. \ ~· Track pI'~pOsed:-foi-- _c-o mplexby BRAD SAVAGE Staff Reporter Tony Backler has proposed the college excavate the area under ~e gym in the proposed Athletic Complex to accommodate an indoor track facility. Mr. Backler, Tech· nology teacher is President of IJJe Oshawa Legion Track Club. The proposal, given as an alterna· live to the one the college was already considering, called for the basement to contain a banked indoor track, and a central area for other activities. "You almost ~ouble the amount or gym space", Mr. Backler said. The original proposal called for a track around the perimeter of a warm·up room. The problem, ac· cording to Mr. Backler, is _that the track was almost an oval. "You jusl finish coming out or one comer and you start going into another" he said. " If you want to train for ;unning, you could get dizzy - it would take 28 laps to complete one mile." The original track would have been in a room the size or a basketball court: Carlton University in Ottawa, has a facility similar to the one Mr. Backler proposed. Mr. Backler said, " If you are just going to use the track for warm·up prior to other exercises, then the size is fine. JC you want to train, it is not." New SAA constitution passed by majority· executive oriented. The next executive will have the by RENEE LACASSE SAC will have $3,000 balance by JANICE CRAIG generally agreed that there was not enough communication between Next year's Student Administra- new students and those in second tive Council will i:>e starting and third')'ears. They fell that there out with a balance of $3,000 was not enough personal contact according to the Treasurer's report with new students to get them readat the Wednesday, Mar. 26 SAC Involved in orientation. ~neral Association meeting. ' SAC itself was discussed and the The flna.ncial position of SAC, said question Mr. Hamer raised was, "Is Steve Hamer, SAC Presldent, is it performing the function it was better than it has been for the past Intended to do?" He would like to see several years. the SAC as a political body as The new executive was intro- "anyone can put on a pub or a duced at this meeting. Mr. Hamer dance." gave the President's Report which Discussion on this point centered looked at the faults and successes or on the feeling that the SAC could not ·the SAC. become a political body unless the Mr. Hamer said the lack or involvement at Durhani is the fault of high schools which lead students to an 'I don't care' attitude. The 13 people who attent.led the meeting discussed the problems in areas that Mr. Hamer raised. It was St.ff Reporter Woman advisor · • • • in ministry A "Women's ·Advisor" was recent· ly appointed to the Ministry of Colleges and Universities. Ms. Jo Ann Poglitsh's principal responsibility will be IQ oversee the developmeP.t and implemei:itaUon of an affirmative action plan to equalize GpP.>ttunities .{or , \\'.91Den employees or the Ministry and its agencies. She will also co-ordinate the Ministry's program for lnterna· tional Womep's Year. Ms. Poglitsh's previous exper· ience has been at the Ministry of Community and Social Services, Civil Service Commission and the •Women's Bureau of the Ministry of Labour. student body backed them. Mr. Hamer doubted the validity of winter carnival as there was a large amount of money spent and only an average of one hundred people participated. The pub nights were found by the SAC to be most successful. They were found to have made a profit and have had more involvement than any other student activity. SAC hoped that next year much of the effort that went into winter carnival and pub nights could be put into different areas. They hope to achieve a variety or activities so that it is not always a pub night. Controlling aUdience is concern of bands by JOHN ELLIOTr "The average teenager Is looking Audience control is still a major for something above them when ~Y concern for rock-and-roll bands. Tim O'DoMell, a professional go to see an act", said Mr. booking agent and shareholder or O'DoMell. "They are looking for Dram Agency said that If a SOme SO_. •·• of stimulation." rock-and-roll band can't control its Mr. O'Donnell also said that the audience then their success will be musicians must get into their own music. short-lived. Volume is-another major factor in As a booking agent Mr. O'DoMell audience control. "A loud band can secures jobs for a large number or get punch Into theli- music that will rock-and-roll bands in Ontario. He works wiih employers who just want build up the audience a large a band for one event tjght up the percentage or the time", he stated. ladder. to ·bar-lounge owners who He-also said that a band can be loud book bands for week performances. and still be cleanly loud. · Mr. O'Donnell said that most or In ~ small~r comm~ties. ~r the· successful acts can come on Ontano, the mam e"!phas1s ~ still stage and know exactly what an on stage presence said Mr. 0 Donaudience is like and how to control ' neHll. 