Durham Chronicle March 20th

Volume XXXVIII, Issue 15 march 20, 2012

Kim Moreau

THE IRON CHEF: Don Lovisa cooked grilled cheese for the residents and judges at South Village in the grilled cheese cook-off.

See Robots page 2

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Kim MoreauThe Chronicle

A grilled cheese sandwich, a comforting, nostalgic bite to eat for many, became the mis-sion of a Durham College culi-nary battle last week.

On March 14, the South Vil-lage Dining Hall transformed into a sweat-inducing culinary competition between college president Don Lovisa and three teams of culinary skills stu-dents.

Each team was tasked with crafting the best grilled-cheese sandwich. Although guests be-gan arriving at noon, before-hand teams were quickly and diligently preparing their per-sonal masterpieces and leaving the dining hall with an inescap-able aroma of cheese.

As students, staff, faculty, and competition judges flooded the hall, the teams began serv-ing their sandwiches, explain-ing a bit about it, and sizing up their competition.

Recipes ranged from the Southern Crunch, a pulled pork and coleslaw concoction referred to by creator Miranda Fletner as “nice classic comfort food,” to a sandwich with mac and cheese and bacon, to Lovi-sa’s own “big cheese.”

Although Lovisa helped cook up a storm, it was his son, a chef, who was responsible for his cheesy work of art.

One booth curious tasters

couldn’t help but sample was the Goutine, a combination of smoked gouda and poutine. Students hand-cut the fries for the sandwich the day before.

“The opportunities here are amazing,” said Cheryl Regier, one student on the Goutine team.

Toward the end of the battle, Lovisa left his booth to meet his competition and taste their work. His booth, and Team Fletner’s Southern Crunch, had been two of the more popular throughout the day.

While serving his sandwich, Lovisa was asking students how their grades were and if they were enjoying their se-mester. After tasting his com-petition and reaching the final stretch of the judging and cook-ing, Lovisa admitted he should have started earlier.

The event, hosted by Ara-mark and the culinary skills program, proved a large suc-cess with guests mingling and discussing how delicious their favourite recipe was.

Each guest was able to fill out a ballot worth five points, which was added to the judge’s scores, worth a total of 110 points.

Later in the evening Team Fletner was awarded their title as winner of the first grilled-cheese cook-off with their pulled pork, local pine river gouda, creamy coleslaw on sourdough creation.

A gouda time to eat cheese

Morillo puts UOIT on the mapZak McLachlanThe Chronicle

It was a season to remember for Jill Morillo, captain of the UOIT Ridge-backs women’s hockey team. Among her number of awards and accolades, the Whitby native won the Marion Hill-iard award, making her the first Ridge-back ever to win a major CIS award.

The Marion Hilliard award is given to the athlete best showing excellence in hockey, academics and community involvement.

The three-year veteran forward fin-ished third in OUA scoring with 32 points, which set a number of team

records. Morillo now holds the Ridge-backs record for most all-time goals and points.

Her exceptional performance on the ice earned her a spot on the OUA first all-star team and the second all-Cana-dian team.

Morillo has also made a name for herself in the classroom, earning UOIT’s all-academic award in her first two years as a nuclear engineering stu-dent. She was also named a CIS aca-demic all-Canadian last season.

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RIDGEBACK HISTORY: Jill Morillo receiving the Marion Hilliard award.

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New educational path-

ways could have students packing their bags and heading to Ireland.

While many students furthering their education find themselves travelling across the province and the country, new opportu-nities are always arising to travel outside of the conti-nent.

Durham College recent-ly signed an agreement of-fering an opportunity for students to transfer to sev-eral universities in Ireland.

“The Irish are so ex-cited about welcoming Ontario grads,” said Judy Robinson, vice-president of academics for Durham College, who is enthusias-tic about the cultural and educational experiences this will offer students.

Programs currently in-volved include business programs, electronic en-gineering, Internet appli-cations and web develop-ment, hospitality manage-ment and hospitality ad-ministration.

On March 28, Irish del-egates will be venturing to Durham College to speak to interested students about the possibilities available to them if they choose to study in Ireland, including available schol-arships.

Ireland offering pathwayto study

Jordan LloydThe Chronicle

The creative minds of future engineers were on display dur-ing the FIRST robotics compe-tition at UOIT from March 9 to 10. FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) Robotics Canada took over the campus wellness centre in Oshawa for a three-day, three-on-three tourna-ment dubbed the rebound rum-ble.

First Robotics Canada is a registered charity and was es-tablished in 2001. In 2004 it established a new mission to bring inspiration to high school and elementary school students to pursue further careers in sci-ence, technology and engineer-ing.

It offers opportunities for students, working in teams and assisted by expert adult mentors, to build robots and take part in tournaments that feature competitions, judged awards and other forms of rec-ognition. University and col-lege scholarships are also po-tential prizes.

The organization held the first competition in Canada at the Hershey Centre in Missis-sauga in 2002 and has operat-ed annually ever since.

“FIRST has had a presence on the campus before with the FIRST Lego league in Janu-ary but this competition marks only the second time a compe-tition like this has been held at an Ontario university,” said Justine MacIsaac, an admis-sions and recruitment officer

at the registrar’s office and a member of the FIRST robot-ics Canada GTA east planning committee.

“FIRST liked how well the campus and athletic facilities worked for the Lego competi-tions, and when looking for a new host for this competition UOIT was suggested first.”

36 teams from high schools representing Ontario, Quebec, Michigan and Alberta all took part in the competition.

Teams from each school were informed six weeks ago on Jan. 7 that their objective was to build a basketball-tossing robot.

Strategy was also a major part of the competition. Teams also had to make the decision on what type of robot they were going to build, a shot-blocker or a shooter.

On tournament day they were to form an alliance with two other teams and come up with a game plan together. Each game lasts for only three minutes for each group to score as many baskets as possible. At the end of the time limit the alliance with the most points moved on.

The qualifying rounds be-gan on March 9 and continued the next morning, giving room for the quarter-finals and fi-nals later in the day. The chal-lenges change each year for the competition, giving students a chance to learn new sets of skills to be applied later on.

The three finalists from the competition will move on to compete in St. Louis at the end of April for a world title.

A shot at robotic success

Jordan Lloyd

TINKER TIME: David Zukoysky (left) and Alexandre Malo (right) from Quebec, working on their robot during halftime.

A recent article about a Hot and Healthy work-shop contained personal information about the guest speaker at the event, Don Carter, that Mr. Cart-er did not consent to being included in the article.

The article also mis-stated who was organizing and hosting the event. The event was hosted by the LGBTQ Centre of Durham College and UOIT and the AIDS Committee of Dur-ham.

The Chronicle apologiz-es to Mr. Carter, the AIDS Committee of Durham Re-gion, and the LGBTQ Cen-tre for any embarrassment or inconvenience caused by the article.

Tracey FidlerThe Chronicle

Thursday, March 15 marked the second annual Research Day at Durham College. Faculty, staff and students gathered to showcase the college’s applied research projects.

Since 2009, Durham College’s Office of Research Services and Innovation has been collaborating with local small and medium-sized businesses to assist them in bringing their inventive and innovative ideas to fruition.

The department has enlisted faculty and students from various schools to help these companies with proof of principle testing, product research, development and com-mercialization.

At the event, student researchers and faculty members gave presentations show-casing several of the projects.

One project involved the conversion of a gas-powered all-terrain vehicle into an electric, battery-powered prototype. A sec-ond presentation described creating a ma-chine that could output paper packaging chips as an alternative to less eco-friendly materials, such as Styrofoam.

Third-year Electronics Engineering Technology students Cameron Magder, Adam Singh and Daniel Percy Araujo worked together with REGEN Energy to create an electrical controller for heating and cooling units that will reduce energy consumption, saving clients’ money and lowering environmental impact.

“It’s been a really good experience for us as students,” said Magder. “We’ve trans-lated [our education] into a real-world ap-plication.”

Fellow research assistant Singh de-scribed it as “very fulfilling.”

Durham College president Don Lovisa and vice-president academic Judy Robin-son were in attendance to show their sup-

port for applied research, and describe the important role it has played for all in-volved.

“Our goal is to respond to business and industry needs for practical solutions through applied research and innovation, while providing real-world experience for our students and an opportunity for our faculty to engage with our students and our curriculum in a very different way,” said Robinson.

