P arking Baseball Awards i s still a p rob l e m BY LISA ATTREE AND making access to these wings CHRIS BURROWS faster and easier. A total of Chronicle staff 431 gravel parking spots were added to the sduth lot with though there are 131 paved spots removed. more parking spots this This resulted in an addition of Evenyear than last, Durham 300 parking spots this year College students still find it over last year. more convenient to park on But even with signs being the grass. posted, students are still park- Construction of the new ing on the grass and are refus- gravel parking lot at the south ing to buy parking passes and, end of the school, where the to Polonsky, it doesn't look soccer field used to be, has like things are getting better. been complete since the sec- "Henry Kissinger once said a ond week of school but stu- college is a collection of people dents are still searching for a with a parking problem." said spot closer to, the main build- Polonsky. ing and arc parking on the "Everyone tries to park as grass and in fire lanes causing close as possible, said a chaotic atmosphere the col- Polonsky. "The police are '"Uege is not accustomed to. starting to get on our tail." With all the construction Many students are also that has occurred it was complaining to the school and inevitable that the parking lot the DCSA. would be torn up, but the "Now that we have helped school did take it into consid- and tried to make things bet- eration and plan for it. ter, it's up to the students to "We made sure there were realize it's not only them that spots," said Durham College are having the problems, it's Photo by Al Fournlar president Gary Polonsky. everyone on campus," said BASEBALL AWARDS: Awards and medals were presented to Durham The south soccer field was Daria Price, president of the College baseball players after they won the annual Can-am Classic torn up and a new dirt parking DCSA. "We are all just going Tournament held on Sept. 22 and 23 at Durham College. Presenting the lot with a stone path leading to have to deal with it and plaque to Nichole McParlan is Ken Babcock, the athletic director at Durham to the courtyard, which has there is only so much we can College. Head coach Jim Nemish (right) joins teammate Diana Nicholls (left) access to the L-wing, C-wing, do. We are better off than a for the presenting of the award. B-wing and library, was laid, lot of other schools." OIT to be announced this week Ecker, Minister, of Finance Jim have spearheaded the deci- for many years to come. BY CHARLEY MISNER Flaherty and Minister of sion," he said, "and the com- "I think it will transfer Pg. 2 Chronicle staff Training, Colleges and munity certainly supported the entire region for all Universities, Dianne that hugely, but at the end of time," he said. "I think it's tl FTphe Ontario Institute of Cunningham. the day we helped make the most important thing happe SuperWd | Technology at Durham This event is something decision. It was the current in'g here since Colonel Sa JL College will be officially that excites Durham College cabinet of Ontario that made started making cars." projects announced on Oct. 4'in the President Gary Polonsky, espe- the decision." The college and OIT will g underway gymnasium. cially considering the fart that Finally after 30 years of plenty of attention, especial Guest speakers at this the college is given the credit planning, Polonsky is realizing from the media, but Polonsk announcement will include for the' conception of OIT. his dream. The OIT, he feels, Pg. 22 Education Minister Janet "We're acknowledged to will revolutionize the region See 0/Tpage Dr. Sue visits Durham Vi^ttsl foiind on Durham computers at eradicating it. We are in pretty good. the affected e-mail was sent, the virus BY MELISSA VAN OVERBEEK shape," said Shelston. copied itself into the Windows directory Pg. 23 Chronicle staff - The bug, also known as the N1MDA of the computer, even though .the user discovery of a virus on Durham Virus (spelled admin backwards)' was did not open the attachment. Mini-Putt College computers two weeks ago found on close to 1,000 of the Durham's From the Windows directory the A had many students and staff con- PC computers, including six servers. virus re-named itself with the filenames Tournament cerned, but according to Denis Shelston, The virus was delivered to the com- load.exe and riched20.dll enabling it to the director of IT Services, the virus has puters by e-mails containing an attach- spread itself to other computers through held by DCSA been more or less eliminated." ment called README.exe and visits to the network shares. "I think/we have been very successful other websltes that had the virus. When See N1MDA page 3 2 IHECHRONICtE October 2, 2001 NEWS Sup erbuild proj ect moves ahead will allow space for up to 3,000 BY PAUL LANDINI new students and a total of 24 Chronicle staff new classrooms. Each new room will come complete witli The stglit came as a shock to podiums, access to overhead some students arriving at projectors, and VCRs. Durham for the start of the The Centre for Integrated new school year. Bulldozers, Justice Studies, which will cranes and fcnccd-off areas accommodate the existing were now a part of the campus Police Learning Centre, will landscape. open its doors to students in Construction on the $48 January 2002. million Supcrbuild expansion The two-storey, 20,000- project began in June, and Is square-foot structure is being scheduled for completion in built at the north end of tlic late 2002. Once completed, school, near the Athletic Durham College will be home Complex. to three new buildings: the In May 2002. the Integrated Centre for Integrated Justice Manufacturing Centre will be Studies (CIJS), the Integrated finished. The 10,000-squarc- Manufacturing Centre (1MC), foot sliowpiece, which was co- and tlie South Wing. designed by Durham's own Post-secondary institutions manufacturing faculty, will be across the province arc prepar- set up at the eastern point of ing for an expected enrolment the college, across from tlic increase in September 2003. Student Centre. With the addition of these At two storeys and 100,000 new structures, Durham square feet, the South Wing is Plioto by Paul Landiiil College will be ready to meet the largest of the three new SUPERBUILD: Construction Is underway at the new Centre for Integrated the extra demand. buildings. The nursing pro- Justice Studies. "In June of 2003, all the gram will move from the grade 12s and 13s must go on Simcoe Building to the South laptops. A coffee bar will dents and staff to navigate, become classrooms, while the to post-secondary education, Wing, where four new labs will adjoin the new Commons, and it will offer improved J-Wing will stay empty and because there won't be any be waiting for the students/The with access to a seating area access to the existing building. will eventually be demolished. grade 13 the next year," old Pay and Display parking and an outdoor patio. Some of the new corridors will "This is tlie largest increase explains Bruce Bunker, lot south of the college Is being Four new traditional labs, house lounge areas, and new in capacity of the college since Director-of Special Projects. relocated to make way for the with capacity of up to SO stu- lockers will be added through- 1970, so this is very signifi- "Basically, we'll be getting two new structure. dents each, and a new Learner out the school. cant," said Bunker. Aside from classes coming at us at once, so The Computer Commons Support lab are also planned as The use of empty space a few minor setbacks, the pro- we have to have more facilities will also switch homes, to a a part of the renovations. throughout the college lias ject is moving ahead on sched- in place." new space capable of holding Durham's new look is also been accounted for. ule, and should be ready The additions to the campus 150 desktop computers and 4C designed to be easier for stu- Vacated labs and offices will December 2002. Alcohol and drug abuse battled at DC OIT plan BY SHELAH MARIE the Pinewood Health Centre corn," says Uyenaka. He plans also encourages students to will be BROOKS to Durham College every to meet with the residence drop by when there are infor- Wednesday for those who advisers for a training session mation booths set up. Chronicle Staff want to talk. on recogniz- The Pinewood Centre, The pro- ing the signs with centres located through- released If you are away from home gram started of alcoholism. out Durham Region, provides for the first time attending two years ago. Reaching withdrawal management, school, you may get side- It started Educate your- out for help walk-in support, out-patient Continued from page 1 tracked from your academic slowly with self and don't be isn't only for services "and detoxification goals when you take advan- only a few those who services. feels the OIT is not the direct tage of the freedom that students, but afraid to ask for have the prob- The centre also provides a reason for tlie recognition.