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November 26, 2013

Battle over student fees continues

Streak ends

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GOING FOR THE KILL: Lords hitter Madison Rae-White goes for the kill during the game against Seneca on Nov. 21. The Lords would lose the match 3-0 to put an end to their three-game win streak.

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The Student Association at Durham College and UOIT has threatened legal action against the schools for continuing to withhold member fees from the organization.

At its Nov. 19 board meeting, the SA spoke of a letter addressed to the institutions in which the organization advocated for the release of its fees and for an end to the schools ‘interfering’ in SA governance.

“We sent them a letter informing them we want their response by [Nov. 20] or we’re going to step up our game,” said SA board director Abdullah Khan. “Our lawyers actually sent them the response. At this point we’re losing a lot of money, we’re dipping into our reserves, and it’s affecting our business.”

The SA then threatened legal action if these demands

weren’t met. President Peter Chinweuba said the SA had set a response deadline of Nov. 20, at which point the organization intended to negotiate the release of member fees. The organization released a statement expressing its intent to pursue legal action, as well as claiming the group has attempted to work with the schools several times. As of Nov. 20, Durham College chief of staff Tony Doyle said the school had no intention to waver on its position, and that the pursuit of legal action by the SA would be both “unnecessary and unsuccessful.”

The message from Khan was accompanied by a general sense of foreboding at the board meeting. There was concern the SA was going to run short of funds to continue supporting its services, and that the school can and will stop paying the SA’s bills should it choose.

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DC hosts annual open house Jennifer Lavery The Chronicle

The Durham College fall open house was a huge success.

Many high school students in grades 11 and 12 attended, exploring the college campus on guided tours and learning about the programs that Durham College offers under the different schools. Booths from each school were set up in The Pit. There were volunteers on hand everywhere to assist with information, input and directions.

Blythe Elliott is a Grade 11 high school student. “This school is really easy to get lost in,” said Elliott. She was there with her friend Meagan Caruso, a Grade 12 high school student looking into different programs.

“I am looking into health sciences,” said Elliott. “I enjoy the sciences, and I’m excited to go to university. I’m ready to move away and be more independent.”

“I’m really interested in the

911 Emergency Services program,” said Caruso. “I want to meet new people and gain an education.”

“I live close to Durham College so I won’t be living on residence if I decide to come here,” said Caruso. “But if I decide to go somewhere else I will probably live on campus.”

There are new programs being offered next year, as well as old courses with new streams.

Event Management and Activation Co-ordination in Gerontology are two of the new courses being offered in fall 2014.

“That is another course I was interested in learning about,” said Caruso. “I’m really good with the older generation and I think it would be interesting to learn about it.”

Amanda from Second Career Services was setting up a booth, explaining to parents and students that Second Career provides laid-off workers with financial aide and training to help find jobs for individuals in Ontario.

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Jennifer Lavery

CHECKING THINGS OUT: A mother and daughter pose outside an information booth for the School of Interdisciplinary Studies and Employment Services during Durham College’s annual fall open house on Nov. 16.

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Skvirsky’s influence on SA policy evident Giorgio Berbatiotis The Chronicle

Since new SA bylaws passed at the Nov. 5 AGM, the interim executive director has new powers and prominence within SA organizational structure.

Dina Skvirsky, who is new to the position, has a history in controversial student politics, and refuses to talk about how she got the top job at the SA. Skvirsky deflected questions after a Nov. 19 board of directors meeting.

Skvirsky was hired as interim after Kelly Morrison, the former executive director, was fired for unexplained reasons on Sept. 9. Morrison’s dismissal was unannounced and a surprise to many, even within the SA. Skvirsky was immediately declared her replacement in the same press release that informed students Morrison was “no longer with the organization” on Sept. 9. It is unclear how Skvirsky was hired, and when this process took place.

That the former executive director was fired and did not quit, would have likely remained secret, if not for internal SA documents, found in a public printer, that indicated Morrison was “terminated without cause”, and therefore by law was being offered a severance package of over $60,000.

Skvirsky has repeatedly refused interviews, and does not allow media to record SA board of director meetings, saying it is against SA policy, despite a motion passed last year, moved by the former vice-chair of the

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RUNNING THE SHOW: Interim executive director Dina Skvirsky texts while kneeling in front of the board of directors and executives table, after speaking to vicechair Baker Baha at the Nov. 5 AGM, where Skvirsky was given new powers. board and former VP of University Affairs, that requested the board record all meetings, and broadcast them on Riot Radio.

“I was hired. I’m here. I’m the interim. That’s all I can say to you,” said Skvirsky, when asked about how she got the top job, adding that as an HR issue, all details about how she was hired are confidential. When asked if she could at least say what made her want to work

at DC/UOIT, she angrily said, “Because I want to work here.

I’m not having this conversation.”

While Skvirsky was a member of the Carleton University Students Association, CUSA hired the prominent, CFS-affiliated corporate lawyer Ted Maduri to represent them.

Maduri was a featured speaker at a training session run by the Canadian Federation of Students a couple of months before

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Doyle said those fears were unfounded, and the school has been, and will continue to pay the SA’s invoices to ensure student services aren’t affected.

“We find many of the statements in the press release both concerning and curious,” said Doyle. “We have offered to work with the SA for many months, and we’ve been very clear that we want to see a management letter and governance plan.”

The Chronicle has not seen a memorandum of understanding between the two sides, and it remains unclear what grounds the SA has to pursue legal action. The SA’s lawyer was unavailable for comment before publication deadline.

“We have to pay our health benefits very soon. When we pay that our budget is going to be minimal. So eventually we’re looking at shutting down things,” said Khan. “What they say is they’re managing the flow. We’re sending them the

bills, but what they do, if they decide to pay or don’t, is up to them. What else happens is, if there is any profit made, they get to keep it, so we can’t give it back to the students, we can’t put it into things. If they don’t want to pay things [like employee wages], then we are liable.”

While the SA claims to have attempted negotiations several times, Doyle said the college remains baffled as to when and with whom these negotiations took place.

In correlation with its attempt to obtain the fees through legal action, the SA has begun a “Free the Fees” campaign, a petition calling on students to voice their support for the association. President Peter Chinweuba said the petition would require 5,000 student signatures before being presented to the institutions.

He addressed the fact that the online petition, found on the SA’s website, remains open to anyone with an email address by saying the organization welcomed the support of the com-

munity, however would only consider student signatures valid. He could not say how the SA would be capable of discriminating between students and non-students. This comes as local unions, such as CUPE 129, have expressed their support for the SA on social media websites asking, “friends, coworkers, club members, and teaching assistants to tell Durham College and UOIT to Free the Fees.”

Chinweuba declined to comment further.

The success of the petition may be doomed, however; as Doyle said the school would not consider changing its position were they to receive one.

He again stated that the college would not waver on its requests for governance plans and a management letter from the auditor, and the fees would not be released until they are met.The college also expressed its disappointment in the SA for not participating in its factfinding mission to investigate alleged harassment of senior SA staff.

Skvirsky replaced Morrison.

That training session was attended by some SA representatives, including board vice chair Baker Baha. Baha would not answer questions regarding when he and the board first met Skvirsky or who made the decision to hire her, and it is unclear if Skvirsky and SA representatives met or discussed SA business or Skvirsky’s future job at the CFS training session.

Skvirsky’s history with CFS

in student politics, however, is well documented. She is a known activist and campaigner for the Canadian Federation of Students and has worked at multiple CFS-affiliated student associations in the past, participating in CFS conferences, training and AGMs. The CFS has a controversial history. Its stated goal is to use fees collected from students to hire lobbyists and researchers in Ottawa to advocate on behalf of students.

But it has repeatedly been accused of a lack of transparency in how it spends the millions of dollars it collects annually from students, and of being unclear about how much it pays staff, who are often former student leaders who were loyal to CFS, that CFS then hires when they leave their schools.

Several student groups have taken CFS to court, accusing the CFS of undemocratic practices.

“We are getting out of a nondemocratic organization that doesn’t represent us… we are paying $300,000 a year for something that doesn’t give us anything in return,” former Concordia Student Union president Heather Lucas said in an interview with The Link.

Concordia’s union was in a bitter dispute with CFS, which refused to recognize a vote to leave the organization until they were paid $1.8 million in alleged outstanding fees that Concordia’s student union said they did not owe to the CFS.

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SA finally updates board minutes online Brad Andrews The Chronicle

After months of delay the Student Association has uploaded written records of their board of directors meetings. The board minutes, which are not verbatim, were updated Nov. 14 to include board meetings up to Oct. 8. This followed a period where the last minutes posted were from a meeting over the summer, on July 2.

In response to questions about these delays the organization responded via email. According to their email the SA recognizes the

importance of having board meetings posted on the website and pointed to recent difficulties facing the SA for the delay.

“Due to the confusion caused by the decision of the institutions to withhold the student fees from the Student Association, along with the interim executive director having to take over many of the duties of the organization in this time, a few processes had to be clarified.”

The email continued that the process for approving board minutes does take time and students can request to see the minutes at the SA main office at any time.

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Stress eating is an addiction Samantha Daniels The Chronicle

With the exam season coming into full swing, students are beginning to feel the strain of the fall semester coming to a close. Last-minute presentations and assignments, as well as upcoming exams, are more than enough to push anyone to their breaking point.

According to Campus Health Centre holistic nutritionist Sylvia Emmorey, the number one cause of unhealthy eating is stress.

“When you’re stressed, you crave carbohydrates, and the easiest, quickest form is sugar,” she said. “It’s your brain and body’s first source and first choice for energy.”

In these times of stress, students are the food industry’s best friend. It’s an industry that uses science to produce addictive products that many of us, especially over-tired students, feel they can’t live without.

“When you have sugar, fat, and salt in combination, it actually stimulates the brain to crave more, and the food industry uses that combination to sell products,” she said.

In a recent Connecticut College study, scientists linked the addictive properties of processed foods, in this case Oreo cookies, to drugs such as cocaine. They determined that foods high in fat and sugar stimulate the brains of lab rats in the same way drugs do.

“What they’re linking is addictive properties and qualities in the food we eat, mainly sugar in this study. But in the Oreo cookie in particular, there is sugar and fat in the product as well,” Emmorey said.

Different types of sugar have different effects, she said.

“Fructose is a fruit sugar, which is put in a lot of products, causes changes in the brain that trigger overeating. So you don’t feel full when you’re having fructose,” she said. “Glucose, another type of sugar, actually suppresses the activity areas of the brain that fulfill reward and desire for food. So it’s like you didn’t feel like you had any-

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Exams are coming up soon and there are some things Durham College students need to know: deadlines, timetables, what to bring and what not to bring.

Be sure to double check timetables for the time and place to write the exam. If there is a conflict with a timetable be sure to go to the appropriate school office to arrange an alternate schedule. Students who are writing their exam in the

Oshawa libraries offer study hours DC/UOIT students offered quiet space Sarah Pugsley The Chronicle

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SUGAR HIGH: Stressful times tend to make people reach for unhealthy foods high in sugar and fat. Students are especially susceptible during the exam period. thing. It’s basically a combination that makes you want more, and that’s why the study has compared it to any drug.”

Brain chemistry also plays a significant role in guiding the food industry to make foods that consumers will want to eat again and again.

“When you like something, and you enjoy eating it and it makes you happy, that’s the link to the part of your brain that registers pleasure. That’s the link to drugs,” said Emmorey. “When you want a food, it triggers the larger area around the pleasure centre of your brain linked towards addiction.

So unfortunately ‘wanting’ and ’liking’ certain foods do work together to create an addiction.”

When someone undergoes stress, eating processed foods alters brain chemistry to register pleasure and momentarily reduce stress.

“With all the people I’ve worked with, I’ve noticed most people link food to happy memories,” said Emmorey.

“You’re linking it to something quite likely in your youth or to a certain event. We do link food to emotions, and people do eat emotionally.”

Eating a favourite food under stress may temporarily make a person feel better, but that momentary relief does more harm than good in the long run.

“We’re a pretty ‘immediate satisfaction’ society in that sense where you’re not thinking about the future,” said Emmorey. “The world is changing and we have to start looking ahead.

Half our population is considered overweight or obese.”

According to Emmorey, this obesity epidemic links to how the food industry manufactures its products. Not only do most processed foods contain that specialized combination of fat,

Exams: are you ready to go?

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gym are to line up on the second floor at the top of the stairs by room G202.

There should only be pens, pencils and paper within the exam room unless the professor has approved laptops or textbooks. All ipods and phones are to be turned off.

It is suggested that students should arrive to their exam 20 minutes early since you will not be admitted in to the room if you are more than 30 minutes late. Students may not leave the room during the last 15 minutes or for the first 30 minutes

of the exam.

The usual rules still apply: students need to be silent during the exam, no food or drink is allowed and bring a student ID.Most importantly, remember that if a student misses an exam it is a $150 process fee to rewrite it and there may be restrictions. Students who have missed an exam must phone the school immediately, especially if there has been an emergency or illness.

Be sure to remember these rules and the only thing left to worry about will be studying.

sugar, and salt to get consumers addicted, but they also contain minimal nutritional value, and are packed with chemicals and preservatives to elongate shelf life.

“It’s not that we’re hungry – we’re an overfed population – it’s that we’re undernourished,” she said. “We’re eating a lot of foods, just not foods that have nutrients in it, which leads to a lot of health conditions.”

According to Emmorey, Diets filled with processed foods have been linked to Type II Diabetes, weight issues contributing to heart disease, and the preservatives within these foods have been linked to learning disorders and cancer.

However, Emmorey clarified, “I’m not saying you shouldn’t have a piece of birthday cake or some pie. What I’m saying is that you should focus on the quality of what you’re eating and the quantity.”

Looking for a place to study during this winter exam period? Do you feel like there’s no room on campus to sit and concentrate without disruptions?

The Oshawa Public Library is running an extended after-hours study program for Durham College and UOIT students who are looking for a quiet spot to focus.

From Dec 9 to 12, 16 and 17, the McLaughlin branch auditorium will be open from 2 p.m. to 11 p.m.

Students will be able to enjoy a quiet, disruptionfree environment with full access to desks and seating. Wireless Internet will be available and parking in the library lot is free after 6 p.m.

Students must be in the auditorium before regular closing hours in order to take advantage of the extended study period and have a valid Oshawa Public Library card. Registration is not required.

To find out more, visit www.opl.ca or call the library at 905-579-6111.

Grade reports available on mycampus Dec. 19 Richard East The Chronicle

Grade reports for the fall semester will be available to students on Thursday, Dec. 19 at 4 p.m. and transcripts will include a $12 fee.

Students wishing to see their final grades for the semester will have to log on to www. durhamcollege.ca/mycampus.

After they have logged in with their student ID number and password they must click administrative services, which

will be in the top left of the screen.

Once in administrative services, students need to click on student information, student records and then final grades.

Select the appropriate term and the final marks of each class for their respective student should be posted.

Transcripts must be obtained from the Office of the Registrar. For any additional assistance contact servicedesk@dc-uoit.ca or call 905.721.3333, option one.

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We’re declaring war on bullying Hazing in sports culture across Canada must stop

It’s time to declare a war.

The war is against the locker room culture that exists in the sports world. It’s a war against a belief that younger athletes must pay their dues, going through the rookie hazing or initiations to become part of a team. It’s a war against the belief that if it happens in a locker room, then it’s okay because the public doesn’t know. It’s a war against the example that’s set for children, that these actions are okay in the sporting world.

It’s also part of a much a bigger war against bullying.

After all, isn’t that what ‘hazing’ really means? Isn’t it just a nicer word for bullying?

Now when thinking of bullying, the common assumption is the big bad bully picking on the helpless individual, usually a child. Think Nelson Muntz from The Simpsons threatening Milhouse or Martin for their lunch money.

According to the Olweus Bullying Prevention Program in the U.S., bullying happens when a person is “exposed, repeatedly and over time, to negative actions on the part of one or more other persons,” with negative actions being defined as “when a person intentionally inflicts injury or discomfort upon another person, through physical contact, through

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words or in other ways.”

So is it that much of a stretch to suggest that bullying happens to professional athletes?

The Jonathan Martin/Richie Incognito case in the NFL has brought this to the forefront.

Martin, a half black male and rookie for the Miami Dolphins, had to leave the team that drafted him after receiving harassing, racist and threatening text messages and phone calls. He was also forced to pay $15,000 for a trip he wasn’t attending. He received threats against his family. The full extent of the abuse has yet to fully be revealed.

It seems silly at first glance to suggest a fully-grown man, especially one weighing 315 pounds and to be six-foot-fiveinches tall, could be bullied.

But it happened.

It’s also silly to suggest that just because these bullying ac-

tions took place within a team environment and a locker room that they are acceptable.

But it’s happening.

It’s time for society to realize that bullying can take many forms and can happen to anyone. Cyber, physical, emotional, verbal are just a few examples. All of the aforementioned bullying techniques are a possibility in the locker room of a sports team.

Sports are not meant to be an area where societal norms and rules do not apply.

Sports are meant to be an activity where children can go to build social skills, learn teamwork and most importantly have fun.

The example set by the NFL is one of hate, hostility and bullying. Children idolize these players, look up to them as role models. If the NFL, and society in general, do not take ac-

tion against this culture, it sets the example for children that if you’re a senior on the team, the new kid is fair game.

Every child that is new to a sports team will now expect harassment. The precedent set is you’re a rookie, you can be exploited, harassed and threatened and because it happens in a locker room with a team, it’s all acceptable.

We’ve seen far too many suicides recently because of bullying – think Rehteah Parson, Amanda Todd.

Instead of fostering a culture where we accept pockets of bullying, it’s time as a society to step up and stamp out this problem completely.

We’ve come too far to stop now.

Bullying used to be accepted as part of school and growing up, it was just something we all had to deal with. Eventu-

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It’s time to reach one of the last remaining pockets of bullying – the locker room. It’s time to make a stand.

If you’re an athlete, it’s time to stop doing these hazing rituals just because they were done to you. If you watch the NFL, it’s time to demand that something be done in the Martin incident.

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It’s time to declare a war on bullying.

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NFL bullying needs to end The NFL wants you to be tough.

Toughness means I can pilfer $15,000 from you for a trip you’re not attending. Toughness means I can send you racist and physically threatening text messages to toughen you up.

