3-ye ar d e al for coll ege sup p ort ! A’ Ar .,, . -i\ BY DAWN DE SOUZA Chronicle staff ,. at Durham for seven years.^nd member of the support staff ilnionf,' voted on Nov. 16. '^ The support staff for the 25 com- "I didn't think It was too bad," she munity colleges in Ontario have rati- said. "Definitely'we could have got- fied, by neariy 84 per cent, a three- ten better, but I think it was as good year deal that includes wage increas- as we could have gotten at that . es, and benefit improvements. time." These unofficial results are from "1 think there were a lot of people, the Ontario Public Service Employees in the meeting that we had, that Union CAAT support ratification heard different people's perspectives. results released on Nov. 16. One gentleman in particular was very The wage Increases will happen angry, and I think he made people over the next three years. Effective think about the contract in a differ- Sept. 1, 2000 the members will get a ent way than the union was project- two per cent increase (this means ing it." retroactive pay for the last three A member of the support staff who months), an additional four-year step has been working in the Accounting on the pay grid, and a new pay band. department for 17 years, was not On Sept. 1, 2001, the members will impressed by the agreement. get another two per cent increase and "1 wish if could have been better," each step on the pay grid. will be said the member, who asked that her increased by three per cent. : name not be used. "We all do, I The members will receive another think; a. lot of the support staff feel two per cent on Sept. 1, 2002 plus an that way." additional 1 per cent wage adjust- "I just think, overall, people were ment. hoping to get more money." The benefits will be increased, "I just gathered from>the meeting effecjive Nov,^6, wiUJae pretty much that we had, the majority of the sup- across the'^Ooard with increases on portStaff .were dissatisfied with the dental, vision; and life insurance. monetary issue. Because, don't for- The official count was to be held get/for years- and years, the support by the province on Nov. 24, but the staff got no raise, and the^hing is results were riot expected to change that the teachers got so much' better r becausebfthe high acceptance rate. than the support staff. Sometimes : The suppprt? staff at Durham the -supportSraff; feel; that they are ' ' in'the ! driv favour of not-as.inipwtant college^ yet & toy in voted 58 per cent DC food College ^ - ^ . w the deal. This was the lowest per- "they^are."^:^^" /".-’-’/"’...: -'. ’ .’- of the colleges, some ' jnaembeF^vorking in the centage of any A'unidri. the 'DCSA office a of which voted 100 per cent tq InformMIon^UinbIogydepartment BY CHRIS GLEASON throughout' the college" are accept. Of the 229 eligible voters at felt the; same way. - Chronicle staff______ or by giving the items other hightraffic DC, 178 actually voted. ^She^felt part of the reason that to. the DCSA in person. The boxes are empt "r think the big thing was that DurNrn's^ percentage of, acceptance Help needy families All donations are going daily. the wanted more votes was 16^ is because the people at Christinas by donat- to the Kinsmen Club, "Every small doi some of members tion can s money up front," said Kick Nemisz, lirthe 1'Tdepartmerit are 20 to 30 per ing to the food and toy who will distribute the help," : Stickwood. It does president of OPSEU Local 353. ceht-^uriderpaid^ '' : .,:. drive at Durham items to needy families members are still just seeing- : "Another IT person doing my iob College. at Christmas. have to be a la "Some Donations can be donation. "Were hi 2 cent, 2 per cent, 2 per. cent uv the^ industry; would be making Students are urged per each year)," said Nemisz. more money," she said. to give as much as they non-perishable food ing for as much s (increases such as food, as we can get." ^ When asked his opinion of the John Burt, the shop steward for the can. According to packaged port - the new collective agree- : ITdepartment, thought that the deal Kristy Stickwood, VP of canned goods, or pasta, The DCSA will terms of that are rela- donati< ment, Nemisz said he would rather was the best the support staff was public relation? and and toys accepting g6irigt6getatfhe?tlmel promotions, donations tively new. Money may until Dec. 14. Then notcomment. Dec. the bad, it's not the greatest, . "We can always do better for the can be made by drop- also be donated. 