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VOLUME XXXVIII, ISSUE 15 MARCH 20, 2012 A gouda time to eat cheese
Kim Moreau couldn’t help but sample was The Chronicle the Goutine, a combination of smoked gouda and poutine. A grilled cheese sandwich, Students hand-cut the fries for a comforting, nostalgic bite to the sandwich the day before. eat for many, became the mis- “The opportunities here are sion of a Durham College culi- amazing,” said Cheryl Regier, nary battle last week. one student on the Goutine On March 14, the South Vil- team. lage Dining Hall transformed Toward the end of the battle, into a sweat-inducing culinary Lovisa left his booth to meet competition between college his competition and taste their president Don Lovisa and three work. His booth, and Team teams of culinary skills stu- Fletner’s Southern Crunch, had dents. been two of the more popular Each team was tasked with throughout the day. crafting the best grilled-cheese While serving his sandwich, sandwich. Although guests be- Lovisa was asking students gan arriving at noon, before- how their grades were and if hand teams were quickly and they were enjoying their se- diligently preparing their per- mester. After tasting his com- sonal masterpieces and leaving the dining hall with an inescap- stretch of the judging and cook- able aroma of cheese. ing, Lovisa admitted he should As students, staff, faculty, have started earlier. The event, hosted by Ara- the hall, the teams began serv- mark and the culinary skills ing their sandwiches, explain- program, proved a large suc- ing a bit about it, and sizing up cess with guests mingling and their competition. discussing how delicious their Recipes ranged from the favourite recipe was. Southern Crunch, a pulled pork and coleslaw concoction referred to by creator Miranda which was added to the judge’s Fletner as “nice classic comfort scores, worth a total of 110 food,” to a sandwich with mac points. and cheese and bacon, to Lovi- Later in the evening Team sa’s own “big cheese.” Fletner was awarded their title Although Lovisa helped cook up a storm, it was his son, cheese cook-off with their a chef, who was responsible for pulled pork, local pine river Kim Moreau his cheesy work of art. gouda, creamy coleslaw on One booth curious tasters sourdough creation. THE IRON CHEF: Don Lovisa cooked grilled cheese for the residents and judges at South Village in the grilled cheese cook-off. Morillo puts UOIT on the map records. Morillo now holds the Ridge- Zak McLachlan backs record for most all-time goals and The Chronicle points. Her exceptional performance on the It was a season to remember for Jill "#$ Morillo, captain of the UOIT Ridge- all-star team and the second all-Cana- backs women’s hockey team. Among dian team. her number of awards and accolades, Morillo has also made a name for the Whitby native won the Marion Hill- herself in the classroom, earning - #"% R back ever to win a major CIS award. two years as a nuclear engineering stu- The Marion Hilliard award is given dent. She was also named a CIS aca- to the athlete best showing excellence demic all-Canadian last season. in hockey, academics and community involvement. Durham Athletics ! - See Ridgebacks on page 25 ished third in OUA scoring with 32 RIDGEBACK HISTORY: Jill Morillo receiving the Marion Hilliard award. points, which set a number of team 2 The Chronicle March 20, 2012 Campus A shot at robotic success Ireland
Jordan Lloyd Teams from each school offering The Chronicle were informed six weeks ago on Jan. 7 that their objective was The creative minds of future to build a basketball-tossing pathway engineers were on display dur- robot. ing the FIRST robotics compe- Strategy was also a major tition at UOIT from March 9 part of the competition. Teams to 10. FIRST (For Inspiration also had to make the decision to study and Recognition of Science and on what type of robot they were Technology) Robotics Canada going to build, a shot-blocker Kim Moreau took over the campus wellness or a shooter. The Chronicle centre in Oshawa for a three- On tournament day they day, three-on-three tourna- were to form an alliance with New educational path- ment dubbed the rebound rum- two other teams and come up ways could have students ble. with a game plan together. packing their bags and First Robotics Canada is a Jordan Lloyd Each game lasts for only three heading to Ireland. registered charity and was es- minutes for each group to score While many students tablished in 2001. In 2004 it TINKER TIME: David Zukoysky (left) and Alexandre Malo as many baskets as possible. furthering their education established a new mission to (right) from Quebec, working on their robot during halftime. At the end of the time limit the bring inspiration to high school alliance with the most points across the province and and elementary school students The organization held the R moved on. the country, new opportu- to pursue further careers in sci- ' member of the FIRST robot- The qualifying rounds be- nities are always arising to ence, technology and engineer- the Hershey Centre in Missis- ics Canada GTA east planning gan on March 9 and continued travel outside of the conti- ing. sauga in 2002 and has operat- committee. the next morning, giving room nent. It offers opportunities for ed annually ever since. “FIRST liked how well the / - Durham College recent- students, working in teams “FIRST has had a presence campus and athletic facilities nals later in the day. The chal- ly signed an agreement of- and assisted by expert adult on the campus before with the worked for the Lego competi- lenges change each year for the fering an opportunity