Toughness means I say flat out (without ‘bleeping’ or ‘*’-ing out) the words I sent because that makes me tough too. This is what I sent you: “Hey, wassup, you half-nigger piece of shit. I saw you on Twitter, you been training 10 weeks. [I want to] shit in your fucking mouth. [I’m going to] slap your fucking mouth. [I’m going to] slap your real mother across the face [laughter]. Fuck you, you’re still a rookie. I’ll kill you.”

It’s okay for me to use that language because I’m tough and being tough means I don’t care what people think, if you have a problem let’s fight. And we’ll fight because…

The NFL wants you to be a man.

You’re supposed to look at reality differently, face it, and if it tries to fight, well step up and knock reality out. It’s okay for me to send that text message to someone because we’re ‘buddies’.

If a ‘buddy’ sends me that text message though, and I have a problem with it, the easiest and best solution is to stand up and punch the teammate who sent it to me. That’s how problems are

solved when you’re tough and a man. and ‘buddies’ will turn their back on So what are you going to do about it? you if you try to seek help. We’ve been You just going to sit there and take it or through the choices you have. What are are you going to hike up your socks and you going to do? come fight me? Either way it’s okay beThis is what happens when locker cause… room culture and public attention clash.

The NFL ‘Locker Room’ is a sacred How ridiculous is that scenario? place, where societal rules or norms What choices do you have? How would don’t count. you feel?

It’s okay if everyone’s doing it. I can This is exactly what Jonathan Maruse the n-word repeatedly. I can threat- tin, a half black male and second-round en your sister with gang rape, and most draft pick, of the Miami Dolphins had to of all if you’re a rookie, I can freely make deal with. His teammate Richie Incognideath threats toward you. to was the ‘buddy’ sending him the text You sit there and messages, pressuring take it, or try to fight him, trying to “toughen me. I’m a man and I’m him” up. Most know Luke tough! You really need the details by now and to toughen up over I won’t spend time Callebert there! Be a man! And going through them, don’t you do dare try to but Martin obviously go for help because… was not okay with this The NFL doesn’t seem to want play- treatment no matter the justification or ers to get help for emotional problems. spin Incgonito tries to put on it.

Emotional problems are for the weak.

What is in play here is how ridiculous And as we just went over, I’m not weak. the ‘ players code’ and the ‘locker room’ I’m tough. I’m a man! If you’re not, myth is when dragged into the public maybe you shouldn’t be playing foot- spotlight. ball or be in our locker room. If there’s In no other profession would this a problem, it stays in our cushy locker ever be acceptable. Especially a profesroom. sion where its employees are paid milYou can’t seek help away from the lions of dollars to be role models, not problem, because then you ARE the just to its fans, but to children. problem. An entire room of teammates As a society we say bullying in any

form is never acceptable. Child bullying, especially, is not acceptable in any form, or so we say. Now the NFL and its players have decided to set the example that bullying is bad, everywhere but the locker room that is.

NFL players have stepped up recently saying that Martin wasn’t “tough enough” and the solution for Martin was to “man up” and just to challenge Incognito to a fight. This is completely laughable. And unacceptable.

How can we hold our children in elementary and high schools accountable for bullying and hazing in locker rooms when their role models are allowed to get away with such conduct?

How can the NFL, its players and other body justify this treatment of one of their own?

It’s time for someone, anyone, related to the NFL to stand up and say this is wrong. It’s time for racism to stop.

It’s time for the despicable bullying to stop. It’s time for locker room culture to come to an end.

What kind of example is this for society? The NFL is not Teflon, and journalists won’t let this one die. What will the NFL do to solve this? That remains to be seen, but the solution better not be to turn a blind eye this time because…

It’s time for the bullying bullshit to stop.

Turn your back on junk foods It’s Sunday morning and you’ve had a rough weekend. Your head is aching, you have bruises you don’t remember receiving, and you’re asking your roommates “Would it really be that odd to tape a garbage can to my torso all day?”

It’s better than throwing up elsewhere, right?

You hear someone say “McDonalds?” and suddenly the whole house has woken up and you’re counting your change to see if you have enough for an extra value meal.

The thought of going to the grocery store doesn’t even cross your mind – you don’t have the time, determination, or cash flow to warrant such a thought.

So you spend another few dollars on fast food and pledge to treat your body better.

Until next weekend, that is.

Budget constraints prevent many postsecondary students from eating properly. It seems too easy to justify – fruits and vegetables are so expensive! Fast food is quick, easy and cheap!

Let’s look at it logically. For about $20, one could buy four whopper combo meals from Burger King.

Or one large pepperoni pizza and an order of breadsticks from Domino’s.

These all seem like great deals – filling, calorie packed meals for under $20 that are ready when you want them.

However, for the same cost, a student could also buy the following: One pound of lean ground beef, one pound of chicken legs, one pound of green beans, two cans of Classico pasta/alfredo sauce, one bunch of broccoli, a loaf of

D’italiano bread, a 2.5 litre jug of orange might realize. juice, a 10 pound bag of Famer’s Market “A lot of students don’t realize that carrots, two litres of milk and a carton of eating well does affect their learneggs. (Total cost: $20.35.) ing skills, and the number one thing, I All prices taken from local No think, is their energy levels.

Frills and Loblaw’s Superstore flyers.)

After making only a few changes, a “I probably eat fast food at least five lot of the clients that I see say they have times a week,” said first-year small busi- increased energy and are sleeping much ness entrepreneurship student Kayla better.

Tanzos.

Healthy eating affects your concen“I don’t really think about it – three tration as well, and your digestion. As or four dollars here and there doesn’t you start to eat fast food on a regular seem like much, but I can see how basis it can make you very uncomfortit adds up eventually,” she added. able,” she said.

Registered holistic nutritionist Sylvia Emmorey went on to list side efEmmorey is the campus nutritionist for fects of unhealthy eating that students DC/UOIT. are often not aware of.

Emmorey said stu“What most college dents in college don’t students don’t realize factor time to make is that eating badly afCourtney healthy meals into fects their stress levtheir already busy els as well,” she said.

Williams schedules and as a re“Healthy eating can sult, tend to be more decrease stress because tempted to eat on the your body is getting the fly. proper nutrients it needs.”

“Students are not used to time manEating a lot of junk food is not only agement when they reach college with unhealthy, but it blocks the absorption classes at all different times of the day,” of healthy vitamins and minerals into she said. your system. It affects stress, sleep, “They quite often will schedule in weight, anxiety and depression,” she their school work and classes, gym time, said. Emmorey added any students who social time…but they don’t often ac- may be having issues with healthy eatcount for meal preparation time. ing or have questions about nutrition It becomes easy to just pick some- should schedule an appointment with thing up,” she said. her at the Campus Health Centre.

Emmorey added that students living Appointments with the campus nuaway from home for the first time can tritionist are covered through the Stubenefit from eating healthy foods rather dent Insurance Plan in place here at than fast food in more ways than they DC/UOIT.

“Set small, achievable goals and get support. It’s so important,” she said.

A study conducted by the U.S. Centre for Disease Control in 2007 found that fewer than 1 in 10 teens are consuming the recommended daily values of fruits and vegetables, and a 2004 study conducted by Harvard concluded that 30 per cent of teens eat four to six meals a week at fast food restaurants.

So it’s no surprise that when those teenagers come to college, their eating habits don’t drastically improve at the thought of having to buy their own groceries, cook their own meals, and take care of their own health.

So, the next time you decide you could really go for an eight piece chicken meal from KFC complete with 4 preservativepacked biscuits and two completely edible looking sides, think again.

Consider the healthy and overly beneficial groceries you could purchase just as easily – often for cheaper than the anticipated fast-food calorie punch you were considering instead.

As newly independent people starting out in the big, scary world, taking care of your health is the first step to becoming a responsible adult, and the best thing you could do for your body and your health in the weeks, months, and years to come.

The habits we fall into now will become habits for the rest of your life – so pick up an apple and turn your back on that Baconator next time you have the chance.

Your body, health and future will thank you.

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Trans Day of Remembrance

Durham and UOIT remember Katrina Owens The Chronicle

We associate the month of November with a variety of things, the start of another bitter Canadian winter, men with unsightly facial hair and Remembrance Day. There’s one particular day in November that most people aren’t familiar with, which is Nov. 20. This specific day is called Trans Day of Remembrance, a day much like Canada’s traditional Remembrance Day. This day is held nationally and is dedicated to remembering those who have died because of being transgender.

Durham College and UOIT’s outreach services joined together with Durham Region’s PFLAG group to hold this event at the downtown UOIT Charles Street campus. PFLAG Durham is a local not for profit group that provides support, education and resources for the LGBTQ community and loved ones. The Trans Day of Remembrance flag was raised in Ajax, Whitby, Courtice and at Oshawa’s city hall.

Five city council members, along with Mayor John Henry, were at the proclamation ceremony at Oshawa’s city hall.

Oshawa is one of Durham Region’s most friendly LGBTQ community said an attendee during the Q and A period.

Holding an event like this shows Oshawa is stepping into the future. “It’s about community, it’s about celebrating what makes us different from other places,” said Henry.

With over 50 in attendance the night was a huge success.

Live music was playing while guests had the chance to peruse booths set up by community organizations. Students had the chance to be educated on HIV/ AIDS, healthy relationships and what exactly being transgender means.

Grace Iziz, an intern at Outreach Services, is glad she got to experience Trans Day of Remembrance. “As a nursing student these kinds of issues are not present in our curriculum so I wasn’t aware of some things,” she said. “This experience through outreach has been enlightening.”

Mary Krohnert, studio coordinator at The Living Room Community Art Studio, helped attendees show off their creative side by drawing positive messages on both stones and

Katrina Owens

SHOWING SUPPORT: Hannah Latour and Nick Broadbent along with other students support Trans Day of Remembrance by picking roses and writing positive messages on stones.

canvases. The stones had an array of uplifting sayings on them, such as, be true to yourself, love yourself, you’re beautiful and be proud.

Beside Krohnert were Szanne McNutt and Dave Marlowe, both members of the Unitarian-Universalist Congregation of Durham. Attendees were making their very own buttons with positive messages at their booth. Durham’s Unitarian-Universalist Congregation encourages open discussion about differences and has a main goal of creating loving and inclusive families.

Over the past few years Oshawa has become more and more supportive of the LGBTQ community but McNutt believes we still have a long way to go.

“The farther we come, the farther we realize we have to go,” she said.

Early education about homosexuality and about being transgender cuts away at the stigma associated with transphobia and homophobia.

“We teach children about positive relationships, there’s a world out there and we’re all

part of it,” said Marlowe.

Tanya Shaw-White, acting president of PFLAG Durham, wants to end the ignorance that is associated with being transgender. “Creating awareness is a step to ending this,” she said.

“Our intent is to bring issues to light and save lives.”

According to the Trans Murder Monitoring Project, since Nov. 20 2012, 238 transgender people have been murdered all over the world, mostly in Brazil.

Sadly, this staggering number is just what has been recorded.

Stacey Vetzal, co-ordinator of Gender Journeys, says trans-

gender people have high suicide and murder rates. “Out of every murder, I am pleased to say none were in Canada,” she said.

Although Canada may seem like a safe haven, prejudices towards transgender people still exist. “I can’t erase being a man and society won’t let me,” she said.

Vetzal is trans woman, meaning she was born male and has transitioned into being a female. “If I feel so caged here in Canada, I fear how other women feel over the world,” she said.

Gender Journeys is an eightweek program held by Durham Region Trans Community. This group program is for anyone who is thinking of changing his or her gender and is looking to learn more about the process.

Miranda Schritt, secretary at PFLAG Durham, is also a trans woman who has gone through hardships. “There’s a lot of ignorance and lots of lives lost because of bullying,” she said.

Schritt told a heartbreaking story about her experiences, mainly of how living a lie tarnished most of her life. When she was younger she was bullied a lot by other children. She had to adapt and learn how to hide who she was.

Schritt recently “came out” this past year and has dealt with the stigma attached with being transgender. She even had to quit one of her jobs because of it. “I had a co-worker who couldn’t look at me without laughing,” she said.

Events like Trans Day of Remembrance are crucial in raising awareness. “Events like these help build awareness for troubles you face for being yourself,” she said. “We’re not pretending.”

Jay Knight, a trans man and also a fourth-year student at Humber College, said it’s a long process when transitioning.

Knight, who was born a female, hid who he truly was for much longer than he wanted to.

At the age of 18, Knight decided it was time to stop living a lie.

He began to take testosterone and underwent his top surgery to remove his breasts. Knight now has a girlfriend and is moving forward in his life. “Being yourself outweighs a lot of things,” he said.

The goal of the evening was to raise awareness about the harsh truth that is the mass amount of ignorance attached to being transgender. It’s much more complex than what people think. “I look forward to the day where being yourself is acceptable,” said Schritt.

Nov. 20, 2013 is the 15th Trans Day of Remembrance. It is now recognized as an official day of remembrance, dedicated to those who we have lost from transphobia.

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Sexual assault common at pubs Samantha Daniels The Chronicle

A Thursday night at E.P. Taylor’s or Shagwell’s comes with some standard sights: people drink, dance, and engage in varying levels of PDA. For many, pub nights are a way of forgetting about the school week and meeting some new people – platonic or otherwise.

For women, these nights out often come with some sort of advance from a man, with varying degrees of success. If the feelings aren’t mutual, it can be easy to politely say no and move on. However, with nine cases of sexual assault reported to the SA Women’s Centre last September alone, according to former SA manager of Outreach Services Barb Bryan, unwanted sexual advances continue to be an issue.

“And with only four per cent of assaults being reported, according to statistics, that works out to about one sexual assault per day on campus,” she said.

Lynn Cohen, Durham Rape Crisis Centre counselor and public education co-ordinator, visits UOIT every Thursday to assist victims of sexual assault.

“The number of assaults that are being reported on campus has significantly increased over the years,” Cohen said. However, she said this increase isn’t due only to increased reporting among women, but more women being sexually assaulted.

“Unfortunately, I think that the numbers are just increasing.”

Many of these cases fall in a ‘grey area,’ highlighting the issues society still has with effectively understanding and dealing with sexual assault.

Even within the legal definition, some instances that technically constitute a sexual assault would not be prosecuted, according to police.

“A tap on the bottom at a bar on the weekend is techni-

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IT CAN HAPPEN: Sexual assault is a common occurrence on campuses across Canada, and often comes hand-in-hand with alcohol consumption. Campus pubs are a particularly common place for sexual assault to occur.

What to do when you’ve been sexually assaulted Reporting sexual assault is purely voluntary. Victims have several options, including: • Reporting the assault the Durham Regional Police • Reporting the assault to security • Going to the SA Women’s Centre to speak with a counsellor and find out more about options • Visiting Lynn Cohen of the Durham Rape Crisis Centre on Thursdays at the UOIT campus

cally considered an assault, but it would rarely be prosecuted,” said Durham Regional Police Sexual Assault and Child Abuse Det. Andy Bussanich.

According to him, there is a typical sexual trajectory two people may take in an evening.

“It starts with talking, and then maybe a drink, then fast dancing, then slow dancing, then kissing, and so on,” he said.

He said this trajectory can be stopped at any point if the po-

tential victim is uncomfortable.

“We have to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the crime occurred, and it is very difficult to prosecute if there is no outward sign of ‘I do not want to engage in this behavior,’” said Det. Bussanich.

According to him, in this instance, the best a victim can do is “have some expression of not wanting it, and stand up and say they are not okay with what’s happening.” Doing so will help to set boundaries and

prevent the unwanted behavior from escalating. It seems reasonable for women to be able to stand up and say they’re not comfortable; however, Cohen believes some women still do not feel like they have the right to say no out of fear or embarrassment.

Part of her job is educating young women, and she said the 15- and 16-year-old girls in her classes tell her they have experienced the same things that happened to her 40 years ago when she was a teen.

“Boys are saying the same things to these girls that they were saying to me to get me to have sex with them,” said Cohen. “I think it’s the fact that we do live in a patriarchal society to this day. There have been minor shifts but not enough.”

Looking to media, Cohen says girls are continuing to get mixed messages about being independent but still requiring a man to feel valuable and complete. Men are getting these

same mixed messages and, according to Cohen, are being told that regardless of how independent women want to be, they still want to be pursued by men in the same traditional way.

This way lends itself to the “victim-perpetrator” view. According to University of Toronto philosophy of sexuality professor Ronald de Sousa, this view is simplistic and plays into the “coy shy female” myth, detailed by philosopher Lois Pineau. de Sousa said Pineau’s “coy shy female” needs to be convinced by a man to have sex, because she does not really want to or need to have sex as often as the man, and so manipulating her into so-called “consent” by mentally exhausting her is just “seduction.”

This highlights the issue of consent. The “shy coy female” technically gives her consent, but only through manipulation and exhaustion, or lack of an outright ‘no.’

According to de Sousa, a crucial point Pineau makes is that what is required in a sexual partner is enthusiasm, not consent, a legal concept that assumes there is some initial disagreement between the two people. Both Cohen and Byran use this idea of enthusiasm in their definition of consent.

“Consent is informed, enthusiastic, and encouragement,” said Bryan. “Silence or saying ‘I have a boyfriend or girlfriend’ does not convey consent.”

Cohen says boys in her classes ask how they’re supposed to know when there is consent and she admits it is tough to know whether or not someone is interested because neither person is upfront and vocal.

“I try to encourage girls to say something and boys to ask questions,” said Cohen. “They have to have open, honest dialogue with equal communication.”

Universities block free speech: Report

Christopher Burrows The Chronicle

The Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms released its annual Campus Freedom Index this past September and it does not look good for Canadian universities.

The JCCF was found in 2010 as a way to “defend the constitutional freedoms of Canadians through litigation and education,” and according its report, which looks at the state of free speech on Canadian university campuses, of the 45 schools included, 51 per cent failed.

The index gives universities

and their student unions a letter grade from A , which is a pass, to F, a fail, based on what their freedom of speech and anti-discrimination policies say, and whether the university or student union follows these policies.

The worst two universities were the University of Ottawa and Carleton University, which is also in Ottawa. According to the index both these universities “actively censored student speech.” McGill University and York University did only slightly better.

The worst student unions were a tie between Lakehead

University Students’ Union, the University of Victoria Students’ Society and the York Federation of Students, all of whom received straight Fs for policy and practice.

No university or student union received an A average, but six universities and two student unions earned B averages: Acadia University, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Ryerson University, Simon Fraser University, the University of British Columbia, the University of Regina, Carleton University Students’ Association and the University of King’s College Students’ Union.

