D urh am honours athlete s BY NICHOLAS SHORT tion. Chronicle Slaft "All the awards that every- one is getting is amazing and This year's athletic banquet I'm proud to have been here," was a night of pride for says Duquesne. Durham's athletes, faculty, The banquet was a formal alumni and the DCSA. occasion and those who The 32nd annual Durham attended were treated to din- College Athletic Banquet and ner and drinks. There was an Hall of Fame Induction after party at E.P. Taylor's for Ceremony at Durham April 5 athletes and guests to unwind honoured athletes for their and celebrate. achievement in intercollegiate Babcock congratulated the competition and inducted two athletic department and DCSA new members into the Hall of for transforming the cafeteria Fame. into a formal banquet facility. "College athletics is very 'I think our college docs an special," said Athletic Director, amazing job making special Ken Babcock. "It all comes events happen and this is one together in one night to cele- of them in the calendar year," brate a wonderful year and I'm said Babcock. really proud of everyone." "It took a long time to pre- Students were presented pare," said Tranter. "It's proba- with awards for acliievement bly one of tlie biggest events in golf, men's and women's for DCSA student athletics." soccer, basketball, volleyball, DCSA also participated in men's baseball and women's this year's Durham-hosted golf softball. nationals, the OCAA basketball "We always have a really all-star game and the women's unique flair for being involved basketball final four champi- in nine collegiate sports," says onship. Babcock. "We usually do well VP of Student Affairs, Mark in all our sports. We don't have Ganhao said Durham athletics one single sport we excel in, all were great this year and the of our sports excel. Six of our athletes made DCSA proud. teams are nationally ranked, Qualifying students were seven made the playoffs." given scholarship award.. "Regardless of outcomes in Academic All-Canadian the season, athletes play a spe- Awards were presented to cial role for this college," said Marilyn Hood and Rob VP of Student Athletics Becky Guenette (volleyball). CCAA Tranter, "They're representing awards are based on first us here and away at other col- semester academics and all-star leges. What it all comes down status. to, win or lose, is we're all stu- As the night was wrapping dents, we all work hard and we up, Babcock told guests some should all be proud of whatev- of Durham's athletic plans for er happened during the sea- next year. He said the college son." is exploring involvement with The pinnacle of the banquet varsity touch football and was the announcements of the indoor soccer. Durham will athletes of the year, said also build a championship soc- Babcock. cer field for September. Durham College president, After closing remarks, guests Gary Polonsky and former mingled and took advantage of Durham student, Augusto photo opportunities and then Duquesne were inducted into went off to E.P. Taylor's for the Pholo by Chris Bonura the Hall of Fame. A video pre- party. SUPERB ATHLETES; Erin Smith and Robert Guenette smile in appreciation of sentation accompanied The banquet was video being recognized as female and male athletes of the year. Duquesne's award presenta- taped by John Cooper. KPI rates down but still competitive BY NEIL MCCALLUM Employers of Durham grads report satisfaction. ondary institutions is determined by Chronicle Staff______ an 87.2 per cent satisfaction rate, sixth Humber scored a cumulative 337.7 KPI results. At the time of publication place among the GTA colleges, down per cent, with first place in graduate funding results were unavailable. Durham's Key Performance six per cent from last year.. satisfaction and third place in job Funding is an important aspect of Indicator rates are down from last year, The survey shows student satisfac- placement. KPI ratings, however the results are but the college is still ranked among tion at 78.6 per cent, the highest rank- Explaining that the secret of the also important for the college to know the best in the GTA for the third ing among the GTA colleges, schools continued high standing, what areas need improvement. The straight year. In response to the results Durham Polonsky said: "It is not so secret. It is a conclusion stated on the internal The KPI is an annual evaluation of College president Gary Polonsky matter of a simple, clear vision that is Durham posting of the results states, Ontario Colleges by students, recent humbly stated, "One is always happy emotionally compelling, and a sup- "We're still No.l, but must and will do graduates and employers. to