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OctOber 4, 2011

Looking through Bier goggles

Brandan Loney

HOLE-IN-CUP: Durham College student Jacob Rapziwinoski enjoys a game of Bier Pong at E.P. Taylor’s to celebrate Oktoberfest.

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Bobby PerrittThe Chronicle

Those who didn’t take advantage of campus advance polls of the provincial election can still make their mark on election day, Oct. 6.

Advance polls were held on Sept. 29 in the South Residence.

However, students living on campus who are registered to vote may do so on election day, at King Charles Court at 155 King St. E.

The Returning Office can be contacted at 1-866-511-6711 for any questions concerning that location.

Those who do not live on campus can call Elections Ontario at 1-888-668-8683.

The public should bring proof of their address to polling booths. Government ID and utility bills or notices are

examples of documents that will be accepted.

With the support staff strike over, President Don Lovisa began planning with Elections

Ontario on Sept. 21, when and where to host campus polls.

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Election day coming

Bobby Perritt

CANDIDATE DEBATE: SA VP of Student Affairs Josh Bickell moderates the candidates’ appearance at Durham.

Tyler RichardsThe Chronicle

For the second time in less than a year the Durham College and UOIT campus faces another strike.

One-hundred-forty three tenure track professors at UOIT have been without a contract since June 2010. The UOIT Faculty Association held a strike vote Sept. 12-14 this year. Eighty-five per cent of members voted in favour of a strike mandate.

UOIT has had a faculty association since 2007 and they are attempting

to negotiating their first collective agreement.

Dr. Hannah Scott, associate professor in the Social Sciences and Humanities department, is the president of the faculty association.

“Our members are frustrated at the university administration’s apparent unwillingness to reach a fair agreement,” Scott said in a press release.

According to the faculty association, one of the issues that the administration has consistently refused is class sizes.

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UOIT faculty strike looming

VOlume XXXIV, Issue 2

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Angie DoucettThe Chronicle

It was a lack of voting that knocked Durham Col-lege out of the standings for TD bank’s Pump It Up challenge. Colleges and universities across Can-ada competed for the TD Music Experience, which features performances by B.o.B and Mother Mother on the winning campus. Although Durham College triumphed over OCAD University this summer, University of Northern British Columbia (UNBC) beat Durham College in the second round.

The tournament-style competition sent Durham College and UNBC head-to-head in a vote-off to determine the winner of the featherweight division. Voting was held on Face-book and though the com-ments reflected positively on Durham College, UNBC will advance.

Tara OadesThe Chronicle

They’re used worldwide for business, fun and wasting time, and almost every student en-rolled at UOIT and Durham College uses them daily to com-plete assignments and com-municate. It’s the computer, and life without one would be nearly impossible.

To successfully complete many of the programs offered on campus, laptops are a re-quirement, however not every student can pick their own.

At UOIT, students lease lap-tops through the mobile learn-ing program. The leased com-puters are pre-loaded with soft-ware, in most cases expensive software that students need for certain courses. However, at Durham College students can buy their own laptops but have to buy the programs that are re-quired for their courses.

In an informal poll of 50 students from both UOIT and Durham College, four out of five said they prefer having their laptops provided for them by the school.

“I like that it comes with ev-erything, all the programs you need are already loaded onto your computer,” said Summer Sherif, a first-year nursing stu-dent at UOIT. “However, I find that it gets too heavy, especially when I carry all my books with it.”

At UOIT, students are pro-vided with Lenovo laptops. Various models are distributed based on the program and year of study the student is enrolled

in. However, all models are bulky and take up valuable backpack space.

Rochelle Williams, also a first-year nursing student at UOIT, agrees it is convenient that the laptops come with pre-loaded software, but said, “It is kind of pricey.”

Students are charged ap-proximately $1,500 per year for the use of a laptop, and can buy it for $1 when graduat-ing. Depending on the brand and type, personal laptops can range from as little as $500 to over $2,000, so over the years, it appears students could save money if they bought their own.

But there’s more to it than the cost of the laptops.

“A big part of the cost is the programs we use,” said Eric Almao, a second-year business student at UOIT. “The pro-grams would probably be more expensive if we had to buy them separately.”

When it comes to technol-ogy, things can go wrong, and

students need IT services to help them find the problem so their laptops can be fixed quickly, which is another rea-son why the students polled prefer having laptops provided for them.

“When students bring in leased laptops that are broken they can get them fixed without a charge, also leased laptops are pre-set with certain pro-grams, so if the student gets a virus it’s easily fixed,” said Greg Baron at IT services. “We can’t fix personal laptops, all we can do is re-set passwords and help with the wireless.”

Students don’t have to worry about going to the store they bought their laptop at to get it fixed, and don’t have to worry about how much it will cost to fix it.

“I think that it prevents cha-os when everyone has the same computer and everything you need is already loaded onto it,” said Edwin Kwok, an engineer-ing operations management

student at UOIT. “You don’t have to worry if the programs are compatible with the com-puter or if the programs will work on the computer.”

However, Kirsten Hill, a sec-ond-year animation student at Durham College, said “I bought my own laptop, and use it for all my classes, except one so it’s important that the laptop is working. If my computer breaks it will be annoying to get it fixed, and getting through my classes will be difficult, so hav-ing a leased computer might be easier in that sense, but I never had a problem with my laptop.”

For students who need their laptops to complete their courses, leased laptops are the preferred option, but students who only use their laptops for fun would rather buy their own.

Depending on the student, leased laptops may be expen-sive, but there are plenty of advantages that make it conve-nient and less stressful.

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Leased laptops - the good, the bad, and the needed

Tara Oades

MOBILE LEARNING: Durham College multimedia student Jessie Silverthorn in the Student Services Building using his laptop.

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At this time UOIT has the highest student-to-faculty ratio in Canada at 53-to-1, while UOIT professors have the third-lowest average salaries in the province. The faculty association is asking for a cap of 250 students per class.

“If these working conditions and salary problems are not addressed, it will force many excellent instructors to leave the university for a better deal somewhere else,” said Dr. Scott in the press release.

No final date set for a strike, but the administration and the faculty association will resume talks Oct. 11-13 to try to work out a deal.

“We remain committed to negotiating a deal at the table, and this vote shows that our members are not willing to tolerate any more delays or unacceptable offers. Fifteen months is long enough,” Dr. Scott said in the press release.

While the major details of the negotiations are confidential, the UOITFA website does have a lot of information.

At the negotiations in October there will be a provincial conciliation officer, according to Lisa Banks Director of Communications and Marketing for UOIT.

“The methods of negotiations are different than the last strike (OPSEU),” Banks said.

The administration and the faculty association will release more information after the next round of negotiations.

Possible strike heading our way

Durham couldn’t pump up votes

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The province-wide strike had pressured Elections On-tario to take away voting polls from Ontario’s university and college campuses.

However, both the province and Lovisa felt it was in their best interests to return the polls to the school, in order to boost voter turnout.

The last Ontario general election in 2007 saw the lowest voter turnout in the province’s history, where barely more than half of eligible adults voted.

Prolonging advance polls to 15 days in total and introducing a system of mailing in ballots have been done to strengthen the number of voters.

Striking staff had made it unrealistic for campuses to host polling stations because they would have possibly dis-couraged voters due to traffic delays and the stigma tied to crossing a union picket line.

Majority of students requirea laptop

The Chronicle October 4, 2011 3 Campus

Brandan LoneyThe Chronicle

The Game Development Club or GDec hosted its first of-ficial pub night of the year on Tuesday, Sept 20.

The line was out the door and down the street, almost reaching the bus stops as 250 or more students awaited en-try into E.P. Taylor’s. Some had backpacks and others had bas-kets full of their gaming gear ready to have a few drinks and play video games.

DJs Shirtless and IAM21 spun techno and dubstep all

night, and a few patrons moved their bodies to the beats under the black light, which made any light colour glow brightly.

The pub was divided into sections, the drinking area and the non-drinking area. The drinking area was composed of high top tables surrounded by chairs and patrons. The non-drinking area was occupied by the Playstation 3 setup, Wii set-up, DJ stage and a small dance space.

Players on the Playstation 3 played Super Street Fighter four and Mortal Kombat 9. On the Wii players gamed Super

Smash Bros Brawl and Mario Kart Wii.

Tinaye Dune was playing Mario Kart and was excited to see the camera as he said, “Get ready to take a picture when I win!” More gamers surrounded the Wii console while Super Smash Bros was being played, the crowd whistled and cheered and clapped when one charac-ter knocked another off the stage.

Most of the night, however, patrons stood around watching other people play the games. As the hours passed, the music be-came repetitive, even when the

DJs switched from DJ Shirtless to DJ IAM21.

Derek Mitchell and Ve-ronica Cole sold raffle tickets to raise funds for more GDec pub nights. Tickets were fair-ly priced at one ticket for a twoonie, 10 for $5.00 and 12 for $7.00. Prizes for the raffle included decks of cards, a vol-leyball, a variety of games and Frisbees.

The game development club was started three years ago and Derek Mitchell is the treasurer.

“The main purpose of the pub night was to get everyone out and socialize,” Mitchell

said. “Veronica organized the majority of the night and got some DJs together”. At first Mitchell was worried about the turnout because he had never been to a pub night before and was a little surprised.“There was no real goal set with the funding, just see what we can raise and make use of it later,” he said.

Kevin Hogan and Stefan Stekar were having a smoke out on the patio. “The music is good, and Veronica, the orga-nizer holds good events. ” Ho-gan said “Besides, what’s better than booze and gaming?”

Brandan Loney

FIRST PUB NIGHT: September 20, the Game Development Club (GDec) danced the night away at their first pub night of the year.

First pub night for developers

Nicole PattonThe Chronicle

It’s the first of its kind in Ontario. Among the new programs coming to Durham College is one course that stands out. The Accessibility Co-ordination pro-gram is the first and only one of its kind in the prov-ince, and it’s being introduced to the college next year.

This new graduate program idea was brought to Durham last year in response to the provincial gov-ernment passing the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA). The program was set to be-gin this year, but was too late to reach the enrolment target. Instead the course will be opened to students in September 2012.

“We were really excited,” said Susan Sproul, dean of the School of Health and Community Services at Durham. “And we still are. It just happened really quickly.”

The new one-year program has a focus on making all public areas accessible to the disabled. Accessibil-ity co-ordinators will work with organizations and businesses to ensure that their locations are acces-sible to everyone and that they meet the legislated requirements set down by the Accessibility for On-tarians with Disabilities Act. The program will be of-fered in both part-time and full-time, allowing those who are already working as co-ordinators to update their knowledge online. The graduate program is open to students in multiple disciplines, including

but not limited to: human resources, health or social services, engineering or architecture, urban plan-ning, management or business.

“It (the program) has such a wide breadth,” said Sproul. “It would interest me as a nurse.”

Another person that the program interested was Sarah White, who brought the idea to Durham. “They were really proactive,” said White. “I knew people there (at Durham) and they had a very robust centre for students with disabilities.”

White founded Acede, a consulting group that specializes in the training of individuals in the ac-cessibility field. White worked with Durham College to create the program, helping to develop four of the courses. “It’s a growing movement,” said White. “There are jobs coming up all the time.”

The Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act was passed in 2005 and has a goal of enabling people with disabilities to participate in all activities in the province. The act applies to all people, busi-nesses and organizations with one or more employ-ees that provide goods or services to the public and/or third parties, including the private sector. The deadline for these private businesses and organiza-tions is Jan. 1, 2012. Public sectors such as schools, hospitals, municipalities, the provincial government, colleges and universities were required to comply with the customer service standard in 2010. Custom-er service is the first standard in a series including employment, information and communication, built environment and transportation. The government hopes to have all of Ontario accessible by 2025.

Meanwhile, students will be training to enter the world of an accessibility co-ordinator, which will be a career in high demand in the future and will there-fore be paid very well, according to Sproul. However, the good pay is not the only thing a person will re-ceive while working in this field. Helping those with disabilities will be a rewarding experience.

“Once I got into this (field), I realized it’s impor-tant to everyone, not just those with disabilities,” said White.

For more information on the program, visit Dur-ham College’s website or drop by the School of Health and Community Services office.

Accessibility program to be the first one in Ontario

Nicole Patton

ACCESSIBILITY PROGRAM COMING: Susan Sproul, Dean of the School of the Health and Community Services.

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Students who would like to pay less and get more out of their education should find their way to the polling station. Perhaps the most important goal for college and university students today is to graduate with as little debt as possible and a good job.

That might seem idealistic, but if enough students pay at-tention to the issues and vote accordingly, politicians will feel the pressure and we might see some action. And we need to.

Not only does Ontario have the highest tuition rates in Canada, but Ontario students also receive the least amount of funding. Stats Canada con-ducted a study on the financial impact of student loans and concluded that borrowers were less likely to own investments and their own homes because of high student debt. As such, most parties are promising a tuition freeze and offering stu-dents benefits. But with all the talk of the weak economy where does the student really stand?

The Ontario Liberals have always carried a strong stance on education. Under the Mc-Guinty government, they froze tuition rates in 2004 and more recently offered the $150 text-book and technology grant. The main issue in this election is funding students from low-er and middle-class financial backgrounds.

They promise to lower the impact of tuition rates by offer-ing more accessible grants and bursaries while investing in Ontario campuses. That being

said, the liberals intend to low-er tuition for these students by 30 per cent, or about $1,600 for university students and $730 for college students. There is also talk of a loan cap of $7,300 per year if the student finds a job out of school.

