Cola, at 155 calories, and a shot of Crown Royal, at 96 calories, can add up. After four drinks, there are approximately 1,000 calories consumed.

“When looking at studies [of student weight gain] you always see alcohol as a complication,” said Vogel.

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Michelle Munro The Chronicle

Imagine walking to an interview at a prestige office. In each office you pass there are people swearing.

Your expectations of the business might not be so high anymore.

Now picture going into a school where groups of students are swearing in normal conversation loud enough for everyone to hear. The reputation of the school, staff and students might not be so great anymore either.

Vulgar language such as swear words or derogatory terms and phrases can be damaging to ones reputation, not to mention offensive to others who may hear it as they pass by.

Campus Health Nurse Tammy Finlayson is tired of hearing students use foul language in public and professional settings on campus. Whether it be passing a classroom, in the campus bookstore or waiting in line at a Tim Horton’s she is constantly hearing students swear without considering those around them.

“I don’t think that students realize it’s not only a reflection on them personally, but on them professionally,” said Finlayson.

Students come to Durham College and UOIT to earn a higher education.

The use of swearing, and derogatory terms does not reflect the level of education these students are receiving. These students don’t understand that it’s not just themselves they’re representing, but the career they are studying.

Those in programs that require them to wear a uniform are openly giving their career a bad image, she said.

“I’m really disappointed to hear this is happening across campus,” said Judy Robinson, vice-president of academics. ‘To change this would take a certain effort.”

Finlayson said teenagers and young adults wonder why they get such a bad reputation, and little respect from some adults.

She said language is usually to blame.

She would like to bring an idea to her director about starting a campaign or a series of posters that remind students to be respectful to others around them.

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Residence is expensive but a good housing option Joe Cotrona The Chronicle

Residence can become an expensive commitment for any student, especially if they live far from school and can’t travel. The cost to live on campus ranges between $2,200 and $6,500, depending on the building and the type of room.

Three main components of a residence can make or break whether a student and their family decide to commit money towards a room. These include the quality of the room and facility, which includes accommodations, the quality of service from the residence staff and the overall price of the experience.

Durham College and UOIT have offered residence to students since 1992, making the facilities relatively young compared to other colleges and universities. The residence staff under the direction of Chris Haze, residence general manager, is always looking to improve the facilities and provide students with the best possible experience on campus.

“We want to make sure that when students come to residence, we want them to feel like they’re in a first-class building,” said Haze.

Renovations include replacing of furniture or repairing things that require it. When possible, the TVs and other recreational pieces like table tennis tables and couches are replaced with newer up-to-date models.

Each room has high speed Internet access, basic cable and phone service, which is all included in the cost of living in residence.

A common concern with students is the quality of the Internet, which has been described as slow and unreliable. Haze and the staff are aware of concerns and consider the quality of the Internet they provide one of their priorities.

“We have certain key things

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Residence: Students at Durham College and UOIT get help from the residential service desk on campus. that if we do it right, students will be generally happy,” said Haze. “ Internet, I would say, is number one on that list.”

The residence employs many individuals to provide students with essential services and make their stay on campus a good one. On top of the general staff that assists new students transitioning into residence and longtime residence with common problems, there is a cleaning service and four full-time maintenance people.

The residence offers regularly scheduled cleaning services to keep the building in order.

By policy, the cleaning services are not allowed to clean inside student rooms to maintain privacy.

Generally, students past and present have found their experience in residence to be a positive one.

Former Durham College student and current Athletic Facility attendant Mike Vandenberg described residence as a valuable option for students who

live far from school.

“I was satisfied with my experience,” said Vandenberg.

“There is potential value for someone living on campus.”

Vandenberg lived near Ottawa when he attended Durham College. He feels that cutting travel out of his school costs made a difference. He also feels that living close to the school in residence made the price worth it.

Matthew Pohlman is in his first year of the Sports Management program and is staying in residence on campus. When making the choice with his mom to live in residence, Pohlman said they were shocked at the price. However, after living on campus for a few months, Pohlman said that the experience in residence makes the price worth it.

“It was worth every penny of it because I got to know the school and the people there,” said Pohlman.

One complaint that both individuals had was the manda-

tory meal plan and the price it adds to the students’ bill.

Haze explained that the residence tries to provide all students with a choice when considering food plans by making it mandatory for the South Village and not mandatory for the Simcoe Village.

Haze also said that a meal plan is required in the South Village in order to maintain the dining hall.

“The desire is there for students to be able to eat on campus,” said Haze. “In order to make a dining hall feasible, the mandatory meal plan is a piece that has to be there.”

At first glance, the price to live in residence seems high.

Haze assures that the money students pay to live in residence is only used to keep the residence running. The price to live in residence only goes up in order to pay bills that are constantly increasing.

“The residence dosen’t want to be a drain on the academic side of the house.”

program co-ordinator, Corrie Stender.

The two-year diploma prepares students to be experts at gardening and landscaping in garden centres, parks and recreation agencies, landscape design businesses, nursery stock and such. Instructors cover topics ranging from plant propagation to landscape construction.

The course of study includes on-site experience at Parkwood

Estates, a historic site and former home of R.S. McLaughlin, the founder of General Motors Canada. “At Parkwood, they have the advantage of working with mature plants,” said Stender.

Students will have the opportunity in the third year to accumulate 100 work placement hours. A partnership with the Landscape Ontario Horticultural Trades Association (LOHTA) will help identify and

create internship opportunities.

Though similar diplomas are available at other colleges across Ontario, Stender sees the partnerships with Parkwood and the trade association as strong differentiators for Durham College. She also spoke about the program being a driver for new businesses in the region. “There is a strong potential for entrepreneurship she said.

DC now horticulture savvy Manjula Selvarajah The Chronicle

The Durham College Horticulture Technician program is off to a roaring start in its first year. The new program, under the School of Science and Engineering Technology, was launched earlier in the year and welcomed its first class of students in September. “We were expecting 30 students and then ended up with a waitlist,” said

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Getting help with a healthy lifestyle Erica Mota The Chronicle

Melissa DeGasperis The Chronicle

When studying for final exams, taking care of your body is just as important as studying.

Dr. Daniel Hayworth, a psychiatrist from Toronto who is board certified in general psychiatry, made the argument that anxiety levels are strongly influenced by how you take care of yourself, ensuring that you are eating right, exercising and getting plenty of sleep.

“Just like all the muscles in your body, your brain needs fuel to function, especially when you want it to be working at its strongest during tests. “ says Dr. Hayworth. “Ensure that you eat on the day of a test so that you’re not running on empty when it’s time to take the test. It’s also important to drink plenty of water and avoid sug-

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EXAM ANXIETY: Studying hard for exams is crucial, but make sure you are also eating healthy and taking care of your body. ary drinks as it will cause your blood sugar to peak and then drop, which can increase anxiety levels.”

Having nerves before exams is actually a normal thing. “Being a little nervous before a test is normal as it can help sharpen your mind and focus your attention to the task at hand,”

Hayworth continues. “But with test anxiety you may have feelings of worry and self-doubt that can highly interfere with your performance.”

Some students feel anxiety no matter how hard they study or how well they take care of their body, said Hayworth.

Some people just naturally

get stressed under testing pressures and should make a meeting before their exam with their professors to review information so that the student can ensure that they have a strong grasp of the material.

This can raise the confidence of students and lower anxiety levels.

The Campus Health Centre provides students with a variety of services.

Managing a healthy lifestyle comes in many forms, whether it’s through a chiropractor, nutritionist or a psychiatrist; students have access to all forms for help and guidance.

Amanda Cappon is a mental health worker at the Wellness Centre who encourages students to use their services.

“Please don’t hesitate to come for any issue that applies,” said Cappon.

She highly recommends the team she works with to help treat, counsel and assist students in any way possible.

Now every service is covered by OHIP, so certain charges may apply.

