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January 27, 2015

CBC legend says those with power stay silent too often MacIntyre speaks about the public’s ‘right to know’ Sarah Chan The Chronicle Jennifer Lavery

A CLASH WITH TITANS: A Moira Trojans player rejects his oponent in a matchup at the Holy Trinity Titans Classic held at Durham College recently.

Carpool app for students starts off in the slow lane

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A UOIT professor has designed a new mobile application to make organizing carpooling easier, though students are slow to fully embrace the technology. The carpooling app, known as Blancride, launched its first pilot program in November and has enrolled 725 staff and students, available for download to the Durham College and UOIT community. According to the founder of Blancride, Dr. Hamid Akbari, an Assistant Professor, Faculty of Business and Information Technology, the app works on iPhones and Androids. As rides are requested, the application determines suitable matches and informs the matched users. Despite the application’s current 725 enrolees, Dr. Akbari says very few carpooling rides have happened so far he says it’s due to the lack of awareness and trust about the application within the campus community. “Most students are still con-

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DRIVING NEW IDEAS: (Left) Dr. Hamid Akbari, developer of a new UOIT, DC app promoting carpooling, chats about it with Dalton Stewart (centre) and Noah Murphy (right). cerned about inputting their credit card,” Dr. Akbari says in an email. “Even though we are using “Stripe” which is even more secure than PayPal, and we don’t even get access to their credit cards.” Dr. Akbari says when new innovative technology is created, there are very few early adopters willing to go out and use, as well as promote, the technology, preferring to be

followers instead. “Once those innovators start to use it and talk about the benefits, then through word of mouth others will follow,” Dr. Akbari says. Dr. Akbari says he founded Blancride to deal with the large amounts of traffic and the pollution it creates. See CARPOOLING on pg. 2

Information which should be readily made available to the public should be much easier to access than it is. That’s the message awardwinning journalist Linden MacIntyre delivered when he stopped by Durham College to share some of his invaluable expertise, which he has garnered over the course of his 50-year-long career working as a journalist, broadcaster and novelist. 38 of those years have been spent working for Canada’s biggest public broadcaster, CBC. MacIntyre addressed the issue faced by not only journalists, but the general public, when it comes to access to controversial information, particularly from court authorities. “What we encounter over and over again…is this attitude that ‘we don’t have to tell you anything.’ There’s an attitude out there that says you people as journalists have no right to squat,” he said. MacIntyre emphasized the importance of pushing for access to information, no matter the obstacles standing between the answers and the person seeking them. “If you get people thinking, ‘I have a right to know this,’ that’s when you’ve done a good job,” he said. MacIntyre went as far as taking a case where he was denied access to information surrounding a search warrant to the Supreme Court of Canada. His efforts resulted in a milestone win, easing public access to information and asserting freedom of the press as well as increased openness of the Canadian court system. However, despite his efforts MacIntyre acknowledges

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WISE WORDS: Linden MacIntyre visits Durham College to talk to students. there’s still work to be done. MacIntyre has written dozens of segments for the Fifth Estate, covering high profile criminal cases and other issues at the forefront of the media. One topic he has focused on throughout his career is the abuse of power by those in authoritative positions around the country. “If they’re not watched carefully, they abuse this power,” said MacIntyre. MacIntyre, who has won an array of awards including eight Gemini awards and an International Emmy, was more than pleased to address the crowd of first, second and third year journalism and broadcast journalism students. “I see a room full of people just waiting to crack into the business, wondering ‘where is the door? Where is the door knob?’” he said. He was not shy to criticize CBC’s flaws, even critiquing the amount of time it took for the network to fire Jian Ghomeshi, host of CBC radio show “The Q,” who was charged on multiple counts of sexual assault. “The guy was delusional,” he said. MacIntyre stuck around and he signed autographs and took pictures.

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Regional Chair talks business Emma Nicholls The Chronicle

Durham Region chairman Roger Anderson says there are three issues all businesses in the region should be talking about—the Pickering Airport, energy for Durham, and revisiting the size of councils. Anderson was the keynote speaker at a luncheon held on January 15 for the Oshawa Chamber of Commerce at the Quality Hotel and Conference Centre in Oshawa. “The relationship between the chambers and the region of Durham has to be close,” said Anderson, who has held his position for 16 years, and was the first elected chairman this past October. “There’s too many things on the table for us to not be in constant contact with each other.” Anderson mentioned a number of things he hopes to work on before the next election in four years, including the nuclear industry, Highway 407, and restructuring of council. “Some of the things I campaigned on, the Pickering airport, first and foremost I think there are some 6,000 to 10,000 jobs there that the federal government and the Durham Region can no longer ignore,” said Anderson. The proposal for an airport in Pickering was talked about when regional council was first formed 40 years ago. The airport is included in all plans around the area since, however

no construction has started for it yet. Energy is another large concern for business representatives to consider, Anderson says. “Two of our core industries—automotive manufacturing and electricity generation are in a state of transition and more importantly are in a state of uncertainty,” Anderson said. “Garbage is a valuable resource to generate not only power but the potential for directly heating every one of your homes.” In November of last year, the Durham-York Energy Centre entered its testing phase. This facility, located in Courtice, will essentially incinerate garbage from Durham and York regions originally destined for a landfill to create energy. According to the centre’s website, the facility will generate enough power for approximately 10,000 homes each year. “What if we aim to have municipal vehicle fleets powered by something other than gas, like bio-gas, from Durham’s green bin waste program?” he said. “We’re not talking science-fiction here.” New energy sources were not all Anderson mentioned, though. “I think we must constantly remind our federal government and our provincial government about the strategic value of nuclear and the carbon-reduced future,” said Anderson. “Nuclear power, without question, will allow Ontario to produce

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REGIONAL ISSUES: Regional Chair Roger Anderson speaks to business leaders about plans for Durham Region on January 15 at the Oshawa Quality Hotel. and move goods, protect our environment.” Anderson also said he is reviewing council structure across the region, including the number of council members. “Regional council must be restructured so our governance

is viewed as fair, effective and responsible to an evolving community,” he said. “Our challenge is to make the councils both equitable and more importantly effective.” He finished his address with an honourable mention to Dur-

ham College and UOIT. “I can’t get any of these jobs, I can’t get any of these companies, without UOIT, Durham College, Trent, Lakeridge Health and Rouge Valley. If I don’t have them I’ve got nothing to offer people,” he said.

