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- -.~-~- - -~ -i PAGE .26, WHIITBY FRIEE PRESS, WEDNESDAY, oCOBER- 16, 1991 'Pple are Peole' youth. ýconference Oct. 17- The. Multiculturai Council of Oshawa & District will hold a youth conference, 'People are People' at the Ajax Community Centre on Oct. 17.' S.Registration. is at 8:30 a.m., and the program. will run until 4 p.m. The conference is being co-sponsored with the Durham> Board of Eduication and the Durham Region Roman Catholic Separate School Board. Youth conference chairman Betty Ann Craig. and committee members. Donovan Fraser, Marlou Eva and Ted Dionne have met regularly over the past year with students and teachers of- Durham Region te plan the conference.' It is intended to be meaningful te students with regard te their own perceptions and nèeds relating te, race relations and ethno-cultural equity issues as they understand them in respect of their own schools and communities. President of the council, Bian' Vrebosch, says the. response from the high schools h as been gratifying. ,rVé expect te have a staff advisor and 10 student representatives from every high school to participate in the conference. As well, we' have received positive confirmation from most of the mayors, trustees and members of parliament who were invited. "Our guest of honour, Elaine Ziemba, Mfinister of Citizenship, wili. open tiie conference with an address te the students and other Chronicle 1lst inadetsn The Chronicle, the, Durham College newspaper, bas won flrst place for advertising excellence in the Ontario Comniunity News- paper Association. Bill Merriott, co-ordinator of the communication arts programs professor. in the , advertising administration program, 'was pleased with the recognition. "Our, students do an excelent job and are very deserving of this award. Last year we also placed first in advertising excellence," says Merriott. "Ites tiie sixth time in seven years that our newspaper bas placed in the tep three. This is indicative of the comnitment of aur students."' Tih. Chronicle is published by students in the journalism and advertising programns, as a biands-on lab experience every second wýeek during the. school terni. The editorial content is written by second-year journalism students -and the. advertising is sold and created by second-year advertising adminis- tration students. TRFAGA CASw~ CV :i~TLE SCHO[Ie] By Lah Sultan Ehn This week grade 12 and 13 students went te tii. university information prograin at Eiastdale CVI. Students had a choice of picking two universities and listening te tthe programe offer.d at .acii. Tii. student body found it a useful and informative experience. Houa. play practices com- menced this week and students d.velop.d a feeling of eacii play and the. character tiiey would b. pertraying. Each houa. would be Icompe ting against eacii otuer in the. near future. -This helped to creat. %a feeling -of enthusiasin among tiie hous. members. The soccer and bask.tbail teains played exceptionally- well this veekt, lllustratiiig great school spirit. Tuhe senior soccer team tied 3-3 with Havergal, and tii. junior basketball tearn beat St. Clements 23-21. The senior basketball tea= played a very close gaine witii Country- Day. Eacii team, illustrated energy and determination and the. final score was 22-16 for Country'Day. The student- fellowship coin- mitte. set up a food drive this week. Students brought in canned food items for the. less fortunate. This will enable many paor fanillies ta, have a deliclous, inrt eal for Tbatnksgiving. Friday was the* Turkey Run. On. teacher dressed up, as a turkey and tue studenta raný after hlm twic, around'tii. achool. The first ive juniors and seniors were given awards and the firat ten juniors and seniors were given houa. peints. Everyone had fun. participants. "We believe that this youth conference-on race relations and ethnoculturalequity issues is the. flrst of its ind in Durham Region, and that theýstudents will greatly benefit from it.