UOIT and the Student Association were not included in this report.

“We strive to include as many universities in the index, which has grown from surveying 18 schools in 2011 to 45 in 2013,” said Michael Kennedy, communications and development coordinator for the Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms, in an email. “In part, we rely on “on-the-ground” reports from students at each campus to inform our research.”

Kennedy said they do want to include UOIT and every public university in Canada in the index and will try to do so in

2014.

UOIT has made its policies accessible to everyone on its website, under its administrative code. Its harassment and discrimination policy is under section 6.5. The SA’s policies on freedom of speech and harassment and anti-discrimination were not as easy to locate on their website, and attempts to get copies of these policies from them have gone unanswered.

Kennedy urges anyone who has experienced censorship on campus to submit them to the JCCF at www. jccf.ca so they can be included in the 2014 Campus Freedom Index.

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What lies beyond graduation Richard East The Chronicle

Students from the Durham College health science program were advised by professionals to make every negative experience a positive one; another step towards their dream career.

The health science committee brought in six professionals with mostly different backgrounds to discuss their career paths and offer advice to students.

The guest speakers were Dr. Robert Balogh, Dr. Nick Antony, Dr. Merrilee Brown, Shilpa Dogra, Megan O’Neill and Janet Phillips; all from mostly different areas of science.

All of them discussed their own ways in which they were inspired to tackle a certain field of health sciences and how students should do the same to find their passion: inspiration such as volunteer work, a professor whose research you admire, being a part of peoples’ stories or wanting variety in your job.

Balogh settled on his career path after volunteering as a camp councilor, helping kids who had autism.

He would eventually become a licensed physiotherapist with a master’s degree in epidemiology and a PhD in rehabilitation science.

“How much can you do with

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EAT, SLEEP, GRADUATE AND BEYOND: Personnel from the Comprehensive Health Science Committee discussing the night’s events with Shilpa Dogra, an assistant professor in the faculty of health sciences at UOIT. a master’s? You can certainly become a research assistant with a master’s (degree). You can do a lot with a professional degree and a master’s but if you want to go in to the academic world you have to get a PhD,” said Balogh.

Aside from finding your call-

ing and being a part of volunteer work regarding your passion, it is also important to become accustomed to interviews and how they will work, according to O’Neill, a registered kinesiologist and certified exercise physiologist.

It is important to apply ev-

erywhere, ask questions, do test interviews beforehand and always call back a few days later after the interview. Calling back shows your interest as well as giving you the chance to ask where you could have improved if you didn’t get the job.

“Within the interview process, when they ask you if you

have questions, ask questions.

Get to know what you should be asking. Your first few interviews, you may not ask the right questions but you will learn what to ask. You will learn how to prepare for an interview,” said O’Neill. “Research the company that you’re going for an interview and then you can ask more questions in the interview about the company and that will show you’re interested and invested.”

Students such as Anthony Ridding, a third-year kinesiology student, appreciated the experience and learned how to better prepare for the future.

He hopes to one day become involved in biomechanics as well as neurology.

“The most important thing I took away from the event was to get involved, become proactive about your future and start your networking now; though I wish they covered a little bit more of what they dislike about their careers, for example some of the behind the scenes tasks most people wont think of,” said Ridding.

The final note of advice they would leave students with was to make sure that they treat everything as a learning experience even if they didn’t enjoy it.

Learning what you hate is still one step towards doing what you love.

“Follow your dreams but be open to what happens along the way,” said Phillips.

Resume workshop at Oshawa Library Riyad Alli The Chronicle

The Oshawa Public Library hosted a resume workshop on Nov 18, at their main branch.

The focus of the workshop is to teach people how to write a resume with relevancy to the job they’re applying for, including skills to match the position, proper etiquette, accuracy and current resume styles and format.

Dina Pen is the marketing co-ordinator at the Oshawa Public Library and is one of the staff that runs the workshop, which is open to the public.

“As this is a drop-in program, we are never quite sure as to how many people will be in attendance at any given program. The workshop is geared to anyone who needs assistance that could include: students, recently displaced individuals, newcomers to Canada and those recently re-entering the workforce,” Pen explains.

“Most people get something out of every workshop that they attend.”

Pen says many of the people who attend learn new communication skills and find employment.

“Those that don’t find employment find great value in coming back to us to learn more or receive more help from the professionals if they feel they need it,” Pen says.

The speakers at the workshop vary depending on the availability of staff that can provide it, but they are often returning speakers. The Oshawa Public Library also has a similar program at their Jess Hann Branch with the John Howard Society. “People are encouraged to make appointments at the Jess Hann branch because they will receive personalized one on one help,” says Pen. Pen recognizes that with the holiday season nearing, being out of a job can be a source of extra stress, and encourages all people to attend one of their workshops.

The workshops are held monthly and dates can be found on their website: oshawalibrary.on.ca.

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Changes made to SA

Samantha Daniels The Chronicle

With a string of resignations, the Student Association has undergone several changes since the beginning of the school year.

President – Peter Chinweuba VP of College Affairs – Josh Bickle → Stephanie Wallace (interim) → Ashley Bennett VP of University Affairs – Sean Kell → VACANT AVP of College Affairs – John Allan → VACANT AVP of University Affairs – Meaghan Lacquaniti → VACANT SA Board of Directors UOIT Directors: Baker Baha Abdullah Khan Maawra Nasir → Cherlene Cheung Chantal James → Amar Bains → Carly Valcheff → VACANT DC Directors: Siddhant Dave Ankit Patel → Marco Del Giudice Niki Patel → Melissa Farhat Stephanie Wallace → Savanah Waters Srihaan Thiyugarajah → VACANT

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Volunteering has its benefits Sarah Pugsley The Chronicle

Engage, lead, achieve.

Volunteering comes from the heart, but there are many additional benefits that students can now obtain from becoming more involved both on and off campus.

The co-curricular recognition program at Durham College gives students the opportunity to add leadership, volunteer and campus activity experience to their diplomas. A relatively new program to the college, it is based on a point system where volunteer hours are worked and logged by the student and then approved by a co-curricular representative.

These hours can be translated into a variety of leadership awards that then are directly applied to a student’s diploma upon graduation, which can be seen by future employers and academic institutions.

There are also other useful resources that come with signing up for a record. The website where hours are logged also serves as a volunteer directory, where students can search and display several opportunities on campus to volunteer. The entire service is free and can be utilized by any current student.

There are three leadership awards granted to graduating students who have a co-curricular record and contribute to student life on campus: The Student Leadership Award, President’s Award of Excel-

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RECOGNIZING VOLUNTEER EFFORTS: (From left) Mikki Decker and Melissa Bosomworth of the co-curricular program at Durham College encourage students to sign up for volunteering. lence in Student Leadership and the Gordon Willey Founder’s Cup of Excellence. There is also a general student leadership award, which is awarded to students based on the accumulation of their points over their period of study.

Mikki Decker, a second-year student at Durham College, is a member of the co-curricular staff and also a participant in the program. She works alongside other staff members to promote the program through workshops and interactive meetings with students in the halls. Their latest promotion involved handing out free popcorn with a flyer which gave the date and time of their newest

workshop.

“I really like the concept of standing and having conversations with students in the moment, and coming from a student perspective I think it helps,” said Decker. “They hear a student who’s very determined to get ahead and realize that yes, when I graduate it becomes a competition...having these points and being able to show future employers the diversity of your skills is essential these days.”

The portal for the co-curricular program allows students to choose their time commitment depending on their own schedules. “As an example, you can choose to work in the Stu-

dent Life office for one or two hours a week and then maybe one hour for a campus event... you don’t have to go out of your way, it isn’t like having a parttime job.”

Even though there are now benefits to volunteering that students can add to their diplomas, the true encouragement comes from participating on campus and becoming proactive in the school community.

“It’s really encouraging and motivating to get more involved...once you have one item on your record you think now you want another one and so this becomes a domino effect for yourself and it’s fantastic,” said Decker.

Society funding concerns Open House welcomes young students Brad Andrews The Chronicle

Staff turnovers at the Student Association and other issues have some concerned about the funding the organization offers student societies.

The SA provides funding to student societies representing UOIT and Durham College programs but recent events have added a new dimension to a process some already consider flawed. Jackie Shemko, a faculty adviser for the Operations Management Society, said she appreciates of the support the SA has provided.

Yet problems with the process, including representation for college societies including hers, have left Shemko with concerns. She said there is a lack of clarity on how that funding can be secured and an annual cycle of turnovers at the SA contributes to it.

“Every year I’m dealing with different students in my society, my students are dealing with different people in the SA,” said Shemko. Her society is supposed to deal the SA’s

vice-president of college affairs, a position that has seen three people take that role since July.

Daniel Vallance, the co-president of the Operations Management Society, was in charge of applying for SA funding and called the process “disorganized”.

“It was kind of all over the place,” said Vallance. According to him their submission form was almost lost during the transition between the interim and current VP, Ashley Bennett.

Bennett, responding to questions regarding societies via email, stated that SA provides up to $92,000 in funding and societies can access it if they meet the proper deadlines.

Vallance feels confident his society will receive their funding but says the deadlines can be misleading.

“There was a set date, but you had to have it in before that or you weren’t really looked at for funding,” said Vallance.

Shemko also raised the concern of equity in funding, stating that in past years it appeared that UOIT societies

benefitted more from the arrangement.

Chantal James, the SA’s campus clubs co-ordinator and one of the three voting members on the committee that approves funding, disagreed with this view.

“We try not to differentiate as much as possible. We do recognize that there are fewer Durham College societies because some haven’t been started but that’s kind of a student led initiative,” said James.

On the SA website it lists 37 university societies to 13 for the college, and James says it’s up to the students to show interest in creating them.

“There is equal opportunity for both to be established, there is no limit on either one and we try to encourage the Durham College ones,” said James.

Shemko added that her society has benefitted in the past from money given by the SA. Yet with the uncertainty between the schools and the SA over funding, she has more concerns.

“This year is a totally different ball game.”

Continued from page 1 Durham College president Don Lovisa was there welcoming parents and students to the campus.

Marianne Momy is in her first year of Digital Video Production. It is also her first year at Durham College.

Momy is from Ottawa and attended the University of Ottawa last year for English.

“It just wasn’t for me, so I transferred out into something totally different.”

She was waiting for a friend and was walking around looking at all the different booths from the schools.

“It looked like the open house was going really well,” said Momy.

There were quite a few prospective students in the

Digital Photography class, speaking with teacher Al Fournier.

“I’d like to see more people in it but we have to start stabilizing at some point,” said Fournier.

“This program has been growing [over the years] and we have to put a stopper on it.”

Eighty students came into the Digital Photography program this year. “If we need to take a few more then I’ll take on a few more,” said Fournier cheerfully.

Coming to college is a huge step for young adults.

Open houses, like the annual one hosted here at the college, are a great start for students to know about their options.

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Technology diversifies education Tim Morrell The Chronicle

Textbooks used to be so prevalent in the search for credible information among the student body a few decades ago. Now computers and smartphones use the Internet to give everyone the access to knowledge, and students have benefited from this shift.

“The biggest help technology brings from a teaching perspective is the learning platform, which is DC Connect,” said Jason Vassel, a professor in the School of Justice and Emergency Services. “I have found it to be a huge help and an obstacle because you need to populate the content area of DC Connect and that can be very labour-intensive, but the benefits of do-

“When you don’t have the something important in value? ing that is more appreciated in benefit of technology, like when Getting that information isn’t subsequent years.”

However, technology hasn’t I was in school, the teacher as easy as it is now,” said Vasalways been this critical to the would display reminders on the sel. chalk board, which was fine, How we are able to convey college experience.

“When I was going to college but sometimes other factors information is impressive and seamless. A broadthey didn’t have band Internet conan online learnnection has brought ing platform. us all new possibiliFrom what I reWe have so much available at our fingertips that ties in communicamember everyyou have to learn how to filter it all out and relax tion, which weren’t thing had to be in the classroom handed in hard so you can think about everything critically... before this decade. copy . . . but “I actually teach that all changed a class called global when I went class . . . which gave to university, Lon Appleby where they had students of Durham the opportunity to an online platspeak live with a form, so I experienced it on both sides,” said came into play, like what if you person who has actually fought Vassel. had to work, or miss a day for to defeat a corrupt government Convenience has played a emergency reasons and happen and who put his life on the line crucial role in this shift. to miss when the teacher said to do that,” said Lon Appleby,

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a professor in the School of Interdisciplinary Studies and Employment Services. “They were able to connect with a very interesting global thinker who could talk to them about how young people around the world are able to use social media in ways that can actually bring about freedom.”

The only danger today with technology is overstimulation.

“We have so much available at our fingertips that you have to learn know how to filter it all out and relax so you can think about everything critically, because there is a phenomenal amount that you can grab so quickly,” said Appleby.

For all technology’s benefits there are also problems. Not everyone is technologically savvy.

Analyst Abdul Rehman of Unofficial Tech, believes technology may present more of a challenge than it’s worth depending on the individual’s situation. For example, those who use technology for basic functions such as emailing may not be able to see the blessing technology provides.

There may be a steep learning curve to today’s technology for people who grew up without it. Have the years been kinder to the younger generation?

Does the student body of today have it the easiest?

“Mostly yes, because deadlines for assignments were not flexible, no resubmissions were allowed. If you failed the first time, you failed,” said Leigh Elliot, a professor in the School of Interdisciplinary Studies and Employment Services.

Appleby believes when it comes to preparing a cheat sheet for an exam, students of today have it easier, but he also shed some light on what challenges they all face.

“I think students now are forced to become even more technically savvy, just because back in my day, when I would go to the library to do research, I would pick up a book and generally would believe that it would hold credible information, whereas students today face the question: what is real and what’s not,” said Appleby.

Vassel had a different outlook. He believes students who are organized and rely on several methods do have it easier than others in their spot decades ago. But, students who use traditional techniques such as textbooks may be unwilling to gather all their information.

The efficiency and portability of technology have really come a long way over the years and don’t seem to be slowing down. Thanks to the Internet, college professors who had to hand out hard copies of every assignment can send everything digital and it won’t get lost.

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For the love of music and travelling Aleksandra Sharova The Chronicle

If you want to go fast – go alone. If you want to go far – go together. And far she went – to different countries and continents – together. Together with music. Music became a part of her, forming an inseparable bond similar to the one that unites atoms into matter in chemistry.

Joan Fontaine got the talent and passion for music from her father who could pick up any string instrument and play it. He played saxophone in a dance band when he first proposed to her mother. But she said, “No, I won’t marry you.”

“Why?” “Because all musicians are bums.”

So, her father got another job and they got married in 1924. Two years later they had a daughter who was named Joan.

Now, she’s 87 and lives in Oshawa seniors residence.

Fontaine’s life story would make for an astonishing book or even books.

Together with her second husband she moved a lot – Montreal, Québec, New Brunswick, Pennsylvania, Calcutta and Bombay. And suddenly, Tim Horton’s where I met with her, felt small and condensed.

She met Mother Teresa during her stay in India. “That was in 1980. I was in my forties…

We were invited to the ceremony that they gave for her after she was awarded the Nobel Prize. She was a very busy little lady. Very tiny,” Fontaine recalled.

The first three weeks there were “terrible,” because she was nervous and uncertain about going out on the streets by herself. “I had to wait for my husband to finish work, and then we went for a walk,” Fontaine said. “He hated walking, because it was so crowded he’d been bumped into all the time.

It didn’t bother me. When I got used to it, I did so much walking. I discovered places that our Indian friends didn’t know existed.”

No matter where Fontaine travelled one thing always accompanied her – music. “I have sung in five different quartets and I have directed different choruses wherever I moved.

I have competed in quartets,” she said.

Fontaine’s father taught her how to harmonize. Later on, joined by her brother and sister-in-law, Fontaine together with her father got involved in barbershop harmony. It is a style of four-part a cappella, where each of the four parts has a role of its own – the lead, the

tenor, the bass, and the baritone. “We had a family quartet,” she told. “And mother would make us sing for supper if we all were there in the evening, which was lovely.”

Her voice deteriorated with age – she lost her upper range and can no longer sing lead or tenor. So playing became her musical escape. “I didn’t have any other outlet at the time, because I had stopped singing except singing in church and to myself. When I was invited to start chiming, I was thrilled. It meant I could get my music out again.”

For almost five years, Fontaine climbed 56 steps, four flights of stairs up the St. George’s Memorial church tower. She continued chiming until her knees gave out. “Climbing up wasn’t hard, but coming down was very painful,” Fontaine said with a smile.

Thom Park, the head of the worship committee and a former elementary school principal, met Fontaine at the parish. “[She is] charming, intelligent, bilingual. I was very impressed.

For her age, she is very impressive lady,” he said.

Musical talent, loyalty, and honesty are Fontaine’s best qualities in Park’s opinion.

She directs the senior citizens’ choir.

“She works with people who

cannot read music, and still teaches them how to sing. I’m also musical, and I know how hard that is, and for a woman her age to give up that time for free,” Park said.

He looked out of the window, noticing someone trying to park in a no-parking zone.

“What are you doing, idiot?

You can’t park there,” Park said in a school principal-y way. He mentioned how amazing it is that a person Fontaine’s age drives a car and travels around.

“I look at myself and think in 15 years will I be as sharp as she is? I don’t know, maybe.”

Fontaine’s second husband hated driving, so she would be behind the wheel wherever they went.

She remembers being in Pennsylvania when there was a gas shortage. “We’d have to be careful not to go any further than half a tank, so we’d have enough gas to go back. You become very resourceful when things got difficult,” Fontaine said.

She also was a volunteer driver for community care, taking old people to doctors’ appointments. Fontaine drove a minibus to the methadone clinic and delivered Meals on Wheels.

Choo-choo, choo-choo, ch’boogie, woo-woo Woo-woo, ch’boogie, choo-

choo, choo-choo, ch’boogie Take me right back to the track, jack Fontaine tapped her fingers on the steering wheel in time with Louis Jordan’s voice coming from a car player. “That was popular when I was a teenager.

I was able to play it, but I can’t anymore,” she said sadly.

Regardless of her musical aptitude, Fontaine wanted to become a nurse ever since she could remember. “As a child I was always rescuing cats and dogs that were hurt. I had a little hospital out on the balcony,” she said. Fontaine trained to be a nurse, and in 1949 she went to work at the ER at Montreal General Hospital.