Durham Region shelters Carpooling app keep up with the cold Continued from pg. 1

Frank Thickett The Chronicle

urham Region is doing a decent job looking after its homeless population during cold weather, according to local officials. Services in Durham Region such as the Muslim Welfare Centre, the Cornerstone Community Association, and St. Vincent’s Kitchen are providing beds and food to help in these times of extreme cold. According to Diana Chappell, the program manager of Durham Region’s homeless support program, shelters are allowed to take people in above their normal capacity during cold weather. “We can shelter around 93 people before we overflow,” Chappell said adding that they haven’t gone over capacity yet. Muslim Welfare Centre is an emergency housing organization for women, with or without children, and only boys

under the age of 13 located in Whitby and Mississauga. According to Sumira Shah, a housing worker at the centre, while there has been increased need it hasn’t drastically impacted. “More single people have been showing up especially,” Shah said, “a lot of people have been managing in their cars but it’s no longer warm enough, even when they start it up every once in a while.” The number of people who use the centre’s services fluctuates daily but even with the increased demand the centre still has available beds, Shah said. The reason there isn’t more emergency shelters in the region, especially considering how Courtice, Bowmanville, and Newcastle don’t have any is because, “our focus is to get people into permanent and affordable housing,” Chappell said. There are currently outreach facilities that operate in parts

of the region without their own shelters, such as Bowmanville, to get people to the emergency shelters in other cities. Chappell stressed that the important thing is to focus on providing housing and rent supplements rather than opening new shelters. St. Vincent’s Kitchen in downtown Oshawa is a soup kitchen for the needy and homeless. According to Valerie Moreton, the manager of operations at Durham Outlook for the Needy, which runs the kitchen, the cold weather hasn’t made things at St. Vincent’s Kitchen any more difficult. “There’s not much of a weather difference,” Moreton said, “the numbers are about the same.” People can donate canned and dry goods to St. Vincent’s Kitchen at 51 King Street East in Oshawa, or to Muslim Welfare Centre at their branch headquarters at 425 Dundas Street East in Whitby.

“So, we wanted to solve this problem,” Dr. Akbari says. “Carpooling is the natural way to reduce the number of cars on the road or compliment public transit.” The challenge is coordinating drop-off points, finding someone who is going to the same place, organizing meetings and schedules, and trusting people to split the costs. “With Blancride now, we’ve been able to automate all these things with just a few taps,” he says. According to Dr. Akbari, Blancride does this by both passengers and drivers inputting where they want to go allowing both to organize the carpooling. When the transaction is finished he says the app automatically balances the costs of each trip between each passenger and the driver. Blancride currently does not charge any fees for this

service, but Dr. Akbari says, “down the road, when we expand beyond our community, we will charge a small fee.” Dr. Akbari believes it is only a matter of time before people begin to do their research into the app or start to trust it and there are students who are using the app who believe in its potential. “The thing I like most about it is it gives students an opportunity to save time and money,“ says Dalton Stewart, a UOIT student in the Bachelor of Commerce program who has been using the app for two months as a driver. Stewart says he knows from experience how long and difficult waiting for the bus can be, but what he also likes is that app allows people to network and collaborate with students from different programs or from Durham College. “For me personally it’s not so much about saving cost on gas but for the idea of socializing,” he says.

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Nutrition for a cause Emma Nicholls The Chronicle

Seven years ago, a two-yearold girl died but in a small way that tragedy is helping others learn better eating habits today. Bryce Cormier died in 2007 after receiving a heart transplant at SickKids hospital in Toronto. The little girl was born with heart defects and essentially lived in the hospital her whole life. Bryce’s mother is Kathryn Chambers, a Registered Dietician who held a seminar at Durham College on Saturday and donated the proceeds to SickKids hospital in memory of her daughter. “This sweet little girl started out her life struggling. She struggled to survive,” said Andrea Babbin, who helped organize the event. “She needed many surgeries including a heart transplant, which against all odds brought her past her second birthday. Sadly she passed away after that hardfought battle.” About 30 people attended the workshop, called Turned on to nutrition, the first Live and Learn workshop in what

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TURNED ON TO NUTRITION: Kathryn Chambers, registered dietician, teaches people about nutrition during a seminar at Durham College. Chambers hopes to be a series of talks. Attendees paid $45 for entry, and ballots for door prizes could be purchased for an additional donation. “I feel very passionate about

sharing this information with you today,” Chambers said. “Food can be very personal. We all have a relationship with food. Sometimes that’s a good relationship, sometimes it’s a

bad relationship.” The day began with a question: do you know what is really in your food? Chambers told a story about a cat that lives in the moun-

tains. At the end of the story the participants learned this cat’s feces are the main ingredient in one of the most expensive cups of coffee in the world – which she says can run the coffee connoisseur up to $75 a cup. The workshop lasted about four hours; with a half hour break in between sessions. All morning participants learned about wheat, grains, celiac disease and gluten intolerance. The afternoon was all about sugar. Vicki Mallam, a law firm receptionist, said she thought the workshop was a good experience and plans on attending any events that may be held in the future. “I thought it would be beneficial, maybe I could learn some new tricks, pick up on some new information, which I did,” she said. “I knew sugar wasn’t good, I just never realized how bad. Also the information about wheat and whole grain and what not was extremely beneficial and I will use that informatio n to make informed choices now.” Chambers says she hopes to do more workshops in the future, perhaps benefiting a different charity each time.

DC Kids clinic fills a gap Derek Dolstra The Chronicle

Imagine a child falling behind because he or she has trouble trying to print, draw, or tie shoelaces all because of a fine motor delay, which affects the control and use of fine motor muscles in the hand. “It’s with keeping up with peers related to printing and cutting and also self-help skills, so difficulties with dressing and undressing,” says Sheka Haleemdeen, an occupational therapist at Grandview Children’s Centre in Oshawa. Currently there’s a gap in the system across the province, which means some children don’t get the help they need. A new partnership with Grandview Children’s Centre will have Durham College occupational therapy students provide care for them. “We have lots of children in the community that have fine motor delays, that are recognized but they’re not able to keep up with their schoolwork,” says Teresa Avvampato, program coordinator for the Occupational Therapist Assistant/Physiotherapist Assistant program. “There is no intervention offered publicly so parents are paying private for this service.”

