Monday November 2, 2009 News 2 Biz/Tech 3 A&E 4 Life 5 Editorial 6 Sports 8 NEWS EDGE HANG ON FOR UPCOMING EVENTS! GHSA For- mal: “A Night on the Red Carpet” Nov. 4 Buses leave at 6:45, 7:00, & 7:15 Rock Paper Scissors Challenge Nov. 12 Student Centre @ Noon Motivational Speaker: Lorna Blake Nov. 16 HSF event Location: TBA Humber’s Got Talent Nov. 18 Student Centre @ Noon Cavalcade of Lights First Lighting Celebration Nov. 28 @ Nathan Philip Square PS3 Challenge Dec. 2 Student Centre @ Noon The Gourmet Food and Wine Expo Nov 19-21 @ the Metro Toronto Convention Centre King Tut Nov 24-26 @ the AGO Canzine Nov 1 RADI X The University of Guelph-Humber ARTS LIFE SPORTS THE ALEXANDRA WORKS The Humber Environmental Action and Awareness Club had a busy start to the school year, having already com- pleting park clean-ups and tree planting. Members took the long trip to Ottawa for the “Fill the Hill” campaign last week on Climate Day. HEAA gathered with sev- eral schools and organiza- tions despite the rain, to make people realize the urgency of the climate crisis. “Basically, we are showing Canada’s support by filling Parliament Hill with as many people as we can,” says Brit- tany Kueneman, the president of the club and a third year business student at Guelph- Humber. The members watched and listened, as Mohawk el- der Paul Skanks opened with an aboriginal prayer, quoting an ancestor who described the environment as, “yours to enjoy and yours to take care of.” The ceremony had over ten speakers including Rob Stew- art, a filmmaker and conser - vationist. Members of HEAA cheered along with the crowd as he said that if parliament wasn’t going to take action and save the planet, Cana- dians would have to come together and elect a new gov- ernment. Stewart said, “This is not about saving pandas and hugging trees anymore, it’s about saving the human race.” Students in Ottawa “Fill the Hill” “...it’s about saving the human race.” Students gather at Parliament Hill to address issue of climate change Alexandra Works Campaigners listen to performances during “Fill the Hill” rally at Parliament Hill in Ottawa. Students from Guelph-Humber and Humber attended this campaign. Clean Train Coalition SEE PG. 2 Zombie Walk SEE PG. 4 Go Purple Bake Sale SEE PG. 5 GH vs Humber SEE PG. 8
The Humber Environmental Action and Awareness Club had a busy start to the school year, having already com-
pleting park clean-ups and tree planting. Members took the long trip to Ottawa for the “Fill the Hill” campaign last week on Climate Day.
HEAA gathered with sev-eral schools and organiza-tions despite the rain, to make people realize the urgency of the climate crisis.
“Basically, we are showing Canada’s support by filling Parliament Hill with as many
people as we can,” says Brit-tany Kueneman, the president of the club and a third year
business student at Guelph-Humber.
The members watched and listened, as Mohawk el-der Paul Skanks opened with
an aboriginal prayer, quoting an ancestor who described the environment as, “yours
to enjoy and yours to take care of.”
The ceremony had over ten speakers including Rob Stew-art, a filmmaker and conser-
vationist. Members of HEAA cheered along with the crowd as he said that if parliament wasn’t going to take action and save the planet, Cana-dians would have to come together and elect a new gov-ernment.
Stewart said, “This is not about saving pandas and hugging trees anymore, it’s about saving the human race.”
Students in Ottawa “Fill the Hill”
“...it’s about saving the human race.”
Students gather at Parliament Hill to address issue of climate change
Alexandra Works
Campaigners listen to performances during “Fill the Hill” rally at Parliament Hill in Ottawa. Students from Guelph-Humber and Humber attended this campaign.
Clean Train CoalitionSEE PG. 2
Zombie WalkSEE PG. 4
Go Purple Bake SaleSEE PG. 5
GH vs HumberSEE PG. 8
NEWS 2 MONDAY NOVEMBER 2, 2009
RADIXGuelph-Humber
Soccer Nationals kick into Humber
CRYSTAL THORNE
With an almost perfect season to date and nationals coming in November, the Humber Wom-en’s Soccer team is gearing up for gold.
The team is finishing up a successful season with a 12-1 standing.
Vince Pileggi and Mauro On-garo are in their twelfth year of coaching the Humber team.
Pileggi says it’s rare to see the team cohesion he has seen this year.
“We’re very fortunate to have thirteen returning players, which at the college level is a big deal because there’s such a high turn over. We have about six or seven new players who fit in re-ally well and have been able to
find their role on the team,” says Pileggi.
The team is confident and are preparing for the upcoming na-tionals, taking place at the On-tario Soccer Center in Vaughan between November 4 and 7. The tournament will be hosted by Humber.
Rose Mary Ormeno, goalie and a returning player from last
season, is still focused on the task at hand. “Were just taking it one day at a time”
The experience of last year’s players has proven to be a valu-able asset.
“Most of us are really experi-enced, so we know what’s com-ing, we just have to play smart and play our game,” says Or-meno.
Rookie forward Kaela Stinch-combe, is out with a concussion from a team practice. While she won’t play for this rest of the season and the tournament, she remains optimistic.
“I’ll be prepared for next year, and I’ll know how the other teams play,” says Stinchcombe
Fan and MC for the games, Dale Essue, has been a big sup-
porter of the team. During half time, he runs contests and gives away prizes for the fans.
For all the games in October, Essue and other Humber Athlet-ics employees have raised over 900 dollars for breast cancer.