The idea here is to reduce the debt of recent graduates so they can focus on their per-sonal success rather than their depleted bank accounts. How-ever, the Liberals have failed to get immediate results in the past and many of these benefits are time-sensitive. Students graduating this year may not feel the effects of these renewed promises as opposed to stu-dents entering or currently en-rolled in long-term programs. After the innovative tuition freeze was lifted, in 2006 addi-tional fees jumped 30 per cent. Will current students and re-cent graduates be able to take advantage of promised benefits or is it just a matter of students being in the right place in their academic careers at the right time?

Although the New Demo-crats came in a little late with advertising their education platform, leader Andrea Hor-wath has insisted they too in-tend to freeze tuition rates and will offer compensation to post-secondary institutions over lost revenue.

Their plan also promises to eliminate interest on the On-tario portion of student loans, thus allowing the government to pay the difference and ide-ally put extra money into the pockets of students. In the

early ‘90s Ontario suffered under a deep recession, which prompted former leader Bob Rae to cut funding to social programs, including per capita student funding.

In the mid to late ‘90s, then Progressive Conservative lead-er Mike Harris continued to chip away at per student fund-ing despite a strong economic recovery.

Today under Tim Hudak, the Ontario Progressive Conser-

vative party’s stance on post-secondary education focuses on the Ontario student and the middle-class. They promise to increase funding for students from middle-class families and put an end to the foreign schol-arship program.

However, there are few de-tails on how these changes will arise and their education plat-form revolves more around ele-mentary and secondary schools than post-secondary institu-

tions.So, whether you’re borrow-

ing or paying out of pocket for school, pay attention to what the politicians are saying. Ev-ery party’s platform affects the student in one way or another. Voters have the power to hold politicians to their word. Have your say in who directs the next four years of our education.

Students need to vote to see tuition changes

Angie Doucett

The Chronicle October 4, 2011 5 Opinion

Show me the money! That is a phrase that Durham students should be saying to their future field place-ment employers. Field placements are a part of many programs at Durham College and are meant to intro-duce students to what it is like working in their field while also grading them on their performance at this job. In order to graduate a student must complete a few weeks to months of related work to get some re-al-world experience. Some of these placements come with pay, but others do not. That is unfair.

Many students struggle to pay for their education. Rent, food, school supplies and other essentials can re-ally empty the wallet. When on their internships, stu-dents are still trying to pay for everything they need while working as an intern for next to nothing. Certain field placements may be farther away from the college, so a student must pay for travel as well as the bare es-sentials. Some people may argue that students could obtain part-time jobs to pay for all their needs while working for free as an intern, but this is wrong.

A lot of field placements want their interns almost every day, all day, leaving students no time to pick up shifts at local retail stores. Interns can say goodbye to

free time and extra cash, and hello to living from sav-ings or very small paycheques.Working in their field placements, students are learning everything about their line of expertise. Although it may seem like a lot to companies and organizations, giving interns experi-

ence in their chosen field is not enough for someone work-ing towards a diplo-ma or degree. These students on intern-ships should be treated like regular

employees instead of cheap or no-cost labour. Usually interns are given jobs that a regular employee does, meaning that that is one more person the company and organization does not need to pay. Sometimes in-ternships turn out not to have anything to do with a student’s chosen line of work or studies. They might just become the ‘coffee runner’ of the office instead of actually working a real job. Students are being taken advantage of because the field placement is something they need to graduate. It is unfair to interns to not be

seen as legitimate to employers.Years ago companies and organizations used to

train their employees. Now almost every worker needs a certificate or a degree to actually be hired. In restau-rants waiters, waitresses and bartenders used to be trained easily. Now they need to pay around $40 to get a Smart Serve certificate. The same thing is happen-ing with interns, even though they are already working towards a diploma or degree.

Employers can easily go into colleges and universi-ties to pick out interns who have already been trained and therefore can just do the work without the pay. It’s a win-lose situation where the student always seems to end up being the loser.People must begin to stand up against this exploitation of college and university students. They have already paid so much to be able to get a post-secondary education.

There needs to be a line drawn and rules set for in-ternships. Interns should be paid at least minimum wage for the work they complete and they should be treated like true employees. Only then can students truly understand the importance of their post-second-ary education.

Paid work for all internships

Contagion is an attempt at a realistic portrayal of an epidemic that breaks out across the entire world, and with Steven Soderbergh directing a vast ensem-ble cast of multiple academy awards winners and nominees, the bar is set pretty high from the starting line.

Fortunately, Contagion delivers for the most part on creating a unique take on the virus-thriller genre that has been iterated so many times before in mov-ies like Virus, Carriers, and 12 Monkeys.The large ensemble cast is impressive and gets even richer with talent thanks to the slew of secondary actors through-out the film. Kate Winslett and Jude Law give excep-tional performances while Matt Damon, Lawrence Fishburne and company all hold their own.

Surprisingly as well, all of these actors in one mov-ie together don’t divert the audience from the plot, thanks to the work of Soderbergh, who prevents cer-tain roles from super-ceding others.

This film has an intense tone and unapologetic

ruthless plot. Contagion isn’t afraid to throw its weight around when it comes to abrupt and extreme-ly raw deaths.

This “rawness” is a major part of what made this movie so original and refreshing. Most of the movie is devoid of a musical score, making the dialogue and

human interac-tions the main focus of the film. This lends itself very well to the realistic, gritty approach Soder-bergh has con-veyed.

The human moments and character arcs seem much more palpable and real than in most other thriller films because there isn’t much over-produc-tion getting in the way of the characters and the story.

There are no blockbuster explosions and very lit-

tle of the cliché suspense music that is all too com-mon in the thriller genre. There are however a few dreaded montage moments, dubbed over with an overly aggressive score that takes away from the plot. Fortunately there aren’t many of them, and though they don’t match the raw and sterile feeling of the film, they don’t damage the overall tone. The story has slower moments as well, which could potentially deter viewers who were expecting a fast-paced film.

So be warned. This is certainly not a high action thrill ride. Instead it is a logical look at the outbreak of a virus with a scope that covers three continents, and still finds room for moving human moments.

For what Contagion is and what it sets out to be, it is a strong film with meticulous scientific detail for the logistics that, in a real world scenario, would fac-tor into a modern day epidemic.

Anyone looking for a new raw take on the virus-thriller shouldn’t be disappointed with this overall excellent film.

Contagion defines thriller genre

NicolePatton

CameronMcDonald


Robynne HenryThe Chronicle

Vendor’s Alley was jump-ing with activity Sept. 28, busy with booths because of mental health awareness day.

Booths from local groups that offer their services to stu-dents, along with groups based in Durham and UOIT, were present. The representatives were in Vendor’s Alley from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m., offering in-formation on their groups and free stuff to students wanting to know about their group and what they offered.

Students walked up and down the hallway, listening to pitches about the groups and picking up free pens, candy, popcorn and some stress dots as well.

Two of the booths were for programs based at Durham/UOIT in the medical centre, the campus health centre and the pregnancy health centre of Durham. Both groups offer medical assistance to students, and the pregnancy health cen-

tre of Durham is here once a week on Tuesdays 9-5.“Any-thing that the students need on campus, they can come to us,” Doctor Tarrah Sloan said about the Campus Health centre.

The pregnancy health centre of Durham is a free service of-fered to students, that supports pregnant students and students who are parents.

“We’re a free service for stu-dents, we offer free and con-fidential pregnancy tests and then do options counselling,” said Aileen Verkuyl, a volun-teer at the pregnancy health centre booth.

Aspiria, the new provider of a confidential phone help line for students, also had a booth and was willing to answer ques-tions and fill students in on what their company offers.

There were also a number of help line booths, including Distress Centre Durham, and Pride line Durham.

The distress centre is a 24 hour, seven day a week help line service. While the Pride line focuses more on LGBTQ

(lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans-gendered) community.

Pride line was looking for volunteers to help with the pro-gram, and had applications for anyone interested.

“It’s a pretty flexible com-mitment, we ask for 16 hours a month. We’re willing to reduce it, and we are here to serve the broad Durham commu-nity,” said Erica Simpson, the Pride line Durham representa-tive at the Distress and Pride line booth. The distress centre phone line has been around for 41 years in October, and Pride line recently started Sept. 26.

The Durham Rape Crisis Centre also had a booth, offer-ing free popcorn to students. The centre offers services to women who are survivors of sexual violence, over the age of 16.

“We also offer different op-portunities for students here at Durham and UOIT, as far as volunteer opportunities,” said Marzena Borzecka, the community development co-ordinator for the Durham Rape

Crisis Centre. “Volunteers can help with

the 24-hour crisis line, or with community events, fundraisers and different booths through-out the year.” Volunteers go through a 10-week training period, and most are put onto the crisis line. The crisis line is opened to anyone in the com-munity, and is also open to vol-unteers.

Another Durham/UOIT -based program that had a booth was Leave the Pack Be-hind, a smoking initiative on campus to help students quit, reduce or stay smoke- free.

“We’re by students for stu-dents,” said Angie Miller, one of the girls at the booth. The program is free, and has three booklets. The booklets are called: Smoke, Quit and You Know You Want To.

“Someone who is smoking at this point, we give them a smoke book. If they show any interest in quitting, we give them the quit book,” Mill said. “And if they just want to know how to help their friends quit

in a non-naggy way, we give them You Know You Want To.” A team meeting is held every week, with volunteers from Durham and UOIT. The group has a booth every Monday at Durham and UOIT, so keep a look-out for them because they are all over from noon to 2 p.m. Throughout the week, vol-unteers can be seen doing CO tests and giving out free stuff.

“The CO test basically tests the amount of carbon monox-ide in your body from smoke or second-hand smoke,” Miller said. “It’s a great way for smok-ers to see how they are really affected.”

Something free and new they are offering this year is Nicorette replacement thera-py, a usually expensive way to quit smoking. Students can get more information if they look up their Facebook page, Leave the pack behind@UOIT/DC.

Every program is open to students who need help, and will be making appearances throughout the year to keep the students informed.

It’s a cheap and wonderful-land!

Robynne Henry

MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS DAY AT DURHAM A SUCCESS: Doctor Tarrah Sloan of the Campus Health Centre (left) is happy to be helping students become more educated about the services available at Durham College and within the region.

Amy ValmThe Chronicle

Your gut is wrenched in a twisted feeling, only it’s not uncomfortable, it’s a feeling of excitement and an-ticipation while you’re nearing the front of the line for

a roller coaster. Wonderland tickets are available in the Tuck Shop

at a discounted price for students. $34 per ticket gets you a full-day access with the exception of the water-park. Tickets are available for purchase until Oct. 30.

Halloween Haunt tickets are also available at the Tuck Shop for $32.76. This years Halloween Haunt

features a new maze, “Terror of London”. Based on the Jack the Ripper murders that terrorized London in 1988.

The Tuck Shop is open in September from Mon-day to Friday, 8:30 a.m. until 6 p.m. After September hours will be reduced, Monday to Friday, 8:30 a.m. until 4:30 p.m.

Durham cares for its students


Ray McNeilThe Chronicle

A month into the new school year, and UOIT is reporting en-rolment at the university is up nearly 14 per cent this year.

“It characterizes the growth of the university over the last eight years,” said Tim McTier-nan, president of UOIT. “We have one of the highest rates of increase in applications across the Ontario university system.”Location, he says, is a big factor. Oshawa, and the surrounding area, is one of the fastest growing communities in Canada.

“About 40 per cent of our students come from Durham Region, and that percentage has remained pretty constant as we grow in numbers,” said McTiernan.Many students at UOIT take location into ac-count when planning their post-secondary education, pre-ferring a university that’s close to home.

“I applied to Trent, got ac-cepted there, but the commute is a little ridiculous,” said Kirsty Price, a first-year student in the Registered Nursing program. “I was going to apply to McMas-ter, but I can’t really afford to stay in residence.”

Still, Price says she re-searched UOIT to make sure it the right university for her.

“They have a lot to offer, in the sense that they also are collab-orative with Durham College.”

Price took the General Health course at Durham, then moved to UOIT. She says it’s a more intensive course that will earn her a better salary.

But distance is not the only incentive to sway students.

“It actually has a nice cam-pus,” said Rahat Rayhan, a

first-year Automotive Engi-neering student, who heard that UOIT provides one of the best automotive programs around.Originally from Scar-borough, Rayhan says he was accepted to McMaster Univer-sity, but the distance was too far. “Yeah, that was one of the major reasons I came here, be-cause it’s closer to my house.”

UOIT is also on the cutting-

edge of education; Globe and Mail’s recent Canadian Univer-sity Report awarded UOIT an A for Campus Technology.

“I love the research going on at UOIT and it kind of interest-ed me,” said first-year Energy Systems Engineering student Christina Mazza.

Mazza applied to Ryerson and Waterloo, but the program at UOIT was closer to the field

she’s interested in.She also says the atmosphere is very wel-coming at UOIT, “Everyone’s friendly, no one’s really over-competitive or snobby,” she added.

“I think UOIT is a terrific institution, its got fabulous fac-ulty and staff,” said McTiernan, “the students have great energy and great focus and great spir-it.”

UOIT enrolment on the rise

Emily WoodThe Chronicle

Organizers of this year’s Mind Your Body Day at Dur-ham College were not expect-ing high attendance for their information session, but they had expected more than one student.