According to Lovisa, close to 100 stu-dents and 30 faculty and staff members have participated in applied research proj-ects at Durham College since April 2010.

Currently, the Office of Research Servic-es and Innovation is engaged in 27 projects for the 2011/2012 academic year.

At the end of the presentations, Robin-

son, Lovisa and Office of Research Services director Debbie McKee Demczyk handed out certificates and awards to students and faculty who have been instrumental in the various projects.

Jeffrey Pang and Bill Bellamy, students in the Motive Power Technician program, shared the award for top student research-er. They assisted in the testing of Innova-tive Solutions Inc.’s Monopole technology, which was designed to decrease fuel con-sumption in vehicles.

Biomedical Engineering Technology professor Richard Tidman was presented with the top faculty researcher award for his work on the Biomedical Knowledge Portal, a health care management system aimed at organizing and locating biomedi-cal equipment in hospitals.

Tracey Fidler

RESEARCH DAY 2012: Vice-president academic Judy Robinson, Office of Re-search Services and Innovation director Debbie McKee Demczyk and Durham College president Don Lovisa presented Electronics Engineering Technology student Daniel Percy Araujo with a certificate of recognition for his assistance on an applied research project.

Recognizing research on campus

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Emily WoodThe Chronicle

Durham College and UOIT are jumping to join other Cana-dian college’s and universities, participating in a province-wide competition with the new-ly-formed equestrian team.

The team, formed in Sep-tember, 2011, is headed by cap-tains Jenna Lewis and Lindsay Weeks and competes through the Ontario Universities Eques-trian Association (OUEA).

Before beginning their stud-ies in commerce at UOIT last year, Weeks and Lewis were contacted by the president of the OUEA about getting the team started. Initially they did not realize they would be the captains of the team, but thought they would be regular members once the team was es-tablished.

“We took it on blindly and, I know I’m biased, but I feel like we’ve done an okay job [with-out] having a whole lot of guid-ance,” said Weeks. The girls, who said they thought the team would be a neat way to meet new people with similar inter-ests, were then told to find a barn where the team could take lessons as a group.

“At every barn that we went to or contacted, they were re-ally supportive. It’s a really well known program that’s put to-gether well. We didn’t have any problems,” said Weeks.

But the team has yet to or-ganize its group lessons. Most members have their own hors-

es and coaches in various loca-tions, and find it easier and less costly to do their own thing.

“The whole point of this pro-gram is to make it fun and in-expensive, so people can ride during school,” said Weeks, an Eventing rider herself, which involves competing in three different riding disciplines. “As long as they’re with a good, knowledgeable coach and we feel that they’re safe and confi-dent in what they’re doing, [it’s not a big issue].”

Members are not required to provide their own horses for the monthly Trillium level competitions, but instead use horses donated by the hosting barns. This helps to cut down on costs, allowing riders to focus on covering the cost of each event. The cost is $50 per competition, which covers both a flat class and one class over fences, said Lewis, who prac-tises dressage.

Sixteen teams are involved through the OUEA, from both

Ontario and Quebec and at-tend local shows as well, col-lecting points to qualify for the finale between all the univer-sity teams. To compete at this level, students must be have an Ontario Equestrian Federation membership, for an annual fee of $60.

Becoming a member is sim-ple, with Lewis and Weeks will-ing to go through the formali-ties for students. They require only a quick conversation, which they can do online, to

get a student’s basic informa-tion and confirmation of their federation membership to sign them up. No tryouts are neces-sary to join the team. Students are only required to be able to compete at the Trillium level.

Five members have partici-pated in competitions since the fall, not including the two cap-tains. So far the team has col-lected one 6th place ribbon, one 7th and two 8th places at compe-titions, of the six they have at-tended this academic year.

Many more students are interested in attending these shows and the team’s Facebook group has 40 members. But the captain’s have found that getting people to commit to the team has been the biggest challenge. Conflicts with work schedules, school work and fi-nances contribute to their hesi-tation, as well as show sched-ules, since competitions are always held on Sunday’s.

“We don’t show because it gets a little bit complicated with just a few people on the team, they need a little more help,” Weeks said. “It’s just eas-ier if you’re just there to direct people,” Lewis agreed.

The captains described the atmosphere of the team as open and friendly and them-selves as strong promoters of good sportsmanship at compe-titions.

The girls have developed strong friendships with the other teammates and spend their time together, in and out of school.

DC/UOIT team up to ride

Emily Wood

EXCITED TO RIDE THEIR WAY TO GOLD: First-year Commerce student at UOIT, and Equestrian team captains Lindsay Weeks and Jenna Lewis smile in ex-citement about their new horseback riding team at DC and UOIT.

Hillary Di MennaThe Chronicle

As of January 3,000 chil-dren are on a waiting list for subsidized daycare in Durham. Children at the top of the list signed on in July 2009. The wait time is between two and three years.

“Kids will age out before getting their spot,” Oshawa councillor and former Durham College student Amy England, said in an interview with The Chronicle.

At a February regional coun-cil meeting she proposed the re-gion spend $100,000 to create 10 subsidized childcare spots. The finance committee voted against England’s proposal 4-3.

As it stands the Ontario gov-ernment pays 80 per cent of daycare subsidy.

The region pays for the rest. England continues to campaign for low-income families and tries to speak out for children.

“These kids won’t have a voice until they turn 18,” she said.

“And when they turn 18 it

will be too late.”Campaign 2000 is a national

education movement to end child poverty. Their 2011 re-port card shows families with children make up the major-ity of low-income households. Though there is no set poverty line in Ontario, the Canadian Council on Social Development suggests single parents with one child making under $23, 561 are living in poverty as are two-parent families living with two children and making under $30, 424.

“I believe childcare is one of the key components in our economic development,” said England. She adds that parents who can afford daycare may en-ter the workforce and stay out of the system.

Another bonus England found through her research was that children who have early education are 90 per cent more likely to attend university.

In 2005, Early Years Centres opened as a result of research done by Dr. Fraser Mustard and Margaret McCain. Their work showed that the first six

years of a child’s development are extremely important and influential toward their futures.

The impact full-day kinder-garten has on daycares is po-tentially harmful for children up to three years old.

The majority of children us-

ing childcare facilities are aged four and five.

This age group requires one staff for every eight children, up to 16 children, as per On-tario law.

Children under 18 months of age require three staff members

for every 10 children. The older kids bring in the most business and require less staffing.

Childcarecanada.org “de-constructs” the Drummond Report, named after economist Don Drummond whom Ontario hired to suggest ways the prov-ince can balance the province’s budget. The report suggests that provincial government to cut full-day kindergarten.

If it remains, then additional funding is needed for daycares. The Ontario government de-cided against the suggestions, keeping full-day kindergarten and not increasing funding for outside childcare.

The website says without Ontario government funding, childcare centres will be forced to close as their fees will in-crease up to 30 per cent.

Durham Region works with a program called Durham’s Best Start program.

The group’s goals include improving wages for early childhood professionals, pro-viding equipment for subsi-dized daycares and creating more subsidized care spots.

A long wait for child day care

Hillary Di Menna

JUNIOR SCHOOL: Tiffany Noseworthy, an ECE caregiver at Walnut Street Junior School in Whitby, holds one of her students, Patience. Right now, day care waiting lists are at an all-time high in the Durham Region.

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After 20 years of operation the Durham College-run Early Childhood Education Child Care lab closed in 2009. UOIT took it over and it is now the Campus Child-care Centre (CCC). Both schools promote the care centre on their websites, word for word, yet only UOIT students get priority on the waiting list.

When college president Don Lovisa be-came president in 2008, taking over the reins of a college in serious debt, he was forced to cut certain programs, including the ECE Child Care lab.

The facility was both a daycare giving priority to DC students and staff, and a lab school for Durham College ECE stu-dents to learn and apply their skills. With 73 spots at the childcare centre, children of DC students or staff filled 75 per cent of those. The Toronto Star reported, in a 2009 article, that the educational lab and care centre lost $280,000 – which didn’t help the college’s debt situation any.

The college’s budget is now balanced, but there are no plans to re-open a child-care facility. It remains affiliated with UOIT.