“I can’t think of any other word to describe the team but stacked. I think they have what it takes to win nationals,” said Essue
Wesley Correa, a member of the Student Athletic Asso-ciation, has worked through two nationals in the past and looks forward to this year’s.
“All the feedback from the teams in the past has been amazing, they said they had never had an experience like the one they did at Humber,” said Correa.
On Saturday, October 24, the team dominated Sheridan all throughout the game, and came away with the OCAA Bronze Medal for Women’s College soc-cer, in a 4-0 blowout.
Goals were scored by Jacque-line Rolfe, Lucia Sinisi, Brittany Szcerbakow and Leslie Quigley.
Because Humber is hosting this year’s nationals, the team is automatically guaranteed a spot in the tournament.
Despite guaranteed entrance into the tournament, the Hum-ber Women’s Soccer team has earned their place to take on Canada’s best.
Humber womens soccer team competes against Canada’s best
Rosanna UHawks use season to warm up for nationals coming to Vaughan this week.
BEN FLIKKEMA
Part time Ontario college work-ers voted province-wide this past week on whether or not they should join the Ontario Public Service Employees Union.
The vote was one of the larg-est union certification votes in Ontario history, with 10,000 part time workers able to vote.
Every Ontario college, in-cluding Humber, is involved in the vote..
The campaign for the union-ization of part time workers at colleges started years ago when OPSEU filed a charter of rights application. Part time workers were not legally able to unionize before 2008.
The vote was promted by a drive for equal rights. It nrought the legalization to vote to the at-tention of all part time workers.
OPSEU cites “unfair treat-ment” and “precarious working conditions” as the main issues for the vote to take place.
“The part time workers are obviously at quite the disadvan-tage when it comes to the work, the benefits, and the salary dol-lars working next to their full time colleagues who have them,”
Len Hupet, organizer with OP-SEU said. “When we were going around getting people to sign cards they were certainly will-ing to do so, finding out what the differences were with their full time colleagues.”
Most of the differences be-tween the full time and part time staff include work benefits, sal-ary and job security.
“Reading about the job secu-rity and benefits really catches my interest,” Lisa Peruzza, a part-time worker at the Humber Library said. “I don’t really find it all that important, because of being a fourth year student, but
as a first year I would definitely care a lot about what was going on.”
The full time staff at Humber is already unionized. All part time staff will join them if more than 50% of the voters elect to unionize.
“We all want part-timers to have a chance at job security, benefits, pay into a pension, so the full time supporters are very actively trying to get the part timers interested in this,” said Deborah Cooper, the full time work study co-ordinator at Hum-ber College. “In my position of work I’ve seen some people get let go from their jobs for very unjust reasons and that’s where I would say that the students may want this union.”
“I like it,” said Nicole Reid, a part-time worker at the Hum-ber College business offices. “It benefits us because you’re a part-time student, working in the school, and you don’t get the same deals as everyone else does full time.”
The OPSEU currently repre-sents more than 16,000 fulltime support and academic staff at Ontario’s colleges and has been in existence for nearly 30 years.
The vote was watched over by the Ontario Labour Relations Board and occurred on different dates at College campuses from Oct. 20 to 27. Results of the vote will be available soon at the OP-SEU website www.opseu.org.
Part-time Workers to Unionize?
PEJA BULATOVIC
A new Ontario law forces driv-ers to ignore their ringing cell phones.
The Ministry of Transporta-tion announced it is now illegal to use devices like mobile phones, GPS, and portable media players while driving anywhere in On-tario.
Officials say this law will lim-it the amount of distractions driv-ers are exposed to while driving.
Constable Hugh Smith of the Toronto Police Traffic Services division has worked many years as a licensed driving instructor and says this law is necessary for public safety.
“Driving is all in the eyes,” says Smith. “While on a cell phone, the motor skills may be there but the priority still needs to be on the road.”
According to the Ontario Ministry of Transportation, dis-tracted drivers are the cause of 20% of accidents every year.
Vanessa Quidayan, a stu-dent at the University of Wa-terloo, commutes regularly between Hamilton, Toronto and Kitchener. Despite facing fines of up to $500, she says she is doubtful the law will be effective.
“Unless harshly enforced, I
don’t believe the majority of Ca-nadians will follow [the law,]” says Quidayan.
“I don’t find myself very dis-tracted when I am talking on the phone.”
Smith says drivers with this attitude will face ramifications. “It will be strictly enforced...there’s definitely teeth to it.”
Smith says officers will con-sider the next three months an educational period for the pub-lic. No fines will be issued until February 2010.
Drivers should use the time to break bad habits and look for al-ternatives. The law also prohibits use of devices even when stopped at red-lights. Hands-free devices are encouraged.
“Bluetooth headsets take a split-second to turn on and don’t separate your concentration from the road.” says Smith.
New law lim-its distractions while driving
Peja Bulatovic
Focus on the road or pay the price.
Photo of Illustration
Part-time staff may be joining full-timers as unionized workers.
“We know whats
coming we just have
to play smart and
play our game.”
Workers’ treatment,
working conditions
are what’s at stake
3 NEWS/BIZ-TECHMONDAY NOVEMBER 2, 2009
RADIXGuelph-Humber
ALYSSA OUELLETTE
The Clean Train Coalition is a volunteer-run group represent-ing communities along the Union Station to Pearson International Airport railway corridor. Its cur-rent mission is trying to convince Metrolinx and the provincial government to electrify the rail-way and trains
“Myself and others who were part of local community groups along the corridor came together in spring of 2009 and formed the coalition after meeting and de-termining that we all shared the same vision: electric trains were the only way to go,” says Mike Sullivan, 56, co-chair of the co-alition and union representative with the Communications, En-ergy and Paperworkers Union of Canada.
