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October , 2006
VOLUME XXXIII, Issue 5
DOMO ARIGATO, MR. ROBOTO:
Halloween pub night
SNACK TIME:
Zombies invade
See PAGE 2
See PAGE 13
Back to
bargaining
for transit
workers
By Marilyn Gray
Photo by Matt O’Brien
THROWING HEAT: Gord Robertson pitches during Durham’s run for the national championships.
Nailbiter at Nationals
By Matt O’Brien
Chronicle Staff
Thrills, spills, and subzero chills.
The men’s baseball team slid into Ottawa Oct. 20, for the CIBA national championships taking on the best of the best from
Canada’s college baseball circuit while
also dealing with the frosty temperatures
of northeastern Ontario. The team did all
they could, dealing with the weather and
a few questionable umpire decisions, but
could not grab the national title this year.
The men were ready to go Friday, Oct.
21, but the weather refused to co-operate.
Rain plagued the entire day, mucking
up the field to an unplayable state, and
giving the Lords an extra day to rest and
enjoy the comforts of their hotel rooms.
“The condemned have been given a
chance to reprieve for 24 hours…we’ll be
handing out the executions tomorrow,”
said Sam Dempster, head coach for the
Durham Lords.
“ All we gotta do is execute.”
So with day one washed away, the men
shut down for an early night to continue
Saturday.
“ I think it might go pretty well,” said
back-up pitcher Mark Nolan. “In the long
run I see a 3-0 day and the championship
being ours.”
With the first two games rained out, the
tournament schedule needed a facelift.
Instead of two games, the Lords would
have to play two in the morning, and one
in the evening, with the possibility of a tiebreaker later on that night, if needed.
“Everyone here can play ball,” said designated hitter, and catcher Tim Westlake.
“At this point we all know what we’re doing and we should see results.”
With an overcast sky, and a bone-chilling minus-4 Celsius, the Lords pressed on
and began game one on Saturday against
the Dalhousie Tigers.
The game started off with the Lords
racking up four runs early, contributed by
Chris Ganesh, Vince Carbone, and Dale
Kryway. But they couldn’t maintain their
defence and Dalhousie responded with
four runs late in the game. The game was
tied 4-4 and went into extra innings. The
Lords stood their ground until the ninth
inning when Dalhousie scored the winning run to take the game 5-4.
See LORDS Page 23
Chronicle Staff
Durham Region and CAW Local 222 went back to
the bargaining table on Saturday morning, bringing
the transit strike closer to an end.
The region accepted the union’s invitation to return
to scheduled talks on Wednesday, Oct. 25, rather than
submit to binding arbitration.
Regional council passed a motion to return to the
table on Wednesday afternoon.
“I’m cautiously optimistic,” said John Johnson,
chairperson of the Durham Region Transit unit of
CAW Local 222.
“At least we’ll be talking,” he said. “It’s a step in the
right direction.”
The union wanted to return to the negotiating table
immediately, but the region refused.
“I guess they weren’t prepared,” said Johnson. “I
wish they’d come back today (Wednesday) instead
of leaving our workers out in the cold for another two
days.”
Garth Johns, Human Resources Commissioner for
Durham Region, could not be reached for comment.
Durham Region Transit has been on strike for
nearly four weeks now. Two of the main issues on the
table are health benefits and contracting-out policies.
Until last week, the region had refused to resume
bargaining unless the union dropped the issues from
the table entirely.
Native art decorates the Justice Wing
By Valene Nicholas
Chronicle Staff
Photo by Valene Nicholas
JUST A DAB: August Swinson paints the new mural for the
Justice Wing, inspired by an Inuit carving.
Two Coolwhip containers, a
green Pringles can filled with paint
brushes and various paint tubes
clutter the desk in front of a wet mural. Its creator busily mixes shades
of grey for the finishing touches on
rolling hills set in the near distance.
August Swinson, a self-employed
graphic artist, travelled from Kitchener to complete his Native art for
the Justice Wing Oct. 19.
“I’m a big fan of the Group of Seven and Norval Morisseau,” he said.
Morisseau is a prominent Ojibway
Canadian artist. Swinson’s four-by
eight-foot mural of a brown bear
standing near icy waters reflects the
style of these artists.
“I admire Gus’s work,” said School
of Justice professor Margot Murray.
At the Native Awareness ceremony
in September, Murray asked Swinson to share his talent by painting a
piece for the campus.
“I think First Nation issues are
quite important when it comes to
the justice system,” Murray said, explaining why she wanted Swinson’s
artwork to spice up the wing’s white
walls.
Many painting requests come
from clients seeing his artwork at
the Great Blue Heron Charity Casino, Swinson said.
Swinson’s love for art blossomed
at a young age, when he drew a canoeist on a page of the chapter book
Indian Summer. Family members
raved at his talent, encouraging him
to draw more.
“It was the first time I drew anything that got me going. I started
tracing everything I could,” Swinson
recalled. “When other kids played
sports, watched TV or read, I was
drawing.” Both Swinson’s father and
his Ojibway grandfather influenced
him with their artistic abilities as
well.
The mural does not carry Native
symbolism. Swinson was inspired
by an Inuit carving of the bear, transformed the image into a sketch and
later applied it on canvas with latex
paint.
Swinson’s artwork ranges from
church bulletins, store gift certificates and canned food labels, to Tshirt design, shopping centre panels
and murals.
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October 31, 2006
CAMPUS NEWS
Campus Halloween havoc
Howlin’ good
time at
E.P. Taylor’s
By Amy Parrington
Chronicle Staff
Cowboys, vampires, ladybugs, The Price is Right contestants,
firefighters, Little Bo Peep, and even male genitalia, suited up and
painted on their best costume faces to enjoy a night of great music and dancing.
E.P. Taylor’s hosted its fourth annual Halloween Jam on Oct. 25,
which brought over 150 costume-wearing Durham College and
UOIT students together.
Long line-ups for beverages left some students annoyed and
anxious.
“This is ridiculous! Why is this taking so long?” shouted Michelle Bergeron. However, free samples of alcohol, the patio bar
and open pool tables provided some much-needed entertainment.
The highlight of the event was a contest for best female and
male costume. The winning costumes were a medical nurse and
a blow-up marijuana leaf.
As the night turned into the early morning more bodies entered the already crowded pub, which only intensified the energy
pulsing throughout the room.
Students continued the festivities until last call at 2 a.m., wrapping a great night with My Love by Justin Timberlake.
FRIGHTFUL FUN: E.P. Taylor’s Halloween Jam housed horrific, cute and creative costumes from 9 p.m. until 2 a.m. on Oct. 25.
Photos by Matthew Fawcett and Amy Parrington
The Chronicle
CAMPUS NEWS
October 31, 2006
Career and co-op recruitment
By Pavan Sandhu
Chronicle Staff
The gym came alive with students
on a quest to discover prospects for
their future as Durham College and
UOIT played host to the first Career
and Education Fair on Oct. 24.
More than 60 booths showcasing
representatives from over 55 companies were set up and students
were invited to meet with prospective organizations. Some came prepared, dressed in a suit and tie with
polished resumes in hand. Others
walked in with curiosity.
Offering prospects for the future
the fair was held specifically for the
graduating class of 2007. Unlike the
job fair held in February that focuses solely on recruitment, the Career
and Education Fair focuses on participating organizations and gives
students a chance to connect with
employers not only for part-time
and full-time jobs but also co-ops
and internships.
“It’s a place to explore career alternatives for students who don’t
know what to do after graduating,”
said Linda Campbell, employment
adviser for Career and Employment
Services.
Michael Marcelo is an internship co-ordinator for Celestica Inc,
which is the world leader in electronics manufacturing services.
“My main goal is to let students
know about Celestica. For the first
time in five years they are hiring new
grads,” said Marcelo. “Right now we
are looking for innovative people.
We want to inject new energy to the
team.”
Celestica has 12 internship spots
available for spring 2007.
With the logo clearly visible, The
Bank Of Montreal had four representatives talking to students. Norm
Mockler Hewitt is a representative
for the bank.
“We are hiring for all positions,”
he said. “There is a big push for
Chronicle Staff
It’s not something you see every day, a puppet on a bike zipping
down the hallway.
But that was the sight in Durham
College last week when staff and
students tested Mike the Bike, a remote controlled robot that they had
repaired for Durham Region Police.
The police use Mike the Bike to
teach bike safety to children, but the
blond-haired robot had fallen on
hard times and needed repairs.
Constable Andre Wyatt contacted Durham’s Industrial Automation
and Robotics-Mechtronics program
looking for help.
“The person who made it from
scratch no longer lives in Canada,”
said Wyatt, who originally contacted the college. “He’s not an off-theshelf item.”
Durham has a state-of-the-art
robotics lab, the Industrial Manufacturing Centre (IMC), located in
H-Wing and faculty experts in the
area who easily diagnosed Mike.
“He had a separated shoulder,
as I refer to it, which amounted to a
broken electrical motor,” said Brent
Brooks, a professor in the Industrial
Students
petition
to end
bus strike
By Reka Szekely
Chronicle Staff
Photo by Pavan Sandhu
CAREER TALK: (left to right) Keith Li, Husain Master, Jia Ming Liang and Geoff Chadsey
chat with Linar representative Mark Toufanov at the first Career and Education fair.
branch positions and financial positions,” he said. “We are also looking
for co-op positions.”
Hewitt said that the common
misconception with banking corporations is that you need banking
experience.
“We can teach them that stuff,” he
said.
Ontario Power Generation
(OPG) was one of the big names at
the fair.
“There are about 90 co-ops offered each term,” said Rosemary
Matusial, a HR consultant for OPG.
“In the summer they accept 300 applicants.”
Matusial added they are looking
for individuals who are enthusiastic,
willing to learn and who want make
a contribution.
One particular booth caught the
attention of many. With their green
camouflage uniforms, Sgt. Delroy
Gordon and Master Corporal Tanis Hunter were on hand to answer
questions and give information
about the Canadian Forces.
“We are here letting people know
that we have over 100 different career opportunities, everything from
health services, combat arms to
communications,” said Hunter. “It’s
a excellent opportunity for subsidized education.”
Hunter has been involved with
the Canadian Forces for the last 17
years.
“I love the military, they are like
my family,” said Hunter. “I have travelled the world and experienced
things I knew I wouldn’t experience
as a civilian.”
Erica Cutler, a first-year Legal
Administration student, attended
the fair to get information for herself
and her boyfriend.
“Everything was easy to find, it
was very informative,” she said.
Rob Devries, a student in the
third-year of Criminal Justice at the
college, found the fair useful.
“It was nice to talk to someone in
person and not just look at a website,” he said.
“Organizers were pleased with
the event and look forward to next
year’s fair,” said Tara Blackburn, director of Career and Employment
Services. “Students said they had
meaningful conversations with the
recruiters. They felt good about it.”
For students who couldn’t attend
the fair, guidebooks with organization information are still available
from B205.
Robot needing urgent care is repaired
By Reka Szekely
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Automation and Robotics-Mechtronics program.
Mike also needed new batteries
and some wiring work.
“We had to source the electrical
motor from Montreal, which wasn’t
something you can find anywhere,”
said Brooks.
While the police paid for the
parts, Durham’s staff threw in their
labour for free.
Lab technician Steve Knihnisky
said it was nice to work on something different from the usual,
though it wasn’t exactly unfamiliar
territory.
“The robots we use downstairs
have the same type of motors, but
on a larger scale,” said Knihnisky of
the IMC.
In addition to riding his bike,
Mike can swivel his head and moves
his mouth when the operator speaks
into a headset.
“He’s had a few tours around the
school and it’s quite funny to see the
look on people’s faces when he talks
to you,” said Brooks.
In addition to the staff, some of
the students got a chance to take
Mike the Bike for a test drive.
“I was just driving past some of the
students in the hallway. They were
Photo by Reka Szekely
TEST DRIVE: Steve Knihnisky controls Mike the Bike, a robot used by Durham Regional Police to teach bike safety.
having a good laugh,” said Dave
Dean, a third-year Industrial Automation and Robotics-Mechtronics
student. “It’s not something you see
every day, a puppet on a bike.”
The police say they’d like to keep
working with Durham College.
“If we can hammer something
out, we’d be ecstatic to keep the association with them,” said Wyatt.
In a bid to get striking transit
workers back to work, the Student Association launched a
petition campaign last week.
The petition, addressed to
both the union and Durham
Region Transit Management,
calls upon management to
get back to the table with the
union and get workers back
on the job. The strike began on
Oct. 5.
“What we’re doing is directly
communicating with students
to let them know what’s going
on with the strike and going
forward with a campaign to
resolve the issue,” said Evan
Muller-Cheng, president of the
Student Association.
Last week, a steady stream
of students signed the petition
after picking up their health
plan opt-out cheques. The SA
had plans to bring it to the rest
of the school in popular spots
like Vendor Alley in the two
weeks that they plan to collect
signatures.
Muller-Cheng said about
3,500 students have had to find
alternative ways of getting to
school and some of them have
been unsuccessful.
“Students aren’t coming to
class, aren’t taking their tests,
which is a detriment to their
education,” he said.
The SA is also upset about
the UPASS dollars that are going to waste during the strike.
Full-time students paid $100
for the year for the pass, which
works out to 42 cents per day
per student. With those numbers, the SA has created a counter for their website, showing
the amount of UPASS dollars
wasted during the strike. After
20 days, the counter had rolled
past $80,000.
“Here we see a great initiative that’s being unused, that’s
being wasted essentially,” said
Muller-Cheng.
In addition to the petition,
the SA has copied the carpool
lists and placed them on its
site so that students can access
them from home.
In the early days of the
strike, they also paid cab fares
up to 10 km for students leaving campus.
However, the SA was unable
to keep the program going beyond a week because of cost.
“The costs were just too
high,” said Muller-Cheng. “We
were taking that money from
our reserves.”
First-year Dental Reception
and Administration student
Danielle Amaral signed the
petition.
“I feel awful because I paid
$100 for this, for a pass,” she
said. “I can’t even have a bus,
a means of transportation for
school. It’s frustrating.”
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October 31, 2006
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No one to blame but yourself
It’s only a matter of weeks
until the vote takes place for the
most influential level of government in a student’s life. It is time
for those who complain about
the poor road conditions and
how boring Oshawa is to let
their voices be heard.
But as has often been proven
in the past, people under 30
don’t know how much municipal government affects them.
In the 2003 municipal election, Oshawa had a 28 per cent
turnout of registered voters.
That is nothing to be proud of,
and furthermore it gives residents who don’t vote no right to
complain about anything.
But that’s just it, most young
people only look at the topics
the politicians talk about openly and never do any research on
issues that affect them. There
is a lot more to voting than
just property taxes and all the
political jargon most students
and young people don’t understand.
As a matter of fact, it’s more
than likely most students do not
know municipal government
has a huge role in trying to get
the Durham Region Transit
back up and running. And it
doesn’t stop at public transportation. A majority of community
safety relies on the emergency
plan drawn up by municipal
governments.
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the City’s job to take care of that.
The goal of an emergency plan
is to ensure that all large-scale
emergencies are dealt with in
a co-ordinated and organized
response.
Not only do they protect you,
but municipal governments
help you have fun.
That skateboard park you’ve
been skating at, the hockey
rink you’ve been playing at and
that library you’ve been reading at, all are courtesy of your
municipal government. They’re
the ones who decide how much
you’re charged, where the facility is going to be, and when it’s
going to be there.
And for those who like to drink,
the municipal government also affects you there. Ever wonder why
cab rides can be so expensive? Well,
the City governs how much the ride
is as well. So if you’re a party animal
and hate paying too much for cabs,
why don’t you vote about it?
The City of Oshawa’s election is
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simple as calling campaign offices.
Find out what they stand for and
educate yourself.
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people all over start paying more
attention to politics and start caring, they will get their voices heard.
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OPINION
Durham College-UOIT Chronicle
Ignatieff not ideal candidate
During the Vietnam war, there the heartbeat of the country.
was a term to describe Americans
In a Sept. 4, 2006 Maclean’s article
who flocked to Canada to escape entitled, What I Would Do If I Were
fighting. They were called desert- The Prime Minister, Ignatieff wrote,
ers.
“I’ve been a liberal since I was 17
There is little doubt that Micheal years old . . . the ideals I have heard
Ignatieff is an intelligent, eloquent reaffirmed across the country have
and idealistic indistrengthene d
vidual. However,
the convictions
the would-be fedthat I have held
Chad
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all my life.”
has a huge metaHmmmm . . .
Ingram
phorical skeleton
In the winin his closet.
ter of 2003, libHe too is a deeral-minded
serter, one of anCanadians reother kind.
joiced as then-Prime Minister Jean
Ignatieff, a native of Canada, is Chretien refused to join President
considered by many political afi- George W. Bush in his attack on Iraq.
cionados to be a front-runner in Chretien said there was no proof of
the race for the Liberal leadership. any link between Iraq and Al Qaeda,
However, a Harvard professor, he ruling the attack unfounded.
has resided in Boston, Mass., for
Ignatieff, conversely, has been,
most of the last 34 years.
and continues to be, a supporter of
Ignatieff is undeserving of the America’s mission in Iraq.
Liberal leadership because he has
“What I felt was disappointing
been out of Canada too long, and about a lot of Canadian opposition
has consequently lost touch with to the war was that very few people
seemed to give a damn about the
human-rights situation,” he told Maclean’s John Geddes in June 2003.
Apparently Ignatieff ’s time south
of the border has rendered him susceptible to the rhetoric of the Bush
administration.
Human rights? Here are two
words: Abu Ghraib.
For anyone unaware, Abu Ghraib
was the military prison in Iraq
where American soldiers – those
freedom fighters, those liberators,
those bringers of democracy – tortured Iraqi troops, happily taking
pictures of themselves smiling and
laughing as they committed heinous acts of abuse and defilement.
While Bush and his administration
continue to contend Mission: Iraqi
Freedom was about democratizing
Iraq, many political experts strongly
disagree.
Among them is Canadian-born
journalist and military historian, Dr.
Gwynne Dyer.
In a 2003 article entitled, The
Short-Lived American Empire, Dyer
wrote, “Many people in Washington
now talk openly about turning the
American republic into an imperial
power that enforces a ‘pax Americana’ around the planet.”
Dyer, like most Canadians, American Democrats, and anyone with a
brain, believes the liberation of Iraq
was merely a guise for a more sinister plot for America to dig its claws
deeper into the Middle East.
Perhaps Ignatieff has just been
watching too much CNN.
However, apparently his stay in
America hasn’t diminished Ignatieff ’s passion for Quebec’s distinction as a unique society.
In his, What I Would Do If I Were
The Prime Minister article, Ignatieff
wrote, “Quebec in particular has
a unique history: the only former
French colony to join Confederation with a distinct language, legal
system and religious institutions.”
Touching. Some naïve Quebecers may even tear up at this nostalgic
comment. Hell, as Stephen Harper
knows, having Quebec voters on
your side is pretty damn important.
