VOLUME XXXIV, Issue 7 November , Graffi ti mars Whitby campus By Colin Boucher would off er to faculty would be to Chronicle Staff create a covenant with their own individual classes at the begin- Th e recent discovery of hateful ning of year. Th is way the teacher graffi ti carved into desks at Dur- and students would work together ham College’s Whitby campus has to make a personalized code of resulted in a call by both the ad- conduct that everyone would sign ministration and Students Against and agree to follow for the rest of Social Injustice (SASI) to not only the year. Th is would supplement remove it, but try to prevent it from the already existing student code happening again. of conduct, found in the student Marj Rempel, the Dean of Ap- handbook that every student re- plied Sciences and Skilled Trades, ceived at the beginning of the who has been the administrator year. in charge of the Whitby campus “I’ve always found that if stu- since April, said she didn’t know dents are self-governing, they are about the problem until recently. more proactive rather than reac- When she discovered it was hap- tive,” said Rempel. “We can clean pening, she asked her staff mem- the tables as many times as we bers what had been done about it want, and all we’re doing is wast- in the past. ing our labour. We need to cor- “My understanding is that once rect the problem by stopping it at or twice a year the faculty go in the source and say, ‘Don’t do that. and sand them down to make sure Th at’s not acceptable’.” that it’s not there. I don’t think it Rempel adds that there needs happened this summer, which is to be a certain level of decorum why it’s still there. First thing we’re and professionalism in post-sec- going to do is make sure it’s gone,” ondary institutions, and used a said Rempel. personal example from when she Th e graffi ti in question is locat- was a teacher. She said students ed in a shop room and its content in the back of her classroom had ranges from harmless doodles to Photo by Colin Boucher sexist images on their laptops and off ensive phrases, pictures and refused to remove them when symbols that are racist, sexist, ho- DEFACED DESKS: Evan Muller-Cheng, president of Students Against Social Injustice, she asked them to. Eventually she kicked one of the students out of mophobic, and defamatory. Th e inspects racist, sexist, and homophobic grafi tti at the Whitby campus. school had the desks covered for the class because they refused to its open house on the evening of students’ education to teach them behaviour. Th is is not something your school,” she said. She said she comply to her request, which she Nov. 6. how defacing school property, es- you would do in the workplace, would meet with all the teachers thought was reasonable, since she “Th is is something that we pecially with off ensive words and this is not something you would and discuss why the culprits are was a woman and did not want would obviously have to take ac- images, is entirely inappropriate. do at home, so why would you do getting away with it and then con- that kind of negative environment tion on and rectify it,” said Rempel, “It becomes a matter of edu- it at your school?’ Th is is the cam- fi rm it is Durham College students in her classroom. adding that it’s going to be a bit cating the students in a manner pus that when you graduate you doing the defacing. of a training exercise and part of that says, ‘Th is is inappropriate can look back and show pride in One of the suggestions Rempel See Whitby, page 3 Don’t Holiday forget food By Jenna-Lee Mainse Chronicle Staff drive Students can register for next semester’s classes up until a week before the winter helps term starts. All Durham College stu- dents continuing their stud- support ies next semester can log onto their MyCampus accounts and choose a timetable for next term. Th e last course to students open for registration will be on Dec. 6. By Greg Snow Photo provided by Drew Dowling Th e website provides fi rst, Chronicle Staff second, and third-year stu- DONATION ALLEY: Last year, heaps of non-perishable food items were donated. dents with a specifi c day and Th is year’s holiday food drive However, fi nancial donations are also needed during the holiday season that tradi- time to register under their is upon us and students on cam- tionally is a time of giving and good will. individual program. pus should be aware that aid is Th ere are also tips on mak- available for those who need it. support the campus provides to day,” said Greenley. in the school of business and IT, ing up failed courses as well Durham College, UOIT and these families. A large number of students on is helping to run the food drive. as how to make timetable Trent are participating in the hol- “We realize