Metrolinx and Go Transit will build a 1,200-kilometer railway and add just under 500 diesel trains to their fleet. They offi-cially merged in May 2009. To-gether they have a new Regional Transportation Plan which they
call “The Big Move”. The first “big move” is making a new rail service between Union Sta-tion, Pearson International Air-port and the expansion of the Georgetown South rail corridor. A railway will be built which is three times larger than what cur-rently exists. Rapid growth in the greater Toronto and Hamilton area created the need for the ex-pansion.
“Electrification of rail servic-es means more than just running trains by electricity. It means up-grading the infrastructure and service offered to increase the frequency, speed, and reliability of train service,” says Vanessa Thomas, media relations and is-sues specialist for GO Transit.
Thomas adds, “Metrolinx recognizes that electrification of transit is one way to meet the goal of reducing the region’s reliance on cars and providing people bet-ter and more efficient transit.”
Metrolinx plans to conduct an electrification study with the advice of the Community Advi-sory Committee, a study consul-tant and a project director, says Thomas. The study will begin next January and finish Decem-ber 2010.
Electric trains pose less health risks than diesel trains, the group believes.
To support their cause, the Clean Train Coalition had a Hu-man Train event on September 26.
“About 80 people started walking along the roads adjacent to the tracks in Weston,” Sul-livan says. “By the time we got to Sorauren we were about 350
strong and were joined by 800 folks.”
Students at Humber and Guelph-Humber are planning a fundraiser for the coalition in November.
Not everyone is getting the message. Alyssia Mootoo, a third-year Justice Studies stu-
dent at GH, says the Clean Train Coalition should advertise more, using posters in crowded places like malls, make commercials or hand out pamphlets.
Students can sign a petition to make the trains electric. The pe-tition has 3000 signatures and is growing daily.
DECA U club prepares students for careersInternational club designed to prepare students for professions
ANDRENE STERLING
As business has broadened its professional reach in a changed economy, so has DECA U.
DECA stands for Distributive
Education Clubs of America. Formerly known primarily as
a campus business club, it is to-day an international organization aimed at preparing university students for a variety of careers.
Guelph-Humber is a part of
the network, and has its own DECA U club.
The latter has been rated by the Humber Students’ Federation as one of the top five active clubs on campus.
DECA U is opened to all pro-grams on campus.
“It’s not just a business club. Originally it was intended to be, but it has expanded,” says Colin Elvis, the fourth year Business student who is the Vice President of Marketing for DECA U.
As VP, Elvis is responsible for planning events and promotions. Elvis encourages GH students to come out and join.
“There has been a huge num-ber of responses through email from students,” says Elvis.
DECA U at GH has seen a 150 per cent membership increase.
The growth of the club is linked to its ability to give back to its members, club officers say.
“It’s aimed at developing lead-ers, and giving students a chance to experience real life scenarios,” says Umair Khan, Co-President of DECA U at GH.
Khan, also a fourth year Business student, says DECA U takes everything members have learned in school and relates it to the real world.
DECA U members face off both individually and as a group against DECA U members from other universities.
Groups are given cases, and must solve and present them to a judge, in the allocated time given.
Those judges are industry
professionals, giving these chal-lenges a real-life feel,
“It also gives students the chance to network,” says Khan.
The events take place at DECA U conferences, the most anticipated conference being the Provincials which takes place in Toronto in January.
GH DECA U members take part in a two day conference, where students spend the week-end at the Sheraton Hotel in downtown Toronto, attend a
number of events, and compete-against other universities.
This year, Provincials is offer-ing a new challenge called Quiz Bowl.
“Different schools will compete against each other, in a way similar to Family Feud,” said Khan.
Elvis and Khan both have a strong passion for DECA U.
“There is no other club on cam-pus like DECA U,” says Elvis.
Elvis explained past GH stu-dents who were DECA U club members have come back to show support, especially at conferences.“Dream,inspire, achieve” is the DECA U motto.
Registration for the confer-ence will be opened until late No-vember due to popular demand.
The Clean Train Coalition powers upDiesel trains threaten health and the environment
Brad DonerVolunteer members of The Clean Train Coalition come together to protest the use of diesel trains in Toronto.
”Dream, inspire,
achieve” is the
DECA U motto.
ATTENTION STUDENTS WITH FLU LIKE SYMPTOMS
MEDICAL NOTES
Medical documentation will not be required by Humber College for absenc-es due to flu-like symptoms of less than 10 days. The Health Centre will not be providing Medical Notes during this period beginning October 1st until the threat of the immediate spread of H1N1 has subsided.
It is suggested that you stay home from the onset of fever and other symp-toms for at least 24 hours after your fever is gone except to get medical care or for other necessities. Like other flus, H1N1 will only be treated in severe cases – in other cases, self-treatment is recommended. To learn more about H1N1 and self-treatment, please go to http://studentservices.humber.ca/health/sc_influenza.htm.
Should your illness cause you to miss any tests, assignments or other forms of evaluation during your period of absence, please contact your faculty member prior to the date when the evaluation or deadline occurs so that he or she can assist you in making alternative arrangements to complete the required course work. These arrangements are technically known as Academic Consideration, which means that you will not be penalized for missing any class time or evaluation during your period of illness. However, you will need to complete course requirements upon your return.