But where was Ignatieff when the
country was on the brink of separation during the 1995 referendum?
Oh yeah, he was in Boston.
Where was Ignatieff when the
country witnessed its first female
leader?
Yep, he was in Boston.
Where was Ignatieff during the
anger and upheaval of the sponsorship scandal?
Take a wild stab in the dark.
And while the Harvard man was
doing his thing south of the border,
his fellow candidates were up here,
hammering away at, and being
hammered by, Canadian politics.
Bob Rae, Gerard Kennedy, Stéphane Dion– like them or not,
they’ve been here.It is audacious for
Ignatieff to think he has any right to
rule this country. It’s like a father
abandoning his child at birth, and
then returning 30 years later and
wanting to play Brady Bunch.
Michael Ignatieff should go Canuck himself.
Emphasis on women’s Oprah urged
weight issues needs to by fans to run
for president
vanish completely
We hear it all the time.
“You’re too skinny,” or “you need
to lose some weight.” But at what
point does the scrutiny stop? At
what point does a person’s weight
become recognized as ‘normal’?
Does normal even exist?
In recent months, the issue of
weight has been a hot discussion
issue among the media and celebrities.
Not just the topic
of weight in general,
but rather women’s
weight.
The
emphasis
placed on women’s
bodies needs to vanish altogether.
Spain’s
largest
fashion show, Pasarela Cibeles, has banned a large
amount of models from walking the
runway because they are too thin.
The decision came after last
year’s Madrid Fashion week protests. Women’s advocacy groups and
medical associations complained
about the barely-there models and
the impact they had on girls of all
ages.
It seems every year the models
walking the runways for high fashion designers are becoming increasingly thinner. And they’re not just
thin - they appear to be famished.
The story is always the same.
Many of these girls claim to have
fast metabolisms, but realistically
there is so much pressure on them
to stay thin that they develop eating
disorders.
It’s rare to hear about male models being told to lose weight. The
spotlight is always on women. So
can we really blame them?
If modelling is their only source
of income and they are told to lose
weight to get the part, it’s only natural to stay thin so they’re not out of
a job.
Probably the scariest part of all
this is that the fear of being fat starts
at an early
age.
The National
EatJessica
ing Disorder
InformaCarere
tion Centre
(NEDIC) reports that the
fear of being
fat is so overwhelming that young
girls have indicated in surveys that
they are more afraid of becoming fat
than they are of cancer, nuclear war
or losing their parents.
Celebrities such as Nicole Richie
and Kate Bosworth are perfect examples.
Both are on a recent cover of
People Magazine being criticized
and attacked for their ribs protruding from their tiny bodies. It started
with them being too heavy and now
they are too thin.
Why does anyone care what they
look like anyway?
A women’s body image is only
her business.
If emphasis was taken away from
their bodies altogether they would
have more time to enjoy the little
things in life instead of everything
revolving around what they eat and
when they eat.
Children especially need to have
the emphasis taken away from
weight issues.
Most young girls look up to their
mother more than anyone else and
when they see their mothers worrying about how they look they are
inclined to respond the same way.
In another study, NEDIC found
that while the most common age of
onset is between 14 and 15, easting
disorders are increasingly occurring
in children as young as 10.
Children should only worry
about being children. It is a parent’s
prerogative to keep their children
healthy by restricting the foods they
eat.
Children are one of the media’s
main targets. If the media stopped
focusing on women and whether or
not they are too skinny or fat, children wouldn’t be subjected to it on
a daily basis and would give more
attention to other things in life.
Although it seems almost impossible that the subject of weight will
disappear altogether, for women to
feel content with their body image,
it seems to be the only logical solution.
Until society stops analyzing
women’s bodies so closely and frequently, there is bound to be more
and more children, teens and women losing and gaining weight on unhealthy terms.
No one should be criticized or rejoiced for their body image.
What do a wrestling star, a running for president any time
body building icon and a talk soon.
show host have in common?
Some believe Winfrey is the
They are all part of the new wave ideal candidate for president, beof American politicians and cause of the addictive personalhopeful candidates.
ity and caring ways expressed on
When Jesse Ventura jumped in her show.
the ring with Hulk Hogan, Andre
Others look at this as an insult
the Giant and several other wres- to American politics.
tlers in 1988s Royal Rumble, no
What many don’t think about
one imagined he would become is what fuels these celebrities to
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run for such political positions?
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that they hadn’t enough of was
The rags-to-riches queen of power.
daytime television has supportThe struggle for power is obviers thinking she is capable of be- ous for politicians, so why would
ing more than just a face on tele- celebrities be any different?
vision.
Most politicians don’t have
Patrick Crowe of Kansas City, the luxury of falling back on the
Missouri is the one to thank for millions of dollars once brought
suggesting Winfrey as a presiden- in by soldout stadium perfortial candidate.
mances and action figure sales,
For years he has promoted so power is the only thing they
her as the ideal candidate, and for have to consume.
years he has been committed to
Politicians have to sell themconvincing Winfrey herself to run selves. What power-struck cefor president.
lebrities have figured out is that
Although flattered by ac- they’ve already sold themselves,
knowledgements from several therefore they already have a foot
fans, Winfrey is not planning on in the door.
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October 31, 2006
CAMPUS NEWS
Taking care of those in need
Therapist helps
athletes recover
By Matthew James
Pozzuoli
Chronicle Staff
By Byron Jung
Chronicle Staff
At Durham College athletics is all about pride,
tradition and excellence. Credit for these characteristics is generally given to athletes and coaches,
but like a pinch of salt there is an ingredient that
tends to be overlooked, the athletic therapist.
Whether it’s a pitcher’s shoulder that’s been
thrown out, or a hyper-extension suffered by a
goaltender, the Durham Lords athletic therapist,
Allison Chasczewski has been the go-to woman
for both men’s and women’s varsity athletic teams
for the past six years.
After graduating in 1995 from McMaster
University with a bachelor of physical education, Chasczewski decided to go a different path
from becoming a phys. ed. teacher. In 2000 she
graduated from Sheridan College with a diploma
in sports injury therapy and began working at
Durham that same year. She has gone back to
school and is currently in her fourth year of five
in McMaster University’s Osteopathy program.
Her course load is compressed into one weekend of the month, which allows her to work full
time at the college. “I’ve always been into sport,
it’s my nitch,” said Chasczewski, “Osteopathy is
just more extensive. It allows treating more holistically.” Osteopathy is an advanced form of rehab
that allows therapists to locate where pain originally comes from in the body. “It’s finding the key
to the whole body,” said Chasczewski.
A patient once came in to Chasczewski complaining of discomfort in his hamstring. After
several sessions it turned out to be a kidney problem, which was treated by time and fluid replacement. Osteopathy allows her to diagnose obvious symptoms more specifically.
Marc Nolan, a pitcher for the Lords men’s
baseball team, has been coming to Chasczewski
for over a year with several different injuries. After suffering ligament damage in his elbow, Nolan was forced to get help if he wanted a chance
at playing. “She’s the reason I was able to finish
the season last year,” said Nolan.
“As a therapist you have to be prepared to deal
with the emotional, psychological and physical
issues with an athlete,” said Chasczewski. “I don’t
tell any athlete they can’t play (with the exception
Photo by Byron Jung
HEALING: Athletic therapist Allison Chasczewski treats a student.
of head injuries).”
Chasczewski has called Oshawa home her
entire life. An avid athlete herself, she pursued
soccer since she was a child. She later turned in
her shin-pads for the tougher game of rugby and
went on to play for McMaster University. But
long before becoming a university varsity athlete,
Chasczewski played volleyball and basketball in
high school (although claiming they weren’t her
greatest sports). She even was a 10-pin bowler.
Unlike most teenagers’ high school athletic experiences, Chasczewski was given an opportunity
that most would drool over.
In 1988 Calgary, Alberta was the site of the
Winter Olympic Games. In preparation for the
games, the annual torch relay began in Athens,
Greece. Not long after being lit, the flame came to
Canada. Upon making it’s way across the country starting in Newfoundland, the torch came
to Oshawa, where Chasczewski was awarded a
position as a torch carrier for one kilometre of
the relay. “It was a huge honour,” she said. “You
should have seen my grandfather, he’s your typical farmer. He got to run alongside of me. He had
the biggest grin on his face.”
Chasczewski has experienced things most
people will only dream of. Whether it’s carrying
the Olympic torch or her latest feat of joining the
Canadian national women’s junior lacrosse team
in Australia as their head therapist, she is humble
about her accomplishments. “I get to be a sports
fan. That’s the best part.”
Facelift for E.P. Taylor’s
E.P.
Taylor’s
renovations
are not over
By Tania Harris
Chronicle Staff
It’s been two months since the
first day of school; two months have
gone by since many Durham and
UOIT students first noticed the
physical changes made to E.P. Taylor’s. But the dark green colour that
covered the walls, now replaced
by splashes of bright yellow paint,
the modern light fixtures and comfortable seating were not the only
changes that were made to the campus pub.
“Overall it was a renovation of
Nature’s
calling
how we operate as a business,” says
Will Ellis, Student Centre manager.
“Although there is a physical change
to the pub there’s a fundamental
change as to how we operate.”
The staff at E.P. Taylor’s are more
focused than ever before on their
customers, says Ellis. They realize
that students may not have a lot of
money to spend, so to accommodate this they have dropped their
alcohol prices.
They have also eliminated some
of their dress code policies. Last
year students who wore a hat to E.P.
Taylor’s on a pub night were forced
to take it off or were turned away at
the door. Since the renovations were
made many students are seen wearing their fedoras and baseball hats
while dancing, drinking and laughing on Wednesday nights.
Many students disliked, felt intimidated or uncomfortable with
the staff at the pub last year because
they would do things such as taking
away a piece of clothing or patting
a student down before entering the
building, without giving explana-
tion. Things, however, are different
this year. The staff now explains to
students why they are doing things,
making the staff more friendly and
approachable.
Durham campus is full of students of different cultures but last
year the pub did not reflect the diversity of the students, Ellis says.
Every Wednesday night, or any time
during the day, there would always
be the same people doing the same
thing and listening to the same music. But since the renovations were
made, a new DJ, who plays diverse
types of music that appeal to a wider range of students, has been hired.
Also, different programming has
been organized, such as ethnic pub
nights, to attract students with an
assortment of backgrounds.
“We try to bring a more diverse
programming and in turn bring in a
more diverse mix of students,” says
Ellis.
There have been a lot of physical changes made to the campus in
recent years, like the construction
of the UB building and the renova-
tions to the gym, but E.P. Taylor’s has
seen little change since it was built
in 1995. From the Student Association’s point of view the pub no longer reflected the look of the campus,
so they decided it was time for an
extreme makeover, says Ellis.
The upper level of the pub was
transformed into a dance floor, allowing students to get their groove
on, making the lower level a place
where students can drink, talk and
play pool. There is now a lounge
area, providing a comfortable place
where students can relax and complete homework. And, to the liking
of many students, there is service on
the patio.
The transformation, however,
is not complete. The lighting will
be changing within the next few
months, giving the pub a brighter
and funkier look.
“Once the lighting comes in and
we get everything finalized it will be
breathtaking,” says Ellis.
If everything goes according to
plan, the SA hopes the renovations
will be done by next summer.
The South wing and library
restrooms are among Durham
College students favourite
choices when it comes time to
answer the call of nature.
Durham College currently
has an enrolment of 5,900 students. And with that many students, the facilities see their fair
share of waste. So, which washroom is right for you?
Kaitlyn Seredoka, a secondyear Legal Admin student says,
“ I prefer the one in the cafeteria
just right outside the library. It’s
private and always very clean.”
The college offers a wide
variety of bathroom styles,
ranging from super modern to
something looking like it came
out of the movie Saw, like the
men’s washroom in B121 near
the elevator.
According to Carol Watkins,
a psychologist specializing in
phobias stated that, 13.3 per
cent of people suffer from the
fear of using public bathrooms,
some for the fear of germs and
contaminants, and some the
fear of embarrassment.
“ I don’t really care where I
go to the washroom,” says Alex
Scarano, a first-year student.
“ If I have to go I have to go. It
doesn’t matter to me who is in
the washroom at that time.”
Although all the washrooms
are thoroughly cleaned on a
regular basis in the college, it’s
the décor that really makes
them feel grimy. Students here
are particularly looking for paper towels instead of the hand
dryers, automatic toilets, sinks
and a good supply of toilet paper.
A good supply of both can
be found in all the washrooms
around Durham College, but
the automatic sinks and toilets
only in some.
The facilities in the South
Wing, library and UOIT building ranked highest among students looking for a quick fix.
The lower-ranked bathrooms
were those located in the heart
of the Gordon Willey building.
Girls
Night
By Tania Harris
Chronicle Staff
Slip into that sexy black
dress, choose a pair of highheeled shoes and apply your
red lipstick ladies, because it’s
girls night out.
On Nov. 29 the Student Association will be holding a girls
night out event at E.P. Taylor’s,
giving women a chance to relax, dance, drink and laugh the
night away.
Women, however, are not
the only ones invited to this
event. Anyone who is 19 or
over is welcome to attend.
CAMPUS NEWS
The Chronicle
Improving the way we vote
By Reka Szekely
Chronicle Staff
A Durham Colllege faculty member is getting the chance to change
the way we vote in Ontario.
Margo Bath, who teaches communication in the School of Design,
is part of the Citizens’ Assembly on
Electoral Reform and represents the
Durham riding, where the campus
is located.
“The mandate of the assembly is
to examine the current system we
use to vote for our provincial government and also to look at different ways we could vote for the provincial government,” she said.
Bath was randomly selected
from the province’s voters list and
sent a letter asking if she wanted to
participate. She was one of 13 people from the Durham riding who
made it through the selection process, and in the end, her name was
pulled from a hat.
There are 103 members, one for
each riding, on the assembly and
they represent a cross-section of
Ontario. The group is gender balanced and includes people from a
variety of professions, ethnic groups
and age groups.
Currently, the group is learning
about different electoral systems,
meeting every other weekend at
York University. In November, the
assembly members will hold public
forums in their ridings so that they
can get different perspectives. Bath
will hold forums at Durham College.
She said that while democracy is
common in many countries, it’s exercised differently.
“How that democracy is formed
is different in different countries.
The method used to get to the same
result is different.”
Ontario uses a simple plurality,
which means that whoever gets the
most votes in a riding will win, even
if they had less than 50 per cent of
the vote. Other democracies use
other systems.
Photo courtesy of The Citizens’ Assembly
MARGO BATH: Durham College communications teacher
and member of the Citizens’ Assembly looks at different
ways we could vote for the provincial government.
For example, Australia also elects
single members of parliament for
each riding like Ontario, but they
require a majority. Voters rank the
candidates and if a candidate receives more than 50 per cent of the
first rankings, then he or she wins. If
not, the candidates with the fewest
first place votes are eliminated and
their supporters’ second place votes
are counted and redistributed. This
process continues until someone
has a clear majority.
The Citizens’ Assembly will attempt to determine whether the
people of Ontario are satisfied with
the current system.
“The last time our electoral system was examined in Ontario was
1841,” Bath said. “Nobody’s questioned it since 1841, so it may not
be the way people today are happy
with.”
The assembly will make a report
to the province by May 15, 2007 and
if they recommend something different from the current system, the
province has committed to putting
the issue to a referendum by October 2007.
Bath said Durham College president Leah Myers has been very supportive of the process so far.
“The fact that one of our faculty
is involved means that we can learn
from Margo’s experience,” said Myers.
Myers first heard of the assembly
before she came to Durham, while
she worked at Queen’s Park. She
said she will try to attend the public
sessions if her schedule allows.
“I’d love to attend the session
because I’m both interested in the
issue myself and I’m also really interested in getting a sense of how
people get engaged in the issue.”
Meanwhile Bath encourages the
entire campus community to contribute and said the group’s website accepts written submissions as
well.
“It’s our chance to have a say, and
every voice will be heard. For anyone in the past who’s felt that government hasn’t been listening… this
is the chance to make a change, and
I’m passionate about that.”
Dates for the public forums have
yet to be announced, though Bath
said they will occur some time in
late November.
Beneficial to live in residence
Students
enjoy the
convenience
of a close walk
to campus
By Allyson Brown
Chronicle Staff
Ahhh, The freedom to roll out of
bed and be in class within 15 minutes, have pre-made meals, being
able to eat what you want – with no
dishes to wash afterward.
Staying in residence is a great
first year experience when attending college for the first time. When
someone lives with 1,000 other students, it can be a great opportunity
to make friends and socialize out-
side of the classroom. Not only is
living in residence convenient and
very close to the school, it can also
save money.
The meal plan is offered to those
living in the South residence with
breakfast, lunch and dinner being
served in the cafeteria on the main
floor. There are different plans to
choose from --as many as 14 meals
per week for $3,495, or as few as six
meals per week for $2,267. Students
only pay for the amount of time they
are attending school, from September until April. The cost for private rooms is a hefty $4,900, and a
shared room is $4,500, plus the cost
of campus dining plans for South
residence students, which could be
another $3,500 depending on which
plan is chosen.
“It’s more convenient to be in residence and its closer to the school. I
don’t even have to worry about the
transit strike, because it doesn’t effect me,” said Becky Attwood who is
a second year ECE student, and has
lived in residence for two years.
“It was my first week of school,
and I hadn’t really met anyone yet,
so I propped my door open to the
hallway to try and meet people
walking by. Some people were so
friendly and stuck their heads in just
to say hello. I am friends with about
six of those people who did that,”
said Attwood, who had the social
benefits of living in residence first
year.
On the other hand some don’t
mind the responsibility of living on
their own, making meals and finding transportation. Freedom is a big
aspect of renting a house off campus. There will be no more rolling
out of bed, and walking downstairs
to the cafeteria to get a pre-made
breakfast at the swipe of your student card. Trips to the grocery
store will have to be a weekly event.
Also those handy maids that came
around every other week won’t be
around to tidy up.
“I like living in a house better
because I have more freedom to do
what I want,” said Heather Stanley,
who lived in residence last year and
now lives in a house with two of her
friends. “It was basically a weekly
routine of getting questioned constantly by the security guards, asking whether we lived there in residence or not.”
One problem with renting a
house is that some landlords will
only allow a 12-month lease whereas most students only want the
house for the eight-month period
they are attending school.
“Most of the houses were 12
month leases and all of my friends
that got houses are in university, so
they are here for four years to live
through all 12 months, unlike me,”
said Attwood.
Depending how much you have
to pay for rent each month, it could
also cut down costs compared to living in residence. Pretty much anywhere with an eight-month lease
and rent lower than $600 a month is
cheaper than living in residence.
For some it’s a small price to pay
for the freedom everyone wants
at one point or another. It is just a
small taste of the responsibility that
is to come in the future.
