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by Alisa Manciniand John P. Schnued
Teachers from Ontario's 22colleges officially went on strike
early Wednesday to protest the
lack ofa satisfactory contract offerfrom the Council of Regents(COR).Humber College's North cam-
pus teachers manned their picket
lines eariy Wednesday despite the
confusion they expressed during alast-minute meeting held Tuescbynight.
Teachers spent much of the
meeting questioning negotiation
procedures and union negotiators'
actions. Throughout the two and-
a-half-hour meeting, teachersscolded negotiators for their un-ilateral rejection of the latest con-tract offer presented by the COR.When one teacher asked Union
Local President Gary Begg whyall future contract offers made bythe COR would not be sent back to
union members, to a large roundof applause, Begg said effective
negotiations cannot be handledthat way. He told the crowd that achange ofa single word or conmrnin a contract automatically makesit a new proposal. If the unionwere tied to sending back eachnew offer which was not signific-
antly different from the previous
one, negotiations would be undulyextended.
Bill Thompson, who is attached
to several divisions, put intowords what many of the teachers
at the meeting seemed to feel
about their negotiating team.**There are hidden agendas
running around loose and we don'tknow what they are," Thompsontold Begg. "There's a lot of suspi-cion here that you can pick up, that
there are people on our side of that
negotiating committee who'd lovea strike, for whatever reason."
Business Division teacher RossRichardson said he trusted Begg,but he doesn't "trust those guys
downtown." Teachers followedhis comment with another roundof applause.
'nm)ughout most of the meet-
ing, teachers seemed resigned to
the fact that they may be headedfor a long strike, but they still hadmany questions about personal at-
titudes and picket-hne procedures.
Earl Reidy, Human Studiesteacher, told the crowd the pur-
pose of a picket line is to showvisability to the public and to em-barrass anyone ^ing to cross the
line.
Begg disagreed. He said the
picket line is "informational" andteachers are expected to be
i
1 ith'hOUF WBlk— students flrom three community colleges
attempted a last-ditch protest at Queen's Park Monday to showgovernment their disatisfaction of an impending teachers' strike.
Although the pr'otest attracted a small group, it underlined students'
friendly and courteous to the
media, support staff, administra-
tion, and students. Begg told fa-
culty membeis they should en-
courage students, support staff
and sessional teachers to cross the
line in order to allow students to
continue their studies.
Begg agreed with some faculty
comments that the strike is in-
tended to benefit students in the
long run.
"The strike is about education,
and it is about students," said
Gary Nosewcnrthy, Human Studies
instructor.
"Unless we get something real
from it...we wUl have lost some-
thing of ourselves.**
Collegesbandtogether
• by Sotos Petrides
About 60 coUege students fromHumber, Sheridan, and Senecawalked the lawns of Queen's Parklast Monday to protest the then-impending faculty strike.
The small but vocal group wasthere in a last-ditch effort to try to
convince members of the Gov-ernment of the negative effects astrike would have on students.
With chants of "all day, all
night, we don't want a teacherstrike", students wtdked with pic-
ket signs for more than five hours.One of the protest organizers,
Sheridan snident Vernon Hiller,
circulated a press release outlining
the bask; concerns of some stu-
dents.
The release stressed studentshave enough difficulties in their
academic lives without the an-xieties a faculty strike would add.
Other concerns came from pro-testers themselves.
"Some students will be worse(than me)," said Humber studentGary Dunsmuir.
*'Not knowing when schoolstarts again is tough because wecan't niake any plans. Some stu-
dents must pass this semester to goon to field placement— they will
lose the whole year," he added.Provincial Opposition Leader
David Peterson addressed theissue to Coven.
"I believe (Education MinisterDr. Bette Stephenson) has to di-
rectiy intervene— we have a veryserious situation here." the Lib-eral MPP said.
Further protests are being or-
PHOTo BY soTos PETRIDES g^nizcd by various student
growing concerns as It was another in a series of protest rallies. ^^"P^c?^!?™^n^ ^^"^®?^ ^^^^*"
Shidents should k«ep their ears open for Information on up-coming S ?„^2,e"d'oXa.S and*'"*'^* times of such protests, said SAC
President Darrin Caron.
Page 2 Coven, Thursday, October 18, 1984
President's news conference -
Public apathy apparent: Gordonby Sotos Petrides
Humber College President
Robert Gordon doesn't think the
public cares if college teachers goon strike.
"Do you think the general pub-
lic will be in favor of a disruptive
strike to approve teachers' work-load when they basically workaround 40 hours a week?" asked
Gordon. "I don't think they (the
public) even want to get in-
formed."Gordon made the remarks at a
press conference in his office last
Friday,*
'Realistically, from what I
know of the two sides, I am quite
worried, '
' added Gordon ." I think
the government's position is quite
firm, so if the union is waiting for
great movement, I don't think it is
going to happen."The key issue in faculty negoti-
ations is workload. Members of
Ontario Public Service EmployeesUnion (OPSEU) negotiating teamsuggested to the Council of Re-
gents (the provincial bargaining
team) that the Ministry of Educa-
tion use the formula for calculat-
ing faculty workload developed bythe Ryerson Polytechnical Insti-
tute.
