VOLUME XXXIII, Issue 6 november , PROBLEMATIC PAVILION: LOVE TO HATE: UOIT’s infrastructure issues Hatebreed hits Toronto See PAGE 7 See PAGE 20 Buses Gearing up for the games back on By Shannon Dossor Chronicle Staff “Let me win, but if I cannot win, track let me be brave in the attempt,” said Special Olympian Lindsey Smith By Marilyn Gray when opening her speech at the Chronicle Staff Special Olympics ceremony held at Durham College and UOIT on Nov. 1. After 28 days out of service, At 10:30 a.m. Special Olympians, Durham Region Transit buses and important guests followed a were back on the roads on Fri- piper from the Campus Ice Centre day. to the gym. Carrying the torch into Other than special services, the gym, the guests received a stand- including high school specials ing ovation from students and staff and buses going to UOIT, Dur- who fi lled the stands. The Special ham Region Transit buses ran Olympics are for those athletes with on Saturday schedules during physical and mental disabilities. Th e the morning and returned to Ontario Special Olympics will be regular weekday service by held at Durham College and UOIT evening rush hour. Full ser- in the spring of 2008. All events will vice was restored by Saturday take place at Durham except for morning. swimming and bowling. Durham Region Transit Th e master of ceremonies was workers walked off the job at 6 Athletics director Ken Babcock. He p.m. on Oct. 5. Th e main issues introduced guests such as Mayor were contracting-out policies John Gray; Canadian Olympic and retirement benefi ts. champion Anne Ottenbrite; chair- Th e bargaining teams rep- man of the games, and deputy chief resenting Durham Region and of the Durham Regional Police CAW Local 222 reached a ten- Service, Chuck Mercier; president tative agreement on Oct. 29. and chief executive offi cer of Spe- Photo by Valene Nicholas Members of regional council cial Olympics Ontario Glenn Mac- and the union held separate Donell, and many more. TRAILBLAZING FOR 2008: Hunter, the Ridgebacks mascot, joins Special Olympians last votes on the agreement on Oct. “Th ese are going to be the great- 31. est games of all time,” said Mercier. week on a march to the college gymnasium. The parade was part of the kickoff cer- Th e union voted 94 per cent “If you embrace the games, you too emonies for the 2008 Special Olympics, to be held at the DC/UOIT campus. in favour of the agreement, and will be enriched and be standing the region voted unanimously here thanking everyone.” in favour. Durham College President Leah said UOIT President Dr. Ron Bord- building an Olympics?” . After the guest speakers, the Spe- essa. “We want to make our campus Garry Cubitt, a member of cial Olympians began a basketball “It’s a settlement that’s fair Myers said she is proud she is to be for the staff and also respect- a part of such a wonderful event. their home.” UOIT’s board of governors and chief game with the DC and UOIT mas- Margaret Greenley, vice-presi- administrative offi cer of Durham cots. ful of the taxpayers,” said Garth “Let’s help make the games of Johns, Human Resources Com- 2008 an unforgettable experience dent of Student Services at Durham Region, said DC and UOIT will be As Smith concluded her speech, College and UOIT, let everyone hosting over 1,000 athletes. she said, “It may take a special Olym- missioner for Durham Region. for all of us,” said Myers. Some workers returned “We should remember we are know how special this event will be. “We need to bring fi tness, fun pian longer to get the job done. But “When else do you get to be part of and friendship,” said Cubitt. trust me, we get the job done.” to their jobs immediately be- deeply rooted to this community,” cause all the buses needed to be cleaned and checked for safety before they could return to service. Th e fact that the two parties Lords go gold at OCAA fi nals were signing their fi rst contract since transit amalgamated in By Jason Miller We paid the price last year and I underlined many January may have been a fac- Chronicle Staff times that we will not pay the price again as long as tor in the length of the strike. I am coach here.” “Th ere is a new system in Th e Lords captured their third OCAA women’s Th e Lords not only won, they also took home a few place and that puts added soccer championship in four years as they defeated individual all-star awards. Jennifer Michalicka was strain on relations between the the Algonquin Th under in the gold medal game 