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SA nominees announced Giorgio Berbatiotis The Chronicle

The candidates for Student Association elections have been announced. In total, 17 positions are available on the board and executive. Of these 17, only six actually have more than one candidate running, and two of the Durham College board positions have no one running at all.

This means only about onethird of all the available positions are even contested, and only one of the eight for Durham College. For the Durham College VP position, which is a full-time job that pays $33,000-a-year plus benefits, incumbent Ashley Bennet is the only candidate. Bennet first got the job after being appointed by the board, following the resig-

nation of the former VP, who left amidst the turmoil at the SA this year. This comes after months of complaints about the lack of DC representation at the SA, and concerns that new election policies would alienate students from the process and fail to generate interest.

Jeremy Baarbe, who was also appointed by the board to a $33,000-a-year VP position following the resignation of the previous VP, has also decided to run in this election. Unlike Bennet, Baarbe has a history at the SA, and he is already the president of another union.

Baarbe, Bennet and Savannah Watters, an appointed board member, are the only three of the board’s many appointees this year to run in the elections.

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Presidential race

Courtney Williams

ELECTION SEASON: Student Association presidential candidates take part in an open forum in the UA building March 19. More election material inside.

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DC student was full of potential Ryan Verrydt The Chronicle

Photo courtesy of Garbutt family

CELEBRATING LIFE: Bryan Garbutt suddenly passed away March 13 from hemorrhaging as the result of a brain aneurysm. He was a kind, gentle soul who was very happy and enjoyed life.

At a time where he was growing and developing as a person, Bryan Garbutt’s life ended abruptly because of an undetectable brain condition he was likely born with.

The 20-year-old, secondyear Durham College student died suddenly in his dormroom on March 13 from hemorrhaging as a result of an aneurysm.

Bryan grew up on a farm in Dunsford, halfway between Bobcaygeon and Lindsay in a house which has been in the family for six generations. Family was very important to Bryan. He spent time at his grandparents’ house, just across the street, and worked at the family store in Lindsay during the summer. Bryan loved country life and animals.

A quiet person until he got to know someone, Bryan was really evolving in his time at Durham College. Always good with computers, analytical and probing for information, he asked his dad about mortgages after seeing a commercial at 5 years old. Bryan eventually enrolled in the computer pro-

grammer analyst program.

“Over the last few years, especially with college involved, he was developing so fully into a well-rounded adult,” said his dad, Jim Garbutt.

College was always important to Bryan. Bill Marlow was one of his professors and taught four classes to Bryan.

He described him as an average, hard-working guy who was well-liked among his classmates.

Marlow said that during a group project, one of the members of Bryan’s group went AWOL near the deadline, leaving Bryan and his other group member all by themselves.

Bryan didn’t complain or try to work the system, he just did the work.

It wasn’t just school Bryan was dedicated to. He met the woman he loved, Shawntea, two years ago and they were absolutely committed to each other.

His dad also credited Bryan’s outgoing roommate with helping his development. They would go to comedy nights and cook together in residence. Bryan had recently taken up cooking, inspired by his roommate, and as a result came what the

family refers to as the “meatloaf emergency.”

“He was looking for a recipe and couldn’t reach his mom, so he phoned his grandfather to find out how to cook meatloaf,” said Garbutt.

When Garbutt and his family visited the college after learning of Bryan’s death, they saw the phrase “The places you will go” and found it to be a fitting tribute to Bryan and the potential he had in life.

Visitations for Bryan will be held at the Mackey Funeral Home in Lindsay March 25 from 2-4 p.m. and 7-9 p.m. with the funeral being held the next day at the Dunsford United Church starting at 1 p.m. There is also a page online at www. mackeys.ca where everyone is invited to share memories and thoughts.

“We’d like to emphasize that all are welcome,” said Garbutt.

“We’d love to hear from anybody that has something to say about Bryan. As sad as Bryan’s passing is, our family wants people to know that he very much enjoyed his life and was very happy.”

Donations can also be made to the Humane Society of Kawartha Lakes

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Mansbridge visits DC students Courtney Williams The Chronicle

Christopher Burrows

SAGE ADVICE: Durham College journalism students were treated to a Q and A session with CBC chief correspondent Peter Mansbridge last Tuesday. Mansbridge answered questions about his career and offered up his best advice to the room full of budding reporters..

U Pass to stay Brad Andrews The Chronicle

The U Pass, and its higher costs, are here to stay.

Students voted overwhelmingly to keep the transit pass following a referendum organized by Durham College and UOIT. According to results announced by organizers of the referendum from both schools, voter turnout was higher than previous student votes and clearly favoured keeping the U Pass. Out of 8,372 eligible students at UOIT 2,461 voted in the referendum, with 1,797 in favour of keeping the pass and 664 against. The college had a slightly lower turnout, 1,859 students voted of the 9,567 eligible to, with 1,628 voting to keep the U Pass.

Students were given relatively short notice of the vote prior to it beginning. Voting began Monday, March 10 and UOIT announced its referendum the Friday before while college students received an email announcing the vote midway through the referendum. Despite the lack of notice,

voter turnout far surpassed that of the two previous SA elections, with last year’s only drawing 1,797 votes and 1,259 for the year before.

The referendum was organized without the Student Association’s involvement and required the college to seek special permission from the provincial government to undertake. Representatives from the institutions said the vote was in response the increase in U Pass fees full-time students have to pay. That cost will increase 16 per cent a year for the next three years. Durham Regional Transit proposed the increase with little to no notice or debate and Durham Regional council approved it only weeks later, while students were on their winter break.

Currently students pay $77 per semester for the U Pass with no option to opt out of the fee. That cost will increase to $89 for the new fall term and will continue to rise over the next two years to $120 by September 2016, an increase of almost 64 per cent over the current rate.

Journalism can be exciting, it can be funny, and it can be incredibly emotional, CBC’s ‘The National’ anchor Peter Mansbridge told DC’s journalism students on March 18.

Mansbridge is one of the most recognized faces and names in Canadian journalism.

He came to Durham College’s North campus to speak with Journalism students about his career and to offer advice to the aspiring writers, broadcasters and reporters.

There wasn’t an empty seat in the South Wing classroom set aside for the hour allotted for his Q & A period.

The dean of the School of Media, Art and Design, Greg Murphy, as well as the president of Durham College, Don Lovisa, were both in attendance for the event.

Mansbridge spoke to students for about an hour, offering pieces of advice and anecdotes about his long-standing journalism career.

“You have to be fascinated by what goes on around you,” he said to the future journalists. “The best quality of any journalist is the ability to tell stories. Learn to be a great storyteller, keep your eyes wide open, and meet as many people as you can.”

He said the key to being a great reporter is to create unforgettable moments within

your stories that will inspire the people hearing them.

“Great reporters have moments in their stories,” he said.

“Moments that make you sit up and want to listen.”

First-year broadcast journalism student Sarah Chan said she was thankful for the opportunity to meet Mansbridge and she wouldn’t have missed it for the world.

“There was no question as to whether or not I would come to hear Peter speak,” she said.

“I think as a young person who dreams of being as successful as he is in the same industry, you have to take an opportunity such as that one without hesitation.”

She went on to say that she thinks the Q & A was a complete success for her and her classmates.

“I think we all had a great time just sitting there soaking in everything he said and seeing how he interacts off camera,” she said. “I found every little thing he said to be helpful and full of knowledge. When I left the room, the one thing that stuck with me was when he said he had failed three times before making it to a place in his career he was proud of. I think it’s good for students to hear that even the people we look up to struggled along the way, so it’s totally okay if we do, too.”

Mansbridge ended the day by staying behind for handshakes and photo-ops with excited students.

Incumbents running on the same slate, four acclaimed

Continued from Page 1 They are all on the same slate, Students United, along with board vice-chair Baker Baha and a crop of fresh faces.

Together they form the largest slate with ten candidates, including four acclaimed director candidates.

Despite the dominance of the incumbents, there are a series of new faces to choose from, especially in the much more competitive UOIT races and the presidential race.

The complete list is available on the SA website, however candidates this year are not required to have a platform present at polling stations, meaning it is up to students to actively seek out information about candidates during the election period.

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Students aren’t getting the representation they deserve both inside and outside of the school walls. My platform is your platform.

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Our goal is to rebuild the relationship between students and the SA. We can only do that by uniting students.

My first concern is the relationship between the SA and the schools. I want to be able to repair the relationship.

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I’ve never been associated with the board of directors and the executive members.

I’m advocating for a new SA.

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2014 SA hopefuls share platforms in forum Shane MacDonald The Chronicle

Candidates for the 2014 Student Association elections took part in an open forum to speak directly to students and share their platforms Wednesday, March 19 in the UA building on the north campus of UOIT. Bradley Chin, the new chief returning officer, began with an introduction laying out the rules of the forum. Each candidate, starting with nominees for the president, were given two minutes for opening President Kris Cuaresma Mina Elseify Ryan LePage Mohammad Pasha

Vice-President University Affairs Sameer Ali Khan Jeremy Baarbe (current vice-president) Ezra Graham

statements then the floor was opened for questions and finally, another minute and a half for closing statements.

With a turbulent SA year behind them, many candidates in their opening statements stuck to the speaking points of transparency, accountability and improving the relationship between the SA and schools.

Thanks to a new election policy allowing slates of several candidates to run on a shared platform, two presidential candidates, Ryan LePage, of Students Unite, and Mina Elseify

both ran with slates, and members of their groups echoed their statements.

Kris Cuaresma, a Durham College journalism student, talked up his experiences and qualities his program gave him, saying he would bring those same journalistic skills to the SA presidency if elected. The last president who was a Durham College student was Amy England several years ago, also a journalism student, and now an Oshawa city councillor.

Two candidates hailing from the downtown UOIT campus

focused on issues affecting that campus in their statements.

Mohammad Pasha and LePage both advocated for more resources and services at the downtown campuses while still touching on issues relative to the north campus.

“I’m planning on bringing a lot of resources to the downtown campus,” said Pasha.

“Our tuck shop is the size of a closet.”

Once the floor was opened up to questions, candidates were asked how they would wow students, be different

from other candidates in the past, how they will win student’s confidence and how they would treat both the LGBTQ and international student communities. To these questions, candidates once again spoke about increasing student involvement and transparency.

“I want our agendas every single week to be dictated by you, the student body,” said Cuaresma. They promised to be open with students, better leadership, transparency, accountability, and to start the next SA with a clean slate.

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UOIT Board Directors candidates

Salam Alsadi Bradley Bolger Harmeet Nanner

Faculty of Social Science and Humanities Director

Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science Director

Raia Fortin Israel Ogbogu Carolyn O’Neill Ashleigh Persaud Johnny Stavrou

Faculty of Energy Systems and Nuclear Science Director

Ashley Bennett (current vice-president)

Durham College Board Director candidates School of Media, Art and Design Director Mike Burton Matisse Hamel-Nelis

Justin MacFadyen

School of Health & Community Services Director Savannah member)

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School of Science and Engineering Technology Director Thurinaa Karunagaran

School of Business, IT & Management Director Faaris Suhail

Faculty of Health Sciences Director

Baker Baha (current board member) Ramez Zarifa

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Faculty of Science Director Spencer Allison

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Vote for the change you deserve The SA elections are here.

Shocking right? Time flies when you’re bickering with the schools and there is infighting at every meeting.

Governance issues and indecision have plagued this year’s Student Association and allegations of nepotism have seeped into view of the current elections.

Questionable hires of individuals who’ve been criticized in the past for violating student election policies and increased stringency in the election and nomination process hardly bode well for change. And it’s not lost on students.

A poll on the SA website asking students how excited they feel about new candidates has 29 per cent of the vote saying they are not excited at all, 21 per cent saying they have high hopes or are just excited, and a majority, 50 per cent of the vote, currently 28 voters, voting for Flying Spaghetti Monster.

Is this the state of our stu-

dent politics? Is it apathy or just hopelessness?

Facebook discussions and rational debate devolve into mud slinging when the SA is mentioned.

President of the Student Association Peter Chinweuba and the rest of the executive are clearly at odds.

He has attempted to fire the executive director twice only to find he had his executive powers revoked.

A public out cry of disapproval of the president’s sharing of a homophobic message prompted an emergency meeting where he was further stripped of his power. He is being made out as the Rob Ford of our campus.