If the Ryerson Formula were
used, said Gordon, it would cost
PHOTO BY CHRIS MILLS
77^0 public doesn 't care?— Humber President Robert
Gordon told reporters at a press conference Friday that th^ public
doesn't care about a teachers' strike.
the college about 26 per cent moreper year in operating costs, and
Humber would have to cancel up
to 11 programs.
In the event of a strike, the only
way the school year can be sal-
vaged is if it is settled within six
weeks, said Gordon.
"Let me put it this way," he
told the confeience,*
'if the strike
lasts a week, it will be because of
the union (members). I think
they'd say they've had enough."The offer which has been
labelled as firm by Gordon, is the
offer the union refused to accept as
legitimate prior to the strike vote
in early October.
In this *new' offer, the govern-
ment will * *back off on its original
attempt to change the workhours
, '
' which will keep the status
quo and give teachers an increase
ofup to five percent, said Gordon.
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by Warren K. Moody
An Oatario Photo Card clihic will be held m tte concourse on
Nov. 20 and 21 , giving students same-day-service for their pictum
The Clinic was organized by SAC to coincide with the date that
CAPS* new picture LD, policy takes effect. Times for the clinic are
tentatively set for 9 a.m. to 3 p,m, both days.
CAPS' Assistant Manager Dave Keenan says this will cut out
any excuses for students not having the proper identification.
According to Keenan, all students will need is three pieces of
identification to prove they ate 19. Photos will be prrKessed on the
spot.
Some concessions will be made tor foreign students, and possi-
bly out-of-|ffovince students, who may not be able to get their l.D.
stamped to gain entry into the pub. Otherwise, there will be noentry without the Ontario Bioto Card, and even doormen will be
scrutinized so that friends, family, and pets will be denied entry if
they show up 'without'.
Court action in rental scampostponed by teachers ' stril^e
by Chris Mills
Humber students involved in a
housing rent scam in September,
1983 may have their court appear-
ance delayed following strike ac-
tion by Humber teachers.
The students were to have tes-
tified in County Court Nov. 5
against the man brought up on 32
fraud charges in connection with
the incident.
According to a spokesperson at
22 Division, police will be asking
for a trial postponement tomor-
row. They may not be able to
reach all the students involved and
are unwilling to cross teachers'
picket lines to serve subpoenas to
the students, he said.
Of the initial 54 students in-
volved, policeexpect 32to testify.
Ernest Solent, who is out on
bail, faces charges of defrauding
students who were looking for
housing last year. After answering
a newspaper ad for rooms in the
Humber College area, students
found they were sharing houses
and townhouses with up to 11
other people.
Students are requested to con-
tact either Louise Uba at Humber,extension 4248, or Sgt. Simser at
967-2204 for more information on
trial arrangements.
$60,000 typesetter
tops ACA budgetby Don Doulqff
Journalism is one North campusprogram which will benefit from anew $60,000 typesetter to be in-
stalled at the end of November.Carl Eriksen, dean of Applied
and Creative Arts (ACA), said the
new equipment will allow adver-
tising and graphics students to
learn their trade on superiorhardware. He also said the task oftypesetting Coven will be eased.
* *The bottom line is students are
going to get better training/' said
Eriksen.
Currently, advertising andgraphics students use "one old
IBM typesetter," according to
Eriksen. Starting in January, how-ever, three classes of 20 students
each will have access to the newtypesetter. Each class will be al-
lotted two hours of instruction
time.
&iksen said the schedule will
have to be negotiated such that the
new students don't conflict with
journalism students who use die
Coven office to produce their
newspaper.*That classroom is a college
facility— the fact that it's used byjoumalistn students doesn't makeit a Coven lab per se...rm only
asking for six hours a week out of
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Also included in the package is
one new video display terminal
(VDT). Don Stevens, electronic
editing technician for Coven, said
the new VDT is a much moresophisticated model than the type
currently used in the newsroom.Financing for the machinery
will come from ACA's capital
budget of $100,000, the largest
ever. This represents a $70,000jump over last year's budget.
Stevens was ecstatic about the
new machine."It's what we've been trying to
get for years," he said.
Stevens said the new unit will
be 20 times faster than the old
ones. He lists greater speed, qual-
ity and versatility as features it will
deliver.
The new typesetter will replace
the two existing ones, which bet-
ween them have 20 years' service.
Greater choice of headline sizes,
and increased graphics capability
are merely^ two functions that the
new hardware will provide..
The new system, a Linotron
202, is made by MergenthalerLinotype, who have been called
the **Cadillac" of typesetter man-ufacturers. The increased speed of
the Linotron means Coven will betypeset much quicker.