October 31, 2006 7
Transit
workers
continue
their
fight for
benefits
By Chad Ingram
Chronicle Staff
On a cold, grey October
morning, a small group of
people huddle on the sidewalk near the front entrance of
Durham College. They huddle
together not only as a sign of
group solidarity, but also to
shield themselves from the
frigid wind.
Clad in parkas, scarves and
mittens, large, red signs around
their necks state plainly in bold,
white letters, “On Strike!”
A full week into the work
stoppage, this group of Durham Region transit workers
look cold, tired and a little frustrated.
Mike Mingay is a former
student of Durham College.
A hefty, friendly-looking man
with a ball cap and a graying
goatee, he has been driving
buses in the region for the past
27 years.
His wife is on maternity
leave, looking after their two
small children, aged two
months and two years, respectively. This week, the CAW began paying its picketers $180 a
week.
“That’s not a lot of money to
live off of,” Mingay says, obvious sarcasm in his voice. “And
I’m not the only one. Lots of
drivers have small kids, some
are even single mothers.”
A passing van honks in a
show of support.
A few minutes later, a passing student, on foot, tells Mingay and his colleagues to get
back to work.
“It’s about 50-50,” says Mingay. “Some people are supportive, some aren’t. I think a
lot of the students don’t really
understand the issue.”
The transit workers are not
striking over wages, but over a
lack of benefits.
“We’re ready to compromise
now,” Mingay says, shivering
and forcing a hearty chuckle.
“The region refuses to go to arbitration.”
“They need to wake up and
smell the roses,” adds one of his
colleagues.
As winter begins to spread
its icy claws, workers are hoping the region will at least meet
them halfway.
Until then, they will continue to march the city’s sidewalks.
8 The Chronicle
October 31, 2006
CAMPUS NEWS
Peter Silverman speaks out
By Andrew Moore
Chronicle Staff
When it comes to being an investigative reporter “you either have it or you don’t,” City TVs
Peter Silverman told a group of Durham College
Journalism students last week.
Silverman stopped by the college to enlighten
third-year Journalism students on the nature of
the business.
“It’s a tough business to break into,” said Silverman. “It’s a tedious job that takes a tremendous
amount of patience and requires brains.”
Going into detail, Silverman illustrated how
some of the world’s greatest investigations were
put together, and the amount of time, research
and reading that went into them.
“The most important thing in this business is
building contacts,” he said. “You have to be good
to them too. If you cross them, it’ll be death on
wheels.”
For 18 years Silverman has been taking on the
streets of Toronto, saving members of the community from crooks and helping them with legal
issues. Students in attendance watched several
episodes of his show (Silverman Helps) and got
an idea of the kind of tasks a reporter is faced
with.
After starting his career at global in 1974 Silverman moved to City TV in 1981 and in 1989
launched Silverman Helps. He also told students
that this would be his final year doing the show.
Investigative reporters spend a lot of time on
the road and it’s a tough decision to make if you
have a family, he said.
“ I barely saw my two daughters grow
up,” said Silverman. “For the first two years
I did the show, I was away more than
one. So do I have any regrets? Yes, some.”
Silverman is the author of two books, Who Speaks
By Andrew Moore
Chronicle Staff
Photo by Andrew Moore
WE’RE ON IN 3-2-1: City TV’s Peter Silverman spoke to third-year Journalism
students last week to enlighten them on the nature of the business.
for the Children: The Plight of the Battered Child,
and Who Speaks for the Children: Kids in the
System. The books deal with welfare, child abuse,
and neglect.
“When you’re done here I suggest packing up
and travelling,” said Silverman. “Whether you go
from country to country or volunteer in a third
world country. It’s something that will change
you and make you a better person.”
New mass media course offered
By Mike Gokdag
Chronicle Staff
A new course on the indigenous image in mass media is being
offered at Durham College.
The course is designed to help
people assess the images we see
through mass media, most specifically indigenous people and es-
Snow
boarding
club to
start
soon
pecially First Nations people. The
goal of the course is to get a better understanding of the power of
television and film along with the
impact it has.
Kelly Harrison is the founder
and developer of the course.
“I actually developed the course
a few years ago,” said Harrison.
“You could say it’s my baby.”
The course has grown quickly,
increasing from 10 to 40 students
from its inaugural year. Of the 40
students enrolled, 16 are from the
Oshawa campus.
Harrison’s inspiration for the
course arose from her work on the
Aboriginal Peoples Television Network.
“ I started the course to feed my
own love of television,” she said.
The unique part of Harrison’s
course is the way it’s run. It gives
students many different ways to
express their work. Students have
the option of writing essays or giving oral presentations.
“I’ve received many artistic
works including a mock documentary film and pop-culture projects,”
said Harrison.
The classes are run Thursday
nights from 7 to 9 p.m.
There’s no business like
snow business. From Nov.
6 to 10 Durham College
Snowboarding will be setting up a booth in the front
foyer of the Gordon Willey
Building for students who
wish to sign up for the upcoming season.
A small sign-up fee gets
you a membership card, 25
per cent off discounts at Alcatraz Boardshop, a T-shirt
and free admission to DCS
events.
Students who wish to
join will have the opportunity to ride at Mount St. Louis
Moonstone, Blue Mountain,
and Lakeridge with exclusive discounts.
Students signing up at
the booth can steal a look
at a new Atomic snowboard
that will be given away,
along with $2,000 in prizes,
at the season opener party
on Nov. 10.
The party will be held at
E.P. Taylor’s, and will include
live performances by Web
and the Usual Suspects
2008
Special
Olympics
By Luba Tymchuk
Chronicle Staff
Durham College and UOIT students can get involved in a launch
event on behalf of Ontario Special
Olympics on Nov. 1.
Since Durham College and
UOIT will be the main host site for
the 2008 Ontario Special Olympics
Spring Games, the launch event’s
purpose is to profile the Olympics
and help show what kind of event
the school expects to put on in
spring of 2008.
The launch event will be in the
gym at 10:45 a.m. and will include
VIP speakers, video about Special
Olympics, and information about
the upcoming 2008 Games.
Also, there will be a parade of
champions that will start from the
Campus Ice Centre parking lot
and proceed across Conlin Road to
end inside the gym. The parade will
have the DC-UOIT Speeder Anderson Drum and Pipe Band leading
the procession, along with a large
contingent of Special Olympians
from the region.
The Special Olympics will take
place May 29 to June 1, 2008.
CAMPUS NEWS
The Chronicle
Headaches, restlessness
caused mainly by stress
By Jocelyn Nespiak
Chronicle Staff
Pulsing headaches. Teeth grinding. Constipation. Restless nights.
Extra fat. Mood swings.
These are symptoms of chronic
stress. After they appear, damage
to the body has already occurred.
Many people are affected and cannot function optimally, but there are
techniques to manage stress effectively, thus managing life.
Wellness at Work, a seminar
hosted by the Executive Professionals at Durham College on Oct.
18, focused on three main areas of
stress management.
Exercise While Working, a presentation by Natasha Neville, membership consultant, and Nicky Dutrisac, fitness manager of GoodLife
Fitness, taught the basic tricks of
relaxation.
“Most people don’t realize the
benefits of breathing fully,” said Dutrisac. “Deep breathing, letting the
stomach expand fully, really calms
your mind.”
During the day it is important to
take breaks and concentrate on relaxing, said Neville. There is no point
in having five minutes to rest, when
the mind is still focused on work.
“After 50 minutes you can’t concentrate. Your attention span is
gone,” she added. “So rejuvenate
during class by getting up, standing up and doing jumping jacks, if
you’re not too embarrassed.”
At school students work as individuals, but in the professional
world everyone is part of a team,
said Neville. It is beneficial for any
company when their associates are
physically active because this reduces lethargy and strengthens the
immune system, therefore decreasing the chance of illness.
“If you are eating healthy foods
and sleeping well you will have
more energy and can put your best
foot forward to come up with the
best ideas, strategies and problem
solving techniques,” said Neville.
The benefits of physical activity
are endless, she said, but one of the
most important aspects is stress reduction.
“Regular exercise releases physical and emotional tensions,” she
said. “The brain produces endorphins, chemicals which have a
soothing and calming effect, lowering stress levels.”
Carol Brown, president of C.J.
Brown and associates, a company
providing employee assistance to
Durham Region, presented Relieve
Stress at Work.
“Negativity spreads like a virus,”
said Brown. “Positive behaviour has
to be consistently worked at.”
Her company has come up with
a method to overcome bad habits
and stress in the workplace with an
emphasis on good habits.
“A – D – D – I – T – U – P, “ she
said.
Assess the situation, whether it’s
positive or negative. Discuss and
brainstorm ideas in a group. Decide the best action to take. Identify what’s working and what’s not.
Time. Schedule time to discuss the
outcome. Utilize tools to help stress
levels in the workplace such as employment assistance programs and
human resource departments. And
provide support to yourself first,
then others.
Physical Effects of Stress, presented by Dr. Victoria Marshall, focused on how to identify and treat
problems.
Marshall is a local chiropractor
who owns Back in Line Wellness
and Chiropractic Clinic in Whitby.
“Stress is a response,” she said. “It
means you require a change.”
There are many symptoms people have and don’t respond to, she
added. Headaches, muscle aches,
bowel problems, weight fluctuations, and inflammation at trigger
points are common results of prolonged problems.
“Trigger points are spots on the
body, such as the neck, that get
overstretched because of sitting
a certain way for a long period of
time,” said Marshall.
“To flush out pain, ice sore areas
and put a hot pack on feet to draw
inflammation down.”
This is only a temporary solution. To avoid aches and pains from
physical stress, she suggests stretching regularly and walking throughout the day.
October 31, 2006
9
What’s your type?
Photo by Reka Szelkley
WHAT’S YOUR TYPE: First-year child and youth worker
Lindsay Taylor gets her blood typed by Diana McCulloch from Canadian Blood Services.
It’s off to the races
By Tania Harris
Chronicle Staff
And they’re off.
A bus trip to Woodbine racetrack, is scheduled on Nov. 15.
The trip will last five hours and
include a buffet. The bus will be
leaving the Student Centre at 5 p.m.
and anyone who is 19 or over is invited.
Tickets, available in the Tuck
Shop, are $10 for students and $15
for guests.
So get ready to pick a horse,
make a bet and watch as they fight
for the lead.
Recall for laptops
By Natasha Mackesey
Chronicle Staff
If you are currently using a Lenovo R52 and R60 laptop your battery
might have to be recalled by Sony
due to technical difficulties, which
has been causing batteries to short
circuit.
This battery malfunction (shortcircuiting) has affected numerous
manufacturers.. There will be a
small percentage of Lenovo laptop
batteries that have to be immediately replaced.
All Lenovo laptop users must
visit http://its.dc-uoit.ca/mobile/ or
the Mobile Learning Centre.
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CAMPUS NEWS
Back to school after 50 years
71-year-old
Fay Koss
returns to
university
By Valene Nicholas
Chronicle Staff
It has been more than 50 years
since she attended high school. A
mother of five, grandmother of eight
and great grandmother of five, 71year-old Fay Koss strolled through
the halls of Trent University, past
chatty young adults, as she ventured
to her first class.
Last spring Koss enroled in a
three-week Native Studies, Ojibway
Language and Culture course at the
university in Peterborough.
“It was pretty intense. At one
point I wondered what I was doing
there at my age, but it was just great,”
she said. About 30 students were in
her class, most of them less than half
Koss’s age. There was one older parttime student, but she was already
fluent in Ojibway, said Koss.
“I thought I would feel extremely
out of place, but I didn’t,” Koss recalled. “I was welcomed by all the
other students who were you know,
in their twenties and we got along
great.”
Koss descends from the Ojibway people, the largest First Nations group north of Mexico. About
76,000 persons in 125 bands live in
Canada, from Quebec to British Columbia.
She is an elder of the Mississaugas of Scugog Island First Nation
and works part-time on the reserve
as the Cultural Co-ordinator.
“Getting our community to learn
our language is one thing she would
like to see as a priority in her job,”
said Jill Thompson, her youngest
daughter.
There are only three people, including Koss, from the Mississaugas
that speak Ojibway. Koss does not
have the credentials to oversee language classes, but the reserve wants
to hire a full-time teacher. Koss
plans on taking more courses so she
can be a teaching assistant.
“It’s important to keep it going, it’s
part of our heritage. It’s a beautiful
language,” she said.
Other job duties include plan-
Photo courtesy of Fay Koss
DRESSED TO IMPRESS: Fay Koss is dressed in hand-made regalia.
ning social events on the reserve,
setting up native craft programs,
and representing the Mississaugas
people at community events.
About 5,000 natives attended the
annual Powwow at the Mississaugas last July, where Koss participated in a traditional women’s dance
for the first time, clothed in regalia.
Noelle Ewing, Koss’s granddaughter,
helped her create the beaded traditional dancing gown from autumn
until spring.
“It was something I was doing for
her and I felt really honoured,” said
Ewing. She explained that dancing
in regalia is a tribute to ancestors,
telling their stories.
Koss has taught Ewing that there
is no excuse to give up when circumstances in life seem unbearable.
“What she resembles to me is the
strongest woman,” Ewing stated. A
few years ago Ewing was a single
mom in her early twenties and Koss
helped her fight for child support.
“She’s been there when I cried.
She’s just really supportive and en-
couraging,” Ewing said. She remembered her grandmother’s advice to
get things done rather than mope
around in self-pity.
When Koss was in her twenties,
she was divorced with five children
between the ages of two and eight,
living in a two-bedroom stone house
with her father, Chief George Edgar
of the Mississaugas.
Her son August Swinson remembered the days of using an
outhouse, trekking in the forest for
firewood, and heating icy water for
baths. During this time Swinson
said his mother not only cared for
his siblings, but reached out to their
neighbours living across the field.
“They had about eight kids, the
mother and father were both alcoholics,” he said. His mother would
periodically take in the children,
mend their garments, give them
clothes and bathe them.
“I remember one little girl Esther…her dress was so dirty that
you couldn’t undo the buttons, they
were just so encrusted with dirt,”
he said. Koss plucked the buttons
off the dress, scrubbed it clean and
sewed the buttons back on.
“She taught us to treat those
people equally with respect. I don’t
know if she consciously taught us
that, but we could see it,” Swinson
said.
Recently both Swinson and Koss
visited Durham College and UOIT.
Swinson painted a four by eight foot
Native Art mural for the Justice Wing
and Koss participated in the Native
Awareness Day ceremony.
Koss blessed the gathering in
Ojibway, while holding her eagle
feathers, a gift she received from the
reserve council upon becoming an
elder. Koss also sang and drummed
with four other women.
The Scugog Miniising Anishinaabe Kwewag Singers crafted their
own deerskin hand-held drums and
have been together since 2005. They
have performed at local events such
as the Port Perry Fair and first meeting of the Durham Region Council this past year. Della Charles,
councillor for the First Nation and
Baagwating Community, drums
and sings with Koss.
“What does Fay bring to the
group? Humour,” she said. Charles
has known Koss since 1998 after
moving back to Scugog and works
with her at the Mississaugas.
This past year alone Koss has
drummed at 10 events and spoken
at six. Attending university, working
part-time and coordinating cultural
occasions on and off the reserve are
great accomplishments for a 71year-old, however these are not the
greatest in Koss’s eyes.
“My proudest achievements are
my five children, eight grandchildren and five great grandchildren,”
she said.
It was National Women’s History Month in October and Canada
focused on Aboriginal women’s impact on their families, communities
and society. Koss is a prime example of a selfless woman whose heart
beats for others.
SHARE cares about cystic fibrosis
By Chad Ingram
Chronicle Staff
Students for Humanitarianism,
Action and Respect through Education (SHARE) were in campus
hallways on Wednesday, Oct. 25,
selling shoeshine kits and collecting
change for Shinerama.
Shinerama is a nationwide postsecondary fundraiser for Canadians
with cystic fibrosis.
“Do you have any extra change to
support CF?” SHARE member Feli-
cia Laplume asked students as they
made their way through the doors
for morning classes.
Earlier in the year, SHARE orchestrated a Shinerama carwash,
which raised over $1,000.
“The response has been pretty
good, better than I expected,” said
Jeremy Keetch, another member of
SHARE. “In the afternoon we’re going to hit up the faculty and try to sell
some of these shoeshine kits. We’re
trying to raise as much (money) as
possible.”
More than 60 campuses take part
in the fundraiser each year.
Photo by Chad Ingram
SHARE: Members of SHARE are happy to raise money for cystic fibrosis.
CAMPUS NEWS
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Save energy, save the planet
By Amy Parrington
Chronicle Staff
The University of Ontario Institute of Technology environmental
in leadership skills are saving the
school lots of green.
UOIT is a leader in energy conservation. The university’s ground
source thermal well field, an energy
system built 213 metres underground, is the largest energy conservation project completed by the
school.
The school spends $1.5 million
on hydro and $600,000 on gas. According to Bruce Bunker, director of
special projects at Durham College
and UOIT, without the well field
there would be a cost difference of
$200,000.
The well field, located in front of
the library, saves the university 40
per cent of heating energy and 16
per cent of the cooling energy.
Currently, Atomic Energy of
Canada Ltd. is pushing a $12-billion
proposal to build eight new nuclear
reactors in Ontario over the next 20
years to feed the province’s hunger
for electricity.
Until then Ontarians need to cut
energy consumption because energy
rates in the province are rising faster
than our ability to generate power.
In keeping with its mandate on advanced technology, UOIT aims to
achieve LEED (Leadership in Energy Efficient Design) gold certification.
Bunker says the thermal energy
storage system is the first project for
LEED, and that paperwork for the
CONSERVING ENERGY: The University of Ontario Institute of Technology’s geo-thermal
well field is a complex design. There are many ways to conserve energy in schools such
as turning off unused lights, opening windows instead of air conditioning, etc.
certificate has gone in but the results have not yet been announced.
In 2003, the construction of a geothermal well field, one of the largest
in North America, with 384 holes
drilled 213 metres into the earth,
was completed on UOIT’s campus.
Start-up of the system oc-
curred during the summer of 2004.
“The pipes in the well field are 35
storeys, which go down further than
most skyscrapers in Toronto,” said
Bunker.
“There are only three building in Toronto that are taller
than the well field is deep.”
The holes are linked to mechanical systems that provide the university buildings with an efficient
and
environmentally
friendly
heating and cooling system.
The drilling is only the first step in
the development of a thermal energy storage system.
Best lecturer contest a hit
By Reka Szekely
Chronicle Staff
Two UOIT professors have advanced to the next round of TVO’s
Best Lecturer contest.
Physics lecturer Rupinder Brar
and philosopher Christopher diCarlo both made the top 30, moving on
from a group of 71 finalists.
The professors were chosen by a
committee who will announce the
next round of cuts early next year.
The top 10 will then deliver a lecture
on Big Ideas, the show that organized the contest. Fans will vote for
the winner.
DiCarlo said he’s happy to move
on, more for the attention it brings
to UOIT than for himself.
“This hopefully raises some eyebrows to who we are and what we’re
doing.”