The pros and cons of caffeine Jennifer Barr The Chronicle

Early morning classes, part-time jobs, and late-night parties are just some of the things scheduled into college and university students days, aside from school work. When you’re just to tired to stay up and study for your exams, caffeinated beverages are there for that extra boost.

“It’s the demon that most people have,” laughed Sylvia Emmorey, the Durham College/UOIT campus nutritionist.

“It increases alertness, and increases the ability to focus,” said Emmorey, when asked about the positives to drinking caffeine. “If they have a little bit of caffeine, it has shown in my clients to stop migraines temporarily.”

Although it seems like you can’t make it through your first class without that cup of joe, studies show caffeine in a high dosage, like what many students on campus use, has more negative side effects than positive.

“Insomnia, headaches, irritability, anxiety, nervousness are all from having caffeine,” said Emmorey. “The list of

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HOLIDAY CUPS: Tim Hortons Christmas cup has returned for the holiday season. negatives is so much longer than the positives.”

She added that caffeine is a

“double-edged sword”, because it can help migraines, but in the long term it can cause head-

aches.

According to a survey of 100 people done on campus, 87 per cent of them drink some form of caffeinated beverages every day, and over 50 per cent drink two or more daily. This is more than a 2010 study by Harvard University, saying that 57 per cent of americans over the age of 18 drink coffee every day.

Also in the study, coffee and tea were the preferred caffeinated beverage.

“There’s about 200 mg of caffeine in an average size cup of coffee, so that ranges from two to four cups a day,” added Emmorey. “But it depends on where you buy it.”

Getting off caffeine, or lowering intake can sometimes be hard. Emmorey said you have to stop slowly, and not cut it out cold turkey, and using alternative methods can help you. “A healthier form, I find, is green tea. It has a lot of antioxidants in it, and more health properties.”

Although green tea still has caffeine, it is significantly less than coffee.

According to the High on Health website, coffee has about 95 mg of caffeine in an 8 oz cup, where as green tea only has 30 to 50 mg. Emmorey

said that it’s a less concentrated form of caffeine, and it has more health benefits than a cup of coffee.

Over 33 per cent of students who were surveyed said they drink coffee in the morning to wake themselves up. “It is very habit-forming, just like smoking or drinking,” said Emmorey.

Elizabeth Thompson, an environmental student at Durham College, said she dirnks coffee only at school. “I don’t drink it Saturdays or Sundays, but I probably drink it three out of the five days I’m at school,” said Thompson.

Having that cup of coffee in the morning, afternoon, or evening can make the day that much better. Or that energy drink halfway through the day to keep you awake during study sessions. But next time before you grab your caffeinated drink, remember that there’s more bad than good in the long-term.

Although coffee and caffeine tend to be more negative, Emmorey wants to tell students it is nothing to be too alarmed about. “[Caffeine] is not all that bad,” says Emmorey. “I’m a realistic person, just everything in moderation.”

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Moscars formal Christopher Willis The Chronicle

It’s time to put on some dancing shoes and formal clothes, and head out to the winter formal, only this time, there might be a lot more moustaches about The Moscars associated with the Movember campaign are taking place at the Trillium Trails banquet hall on Nov. 30.

“We’ve always done a winter formal, it’s historically been called Snowball,” said Derek Fullerton, vice-president of campus life.

Fullerton said last year they realized the Snowball event happened in the first week of December or last week of November and they joked about how funny it was that all the guys seemed to have moustaches on that night.

“Kind of after it was done, we thought: why don’t we kind of change it and make it a Movemberbased formal?” said Fullerton. “It’s something that happens every year.

Obviously Movember seems like it’s here to stay for now, so that’s kind of the idea. Let’s make it a Movember-based formal and we can kind of help raise funds towards it and give guys even more of a reason to have moustaches.”

There will be two shuttle buses every 15-20 minutes from the Student Centre, South Village residence and Simcoe residence and to Trillium Trails. There will be a cocktail hour and then dinner followed by a dance DJ’ed by the E.P. Taylor’s house DJ. Tickets are on sale now and are $25 for a single and $40 for a couple.

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Measuring success of social services Melissa Walker The Chronicle

On Nov. 14, Durham College, in partnership with the Region of Durham, hosted “The Impact of Social Services: A Lifespan Perspective”, a forum to measure and define success for social services in the region.

The process started about a year and a half ago. Dr. Darren Levine, manager, Research and Innovation, Social Services Department of the Region of Durham reached out to Durham College to discuss a possibility of partnerships around research.

Randy Uyenaka, a professor in the School of Health and Community Services, said the goal was to come up with questions that could fuel research.

Shortly after, Durham College applied for funding to hold a forum in order to explore research opportunities.

Dr. Gabor Maté, a Canadian physician and author, was the keynote speaker. Debbie McKee Demczyk, director of the Office of Research Services and Innovation at Durham College, said they needed a keynote speaker who could motivate people. Maté was their first and only choice.

Approximately 200 people attended the forum from all six

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ment, Durham College faculty and staff, as well as social ser-

vices students.

Dr. Hugh Drouin, commis-

sioner of the Social Services Department, said it is important to prove it is smart financially to support the services.

This is done through research.

After Maté’s presentation, the group split into smaller groups to hold discussions about successes and areas of improvement for each of the divisions of social services.

The group reconvened to discuss conclusions made by each of the smaller groups.

The difficulty lies in convincing Durham Region taxpayers that these programs are a worthy investment.

This is difficult because the people who need and use social services the most are often not the ones paying for it.

The Social Services Department employs over 1,700 people – it is the largest department in the region, Drouin said.

It is responsible for those from birth to death.

The six divisions are services for seniors, children’s services, business and finance, housing services, family services and employment services.

The committee consisting of Levine, McKee Demczyk and other members of the Social Services Department and Durham College will meet again this week.

Students have more food options Brent Carabott The Chronicle

Tuition, books, rent, heat, hydro, Internet, phone bills and various partying costs, it can be difficult for students living away from home to balance these expenses.

As a result some students try to save money where they can.

Often the first bill to take a hit is food costs.

It’s a common misconception that poor students have to sustain themselves on Mr. Noodle and Kraft Dinner.

Not true.

I spent a few years living away from home.

I have chosen to share a few small tips for students who want to eat heartily and cheaply.

Firstly, make your own food.

It seems easier and cheaper to buy Sidekicks and easy twostep meals in a bag because the ingredients are all there for a low price.

However, buying your ingredients separately and making it yourself can save money and time.

For example, instead of eating three Sidekicks over two

days you can make a large bag of pasta and have it for three or even four days.

That bag of pasta and a can of tomato sauce will cost about $4, which is about as much as one Sidekick.

Take your time at the grocery store.

It does no good to run into the store and buy the first thing you see.

Go over the isles slowly you can get lots of reduced price items.

I’ve found that going to the grocery store with friends or roommates can make the trip

more fun and it allows you to slow down.

The meat section is always full of savings.

Buying beef or chicken the day it expires can save you bags of cash as long as you remember to freeze what you don’t use that day.

If you’re willing to put in the work, buy food that is less prepared because it’s often cheaper.

For example, buy whole carrots instead of peeled, chopped carrots or baby carrots.

The peeling may be tedious but it will save you a few bucks

in the long run.

Finally, eating out is the biggest waste of money for a student trying to save it. Instead of buying a meal at a restaurant you could use that money to buy bread, lunchmeat, lettuce and mustard.

With those savings, you could buy supplies to make a week’s worth of sandwiches rather than blowing it all on one night.

Go out drinking not eating.

It is infinitely more fun.

And unlike food, it is much harder to make your own alcohol at home.

Put down the smoke and win Handle the stress Jeff Budgell The Chronicle

Leave The Pack Behind is giving $1,000 to a student who quits using tobacco products for good through their campaign Would You Rather.

“Registration opens Dec. 1.

You can either sign up online or find us on campus at one of our booths,” said Fatema Sarwar, the campus program co-ordinator of Leave The Pack Behind at Durham College and UOIT.