for mentors, to build robots and FIRST Lego league in Janu- tions, and when looking for a competition, giving students students to transfer to sev- take part in tournaments that ary but this competition marks new host for this competition a chance to learn new sets of eral universities in Ireland. feature competitions, judged only the second time a compe- #"% *P skills to be applied later on. “The Irish are so ex- awards and other forms of rec- tition like this has been held 36 teams from high schools cited about welcoming ognition. University and col- at an Ontario university,” said representing Ontario, Quebec, competition will move on to Ontario grads,” said Judy lege scholarships are also po- Justine MacIsaac, an admis- Michigan and Alberta all took compete in St. Louis at the end Robinson, vice-president tential prizes. part in the competition. of April for a world title. of academics for Durham College, who is enthusias- tic about the cultural and educational experiences this will offer students. Recognizing research on campus Programs currently in- volved include business Tracey Fidler programs, electronic en- The Chronicle gineering, Internet appli- cations and web develop- Thursday, March 15 marked the second ment, hospitality manage- annual Research Day at Durham College. ment and hospitality ad- Faculty, staff and students gathered to ministration. showcase the college’s applied research On March 28, Irish del- projects. egates will be venturing to : ;<<= > ' R " Durham College to speak of Research Services and Innovation has to interested students been collaborating with local small and about the possibilities medium-sized businesses to assist them available to them if they in bringing their inventive and innovative choose to study in Ireland, ideas to fruition. including available schol- The department has enlisted faculty and arships. students from various schools to help these companies with proof of principle testing, product research, development and com- mercialization. At the event, student researchers and Tracey Fidler Correction faculty members gave presentations show- RESEARCH DAY 2012: - A recent article about casing several of the projects. search Services and Innovation director Debbie McKee Demczyk and Durham a Hot and Healthy work- One project involved the conversion of College president Don Lovisa presented Electronics Engineering Technology shop contained personal a gas-powered all-terrain vehicle into an ! " ! information about the electric, battery-powered prototype. A sec- on an applied research project. ond presentation described creating a ma- guest speaker at the event, chine that could output paper packaging Don Carter, that Mr. Cart- chips as an alternative to less eco-friendly port for applied research, and describe K " : er did not consent to being materials, such as Styrofoam. the important role it has played for all in- director Debbie McKee Demczyk handed included in the article. Third-year Electronics Engineering volved. The article also mis- Technology students Cameron Magder, “Our goal is to respond to business faculty who have been instrumental in the stated who was organizing Adam Singh and Daniel Percy Araujo and industry needs for practical solutions various projects. and hosting the event. The worked together with REGEN Energy to through applied research and innovation, Jeffrey Pang and Bill Bellamy, students event was hosted by the create an electrical controller for heating while providing real-world experience for in the Motive Power Technician program, LGBTQ Centre of Durham and cooling units that will reduce energy our students and an opportunity for our shared the award for top student research- College and UOIT and the consumption, saving clients’ money and faculty to engage with our students and er. They assisted in the testing of Innova- AIDS Committee of Dur- lowering environmental impact. our curriculum in a very different way,” tive Solutions Inc.’s Monopole technology, ham. “It’s been a really good experience for us said Robinson. which was designed to decrease fuel con- The Chronicle apologiz- as students,” said Magder. “We’ve trans- According to Lovisa, close to 100 stu- sumption in vehicles. es to Mr. Carter, the AIDS lated [our education] into a real-world ap- dents and 30 faculty and staff members Biomedical Engineering Technology Committee of Durham Re- plication.” have participated in applied research proj- professor Richard Tidman was presented gion, and the LGBTQ Cen- Fellow research assistant Singh de- ects at Durham College since April 2010. with the top faculty researcher award for tre for any embarrassment O ! *P ' ! " : - his work on the Biomedical Knowledge or inconvenience caused Durham College president Don Lovisa es and Innovation is engaged in 27 projects Portal, a health care management system by the article. and vice-president academic Judy Robin- for the 2011/2012 academic year. aimed at organizing and locating biomedi- son were in attendance to show their sup- At the end of the presentations, Robin- cal equipment in hospitals. Campus The Chronicle March 20, 2012 3 DC/UOIT team up to ride
