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OCTOBER
12,
2000
Vol 29 Issue 05
Support
staff strike
averted
by Cleo Porter
A
tentative deal
has been reached
management
between
and
Ontario's Colleges Support Staff
workers.
The agreement was settled at 1
on Oct. 5.
"I think the deal was a good
a.m.
one," said Ian Jones, vice-president
of the Support Staff Union. "We
wouldn't have gotten as much
money, percentage wise, if it had
been a two-year deal."
The union will vote on a 13 per
cent wage increase spread over the
next three years.
"The management team
is
very pleased," said Ian McArdle,
executive director of the Council of
Regents. "It's a responsible and reasonable offer. Both parties worked
hard with the mediator."
The Term Certain job security
•ri
where employees are con-
issue,
tracted for a determined period of
was a concern for union workand was eliminated in the proposed deal. Both management and
the union agreed to form a committime,
ers
new job
tee that will oversee
posi-
tions in the colleges.
"Initially
[the
employees]
were disappointed," Jones said.
"When you look at it overall, you get
a better idea of what [the break-
down of the contract]
is."
Support Staff Workers life
insurance will increase to $25,000
from $20,000.
"We
are very pleased that the
parties have come up with a creative settlement," said Nancy Hood,
number's director of Human
Resources. "Humber College has
tremendous
faith
in its
Support
Staff employees."
Among
other increases in the
new agreement, members
receive
$2,000
for their dental cov-
vision care package for
bers will increase to
$300
mem-
for every
years. A Support Staff worker
be able to accumulate up to 130
unused sick days throughout their
two
will
contract.
"This
is all
we can say until the
ratification takes place,"
McArdle
Centennial Park. For soccer results, see page
by Patricia Lima
rriie
A ratification vote will be conducted in late October to see if the
members will accept the new contract.
The agreement was finally
reached after on and off negotia-
Humber
Students' Federation
Xis defending
retreat as
its recent $6,800
a necessary expense for
team building.
Twenty-one
spent the weekend
HSF
members
Severn Lodge,
located in the heart of Ontario's
famous cottage country of Muskoka,
Sept. 30 to Oct. 1. There were also
at
seven staff members in attendance.
HSF budgeted $9,000 for the
business trip, but spent only $6,800.
retreat
was funded by HSF
rev-
enue-generators, such as the games
room, and student activity fees.
should be paying
$6,800 for them to go on retreat. I
can barely pay my own tuition," said
Charmaine Andrews, a first-year
nursing student.
"I don't
think
But Lise Janssen, HSF leadership and training co-ordinator,
organized the trip and said HSF
directors deserved the retreat.
"I think that sometimes people
forget that being an HSF director is
strictly voluntary. For the time and
the work they put into the organization, they receive no comjiensation at
all," Janssen said. "If you had to pay
these people for a fiiB year, you'd be
paying a heck of a lot more than what
the retreat cost."
Janssen said the HSF goes on
an overnight retreat every year to orient directors to the organization, the
college,
and
"It's
I
them
their role.
also an opportunity for
to develop
ball
over a Huskies defender
in
a recent
IN
KDWARDS
game
at
15.
Students question
The
said.
tions that began last August.
- Peter Curie, forward for the Hawks, flicks the
will
erage annually. Retired Support
Staff workers are now entitled to
dental and life insurance benefits.
The
,101
HEADS UP
good working
tionships amongst each other
rela-
and
to
do some team-building," she said.
HSF President Toby Wamell
HSF
spending
said he told his fellow council members their "number one priority is to
there,
work all weekend" and he did not
want to see anyone "dragging their
feet out of bed" on Sunday morning.
"Low and behold," Warnell
said, "everyone was respHjnsible, and
everyone was [at breakfast] bright
and early at eight o'clock."
Administration student.
A few students said HSF should
have held meetings closer to home or
even somewhere on campus in order
to save money.
Janssen said the resort is only
about an hour north of Toronto.
Rick Breckbill, general manager
of Severn Lodge, said the lakeside
resorts conference rate includes
access to a heated swimming pool and
whirlpool spa, as well as paddle boats,
sailboats, canoes, and kayaks.
But Warnell said HSF spent
their social time in a low-key manner.
"After we had diimer we just
took it easy. We sat around the campfire,
played some music, played
euchre [and] just hung out in each
other's rooms and watched T.V."
who does not pay
advanced electrical
program is subsidized by the government, said HSF should go on retreat.
"It seems like it's a good idea
that [they] spend time trying to
understand each other. This way they
can come to a consensus," he said.
But many students did not see a
need for HSF to travel to Muskoka.
"I think it's good that they do
get to know each other. I don't understand why they went all the way over
Dan
Cooper,
tuition because his
though,"
Radoescu,
a
said
first-year
Ana-Maria
Business
October, 12
2
News Et Cetera
2000
New coin highlights vision
Patient redirect, fact
of life at William Osier
of Canada's artistic history
by Kim Sinclair
system rather than just within a
hospital."
Toronto's
face public
by Jessica Markoff
for redirect
The
procedures
2000 25-cent coin,
is now in circulation
October
Creativity,
Eric Hui, 22,
representing the future ... the new
millennium," said Hui.
The Design Exchange works to
bring together designers from all
over Canada and give them support.
Urban
Board
of
of the Design
Exchange, spoke of the significance of the Creativity coin.
"He's managed to bring our
legacy together in this one simple
Directors
Joseph,
member
Joseph said.
Danielle Wetherup, president of
the Royal Canadian Mint, offered
all
her
support
for
young
Canadians to explore creativity
and to be involved in the future of
coin,"
their nation.
"Creativity is the value that
found true expression to Eric Hui
and his talent to recognize
Canadian
identity,"
said
Wetherup.
Students
from
Grades
6
through 12 from the Toronto area
attended the coin unveiling in sup-
11, is
"Squee" Gordon has been
compared to many people in his
career, most of which he accepts,
but George Steinbrenner?
"He is the George Steinbrenner
of Athletics," Doug Fox said.
Surprised by the comparison to
the New York Yankees highly
involved owner, Gordon said he
doesn't take it as a compliment.
"George Steinbrenner is considered to be a meddler," Gordon said,
adding, "I would hope they like the
idea that I'm involved."
So while Steinbrenner is the
hands-on owner of the New York
Yankees, best known for making 17
managerial changes in his first 17
seasons, Gordon is not considered
to be a meddler but a very active
part and a great support to Humber
Athletics.
all the way win or
Fox said.
While his support for the home
team is strong, Gordon knows the
feeling of sportsmanship and victory. Basketball has been part of
"He's with us
tie,"
session.
ed to a hospital further from his
home in Scarborough last January.
Close to home for the Humber
College population and the sur-
community,
rounding
TEssiCA Markoff
CHECK IT OUT- Eric Hui shows off his new coin design.
port of Hui's artwork.
Some of
Hui's former teachers also showed
their support for his achievement.
"We came with our school,
which Eric graduated from, to see
what he did," said Chris Vibert, a
Grade 12 student from Riverdale
Collegiate Institute.
Hui's family
moved
to
Canada
from Hong Kong in 1990, and his
father Benjamin Hui was among
the family members who joined
him in celebrating his success at
the coin unveiling.
"I am very excited and feel very
lucky.
for a
Grade
We left Hong Kong because
12 co-op program.
Hui enjoys
drawing, sculpting and computer
graphics but said he thought he
was dreaming when he found out
his art had been chosen for the milIn his spare time
lennium
collection.
was
"It
just unbelievable
very thankful for Canada.
years
ago
I
...
I'm
Ten
never would have imag-
ined this could happen," said Hui.
Twelve talented young art and
design students, one from each
province, from colleges and universities across the country were
selected to judge which works of
Canada,"
would become Canada's 12 new
2000.
The Millennium 25 cent coin
Hui is currently in his third year
of computer engineering at the
each represent a different
of Canadian
symbols. The coins that are cur-
knew I would be able to make
enough money to put my son
I
through university
in
said Benjamin.
University of Waterloo.
While in school, Hui learned
about the Inuit, the Group of
Seven, and computer rendering
after joining an architecture firm
coins for the year
artist's interpretation
rently in circulation are Pride,
Ingenuity, Achievement, Health,
Natural
Harmony,
Legacy,
Celebration, Family, Wisdom and
Creativity.
call
life for almost 50 years.
plays on the Scarborough
Masters team, which he says gives
him a social outlet.
'There's a little bit of competitive-
Gordon's
ness in
art
series
He
Robert
is in
inquest which began Sept.
looking into the death of 18-
year-old Fluelling who died of an
asthma attack after being redirect-
You can
by Stacey Roy
and critical care bypass
while the Joshua
The
whose
design depicts Canadian art in
Hui, who
three millenniums.
moved to Toronto 10 years ago,
was overwhelmed when he learned
that his design had been chosen
out of the 60,000 designs that
were submitted.
"In the left you can see an Inuit
sculpture representing the past. At
the upper corner you can see a tree
drawn in the style of the Group of
Seven and the rest of the image is
rendered in computer wire frames
and media scrutiny
Fluelling inquest
ceremonies at
the Design Exchange in Toronto.
Creativity features the work of
after the unveiling
local artist.
hospitals continue to
attending
and Public Administration.
He
received his Doctorate at the
University of Massachusetts in
Bishops
said.
get
bogged
Critical care bypass status is
updated every 30 minutes at
William Osier, and redirect is
updated every two hours.
Trant described the two policies
a way of
demand with
as
trying to balance
resources between
hospitals.
A
system introwithin the last year in
Ontario has been implemented to
help deal with the problem.
'The five level triage system is
used to assess how critical a person's need to see a physician is,"
Trant said. "The redirect consideration, and critical care bypass was
an attempt to share that across a
five level triage
duced
Although William Osier is curunder renovations to try to
rently
accommodate
its service area of
approximately 230,000 people, it
does not have enough patient beds.
It currently has 29 beds available in
its ER department and the hospital
sees an average of 178 patients a
day,
and 65,000 patients
a year.
"We need the space, we need the
beds, we need the staff," Trant said.
"And that has
to spread across the
system or the problem of spill-over
from other hospitals still exists."
Part of an initiative to ease up on
ER congestion this winter season
will be to vaccinate as many of the
public from the flu as possible.
Humber
college
is
offering free flu
vaccinations this year.
Humber health centre nurse
Marg Anne Jones said that vaccinations for high-risk students are
available.
Those with diabetes,
heart conditions, asthma, cancer, or
any other conditions that weaken
the immune system can get a free
vaccination at the health center
right away. A full vaccination day
on Nov. 27 will be held at the school
and open to everyone.
"Hospitals cannot afford the luxury of treating everyone for the flu,"
"The most prudent
immunized."
The Toronto Health Department
will host the free vaccination day at
Humber this year, and this maj
help to ease up on ER congestion
during the winter season. Jones
said she felt that the health centre
Jones said.
thing of
all is
to get
at
Humber
for
William Osier.
provided needed relief
their system, but noted
president in Ontario to hold office,
secretary Doris Tallon said.
Gordon is heavily involved in
schools, since Ontario
of Basketball
organizathe Board
Canada and The
Elite
National Performance committee.
His community can be traced back
to his first years at
Humber.
Besides his work at the college,
Gordon has been welcomed internationally with open arms. According to
Bishop University's Archives, the
COURTESY'
SQUEE- Robert Gordon
pipsqueak, said his secretary Valerie Hewson. The name has
since been shortened and Gordon is
known as Squee to faculty and
Educational Administration, and
has taught courses in such institutions as McGill University and the
University of British Columbia. Joe
Kertes, Director of Humber School
friends.
for Writers
In education, Gordon has earned
an Honours BA in History, and
Masters Degrees in Modern British
History, Education Administration,
presidency say:
"Anyone who's been here for
more than five years has dried up."
remembers a young
Robert Gordon in his early days of
he was asked what he thought of
he also wanted to see what type of testing was
being done on post-secondary
Being one of only two presidents
run Humber, Gordon has been
working here for 19 years, and is honoured by being the longest college
said
to
many committees and
He is currently on
1997 for athletic achievement.
Being six feet two inches tall has
greatly helped Gordon in basketball, but it wasn't always this way.
Robert Gordon is best known to fac-
name
rooms
down," Trant
tions.
in
the
emergency
first
Gordon became athlete
of the year in i960 and was voted
most valuable player four times.
According to University records,
Gordon received the Royal Bank
Athletic Wall of Distinction award
and friends as 'Squee'.
As a child in London, England,
Gordon was very small and given
dous pressure, but our emergency
rooms are open 24 hours, seven
days a week. It's because of high
volumes of ambulance traffic that
few years.
him Squee
University,
ulty
.
"We have been under tremen-
Canada but have not received much
media attention until the past year
*
me I guess," Gordon said.
While
William
Osier Health Centre is forced to
operate periodically under the redirect and critical bypass procedures.
Don Trant, vice president of
patient programs and on-site
administrator for hospitals in
Etobicoke,
and
Georgetown,
Brampton, said the media has misinterpreted the two policies, leading
the public to believe their access to
health care may be compromised
Trant said redirect and critical
care bypass procedures are international problems that have been in
effect for at least five years in
Ontario Institute for Studies in
Education said that Ro-bert Gordon
is "one
of Ontario's prominent
thinkers and policy makers."
Earlier in his career he was the
Policy Advisor to the Secretary of
State and to the Minister for
Employment and Immigration in
post secondary education matters.
In 1994 Gordon was invited by the
Further Education Funding Council
to evaluate the post secondary system in the United Kingdom. Gordon
was about
to
introduce a similar practice.
"I wasn't hired as a one man
band," Gordon insisted.
Despite whatever reservations
Gordon has about his impact,
Humber students applaud his innovative style. Toby Warnell, presi-
dent
Humber
of the
Students
Federation, said he thinks Gordon
has raised the reputation of
Humber College. He adds that communication between the federation,
the board, and the President's office
key to the college's success.
"I'm sure we don't agree on
everything, but we both want
Humber to be top notch quality,"
is
Warnell said.
Despite his numerous awards
and accomplishments, Gordon
would like nothing more then to be
remembered
young
"I'd
man
like
changed a
as the fast-talking,
he was 19 years ago.
to
bit,"
think
Gordon
I
haven't
said.
News Et Cetera
October
2000
12,
3
Protesters can't stop garbage travelling north
by Nicole Montreuil
deal had attempted a philibuster to
prevent the vote from taking place
Toronto
City Council should have
been talking trash, but politics
until after the
got in the way.