4-1 named the OCAA tournament MVP. Bodashefsky two parties,” said Johns. on Oct. 28. was the championship game MVP. Bodashefsky said To reach an agreement, both Th is win advances the Lords to the CCAA national she wanted to be known around Durham as a good sides made compromises. championships Nov. 7-11 in Vancouver, hosted by player and get recognition from the OCAA. “It’s a mater of some give Langara College. Th e undefeated Lords led the fi rst “For my fi rst year I defi nitely wanted to come out and take,” said Johns. “Th e half, with OCAA league scoring champion Brittany and put my name out there,” Bodashefsky said about agreement didn’t overly bur- Micucci opening the scoring 15 minutes into the her MVP success. “When they said that, I was com- den . (the taxpayers) in the game; 10 minutes later Kirsten Bodashefsky curled pletely surprised and so happy because it is one goal long run.” a bomber that the Algonquin keeper couldn’t touch, I wanted to reach.” Now that the fi rst contract giving the Lords the 2-0 lead. Morgan Kelly was awarded keeper of the tourna- between the region and union In the second half the two teams exchanged scor- ment and Kelly and Michalicka were also named to workers had been signed, fu- ing chances and Algonquin was able to sneak a goal the OCAA all-star team. ture disagreements are expect- past Morgan Kelly, making it 2-1. Katie Szeghalmi “It was a lot of pressure,” Kelly said. “We really Photo by Jason Miller ed to be less broad and more scored at the 80th minute, and six minutes later she wanted to make it to B.C. We wanted to make it LEADING LORD: Amanda easily solved. scored again, giving the Lords the 4-1 victory. to the nationals. We know right now that it is all or Durno is the OCAA’s top “It’s time to move forward “We didn’t take anything for granted,” said coach nothing.” player for this season. and build the relationship be- Vaso Vujanovic. “Th e players knew they could do it. See LORDS Page 23 tween the parties,” said Johns. 2 The Chronicle November 7, 2006 CAMPUS NEWS DC and UOIT win silver By Pavan Sandhu Chronicle Staff First the worst, second the best. Durham College and the Uni- versity of Ontario Institute of Tech- nology won the silver award in excellence for organizational trans- formation at the Canadian Infor- mation Productivity Awards. Th e 14th annual Canadian In- formation Productivity Award gala banquet took place Nov. 1 at the Westin Harbour Castle in Toronto. Gerry Pinkney, vice-president, of Information Technology Services, accepted the 2006 silver award. “It was a great night,” said Pinkney. “We are proud to get na- tional recognition.” Th is was the fi rst time that the college and university have submit- ted an entry into the awards. CIPA is Canada’s oldest and larg- est awards program in the fi eld of information technology. Th e gala is held every year and it recognizes excellence through innovation. Photo by Alicia MacDonald More than 800 senior executives GETTING INFORMED: Melanie Kuzenko (right) hands out Durham College course calendars and greets students in the attended the gala banquet. gym during the Durham College Open House. A record 75 organizations were entered in the competition. Final- ists were selected from 200 entries from diff erent organizations across Canada. Durham College and UOIT have Doors open for students contributed greatly to the IT fi eld. For the last few years many pro- province provided the community of many who were welcoming the open up about concerns they may grams at the college have adopted with the opportunity to get informa- public. She thought the event was have, when they are speaking to laptops as a program requirement, Open house tion about many diff erent colleges a success because most students a representative in person. “If we including Advertising, Graphic De- at one time, in one place. seemed enthusiastic about being don’t have the information they’re sign, and many of the business pro- Admissions liaison offi cer Mi- there and she also noticed many looking for, we direct them to it,” she grams. showcases chelle Kennedy began planning for students leaving the gym with bags said. Th e university has experienced this right after last year’s college in- full of useful information on diff er- Th ere was also a booth set up for a steady growth since its opening formation program and open house ent schools and Durham College students to enter a draw to win tu- in 2004. It is Ontario’s only lap- Durham ended.