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VOLUME XXXIV, Issue 6 November , Congratulations Residents see improvement in off -campus Halloween parties By Amy England a problem for emergency services and Mark Milner responding to the call. Chronicle Staff Earlier that day, in a meeting with Student Association presi- Despite concerns from resi- dent Fraser McArthur, McCoy dents, Halloween night was not said he was concerned that park- as bad as they expected, as a rainy ing could cause a problem. weather kept student partying to a City councillor John Neal has minimum. had numerous complaints from “I think it’s certainly less vol- residents about parking in the area ume than it was last year,” said Jeff surrounding the school. McCoy, community relations for “If there was an emergency in Tribute Homes. the area… emergency vehicles Th ere was reported vandalism cannot get through,” said Neal. on Dalhousie Street, with both “Th e residents endanger not Photo by Jason Miller pumpkins and beer bottles lying only themselves, but family and smashed on the road, as well as friends by not adhering to parking OCAA CHAMPS: The ladies soccer team travelled to Ottawa the weekend of excessive parking. policies.” Oct. 27.They came back happy champs. Here’s Ashley Visser, left, goalkeeper Elsewhere, an unidentifi ed and inebriated student was passed out See Halloween for the Lords who hasn’t let in a goal all year, and Abby Visser, right, with trophy on Page 6 in hand. Now they are on their way to nationals in Nova Scotia. Story page 36. on a curb, said McCoy. Excessive parking in the subdivision caused Residence enforces 2 a.m. rule in light of Cash and candy for recent campus attacks costumes, what a holiday door but her sister and her room- By Colin Boucher mates were all asleep, since it was Chronicle Staff 3:30 a.m., so she slept on their front porch overnight. In light of the recent attacks on Sara Young, one of the manag- campus, Durham College Resi- ers of Residence, defends the 2 dence and Conference Centres are a.m. curfew, along with the general taking a hard-line stance to help sign-in policy, stressing that their protect their residents, but some number one priority is the safety wonder if this approach is actually of residents. hurting, not helping, students and “We don’t let anyone into the their guests. building without being able to sign Jenn Grawbarger, a student in. Th ey have to have a valid form from near North Bay, was visiting of ID. Th at way we know who is a friend on a weekend in October. in the building at all times. If they Th e friend attended Durham and come in after two and talk to a lived in North Hall. Th e two of them manager they’re more than wel- went out to the bars in the city and come to sign in past then,” Young returned past 2 a.m., when Graw- said, adding that residence is a pri- barger then proceeded to sign in vate company owned by Campus and pay the $5 fee that residence Living Centres, and that the policy charges overnight guests, but they is enforced across the board, not wouldn’t let her in. just us on the Oshawa campus. “Th ey said it was after the time Grawbarger argues that the and I couldn’t come in…Th ey said policy is unfair because it’s treat- I had to leave,” Grawbarger said. ing residents, and especially their Despite her specifi cally tell- guests, like children. ing the front desk staff that she “I went to school in Ottawa and was not from Oshawa and did not yeah, they had the sign-in rule. I know the area at all, they still made get that, I understand that. But we her leave. Having no cell phone, didn’t have a sign-in time, because she told her intoxicated friend to that’s basically giving somebody go to bed and that she would try to a curfew. Saying ‘You have to be fi nd her sister’s house on Niagara home by 2. You can’t go to the bar. Drive, behind the school. You can’t go to visit friends, or else “I have no idea where I am. I you can’t come back, which is stu- Photos by Emily Palonen really, truly have a horrible sense pid’.” Grawbarger also made it clear of direction, and I don’t know the that she wasn’t drinking at the bars GREAT COSTUMES GUYS: Paul Wade aka Hulk Hogan (right) and Chad Deighton area, so I was wandering around and that only her friend was intoxi- aka Barney stood tall in their costumes at E.P. Taylor’s on Oct. 31. Story and pic- aimlessly.” cated. Grawbarger