Comedy Factory Hawks beat class with Theatre's alumni in Joe Flaherty new season basketball page 5 page 13 page 22 Jr JljL ^^..^^sCSCCOra volume 31 issue 4 www.etcetera.humberc.on.ca October 10, 2002 Station hopes to expand By ANDREW SMITH neer. The engineer assigns a fre- quency to be used, determines Love listening to Humber Radio what the broadcast area will be and but hate having to be at the college if the signal will cause any interfer- to hear it? Come December this ence for any other stations. year, you may have an alternative. Chomyn said it will cost about Broadcast Radio co-ordinator $10,000 to hire the engineer, but Jerry Chomyn was among a group the fee was partly paid for by HSF. of applicants for a new broadcast- After sending in a fonnal writ- ing licence from the Canadian ten licence, the CRTC scheduled a Radio-television and Telecom- date for Chomyn and others to munications Commission (CRTC). appear before a public hearing. At With the new licence. Humber the hearing in September, Humber will be able to transmit a signal to competed with 1 6 other groups for all of Etobicoke. a license. Chomyn said he felt it's impor- While other groups were com- tant for the community to know peting for the same frequency as what's new at Humber and to Humber, Chomyn said he feels broadcast what the college is very good about how they present- doing. ed their case and remains cautious- He acknowledged that while ly optimistic. some people can hear CKHC 90.7 The main difference between on the Internet, the station will now Number's radio station and others reach a wider audience. in Toronto is that it's a campus The application process began a instructional station, meaning that few years ago by doing initial Number's main function is to train research. broadcasters and journalists. "An overwhelming majority of Chomyn said the application the people we interviewed thought process was easier this time that it was a good idea and would because the plan was more clearly support it," Chomyn said. defined. Good morning Number College: Broadcast Radio student Stefanie Blackett in the CKHC sound The next step involved hiring a booth. The station is applying for a broadcasting licence to transmit a signal throughout Etobicoke. professional broadcasting engi- Story continued on page 10. What's Inside Swarming at nearby apartment This Week. leaves neighbourhood scared Canadians are drinking more tea than ever. page 19 By ALICIA REWEGA wants to remain anonymous. William Osier Health Centre in The student, who lives in the "When [one of the suspects] Etobicoke to be treated for minor An assault at an apartment build- building, said she was pulling into came out with the pipe... the look injuries, and was not admitted for ing near Humber College Thurs- her parking space when she saw a in his eyes," she said. "When 1 overnight care. Adam Sandler's new movie day evening left a male victim group of 1 to 12 men between the saw that look in his eyes I thought There have been no arrests and shows his serious side. with several injuries and Humber ages of 1 7 and 25 running towards he was gonna bust my head. I did- police have no suspects, Feaver page 14 students feeling unsafe in their a few cars. n't want to look like that other said. own neighbourhood. She suspected they were steal- guy-" Another Humber student living The assault took place at ing a car, so she pulled her car up After the men left the scene, in the building, who also wishes to approximately 6:30 p.m. in the towards them, blocking them in, she went into the lobby of the remain anonymous, said she was Arboretum holds the first underground parking lot of 20 in the hopes of scaring them off. apartment to request help and call scared after the underground park- annual Walk for Health. Humberline Drive. "Then 1 looked up and saw a police. ing lot was blocked off by police. Constable Cory Feaver of 23 guy, covered in blood, getting up The student said most of the "There were maybe six cruis- page 17 Division said the victim told off the pavement," she said. "He men were wearing coloured ban- ers in the parking lot," the student police that he was attacked while was cut up really bad. I've never dannas, dark clothing, hats and said. "They wouldn't let me out at walking through the lot after hav- seen so much blood, he was drip- hoods. Some were using their ban- first. It was creepy, I'm afraid, In Focus: planning for your ing parked his car. ping." dannas to cover their faces. living in this neighbourhood." "They had pipes, monkey Four of the men then got out of Constable Feaver said both "It's very scary," she said. future. wrenches, crowbars. They were one of the cars, armed with pipes police and ambulance responded "[Our garage] is supposed to page 15 heavily armed," said a General and crowbars, and headed in her to the call. Arts and Science student who direction telling her to move her The victim was taken to Stoty continued on page 2 •Etc. October lo, 2002 News 'Night terror' blamed in student's death By CAMILLE ROY didn't even know I was his moth- of the family, that Alex suffered whom Alex was trying out, er." from a condition called a "night will dedicate this season to After playing a game of pick-up Olive said she did what any terror." the young man they had con- basketball at Humber in the early mother would do in the same situa- Night terror victims suffer from sidered a promising recruit. evening of Sept. 17, 20-year-old tion and tried to comfort Alex by a sleep disorder similar to sleep- The family says they will Alex Anderson put in a few hours hugging him but Alex was very walking, but victims may also feel attend the season opener at of work at Montana's, an eatery a strong and in what she describes as intense emotion, including terror. the college with pride. few blocks from his Mississauga a state of terror, roughly broke free The person having a night ter- Alex's mother, going home. After work, the Business from her embrace. ror, according to through the trophies and bas- Administration student headed "But that was not my son," Medbroadcast.com, may "sit up in ketball jerseys in her son's straight to his Apache Ct. town- Olive said. "My son loved me . bed screaming loudly in obvious room, has extremely fond house to hit the books before bed. terror, or scream and get up to run memories of her youngest At midnight Alex's mother to escape imminent danger. As with son. Olive, looked into her son's bed- sleep-walking, the subjects are She points to a picture room, saw him kneeling on the caught between sleep and wakeful- hanging on her bedroom wall "You are more than my floor studying the textbooks laid ness." that Alex recently gave her out around him. She suggested he mother.. .you are also a Tricia said that the family is "not for a special occasion, go to bed and he joked that it was friend." convinced that Alex had experi- just because he was happy." Olive who should be going to bed. enced a night terror because he did- The inscription says: Such was their mother-son rela- n't take drugs and the coroner's "You are more than a mother tionship - easy, comfortable and preliminary report indicated no . you are also a friend." Alex Anderson's tragic death shockea caring. neurological brain injury. those who knew and loved him. No one could have guessed that my son wouldn't hurt me. It's like Many members of the commu- less than four hours later, Ale.x he was the Incredible Hulk. He nity have reached out to the would bleed to death in his bed fol- woke up with this new feature, Anderson family since the tragedy. Assault scares students lowing a tragic incident which has totally not Alex, and not really More than 400 friends attended left the family and all who knew awake." a recent memorial for .Alex at St. Continuedfrom page I. New lights have recently been him reeling from shock. Olive rushed to bring a neigh- Francis Xavier High School where installed in the underground park- At 3:30 a.m., Alex's aunt bour over to help her with Alex. he had been awarded the MVP for have security. I've never once seen ing lot of 20 Humberline Dr., but Jennifer Bailey said she heard nois- She said that when the neighbour both football and basketball in the a security guard down there since the students do not feel that is suf- es that sounded like retching, com- was standing at the door, her son same year. The school is planning a I've moved in at the beginning of ficient. ing from her nephew's room beside was near the top of the stairs and memorial wall to honor their ath- September." Feaver agrees there are many hers. jumped straight to the bottom. letic graduate. There is 24-hour security on police calls for this area but tried to What Bailey saw when she went In the ensuing moments, Alex The owners of Tropics, the local campus, but off-campus housing reassure students about their neigh- to check on her nephew so fright- punched through the glass window Caribbean eatery where Alex used seems to be a concern for Humber bourhood.