Eriksen said package designstudents may be given access to
the new typesetter as a teachingtool next fall. By then, the division
will **sort out'* whether those stu-
dents would benefit from havingthe new course on their cur-riculum.
(
Coven, Thursday, October 18, 1984 Page 3
• It ram migrations oblige expansion
by Chris Mills
Moving programs away fromHumber's main (North) campus is
more than just a trend.
It*s a continumg process ofadaption to accommodate expan-sion in programs and increases in
student population.
Financial reality has forced the
administration to make do withless and that reality has translated
to affecting Humber College stu-
dents with regards to both teachers
and facilities.
In the past year, RecreationLeadership, Law and Security andTravel and Tourism were movedfrom the North campus to
Lakeshore displacing about 300students and 19 teachers.
**Moving programs out of the
North campus is an ongoing action
to make room to expand aroundthose programs which require a
central facility or piece ofhardware," said Tom Norton,Humber's vice-president ofacademic.
Norton said the college tries to
locate facility-associated prog-
rams, such as computer andtechnology, together to avoidduplicating millions of dollars ofequipment at another campus. Toexpand these programs in the al-
ready crowded North campus
PHOTO BY CINDY CRAWFORDother programs then have to moveout.
"Obviously what we try to do is
develop in a campus a series ofactivities which have some related
activities,*' he said.
Humber's President, RobertGordon spoke about expansion in
his address to Humber staff at the
Aug. 28 President's Breakfast.* *We are still too crowded at the
North (campus) and there's no re-
ason to build more colleges or
campuses in this province if youlook at the demographic data re-
lated to high school enrollment,"
tie said.
So how does the college decide
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which students, teachers andprograms will relocate elsewhere?
"Last year we moved Travel
and Tourism to Lakeshore (cam-
pus)," said Norton.
'That's an excellent program,
but one feature about it is it*s es-
sentially a chalkboard and chalk
program,** he said, suggesting
that some programs can function
anywhere classrooms can befound.
But Norton insists the humanside is not ignored.
**There are so many different
factors involved,'* he said. "Whatmay appear, superficially, to be a
simple decision has such humancomplexities.**
"You don't move programswithout a lot of very careful
thought and investigation of al-
most any other alternative than to
move."He said that any moves are
proposed well in advance (nine to
10 months) to provide time for
meetings between the administra-
tion and the teachers, and to hold
open forums between himself andthe students. /-
"We talk to everyone," hesaid.
"During the process, if there
has been enough solid argument
against it, we don't move. It's not
an inflexible process."
But the students Coven spoke to
disagree.
Lynne Williamson, a second-
year travel and tourism studeiit,
spent two years at the North cam-pus and found the moving process
disruptive and arbitrary.
"We didn*t have any say at
all," said Waiiamson. "They told
us we were going to move, dfien it
happened. There must have beensome other course that could havemoved.'*
Williamson said that Travel andTourism uses computer terminals
in their training, but the terminals
are not yet in the Lakeshore cam-pus because of the strike by the
installers, CP Telecommunica-tions. They arc now using PETcomputers, a comparable re-
placement.
But the teachers who moved to
Lakeshore like the campus, the
larger classrooms and the quieter
environment.The Travel and Tourism Senior
Program co-ordinator, KathyMoody, says she appreciates the
better teaching facUities and the
more personal lifestyle.
"The graduating students
would be the most affected,'
' said
Moody. "And those students and
teachers who live near the North
campus who might have a trans-
portation problem.*'
Shortage
offunding
WhUe Norton admits that dis-
locating people is "very disrup-
tive," the administration believes
the school has to make the best
with what it has at its disposal.
Dean of Applied and Creative
Arts, Carl Eriksen, lost several
programs to Lakeshore campus.On a personal basis, he said, los-
ing working and friendly relation-
ships with teachers and students
"is a bit upsetting." But on aprofessional basis, he sees the
practicality of the decisions.
"I think there is a need and aresponsibility on the administra-
tion's part to group together as-
sociated programs which use the
same facilities (equipment) andwhich make joint use of faculty
members," he said.
While no program moves are
currently uiider consideration,
Norton says "that doesn't meanspace problems are not being dis-
cussed."
So what's the bottom line?
Said President Gordon: "Givenan inevitable shortage of funding
for the future, productivity gains
and ixmovative responses must befound...to accomplish more with
the same/*"...We still don't have enough
monies for renovations or newequipment and I certainly can't
promise you that we ever will.
We*Il do our very best to try to stayup to date.**
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Paige 4 Coven, Thursday, October 18, 1984
^^lateBPost-anxiety
Consider the typical Humber student's day.
It begins with a trip on aTTC or Humber bus , packed into a
crush of people. Students lucky enough to have vehicles
discovered soon into the school year that their luck ran out if
they tried to approach the college from Hwy. 27 south.
Second and third-year Humber drivers were used to cursing
and gritting their teeth while they-waited to make the turn
from the highway onto Humber College Blvd.
