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If you understand your environment you are<br />

already a step ahead.<br />

- See page 3<br />

Volume XLIV, <strong>Issue</strong> 8 chronicle.durhamcollege.ca March 6 - 12, 20<strong>18</strong><br />

Meet<br />

UOIT's<br />

new<br />

top dog<br />

Photograph by Austin Andru<br />

page 3<br />

Teams participate in<br />

'Coldest Night of the Year'page 8<br />

Skate Canada<br />

comes to Oshawa page 22<br />

Photograph by Kirsten Jerry<br />

Photograph by Shanelle Somers<br />

Photograph by William McGinn<br />

See our Land Where We Stand stories, pages 14-<strong>18</strong>


2 The <strong>Chronicle</strong> March 6 - 12, 20<strong>18</strong> chronicle.durhamcollege.ca Campus<br />

BACK<br />

of the<br />

FRONT<br />

DC journalism students look at Durham College and UOIT,<br />

and beyond, by the numbers and with their cameras<br />

Just doing<br />

some light duty<br />

Photograph by Heather Snowdon<br />

Photograph by Connor McTague<br />

A worker fixes a street light at DC Oshawa campus by the parking lot.<br />

Super reading girl<br />

Emily MacPhee, a library technician student at DC, is promoting literacy at<br />

the Oshawa campus.<br />

Oshawa Music Week nominations open!<br />

Oshawa Music Week, formerly known as Reel Music, is taking<br />

nominations for local Durham Region musicians for this year's<br />

Award Show.<br />

There are five awards up for nominations including lifetime<br />

achievement, best artist or band, best live venue, emerging artist<br />

and industry leader. Nominations are open until March 9.<br />

You can nominate community members by visiting their<br />

website www.oshawamusicweek.ca<br />

Oshawa Music Week, an annual event run by DC music<br />

business administration students kicks off April 5 with World<br />

Music Showcase in the Pit.<br />

There are events planned on and off campus from performances<br />

to panels with industry professionals like Sum 41's Dave<br />

Baksh.<br />

Follow the <strong>Chronicle</strong><br />

on Twitter<br />

@DCUOIT<strong>Chronicle</strong>


Campus chronicle.durhamcollege.ca March 6 - 12, 20<strong>18</strong> The <strong>Chronicle</strong> 3<br />

UOIT gets new president<br />

Austin Andru<br />

The <strong>Chronicle</strong><br />

The new president of the University<br />

of Ontario Institute of Technology<br />

wants to ensure the final<br />

word in the school’s name continues<br />

to be its focus.<br />

The board of governors chose<br />

Dr. Steven Murphy to replace Dr.<br />

Tim McTiernan, who has served<br />

for the last six years. Murphy officially<br />

took office on March 1.<br />

Murphy says he sees himself<br />

as a mentor and a coach for the<br />

university and wants to make sure<br />

technology is being utilized in all<br />

programs.<br />

“I’d like to see us accelerate in<br />

terms of how every faculty views<br />

what they’re doing in a lens of<br />

technology,” says Murphy. “We<br />

really should be producing the<br />

best teachers who are able to use<br />

the latest technologies.”<br />

Murphy has spent the last<br />

four years as the dean of the Ted<br />

Rogers School of Management at<br />

Ryerson University and five years<br />

as an associate professor at Carleton<br />

University. Murphy has published<br />

more than 100 academic<br />

papers.<br />

Murphy says after talking to<br />

students and alumni, many of<br />

them indicated the one-on-one<br />

experience with the professors is a<br />

Dr. Steven Murphy, the new president of UOIT, took office March 1.<br />

major strength for the university.<br />

“I think that’s a huge strength,”<br />

says Murphy. “We have to make<br />

sure we preserve it.”<br />

UOIT’s campus partner is<br />

hoping to build his one-on-one relationship<br />

with Murphy.<br />

“Anytime somebody new<br />

comes, they come with an energy<br />

and a vision and I look forward to<br />

seeing where he wants to take the<br />

university and how we can be a<br />

Photograph by Austin Andru<br />

part of it,” says Don Lovisa, president<br />

of DC. “I’ve worked with<br />

two presidents now—this will be<br />

my third one. And they’re all different.”<br />

"Steven has a great track record<br />

at Ryerson,” says Lovisa.<br />

Murphy says the greatest challenge<br />

facing students is how to<br />

positively use social media.<br />

He says older students have<br />

the maturity to understand what<br />

people put on social media is just<br />

a “snapshot” of their life that<br />

they’ve chosen to show, younger<br />

students don’t realize this.<br />

Murphy says some younger<br />

students see what others are doing<br />

on social media and think to<br />

themselves, “Geez, my life isn’t<br />

like that.”<br />

Murphy says going forward it is<br />

important for faculty to talk about<br />

the benefits of social media, but<br />

also the negative aspects of it.<br />

Murphy says when he was a<br />

student things were different.<br />

“Sure there was expectations<br />

in my life but I didn’t have to<br />

worry about social media on top<br />

of things.”<br />

Murphy says young people are<br />

often pressured too early. Murphy<br />

says not enough people are saying<br />

to young people, “it’s OK.”<br />

“You can learn and you can<br />

fail,” says Murphy.<br />

“You’re going to have many<br />

jobs and you’re going to be able<br />

to pivot many times, and you can<br />

take many different degrees and<br />

you don’t have to know everything<br />

at <strong>18</strong>.”<br />

DC, UOIT campuses:<br />

Are we in any danger?<br />

Cassidy McMullen<br />

The <strong>Chronicle</strong><br />

With the recent high school shooting<br />

in Parkland, Florida, where<br />

<strong>17</strong> people were killed, it begs the<br />

question – how safe are the Durham<br />

College-UOIT campuses?<br />

The director of campus safety<br />

at Durham and UOIT suggests<br />

people are more likely to be hit<br />

by lightning than to face a violent<br />

incident like the shootings at<br />

Marjory Stoneman Douglas High<br />

School.<br />

“The FBI has suggested that,<br />

and this includes schools in the<br />

States, an individual is more than<br />

likely to be struck by lightning<br />

twice before they would be involved<br />

in an active threat on campus,”<br />

says Tom Lynch, who has<br />

been responsible for campus safety<br />

for the past six years.<br />

According to CBC News, Canada<br />

has had 12 deadly school<br />

shootings since 1965.<br />

America has had <strong>18</strong> school<br />

shooting this year as of Feb. 20<br />

with 10 resulting in injury or<br />

death.<br />

Last year there was a reported<br />

65 school shootings says Everytown<br />

for Gun Safety, a gun safety<br />

organization in the United States.<br />

“We have a risk register at the<br />

campus of safety, things that from<br />

a very imperial standpoint we are<br />

at risk at,” Lynch says. “Active<br />

threat shooter isn’t even on the<br />

front page, and these are scientific,<br />

imperial studies, a plane missing<br />

Oshawa airport (and crashing on<br />

campus) is higher on the list.”<br />

If there was an active threat,<br />

someone posing a danger to the<br />

campus, we would go into lockdown,<br />

says Lynch, who spoke<br />

about campus threats to Durham<br />

College journalism students recently.<br />

Lynch answered questions on<br />

the subject of lockdowns and what<br />

to do in the case of one.<br />

What is a lockdown?<br />

A lockdown is a planned response<br />

to an active threat. In the<br />

event of an active threat, the campus<br />

would be put into a lockdown<br />

which means services and activity<br />

on campus would stop while students<br />

and faculty find a safe place<br />

to wait for police to respond.<br />

How will we be alerted?<br />

An announcement would come<br />

over the public address system<br />

(PA), along with the electronic displays<br />

around campus and an exterior<br />

alarm would sound alerting<br />

anyone in or around the building<br />

of the lockdown.<br />

An alert would also be visible<br />

on the DC’s and UOIT’s website<br />

and it would be posted on the<br />

schools’ social media platforms.<br />

What do we do in a lockdown?<br />

In the event of a lockdown, you<br />

have two options - hide or leave.<br />

“Never discount the opportunity<br />

to leave,” Lynch says. “You<br />

have a lot of exits here.”<br />

If you are close to an exit and<br />

do not see or hear any disturbances,<br />

it might be better to leave<br />

the campus altogether. If you<br />

aren’t, it’s time to hide.<br />

“We want to make time and<br />

distance away from the active<br />

threat,” Lynch says.<br />

If it takes police six minutes<br />

to respond to an active threat,<br />

Lynch says, then you want to put<br />

that amount or more of that time<br />

or distance between you and the<br />

active threat.<br />

For example, if you move from<br />

The Pit, if that was the location<br />

of an active threat, and go to a<br />

classroom you have put distance<br />

between you and the threat.<br />

Another example would be<br />

when you are in the classroom<br />

you lock or barricade the door like<br />

campus security suggests. There is<br />

not more distance, but an obstacle<br />

that will take more time for the<br />

threat to get through, Lynch says.<br />

Campus security also suggests<br />

finding a room with few windows.<br />

If there are any windows in<br />

the room, cover them if you can or<br />

hide where you wouldn’t be visible<br />

through them. Turn off the lights<br />

as well.<br />

In the event of a lockdown, turn<br />

your phone on to silent. If you are<br />

going to be communicating with<br />

someone, message or text them.<br />

Should I plan beforehand?<br />

Lynch says while having a plan<br />

in mind is fine, “the plan needs to<br />

be fluid.”<br />

While you’re in your classrooms<br />

or work environment on<br />

campus, it’s good to think about<br />

what you might do in a lockdown<br />

situation.<br />

However, that might not be<br />

where you are if a lockdown is<br />

called, Lynch points out.<br />

“Let’s try this, you’re in line<br />

at the Tim Hortons where I see<br />

you all the time and they go lockdown,”<br />

Lynch says. “What’s your<br />

plan?”<br />

Having one set plan doesn’t<br />

work in these situations because<br />

the individual causing the threat<br />

is going to have a fluid plan, just<br />

like you.<br />

“We cannot create a response<br />

because the active threat is a human<br />

and humans adapt to what<br />

Photograph by Cassidy McMullen<br />

Tom Lynch is responsible for campus safety at DC and UOIT.<br />

we do,” Lynch says.<br />

The best way to prepare is to<br />

observe your surroundings. Keep<br />

in mind where exits are, if doors<br />

lock and where they are located.<br />

“If you understand your environment,<br />

you’re already a step<br />

ahead,” Lynch says.<br />

Is an active threat likely?<br />

The north Oshawa campus<br />

of DC and UOIT has had lockdowns<br />

called before.The most recent<br />

was in 2015, where someone<br />

had brought a replica weapon to<br />

campus.<br />

“I believe I have been involved<br />

in instances that had a potential to<br />

put my community at risk, three<br />

times,” Lynch says, recalling his<br />

six years on campus. “And none of<br />

come into fruition.”


4 The <strong>Chronicle</strong> March 6 - 12, 20<strong>18</strong> chronicle.durhamcollege.ca<br />

PUBLISHER: Greg Murphy<br />

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DCSI election winners should focus on issues they can change<br />

The legendary Chinese philosopher<br />

Confucius once said, “the<br />

man who moves mountains begins<br />

by carrying away small stones.”<br />

Wise words—especially if politics<br />

is your passion.<br />

The newly elected leadership<br />

of Durham College Students Inc.<br />

(DCSI) should keep that adage in<br />

mind as they enter their roles and<br />

begin to develop a game plan for<br />

which campus issues to tackle and<br />

which to forget.<br />

During last week’s frantic campaigning,<br />

a variety of promises<br />

were heaped upon the student<br />

body.<br />

Those platform items ranged<br />

from the mundane (better policies<br />

for booking study spaces around<br />

exams) to the massive (complete<br />

overhaul of the parking lots on<br />

campus).<br />

Students should know that the<br />

chances of our new student leaders<br />

following through with every single<br />

facet of their platform is slim to nil.<br />

The same is true with any newly<br />

elected government, big or small.<br />

However, if DCSI leadership<br />

hones in on things they can change<br />

and ditches promises out of their<br />

control, they have a much greater<br />

chance of achieving their goal of<br />

forming an effective student government.<br />

It is important to note student<br />

governments are not powerless.<br />

They play an important role in inclusive,<br />

forward-thinking schools<br />

and can provide many services to<br />

students.<br />

That said, the power is far from<br />

limitless.<br />

Would students like lower parking<br />

fees and more guaranteed<br />

spaces? Of course they would,<br />

but that decision is out of DCSI’s<br />

hands.<br />

Such a decision would be<br />

made by two entities: DC/UOIT<br />

and Precise Parklink, a private,<br />

for-profit company separate from<br />

the school.<br />

In some ways, DCSI leaders hold<br />

some amount of influence on college<br />

brass, mostly through advocating<br />

for change on students’ behalf.<br />

But the college is in no way<br />

bound to the will of the students,<br />

and any negotiations around parking<br />

would also have to include Precise<br />

Parklink, and their financial<br />

interests.<br />

Creating significant changes to<br />

the parking system would likely<br />

take far longer than the one-year<br />

term student leaders at DCSI are<br />

afforded, and would therefore be a<br />

waste of time and resources.<br />

Another of these arduous goals is<br />

the whimsical promise to re-open<br />

E.P. Taylor’s, the recently-closed<br />

campus pub.<br />

DCSI leaders would be well-advised<br />

that the campus pub was sold<br />

some time ago, and no longer belongs<br />

to DCSI or UOIT’s student<br />

union, USU.<br />

Currently, the ownership lies<br />

with DC, who is searching for a<br />

third-party operator to renovate<br />

and re-open the facility.<br />

Again, advocating for more urgency<br />

in finding that third-party<br />

could only go so far, and unless<br />

anyone from DCSI knows someone<br />

in the market to buy a pub, would<br />

achieve very little.<br />

Instead, our elected officials<br />

should give priority to the host of<br />

more sensible issues raised during<br />

campaigning—things like increasing<br />

seating options in common<br />

areas, new events for students to<br />

unwind and have fun, and heightening<br />

visibility for DC’s clubs and<br />

societies.<br />

Smaller commitments are easy<br />

to stick to and yield positive results<br />

for the student community.<br />

Make promises that are too lofty<br />

or unrealistic and voters could turn<br />

on you the instant those vows are<br />

broken or plans fizzle out.<br />

Moving mountains isn’t easy.<br />

Neither is running a student association<br />

which represents thousands<br />

of individuals across three campuses.<br />

But by moving one pebble at a<br />

time, gradually making changes,<br />

those mountains can be reduced<br />

to mere molehills.<br />

John Cook<br />

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chronicle.durhamcollege.ca March 6 - 12, 20<strong>18</strong> The <strong>Chronicle</strong> 5<br />

