Students march for PowerShift initiative. See Page 7 Pink tour rolls through Oshawa. See page 15 VOLUME XL ISSUE 3 OCTOBER 16, 2012 Great showing at Nationals Future SA executives may be hired Shay Hardy The Student Association has recommended changing the elected VP positions to hired ones. The main difference between the two is accountability. The elected VPs are account- able to the students as well as the SA president, where the hired people would be account- able mainly to the SA president. This decision doesn’t sit well with everyone. “It is a huge step backwards in the demo- cratic process,” said current () # & % Johnson. “If you take away the Kris Cuaresma students’ right to vote you take away the sense of community.” BRIGHT LIGHTS: ]£ !""!! See Elected Page 3 UOIT creates a new way to learn Adam Mercer teractive teaching tools were called educational video games and were designed with fun in UOIT’s Game Development mind while learning was a by- and Entrepreneurship program product. isn’t all fun and games – seri- UOIT has been gaining a ous games are becoming a big reputation from TKA appear- part of the program. ing in publications. Faculty and In 2009 UOIT teamed up students of UOIT’s game devel- with three surgeons from Mt. opment program intend to use Sinai teaching hospital in To- the framework of TKA for other ronto to create a serious video serious games. The formula game to help surgery students can be applied to any teachable study. The game teaches the [ process of total knee arthro- circuit boards, or even conduct- #$%&'("" plasty, from which the game ing a proper interview. got its name, TKA. It has since TKA is a point-and-click THE FIRST SERIOUS GAME FROM UOIT: )"* been completed and imple- [ +," mented into the surgery pro- The game works like this: inter- gram. active objects glow, and upon [ clicking an object a series of users can not fail the game, but gery. Previously students were UOIT and its team of sur- kind at UOIT and it is the be- options appears. Each option is every incorrect option selected given books and they couldn’t geon advisers wanted to create ginning of a new era of video a step in the process of the knee [ remember the steps after read- an affordable game that anyone games. For years games have surgery to be selected in the and grade. The game helps stu- - could pick up and understand. been used to teach children, correct order. dents remember through rep- ence the steps to help them The average price tag of a simu- but that is changing. When the wrong step is se- etition. P"# lator is about $300,000, ac- Serious games have adult lected a window will pop up “TKA is designed for study- primary programmer for TKA. #%&R learning in mind. These games - ing, it was built for students to “If they remember the process necessarily have a price tag are more sophisticated and - play over and over before an and steps they can focus on the because it is not available to have no focus on entertain- er step and then the correct op- hands-on, and make better use the public but it is playable on ment. In previous years in- tion can be chosen. This means the process of this kind of sur- of their time in the O.R.” home computers. 2 The Chronicle October 16, 2012 Campus Durham gets a little more artsy Sarah Crookall The Chronicle Toward the end of each Sep- tember, Durham Region gets a little artsy and a tad cultured. As Culture Days returned for its third year, residents partici- pated in cultural events across the country, at no cost. Because Culture Days is a volunteer-run festival, Sept.28- *+ and amateurs to gather in cel- ebration of creation. With more than 50 events, Durham was a leading region in the number of services offered. Oshawa’s Robert McLaughlin / - shops in the name of Culture Days. 6 - ter and mixed media abstract different age groups on Sept. 30. “(Culture Days) is very im- < R Sarah Crookall access to the resources,” said Shannon Bowdring, abstract CULTURE DAYS: Shannon Bowdring, mixed media collage abstract instructor, hosts a free workshop at Os- mixed media collage instructor. hawa’s Robert McLaughlin Gallery for interested residents in the Durham Region. O& them an opportunity to pro- Bowdring. but by the end it’s incredible to communications at the RMG ers. duce at home, or go into a gal- For her, volunteering was a see what they can do.” said that because the instruc- An unveiling of the pub- lery they normally go into, or no-brainer because it affords Starting with the basics tors offer their services many lic sculpture Upstart II by go to an event they wouldn’t people who don’t have enough and the how-to of character people can experience the gal- Clement Meadmore was ini- normally