VOLUME XXXIV, Issue 1 September , Photo by Mike Stathopoulos LOOKING WELL: UOIT President Dr. Ronald Bordessa and Durham College President Leah Myers welcomed MPPs, alumni, students and faculty to the grand opening and ribbon cutting ceremony at the Wellness Centre located on the Avenue of Champions, just south of the library. Students, you made this happen By Heather Abrey celebrated the completion of the of course, the ceremonial cutting Bordessa agreed with Myers. “Th e rent tennis and ice centre located Chronicle Staff new Wellness Centre with a rib- of the ribbon. advocacy of students and the sup- across the street. bon cutting ceremony in the triple Leah Myers, president of Dur- port that they gave made this won- Varsity teams will be receiving Th e new Recreation and Well- gym, with many current and for- ham College, praised the student derful dream a reality.” a boost, now having access to fi rst- ness Centre, which has been un- mer staff and students present, initiative that brought the centre Th e new facility will be shared rate facilities, care and physiother- der construction for the last two as well as others, including MPPs. to fruition, “To the students, con- by the two schools, as well as be- apy. Th e change rooms in the old years, had its offi cial opening cer- Th e ceremony featured several gratulations. You did it, you made ing open to the public, improving fi tness centre will also be used for emony Sept. 12. speeches, tours of the facility, a 13- it happen.” the facilities available in Durham Durham College and UOIT person pipe and drum band, and UOIT president Dr. Ronald Region, and adding to the cur- See Recreation page 31 Trying times on the fi rst day Evictions looming? a room in the area surrounding By Alistair Lowe By Amy England the college and university.“I think Chronicle Staff Chronicle Staff licensing is a positive approach and I hope it will give the city a bit Th e morning sun, clear and Students might have trouble more control over the landlords,” bright, beamed across a quiet fi nding aff ordable and convenient Bray said. “It will make landlords campus in the early morning off -campus housing if the city of more responsible.” hours of Sept. 4, a peaceful mo- Oshawa implements a new bylaw Th e bylaw will require proper- ment giving no hint of what was for the area.Th e public meeting ties to meet building codes and to come. scheduled for Sept. 9, to debate improve property standards. Paul Two hours later Simcoe Street this controversial topic had to be Vrana ,a member of the newly and Conlin Road were backed cancelled. Hundreds of students, formed Homeowners of North up as about 5,000 new DC and residents and landlords could not Oshawa group, feels the bylaw UOIT students attempted to be accommodated at city hall. will reduce the property values of navigate their way to a parking Councillor Louise Parkes, offi - homes in the area. space. Th e fi rst day of school Photo by Alistair Lowe cially cancelled the meeting. She Th e Student Association has had arrived. Security guards di- LAST-MINUTE CLUB: The line to buy a parking pass. wanted it rescheduled so that all begun a poster campaign to inform rected traffi c as best they could. parties involved could participate. students of the issues surround- Wearing boldly coloured vests, early as you can – as soon as you the information booth as the “Th is is unprecedented,” Parkes ing the bylaw. “Students were not pointing this way and that, they get the invoice.” questions came fast and furi- said. formally consulted for this bylaw.” stood before the onslaught and However, after sorting out ous: “Where is the commons? Th e issue of off -campus hous- Said Fraser McArthur, president maintained order. Hampered his fi nances Opydo had to buy a Where is room B221? How do I ing has been growing since UOIT of the SA. Th e poster campaign is by malfunctioning parking cards parking permit. “I’ll do that anoth- change my schedule? Where’s fi rst arrived four years ago. meant to send the city a message and students going to the wrong er day,” he said. Surrounded by a the barbecue?”Even with all the Area residents are upset be- that students have a unifi ed voice lots, they stood their ground. sea of shuffl ing, bumping people, fi rst-day confusion, DC/UOIT cause garbage, parking and noise on the issue. “We need a joint task Th e fl ood of people broke Cathy Cordell and Deanne Tripp left a good impression with Kar- violations have increased since force, that includes students, to