eventually found tures on page 2 what she was almost certain was See Strict on Page 6 the house, and banged on the 2 The Chronicle November 6, 2007 CAMPUS NEWS Hundreds of students crash E.P. Taylor’s for Halloween pub night Story and photos ological Sciences student at UOIT, ber of patrons that were supposed By Emily Palonen said, “It sucks that we have to wait to get in,” said Sergeant Haskins, of Chronicle Staff in line so long and I sure hope it’s Durham Regional Police, who esti- worth it.” mated 1,000 people showed up at “No one else is being let into the For many students the long the event. bar!” A police offi cer, at E.P. Tay- wait ended only in disappoint- “Th e purpose for us to be here lor’s Halloween pub night yelled ment, as about 600 students who is crowd management. We didn’t across the lineup that stretched were ready to party were turned make the decision to shut the bar all the way down the sidewalk and away from the event, and students down,” said Haskins. “We haven’t almost around the building, yet no who were lucky enough to make had to intervene at all.” one seemed to be getting the mes- it in said it wasn’t even worth the Nick Verona, an Oshawa-based sage. wait. musician dressed as Mr. Incred- “Th ere was a lineup at 8:30,” “It’s pretty good, not the great- ible, was not impressed by the said Scott Toole, Student Associa- est,” said Luke Vandenkroonen- lineup or the event. tion events programmer. berg, a fi rst-year Music Business “It’s bad. No fun, bad music. Th e “Th is is by far the craziest pub Management student at Durham only thing that is making this hap- night there has ever been.” College, who arrived at 9:30. “I pen is the beer,” said Verona. Th e crowd grew more aggravat- hopped the line, otherwise it Paul Wade, Chad Deighton ed and hostile by the second, and wouldn’t have been worth it.” and Ivana Muic had something to began chanting to let them in. Brandon Alexander, manager smile about, despite the madness “It’s ridiculous, but everyone of E.P. Taylor’s, said there were outside: cash prizes for best cos- out here is just trying to have a 400 people inside and another tumes. good time, so kudos to them,” said 100 people could fi t, however Wade received $200 and a bar Steve Bourget, a fi rst-year Fitness authorities wouldn’t allow it and fridge for fi rst prize as Hulk Hogan, and Health Promotion student at they stopped letting people in at Deighton took home $100 dressed Durham College. around 11 p.m. at Barney, and Muic came in third, Sara Fransky, a second-year Bi- “Th e bar didn’t expect this num- winning $50 as Wonder Woman. The Chronicle November 6, 2007 3 CAMPUS NEWS Get it for yourself and your loved ones that said, there’s evidence proving 72 people these vaccines have little or no eff ect on things such as hospital die per year stay, time off work, or even death Are you planning to get the fl u shot? resulting from infl uenza and its complications – especially in el- in Durham derly people. Jacinthe Perras, a spokesperson Region from for the Public Health Agency of Canada, said “Essentially we stand the fl u by recommendations (to get the By Karen Le Blanc fl u vaccine), especially within the Chronicle Staff at-risk groups.” She said in the sci- entifi c world, there will always be studies that question the validity Don’t think you need a fl u shot? of others. Th ink again. Even young, healthy According to Perras on what people can become seriously ill she deems a good year for the fl u, from the virus. when the strain is weaker, 4,000 Infl uenza is a highly conta- Canadian will die from the fl u and gious, acute respiratory disease complications, and in a bad year, caused by a virus that can lead to 8,000 will die. pneumonia, hospitalization and Erica Monk Stephanie Prince Amin Rabie On average, 20,000 people an- even death. Advertising Program Business Administration Biological Science nually are hospitalized as a result Th e Campus Health and Well- “Yes. I get sick really easily.” Program Program of the fl u. ness Centre will be off ering free “Yes, to keep myself from “No. My body is strong “By getting the fl u shot you fl u vaccine clinics throughout the getting sick. I can’t take time enough. I don’t need the fl u protect yourself and others while month of November, beginning off school.” shot.” reducing the burden on the health Nov.

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