VOLUME XXXV, Issue 1 September , Bedouin Soundclash rock out Laurie LaFrance stamp artist Story on page 25 Story on page 8 Dalhousie party turns violent walk, so the victim, who wasn’t By Michael Terminesi well-known to the residents of the Chronicle Staff house, ran up to the group to try to make them leave. 19-year-old was stabbed According to witnesses, one after an argument broke of the men in the group then A out at a house party on Dal- pulled out a knife and stabbed the housie Crescent on Sept 7. 19-year-old in the chest area. According to witnesses and “We moved into the kitchen other partygoers, it was a large from the back yard where every- party with many people. There one started pushing towards the were drinking games going on door,” said Dave Kuhn, another in the back yard as well as in the resident of Dalhousie. “Everyone kitchen, but the party was appar- was yelling about someone get- ently under control until a group ting stabbed out front.” of men arrived uninvited. Immediately after the stabbing, “I came in from the back yard the group of men ran away while and heard arguing and yelling,” the victim ran into the bathroom said Rob, who asked that his last bleeding and holding his wound. name not be published. “We didn’t Shortly after, police and para- Photo by Paul Bates know these guys and we out-num- medics arrived and he was taken bered them, so we forced them to to the hospital with non-life- SWINGING GOOD TIME: A participant at the Riot Radio station’s car smash event leave the house.” threatening injuries. He has since takes a swing to raise money for Mothers Against Drunk Driving. Once the group was outside, been released. they stood on the sidewalk in front Several police cruisers and he- of the house yelling at the party. licopters searched the area for the “We were trying to keep the perpetrators, but the investigation party under control and we had continues. no idea who these guys were. Anyone with information is Smashing start to the That’s why we kicked them out,” asked to get in contact with the said Rob. Durham Regional Police or Crime The group still refused to re- Stoppers, locally at 905-436-8477 2008-09 school year move themselves from the side- and toll free at 1-800-222-8477. By Nicki Lamont car to see each other take a hit, free. We were lucky with that, Late summer fun Chronicle Staff waiting their turn to get destruc- because otherwise it would have tive. been $100.” he Riot Radio station at “I’m pretty excited about this,” Standing behind the wreck- Durham College was said Riley Chatwin, a second- age was Lee Clifford, assistant Tmaking some unconven- year Music Business Manage- station manager at Riot Radio, tional music in the parking lot ment student. “I’m going to shoot MC for the event, and brains be- Sept. 10—replacing drumsticks hind the benefit. and drums with sledgehammers Those bumpers “We wanted to do something and a car. are‘ going down. memorable for the students,” The campus-based radio sta- said Clifford. “For most people it’s tion took to the streets for a cam- Mat Cracknell’ a new school, they’re doing new paign to raise money for Mothers things. We wanted to give them Against Drunk Driving. Students something to remember from had the chance to smash a car for the front bumper.” their first week at Durham.” for a donation—two dollars for “I’ll go for the back one,” adds The campus has a history of one swing and three dollars for another onlooker, Mat Crack- appealing fundraisers, ranging five. nell. “Those bumpers are going from dressing up a moose to a “We want to create aware- down.” golf tournament, but students ness about the station and have Corey Young, initiatives are seeing this as one of the more a good lead-up for our first pub leader for the Music Business unique ideas. night, The Lockdown,” said Carla Management program and Riot “The event goes with the ra- Di Felice from behind the ticket Radio, helped the participants dio name pretty well—RIOT,” Photo by Ingrid Saravia counter. “We’re looking to raise get ready for their turn at bat, said Clifford. “We’re just trying to around $1000 for MADD.” handing off the sledgehammer get people here, feel good, have ULTIMATE FUN: Members of the G-Hawks ultimate Durham College and UOIT to each lucky student. “The car fun, and raise money for a good Frisbee team pose after winning their first game. students crowded around the was donated by a junk yard for cause.” 2 The Chronicle September 23, 2008 CAMPUS NEWS Remembering an old friend By Matt Bird Chronicle Staff In the rush to accommodate a new generation of students, Dur- ham College has left behind an old friend – one that was here genera- tions before the college was. To make room for new and old students the college constructed a new residence on the west side of the campus. But making room for the residence required cut- ting down a substantial part of the forest behind the Gordon Willey building, and in doing so the build- ers disposed of an ancient tree dubbed the elephant tree. The loss has put a damper on the work of Sean McQuay, who teaches Foundations in Art and Design. “I didn’t know it was being cut down,” said McQuay. “If I’d known I would have gone out and chained myself to the trunk.” It’s clear that McQuay loved the tree. He considers its loss a trag- edy. Practically speaking, though, the loss will also force McQuay to re-evaluate his traditional begin- ning-of-the-year project: a giant, student-drawn mural of the el- Photo by Matt Bird ephant tree that adorns the front hall of the Gordon Willey building. IN LOVING MEMORY: Foundations in Art and Design teacher Sean McQuay stands by the student-painted mural of McQuay has used the graphite the “elephant” tree. The tree, nicknamed elephant due to its unusual appearance, was an inspiration to many of drawing as a class-wide project for McQuay’s students. It was cut down to make room for a new residence on the west side of the campus. the last four years, sectioning off a picture of the tree he’d taken and ture – but they didn’t know where it work – but from a closer vantage ed alongside it. was such a unique tree.” giving each of his students a part would fit. The people around them point reveals the unique artistic But the picture doesn’t bring The elephant tree, a spruce, to work on. The students weren’t weren’t aware either. It’s a drawing style of each student. Squares back the tree. All that remains of it was so named for its gnarled trunk aware of what part of the tree project, but it’s also a drawing con- range from realistic depictions of now is a single branch, kept in the which, split in two and curving re- they’d been given to draw and thus cept of a tree forming in space, so if the tree‘s anatomy to abstract work campus drawing room. gally upwards, looked like a pair of couldn’t co-ordinate their efforts. the squares didn’t quite match up filled with letters, eyes, figures and ”I have an arborist friend who tusks. A picture of the tree is taped “Nobody knew,” said McQuay. it was still part of the concept.” a myriad of other oddities. Even- said it was likely about 200 years beside the mural and reads ‘In “They had the square – and they The result is a massive mural tually a list of the students who old,” said McQuay. “It became a homage to an old friend’. knew it was part of the bigger pic- that, at first glance, looks patch- worked on the picture will be post- popular tree with my classes. It Off-campus housing still a bust attached townhouses, single-fam- lege Journalism student, England ily dwellings and small apartment reported on the ongoing off-cam- Student buildings to deal with the issues at pus housing dispute. Her knowl- hand,” said England. edge of the issue pushes her to be Representatives of the Wind- an advocate for student rights. village the fields Farm community associa- “I think it’s a band-aid fix,” said tion say a student village should Warren Mouck, a third-year Crimi- be considered. nology student at UOIT about the answer? “I, like Amy, do not want to see possibility of a student village. students put out. None of us do. “It doesn’t really consider the We want to see them appropriate- fact that there’s going to be a lot ly accommodated,” a representa- more development in the future,” tive told city council. he said. By Edith Zikmann The student villages are envi- “We should over-estimate the Chronicle Staff sioned to have stores, coffee shops number of students that will be and areas for students to go “where coming to UOIT.” Students and representatives it would be trendy and students Ali Naqvi, a student at Dur- of Windfields Farm community can have a place to go and not feel ham College who participated in association are calling for a “stu- as though they’re not welcome,” the protest, agreed, saying that dent village” to be built to end the said England.