At this Feb. 13 meeting the Chronicle acquired a copy of the motion stripping him of his powers and censuring him, which was strangely dated for Feb. 29, an indication these reprimands were probably already coming and the homophobic uproar was capitalized

on to speed the process.

Since this censure and the official posting of the letter on the SA website the president has been on Facebook posting links to his refutation of the SA executive’s accusations.

It has had over a thousand views and he sent a copy to the Chronicle, the Oshawa Express and the Toronto Star.

Students have been invited to open forums held by the president to discover the hidden history of the SA. This last stand of transparency only confuses the matter more. It comes across as desperate. What is needed is a house cleaning, fresh faces, and a focused and unified SA. The eagerness to engage the school in a legal battle over freeing the fees will start a several-year long conflict, with the students and their money as the casualties.

This issue alone has spurred many to take an interest, but still there is a lack of communication and student involve-

ment. Strict nomination regulations and delays of notice have impeded some students from being able take this issue into their own hands.

Several Durham College director positions remain empty with only one position facing opposition in the election, and the lack of Durham College student involvement is not new.

Election policy may have been broken by not informing the campus newspaper prior to the nomination period, and that lapse of information may have affected the turnout of nominees.

One student was disqualified for submitting their nomination 15 minutes past the deadline.

With so much on the line, the SA shouldn’t be nitpicking.

They shouldn’t be effectively discouraging student involvement by making it harder to participate.

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A look at the SA now shows a board of unelected, appointed members. Who are they truly working for, the students or their own hypothetical future political careers?

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Canadian policy fails Technology has grip to protect Aboriginals on the human mind Renewed calls for the Canadian govern- women and their families, and a closure of ment to launch an inquiry into the high the economic gap between aboriginals and number of missing and murdered aborigi- the rest of the country. nal women were again stymied on parliaNo More Stolen Sisters is an activist ment hill. group that has continued to camp on parWhile MP’s conferring on the Special liament hill to demand justice for missing Committee on Violence Against Aboriginal and murdered aboriginal women.

Women tabled 16 recommendations to adThat movement has spread to communidress the issue, the reluctance to call a pub- ties across the country. lic inquiry has sparked increasing disdain Recently, Oshawa hosted its own walk in from aboriginal activists and allies. solidarity for missing and murdered aborigThe government’s relationship with ab- inal women. Justice 4 Stolen Sisters, creoriginal Canadians has, and will continue to ated by Durham College upgrading student be, the scar on the history of this country. Miranda Bouchard, has seen an increase in From the institutionalized rape and abuse participation since its inception. of aboriginals in residential schools, to the With the support of the Durham Rape blatant disregard for land Crisis Centre and the colrights treaties struck and lege’s own Outreach sersigned by the Canadian vices, Justice 4 Stolen SisMatthew government, the animosters brought together some ity and tension between 50 participants to bring Jordan the two continues to festhe issue to the forefront ter. Confronting and disin Durham. Bouchard, mantling the racism and told the Chronicle, “It’s sexism that enables abuse disgusting that the governagainst aboriginal women is a chance to re- ment doesn’t seem to give a damn about establish aboriginal relations. Aboriginal these women who are someone’s daughters, women are up to seven times more likely to sisters, aunts, cousins, wives, girlfriends or die as a result of violence, according to Stats lovers.” She echoes the sentiment shared Canada. Statistics like this have stemmed by many in this country fed up with the from the failure of the government’s pater- ignorance and excuses offered by the govnalistic policies towards aboriginal rights. ernment in place of concrete action on elThe widespread poverty and third-world evating a desperately undervalued segment living standards prevalent on many native of Canadian society. While the 16 recomreserves in this country have left aboriginal mendations by the MPs who contributed women open to exploitation in a system de- to the special committee include things signed for their failure. like launching a public awareness and preWhile voices were again raised over the vention campaign, the implementation of recent murder of Loretta Saunders – an a national DNA-database of missing perInuk woman from Nova Scotia – the situ- sons, and collecting police data on violence ation is far from unfamiliar. According to against aboriginal women, the sentiment is the Native Women’s Association of Canada wasted.

(NWAC), 580 missing or murdered women NWAC president Michèle Audette was have been documented over the last three quoted by the CBC as saying, “This report decades. Amnesty International Canada fails to show the needed commitment and cites racist and sexist stereotypes that, resources to adequately address this ongo“Deny the dignity and worth of Indigenous ing tragedy — a tragedy that is a reflection women, encouraging some men to feel they on Canada as a whole.” The government can get away with violent acts of hatred must begin to address the mitigating and against them.” The report details the failure aggravating factors that continue to make of police services to employ mechanisms these women vulnerable. The issue needs to and training important in eliminating in- be met from the bottom up. herent biases when dealing with aboriginal Correcting the record on the lives of abwomen. As a result of this failure, many original women in this country is an imporcases involving Indigenous women go un- tant milestone in correcting the botched solved. That’s why activist groups are call- policies of the current and previous governing for an overhaul of social programs avail- ments. And it provides the opportunity for able to aboriginal youth, increased funding continued progress in elevating the status for shelters and counselling for Indigenous of Indigenous people.

Many people will wake up, the other way around. check their phone, watch a TV Beyond these neurotic attachshow with breakfast, blast the ra- ments, technology does have some dio on the drive to school or work, redeeming features. and sit on the Internet all day.

The instantaneous connection Then they’ll come home and created through technology helps watch some more TV until it’s time to bring an immense amount of for bed, often done while simulta- information to anyone’s fingertips. neously browsing the Internet.

Not only does it help to conAs if staring at one screen isn’t nect people and share ideas, it also good enough, we feel the need to helps to build a global commualternate between the two and nity and it can act as a catalyst for maybe throw in some phone change. browsing to liven up the experiBut like anything in life, it’s ence and stave off boredom. how we choose to use it. We can Technology use it to build and has become inspire, as well as a collective benefit others, the Samantha stuffed animal world, and ourfor society to selves, or we can Daniels carry around use it to distract us and soothe our from having to deal inner toddlers’ with anything we anxieties. don’t want to deal with.

Worried about a test tomorIt’s the mindless entertainment row? Watch some TV to help for- used to act as a replacement for get about it. thought that does the damage.

Just had a fight with someone? Heavy, ritualized television viewBlow off some steam with an hour ing has been found to be detrimenof YouTube videos. tal to well-being, acting as a timeA lull in conversation while out filler and substitute for other acwith a group of friends? Everyone tivities, according to a 1994 study. browse Facebook until it picks Additionally, in a 1990 study, back up again. psychologists found the more TV So long as there’s a constant someone watched, the less pleaflow of mildly entertaining stimuli sure they got from watching it. pouring out, there’s the comfort of So for the 30 hours of TV the not having to think about anything average Canadian adult takes in besides what’s on the screen. every week, we’re doing ourselves It’s a little retreat from anything more damage than good. bad in life to escape to the lives of Instead of taking the time to imaginary characters played by ac- work through the real issues or diftors presented on a screen through ficult moments in life, it’s all about dancing pixels. what happened on The Walking People build emotional attach- Dead last week. ments to and relationships with The fact that some people get these imaginary characters, and mad about spoilers is indicative of in many respects it’s easier than how much time and thought socihaving real relationships with real ety puts into something that is a people. complete work of fantasy.

They can go through the moTo repeat: it’s about what’s haptions of having a relationship with- pening to imaginary characters in out the burden or responsibility of an imaginary world. participation.

Yes, it’s entertaining and could You can’t screw up a relation- possibly be put to good use, but ship with an imaginary person. It’s what do you have to show from all up to them to let you down, not watching it?

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No weekend service to the north Samuel Baker The Chronicle

On Reach Street in Port Perry, on most weekdays, you will likely spot Tracy Connelly, 64, standing at the bus stop waiting to go into Oshawa. Her short gray hair being tousled by the breeze, gripping the handle of a shopping bag. On Queen Street, just around the corner, Josh Neary, 20, waits for the same bus to take him to UOIT, where he is in his first year of Business studies. The two don’t share much in common besides living in the same town. However, one thing they do share in common is that on the weekends, they are stuck in Port Perry.

Durham Region Transit’s 950 route serves the communities of Uxbridge and Port Perry and others in between, like Columbus and Epsom. On weekdays it runs every hour and a half and in the evenings service ends just after nine.

In the mornings, the bus is full with students travelling to school. Intermingled with them are a few senior citizens and middle-aged adults, perhaps unable to drive due to the lack of a car, or some other reason.

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OUT OF LUCK: DC/UOIT students board the 950 Port Perry/Uxbridge bus. On weekends, there is no option for people in these ares to use DRT. Those who are forced to take the bus because of their lack of transportation, like Connelly and Neary, are left with no choice on Saturday and Sunday but to stay in town, because the bus doesn’t come.

“I go into Oshawa to visit my friend Gale. We have tea and chat with each other, sometimes we go out for lunch, or go to the mall,” said Connelly. “I would love to be able to go on the weekends, but the option

just isn’t there.”

Connelly’s car broke down last year and was too expensive to fix. Either way, she felt she didn’t need it anymore and would rely on the bus to get around. Neary has his license, and his parents share a vehicle.

Both of his parents work on the weekends, so he is almost always left without a means of transportation.

“It really sucks. There’s not much to do here in town, and

most of my friends from school live in Oshawa,” said Neary. “I would definitely use the bus all the time on the weekends if it came.”

Vincent Patterson is the general manager at DRT. He says they are trying to increase services in Port Perry and Uxbridge, especially on Saturdays.

The problem in rural areas such as those is that the buses travel greater distances, and trips are fewer and farther apart.

“It’s essentially balancing resources we can afford to put out versus how much service will be picked up by customers. The same rule is true everywhere else,” said Patterson.

Another difficult aspect of increasing service in low-density areas is knowing whether or not riders would use the service. DRT is implementing annual customer surveys, and Patterson said one of his pet projects is bringing in something of a customer panel to give input on an ongoing basis.

“It’s a little bit of a chicken and egg,” said Patterson. “If service were there, maybe it would attract more people, but if we knew there were more people, that would generate for us more of a rational to increase the service. Which one comes first?”

Patterson said they are aware of the interest in the northern areas. He recognized that the senior and student populations, including Connelly and Neary, are both growing and an increase in service would be useful.

“We’re always on the lookout for it (opinion) because we don’t operate in a vacuum,” said Patterson.

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Some slates on other campuses accused of abusing the practice Giorgio Berbatiotis The Chronicle

Automated texting in campaigning has been introduced to Student Association elections.

The Student’s Unite slate, which is by far the largest, with four incumbents and candidates running in 10 positions, recently sent out its first text messages. Their slate has the largest collective budget,

which is reimbursed by the SA, and they are so far the only candidates confirmed to be using the service. SA election policy does not regulate automated texting, and there have been no edicts issued regarding the matter. There are no reports of unsolicited or misleading messages being sent out by any candidate.

The texting service used by the Students Unite slate at DC/ UOIT is being run through Nationbuilder, an online service often used by organizations that work with left-leaning and labour groups for organizing campaigns. One such example is Campaign Gears, a service provider certified in using Nationbuilder, which includes on its client list the Canadian Federation of Students-Ontario and the Ontario Federation of Labour. Alastair Woods is the current chairperson of CFSOntario and used to work with new SA executive director and election committee chair Dina Skvirsky at York University.

He recently appeared in a pro-

motional video for Campaign Gears.

Earlier this year at the University of Toronto Students Union elections, there were accusations of misuse of automated texting by the pro-Canadian Federation of Students slate, UofT Voice. The Voice slate was also heavily criticized after students discovered that at least one pro-CFS student union executive from another campus was coming in to campaign on behalf of Voice, a practice CFS has often been accused of orchestrating.

Ryan LePage, who is running for president under the Students United slate, did not wish to give specifics regarding how the process was organized.

“Other people have started using it so I’m not going to give anything away as it stands,” said LePage. He said he did not wish to comment further on campaign tactics until after the election. He did not, however, specify which other candidate or slate was using the service when asked for clarification.

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Candidate criticized for offensive remarks Giorgio Berbatiotis The Chronicle

Student Association Presidential candidate Mina Elseify was criticized on social media and at an open forum, for what critics say are homophobic remarks that raise questions about his ability to lead the Student Association, which runs an LGBTQ centre on campus. Elseify had made the comments in an online conversation a year ago. The vitriolic remarks aggressively criticized homosexuality, and mocked people who believe in evolution.