Students can also win $500 by cutting their daily cigarette usage by half, $250 for not using any types of tobacco or tobacco alternative.

At the end of the campaign students who have said they’ve successfully quit will do a breath CO test. Like a Breathalyzer is used to test a person’s alcohol consumption, the breath CO test will prove if the person has been smoking and if so how heavy of a smoker they are.

“We’re an age-tailored, comprehensive program filled with students who wish to cut back or quit smoking,” said Sarwar.

“Basically, two of us just walk around campus bugging everyone around campus about quitting smoking and letting them know who we are in general,” said Sarwar.

Leave The Pack Behind has booths set up once a week.

The grand prizes for Would You Rather will be drawn on March 12, 2013.

Lauren Cunningham The Chronicle

A stress management campaign will be held from Dec. 3 to Dec. 7 in hope to help students cope with the stress of exams.

The campaign will be held from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the South Wing of Durham College and the UB building of UOIT.

Students will be taught ways to cope with stress and how to avoid it.

There will also be prizes given away.

Students that attend will be given a passport.

If you get the passport stamped two or more times you will be entered to win a grand prize.

For more information visit the Campus Health Centre page on Facebook.

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Sexual relationship help available on campus Courtney Morin The Chronicle

Sex can prove to be a difficult topic of dicsussion for students, especially when faced with the scary realities that can somestimes result from an irresponsible sex life.

Durham College and UOIT students are lucky to have services like the Women’s Centre and the Sexual Health Resource Centre (SHRC) to help them through the confusing world of sexual health.

Students who have accidentally conceived, or have a planned pregnancy while enrolled in school, have a safe place to talk about the options

and services available to them.

“The first thing that is important is to try and figure out how that individual is coping with the news,” said Stephanie Campoli, counselor and adviser for The Women’s Centre.

“Sometimes actually accepting the fact that you are pregnant and accepting what is involved with that initially is one of the biggest challenges. From there we go into talking about different options for the pregnancies.”

The SHRC can help students deal with the difficult realities surrounding sex too, and boasts a non-judgmental “Here at the SHRC, we are peer support, we are pro-

choice. We are giving referrals and resources for abortion, for parenting and for adoption. Whatever the choice, we are going to accept the person.

We’re going to support the person with whatever they end up deciding,” says Marisa Mei, a director for the SHRC. During stressful times, such as an unexpected pregnancy, the Women’s Centre and SHRC try to ease the nerves of those who need assistance.

“Quite often there is a fear of being asked to leave, or they feel that by choosing to keep the baby they will have no choice. Our purpose is to let them know what their options are and weighing the pros and

cons,” said Mei, adding, “We would never ever tell anyone that they have to leave school.

Ever.”

While the pregnancy and first few years of parenting will be challenging for any student, the many services available on campus can make things easier for those who need it.

Campus food services provide young mothers and other struggling students a chance to choose items from a food bank twice a month.

The Women’s Centre also provides diapers and formula to those needing extra help.

But not all student pregnancies are accidental, though.

“It works both ways,” says

Campoli. “There are several students on campus who are at different stages in their life and we would support them with dealing with the stressors of actually making a baby, because that can be a very stressful time in their lives too.”

When dealing with a student expressing the desire to become a mother, Campoli says she looks at the reasons why the student has made that decision before she begins to offer help.

“Healthy relationships and education surrounding that is also how we would assess pregnant or parenting women,” she said. “We really support individual decisions.”

Students present research on healthy living Madelaine Southwell

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A presentation on the research findings of adult health challenges turned into an opportunity for students to be educated.

The faculty of Health Sciences at UOIT and Durham College’s collaborative Bachelor of Science in Nursing program (BScN) hosted a Live Healthy event on Nov. 8, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. where students could learn about different adult health challenges, from hysterectomies to strokes.

The students are graded on their research material.

“Students work in teams... they work on a certain topic,” said Marianne Cochrane, the year two co-ordinator of the collaborative BScN program.

“They just open it up so anyone can come along and view it.”

The assignment is worth 20 per cent of their course mark and all the information will be featured on their next test so the nursing students must go view each other’s posters and gather information.

“We do this twice a year, once per semester. This is half the class. So we do it once per class,” said Sandra Goldsworthy, nursing professor in the school of Health and community services Students in the program choose from a list of topics relevant to their course material and provide a presentation on various health challenges.

“They’ll show their research findings on whatever topic they’ve chosen,” said Cochrane. “They have to provide their research, the articles that they’ve looked at and their evidence-based practice.”

The purpose is for students provide key research in nursing management and patient teaching.

“One group of five or so

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ADULT HEALTH PRESENTATION: From left: Leaha Woodbeck, Tayler Benko, Lauren Kindree, Katelyn Wallace, Laura Ewing. worked together and organized the whole thing,” said Cochrane. “They have to book a room, they have to make a poster, and they have to put

out the media blitz so people will know.”

There are 11 different topics, from bowel cancer to liver cirrhosis, lower limb amputa-

tions and hysterectomy.

“We wanted to do something different,” said Katherine Sparks, a member of the hysterectomy group.

DC and UOIT to have international student rep Evan Barr The Chronicle

International students of Durham College and UOIT will soon have an official representative within the Student Association.

A study released in the fall of 2010 showed four per cent of UOIT’s undergraduates were international students and nearly 17 per cent of its graduate students.

Rami El-Emam, a third-year PhD Mechanical Engineering student from Egypt, put forward the motion to have a parttime position. The motion was voted upon and passed by the student membership at the an-

nual general meeting.

El-Emam is the first international student to serve on the academic student council as a graduate student representative for UOIT. Canada has one of the highest stay rates for international students in the world and an increasing international student population has become a huge source of revenue.

“I pay nearly $20,000 to go to school here and I’m just asking for the same representation as the rest of the students,” said El-Emam. “We need someone to fight for our tuition fees. Our tuition fees are not capped like domestic students.”

El-Emam hopes to network

with other colleges and universities to find stronger advocacy on behalf of international students to ensure they are protected and properly represented within every student association in Canada.

Durham College and UOIT both have offices that offer international student services but this help is not offered by former international students who have had similar experiences and will sympathize with the students.

Durham College hopes that 15 per cent of its campus community will be international students within the next five years. To accommodate this rise the college and university

will have to compensate with appropriate services and assistance.

El-Emam wants this position to begin the transition from seeing international students as a commodity and begin to see that they will be playing a key role in the future of Canada’s economy.

“Those students are going to be the future of this country.

Many are going to stay in this country. I wish to see international students lobbying the provincial government to see the students not as a commodity, but to see them as future successful immigrants who are going to contribute to the economy of this country,” said

El-Emam International students bring in about $400 million a year to Canada just in tourism. Add living expenses and tuition into the mix and the need for representation becomes obvious.

El-Emam spoke of one international student who had to return home to receive dental work since it was cheaper to miss school than pay here in Canada. El-Emam also expressed a lack of religious services for students who are not members of religious denominations here in Canada.

“There is a need for representation to advocate on behalf of the international student population,” said El-Emam

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DC hosts Diwali festival Manjula Selvarajah The Chronicle

Durham College international students who were missing Diwali festivities back home or looking to learn a few extra Indian dance steps were treated to an evening of merriment on Nov. 15.

The Durham College International Office hosted an evening of dancing and mingling in the DC student services building from 5:30 to 9:30 p.m. to celebrate the Indian festival of lights, Diwali, and ring in the new year. Students were encouraged to attend the annual celebration dressed in traditional Indian clothes. As guests entered the room, students organizing the party dotted the guests’ foreheads with a bindi, a circle of red powder.

Fiona Richards, the director of International Education, and Shashi Bhatia, the founding member of the Indo-Canadian Cultural Association of Durham, both adorned in flower garlands given to them by the students, addressed the audience, welcoming guests and passing on their good wishes for the new year. Bhatia described the meaning of Diwali in her speech. “It is about overcoming

Local bands play for charity Brent Carabott The Chronicle

Broken Arts has set a lineup for their Christmas charity show in Oshawa at Mad Café on Dec. 8. Acts such as Caitlin Currie, Chris Doucett, Two Steps Too Far, BAMF, RedViolet, Busker Bros and Mellowkozten will all be performing during the sixhour holiday music event.

