HUMBER EtCeTERA JANUARY 27, 2005 HTTP://ETCETERA.HUMBERC.ON.CA VOLUME 35, ISSUE 2

Art by Numbers Urban Tags

Collective spirit spawns Graffiti artists claim creativity at Sheridan public space as canvas

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Rez loses cash cracks from vacancies SHANNON HUGHES down on NKWS RKl'dR'IKK

In the wake of the double-cohort web links frenzy, Humber's North Campus residences are experiencing a bout NICHOLAS J. STONEMAN of empty-nest syndrome. News Rkportkr Ninety out of 725 rooms in the Humber's academic council has old dormitory-style residences are advised to empty, resulting in nearly been update some of $400,000 in lost revenue for the the college's internet policies to college. avoid potential legal problems. "Obviously there's a fiscal loss The warning, issued by library when you've got that many rooms staff Monday night, concerned vacant," said Derek Maharey, asso- 'deep-linking,' a practice which ciate director of Ancillary Services, allows net users to bypass home- the department in charge of the pages by linking directly to con- residence buildings. tent. "I am hoping not to have this That's a problem because com- issue next year." mercial web sites get ad revenue There are 1,066 rooms at the from the number of hits they north campus and 427 new ones receive on their homepages. at Lakeshore. "Deep linking bypasses home- Maharaj said this is the first page-based ad revenue, something year Humber has had to deal with okay for non-profit sites, but not vacancies. He added that 92 stu- for commercial sites," said Lisa dents who would have lived on the DiBarbora, the school's virtual north campus are now at the new Lakeshore residence. services librarian. In an effort to make, up for the According to DiBarbora, an shortfall, Humber allowed part- organization like time students turning full-time this is viewed by commercial web ov«i- January to enter residence early. ers as a customer who should pay Next year's prices for the old- for the right to use their content. style dorm rooms are unchanged at "Just because it's online does

$4,406, but prices for new suite- not mean it's free," she said. style rooms will increase by three Many newspaper web sites per cent, from $5,040 to $5,190. dready force users to log in to college will also The be improv- view an article, effectively closing ing its online residence recruit- the door on a deep link. Publishers ment next month, with a short and content providers sire becom- video promoting residence life. ing more concerned with maximiz- "Our hope is to fill the rooms ing revenue fh)m their online sites. emd have a healthy wait list," Under a college pwlicy prohibit- Maharaj said. ing deep-linking, if a teacher wants Students can begin reserving a student to visit an article at the rooms next week for the uf)coming theslar.com, she must direct the stu- year. dent to access the paper via the homepage and navigate through the site to tlie sp)ecified materietl. According to Ellen Harris, What's Inside author of Canadian Copyright Law, "many web site owners oppose deep linking (because) they want News p.4 to better control, or to direct the their site." HSF opens food bank DAVID lUTZI user on Web Cemada has yet to have a legal case brought against an institution Business p. 14 for deep linking practices, making Carpooling to conserve Faster than a speeding bullet the Humber recommendation a pre-emptive policy. First-year culinary student Stephen Lee whips up desserts in Humber's new state-of-the-art Sports 18 Germany, Denmark, Belgium p. kitchen facilities. The one-of-kind lab, which features mounted cameras, two television screens and the U.S. all have laws V-ball rules the courts and a 54-seat theatre, was recently unveiled at the north campus. See story p.3 govern- ing the practice of deep linking.

What's old is new again: Life looks at youth scrapbooking and spring *05 fashion p.l6 & 17 January 27, 2005 News HSF campaign recycles cell phones for food

kg. of food across , the dents, 80 per cent of respondents But very few thINK FOOD initiative also com- reported never having heard of the bats environmental degradation. thINK FOOD program adminis- students aware It takes ink cartridges 1,000 tered here by the HSF. years to decompose and cell Since the program started in of cause phones leak arsenic, lead and 2003, six cell phones and almost 300 ink cartridges have been REBECCA GRANT tossed into the HSF drop box. NKWS RKI'ORTKH Tessaro says Humber's frequent "Each cell phone or student turnover makes it diflicult Recycling your old cell phones and cartridge can be to raise awareness about recycling. ink cartridges can help ease the "We've used different vehicles hunger of the nearly one million worth as much as a to let students know about the pro- who rely on food banks meal." gram." each month. These include posters, banners, "Basically how (thINK FOOD) -Tainara Hberlc, projccl director talking to students on different works is that students bring in campuses and writing memos to their used cell phones and ink car- staff and faculty. tridges," said Sonia Tessaro, the Humber is not the only school HSFs Communications Director other toxins into giound water having difficulty getting the mes- "They then get recycled with pro- thINK FOOD has not only sage out. ceeds going to support the less for- diverted 230,000 cartridges and According to thINK FOOD'S tunate through ibod banks," 50,000 cell phones from land fills, Project Director Tamara Eberle, With all proceeds of thlNK it has also refurbished them so that donations are consistently low FOOD going to 's Daily fewer to.xic materials are manufac- Still, she said, eveiy donation Bread Food Bank, the program can tured in tlie first place. helps. have a big mipact in combating But few Humber students seem "Each cell phone or cartridge hunger to be aware of the beneficial pro- can be worth as much as a meal," In addition to raising 337,500 gram. she said. "It can be a carton of

In a recent straw poll of 50 stu- milk, it could be a whole meal."