The comments were taken from a conversation Elseify had with former VP of university affairs Jesse Cullen in March 2013. Cullen shared the comments on social media to remind students of the incident, and questioned whether a candidate who had expressed such views should be considered a viable candidate for office. Cullen has been vocal on LGBTQ issues in the past and his long-time partner and friends are currently running in an slate opposed to Elseify’s “Team

Change”.

“I said those unfortunate things because I was very offended by many individuals posting hate comments about my Christian faith, which are not displayed,” Elseify told the Chronicle, pointing the finger back at his accuser. “People have their own opinions and views on many things, but some wish to share them and some wish to not… how professional is it of somebody else to bring down a candidate with something he has regretfully said in the past? An individual changes throughout a night. Have you changed? I have changed through the year, and understand I did not handle the situation to its best. People make mistakes and the wise ones learn from it. I did.”

This latest controversy is only the most recent involving homophobia in SA politics, current SA president Peter Chinweuba was also criticized earlier in the year for sharing a homophobic status posted by a Nigerian national on his facebook that offended the many LGBTQ students and supporters.

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Domestic abuse support Francis Viloria The Chronicle

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DC STUDENTS RAISE AWARENESS: Jaki MacKinnon, the executive director of the Bethesda House, a shelter for abused women and children

The UOIT Student Law Association hosted an event discussing the issue of domestic violence, on March 19. The event featured guest speakers who talked about domestic violence and its impact in the community.

Meghan Rourke, a fourthyear Criminology and Justice student at UOIT, is the president of the Student Law Association.

“In Ontario between 1995 and 2005, 231 people were murdered by their partners or former partners,” said Rourke.

Between 2002 and 2007, the Domestic Violence Death Review Committee noted that 94 per cent of the domestic violence homicide victims in Ontario were women.

“It’s been proven to be a val-

id worry, as research indicates that every year, approximately one in four Canadian female undergraduates experience some variation of sexual assault,” said Rourke.

“The Student Law Association is holding this event to raise awareness about the widespread nature of domestic violence crimes and violence against women in Canada.”

Dr. Shannon Vettor is currently a sessional instructor at UOIT for Investigative Psychology and Personality Psychology, and she speaks about domestic violence. In 2004 there were above 500,000 incidents involving sexual assault, said Vettor.

“Most people would say that most victims of sexual assault were female, and this is disproportionately true. One of the largest age populations of girls that are assaulted are 15 to

24-year-olds,” she said.

The reason why it’s so high is because of the girls social lives, said Vettor.

“We (are) going out more often at night, stay out later, we will engage in legal drinking activities. What this does, it puts us in contact with drunk individuals, and as an offender, it gives the offender opportunity for potential victims,” she said.

But not just women get assaulted. It’s not often, but men also get assaulted. “Nine out of 10 are perpetrated against females, so this leaves about one per cent of them against males,” Vettor said. “In a selfreport study, 14 to 16 per cent of undergraduate males are being forced or pressured to have sex at some point during their adult lives,” she said. This is often done through psychological games, or physical force, and is mostly carried out by females in dating situations, she added.

Being attacked has a huge impact on the victim. It can affect the victims’ lives for days, for weeks, for months, forever, said Vettor. Some effects include, anger, confusion and frustration. Some long-term effects are depression, substance abuse, and PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder).

Jaki MacKinnon is the executive director of The Bethesda House, which shelters abused women and children in Durham. The Bethesda House emphasizes that domestic violence is not just a woman’s issue, but it’s a community issue.

“Twenty-two per cent of home investigations that are opened

by Children’s Aid Society are related to domestic violence in the home,” said MacKinnon.

“If the domestic violence is brought to their attention, and there is domestic violence in the home, it’s considered child abuse,” she said.

Domestic violence plays a major part in homelessness, said MacKinnon. “Domestic violence is the single most quoted reason for becoming homeless, for homeless women, out of the women surveyed in Ontario,” she said. So the women go to the shelter to get their life back together, so they can start over, MacKinnon said. It’s especially hard for the women to leave their husbands because either they don’t want live on the streets with the child, or they have no place to go, said MacKinnon.

Sergeant Debb Anderton is a Durham Regional police officer, and she has been an investigator in the sexual assault/ child abuse unit. The police get 5,000 calls a year on domestic violence, said Anderton. If the police have probable cause that a husband has abused his wife, such as a child saying that his dad has punched his mom, the police can arrest the husband right away, she said.

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Vacant building awaits new life Genosha a problem for downtown Oshawa Sarah Pugsley The Chronicle

It’s a well-known fact that post-secondary students live for the weekend. After working hard all week, it’s important to find time to have some fun.

Unfortunately, not many students feel they can use Oshawa’s downtown core to fulfill their entertainment needs.

It has suffered from much criticism over the years from surrounding municipalities and citizens, but city developers and businesses are hoping they will be able to attract more post-secondary students over the coming years.

David Tuley, downtown development officer for the city of Oshawa, was an integral part of the culture counts initiative that came to completion last month.

Among other projects, his number one priority is the refurbishment and development of Oshawa’s core.

Currently he’s leading a project called Plan Twenty-Twenty, which envisions a new downtown Oshawa by the year 2020.

“And so, what we’ve done is broken what citizens and city employees want to do into cat-

egories: business growth, social experience, events, which is part of social experience,” said Tuley.

“But it’s interesting because there are just having this wide conversation of where we want to head, how we’re going to do it and how we’re going to judge ourselves and grade ourselves.

A lot of it is student-oriented, but I’d say most of it is making the downtown a better place for the public at large.”

One of the widely citied problems with the core is the Genosha hotel, which sits as an eyesore on the corner of Mary and King.

A UOIT student even started a recent petition to have the university use the building, and during the Wasted Space festival in September 2013 there was citizen group lobbying to find an occupant for the building.

“It’s interesting that the students are taking an interest in the hotel, but that re-emphasizes what everyone is saying: the Genosha is the number one problem downtown,” says Tuley.

“But they forget that...six years ago, the Regent Theatre was empty, there wasn’t a new building behind the theatre,

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DOWNTOWN EYESORE: The Genosha Hotel, which sits at the corner of Mary and King, has been fully vacant since 2003. An ideal use for this building would be as a student residence. there wasn’t a courthouse, and there wasn’t a GM Centre. So we’ve done so much, but that flippin’ Genosha still sits there.

Our number one problem.”

According to Tuley, UOIT has walked away from downtown after the development of the Regent Theatre.

They had expressed interest in early 2010, however the deal did not go through.

He believes the best use for

the building and location would developed by new inhabitants. be a student residence with By bringing up the possibility space for commercial restau- of re-examination, the BIA was rants and shops on the ground. able to bring about a much“Nothing else makes sense. needed discussion within counWe already have enough empty cil chambers. office space, office buildings; “The BIA is just trying to step you couldn’t build a hotel there up the pressure, and they are and make monusing the heritage ey.Student resiangle as a way dence is the only of doing that bething. And the cause the current The Genosha is the owner isn’t taking only way to make money on stu- number one problem care of some of dent residence downtown. the heritage feais to pay about tures,” said Tuley. half the price “So the BIA is of what’s being being maybe a asked for right little sneaky by David Tuley now,” said Tuley. putting the presTuley also sure on them, and noted the reason it’s good. But it’s so many potential developers certainly not the heritage that’s have walked away from the holding that project up; it’s the building is mainly the cost. cost of the building.”

The current owner, who canWith a developing plan in not be disclosed at this time, is place, future post-secondary asking for 3 million dollars. students at UOIT, Durham ColA few interested parties lege and Trent can plan to see come to Tuley every year with serious changes coming. an interest in the property, but Whether a student resibeing cost-effective with such dence is eventually developed a high asking price is near im- in the Genosha space is another possible. question that will take time to Back in October 2013, the answer.

Business Improvement Area However, the continued (BIA) association of Oshawa development of cafes, resfiled a heritage re-examination taurants, artistic spaces and of the Genosha hotel with city entrepreneurial opportucouncil. The Genosha has been nities for students is a prideclared a heritage site, and the ority for city developers exterior cannot be touched or and businesses downtown.

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Candidate disqualified Tragedy in ‘The Giorgio Berbatiotis The Chronicle

A student who had gathered wide support in his bid for Student Association president, and was seen as a frontrunner, has been denied permission to run in the elections, because he was 15 minutes late. The decision was made on the first day of campaigning, after Joshua Smickle underwent an appeal process.

“It was my understanding that you had up until 4 pm to collect your signatures, then you go to the room to submit them, and wait there for the meeting at 5,” said Smickle. “I got there at 4:15, they told me the process was closed and I couldn’t contribute.” Smickle feels he was treated too harshly by the committee and questioned the way they handled the appeal.

“I got there, I took ownership of being late, and asked that they allow me to run with a severe penalty,” said Smickle.

“They told me they would make a decision in 24 hours, they told us to leave, and about an hour later, they sent out an email to another candidate saying he had until noon to submit stuff if he wanted to stay in the race.

I found this to be ridiculous.”

At the time, Smickle believed this meant he too had gotten an extension after the appeal. He had left to do some business before returning downtown to go to a class and await the committee’s decision. Instead of going to class, however, he says he got a frantic phone call from his friend telling him to rush back up to the north campus or he’d be refused candidacy.

“This would be unreasonable,” says Smickle. “It takes 20 minutes to get downtown, another 5 minutes to get to class. If you sit down, open your laptop and find out you have 20 minutes to get back, and you are just seeing this now, you’ve been unfairly muscled out of the competition, and that’s just that.”

Amar Bains, an SA board representative on the election committee, disagreed with the notion that Smickle was treated too harshly. “His reasoning was that he misunderstood the deadline,” said Bains. “When it is stated that no late submissions will be accepted, that kind of speaks for itself.”

“To clarify, it was not a disqualification,” said Rebecca Bloom, a student representative on the election committee.

“Joshua Smickle did not meet the deadline for handing in his nomination package, therefore, he was technically not a candidate originally.”

“I think the election committee was right in their interpretation of the policy,” said Smickle. “But in how they dealt with it, I think they were too strict.”

“We took leniency into consideration,” said Bloom. “However he did miss the deadline which was clearly stated in the nomination package.”

However, bylaws relating to the election have not been strictly adhered to in other situations. A general bylaw requiring the SA to give 20 days notice of elections in the student paper was not adhered to.

This bylaw was seemingly simply ignored, and its violation brushed off as inconsequential by chief returning officer Bradley Chin.

“In my experience here, I have heard of students with more serious issues getting a pass,” said Smickle. “So I tell the truth, I am transparent, I take responsibility and ask for a severe penalty, and am denied.

But people on the other side, are given a pass, seemingly because of their affiliation.”

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beaten, robbed, and tied to a fence, left to die. Moisés The Chronicle Kaufman and members of the Tectonic Theater Project The Laramie Project, a decided to go to Laramie and play about the conduct intertragic events views with the that led to the people of the There are a total of town to get death of a young man, will be 10 actors. Five men the truth and presented by the and five women, but the percepDC/UOIT dra- they are portraying tions of evma club March erything that 27 and 28 at the over 60 different char- took place.”

Regent Theatre, acters...

The play downtown Osfollows what hawa.

Shows happened to Amber Dawn Shepard, and start at 8 pm Vibert covers the and tickets are trials of the $10, available at the Tuck Shops or at the door two men accused of his bruon the night of the shows. tal murder. It explores the Both students and the gen- prevalence of homophobia in eral public are encouraged society and the subsequent the attend. The play is be- reality of hate crimes that ing directed by Amber Dawn ensue, looking to bring atVibert, the president of the tention to the reality and seriousness of the issue. drama club.

“There are a total of 10 ac“The play revolves around the Matthew Shepard case tors,” said Vibert. “Five men from 1998,” explained Vib- and five women, but they are ert. “Matthew Shepard was portraying over 60 different a gay University of Wyoming characters, in addition to an student and he was brutally off-stage narrator.”

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Words of today, gods of yesterday: Etymology now Christopher Burrows The Chronicle

As the moon rose and darkness fell over the land, Tyr, the one-handed god of war, cried out, looking for anyone to challenge. Odin, all father and wisest of the gods rose, Gungnir in hand, to face his foe. Sword and spear clashed. Shields broke.