A&E 4 MONDAY NOVEMBER 2, 2009
RADIXGuelph-Humber
DAYNA BRUBAKER
The Toronto Zombie Walk started in 2003 with seven participants. This year at the seventh annual walk, about 1,000 zombies gath-ered in Trinity Bellwoods Park and shambled to Bloor Cinema on Oct. 24.
The walk is still organized and run by Thea Munster, who started the Toronto tradition. The first walk in 2003 was actually one of the first of its kind any-where. Now, many companies sponsor the walk such as the To-ronto After Dark Film Festival, Roadrunner Records, and E1 En-tertainment.
The walk was open to any-one who wanted to join. The only requirements were to show up dressed like a zombie, and to meet at the start point at 3 p.m. The organizers made it easy to
follow the undead as the route was smattered with fake blood.
Mike Arshinoff, 27, was a first time participant in the walk. He came dressed as a zombie version of Waldo from the puzzle books, Where’s Waldo?
“Before this I had never been to the Zombie Walk. I saw the photos on the website and it got me really excited to go. This is something I have definitely been looking forward to for a couple months”, said Arshinoff.
Ana Graham, 17, and Saman-tha Kilpatrick, 16, also attended last year’s walk.
“We saw all the awesome cos-tumes last year and knew that we had to make our costumes better for this year. I’ve been excited all year for this”, explained Graham.
These two teens looked par-ticularly gruesome with fake en-trails hanging from their stom-achs and artificial blood dripping from their lips. While the undead usually look pretty hideous, some kept a sense of humour about their costumes. Among the highlights were a zombie Batman & Robin, Lego Man, and a penguin.
The Zombie Walk attracts a wide range of ages. There were many families who came out dressed as, well, zombie families, complete with a zombie dog.
Alongside the participants, many of the living came to be spectators. Many people sat along the route taking pictures of the undead creep along the streets.
“I came last year just to watch. It’s really fun, people play the zombie character really well, and pretend to attack those who aren’t dressed up,” said Jordan Llewellyn.
“Most people pose for pic-tures, it’s really great to see,” he added.
Llewellyn, 24, and his friend Gaspare Caia, 24, attended this year’s walk as zombie versions of the video game characters Mario and Luigi.
Last year, both came and sat along the route to watch.
Many of the people who at-tended the walk, as zombies or just spectators stated that they would definitely be at the Toronto Zombie Walk again next year.
Toronto’s 7th
annual Zombie Walk
a bloody success
Streets alive with the walking dead
ELISHA ALLENSEN
Another MuchMusic VJ competi-tion is in progress. MuchMusic’s VJ Search 2.0 is the fourth com-petition of its kind. This time around, the competition has at-tracted thousands of competitors.
Akim Burke and Patrick Den-nis Jr., both Guelph-Humber students, are participants in the competition. They are currently in the Media Studies program, both specializing in journalism. Both are interested in making a career for themselves in the broadcasting industry.
Dennis talked about his ca-reer aspirations and about why he wants to be a MuchMusic VJ.
“I want to do broadcasting so it kind of fits,” he said. “I can’t say it’s been a dream. It’s been more like something I’ve always seen myself doing. I’ve always been in love with music and since I’m not really talented at singing and that sort of thing, I figured why not. It’s a chance to get involved in the music industry.”
Burke has similar career aspi-rations. He said he would like to be a host of a television show or be on the radio.
In terms of making it in the industry, Burke says participat-ing in the VJ competition has its benefits. Even if he loses the competition, Burke considers any publicity to be good publicity.
“If I don’t get it, I won’t be too upset,” said Burke. “It could also
turn out for a way for me to get some exposure in a sense. I just put it out there and then hope for the best.”
Humber Director of Broad-cast Media, Jerry Chomyn, has a different take on it. Chomyn said the VJ competition is less of a way for students to make it in the industry than it is a marketing tactic for MuchMusic.
“First and foremost, it’s a pro-motion for the TV station,” said Chomyn.
“Is it exciting for the students? Of course it is… Is there a chance that they could get a job with MuchMusic? Yeah, of course. Does it ensure that they’re going
to be stars in the broadcast indus-try? No, not at all, Just winning the competition is meaningless. It means you won a contest.”
However, Chomyn said if stu-dents work hard and seek an edu-cation in broadcasting, they may just make it in the industry.
“If the person that wins the VJ search has the education, has the background, has the presence, has the drive and has the deter-mination, they will become good broadcasters,” Chomyn said.
Dennis agrees education has some bearing on how far students go in the industry. In terms of the VJ competition, Dennis said studying media might give him
the upper hand. “The fact that the school is
so media driven… You kind of understand how the media works and because you’re being taught, you know how to apply it,” he said.
MuchMusic VJ competitor and former University of Toronto student, Natalie Voutari, says that aside from education, a per-son who is successful in the in-dustry must have other qualities. She believes a job in the industry requires personality, experience, a great presence, and most of all, a passion for broadcasting.
However Voutari says those who do not make it at first should not feel disappointed.
“I’m going to use failure as a stepping stone to success, “ Voutari said.
Akim and Burke said they would not be upset if they lost, even though it would be a great victory to win. Burke was asked how he would celebrate if he won.
“I would do my Lotto 649 dance,” Burke said.
As it has turned out for both Burke and Dennis, the MuchMu-sic VJ competition has ended. They were not chosen to be in the finals.
Chomyn says there are other better ways to go about getting involved in the broadcasting in-dustry than simply participating in a competition.
“If a student really wants to do themselves good in broadcast-ing, go to an A Channel, go to a Barrie station,” Chomyn said. “Demonstrate you have the abil-ity to attract viewers and listen-ers. That will get noticed by the industry a lot more than winning a contest.”