Protesters
in
from across Toronto
by filing motions and
asking questions, annoying propoPoliticians
who appeared
at the
stalled the vote
5 council meeting to oppose the
proposed Kirkland Lake garbage
dump found council bickering and
off-topic for most of the day.
"I'm ashamed that this is one of
Oct.
nents of the deal.
When
Councillor
Howard
Moscoe requested a closed door session to ask questions about confidential sections of the deal, the
crowd of protesters refused to leave
council chambers. After a few minutes of waiting, the council decided
to leave to get privacy needed. When
the remaining crowd again resisted,
council left to meet behind the
closed doors of Committee Room 1.
As the politicians left, police and
the last things this council does...
We're being called the most hated
city in the country," said Councillor
Pam McConnell on the city's debate.
McConnell suggested the Kirkland
Lake proposal would hurt Toronto's
2008 Olympic
Bid.
"Who on
earth would want to
come to a city that makes such dumb
decisions?" she said.
security entered the room.
CHAD CURRIER
On Wednesday council voted
33 to 23 to ship incinerated
garbage north to the Adams
Mine site.
The
municipal election
November.
protesters
remained unim-
pressed
until
the
councillors
returned from a three-hour closed
session to discuss the confidential
portions of the garbage removal contract.
STINKS-
This
moose wanted
on the proposed contracts
tation
with the Republic Services consortium and RailCycle North, before
asking questions of the staff, particularly the city solicitor and the works
commissioner. Major concerns were
the city's possible liability for unexpected costs and the amount of
garbage the city would need to send.
Some confusion stemed from
Councillors listened to a presen-
to keep
Adams Mine
clean.
having two separate contracts in the
dispute. The signing deadline for the
Republic Services contract is Oct. 15,
but this contract is not in dispute
itself The contentious contract was
with RailCycle North, and has a signing deadline in December.
The current city council had
enough votes to accept both contracts, but opponents of the RCN
Word
leave
and
I
didn't wish to,"
said. "I think there's
questions being asked in the public
forum that were cut off. Some of
these weren't being addressed."
Mayor Lastman ordered emergency meetings of council to continue until the issue had been resolved.
The mayor said he was prepared to
come in every day until they'd finished the vote.
"It's
it
a gutless
Two
people were removed from
chambers for yelling at the
mayor and interrupting the proceed-
council
ings.
Maybe next
hope democracy will work in
and that big business
doesn't wan.
The moose (around
"I
city)
are just
tions in
ters were that serious.
blocks on the
office, he'll
a
year,
publicity stunt.
if
Lastman
is
in
have a different animal,
the contracts,
said she would have occupied the
council chambers but would have
drawn the line at being arrested
because she has a young son at home
who needs her. She didn't think mat-
we wished
said.
said.
chambers, they weren't being
allowed back in.
Fran Freeman, an environmental
if
Lastman
"Vote on it and face the electorate.'-'
"We've got to get the business of
this council completed," Lastman
this situation,
"We were asked
move to say 'let's do
after the election',"
came through the crowd that if any
members of the public left council
artist there to protest
Freeman
some important
maybe a jack-ass," said Murray
Muir, New Liskeard resident.
Northern residents have protested the contracts with demonstraNathan
Phillips
Square and
rail lines.
With files from Chad Currier
to
Students actually have rental rights
by Brett Clarkson
housing situation
in
Toronto
is
only
getting worse.
you've had a leaky faucet for two
months and your landlord still has-
If
n't
fixed
it,
don't worry. You're not
alone.
According to local tenant-rights
advocates, student renters are
increasingly becoming victims of
poor housing conditions because
they aren't aware of how the law protects
them as tenants.
"Students are paying among the
highest rent as a sector of the population, but because they don't know
their rights, a lot of the time they're
"For tenants, it's a disaster," York
"Rents are going through the
roof and people are losing their
homes by the busload every day."
Karen Andrews, staff lawyer at the
Rexdale Community Legal Clinic,
echoes similar sentiments. "It's a
very bad situation," Andrews said. "I
don't know that it's been worse, to
tell you the truth."
Landlords of apartment buildings
are required by law to provide basic
service and cleaning duties. While
it's the renter's responsibility to keep
said.
harrassment and poor servYork of the Greater
Toronto
Tenants
Association.
"Students need to know their basic
the apartment clean and pay the rent,
rights."
clean. "The landlord
getting
ice,"
said Paul
Some Humber
area legal clinics
say Toronto's students are often
preyed upon by landlords because
they don't
know
their rights as ten-
ants.
"Landlords love students for that
reason, because they can take advantage of them," said George Vlahakis,
of the
Community and
Services
Program
at
Legal Aid
Osgoode
Hall
Law School.
Vlahakis,
a
Osgoode Hall,
is
law-student
at
the programing
Tenants Division Leader.
He
assists
students facing difficulties in their
renting situation
and has seen
his fair
share of horror stories, including one
landlords also have certain
Landlords must keep the
the
duties.
and halls
must also cut the
lawn, shovel snow, and clean up any
trash in and around the common
stairways, elevators, lobby,
really
hard to be a stu-
dent nowadays when you rent,"
Vlahakis said. "You're timid, you
don't want to cause trouble, you just
want a relaxing area where you can
have friends over and study."
According to York, the rental
had
clients
where they haven't had two stove elements for a month."
So if tenants need repairs done,
the best approach is to consult the
landlord first. Tell him the situation,
and ask to have it fixed. Tenants
should also keep a record of when
they spoke with the landlord.
Andrews says that although most
students generally have income lev-
Post
is
by lAberata Caceamo
landlord. Ifthis fails to yield results,
president
recommended, because from
is
Sept.15 until
May
31, the
ture in an apartment
C (70 F).
21
If the
tempera-
must be
at least
temperature drops
the City of Toronto offers help.
Tenants can use Call Access Toronto
at
338-0338 for more information.
In terms of maintenance and
repairs,
faucets,
it's
"I've
down,"
below this level, tenants are encouraged to speak with or write to their
With the onset of winter, tenants
should also keep an eye on their heating situation. Having a thermometer
dent to get out.
think
said.
leaking,
is
it's
also the landlord's duty to
anything that doesn't work propapartment. This includes
kitchen appliances like the refndgerator and stove, as well as the toilet,
fix
and
sinks.
Anything that
does not function properly must be
repaired, even if it was in that condition before the tenant moved in.
Andrews says the reluctance of
landlords to actually get the repairs
done
is
becoming an
"I don't really
ing to]
it
when
The
five
areas of the building.
erly in the
"I
Andrews
is
National Post has exceeded
other Canadian newspapers
in the usage and frequency of AntiIslamic tenninology according to a
report released by the Canadian
Islamic Congress (CIC) on AntiIslam in the Canadian Media.
The third annual report was
released last Wednesday at a press
conference hosted by CIC president
Dr. Mohamed Elmasiy and CIC vice
which a landlord illegally evicted
an international student when he
found out the student wasn't from
Canada. The landlord immediately
ripped up the lease and told the stuin
roof, or when the washer
or when a stove element
issue.
see landlords [rush-
there's a leak in the
Wahida Valiante.
The document reports the
els that qualify
action.
Vlahakis says student tenants
need to be more careful when they're
out apartment hunting.
'The common mistakes students
make is they'll only go see the place
once, they'll walk around and they'll
let
the landlord
show them
eveiy-
thing, but they don't really inspect
the apartment," Vlahakis said. What
students and tenants should do when
they go to a new place is write down
every major defect there is, and when
you sign the lease, show [the list of
defects] to
students, the HSF
assistance
KX105 also offers
those who are having
office at
to
your landlord."
Humber
For
rental or
landlord problems. For a copy of the
Tenant Protection Act, visit the
Ontario Government
www.gov.on.ca.
website
at
the worst: CIC
of the other newspapers.
"The National Post has shovra the
worst anti-Islam," the report indicates. "No attempts to improve were
recorded, even after a meeting
between National Post senior editors
and the CIC."
The newspapers were ranked
ftom best to worst for anti-Islamic
content. The Toronto Star contained
the least anti-Islamic terminology,
followed by the Globe and Mail, La
Presse, the Montreal Gazette, the
Post.
ings of a yearlong stu(fy conducted
by the CIC on the nevra and views
on Islam and Muslims as found
for free legal
their landlord before taking legal
Ottawa
find-
them
advice at their neighbourhood legal
clinic, tenants should really vmte to
in
English language newspapers The
Toronto Star, the Globe and Mail,
Citizen,
and the National
The
report also indicates that
improvements were made by The
Toronto Star and the Globe and
Mail. The Toronto Star contained
the most anti-Islamic content in
1998 and currently contains the least
anti-Islamic content. The Globe and
Mail moved up from being the sec-
ond worst to the second least offender.
"TTie
Toronto Star and the Globe
andMaH have improved from being
the worst three years ago to being the
best this year. Both demonstrated
that journalists can cover news and
views without using anti-Islamic
terminology," Elmasry said. "The
presence of anti-Islam in the media
is a professional quality issue and
can be rectified. We hope that the
National Post will follow the lead of
The Star and Globe andMail in this
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October
12,
2000
CAMPy^dtH?i
Lakeshore welcomes
Open learning
new vice-president
its
by Mark Nonkes
new
mer, a
needed this
she has only been at
Humber for little more than a
Although
Monique Raymond,
Social Services Worker student,
one of the head honchos
month,
Lakeshore.
"I'm just
nervous and
a
I
to learn quick
a
is
at
running for the position.
She
the election with 95 of 216
won
votes.
"I
was
specifically the girl for
the job because I have great leadership
skills,"
Raymond continued.
bit
want
and
"I
said.
"I
president
president
takes
the reins from for-
and
mer HSF
courses.
vice-presi- \k
most
students
involved in HSF
are involved in the
it."
some
taught
She also travelled
dent Dave Gulobev.
said
I
school
Raymond was the
president of her class
happen."
He
or vice-
came up
high
In
things
Raymond
it
If
would jump on
feel that I
I
make
can
summer.
the
opportunity of being
can adjust
quickly.
thought about
all
stuff,"
Newfoundland
to
first-year
Monique
and took a training
MARKNONKES coursc in leadership
sWUs.
Raymond
Raymond hopes
Board of Directors
and second-year students take on
to get as
the executive positions like vice-
student
president.
"Some people are
willing to
jump in and become an executive,"
Gulobev said.
Normally student elections are
held in the spring but with the
death of the vice-president
Elizabeth Robertson this sum-
by Brianne Binelli
many
people involved in
as possible.
"I hope to do fun fundraisers,
have some kind of pub night with
the bar across the street and
maybe a dance or two," Raymond
life
said.
-Pedro Meija
see "Mickey gets his
:
man"
centre opens
Sarah Shantz, a writing
to 1,500 students could pass
Upthrough
the
open learning
centre in a week to receive help
with mechanical writing problems,
accounting, and
math
help.
The centre, located in room
D225 of North, was opened in
1995 and accepts full and parttime students
who
are taking con-
tinuing education.
The centre is limited to students vvho need help in accounting, math, and writing skills, said
Louise Uba, OLC manager.
"We don't provide support for
all the distance learning courses
offered by the college, but for those
schools who have asked us to provide support for their particular
courses," said Uba.
Students can find tutors to help
them
is
doors to helping students
fall.
Raymond had no doubts when
HSF
vice-president
Monique Raymond
apply the
vice-president was
a beer for staff
always good."
"Sixty cents
Monday
to
Thursday
between 8 a.m. and 10 p.m., Friday
8 a.m. - 7 p.m. and Saturday and
Sunday from noon to 5 p.m.
The majority of the tutors who
work at the centre are either staff
who work at Humber's North campus or university co-op students
who are usually from the
University of Waterloo, said Uba
skills
to 5 p.m.
tutor at the learning centre, is a coop student from the University of
However, some students go to
the centre after receiving a writing
Waterloo who is majoring in history and minoring in speech com-
their teachers.
munication.
Shantz said she is tutoring even
though she is majoring in History,
she said this job was what interested her most.
When Shantz arrived at the
school, she along with the other
from the University
of Waterloo, were given a crash
course on tutoring.
"I have not taken any university courses in English," said
Shantz who explained that in
order to study history at Waterloo
she had to be proficient in
English.
Plus, all tutors must submit a
sample of writing to ensure their
English is up to standards.
The writing centre, part of the
open learning centre, offers a communications upgrading course to
those students who passed the
course, but failed the proficiency
test, said Shantz.
These students work one-onone with tutors at a regular time
from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. and 3 p.m.
writing tutors
centre referral form from one of
The form lists the name of the
student and writing problems that
he or she may have.
Students can then take the form
to the writing center between 11
a.m. and 3 p.m. and ask a tutor for
help, said Shantz.
If a tutor is available the student will have the chance to work
one-on-one with the tutor to
address their specific writing
problem.
Worksheets are also available
for students for run-on sentences,
commas, or whatever the problem
may be.
Students can also find math
and accounting tutors in the main
working area of the centre.
Second-year General Arts student, Felicia Spaulding is especially pleased with the help that
the tutors provide.
"I love Teresa [tutor] especially,
because she's excellent ... I find
when she teaches something, it's
more understandable," Spaulding
said.
Raymond added she hopes to
make disabled students feel more
comfortable at Humber.
Time running out
on club sanctioning
by Dan Birch
wishing to have a club
sanctioned by the Humber
Students' Federation (HSF) and
Anyone
hundreds of dollars in
funding must submit a club application form no later than tomor-
qualify for
row.
To date, four clubs have been
sanctioned for the first semester,
while a handful of clubs are still
waiting final approval.
Genetics,
Humber
Tamil
Student
Association,
Humber
Environmental Action Team and
the
International
Students
Association have all been sanctioned so far.
"My
biggest goal
all the
their
is
to get
students to get
money's worth."
-Steve Anastasi
Applicants must have the signatures of 20 prospective members
and a
faculty signature.
As well, any hopefuls should
have designated a club president,
vice-president,
and treasurer.
Stephen Anastasi, HSF vicepresident of campus life North, said
virtually any type of club can be
formed.
"As long as
it's
not a
cult,"
he
said.
Any club resembling a cult will go
before a cult awareness committee
and will most likely be disbanded.
New clubs - clubs that haven't
been in existence for more than two
consecutive semesters - sanctioned
by HSF can receive up to S200 per
semester in funding.
