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Meltdown: Schools say no to anti-radiation pillspg. 8

In a nuclear accident KI pills can help prevent cancer

but schools won’t stock them

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“For college and university students who come from fam-ilies with incomes of less than $50,000, average tuition will be free,” said Ontario’s minis-ter of finance Charles Sousa in his speech announcing the 2016 Ontario budget.

The government plans to scrap tuition and education tax credits replacing them with non-repayable grants that will be given upfront to students in 2017-18. The budget says that no student will receive less than they did through the current Ontario Tuition Grant. OSAP debt lev-els will be capped at $10,000 a year for high-income families.

“Tax credits did not pro-vide assistance when students needed it, and they diverted aid money to those who did not need the help,” said Nesti-co-Semianiw, President of the Ontario University Student Alliance. “For years, OUSA has led the push for tax cred-it funds to be repurposed into effective, up-front aid, and now that’s exactly what we’ll be seeing.”

The Ontario government said that they are merging existing financial assistance programs and grants offered by OSAP into a single pro-

gram called the Ontario Stu-dent Grant.

“I am thrilled to see the focus on students in this budget and applaud the On-tario government for making education more accessible,” said Anne Sado, president of George Brown College.

In the lead-up to the 2015 federal election, Justin Trudeau’s Liberals pledged to increase “the maximum Canada Student Grant for low-income students to $3,000 per year for full-time students, and to $1,800 per year for part-time students.” The Ontario Liberal’s budget promises for post-secondary

students are depend on its federal counterpart delivering on their campaign promise.

“We have a lot to celebrate today with this commitment to fairness, equity and justice for students,” said Gabrielle Ross-Marquette, national ex-ecutive representative for the Canadian Federation of Stu-dents-Ontario. “We hope this commitment will carry on into the development of a new tu-ition-fee framework that can build upon this investment and make higher education more affordable for all On-tarians.”

The government is also getting rid of the rule that

limits the Ontario Tuition Grant to students who en-tered college and university within a few years of from high school, meaning mature students will now be able to qualify for the new grants.

Several post-secondary ad-vocacy groups, including Col-leges Ontario, Canadian Fed-eration of Students—Ontario, and the College Student Alli-ance recommended removing the limit in the lead up to to-day’s announcement.

“There is a clear commit-ment to college education and helping greater num-bers of students pursue the career-specific programs at colleges,” said David Agnew, president of Seneca College and chair of Colleges Ontario.

The budget allocates $97 million over three years to support initiatives to help First Nation, Métis and Inuit students, of that $5 million is for the province’s nine Aborig-inal Institutes.

“Currently, there are multiple barriers hindering aboriginal learners, mature students and mature stu-dents with dependents from accessing PSE (post-second-ary education),” says Ciara Byrne, director of advocacy for the College Student Al-liance (CSA). “Today’s an-nouncement showed the government’s commitment to making PSE accessible to all students. CSA is proud to be part of the process.”

Ontario budget to eliminate tuition for low-income familiesExpanded grants plan in budget applauded by student groupsDIALOG STAFF

CORRECTION

The story about Kiowa Mc-Comb (Feb. 22) incorrectly stated that the Nancy King (Chief Lady Bird) was a lead artist with 7th Generation Image Makers. She in fact no longer works there.

“We have a lot to celebrate

today with this commitment to fairness, equity and justice for

students”

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NEWS 3The Dialog • dialognews.ca // Mar. 7–Mar. 20

As an only child, Roshu Nagi had a difficult choice to make when deciding to come all the way from India to study in Canada. But his parents continuously supported his determination to explore his dreams. Now pursuing a com-puter systems technician di-ploma at George Brown Col-lege (GBC), Nagi previously completed a post-grad course in network systems security analysis.

Before coming to Canada, Nagi had a vibrant academic background with three bach-elor degrees in computer ap-plications, commerce, and law. It was soon after he finished his law degree when he discov-ered a great interest in infor-mation technology and decid-ed to move to Canada.

Nagi managed orientations for international students at GBC for the fall and winter terms this year. The main reason he got involved, was be-cause his initial experience at the college was not that great.

“I wanted to make it a point that whenever new students come, especially internation-al students, they should not feel that they have landed in an entirely different country,” said Nagi. “They should feel comfortable and know there

are people to support and guide them, just like home.”

Nagi keeps busy volunteer-ing on campus as a team lead-er at the student leadership academy and an international ambassador at GBC. Initially he didn’t make many friends at GBC, but through volun-teering he met people who are now like family to him. “Some experiences change your life. Coming to Canada was one of them.”

Nagi also works as a sales clerk at Value Village, and in one way or another he is constantly supporting the community. With such a busy schedule, “it became very dif-ficult to manage studies, vol-unteering, and work.” With classes starting at 8 a.m. and work ending at 10 p.m.—plus regular volunteer activities—Nagi can be busy up to 16 hours a day.