She then married her first husband and had two children.

Unfortunately, for her it wasn’t a happy marriage. “I think it was my singing that saved my life, saved my sanity when I separated, because I was brought up the old fashioned way – when you got married you stayed married whether things were good or bad.”

It’s amazing how something that’s a part of you can help make you whole again.

In one way or another, music was always there for Fontaine, always with her. It was her travel companion, friend in need and not-at-all-silent partner.

Tuition on the rise in Canada Matthew Mazer The Chronicle

The average tuition for universities and colleges across the province is $7,259 per year, according to Statistics Canada, which is an increase of 4.1 per cent over last year.

What about the rest of Canada? How much tuition do they pay and how do students elsewhere feel?

Post-secondary tuition is on the rise in Canada. For the 2013-14 academic year, the average amount for post-secondary tuition in Canada is $5,772 per year which is an increase of 3.3 per cent over last year.

While it may be up overall across Canada, not every province saw in increase in tuition, according to Statistics Canada.

Outside Ontario, the highest increases this year are in Saskatchewan and Prince Edward Island with increases of 4.7 and 4.1 per cent respectively. In Saskatchewan, tuition is $6,394 on average and in PEI it is $5,696, according to Statistics Canada. Here’s a roundup of what’s happening to students across the country.

The East

In the east, tuition is lower than it is in Ontario. For example in PEI, with one univer-

sity and two colleges, the average tuition is $5,696.

Caitlyn MacKay, a thirdyear sciences student at the University of Prince Edward Island in Charlottetown, says she pays too much in tuition.

“Tuition does not include the cost for books, food or lodging,” MacKay said. “Also because not all students live close enough to a university to live at home with their parents. Education will help propel our economy, why not have tuition fees that are more affordable so the economy can be more improved?”

Elsewhere across the Atlantic region, tuition is also up. New Brunswick saw an increase of 3.2 per cent to $6,133 and Nova Scotia saw an increase of 3.5 per cent to $6,185. Newfoundland and Labrador is the only province in the east that froze tuition fees at $2,644.

Maureen Green is a former Bachelor of Arts student, who graduated from St. Thomas University in Fredericton and is now in her third year of a two-year Master’s of Gerontology program at Mount St. Vincent University in Halifax.

Green says her tuition was not as expensive as it could have been.

“I don’t think my tuition

was too much, no,” she said.

“I paid around $4,000 each semester for my grad school, and about $5,000 per semester. It’s expensive, sure, but it’s better than the States.”

Quebec

Quebec is known across Canada for its cheap tuition.

This school year, tuition there is the second-lowest overall in Canada at $2,653. Only Newfoundland and Labrador currently has cheaper tuition, at $2,644 per year.

Claudia Szczygielski is a second-year arts student studying French at McGill University in Montreal.

“Although I get the discounted rate here in Quebec, I still believe that tuition is a problem all over the country,” she said.

What students pay for tuition is determined by whether they are a resident of the province or not. According to McGill University’s website, annual tuition fees for Quebec residents are $2,224, and more for out-of-province students..

McGill offers a test to outof-province students to see if they qualify for the Quebec rate. Szczygielski was also aware of the test and said that since she passed the test, she does not have to pay the tu-

ition she would have as she is from Ontario.

Szczygielski said that the test was a placement test, with mostly grammar and comprehension. She added that if students are a FRSL (French Second Language) student, they do not get the lowered rate but can get permission for a lower rate in some situations.

The West

Tuition is also up across western Canada, except for Alberta which also saw a tuition freeze for the 2013-14 school year. The average cost of tuition in Alberta is $5,670.

Chris Schneider is a former student from Alberta, now living in Vancouver. Schneider attended Lethbridge College for computer programming and dropped out after his first year, before moving to Vancouver.

“I don’t think I paid too much for tuition,” Schneider said. “Keep in mind I attended college in 2005. Tuition was about $4,000- $5,000 and Alberta student loans gave me enough to live comfortably for the entire year.”

Tuition went up as well in B.C. With a two per cent increase to $5,029.

Serena Cheong is a thirdyear psychology student at Simon Fraser University. She

has had differing experiences with tuition fees.

“I think I pay too much,” Cheong said. “My tuition is around the average. Overall, most of the services like my professors and the library are alright. I wish they would renovate some of the older buildings on campus, but I’m worried that could lead to another tuition hike.”

Sabrina Chiu is studying at Douglas College located just outside of Vancouver and she will be studying at Simon Fraser University starting in January. Her philosophy program is a bridge program much like some of the programs here that link Durham and UOIT. “My tuition is below the provincial average,” Chiu said.

“But I still think it’s too much, especially since I’m taking out student loans to pay for it.”

Students were also asked about the possibility of free tuition like some European countries offer. Most agreed this isn’t likely, but had differing opinions on it.

“I am an optimist,” Green said. “I sure would like to think free tuition is in Canada’s cards.”

Chiu disagreed. “No, because we don’t have enough tax money to go around,” she said.

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Spend the day with Sunrise Youth Group Teanna Dorsey The Chronicle

Enjoying a dance and live music on a Friday night is a common experience taken for granted by many young adults.

For those with special needs, these experiences may be faced with fear and longing.

Durham region young people living with special needs have joined together to form a community with an open mind and an open heart.

Sunrise Youth Group is a charitable organization in Whitby that offers a place for special needs individuals to come during the day.

They get to enjoy recreational and social experiences that most young people take for granted.

“We have four full-time staff and over 100 volunteers,” said Robin Holber, Sunrise Youth Group staff.

The group has a unique approach to their care and relies largely on dedicated volunteers in the community, as well as trained staff.

Anyone can become a Sunrise volunteer, as long as they are reliable and trustworthy.

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requirements and volunteers can take on as much responsibility as they want and feel they can handle.

Only two student volunteers can assist with the day program because it gets crowded with the staff and up to 16 youth group members, said Holber.

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It keeps them busy during the day and a part of the community

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“They recently went apple picking, and everyone had a good day,” said Julie Burnett, a second-year social service worker student at Durham College.

There are two types of programs the organization offers members.

The recreational program is open to members and nonmembers and only a small fee is charged for club nights and dinner and movie nights.

This year there is going to

be an overnight event on New Year’s Eve to bring in 2014 with a bang.

Every other month they offer dances, or other special events such as karaoke, live music or a magic show.

In the summer months there are wilderness weekends where members and volunteers set up tents and spend the day at the beach or in the outdoors to unwind.

The Sunrise day program is run by dedicated staff to help integrate developmentally delayed adults into the community.

The program runs Monday to Friday between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. and there are many different activities offered.

“It keeps them busy during the day and a part of the community,” said Burnett.

The developmentally-delayed members in the day program at Sunrise Youth Group made crafts and desserts sold at a bake sale at Durham College to help raise money.

“It relies on fundraising,” said Burnett.

Sunrise Youth Group is an official charitable organization and requires funding from the community in order to keep offering its services for a low price.

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Oshawa celebrates Women Abuse Prevention month Dan Cearns The Chronicle

The YWCA played host to Oshawa’s first event to mark Women Abuse Prevention month on Nov. 14.

“Emotionally, my family isolated me for most of my life.

I drank a lot and did a lot of drugs. Spiritually, I questioned God and the creator. Mentally, I blamed myself,” said a student at Durham College.

This was one of many personal stories told at the event.

There were three guest speakers at the event: Sandra Kicinko of the YWCA, Miranda Bouchard and Jeff Perera from the White Ribbon campaign, each with their own unique story.

Kicinko mentioned that after she left her husband, she faced death threats and lived in fear.

“I spent my mornings going to work with a screwdriver in my hand, and I spent my nights getting out of the car, looking around the bushes with that same screwdriver in my hand and an X-Acto knife also,” she said.

Perera said he was a witness to abuse to women in his own home, and that slowly changed him as a child.

“Some of my earliest memories are of my mother covered in bruises at the hands of my father,” he said. “Growing up, it was just recognizing that this is not my role model, this is not how I want to be as a man.”

Author and CEO of ER consulting services Ettie Rutherford also showed off her new book Women are worthy: why perch like an chick when you can soar like an Eagle and talked about her experience.

The event was put on by the Women’s Committee of Durham, a group of 13 organizations from around the region, including Durham College and UOIT, that handle women’s issues.

This particular event has been held the past five years, with the theme of it this year being to “shine the light on shame.” This was the first year that it was held at the YWCA. This November, people of Ontario celebrated Women Abuse Prevention month.

The month was first recognized in Ontario in 1986 as Wife Assault Prevention month. But in 2005, it was renamed Women Abuse Prevention month.

According to Esther Enyolu, executive director of the Women’s Multicultural Resource and Counselling Centre, this month is a great way to educate people.

“It is very effective because it raises awareness about violence and women’s issues,” she said. “We need all hands on deck, we need everybody to be involved. It is something that everybody should do.”

Sandra McCormack of the Denise House said that the information people learn from this month will make society better as a whole.

“It is education for our community. Information is important, it allows us to be nonjudgmental and supportive,” she said.

Abuse is a major issue in Durham, as each year since 2008, there have been over 2,000 reported cases of assault in the region, according to the Durham Regional Police.

“Durham Region has one of the highest rates of abuse in the province. It is a problem issue that is still pretty prevalent in the community,” said McCormack.

According to Enyolu, the amount of abuse that women are subjected to has not changed over the years, but the types of abuse has.

“In the past, it used to be a lot of physical. Now there’s isolation, emotional abuse, intimidation and manipulation,” she said.

With all that is said and done to women, the worst kind of abuse might be what is left unsaid.

“If you see someone treating someone with silence, don’t sit back,” said Rutherford. “Silence can be one of the most potent, deadly weapons used against you.”

There are three shelters where women can go to escape their abuser: The Denise House, The Horizon House and Bethesda House. The WMRCC offers one-on-one counselling, group counselling as well as mentorship programs. The Women’s Centre on campus offers information as well as crisis intervention and referral services.

Despite all that is offered, it is up to the victim of the abuse to move on and heal.

“Absolutely they can [move on from abuse]. The key thing is how a woman moves on is entirely her choice. Any type of positive movement is good,” said McCormack.

Not all abuse of women is reported to the police, mostly because of fear, according to Enyolu.

“Some of the women are not aware they can call the police, some are too scared to call the police because they feel they might get in trouble,” she said.

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Culinary lab is an upbeat atmosphere More than just a cooking school Kate Hussey The Chronicle

When the Centre for Food celebrated its grand opening this fall, Serena Jackett and Luke Donnelly were two of the many Durham College Culinary Management and Culinary Skills students who volunteered for the opening event.

It was a small taste of what it’s like to work in the industry.

“A lot of people didn’t realize everything was fresh. Right down to the chicken stock,” said Donnelly who also explained how inquisitive many of the new customers were on the opening day.

The lobby of the new building has tall vines growing up the wall with a variety of herbs planted along the base, simulating a natural and healthy environment. The centre is green-certified and promotes environmental sustainability and nutrition.

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PROUD CULINARY STUDENTS: Culinary students at the Centre for Food step outside of their lab. From Left: Stephen Mielewczyk, Michael Stowell-Smith, Sarah Wilson, Jenna Thompson, Grant Edmond.

The kitchen is fully equipped with brand new stainless steel appliances. The students keep a clean and safe working environment. “Everything has to be spotless,” said culinary student Chris Osuch. Each sink has three sections, wash, rinse and sanitize to ensure there is no contamination. “We are on par with the industry,” said cu-

linary student Grant Edmond.

As part of the culinary program, each week students spend four hours cooking in what Chef David Hawey describes as an upbeat atmosphere.

“The students smiles are reflected in the shiny stainless steel we have around,” he said, joking.

It can be stressful working in the kitchen when it is such a fast-paced, demanding environment. “You have to keep your composure,” said Osuch.

“You have to love it, or you’re not going to survive,” said Donnelly.

Bistro ’67, the restaurant at the Centre for Food, has a great kitchen to work in, said Chef

Benjamin Lewis. “Some kitchens can get really hot, but this one is not bad by any means.”

Not only is he impressed with the kitchen, but he also finds the entire new building outstanding. “A lot of thought has gone into it,” he said.

Big screen televisions are placed overhead in each kitchen so students can watch demos. “What we have is the most current and most relevant equipment for years to come,” said Hawey. “For now, we have more intimate get-to-know-you sessions. We’ll use the televisions when students are more confident in their abilities.”

Televisions are also stationed in the dining room at Bistro ‘67 so customers can watch the students prepare their meals in the kitchen.

Hawey said the culinary program gives the students a sense of pride because they get to sell what they make. On the main floor there is a little store stacked with jars of fresh-made jam, soup, and other food selections that change daily. Anyone is able to purchase these snacks for lunch.

Baking pie is something the students are excited for in the coming week. “We’re making the pies, and then we get to take one home,” said Jackett.

Downtown Oshawa a great place to eat Sadia Badhon The Chronicle

The numbers of restaurants has almost doubled since 2006 in downtown Oshawa, making it one of the fastest growing sectors in the downtown area.

Along with the increased number of restaurants, there is also more consideration for all types of diets and a focus on healthier foods of quality, diversity and affordability.

David Tuley, a downtown development officer for the city of Oshawa, creates cuisine guides for the downtown area, which covers John Street in the south and Brock Street in the north. “This is where the real food is,” he says.

Tuley has noticed many changes since he started working in 2006. For one, the guides are much bigger because there are more choices and more to fit in.

“When I first started here I noticed that the downtown wasn’t so good. One thing it did have was a growing number of restaurants with some variety, including international restaurants,” Tuley said.

“We needed to build on culture. We needed to become a newer kind of hip place where people want to be...” Tuley said.

He is currently working on the

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INNOVATION AND STYLE: Sarah Groen, owner of Berry Hill Food Company, an innovative cafe-style restaurant in downtown Oshawa. eighth edition of the cuisine guide that will focus on five restaurants with the theme of ‘emerging foodies’. It will feature new restaurants and cafes that celebrate food, architectural details, accommodate diet, and provide a variety of service and offerings.

There are currently 58 restaurants downtown, and three more under construction. With

the cuisine guides, Tuley hopes to improve the image of downtown Oshawa.

One of the places featured in the cuisine guide is The Table by Carol, which focuses on using local, sustainable and naturally grown foods, as well as creating community. Carol, who is the owner, has been growing food in her backyard for four years now. “I didn’t

want to call myself a restaurant,” she said, “I didn’t want to call myself a café, because it’s not. It is a place. It is a place to dwell, it’s a place to be.”

“We knew that everything we made was from a whole state, all fresh food, and that it took a lot of thought to make those recipes. To make sure that we didn’t take short cuts using processed foods,” she

said. When preparing, Carol has ‘thoughtful food’ in mind, which means the food is consciously prepared using seasonal and local ingredients as much as possible.

She does face some problems with availability and genetically modified food but tries to keep that down to a minimum.

She also makes sure the staff is knowledgeable about the food.

Because of the limited options available for the different diets, Carol makes sure to cater to them.

Berry Hill Food Company, owned by Sarah Groen, is another innovative café style restaurant that will be featured in the new cuisine guide.

Groen, who is a chef by trade, is at her restaurant from open to close and provides chef-style food in a café environment. She is adaptable to the allergies people have or diet restrictions and caters to those needs.

She tries to buy ingredients that are gluten-free and foods, with simple ingredients to ensure the food is produced in a wholesome way without too many additives.

“It’s just a more healthconscious society that we live in. You’ve got to recognize that people have different needs in their diet and one size doesn’t fit all any more.”

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Veteran back on homefront Katrina Owens The Chronicle

Their lives for our freedom Walking down the street without getting harmed should be a universal right but people in other countries don’t have the same simple freedoms Canadians do.

The main connection to our rights is our freedom fighters, our veterans. Without them fighting for our freedom during both World Wars, walking down the street probably wouldn’t be as trouble-free.

A cashier getting your coffee mixed up seems catastrophic but pales in comparison to living in a country plagued by wars that doesn’t even have the luxury of a coffee shop.

Robert Pinny, a Second World War veteran, couldn’t agree more.

“When I was young we stressed about the thought of getting bombed, not getting the wrong amount of sugar in our coffees,” he said.

Pinny, 95, and his wife, 85, met during the war and have been together ever since. Pinny hails from Ottawa and was stationed in Brandon, Manitoba during the first part of the war.

After enduring the bitterness

of a Manitoba winter, Pinny was stationed in France, where he joined other Canadians in battle. His wife had tears in her eyes when he mentioned being stationed in France.

“It was very, very hard when he was away,” she said. “The constant worrying almost killed me, when mail took long to arrive it made me think the worst.”

Pinny was overseas for six months until returning to Canada, where he stayed until the war ended in 1945.

“Six months was enough for me,” he said..

After the war Pinny stayed in the military until retirement.

He spent his workdays testdriving military vehicles and making sure weapons weren’t defective.

“Everyday is a blessing. I’m thankful every morning I wake up because I could have been killed over in France. Heck I could have been killed in a car crash two days after the war ended,” he said.

Pinny and his relatives attend Remembrance Day ceremonies in Oshawa and their respective towns every year to remember fellow Canadians who died in the war.

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Skvirsky was an active supporter of the CFS when she was a vice-president of the Carleton University Student Association, and she has since made her way into CFS circles. CFS membership is, and has long been, a controversial topic at Carleton. While Skvirsky was at Carleton, the CFS-affiliated CUSA was involved in a legal dispute over fees, much like that which is going on now between DC/UOIT and the SA. A press release about the ongoing fee situation, recently sent out by DC/UOIT’s SA on newswire.ca instead of their own website where they are usually released, is very similar to a 2010 press release from CUSA on the same website, where CUSA also threatened their institutions with legal action.

A quote from current SA president Peter Chinweuba in the second paragraph is virtually identical to a quote from CUSA’s president Alex Sirois in the second paragraph of the 2010 article.

Former elected SA representatives who either opposed Morrison’s firing, or were openly opposed to the CFS, have all resigned from the SA.

They all cited either stress from the working environment, or frustration with the way the SA is operating, as their reason for leaving. DC/UOIT informed students via email that there have been complaints of harassment against “one or more” key senior members of the SA, and that the SA refused to cooperate with the investigation.

The CFS has often been accused of strongly resisting any dissenting voices in the past.

“Generally the tactic is to send CFS staffers from across the country to your local, bombard people with their presence, and shut down your campaign that way,” Ashleigh Ingle, a member of U of T’s Graduate Students Union, said in an interview with The Varsity.