The two-tiered event fea-tured booths set up in Vendor’s Alley as well as a three-hour information session with six speakers scheduled to talk to students. But the information session was cut short due to low attendance.

In fact, attendance was vir-tually non-existent. Only one student arrived to take advan-tage of the free session.

Though this was not the first information session held dur-ing the event, last year’s audi-ence was made up of only Dur-ham College staff.

Speaker Heather Bickle, of the Canadian Mental Health Association, made the most of her time, going ahead with her presentation as planned. It dealt with substance use and abuse among students, discuss-ing typical reasons for use and

safe and unsafe dosage. The presentation was infor-

mative without preaching so-briety, including examples of Bickle’s own experiences with drinking. It allowed open dis-cussion and questions with-out the fear of being judged by Bickle, who was the only one to speak that day. Those set to fol-low left after Bickle’s presenta-tion, having nothing to address but an empty room.

Amanda Cappon, a mental health worker on campus, was running the speakers for the day. She had hoped for a better turnout.

“I can’t fault location only, but I do think that that was a pretty big barrier in terms of getting attendees,” Cappon said.The information sessions were held in the new student services building on campus, which sees much less traffic than Vendor’s Alley.

Planning for the event began in the spring of this year. With-out a budget allotted for the event, they relied on generosity for a space on campus and do-nations from local businesses for giveaways.

“It’s really connecting with

all the community partners, so it’s being able to get their com-mitment to attend,” Cappon said.Employees at Durham Re-gion’s Mental Health Services volunteered their time. Some were equally disappointed in the low turnout, but were eager to return next year.

Promotion on campus and off did little to encourage at-tendance. Cappon emphasized that they used every avenue available to them. Emails were sent out to staff and students, information was posted on the flat screens across campus and Durham Mental Health Servic-es was used to spread the word beyond campus.

The recent strike caused a slowing in the spread of infor-mation relating to this event, but Cappon was pleased with the overall promotion effort.

“Maybe next year,” Cappon said with a hopeful smile.

But she admits the future is uncertain for the presentation portion of the event. Quantity and effectiveness of advertising will be considered in the deci-sion to maintain the informa-tion sessions during next year’s Mind Your Body Day.

Ray McNeil

A PLETHORA OF APPLICATIONS: Tim McTiernan, president of UOIT, says the school has one of the high-est application increases across Ontario. He credits location as a main factor, due to Oshawa’s growth.

Low student turnout for Mind Your Body

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Tracey FidlerThe Chronicle

The doors were opened and the admission was free.

On Saturday, Sept. 24 and 25, historical sites across Os-hawa opened their doors to the public, providing a glimpse of the community’s unique heri-tage.

Doors Open is a province-wide event, spanning from April to September, and in-volves a number of cities and towns across Ontario, includ-ing Oshawa, Pickering, Whitby and Clarington.

Sites and buildings allow free access to the public to view significant parts of a city’s heri-tage.

France held the first Doors Open Day in 1984.

Soon, neighbouring cities and towns across Europe began to follow suit. In 2000, Toronto participated in Doors Open for the first time, and in 2002, it became the first province-wide event in all of Canada.

Oshawa has been involved with Doors Open for eight con-secutive years.

This year, 22 separate sites joined in the event, including the Masonic Temple, the Rob-ert McLaughlin Gallery, the Canadian Automotive Museum and Regent Theatre, just to name a few.

A number of the participat-ing sites are not open to the public or regularly charge an admission free. This past week-end, the fees were waived and members of the community were given free rein to wander into buildings and historical sites, snapping pictures.

Tours were also available at several places to provide guests with the historical background of the sites.

“It’s an opportunity for people to take a look at build-ings they wouldn’t normally go into,” said Cathy Clarke, the chair of Heritage Oshawa. “It’s a chance to celebrate heritage, and get people interested in the history of their community. These buildings are architec-turally significant, and signifi-cant to the history of the com-munity.”

Over the weekend, hundreds of members from inside and outside the community showed up to check out the sites all across Oshawa.

Regent Theatre and 61 Charles St., which have both recently become part of UOIT, participated in Doors Open.

The Regent Theatre, built in 1921, was home to Famous Players for many years. In Sep-tember 2010, it reopened its

doors, renovated and recon-figured, for UOIT students as a lecture hall. It is also used on evenings and weekends for community events.

“A lot of folks showed up [at the theatre] because they were interested from their youth,” said Doors Open volunteer Lisa Banks, who is also the di-rector of communications and marketing at UOIT. “One man came in and said he saw Ben-Hur here when it first came out.”

Barb and Jack Dunn, life-time Oshawa residents, said they come to Doors Open every year. They both smiled widely as they recalled fond memories at the Regent Theatre.

“We had our company Christmas party here one year,” said Jack. They also came and watched new movies back when it belonged to Famous Players.

61 Charles St. also had a steady stream of visitors. It was built in 1903 by the T. Ea-

ton Company, and was once home to a white goods factory, an automotive fabric manufac-turer and, finally, Alger Press Ltd, which operated out of the building until 1993.

“We have had a lot of people come in that used to work for Alger Press,” said Communi-cations student and volunteer tour guide Sara Weales.

It is now owned by UOIT, and reopened in January of this year after extensive reno-vations. It includes classrooms, a library and student services.

Another site participating in Doors Open was the Canadian Automobile Museum.

The building was construct-ed circa 1920, and was a car dealership until 1961, when it was designated as a museum to display mostly Canadian auto-mobiles.

The museum now houses more than 65 vehicles dat-ing from 1898 to 1981, includ-ing Canadian manufacturers

Brooks Steam, McKay and Gray-Dort.

“It sure makes you appreci-ate the cars we have now!” said museum visitor George Bat-tersby, while looking around at the sea of cars on display.

Battersby drove from Co-bourg after hearing about Doors Open from his daughter, who lives in Whitby.

The Oshawa Masonic Tem-ple was also involved in the event, and allowed members of the community a unique chance to see the lodge rooms and the library. The temple is essentially a fraternity, dedicat-ed to bettering the community as a whole.

Oshawa’s Heather Lackey heard about Doors Open in the paper, and decided to make the Temple her first stop.

“You walk by these buildings all the time, but you don’t know what’s inside,” she said. “They are really beautiful, the archi-tecture is amazing.”

Lorraine Dixon, also of Os-hawa, made the rounds on Sunday. She said she saw some of the sites at Doors Open last year, and this year, she want-ed to try to catch the ones she didn’t get to.

She made one of her final stops at the Robert McLaughlin Gallery.

The gallery is dedicated to Canadian art and artists, and was built in 1969, and reno-vated in 1987. It is the largest public gallery in Durham Re-gion, and contains more than 4,000 pieces of permanent art, and four galleries of changing exhibits.

Other participating venues included St. George’s Memorial Church, the Channel 12 Stu-dio, the Oshawa Community Museum, Portraits by Goguen, Union Cemetery and Camp X.

The event was a huge suc-cess, with hundreds of mem-bers of the community and be-yond stopping by to learn about Oshawa’s history. Doors Open will continue next year.

Historical sites open doors

Tracey Fidler

DOORS OPEN: A look inside one of Oshawa’s downtown historical sites, St. George’s Memorial Church located on Centre Street South.

Nicole PattonThe Chronicle

Print out your resumes, set out your professional clothes and sharpen up your interview-ing skills. The annual Career and Education Fair is back on the Oshawa campus for its sixth year.

The fair, being hosted by UOIT but open to both college and university students, will be held Oct. 6 in gyms 3 and 4. The meet-and-greet with po-tential employers and educa-tors will start at 11 a.m. and end

at 3 p.m., giving students about four hours to make a good im-pression on more than 57 com-panies, schools and organiza-tions that will be attending.

“My hopes are to provide students employers to network with,” said Monica Aggarwal, manager of career services at UOIT. “It has been very suc-cessful in the past.”

Representatives from vari-ous companies, educational institutions and other organi-zations will be searching for students who are looking for field placements, internships or

careers after graduation. Large companies such as American Express and TD Bank Group will be setting up their booths beside government organiza-tions like Service Canada and the Canadian Forces, as well as other colleges/universities like Trent and Ryerson next to Dur-ham and UOIT’s booths.

The list goes on and on with recruiters from regional police agencies, insurance companies, retail, universities and so on.

Many employers and re-cruiters will be returning to the fair as they have in the past to

find more eager Durham and UOIT students.

All a student needs is a stu-dent ID card.

According to the Durham College Hired Portal website, students should also bring along a notepad and pen to take down a few notes, resumes (or business cards) and a few ques-tions to ask about the potential employer or school.

Representatives know what they’re looking for and it’s important to give a good first impression with not only your resume and questions but also

with the way you dress. Business casual is the best

for this event, especially if it is partnered with a confident smile and a firm handshake. The Hired Portal also sug-gests students go solo instead of walking around the fair in a large group.

Be enthusiastic and ready to talk about your accomplish-ments. Confidence and a good attitude are key! For more in-formation on the fair, visit the Durham College Hired Portal or the UOIT Career Services website.

Durham Region joins Oshawa in embracing heritage

Career fair hits Oshawa campus

Ray McNeilThe Chronicle

With an annual general meeting set for late October, the Student Association is hav-ing trouble finding two new members to sit on its board of directors.

As of late last week, there have been only a handful of inquiries, and only one person has applied.

“I’m hopeful that we will get more applicants by Friday,” said Donna Judson, office co-ordinator.

She adds that even in the general elections, people tend to wait until the cutoff day.

“You do get some students handing in resumes at the last minute.”

Judson says the SA is not looking for someone with any prior experience.

To qualify for one of the po-sitions, an applicant has to be

a full-time student at Durham College, and 18 or older.

“Their job is to represent the students of Durham Col-lege, but of course when sitting on a board, you represent all students, Durham College stu-dents and UOIT students,” said Anthony Boland, chair of the board of directors, and former president of the Student Asso-ciation.

The entire ordeal started during the last school when ev-erything at the SA was running smoothly. After an election in the winter, followed by a spring by-election, all the positions were filled.

Then late in the second se-mester, problems began.

“Subsequent to that by-elec-tion, two of the directors who sat on our board left Durham College, they’re no longer stu-dents here,” said Boland, “so we need to fill the vacancies because we want to ensure that

Durham College students have a strong voice at the table.”

Board members are respon-sible making sure that sugges-tions and concerns of students at Durham College/UOIT are addressed.

Boland said the main goal of the board is “To take the vision, and work within the limitations set by the board, and actually get the work done on a day-to-day basis.”

Normally, an election would be held to determine any new board members, but an ap-pointment process was decided upon because the cost of hold-ing an election was too great. “We would have had to run a deficit or cut something else,” said Boland.

“I think it’s an awesome ex-perience for any student,” said Judson, “and it’s great to have on a resume.”

Judson says she is disap-pointed by the lack of inter-

est in the board positions, but states that student en-thusiasm is underwhelming

because it is a volunteer job. Still, Judson is optimistic that more students will emerge.

Amy ValmThe Chronicle

Tucked away from the chaos of Durham’s busy halls is a quiet room. Two women smile warmly at you as you walk in. The Centre for Stu-dents with Disabilities helps students with physical or learning disabilities embrace success.

Located across from the commons, in the old ac-counting offices of SW116, it provides support to over 800 Durham and UOIT stu-dents a year. The centre has a number of advisers trained to help with all types of dis-abilities. Confidentiality is something the centre holds in high regard. Students can find a safe, friendly environ-ment within the centre.

“The centre helps out stu-dents with permanent and temporary disabilities,” said Ashley Ludlow, communica-tions and intake co-ordinator for the centre. “Services that we provide each student are different. It’s based on indi-vidual needs, not just a tem-plate.”

Students who benefit from the centre have disabilities that range from blindness to depression, anxiety, learning disabilities and more.

One key tool in the centre is peer note-taking. Students can take advantage of incen-tives to encourage with vol-

unteer note-taking, including letters of recommendation and building their resumes.

“It’s a new initiative we started this year with vol-unteering,” said Ludlow. “It goes towards credits for your co-curricular record. Stu-dents can build upon that by being a note-taker.”

To get involved in note-taking, students can visit the centre’s website, or come in and talk to someone.

A test centre is also avail-able for students. Approved students can write tests in a distraction-reduced area, monitored by advisers, to increase their academic suc-cess.

“Students who accessed our service, and regularly at-tended appointment dates had a high success rate,” said Ludlow.

The summer transition programs help students and parents get a firm grasp on post-secondary education, informing new students of resources offered, organiza-tion and management skills, and practising self-advocacy, among other things.

“Each year we have a tran-sition program,” said Lud-low. “We’ve been seeing stu-dents getting ready for Sep-tember since about May. We advise students to do it right away, when they’ve been ac-cepted into DC or UOIT so that they can start the pro-cess.”

Tara OadesThe Chronicle

It’s a hard life, being a student. Juggling homework, study time, and work can be a chal-lenge, to the point that finding time to sleep seems impossible. Imagine adding children to that busy schedule. Students with children not only have to worry about school, but also need to find a way to fit their child’s schedule with theirs.

This is where the Campus Childcare Centre can help. Located in campus corners, the Cam-pus Childcare Centre is a convenient, safe place for staff and students at both Durham College and UOIT to leave their children when they have to go to work or attend class.

However, many students don’t know much about campus childcare or how it can benefit them. This is unfortunate because the average age of students coming back to school with fami-lies is increasing.

