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Union organizing part-time staff at Ontario colleges Organizing drive comes seven years after first attempt to unionize part-time support staff TINA TODARO STAFF REPORTER
“Part-time support staff at George Brown College and the 23 other Ontario colleges currently have no rights or entitlements, except those deemed by the colleges,” says Marilou Martin, president of Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU) Local 557 at George Brown. “They have become an example of the province-wide problem of the overuse of precarious workers.” Warren “Smokey” Thomas, president of OPSEU, officially launched the campaign to unionize the part-time support staff at Ontario’s 24 colleges on Sept. 1 at George Brown College’s (GBC) Waterfront campus. Currently George Brown has 568 part-time support staff, who are not represented by a union. “For many years they were legally unable to access a union, under a special piece of legislation called the Colleges Collective Bargaining
Warren “Smokey” Thomas, president of the Ontario Public Service Employees’ Union, announces a unionizing drive at George Brown’s Waterfront campus. Courtesey of OPSEU
Act,” said Tracey MacMaster, a member of the union’s divisional executive committee. “This bleeds over into an attitude from college employers that part-time workers are somehow less ‘real’ employees than full-time (ones).” MacMaster, who works as a library technician at Seneca College, said that part-time support staff don’t receive benefits, fair wages, predictable schedules, are not paid sick time and do not have access to a fair system for complaints and concerns. “This history makes the invitation to events sponsored by the full-time support staff union mean more than
joining us for a burger—it creates a culture of inclusion, and clearly sends a message that we are all in this together,” she added. “Our part-time employees are critical to our success and are valued members of our George Brown College community,” said Leslie Quinlan, vice-president of human resources and organizational development at George Brown. “We encourage parttime support staff employees to understand their rights and consider all the facts in making their own decisions concerning the value of joining OPSEU.” This was not the first time
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OPSEU has tried to launch an organizing campaign of part-time workers at Ontario’s colleges. The union launched an organizing drive in 2008, and after having several thousand workers sign union cards OPSEU asked for an Ontario Labour Relations Board (OLRB) vote to join the union, according to Timothy Humphries a communications officer for OPSEU. “Following voting, however, the colleges spent millions of dollars to mount a legal challenge before the OLRB, thus delaying the actual counting of the votes,” said Humphries. “After many
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Student Association board replaces executive director in secret meeting Antoinette Davis taking legal action against SA, claims board
Legal Counsel Ben Millard of Symes Street & Millard Barristers and Solicitors stands outside the closed Student Association board meeting on Tuesday, Sept. 22. Photo: Aliona Kuts/The Dialog
EDEN MARTIN STAFF REPORTER
The Student Association’s (SA) board of directors has passed a motion to appoint operations manager Lorraine Gajadharsingh as the acting executive director, replacing Antoinette A. Davis. Davis who is now “under self-imposed medical advisement”, according to the agenda of a meeting that took place on Sept. 22. The agenda also stated that Davis has “commenced legal proceedings against the SA.” The claims in the board agenda have not been proven. The Dialog has reached out to Davis for comment, but had not received a response at press time. After sending an email to Davis, an automatic reply bounced back. “Please be advised that Antoinette A. Davis is no longer working with the Student Association of George Brown College,” reads the email. “If you were contacting her regarding items pertaining to the Student Association, please note that Lorraine Gajadharsingh, operations manager, is now the interim executive director.” Operations manager Gajadharsingh was hired less
than a month ago on Aug. 24, while Davis had been the SA’s executive director since 2012. “The organization has to be run even in the absence of the ED (executive director)” said Gagan Deep, the SA’s director of communications and internal. According to the agenda, the board also approved an email drafted by Ben Millard of Symes Street & Millard Barristers and Solicitors on behalf of the SA. Millard was in the closeddoor meeting for 45 minutes but declined to comment, saying he wasn’t authorized to speak and referred all questions back to the board. Heading into the meeting, LGBTQ representative Murray Rowe said that he was just learning about “what has recently happened and that a lot of us weren’t privy to that information.” Deep explained that the meeting, which was called on 24-hours’ notice, not announced publicly and held in a private session, was to “resolve some very serious issues with the Student Association.” Following the meeting, SA board members filed out of the room, stating “no comment” repeatedly.
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George Brown students struggle to find and pay for child care Parents frustrated with Toronto’s day-care system STEVE CORNWELL STAFF REPORTER
With a child-care fee subsidy and a space secured for her four-year-old son, Shana Kealey reflects, “I’m one of the lucky ones.” Kealey, a George Brown student and single mother, has been fortunate to find a space in Toronto, where childcare centres tend to have big wait lists, and kids on hold for the child-care subsidy number more than 17,000. Lucky is another way of saying that things could be a lot worse. Without the subsidy, Kealey is sure she would be in a difficult spot. “If I don’t have child care and I don’t have a child-care subsidy, I can’t be in school, I can’t get a job, and I can’t elevate my family.” Navigating the system to secure the subsidy and find a space was not easy. Kealey was so frustrated by the process, she says she posted a video on the Facebook page of Toronto Children’s Services, highlighting the challenges she faced. “I made the video because people don’t believe how cold and callous the childrenservices system can be, and so many parents have to go through this alone.” The video was later taken down, but after finding a space in the Kennedy and Eglinton area, Kealey is convinced posting the video helped her cause. There are 943 child-care centres and over 1,100 private home care locations, most of which have a contract with the City of Toronto to accept children getting the subsidy. In all, there are nearly 61,000 child-care spaces in Toronto. While that may sound like a lot, many parents have trouble finding spots. Emily Rooney, another George Brown student and single mother, has had difficulty securing day care that works
for her and her twin boys. “It’s hard to find one adequate space that takes the subsidy, let alone two.” Rooney couldn’t find a centre with two spaces for her boys near the college. The compromise was landing spots for her sons near the family’s Keele and Finch home. If Rooney could find spaces downtown, it would allow her to take afternoon classes. Rooney has to commute for up to two hours from George Brown to pick her sons up before their centre closes, limiting which classes she can take. Still, like Kealey, Rooney is sure that without the subsidy and without care for her boys, she would be in a tough spot. “I would probably have
to go on social assistance, and I can’t really support my family with $600 a month.” George Brown has 10 affiliated child-care centres across the city serving students and staff of the college. Like other downtown childcare centres, George Brown centres have waiting lists. Patricia Chorney Rubin is the director of community services and early childhood at George Brown. “Finding quality care,” she said, “is a challenge for all families in Toronto.” Chorney Rubin estimated that most of the students accessing child care at George Brown require subsidies. The centres help students apply for child-care subsidies and navigate the system, she added.