The money goes towards advertising and club activities, Anastasi
said.
Established clubs, those that have
in existence for more than two
consecutive semesters, may receive
up to $300 per semester.
been
"Some clubs might require less
funding than others," he said.
Joining a club is a great way for
students to make friends and
become involved with the college,
Anastasi said.
"My
biggest goal
is
to get
all
the
students to get their money's
worth," he said.
Application packages can be
picked up at either the North or
Lakeshore HSF offices.
ALEXIS ZGUD
THREE SUITS PLUS ONE HAWK = A GRAND TIME
President Gordon, HSF president Toby Warnell, and former SAC
Virk were on hand for the ribbon-cutting ceremony at North's
library last Friday afternoon celebrated the grand opening of Humber's first 24-hour
study nail.
The
Humber Hawk,
president
Muhammad
October
2000
The average person has over 1,460
The average American/Canadian will
eat about 11.9 lbs of cereal per year.
In Bangladesh, kids as young as 15 can
be jailed for cheating on their finals.
12,
dreams a
year.
-fast facts courtesy of
www.strangefacts.com
Double-booking causes delay
by Brianne Binelli
Women's day event at North
Students can still cash in on a
Women's Awareness day event
that
was
Humber
campus last
cancelled
North
College's
Wednesday.
This past
was planned
week
a
at both
postponed.
at
women's event
Humber cam-
puses.
The postponement of North
Campus' festivities was a result of a
double-booking problem,
said
Farida Isaac, vice-president
administration for Lakeshore.
of
hoping that if there
is an interest I will try
and co-ordinate another
"I'm
event."
-Farida Isaac
was delayed in booking a date
for North Campus," said Isaac, who
was in charge of the event.
Isaac had already confirmed the
event at Lakeshore for Oct. 3, so it
went ahead as planned.
Students who would have liked
to see the Women's day event come
to North campus can still benefit
from another event that could be
planned by Isaac between now and
the end of the year.
"I
"I'm hoping that
interest
I
will try
if there is an
and co-ordinate
another event," said Isaac.
If the event had gone ahead as
planned at North, there would have
been an information booth along
with three speakers, said Isaac.
Women's art and information
about the International Women's
Day March would also have been
available.
The march, which is to take
place on Oct. 15, will be a walk
against violence and poverty in
Ottawa, but
ed
it
will also
be celebrat-
157 countries worldwide.
Women's day originated March
in
8, 1857 when hundreds of women
garment and textile workers went
on strike in New York City.
The women were tired of low
wages, long hours, and inhumane
working conditions.
The event ended in a violent
struggle with police, but
has since
been set aside as a day to recognize
the achievements and success of
women worldwide.
The speakers who were scheduled to speak would have discussed women in post-secondary
institutions, the history of the fight
and reproductive
for women
rights, and international issues.
it
said Isaac.
When students at North campus
were told about the event cancellation, they were upset that North
had been neglected.
"I'm outraged," said Ashley
Springman,
third-year Interior
Design student. Her friend Nicole
Sedore, agreed.
"That's a disappointment [the
cancellation of the event] ... they are
neglecting us here [at North
Campus]. They should re-book it,"
said Sedore.
On the other hand, the event
faced criticism because it was not
publicized
many students
as
thought that it should be.
"Had I known I probably would
have
checked
Springman.
Isaac
may
nowhere
by Mark Nonkes
would
have liked, but she did target the
Humanities and Social Services
departments to let them know what
was going on.
Memos also went out, but they
were only sent to Lakeshore staff,
Students can contact Isaac to
convey interest in events possibly
coming to our campus by calling
ext. 3218.
plans
for
a
Lakeshore residence are in the
works as the student population
will double from 2,000 to 4,000
within the next three years.
"We don't have a go ahead on
definite plans for a residence at this
point. We have some preliminary
nothing
definite,"
plans but
Lakeshore Principal Pat Ferbyack
said.
"Lakeshore will be up to a number where residence can be supported by a student population
[2003]," said John Hooiveld, associate director of facilities manage-
in sight
At the end of a day knocking on
doors around the Lakeshore neigh-
Although Bonnie Horvath, a
bourhood, Susilo found a bungalow
ment. However, he added land for
the project has yet to be purchased.
Jefferey Susilo, a second-year
Financial Service student, said a
Lakeshore residence would be a
nice place to stay.
"It's
closer to school
and
in resi-
students
usually stay
around the same program so you
can study with your friends," Susilo
dence,
said.
There are about 30 Lakeshore
students living in the North campus residence.
Lakeshore is planning to expand
its student population to 4,000
post-graduate Human Resources
student, wouldn't stay in
a
Lakeshore residence, she has
already lived the on-campus life at
the University of Waterloo.
"If you are far away from your
home and you come here for your
first year, you don't know the area
so it's good to have a certain place
to live," said Horvath.
Staying at home was not an
option for Susilo, as he lives in
that he's shared with
Markham which would mean
roommate to share her two bedroom apartment with but laughed
when the procedure for advertising
and a
half hour
a two
commute.
"I wanted a place close by so I
can go back to school a lot," 20-
year-old Susilo said.
Students looking for off-campus
housing are advised to look at the
ofF-campus housing directory online
and on a bullefin board at both campuses, said Chris Little, manager of
the North Campus residence.
A recent search on the Humber
two other stu-
dents for the past year.
Susilo believes the few postings
for the Lakeshore campus are due
to a $32.10 charge for landlords to
post a new ad and a $10 fee every
two months thereafter to keep the
ad posted.
"I don't think it's right. They're
making money off us all the time,"
Susilo said.
Bonnie Horvath
is
looking for a
we wanted, as long as we got back in
time for work," said Mejia.
M-i-c - see Humber real soon, k-
The former SAC representative
completed three months of his six-
-why because
Recent Humber
e-y
Management
they like us.
Hospitality
graduate Pedro Meija
got the chance to work aboard a
Walt Disney cruise ship.
who graduated
said working
on the
last spring,
cruise ship
was
an unforgettable experience.
"It was amazing. Sixty cents a beer
for staff is always good," said Mejia.
"I got the job through the school.
Disney representatives came to
Humber
to do interviews," said
"They come to Humber
Mejia.
every year, and we're the first ones
to hear about the jobs."
According to Mejia, there are
various benefits to working for Walt
Disney Cruise Lines.
"There is an amazing gym, free
Internet service, free video rentals,
and we got up to 50 per cent off
everything in the ship store. When
we
arrived at an island,
off the boat
and went
we just
off
got
wherever
to
/-residenc/offcamp.htm.
can work in three placements.
Mejia said the placements are
good for making connections, but
you have to.be careful when making
final
decisions regarding where to go.
'The
first
placement
the Hilton, and
I
did was at
sucked. I was washing dishes for two weeks," said Mejia.
it
For his second and third placements, Mejia went to work at the
Westin Harbour Castle, and said
this experience was great.
"I really liked the Westin. I
worked as the United Way campaign co-ordinator for all three
money," said Mejia.
Even
the
Westin
though
Harbour Castle offered Mejia a fulltime job, he saidhe's going to take a
break for now.
"I
Little said.
off-campus housing Web site had
35 postings for Lakeshore and
over 148 postings for the North
campus.
However, the off-campus housing didn't help Susilo find a place
were long," said Mejia.
In the two-year
Hospitality
Management program, students
raise
"Those fees that we charge the
is free,"
month contract with Disney. He said
although he had a great time on the
ship, it was time to come home.
"I saw what I wanted to see, but
the pay just wasn't good enough for
me to stay longer, and the hours
hotels - the Westin, the Sheraton
Gateway, and the Sheridan Center.
I had to do employee campaigns to
landlord are controlled by the Board
of Governors, the service to the stu-
dent though
man
by Lindsay Bruce
was explained.
Horvath decided to put posters
up around the school instead.
About 300 students use the offcampus directory. Little estimated.
She said the off-campus housing
services are most useful for students who do not live in the
Toronto area.
The off-campus Web site can be
found at www.humberc.on.ca-
live.
Mickey gets his
Mejia,
couple of years.
Preliminary
IGrads 'R' us
said Isaac.
in the next
from the current 2,000
The
Humber Tamil Association celebrated
Saraswarthy, a Hindu holiday, to give thanks and
praise for the successes of the previous year and to ask
for good fortune for the upcoming year.
not have been able to
advertise as well as students
Lakeshore residence
still
GIVING THANKS
said
out,"
it
R.ANDV COOR.\V
think I'm going to take
it
easy
for awhile," said Mejia.
Disney
representatives
are
returning to Humber on Oct 14. If
students are interested in working
for the cruise line contact Cast-A Way Cruise & Hiring Agency at
(514)
COURTESY PHOTO
Pedro Meija
624-0290.
Dawn
Aitken, program co-ordinator for Hospitality Management
can be contacted at ext.4105.
October
12,
2000
EDITO
Visit us on-line at:
ivivw. etcetera.humberc.on.ca
A wolf in a landlord's clothing
Are you one of the thousands of
pack up
college students that
one month, depending on how rent
from home one fine morning to
start anew in the big city?
The sheer exhilaration of finding your first apartment is one of
-
those once in a lifetime experi-
damages;
The tenant can sublet the
dwelling, except for government
housing.
Under the Tenants
Protection Act, the landlord must
ences.
what many students
Yet,
neglect are the legalities involved.
As a new tenant, do you know
your rights? Let us embark on a little journey, one that is useful,
though perhaps, a little boring.
Renters, here are
some
need-to-
knows under the Landlord Tenant
-
You have the right to privacy;
The landlord must keep the exteThe tenant
is
responsible for
all
wait 12 months before increasing
your rent. The laws do not apply
when an apartment changes hands.
In that case, the landlord can set
Act:
the rent at his discretion, and you
The landlord can ask for a
security deposit and is limited to
one pay period [i.e. one week or
the renter agree to pay the set
amount. The landlord does not
-
have the
a rent-control tribunal for a rent
reduction if the landlord does not
make
rior of the dwelling clean;
-
at will.
You, as the tenant, can apply to
is collected];
legal right to increase rent
repairs or
were specified
amendment to abolish rent control.
improvements that
in
the
original
agreement.
Here in good old Ontario, the
Landlord Association is currently
lobbying for a constitutional
This would leave the landlords
God in setting the price of
to play
without
involvement.
rent,
Increases are set annually by the
Minister of Municipal Affairs and
Housing. The set increases are
Association
scheduled
ate from
December
to
be
released
in
for 2001.
be swindled by landlords because they prey on our
eagerness and ignorance.
likely to
is
successftil,
it
legally
that your rent could fluctu-
month
to
month without
written notification.
What does it all mean? Well, it
means you have a responsibility to
know what your legal rights are. As
students, we continue to be the
most
means
the
Minister's
If the Landlords
About ten years ago, landlords
suffered through the recession and
the high rate of vacancy that
accompanied it. Now, as the economy booms, landlords believe the
opportunity is ripe to change the
laws to their advantage.
Currently, the average rent for a
two
bedroom
apartment
in
Toronto is more than $900, a
ridiculous rate for most students.
With tuition fees and other
expenses
like
food, students are
already in a vulnerable position.
Let's not let the government or
landlords think that this
is
merely
yet another area where students
will play the
lamb.
So if you happen to be looking
for an apartment, try to remember
these little bits of information, and
get involved in stopping the
Landlord's Association attempt to
eliminate rent control.
We could be
doing our children a service by
fighting this vigorously.
A dilly of a dialogue
ends in epiphany
Communication
is
the founda-
tion towards each successful
relationships: without
it
they
fail.
The recent Humber Students
Federation 'training weekend' was
not a secret, but the
specifics
to
money
were not readily available
Et Cetera reporters and
Humber
editors
when we
initially
inquired.
Requests for details were met
with hostility that immediately led
us to believe there was something
more
raced.
What do
meals.
And while it may not have all
been work, they did start around
10 a.m. Saturday for educational
sessions and worked through until
7 p.m. to eat dinner, sleep, watch
television, and play euchre.
John Conrad, a former Humber
College Resident Life co-ordinator
who
Our minds
to the story.
With 28 people representing
number's HSF, the $6,800 was
used for accommodations and
they have to hide?
has 10 years experience work-
ing with students
was the only
Other questions prevailed: Why do
they need to spend so much money
and where is it all going? Spending
it well is the HSF job. Asking
guest speaker for the weekend.
questions
cation
is
ours.
commucomment
Out of respect
for clear
we awaited
from President Toby Warnell connication,
cerning the issue.
We believed
would be honest and he was
right.
A
final interview with
helped clear the
he
forth-
him
air.
This year on the September 30
weekend, 21
HSF staff members
and seven staff members spent two
days and one evening at Severn
Lodge, Muskoka The weekend cost
$6,800.
"We had
15 hours of
the weekend].
It
work
was not a
[for
social,"
said Warnell.
Each year $9,000 is allocated
for these annual weekends.
Leaving town allows them to
escape distractions, leave the mind
fresh, and enable the group to
focus on the task of properly gov-
erning the college, Warness told
us. It has
nothing to do with just
getting away, he added.
The sessions ended 1:45 p.m.
Sunday following a role-playing
exercise for improving communiskills.
For at least 18 years, the student government directors have
been thanked for their volunteer
weekend at 'off-site'
The money was raised
efforts with a
resorts.
through the additional fees tacked
onto your activity fees, or generated by HSF revenue sources like the
games room.
So, what on initial glance looked
like a waste, could be viewed as a
saving. They saved students
$2,200 from the budget. Most of
the savings came from only having
one guest speaker, and reducing
the retreat to two days. A few
thousand dollars may not seem a
lot out of a budget well over
$500,000, but to a starving student
it
can
mean the
difference
between staying in school, or being
forcedout of school. Students
deserve to know where their
money
used.
is
going and
how
it is
being
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Less drinkin',
Try some decaf,
more thinking
My
name
is
an addict.
that tugs at
me
every moment.
Cameron, and I am
It is an affliction
and fills my mind at
Toronto, there
find myself dis-
Timmy's poor
I
from my tasks, looking up
from
my
malfunctioning
PowerMac, yearning for my own
personal opiate, and wondering
tracted
my
become?
life
VV
Seriously. Three in the afternoon and I'm just getting up. My
head feels like it's just had a romp
in the meat grinder. My mouth
tastes like a dwarf used it for a toilet then used my tongue to wipe
when
"Never again,"
I
shots, no more
more contests.
