The Dialog, Oct. 2 to 15, 2017

ISSUE 03 / OCT. 2–OCT. 15, 2017 GBC Student Newspaper • Founded 1982

NEWS / PG. 2

GBC first aid staff to get naloxone training

SPORTS / PG. 8

My fight to be on the volleyball team

ARTS & LIFE / PG. 11

From rock bottom to feeling human again

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THE DIALOG • dialognews.ca // October 2–15

COMMENTS // RE: The life and death of Jonathan Johnston He was a wonderful person and a beautiful soul, only knew him for a short time back when he was at La Société but I remember him well. I agree that too many people judge this as a lifestyle choice rather than a true illness which it is. Cancer patients get way more empathy.

TANIA PISA-HARASTI ON FACEBOOK

RE: Unsanctioned overdose prevention site GBC should definitely have naloxone kits on site at all campuses and at residence. Much like an AED, it is a life saving measure.

AMANDA LEE ON FACEBOOK

I think it’s a good idea to have as many cures as possible in the first aid kit. I admire what the organization is doing in Moss Park.

But should we really be focusing resources on accommodating the drug users who sneak into George Brown and use the campus for their illegal activities?

COLIN BAMBURY ON FACEBOOK

Wait you mean there aren’t naloxone kits in the first aid offices already ... That’s kinda stupid

NICOLE MCCUTCHEON ON FACEBOOK

RE: College faculty vote to strike Totally in solidarity with workers getting what they deserve.

Contract and part-time professors deserve better than the current conditions.

ELIZABETH MANGOES ON FACEBOOK

Misleading title indeed! They did not say that they are absolutely going to strike. They voted that if necessary the union leaders may make the decision later on to call a potential strike. Click bait at its very best lol.

AAREN VÉRONIQUE GILLIS ON FACEBOOK

GBC First-aid staff to be trained to administer naloxone Staff to get training but the college can't get kits from province LIDIANNY BOTTO REPORTER-EDITOR

First aid staff at George Brown College (GBC) do not have naloxone on hand to deal with overdoses but will be trained on how to use it by Toronto Public Health (TPH) this fall.

Catherine Drum, the interim manager of safety and workplace health at the college, told The Dialog that first aid staff will be trained by the end of October and that the college's public safety and security and student services departments are also arranging to be trained.

However, Drum said that the college can't get naloxone kits and that they are only being distributed to agencies doing harm-reduction work with drug users.

A spokesperson from the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care said that the college would have to talk with the Ministry if they wanted to get naloxone kits but there isn't enough to give to every organization.

They suggested that GBC staff can go to any local pharmacy and get a single kit.

Mark Nesbitt, vice-president of corporate services at GBC, said that the college doesn’t have huge problems with drugs on campus.

He said the college's security is interested in drug-related activity, but from a community safety standpoint. In 2016, there were 25 drug-related issues at all campuses in total. For 2017 there were 10

First aid staff at George Brown College will be taking naloxone training this fall. PHOTO: LIDIANNY BOTTO/THE DIALOG

“YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE THE EQUIPMENT. EVEN YOU DON’T USE IT, AT LEAST YOU HAVE IT.” incidents as of August.

“Our security forces do not carry naloxone kits. If it became a problem here (GBC), then maybe we would need to revisit (the policy),” said Nesbitt who clarified that as a security force and not police, the staff’s job isn’t to be interveners upholding laws, but to keep people safe.

Tiffany White, director of education of the Student Association (SA) and also a nursing student, disagrees.

"You want to make sure that you have the equipment. Even you don’t use it, at least you have it,” said White.

If someone overdoses on campus, Nesbitt said that the procedure is to call 911.

White said sometimes people who are experiencing an overdose can’t wait for an ambulance.

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is planning to train and also equip all of their staff from the equity service centre with naloxone kits.

Although White thinks that ideally all staff in the SA, especially the event squad, SafeWalk and the front desk staff, should be trained and have naloxone kits ready to use, liability is a barrier.

“You don’t want to have the risk. If anything goes wrong with that medication, you’re liable,” White said.

White said that members of the SA have had conversations with the first aid office about what is expected from the college and from the SA. Nesbitt is also concerned about problems that could happen if naloxone is misused.

“Diagnosing what's going on before you start administering drugs, requires knowing if it's a heart issue versus a drug issue," he

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said. "It's an important difference."

The overdose crisis has been a problem in many provinces of Canada. British Columbia (BC) and Alberta have the highest rates in the country, with over 10 per 100,000 population having an opioid-related death in each province, according to a Health Canada report.

The health centre at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver has been distributing naloxone kits since March 2016 and the University of Alberta in Edmonton started distributing kits in the fall of 2016.

Public Health Ontario estimates there have been 7,694 opioid-related deaths in total in the province between 2003 and 2016.

TPH's harm reduction program has taken steps to decrease the number of overdose deaths in the city. On Aug. 21, TPH opened their first supervised injection site at 277 Victoria St. TPH also lauched the Take Home Naloxone program which provides free kits and training for people who use drugs as well as friends and family members.

In September, the Toronto Public Library announced that they are training and equipping their staff with naloxone kits.

Staff at the Universities of Calgary; Manitoba; Saskatchewan; Cape Breton in Nova Scotia and King's College in Halifax; have been trained and carry naloxone kits to use if necessary.

With files from Steve Cornwell

CORRECTIONS // Last issue, it was reported that the college was looking for a head coach for the cross country running team. Nelson Njeru was hired in the role before the story hit news stands. The Dialog regrets the error.

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NEWS 3

THE DIALOG • dialognews.ca // October 2–15

SA byelections to include online voting

EVENTS LISTING BASEBALL: HUMBER VS GEORGE BROWN Tuesday, Oct. 3 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Christie Pits Park 750 Bloor St. West First game: 6 p.m.

Second game: 8 p.m.

WHEELCHAIR BASKETBALL Wednesday, Oct. 4 Noon to 5 p.m.

Casa Loma Gym C Building, first floor 160 Kendal Ave.

Director of education hopeful that campaigns will still be campuscentred under hybrid model STEVE CORNWELL EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

In the upcoming Student Association (SA) byelections, students will have two options to cast their ballot; in person at polling stations on campus, and for the first time in the history of the organization, online.