This year, however, they probably describe those morn-
ings as the good old days to new students — when they
waited five minutes instead of 20. The tie-ups are caused bythe usual high volume of morning traffic and aggravated byconstruction on Woodbine Place shopping mall.
If they win the battle with the traffic jam, students tiien
proceed into the parking zoo of Humber College. Althoughthere are approximately 8,000 full-time students at the North
campus, there are not nearly enough parking spaces. Even if
students do have a parking space, it is likely located in somefar distant land called the Silver Lot.
After the student (who has probably been awake for less
than 2 hours and already been subjected to enough stress to
set him on edge for the rest of the day) finally negotiates his
way into the College, he is more than ready for a cup of hot
coffee. Alas, the first class of the day starts in two minutes
and there is no time to wait in another line.
Skipping the coffee and heading straight for the stairs is noguarantee of arriving on the third or fourth floor in time. Thestairs are filled with people rushing in all directions, and the
inevitable dolts who decide to stop and have a conversation
mid-flight.
The student arrives at his class, thankful that he still has
one, because a looming strike is threatening to disrupt the
semester and postpone his graduation. He finds himself
sharing a desk or sitting on the floor because that's whathappens when 35 people are squeezed into one classroom.
Students* books— the ones they waited hours in line to buyat the bookstore — are piled on the floor. That's whathappens when therie are twice as many students as there are
lockers.
*S tress will always be a factor
in modern life^
Lunch brings a repeat trip down the stairs and an attempt to
grab somthing to eat in 5,0 minutes, before beginning the
whole process over again.
At the end of the day, traffic jams resume, bus schedules
quicken and the morning routine repeats itself, only in re-
verse. Welcome back to the parade.
The point is that from morning until night, students find
themselves in situations of heavy stress. All people are sub-
ject to and affected by stress in some form, but those whospend time in a large institution such as Humber College are
more susceptible.
Constant stress takes a^igher toll on the average person
than any virus. It can turn an otherwise healthy person into a
mental wreck and manifest itself in physical symptoms such
as shortness of breath and anxiety attacks.
Experts tell us that the most important step in dealing with
stress is recognizing it. The next is accepting it. There are
ways to reduce everyday'
' artifical'
' stress— by getting up a
half-hour earlier to beat the rush, by doing assignments
before deadlines loom— but stress will always be a factor in
modem life.
The wise student accepts that stress exists and learns to
dpal with it. Reducing stress through time management re-
lieves much of of the pressure. When situations seem to be
getting out of control, award yourself a Mental Health Day.
No-one ever got fired for taking one day off, and no-one ever
failed for skipping one day of school
.
However, escape is the last resort. Students should usetheir school years to learn how they best deal with stress.
Think of it as training for the rat race. With all of the practice
they're getting here, a Humber graduate will surely becomeHead Rat.
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writer^
s
note:by Cindy Crawford
I stayed awake late Tuesday
evening so I could hear the news.
Sure enough, 7.600 collegeteachers were striking as of Wed-nesday morning, with workload'
being the main dispute . I had been
undecided the last few weeks il
there would be a strike or not, but,
when I went out into the college to
talk to people, it seemed I was the
only one who was undecided. Outof a couple of dozen people 1
talked to, along with day-to-day
conversation with fellow
classmates and roommates, 1
didn't once hear a definite no
when asked if they thought there
would be a strike.
Based on the number of stu-
dents who had made prior ar-
rangements for a job, or at least
flight arrangements to return
home, it was if many had had the
idea for a long time that it wouldcome down to this.
I know the teachers say whatthey are doing is for us, but it is mymoney, my education, and mytime. Tm in a fortunate position
that I can gain experience out onmy internship, which I will go to
more often now since I have more
time, but what about the other stu-
dents whose education is essential
[C|(i(!l(^yp
Gordon addresses
part-time students
To Continuing Education Stu-
dents:
The potential strike of our fa-
culty is indeed a sad event for all
members of the College Com-munity to contemplate, I espe-
cially regret the unavoidable in-
terruption this will cause in stu-
dent learning. For our full-time
students taught as they are by reg-
ularly contracted Collegeteachers, there is no option otl^r
than to plan the suspension oftheirlearning progran)i& for the duration
of the possible labor action, re-
grettable as that decision is.
For our part-time students the
issues are not that clear. SomeContinuing Education Teachers
are full-time faculty as well, andhence they cannot teach at
t^Humber College day or evening.
Their classes must be cancelled. In
some Divisions this would repre-
sent cancellation of 65 per cent ofcurrent Continuing Educationclasses, in others a smaller per-
centage.
In many cases teacheis whohave only a night-school relation-
ship with the College wouldchoose not to cross a picket line.