Opinion<br />

Protect historic buildings, they are the city's foundation<br />

Aly<br />

Beach<br />

The following piece is the opinion of<br />

the Durham College journalism student<br />

whose name and picture accompanies this<br />

column.<br />

We’ve all heard stories of prestigious,<br />

historic homes such as the<br />

Parkwood Estate, and the people<br />

who lived in them, in the case of<br />

Parkwood, Robert Sam McLaughlin.<br />

Historical buildings are the<br />

foundation of our heritage and culture.<br />

So why isn’t more being done<br />

to preserve them and the memories<br />

they hold?<br />

Like the house at 195 Simcoe<br />

St. N, which has recently been<br />

proposed for demolition.<br />

It belonged to industrialist Robert<br />

McLaughlin who founded Mc-<br />

Laughlin Carriage Works, which<br />

became General Motors (GM)<br />

under the management of his son,<br />

Robert Sam McLaughlin.<br />

The house, built in the late<br />

<strong>18</strong>80s, was designed in the Classical<br />

Revival Style. McLaughlin lived<br />

there for almost twenty years, from<br />

1901 to 1919. In the 60s, it became<br />

office space for doctors and dentists.<br />

It is currently empty.<br />

Heritage Oshawa, Oshawa’s<br />

heritage council, has asked city<br />

councillors that the building be<br />

designated as an important historical<br />

building, which would offer it<br />

more protection.<br />

Heritage Oshawa advises city<br />

council on heritage-related issues.<br />

Heritage Oshawa has a list of<br />

historically significant buildings<br />

called an inventory.<br />

If they feel a building on the inventory<br />

is especially significant,<br />

they can try to have it designated,<br />

which gives it extra protections to<br />

help conserve it.<br />

McLaughlin and his family had<br />

a major influence on Oshawa. This<br />

influence can still be felt today,<br />

thanks to GM.<br />

Heritage houses are sometimes<br />

slotted for demolition to make room<br />

for townhouses and apartment<br />

buildings. That is understandable.<br />

But when these homes are demolished,<br />

part of history is erased.<br />

In 2016, another house on Simcoe<br />

St. N. was torn down. It belonged<br />

to a woman named Harriet<br />

Cock. She was one of Oshawa’s<br />

first female land owners.<br />

Her house told a story from a<br />

female perspective. By demolishing<br />

her house, she was forgotten.<br />

Not only was her legacy completely<br />

erased but so was a historical<br />

perspective, one which is often<br />

ignored.These people and houses<br />

are part of what makes Oshawa,<br />

Oshawa. It is important to protect<br />

both the houses and by extension,<br />

the stories they tell. There needs<br />

to be better, more impactful ways<br />

The Marvel Cinematic Universe should put the R in Marvel<br />

Shana<br />

Fillatrau<br />

The following piece is the opinion of<br />

the Durham College journalism student<br />

whose name and picture accompanies this<br />

column.<br />

Since the Marvel Cinematic Universe<br />

(MCU) first started with the<br />

premiere of Iron Man in 20<strong>08</strong>, the<br />

darker and grittier side of Marvel<br />

comics hasn’t been shown enough.<br />

Even when Fox was in charge of<br />

the X-Men, for the most part, the<br />

mutants weren’t given the dark<br />

storylines they’re known for and<br />

that didn’t do the comics justice.<br />

In the nineties, Marvel sold the<br />

film rights to many of their characters<br />

because they were having<br />

financial issues. This includes the<br />

rights to the X-Men and Deadpool.<br />

December of last year, Marvel<br />

acquired the film rights for the<br />

X-Men back from Fox.<br />

In terms of team movies, the<br />

X-Men vs. the Avengers, the<br />

X-Men won in terms of grit, just<br />

like they do in the comics, though<br />

there could always be improvement.<br />

In the first X-Men movie, it’s<br />

mutant vs. mutant. The X-Men vs.<br />

the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants.<br />

While in the first Avengers movie,<br />

it’s the Avengers fighting aliens.<br />

In the last two years, Fox has<br />

dipped into Marvel’s potential.<br />

There’s so much more to Marvel<br />

comics than the high-morale Captain<br />

America and Scott Summers.<br />

It’s more than the average and<br />

simple super-hero storylines where<br />

everything turns out fine and the<br />

hero saves the day with no deaths<br />

and no blood shown.<br />

So, fans were elated to find out<br />

that not only was there going to<br />

be a Deadpool movie, it would be<br />

rated R. The studio was, at some<br />

points, not going to sign-off on an<br />

R-rated film. For a little while, fans<br />

thought they would have to see the<br />

censored and watered-down Deadpool.<br />

Last month, the Deadpool 2<br />

trailer premiered. Deadpool combines<br />

the fun humour and raw violence<br />

that isn’t seen in any other<br />

Marvel films.<br />

Deadpool is the most accurate<br />

Marvel-portrayed character. He’s<br />

self-deprecating, meta, humorous,<br />

while still being sad and violent.<br />

Last time Marvel tried to portray<br />

the Merc With a Mouth, fans<br />

were subjected to the worst comic<br />

character depiction in recent years.<br />

This came in Wolverine: Origins.<br />

The filmmakers wanted a Deadpool<br />

that wasn’t rated-R. They did<br />

this by literally sewing Deadpool’s<br />

mouth shut so he couldn’t swear,<br />

make lewd jokes or generally, be<br />

himself. The censorship of these<br />

violent characters is nearly impossible,<br />

especially with Deadpool.<br />

Even Deadpool made fun of his<br />

past depiction in his own movie.<br />

The only character this did work<br />

for, in some ways, was Wolverine<br />

himself. Then came Logan.<br />

After more than 15 years of seeing<br />

a not-quite-there Wolverine,<br />

fans got a look at the true character<br />

come to life but unfortunately<br />

just for the farewell film of Hugh<br />

Jackman playing the character one<br />

last time.<br />

Before Logan, fans only had a<br />

censored, cleaner version of their<br />

clawed mutant.<br />

He couldn’t impale or decapitate<br />

people. Bloody carcasses weren’t<br />

laying at his feet. Instead, they focused<br />

less on the violence and more<br />

on the romance, which isn’t Logan<br />

Howlett.<br />

Out of all 10 films in the X-Men<br />

movie franchise, Logan received<br />

the best Rotten Tomatoes score,<br />

showing how much fans and viewers<br />

in general, appreciated the raw<br />

to protect our historical buildings.<br />

Heritage Oshawa can only recommend<br />

what they think should be<br />

done with a building. Oshawa City<br />

Council has the final say on what is<br />

designated and what is demolished.<br />

Perhaps Heritage Oshawa should<br />

have more of a say, or citizens<br />

should have more power in making<br />

these decisions. Either way, more<br />

must be done to preserve Oshawa’s<br />

history for future generations. As<br />

the Durham Region undergoes tremendous<br />

growth and development,<br />

this issue is increasingly important.<br />

If you see a building that should<br />

be preserved, speak up. Talk to<br />

Heritage Oshawa, learn about the<br />

building, fight for its survival. Citizens<br />

saved the Henry, Guy and<br />

Robinson Houses which are now<br />

home to the Oshawa Museum.<br />

Let’s save the home of Robert<br />

McLaughlin, one Oshawa’s most<br />

influential figures.<br />

truth of who these characters are.<br />

Logan is also the first superhero<br />

film to be nominated for an Oscar<br />

in the best adapted screenplay<br />

category. It is also the first major<br />

nomination for any superhero film,<br />

excluding<br />

Heath Ledger’s posthumous win<br />

for supporting actor with his role as<br />

the Joker. Other nominations are<br />

for technical categories, like hair<br />

and makeup or visual effects.<br />

With these films leading the way,<br />

there are so many other potential<br />

characters to be adapted. These<br />

include Moon Knight, Carnage,<br />

Fantomex, Mystique and so many<br />

more.<br />

Marvel needs to focus on the<br />

examples of Logan and Deadpool<br />

in particular and continue where<br />

Fox left off. Even though they have<br />

their more mature Netflix shows<br />

like Daredevil and The Punisher,<br />

their movies remain lighthearted.<br />

All in all, there isn’t an “R” in<br />

Marvel for no reason.<br />

Bringing 'Johnny Football' to Hamilton is a bad fit<br />

Cameron<br />

Black-<br />

Araujo<br />

The following piece is the opinion of<br />

the Durham College journalism student<br />

whose name and picture accompanies this<br />

column.<br />

College football star and 2012<br />

Heisman Trophy winner, Johnny<br />

Manziel, broke his silence about<br />

his struggles with alcohol and other<br />

issues earlier this month on Good<br />

Morning America, but the Hamilton<br />

Tiger-Cats should stay as far<br />

away from the 25-year-old athlete<br />

as possible.<br />

Manziel took the sporting world<br />

by storm at the age of 19, when he<br />

became the first freshman to win<br />

the Heisman, awarded to the best<br />

player in college football.<br />

The legend of “Johnny Football”<br />

was born.<br />

That was the peak of his football<br />

career as his final year at Texas<br />

A&M University and his two-year<br />

stint in the NFL were plagued with<br />

off-field issues including domestic<br />

violence charges filed against him<br />

in 2014.<br />

The Tiger Cats confirmed in<br />

January they had made an offer to<br />

the quarterback but it’s now over<br />

a month later and Manziel has yet<br />

to accept.<br />

That may not be a bad thing for<br />

These people and houses are part<br />

of what makes Oshawa, Oshawa.<br />

the Tiger-Cats.<br />

Art Briles was fired as Baylor’s<br />

football coach in May, 2016, after<br />

over 30 of his players were accused<br />

of committing over 50 sexual assaults.<br />

Just over a year later, in August,<br />

the Tiger-Cats hired Briles,<br />

his first job since leaving Baylor,<br />

just to reverse the decision 12 hours<br />

later after backlash from fans, the<br />

media and sponsors.<br />

“It was a poor decision, in<br />

retrospect, that we shouldn’t have<br />

made,” said Tiger-Cats CEO, Scott<br />

Mitchell. “Everything we do demonstrates<br />

great community will,<br />

everything we do in the community<br />

we’re very sincere about it and I<br />

think, clearly, we missed the mark<br />

in terms of the message we were<br />

sending.”<br />

Five months have passed and<br />

it looks like the Tiger-Cats’ CEO<br />

may be missing the mark again.<br />

Manziel has been accused of domestic<br />

violence, has openly abused<br />

alcohol and drugs, sometimes even<br />

through his own social media and<br />

was even seen at a Las Vegas nightclub<br />

sporting a fake moustache,<br />

wig and glasses the night before<br />

skipping his concussion protocol<br />

in Cleveland, according to ESPN<br />

Las Vegas.<br />

This doesn’t sound like the way<br />

to make it up to a community after<br />

a “poor decision.”<br />

On Good Morning America,<br />

Manziel also stated the end goal of<br />

his comeback is an NFL contract,<br />

confirming the CFL would just be<br />

a stop along the way. It’s not worth<br />

it for the team to take such a risk<br />

on a player who publicly said he<br />

has no intentions of staying long in<br />

the league, if he even comes at all.<br />

Manziel said earlier this month<br />

he is no longer drinking alcohol<br />

and is making mental health a<br />

priority in his life.<br />

He also says he’s taking medication<br />

for bipolar and is working<br />

hard to make sure he doesn’t fall<br />

into another depression.<br />

His father said in 2016, he’d be<br />

surprised if his son makes it to his<br />

25th birthday. While the sporting<br />

world was glad to see Manziel surpass<br />

that in December, there would<br />

be nothing better than to see him<br />

complete his comeback.<br />

Just somewhere outside Hamilton.


6 The <strong>Chronicle</strong> March 6 - 12, 20<strong>18</strong> chronicle.durhamcollege.ca Campus<br />

Stories of strength, courage and vision<br />

Tracy Wright<br />

The <strong>Chronicle</strong><br />

Black Canadian women and their stories of<br />

strength, courage and vision were celebrated<br />

during Black History Month at Durham College.<br />

These stories were shared on Feb. 21<br />

in the Student Services Building at Durham<br />

College by Whitby MP Celina Caesar-Chavannes,<br />

Esther Forde owner of Cultural<br />

Expressions Gallery in Ajax and Uchechi<br />

Ezurike-Bosse, author, speaker and TV host.<br />

Caesar- Chavannes, shared her vision. A<br />

vision to build bridges between communities.<br />

In the end we are building bridges between<br />

Canadians and discussing the inclusion we<br />

need to work towards, says Caesar-Chavannes.<br />

True inclusion appreciates expression<br />

and brings value to the table, she says.<br />

Esther Forde, shared her courage, her love<br />

for the arts and her decision to open an art<br />

gallery 11 years ago in Ajax.<br />

Her courage was shown as she had no<br />

business experience and was not part of the<br />

established art community. But she wanted to<br />

engage the community with a diverse background<br />

in the arts.<br />

She brought the arts with a distinct colour<br />

from Africa to Canada. Her gallery features<br />

art from 20 to 30 different countries.<br />

Ezurike- Bosse, talked about strength.<br />

The first woman she saw to show great<br />

strength was her mom.<br />

Seeing her work hard, as a single mom raising<br />

three daughters instilled hard work in her.<br />

Her mom did what she had to do working<br />

three jobs to put food on the table and make<br />

sure her children got an education. With this<br />

knowledge she names five key things to help<br />

Black history is<br />

Canadian history<br />

not about separating<br />

groups.<br />

towards having no labels or limitation in life.<br />

Among her keys: take time, show belief, act<br />

and expand outside the comfort zone, surrender<br />

your vision to a higher power and last<br />

know you are not alone when you rise.<br />

In wrapping up Caesar-Chavannes said<br />

“Black history is Canadian history it is isn’t<br />

about separating groups.<br />

This is about recognition that we have a<br />

painful past in this country. And that truth<br />

supersedes anything else, we have to pay<br />

attention to that truth.”<br />

Allison Hector-Alexander, Durham College’s<br />

director of diversity, inclusion and<br />

transitions says, “Black History really is<br />

Canadian History.” “When we act as a community<br />

and we act as allies for each other we<br />

get the recognition.<br />

Where other people are acknowledging,<br />

it’s authentic and it helps the community to<br />

know that they do have allies.”<br />

The event ended with poems from local<br />

artist Greg Frankson, who says “Black History<br />

Month is the month to be really cool,<br />

black and artistic.”<br />

Photograph by Tracy Wright<br />

(Left) Allison Hector-Alexander, Durham College's director of diversity,<br />

inclusion and transition and Whitby MP Celina Caesar-Chavannes at Durham<br />

College's Black History Month celebration.<br />

The universal educational experience<br />

International<br />

experience<br />

helps stand out<br />

to potential<br />

employers<br />

I would definitely<br />

recommend it to<br />

anyone and everyone.<br />

Shana Fillatrau<br />

The <strong>Chronicle</strong><br />

When Kyle Stiliadis first got to Ireland he<br />

didn’t have a cellphone. When he got to his<br />

residence at IT Carlow, there wasn’t anyone<br />

in the office.<br />

He later ran into someone who he knew from<br />

Durham College, and was able to stay with<br />

him for the night.<br />

He was nervous to be studying abroad at<br />

first, but once he got acclimated, he loved it.<br />

Stiliadis went on to receive a student of<br />

the year award from his partner school in<br />

Carlow, Ireland.<br />

Stiliadis attended Durham College for<br />

Music Business Management.<br />

After graduating, he attended Brock University<br />

before going to IT Carlow in Ireland.<br />

At IT Carlow, he finished his final year<br />

and graduated with Bachelor of Business degree,<br />

all through the help of Durham College’s<br />

International office.<br />

Stiliadis said he made lifelong friends, volunteered,<br />

travelled Europe, played basketball<br />

and much more while studying abroad.<br />

The experience has also helped him career<br />

wise. “I’ve gone through a couple of different<br />

interviews since I got back, and having that<br />

Photograph by Shana Fillatrau<br />

Eoin O'Brien (left), international coordinator from IT Carlow, presents Kyle<br />

Stiliadis with student of the year award.<br />

abroad experience has been great for my resume,”<br />

he says.<br />

“It’s an easy conversation starter and seems<br />

like a more knowledgeable about more than<br />

just Canada”<br />

It was difficult for Stiliadis at first since he<br />

was away from his family, but technology was<br />

helpful to stay in touch with them.<br />

“They’re proud of you,” he said. “They<br />

want you to succeed too, so all in all, it was<br />

a great experience. No regrets.”<br />

Stiliadis enjoyed his time abroad and felt it<br />

helped to make him who he is today.<br />

“I would definitely recommend it to anyone<br />

and everyone,” he said.<br />

“You’re nervous at first. The first couple bit<br />

is always tough to do, but once you get your<br />

foot in the door, don’t be shy.”<br />

Mike Lafleur, Durham College’s international<br />

education abroad assistant, agrees.<br />

He says it’s important for Durham College<br />

students to consider the bridge and pathway<br />

programs that DC offers because gaining<br />

international experience makes them stand<br />

out to employers.<br />

“I think for students, having the opportunity<br />

to go abroad is a platform for people<br />

to grow personally and professionally – to<br />

broaden their perspectives and to gain intercultural<br />

effectiveness and the ability to adapt<br />

and work well with people from different cultures<br />

is pretty important in the globalized<br />

world,” said Lafleur.<br />

Lafleur came to see Stiliadis receive the<br />

award from IT Carlow’s international coordinator<br />

Eoin O’Brien.<br />

Stiliadis won student of the year for Level<br />

Seven. In Ireland, schooling goes by the<br />

framework of qualifications.<br />

In this framework, level one is compared<br />

to kindergarten and Level Ten is a PhD. In<br />

Stiliadis’ case, Level Seven is a degree.<br />

“I’m delighted to be on site in Durham to<br />

award Kyle from last year, who was our Level<br />

Seven student of the year,” said O’Brien.<br />

“So, it’s a great achievement and a big<br />

achievement.<br />

He should be proud of it.”<br />

With a smile on his face, Stiliadis received<br />

his medallion and award certificate.<br />

“It was a great honour to get that award,<br />

and I couldn’t be happier that I received it.<br />

Well earned, I believe.”


