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Target vs. Zellers, what about Zeddy?

Basketball rebounds while soccer dives

Oct. 5 - Oct. 18, 2012

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The Dialog Oct. 5 - Oct. 18, 2012

Just when I think this city’s gov-ernment is finally turning a corner and making some halfway reason-able decisions I

find they’re not looking, drifting to-ward the curb and crushing the near-est cyclist with a five-ton truck. Oh well, what’s some blood on the road if it means that one of Rosedale’s drivers gets home two minutes fast-er? That’s right, the estimated time that drivers will be saving by City Coun-cil’s decision to eliminate the bike lanes on Jarvis Street is two min-utes. A shorter wait than the aver-age line at Tim Hortons is what your city council thinks is more important than the safety of a thousand cyclists that ride on Jarvis Street every day. How many of those cyclists are rid-ing to and from George Brown Col-lege’s St. James campus that sits only 150 meters from Jarvis St.? It’s no secret that students at George Brown are more likely to bike to school than drive, with the limited budget of your average student it’s much more affordable to lock your bike up, assuming you can find a spot, than forking over $10 - $20 a day for parking. While the construction of separat-ed bike lanes on Sherbourne Street, which won’t be ready until 2014 and so far are little more than glorified speed bumps, are a good addition to

the piss-poor cycling infrastructure in this city it makes no sense to be removing bike lanes from Jarvis. If anything, Toronto needs to be building an extensive network of bike lanes and paths throughout the city, focusing first on the downtown where tens of thousands of people bike every day because it’s faster, cheaper and more reliable than driv-ing or taking the TTC. Sure, I could rip on the fact that it’s going to cost the city an estimated $250,000 to remove the bike lanes as a waste of taxpayer money, but this is so much more than a dollar and cents issue. It’s about the type of city we want to live in. Right now biking in the smog-filled downtown has a Mad Max feel too it, with cyclists having to swerve around potholes and sewer grates as they hug the curb, hoping that the dump truck beside them isn’t about to rub them out if they make the slightest of false moves and keeping a look out for the BMW driver who doesn’t check their mirror before they cut a hard right-hand turn. Compare that scene to what it could be if there was an well-designed net-work for cyclists to ride safely and securely without having to strap on a helmet for a battle of inches in the gutter. With a proper infrastructure built around the needs of the down-town, including bikes, public tran-sit, pedestrians and cars, we could reduce both the congestion and pol-lution and make Toronto a more liv-able city. The catch is, if we want to get more

people moving we have to have a safe and convenient way for them to do it. We don’t just want daredevil couriers braving the mean streets downtown, we want a city where our grandparents can feel safe hop-ping on their bikes down to George Brown to see their grandkids gradu-ate. For that matter, bike couriers shouldn’t have to risk their lives to eek out a living either. However, with the destruction of the Jarvis bike lanes I fear that a trip to a downtown hospital is a more likely destination for partners, parents and friends when a GBC student suffers a terrible accident that could have been prevented by a leaving Jarvis’ bike lanes alone. This is not the city we want to live in, but it can be if our political leaders would stop playing partisan games from the suburbs and govern

it with the welfare and safety of all residents of the city in mind. I hate to say it, but city councilor Mike Layton is right when he said that cyclists are going to die on Jar-vis because of this decision. When, not if, a cyclist is injured on Jarivs Street, their blood will be on the Fordists’ hands. As important members of this com-munity, George Brown students are directly affected by this decision and if you, or someone you know, end up being injured (or worse) after the bike lanes are removed then speak up and let me know. You can bet that The Dialog will be there to document and report on it so Ford and his cronies will have no excuse and won’t be able to claim they didn’t know they were literally throwing students under the express bus on Jarvis.