Her years in the industry allowed her to see this gap and she came up with the idea for the DC Kids Clinic. Grandview’s role in the partnership is to refer families of discharged children, or families who never qualified for care. Under the current model, OTs are contracted to go into schools to assess and consult but there’s no direct intervention. Children must meet certain criteria to receive help after the age of six, such as continuing treatment for a neurological diagnosis such as cerebral palsy or autism. So some families pay out of pocket but that can be expensive. Paying for a private occupational therapist can range from $95 to $120 per hour, according to the professional fee guidelines set out by the Financial Services Commission of Ontario. DC has hired Haleemdeen part-time so she can oversee the sessions, which have students work one on one with small groups of children with fine motor delays. With children between the ages of four and ten it’s important to make the therapy feel like fun and not work. “When we’re doing interven-

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DC KIDS CLINIC: Left to right, Allie Eagleson, Danae Blair, Sheka Haleemdeen, and Michelle McLeod of the DC Kids clinic. tions with children our interventions are very play based,” says Avvampato. For example, to increase hand strength Haleemdeen has the kids work with theraputty. This putty has different degrees of toughness and will have small treasures hidden inside for the children to find. “I think it’s going to be a

great opportunity for those families,” says Haleemdeen. “Just working at Grandview it’s tough even as a clinician for me to discharge those families I know need that little bit of support with that fine motor so it’s great for those kids who almost fall between the gaps.” The clinics are ongoing, run three times per week until

March 21 and have a one-time registration fee of $30. Avvampato says she would like to keep the partnership going and continue the DC Kids Clinic. “It’s a great opportunity for our program to give back to the community and to also give our students exposure to this setting,” she says.

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In the aftermath of the terrorist attacks in Paris, where 17 people were killed, the marches in the streets of Paris and the shows of solidarity from the French people have been utterly inspirational. Tragedies like this always shake people to their core, especially when it’s close to home, but sometimes complicated issues are whitewashed in the waves of sympathy that follow. What happened is nothing short of monstrous but it doesn’t make the French magazine, Charlie Hebdo, the voice of freedom of speech nor should it validate the outright offensiveness of its cartoon. This publication was unknown outside of France before the attack and after people settle down it will return to obscurity. The shooters in Paris targeted Charlie Hebdo because of the way Muslims, the prophet Muhammad, and Islam were mocked by its staff. This doesn’t justify the terrorist’s extreme measures but it paints a picture. A picture of a collection of people who made themselves targets in an age where terrorism is a reality. Becoming a target doesn’t mean they were asking for it, nor does it mean they deserved it, odds are they never considered the possibility of such an attack occurring. This is the problem. The people working for Charlie Hebdo were not brave and fearless voices pointing satirically to the tyranny of extremism. They were sitting safely and comfortably in their offices and while they had

been threatened and targeted before, the point of their satire wasn’t driving change or challenging people’s perceptions. It was offence for offence’s sake. The first cover following the attack was a cartoon of the Prophet Muhammad holding a “Je suis Charlie” sign and the phrase “Tout est pardonne” or “All is forgiven” which may seem genuine but demonstrates both blind courage and the same ignorance which earned the publication the attention of the terrorists. Perhaps the magazine shouldn’t shy away from its roots of offensiveness and cultural disregard but entrenching in misguided and offensive ways is perhaps not the best way to move forward from this. There is something to be said about the way staff at the magazine who survived the attack speak of forgiveness and moving forward but for their first cover to devolve straight back to a drawing of Muhammad, a figure who some Muslims believe is heretical to depict, counteracts that sincerity. It appears to say, “We forgive the terrorists,” which is admirable but in the same breath it adds, “but we won’t stop offending people who are more moderate and didn’t do this.” This leads to the freedom of speech issue. Charlie Hebdo is certainly allowed to depict Muhammad, they are allowed to offend whomever they please, so long as it doesn’t fall within France’s definitions of hate laws. The right to offend, however, doesn’t necessarily mean that it is OK to do so. This echoes the Danish car-

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toons of Muhammad back in 2005 where the pushback against an offensive cartoon only lead to more media outlets using it to show defiance and stand behind freedom of speech. People are generally too quick to vindicate the victim as if the world is black and white. It doesn’t make the deaths any less tragic, it doesn’t mean that anyone deserved this fate, and it certainly doesn’t excuse the terrorists for their attack, but it does mean that people need to consider the reality of a situation before pressing their perception upon it. It’s one thing to talk of forgiveness and encourage Muslims to have a sense of humour but another to offer only offence in exchange. A cartoonist may not hold something to be sacred but that doesn’t mean it can be treated however the cartoonist pleases. Charlie Hebdo is not a voice to celebrate. Nobody was bravely making a statement. The magazine wasn’t spitting in the face of an oppressor or raging against the machine and they still aren’t. They were cartoonists and writers known for mocking an entire culture of people. A senseless act of violence and murder such as this is never acceptable, but neither is offending people for the sole purpose of giving offence. Then again, they have the right to publish what they please.

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Helena: The connection between hair and history Big hair, big stories

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It ruled empires, dictated social class and was thought to be a link to the gods. From beehives to bobs, author Carolyn Taylor-Watts knows a thing or two about hair. Taylor-Watts grew up in rural New Zealand on a farm with her family. After a career as a registered nurse, she moved to Toronto and began writing in 1999. Since then, she has written for newspapers such as the Globe and Mail, published three non-fiction books and has recently written her first fictional novel, Helena: An Odyssey. She visited the Whitby Public Library on Jan. 15th to discuss the two-year long journey it took to research and write the novel that pivots around protagonist hairdresser Helena and the importance of hair. “Hair is one of the most powerful statements about what and who we are,” says TaylorWatts. “It is the quickest way to state an identity.” The idea for the novel began when Taylor-Watts first moved to Toronto. In search of

a hairdresser, she found herself walking down Parliament Street in the Cabbagetown neighbourhood of the city, when she heard Greek music playing from a small hairdressing salon. This is where she met her hairdresser, who the character Helena is loosely based on and whose family history was the inspiration for the novel. “When I started writing this book I was criticised on the premise of writing about ‘what I know.’ I wanted to spend time learning about things I don’t know,” said Taylor-Watts. This is what was the driving force that sent Taylor-Watts on an expedition to Turkey and Greece. With the help of a Turkish professor at the University of Toronto, she spent two years learning about the culture and oppression faced by her hairdresser and family during the Greco-Turkish War in 1919-1922. A self-proclaimed history buff, Taylor-Watts became engrossed with the significance and symbolism of hair throughout the past, both as a religious and social statement. According to her, long hair was considered to be potent and extension to the gods. It was an essential element of Greek mythology with depictions of Medusa with snakelike hair and golden-locked