Campus chronicle.durhamcollege.ca March 6 - 12, 20<strong>18</strong> The <strong>Chronicle</strong> 7<br />

A friendly face at DC<br />

Constantinou<br />

feels at home<br />

on campus<br />

Heather Snowdon<br />

The <strong>Chronicle</strong><br />

Day in and day out he’s at Durham<br />

College (DC). A friendly face,<br />

beaming at students as they enter<br />

the school. He normally sits in The<br />

Pit, surrounded by students, who<br />

wave as they walk by. He is ambitious<br />

and ready to take on the day<br />

with a positive attitude. Micheal<br />

Constantinou, 28, started working<br />

for DC as a special events assistant<br />

in Sept. 20<strong>17</strong>, when he realized DC<br />

was the right place for him.<br />

“I love my job,” he said with a<br />

smile.<br />

He works part-time at the college<br />

and even when he’s not working<br />

he’s still at the college.<br />

“I just come and visit the school<br />

to see how everyone is doing,” he<br />

said.<br />

Constantinou was born and<br />

raised in Pickering. He has fond<br />

memories of hanging out with<br />

friends and meeting new people in<br />

the area.<br />

After studying culinary arts<br />

in the Community Integration<br />

through Co-operative Education<br />

program at DC for two years, he<br />

was compelled to stay on campus<br />

and was determined to work at<br />

Durham.<br />

“The people at the school have<br />

given me so much that I wanted to<br />

give back,” he said.<br />

He recalls the good times in<br />

school and all the friends he has<br />

made. The people at DC won him<br />

over and this was the main reason<br />

Constantinou was compelled to<br />

stay.<br />

“The school is like my second<br />

home,” said Constantinou.<br />

After graduating from DC in<br />

2012, he wanted to further his<br />

passion and took another culinary<br />

arts program in Whitby at Liaison<br />

College.<br />

He graduated from there in 2013.<br />

Photograph by Heather Snowdon<br />

Micheal Constantinou, 28, has been working at Durham College since 20<strong>17</strong> after graduating<br />

from the school. He works as a special events assistant at DC and comes to visit even when he's<br />

not working.<br />

“I loved culinary so much,” he<br />

said.<br />

Constantinou, worked part-time<br />

at Sunset Grill in 2015 for one year.<br />

Then accepted a seasonal job at<br />

Cosco, during the winter months in<br />

2016.During the summer of 20<strong>17</strong>,<br />

he considered taking a job in the<br />

cafeteria at DC to practise what<br />

he had been studying, but found<br />

solace working in the sports sector<br />

of the school.<br />

Helping students be the best they<br />

could be.<br />

“I love motivating students, it<br />

makes me feel better as a person,”<br />

he said.<br />

Constantinou attends sporting<br />

events with students and does whatever<br />

he can to show support and<br />

rallies for his team by giving away<br />

free T-shirts.<br />

“I’d get them going…make some<br />

noise I’d say,” said Constantinou.<br />

“I give them motivation, which<br />

is the most important thing.<br />

They get my company and motivation<br />

and I’m there as a friend<br />

if they need it.”<br />

Taylor Reddings, a part-time DC<br />

student in 2016, met Constantinou<br />

in The Pit.<br />

“He walked over and introduced<br />

himself to me, we talked for a short<br />

while…after that every time we saw<br />

each other we would stop and talk,”<br />

said Reddings.<br />

Students frequently stop to chat<br />

with Constantinou.<br />

“As soon as they mention Mikey<br />

(Constantinou), they say they know<br />

him,”said Reddings about how<br />

Constantinou is well-liked and<br />

known throughout the school.<br />

“Mikey (Constantinou) has made<br />

such a positive impact on me and I<br />

always love to see him around campus,”<br />

said Reddings.<br />

Constantinou travels frequently,<br />

visiting Cyprus, where his family<br />

his from.<br />

He enjoys his time there.<br />

“I visit my family most of the<br />

time when I’m down there,” he<br />

said.<br />

Constantinou plans to stay at DC<br />

and further his career here, or as he<br />

calls it, his “second home."<br />

“It’s the people at Durham that<br />

make the school what it is.”<br />

No more street smart kids after safety village closure<br />

Safety village<br />

is closed<br />

for repair<br />

William McGinn<br />

The Chroncile<br />

As children leave the safety of their<br />

homes and guardians a few hours<br />

a day to go to school, they are at<br />

an age where learning the ways of<br />

safety in the streets is a must.<br />

The Kids’ Safety Village of<br />

Durham Region was built to do<br />

just that.<br />

The Kids’ Safety Village is located<br />

in Whitby, sharing grounds<br />

with Sir William Stephenson Public<br />

School and is operated by the<br />

Durham Region Police Service.<br />

Activities include how to cross<br />

the street and dialing 911, with<br />

working traffic lights, yield signs<br />

and park benches, but that is not<br />

what the Village is limited to.<br />

The village also includes battery-powered<br />

miniature cars, bicycles,<br />

and small buildings, one<br />

with a working road barrier.<br />

However, business is currently at<br />

a standstill.<br />

At the moment, the village is<br />

under construction in order to<br />

renovate its current main facility,<br />

because it “is very outdated and<br />

small,” said Corey Walsh, a Durham<br />

Regional Police community<br />

service officer.<br />

Expansion<br />

will have an<br />

additional<br />

classroom.<br />

“The expansion will have an<br />

additional classroom that will be<br />

utilized to teach a fire safety program.”<br />

The village has been closed since<br />

November and its reopening date<br />

is currently unknown.<br />

When in operation, the village<br />

is visited by about 15,000 students<br />

annually. According to Jim Olson,<br />

retired Durham District School<br />

Board principal, all students from<br />

all over Durham Region are welcome,<br />

including as far away as<br />

Beaverton, Port Perry and Uxbridge.<br />

The village is, according to Olson,<br />

funded by Durham Region,<br />

the school board and the police,<br />

and the only cost is students have to<br />

pay three dollars each for bus fare.<br />

Other than that, visits are free.<br />

“Classes currently include bike,<br />

road safety, pedestrian safety, Internet<br />

and anti –bullying programs<br />

as well,” says Walsh, adding it is for<br />

kids from Grades 1-6.<br />

The village used to teach vandalism<br />

laws and legal graffiti but<br />

the lesson was removed after Walsh<br />

took over.<br />

Commentary from children and<br />

adults alike on the teachings and<br />

experiences of the village have been<br />

positive, according to Walsh.<br />

“Kids always enjoy being able<br />

to explore the village and get to<br />

practice what they have learned in<br />

class out in the village. We receive<br />

a lot of positive feedback from both<br />

parents, teachers and students.”<br />

The village was built in 1995<br />

through donations of $25,000 from<br />

local businesses and citizens.


8 The <strong>Chronicle</strong> March 6 - 12, 20<strong>18</strong> chronicle.durhamcollege.ca Community<br />

The ‘coolest’ night of the year<br />

Kirsten Jerry<br />

The <strong>Chronicle</strong><br />

What do fundraising, weather and<br />

bunny ears have in common? The<br />

Coldest Night of the Year walk in<br />

Oshawa.<br />

Although organizers figure<br />

a Feb. 24 walk will bring with it<br />

cold temperature, it was a relatively<br />

warm 4C and sunny on when<br />

registration opened at 4 p.m. at<br />

Lviv Hall located at 38 Lviv Blvd.<br />

Oshawa’s walk was hosted by<br />

The Refuge, an organization dedicated<br />

to helping homeless and atrisk<br />

youth.<br />

Clarence Keesman, 43, executive<br />

director of The Refuge, walked<br />

in goalie gear because he promised<br />

to do so if the $70,000 event goal<br />

was met and it was surpassed.<br />

Donations can be still be made<br />

until March 31.<br />

Roughly 450 people attended<br />

the event.<br />

At the same time, 122 other<br />

Coldest Night walks were held<br />

across Canada to raise funds for<br />

various charities. The host charity<br />

is the one receiving the funds.<br />

Oshawa MP Colin Carrie, Oshawa<br />

MPP Jennifer French and<br />

Oshawa Mayor John Henry each<br />

gave a short speech at the opening<br />

ceremonies at 5 p.m.<br />

Attendees could walk alone or<br />

in teams.<br />

Lauren Oak, 19, and Laura Oak,<br />

55, of Bowmanville, who were<br />

together, and Charlie Genge, 20,<br />

who came alone and lives downtown,<br />

all volunteered as route marshals<br />

for the walk.<br />

A route marshal, Genge said, is<br />

responsible for keeping everyone on<br />

course and keeping up the energy<br />

during the walk.<br />

One team at the walk, the Majestic<br />

Goddesses, had six members,<br />

each wearing a pair of bunny ears.<br />

Three members, Lindsay Code, 38,<br />

Benieta Santiago, 39, and Angela<br />

Santiago, 37, all walked for the first<br />

time.<br />

Angela Santiago said that besides<br />

coming to help homeless youth the<br />

team was there to “raise money.<br />

Go out have a good walk, get some<br />

exercise. Have fun, put some bunny<br />

ears on, you know?”<br />

Oshawa women<br />

fleeing from abuse<br />

find self-worth<br />

Shanelle Somers<br />

The <strong>Chronicle</strong><br />

The Majestic Goddesses team at the Coldest Night of the Year walk.<br />

Located in Oshawa’s YWCA Durham,<br />

is a little vintage store named<br />

Adelaide’s Attic. Ironically the attic<br />

is located in the basement.<br />

Adelaide’s Attic located at 33<br />

McGrigor Street Oshawa Ont. is<br />

staffed by female volunteers who<br />

have received help and guidance<br />

from YWCA Durham.<br />

The YWCA Durham works to<br />

build self-worth in abused women<br />

through volunteer opportunities.<br />

Domestic abuse within Durham<br />

Region has been rising over the<br />

years.<br />

According to Wendy Leeder,<br />

co-executive and shelter services<br />

director of the YWCA Durham,<br />

Durham Regional Police Services<br />

are responding to about 22 domestic<br />

abuse calls a day.<br />

The second-hand store is not<br />

only making a profit but, it is transforming<br />

the lives of Oshawa women<br />

fleeing abuse.<br />

The vintage clothing and houseware<br />

store allows women to buy<br />

what they need at a reasonable<br />

price. Adelaide’s Attic also provides<br />

the opportunity for women<br />

to gain retail and customer service<br />

experience.<br />

They are not paid, but in return<br />

for their hours, they are given gift<br />

cards to use at Adelaide’s Attic towards<br />

their needed purchases.<br />

Debra Mattson, manager of<br />

communications and fund developer<br />

at the YWCA, says the goods<br />

within the store are only about one<br />

to two dollars each.<br />

In 2016, Adelaide’s Attic – which<br />

is open eight hours per week - supported<br />

1,976 volunteer hours.<br />

“Our number one goal is to<br />

empower people and for them to<br />

have their own voice. That’s the<br />

mission of the work that we do,”<br />

says Leeder.<br />

This non-for-profit organization<br />

also offers a women-only emergency<br />

shelter called Y’s WISH<br />

Shelter, recreational programs, an<br />

EarlyON Centre for children up to<br />

the age of six, interim second stage<br />

housing, counselling, and volunteer<br />

positions.<br />

The YWCA has recognized a<br />

need for a 24-hour emergency shelter<br />

equipped with trained counsellors<br />

on staff, long-term mentorship<br />

Clarington Regional Councillor,<br />

Willie Woo, 64, of Newcastle also<br />

walked in the event. He walked<br />

once before four years ago when<br />

the event was held at a local school.<br />

“I’ve put myself on the Youth in<br />

Policing team. At least my donation<br />

is for that team,” said Woo.<br />

He remembered also seeing the<br />

team at his previous walk, adding<br />

a police presence to the event. “So,<br />

it doesn’t surprise me that Youth<br />

in Policing are here today. I think<br />

they’ve always been good supporters<br />

of The Refuge and what they<br />

do.”<br />

The Youth in Policing program<br />

meets at Durham College on Wednesdays.<br />

In an interview, program coordinator,<br />

Wahaj Arshad, 21, described<br />

the program as “an employment<br />

opportunity for youth<br />

in Durham Region and (we)<br />

work alongside with the Durham<br />

Regional Police.”<br />

Supervising team leader Jasmine<br />

Singh, <strong>17</strong>, said the students in the<br />

program are all in high school, in<br />

an interview. The age range for the<br />

program is 15--<strong>18</strong>.<br />

The students fundraise through<br />

Debra Mattson of the YWCA shows off the inside of Adelaide’s Attic.<br />

support and outreach programs.<br />

Unfortunately, the YWCA Durham<br />

needs the community’s help<br />

more than ever to continue its efforts<br />

in helping abused women and<br />

their children.<br />

Donations account for 80 per<br />

cent of the YWCA’s operational<br />

costs, according to Leeder.<br />

But, donations are down considerably,<br />

she says, adding the<br />

YWCA needs more funds to keep<br />

up their building maintenance and<br />

Photograph by Kirsten Jerry<br />

bake sales, car washes, events at<br />

their respective schools, and even<br />

by paying a toonie to wear casual<br />

clothes instead of a uniform for a<br />

class.<br />

Natalie Vellapah, 19, who is also<br />

a supervising team leader, said each<br />

member was given a minimum $75<br />

fundraising goal.<br />

The Youth in Policing team<br />

raised the most of any team - almost<br />

$8,000 for The Refuge.<br />

Because there was fair weather<br />

French ended her speech by saying,<br />

“it may not be the coldest night of<br />

the year, but it is the coolest.”<br />

Photograph by Shanelle Somers<br />

run other services.<br />

“Money is the thing all charities<br />

are competing for,” says Leeder.<br />

But, the YWCA is hoping that<br />

their current ‘Love Shouldn’t Hurt’<br />

campaign will help with their finances.<br />

It is a national campaign<br />

for YWCA that will be launched<br />

shortly.<br />

But Leeder says individuals often<br />

open their chequebooks and help<br />

the YWCA.<br />

“Someone donated $15,000 recently.<br />

That was enough to cover<br />

our entire grocery budget for one<br />

year,” says Leeder.<br />

They hope the new campaign<br />

will provide more opportunities<br />

and support for women who have<br />

experienced abuse and for women<br />

who have already gone through<br />

the most traumatic part of their<br />

journey.<br />

If you would like to get involved or<br />

donate money to help finance their<br />

efforts, visit www.ywca.org.


Campus chronicle.durhamcollege.ca March 6 - 12, 20<strong>18</strong> The <strong>Chronicle</strong> 9<br />