“We are finding that our average age is in-creasing in students,” said Catherine Drea, a vol-unteer and board member for the Campus Child-care Centre. “On the college side there are more second career students, and more students that are coming back to school who have families… which is why it is important to have this service.”

Drea also said that news about campus child-care is spread mostly by word of mouth, which is why the staff tends to know more about the ser-vice than students. Staff seem talk more about the schools services.

To make current students more aware, the Campus Childcare Centre is starting to set up booths at various campus fairs. This way stu-dents who pass by, even if they don’t have chil-dren, might know someone who does that may need childcare. For new students with children, the Registrar’s Office will inform them about the service, and how to register their children if they are interested.

“I’m an older student with one child,” said Janice Simone, a second-year business student at UOIT. “I don’t need childcare, but I think it’s

useful to know, especially if you don’t have any connections or live in the area.”

To register children, parents can contact Campus Childcare supervisor Carrieann Knapp to set up a building tour, and ask about wait lists and availability.

The Campus Childcare Centre goes up to a pre-school level, but children can be bused back and forth from kindergarten depending on the parents’ schedule.

Compared to other childcare centres in Dur-ham Region, the fees for the childcare centre on campus are about the same, or slightly higher.

“Our rates are competitive, and you can find cheaper, but the price is attributed to the fact that all our staff are early childhood educators, and the fact that our building is very new, very up to date… it is just two years old this Novem-ber,” said Drea.

When at the Childcare Centre, children re-ceive two snacks and one hot lunch, and there are plenty of stimulating activities that are de-signed to improve motor, and communication skills.

When it comes to children, the most impor-tant thing is safety and security. Without it par-ents wouldn’t feel comfortable leaving their chil-dren.

By keeping up with the regulations of the Day Nurseries Act, the Campus Childcare Centre has heavy security.

Some security features include four-digit codes given to parents to gain access to the building, security checks for all staff members, all doors lock from the outside, and security pro-tocols are put in place for evacuations scenarios, and for crossing the parking lot to get to the out-side playground.

The main goal of the Campus Childcare Cen-tre is to “serve the children of staff and students of Durham College and UOIT,” said Drea “Which is why it is important to get the word out about the Childcare Centre.

If you have any further questions you can call the Campus Childcare Centre at 905-721-3054, or e-mail [email protected].

Help wanted: SA directorsThe Chronicle October 4, 2011 11 Campus

Ray McNeilFORMER SA PRESIDENT and current chair of the bored of directors Andy Boland, hopes to encourage students to join the SA team.

Serving the children of staff and students

Students achieve success with Durham College

Bobby PerrittThe Chronicle

Only three things are cer-tain in life: death, taxes and full-day kindergarten.

In September of 2014, full-day kindergarten from Mon-day to Friday will be the norm across all of Ontario.

The province will hire about 3,800 new kindergar-ten teachers, and parents could save thousands of dol-lars on childcare.

But daycares will all inevi-tably see declining enrolment as their oldest clientele are sent to kindergarten six hours a day, five days a week.

Not all daycare centres across the province have yet been affected. Ontario is only in the second year of a five-year strategy to phase in full-day kindergarten.

Oshawa is beginning to see the change.

The Campus Child Care Centre (CCC) was well-pre-pared, according to supervi-sor Carrieann Knapp. Located in the Campus Corners at S,

CCC employs 14 Early Child-hood Educators and offers preference to Durham College and UOIT students.

When the CCC learned that enrolment would drop at the beginning of September, the centre divided their toddler group into two rooms.

An after-school program still runs for kindergarten students, which is designed to be similar and as educational as a kindergarten classroom. In the end, the CCC still lost half of their enrolment of chil-dren ages four to five.

Evangel Daycare on Fare-well Street employs seven caregivers, down from 10 last June. Enrolment sank about one third from September of 2010 when children started full-day kindergarten in the surrounding area.

“We try to provide a good (care-giving) alternative to parents, and I hope schools do too,” said Heather Larson, the supervisor of the non-profit childcare centre.

CCC has maintained before and after-school programs.

Larson said schools are re-questing that children begin kindergarten equipped with more self-help skills than are expected of them in day care centres.

Both Larson and Knapp made independent observa-tions of how children had dif-ficulty staying awake in after-school programs and that though there is not strong overall parental opposition, it is a frequent worry that not all kindergarteners are mature enough to handle a full day in school.

Kindergarten reform has proved to be election proof. The four main parties have displayed full support of the transition.

Provincial NDP Candidate Mike Shields said he had re-ceived little negative feedback from citizens, including ele-mentary school teachers who are involved in his campaign.

If any serious issues arose during the five-year transi-tional period, Shields said, “Our best resources and tools are the teachers.”

DC students show respectLarissa FrankevychThe Chronicle

“R-E-S-P-E-C-T, find out what it means to me.”

These lyrics sung by Aretha Franklin, hold the same mes-sage they did four decades ago, when the song was released in 1967.

Students know the song and the definition of the word re-spect, but practising it has be-come another issue. That was initially the grounds for the creation of the R-E-S-P-E-C-T campaign at Durham College and UOIT.

The campaign originated at Confederation College because the college was having issues with how their students were treating each other.

Allison Hector-Alexander, a diversity officer at Durham College was inspired when she heard about that the program was based on, and decided to created a R-E-S-P-E-C-T cam-paign for DC and UOIT.

“One of the goals of the R-E-S-P-E-C-T campaign is to encourage a level of civility be-tween the students and for the students to identify harmful or bad behaviour so they can pre-vent it,” said Hector-Alexander.

The campaign will challenge negative mindsets on issues like

discrimination based on race, gender, sexual orientation, reli-gion and political beliefs.

Other goals are for students to realize respect works both ways, if they want it they need to give it.

Tolerating other students is not enough, students need to realize that they need to genu-inely care about each other, she said. Small acts of courtesy have a lasting effect and ripple effect.

“Students need to be mind-ful of one another in the way they interact. College is a time

when students grow into their own person and need that sup-port from others,” said Hector-Alexander.

An example is the word “gay” when it is used negatively by a group of students. What happens if a student who is ho-mosexual hears the word? How is that suppose to make them feel?

“A lot of students say things without realizing the impact it has on other students. No one knows the personal experienc-es or history of someone,” said Hector-Alexander.

The student experience comes first at Durham College and students deserve a campus with a warm and safe environ-ment, she said. To promote this ideal the diversity office held a focus group to figure out how to market the R-E-S-P-E-C-T campaign.

Posters were created of students from different back-grounds with a quote about what respect means to them. The posters feature statements like, “When we come to accept and respect our differences, there’s no telling what we can accomplish together.” Another says, “Respect to me means ac-cepting me for who I am and not for who you think I am.”

Some students, like Amber English from the Business Ad-ministration program at DC, have not had any issues.

“I find that other students act respectful towards each other because we’re all paying for a quality education, and ev-eryone needs to respect that.”

Carly Reed from the Prac-tical Nursing program says, “Students are respectful when they want to be. I also find the maturity level of students can also affect the level of respect they care to show.”

Opinions on whether stu-dents are respected vary on

campus, but if students do have any concerns or issues they can do something about it.

Students can file a complaint with the diversity office and depending on the situation the course of action can be through mediation, or students will be directed to other services for proper advocacy.

Students can also become ambassadors, “Students can be ambassadors by embracing and celebrating the individual uniqueness of others.

They can be role models by having a level of expectation of how they treat others and want to be treated in return,” says Hector-Alexander.

If students want to get in-volved with the campaign di-rectly they can attend upcom-ing events like women against violence, which will be held in October, or joining the advisory committee.

“What respect means to me is to be mindful of each other, because what is visible and is not visible we don’t know.

We don’t know the life expe-riences of others and their jour-neys so we need to treat others how we want to be treated,” says Hector-Alexander.

To find out more informa-tion students can visit thedi-versity office or durhamcollege.com/respect.

Full-day kindergarten is changing childcare

Larissa Frankevych

DISCRIMINATION PREVENTION: Inspired by Confedera-tion College’s efforts, diversity officer Allison Hector-Alex-ander created a R-E-S-P-E-C-T program for DC and UOIT.


Larissa FrankevychThe Chronicle

Glue, paints, canvas and a natural talent are the key tools for an artist to make their cre-ation, but a second pair of hands and a different perspec-tive can produce a masterpiece.

Foundations in Art and De-sign student Amy Jefferys and Fine Arts student Christine Fraser have decided to com-bined their artist styles for a new venture.

They’ve decided to enter their collaboration in the up-coming art exhibition called Rock, Paper, Scissors! being held at the Whitby Station Gal-lery.

The gallery is accepting sub-missions of paintings, photo-graphs, and sculptures until November for the exhibit pre-miere in December.

Posters of the art exhibition are placed around the school to encourage students to ex-plore their creativity and get involved in the art community

outside of their courses at DC and UOIT.

“Entering your work into a show gives you the opportunity to put your name out there and gain experience,” said Fraser about her decision to enter the art show. Fraser has entered a few arts shows in the past, so she’s no stranger to putting herself out there.

Unlike Fraser, this will be Jefferys’ first time submitting her work to an exhibition.

“I did stuff within my high school for art showings, but never an show. It’s different because school gives you the guidelines for your art, but when you’re on your own you have to fill in the blanks,” she said.

Fraser has aspirations of transferring to Nova Sco-tia College of Art and Design (NSCAD) a fine arts college in Nova Scotia next year, but as far as a career goes she’s still unsure.

“I could be an art teacher, painter or a gallery curator, but

I don’t know yet. I’ll probably end up being a starving artist,” said Fraser.

Fraser completed the Foun-dations in Art and Design pro-gram a few years ago, and then attended school to become a hairdresser, but her passion has always been art.

“It comes naturally to me, and in my mind in makes sense for me to just do art,” she said, which is why Fraser enrolled in the Fine Arts program. Her ar-tistic style is described by Jef-ferys as “ominous but happy.”

“My work is my own, but if I had to give a reference it would

be similar to Tim Burton’s art, not his movies,” said Fraser.

Jefferys is fresh out of high school and figured if she was going to go to school it should be for something she likes, so she chose the Art and Foun-dations program as a stepping stone.

She wants to apply to On-tario College of Art and Design (OCAD ) art school in Toronto next year.

“My art style is hippy, if I had to name it. I use a lot of colours and wavy lines, almost like the art style from the 1970s,”says Jefferys.

They both have similar artis-tic influences for inspiration in music and photography.

Fraser and Jefferys decided to create a painting that merges both their hipster and bold om-inous creatures. The preview of their unfinished painting is best described as Tim Burton goes under the sea with bril-liant bold lines, and a gradient of blues. Fraser plans to paint jellyfish for the finishing touch-es.

“We balance each other out artistically. What one of lacks the other makes up for,” said Jefferys.


Natasha CohenThe Chronicle

Room L118 was as filled as

any large classroom, only in-stead of a capacity crowd of ea-ger students it was eager fans of anime.

Over a hundred people turned up for the first meeting of the Anime on Campus club on Sept. 22. It was the biggest turn out they’d ever had.

Melissa Schultz formed the Anime on Campus club four years ago.

“The group has grown so much,” she said. “We start-ed as a Facebook group with six or seven of us. We used a study room to meet until we got kicked out by security…and then we made the group, and it’s become all of these people,” she said, referring to the ener-getic crowd that filled the class-room.

“I founded this group be-cause a lot of people who like anime and gaming isolate themselves,” Schultz said. “This

is a lot like coming out.”Fans of anime and gam-

ing don’t have to be shy – they are among people who share similar interests and passions. The anime club is a great place to meet new people and make

friends on campus you can re-late to, said Schultz. Joining a club on campus helps individu-als feel more connected and involved. It can make college a more comfortable and fun ex-perience.

“The anime club is cool place you can go to interact with an-ime fans and your friends,” said Julie-Ann Wagstaff, a re-cent Personal Support Worker grad from Durham College who came with her friends for their

first meeting. “It’s a lot of fun to be a part of. I was so busy with school last year I never went to the meetings, but I’m glad I fi-nally decided to go to one. Ev-eryone’s nice and welcoming!”

During the first meeting, two animes were shown, Gundam Wing and Gurren Lagann. Club members exploded into cheers when the animes began to play on the projector in surround sound, giving the classroom a movie theatre atmosphere as the lights dimmed.

Animes are played every meeting, often being chosen and voted on by the members.

In-between the animes shown some in attendance played a game of Pictionary. People enthusiastically filed up to participate.

The Anime on Campus club has a forum and a Facebook page where members can keep in touch and stay up-to-date about meeting dates, activities and trips. Members are wel-comed to drop by the club office in room UL 105.

Tracey FidlerThe Chronicle

Get your scissors, paper and glue ready! It’s scrap-booking time.

On Oct. 14 and 15, the Durham College Oshawa campus is hosting ScrapFest 2011, where scrapbookers can swap advice, take class-es, purchase supplies, enjoy

a meal and have a great time! There are also opportunities to play games and win great prizes.

ScrapFest began in 2007 in Paris, Ontario, and has taken place in various loca-tions all over Canada ever since.

Those interested should visit www.scrapfest.ca or call 905-895-1821.

Natasha Cohen

ANIME CLUB STARTING OFF STRONG: Campus anime enthusiasts met for the first time on Sept. 22. The club had its biggest turnout this year with more than a hundred people in attendance.