Rexdale school raises $ 1 1 ,000 for South Asian tsunami victims

MELISSA MONOSKY Barb Sadoff. curriculum leader she handed her baby to a man on phone NhWS RKl'dliTKK for school-wide initiatives, said the the street. Eventually they found rcll

student benefit got coverage from someone with a car and they eill Students from 's North , CBC, Much Music, and drove to higher ground and sur- JAIMF. TAYLOR Albion Collegiate Institute have CTV. vived." Second-year public relations student Amanda Moddejonge raised in one week for shows where to donate your cell phone in the HSF office. $11,000 "We had donations from our "When I think about what's victims of the tsunami. local Fortino's, and two restaurants happened ... it's so devastating Gowri Jeyam, a grade 11 stu- sweets. students donated Our actu- that I can barely watch [the news]. dent from Sri Lanka, helped organ- ally cooked and donated food," Disaster hurts tourism I can't imagine what it must be like ize a benefit show of talented stu- Sadoff said. for some of our kids are who DAVID JUTZI dent and professional performers Jeyam has not seen or heard Industry experts, however, directly affected," Sharma said. NEWS REPORTKR ' , don't predict long-term losses to that raised $3,000. any of the media coverage of the ^ Sharma rues the fact that the tourism in Southeast Asia. "We're a school with a lot of show. "We're not doing it for the Rexdale neighbourhood gets such The post-tsunami fallout is expect- "The (global) tourism industry multicultural students ... somehow, fame," she said. "We're just trying negative press. ed to cause a significant monetary has been affected by natural disas- someway, everyone has been to do it for our inner self, to feel "The students ft-om this school hit to the most popular travel des- I can affected," she said. "We did the good about ourselves." ters for as long as remember things," achieve incredible she tinations in many Asiem countries impact is usually immediate," show... (to debunk) the reputation Vanada Sharma, a teacher at The added. "If [anybody] spent even a for months to come. said the of Hospitality, that we have. People from Rexdale the school, was overwhelmed by dean couple of days here they'd see that Canadian-owned travel compa- Recreation and Tourism Alister don't always smoke weed, drink, the student's dedication and com- we have quite an amsizing group of ny Travel CUTS has already begun Mathieson. "I don't believe there (and) do stupid things. (We) do passion but didn't think their kids. [They] are affectionate, hon- to see the effects of the disaster. are any long term implications." good tilings in life to help out one efforts would grow to this magni- est, compassionate and dedicated "It isn't really the high season also co-author of another" tude. Mathieson, kids. I wouldn't teach anywhere now for us," the book Tourism: Most of the remaining $8,000 "We spend our lives as teachers else." says Travel was raised through bake sales and and educators trying Economic, CUTS president Physical and collecting money ft-om the student to provide inspira- "Tourism will Rod Hurd. "In Social Impacts, body, but the Humber Students tion and guidance the spring and eventually resurrect believes fears of Federation was able to put forward for our students, and summer we another tsunami $1,000 towards the cause. this is one of the best these places." would have a will have no bear- Jeyam has been to Sri Lanka examples of how it lot more stu- -Alister Mathicsoii, HRT dean twice before and hopes to return was reversed. ing. dents in those "Longer term this summer to help rebuild the Students were pro- areas. impacts (on various communities. viding us with inspi- "There cer- tourism) are usu- Although no lives were lost in ration," she said. tainly will be long term effects in ally due to security related issues her home village of Valvedditturai, One of her (southern Thailand). Those were rather than natural disasters," she said a friend's family lost 14 friends was vacation- very popular areas for backpack- Mathieson said. "There is a very members "They lived on the ing on the North ers," he said. "Many people have different perception of that then coastline [of Colombo] and the Eastern coast of Sn adjusted their travel plans to the say, 9/11." whole area was destroyed." Lanka when the northern areas." Mathieson admits that places Another foreign student at the tsunami hit. He added tourists should not to school lost her father while he was "She was on the like Phuket, Thailand rely on be discouraged if traveling to visiting India. He was coming out beach with her baby tourism for 100 per cent of their countries hit by the tsunami, but of the water when the tsunami and she just basically income but says around 90 per not to expect a better deal either struck and was killed. TTie news of ran for her life," cent of that city's accommodations "There is the possible effect of a to the tragedy prompted Jeyam Sharma said. is optimistic downturn in cost," Hurd said. "But were untouched. He take action. "Eventually she felt these areas are relatively poor and that tourists will help in the "It's like a hit in our face, like that she could no I don't think people should go rebuilding process. we have to do something because longer run with her MKMSSA MllMlSKV there because of cost, but because "Tourism will eventually resur- there are so lives lost," many baby because she A local high school 's fiindraising efforts gen- they could help the tourism indus- rect these places," he said. said. Jeyam was getting tired, so erated thousands for tsuanmi-hit countries. try in those areas."