We would be unable to forewarn
you of this. The general issue ofpicket lines poses a variety ofproblems for many students, andthe prospect of a strike settlement
leading to classes where a propor-
tion of students might be someweeks behind others would create
a series of impossible learning
complexities. In many cases fromone evening to the next we wouldbe unable to inform you as to the
status of your class. Beyond this it
would be inappropriate for me to
speculate on possible access
problems to our Campuses.
As a result our decision is to
plan the interruption of all Con-
tinuing Education classes effec-
tive October 17, 1984. At the ces-
sation of any possible labor action
classes would recommence from
the point of interruption and be
completed when the requisite
number ofleaniing hours had been
given.
Were a labor action to happen
and were it to extend for a consid-
erable period, the College wouldreevaluate this position and con-
tact you personally (if possible) to
outline the new action plan with
regard to your course.
Once again I do regret this po-tential action, but I believe that it
is in your interest as a learner to
have maximum clarity aroundclass scheduling. I also feel that
this interruption, although awk-ward, will lead to a far more ap-propriate learning environmentthan our collective attempting to
struggle on in a rather unpredicta-
ble situation.
Your signal that this decision is
to be implemented will be the
media announcement that a strike
has been called. We will contact
you individually within the suc-
ceeding three weeks to inform youof plans regarding the cessation of
the potential interruption. In the
meantime I do hope you will bepatient with Humber as the systemof twenty-two Colleges in Ontario
works to solve its present internal
difficulty.
R. A. GordonPresident
prior to going out and working in
their field?
1 can only guess that one op-
timistic thing about the wholething is all colleges are in the same
postition, so if perhaps we do face
at! extended year or forfeited holi-
days, we are all in the same boat.
1 believe the main concern right
now for many, though, is money.If this strike- carries on for any
length of time it doesn't mean the
rent goes on hold or the bills stop
coming in. If only it were that
easy.
I'm a believer in human and
labor rights, but when it comes
down to affecting me because of
another's dispute, well frankly
I'm concerned.
0>iTidor CommentBy Cindy Crawford
Asked in Humber halls:
If there is a strike, what
do you plan to do with your time?
Blair StackarukCAPS employee
**ril be working here as long as we're open. Tvebeen getting ahead on my assignments and TUwork on more to get them out of the way.*'
Tom BrowneStrike Chairman
•'I'm going to run the strike.
Brett LeederHydrographic survey
* *I agree with what they're doing. I'll picket with
them because their situation affects me."
Penny AndersonStudent Affairs & Housing
**rm going to keq) on working and hope it
doesn't last long for the sake of the students."
Cathie WiggsFloriculture
**Go home to New Brunswick.»» •
We understand^ Ralph Cramdenby Loren Aslin
It would appear, after taking the
bus to school once, that the entire
student population has forgotten
its manners . A ride on a school- or
home-bound bus is enough for
anyone to conjure up images ofEmily Post spinning in her grave.
The first joy in such a trip is
boarding the bus. Everyonepushes and shoves , trying to get onfirst — you'd swear you were in
first grade on a field trip.
Then there are the creeps whostand off to one side, waiting for
the bus to pull up so they can sub-
tly blend in with the crowd until
some kind soul allows them to
board the bus ahead of them. Eventhough these types have been
waiting a total of five minuteswhile the rest of the crowd has
been standing there for 25, they
feel they deserve to be let on first.
Then, of course, there is the
struggle for a seat.
If you can persuade the graphic
arts student to move that huge case
overjust a bit, you might be able to
claun one of the three seats behind
it. (They're nice about it, though,
especially if you express interest
in the music blaring from their
Walkmans.)There are always some students
on the bus who refuse to take onestep past the back doors. Students
at the front of the bus are practi-
cally sitting in the driver's lap.
while he is begging (ye^, begging)them to "move down". Will theymove? Not an inch. It's an un-written law of the (buarider's) road— "Thou shall not stand at theback of the bus".Which brings is to another
point. The few wl > defy the lawand cross the *bL: door line' will
stand in front of empty seats. Ofcourse you never realize it becauseyou're stuck at the front of the busready to pass out because of the
breath of the guy standing next to
you. But it is reassuring to knowyou don't HAVE to stand — if
you're willing to elbow your wayto the back and brave enough to
cross the back door line, you could
actually have a seat.
(The bus ride itself is a riot. I
think the drivers get a sadistical
thrill out of hitting the b;*akes
everytime they have a full load of
students aboard. You'll be riding
merrily along, trying to t ;cide
when to change arms on tK; bar
when, in the middle of replacing
one with the other, you're plungedinto the back of somone*s head.
He turns around and gives you a
withering look, and you mumble'your apologies while ci^-sing the
driver. You've had y( ;ye onthat guy all semester...;
If you thought getting on the buswas a feat, wait until you try to getoff.
The best thing to do is prepare ti
get off at least 12 blocks befonyour stop. The reason behind sucl
a strategy is that no one will moveespecially those who refuse t(
cross the "back door line". Noonly will they not cross '*tht
line", they won't move from ii
front of the doors either. You car
push, shove, scream and threaten
but only when their stop appeanwill they move — only to be re-
placed by another in their ranks.