Poor eating<br />

hurts students<br />

in classroom<br />

Aly Beach<br />

The <strong>Chronicle</strong><br />

Post-secondary students are known<br />

to be busy but not great eaters,<br />

hence terms like ‘freshman 15’,<br />

referring to the pounds added by<br />

someone in their first year at college<br />

or university.<br />

But are poor eating habits impacting<br />

students’ mental health?<br />

According to the Dieticians of<br />

Canada and a Durham College<br />

nutritionist, the answer is ‘yes’.<br />

“The increased incidence in<br />

mental health conditions such as<br />

depression over recent years might<br />

be linked to the change in our diet<br />

over the same time frame, with<br />

shifts away from a diet based on a<br />

wide variety of whole foods to one<br />

that emphasizes more processed<br />

foods.”<br />

Sylvia Emmorey, Durham College’s<br />

nutritionist, agrees.<br />

“A lot of times people are skipping<br />

meals, going to class on an<br />

empty stomach, you can’t think as<br />

well, your memory is impaired,”<br />

says Emmorey.<br />

Over the years, Emmorey says<br />

she has noticed an increase in<br />

students not eating often, lacking<br />

energy, having poor memory and<br />

being tired. She says not eating<br />

frequently enough, or not eating<br />

well, can negatively affect blood<br />

sugar, and in turn affect one’s mental<br />

health.<br />

“Managing the blood sugars,<br />

regulating the blood sugars is very<br />

important for proper brain function.<br />

People can have a lot of mood<br />

imbalances if they go without food<br />

as well,” says Emmorey.<br />

Emmorey advises students to<br />

avoid unhealthy fats, such as cookies<br />

and doughnuts, as they interfere<br />

with signalling in the brain.<br />

She also mentions it has been<br />

shown in studies that people who<br />

eat more unhealthy fats are slower<br />

learners and have memory challenges.<br />

“Eating a lot of unhealthy foods,<br />

junk foods if you will, can lead to<br />

depression because it depletes vitamins<br />

and minerals in the body. It<br />

also increases stress,” says Emmorey.<br />

She says when people are<br />

stressed, they tend to crave unhealthy<br />

foods. They also sometimes<br />

drink alcohol, which damages the<br />

A lot of times people are skipping meals,<br />

going to class on an empty stomach.<br />

Sylvia Emmorey, Durham College's nutritionist.<br />

brain.<br />

Omega 3 is found in healthy fats,<br />

such as avocados or fish.<br />

It helps support the synapses in<br />

the brain that connect the neurons.<br />

Omega 3 deficiencies have been<br />

shown to cause an increased risk of<br />

ADHD, bi-polar disorder, dyslexia,<br />

depression, dementia and schizophrenia.<br />

To avoid a deficiency,<br />

Emmorey recommends eating a<br />

variety of foods every day.<br />

“The more colourful, the better,”<br />

she says.<br />

Emmorey recommends starting<br />

a food diary or journal to help keep<br />

track of what and how much students<br />

are eating.<br />

“You can look at it, link it to how<br />

you’re feeling and make changes<br />

or come to me so I can guide you<br />

through the changes slowly,” says<br />

Emmorey.<br />

Photograph by Aly Beach<br />

Emmorey emphasizes being<br />

mindful of what and how you’re<br />

eating.<br />

“I’ve coined the term ‘the gobble-and-go<br />

generation’ because<br />

people eat their food so fast.”<br />

She says being aware of how<br />

much you’re eating and how you’re<br />

eating helps with digestion.<br />

It can help students avoid things<br />

like acid reflux and some digestive<br />

disorders.<br />

Emmorey says she understands<br />

changing eating habits can be<br />

difficult, but after she works with<br />

students making baby steps, she<br />

notices a difference.<br />

“I think a lot of the things that<br />

I see from students is a change in<br />

energy, first of all when they start<br />

to eat healthy and decrease some of<br />

the unhealthy foods, and that kind<br />

of sparks their interest in continuing<br />

on.”She advises students to prioritize<br />

grocery shopping and meal<br />

prep.<br />

For a student on a budget, Emmorey<br />

suggests buying frozen fruits<br />

and veggies, cans or bags of beans,<br />

lentils, tuna and shopping for deals.<br />

Emmorey has been a part-time<br />

teacher at Durham College for<br />

more than 10 years.<br />

She’s available to speak to students<br />

about healthy eating, eating<br />

with certain health conditions,<br />

weight loss or gain. She describes<br />

it as “nutritional counselling.” She<br />

is available Thursdays 12 p.m. to 2<br />

p.m. in room C111.<br />

“Basic healthy diet with some<br />

more variety is very beneficial for<br />

students and will get them - I think<br />

- through school with a diploma in<br />

their hand and not too much stress,<br />

hopefully,” says Emmorey.<br />

The benefits of a smoothie breakfast<br />

Kaatje Henrick<br />

The <strong>Chronicle</strong><br />

Exercise, diet and human interaction<br />

alter the brain and body,<br />

according to the National Institute<br />

of Health. But diet is a big factor for<br />

people’s all-around health. Breakfast<br />

is one meal people tend to skip,<br />

even though it has been called “the<br />

most important meal of the day” by<br />

many experts.<br />

Some people skip breakfast because<br />

there’s not enough time, or<br />

are too tired to bother to make anything.<br />

A common route is to grab<br />

an apple on the way out the door<br />

and stop at the local coffee shop for<br />

a hot beverage.<br />

Medical News Today says skipping<br />

breakfast lowers concentration<br />

levels as well as energy levels, and<br />

also slows the metabolism. The<br />

body needs a certain amount of<br />

energy to make it through the day<br />

without feeling tired or going limp.<br />

There are ways to avoid skipping<br />

breakfast: just make it quick. Some<br />

quick breakfast ideas are: high fibre<br />

cereal/bagel or toast, protein shake<br />

or smoothie, or a bowl of fruit with<br />

oatmeal.<br />

A raspberry banana smoothie<br />

is a quick and healthy choice for<br />

breakfast. It’s also a great source<br />

of vitamins and minerals.<br />

Raspberry Banana Smoothie:<br />

1 cup of raspberries<br />

1 ripe banana<br />

¼ cup of freshly squeezed orange juice<br />

¼ cup of yogurt<br />

1 tablespoon of honey<br />

Put all ingredients in a blender and mix until smooth.<br />

Add more honey if desired.<br />

Vitamins and minerals are important<br />

for the human body because<br />

they help heal wounds, boost<br />

the immune system. They also help<br />

with growth and development<br />

Raspberries are known as nature’s<br />

candy for their sweet, all-natural<br />

taste. They are packed full of<br />

antioxidants, which include: vitamin<br />

A, C or E.<br />

Those three vitamins alone help<br />

protect the body against illnesses<br />

and also strengthen teeth, gums<br />

and bones. Antioxidants are used<br />

to protect the body’s cells from<br />

damage.<br />

Raspberries are full of fibre and<br />

potassium, which lowers blood<br />

pressure as well as cholesterol levels.<br />

They also keep the body regular.<br />

Bananas contain potassium and<br />

fibre. Medical News Today states<br />

that bananas help reduce the risks<br />

of asthma, cancer, high blood pressure<br />

and diabetes.<br />

Yogurt comes from milk, which<br />

is a great source of Vitamin D. Yogurt<br />

is also known as a probiotic,<br />

which is the body’s “friendly bacteria.”<br />

It is filled with protein which<br />

gives your body the energy it needs,<br />

as well as speeds up your metabolism.<br />

Yogurt is also full of vitamin<br />

B12 which can help prevent heart<br />

disease.<br />

Starting the day with a delicious<br />

and healthy snack will keep you<br />

energized for a day full of activities.<br />

According to Canada’s Food<br />

Guide, eating a healthy breakfast<br />

jump starts metabolism, energizes<br />

the body, and improves the immune<br />

system.


10 The <strong>Chronicle</strong> March 6 - 12, 20<strong>18</strong> chronicle.durhamcollege.ca Community<br />

A tropical paradise?<br />

A warning to travellers<br />

who are going to Jamaica<br />

Heather Snowdon<br />

The <strong>Chronicle</strong><br />

Walking into your nearest travel<br />

agency, you’re probably looking<br />

forward to a warm and sunny vacation.<br />

But as you make your plans<br />

and choose your destination, you<br />

realize your dream getaway in Jamaica<br />

may fall short.<br />

An ongoing crime wave in the<br />

country has caused the Canadian<br />

government to issue a warning to<br />

people considering a trip to Jamaica.<br />

“Exercise a high degree of caution<br />

in Jamaica due to the high<br />

level of violent crime and the state<br />

of emergency in St James Parish,”<br />

says the warning on the Government<br />

of Canada website.<br />

Lerrone Galloway, 26, lived and<br />

worked in Montego Bay, Jamaica<br />

until 2013 when he left to work on<br />

a cruise ship. Galloways says it’s a<br />

challenging situation for tourists<br />

because “you don’t know war is<br />

going on because you can’t see it.”<br />

A curfew was put in place in<br />

Montego Bay and Kingston in<br />

January of this year, after a state<br />

of emergency was announced by<br />

Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew<br />

Holness. Due to recent crime, all<br />

shops, stores, bars and nightclubs<br />

close at midnight.<br />

Galloway was born in Trelawney<br />

Parish, Jamaica and moved to<br />

Montego Bay when he was a teenager<br />

to work as a housekeeper in a<br />

resort called Iberostar Rose Hall<br />

Suites.<br />

“Tourists are more safe than Jamaicans,”<br />

he says, regarding how<br />

tourism is one of the country’s main<br />

industries. Tourists are normally<br />

not targeted because they provide<br />

jobs to Jamaicans through the tourism<br />

industry. He says visitors who<br />

do experience violence “are usually<br />

in the wrong place at the wrong<br />

time.”<br />

“It’s a turf war,” he adds, regarding<br />

gangs, drugs and guns in<br />

Jamaica. “It’s all for money.”<br />

Galloway left Jamaica in 2013<br />

to work on a Carnival cruise ship<br />

as a waiter, until moving to North<br />

Carolina in the United States in the<br />

summer of last year to work with<br />

his brother delivering furniture.<br />

Alison VanLoosen, a travel consultant<br />

at Bowmanville Travel – a<br />

division of the Kemp Travel Group<br />

says, “there are no restrictions in<br />

where we book…but the clients<br />

don’t want to go there,” regarding<br />

tourists wanting to go to Montego<br />

Bay. VanLoosen believes travellers<br />

are deterred because of the curfew<br />

in place. Some travellers are even<br />

waiting for refunds after going to<br />

Jamaica, but not wanting to leave<br />

the resort on excursions, even<br />

though they had already paid for<br />

them.<br />

“They’re waiting for refunds,”<br />

she says, “and many people are<br />

steering clear of Montego Bay.”<br />

But Galloway says, “it doesn’t<br />

affect tourism…we protect our<br />

tourists because they are important<br />

to us. Only if you live in the<br />

community is it bad for you.”<br />

According to Jamaica’s minister<br />

of tourism, travellers are safe<br />

in Jamaica. However, a state of<br />

You don't know a war is going on<br />

because you can't see it.<br />

emergency was put in place after<br />

an elderly couple from Winnipeg,<br />

Man. were found dead in their<br />

vacation home in St. Thomas, Jamaica<br />

on Jan. 9, 20<strong>18</strong>. No arrests<br />

have been made and the investigation<br />

is ongoing. If you do choose<br />

to travel to Jamaica, use caution<br />

and stay informed, says VanLoosen.<br />

You may want to wait until the<br />

state of emergency and warning is<br />

lifted and tourists can once again<br />

feel free to wander Jamaica’s adventurous<br />

landscape, without a worry,<br />

she adds.<br />

'Juilliard' program for secondary school students<br />

All Saints school unveils<br />

new art, media program<br />

Claudia Latino<br />

The <strong>Chronicle</strong><br />

This fall, Whitby will have its own<br />

‘Juilliard’.<br />

All Saints Catholic Secondary<br />

School will launch a new arts program<br />

for the coming school year.<br />

The Regional Arts and Media<br />

program offers students from<br />

Grades 7 to 12 across Durham<br />

Region the chance to incorporate<br />

the arts into their secondary school<br />

curriculum.<br />

The new program will run<br />

alongside with the comprehensive<br />

program at the school with students<br />

specializing in one or two of the six<br />

disciplines.<br />

Tish Sheppard, 54, is the teaching<br />

and learning consultant for the<br />

Durham Catholic District School<br />

Board (DCDSB) for implementation<br />

of the Arts and Media program.<br />

She said the school board didn’t<br />

want to lose Catholic secondary<br />

schools in Whitby because of decreasing<br />

enrollment.<br />

“We thought, what can we do to<br />

help one of the populations flourish<br />

a little more?,” said Sheppard.<br />

“Our senior admin team did<br />

some research and we decided that<br />

a regional arts program was something<br />

that was necessary.”<br />

The program offers visual arts,<br />

dance, drama, vocal music, instrumental<br />

music, and media arts. Students<br />

in Grades 7 and 8 can choose<br />

to enroll in any discipline, except<br />

for media arts.<br />

Grades 9 through 12 students are<br />

able to choose from all six.<br />

According to Sheppard, students<br />

who combine the arts into their<br />

education can excel in any career<br />

path they choose.<br />

Which is why an arts program<br />

would be beneficial for the Catholic<br />

school system.<br />

“The value of creativity is a huge<br />

thing for students. We need creativity<br />

in our world. People are looking<br />

for 21st century skills when they are<br />

hiring, so having an arts program<br />

will fill that need,” said Sheppard.<br />

To apply, students have to go<br />

through an interview and audition<br />

procedure for the discipline they<br />

want. The ideal candidate receives<br />

an acceptance letter and will not<br />

have to apply again.<br />

Fifteen students will be chosen<br />

for each category. Students enrolled<br />

for the September 20<strong>18</strong> school year<br />

have already completed their auditions<br />

and those selected have<br />

received their letter of acceptance.<br />

Students don’t have to be experienced<br />

in the arts to apply, but<br />

Sheppard says it is an asset.<br />

Students who are Catholic or<br />

non-Catholic across Durham Region<br />

can apply.<br />

Transportation is finalized and<br />

will be offered to students who live<br />

outside of Whitby.<br />

“We will be providing some form<br />

of transportation.<br />

It is going to be a central location<br />

where students can be picked up,”<br />

she said.<br />

Grades 7 and 8 students who are<br />

accepted will still complete their<br />

required elementary curriculum<br />

will leave their elementary school<br />

and become part of the All Saints<br />

community.<br />

Including wearing the required<br />

uniform.<br />

The school’s third floor will soon<br />

be dedicated to these students and<br />

those in Grade 8. They will still<br />

have their school trip and graduation.<br />

“I think we are preparing them<br />

for a great opportunity in high<br />

school to get a great education<br />

experience,” said Sheppard. “The<br />

arts are going to help them flourish<br />

in whatever way they need to in<br />

their post-secondary choices whether<br />

it’s college or university.”<br />

Photograph by Claudia Latino<br />

Tish Sheppard (left), is in charge of introducing the new art and media program at All Saints<br />

school to students and staff. Johnny Soln (right), is a drama teacher and chair of the program.<br />

The value of creativity is a huge<br />

thing for students.


Campus chronicle.durhamcollege.ca March 6 - 12, 20<strong>18</strong> The <strong>Chronicle</strong> 11<br />

How DC's president left the pack behind<br />

Aly Beach<br />

The <strong>Chronicle</strong><br />

Smoking is bad for you - and quitting<br />

is hard. It’s a well-known fact.<br />

Leave the Pack Behind can help<br />

smokers quit.<br />

Durham College (DC) president<br />

Don Lovisa smoked for about<br />

20 years. He sat down with The<br />

<strong>Chronicle</strong> and Leave the Pack Behind<br />

(LTPB) representative Kimberly<br />

Buckeridge to talk about his<br />

smoking experience and how he<br />

quit.<br />

Lovisa, 60, started smoking<br />

sometime in Grade 8, as it was a<br />

norm back then to experiment with<br />

smoking.<br />

“At that time a lot of people<br />

smoked and it really wasn’t thought<br />

to be bad for you. Your doctor<br />

smoked and your dentist smoked<br />

and people around you smoked and<br />

you smoked, right?”<br />

He says he probably felt dizzy<br />

from the nicotine and probably<br />

questioned why he was doing it in<br />

the first place.<br />

“The ‘why’ was probably peer<br />

pressure - try something different,<br />

be part of the group. I think as<br />

young people, we do a lot of things<br />

based on peer pressure, don’t we?”<br />

says Lovisa.<br />

He says he probably didn’t start<br />

smoking regularly until Grade 10,<br />

but remembers how he used to try<br />

to hide his early smoking habits<br />

from his parents and teachers at<br />

Saint Mary’s school in Fort Frances,<br />

Ont., near Thunder Bay.<br />

“Behind the gymnasium there<br />

was a brick that was loose and we<br />

would hide our cigarettes behind<br />

that brick. So, your parents could<br />

never know, your teachers could<br />

never know,” says Lovisa. “So<br />

many people smoked, they probably<br />

didn’t notice it [the smell of<br />

cigarettes].”<br />

He quit cold-turkey when he was<br />

around 34-years-old after a health<br />

scare, where he spent three days in<br />

hospital in the Intensive Care Unit.<br />

“It really changed my perspective,”<br />

says Lovisa.<br />

Lovisa describes smoking as<br />

“part addiction, but also part habit.”<br />

During his quitting period, cravings<br />

crept up on him, when he ate,<br />

drank, and was out with friends. He<br />

says it’s “not just the addiction, but<br />

Durham College president Don Lovisa tells the story of how he quit smoking.<br />

also the changing of your norms.”<br />

Despite the difficulty, he was determined<br />

to beat it.<br />

“But there was always something<br />

in the back of your mind that would<br />

say ‘well if you don’t do this, you’ll<br />

be dead pretty early in your life’,<br />

so that’s not something I wanted<br />

to be.”<br />

According to Lovisa, quitting<br />

changed a lot of things in his life<br />

for the better, including his health.<br />

“When you quit when you’re<br />

younger, your body has a chance to<br />

heal. The longer you smoke, the less<br />

likely your lungs are going to heal.<br />

But you’re healthier, you feel better,<br />

you sleep better,” says Lovisa. “As<br />

time went on our society changed<br />

and it became easier to function in<br />

society. I didn’t have to go find my<br />

place to go have a cigarette.”<br />

When telling his story, Lovisa<br />

describes things that would be<br />

outlandish to some students today.<br />

“I’m trying to remember if there<br />

was still smoking in bars then -<br />

there probably was. Restaurants<br />

would be divided in half. Half<br />

would be smoking, half would be<br />

non-smoking,” says Lovisa.<br />

“I remember being on airplanes<br />

and behind row seven, you<br />

could smoke, but from row seven<br />

to one, you couldn’t smoke. The<br />

non-smoking section was the first<br />

seven rows.”<br />

He describes a time where one<br />

could smoke in class and in the<br />

hallways at school and where cigarettes<br />

and menthol cigarettes were<br />

prescribed by doctors for certain<br />

ailments like sore throats.<br />

“People would walk into your<br />

office and the first thing you do is<br />

‘do you want a cigarette?’ sit down<br />

and have a cigarette, and have your<br />

meeting and a cigarette. It was just<br />

part of the norm,” says Lovisa.<br />

Peter Garrett, director of DC’s<br />

Students Inc., was also present to<br />

talk about smoking on campus. DC<br />

Students Inc. is DC’s new student<br />

association that oversees services<br />

such as the student health plan and<br />

Riot Radio.<br />

He mentions how years prior<br />

to the Tuck Shop closing, it sold<br />

cigarettes. He says this was a major<br />

money-maker for the shop and<br />

when it stopped selling them, they<br />

started showing a loss in profit.<br />

Lovisa notes it is not as socially<br />

acceptable to smoke now and the<br />

science supports the negative side<br />

effects of smoking. Due to this, as<br />

DC president, he has wondered<br />

about the possibility of completely<br />

Photograph by Cassidy McMullen<br />

banning smoking on at least one<br />

DC campus.<br />

“One of the things we’re wondering<br />

about here is ‘is it possible<br />

to go to a non-smoking campus?’.<br />

It’s being tested by some other institutions<br />

now but, is it possible to<br />

maybe start with our Whitby campus,<br />

which is a smaller campus, and<br />

go non-smoking and through doing<br />

that, it’s our way of saying ‘it’s not<br />

acceptable, socially acceptable, on<br />

campus and we have these tools<br />

for you to help you quit smoking<br />

if you’re a smoker’,” says Lovisa.<br />

While DC could ask the Ontario<br />

government to step in and regulate<br />

smoking on the premises, Lovisa<br />

wonders if it is the best idea.<br />

“That’s the debate: do we really<br />

want to go to the government and<br />

say ‘put a regulation here’ and have<br />

the heavy-handed government<br />

cause the change or do we want to<br />

be socially responsible and try to<br />

do something on our own?,” says<br />

Lovisa.<br />

LTPB is a tobacco control program<br />

funded by the Ontario government.<br />

It offers free personalized<br />

supports to people who are trying<br />

to quit smoking. These supports<br />

include free nicotine replacement<br />

therapy such as nicotine patches<br />

and gum, quitting resources, contests<br />

and referrals to the Smoker’s<br />

Helpline.<br />

LTPB targets young adults because<br />

statistics show that one in<br />

four smokers has their first cigarette<br />

after the age of <strong>18</strong> and if they<br />

quit before the age of 30, they reduce<br />

the increased risk of health<br />

problems.<br />

“It’s a good program. It’s much<br />

like MADD for drunk drivers.<br />

Look at the incredible impact this<br />

program had on people’s lives in<br />

the instance of people not drinking<br />

and driving anymore and the<br />

consequences have gone up. There<br />

are no consequences like that with<br />

smoking, except for your health<br />

but there are consequences socially<br />

now where you can’t smoke anywhere,”<br />

says Lovisa.<br />

Lovisa describes the program as<br />

two parts - health risk awareness<br />

and the enforcement of the lack of<br />

social acceptance for smoking in<br />

today’s society.<br />

“So I think the messaging is the<br />

right decision and they understand<br />

that what they’re doing is harmful<br />

to them,” says Lovisa, “and the<br />

campaign can get them to do that<br />

through understanding and a little<br />

bit of pressure. People start to look<br />

at what they’re doing and try to<br />

find ways to quit.”<br />

Quitting is a personal choice,<br />

Lovisa says, adding it is difficult,<br />

but smokers have to ultimately<br />

choose to accept the fact that it is<br />

bad for them and then make the<br />

decision to do something about it.<br />

“You have to find your own motivation<br />

and your own tools. It’s a<br />

personal choice. As much as we<br />

can tell people that it’s bad for you,<br />

and ‘you must quit,’ it’s a personal<br />

choice,” he says.<br />

“But when you’re ready to have<br />

that conversation, find the tools,<br />

find Leave the Pack Behind, find<br />

the support you need. Go to your<br />

family and friends and ask them to<br />

support you.”<br />

To learn more about LTPB, go<br />

to the Campus Health Centre or<br />

check out their website: http://<br />

www.leavethepackbehind.org/.<br />

“I would never tell somebody, because<br />

I did smoke, that ‘you must<br />

stop smoking.’ It’s more important<br />

just to say to somebody if they ask<br />

you, ‘this will help you stop smoking’,”<br />

Lovisa says.