“It’s best lecturer, that’s such a
vague thing,” said diCarlo. “What
does it mean to be a good lecturer?
Does it mean being entertaining?
Does it mean saying interesting and
important things? Does it mean a
bit of both?”
“It’s not the kind of thing I’m going to go around trumpeting,” said
diCarlo, though he did celebrate the
announcement with a dinner with
his family.
A student left a copy of the
Chronicle article about the contest
on his desk at one of his lectures.
Brar said he simply turned it over
and continued with his talk.
“People in the sciences, like myself, will have to gear the talk to a
more general audience,” said Brar.
If he made the top 10, he’d limit the
equations in his lecture and add
more history.
The winner of the contest will
bring a $10,000 scholarship back to
his or her school.
Third-year Medical Laboratory Science student Heather Short
nominated Brar.
“Rupinder’s an awesome teacher,” said Short who was taught firstyear physics by Brar. “He’s very passionate about his work and his class
is a lot of fun.”
Short said Brar made a subject
which was normally quite difficult
for her, easier. She said her former
professor often makes the class
laugh and is not afraid to do things
like climb on top of a desk and drop
text books to demonstrate the subject.
Shirley Van Nuland from the Faculty of Education was also one of the
71 finalists.
During the winter, fluid circulates through tubing extended into
wells, collecting heat from the earth,
which is then carried into the buildings. In the summer, the system reverses, pulling heat from the building into the ground.
“We save more money on heating because we are getting back
the heat for the winter that was being stored in the ground during the
summer,” said Bunker.
Aside from the thermal system,
green roofs were built on all university academic buildings to reduce
heating and cooling costs.
Bunker said the green roofs reflect sunlight, keeping the buildings
cooler. High-efficiency windows,
heat mirror window film and a centrally controlled heating, ventilation
and air conditioning systems were
installed on UOIT’s campus.
Engineering Company Ltd.,
an international consulting and
mechanical
engineering
firm
specializing in green building
and energy conservation design,
helped with the construction of
the thermal system, which cost
$4 million to build. A traditional
thermal system costs $2 million.
Currently, the school is working
on building a co-generation plant,
which is the process in which an
industrial facility uses its wasted energy to produce heat or electricity.
Chartwell’s
new website
By Natasha Mackesey
Chronicle Staff
This is the month for tricks,
treats, ghosts and ghouls.
Chartwell’s has noticed that
these scary ghoulish pumpkins have found their way onto
the new website.
Chartwell’s has recently
launched a new website with
many new additions including
a special Halloween contest.
Search within the Chartwell’s
website until Oct. 31 and find
the ghoulish pumpkin to win
a coupon for a free steaming
Starbucks espresso drink at the
Library Café to get warmed up
on these cold nights.
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October 31, 2006
CAMPUS NEWS
Plasticine display at Durham
A unique
form of art
was displayed
to students
By Chad Ingram
Chronicle Staff
Plasticine sculptor John Deramaix displayed some of his original
artwork in the main hall of the Gordon Willey building last week.
Deramaix, a retired machine
shop technician, worked for Durham College for over 20 years.
He now devotes his time to his
unique hobby.
“I started playing with plasticine
when I was a kid, and I’ve never
stopped,” he said.
“I refuse to grow up.”
Since his retirement a couple of
years ago, the Belgium native has
lent his talent to the United Way.
Pictures of his creations are featured on bookmarks and greeting
Photo by Chad Ingram
SCULPTURES: Durham students viewed John Deramaix’s
original plasticine artwork last week
cards, which he sells to assist the
charity organization.
His items are $2 each, or three
for $5.
Three recent sculptures, part of
his Sweet Dreams collection, were
on display at his table near the security booth in the Gordon Willey
building.
Two, The Catch and The Ripple,
feature scenes of children at play.
The third, titled The Dreamer, shows
a man sleeping among a number of
scattered envelopes.
“This one has a little of me in
it,” Deramaix said, referring to the
sculpture.
He credited most of his inspiration to the people around him,
particularly children and his own
family.
Deramaix creates his works by
moulding figures from plasticine,
then inserting thin, metal wires to
give stability.
He uses special tools that he’s
created with his machinist skills.
Some works he paints.
While he explained the process,
the artist was hard at work on another scene, to be titled Swinging on
a Tire at the Park.
Deramaix will be displaying his
work at locations throughout Oshawa and Whitby until mid-December, and will be back on campus
throughout that time period.
Slate campaigns in municipal election
By Chad Ingram
Chronicle Staff
Council candidates accused of
slate campaigning for the upcoming
municipal election are vehemently
denying the allegations.
A slate campaign is a sort of unofficial party, where a group of candidates work together to achieve
common goals.
Slates are not illegal, but are considered by some to be unethical and
undemocratic.
Mayor John Gray is running for
re-election in November.
He is convinced that a slate campaign has been orchestrated within
the city of Oshawa, and was candid
in his comments.
“I think probably the mastermind
behind this has been the former
mayor, Nancy Diamond,” Gray said.
“I don’t think she’s very pleased
with the progress this council has
made over the last three years.”
Gray said he believes that every
ward has a candidate with an endorsement from the slate.
“Why do John Neal and Lanny
Joseph hang out at each other’s
campaign offices?” he said.
Lanny Joseph, a retired transit
worker who is running for council
in Ward 2, laughed over the phone
at the accusations.
“I think it’s ridiculous,” he said.
“If I’m part of slate, it’s a pretty
lonely one.”
Councillor John Neal, Ward 7,
also scoffed at the comments.
“They better come up with some
proof about these allegations,” he
said, adding that they were pretty
strong ones.
“I run a professional campaign.
I’m a slate of one.”
“And what’s with this Nancy Diamond thing?”
Neal continued. “That was three
years ago.
It’s like he (Gray) has a ghost following him around.”
Mayoral candidate Dawn Turner
was also mentioned in connection
with the alleged slate.
She too laughed at the accusations, referring to a recent protest
where she had met Nancy Diamond.
“That was the first time I’ve ever
spoke to the woman,” Turner said.
Diamond served as mayor of Oshawa from 1991 to 2003.
During her time in office, property taxes in the city were frozen.
Her critics say this was possible
because she did little to improve the
city’s infrastructure.
In a telephone interview, Diamond stressed that she used private
sector investment, not tax dollars,
for city projects, including the new
YMCA building.
She also condemned the current
mayor for the city’s high property
tax
Oshawa currently has the highest property taxes in Ontario.
Though she has no current formal role in politics, Diamond considers herself a “responsible citizen”.
“Is the mayor telling citizens of a
democratic system that they have
no say in government?” she said.
“I continue to be a citizen who
cares very passionately about Oshawa’s future.”
Mayoral and council candidate
debates are being held at the legion
this week.
Mostly no-shows at Ward 7 debate
Gamsby
keeps hope
alive for
lower taxes
By Chad Ingram
Chronicle Staff
Steven Gamsby was the only
Ward 7 councillor candidate to appear at a candidates’ debate last
Tuesday.
Ward 7 is home to the DC/UOIT
campus.
The debate, hosted by the Oshawa Chamber of Commerce and
held at the city branch of the Royal
Canadian Legion, featured regional
councillor candidates for Wards 1
and 7, and city councillor candidates for Wards 1 and 3.
Gamsby’s two opponents, Mary
Jo Cunha and incumbent councillor
John Neal, failed to appear.
Their seats, marked by nametags,
remained empty for the proceedings.
The debate, which ran from 7
p.m. to 8:30 p.m., was hosted and
mediated by news director for Oshawa news radio.
Sandra Watson, and was aired
live on CKDO radio. About 80 residents showed up to view the event.
Questions from the audience
were presented to candidates by
a two-man panel of CKDO repre-
sentative Chris Dunlop and former
chamber of commerce president
Fred Ball.
Each candidate was given a minute to respond to each question,
with the opportunity for a 30-second rebuttal.
Issues ranged from taxes to recycling to the city’s waterfront.
“It simply needs a lot of work,”
Gamsby said of the latter.
“If we start pointing fingers and
fighting, nothing’s going to get done.
Do it over time, and do it wisely.”
Some contentious issues sparked
squabbling between candidates.
Gamsby distanced himself from
such behaviour. As far as the city’s
property taxes, which are currently
the highest in the GTA.
Gamsby urged residents to persevere and have faith in council’s reconstruction plan.
“Taxes are tough,” he said, “but
they are a reality.
We are seeing our money at
work, and must make sure to steer
the course and see our growth continue.”
Ward 7 is unique in that it contains both urban and rural areas.
“Over the last four months I’ve
had the opportunity to meet many
of the people of Ward 7,” Gamsby
said.
“Because it’s such a diverse area,
constituents have unique needs.”
The would-be councillor addressed the conservation concerns
of residents of the Oak Ridges Moraine, the need for more student
housing around the university and
the maintenance of Camp Samac.
Municipal elections will be held
Monday, Nov. 13.
No more
late fees
By Matthew Pozzuoli
Chronicle Staff
No hassle.
No late fees.
No problems.
Just over a year ago Blockbuster introduced to Canadians a new way of renting their
movies. This new plan would
allow movie fans to hold on to
their rented movies for an extended period without having
to pay late fees.
Matt Paton, a spokesperson
at Blockbuster Video, said, “
The response to this program
has been phenomenal and we
plan to continue running this
program for as long as we possibly can.”
Because of the high demand
for this new kind of movie renting, competitors such as Rogers Video have started implementing similar programs. But
is there more to this program
than what we can clearly see
from the signs littering the front
entranceways of video stores.
Both of these promotions
offer an option of holding on
to your movie without incurring late charges. However, the
contract states in small print
that the movie does carry a
due date and a grace period of
seven days, after which the full
retail cost of the movie will be
put onto your account.
According to Paton, Blockbuster video does put a charge
on the customer’s account but,
if the movie is returned within
30 days of its original renting
date then the fee is reversed
and only a $2 charge remains
for the “restocking fee”.
“The restocking fee is for
putting the movie back into the
system, shelving it and tagging
it again” says Paton. “ Without that small nominal fee we
would not be able to run such
a promotion.”
Rogers Video has now extended its rentals and does not
charge for movies that come
back late. The only difference
between the two is that unlike Rogers Video, Blockbuster
enables customers to pick up
video games as well.
Christmas tea
By Alicia MacDonald
Chronicle Staff
Parkwood Estate is hosting
an annual Christmas dessert
tea on Nov. 25, with two sittings
available at 1 p.m. and 3 p. m.
Tea, scones, and a dessert
buffet will be served in the
Parkwood sunroom, which will
be decorated for the Christmas
season. This event sells out
each year, so purchase tickets
as soon as possible. Advance
ticket purchase is required, at a
cost of $20 per person. Tickets
can be bought at the Parkwood
Estate business office, or by
phone at 905-433-4311.
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Photo by Elise Haskell
THE DEAD WALK: On Nov. 22, hundreds of horror movie lovers walked the streets of Toronto. Zombies, dressed in their finest horror getups and realistic make-up, shuffled the streets moaning for brains to show their appreciation of the fine art of horror on the day of the
living dead.
Zombies take over Toronto
By Elise Haskell
Chronicle Staff
You see them gathering, the legions of the undead. Zombies.
They take to the street in massive
numbers, shuffling along as their
low voices call out for their one desire:
“Brains!”
But this is no movie you’re
watching. This is Queen Street West
in downtown Toronto.
On Nov. 22, hundreds of people
came to the streets dressed in their
Sunday zombie best and shuffled as
only the truly devoted can in the annual Zombie Walk.
Even though the rain steadily fell
as the zombies gathered, threatening to wash their fine makeup jobs
away, the masquerading horror fans
would not be kept away from the
festivities.
Apparently zombies don’t care
about rain.
“I’m a zombie,” said Jared Bond,
a ghoulish mask on his face and a
convincing steel pike piercing his
hand. “Rain’s cool.”
The Zombie Walk began in front
of city hall, coincidentally one of the
filming locations of 2004’s zombie
movie Resident Evil: Apocalypse.
The zombies then shuffled their
way northwest towards the Bloor
Cinema.
“I just heard about it,” said Alex
Adams, sporting white face paint
and with copious amounts of blood
oozing down his chin.
“I’ve always loved horror movies.
This is just a public display of my affection.”
While waiting for the walk to begin (it had a 3 p.m. start time, but
the walk didn’t get under way until
about 3:30 p.m.), one group of zombies handed out flyers for Thrill Toronto, the first Guinness World Record attempts for the largest thriller
dance.
Then they gave a preview by
demonstrating the thriller dance,
the dance from Michael Jackson’s
Thriller music video, for onlooking
zombies and photographers.
It was scheduled for Oct. 29.
Zombies were also treated to
free blood, to add to their makeup,
by organizer Adam Pearson.
“I’m the lovely assistant,” he said,
dressed as a zombie police officer
and spreading blood on zombies
with a paint brush.
“We started four years ago. The
first year there weren’t a lot of people, but last year we had 200.”
When the walk began the zombies wandered before frightened
children and amused adults who
watched in bewilderment as they
passed.
Police officers followed along in
cars and on bikes to block traffic at
some intersections and reminding
the unruly zombies to: “Stay on the
sidewalk!”
But still the zombies felt the urge
to “attack” streetcars and other vehicles that passed nearby, rolling
down their windows to get pictures
but inviting zombie hands inside instead.
The zombies would also bang
their hands against restaurant windows, feigning an attempt to get inside and eat all the delicious brains
therein.
Author Giles Blunt reading in
Whitby ‘By The Time You Read This’
By Luba Tymchuk
Chronicle Staff
Canadian author Giles Blunt will be making an appearance in Whitby for a reading of his latest book on
Nov. 1.
Blunt will be at the Whitby Public Library at 7 p.m.
reading from his book, By the Time You Read This,
which is the fourth book of his John Cardinal series.
This fall, Blunt has made appearances in Edmonton, Winnipeg, and Toronto. He still has appearances
to make in North Bay, Waterloo and the University of
Toronto.
According to the biography on Blunt’s website,
he was born in 1952 in Windsor, Ontario. He is also a
screenwriter, with his television credits including episodes of Law and Order, Street Legal and Night Heat.
His first novel, Cold Eye, was made into a French
movie in 1997. He has also won the British Crime Writers’ Macallan Silver Dagger for his novel Forty Words
of Sorrow, the Crime Writers of Canada’s Arthur Ellis
Award for best novel for his novel A Delicate Storm,
and his novel Blackfly Season is one of Globe and Mail’s
Margaret Cannon’s Best Mysteries of the Year.
Complimentary tickets to the reading may be picked
up in advance at the main floor information desk of the
library.
“One person got mad,” said one
marcher dressed as an undead
member of the Umbrella Corporation, a nod to the Resident Evil video
games.
“I didn’t really hear what they
said, but they were yelling.”
That one incident aside, she said
she hadn’t seen anyone else get
mad.
Most people looked on with
smiles and would goad the zombies
on in a friendly manner by joining in
their screams for brains.
By the time the zombies reached
Kensington Market the rain had
cleared, but the marchers were so
in character that most didn’t notice,
except to maybe drag their umbrellas behind them in their distinct undead manner.
All the people there were there
for fun and they all seemed to be
getting exactly what they wanted,
some zombies so overjoyed that
they couldn’t express their happi-
ness in words.
“Uhhhhhhhh,” moaned Spencer
S. Arend, who also assured me that
the S was for Snake.
Once the zombies reached Bloor
Cinema it was announced the festivities were not over and that Night
of the Living Dorks would be played
at 6:45, with a $2 discount being offered for anyone still wearing their
zombie makeup.
Lovely assistant Adam Pearson
was also selling souvenirs buttons
and patches for $1 each.
Organizer Thea was interviewed
by Naked News.
As the day of the living dead came
to a close, remnants of (hopefully)
fake blood could be seen smeared
on seats and windows of the subway as the zombies returned home
to wash away their makeup and rejoin the plain old living.
Until next year, when the zombies will walk again.
Police asking assault
victims to come forward
By Andrew Capps
Chronicle Staff
After the arrest of a Whitby
man and the subsequent 282
charges laid against him, Durham
Region Police are asking for any
more victims to come forward.
Detectives from the Sexual Assault Unit arrested Michael “Ross”
Stratton, 39, of Rosedale Drive in
Whitby, last Tuesday and laid 282
charges. These charges are in addition to charges of child pornography-related offences. Stratton
is being held in the Central East
Correctional Facility in Lindsay.
Police believe most of the assaults took place at a Rosedale
Drive residence. Victims reported
assaults as far back as 1985. Two
of the victims were six years old
at the time.
The police are asking for anyone with information regarding Stratton who have not come
forward to call Detective Randy
Norton or D/Cst. Rob Stoddart
of the Major Crime Sex Assault
Unit at (905) 579-1520 ext. 5363.
Anonymous callers can contact
Durham Region Crime Stoppers
at (905) 222-(TIPS) 8477.
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CAMPUS NEWS
New
beginner
computer
classes
By Luba Tymchuk
Chronicle Staff
Durham residents can work
on their computer and Internet skills in two free computer
workshops this fall.
The John Howard Society
of Durham Region is holding
free computer workshops in
November at the Whitby Resource Centre, 105 Consumers
Drive, Unit 12.
The two workshops include
Computers for Beginners
where participants will learn
the basics of Microsoft Windows and Microsoft Word, and
Introduction to the Internet
where participants will learn to
web browse, set up and check
email accounts and get comfortable exploring the web.
“I have been doing these
workshops as part of funding
from the Community Access
Program, Government of Canada,” said Rachel Lucas, the
workshop facilitator.
“The workshops have been
developed to provide basic
knowledge of computers to beginners in our community.”
The Computers for Beginners workshop will be held
Nov. 1 and 8 from 10 a.m. to
noon and the Introduction to
Internet workshops will be
held Nov. 2 and 9 from 10 a.m.
to noon. The workshops are a
one-day event.
Guardian angels protect us
By Natasha Mackesey
Chronicle Staff
They are among us. You can hear
their quiet whispers on a silent night,
and feel their presence surrounding
you. You walk home alone at night
and get a sudden feeling that someone’s watching. You look around but
no one is there.
It might not be everyone’s belief,
but angel card reader Annie O’Kane
says that angels are among us and
guide us in our everyday lives. For
those who want to believe in guardian angels, it’s simply a matter of allowing yourself to be open to their
energies, she said.
O’Kane said that anyone can
communicate with their guardian
angels if they choose to. Angels will
wait patiently for us to open our
senses and speak to them, or ask
them for their help. Even if we don’t
hear an answer right away, angels
are constantly listening, and they
will eventually answer when the
time is right.
Those who find it hard to connect to their guardians’ energies
and receive messages can go to an
angel card reader like O’Kane. She
says she can convey the messages
that an angel is trying to tell someone. Angels are also there to help
a person learn how to notice the
messages themselves. “I’m merely
a messenger. It’s always for a higher
good and it’s never a prediction to
the future,” explains O’Kane.