The SA funds The Dialog.

The move to allow online voting follows a recommendation last spring from Charles Wilson, who was the chief returning officer (CRO) for the SA's general election. Wilson said that the online option will help engage students who are mostly off campus as part of their programs.

"Those students, if we just operate in-person polling stations with paper ballots would not necessarily be able to vote and shape

the future of their Student Association," he said. "This is giving them an opportunity to do so."

Wilson is back as the CRO for the upcoming byelections.

Tiffany White, the SA's director of education, also thinks that having online voting will allow students to vote who can't make it to their campus during regular hours.

But White is concerned that online voting will cut down the face time students and candidates

"IF WE JUST OPERATE IN-PERSON POLLING STATIONS WITH PAPER BALLOTS (SOME STUDENTS) WOULD NOT NECESSARILY BE ABLE TO VOTE" have during campaigns.

"I hope that the campaign strategies are still very much campus centred, so that there is still

the expectation that candidates should be on the campuses promoting themselves," she said.

White considers the hybrid voting a pilot program, and wants to remain open to changing the system if doesn't work.

"This (election) will basically set the tone on whether or not it's a good idea for future elections," she said.

The SA has entered a one-year agreement with Simply Voting, the election software company which developed the system.

According to the company, the platform has already been used by over 1,500 customers, including the University of Toronto Students' Union, Mohawk Students' Association and the Ontario Provincial Police Association.

The new voting system will cost $6,401. The previous system, which was provided by Instavote Systems and did not include online voting, cost $3,803 during last year's elections.

According to the company's proposal, Simply Voting has security features which include encrypted communications, daily server security scans, and adherence to best security practices for web software.

Students can vote in the upcoming election between Oct. 30 and Nov. 2.

CRIME NEAR CAMPUS // PERSON WITH A KNIFE On Sept. 23 at 1:25 p.m., a person was found armed with a knife and was screaming and making threatening remarks on King and George St. Toronto Police Operations tweeted that there were no injuries and one person has been apprehended.

STABBING Police said a man was stabbed on Sept. 19 at 11:01 p.m. at Queen and Sherbourne St. He suffered serious injuries and was immediately taken to the trauma center by paramedics.

DAYLIGHT ROBBERY Two men robbed a victim in the Bathurst and Davenport area on Sept. 13 at 5:14 p.m., said police.

One suspect holding a handgun was identified as an Asian male with black clothing and blue bandanna over his face. The injured victim was helped by the Toronto Police Service.

Thursday, Oct. 5, 2017 Noon to 5 p.m.

St. James Gym St. James A Building, sixth floor 200 King St. East The Ontario Wheelchair Sports Association will be on campus to educate students about the sport of wheelchair basketball and encourage youth, with or without a disability, to be physically active.

HEADPHONE PARTY Friday, Oct. 6 8 p.m. to 1 a.m.

Kings Lounge St. James A Building, Room 150 200 King St. East Free for GBC students. $5 for guests (two guests per student).

Two DJs, two different sounds, you pick the channel. Everyone wears wireless headphones (provided) listening to two DJ’s spinning at the same time from two DJ booths. You control what you want to hear from a switch on your headphones.

BASEBALL: DURHAM VS GEORGE BROWN Tuesday, Oct. 10 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Christie Pits Park, 750 Bloor St. West First game: 11 a.m.

Second game: 1 p.m.

OUR CITY SERIES: AXE THROWING Thursday, Oct. 12, 2017 7:45 p.m to 11 p.m.

Bad Axe Throwing 346 Ryding Ave. Unit #201 Join us for a fun social night. $15 for GBC students. $20 for guests (one guest per student).

Grab your tickets from a Student Association office*.

Buses depart GBC at 6:45 p.m.

Shuttle Bus 1: Casa Loma Student Centre 142 Kendal Ave. (Corner of Kendal Ave. and Bridgman Ave.) Shuttle Bus 2: Kings Lounge St. James A Building 200 King St. East (Corner of George St. and Adelaide St.) CANADA’S WONDERLAND HALLOWEEN HAUNT Friday, Oct. 13 $20 for GBC students. $25 for guests. Grab your tickets from a Student Association office*.

Buses depart GBC at 6:15 p.m.

Buses will depart from Canada’s Wonderland at 9:45 p.m.

Shuttle Bus 1: Casa Loma Student Centre 142 Kendal Ave. (Corner of Kendal Ave. and Bridgman Ave.) Shuttle Bus 2: Kings Lounge St. James A Building 200 King St. East (Corner of George St. and Adelaide St.) SOCCER: SHERIDAN VS GEORGE BROWN Friday, Oct. 13 6:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m.

Esther Shiner Stadium 5720 Bathurst St, North York Women’s game: 6:30 p.m.

Men’s game: 8:30 p.m.

BASEBALL: ST. CLAIR VS GEORGE BROWN Saturday, Oct. 14 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.

Bishops Cross Park 2400 John St. Markham First game: 1 p.m.

Second game: 3 p.m.

BASEBALL: FANSHAWE VS GEORGE BROWN Sunday, Oct. 15 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Christie Pits Park 750 Bloor St. West First game: 11 a.m.

Second game: 1 p.m. *STUDENT ASSOCIATION (SA) OFFICES Casa Loma: Room E100 St. James: Room 147 Waterfront: Room 033 Ryerson: SHE Building, Room 614

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Disorientation week to lay social justice foundation Week of events include consent workshop and vigil for missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls MENG MA REPORTER-EDITOR

During the week of Oct. 2, the Community Action Centre (CAC) will host a social-justice based Disorientation Week, to help students plug into anti-oppression and equity work.

Disorientation 2017, is themed around foundation and building

up students and the community to tackle social issues. The week will feature events, workshops and peer drop-in sessions.

"School as an institution can be very alienating," said CAC co-ordinator Michelle Pettis. "Coming together on equity issues right at the start of the academic year can be a good foundation."

With similar weeks established by the Ryerson Student Union and the Ontario Public Interest Research Group at the University of Toronto, the CAC wanted to establish the college as just as dedicated to social issues including anti-black racism and Indigenous rights.

“Universities do disorientation, so this is us saying that college students care about issues too, and claiming that on the collective agenda right from the start.” said Pettis. "So I'm excited it's coming together."