http://ctcetcra.humberc.oaca January 27, 2005 News State-of-the-art culinary lab a cut above the rest

DAVID JUTZI "It takes out the oils produced NKWS RKI'dRlKR when cooking and sends clean air back into the room," said Richard Fine food and celebration were on Pitteway, food and beverage man- the menu as the School of ager at the Humber Room. Hospitality, Recreation and Manufactured by Vent Master Tourism industry partners recently Canada and modeled after a com- cut the ribbon on a new demon- mon European design, the ceiling tlieatre stration and kitchen labora- IS the first of its kind in North tory. America. Although the lab boasts many Humber President Dr Robert features, designers are partitTjlarly Gordon attended the ceremony proud of the self-cleaning and and was impressed by the Internet venting ceiling. and satellite broadcasting capabili- New crew underway Police Foundations students part of Canada's only Rover crew AARON JACKLIN NKWS KKPllRTKK

A group of Humber students have become the first ever members of 22 Division Rover Crew, a Scouts Canada program designed to enrich the Police Foundations course at Lakcshore campus. "We're the only police Rover Crew in Canada 9

Jimmy 27. 2005 News Government looks to relax liquor laws

Six-packs may be include any province in Canada, ed situation to a slightly less regu- any of the United States and other lated situation. It becomes an over coming to a comer countries around the world where the counter item at a gas station. comparisons may offer valuable The proposed changes will put an store near insight on ways to get better value increased burden on convenience you for the consumer and the govern- store owners to be the gate keep- SHERRY BARRETT ment," said Manuel Alas-Sevillano ers of age compliance." NKWS RKI'llRlKR of the Ministry of Finance. Patterson isn't alone. Jack Smith, General Manager of Wanda Kristensen, Director of the CSC said, "Alcohol has been Programs at MADD (Mothers Getting a six pack could become a made available through deppa- Against Drunk Driving), is con- whole lot easier this spring - wash- neurs (convenience stores) in cerned that if alcohol were more board abs excluded. Quebec for years. readily available at the corner said yes to the bottle store, there would be an increase and kicked prohibition to the curb in impaired driving injuries and lAIMKTAYl.dR in the late 1920s, and unless you deaths. know the neighbourhood moon- Business management student Mo Moco and nursing student "There hasn't been an outcry shine specialist, purchasing hooch "The reality is there Joyce Chow catch up on some reading in the bookstore. from the public wanting more in Ontario remains the same today will always be that availability, so why is the govern- as it was in flapper days of old: you ment considering diis possibility?" Canadian youth read newspaper have to visit an LCBO, Beer Store segment of society Smith doesn't see the big deal. or wine retail outlet. that are going to be "The reality is there will always Finance Minister Greg Sorbara, more than international average be that segment of society that are announced on Jan. 1 1 that for the abusers." CAROLINE LAURIN going to be abusers. They're going in tlie late 90s and released a first time in decades, Ontario's NKWS RKHIRTKR -Jack Smith, Safely Council to abuse whether they get alcohol report detailing the impacts of dig- alcohol sales system is up for reno- at the corner store or have to go to ital technology and how publishers vation. an LCBO". Internationally, young people are can regain their lost audience. A five person independent "If you look at the data for the not reading newspapers as often as Problems outlined include review panel has been assigned The incidence of impaired driv- fatalities around impaired driving, they used to. changing the packaging and mar- the task. Their mission: find a way ing, drunkenness or substance most people are at 0.15 or higher. But Anne Crasweller, executive keting of newspapers to make to make booze easier to obtJiin, abuse is no higher in Quebec than 0.16 is twice the legal limit. This director for a research institution them more attractive to younger cheaper to buy and to promote any where else". isn't somebody who has a glass of for the Canadian audiences. Ontario alcohol products. Ontario Safety League wine at lunch". Smith said. "Excuse newspaper More adver- The panel will examine other President Brian Patterson isn't my expression but you're pretty industry, argues tisements mean jurisdictions where alcohol can be sure that making alcohol easier to shit-faced at 0.15". that this is not 'Young people have more money for purchased from more convenient buy is a good thing. The panel will collect input the case in traditionally the publication, locations, like the grocery or cor- been "It's a potentially slippery slope. until early spring when it will pres- Canada. making youths a ner store. We are going from a well-regulat- ent its findings to the government. "Young peo- heavy newspaper sought-after mar- "These jurisdictions may ple have tradi- readers." ket tionally been More than heavy newspa- half of young College foodbank and running Anne Crasweller, researcher up per readers," readers aged 18- Crasweller said. 24 in the GTA KATIE LAMB date most dietary preferences. get in) over your head." RKPORTKR "I hear a lot of will read at least LIFE Humber students agree the Maureen Slater, another comments about how young peo- one copy of the Toronto Star per foodbank service will be benefi- Landscape Technology student ple don't read newspapers and it's students will use of week. Some students at Humber don't cial. hopes make not true. As many people read a technology student the service. Free copies are handed out at know where their next meal is Landscape newspaper in a week now as they "I understand that people the , York coming from; an alarming fact that Matt Regimbal is happy the service may did five years ago," she said. is available to students, saying he'd have a lot of pride but if you're University and Humber. has mobilized the HSF to help alle- is being witnessed of it." This trend The Globe and Mail holds viate the ever-incre£ising problem. use it if he were ever in need. hungry then take advantage here at Humber, where the steady with 20 per cent youth Tyler Burrows, HSF VP Admin, "It's expensive to go to school. If Currently only students are eli- EtCetera is flying off the racks (can gible to receive assistance. readership and Deputy Editor said a service that provides food you don't have support, you faster than in years past, said Terri Sylvia Stead said they have made for students was necessary. Amott, journalism program coordi- some changes to attract a younger "There are students who go nator. audience. through the day without eating." International The Newspaper "Seven, our new entertainment Much of the food will be donat- Association noted Marketing that section, is something we think is ed from the North York Harvest readership plummeted American popular with younger readers. It Food Bank and students are being talks about where to go and things asked to donate any non-perish- to do and having a life outside of able food they can. work," she said. Tlie foodbank service will soon TTie Globe website also attracts be placing donation boxes around many readers making it die num- campus and residences. ber one news site in Canada, Burrows said the HSF has tried according to Stead. I to make the process of applymg for help easy, promising complete confidentiality to all applicants. 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http://ctcetera.huinberc.on.ca January 27, 2005 News Internet pom not a problem among Humber students