What guides Nagi through the hard times, is the encour-aging example of his father; “Not just because he is my dad, but as a person too he in-spires me a lot.” A self-made man, his dad is a lawyer from a business-oriented family. When choosing law over busi-ness, his father did not receive much support from his fami-ly. However, these days he is a successful man with no re-grets of the choices he made. “He tells me to do the same, to pursue my dreams, to do what

I feel is right and that is how I will be successful.”

The message Nagi wants to pass on to all the fellow stu-dents is to leave hesitation, fear and a lack of confidence behind. “If you are scared, get involved—it is the best thing ever.”

If you are scared, get involved says Roshu Nagi

Information Session for Newcomers

Tuesday, March 81 p.m. to 3 p.m. St, James A, Room 550E

GBC Entry Advising Services is running special informa-tion sessions for refugees and newcomers to Canada.

Decolonizing Consent

Thursday, March 102 p.m. to 4 p.m. St. James A, Quiet Lounge (Inside the Kings Lounge)

Join Alena Peters, as they break down colonialism, rape culture and their effect on consent in this free workshop.

Fuego Latino Party

Friday, March 11, 7 p.m. St. James A, Kings Lounge

The Organization Latin American Students is put-ting on a foosball tournament as part of the Fuego Latino Party.

Student Association Election Meet and Greets

Monday, March 14, 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Casa Loma E Building, Student Centre

Wednesday, March 1611:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Waterfront, Main Lobby

Get to know this year’s candi-dates in the Student Associa-tion Elections.

Student Association Election Debate

Tuesday, March 1511:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. St. James A, Kings Lounge

Watch candidates for the Student Association’s execu-tive debate the finer points of student leadership.

Skyzone Trampoline Park

Friday, March 18, 7:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. 45 Esandar Drive, Unit 1A

Everybody jump! $10 for GBC students, $15 for guests. Tick-ets available at SA offices.

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With three degrees, Nagi came to George Brown to pursue his dream of studying information technology

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Appointment slots are limited. Visit www.studentassociation.ca/tax-clinic/ for a list of free income taxclinics in your neighbourhood.

MARCH 15–31 St. James campus, room 147

Book an appointment online at www.studentassociation.ca/tax-clinic

deceased persons, bankrupt individuals, clients who have capital gains/loses,people who are self-employed(employment expenses, business, or rental income and expenses), previous years’ returns.

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OPINION 7The Dialog • dialognews.ca // Mar. 7–Mar. 20

Ontario’s new “free tuition” plan, announced with much fanfare in the recent provin-cial budget, is a step in the right direction. But it’s not enough if tuition keeps going up every year.

The reforms to student financial aid are a signifi-cant change in government policy, with increased up-front non-repayable grants replacing tax credits that can be claimed at the end of the year. Most significant-ly, the reforms would mean a shift from a strategy that disproportionality benefited students from high-income families to one that is more targeted toward students from low-income families.

2011 data from Statistics Canada shows that young people with a family income of less than $50,000 were 19 per cent less likely to be in post-secondary than those whose families earned more than $50,000. Some research-ers argue that family income only has a moderate impact on post-secondary participa-tion when factors like paren-tal education are taken into

account. But, the number of low-income families with higher education is actually quite small.

Student organizations have rightly been support-ive of the budget reforms be-cause, as far as they go, the new grants will help increase access to post-secondary for the most marginalized stu-dents.

That said, the plan is set to take effect in 2017-18, the same year that the current tuition framework is set to expire. This framework holds annual tuition increases to a maximum of three per cent for most programs and five per cent for professional, graduate and “high demand college programs.”

Another study by Statis-tics Canada in 2005 found that large tuition increas-es in deregulated programs during the mid-to-late 1990s significantly shifted enroll-ment towards people whose parents also had graduate or professional degrees.

Low-income students al-ready experience streaming into vocational programs or general arts degrees; dereg-ulated tuition puts the so-called professional degrees further out of reach for peo-ple who otherwise could con-tribute greatly to our society.

It would be a huge mis-take for the Ontario govern-ment to make this worse by deregulating more programs

and increasing tuition.The government needs to

ensure that the gains for stu-dents in the latest budget ar-en’t undone by rising tuition costs once the current frame-work expires. As it stands, it’s unclear how much these non-repayable grants will cover if tuition increases in 2017.

Tuition rates need to be frozen and government fund-ing to institutions increased to ensure that the quality of students’ education doesn’t suffer.

A zero per cent tuition freeze is what student orga-nizations need to focus on fighting for, otherwise to-day’s victory will become the groundwork for tomorrow’s defeat.

