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Remembrance day is coming, yet we tend to forget

RICH BENN

At the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, men and women across Canada and the world will pay tribute to the fallen soldiers of past and present wars. Many have fought and sacrificed their lives for Canadians’ freedom will be honoured through the marking of Remembrance Day.

How many young people, including post-secondary stu-dents, mark the occasion and understand its significance, however, is a perennial point of discussion.

“I don’t really think you can mea-sure how much re-me mb r a nc e you need to do, it’s all the person,” says Brandon Rice, an Aerospace Telecom-munications and Information Systems Technician for the Ca-nadian Forces.

Growing up in a mili-tary background, Rice under-stands the sacrifice these sol-

diers have made. For him, being able to help his country in any way is a privilege. He believes it is important for people to re-spect and understand the true meaning of this day.

“People go to work everyday and don’t think twice that oth-ers have given their lives, or are fighting in a situation where they may give their life,” says Rice. “It’s good there is a day that people can pay their re-spects to those who are keeping them safe.”

Many Canadians pay their respects to the fallen by wear-ing a poppy. This was chosen to symbolize Remembrance Day because of all the poppies which would grow across many of the battlefields during the First World War.

C o u n t r i e s around the world including Eng-land, New Zea-land, and Austra-lia use the poppy to symbolize the sacrifice sol-diers have gone through.

However, even with Canada engaged in a military conflict in Afghanistan that routinely produces fresh headlines, Rice is not sure young Canadians generally know enough about the occasion.

“I think that a lot of this gen-eration is kind of unaware or they don’t fully understand the significance of Remembrance Day,” says Rice.

For Humber General Arts and Science student, Justin Sil-verio, the day lacks clear mean-ing. Being the first from his family to be born in Canada, he does not feel the same respect

the some among older genera-tions of Canadians do.

“In elementary and high school, there’s a commemora-tion, but in university there isn’t, so it’s hard to remember,” says Silverio.

However many others feel the same way, some like third year Psychology student Oscar Ramirez feel it is important to

take into consideration that free-dom has cost a significant price. For Ramirez, it is something not to be taken for granted.

Ramirez believes that not enough students think of this day or understand its meaning. For these reasons, he believes that people should be given more education about this to become more aware.

Younger generation not always aware of wartime sacrifice

Students urged to cast ballots

MARIAM MATTI

Voter turnout in Toronto’s closely watched mayoral clash signifi-cantly jumped this year com-pared to that in previous munici-pal elections.

In 2006 the voter turnout was 39 per cent, compared to a record 53 per cent in the recent election.

As a detailed demographic breakdown of voter participation in the last election has not yet been released, however, it is un-clear whether post-secondary stu-dents voted in higher than their typically low numbers.

First year University of Guelph-Humber psychology stu-dent Carleigh Milton, who just turned 18, joined the surge of Torontonians who voted in the advanced polls for the election that gave the Toronto (mayoralty) to Rob Ford. But she believes not enough is done to reach her de-mographic.

“There is a lot of information in the wrong venues, like when I’m contacted by phone by the mayoral party. I will most likely ignore it because it is just an au-tomated phone message telling me who to vote for,” said Milton. “They need different strategies to get out there and grab young people’s attention.”

Rayan Chattopadhyay, a high school student who is a munici-pal elections coordinator for the Ontario Progressive Conserva-tive Party Youth Association, has been involved with the group since the summer of 2009.

Chattopadhyay thinks that in the past years there has been low turnout amongst young people be-cause they do not feel politicians care about them, “They don’t re-ally think about the issues that concern youth. Politicians spend too much time talking about the economy and not enough about education and environment.”

Youth Political Action Group is a new club at Humber College’s Lakeshore campus. Vice Presi-dent Ron Mandelman believes that the usually lackluster student vote may be attributed to the fact that students are usually over-whelmed with information.

“When people hear the word politics you get a huge stream of information, images, messages, people, candidates and some-times it can be too much to take

on,” Mandelman said, adding that students don’t want to be treated as a single block. “It’s important to distinguish the difference be-tween 35 million people and 35 million individuals.”

Moreover, Mandelman con-tinues, “the typical student life is consumed with pressing issues of midterms and relationship or friend problems (so that) getting

this huge mass of information when you don’t even know where to start can be extremely intimi-dating.”

One of the goals that Humbers YPAG club set was to start small and explain simple political con-cepts to students just to get them thinking about the future and about where their vote could be put.

To get students motivated the club intends to go back to tra-ditional means like having vol-unteers out spreading the word about the elections. Eventually, the club also wants to hold student debates, go to political rallies and have motivational guest speakers come in to open up young peo-ple’s perspective on politics.

Record voter turnout in Toronto election should inspire post- secondary students to raise traditionally low participation rates at the polls

Mariam Matti

Students juggle information from different types of media, trying to find the facts among the mess.

Courtesy of Luisa Cicconi

Commemorative statues such as this one in Burlington, Ont. remind Canadians of what was given.“I think that a lot of

this generation is

kind of unaware.”

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Students easy targets for Rexdale crime

LISA MACNEILLSAMANTHA O’CONNOR

Rexdale has a reputation as one of the most dangerous areas in Toronto, but many students who come to Humber College and the University Of Guelph-Humber are not aware of the amount of crime that takes place here on a regular basis.

Rexdale resident and self-proclaimed “retired hustler,” Stones* said that students are naïve to the amount of crime in the area, and are considered easy targets for robberies and assault because of their lack of streets smarts.

“They [street-involved youth] see these kids, they see food – a bunch of rich kids that don’t know where the hell they are. They don’t know that they’re in the ghetto,” he said

Students face dangers on and off campus every day, be-cause of where the school is lo-cated, according to Rexdale-ar-ea street youth interviewed for this article. In 2005, Toronto’s City Council named the area as one of the GTA’s 13 priority neighbourhoods, according to the Pathways Education Net-work.

“Down here, random stuff will happen, like, people think that bad stuff doesn’t happen to good people, but bad stuff hap-pens to good people,” Stones said.

Many students say they have been victim to harass-ment, assault, and theft since they moved to Rexdale to at-tend school and over 10 student houses have been robbed in the last two months, according to recent accounts in the neigh-borhood.

Kristie Greco is a second year Kinesiology student who lives in the subdivision across from the Humber North cam-pus. Her house has been robbed twice since Thanksgiving.

The latest was around 7 p.m. last Monday evening, while Greco and her r o o m m a t e s were out of the house. Who-ever broke in came through the bedroom window, and took three M a c i n t o s h laptops, two iPods, and a charging dock. The police were notified but took four hours to arrive at the scene, she said.

“Don’t take any suspicious activity too lightly,” said Gre-co.

Stones also says that the sub-division directly across from

Humber doesn’t really count as Rexdale, and that there are certain areas that the real thugs live.

“I need to tell you the honest truth, the real guys are serious-ly in Rexdale, in Martin Grove, Kipling and in Jamestown, they don’t leave those places, you know? They don’t come to Humber College,” he says, add-ing that nonetheless, everyone in the general district is poten-tially a target for crime.

Students need to understand that there are differences in lifestyle and mentality between Humber or Guelph-Humber students, and those who have grown up in the area, Stones said.

There really isn’t any way to prevent being mugged, he said, remarking that some people rob people just for the sake of rob-

bing, “I know a guy who robs shit just to rob shit. He has two gat (guns) in his pocket just to rob you.”

For Rex-dale residents, gang activ-ity, shootings and robberies are a part of everyday life. According to

published estimates, there are seven main Rexdale gangs, with the majority believed to be af-filiated with the Crips.

“Like, some people, every day they put their books in their bags, some people around here strap a gun to their hip,” Stones

said. An officer from the 23rd

Division who did not want to disclose his name says that students should “know the sur-roundings, and know whom you’re dealing with” to ensure their safety when leaving cam-pus.

Norah Roberts, a third year Guelph-Humber student study-ing Public Relations, says dur-ing her first year in 2008, she had a bad experience.

“I lived on residence, and a bunch of us girls were walk-ing in the subdivision across

the road, when two guys start-ed following us. We got a bad feeling, so we started running. Then, they started chasing us. It got really scary, when a car with four more guys started slowly driving beside us, following us. They ended up leaving us alone, but not without scaring us first.”

Local rapper/producer Casper Tha Deadly Ghost was born and raised in the area, and said that if you “be cool, stick to yourself, and act respectful”, you will be less likely to have someone bother you.

Other safety precautions stu-

dents can take include walking in open, lit areas, and talking on the phone when they are alone, but this does not guarantee that nothing will happen.

“You can walk confident as much as you want, if someone sees someone, and you have something that they want, it’s gonna get taken,” said Stones.

Stones believes adding more security guards on campus won’t make much of a differ-ence in terms of student safety. He calls them Robo-Cops.

“What would they have? Batons? You could put more security guards, more cops, it wouldn’t help. People are hus-tlin’ for money to feed them-selves. If they don’t hustle, they don’t eat.”

He says the only thing that will diminish the amount of crime, is an end to poverty, which he doesn’t see ever hap-pening.

The police source agrees that poverty is not coming to an end, and it’s hard for people in inner city settings to avoid getting in-volved in criminal acts.

“It’s very hard to live in those neighbourhoods, with a gang mentality and keep on the straight and narrow, despite your best efforts, because you have to worry about yourself the whole time.”

He also urges students to re-port any illegal activity they see and assures that tips will always be kept anonymous.

*Some names have been changed to protect the identity of interviewees, some of whom were known personally by the reportorial team.

Street muggings, home break-ins,are local threats

Kayla Cameron-Redyk

Humber’s North campus is located in one of Toronto’s 13 priority neighbourhoods according to the Pathways Education Network.

“Like some people,

every day, they put

their books in their

bags, some people

around here strap a

gun to their hip.”

