Bringin' Home the Hardware
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VOLUME XXXIV, Issue 17 April , Batchelor hangs up his jersey Songswriters showcase talents Story on page 44 Story on Page 41 Bringin’ home the hardware fi nished his career with 1,524 points in four years with the Durham Lords. Athletes He won team MVP, leading the team in points per game and free throws, also leading them to the playoff s. Th e Lords lost in the fi rst honoured at game of the playoff s, but Batchelor’s legacy will remain. Th e awards did not stop there for Batche- sports banquet lor. He was named to the CCAA all-Canadian team and he was also a nominee for CCAA athlete of the year. By Ryan Joseph “ I would like to say thank you to my team- Chronicle Staff mates, my coaches, and my mom. Th ey are Katie Szeghalmi and Anthony Batchelor my family,” said Batchelor after he received capped off their collegiate soccer and bas- the athlete of the year award. ketball seasons respectively April 4 winning He fi nished his basketball career with 506 team MVP, and athlete of the year honours. made fi eld goals, 117 three-point baskets, 395 Szeghalmi helped lead the free throws made, 20.8 points per game and Durham Lords women’s soc- 1,524 points. Batchelor was also cer team to an undefeated I would like to the fi rst player to ever eclipse season and the school’s fi rst say‘ thank you to the 1,500-point mark. national medal. my teammates, Batchelor told the Chronicle Along with leading the in February when he broke the team in scoring she was my coaches, and all- time record for points he named national player of my mom. They was tearing up when shoot- the year for the OCAA and ing the record -breaking free are my family. CCAA, MVP for the OCCA throws. championship, and she was ’ Previous awards and also named to OCAA and Anthony Batchelor achievement he had over his CCAA all-star teams. basketball career are winning Other awards that she won are OCAA athlete of they year twice, team MVP all four league and regional award, along with be- years of his career, scoring champion for ing named the best women’s soccer player in 2006-07 season, OCAA fi rst team all-star four Canada. Szeghalmi also won the Bert Dejeet times, leadership award for 2006-07, rookie Memorial Scholastic Award for having a 4.60 of the year for the 2004-05 season, and he GPA. was also team captain. Batchelor also joins For Batchelor it all started on Feb. 8 when Bill Crowdis as the only player to win athlete he became the all-time scoring leader in of the year twice in career, Crowdis won the OCAA history, making three straight free award in 1982 and 1984. throws. Batchelor surpassed Emilio Rocca of “ Four years ago we did not know what we Photo by Al Fournier Fanshawe College, who set the previous re- were expecting from Batchelor,” said Athletic ATHLETES OF THE YEAR: Anthony Batchelor and Katie Szeghalmi cord of 1,434 career points in 1986. Batchelor Director Ken Babcock.w were rewarded for their display of athletic skill this past year. Whitby is movin’ on up Textbooks just got of 40,000 square feet that she is lion towards apprenticeship Budget to excited to present to the govern- training that will benefi t the 17 ment. apprenticeship programs at the a whole lot lighter According to Myers, the ex- DCSTC. pansion will add capacity to An additional $45 million dent will receive $300 annually. help DC launch an exciting new focus toward equipment renewal By Melissa Bies Chaz Smith is an Accounting on energy on the campus. New will help ensure state-of-the-art Chronicle Staff student at Durham College who By Melissa Bies programs in the areas of energy equipment is used for technical was pleased to fi nd out about the Chronicle Staff conservation, technology and training, Students will fi nally get a break government giving this extra help repair will be focused around an And $355 million is going on textbooks starting in Septem- to students. Th e 2008 provincial budget energy retrofi t of the building, so towards a Second Career Strat- ber thanks to a new grant from the “I feel that this grant will help has a focus on skilled trades that students will be able to learn egy – a plan focused on getting Ontario government. me out a lot along with many oth- training and development, and about these new technologies unemployed workers training Th e 2008 Ontario budget, re- er students that are struggling to that in turn means big plans for through working and learning for long-term employment in leased