For Humber ANDREW PALAMARCHUK from 1992 Skiing Champion Staff Writer Tanya Clarke
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Vol. 27 No. 21 Humber College's Student Newspaper March 2, 1995 Spikingbne for Humber ANDREW PALAMARCHUK from 1992 skiing champion Staff Writer Tanya Clarke. Clarke, who also represented Canada at the 1992 Albertville Humber Hawk Christine Winter Olympics, outlined her Rudics took home two Ontario steps to success. Colleges Athletic Association "First, you have to set your awards Friday night at a semi- goals," Clarke told the crowd formal banquet held at the made up of mainly athletes com- Peterborough Holiday Inn. peting in the OCAA's Women's A first-year Arts & Sciences Volleyball Championships. student, Rudics was honored "The most important thing I with the OCCA's League All-Star learned is to stick to something and League Scoring Champion and never give up," said Clarke. awards. Hawk Nicole Nightingale said RudKS^^^^m i^njtjronze at she thought the speech was fhe townarrient held last week- interesting. end. "I realized that the things Dave Rudics, 21, said she didn't (head coach) said are true," said expect to win any awards since Nightingale. she is a rookie. "I wish I had heard her "It was a surprise," she said. (Clarke) in January, in the mid- "I feel happy. I feel really dle of the season, because I think honored," Rudics said. "I'm glad then I could have used the moti- to be representing Humber," vation," said Nightingale. During closing ceremonies Saturday afternoon, Rudics alsp_ won .the Cha mpionship Tournament All-Star award for her excellent play in the tourna- ment. Rudics has been playing vol- leyball for eight years. Her vol- leyball success is not only credit- ed to her past achievements in the sport but to her height as well. Rudics stands 6'2" tall. Rudics hopes to one day play for the provincial team in the Canadian volleyball nationals and pursue a career in oi|tdoor recreation. During the banquet, the SETTING UP A POWER PLAY... Humber Hawks volleyball player Christine Rudics displays crowd of approximately 100 WAY TO GO... Rudics says people heard a motivational tiie skills that won her the OCAA's League All-Star and League Scoring Champion Awards. she was happy about her win. speech on how to be your best PHOTO BY JILL ROBERTSON PHOTO BY ANDREW PALAMARCHUK Public Relations students reach out :MIM HEAD TO HEAD... to support Lesbian Gay Bi Youtli Should male guards be allowed in female DAVID MILLAN Over 30,000 calls to the choice of the charity a difficult and forth on supporting this ... correctional institutions? Staff Writer Youth line went unanswered in one for the PR students. We werci' putting ourselves In a the first six months of operation Denise Stiller, events co-ordi- position where we didn't know Pages due to lack of resources, accord- nator of the campaign said, "In the gay community," Hill said. Lakeshore Public Relations ing to campaign figures. terms of our class ... we did have In spite of a lack of connec' ENTERTAINMENT... students have surprised many Youth line co-ordinator Tim a lot of trouble deciding (on the tions, the students managed to people by raising more than Guimond was surprised PR stu- Youth line over other charities]." put together a week^Iong series Tommy opens at the $13,000 for the Lesbian Gay Bi dents chose to The final deci- of events, many of which were Youth line in a week-long cam- support the sexu- sion came off campus in the center of the Elgin Theatre for a first paign. al issue-oriented through a vote. gay community in Toronto. performance March 1. As part of their class mark, line. Stiller said the Among the many events was certificate PR students must run a "(It) kind of deciding factor an evening of entertainment Page 13 " charitable campaign with the aim blew our minds, was the students which included a drag show at of raising $10,000. The PR stu- said Guimond could make the Tallulah's Cabaret. SPORTS... dents chose the Youth line from from the Youth biggest differ- "For many of us it was the first a short list of three charities. line office. "I ence for a smalj time we'd seen a drag show ... it Humber's women's The Youth line is a charity think it was a charity. was fun," said Hill. aimed at offering support for gay, brave move." "We found Although the campaign was volleyball team brings lesbian and bi-sexual youth. The strong the Youth line extremely successful off-campus, home the bronze. According to recent research, emotional reaction most in need for the PR students did find mixed homosexual youth have a two to of many people to money," said Stiller. reactions on school grounds. Page 16 three times higher incidence of the issue of homosexuality and Chair