The Student Association funds The Dialog.

Steff Pinch, the CAC's assistant, describes the current political climate as one of division, tension

and just an overall tough time in the world at large. Pinch said the CAC is looking to start a movement in the college by connecting students in different programs to what really matters.

The week includes a consent workshop, a vigil for missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls as well as a free education organizing meeting.

Pinch said students participating in disorientation week will meet other students who have different lived experiences; they explained that it is a great space for students to flex their anti-oppressive muscles.

“There’s a lot of learning that happens in the classroom, but there’s also a lot of learning that can happen outside the classroom,” explained Pinch. “The greatest learning I’ve done is from the community.”

For more information on Disorientation week, visit the CAC’s Facebook page.

CAC to set foundation with Disorientation week. PHOTO PROVIDED.

DISORIENTATION SYLLABUS QUEER CARE DAY Monday, October 2 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.

St. James A, Room 165B

SISTERS IN SPIRIT VIGIL: MEET-UP Wednesday, October 4 5:45 p.m. to 6 p.m.

St. James A, Room 165B

FIGHT THE FEES – TORONTO ACTION COALITION MEETING Tuesday, October 3 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Casa Loma Student Centre

FILM & PANEL: THE HALLMARK OF TOLERANCE Thursday, October 5 6:45 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.

St. James A, Room 128

SHUT IT UNCLE BOB: ADDRESSING RACISM FROM FRIENDS, FAMILY AND LOVED ONES Wednesday, October 4 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.

St. James A, Room B155

CONSENT & CONSUMPTION: WORKSHOP Friday, October 6 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.

St. James A, Quiet Lounge, Room 150F (inside the Kings Lounge, Room 150)

Oct.2 to Oct.6

Because as students we can build each other up.

Week-long series of events welcoming new and returning students and community members.

Come together to learn and skill-share around issues of consent, anti-black racism, communities of care, free education and more.

Hosted by: Community Action Centre

All events FREE More: bit.ly/CACdisO-2017

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THE DIALOG • dialognews.ca // October 2–15 THE GEORGE BROWN URBANIST //

Dupont Street an area in transition Former industrial neighbourhood now has a mixed-use character MEGAN KINCH REPORTER-EDITOR

Though unglamorous and utilitarian, Dupont Street has always had a key position in Toronto’s economy. And as development signs indicate, the street is about to enter the era of the condo.

Councillor Joe Cressy, grew up around Dupont Street and now he has it in his ward.

“I think it's fair to say that its industrial character as it existed 30 years ago doesn't exist today," he said. "And that's why we've seen a number of different industrial sites including at 420 Dupont St., where the Bianca development is coming, that have been in a state of disrepair and inactivity for years.”

Located just south across the railway tracks from George Brown’s Casa Loma campus, Dupont Street was a key industrial engine in early Toronto and continued to be a manufacturing area.

Indeed George Brown’s presence here is a continuation of that history.

Cressy points out that “the mixed-use designation it permits all forms of uses.” and this makes sense as the area already has a mixed-use character.

“You don't want a city to be a giant bedroom you want it to be a place where people can live and work in the same spot," said Shawn Micallef, the editor of Spacing magazine and author of Toronto history book Frontier City. “And, hopefully walk between those two places.”

The industrial zoning for the area north of Dupont has been partly bypassed in an informal manner further to the west, with an old industrial building at Ossington and Davenport used as loft residences for many years despite being leased specifically as artist studios. Pop-up stores by hipster staples like Frank and Oak are occupying the large warehouse at Dovercourt and Dupont, near the trendy mecca of Geary Avenue with its microbreweries and record stores co-existing with the old neighborhood Portuguese fish store, bakery and auto-repair shops.

Dupont Street is even namedropped in Brave Shores indie hit More like You. There’s a definite movement away from manufacturing and towards condos, retail, and service sector.

The area is still a bit gritty, but the industrial focus has lessened and shifted from manufacturing to construction. You can rent power operated lifts and buy lumber at New Canadians and there

Artist lofts at Dupont and Ossington. PHOTO: MEGAN KINCH/THE DIALOG.

420 Dupont St. will soon be the site of the Bianca condo development. PHOTO: MEGAN KINCH/THE DIALOG.

are always cement trucks driving by. Today, Dupont Street acts as a kind of logistical centre for construction industry.

According to a city demographic study of the area, the area has a disproportionate number of young people between the age of 20-34, with 32.5 per cent of the population compared which is 9.7 per cent more than the city as a whole.

Most of the development proposals have now have all settled with the city. Developers have been trying, as they usually do in

Toronto, for higher towers with more condos. The city and the neighborhood residential council for their part are arguing for lower towers and more contributions to community amenities.

“The horse trading for height versus community benefits, and these things are always in play,” said Micallef.

These condos will take over over old factories, the beer store and will replace the current Sobeys with a new one with a condo tower.

Cressy stressed that, with the

support of the community, they were pushing for "fine-grained retail" on grade for the towers, which means smaller stores, not just big box.

As density rises along Dupont Street, Micallef points out that there are benefits for students and staff at Casa Loma campus.

“The more people that live there, you see the strip getting more interesting commercial activity, so from a student life perspective it might be more interesting for the Casa Loma campus folks."

Power operated lifts at New Canadians. PHOTO: MEGAN KINCH/THE DIALOG.

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More international students are using food banks “STUDENTS STRUGGLE BETWEEN BUYING A TEXT BOOK OR BUYING FOOD FOR THEMSELVES”

George Brown College food bank has registered nine international students for every one Canadian student, says co-ordinator NATALIA PIZARRO SILVA REPORTER-EDITOR

With hikes in rent, transportation and food prices, the cost of living in Canada is constantly rising with each passing year.

The recent Daily Bread Food Bank report shows that food bank visits are back to levels not seen since the 2008 financial crisis.

Until 2015, statistics demonstrated a drop in client visits.

Following that period, Toronto's food banks have seen a significant rise in consumers.

The Daily Bread Food Bank and North York Harvest Food Bank saw 990,970 visits from April 2016 to March 2017. That is 24 per cent more compared to visits in 2008.

The increase is surprising as standard economic indicators, like the unemployment rate, are performing well.