The Earth trembled at the might of these two giants. But, as they reached the crest of their great battle, Thor, thunder god, son of Odin and protector of the Earth and gods, stepped between the two in an attempt to end the destruction.

The ever-nurturing and loving Frigga, Odin’s wife and stepmother to Tyr and Thor, quickly joined her stepson’s side and lovingly took each man into her arms and calmly brought them home to rest.

Saturn rose in the night’s sky to begin Earth’s rebirth from the destruction Tyr and Odin had caused, and heralded in a time of peace.

In the east the sun ascended over the land, wiping away the blackness of night and any sign the mighty gods had ever clashed.

Every day, words are spoken out loud in a multitude of different languages, but seldom

does anyone stop to think about their origins. For example, the paragraph above may look like a fun, short little story about a fight between two Norse gods and its aftereffects.

However, understanding the etymology of certain words, you can see that it’s more than just a story about fighting gods.

It also represents the days of the week: Monday - the moon, Tuesday - Tyr, Wednesday Odin (Wodin), Thursday Thor, Friday - Frigga, Saturday - Saturn and Sunday - the sun.

According to the Old Farmer’s Almanac, seven-day weeks began thousands of years ago with the first Middle East civilizations.

The Mesopotamians named the days after the seven most prominent heavenly bodies in the sky, the sun, the moon, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus and Saturn.

However, comparing words with their counterparts in another language their origins can become blurred.

When we take a moment to stop and understand how our language, our principal form of communication, has evolved over the millennia then what can unfold is a truly remarkable story about how we as a people, as a society, as a planet have grown and evolved.

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Sharing cultural diversity 2nd annual Mother Language Festival a hit

Matthew Jordan The Chronicle

The second annual International Mother Language festival was in full swing March 19 at Durham College and UOIT. The event celebrated the immense cultural diversity on campus. Traditional foods, literature, music and more were on display by student groups representing 18 countries in the Health and Wellness Centre. In the centre of the gym, students participated in cultural performances.

The International Mother Language festival coincides with International Mother Language day, which was declared by the UN in 2000.

“How it got started was that we were looking for a way to engage students and to showcase their culture and linguistic diversity,” said Allison HectorAlexander, campus diversity officer. “The different groups

Matthew Jordan

ON-CAMPUS: Performers display cultural dancing during the second annual International Mother Language festival at DC and UOIT. Hosted by the international office, the event included displays from 30 countries and the participation of 18 student groups. on campus are always the ones putting on events, and we thought ‘we want to see students teach about themselves, their culture, and their diversity’s.”

Student representatives from countries as diverse as Bo-

tswana and Saudi Arabia joined student groups, such as the Aboriginal Student Circle, UOIT Conversation Café, and World University Service of Canada.

Fellow students guided visitors through cultural traditions.

This ranged from sampling cul-

tural foods and viewing images of landmarks and attractions, to learning different languages and writing.

“There are many Saudis here; we want to acquaint people with and introduce them to Saudi Arabia,” said Abdullah

Al-Zahrani, who was teaching students about Saudi culture. “We want to introduce the aspects of Saudi life.”

Performances included a drum circle, Indian cultural dancing, spoken word and martial arts from Chinese students, traditional music from Colombia, and a song and dance from Saudi Arabia. Students received henna tattoos from Indian students and had their names written in Bangladeshi. Everyone seemed to be enjoying themselves, and many found it to be an enriching experience.

“We hope students learn a little bit about each other.

You’re in the classroom doing the academic stuff, but we also want students to learn about each other, where you come from, what’s your heritage, what’s your culture, and what is exciting about your culture,” said Hector-Alexander. “Sometimes people don’t think their culture is exciting. It takes away fear. Sometimes fear comes about when you don’t know about somebody’s culture. Why do they eat what they eat, dress the way they dress, worship the way they worship. With the opportunity for students to talk to students and ask questions, we take away some of that fear, but we also begin to embrace and celebrate our differences.”

Summer work at Durham College Matthew Jordan The Chronicle

Durham College’s Summer Employment Program is accepting applications for its full-time summer jobs.

Applicants can apply through the MyCampus portal by completing a student financial profile and submitting it to the Financial Aids and Awards office. The program is open to Canadian citizens and permanent residents who demonstrate a financial need and are a cur-

rent full-time student.

Approved students will have access to summer jobs through the Hired Portal on MyCampus, and can expect 35 hours per week at $12 an hour for the duration of the summer break, from the beginning of May to the end of August.

Approved students are required to attend an orientation session May 5, and will be required to complete a timesheet signed by their employer and submitted to Financial Aid.

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First-years design new pavilion

Richard East The Chronicle

Durham College’s Whitby campus will be building several new outdoor pavilions, entirely designed by first-year architectural technician students.

The pavilions were designed by groups of two over a fourweek competition and were pitched to a group of judges, including college president Don Lovisa. Designs were examined and voted on based on their overall design.

“The designs chosen were functional, artistic and met the criteria for the project,” said Lovisa. “The student presentations were well prepared, models were exceptional and pictures demonstrated a good understanding of the project.”

First-place winners Kyle Paynter and Nick Coleman de-

signed what is called an evolving structure. In the summer it’s an open structure with planters to give it a natural feel, and in the winter it closes up with a canvas to keep it warmer. They called it “bringing the natural green to the industrial steel.”

Jason Bond also designed his pavilion off the idea of a changing structure and took a more “book shelf” look. His design tied for first place and will be one of the three pavilions built on campus.

“The criteria changed a couple of times, where first it was supposed to be closed and then it was supposed to be completely open,” said Paynter. “We weren’t sure which one we were supposed to do at the time so we went the middle way. That way we had a little bit of what everyone was looking for.”

The inspiration for the pa-

vilion came to Paynter after admiring the open styled bus stops while on his trip through British Columbia. When collaborating with his partner Coleman, they had a similar idea of an open design built for socialites and those who study.

The open structure also takes in to account those who smoke, as it will have appropriate ventilation.

“We wanted to make it feel open,” said Paynter. “We didn’t want an enclosed space outside. Four of the sides are actually open because there are basically eight different sections to this structure. You’ve got eight supporting polls(beams) and then in between each one is a different section of wall, so you’ve got three along the front and three along the back. So we left the ends open and then two of the faces on the southern

side open.”

The pavilion will be built mainly out of wood and will only use secondary steel parts like brackets and screws. According to Paynter, the project took everyone about 90 hours and his team went through at least five concepts before reaching a final design.

There are more complications than just the structural and artistic design. Materials can be a main issue, which third-place winners Kassandra Soda and Paige Fanning ran in to.

“I think we probably would have changed some of the materials we used because it was definitely an expense,” said Soda.

“We (accidentally) used an exotic hardwood, which is impossible to nail. We would have had to get special screws and

tools to use it,” said Fanning.

Even those who did not have their design approved for construction still benefited from the experience. The contest gave the two architectural technician classes real-life experience in designing and pitching a structure to a client.

“The winners will see their project built and it is important because in the real world this is what happens in competitions,” said Ali Taileb, the architectural technology professor. “Designers will compete towards gaining a project and we are here trying to emulate the same experience.

It’s competitive and it’s a group work, meaning outside designers will be working as groups and co-ordinating amongst other trades (workers).”

Taileb expects the pavilion to be built sometime next year.

Seminar sheds light on disabilities Sarah Samuel The Chronicle

Over 15 per cent of the world’s population lives with a disability according to United Nations (human rights organization).

People with disabilities face physical, social, economic, and attitudinal difficulties that

may keep them from being an equal member in the society.

There are many kinds of disabilities, both invisible ad visible.

To inform Durham College and UOIT students about different kinds of disabilities, the School of Justice held a seminar, Accepting Disabilities on Campus, on March 11, which

was arranged by the students of Campus Conflict Resolution Services (CCRS).

“The mind of students and people in general, towards disabilities is stereotypical, it’s slowly changing but people still think if there’s no working animal, a cane or wheelchair, the person doesn’t have a disability. There are many kinds

of disabilities that are invisible and people shouldn’t judge so quickly,” says Philip McCorkell, a student with CCRS who is hearing impaired.

The seminar shed light on what is the best way to address people with disabilities. Also discussed were some barriers to accessibility and the services Durham College provides to the people who are disabled.

“Words have the power to influence how people with disabilities are perceived. I have been yelled at and called many things because I have an invisible disability. Having the three supports, working dog, a cane or a wheel chair, determines nothing. A person can still have other disabilities that are not visible,” says Sandra Domingues, another student organizer with CCRS .

At Durham College, the Centre for Students with Disabilities (CSD) works in partnership with students and faculty to ensure the academic environment is fully accessible to all students with disabilities.

“They provide the students with disabilities the services we need. They are there for us, but the students have to be proactive and reach out to them first and then they are willing to help. So don’t hesitate and reach out,” says McCorkell.

In addition to that, discussed in the seminar were some bar-

riers. They are obstacles that prevent people with disabilities from fully participating in all aspects of society.

Just like disabilities, some barriers are visible, such as building steps and no ramp, but others are invisible such as thinking that a person with impairment cannot understand.

Most common kinds of barriers are architectural, informational, attitudinal, technological and systemic.

“I learned a lot from this seminar. I believe everybody deserves the right to be respected and given all the requirements that they need to be successful students,” says Kendra Kelly, former paralegal student who is now taking MediationAlternative Dispute Resolution The presenters briefly addressed Universal Design For Learning (UDL) and how the majority of universities and colleges in Ontario are building their curriculum around the UDL to make it easier for the students with disabilities.

“I attended this seminar to learn more about disabilities and I think seminars like these should be encouraged because people need to know there are disabled people around the campus. We as a campus community need to accommodate them,” says Sean Gallo, a student taking Mediation-Alternative Dispute Resolution.

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The future of wearable tech at UOIT Shane MacDonald The Chronicle

In the day of the cave man, the spear was the epitome of modern technology. It thrust mankind into the luxury of food but also provided greater potential for war. Today we have smart phones. With each invention or technological advance we embark on new path leading us to the good and bad of our newest tech obsession but we don’t always stop to think what kind of repercussions they may have.

UOIT Professor, Dr. Isabel Pedersen asks those questions. She asks what is coming next and what it will mean for humans as a whole and has become a source of authority on the matter, particularly on the effects of wearable technology.

“What my research really looks at is how everything has a positive and negative and we have to always ask,” says Dr. Pedersen. “With everything we gain, we might lose something.”

Recently Dr. Pedersen spoke in Munich at the largest wearable technology conference in the world about her research and the future of the technology.

“We’re going ahead with all these consumer devices, all these wearables without asking how will it affect people, how will it affect lives,” says Pedersen. “We are at this critical point of this wearables revolution and we have the chance now to

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STRIKE A POSE: A mannequin rocks some wearable technology in the DeCiMaL lab at the UOIT Social Science and Humanities building downtown. ask how is it going to affect our lives and I think we have to do a little bit more of that.”

She likened it to the positive and negative aspects that smart phone culture has had on people. People no longer need to stay in the office to do work but work can also follow them home.

Pedersen’s research is years in the making, since the earliest designs of clunky, uncomfortable wearable computers she has been predicting and forecasting the industry. From following inventors and their designs to science fiction portrayals of technology in entertainment, literature and the media

Pedersen made her name.

“I started to track how these inventors were connecting the dots based on what they were seeing in film. I started to line up all these different influences at their very earlier stages and case them together. I was dealing with basically fiction at the time,” says Pedersen.

Today wearables are on the verge of becoming a consumer phenomenon with fitness trackers already on the market and health trackers on the way, but Pedersen is looking further ahead. With Google Glass just around the corner, something Pedersen says the public has already been acclimatized to, she

is asking what they might mean for privacy.

“We’ve had two years to imagine what it be like to have Google Glass, this long lead time, Google is using it to socialize us towards it happening so that when it actually happens it isn’t going to be a sort of a shock to culture,” says Pedersen. “The marketing scheme there is getting people to overcome their privacy fears.”

We already live in a surveillance culture where security cameras capture us without permission; people upload hundreds of photos to the web without a second thought, which Pedersen says isn’t very different from what Google Glass will bring.

As a professor at UOIT Pedersen holds a position granted by the Canada Research Chairship and she recently received a $54,000 grant from the Canadian Foundation of Innovation to create the Digital Culture and Media Lab (DeCiMaL) at UOIT’s downtown location.