Though Durham College students and staff were once a priority on the daycare’s waiting lists, CCC employee Dianne Mar-shall said that is no longer the case. How-ever, it is the case for UOIT students, UOIT’s director of human resources and services Murray Lapp, confirmed.

Lapp said though the daycare is in-dependently operated, UOIT helps bal-ance the books and benefits from having childcare access close by for its students and staff. Indeed when the university first gained this access Lisa Banks, UOIT’s di-rector of communications and marketing,

told The Chronicle how happy the school was with the service. “When you consider international recruiting efforts for both students and faculty having campus child-care available is very important.”

Lovisa said there are other daycares in the area, and DC students and staff can still use the services of the CCC. They just won’t have priority on the waiting list.

Waiting lists for daycare are a burden for many parents. Websites such as Wait-ingforchildcarenow.ca petition for provin-cial help on the matter.

A recent durhamregion.com article re-ported there are nearly 3,000 children on the waiting list for subsidized daycare, and those on the top of the list have been there since July 2009, coincidentally the year Durham College got out of the day care business.

Roxanne Lambert, co-chair and direc-tor of Children’s Services Division said the number rose above 3,000 March 12. Lam-bert does not know the number of chil-dren not on subsidy on daycare wait lists as these lists are managed on a centre-by-centre basis.

April Gammon, a first-year Durham College student in the law clerk and legal administration program, gets subsidized daycare.

“I didn’t know we still didn’t have the daycare,” said Gammon. She is a mother of a four-year-old girl who is currently in a different daycare. Gammon said she re-membered attending the ECE Child Care lab when her own mother was a Durham College student. She agreed that having a nearby daycare would be a huge benefit to the people of the college.

The government helps with a portion of

her daycare costs as long as she is attend-ing school or working. If Gammon stops going to school and does not go back into the workforce right away she would lose the help and have to start all over.

Starting over in the daycare system, subsidized or not, can be a daunting task. If parents lose work, as many do in a time when jobs in Oshawa are few, and take their children out of daycare temporarily until they find employment again, they are put on the bottom of a waiting list.

Lovisa said the decision to close the daycare had its supporters and detractors. “There are people who oppose you and the people who support you.”

At the time of closing there were pro-tests by parents and supporters of the lab school, but the college felt it had to proceed with its budgetary decision.

“It’s not a part of our core business,” said Lovisa, adding the college’s money should be going toward having the best teachers and the best classes. He said the business of childcare needs to go to exter-nal daycares. “That’s their core business and this is ours.”

As for the CCC being advertised on the Durham College website under the Stu-dent Experience link, the only connection between the school and daycare is the con-venient proximity.

With waiting list times being as high as they are, perhaps it’s time the college re-thought its position and partnered with UOIT to support the Campus Childcare Centre.

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Daycare changes priorities


Robynne HenryThe Chronicle

For some students at Dur-ham College and UOIT, it’s a lifeline to get from school, to home and to work. It allows students who don’t drive safe transportation from September to May, or May to August.

It allows students access to the gym, and ice rink, the abil-ity to borrow equipment for class assignments, entrance to student-centered events at E.P. Taylor’s and Shagwell’s, and sometimes access to exams.

The student ID card is a valuable piece of identification for students, one that students often don’t know too much about or take for granted.

Students who live on cam-pus, can access their meal plan and flex dollars accounts on their cards.

Thanks to the Student Asso-ciation, full-time students are also offered a bus pass for the months they are taking classes. The price is added to fees on top of tuition.

For full-time students the price will be going up from $70 to $73.50 for Durham College students and the summer price will rise from $80 to $83.50. Durham College students are charged up front, while UOIT students have to pay per se-mester.

When comparing Durham College’s and UOIT’s student

cards to other colleges and universities, it is sometimes difficult to find sources on the school websites or someone to talk to.

“We did surveys in the sum-mer,” said campus identifica-tion co-ordinator Judy Kellar.

“The girl that was doing it had a hard time finding one person that could speak on be-half of the ID process. A lot of people are in amongst student services, registration offices, li-brary services, facilities, and so on.”

When comparing the prices for the student cards with other colleges and universities, there are similarities with some and a big difference with others.

During the surveys the Identification offices did dur-

ing the summer, they surveyed Carleton, Waterloo, Western, George Brown, Centennial and Niagara.

Out of the schools asked, only George Brown had mul-tiple places to get IDs on their multiple campuses like Dur-ham.

The price of first cards and reprints were similar or on dif-ferent levels, depending on the school.

“Some schools don’t charge for the first card, but charge an arm and a leg for the reprint,” Kellar said. Along with Durham College, Centennial’s and Ni-agara’s first card costs students $15.23. Humber doesn’t charge anything for the first card, and George Brown charges $12. Carleton and Waterloo have no

cost for a student’s first card, but the reprints cost about $19 and $20.

Reprints for Durham, Niag-ara and Humber cost students $10. For Centennial and George Brown, reprints cost $12.

The UPASS (the student bus pass), is an agreement the school has with the Durham Regional Transit (DRT). Beth Smith, the liaison between Dur-ham-UOIT and DRT, works to make sure the card is available to students.

“The UPASS is extremely cost-effective for our students,” Smith said. “Therefore, we will continue to work with region in order to keep it affordable.” Durham and UOIT are among a few colleges and universi-ties that offer the bus pass to students, and it helps take the worry of getting to school off their minds.

“I use my ID mostly for the bus,” said first-year Electri-cal Engineering student Alana Humphrey, who has to go out to the Whitby campus for class-es. “It’s very useful to full-time students, because we use the buses a lot.”

The University of Toronto Scarborough campus is among the schools that don’t offer a bus pass to students with the card, but do offer students the opportunity to get bus passes.

“It’s kind of like high school (when some schools sold bus passes),” said second-year An-thropology student Samantha

Gionfriddo. “We can buy the student version of the bus pass for $99, but I would have to be there the week before to actu-ally get hold of one.” The bus drivers are very strict with the bus passes. Some bus drivers will kick a student off if they do not have their ID card on them when requested. Gionfriddo uses bus tokens, which are a little cheaper than getting the adult bus pass for $120.

With her student card, she has the option to get into any University of Toronto library, gyms, and any other facilities offered to students.

Gionfriddo says that it would be easier for her if her student ID was a bus pass, and she wouldn’t have to worry about not having tokens for the bus.

“If it was included in tuition, I don’t have to worry about it for the rest of the year,” Gion-friddo said. “All I would have to worry about is getting to and from classes on time, and I won’t get stranded if I don’t have any money or tokens on me.”

As well as offering a number of options on campus, students are offered discounts if they show their card at local busi-nesses and restaurants.

“Many places have student discounts, “ said Kellar. “Show your card anywhere off cam-pus… I’ve even heard of stu-dents receiving a discount in Europe, because they had a valid college ID.”

Do you know what your student ID can do?

Robynne Henry

SHOWING OFF THEIR ID CARDS: Stephanie Arndt and Brendan King from the Human Resource Management program show off their student ID cards.



Every step will bring us clos-er to a cure.

On Sunday, April 22, the Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada is hosting the Oshawa-Whitby MS Walk to raise mon-ey for multiple sclerosis.

All of the net proceeds will go to the Durham Region MS chapter, providing local sup-port services for those in Dur-ham living with MS.

“It’s a great, fun, family-ori-ented event that gives hope to individuals in the Durham Re-gion living with MS,” says event co-ordinator Nicole Ansell.

Check-in time for partici-pants and volunteers is 8:30 a.m. in the Gordon Willey Building of Durham College. They will be able to sit in the Marketplace and eat a light breakfast before the race be-gins and lunch afterwards.

“Durham College has gener-ously donated the space,” says Ansell. “It’s a huge cost savings for us.”

The walk begins at 10 a.m., and participants have the op-tion of completing a five- or 10-kilometre route, which will stretch around several subdi-

visions close to the college and Camp Samac off Simcoe Street.

Canadians have one of the highest rates of MS in the world, with about 1,000 new cases diagnosed every year.

It is the most common neu-rological disease affecting young adults in Canada. Ac-cording to the Multiple Sclero-sis Society of Canada, countries farther away from the equator, like Canada, tend to have high-er rates of MS.

“There are many theories,” says Ansell. “But some studies suggest the higher rates are due to a vitamin D deficiency.”