To tell you the truth, I'm toe
scared to attempt such a thing. ]
just stay on the bus until 1 reachWilson station and have my dadpick me up, I'm usually home ir
time for the news.
Page 6 Coven, Iliiirsday, October 18, 1984
Special effects add color to Tokyo
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Th9Y mBdOpub^pBttOnS sing— The influence of the band Simple Minds was obvious
when To\iyo sang Waterfront more than once and the CAPS crowd Joined in.-
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'*Vm going to make you sing,
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Tokyo, Allen Frew, at Thursdaynight's pub. And with another
rousing rendition of SimpleMind's 'Waterfront' his determi-
nation paid off.
The audience had no excuse for
not knowing the words; it was the
second time the band played the
song that night.
When the band repeated the
song, it was an obvious exampleof the effects the real SimpleMinds has had on the contempor-
ary music scene — more SimpleMinds mania. Even Tokyo'soriginals seemed to be bred from a
'Minds* and *U2' combination.
Frew used the same line of the
song to stimulate the audience that
Simple Minds did, when they
played Massey Hall earlier this
summer.The patrons of CAPS ate it up,
and fmally Tokyo gained someground, after chatting at the audi-
ence on numerous occasionsthroughout the evening with litde
success.
Bass player Wayne Parker said
that was only one of the manyways the band tries to get the
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Is this areflection on the band or
the audience? Food for ttiought.
Tokyo rolled into Humber witha more than adequate sound sys-
tem, and an ace in hand— that acebeing veteran Toronto soundmanEsteban Gajardo. The band relied
heavily on echo tricks and othereffects, which were applied sldll-
fully by Gajardo over a cfcan andeven mix.By the time the third set arrived,
the dance floor remained packed,but there was a sudden surplus ofseating space. Unfortunately for
those who left eariy, this is whenthe band really started to cook,playing the Police's Message in aBotUe, Can't Stand Losing Youand Be My Girl to the delight ofhot dancers. (Which one of the
bouncers stuffed someone in the
air conditioning?)
Tokyo is looldng forward (as
always) to recording their manyoriginals in the United States.
Manager Gaiy Pring said if the
deal goes through, the album will
be ireleased in an unprecedentedtotal of 32 countries, which is
doing well for a bunch of guysftrom Thomhill.
The band members hope thestill unnamed album will be re-
leased on a big label.
As one onlooker put it, "Theydid good tunes, but not veryweU."
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OCAA men's hockey faces offLast season the Seneca Braves
hockey team won the Ontario
Colleges Athletic Association
(OCAA) Tier I championship andheld an impressive, 22-1-1 record
that no team could approximate
during regular season play.
The Braves eliminated St. Qairfrom semi-final competition and
then defeated Canadore in the final
to win their second OGAA crownin three years . Seneca was also the
1983-84 Canadian Colleges Ath-
letic Association (CCAA) bronze
medalists.
The i}ig question this year is if
there is any team that will be able
to prevent Seneca from winningthe Tier I championship for the
second year in a row.
Will Humber be the team to
dethrone the mighty Braves and goon to represent Ontario in the
Canadian College championship?Where do last season's Tier I
silver medalists Canadore Pan-
thers fit into tlie scheme of things
this season?
How about the new kid on the
block, the Georgian Grizzlies, two
time champions of the Tier II divi-
sion? Will they be the suprise of
the division.
Will Centennial Colts regain
some respectability this year after
winning only one game last sea-
son?These are just a few questions
that will be answered by the end of
a 224 league game schedule ^- the
longest in OCAA history.
The participating teams this
season will be Canadore, Centen-
nial, Conestoga, Georgian,Humber, St. Qair, Seneca and
Sheridan. Each squad will battle it
out for seven months to see whowill be eligible for playoff conten-
tion. Only the top four teams will
make the playoffs and with each
team playing 28 games. it*s going
to be a tight race throughout the
season.
This year, Sheridan Bruins will
have the only rookie coach, GregSora, while Canadore 's Rod Vin-
cent will be heading into his
eleventh year at the helm of the
Panthers.
Not returning this year is the
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OCAA career scoring leader Steve
Guyatt of the Seneca Braves. In
five 'seasons with the Braves,Guyatt amassed a total of76 goals
and 124 assists.
In a three way tie for second
place last year was Humber, St.
Qair and Canadore — ail with
13-10-1 records. Just behind this
trio were the Bruins with a record
of 13-11-0. With the addition of
the Grizzlies to the Tier I division,
this promises to be one of the best
years of hockey competition in
OCAA history.
CANADOREThis season Canadore coach Rod Vincent will be
looking for his one-hundredth career victory in his
eleventh year as coach of the Panthers.
Lead by the experience of captain Dave Boeta,
who has been an asset to the team for three years, the
83-84 OCAA Tier 1 silver medalists are expected to
go a long way this season.