Scrapping Jarvis bike lanes will kill GBC students2 Opinion

By Mick SweetmanManaging Editor

Re: Ontario students create own movement Sept. 20

Student unions aren’t covered by labour law at all in Québec. Accred-ited student unions (which includes some, but probably not even most, of the student associations which went on strike) are covered by two pieces of legislation: the Companies Act (the Québec equivalent of the Ontar-io corporate law governing incorpo-rated student unions in Ontario); and Law 32 (the act respecting the ac-creditation and financing of student associations). Law 32 has basically three provisions for accredited stu-

dent associations (which again are a minority): the right to an office, the right to levy student fees, and incor-poration. None of that legislation grants stu-dent associations the right to strike. Now, the “right to strike” is a bit of a myth, encouraged by students in Québec, which more or less began with the repeal of mandatory atten-dance in CEGEP classes. It has basi-cally nothing to do with Law 32. This sort of mythology when it shows up in Ontario, unlike when it shows up in Québec, is extremely demobiliz-ing. - Jamie Burnett comment on www.dialog.studentassociation.ca

Letter: Quebec student union laws

The Student Association (SA), board of directors met on Sept. 17 at the Casa Loma campus of George Brown College (GBC). The meeting covered some key issues including childcare, Student Life committee membership, a potential speaking event, and the board mediation com-mittee review. The board has been working on making their meetings more accessi-ble to its members, by proposing and implementing some policies, which involves reduction of systemic bar-riers. Introduction of sign language interpretation in meetings and events is one such policy. Along the same lines, the childcare motion was proposed with the intent of bringing down one of the barriers faced by parents who are also board members. The high cost of child-

care in Ontario makes it difficult for a parent as they have to choose be-tween attending an official meeting and attending their children. As explained by the director of Ed-ucation and Equity, Mohammad Ali Aumeer, the motion was divided in two parts. The first half focused on providing a subsidy to parents for childcare, which will make it easier for them to fully participate in meetings. This part of the motion was approved. The second half was on how that childcare subsidy would be imple-mented. The original proposal was to allow the students enrolled in GBC’s early childhood education (ECE) program who were interested in child minding, to provide child-care to the children of board mem-bers. The ECE students would then invoice the SA for the services pro-vided. It was proposed that the com-

pensation for ECE students would be similar to the average hourly wage an early childhood educator working in Toronto would receive. This part of the motion was not carried out. Mary Joseph, the community ser-vices representative who is also a parent said, “I do not have a prob-lem with the ECE students provid-ing childcare but it’s not convenient for me. If my daughter is away from school or away from where we would be having the meetings, I would have to leave the school, go home and get her back to school. This will mean extra cost and hassle in terms of transportation and time.” The board decided that it was best to leave the decision to the parents on how they want to make the best use of the childcare subsidy, and that ECE students will not provide child-care. Other important discussions at the

board meeting included a propos-al by Natasha Mehan, Waterfront campus director, to host a special meditation event on Nov. 21 or 23 at the Waterfront campus. Devamitra Swami is the proposed speaker and the topic covered will be on stress re-lief. The motion was recommended to committee for further discussion. Talks have also been happening to bring him to St. James on Nov. 26 to speak on the topic “fire of desire – are you lonely for me?” Community services representa-tive, Mary Joseph was added to the Student Life committee as a voting member to replace Aman Arora who resigned earlier this year. The mo-tion was moved by the director of Student Life, Suzan Osman and was carried unanimously. The board meeting also included an in-camera session, which covered a board mediation committee review.

Board of directors to get childcare subsidyBy Preeteesh Peetabh Singh Dialog Reporter

News 3The Dialog Oct. 5 - Oct. 18, 2012

U.S. Targets Zellers’ Canadian market

‘”Everything must go! Store closing liquidation sale!” this tagline from Zellers, the second largest chain of discount stores in Canada, sounds ominous. It’s the end of an era as another Ca-nadian retail store bites the dust. All Zellers stores have a grim and deserted look across Can-ada. Even its iconic mascot Zeddy is left out in the woods and is looking for a new owner. Zellers is being taken over by an American retailing company, Target Corporation. Don’t think Zeddy will have a problem though; he will be adopted by someone soon! In January 2011, Target Corpo-ration, the second largest discount retailer in the United States behind Walmart, acquired leasehold of 189 Zellers stores owned by Hudson’s Bay Company (HBC). The deal was finalized for $1.825 billion. Under the agreement, Zellers is initially supposed to sub-

lease the properties and it can con-tinue to operate until March 2013. After the closure of these Zellers stores next year, Target will be spending another billion on ex-pansion and renovation of these locations. Out of 189 stores an es-timated 125-135 stores will be con-verted into Target stores, while 39 of them have been already resold to