Multiple sclerosis is a neu-rological disorder, attacking the central nervous system. It can cause a wide range of symptoms, including paralysis, slurred speech, fatigue, blurry vision, memory problems and a loss of balance.

MS can occur at any age, but is most commonly diagnosed between 15 and 40.

For more information, or to learn how to become involved, contact Nicole Ansell at 1-800-268-7582, extension 3123, or email her at [email protected]. To learn more about multiple sclerosis, visit www.mssociety.ca.

Talkin’ bout first generationNatasha CohenThe Chronicle

First generation students

had a relaxing morning break at Tim Hortons with First Gen-eration student co-ordinator Lucy Romao Vandepol.

She held an event called Lattes with Lucy on March 14. Students could join the First Generation student co-ordina-tor and other first generation students for a latte at the Tim Hortons in the Student Servic-es building.

First generation students on campus are students whose parents or guardians have not attended a post-secondary in-stitution. Durham College and the Ministry of Training, Col-leges and Universities offer first generation students support.

“My job is to support stu-dents who are the first in their family or generation to go to college or university,” said Vandepol.

The first generation co-ordi-nator supports students while they work towards becoming

the first college graduate in their family.

“I think it provides a sense of community, it gives students an opportunity to take a break in their day and connect with other students.”

Vandepol said holding an event like this lets students come out to meet her who haven’t and ask questions, pro-vide feedback, and suggestions.

Vandepol said first genera-tion student’s concern is usu-ally time management and try-ing to balance life with school, family and jobs and becoming acquainted with being a college student.

“I’m always encouraging students to come and see me,” said Vandepol. “I’m very open and approachable. I’m friendly. I can connect them with any of the resources on campus. I can provide them information on what else is available. Another thing I can do is sit down with students and help them set up goals for the year, and create an action plan for success.”

Students who want to meet with Vandepol can find her in the Student Services building in room 211 of the Student Life office.

Students can follow her on twitter at @DCfirstgen and on Facebook at facebook.com/DC-firstgeneration.

MS charity walk set for late April


Gym. Tan. Laundry. That’s the Jersey Shore motto.

This popular reality show glamorizes dark, tanned skin, with its main young stars vis-iting tanning salons regularly.

Recent attempts to try to educate them about the dan-gers of tanning, such as mela-noma awareness advertising campaign Dear 16-Year-Old Me, have gone somewhat ig-nored.

According to the Canadian Cancer Society, 50,000 On-tario youth use tanning beds, exposing themselves to dan-gerous levels of ultraviolet radiation. In fact, the levels from a tanning bed can be up to five times more powerful than the sun.

In 2009, the International Agency for Research on Can-cer upgraded tanning beds from a probable carcinogen to a known carcinogen.

Studies by the Interna-tional Agency for Research on Cancer have determined that using tanning equipment before the age of 35 increases the risk of melanoma, the

deadliest form of skin can-cer, by 75 per cent. Melanoma is one of the most common cancers among young people aged 15 to 29 in Canada.

“UV rays are damaging to the skin,” says Campus Health Centre nurse Teresa Engelage. “They change the skin cells, aging your skin prematurely.”

As well, using tanning beds can increase the risk of cata-racts, a clouding over of the eyes.

Still, despite the risks, a high number of individuals still continue to use indoor tanning equipment, many of those being youth.

“I know it’s bad for you,” says 29-year-old loan op-erations officer and frequent tanner Krista MacArthur of Whitby. “But I like the way I look with a tan, and I also find it relaxing, lying in the heat.”

She says she also tans be-fore she goes on vacation, as she believes a base tan will protect her from burning. However, according to the Canadian Cancer Society, this is a myth. A base tan does not protect skin from the sun, nor does it prevent burning.

The Canadian Cancer So-ciety is advocating for strict-er Canada-wide laws when it comes to tanning salons. They’d like to see those under 18 banned from using tanning beds.

Other countries, such as Scotland, Germany and France, and a number of states in the U.S., have put bans in place.

Health Canada’s tanning safety guidelines suggest op-erators should not allow those under 16 to use tanning beds, however, it is up to the indi-vidual salon to decide if they will follow these guidelines. A recent survey by the Canadian Cancer Society found that 60 per cent of tanning facilities did not ask the age of young tanners.

Engelage says she has seen many youth come in with con-cerns about their skin.“We have students on many occa-sions come to see the physi-cian about skin discolouring and mole changes,” she says.

To achieve that “summer glow,” Engelage suggests us-ing self-tanning cream or spray as a safe, effective alter-native to tanning beds.

Youth mostly ignoring the dangers of tanning



Since the recent MyCampus outage this February, many students at Durham College have been left wondering what improvements can be seen in the wake of the update.

But this most recent update to MyCampus was primarily an upgrade to the Banner 8 soft-ware, said Dino Zorbas, direc-tor of administrative informa-tion services.

Updates to the Banner soft-ware, which has been used by the college and university since the 80s, must be done every two to four years to continue receiving support for the soft-ware.

This regular maintenance provides tweaks to issues not seen by students on the surface level of MyCampus.

A development team of 13 members from the IT depart-ment spend four to six months preparing for the update, mak-ing necessary adjustments to the system before implement-ing the changes.

“As with any software ap-plication, over time, updates and upgrades are released by the vendor,” said Zorbas. “New versions contain bug fixes and new features and take advan-

tage of newer technologies that have become available.”

The software update will provide more security around credit card numbers and other student information. But the administrative services are used by faculty and staff of both schools as well, used by human resources, finance, and admis-sions departments.

Zorbas said that ideally, the update should have happened a year ago and was originally scheduled to occur last Novem-ber. But the support staff strike interfered.

Scheduling a time for these outages to the system is prob-lematic and carefully consid-ered to prevent the disruption of students as much as possible.

These outages are typically scheduled about a year in ad-vance where a lull in the aca-demic calendar can be found, avoiding exam periods, reg-istration cycles and financial deadlines.

“Because of the college and the university both using the same system, we have to make sure that the timing is right for everybody,” said Zorbas.

“We usually aim for a long weekend some time in the cal-endar year.”

Outage calendars are also provided so as not to take stu-

dents by surprise with these updates, which prevent access to certain aspects on the MyC-ampus portal.

The February upgrade to the Banner 8 software, for ex-ample, prevented access to the administrative services. Pay-ment of fees, web registration, class schedules, grades and transcripts were unavailable from Friday, Feb. 17 through Monday, Feb. 20.

“[The outage calendars] are available to make sure that we have windows of opportunity to do the work that we need to do and to be…least disruptive to students and the student schedules.

”The IT department makes an effort to keep students in-formed about any upcoming outages, says Zorbas. Other maintenance to MyCampus is done yearly, more frequently if specific errors are occurring within the system.

“It added a little bit more functionality,” said Zorbas of the November 2011 upgrade to MyCampus. “But on the back end we beefed it up so it would perform better and handle a bigger load.”

Notices of any outages to MyCampus will continue to be advertised via e-mail and on the portal.

New updates for MyCampus

Hillary Di MennaThe Chronicle

Before ushering the new, some like fond memories and closure of the past. To do this, the Broken Arts families created an Internet poll in December asking the public what the coolest things of 2011 were in Oshawa. Dur-ham College and UOIT made the top five, placing fourth coolest in Oshawa.

The Broken Arts’ seasonal zine, Now or Never, debuted its third edition March 3. The inside content focused on the poll results.

Scott Kendall wrote about DC and UOIT’s win, focusing on the MBM rogram.

“The program at the col-lege that tries the hardest to ‘make Oshawa cool’ is Mu-sic Business Management,” wrote Kendall.

Abel Renton is co-own-er of local music label, Get Bent Records, and also one of the MBM program’s new-est teaching staff. The label ranked second in the Broken

Arts poll. Kendall also sent kudos to

DC’s other art programs and the Student Association’s ef-forts in bringing big bands to Oshawa, using The Sheep-dogs as an example.

“I can’t speak for UOIT,” he wrote.

“But I know they’re work-ing on getting cooler and eventually I’m sure the uni-versity will attain the level of coolness enjoyed by other universities.”

Now or Never is sold through The Broken Arts at their events as well as down-town Oshawa businesses such as café, Cocoa and Joe, for $4.

The Broken Arts is an Oshawa group that puts on concerts, craft fairs, costume parties, games and other unique events. Everything is all ages. The group serves as a network of artists of all me-diums.