17 all do "It's not of The boxes are locat- tlons will.be sent to but it's not bad," he said. contract, but dealing with the Harris ping items in one Sharl Kinney, an admissions clerk government we will never get better." the donation boxes ed In the pit, outside kinsmen Club. 2 THE CHRONICLE November 28, 2000 NEWS Graphic arts students get exposed BY OLIVER FERNANDEZ the client's needs." Chronicle staff MaryLynn West-Moynes, vice-president of academic Hendrix was perched excellence for Durham against the windowsill, sur- College, was pleased with the rounded by splashes of psy- work done by the graphic chedelic purple, and yellow. design students. Fancy wine bottles with "I'm in awe," she said. "The white textured labels sat on a work is so impressive. I feel an table in front of him. incredible sense of pride that In the back corner, a beauti- these are Durham College stu- ful blonde posed underneath dents and this is what they are bubble-gum coloured words. capable of doing." Graphic Arts Exposure 2000 West-Moynes points to two held on Nov. 15, was a show- reasons for excellent student case of various creative pieces work. by Durham College graphic "One is tliat we have top- design students. notch students," she said. Staff, students, family and "The other is (we have) an friends, and visiting graphic incredible faculty. If we put arts companies packed the stu- students wlio are really highly dent centre to see the work of motivated with facufty wlio second and third-year stu- have in-depth industry experi- dents. ence, then we end up with this Elena Frijio, a third-year kind of work." graphic arts student, had sev- The tliird-ycar students and. eral of her designs on display. Batli were responsible for ’iviy favourite is Jimmy putting together the event. (Hendrix}," Frijio said. One of Pholp by Oliver Fernando; "1 think this- show is the her assignments this year was PURPLE HAZE: Elena Frijio, a third-year Graphic Arts student, proudly shows biggest and best ever," she to design a Rolling Stone mag- her work at the recent Graphic Arts Exposure. said. "This is our sixth annual azine spread. She chose the exhibit. Every year the show famed left-handed rock gui- grows more and more." tarist as her subject. "It's really inspiring to see next to a lighthouse. dencies towards royalty, she Tills year, students were in The layout shows a portrait other people's work," she said. In high school, McAdam said. "Deeper, richer colours competition to design a poster of Hendrix in the foreground, "You're working beside each found that she enjoyed do give tlie product a more for the event. Dana Lambert, surrounded by sprinkles of yel- other all the time, but you designing title pages. expensive feel." a third-year student won. She low and purple. Underneath don't really get to see what "1 wasn't quite sure what it Suzanna Vujanovic, a sec- was presented with a $50 gift him is a revamped version of they do." was called when I was leaving ond-year graphics design stu- certificate from Allison Reid of. his signature, courtesy of Frigio said her passion for high-school," she said. "I dent, was impressed by the Curry's Art Supplies. Frigio. graphic design keeps her moti- found out it was graphic work of the third-year stu- "I was surprised that I actu-' It took her about three vated to do the work. design, so then 1 went on my dents. ally got something out of it." weeks to complete the piece. "You sometimes spend way." "I'm very impressed," .said Lambert said. "It was honour "That's about average for weeks doing even simple text Martha MacFaul, a third- Vujaoovic. "I hope,that next enough just winning, 1 had me," she said with a grin. just to get it to look perfect, year student, knows how year, my work will be- like no idea about the gift certifi- "You really have to organize and if you don't have (pas- important colours can be in this." cate." Lambert said she plans your time." sion), you'll quit after the first designing and marketing gro- Margo Bath, professor of to buy disks, or a new portfo- Frigio's love of art and com- week, she said. , ; cery store packages. She knows graphic design credits the pro- lio case with her gift certifi- puters got her interested in It took two weeks Tor Amy how a product sells and that gram for developing high cate. ' . : graphic design. McAdam, a fellow third-year there are psychological factors quality student work. Lambert ' designed the "It's unique," she said. "I student, to complete one of at play.