Ronnie Cruz, community services co-ordinator at the Student Association, says student food bank usage is rising. PHOTO: NATALIA PIZARRO SILVA/THE DIALOG

“All these numbers raise questions and point to a state of affairs that is not being captured by standard economic indicators,” said Gail Nyberg, executive director of the Daily Bread Food Bank in a press release.

Food bank usage at George Brown College (GBC) is also increasing. Between May 2016 and April 2017, the number of households using the bank increased by 27.9 per cent and the number of visits went up 19.6 per cent compared to the previous year.

The 2015-16 numbers could

have been lower due to the Casa Loma food bank being closed for renovations during the summer of 2015.

Both, the statistics of GBC and Daily Bread reveal the number of users born outside of Canada is increasing. This is the category where international students would fit, although they are not classified by immigration status at GBC. “I don’t know the exact amount, but we do have an increase of international students food bank users every single year,”

College faculty can strike or be locked out on Oct. 15 Faculty union and Ontario colleges say they are committed to reaching a settlement

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Students at Ontario colleges could face a faculty strike or lockout as early as Oct. 15, after a conciliator in negotiations with the colleges and the union representing college faculty in Ontario issued a no-board report.

A no-board report sets the earliest date that a legal strike or

lockout can start. Under the Colleges Collective Bargaining Act, the union or employer must give five days notice before a strike or lockout begins. The Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU) requested the no-board report on Sept. 21.

In a release, JP Hornick, chair of the college faculty bargaining team said the reason for pushing for the no-board was to motivate

said Ronnie Cruz, community services co-ordinator at the Student Association. “I can tell you based on how many people register, the ratio is one Canadian to nine international students.”

Cruz believes inflation is the primary reason for this trend.

“Everything is increasing every single year, your rent, food cost, tuition, text books," she said. "A lot of times students struggle between buying a text book or buying food for themselves."

But it’s also because international students have to adapt to a

Ontario colleges to sit down at the table.

“The reason for requesting the no-board report, and thus a legal strike or lockout date, was to encourage our employer to get down to business and work with us at the bargaining table to reach a fair settlement,” said Hornick.

“That remains our goal. Our team will do everything in its power to achieve that settlement.”

OPSEU is asking for more fulltime positions and the creation of an academic senate, similar those at universities in Ontario.

In a statement in September, Sonia Del Missier, chair of the colleges’ bargaining team, said that OPSEU’s proposals weren’t “the

new environment.

“Sometimes they don't know how to budget for food, because they don’t know how much it costs, or where to buy affordable food items,” Cruz said.

According to the Who’s Hungry report, low income is one of the main reasons people use food banks. The number of food bank clients with higher education is also increasing. In 2007, 23 per cent of food bank users had post-secondary education. This year, 35 per cent of food bank users have a college diploma or university degree.

The student food bank at GBC is open to all students that need support.

One can donate to the GBC food bank at Casa Loma, St. James or Waterfront campus. An alternate way to support is by encouraging classmates, who struggle financially, to use the services of the food bank.

“Let them know that this service exists and they shouldn’t be ashamed of using a service like this," said Cruz. "We all go through struggles, we all go through unexpected things in our lives.”

basis for a settlement.”

The College Employer Council, which represents Ontario’s 24 colleges, issued an update on Sept.

28 that said that they are “committed to finding a path to a settlement that is fair to faculty while being affordable and responsible to colleges.”

The colleges have offered a 7.5 per cent pay hike over four years, as well as changes to drug coverage and parental leave.

On Sept. 14, 68 per cent of college faculty voted to strike if a deal can’t be reached with Ontario colleges. The contract between unionized faculty and colleges expired on Sept. 30.

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Encouraging students to fight for their futures $15 and Fairness campaign looks to improve Fair Workplaces and Better Jobs Act NATALIA PIZARRO SILVA REPORTER-EDITOR

JP Hornick (left), professor in the school of labour at George Brown College, and Frankie Cachon (right), professor at the University of Windsor talked about creating networks at the Assembly. PHOTO: NATALIA PIZARRO SILVA/THE DIALOG

“We’ve got to get up!” said poet Belladonna the Blest, encouraging the students at the Fight for $15 and Fairness Campus Assembly to participate in the movement for better work conditions.

The Ontario-wide forum took place at the University of Toronto on Sept. 15-16 and drew students, staff, and faculty from different institutions who shared their organizing experiences.

"GET INVOLVED, LEARN MORE, AND KNOW THAT YOU HAVE ENORMOUS POWER TO CREATE CHANGE IN YOUR CAMPUSES" For JP Hornick, a professor in the school of labour at George Brown College, working for good jobs as a student can pay off at

graduation.

“There’s not a student in the world that goes into college expecting to graduate with a part-

time precarious job, and so, fighting for good jobs in their campuses means a better chance that they will have good jobs when they graduate.”

Hornick said that one of the main purposes of the forum is to build community and analyze ways in which students and faculty can work together to raise awareness of living wages, equal working conditions, and better jobs for everybody working on campus.

The school of labour professor is also chair of the Ontario Public Service Employees Union college faculty bargaining team, which is presently negotiating a new contract with Ontario colleges.

“It’s a human right to have decent work, and the right to be able to not live in poverty if you are working full time,” said Mina Rajabi Paak, a PhD student at York University, who has been part of $15 and Fairness for about two years. “I urge every single student to join the $15 club on your campus.”

Rajabi Paak said that with all that’s wrong in the world, students can feel powerless. But that feeling can change with tapping into the movement.

“The message for students is get involved, learn more, and know that you have enormous power to create change in your campuses.”

The Student Association, which funds The Dialog, has moved to set a minimum wage of $15 next January 2018. In January of 2019, Ontario will have a $15 minimum wage.

Another important purpose of the forum was to discuss how to improve the Bill 148, the Fair Workplaces and Better Jobs Act. “The campaign is really pushing for strengthening the language used in bill 148 in order to lessen the loopholes and latitude employers can use to not create decent-fair work places for their employees,” said Frankie Cachon, a professor at the University of Windsor.

SA passes $15 minimum wage Bylaw change includes consultation with part-time staff, yearly review of wages NATALIA PIZARRO SILVA REPORTER-EDITOR

In a tense meeting of members, bylaws that would have seen the Student Association's (SA) parttime staff make $17.50 in January were removed, but not without a concession.