A good portion of the team is made up of experi-
enced players returning this year.
The Panthers have three solid forward lines andhave also been getting good consistent goaltending in
exhibition play. The team will try to improve on its
goal scoring which was one of its weaknesses last
year. The rest of the league should be on the look out
for the performances of defenceman Keith Tauslemand forward Peter Lecair — a high goal scorer.
CENTENNIALIs it possible that the Centennial Colts pan do as bad
as last year?
With eight players returning, including the Colts'
leading scorer, Shawn Greer, a year of experience
should help the team regain some respectabilty in the
OCAA Tier 1 division.
Newcomer Bruce Fallis will provide some needed
scoring punch, while Steve Balas will strengthen the
defensive core. The Colts had the second worst goals
against record (162) in Tier 1. Goalie GavinRobertson is returning this season and has played well
in preseason competition. If Robertson has trouble
defending the goal the Colts can place goaltender
Doug Dunn between the pipes.
CONESTOGA< After a dissapointing sixth place finish last season,
Conestoga Condor's coach Dan Young only hopeshis squad will be a part of the playoH" picture.
The Condors will have eight players returning to
the team — Todd Sheridan, Bob O'Krafka, BrentCrossey, Doug Vettke. Glen Schefar, Tim Orleman,Dave Cassidy and Jeff Stebens. The retumig players
should provide the team with a healthy crop of ex-perienced players. This season the coaching staff hasbeen impressed with the performance of goalie DanDeJong, Scott Harris, Randy DeMone and rookiedefenceman Dan Miller.
Last season the Condors biggest weakness was its
goals against (181), therefore Conestoga will beworking on strengthening defence and' goaltending.
Young said that this season his team is strong and the
squad had a good training camp. Ife is looking for-
ward to the season ahead.
In exhibition play Humber defeated Conestoga4-3. However, the Condors put forth a solid effort
with strong goaltending and good goal scoring abil-
ity.
GEORGIANThe new kids on the block In Tier I this season are
the Georgian Grizzlies. The two-time Tier 2 champ-ions are excited about coming to Tier 1, said Geor-gian Athletic Director Jim Martin.
According to Martin, the Grizzlies have two goodgoalies and strong offensive power. Martin expects
Georgian, last years Tier 2 champions, to finish in the
top ihset this season.
In the Grizzlies first game this season, they de-
feated St. Clair Saints 9-5, to start the year on a
positive note. Martins considers the Grizzlies
strengths to be their speed while their weaknesses is
their lack of size. Many of Georgian's players are
under six feet in height.
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HUMBERAccording to Athletic Director Peter Maybury,
Humberts greatest strength lies in the rejuvenation ofthe squad.
The Hawks have five veterans returning to the
lineup. Goaltending and goal scoring will be a pow-erful asset for the Hawks. The rest of the leagueshould be on the look out for the perfiomences ofDoug McEwen, Bob O'Brien, Scott Defoe and goalie
Scott Cooper. Returning players such as Dave Emer-son, JeffYoung, Jamie Bracken and Brian Thompsonare expected to lead the rest of the team.
Coach Gord Lorimer, a former Hawk between1977-80, said Humber will work more on getting the
puck out of their end.
Defence was one of the team's biggest problemslast season, according to Lorimer.Humber won the OCAA championships in 77-78
and in 80-81.
ST. CLAIRThe St. Clair Saints haven't won the OCAA Tier 1
championship since 1978-79, but hold a record eight
OCCA titles. St. Qair started on a bad note this
season, losing to Gergian Grizzlies, 9-5.
The Saints , however, have a good skating club andadequate goaltending. St. Clair will only have five
players returning from last season. The teams* three
top scorers are back with the squad including KevinJarold— third leading point-getter in the league last
year with 27 goals and 17 assists.
. SENECASeneca Braves had the most impressive record in
Tier 1 last year.
In regular season play the Braves accumulated 22Wins— an OCAA record, and in the playoffs theyhad 26 wins— another OCAA record. The size andspeed ofthe team will prove to be a definite asset. Ledby a strong defence comprised of three returningblueliners— B.J. MeloCf, Bill Taylor and Jeff Veil.Seneca should be even more powerful than a yearago.
Seventeen players in the lineup have Junior Aexperience. Last year's league scoring championPaul Catto, will not be back, however, his brotherBrian is a welcomed addition. Seneca will work onimproving their ability to finish the attack in theneutral zone, which faltered last season.Head coach Nick HarbaM^ has compiled 1 1 1 wins
and only two losses in four years as coach.
SHERIDANThe Sheridan Bruins have cleaned house this sea-
son with a whole new coaching staff. General Man-ager Steve Blundy is hoping the change will boost theBruins into the playoffs.
At the helm for the Bruins is Greg Sora. This is
Sora*s first head coaching job at the college level.
Sora has also worked widi Tom Watt (former Win-nipeg Jet coach), at the University of Toronto.Blundy is pleased with the way Sora has been runningtraining camp this season. He said that there is a lotofenthusiasm on the squad.