Hah! What nonsense.
alcohol, last night
pints,
hit
of that
Tim Horton's
importance demands
closer together."
Hah! What nonsense.
And what a fool I am because,
alcohol, you tricked me. You swindled me Hke a telemarketer vnth
an old lady who doesn't speak
You made me feel good,
but now I feel bad. You saw me
English.
coming from miles away, a big
neon sign on my brow, the words
"Easily Corrupted Idiot" beckoning-
sold
me on
pleasure,
and
bought me on pain. You gave me a
voice, a voice I now disdain. I said
things, I did things, hell, I even
thought things that shouldn't have
seen the light of day, but did.
So this is the lowdown on
liquor. It's false hope. It's like a
religion. Clubs and bars are the
churches. And just as medieval
cathedrals had the power to bring
the entire community together
under one roof, so too do the bars
you gd to get hammered in on the
weekends.
It does have god-like powers,
Word on
way
that one
Computer Engineering
Second year
"Going up to
girls at
Canada's Wonderland
and asking them out."
that
is
to treat
to cut off the supply,
is
demand, and
the situation
I
find myself
you'll
the Street
Cham Pannu
-
look to it when trouble
rears its ugly head. It'll give you
the keys to heavenly bliss, then it'll
throw you into the depths of hell.
Anyone who's ever had to work at
7 a.m. after a whiskey-fuelled night
on the tovra will attest to the truth
in these words
Above all, it'll take you to new
lows.
One night at a keg party I was
wearing a t-shirt with a picture of a
Sheltie dog on the front of it. After
a few glasses, I started pouring
beer onto the place on the shirt
where the dog's mouth was, thinking I was actually feeding it beer.
"Sheltie loves beer," I was
telling people. "Just watch this,
he'll drink some."
Then the beer poured all down
ray shirt.
I've always said of alcohol that
it breeds fabe contentment. Too
many people accept the sheer
banality of life because hell, at the
end of the week, they'll get together and tie one on, get rip roarin'
pickled and forget the fact that a
day's worth of hard work doesn't
amount to a hill of beans in this
world.
Just as Oscar Wilde said: work
is the curse of the drinking class.
I'll drink to that.
"Singing
"It's
It
is
that
the world
sibling, Coffee
of
Time.
a gaping void of quality Java
stretches from that last
Horton's outpost at Bay and Bloor,
west to safe haven way over at
Cameron
north to the near-Arctic
French
Kipling,
and south to
facing.
Despite the fact that
in cities like
Hamilton, St. Catharines, and
London, Tim Horton's cover the
suburban landscape like flies on a
used cruller, often occupying more
than two corners on the same intersection, in my neighbourhood,
smack dab in the middle of West
Lake Ont.
For me, living in the Portuguese
stronghold
on
Dundas
and
Dufferin, it is an impossible situation. From bus windows, I see my
precious coffee steaming from the
cups of the Etobicoke bourgeoisie.
I look longingly at those decadent car-owners as they chatter
back and forth like squirrels, carelessly spilling precious drops of my
sacred Horton's on the sidewalk as
they strut like peacocks back to
do they appreciate the
Little
great pain
am
I
in,
being deprived
of the thing which has fueled
consciousness through
five
my
years of
high-energy existence.
But now I must sit at home, and
make my President's Choice 'gour-
and deal with the gap that can
never be filled.
I suppose I could get on my bike
met',
and head down to Bay and Bloor.
But geez, that sounds like so much
work.
their gas-guzzlers.
read
Letters to the editor
my
proposed idea. Contact me
via email
if
you have any comments,
questions, ideas, or concerns.
To whom
may concern,
it
Campus
Gal" photo in the
Once
Life sec-
thank you.
again,
Bernard Aybout
Then later on
adding a "Humbershine Guy"
photo, depending on popularity.
tion of the paper.
I
have a planned strategy to
increase
me
let
the
of the
circulation
Etcetera paper.
First off,
We already have photographs ready
introduce myself
My name
to be posted, with a short biogra-
Humber
Bernard Ayoub, and I am a full
time student at Humber College in
is
the
CPA (Computer Programmer
Analyst) program.
My
idea
and
I
have
everything planned and ready to go
if it
I
gets approved.
are full-time
and
My partners and
Humber
students
ALL other persons involved are
Humber students.
also full-time
The
gist is to
add a "Humbershine
and the weather
would
report.
We
like to take full responsibility
submitting the photo, biogra-
for
phy,
simple,
is
phy,
and weather
forecast, daily to
be added in the paper.
antee a
100%
In addition,
I
circulation increase.
all
males and females
are 19+ years of age,
Humber
can guar-
students,
full-time
and consent
to
No-Names Software
Congratulations on a fine piece
[re: your editorial
"Trudeau teaching to the end", Oct.
5]. I have read many, many pages
of writing
covering the death of Pierre Elliott
Trudeau and yours
that
for taking the
the best piece
is
have read.
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1 1
com-
contains really cogent
ments and
is
a beautifully lyrical
piece of writing.
Lynne Thorkelsson,
have their photos taken.
Thank you
Tom Jones'
not unusual" in
public."
Jason Cureats
Mike Fragomeni
Electrical Engineering
First year
Copywriting
First year
-
"Delivering newspapers
and pumping
gas."
-
"I
worked
Inc.
Brampton
Faculty,
time to
Health Sciences
what's the most embarrassing thing you've ever done for money?
Nadia Stirpe
Arts and Science
Second year
-
come from
I
the lonely, caffeine- free shorts of
(it's
addiction
and
extolled
in
Coffee
rather than quell the
I
nary a Horton's
latitudes of St. Clair,
They say
no
your virtues, and celebrated your
beloved presence. I made absurdly
grandiose statements about your
place in the world, such as "if more
people drank, we'd have world
peace," and "alcohol brings people
You
can get the next
is
man
sight.
precious substance...
said to myself.
No more
Oh
I
capitalization).
his arse.
7
OMNXON
Please send your letters
TilThat has
2000
12,
Riza Rahmbel
Chemical lab technician
First year
for
McDonald's... that's
pretty embarrassing."
had
and
spray them. Some of them
had allergies."
-"Selling cologne.
to go
up
I
to people
October
8
12,
2000
wear a hat says a person is
confident and caring about what
Psychologists say that the shoe and
foot are the most common sources of
they look like in public"
- student, Amber Thomas
sexual fetishism in North America.
- Bata shoe museum
"To
Let your shoes
do the talking
by Jenn Cochrane
Small shoestory
No
no shoes, no service.
Why are shoes so important? We wear them for protection but, when did the shoe
evolve from functional to fash-
Ancient Greeks and
shirt,
ionable?
"Shoes can say a
your
lot
personality,"
about
said
Antonietta Perretta, a field mentor in the Fashion Arts Program.
How well your shoes are
maintained is just as important
as style and colour. Nice shoes
are as essential to an outfit as a
clean washroom is to a restaurant said Perretta. The same way
people judge a restaurant on the
cleanliness of
its
washrooms, an
be affect-
overall impression can
ed by dirty or scuffed shoes, said
Perretta.
they are dorky or dirty, or
bright orange then 1 might
judge a guy on his shoes. It
wouldn't stop me from going out
with him, but I might make fun
of him, in a good way," said
Tammy Cleary, a first-year
Design Foundation student.
"You can always tell if a man is
"If
like
married because he's wearing
nice shoes which his wife picks
out."
Shoes are being reinvented.
The fashion world can only
change the length of a
skirt so
many times,
said Perretta. There
endless possibilities for
shoes, however. Changing the
colour of a pair of shoes can
change a look entirely.
"I was looking for a pair of
shoes that were cheap but
stylin'," said Lance Skvaetur, a
are
Romans wore
open sandals. By the eightli century,
shoes were designed to cover the feet
because according to Christian morality,
it
was
expose the
sinful to
l>ody.
During
and
textiles
the 14th century, leather
were used making shoes both stylish,
elegant and expressed personal status.
During the 1 800's synthetic dyes were
developed Introducing a
new range of
hem-
colours to fashion. Early 1900s,
were
lines
lo
raised marking a beginning
have are popular because they
make the ankle and foot look slimmer
heel
Toronto skateboarder shopping
on Queen Street wearing red
clubbing shoes with white
accent and on thick,
white rubber soles.
"I turned 18 and I wanted
something to jump-start my
maturity," he said. "Red is the
colour of my astrological sign.
I'm a Leo and the symbol is fire.
It's the colour of passion and I'm
very passionate about everything. My shoes are really a
reflection of my personality."
Matching shoes and jewelry
is a popular trend right now.
a hat
Crowning Crowns
by Erin Lippens
One
of the most popular fashion trends these days is sitting right on top of people's
The hat has become
heads.
increasingly popular with young
adults as a form of self expres-
downtown Toronto, the
In
evidence
sion.
is
everywhere.
When you walk into Sussmans
Perretta recommends picking up
the colours in your shoes by
wearing a matching necklace or
on Queen Street, the floor creaks
of old age and the smell of must
swirls in the air of the vintage
clothing stores. Quiet music and
low lighting add to the atmosphere. It is a vintage store that
bracelet.
carries
Shoes are as important to
women as ties are to men. They
are the essential accessory in any
woman's wardrobe.
work.
"I like
my
make me
shoes because they
the fashion
and I like the way they look.
They go all the way up my legs
and they are lined with fleece so
I can wear them in winter," said
tall.
It's
"Colour
is
your
friend,"
Perretta said.
A blue suit could be boring by
but adding a pair of funkier shoes can also add interest. A
different pair of shoes can dress
itself,
up or dress down an
outfit.
Perretta said that socks are
more important than shoes. You
can be wearing the most beautiful pair of shoes and ruin them
by wearing the wrong socks.
When socks are the same colour
as the shoes, they can elongate
your
feet.
Matching shoes and
socks can make the shoes look
sleeker because the solidity of
colour makes the foot and ankle
look longer and skinnier. If you
wear a different colour of sock,
your ankles and feet will look
wider by breaking up the flow of
colour.
boots existing worldwide,
each $750.
at the Eaton
stripes
high leather boots.
John Fluevog thigh-high-
down
sports
endless shoe design possibilities. High
Brenda Moffat about her knee
HIGH- Pictured is one of 24
man now. A young woman
the woman or
Centre.
STYLIN'-Hats make
"It's like wearing a shirt with
horizontal stripes, it will make
you look wider," she said.
son they
hair day!"
are.
Instructor Melissa McLean
has been teaching at Humber
College for some time now, and
gave her thoughts on hats as a
fashion statement.
shows their personality.
personal thing, and it
depends on yourself what kind of
hat you will choose to wear.
"It
a
It's
Some
people aren't comfortable
in hats,
and
Humber
that's fine,"
college Fashion Arts program
instructor Melissa McLean said.
"The meaning of your hat is
based on what type of hat you
wear."
hand made pieces of
Second-year Fashion Arts student Amber Thomas puts her
Sussmans is described by
employees as a place of art, a
hats to practical use.
"I wear hats to protect my
head from the cold. I also make
place for reflection of the self.
They and other businesses in the
Queen Street area have been
going at it for 30 years and
counting, and have seen virtually
every imagineable style of hat
come and go. Hats, say the people at Sussmans, can be used to
show the face.
That is why Humber College
students wear hats. The school is
not exactly brimming with the
world's strangest hats too, but
there is a small population of
expressionists.
sure
it
matches
my
outfit,"
she
said.
Thomas owns many
hats,
including English bowling hats
and 1940s velvet tie-under-thechin hats. She said that a person
needs to be self-assured when
wearing a hat because people are
not accustomed to hat wearers
and judge them differently.
'To wear a hat says a person is
confident and caring about what
they look
like in public,"
Thomas
"You have to be a bit daring, because hats are not a commonplace thing. What would you
think if you saw a guy walking
down the street wearing a top
said.
Toques, visors, baseball caps,
Each hat wearer wants
to be fashionable and original.
With some hats there is an
golf hats...
attached sentimental value.
Carissa Rissman spoke about
the time she bought her Molson
hat?"
Her
Canadian bucket hat.
friends said that she is a bubbly
person, red is a good colour for
said her baby pink kufi (a small
her skin complexion, and the
shape brings out the best of her
facial features.
Carissa had a dif-
ferent response.
"Well, it came with a free case
of beer," she said.
number's students and faculty in the fashion arts program
say that when a person wears a
hat, it shows what kind of per-
Student Sopheary Duong
in
first-year business administration,
knitted toque) matches almost
everything in her closet, and that
the colour paints her as a person.
In a very serious tone, she said,
"I'm a very laid back person. I
think that pink is a colour of calmness, and childhood innocence,
and so
this hat says
who I am."
Then she laughs
a
lot
about
hysterically
and adds,
"And I'm having such a bad
Almost
viewed for
all
the
women
inter-
this article said
they
wear hats because of bad hair
days. However, many young
women wear them because they
think they look exceptionally
good
in hats.
Dameion Royes, founder and
president of Big It Up, said other
hats like the popular fake fur
cowboy hats, really enhance a
woman's facial features. After
founding this international company four years ago, he is in the
know on what looks good.
"These hats have been the
most popular item for over a
year now, which is a big life
span for a fashion hat," said
"But the best things
Royes.
about these cowboy hats is that
the wire underneath lets you
shape it to your head and any
woman can accentuate her features beautifully."
In his booth, Royes has display photos of various women
wearing his hats. They looked so
serious in their facial expressions, it almost looked like a job
out of a professional studio with
actual models.
"No, these are just some girls
who picked these hats, and they
looked so good I asked if I could
take their picture for my wall
here."
Men are after the hats as well
because of their funky style and
major attention-getting at the
rave scene. A customer at the
booth, overhearing the subject,
throws in his thought but asks
not to be named.
"I'd only wear one of those
cowboy hats if it means a sexy
girl wearing one would come talk
to me," said the 21-year-old.
Royes at Big It Up has his
own view on hats. The name Big
It Up means, to urban culture,
give each other respect.
"Show yourself off, show
what you're made of," he said.
October
Do you
think you've got what it takes to be a
beauty queen? If you do, look forward to
Humber's Fashion Arts students', Miss
Humber Pageant, taking place
later on this year.