Tuition-freeze must follow ‘free tuition’

Lately, I’ve seen some skepti-cism about the value of going to culinary school instead of getting right into the fires of a commercial kitchen as an apprentice. While it may sound promising to learn from scratch, save some tui-tion and dive right into work-ing at a restaurant, I believe that culinary school offers a more practical approach for preparing you for the indus-try.

An apprentice may learn the on-the-job skills, but cu-linary school kicks things up a notch through additional courses besides cooking that can expand your skill set be-yond the stove.

“In an apprenticeship, let’s say you go into a stove to repeat grilling a steak over and over again. In cu-linary school, you get the full picture,” said Meenakshi Bhojwani, a graduate of the culinary management pro-gram. “They make you learn how the steak is done, where it comes from, how much it costs, and how that cost af-fects your business.”

Cooking labs were a large part of the curriculum in my culinary management pro-gram. The cooking labs were expected, but I was surprised to know that the program of-fered courses on a variety of other skills. From wine class-es for food pairing, to cost control if you intend to run a business one day, the culi-nary program offered a com-

prehensive learning experi-ence. The diversity of content in the program broadens the learning process, so that a student is able to do more than just cook on the hot line.

Although i t i s much cheaper to work as an ap-prentice, mistakes are costly in the culinary industry. Cu-linary schools on the other hand, are a perfect, low-risk place to make those inev-itable rookie mistakes. As apprentices are incorporat-ed into actual commercial kitchens, mistakes can cost restaurants money as poorly prepared food is thrown out.

If you are a klutz like me, your relationship with the head chef in a restaurant is going to be affected. Since the fast-paced environment al-lows no room for error, there are high expectations for any new kitchen employee. While it takes longer for an apprentice to reach a certain level of proficiency, culinary graduates know they need to make sure the chef has a good reason to keep you on the team.

Through learning restau-rants such as The Chef ’s House or the Chef on the Run cafe, culinary students get a real-world experi-ence with customers but in a classroom setting. With these experiences in culinary schools, students get an edge by learning from their er-rors in a safer environment. These future employees will have a better chance to get it right by the time they enter a real kitchen.

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// EDITORIAL // OPINION

Choose cooking school over apprenticeships

Budget announcement a win, but not if tuition soars

8 FEATURE The Dialog • dialognews.ca // Mar. 7–Mar. 20

“We have 10 (nuclear) reactors in the Greater Toronto Area, Canada’s larg-est city,” said Shawn-Patrick Stensil, a nuclear analyst with Greenpeace Canada. “Fukushima was a really ru-ral area and the consequences of such an accident here would be way worse.”

The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear station was not designed to withstand the earthquake and tsunami that hit it on March 11, 2011. According to a 2015 International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) report, the 9.0 magni-tude earthquake generated a 10-metre tall tsunami that combined to wreck the station’s on-site electrical capacity and cut it off from off-site power.

Without electricity to cool its nu-clear reactors, the station eventually suffered meltdowns in three units, re-leasing radioactive materials into the

atmosphere, ocean, and onto land. Evacuation orders were issued and

stable iodine, used to help stop the ab-sorption of radioiodine in the thyroid, was administered. The emergency re-sponse however, was far from smooth. Among many issues in the disaster re-sponse, the IAEA noted broken lines of communication, “significant chal-lenges” with evacuating patients from hospitals near the station, and that the distribution of stable iodine was hindered by inadequate pre-planning.

Five-years removed from the begin-ning of the Fukushima nuclear crisis, the distribution of stable, or potassi-um iodide (KI), pills around nuclear stations in Ontario is raising con-cerns that not enough is being done to ensure the safety of people living, working, and studying near nuclear stations.

As part of new requirements, KI pills have been distributed to 200,000 homes and businesses within a 10-ki-

lometre radius zone of the Darlington and Pickering nuclear stations. Free KI pills have also been made available to order for individuals and businesses within 50 kilometres of nuclear reac-tors in Ontario. According to Ontario Power Generation (OPG) spokesper-son Neal Kelly, there have been 15,001 KI pill orders in Ontario’s 50-kilome-tre secondary zone as of Jan. 15.

France, Sweden, Switzerland, the United States and others, have KI pill distribution zones around nucle-ar facilities. In 2014, Switzerland ex-panded their KI pill pre-distribution, sending pills to every home, business and school within 50 kilometres of its four operating nuclear stations.

Pickering Nuclear Station’s 50-kilo-metre secondary zone engages Toronto from Morningside Ave in Scarborough to Mississauga. Seven of nine public-ly-funded colleges and universities operating in this 50-kilometre second-ary zone in Toronto, including George Brown, Centennial, and Seneca col-leges, as well as York and OCAD uni-versities, have said that they do not intend to order KI pills for staff and students. Humber College and Ryer-son University have not responded to requests for comment. The Universi-ty of Toronto’s Scarborough campus

Colleges and universities refuse to stock anti-radiation pillsAfter Fukushima , iodine pills pre-distributed or available to order near Canadian nuclear stationsSTEVE CORNWELLASSISTANT EDITOR

~321 600students

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27 campuses

Amount of schools that have ordered KI

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Primary and secondary zones of Pickering and Darlington Stations Map by Mick Sweetman / The Dialog

*Post-secondary schools in the 50 KM radius from Pickering Nuclear Station

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9FEATUREThe Dialog • dialognews.ca // Mar. 7–Mar. 20

is within Pickering’s 10-kilometre pri-mary zone, and as such has a supply of KI pills for its staff and students.