Emily Rooney, a GBC student and mother of twins, wasn’t sure if she could attend classes this year. Photo: Steve Cornwell/The Dialog
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Ontario modernizes student loan program Government plans to make OSAP more flexible EDEN MARTIN STAFF REPORTER
The Government of Ontario has announced plans to make the Ontario Student Assistance Program (OSAP) easier to use. “In terms of the structure of OSAP, these are quite major changes,” said Asim Mohammad, senior manager of the financial assistance office at George Brown College (GBC). The new changes, which include giving students more control over how much financial aid they withdraw, ending the requirement for students to report their vehicle as an asset, helping students predict how much they are expected to contribute each
year and indexing student aid to inflation, were announced by the Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities on Sept. 1. Previously, students were issued the full amount of financial assistance they qualified for, without the option of taking a smaller amount of the combined grant and loan. This year, students have the option of accepting only the grant portion of the funds (which does not need to be repaid). Mohammad noted that this option is not available to students who have already received their OSAP funds for this school year. Next school year, students will likely have the option of accepting only a portion of the loan component. “Previ-
ously it was all or nothing; you either take the whole loan and the whole grant or you don’t take anything,” Mohammad explained. “The direction is towards allowing students more choices, and to have more control over their financial situation,” he added. Students will also no longer have their aid amounts reduced based on vehicle ownership. Previously, a vehicle counted as a financial asset and meant that students were not eligible for the maximum amount of funding, noted Mohammad. The Government of Ontario has also launched a new program to help OSAP borrowers who have defaulted to bring their loans back into good standing. The Ontario Student Loan default rate for GBC students in 2013 (the most recently reported data) was 11.3 per cent, according to a report released by GBC.
Library pop-up at CHCA Wide selection of cookbooks on offer at culinary arts centre shop EMEKA IBEH STAFF REPORTER
For the second year George Brown College students will have a pop-up library at the centre for hospitality and culinary arts at 300 Adelaide St. East. Even though the pop-up library will only be around for a few months, it’s already seeing a lot of use by students. “The whole idea is bringing the library to the students, instead of the other way around,” said Chris Walsh who is the interim liaison librarian for George Brown College. Walsh said he decided to open a pop-up store in the school mainly because culinary students sometimes do not walk across the street to the St. James A building. So he opted to bring the library to students in the chef school. Walsh said it’s a perfect concept because they had more people sign out books from his little pop up than in the actual library across the street. “It’s really successful,” said Walsh. “In this role I get
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A wide selection of cook books that any aspiring chefs can pick up. Photo: Emeka Ibeh/The Dialog
to spend a certain amount of money on just cookbooks so I’ve chosen to feature all of the new cookbooks that are available because a lot of students don’t even know, first of all, that we have brand-new beautiful cookbooks at the library here at St. James.” He came up with the idea of a pop-up shop that looks like a retail store to feature all the
titles. Walsh reads a lot of publications written for librarians and came up with the idea last year from an article in a newsletter. He then ran his idea as a pilot that same year, which went really well. He had five pop ups running in the winter semester and strongly feels it’s a really great way to promote all
of the new books the school brings in. Walsh will be also be selling books that are retiring from the library, such as used books, older textbooks and cookbooks for $1 or $2. “This money we get from selling those books goes right back into the library, (and) back to the students,” said Walsh.
In 2014 Citizenship and Immigration Canada defined new regulations that prohibited college staff from giving direct immigration advice to students unless the staff was a registered immigration consultant under the Immigration Consultants of Canada Regulatory Council. John Porter, director or international admissions & student services at George Brown College said four staff members are currently working on the certification program. “We expect to have a couple of staff members certified by early in the new year and a couple more by Fall 2016.” - Aliona Kuts
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Campus offices try to get students to vote this fall A new Elections Canada project to facilitate youth participation in federal elections ALIONA KUTS STAFF REPORTER
For the 2015 federal elections that will take place on Oct. 19, Elections Canada has launched a pilot project at approximately 40 select campuses, friendship centres and community centres to provide voters with relevant information as well as an opportunity to register and vote. According to the National Youth Survey Report on the Elections Canada website, during the 2011 election 64 per cent of students named “access barriers” as the top reason for not voting. This includes 30 per cent who stated they were too busy during the day to attend the polling station and 14 per cent who claimed they were away from their riding.
The new project will help overcome those obstacles. Its key element—especially important for students who have moved to attend school—distinguishing the offices from regular polling stations is the ability to vote by special ballot for their home
during the 2011 election 64 per cent of students named ‘access barriers’ as the top reason for not voting
ridings without traveling all the way back home. The aim is to engage as many students and youth as possible in the elections process. This is vital because, according to the government report on 2011 elections, the participation rate of 18- to 24-year-old voters was low, with only 39 per cent of participants compared to the national average of 61 per cent. On-campus offices could increase students’ participation in the upcoming federal elections by making voting easier and more accessible. Although the offices are mainly focused on getting students to vote, they will also be open to all eligible voters regardless of their permanent address in Canada. All offices will open their doors on Oct. 5 through Oct. 8 and will operate for up to 10
Students angry with conditions at Parkside Collapsed ceilings, unsealed bathtubs and hanging light fixtures some of the problems at Parkside EMEKA IBEH STAFF REPORTER
Delayed renovations at the Parkside Residence on 111 Carlton Street left students in a state of confusion for nearly a month. As international and Canadian students began arriving in Toronto for the start of classes, quite a number of them found out that their apartments were not ready. Located steps away from Ryerson University, the Parkside Student Residence is in the heart of downtown Toronto. However, the transition for students was not an easy one. Tommy Anello a third year student in George Brown College’s financial services program said there was an original move in date for Aug. 18. Since then, delays continued as students were given four subsequent move-in dates, with Sept. 17 being the final
date. “Some rooms were not even finished when I attempted to move in,” said Anello “They just got occupancy permits for floors four through 12, floors 14 to 17 as
well and 18 to 21. However, they did not explain why there was a delay in getting the occupancy permits, there is a possibility of fire code violations and also the building just wasn’t finished.”