Walmart Canada and the remaining leases will either be sold to other retailers or returned to their respec-tive landlords. If there was any hope left for Zellers to survive, it was shattered on July 26 when HBC announced that it will close most of the 64 remaining stores that were not ac-quired by Target and that were sup-

posed to continue operating as Zellers outlets. Lack of viability is being cited as the reason for the closure. The shutters are expected to close by April 2013. But HBC does not exclude the possibil-ity of keeping some stores open and rebranding them as ‘The Bay’ or ‘Home Outfitters’ out-lets in future. Zellers’ employees are dis-heartened and angry. They are skeptical about their future as they are being laid off. Target is in no mood to automatically hire all Zellers employees, claiming they need to determine the staff-ing needs for each store. The American retail giant maintains that the opening of

new Target stores will lead to more than 25,000 jobs in Canada. Apart from Target, other Ameri-can outlets like Marshall’s, J Crew, Bloomingdale’s, Nordstrom and Tanger have also placed their foot into the Canadian market.

By Preeteesh Peetabh Singh Dialog Reporter

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The 2012 Toronto Palestine Film Festival (TPFF) hit theatres this week. Launched in 2008 to com-memorate the 60th anniversary of al nakba, TPFF aims to showcase the vibrant cultural heritage, resil-ience, and collective identity of the Palestinian people through film, art, and other events. In five short years, against all the odds, TPFF has quick-ly emerged as one of the city’s pre-mier film festival experiences. In a city with no shortage of noteworthy film festivals such as the Toronto In-ternational Film Festival (TIFF), the International Diaspora Film Festival (IDFF), and Hot Docs, it is TPFF’s community-based, activist roots that help distinguish it from many of its larger and more established counter-parts. This year’s program promises to be one of the most ambitious yet, fea-turing 25 films covering a wide ar-ray of timely themes ranging from art and music to war and occupation. Although TPFF’s stories are told from a uniquely Palestinian perspec-tive, many of the overarching themes explored are universal in nature. “We try and select films on topics that will interest our audience. This year we selected films on a variety of themes that have not been covered in past festivals and on topics our audi-ence will want to learn more about,” says Dania Majid, Media Relations Coordinator at TPFF. “This year we

have films about female soccer play-ers, political prisoners, relationships, architecture, quarrying in Palestine, and the underground arts scene in Alexandria, Egypt.” In the past, TPFF has managed to screen several Canadian premieres, oftentimes with the respective film directors and other special guests in attendance. 2012 will certainly be no exception. In addition to featuring 12 Canadian premieres, this year’s TPFF will also debut a total of four films never before screened in North America. TPFF has also taken a few risks this year in order to push its own bound-aries and provide audiences with the most satisfying experience possible. “We are opening with a documen-tary for the first time. Normally we have documentaries mid-week or sometimes for closing, so this is something new for us,” says Andrew Hugill, Accounting and Logistics Coordinator at TPFF and one of its founding members. Opening night at TPFF featured the Canadian premiere of Abdallah Omeish’s award-winning documen-tary The War Around Us. The film of-fers an intensely gripping first-hand account of the 2008-2009 Israeli military assault on the Gaza Strip through the lens of two Al Jazeera English journalists, Ayman Mohy-eldin and Sherine Tadros – the only Western reporters on the ground at the time. Dubbed by Israel as Opera-tion Cast Lead, the brutal, indiscrim-

inate air and ground attack would go on to kill no less than 1,400 Palestin-ians in the span of just three weeks. The two journalists’ exclusive cov-erage of the war proved decisive in exposing to the outside world the hu-man toll of the attack on an already besieged and defenseless civilian population. Using news reports, never-before-seen personal footage, and candid testimonies from the two journalists themselves, the film man-ages to convey in graphic detail the utter sense of helplessness and de-spair inside Gaza once the bombs began to drop. Unforgettably horrific footage aired worldwide on Al Jazeera of dead and injured civilians, many of them y o u n g children, put lie to the domi-nant nar-r a t i v e e c h o e d faithfully by the We s t e r n m e d i a that Israel had only been car-rying out ‘targeted’, ‘surgical s t r i k e s ’ a g a i n s t ‘ t e r r o r -ists’.