Kayla Cameron-Redyk

Emergency intercoms are located around campus and are monitored by security 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

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RADIXGuelph-Humber

ALEX DORIA

The rise of tuition costs in Ontar-io’s universities and colleges is forcing more and more students to work part-time jobs in order to pay for school.

According to the Ontario Confederation of University Faculty Associations (OCUFA), students are spending more hours at paid work than ever before to cover tuition costs and spending less time with their studies.

In fact, 64 per cent of profes-sors and librarians who partici-pated in a recent study said part-time jobs are hurting students’ grades.

The OCUFA also said more students are now working dur-ing the school year as well as the summer months just to pay for rising tuition.

Ontario undergraduates pay $6,300 a year in tuition, on aver-age, the highest rate in Canada.

Studies also show that stu-dents pay for a portion, if not all of their own post-secondary education, forcing them to work more hours than students who may receive added financial as-sistance from parents or guard-

ians.However, students with extra

financial assistance from their parents still feel the effects of rising tuition.

“I would definitely work less if tuition was less expen-sive… then I could focus more on school,” said second year GH early childhood student Alexia Celebre.

With more time away from their studies and feeling the fi-nancial pressures, students may watch as their grades drop – but

often many students don’t have the time between work and class-es to help improve their grades.

Responses around campus, had eight out of every 10 students say working a part-time job hin-ders their performance in school.

“Working takes time away from studying or doing my home-work… When I’m done work I’m tired and I don’t want to do my school work,” Celebre said.

Andrew Meiboom, a 20-year-old Loyalist College student in Belleville works 66 hours a

week, while still contributing 19 hours a week to classes in his hu-man resources program.

In regards to his heavy work hours, Meiboom said, “It defi-nitely affects my (school) perfor-mance. I try to do an hour a day minimum to keep up. I take notes to my jobs and study there when I get the chance as well.”

Media Studies professor Ian Reilly, who teaches at the Uni-versity of Guelph and at Guelph-Humber, admires students like Meiboom who make enough time

for both school and paid work, but is concerned about the impact.

“University is a full time job,” Reilly said. “Students today have a lot on their plate, but to succeed they need to know how to priori-tize… If your goal is to come to school, then that needs to be a high priority.”

Asked about part-time jobs affecting students’ school work, Reilly said, “If students are working 40 hours a week on top of 40 hours of school, something is going to suffer.”

Alex Doria

Guelph-Humber students are finding it increasingly difficult to balance their time between studies and rising tuition costs.

Pressure to earn hard on students

World’s poorest children helped by “We Day”

MEGAN SANTOS

Free the Children, a global or-ganization whose goal is to stop the poverty and exploitation of children, welcomed youth for the fourth annual celebration of We Day in Canada. We Day is a Free the Children initiative founded by Canadian activists, Craig and Marc Kiel-burger.

Debut in 2007, the event has been widely lauded for motivat-ing Canadian youth to make a difference in their world.

This year’s show in Toronto drew in approximately 20,000 people at the Air Canada Cen-tre on Sept. 30.

It featured Canadian musi-cal acts, K’naan and Down with Webster, with notable guest speakers Deepak Chopra and Spencer West. Canadian magi-cian and motivational speaker, Scott Hammell described his first experience performing at We Day as “electric.”

“It was amazing, [with] 20,000 people the energy cer-tainly gets up in that room,” he says.

Hammell thinks it is impor-

tant to work with students and young people to teach them to be leaders of their community.

“A lot of other charities and organizations will just think that if they throw money at the problem it’s going to dissolve and go away, but that’s just proven to not work,” he says. “So by making change both lo-cally and globally it’s proven to work and make a big change in people’s lives.”

He hopes We Day events will continue to grow in Canada and eventually spread all over the world.

We Day and the Free the Chil-dren organization are geared to-wards students of all levels of education, making it completely youth oriented.

Ryerson University student, Nicole Malatesta participated in We Day in its debut year and has traveled to Kenya with Free the Children.

“It was definitely one of the best things I’ve ever done and the best decisions I’ve ever made to go, “ she says about her expe-rience in Africa.

She describes We Day as inspiring and she left feel-ing like she could change the world.

“You leave with so much knowledge about what’s go-ing on in the world and it’s so important to have that when

you’re at that stage in your life.”

Malatesta says the event is a great way to become aware of global issues and has high hopes for the event’s future.

“It’s something that has just picked up over the years. News about it spread and now it’s a big thing,” she says, “It’s just going to continue to get bigger as the years go by because there’s so many more students now.”

She expressed her con-cerns with the common misconception that today’s youth are apathetic to issues around the world, but says that events l ike We Day and organizat ions l ike Free the Children prove that students can contr ibute to changing the world.

We Day has drawn many suppor ters over the years in-cluding Vervegirl, a Canadi-an magazine geared towards young women. It provides beauty and fashion t ips, and also focuses on social is-sues.

Kim Cooper, online edi-tor for Vervegirl says the magazine has had good ex-per iences with Free the Children in the past and has even made an effor t to get youth involved.

“We worked with Free

the Children for about three years in a row and each year we’ve done a repor ter con-test , where the girls can enter the contest by saying why they think they should be the reporter for We Day,” says Cooper, “Every year the contest has been really suc-cessful. This year we had two winners, one for Toronto and for Vancouver.”

The contest winners have the opportunity to meet the speakers, interview guests, and write a report on their ex-perience.

Cooper says the reporter-

for-the-day contest is a great op-portunity for youth to become more involved in the event and joining a charity helps them re-alize their potential.

“There really is power in the numbers, and I think that’s why We Day is so im-portant because you see all these people in one room. It makes you realize this many people really could make a change.”

The CTV network aired “We Day 2010” on Oct. 30 which showcased the events in Toronto on Sept. 30, and Vancouver on Oct. 15.

Annual event inspires Canadian youth to lead

Courtesy of Free the Children

Students round up support to help express international poverty concerns

Tuition hikes linked to rising hours at jobs, study fatigue

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RADIXGuelph-Humber

Annual lecture series returns to Humber

MELANIE DZIENGO

Students need to be true to them-selves when using social media, believes TVO host Jesse Brown. And to be respectful of the geeks who run the web sites. Brown’s comments were part of the most recent lecture in this year’s President’s Lecture Series, now in its ninth year. The series, which packed the Seventh Semester lounge for Brown’s talk last month, is meant to inform and encourage students to think more about the world around them with speakers who help to start the conversation.

“It’s a college-wide commit-tee that hosts thought-provoking, current guest speakers. And these guest speakers talk on a range of topics: political, social, histori-cal, psychological,” Lecture Se-ries Chair Jason Galea said.

John Elias, who is currently the Associate Dean of General Education in the Liberal Arts and Sciences department at Humber, started the series, which also pro-vides a social aspect for attend-ees, as they will be able to dis-cuss what they heard.

“The lecture series provides a forum where people can get

together who would perhaps not otherwise do so,” Galea said.

Students have the opportunity to suggest speakers, which can be done through the Liberal Arts and Sciences office. The sugges-tions are then brought to the com-mittee and each proposed guest is researched.

The selection criterion in-cludes the person’s availability and the cost of bringing them to speak.

The next visiting speaker will be Michael Adams, nationally known statistics guru and the president of Environics, on No-vember 2.

The following lecture will be on UN peacekeeping and human rights and will be hosted by Ron Poulton, a former UN legal advi-sor and investigator, on Novem-ber 25.

The lectures are free to attend and are open to students, Humber staff, support workers and the general public.

Brown, host of the podcast Search Engine, presented several rules during his lecture titled So-cial Media: Rules of Engagement for users of social media when they’re interacting online.

“Do not pretend to be some-thing you’re not, don’t misrepre-sent yourself.” Brown said.

Brown also emphasized the importance of having something to say.

“Have a point of view. You have to provide some content,” he said.

Brown’s next rule for social

media users was to be clear and transparent, both while present-ing information and while pre-senting themselves.

“If you hide something, you will be found out,” Brown said.

Brown also told lecture at-tendees to respect the “geeks” because, “in most of the social media websites, one per cent of the community is doing all the heavy lifting,” and therefore con-trolling most of the content on these websites.

He further elaborated on this concept by comparing people who view videos on YouTube to those who upload.

“People who upload the vid-eos are the ones who create the content and therefore carry the website,” Brown said

The last rule is to get com-fortable with the changes the technology has wrought. Social media is not going away and it will continue to grow, especially since we are always building re-lationships.

“When we’re online, we have a relationship we’re building and a reputation we’re building. The relationship we can’t replace is the relationship with the inter-net,” he said.

Social media has grown at a rapid rate and there is no telling what will become the next big so-cial media website.

“There are social media ap-plications for everything human beings do. Some of them even pre-date the term ‘social media’,” Brown said.

TVO’s Jesse Brown presented students with rules of social media engagement in his lecture

Melanie Dziengo

TVO’s Jesse Brown told students at his lecture to respect the “geeks,” as he believes they’re the ones who will control the content of most websites.

ABEER PARKAR

The campus pharmacy has closed down.

Amgad Hakim, pharmacist and co-owner of the old Humber Phar-macy, said he closed it down be-cause there are not enough doctors at Humber for a pharmacy to run suc-cessfully and that he couldn’t com-pete with the Health Centre, which already sells birth control pills and gives out vaccines.

“I suffered a big loss,” Hakim said. “Putting up counters and signs, then hiring people to take it down.”

He said sales could have im-proved if the doctor on campus would see more patients, similar to the dental hygienist who is said to be doing good business.

“I’m willing to come back if there are enough doctors,” Hakim said.

Carole Gionet, manager and nurse practitioner at Humber Col-lege’s Health Centre, denies a prob-lem with physician availability.