Lisa Marchitto, corporate commu-nications manager at George Brown College, said that the college is aware of the availability of KI pills. However, due to the range of health consider-ations associated with the pills, the college’s position is that it’s best to let health professionals administer KI pills in the unlikely event of nuclear disaster.

“We would want the pills to be pro-vided in a context where people could be assured of receiving appropriate and correct instructions about when, where, when, how and by whom the pills should be taken–which is best done by public health officials,” said Marchitto.

The risk of side-effects from taking recommended doses of KI pills is very low for everyone with normal thyroid function, according to the prepareto-besafe.ca website, where people in the 50-kilometre zone can order free KI pills. But, the website, established by OPG, the City of Toronto and Durham Region, says that people with iodine sensitivities as well as existing or pre-vious thyroid conditions should con-sult with health professionals prior to taking KI pills.

In spite of the potential side-effects, the Canadian Nuclear Safety Com-mission (CNSC) stands by the benefits of taking KI pills in the event of a nu-clear accident. “Decades of experience and studies in Canada and in other countries have demonstrated that the pre-distribution of KI pills can be done effectively and that its benefits are real and significant,” said Michael Binder, president of the CNSC.

Theresa McClenaghan, executive director of the Canadian Environmen-tal Law Association (CELA), thinks that not ordering the KI pills is a missed opportunity for those in the 50-kilometre zone. “All institutions,

businesses, residences with work-ers, residents, with people attend-ing during the day, during the night, within 50 kilometres should order the pills.”

McClenaghan is particularly con-cerned about the well-being of chil-dren in the event of a nuclear acci-dent. Children can absorb radioactive materials faster than adults, and KI, McClenaghan said, is much more ef-fective if it is consumed at the begin-ning of nuclear accident before radio-active material is released.

“It would not be possible to get KI distributed fast enough to all of those (child-care) locations to really help after an accident sequence has start-ed,” said McClenaghan who stressed that everyone who has young children in their care should have KI pills on hand.

Each of the nine colleges and uni-versities in the Toronto’s 50-kilometre radius zone from Pickering run their own child-care centres with the excep-

tion of OCAD and the Michener Insti-tute. Along with its partners, George Brown runs 10 child care centres, all of which are within 50 kilometres of the Pickering Nuclear Generating Station.

Greenpeace’s Stensil thinks that post-secondary institutions should or-der KI pills, but ultimately the respon-sibility to ensure that the pills are pre-distributed lies with the province.

“I’ve seen no evidence that the province has done any outreach to these institutions to say ‘this is some-

thing that you should do, this is some-thing that would be good for the stu-dents, this is something that would be good for public safety’,” said Stensil. “Aside from putting up their website, (preparetobesafe.ca), the province has done nothing to alert the public (in the 50-kilometre zone) of this program.”

“Public awareness has been and will remain a key focus for all parties engaged in nuclear emergency plan-ning,” said Brett Ross, a spokesperson with the Ministry of Community Safe-ty and Correctional Services.

Ross said that all residents with-in 10 kilometres of the Pickering and Darlington plants were sent brochures outlining safety prepara-tions followed by a KI pill mailing in October. There was also a series of open houses held in Durham Region in the summer and fall of 2015. Ross said that more outreach is planned for both the 10-kilometre and 50-ki-lometre zones.

Ross said that emergency KI pills

are stockpiled in provincial gov-ernment and community facilities throughout the 50-kilometre zone. In an emergency, residents would be told where they could get KI pills.

In November, the City of Toronto’s executive committee passed a mo-tion to have city staff assess Toron-to’s nuclear emergency plan against international best practices and the appropriateness of current KI distri-bution policies.

For Toronto city councilor Mike Layton, the request to evaluate nu-

clear emergency planning for Toron-to is about understanding why plans for Pickering and Darlington station seem less stringent than in other parts of the world, where KI pills are pre-distributed for up to 50 kilome-tres.

“It’s about whether or not we’re meeting the basic standard for pro-tecting our residents,” said Layton. “In other jurisdictions, they use the 50-kilometre range, so I want to know why is it that the province has a 10-kilometre primary zone, when other jurisdictions use 50?”

The report assessing nuclear emer-gency plans in Toronto was scheduled to be delivered by March, but is not yet available.