12,
2000
9
LIFES
Fashion Arts students get their money worth
by Lindsay Bruce and
Sara Szulc
"It's hard, but it should
hopefully be rewarding in the
end if we pull off a good
Fashion Arts program
has many new
and exciting courses to offer
show,"
said
second-year
Fashion Arts student. Amber
The
at
to
Humber
its full
dents this
and part-time
stu-
fall.
With new courses such as
cosmetic sales and make-up
artistry certificate,
cosmetic
marketing
certificate,
commerce
for fashion certifi-
cate,
and
e-
McLean, an
Melissa
Thomas. "It will help us
our big event."
to
the
in the
two-year program with three internship placements.
for
Ideas for presentations
Include two fashion shows, a
flashback
Humber's fashion students get hands-on experience
eighties
theme, and a collection of
rock inspired images.
The Fashion Arts students
are recruiting a variety of
(^t Iftfo Tke ^^oov-e At
instructor in the Fashion Arts
department, and developer of
the e-commerce program
is a lot more to
fashion arts than meets the
"This
end up managing
sewing
designers."
McLean
said.
-
"This is not a fashion
design course, the people who
graduate end up managing
girls
from
McLean.
prepared to
and be
ever-changing
demands of the fashion
industry head on.
According to the 20002001 continuing education
judges.
designers," said
Humber
meet
who graduate
people
eye.
are no
here,"
is
the
the e-commerce
program puts emphasis on
merchandising fashion and
calendar,
fashion-related products in
order to increase the benefits
of online retailing to an
organization.
not a fashion
design course, the
said there
"There
machines
is
with
Melissa McLean
Humber to
sign
$5 makeovers.
First-year Fashion students are volunteering their
time to prepare for the
"It's a great introduction
for the first-year students to
get some practice before
they go out in the real world
and start doing the big
McLean.
and volunteer, Jennifer
Maramba. "It does give me
two years, McLean said.
She added a lot of students
find permanent work in their
placements after graduation.
Second-year
students
organize some type of big
show. Last year, the show was
held at the Phoenix Concert
Theater in Toronto.
"It had an Indian theme.
They had a henna tattoo artist
and a palm reader," said
McLean.
There are four scheduled
mini-shows to date to help
finance the
final
show
in
April.
money to
run a show like this," McLean
"It costs
a
lot
of
said.
ly
interesting,"
an idea of what
with
fundraising activities in the
Student's Centre to help
finance the final show. Each
presentation is organized to
raise money, gain experience,
practice for their graduating project, a major fashion
and
show
in April.
do
try professionals to present
their ideas for the fashion
show in front of a panel of
industry professionals. The
panel and students will then
vote on the theme they want
for April.
Last year's fashion show
was a huge success. It was
the first year the show was
held off campus at the
Phoenix Concert Theatre
and members of the media.
This year the students are
hoping for a more affordable
venue with additional seat-
allows
along
I'd like to
At the end of October the
second-year students will
meet with a panel of indus-
ond year Fashion Arts
mini-show
Marketing Assistant
said first-
after school."
ing.
dents, will be presenting a
Hostesses
year fashion arts student
Starting every Wednesday,
from Nov. 8 to Nov. 29, secstu-
Servers
shows ahead.
shows," said McLean.
"As for a person on the
outside looking into second
year [the show] sounds real-
in
APPLICATIONS FOR:
Other fundraising
might include a garage sale or
This new course lasts
approximately three months
and costs $230.
The four-semester fashion
arts program is extremely
to
intensive,
according
Students are expected to
take part in three internships
NOW ACCEPTING
up
part of the pageant,
students acting as
a great event that
the students to
come together, work together, and allows the first and
second year students to
come together in the program," McLean said.
Also, be on the look out
"It's
all
Miss
Humber
Pageant
that will be put on by the
for a
Fashion
later
on
Arts
department
this year.
HOOTERS GIRLS
Apply
person
in
at:
3757 Keele
St.
NORTH YORK
(416)638-2200
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West
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TORONTO
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252 Queen
St.
East
BRAMPTON
(905) 450-9464
10
October
12,
2000
ENTERTAINMENT
B ootlegs and Scratching
Posts
game of echo with Vedder during
"Daughter." The effect is chilling and
relives the Pearl Jam live experience.
Although the boots are targeted at
hardcore "jamheads," they act as a chronicle of the road - an official, souvenir of
the show. And if you were at last week's
Air Canada Show, don't fret. The band is
releasing
another 45 bootlegs by
Christmas, featuring the North American
tour.
-Dave Eha
Bootleg live recordings have always
been a majestic part of the rock show
experience.
They've documented Bob
Dylan's sacrilegious dablings in electric
guitar (Judas!) and John Bonham's 10
minute drum solos. The scratchy tapes
(and more recently CD's) duplicated the
experience for the fan - but it allowed
and middlemen
$80 per recording.
manufacturers
demand up
to
to
by Kristina Koski
entertainment company,
Tribenation.com is going
global with the success of its
Web site and with Tsunami, a
party showcasing local and glob-
past the borders of the 416 and
905 and the momentum is building worldwide.
"This is technically my last
show as Tribenation's pubUcist,"
said Boundless' Dana Postill,
al deejays.
who had mixed
Local
him
Those
nearing three hours in
spunky
Scratching Post are
metal-heads from
to no good again
up
with their third release,
length.
The
keep your parties hype
An icon in the techno-house
world, Johnny Fiasco was featured at the party that was held
Sept. 23. Fiasco's hit tracks
including "So In Love," "My
Love," and "Never Never" won
With the release of 25 bootleg recordEuropean tour,
Pearl Jam has stuck it to the bootleggers.
Each CD is a raw recording of the full
some
to
With the giant wave of techno
music bursting from the underground scene. Tsunami, being a
massive tidal wave, was a fitting
name.
ings from their recent
show, with
Tribenatioil.COm WOrking
%^
result is astounding, not only
TTiis
Time
It's
The bands latest effort finds them
moving homes from their old label
Squirtgun records to the
Master Records.
new
Beast
a shame that these younghave the same kind of promotion behind them that pseudo-hard rock
bands like Creed do. An album like this
could blow up on the "alternative" market.
The second track "M-bomb" is a testament to how far Scratching Post have
evolved from the pop-metal style with
which they based their last two albums.
Flame Thrower and Destruction of the
It really is
sters don't
Jam's newest drummer, exSoundgarden member Matt Cameron,
alone is worth listening to.
The June 26, Milan, Italy recording is a
great mix ofold and new Pearl Jam. Disc
one opens with the bluesy, slow bum of
"Of the Girl" off their recent Binaural LP
and ventures through hits from their
debut Ten ("Even Flow", "Jeremy") and
others from past recordings.
Pearl
He
has
also re-mixed tracks from Gloria
Estefan,
k.d.
lang,
and
MECHELLE.
Johnny Fiasco, along vdth
Personal.
because of the sound quality, but each of
the 25 double-disc set is available from
Pearl Jam's Ten Club Web site for only
$10.98 (US dollars).
Pearl Jam has recorded six studio
albums, but are known for their scorching
Uve performances.
Lead singer Eddie
Vedder has always been a charismatic
frontman while the rest of the band crank
through tracks almost flawlessly.
Plus
global recognition.
DJs including Deaftone,
Deja Vu and Deeno hosted some
200 patrons who grooved in the
Opera House.
"Some of the top deejays in
the city are here tonight," said
Boundless records employee,
Darren Dumas, who was working the door. "A lot of people
seem pretty hyped about it."
Tribenation has expanded far
local
feelings about
the company seeking global pub-
nation. com, is getting a firm
footing with the success of this
party, although they're not
relying on the techno scene
alone.
All that is entertaining can
be found on this slickly
Tribenation because I know
they'll be able to get things that I
haven't been able to pull yet."
Known primarily as a rock
venue, the Opera House was a
designed Web site, ranging
from extreme sports to filmmakers, artists, designers, and
online gaming.
Within the next two years,
Tribenation vrill be launching
clubs in 40 cities around the
world as well as hosting more
parties and hard-edged rock
shows that will all tie back to
fantastic site for these four tal-
their
ented deejays to spin.
The big purple room was
transformed into something that
looked like the inside of a genie's
bottle by a giant black parachute
"I'm really impressed with
[the site]," Postill said. "As many
people as there are, as many
Web sites as there are, it's unbelievable how many people are
that hung from the ceiling to the
walls and floor.
With a giant disco ball, subtle
lighting behind the parachute,
really into Tribenation."
licity.
"I hate it because I love working with Tribenation, but at the
same time, I'm really glad for
and Tribenation.com superimposed on the stage, the setting
was ambient and relaxing.
Dumas said the party was still
going strong at 4:30 a.m. when
he
left.
Based
in
Toronto, Tribe-
Web site.
This number continues to
grow, making the wave bigger. If
all goes
according to plan,
Tribenation stands a good
chance of being a leader in the
entertainment industry.
To
check out their Web site, visit
http://www.tribenation.com.
Note: A fast internet connection is
recommended for this
site
Universe.
Nicole Hughes' sugary vocals coupled
with her sludgy guitar riffs Complement
each other beautifully. Laid down against
a wall of sound compiled by Phil Zeller's
bass rhythms, Mark Holman's distorted
What has attracted fans to bootlegs is
the crowd participation and band-fan
interaction.
The Milan crowd is loud,
screaming soccer chants and playing a
guitars,
and Jeff Depew's drumming,
Nicole's sure to
warm even the blackest of
speed-metal hearts.
-Mike Dal Maso
MfNCll
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by Alexis Zgud
vocalist/guitarist
bassist
Ybu thought the horror was over.
That Celine Dion song that left a
titanic ringing in your ears had vanished from radio history, until a
Toronto band revived it for a second
chance.
Chronic Overboogie transformed
the melodramatic tearjerker "My
Heart Will Go On" into a punchy
anthem of unrequited love that even
Howard Stem approves of
The Chronic trio, fronted by
David D'Amico,
mer
Christian Spiers got the songplayed on the infamous DJ's radio
show to rave reviews.
It was D'Amico's girlfriend that
suggested they submit their song for
a parody contest that Stem was having.
DJ Coldcut spins at the Opera House
Saturday Oct. 14th
Saturday Oct. 14th
thought they were fiill
and I was Uke 'Oh yah right,'
cause I didn't think it would have
that quick of a turn, but they were
like 'No no, they played it,'" said
"At
first I
D'Amico.
When
D'Amico called Stem the
to thank him. Stem
played the song again, and said,
next
moming
"Hey, this
worker called to say that the band
had just been on the radio.
band's
is
really
impressed he
let
good!"
He was so
D'Amico plug the
Web site.
Their Web site surpassed 15,000
in the days following and
because of all the traffic, their server
broke and had to be updated.
"We were just a Canadian band ...
in 3 1/2 minutes of air-time we went
from that to being a North American
band that has fans out in L.A.,
Florida, and Boston. We've pretty
much received e-mails from every
state," said D'Amico.
Chronic Overboogie formed five
years ago when then drammer,
Marco Boucher's band. Drawing
hits
smd they were
left
without a bassist. After they placed
an ad in the Toronto Sun, Evans
tried out and got the job.
Evan's said that although the
name Chronic Overboogie may
make people think of "potheads
at a
important that they
know where the name came irom.
The name originated fix)m a film
that D'Amico was watching in a col-
dance club,"
it's
one day.
"We were dealing with the decline
of the North American culture and
lege class
Sly's
ever, plays Jack Carter, a suitwearing Las Vegas enforcer who
Hurts," says
J. Bros, tagline for
Warner
Get Carter.
Indeed it does.
At least that's what studio executives probably felt after being subjected to two hours of the 1971
remake, and may explain their
reluctance to screen it for the press
before its theatre release.
You see, no advance screening
for critics usually means bad, bad
movie
-
Battlefield
New
remember
anyone
Earth or Autumn in
York?
After
my
viewing,
it
was
clear
why Warner Bros, was
so intent on
Fans of
hiding this movie.
Sylvester Stallone are almost certain to be disappointed because Get
Carter isn't the special effects
blowout that is typical of most of
his movies.
It's a drama, murder/mystery,
mixed with a couple of fights and
car chases to lure Stallone fans into
the theatre.
I'm not saying Get Carter is a
disaster. It almost qualifies as a
decent movie, and to put it into
context, on the Stallone scale of
movies, it falls somewhere between
Rocky 5 and
Cliffhanger.
Stallone, looking
year-old and
They released
r.u.s. in
their first album,
January 1999. Soon Chronic
station 97.7 to
enter their annual Battle of the
Bands. The band was chosen as a
finahst and ended up taking the third
place
title.
Chronic defines their sound as
"heavy groove punk," but stresses
that their songs don't fit into any category.
roll, and it sucks that
have labels in the first
place. I'd rather have all of them out
the window," seiid D'Amico.
D'Amico is the primary songwriter in the band, contributing the
"It's
rock n'
you have
to
lyrics to the band's collective musical
The songs the band are most
proud of are the songs that everyone
effort.
collaborates on.
"The songs we enjoy the most are
the songs that everybody has a hand
where you all feel more
attached to it, and therefore you
deUver it with more of your soul,"
D'Amico said.
While D'Amico is proud of the
in writing,
albums, he feels they don't capture
the essence of Chronic's live show.
The only thing I'm disappointed
about is that I don't think they capture enough of who we are, our per-
sonalities live
and when you
flavour too, that's
get that
when people really
dig the band," he said.
Mike Kolaric, 22, has been a fan
of Chronic Overboogie for the past
two years and enjoys their live show.
"They try to involve you into their
show and make it exciting, unlike the
'90s bands that just come out and
either scream at your face or bore
you to death with their cynicism," he
said. Chronic is just one of those
bands that with their live show,
they're bringing back the '80s fun."
Chronic fan Mike Dawson, 22, a
business analyst at Bell Mobility,
jokingly added, "Dave is sexy."
While Chronic Overboogie playfully list world domination as their
ultimate goal as a band, they say it's
not necessary to make them happy.
"The day we can quit our day jobs
and enjoy our evenings and come to
the studio here to write every day,
that's when I think we'll be really satisfied that we're doing the right
thing, when this becomes our fulltime job," said D'Amico.
Evans adds that all he's wanted to
do his whole life is play music. "I just
want to play music as a full-time job.
We're not out to conquer the world,
not out to be the best in the land, we
just want to be comfortable."
Right now, however, they just
want to be heard.
They have several songs on their
Web site available for download, and
CDs
are
available
at
their
site
www.chronicoverboogie.com or at
record stores. They are also registered on Farmclub.com.
