Students, He Said the Appar- Backler Pointed out That Second Year Physical in Excess of the Boiling Poin^ Burner
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Y.) * \ expo' ents < s e s . J. ga by KEVIN NARBAWAY ing the chemical carbon tetra- the thermometer spilled out examination. These proced- Myszkowski said this ac- fore concentration levels would Chronicle Staff V_^ chloride. The substance super- and began to vaporize on the ures were not followed. cident was no fault of the be low. heated, meaning it was heated open flame of the bunsen "Nobody was affected students, he said the appar- Backler pointed out that Second year physical in excess of the boiling poin^ burner. by said teacher atus being used was 'new and they have had previous ex- chemistry students may have it," the and extreme pressure was According to Jim Brady, Bob Myszkowski. He acted differently.* perience with mercury spil- been exposed to a combination produced. personnel officer and head of explained that in order for When asked about the lage and no one has shown of carbon tetrachloride and used the t* ^The thermometer Durham College safety carbon tetrachloride to be danger of vaporized mercury, . signs of mercury poisoning. mercury, both potentially le- for measuring the temperature committee, the proper pro- dangerous, of thal large amounts Tony Backler, chemistry de- Both mercury and carbon carcinogens when in a of the chemical was forced cedures to follow when toxic the substance would have to gaseous partment head replied, "One tetrachloride are easily ab- form, upwards by this pressure, fumes are in the air, are to be vaporized. would be to there The hesitant say sorbed through the respira- students were con- allowing vaporized 'carbon evacuate the room, call the "The levels would have was no danger," but he added tory tract or the skin and their ducting an experiment in mol- tetrachloride to escape into fire department and take the to be extremely high to present that only a small amount of effects are often crippling. ecular weight and were heat- the air. Mercury contained in students to the hospital for any danger," Myszkowski said. mercury vaporized and there-" -".s ' f ' ' - ;.-" h ron i e le Volume 8 Issue 6 Serving Durham College Monday, November 10, 1980 by ED MASSEY 1.5 per cent back to% Chronicle Staff September," saidi OPSEU local 354 A wage increase President John Holt, offer of B per cent "We're not happy with effective September 1, it".;.. : .’. :, ":, :,’. 1980 and additional The Union's official' 1.5 per cent effective holdout figure is 18.5 March 1, 1^981 wa^ per cent, he said, "but a itutneyEl down b^ the more realistic increiase Ontario Public Service Qf 12 percentwQu(d^3^ Employees ,Uhi6h acceptable to the (OPSEU). ? majority of OPSEU's members. - Last year OPSEU ^ Holt said he will signed a contract with meet with t#ie rest of the Council of Regents. OPSEU's union lead- stipulating that salary ers on November 16, terms for Local 354 1980 to determine (OPSEU's Academic what strategy they will . Unit) be re-negotiated 'pursue.''.. .";". ..... -, . .,..; for the second year of "tn the meantime the contract. we will continue neg- The Academic Unit otiations through med- is made of the tea- iator firazer Kean," he -; chers, councilors iind- said. ,.;.,". librarians of all 28 Dntario Community ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^the ^to ($bHeges. ::::.-:’.: ;’i:: ::::':::'; out the possibility of a 'The Council's' of- strike vote and it could . Mayoralty candidates, lejit, Allan Pilkey and right, five Council attracted a crowd of about 60 people:'The fer only works out to come about before the James Potticary square off against one another in a debate candidates fielded questions from the crowd in preparation 8,75 per cent for the second semester be- held at the Durham College lecture theatre last Tuesday for the municipal election today. Voters are reminded that year if you prorate the gins in January. ] night. The event, sponsored b^fche Students Administra- the polls close at 8 p.m. For more details, see page 3. ' ^ ->, .. .... 'sing gives Hedley, new department students head for design arts -By Vince BallChronicle Staff is a .Manery. This "five-year P. E.J., according to the ' LORNA cept ' BY HOWARD ' Chronicle staff production from the college CanadianNurses Association. course curriculiims fr- . , It might seem strange to the casual to and marking concepts," Nursing shortage gives system." The Uniued States is also observer that a person with a good back- he added. graduate nursing students These nurses were ab- experiencing a large shortage ground in sports would be promoted,to the Hedley is a graduate of the University tremendous positions when sorbed into the system and at the present time, and look- position of Department Head of Design of Western Ontario and the University of it comes time for them to find the wage increase