“We have a very healthy popula-tion that does not require many med-ications. This was why he couldn’t be profitable. It wasn’t because the Health Centre didn’t have enough doctors,” she said.

Gionet also said students mostly purchase birth control pills, vac-cines, and antibiotics and that these medications are available at the Health Centre for a lower cost.

Jason Brito, a first year Electrical Engineering student from Humber, said not having a pharmacy doesn’t bother him much.

“It would be helpful for students who are here for a lot of time,” he said.

Sharon Sabharwal, a first year Media Communications student at Humber who lives in residence, said she would like the campus to have a pharmacy as it would make obtaining medications easier for her.

Bradley Watson, Humber Stu-dents’ Federation VP of Admin-istration, said a survey will be conducted to find out what stu-dents would like in the empty spot where the pharmacy once was. Students will have the option to choose from an optometrist, a new pharmacy or other services. The survey is expected to be sent out this week.

Humber’s pharmacy no more

Abeer Parkar

A survey will be sent out to students to find out what they would like in the place of the now-closed Humber pharmacy.

EDITORIAL 6 MONDAY NOVEMBER 1, 2010

RADIXGuelph-Humber

Rexdale: it’s what we make of it

Guelph-Humber and Humber College students who are

feeling a little run down about going to a campus in Rexdale should think about this: they have the privilege of going to school, and probably living, in one of the most diverse and multicultural areas of one of the most metro-politan cities in the world. Every day there is something amazing happening here. Just a week ago, on October 23-24, the Tibetan Cultural Center, located on Titian Road in Etobicoke, played host to the Dalai Lama! That happened right here, in your backyard.

Admittedly, Rexdale has a pretty unsavory reputation, and rightfully so.

It’s an area with a lot of pov-erty and crime. There are serious problems with gangs here and the rates of drug use and trafficking are frightening. Robberies hap-pen regularly, and violent crimes also occur on a regular basis.

If you didn’t grow up around here it may seem like you have slipped through the looking glass.

But don’t fear. Rexdale isn’t all bad. It is a place where people come from around the world to start a new life. They settle here because the rent is cheap and be-cause there are programs to help support their fledgling years in this country.

With them, new immigrants bring their dreams and passions, and usually their amazing food as well.

Rexdale is a place where peo-ple who were enemies in a dif-ferent part of the world can now live beside each other in peace. A mosque can stand next a syna-gogue here, and for that matter they both can stand next to a cha-pel and a Hindu temple.

Families live here. Children go to school, and become great leaders here. Everyday people get up and make an honest living from their sweat, blood and tears.

Art thrives in Rexdale, in the streets, in the schools, and even in the underground. If you don’t believe that, just ask K’naan. He grew up in Rexdale. So did Ghet-to Concepts, and Canadian music legends The Rheostatics.

Montreal defenseman P.K. Subban grew up here, and Carlo Colaiacovo from the St.Louis Blues was born here.

And let’s not forget something else: Rexdale is home to the Uni-versity of Guelph-Humber and Humber College.

Rexdale is like a pet tiger. If you’re not careful around her, she

might maul you, but if you treat her with the appropriate caution she will love you and show you incredible beauty.

Students should feel blessed that they get to spend some time here.

They should go out and dis-cover the different cultures and ideas that are here. Participate in community festivals. Play sports in Rexdale’s streets. Make music in her parks.

Don’t be scared. Life is what we make of it, and so is Rexdale.

The district’s high crime and poverty rate doesn’t mean students should be ashamed to be here

Cameron Switzer

Residents enjoy a community barbecue in a park near the Rexdale inner city in the summer of 2009.

We asked you....“Do you feel safe walking through the streets of Rexdale?”

EDITOR IN CHIEFEmily Carson

MANAGING EDITORCameron Switzer

PRODUCTION EDITORSMatt Appelt

Nicole Ruggiero

PHOTO EDITORKayla Cameron-Radyk

ART DIRECTORAmanda Braithwaite

AD MANAGERSKristina McGarry

Tariq Sbiet

ONLINEMike Dotto

NEWSLaura Fixman

Richard MartinSamantha O’Connor

Jenn RichKrista Sharpe

LIFEVictoria DiDomenici

Michelle NelsonMelissa Shultz

BIZ/TECHLucas Archer

ARTSJennifer GataDaniel Lopes

D’Loraine Miranda

SPORTSCorey D’Souza

Tristan TrumpourKrisha Yasi

OPINIONAutumn Ladouceur

Elena Maystruk

FEATURESJoelle Berlet

Maria LangstaffCasandra London

FACULTY ADVISORSSalem AlatonRay Conlogue

Pierre Hamilton

RadiX

executive.radix@gmail.comwww.radxonline.ca

Jolene BrincatECE

“No. Crime rates are high. As a female I feel vulnerable.”

Ryhal MayMEDIA STUDIES“During the daytime. Night is when the sketchy people come

Victoria AdamsHUMBER CLEANER “I’m a bubbly person with everyone, so I have no problems.”

Charles EdwardsMEDIA SUDIES

“Nothing has happened to me so far, so I feel fine.”

Natalie MonasteroECE“There isn’t enough light and the darker it is, the freakier it is.”

CORRECTION It has come to the attention of the Guelph-Humber Radix that

the October 12, 2010 issue contained misleading information on the cover story entitled “Steroids hit Canadian varsity programs.”

It should have indicated that three students from the Univer-sity of Waterloo’s football team have transferred to the University of Guelph after the Waterloo team received a ban from Canadian Interuniversity Sport pending a steroid investigation.

The Radix welcomes comments, corrections and suggestions. Please contact executive.radix@gmail.com.

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RADIXGuelph-Humber

How often have you told someone you go to the Uni-

versity of Guelph-Humber, and had their response be something like this:

Person: “Oh how do you like Humber?”

You: “Well actually I go to the University of Guelph-Humber.”

Person: “You commute all the way to Guelph?”

You: “No…”You’re fighting a losing battle.

It’s as if you are the child of a di-vorce. The University of Guelph and Humber College are your parents. They don’t speak, or have anything to do with each other, but you remain that com-mon thing stuck in the middle, sharing their names.

A big challenge for a child caught between parents is the loss of identity. Their fam-

ily is becoming another statis-tic, and suddenly everything has changed.

For students of the University of Guelph-Humber we entered into that loss of identity without a warning. It’s difficult to be in a joint program with a university especially since we are located on Humber College’s main campus. We interact with students that are trained to be practical thinkers, as opposed to theoretical ones.

At a recent family reunion I gave up on explaining the name,

and started telling everyone I go to the University of Guelph’s Toronto campus. It just makes things easier explaining it that way.

I wonder why did they choose that name? Couldn’t we have been the University of Guelph at Humber? It would have made just as much sense.

There are other institutions that have joint programs, and haven’t hyphenated their name. The Media, Theory, and Produc-tion program at Western takes

place at Fanshawe College main-ly, but you don’t hear students saying they go to the University of Western-Fanshawe.

Our school is unique com-pared to the joint programs at other schools. We receive an hon-ors degree and college diploma in just four years, and it all takes place on one campus. If only the name didn’t seem to have oc-curred just to appease egos, we could instead have a school with a title that is a little easier to ex-plain.

Celebrities may seem

crazy, but they help

keep us sane.

Kayla Camron-Radek

The bridging of the two schools, Humber College and University of Guelph, or the hyphen in the name Guelph-Humber, creates a divided identity for the students.

Melanie Ravka

Students photocopying text-books should be prosecuted

to the fullest extent of the law!The arguments for photocopy-

ing textbooks are many. But let’s for a moment assume that photo-copying textbooks is against the law, which it is.

Should students, who are im-poverished be held accountable under the law just for trying to save a few bucks? Where and how do you draw the line be-tween thrift, and crime?

Students photocopy all the time. According to an article pub-lished in the Toronto Star, both Ryerson University and the Uni-versity of Toronto have various copy machine services which let students photocopy whole text-books for as little as $48.

However, the Star’s article claims that photocopying has cost the textbook industry ap-proximately $75 million.

Many of the Ryerson Univer-sity students I spoke with for this column admitted to photocopy-ing books, or said they know oth-er students who do. Some even said they decided not to purchase textbooks after they saw others photocopying.

Most admitted that they know what they are doing is illegal, but said they had little choice be-cause of their financial situation.

Perhaps the real issue is how much publishers are charging for textbooks. Many people, both faculty and students alike, be-lieve the cost is too high.

Considering that most stu-dents only use the book a few times in their lives, maybe pub-lishers shouldn’t be attaching such hefty price-tags to their products.

To combat the high cost of reading material, various cam-puses across North America are taking initiative to bring the cost of textbooks down.

By creating alternative meth-ods of teaching, and assigning different types of course materi-als, they hope to reduce costs for students.

Some ideas include providing all students with a tablet com-puter, such as the Apple iPad, or for the institution to choose only textbooks which are available to students for free.

These initiatives are excellent. After all, a university or college’s main goal is to educate students. Whether a student spends money

on a textbook or gets it for free doesn’t matter as long as they are learning.

Speaking ethically about this situation it is easy to get bogged-down by both sides of the argu-ment.

It’s hard to think about right and wrong when you are star-ring at a blank bank balance, and contemplating whether you can stand the thought of eating only microwave pasta for the rest of the semester.

But if you get caught pho-tocopying your economics text book you should know this: In Canada you can get fined up to a million dollars and serve five years in prison for infringing on copyright.

Yes, the textbook industry needs to start providing more fi-nancial solutions to students, but you need to think about your ac-tions before you hit the copy but-ton.

If you don’t you could wind up learning the meaning of copy-right infringement first hand.

Is the money you save photocopying textbooks worth it?

Elena Maystruk

Financial need students turn to copying books; unaware of the legal risks.