Get Carter gets booed
by JeffRussell
«'T'he Trath
ALEXIS ZGUD
D'Amico.
was asked by radio
The spot on Stem's show gave the
band some much needed exposure.
Three, split up
this guy with a real southern
American accent just rambling
along, and his whole thing was that
people are partying too much, people
are drinking too much, people are
smoking too much, and that everyone is suffering from chronic overboogie, like it was this disease," said
11
band
Stern likes this
of shit,
D'Amico was sleeping late the
morning of July 31st when a co-
CHRONIC - (l-r) Evans, Spiers, and D'Amico
2000
Blackalicious plays the Reverb
Howard
Thomas Evans, and drum-
12,
good for a 54-
pumped up more than
uses his fists
when someone
can't
j)ay their debts. When he hears that
his brother has died in a car accident he retums home to gloomy
Seattle (I can't recall one scene
and, surprise, he's
the only one that thinks his brother's death was a murder.
All is not well since Carter left
for glitz and glitter, and following
his brother's funeral, Carter tries to
vfith sunlight),
reconcile his past with his brother's
wife (Miranda Richardson) and his
troubled,
pale-faced
cliched,
neice (Rachael Leigh
Cook), who, he later finds out, also
thinks her father's death was more
teenage
than just an accident.
hunt brings him to the
nightclub his brother tended bar,
and he meets owner and old adversary Cyms Paice (Mickey Rourke),
Carter's
uses the Internet for his new
porn business (he's got to be the
coolest techno-geek ever). Carter
learns that his brother was given a
CD, which he believes was the key
who
to his demise.
Everyone is trying to find the
and when Carter finally does
find it - a place that only bored
screenwriters could have put it in I couldn't help but think, "That's it?"
disk,
It's the lack of surprises like that
and recycled material that's Get
Carter's fault. With an uninspired
meant
ending, although
to really
shock the audience, only adds to
the fact that I wish I saw Meet The
Parents instead.
I commend director Stephen
Kay for trying to give the impression that action sequences are
more pumped with adrenaline than
they actually are by using a variety
of sped-up sequences, quick-cut
close up, pans, and even a bit of
shaky cam, but it just falls flat. All
of this leads to a sense of claustrophobia "- it's almost impossible to
decipher exactly what is transpiring on the screen during these
moments.
Kay imprints a blue hue and
overexposed shots to give an early
'70s gangster feel to the film, and it
at least shows he has good style,
but camera tricks aren't enough to
cover up the underdeveloped characters.
"My name
is
you don't want
Jack Carter and
know
me," says
Stallone. Well, actually the audience does want to know you Jack.
Little do we learn of his past, his
relationship with the other characters,
to
and more importantly,
ever killed anyone, which
is
if
he's
often
COURTESY
GET BENT -
Stallone's packing
played around with but never clearly answered.
Stallone holds up well, especially in scenes with Cook, which are
probably his best, and he convincingly sheds a few tears, which I
think is a cinematic first for him
and something to be celebrated.
Stallone has a sincere quality during his dramatic moments, remi-
a gun and Armani
styles
niscent of his Rock)' days, and he
deserves better material than this.
Now
must
in his mid-fifties, Stallone
to flex his acting
strength rather than blow things
up, like he did in Copland and now
Get Carter. If he doesn't, he will
quickly disappear and be remembered as an actor that was onceupon-a-time a superstar.
start
October
12
12,
2000
HEALTH
You never know who has
it's
..and
so easy to get."
-Dr.
huge variety of condoms,
it's just a matter offinding one that
you like."
"There's a
it.
Deborah Wexler
-
See "Hepatitis"
See
Sean Davis
"New condom"
When too many is too much
by April Labine
Maybe
it's
time
for
Humber stu-
dents to examine their drinking habits with the approach of
National
Collegiate
Alcohol
Awareness Week (NCAAW).
Residence Life Co-ordinator
Peter Lem and Nurse Marg Anne
Jones from the medical centre have
organized events for
NCAAW
at
Humber.
"Basically,
it's
to raise
awareness
Lem said. "And
hopefully, make students more
aware of the choices they make and
about alcohol,"
the impact it can have on their personal lives and academics as well."
College Drinking Stats
•
62.7 per cent of students confive or more drinks on a
sumed
single occasion.
34.8 per cent drank eight or
at least once since the
beginning of the school year.
• 37.6 per cent frequently experience hangovers.
•
12.6 per cent regret their
•
more
actions.
11.2 per cent experience
•
memo-
ry loss.
• 10.5 per cent have missed classes because of hangovers.
•
7.3 per cent
have missed classes
order to drink.
• 14 to 20 drinks is lethal for 50
per cent of people.
-University
of
WisconsinWhitewater,
University
of
in
Montreal and The Centre for
Addiction and Mental Health.
Researchers define an alcohol
binge as five or more drinks for a
man or four or more drinks for a
woman, at least once in a two-week
period.
Studies have shown students
base their drinking habits on what
they believe to be the drinking
habits of their friends.
In other
words, everyone is under the
impression that everj'one else is
drinking a lot, so it is normal to do
the same. This assumption is usually wrong.
"I do think that students living
away from home for the first time
are at a high risk," Jones said.
Alcohol is made up of carbon,
hydrogen, and oxygen that changes
the brain chemistry and is lethal in
high dosages. It can shut down the
body
functions
that
regulate
breathing and heart rate, killing a
person in a matter of hours.
should never be
left
alone," Jones
said.
According to Bowles Center for
Alcohol Studies at the University of
North Carolina, alcohol can also
cause high blood pressure and
impair the immune system. It can
cause heart or respiratory failure,
sexual impotence, central nervous
system damage and memory loss.
It can cause hepatitis, cirrhosis
and cancer of the liver.
They state that two to four per
cent of all cancer cases are related
to alcohol.
Alcohol also has a negative effect
when mixed with over 150
different
types of medication, including
those sold over the counter.
Statistics Canada has broken
down the number of alcohol related
deaths for 1995. The number of
alcohol related deaths included:
1,144 in vehicle accidents, 1,037 to
and 955 to suicide.
That same year, 37 people died
of alcohol toxicity, 24 male and 13
There are several signs that indicate if someone is suffering from an
alcohol overdose (AOD), including
being unconscious or unresponsive,
liver cirrhosis
cold and clammy to the touch, pale
or bluish in skin tone, breathing
slowly or irregularly, and vomiting
without awakening.
Often, young people who have
died of AOD were put to bed to
sleep it off. In many cases the victim chokes on their own vomit. If
the heartbeat is irregular and stops
altogether, the victim can suffer
from hypothermia and then cardiac
ber totaled 58 and 57 respectively.
According to the University of
Alberta, around 75 per cent of
Canadians drink alcohol.
Despite what people believe,
drinking black coffee, taking a cold
shower and walking or sleeping it
arrest.
"I think that
when you
get to the
point where you're vomiting you
female. In 1994
and 1993, the num-
off will not reverse the effects of
alcohol.
Often, people who have died of
drank rapidly as a dare or as
AOD
part of a drinking game. Shooters
can be tasty, but they add up fast
and when drinking
at that speed, a
October
90 per cent of women who have been
physically abused do not discuss
it
Stress
with
a factor
is
in
2000
to live four
years longer than men.
-www.srhip.on.ca
-www.womens-health.org
13
On average, women today can expect
up to 75 per cent of
all illnesses.
their physician.
12,
-www.who.int
New condom on the block
The Hype
on Hepatitis
by Martina Lavoie
There's a new
developed, and
Over time condoms have become
condom being
it isn't made of
more durable and trendy.
lambskin or polyurethane.
latex,
The new
"invisible
condom"
is
being tested by the Infectious
Diseases Research Centre at Laval
hy Charlotte Broum
If you are sexually active, a
drug user, or have a body
piercing or tattoo, you are at a
serious risk of coming in contact
with hepatitis B.
This virus amasses 20,000 new
cases each year, with the bulk
affecting
young
adults.
Without the hepatitis B vaccine,
you are at risk of contracting a
virus that attacks the liver and is
one of the main causes of liver can-
called
University.
is
funding
Recomblvax B or Engerix B,
offered to all Grade 7 students
for free so that they will be protected from the virus later in life.
For those students now in college who have not been vaccinated,
the health centre will provide
The
on how they live their lives.
"You never know who has
it.. .and it's so easy to get," she
said.
a very scary
thing. ..and the major
"This
is
way of contracting hep
B is by not wearing
condoms."
-Marg Anne Jones
In a brochure called Hepatitis
Disease You Really Don't
Want To Catch, available in the
Humber Health Centre, hepatitis
B is defined as a viral disease that
can permanently damage the
B -A
liver.
The
mainly spread
through infected blood, semen,
vaginal
virus
is
secretions,
and breast
milk.
transmitted most often
during unprotected sex.
Coming in contact with an
infected person's blood, sharing
syringes, or using unsterilized needles during tattooing and body
piercing can put you at risk of conIt
is
get the vaccine,
The
vaccine
it
you
again.
makes
body
B, and
the
it has hepatitis
then produces antibodies to fight
off the virus.
This ultimately protects the
believe that
body from contracting hepatitis B.
Kumbir Vandeyar, a student in
the public relations graduate program said students should be vaccinated if they do not take the precautions necessary to avoid the
virus.
"It
would make sense [to be
vaccinated] with the increasing
environment.. .Now that it
has been brought to my attention,
include a mild fever, vomiting,
fatigue, stomach or muscle aches,
and jaundice, a yellowing of the
skin and the whites of the eyes.
The brochure also says some of
the symptoms can keep a person
incapacitated for weeks or even
months.
However, most people will have
no symptoms at all but can still
spread the virus to other people.
That is why it is important for
students to be vaccinated and to
get regular blood tests from
their doctor during annual physicals.
Jones said
for every
100 people
90
counted price for students.
Marg Anne Jones, a registered
nurse at the Health Centre said,
students need to be aware of the
dangers of being careless.
"This is a very scary thing...and
the major way of contracting hep B
is by not wearing condoms," she
said.
Since hepatitis B can also be
transmitted through blood, all students in number's medical programs including nurses and paramedics are required to be vaccinated.
Jones said the vaccine, either
will
To stay protected, it is important to follow some very simple
rules.
Always wear a condom, never
share needles, get the vaccine,
never touch someone else's blood,
and always make sure that needles
are sterile.
Even
if
a person has been vacci-
nated, they should still follow
these rules in order to keep themselves protected from other diseases such as AIDS.
"There's no ifs, ands, or buts
about it. We want students to be
safe,"
Jones
said.
odour-
different
which
style
He
also
know
most comfortable.
warns that ill-fitting
condoms can lead
to tearing.
"Lubrication should be used
with condoms to prevent breakage," O'Sullivan adds.
"People
don't realize that lube should be
put on the penis, inside the condom. People think that lube might
actually deterio-
oil-based
lube will, but a
water based lube
won't," she said.
genitals.
The Condom
Shack
carries
condom
protects against
contraception and
sexually transmit-
many
ted diseases such
from
types of
lubrication for
regular
spermicidal to
extravagantly
flavoured.
"We have one
lube
dom]," said Amber
Leigh O'Sullivan.
don't
would
think
trust
I
it.
Davis said.
good.
I
from
guess
birth
control, the concon
dom is about as
made
it
all
stays
slick
longer than any
of the
other
JENNMOSSR- brands. It's from
of the
of
It's
natural
ingredients, and
known
oldest
"It's
really
really,
I
girl."
forms
that's
hemp-based,"
I'm just an old-
As one
clientele,
its
as HIV and herpes.
"I don't think I
would be into that
[the invisible con-
"I
condom.
rate the
An
Like a regular
condom,
the
invisible
trying
to
is
gel
fashioned kind of
recover perfectly, nine will become
chronic lifetime carriers, which
means that they can always pass it
on to other people.
and also
The
is
.
recommends
condoms
Davis
many
tasteless.
does worry me," he said.
A blood test is the only way to
fmd out if a person has hepatitis B.
Symptoms to watch out for
infected with the virus,
the vaccine shots at a dis-
applied topically
and
don't know,
The Health Centre provides
unlimited condoms and informasells
less
social
it
that has been
toxic, polymer-based liquid that
on the
Once you
trials
The condom is actually a
microbicide gel, which is a non-
effects.
is
clin cal
development for seven years.
works
by
forming
a
waterproof film
vaccine
tracting the virus.
tion about hepatitis B,
in
usually administered in the arm in three installments over a period of six months.
It is mild with very few side
According
to Dr. Deborah
Wexler, executive director of the
Immunization Action Coalition,
every person is at risk depending
for
centre received
on the new condom
when
never have to get
cer.
it
$25 per shot.
The
conduct
to
Sade book recently that's 250
years old, and they mentioned
using sheep's innards [for condoms]," said Sean Davis, Condom
Shack manager.
Thanks to the discovery of rubber vulcanization in the 1930s, the
condom has separated itself from
older methods of production, and
is now being manufactured globally, for use the world over.
GET YOUR RUBBERS -
Condoms have come a long
njay since their debut in 1220
old-fashioned as
you can get.
"I think
BCfrom
condoms
who
are
good for
monoga-
B.C., figure that
out, eh?'
linen sheath
The Condom
Shack hopes to
breakdown
the
pre-conceived
detract from
condoms
According to www.relaxcondoms.com, condoms appear in
history as far back as 1220 BC,
where Egyptians were said to have
used a linen sheath as birth con-
Ladva, a first-year Advertising and
Graphic Design student.
The staff at the Condom Shack
"There's a huge variet>' of condoms, it's just a matter of finding
one that you like," Davis said.
trol.
disagrees.
While historians speculate on
the actual origin of the condom,
the word itself probably comes
from the latin condus which
They think condoms are an
effective method of protecting
"Nothing's going to feel exactly the
same as not wearing one, but you
can get one where it'll feel a lot dif-
means receptacle.
The first European condom
ref-
people
mous
aren't in a
relationship," said Angle
against disease and pregnancy for
anyone that is sexually active.
Also, condoms lend themselves to
having
fun.
in cave paintings in France, 200 AD, and then
in Italy during the 1500s, when an
inventor
named
Gabrielle
Fallopius is said to have conducted
studies with a prophylactic that
protected men from syphilis.
England's King Charles II had a
physician who conducted similar
tests with a prophylactic made of
sheep gut during the 1700s.