No cases reported to cedures are laid out to deal with escorted out of the lab," Naylor penalties are in place provided the would follow the process outlined possible offenders. said. viewing stops, which is generally in the Charter of Student "If people display pornography School policy on this issue what happens. Responsibilities. There have been Public Safety chief (in our public access rooms) and states that, "due to the public If the problem were to persist, no criminal cases stemming ftx)m CYNTHIA REASON one of our monitors sees it, they'll nature of the labs, no viewing the matter would be taken up with possession of pom at Humber. NKWS RKrORTKR ask them to cease and desist. If material of a pornographic or dis- Student Services. "I'm not saying that it doesn't they don't, the monitors will call criminatory nature is allowed." Gary Jeynes, director of Public exist, but none have been report- security and have the person Naylor added that no specific Safety, says that disciplinary action ed," he said. A 21 -year-old Montreal student has pled guilty to charges of child pornography, shattering public College survey underway to measure student satisfaction perception the crime is strictly the domain of "dirty old men." SHERRY BARRETT recently made aware of concerns egories: employer satisfaction, stu- apples to oranges he said. NKWS Rll'l IH1 Kl< Simeon Boudreau confessed to such as the lack of library dent satisfaction, graduate satisfac- Despite a slight drop in all cate- luring young girls, aged 13-15 to resources, class space and qualified tion, graduate placement and grad- gories except graduate employ- his home via online chat rooms The squeaky wheel gets the instructors to teach degree pro- uate employment. ment, Humber Director of and filming himself engaging in grease, or so the storj' goes. grams. "This is old stuff at this point in Institutional Research Peter sexual acts with them. Humber wants students to rate time," VP Academic Michael Dietsche is not too concerned. According to Mark Naylor, their college experience and [Pro- Hatton said. "The decresise is not statistically Humber's chief infonnation offi- Current results are from the significant. On a year-to-year basis gram satisfaction during next "You can't compare cer, it's not that common for stu- week's college performance ques- 02/03 year 2003/04 results there are various issues that influ- dents to get caught viewing tionnaire. George Brown with aren't expected until Apr 1, 2005. ence results. If there are glitches in pornography in school. These questionnaires, called Humber, although To the untrained eye, a a new lab, that has an impact on "I'm not suggesting people don't KPIs (Key F\'rformance Indicators) decrease in KPI percentages at how the students feel about the display it in private, but (in regards arc extra important this year, as everyone does." Humber could make similar col- institution. to) the issues tliat are brought to leges, such as George Brown and "This whole thing is supposed they may or may not confirm a -Mulhul Hiillon, \'P Aidilcinui our attention, it's not that com- slight decrease in Humber's Seneca, look superior to be about holding colleges mon." provincial ranking "It's really not correct to com- accountable," Dietsche said. While Naylor said no anti- The accuracy students pro\ide pare," Hatton said. "You can't com- The questionnaires will be dis- pornography software or tracking KPI results pare George with tributed next to over is important; the results are used to The upcoming may Brown Humber week 300 devices are set up to combat determine college effectiveness. confii-m these pressing i.ssues. college, although eveiyone does." classes. pornography in school's labs, pro- The Board of Governors was KPIs rate the college in five cat- That would be Like comparing