Art exhibition offers opportunity

DC hosts ScrapFest

Anime club has huge turnout


Patricia De BresThe Chronicle

It was all smiles and laugh-ter as local women showed off their personally designed bras at Children’s Arena on Sept. 20 to show their support for breast cancer survivors. Os-hawa’s breast cancer survivors decorated one of their bras and wore it above their clothing.

As the women awaited the pictures being taken they grouped together and admired each other’s boas and pink bras. Jan Richmond, a six-year survivor, explained the bras are a fun way to get survivors in-volved. “We’ve been doing this for six or seven years now,” she said.

The survivors ranged from six months to 17 years. The “Fearless Leader” Carole Keys is a 17-year survivor. She was full of smiles and laughter as she posed for the group shots.

But what you can’t see is that Keys has a hearing disability. Due to her chemo treatment she is now slightly deaf and needs the help of a service dog

named Binny. After taking professional

photos in three different places the group gathered for coffee and cake. The hall was deco-

rated with bright pink balloons and colourful napkins. Carys Cao and Belinda Bell became friends during chemo. “She’s a baby survivor,” Bell said of her

friend, who is a 9-month survi-vor.

Canadian Cancer Society has a special program where they drive cancer patients to Sun-nybrook hospital in Toronto for their chemo treatments. The patients have to stay at the hos-pital all day to wait for the oth-ers in their group to finish their treatment. This is where Cao and Bell became good friends.

They joked about losing their hair and losing their eyelashes. “I love having eyelashes,” Cao said, no longer taking the little things for granted.

Bell, who is a 10-month survivor, talked about making jokes about cancer. “You have your down days but you have to have fun with it,” she said.

The photos kicked off the start of Breast Cancer Month. Most of the women who took pictures planned to participate in the CIBC Run for the Cure on Oct. 2.

Patricia De Bres

KICKING OFF BREAST CANCER MONTH: Breast cancer survivors Janice Loucks and Carys Cao high five for life.

Emily WoodThe Chronicle

The services offered on campus at Durham College and UOIT are numerous and diverse, providing students with information about a wide variety of issues. But despite promotion, some continue to go unnoticed.

The Women’s Centre is one of the four outreach services offered on campus, dealing with any women-related is-sues.

All staff members, includ-ing volunteers, must undergo training before starting. These seminars provide general knowledge about certain types of people, understanding how

to interact with them and how to provide the support they need.

Fourth-year UOIT Crimi-nology and Forensics student and Outreach Services volun-teer, Nicole Pitre, described the mentality they learn in training that staff must under-stand and convey to students in distress.

“You make them feel the ground underneath them…to calm them down,” said Pitre.

The aim of the Women’s Centre is to create a safe and open environment for wom-en dealing with issues such as sexual and mental health, pregnancy and abuse of any kind.

Two hundred students are

currently signed up to vol-unteer for the DC and UOIT Outreach Services, many of whom were made aware of the Women’s Centre through the annual free spa day, Pamper Yourself, in March of this year.

Barb Bryan has held the po-sition of outreach co-ordina-tor since October of 2009 and runs the Women’s Centre with the help of student staff and volunteers.

“We’re basically an ear to listen, or a shoulder to cry on, or someone to vent to about any range of issues that can be specific for women,” said Bryan.

Staff are able to arrange professional counselling for women and find shelter for

anyone in need of a safe envi-ronment. The centre provides resources such as books, vid-eos, government reports and brochures for students which are available on two-week loans.

“That’s so that women can empower themselves by being educated about a variety of is-sues that are specific to wom-en,” said Bryan.

The Women’s Centre hosts a number of events through-out the year, giving students a way to socialize with their peers. Major events like the Vagina Monologues and the Power of Pink campaign draw in crowds, but self-esteem workshops are also frequent.

Public events are held

mainly for those unaware of the centre and what it offers. The Women’s Centre will part-ner with shelters in Durham Region for these events, held in addition to the myriad host-ed on campus.

“We call it healthy living,” said Bryan. “We’re not here to focus on you going to the gym or eating right, but we want to make sure that your men-tal and social health is just as good as your physical health.”

The new office is located in the Student Services building in room 120, its doors open from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Mon-day to Friday. Staff can also be found at the downtown campus every second Monday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Matt McPheeThe Chronicle

There is plenty one can learn outside of school, including the history of the buildings where students take their studies.

Between Sept. 24 and 25 Heritage Oshawa celebrated its culture and history with Doors Open 2011.

Of the buildings open for ex-ploration, two were UOIT’s lat-est additions, Regent Theatre and 61 Charles Street.

Regent Theatre was open for anybody to browse, and Cathy Clarke, chair of Heritage Os-hawa, was there to answer any

questions.During the open house, the

theatre showcased a silent film of Oshawa in the 1920s.

Regent Theatre was con-structed by the Famous Play-ers theatres and bought and reopened last September by UOIT.

The theatre is now used as a lecture hall for students.

The theatre is also laptop-equipped, complete with fold-out desks and wireless Internet.

“The idea is that it become the core of the campus down-town,” said Clarke.

“It would be expensive to build and they were also inter-ested in the heritage of down-

town.”Lectures run from 8 in

the morning until 10 at night through the week, but finish early Friday afternoons since

the venue also hosts perfor-mances on evenings and week-ends.

Kevin Arbour, the theatre manager and is responsible for

booking acts.Upcoming events include

Matthew Good and 54-40, as well as frequent performances by the Ontario Philharmonic.

Regent Theatre opens its doors

Tracey Fidler

REGENT THEATRE: Lisa Banks, Melissa Levy and Cathy Clarke enjoy a screen-ing of a silent film of the early days of Oshawa from 1926.

Survivors rally for photo ops

Women’s Centre here to help

Tara OadesChronicle Staff

After a long day of classes all you want to do is go home, throw your bag down, kick off your shoes and watch televi-sion. After a little while you make dinner, then get back to school work.

However, many students at Durham College and UOIT don’t have the option of mak-ing dinner, because they might not have money for food. This is why the campus Food Cen-tre is an important part of the campus.

The Food Centre isn’t often advertised, so many students don’t know much about it.

“I didn’t even know we had a food bank,” said Melisa Delia, a second-year health and fitness student at Durham College. “But it’s a good thing to know.”

The campus Food Centre is currently located in the Health and Wellness Centre, but will be moving to the Simcoe Build-ing sometime this year.

Toiletries, and nutritious, non-perishable food items are provided to students who can’t afford them.

Barb Bryan, coordinator of outreach services, said that on average 70 students visit the campus Food Centre per month.

This service is for students. Any staff or community mem-

bers who need help will be re-ferred to a food bank off cam-pus.

The college and university’s campus community consists of many low-income students on OSAP, who may have lost sup-port from their families, Bryan said.

Giving students access to these items helps relieve the stress associated with the cost of attending a post-secondary institution.

“I live on campus, have OSAP and don’t have a job, so money is kinda tight,” said a second-year student at Durham College. “I already worry about affording school, so not having to worry about affording food is

helpful.”The Food Centre is open

from 10 a.m.-6 p.m., Monday to Friday.

If students can’t make it during those hours they can request items to be left in an anonymous locker. The com-bination is sent by e-mail after the student’s identity is veri-fied.

Depending on what items are available, students might not get everything requested. The hamper program, gives students one less thing to worry about.

Like all food banks, mon-etary and food donations are accepted, and volunteers are needed.

“We are always looking for students who want to volun-teer,” said Adeyinka Daramola, an outreach services volunteer. “When a student volunteers they will help with different programs, and with awareness events, and the Food Centre has many coming up in the next few months, like the Trick or Eat Food Drive which takes place at the end of October. Students can also start their own food drives to raise mon-ey and donations for the Food Centre.”

Any students who need more information on the Food Centre, or are interested in vol-unteering should call, 905-721-2000 ext. 2315.


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ntertainmentEThe Chronicle October 4, 2011 19

Bier pong pings E.P. Taylor’sWhile people around Dur-

ham Region prepare for Hal-loween and other October events, E.P. Taylor’s celebrat-ed Oktoberfest in their own school-savvy fashion.

Bier Pong, a clever school oriented twist on the world rec-ognized game of beer pong, was organized by Derek Fullerton, vice-president of Campus Life. The event was centered around two tables with red, white or blue cups filled with water which sat in the middle of the room.

“Playing with water in the cups is better, because it keeps the balls clean and allows the players to play longer,” said Rick Doucette, one of the se-curity guards overseeing the event.

With eight teams of two, the event followed the rules of us-ing white ping pong balls to be tossed from one end of the table into the water-filled cups. Each time a ball landed in one of the cups, the cup was moved aside. The first team to run out of cups lost the game and was eliminated from the competi-tion.

“We just wanted to pro-

vide something fun,” said Fullerton.”It was inspired by Oktoberfest. Though it is large-ly based around beer and mu-sic, we figured we will avoid the alcohol in the cups but hope-fully have some fun.”

The fun and excitement

could be sensed in the competi-tors as they filtered in teams of two through the pub entrance, registering at the door to compete for an assortment of school-logoed and Oktoberfest-related prizes.

After a quick meeting to

explain the rules of the game, which included rock paper scissors to decide the starting team, Fullerton announced the start of the game with the words “just have fun.”

As the eight teams played through the night, accompa-

nied by the clicking sound of the ping-pong balls, and a background drone of music and conversation, the teams used a one-game elimination rule.

Many of the competitors and patrons took this opportu-nity to enjoy pints of beer or the pub’s Wednesday night Pitcher Me Happy event, leaving only the bier pong cups alcohol-free.

As the event progressed and it came down to the final two teams, a small, loyal crowd cheered wildly for their chosen teams as the balls flew across the table.

The last game to decide the winner of the entire tourna-ment came down to Marcus Moss and Sam Ryan against Brian Maruncic and Mark Pan-aci.

The viewers cheers were only matched by the cheers of team-mates Maruncic and Panaci as they high-fived, and yelled in triumph as their oppositions last cup was moved aside.

“We had a great time tonight, it feels really great to have won a school event,” said Panaci.

“It’s awesome that the school puts on events like this, it’s really fun and there should be more events like it,” said Maruncic after they won the tournament.

Amanda DarrockThe Chronicle

Brandan Loney

SCORE: Marcus Moss and Brian Maruncic shoot the last Ping-Pong ball into the cup to win the E.P. Taylor’s Oktoberfest tournament.

Killing for a living at Canada’s Fan Expo

One, two Freddy’s coming for you! Horror film legend Robert Englund was just one of many Toronto-loving celebri-ties who took part this August in Fan Expo Canada 2011 at the Metro Convention Centre.

“I’m probably on my third generation of fans now,” said Englund after he cut the open-ing ceremony ribbon along with fellow horror film legend, Lance Henriksen from the James Cameron directed film, Aliens. The 2011 Fan Expo is an annual event where over 600 retail-ers and exhibitors of gaming, comic, science fiction, horror, and anime get showcased. Fans can also get a chance to meet some of their favourite celebri-ties, artists and authors during autograph sessions where they can also take a photo with the special guest.

Throughout the weekend, there were a number of ques-tion and answer sessions, giv-ing fans an opportunity to not only see the celebrities, but to speak with them. Fans could purchase items, play demos of unreleased games or just show off the costume they wore to

the event. Generations of fans can be

educated in different genres with attending actors such as William Shatner from Star Trek.

Many veteran actors em-braced younger fans becoming familiar with their work. Actor Robert Englund originally rose to fame playing supernatural serial killer Freddy Krueger in the 1984 smash hit, A Night-mare On Elm Street.

“I sort of came along with popular age, as a character, along with video, cable, DVDs, and Blu-ray,” said Englund.

“I think it’s sort of a right of passage now, for fathers to let their sons watch A Nightmare On Elm Street. Even though that sounds like bad parent-ing, compared to newer horror films, ours is more imagina-tive-like a fairytale.” Englund also showed his humourous side saying, “ I don’t think any-one wants to grow up and be Freddy. He would be a tough prom date, but the character goes with the logo and experi-ence of a very successful fran-chise, which is nine films and I starred in eight of them.”

Kevin Sorbo, from the hit TV series Hercules: The Legend-ary Journeys, also proved to be

a fan favourite throughout the weekend with full auditoriums during his question and answer sessions. Well known for his sense of humour, Sorbo did not waste any time capturing the audience’s attention.

“You’re late!” He yelled at a fan who walked into the audito-rium. The audience and Sorbo immediately started laughing and he began to answer ques-tions. When asked about the difficulties of working in Hol-lywood, Sorbo quipped, “That’s why we do drugs and get tat-toos.”

Although he loves to use hu-mour when speaking with peo-ple, he did have some serious moments while talking about his near-death experience in 1997 when he had an aneurysm burst in his body and almost died. Sorbo said there would be more details of this incident in his new book due for release on Oct. 11.

Fan Expo Canada 2011 was an amazing weekend with an at-tendance of more than 79,000 people, beating out last year’s attendance of 64,000. The dates for the 2012 Fan Expo have already been set. It opens Aug. 23. For all horror, sci-fi, or anime lovers, this is one event you don’t want to miss.

Omar LaingThe Chronicle

Omar Laing

FREDDY FRENZY: Nightmare on Elm Street star Robert Englund cuts the opening ceremony ribbon at Fan Expo.

