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1 NOT ro .,_ & HuMBER Et Cetera Firefighter Midterm Transit students to the stresses enterainment rescue Page 1 Page 1 Poge 4 www.etcetera.humb^c«oi^ca -•- Humber College's Newspaper - October 11, 2001 - Vol.30 No. Porn watchdog monitors HSF By VICTOR PENNEY no longer being used to download Et Cetera Staff explicit material over the Internet. Three weeks ago, it was reported that some members of the Lakeshore The Humber Students' Federation HSF office had downloaded porno- decided last week to clean up a messy graphic files and file-shared the mate- Internet pornography incident, when rial as recently as this past August. its board of directors passed a motion A new HSF ad hoc committee has forging a new computer policy. been struck, consisting of the HSF At their Wednesday night meeting president, Business Manager Cindy last week, HSF decided to install soft- Dragic, Network Administrator ware to track the activities of anyone Rodney Fowler, and five yet-to-be surfing the Internet on their office appointed directors. computer, downloading files, or "The main goal is to come up with installing software. a fair and solid computer policy "I understand the concern as to which will outline in detail what the how strict the policy is, but we do functions of HSF are and what liabili- Diane Denby have to act somewhat firmly," said ties anybody using them can incur," The Hawks women's soccer team won two games this week, remaining undefeated. See full story on page 8 HSF President John Pulla. said Stephen Anastasi, vice-president Pulla said the actions are neces- of Campus Life North. sary to insure that HSF computers are See HSF on page 2 America's response Medical condition causes Newsrooms around the country bin Laden's al-Qaida terrorists. As the campaign began, U.S. were busy this week as the U.S. "Operation Enduring Freedom" President George W. Bush took to the launched attacks on Afghanistan. saw 15 bombers, including B-1, B-2, airwaves in a televised address to the car accident, police say Huinber Et Cetera's Desmond Devoy and B-52 planes inflict considerable nation. blue Accord, driven a compiled a synopsis of the week's damage to military installations, By MIKEZETTEL Honda by mid- "Now the Taliban will pay a dle-aged events, gathered from Toronto news- while 50 cruise missiles and 25 U.S. Et Cetera Staff man, was eastbound on price," Bush said from the Treaty Humber College Boulevard at around papers. strike aircraft levelled many sites. 4:20 p.m. The "quiet, unyielding anger" that The Afghani Defence Ministry in Room in the White House. A car slammed into a concrete light It mounted the curb near the has been building up in the U.S. ever Kabul was attacked, as was a Taliban "Initially the terrorists may bur- post after the driver lost control in Athletics Centre and knocked over a since the Sept. 11 attacks finally command centre at the airport in row deeper into caves and other front of the North campus Tuesday light post, snapping the pole in half. reached a fever point this weekend as Kandahar in the south of the country. entrenched hiding places. Our mili- afternoon. "What happened was he was driv- missiles rained down on war-torn The town is known as the heart of the tary action is to drive them out and Even though the front end of the ing across Humber College. He felt Afghanistan. Taliban movement and is the home of bring car was heavily damaged, the driver them to justice. We are support- dizzy and blacked out," Coles said. America, with its coalition partner the country's theocratic leader. was able to walk away from the acci- ed by the collective will of the world. "It a condition." Great Britain, launched an awesome Mullah Mohammed Omar. was medical dent. will not falter will not driver taken display of military might in taking An al-Qaida training facility near We and we The was by ambu- "He only had minor injuries; out Afghanistan's remaining airports, the town of Garmabak, in the centre faU." lance to the William Osier Health swollen knees and a sore neck," said for obser- as well as camps used to train Osama of the country, suffered destruction. See Afghanistan on page 2 Centre, Etobicoke Campus Const. Bruce Coles of Metro Police, 23 vation. Division. -With files from Julie DeAngelis and Hawks may fly with university teams According to eyewitnesses, a dark Sarah Hatten By MARK MacDONALD University basketball is perceived The tempo is the biggest difference Etcetera Staff by many as superior to the level of between college and university bas- play in the CCAA. However, the suc- ketball. University