CELA and Greenpeace filed a request under Ontario’s Environ-mental Bill of Rights to undertake an evidence-based review of current KI distribution policy. Claims made in the application for review include that there is no scientific basis for the policy as it stands, that the public was not consulted on the policy, and that evidence suggests that the cur-rent distribution zone inadequately protects Ontario’s environment, pub-lic health and safety.

“I would advocate for the a broad-ening of the primary zone to be at least 30 kilometres,” said McClen-aghan. “Fifty would be better, but I would say that the policy should be based on evidence.”

In January, the Ontario govern-ment pledged to go ahead with plans to rebuild four nuclear reactors at the Darlington Nuclear Generating Station, at a cost of $12.8 billion. In the same announcement, the govern-ment said they would extend the life of Pickering station to 2024. Picker-ing Station, which started generating power in 1971, was originally sched-uled to be decommissioned in 2020.

With files from The Varsity

“It’s about whether or not we’re meeting the basic standard for protecting our residents,”

Pickering Nuclear Station, seen from Pickering Beach Photo by Steve Cornwell / The Dialog

SPORTS10 The Dialog • dialognews.ca // Mar. 7–Mar. 20

“Don’t use or believe the word ‘can’t.’”

Patricia Wright, a former George Brown College culi-nary arts student, and recent gold medal winner at Karate Canada’s national competi-tion, knows about pushing through adversity to succeed.

When she was poised to get her black belt Wright suf-fered a seizure so severe she was hospitalized.

“My sensei called and asked me where I was be-cause I was supposed to be at the grading,” Wright said. “I remember trying to explain to him that I was in the hospital because I had a seizure.”

Wright has had epileptic seizures since she was an in-fant, and is mostly at peace with her condition. “It’s part of me. I wish I didn’t have the seizures, but I don’t know life without them.”

Wright was riding her bi-cycle in 2010 when she was hit by a car. The incident left her with a traumatic brain in-jury. A year later, she was on the phone with her case-work-er, who couldn’t understand what Wright was trying to say. Wright went to the hos-pital where it was determined that she had a stroke.

Wright’s conditions mean that the karate champ has a mobility device and a sei-zure-detection dog named Georgia to help her get around.

While many might be dis-couraged by the kind of adver-sity Wright has endured, the karate champ shows flashes of the mental toughness that helped her take the gold. For Wright, the bicycling accident which left her with a severe brain injury, was actually auspicious. Without it, Wright “wouldn’t have had the oppor-tunity to go to nationals,” she said.

Wright took home gold in her category, athletes compet-ing with a physical disability or visual impairment, at the nationals in Richmond, B.C. in January. In the champion-ship match, Wright edged out a win over British Columbia’s Neil Surry with a score of 24.9-24.8.

The win was extra sweet, because Wright thought she lost before the competition be-gan for accidentally bumping into a referee.

“I initially thought that I was disqualified,” said Wright. Thinking that she wasn’t going to have a chance to compete, she said she was extremely disappointed in herself but was still trying to encourage Surry. When she

was called to the mat to com-pete, she had to put her game face on.

“She’s so determined to succeed it’s not even funny,” said Heather Fidyk, chair of Karate Canada’s athletes with a disability (AWDA) program.

The next battle ahead for Wright, will be convincing the World Karate Federation to include her AWDA category in its international competi-tion. Fidyk thinks that this year’s world championship in Austria is unlikely to include a category for Wright and oth-er athletes with physical and visual limitations, but Fidyk plans to go to the worlds and make the case to broaden the

competition categories.For Wright making the

worlds at nearly 40 years of age, “would be incredible, it would be a dream for me.”

Injury and disability no match for karate champFormer George Brown culinary student wins Karate Canada Nationals

STEVE CORNWELLASSISTANT EDITOR

EMEKA IBEHSTAFF REPORTER

Men’s Basketball

Playoff Qualifying Match

Niagara . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .100George Brown . . . . . . . . . . . .80

George Brown . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 Centennial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Women’s Basketball

Mohawk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98George Brown . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

George Brown . . . . . . . . . . . . 75Centennial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Loyalist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49George Brown . . . . . . . . . . . .44

Men’s Volleyball

Playoff qualifying game

Sheridan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3George Brown . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0

Women’s Indoor Soccer

OCAA ‘A’ Regional

St. Clair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5George Brown . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

George Brown . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6St. Lawrence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0

George Brown . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4Lakehead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0

Georgian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2George Brown . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0

Huskies don’t advance to OCAA championships

Men’s Indoor Soccer

OCAA ‘C’ Regionals

George Brown . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3Redeemer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

George Brown . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 St. Lawrence K . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0

Georgian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3George Brown . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Huskies advance to the OCAA championships

Wolfpack TickerScores from George Brown College athletics

Huskies men’s basketball team eliminated from

post-season

The Niagara Knights men’s basketball team defeated the George Brown Huskies 100-80, in their do-or-die playoff qualifying match on Feb. 27 to advance to the OCAA Cham-pionships.