Dayna Brubaker
Over a thousand zombies paraded through Toronto in the walk.
Competition for job
at MuchMusic
may be career booster
GH students compete in VJ search
Award-winning Canadian au-thor, Karen Connelly, is cur-rently wrapping up the book tour for her memoir, Burmese Lessons. Karen writes fiction, non-fiction and poetry.
Radix reporter, Kelly Scott met Connelly at this year’s Word On the Street festival in Toronto where she spoke at the How To Make it as a Writer workshop.
The two discussed Connel-ly’s latest work, and her plans to release a book of poetry in the future.
Elisha Allensen
Guelph-Humber students Patrick Dennis and Akim Burke competed in MuchMusic’s VJ Search 2.0, but did not make the top 16.
In keeping with the loose MuchMusic theme, be sure to check out Elisha Allensen’s feature on Mean Tangerine, a rock band made up of Humber Lakeshore students recently featured on the station’s make-it-or-break-it audition show DisBand.
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SARAH DOKTOR
The third year Early Childhood class raised $450 during their Go Purple bake sale for child abuse awareness in the Guelph -Hum-ber atrium late last month.
Early Childhood Professor Ju-lie Valerio explained that purple is used in the month of October to symbolize the social tragedy of child abuse.
Valerio said holding an event, “gives us a day to use that colour in a bigger way.”
The class donated the money to Boost, an organization that works to prevent child abuse through educational programs, and works with communities to provide services to children and their families.
“A lot of people don’t realize how much it goes on in our soci-ety,” said third year Early Child-hood student Natalie Palmateer.
Professor Valerio agrees, “Child abuse is everywhere, un-fortunately,” said Valerio. “We talk about the secretiveness of it. We don’t like to admit that chil-dren are being abused around us.”
Third year EC student Re-becca Van Holten said, “it is im-portant to the [EC] program to support child abuse awareness month because they are working with children every day, some of whom may be effected by abuse.”
Amber Ennis, another third year EC student, said initially people would come up to the ta-bles for the baked goods. The vol-
unteers working the tables would then try to start a conversation in order to inform them about Boost
and child abuse awareness.“We want to shine light on the
fact that child abuse is not ac-
ceptable and we need to be their voice,” said Raadiyah Nazeem, Guelph Humber Student Asso-ciation Early Childhood Program Representative.
All of the students volunteer-ing wore purple while they sold the purple cupcakes, cookies and other purple baked goods.
“It’s the way to someone’s heart, through their stomach,” said Ennis.
There were also pins, brace-lets and pamphlets available at the table.
Valerio said the event was a success and those involved had fun volunteering.
“I tell students it’s okay to have fun [at the event] because it makes you feel like you are doing something positive. It’s a way to fight back,” said Valerio.
Bake sale raises awareness and money
Go Purple, child abuse awareness
LAURA PIEDADE
Summer is over, and fading tans may be tempting some students to regularly go to a tanning sa-lon in order to maintain a desired glow.
The harmful effects of tan-ning at a salon or out in the sun frequently go unnoticed. This past summer, the International Agency for Research on Cancer reclassified artificial tanning equipment as a group one car-cinogen, the highest cancer risk category.
Out of the two main catego-ries of skin cancer, melanoma and non-melanoma, melanoma is the more aggressive type. It is the most common cancer in On-tarians aged 15-29. A new anal-ysis of several studies concludes the risk of developing melanoma increases by 75% when people start to use artificial tanning equipment before age 30.
This is causing big concern over the health of young adults in Ontario. In 2007, the Canadian
Cancer Society found that 50,000 Ontario students use artificial tanning equipment.
“We are concerned that youths are exposing themselves to an avoidable danger,” says Lynda MacNiven from the Canadian Cancer Society, Ontario Divi-sion. “Some may not be aware.”
The Canadan Cancer Society conducted an audit which inves-tigated tanning facilities in the Toronto area. Its goal was to find out if voluntary Health Canada guidelines were being followed. It found that 60 per cent of the facilities did not inquire about age and 99 per cent did not rec-ommend against use for skin type one (pale skin which burns easily).
As a result, the CCS is push-ing the Ontario government to pass legislation that restricts youth under 18 from accessing artificial tanning equipment. The Society has been lobby-ing for three years. With more public support, new legislation could be approved, the Society believes.
“We’ve had over 800 letters sent to the government to act on artificial tanning legislation,” says MacNiven.
The society is optimistic. A poll conducted in January 2009 found that 80 per cent of Cana-dians would support new legis-lation, which is also supported by the World Health Organiza-tion.
“It’s a matter of awareness and a matter of knowledge,”says MacNiven. “Right now there are only voluntary guidelines that are not being followed. This is why legislation is key.”
In addition, the CCS is calling for restrictions on marketing tanning devices to youth and the development of a registry for artificial tanning equipment in Ontario.
Shelly Bresset, a volunteer with the CCS, supports the leg-islation. She knows personally about the harmful effects of tan-ning.
“My husband wasn’t aware of the effects of tanning,” says Bres-set.
“He was a bodybuilder and would tan frequently.”
Bresset’s husband died three years ago after a battle with mel-anoma. He was unaware that his behaviours were doing him con-siderable harm.
Bresset believes that there are a lot of uninformed people and little that is widely known about the risks.
“I honestly don’t think people are aware,” Bresset says. “There needs to be more information put out there, there should be signs posted that say ‘this is really dan-gerous’.”
Skin cancer can be prevented if the right guidelines are fol-lowed. Avoiding the sun be-tween 11a.m. to 4p.m. (when UV rays are the strongest), wearing sunscreen, covering up parts that tend to burn, and avoiding artificial tanning equipment are simple preventative measures that could save your life. .