12 chronicle.durhamcollege.ca March 6 - 12, 20<strong>18</strong> The <strong>Chronicle</strong> Community<br />

Cannabis in the workforce<br />

Future<br />

legalization<br />

has<br />

businesses<br />

happy<br />

Kaatje Henrick<br />

The <strong>Chronicle</strong><br />

Some beer companies are planning<br />

on switching to cannabis-infused<br />

beers instead of hops, according to<br />

the Ontario Cannabis Retail Corporation,<br />

one of the four companies<br />

who participated in a recent Q and<br />

A session at Durham College.<br />

By the end of this year cannabis<br />

can be purchased legally in<br />

store or online in Canada.<br />

That doesn’t mean that anyone<br />

can grow it or sell it, though<br />

Tom Ritchie, director of training<br />

at Ample Organics, says there will<br />

be strict rules for producers and<br />

participants.<br />

“Take any job anywhere, and<br />

you will not find more stricter<br />

regulations than what the government<br />

has planned for licensed<br />

producers. It is the most regulated<br />

industry that the world has ever<br />

seen,” said Ritchie.<br />

The federal government will<br />

continue to oversee all operations,<br />

which means a licence will still<br />

have to be purchased to distribute<br />

cannabis.<br />

“Not all provinces have the<br />

same distribution process. Ontario<br />

producers will be strictly<br />

run by the government, unlike Alberta<br />

where they are planning on<br />

letting private retailers distribute<br />

cannabis,” said Saperia.<br />

According to Saperia, there are<br />

90 licensed producers of cannabis<br />

across Ontario with 235,000 patients<br />

who purchased medical marijuana<br />

last year.<br />

There are a variety of professional<br />

jobs that will be available<br />

when cannabis is legalized, including<br />

growers, quality control,<br />

operations and security and much<br />

more, according to Barrie Smith,<br />

a recruitment consultant with the<br />

Ontario Cannabis Retail Corporation.<br />

Employers are looking for<br />

people who want to work within<br />

the industry, but not necessarily<br />

want to work hands-on with<br />

cannabis. Other jobs within the<br />

field include financial advisers,<br />

retail managers, and heating and<br />

energy efficiency technicians.<br />

Many other industries will also<br />

be affected by legalization of cannabis,<br />

according to Smith.<br />

Evio, a Canadian cosmetic<br />

company, plans to sell 23,000<br />

tubes of topical products that contain<br />

cannabis, such as eye liner,<br />

lipsticks and many other kinds of<br />

make ups, shortly after legalization.<br />

A tech company will also sell<br />

a virtual reality stimulator that<br />

will enhance the feeling of “being<br />

high” without ingesting cannabis.<br />

Even Statistics Canada is getting<br />

involved. The agency has<br />

hired a contractor to test wastewater<br />

to manage THC levels, so the<br />

government can access the most<br />

accurate data to identify how<br />

much cannabis is being used and<br />

consumed in Canada.<br />

Smith says employers will be<br />

looking for professionalism within<br />

in the industry. They are also<br />

looking for transferable skills.<br />

“We want to know your skills,<br />

and talents and how we can translate<br />

them into the workforce of the<br />

cannabis industry,” says Smith.<br />

Durham College is one of the<br />

first schools to have the Medical<br />

Cannabis Fundamentals for Business<br />

Professionals course. Amber<br />

Johnson is an instructor.<br />

She says the course consists of<br />

learning about the plant itself, the<br />

history of the plant, and helping<br />

people prepare for interviews for<br />

Photograph by Kaatje Henrick<br />

Valerie Penney, who works at the Peace Pipe in Oshawa, is excited for the legalization of cannabis.<br />

jobs within the industry.<br />

The legalization of cannabis<br />

will have a positive impact<br />

on Canada because people have<br />

been using it for years for health<br />

and leisure purposes, according to<br />

Johnson.<br />

“Hemp, which is a strain of<br />

cannabis was the first plant grown<br />

in Canada. Humans have been<br />

using cannabis as a medical treatment<br />

for more than 26,000 years<br />

and we’ve forgotten that,” said<br />

Johnson.<br />

The course will be available<br />

at Durham College on March 24<br />

and 25. The course is $450.


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14 The <strong>Chronicle</strong> March 6 - 12, 20<strong>18</strong> chronicle.durhamcollege.ca Community<br />

Appreciating sports in Oshawa<br />

The land where we stand is the traditional<br />

territory of the Mississuagas<br />

of Scugog Island First Nation. Uncovering<br />

the hidden stories about our<br />

community is built on is what the<br />

<strong>Chronicle</strong>'s newe feature series, the<br />

Land Where We, is about.<br />

Pierre Sanz<br />

The <strong>Chronicle</strong><br />

The Oshawa Sports Hall of Fame<br />

has been inspiring athletes since<br />

it opened in 1986. It began in<br />

1982 when Oshawa City Council<br />

made a request to open the Hall<br />

of Fame and the Oshawa Civic<br />

Auditorium Corporation formed<br />

a committee to make it happen.<br />

“How it all started was back<br />

in 1982,” explains Dan Walerowich,<br />

the current chairman of<br />

the Oshawa Sports Hall of Fame,<br />

“there was a city council at the<br />

time and they made a comment<br />

about how it would be nice to<br />

have a Hall of Fame in Oshawa<br />

that would recognize the accomplishments<br />

of athletes in the<br />

community.”<br />

In 1983, the founding Board<br />

of Governors for the Oshawa<br />

Sports Hall of Fame were approved<br />

by Oshawa City Council.<br />

The Council also approved<br />

a constitution with a mission to<br />

recognize and honour the great<br />

achievements of individual athletes<br />

and teams in Oshawa who<br />

have accomplished excellence<br />

and notoriety in sports and have<br />

also made a huge influence to<br />

the expansion of sport.<br />

Terry Kelly, who was the<br />

chairman of the founding Board<br />

of Governors in 1986, was approached<br />

about making the Hall.<br />

He put together an induction<br />

committee to get the creation of<br />

the Hall going. The committee<br />

had Eric Wesselby, Charles Pell<br />

and Steve Keating, to name a<br />

few.<br />

On May 21, 1986, the Oshawa<br />

Sports Hall of Fame was<br />

officially opened by name, the<br />

chairman of the Canada’s Sports<br />

Hall of Fame. The Oshawa Civic<br />

Auditorium was the home of<br />

the Hall of Fame when it first<br />

opened.<br />

A total of 34 inductees were<br />

honoured during the first ceremony.<br />

Ever since then, an annual<br />

induction ceremony with free<br />

admission has been held on the<br />

last Wednesday in May.<br />

A few of the first inductees<br />

back in 1986 were Barbara<br />

Underhill (skating), Bill Dell<br />

(football), Eddie Westfall (hockey)<br />

and Andrew Stewart (baseball).<br />

All of them were born in<br />

Oshawa.<br />

From day one, Walerowich<br />

says the Board wanted to open<br />

a museum and showcase athlete<br />

memorabilia.<br />

The first logo the Hall of Fame<br />

adopted lasted from 1986-2006<br />

then a new logo was released.<br />

The new logo, which was unveiled<br />

once the museum opened,<br />

has four pillars in it, which represent<br />

ability, sportsmanship,<br />

character and contribution.<br />

After the Hall of Fame was<br />

located at the Oshawa Civic<br />

Auditorium, in 1997 the Board<br />

of Governors wanted to move<br />

the location from its corridors to<br />

a 2,100 square foot fitness room<br />

adjacent to the box office lobby<br />

at the facility.<br />

On April 7, 20<strong>08</strong>, mayor John<br />

Grey approved the move into the<br />

General Motors Centre. When<br />

the GM Centre was changed to<br />

the Tributes Communities Centre,<br />

the Hall of Fame was not impacted.<br />

The Oshawa Sports Hall of<br />

Fame had a big impact on Nick<br />

Springer. Springer is an inductee<br />

from 1992 for his achievements<br />

in soccer.<br />

Springer is a Hungarian native<br />

who arrived in Oshawa in<br />

1958. He is the founder of the<br />

Oshawa Turul Soccer Club,<br />

which has over 3,000 members.<br />

Thanks to his work in founding<br />

the club with his organizational<br />

abilities, Springer was granted<br />

three outstanding National<br />

Achievement Awards.<br />

Once the Hall opened in<br />

1986, Springer always thought of<br />

being inducted as a dream. What<br />

helped him achieve his induction<br />

was his contribution to local<br />

soccer, along with his success.<br />

Springer led the Oshawa Turul<br />

under 19 team to gold at the Sao<br />

Paulo Cup in 1985.<br />

He was recognized with the<br />

1987 Olympic Celebration Medal<br />

as a coach.<br />

Springer was always a very<br />

modest guy. “I don’t know if I<br />

deserve to be here,” he said in an<br />

Oshawa This Week article after<br />

his induction in 1992.<br />

The history of the Hall of<br />

Fame will continue to grow and<br />

become richer every year as new<br />

athletes get inducted. The next<br />

induction will take place Wednesday,<br />

May 30, 20<strong>18</strong>.<br />

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Community chronicle.durhamcollege.ca March 6 - 12, 20<strong>18</strong> The <strong>Chronicle</strong> 15<br />

Serving the community for over 150 years<br />

The land where we stand is the traditional<br />

territory of the Mississaugas of<br />

Scugog Island First Nation. Uncovering<br />

the hidden stories about the land<br />

our community is built on is what the<br />

<strong>Chronicle</strong>'s new feature series, the Land<br />

Where We Stand, is about.<br />

Claudia Latino<br />

The <strong>Chronicle</strong><br />

The church's walls have seen and<br />

heard all that has transpired.<br />

“If you ignore history, it will reach<br />

out, grab you, and shake you, and<br />

say ‘Hey, pay attention!’.<br />

Whitby assists that natural impulse<br />

for history to come back to life and<br />

to not be forgotten,” said Donald<br />

Orville-Merrifield at Heritage<br />

Day. St. John’s Anglican<br />

Church has been standing since<br />

Whitby was a grain shipping village<br />

in <strong>18</strong>46.<br />

It is now the headquarters of<br />

Durham Region.<br />

The church has had many people<br />

worship within its walls over the<br />

last <strong>17</strong>6 years. Marjorie Sorell, author<br />

of What the Walls Have Seen and<br />

Heard During the last 165 years, and<br />

active member of the Port Hope<br />

and district, wrote the book to commemorate<br />

the church’s 165-year<br />

anniversary.<br />

“Indeed, the church’s ‘Walls have<br />

Seen and Heard’ all that has transpired,<br />

the parishioners’ prayers<br />

and dreams, and have been witness<br />

to the changes in the community,”<br />

writes Sorell in the introduction.<br />

Though many people spend<br />

their weekends within the Anglican<br />

church, once a year, the church’s<br />

community and residents of the<br />

town come together to celebrate<br />

how far the church has come on<br />

Heritage Day.<br />

The one-day event takes place<br />

on 201 Brock St. S, in downtown<br />

Whitby. The community vendors<br />

cover four blocks of downtown<br />

along Brock Street where hundreds<br />

of long time and new residents<br />

come to share their passion for<br />

Whitby’s heritage.<br />

People walk up and down the<br />

street, listening to music from The<br />

Whitby Brass Band, eating cotton<br />

candy and popcorn while looking<br />

at organizations of what the town<br />

brings to its community such as<br />

The Farmers’ Market vendor, selling<br />

homemade baked goods and<br />

fresh produce.<br />

The event has been a part of<br />

Whitby since the late 1980’s and<br />

has been a yearly tradition to this<br />

day.<br />

Brian Winter, 70, a retired archivist<br />

of Whitby, attends the event<br />

St. John's Anglican Church present day.<br />

every year. He is part of the architectural<br />

committee called ‘Heritage<br />

Whitby’.<br />

He and others sit at a booth behind<br />

a desk, displaying historical<br />

architectural photographs of Trafalgar<br />

Castle, St. John’s Anglican<br />

Church, and other buildings that<br />

Photo illustration by Claudia Latino<br />

Before and after picture of St John's Anglican church.<br />

Photograph by Claudia Latino<br />

are still standing since the <strong>18</strong>40’s,<br />

while selling Winter’s own book<br />

called<br />

<strong>Chronicle</strong>s of a County Town: Whitby<br />

Past and Present that was published<br />

in 1999 and has been selling copies<br />

ever since.<br />

Winter has been researching<br />

the town’s history since he was 13<br />

years old. He became archivist for<br />

Whitby in 1968, retiring in 2012.<br />

He decided to write an updated<br />

book since the last book written at<br />

the time was back in 1907.<br />

Wil Stonehill, the minister of St.<br />

John’s Anglican Church, has been<br />

part of the church’s community<br />

since 2012.<br />

He says people who were part of<br />

the church’s community reflect on<br />

how St. John’s impacted their lives<br />

through Sunday School picnics,<br />

member meetings, and marriage.<br />

Stonehill wants the residents of<br />

Whitby to understand the church<br />

still stands today because of them.<br />

“The people in this town hold a<br />

significant place in their lives and I<br />

think that’s really special,” he said.<br />

“We as a church community want<br />

the people to know we care about<br />

them. We want to show them we<br />

are interested in their lives, how<br />

their families and children are doing,<br />

their celebrations, and their<br />

struggles.<br />

These people who are part of our<br />

community are truly good, caring<br />

people.” Stonehill was inspired to<br />

become a minister ever since he<br />

involved himself in a church community.<br />

He met his social circle through<br />

a church setting and is still friends<br />

with them today. “Most of my<br />

friends today I made in church.<br />

We hung out together, we went<br />

out for dinner after church, and<br />

after youth group. We went out<br />

to bars at night together,” he said.<br />

“We became really close friends<br />

even though we are all spread out<br />

through North America. We still<br />

keep in touch and pray for each<br />

other. That’s what a church’s job<br />

should be, to keep the community<br />

connected in the interest of other<br />

people’s lives.”<br />

Heritage Day distinguishes the<br />

connection between its history and<br />

people. Brian Winter describes the<br />

event to be important towards the<br />

newer residents of the town to acquaint<br />

themselves to the history –<br />

especially St. John’s.<br />

Winter explains the church looks<br />

the same as it was when the church<br />

opened in <strong>18</strong>46.<br />

On the corner of Brock and Victoria<br />

Street, the church was built<br />

out of limestone from Kingston,<br />

Ont.<br />

“A man named John Welsh who<br />

was a store keeper in Windsor<br />

Bay, now called Port Whitby since<br />

<strong>18</strong>47. He shipped grain from Whitby<br />

Harbour and when he went to<br />

Kingston, he got limestone that was<br />

cut by the Quarries. He brought it<br />

back to Whitby and built a store out<br />

of the limestone,” he said.<br />

“John also had enough limestone<br />

to build a church, the St. John’s<br />

Anglican Church.<br />

Christine Elliot and her husband<br />

Jim Flaherty’s house on<br />

Garden Street is also built out of<br />

the same limestone used to build<br />

the church.”<br />

Winter says after Welsh passed<br />

away, he was buried in the cemetery<br />

behind the church and<br />

his tombstone can be viewed by<br />

residents today.<br />

The stained glass windows lying<br />

against the grey limestone walls<br />

and important figures buried in<br />

the cemetery that he researched at<br />

the age of 13, inspired him to one<br />

day walk out of the church’s great<br />

black doors, hand in hand with the<br />

love of his life.<br />

In 1976, 29-year-old Winter<br />

did get the chance to marry in the<br />

church he always saw himself getting<br />

married in – with a girl who<br />

happened to be a member of St.<br />

John’s Anglican Church.<br />

The land where the church<br />

stands and the church itself is a<br />

concrete reminder of the town’s<br />

history and community.<br />

On September 30, 20<strong>17</strong> at Heritage<br />

Day, Winter describes Whitby<br />

in three words. “Beautiful heritage,<br />

that’s two words. No I meant to say,<br />

a very beautiful heritage. That’s<br />

three words,” he said.<br />

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16 The <strong>Chronicle</strong> March 6 - 12, 20<strong>18</strong> chronicle.durhamcollege.ca Community<br />