Tommy Anello is not pleased with accommodation at Parkside Student Residence building - Photo: Emeka Ibeh/The Dialog
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hours a day based on the size of the institution. Operating hours, along with the location of the nearest office, can be found on the official website of Elections Canada (www. elections.ca), which will be updated regularly to reflect any changes. In Ontario, nine universities will participate in the pilot project, including the University of Toronto, Ryerson University and York University. George Brown College students are welcome to vote at the Ryerson office, which will be located at the Student Centre (201B Margaret Laurence Room, 55 Gould Street). This location will be open 10 a.m. – 8 p.m. from Oct. 5 to 8. In order to vote the student will have to provide two pieces of government-issued ID.
Cyclists commuting to George Brown College’s St. James and Waterfront campuses will soon have a quicker route to get to classes. The City of Toronto is extending bike lanes along Richmond and Adelaide streets, with plans to open the lanes sometime next month. The work on Richmond Street is essentially complete and the Adelaide lanes should be in place within a few weeks, according to the city. The extension will see cycle tracks on Richmond Street from Parliament Street to York Street, and on Adelaide Street from Simcoe Street to Parliament Street. Work began on the extension in early September as part of a pilot project to improve cycling infrastructure and enhance safety for road users in downtown Toronto. - Carmelle Wolfson
The frustrations held by Anello are mutually shared with other students currently living at Parkside as well. The disgruntled students currently have a group on Facebook called Parkside Residence 2015, where they have posted images of the construction debacle they are living in. Photos posted by members include images a collapsed bathroom ceiling, a light fixture hanging from the ceiling and an unsealed bathtub. Anello ended up having to stay at Primrose-Best Western, a hotel at the same location as the Parkside Residence building, while the renovations were completed by the developer Knightstone Capital Management. He explained that the renovations began in February on floors 10, 11 and 12. They also had to move people that were on those floors either to higher or lower floors in Primrose to continue with renovations. The Parkside residence recently informed him that he could move in a month after his original move-in date. This is the first time he has been contacted since Labour Day, and it was only done via e-mail. “I have called Parkside on three occasions and no one
has responded to my calls,” recounted Anello. George Brown has a partnership with Ontario Student Housing, a website for students and landlords, which lists units at Parkside. Andrea Lewis Alexander, the student life coordinator for GBC, says the college has no control over what happens at the residence because Parkside Residence is an independent property. “I can understand that with the way the city works, and with such a tight deadline, unfortunately this had to happen to the students,” said Alexander. “We are sorry that they are going through this unfortunate mishap in trying to move into their residence, because I know it does affect their studies, but we have never had this experience before with any residence accommodation. Usually everything runs smoothly.” Anello, however, said the school should have known the progress of the construction and the conflicts that were surrounding the move-in dates for their own students. Michael Ching’anda, general manager of the Parkside Student Residence did not respond to calls and emails from The Dialog for an interview.
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New residence for George Brown students coming September 2016 Applications to open this October for GBC student residence ALIONA KUTS STAFF REPORTER
A rendering of a typical apartment in the new George Brown College residence at the site of the former Pan Am Games Athlete’s Village, which will cost each individual student $1,113/month. Photo courtesy of George Brown College
The Pan Am/Parapan Am Games Athletes’ Village building at the corner of Front and Cherry streets will be transformed into a 500-bed residence for George Brown College (GBC) students with applications opening midOctober at georgebrown.ca/ residence. The residence will be open for both new local and international students with a limited amount of returning students. Through a simple and user-friendly online por-
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tal a student can submit an application, pay rent as well as receive confirmations and notifications. The portal will operate on a first-come firstserved basis, so the earlier you apply the better your chances are. Gerard Hayes, the director of student experience at GBC, specifies that you do not necessarily have to be a current GBC student to apply. Your residence application will be formally accepted once you get accepted to college. The final rate for a twobedroom suite has not been approved yet, but Hayes said it will be approximately $8,900 per student or $1,113/ month for an 8-month lease with an option to stay for the summer for a 25 to 30 per cent lower rate. All rooms will be fullyequipped with a full-sized double bed, a flat-screen TV,
a desk and a chair. Moreover, all utilities such as wireless internet, cable package, phone, hydro and air-conditioning will be included. Every two weeks a professional will come to clean the bathroom and kitchen. The building will also have its own residence life program. “We will do a lot of programming too to get people to know each other. Especially during the first weeks, we’ll try to do community events every day,” said residence manager Dan Elacqua Events like pancake breakfasts and healthy cookie nights will be held to familiarize new students with college life and all it has to offer. The second floor will feature shared community spaces. “The whole idea of the student residence is the community sense,” said Elacqua.
OPINION
The Dialog • dialog.studentassociation.ca // Sept. 28–Oct. 11 // EDITORIAL
International students pay too much Canada should increase transfers to provinces for post-secondary education The Government of Canada is using international students as a cash cow to boost the economy and the International Education Strategy (IES), announced by the federal government in January 2014 is making things worse. The main goal of the IES
is to double the number of international students in Canada by 2022 in order to improve the domestic economy and create more employment opportunities. But is it fair to use international students’ thirst for learning abroad to improve the economy while giving back nothing but huge bills and “Canadian experience?” Tuition fees for international university undergraduate students have been rapidly growing over the past decade, rising from $14,487 in 2008 to $19,514 in 2013, according to the Canadian Federation of Students (CFS).
Average tuition for international full-time students in graduate programs rose 3.3 per cent to $13,934 in the 2014/2015 school year, shows data from Statistics Canada’s Survey of Tuition and Living Accommodation Costs for Full-time Students at Canadian Degree-granting Institutions. International college students pay far more in tuition fees than domestic students. Even at George Brown College, international students are obliged to pay a minimum of $14,300 while local students pay $3,450 in base tuition fees (not including
insurance, incidentals and books). With the new strategy currently being implemented, this amount is only expected to rise. The more international students are accepted into institutions, the bigger the classes become. This is definitely a disadvantage, as it is harder to provide quality education to 50 students where it used to be 25. So not only will international students face higher tuition fees, but they will also have to deal with a degradation in the quality of education being provided. It is important to mention
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that international students must also pay additional charges apart from tuition, such as visa application, health insurance and housing fees as well as travel costs from their countries of origin. With the federal elections approaching, the newly elected government will have a chance to fix the the mistakes made in the 1990s.Since then tuition fees in Canada were greatly increased due to federal and provincial funding cuts. This incoming government should increase federal transfers to provinces and territories so that provinces will have more money to fund post-secondary education, providing a reasonable and secure way to lower tuition fees for international students.