Tuesday, March 25, in- get their college paid for,” he said. the Durham College Skills Train- hands-on, much like all of the the skilled workforce, especially cludes a few new initiatives to Durham College President ing Centre (DCSTC) at its Whit- other programs off ered at the in the automotive, construction make the cost of post-secondary Leah Myers is also happy the prov- by campus. DCSTC. and environmental industries, education more aff ordable. ince has announced the grant, be- Th e province is putting $1.5 Myers is taking a proactive which are all focuses of training One of the most signifi cant cause textbooks are often a hefty billion a new initiative called the approach with this proposal for at the DCSTC. budget handouts for every uni- cost for students at the start of the Skills to Jobs Action Plan. Part of both the environment and the Myers said she has brought up versity and college student is the school year, and it is an expense that plan includes a $200 million workforce. the importance of skilled train- Textbook and Technology Grant. often forgotten about after tuition Strategic Skills Training capital “Th ere are new careers in en- ing with the province before, but Th e province is investing $385 and living expenses. investment to support the ex- ergy all the time,” she said, noting wasn’t expecting such big plans million over three years to helping “Th is grant will make a signifi - pansion of skill centres such as the importance of training for to- when she attended the budget students with the cost of purchas- cant impact because those are real the Whitby campus. morrow’s jobs. announcement by Finance Min- ing textbooks. dollars for students,” Myers said. Durham College President Th ere are a couple of other ister Dwight Duncan at Queen’s What this means for the 550,000 Th e budget also includes a new Leah Myers said there is no word important dividends for the park at the end of March. students who are going to benefi t Distance Grant, $27 million over yet on how that money will be Whitby campus in the Skills to “Th is budget is being called from the program is $150 each this three years, to assist with trans- portioned, but the college has a Jobs Action plan, too. ‘Th e Skills Budget,’” she said. September, $225 next September, portation costs for students from proposal for an expansion plan Th e fi rst includes $75 mil- “And I like that.” and in subsequent years, once the rural and remote areas attending program is fully in place, every stu- college and university. 2 The Chronicle April 15, 2008 CAMPUS NEWS Extra, extra: Juried art show Pangaea dances to DC’s duelling Durham By Corey MacLean newspapers Chronicle Staff Th e traditional culture dances from all over the world lit up the “It’s a lot of hard work,” said Athletic Centre at the Pangaea fes- England, who works more than 40 By Edith Zikmann tival on March 27, as a part of cam- Chronicle Staff hours a week for $28,000 a year. pus Diversity Week. She hopes to support students “We do represent cultures from Th ere’s going to be a new school not only through the new campus all over the world on our campus,” paper on campus starting this newspaper, but also by advocating says Pangaea coordinator Nicole September and all students will be student rights. Sarvaria. able to contribute to it regardless “Th e SA is in the process of Sarvaria says the goal of the fes- of their program. fi ghting the new student housing tival is to create more awareness Created by newly-elected Stu- bylaw. Th e outgoing president, on campus and give a taste of dif- dent Association president Amy Fraser McArthur, fi led a complaint ferent cultures. England, the newspaper will be to the Human Rights Commis- Th e festival is a way of creating student-driven in every aspect in- sion.” unity between cultures, said assis- cluding its name. Th e bylaw is the fi rst of its kind tant coordinator Nicole Mastnak. Students will vote on a name in Ontario and only aff ects homes Mastnak says that people’s dif- through an online poll in early surrounding the campus. It threat- ferences should be used as glue to September. ens to leave hundreds of students bring them closer together. Th e SA will fund the paper without a place to stay next Sep- “We want to show other cul- and England will be the editor-in- tember by requiring landlords to tures to people to show what their chief. obtain a licence and limiting the diff erent dances are,” says dancer “Most universities and colleges number of rooms they can rent.