CAMPUS Second Semester Students Involved in Timetable Miracle Mart Timetables for second semester strike will be distributed Page 9 to all students except General DURHAM COLLEGE Arts and Science, Nursing and Food and Beverage Management, dur- ing the week of Dec 6. Volume XXI, Issue 6 December ?. 1993 tf;»M,;w*j<«'j4«r* G rou nd broken for n ew stu de nt centre BY CHRISTINE MCINNES Chronide staff ________________________ A sparse crowd gathered for the official sod-turning cere- mony of the Durham College student centre at 3 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 29. The ceremony took place beside the parking lot between the main building and the Simcoe building, the site for the student centre. The student centre was recently approved after five years of planning. The centre will provide facilities for students, such as smoking and non-smoking lounges, food services, games rooms and a pub. The building will be owned by the college and run by the students. It will provide a link between the main building and the Simcoe building. Don Sinclair, VP of staff and student services, and Pat Savage, student centre development co-ordinator, were MCs for the ceremony. Speakers included Sharon Swain, board of governors chair, who praised everyone for their hard work on behalf of the students. She stressed that the centre will be student- operated and will create many jobs. Mike Andrew, student representative on the board of gov- ernors, and Shari Lovelock, student association president, both expressed their pleasure that the centre has become a reality. College president Gary Polonsky also congratulated everyone and thanked all those involved. The few people who turned out for the ceremony were mostly governors, the student association, faculty and some bankers. "As a student I'm kind of disappointed (with the student tum-out) but maybe it wasn't advertised enough, and the timing was bad," said Andrew. "I thought it was great to see so many governors out, as well as past people like Jim Beam (last year's SA president), faculty and students," said Lovelock. "I don't think the mes- sage got across to the students as well as we thought. I think the big deal for them will be the actual opening." Although everything is all set to go, there are still things to be finalized. "Pat has a horrendous job ahead of her," Lovelock said. "Right now we're in the process of getting a tender package together." continued on page 2 SEASONS GREETINGS AN D B EST WISHES TO ALL FROM THE CHRONICLE -K.M»i"-"-<-a»« M^W^t^^i^tt'SwN'^ 2 The Chronicle, December 7, 1993 CftMPUS Thefts close C FDC BY RAYMOND CRUZ replace the cds and reopen the booth. Zenon said all the deejays agreed ODUCADO Zenon said he wanted to give the to reimburse the missing cds. also agreed to ran- Chronide staff______ deejays an ultimatum. The deejays Each deejay had to pay $7 to dom searches. After a four-day shutdown, replace the missing cds. Gym bags are also not allowed in CFDC, the college radio station, is If the deejays didn't agree then the booth and each deejay is respon- back in business. CFDC would remain closed. sible for items lost or stolen during CFDC was closed on Wednesday, The deejays unwilling to pay their shifts. Nov. 24 because of thefts in the would not be allowed to return. Ivan Perkovic, a deejay, said he booth. had no problems with Tyier Zenon, the search. CFDC manager, said "Personally I have eight cds were miss- Ex- DJ dubs rules unfair nothing to hide, " ing. Perkovic said. "The only people CFDC deejays may have ing which cds were missing and Michelle Walker, who have access to agreed to the new rules subjecting asked them to be returned. vice-president of pro- the booth are the them to random searches, but Some cds reappeared and motions and public deejays, Michelle Dave Hosking, last year's CFDC some didn't. relations, said she Walker [vice-presi- assistant manager/deejay, thinks "We didn't accuse anyone feels the searches are dent of promotions the new rules are unfair. because we wanted to keep the necessary, "consider- and public relations] Hosking said thefts occurred morale of the deejays high," ing it's the students' and myself," Zenon when he was assistant manager. Hosking said. money and it's a stu- said. "We didn't shut down because "The deejays are only volun- dent station run for Zenon called a it wasn't necessary," Hosking teers and shouldn't have to be the students by the meeting on Friday, said. subjected to random searches. students with the stu- Nov. 26 for all the He said they put a memo stat- They're an invasion of privacy." dents' best interest in deejays in order