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Every school year Humber students get the privilege of telling tlie admin- istrators who run this college whether we think they're doing a good job or not. We do so with a questionnaire, called the Key Performance Indicators (KPI), which will be handed out to students throughout next week. Humber has fared well in past years, although more recent returns indicate satisfaction with the college is slipping down to the provincial average.

Some college staff have dismissed the waning satisfaction as statistical- ly insignificant.

Be that as it may, we suggest they set aside the questionnaire results, come out of the boardroom and into the crowded classrooms to get a glimpse of what real people are starting to question about this college. Real students and staff with real problems cannot be dismissed as statis- tically insignificant. There are no doubts there're wonderful things about this college. Its programs are strong, its placement rate is good and employer satisfaction is generally high.

But that reported slip in satisfaction, if left unheeded, could quickly become a spiral. real people, real problems

Much of the technology in the college is not integrated, some of it is outdated and students in certain programs find it a daily frustration. Our library has been neglected in the past and needs a strong finan- cial boost to meet expectations. Ask students who pay $400 to park at Queen's Plate (across from Woodbine) in sub-zero weatlier, then have to wait for the north campus shuttle bus how satisfied they are. Ask the same of a student in a class of 35, with only 30 working com- puters. How about students waiting at night in the lonely shelter outside the college limits for the 96 Wilson? And what of those students who have to wait in long line-ups at wash- rooms or the financial aid and registrars' offices. riumber's board of governors was handed some of this information at last Monday's meeting. We just hope they don't dismiss our real prob- lems as statistically insignificant. Plump, round and curvaceous women not Simon Cowell's cup of tea

contestants fat, including calling of culprits responsible for creating size, millions of fans won't love petition two years ago. I guess I Jessica Russell one woman an elephant Women eating disorders and self-esteem them and they won't be 'idol' wor- was wrong about Simon. with great voices were turned problems among young girls. thy. An overweight person can be

away And here 1 was thinking that Simon Cowell is saying unless But wait! I seem to remember the next American Idol... if he has a I've never fallen for the fagade of this show was about singing So female contestants are a certain an obese man who won the com- penis. his character, but Simon Cowell what are the judges looking for? has gone too far this time. He's According to the Oxford dic- playing the role of the jerk that tionary, the word "idol' means an History's mistakes are lessons to be learned everyone loves to hate. He's part of image that is worshipped or a per- agreed to pay formal tribute to tlie 1 million villagers from their the reason millions of people tune son who is admired greatly. I was murder of over 6 million Jews. homes. in every week. what's Peteh Ooooh, wrong, the show clearly stated all Now that our world leaders It may be difficult for younger Simon going to say next? Give me along what it's looking for in con- Armstrong have hoiioured the tragedy, albeit generations to put the full scale of a break! testants: an American image wor- in 60 years later, let's check with the holocaust perspective, but American Idol has always been thy of worship and great admira- the U.N ceremony should be a call The only way to learn from mis- morality Czar Kofi Annan to make problematic for me, creating tion takes is to admit tliey happened, to acknowledge the genocide and sure it doesn't happen again. homogeniz.cd musical acts while If we take Simon's comments learn how they could have been suffering in the world today. disregarding the most important The U.N. Secretary-General and add about 2 million young avoided, and never ibrget the les- However inconvenient, we aspects to being a singer; song- reminded us, and the General female viewers to the show's prem- son. must step away from the safety of writing, creativity and possibly Assembly, that there are still terri- ise, then what do we get? Author Elie Wiesel delivered a our backyards to see the evil in the playing an instrument. But this ble things happening. Since Another show embedding false speech to the United Nations on world. Surely we can find a way to new season has stepped beyond female body images that plague Monday commemorating the 60th February 2003, as many as understand and affect it using his- the show's premise. women with unrealistic beauty anniversar}' of the liberation of 70,000 people have been killed in tory's lessons. During first week tryouts, Mr myths to live up to Auschwitz. The survivor's speedi Darfur, Sudan. Sudanese-backed Cowell called numerous female American Idol to the roster Add marked the first time the U.N. Arab militia have driven out over (See Public Opinion, p.7) HumberEtCetera-