From 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. music fans will be able to enjoy holiday tunes sung by these local artists.

The event, aptly titled Green Christmas, will be raising money for the purchase of trees and flowers for a spring planting event.

All ages are welcome.

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Christmas comedy show at The Hunter’s Horn Amanda Graham The Chronicle

Manjula Selvarajah

DiWALI FESTIVAL: Durham College president Don Lovisa joins international students celebrating Diwali, the festival of lights. the darkness of ignorance and stepping into a cleaner, brighter world,” she said.

In an interview with the Chronicle, Bhatia commended Durham College for sponsoring the event. “This is an excellent event,” she said. “They (international students) have come from India, knowing they are going to a foreign country with

a foreign language, and not be able to understand how they are going to manage. For them to see Durham College…able to accommodate and able to celebrate for them means they have given them the utmost respect.” She said the students have told her these events give them a sense of belonging. Her organization is partnering with

Durham College to welcome international students to the region and help them integrate with the broader Durham community.

Richards is well aware that international students can sometimes feel a sense of homesickness or isolation at times. “Things like this really do help,” she said.

As the holiday seasons come near, a Pyle of laughter is the best way to get in the spirit.

The Hunter’s Horn in Whitby will be hosting the Pyle full of Christmas comedy-relief fundraiser on Dec. 6 for the son of one of the bar’s regular customers, who is currently battling leukemia.

Local comedian Darren Pyle will be headlining the event. “The show itself is a pure stand-up comedy show, featuring myself and two other very funny comics, Liam Kelly and Dave Paterson, so it should be a really great show,” Pyle said.

The event will include a 50/50 raffle draw, comedy skits and a Christmas themed dinner.

Foreplay night falls short Jennifer Barr The Chronicle

The wait for Foreplay at EP Taylor’s on Nov. 16 was short and quick, still leaving people completely satisfied.

Unfortunately, only about two dozen people attended the event. Peter Brittain, a “sexpert” volunteer at the Sexual Health and Resource Centre, wished they had had a greater turnout. “I wish more people had come to the event so we could spread the word out about [our centre],” said Brittain.

Although not many people penetrated the event, the students who came had a great time.

The event was all sex related, from winning dildo’s and fleshlights, to playing pop songs about sex.

“I’m glad you came” was one of them.

The underlying messaging to the foreplay event was how to have safe sex.

According to www.thenursingschools.net, one in four college students has a sexually

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SAFE SEX: Shannon Johnson (left) and Megan Chase boldly show their sex prizes from the Foreplay night at EP Taylor’s. transmitted infection, and only 54 per cent of students regularly use condoms.

Sexually transmitted infections, or STIs, are a serious issue when it comes to college students. According to Health Canada, it can affect the general health, well-being, and abil-

ity to conceive.

The SHRC set up a booth in EP Taylor’s at the event, showing other sex toy products and handing out pamphlets to students on how to avoid STIs and how to have safe sex.

This is the first event of two this year, hosted by Playboy

condoms.

“Second semester we always do a sex pub night, so this is the event we do in first semester,” said Derek Fullerton, vice-president of campus life.

The purpose of the event was to get students to talk about safe sex.

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The meaning of Diwali

Manjula Selvarajah The Chronicle

On a certain night in November every year, the hallways of the Student Services Building in Durham College ring with shouts of “Saal Mubarak”. The voices of the staff and students of the International Centre and members of the Indo-Canadian Cultural Association of Durham are joined by voices across the world on the streets of India with the same joyous words, Saal Mubarak, which translate to Happy New Year.

Harman Riar, in her first year of the Durham College Dental Assisting Program, is decked in colourful traditional clothes and brimming with excitement about celebrating Diwali on campus. “I am superduper happy, I can’t even tell you,” she said. “I think it connects everybody.”

Diwali is the festival of lights, a time when traditional oil lamps called diyas are lit to brighten up the darkest night of the year, a night of no moon, thus signifying the effort to help good triumph over evil. This year, Diwali fell on Nov. 13.The festival has roots in Hindu mythology, specifically the Ramayana, a sanskrit epic that tells the story of the battle between the god Vishnu and the demon Ravana. Some see Diwali as a celebration of the victory of Rama, the incarnation of the god Vishnu, over the demon. Aakash Shah, a Durham College Biotechnology student from India, steps away from a spirited group dance at the Durham College Diwali party to explain the significance of the lights. “It is celebrated in remembrance of when the lord Ram came from 14 years of ex-

Bonedevil signs with Backrow

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Manjula Selvarajah

EMBRACING CULTURAL DIFFERENCES: International students entertained guests at a Diwali celebration hosted by the Durham College International Centre. ile, conquering the evil power that is Ravana, and came back to his kingdom of Ayodhya,” he said. “He was welcomed by the lamps.”

Shah speaks of how the festival has been embraced by people of all beliefs in India and is now one of the largest in that country. In Mumbai, one the India’s most populated and most diverse cities, one would find Sikhs, Hindus, Buddhists, Muslims, Christians and others joining in the celebrations.

It signifies the coming of the new year.Homes are lit with rows of traditional diyas, candles or neon lights. Friends and families gather together in their finest clothes to exchange sweet treats. Fireworks light up the evening skies. The women in the family come together to decorate the front of their homes with intricate designs called rangolis. Third-year Biotechnology student Dharti Patel and her friends are creating their own rangoli on the floor of

the student services building.

They gently sprinkle coloured rice between the lines of design of a peacock on the ground.

She speaks to the beloved tradition of creating rangolis at the entrance of the houses. “We used to believe that if we do this rangoli, over the whole year we would get good wealth,” she said. “As beautiful as our house is, is as much wealth will come.”

Director of the international education Fiona Richards used to live in India and fondly remembers the rangoli competitions at her workplace.

“The last two Diwalis, this is all very familiar as to how we celebrate,” she said. “It is really important for the students to showcase to the rest of the college community aspects of their culture and maybe for the domestic students to get a bit of an insight into how other cultures celebrate various things.”

Shashi Bhatia, the founding member of the of the IndoCanadian Cultural Association

of Durham, walks through the crowd at the Durham College Diwali celebration exchanging hugs and new year’s greetings.

In her speech to the international students, she reminds them that Diwali is more than just the food, lights and fireworks. “It is also about enlightenment of the soul and the burning away of any evil towards others that may be within us,” she said. “It is about overcoming the darkness of ignorance and stepping into a cleaner brighter world.”

President Don Lovisa overlooks the proceedings with a smile on his face, a garland on his neck and a bindi on his forehead - a traditional indian symbol. He thinks celebrations of this kind contribute to the wealth of the educational experience.

“The more we can learn about each other, and our traditions, and our cultures, the better we are as a school, as a society,” he said.

Music Business Management students are celebrating, as their record label, Backrow has signed another band this year. Backrow Records welcomed local rockers Bonedevil to their team.

A press conference was held Nov. 12 at 11 a.m. in the Student Services Building, where rock group Bonedevil discussed their new relationship with Backrow.

After signing the contract with Backrow, Bonedevil was available for a question-answer period.

It was revealed that the band, who just recently got back together, have already scheduled stops on their reunion tour. One of those stops will be an apocalyptic-themed show on Dec. 21, at the Atria in Oshawa.

The band hopes to produce a new album within the year, but in the meantime they will be working with Backrow to increase their fan base.

Manager of Backrow, Carly Downs, couldn’t be happier about the new partnership.

“I am excited to welcome the newest addition to the Backrow Records’ artist roster and look forward to contributing to their growth and development as a band within the garage-rock music scene.”