O’Kane’s angel card readings
provide direct answers from angels. She works as a medium to a
person’s guardians to convey their
messages. First, O’Kane spreads out
57 angel cards, each one with a different message, and tells the person
to close their eyes and connect to
their angels. Once the person feels
connected, she tells them to slowly
sweep their hand across the deck
until they get a feeling to stop.
O’Kane says that this feeling is
caused by their guardian angel, because the three cards they stop at
contain their angels messages to
them.
O’Kane was 16 years old when
Photo by Natasha Mackesey
ANGEL READING: Annie O’ Kane uses these cards in the Angel card readings to reveal
messages that the angels are trying to send us.
she first realized the presence of
angels and has been delivering their
messages through angel cards for
the past five years. “They chose me
to deliver guidance to my friends,
family, and those around me freely
and to provide them with a clear
path to follow,” she said.
If someone chooses to be open
to the concept of angels, they must
keep in mind that guardian a
angels are there to help them
be the best person they can be, she
said. Guardian angels are not there
to help with everyday chores, control the weather, or help win the lottery but they can help relieve stress
and show a higher good to life, but
they must be allowed to do so.
“I really have to be open, listen,
and have a huge sense of empathy
for everyone because I can feel oth-
ers pain and I’m able to look into
their eyes and feel what they’re feeling,” explains O’Kane.
But with that gift comes some
pain because O’Kane feels the need
to help everyon, and she realizes
that sometimes she just can’t do so.
“After I feel their pain, I need to channel it and be able to release it, or else
i can be left in their bad mood for
the rest of the day.”
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CAMPUS NEWS
Take a gamble on Ajax Downs
day, seven days a week and has slot
machines in denominations from
five cents to $5. Complimentary
non-alcoholic beverages are served
on the gaming floor, and there is
also a gift shop.
By Alicia MacDonald
Chronicle Staff
Residents of Durham Region
looking for an alternative to the typical night out at the bar can experience the thrill of over 200 slot machines at Ajax Downs.
The 75,000-square-foot gambling
facility is located at 50 Alexander’s
Crossing in Ajax and opened on
Feb. 28, said Luisa Martone, public
relations co-ordinator for the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation.
In the first four months of operation,
460,000 people visited and spent
more than $26 million.
It has slot machines, a bar and
lounge, and the racetrack. There
aren’t any blackjack tables or roulette wheels, but the sights and
sounds of the slots seem to entertain the crowd.
From the moment visitors walk
in and see the lit-up waterfall in the
foyer and smell the food from 777,
the bar and grill, they know they are
in for a treat. The large room with the
slot machines rings with the sounds
of coins, and bells and the lights on
the slot machines encourage the
visitors to keep playing.
Ajax resident Scott Browne visits
Ajax Downs frequently and enjoys
that the slots are just steps from his
house.
“I like going there once in a while,
for something different,” he said.
“The atmosphere is great and I don’t
Protect
yourself
at E.P.
Taylor’s
By Allyson Brown
Chronicle Staff
Photo by Alicia MacDonald
JUST SLOTS: Over 200 slot machines run 24 hours a day, seven days a week at Ajax
Downs. The facility made more than $26 million in the first four months of being open.
have to go far from home. I get sick
of going to the same old places, and
it’s fun to just go play the slots.”
In 2000, 54 per cent of Ajax vot-
ers approved the facility, but even
in the beginning, Ajax Mayor Steve
Parish was hesitant about having
a gambling establishment in Ajax.
After the vote, he became a convert
and even called it a “much-needed”
tourist destination.
Ajax Downs is open 24 hours a
No glove. No love. Sex pub,
one of the biggest events of the
year, is coming up next week
on Nov. 8 at E.P. Taylor’s. It’s not
about sex. It is about safe sex.
If those wallets are empty and
you can’t afford to buy condoms, have no fear: there will
be lots given out at this event,
as well as lots of other goodies.
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NTERTAINMENT
Toronto hosts Kamelot
October 31, 2006
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Durham College-UOIT Chronicle
By Lauren Marks
Chronicle Staff
With the rising popularity of European-style power metal in Toronto, it was no surprise to see Kamelot
packed the Opera House on Sept.
27.
Even for the local openers, Borealis, the venue was not only packed
but the crowd was receptive too,
while the excitement only grew during Epica’s set. Epica, a Dutch symphonic/epic/power metal band, put
on a super show.
When the lights went down and
Kamelot entered, the mood was set.
Since it was a power-prog crowd,
it was a sort of polite electrification. No moshing, no crowd surfing
— just head-banging, fist-pumping
and singalongs.
Toronto has been impressive recently in terms of audience participation and reception. The city has
a poor reputation as an audience
but for Kamelot, it was truly astonishing and everyone felt the same
pride over the group’s response as
they did listening to bands such as
Sonata Arctica and DragonForce.
Of course, the energetic Kamelot
helped to fuel the audience’s glee,
and vice versa.
While the show overall was incredibly memorable, fun and one of
the best recent concert experiences,
the set list was a little disappointing.
Kamelot only played songs from
The Black Halo, Epica and Karma
its three most recent albums. It’s
understandable to promote The
Black Halo, but bands earn respect
by playing older albums as well.
The latest two albums are wonderful and engrossing but at the same
time the evening required a change
of mood and pace.
Since the mood, performance
and audience’s warmth created a
good setting, the mush of mid-pac-
Country
pub not a
hit with
Durham
students
By Jocelyn Nespiak
Chronicle Staff
Photo by Lauren Marks
NO ROUND TABLE KNIGHT: Kamelot guitarist plays to a full crowd at Toronto’s Opera
House. Local bands were surprised at the good reaction that Kamelot got from the Toronto crowd, which has a poor reputation as an audience.
ers from The Black Halo is forgivable. Kamelot’s first visit to Toronto
in 2005 saw the band play Lee’s Palace and offered a better, more varied set list.
In addition to the atmosphere
created by the Opera House itself,
Kamelot also boasted its own production crew as opposed to relying on in-house lighting and sound
team. Kamelot’s sound quality was
great, it had fog machines and the
constant vivid lights added worlds
to the visual component.
Another thing about Kamelot
shows is that band members don’t
pull the usual talking-to-the-audience stunts. While the “Can you
scream louder than last night’s
city?!” is fun for certain bands, it
would have felt kind of contrived
and cheesy coming from Kamelot.
Band members simply rocked out
and talked just enough. The show
was so interactive and communicative that it really didn’t need all that
lathering-up-the-audience jazz.
Simone Simons, Epica’s vocalist,
sang a few guest spots as she did on
The Black Halo album. Solos were
also kept to a tasteful minimum.
Casey Grillo had a short but sweet
drum solo, while new recruit Oliver
Palotai had a really killer classical
piano thing. Thomas Youngblood’s
solo simply led into Forever, so it
wasn’t like sitting through some
draining, self-indulgent, masturbatory Joey DeMaio (Manowar) solo.
If you’re any kind of heavy/symphonic/power/melodic metal fan,
make sure to catch a Kamelot gig.
There is no one watching
the door. Coat check is empty.
Subtle murmurs come from
the small group of friends inside. Half the lights are off. One
bartender wipes an already
clean counter. And the latest
hits play on the radio.
Tuesday night is Country
Night at E.P. Taylor’s, but on
Oct. 17, the theme quickly became casual.
Five friends played a game
of pool, while four others
watched highlights from the
Leaf game.
Ken the bartender said the
country music was turned off
because it wasn’t attracting a
large enough crowd.
“It usually happens because
Tuesday isn’t a popular night,”
said Brandon Alexander, bar
manager for E.P. Taylor’s.
“It’s a different theme,” he
said. “And you can’t have full
capacity every night of the
week.”
The largest crowd they’ve
had is 30.
In the future there will be
theme nights such as Daisy
Dukes, and Mechanical Bull
contests. Alexander said he
hopes to have a live band once
a month starting in January.
We Fled Rome likes local scene
Members
all attend
Durham or
UOIT
By Shannon Dossor
Chronicle Staff
Underwear was thrown on stage,
the crowd laughed, and the lead
singer picked them up and placed
them on the drum kit. The band
continued to play.
We Fled Rome has played many
shows, but there are some that were
unforgettable. Other than the underwear being thrown, lead singer,
Wade Woodward mentioned another memorable show.
“There was a smoke machine behind my amp, I didn’t know there
was a smoke machine, I thought my
amp was on fire.”
We Fled Rome has played with
bands such as Emphatic (another local band from We Fled Rome’s high
school), The August Heist, Creeper,
and Hello Beautiful. The band released their first CD in the summer during a concert performed at
Woodview community centre.
“The best compliment we had
was when the bass player from 3
Days Grace (Brad Waist) asked for
a contact. He said he liked our style,
said we were heavy and he liked our
stage presence,” said Woodward.
They met Waist when they played a
show at the Reverb in Toronto. The
biggest competition they competed
in was the Emergenza Music Festival. They made it to the semi-finals,
the third of four rounds. Woodward
said their best performance was
at the Reverb, in the first round of
Emergenza, where they came in
first place.
The band also played at the Cathedral in Toronto during the festival. And like most local Oshawa
bands, they have had their share of
performances at the Dungeon.
We Fled Rome has been a local
band for five years, playing a rock/
progressive genre. Band members
include Wade Woodward on lead
vocals and rhythm guitar, Dave Watson on drums, Evan Styles on bass
and Jim McMillan on guitar.
‘
With the
amount
of
bands out there
today we are
more likely to
win the lottery
than to make it
big.
Dave Watson
’
All of the band members attend
Durham or UOIT. Woodward is in
the new water technician program
at Durham, Styles is in Mechanical
Technician-Mechanical
Maintenance and Control at the Whitby
campus. At UOIT Watson is in Software Engineering and McMillan is
in Automotive Engineering.
The band recently changed their
name to We Fled Rome. They were
previously called Aidem, but they
agreed they all hated the name and
needed something new. Their new
name was inspired from the book
Angels and Demons.
The band members got together
at the end of Grade 9 when they
were all students at O’Neill Collegiate in Oshawa. Woodward and
McMillan started playing in one of
their basements. After playing for a
while they decided they needed a
drummer, and found Watson. Later, Styles wanted to join the band,
and had been playing guitar, but
they needed a bass player, so Styles
learned it.
In the future the band definitely
wants to continue with their music.
Woodward said he would like to
pursue a solo career, doing something acoustic.
“I definitely plan to stay involved
in music and with the band for as
long as I can.” Styles said.
“With the amount of bands out
there today we are more likely to
win the lottery than to make it big,”
said Watson. “Even if we are not
playing shows it is still fun just to
jam together. I think I will always be
involved with music.”
Other than some differences in
future goals, band members say
they hope to continue playing locally. They would also like to put out
a new CD. They said they had some
shows lined up, but due to busy
schedules they had to be cancelled.
The band wants to play more
shows with local bands, and to have
their first show at E.P. Taylor’s soon.
Currently no shows are scheduled.
The future is unknown for the
band, but for now they all have the
same thing in mind. “Right now I
think we are all just playing to have
fun because it’s all something we
love to do,” said Styles. “It’s a good
chance to chill with friends and
have a good time.”
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ENTERTAINMENT NEWS
Smoke sheds light on
the tobacco industry
Author uses
counselling
experiences
in novel
By Amanda Gauthier
Chronicle Staff
LIFE IN THE ER: CBS’s Emmy award-winning series
Grey’s Anatomy returns to television for its third season.
Fall premieres
offer something
for everyone
By Amy Parrington
Chronicle Staff
That’s right television fans, after four and a half months of waiting, wondering whom Meredith
Grey will choose, McDreamy or
McVet. What lies ahead for Robin and Ted on How I Met Your
Mother, or what’s going to happen to Lincoln Burrows and Michael Scofield on Prison Break,
stop wondering because fall premieres have arrived.
Opening its third season on
Sept. 21, Grey’s Anatomy came
out on top with an astounding
25.1 million viewers, which 31
per cent were adults age 18 to 49.
This Emmy award-winning series
is currently the most popular drama on television.
The two-year-old comedy
How I Met Your Mother finished
in second place on CBS’s list of
premieres with a 6.8 rating out
of a possible 10. Attracting 10.1
million viewers on Sept. 18, this
sitcom is being called the new
Friends for its smart humour and
friendships between the characters.
CBS also premiered a new sitcom called The Class on Sept. 28.
Created by former Friends writer
David Crane and writer Jeffrey
Klarik from Mad About You, it
is a comedy about a large group
of 20-year-olds who are bound
together after attending the same
Grade 3 class. Two decades later,
their lives intersect again, giving
them the opportunity to learn
how everyone turned out and to
rebuild past friendships.
One of the seven new shows
premiering on ABC is The Nine,
which is expected to be the best
new drama this season.
The Nine is about nine strangers who end up in a Los Angeles bank on a fateful morning,
as two men lock the doors, pull
their guns and announce a bank
robbery that will “only take five
minutes”. These nine survivors
are now banded together as an
unlikely family, as they re-enter
their lives and grapple with how
this seminal event has changed
them forever.
The Nine premieres Wednesday, Oct. 4 at 10 p.m. on ABC.
“I can’t to watch TLC’s Little
People, Big World. I feel like I am
a part of their life and miss them a
lot over the summer,” said Adam
Semoff, a student at Durham College. Little People, Big World premiered Oct. 7.
Other new shows expected
to become immediate favourites
are: Studio 60 On the Sunset
Strip, Ugly Betty, Smith, Friday
Night Lights, Brothers & Sisters
and Men in Trees, to name a few.
However, other new sitcoms
are being poorly rated and
should be filed under “G”, for garbage. Critics suggest avoiding:
‘Til Death, Happy Hour and The
Game.
With 22 new sitcoms debuting
from late September to early October and many other returning
shows, television fans are sure to
find something to watch. Fire up
the TiVo, pull up a comfy couch,
relax and enjoy what fall programming has to offer.
“Ass on chair.”
The guiding words of the late
author Timothy Findley have stuck
with fellow Canadian novelist Elizabeth Ruth throughout her writing
career. These words illustrate the
importance of dedication and selfdiscipline when it comes to literary
accomplishments.
On Oct. 11, Ruth came to Durham College and read from her latest book, Smoke. About 35 people
attended the event and listened intently to each word.
In room J127 in the Simcoe building, the fluorescent lights shone towards the Canadian author as she
gave an animated reading of three
excerpts from her highly praised
novel.
The reading was set to begin at
7 p.m. and Ruth, arriving about 15
mintues early quickly put the audience at ease with her wit and friendly smile. She began by introducing
herself and spoke about her counselling career, then shared the inspiration behind the plot of each novel.
Structure is important to her, so in
her latest novel chapters are not
numbered. She believes they have
absolutely no bearing on the story.
“Having 56 chapters is irrelevant
to the story,” she said.
Smoke takes place in the 1950s
in a small Canadian town by the
same name that prides itself on its
intense involvement in the tobaccoproducing industry. The main character, Buster McFiddie, is physically
scarred forever by a night with his
friends and too much alcohol. The
tragic event forces this young man
to deal with the stares and whispers
of society and to suffer an extremely
private, emotional hell. Similar to
Ten Good Seconds of Silence, the
protagonist deals with inner, mental
struggles.
Ruth said there is a limited number of novels available about the
tobacco industry, so she decided to
bring it to light.
Growing up in Windsor, Ontario,
Ruth was an only child, raised by a
single mother and is proud of that
relationship. Ambition earned her
a BA in English literature from the
University of Toronto, as well as a
Masters in counselling psychology
from the same school.
Ruth put these skills to good use
working as a counsellor for women
and children who suffered from
mental illness. Some were schizophrenic, some were homeless and
in desperate need of emotional
guidance. While dealing with desperate situations, she came up with
the plot of her first novel, Ten Good
Seconds of Silence.
Photo by Amanda Gauthier
STORY-TELLING: Writer Elizabeth Ruth visited Durham
College to talk about her latest novel Smoke.
She decided to act on this and
pursue fiction writing.
The novel took four years to complete. It deals with the complexities
of sanity, in other words, what it
means to be sane.
Taking place in Vancouver, the
story switches back and forth between the 1980s and the 1960s. It’s
protagonist struggles with mental
issues. Ruth has always found the
normalcy of society fascinating.
“All of us are just one step away
from tipping over the edge,” she
said.
Ten Good Seconds of Silence was
published in 2001 and was a finalist
for the Rogers Trust of Canada Fiction Prize, the Amazon.ca/Books in
Canada First Novel Award and the
city of Toronto Book award. Ruth
decided to end her counselling career and quickly became the author
of an internationally-sold novel.
“I gave up a good job with benefits to be a Canadian author,” she
said with a chuckle.
Four years later, in August 2005,
Ruth wrote Smoke. She, along with
many other Canadian authors, both
up-and-coming and established, is
part of the Writers Reading Series
offered through Trent University,
where writers travel to different colleges and universities and read excerpts from their work.
During the reading at Durham,
the satisfaction shone through as
Ruth enthusiastically spoke about
her life and what made her decide
to be a writer. A friend of the family,
Francis Wood, described her as having a bubbly personality.
“When you talk to her, her face
lights up,” said Wood.
Margaret Steffler, part of the English department of Trent University
through Oshawa, praised Ruth’s latest novel.
“I loved Smoke,” she said. “[Ruth]
draws you in on so many levels.”
The dark-haired animal-lover is
proud to be the author of two novels, and the editor of Canada’s sole
monthly gay and lesbian literary
series.
Although she does not talk about
work in progress, Ruth mentioned
that she is working on something
new. And who knows, maybe she’ll
delve deeper into the minds of the
outcasts labeled crazy.
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30 gunshots to the head
By Andrew Moore
Chronicle Staff
Cooking with Martin Scorsese. Add four parts
guns, two parts drugs, a tablespoon of corruption, a lot of brutality, and a shipload of good actors. Don’t forget to tear a strip off Alec Baldwin
for some extra cheese and give it a couple twists.
What you have is Scorsese’s latest compelling
crime thriller The Departed.
After films such as the Aviator and Gangs of
New York, Scorsese comes ripping back into the
scene with his knack for portraying tough streets
and ruthless violence. The Departed brings back
the essence of Taxi Driver, Goodfellas and Casino.
Set in Boston and inspired by the popular
2002 Hong Kong crime film, Infernal Affairs, The
Departed tells the story of two rookie cops who
join the police force at the same time, but for different reasons. Colin Sullivan’s (Matt Damon) intentions are not to serve and protect. Instead Sullivan acts as Irish mob kingpin Frank Costello’s
(Jack Nicholson) informant, and police investigators are sent on an elaborate detour with every
lead they get.
While Sullivan paves a clear path for Costello,
Billy Costigan (Leonardo DiCaprio) is deep undercover working for Costello’s mob. When both
sides discover there’s a mole in their operations
things go awry. As the police department starts to
uncover Sullivan’s motives, the movie comes to a
gruesome climax.