see, it just expands [ N - lery who normally wouldn’t. # that idea of what culture is.” to learn how to create art. amples for his students, then “Because everything is free and Days on Sept. 27, but is post- > - #? has them create their own. it’s volunteer-run, it offers a poned until further notice. shops encourage students forgo Howe said he considers vol- O< Q lot of opportunities to people, So, why is Culture Days vital to fear and use anything to put to unteering part of his job. “I P O especially students or seniors Durham and all of Canada? canvas. love seeing people improve,” doesn’t really have a lot going who are maybe lower income “Music and art and culture From tape to feathers and O@ on. Every person that can help, to come and do an art program experience are what brings joy cloth, the objective is to expand start off at the beginning and they should.” that maybe they wouldn’t be to a lot of people’s lives,” said Jacquie Severs, manager of able to do otherwise,” said Sev- Severs. Schooling beyond school Career Services hosts graduate studies expo and the U.K. Andy Ghaith Monica Aggarwal, manager The Chronicle of career services at UOIT, said the expo was a good opportuni- An expo for continuing edu- ty for students to get informa- cation was held on campus last tion on how to continue their Thursday, Oct 11. studies post-graduation. Representatives from 40 col- “It’s essentially a good op- leges and universities, mostly portunity for students pursuing Andy Ghaith from Canada, offered informa- further education. We have the tion on education post-grad- space here to host it and it of- EDUCATION EXPO: Representatives from over 40 colleges and universities, uation. The expo was held in [ from as far away as Australia, spoke to students about post-graduate programs. gyms 3 and 4 on campus. Rep- out more information,” said resentatives set up booths with Aggarwal. UOIT and Durham ing to school now. The mar- tatives from schools outside of duction. brochures, cards and pens. The College had booths set up offer- P the province. Awadh said continuing edu- event was organized by career ing their own students informa- Khattab. Yasmeen Awadh, senior re- cation after graduation is im- services. tion on postgraduate studies. Khattab said continuing [# portant because its gives stu- Schools offering post-grad- Betty Khattab of the Man- education would give students for Digital Media, represents dents a chance to explore op- [ agement Development Centre a step up on the rest.“Things numerous schools in British tions in their career. pharmaceuticals and others at UOIT said she believes it’s are changing so fast [students] Columbia. “People don’t realize there were present. There was even important for students to con- have to constantly be learning They offer post-graduate are other things out there. The a booth with consultants rep- tinue education. new things,” said Awadh. studies in digital media, spe- expo helps raise awareness of resenting schools in Australia “There are more people go- There were even represen- cializing in animation and pro- other growing industries.” Campus The Chronicle October 16, 2012 3 SA mulls changing elected positions Continued from Page 1 &P The decision won’t become - [ O<R P ) ^- _ "- O@ - @R <RP [- () ` & { # R O ( Shay Hardy RR|- \+ P ) ? # UP FOR DISCUSSION: VP of University Affairs Jesse Cullen and VP of College ) R () Affairs Kayleigh Johnson talk to students about current issues. &?- O<}R~ # 6 <R- < - O&[ R & # P > & Q- - + [ &/> International intake Male students near double last year can be ECEs too Manjula Selvarajah The Chronicle Jessica Rahman The Chronicle _ # R - " R # "- < #- < +\\+\ [M- ^ \- _ # Manjula Selvarajah [ { > ^ +\+\* ENROLMENT SURGE: Durham College and UOIT Inter- # ^ - ^#^ O> *+\ national students bond over a game of cricket on campus. \+ R ^#^ | [ - { N/ { > P " O6 P P _ #- ^#^O< - { > > O@ | R [ _ - [ [ # O^ P - P" P N/- " _? " O> - P O6 - O>^#^- \+\ _ - _# # < # P P" - < - > ^#^ [ + [ R - O- - < Q - # \\ \ ^ #(< [ < - O> P ^#^ - P > O< _ - O &/" - - ^& ` & P _# P - #- " N/ # [ ^&R P > #- [ ^#^ # \\\^ Q R #(< O6 - `O # " N/ - < < QO6 ^#^ - ^#^ _#O >PO< [ P G # P 4 The Chronicle October 16, 2012 TO CONTACT US Newsroom: Room L-223; Ext. 3068 Publisher: Greg Murphy E-mail: [email protected] Editor-in-Chief: Gerald Rose Advertising: Room L-223; Ext. 3069 Ad Manager: Dawn Salter EDITORIAL PAGE E-mail: [email protected] Green Energy Act a failure? Differing views across the nation on green energy Climate change and renew- Ontario’s air quality. McKit- able and sustainable energy rick also said it may have been have been a topic of discussion cheaper for Ontario Power for many years now.