* Throughout the conference, participants will be engaged in a wide variety of interactive By Sonia Bebbingtocn Hello. Sonia Bebbington here. Being as tuis past week has been a slow one, and the. usual madcap pranka and hi-jinx have flot occurred, I shall endeavour te, tae you through a guided tour of aur new wing. I only hope Mny descriptive powers are able te, do it jiustice. Opened only julst tis year the new wing is truly a sight t behold. Upon enterintg it via the aid, ha:flway, on. has only te, lay eyes upon the tasteful- floor tiles i pale green and off-white to, know one is in a place wiiere learning is paramount gentility is abundant and milk and honey flow. Central tô the new foyer is a large rectangular edifice boasting places wh.re weary acholars can rest (benches). And, as if that' were not enough, one can find a breathtakring b.d of dirt housed in the saine rectangle, designed (I would presume) for planting. However, as of yet, no vegetation of any ind is present and on. ponders the purpose for tuis expanse of earth. Funsters of al ages pass by the. barren soul and whisper conilcally to their churns, 'Mud wrestling every Thursdayl" Oh, thehumour. There are several water fountains for your drinlding pleasure, not te mention extensive renovations to student restrooms and the new drarna stadium (complete with Skydome-esque retractable roof). lh hydrawback to this new wigsthe. presence of the « Social Stdies Office.' In such an environment of camaraderie and goodwiil as is offered b~y the fabulous extension, I would move to rid it of such a blasphemously activities and collaborative group discussions focusing on proactive leadership regarding ' multi- cultural activities which they niight be able te encourage within their own achools and communities. 'Theatre-in-the-Rough,' a Toronto-based draina troupe, will misleading titi.. M y suggestions for new titi. might -include #'Senior msor/ cgahy Clique,' 'or,'« CoolTehrsIid. It is common knowlee that tuis is an anea te b. avoided at ahl times. Finally, upon leaving tii. foyer through tiieopposite doors, on. is forced te, make the taxing decision, "Siiould I tae.the. stairs By Kraren Acheng Tii. Wildcat athletic teains enjoyed numerous victaries this week. Congratulations go out ta tii. men's 'doubles and mixed doubles tennis' teain on their acconipllaiments at the. LOSSA taurnament held lest week. Tih. men's doubles t.am, consisting of Scott Burgees and David Kelly, volleyed and served their -way -ltb.,thei.quarter- finals'. Tii. junior men's tean ofTl1mmy Chai and Mark Babony ralll.d te, the. consolation semi-finals, while the. mixed doubles teain of Justine Smith and Brad Wessman came home wltii a bronze modal. What a great way te, end the season. Tii. junior boys' soccer teain recorded ita fourth victoijr as it defeated Port Perry with a score of 4-0. Scoring for Austin was Bill Arruda with two goals, and scoring on penalty icks were Yaw Donkor and'Gavin Tackney. R.cording the. shuteut was goalie Marc Visconti. On Oct. 4,the. senior boys? soccer teain participat.d in a 16-team, taurnanient in PIcloering. Austin defeated Plckering High 2-1 and East York 1-0. The. onlyloas of the. day was lead the participants in numerous interactive activities based on the topic, 'People, are People,' seiected by the students -as the.- theme for the conference. 1.The, Multicultural Council'of Oshawa &-District wilI conduct a comprehensive evaluation of the youth conference, and publish the resuits te ail participants. or the ramp?" Oh, the dlemma! Ind.ed the remp is'a necessay acquisition, leading to ul accessibility, but one., must wonder if perbaps some of the. administration di4 not specially requ.st it seeing. as 'they are wont te, gallivant, through the halls on a variety -of .wývheeled vehicles. Enough. G3o and think on that until next tinîe.