MBM student releases first album Cody Orme The Chronicle

A typical student wouldn’t always have time to juggle many things at once. However for 19-year-old Ryan Sousa, along with being a second-year Music Business Management student at Durham College, he has just released his first fulllength reggae album.

To Sousa, music has a way of affecting people.

“Music in general is one of the most powerful things,” said Sousa. “In some way or another music touches everyone.”

The album, titled New Creation, takes that power from music and gives it a message of peace, love and stopping hatred.

“Humans should treat each other as humans,” said Sousa.

“You don’t treat another man like a dog.”

The album has been in the

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YOUNG AND TALENTED: Sousa signs his album for fans. works for about four years. Recorded in his home studio, the album is a mix of reggae and pop.

“It’s kind of a new style of reggae,” said Sousa, who added he is influenced by artists such

as Bob Marley, Jah Cure and roots reggae artists from the ‘70s and ‘80s.

Despite his influences, Sousa makes his sound unique to himself.

“You’ve just got to be cre-

ative,” said Sousa. “There’s millions and millions of ways to flow one thing.”

Receiving his first guitar at the age of five, Sousa said music is something that has always been in his life.

“I always liked drums, but my parents didn’t want the noise,” said Sousa, who added that his parents have been supportive of his music since he started.

“My house is always full of music.”

The album is mostly reggae inspired, with one soft rock track, but for Sousa there is a reason why.

“I’ve never felt that kind of connection to any other kind of music except reggae.” He said most people he knows enjoy it.

“It’s a really up beat genre of music.”

Five tracks are collaborations, however most tracks are original. However, he did seek help when needed.

“There’s nothing like female back up vocals,” said Sousa, who added he’s had the help of friends.

Those interested can purchase New Creation from Sousa at his website ryansousamusic. com where they can also get a sample of the album and keep up to date on future shows.

“If people want copies, I am more than happy to mail them out,” he said.

This is only the beginning for him, his music career will continue.

“I came in this world wanting to make music,” said Sousa, who admits he is planning multiple albums. “I feel I have a mission.”

For Sousa, the chance to travel the world, spreading his message of peace is a dream, but first he needs to be discovered.

“What I’m hoping is this album and future albums fall on the right ears.”

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The Trews rock the Regent Jesse Lyle The Chronicle

It was a full house and then some as Canadian rock band The Trews played at the Regent Theatre in Oshawa on Nov. 16.

The band is touring across the country playing acoustic sets in support of their new EP Thank You and I’m Sorry, which was released on Nov. 6.

Indie rock group Red Wanting Blue from Columbus, Ohio opened for The Trews and got the crowd in to good spirits with the songs such as Playlist and Walking Shoes from their recent album From The Vanishing Point, which was released back in January.

The Trews took to the stage and made sure the crowd knew they were in for a good night as they started their set with two of their latest songs Oblivion and The Power of Positive Drinking.

It was all uphill from there as the band delved in to many of their hit classics including I Can’t Stop Laughing, So She’s Leaving and Hope & Ruin, the audience clapping and singing along to each, even a few dancing in the aisles. Lead singer Colin MacDonald encouraged the crowd’s singing efforts even further as they performed their slow yet powerful Sing Your

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POWERFUL VOICE: Trews lead singer Colin MacDonald sings his heart out at their acoustic concert at the Regent Theatre on Nov. 16.

Heart Out. As the first half of their set

was concluded with Poor Old Broken Hearted Me, Mac-

Donald informed the crowd of the band’s intentions. On this particular tour, there are two song set lists. The first is a predetermined list by the band, but the second is decided completely by the audience via the use of Twitter. The band took a 15-minute intermission and left instructions for the audience on a projector screen of what they had to do to send in their requests.

After 15 minutes, the band returned to the stage to begin their second set by picking songs at random. The list couldn’t have started any stronger as Paranoid Freak from their hit 2008 album No Time for Later was the first picked. The list grew more impressive as the night went on, from their 2003 hit Every Inambition to their latest satirical song Herm-Aphrodite, which is about their accordion player meeting a hermaphrodite while in San Francisco.

The night ended as powerfully as it began, with the encore featuring the ever-heavy Burning Wheels and the spiritlifting Hold Me In Your Arms.

The Trews will be heading out east for the remainder of November before returning to Ontario to play the Enwave Theatre in Toronto on Dec. 7 and 8.

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Camera up for grabs in photo contest

Sarah Crookall The Chronicle

Photo and peace enthusiasts alike can win a Rebel T1i camera along with accessories, worth over $700.

The Rotarian annual peace photo contest seeks shutter bugs to share their version of what global peace is through their lens.

With Durham College and UOIT’s Rotaract Club, students may submit a maximum of five jpegs, edited or unedited, by Jan. 15. Fellow contestants will judge photos on their quality and ability to evoke a sense of peace and harmony until Feb. 15. Finally, on March 2 the contest winner will be announced.

For more details and the contest entry form, visit http://peacephoto. rotaryglobal.net

DC hosts rangoli session

Manjula Selvarajah The Chronicle

Got a not-so-attractive Christmas sweater in your closet? Unsure about what to celebrate this December? The Riot Radio team may just have the right festival for you, their Festivus.

Festivus is a non-denominational celebration that takes place in December, a time when people usually enjoy Christmas, Kwanzaa or Chanukah. A pop-culture phenomena, it was first introduced to mainstream audiences on the television show Seinfeld by a writer whose father had coined the term.

Riot Radio’s Festivus will be held over their airwaves from Dec. 3 to 7, with shows hosts discussing their own varied holiday traditions. Riot Radio fans can go to www.riotradio.ca to enjoy Festivus.

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RANGOLI: International students work on a rangoli design on the floor of the Student Services building.

Manjula Selvarajah The Chronicle

The Durham College International Office hosted a rangoli art session at the student services building foyer on Nov. 15 in celebration of the Indian festival Diwali.

Known as the festival of lights, Diwali is one of the largest national festivals in India.

Rangoli is an Indian decorative

art form that involves drawing intricate designs on the floor and filling the different parts of the design with coloured material. During Diwali, rangoli is seen adorning the entrances of Indian households.

During the session, some of the international students familiar with doing rangoli drew a large design on the ground and filled it with bags of coloured rice, while others stood

by watching.

Dharti Patel, a third-year Biotechnology student from India who joined the rangoli designers, talked about it reminding her of home. “I feel like I am in my home,” she said. “I was missing Diwali with my family this year, and this helps.”

The international office plays an active part in organizing events that bring together the international students from

road trips, cricket games to familiar celebrations like Diwali.

Around 80 per cent of the international student population at Durham College is from India.

Hayden Joy, a Durham College first-year Emergency Services Fundamentals student, on his way back from finishing class, stopped by to admire the work. “I think it is cool,” he said. “It is quite beautiful.”

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Canadian musician tells all Marielle Boutin The Chronicle

He is known for his darker, sarcastic lyrics and haunting voice.

“My voice is probably deeper than your favourite pop singer. Consequently, I’m very comfortable with it now,” said Jay Pollock.

“Oh…and haunting? No problem, I’m fine with haunting.”

Fans of baritone music will have a field day when Toronto singer Pollock visits Oshawa to play the Robert McLaughlin Gallery on Dec. 7.

He is joined a lot by a variety of musicians on stage however his core band is made up of himself, drummer Lowell Whitty and bassist Ben Huband.

Although he accepts how he sounds now, he admitted that he used to change the sound of his voice to fit the norm.

“I used to try to sing above my range to emulate familiar mainstream music. Then I decided to embrace my own range,” said Pollock.

“I thought, ‘I write the damn music, so I’ll write it for my damn voice.’ It’s my heart and soul and should be expressed within my most natural means.”

Considering his voice is different, Pollock finds it difficult to define his music.

“I usually awkwardly squirm for a while and then find words,” he said before noting that he just likes to create an atmosphere with his music.