The SA funds The Dialog.

Part-time staff will make a $15 minimum wage in January, as the board of directors originally proposed, but the wage will be reviewed yearly in consultation with part-time staff.

Before the meeting the bylaws stated that the SA would pay parttime staff 125 per cent of Ontario's minimum wage.

Gerard Hayes, George Brown College's director of student experience said that jobs the college agreed to fund for the SA would be in jeopardy if the bylaws weren't changed.

“We have now budgeted until April 1, so if you change now for January we already don’t have the money to do it," he said. "So we would be cutting out jobs.”

The consultation amendment was moved by Madison Stoner, a part-time staff with the SA and a student in the assaulted women's and children's counsellor/advocate program.

“We as part-time staff felt that we weren’t included in the discussion, so I think that needs to be part of the amendment so it’s not an issue that comes up again,” she said at the meeting on Sept. 27.

Ashley Cammisa, satellite campuses director at the SA, spoke against consulting with part-time staff, and said that bringing well over 100 staff together to talk about a budget would be very difficult.

“We are elected to the board of directors so that we can make decisions like that,” said Cammisa.

“I feel that there’s a bit of a lack of

In a sometimes tense meeting, a $15 minimum wage was passed for the SA's part-time staff, less than they would have made under the original bylaws. PHOTO: NATALIA PIZARRO SILVA/THE DIALOG

trust when it comes to us making decisions.”

Elizabeth Orbe, a part-time staff with the SA, agreed with Cammisa on this last point.

“Yes, you are correct, there’s really no trust with the board, there isn’t,” she said.

While the meeting had tense moments, Riddhi Modi, the SA's director of communications and internal thought the outcome of having consultations with part-time

staff on their wages was positive.

“Their voice will be really helpful, really appreciated, so that we also know the other side of the story,” said Modi.

Tiffany White, the SA's director of education, agreed.

“There's really no harm, it only benefits the organization further," she said. "So, it was nice to have that discussion today.”

The SA's next general meeting is scheduled for this fall.

“PART-TIME STAFF FELT THAT WE WEREN’T INCLUDED IN THE DISCUSSION."

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Report from an aspiring volleyball athlete The experience of participating in the tryouts to join the women's George Brown team LIDIANNY BOTTO REPORTER-EDITOR

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olleyball has been part of my life since my youth. My first contact was during a gym class when I was 10-years old. I had no idea about the fundamentals of the game or the rules. But I fell in love with it immediately and played throughout high-school in Brazil.

In 2004, I moved to another city in my home country and, you know, life just happened. I began university, started working, got married, and before I noticed, there wasn’t time to play volleyball. In the last 13 years, I rarely played.

A year ago I moved to Toronto and I started studying at George Brown College (GBC) in January. I wasn’t planning on having volleyball in my routine again.

The idea came when I saw a flyer at the college about the women’s volleyball team tryouts for the fall semester.

On Aug. 29, at 31-years old, I was there—anxious, happy and nervous—sending an email to participate in the selection process.

Six days later, I got a reply from the head coach of the women’s volleyball, Daphne Choi, inviting me to tryout.

“Ok, I can do it,” I thought.

THE PRACTICE TRYOUTS I walked into the St. James gym not knowing what I’d find, but confident I would make the team.

The volleyball net was mounted, the athletes were doing stretches and I joined them. The next activity was the physical warm up. We spent 10 minutes running around the court, doing squats and others exercises. This was enough for me to notice how out of shape I was.

During the practice training, the main idea was to get familiar with the ball and achieve the constancy in your personal style of play. There were dozens of repeats serving, receiving, setting, digging and attacking.

The girls who already belonged to the team, of course, performed well. Some of the newcomers had

WHEN I WALKED MY LEGS WERE LOCKED LIKE ROBOCOP

IN THE LAST 13 YEARS, I RARELY PLAYED. no control of the ball, and others, like me, had an okay performance.

Although the coach told us the athletes weren’t being evaluated during those days, I pushed myself all the time, believing that each moment was an opportunity to make her notice me.

The consequences of all this effort came afterwards, at home.

When I walked my legs were locked like RoboCop. My muscles were all sore and my knees and elbows had deep flesh wounds. I was frustrated and disappointed with myself because my effort wasn’t enough. For the first time, I felt I could not get onto the team.

VARSITY TRYOUTS Already lacking confidence, visualize how much worse I felt when I arrived to the first tryout day and saw a long line of more than 20 athletes ready to compete—many of them taller than me.

During the tryouts, we had lots of fundamental repetitions and, mainly, movement training. The coach and her assistants wanted to observe our ability to cover all of the court and communicate with each other.

At the end of the Monday, Choi separated all athletes into two groups. The first group she called wasn’t successful for the

next stage. Around 10 girls were eliminated and, to my surprise, I wasn’t one of them.

“Oh my God! I have a chance!” was the only thing I thought at that moment.

When I went to play the next two days it was the final round, I didn’t have time to be tired. I ran, fell, tried to execute all commands, did whatever I could to show to the coach that I was in the game.

On Wednesday, Sept. 13, I got the coach’s final decision.

“Unfortunately, at this time, I’m unable to offer

you a rostered position on the team,” wrote Choi.

She invited me to train with the team as “red shirt”. As a red shirt, I would be deemed eligible to become a rostered member of the team if they need a player.

I’m able to play volleyball every week again and this is an opportunity to improve my skills to be prepared for next year’s tryouts in January. I had no doubts and I grabbed this chance!

PHOTOS COURTESY OF CARLA ROSCIA

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Night and day for men’s and women’s soccer teams

MEN'S BASEBALL Sept. 16 Seneca. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 George Brown. . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Final, 7 innings George Brown. . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Seneca. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Final, 7 innings

While the men’s soccer team challenges for top spot in the OCCA central division the women’s is focused on building team cohesion

Sept. 22 George Brown. . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Seneca. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Seneca. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 George Brown. . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Sept. 24 Humber. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 George Brown. . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 Humber. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 George Brown. . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

MEN'S SOCCER Sept. 16 George Brown. . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Sheridan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Sept. 23 George Brown. . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Cambrian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0

MICK SWEETMAN MANAGING EDITOR

The difference this year between the men’s and women’s soccer teams at George Brown College (GBC) can be summed up in their matches against Cambrian College on Sept. 23.