'd th t "th g them. e sa1 . a , ,e avera .e April Wine, were sited by Mr. 16-year-old J~t doesn t ha~~ his O'DoMell as being one of the more head Into music very deeply but, professio~l bands for crowd con- they're the ones that can make or trol. break a band these days. ''Dude-Damsel'' Eric Blackburn, TSE, is a country boy from Uxbridge, Ontario. He works In the technology wing when · he's not down home on the farm. Eric, 20, also likes to hunt small game around the countryside near Uxbridge. He's not all outdoors though. Eric is also nn amateur photographer, taking pictures mostly or animals. After graduating, he plans to go to work in the tower at Mallon Airport, in Toronto. Quiel but deadly. Justine Matasic, GU is this issue's damsel. She's a 20 year-old Oshawa lady who likes to ski. She also likes swimming in the SUTf!mer. Justine's interests also run to reading and travelling-she plans to go to Europe this summer. Arter graduating? Justine's going to'Ryerson to become a chartered accounfant. He said that for the advantages, the extra expense was well worth it. Access would be no problem, he said. The squash court, adjacent to the gym would be belowground level and the excavation of the basement would be the only problem. Staff Reporter. ' Aminimum or 65 per cent average right to contest any aspect of athletics provided by the SAA. at the election time is required for Other changes had also been any person wishing to nm for SAA .· executive position. An 60 ~r cent made. Co-ordinator or women's athletics. average will be asked to maintain and co-ordfnator or men's athletics the position. · are the appropriate terms to use. This is one of the three amend- This numerical change In the ments made in the new SAA average required to run or maintain constitution. a SAA position is due to the fact that The constitution had been passed the report system had been changed. at the SAA general meeting associa- .On the report card the overall tion held on Monday, Mar. 24. iverage rppeared in numerical at A minimum of 50 per cent of the Christmas and will appear numeric· student body was required to hold al in the future. the vote and two thirds or the voters An addition had been made; upon had to vote for the constitution to failure to attend three consecutive pass it. regular meetings of the SAA. A recorded vote of 478 votes for Mr. Gates said that the acceptaand three against was registered at tion of thf( constitution was one or the meeting. the main objectives or the SAA this This high level of student Involve- year. ment is due at the present executive work. • ' Al Gates, vice president of finance, said that the constitution is more student oriented than SAA cour1e New adult traini"R in banking Inflation outstril'MI Durham College is offering a new r-- adult training course to instruct how to become tellers and financl•al i·ncreases students cashiers. This 12 week course will run Monday through Friday from 9 Communitycollegeshav~notbeen a.m. to 4 p.m. starting April 7. granted eno~ financial •.ncreases Objectives of the course are to to keep up with the rate of Inflation. ·give stUdents the abillty to follow How .does this affect Durham? routine cash handling and banking According to Lister Robinson, Dean procedures as well as assisting or Academic Affairs, we will have to them in c~tomer relations. "lighten o~r belts." . Successful completion of the Mr. Robinson explamed for ex- course should enable the student to ample._ the inflatiC>f! rate was 11 per obtain a position with a "bank, trust cent this year and If~ school was company, credit union, finance granted a 10.5per cent increase, that company sales office or a retail woyldn't be too bad. But, what outlet. ' h~ppens ,.In.. a . few ... Y~'1\ ,when The course is in ,three units • Dutham is conlaoually ,being given Banking Procedures, Business less than the percentage reported Mathematics and Office Proced· due to inflation? ures PrereQuislte to taking the " I don't think, at this stage, we ~isGradelOorequivalent, and should worry about teacher lay- a Business Mathematics and Comoffs", said Mr. Robinson. munications test. ' "W~ could p~obably cut down on Students may qualify for training supplies, bu_t 1t would take more allowance through Canada Manpeople to handle the extra work than power They may also take the it would take to keep track of them," c~ as fee payers at a cost of $48• he said.