Textbooks or dinner - you decide

Nauman Sheikh

Ikeep telling myself that this is not a generational phe-

nomenon. That we are not apa-thetic to the plight of the rest of the world. But more and more I am feeling disappointed. De-spite the fact that, through the internet, we are linked to the world around us in a greater way then ever it seems that we have disconnected ourselves from important issues. Famine, HIV/AIDS, genocide, natural disasters, and many others are brushed under the rug, deemed to be things that are too big for us to handle.

I’m fortunate to be involved with some major youth move-ments in North America. I have the opportunity to work with university students from around the world who are dedicated to making policy and effecting change.

Whenever I work with these groups I feel energized and loaded with a renewed sense of interest. However when I head back into my “real life,” I’m continually let down. I feel like I go to school at the perennially neutral, disengaged Switzerland of universities when it comes to student activism.

So now I start to wonder if it’s our generation as a whole that is the problem, or our en-vironment? Schools like York University and University of

Toronto, have large and engaged populations with active student clubs like Students Against Is-raeli Apartheid, No One Is Il-legal, and others groups who focus on social change.

But, what makes those cam-puses so enticing for students who want to raise their voices?

The University of Guelph-Humber has a diverse popula-tion, and many courses which focus on direct action educa-tion. So why don’t we have a stronger voice?

It has been said that activism starts in the quad. That in large social areas and in luxurious libraries, haunted by stories of revolution and anarchy, activ-ism is formed. So, is our lack of vigor because we’re a commuter school with few students spend-ing any real time on campus? Is it because we have to share our clubs with Humber Col-lege? Maybe it’s because we are so far from downtown cultural centers.

Isn’t university a safe space where one can stretch their in-tellectual muscles, and rebel against the indoctrinations of everyday life? I’m not asking for everyone to take up a Za-patista-esque stance on social justice, or become a drone in a “Project Mayhem,” just get in-volved. Care about something outside yourself. We all have opinions and voices, and when you speak up and express those ideas you quickly find out that you are not alone, and that there are other people who are as pas-sionate as you are.

Where have all the young activists gone?

Emily Carson

Guelph-Humber’s bridged identity

CHANTEL BOUND

Walking into a campus restaurant and deciding what to order is half the fun of eating out. But for some students, it can be stressful.

Veganism is a lifestyle choice that excludes the consumption of animals and use of animal prod-ucts. Nov. 1 marks the 16th an-nual World Vegan Day. Vegan students think this is a perfect time to bring awareness of this lifestyle choice to the campus community.

“There could be advertise-ments posted around for the veg-etarians and vegans, or people that are curious, so we learn more about our options at the school and around the GTA,” says Hum-ber student, Jessica Lahay.

Although places like Williams Coffee Pub and Second Cup of-fer soymilk as a dairy alternative, most restaurants on campus only offer one or two food options for

vegan customers. Mr. Sub offers a veggie sub, Harvey’s serves a veggie burger, and there is the hot dog stand outside that sells vegetarian hot dogs. Pizza Pizza doesn’t offer any choice to veg-ans.

“I feel the vegetarian/vegan options are severely lacking, to be honest. I do not feel that Humber offers enough vegetar-ian options that are healthy and taste good for its vegetarian and vegan community,” says Guelph-Humber student, Breanna Lupal.

There is also Gourmet Ex-press, which offers food made by the students in the Culinary Programs at Humber College. The problem vegan students face here is that some of the food they think they can eat doesn’t have the ingredients listed.

“Humber could try putting labels on foods, stating they’re vegan or vegetarian friendly, too. Sometimes we just don’t want to chance it,” says Sarah Lennox, a Humber Fashion student.

The vegan lifestyle has re-ceived increasing public atten-tion in recent years, suggesting that businesses may have motive to respond,

“It is a smart move for restau-rant owners to provide meat free options because there are 1.3 mil-

lion vegetarians in Canada, and one in four people choose vegan options when they eat out,” says Sarah Veal, journalist and writ-er of the former blog, Toronto

Vegetarian. Besides offering more animal-

free food options, vegan students say another way to provide veg-an awareness is through health

information. A vegan diet can result in health problems, like calcium, iron, omega-3 and b12 deficiencies, but if properly prac-ticed can be healthy. According to friendsofanimals.org, Dr. Mi-chael Klaper, MD, who special-izes in vegan nutrition, a prop-erly planned vegan diet can offer health benefits. These include prevention of cardiovascular dis-ease, Type 2 diabetes, and certain cancers.

For most people the idea of giving up meat, dairy and eggs can seem terrifying and unreal-istic, yet going vegan has appar-ently gained wider acceptance.

“The number of vegans in the world is definitely increasing. The internet is definitely helping to create new vegans. It’s very easy to access animal cruelty videos, vegan recipes, and vegan nutritional information.

“The Internet also helps pro-vide support to new vegans, through social networking,” says John Sakars, vegan and author of the book, A Compassionate Art-ist.

Sakars, who has been vegan for more than half his life, says he recommends “meeting vegans online and in person. It’s helpful to have a strong support group to help you stay on track.”

LIFE 8 MONDAY NOVEMBER 1, 2010

RADIXGuelph-Humber

Vegans craving green alternativesVegan students on campus want more menu choices and higher awareness of their lifestyle

Chantel BoundSome students feel that vegan options are lacking in the cafeteria.

International students feeling lonely? No worries, faculty is here to help

Ashley Lacasse

The International Centre runs events for students all year

CAMILLE CO

In a matter of seconds, our ev-ery move can be recorded with-out even knowing it and in min-utes can be uploaded and spread to the world with the push of a button. Social networking and technology has taken over.

Tyler Clementi, a freshman at Rutgers University, in New Jersey committed suicide on September 22, 2010 after being secretly filmed by his roommate while having sex with another man. The video was allegedly streamed over the internet with-out his knowledge.

“It’s an invasion of privacy, so even to film someone with a normal camera and a normal setting, you need consent,” said Derek Quinn, a justice stud-ies student at the University of Guelph-Humber.

Resident Life Coordinator, Phil Legate said Humber Resi-dence is not considered a public building. Only students and staff who have an access card are able to enter. Students who want or need to film in the building must ask for permission before doing so.

Jeremy Johnston, a third-year kinesiology student at GH who lives in a shared suite at Humber Residence said he and his roommate have not come up with ground rules in terms of privacy because there really is no need. “I’m a pretty open

guy. I don’t really have anything to hide like that. I have very few borders.” In the T build-ing at Humber Residence, there are approximately 300 shared suites.

“Rumors spread fast, people hear things they shouldn’t. It’s to be expected though when you live in close proximity to so many people, peers at that, for 8 months with very little time apart,” said Johnston.

According to the Humber Residence website, they ‘strive to provide a safe and supportive environment for all students to thrive in academically, socially and personally’.

Legate said there are security cameras surrounding residence except for places like lounges. “I can think of one example of a privacy issue but typically there aren’t many issues,” he said.

If any situation required po-lice investigation, such as the case with Clementi, Legate said “it is usually a matter that is tak-en out of Residence Life hands. Typically this type of response would involve collaboration amongst Humber’s Public Safety department, Humber security and local police services.” The Residence Life staff are a part of the department “Student Success and Engagement” (formerly Stu-dent Services).

Both Clementi’s classmates face up to five years in jail if they are found guilty.

Is privacy an issue in Humber residence?

It’s not hard to get home sick when home is 2,500 miles away

ASHLEY LACASSE

Imagine moving halfway across the world to get better educa-tional and career opportunities, in complete solitude.

This is the reality for one in three of Humber’s staff and stu-dents.

Humber and Guelph-Humber are both filled with diversity.

According to Humber’s In-ternational Students webpage, one third of Humber’s stu-dents and staff were not born in Canada, and do not consider English to be their primary language.

These statistics can be com-forting, as it shows that students are not alone.

For some, the feelings of lone-liness and depression cannot escape them, as home for these people could be too far to visit for short periods of time.

Malcolm Vincent, a second year civil engineering student from Trinidad, said that he feels “bummy” (a Trinidadian word meaning ‘bummed out’) when everybody gets to go home for the holidays.

“At the same time, though, it gives me a chance to get things done because it’s so quiet in resi-

dence,” said Vincent.When Vincent feels homesick

tries his best to keep busy.For students who are not able

to cope with homesickness, there is support available on campus.

Humber has qualified coun-selors who offer support to stu-dents, no matter what they are going through.

Students can drop by and make a completely confidential appointment in room B-112.

Humber’s Student Residence has several employees who are trained to help students deal with different problems they may be facing.

Phil Legate, the Residence Life Coordinator, said that the Resident Assistants who live on each floor go through two weeks

of training so that they are more prepared to deal with student is-sues.

Part of this training is dedi-cated to learning about diversity.

“Because Humber is such a diverse school, we spend a whole day in RA training on diversity,” said Legate. “This helps prepare them [the Resident Assistants] for issues involving international students, racism, sexism, and much more.”

Humber’s International Cen-tre is another service available, geared towards students who are not from Canada.

Matthew Keefe, the Humber International Student Advisor, said that they are there to help international students in any way.

The International Centre of-fers services and workshops helping students with immi-gration issues, living arrange-ments, admissions, events and more.

Vincent said he feels like there are enough services available to international students.

Though he came to Toronto because of the better education system, health care, and more re-spectful and caring citizens, Vin-cent describes his experience as one of “freedom.”

He explains that by coming here was able to see new things and work on his identity.

“I’m still in the process of discovering myself, and this ex-perience has definitely been a big help,” said Vincent.

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RADIXGuelph-Humber

Out with the old, in with the newGH students give us a personal look through their wardbrobe

NICOLE RUGGIERO

Lights, camera, fashion! Rings, oversized belts and high heels can leave the average

fashionista broke, but students around campus feel maintaining a unique

style doesn’t require excessive damage to your wallet.