to mind." Sod turning ceremony symbolizes Rob Shaw smiles as he joins In 6th annual aerobathon beginning Stude nts exe rcise student fo r n ew eq u i pm e nt of BY TINA GILBERT received Nike cross-trainers for Chronicle staff_____ raising $327. Several participants The sixth annual aerobathon also received door prizes consisting centre raised $1,874.77 for the purchase of of T-shirts and Mickey Finn's gift continued from page 1 new fitness equipment. This figure certificates. Students are being encouraged to is down from last year, although Sheila Norris, first-year legal pick up an activity circle, which lists participation was up slightly. administration, said she enjoyed all the things to be included in the Cheryl Nammour, fitness co- participating in the aerobathon. centre. ordinator at Durham, admitted to "I have been taking aerobics "We'll be meeting with the archi- being nervous, but led 36 partici- classes for about a month," she tects within the next month, so the pants through a low-impact session said. "But right now I'm sore." more feedback from students the bet- for 45 minutes. After the first ses- Doner agreed that it was fun to ter," said Savage. sion there was a 15-minute break. participate for such a worthy cause. She hopes to have responses back Only 29 participants held out to "I use the gym often and this from architects by Dec. 15. Once an take part in the second session, was the best way to show my sup- architect is selected, they will issue which was high-impact and also port for the athletic complex." tenders. lasted 45 minutes. Baker entered the aerobathon "Construction is due to start on Nike cross-trainers were award- because she likes to keep in shape. March 25," said Savage. "Finances ed to Tammy Baker, second-year "I am at Durham on a soccer Photo by Christine Mclnnes have already been approved. We're medical secretary, for raising $112 scholarship and I felt I had to give Alan Doner, third year something back," she said. Don Hargest, surrounded by other DC staff, makes the working with a line of credit, and in pledges. as we use." Food and Drug technology, also "Besides this was fun." first dig for the new student centre. paying More Macs proposed for Ap plied Arts BY DALE BURGER and much more. The lab would be In fact, a new Mac lab was first on is becoming more and more popular rializes, Swan said. said in relations and The new although still in Chronide staff used to teach topics like computer last year's list as well but Gubala public advertising. program, multimedia, electronic pre-press, a high-end DOS lab was also needed. Suen added that all the major the planning stages, would be A new Macintosh computer lab is electronic photo retouching, informa- "At the rime. they (the academic advertising companies, newspapers designed for students who have a at the centre of attention in the tion graphics, and non-linear video computer users committee) were and public relations firms use diploma in journalism, advertising, Applied Arts division but the price editing. looking at putting in either a new Macintoshes. public relations, and graphic design. tag of more than $300,000 has some The systems selected for the new high-end Mac lab or high-end DOS She said business and tech stu- It would teach all areas of graphics, people worried that it may not mate- lab are Apple's new audio/visual lab and what we said was, 'Okay, dents have access to high-end IBMs P.R., multimedia, and electronic rialize. Macs, the Quadra 840 AV. Released we'll let you have your high-end but graphic design and other applied video editing. He added that the new Graphic design teacher Ray only a few months ago, they offer DOS lab and not push for the Mac arts students don't have access to a lab is important to the planned pro- Gubala is involved in the drafting of new technologies such as live video lab'." high-end Mac lab. gram but not absolutely necessary. the proposal. He said the lab would editing, speech recognition (yes, you But now, it's their turn. At least Apple Canada discontinued the The College Information Service, boast state-of-the-art technology and can talk to them and they answer you that's the feeling among Applied Arts models Durham currently uses a few responsible for repairs around the would be used by all areas of Applied back) and high-speed computing. teachers. years ago. college, objected to the maintenance Arts, including journalism, advertis- The total price tag for this bag of Suen said in an interview that the Continuous Learning would be arrangement for the original Macs ing, public relations, interior design, goodies comes to $310,825.