Emily Wood get a student’s basic informa- The Chronicle federation membership to sign Durham College and UOIT them up. No tryouts are neces- are jumping to join other Cana- sary to join the team. Students dian college’s and universities, are only required to be able to participating in a province- compete at the Trillium level. wide competition with the new- Five members have partici- ly-formed equestrian team. pated in competitions since the The team, formed in Sep- fall, not including the two cap- tember, 2011, is headed by cap- tains. So far the team has col- tains Jenna Lewis and Lindsay lected one 6th place ribbon, one Weeks and competes through 7th and two 8th places at compe- the Ontario Universities Eques- titions, of the six they have at- trian Association (OUEA). tended this academic year. Before beginning their stud- Many more students are ies in commerce at UOIT last interested in attending these year, Weeks and Lewis were shows and the team’s Facebook contacted by the president of group has 40 members. But the OUEA about getting the the captain’s have found that team started. Initially they getting people to commit to did not realize they would be the team has been the biggest the captains of the team, but * ' thought they would be regular - members once the team was es- nances contribute to their hesi- tablished. Emily Wood tation, as well as show sched- “We took it on blindly and, I ules, since competitions are know I’m biased, but I feel like EXCITED TO RIDE THEIR WAY TO GOLD: First-year Commerce student at always held on Sunday’s. we’ve done an okay job [with- UOIT, and Equestrian team captains Lindsay Weeks and Jenna Lewis smile in ex- “We don’t show because it out] having a whole lot of guid- citement about their new horseback riding team at DC and UOIT. gets a little bit complicated ance,” said Weeks. The girls, with just a few people on the who said they thought the team es and coaches in various loca- Members are not required Ontario and Quebec and at- team, they need a little more would be a neat way to meet to provide their own horses tend local shows as well, col- help,” Weeks said. “It’s just eas- new people with similar inter- costly to do their own thing. for the monthly Trillium level lecting points to qualify for the ier if you’re just there to direct “The whole point of this pro- competitions, but instead use - people,” Lewis agreed. barn where the team could take gram is to make it fun and in- horses donated by the hosting sity teams. To compete at this The captains described the lessons as a group. expensive, so people can ride barns. This helps to cut down level, students must be have an atmosphere of the team as “At every barn that we went during school,” said Weeks, an on costs, allowing riders to Ontario Equestrian Federation open and friendly and them- to or contacted, they were re- Eventing rider herself, which focus on covering the cost of membership, for an annual fee selves as strong promoters of ally supportive. It’s a really well involves competing in three each event. The cost is $50 per of $60. good sportsmanship at compe- known program that’s put to- different riding disciplines. competition, which covers both Becoming a member is sim- titions. gether well. We didn’t have any “As long as they’re with a good, ple, with Lewis and Weeks will- The girls have developed problems,” said Weeks. knowledgeable coach and we fences, said Lewis, who prac- ing to go through the formali- strong friendships with the But the team has yet to or- !R - tises dressage. ties for students. They require other teammates and spend ganize its group lessons. Most dent in what they’re doing, [it’s Sixteen teams are involved only a quick conversation, their time together, in and out members have their own hors- not a big issue].” through the OUEA, from both which they can do online, to of school. A long wait for child day care Hillary Di Menna will be too late.” for every 10 children. The older The Chronicle Campaign 2000 is a national kids bring in the most business education movement to end / * As of January 3,000 chil- child poverty. Their 2011 re- Childcarecanada.org “de- dren are on a waiting list for port card shows families with constructs” the Drummond subsidized daycare in Durham. children make up the major- Report, named after economist Children at the top of the list ity of low-income households. Don Drummond whom Ontario signed on in July 2009. The Though there is no set poverty hired to suggest ways the prov- wait time is between two and line in Ontario, the Canadian ince can balance the province’s three years. Council on Social Development budget. The report suggests “Kids will age out before suggests single parents with that provincial government to getting their spot,” Oshawa one child making under $23, cut full-day kindergarten. councillor and former Durham 561 are living in poverty as are If it remains, then additional College student Amy England, two-parent families living with funding is needed for daycares. said in an interview with The two children and making under The Ontario government de- Chronicle. $30, 424. cided against the suggestions, At a February regional coun- “I believe childcare is one keeping full-day kindergarten cil meeting she proposed the re- of the key components in our and not increasing funding for gion spend $100,000 to create economic development,” said Hillary Di Menna outside childcare. 