Pan Am game opportunities available for students

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Students who volunteer at the Pan Am and Para Pan Am games this summer in the GTA may not be paid to do so, but they have the option be compensated with OSAP benefits. According to the province, “some requirements of the Ontario Student Assistance Program (OSAP) are changing to support the college and university students who volunteer for the Pan Am/Para Pan Am games.” The benefits include a prestudy contribution waiver and an extended repayment grace period. The waiver will exempt students from contributing to the money earned prior to the start of their studies. The extended grace period will give students one year before they are required to make payments on their OSAP loans. The games, held in Toronto and surrounding cities, including Oshawa, are the third largest in the world, behind the Asia Games and the Summer Olympic Games. Approximately 7,000 athletes will compete in 36 Pan

Am sports and 15 Para Pan Am sports. In order for the games to run, they will depend on 20,000 volunteers. “To be a volunteer at the games is a once in a lifetime opportunity,” says Teddy Katz, Director of Media Relations for the games. “It is really going to be an event that will have a lot of memories.” The process to become a volunteer at the games is “very easy,” according to Kevin Cruz, who works in the Toronto 2015 office. “Head to our website, toronto2015.org and you can go through the volunteer portal which is really easy to navigate,” he says. “You just fill out an application and once it is validated, your specific interview, especially for you is emailed and it’s an online video interview from there.” Cruz says that they are looking for “enthusiastic individuals,” and that there is currently no deadline for submitting applications to become a volunteer. He says that there are a lot of applications, which may result in a delay in responding to existing applications.

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gods such as Apollo as well as in common fairy tales such as Rapunzel. Taylor-Watts also discussed hair salons as an important societal component throughout history. It was the central place for communication and often women would gather to not only get their hair done, but to keep up with the latest news in their town. To get a better sense of this specific type of atmosphere for her novel, TaylorWatts went across Toronto and visited several salons in different areas within the city. “Hairdressers are not appreciated,” she says. “What they do is similar to doctors and therapists, people leave the salon feeling better about themselves.” Event attendees Shirley Van Steen and Debbie McCord found they not only learned something new about hair, but also were impressed about how deep Taylor-Watts dove into the storyline when she talked about her novel. “It was interesting about how she lived her characters. She talked as if they’re the ones directing her,” says Van Steen. Although her novel is set in the past, the story is something attendees could relate to. “I liked the way she talked about the salon as a meeting place. I see that nowadays, it’s so universal,” says McCord.

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AN ODYSSEY: Carolyn Taylor-Watts stands proudly with her novel, a fictional story loosely based around her hairdresser.

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Using kids’ toys to build robots Derek Dolstra The Chronicle

Growing up most kids are used to just playing with their Lego but this Saturday school kids from around the province used it to build robots and compete with each other. 40 teams from ages 9-14 came from anywhere between Toronto and Ottawa to compete in the provincial championships in the FIRST Lego League (FLL). Normally a gym only sees packed bleachers for sports but this weekend there was cheering for kids who chose science instead. “I heard of it and I really like Legos, so I’ve got to join,” says Ben Leuebke, a student at Wedgewood Junior School in Toronto. Teams of students packed into corners of the gym to work out the last few bugs in their robot. Others stood around the playing surface with their team members shoulder-to-shoulder hoping the last two months paid off. Toronto TV news crews buzzed around trying to get shots of the energetic kids or maybe the nervous smiles of competitors. “I just like the building of the robots and working on the project,” says Carl Haflidson, also a student at Wedgewood.

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DURHAM COLLEGE: Team Viperbots, from Valley Middle School, participated at the Durham College event, First Lego League. From left to right Michael Done, Spencer Chow, Ian Chow and Michael Schmidt. The atmosphere was spirited. Even a lock and hold, which kept everyone inside for about an hour while security dealt with an outside matter couldn’t put a damper on things. They just turned up the music and let the kids enjoy themselves as they danced around the gym. The FLL is a partnership between For Inspiration in Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST) and the Lego group.

“The idea is to inspire kids that science and technology is fun and exciting and engaging,” says Dave Ellis, director FLL Ontario. The competition has three components. There is a research project, the robot-building component, and an activity used to demonstrate the core values of the FLL. Each team had to complete a research project based off this year’s theme, which was learning. The teams needed to create

a new way to teach a topic of their choosing. “They have to research ways that we can teach people something better. They had to pick a topic that they wanted to teach somebody and figure out a way to teach it better,” says Ellis. The projects were put on display while the competition unfolded. They ranged from teaching about ancient civilizations using 3D goggles to helping perfect someone’s stride while skating.

The competition element took place on a tabletop built for the robots to carry out the missions set out for them. Each team needed to build a robot, which could navigate the tabletop, interact with obstacles, and move small objects. The teams were also responsible for writing a computer program to control the robot. The third portion of the day was to demonstrate the core values of the FLL by participating in a team activity in front of a panel of judges. “The judges observe how they work together, collaborate, problem solve, outside the box thinking kind of concepts. Then cooperate to accomplish the task,” says Ellis. The FLL has been putting on competitions for 12 years in Ontario with Durham College hosting for the last six years. This year before narrowing it down for the provincial championship there were 450 teams. The winners of the event are able to choose where they move on to compete for the world championships. Teams can pick between the FIRST championship in St. Louis, the California Open at LEGOLAND, and the Australian International Open. After six years of FLL competitions hosted at DC it’s safe to say the college will see school kids back again next year to use Lego as more than just a toy.