“The music has heavy lyrical content in a twisted, often minor key that can be peppered with sour notes that stem from my interest in eastern music, I don’t mean to cause nightmares, but

James Krupa

JAY POLLOCK: Toronto baritone singer Jay Pollock will be performing at the Robert McLaughlin Gallery on Dec. 7.

maybe don’t put it on right before bed,” he said.

It’s this lyrical content that Pollock said stems from his love of imagery and metaphor that engages his audience.

“After scrawling onto the page in the writing process, I admit that I’m often alarmed that the lines are a mouthful of

Is this movie worth the hype?

Adam Mercer The Chronicle

The Man with the Iron Fists is a weakhanded attempt at modern martial arts.

It’s a movie with so few connections to reality that it’s hard to take seriously, but it has such a serious tone that it’s hard to laugh at too.

It’s the kind of movie that’s great to watch on a whim but should be avoided for those looking to learn anything.

The martial arts are creative, but the dialogue is not.

It’s hard to stay immersed in the film because of so many awkward close-ups that make the fighting impossible to follow.

The story is about a feudal Chinese village called Jungletown that animal themed gangs roam and rule over.

There’s the Lions, the Jackals, the Rats, all of whom dress the part of their animal mascot.

RZA, the Wu-tang clan rapperturned-director is the local blacksmith for the warring gangs, which is the main source of conflict throughout the story because he supplies both sides of every battle.

Russel Crowe, Lucy Liu, Dave Bautista

of World Wrestling Entertainment and RZA are the only recognizable American actors, and the rest are mostly Asian martial arts and movie stars.

Crowe was easily the most interesting character in the film, as Jack Knife, plays an American military man in China who seems to work behind the scenes pushing the plot forward.

But his hidden connections aren’t really explained besides his vendetta against one of the main villains Poison Dagger.

It’s the kind of movie that Kung-Fu fanatics will appreciate but likely only purchase for novelty’s sake, to collect dust in their collection.

Iron Fists doesn’t do anything new.

Instead its 80 per cent dramatic picture and 20 per cent cheesy Kung-Fu parody.

Quentin Tarantino lent his name to the film, and was an advisor of sorts to RZA throughout the development of Iron Fists, but his style was a heavy influence.

The film is kind of like Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon meets Kill Bill Vol. 1 and 2.

If you need a martial arts fix give The Man With The Iron Fists a try, otherwise, go back and watch your favourite flick instead.

marbles,” said Pollock.

“But when a listener allows their mind to absorb the words, they can find there is a clear, while perhaps twisted

picture in their head.

He said simplicity is not his forte. “If my lyrics ever sound simple as I write a tune, I’m not doing it right.”

His love of metaphors can clearly be heard in his album titled Creepy Diner Music, released in 2008.

Pollock defines the album as being a chronological documentation of losing and finding his handle on reality.

“I will never make an album like it again. I dealt with betrayal, loneliness and loss. Not too much whining involved (just enough), more pointing out the ridiculousness of it all,” he said.

“It’s mocking the silly and serious situations of life. To me, sarcasm is like Polysporin for the mind.”

Although the album was somber in nature, he’s very happy with where he is now in his career.

While he currently lives in Toronto often playing venues like Graffiti’s Bar and Grill, Pollock grew up in Whitby and Oshawa, having played The Moon Room and The Eclipse earlier in his career.

It’s this connection that makes Pollock a good fit to play the RMG. Pollock is excited to play the gallery and says playing different venues is important.

“Whether it’s an outdoor festival in front of a large sandpit or a burlesque gig with beautiful women hanging dangerously from the ceiling, keep em’ coming,” said Pollock.

“RMG in Oshawa? Perfect. See you then!”

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Comics withstand the film world Michelle Munro The Chronicle

The Avengers, Spiderman, and Batman, oh my! The movie industry has had a varying impact on the sales of comic books.

The sales depend on the superhero, the quality of the movie and the popularity. Arrow is the most recent TV show based on the DC comic book hero Green Arrow.

“Green Arrow hasn’t been a good comic to date,” said Whitby’s Comic Book Addiction’s owner Steve Quinnell.

He said DC Comics is working on a series of comics called Arrow that will go along with the show. He has already had Arrow fans ask about the comic.

“Comic book companies do a good job at putting out comic books that relate to movies and shows like the new Avengers series,” said Oshawa’s GNU books employee Chris Murray.

Tim Simms, owner of World’s Collide in Oshawa, along with Murray and Quinnell believe the hit AMC TV show Walking Dead has had the most impact on comic book sales. In the show’s first season GNU Books sold out all of their

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GNU COMICS: GNU Books employee Chris Murray finds the comic Green Arrow from the store’s collection. The comic’s TV adaption titled Arrow airs on CTV. old issues of Walking Dead.

Comic books have survived without the help of movies,

especially popular heroes like Batman, Spiderman and Superman that have been around

for decades. The movies help enhance the comic book experience. Readers get to see their

heroes and villains come to life.

Quinnell said the good movies definitely have a positive influence on sales.

“They (movies) make people notice them (comic books) more,” said Murray.

New or inexperienced comic book readers can find comic books that relate to their favourite show. There are comic books and graphic novels that continue where shows like Smallville end off, or ones that give insight into some characters like the Heroes graphic novels.

Murray said if the movie or show is bad, it could turn off some hard-core comic book fans. For example, Quinnell wishes that there was a better version of Conan the Barbarian.

It’s tough for filmmakers to create a show that will please everybody. There are several heroes that have different versions to their stories like Spiderman. Some hard-core comic book readers will complain about the inaccuracy in the movies. However all they have to do as think of the movies as a new version of the hero.

“You can still read the comics, and watch the movie separately,” said Simms.

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Advice for a career in sports Alex Martinez The Chronicle

Work for free and work hard.

Those might not be the words that any student wants to hear when trying to break into the sport industry. But when someone as successful as Kate Beirness is giving this advice, you are more then willing to learn from it.

Beirness, TSN anchor and sports reporter was one of 10 guest speakers at the 2012 Sports Business Conference hosted by Durham College Sports Business Management Graduate program.

The third annual conference took place on Nov. 20 in the Campus Recreation and Wellness Centre at Durham College. Over 300 attendees from Durham College and local high schools such as Denis O’Connor and All Saints C.S.S., attended the event in hopes of networking with professionals in sport media, sport business and the sport writing industry.

The 31 students who ran the successful and informative conference had guest speakers from Sportsnet, Toronto Sun, CFL, Oak Sports Management, Toronto Blue Jays, Oshawa Generals, Humber College, Wilfrid Laurier University and the 2015 Toronto Pan/ParaPan Am Games.

Door prizes, silent auctions, continental breakfast and a buffet lunch were all available to guests at the conference.

Panel periods took place during every guest-speaker’s speech so students could have an opportunity for Q-and-A. Several networking breaks allowed attendees to mingle with guest speakers and have an opportunity for one-on-one questions.

Beirness and MC of the day

Sam Cosentino, junior hockey analyst and anchor for Baseball Central on the Fan 590, opened the conference with brief descriptions about themselves and advice on the challenges in such a niche industry.

“You have to make a name for yourself,” said Beirness.

“You have to ask the right questions and earn respect. It is such a small industry, which means there are minimal jobs.

But once you get in, you will work with some of the greatest people. Take constructive criticism and let the other stuff roll off you.”

Beirness attended the first conference that was held back in 2010 and compared it to this year’s successful event.

“Its certainly bigger this year. There’s an interesting age group, a lot high school students attended,” said Beirness.

“The organizing committee has been fantastic. They have been so on the ball. I would have loved to have been in University and have speakers come and speak to me. It would have helped me ten-fold.”

Another iconic guest speaker, who left the audience in stitches, was Toronto Sun baseball writer and Taylor Spink Award recipient, Bob Elliot.

Elliot spoke about his experience writing and observing MLB, while cracking jokes with the audience and asking students to volunteer to help demonstrate the difference between baseball and other sports.

For students who want to get into sports writing Elliot’s advice was simple and obvious enough. “ I hope the students today had a laugh from me,” said Elliot with a huge grin on his face.