ý to, Donevan\j>y a score êf 241. Scoring for tii.Wildcats were Dave Kohek witiitwo goals and Rob Gabriel., Mauro -Bianco alogwtiya Sirnscoring si ges. Then on Oct. 8, -tii. boys challenged Port Per... Aga~ victory reign.d as'ithÎ,bos sM;i out Port Perry by a Esý ore f 18t-'. Scorîng were Kohek, DwaYpAe Allen, Mike Benyonker 1and' Orm6rndo. Zabreezy. The \s'hared shuteut' went toÏiirtNesbitt and Sufin. Tii.'rnidget boys' volebal teain participaed in ýa tournament'at Hny Stieet High _on Oct. 4. TIeawhôle: teàxm pt forth a tremendous'effort but feil short of quahifying for thé, champlonship. On Oct. 8, .the. junior bo«s volleyball teani conquered Vamier in a four-gaine sweep. The. scores were 15-5, 15-5, 15-8 aàad 15-8. Thir next gaine is agdAe~ St. Mai39. Good luck. Fialthei.senior bEys voileyball team-',- displayed awesome moves as they crushed Anderson. Leading the. attack was- James Lambert, Steve' Pulchalid and Carl Wbr Remember ta, come :out and cheer the. boys on 'as they challenge GL. Robet this week. By Carmesi Nishet' on ttie loci that tePr The. activity at Anderson lsa increasing at- a terrific 'rate. Adro Sports teamas and clubs ar l entertainmn very busy. time for atu Anderson' cross country team éange was i Belleville and Woodbridge deaew for reent races. One.Of should b. Anderms sboys volleYbEMall asrom wasaetHenry Street I-igh School Ëe A and. Bowmaflville High School . shoot wai .The girlis basketball team pglayed Adeso O'Neil,and the girls?'field hkey coat was j, tesM played et Anderson. In shots. socceir, the. bq.y team will b. at O h Hemry,-whie the. tennis teamn will Adro play thé men's doubles and rnixed bike-a-thon doubles. music depai Aft.r thýprOMuMnite.had As Ai nwreed té location for the. through th aPl few- places% a deal is kr4)t A zation. It was decided rom wil l b. held at Le Great Debates'. et are a popular source of it for 9students and a Mdents te s3how off their killa Topic of the last as whether condoms accessible inachool SAA annuel turkey tus pest week. The just 50 cents -for 10 eweekend cf Oct. 5 lhad a 50 km 7ta rais. money for the Lrtment. ýnder9on <DOWN SYNDROME Tue Durhiam Down Syndrome Association will meet on Oct. 15, 7:30 pan., et Whitby Baptiat Ciirch, 411 -Gilbert St . E.Tpc la -mang1 g Stress,' presented byNancy Maski. For more infr- motion call 66e9510. YWCA The. Oshawa YWCA is ouerIff a Halloween party an -Tiiursday, Oct. 31, 1-2 P.m. Tuer. are !ameç, aongs, treats and oarnes iformtidrn adc -5 Frmure Tii. Alzhiemer Society of Dur- hamn Regfion support grup wll meet on Wednesday,Oc231 p.m., at the YWCA (sun- room), 199Cenre t.B., Oshawa. For MEETING COPING W1'IM MENTAL Oshawa Chapter One Parent DISOIRDERS Famxly Association will meet -A aix-wek session calIOd Tiiesday, Oct.- 22 at, 8 p.m. at 'Awrenss Group fSr Education ,9iec'Hal ettenentHose and Coping-- with Mental Sico HllSetimet oueDîOre. taholdi ts second 387 Simca. St., S., Oiha-wa for D'a-x.dere coffe., carda' and conversation. 9meTqoaOt 7 - New members, and g pmf. ot 400 CenteSt. S., Whitbhr. welcome. For mmeinformatio, Sch <>opre 18811 OVh Dr. iOW of cail 986-5707 or 728-1001. Shzprm ihD.Mrae Fothergili, psychbiatrist with the. STEP- unit at Whitb syhiatric Hokspital. Dr. Fothergili will speak FOCUS ON WOMEN on admission criteria for WPTH Focus on women -nvite yot and Lydia Carmen, a social join them ýfor coffee and dsetworker, wlll spmea n admission on. Tuesday, Oct. 22, 7:30,p. et ontuirja for Oshwa Genoral the. -Savatiai Army1- p1ei 570 1HoePitBl-3 Min Frmare Thornton Rd. N. Msclget noe'iation -'cel ha speker iM RuthAm Ony CcrueObasW OP L - DENIS' 05CONNOR HIGH SCHOOL FATHER LEO J. AUSTIN ANDERSON C.V.I., m