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As September fades to October, country music sensation Terri Clark’s concert fast approaches. Clark will be playing at the General Motors Centre in Oshawa on Oct. 8. She will be accompanied by open-ing acts The Stellas and Cadence Grace. This show promises to be a great ex-perience for country music fans. The concert starts at 8p.m., if anyone is inter-ested in tickets contact the box office at General Mo-tors Centre.


For Cadence Grace Leipsig, music is not only her career and life-blood, it was also her incentive to lose 100 pounds. She will open for country-singer Terri Clark at her Oct. 8 concert at the General Motors Centre.

Following her passion has led Leipsig, who goes by the stage name Cadence Grace, to devote much of her life to music. With her debut album; Unbreakable set to hit stores this January, she is poised at the age of 25 to channel her creative talents into a success-ful career.

She has opened for Dean Brody, and opened for Aaron Pritchett at the Pavillion.

Growing up in Whitby, Ontario, Grace began writ-ing music at a young age and performing relentlessly for anyone willing to watch. In her teens she entered a con-test in search of the next pop

star, and achieved some early success recording songs for hit youth television shows; Natu-rally Sadie and Degrassi: The Next Generation.

To broaden her music education, Grace took Mu-sic Business Management at Durham College graduating in 2006.

Though Grace produced a pop album composed of these television songs, she quickly realized that country music was her calling. During the transition from a pop singer to a country artist her main worry was of fan backlash, la-belling her a ‘sellout’.

Another concern was how she was physically viewed. As a chubby girl competing in a cut-throat industry that places as much emphasis on looks as it does talent, her music was often neglected when produc-ers would comment on her weight and image. “When all you hear is, you’re too big, or not pretty enough, it takes away from how they perceive

your music,” says Grace.To avoid further negative

connotations she stopped pur-suing music for almost two years. “I did what I had to do to fit in so that they wouldn’t focus on my looks. I wanted people to say this is her music, it’s great and she looks great

too,” says Grace. She worked relentlessly

on her image and lost almost 100 pounds during her musi-cal hiatus. During this period, Grace was able to gain a more mature understanding of who she is as an artist, though she also struggled with thoughts

of quitting music for good, she said.

It was Grace’s mother who suggested she try out for the show Karaoke Star, reviving her spirit to perform music again. “We arrived to find the set being shut down,” said Grace. After pleading with the judges for a shot, she left the audition with the entire judg-ing panel in awe of her talent.

Grace has been working hard playing local and out-of-town shows to gain popularity while using her other talents as a graphic designer and to connect with her fans.

She maintains her full-time employment at Lonestar res-taurant in Whitby, while con-tinuing to look up to powerful young artists such as Carrie Underwood and Taylor Swift.

Two weeks ago her debut single Living In Our Love hit country radio stations. “I can’t imagine being happy doing anything else. There is nothing that makes me feel as fulfilled as doing country music.”

Terri Clark’s Here For a Good Time

Angie DoucettThe Chronicle

Remember birch rods, leath-er straps, slate tablets and coal heating in elementary school? No? The Oshawa Historical So-ciety does.

The Oshawa museum’s his-torical society kicked off its first meeting of the year at the Oshawa Public Library with an informative look at Oshawa’s education history from 1800 to 1967.

The presentation focused on Oshawa’s first schools gathered from the viewpoint of Oshawa native and piano instructor Ol-ive French.

French, who earned her cer-tificate of merit in 1929, wrote detailed, unpublished memoirs on the conditions of early edu-cation in Oshawa.

Topics in these memoirs in-cluded the early curriculum, in-cluding examinations and pun-ishment, schoolhouses, teach-ers and classroom sizes.

Jillian Passmore, the visitor experience co-ordinator for the Oshawa museum, has headed the project for the last two years and gave an hour-long presentation on her findings.

“I think it’s interesting to learn about the little tidbits – what was covered in the cur-riculum, types of punishment.

Everybody finds those interest-ing.

It was so different… their system of examination was different, how they distrib-uted textbooks was different,” Passmore laughs. “I just think people will see how good they have it.”

The historical society meets every third week of each month in the auditorium at the McLaughlin branch of the Os-hawa Public Library. Member-ship currently stands at 124, but others are strongly encour-aged to join.

“One of the goals of the Os-hawa historical society is to gain interest in younger mem-

bership - to recruit newer, younger members and people that are interested in history or different things about Os-hawa,” Passmore said.

Oshawa looks back on the history of education

Miranda Leipsig

CADENCE GRACE: After a long road full of dedication and perseverance, Cadence Grace prepares to open for Terri Clark.

Angie Doucett

HENRY HOUSE: The Henry House is one of sev-eral historic buildings oper-ated by Oshawa’s historical society.

Grace opens for Terri Clark

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Aaron O’TooleThe Chronicle

A teacher in Georgia was fired for having pictures of her drinking on Facebook. Her job required her to be profes-sional and to set an example for students. She wasn’t fired for drinking she was fired for displaying her drinking pub-licly. What is posted on a social network is for the public to see. Users are responsible for every post they make.

If there is a picture of you smoking pot online it could be seen as proof of illegal ac-tivity. If there is an offensive comment about a co-worker online, it could be the reason someone loses his or her job. As well, anyone applying for a job should be well aware that companies might be glancing at your social network profiles.

What are businesses looking for? Whatever they can find to help them decide if an appli-cant is right for the job. There are consequences even for our online actions.

John Mazzocchi had been working at a GameStop in Long Island, NY since 2007. Just this year Mazzocchi was fired for posted pictures to Twitter of him planking, while at work! Planking is a modern day fad where a person lies stiff like a plank. His actions were consid-ered gross negligence, not only was he fired but he was denied unemployment.

Employees of at a Dominos in North Carolina were fired for posting videos of them do-ing vulgar things to customers food.

These sites require users to discern the consequences of their actions. In several cases

people step down or are let go because of a single post they make. Something posted online can be read by anyone; it is no longer considered private. The more important a person’s ca-reer or role in the community, the less room there is for an unprofessional post on a social network.

Several of these incidents could have easily been avoided if the people involved kept their private lives private. In some

cases, like the Domino’s inci-dent the employees simply got what they deserved.

In certain circumstances the Internet can be a valuable and practical tool for the evaluation of an employee. Jobholders and jobseekers should be aware that employers might check their online profiles. This is one of the ways social network-ing is changing our society. So, always think carefully about what you post online!


As October approaches in Durham Region, so does the ar-rival of the country music duo, the Stellas.

This husband and wife duo who have just released their self-titled debut album The Stellas, are preparing to join Cadence Grace as the opening act for country music sensation Terri Clark on Oct.8. Though not the headliner, The Stellas are quickly gaining popularity in the country music world.

Brad and MaryLynne Stella both grew up in musical fami-lies, which inspired their own passion.

When they first met they were drawn together by their love of music and musician

Tracy Chapman. Since that day, they have been “attached at the hip”, together all the time be-tween their work, marriage and raising their two daughters, Maisy and Lennon. Music is our lives, it’s our chil-dren’s lives, our relationship, we are music, said MaryLynne Stella.

Their musical career to-gether began with the help of MaryLynne’s sister and Brad’s brother, who joined the duo to play as a group of four. After the group split, the Stellas were formed and started playing open microphone nights.

Since the couple shares ev-erything else, it would only seem fitting that they would receive inspiration for their career, from the same artist. “ k.d. Lang is someone I re-

ally admire because she is the ultimate be-true-to-yourself, “said MaryLynne. “She has a balance. What happens usually is you’re going to have a critic or an industry where you have their respect or you will have the respect of the public. It’s hard to have both. Someone like k.d.Lang, they maintain that balance,” said Brad.

While working on their de-but album, which includes the songs Perfect, and In this House, the Stellas had to filter through all their past songs to decide which ones made the al-bum.

“We’re fresh and hope-fully the album is a peek into our lives, getting to know us personally and musically, it’s very personal,” said Mary-Lynne.

Meghan WelsThe Chronicle

The Arkells, an Indie band from Hamilton, On, have taken the world by storm with their intriguing stage performances and unique sound that make the crowd want to get up and dance.

The band got a chance to perform at Durham Col-lege and UOIT’s Campus-fest before heading out on their fall tour to promote the release of their new al-bum, Michigan Left, which comes out Oct. 18th. “We were really happy when they asked us to come back and play frosh week,” says the band’s lead singer Max Kerman. “I love campus,” says Kerman. “I’m really happy that we’re a band that gets to play college shows.”

A few singles from the band’s upcoming album have been released al-ready including the title track Michigan Left, and Whistleblower, which can both be found on iTunes. The new album really digs into the band’s Canadian roots with influences from The Tragically Hip, Tokyo Police Club, and Death Cab For Cutie as well as influ-ences by new upcoming indie bands like Pheonix, Spoon, and Ra Ra Riot. Previous to Michigan Left, the band released an EP called Deadlines in March 2008, and their album Jackson Square in October 2008.

“We’re interested in music with lyrics and sto-ries that we find interest-ing. Those elements are on Jackson Square and also on Michigan Left,” says Kerman.

The band had quite a successful summer this year when they got to play a TIFF party at Toronto’s Mod Club with fellow in-die bands Hey Rosetta and The Rural Alberta Advan-tage. “That was cool,” says Kerman. “We are big fans of both of those bands and have played with them be-fore, so it was good to see them again.”

The Arkells fall tour kicks off Nov. 2 in North Bay Ontario and will con-tinue west until Nov. 19.

The Arkells on way to tour

Amanda Darrock

The Stellas: The husband and wife duo are working on their debut album, filtered through their past works.

Stellas: married to country

Fired from Facebooking

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F1 driving legend rememberedPhilip PetrovskiThe Chronicle

No fear. No limits. No equal. Ayrton Senna was an astound-ing driver and an incredible hu-man being.

The film Senna was released this past summer with phe-nomenal reception from critics. It was much more than a doc-umentary about an F1 driver who was one of the best to ever compete.

The film highlighted the clash between the passion and politics of the sport. While the

film depicts how Senna pro-gressed throughout his career, much of his charisma and his love for his fans, friends and family was caught on tape. Much of the filming and his emotions were candid, showing Senna at his best and worst mo-ments. The film also details the inevitable feud between Senna and Alain Prost.

While Prost was a racer who drove like a mathemati-cian calculating every corner, Senna drove with panache and heart. This made an intriguing drama for F1 fans and brought

a larger audience to the sport. While his cloest friends and even distant enemies would comment on how facinating he was, his life was anything but uneventful.

Senna describes how he missed the pureness and com-pleteness of his karting days. He enjoyed the simplicity of a race that didn’t orbit around money and politics.

Senna’s longing for this in-nocent passion truly described his character. Never through-out the film did any of Senna’s acquaintances comment that

he thirsted for money or fame. Senna was a simple Brazilian talent who never forgot his roots. After his great successes, Senna returned to his home country of Brazil and returned to the world he wished to reju-venate.

While he was reaping wins for his various teams, Brazil was in terrible poverty, but these wins provided Brazil with an idol. This idol would become invaluable to Brazil. Loved and adored by its people of every age and gender.

The film also document-

ed Senna’s death at the San Marino Grand Prix in 1994, which was unbearable to watch at times. Even after all these years, the documenta-ry proved Senna’s impact on the sport, his fans and Brazil. After Senna’s death, the sport changed immensely in politics and safety.

Senna’s career was a land-mark in F1 and showed the sport at its absolute best. Stun-ning editing, phenomenal di-recting and a near perfect docu-mentary, Senna will be on DVD on Oct, 10.

The King returns in 3-D for two weeksOmar LaingThe Chronicle

The King has returned. Sev-enteen years after the original film wowed audiences in the-atres, the Walt Disney classic, The Lion King, has been re-released in 3-D and still has enough power to captivate a whole new generation.

With the blockbuster film being released within a new century, Disney workers have used some new techniques to

revamp the movie.The original version of The

Lion King was full of colourful characters. The Lion King has now been digitally re-mastered to bring a brighter look to the movie and give each character more life.

Depending on the situation, film creators have used a per-fect blend of colours with dif-ferent shades for each colour. Both adults and children can easily identify heroes and vil-lains based on setting colours

and character skin tones. An-other great method used to bring the animated feature to life was the use of 3-D effects.

In recent years, films done in 3-D have been a huge box of-fice success. Disney has joined the 3-D craze, making audience members feel like they are part of the movie.

The Lion King begins with several powerful scenes show-casing an African jungle. These scenes are absolutely breath-taking with digital enhance-

ments and 3-D effects. “I felt like I was in the jungle,” said 14-year-old Tanelle Hendriks. “When the animals walked by, I felt like I was sitting on the warm grass and they were walking by me.” The Lion King may be filled with spectacular visual effects, but that’s not all. The film’s music and overall sound effects prove to be the final ingredient in yet another Disney masterpiece.

Each animal species has its own unique sound. The movie

starts off with a black screen and the sound of animals awaking to a beautiful sunrise. In one opening scene a herd of elephants march toward the screen, which looks realistic considering the film’s visual strength. Viewers can hear el-ephant feet as they pound the ground. All of the songs sound better than ever and families can relive the magic of this timeless tale.

The Lion King is an excellent tale for people of all ages.

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The UOIT Ridgebacks men’s hockey team con-tinued their preseason action on Sept. 23 and 24 with an 8-4 loss to the Nipissing Lakers and

a 4-1 win against the Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks. The Ridgebacks haven’t had the best of luck at

Memorial Gardens in North Bay. The team’s only other visit there resulted in a 5-0 loss to the Lakers.