In the film, Mohyeldin and Tad-ros show us that they are able to step outside of their familiar role as ‘journalists’ to speak first and fore-most as witnesses, providing a deep-ly intimate portrait of who they are as individuals in the process. This one is definitely not to be missed. Omeish, the director, will also be in attendance for a Q & A following the screening. Beyond the Walls, by Ahmad Al Ra-hami, is another documentary to keep an eye out for this year. The film fol-lows the story of seven former politi-cal prisoners, each of whom spent at least a decade or more locked up in

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Toronto Palestine Film Festival turns fiveBy Ali MustafaSpecial to the Dialog

Microphone is an award-winning drama set in Alexandria, Egypt. Photo: TPFF

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Israeli prison. According to the film’s introduction, over 700,000 Palestin-ians have been imprisoned by Israel since the 1967 war. Using stylish animation sequences and personal interviews with the main subjects in order to drive the story forward, the film highlights the plight facing prisoners not only inside but, just as importantly, beyond the prison walls. For most of the prisoners here, the hardships of life in prison are sim-ply replaced after release by many social, psychological, and financial challenges that are no less difficult to cope with. The interviews here are deeply re-vealing, shedding light on the degree to which prison has come to inform in one way or another the lives of so many Palestinians. Over the course of the film, it is increasingly clear just how central a role prisoners play in helping shape, define, and articulate the Palestinian narrative. Yet the film

carefully avoids mythologizing any of the characters to the status of he-roes, preferring to let the prisoners simply speak for themselves. The result is a touching exploration of the rarely seen human side of these pris-oners. One of this year’s key programming highlights is the re-turn of Arab World Perspectives – a night where the spotlight is placed on another Mid-east country. This year, TPFF focus-es on Egypt with director Ahmad Abdalla’s award-winning drama Microphone. Set in beautiful Alexandria on the eve of

the youth-led revo-lution, the film cap-tures the v i b r a n t arts scene of Egypt’s s e c o n d l a r g e s t city. After s p e n d -ing years a b r o a d , the film’s p r o -t a g o n i s t K h a l e d r e t u r n s home to A l e x a n -dria to find a flourish-ing un-derground arts scene. I n s p i r e d by what he sees, K h a l e d hopes to

support this growing but widely misunderstood sub-culture move-ment. This beautifully shot film of-fers a unique glimpse into the lives of a new generation of Egyptian artists who have helped to inspire change in their own country and be-yond. Many of the artists featured in the film played an active role in last January’s revolt that toppled former dictator Hosni Mubarak. At five years old, TPFF still remains a community affair. Film co-present-ers this year include the Mayworks Festival of Working People and the Arts (Women in the Stadium), No One Is Illegal (Beyond the Walls), as well as the Latin American and Ca-ribbean Solidarity Network (Sacred Stones). “We have learned that one of our main bases of support is the pro-gressive/solidarity community. So this year, instead of just having our screenings co-presented by other film festivals, we also involved many community groups,” says Hugill. “We have also returned to Toronto Womens Bookstore to sell tickets af-ter a break of a year.” In addition to the films on offer, TPFF has also expanded in recent years to include a popular brunch called Sahtain! a free art show show-casing the work of emerging local talent, and musical performances by

internationally acclaimed Arab art-ists. TPFF closes this year with a con-cert by the internationally acclaimed Lebanese singer, composer, and oud master Marcel Khalifé. Accompa-nied by the Al Mayadine Ensemble, Khalifé will be performing his own musical adaptation of poems writ-ten by one of the Arab world’s most revered poets – the late Mahmoud Darwish. “This is the first time that we have put on such a big concert. We worked hard to make it happen,” says Hugill. If TPFF manages to show us any-thing, it is the following simple mes-sage: despite Israel’s clear objective over the past 64 yeas to system-atically destroy any meaningful ex-pression of Palestinian identity, art and culture, humanity always finds a way to prevail – we must not look away.