The lab will support researchers with a space to investigate how reality shifting media and wearable computers impact humans in the context of their digital lives.

Currently the VP of University affairs for the Student Association, Jeremy Baarbé spent some time working with Pedersen at the DeCiMaL lab. He helped set it up and coauthored research that he presented to the International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality in Adelaide Australia.

“Dr. Pedersen’s work is extremely relevant to the world we will be living in five, 10, 15 years from now. Her research asks how are the ways that we are currently talking about technology in society and popular culture going to influence the world we inhabit in the future. It is very important that we understand how technology is shaping our world,” said Baarbé.

Something Pedersen talks about coming 10 years down the road is the highly controversial idea of brain implants.

She talked about the celebration of such technology in shows on TV today like Intelligence, a drama about a hightech intelligence operative who is enhanced by a super computer chip in his brain.

“What will it mean for arts?

What will it mean for creativity, what does it mean for new ideas when you can access the entire

Internet from your brain?” said Pedersen.

On the topic of the brain, Pedersen says researchers and undergrads at the DeCiMaL lab will be working on a brain interface project, something she is very excited about. She has tracked the coming of brain interfaces for the last five years in her book Ready to Wear: A Rhetoric of Wearable Computers and Reality-Shifting Media.

“You put on a headset, its not wired to anything, you think in a certain brain state and you can see a reaction on your computer screen, like you can see in essence your brain waves are an interface controlling device,” said Pedersen.

The project will be using students in the games development program to develop the interface for application as a controller.

“It might be a very successful gaming device and these students are learning them because they are a part of their industry and that’s wonderful and interesting,” said Pedersen. “My project is going to be to understand the social aspects.”

As a student, Pedersen studied English Literature and wrote about what it means to be human. Humans create and humans are unique. She was extremely idealistic. After her schooling she joined an entrepreneur in a digital start-up company in a time when things weren’t done digitally, working up to 10 per cent ownership and learning along the way.

“I learned from him that you can change things, even things that seem unchangeable. You don’t have to accept what is laid out for you,” said Pedersen.

And she has taken that belief into her work as a researcher.

“Working for Isabel is incredibly exciting and rewarding. As a futurist, Isabel is continually looking for and exploring the technologies that will be shaping our world in the next 20 years,” said Baarbé. “I am inspired by her critical analysis of these future trends that asks how the world we’re building now will shape our future.

Technology has the ability to better humanity but it can also lead us into a world that is characterized by surveillance and repression. It’s important that society starts having these conversations, and Isabel is in the forefront of this debate. Sometimes working for her feels like living in the future.”

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Farewell from The Chronicle staff

The second-year Journalism class of 2013-14. Goodbye to all Chronicle readers. We hope you enjoyed!

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It’s not just about the robots Ryan Verrydt The Chronicle

It’s not Robot Wars.

Every time the subject of building robots for competition comes up, Tony Lam has to insist that it’s not the popular show where robots kill each other.

Lam has been building robots for 11 years now, but his love of building started when he was much younger. The UOIT student would help his dad build things around the house and play with LEGO and K’NEX when he was a little boy growing up in Toronto.

“I always had an interest in building as a kid, I always loved building,” he said. “As I grew up, building became a part of my life.”

Going to school at Runnymede Collegiate Institute in Toronto, Lam was enrolled in the masters program, which puts an emphasis on technology, math and the sciences.

As soon as he was introduced to the robotics program, he was hooked.

The team would spend hours and hours after school working on their robot, often being there till 9 p.m. and would also go in on Saturdays to plan and build their robot.

As a member of For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology robotics, a non-profit organization that

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ROBOTICS F.I.R.S.T.: Tony Lam poses with Oshawa mayor John Henry during the F.I.R.S.T. robotics competition at Durham College and UOIT March 6-8. Lam has been involved with robotics for 11 years now. runs robotics competitions for high-school students, Lam’s teams were often runner-up to robots that would go on to beworld champions.

F.I.R.S.T. gives students six weeks to build a robot from scratch to compete in sportstyle games. The schools or community groups partner

with companies like General Motors in order to get the professional guidance needed to build these complex machines.

The robotics program isn’t just for students in math, science, technology or engineering though.

It’s about setting students up for the future, no matter what they decide to do. It’s open to any and all students and Lam insists that every student give it a try.

“This is about trying to get kids set for a future path, it doesn’t have to be in engi-

neering. It helps them study, it helps them learn new things and it really helps students think outside the box,” he said.

“Sign up and try it. If you don’t like it you can always leave, but you’re not going to lose anything by trying.”

There was a competition in 2009 that involved shooting small, rubber balls into a basket, much like the game of basketball.

Lam and his robotics team members went to the basketball team at his school and asked if any of them wanted to help build a robot. One student tried it, loved it and eventually ran for student council and really helped the robotics team out.

Even though Lam has graduated from high school and is studying criminology and justice at UOIT, he is still very much involved with his old robotics team.

He used to help with the building and logistics, but the commute from Toronto to Oshawa was too much. Instead, Lam now acts as a mentor and is focused on helping students from a psychological standpoint.

“I’m trying to be more for the kids right now, and have them tell me about their problems and if they need someone to talk to I’ll be there for them.

I try to help them out as much as I can,” he said. “With kids being teenagers in high school, there’s a lot of things that go wrong in their lives. Sometimes they just need someone to talk to.”

Lam has plans to start an organization to help youth at risk get involved in robotics, he is just in the planning stages now.

For more information about F.I.R.S.T. robotics or to find a team visit www.firstroboticscanada.org.

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Washing plastic down the sink Samantha Daniels The Chronicle

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MICRO-BEADS: UOIT student Julie Campkin washing her face with one of the many consumer products containing micro-beads. It will travel down the drain and make its way into Lake Ontario.

When you hear about plastic pollution – that is, if you do – it’s more often than not about the swirling vortexes of plastic built-up in the middle of the oceans. Not only does it pollute the water, but it also puts wildlife at risk. Albatrosses have been documented to have plastic in their stomachs, eventually dying from the accumulation.

While the build-up of plastic bags and bottles in the middle of the oceans have little to nothing to do with Ontarians, the smaller-scale build-up of micro-plastics in the Great Lakes does.

The tiny plastics have been linked to the exfoliating microbeads found in consumer products such as face washes, body

scrubs and even toothpastes.

With a diameter of less than half a centimetre, and often closer to a single millimetre, these plastics may not seem like they’d have a drastic impact on the comparatively massive lakes, but they very well could if nothing is done.

Scientists believe the tiny little beads of plastic could harm fish and aquatic life that mistake them for food, much like the albatrosses in the oceans.

Not just that but the same water gets pumped back up into the taps for human consumption.

5 Gyres is an organization aimed at reducing plastic pollution. In 2012 they looked at the presence of micro-plastics in Lake Superior, Lake Huron, and Lake Erie, and found concentrations of up to 650,000 micro-beads per square kilometre.

The organization is currently in the process of looking at Lake Ontario, but there is little doubt the micro-beads are there as well.

“We’re aware that it’s an emerging issue,” said Cresta.

“They’re too small to be filtered out through the wastewater treatment services we have.”

Ron Motum, a professor in the Water Quality Technician program at Durham College, said there are some points within the wastewater treatment process that could remove some of the particles, but it is much more likely most would continue on to Lake Ontario.

The only way to stop the micro-beads from polluting the Great Lakes is to stop consumers from the buying the products or stop manufacturers from making them in the first place.

“If you’re looking at these plastic beads, there’s not an awful lot the local municipality can do,” said Motum. “They really can’t put it in their bylaw because, first of all, it really has to be regulated by Environment Canada.”

Cresta said there is one group taking action to try to make that a reality. “The Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Cities initiative has written to Environment Canada asking the federal government what they’re doing and what they’re planning to do,” he said. “Also, they’re speaking with major manufacturers, asking them for a commitment to phase out the micro plastics from their products by 2015 and for full disclosure on their products.”

Cresta said some major manufacturers have made that commitment, such as ColgatePalmolive, Procter and Gamble, and Johnson & Johnson.

In the meantime, Motum said people can play a role in reducing the amount of plastics being sent down the drain to the lakes. “The public can have a big impact,” he said.

“They can help let people know because they might not know they’re using a bunch of different products that create these potential issues.”

Instead of using products with plastic micro-beads, Cresta had a suggestion. “There are alternatives to the microbeads,” he said. “The products can have something naturally biodegradable [as an exfoliant].”

There are many products currently out on the market with biodegradable materials, such as apricot kernel, oatmeal and salt, which act as exfoliants.

“Really, you don’t want plastics in there,” said Motum. “The whole idea is to make sure you can remove that material before it goes into the environment. We’re using that water for drinking.”

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Entrepreneurial expertise at a glance

Jesmarnin Lafuente The Chronicle

Passion. Drive. Commitment. Time. Integrity. Luck. To become an entrepreneur, UOIT Business grad Philippe Alberigo, an entrepreneur himself, said they need all those traits.

He said entrepreneurs are creatures of habit and they don’t like risk. Quite frankly, he said most people shouldn’t be entrepreneurs.

They don’t have what it takes to lead, motivate and drive an idea from paper to reality. It takes a certain skill set, a vision, and a way of thinking that is outside the box.

But, Alberigo said, those who break this threshold gain an absolute treasure: freedom.

They have the freedom to do what they want, when they want and how they want.

They’ll slave away their life working on a business, but it’s their business. They’re building their dream and not someone else’s. They essentially create their own destiny.

“I went from making bandana bags in grade 9, selling them for $10 each in high school, to starting a cleaning business,” said Alberigo. “Then I went from cleaning commer-

cial parking lots and apartment buildings to selling books at school in between students, to starting my own property management and real estate investing business. Regardless of what business you do, as long as you do what you can and you’re happy, that’s all that matters.”

With the student unemployment rate on the rise, it is becoming harder for students to find a job during and after university.

According to a report by Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, the 2013 unemployment rate in Ontario between the ages of 15 and 24 ranged between 16 and 17.1 per cent.

This is higher than the average range of 13.5 to 14.5 per cent.

Lorenzo Escobal, UOIT Business student and author of the upcoming book The Student Entrepreneur: 5 Easy Steps for Students on How to Start a Business, had a lot of free time during his first year in university.

Other than being in the army, he applied to many places, ranging from Wal-Mart to West Jet to get a job, but had no luck. Since no one was hiring, Escobal decided he wanted to create his own job – an auto-

detailing service.

Before university, Escobal was already auto-detailing cars in his neighborhood. Working six hours a day, he would make well over $100 for his services.

Even though his mom suggested he turn it that into a legitimate business, he didn’t believe it would work at the time.

After he acquired his business licenses though, he started up the service with his own money. He says he was lucky because after he started a Google AdWords campaign with no prior knowledge, he got a call from Miller Transit Ltd., a maintenance service in the GTA. He worked on cars belonging to supervisors and the general manager and within two weeks he had already paid off his business’s start-up costs.

Every dollar he earned from that point on was personal profit, and after seeing this potential he started marketing himself online.

“Entrepreneurship is rewarding and you can learn a lot,” says Escobal. “You can also use your skills to stand out from other applicants when applying to jobs.”

According to a statistics report by Industry Canada,

younger people increasingly prefer an independent lifestyle.

They want to do work they like and have control over their hours and working conditions.

It also said entrepreneurs have become influential. Canadian entrepreneurs are celebrated in their communities and in the media, and, in an age where people are cynical about many public figures, they are becoming new role models.

When starting up a business, students also get to do something most people don’t get to do. UOIT Business student Jordon Lorusso said having a business of your own and having it successfully grow would be one of the greatest feelings in the world.

He said starting up your own business is also a huge stepping-stone to get yourself a better job - if yours fails. Employers think very highly of people who have the smarts to of had their own company and operate it.

“One thing someone should do is to surround themselves with positive, hard-working, and motivated people who understand how to operate a business or just moral support,” said Lorusso.

He said you need to have

someone to look up to, or a mentor. These are the people who help steer students in the right direction and give personal experiences.

A growing entrepreneur needs to look at failing companies and learn the exact reasons why they failed to enter the market. It’s more beneficial to learn from failing companies than successful companies.

A student needs to be a very ambitious person to run a successful business. Alberigo said he has yet to meet an entrepreneur who is not ambitious. He said people need to look in your eyes and see fire.

People who are successful are people who are willing to risk it all to make it. You need to be independent; no one will tell you what to do. You’re the one who has to do it.