Although their defensive lapses allowed the Lak-ers to net eight goals, head coach Marlin Muylaert was happy with their offensive output.

“I was disappointed with how crappy we played away from the puck on defence,” Muylaert said. “If it wasn’t for their goaltending we would’ve been in the game.”

A bright spot in the game was the goal produc-tion from former Oshawa General Kody Musselman. Musselman had a two-goal effort on the night for his first two goals as a Ridgeback.

“Kody has a lot of respect (from his teammates) from his years in the OHL,” Muylaert said.

The Ridgebacks travelled home to the Campus Ice Centre the next night to take on the Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks. That was the first time the two teams faced off after the Hawks eliminated the Ridgebacks from the second round of the playoffs last season.

The Hawks held a 1-0 lead until early in the third when Tony Rizzi netted a shorthanded goal to even the score.

The Ridgebacks then exploded for three goals in the last five minutes to walk away with a 4-1 victory.

After being concerned last week with the team’s ability to execute a physical style of play for the en-tire game, Muylaert was pleased with what he saw against the Hawks.

“That was our first 60-minute effort,” Muylaert said.

The team will travel south of the border on Oct. 1 to take on the Michigan Wolverines and to Ohio the next day to battle the Bowling Green Falcons.

Michigan is ranked fourth in the nation in NCAA hockey.

Muylaert knows these games will be a challenge for his Ridgebacks but with six of the team’s first eight games being played on the road, he plans on us-ing this experience as a building block in the team’s development.

“If we can survive those games and come out with some positives, we’ll be able to handle the first part of the season,” Muylaert said.

The Ridgebacks will be back at home for their season opener on Oct. 8 against the York Lions. The puck drops at 7:30 pm at the Campus Ice Centre.

Zak McLachlan

UOIT HOCKEY: James Woodcroft passes through legs of Golden Hawks defender.

Zak McLachlanThe Chronicle

Hockey may be Canada’s national sport, but Canada’s oldest sport

isn’t hockey, it’s lacrosse. Currently UOIT does not

have its own men’s lacrosse team, but its women’s lacrosse team just gained full varsity status this season.

The women’s lacrosse team got its start three years ago as a club. When starting a new sports team it is an OUA rule that there is a probationary pe-riod during which the start-up team can play exhibition games against OUA teams, but is not actually a member of the OUA.

There are currently eight women’s teams in the OUA --- Western, Guelph, McMas-ter, Laurier, McGill, Toronto, Queens and UOIT.

Thankfully for lacrosse fans at UOIT, the women’s team made it through the probation-ary period and is now playing for the OUA championships.

Amy Fincham has been the head coach of the lacrosse team since its beginning, and when she was a student her-self, played in the OUA for the Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks, winning four championship titles.

“We want everyone to know that we are a start-up team, so

we are accepting all levels of players,” Fincham said. “Any-one is welcome.”

Fincham is also trying to

help out the new women’s la-crosse team at York University.

“They’re kinda starting out where we were two years

ago. Only one other team has agreed to play them. A lot of the teams don’t want to play an extra game because it’s taking

the chances of getting more in-juries. We were there two years ago and we know how it feels.”

Fincham said a lot of people in the Durham region play la-crosse, and she believes that with the new varsity status of the team those players in the region will be more attracted to UOIT.

Tristen Cruickshank, a third-year Nursing student and Stephanie MacAskill, a third-year Communications and Health Sciences student are two captains of the team. Both Cruickshank and MacAskill have been on the team since the team’s beginning.

“We get better and better ev-ery year,” says Cruickshank.

“It’s a different atmosphere,” said Cruickshank, “there are a lot of players out there with ex-perience and it provides good competition.”

MacAskill said: “this year has been really awesome, more players have come on board with some experience.”

Currently the team does not practice on the campus field because there isn’t enough time with the four soccer teams of Durham and UOIT already us-ing it.

UOIT is set to host the Women’s lacrosse champion-ship in 2013 so lacrosse fans at the university can look forward to that in the future.

Where the rubber meets the grass

Tyler Richards

VARSITY WOMEN’S LACROSSE: Third-year nursing student Megan Scott fires at goaltender and first-year Kinesiology student Tessa Lam at practice in Whitby.


Ridgebacks needed a slap...shot

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Austin RogersThe Chronicle

The Durham College Lords men’s baseball team are on track to win the CIBA Ontario conference title as they have since the ‘05-‘06 season, with a shot at finishing in the Final Four at Nationals as they have the last two years in a row. The Lords defeated York 19-4 last Tuesday while putting on a hit-ting display and maintaining their first place in the CIBA On-tario division.

Shortstop Tyler Mitchell went 3-for-3 with 4 runs and 1 RBI, as well as drawing a walk after being hit by a pitch.

The Lords went on to win the game, scoring 19 runs on 13 hits and leaving 10 runners on base in their Tuesday night matchup.

Lords starter Richard Burke won the game, spanning the full five innings of play and al-

lowing four earned runs. The Lords improved their

overall record to 9-4, and their conference record to 9-2 after the win.

The Lords only conference losses of the season came when they dropped games to Wind-sor on the 18th and 25th of Sep-tember.

With the exception of the two losses, the Lords have won all matchups in conference play, and have plated at least 4 runs in all of their 9 victories.

As well as their offensive performance, the Lords pitch-ing staff have went deep into games. Besides Burke winning Tuesday’s game, Lords pitcher Julian Daligadu pitched a 7-in-ning no-hitter against York on the 13th.

The Lords maintain a half-game lead over Windsor in the CIBA Ontario standings, and have the fourth best overall win percentage in the league.

Durham is set to host the Humber Hawks for the first time in back-to-back double headers on Saturday October .1 and Sunday October .2.

The Lords finished in first place in last year’s CIBA Con-ference standings, with a con-ference record of 16-0 and an overall record of 23-4.

Shortstop Tyler Mitchell was the CIBA Ontario top hitter in last year’s season, and is poised to repeat this year as the Lords continue their dominance.

Lords on track to nationals

Durham Athletics

DURHAM LORDS BASEBALL: Shortstop Tyler Mitchell celebrates with the rest of the team after their 19-4 victory over the York Lions.

Austin Rogers The Chronicle

Few pitchers, professional or collegiate, ever get to experi-ence a no-hitter in their career. Durham Lords pitcher Julian Daligadu has already experi-enced one, only six years into his playing days with Durham.

Daligadu, 23, has been play-ing baseball since he was 7. Growing up in Whitby, Da-ligadu was and is a Toronto Blue Jays fan, idolizing such pitchers as Roy Halladay. In his youth he played baseball for house leagues and his high school team, splitting play-ing time between pitching and third base.

Though he enjoyed hitting, Daligadu eventually settled on pitching as he progressed as a pitcher. “I got pretty good at pitching so I stuck to it,” he said.

Daligadu’s pitching rep-

ertoire includes a fastball, change-up and a curveball, his strikeout pitch, all thrown from a three-quarter arm slot with speeds ranging into the mid-80s.

A Masters of Health Science student, Daligadu has played for the Lords for the better part of a decade while going to school at UOIT. Daligadu pitched a no-hitter before, al-beit in a short five-inning game.

After striking out the side in the first inning of Durham’s 8-0 win over York, Daligadu went on to pitch the no-hitter, coming one walk and one error short of a perfect game.

“You’re always thinking about it in your head. As you progress through the game you know the other team doesn’t have any hits, so you kind of get nervous at the end of it, but, it worked out,” he said.

Daligadu didn’t accomplish the feat alone, however. The

Lords’ defence saved him on more than one occasion.

“The defence was definitely key in the no hitter,” said Da-ligadu. “It’s obviously nice to play with a big lead.”

Now the longest-tenured Lord, Daligadu is in his seventh and last year at UOIT. Upon graduating he hopes to work as a physiotherapist, but would like to keep playing as well. “I hope to play competitive base-ball somewhere,” he said.

However, he’s not focusing on pursuing a career. “If the opportunity comes I probably will [try out for A ball] but as of right now, probably not.”

Daligadu has let hopes of playing professional baseball slip away, however he doesn’t let it faze him. “It’s sad to say, but I’m older now. Before, I had bigger dreams, I guess, of going somewhere, but right now I’m just enjoying playing baseball for Durham.”

A player’s last year on the pitcher’s mound

Austin Rogers

A FINAL SEASON WITH THE LORDS: Durham Lords veteran pitcher Julian Da-ligadu looks to his future, not as a baseball player but as a physiotherapist.

Robynne HenryThe Chronicle

Durham Lords swung into conference games with a shut-

out double-header against the Humber Hawks on Wednes-day, Sept. 28.

After a shaky start in exhibition games, the Lords beat the Hawks 11-0 in the first game and 8-1 in the second.

The Lords once again had consistent hitting from the start with two hits in the first inning and seven in the second. Me-lissa Semniuk hit a team-high four RBIs in the first game; Janna Hagan and Jenna Dupuis went 3 for 3 with a combined five RBIs. The Lords head coach, Jim Nemish said in a press release that he was glad that the hitting picked up after the slow start in their exhibition games.

Veteran pitcher Shannon Galea pitched a five-inning shut-out, allowing one hit, and struck out five batters in the win in game one. Kristine Miles, the 2010 OCAA championship top pitcher, had the win in game two, and Alexandra Mallett closed the second game. Brittany Bell, Dupuis and Shannon Ferguson each hit twice to assist with the wins, with Bell also helping in defence with five outs.

The Lords were scheduled to play in Kitchener Oct. 1 where they took on Conestoga Condors. The Lords next home game will be Oct. 13 against Mohawk, another double-header.

As of Sept. 28 the Lords overall record is 3-4, and the con-ference record is currently 2-0 for this season.

Lords take two victories against Humber Durham beat the Hawks 11-0 and 8-1 in their double-header


White and blue jerseys were pulled on, skates laced up, helmets placed over heads, and the blades hit the ice as UOIT women’s hockey team began their second exhibition game of the season.

After a close 5-4 loss against Whitby on Sept. 21, the Ridgebacks came into the Sept. 26 game against the Aurora Panthers with a drive to win, and they were successful, destroying the Pan-

thers 3-0.The game started off slightly rough,

with some sloppy stick-handling from UOIT, but they soon tightened up their game and came back full force, scoring two goals before the middle of the sec-ond period.

“Lots of good forechecking and defence helped us play really well to-night,” said Carly Nisbet, a first-year player on the UOIT team. The team used supreme puck handling and strong offence to defeat the Panthers.

Though there were several penal-

ties for offences such as high-sticking and body-checking, the team showed brilliant, combined efforts, keeping a strong two-goal lead against the Pan-thers for the majority of the game until the third period.

With four minutes left in the third period, Sarah Worthington scored the third and final goal against the Pan-thers.

As the Ridgebacks enter their up-coming season, with the first game scheduled at Brock University on Wednesday, Oct. 5, they have their

goals set. “Our goal this year is to make the

playoffs,” said Jaclyn Gibson, a third-year player, who scored the first goal of the game. “ We have always been so close to making it.”

“We are starting to build chemisty,” said Gibson.”Our line is starting to build chemistry and work together re-ally well, which will help as we go into the season.”

With a five-month season ahead of them, the Ridgebacks show much promise.


Every city needs something to believe in – a common theme among citizens in which to place their faith and pride. In Oshawa for the past 75 years, that has been the Generals.

The team has been good to Oshawa through-out the years, winning four Memorial Cup cham-pionships and 12 OHL championships, the most among all active teams. They have been a peren-nial attraction in the city, always mirroring the character of their beloved hometown – rough, determined and full of heart.

But after everything the Generals have given to the city of Oshawa, support for the team has been on a steady decline since their last Memo-rial Cup victory in 1990.

Now is the time for hockey fans from all over Durham Region to rise up and stand behind the team that has represented our city with pride all over the country. The Generals have never need-ed our support more than now.

In the past, this city has rallied around the Generals in good times and bad.

When the team lost their home arena in a tragic fire in 1953, prominent Oshawa business-men flooded the organization with donations in attempts to keep the team afloat. And when they won their last championship in 1990, Generals fans accounted for the majority of spectators in the Copps Coliseum for a Memorial Cup single-game record attendance of 17,383.

But now, 21 years later, the magic of their league supremacy has faded in the hearts and minds of the fans and numerous seats remain empty each time the Generals take the ice at the General Motors Centre.

The team is poised to make a run in the play-offs, with a plethora of experienced players ex-pected to return for another year of junior hock-ey. With players like Christian Thomas, Calvin de Haan, Boone Jenner and goaltender Kevin Bailie, the Generals have the potential to play deep into the playoffs. But they need your help.

The Generals kicked off their 75th season with a 5-1 win over the Kingston Frontenacs, but lost their home opener in a 3-2 decision to the Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds on Sept 25.

The Generals will return to play at home on Oct. 10 against Kingston after a long 5-game road trip.

Visit www.oshawagenerals.com to find dates and buy tickets for all upcoming home games,

Come out and support your city and your Generals.

UOIT trounces Aurora Panthers

Lead the charge by supporting our Generals


UOIT is fielding its first-ever golf squad this year in OUA ac-tion.

Peter Butler is the team’s in-augural head coach, and looks to lead the Ridgebacks to early success.