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Complacency led to threats against U of T feminists George Brown should learn from the mistakes of ignoring hate EDDIE JUDE CONTRIBUTOR
The vitriol of the threats made against feminists at the University of Toronto (U of T) on Sept. 5 has reminded many of the Montreal Massacre at l’Ecole Polytechnique. In 1989, Marc Lepine murdered 14 women because he claimed they were feminists and that feminism was ruining his life. Similarly, the most recent threats at U of T targeted women and feminists on campus, specifically those studying women’s studies and sociology. In response to these anon-
ymous online death threats, U of T students and community allies held a protest at the university on Sept. 14. An underlying theme of keeping U of T feminist seemed prevalent at the event, even though the University of Toronto has received much criticism for its official response to the threats, which made no mention that women and feminists were being specifically targeted. There is no doubt that feminists on campus are dedicated to keeping the campus feminist. But does the university administration consider itself an ally to its feminist students? If the actions of
the administration up until this point are any indication, they appear more interested in being fence sitters than supporters. For over three years, U of T has had a chapter of the Canadian Association for Equality on campus—a group that has been condemned by concerned students for being a men’s rights group that disguises itself as an equity group while promoting an unsafe environment for women and feminists on campus. In the past, U of T has denounced protests against the group on campus, calling them a disruption of free speech. There is a difference between free speech and hate speech. These recent threats are not random; complacency in patriarchy and misogyny by both the university and
larger societal institutions results in violence against women. What everyone at George Brown College can learn from U of T is that silence breeds violence. We must make it known on campus that misogyny is never tolerated. We must make it known that we support feminist education on campus and actively encourage people of all genders to
incorporate these classes into their studies. We must make it publicly known that we will not support groups on campus that promote misogyny. We must be proactive in order to prevent violence from happening on our campuses. Eddie Jude is the woman and trans identified student support staff at the Community Action Center at George Brown College.
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Letters and comments Re: SA board replaced executive director in secret meeting Wow, the students of the Student Association really are trying to rip the place into shreds. Too bad student money is paying for all these boneheads. - Julia Mackenzie, SA director of internal affairs 20122015 on website
Re: Helping international students adjust at GBC
I'd add that the student association is considered oncampus employment. - Cindy Brownlee, SA board member 2009-2012 on facebook
Re: Refugees welcome here: Editorial Our economy is in a recession, our dollar is falling. Millions of refugees are endeavouring to get in. How do you decide who's allowed in? Our infrastructure will only allow a small amount, the problem is there's so much ugliness happening in so many of these countries that perhaps
Canadians should decide, not politicians or lobbyists. A set number a year for humane reasons, if that's what Canadians decide, could possibly be let in. As our economy improves the numbers should be revisited. - Angelo Scaffidi on Facebook. We need to worry about poverty in Canada before we look after other countries' problems. - Dave Ross on Facebook.
Do we have a sustainable system to help refugees settle? Accepting is just easy. - Anthony Daeng Kim on Facebook.
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WEEK OF WELCOME
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Drake and Future he The Ryerson Students’ Union and Student Association of George Brown College come together to give the city its most talked about concert RENUKA MALHOTRA STAFF REPORTER
One of the most popular and breathtaking events that took place in the history of George Brown College was the frosh Parade and Concert organized in collaboration with Ryerson University on Sept. 12. Ryerson has constantly been in the news about how fabulous the event went by and how they were able to close their last-minute deal on the country’s biggest heartthrob—Drake. But what has been sidelined is the fact that the Parade and Concert was not just a Ryerson Students’ Union (RSU) event but was the result of the with collaboration the Student Association of George Brown College (SA). “It’s a shame that the media portrayed it as a Ryerson concert,” said Rachel Grace, the SA’s director of campus life. The RSU spent an estimated $515,000 on this year’s Parade and Concert and the SA contributed $95,000 to their partnership, according to Grace. The SA paid an additional $5,000 to participate in the parade.
“Twenty-four hours before the event the entire layout got switched,” explained Grace. “The stage was supposed to go with the beer garden. If it would have been in there it would have allowed us to have the proper signage. On the LED screens we realized only halfway through the event that we had very little branding.” The preparations for the event started as soon as the newly-elected executives took office in May and soon the board members were introduced to the RSU’s board. With Ryerson and George Brown being sister schools
“Twenty four hours before the event the entire layout got switched,”
Hip hop artist Future performs at a concert for George Brown and Ryerson University students on Sept. 12. Photo: Renuka Malhotra
George Brown College students enroute to the Week of Welcome concert. Photo: Renuka Malhotra
WEEK OF WELCOME
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eadline frosh concert collaborating on several academic fronts, the two boards started discussing the Week of Welcome and creating a social partnership. “We thought that maybe it is a very good idea to get together, pool our resources, finances and ideas together and create this over-the-top concert which neither GBC nor Ryerson has seen before,” said Grace. As D-day approached, the organizers realized that the venue was actually a smaller capacity than was earlier anticipated and the hype around it revealed that this was going to be a huge production. “Our priority then became safety and that was why a limited amount of registration slots were released for the event,” said Grace. Some students were a little frustrated outside of the event as security caused a bottleneck resulting in in long lines stretching all the way back to Dundas Street. “I think the people organizing it didn’t really did a good job,” said GBC student Christine Lain. “I think outside the police needed to control everybody and after coming in here they don’t have an ATM machine which I think would have been beneficial.” Ryerson student, Melissa Mineo was dismayed over the security outside the venue but couldn’t hold back her excitement, “I think all the artists are going to be awesome!” “At first we released 2,000 spots and 1,000 spots were sold out within first ten minutes.” said Grace. “George Brown tickets were going a little bit slower than Ryer-
Aboriginal dancer performs to native drumming at Waterfront campus during the Week of Welcome.