The Toronto Palestine Film Festi-val runs from Sept. 29 to Oct. 7. For more information visit: www.tpff.ca Ali Mustafa is a freelance journalist, writer, and media activist. His writ-ing can be found at:www. f rombeyond themarg in s .blogspot.com

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We must not look away from Palestine

Women in the stadium is co-presented with the Mayworks festival. Photo: TPFF

Poster for Beyond the walls. Courtesy: TPFF

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The annual Canada’s Walk of Fame (CWOF) festival was celebrated from Sept. 20 to 23. It featured some of Canada’s most celebrat-ed performers and some exciting emerging artists. The festival was held at a variety of venues in downtown Toronto, while the red carpet event and star unveilings took place outside the Ed Mirvish Theatre on Saturday, Sept. 22 followed by the awards ceremony. Created in 1998, Canada’s Walk of Fame is a non-profit, volunteer-driven organization which recog-nizes and honors Canadians who have excelled in sports, music, television, film, literature, visual and performing arts, science and innovation. The inductees are immortalized every year, as their names are ce-mented forever in the sidewalks of Toronto’s Entertainment District in the form of a maple leaf like star. The glamorous nature of the fes-tival has gained itself tremendous popularity in Canada. The CWOF’s opening concert event at Nathan Philips Square in-cluded performances by musician and former inductee Tom Cochrane (2009) and emerging artist Suzy

McNeil, who sung the 2010 Van-couver Olympic theme song ‘Be-lieve’ which was an instant hit. The inductees for this year com-prised of Team Canada 1972. Who are still regarded as Canada’s great-est hockey team of all time. This year marked the 40th anniversary of their victory over the Soviets in the Canada-USSR Summit Series. Canada won the eight match series 4-3, with one tie, winning the last three games in dramatic fashion. This win ignited a feeling of wide-spread nationalism and pride. The team was represented by hockey greats, Paul Henderson, Frank Mahovlich, Wayne Cashman and Brad Park. Russ Jackson, one of the greatest quarterbacks in the history of the Canadian Football League was also honored with a star at the awards function. Rock icon Randy Bachman and celebrated singer-songwriter and eight-time Juno award winner Sar-ah McLachlan were inducted from the music field. A special Cineplex legends award was given to Phil Hartman (1948 – 1998) who was known as the man of a thousand voices for his gift-ed impersonations and voiceover work in films.

His brother Paul Hartman re-ceived the award on his behalf. Inductee Sonia Rodriguez, a principal ballet dancer from the National Ballet of Canada, was also present at the function with her husband, acclaimed figure skater, Kurt Browning. In a special category, Juno and Grammy award winning R&B artist, Melanie Fiona received

the Allan Slaight Award. This award recognizes the achieve-ments of young Canadians who have the ability to turn their talent into inspiration in the near future. The CWOF award ceremony was followed by an Inductee Ball at the Sheraton Centre Toronto Hotel which was attended by over 1,000 guests.

The Dialog Oct. 5 - Oct. 18, 2012 Arts & Entertainment 7Stars shine at Canada’s Walk of Fame

2009 Inductee and seven-time Juno award winner, Tom Cochrane perform-ing with Red Rider at Nathan Philips Square, Toronto. Photo: Preeteesh Peetabh Singh / The Dialog

Pop rock singer-songwriter, Suzy McNeil performing at the Can-ada’s Walk of Fame Festival, Toronto. Photo: Preeteesh Peetabh Singh / Dialog

By Preeteesh Peetabh Singh Dialog Reporter

Thursday nights rock at Toronto Ea-ton Centre’s Urban Eatery, as the venue plays host to Urban Mic, a free, live music experience aimed at profiling the city’s wide range of musical talent. “Urban Mic is a really exciting op-portunity for local artists,” said host, and KISS 92.5 FM radio personality, Devo Brown. “It’s a chance to shine a spotlight on young musicians, ex-pose them to new audiences, and to bring music to people that might not have heard it otherwise.” Artists agree that Urban Mic pro-