now does ing to Canada for a solution Arts. " Windsor and has degrees in physical educa- not seem as astronomical as (its nurses). But it doesn't seem strange to Bob tion and science as well as a Masters degree E. L. Manery, Director it once did, so nurses are "Most colleges have now Hedley. Hedley,'formerly a teacher in the in administration. of Health Sciences at Durham drifting out of the field. moved to a 3 year (8 months Sports Administration course at Durham Hedley is currently coaching the Oshawa College, says the, nursing According to Gloria Tuck, each^ program, thereby re- College was recently promoted to the pos- Jr. B Legionnaires hockey team and he shortage is part of a recurring director of the regional chapter moving one year's graduates ition of Department Head of Design Arts at admits that keeping this committment will cycle which alternates from of the < Registered Nurses from the work force...empha- Durham College. be tough. However he has made it very clear vast shortage to extreme over- Association, the shortage is sizing the shortage," Manery Hedley doesn't think that expertise in to the hockey team that his committment to supply. also due to the migration of explained. "Students this the field of design arts will be essential when his job at the College comes first. Currently there is a short- registered nurses to the United year, next year and the year he takes over his new position. "I'll have to sit down at the end of the age, but in 1977 and 1978; States because at the time of after will be in a tremendous "I'm not an expert in design arts," says season and think about returning as coach," there was art over-supply due over-supply, the United States position." the 27- year-old Hedley. But he adds "I do said Hedley. "Right now I have 2 very to a "dramatic increase in had jobs for graduates, where- The point of next year's have a good background in Administration." capable assistants to help me out." ' ,/ nursing salaries" at the time. as Ontario didn't. graduate nursing students As department head Hedley sees his Hedley takes over the position left "Th^s attracted 50,000 The nursing shortage is .having an advantage in pro- function as being one of co-ordination. vacant by Eero Verret who resigned his housewives back into the currently being felt in every curring a position was con-, "Leading i^ the word 1 prefer to use/' ^aid position as Department Head to return to (nursing) fi,eld," explained province across 'Canada, 'ex' firmed by Tuck. Hedley. 'TU be leading the staff with regards classroom teaching. IPag^ ». The Chronicle, November 10, 1980. Vayne Vierhout Elisabeth Westhues Karen Jim MacDonell . Straneky Robert Collingg s i chol^ ars over $ 9 , 0 0 0 by JANET METCALF General Motors of Canada Year 1 from E.E. Tiggert won $ 150 for Chemical Limited. Tech- Chronicle Staff Limited. nology Year 2 from Rudi ' ' " Marianne . Konzelmann, Judy ’’. f Cabel, Ajax, won Maeder. More than $9,000 in Newtonville, won $200 for $350 for Nursing Diploma General Lorraine Rudnicki, Osh- undergraduate scholarships Business Year 1 from Year 1 from Beta Sigma Phi awa, won $150 for Air Trans- were given to Durham Col- Nurse Chevrolet Oldsmobile. Sorority. port Technology Year 2 from lege students Nov. 7, 1980. Douglas Mason, Dorset, Jo-Anne Pickett-Kowalik, Landaire Management Ser- Undergraduate divisional won $200 for Technology (3- Oshawa, won $250 for Nursing vices. year) scholarships, presented to Year 1 from Mathews Diploma Year 1 from Oshawa Robin Davis, Bay Ridges, those students who have ob- Conveyors. General Hospital Auxiliary. won $150 for Mechanical tained the highest academic David Phinn, Oshawa, Dorothy Abrams, Bow- Technology Year 2 from Ben- Nancy Begg Lindsay Kent standing in their division, were won $200 for Civil Techniques manville, won $250 for Nur- nett Paving Materials. Year 1 given to Karen Stransky, Bus- from St. Mary's Cement. sing 'Diploma Year 1 from Al^an Basdeo, Downsview, iness Year 1; Leila Cowie, Ken McCullough, Whitby, Oshawa General Hospital won $150 for Food and Drug won $300 for Business Ad- .Pickering, won $150 won $200 for^Spe- Business Year 1; Lindsay Kent, for Electronic Tech- Auxiliary. Technology Year 2 from an ministration-Computer Science cial Divisional .niques Year 1 from Achievement Technology Year 1; Wayne Andrew Michael Lyons, Oshawa, anonymous donor. (Open) from Canada Packers. Award- Health Year 1 or 2 Vierhout, Technology Year Foundation. won $200 for Food and Drug Toni Tirelli, Kimberly Johnson, Brook- from Lewis Gary Oshawa, won Beaton Trust. 1; Nancy Begg, Applied Arts Schmid, Newcastle, Technology Year 1 from Gen- $300 for Electronic Tech- lin, won $150 for Special Steve Coe, Oshawa, won Year 1; Jim MacDonell, Bus- won $200 for Mechanical eral Foods Limited. nology Year 2 from IBM Achievement-Alt Divisions $150 for SpeciaLjmisional iness Year 2; Robert Collings, Techniques Year 1 from Can-.