Founder Harley Pageot was a guest on DC’s campus radio station, Riot Radio, March 8.

DC/UOIT rankamong the coolest


Be Superman-donate blood

Tara OadesThe Chronicle

You don’t have to be Super-man to save a life.

Any average person between 17 and 61 years-of-age in good health can save three in an hour, which makes Superman look bad.

Impossible? It’s not when you donate blood.

According to Canadian Blood Services, every 60 sec-onds one Canadian is in need of blood. One unit of blood, equivalent to half a litre, which is what is taken from each do-nor on a single visit, can save three lives.

“Donated blood is separated into three components, red cells, plasma and platelets,” said Carol Niras a representa-tive for Canadian Blood Servic-es on Harmony Road in Osha-wa. “Each one can be given to a different patient, which is why

one blood donation has the po-tential to save multiple lives.”

About 900,000 units of blood are collected every year in Canada, and are distributed to over 800 hospitals across the country.

However, depending on the treatment or situation, one patient could require up to 50 units of blood, and most hospi-tals only have four to six days worth of blood at their disposal.

For example, leukemia treatment for one patient re-quires eight units of blood per week, and car accident victims, depending on the amount of damage, can require over 50 units of blood per patient.

Not many people know that donated blood has an expiry date of 42 days, so clinics are constantly looking for new do-nors, said Niras.

The donation process is short, free, relatively painless, and offers unlimited cookies.

The donor just has to fill out a short health questionnaire, take an iron test, then sit back and depending on individual feelings towards needles, look away while the nurse extracts the blood. The whole process takes about an hour, and that includes recovery time.

“The process is 100 per cent safe, all equipment is only used once, and the nurse can stop at anytime if the donor feels dizzy or sick,” said Jessica O’Neil, a nurse with Canadian Blood Services in Oshawa. “It’s rec-ommended that donors drink plenty of water, and don’t skip any meals the night before to help smooth along the process.”

Other than a few dizzy pa-tients the main problem is low iron, she said.

About 400,000 Canadians donate blood regularly every year, but according to Canadi-an Blood Services, 10 per cent of donors are turned away be-cause their iron levels are too low to donate.

“Eating meats, nuts, and vegetables can help raise iron levels suitable for donation,” said O’Neil.

Donating blood benefits the donor just as much as the re-

cipient. Not everyone has the same

blood type. In fact there are four main blood groups each divided into positive and nega-tive types. The types include A,B, AB, and the most common O.

Not all blood types are com-patible with each other, which means if the donor was ever in an emergency they can be helped quicker just by knowing their blood type.

For first time donors, once the blood is tested, Canadian Blood services will send out a card with the individual’s blood type on it for easy proof.

Also when the donors blood goes through testing, if anything pops up that is irregu-lar the individual is contacted so they can see a doctor and fix a problem that they wouldn’t have know they had otherwise.

“I donate blood five times a year,” said Daniel Edey, a busi-ness student at UOIT. “It’s a little uncomfortable, but after a couple seconds you don’t no-tice, plus it feels great knowing that I’m helping someone in need.”

Donors can give blood up to seven times a year, and Cana-

dian Blood Services encourage people to donate at least once so they know their blood type and get a quick health check.

However, not everyone can donate. Staff at donor clinics don’t put anyone at risk, so there are restrictions on people who can donate.

“All donors have to weigh over 110 pounds, have nor-mal iron level and be in per-fect health,” said Niras. “Also, donors have to wait six months after having dental work, getting a tattoo or a pierc-ing. We don’t take blood from people who need it to stay healthy which is why the re-strictions are necessary.

“Each person has about five litres of blood in their system, and clinics only extract about half a litre. If the person is healthy and has normal iron levels, why not donate,” said Niras.

Giving half a litre away is a small price to pay to save multiple lives, she said.

Students interested in donating blood can visit the Canadian Blood Services website at blood.ca to find a permanent or mobile clinic near them.

Every 60 seconds one Canadian needs blood


Robynne HenryThe Chronicle

For one Durham College student, being told that she wouldn’t be able to do some-thing just made her fight hard-er to do it.

“A few hours after major surgery, I was walking around,” said third-year human resource management student Courtney Cabral.

Cabral went through major corrective surgery in January.

She was told that she should take at least six to eight weeks off school and work to heal, and she was back to school at the beginning of the third week. When she did go back, she was surprised at how helpful every-one at school was.

“Everybody was very accom-modating, people helped me,”

she said. “It was really nice.” Teachers sent her any home-work she needed to get done, and friends helped carry her books and bags when it got to be too much for her.

Even through the pain of recovering, Cabral refused to slow down or let the surgery or pain get in her way.

“If something tries to bring me down, I kind of fight back,” she said. “I have a lot of obliga-tions in my life, I work and I go to school and I play sports. So, it was something that I had to do, because I am so involved in other things.”

This being her last semester, she’s determined to graduate.

“I’m in my last semester, last year,” she said. “I didn’t want to miss school, I didn’t want to fall behind.”

Cabral has had medical is-sues since she was a child, com-

plaining of major pain at the age of 10 when doctors found out she had something wrong with her.

“When I was 10, I went to the doctor for a lot of pain in my abdomen,” she said. “Through tests from the ages of 10 to 16, a ton of them, I found out that I had the uterus that I had,” she said. Doctors told her that she had a rare condition, one that would make it dangerous for her to become pregnant or if she did it would be life threat-ening.

After leaving the issue for a couple of years, she decided to go to the doctor again to see if anything could be done.

“There was a lot more pain with daily activities,” she said. “So, I decided to get it fixed.” She was supposed to go through six procedures, but only had two done because it wasn’t as

bad as the doctors thought. With the surgery fast ap-

proaching, Cabral still made time to do a modelling show in Niagara Falls. She had been modelling until she was 16, and always looked for possible ways to get back into it. She entered an online photo contest, and didn’t place. But, the organizer emailed her and asked if Cabral wanted to take part in a fashion show she was doing for charity.

“I learned how to walk the runway and met fashion de-signers,” she said. “I got an in-vitation to go again this year, so it was very exciting.”

After the surgeries, Cabral was been healthy and has only minor pain these days.

“It was very exciting!”Cabral admits that this has

been a busy year for her so far, and she hopes for things to set-tle down a bit.

On the road to recovery

Cameron McDonaldThe Chronicle

Durham College Public Relations students held a bake sale on March 13 to raise money for Epilepsy and bring awareness to the issue.

Kylie McConnell, one of the event organizers and a first year Public Relations student, was adamant about raising awareness of the disorder.

“I feel like epilepsy is largely misunderstood and not talked about enough as a concerning issue,” said McConnell, “and this sale will hopefully get more people talking about Pur-ple Day for Epilepsy.”

Purple Day is solely de-voted to the disorder and was created in 2008 by a Canadian woman that was personally affected by epi-lepsy.

It has grown in recent years to become a global event. People are encour-aged to wear purple to promote awareness of epilepsy as well as to show support for those directly and indirectly affected by the disorder.

The bake sale included the usual treats for the common sweet tooth. Brownies, cookies, cup-cakes, and other sweets like cotton candy were made available to stu-dents, but there were also things like wristbands and key chains for people with a different taste.

The hottest items of the day were the homemade brownies, the purple cot-ton candy and the purple epilepsy wristbands, which were all selling for a dollar each.

Krista Pirrochi, another Public Relations organizer, was pleased with the feed-back the event received.

“Most of the people who were buying stuff donated a couple extra bucks, and they were taking the pam-phlets and asking ques-tions,” said Pirrochi, “so that’s a good sign that we spread at least a little more awareness with the sale.”

The sale helped to raise nearly $150 for Epilepsy Durham, a non-profit organization located in Whitby.

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Amanda DarrockThe Chronicle

What was once thought to be a luxury has now become an ac-cepted part of individual health care as people are realizing the positives of massage therapy.

With numerous benefits to people of all ages such as re-lief from headaches, insomnia, whiplash and stoke, more and more people are trying it.

The repetitive day in and day out of lugging oversized back-packs full of books, up numer-ous flights of stairs, and slouch-ing in the same desk chair, can cause tight muscles in your neck and shoulders. This can be relieved from massage. Mas-sage therapy began over 5,000 years ago and can be traced back to Egypt and China. It uses a combination of different techniques with hands and of-ten the masseuse’s entire arms or hot/warm stones, which can be used on not only the back but also the arms, legs, shoul-der and neck. Though these techniques may sound simple, a lot of training and education goes into becoming a massage therapist.