of the campaign, Kathy "There was some resistance attempted suicide than other the students' unfamiliarity with Hill agreed. young people. the gay community made the "A lot of people were back PlCASC act 'RMMUUtBI...' BACK l>MC " " " " " 4 |131!?iilS I ' i J Humber Et CeteraTilarch.2»:t99S ; , 1 New^s EDITORS: Lesley Allen and Andrew Parsons 675-3111 ext. 451 Concourse designed Appreciation week landscape students by held for Humberts MARCO TARANTINO & designing for the concourse,' said Kameka. SEAN BALLANTYNE "After we went through the design process, which was part of the class, Harry Chang Staff Writers (the landscape design coordinator) and our Support Staff Great gazebos, the landscape students design teacher got together and they decid- are at it again. ed which design would go. year that has gotten a lot of response Every year since the early 70s, students Mark Berardo, Students' Association OEANNA HUGHES along with a "Team up with your of the Landscape Technology program Council president, said these displays Staff Writer Manager" breakfast. have worked at turning the Humber con- improve the college's image. "This is While the rest of Humber College Ruth McLean said the appreciation course into a garden display. This year's another project that Humber College enjoys March break. Support Staff will week is held during March Break edition will include two gazebos, a pond strives towards, and that's the practical remain and attend seminars as part of because that's when there are the most and a waterfall. side... unlike in university where you have .their Support Staff Appreciation Week. available classrooms. Anna Melham, a Landscape Tech stu- a lot more of the theoretical work, Humber :; i:AlthpUghl Support Staff President "Things are a little quieter and they dent, said this display is meant to show strives to show and also have the actual ' Ireha Di Rito'dOesn'fjhave any statistics (support staff) can sometimes get away what the landscape students can do. "This student involved in the project. ." Ishe said response to the scheduled ses- from their office." is experience for us," she said. "Most of us Berardo fondly remembers previous dis- sions isTower compared to previous haven't had experience doing any of this plays, and wishes they could stay up McLean said there are nine different years, yet... and we get some work with wood longer. "We have asked many times, us sessions through the week including a .."Previous to this "Together, Side and we have stone masons come in and being Student Council, if it could stay up year »t w&» very vv?U show us how to use stone properly. an extra month... but a part of their course by Side" Job attended.,; Bxc^llent As the support staff work The display is constructed for the is also the breakdown, the cleanup and a Shadow attendance," said Di Experience and Ontario Parks Conference, and will be few other practical exercises. That is the and change their work Rito. evaluated during the March break. The dis- reason why after March break they go a session on She said the sup- it play will be used to evaluate the students ahead and take it down." habits... affects what how to work port staff advisory progress and counts as part of their grade. The project will remain standing for a happens to students." with different Landscape instructor, Harry Chang, week after the March break. committee is unsure computer appli- chuckled as he reserved comment on why the response is RUTH MCLEAN cations in win- whether they were on schedule, "it's low this year. She dows. always very difficult at this stage of the said support staff may be saying, "if you "Students can get involved by can only do so many seminars, they game to tell, it always looks as if we will encouraging support staff to become want to do something a little different. never finish, but in the last two days or so it involved," said McLean. "As the support Di Rito said the committee of about all suddenly falls into place. staff work and change their work Approximately 25-30 students will work 15 members is thinking of doing a sur- habits... it affects what happens to stu- on the display during the week. Chang said vey of the support staff to find out what dents. It affects how fast students get he expects to have the display finished new ideas they would like to see during registered. It affects whether you (stu- within 10 days. the future support staff appreciation dents) get information." Some students may remember such dis- week. In the meantime she said they will The appreciation week for about 450 plays in recent years. Unlike previous dis- encourage support staff to attend this of number's support staff has been put plays which were designed by faculty, this year.