“Get off your bums. Pardon my French, but our generation, generation WHY bother, need to stop texting and tweeting and get out there. When people tell me ‘There are no jobs’ I call it a myth. You need to go find them because they won’t come to you. Utilize what our generation has. Get linked in, network, and go to social events at school. Shamelessly promote yourself.”

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Students get sexual healing Samantha Daniels The Chronicle

‘Let’s talk about sex, baby.

Let’s talk about you and me.

Let’s talk about all the good things and the bad things that may be. Let’s talk about sex.’

While it was a fun way to get out and reduce some stress and hang out with friends, the underlying goal of the Student Association Outreach Centre’s Sexual Health Day on March 20 was to inform and de-stigmatize.

Throughout the day, the sexy versions of Jenga and Charades helped students simultaneously learn about healthy relationships, safe sex and, more importantly, fun sex.

“It’s just another piece of the human puzzle that we want to make sure is nurtured and taken care of,” said Erica Simpson,

Sexual Health Resource Centre relationships.

“She’s talking to student co-ordinator and organizer of about a couple of different topthe event. “I believe knowledge ics, including sex skills, how to is power and if I can help share be an even better some informalover; when sex tion with you doesn’t work, chalthat is going to In high school we lenges and how to help you have healthier re- learn Sex 101: what overcome them; lationships in a penis is, what a va- and boosting libido, how to deal the future, and gina is... with mismatched a healthy relalibidos or desires tionship with Erica Simpson in a relationship,” yourself, then said Simpson. “Bathat’s what I sically, she’s outwant to do.”

Prizes of books, “personal lining that everybody is normal and couple play” items, sexy and, at the same time, everydice, “lovers’ body paint”, and body is different.” fuzzy handcuffs were given out The other speaker, Julia to students, and to help fur- Heaps, from the Domestic Viother inform students, two guest lence Sexual Assault Care Censpeakers were present. Toron- tre, spoke about sexual assault to-based sex shop owner Car- and what students could do if lyle Jansen spoke to students they are sexually assaulted on about how to better their sexual campus.

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“A lot of people don’t know that if something does happen, if you’re sexually assaulted, particularly on campus, you have the option to have one of our staff attend the hospital with you, if you choose to go,” said Simpson.

If students missed out on the event, Simpson suggests students come to the Sexual Health Resource Centre, located in G2029.

“A lot of students come into our office looking for healthy relationship information and advice on how to navigate a lot of the things we deal with in sex,” said Simpson. “In high school we learn Sex 101: what a penis is, what a vagina is, but we never really learn how to navigate relationships. So that’s where we come in, to help students have those conversations in constructive ways.”

Campus Reducing your anxiety Sarah Pugsley The Chronicle

A recent study done by the Canadian Association of College and University Student Services found that 56 per cent of current students in post-secondary education felt overwhelming anxiety. Mental health is a growing conversation for post-secondary institutions, and different approaches are being made to help students alleviate stressors and anxiety.

However, there are many steps that you can take every day in order to keep positive during difficult times.

According to Margarita Tartakovsky, an awardwinning writer and blogger on mental health for PsychCentral, reducing anxiety and mental stress is all about accepting it’s there in the first place. Trying to forget or eliminate anxiety by thinking too much will just reinforce the idea that it’s intolerable.

Other useful exercises include talking yourself down from extreme highs, focusing on the here and now, and practising slow breathing. The fundamental problem with anxiety is the inability to control how you’re feeling. Reminding yourself that quite often your brain is playing tricks on you is also essential.

Psychiatrist Kelli Hyland, an anxiety writer and former medical student, also experienced the stresses of post-secondary education before deciding to focus on mental health as a career. She emphasizes the need for talking yourself down when you’ve entered into a state of anxiety or panic. It helps remove the shame, guilt, pressure and responsibility for fixing yourself or judging yourself in the midst of needing nurturing.

Finally, ask yourself a few brief questions to talk yourself down some more.

Is this worth the worry?

Are my worries realistic?

What might I do to prepare for what happens in a calm way? Is this really likely to happen?

Although it’s hard to completely eliminate anxiety, especially during midterms and exams, following any of these steps will encourage you to stay positive.

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Polar bear cub gets a name at Toronto zoo Christopher Burrows

HUMPHREY: Polar bear cub receives name through the Name-Our-Cub contest.

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And baby has a name-o, Humphrey that is.

The Toronto Zoo’s fourmonth-old polar bear cub got his name through the zoo’s Name Our Cub contest, which took place from Feb. 11 to March 3, 2014. Members of the zoo’s Wildlife Care and Health teams chose six names for the public to vote on: Humphrey, James, Lorek, Orson and Stirling. More than 14,000 people voted in the contest and Humphrey came out on top. The cub was also given the Inuit name Piujuq (Piu), which means good and nice.

Born on Nov. 9, 2013, Hum-

phrey joins three other polar bears at the zoo, his mother Aurora, father Inukshuk and Aurora’s sister Nikita.

“I am very proud to be part of Humphrey’s incredible journey as it is one that exemplifies the passion and dedication of the Toronto Zoo’s Wildlife Care, Wildlife Health Centre and Nutrition Teams,” said Jeff Young, supervisor of Americas, in a press release.

“The Toronto Zoo saves and protects animals and their habitats at home and abroad, and Humphrey is a wonderful result of this continuous commitment.”Humphrey can be seen on display between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. daily at the zoo’s Tundra Trek exhibit.

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Animal care student saves dog

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Korah Jaffray, a Durham College Animal Care student, had to put her skills to use before graduation. When a tennis-ball size cyst popped on her father’s eight year old German Short-haired Pointer, she had to act quickly.

With the skills learned in her course Jaffray assessed the wound, cleaned and bandaged it. “These are skills I

have learned in my program in courses like domestic animal science and animal nursing,” she said. “Also I’ve gained experience working at the clinic and observing how to go about an emergency issue.”

Although Jaffray remained calm during the incident she said it was pretty nerve racking. Despite feeling anxious she was thankful she had the skills to help the animal. “I was nervous, I think everyone is when it comes to the well-being of

another living organism,” she said. “That being said, you can be nervous but also trained properly for an emergency situation, where you know what you’re doing and what has to happen.”

The German Short-haired Pointer named Bobbie had to go through surgery to remove an infected fat deposit pocket.

He went through surgery fine and now is recovering at home.

Without Jaffrays efforts more serious complications could

have happened resulting from infection.

Robin Voisey, co-orinator of the animal care program, says approximately 500 people apply to the program every year and only 140 are accepted.

Voisey created the animal care program back in 2006 and has seen a definite increase in students interested. “It went from 20 students back then to 140 now,” she said.

The program is a year long and offered at the Whitby campus. Voisey says grads can pursue careers in many different

animal care orientated settings.

“Animal care assistants can assist in vet hospitals, work in shelters, wildlife sanctuaries or reptile and amphibian faculties,” she said.

Students acquire a valued skillset with a curriculum that includes animal behaviour, nutrition, wellness and welfare, animal legislation, and basic animal care procedures.

The animal care program becomes more popular each year. The upcoming September, semester is already waitlisted, Voisey said.

Stray cat found shot 16 times Joe LeBouthillier The Chronicle

An investigation from the Ontario Society for the Protection and Care of Animals is underway after a stray cat was shot 16 times with a pellet gun in Oshawa on March 14.

Matty, the five-year-old male tabby cat was transported to the Humane Society of Durham Region after they were called about a stray cat in the Thornton and Champlain Road area.

The X-ray of the cat shows pellets lodged in the body and head and was said by the caring veterinarians that he was most likely shot from close range.

On top of its injuries the cat also suffered a broken leg. The medical team isn’t sure whether or not the leg will have surgery done on it or to perform an amputation.

Although reported as a stray cat, it is still unsure to officials if the cat actually has a home or

not. The Durham Humane Society said if it does turn out it’s homeless, it will be put up for adoption.

Last month a similar incident occurred in Sarnia. Two men, one aged 20 and the other aged 19, were arrested and charged with another cat shooting incident. This cat, named Joe, was shot 17 times in the head. A surgery has been done and veterinarians at Blue Cross Veterinary Hospital removed 16 of the pellets after a three-hour surgery. One was not removed because it was lodged in the cat’s cheekbone.

His right eye was removed as it was damaged because of the pellets.

An online petition was set up by Francesca Baldesarini from the United States on www.yousign.org in order to give the shooter the maximum penalty along with a ban on pet ownership. The petition needs 50,000 signatures and as of March 19 it sits at 25,338.

Driving fine increased Ryan Verrydt The Chronicle

Durham Regional Police have launched a new campaign focused on the “big four” roadway killers, which coincides with increased fines.

Distracted driving, aggressive driving, impaired driving and not wearing a seatbelt are the main focus of the new blitz, which aims to educate drivers.

Along with a ticket, drivers will also be given a flyer about the big four.

Fines for distracted driving went up March 18 from $155 to $280.

In the first blitz, a threehour station set up in Ajax issued 22 tickets for distracted driving and six tickets for other offences.

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Students ride against cancer Dan Cearns The Chronicle

It’s not always easy for children and families who have to live with cancer. But Coast to Coast against Cancer looked to make it easier on March 13 as they held their Inside Ride event at the Campus Recreation and Wellness Centre.

The Inside Ride raises money for children and families living with cancer, and 100 per cent of the funds go towards children’s charities. A total of $1,925 was raised for the event. The event was set up and hosted by Durham College Police Foundations students Justin McKinnon and Melanie Hern.

“We were trying to look for a lot of volunteer opportunities in the community to get involved and with the school,” said Hern. “Then we decided that if we couldn’t find one to get involved with that we would create one. We wanted to take the initiative and create something at our school.”

Hern also said that the cause that the event supports is personal for her.

“I’ve had many experiences with cancer in my family,” she said. “I do it to help make sure people are aware of the chal-

lenges that each individual facing cancer go through. It’s not just the cancer they are facing, it’s the treatments and the financial support that they need and this event really looks at that.“ Carolyn Hoar, Family Support co-ordinator of Hearth Place Cancer Support Centre, said that sometimes there is too much information too fast for families after their children are diagnosed with cancer.

“There’s the information overload. At the hospital, they get a large binder with all the information and sometimes it can be all too much at once,” she said.

On top of the overload, Hoar said there are other stressers that are put on families of the patients.

“I think it puts an enormous stress on young families,” she said. “It’s expensive to park at Sick Kids. You also have one person in the family that has to take leave from work, so they are not getting paid and the expenses start to pile up.”

There were eight stationary bikes set up, each with an odometer to measure the team’s overall mileage. A total of seven teams registered to participate in the event, with each having about four to six

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TEAM EFFORT: Members of the team Suck it up Princess support their teammate as she rides one of the stationary bikes at Coast to Coast against Cancer’s Inside Ride event on March 13. people. Each team had to raise a minimum of $300 to ride in the event.

There were six rounds, in which each rider would ride non-stop for 10 minutes each.

At the end of the event, four team medals and two individual medals were awarded. The Ride-iculous Rascals won medals for Best Team Spirit and Top Team Fundraising. Row for a Cause won a medal for the

highest mileage team and Suck it up Princess won the best team costume medal.

Eric Lodge won a medal for being the top male fundraiser.

Elizabeth Selinger ended the day with three medals, two team medals and one for being the top female fundraiser.

“It feels good. I’m really happy that I could support the cause,” she said. “My roommate Melanie is one of the or-

ganizers. I knew it was really important to her and the cause sounded really appealing. I do relay for life usually, so this cause to support children with cancer just sounds really amazing.”

Jenn Davies, program manager for the Inside Ride, felt that the students did a good job setting up and running the event.

“The students worked really hard to establish a for-sure event, so I’m really proud of their work,” she said. “They need to feel really good about having made a contribution to their community. A lot of these students are part of the Police Foundations program, and part of the whole culture of the program is community service and giving back to the community, so they should feel like they achieved that and hopefully they feel like they had fun and that this is something that we can continue as a tradition at Durham College and UOIT.” According to the Canadian Cancer Society, about 860 Canadian children and youth from birth to 14 years old are stricken with cancer each year.

As well, about 82 per cent of those children will survive at least five years after they are diagnosed.

