All-candidates debate hosted at UOIT It^s time to vote! Election 2006 Page 6-7 P. 8 Rink Recreation Arena to expand over time P. 13 Photo by Dian-i Greenhorn AIDS in Africa GRILLING TIME; Voters had their chance to ask questions at the public debate held at UOIT on Jan. 12. More people infected Candidates running for the Whitby-Oshawa riding were (seated, from left): Conservative Jim Flaherty, Libertarian Marty Gobin, Green Ajay Krishnan, Liberal Judi Longtield and NDP Maret Sadem-Thompson. Parties give hope to students By Derek Giberson 50/50 I'lan, which would decrease be able to focus on their studies, for post-secondary education, wliile and Blake Wolfe the financial burden on students by rather than ihcir finances. scrapping $'(.6 billion in lax cuts to Chronicle Staff cutting (heir tuition f' us in half for The program would begin in the corporations. (lie first and last years of a post-sec- 2007-'08 school year. According to Sid Ilyan, NDP can- ondary program. However, (lie NDP said tliat (lie didate in (lie Oshawa riding, his Campaign promises of more "It's what we need to liclp stu- Liberal record on post-secondary party lias proposed $4 billion in its P. 2 investment in post-secondary edu- dents," said Judi Longfield, Liberal education is unreliable. budget for post-secondary educa- DC Energy cation have been rolling in as the incumbent for the riding of Whitby- Last April's federal budget saw tion, to reduce tuition fees and debt federal election heads into the Oshawa. (lie NDP pushing for amendments size in order to increase enrolment Energy costs down liome stretch. "The first year is always the in post-secondary education fund- at Canada's universities and col- during A day before visiting Whitby ear- toughest to raise (lie dollars," she ing as part of an agreement to prop leges. lier this month Prime Minister Paul said, adding that the last year is also up tlie Liberal minority's budget. expansion Martin presented the Liberal party's a critical year when students should The agreement secured S1.5 billion See Conservatives, page 7 Is it time to leave the pack behind? By Lisa Power and will provide two jobs; campus Chronicle Staff program co-ordinator and web designer. It also needs a team of Find out More than 45,000 Canadians volunteers. Training will be provid- will die prematurely this year due ed. to tobacco use - at least 1,000 of Fawcctt said the training them will be non-smokers, accord- includes showing volunteers how where ing to Health Canada. to approach people in a gentle way, Matthew Fawcctt, vice-presi- so they know they aren't being crit- dent of UOIT for the Student icized for smoking. He will work Association and Adam Thorn, his with trainers from the LTPB to vote college counterpart, are working Central Office at Brock University, towards a smoke-free campus where LTPB began, to train (lie By Diana Greenhorn through a non-smoking campaign. team for the UOIT campus. Chronicle Staff________ Leave The Pack Behind is a pro- Fawcctt plans on allocating gram designed to help people quit some funding to start up the pro- Unsure of where to go on smoking and prevent non-smokers gram in co-ordination witli student voting day? Log onto and ex-smokers from starting, health services. www.clections.ca to find (lie An assessment form was used Hopefully, the SA will receive polling station near you. Don't to determine (lie need for a pro- government funding by summer, have access to a computer? gram like this on campus. It sur- 2006, so Fawcctt and Thorn can Call for automated service at veys characteristics using ques- hire the campus program co-ordi- l-uOO-463-6860. tions such as; I low many students nator and web designer. The group For those living on rez, you are on campus? Arc there any will meet in the fall of 2006 and will be voting in the Whitby- smoke-free areas? Is smoking plan events for January 2007. Oshawa riding. The polling allowed in residence? station is located at the The program is funded by the Photo by Lisa Power Oshawa & District Shrine Ontario government (Smoke-free See Non-smoking page 2 TO QUIT OR NOT TO QUIT: "I'm not quitting," said Club, 1626 Simcoc St. N. Ontario) and by Health Canada second-year Advertising student Mike Devine. 