Butler has had decades of ex-perience with the game of golf, and has been a member of the Canadian Professional Golf As-sociation since 1994. His career as a golf professional began at the Oshawa Golf and Curling Club in 1994 for a three-year tenure before he took his tal-ents to the Royal Ottawa Golf Club as an assistant profes-

sional in 1997. He then spent two years in

Peterborough as head golf pro-fessional before finally return-ing to Oshawa in 2002, where he has been the head profes-sional ever since.

The Ridgebacks will be play-ing out of the Oshawa Golf and Curling Club as their home course.

The team was scheduled to tee off Oct. 1 at the Waterloo/Laurier Invitational, Oct. 3 at the Gryphon Invitational, Oct. 7 at the Toronto Invitational, and Oct. 13 at the McMaster Invitational.

The OUA Championships are set for Oct. 16-18 at Catara-qui Golf Club in Kingston.

UOIT has first ever golf team this year

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The Generals have won four Memorial Cup championships and 12 OHL championships

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Lords welcome new players to the Durham basketball family

Mike PickfordThe Chronicle

The Durham Lords’ 13-year undefeated regular sea-son streak against the Lindsay Knights was ended Tuesday night in Peterborough as the Knights recorded a 2-0 victory.

The home side started the game brightly, with goalkeeper Derek Money making a couple of very good saves.

Durham found themselves a goal down after good play from the Knights. The Lords responded poorly and were soon 2-0 down, a score they ul-timately could not overturn.

Coach Stan Bombino was hoping for a positive response from his players as they pre-pared to meet St. Lawrence at Vaso Field.

Results were unavailable at time of print.

Lords lose

Tahj EbanksThe Chronicle

The Durham Lords men’s basketball team is welcoming 10 new players to the family along with three veterans from last year.

Returning to the team are

forwards Tyler McGarrity, By-ron Wabano and guard Christ-off Pierre. The Lords will play their first exhibition game at home against Loyalist on Oct. 4.

Head coach Desmond Row-ley said “We’re going to be a team that goes up and down the floor a lot and also works hard.”

Durham College is hosting the Dave Stewart Tip-Off Tour-nament on Oct. 14-15 at the campus recreation and well-ness centre.

Dave Stewart was the former director of athletics at Durham College who retired after 26 years of helping staff and stu-dents.


UOIT’s rowing team won sil-ver and bronze in the Head of the Welland Regatta on Sept. 25. The women’s varsity 8-plus improved their time from last year’s Regatta by two minutes. The men’s novice 8-plus pow-ered to a bronze medal. With less than a month until the OUA championships in St. Catha-rines the rowing team hopes to steal the title from Brock.

Rowing

Tennis timeAmanda DarrockThe Chronicle

UOIT tennis season ap-proaches. After a rocky start for the Ridgebacks, the team is energized to compete in the Oct. 7 OUA championships.The men’s and women’s tennis team promises to put up a good match.

Scott Dennis

FORE!- David Laing looks far off into the distance, trying to catch a glimpse of the golf ball he just shot all the way across the green .

Could it be a hole in one?

The Chronicle October 4, 2011 29 Sports

A rare gust of wind swept over Vaso Field on a hot day in September as the men pulled their socks up, tied their cleats and jogged to the centre of the field to meet their coaches.

It was another late night practice ses-sion for Durham’s men’s soccer team Thursday night, one the players seemed to be looking forward to. The mood was light, with odd bursts of laughter erupting from the circle some of the players had made on the half way line, while others on the bench joked loudly amongst themselves.

As time slowly progressed, the play-ers started with a jog around the field. Oh, make that two. And then three.

Earlier, forward Jossi Rodriguez, a first-year police foundations student, said that training really wasn’t all that bad. And the players practised as such, getting through the running and stretch-ing exercises with minimal fuss.

Goalkeeper Brett Smith was unable to partake in the session. Having started in the exhibition game against Humber on Tuesday, Smith had to be replaced af-ter taking a nasty kick to the head from one of the Humber forwards, receiving a concussion for his troubles. As a result

he was unable to participate in practice, or play in any games for the foreseeable future, which left the freshman bitterly disappointed.

“I love just kicking a ball around and being able to play,” Smith said. “Soccer is my life.”

There may have been a feeling that one or two of the others would gladly swap places with Smith as the practice picked up a little pace.

Players were now do-ing short sprints and circuits, weaving in and out of cones on the floor, aiming to improve the speed of their already quick feet.

And with that the play-ers returned to the centre of the field, where they gathered around their coach, Stan Bombino, to talk about previous games, and the sea-son opener coming up against Fleming College.

Standing on the sidelines were fitness and performance coaches, assistant coach Mario Bombino, and goalkeeping coach Vasco Jeronimo. Stan soon joined them as the players began another drill, this time actually involving a ball.

As Stan Bombino sat in the stands,

watching his team, he explained just how important it is for every one of the players to come out to practice when it is scheduled.

“It’s really a learning curve for them, a way for them to mature.” Bombino said.

“The drills that they have been per-forming are similar to those that professional organizations have their players do. We are serious about what we do on the field when practising. It prepares them for what is expected in a game situa-tion,” Bombino said.

Having worked with former Scotland national team managers such as Craig Brown and Berti Vogts, Bombino has the credentials and the pedi-gree to guide the team to

where they want, and need to be.“First and foremost, I’m a profession-

al coach,” Bombino said. “ I’ve worked in the Canadian Professional Soccer League before, I’ve worked in the On-tario Soccer League before and I’ve been head coach here for 14 years. In all that time my team and I have done the same things in practice, at games, and it’s worked, so we must be doing something

right,” Bombino continued. Although the Lord’s have yet to re-

cord a provincial championship un-der Bombino’s stewardship, they have reached the provincials eight times, no mean feat for a team in such a difficult division.

The real challenge for Bombino is the constant door that revolves on a yearly basis, bringing in new players, and sending out graduating ones.

“It’s a challenge putting together new teams on a year to year basis, be-cause it’s always a mixed bag of players coming in,” Bombino said. “Some have played rep league in the city they live in, while others have played provincials, so more often than not the players are at different levels, so we have to work them as hard as we can to bring every-one to the same level, to the top level.”

And it was clear to see that the play-ers had been worked as hard as they could as they trudged off the field at the end of practice.

Rodriguez maintained his earlier stance that practice wasn’t bad, and can only bring good things.

“The training itself focuses me, it makes me realize how I need to ap-proach certain situations on the pitch,” he said. “It’s always going to be the case that the more soccer you play, the better you’ll be.”

Training day on the soccer pitchMike PickfordThe Chronicle

The training itself focuses me, it makes me realize how I need to approach certain situations on the pitch.

Jossi Rodriguez

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The Durham Lords wom-en’s soccer team posted a 2-0 victory over the Flem-ing Knights in their season opener.

After going 2-0-1 in a solid preseason, the Lords contin-ued to play strong, handing the Knights their first loss of the season.

The game remained at a scoreless tie until Tara Farias scored her first ever OCAA goal in the 65th minute. Far-ias earned Durham College

athlete of the week for her performance.

Oshawa native Laura Ogle netted the insurance goal with five minutes remaining in the game.

Jenn Sheehan and Heath-er MacDonald both picked up assists in the game.

The 2-0 victory gave goal-keeper Melissa Linton her first clean sheet of the sea-son.

The Lords were scheduled to host the St. Lawrence Vi-kings on Sept. 30 and the Algonquin Thunder on Oct. 1 both at Vaso’s Field.

Athlete of the week helps Lords win season openerZak McLachlanThe Chronicle

ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Tara Farias, first-year DC soccer, scored her first OCAA goal.

ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Jake Olynyk, first-year DC fastball, saved game and took DC to 5-3 win.

QR CODE: Scan this QR code with your smart phone to take you to a youtube video of the athletes.

DC athletes of the week

Matt McPheeThe Chronicle

Last autumn, first year UOIT Commerce students Brad Sutherland and Zach Workman asked the Student Association if they could start a club. The answer couldn’t have been a negative one considering al-most 60 people had signed up to join.

The club in question was the UOIT/DC Road Hockey Asso-ciation.

This year, close to 100 par-ticipants joined in to take it to

the streets.The association’s regular

season, where students can join individually and be placed on a team or assemble a team and join, runs until mid-November with no exact time frame, de-pending on the weather.

“We have the season run-ning in the fall, and then during spring, once the snow melts, we have the playoffs,” says Work-man.

The rules of the association don’t veer too far from tradi-tional ice hockey and if there is one common connection between time-honoured road

hockey and this, “It’s basically just for fun, its not too go hard,” says Sutherland.

And one frequent trait link-ing hockey to another Canadian pastime: “We made a Stanley Cup,” says Workman.

The Genuine Cup, which was won by The Chiefs last year, is made from beer cans and aluminum foil.

The games are played in the South Village lot with the stan-dard hard orange plastic balls. “We’ve booked the entire park-ing lot,” says Sutherland.

“It’s been pretty good. It’s been smooth sailing so far.”

Road hockey pounds the pavement on campus

Mahmoud El BayrakdarThe Chronicle

The UOIT Ridgebacks men’s soccer team hasn’t seen the best season this year. Start-ingwith a loss against Water-loo the Ridgebacks have been stuck at the bottom of the OUA standings.

After a 6-0 loss in their third game against York, the Ridge-backs have a lot of work to do if they are going to make this

season a success.The team earned a turn in

the spotlight with their fresh-man goalkeeper Matt Calda-roni.

His performance in both Ridgebacks games, against Laurier, who the beat 2-0, and McMaster, who they tied, has made a difference in the team’s overall performance.

The Ridgebacks were sched-uled to play a rematch against McMaster on Oct. 15.

UOIT still in it

30 The Chronicle October 4, 2011 Scoreboard OUA SoccerMen’s West Division W L T PtsYork 5 0 3 18McMaster 5 1 2 17Western 4 1 3 15Guelph 4 3 1 13Windsor 2 2 4 10Brock 3 5 0 9Laurier 2 4 2 8Waterloo 2 6 0 6UOIT 1 6 1 4

Results Upcoming Home GamesBrock v. UOIT 1-0 UOIT v. McMaster Oct. 15McMaster v UOIT 0-0 UOIT v. Brock Oct. 16

OCAA SoccerMen’s East Division W L T PtsFleming 2 0 0 6Algonquin 1 0 0 3La Cite 1 0 0 3Seneca 1 0 0 3Centennial 0 1 0 0Durham 0 1 0 0George Brown 0 1 0 0St. Lawrence 0 2 0 0

Results Upcoming Home GamesDurham v. Humber 0-3*Durham v. Fleming 0-2 *Exhibition

Women’s East Division W L T PtsSt. Lawrence 1 1 1 4Algonquin 1 0 0 3Durham 1 0 0 3Seneca 1 0 0 3Fleming 1 1 0 3Loyalist 0 1 1 1Centennial 0 1 0 0La Cite 0 1 0 0

Results Upcoming Home GamesDurham v. Humber 1-1*Durham v. Fleming 2-0* Exhibition

Durham v. Centennial Oct. 11Durham v. La Cite Oct. 15

Durham v. Centennial Oct. 11Durham v. La Cite Oct. 15

CIBA BaseballOntario Division W L PCT GBDurham 9 2 0.818 -----Windsor 7 3 0.700 1.5Humber 6 3 0.667 2York 1 7 0.125 7St. Clair 1 9 0.100 7.5

Results Upcoming Home GamesDurham v. York 19-4 Durham v. York Oct. 4

OCAA Women’s FastballStandings W L PtsSt. Clair 4 0 8Durham 2 0 4Seneca 2 0 4Conestoga 1 3 2Mohawk 1 3 2Humber 0 4 0ResultsDurham v. Humber 8-1Durham v Humber 11-0

OUA Rowing Head of the Welland Regatta Time PlaceVarsity Women’s 8+ 20:54.07 2ndVarsity Men’s 8+ 18:46.70 4th Varisty Women’s 4+ 21:45.95 4thMen’s Novice 8+ 22:07.86 3rdWomen’s Novice 8+ 25:28.01 5th

Upcoming EventsHead of the Trent Regatta Oct. 1Brock Invitation Regatta Oct. 15Guelph Invitation Regatta Oct. 22OUA Championships Oct. 29

OUA LacrossePast Results Upcoming Games

UOIT v. Western 0-17 UOIT v. Toronto 5-13 UOIT v. Western 0-18 UOIT v. McMaster 6-12 UOIT v. Guelph 4-17

UOIT v. Queen’s Oct. 9UOIT v. Laurier Oct. 9UOIT v. Queen’s Oct. 16UOIT v. Toronto Oct. 16


The Durham Lords contin-ued their dominance of OCAA golf with two gold medals at the Niagara Invitational Sept. 28.

David Lang and Kayleigh Kraemer finished atop their prospective divisions to take home the hardware in the only official OCAA tournament be-fore the championships.

Lang shot a 5-under at the par-72 Lochness Golf and Country Club. Lang and runner-up Alex Dumais from Humber College, who shot 4-under par were the only two golfers in the tournament to finish under par.

Kraemer finished the round with an 81, four strokes ahead of runner-up Heather MacK-enzie of St. Clair College. Krae-mer’s 9-over par earned her a second straight title at the Ni-agara Invitational.

The OCAA championships will tee off Oct. 3-5 at Cornwall Golf and Country Club.

The Durham College women took home gold last year at the championships, with Kraemer and Tiffany Albath winning in-dividual gold and silver.

Gold rush for Lords

Upcoming Home GamesDurham v. Mohawk Oct. 13 Durham v. Mohawk Oct. 13

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