“I don’t think GBC has ever had that amount of students coming to a social event in history!” son but overall we had about 2,000 tickets sold out in approximately 15 minutes.” There were 2750 registration spots for GBC students over a course of three different times while Ryerson had 3750 according to Grace. Last year, the SA spent $60,000 on their frosh concert which had 450 people at the concert. The 500 per cent increase in the footfall clearly determined this year’s success for the SA. “I don’t think GBC has ever had that amount of students coming to a social event in history!” exclaimed Grace. “Behind the scenes we were a little disorganized, but that comes naturally with the fact that we were having five young adults from RSU and us at the SA managing the 6,500 crowd and in the end we were not professional,” said Grace. “So naturally there was a little disorganization but we learned so much in the process that it was a good experience.”
A George Brown College student tests his rock climbing skills at Casa Loma campus during Week of Welcome activities.
George Brown College students join Ryerson University students as they march towards the Week of Welcome Concert at the Ryerson campus.
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Photo: Renuka Malhotra
Photo: Alok Anand
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Huskies women’s varsity basketball coach Fatih Akser. Both photos: Renuka Malhotra/The Dialog
George Brown College Athletics Manager Melanie Gerin-Lajoie
George Brown College Huskies hire new staff New athletics manager, women’s varsity basketball coach and head baseball coach appointed RENUKA MALHOTRA STAFF REPORTER
George Brown College has three new faces in the athletics department this fall. Melanie Gerin-Lajoie will oversee all operations as the new athletics manager; Fatih Akser will take charge of the women’s basketball varsity team; and Mark Cotgrave (featured in the last issue of The Dialog) has been hired as coach of the baseball team. With a Bachelor of Com-
merce, Marketing and Economics from McGill University Gerin-Lajoie is an all-around powerhouse in academics as well as athletics. Gerin-Lajoie is the newly appointed athletics manager at George Brown College. “It feels good to come back,” said Gerin-Lajoie who has also worked with the athletics department at McGill University as a game-day supervisor for intercollegiate sports. While studying at the university, Gerin-Lajoie
bagged a basketball internship with Maple Leafs Sports and Entertainment. Later, she was promoted to a manager position, where she took charge of all programs for the Toronto Raptors, the Toronto Maple Leafs and Toronto FC. “Playing sports made a huge impact in my life, so if I can do anything to provide those opportunities to others that would be great. This type of job was what I wanted to get into,” said Gerin-Lajoie. She noted that it is important for students to balance both academics and athletics. “Playing a sport and being busy with structured programming outside the program actually helped me staying more organized
because you have very little time to deflect and say, ‘I will do that later.’” Hailing from Turkey, Fatih Akser, who has been hired to take charge of the women’s varsity basketball team, started playing professional basketball at the age of 18. After moving to France and playing Division 1 basketball, he returned to Turkey where he began his career as a coach by participating in various professional club programs. Akser came to Canada with the dream of becoming a police officer and studied a police foundation course at Humber College. “I came here with the idea to learn for 5 to 6 months and
Wolfpack Ticker - Scores from George Brown College athletics Cross-country running Fanshawe Invitational Women’s 5 km: Lucy Njeru, 2nd, 20:23 Joanita Louw, 7th, 20:58 Sharlane MacLoud, 23rd, 23:10
Men’s 8 km: Mitch Viser, 32nd, 32:44 Shaofang Zhang, 43rd, 33:26 Matthew Melaragno, 59th, 36:21
Men’s baseball
Men’s soccer
Men’s basketball
Humber 10 - George Brown 0 Humber 9 - George Brown 1 George Brown 12 - Seneca 11 (called in the 6th inning due to rain) Durham 16 - George Brown 3 Durham 13 - George Brown 1
Seneca 1 - George Brown 0 George Brown 1 - U of T Mississauga 1
Exhibition games Maryville 86 - George Brown 54 Eureka 60 - George Brown 59 (called with 4 minutes left due to slippery floor conditions)
Women’s soccer Seneca 6 - George Brown 0 George Brown 0 - U of T Mississauga 0 Niagara 4 - George Brown 0
then go back to Turkey, but thanks to certain people who helped me with the opportunity to work at the college level at Centennial College, things started to flow in from there.” Akser told The Dialog. “I am glad that I got this opportunity, and now I am focusing on rebuilding this program (at George Brown).” Akser worked at the university level for almost 10 years prior to coming to college and regarded ‘mindset’ as the main difference that he came across. “At the college level it is more academic-focused and getting the job right away but at university level it is more about getting involved socially,” explained Akser. Akser shared his vision for college athletes: “I always want people to call them student athletes. My vision is to focus on their student identity first and basketball later because if you are able to take care of yourself then you can definitely take care of others on the ground.” Akser has coached almost every level in Canada, from Ontario Colleges Athletic Association and Canadian Interuniversity Sport to club basketball with the Ontario Basketball Association and stints with provincial and national teams.