The Bruins have nine to 10 players returning to the
team. The defence will be strong, according to
Blundy. Returning to the lineup is second team all-
star Owen Griffths and Keith Henderson, an all-star
blue liner two years ago.
Maurice Cormel, Rick Polite and Greg Goodwinwill carry the Bruins offense. Blundy said the Bruinswill have to win 16 games if they want to make theplayoffs.
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Page 8 Coven, Thursday, October 18, 1984
Hawks end seasonwith shutout loss
to Seneca Scoutsby David Canivet *
and sixth innings. Seneca's
The Humber Hawk's Softball pitcher Cathy Chelpelsky mowedteam were aiming to end their sea- down thirteen straight batters to
son with a bang last week at record the victory.
Seneca. Instead, they finished Seneca took advantage of ailing
with a whimper, dropping ^ 4-0 starting pitcher Joanne Matheson
decision to the Scouts. in the second inning.
"The whole team was quiet,*' Matheson was suffering from
said coach Joanne Harding.
"We wanted to beat Seneca so
badly that we just weren't relaxed
enough."The game wasn't in the cards
an arm injury sustained in the top
of the second frame. She could
only workone and two-thirds ofaninning.
Matheson pitched well in the
for Humber. In fact, the Hawk's first, but allowed one run on twostreak ofbad luck began in the first singles and hit a baUer in the sec-
inning, ond. In between, Hawk's catcher
Hawks catcher Jill Pantrey led Jill Pantrey made an error that re-
off with a single. Then, Sandy suited in an unearned run.
Fisher slammed the ball to mid- Pamela Sim replaced Matheson
center field for what appeared to and gave-up a two run double to
be a single before it was tr^ped by Lee-Ann Quinn to finish the scor-
a Scout outfielder. ing.
The controversy began when Sim pitchied well in the final
the umpire caUed the play out and five and one-third innings , but was
the lead runner out. The confusing hit hard by Seneca batters . Hawksplay had Harding infuriated. niade some fine defensive plays to
"The base umpire calledit a fly keep the score respectable. It
ball and playable. He made the wasn't the defence that perturbed
motion that it was a fly ball and our Harding, though,
runner, who was advancing to "Defence has always been a
second, saw him and went back to strong point with our team," she
first to be called out," she said,
explained. '*The disapointment was that
"I knew it was a trapped ball we couldn't do anything with our
and that's why I was disapointed. bats. We kept they're runs down,
We were robbed." but we didn't make any."
The Hawks sagged offensively The Hawks (1-5) finished the
from that crutial point in the first 1984 Ontario College Athletics
inning and collected only four hits Association (OCAA) Western Di-
in the remaining iimings. During vision tied for third place with
one stretch between the sdcond Conestoga. Technically, Humber
PHOTO BY STEVEN NICHOLS
"Theseason'stooshort.Iknow beat any one of these teams in this
if it was a longer season we would division," she said,
have been there in the end. We can
Ssfo/—Humber Hawks' catcher Jill Pantrey snares a throw from first base but she didn't succeed in
tagging out the Scouts' runner. Hawlcs lost 4-0.
placed third because they out-
scored Conestoga 11-9 in their twogames played.
The standings did not include
the contests played against Sheri-
dan who were suspended for the
remainder of the season. The sus-
pension followed when Sheridan
defaulted two leaque games be-
cause they couldn't guarantee to
field a team for any other games.
With the victory, the SenecaScouts clinched second place be-
hind league leading Centennial
Colts. Both the Scouts and Colts
will be at the Durham Champion-ships this weekend.
Harding was disapointed that
the season was over because the
team was begining to gell as a unit.
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Hockey Opener
Friday, October 19, 1984 at 5:30,
Westwood Arena is the place!
Come out join the crowd and help cheer
our Hawks onto victory over
Sheridan's Bruins.
After the game visit "The Penalty Box"
for Miller Night!
*The Humber College Bookstore is a "First Team Supporter" of the
Athletic Department Programs.
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CAPS to hostsnooker event
by Mike Williscraft
Three Humber students will be behind the eight ball next
week when they shoot it out with Canadian Eight- and
Nine-Ball Champion, Gerry Watson in CAPS;Watson, one of 15 Canadian snooker pros and also one of
102 world snooker pros, will be at Humber to put on a
three-hour show of which the student challenge is a part.
The event; scheduled for Wednesday, Oct. 24, will also
feature a display of "incredible trick shots" given byCanada's number one billiards entertainer.
To gain the opportunity to play Watson, the students must
flnish first, second or third in a Humber tournament which
will take place next Monday and Tuesday.
There are 26 entered in the single elimenation eight- and
nine-ball tournament.
Admission to the tournament is free. Any students in-
terested in playing in the competition can sign up in the
Student Association Council's (SAC) office.
Admission to CAPS for the exhibition will be $2 for ^
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