“We are masters of soft tis-sue manipulation,” says regis-tered massage therapist from Whitby, Kathy Kloss. “It’s what we focus primarily on. We have to understand the functioning of a healthy body so that you can understand what dysfunc-tion is and how to treat it.”

Though the massage pro-gram is offered at many col-leges, The Registered Massage Therapists’ Association of On-tario, and The College of Mas-

sage Therapists of Ontario, set very specific guidelines for edu-cation. Therapists must learn health sciences such as anat-omy, physiology, the neurol-

ogy, musculoskeletal anatomy and clinical science, which in-volves manual and therapeutic techniques. After completion of these courses, therapists are expected to under go 2,200 hours of clinical practice to en-sure they can deal with a wide variety of patient concerns.

Since all therapists are gov-erned under the RMTAO, they are also required to stay cur-rent in their education. “We have a standard of practice that we are required to follow, as well as quality control,” say Kloss. “We are required in the profession to maintain a cer-tain level of education. Every three years we have to go for additional courses in order to maintain our license.”

All the education and clini-cal hours help ensure patients gain the full benefit of mas-sage therapy.Massage can ben-efit patients who are suffering from pain caused by day-to-day stress as well as those suffering pain from physical activity.

“Many people come to me after they have exhausted other possibilities,” says RMT Crystal Emre who practises in Oshawa.

“I had a gentleman come to me who used to enjoy running and being active, but he couldn’t run anymore due to pain in his legs, calf cramps, and muscle tightness in his legs. He was also having issues with his hips. If he were to extend his leg back he would feel a tightness in the front of his hip which was very

uncomfortable.He came in, we talked a lot about why it was happening, the reasoning for it, then through palpations, me touching his body and feeling around in his muscles, I was able to determine where was tight and where his imbalances were, and we worked on that over a series of weeks. He got to the point where he was able to run again without pain.”

Massage therapy also offers relief from scoliosis, pregnancy pain and labour, whiplash, fi-bromyalgia, cancer, and carpal tunnel syndrome caused by re-petitive strain.

“We are taught to reduce pain, to increase the health of the tissues by increasing circu-lation through the body. You are reducing swelling at times if there is an excess of swelling in the limb or joint. We decrease pain and muscle imbalances,” said Emre.

Other benefits include re-lief of pain, increased range of motion, arresting some of the degenerative problems such as arthritis.The CMTO not only speaks out for therapists but also protects the clients. “If a patient ever feels uncomfort-able with a way they were treat-ed or touched during a massage they have every right to report it to the CMTO as a person should never feel uncomfort-able in a massage,” says Emre.

This service is available to students on campus through the campus health care centre.

Amanda Darrock

RMT: Kathy Kloss uses her trained techniques to re-lieve tension in patient Aly Shariff’s shoulders.


Natasha Cohen The Chronicle

Guest speaker Rob Ellis from MySafeWork recently shared with students the reason why safety on the job is so impor-tant to him. His 18-year-old son lost his life on the second day of his job. He was work-ing in a small bakery and was pulled into a large mixer. Ellis has worked tirelessly ever since to try and stop this from hap-pening to other families.

“I lost my 18-year-old son and I’m not gonna let you go through that,” said Ellis who spoke on March 1 at a MySafe-Work presentation, held for students wanting to learn more about how to stay safe on the job.

MySafeWork is dedicated to raising awareness about work-

place safety and has been part-nering with industry and edu-cation to present to students all over Canada for the past 10 years.

“We have a diversity of pro-grams, and we have a lot of students going on field place-ment,” said Mary Noble, em-ployment advisor and intern-ship co-ordinator at Durham’s Oshawa campus.

“Most students have never really been in an environment which is related to their field and they might not be accus-tomed to some of the hazards that might be in place. When we have a special talk or a ses-sion like this it allows students to hear from experts in the field with regard to safety and to help them better transition to the workplace and be safe on the job.”

Students also had a chance to network and meet with employers, who attended the workshop and who also said they were committed to the safety of their workers.

The government fined the company who Ellis’ son worked for. They were charged with 47 different counts the supervi-sor was sent to jail. Ellis said there are serious repercussions for any supervisor or company that does not look after their employees.

“We want to send the mes-sage to Canadians that we can do better – we can absolutely do better.”

Ellis said it is important that employees get proper train-ing and supervision on the job. He encouraged students to ask questions and use their leader-ship skills to suggest safer ways

to do things. He said it’s impor-tant to know what kind of com-pany you are working for and if safety is a big concern for them.

“We have an opportunity to change Canada,” said Ellis. “To be a world global leader in health and safety. Health and

safety will only progress as we develop leaders and it becomes part of their culture and their makeup.”

Students interested can check out the MySafeWork website at http://www.mysafe-work.com/.

Cameron McDonald The Chronicle

The Ontario legal system has had a large rise in the number of impaired driving charges over the past year, according to Justice Paul Bellefontaine, who had to personally handle many of them.

The Ontario Court of Justice in Oshawa sees over 35,000 cases each year and only has 12 Justices to handle them all. A tall order at best for the jus-tices, and with the notoriously slow legal process it could be very easy for all of the impaired driving cases to bring the pro-cess to a grinding halt.

However, the province has devised a way to cut down on time for impaired driving charges to streamline the pro-cess. Fingerprinting, DNA col-lection and general process-ing can now all be done in the court, which was unheard of a couple of years ago, and this allows for a trial date to be set sooner.

People charged with im-paired driving can now plead guilty within days of the charge being laid, instead of waiting three months for the plea.

This process, which was adopted two years ago, has become more valuable this month, with impaired driving charges on the rise, and with the added volume St. Patrick’s Day brings.

“We have basically added organization machinations to make the process faster and easier for everyone,” said Belle-fontaine.

Impaired driving charges up

Safety takes priority at DC

Natasha Cohen

SAFETY FIRST: Rob Ellis of MySafeWork led the activities during the safety seminar at Durham College this month.

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Kamesha Horne-SimmonsThe Chronicle

The Music Business Man-agement program hosted their open mike event at E.P. Tay-lor’s March 12.

The event contained lots of talented musician, singers and songwriters showing their talent on stage to the lunch crowd and guests who came out to watch the show.

The program’s open mike is a really good way for students to show their musical talents, and a fun time for the per-formers as well for the audi-ences.

The open mikes get lots of great performers and are al-ways looking for different per-formers with different styles.

For example, one of their special guests at E.P. Taylor’s was Jean-Paul De Roover. He is from Thunder Bay, and is a one-man band, who has al-ready had two videos featured on MuchMusic.

De Roover is a solo artist, who does live looping with his guitar and uses his voice as an instrument to create his songs piece by piece in front of the

audiences’ eyes. De Roover had the crowd

going with his performances and their toes tapping as he sang a few of his songs, in-cluding Fix, and his new one The Man With No Hands.

Amanda Stewart, a Human Resources student at Durham College, was one of the stu-dents who performed on stage on March 12. She sang Dirty Rain by Ryan Adams, Ironic by Alanis Morissette and her own song Picture Frame.

“I guess it’s about forbid-den love, wanting to have someone you can’t have and reminiscing about past times,” said Stewart. She also talked about performing live and at open mikes.

“I’ve only performed at one open mike night before this outside of school and I used to perform in high school too. I’m getting into it more. I started recording stuff on You-Tube. Hopefully looking to get out there more and play at some more open mikes. This is a good place to start out and get some practice, plus it’s run very well.”

Stewart took part in the Song Revealed songwriting

competition at Durham Col-lege on March 15.

“I’m definitely working on writing, you know, always writing down any melodies that come in my head and working on them,” said Stew-

art.Other dates for open mike

are on April 2 and 9 at E.P. Taylor’s from noon to 2 p.m. Students who want to perform can email [email protected].

Another great open mike

Kamesha Horne-Simmons

SINGING IT OUT LOUD: Jean-Paul De Roover from Thunder Bay, who does live looping with his guitar, per-forms in his one-man band at open mike on March 12.

