L i k> ^ cn " r C o^y THE DURHAM COLLEGE _- ----_- -, 1996- VolumeI I V XXIV»W^IW IssueI «J«J W V^ 8W Decembers, Fee hike hangs on your vote Student activity fees could rise $67 starting next y ear Ci..,l..-i., ., BYV STEVECTFUP WHITEWHfTF $67.t-r-i Students now... pay $244.tIAA ThisTkic payr.-io for<nr thingsikinne suchciir-h as:oe. interactiveiniorncliuK will>uill beho usedncKfl forfnr buildinghniltlino maintenancemninlmttnrf TheThr- buildinghllildino was supposedSlinnflScd to Chronicle staff___________ would rise to $311. video classrooms, an upgraded com- and expansion, and to continue the have a cat-walk linking the second The increases would take effect puter network and a trust fund for stu- building's operation. floors of the student centre and the An activity fee hike could be on next year, but the athletic fee will be dents in need. Student Association president college. The arcade and the tuck the horizon for Durham College stu- spread out over three years; $5 next The college is also looking to busi- Clair Roxburgh said that when it was shop would have been in a high traf- dents. year. $6 in 1998 and $7 in 1999. nesses, its alumni, and even its teach- built, the student centre was expected fic area. On Jan. 13 class presidents will be The athletic complex currently ers for donations. to pay for itself with money raised Unfortunately the government voting on four possible areas for receives $9 for each student. That has Class presidents will also vote on a through the arcade and E.P. Taylor's. grant that was expected to pay for the increased fees: $3 would go into a not changed since 1984. $3 increase for the student centre. But it has not made as much revenue bridge did not come through. The fund the student centre, $6 would go Other Ontario college fees range When it opened in 1995, it had no as was expected. building was not redesigned, and the to fund-raising, $18 would go to the from $25 to $65 per student. start-up money. One of the reasons, Roxburgh arcade ended up being left in (he cor- athletic complex, and $40 would go The fund-raising fee is part of a The student centre is now in debt says, is because many of the centre's ner of the student centre. towards the new health plan; a total of campaign to raise $12 million. It will to the college and the DCSA. Funds services are in an awkward location. Because of this, Roxburgh feels the arcade is not making as much as they expected. Students are already paying $42 each to pay the centre's mortgage. However, it is still losing money. "Essentially we have eight months of time of student income to generate revenue and we have bills to pay for 12 months," Roxburgh said. The Student Association is now using its funds to keep the centre running. Roxburgh said the $3 increase will build its savings until the student centre begins to sustain itself, then the increase will be taken off. "We don't do anything to gener- ate revenue so we can all live happi- ly ever after." Roxburgh said. "We generate revenue to give it back to the students." The fourth vote is on the health care proposal, which students have already voted for with their class presidents. It originally included four options. The first vote decided what option students would be interested in. The upcoming vote will deter- mine if students actually want it. Students would pay $40, but may be entitled to a refund if they can prove they have health coverage from somewhere else. MEET PERCIVAL Coverage will last 12 months instead of the eight-month school AN AFFECTIONATE year. FELINE IN NEED OFAyOfejE Bi' Stll^ Student CAMPUS...PG. 20 BY ROB BURBIDGE .AND ELIZABETH SCHILLINGS on his surname. Most agree that to know Dan was a bless- counselling in a man would ' do for a Chronicle ing; that he was "who anything' staff ': friend," ::.;.’". .’.’.’J,’ :. .' . '. :’.. " Nineteen-year-old advertising student : Anand In memory of their friend, who was from Oakville, room B205 Notice Sundararajan was killed last week when his much of the class attended a funeral ser- car hit a utility poleon^Simcbe Street arid vice Nov. 29 in Mississauga. Durham College offers confi- flipped over into the Qshawa Creek ravine; Flowers marked the Spot where the dential counselling to any stu- THIS IS THE Sundararajan, known as Dan to his accident occurred. dent who may be having person- CHRONICLE'S FINAL friends, was popular at Durham College and Sundararajan was killed at 2:15 a.m., al problems. will be sorely missed, ' ; Nov. 27, on Simcoe Street near the Student Support Services EDITION FOR 1996. According to Bill Merriott, co-prdinator ' Qshawa Creek bridge (just north of (Room B205) and the Student SEE YOU IN JANUARY! of the advertising administration program, Taunton Road). Centre both offer one-on-one the first-year student was well-liked by his; According to the Durham Regional counselling for students dealing classmates and