Guelph-Humber stu-dent, Andrea Michela says she dedicates her whole paycheck

towards her wardrobe. Although she has taste for

high budget garments, she thinks there are ways to look

great for cheaper. “Don’t buy on first in-stinct. Shop around, and there are chances you will find a bargain,’ says Andrea.

Accessories can make a big difference in the overall appearance of an outfit. An-drea says, “A simple outfit can look classy if you match it with a belt or necklace.” She also says that feeling comfortable is very important.

Fashion Arts student, Milika Tomlin thinks her style is plain but flirty. Fashion is always repeating itself, “Sometimes I wear my moms old clothes.”

Both girls agree shopping for new clothes can be a long, gruesome process, but tak-ing the time to hunt for deals is a successful way to save some cash.

GHSA-Mardi Gras GalaSARAH SUBNATH

The streets of New Orleans are coming to Guelph-Hum-ber, with the school’s annual semi formal. Beads around the neck, bright colours and feathered masks, are just a few ways students can cel-ebrate Mardi Gras at Guelph-Humber’s gala on November 12.

“Mardi Gras is a classic party theme event, with refer-ence to its carnival celebration roots. By choosing this well-known theme, it gives students the ability to bring in the fla-vour of Mardi Gras in their outfit choices. I’ve already heard students excited to wear the bright purple, green and gold colours,” said Danielle Gallowitz, VP of Communica-tions for the Guelph-Humber Student Association (GHSA).

Le Jardin Banquet Hall in Woodbridge will host the event, as they did last year.

The gala will consist of din-ner, dance and an open bar. Gallowitz said dinner will be a three course meal with both chicken and vegetarian op-tions. She said the DJ will be spinning the best of top 40s, club hits, and favourite party songs.

“We are big supporters of not drinking and driving,” said Gallowitz. For those who need transportation, GHSA is offer-ing shuttle buses. Buses will leave Guelph-Humber at 6:20, 6:40 and 7 p.m. and will leave the banquet hall at 12:20, 12:40 and 1 a.m.

“Our centre pieces will be beads in bowls, so students can help themselves,” said Deanna Franceschetti, VP of Operations for GHSA. France-schetti said there will be sev-eral giveaways throughout the night; the approximate value of prizes totals $300.

Gallowitz thinks the fee of $55 is reasonable because it includes not only dinner, but also an open bar; something which many schools do not have at their semi formals. She said going out with friends to a movie and dinner can equal the same price as a gala ticket.

“Maybe next year if the price decreases,” said Saman-tha Baksh, third year business student. She said she has al-ways wanted to go, but thinks the gala is too expensive.

“It was a sold out event last year so we are hoping to do it again this year,” said Fran-ceschetti. GHSA is still sell-ing tickets; but with only 400 spots, Franceschetti said the event will likely sell out again.

Top 10 Season Trends

1. knits, baggy shirts 6. leather jackets2. high-thigh boots 7. lace tops3. watches 8. waist belts4. patterned leggings 9. parachute pants5. blazers 10. moccasins

Milika Tomlin, 18Fashion Arts

Fav. Stores: H&M, Costa Blanca, Mango

Fav. Accessory: Rings

LIFE 10 MONDAY NOVEMBER 1, 2010

RADIXGuelph-Humber

KATIE DUNCAN

An incentive towards learning is being offered by the Guelph-Humber Learning Support Peers (LSP) for attending five or more of their various workshops over the course of a year.

The incentive consists of an academic success certificate also known as the P.O.W.E.R Certifi-cate, which stands for prepara-tion, organization, work, evalu-ate and rethink. The certificate, which validates student effort to improve skills and looks good on a resume, is available to Humber and Guelph-Humber students.

“The reason why we tell stu-dents it’s good to get this certificate is because, for one, they’re improv-ing themselves, not only academi-cally but in the future,” Abby Pre-uss, a fourth-year Early Childhood Education student and LSP said. “When students ask what they can use it for, I always say that, one your bettering yourself, and [two], if you were to use it, I recommend [using it on] the resume.”

This past October, the LSP’s organized “Workshop Month”, conveniently placed around mid-terms and just before exams so students could better learn to manage stress, note taking and course readings. A similar event is planned for later in second se-mester.

“First semester is kind of end-

ing so we’re doing a big general workshop, but we’re hoping to do it again in February,” Preuss said. “Maybe introducing the same ones or even maybe taking a poll from students to see what they would like to see as a large group.”

According to Lalita Manku, a Guelph-Humber student advisor for all programs, students tend to have the most problems in the transition between high school and university.

“[Students have trouble] most-ly with the transition between the high school work load and the university work load,” she said. “Techniques and habits that worked for them in high school may not apply to the University setting. They may need to tweak or completely change their study habits…”

She also said students are of-ten juggling more then the aver-age high school student, with part time jobs and extra curricular ac-tivities adding to their academic workload. The importance of getting these skills now, rather then later, is crucial.

“It’s important to learn about it now, early in the semester, so it’s not an additional thing they are stressed or pressed for time about…learning good stress and time management techniques, they can proactively help them-selves before getting too over-whelmed,” Manku said.

Workshops are there to ease this transition or help students develop the skills to adjust there study levels accordingly. Work-shops are held in various lecture halls and last about an hour long but can be longer should students have questions.

P.O.W.E.R for your resume

JASMINE KABILING

Everyone has played witness to that one person who comes out of the washroom stall without wash-ing their hands, while the swing-ing stall door showcases a cubicle flooded with paper, amongst other things, and a bacteria-laden toilet seat.

The innovative technology that washrooms have garnered in re-cent years has given us the luxury of automatic everything—auto-matic faucets, toilets, hand dryers and paper towel dispensers. All of this in an attempt to prevent bacteria from spreading and to encourage people to practice good personal hygiene.

“A lot of people don’t practice hand-washing as much as they should because they aren’t aware of all the bacteria that accumu-lates throughout the day,” said Ali-sha Balatbat, a Personal Support Worker at Valleyview Residence. “Some people don’t even know that there is a proper way to wash your hands”.

Balatbat said that everyone should not only wash their hands after using the washroom but be-fore and after eating, after sneez-ing or coughing, and when your hands are visibly soiled. She also suggests lathering your hands with

soap for 25 seconds before rinsing with warm water.

With the cold season just around the corner, people are be-ing reminded to wash their hands often and to practice good per-sonal hygiene and sanitation more vigorously.

Dr. Monica Hau from the Community Medicine Residence at Toronto Public Health said these habits should not just be practiced throughout the cold season, but all year round. A cold is only one of the many sicknesses that can be caught from the lack of proper sanitation.

“Hepatitis A and salmonella are food-related diseases that can be acquired from not washing your hands properly,” Dr. Hau said. “These types of infections are spread through the fecal oral root which is why washing your hands after using the washroom is extremely important.”

Not only is it imperative that one washes their hands after using the washroom, but after coming into contact with high-touch sur-faces.

“High-touch surfaces are things like desks, doorknobs, bus railings and faucet taps,” ex-plained Dr. Hau. “These are the places where the most bacteria are harboured.”

Wash those hands!

ALISHA KARIM-LALJI

On one of the discovery walks at the Humber Arboretum through 250 acres of gardens, forests and meadows

ALISHA KARIM-LALJI

The Humber Arboretum was an idea that came from students in the Landscape program in 1972. The students felt that they would be able to enhance their skills as landscape designers, horticultur-alists and arborists if they had ac-cess to vacant land. Their vision became a reality when the Hum-ber Arboretum was established 5 years later as a joint project be-tween the City of Toronto, Hum-ber College and the Toronto and Region Conservation Authority.

Melanie Sifton is the Director for the Humber Arboretum. She has been working at the park for about a year and works at Hum-ber College as an instructor in the Landscape program. “The stu-dents and teachers maintain the Arboretum. Our staff is involved directly with students from Hum-ber. We train them. The students

are able to plan, construct and maintain the area,” she said.

According to the official web-site, the Humber Arboretum has almost 250 acres of natural areas like gardens, forests and meadows. It has more than 10 kilometers of paths and trails and 15 acres of cultivated gar-dens. More than 20,000 people visit the park annually. There are over 1,000 species of trees, flow-ers, and plants found at the park. If you visit the Arboretum and take the self-guided “Discovery Walk,” you will notice the differ-ent species of trees that are fea-tured at the park. Among them are Beech, Oak, and Sugar maple trees.

Wildlife has also made the park their home. Rabbits, foxes, squirrels, chipmunks, deer and many others can be found there.

The Arboretum also features The Centre of Urban Ecology, an education centre for research in environmental sustainability. It won one of 15 Ontario Asso-ciation of Architects Design Ex-cellence Awards, as well as the Michael V. and Wanda Plachta Award for Architecture. In 2009 the centre was featured on the cover of the January edition of

Canadian Architect. Bharvi Pandya, a student in

the Early Childhood Education program at Guelph-Humber said that she thinks kids these days aren’t as appreciative of the out-doors and nature as they used to be. Kids are more focused on their video games rather than outdoor activities.

“We get the kids to look at plants and the changes in the sea-sons. We also have a math com-ponent as well. We are very child focused,” she said. The centre has programs for adults too. Pandya said that the Arboretum also has programs like chickadee feeding, nature walks, bird watching as well as rental programs such as weddings and community tours. “The centre is not just for Hum-ber students, it’s also open to and welcomes the public as well,” she said.

The Centre for Urban Ecology is known as a hub where students and visitors come together to pro-mote “ecological stewardship.”

Sifton said she thinks people have lost their connection be-tween growing things like food and plants. It’s what she calls “nature deficit disorder”. Sifton said that she tries to get people involved in as many ways as she can.

“You have to look at the big picture. From the cutlery you use, to the cup you use, to the choice of foods, to the way you maintain your garden. It all has to do with sustainability.” When it comes to sustainability, Sifton said that a garden is never finished. There is always work to be done.