Derek MortonThe Chronicle

Most college students focus on getting their essays and as-signments done on time, but these students have to organize a four-day festival on time.

With the end of the school year comes the Reel Music Fes-tival. The event that features local musicians as well as guest speakers isn’t put together by professional agents working all year round, but by a group of second-year Music Business Administration students.

The course teaches students the skills they will need to book and organize events and con-certs. The pressure of the event is something that is burned into the minds of the students.

“We’re so close to the event,” said Tony Sutherland, the co-ordinator of the course. “We have so little time left to finish this work up.”

Students in the course have to try and attract artists and speakers to come to the college for the event. The students are split into teams that work on different aspects of the festival.

While one group would fo-cus on the workshops and con-ferences another would work on marketing for the event. The students do all aspects of the event.

“There’s a lot to do,” said Kyle Potter, one of the leaders of the marketing team. “Time goes by quickly and we have to get our work done fast.“

With the all the work that needed to be done in such a short amount of time, the se-mester has gone by quickly for some of the students, especially those who will be graduating at the end of the year.

“It’s been a lot to do,” said Caitlyn Anderson, the other head of the marketing team.

“It seems like the semester just went right by and now the event is almost here. It’s funny to think that some of use ar go-ing to graduate this year.”

Helping the students with their work are their profes-sors. While they aren’t the ones organizing the event, they see how much work goes into the four-day event.

“These guys put a lot of work in the festival,” said Abel Renton, one of the course pro-fessors. “I’m only here for part of the week but I see how many hours these guys put into it.”

The Reel Music Festival started Wednesday March 14 and ended Saturday March 17.

Chealse HowellThe Chronicle

E.P. Taylor’s kicked off Saint Patrick’s day with a pong tournament that was not one to be missed.

Twelve teams of two battled through the night in hopes of winning first place on March. 14.

Pub crewmember Khaila Chariton was very excited that there was such a great turnout. She says this is just the start to their Saint Patrick’s celebra-tions. E.P. will be hosting events all week. “It was a really good turnout to-night. I hope it is the same for the rest of the week”, said Chariton. Although there were 12 teams, there was only one team of girls brave enough to step up to the pong table and play. Double trouble is what the crowd was calling Dur-ham students Caley Bedore and Mickey Djuric. The pair came to the table dressed in all green, even sporting green wigs. They came out to have a fun night and ended up making it to the semi-finals.

“When we first started to play peo-ple looked at us like we were the un-derdogs, but as the night went on they knew we were trouble,” said Bedore. Ryan West and Conor Maximum, both in police foundations at Durham College, beat out double trouble in the finals. The boys beat the girls by sinking two balls in one cup. For first place the boys won a pong ta-ble and the girls took home a large boot cup.

Boys team wins against girls Students workingReel hard

Chealse Howell

DRUM ROLL PLEASE: The winners of the night, Ryan West (centre) along with his partner Conor Maximum (left centre) and their group is all smiles.

Amanda DarrockThe Chronicle

The sounds of excited chatter and guitar strums filled the air as a building-long line of people filled into the packed Sound Academy for the Dropkick Murphys concert.

The dark room filled with silent silhouettes but this soon changed as the steady beat of drumsticks elicited screams from the crowd and the lights ex-ploded. Moments later, opening act Class Assas-sin burst onto the stage met by a violent rush as the punk band’s guitars blared.

They were soon followed by The Creepshow who brought more energy to the crowd, clad in a mixture of typical punk clothing and rocker style of doc martins and multi-coloured Mohawks.

As guitarist Matt Pomade struck the last chord, vocalist Sarah Blackwood shrieked “up next Dropkick Murphys,” which was met by a chant of “Dropkick, Dropkick.”

The crowd exploded, jumping, shoving and flailing to songs like Take em down, Johnny Ha-lallejuaha, and Ship em off to Boston.

After a break in which lead singer Al Barr thanked the crowd for coming out, the Irish punk band slowed down their raw energy for an acoustic substitute, performing hits like Devil’s Bregade. But high-energy sound was soon back as Dropkick Murphys revealed songs off their new album, Go-ing Out in Style.

The show ended on a high note, leaving a satis-fied-looking, sweaty, metal-studded crowd to fil-ter out into the cool night.

Dropkick, Dropkick!

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Jordan LloydThe Chronicle

The wrestlers of the WWE made their way across the border to To-ronto for the Road to Wrestlema-nia tour on March 9.

After a year-long absence the WWE travelled to Canada for a tour of live events throughout March. One of the early stops on the tour was the Ricoh Coliseum in Toronto.

The event marked the first ap-pearance the organization has made since March of last year.

Fans were lining p outside the building two hours early anxiously waiting for the doors to be opened. The doors were opened at 7:30 and the show was underway at 8 p.m.

Just under 7,000 fans packed into the building for the show to see their favourite wrestlers. A few notable changes were set in place for the show that deviated from the normal format of live events.

The first change was the stage for the event. The normal black curtain entranceway was traded in for a more modern impressive-looking abstract set.

Another new addition was the wrestlers talking on monitors between matches about matches that were coming up later in the night. The speeches were broad-

cast on the large screens hanging from the roof of the building for the crowd to see. The videos helped to create a more TV-like experience that the audience would expect at a televised event.

Wrestlers featured at the show ranged from the comedic Santino Marella, Canadian veteran Chris Jericho, John Cena and the WWE champion CM Punk.

The show concluded with the main event of CM Punk defending his championship against the fast-rising Dolph Ziggler.

After the match was over Punk grabbed a microphone and treat-ed the crowd to a special message.

“Without all of you awesome Canadian fans there would be no Harts,” he said referring to the Hart family, which has trained many famous Canadian wrestlers and helped gain the wrestling in-dustry recognition.

“Without the Harts there would be no wrestling, and without wres-tling there would be no CM Punk, so I not only carry this title for my-self but I share it with each and ev-ery one of you.”

While a majority of the fans left after seeing John Cena per-form, the fans who stayed until the show’s conclusion were sent home happy.

Jordan Lloyd

WRESTLEMANIA: A year later, the WWE came back to Cana-da at the Ricoh Coliseum on March 9.

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Lori Marks The Chronicle

Music lovers were all ears as local aspiring hip-hop group HighDef took the stage at Wrokstarz Club and Venue in Whitby on Friday, March 9 to promote the release of their new album. Talented solo art-ist Ashley Wright opened the show with an acoustic set of three original songs. Following Wright was music by Brett Wil-liams, 730, and DJ Dames Nel-las. HighDef, which consists of three members, Jed John-ston (Alias), Jermaine Sterling (JSilva), and Gordie Brettell (Gwhyte) attracted a large crowd to the event. The venue was filled with supportive fans looking to hear original music off the group’s second album.

“We all get our inspira-tion from different places,” said Brettell. “I get a lot of my inspiration through the com-plications of everyday life, if I have a bad week and the stress is building there’s no bet-ter punching bag for me than writing a verse and getting the stress out of my system.”

HighDef started making hip-hop music in 2006 and started doing shows in 2008 after two

years of writing and recording.“A lot of rap artists from the

Durham area are very talented but what sets us apart, I think, is the lyrical content, “ said Brettell. “We talk about real life and what is important to us and the struggles we go through try-ing to take our careers to the next level. A lot of other local rappers rap as if they’re already famous. We’re down to earth

average guys with a deep driven passion for making good mu-sic.” HighDef has also set goals for the future of the group with hopes of making music videos for every song off the new al-bum to consider it a success.

To hear songs off HighDef’s upcoming album set for release later this summer, check out the band’s YouTube channel at highdefentstudio.

Lori Marks

HIGHDEF: Gordie Brettell (Gwhyte), rapper from HighDef, performs songs off the group’s second album at Wrokstarz Club and Venue.


Speechless.A full month into own-

ership of Canadian legend Leonard Cohen’s newest al-bum Old Ideas, and that’s how I feel. Speechless.

A Cohen fan since his words first caught me as a melancholy teen, I’m amazed, as his ingenious means of manipulating the English language to seduce remains intoxicating.