The GSU is one of 15 student unions that banded together in a campaign this year to leave the CFS, citing transparency issues surrounding how the upper levels of the organization operate and a lack of clarity about how much CFS staffers are getting paid. Organizers say the vast resources and network of staff available to the CFS makes getting the organization to recognize any one individual member union’s effort to leave the organization very difficult.

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DON’T WORRY, BE HAPPY: Chantelle Forbes, first-year UOIT forensic science student, celebrates her win in a game of Apples to Apples.

Games relieve stresses Richard East The Chronicle

The Forensic Science Society tried to make the best of a stressful time with a night full of board games, putting their assignments and studying on hold for a while.

Over a dozen students from various years in the program attended. For some it was their first year and for others it was their last. With the end of the school year almost in sight, it’s the most stressful time of the school year.

The club expected this ahead of time, however, and made sure to plan well in advance in October. Luckily it was before the recent turmoil within the

Student Association and the event was approved within a week.

“For us university students, it’s a busy time for us getting our assignments done and preparing for exams,” said Mannix Chan, the club’s liaison and a fifth year forensic science student. “For the time that we’re in here, we’re playing games, having fun and not having to worry about homework or anything like that. It takes our mind off the stress that we’re in right now.”

Jessica Lam, the president of the club, said the event was decided on after one of their general meetings. Knowing that it would be a stressful time, they planned the first game night of the year and asked students

what they would like to do to relieve stress. Shelley Loi, another member of the club, brought plenty of games such as Apples to Apples, Would You Rather, Harry Potter Clue and Scene It. The exciting and energetic atmosphere would prove that it was a great success.

“I think it’s working pretty well; we’re all here laughing and playing games, especially considering that students are preparing for exams and finishing their assignments, and the fact that they put in the time to come out and be part of this shows that they’re probably pretty stressed and that they actually want to participate in something like this. They probably need it anyways,” said Chan.

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The sleep-deprived tend to be less alive Studies show students are affected by lack of sleep and should get help Jesmarnin Lafuente The Chronicle

Marilyn Monroe once said the nicest thing for her is sleep, then at least she could dream. If Monroe were alive today, she may have needed to hold off on those dreams – especially if she was a college student.

A healthy sleeping pattern is something college students need succeed, but how often are students denying a healthy dose of sleep and what are the implications of sleep deprivation?

A 2008 study by Central Michigan University found many college students had sleeping patterns that could negatively affect their daily performance. More than 300 students were surveyed, ranging from freshman to graduate students. One-third of them took more than 30 minutes to fall asleep.

It also found 43 per cent of those students woke up more than once a night for at least five nights of the week.

Rhys Knowles is familiar with this cycle, since he has been doing this before college and has adjusted to these parameters.

“I’ve been staying up late since the start of high school and honestly, I don’t even notice any more,” says the

Digital Video Productions student. “I tion more in class. Again, if I am tired, usually stay up to 2 a.m. every night. I I can care less about what’s going on.” do homework when I get home. Then The University of Hong Kong’s Despend the rest of the night playing partment of Psychiatry, in conjunction video games. When I first wake up I with Sha Tin Hospital, also conducted usually feel pretty groggy and it takes a sleep survey in 2009 which revealed a couple of minutes before my brain is 620 undergraduate Chinese business working.” students were also experiencing poor Disorganized sleeping patterns are sleeping patterns. not uncommon for colThe survey found sleep lege and university studuration was shorter on dents, even around the weekdays (about seven I have tried to be hours per night) than globe.

A 2004 sleep study in stricter with when I weekends (about nine Taiwan tracked 237 stu- go to bed, removing hours per night) and twodents, ages 18-24, with a distractions like laptop thirds of students reportweeklong sleep log. The ed sleep deprivation, simlog revealed sleeping and phone ilar to the Taiwan study. pattern difficulties were The factors that afextraordinary among the fected these students inMason Waterworth cluded attending early college students.

Freshman slept morning lectures, living less and woke up earon or off campus, sleep lier on weekdays comdebt and minor psychiatpared to other students. Seniors ric disturbances. also experienced advanced sleep deAdvertising student Carson Barprivation during weekdays as well. teaux understands the effects of sleep “The days I get more then six hours deprivation as it affects his daily perof sleep, I usually don’t feel much of a formance. need for coffee,” says Knowles.

“Most nights I do find myself sleep “I also have more of a will to eat in deprived because I do not get my 8 the morning where as if I am tired I gen- hours of REM sleep,” says the thirderally don’t care. I also tend pay atten- year Advertising student. “This causes

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me to become more agitated with my friends and less motivated to complete any tasks I may have on hand. When I do get enough sleep, I feel way more energized and like to keep my schedule busy.”

On its website, Durham College advises students to plan their day, term and week by knowing the important dates, what has to get completed by Friday and what priorities must be set to improve sleep.

“I have tried to be stricter with when I go to bed, and removing distractions like my laptop and phone from me,” says Interaction Design Sheridan Tech student Mason Waterworth. “These don’t work ultimately, or a late night for schoolwork occurs and throws my whole schedule off.”

Improving sleep hygiene takes effort.

Universities such as Brock and Guelph have sleep programs that help students manage their time and schedules.

Some simple solutions include going to bed and waking up at the same time, exercising regularly, not going to bed too hungry or full and adjusting the temperature in the room.

Though most students won’t be as glamorous as Monroe once was, they can be one step closer by having a proper night’s sleep.

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Eradicating polio worldwide Rebecca Watson The Chronicle

This New Year will bring celebration as the World Health Organization has deemed India officially polio-free as of Jan. 14 after the country reported no cases of the disease in three years.

The world is now 99 per cent polio-free, but the battle is not over. The World Health Organization says mass polio vaccinations are planned for December across the Middle East targeting 22 million children. In 1988 there were estimated 350,000 cases reported worldwide and today 334 cases remain.

Governments and organizations from around the world such as Rotary International, UNICEF, the U.S. Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the World Heath Organization and all the dedicated volunteers within those organizations, are working towards the goal of fully eradicating polio by 2018.

One of the major contributors is Rotary International and through their PolioPlus program, have given over US $1 billion in donations as the second largest private sector support group.

Former Rotary International President Wilfrid Wilkinson says this is the first time (after smallpox) there has been a global effort to rid the earth of a disease.

The World Health Organization is leading the Global Polio Eradication Initiative, which has been in effect since 1988.

When the initiative started, about a thousand new cases were seen each day across 125 countries. The number of global cases today totals 334 for the year.

A previous goal for 2014 was set to have the earth cleared of polio, but the number of total

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POLIO DROPS ADMINISTERED: Polio National Immunization Day in Chandigarh, India with visiting Rotarians. cases has increased from 223 to 334 since the same time last year.

As a dedicated Rotary volunteer, Cynde Covington, from Jacksonville, Florida, knows first hand the effects of polio after administering vaccinations in India on three separate missions.

She says because they are so close, they are pushing harder than ever, but certain barriers continue to create setbacks.

“It’s like, if you’re climbing Mount Everest, when you get to the top, the rock has not been messed with. It’s loose and shaky and is the toughest part of the climb. That’s where we are. We’re at that last toughest part,” says Covington. “We have to get into areas where there’s fighting, where people are uneducated about it and where people are scared of the vaccine. We’re at the very end of it but it’s going to be the hardest.”

Pakistan, Nigeria and Syria are the remaining endemic countries. According to the World Health Organization, Syria was previously polio-free,

but the country had 13 type 1-virus cases this year that can be closely linked to the virus found in water samples from Egypt.

Hajra Wilson is a retired x-ray technician and Rotarian volunteer from Cambridge, Ontario. Having led multiple teams to India and Pakistan, she says clean water, sanitation and overall health care are important. During National Immunization Days, every child under five receives drops of polio vaccine and may also receive other medications like Vitamin A and Zinc to prevent vomiting or diarrhea.

“If their hands are contaminated with feces and then they feed the child, or the child puts their hands in their mouth,” says Wilson. “That’s why it’s important to have fresh, clean water, and also proper sewer systems.”

According to the World Health Organization, environmental samples carrying the virus have also been found in Israel and The West Bank and Gaza Strip. An extensive outbreak response continues to be

enforced across those regions.

Dr. Bob Scott, chair of Rotary International’s Polio Plus campaign, says another main issue is the Taliban in north Pakistan. In some areas they have banned all vaccinations, making it very difficult to get medications in.

“We don’t want vaccinators getting killed. If they ban you completely and don’t let you in, you don’t go, you negotiate,” says Scott. “[Health officials] have negotiated very successfully in many parts of the world, including successful negotiations in Afghanistan where we think we’ve got the wild polio virus eliminated. That was a great job of negotiating, getting into areas where they said you couldn’t go.” Recent negotiations have the Taliban in Afghanistan co-operating so extensively that some now sit on the committee to help organize vaccinations, says Scott.

The recent advancements in Afghanistan mean more children can be immunized, but in places like Nigeria, particularly in the state of northwest Borno, vaccinators still find difficulty

getting in.

Nigeria recently had killings of volunteers, but the deaths are not actually thought to be because of vaccinations, says Scott. Pakistan, however, has reported multiple killings directly aimed at polio vaccinators.

Seven countries continue to be vaccinated moving forward – Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Turkey, Jordan, West Bank and Egypt.

For these countries, polio is a prominent concern. Yet back in the Americas, polio is not something regularly thought of because a lot of people don’t know about it, says Charlie Cogan, dean of admissions at Carlton College in Minnesota, Rotarian and Peace Corps volunteer.

“I was in the Peace Corps in West Africa for three years and it [even] took me about two of those years to figure out all the people with one leg shorter than the other were polio survivors,” says Cogan.

Polio has been eradicated from Canada and the United States for over 20 years, but the Global Polio Eradication Initiative’s goals are not only to save future generations in Third World countries but the entire world.

Today the world is globalized and people are continually travelling which makes polio just a plane ride away.

Cogan explained that continued and proper immunization routines would ensure the safety of children everywhere.

“Once you can stamp it out in those countries it will be hard to spill over,” says Cogan.

It took 25 years to reduce polio down to one per cent.

Delivering vaccines any way possible, whether by camel, donkey, boat, motorcycle, or going street to street, it’s what the many volunteers have dedicated their lives to do: doing whatever it takes to make a 100 per cent polio-free world.

‘Get Swabbed’ a success SA now hiring Kate Hussey The Chronicle

Canadian Blood Services’ OneMatch Stem Cell and Marrow Network held a Get Swabbed event at UOIT Nov. 13. Many students at UOIT volunteered to sit at an information booth to take swabs of potential candidates for stem cell donation, and to explain the process if chosen to be a donor.

The swab kit needs to be done only once, according to Zachariah Azraq, a Health Science student at UOIT. If someone is selected to be a donor, the first option is blood stem cell donation. “There are two punc-

tures. One takes the blood out, and the blood is spun to extract the stem cells from your blood.

When they spin it, it separates by density, they take the stem cells for the cancer patient, and your blood is returned back to you,” said Azraq.

Kayla Sampson a first-year Nursing student at UOIT, said the other option is a bone marrow stem cell collection. “For that one they extract marrow from the back of the hip bone,” she said. “That’s an overnight stay in the hospital and a couple days rest at home. They are both fairly easy for you.” According to Sampson, the likelihood of receiving a callback is

rare. “Basically, your chances for being matched are slim to none, and if you are chosen you have the right to say no,” she said.

Fewer than 30 per cent of patients who require stem cell transplants find a compatible donor within their own family, according to Canadian Blood Services. Certain health criteria must be met, and eligibility is 17 to 35 years of age. A match is the compatibility of inherited genetic markers called Human Leukocyte Antigens (HLA). Up to 12 antigens are considered important in the matching process, according to Canadian Blood Services

Brad Andrews The Chronicle

The Student Association is hiring for multiple positions within their organization.

In an email sent out to students the SA advertised seven open positions ranging from executive director to line cook. The announcement follows a wave of resignations from the organization, with the vice-president of university affairs, a UOIT board director and both assistant vice-presidents resigning in the last month alone.

The previous executive director Kelly Morrison was terminated in early September and Dina Skirvsky was hired to fill the executive director position Sept. 10 on an interim basis.

The job posting on the SA website places the executive director salary as between $55,000 and $65,000 and expires Nov. 29.

The VP for university affairs is the only other full-time position posted. Part-time positions include two seats on the SA board of directors, one for Durham College and UOIT, and the AVP positions for both schools.

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Accessibility still an issue

Adam Mercer and Keshyla Reddick The Chronicle

If a wheelchair can’t fit under the desk at school, that’s a problem. Isobel Watt a Medical Office Administration student didn’t know it was a problem until class was already in session.

“I met with my disability Advisor about a week after classes started and told her I was having a problem fitting the chair in. So someone came in to take measurements of the chair and the desks to know what the height difference was,” Watt said. “About a day or two later I got a call from my disability advisor telling me that in every one of my classes there was a table raised to the appropriate height for me to sit at. That problem was solved pretty quickly, which I appreciated.”

Watt is not alone in needing a hand adjusting to her classes though. Kyle Wallace needed a little help getting to know campus because he is unable to see.

He came to school before the semester started for a tour by the Centre for Students with Disabilities (CSD). After meeting with the CSD he was given his textbooks and course work in some special formats. A stu-

dent who can’t see can use all kinds of different methods of reading.

“I am 100 per cent blind from Multiple Sclerosis, and I only got my service dog, Agent, the year before school started.

It’s a struggle for me to make my way through the halls but the CSD gave me tours of the college before classes started.

My friends help me get around a lot, in ways Agent can’t. All of my professors had to be told beforehand that my dog would accompany me to class,” he explained. Without the CSD Wallace wouldn’t have access to his assignments because some of the duties within the CSD include translating school work into braille and audio.

“I wouldn’t be able to go here without their help. I couldn’t navigate the school or do my work properly.”

Wallace and Watt are only two students with disabilities, but “There are over a thousand that the college welcomed this year,” says Ashley Ludlow, Communications and Intake Co-ordinator at the CSD. Many of those students need to access schoolwork in alternative formats.

Frank Roszas has worked at the CSD helping students with disabilities to have a level playing field at school. Roszas

converts school assignments, textbooks, lessons and tests into easy-to-access formats for student. For those who are partially blind he can acquire enlarged textbooks, or text-tospeech software, braille, and even raised tactile diagrams.

Roszas helps students and professors incorporate the principles of universal design for learning into their classes and a level playing field.

For instance, information and content for a class should be presented in multiple formats, for example visual, audio, and hands-on.

Students should also be able to express themselves in different ways, which means students should have an alternative method of communication if they struggle with language barriers. Also, classes need to offer a variation in assignments that allow students to explore different ways of presenting their knowledge.

In addition to the help provided by the CSD the college also has an Accessibility Working Group (AWG), which is responsible for bringing the campus up to provincial accessibility standards. They have helped the college get cracks in the sidewalk fixed, hands-free doors installed, and provided captioning for the deaf.. Much

of the work the group does is in reaction to student feedback.

What does it take to make the school accessible? In short $100,000 to $200,000 per year, according to Ralph Aprile, facilities and ancillary services manager and member of the AWG. And the long answer, it takes a group of people who care about giving students a proper learning experience. The AWG meets quarterly by schedule but also holds impromptu meetings depending on how urgently a student issue needs to be addressed. Accessibility in a way means student issues, because everyone needs a little help once in a while.

Executive assistant to the vice-president of Student Affairs Angie Paisley explains what accessibility means to the college, “We are a community. It should be the mandate of every college. Our AWG had its first meeting in 2008, and though we have changed the campus, our focus remains the same, levelling the playing field for all students.

Accessibility means inclusiveness. We have to make sure that each student has the appropriate technology to learn at the same pace as his or her peers.

Financial Ugly sweaters, black socks, literacy and the worst gifts given month at Students weigh in on the worst presents UOIT they’ve ever received... pink socks anyone?

Ryan Verrydt The Chronicle

November is financial literacy month and, in order to educate students, the UOIT Student Awards and Financial Aid (SAFA) office is presenting an information booth and workshops.

On Nov. 27 staff from the SAFA office will be at information booths in the UA West Atrium and the lobby of the Charles Street building from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Then on Nov. 28 there will be a series of workshops held at both locations focusing on scholarships and bursaries, budgets, maintaining good credit and loan repayment.

Students are free to drop in and visit the information booths, but should register for the workshops by scanning one of the barcodes around campus or through the SAFA website.

Additional info can be found on the UOIT Money Matters website or by following the hashtag #FLM2013 on twitter.

Catherine Legault The Chronicle

In the 1993 ChristmasHalloween movie, The Nightmare Before Christmas, king of Halloweentown, Jack Skellington, falls in love with Christmas and decides to take over delivering presents to all the boys and girls from “Sandy Claws”. While well intentioned, the children of the world don’t share Jack’s ideas of appropriate Christmas gifts and no one seems happy to receive shrunken heads and tree-eating snakes.

Now, when the jolly old man in the red suit does his job every year, everyone supposedly gets what he or she asked for.

But when it comes to other gifts, just like in the movies, unwrapping a Christmas present or emptying a Christmas stocking can come with a nasty surprise or two.

Search the Internet for

worst Christmas present ever and there are hundreds of tales concerning interesting, but unwanted, gifts. Most people have a tale or two to tell about terrible Christmas gifts, and Durham College and UOIT students are no exception.

“Worst [Christmas present] was a really ugly pair of socks.

They were knit and they were pink. I didn’t like the pink and they had a dog on them, an actual stuffed dog. I got them with some weird, printed leggings too,” said Aayushi Patel, a fourth-year chemistry major at UOIT. Patel wasn’t the only one who received less than satisfying clothing.

Monica Bell, a first-year student in police foundations, also found a Christmas gift of socks and clothing unsatisfactory.

“I got these pair of socks.

They were Rudolph and they had the red nose but, like, at the tip of the sock. They were so ridiculous,” said Bell with a

laugh.

Natasha Beattie, a second-year student in Nuclear Engineering, once received an iconic ugly Christmas sweater and promptly disposed of it. “[It was] this black thing with birds on it, and it said ‘Love’ on it. It was hideous and I gave it to my mom,” said Beattie.

Not all students can easily think of an unwelcome Christmas gift. Jessica Vieana, in her first year of CultureWorks ESL, struggled for a long moment before saying she couldn’t think of anything.