upon the parking desk and ac- looked overworked and stressed en Lowe. She came from Smiths students moved in to their com- work on this issue,” he added. at the parking desk. Th ey, too, counting offi ce, where lines of Falls, Ont. with her son Chris. munity. McArthur would like to see an held their ground, working for students waited up to an hour- “Everybody is helpful, calm and “Th e fact that we all live side approach that considers factors and-a-half to complete a task hours to thin the crowd. by side, makes the pure number like private bedroom square foot- One by one students left the kind. It’s a lovely campus,” she which would have taken fi ve said. of renters overwhelming” said Mi- age and common area density. desk with parking pass in hand, chelle Bray, a representative from Also what the impact on the com- minutes a month earlier. Fear not, for the chaos will fade. “I left things to the last min- some cradling them like a hard- the Windfi elds Farms Community munity is in regards to waste and In 2008, however, during the ute,” fi rst-year Business student won trophy. But there, amidst Association. parking. Chris Opydo said outside the fi - the mass of humanity, stood early morning hours of the fi rst Th e bylaw will require all land- All parties involved will have a nance offi ce. His advice: “Pay as Matthew Waite. He manned day of classes, it will return. lords to register with the city and chance to debate at the next pub- obtain a licence when renting lic meeting on Oct. 9. 2 The Chronicle September 25, 2007 CAMPUS NEWS Liberals show us the money ing the 1,600 new UOIT students on campus this year. School He assured the MPP that, “Money spent here is money well spent.” receives He also said how happy he was to meet new students on orienta- tion week and how they came here extra $10 knowing UOIT was diff erent. After the announcement, Myers said that deciding what to do with the money will take some time. million “Th e government’s decision By Colin Boucher to give us this $10 million was re- Chronicle Staff ally something we hadn’t planned Durham College and UOIT are for, so we were thrilled when we about to get a whole lot richer. got the news,” she said. “We know Th e provincial Liberals an- we’ve got lots of needs for new nounced an additional $10 million space on this campus, both in the in funding on Sept. 5 to benefi t the university and in the college and entire campus. in our student space, and of course Wayne Arthurs, MPP for Picker- we could spend so much more ing-Ajax-Uxbridge, said the Liber- than $10 million easily, so it’s going als announced a $50 million pot of to take us a bit of time to fi gure out money for capital enhancements the best way to spend this money of post-secondary schools in the to have it go the farthest against all 2007, 08 provincial budget. Ar- the needs we have.” thurs emphasized in an election- Myers explained that in order style speech that since Durham to initiate capital expansions, the College and UOIT are receiving administration has to propose a 20 per cent of that money, it goes plan and have it approved by the to show how much the McGuinty board of governors, who have to government cares about this cam- approve the school’s budgets and pus. strategic plans. Photo by Colin Boucher “Th e funding is important, it’s “I expect that we’ll be doing a DELIVERING THE GOOD NEWS: Liberal MPP Wayne Arthurs, who is running for re- critical…we get it at Queen’s Park,” more signifi cant capital plan this election, announced additional school funding Sept. 5 in the library reading room. he said. year that we’ll take forward to our should be open longer,” said fi rst- Other speakers at the an- board in the springtime.” year Criminology student Sarah nouncement included Durham Th e last signifi cant capital ex- Houssan Eddine. Campus Growth College President Leah Myers, pansion Durham College had was Other suggestions included a UOIT President Ronald Bordessa, in the year 2000, when it invested swimming pool, more physical and Student Association President in the south (SW) wing. resources at the library, and ad- Fraser McArthur. “In the intervening years we’ve •Durham College has experienced a 14 per cent growth ditional lab space. However, the Myers said the massive growth received capital monies for main- since 2001, compared to an overall growth of 8 per cent number one request was for bet- Durham College has experienced tenance, but not for new build,” in the overall Ontario college system.