“I don’t have a degree but I know it does not work that way any more. Get an education,

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SPORTS CENTRE: Co-chair Maralee Drake (left) questions guest speakers Kate Beirness and Sam Cosentino at the third Sports Business Conference . read and don’t just read sports, read everything. Be yourself, don’t try and be anyone else.”

This year’s conference was headed by co-chair Maralee Drake, who’s job was to oversee the committee chairs and make sure everything ran smoothly throughout the day.

Drake was pleased with the outcome of the conference and hoped the students learned a lot from the guest speakers.

“It was a great learning opportunity for us as the organizing committee,” said Drake. “I think it also opened the eyes of a lot of Durham College stu-

dents as well as the high school students as to what the sports industry is and what it involves.”

Drake received feedback from students about the caliber of guest speakers at this year’s conference and how willing they were to speak to students.

First-year sports management student Zaid Halabi was impressed with the conference and took away a lot of useful advice.

“The advice from the speakers and how they got to where they are now was useful,” said Halabi. “It is very useful for us

because we don’t know where to start our career or how to run it so it was very helpful to hear their struggles and success stories.”

Another very important individual who guided the 31 students running this conference is Sports Management professor Matt Alker. Alker will grade the students on their work at the event and prior to the conference.

“My role on the day of the conference is to observe and evaluate the students,” said Alker. “This is part of their learning and challenges.”

DC hosts third annual SBC Lauren Cunningham The Chronicle

The third annual Sport Business Conference was held on Nov. 20 at the Campus Recreation and Wellness Centre Gym at Durham College.

Students in the Durham College Sport Business Management graduate program hosted the event that drew in a crowd of over 300 students to help educate and network with sport professionals in the industry.

The student-run conference started in 2010 as a way for students to connect with professionals and build relation-

ships. Co-chair Maralee Drake was pleased with the outcome of the conference.

“It was a great learning opportunity for us as the organizing committee,” said Drake. “I think it also opened the eyes of a lot of Durham College students as well as the high school students to what the sports industry is.”

The speakers brought many inspirational messages to the students. After briefly speaking about their background in the sport industry they allowed students to ask questions and gave advice.

“Not everyone is going to

start at the top, not everyone is going to get to the top,” Sam Cosentino, junior hockey analyst said. “If you stay dedicated, passionate, energetic and you work hard you have a better chance of finding your comfort zone.”

Jeff Twohey, general manager of the Oshawa Generals, explained the importance of having passion and community involvement when it comes to sports. He told his life story of growing up playing hockey and when he got injured and couldn’t play he followed his passion and started coaching and doing everything he could

to stay involved with the sport.

He explained that without his passion for hockey and the hard work, he wouldn’t be where he is today.

The conference consisted of many other successful speakers who all carry different backgrounds in the sport industry.

Kate Beirness from TSN explained how important it is to get volunteer hours and work for free while Michael Bonanno kept the mood light and spoke of his beginning when he had no idea what he was doing as a professional athlete agent.

Shannon Ballard, director of Marketing in the CFL got into

detail about how important it was to get the attention of Canada and prepare for the 100th Grey Cup. The students all took the time to network with the speakers and learned more about what to expect in the sport industry.

“I have really enjoyed watching every speaker. Each one has taught me something different,” Hayley Martyn, a secondyear Sport Management student said. “I’ve learned more about setting goals for myself and realizing you have to do lots of hard work before you can climb your way to the top.”

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Great turnout for first annual bonspiel Michelle Munro

The UOIT curling team didn’t come out on top in their first annual bonspiel, but there was a great turnout.

The tournament went from 9:30 a.m. Nov. 17 to 3 p.m. Nov. 18. Laurier’s women’s team and their men’s junior varsity team came in first place. UOIT’s men’s and women’s team each won three out of five games.

“Both teams started slowly, but worked their way up and played exceptionally,” said head coach Debbie Fischer.

Fischer felt the tournament went great for their first bonspiel. She said it is hard to get other universities to come out because of other curling com-

mitments, but she thought it was nice to see other universities there.

Waterloo, Laurier, Trent and UOIT each had a men’s and women’s team in the tournament. Laurier junior varsity and Carleton only brought a men’s team to the tournament.

Laura Arbor, a third-year Kinesiology student at UOIT, said the women’s team changed the lineup a lot to get a feel for who performs the best in a certain position.

She played vice and skip for two games each and played second in another.

She said in order to improve their game the girls need to learn to work together and practice their execution.

James McPherson, a third-

year student at UOIT majoring in accounting, said the bonspiel was the first time the team has played together as a whole.

He did notice his team played better during the second day of the tournament.

“We need to improve on team chemistry and a few little things,” said McPherson. “Once we get going we can learn the way everyone throws and it will be better.”

“I’m a little disappointed they (UOIT) didn’t win their first tournament,” said Fischer.

However, the teams will be attending Brock University’s bonspiel in St. Catharines Jan. 26 and Waterloo’s one-day tournament on Feb. 3, before they start Provincials in February.

significant amount early.

Led by determined play by Alicia Del Fuoco and Kenesha Stinchcombe-Brown, the team was able to re-group in time for the second half and managed to outscore their opponent in the final two quarters, but it was truly too little too late for the Lords, who lost 75-61.

Coach Tim Baulk was happy with some parts of his team’s game, but overall disappointed with their performance.

“When (the game) is out of reach we play relaxed and hit our shots, but when it’s tight we just collapse,” said Baulk.

“That’s something good teams

don’t do and we need to get that fixed.”

The men’s basketball team played a better game, for the most part, against the defensive Huskies. Coming off an impressive 105-57 win over Cambrian College on Nov. 16, the Lords were looking to make a statement against one of the league’s better teams.

Standout performances by Lords star players Anthony Ottley and Christoff Pierre helped them keep up with the hot Huskies who entered the game on a four-game win streak.

The Lords ran out of energy in the last moments of the

fourth quarter and the Huskies were able to take advantage and win the game 73-68.

Coach Desmond Rowley was happy with his team’s effort, but felt too many unforced errors cost them the game.

“We competed but we made too many mental mistakes,” said Rowley. “(We) turned the ball over too much and took too many ill-advised shots.”

With the losses the women are now 1-4 and the men are 1-5 this season. Both teams will be looking to rebound and have strong showings at home against Seneca College on Nov. 27.

period.

Connor Tresham dazzled UOIT fans in the last minute of the second when he jumped out of the penalty box and skated right in on a breakaway. Tresham used some nifty moves to lift the puck on his backhand into the top corner of the net.

Ridgebacks goaltender Bryce O’Hagen registered an assist on the play.

Heading into the third period the game was tied 2-2 but Waterloo quickly took the game

away. Kain Allicock scored twice in the first two minutes of the third for the Warriors.

Stoughton responded with his second of the game when he spun around and fired in the slot right through the tender’s five-hole. The Warriors finished the game with two more goals in the third. O’Hagen was replaced by Jacob Rattie with 10 minutes left.

UOIT forward Tony Rizzi was ejected from the game at 12:04 when he received a fight-

ing major. He will receive a one-game suspension for the fight. After the game Rizzi was not happy with his conduct and knew he made a bad decision.

“It was frustration mainly, with the game and three losses in a row at home,” said Rizzi. “I like our second period. Other than that we just weren’t good enough for a home game.”

Despite the loss, the line of Stoughton, VanMoerkerke and Wise had a good game and combined for seven points.

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ROLLING DOWN THE ICE: Michael Marshall (right) and Zackary Krowcuk sweep a path for their teammate’s rock.

Both men’s and women’s teams won three out of five of their games during UOIT’s first annual bonspiel.

First win of the season for the Lords Joe Cotrona The Chronicle

After losing in their home opener and starting the season 0-3, the Durham Lords women’s basketball team earned its first win of the season.

Led by strong team play and a dominant game plan, the Lords were able to pull out the win against Cambrian Golden Shield in convincing fashion.