vides them a unique opportunity to hone their skills and garner exposure in the competitive Toronto music scene. “I think it’s a good test for an art-ist to see how effective they are in connecting with the audience,” said musician, and Urban Mic performer, Fresh Kils. “It’s cool because Toron-to is big and so saturated. It’s a neat sneak peek for people who are at the right place at the right time.” Urban Mic kicked-off on Sept. 6 with a performance by Toronto’s Shi Wisdom, and has since played host to a variety of musical talents from folk singers to rappers. The event’s finale will be held on Nov. 1, and

will spotlight the most popular art-ists from the previous weeks’ perfor-mances. Young bands or artists who are interested in profiling their music to the Eaton Centre’s thousands of daily visitors still have time to apply by submitting a video or audio sam-ple through the Urban Mic website, www.tecurbanmic.com. Audience members, and the public, are encouraged to visit the website to vote for their favourite perform-ers. Finalists will win a prize pack, courtesy of the Eaton Centre, and the opportunity to perform live during the mall’s Christmas programming.

Local artists crank it up at Urban Mic8 Arts & Entertainment

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The Huskies men’s basketball team took on the Toronto Metro Police in an exhibition game on Oct. 28 at the Alex Barbier Gym at St James. The Huskies displayed some great skills and terrific coordination to register an emphatic win with a final score of 85-34. The Metro Police were playing catch-up right from the start as the Huskies charged on, posting quarter leads of 20-6, 43-17 and 65-25. Frank Gyamfi led the Huskies with a game high of 16 points. Metro Po-lice team’s captain Oniel Watson scored 14 points. The win against the Metro Police was followed by another victory against the George Brown College (GBC) Alumni basketball team. The game was played at the same venue on Oct. 29. The Huskies defeated the Alumni with a final score of 94-41. Abdoul Kader scored 26 points for the Huskies with followed by Akai Nettey with 18. Top scorers for the Alumni were Mike Steele (2002-2005) with 13 points and Roger Nurse (1996-1999) with 10. While the basketball team fared well, the Huskies men’s soccer team are still looking for their first win of the varsity season. GBC took on Algon-quin College, who currently lead the

O C A A east divi-sion chart with 15 points, on Oct. 29 at Esther S h i n e r Stadium. The Husk ie s certainly improved on the previous r e s u l t s with this m a t c h and fin-i s h e d with a 2-2 tie. The goal scor-ers for the Huskies w e r e Noel El-l e r t o n and Denys Zakaliak with one goal each. The match against Algonquin was backed up by another tie, in the next match against La Cite. Played on Oct. 30 at Centennial Park, the match ended with a final score of 3-3. GBC led with three goals to nil, but La Cite came back strongly and

scored three unanswered goals in the last 15 minutes to tie the match. Noel Ellerton (2), and Denis Men-chov were the goal scorers for the Huskies. On Oct. 2, the Huskies suffered a 0-4 loss to St. Lawrence (K), drop-ping them into the basement of the OCCA standings and eliminating them from the playoffs.

The next day the Huskies were de-feated 0-2 by the Seneca Sting. The men’s soccer team will look to register a win in the upcoming match against Centennial scheduled on Oct. 10. They currently rank last in the OCAA east division standings with two points, seven games played, zero wins, five losses and two ties.

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Basketball slams cops, soccer takes a kickingBy Preeteesh Peetabh Singh Dialog Reporter

Leading scorer for the Huskies Frank Gyamfi lets loose a shot against the Metro Police Photo: Preeteesh Peetabh Singh / The Dialog

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www.athletics.georgebrown.ca

BADMINTON . BASEBALL . BASKETBALL . CROSS COUNTRYOUTDOOR SOCCER . INDOOR SOCCER .VOLLEYBALL

Men’s Baseball:Huskies 0 - Ontario Outlaws 12Huskies 3 - North York Mets 8Huskies 2 – North York Mets 4Huskies - 0 Burlington Double Blues 8

Men’s Soccer:Huskies 0 – Durham College 3Huskies 1 – Cambrian College 3(Andrew Little ‘87)Huskies 2 – Algonquin College 2(Ellerton, Denys Zakaliuk)Huskies 3 – La Cite 3(Ellerton [2], Denis Menchov)Huskies 0 – St. Lawrence (K) 4Huskies 0 – Senneca 2