Photograph provided by ERA Architecture<br />

Photograph by Aly Beach<br />

The Harriet House before it was demolished.<br />

The land, on which the Harriet House used to sit, as it looks now.<br />

The land where we stand is the traditional<br />

territory of the Mississaugas of Scugog Island<br />

First Nation. Uncovering the hidden<br />

stories about the land our community is<br />

built on is what the <strong>Chronicle</strong>'s new feature<br />

series, The Land Where We Stand,<br />

is about.<br />

Aly Beach<br />

The <strong>Chronicle</strong><br />

Once upon a time, there was<br />

an old, decrepit house on Simcoe<br />

St. North, in Oshawa. The<br />

windows were boarded, the door<br />

creaked open and slammed shut.<br />

The greenery had begun to overtake<br />

it. The house was surrounded<br />

by a massive construction site and<br />

seemed out of place. One day it<br />

was there. The next it wasn’t.<br />

This house was located at 2300<br />

Simcoe St. North, just past Durham<br />

College and UOIT, until<br />

around 2016. It originally belonged<br />

to Harriet Cock, affectionately<br />

known as “Granny Cock” by<br />

relatives and local archivists. She<br />

was one of Oshawa’s first female<br />

landowners.<br />

Being a female landowner was<br />

unusual in the <strong>18</strong>00’s, as was being<br />

independently wealthy. Unlike<br />

most women during that time,<br />

Granny Cock could vote before<br />

Confederation. The requirement<br />

for voting prior to Confederation<br />

was to be a landowner. This ‘loophole’<br />

was closed after confederation<br />

in <strong>18</strong>67.<br />

Granny Cock immigrated to<br />

Canada from Cornwall, England<br />

in <strong>18</strong>46 with plenty of money,<br />

her daughter, son-in-law and her<br />

prized mahogany table.<br />

Granny Cock was born in<br />

<strong>17</strong>87. She amassed her fortune<br />

when both her father and husband<br />

died. Her father was a wealthy<br />

barrel maker who also owned a<br />

barrel factory, and her husband<br />

was a prosperous grocer.<br />

Soon after immigrating,<br />

Granny Cock started buying land.<br />

Over the course of her lifetime, it<br />

is estimated she owned over 250<br />

The Harriet House<br />

acres of land in north Oshawa and<br />

the Georgian Bay area.<br />

Granny Cock built herself a<br />

house, ran a successful farm and<br />

lived a comfortable life in Oshawa.<br />

She died in <strong>18</strong>84, at the age of 97.<br />

She is buried in Union Cemetery.<br />

In her will, she gave her house<br />

to her grandson, William Guy,<br />

a member of Oshawa’s influential<br />

Guy family. It is unclear who<br />

owned the house directly after<br />

him. In recent history, the house<br />

was property of Windfields Farm<br />

until 2009. The land was then purchased<br />

by Canada’s largest real estate<br />

investment trust, RioCan, in<br />

2012. And so began the battle over<br />

Harriet’s House.<br />

RioCan was ordered by Heritage<br />

Oshawa to produce a report of<br />

the house, to see what the preservation<br />

options were.<br />

In 2012, RioCan hired Toronto-based<br />

company ERA Architecture<br />

to consult on the house and<br />

do the report.<br />

The report, presented to Oshawa<br />

City Council in April 2012,<br />

stated Cock’s house “is a rare example<br />

of early vernacular architecture<br />

in the Oshawa area likely<br />

dating from the <strong>18</strong>30’s.” This was<br />

based off studies of the Guy House,<br />

which is very similar in architecture<br />

and general style. It was discovered<br />

not long after the report<br />

that the time-period was wrong,<br />

and the houses were actually from<br />

the <strong>18</strong>40’s. This error was based<br />

off misinformation given to the<br />

Oshawa Museum, where Guy<br />

House is located.<br />

According to the ERA report,<br />

Harriet’s House “was found to be<br />

in sufficiently good condition to<br />

enable it to withstand the impact<br />

of relocation.” It was decided by<br />

Heritage Oshawa that RioCan<br />

could relocate the house for between<br />

$40,000 and $45,000.<br />

Four years later, nothing had<br />

happened. The house was still<br />

where it had always been. In 2016,<br />

the developers deemed the house<br />

was deemed too decrepit to move.<br />

Joel Wittnebel, editor of The Oshawa<br />

Express, pointed out in an<br />

article from 2012 that Harriet’s<br />

House had managed to survive<br />

for over 150 years, but apparently<br />

those four years did a number on<br />

it.<br />

“The impression I get is that<br />

it just didn’t fit into the overall<br />

scheme of what they wanted,” says<br />

Jennifer Weymark, archivist at the<br />

Oshawa Museum. She has lived in<br />

the area since 1999.<br />

In 2013, Oshawa city council<br />

carried a motion that approved<br />

the move proposed by Heritage<br />

Oshawa and suggested to make<br />

it part of Windfields Farm, and<br />

designate it as a historic building.<br />

In the request to demolish the<br />

house, RioCan added in a $15,000<br />

donation to the city of Oshawa for<br />

Windfields Farm preservation.<br />

The money would go to Oshawa<br />

Heritage Week at Oshawa Fire<br />

Hall 6.<br />

Harriet’s House holds a special<br />

place in Weymark’s heart. She<br />

would have liked to have seen the<br />

house survive, because its presence<br />

changes the historical narrative of<br />

the area.<br />

“I think she’s a really interesting<br />

aspect of our early history that<br />

we don’t celebrate enough,” says<br />

Weymark, who believes when we<br />

talk about history we often focus<br />

only on the male perspective.<br />

Weymark says the fact this<br />

house exclusively belonged to a<br />

woman changes the story. The<br />

house could tell a story driven by<br />

an influential woman. The bulldozing<br />

of the historic Cock house<br />

brings about many questions: How<br />

could it have been saved? Should it<br />

have been saved? What could have<br />

been done to prevent this?<br />

“Obviously preserving buildings<br />

that have historic value; It<br />

comes from the citizens of community<br />

that really rally behind<br />

and say ‘this is a building we think<br />

needs to be saved’,” says Weymark.<br />

“It was those citizens who<br />

saved these three buildings, particularly<br />

this one [Henry House],<br />

Guy House and Robinson House.<br />

It was a citizen effort that had<br />

them preserved,” says Weymark.<br />

Heritage Oshawa Chair Laura<br />

Thursby says, “We seek out properties,<br />

some with cultural significance<br />

and some with interesting<br />

architecture.”<br />

Heritage Oshawa is Oshawa’s<br />

municipal heritage committee.<br />

They are not truly advocates, but<br />

advise the City Council on matters<br />

related to heritage.<br />

They have a list of historical<br />

significant buildings called an<br />

inventory. If a building on the inventory<br />

is being changed, Heritage<br />

Oshawa can step in and make<br />

recommendations about how the<br />

changes can implemented to conserve<br />

the heritage aspects of the<br />

building. They are also notified<br />

if the owner of a building on the<br />

inventory applies for a demolition<br />

permit.<br />

If Heritage Oshawa feels like<br />

a building on the inventory holds<br />

notable historical significance, especially<br />

if it is threatened in some<br />

way, they will ask for a report on<br />

the property. Based on the recommendations<br />

outlined in the report,<br />

Heritage Oshawa can recommend<br />

to Oshawa city council that building<br />

should be designated. This<br />

gives it extra protections and helps<br />

conserve the building. However,<br />

designation does not necessarily<br />

mean that it is completely safe<br />

from demolition.<br />

Heritage Oshawa simply gives<br />

recommendations to city council<br />

about what they believe should be<br />

done with the building. Ultimately,<br />

all final decisions are made by<br />

council.<br />

It is important to mention when<br />

Heritage Oshawa makes their recommendations,<br />

they do not consider<br />

the current state of the house,<br />

only the historical significance of<br />

the building.<br />

Thursby says it can be disappointing<br />

when historical buildings<br />

are destroyed, such as Harriet’s<br />

House, as once demolished<br />

they can never be brought back.<br />

“It can be frustrating, but our<br />

job is simply the heritage side,”<br />

says Thursby. Recently, there have<br />

been two places Heritage Oshawa<br />

has tried to protect.<br />

The first one is downtown’s<br />

Memorial Park. Heritage Oshawa<br />

recommended it should be added<br />

to the inventory for its heritage significance<br />

and protection. Council<br />

vetoed the recommendation.<br />

“It is a public space that is valued<br />

by citizens,” says Thursby.<br />

Harriet’s House was also recommended<br />

for designation in 2012<br />

and was vetoed.<br />

The second is the Robert<br />

McLaughlin’s house on Simcoe<br />

Street. McLaughlin was father to<br />

Sam McLaughlin, the man who is<br />

credited with the creation of General<br />

Motors of Canada.<br />

Heritage Oshawa is in the process<br />

of trying have it designated as<br />

a historical building.<br />

“We consider it significant in<br />

the heritage landscape of Oshawa,”<br />

says Thursby.<br />

“These buildings are central to<br />

Oshawa culture. They both contribute<br />

in different ways and they<br />

both have value,” says Thursby.<br />

Weymark explains there are<br />

many historical buildings that can<br />

be worked into a modern setting,<br />

while also enhancing their history<br />

and the area surrounding it.<br />

While all of this may have been<br />

avoidable, Harriet Cock and her<br />

home are now a lost piece of Oshawa’s<br />

History.<br />

Currently, RioCan is beginning<br />

to build a shopping centre<br />

where Harriet’s House once stood<br />

and have agreed to install a plaque<br />

to signify who once owned the<br />

land. Granny Cock has become<br />

yet another historical woman who<br />

will be forgotten.<br />

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Community chronicle.durhamcollege.ca March 6 - 12, 20<strong>18</strong> The <strong>Chronicle</strong> <strong>17</strong><br />

The importance<br />

of the post office<br />

Photograph by Heather Snowdon<br />

40 King Street used to house Oshawa's first stand-alone post<br />

office, which was torn down in 1957. Today the property is<br />

home to a burger joint, income tax and jewerley store.<br />

The land where we stand is the traditional<br />

territory of the Mississauga’s<br />

of Scugog Island First Nation. Uncovering<br />

the hidden stories about the land<br />

our community is built on is what the<br />

<strong>Chronicle</strong>’s new feature series, the Land<br />

Where We Stand, is about.<br />

Heather Snowdon<br />

The <strong>Chronicle</strong><br />

When Bryan Jacula was ten years<br />

old his parents, Mary Nee Rudka<br />

and Michael Jacula, owned a store.<br />

Located on King Street and Westmount<br />

Avenue in Oshawa, it was a<br />

sub post office, which means it was<br />

a post office as well as a general<br />

store. Now in his fifties, Jacula still<br />

lives in Oshawa.<br />

“It’s been so long since I’ve<br />

thought about that store,” says<br />

Jacula.<br />

It was <strong>18</strong>35 when Edward Skae<br />

came to Oshawa.<br />

Back then it wasn’t known as<br />

Oshawa, the town was small and<br />

was just starting to grow.<br />

Skae was well liked by residents<br />

and the town became known as<br />

Skae’s Corners.<br />

As Skae’s Corners grew, there<br />

was a need for a post office and in<br />

<strong>18</strong>42 Skae sent in an application<br />

to Home District in parliament, a<br />

form of government at the time,<br />

asking for one.<br />

In the <strong>18</strong>00s, it was common for<br />

residents to go to general stores to<br />

pick up mail.<br />

Many small towns didn’t have<br />

stand-alone post offices.<br />

Sub post offices, located in general<br />

stores, were the norm.<br />

To avoid confusion, parliament<br />

told him he could have a post office<br />

if Skae’s Corners changed its name<br />

since there were too many towns in<br />

the area with the name ‘corner’.<br />

The townspeople held a meeting<br />

and many wealthy residents in<br />

Skae’s Corners were in attendance,<br />

Moody Farewell was one of them.<br />

He was a farmer and large hotel<br />

owner in Oshawa.<br />

Legend has it he asked his native<br />

friends what the name of the town<br />

was and they told him it was called<br />

Oshawa.<br />

Another legend says Farewell was<br />

angry with the natives for coming<br />

to the meeting and there was a confrontation<br />

between them.<br />

Jennifer Weymark, archivist at<br />

Oshawa’s Community Museum,<br />

says one of the legends is likely true.<br />

The natives named the town<br />

Oshawa, which was translated<br />

from Ojibwa, an Algonquian language,<br />

means to portage or to take<br />

the canoe out of the water and go<br />

over land.<br />

Other translations include the<br />

crossing of the stream where the<br />

canoe was exchanged for the trail.<br />

Skae opened Oshawa’s first post<br />

office in <strong>18</strong>45, known as a sub post<br />

office, because it was located in his<br />

general store.<br />

He became Oshawa’s first post<br />

master.<br />

Skae was post master for three<br />

years, following his death at the<br />

age of 44.<br />

In the <strong>18</strong>00s, mail was delivered<br />

by sleighs and stage coaches, which<br />

are horse drawn carriages.<br />

Before that, men on horseback<br />

delivered mail from Kingston to<br />

Toronto on what we now know as<br />

Highway 2 or King Street.<br />

It took <strong>18</strong> days for mail to reach<br />

Quebec from Pickering, Ontario.<br />

Lake Ontario became a lifeline<br />

to early settlers who used it as their<br />

only means of transportation, and<br />

in <strong>18</strong>22 settlers began to establish<br />

themselves along Highway 2.<br />

I'm glad we were<br />

a part of it.<br />

It wasn’t until the <strong>18</strong>50s that<br />

Canada would start the Trans-Atlantic<br />

mail delivery and in <strong>18</strong>56<br />

Canada opened the Grand Trunk<br />

Railway and mail was no longer<br />

carried by stagecoaches or on<br />

horseback.<br />

The closure of Skae’s post office<br />

sparked a change in Oshawa.<br />

In <strong>18</strong>72, a new sub post office<br />

was opened on King Street.<br />

As Oshawa continued to grow,<br />

there was a need for a larger post<br />

office.<br />

In 1907, Oshawa acquired its<br />

first stand-alone post office, located<br />

on 40 King St. E.<br />

It was running until 1950, when<br />

the City of Oshawa decided to sell<br />

it.<br />

A fire in 1955 left no one to bid<br />

on the property and in 1957, the<br />

first stand-alone post office was demolished<br />

and left Oshawa forever.<br />

The actual whereabouts of Oshawa’s<br />

first sub post office, in Skae’s<br />

General Store is unknown.<br />

Myths surrounding its location<br />

suggest the building was put on the<br />

corner of King and Queen Street<br />

in <strong>18</strong>25.<br />

According to an archival article,<br />

written in 1949, by Oshawa’s Daily<br />

Times Gazette, was torn down for<br />

a grocery store in the early 1950s.<br />

There was a demand for a post<br />

office in Oshawa after the closure<br />

of the 40 King Street’s post office<br />

in 1950.<br />

In March 1951, the Jacula family<br />

opened a sub post office in their<br />

convenience store, located at 399<br />

King St. W.<br />

“It was a tight fit, putting the<br />

post office in the convenience<br />

store,” says Jacula.<br />

According to an article provided<br />

by Eva Saether, local history<br />

and genealogy librarian at Oshawa<br />

public libraries, in 1950 two<br />

residents living on Church and<br />

William Street in Oshawa were<br />

asked to vacate their homes for a<br />

new post office.<br />

In 1952, the new stand-alone<br />

post office was built. But it was only<br />

temporary.<br />

Many postal closures happened<br />

in 1986.<br />

In Oshawa, there were 5,955<br />

rural and urban post offices.<br />

By the 1990s, there were 93<br />

urban and 1,442 rural post office<br />

closures, leaving 14,000 workers in<br />

the postal services without jobs.<br />

From 1989 to 1992, 2,250 rural<br />

post offices closed and there were<br />

153 urban closures from 1992 to<br />

1993.<br />

Canada Post fired an average of<br />

47 workers per month in 1992.<br />

Canada Post was planning to<br />

shut down public post offices by<br />

1996, saying it would make sense<br />

economically to have one public<br />

post office.<br />

A new post office was opened at<br />

47 Simcoe St. S. in 1954.<br />

This building is still being used<br />

today, and this location is the implemented<br />

plan from Canada Post.<br />

In Oshawa, there is now only one<br />

public post office.<br />

Bryan Jacula says his parents<br />

were adamant about the importance<br />

of having a post office in<br />

Oshawa.<br />

“I’m glad we were a part of it,”<br />

says Jacula.<br />

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<strong>18</strong> The <strong>Chronicle</strong> March 6 - 12, 20<strong>18</strong> chronicle.durhamcollege.ca Community<br />