that the holiday campus are dealing with severe “We helped upwards of 90 changes. iday food drive that aims to put season is a very special time for fi nancial challenges and need all families last year. We will certain- For assistance with web smiles on the faces of all those all of our students and their fami- the support they can get. ly hit over 100 this year,” Dough- registration, students can call who sign up for aid by the Dec. 7 lies. We do know that there are a “Our goal is to ensure that ev- erty said. the registration helpline at deadline. large number of students that be- eryone has a wonderful holiday Everyone is encouraged to 905-721-3232. Margaret Greenley, VP of cause of fi nancial reasons would season,” said Greenley. donate what he or she can. Student Aff airs, is proud of the not be able to have a happy holi- Kevin Dougherty, a professor See Food Drive, page 3 2 The Chronicle November 20, 2007 CAMPUS NEWS And the scholarship winners are.. Schools of Career Development and Continuing I; Tabitha Lynch: Business & Professional Women of Durham Education By Alyshia Higgins Award - Offi ce Administration - Year I; Brandon McLeod: Dur- Chronicle Staff ham College Award - Professional Golf Management - Business Wamidh Abbas: Durham College Award - Continuing Edu- Administration - Year I; Cameron McNairn: Durham College cation; Juana Alvarez: Optimist Club of Whitby - Teachers’ Th is year’s annual scholarship ceremony was a suc- Award - Music Business Management - Year II; David Pigott: Award - College Preparation; Norman Belyea: Optimist Club cess once again. Golf Association of Ontario Award - Professional Golf Manage- ment - Business Administration - Year II; Jennifer Pudifi n: Dur- of Whitby - Teachers’ Award - College Preparation – Communica- According to Leah Myers, Durham College president, tions; Carol Gartner: Optimist Club of Whitby - Teachers’ Award ham College Award - Sport Management - Year II; Sally Quirk: - College Preparation; Kimberley Hesketh: Optimist Club of 178 awards totalling $127,000 were presented to stu- Durham College Award - Fitness and Health Promotion - Year I; Whitby - Teachers’ Award - College Preparation; Amie Laurie: dents in diploma programs. More than 50 donors spon- Meaghan Reilly: Durham College Award - Offi ce Administra- Optimist Club of Whitby - Teachers’ Award - College Preparation; sored awards. tion - Year I; Tim Stead: Durham College Award - Music Busi- Bill Mavroidis: Optimist Club of Whitby - Teachers’ Award - Col- “I’m very impressed by the partners and donors,” said ness Administration - Year I; Brianne Taylor: Durham College lege Preparation - Science & Mathematics; Anisa Mohammed: Myers. “Some of the donors have been here since the Award - SportsAdministration - Year I; Christopher Van Dusen: Optimist Club of Whitby - Teachers’ Award - College Preparation Durham College Award Sports Administration - Year I; Casey ceremony began 30 years ago, including the Canadian Yantha: Durham College Award - Sport Management - Year II - Mathematics Association of University Women.” Students at both the Oshawa and Whitby campuses School of Communication Arts School of Applied Sciences, Apprenticeship, were honoured for their academic achievement, com- Skilled Trades and Technology mitment to the college and for being leaders. Ursula Brum: Durham College Award - Advertising - Year II; Amanda Chambers: Frank Cowan Company Limited Award Kevin Adkinson: Durham College Award - Environmental On this page is the complete list of scholarship recipi- ents from both campuses. - Public Relations - Year I; Lisa Gazeas: Lewis Beaton Trust Technology-Year I; Ridge Andrews: Durham College Award Award - Advertising - Year I; Amy Gohr: Durham College Award - Electronics Engineering Technology - Year I; Christopher - Journalism - Print - Year I; Andrew Graham: Durham College Azavedo: General Motors of Canada Award - Mechanical En- technology Technologist - Year I; Justin Wallwork: Dr. G. E. Award - Advertising - Year I; Tania Harris: Durham College gineering Technology - Year I; Cory Brown: Andrew Foundation Willey Memorial Award - Mechanical Engineering Technician - Award - Journalism - Print & Broadcast - Year II; Karen Le Blanc: Award - Electronics Engineering Technology - Year II; Catherine Non-Destructive Evaluation - Year I; Shuai Wei: General Motors Shawn Simpson Memorial Award - Journalism - Print - Year I; Kel- Brown: Durham College Award - Chemical Engineering Technolo- of Canada Award - Industrial Automation and Robotics - Mech- ley Martin: Sodexho Award - Advertising - Year II; Jason Miller: gy - Year II; Matthew Calvert: General Motors of Canada Award tronics - Year II; Chris Werner: Durham College Award - Water Durham College Award - Journalism - Print & Broadcast - Year -