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http://etcetera.huinberc.on.ca January 27, 2005 Opinion

The writing's on the wall Public Soviet troops liberated the Nazi Media's misconceptions on street art death camp in Auschwitz, Poland 60 years ago. What does the Is it someone's teenage brother who's running around with a can anniversary mean to you? Louis Opinion Q Campos of spray paint instead of a gun? It can't only be the so-called thugs posting up tags all over With Val Kilmer's mug being Toronto, other ineinbers of the

"tagged" on to every jiiece of pub- community have a hand in it.

lic space in Ibronto, interest in As of 2001, Toronto police giaffiti is hitting new heights. have reported that less then five Despite giaffiti's progression into per cent of Toronto's gi^affiti is mainstream culture, many people hate-crime related. Another five

in the community still see it as is made up of gang markings.

nothing but an act of vandalism. I These numbers contradict claims

don't dispute that that the majonty of graffiti is relat- When the media decides to ed to violence. enlighten the public with news of Why does the media never Ibronto's graffiti scene, reports include this in their reports? Why

often succumb to the stereotypical am 1 constantly reading about "My jaw just "I don't know "It's an atrocity "I didn't follow assoaation of graffiti with vio- more misconceptions targeting the lence. creative merit of graffiti? Why dropped. That's anything about that will mark up on it much." It rattles my brain to have to must 1 spend another hour of my so sad. It's really it. I'm new to our history for a read stories filled with quotes time bitching to thin air just upsetting." Canada" long time." from ignorant members of the because another person felt he community telling me how safe had to voice his narrow minded they feel because the graffiti has view? been removed. Like I said before I'm not here -Cassie Horan, -Maria Gallardo, -Devin Archdekin, -Cliff Morreau, Sure, they have the right to argue whether graffiti is art, or to 1st year radio 1st year 1st year 3rd year boiler voice their opinion, but making just an illegal act of vandalism. It's broadcasting accounting paramedic apprentice uninformed statements on a sub- both. I'm just here to inform those ject they really have no business out of the loop that we should be talking about is just plain wrong. so lucky to have young artists cre- What boggles my mind even ating free art in the streets of our more is how writers always fail to diverse city. ask these people one important question, why does graffiti instill such fear in the community? I want to know where this fear Interested in reading LCBO hours stifle drinkers comes from and who these people more about fear. graffiti in public spaces? LCBO equivalent, ALCB stores, they'd demand cost-prohibitive Is it the art student lives who the government has saved millions severance packages should privati- see p. 10 street? it Brookes across the Is the girl while enjoying the exorbitant tax zation occur. behind the deli counter Merritt where revenues that make up 75 per cent In B.C., unions have been fight- they buy their meat on weekends? of liquor prices. ing privatization for years and Few things are more frustrating By not privatizing distribution. their industry has suffered. Private, than pulling up to the LCBO two Alberta has prevented competition semi-private and government Human interaction, minutes after it closes When my at the wholesale level Prices sub- stores all exist, creating nothing personal supply runs dry and the sequently remain elevated and are but headaches for consumers. liquor store's closed, nothing can comparable to those in Ontario. The price of liquor will remain quench my thirst. But LCBO officials should be stable regardless of what happens a real necessity in I'm not an alcoholic. I'm an mindful of a change in the prairie - merchants will charge what the Albertan. wind. In the absence of wholesale market will bear. I've been spoiled by a quasi-pn- competition, corporate interests The question for Ontario con- vatized liquor industry where are overtaking community liquor sumers comes dovm to economics. every child's future drunks run wild, visiting local Would you rather support gov- liquor merchants at leisure. In a ernment employees, arguably the