While the men’s team had an outstanding performance crushing the opposition 8-0, the women’s game was the mirror image of it with a 0-8 loss.

On Wednesday, Sept. 27, the Huskies battled the Humber College Hawks, whose men’s and women’s teams are on the top of the central division.

“They're the team to beat, everyone knows they are the team to beat,” said GBC men’s captain Jesse Oliver who played the match with a knee brace after undergoing ACL surgery seven months ago. “We can win but we also need to believe in each other and believe in our ability and skill.”

The Hawks offense demolished the Huskies defenses, winning the women’s game 5-0 and beating the men’s team 3-0 in a chippy match.

The men’s game against Humber saw Huskies defender Omar Hussein ejected with a red card after a reckless tackle while GBC’s Oliver and Seerat Sultani also collected yellow cards. Humber midfielder Gianlucas Scorzafave was also cautioned.

John Williams, who is the head coach for GBC’s men’s and women’s teams, said that the women’s team made mistakes, and Humber punished them for it.

He said the men’s team held their

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Sept. 27 Humber. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 George Brown. . . . . . . . . . . . . 0

Omar Hussein (13) drew a red card for a tackle and was ejected from the match against Humber College on Sept. 27. PHOTO: PHIL IVER/GEORGE BROWN ATHLETICS & RECREATION

“I STILL BELIEVE IN OUR TEAM. I THINK WE CAN WIN PROVINCIALS, GO TO NATIONALS AND MAKE A BIG STATEMENT FOR GBC.” own but failed to clear the ball at key points.

“I still believe in our team. I think we can win provincials, go to nationals and make a big statement for GBC,” said Oliver.

GBC’s men’s team is currently second in the central division with a 3-1-1 record as of press time while the women’s team sits just above the last-place U of T Mississauga team with a 1-5 record.

“The girls just have to learn how to move the ball a little faster and really just understand the game just a little but quicker,” said coach Williams.

Williams said his goal for the women’s side is to develop the younger players on the team and just play better soccer this year.

He’s also looking to keep recruiting and said he needs to find some players with competitive soccer experience.

For the two co-captains of GBC’s women’s squad building team cohesion and supporting the new players is their priority.

“The vets need to make the rookies feel more welcome with the team so we can become one,” said Effie Takas who plays cen-

tre midfield. “They're a little shy, they're new on the team, so we've been trying to focus on bringing everyone together this year.”

“We’ve been trying really hard to get to know each other and spending time on and off the field,” added co-captain Julia Kassner. “We're just focusing on

getting to know each other and clicking on the field.”

While Williams is very competitive and pushes his players to win, he also sees sports as a way to teach his athletes bigger life lessons.

“What I'd like to see from my program is that the girls and the guys get an education, become friends, and improve as young adults,” said Williams. “Commitment is a big thing for me. They're committed here and personal improvement is key for what I like to get out of my athletes.”

WOMEN'S SOCCER Sept. 16 Sheridan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 George Brown. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Sept. 23 Cambrian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 George Brown. . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 Sept. 27 Humber. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 George Brown. . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 Sept. 29 Conestoga. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 George Brown. . . . . . . . . . . . . 0

CROSS-COUNTRY Fanshawe Invitational Sept. 16 Women's Team: 4th overall Jenna Freeman 23:48, 3rd Fleming Invitational Sept. 24 Women's Team: 3rd overall Jenna Freeman 28:30, 5th Angelee Weathers 30:24, 8th Marisa Lazo 32:27, 21st Loreto Gajardo 33:59, 29th Men's Team: Nicholas Karpiuk 33:31, 21st Branden Thorburn 34:47, 27th Dodi Yirenchi 36:14, 33rd

GBC goalkeeper Kelsey Jane Lamprecht was peppered with a barrage of shots from Humber. She made a total of 12 saves and let in 5 goals on Sept. 27. PHOTO: PHIL IVER/GEORGE BROWN ATHLETICS & RECREATION

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The George bedbug free, says dog Student residence inspected for the second time by Hershey, a bedbug-sniffing beagle NATALIA PIZARRO SILVA REPORTER-EDITOR

Bedbugs are a common problem in Canada, especially in hotels and student residences, where people go in and out all the time.

To help avoid getting a costly infestation, The George student residence brought in the help of a bedbug sniffing dog.

Hershey, a beagle with around eight years of experience tracking the bugs, is highly efficient at what she does, according to Daniel Mackie, technical director of Green Leaf Pest Control.

“The dog is about 90 per cent accurate at finding that one bug of those small pockets of bedbugs, where for a human it’s like finding a needle in a haystack,” he added.

For the students, having a dog do the search is a convenient process, since Hershey doesn’t need to move things around.

“It’s very preventative from us, very proactive and I think the big word is reassuring”, said Gerard Hayes, director of student experience.

“They don’t touch anything in the room,” said Nikki Gaspich, a practical nursing student and

resident at The George. “When I went in, I didn’t even know if they were there or not.”

This is the second time that Hershey inspected the building, and it hasn’t found bugs. The administration of the residence is planning on having inspections twice a year, in April and September, to make sure the residents haven’t introduced bedbugs in the building.

“We’ll continue to do checks every year and if we ever find something, because we do check, we’ll have the ability to address it quickly,” Hayes said.

However, infestations can happen anytime.

“You can be bedbug free today, but an hour later, or a minute after the dog leaves, if you come back and introduce bedbugs into the environment, there are going to be there,” Mackie said.

To avoid the bugs, prevention is key. The general recommendations are not bringing in furniture or objects that have been found on the streets, and report immediately if bites appear or you see bedbugs.

And if bedbugs get into the building, all residents and staff of The George would have to follow a treatment for two weeks. If bedbugs appear, Hayes said the college

Hershey has made two trips to The George but hasn’t found any bedbugs yet, according to the college.

PHOTO: NATALIA PIZARRO SILVA/THE DIALOG

HERSHEY, A BEAGLE WITH AROUND EIGHT YEARS OF EXPERIENCE TRACKING THE BUGS, IS HIGHLY EFFICIENT AT WHAT SHE DOES is ready.