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Energy drinks not the answer Samantha Daniels The Chronicle

In the crunch to get through exams, students often turn to coffee and energy drinks to stay awake during long nights of studying. While they may do what’s needed of them, they do a lot more than anyone should want them to.

“Coffee and energy drinks are very unhealthy, dehydrating, and cause negative effects on the body, especially as far as overall health,” said Sylvia Emmorey, Durham College and UOIT Campus Health Centre nutritionist. “They are linked to many mood imbalances, which a lot of people have issues with due to stress.”

In addition, she said, energy drinks can also cause upset stomachs, headaches, and learning disorders. All things students wouldn’t benefit from while studying and sitting in exams. “The headaches are something a lot of people notice, as well as upset stomachs from too much caffeine and especially from energy drinks,” said Emmorey. “Diarrhea, nausea, things like that.”Even the energy boost they provide isn’t beneficial in the long run. “First of all, it almost puts you into overdrive, so it does its job by waking you up,” she said. “But, they’re not great because what it will do is boost you up but then you will come down, and you’ll be looking for another

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CAFFEINE FIX: First-year Durham College student Samantha Pasco buying an energy drink caffeine source. The ups and downs are hard on your body.”

Often used as a replacement for coffee, energy drinks can be more harmful. “There’s more than one source of caffeine in an energy drink, and there are herbs in there that may not be healthy depending on the person,” said Emmorey. “So if you have any form of health condition and you are using an energy drink, it can be dangerous.

It has sent a lot of people to the emergency room.”

Instead of reaching for a coffee or an energy drink, Emmo-

rey suggests students bite into the age-old doctor repellent.

“An apple keeps you awake longer than a cup of coffee,” she said. “So it’s good for when people have that slump.” “Green tea still has caffeine in it, but it’s a healthier form. It has antioxidants in it,” said Emmorey.

“There are also white teas that have a minimal amount of caffeine, so they’re great as well.”

Not only will an apple or some tea help to get away from the negative effects of caffeine, but they will help to keep students hydrated.

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‘The Other Side’ of Riot Radio Christopher Willis The Chronicle

A musical journey with two hours chock full of indie and alternative music is what to expect when crossing The Other Side on Riot Radio.

Kyle Macdonald, a first-year broadcasting student, hosts the show and is in his second semester of his radio show.

This semester it is a twohour show, opening with easy listening indie and alternative rock, then transitioning to

harder music in the final hour.

Besides playing music, Macdonald incorporates information about the industry itself.

Recently, he did a segment about how hard it is to make music and how difficult it is to pay for it, and the importance of supporting it as a fan by going to shows and buying a band’s albums.

Interesting facts are also thrown into the show, along with a rant or Grinds my Gears segment. Macdonald has talked about topics that bother people

on campus, like slow walkers in the halls, bad drivers and students not holding doors for others.

He decided to join Riot Radio because he always loved the idea of radio and hosting in general and it’s something he wants to go into.

Moving to two hours instead of one, Macdonald wanted to push himself and take on the challenge of an already busy schedule and put together a show that usually takes him seven to 11 hours to make.

He loves music and said it’s where his passion has been.

His show name, The Other Side, originates from Australian pop-punk band Tonight Alive’s album The Other Side.

The band means a lot to him and has helped him through a lot in his life, he said.

He is surprised by the number of followers he has on Twitter, including listeners from the U.K. and U.S. The Other Side can be heard on riotradio.ca Wednesdays from 12 – 2 p.m.

Campus Michigan visits DC for info session University presents at Durham College Kate Hussey

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Davenport University, located in Michigan, will make a presentation at Durham College Thursday, March 26.

The first session will run from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in the Computer Commons hallway. Another presentation will be made from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. in room C248.

According to the Davenport University website, Davenport offers the largest MBA program in Michigan and is the only Michigan-based university specializing in graduate business, technology and health degrees.

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LAN war raises charity funds Gaming galore at UOIT Richard East The Chronicle

Mouse clicking, keyboard typing and button pushing filled the room. Over 80 students came out recently to enjoy this semester’s LAN War, a social night of playing video games with each other. Games of Super Smash Bros., League of Legends and Team Fortress 2 were everywhere.

Some students brought a blanket and pillow as the event goes on throughout the weekend. It was the seventh LAN War to date, complete with raffle prizes and a bake sale. All of the proceeds, including the entry fee, go to Sick Kids Hospital.

“I find it interesting for us gamers that we can come together to play games and help charities at the same time. To help those who are less fortunate than us,” said Ben Tran, the president of the LAN War society. Tran estimated that by the end of the weekend the society would have $1,000 in donations.

The society has always been aimed at helping people in need and reminding members of the society how lucky they are, said Tony Tran, one of the founding

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GAMERS REJOICE: Friday night at the seventh LAN War. Over 80 people attended the event. members.

Despite having already graduated, he returns to help out while he still can.

Unfortunately this semester’s turnout was smaller, potentially because they lost some sponsors and the increase in price for the entry fee.

Although LAN War lost sponsors, they were able to receive support from the Gaming Association. The UOIT gaming community is a united one, ac-

cording to Faaris Suhail, the president of the gaming association.

Suhail helped LAN War with marketing and funding, ensuring that the necessary effort was put into the event to keep it enjoyable for attendees.

Even Cameron Nicoll, the president of the UOIT Esports club, was in attendance to enjoy a night of casual and competitive gaming.

“I didn’t get to play competi-

tive (Team Fortress 2) much this semester so this helps me get back into it,” said Nicoll.

“I aim to finish my fourth year with eight lanyards. One from each LAN War.” Regardless of complications, the event continues to be an important date for gamers of UOIT and Durham College to mark on their calendar to have fun and support a good cause.

It’s a pleasant contradiction to stereotypes about gamers,

said Jon Yang, the next member to become president.

“The people and the community, that’s the best part.

We want to destroy the idea that gamers are secluded,” said Yang. “We like coming out and playing [games] together.”

Next year, Yang plans to change the venue to one of the larger gyms to build an even bigger community once it’s his turn to become president of the society.

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something and you fail, you can say, ‘Well I didn’t really want it anyway,’ but when you’ve done your best and you fail to

Teeuwen suggests asking a simple question: ‘Why can’t I?’ When challenges arise it can feel easy to throw in the towel. “When things get to be too much, my first approach is to take a breath, take a real deep breath,” he said, adding that we tend to hold ourselves back, hold our breath and become very restricted. “Energy becomes bottled when we get scared. Release that breath.”

Helping others is the biggest motivation for Teeuwen.

“I feel like I’m doing my part every day. The thrill that I get from overcoming those challenges and the excitement I see in others when I do something to help their life a little bit, that is the most rewarding. I don’t feel that I work, I feel like I play every day,” he said.

His mentors, many credited in his book, encouraged him to write and share what he has learned so far. “I feel that when

you’re entering a new world, the best thing you can contribute is to give of yourself. This is my effort in giving of myself to the industry.”

He hopes to encourage a moment of awakening when reading It’s About Time. “We tend to tell ourselves different things about the way life works.

Life is much more than what we conceive it to be at any one time. In my book I focus on the message that ‘possible is infinite.’ Anything can happen, we just need to figure out the how,’ he said.

Teeuwen is new to the Toronto area and encourages people to get in touch with him.

He will be holding a motivational workshop and seminar in Toronto late April, as well as launching a live stream weekly show involving inspiration. Books and tickets can be ordered online at: http://timeconsultinginc.com

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FEAR DE-MOTIVATES: Justin Teeuwen, motivational speaker and life coach, holds his newly released book ‘It’s About Time!’

Reaching for our dream sounds simple enough, but somewhere along the way challenges present themselves.

How we choose to deal with these challenges can be either the start, or end our chase.

Motivational speaker, life coach, and educator Justin Teeuwen recently released his first book, It’s About Time, revealing the steps necessary to achieve your personal legend.

“The most common barriers to people achieving their dreams can be summarized in one word, fear,” said Teeuwen.

“They are afraid of success.”

People who have not seen success in others around them might find themselves feeling guilty about achieving success.

Another common anxiety is the fear of failure. “When you don’t put your whole self into

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The most common barrier to people achieving their dreams can be summarized in one word: fear.

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achieve the goal, you have to admit, ‘I didn’t make it this time,’ he said. “For those who make that leap and take that risk, they don’t always succeed, but when they do, they know they’ve done their best.”

Often the people around us make it seem as though certain goals are impossible to attain.

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involvement in Durham’s art scene goes beyond the college as she sits on the Robert McLaughlin Gallery Board and advises the township of Scugog on its public art policy. Currently she is presenting the

work of the Uxbridge-based Tinkl family It will run until April 10.

“We wanted to have work that was accessible and affordable because a key thing in my mind for an artist is not creation. That’s the private, the personal act of the artist. The next part is the exhibit. It’s important to show what you have done so others can experience it. The final part is the purchasing. Buy it. Buy it,” she says.

“Become a collector. There is no school, no course on how to be an art collector and people are intimidated by it and I don’t want to be intimidating.”

She says she wants the gallery to be friendly, open, inviting and she wants the viewer to have the time to connect with a piece, to break down the walls around art and make the experience of purchasing easy and fun.

Hale says she is using all of the skills she has learned from her time in Durham, marketing, communication, sales, administration but she says the most important element is staying open to possibilities.

“It’s a principle of entrepreneurship. Be prepared to act on opportunities when they present. It’s really important to always be ready and don’t be afraid to grab it and go,” she says.

tries to unite Greece in order to fend off an invasion from the Persian army led by the godking Xerxes (Rodrigo Santoro, reprising his role from the first film) and his naval commander Artemisia (Eva Green.)

He then leads his men to the Aegean Sea, where he clashes with the Persian naval fleet and strategically destroys many of their ships. Learning the 300 Spartans were defeated at Thermopylae, he returns to Sparta and tries to convince Queen Gorgo (Lena Headey, also reprising her role from the first film) to avenge her husband.

Although the film is historically inaccurate, the visual aspect is what is so appealing when watching Snyder’s historical epics. When a Greek warrior is about to slice through their enemy, Snyder slows down the kill cam creating a sense of anticipation.

This feeling is quickly replaced with a rampant maelstrom of rallying your allies as the sword slices through flesh as fast as your friend Jimmy eats the last bits of popcorn, Those who are familiar with Snyder’s previous work know this is an essential cinematic

technique for him, and it serves its purpose well once again for Murrow.

As previously mentioned, the film’s historical accuracy is skewed since a big dose of fantasy is present throughout the film.

Ogre-like beings are seen fighting for the Persians, as well as giant elephants, which resemble the oliphants from the Lord of the Rings franchise.

The Immortals, who were criticized in the first film because of their appearance, also return in the film and are portrayed as masked elites in black garbs.

Other errors include a gratuitous sex scene between Green and Stapleton, Darius and Xerxes not even being present at the battle of Marathon, and the Spartans sending more ships than historically recorded during the last sequence.

Overall, the film is quite enjoyable to watch because of its strong visual appeal. Is this film date-worthy?

Most likely not.

Is this a film that will get you jacked up on testosterone after eating wings with the boys?

Add some swords and shields in there and it’s a perfect guys night.

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Following one’s passion makes for a long and winding road. It’s a road that Charlotte Hale is familiar with. It’s a road she has taken and it’s a road that, for the time being at least, leads to a small art gallery in Mirvish Village, just off Bloor Street in Toronto.

It is only for the time being because, as associate dean of the Media, Art and Design school in Durham College, Hale is due to return from a year long sabbatical in January 2015. For now however she is running the Charlotte Hale and Associates Gallery and in April will be presenting an exhibition of graphic design student’s portfolio work.

“I am acting on intuition and just gut instinct,” she says.

The project began as a studio work-space for her own photography but grew into the art gallery as it now stands.

“I have one year of my life,” says Hale. “I have one year available in a lease. I am 50 years old and I am going to give it a run. What is happening now is interesting and magical.”

Life has been interesting and even magical for Hale. As a young single mom of three she signed up for advertising

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MAKING THE MOST OF AN OPPORTUNITY: Charlotte Hale, associate dean of the college of Media, Art and Design here at Durham College. She is due to return from a year-long sabbatical in January 2015. at Durham College and it was there that she discovered her passion for photography. Prior to that, Hale had been more interested in writing but she found herself grounded in the school’s darkroom and took up

RMG Friday

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It’s a little bit country and a little bit rock ‘n roll and it is a whole lot of art.