Ung Sunday. I decided to spend province where "government" is a backbone of this province? Or Christina quality time with Robert playing four-letter word, the entrepreneur- "Consumers want would you rather line the pockets Bernardo card games. We talked, we ial spirit of laissez-faire has cheap booze from a of a capitalist big wig living in a spawned innumerable private $2-million home in , drink- laughed and I discovered he had a store that won't be - liquor stores. ing scotch you can't even afford to 1 am blessed as the eldest of three wonderful personality he is real- close their closed when they get children. Being a role model to my ly funny. None would dare sip? brothers, Matthew, 17, and Qiildren, as well as teenagers, doors before midnight. Some are there." Despite a western bias towards free-market enterprise Robert, 13, has taught me the who are too focused on materialis- even open 24-hours. a where importance of family relationships. tic things like video games, need Ontario's finance minister Greg booze and profits flow unencum- Last weekend, Robert was act- such human interaction. Sorbara recently announced that bered by union meddling, the sim- ing like any normal teenager - Spending time with them the province's alcohol sales system stores. What was once a blissful plest way to quench my thirst is cur- for small business is be to extend the hours at selfishly, after my parents asked should be part of our daily lives. needs revamping. A panel marketplace would him to get off the computer. Being God-forbid something will bother rently looking into options to boost feist becoming a feeding ground for the LCBO. pulled-away from Macromedia them one day. Without close ties sales. While reluctant to mention big-budget retailers. Flash MX, he put on a long face to parents and siblings, they're left the word, privatization will no This presents a problem for playing PS2 or the to doubt be discussed. Ontario. As the province employ- and acted as if someone had Internet Your largest civil ser- stolen his toys eliminate their problems. Consumers want cheap booze ing the number of opinion does Robert craves interaction. Sending them to camp and from a store that won't be closed vants, privatization of alcohol sales get there Privatization, would mean redundancies. Being the youngest be diffi- signing them up for sports are when they matter. must , on any level, could offer that. Privatization reduces govern- cult for him: with me busy pub- great sodal outlets. Peer-to-peer Well, you think it cost. mistake - lishing a section of a college news- interaction is very important. But also ushers in a host of ment Make no Beer Store staff are well it does. paper and Matthew busy with his Using the excuse of not having questions, the most troublesome LCBO and to compensated. If Ontario were to part-time job, friends and school. enough time m the day to spend being how "much" open the I market. sell off its liquor stores they would With my mom working two at least 30 minutes with our chil- Please contact the news room at dren is pathetic It should be Alberta liquor is privatized only dramatically reduce operational part-time jobs and my dad work- (416)675-6622 ext. 4514 or addressed as soon as possible at the point of sale. The Alberta costs. ing full-time, Robert's only friend email us at because children are our future. Liquor Control Board is the sole But employees remain well pro- is the computer. [email protected] distributor all in the tected. Their union is one of the Taking the role as the older sib- We must love and cherish every for the booze moment with them. province. By doing away with their largest in Canada and you can bet

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8 January 27, 2005 In Focus Exploring personal freedoms... TTC's TV screens invade our ride

ANNETTE VELHO-PEREIRA place 32 screens on an eight car IN l(l( US RKPDRTKR subway, with four screens per car They will be up for three to four The Toronto Transit Commission months pending positive feedback has officially plugged in to the ben- from commuters. efits of television advertising. TTC spokesperson Marilyn Last week, the TTC launched a Bolton said so far the feedback has positive and really pilot project that seeks to place tel- been people like the evision screens in all subway cars new screen. She believes and platforms. Signing a seven the wait time will go faster with the year advertising contract with screens "There are moments Viacom Outdoor worth $93.5 mil- when to be distracted is positive. lion, the transit system will make a Anjihing to fill the vacancy is minimum profit of $750,000 over good." "1 seven years, said Grant Waddell, was standing watching the advertising manager for the ITC. TV on my way to work," said The fu-st 40- Humber College inch colour tele- journalism stu- vision was dent Laura "The TTC is installed at Bloor Thompson. "The commercializing all Station and the picture looked TTC plans to public space." good but the dis- install 139 more -Dave Mesliii, Toronto Public play seemed a little heavy on screens through- Space Committee the ads. out its subways. The new But not all screen replaces Torontonians are in favour of this addition. the red electronic Metron screen is new Meslin, coordinator of currently in all stations. Dave Toronto Public Space Committee, "(Metron) is a pretty antiquated PlhkKK I.AI HAINK said the is literally in system," Waddell said. "The televi- ITC wrapped Creative Director of Spacing magazine, Matt Blackett, is a new addition to joumalism fac- Number's advertising sions vfiil be set to CP24, and will ulty. Spacing encourages people to take back their rights within their public spaces. provide news, weather, TTC com- "We are offended by it: the mercials and ITC information." TTC is commercializing all public space," The TVs will not have any sound and not affect commuters According to Meslin's calcula- tions, the riders will save 0.03 Humber makes room who prefer a quiet ride. only However, there are some cents each ride from profits from exceptions. the screens. To reach this figure, he divided the TTC's million "One of the segments (on tlie 400 for Spacing magazine TV) would be override systems rides per year by the $750,000 ad such as Amber Alerts (for missing revenue. Meslin is concerned is PIERRE LACHAINE children) and the broadcast of the TTC The first issue of the magazine interests are not in the interests of IN IIK US RKfllRTKR 7TC delays. That would be the not looking for public debate over was bom after the Ibronto Public the public. only audio component," Waddell the screens. "If they really wanted Space Committee successfully partic- "We're unaware of how input, have The bright lights and flashing said, noting "they might have auto- they would put up fought city hall's proposed ban on ipatory democracy can be in this video screens of Dundas Square mated station stop announce- signs in the stations saying 'We are public postering. city. People don't know how to get are often viewed as a spin-off of ments." thinking of putting up video "There's so commercial much involved." screens, what do you think?' Public New York chic in Toronto. The project is still in its test expression m the public realm He says people are afraid spaces are the one area that should Yet Matthew Blackett sees this stages. "We have to make sure right now and ver}' little communi- activism will take up too much be sacred from commercialization" £is big business hijacking the pub- that they do not hamper TTC com- ty expression" time, don't that or they know the Meslin said. "They (TTC) are auc- lic's right to public space. mumcations," he said. He said the city was missing the municipal government has com- tioning il all off" "Dundas Square is a lightning Startmg in May, the TTC will point. mittees that anyone can join. rod for criticism," says the creative Spacing has since grown into a "With the magazine, people can director for Spacing magazine. broad "celebration and critique of feel like they're part of something. "And it's continually getting Toronto's urban landscape We're becoming respected for worse." Each issue has a different what we're doing," he says, "not Blackett is a former Humber theme, from postering to pedestri- just as an advocacy group, but as a joumalism student and current fac- anism. magazine that's putting out good ulty member, teaching the post "We're not here to debate writing." graduate joumalism class. whether commercialization is good Blackett also does freelance After graduating from Humber, or bad to our public space," he graphic design and lends his pro- he spent Five years at The Hockey says. "We've already come to that duction and design skills to help News before realizing he wanted to conclusion. Now we're talking ensure the Humber post-graduate be more than a minor player in a about what we can do." major corporation. magazines look good. He wants the magazine to They are in skilled hands too. Spacing magazine is a unique open people's eyes about public mix of activism and joumalism, Spacing recently won an Applied space. asking the question "whose space Arts design award for best single "The public should have a lot of issue design is public space?" Their answer is, access to public space and they not surprisingly, the public's. The next issue is based around should have a say in how it is "A public space is the last place the "past and future of Toronto's used." we should be making willy-nilly public spaces - the city that could Blackett hopes Spacing will decisions about the environment, have been and the dty that could make people get involved in pro- commercialization, who owns it gressive politics Eind help them be" and is due out by the begin- and who has a right to it," he says. understand that most commercial ning of May January 27, 2005 In Focus