Over 1,000 species of

trees, 10 kilometres

of paths at unique

ecological preserve

Arboretum is Humber’s nature stewardship

11 EYES ONMONDAY NOVEMBER 1, 2010

RADIXGuelph-Humber

Former drug addict tells her story

A few hours after sundown, black sky coats the subur-

ban streets of Mississauga. Small puddles pepper the sidewalks, al-most invisible in the dark of the night.

My interviewee, who prefers to be left anonymous, is smoking a Belmont Edge waiting for me. She politely offers me a drag before we head back onto dry carpet.

She plops on the couch of the mini-library in her building, flip-ping through some musty old novel. It’s difficult to imagine that she, a funny firecracker of a woman, was a drug addict for 12 years and a fre-quenter of rehab.

“If you’re gonna go to rehab be-cause you’re forced to go, it’s very

unlikely that you’ll actually stop,” she says, her steely eyes unwaver-ing. “[Rehab] didn’t make me stop, because I didn’t want to stop.”

Much like any modern family, her Filipino-Canadian family is jar-ringly normal. They are Christ-lov-ing, and their only son participates in pastoral duties at a Filipino com-munity church.

The eldest of four siblings, she became the family black sheep by the age of 24 when her drug use came to light.

Kayla Bramer was around 13 when her cousin’s drug use rumors began to surface.

“My mom and my sister and my aunts talked about her in hushed tones,” she says over a phone in-terview. “I remember seeing her at Christmas parties. She would have her bright red lipstick and she’d be wearing promiscuous clothes.”

Bramer, a second-year visual merchandising student at Sheridan

College, says her cousin’s drug-filled past bled into almost every conversation concerning the family.

Everyone knew something, ev-eryone had opinions or stories.

“People told me she was a teach-er, but I knew she was just doing bad things. I would describe her to my friends as my scary cousin,” Bramer says. “She looked like a Bar-bie on drugs.”

Despite the family’s attempts at sending her to rehab, she couldn’t complete the 13-month pro-gram. She lasted a month and went right back into drug use.

“I didn’t care for anyone,” she says. “I didn’t care for myself, I just cared for the drugs.”

Crack/cocaine were her drugs of choice, drugs “that make you

awake... make you feel alive.” But once the lights were out and the drugs were all gone, coming down from that high “was like hitting rock bottom... I couldn’t feel.”

Currently, she’s two years clean and for the first time in a long time, she feels worth something.

Her drug use damaged her body so badly, she could feel herself rotting away. But acci-dental pregnancy altered what could have been a very grim future.

The son who was born “is the

love of my life. I really believe that God specifically got me pregnant with him so I wouldn’t die.

“He is my everything.”As she shakes off sitting for al-

most an hour, she pulls me into a bear hug. She leans in and whispers

an unnerving observation. “I can see bits and pieces of my-

self in you; I just want to let you know that you should never... don’t even try getting into [hardcore drugs], because it ruins you.”

As my ex-druggie friend bids me goodbye, she gives me a telling look reinforcing her honest advice.

According to the Humber Health Centre, the prevalence of drug use by post-secondary stu-dents is shocking. Experimenta-tion is rampant in teen culture, and drug use could easily fall un-der that category.

Students coming to the Cen-tre are assessed for drug use. If needed, they are referred to spe-cific agencies to help cope with addictions.

It’s not hard to fall into the deep end, but there is a way to climb out of that darkness. My friend is a good example of a broken life pieced to-gether bit by bit.

RAYNIKA AWOTWI

When the Organization for Eco-nomic Cooperation and Develop-ment found 50 per cent of Cana-dians to be overweight, Humber College’s Fitness Coordinator Leanne Henwood-Adam said she wasn’t surprised by the news.

“It saddens me,” Henwood-Ad-am said. “The news makes me won-der what we as a society are doing wrong to promote good health.”

Fitness Coordinator for 16 years, Henwood-Adam says her fitness programs target overweight and fit students across the Humber and Guelph-Humber campuses.

She believes students feel “in-vincible” when it comes to health. “Some feel they can eat and drink whatever they want.”

Josefina Berroya, a second-year Humber Fitness and Promotion student, says she not only engages in physical activity required by her program, but trains at a program called ‘Fitness for Less’ by Good-Life in Mississauga.

“My program alone is motiva-

tion for exercise, so is feeling better about myself and overall health.” Berroya admits to eating French fries and white rice, but is taking nutrition classes to improve her eat-ing habits.

Maya Ricker-Wilson, a third-year GH student, says she enjoys physical activities such as walk-ing and biking three times a week. However, she says she doesn’t make healthy food choices, and knows this is something to work on.

Henwood-Adam says there are reasons students forget to eat well.

“One is budget. They haven’t yet learned to eat well on a tight budget and think it can’t be done. Another reason is students are away from home for the first time and have not learned to prepare balanced, nutri-tious meals themselves.”

Berroya says she agrees and be-lieves young people need to make healthier choices for the future.

“Unexpectedly, someone can be diagnosed with diabetes. If you’re obese, it’s hard to lose weight.”

Dayana Perez coordinates a pro-gram called ‘Running for Smokers.’ which helps smokers quit by moti-vating them to run to improve their health. She says the Humber Health Centre, where she is a nurse, offers support for good health.

“We have nutrition counseling, as well as diet and exercise counsel-ors,” Perez said.

Henwood-Adam says she knows people are aware of the benefits of exercise and good nutrition. The real focus, she says, is on the appli-cation of knowledge of exercise and nutrition to their everyday lives.

A well-balanced diet

also recommended

Raynika Awotwi

StatsCan says 38 per cent of adults were at a healthy weight from 2007-2009.

Physical activity is not enough

LEVIANA COCCIA

The Humber College MicroSkills Math and Science Homework Club is a free weekly program for secondary school students attend-ing North Albion and West Hum-ber Collegiate Institutes, as well as Toronto Catholic high school, Father Henry Carr.

Peer tutors, studying at GH and Humber, spend two hours a week at the club providing these stu-dents with academic assistance.

“Peer tutors become like men-tors who can relate and play that dual role for the high school stu-dents,” Michelle Tinker, Youth Program Manager at MicroSkills, says.

In fall 2004, the Community MicroSkills Development Centre, a non-profit organization, teamed up with Humber and the Toronto District School Board to create the Homework Club.

Within its first year, the club served as a math and science club for female high school stu-dents, and was later opened up to all high school students. With the start of this academic school year, English has been added to the program.

“There was a need for English because it wasn’t many students’ first language,” youth worker Sin-thuja Krishnamoorthy says.

The number of secondary school students wanting to attend the Homework Club is ever-in-creasing after early years in which the budget was sparse.

“Funding for the club was around $14,000 last year,” Terry Kyritsis, Director of Campus Ser-vices, says. “We scrounged around whatever money we had left.”

With only 40 spots available, MicroSkills had to eventually cap the number of students that could

attend the Homework Club at a time, and introduced a waiting list.

Though the majority of these students were coming from local schools, the club does not exclude all other high school students.

“A mother called me and said her kids wanted to attend the Homework Club even though it was not offered with their high school. So, we allowed them to come as long as they provided their own transportation,” Krish-namoorthy says.

Tinker calls the program “unique” as it “really takes stu-dents out of their secondary school [environment] to Humber to in-spire them about post-secondary education.”

A student from West Humber says she wants to go to Humber after high school and then con-tinue her journey to university: “I want to become a teacher so I can help people like peer tutors help me.”

To ensure students are ready to study on full stomachs, Hum-ber Food Services prepares fruit, brownies, chips, and fluids.

“[The students] are a very good group. They’re polite and never complain about anything,” says Carlos Pineda, Humber Food Ser-vices.

Rumours state students who attend the Homework Club often

have their first meal of the day there but Tinker notes students at-tending the club come from mixed financial backgrounds.

Kyritsis says the club shows others what we take for granted. “I think it’s heart-wrenching to hear the stories [some of] these kids go through. It’s not uncommon for some of these kids to know some-one who [has] been shot.”

He adds, “somebody who is coming for extra help shows that they are willing to do well. Giv-ing help to anybody shouldn’t be about judging the circumstances that have led them to needing help.”

High school students attend-ing the club say they feel strong-ly about the club’s will to assist them academically and to better their future.

“I think that the Homework Club is a very good program be-cause it helps kids who usually can’t get their homework done. They feed you here [too]. Plus, the tutors are very nice,” a Grade 10 student from West Humber explains.

The Homework Club is held in H416 every Wednesday eve-ning.

Students at GH and Humber interested in Peer Tutoring can visit http://studentservices.hum-ber.ca/peertutor/ to learn more.

High school students benefit from tutoring

Leviana Coccia

In total last year, 120 secondary school students attended the Homework Club.

Students appreciate Homework Club

“[Rehab] didn’t

make me stop,

because I didn’t

want to stop.”

JJ De Belen

JAMIE BERTOLINI

Mid-October means staying up late and studying for mid-terms, but for Humber College’s film and television students it’s a whole different type of late night.

That is because for students in the Film and Television Produc-tion program it is “production time.”

“What people don’t know is how much work goes into these films,” says Eva Ziemsen, Hum-ber’s co-coordinator of the pro-gram.

Students are hard at work re-writing, casting, filming, and ed-iting their first major projects of the year.

First year students are work-ing on their first individual proj-ects while second year students are busy creating documentaries and studio dramas, and third year students are busy produc-ing commercials and short 10-15 minute films.

Third year student, Kristen Sybers, is working as the Produc-tion Manager on her independent project; a commercial for the Samsung 3D T.V. She says it has been “insane” getting ready for

production. “You’re basically in charge of

everything, so if a problem hap-pens, you’re in charge of fixing it,” says Sybers.