The Robert McLaughlin Gallery has been mixing local sounds with visuals for over three years through its RMG Friday initiative.

The monthly arts community gathering has become a key event on the culture calendar.

Singer-songwriter Trish Robb is among the acts scheduled to play over the next five months. Robb will be performing along with Melissa Payne.

“The gallery opening its doors to live music melds two art worlds that would be segregated if not for the gallery,” says Robb. “It exposes us music bums to fine visual art and exposes the visual art lovers to music.”

The April 4 line-up includes Darrin Davis Band from Uxbridge and County West from Orono.

The Oshawa Public Library will celebrate its 150th anniversary by displaying its own art collection.

On May 2 Robb and

Payne will perform at the opening of two exhibits: Ian Johnston: Reinventing Consumption and Roots In The Garden by the 2013 RMG Exposed winner, Jonathan Groeneweg.

“As a musician it is also rare to be able to play to a listening room,” says Robb. “A room of art lovers as opposed to a room of loud, babbling drinkers. I’m unsure why live music has lent itself to, most often, being seen in bars, but it’s nice to bring it back to a place where it belongs, an art house.”

On June 6 Viewfinders, a group exhibition, featuring regional artists Lesa Moriarity, Christine Lucy and Durham College alumnus Mike Berube, will open. There will be performances by HIGHS and Dan Squires.

“The project I have completed for the show that I will be exhibiting is titled fragments,” says Berube.

“It merges traditional photojournalism-style photographs with a narrative technique to portray stories and thoughts that are sequenced together in one image and on one negative together.”

fine art photography.

She describes her path as swinging like a pendulum. It is swinging back as she had previously owned and curated the Veni Vidi Gallery in Port Perry from 1999 to 2003. Her

300: Rise of an Empire features stunning visuals What the movie lacks is gripping content and true history for fans

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Stout wooden ships and a tidal wave of heroes’ blood are more than enough to entertain audiences as 300: Rise of an Empire smashed its way through movie theatres on Mar.7.

Following Zack Snyder’s 2007 historic-fantasy hit, 300, Noam Murrow takes the helm of Rise of an Empire and it serves as a prequel and sequel since both movies are in the same timeline.

The film follows Themistocles (Sullivan Stapleton) as he

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Students love monsters

New Godzilla movie is coming in May

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With the rebooted Godzilla movie rampaging its way into theatres in May, its not surprising people are trembling with excitement for the kaiju’s 60th anniversary in film.

Literally bigger than ever before, the big G is introduced with a new design as well as two new monsters he has to fight.

Since Pacific Rim was the monster blockbuster of last summer, it isn’t that surprising that DC and UOIT students have grown an interest in monster movies.

They may even find themselves re-discovering their fondness of giant monsters

from when they were kids.

“I grew up watching them because my mom loved them,” says Serena Jackett, a Culinary Management student at Durham. “The classic ones would come on late at night sometime. I like the newer ones because of all of the digital effects and editing. It’s cool to watch a monster thing destroy a bunch of buildings.”

Although monster movies have been around since the early 1900’s, tales of giant, nightmarish beasts have been around for centuries.

Creatures like chimeras, sea serpents and dragons were essential parts of ancient Greek tales, with heroes slaying them in order to achieve a legendary

status. When cinema was introduced, the method of storytelling was changed and these creatures of lore jumped from word of mouth to visual terror.

They were also modernized for their time period.

“Monster movies are their own genre, mixing horror and suspense,” says Joey Pui, a Network/IT student at UOIT. In an interview with The Verge, Gareth Edwards, director of the new Godzilla film, said trying to find a unique monster in this day and age was like trying to find the last parking space at Disney World.

He said there have been so many monsters done in so many films and that trying to come up with something that

feels different is really hard.

“We basically looked at all our favourite monsters, from a T-Rex to H.R. Giger’s Alien to Starship Troopers to Jaws to King Kong,” said Edwards. “We asked, ‘What is it about each one that makes them iconic?’ and try to dial those aspects in.”

In regards to monster movies overall, Peter Vogrinec, also a Network/IT student at UOIT, says the fictional aspect is what interests him, since most movies lately deal with what is happening in the present.

“After watching some of the classic Godzilla movies, I have to check this one out,” says Vogrinec. “A giant monster is attacking a big city is just a different kind of excitement.”

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Music and Arts Festival returns Joe LeBouthillier The Chronicle

Make a note on your calendars because on July 12, the Uxbridge Music and Arts Festival is back!

For its second annual show, the festival looks to improve and impress.

Last year there were 13 performers between 16 and 60 and they were all locals. Each performer gets a 30-minute set. This year, the organizers have said that they’re trying to reach outside of Uxbridge and bring in new talent from elsewhere.

The organizers were able to raise $400 for each charity, which were the Ryan Waters Foundation and Africycle.

Africycle is a charitable organization based out of Uxbridge. With the donations they receive, they help Africa.

Africycle sends bicycles to Africa, as one can tell through the brand name.

But they do it so that Africans, who cannot afford a private vehicle, can have a form of transportation that is simple and cheap to use.

The charity’s website, www.africycle.org, has a quote about why they do what they do.

“The struggles of poverty can be greatly reduced by improving mobility.

Conversely, poor mobility further perpetuates the cycle of poverty.”

Anyone can donate their old bikes that they no longer use along with an extra $20 to help pay the shipping cost.

If you don’t have a bike, there’s also a $50 donation option where Africycle will purchase a bike and send it along with the others.

But it’s not all about the music.

Last year the festival had a mural to which any attendee could make an addition, so it captures an idea from everyone who wanted to participate.

In its 2013 debut, the festival saw about 500 attendees and look to double, even possibly triple, that number.

The festival will run from 2 p.m. until 10 p.m. on July 12 at Elgin Park in Uxbridge.

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Oshawa musician changes roles Will McGuirk The Chronicle

Oshawa musician Sarah Felgemacher has moved from the recroom to the boardroom. She is the new voice of communications for the Robert McLaughlin Gallery.

Felgemacher replaces Jacquie Severs (who was also an instructor at Durham College) and is charged with updating all of the gallery’s social media such as Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, their blog and website.

Fegelmacher says Severs left her with one instruction, ‘resonate fun’.

The 27-year-old is the drummer for the band The Recroom but is also an accomplished artist and had previously worked at the Station Gallery in Whitby. Felgemacher has recently published Audrey’s Animals – An ABC of North American Animals which she both wrote and

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RECROOM TO BOARDROOM: Sarah Felgemacher, Oshawa musician and drummer for local band “The Recroom”, is the new face of communications at the Robert McLaughlin Gallery. illustrated. She received her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Studio from York University.

She also has a graphic design

degree and says she has been drawing since she was a child.

“I’ve always been interested in the art world, history, mu-

seums,” she says adding that while at university she focused on the medieval and Renaissance periods.

“Mostly on architecture,” she says, “It’s where my heart really is, because it’s so beautiful and interesting.”

Canadian architect Arthur Erickson designed the gallery and Felgemacher says she has been stopped in her tracks on occasion in the foyer by the amount of sunlight streaming in.“It’s like a cathedral.”

The soul of a place is known through its architecture, she says, and the history of places interest to her.

“I have been brought up with the idea that you have to remember where you are from, to remember your past,” she says. Felgemacher says as much as she is excited to show the history of the McLaughlin gallery she is also looking forward to programming the monthly RMG Fridays, an art and music party the gallery hosts. The event pairs local bands, art show openings and community groups.

Felgemacher says she would like to get the Oshawa Generals involved in some way as she also plays hockey and is overall a fan of all sports.

She says she also has her ear out for bands she would like to book. Maybe even The Recroom?

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CRWC hosts Justice Games Dan Cearns The Chronicle

Members of five programs in the School of Justice and Emergency Services had a chance to compete in three competitions on March 20, as the Campus Recreation and Wellness Centre hosted the Justice Games 2.0.

Students from Police Foundations; Protection, Security and Investigations; Fire and Life Safety Systems Technician; Firefighter; and Advanced Law Enforcement and Investigations played against each other in a floor hockey tournament, arm wrestling competition and a fitness competition.

Police Foundations won the floor hockey tournament and Fire and Life Safety Systems Technician were the runnersup.

FLST student Tyler Roberts was named the MVP of the tournament.

There were only four ALEI students registered, so they were each put on one of the other four program teams.

“It was pretty good, it was a good tournament all around,” he said. “Everybody played good, fair hockey, and I just

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WRESTLING CHAMPION: Firefighter student Cam Nancekivell (Left) arm wrestles PSI student Milosh Antic at the Justice Games 2.0 at the Campus Recreation and Wellness Centre on March 20. want to thank everyone in the Justice office for holding the Justice games. If it wasn’t for them, we wouldn’t have had it,

so it was a good time.”

Roberts also said that the event was a great way to meet new people that you wouldn’t

Fisher named coach Riyad Alli The Chronicle

“I have spent a lifetime in hockey. I played hockey at Miami university then played parts of 12 seasons as a professional in the AHL and NHL.” Meet Craig Fisher, former associate coach of the men’s UOIT Ridgeback hockey team for two years, and now the head coach as of next season.

Fisher not only has an impressive track record as a player, he is a veteran coach who may be what the team needs to win a championship next year.

“I have been involved in hockey in all sorts of ways since I stopped playing,” Fisher explains, “including time spent as a coach-mentor, skills instructor, coach and player development, head coach of Whitby’s junior teams (both male and female) as well as two years as associate coach here at UOIT.” The 2012/2013 team’s record was under 500 finishing at 10-22. Playoffs didn’t garner positive results with the team being eliminated in the first round.

Fisher hopes being promoted to head coach will be an all around asset for players and the school alike.

otherwise interact with.

“It was really good, everybody met each other and came out and had a good time,” he

Fencing to be held at CRWC Dan Cearns The Chronicle

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MEET THE NEW BOSS: Newly appointed UOIT men’s hockey head coach Craig Fisher. “ I plan on creating a positive and challenging environment to help this team get to the next level and help maximize my player’s university experience,” he says. “I want all my players to strive to join the “100 game club” which is the benchmark for CIS hockey players.”

Fisher will be coaching the

2013/2014 season along with interim head coach Justin Caruana, as well as assistant coaches Rob Whistle and Dave Brown and goaltending coach Ian Young.

Registration for UOIT men’s hockey is August 2014 and open tryouts will take place Sept. 3, between 9 and 11 a.m.

said.

There were two arm wrestling fields, as they were separated into male and female rounds.

Kate Klodnicki won the female arm wrestling competition and Police Foundations student Vicky Patas was the runner up. PSI student Milosh Antic won the male arm wrestling competition and Firefighter student Cam Nancekivell was the runner-up.

There was also a fitness competition, in which participants had to do squats, sit-ups, pushups and ball throws to best their opponents.

Organizer of the event Jason Vassell said this event looked to expand on one they had previously held.

“Last year we did a challenge between Police Foundations and Protection, Security and Investigations, and this year we decided to include all the programs in Justice and make it open to everyone, and we had four teams put together,” he said.

The event was originally supposed to be held in Gyms 4 and 5, but construction work on those gyms caused it to be moved to Gym 1.

Durham College will play host to some of the province’s best talent in the sport of fencing March 28-30, as they will hold the 2014 Ontario Fencing Association’s provincial championships at the Campus Recreation and Wellness Centre.

About 550 athletes from across the province will compete in the championships, with categories from youths 12 and under, to veterans 40 and over. Some of the competition is also separated by gender, as there will be male and female epee, foil and sabre competitions. Gold, silver and bronze will be available to the top three in each competition.

June McGuire, executive director of the OFA, said that the choice was clear when they were looking for a location.

“We did a Canada Games camp there in the summer and we really loved it, so we

thought it was a good site to host the event,” she said.

She also said that they had an issue accommodating everyone when they were setting up the event because of how the sport has grown the last few years.

“It’s definitely growing, we’ve had more kids involved in the last few years,” McGuire said. “We couldn’t get the other gym, so we had to move the kids 12 and under to Lancast Media Centre in North York.”

The OFA has been holding the provincial championships every year since 1979, when the Not-for-Profit organization was created. The event is free for anyone to attend. Last year’s championships were held in Ottawa.

McGuire said she hopes that Durham College students will come out to view the games.

“There’s something going on all the time, as it runs from 8:30 to 8 each day,” she said. “It’s also free and is a good chance to learn a new sport.”

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