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Ajax residents raise a stink about algae problem Sean Sutcliffe The Chronicle

Ajax’s longstanding algae problem may be a thing of the past in the near future. Cladophora is the type of algae that plagues the town’s shoreline from the middle to end of summer. Excessive algae has been washing up on Ajax’s shoreline in nuisance proportions since the late 1980’s, causing a foul odor and leaving parts of the beach unswimmable. Dr. Martin Auer, a scientist who has researched algae in the Great Lakes since 1979, spoke with his team to Ajax residents during a meeting at Ajax Town Hall regarding the issue on Jan. 13. There were four potential sources that Dr. Auer and his team explored; exchange with offshore waters, exchange through longshore transport, recycling by mussels and discharges from tributaries or point sources. Dr. Auer and his team’s research concluded that the Duffin Creek Water Pollution Control Plant (WPCP)’s deposit of phosphorous into Lake Ontario

is in fact the main contributing factor behind the nuisance algae. “Nothing happens if people don’t care,” said Dr. Auer, commending the residents in attendance for their concern. Gerhard Steiner, who has lived on Cadby Road adjacent to Lake Ontario for 14-years was in attendance Monday night. “Two days after we moved in the stench was unbelievable,” said Steiner. Steiner had not been made aware of the algae problem before moving in. “It comes for a couple of days then it goes away, but when it comes it’s bad,” he said. After Dr. Auer’s team completed its report, which included in-field and laboratory measurements conducted at the lake, they were able to pinpoint the problem to the discharge of phosphorous in the sensitive region by the shoreline. “It came back because there is a lot more area out in the lake today where light gets all the way to the bottom where this algae grows and that means if we put phosphorous in the water, there’s a lot more acres

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of real-estate that’s growing cladophora out there,” said Dr. Auer. Duffin Creek WPCP is currently operating within its limits, Dr. Auer pointed out. After their conclusion, the team was able to hypothesize potential solutions to the problem. Realizing the phosphorous is at a high number in the shoreline’s sensitive region, the WPCP has a few options with room to figure out the most cost efficient, according to Dr. Auer and team. It can extend the pipeline further out in to the lake to avoid the sensitive area, or it can treat the waste more thoroughly to deposit a lower level of phosphorous in the sensitive spot. It also has the opportunity to find a common, efficient ground between extending the pipeline and treating waste more thoroughly. Although since the WPCP is operating within its limits, they do not have to do anything until the province forces them to, according to Rachael Wraith, senior communications officer at Town of Ajax.

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Blue Monday? Cheer up! Jennifer Lavery The Chronicle

What’s a better way to cheer up students down in the dumps than a room full of puppies and free food? There probably isn’t one, and that is exactly what

the Student Association (SA) did for students suffering from the Monday blues. January 19th is known as Blue Monday. It’s right in the middle of the winter season, and can be quite dark and depressing to some. The SA want-

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MONDAY BLUES: Students Sarah Marazzo (left) and Robin Henderson, enjoy some down time with Abby the dog, in the student lounge.

ed to make it a little brighter for students and offered free food, free massages, and a chance to hang out with some dogs from The Animal Guardian Society (TAGS). TAGS has been organizing pet rescue and adoption since 1987. Some volunteers with the group who have adopted their dogs came to let students interact with their pets. Among the group of tailwaggers were a variety of breeds: Abby, Sullivan the rottweiler, Lacey, Finnegan, and Edgar the doxen-yorkie. “This is my second year here,” said Lisa Dougherty, a volunteer with TAGS and Edgar’s owner. “I’ve brought Edgar with me both times. I’ve had Edgar since October, 2013.” This isn’t the first time that these pups have been in the public eye. Most of them attend showcases with other dogs that are still looking for a permanent home. “We showcase the dogs on the weekend at PetSmart in Whitby,” said Dougherty. “It’s kind of nice here because the dogs can have interaction with people and not be stuck in the kennels.”

Students were able to indulge with muffins and cookies and coffee and hot chocolate provided by the SA. There was also a registered massage therapist on hand to relax students. “I think it’s a great idea,” said Laura Tominson, a second year student. “To just be able to relax, and on a Monday, too. It’s wonderful.”

Cole Maxwell, a first year student at Durham College, agreed. “The dogs were so friendly and that back massage really relaxed me.” If the dogs were feeling blue on this Monday, they got over it. They were timid at first but quickly warmed up to students, enjoying games of fetch, catch and tug-of-war.

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BEARY FUN: (Left photo) Winner of oldest teddy bear at age 84 at the Oshawa Seniors Centres teddy bear tea party. (Right photo) Jeaan Nott (left) and Olga Miller pose with their winning bears at the end of the event.

Oshawa seniors are teddy, set, go! Eva Matys-Wright The Chronicle

Teddy bears may be associated with children, but an Oshawa senior thinks that a bear’s friendship lasts for years - in this case 84 years to be exact. Seniors gathered at the Oshawa Seniors Citizens Centres (OSCC) to pay tribute to their teddy bears. Winner of oldest teddy bear out of about 30 seniors was Jeaan Nott with her bear 84

years old. Nott says the bear has been her best friend since she was young. “He was made in England and he’s been with me since I was born,” said Nott. “We have lived in South Africa, Egypt, England and now Canada.” Nott says that her bear has been her best friend for ages. Members from all over Durham Region came with teddy bears from their childhood and indulged in warm tea at the Jan 9th event.

Winning best dressed teddy bear was Olga Miller with her bear in a matching dress and hat. “I got it about 10 years ago it’s a gift from my granddaughter,” said Miller. “I plan on giving it back to her soon.” Miller’s granddaughter has just started studying at Durham College this year. Kim Finn, head of special events and recreation at the OSCC, came up with the idea of having a teddy bear tea.

“I started out with the idea of having something in the wintertime since it’s so cold and so long,” said Finn. “We then decided that we were going to do a teddy bear tea and started snowballing ideas.” An episode of Winnie The Pooh was shown and warm tea was served. OSCC members Ned and Eilene provided live acoustic guitar music. The hit song of the afternoon was a cover version Teddy Bears Picnic by Henry Hall and his Or-

chestra. The live entertainment went on right until the event ended and many people stayed to clap or sing along to the songs. Finn was pleased with how the event was received by the seniors. All teacups and tea pots were donated by members of the OSCC. “The event went really well,” she said. The OSCC hopes to hold more events like the teddy tea party in the near future.