The Departed’s all-star cast features Damon,
DiCaprio and Nicholson playing their roles flawlessly, keeping the momentum from start to finish. Baldwin plays the head of SIU, and audiences
are left pondering whether he’s a bad actor or just
gets bad lines. Nevertheless he continues to bury
his career. Mark Wahlberg plays police Chief
Queenan’s (Martin Sheen) hardnosed assistant
whose quick vulgar one-liners offer comic relief
to the intensity of the film.
If you haven’t seen The Departed yet, go while
it’s still in theatres. It’s a movie that thrives on the
sound and atmosphere only theatres provide.
The music, the era, the style, the 30 gunshots
to the head, it all says Martin Scorsese. This genre
is where Scorsese comes through and The Departed is proof.
Idle Sons stadium-sized rawk
By Chris Bracken
Chronicle Staff
Customers have been going to
7/11 for years for late night snack
runs, but the corner store has also
brought us one of the greatest
up-and-coming rock bands. Slurpymundae got their name from
7/11’s Slurpy Tuesdays promotion,
but no one would recognize the
band under that name.
With its single Tell Me blaring
all over radio waves, the band is
now on the biggest rock tour of the
fall, opening for Theory of a Deadman and Three Days Grace. Idle
Sons, formerly Slurpymundae, are
taking it to the bank and the pop
charts.
Idle Sons have been described
as “stadium sized rawk” on the EMI
Music web site, and most would
agree that they’re nothing short of
that. After supporting Simple Plan
on a national stadium tour, exposing themselves to 30,000 to 40,000
fans five nights a week, the band
has created a sterling reputation.
“When we were around the age
of 14-15, the love for sports started to fall in our lives, and music
started to rise,” said Ryan Barkwell,
drummer for Idle Sons. “And it was
probably the first time we toured
when we realized that we could do
this for life.”
Even though it waited nearly
four years to put out its debut fulllength CD Sixteen Seasons, the
band never thought about packing it in. And now that the album is
out, Barkwell feels that this is one
of his biggest accomplishments.
For the recording of this album,
the band looked to songs they
wrote eight years ago, re-wrote
and re-recorded them. Barkwell
said he is glad that his band has a
common vision and they all see
eye-to-eye. That element made it
easier for them to record. As soon
as the album was released fans ate
it up.
“The first time I heard our song
over any airwaves was on Galaxy
Radio on the satellite,” said Barkwell. “I stopped dead in my tracks
and I had to crack a beer and sit
down. I had to take it all in, that this
is really happening.”
Even though their popularity is
growing by the day, they still take
time out of their schedule to play
small shows. On Oct. 14 Idle Sons
supported the local band Rides
Again at The Groove Lounge in Oshawa. Their set consisted of songs
like Now Forever, Getaway, Maggot, and Tell Me.
The band has recently released
a video for their single Tell Me. The
video is stop motion and has the
band switching clothing and settings every scene. Within the first
verse there were 60 to 70 clothing
changes, Barkwell said. The video
can be viewed on music channels
like Much Music and VH1.
The band currently has enough
material to release another CD,
but they would rather tour for a
while to promote their current album. Barkwell said he hopes to
get one of their songs on a movie
soundtrack so they have a chance
to bring their fans something new
within the next year.
Other than that, expect to see
Idle Sons in Toronto on Nov. 8 and
Nov. 10 opening for Three Days
Grace and Theory of a Deadman.
That is until late summer or early
fall of next year, when you might
be lucky enough to hear a new album.
The Marine can’t enlist
By Jason Miller
Chronicle Staff
The Marine deserves to be hit by
a bomb and drown at the box office.
This movie is so lame it will have
audiences wishing they had used
their $10 to buy a lotto ticket. When
will directors like John Bonito, the
dumb ass who directed this movie,
realize the one-man army Rambo
storyline is old and grey?
Hey John Cena, stick with your
day job as WWE champ, because
you are not ready for the red carpet.
Cena tried very hard to follow in
the footsteps of other WWE superstars such as the Rock, who made
his break in the Scorpion King and
the 2002 action flick The Rundown.
However, it will take much more
than this movie to put any wind in
the sails of Cena’s acting dreams.
This movie is about the
good guy going after the bad guys
who stole his hot chick. Cena plays
John Triton, an overrated killing
machine who must be a terminator or robot killer or something, because how many people can jump
through explosions like Triton does
and come out alive?
Triton, a marine sergeant who
has been discharged from his mission in Iraq, has returned home
to South Carolina to relax with his
wonderful wife Kate, played by Kelly Carlson. The story gets interesting
when she is kidnapped by a group
of diamond thieves causing Triton
to get real rowdy.
The script sucked, so no wonder
none of the big acts in Hollywood
took it. The cast was also below marginal except for Robert Patrick, a former X-Files star, who did a decent
job of playing the gang’s psychotic
leader.
The movie has the worst punch
lines and jokes ever as the characters share some fun moments while
trying to smash each other’s heads
in. Cena who had little dialogue and
interaction with the other characters, tracks around like a goat running, jumping and creating havoc
on a busy highway.
Cena must have read his lines off
a teleprompter because he delivered
them like little nine year-old Lucy in
the Christmas play. This movie does
not deserve audience’s’ hard-earned
money. Before you make the mistake of seeing this, donate the ticket
price to charity.
Film born
of tragedy
By Tania Harris
Chronicle Staff
It’s nearly 10 a.m. on Sept.
11, 2001. Their eyes are bloodshot from the tears, they perspire from apprehension. Their
entire bodies shake in fear
as their hearts uncontrollably pound in their chest. They
know what happened in New
York an hour earlier and what
happened in Washington moments before; they know that
the same fate will be theirs if
they don’t do something. So
the passengers on United 93
fight for control, a fight they
fought until the end.
Five years have passed
since that tragic day, and still
we are constantly bombarded
with horrific images of two
planes crashing into the World
Trade Center, the fiery building invoking memories of pain
and death. Movies such as the
recent World Trade Center
starring Nicholas Cage paint
a blood-stained picture of the
disaster that took place in New
York, but there has never been
an artist paint the adversities
that took place in the air, until
Paul Greengrass picked up the
brush.
United 93, written and directed by Greengrass, gives
a voice to those who can no
longer speak, the voice of the
innocent crew members and
passengers who, through courage, prevented terrorists from
carrying out their plans for the
fourth hijacked plane.
United 93 shares events
many people may not have
known about. There’s a vital
moment when an air traffic
controller in Boston hears the
terrorist’s voice but no one believes theWhat is astonishing
is that some of the characters
in the movie are not actors but
the air traffic controllers and
military personnel who were
working that day. It brings a
sense of realism to the movie.
Some of the acting was not
pleasant but fortunately it did
not divert the viewer. In fact
Ben Sliney, of the Federal Aviation Administration, was incredibly compelling to watch.
It must have been hard to relive the events of that day but
he did an astonishing job.
Greengrass does an astounding job of bringing the
viewer into the movie. They become frustrated with the chaos
at the air traffic centre, frightful watching the planes crash
into the buildings, angry at the
terrorist’s inhumanity and saddened by the terrible fate of the
innocent people on United 93.
The cellphone pressed
against her ear she quietly
speaks as her lips quiver and
tears fall. Her breathing is frantic as if she is in a bad dream
but can’t wake up, making her
words hard to hear. The recipient on the other end, however,
easily understands the message. The passenger on United
93 says, “bye honey.”
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Durham College-UOIT Chronicle
Lords chilled out at nationals
Continued from page 1
The sun finally broke through the
clouds for game two of the day, a
head-to-head against coach Dempster’s brother, and rookie coach of
the ABU Mets, Stephen Dempster.
“He’s doing good for his second
year of coaching,” said coach Dempster of the Lords. “I’ve worked with
some of his kids before…it’s a lot of
fun to play against him.”
The Lords were relentless during
the sibling rivalry game, scoring two
runs in the fourth inning to take the
lead 2-0.
There was some controversy
mid-game when second baseman
Dennis Wood was ejected from
the game for chewing tobacco. The
CIBA rules state that tobacco is not
to be used during games, and the
misconduct cost Wood and the
Lords manager to be suspended for
two games. But the team pushed
through the heat felt from the boys
in blue, and with the outstanding
pitching talent of Peter Stefanovic
throwing from the hump, the Lords
maintained their lead to take the
game 2-0.
Fresh off the win the Lords
hopped on the bus to take on the
host team, the University of Ottawa
Gee Gees, at Hamilton Fields for
game three of the day. With temperatures still dropping by the hour, the
teams struggled to keep warm, and
it showed on the field. The game
remained scoreless until the eighth
inning when Ottawa tapped in one
run to steal the game and force the
Photo by Matt O’Brien
GOING FOR HOME: Vince Carbone, catcher for the Durham Lords baseball team, running the base paths during the CIBA Nationals in Ottawa, on Oct. 20-22. Unfortunately
the squad came up short in the semi-final game against McGill University.
Lords into a tiebreaker game.
The fifth game of the day, the tiebreaker to determine if the Lords
would return the next day, was
against the University of New Brunswick Cougars. Determination and
perseverance overcame exhaustion,
Volleyball
pre-season
By Ryan Peterson
Chronicle Staff
as the Lords were able to break the
tie, winning the game 5-1.
Rookie pitcher Brian Corcoran
was the winning pitcher, completing all seven innings and chalking
up nine strikeouts. Adam Sylvester
led the offence with two runs and
an RBI.
“We’ve had ups and downs…positives and negatives…but we came
out on top and we’ve got a chance
tomorrow,” said Gord “G Bo” Robertson, the veteran pitcher for the
Lords. “Our offence needs to get bet-
Women’s fastball Dogs paddle
OCAA champs to Guelph
By Matt O’Brien
By Joshua Vanderstam
The Durham College women’s fastball team came out on
top, winning the OCAA championships in Windsor on Oct.
22.
The women beat the
St.Clair Saints 5-3 in the gold
medal game of the tournament.
The women finished the
tournament with a conference record of 14-1 and an
overall record of 19-5.
The team also swept the
2006 fastball awards banTHE ROOKIE LEADING THE WAY:
quet.
First-year pitcher Danielle Pitcher Danielle Smith in full form.
Smith was awarded the wellat practice, which is why, with the
deserved Rookie of the Year, League help of her teammates, we have been
Top Pitcher, and Player of the Year so successful on the field.”
awards.
Team slugger Karen McWilliams
“When Danielle is on the mound also proudly represented the college
she is in complete control of her taking home the OCAA league batgame,” said Athletic Director Ken ting champion award and a league
Babcock said in a press release. “She all-star title. McWilliams led the
shows no negative emotions and if league, finishing out the season with
a call does not go her way, she digs a .513 batting average, 18 runs and 7
deeper and gets the job done. Dani- RBI’s.
elle is a quiet leader both on and off
This is the women’s third OCAA
the field. She has a great work ethic gold medal win in a row.
The UOIT Ridgebacks novice rowing crews
snarled at the competition and came solidly in second place, finishing only seconds behind the leaders in all their events at the Guelph novice rowing
challenge.
The Guelph Gryphons hosted their annual novice rowing challenge on Saturday Oct. 21, where
teams competed in 2,000-metre headraces.
The event offered the Ridgebacks crews an opportunity to gain experience in the intimate competitive setting, where they see their opponents in
the next lane, which gives a crew a face to beat rather than a clock to beat. This event also allowed for
coaches to work out any problems in their crews.
The dogs came the closest to a win with the
women’s novice eight who were closing in on Trent
from a three-second deficit.
The women’s crew looked a little different with
two men’s novice crew members subbing in, they
came close, but were bested by Trent in the end.
The crew consisted of coxswain Jo Liang, Amy Dawson, Laura Dodds, Ingrid Piat, Jason Klein Horsman, Charles Elliott, Rachelle Krause, and Meghan
Killeen.
It was anyone’s game as the OUA championship was on the line on Friday Oct. 27 and Oct. 28 at
Brock University on the Royal Henley course.
Results for this event were not available at press
time.
Chronicle Staff
It was half and half on Oct. 23 as the Lords volleyball teams travelled to Redeemer. The women
won, but the men lost.
The women took the first two sets 25-15 and
25-20, but lost the third set by a hair. They then
leapt over Redeemer in their final set by a score
of 25-20. After tough competition, the Lords won
the game 3-1.
The lead scorers of the game were Cheryl Silva
with 12 kills, Karlene Risebrough Barnes with 10
kills and Carli Bouma with five kills.
The men’s side had an intense fight, playing five
sets, but eventually the Lords bit the dust 3-2.
The men had a strong start, taking the first set
25-19. They then lost momentum, and lost the
game 25-20, but the Lords were persistent, coming back to take the third set 25-19. In the fourth
set there was good back-and-forth action, but the
Lords came up short, losing the set 28-26.
The last set put the nail in the coffin with Redeemer taking the set and the game 15-13.
Derek Estabrooks had a fine OCAA debut with
eight kills. Another high scorer for the night was
men’s team captain Dave Crabbe with 19 kills.
Estabrooks, who’s six-foot-two-inches and hails
from London, is a first-year Mechtronics student.
“I was obviously pretty excited to start,” Estabrooks said. “I tried to play to the peak of my ability.” Estabrooks said it is unfortunate that the men
lost, because “I know we’re all capable of playing
better volleyball.”
ter, but we’re fundamentally sound
now so we’re good to go.”
There was a lot riding on the
tiebreaker game; if they lost they
would have had to head back home
that night.
“I’ve got no guts because those
games have gnawed away at em,”
said Dempster after the nervewracking game. “We’re in a position
to win this thing; we’ve just gotta get
some rest and get back in it tomorrow.”
After a chilly and exhausting
four-game day, the men headed
back to the hotel to rest up for their
semi-final game the next morning
against McGill University.
Game five launched Sunday
morning at 9 with the cold chill still
lingering in the air.
The Lords couldn’t maintain a
solid defence, giving up four runs
and suffering a grand slam by McGill to bring the score to 8-2 early
in the game. But the will to win,
and heart of the team ignited as the
Lords came back, scoring two runs
in the sixth, and three more in the
seventh, setting the score at 8-7 in
the final inning of the game.
With Carbone on third, home
plate was farther than it appeared.
He was never able to score as the final batter hit a pop fly to centre field,
the Lords lost their final game 8-7.
“These guys have more heart than
any team I’ve ever played with or
coached,” Said assistant coach Craig
Macklem.
It was the Lords’ second straight
year at nationals and fifth in Durham history.
Chronicle Staff
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SPORTS NEWS
Hanging out with the ball team
By Matt O’Brien
Chronicle Staff
It’s 6 p.m. on a brisk Thursday evening in
October, and the Durham men’s baseball
team boards the Safeway travel bus for a trip
to Ottawa to compete in the CIBA National
Championships.
“Let’s go boys! What’er ya sayin’ fella’s!?
woo!” yells pitcher Chris Park from his seat
near the front of the bus.
Gord Robertson sitting behind Park responds with a loud “Woo!” and the two laugh
and banter back and forth about their upcoming games.
The bus is filled with baseball chatter like
“Hum babe!” and “let’s go boys!” for the majority of the four-hour trip up the highway to the
icy cold conditions of eastern Ontario. They’re
travelling in hopes of finally winning a national baseball championship, something no Durham men’s baseball team has yet achieved.
The bus trip is long, with one stop at a highway rest stop to refuel the bus and the players.
After four hours and a few awkward urinations in the bus’s washroom, the bus pulls
up to the Chateau Cartier, a hotel outside of
Ottawa in Quebec, which resembles a castle
more than a hotel.
Everyone is assigned a room. Most rooms
cram in five guys.
The team members laugh and joke as they
separate to their rooms.
They get along so comfortably, They’re like
long-time friends rather than just teammates.
The guys wake up on Friday morning
greeted by the pitter-patter of rain outside
their windows.
That’s the sound of a baseball game being
cancelled.
They board the bus anyway.
“No one called to say it was cancelled, let’s
prepare for a game guys,” said head coach
Sam Dempster as he boards the bus.
The team arrives at the field only to see the
field in a muddy, unplayable state.
“The home plate area looks like oatmeal,”
says one of the players from the back of the
bus.
Friday’s games were cancelled, and rescheduled to the next day.
Back at the hotel and the players are left
with nothing to do but wait around till the
next day and hope for better weather.
The majority of the team takes advantage
of the hotel swimming area, relaxing in the hot
tubs, or practising baseball slides on the golf
greens in the rain.
“You guys are gonna ruin the grass that
Photo by Matt O’Brien
SEASON COMES TO AN END: Men’s baseball team looking on during the CIBA National Championships.
way, can ya stop please,” says a frustrated hotel employee. Apparently shirtless belly slides
on a professionally tended green in the rain
are shunned upon in the hotel industry.
The next day arrives, 6 a.m wake up, the
men grab a quick bite at a local McDonald’s,
and are off to the ball field.
The sky is overcast, and the temperature
makes it feel like a bad day in December.
The guys play the first game, and by game
two the sun breaks through the clouds providing a small amount of warmth for the bundled
crowds in the bleachers, and shaking players
on the bench.
The men finish off the day winning two of
their four games and advancing to Sunday to
play the final two games.
Back to the hotel and everyone is too exhausted and cold to do anything other than
sleep.
“I’m looking forward to several hot showers
and a long sleep,” mumbled assistant coach
Colin Dempster as he entered the hotel.
The next morning the guys suited up for
day two, back to the field to play game five of
the semi-finals. The weather is still freezing
cold as the players bundled up on the bench.
The game doesn’t go as planned. The umpires
make a few questionable calls which upset assistant coach Craig Macklem who approaches
the home plate umpire to argue, and is quickly
ejected from the game.
As he storms off the field he pauses. “Oh
if I’m gonna get the boot I’m gonna get my
money’s worth,” he said pointing at the home
plate umpire. Macklem storms back towards
the umpire to finish off his string of adjectives
and profanity.
The score is 8-7 against the Lords at the
bottom of the 7th inning, full count, two outs,
and runner on third that is waiting patiently to
tie the game.
“Just like we’ve practised guys. This isn’t
a new scenario -- we know how to deal with
this,” Macklem returns behind the bench to
convey a few motivational words.
Head coach Dempster paces back and
forth rubbing his hands, “This game has been
like dream about a hot date, but instead of Julia Roberts it’s Rosanne,” he said to the group
of giggling assistant coaches.
Back on the field the hit is drilled out to
centre and caught.
The season is over, and the nationals title
that was almost at their finger tips has evaporated.
A few tantrums erupt in the dug out, with
thrown helmets and thrown F-Bombs. Then
the men return to the bus for the ride home.
During the ride home the head coach remains silent, no words of wisdom, no weekend game reviews, just an occupied seat at the
front of the bus.
The bus is less active on the way back. The
player’s discuss the games and strategies used
throughout the tournament.
After another four hour ride, and the team
arrives back at the college.
“Thanks for the great season guys,” is the
only input from the head coach as he exits the
bus.
Assistant coach Macklem reviews the
weekend and acknowledges the players who
appreciate his efforts.