The Japanese are said to have
"There's no rainbow pack of
Davis said. 'The condom is still mostly for protection,
but more and more people come in
for the flavoured stuff or the
French ticklers, for the novelty
erences are found
pills yet,"
side of
you
them
doesn't protect, they say that's okay."
However, using regular condoms can be fun too, especially if
it.
If
tell
it
condoms
are used correctly.
"Most of the time that people
used condoms made of leather and
are unsatisfied with
tortoiseshell.
doms]
There are also many references
condom usage in literature.
Casanova, who is best known for
being used properly, or they're not
to
his seductive prowess, wrote about
the "English Riding Coat" (condoms) in his book. History Of My
Life.
"I
was reading a Marquis De
it's
them [con-
because they're not
fitting properly," Davis said.
"We
have a top ten pack and it has one
each of our best selling condoms.
It has one of every fit, size, thickness, and texture. There's a whole
bunch of different stuff in there
from different companies."
notion that
physical pleasure.
ferent,
it'll
feel better.
You can
pretty close to nothing at
get
all."
Davis
recommends
polyurethane condoms over the
latex ones.
"Some guys like the lambskin
condoms, but they're porous and
only protect against pregnancy.
Viruses can go right through it," he
said.
Polyurethane condoms, such as
the Durex Avanti, are more expensive than latex, ranging in price
from $12.99 to $17.99 for a three
pack.
Davis also recommends the
Pleasure Plus condom, which was
designed with an extra pouch for
added sensation.
It
also has ribbing
and the
on the inside
outside.
For more information on condoms, visit the Condom Shack at
231 Queen St. W, or stop in at the
HSF Health Office to pick up a free
condom and condom
literature.
|
"
October
14
ii,
2000
"/
cringe at the idea of the importance
of the library being that I could
socialize.
-seeToronto Libraries
Toronto
new plans
unveil
hy Carlo Corbo
making
The
logically
Toronto Public Library
has unveiled
its
new
four-pil-
lar plan for the future of public
library service in Toronto.
The
The
Future, Treasuring the Past',
four
pillars:
Strong
Youth,
Focus on
Collections,
Technological Accessibility, and
Community Cornerstone.
"It will enable us to move forward in the future," said City
librarian Josephine Bryant.
IT'S A
PLANE-
with the rising cost offuel costs and generally higher ticket prices,
be the closest most students will actually get to one this year. Canada
3000, Air Canada's competition, claims they offer the lowests fares in the industry.
this picture
may
Students looking for cheap
flights better fly
stand-by
mid, and peak season departures.
To fly with Canada 3000 from
Toronto to Montreal would normally costs $222.
With the Zellers Club Z points
consumers can travel for 1,200
Gold points, or 1,380 regular
points, and can use these points
towards the cost of the flight
For every dollar spent at Zellers,
travellers can expect to receive 20
toioo
in
redeemable points
depending on whether they are
Zeller's Gold Card or Club Z memflights for low,
by Valeria Sladojevic-Sola
Whether you
were looking forward to mom's home cooking
or a tropical getaway vacation this
season, think again or book a flight
soon.
Canada 3000, along with Royal
and Air Canada have
Airlines
increased airline ticket prices to
contend with rising gas and
oil
costs.
'The longer you wait the more
you'll be spending," said Heather
Derouin, assistant team leader
with Flight Centre.
Fuel surcharges have been
added to fare prices to help the airlines counter the effects of the
overwhelming hike in fuel costs.
Travellers can expect to pay
anywhere from $15 extra for a
short domestic flight to $170 for
an international flight in surcharge
expenses.
On
a
Canada 3000 and Royal
Airlines split flight
from Toronto to
Fort Lauderdale, travellers pay an
additional S25 fuel surciiarge.
With the ever-changing cost of
fuel, surcharge expenses can shift
without warning.
"Revenue last year would have
been S13 million more than the
year prior due to fuel," Canada
3000 corporate communications
manager Angela Saclamacis said.
Over the past two weeks,
Canada 3000, along with Amex
and
Zellers,
is
giving
consumers
the opportunity to redeem points
to travel.
The point system can be used
on domestic and international
bers.
"We have
such low fares to
begin with that we
are probably the most
competitive out there
on most routes."
-Angela Saclamacis,
Canada 3000
Extra fees such as fuel surcharge, applicable taxes, airport
fees, duties, or transportation
related fees are the responsibility
of the traveler and can not be paid
with Club Z points.
Surcharges were placed as an
additional expense for the purchase of airline tickets so the public would know exactly what they
were paying for, which is fuel,
Saclamacis said.
"We
thought the hike in gas
prices would only be for a short
period of time.
Then we would
take the surcharges off instead of
hiding them within the price of the
ticket," Angela Saclamacis said.
This is not the case.
After labour costs, fuel is the
airline's biggest expense.
By adding fuel costs as a surcharge and not incorporating the
cost into ticket prices, passengers
save money because it is not commissionable to travel agents,
Saclamacis said.
As for the ever-popular student
discount or student rate, there are
none, Canada 3000 technical
records clerk Lesley Westerman,
CBC TV host and co-founder
of Shift magazine, Evan Solomon
agrees.
"It bridges the gap between
the have and the have-nots," said
Solomon.
"It
democratizes
access to information."
Rick Goldsmith, chair of the
Toronto Public Library Board
said the library has struggled to
find a place for itself with the
onset of new technology.
The library plan attempts to
solve that problem.
The first pillar is increased
services for children and youth.
"This tradition has lost its
way,"
said
Goldsmith.
Computer courses, book
avail-
ability, and programs for children will increase."
'The library is a necessity for
children. It's a luxury and a
renewable resource," said children's book illustrator Barbara
Reid.
As
a second pillar, the library
m\\ continue to buy books and
introduce new formats as
they emerge, such as e-books
will
and DVDs.
The
expand
also plans
city-wide access
library
to
to
French and multicultural collections.
The
third
more technoadvanced and accessi-
the library
ble.
CBC TV
host Evan Solomon
praised the library
plan, entitled 'Creating
will feature
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libraries
pillar centres
for its efforts
in this area calling the library "a
modern
server."
have always been
the place where virtual technologies existed," said Solomon.
The library plans to introduce
"Libraries
more computers and expand digcollections
including a
ital
Virtual Reference Library with
all services being offered for free.
The
with the
as a community
cornerstone. Different branches
will reflect the needs of their
community in areas such as local
history, culture, and environfinal pillar deals
library's role
ment.
However, author and urban
theorist Jane Jacobs shocked the
crowd when she said she didn't
agree with the aim of the last
pil-
lar.
"I cringe at the idea of the
importance of the library being
that I could socialize," said
Jacobs."
She
I
find that repulsive."
the plan a ploy to
post impressive statistics and
also attacked the organizers for
their lack of any mention of literacy programs.
"The idea of a library being a
cornerstone of the community
without mentioning literacy or
reading makes me wonder
whether the fourth pillar was
designed by people who don't
called
like to read," said Jacobs.
She concluded her attack by
saying she was miscast and mislead in her role in this presentation. "I just don't think that's
[cornerstone of the community]
the guts of what the library is."
on
said.
"We have such
low fares to
begin with that we are probably the
most competitive out there on
most routes," Saclamacis said.
"That's why we don't have any student fares."
But the safest route to ensuring
rock bottom prices
stand-by.
is
to fly via
"It could be a good idea if you
have the flexibility and no deadline," Saclamacis said.
"You can
travel on a fraction of the price."
"But what you don't pay in
money, you pay in stress," is one of
Saclamacis's
favourite
sayings
when it comes to stand-by.
"No one wants to fly red-eye
back
when
the
morning
Derouin
To
they have an eight in
class that day,"
said.
more information on the
Canada 3000 points system visit a
Zellers
department store or
www.canada3000.com.
get
CARLO CORBO
BRAND NEW IMAGE-libraries look to
their
image
in this constantly fluctuating
change
new society.
October
Falls
"Hawks golden"
Hawks sweep Huskies
by Lindsay Higgs
The
Humber was flawless, winning convincingly 7-0.
Hawks striker
in
Joanna Vitale, netted four goals in the two
games to bump her league-leading total to ii.
Joanna
Vitale
and
midfielder
Filomena Aprile led the way by
notching two goals a piece in the
game.
Lucia Sinisi and Allison
Read both netted one goal while
Kim Perras squeaked the ball past
the keeper for Humber's seventh
and final goal.
"We
are playing at a very high
defender
Annabella Lopes. "It doesn't matter
what the score is even if we are up
level
right now,"
five nothing,
we
said
are always playing
our level."
Co-captain Adriana Cataldo said
the team started off slow against the
Huskies but once they started movat
ing the ball to the outside flanks,
the
team began
"We
scoring.
used to that
said Cataldo. "It seemed like
were all cluttered in the middle
aren't really
field,"
we
15
back to back games
Striker,
Humber Hawks women's
soccer team dominated a weak
George Brown squad in a home and
home series which took place this
past Tuesday, winning by a combined 15-1 score.
Humber is now 6-0-2, atop the
Central West Region division.
It
was also Humber's sixth shut-out in
only their eighth game of this young
2000/2001 season.
In the first tilt of the home and
home series at Centennial Park,
2000
S^QKiS
Number's Golf team strike gold in
Provincial Championships in Niagara
-see
12,
of the field."
Head coaches Vince Pileggi and
Mauro Ongaro said they are both
extremely excited with
how the girls
October
i6
12,
Sports Et Cetera
2000
Hawks golden on links
even a want to
anymore,
it's a need. The blue and white
have more pressure on them to
succeed than any other team in pro
hockey, dare I say pro sports.
Pat Quinn is a talented hockey
mind, who has put the Leafs in a
position to challenge for Lord
Stanley's cup, but he has also procrastinated in not satisfying the
Leafs' most important on ice per-
Toronto it is not
Inwin
the Stanley Cup
by Jason Thorn
only did Humber golfers surNot
vive the Whirlpool golf course
in
Niagara Falls, they
came out
with
treasures of gold and silver.
The Hawks struck gold in the
men's team competition led by
Mike Rose and Geoff Mahar who
also won gold and silver respectively-
Rose shot a four under par on
first day and managed to hold
on to the lead through the rain
soaked second round.
Rose couldn't have accomplished the feat without some
sonnel need.
the
Tiger-esque shots.
"One of the par threes
is
Mahar shot a five-under on
the
day and held his own on the
second day to finish two strokes
behind his teammate for silver.
Fox could not remember a time
when two golfers finished under par
first
after a round, let alone
two from
the
school.
However, Fox
is
quick to point
out that without all six golfers on
the men's team playing a consistent
game, they would not have ended
up with the gold.
"It tends to be the three, four
win you the
tournament," Fox said. "Every college has one or two good golfers,
but it's the depth that wins it."
Other members included Brett
and
The Toronto Maple Leafs need
an offensive defenseman more
than Eminem needs a good lawyer
these days.
The injury of Bryan Berard has
240
yards," Fox recalls, "He hit a three
wood right at the pin for a tap-in."
same
me a Blake!
Give
five (golfers) that
Melton, Rob Douglas, Scott Sinclair
and Jim Currie who came up short
of the bronze when he missed a
two-foot putt on the 18th.
The tournament only counts the
best five scores out of the six golfers
in the men's division and only two
nOUG FOX
THESE BOYS ARE GOLDEN - Members of the Humber
Hawks men's golf team
this past
captured the provincial gold medal
weekend at a tournament
women's division.
The men's team shot a total of
593 and the women ended with 331.
The women's team had only two
golfers after Julie Lashmore came
of three in the
down
with the
flu just
before the
tournament leaving Lisa Proctor
and Sarah Dombroskie to fend for
themselves.
The twosome came away with
team competition and
silver in the
Proctor cruised to a gold medal by
beating her closest competitor by
seven strokes.
"Lisa played two tremendous
rounds of 77 and 78 which is amazing considering the conditions,"
Fox
said.
in
Niagara
Falls.
Dombroskie said. "You don't
want to be out there when it gets
dry,"
like that."
The team battled through the
weather and Dombroskie ended
with some moments to remember
in her golfing career.
"The tenth is one of the hardest
and longest par four's on the
course," Dombroskie said. "I parred
it both days and it ended up being
my best hole."
Coach Doug Fox hopes to build
this success for next year's team
since the short golf season is
on
already over.
Hopes are high after the great
tournament from both the men's
Rain had soaked the course by
the time the women hit the links
and women's teams.
adding another obstacle to the
and
already tough course.
"It was hard to keep
golfers did."
warm and
"We've
won
a couple of years
Fox said. "But
never playing as consistent as these
fairly
easily,"
left the Buds without a certifiable
and proven powerplay quarter-
John Edwards
Sports Columnist
points last season and has been the
captain of the Los Angeles Kings
since 1996. Blake has been to the
playoffs
what
back.
There are some in the Leafs
organization that are optimistic
Berard could return. These people
should take a nice big bite of the
reality
sandwich and
not coming back.
realize
and the
finals
and knows
takes to win.
Blake recently gave up his captaincy because he knows he will
not be a King for long.
The Kings' loss could be the
it
by Berard. Kaberle did score 40
points last season, which by
today's NHL standards is an
Leafs gain.
Blake would fit into a group
that has plenty of physical punch,
but lacks scoring punch.
The Kings are a team that combines youth and experience and
are in the thick of things in the
impressive season for a defenseit could have been a
Western Conference.
Another scorer would not hurt
fluke.
the Kings' lineup. It's a void that
could be filled by Jonas Hoglund.
Hoglund did score 30 goals
last season and at times showed
flashes of brilliance, but this year
he is getting lost in the shuffle or
Berard
is
The Leafs are expecting young
Tomas Kaberle
to
fill
the void
left
man, but
a talented young
player, who in several years will be
a part of a talented group of young
players along with Adam Mair, Jeff
Kaberle
is
Farkas and Nik Antropov, but the
Leafs need to win now.
The Leafs should look to the
other side of North America, more
specifically, the city of angels to
solve this problem.
Rob Blake is one of the best
defenseman in the NHL. The 1998
Norris trophy winner scored 57
at least
he should be.
Blake would suit the Leafs like
a big bag of Rold Golds suits a
pint of Alexander Keith's pale ale.
If Blake does end
up in
Toronto, Leaf fans could be
singing we are the champions all
the way to the bank.