The Regent Theatre's legacy<br />

The land where we stand is the traditional<br />

territory of the Mississaugas of<br />

Scugog Island First Nation. Uncovering<br />

the hidden stories about the land our community<br />

is built on is what the <strong>Chronicle</strong>'s<br />

new feature series, the Land Where We<br />

Stand, is about.<br />

Michael Bromby<br />

The <strong>Chronicle</strong><br />

“Oshawa in the 1920’s was never<br />

fancy,” says Louise Parkes a former<br />

city councillor. Then the Regent<br />

Theatre opened.<br />

Louise Parkes is one of many<br />

individuals who contributed to<br />

the history of the Regent Theatre<br />

throughout its years of operation.<br />

The elegance and magnificence<br />

of Hollywood came to Oshawa<br />

when the doors opened to the Regent<br />

Theatre in 1921.<br />

Famous Players Canadian Corporation<br />

opened the Regent Theatre<br />

in the rural town of Oshawa,<br />

which lead to the town becoming a<br />

city in 1924 due to the popularity of<br />

the Regent Theatre.<br />

In 1921, the Regent Theatre<br />

saw sold out shows almost every<br />

night because of the celebrities<br />

who were performing. Judy Garland<br />

performed various shows at<br />

the Regent Theatre, but she was<br />

not alone. Other celebrities such as<br />

Lucille Ball, Charlie Chaplin, and<br />

Bob Hope performed at the theatre.<br />

Jennifer Weymark is the archivist<br />

at the Oshawa Museum, she says<br />

the Regent Theatre brought in a<br />

sense of community.<br />

“It gave them opportunity, it had<br />

a chance to do musicals and movies,”<br />

says Weymark. “Those who<br />

came got the chance to be part<br />

of the larger world in ways they<br />

couldn’t before.”<br />

Leon Osier was the general<br />

manager of the theatre during the<br />

1920’s and into the 1940’s. Frederick<br />

Kinton was hired to be the<br />

first projectionist in Oshawa after<br />

he returned home from the first<br />

world war with wounds which later<br />

caused his death.<br />

During the second world war,<br />

Osier began playing videos and<br />

clips about the second world war<br />

on the big screen. Communities<br />

across Canada sent materials to<br />

make guns and ammunition which<br />

included tin foil, and scrap metal.<br />

Osier helped the Canadian men<br />

by allowing people to donate their<br />

recycled metals which were sent<br />

overseas to help the war.<br />

“They collected tinfoil for the<br />

war efforts, so it became a community<br />

hub,” says Weymark.<br />

As the times changed, more<br />

brand name cinemas such as Cineplex<br />

moved into Oshawa. This took<br />

business away from the historic theatre.<br />

Throughout the 1970’s and<br />

into the 1980’s, the Regent Theatre<br />

struggled to make money. The theatre<br />

closed its doors in 1989, but was<br />

given an adrenalyn rush in 1997.<br />

In 1997, four local business men<br />

purchased the theatre from Famous<br />

Players Canadian Corporation and<br />

turned it into a night club. The<br />

night club, Adrenalyn Rush, never<br />

took off, despite being in the heart<br />

of downtown Oshawa.<br />

In 1999, the owners closed the<br />

night club and applied for a permit<br />

to have the theatre demolished.<br />

“The theatre was threatened with<br />

demolition and supposed to be a<br />

parking lot,” says Parkes.<br />

The historic building was almost<br />

replaced with asphalt but Heritage<br />

Oshawa got involved. Louise<br />

Parkes, a member of this committee,<br />

decided this was not going to<br />

be the end for the Regent.<br />

“We all have passion projects and<br />

this is one of mine, saving the theatre,”<br />

says Parkes.<br />

Parkes moved to Oshawa with<br />

her family in 1988 and remembers<br />

seeing shows at the Regent throughout<br />

her childhood. The theatre became<br />

a passion in her life and she<br />

wanted to see it grow.<br />

Parkes is the owner of Parmac<br />

Relationship Marketing in downtown<br />

Oshawa. She also helps her<br />

husband Darryl Sherman run Wilson<br />

Furniture in Oshawa.<br />

Parkes wanted to have the old<br />

theatre turned into a performing<br />

arts centre. The city turned her<br />

down and sold the theatre to Mike<br />

Burley, a 21-year-old man who was<br />

given a five-year contract in 1999.<br />

Burley owned Hourglass Theatre<br />

Productions and used the Regent<br />

Theatre as a space to host his group.<br />

“The opportunity was lost, which<br />

motivated me to come onto council,”<br />

says Parkes.<br />

Parkes was elected as a city councillor<br />

in 2000, she continued to advocate<br />

for the theatre. She brought<br />

in Janis Barlow, who specializes in<br />

the design management of theatres<br />

across North America.<br />

Barlow wrote a report to the city<br />

explaining how this was the best location<br />

in Oshawa for a performing<br />

arts centre. However, the bad luck<br />

continued for the Regent as the city<br />

council voted no.<br />

Parkes became frustrated with<br />

the city council and began working<br />

with councillor Kathy Clarke to<br />

find a different approach in saving<br />

the theatre.<br />

“You have to do things eventually<br />

or else people are going to leave the<br />

city,” says Parkes. “When I came on<br />

council there was not a new public<br />

building in Oshawa for 26 years.”<br />

Burley failed to keep the theatre<br />

open due to the cost of running it.<br />

The city bought it back in 2001. It<br />

remained closed because the theatre<br />

needed construction work before<br />

it could be re-opened.<br />

To bring life back to the theatre<br />

in 2007. Parkes and Clarke got the<br />

city to negotiate a deal with theatre<br />

expert Glyn Laverick of Toronto.<br />

Laverick was the CEO of the<br />

Danforth music hall in Toronto.<br />

He has worked with Oshawa theatre<br />

company Dancyn Productions<br />

which is run by Joan Mansfield.<br />

Photographs by Michael Bromby<br />

(Top) Former city councillor, Louise Parkes, in the Regent<br />

Theatre. (Bottom) View of the Regent Theatre stage.<br />

Laverick made her his artistic<br />

director at the Regent Theatre in<br />

Oshawa during his time of ownership.<br />

The city agreed to give Laverick<br />

$700,000 to re-construct the entire<br />

building, but it had to be complete<br />

by the end of 20<strong>08</strong>.<br />

“Glyn Laverick restored the front<br />

and made it into what we see today,”<br />

says Parkes.<br />

The theatre opened in October<br />

of 20<strong>08</strong>, however, Laverick failed<br />

to meet his deadline. During the<br />

movies or live performances, construction<br />

equipment was visible<br />

throughout the theatre.<br />

The Regent failed to take off<br />

once again, and it closed in January<br />

2009.<br />

Laverick failed to complete work<br />

on the theatre and contractors were<br />

left without money.<br />

Lawsuits were filed against Laverick.<br />

Complainants owed the contractors<br />

money for work, many said they<br />

lost up to $200,000.<br />

Parkes decided to focus on her<br />

business, which she shares with<br />

her husband Darryl Sherman, and<br />

gained the courage to go back to<br />

school.<br />

“It bothered me every day of my<br />

life not finishing school, so I decided<br />

if not now when?” says Parkes, who<br />

completed her degree in history at<br />

Trent University in Oshawa.<br />

She is planning on going back for<br />

her master’s degree in history later<br />

this year.<br />

While Parkes was furthering her<br />

education, a new owner took over<br />

the theatre.<br />

The city was in possession of the<br />

Regent Theatre and decided to sell<br />

it to the University of Ontario Institute<br />

of Technology (UOIT).<br />

The remaining construction was<br />

completed and the theatre opened<br />

once again in 2010.<br />

“The city and the University<br />

have made an effort to change the<br />

downtown and bring culture and<br />

art back,” says Weymark who has<br />

been with the Oshawa Museum<br />

since 1999.<br />

UOIT uses the Regent for lectures<br />

and educational studies for<br />

students, while also putting on<br />

throwback movie nights featuring<br />

“Barefoot in the Park”, and live performances<br />

such as “Abbamania and<br />

Night Fever.”<br />

One of the live performers coming<br />

to the Regent Theatre is Canadian<br />

singer Shania Twin, she has<br />

spent 20 years of her life impersonating<br />

Shania Twain.<br />

However, this is her first time<br />

performing in Oshawa.<br />

Donna Huber currently lives<br />

in Cobourg Ont. but is on a tour<br />

across North America. She is performing<br />

at the Regent theatre on<br />

March 4th but this show is going<br />

to be special for Huber.<br />

“It hits close to home, I have a<br />

ton of friends who are always asking<br />

me when I am going to play close to<br />

home, and now I am,” says Huber.<br />

“I am excited and I hope we pack<br />

the place.”<br />

Shania Twin is just one act you<br />

can see at the Regent Theatre.<br />

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chronicle.durhamcollege.ca March 6 - 12, 20<strong>18</strong> The <strong>Chronicle</strong> 19<br />

Entertainment<br />

Bringing bands to Riot<br />

William McGinn<br />

The <strong>Chronicle</strong><br />

Durham College student Jeremy<br />

(Jay) Hartwell, 20, is in his fourth<br />

semester studying video production,<br />

but has been a fixture on Riot<br />

Radio the entire time, where his<br />

hard work and exuberance for music<br />

and independency is on display<br />

in his show ‘Sub-Terranean.’<br />

The point of the show is to bring<br />

underground music to life, introducing<br />

local Ontario rock bands<br />

who are performing in restaurants<br />

and contests as they build up their<br />

reputation. He was inspired by independent<br />

music station Indie88<br />

bringing artists together and the<br />

band A Fistful of Vinyl.<br />

The bands perform live on his<br />

show at Durham and talk about<br />

their origins, inspirations and lives.<br />

Whenever Hartwell is unable to<br />

find someone, he instead plays<br />

some of his favourite tunes and<br />

talks about them. However, more<br />

than 80 per cent of the time, Hartwell<br />

has managed to have a guest<br />

on his show. During his 38 episodes,<br />

he has successfully managed<br />

to have 28 individual bands on his<br />

show since he began in 2016, three<br />

of them returning for encores.<br />

Some of the bands Hartwell<br />

has brought to his show are: Ghost<br />

Town Architects, Death by Carl,<br />

Backyard Riot, Scudfux and Xephyr.<br />

He also occasionally brings<br />

independent performers.<br />

His favourite guest performers<br />

are The Cardboard Crowns, coincidentally<br />

the first one to perform<br />

live on his show.<br />

“They’re good friends of mine<br />

at this point. I [even] drove out to<br />

Kingston to see them at one show.”<br />

How does he find out about all<br />

these bands?<br />

“Finding different shows and<br />

stuff is moreso about finding venues<br />

where those bands perform,”<br />

he said, citing the Hard Luck Bar,<br />

Photograph by William McGinn<br />

Durham College student Jeremy (Jay) Hartwell has brought dozens of local bands to perform<br />

live on his Riot Radio show.<br />

Smiling Buddha, Atria Bar and the<br />

Moustache Club as examples.<br />

“I usually average five contacts<br />

[of bands] at one time. Planning up<br />

to two months ahead sometimes,”<br />

said Hartwell. He once travelled to<br />

Ottawa for one of these concerts.<br />

In addition to video production,<br />

he was also in the game development<br />

program at Durham.<br />

“It's always been hard balancing<br />

all aspects between the concerts<br />

going to shows getting home<br />

at 2 a.m. and waking up at 6 a.m.<br />

for an 8 a.m. class, but I'd be lying<br />

if I said it wasn't worth it.”<br />

Hartwell is also a musician. He<br />

plays the violin, trombone and<br />

is now learning how to play the<br />

drums and has worked for bands<br />

in the past.<br />

During one episode, Hartwell<br />

and Billy Oyster a.k.a. Dustin Kornegay,<br />

a guitarist who has been on<br />

the show twice, had a discussion<br />

on songwriting.<br />

“In order to write a song, there’s<br />

a singularity of intent that carries<br />

through the whole song and then<br />

you expand it like an accordion<br />

into a particular image, and you<br />

have to have that continuity the<br />

whole way through,” said Oyster.<br />

What Hartwell does is make<br />

up lyrics that appear in a situation<br />

and with the help of the band,<br />

‘Frankenstein’ it together. One example<br />

is the chorus: “My reckless<br />

behaviour, something to savour”<br />

and then you patch another lyric<br />

on top, such as “just like your last<br />

cigarette” or “just like the whiskey<br />

on your breath.”<br />

If all goes according to plan,<br />

Hartwell will graduate this semester<br />

and go on to make music videos,<br />

most likely for a film studio.<br />

Warcross novel a great tech and economy story<br />

New York Times bestselling<br />

young-adult author Marie Lu’s<br />

Warcross, released in 20<strong>17</strong>, is set<br />

in a world situated around a virtual<br />

reality game of the same name.<br />

This world Lu has come up with<br />

does not feel far-fetched. It feels<br />

realistic.<br />

For starters, how does the game<br />

work? It all begins with the Neurolink:<br />

wireless glasses with metal<br />

arms and earphones. You know<br />

how whenever you have a dream<br />

you believe it’s real? Hideo Tenka<br />

uses this premise to create virtual<br />

reality.<br />

The Neurolink glasses help<br />

your brain render virtual worlds<br />

that enable you to do things like<br />

fly around and travel through ice<br />

caves.<br />

Jobs are also created through<br />

Neurolink. One character, named<br />

Hammie, explains that because of<br />

her Ma being good at playing Warcross,<br />

she is able to buy a house<br />

and send her daughter to university.<br />

The protagonist of Warcross,<br />

Emika Chen, lives in New York<br />

and tries to make a living by locating<br />

hackers of the Neurolink. This<br />

is a real job because there are so<br />

many hackers in the world, officers<br />

are too busy to locate all of them.<br />

The Neurolink also allows<br />

downloads, kind of like how we<br />

William<br />

McGinn<br />

have Netflix and iPhones.<br />

But the dark side is a network<br />

called ‘The Dark World’, which<br />

allows people to trade notes for<br />

drugs, weapons and even illegal<br />

power-ups to the game, some of<br />

which were invented by outside<br />

coders.<br />

A sophisticated set of code is<br />

needed for your character to be<br />

invisible or else your entire profile<br />

on your Neurolink, from your<br />

name, address and even bank information<br />

can be compromised.<br />

There are also auctions for assassins,<br />

promising reward money for<br />

contract killers, sometimes for personal<br />

reasons like revenge, or for<br />

authority figures like politicians.<br />

[SPOILER ALERT]<br />

Tenka found out the brain capabilities<br />

of the glasses are able to<br />

locate when someone might have<br />

a violent desire and manipulate<br />

the brain to prevent it, and Tenka<br />

would dictate what constitutes this<br />

manipulation. Not only would<br />

an abusive past give a person the<br />

desire to make crime preventable,<br />

but if this idea came up in<br />

politics there would be two sides<br />

that would oppose the other’s side<br />

entirely. This is because there are<br />

some who prefer freedom of expression<br />

over violence, and vice<br />

versa. For example, when Chen<br />

was in high school, she fought back<br />

against a classmate who was bullying<br />

a friend of hers but if the technology<br />

were to be implemented,<br />

the desire to save her friend would<br />

be negated.<br />

Photograph by William McGinn<br />

The Warcross cover, next to other novels for teens that William McGinn recommends.<br />

Marie Lu’s Warcross creates a<br />

realistic technological world that<br />

channels the desire of humans,<br />

creates understandable jobs, and<br />

has a hidden evil. You can find<br />

Warcross in the teen section at<br />

your local library or bookstore.