The Huskies were led offen-sively by Dejazmatch James who poured in a game-high 35 points while also receiv-ing support from teammates Kevon Mascoe, and Nerquaye Nettey, who chipped in with 15 and 13 points respectively.

Both teams struggled to make shots, as the Knights

shot 41.8 per cent from the floor compared to the Huskies sub-par 30.7 per cent. Niaga-ra took advantage of George Brown’s poor shooting and cap-italized by starting the second half with a decisive 14-7 run. The Huskies never recovered from that, losing the game and finished their season with a re-cord of 13-7.

The team showed tremen-dous growth throughout the season and were able to show their untapped potential in the last game. They are miles apart from where they start-ed, at the beginning of the year, but will be able to show their progress even more next season.

Huskies end with a 13-7 record

“I remember trying to

explain to him that I was in the hospital

because I had a seizure.”

Patricia Wright tastes gold at Karate Canada’s national finalsPhoto courtesy of Patricia Wright

ARTS & LIFE 11 The Dialog • dialognews.ca // Mar. 7–Mar. 20

What started as a beer-league hockey dressing-room joke has become a full-blown business for Thomas McCole, a former George Brown Col-lege student.

Babsocks, blue socks with white strips featuring the face of Toronto Maple Leafs head coach, Mike Babcock, garnered interest almost immediately from major me-dia outlets including Rogers Sportsnet, Fox Sports, and Yahoo Sports. But the tran-sition from locker-room talk to coveted Leafs parapherna-lia has not been without its challenges, especially with securing a manufacturer.

“We were scrambling like mad men,” said McCole. “There was a lot of sleepless and stressful nights where communication had broken down between us and the manufacturing.”

With Christmas approach-ing and close to one thousand orders waiting, McCole and his business partner Jake Mednick had no reliable sup-pliers. McCole thought that unless they could get it to-

gether and deliver the socks, Babsocks might be finished.

Following the advice of his father, McCole approached a family friend, Nam Leung who also ran a local Cana-da Post location. According to McCole, the Leung made some calls and set up Bab-socks with a reliable manu-facturer in China. Babsocks was able to meet its holiday rush, and in McCole’s words, Leung “saved us, basically.”

Babsocks boomed so quickly that McCole had to stop pursuing his marketing diploma at George Brown last fall. He still draws on the experience of faculty from the college.

Professor Lori Futter-er, who taught McCole at George Brown, has been impressed by the success of Babsocks. “Not only did they come up with a creative idea, they have such great initia-tive from idea conception to production, logistics to advertising and public rela-tions, they have just gotten it done.”

Even the namesake of Babsocks, Stanley Cup and Olympic gold-medal winning coach Mike Babcock is get-ting in on the action. Accord-ing to McCole, coach Babcock ordered 30 pairs of Babsocks through his assistant just before Christmas. McCole offered to give the socks to Babcock for free, but the Ma-ple Leafs coach was adamant about paying.

“That’s our closest contact with the coach, but hopeful-ly in the near future we can shake the man’s hand,” said McCole.

Lyndon John, a multi-talent-ed reggae sensation and a George Brown College alum-ni has been nominated for a Juno award for the third time in eight years.

The upbeat and smooth reggae artist, who takes some of his vocal styles from David Hines, earned a nod in reggae recording of the year catego-ry for his third album, Escape from the Mongoose Gang.

Music has been a consis-tent part of his John’s life since he was five years old. He started playing piano and violin at an early age. He didn’t enjoy those instru-ments as much as playing the guitar, which he started playing at the age of eight. With Grenadian parents, the music of the Caribbean has always been his principal in-fluence.

“There’s a group called Steel Pulse, out of England, and they’re probably my fa-vourite group,” explained

John. “I just really enjoy listening to them, and other artists like Barrington Levy, Santana, and Peter Tosh, all helped me get better musi-cally.”

When John, who is now 39, was in high school, he wrote the song All My Lovin for a school play, which can be heard on his 2007 Juno award nominated debut al-bum, Two Chord Skankin. After John’s music teacher Steven Zerkowski heard a recording of the song, the teacher encouraged him to pursue music.

“He was the one that told me that, if I connected with artists in Toronto, my music could really take off,” said John. “A few years later I re-recorded the song, All My Lovin and that was when I started recording the album Two Chord Skankin.”

Since then, John hasn’t skipped a beat, and his quick rise in the music industry has him wondering if he’s living in a dream.

John is also a full-time structural detailer, or drafts-

man, for an engineering con-sultant doing drawings for different radio towers and the equipment that goes on those towers, a trade he learned at George Brown.

Music has always been his true love. Although he has to practice at night, the only time he can manage to do most his recordings, John gives guitar lessons to mul-tiple students from his com-munity around Huron East to keep the reggae rhythm sharper.