Another season is finished. The team says
their goodbyes to one another, with hopes
that next year the team will undergo the proper changes to finally grab that national title.
Mitchell at the top of his game
By Ryan Peterson
Chronicle Staff
Funny-checkered pants, tams, argyle sweaters, spiked shoes, and one
white glove are all attire associated
with the game of golf. Will Mitchell
of the Durham Lords golf team added a few elements to his uniform
this season. They’re round, shiny,
different colours, and attached to
ribbon.
From the seven tournaments he
played this year Mitchell has placed
first four times, second once in team
play, and fourth once this season.
He also placed eighth in the world
this summer at the world university
golf championship tournament in
Italy. Mitchell said what thrilled him
the most about Italy had nothing to
was awesome being
there.”
A second-year golf
management student
at the college, Mitchell is respected by
many who know him.
DC-UOIT Athletic
Director Ken Babcock had nothing but
praise for Mitchell. “I
am not surprised at
Will’s excellent placing and solid team
Photo by Ryan Peterson
finish for Canada. He
WILL MITCHELL: Has a great golf season. is a special talent and
do with golf.
a great kid. The level of
“It was an amazing culture. The college and university golf in Canapeople were awesome and the da is soaring and we are very proud
food was everything it’s cracked up of Will and his accomplishments.”
to be. The architecture looks like it
While Babcock was not surcame straight out of the movies. It prised by his finish, Mitchell himself
said that on the world scale Canada
hasn’t won often, so few expected
the team to do well.
John MacDonald is a golf pro at
Granite Golf Club, an exclusive golf
course near Stouffville. MacDonald
has known Mitchell for three years
and helps him develop his skills.
Mitchell has represented Granite in
several tournaments.
“He’s entitled to coaching,” MacDonald said. “He uses our pro staff
to further his ability. I’m an extra pair
of eyes.” After watching the younger
player, MacDonald can give insight
for Mitchell’s game. Also, MacDonald said, “Will has a steely demeanor
conducive to playing golf.”
On top of learning about golf,
Mitchell said he has worked at a golf
course. “I was lucky enough to work
at Deer Creek. They are a huge sup-
port group. It makes it a lot easier to
be an athlete to be supported.”
One source of support he’s received is from Nike, who asked him
to use their products. “They’ve been
great,” Mitchell said. “They provide
as much visibility as amateurs can
have.”
However, he mentions that he
doesn’t dwell on the equipment he
uses. “People are so superficial with
equipment. They think it’s the equipment, not the player.”
It’s not the equipment that made
Mitchell a world-class competitor.
Nadiene Foreman, his professor,
can attest to that, “Will’s not only a
good player,” she said. “He’s a great
advocate of the game, an all around
student and going to be a great leader in the industry no matter what
avenue he takes.”
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October 31, 2006
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Men’s soccer misses the mark
By Jason Miller
Chronicle Staff
It was a bittersweet day for Durham College soccer on Oct. 22 as
the women’s team advanced to the
semi-finals while the men’s team
was knocked out in the quarter-finals.
The Lords men’s team travelled
to Oakville for their OCAA suddendeath quarter-final playoff game
against the Sheridan Bruins on Oct.
21. Sheridan was victorious over the
Lords 4-2.
“We can’t come out in a game at
this level and play with no intensity,”
said coach Stan Bombino. “I am very
disappointed with Paul Yang and his
attitude in this game for a player of
his caliber, when you look at other
players like Trevor Delpippo, who
is taped up from left to right but still
play with so much heart.”
Sheridan scored two quick goals
and the Lords trailed 3-0 at the half.
Casey LaRussa and Rashid Koriya
added one each in the second half
but it wasn’t enough, ending their
2006-07 season.
“I am very disappointed,” said
assistant coach Mario Bombino. “I
didn’t expect this. I thought we were
ready and prepared. In the first half
we didn’t play Durham ball. Everybody seemed nervous. We were
coming back, and the fourth goal
killed us.”
This marks the sixth season in
a row that the Lords men’s soccer
program has been eliminated from
the OCAA playoffs in a suddendeath quarter-final playoff match
on the road.
“They looked tense again and
that carried on into the game,” said
Photo by Jason Miller
JUST OUT OF REACH: Trevor Delpippo (left), and Ryan Todish (right) scurry after the
ball against The Sheridan Bruins in the finals on Oct. 21.
goalkeeper coach Vasco Jeronimo.
“That also happened against George
Brown. I thought this year was going
to be different. It’s been six years like
this.”
It was still a good year for the
Lords, who finished at 8-4 overall
with a conference record of 6-2; a
strong returning class points to a
terrific season next year.
“This is our biggest game: win
or lose you go home,” said captain
Trevor Delpippo. “They got two
quick goals and we had our heads
down after that. In the second half
we had a lot of fight but it was not
enough.”
For Sheridan, it was a next step
towards their ultimate goal-to win
the gold medal and move on to
the nationals. They will have to go
through a tough Algonquin team
in the semi-finals to make that happen.
“I think we definitely played to
game plan today,” said head coach
Tony Silvestri. “Scoring three goals
in the first half was great. For Durham defensively, having three goals
scored against you can kill you. We
will now move on to play Algonquin, a close rival of ours.”
At home, it was a different story
for the Lords women’s soccer team.
They hosted the number fourranked western conference team
the Mohawk Mountaineers in quarter-final action and defeated them
6-0. Rookie Katie Szeghalmi opened
the scoring for Durham in the fifth
minute and had two more goals for
the hat trick.
“We came in serious and made
sure we played our game,” said head
coach Vaso Vujanovic. “We have
Katie on the left side and Amanda
Durno on the right side. They connected excellently. Katie now fills
the gap we had on the left side. Our
midfield, front line and back line
is now strong. Once we play the
way we’ve been playing no one can
touch us.”
Veteran Jana Cryderman struck
for two goals, and Jennifer Michalicka added one more. Morgan Kelly
was in goal once again for DC and
played flawlessly when called upon,
to earn the shutout.
This win advanced the women’s
soccer team to the OCAA championships hosted by Sheridan College
Oct. 27-28, to play a strong Fanshawe. Results were not available at
press time.
The Durham Lords won the
east region with a 6-0-1 record and
ranked third in the country; they
have gone undefeated in Ontario
conference play at home since moving to Vaso’s Field at the start of the
2003-04 season. Brittany Micucci
took the east region scoring title
with 13 goals.
“I went to see Fanshawe play
Seneca and I think we can beat
them,” said Vujanovic. “They are a
physically tough team but once we
play like how we’ve been playing we
can destroy them.”
Primeau breaks away to campus
By Bruce Bolton
Chronicle Staff
Keith Primeau: a career to remember
The Durham Fury hockey club,
along with Durham College and
UOIT, put on a Durham minor
hockey night last week, with an added bonus… former Philadelphia Flyers captain and Fury owner Keith
Primeau, should up at the campus
ice centre to promote his brand of
hockey to the Durham community.
Along with a Fury hockey game,
fans had a chance to meet Primeau,
as he was signing autographs and
taking picture with fans before the
game.
“I wanted to be present at some
of the games,” Primeau said. The organization settled on the date and
had to promote the event as much
as possible to create interest. “It was
a collective decision and it is the
right way to go to turn it into a minor
hockey night and involve the community as best we could.”
Primeau, along with his brother
Wayne who plays in the NHL for
the Boston Bruins, bought out the
Oshawa Legionnaires last year and
quickly changed things like the
name and the team colours. Along
with the team the two brothers also
own Fury hockey equipment, a new
and rising brand name.
“With the Fury hockey equipment brand it was an easy choice for
- 1998: Played for Canada in the Olympic Winter Games
- 1998-99: Played in NHL All-Star Game
- 2003-04: Played in NHL All-Star Game
- Assistant captain Detroit Red Wing and Hartford Whalers
- Captain of the Carolina Hurricanes and Philadelphia Flyers.
Played 16 years in the NHL
- Drafted in the first round (third overall) in the 1990 NHL
entry draft by Detroit. Best season 2000-01 NHL season when
he had 73 points.
Source: Wikipedia
Photo by Bruce Bolton
PRIMED FOR PRIMEAU: Keith Primeau with fan 3-year-old
Ethan Schoonderbeek at the Campus Ice Centre.
cross promotion,” said Primeau. “I
loved the name the Oshawa Legionnaires growing up but we wanted
this to be a Durham Region team,
not just one minor hockey association, and I think we have been able
to succeed in that.”
And succeed they did, involving
the Durham community in a special night, but the giving does not
end there. Fury hockey equipment
also gives back to the community
with the grass roots program, which
is designed for customizing equipment for associations and teams.
“Any association that gives us
the right to use their logo, we give
two per cent of those sales back to
the organization,” Primeau said. “We
have had some success with it and it
has been rewarding.”
With all of Primeau’s new business plans it’s hard to remember
he played in the NHL, but those are
memories that he could never forget. He played in the Stanley Cup
finals in 1995 for the Detroit Red
Wings, was on the all-star team in
1999 and 2003, scored the winning
goal in one of the longest games in
the NHL in 2000, and had some unforgettable playoff runs.
“Those are probably the most
memorable moments in my career,”
Primeau said. “I have been very fortunate to have played as long as I
did. Although I did not accomplish
as much as I liked I still walked away
from the game with a lot of great
memories.”
26 The Chronicle
October 31, 2006
SPORTS NEWS
Hawks fly away
with a victory
the direct result of having problems with their setter.
Somehow, through all those
difficulties, the women won the
first set by a close 26-24.
Between sets, the Humber
coach and Marchut expressed
disbelief about the unspirited
action. “I guess nobody wants to
win today,” Chris Wilkins said.
The Hawks took the second set
23-22 but the Lords came back to
win the third set 25-23.
In the fourth set the women
took too many time-outs, because
when Marchut wanted one there
were none left. The Lords went on
to lose 25-18.The fifth and final
set went to the Hawks 15-6.
The majority of the team’s
points were scored by a few playBy Ryan Peterson
Chronicle Staff
ers. The leaders were: Karlene
Risebrough Barnes with nine kills
The Lords women’s volley- and one ace, Carli Bouma with
ball team lost 3-1 to the Humber
eight kills, one
Hawks Oct. 25 in
block and two
preseason action.
aces, and Cheryl
To start off the
Silva with seven
night the women
kills and two
were missing their
blocks.
main setter KrisMarchut was
ten Conner and
disappointed
also their assistant
with the play
coach Shane Chrishe saw. “I don’t
topher.
think we played
In the first set it
the way we
appeared as though
should
have.
they had lost the
Blocking
was
communication
not there and we
and concentration
were not passing
Karlene Risebrough
they had in previwell,” he said. “If
Barnes
ous games.
you don’t pass
Coach
Stan
well you can’t have offence.”
Marchut thought they should
Carli Bouma, however, saw
have had an easy time because of the game a little differently. She
the number of players on Hum- suggested they lost their mental
ber who also were injured.On game at the beginning and at the
the whole, the Lords scored most end.
of their points because of Hum“We need to work well as a
ber mistakes. The reason they team. We need to make a whole
couldn’t score many points was team effort.”
Durham
loses last
preseason
game
against
Humber
Photo by Ryan Peterson
VOLLEY IT UP!: Women’s volleyballer Janet Littlejohn
setting up number 10 Carli Bouma for one of her eight
kills.
Photo by Ryan Peterson
DEEP IN THOUGHT: Dieter Stevens and Dave Crabbe (background) prepare mentally for
their last pre-season game, a 3-0 win over the Humber Hawks at Humber Oct. 25.
Men clean Hawks’ clocks
By Ryan Peterson
Chronicle Staff
The Durham Lords men’s volleyball team really ruled the roost
when they took on the Humber
Hawks Oct. 25 at Humber.
The Lords’ last exhibition game
before regular season action at
Cambrian Oct. 28, was a good win.
The Lords won three sets in a row.
The Lords came out intense
against the Hawks. Most of the
points they lost were from hitting
problems. Also, there were still communication problems leaving many
balls that weren’t picked up.
Throughout the preseason, coach
Gord Williamson was looking for
his starting six. He had a solid lineup
with a lot of veterans for most of the
preseason, but he had been experimenting with rooks ever since the
Killer Instinct cup. In every game he
was playing either someone different or someone other than where
they would normally be. This night
would be no exception.
Out for the first time for the Lords
was number 13 Jeff Silver, who had
one kill and one ace. Matt Melissis,
who usually plays libero, was replaced by Ryan McIntosh until later
in the game.
The Lords won the first set 26-25.
Then they continued the pressure,
winning the second set 25-17. In the
final set, the Lords beat the Hawks
25-20.
Rookie player Jon Graham, who
also played well with two kills and
two aces, said, “ I thought we played
well. We had good intensity. Serves
were bad, but other than that we did
well.”
Pat Henderson, one of the assistant coaches, said, “We played with a
lot more emotion than at Redeemer.
We passed well, but we still have to
work on serving. If we serve tough
we are as tough as any team in the
province offensively. On defence,
we need to dig more balls and do
more blocking.”
The leading scorers of the game
were Eric Mooney with nine kills,
Derek Estabrooks with six kills and
two aces, and Dave Crabbe with
four kills, one block and four aces.
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October 31, 2006
27
SPORTS NEWS
Lords display Killer Instinct
Durham
warms up
for the
new season
in style
By Ryan Peterson
Chronicle Staff
The Lords men’s volleyball team
took second place in the annual
Durham College Killer Instinct Cup
held the weekend of Oct. 21 and 22.
Essentially sweeping through the
qualifying and semi-final rounds,
the Lords made it to the finals and,
as in last year’s OCAA provincials,
lost to the Mohawk Mountaineers.
Losing two sets 25-20 and 25-22,
the Lords had a strong showing, but
had a few mental mistakes, which
left them out in the cold.
Head coach Gord Williamson
said it was a good day but there are a
few things the team has to focus on.
“We were competing really well.
It was a positive sign,” he said. “We
Photo by Ryan Peterson
SET FOR THE KILL: Durham Lords veteran volleyball player Dieter Stevens goes up for
the kill while Byron Jung sets up against the Sheridan Bruins. The Lords finished second
in their annual Killer Instinct tournament at the athletic complex on Oct. 21 and 22.
had mental mistakes with balls out
of bounds that shouldn’t have been
and we need to work on our serving.
Overall…we were tough all the way
through.”
The all-stars of the game for the
Lords were number 7 Josh Bowen
and number 10 Byron Jung. The allstars were decided by an agreement
of the final teams’ coaches and the
tournament convenor.
The tournament was played simultaneously by two pools of teams
in both of the gyms at the athletic
centre. One pool consisted of Dur-
ham, Nipissing, Humber, Niagara,
Sheridan and Cambrian. The other
pool had Seneca, Mohawk, Loyalist, Fleming, Georgian and Trent. All
games in the qualifying round were
played to two sets.
In the first day the Lords had
three matches against the Humber
Hawks, Sheridan Bruins and Nipissing Lakers. Each match had three
hours in between.
As a result of play-off rounds,
the Lords played four matches the
second day, almost all of them two
hours apart. Play-off matches were
best two out of three.
In the opening round the Lords
beat the Hawks 2-0 with scores of
25-16 and 25-18. Next the Lords
spiked the Bruins 2-0 as well by
scoring 25-13 and 25-21. But the
Lords lost against the Lakers 25-19
and 25-21.
The first two games saw the return to the court of Bowen after a
couple of games off with injuries. He
was back earlier than anticipated
as he was expected back around
Christmas. The first two games
marked a strong debut for the Lords
number 14 Jared Collins.
On the second day, the Lords
took on the Niagara Knights and the
Cambrian Golden Shield. Triumphing over them both 2-0, and subsequently qualifying for the semi-finals, the Lords took the sets 25-22
and 25-18, 25-18 and 25-16.
Lost the battle
but not the war
By Jason Miller
Chronicle Staff
The Durham Lords women’s volleyball team lost to Niagara in the
quarter-finals at Sheridan’s annual
Paw Power tournament on Oct. 21
and 22.
The Lords battled their way in
round robin play at this pre-season
tournament with some of the top
OCAA schools.
“Last year we made the playoffs but we didn’t do very good. It
doesn’t matter if we finish first or
second as long as we get to play the
extra warm-up games,” said coach
Stan Marchut.
The first game was on Oct. 21
against Mohawk and the Lords
came under early pressure from
the 2005-06 third place central west
conference team. In the first game
the Lords were down 16-11, causing Durham to put in their libero
Amanda Falzon, to apply some defensive pressure.
“We’re missing Carli (Bouma).
She is out with an injury. With her
here we would have a much stronger lineup today,” Marchut said.
Durham battled to within one
at 17-18, forcing Mohawk to call a
timeout. Durham was still able to tie
the game at 18, but that was as close
as the Lords would get as they lost
the first game 25-18. It was a closely
contested game but Durham lost
with a few mistakes in the backcourt.
In the second game, the Lords
applied early pressure to take an 1812 lead. Durham maintained their
composure this time to take the
game 25-17.
“We don’t like the first game because we didn’t have enough space
to get our serves in,” Marchut said
about the lack of space on the spectators side of the court. “We played
better in the second game because
we were able to make more serves.
Janet (Littlejohn) our captain, had a
good game ”
With the win the Lords had to
settle for a 1-1 split of the first-round
match.
“The first set they dominated
right through,” said assistant coach
Shane Christopher. “In the second
game we came back. The blockers
had a good game, and overall they
all did well.”
The Mohawk team showed some
disappointment as they failed to get
full points from their first match.
“The basic team structure fell
apart,” said Mohawk head coach
Bryan McEnhill. “We are missing
our captain, who is also our centre
and a key component to the team.
The passing broke down and that
cost us. We have a rookie libero, but
she will pick it up in our next game.”
The Lords went on to win their
next two matches comfortably.
They defeated a weaker Lambton
team 25-15 and 25-22. They then
overpowered Boreal 25-17 and 2516 to earn themselves a spot in the
playoffs.
On the final day of the tournament on Oct. 22, the Lords had to
Photo by Jason Miller
OVER AND OUT: Durham Lords setter and libero Kirsten Conner volleys one over the net
while captain Janet Littlejohn provides support on the rightside, in their quarter-final loss
to the Niagara Knights at the Sheridan invitational tournament on Oct. 21 and 22.
defeat a firing Cambrian team, to
finish first and receive a bye into the
playoffs.
The game was an exciting one,
as Durham took the lead 10-7. The
set came down to a 23-23 tie but the
Lords were unable to pull off the
win as Cambrian stole the set 25-23.
The second set was no different as
Cambrian took an early 12-8 lead
and won the game 25-18, robbing
Durham of first place and a bye to
the playoffs.
“I don’t like the way we passed,”
Marchut said. “We were unable to
pass the ball to our setter. I didn’t
expect to lose. We played better
yesterday. I’ve never seen this team
play so poorly.”
The Lords were forced to play
a hyped Niagara team. The Lords
lost the first set 25-8 but bounced
back to win the second, forcing an
exciting third game. It was a closely
contested game but Durham was
knocked out of the playoffs with a
15-12 loss.