“It’s not worth it at all,” says Bresset. “It’s bet-ter to look natural.”
Tanning can lead to skin cancers
Sarah DoktorEarly Childhood students at Guelph-Humber have a bake sale to raise money for child abuse awareness month.
ANDRENE STERLING
Females aren’t the only ones carrying purses anymore.
A man bag, also known as a murse, is a bag worn by males.
Jonathan Zarb, a fourth year Business student, owns one.
“I don’t like wearing back-packs. If you are wearing something nice it throws the outfit off, but not if you have a man bag, “said Zarb.
Zarb likes that man bags look more professional than backpacks, but admits that finding a decent man bag can be difficult.
“Girls can go to Aldo, Guess, etc to find a bag. I can only go to Zara’s or H&M. It’s hard to find a good one that is not expensive, and that looks manly,” Zarb said.
Amit Sangha, a full-time sales advisor at H&M in Mis-sissauga, says there is a lot of hype surrounding man bags.
Sangha believes man bags are targeted towards metro-sexual males, and men who aren’t metrosexual won’t buy one.
“They might say it’s femi-nine,” he said.
Pamela Deattore, a Fashion Arts instructor at Humber Col-lege, believes there is nothing feminine about the man bag, and the new trend is just his-tory repeating itself.
“Purses were originally made for men. They were used by males in tribes, who carried valuables for trade. They were small leather satchels with drawstring ties fastened to a leather strap around the waist,” she said.
In Europe man bags are popular, and Deattore believes the lifestyle there has a lot to do with it.
“The man bag was a devel-opment out of necessity. As men become busier, and the accessories they carry have become bigger, the need for this bag has emerged,” said Deattore.
Sukhmit Dosanjh, a first year Family and Community Social Service student says she has never heard of nor seen a man bag before.
Although she understands why men may now feel the need to have bags, she believes a lot of males won’t follow the trend, because it might threat-en their masculinity.
Vince Iozzo,a first year Business student, also feels the same way,
“Its just like a purse but for guys,” he said.
No matter how popular man bags get, Iozzo says, he prob-ably won’t ever wear one.
Deattore thinks that as the eco-friendly trend grows and males are start to walk and bike more, men are going to need something to carry belongings.
Man bags making a comeback
Tanning salons dangerous for your health
Sarah DoktorBracelets, stuffed dogs, and baked goods on sale at the annual GH event.
“There should be signs
posted that say ‘this is
really dangerous’.”
LIFE 6 MONDAY NOVEMBER 2, 2009
RADIXGuelph-Humber
Students help save the planet
ALYSSA OUELLETTE
The Humber Environmental Ac-tion and Awareness club wants Guelph-Humber students to change their ways and help save the planet.
“We are always trying to en-courage students not to drink bottled water and to drink tap water instead,” says Troy Dettwiler, vice president of the club and third year film and television production student at Humber ITAL.
“We go through a lot of bot-tled water here, so we are trying
to essentially ban bottled water, but it’s a process,” adds Brittany Kueneman, club president and third year Business student at Guelph-Humber. .
The club is helping the Clean Train Coalition get signatures for a petition to force Metrolinx and Go Transit to switch from diesel to electric trains. They are also running the Pass on Plastic cam-paign, which is the fight against plastic water bottles.
“We are [also] hoping to get blue bins at Guelph-Humber and we are actually trying to get a rooftop garden over at Humber,” says Kueneman.
HEAA is always looking for volunteers.
“We have about 12 consis-tent members, we have a few that
kind of just come and go. Total there are maybe about 25 of us that kind of all flow in and out,” says Kueneman.
Meetings are held every two weeks during which members discuss ideas they have about what they are interested in doing.
“If you bring up an idea at a meeting, you have the option to head that idea, so everyone sort of has their own little projects,” says Kueneman.
Any Humber or Guelph-Hum-ber student who has an interest in the environment can become a member.
“You can make a difference through the club. If we all started trying to make small differenc-es, then those small differences would add up,” says Dettwiler.
Andre PatrickHumber Environmental Action and Awareness club became offical last year.
LISA MURRAY
This fall, clothing lines are all about richer hues reflective of summer’s exit and the changing of natural light.
“Colour-wise it would be a lot of deep colours, like purples, greens, and browns.” says Ana Hilariou, Bluenotes store man-ager, at the Woodbine Centre.
Plaids along with wide-legged pants are making a comeback, as the need for denim slowly de-creases.
“For style wise I would say wide legged pants. Not necessar-ily denim, a lot of denim wasn’t in this season, but for fall season, lots of wide legged pants are in,” says a merchandiser at clothes re-tailer Le Chateau who asked not to be identified.
Dresses are always in, but their styles are ever changing. This fall there will be less of the bubble dress and more attention
put on tube and elegant fitting dresses.
“Don’t forget, fashion should not make you, you should make the clothes. People should see you before they notice the clothes,” says the Le Chateau employee.
Hats and scarves are also in, giving trend seekers a wide se-lection of fashionable accesso-ries for the colder season.
Among all the trends, there are a few things to stay away from.
“Pink, yellow, and white. Whites are always out for the fall. [And] don’t wear tights as pants, that’s always out,” says the mer-chandiser.
Fashion exists all over the world and is a part of everyday life. Everyone has their likes and dislikes that contribute to their own unique style, fashion industry observers and consum-ers remark.
“I think fashion is important to students because a lot of them have an interest in it. Fashion can also help contribute to someone’s own individual sense of style,” says third year GH Business stu-dent, Carolyn Bar.
