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(T^Jb-^^^ L^fL^f 0 THE DURHAM COLLEGE Volume XXIV, Issue 7 November 26, 1996 B a s ketb all sup e rstar Augu sto b a ck at D C ? BY STEPHEN BAGNELL AND ROY HYDE HIGHLIGHTS: Chronicle staff Augusto Duquesne is back. The big Cuban sensation has returned to Is there privacy Canada after playing pro basketball in on the Internet? Australia and may soon be back in a ... 10 Durham Lords uniform. Campus pg. 'We'd love to see him back in the green and gold colors," said Ken Babcock, assis- Psychic fair tant athletic director. Duquesne has practised with the Lords ... Campus pg. 8 basketball team and is considering continu- ing his education in the English as a second language program. Babcock would be thrilled to have Duquesne back at Durham and playing for the Lords. "Yes, he's back from Australia, and if all VOLLEYBALL things work out well, there's an outside ACTION chance he could be enrolled back in the school again," said Babcock. But there seems to be more than an out- side cJmnco th'ot Duqucsno wilt bo back, taking courses and playing for the number- one ranked Lords. Duquesne came to Durham College in 1994 after the world basketball champi- onships, which took place in Toronto. He defected to Canada from troubled Cuba. He could barely speak any English, but pros- pered as an athlete and a student under the tutelage of Durham's ESL program. Duquesne had two great years dominat- ing the hardwood for the Lords. During the 1995-96 season he averaged 22.6 points per game, enough to crown him the league's Men extend leading scorer. He was also named OCAA unbeaten season all-star and scored a record 42 points at the to five 1996 all-star game. He was a CCAA all- games Canadian and was named DC's male ath- lete of the year. see page 16 After finishing his second season at Durham, Duquesne signed a contract to play professional basketball in Australia. Duquesne played a full season with the Rockingham Flames and enjoyed a lot of New success. But now his season is over there and he's come back to the land that he calls "home". Leslie Spit "Augusto is a very nice young man, and very coachable," said Babcock. "Personally, Treeo CD I'd like to have him back." Babcock said there is a chance that Duquesne can still enrol, the earliest date Trent strike continues being yesterday (Monday, Nov. 25). That is also the day Duquesne would be eligible to BY TIM PARADIS suit up for the Lords. That means he could Chronicle staff John Syrett, acting dean and a member play as early as today (Tuesday), at home of the university's negotiating team, was against Mohawk. Trent'8 strike continues aa administra- disappointed with the strike. The basketball team has a 10-3 exhibi- tion and faculty have broken off talks. "In an environment of unprecedented tion record and a 1-0 league record. If "Both parties are saying they are pre- funding cuts and uncertainty about future Duquesne makes the decision to play at pared to continue to talk, but there are cur- funding, we believe our offer is eminently Durham, the already powerful Lords have a rently no arrangements in place to resume fair." legitimate shot atwinning the OCAA cham- negotiations," said John Hillman, finance Trent professors are paid less than fac- pionships and the CCAA crown. officer of the job action committee with ulty at other universities and they want to Kerry Vinson, head coach for the basket- Trent .University Faculty Association be paid the same. The university has indi- ball, team doesn't like to make predictions. Review (TUFA), "We are hoping they will take cated that it is not prepared to let settle- He did say he thinks the team has a legiti- place as soon as possible." ments at other institutions, with different mate claim to the national. title with or All Trent classes at Durham and Trent situations and circumstances, determine without Duquesne, provided the team stays see 12 have been cancelled since the strike began matters at Trent. healthy and injury free. page on Nov. 18. Please see University page 3 Please see Augusto's page 3 .Up FRONT. The Chronicle, November 26, 1996 3 Pro-choice group wants abortion pill BY>\y MELYNDAn ^TT^T ^XXITT-» A BEAUPREnT^ATfr^T-fir^ Chronicle staff____________________________ apply for the licences required for testing in Canada. bers and 300 group members. RU 486 was recently approved in the United States. CARAL A is run almost entirely by volunteers and young tired-looking girl sits in the corner of the doc- The group is still hoping it will come to Canada, receives no government funding. Funds are raised tor's office looking helpless. She is reading a magazine Gilbert said. through