20 The <strong>Chronicle</strong> March 6 - 12, 20<strong>18</strong> chronicle.durhamcollege.ca Entertainment<br />

Photograph by Cristina Nikolic<br />

Members of the band Excuses Excuses (from left) Jason Nicoll, drummer, Kyle<br />

Wilton, singer, Trevor Bowman, bassist, plastered in paint.<br />

Photograph by William McGinn<br />

(From left) Fynn Badgley, Emily Phillips and Sara Aldsworth rehearsing for the<br />

UOIT/DC Drama Club's upcoming play.<br />

DC band making a<br />

name, no excuses<br />

Pierre Sanz<br />

The <strong>Chronicle</strong><br />

Making it into the music industry is a big<br />

challenge but three local guys are doing<br />

their absolute best to make their dreams<br />

come true. Excuses Excuses is an alternative<br />

punk rock band based in Oshawa that writes<br />

music about mental illness, drug use and the<br />

uncertainty of the future.<br />

The band has been together for two years<br />

and is a group of three: lead singer Kyle Wilton,<br />

21, drummer Jason Nicoll, 21, and bassist<br />

Trevor Bowman, 21.<br />

Wilton and Bowman have played in<br />

bands together since they were 15. The<br />

pair grew up just outside Waterloo and have<br />

known each other since the age of three.<br />

The band formed while studying in<br />

Kingston. Wilton was studying engineering<br />

at Queen’s University while Nicoll and Bowman<br />

were at St. Lawrence College studying<br />

musical production and electrical engineering.<br />

Wilton and Bowman recorded their first<br />

EP with a different drummer. But the band<br />

took shape when Bowman and Nicoll started<br />

hanging out at school.<br />

“After our other drummer left, we went<br />

through a couple people and nothing seemed<br />

to work out and then out of nowhere Trevor<br />

and Jason started hanging out at their college,”<br />

said Wilton.<br />

After the band formed, the three of them<br />

relocated to Oshawa, where Wilton is a second-year<br />

Music Business Management student<br />

and Nicoll is a second-year Video Production<br />

student. Bowman currently works<br />

full-time for Clark’s Basement Systems.<br />

The band’s first EP, Frame of Mind, was<br />

released in November 2016. Wilton says the<br />

band draws inspiration from Canadian music.<br />

“We definitely think that Canadian music<br />

is some of the most powerful music out<br />

there right now and it’s highly underrated<br />

throughout the rest of the world and we<br />

definitely want to be part of changing that,”<br />

said Wilton.<br />

Growing up, the three had similar musical<br />

influences. Wilton grew up listening to<br />

AC/DC and Black Sabbath, while Nicoll<br />

and Bowman both grew up with bands such<br />

as Led Zeppelin and Queens of the Stone<br />

Age.<br />

After growing up into a rock music atmosphere,<br />

the band created its music with influences<br />

such as Billy Talent, Hollerado, Mother<br />

Mother and July Talk - all Canadian rock<br />

bands. The band frequents the Moustache<br />

Club in Oshawa and has a big following in<br />

Waterloo and Kingston.<br />

Away from making music, Wilton is an<br />

avid skateboarder and has been since he<br />

was 11. Nicoll likes to spend his time doing<br />

digital production and Bowman spends the<br />

majority of his time at work.<br />

“Drinking beers, hanging out, spending<br />

time together and getting to know one another<br />

is what we like to do together, while<br />

listening to music,” Wilton said.<br />

While the band is working hard to make<br />

music a full-time job, Wilton and Nicoll are<br />

still in the works of graduating from Durham<br />

College this year and Wilton says it’s<br />

difficult to manage time between class and<br />

practicing.<br />

“It’s totally a balancing act for me. A lot<br />

of what I do in school I can apply to the<br />

band, but I have to do it separately,” Wilton<br />

said. “Finishing assignments and getting in<br />

as much practice time as we need is quite a<br />

difficult process, but it’s definitely do-able.”<br />

The band is working towards a new EP<br />

and is hoping for a June release.<br />

“The new EP is a lot more mature, the<br />

lyrics mean a lot to us and our sound has<br />

grown,” said Nicoll.<br />

Wilton also says Nicoll plays a huge role<br />

in the band’s music becoming more developed<br />

than what it used to be.<br />

“With Jason as our drummer we’ve inherited<br />

more of a rock sound and we feel like<br />

our music has matured a lot in two years,”<br />

said Wilton.<br />

Although Nicoll and Wilton are full-time<br />

college students, Wilton says the band hopes<br />

to tour full-time in March and April across<br />

Ontario on weekends.<br />

After school, Wilton believes anything is<br />

possible for the band.<br />

“The future for the band is to bring this<br />

together as a full-time career option, which<br />

is a lot easier said than done,” Wilton says.<br />

As for what’s next, the band will continue<br />

to try to get signed to a record label and will<br />

be touring across Ontario all summer - and<br />

hopefully across Canada, with a dream to<br />

make it across the world and spread the passion<br />

that come from their music.<br />

Drama Club's play<br />

going a little Grimm<br />

William McGinn<br />

The <strong>Chronicle</strong><br />

After a year’s hiatus, the UOIT/DC Drama<br />

Club is planning to stage a play.<br />

But when exactly The Brothers Grimm<br />

Spectaculathon will be performed has not<br />

been firmed up yet.<br />

According to Sara Aldsworth, who is currently<br />

in charge of the Drama Club and the<br />

play, it will be performed in UP 1500 on a<br />

date to be announced.<br />

The last play performed by the group was<br />

Superficial in 2016.<br />

The cast of the Brothers Grimm Spectuaculathon<br />

includes Aldsworth, Emily<br />

Phillips, Christopher McGowan, Megan<br />

Graichen, Carl Pilon, Fynn Badgley, Trevor<br />

Nieuwohf, Alistair McNamara and Kailey<br />

Haskell. Jacob Neil is in charge of sound.<br />

Written in 2007 by Don Zolidis, the<br />

premise is two narrators are trying to come<br />

up with a play combining all 209 of the stories<br />

published in Grimm’s Fairy Tales from<br />

the 19th century, and in the process they<br />

spoof the collection.<br />

The actors debate how the play should be<br />

written and choreographed, which is part of<br />

the actual live performance.<br />

The play, billed as a raunchy comedy, includes<br />

everything from gore to mockery of<br />

today’s pop culture.<br />

The play is currently in development and<br />

rehearsal, but the club has been in a struggle<br />

to get it done, in part because casting has<br />

been bumpy. According to Aldsworth, at one<br />

time there were 12 actors but three of them<br />

had school schedules that conflicted with rehearsal<br />

times. Despite the changes, the production<br />

has managed to move forward.<br />

Last year, casting problems cancelled<br />

their planned play altogether. The club attempted<br />

to do an adaptation of the play<br />

Pure Nectar by Paul Howard Surridge but<br />

not enough people signed up for roles.<br />

“I chose the [Brothers Grimm Spectaculathon]<br />

script because the problem with last<br />

year was we had a script where we needed<br />

four women and only three women auditioned.<br />

So we couldn’t fill the cast,” said<br />

Aldsworth. “With this script we actually only<br />

need five people, and lots ended up auditioning.”<br />

Getting funding to properly promote the<br />

performance has been a bigger problem<br />

than casting, however.<br />

The club has not put up posters for the<br />

show.<br />

Aldsworth said getting enough posters to<br />

put around the whole campus is too expensive.<br />

They have Durham College’s TV monitors<br />

playing 10 seconds of an advertisement<br />

on hallway televisions, but nothing else. The<br />

Drama Club is looking for more people to<br />

help sponsor and advertise the play.<br />

The stage production is bare bones.<br />

“As for the sets, it’s very minimal,” said<br />

Neil. “We’re mostly just using black backdrops<br />

and the actors are going to be running<br />

on with contextual props and wigs. [The<br />

bare] background gives a lot more focus on<br />

the story, which is something that, with our<br />

cast of actors, definitely benefits the production.”<br />

Tickets are available at the door. They<br />

are free, but with an optional $5 donation.<br />

Go to the UOIT/DC Drama Club! Facebook<br />

page for updates on the play’s production.


The <strong>Chronicle</strong> March 6 - 12, 20<strong>18</strong> chronicle.durhamcollege.ca21<br />

Sports<br />

Young Jays ready for next step<br />

Bichette,<br />

Guerrero<br />

want to<br />

make an<br />

impact in<br />

20<strong>18</strong> and<br />

beyond<br />

Conner McTague<br />

The <strong>Chronicle</strong><br />

How do the best teams in baseball<br />

maintain their success? By acquiring<br />

and stockpiling young, talented<br />

players who can make an impact at<br />

the major league level.<br />

Toronto Blue Jays fans got<br />

a glimpse of their future at the<br />

team’s Winter Fest in January.<br />

Among the top young players<br />

who appeared at Winter Fest<br />

were Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and<br />

Bo Bichette, Baseball America's<br />

number four and number eight<br />

prospects, respectively. Outfielders<br />

Dalton Pompey and Anthony<br />

Alford, pitching prospects Sean<br />

Reid-Foley, Ryan Borucki, Tom<br />

Pannone, Jordan Romano, and<br />

infielder Lourdes Gurriel Jr. appeared.<br />

While Guerrero didn’t speak,<br />

many fans showed up at the Rogers<br />

Centre to see him.<br />

He took photos with fans<br />

and signed autographs for season-ticket<br />

holders. The <strong>18</strong>-yearold<br />

third baseman hit 13 home<br />

runs and drove in 76 runs while<br />

batting for a .323 average, a .425<br />

on-base percentage and a .485<br />

slugging percentage in 119 games<br />

between low-A Lansing and<br />

High-A Dunedin.<br />

Bichette was equally impressive.<br />

The 20-year-old shortstop<br />

led the minor leagues with a .362<br />

average. He also had a .423 onbase<br />

percentage and a .565 slugging<br />

percentage in 110 games in<br />

Lansing and Dunedin. Bichette<br />

says he “can’t wait to get up here<br />

(Toronto). “<br />

Pompey is the most experienced<br />

of the group. The 25-yearold<br />

Canadian has played 59 major<br />

league games and was a post-season<br />

factor in 2015 as he appeared<br />

as a pinch-runner in five games<br />

and stole four bases.<br />

Pompey appeared to finally secure<br />

a roster spot last year, but he<br />

suffered a concussion while playing<br />

for Team Canada at the 20<strong>17</strong><br />

World Baseball Classic and only<br />

managed to play 13 rehab games<br />

before a knee injury ended his season.<br />

Despite the lost year, he's<br />

motivated to stay healthy and<br />

make an impact in 20<strong>18</strong>.<br />

"The only goal I have this year<br />

is just to try and stay as healthy<br />

as possible,” he said. “Because if<br />

I'm not healthy, then I can't help<br />

myself and I can't help the team.<br />

That's going to be my focus."<br />

Top prospect Anthony Alford<br />

also dealt with injuries, breaking<br />

his wrist in just his fourth major<br />

league game.<br />

This limited him to 77 games<br />

between the minors and majors,<br />

but he still managed to have an<br />

average of .299, an on-base percentage<br />

of .390 and a slugging<br />

percentage of .406 across all-levels.<br />

Alford said he hopes to make<br />

an impact at the big league level<br />

in 20<strong>18</strong> and also spoke about getting<br />

help from former Blue Jays<br />

outfielder Devon White.<br />

"He's very passionate about<br />

what he does, he really cares<br />

about the guys and he's helped a<br />

lot defensively.<br />

When he passes information<br />

onto me, I really don't take it for<br />

granted," he said.<br />

To help make up for lost time,<br />

Alford played with Charros de Jalisco<br />

of the Mexican Pacific Winter<br />

League during the off-season.<br />

It was "very beneficial and I<br />

wanted to go make up time for the<br />

Photograph by Conner McTague<br />

Blue Jays third baseman Josh Donaldson is a free agent after the 20<strong>18</strong> season. If he leaves the Jays could begin to rebuild.<br />

at-bats I lost. I think it helped me<br />

a lot getting to face those veteran<br />

pitchers," he said.<br />

Alford will likely start the season<br />

at Triple-A Buffalo because<br />

of the time he lost last season, but<br />

with a strong start he could be<br />

among one of the first called up in<br />

event of an injury.<br />

While the Jays have a crowded<br />

outfield with Steve Pearce, Kevin<br />

Pillar, Curtis Granderson and<br />

Randal Grichuk; Pompey and<br />

Alford have enough talent to push<br />

for playing time and if they can<br />

stay healthy throughout the duration<br />

of 20<strong>18</strong>, the Blue Jays could<br />

turn what many think is a weakness,<br />

into a potent outfield with a<br />

mix of speed, patience and ability<br />

to hit to all fields.<br />

WWE NXT takes over Peterborough<br />

A good night<br />

of wrestling<br />

with family<br />

bonding<br />

Angela Lavallee<br />

The <strong>Chronicle</strong><br />

There was no shortage of hoots<br />

and hollers as the fans were treated<br />

to WWE NXT night at the<br />

Peterborough Memorial Centre<br />

(PMC).<br />

The Feb. 24 event drew hundreds<br />

out to watch wrestling in<br />

the raw.<br />

The first to appear from behind<br />

a black curtain and hit the<br />

ring was Ricochet and Buddy<br />

Murphy. Both tried to stare each<br />

other down and when that didn’t<br />

work, Ricochet lifted his opponent<br />

up and slammed him to the ring<br />

floor.<br />

This didn’t bother Murphy too<br />

much who wanted nothing more<br />

than to take Ricochet out. After<br />

14 minutes of sparring, Ricochet<br />

beat Murphy in the end.<br />

The crowd went wild when<br />

Kill Dawn and Marcel Barthel<br />

entered the ring. Dawn, who resembles<br />

the character from Harry<br />

Potter, took on a crazed look as he<br />

beefed an upper cut to Barthel,<br />

who was taken aback at the size of<br />

his opponent.<br />

But towards the end of the<br />

match Barthel took another hard<br />

smack to the chops and the match<br />

was over, giving Dawn the win.<br />

Fans couldn’t get enough.<br />

Brothers Shane Rosenberg and<br />

Lucas Gilmour drove from Lindsay,<br />

Ontario to watch their favourite<br />

WWE wrestlers and with floor<br />

seating they were able to get up<br />

and close to the dynamic bunch.<br />

“This is quite the show and<br />

this is my sixth time seeing WWE<br />

NXT,” said Rosenberg. Gilmour<br />

says it was a good time to be out<br />

with his older brother.<br />

“This is brother time, and this<br />

show is amazing and superior to<br />

watch,” he says.<br />

Longtime fan WWE NXT fan<br />

Craig Foster and a Peterborough<br />

resident couldn’t get over at how<br />

close he was to the ring.<br />

“This is so much better than<br />

on TV. I can actually hear the<br />

smacks and hits. This is what we<br />

came for,” says Foster.<br />

Photograph by Angela Lavallee<br />

WWE NXT took over Peterborough Memorial Centre on Feb.<br />

24.


22 chronicle.durhamcollege.ca March 6 - 12, 20<strong>18</strong> The <strong>Chronicle</strong> Sports<br />

Twist, twirl and whirl<br />

Skate<br />

Canada<br />

comes to<br />

Oshawa for<br />

competition<br />

Shanelle Somers<br />

The <strong>Chronicle</strong><br />

As the world watched in awe of<br />

Canadian Olympic figure skaters<br />

Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir, another<br />

competition was in the works<br />

on the home front in Oshawa.<br />

Skate Canada’s 20<strong>18</strong> Synchronized<br />

Skating Championships<br />

attracted more than 4,000<br />

spectators to the Tribute Communities<br />

Centre Feb. 23-25.<br />

Teams from all over Canada attended<br />

to compete for the opportunity<br />

to represent Canada at the<br />

ISU World Synchronized Skating<br />

Championships Apr. 6-7 in Stockholm,<br />

Sweden and the ISU Junior<br />

Synchronized Skating Championships<br />

Mar. 16 -<strong>17</strong> in Zagreb, Croatia.<br />

As more than 800 skaters<br />

graced the usual home of the Oshawa<br />

Generals, one team stood<br />

out among the rest. NEXXICE’s<br />

senior team of 22 skaters from<br />

Burlington, Ont. took the ice displaying<br />

beautiful symmetry in<br />

raised lifts and technical spins.<br />

Due to the wear and tear of 40<br />

teams’ skates on the ice, the ice<br />

had to undergo repairs delaying<br />

the competition two hours. The<br />

ice was so bad Quebec team Nova<br />

was given an opportunity to reskate<br />

their performance after a<br />

team member fell on a bad patch<br />

of ice.<br />

After a two-hour wait due to ice<br />

repairs and Nova getting a second<br />

chance, NEXXICE dressed in<br />

blue told a story of a river and<br />

wowed the judges with its skate<br />

choreography.<br />

The team was awarded gold<br />

after achieving an overall score of<br />

202.72.<br />

NEXXICE will represent<br />

Canada at the ISU World Synchronized<br />

Skating Championships<br />

in April along with the silver<br />

medallists, Les Supremes-Senior<br />

team from Quebec.<br />

“It felt really good, I mean we<br />

had to fight through a lot of adversity<br />

through the two-hour wait<br />

but we did a lot of things to stay<br />

focused on ourselves and I think<br />

it made the performance come<br />

alive,” says Kelly Britten, senior<br />

captain of NEXXICE. “I think<br />

our greatest element is our opening<br />

and our creative intersections.<br />

It sets the mood really nicely.”<br />

NEXXICE and Les Supremes<br />

junior teams also qualified to<br />

compete at the ISU World Junior<br />

Synchronized Skating Championships.<br />

Terry Sheahan, Skate Canada’s<br />

senior director of marketing<br />

and events, says both teams “are<br />

(a) dominant force in this sport<br />

Photograph by Shanelle Somers<br />

The Nexxice senior team won gold at the Skate Canada championships and will be going to Sweden for the ISU synchronized<br />

championships.<br />

and they performed exceptionally<br />

well.”<br />

NEXXICE and Les Supremes<br />

were not the only winners over the<br />

weekend.<br />

The City of Oshawa also benefited<br />

economically.<br />

Hundreds of young men,<br />

women and their families flooded<br />

the streets spending their money<br />

in downtown Oshawa at local<br />

businesses, hotels and the Oshawa<br />

Centre. Skaters and their families<br />

were also given coupons and attraction<br />

lists to explore Oshawa<br />

by Tourism Durham.<br />

Lori Talling, sport tourism coordinator<br />

at Sport Durham says<br />

“that is really one of the main focuses<br />

for us. To make sure people<br />

are enjoying the community while<br />

they are here visiting and beyond<br />

that is getting our residents to<br />

come and see this amazing, captivating<br />

event right here in their<br />

own backyard.”<br />

Talling says with an event like<br />

this being held in Oshawa there is<br />

usually around a $1 million economic<br />

impact.<br />

The City of Oshawa hopes to<br />

secure another skating event and<br />

build on their event resume to attract<br />

more economic growth.<br />

Les Rythmiks finished third place in the intermediate circuit.<br />

Photograph by Shanelle Somers<br />

The Nova team finished third place in the senior circuit.<br />

Photograph by Shanelle Somers


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