Steady, Aim, Fire

A $38-MILLION PROPOSAL ALLOWS FOR MORE PROGRAMS, STUDENTS. STAFF AND EQUIPMENT DC exp ansion se t to BY DEBBIE BOURKE Chronicle staff_________________________ "It's the second mega-expansion of this college in upgrade the facilities at the Whitby campus. And. less than a decade because we had a $20-miTlion Durham College's industry partners will contribute The largest expansion In the history of Durham expansion about seven years ago - mostly in $10 million for technical lab equipment, software, College Is set to go as a result of the government's Whitby." consulting services and curriculum development. $742-million commitment to four post-secondary The largest expansion in this four-part proposal is "The funds will allow for more programs, more schools in Ontario. a new' 107,000-sq. ft. building, to be located on the students, more staff, more equipment, more labs, A OS-million proposal detailing future enrolment Oshawa campus, which will house the more shops . more, more, more," said Polonsky. pressures and the need for an automated manufac- Manufacturing and Information Technology "Most colleges will have Iiad no mega-expansion turing and information technology training centre Training Centre and include extra learning space for during the decade, so we have to be humble for the was to be sent to the Ministry of Training/Colleges Durham College and the University Centre at support that our government has shown," said and Universities in September. Durham. This project would cost $30.2 million. Polonsky; Gary Polonsky, president of Durham College, said The proposal includes $3.2 million in upgrades at "As is very clear, this government has confidence Durham will be getting money from the government the Oshawa campus to improve some older areas of in this college and I credit my colleagues and stu- and it's going to be significant. the college, build a new communications centre and dents." "We are trying to nail down two details - exactly entranceway, create larger classrooms, improve heat- Durham College, the University of Toronto, the how much and exactly when - and this proposal is ing and cooling systems, and expand and upgrade all University of Waterloo and McMaster University intended to trigger a decision from the government computer stations and networks. were promised funding in the May 4 budget speech. to'those two questions," said Polonsky. The proposal requests $4.6 million to expand and A winning DC gives baseball team students Lords win silver medal Page 31 bursaries BY MEL1SSA CLEMENTS Chronicle staff For those students who are not eligible for OSAP there may be other forms of financial assistance available. Durham College gives out bursaries to students every January, March, and May. Students may get an applica- tion for these bursaries one P. 6 month before they are dis- Hang a shirt: bursed from the Student Support Services in room convey a message B205. The school has a budget of $740,000 for bursaries this year. The amount given to students varies according to individual circumstances. Photo by Les Under "Financial aid officers will WEAPONS TRAINING: Police Foundations and Law and Security students spend a discuss bursaries and student's day training in police tactics, weapons training and teamwork. individual financial circumstances," said Margaret Greenley of Student Services. The student support services has a list of external bur- Steady, aim, fire . saries that are available to students throughout the year. "There is money available BY LES UNDER Ed Judd, professor of they were given a 20-minute R IO that students may not be Chronicle staff Police Foundations, said the demonstration by staff at Baring All aware of," said Greenley. Dodging enemy fire and students were not there just RLD Games on how to oper- External bursaries are spon- trudging through a dense to have fun and a day off ate .the weapons to avoid for education sored by universities, colleges, forest while trying to break from class, but to learn cru- accidental firing or jamming. government agencies, private through the enemy's line of cial skills that every police Teams were broken up organizations, ousinesses, and defence is not a typical way officer needs to know. into four groups: red, yellow, individuals. to spend a day learning and "The most important purple, and white. Each team There is a web site that developing new skills at col- things I feel these students averaged 30 students and helps students find bursaries lege, for most students. will learn are team building, one commander who was a that they may be eligible for: But that wasn't the case respect and proper use of professor in the program. www. studentawards.com lists for students in Police firearms, discipline and how Yellow, team consisted of all thousands of scholarships, Foundations and Law and to follow orders, and tactical second-year Police bursaries, grants, and fellow- Security. training," said Judd. Foundations students, while ships available for students. On Sept. 20, 124 first, sec- He stressed the impor- all other teams were first- The web site offers free ond, and third-year students tance of following orders and year students. instant access, free search, and from Police Foundations and warned his team of crucial The teams played a round- free automatic matching to Law and Security went to errors they could make by robin tournament of capture help students find awards suit- RLD Games paintball in not following those orders. the flag in a large wooded able for them. The web site Oshawa to receive training Before students were area with obstacles such as also offers free updates on bur- in weapons safety, tactics, issued a paintball gun or fallen trees and creeks. Edwin rocks saries available that meet stu- and-teamwork. allowed on the playing field. See Paintball pg. 2 E.P. Taylor's dents criteria, through e-mail. SSi&S^^iWjSSSiSt'SilSSSw 2 THE CHRONICLE September 28, 1999 WJSS NEWS DC 2:ets four new p rograms BY PANNIE SUNSHINE might have been less concen- fused once they are there. Chronicle staff tration on the arts," she said. They don't know how to man- "Students might not have age data base. That's what Four new programs liavc explored the creative side. we'll be teaching them." been added to Durham This program lielps them to "The program uses different College this year. do it." computer platforms - it has Financial Planning is in its Scott said there are a num- design, it .has everything in Pholo by Los Undar first year at the college, and ber of reasons why the college there," she said. a already it seems to be a suc- is running the program. "Whatever you learn in the ABOVE: The Police Foundations students enjoy cess. "If you're interested in a career classroom is applied knowl- day at RLO Games in Oshawa. "There is a high enrolment in design, or fine arts, or in edge." for the first year - 32 to 33 interior design, or if you want The Dental Hygiene pro- people. We expected 25," said to be an artist, there is a course gram has been extended to Students flex r,Judy Moretton, director of in the program that will go two years. Business Administration. through all the different "The decision was made "The program has a basic careers in arts and design, how because Ontario was the only business component - eco- do you get' there, what talents province left in Canada that nomics, accounting, business do you need, how much had the concept of having a their aggressive communications, marketing money are you going to make. Dental Assisting certificate, and math," she said. "We And we also help them to and then applying to come started advertising to the high develop a portfolio." back to the hygiemst as a sec- schools last November, and Since artists usually create ond year," Karen Underwood, muscles received ministry approval in for themselves, this program Coordinator of Dental pro- May." will help them to come out of grams, said Moretton said there is a their shell, Scott said. "The students in the one- tremendous demand, and The second program added year hygiene program find it Continued From Pg. 1 "They knew the course a next year they plan to double to the Design and very stressful, very condensed. Any student hit by a paint- lot better than we did, since it. Communication Arts division Having a two-year program, ball was out for the rest of the they played here last year," Two programs in tlie Design is Web Developer, a two-year they won't have to take sub- game. said Robson. and Communications Arts diploma program. jects that are applicable to the In the first game, yellow "They also had a lot of division are also new this year. The program looks at dental assisting profession, so team was pitted against red cover near their flag, and we Foundations in Arts and designing and creating for the it really does separate the pro- team, while purple team had a large open area near our Design, a one-year certificate web, Scott said. fessions a little better, " she played against white team. flag, making it easier to cap- procram, exceeded enrolment. "A lot of people think that said. Judd, commander of yellow ture." "We expected 30 students, if they go out and buy a piece The students in the two- team, huddled with his squad Scan Sitaram. a third-year we have 38," said Margaret of software they can go and year program will finish class- and laid down the strategy.

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