• • • and rights within 'public space' Mobile ads polluting the Toronto streets FAZEENA SAMAD trucks reaches,cn( about 209,000 to mobile advertising in Toronto. IS KUCLS KKI'llHIKR people a day in the GTA. According to STOP Mobile "The target area varies from Advertising, an online organization client to client. Usually they are operated by Allison Martell, Mobile billboards are the newest placed in areas where there is a mobile billboards "contribute to breed of advertisements taking high population density," Wali gndlock. They also use up fossil over Toronto streets. explained. fuels, pollute the air and contribute "More and more companies are Motomedia says mobile adver- to global warming, while further using mobile advertisements tising IS beneficial to companies saturating our dties with advertis- because it's a cost effective way of because it uses graphics that ing." reaching potential customers," said appear without warning, unlike a Wali disagrees. "The trucks are Ray Wali, managing director of static display that is always in the specialized vehicles that use Mango Moose . same place. biodiesel fuel, which is environ- "It is also popular because the Mobile advertising has come mentally friendly. They are more impact is there. You have to notice under attack for the very reasons environmentally friendly than it." that make it popular with compa- SUVs." Trucks sporting huge billboards nies. WISE Energy Co-op stated that are driven around the dty with the In June 2003, Vancouver's dty in both its pure and blended forms, sole purpose of trying to sell prod- coundl denied Motomedia's biodiesel reduces the emissions of ucts. request to operate their trucks £iir toxins. They give companies the because of environmental con- However biodiesel was not yet opportunity to capture people's cerns. available in Vancouver at the time attention in a variety of locations "It adds traffic congestion, pol- that Motomedia's request to oper- in one day. lution and greenhouse gasses for ate was denied. But Vancouver City A brief Internet search revealed no real public benefit, espedally Coundl maintained that, "the theo- ( ,\MH<(I\ AINSWC Jinil \'IN(/I- companies pay about $600 a day where there are many other forms ry behind delivery of a high impact Guerilla gardeners preserve green spaces and decorate the to have their ads driven on spedal of advertising," said Tom Hammel, media campaign necessitates plan- concrete landscape with nature as a form of green activism. routes. civil engineer for the City of ning routes with high traffic vol- Motomedia, a company that Vancouver umes, thus contributing to vehicle offers mobile advertising in There is also growing resistance congestion and pollution." Vandalizing our Canada, estimates that one of its Bylaw butts out streets with green public smoking CAMERON AINSWORTH-VINCZE food and creating habitats for IN HiCLS KKI'DRIKU species such as birds and even our- JACQUIE FIGUEIREDO selves," he said IN KOCL'.S RKI'llRlKU A new type of spedes is leaving its Yet their acts are illegal and Ontario smokers will soon find themselves left out in mark on Toronto's pari