private but donations. can't concentrate and looks up every time there is CARAL believes that abortion should be seen as a "These women give up a great many hours for a good movement in the office. She is thinking about the party matter of health. No woman should face criminal cause", said Marcy Gilbert, executive director of last weekend. However, she is not thinking about how charges for making a decision that benefits her mental or CARAL's Toronto office. much she drank or who was wearing what. She is physical health. Among CARAL's activities are: providing information remembering drunken groping in the back bedroom. Less than one third of all hospitals in Canada offer and being spokespeople for the media, supporting physi- That is the real reason she is in this antiseptic smelling abortion services. For example there are no abortion ser- cians who provide abortion services, fighting govern- office. vices in Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland's only ment bills trying to ban or criminalize abortion and act- She thinks she might-be pregnant. clinic is private, so women without sufficient income can- ing as a liason with other groups, including religious, If the Canadian Abortion Rights Action League is suc- not always afford this service. health and women's labor, to improve access to abortion. cessful, Canadian women like this will eventually have In P.E.I., the provincial government is refusing to The organization also produces and distributes a access to an abortion pill, instead of having to wait sev- have any public or private clinics put in place, Gilbert newsletter three times a year, the Pro-Choice News. eral weoka for a more intrusive therapeutic abortion. said. That is why Dr. Morgentaler is taking the issue to According to CARAL's newsletter, before the Supreme CARAL is currently in the process of gaining permis- the federal government. Court of Canada struck down the old abortion law, get- sion for Canadian tests ofRU 486, an abortion pill devel- CARAL was called Canadian Association for the ting an abortion was extremely difficult if not impossi- oped in France that is already available to women in Repeal of the Abortion Law when it was formed in 1974 ble. The old law prohibited abortion unless the woman's France, Britain and Sweden. This pill is an alternative by a group of citizens who successfully fought to have health or life was endangered by the pregnancy. A to the current method of abortion which allows earlier abortion removed from the Criminal Code, CARAL also three-person therapeutic abortion committee had to termination and could potentially be less costly to the tried to educate Canadians about the abortion issue so approve the abortion, which had to be preformed at an health care system as well as provide more privacy for that Dr. Henry Morgentaler's fight to increase access to approved or accredited hospital. In 1991, the justices of doctors and patients. abortion outside of hospitals would be met with a sym- the Supreme Court stated that the law was contrary to 'The pills are very closely monitored, in fact each pill pathetic and informed public. the Charter of Rights and Freedoms and violated a wom- is numbered", said Marcy Gilbert, executive director of CARAL is the only pro-choice organization working an's right to security of person. CARAL's Toronto office. full time through public education and political action to As a result of this decision, abortion ia now a private Canadain approval has been slow because the phar- keep abortion legal and accessible to all women. Their matter between the woman and her doctor. maceutical company is afraid of backlash from the anti- main concern is a woman's freedom of choice. For more information, contact CARAL at 344 Bloor abortionists. The company is so afraid, they will not The group has approximately 18,000 individual mem- St. W, Suite 306 Toronto M5S 3A7, (416) 961-5771. Durham College Nursing student a recording artist BY STEPHANIE MORGAN with the release of his second Chronicle staff song. Nursing program has open house "He's behind everything that I A Burlington radip station love and admire and that I aim (Dance 107.9) was playing BY STEPHANIE MORGAN do everything we can to help them achieve their for. I just love everything he "Unforgettable" when third-year Chronicle staff__________ goals and be successful," MacLeod said. touches," he said. Mossing has nursing student Robin Mossing Get organized. Set your priorities. Exercise. The five student panelists, Christine worked with Deborah Cox on was driving through Eat properly. Be good to classmates; enrich your Clarkfion, Janice Hampden, Carol McMichael, four of his songs.