Coach Tim Baulk was impressed with his team’s performance, especially in the first quarter.

“In the first quarter we were outstanding,” said Baulk.

“That’s the way I expect us to play” The Lords were hit hard in spite of the win as Mackenzie Mcfarlane and twins Kaela and Kenesha Stinchcombe-Brown fell to injury.

No details were available about the injuries at press time.

Lords can’t score a win Joe Cotrona The Chronicle

The Durham Lords basketball teams were unable to win two straight at home on Nov. 21 as both the men and women’s teams lost to the George Brown Huskies.

Both teams were impressive at times but failed to be consistent enough to compete against the defensively dominant Huskies.The women’s game was a battle between two 1-3 teams looking for their second win of the season. The Lords didn’t get off to a good start against the Huskies, falling behind by a

Ridgebacks drop wild one Brent Carabott The Chronicle

The Ridgebacks men’s hockey team dropped a wild one Thursday, Nov. 15 against the Waterloo Warriors. The final score was 6-3 for the Warriors.

Jesse Stoughton opened the scoring at 5:52 for the Ridgebacks on a pass from Brendan Wise. Waterloo closed out the first with two goals, and for the third straight game UOIT allowed two goals in the opening

Lords dominate first win of the season Joe Cotrona The Chronicle

The Durham Lords men’s basketball team won their first game of the season with a dominating performance against Cambrian

Golden Shield on Nov. 16.

The Lords won by an overwhelming 105-57, led by a 30-point game by rookie Anthony Ottley. Coach Desmond Rowley was impressed with the win and the overall effort of his team.

“We worked hard and played as a team,” said Rowley. “Win or lose, I’ll be happy with that effort.”

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ACADEMIC BOWL: Science students play for the chance to compete against UOIT faculty for the Science Council cup.

Creating chemistry with floor hockey Cody Orme The Chronicle

The Science Council Cup was on the line again, as science students faced off against faculty in a game of floor hockey.

Last year the game was flag football. The change of sport was made because of weather; the idea of floor hockey came from physics professor Rupinder Brar.

“It’s great to do things with the students out of the classroom,” said Brar, who added events that get student-teacher interaction are easier with a smaller university such as UOIT. The event followed the same round robin style as its predecessor. Four teams, all science students, faced off against each other, playing three games each and the team with the best record would go on to face the faculty.

The winning team was the UOIT Science Council, who went undefeated in the round robin tournament.

That winning streak came to an end against the faculty.

The faculty won 5-2, with

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chemistry professor Jean Paul Desaulniers netting four goals and one assist in the victory.

“Its great to have [the trophy] back where it belongs,” said Desaulniers. “The students put up a great game.”

The reason behind the tournament was more than healthy competition, or the chance for students to take out some frustration on faculty.

“It’s a great way to interact with faculty,” said Jaymie Oentoro, fourth-year life science student and president of the science committee, adding there were rumours of some professors trashtalking students.

“We like to keep everything on the floor,” said Leena Patel, a third year-life science student who organized the event.

The reason behind the event is to have students feel more comfortable talking to professors. To the faculty, the door is always open. “[Students] are always welcome to contact faculty…” said Desaulniers. “They shouldn’t feel afraid to talk to us.”

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The Durham Masters Lacrosse League is in the middle of its winter registration. You can sign up Nov. 29 and Dec. 6 at the Civic Auditorium field D. It is a co-ed league and anyone 15 and older is welcomed to sign up.

John Scanga started the DMLL 15 years ago. The league welcomes both professional lacrosse players and amateurs to each team.

“It’s all indoor and non-contact,” said Scanga. “Professionals, junior A and people who have never played before can all play together and learn from each other. We mix the teams so that it’s fair.”

Chad Bryant, 19, a student at Trent University, has played in the DMLL for a number of years. Bryant, a goalie, says the

league is a good experience.

“You get a lot of practice and there’s a lot of good shooters in the league.

There’s no hitting, so you get a lot of shooters at different angles.”

Ryan Douglass, 34, has played in the league for eight years and says that this league gives him a connection to the game that he grew up playing.

“My favourite part is the camaraderie with all the guys, the atmosphere is good, and it gets competitive and then it’s relaxed,” said Douglass.

Each season has 14 games.

There are prizes and jerseys for players, it coasts $180 to register. If you’re a fan of lacrosse but have never played before, this league is a good place to start. “If you like or even want to try it, come out. It’s all about safety, sportsmanship and having fun,” said Scanga.

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Gens fall to Sauga City Lauren Cunningham The Chronicle

The Oshawa Generals took a 5-3 loss to the Mississauga Steelheads on Nov. 18.

Captain Boone Jenner got a pair of goals but it wasn’t enough to beat the Steelheads. Trevor Morbeck got his first goal as a General after being traded from the Kingston Frontenacs a week earlier.

Scott Laughton was back in the line up after missing 10 games for a hit to the head.

The Generals lost 4-3 to the London Knights on Nov. 15 but bounced back to beat the Belleville Bulls 5-1 on Nov. 16.

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Playing at a different level of sport

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The Chronicle In just a short number of years, Kate Beirness has become one of the most influential sports anchors and reporters in the business.

Having joined TSN just three years ago she has already become a household name,

Lords earn first win Joe Cotrona The Chronicle

After losing their home opener and starting the season 0-3, the Durham Lords women’s basketball team earned its first win of the season.

Led by strong team play, the Lords were able to pull out a win against Cambrian Golden Shield in convincing fashion.

Coach Tim Baulk was impressed with his team’s performance.

“In the first quarter we were outstanding,” said Baulk. “That’s the way I expect us to play.”

the envy of every female and a dream for male sport enthusiasts.

A bachelor of commerce alum at UOIT, Beirness realized during her time in university that she wanted to become a broadcaster and started making those steps towards her dream.

Beirness did in-game announcing for the Durham Lords and volunteered at Rogers TV Durham.

Beirness credits those long hours at Rogers as her big break into the broadcasting scene.

“Everyone assumes that I got my start in Barrie, when really I got my start at local television, just down the road from the school,” said a grateful Beirness.

“I literally left my paying job at Sportsnet to go work for free and attend university. I made my contacts and I am grateful for it.

“The past three years at TSN have been a great experience for Beirness, who has had the opportunity to co-host the 2012 Olympics, World Junior hockey, NCAA March Madness, and interview a slew of athletes.

Her career highlights include two particular events that she had the opportunity of covering or co-hosting.

“One hundred per cent I’d have to say the Kraft Celebration tour and co-hosting the Olympics,” said Beirness with a huge smile on her face. “It’s indescribable. TSN and Kraft do

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ANCHORING OUT: TSN anchor and reporter Kate Beirness, right, with journalism student Alex Martinez, shared her success at the third annual Sports Business Conference held in the CRWC gymnasium on Nov. 20. such an amazing job bringing SportsCentre across Canada.

The Olympics was by far the biggest stage I’ve ever been on.

I did the most work I’ve ever done in my life leading up to the Olympics.”

Prior to becoming a successful anchor, the Port Perry native was an aspiring basketball player who had to put her dreams of playing professional ball on hold after a torn ACL. “It made me re-focus my career. I told myself, I can’t play sports for the rest of my life.

But I still think that tearing my

ACL was one of the best things that ever happened to me. This, to me, is the next best thing to being a professional athlete.”

Other than putting her basketball dreams on hold, Beirness faced obstacles just like everyone else, but has never had a situation where she wasn’t in control.

“People ask me all the time about being a women in this field,” said Beirness.

“My work has never treated me differently. I work hard for them and they are a fantastic company to work for.”

A hard-working role model, Beirness has the best advice for anyone who is trying to get into the sports broadcasting industry, work hard and work for free.

“So many people say they want to be a broadcaster, and that’s great but it’s what you do to get yourself there. It’s what you do that separates yourself from the thousands of other people that want that exact same job as you. You’re going to have to work for free. It might suck at first but it’ll be worth it.”

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