As autumn deepens,
darker, richer colours
take command
New season brings out new fashion trends
Lisa Murray
Guelph-Humber student Hilary Spencer shows off her fall fashion.
Club works to make Humber a greener campus
6 EDITORIALMONDAY NOVEMBER 2, 2009
RADIXGuelph-Humber
EDITOR IN CHIEFMelissa Doyle
MANAGING EDITORSStephanie Butler
Devon McLean
PRODUCTION EDITORKlara Spanjevic
PHOTO EDITORKlara Spanjevic
ART DIRECTORKatie Myhaluk
NEWSJustin HerringtonTracy Woolcock
LIFEOlena Protsiv
Alexandra Works
BIZ/TECHVanessa Wojtala
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENTTyler MunroErin Kann
SPORTSJesse MaidaKyle Brazeau
FACULTY ADVISORSSalem Alaton
Pierre HamiltonKimberley Noble
RadiX
Overwhelmed and unresponsive
Younger generations are plagued by apathy and un-
willingness to affect change.We refuse to have political
opinion or actively affect change because we are lost and over-whelmed by the onslaught and scale of our society’s problems.
We are no longer just dealing with Canadian or American is-sues; we feel we have a respon-sibility to solve global problems. The prospect of trying to solve these enormous issues is daunt-ing and causes us to cut ourselves off from society.
But we cannot go back to the way things were for our parents and the generations before us.
We are no longer merely part of our local communities. We are inescapably part of the global community and its issues are our issues.
As the technology generation, we have to adapt to the mas-sive influx of information or we completely lose contact with the world around us. This influx of information and issues makes it hard to choose one to care about.
Instead we disassociate our-selves from the issues around us and refuse to participate in the
shaping of our society. Our ac-cess to Internet dialogues (e.g. blogs, forums) means we are able to share our opinions on any-thing, and so we comment on ev-erything, never discerning that is important to us.
This overload is impossible to avoid.
Instead of allowing ourselves to be consumed by this excess we need to use it.
The awareness of more issues should not dissuade us from par-ticipating. We should see that
we are able to draw from a larger pool of issues and choose some-thing we care about to fight for.
We can’t go back, but can learn from the generations of our parents who were defined by their intense political activism.
They knew what they believed in and fought to affect change. They were against the war in Vietnam and for civil rights.
They held rallies and protests, boycotted and held sit-ins. They made their feelings known and got results. Their cultural icons
weren’t just celebrities. They were people who stood for some-thing.
The previous generations un-derstood the world around them and how the issues impacted their lives.
They had it easier in some respects because it was easier to identify their issues. Without the Internet, they had more limited news sources.
But for us being overwhelmed by the onslaught of information on world issues that we can’t fix has led us to disassociate our-selves from the world and its problems.
We do this by insulating our-selves with personal devices like mp3 players and cell phones. This disconnection offers a false sense of comfort by separating us from issues we feel we can’t control.
The catch is we can’t change the world when we’re not inter-acting with the world.
But we can make a difference if we try. Find something - any-thing - to feel passionate about and fight for it. Take up a cause and take part in creating your own actuality.
Don’t allow the few who are active to dictate the society you live in.
Write a letter to your local pol-itician, start a campaign, volun-teer for a cause, or even just join the discussion on the Internet.
Find a way to participate and join the discourse.
Our parents were
political activists,
fighting to end wars
and spread equality
We asked you...What social causes are you active in?
Andre HenryFirst-year Law Clerk
“I’m not interested in things I don’t know I can control.”
Alicia ElliotFirst-year Fashion Arts
“There’s nothing I’m participating in right now. I’m all for donating to charities.”
Jess A.First-year Early Childhood
“Poverty and children who can play.”
Jordan SmithFourth-year Accounting
“I’m trying to reduce my carbon footprint. I walk to school everyday.”
Bradley WatsonSecond-year Business
“If there was a group on campus for [helping drug abusers] I would get involved.”
Ways to get involved on campus with a cause Volunteer with:• Humber Students’
Federation (www.hsfweb.com)
• Guelph-Humber Student Association (www.ghsaweb.com)
• Residence Committee (talk to your Residence Life Co-ordinator)
Clubs:• Humber Environmental
Action and Awareness (www.heaa.ca)
• Artists for Outreach (on Facebook)
• Humber Pride Club (on Facebook)
• DECA U (see www.hum-berlife.com/clubs)
• GH Business Association (see www.humberlife.com/clubs)
Try:• Petitioning to gain
campus interest in your cause.
• Starting your own on-campus club. Pick up a clubs package in the HSF office.
• Fundraising with a group of friends to give money to a cause.
The annual Guelph versus Humber exhibition basketball game took place on Wednesday, October 28th seeing the Humber Hawks beat the Guelph Gry-phons by a score of 74-62.
Jeremy Alleyne of the Hawks led all scorers with 21 points.
The President’s Trophy series was tied at 3-3 before Wednesday night’s game.
Humber was up 39 to 21 at halftime but the Guelph Gry-phons fought back in the second half, cutting the defecit to four points.
“Anytime we have the op-portunity to play against a good program like Guelph we have to jump at the competition” said Humber Hawks head coach Dar-rell Glenn.
In a late rally the Gryphons
lost Jay Mott, who had 13 points to a knee injury. He was a key player in their attempted come-back.
Guelph was in foul trouble all night, which hurt them in dying seconds as Humber took advan-tage from the free throw line.
Gryphons’ Coach Chris O’Rourke said “Humber has a good program, they are tradition-ally a powerhouse.”