“Durham is a really good team
that is well coached,” said Niagara’s
assistant coach Graeme Gaunt.
“This is kind of a surprise. Knocking
off Durham in the quarter-finals is
a good start in building confidence
for the rest of the year.”
The Lords coaching staff still
showed some optimism for the new
season and the development of the
team so far.
“This tournament is very hyped,”
Christopher said. “Not only do you
get a chance to look at other teams,
it also helps us to analyze our team
and see where we are. The girls
played well. They just need to learn
how to win.”
The players are also looking forward to building the team chemistry needed to win games and finish
better than they did last season.
“This happens every year at this
tournament,” said third-year player
Shona Tighe. “It’s good that everyone gets to come out and see the
court. The more ball touches we can
get the better. We don’t have that
trust issue down yet but by the time
the season starts we will be back.”
28 The Chronicle
October 31, 2006
SPORTS NEWS
Hearts and hockey
can be a deadly mix
Heart-related issues are becoming a major
concern for all levels of hockey players
have them, said the rink’s general
manager Tim Watson.
By Bruce Bolton
“At this time the arena or anyChronicle Staff
where on campus does not have deWhen hockey players are told fibrillators. As you can imagine it is
before a game to play their heart out very expensive and a lot of training
and responsibility is involved,” Watmost don’t mean it literally.
With more and more ways of son said. “We are going through the
getting faster and in shape a new process of acquiring one and should
and increasing injury in hockey is be operational in the new year.”
In case of an emergento the heart. AcThe issue in hockey cy at the rink, any person
cording to Heart
and Stroke Can- is the length of shifts. is able to activate the deada, hockey is Players are in and fibrillator by taking it off
the number one out for short periods the wall, much like a fire
sport for heart at- of time, which is an- extinguisher, and followaerobic, which puts a ing the instructions. It is
tacks.
The NHL has lot more stress on the a process that could save
a life. First the person goseen three play- heart.
ing into cardiac arrest
ers in the last two
must have their shirt and
years injure their
Cheryl Higgs all jewelry removed. You
heart, and in recmust turn the machine
reational hockey in Canada 12-15
players have died due to heart at- on and place the two pads on the
tacks at the rink in the past year, ac- patient’s chest. One pad should be
cording to the Canadian Adult Rec- placed on the upper right side of the
chest, one on the lower left. The pads
reational Hockey Association.
One of the newest solutions to then must be connected to the mathis problem is defibrillators. Ac- chine, which determines whether or
cording to the government of Ontar- not a patient should be shocked.
Jeff Schnitzler, a local Durham
io these heart saving machines will
be installed in community centres, old-timers league player, believes
hockey arenas and other athletic that placing defibrillators in rinks is
a great idea, especially for leagues
centres, over the next few years.
The Campus Ice Centre will soon like his.
‘
’
“A lot of guys who play are not
in the best shape and even though
everyone wants to have fun there
could always be that one guy who
goes too far and hurts something
like his heart and that’s when it
would be great to have a defibrillator,” Schnitzler said. “It’s also good to
see more of them in all the rinks.”
Mario Lemieux, Jiri Fischer and
Steve Konowalchuk are three NHL
players who have had heart problems during hockey. Lemieux had
irregular heart beats during action,
Fischer suffered a heart attack during a game and Konowalchuck was
forced into early retirement because
of his heart problems.
Someone who understands the
effects of exercise on the heart is
Cheryl Higgs, co-ordinator of Durham College’s fitness and health
promotions program.
“Aerobic exercise is a way of elevating the heart rate with oxygen,”
Higgs said. “The issue in hockey is
the length of shifts. Players are in
and out for short periods of time,
which is anaerobic, which puts a lot
more stress on the heart.”
“A person who plays hockey has
to be in shape. It’s fine and good
if you’re young and healthy but if
you’re not, that’s when risks are taken,” Higgs said.
Photo by Bruce Bolton
PASS THE BISCUIT: Michael Del Zotto, Oshawa Generals’
rookie defencemen on the power play during the Oct. 22
game against the Ottawa 67’s.
Couple of tough losses
for the Oshawa Gens
By Bruce Bolton
Chronicle Staff
After a three-games-in-threenights marathon the Oshawa Generals now look to certain aspects of
their special play teams for the answer to winning.
Eleven games into the regular
season, the Generals are realizing
that the OHL is filled with more
power plays, penalty kills and shootouts than ever before.
Following back-to-back wins the
prior week, the Gens dropped three
in a row from Oct. 20-22 in a weekend filled with a blowout and two
upset shootouts.
At the end of the weekend general manager and head coach Brad
Selwood had a better understanding of this league.
“It’s always tough when you lose
them in a shootout,” said Selwood.
The shootouts are something not
everybody likes he said. “They
played hard. They got 51 shots. You
cannot ask them to do any more
than that. But hey they battled hard.
No reason to hang their heads.”
During the second shootout
against the Ottawa 67’s the Gens
could not find the back of the twine,
with John Tavares missing the first
shot and Dale Mitchell missing
the second. Even though the two
missed in the shootout, many saw
what both young lads were all about.
During regulation Tavares had one
goal, while Mitchell had two.
“It’s tough to go through a weekend and lose every game,” Mitchell
said. “But I mean, two games in a
shootout. I think we deserve those
wins. But you know that’s is the way
it goes and I’m sure we will get our
bounces another night.”
The other scorer was rookie defencemen Michael Del Zotto, who
got his first goal on the power play.
“It was a good goal (his first OHL
goal). It would have been better if we
got the win, though,” said Del Zotto.
“We have been working on our
power play a lot lately and working
on shot possession and puck movement a lot more to generate more
chances.”
And more chances they got, going 3-for-9 on the power play. The
penalty killing was decent, killing
off one major penalty in the first
and numerous penalties in the third
to keep the game tied.
“I felt pretty good about it (special teams),” Selwood said. “The end
of the 5 on 3, when they scored with
24 seconds left, I thought we did
an amazing job of killing the major
penalty. Then we had a couple in
the third period that we kill and our
power play got three as well, so it’s
come down to that, unfortunately.
It’s a special teams league and both
parts of our game looked good tonight.”
Even though the special teams
came together, there are still certain
parts the boys want to improve before the team’s next game.
“We definitely have to work on
our defensive zone coverage. We
got to keep getting better and get another win to get back on the board,”
Del Zotto said.
“We will work on some special
teams and battles down low in our
own end,” said Mitchell.
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October 31, 2006
29
SPORTS NEWS
Captains leading by example
All-stars
come back
for another
year
By Jason M. Miller
Chronicle Staff
When the Durham College men’s
and women’s basketball teams hit
the court this season, they will be
led to the basket by two all-star players, Anthony Batchelor and Samantha McConnell.
Both point guard players are in
their third year and will take up the
role of captain for their respective
teams. Last season Batchelor was
a league all-star and was ranked as
one of the top 15 players in the province.
McConnell was both a league
all-star and a OCAA championship
game all-star player.
Bachelor, a six-foot-two-inch
point guard, was nicknamed “Seattle” by his Durham College teammates, who didn’t know his name in
2004 when he moved back to Canada from the Sates. Three years later
he is well known as the go to player
on the team.
“I learned from the captains
from the years before. They helped
me out a lot,” Batchelor said. “I am
young, so listening to older guys has
helped me to prepare for this year. I
love basketball, but my first goal is to
finish school. Then, maybe I will play
some semi-professional basketball
and see where that takes me.”
This is a plan that head coach Peter Morgan supports 100 per cent.
He wants to see Batchelor move on
Photo by Jason Miller
THIRD-YEAR CAPTAINS: Samantha McConnell and Anthony Batchelor are point guards for the women’s and men’s
Durham Lords basketball teams.
to play semi-professional basketball
in a growing market such a Europe.
“He leads by example,” Morgan
said. “He is not as vocal as I would
want him to be, but the players really
respect his work ethic. They see this
and feed off it. I am very proud of his
progress. His weakness has been his
outside shot. He has proven that he
can now consistently make that outside shot. If we didn’t have him on
the team we would be in trouble.”
Despite his strengths, Batchelor needs to improve his game if
he wants to take it to the next level,
Morgan said.
He wants to see Batchelor become more vocal on the field and
take on the task of team leader. The
new captain also needs to be more
aggressive and pick up more rebounds, key elements that can win
or loose a game.
“My goal is to be more aggressive this year and help my teammates maintain team chemistry,”
said Batchelor. “I have to lead by example and use my work ethics to get
stuff done. I will have to work hard
in every game until I see the three
zeros on the clock.”
That work ethic earns him praises
from his female all-star counterpart
McConnell.
“He gives it his all. He is a quick
player. He never gives up and is a
role model on his team,” McConnell
said.
She is also a super athlete and
team leader who turned down several track scholarships in the U.S. to
play basketball at Durham College.
In high school she came second in
Ontario in 80 metres, earning her a
silver medal.
“Coming to college there was
no track so I just stuck with basketball,” McConnell said. “It was hard
to adjust in the first year at college,
because of the amount of time that
was consumed between basketball
and classes.”
McConnell has fit into the system as a natural talent and leader
and she is one of the top players in
the province.
“She received a standing ovation last year at the OCAA championship game over the top player
from Humber,” said coach Craig
Andrews. We are very fortunate to
have her. She turned down multiple
track scholarships in the states to
come and play with us. If she picks
up from where she left off last season with a little more confidence,
she could be player of the year.”
Coach Andrews still wants to see
her be more vocal, be more aggressive and take control as the leader of
the team.
“I am a natural athlete, so for me
certain things come easy. But I still
have to practise my passing and foot
work,” McConnell said. “I also have
to work on my mental game, so I
don’t have mental breakdowns during the game.”
She also received praises from
Batchelor, who thinks she is a quiet
leader and a good player who gets
the job done.
“Being captain of the team, I am
big role model for the girls,” McConnell said. “I always have to try
and keep my head in the game and
be a good leader. I have to encourage them when they are done. I am
feeling confident. Our rookies are
pretty strong. I think we will do well
this year.”
30 The Chronicle
October 31, 2006
SPORTS NEWS
CBC’s Cassie
Campbell
makes a debut
By Mike Gokdag
Chronicle Staff
A new feeling was sparked in the
hearts of Canadians recently when a
surprising move by CBC replaced a
stranded Harry Neale with a youthful Cassie Campbell.
Anyone watching the Toronto
Maple Leafs game against the Calgary Flames had the rare privilege
of listening to a woman’s voice as
colour commentator rather than
the beloved Neale.
To be honest it was weird. Luckily
the excitement of the game blocked
out the thoughts. Nothing against
Campbell because in actuality she
really knew her stuff. She was insightful and understood the type
of game both the Flames and Leafs
played. But there was something off
about it, something I couldn’t put
my finger on.
In time she could be a great commentator but during that entire
game I felt a little off. Playing against
the tag team combo of Bob Cole and
Neale is no easy task. They’ve been
announcing games together for decades. The chemistry they have is a
pleasure to listen to. They’ve been
with the Maple Leafs so long that
they have generally become faces of
the team, more than most players.
Watching the game for years, players come and go, coaches and general managers get fired, but you can
always count on Cole and Neale to
be there to kick off the season.
If you listen to the broadcasters
COLOUR COMMENTATOR:
Cassie Campbell replaces
Harry Neale on CBC
of other teams some of them really
suck. Half the pleasure of the game
is listening to the announcers. But
when all you hear is so and so has
the puck and so and so shoots or
passes, it gets dull. That’s where Cole
and Neale set themselves apart. The
trivia worthy facts you learn along
the way truly makes a difference.
I wish these guys could be around
forever but when one day they’ll be
announcing no more, I’ll gladly accept Campbell into the booth and
know she’ll do a good job.
As Harry Neale would say, “what
a dandy.”
Historic look at
the World Series
By Kurt Vaughan
Chronicle Staff
Can any real baseball fan forget Don Larsen’s perfect game or
Babe’s called shot?
Those fond memories occurred during the World Series.
The Boston Pilgrims beat the
Pittsburgh Pirates in 1903 to win
the first ever World Series. The
Pilgrims won in eight games because it was set as a rare best-ofnine format.
But in 1904 the National
League champions, the New York
Giants, would not play Boston, so
they cancelled the series. But the
league presidents smoothed out
their differences and the series
resumed in 1905, when the Giants agreed to play Philadelphia
in a best-of-seven game series.
Since then the World Series
has followed the best-of-seven
format, except from 1919-1921,
when it returned briefly to best
of nine.
Come 1955 they introduced
the MVP, most valuable player.
It went to Johnny Podres, who
pitched two complete games,
when his Brooklyn Dodgers beat
the New York Yankees. There has
always been an MVP since that
year.
But 1981 was the first time
ever that the MVP was shared.
Pedro Guerrero, Ron Cey and
Steve Yeager were the lucky three
players to share this prestigious
award.
In 1992 the Toronto Blue Jays
became the first team from outside the United States to capture
the World Series. They not only
won the World Series in 1992, but
they won it in 1993 again.
Cito Gaston managed the Blue
Jays to both of these titles. And
since 1993 no Canadian team
has won the World Series.
Game five of the World Series
will be played Thursday, Oct. 26
at 8 p.m.
And if St. Louis Cardinals and
the Detroit Tigers end up having
a game six and seven are necessary they will be played Saturday
and Sunday.
Defence: do you really
need it in the NFL ?
By Mike Gokdag
Chronicle Staff
As the football season rumbles on the old adage
stays true, defence wins football games.
Take a look at the standings. There aren’t many
teams with high-octane offences and mediocre defences making too much noise. It’s always vice versa.
The Denver Broncos are the perfect example. The
team has the second-worst offence six games into
the season, but with a stingy defence has been able to
post a 5-1 record. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers, have
scored 85 points on the year. The defence hasn’t been
able to carry the lackluster offence, thus the team sits
at 2-4.
The New York Jets have scored an AFC second
best 147 points and still they only sit at 4-3 scraping a
win out against the lowly Detroit Lions. The defence
is the reason for the mediocre record as it as allowed
the AFC’s most points at 173.
Compared to Denver, the Jets have almost double the amount of points scored, but without a solid
defence a team is absolutely nothing. The Jets will
struggle to make the post-season whereas Denver
will walk in.
There are some teams that find a way to win in any
circumstance, but it is rare. The Carolina Panthers,
Philadelphia Eagles and New Orleans Saints have
been able to do it this year. With half decent defences
these teams are posting playoff worthy records. The
reason for that is experience and great coaching.
For the perfect example of how to build a Super
Bowl contender and defensive machine look at the
Chicago Bears and its Week 6 win over the Arizona
Cardinals. Rex Grossman threw four interceptions
and no touchdown passes and the Bears ran for under
50 yards. The offence scored zero touchdowns and
hit one field goal. Yet somehow they overcame a 20point deficit in the fourth quarter. The Bears offence
turned the ball over six times (four interceptions and
two fumbles) but this is the killer stat: the Cardinals
managed just 13 points from turnovers despite great
field position. The Bears managed a perfect 14 points
from two turnovers, with the defence scoring touchdowns at very crucial points in the game. It even
forced a fumble out of Edgerrin James, his first in a
year. And so the Bears went on to a fourth-quarter
comeback against the Cardinals in Arizona without
an offensive touchdown.
That’s the reason you hear fans chanting de-fence.
They know how important it really is.
Be-leafing in Toronto
Many are saying this could be the season, as the Toronto Maple Leafs have shown significant improvement
from last season. By adding and subtracting a few players from the lineup, the Leafs actually look like they’re a
team this year.
Paul Maurice is a name that should become familiar to all Leafs fans. The new coach has
already made it clear he has a much different style than former bench boss Pat
Quinn. Quinn was loyal to veterans, often putting them before what’s good for
the team. Maurice’s style is simple, if you
don’t play well you don’t play at all.
Let’s look at the 2005-2006 season.
The Leafs were tenth worst in the league
for goals against, which is nothing to be
proud of. And although they finished ninth overall in
goals scored, they struggled severely to score at even
strength.
With the addition of Michael Peca, the Leafs finally
have a guy to turn to for the penalty kill. Another player
the Leafs will be looking to is young-gun Kyle Wellwood.
They’re looking for him to produce points after moving
him to the first line. Wellwood has proven himself early, earning the same amount of points as boy wonder
Sydney Crosby, and more points than 2005-06’s point
leader Joe Thornton.
A significant off-season move was acquiring former
rookie of the year, Andrew Raycroft. Now Raycroft did
have a crummy season last year, but he was amazing in
his rookie year. So far he’s proving Leaf fans everywhere
that he means business.
Also added to this year’s team are defencemen Pavel
Kubina, who was recently injured, and Hal Gill. Kubina is hoping to be back within a month, and with Gill
should help take pressure off Brian McCabe and Thomas Kaberle, and keep the defence
fresh this year. This, alongside Ian
White and Carlo Colaiacovo, who
might not play this year due to an
Chris
injury, will also provide more offence and help the Leafs improve
Bracken
at even strength.
The Leafs have lost some ‘dead
weight’ so to speak. Eric Lindros,
Jason Allison, Aki Berg, and Luke
Richardson are no longer wearing Toronto jerseys.
The first thing people should take note of about the
2006-07 season is the fact that the Leafs beat the Ottawa
Senators 6-0. It didn’t seem possible after last year. So
there is great improvement.
After only nine games, the Leafs are second to an undefeated Buffalo Sabres in the Northeast Division. Even
though it’s early the Leafs are already looking much
faster and playing more like a team.
But how could they not be better? Last year marked
the first time the Leafs hadn’t made the playoffs since
1997-98 season. Let’s just hope this year they pull together and make be-leafers out of all non-Leaf fans.
The Gens hold Canada vs.
Russia at the GM Centre
By Bruce Bolton
Chronicle Staff
Everyone remembers or knows
about the 1972 Summit series between Canada and Russia, not just
for the great hockey but also because of the foundation of a great
rivalry.
Now everyone in Durham can
relive the moment with a junior series, part of which will be played at
the General Motors Centre in November.
On Nov. 27 the GM Centre and
the Oshawa Generals will host a
2006 ADT Canada and Russia Challenge game.
The game will not only be a treat
for all the Durham Region hockey
fans but a way to show the OHL
that the GM Centre and the Oshawa
Generals organization are for real.
“The main thing for the Canada-Russia game is that it will help
our Memorial Cup bid,” said Chris
White, the game day and special
events co-ordinator for the Oshawa
Generals.
The game will be one of six exhibition games in the series.
The other games will take place
at five other CHL arenas, one more
in the OHL, two in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League and two
in the Western Hockey League.
“It’s important to host a CHL
event, like an all-star game or Canada-Russia game or top prospects
game. It showcases your venue and
your ability to put on a big major
event that will be broadcast on television,” said White.
“So the main goal is to pull it off,
and hopefully it will help our Memorial Cup bid.”
The game will be on Rogers
Sportsnet and tickets have already
gone on sale.
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