Standings

Cross Country:

St. Lawrence Invitational:

Women’s 5 KMLiz Seguin 5th – 20.44Sarah Fournier 28th – 25.26

Men’s 8 KMAdam Czuchnicki 9th – 28.22Selam Idris 28th - 31:41.00Edgar Malchic 34th - 33:01.00

Fanshawe Invitational:

Women’s 5 KMLiz Seguin 2nd – 20.17

Men’s 8 KMAdam Czuchnicki 9th – 27.18Edgar Malchic 48th - 31:49

Men’s Basketball: Huskies 85 – Metro Police 34Huskies 94 – Alumni 41(Abdoulkader 26, Netty 18)Huskies 80 - Mohawk 63

Womens Basketball:Huskies 62 - Mohawk 64

Ultimate Frisbee:The Co-ed extramural Ultimate team travelled to University of Toronto Mis-sissauga for a tournament. They made it all the way to the finals but came up short by one goal losing 7-6. They claimed the silver with some impres-sive victories.

Upcoming Games:Men’s / Women’s Basketball:Oct. 6 Huskies vs Alumni 12 & 1:30 p.m.All Games held in Alex Barbier Gym-nasium

Men’s Soccer:Oct. 10 Huskies vs. Centennial, 7 PMEsther Shiner Stadium

Homecoming:The Athletic Homecoming celebration has been around for 25 years and the first one was in 1987 created by a select group of Athletic Alumni and led by Alex Barbier. Originally, the concept was to keep in contact with the grow-

ing number of Athletic Alumni and to build support for the current students and varsity teams. Since 1987, the event has grown ex-ponentially and every five years Home-coming is celebrated the first weekend of October with Alumni, Friends and coaches of George Brown, and current students. This year marks the sixth Homecom-ing event that Athletics has hosted and also celebrates the 45th year anniver-sary of the college. Come join in on the action and see your huskies past and present in the fan favorite alumni games. Below is the homecoming schedule:

Alumni Games:Cross Country 10 a.m. – 12 p.m. Riverdale ParkWomen’s Soccer 11:30 a.m. – 1 p.m. Riverdale ParkMen’s Soccer 1 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. Riverdale ParkBadminton 10 a.m. – 11:30 .a.m. St. James GymWomen’s Basketball Noon – 1:30 p.m. St. James GymMen’s Basketball 1:30 p.m. – 3 p.m.St. James GymWomen’s Volleyball 11:30 a.m –1 p.m. Casa Loma Gym

O-Course:If you think you have what it takes to finish the obstacle course designed by a former U.S. Marine then sign up to-day and represent your Huskies. The next challenge will take place on Oct. 20 at the Docks in Toronto. To sign up e-mail spereira12@george-brown.ca

OCAA East GP W L T PTSSeneca 7 5 1 1 16Algonquin 7 4 0 3 15Cambrian 8 3 1 4 13Centennial 7 4 2 1 13Durham 7 3 2 2 11La Cite 7 2 3 2 8 Fleming 7 2 5 0 6St. Lawrence 7 1 5 1 4 George Brown 7 0 5 2 2

Puzzles 11The Dialog Oct. 5 - Oct. 18, 2012

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Join the Dialog team! Journalists play a key role in our student community. They gather in-formation and prepare stories for our student publications and inform us about newsworthy events and happenings in our community. They present factual information on current issues and report on the ac-tions of public officials, board members, corporations and others who exercise power. We are currently looking for motivated students with a passion for storytelling to join our team. Please send a cover letter, resume and a sample of your writing to us at: sapccoord@georgebrown.ca or call 416-415-5000 ext. 2764 for more information.

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JOIN THE CONSTITUENCY COMMUNITY CENTRE AT THE CASA LOMA STUDENT LOUNGE ONTHURSDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2012 - 5:30 P.M. TO 9 P.M.

FOR AN EVENING OF EMPOWERMENT FILLED WITH SPOKEN WORD AND BURLESQUE.

ASL PROVIDED & CHILDCARE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST: SACWTP@GEORGEBROWN.CA