teams are reputed cess of college teams such as the Annual contenders for the Canadian to be, on average, much bigger and Humber Hawks, who last season beat College Athletic Association champi- they stress executing the fundamen- universities such as Guelph, Regina onship, the Humber Hawks, are look- tals of basketball. and Toronto, has left many people ing for stiffer competition. College ball, on the other hand, is impressed by the level of skill in the That's why they have a demand- said to be less structured and geared college game. ing schedule that includes four exhi- towards speed and athleticism. Former Humber assistant coach bition dates against university com- Humber Athletics Director, Doug Dave DeAveiro, now the head coach petition. Fox disagrees with that stigma. He of the Ottawa Gee-Gees, is among Coach Mike Katz said the univer- said that for Humber, Coach Katz's those whose opinion swayed. sity teams will provide a good test for experience with the National team "1 used to think that if I went to the the difference. his young squad. college level it'd be a step down, but makes "It's a great schedule. I'd it's "There is a perception that we play say there's no way 1 think that now. My one of the best of all colleges and uni- experiences with Humber showed me more [up-tempo]. Mike [Katz] runs a versities," he said. "The university how good the basketball is," lot of designed plays," Fox said. Mike Zettel games should be tough and intense." DeAveiro said. See CIS on page 9 A man suffered minor Injuries after his car crashed into a pole October 11, 2001 Newsetc. HSF under Act hopes to put bite on puppy mills microscope By CANDI JERONIMO breeders and puts long overdue teeth into the SPCA Act," Colle said. continued from page 1 £( Cetera Staff However, the Harris government has become more alert to the cause in Anastasi added it will be neces- After recent puppy mill raids, the recent months giving $50,000 above sary to upgrade the HSF computers in Ontario Society for the Prevention of the pre-planned budget of $119,000 to order to monitoring soft- run new Cruelty to Animals (OSPCA) is giving help protect animal welfare. ware, at an additional $20,000 cost. the province a chance to help out by The new Act, as published in a Some board members, including launching its Adopt-a- Dog campaign press release by Colle, would allow Gary Sakorafas, the director for this month. the OSPCA to: Information Technology and Over 45 per cent of pets at the • Require the licensing of all pet Accounting don't completely agree OSPCA are dogs, and since the raids, breeders and kennels to operate in with the motion to change their com- centres have been inundated with Ontario. puter policy and view the alterations puppies and dogs that have been • Allow full inspection for breeders as a Big Brother sort of mentality. treated and are ready for adoption. and kennel operators by the OSPCA. "Other people are more responsi- "Adopting a dog from your local • Make it a provincial offence to oper- ble," Sakorafas said. "It's just some- Ontario SPCA branch or affiliated ate a puppy or other pet mill punish- thing that needs to be modified that's Humane Society helps reduce the able by fines up to $50,000 and /or for sure. We put something in place, continuing crisis of pet overpopula- two years in jail. but we just don't lock it down for tion in the province and lessens the • Allow the imposition of a lifetime everyone. It's just not fair." demand for puppy mill dogs," said animal ownership ban on individuals While the student government is Vicky Earle, CEO of the OSPCA in a found operating pet mills actively pursuing measures to pre- press release. • Impose fines and/or jail terms on vent further misuse of their comput- Since the Misener Farm case, the pet store operators that knowingly ers, some students remain unhappy largest puppy mill ever to operate in and willingly buy or sell pets from with the pornographic viewing which Ontario, legislation has been moving pet mills. took place in the summer months. along quickly to help prevent events • Establish a publicly accessible John Abboud, a first-year Business like this from happening again. Courtesy OSPCA provincial registry of pet breeders Administration student, said pur- The Miseners were keeping 180 OSPCA's Adopt-a-Dog campaign is focusing on eliminating puppy mills and kennels. chasing Inteniet-monitoring software puppies and dogs on their farm of mistreatment. inspect, fine and punish those run- As the OSPCA violence preven- is a waste of cash. under deplorable conditions before Mike CoUe, MPP for Eglinton- ning a mill.