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ceived manufacturing rights from Chevrolet. The two firms later combined, creating what is now known as General Motors of Canada. In the 1920s, the popularity of the automotive industry in Oshawa allowed for fast expansion of the city’s population, which grew from around 4,000 to 16,000. Many of these were workers coming in from all over Canada to work at GM. Over the past 100 years however the auto industry in Oshawa has begun to shrink as many operations are being moved to countries like Mexico. Employees not only at GM have been affected by this, but also those who work at affiliated companies in Oshawa such as PPG which provides glass to GM and ACSYS Technologies, which provides exterior materials. The exhibit features pieces by artists from all around Ontario, some local in Oshawa, others from Toronto, Montreal and Thunder Bay. Monica Tap, a Toronto based artist who contributed two oil painting pieces to the

exhibit, explains that the transportation industry has helped shape a larger part of society. “With transportation, you see life go by quickly instead of straight on. The entire way we experience our world and its landscapes has changed with the introduction of cars and trains.” One of Tap’s pieces was inspired by the video setting on her cell phone, where she took many one-second long videos as she travelled by car through Ontario’s landscapes. She then printed them off in low resolution and painted them, creating entrancing works of art that make the viewer feel as though they are speeding along the highway and looking out their window. Along with Tap’s pieces, the exhibit features many mediums of art from photography to sculpture to film, all showcasing unique ideas situating around the art of transportation. “All artists have a unique relationship with mobility and transport,” explains Tap. “It’s both beautiful and frightening.”

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A short film is playing on the screen, with flashing images of 1950’s cars driving along a highway and then parked on the side of a road, people lounging on the hoods and inside the vehicles. This is only one of the many pieces on display at the Robert McLaughlin Gallery as part of a new exhibit called Running On Empty, which focuses on the evolution and importance of the auto industry in Oshawa. Heather Nicoll, curator of the Running On Empty exhibit, explains that even if it’s not as prevalent in Oshawa as it has been in the past, the auto industry has helped shape a large part of the city’s history and place in Ontario. “I think that GM has brought a lot of wealth into this area,” she says. “Canada only has a few single-industry towns. Oshawa has formed an identity with the automotive industry-an identity that others from afar know and associate us with.” She says that the idea for the

ART ATTACK: (Left) Curator Heather Nicoll explains her passion and interest in the auto exhibit to gallery guests. exhibit was sparked by a short film piece from 1967 that she watched many years ago, in which consumerism was portrayed through transportation. “I thought about the city of Oshawa and the history and wanted to bring that into art. I wasn’t interested in documenting everything, but rather asking questions and unpacking information about a number of issues.”

From the early days of getting around on foot, to the introduction of trains and cars, the transportation industry has been ever changing. Oshawa as a city has transformed to these changes, becoming one of the biggest automotive hubs in Ontario. In 1907, McLaughlin Motor Car Company began to manufacture Buick cars. A few years later in 1915 the firm also re-

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Call of Duty: Campus battle Amy Bridges The Chronicle

More than 100 gamers brought their skills to the online battlefield. Durham College and We Got Game partnered for their first head-to-head video game competition. We Got Game is a company that brings competition, entertainment and team building to campuses and corporate events throughout Ontario. The Whitby campus has been partnered up with We Got Game for three years prior to this event. The first competition between the two campuses was held on Jan 12. “We chose to have the event against the two campuses because we wanted to expand on what we had already done with We Got Game in the past,” said Rick Doucet, Campus Life Coordinator. “We figured it’d be a fun opportunity to develop an event that connects the campuses together.” In the Student Association lounges at both campuses, TVs, video game consoles, vibrating gaming chairs and gaming stations were set up. Some of the games included Halo Master Chief Collection, NHL 14, and FIFA 14. One of the big draws was the campus Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare competition. The campuses played 4-on4 against each other in Team Deathmatch games. (A Team Deathmatch game is where each team fights for the most kills.) Each round went for 10 minutes or 75 kills, whichever came first. According to Doucet, Whit-

GAMING DAY AT DURHAM: Durham students take a break from class for a little fun and games. by won by a substantial amount but the exact score wasn’t recorded. Even though Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare was the only game the campuses were going head-to-head on; it wasn’t one of the biggest draws to the event. “This campus [Oshawa campus] I’ve always heard and it was rumoured, that the fighting games and Smash Bros. was popular here and so we brought

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and CFO of We Got Game. “It seems like that’s the most popular here, gamers brought their own game pads and controllers.” The loudest profanities and biggest emotions arose from people playing Smash Brothers. Some students who came to the event came just to play Smash Brothers with specific characters in mind to play. “I know it’s going to sound

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really cliché but I really enjoy Captain Falcon, he’s the only person I can actually play decently,” said Joseph Paveglio, a Networking and IT Security student at the Oshawa Campus. Miller didn’t care who came out or what they came out to play just that they had fun and enjoyed the event. “We are just here to entertain students and if we can’t do that then we shouldn’t be in business,” said Miller.

Book of Negroes mini-series is a success New television series remains true to the award winning novel

An incredible show about an unimaginable journey, The Book of Negroes wastes no time captivating viewers by episode one. Proceed with caution; however, while the story is strong, it is certainly not for the faint of heart. The six-episode mini-series was adapted for CBC from the award-winning novel by Lawrence Hill, which tells the life story of Aminata Diallo, a woman kidnapped from Africa and taken to America to be sold into slavery. The Book of Negroes goes into great detail about the horrors Diallo, among thousands of other slaves kidnapped in the 1700s, must endure to stay alive. Though only the first two episodes have been released, they have shown relatively strong accuracy to the novel.

The first episode starts with the same dialogue as the beginning of the book: “I seem to have trouble dying.”

Olivia Da Silva Narrated by Diallo, there are few moments in these two episodes that don’t have you either sitting on the edge of your seat, or covering your face in sheer disbelief. The detailing is much stronger in the book (the first 75 pages make up about 20 minutes of the first episode), but the show cuts no corners on keeping every extremity in the story. Rape, murder, savage abuse, and downright inhumanity are all present. While those factors were equally present in the book, seeing it right before your eyes is incredibly disturbing and, at times, almost impossible to watch. Despite the difficult moments of the show, the story itself is quite captivating, and the acting is just about perfect from each member of the main cast.

The first episode starts with Diallo, the main character, growing up in her village with her family. It is mentioned that other members of the village have been disappearing, only to never be seen again. As a girl, Diallo travels with her parents through the jungle to help her mother deliver a woman’s baby in another village, but on the way, kidnappers ambush them. Diallo’s parents try to protect her, but are both killed, and she is taken. This all occurs within about ten minutes of the show starting, and leads viewers through a spiral of despair. As we watch Diallo grow into a young woman, she endures unfathomable horrors, such as witnessing the murder of her fellow tribe members at 11 years old. Despite these horrors, Diallo comes across as a very strong character – standing her ground as much as possible, keeping her family’s lessons and values with her throughout her life – and this is what keeps the show’s intensity bearable. The show is incredibly well done, and based on where things left off at the end of episode two, it’s uncertain as to what will happen next. The Book of Negroes is absolutely worth watching, but it is also absolutely worth your time to emotionally prepare yourself before starting this show.