When the projects are fin-ished, students get the opportu-nity to enter them into festivals and competitions.

Ziemsen says that for the most part students are in charge of distributing their own work, but adds that “Humber students are very successful [at this].”

Last September, a group of students had their film, Kazu and Azul showcased at the Montreal World Film Festival.

The stop-motion animated film, directed by Esteban Diaz, is about Kazu, a fisherman who longs to win the heart of the mer-maid of his dreams, Azul.

“I’m really proud of it,” says Diaz who now works as a vid-eographer for a web design company. He entered the film in a lot of different film festivals,

but Montreal’s was the only one to pick it.

He says it was an honour to get Kazu and Azul shown at the

Montreal festival, and still is hopeful that other festivals will want to show his work.

CAITLIN CONNELLY

It was a special opportunity for Survive to Rise, Paramount and other local bands to meet their public in an intimate setting.

Humber LinX played host to the student-organized Epic Mu-sic Festival on Oct. 25, when pop punk and metal prevailed.

Third year Guelph-Humber Media Studies student and event organizer, Daniel Lopes, says that the purpose of the concert wasn’t simply for fun; it was also so the bands could get their names and music out to the campus.

“LinX is a good place to hold shows like these because it cre-ates opportunity for new people to be exposed to the bands.” says Lopes, who also sings in Hager-man’s Garage, the third band to perform that night.

The show started just after 9:00 P.M with Survive To Rise, a

heavy metal band from Toronto. Despite a few technical difficul-ties, and a crowd of only 30 peo-ple, the band showed great con-fidence in their short set. Their vocalist jumped on, around and in front of the stage.

The crowd grew a bit as the second band, Jersey State, who just played a show with pop-punk band The Ataris, took the stage. The crowd seemed to really enjoy their set and many people made their way up to the front of the stage to sing along.

By the time Hagerman’s Ga-rage was ready to perform the attendance had almost doubled. They were followed by Para-mount, the last band to perform that night.

When the bands were finished, they made their ways around the bar, hugging and thanking their friends for coming out. Attend-ees had to be over 19 to attend the event, but there was no cover charge.

“Social networking sites like Facebook and MySpace help us promote our music and our shows,” says Daniel Hicks, a first

year Humber student and guitar-ist for Survive to Rise. But to help promote the show the bands also made and distributed flyers, left messages on the white boards in classrooms, and simply called up as many friends as they could encouraging them to come out.

“It’s not really my music taste,” admits Humber student, Justine Goban. “But it’s fun to come out and support my friends”.

For Lopes the success of this show makes him hope it will lead to many others in the future.

[Lopes, a Radix arts editor, was not involved in the assigning or han-dling of this story.]

D’Loraine Miranda

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Rocking out hard at LinX

Film students work long hours during the production period for their major projects

Humber pub hosts

student-organized

music festival

Courtesy of: Kristen Sybers

Humber students during production of their commercial for Samsung 3D TV.

Humber students glimpse into the other side of the lens

Above from left to right: Patrick Haliniak watches singer Daniel Lopes and bassist Robbie Bozulic of Hagerman’s Garage perform at LinX.

Below from left to right: Guitar-ist Steven Kenny, singer Daniel Lopes, and bassist Robbie Bozulic of Hagerman’s Garage.

Courtesy of: Kristen Sybers

Students show dedication and hardwork in the filming process of their projects.

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MELISSA PRIMOK

The crowd pulsates with antici-pation as the bass drum kicks. House music fades slowly into the background and the guitars start whining. The singer steps up to the microphone and sneers; “You guys ready? We are Icarus Falling.”

They play their set with an ex-plosive energy. Their sound lies somewhere between Atreyu and Lamb of God, mixed with the galloping rhythmic style of Iron Maiden.

The five piece metal band from Vaughan, consists of singer Marco Paravani, bassist Carmine D’Alessandro, drum-mer Anthony Tilotta, and gui-tarists Dylan Todish and Mike Turner.

Since forming nearly two years ago the band has become regulars in the local music scene, recorded an EP, and last year was featured in the Guelph-Humber documentary short Icarus Fall-ing: A Lesson In Oddity. The film focused on the struggles of the band as they tried to identify their style, and concluded with their first live performance.

“It was great seeing the prog-ress from last year till now with the band,” says drummer An-

thony Tilotta, “The entire experi-ence was great because it was a confidence boost… to be able to

say we were in a documentary.” In the film, guitarist Dylan

Todish stated that the inner work-ings of the band were “becoming a collaborative effort.” Tilotta believes this is so.

Since the film the band has started rehearsing more often and writing more songs. “We’re glad we had that time in our band career documented,” said Tilotta, but added that he is happy they’ve moved forward.

Icarus Falling are regulars at the West-Etobicoke venue The Rockpile, and have also played some high-profile venues, like the Opera House. According to Tilotta, the band is currently working on a music video and a new album at Tilo Studios. Icarus Falling are playing at the Mod Club on November 29 at 6 pm.

For more information, follow Icarus Falling at www.myspace.com/icarusfallingmusic.

Band profile:Icarus FallingHumber musicians

perform at Rockpile

Melissa PrimokTop, from left to right: Singer Marco Paravani, guitarist Dylan Todish, and bassist Carmine D’Alessandro.Bottom, from left to right: Guitarist Dylan Todish, drummer Anthony Tilotta, singer Marco Paravani, bassist Carmine D’Alessandro, and second guitarist Mike Turner perform as Icarus Falling at the Rockpile.

“It was great

seeing the

progress from

last year till now

with the band”

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Are tablet computers the future?

CHRISTIAN GENNARA

Students and faculty around campus are taking notice of Ap-ple’s iPad, the latest innovation in tablet computers, combin-ing the Apple MacBook and the iPhone.

“It’s a device that has a lot of potential. While I don’t think that it will solve every education-al problem, I do see it as a very useful device for eBooks and eTextbooks,” said Guelph-Hum-ber computer support assistant Ian Trider.

Working with computers on a regular basis, Trider recogniz-es the advantages the iPad may present for students looking to store their notes and textbooks in one device.

“Bringing an iPad to class would make sense because I’ve used electronic textbooks before and in a tablet form, the text-books tend to be much easier to read,” said Trider.

The iPad has internet access, functions as an iPod, gaming de-vice, and has video capabilities as well. Students will also be able to buy eBooks directly on the iPad.

“I can see the advantages immediately if it has the capac-ity to load all the textbooks that a student needs for a semester. Instead of carrying a number of textbooks, you’ve got one small

compact unit,” said Jerry Cho-myn, Media Studies Program Head.

Chomyn feels students will benefit from the future uses which will come during the pro-

gression of the tablet computer. “The tablet is an amazing tool when it comes to images. If a student was majoring in Image Arts here at the University of Guelph-Humber, it would be a unique tool because you could have your whole portfolio right there with you all the time,”

First-generation gadgets of-ten come with drawbacks, how-ever, and that may hinder the popularity of the iPad for some students.

So might the price tag, Guelph-Humber students look-ing to invest their money in an iPad will be spending anywhere from $549 to $879. Students looking for a more conventional way to type will also have to reach a little deeper into their wallets for an Apple keyboard.

“Tablet computers are ex-pensive devices, especially for students on tight budgets. It’s money that I can better spend personally on other things,” said Trider.

Another drawback for the iPad is the amount of memory in has. The iPad only contains 256 megabytes of memory while a laptop contains upwards of four gigabytes.

“A laptop has a lot more stor-age and it does everything that a tablet does. It is a little bit heavi-er, but it has a lot more memory,” said Chomyn.

Vista Audio Visual Services owner, Anthony Ranallo, de-pends on the new technologies for business.

“I think the iPad will allow

you to explore greater avenues of social communication with friends, family and corporates. Working with the most up-to-date technologies allows busi-ness to get done quicker, easier and more efficiently,” said Ra-nallo.

“You look at the iPad and the way it was made,” he adds. “Peo-ple are attracted to its sleek de-sign and its light weight.”

GH Media Cage associate Ju-lie Metni agrees that it could be wiser for Guelph-Humber stu-dents on a budget to hold onto their money rather than spend it on a new device.

The iPad “probably is conve-nient from a student’s perspec-tive because they are smaller and easier to carry, but if you are tak-ing notes in class, it might be a bit harder to keep up with the typing. You will probably have to buy an extra keyboard.”

Having sold over 4.2 million units, the iPad has the attention from Apple’s competitors. RIM and Samsung are set to release their own versions of a tablet PC in late 2010 or early 2011.

Students and faculty wonder if it’s too early to get on board

Matt Appelt

The iPad’s sleek portable design and multi-purpose functionality could poten-tially make the device the ultimate tool for students

Online banking not as secure as you may think

DAKOTA HARRIS

Canadian internet users have the highest rates in the world of ac-cessing online banking services, according to Mapa, a U.K.-based online research group, with 65 per cent of Canadian web brows-ers going to an online banking site at least once a month.

The internet has made bank-ing more convenient, allowing people to bank whenever and wherever it suits them. The num-bers suggest that many Canadi-ans are pleased with their online transactions.

However, incidents of stolen funds and unauthorized accesses do occur from time to time. Just ask Stephanie Paul, a former York University student, about the dangers of online banking for students.

Paul, a long time customer of TD Canada Trust bank who asked that her real name not be

used, found her money missing early one day.

“I woke up one morning and my online banking said I spent all my money in Winnipeg.”

Her bank account was frozen after the suspicious activity was discovered. Although she was never notified of the occurrence, the situation was explained to her after she was unable to withdraw money from an Automatic Bank-ing Machine.

“They told me what had hap-pened and that I should get my money back within a week or two,”Paul said.

TD Financial Services Rep-resentative, Fernando Martins, explained the delay in replacing Paul’s money.