“I like Christmas, so all my Christmases are good,” said Vieana.

Not everyone can be as cheerful about Christmas, good presents or not, as Vieana, however the idea of everyone having a Christmas present horror story may be wrong.

Perhaps Santa Claus and his helpers don’t make mistakes as often as we think.

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Craft beer a possibility at Centre for Food CFF could use locally brewed beer Adam Mercer The Chronicle

Durham College could be granted a beer laboratory next year.

Since 5 Paddles Brewery opened up in Whitby this summer. The growing community of small breweries in Durham has inspired the manager of the business incubator with DC to open the college for collaborative beer brewing.

Chris Gillis, manager of the business incubator, would like to see a yeast lab at Durham College’s Whitby Campus. He’s trying to get funding right now.

Gillis says small local breweries are popping up all over Ontario. The industry is growing with companies like County Durham in Pickering, Mill Street in Toronto, and Barley days in Picton.

To keep up with beer industry trends the college could start up a laboratory to analyze yeast used in beer production.

It would be about the size of a classroom, but it would stimulate the growth of local breweries.

Microbreweries like 5-Paddles need to constantly research and develop new beer recipes.

They use local ingredients so beers change seasonally. Some of the popular recipes like Badass Pale Ale and Midnight Paddler show imagination on every level.

The five guys at 5-Paddles describe their original beer recipes on their website. The guys wrote their Badass Pale Ale has a “big rich mouthfeel…” and their Midnight Paddler will “overwhelm your palette…” and “It’s a great or terrifying introduction to 5-paddles.”

“It’s these new and creative beers that win over markets quickly. The average American beer just doesn’t cut it anymore,” said Gillis. “A federal grant could provide the school with a new program for the yeast lab – to educate aspiring brewers. Or the grant could help form a lab as a research facility used exclusively with industry. One of the greatest parts of the plan though is to have craft beer at the Centre for Food.”

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DC can take steps to be greener Green Team received bronze certification last year Samantha Daniels The Chronicle

The Campus Green Team received a bronze Sustainability Tracking, Assessment & Rating System (STARS) certification last year in their first year of operation. Durham College has made a good start to reaching sustainability and it has plenty to celebrate.

However, there are many steps the college should take to make a greater ecological impact, especially in terms of gaining student participation.

“Using the STARS framework and report as a source for deficiencies, there are many areas the campus could be improved upon moving forward,” said Durham College sustainability co-ordinator James Webb.

With little school presence, and students contributing as much or as little as they please, the Campus Green Team is in need of some strong direction.

Toronto District School Board EcoSchools Specialist Erin Wood works with TDSB schools in creating and assessing environmental programs and initiatives. In a similar structure as STARS, the EcoSchools programs assists in determining how to reduce

ecological impacts of schools through student, teacher, administrative, and community work.

Her job is to determine the strengths and weaknesses of schools and assess them accordingly.

According to Wood, there are some relatively easy, yet effective steps Durham College can make to increase student involvement and decrease environmental impact.

First, recycling and garbage bins need to always be paired and labeled, according to Wood.

“They need to be beside each other so students will be more likely to put the waste in the proper bin,” said Wood. “Only very environmentally conscious are people going to walk across a room to put it in the right bin.”

Labeling bins is just as important as pairing them.

Webb, who is also the head of the Campus Green Team, said that the college does follow proper recycling practices, but if a bin is filled with too much garbage they don’t recycle any of it and instead throw it in the trash.

According to Wood, proper labeling of garbage and recycling bins is important.

“Students are coming from across Canada and the world, so signage helps them to know what to put in each bin,” said Wood. “Recycling practices in Oshawa or Durham Region may be different from what they’re used to.”

For example, while Tim Hortons hot beverage cups can be recycled, they need to be thrown in the garbage on campus because recycling services for the cups are not currently used.

According to Tim Hortons environmental affairs specialist Emma Rogers, Tim Hortons and Aramark are happy to work with Durham College to explore whether their waste management services can accept cups for recycling, but they’re not certain at the moment.

In terms of signage, Wood said signs that use pictures instead of plain text are better because people don’t take the time to read.

“Pairing and labeling bins make it easy for students to make the right choice, regardless of how environmentally conscious they are,” said Wood.

Over-lit hallways and classrooms are another potential area of improvement.

Durham College uses light sensors to reduce the unnec-

essary use of energy when no one is in the classrooms, but according to Wood, light sensors should only be used as a backup if someone forgets to turn off the lights.

“Lights will eventually turn off but it’s still wasting electricity, especially in busier areas,” said Wood. “Depending on how long the sensors wait to turn off the lights, some lights will never turn off in busier areas.”

She said it’s a matter of building a habit of turning off the lights.

“It may be harder to do in a college or university setting, but signage reminding people to turn off the lights when rooms are not in use is helpful,” she said.

Additionally, Wood said areas with a lot of natural lighting or excessive fixtures can be ‘delamped,’ assuming they have that capability. She said it takes a fairly significant time commitment to do it, and should be done with the proper equipment, but it not only costs nothing but also saves money in the long run.

“In general, people don’t need as much light as there is in classrooms but you need to be careful with communicating to everyone so that people who do need that extra lighting are taken into account,” said Wood.

The biggest advice Wood has is to have eye-catching posters and a strong social media presence to show the school how it can get engaged in the team.

“It may not be marketed well,” she said.

There are many programs with students and teachers who have plenty to contribute to the team, and she suggests giving these people a way of getting involved, either through posters or reaching out to them specifically.

“OISE has a teachers education program where student

teachers are given recognition for environmental initiatives,” she said. “As a result, they have really fun, quirky posters about using water bottle stations and using the stairs.”

“The students will soon have a location to ask questions, find out about the latest sustainable information, and have a space to participate in sustainable event planning,” said Webb.

There are a couple of environmental teams at the school, and Wood suggests they work together. “Those different groups working together would increase their efficacy,” she said. “Working together will help to promote the same message and make a stronger program overall.”

The Campus Green Team and Engineers Without Borders are currently working on a Terracycle cigarette butt collection together.

Overall, Wood suggests they focus on finding allies to help them along the way, and having clear goals of what they want and planning how to get there is important.

“From an institutional perspective, I believe it would be great if we could engage our student population in a larger way to help our local community,” said Webb. “This could be accomplished through neighbourhood clean-ups or hosting events on campus for local groups.”

However, Wood believes that it’s important to start small and build on it, doing one thing really well before moving on to other items.

“Setting aims really high and creating a realistic plan to deal with it in small steps is best,” said Wood. She said walking around the school and identifying areas of weakness, as well as conducting a waste audit, are good steps to seeing areas of need.

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Therapy dogs coming to campus Kate Hussey The Chronicle

As part of the three-week Exam Stress Relief on Campus event, Therapeutic Paws of Canada will be visiting UOIT and Durham College on Dec. 3 at the Whitby campus and on Dec. 9 at the North Oshawa campus. The school will host ‘paw rooms,’ where therapy dogs will be brought in for students to socialize with.

During the three-week event, free hot beverages will be offered as well as yoga, stress ball making, deep breathing exercises, and a nutritionist to speak with, according to Heather Bickle, outreach worker in the counselling department at the Campus Health Centre.

Therapeutic Paws of Canada (TPOC) is a 100 per cent volunteer based organization that brings therapy dogs into colleges, universities, nursing homes, and even day cares. It has approximately 600-650 volunteers across Canada providing dog and cat visitations. Judy Sauvé founded TPOC in 2002, starting out with her husband and friends. The organization survives on donations, according to Michele Peddle, district team leader of Therapeutic Paws of Canada.

TPOC is currently working with Seneca College, and York University. In the past the therapy dogs have visited McMaster University, University of Ottawa, McGill University, Concordia University, and Dalhousie University, which received a lot of press last year.

“Some students came up with this idea and approached us,” said Peddle. “We didn’t come up with this idea. They got airtime from the news. It’s just blown up since then. Originally it was just nursing homes that we visited.”

A student would have to sign a waiver before entering a paws room. “Dalhousie has a minimum of 500 to 600 students line up for this,” said Peddle.

There will be five dog stations, and four people will be let in per team, a total of 20 people in the room, and they will get a 10 to 15 minute session with the dogs. The dogs, however, are only allowed to work one hour

each, according to Peddle.

“When students are all stressed out, that 10 or 15 minutes just gives them a break.

Their mind thinks of something other than school work,” she said.

Exams are a stressful time and sometimes a positive distraction is needed. According to Mary Alice Harvey, psychiatric nurse at the Campus Health Centre, in a high-stress situation our mind reacts in a fightor-flight response.

“The fight-or-flight stress response involves a cascade of biological changes that prepare us for emergency action,” said Harvey. “When danger is sensed, a small part of the brain called the hypothalamus sets off a chemical alarm.”

When the chemical alarm is set off, the sympathetic nervous system responds by releasing a flood of stress hormones, including adrenaline, norepinephrine, and cortisol, according to Harvey. “These stress hormones race through the bloodstream, readying us to either flee the scene or battle it out,” she said.

Therapy animals can calm people down and give them a sense of companionship, experts say.

“There’s been a lot of research that shows the power of connecting with animals and how it can be an instant stress buster and changes your mood.

Anyone who has a pet at home can recognize this when you come home from a bad day… just the initial moment of sitting with your pet,” said Bickle.

According to a study in the July 2002 issue of Journal of Gerontology: Medical Sciences, 30 minutes a week of animalassisted therapy was effective in reducing loneliness to a statistically significant degree.

“They (animals) love you unconditionally. They listen to you as if they understand and empathize, and you know that your troubles are safe with them that you just shared. It again is a calming activity that controls our thoughts,” said Harvey.

“I believe paw rooms are great. I often suggest to students to volunteer for the Humane Society as a dog walker.

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WOOF WOOF: Michele Peddle, Therapeutic Paws of Canada director of team leaders, holding her dog Jasmine, a poodle and pomeranian mix.

It is a win-win for all. You have given back to society and feel good about it and you have been able to unload and feel that you have been listened to,” she said.

In a school environment a paws room is largely about relieving stress, but in another environment such as a retirement home, it’s more about companionship, according to Peddle. “It perks them up. If I had a dollar for every time someone said, ‘I look forward to this all week, you just made my week again.’”

For elderly people, especially patients with dementia, it helps them to remember, according to Peddle. “I have one patient

where I have heard the same sad story over and over.” The woman, in a Durham Region nursing home, told the story of when she lived in Germany during the Second World War and a German soldier killed her puppy right in front of her.

Peddle said she heard the story each week for a year, and she believes it is a true story.

“All of the animals are the handler’s pets. Our test is based on the temperament of the dog, as opposed to obedience, although obedience is necessary,” she said.

However, the animals are not all dogs, there are therapy cats too. “The cats that are in our program, you have to be

able to hand them off, and have them sit in someone’s lap and just stay there. It’s quite comical to see, but the bond is a totally different feeling than with a dog,” said Peddle.

Jasmine is Peddle’s own dog. She is a poodle and pomeranian mix. Jasmine has gone through five levels of training since she was a puppy. TPOC has a no-bite policy, Peddle said. If a dog bites, it will never be part of the organization again. TPOC has $5 million in third-party liability insurance for all of the dogs and handlers, according to Peddle.

An email will be sent out to students with event details closer to the date.

New program designed to work with elderly

Jennifer Lavery The Chronicle

New areas of study are being added to Durham College.

Among them is Activation Co-ordination in Gerontology.

This is a one-year graduate certificate course and is being held at Durham College’s Cen-

tre for Food in Whitby.

It is a relatively new course but the rising population of aging baby boomers has heightened the need for people with proper training and skills to care and support the elderly.

This course provides training and knowledge for long-term elderly care.

To apply for this certificate

course, interested students already need to have a college diploma in a specialty area of human services as well as a minimum of 3-5 years of related experiences.

There are many career options than can be explored after graduating this certificate course. The main one is working long-term in retire-

ment homes, private nursing homes, hospitals, community centres and social services agencies.

Since this is a newer course, the program is still being developed but the Durham College website has a rough outline of the different courses to take during the year.

The first two semesters are

for classes and the third semester is for placement. Students will be studying courses like fitness for seniors, restorative care, and psychogeriatrics.

This one-year certificate course will cost $3,633 in tuition for domestic students, $13,404 for international students.

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Beard club has growing membership Everyone is welcomed to join the facial hair club

Will McGuirk The Chronicle

To beard or not to beard, that is the question the Oshawa Facial Hair Alliance has answered.

To the almost 30 members (and growing) of the hirsute club it’s as plain as the hair on your face: the beard is in.

Seann Battams says he began the group to socialize with the like-faced and hairraise funds for those in need.

If that means putting the beer in beard at their monthly meetings held at various bars downtown, then so be it. And yes, women are welcome to join.

“The club has been around, 9 or 10 months now, coming up on celebrating a year,

our yeard,” he says. “We have a regular group of about 15 guys who come to every meeting but there’s always new faces coming in. Our meetings are firstly to take care of club business and then we discuss events, concerts or just outings. We have so many members who are in bands that we designate one concert as a social meeting where we just go to hang out with men with beards, or the moustachios and the whiskerinas (girls).”

Battams says his interest in beards just grew naturally and there are clubs all over the globe.

There are contests including the World Beard and Moustache Competition to be held in Austria in 2015. After realizing

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there was no club in Oshawa but that Beard Team Canada is based in Bowmanville he decided to start one.

The OFHA and BTC now join faces and support each other’s community initiatives, taking part in food drives together and marching in parades, including the various Santa Claus parades held in the region.

David Hughes is a member of

Beard Team Canada and is on his way to the Worlds in Austria. Hughes is a member of 20 Amp Soundchild and BTC captain Darrel Crawford is a fan of the band. They met at a concert. “ I was interested in the idea and after the show they gave me the run-down of the team,” says Hughes. “ From there I was keen to enter the contest but the dates were always conflicting with 20 Amp shows. Then I caught wind that the Toronto facial hair club wanted to make 2015 the first year they will enter as a team. We have planned out the whole trip and how we’ll bring home some hardware.

The next two years will almost be like Olympic training, minus the working out part.”

OFCH member David Meaney says he also will be competing in Austria. The competitions are very subjective. His strategy is simple; just don’t shave.

“I competed in Rochester this past summer,” says Meaney, “full beard, natural, under eight inches. My next competition is in Austin in February. I will be competing in Freestyle division. It’s a very creative category. There was a guy a few years ago who had a sixfoot-long beard and he worked it into a bird cage around his head with a working door.”

“You can use any amount of products and aids,” says Battams. “You can pin things and use wires. Some men have themed beards where they hang Christmas ornaments.”

Members of the AFCH share product and grooming tips such as where the cut-off line should be. Just above the Adam’s apple is the consensus.

“I use clippers on my beard just to keep the dead ends off,” says Adam Kunz, adding there are special oils that help a beard grow out faster and there are beard conditioners. Kunz says trimming the beard is acceptable, as the club is for all kinds of beards and beard enthusiasts. There are people who can’t really grow a good beard, he says, and some who want to but can’t because of job restrictions.

“Even clean-shaven people can join. We try not to exclude anyone,” he says.

Colby Johnston is a beard enthusiast, a whiskerina. She is in charge of the club’s cards, and other merchandise. She also knits beard-style face warmers.

“My dad couldn’t grow a beard but my uncle had this sick ‘70s moustache and I always thought it was cool,” she says. “My fiancée has a beard now and I’ve been encouraging him to join the club. I can’t grow one so I’ve trying to get him to grow.”

The “sick ‘70s ‘stache” is popularly known as the Porn Star.

There are styles of beards too, usually named for the person most identified with the style, the Gandalf, the Lincoln, the Darwin, the ZZ Top. While the moustache gets its own annual celebration in Movember, members of the OFCH agree beards are year-round because it wouldn’t make much sense to shave it off annually.

Battams says beards fell out of fashion in the 1920s but that people are growing comfortable with them again.

The association with the down-and-out has been replaced with one closely allied with the live natural movement.

“Everything is going back to this simplest way possible thing, be natural, be green,” he says.

“We haven’t hit peak beard yet,” says Meaney.

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Herizon shelters abused women

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Abuse does not discriminate.

Anyone can be abused, and everything about abuse is wrong, which is why it is important to make sure it is never ignored.

Julia Ghani works as an outreach crisis counselor at Herizon House, a women’s shelter that provides a safe space for GTA women and children who are in an abusive environment. Ghani helps abused women find services based on their needs.

“I’ve come across a lot of women who at first or second meeting, they are not identifying any kind of abuse. But as they get information they’re like ‘oh yeah, this is happening to me too, and this is happening and I’m experiencing this and that,’” she said. During the counseling session she provides information to the women and helps to find a solution.

Lately there is a lack of space in shelters in Durham Region, which can be a good or bad thing depending on how it’s looked at. To show the need for more funding, this can be a good thing. But on the other

side, it could mean that violence against women has increased.

“I feel personally that the cycle of the wheel of abuse is rolling faster and faster…and you know there are dramatic changes in technology, dramatic changes in the way of violating someone’s rights

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There are lots of layers of cultural issues a woman will face

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as well,” she said.

Since Canada is a diverse country, another prominent issue is with immigration laws and how women are being abused due to the recent changes in spousal sponsorship.

Even if your spouse is abusive, you have to stay with them for at least one to two years, to avoid deportation, Ghani said. “Imagine a woman from Bangladesh for example, or Pakistan or Afghanistan

or Iran, under the spousal sponsorship, and is being abused, and yet cannot say anything because she will be deported, and once she’s deported there are lots of layers of cultural issues that woman will face,” she said.

There are also many other homegrown issues. For example, with domestic violence, the woman is usually asked if she wants to go to a shelter because it’s more costeffective than putting the abuser in jail, in some circumstances. “99 per cent of the cases I’ve seen… at the end of the day, the victim leaves her environment instead of the abuser leaving the environment,” Ghani said.

With counseling, Ghani focuses on safety first, then teaching coping mechanisms and how to de-escalate and leave the situation.

She says the best things about her job is knowing that she empowers women and working with their differences instead of trying to fix them.

She believes people can change and education is important.

If you know someone is being abused, it is important to never ignore it, she said.

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HERIZON HELPER: Julia Ghani works as a counsellor at Herizon House, which is a women’s shelter that serves the GTA. She helps abused women find services based on their needs.