Old Ideas, Cohen’s Jan-uary-released album, holds onto the exhilarating ride you can only feel under the spell of Cohen’s words - but there’s something more with this album. Hardly a music maestro, with his attempt at singing sounding more like a coarse whisper, Cohen has always relied on the vocal support of others and instru-mentation of an undoubt-edly talented band. Old Ideas takes that reliance to a new level of genius as Cohen sings with more soul than ever be-fore. The album showcases his poetic legacy through lyr-

ics, “The pull of moon, the thrust of the sun, Thus the ocean is crossed, The waters are blessed while a shadowy guest, Kindles a light for the lost“ he sings on Different Sides. Yet the simplicity of his rhyme remains soothing, like a lullaby to a child’s ear.

“Down in the valley the famine goes on, The famine up on the hill, I say that you shouldn’t, you couldn’t, you can’t, You say that you must and you will,” he sings later in the same song.

But it is Show Me The Place, the most memorable song on the album, that for-tifies the legendary status of this one-of-a-kind Canadian. The soft background piano complements Cohen’s raspy, emotional ballad.

And yet, as each song is embraced, burning like a fire in the heart of this die-hard Cohen fan, no words can describe the legacy he con-tinues. At 78, with a career spanning four decades, Co-hen is hardly at the start of his game but he continues to ride on the pinnacle of his success.

Cohen creates new sound with old ideas

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Community involvement is a major part of the Marion Hilliard award, and nobody proved that more than Morillo, who played a major role in her commu-nity.

She spent numerous hours through-out the year taking part in practices and development clinics for local girls hock-ey teams, promoting the sport and get-ting girls involved in the game at a local grassroots level.

“Jill is a true varsity athlete, achiev-ing academic and athletic success through commitment, focus and disci-pline, as well as finding the time to play a valuable role within the community,” Ridgebacks head coach Karen Nystrom said about her captain.

Morillo also became only the third

Ridgeback to be named OUA athlete of the week in January when she scored three goals and three assists in back-to-back games against the Western Mus-tangs and Windsor Lancers. The big weekend gave Morillo her fifth and sixth multi-point games of the season.

“I feel very rewarded after a long sea-son of working hard and trying to put in your best effort. It’s good to know that you’re rewarded at the end of it all and your efforts are being noticed,” Morillo said. “With the school being so new, there’s many milestones to be made. It feels great to be a part of that.”

With two years left in her program, Morillo has plenty of time to add to her all-time goal and point totals, but her focus isn’t on the individual achieve-ments.

As the team’s leader, Morillo’s goal is to carry the team to their first-ever play-off appearance.

“I want to do my part on the ice and off the ice to bring the team up, motivate the girls and set an example,” Morillo said. “If I can continue to do that and be successful and make sure that the team is successful as well, then I’ll be happy with my performance.”

She will have a great opportunity to be successful next year with a number of the team’s key contributors returning for a run at their first-ever playoff spot.

Zak McLachlan

STANDING TALL: Ridgebacks captain Jill Morillo leads her team in the inaugural OUA Outdoor Classic.

Ridgebacks follow the leader

Zak McLachlanThe Chronicle

Oshawa native and former Durham Lords star Courtney Small is making a name for himself in the world of profes-sional basketball across the pond with the Worthing Thun-der of the English Basketball League.

Small lit up the highlight reels last week, scoring 25 points in an impressive win over the Westminster Warriors.

The rookie scored 10 of a 12-point run in the fourth quar-ter to secure the victory and cement his place as an impact player on his new team.

“It wasn’t just me; the whole team played their part on the defensive end to stop Westmin-ster from scoring easy buck-ets,” Small said on a story from the team’s website.

Thunder head coach Gary Smith was impressed with Small’s play.

“It’s hard to not include Courtney’s contribution in those last three or four min-utes, and he played with great intensity and heart,” Smith said.

Small has averaged 16.1 points, 4.7 rebounds, 3.5 as-sists and 2.9 steals through 17

games with the Thunder (13-6) who sit in fourth place in the men’s Division I league.

The point guard spent four years with the Durham Lords, being named to the OCAA all-

star team last year and walked away from the event with MVP honours. Small averaged 16.4 points, 0.8 blocks and 2.5 steals per game in his last season with the Lords.

Small making a big impact as a professional

Durham Athletics

LEADING THE LORDS: Courtney Small spent four years with the Lords as one of their top offensive threats.


The UOIT athletic depart-ment has announced that Peyvand Mossavat will be the first head coach of the wom-en’s Ridgeback soccer team.

“I am very excited to be the first coach of the women’s soccer program at UOIT,” said Mossavat. “My time at Ryerson and York over the past eight years has allowed me the opportunities to build successful soccer programs at this level.”

The previous Ryerson Rams head coach holds the record for most all-time wins with the program, and was named coach of the division in the 2006-07 season.

Mossavat is optimistic about the prospect of early success with the school’s new program based on the other soccer programs at UOIT and Durham College.

“I am confident that we can build a program that de-livers excellence on and off the field and ensures aca-demic success in the class-room.”

The new UOIT head coach has had eight years of ex-perience with his two other schools in the OUA.

On top of performance on the field, Mossavat also places strong importance on community involvement.

“We will focus on enhanc-ing the student-athlete’s life experience at UOIT and in the greater Durham commu-nity,” said Mossavat.

Ken Babcock, UOIT’s ath-letic director, has displayed confidence in the new head coach.

“His strong leadership abilities and proven track record made him an ideal se-lection.”

“He will quickly establish and build our women’s soc-cer team into a winning pro-gram,” said Babcock.

The women’s team will be-gin their 2012 inaugural sea-son in the OUA west division. The team will battle along-side the Waterloo Warriors, Guelph Gryphons, Brock Badgers, Western Mustangs, York Lions, McMaster Ma-rauders, Windsor Lancers, and Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks.

Women’s soccer ready for kickoff

I feel very reward-ed after a long season of working hard and trying to put in your best effort.

Jill Morillo

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As her players exit the dress-ing room, each girl gives her a smile, when she individually gives her a high-five and com-pliments her efforts. It’s clear that Kelsey Gallant coaches her ringette team on a very person-al level.

Ringette is played by thou-sands of young women and girls across Canada each year, yet some argue it is highly un-derappreciated. The Whitby Ringette Association supports minor ringette much like minor hockey is supported within the Durham Region.

Kelsey Gallant, a Durham College graduate of the Per-sonal Support Worker program last year, is the head coach of an under-16 ringette team in Whitby and promotes the ac-tive lifestyle the sport brings to the community.

“It’s great for the kids to get out and do something fun and skate around twice or three times a week for an hour. I don’t see how that could ever be a bad thing.”

The 21 year old has been in-volved in the Durham ringette

community for more than a de-cade.

Along with coaching the U-16 team she has been a play-er on the Whitby National Rin-gette League team the Whitby Wild for the past three years. Since the age of 7, she has played almost every position in the sport, including goaltender, and even played on the Cana-dian junior team.

Her experience as a player allows her to be more in touch with young girls trying to learn the sport and ensuries that she will be one of the most knowl-edgeable coaches on the ice.

Gallant’s team plays locally, taking trips outside the region for weekend tournaments. Her team has had recent success winning most of the regular season games, and placing in the top three in almost every tournament they enter.

Although she tries to have fun while coaching her players, Gallant realizes she is a role model to her team.

“These girls are growing the skills they need for the sport but also for the rest of their lives. That’s a bit of pressure but I love what I do and I’m happy to help shape their lives.”

Playing on both sides of the bench


The UOIT Ridgebacks tennis team recently wel-comed a new head coach, hoping to swing the team into victory next season.

Formerly the team’s as-sistant coach, Kane Easter has developed an impres-sive resume in his tennis career over the past 20 years. UOIT athletic direc-tor Ken Babcock said in a press release in February that the department is ex-cited about the change to the varsity team.

“[Easter] has shown tre-mendous leadership abili-ties as the team’s assistant coach and he has a lengthy resume of success in ten-nis,” said Babcock.

Easter played for the St. Lucia national team and for the University of Lou-isville. Easter will see OUA action for the first time as head coach when the sea-son kicks off next fall.

Serving up a new coach

- UOIT Athletics Academic LuncheonTuesday, March 27Student Centre – Oshawa, Ont.

- UOIT Athletic Banquet

Thursday, March 29General W. Sikorski Polish Veterans Association Hall

- DC Athletics Academic LuncheonTuesday, April 10Student Centre – Oshawa, Ont.

- DC Athletic BanquetThursday, April 12General W. Sikorski Polish Veterans Association Hall

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