ARTS & LIFE
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// FOOD
The Interview Chef’s school students compete in Taste Canada contest
Aspiring chefs learn from experienced mentors at Cooks the Books ALIONA KUTS STAFF REPORTER Corrie Sakaluk and Pam Johnson in their studio . Photo courtesy of Sakaluk
ALIONA KUTS STAFF REPORTER
Corrie Sakaluk, a graduate of the dance performance preparation program at George Brown College, and a former reporter at The Dialog, has created a political dance performance in cooperation with a renowned choreographer and GBC performing arts professor Pam Johnson. “I think the politics of the show is pretty clear. It does touch on bill C-51,” said Sakaluk referring to Canada’s new anti-terrorism law. The dance performance is based on when Sakaluk started working as an Air Canada flight attendant in May 2010, right before the G-20 Summit in Toronto. Having completed her training, she received a temporary security pass when all of a sudden the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) called her for a voluntary interview. “It was, however, not voluntary in any way. If I didn’t attend, my security pass process approval would have been stopped and I would lose my job,” recalled Sakaluk. Even though the CSIS agents had a formal book of questions, Sakaluk said they went off-book in her interview. They asked her if she ever attended meetings of anti-G20 protesters and her opinion on certain protest tactics, particularly the black bloc, which involves destroying property. “They also had information about me that I didn’t know they had,” said Sakaluk who says it was made clear they would prefer her not to tell anyone about the interview. “I finished the interview, continued with a temporary pass and never received a permanent one. They did intimidate me and I ended up quitting,”
This is why the piece is called The Interview. “It portrays that experience in a fictionalised way. (But) all of the questions that are heard in the piece they did ask me,” explained Sakaluk. Sakaluk’s activist resume included involvement with the Undergraduate Strike Solidarity Committee at York University, two terms on the executive of the York Federation of Students and being personally involved in resisting military recruitment on campus, as well as participation in the Dance Theatre Group. “This kind of project is a natural outgrowth of everything that I’ve been doing,” she said. “It’s different from what you might see others in the mainstream dance community doing but to me it’s an expression of how I see the world,” said Sakaluk. Sakaluk and Johnson started working on the show in July 2015. “This piece was mostly a joy to create,” said Johnson. “Corrie and I had a clear idea of what we wanted to focus on and we had very exciting discussions about how to make the piece both engaging and politically relevant. We share a similar commitment to politics and particularly to workers’ struggles. This was such a fantastic thing for me because we explored content that I don’t investigate with many other artists.” “The dance is going to be a huge challenge to me as a performer because it takes a lot of stamina.” said Sakaluk. “But I’m very interested to see who comes to the event and to hear what they have to say, artistically and politically.” The one-night-only show premieres on Tuesday, Oct. 13 at Beit Zatoun, 612 Markham Street and is open to public on a pay-what-you-can basis.
For would-be chefs at George Brown College (GBC) the Cooks the Books competition is an exciting opportunity to learn from some of the industry’s finest. At the event, culinary students from 10 schools across the country were paired with a cookbook author to recreate a recipe from the book on stage. Chef Matt Dean Pettit, author of The Great Lobster Cookbook, was the mentor for the GBC team, guiding Emery Lin, Amal Rana and Brandon Achers through cooking Bang’n Coconut Curry Lobster Tails with a signature garnish. Students had 30 min-
utes to make the dish from scratch, explaining the process and maintaining a clean work area. They were judged on the recipe, the way they presented it, how well they answered questions from the audience, as well as on the garnish they added and their ability to answer skills-testing questions. Lin, Rana and Achers practiced every week for two months for the competition under the supervision of Chef Riley Bennett and Chef Nathan Hogan. “I really want to make them proud,” said Rana, while plating the dish. “I also want to thank them for all the hard work they put in, being with us at every single practice.” Lin and Achers both graduated from a one-year chef ’s
training program in August, while Rana is still in school for culinary management. They were selected for the competition out of 25 applicants. Each of the students received a signed copy of The Great Lobster Cookbook. The 2015 judge panel included professional home economist Mairlyn Smith, food director for Canadian Living Annabelle Waugh and executive chef at Ryerson University Joshna Maharaj. The first place winners, Montreal-based Pius Culinary Institute students, were awarded a trophy for the school to house for one year, a letter of recommendation, a Taste Canada winner’s certificate, a KitchenAid artisan stand mixer and a voucher for a molecular cuisine kit.
Amal Rana (left) and Emery Lin (right) cooking at the competition. Photo: Aliona Kutz/The Dialog
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// FOOD
George Brown alumni in the running for top restaurant EnRoute award honours our favourite places to eat ALIONA KUTS STAFF REPORTER
Two George Brown College (GBC) chef ’s school alumni, Nick Liu and Rob Gentile, have been nominated for Canada’s best new restaurant. The annual people’s choice award is held by Air Canada’s EnRoute travel magazine to praise the top 10 restaurants countrywide. EnRoute has over one million readers monthly and is distributed on Air Canada flights as well as at selected airline lounges, hotels, restaurants and boutiques around the world. Liu, who graduated from the culinary management program in 1995, now runs DaiLo, a Chinese restaurant that follows French traditions. The restaurant opened in August 2014 and, according to Liu, has been extremely busy ever since. “For me it is the most im-
portant award you can get. Their list is international; everyone who flies Air Canada will read it and make a list of places to dine in Toronto before even hitting the ground,” Liu said about the EnRoute nomination. As a student, Liu was always at the top of his class, attending the college before John Higgins took over with renovations and investments. “It (GBC) was nothing like it looks now. I wish I went to the school now because the facilities are amazing.” One of the greatest things GBC gave Liu, was an externship at Scaramouche, which, he said, “ended up as a fulltime job for nine years.” To this day, Liu has very close
“Work hard, stay humble, put yourself under a lot of stress and don’t try to run before you can walk.”
connections with the college, in fact, most of his team are GBC graduates. He also has two interns from the chef ’s school. Finally, he is assisting with developing a new international program at the college focused on Asian cuisine. “Work hard, stay humble, put yourself under a lot of stress and don’t try to run before you can walk,” suggested Liu to current chef students. “It’s always an honour to be on a top-10 list, especially for enRoute, because they are a big part of spreading the word of all the wonderful restaurants we have in our country,” commented Gentile on his third (2010 and 2014) nomination. Gentile, another culinary management graduate (‘98), is now the executive chef of three prominent Toronto restaurants, an active participant of the Restaurants For Change initiative and a supporter of Second Harvest, the largest food rescue program in Canada, which he has been enrolled with for 18 years. As a student, Gentile said, he focused mainly on cooking skills and underestimated two important things — the value of food and the busi-
Rob Gentile. Photo courtesy of Rob Gentile
ness operation angle of the program. “My fondest memory of going to the chef ’s school is giving out the food I made to homeless people on the streets on my way to the train. The expression of their faces, when you see somebody’s face light up excited
about the food, is the reason why I cook,” added Gentile. Voting is in progress at eatandvote.com/en. Winners will be announced in the November issue of the magazine. Voters have the chance of winning a trip for two to the nominated restaurant and $500 in cash.