Students dress for success Catherine Legault The Chronicle

Dressed anywhere from casual to formal, brightly coloured to monochrome, students gathered in the Student Centre lounge the evening of Nov. 19 for DECA at UOIT’s Dapper Initiative workshop.

Doors to the workshop opened at 5 p.m but the event didn’t begin until 6. The workshop ran in the guise of a twohour fashion show, showcasing multiple examples of how both men and women can dress in business casual, business formal and glamour.

The event began with an address detailing DECA, a business competition between universities, and providing background information.

“The one important thing to say about DECA is that it gives you the skills you need to succeed in the rest of your life,” said emcee and Sponsor Relation for DECA, Saad Hassan.

“It teaches you how to lead, and it teaches you how to network, and it teaches you how to socialize and interact with everybody who ever crosses your path in your life.”

The event continued with brief advice concerning appropriate business attire for men and women, followed by modeled examples. Tips for both genders included keeping skin covered and keeping it simple

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EXPRESS YOURSELF: A model poses at the end of the runway at DECA UOIT’s Dapper Initiative. and classic. Following the fashion show for business-casual and business-formal there was a short 15-minute intermission and a brief talk by UOIT professor Lauren Canzius, who teaches the Compensation and Benefits course. Canzius discussed the importance of per-

sonal branding and its relation to future career opportunities.

“I want you to always remember, as I said, how you want people to feel about you when you interact, and how you present yourself. The next step is to really put pen to paper and think about what are your val-

ues,” said Canzius. “Whatever it is, you can write it down, and then from there it starts to form your value set and your personal brand.”

The event concluded with a demonstration of gala wear and an address by DECA executive members.

DECA at UOIT ran the workshop to help answer frequently asked questions concerning appropriate attire for interviews and business functions.

Refreshments were provided for guests. Sponsors such as Suzy Shier and Tip Top Tailors provided all clothing.

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Dr. Brar brings science to life Samantha Daniels The Chronicle

Looking back to his years in university, from undergraduate at the University of Toronto to his PhD at Queen’s, Rupinder Brar has sat in many boring science lectures. The professor would turn off the lights, put up an overhead on the projector and quietly talk.

“Thinking back to my own undergraduate days especially, there was a lot of really boring, wordy lecturers that, to be honest, as soon as they turned on the overhead projector and turned off the lights, I fell asleep,” said Brar.

Nothing is worse than a teacher who takes no joy in teaching.

Now a senior science lecturer himself at UOIT, he understands the importance of a good performance. Not only did he win TVO’s Best Lecturer in 2010 for an astronomy lecture he gave at the university, he has also had a few minor roles in some major motion pictures, including a speaking part in X-Men as a translator.

Brar grew up reading the comics, and when he found out they were filming in Toronto he decided he was going to be in the movie.

“I was determined to be in it, and through a series of events I not only managed to get in among the extras but got picked to speak in it,” he said.

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A SCIENTIFIC PERFORMANCE: Dr. Rupinder Brar, a Physics lecturer and TVO’s “Big Ideas Best Lecturer” 2010 competition winner, delivers a talk on The Impact of Astronomy on Humankind’s Perception of the Universe on February 3, 2011.

Regardless of his success as an actor, he has never considered it a serious pursuit.

“Acting was never my passion and I never wanted to make a career out of it,” said Brar. “My passion is science, specifically space.”

But, he uses his background in plays and theatre to help him share his passion every day with his students and the community.

“I really think it has helped my academic teaching,” said Brar. “When a person has the ability to clearly present and dramatize a topic, beyond the usual academic, laboratory way, it’s a huge advantage. Engagement is really key.”

Instead of standing still at an overhead projector, Brar aims to get his students involved with his teaching by making a performance out of it, includ-

ing props and demonstrations.

“When I’m teaching astronomy for non-science students I’m really cognizant of trying to capture their attention,” he said. “I want to make sure what I’m presenting to them is memorable and a lot of the time that means to use my body as part of a demonstration.”

He is more than willing to spin onstage under the spotlight of a handheld flashlight to demonstrate the phases of the moon to first-year non-science astronomy students.

“I think it stems from my theatre and acting background a lot,” said Brar.

Making a performance out of the lecture is a tactic that works.

Not only have his students nominated him for the TVO series multiple times, a true testament to his skills as a lecturer, but he has also been asked to do public lecturing at science institutions, such as the David Dunlop Observatory, and was a guest on The Agenda with Steve Paikin, as a result of his TVO lecture.

With plenty of opportunities coming his way, Brar isn’t afraid of putting on a performance to make education both informative and entertaining.

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John Boom gives Oshawa new groove Samuel Baker The Chronicle

His feet twist, his legs contort and a shiver runs up his spine as he slides out a lick from his guitar. There seems to be an uncontrollable force running through him, as if he’s forfeited control of his body to his music and the unseen but palpable energy of the atmosphere.

When John Boom gets on stage and starts to play, magic happens, and the trick is obvious when he speaks about his music: he truly loves what he does.

John Boom and the Jellyfish are a local band who have been playing in the Oshawa area for over six months now at venues such as The Hub, The Moustache Club, The Atria, The Down Omer and The Cocoa and Joe Cafe. They combine a mix of blues and hip-hop, which at first may seem obscure. However, the emotions of both blues and hip-hop mix well together. They’re both a deep expression of pain and suffering, and while the styles differ drastically sometimes, the combination is seamless when it all comes together.

Boom, 22, plays lead guitar and vocals for the group and is backed up by the Jellyfish. Tony G-Rocks, 27, plays the drums and Andrew Cairns (A.C.), 21, is on bass.

While they’ve only been play-

ing together for a few months, their relationship is strong, and they work well together.

“That’s the essence of our band, that’s what I want to keep. Everything just flows nice. You let things flow and they just work out,” Boom said.

“These guys definitely keep me going. I wouldn’t be in the position that I am if I didn’t meet Tony. And now A.C. just brings it to another level.”

Boom met G-Rocks about a month before the formation of the band. He was opening up for one of his shows, and when G-Rocks’ band split up, he liked Boom’s style and decided to give him a call.

After that, they were playing together acoustically without a bassist. While opening up for A.C.’s band at the time, they asked if they could borrow him to play bass in some of their songs.

They worked well together, and decided to bring A.C. along for the rest of their tour.

“At first I was real apprehensive, I didn’t think I was going to do it. I just met these guys, I didn’t know these people at all,” A.C. said. “But then I thought, yeah I’ll definitely stick with it, this is fun as hell.”

Boom is such an intense performer, it’s hard to believe he only started three years ago.

“The first time I did I was on a train trip to New York to see this girl,” Boom said,

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HERE COMES THE BOOM: John Boom (right) and the Jellyfish playing Whatchu Want Wednesdays at the Atria, their weekly show. “and I’m like ‘you know what, I’ve got my guitar, am I never going to play for anybody?’

So I just chilled, busted it out and started dancing. It lasted longer than thought it would, then I got caught and thought, ‘Man, I’ve gotta do that again.’”

Boom feeds off the energy

of the crowd. He says the feeling is something he can’t get anywhere else. On the same level, G-Rocks and A.C. feed off Boom’s energy on stage.

“It’s always different with John Boom, you don’t know what to expect. He keeps you on your toes.” G-Rocks said.

The band hopes to release their very first album by the end of the month, which will be aptly titled Smack, as a smack is a group of jellyfish.

“You need something to heal you spiritually,” Boom said.

“There’s a lot of things in the world that aren’t very nice.”

Norrad rocks the house Samantha Daniels The Chronicle

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TERRIFYINGLY SEXY: In its sixth year of production, Lower Ossington Rocky Horror Show stars Adam Joshua Norrad as Dr. Frank-N-Furter (front right).

Can I just say that I’ve never been more attracted to a man in a corset and knee-high fishnets than I am to Adam Joshua Norrad as Dr. Frank-N-Furter in Toronto’s Lower Ossington Theatre’s production of The Rocky Horror Show?

Even more than Tim Curry in the film adaptation.

Norrad embodies the character with all the drama and sass someone would expect from Dr. Frank-N-Furter.

There’s something oddly attractive about someone having a chest full of hair being able to dance in towering heels.

I’m fully aware this is not a normal type of attraction to have. But, as unconventional as it is, Norrad has that special ability to confidently radiate masculinity while in full drag – as blatantly unconvincing as it is. This lumberjack Beyonce combination leaves men and women alike swooning in longing and jealousy. I’m not kidding you.

The other cast members do a capable job bringing their characters to life on stage, but they don’t have anywhere near the presence of Norrad. His voice resounds over the rest of the cast and could overpower all of them if he really wanted to.

Fitting, isn’t it? It’s always been about Frank-NFurter, and Norrad makes sure to take over the show as only Frank can – and should.

At some point during the night, you will more than likely come in contact with him as he winds his way through the audience, singling out seemingly uncomfortable theatregoers and passionately singing and dancing just for them.

He really puts himself out there, bearing his vulnerability for the audience to embrace or cast off as they please. However, with the number of former audience members thanking him on Twitter for crawling across their laps during the performance, Norrad is not only embraced by the audience, but he embraces them right back.

In the intimate theatre, the stage has been expertly de-

signed to maximize the use of sparse props. The stage remains unchanged throughout the show, but what the production lacks in set changes and props it makes up for in presentation. The cast expertly turns the simple arrangement into an impressive show by staying true to the spirit of Rocky Horror’s theatre productions.

You can’t throw toast during the iconic dinner scene, but audience participation is strongly encouraged. You’re very nearly expected to sing and dance to every song, and heckling the cast continues to be the norm – just be prepared to be heckled right back.

If you’ve never been, you’ll likely be made uncomfortable at some point or another. If it isn’t your newfound desire for Frank-N-Furter causing you to feel a little uneasy, the cast will do their best to bring you out of your comfort zone.

As you’ve probably realized, it’s not your typical theatre experience. It is, however, the most fun you will ever have at a performance if you can look past your delicate sensibilities.

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Venus Tides wash ashore Tim Morrell The Chronicle

Their passion for music laid dormant until their fingertips embraced their instrument they were destined to play.

Oshawa’s Venus Tides is trying to make its mark on the rock and roll scene one hit drifting ashore at a time.

Drunk Sick Love was the first name the band came up with, but the name didn’t roll off the tongue. The name Venus Tides originated from guitarist Ryan Whyte. Although, it had no significance to anything at first, it grew on the band and their growing fan base.

“It’s a unique name, which ties together well with our sound,” said guitarist Keedron Wright.

With every member in the group playing in bands before merging, the formation could have been dumb luck or destiny.

“My dad worked at a plant called McAsphalt in Oshawa, and Wright and Whyte also worked there. After being introduced, we found out we were into the same music and decided to set up a jamming session,” said drummer, Ryan Ouchas.

Wright and Whyte then brought in friend Colton Wallace, to sing, and later Jeff Hurst to fill a much needed gap at bass guitar. Since that day, the band has felt synced to each other’s tempo, and the chemistry seemed right.

“Although the band is so well established due to how well we write music together, the real foundation of why we connect so well is because of our personalities. We all have established work ethics, and we all get along very well.

There’s more to just making music in a band, you need to have strong personality structures,” said Ouchas.

He draws his influence from his father.

“My father is known by few to be a very musically talented man. I know, all my friends know it, music is in my roots,” he said.

Growing up, Ouchas listened to classics such as Zeppelin, Floyd, Sabbath and Rush, progressing in a newer fast paced age with access to the Internet. He was introduced to metal in high school with bands such as, Cannibal Corpse, Necrophagist, Cryptopsy and Slayer, but Lamb of God

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VENUS TIDES COLLIDE: Drummer Ryan Ouchas (left) and lead singer Colton Wallace rehearse. resonated with Ouchas the most.

Ouchas then learned how to drum to metal and picked up double kicks. Later on, house music became more popular and Ouchas took interest and applied it to his style.

“The moment Venus Tides was created, I had so many different drum beats bottled in my head and they just came out on the kit, and that became my drum style. Metal, rock and house electro drummer. Keeping a open minded to things is how my drum style became how it is,” he said.

Music first made an imprint on Whyte’s life at 14 when he got his first guitar.

“The feeling of the strings really resonated with me and from there, I knew my passion was making music,” said Whyte.

Lead singer Wallace says what you are hearing isn’t just a sound, but a feeling that will sit with you long after listening to their tracks.

“I let the boys set a groove and I get a feel,” he said. “I have always written about my life. Day to day, it’s realistic that way. Sometimes the simple things make you think more, and that’s what I want, for you to think when you hear my music. I want it to be a feeling and not just a sound.”

With so many styles inspiring each artist, it can make you wonder what you can expect in the future with so

RMG Photography awards: ISO impressed with entries Will McGuirk The Chronicle

Sean Langworth was one of seven snap happy shutterbugs on Saturday, Nov. 9 at the 2013 RMG Exposed Photography awards.

Langworth won the Community Choice Award for his photograph, Skateboard Shadow. Durham/UOIT sponsored the $400 prize.

The annual Robert McLaughlin Gallery competition is a juried show.

This year’s jury was comprised of Gary Greenwood, Ryan Clearly of Snap Newspaper and Stephen Gilligan.

Jonathan Groeneweg won the RBC Emerging Photographer Award for best overall submission. He won

$2,000 plus an RMG solo exhibition, set for Spring 2014.

Best Photojournalism/Documentary went to Lindsay Lauckner, who won a portfolio review with the Stephen Bulger Gallery.

Jason Brown won a $300 Pitko gift card in the Best Landscape/Architecture category.

Best Conceptual/Non-Representational went to Carolyn Doucette, who won the $300 Concrete Contemporary Prize.

Sarah Novak won the Best Student Award, which came with a $200 gift card from Robert Aldsworth Photo and Ralph Nevins won the Canadian Content Prize of $400 for his photograph, Prairie Winter Take 2.

many clashing genres.

“All in all, we’re just a bunch of dudes whom want to mix everything together and make tunes that our fans can enjoy,”said Hurst. “We never really sit down to justify what style we are, we just create whatever, and what comes of it is that.”

Venus Tides is a new band, with no recordings yet.

Starting off is difficult for any band especially with no source of displaying its material.

“Nonetheless, growing up in an age with the Internet, it provides a great

source to market our music and network with fans, promoters and other bands.

Just by social networking we have three upcoming shows,” said Ouchas.

Their demo is set to release in February 2014.

The band has a presence on social networks such as Facebook and Twitter and they’re even trying to extend their reach to the European side of the world by using a Russian version of Facebook called ‘VK’.

“We were born to do this, it’s evident, and no matter how successful we become, we’ll continue to do it.”

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SASS brass celebrates 10 years Will McGuirk The Chronicle

The School Alliance of Student Songwriters is celebrating 10 years of mentoring creativity with an alumni concert at the Regent Theatre Saturday Nov. 30.

Dale Russell and Artemis Chartier are the founders of SASS in Durham Region. It began at McLaughlin C.V.I. in Oshawa. Over the last decade the Alliance started up songwriting clubs in several high schools, as well as concerts, workshops, camps and recitals.

“Dale and I started a large, school-based, free song-writing community in 2003 because we value music and kids,” says Artemis. “We personally knew the benefits of any creative outlet to the heart and mind, and thought a haven for young artists, led by caring, volunteer teachers, would support teens along their journey.”

Country chart topping singer and SASS alumna, Lindsay Broughton will perform along with alumnus Tim Watson, SASS mentor Trish Robb, and 15 of the best SASS performers from the last 10 years says Artemis.

Broughton credits the free program for Grade 6-12 students with her start and successes.

“I heard an announcement over the PA one morning about a singer/songwriter club and I was completely intrigued,” says the winner of the 2013 Country Music Association of Ontario Rising Star Award. “I felt like there was a finally a club or a program made for me, and what I love to do, songwriting.

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SASS PERFORMER: Singer songwriter Trish Robb is one of the performers at the SASS 10-year anniversary concert being held at the Regent Theatre Nov. 30.

I loved SASS after one meeting and went home that night to start writing songs to play at the upcoming student recital, as well as a song that would eventually become my high school’s theme song,” “I was involved in its first year as a singer on the first SASS CD when I was 15,” says

Tim Watson.

“So 11 years ago now. I had a rock band named Emphatic.

The program has grown immensely since then.” Says Watson who released his debut selftitled roots album to a sold-out concert at the Whitby Courthouse Theatre in March 2013.

Canadian Country Music As-

sociation’s six-time Guitaristof-the-Year Wendell Ferguson, will close out the night’s proceedings with a writers round of music and stories.

Platinum Blonde bassist Rob Laidlaw will also perform at the anniversary celebrations.

Durham College Journalism student Matt Anness an aspir-

ing rapper, will perform as part of the aforementioned 15 Best.

He has been involved with SASS for nine years and has hosted and organized events for the organisation. His involvement helped his self-confidence, he says.

“It helped me open up and be who I was always scared to be,” he says. “I was always the shy kid in elementary school.

Once I began performing in front of crowds I felt more comfortable speaking to people. It also gave me so many connections to people I never would have met otherwise. I’ve made connections to people in the music industry, and I’ve made some life-long friends.”

Broughton, who played Boots & Hearts, the biggest country music festival in Canada, concurs.

“I feel like being a part of the SASS club is what gave me the tools, the drive and the confidence to pursue music as a career,” she says. “Countless times I can remember amazing songwriting mentors and performers coming in to talk about the music industry, songs, structures and everything in between.”

Artemis says while professional writers are hired to visit each of the 25 schools involved, the goal is not about star-making.

“We’ve seen that SASS can boost literacy, leadership, confidence, and emotional/ social development. Some of the young writers do go on to careers in the music industry, but all can gain a stronger sense of self, enjoy the encouragement of peers, and realize that they are born creative.”

Gravity has a tangible weight Aleksandra Sharova The Chronicle

The 70th Venice International Film Festival opened with the premiere of Alfonso Cuarón’s new 3D space thriller Gravity, which generated plenty of buzz even before the official screening.

The plot of the film is uncomplicated and straightforward – Dr. Ryan Stone (Sandra Bullock), a medical engineer on her first shuttle mission, and a veteran astronaut Matt Kowalski (George Clooney) are on a routine service call to the Hubble Space Telescope. While Stone busies herself with the malfunctioning telescope parts, Kowalski, floating around her, entertains the Mission Control Center with stories of his exwife.