His best advice to up and coming musicians is that consistent practice and rep-etition make the formula for a great performance.

For John, practice is what gets all the jitters away, “it’s just you and the music, it’s not you thinking about ‘Oh, I am going to screw up coming up on bar 17’ or ‘Oh man, am I going to forget this because it’s my first time playing by memory?’ No, you practice the music as much as you can so you know exactly what you’re doing.”

The Juno Awards are considered one of Canada’s premiere music awards. The Grammy’s of the north are happening this year on April 3 in Calgary.

Lyndon John gets third Juno nomination GBC alumni nominated for album Escape from the Mongoose Gang

‘Babsocks’ a hit

EMEKA IBEHSTAFF REPORTER

Former George Brown student creates coveted Leafs nation souvenir

STEVE CORNWELLASSISTANT EDITOR

Lyndon John is nominated for his third Juno Award Photo provided by Lyndon John

Thomas McCole (right) with his business partner Jake MednickPhoto by Nolan Begley

ARTS & LIFE12 The Dialog • dialognews.ca // Mar. 7–Mar. 20

A luxurious yet modest café experience for students in need of a great place to work on projects and group assignments. Located just a few blocks west from Dupont Station, Creeds Coffee Bar offers a variety of hot beverages including regular coffee, Americano, cappuccino, latte, tea and more.

The coffee bar also has cookies, scones, chick-en and tuna wraps and salads available. Creeds’ highlight is a combination of a peaceful ambiance and a student-friendly atmosphere. Free Wi-Fi is a cherry on the cake. A regular food and drink combo is priced at approximately $8 taxes included.

Although it’s small, Apollo restaurant is a cozy place for those in need of both good food and good hosts. The restaurant is run by Paul and Roula who have become so familiar with the visitors that they in-stantly know what their regulars are looking for.

The place offers a wide range of daily specials, quick snacks, coffee and tea along with a la carte menu and lunch items. The most popular items are chicken and pork souvalaki with rice and greek salad. Fries are also one of the hot-selling items at the Apollo.

The place’s biggest clientele comes from the neighbouring TTC yard, but the prices are afford-able enough for students for a one-time meal.

A regular menu item costs $11-12 plus taxes.

Apollo Eleven Restaurant1093 Bathurst St

Creeds Coffee Bar390 Dupont St

What’s tasty around Casa Loma?

Roti Cuisine of India308 Dupont StCreeds Coffee Bar

390 Dupont St

Apollo Eleven Restaurant1093 Bathurst St

GBCCASA LOMA

A few steps west of Dupont Station, Roti Cuisine of India is a must-go place for foodies seeking to soothe their hunger. The sumptuous variety of rotis offered will make the restaurant one of your favourites.

The menu offers curried classics like butter chick-en roti, mutter paneer roti, and saag roti, which are a few of the hot-selling items. Roti Cuisine’s unique way of presenting North Indian cuisine as West Indian is a striking element of the restaurant. An otherwise routine combination of North Indian-style roti and curry gives the West Indian food a style makeover which steals the show.

The mutter paneer roti is a perfect blend of spic-es and creamy enough to dissolve your hunger with a single bite. Each dish can be made mild, medium, or very spicy by request.

All roti items on the menu are around $8.50 per person plus taxes making it an ideal place for stu-dents to grab a lunch or dinner. Even though all the rotis on the menu are priced at $8 or higher, the portions easily serve two people.

In addition to being good spot to dine, Roti Cui-sine of India is popular for take-out in the neigh-bourhood. With several vegetarian options available, it is a great place for students to eat.

Roti Cuisine of India308 Dupont St

Photos by Renuka Malhotra

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RENUKA MALHOTRASTAFF REPORTER

Health benefits at collegeworkers.org

Erin ThorsonADMIN ASSISTANT LANGUAGE STUDIES

If you work as part-time Support staff for George Brown College, or worked during this academic year, email [email protected] for more information.

A part-timer can work here for years and never get health benefits or a single sick day. HOW IS THAT FAIR? ”

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SCIENCE & TECH14 The Dialog • dialognews.ca // Mar. 7–Mar. 20

Booth and Bottle is an event-curating application that allows users to explore all that Toronto nightlife has to offer through a city-wide venue directory, efficient mo-bile bottle service and a guest list reservation system.

“This application will rev-olutionize the night life of Toronto,” said Ernesto Gaita, co-founder of the Booth and Bottle application. He believes that Booth and Bottle’s easy-to-use interface and social nature are the main reasons people like the app. He also emphasizes that Booth and Bottle is the first app in Can-ada that offers both a guest list and bottle service option. “There are other apps in Can-ada that are based on nightlife but not in the same way that we are,” said Gaita.