// THEATRE
Tarragon’s Blind Date a hilarious improv show Play returns to Toronto after playing offBroadway, London and across Canada ALIONA KUTS STAFF REPORTER
Rebecca Northan brings her fabulous show to Toronto’s Tarragon Theatre this fall. The hilarious 90-minute play is different from anything you’ve seen on stage before. It has no script and is never rehearsed beforehand. Everything the spectators see is pure improvisation. The plot is simple. Mimi, a charming but sharp-tongued wine lover, is waiting for a blind date in a café, wearing a sexy red dress, fishnet stockings and...a red nose. When the date doesn’t show up, Mimi turns to the audience for help. When one of the men volunteers, the unpredictable adventure begins. Blind Date will show everything that could happen on a first date (and some
Rebecca Northan (Mimi) talking to a potential date. Photo: Aliona Kutz
things you would never imagine). You will hear jokes (sometimes even dirty ones), profanity and lots of laughing both onstage and offstage. Moreover, unlike other plays, this one literally speaks with the audience. After watching the heroes breaking the ice by making fun of almost every possible
first date cliché (including date waiting times and guys who are “really listening”), the viewers get to decide how the date will end. Add to this the heroine’s incredible memory and sense of humour, and you’ll get the perfect recipe for laughing out loud for 90 minutes straight. During the talkback that
followed the play, Northan and her crew told the his tory of Blind Date, shared some amusing stories and answered questions from the audience. When coming up with her character, Northan explained, she decided to add a red nose to it. “First of all, there is no sexy clown in this environment. Besides, I could do the show without the nose, but it would be sad and creepy. It is also a reminder for the guy and me that we’re still playing, we’re in the performance.” The show is actually very structured, according to Northan, even though it might not be obvious. “Following the structure and assisting Mimi is a job of the whole crew,” says Jamie Northan, a stage manager and sound improviser. They also help with picking a date before the show. “We follow a simple rule: if we were at a party, would we like to keep talking to this person?” illustrated Northan. “However, we avoid ex -
tremes of both sides. Neither too shy, nor too assertive guy is who we are looking for.” Sometimes the plot goes way beyond expectations. From moments when the date’s wife has made Mimi change into a blue dress because she didn’t like her red one, to a phenomenal night in St. Paul, Minnesota, where out of 48 people in the audience 26 were men who had once participated in the show. Mimi’s date that night was a seminary student. Not only did he insist on getting married before going to Mimi’s place, but he also shot a cop on their way home and the show ended with him on death row. “Those 26 men were sitting there with their mouths wide open thinking ‘you guys really are improvising,’ “ said Northan. “On the other hand, I’ve seen 200 to 400 people falling in love with a stranger, wives and girlfriends falling in love with their partners all over again — and that’s when it is the best.”
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// FILM
Confronting a tall tale This Changes Everything embraces the climate crisis as an opportunity STEVE CORNWELL STAFF REPORTER
If we can move past some of the older stories, like the one about the sun revolving around the earth—which was flat and not round, by the way—then it follows that we can put other problematic tales in our hybrid car’s rearview mirror. In simple terms, This Changes Everything is a film about how humans understand their relationship with the natural world. Naomi Klein, who is both the author of the book the film is based
on and the narrator of the movie, argues that much of the trouble we find ourselves in as a species has to do with a 400 year-old tale which imagines the environment as a kind of limitless machine controlled by humans. “We thought we were the masters and engineers of the natural world”, said Avi Lewis, the film’s director. “We had this idea that we could do whatever we wanted to the planet and that there will never be any blowback”. While the idea of playing nature like a video game and winning every time might intoxicate the conquerors out there, the “blowback” Lewis mentions has been evident for some time. Runaway climate change threatens the security of people, particularly those who are poor, across the globe. Lewis says the threats climate change and the economic system that fuels it
Burning Sugar Cane Field in El Salvador. Still from “This Changes Everything”. Photo courtesy of the filmakers
present are becoming so apparent, that even he has been surprised by the positive reception of This Changes Everything. “Naomi and I were expecting a lot more pushback against the ‘radical’ suggestion that we have to change our entire economic system in order to deal with the climate,” said Lewis adding he was “surprised and encouraged by the appetite for radical change” that he’s seen in response to the project. Documenting a global problem suggests drawing on a wide array of perspectives, and This Changes Everything offers an impressive lineup of
characters. Traveling across the globe with the film with frontline activists, stopping in Alberta’s tar sands, in the US, India, Greece, China, and Germany, you get a sense of both the scale of the environmental issues we face. This Changes Everything weaves this complex web of global climate-change activism into an accessible 90 minute film. This Changes Everything, like many other documentaries of its genre, concludes with an explicit call to action for its viewers. Yet, judging by the launch of “The Leap Manifesto” the same week as the film’s debut, you get the sense that the call to mobilize
is more than a formality. Lewis says the manifesto is not his or Klein’s, but the process of its creation was sparked from the This Changes Everything project. The Leap Manifesto has been signed by dozens of notable Canadians and aims to rally pressure on the next federal government to “transition Canada off fossil fuels while simultaneously making it a more livable, fair and just society.” “The response has been awesome so far,” Lewis said. “We had so many people wanting to sign the day we launched the manifesto that our website crashed.”
EVENTS LISTINGS SA board of directors meeting Sept.28, 5:30 p.m -7:30 p.m
Casa Loma Student Centre, 142 Kendal Ave, Boardroom E126
Don’t be shy! A visit to a board meeting for the first time may seem intimidating. Just remember, board members are your fellow students. They are there to answer your questions and are accountable to you.
GBC Clubs Fair St. James campus Sept. 29 @ 11 a.m.-3 p.m.
St. James campus, 200 King Street East. Kings Lounge
Come check out the clubs at GBC! The Clubs Fair is a great way to meet George Brown students in charge of clubs and see what George Brown has to offer. The Clubs Fair is also a great way to learn about all the upcoming events and services offered by your Student Association.
GBC Clubs Fair Waterfront campus Sept. 30 @ 11 a.m.-2 p.m. George Brown Waterfront campus, 51 Dockside Drive, Main Lobby
Casa Loma campus Oct. 1 @ 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Casa Loma Student Centre, 142 Kendal Ave. E Building
City Uptown Grand Opening Sept. 30, 11 a.m.-1 p.m.
Casa Loma campus Room C432, 146 Kendal Ave.
Mark your calendars! On Wednesday September 30, City Uptown is bringing fashion straight to you. High quality, on-trend looks in menswear, womenswear, accessories and jewellery will be steps away from your classrooms. Join us at our Grand Opening for shopping, food, drinks, flash tattoos and more! See you there!