Then, before they know it, the two find themselves in a Houston-we-have-a-problem

GROUNDBREAKING: Sandra Bullock playing Dr. Ryan Stone in Alfonso Cuarón’s hit 3D film, Gravity. situation – the drifting space debris from a Russian satellite smashes a hole in their shuttle, and the astronauts are left in outer space with no communication with Mission Control.

As the film progresses, Cu-

arón minimizes the story even more, separating the two characters and leaving Stone alone.

Bullock, as the narrative focus shifts to Dr. Stone, gives a solid solo performance, one that almost surely will earn her best

actress Oscar nomination.

Cuarón’s Gravity is a survival movie with all the subsequent theme lines – thoughts about suicide and death, and about a higher power of some kind that might or might not be

out there. Such movies aren’t unfamiliar, but Cuarón chose the most spectacular and dramatic settings – space – for his story.

Space is one of the few characters of Gravity and possibly the main one. In Stanley Kubrick’s groundbreaking 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), space is a metaphysical concept, incomprehensible to a man and something beyond his control.

In his film, Cuarón used this same idea, as did many directors before him. However, in Gravity he managed to show space realistically, even tangibly.

Currently, Cuarón’s film is one of the best examples of the use of 3D effects and the innovative cinematography by Emmanuel Lubezki, who worked on Terrence Malick’s The Tree of Life and To the Wonder.

Gravity 3D is now playing in Oshawa movie theatres.

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Musicians at Durham College are taking full advantage of the opportunities available to students. The music business management program runs several initiatives including Highcut Records and Backrow Records, which are student-run record labels aimed at helping students reach their musical aspirations.

Both record labels have teams of students dedicated to completing the tasks a real record label would do. Andria Safo’s the assistant operations manager of Highcut Records says, “We will be collaborating with other companies in the Durham College music industry for assistance with promo, booking shows, posters, mer-

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chandise, music videos and magazine reviews.”

Recently, Highcut Records has signed a hip hop artist named J-Flowz, a student at Durham College. “J-Flowz has a unique, versatile sound which gives him the ability to spit on slow, old school hip hop beats, and these new modern trapstep beats,” Safo explains. “Also, he works very well with the producer Elevate, who is also our marketing manager, so the two are a natural flow. J-Flowz also just has the natural look.

He’s in all black just like Big L’s track and spits fire off the dome. Good personality, good vibes, dope rapper.”

Backrow Records’ recent signee is a rock group called Bohemian Grove. The band’s composed of five members, three of whom attend Durham

College. “We first heard about Backrow Records through one of our vocalists who had worked with the marketing director. The two exchanged links to their music and shortly after we heard that Backrow was interested in possibly signing our band,” explains vocalist Eric Nasu. “We thought it would be a great opportunity to make use of the resources to help us advance as a band in the music industry.” Nasu says the benefits of having a record label backing them is something his entire band is grateful for. “Being a part of the label can take off some of the pressure of the business aspect while allowing us to focus on more of the music.”

Backrow Records and Highcut Records are still searching for artists to fill up their rosters.

John Boom debut CD hits shelves in December Samuel Baker The Chronicle

John Boom and the Jellyfish, a local band, will be coming out with their debut album, Smack, in December. The band has been playing for just over six months, and features a groovy mix of blues and hip-hop.

“We’re going to finish the album around the end of the month, get it mastered then we have to get the actual copies of it, then we’re going to do a CD release party,” said Boom, the lead guitarist and vocalist.

At first glance, the title of the album may seem like a drug reference but it’s far cooler than that.

“A bunch of jellyfish is a smack of jellyfish, you know, like a school of fish,” said Tony G-Rocks, the percussionist of the band.

“We’re going to do one at The Atria around Christmas time, then we have one in Cobourg on Dec 27. So like two. Or three or four or five or six, seven? We’re going to do as many as we can,” said Boom, “they’re all CD release parties. It’s going to be cool. There’s going to be surprises, for sure.”

A band as new as John Boom and the Jellyfish is worth checking out. Check them out at the Atria downtown Oshawa for Watchu Want Wednesdays.

E.P.’s Wayback pub night

Tim Morrell The Chronicle

The semester is coming to close, and stress is rising. Why not take a trip to the past to relieve some stress? E.P. Taylor’s is bringing back the greatest hits from the ‘90s on Nov. 29.

Wayback Playback Pub Night will be host to everyone on campus looking to boogie with no charge. So come out and enjoy the music that was popular before the millennium.

Come enjoy winter’s tea at Parkwood

Will McGuirk The Chronicle

Do you fancy high tea, Great Gatsby style?

Parkwood Estate is hosting a winter’s evening tea Nov. 29 at 7:30 p.m.

Yuletide scones and non-alcoholic wassail (hot mulled cider) is the festive fare on offer.

The heritage home built by Col. Sam McLaughlin, founder of General Motors Canada, features architectural landscape and interior designs spanning the 1920s and 30s.

Complete room settings illustrate the lifestyle of the wealthy McLaughlin family, as well as the hospitality that they extended to guests.

Tickets are $20 and available at the grounds office.

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Lords prevail versus Knights Sean O’Leary The Chronicle

It was a battle of green and gold against green and black in the Campus Recreation and Wellness Centre as the Durham Lords men’s volleyball team took on the Fleming Knights Nov. 14, winning 3-0 in straight sets.

It was closer than the score indicated. Both teams went back and forth in all three games with neither team being able to string many points together. Durham took the first game 25-22, the second 25-19 and sealed their third straight win with a 25-22 victory in the final game.

Fleming got off to a hot start in the first game with stingy play at the net and good communication. The Lords were making plenty of mistakes, and while down 20-18, head coach George Matsusaki called a timeout that proved effective as the Lords rallied for five consecutive points before winning the match 25-22.

Using timeouts worked again for the Lords in the second game when Matsusaki calmed his team down after being down 13-8. From then on, Durham looked sharper and started to finish their plays rather than give the Knights points on missed opportunities.

The third game was a hardfought effort by both teams, with neither being able to es-

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TRY AND STOP ME: Luke Kilbourn, right side for the Durham Lords, goes for the kill against the Fleming Knights, while Brandon Perry (left) and Clay Couchman try to block him. tablish more than a four-point lead. Solid rallies made the game even but a block by Petrus Kuypers gave the Lords momentum towards the end of the game, and from there

they were able to finish off the Knights.

Setter Riley McAllister, who had 25 assists in the match, said, “It was a good team effort all around, but we need to start

faster instead of having to come back later in the game.”

Alex Van Staalduinen led the team with 12 kills, four digs and one block, while teammate Jeremy Hoekstra led the team

with four blocks and two aces.

The Lords moved to 4-1 in conference play on the season and will try to win their fourth game in a row when they host Seneca Nov. 21 at the CRWC.

Seneca dominates against Lords Ryan Verrydt The Chronicle

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BIG BLOCK: Lords setter Meghan Renwick goes up to block Seneca Sting hitter Lindsay Ballance in the Lords 3-0 loss on Nov. 21. Renwick would finish the game with 14 assists, two kills and three digs.

The Lords women’s volleyball team let their threegame winning streak come to an end Nov. 21 when they lost in straight sets to the Seneca Sting.

According to head coach Shane Christopher, the team committed more than 20 errors in each of the three sets, essentially handing the game to Seneca.

“We are absolutely killing ourselves. Lack of energy, lack of motivation, lack of interest. We practised so well this week,” he said after the game.

“The last two days were unbelievable and we showed up disinterested.”

The Lords were in it at the start of each set, but once they reached the five or six point mark the Sting would pull away, highlighted by a string

of five aces in the second set

by Seneca’s Bianca Newman to give her team a 13-8 lead.

Coming off dominating wins over La Cite and Fleming, the Lords didn’t change anything facing a Seneca team that sits at the top of the OCAA standings.

“We still go into each game positive and we’re right on top. We prepare like any other team. We had great practices all week, our week was better than ever,” said Lords setter Meghan Renwick. “But tonight, I don’t know what happened.”

When asked how to keep his girls motivated after such a tough loss, Christopher said, “I hope they’re embarrassed right now, and if that’s not motivation we’re in trouble.”

The Lords now sit tied for fourth in the OCAA east region with a 3-3 record on the year.

The team now leaves for a three-game road trip where they take on Canadore, Georgian and Loyalist.

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MLSE foundation shows its ‘Hart’ NHL trophies among attractions

Shane MacDonald The Chronicle

Nov. 20 was a day filled with excitement and opportunity for Durham College and UOIT students. All sorts of sports personalities were already at the Campus Recreation and Wellness Centre for the fourth annual Sport Business Conference but something else was catching students eyes. The Hart Memorial trophy, awarded to the NHL player deemed the most valuable to his team, and the Vezina trophy, awarded to the goalie who is deemed the most valuable to his team, sat upon a table just out side the conference doors.

As part of a Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment fundraiser for MLSE TeamUp foundation, students were asked to donate $5 to have their pictures taken with the trophies and help underprivi-

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RIGHT TO PLAY: Steven Williams (right), hosts a basketball shooting competition at the MLSE foundation’s fundraising event at the Polonsky Commons on Nov. 21. leged children get a chance to play sports.

“As much as we like making money, we like helping out with charity,” said Bill Wellman, from the Hockey Hall of Fame. “It’s a thing that we do at the hall of fame. It’s a branch of our business, we call it our outreach program.”

Each student who had their picture taken was also entered to win a signed Toronto Maple Leafs Wendel Clark Jersey.

“We are using the conference as a platform because our angle was to try and get as much people as possible to spend money, and we have the whole sports conference, 200 plus students

in there, they’re going to come walking right out and they’re going to see the trophies,” said Christian Skirdine, co-board member of MLSE Team-Up foundation.

Aside from the trophy photo station, the Polonsky Commons was filled with all sorts of fundraising events where stu-

dents could win various prizes.

“We have our public skate, we have some ancillary events, and we have the Toronto Raptors trailer out there as well,” said Skirdine.

Artificial ice, a hockey sharpshooting station called Top Shot, soccer net, and a basketball shooting station could be found in the commons for students to participate in and help out a good cause in doing so.

Mark Gallaway and Riley Parratt both helped out as part of their fundraising class in the Sports Management program.

“Anyone can win anything if they participate, any of our events you partake in you have a chance to win something,” said Parratt.

Among the prizes up for grabs were Leafs tickets, Marlies tickets, Jays tickets, golf passes, Raptors tickets, a James Reimer jersey, Oshawa Generals tickets and a bunch of other signed goodies.

“The specific charity we are doing this for is the Right To Play Foundation. They help under-privileged or low-income families afford to play sports.

For example, hockey is really expensive to play and I never played organized hockey growing up. This is why there is programs like this to help people that can’t afford it.” Said Gallaway.

Russia upsets team OHL Shane MacDonald The Chronicle

Potential team Canada junior players from the OHL took on Russia’s junior team at the GM centre Nov. 21 in the second leg of the annual 2013 Subway Super Series.

Coming off two losses against team QMJHL, Russia came to Oshawa with a lot of anticipation to see what the OHL had in store for them.

Team OHL’s lineup boasted plenty of NHL prospects, most notably Connor McDavid - the 16-year-old-prodigy - Max Domi, and Oshawa’s own Scott Laughton.

OHL began the game by commanding the puck but over-commitment to offensive plays allowed the Russians to take advantage of odd-man rushes. After killing off a penalty, the Russians stopped a play on their blueline and went back down the ice to score a tic-tactoe 3-on-1 goal early in the first.

Before the period’s end, Russia’s Alexi Bereglazov capitalized on a team OHL penalty with a tip-in goal on the powerplay to make it 2-0 Russia after one period.

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TOUGH ON THE PUCK: Team OHL captain number 21 Scott Laughton battles for the puck with Russia’s number 29 Pavel Koldev at the General Motors Centre in the first game of the OHL leg of the 2013 annual Subway Super Series Nov. 21.

The Russians made good on their few chances in the first but team OHL wouldn’t go without a fight.

After killing off an interference penalty in the second period, team OHL got back in

the game. Lots of shots and pressure paid off in the form of back-to-back goals by Kerby Rychel and Brock McGinn after a Russian turnover.

Just as things were looking up for team OHL - two goals

and another power-play - Russia picked up a shorthanded goal off a broken play by team OHL. After 40 minutes of play team OHL had outshot Russia 34-13 but was losing 3-2. De-

spite controlling most of the play, OHL’s defensive breakdowns and over-playing of the puck continued to burn them.

An OHL power-play was wasted as they made too many passes where shots were needed.

Russia scored another goal early in the third, making OHL desperate for offence. Russia’s defence and forechecking caused a breakdown in OHL’s passing game. OHL was no longer controlling the puck and found themselves giving up more odd-man rushes and turnovers in their own zone.

On an OHL power-play a weak pass between D-men resulted in a Russian breakaway and a penalty shot but there was no goal.

The 6,020 in attendance saw flashes of McDavid and Domi’s skill in the form of no-look passes and incredible hockey vision but individual players don’t win games. Russia played a better two-way game and came away with a 5-2 win after an empty net goal. Russia played the second game of the OHL leg in Sudbury Nov. 25 and is off to play the WHL Nov. 27

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Bombino calls it quits as coach

Ryan Verrydt The Chronicle

Strung from the rafters in the hallway outside the Durham College gym is a picture of a much younger Stan Bombino.

Now, with his hair greyer and no longer sporting a moustache, he is stepping down as head coach of the men’s varsity soccer team, 36 years after he led the OCAA in scoring as a player for the Lords, “I believe it’s time for someone else to have a kick at it,” said Bombino.

He has a long and impressive history with soccer. He started off playing competitively at the age of 10 and, at 14, he broke into the professional circuit in the Motor City Soccer League.

Bombino stopped playing at a competitive level when he was 38.

Since ending his playing career, Bombino has been busy.

He spent time as club head coach and technical director of the Whitby Iroquois Soccer Club, technical director of the Durham Flames in the Canadian Professional Soccer League and, most recently, as club head coach and technical director for the Peterborough City Soccer Association.

“My first love, of course,

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SAYING GOODBYE: Stan Bombino (centre) watches alongside his brother and assistant coach Mario (left) and son Evan. Bombino resigned as head coach of the Lords men’s soccer team.

Durham. I just loved coaching at the college because I get an opportunity to work with the young people there. I like the college environment,” said Bombino.

For the past 16 years, he and his brother Mario, have guided the Lords to a winning season 14 times as well as two OCAA medals and a Canadian bronze medal in 1999. His son Evan has also been the Lords strength and conditioning coach for the past four seasons.

“Every coach wants to surround themselves with someone they can trust. Coaching with my brother, he brought a

different dimension. We kept it strictly professional. Even my son would refer to me as coach, not dad.”

Bombino had a good relationship with his players. Marco Trotta played for the Lords the last two seasons and was an OCAA all-star last year.

“I remember we were losing 1-0 to Centennial and I took the ball about 30 yards out and scored in the top left corner and there was a huge celebration and Stan was cheering. That’s a moment I won’t forget, everyone was laughing,” he said.

Matthew Sutton has been with the Lords for the past

three seasons and, while he saw reduced playing time this year, remembers Bombino in a fun light. “We were sitting down at a restaurant in Ottawa and two of our teammates were having a meal with some ladies that we met there and just as a joke he sat down and started having a chat with them as well.”

Despite leaving the college to take a position as technical director of FC Durham Academy, Bombino had nothing but praise for college soccer and its athletes.

“The soccer at the college level is second to none. You probably have some of the best

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players in all of Canada playing there.”

One of the most memorable moments of his coaching career came during the Canadian championships in 1999. In the gold medal game, despite only letting in one goal, the starting goalie did not play well.

The backup goalie started for the Lords in the bronze medal game and played so well that, after the game, a scout from the U.S came down and offered him a full scholarship. “Something like that happens every year, where somebody just goes above the call and does really well.”

There are still things that he would have liked to see done at the college. He talks about extending relationships to professional and semi-professional teams in the area like Algonquin has with the Ottawa Fury FC. Algonquin head coach Jimmy Zito is also a coach with the Ottawa Fury FC Academy, a semi-professional soccer club that plays in the North American Soccer League.

“I’d like to wish the next coach coming in much success.

It’s an uphill struggle and it’s going to be very challenging,” said Bombino. “It takes that kind of support to have a national championship team.”

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Ladies basketball team takes care of business Francis Viloria The Chronicle

The Durham Lords women’s basketball team took care of business at home in a 76-51 victory over the Centennial Colts on Nov. 15, handing the Colts their first loss of the season. The Lords played excellent defence to start the game, but couldn’t grab the defensive rebound and allowed five offensive rebounds in the quarter. Durham led 1411, but they committed back-toback turnovers and they trailed 15-14. The Lords answered and they led 22-17 at the end of the first, despite being outrebounded.

The Colts started the second quarter on a 6-2 run, bringing the lead down to one, 24-23.

The game was tied 28-28 with six minutes left in the quarter.

Then the Lords started to pull away, ending the quarter on a 16-2 run, and led 44-30 at the half. The Lords shot an efficient 51.5 per cent from the field, while the Colts shot only 31.6 per cent.

OCAA Eastern Conference Standings

Algonquin: 6-0 St. Lawrence: 4-1 Centennial: 4-1 Durham: 3-2 George Brown: 3-2 Seneca: 2-3 Georgian: 1-3 Fleming: 0-5 Loyalist: 0-5 The energy continued in the second half. The Lords pounded the ball in the paint and they got to the free throw line. They were over the foul limit with about three minutes left in the third, but they missed a lot of free throws. Durham led 5938 at the end of the third, outscoring Centennial 15-8 in the quarter. Both teams struggled

from the free throw line. Durham shot 15 of 28, or 53.6 per cent for the game, while Centennial shot 10 of 22, or 46 per cent.

The offense was still aggressive in the fourth, as the Lords increased their lead to 27. They played defence without fouling.

The Colts had five fouls in the quarter and Durham had zero.

Towards the end of the game, the Colts fouls started to get a little bit too rough. “Physical in one thing, but some of their pushing and shoving, that’s when people start to get hurt.

That’s what we were worried about someone getting hurt,” said head coach Heather Lafontaine. The Lords cruised to a 76-51 win. Kate Mowat led the team with 22 points, shooting an astonishing 10 for 11 from the field, and she contributed five rebounds. Kelsey Hare had the best overall game with a double-double, 16 points, shooting 6 for 10 from the field, 11 rebounds, and she also had five assists, three steals, and two blocks.

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HOOP DREAMS: Courtney Harley of the Durham women’s basketball team reaches for the basket against the Centennial Colts.

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