10 subsidized childcare spots. England. She adds that parents The website says without who can afford daycare may en- JUNIOR SCHOOL: Tiffany Noseworthy, an ECE caregiver Ontario government funding, against England’s proposal 4-3. ter the workforce and stay out at Walnut Street Junior School in Whitby, holds one of her childcare centres will be forced As it stands the Ontario gov- of the system. students, Patience. Right now, day care waiting lists are at to close as their fees will in- ernment pays 80 per cent of Another bonus England an all-time high in the Durham Region. crease up to 30 per cent. daycare subsidy. found through her research was Durham Region works with The region pays for the rest. that children who have early years of a child’s development ing childcare facilities are aged a program called Durham’s England continues to campaign education are 90 per cent more are extremely important and * Best Start program. for low-income families and likely to attend university. * This age group requires one The group’s goals include tries to speak out for children. In 2005, Early Years Centres The impact full-day kinder- staff for every eight children, improving wages for early “These kids won’t have a opened as a result of research garten has on daycares is po- up to 16 children, as per On- childhood professionals, pro- voice until they turn 18,” she done by Dr. Fraser Mustard tentially harmful for children tario law. viding equipment for subsi- said. and Margaret McCain. Their up to three years old. Children under 18 months of dized daycares and creating “And when they turn 18 it \ The majority of children us- age require three staff members more subsidized care spots. 4 The Chronicle March 20, 2012 TO CONTACT US
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Daycare changes priorities Danielle MacDonald Advertising After 20 years of operation the Durham told The Chronicle how happy the school her daycare costs as long as she is attend- College-run Early Childhood Education was with the service. “When you consider ing school or working. If Gammon stops “I thought Durham Child Care lab closed in 2009. UOIT took international recruiting efforts for both going to school and does not go back into College had a daycare.” it over and it is now the Campus Child- students and faculty having campus child- the workforce right away she would lose care Centre (CCC). Both schools promote care available is very important.” the help and have to start all over. the care centre on their websites, word for Lovisa said there are other daycares in Starting over in the daycare system, word, yet only UOIT students get priority the area, and DC students and staff can still subsidized or not, can be a daunting task. on the waiting list. use the services of the CCC. They just won’t If parents lose work, as many do in a time When college president Don Lovisa be- have priority on the waiting list. when jobs in Oshawa are few, and take came president in 2008, taking over the Waiting lists for daycare are a burden their children out of daycare temporarily reins of a college in serious debt, he was for many parents. Websites such as Wait- ! ! ! forced to cut certain programs, including ingforchildcarenow.ca petition for provin- put on the bottom of a waiting list. the ECE Child Care lab. cial help on the matter. Lovisa said the decision to close the The facility was both a daycare giving A recent durhamregion.com article re- daycare had its supporters and detractors. priority to DC students and staff, and a ported there are nearly 3,000 children on “There are people who oppose you and the Jessica Lucci lab school for Durham College ECE stu- the waiting list for subsidized daycare, and people who support you.” Dental Hygiene dents to learn and apply their skills. With those on the top of the list have been there At the time of closing there were pro- 73 spots at the childcare centre, children since July 2009, coincidentally the year tests by parents and supporters of the lab “Yeah! It will make >' ^_ Durham College got out of the day care school, but the college felt it had to proceed education accessible of those. The Toronto Star reported, in a business. with its budgetary decision. for everyone.” 2009 article, that the educational lab and Roxanne Lambert, co-chair and direc- “It’s not a part of our core business,” care centre lost $280,000 – which didn’t tor of Children’s Services Division said the said Lovisa, adding the college’s money help the college’s debt situation any. number rose above 3,000 March 12. Lam- should be going toward having the best The college’s budget is now balanced, bert does not know the number of chil- teachers and the best classes. He said the but there are no plans to re-open a child- dren not on subsidy on daycare wait lists business of childcare needs to go to exter- !* % as these lists are managed on a centre-by- nal daycares. “That’s their core business UOIT. centre basis. and this is ours.” Though Durham College students and $ { ! > As for the CCC being advertised on the staff were once a priority on the daycare’s College student in the law clerk and legal Durham College website under the Stu- waiting lists, CCC employee Dianne Mar- administration program, gets subsidized dent Experience link, the only connection shall said that is no longer the case. How- daycare. between the school and daycare is the con- ever, it is the case for UOIT students, “I didn’t know we still didn’t have the venient proximity. UOIT’s director of human resources and daycare,” said Gammon. She is a mother With waiting list times being as high as ` ! K * of a four-year-old girl who is currently in they are, perhaps it’s time the college re- Harley Brignall Lapp said though the daycare is in- a different daycare. Gammon said she re- thought its position and partnered with dependently operated, UOIT helps bal- membered attending the ECE Child Care UOIT to support the Campus Childcare Computer Systems lab when her own mother was a Durham Centre. Technology childcare access close by for its students College student. She agreed that having a “I see a lot of women around * % ! ! ! Hillary Di Menna campus with children.” gained this access Lisa Banks, UOIT’s di- the people of the college. rector of communications and marketing, The government helps with a portion of
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