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Durham Region honours Canadian music legend Greg Keelor of Blue Rodeo with a Durham Art of Transition Creative Award in the music category. At the casual presentation ceremony at Tetra restaurant in Bowmanville, Keelor joked about why he won the award. “I’ll have to ask the committee why. I can only gracefully accept it,” says Keelor. He also says he has a room in his house for just his gold awards and this one will be joining the rest. The real reason for winning the award is his time with Blue Rodeo, the time he spends recording local artists, and his solo work. “It’s just his phenomenal success, international success, Canadian success, it’s pretty hard to go up against him,” says Dennis Croft, one of the judges and executive director, Spark Centre. The DATCA’s recognize members of Durham Region who celebrate and promote creativity in the community and range in categories such as theatre, culinary, literary, and visual arts. Winners are presented with an award sculpture created by a local artist and a lapel pin with an image of the sculpture on it. According to Croft, the judges had to go through a

Wab Kinew is man with a vision, one he shared with students, faculty members and other guests at the Regent Theatre at The Leadership Summit the University of Ontario Institute of Technology holds annually. “The vision I have, I work within, and I’d like everyone to consider a vision where all kids in this country and this world have a chance to succeed,” Kinew said. “Where we are living a more meaningful life, one has room for respect for the land on the vision you walk and finally for us to have a more sustainable future.” Kinew is known as a man-ofall-works. He is a musician, journalist, activist, university administrator and has had a recent gig at CBC Radio as the guest host for Q. Kinew is from the Onigaming First Nation in Northwestern Ontario. The 33-year-old understands and has witnessed the struggles the First Nations have gone through. His father, Tobasonakwut Kinew, is a residential school survivor. Kinew has been a witness to many issues pertaining to aboriginals while growing up. As a result, Kinew changed his attitude and ways of thinking and devoted his adulthood to indigenous advocacy and becoming a leader to make a difference. “Some of the people I’ve seen in my own life who do the most positive things are people who see terrible things that happen

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RECOGNITION: Greg Keelor receives the Durham Art of Transition Creative Award. binder about three inches thick of nominees before choosing Keelor as the winner. “We need to celebrate more of those individuals in the Durham Region that have achieved significant milestones,” says Croft. “He’s certainly an icon in the music industry.” Blue Rodeo’s success is easily established by their 12 JUNO’s, their Governor General’s Performing Arts Award, their star on the Walk of Fame, and their place in the Canadian Music Hall of Fame. In recent years Keelor has worked with Blue Rodeo releasing an album last year and works with local musicians as a mentor and an artist. He continues to enjoy his

time here in Durham Region and the land he lives on often inspires his music. “I’ve been here 25 years and it’s been very inspiring,” says Keelor. “It’s many different things, writing songs, but one of the best things when you’re songwriting is to just go for a walk. I’ve got 214 acres right over a valley and so its’ great to just go for a walk and let the song settle in your head.” There are no projects on Keelor’s plate at this time, but he’ll be back making music when he’s ready. “The last year and a half I’ve made seven records at my place and Blue Rodeo had a real busy year,” he says. “We went on tour, we had a Christmas record, so I’ll take a little break until, at least a couple of months.”

to them in their own lifetime,” he said, “but manage to come out on the other side, with like, a very loving, compassionate and kind outlook.” In the end, they (some of the Onigaming First Nation) were strong enough to survive and show the world they were right, he said. Kinew stood proudly and explained what he thinks should be done to improve the situations around indigenous people and what leadership means to him. “Leaders are those who stand outside of the norm, that means anyone that has a vision for the world to bring about real change,” explained Kinew. “And it’s just true by definition any sort of change that we carry out that will be the social change.” He firmly believes that leaders can effect social change most effectively by being strategic and having a good set of morals and a good moral compass. “It’s not to alienate people and make people feel bad. People want to feel good, so if you can find a way to win people over to your vision still making them feel like they are good person and make them feel excited than I think that’s an effective way that you can make a better world,” he said. He shared some fond memories of the great leaders he has met and helped him understand that anything is possible with a little determination. He mentioned meeting Barack Obama in 2009. Kinew believes true leaders don’t set limits, they choose instead to chase possibilities.

The paint dries on a new community studio

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The Robert McLaughlin Gallery (RMG) is ringing in the New Year with a fresh initiative to get the community excited about art. Gallery A was open on Jan. 9th to the public as a part of the gallery’s monthly RMG Fridays event. Gallery A is a new professional exhibition, studio, and education space within the RMG intended to offer opportunities for Durham Regionbased artists to share their work. “It’s an idea of new art,” said Evin Lachance, Gallery A coordinator and technician. “We’re facilitating an experience for not only artists in Durham, but for the people who will visit the gallery.” Elizabeth Aleen Aken was an established artist and is predominately responsible for the gallery’s new space. When she passed away in 2003, a large portion of her estate was donated to the RMG. With additional funding from the Department of Canadian

Heritage, the gallery built a space to fulfill Aleen Aken’s legacy of art education and community outreach. “We’re excited to make mistakes and try new things,” said Elizabeth Sweeney, manager of public programs and art reach at the RMG. “That’s what art is about, experimenting and finding out what works.” In addition to Gallery A the gallery has implemented Art Lab, a free two-month residency studio program that encourages artists to share their methods, techniques and work with the community. Currently exhibiting in both Art Lab and Gallery A is Bowmanville artist Pete Smith. In addition to painting, Smith is also a writer and part-time professor in the Fine Arts program at Durham College. In his exhibit entitled PostScript, currently up in Gallery A until February, Smith explored beyond the edges of the canvas and the reversed idea of putting white paintings on colourful walls. “The work is inspired by the gallery’s collection of Jock Macdonald,” he said about the

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FRESH PAINT SMELL: Mayor John Henry speaks alongside RMG CEO Gabrielle Peacock at the opening of Gallery A. Canadian abstract painter and member of Painters 11. “Everything is kind of a response to that.” Among those in attendance was Mayor John Henry, continuous supporter of the arts in Oshawa.