PASS IT TO ME- One
of the top collegiate
women's basketball players in the country
attempts to pass the ball
to a teammate under the
basket at the Nike
Women's All-Canada
Camp, which took place
at number's North
Campus
this
past week-
end.
MICHAEL .STAMOU
October
Sports Et Cetera
Hawks hockey team take
by Jason Thorn
The
Hawks have taken
flight.
It
wasn't pretty, but the men's
hockey team stole their first win of
the pre-season schedule by dumping the Seneca Sting 5-3 with a very
simple game plan.
"We wanted to be physical and
we wanted to play well in our zone,"
Head coach Joe Washkurak said.
"We should have won the game
against Conestoga and we didn't,
but we're happy with this," he said.
The win gave Humber many
things to be
happy about.
Team captain Chris McFadyen
got the monkey off his back picking
up two assists on the night but was
stopped short of his first goal by his
arch nemesis, the crossbar.
McFadyen has had a slow start
to the pre-season and has hit a post
in each of the first three games this
year.
"My legs are definitely coming
McFadyen said. "Everything
back,"
felt
a
little
better."
Humber was
ter
team on
this night.
Hawks
up by one midway through the
first,
Humber defense shut
down allowing only five
the suspect
period.
first
them all.
The team seemed to feed off the
stellar goaltending and defenceman
Marc Hobor put the Hawks back on
even 1-1-1.
There was good news from the
One of those shots fooled
Humber goalie Brent DeNure to tie
the game at one.
At the beginning of the second
Humber looked flat and
by Randy Cooray
year
Rob
Everything combined, this
infirmary as well.
can expect five of
looks like the beginning of
some
"I
think this
game
will really
help us focus," Hobor said. "We
came out flying tonight and
we're going to have a great rest
of the season."
Hawk Derek Kearns
Kearns has been a sparkplug of
the team's offence this year.
"I try to bring a little speed, I try
to play a little feisty, mix it up a lit-
and score a few goals."
Less than a minute later it was
Humber sniper Morris Marshall
who picked up his fifth goal in three
games which gave the Hawks a twogoal lead.
Humber
quickly
made
it
5-2
when Shawn Gibbons found himself with a wide open net and buried
his first of the year with Hobor
picking up his second assist of the
THAT'S GOTTA
night.
Seneca got one back but
Durham Tournament
College
Mens'
Volleyball team is ready to
raise the level of play in the 20002001 season.
Six players, from the successful
12-2 team of a year ago, will be
returning to take Humber to the
provincials where they lost the
bronze medal match to Seneca last
year.
"Those guys own the team and
everything they do will affect their
team," Wilkins says. My coaching
them the tools
to 'build the house' and they still
have to build it and hopefully it
I will
winger
goal of the year.
which which
and
including
Cordeiro.
jumped on a loose puck and put it
up top to make it 3-2 on his second
it
was
roster set for season
staff
game
rookies to shine.
First
give
is
in
Oshawa
slated for Oct. 20-
neutral zone in
an
HURT - Members of the Hawks and Sting battle for the puck in the
exhibition
game last Thursday.
The
Hawks won
the game, 5-3.
Humber Hawks
Athletes of the Week
21.
number's roster includes:
Jon Chapman (returning)
Chris Hunt(retuming)
Mike Grayer
Tim Ryan (returning)
Jeff Young (returning)
Carter Walls (returning)
Denny Moser (returning)
Mark Southasa
Bart Babij
Steve Richardson
Scott Miles
comes together
in the end."
Wilkins says the calibre of talent on his team ranks as high as
previous years and believes he can
get a good start to the season.
"I think we have an advantage
to start the year. I think with experience we can get off to good start,"
Wilkins said. "A lot of other teams
are rebuilding this year and hopefully we can jump into a game
quickly and sneak away with a
Lisa Proctor
Lisa shot a
her
way
tournament low 77 on
to capturing the provin-
cial individual
women's
win."
Wilkins, who will begin his
sixth season as coach, believes that
his team will succeed with a strong
gold medal in
golf this past
weekend.
Lisa's other accolades include
team
silver
medalist along with
Dombrowskie.
was also named the
OCAA's Athlete of the Week.
partner, Sarah
defensive game.
Proctor
"My philosophy on the new
game is that transition is the key.
Mike Rose
Mike Rose shot a score of 68 to
capture the men's individual
provincial gold medal in golf this
past weekeend. Mike was also a
part of the gold-medal winning
team that won the team event.
Mike was also named as the
OCAA's male Athlete of the
Week.
So you have to block and play
we are
looking to the our defense to a
defense," Wilkins said. "So
whole
new level."
The season
will start
with the
COURTESY PHOTO
WAYNE WILKINS Head Coach of the Men's
Varsity Volleyball Team
17
great things from the squad.
when he
Hawks Volleyball
Humber
their regular starters to be back
in the line up by their next
cruised in alone
against the Seneca goalkeeper.
"I'm not really a natural forward
but I jumped into the play and split
the 'D' and McFadyen gave me a
pass from the left side," Hobor said.
"I got in a little close but I ended
up putting it under his arm."
By the end of the second, Seneca
had tied the game at 2.
Now, that the veterans were
accounted for, it was time for the
period,
The
the clock to bring their record to an
tle
an all-around bet-
After J.J. Dickie put the
the Sting
shots in the
Hawks chewed up
far too late as the
top
2000
Sting out of Seneca
allowed Seneca to fire seven shots
on DeNure only to see him stop
Humber
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2000
The
city
Bills
make me wanna puke!
of Buffalo and the
8:30
in the
morning.
Oh, what a
delight that was.
It wasn't until
after that when we were echoing
Swede's "Hooked on
lyrics of Blue
a feeling".
crossed the border at 10:28
a.m. A few of the drunks on our
We
bus
claimed
they
weren't
Canadian, and began speaking in a
lewd Colombian accent.
That
caused a minor delay. When we
were cleared to pass, we made our
way
John Maida
Sports Columnist
recently attended a Buffalo Bills
I home
game where
discovered
that Americans are truly the scum
of the earth, and the city of Buffalo,
New York is the armpit of not only
the U.S. but also the entire freaking
I
had to cover
my eyes, because I was afraid the
sights of downtown Buffalo would
give me prolonged nightmares.
Ah! Buffalo, my kind of town.
We arrived at Ralph Wilson
Stadium at 10:57 a.m. We set up
shop for our unheralded tailgate
party, where we drank more
chilled, Canadian beer, and ate
cold chili, greasy sausages, and
burnt chicken kebobs. This was
to the stadium.
I
indeed the breakfast of champions.
universe.
present to you, the untold
I
story of John Maida versus the
planet of the apes and the village of
the damned.
We
at just around
was a cool but damp
Sunday morning. I had just finleft
8:15 a.m.
ished
Toronto
tossed around
like
and
I
was beginning
watch an NFL game, actually turned out to be one of the most
wild and unforgettable adventures
in
my twisted life.
began with the bus ride.
Picture 47 men and two women
It
drinking can after can of Coors
Light and Molson Canadian at
took
I
my
ry.
As they made their way through
the tunnel, I stood and cheered
mercilessly, even though the Colts
my
aren't
choice team.
I
was
in
content.
Humber
Mohawk
a sea of boos and insults. Soon
George B
Redeemer
annoyed.
of the courage in my
body, I stood up, raised my arms
like a victorious gladiator and
shouted that I was going to get the
last laugh, and that the city of
Buffalo will never see a champiall
p.m. 17 minutes until kick off. The
attendance in "Rat Hole Stadium"
was just over 72,000. I think I was
one of maybe 10 people in the stadium who were cheering for the
visiting
Indianapolis
Colts.
Something that didn't sit well with
seal
by John Edwards
Mohawk
Redeemer
positions right
now and we have
tune the team for the
Sanchez said.
The Humber Hawks men's soccer
team muzzled the growl of the
George Brown Huskies with a 2-0
victory in their final
home game
of
the season.
Humber assistant coach Cesare
Tripodo said the most of the game
was
a feeling out process.
"The game was like a pre-sexual
dance, both partners feeling each
other out, but no climax," Tripodo
Hawks sweeper Jason Mesa
injured his ankle after being clipped
by a Huskies player. Mesa hopes to
be ready for the next game.
Tripodo said Mesa is going to
undergo x-rays as a precautionary
measure.
Mesa netted the opening
Humber
goal
important to
and said it was really
him and dedicated it
to his father.
said.
the Hawks
improve their record to 8-0-1 and
are the number one ranked team in
the nation.
Forward, Jesse Calabro, who
scored his twelfth goal in his final
regular season home game as a
Hawk, said it's great to be on top.
With the
to
playoffs,"
victory,
Mesa
said the
Hawks wanted
to
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mission was accomplished.
I stood up
I got the last laugh.
again, arms raised in a V, rubbing
the salt in the wounds of those red-
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neck Bills' fans. John Maida had
won. I had defeated the big ugly
Americans.
For the first time in
my life, I was a champion.
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uprights in the fourth quarter v«th
zero seconds left on the clock to
give the Colts the two-point victo-
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around like Jim Kelly in a
Superbowl game. I began to grow
insults
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were guid-
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of "asshole" began to soar throughout the section where we sat. I felt
peanuts hitting me in the back of
my head. My baseball cap was
swiped off my head and tossed
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after that, those insults
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to lead the Colts to victo-
peanuts started to hurt after that.
Jim
become a little disoriented. What
was supposed to be an annual day
trip to
Manning
The
Kelly in a Superbowl
to
faithful.
Bills'
Scoreboard
bleacher, not seat, bleacher and
waited in anticipation for Peyton
onship franchise.
swiped off my head and
It
my third cup of Tim Horton's
coffee,
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"We know that this team did not
deserve a tie against a team like
ours," Mesa said. "That pumped up
the guys and everyone came out firing and we wanted to send a message to these guys and the rest of
the league that we're number one
for a reason, that we're here and
we're for real."
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Hamilton-area sweep next week
with games against Redeemer and
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been ranked number one, but hopefully we can keep it all the way
through to the Nationals."
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Sanchez said they are looking
towards playing their best soccer
going into the playoffs.
"The best players are in the best
is
JOHN EDWARDS
HE SHOOTS, HE SCORES - Hawks striker, Jesse
Calabro puts the ball into the net
last night to seal the win.
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Say What?
What's your sign ?
"1991"
^^ 23 September
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LIBRA
"I
do wish we could chat
-
22 October
Forget about black cats, broken mirrors, and walking
under ladders, the only thing that will
bring you horrible luck are all the
times you step on ants and spray
hoards of maggots with raid. Be
longer, but ... I'm having an
old friend for dinner."
-Anthony Hopkins,
The Silenceof the Lambs
afraid.
"The first rule of prep
school etiquette is to pretend to be asleep when
your roommate Is mastur-
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ARIES
March
Whoever
21
bating."
SCORPIO
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23 October
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Not only
'
21
November
this
is
Friday the
13th, there will also be a full
-Toy Soldiers
moon.
can we say stellar excuses
your usual jack-ass self.
Hi,
down
is
did-
see your face coming!
N^
TAURUS
^S
20 April - 20 May
How broke are you?
what
-
said that a frown
just a smile upside
^^
yyt
19 April
-
I
know
but
pimping is not the answer. Stop wasting your dollars on booze - although
you do get free coffee at AA meetyou're
thinking,
ings..
to act like
"There are two types of
people in this world: those
who
like Neil
those
Giddy-up!
f^ f^ GEMINI
'II* 21 May - 20 June
Diamond and
my. SAGITTARIUS
22 November - 21 December
Today you will get the crap
kicked out of you. Might be a
who don't."
-Bill
\/\
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Murray
What About Bob?
good day
Friday the 13th
•Friday the 13th is not just known for Jason,
but also for the unlucl<y seat at the table and
evil witches.
"And a woman needs a man
like a fish needs a bicycle."
-TryIn' to Throw Your Arms
Around the World, U2,
Actung Baby
•According to the Bible, there were 13 guests at
the Last Supper. Jesus and his 12 disciples,
with the 12th disciple being Judas.
•The Last Supper occured on a Friday. It was
the eve before Jesus was crucified. Judas,
who was sitting in the 13th seat, was the disciple who betrayed Jesus by assisting in his
wear brown pants.
October and you're
Ds across the board,
so maybe it's time to buckle down.
And by buckle down DON'T mean
dropping your pants and streaking the
church bake sale like you did last
It's
pulling
I
week, sicko.
.
f\w
CAPRICORN
22 December
- 20 January
You are not as smart as you
think. Do not attempt any
sophisticated motor activities. Also, do not use a dictionary to
look up 'sophisticated'.
\^\
CANCER
•^^
The number 13 represents
the number of letters in the
following infamous
•The superstitions behind Friday the 13th are
based on theories dating back through the centuries - the most popular theory derived from
the New Testament of the Bible at the Last
Supper.
to
^^
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criminals...
^^y^y^
Coincidence?
X Nathuram Godse
June - 22 July
Screw black cats, look out
21
brother.
AQUARIUS
- 18 February
Dude, your week is gonna
21 January
suck!
I 23 July
I
^J /
you
Andrew Cunanan
VIII Homer Van Meter
VII John Dillinger
for
your crazy alcoholic
That kat's insane!
-
22 August
O
Up your nose with a rubber
hose, Leo. No horoscope for
this
week.
IX
-V
X
PISCES
1 9 February - 20 March
The moons and the stars of
the universe have collided.
You may think this means romance is
1 I
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VI Frankie Frase
V Theodore (Ted) Bundy
IV Jeffrey Dahmer
Charles Manson
John Wayne Gacy
written
in
the sky. Hell no,
means watch out
fool!
It
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are
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22 September
you
feeling
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for falling debris.
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Michael Stamou
For entertainment purposes
only.
death.
•Judas had to be replaced as one of the 12 disciples, not only for betraying Jesus, but also
since he hung himself out of guilt.
unlucky because a 13th disciple was
named to take the place of Judas. This makes
the number 13 unlucky since it follows the
number 12, the number of the deciving disciple.
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•The Bible proclaims there to be 12 tribes of
Israel. However, a 13th tribe apparently existed, but was denied since it was made up of
witches and sorcerers determined to destroy
followers of God.
•The only valid theories behind Friday the 13th
are the Last Supper, the 12th disciple Judas,
his replacement and 13th disciple Matthias, and
the 13th tribe of Israel.
-Compiled by Janine Good
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this
week? Yesterday, woke up
sucking on lemon - beat that!
By Suzanne
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