“We are definitely prepared, as most universities and colleges are, for those things in residence. It does happen,” he said. “Luckily for us, we’ve been fortunate after our first year, and now we are going to

New SA clubs co-ordinator offers versatility and smiles Russ Adade hit the ground running after taking over for Cameron Wathey LIDIANNY BOTTO REPORTER-EDITOR

Russ Adade, the new clubs and involvement co-ordinator for the Student Association (SA) of

Russ Adade helped to organize the GBC clubs and service fair at Casa Loma, St. James and Waterfront campus to engage new students. PHOTO: LIDIANNY BOTTO/THE DIALOG

our second year.”

In August, Orkin Canada released a ranking of the cities where the company has done the most treatments for bedbugs between June 2016 and July 2017. Toronto topped the list with the most treat-

George Brown College (GBC), has a big smile as he talks about this new moment in his life.

The SA funds The Dialog.

“I was hopeful of a new challenge where I could use my experience, ideas and vision," said Adade.

Before joining the SA, he was the vice president of campus life at the University of Toronto (U of T) in 2015 and more recently an events and marketing co-ordinator of a private college Hanson Canada.

Beside managing the SA's clubs program, Adade also runs the Utopia Music Fest, an annual music festival that works to promote emerging Toronto musicians.

Adade said that his versatility and multitasking skills will allow him to achieve his main goal of building a strong foundation that gets students engaged.

Since he started, Adade has met with clubs directors and the SA's event squad to engage in promotional activities that he hopes will get more students across all campuses involved. He also organized

ments with Winnipeg and Vancouver landing second and third.

According to a release from the company, the company expected 2017 to be a “bumper year” for bedbugs.

Toronto is listed 2270 times on Bedbugregistry.com, a site where users can report and look up incidents of bedbugs in North America.

the GBC Clubs and Service Fair.

While he has been busy, Adade said that the first year at GBC is about learning the scene.

"The first year is kind of more oversee, understand the process, understand the culture," he said.

The former clubs co-ordinator, Cameron Wathey, moved back home in early September to St. Martin, which was affected by Hurricane Irma.

Under Wathey an SA section on the Campus Vibe website was started. There students can engage with groups and events that are supported by the SA. With Adade at the helm, the Campus Vibe site will continue on.

“We moved to build an online community that will make it easy to connect students with clubs and where they can get updates about the events and meetings," said Adade.

To join or start a new club contact clubs@sagbc.ca or go to the website at https://campusvibe.ca/ sagbc

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From 'rock bottom' to 'feeling human again' Augmented education program is transforming lives of people with a history of mental health or addiction issues NIRAV KHATRI REPORTER-EDITOR

When Louise Elder was in a car accident in 2012 she was prescribed the powerful pain killer OxyContin. It had been 15 years since she was addicted to heroin as a teenager and she thought she could handle it, but it was difficult for her to fight becoming addicted again.

"I never knew that my body wanted it so bad," said Elder. "I didn’t realize that I was not able to fight the addiction. I had no chance. That was my demise. That was what sent me back over the edge."

Her life was at "rock bottom" when she met another patient in a rehabilitation centre who told her about the augmented education program at George Brown.

The augmented education program trains people with mental health and addiction issues and helps them find employment. It is an innovative model that aids in transforming lives through supported education and supported employment.

"We train these individuals in the culinary and construction industry to help find and maintain employment to become independent and a contributing member of society,” said program manager Suzanne De Freitas.

Elder collected more information, found that the program resonated with her interest in cooking and started in 2016.

“That was my hobby," she said.

"I was a house wife raising three children and the one thing that I could give them at the end of the day was a nice meal.”

When Elder reflects on her life

today versus before the program, she feels a significant change in herself.

“I have skills no one can take away from me now," said Elder "It's difficult to relate to people like me who are trying to get back into the society to earn a place. It makes me feel human again."

The program boasts an employment rate of 80 to 82 per cent upon completion of the course.

There are no costs for students but an applicant must to demonstrate a history of mental health or addiction to get into the program.

According to a report by the Ontario Human Rights Commission the unemployment rate of people in Ontario aged 15-64 with mental health or addiction disabilities in 2011 was 22.6 per cent.

That's almost three times higher than people without disabilities whose rate was 7.7 per cent.

De Freitas said that culinary and construction are the two areas offering a relatively easy access to entry-level jobs for students and that the demand for the program is overwhelming.

The program's marquee annual event is the Food Court Social, where some of best chefs in To-

“I have skills no one can take away from me now," said Louise Elder. PHOTO: NIRAV KHATRI/THE DIALOG

ronto are gathered under one roof in support of people with mental health and addiction histories.

In 2016, the Food Court Social raised $265,000 to support the augmented education program.

Moreover, Intact Insurance, the country's largest home, auto and

business insurance company continued its support by donating $15,000 for the program.

This year's Food Court Social took place on Sept. 28 at the Waterfront campus.

You might be on Snapchat, Twitter, Facebook and Instagram, but how about networking in real life?

Joining or forming a club is a great way to engage with other students, organize events and it looks great on your résumé!

What is a club?

A club is a group of students who come together for a wide range of purposes.

Why join a club? social Network and be part of a group that has nothing or everything to do with studying.

career Clubs are great to add to your résumé and will help develop your skills.

interest Find students who share your interests, beliefs or culture.

service Find a club that makes positive change in the world.

For more information: Drop by any Student Association office, email our clubs co-ordinator at clubs@sagbc.ca or see studentassociation.ca/clubs

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Fashion students open competing stores Uptown and Downtown offer students "intense" experience in running fashion stores MEGAN KINCH REPORTER-EDITOR

Uptown. Downtown.

At the start of the term there were only mysterious signs on the fourth floor of Casa Loma campus C building.

But now, they come alive as pop-up storefronts hosting the latest designs chosen by George Brown College fashion management students for their campus market.

Latisha Aitken is the menswear division manager for Up-

town this year.

Why menswear?

Aitken said she was interested in menswear because she had six brothers, and that growing up with their clothes around her style is now kind of tomboyish. She was excited to show me the sportswear she and her purchaser had found for the store opening.

Aiken said that they considered the student population at the Casa Loma campus and took a cue from the organic fashion of the students.