“We have amazing spaces in the city and this is one of them,” said Henry. “It’s my favourite place to hide.” Although he is not an artist himself, his uncle was the first art consultant for the Durham Board of Education.

The gallery’s CEO Gabrielle Peacock commenced Gallery A’s opening with a toast to her team at the RMG and the community. “We want people to share ideas and get inspired,” she said.

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Lords reign over the Huskies at home Shane O’Neill The Chronicle

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GOT HOPS?: Durham Lords forward Ajahmo Clarke (22) wins the tip-off over George Brown Huskies’ Brandon Bailey (15), en route to a 19 point, 10 rebound, 10 assist performance and a 99-90 Lords win.

It was a big night for the Durham Lords on the court as both the men’s and women’s teams defeated the George Brown Huskies. In the early game on Jan. 20, the women won 58-44 on the strength of a strong third quarter that saw them break the game open by dropping 21 points and holding the Huskies to four. Kayla Marshall led the way for the Lords, scoring 18 on 8-for-13 shooting, four rebounds and seven assists in 40 minutes of play. Alyxandra Francisco also put up 18 points on 50 per cent shooting in 35 minutes. The game played tighter than the final score suggests, streaky scoring by the Lords opened the door for the Huskies to claw back at multiple points, including opening the game with an 8-0 lead over

Durham. In the end, the Lords managed to get 15 points off the bench and shoot 41 per cent as a team which was more than enough to bury the Huskies and their 25 per cent shooting overall. The men’s game was also a barnburner as the East region leading Lords continue to march through the regular season with a 99-90 win over the Huskies, shooting 57 per cent from beyond the arc. Ajahmo Clarke led the way for the Lords putting up a triple-double with 19 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists on the night. Eric Smith led the Lords in scoring with 35 points including 4-for-5 from three and 100 per cent from the freethrow line. Dylan Pelissero also had a solid game, chipping in with 23 points and eight rebounds. The Huskies played well, trading leads with the Lords ten times in the game and outscoring their hosts 23-12 in the second quarter to lead 42-38 at

the end of the first-half. Their bench scoring kept them in it at times as the Huskies’ subs put up 21 points compared to their hosts off the bench. The Huskies’ Akai Netty was tasked with countering the Smith-led offence of Durham and fared well, scoring 30 points in 32 minutes of play. The men’s team continued its push to the OCAA playoffs, which the Lords are hosting from Mar. 6-8, improving their record to 11-2 and extending their winning streak to four games. The Lords are ranked 14th in the country and lead the OCAA East Division by one game over Georgian (at the Chronicle’s deadline). With their win, the women keep pace with Centennial for third place in the OCAA East playoff race and get above .500 with their second straight win. The men and women hit the court again next Tuesday, Jan. 27 at home against the Centennial Colts.

Ridgebacks kickoff Maxwell Heights second semester with shows well at the winter athletic programs Titans Classic Kelsey Fran The Chronicle

Many of the Ridgebacks athletic programs such as soccer and lacrosse ended last semester, but winter sports continue into the second semester. UOIT’s curling and dance teams are ready to get back into competition. Both the men’s and women’s curling teams began their season at the Trent Bonspiel Nov. 22-23, where the men finished third and the women finished fifth. Recently, both teams participated at the Brock University Bonspiel on Jan. 17-18. Continuing their success, the men went 3-1 at the end of the round robin, only losing to Toronto. The Ridgebacks then defeated Carleton 6-3 to finish third. The women’s team struggled more winning only one game all weekend, beating Trent 9-5. The only returning player to the men’s curling team is fourth year Commerce student from Whitby, Ben Bevan. The Ridgeback’s skip was named athlete of the week at UOIT for his leadership at the Brock invitational. The team welcomes four new players this year, Greg Parks from Courtice, Justin Johnson from Trenton, Michael Foster from Midland and Samual Buckle from Port Elgin. With a brand new lineup, the team is striving

to beat last year’s record at the OUA championships, where they lost all but one game, beating the Laurentian Voyageurs 6-2. The women’s curling team, which finished fourth at last year’s OUA championships with four wins and three losses, has kept a similar lineup for this season. First year commerce student Leslyee Igbinosun from Scarborough is the newest addition to the team this season. The Ridgebacks will be hosting a bonspiel on February 7-8 at the Oshawa Golf and Curling Club. UOIT’s dance team is also set to begin their season this semester having undergone a few changes in the off-season. Newcomers Kelsey Laton and Erin O’Brien, both from Bolton, join the team this season to replace graduates Jessica Milner, Nicole Allison and Paula Majewski. Also changing on the dance team is the leadership roles. Coach Ashley Schofield is on leave this season and team captain, fourth year commerce student Alissa Kuksis, has stepped in as interm head coach. The Ridgebacks varsity hockey teams are also continuing with their seasons this semester. Both teams have a similar record so far. The women are 6-12 and are currently in a nine game slump (at the Chronicle’s deadline) that began with a 4-1 loss to Guelph on Nov. 9. The men’s team is 9-13 so far this year.

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An Oshawa high school made it to the finals of the Titans Classic basketball tournament on Jan 9th and 10th. Maxwell Heights Secondary School’s junior and senior teams played their way to the top of the finals, but both lost their games. Maxwell’s junior team played against Father Goetz losing 71-60 and their senior team faced off against Jean Vanier losing 62-57. Twenty junior and senior teams from high schools all over the province participated in the tournament. For the junior games, Dunbarton beat Holy Cross (60-32), Crestwood beat Weldon (51-30), Maxwell beat Holy Trinity (49-24), Moira lost to Runnymede CI (49-41), and FR. Goetz beat Woodroofe (74-51).

For the senior games, Crestwood beat Holy Trinity (58-42), Maxwell beat Holy Cross in overtime (59-57), Moira beat Bradford (5925), Metro won against Baybridge and Woodroofe lost to Jean Vanier (61-56). The host school, Holy Trinity, was very pleased with the outcome of the tournament, and other schools have pledged to come back next year and spread the word to other schools to participate. Ernie Rainbow, a professor in the Sport Management program at Durham College and the representative for the event, said, “I felt the tournament was a huge success. It allowed […] high school players the ability to be a part of a high-end tournament as well as enabling the college athletic department the opportunity to showcase their facilities. It’s a win-win all around.”

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