was a good student. , Police Service, his 1996 .Chevrolet with grief, stress, financial diffi- His friends, described Dan, who[lived in Cavalier struck a guardrail on the east side culties or depression, residence, us friendly and outgoing, always of the road, then crashed into a utility pole, Even if students just need ; HAPPY laughing and smiling. : ^:! C Sundararajan flipped over and ended up in the ravine at someone to talk to, trained coun- Classmate Joanne Lacy recalls frpsh week Oshawa Creek. He was northbound. sellors are available to listen. when Dan "went out of his way Ip talk to me and make : Sundarorajan was killed instantly and was pronounced Drop by the second floor of roe frel welcome." ';'' :;,;' ’’,’ ’: ' ''::^\ ’’’.i-^.’ :':'.'','. deadatthescene. the Student Centre, or call 576- .During .(hose first days at Durham, Dan's friends and^ At press time, the cause,of the accident was still under 0210 ext. 394 between 8 a.m. HOUDWS classmates dubbed him "Suridance",ah affectionate twist investigation. and 4:30 p.m. 2 The Chronicle, December 3, 1996 .UP FRONT. Public worrie d over reform plan BY SHAWN SIMPSON about the government. He said Chronicle staff the government lacks credibility and that people are worried And the consensus is...forgot about the "negative effect of pol- it! itics creeping into the class- That was the opinion of about room." 200 skeptical people who packed After the meeting, the crowd into Winston Churchill rushed to Gitterman and Collegiate's cafeteria in Skarica. A voice from the mob Scarborough on Nov. 19 to hear called out: "Why doesn't the gov- the ministry's plan on education- ernment just admit the common al reform. sense revolution is a failure?" Education Minister John The government is also con- Snobelen has assembled a team sidering reducing the number of to talk with concerned groups credit hours in grades 10 to 12 and individuals about how to from 110 to 90. This will allow reform the secondary education students to take more courses system in Ontario. and get a better idea of what In their Final public work- area they would like to specialize shop, the team, led by Snobelen's in, Gitterman said. parliamentary assistant Toni In addition, grade 9 will be a Skarica, and Dr. Aryoh pass-or-1'ail year. If students fail Gitterman, a member of the any courses they would have to reform team, faced a bitter repeat the entire year. crowd at Churchill Collegiate The government would also who saw nothing positive in like to see some form of stan- what they had to say. dardized provincial testing. The government's plan to Students in grades 3, 6, 9, and impose mandatory co-op training 11 will be tested regularly. A on high school students was con- sample group of grade 9 students demned by spectators who will be tested in reading and accused the government of pro- writing or mathematics every moting cheap child labor. second year. Grade 11 students One parent wanted to know will be required to pass a gener- how the government planned to al literacy test. protect students from discrimi- Skarica said that regardless nation and warned Skarica that Photo by Shawn SImpson Concerned parent talks with Toni Skarica, parliamentary assistant to John Snobelen. of what other reforms are made, "a bad co-op experience can be a 'The government will be moving real disaster to a student." This brought grumbles from cation system are inevitable. issue. to a four-year (high school) pro- The reform committee is also the crowd and a few comments "Some people would never One member of the audience gram." ' planning to add all failures and that concentrating on students' like to see (the system) change," darted for the nearest micro- Gitterman said the reform the number of attempts a stu- failures will adversely affect he said. He said others under- phone and accused Skarica of team will take the next two dent takes to pass a course to their self-esteem. stand that change is needed, but employing "a dividc-and-conquer months to study all the informa- future transcripts. This will Skarica reminded everyone can't agree on when tfv imple- technique." This, she said, is tion they have collected over the 1. help teachers monitor the that these are just proposals and ment those changes. "not a general consultive year. progress of students better while that nothing is concrete. The "When can it be done? That's process." They have held 129 meetings they are in school, Skarica said, purpose of these public forums, what I'd like to hear." Dawn MacDonald, a parent at involving about 7,000 partici- and make sure they're ready for he said, is to get feedback on Many resented being divided the workshop, said, "I knew this pants, and they have received the workforce or a post-sec- what's right with the system and into small groups and told they was going to be a really frustrat- more than 3,000 written submis- ondary education.