"I see students at George Brown dressing in certain ways," she said. "We have many different ethnicities like Korean, Jamaican, Latin, so we wanted to see what fits best for our school. " Uptown and Downtown are competing stores with different teams of students working on all aspects of managing a store. But with a lead time of only two weeks to put it all together, it's a make it work moment.

"It's very intense" said Ingrid Wagemans, fashion professor.

"The kids are really under pressure to come up with something

Latisha Aitken helps run Uptown. PHOTO:MEGAN KINCH/THE DIALOG

fast."

And they're using real money.

The program is self-funding from year to year and both teams have to make their money back in order to fund next year's store.

Jasmyn St. Hilaire is this year's general manager of Uptown. St. Hilaire told The Dialog in an email that with the buying, staffing, and publicity work required, Uptown helps students get a sense of running every facet of a store.

"It teaches students how to run a front from the bottom up, from promotions team to buying team to operations team to human resources," she said.

Miranda Kamis was last year's general manager for Downtown.

She said that she gained valuable experience and made important contacts for her resume. Since graduating, Kamis works in her field in wholesale showrooms and trade shows.

Cameron Knowles ran the menswear buying team for Uptown last year and said that with their budget they had to be creative with sourcing and ended up doing a lot of thrifting and looking online for items.

"My buying team and I learned to adapt," he said. "(We) react to what our customers liked and demanded and we enjoyed the teamwork and comradery that came along with going on buying trips, ordering the product online together, pricing and tagging product, marking it down when necessary and most importantly watching it all sell."

For Knowles, his time with Uptown made him decide that he wanted to pursue a career in buying and one day run his own store.

Both Uptown and Downtown are only running for 10 weeks, so pick up your curated fashion finds while they last.

Each store runs Monday to Friday from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. and are located on the fourth floor of the C building at George Brown College's Casa Loma campus.

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Undercover is unnerving, and actually unpredictable Rebecca Northan shows impressive chops in improv murder mystery STEVE CORNWELL EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

To say that a movie, TV show or play is unpredictable is a common and probably over-used comment in reviews.

Conversely, calling something predictable is rarely a compliment.

Calling Undercover, actress and playwright Rebecca Northan's latest foray into improvised theatre,

unpredictable is almost unavoidable. Not only is the audience left wondering what will happen next, even the cast doesn't really know what will happen throughout the play.

The play centres around a rookie detective character who is literally pulled from the audience at the beginning of the play. That rookie is called into a tough assignment on their first day on the job: Go undercover into a rich and sleazy group of friends with percolating social tensions.

For Northan, inviting non-actors into the centre of the story is part of a larger dream. According to her comment in the show notes, "magic happens when we get them through the door."

On opening night, the lucky audience member turned stage star was a tall and shy man who introduced himself as Alex Earl, a masters student in public health at

University of Toronto.

Earl was at times the perfect straight man to Northan's foil.

But Earl also got his quips in too, often times set up masterfully by Northan and Dennis Cahill, who played a Toronto city councilor in the play.

Pulling an audience member into the play is the ultimate engaging act, and it turns out it's also a way to immediately endear the performance to the audience.

You could feel the mixture of embarrassment and curiousity when Earl was called to the stage.

How is this going to go? You can also feel the frustration and awkwardness as he tries to pull the cryptic clues together to solve the murder the play is centred around.

When Earl has a breakthrough in case, we all do. When he comes out of his shell with a sharp joke, or beautifully sets-up Northan and she knocks it into the back row,

Rebecca Northan (second from the left) said that magic happens when non-actors take the stage. PHOTO: LITTLE BLUE LEMON INC.

the combination of laughter and relief is intoxicating.

That is also to say that Undercover is not for those adverse to cringe-core. If you can't stomach the risk professional performers and their new recruit—which might be you—stumbling through a scene on occasion, then perhaps Undercover is not for you.

There were these nail-biting

moments in the case with Earl and company, but of course the show will be different every time.

If opening night was any indication however, the smart money is on Undercover to use Northan's impressive wit and charm for a successful run at The Tarragon.

Undercover is playing at The Tarragon Theatre until Oct. 29.

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nerves; 45- Filament; 46- Start of a saying on forgiveness; 48- Traverse; 50- In ___ (sort of); 51- Managed; 52- Out of gas; 54- Enlarge; 58- Apprentice; 62- Nick of "Lorenzo's Oil"; 63- In addition; 65- Bouquet; 66- Dined at home; 67- Blocks up; 68- Comedian Johnson; 69- Hit back, perhaps; 70- Let it stand; 71- "Shane" star; DOWN

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2- Diamond family name; 3- Put down; 4- To achieve by deceitful methods; 5- Tranquil; 6- Turkish money; 7- Nationality suffix; 8- On ___ with (equal to); 9- Warship; 11- "Consarnit!"; 12- I cannot tell ___; 13- Monetary unit of South Africa; 21- Fuming; 23- Give merit; 25- Traveler; 27- In ___ (unborn); 28- Israeli desert; 29- Benjamin; 31- Be a mother to; 32- Out of bed; 33- Champagne buckets;

34- Midwest hub; 36- RR stops; 40- Classic Alan Ladd western; 41- Bewildered; 44- Unpredictable; 47- Like a certain complex; 49- Evident; 50- Take into custody; 53- Knocker's reply; 54- Growl; 55- Routine; 56- Zeno of ___; 57- Actor Beatty and others; 59- Nick Charles's wife; 60- Cornerstone abbr.; 61- Gave the onceover; 64- Back muscle, for short;

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Nominations open October 2 ,2017 // Nomination closes October 6, 2017 Election Days October 30, 2017 to November 3, 2017 Casa Loma campus, all polls start at 10 A.M. to 4:00 P.M. Student Centre, October 30 to November 3 // Dartnell Ave. entrance, November 1 - 2 St. James campus, all polls start at 10 A.M. to 4:00 P.M. Kings Lounge, October 30 - November 3 // Lower Student Services level, October 31 to November 2 Waterfront Campus, polls start at 9:30 A.M. to 3:30 P.M. Main lobby

Ryerson University polls start at 10:30 A.M. to 3 P.M. Fifth floor, November 2

The George Residence polls start at 5 P.M. to 8 P.M. Main lobby, November 2

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