The game was a pre-season tune up for both teams but nei-ther coach took the game light-ly.
“In terms of our prep going into these games, I would say that we prepare for these games the same way we prepare for any oth-er game. I never want our team to feel that one game is more im-portant than another especially in October,” said Glenn.
Coach O’Rourke echoed that by saying, “regardless, good bas-ketball is exactly that.”
The game was very competi-tive despite sloppy play at certain times. Turnovers and fouls added up however the game wasn’t part of the regular season.
The first 200 students at the game to show their Guelph-Humber student card received a free t-shirt with both the Humber Hawks and Guelph Gryphon’s logo on it. The overall crowd turnout was good, despite being an exhibition game.
The tradition returned strong with both teams looking poised and ready for great seasons.
The Hawks build confidence with convincing win over the Gryphons
Matt KingThe 7th annual Guelph vs. Humber basketball game gets under way.
MATT KING
With mid-terms staring students in the face Humber Athletics beckons with a healthy form of stress relief: intramurals.
Students can escape all the assignments and due dates and take their minds off school.
The Intramural schedule is well under way. All sports have begun and will continue until the end of November. That is except for outdoor soccer which runs until October 29, 2009.
Campus Rec co-ordinator Jennifer Maclam said that the construction on the athletic cen-tre had very little impact on the intramural events.
The construction only affects the weight and cardio areas forc-ing the gymnasium to accommo-date activities regularly upstairs said Maclam. “The only intra-mural affected was indoor soccer which was moved outside short-ening the season.”
Intramural Sports are open to all full time students, staff and faculty. That includes women who often shy away from joining the teams due to the dominate male presence.
Intimidation is Maclam’s rea-soning for why more women do not join teams.
Maclam believes guys just come out to show off their skills while girls come out looking for some fun and a good time.
To ensure there is a co-ed presence Maclam and Humber Rec have introduced the girl rule which states each team must
have at least two girls to receive points.
“If the team doesn’t have any girls they can still play but come playoff time, the teams that do will get in.”
For Colin Elvis, fourth-year Business student, the girls com-peted really hard. “In the first year the competition was a little weak but now the teams have gotten better and the league is more competitive.”
However mid-terms as well as extra-curricular activity hinder some students from joining in-tramural leagues because of the commitment.
Bradley Watson, a second-year Business student faces that problem. “I am too busy and in-
volved in too many other things around campus. If I wasn’t so busy I definitely would have con-sidered it. It’s a great way to meet people.”
Sports include ice and floor hockey, outdoor soccer, volley-ball and many single day events.
Rosie Bilkhu, a sporting goods sales associate thinks it is important for students to get in-volved. Sports build good team skills and keep students active and healthy.
The single day events have yet to be scheduled due to lim-ited gym time but for someone like Watson it presents an op-portunity to play sports without the time commitment of intra-mural schedules.
Matt KingTwo intramural teams face off in one of their weekly games..
Students find way to relieve stress
AMANDA SMITH
The fitness industry is al-ways changing and right along with it are the Humber Fitness classes.
Leanne Henwood-Adam, Fitness Co-ordinator at Humber says she is always trying to add something new into the fitness schedule offered to students and staff.
New classes this year in-cludes: yochilates; yoga with resist-a-ball and meditation, breath and stretch.
The classes are free and any-one who is interested in trying it out just has to show up for the class.
“We have a core group of classes that we always go with,” she says. “We will throw new classes in to see interest levels and then we will keep them or take them away. We added a second Zumba class because it was so full,” she said.
Zumba is a cardio-based workout that combines Latin and other international music to create a class that is fun and easy.
Heather Chancey, a fourth-year Guelph-Humber student frequently uses the gym and at-tends fitness classes.
Chancey routinely uses the
gym on her own as well as at-tending fitness classes such as Zumba.
“I would like to see more night classes,” she says of the fitness schedule. “Many stu-dents can’t attend during the day because they are in class. Maybe once the new facility opens and there is more space this can happen.”
Henwood –Adam says night classes have been offered in the past.
“They will be offered again at night once we have the new facility with the two studios,” she says. “Every night except Friday we have a class or a team practice in the studio. We offer classes from 5 until 6 and 6 un-til 7 where possible.”
Chancey says she believes that Humber does a good job of offering students the most up-to-date forms of exercise avail-able.
“Hot Yoga is the new it thing,” says Chancey. “But we don’t have the facility for it.”
Hot yoga is simply yoga done in a room heated up to ap-proximately 40 degrees Celsius. Yoga done at this temperature promotes profuse sweating, which is believed to help rid the body of toxins. It also keeps the body very warm and, therefore, more flexible.
Classes are up and running and will continue until the end of the semester. In January, when the new semester begins, a new schedule will be created.
Students can use these class-es to help improve or maintain fitness levels, relieve stress and meet new people.
Fitness Centre bulks up
AMANDA SMITH
The men’s rugby team is cur-rently undefeated and doesn’t seem to be slowing down.
They recently defeated Conestoga 61-0 to improve to 6-0 on the season.
With one regular season game left on the schedule, they are getting prepared for the playoffs.
Jason Chuck is a member of the rugby team and is now competing in his third year.
“We are solid,” Chuck says. “The three-peat is definitely something we can achieve.”
Chuck is referring to Humber’s goal of winning the Provincial Championships in rugby for the third straight year.
“When we play ‘Humber Rugby’ there is no team that can stop us,” Chuck says. “We need to get the two previous champiomship wins out of our heads because nothing is be-ing given to us. We need to play all 80 minutes like it is our last game.”