be number one." portive environment." better." The KPI covers five areas: graduate By ordinal ranking the top three col- Graduate employment rates are Funding for the 2001-2002 year was employment, graduate satisfaction, leges in the GTA are, from first to third, measured six months after graduation. $569,155 based on the three indica- employer satisfaction, student satisfac- Durham, Seneca and Humber. Graduate and employer satisfaction are tors, employment rate, graduate satis- tion and student graduation rates. Durham College scored a cumula- measured by a phone survey. Student faction and employer satisfaction. These are measured in percentages. tive 335.4 per cent, second in the GTA. satisfaction is measured through a The Ministry's Colleges Branch over- Tills year's survey results show the However, Durham has higher ordinal paper survey, completed by current sees the KPI program together with Durham College graduate job place- placement with one first place and two students this past February. Ontario colleges. KPI data is gathered ment rate at 89.2 per cent and graduate second place scores. Graduation rates are not yet available from all 25 Ontario Colleges. satisfaction at 80.4 per cent, second Seneca scored a cumulative 334.4 for this year. The government requires all colleges place rankings in each of those cate- per cent, with first place in employer Through the Ministry of Training, to publish KPI results. Usually, gories; down 2,7 and 0.1 per cent satisfaction, second place in student Colleges and Universities, a portion of Durham posts the results and informa- respectively from last year's results. satisfaction and third place in graduate government funding for post-sec- tion on Campus Pipeline. Security around Durham College has been increased, not only due to vandal- ism in the Mac labs, but also for the safety of students. The first step taken by security is lim- iting access to Mac labs and locking all doors at night. When entering after hours, students are required to sign in with the security office, leaving their name, student identification number and room they will be working in. Pholo by Stacey Hnwklns Students arc then observed from as many as 16 video surveillance cameras MARKETING COMPETITION TEAM ONE HOLDS UP THEIR ANSWER FOR ONE OF THEIR QUIZ placed around the school and moni- BOWL QUESTION: Left to right: Peter Mroz, Cathy Srnlts, Christian St-Cyr Robfllard, Andrew tored from the director of security's Seely, Justin Newell. office and security desk at the main entrance of the Gordon Willey build- ing. The video cameras are now con- stantly monitored after hours. Knowing that they are being watched /! all the time deters vandals from causing want to problems. The number of video surveillance cameras has been increased over the last several months, and will continue to increase with the addition of new buildings. Suzanne Chasse, of the college's . / facilities management department, says to the OCMC the cameras in. place are adequate and have helped to Identify vandals on sev- eral occasion- Robillard, "that was awesome." Along with video surveillance, man- BY STACEY HAWKINS He was right. Team two won the cheer competition, ual checking by security guards of the Chronicle Staff with teams one and four tying for second place, and Mac labs and extended areas has been team three placing third. increased. The rooms are checked two The second event was the Quiz Bowl where teams had to three times per hour, and the num- People who remember the Village People's song, to answer 15 questions. Each was awarded 10 points for ber of people in each room is moni- YMCA would have heard a variation of it as teams of a correct answer, and lost seven points for each incorrect tored to prevent unauthorized people Durham College marketing students competed for prizes answer. The questions were on a glossary of marketing from entering the college. and a chance to go to the Ontario Colleges Marketing terms, and items in a recent Toronto Star Business sec- The security guards are on duty 24 Competition. tion. hours a day, seven days a week. There The competition was open to all second and third year Athletic Director Ken Babcock acted as quizmaster for are two guards from 11 p.m. until 6 marketing students, and was an optional part of the pro- the event. After he asked the question, each team had 30 a.m. One of the guards remains at the gram. seconds to write an answer on a white board. Once the front desk at all times, while the other It was an all day event, running from 9 a.m. until the time was up, each team held up the responses and does rounds. awards ceremony at 8 p.m. Babcock told them if they were correct.