“It takes that long because it’s a buffer zone in which the bank may choose to launch a third par-ty investigation to see if it was a theft or if the individual is taking advantage of the system.”

Martins also advised that any-one with online banking, should take a look at the security and privacy page regardless if they are with TD or not.

TD’s security and privacy page says that, “In the unlikely event you experience a loss from an EasyWeb or WebBroker trans-

action you did not authorize, you will receive 100% reimburse-ment.”

Paul has been compensated for all of the funds removed from her bank account. “I’m

going to be a little more careful with my online banking now,” she says.

Online banking is mostly safe, but Canadian banks advise users customers to do their part

in performing safe transactions, just as with off-line banking,. TD’s website provides their cus-tomers with 128-bit security to protect their online banking in-formation.

Even with all the safeguards it is still possible for hackers to get their hands on someone’s money

Lucas Archer

A Guelph-Humber student logs into TD Canada Trust’s EasyWeb online banking. Online banking has becomes one of the most convenient ways to keep transfer your money, pay your bills and most times comes with a safety guarantee.

“Tablet comput-

ers are expensive

devices, especial-

ly for students on

tight budgets.”

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Blackberry Messenger targets youth market

JENN NUCUM

Smart-phones are changing the way students communicate with each other, according to the am-ple number of smart-phone us-ers at the University of Guelph-Humber campus.

People are becoming fix-ated to their QWERTY keypads, while browsing the internet and responding to messages in a mat-ter of seconds with recent in-novations like the BlackBerry’s BBM application.

“Everything is just so instant,” said Ezekiel Baluyut, a Humber graduate from the Business Mar-keting program who uses the BBM application. “You receive messages at the same time the sender delivers it.”

Student enthusiasts of the technology say everything they ever need is literally at their fingertips.

BlackBerry – a phone brand made by Canadian developer Re-search In Motion (RIM), based at the University of Waterloo -- has to date been the most widely dis-tributed of the models, although new competitive pressures from Apple’s iPhone series are in the wings.

According to an online BB-Geeks article called “The History of the BlackBerry”, the phone has been around since the late

90s. It was only at the turn of the 21st century that the BlackBerry initially became one of the most popular and widely-used PDA among business executives.

However, since the recent smart-phone boom, it is becom-ing evident that students are pair-ing up affordable data plans with their expensive looking Black-Berry devices.

Service providers sell data packages that offer coverage for a particular messaging app called BlackBerry Messenger (BBM). Unlike text messaging, it allows people to talk as if they are hav-ing a face-to-face conversation.

This app is one of many that earned BlackBerry the pseud-onym “Crackberry”, as Baluyut pointed out, because of its addic-tive nature.

“BBM is more like MSN - fast and reliable. It lets you know if the message was delivered or not,” said Fernando Cheng, a certified cellular expert at Future Shop.

Others like third-year Sheri-dan College accounting student, Melissa Bonilla, finds that BBM is a convenient tool for contact-ing people on-the-go.

“It has made my lifestyle easier because, let’s say if you want to get a hold of a per-son easier and faster, and they have a BlackBerry, you can BBM them,” said Bonilla. In this case, BBM has also be-come a verb for sending instant messages from one BlackBerry smart-phone to another.

A business story from the Globe and Mail reported that BBM is RIM’s prized app be-cause it is as popular with teen-agers as it is with business per-sonnel.

As quoted in the Globe’s “RIM’s Split Personality Strate-gy” article, “Teens like it because it’s fast and cheap. Professionals like it because it’s secure and al-lows them to share information in groups.”

Teenagers and post-secondary

students are now getting a taste of speed and versatility may be when it comes to having a Black-Berry. However, changes and up-dates are always in high demand.

There are also many other apps on different platforms that could go viral in the near future, within the student demographic.

iPhone and the newly-intro-duced Android phones are gradu-ally making their way into more tech-savvy hands, with unique apps to boot.

“Currently there is an applica-tion named Kick which is simi-lar to BBM, but not exclusive to Blackberries,” said Cheng. “I be-lieve that if people switched over to Kick, then BlackBerry’s popu-larity would diminish.”

Whatever the brand, new tech-nology is expected to be quick and versatile. It might only be a matter of time before something else becomes the new kid on the block.

RIM’s exclusive app aimed at teens as well as businesses

Jenn Nucum

BBM allows BlackBerry users to communicate with each other instantly, as long as they have the proper cellphone plan.

BRITANY MURPHY

Microsoft is putting a new twist on interactive gaming with Ki-nect, a new type of motion con-troller that will compete with Nintendo’s Wii-mote and Sony’s Playstation Move controller.

By incorporating full-body 3D motion capture along with facial and voice recognition ca-pabilities, Kinect will be the only motion gaming system that does not require a controller.

Jessie Domet, a Humber Col-lege photography student said, “If I had an Xbox 360 I think it would be cool to get the Kinect. It looks fun to play. It would be fun to use your body as the con-troller.”

Games that match with the system include, Your Shape: Fitness Evolved, Kinect Sports, Kinectimals, Kinect Joy Ride,

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 and Sonic Free Riders.

While a number of games are compatible with Kinect, many are not, which leaves some consum-ers not entirely pleased with the

product.Pre-paramedic and nurse,

Francois Bourbonnais said, “I don’t think it’s worth it. I would rather stick to my PS3 and PSP. The Kinect games will probably be expensive and there wouldn’t

be a point in trading in my PS3 and games to have a few Kinect ones.”

Bourbonnais continued, “I am a Playstation fan but even if I did have Xbox I haven’t heard much about Kinect to make me want to

buy it. All I know is that it started as a handheld device and failed. So, I don’t think it’s a good idea.”

Bourbonnais wasn’t the only gamer who felt this way about Kinect. The lack of games for the system has set many avid gamers off, or convincing them that their current gaming console is the way to go.

Hugo Calderon, who works at Black’s photography and is an avid gamer, also agreed that his favourite games were not Kinect compatible.

“My three favourite games are Infamous, Batman: Arkham Asylum, and Assassin’s Creed. They don’t have those for Ki-nect. If you could play games like that for Kinect then it would be cool. ”

More games set for release after the system goes on sale in-ternationally include Dance Mas-ters, UFC Trainer, and EA Sports Active 2.0.

Kinect will hit Canadian stores on November 4 for $149.99, or in a bundle with the new Xbox 360 Slim console for $299.99.

New peripheral

promises to make

you the controller

Courtesy of Microsoft

EA Sports Active 2.0 is an exercise game for the Kinect that allows players to workout with a virtual trainer.

‘Kinecting’ with Xbox 360’s new full body motion camera

SPORTS 16 MONDAY NOVEMBER 1, 2010

RADIXGuelph-Humber

NATHAN MARTIN

When it comes to cheering for the local team, the students at the University of Guelph-Humber do not exactly have their faces paint-ed for each sports event.

Many students who attend Guelph-Humber are unsure of whom to cheer for when it comes to school sports.

Students feel a connection with the University of Guelph teams, but due to Guelph’s dis-tance from the Guelph-Hum-ber campus, it’s not prac-tical for stu-dents to travel there for ev-ery sporting event.

G u e l p h -Humber busi-ness student Tim Charl-ton says that students are left in limbo when it comes to deciding who to cheer for.

“When I first got here I

thought I would be able to see Guelph play all the time. Then you find out you’re not actually at Guelph and you’re left wondering where people play sports around here,” says Charlton.

He also thinks that because Guelph-Humber is a university students feel they need cheer for a university team.

“All my friends who go to Western all have big pride for the Mustangs, so I obviously wanted to cheer for the [Guelph] Gry-phons instead of the [Humber] Hawks.”

If that’s true, why not have a sports team of our own?

The answer lies within Cana-dian Interuniversity Sport. CIS Ontario Events Manager Adam

Tillman says that University sports teams usually come down to the population and resources of the school.

“What you see with these ma-jor schools like Queens and Ot-tawa U is a large student base and a strong faculty able

to carry out these sports teams.” Tillman stresses it takes more

than most people think to estab-lish a sports team, “A football

team needs over 60 players for a full roster, and the coaching staff would be upwards of 20 people – and that’s just one team.” While Guelph-Humber will probably never be large enough to support its own sports CIS team, students here are fortunate to be able to get involved in Humber Athlet-ics, one of the strongest college sports programs in Ontario.

With 14 varsity sports teams, as well as intramural and extra-mural sports leagues, Humber has athletics that everyone can enjoy.

Despite common criticism that college sports are somehow secondary to university sports, Campus Recreation Coordinator Jennifer Maclam says that ath-letics at Humber are equally as strong as universities.

“We’ve got committed play-ers and great staff who take the sports here very seriously.”

Students at Guelph-Humber looking to show their passion and school spirit have the opportuni-ty to cheer for not just one school team, but two.

Guelph-Humber

students struggle

with sports identity

Courtesy of Guelph University and Humber College

Hawks versus Gryphons: which side are you on?

Upcoming Hawks home gamesMens Rugby

OCAA semi-final

Saturday, November 6Humber @ Seneca

Time TBA

Women’s RugbyOCAA semi-final

Saturday, November 6Fleming @ Humber

1:00 pm

Men’s Volleyball

Thursday, November 11 Sheridan @ Humber

8:00 pmSaturday, November 13

Canador @ Humber4:00 pm

Sunday, November 14Nipissing @ Humber

2:00 pm

Women’s Volleyball

Thursday, November 11 Sheridan @ Humber

6:00 pmSaturday, November 13

Canador @ Humber2:00 pm

Sunday, Novemeber 14Nipissing @ Humber

noon

Men’s BasketballTuesday, November 16Sheridan @ Humber

8:00 pm

Women’s BasketballTuesday, November 16

Sheridan @ Humber 6:00pm

“When I first got

here, I thought

I would see

Guelph play all

the time”