HuMBER ET Cetera November 2, 2006 http://etcetera.humberc.on.ca Vol. 37 No. 7 AT.A WEEK (MlUtlg Hawks rugby team rises to the occasion after defeating Sir Sanford Fleming in a semi-final match. Rugby finals take place this Saturday in Markham. Varsity teams' success pose triple threat Stephen Leithwood the league final. medals and three individual ing finale to a great cross country team division... (qualifying) to the Rob Titus Humber started the year strong medals. season," she said. final four," he .said. SPORTS EDITORS by erasing the Sting's 46-game (five number's Lisa Lee (gold), Amie Meanwhile, the men's (8-0-1) The women's soccer team also season) winning streak 17-9 on Leitch (bronze) and Mike Scipio and women's (7-0-2) soccer teams won a provincial medal last week- The Hawks of Humber are soar- Sept. 17. (silver) were recognized for their headed into the OCAA playoffs last end. ing with a young cross-country Coach Carey French believes the strong races. Friday after compiling very The women pulled together a day team picking up medals, a rugby big win may have derailed Seneca's Scipio missed placing first overall respectable regular season records. after losing a hard fought semi- squad poised to capture its first title five-time championship defence. by a mere three seconds. Assistant The men moved on to Saturday final 2-1 versus Algonquin last and a strong finish to the soccer "Winning is sometimes more coach Monique Haan was thrilled afternoon's provincial title game Friday. season. stressful than losing," French said. by the Hawks' collective perform- after defeating George Brown 5-2 The Hawks defeated Fanshawe 2- The men's rugby team is headed Seneca fell hard in its playoff match ance at the provincials and antici- in the semi-finals the day before. and ended the season by winning to the Ontario Colleges Athletics 41-8, and ended up with a pedestri- pates great things next week at Although the men would end up the OCAA bronze medal. Association (OCAA) champi- an regular season record (4-3). nationals in Quebec. losing the championship game The men's (8-0-1) and women's onship this Saturday in Markham Men's and women's cross country "This team is ready to run. Their against the now three-time defend- (7-0-2) soccer teams headed into after a huge semi-final victory last turned in great performances in last dedication throughout the season, ing champion Algonquin Thunder, the OCAA playoffs Friday after weekend. Saturday's provincial champi- their talent they bring to the sport head coach Germain Sanchez was compiling respectable regular sea- For the first time in five years the onship at George Brown. and their bond they have formed encouraged by the team's resiliency. son records. Fleming Knights and long time Both squads swept the OCAA together as a team is amazing to see "With almost a new team, we Sports coverage p.23-24 champions Seneca will not meet in competition by winning twin gold and will definitely lead to an amaz- were able to finish first in our nine In Focus: School Spirit p. 10- 14 NEWS November 2, 2006 "I like pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals." - Winston Cliurclilll - vnm.quotationspag8.com. Mayor Miller talks to journalism students Matt Shilton Pearson International Airport News Reporter without cutting off the small busi- nesses in Weston. Miller said other Mayor David Miller paid a visit possible alternatives for expanding to a group of about 70 aspiring Toronto's transit system that the Humber journalism students yes- mayor mentioned were using the terday morning, talking about a hydro corridors in the north end variety of concerns and local of the city as an east-west route. issues. "You could go from somewhere After his initial speech, the floor near here all the way to opened up for a question and Scarborough by bus or streetcar answer period. pretty quickly," he said. "So you've Many of the students questions got rapid transit across the north focused on transit. Miller suggest- connecting to the north-south ed that the school administration lines." buy the VIP Green Pass, which Miller said places like Humber stands for Volume Incentive Pass. are transit-neglected. Drawing This is where an organization buys back to the Ottawa example again, adult metro passes in bulk which he said places like northwest would result in 'significant dis- Etobicokc and northeast counts." As well, Miller said that Scarbt)rough are areas that need the 'U Pass', which will include buses running on their own transit costs in university and col- roads.and streetcars running in lege tuition, would be in place by their own right of way. next September. Although it will "The key for people is that you benefit students who commte, have a reliable service so your bus those who don't take transit, will or streetcar comes every five to still be charged for a 'U Pass' in seven minutes and you know it's their tuition fee's. going to be there. And the service Also mentioned by the mayor, is also rapid." was the idea of dedicated street- The mayor outlined some of his car lines that go from remote views on other topics such as the Nick Kyonkii Chisoni Clarke, third-year journalism student, Miller. areas of the city to the downtown economy and livability, as well as questions Mayor David core. He used Ottawa's transit turning Toronto into an environ- dilemma came up and according Toronto's Island Airport, the political icon. system as an example of what mental leader amongst other to Miller, incinerating the city's future of the Gardiner Expressway, Despite the Nov. 13 election works well. major cities. garbage in Peel Region is not cost- cleansing the city of graffiti and coming up, the visit was not a "They have express buses and "While national governments are effective. the mayors cultural icons were also campaign stop but more of a their own roads that get down dithering in cities, you really see "Incinerating in Peel costs more discussed. He cited Niel Young and mock editorial meeting for the town like this," Miller said, snap- the effects of smog and climate than twice what Toronto pays to Bruce Springsteen as his cultural journalism students. This is usu- ping his fingers. "And they come change," he said. "I think it's trek its garbage to Michigan. For heros, while Tommy Douglas, who ally when leaders of political par- every five minutes." the city of incumbent upon • the annual difference, we could introduced public medicare to ties come to a news organization The city wants to have a train Toronto to be a leader." build a St. Clair streetcar right of Canada in the I940's and was the and have an open discussion on that goes from Union Station to The topic of Toronto's garbage way." ' first leader of the NDP, was his their views. Lights out in residence Meaghan McBride "We were fortunate several fire detectors in the News Reporter enough that there wasn't a T building were affected, whole lot we had to do. but were fixed within hours Students living in There was enough food and of the power returning. Residence were in the dark emergency power to get us Residence is running on a most of Monday after a con- through," Kopinak said. generator while the broken tractor accidentally cut an Although the food that line is fixed. electrical line. students could have from "Fixing the broken line is a According to David the residence cafeteria was big undertaking. It will be at Griffin, operations and limited to anything made least Friday before anything maintenance manger at on the grill, fryers or at happens," Griffin said. Rez, the contractor was Sandwich Central, there Life at Residence is contin- installing a gas line into the was also the option of uing as usual and the transi- new arboretum being built going to the Pipes inside tion from generator power and he accidentally cut the the school if students were back to normal power electrical line that provides desperate. should be seemless. electricity to Residence. The cut electrical line did The power first shut off at not affect the school's around 10 a.m. It was at this power. Correction time that all emergency Electricity was returned electric lights were auto- to Residence at around 5 On Oct. 27, the Humber matically turned on and p.m., at which time all EtCetera wrote an incorrect Residence staff met to make things electrical had to be name of a person in a pic- plans for what could poten- reset. ture in a story about tially happen. "It's kind of like resetting a Communities Advancing "The main thing we want clock, once the power goes Valued Environments to do is make sure that peo- back on there will be several (CAVE). The person in the ple were safe," said power surges, so things have picture was Kristian Nick Kyonka Residence Manager Michael to be reset," Kopinak said. Bonadie, head volunteer for A construction crew works to fix a cut electrical line, which cut Rez power. Kopinak. The elevators as well as CAVE. http://et>cetera.humberc.on.ca November 2. 2006 NEWS On this day in 1755 an earthquaice destroyed two-tliirds of Usiion, Idliing 60,000 people. - www.refennce.ann. Student killed in hit and run Jen Cialini view with a company executive.