2 THE CHRONICLE JANUARY 17, 2006 T^IMPUSw^vs D urham Region Transit operating By Meghan Read Chronicle Staff So if tliose times work out, it's cheaper," lie said. By paying one fare, riders are Regular riders of public transit able to transfer buses anywhere throughout Durliiiin Region will within the region, including GO notice that (lie system is operating Transit. inuler a new name, litit how is tills One issue tliat students may not affecting the commute to Durham lie aware of is that money is very College? liglil in transit, McMaster said. On Jan. 1 Ajax-l'ickering.Whitby, A new bus costs about half a mil- Oshawa anil Clarington Transit lion dollars. merged their bus systems to form 'I hey are meant to last 12 years, Durham Region Transit. lull some are being forced to last 17- )iin McMasler represents both 111 years. UOrr and Durham College in all "They cost about $17 an hour to issues of public transit. operate," said McMaster. "It hasn't actually changed any- "Transit never makes money. thing from a scheduling point of Transit always loses money. You're view or a busing point of view, lint it lucky lo regain 50 per cent of what it will in (he long run," said McM.isiei. costs 10 run out of (lie fare box." "In (lie short term, however, all 'I lie administration of local tran- llial's going to change are llir bus sit rests witli each municipality, names." where it iniisl compete for funds And while few changes li.ivr with oilier essential services such as immediately liappened, McM.isii'i lire, police and emergency medical added that tliere have been some services. Photo by Meghan Read positive improvements for students "Transit's existence is very wlio use public transit. ALL ABOARD: Durham College student Jody Wierzbicki rides the new Durham dependent on funding from upper "The one tiling that lias liap- Region Transit that went into effect on Jan. 1. levels, whether it he provincial, or pened that's a real positive is the fedenil," McMaster said. cost lias gone down," lie said. munilies were forced to raise fares, lliat some students can take advan- (lie unrestricted pass, which allows "Now Durham Region Transit Single ticket student lares wliile otiiers lowered them. tage of is a restricted student pass, students to ride all day for S(i7.50, can go to larger levels of govern- throughout llie region are now $2. Oshawa, for example, liad to raise which is only restricted by (lie "(With a restricted pass) you can ment and say we represent almost To maintain price consistency its fare from S 1.75. McMaster added times. A restricted monthly student ride from six In the morning to 200 buses, and almost 600,000 peo- throughout (lie region some corn- tliat one tiling they have introduced pass is available for S5R.25, versus seven at night, Monday to Friday. ple. We need some help here." C ampus keep s energy costs down By Lindsey Evanoff for both schools arc in the tens of the initial stages cost a bit more, but Chronicle Staff millions, so energy takes only a (lie payback is well worth it," Aprile small per cent. said. "Even tliough tlic numbers may For example, (lie windows in (lie Energy efficient measures in seem quite high, we've put certain new buildings have glass that is place at Durham College and UOIT measures in place," lie said, adding three times thicker than the mini- are keeping costs down while facil- (hat a building automation system mum building standards. ities expand. controls all conditions such as Aprile noted that because of ini- "In terms of our energy efficien- heat, air conditioning and lighting. tiatives like these, sometimes cy we're further ahead than a lot of "Because of that we're able to money is recouped within a couple campuses, and that's because of gain certain efficiencies, as of years, saving a lot of energy. our energy initiative," said Ralpli opposed to just having a straight There are even annual pro- Aprile, vice-president of facilities at schedule where everything is full grams in the older buildings to Durham College and UOIT. blast until six o'clock in the mom- upgrade certain parts like win- Doue Lucyk, director of facili- ing and goes right through until dows, insulation .and mechanical ties, said that although the campus midnight," Aprile said. systems, and now that everything is is increasing facilities, energy usage "We have to make sure and. run in modules instead of through is pretty weU constant adjust as required, but everything Is a boiler, parts of buildings can be "If we hadn't put in energy effi- totally automated." heated and air conditioned as cient services, it would be up," He said there is constant airflow needed instead of the entire school, Lucyk said. through the buildings and the tem- he said. According to Aprile, die campus perature is adjusted so students He also said we buy our Plioto by Undsey Evanoff spends $1.9 million on hydro a year will be comfortable.