Pop–up Library
Oct. 7, Oct. 20, Nov. 12, Nov. 30 Centre for Hospitality & Culinary Arts, 300 Adelaide St. E, in the Atrium
Get exclusive access to the newest cookbooks available at the George Brown Library Learning Commons! Bring your student card to sign out exciting titles such as Bouchon Bakery, Jamie Oliver’s Great Britain, and Ottolenghi. A selection of retired cookbooks will also be available for sale!
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SCIENCE & TECH
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Five mobile apps to make college life easier RENUKA MALHOTRA STAFF REPORTER
iPad Pro’s new pencil could help design students Apple’s latest product boasts finest display of any iOS EMEKA IBEH STAFF REPORTER
At a glance, the iPad Pro is Apple’s largest iPad yet, with a 12.9-inch 2732 x 2048 resolution display, giving the iPad Pro the title of having the highest‑resolution Retina display of any iOS device. “The biggest news in iPad since the iPad” is how Apple CEO Tim Cook described the iPad Pro at its launch event on Sept. 9 in San Francisco. It also includes four new high‑fidelity speakers, the Apple Pencil, nearly double the computer performance
of the iPad Air 2 and refined multi‑touch technology that has been re-engineered, expanding the ways users can interact with their iPads. What makes this iPad Pro unique from previous Apple products is the fact that it is launching a Stylus to go with the iPad Pro called the Apple Pencil. The pencil can be charged by plugging directly into the iPad Pro’s Lightning port. Prabhnoor Anand, student association arts and design rep, praised this new design. “I believe the new iPad Pro can now replace a student’s sketchbook, because they can now freely draw intricate im-
ages on the iPad Pro rather than having to roam around campus with heavy books, laptop and a sketchbook in their bags.” Anand added that she doesn’t feel the iPad will make a big difference to students when it comes to their success in class, mainly because it will take some time for students to get used to the new tablet and features, but once they get used it, they will without a doubt see the benefits this tablet has to offer. The iPad Pro is expected to launch in Canada in November, according to the Apple website.
With the first few weeks of school now over, students are looking for ways to fight off the pressures of assignments and the excitement of starting this new chapter in their lives known as college. As smartphones have become an indispensable part of student life, The Dialog brings you a set of student-friendly mobile applications that can help manage college studies, daily needs and leisure activities. Blackboard Mobile Learn One of the most important student-friendly applications, nearly every college student must use this at one point. Once a license is purchased by your school, you will receive free access to this tool where you can easily receive push-notifications on announcements made in all your courses; check grades; post discussions, assignments and assessments; and communicate with your faculty and group using online collaboration. It is easy to use as you just have to enter your institution’s name and log in with your student ID and password. RefME To avoid last minute submission panick, RefME comes to the rescue when your assignment is due in the next 15 minutes and you need to pull together a bibliography page. The app allows students
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to scan the barcode on books and journals or copy and paste a URL to get citations in various styles, including Harvard, American Psychological Association and Chicago style. These citations are stored in the cloud, so students can access them from anywhere. RocketMan Transportation is a big issue at college, especially when you have an early-morning class or have to take the bus home late at night. This application recognizes all the transit stops near you. You can tap the bus number to instantly find out the arrival time of the bus and track the real time location of the vehicle. Add multiple stops to your favourites list and set a bus arrival reminder so that you don’t miss the your bus. Yellow Pages Explore your neighbourhood in the best way possible. With the the Yellow Pages app you can find restaurants, cafes, salons, banks, hotels and fuel rates around your present location and get all information, from opening hours to addresses, contact information, payment mode, menus and a lot more. TED This application presents videos from various TEDx conferences, where all types of business experts, educators, computer geniuses, music legends, and many other interesting people come and share the motto of TED: “Ideas worth spreading”.
FUN
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// COMICS
Are you interested in becoming an Egg Donor?
Cartoon by: Paige Winkle
We would love to talk with you.
egghelpers.com // CROSSWORD PUZZLE
Across 1- Just manages, with “out”; 5- Jason’s craft; 9- Memory unit; 13- Italian bread?; 14- One on slopes; 15- Make; 16- Taverns; 17- ”Mule Train” singer; 18- Tatum’s dad; 19- ___Fideles; 21- Part of RSVP; 22- Clublike weapon; 23- Electrically charged particles; 25- Biblical twin; 27- Tree planting day; 31- Make beloved; 35- It’s a gas; 36- Fencing weapon; 38- Class of Indian society; 39- Russert of “Meet the Press”; 40- Way to cook; 42- Rata___; 43- Out of favor; 46- Queue after Q; 47- Wife of Shiva; 48- Fortified feudal resi-
dence; 50- Awful; 52- Mahjongg piece; 54- And others, briefly; 55- Toiletries case; 58- Bambi’s aunt; 60- Fourth highest peak in the world; 64- Excuse me; 65- Worth; 67- Aromatic fragrance; 68- Boot bottom; 69- Kett and James; 70- Baseball family name; 71- Very, in Versailles; 72- At hand; 73- Tears;
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1- ”East of Eden” director Kazan; 2- Compassionate; 3- Seagoing eagle; 4- Official sitting; 5- Wanted poster abbr.; 6- Reformer Jacob; 7- Bottled spirit; 8- End of a threat; 9- Group of islands in the Atlantic; 10- Divine Secrets of the
___ Sisterhood; 11- ___II (razor brand); 12- Feminine ending; 14- Thin; 20- Craggy hill; 24- Flavor; 26- Mandela’s org.; 27- Caper; 28- Queen of Spain; 29- Explosive weapons; 30- Brewer’s need; 32- Cornerstone abbr.; 33- In any way; 34- Knot again; 37- Cosmetician Lauder; 41- Shelled reptiles; 44- Occasionally; 45- Half of MCII; 47- Unit of pressure; 49- Cricket team; 51- Cheering word; 53- Related on the mother’s side; 55- Bridge seat; 56- Son of Odin; 57- River to the Ubangi; 59- Neighbor of Sask.; 61- Anklebones; 62- Sow chow; 63- Big birds; 66- Nasser’s org. "Crossword puzzles provided by BestCrosswords.com (http://www.bestcrosswords.com). Used with permission."
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