Mario Cieslak, co-founder of Booth & Bottle and a third year student of construction management and engineer-ing at George Brown College said, “Booth and Bottle pro-vides users nightlife access in a truly unique way.” He added

that it is a simple tool to help plan your special night. Also, with this app users can book services at clubs, gather points and then unlock ex-clusive nightlife in-spired perks and promotions.

B o o t h a n d Bottle offers un-paralleled ac-cess to nightlife establishments across the Great-er Toronto Area through their unique mobile ap-plication. “We pro-vide users with the ability to re-serve booths and tables and guest list at a variety of venues while saving them the hassle of wait-ing in queue to take entry into a club,” Gaita said.

While utiliz-ing the Booth and Bottle mo-bile application, users will be able to browse through a direc-

tory of conveniently organized and categorized nightlife ven-ues. The aim is to facilitate user exploration by simpli-fying the search for an ideal party location. Each venue maintains its own unique page, wherein users are pro-vided with stunning photos, information about the venue,

and the ability to swiftly re-serve a booth or a spot on the guest list.

The application was also co-founded by Matthew Marij, and Daniel Palumbo. The team came up with this idea in 2013 when they realized that it was difficult for anyone who’s new to nightlife to book venues.

New app promises to unlock Toronto nightlifeBooth and Bottle application co-founded by George Brown student

Is your closet flooded with clothes but you still have nothing to wear?

Don’t worry there’s a new application for clothing that will give your closet a make-over. Ragspin is an applica-tion that connects you with people nearby who want to buy, sell, or trade clothing.

“A lot of people have so many clothes in their closet that they don’t wear any-more. So instead of just giv-ing it away or donating it.

We came up with this appli-cation for buying and selling clothes,” said Jane Furneaux, a post-graduate student in the small business entrepre-neurship program at George Brown College, and the mar-keting and public relations lead for Ragspin.

Buying clothes has never been so easy. If you’re inter-ested in a piece of clothing swipe ‘yes,’ and swipe ‘no’ if you don’t want it. The ones you swiped ‘yes’ to will ap-pear in your closet, and then the seller can be messaged for further trading.

“Ragspin is an applica-

tion that gives you the ease of buying and selling clothes wherever you want,” said Fur-neaux, affirming that with the app it just takes a minute to post clothes with a brief de-scription and price. The app mainly targets selling clothes, shoes and accessories.

The team behind Ragspin is continuously running con-tests to promote the applica-tion. The latest contest was giving out myklco, an organic cashew and chai drink, to peo-ple who posted any clothing for sale on the app.

The new application is currently designed for iP-hone and iPad only, and the Android version is expected soon. Until then why not earn some money by trading your cluttered closet on Ragspin?

Ragspin is the new Tinder for clothingNew application helps revamp your wardrobe

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“This application will revolutionize the night life of Toronto”

Photo provided Booth and Bottle

Photo courtesy of Ragspin

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The Dialog • dialognews.ca // Mar. 7–Mar. 20

Across1- Shaft shot from a bow;6- Rolling in dough;10- Woeful word;14- Bobby of the BlackPanthers;15- Suffix with buck;16- Money maker;17- Rock and Roll Hall of Fame architect;18- Poi source;19- “A Death in the Fami-ly” author;20- Grandparent;23- Attack with severe criticism;27- Name;28- Trim;29- A rural soviet;34- Baffled36- Panfry;37- Breastsupportingundergarment;40- At the same time;43- Tricky curve;44- Expressed disapproval;45- Refuse46- Logic;48- City near Phoenix;49- Medicinal shrub;53- Eluded;55- Counterpoise;

60- Hind part;61- Abound;62- Cosmetician Lauder;67- Big brass;68- Strip of wood;69- Put back into service;70- Kind of D.A.;71- Automotive pioneer;72- George of “Just Shoot Me”;

Down1- Faulkner’s “___ Lay Dying”;2- Sleep stage;3- Knock vigorously;4- Cheer for Manolete;5- Place on a scale;6- Pro follower;7- Teheran’s country;8- Thin rope;9- Foot of a horse;10- Stradivari’s teacher;11- Illumination;12- Slippery as ___;13- One cubic meter;21- Accelerate;22- Be present;23- Room;24- The Younger and The Elder;25- Upbeat, in music;

26- High schooler;30- City near Kobe;31- Ways to the pins;32- Perform better than;33- RR stop;35- Starrelated;37- Greeted the villain;38- Charlotte ___;39- Syrian president;41- Half a fly;42- Writer Bombeck;47- Open mesh fabric;49- Perfect Sleeper maker;50- Horse play?;51- Deadens;52- Try to bite;54- Swerves;56- Wishing won’t make ___;57- Ringing instrument;58- Went through, as the paper;59- Tsp. and tbsp.;63- Date;64- Pull;65- Conductor ___PekkaSalonen;66- Snaky swimmer;

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