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Fusion Friday
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Hall B suffers defeat

RESIDENT STUDENTS REPRESENT Page 3
UTECH, JA AT MUSGRAVE AWARDS
The Joint First Year Experience coordinator and Joint PRO/Editor
"Give a Hand for Charity"
along with a few other resident students were invited to attend the
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Musgrave Awards being held at the Institute of Jamaica (IOJ) as
student representatives of the University of Technology.

The group, donned in Utech, JA blazers were able to interact with Hall A takes Dorm
awardees after the ceremony and took pictures with then Minister Together Sing
of Youth and Culture, Lisa Hanna and gold medal awardees Lowell Page 4
Dunbar and Robert Shakespeare, most commonly known as
entertainers Sly & Robbie.

The Musgrave awards was founded in memorial of Sir Anthony

Feature Story
Musgrave who founded the Institute of Jamaica. They are given in Page 5
recognition of outstanding contribution to Literature, Science and
Art in Jamaica and the West Indies. Some other awardees included,
Professor Orlando Patterson for Literature (Gold), Errol Charles
Alberga Jr. for Architecture (Silver) and Deonette Ingrid Zacca for
Photography (Silver).
Fusion Friday
One day, Three competitions
On Friday, November 20, 2016, Fusion sought to dominate
the finals of three inter-faculty competitions being held at
different locations across the University of Technology,
Jamaica, Papine campus.
As an initiative of the Hall Chairperson in 2008, the Utech
Halls of Residence are allowed to compete in interfaculty
events and was given the name Fusion. Since then,
residents have been forming teams, placing in several
events and establishing themselves as formidable
opponents. On this specific Friday, dubbed Fusion Friday,
Fusion teams were finalists in the three competitions being
held; quiz, female football and male football.
Quiz
After losing their first match to the Faculty of Law, the
fixtures for the inter-faculty quiz allowed the Fusion quiz
team a chance at resurrection. The team, consisting of
Gediesha Gordon, Grace-Ann Francis, Shervain Barrett and
Deviko Walters with coach, Stephen Francis and assistant
coach, Sheree O'Connor, worked hard and defeated all
challengers granting them a spot in the finals against the
Warlords from the School of Engineering.
The Warlords proved to be a worthy adversary but during the
buzzer section, team Fusion was able to establish a lead and
walk away with the victory.
Football
The female Fusion football team has always performed well in
the interfaculty competition, with few teams being able to
match-up. The ladies from the School of Business
Administration (SOBA)was one such team. In 2014, Fusion was
knocked out of competition in the semi-finals, denied the
chance to play SOBA in the finals. In 2015, however, the ladies
won the competition and in 2016 came back to defend their
title, finally getting the chance to play the SOBA ladies. Fusion
dominated the game and defeated their opponents 6 nil, with
goals from Captain Tamara Webb, Christine Patrick and
Ramona Cockett. The Fusion ladies has not lost a match in two
years.
The male football team also tends to do well with few being
able to defeat them. However, they met their greatest threat in
the competition in the finals. After losing to Fusion in the finals
of the previous years competition, the males from the Faculty
of Science and Sport (FOSS) returned to the finals with
retribution in mind. Both teams came prepared with their goal
keepers, Shaven Sean Paul and Donald Francis, being players
on the Utech, JA inter-collegiate football team. However, the
Fusion keeper, Donald Francis, could not stop a goal from
FOSS Sakmar Scott, which resulted in a 1-0 defeat.
 The final of the annual inter-dorm female football competition was held on Sunday,
September 11, 2016, on the front field of the University of Technology Jamaica,
Hall B suffers 3-0 Papine campus between Amy Jacques Garvey Hall and Hall B, with Garvey emerging
as victors.
defeat in The Hall B Blazers entered their first match with the Hall A Acropolytes with pre-game
female football finals jitters but quickly adjusted themselves. Justene Morris, a member of the UTech, JA
netball team, was placed as goal keeper while the rest of the team took on a 3-4-3
offensive formation. The Blazers were able to consistently recover the ball and
advance, which opened many opportunities for a goal. However, it wasnt until 85th
minute that striker, Cait-Amoi Goulbourne, was able to score for the Blazers, leading
them to 1-0 victory placing them in the finals.
For the past three years the female inter-dorm football finals have been between the
two fiery halls, the Garvey Flames and the Blazers. From the beginning of the
competition the Blazers seemed motivated to take on the powerhouse that is Garvey
Hall, but the Flames came ready to defend their title. Despite having the Fusion goal
keeper, Sheree OConnor, in their arsenal this time, Hall B could not stop all the
attacks from Garvey's forwards, who are also players on the Fusion football team. The
team, consisting of mostly new resident students, was visibly more inexperienced but
was able to fight back using a 4-2-3-1 defensive formation. The match ended with the
Flames celebrating their 3-0 victory over the Blazers.

UTech Halls of Residence

Give a Hand for Charity
On December 2, 2016, resident students from the University of
Technology, JA embarked on a mission to King Street in Downtown,
Kingston to feed sixty (60) of the homeless people occupying the
street.
The project, called Give A Hand for Charity, is done every year with the
intention of not only helping people less fortunate but to promote
compassion and appreciation among resident students. This year, the
Joint Beautification and Welfare coordinator, Okiefe Brown, and the
Joint PRO/Editor, Imani Hill, decided to provide boxed lunches and
drinks to the homeless.
Upon arrival, the homeless quickly formed a line, ready to receive
their meal much to the marvel of the resident students. The students
also formed a line so they could each experience the joy of helping
someone in need. Once finished, the students began to interact with
them and learnt some of their life stories. A group was treated to an
impromptu performance by a man claiming to be an artiste and a
long lost relative of Her Majesty, the Queen of England.
When I see the smiles on the faces of the homeless people and hear
their stories it is really fulfilling and Im glad I made the sacrifice,
Tamara Mcpherson said after the event.

Tishayna McFarlane, a third year student, recalled walking along Kings Street in her first year and wanting to feed the homeless
but not having the resources to do so. She was grateful for the opportunity to fulfill that goal.
Theres people out here who dont know where theyre going to sleep, what theyre going to eat and they dont even know if
theyre going to wake up tomorrow morning, said Alicia Knight. She continued to give a suggestion saying, we are sometimes
very ungrateful so I think we should start reevaluating ourselves and start being grateful because there are persons out here
who are worse than us
 Hall A takes
Dorm Together
Sing title
The annual Dorm Together Sing
competition was held on February 26,
2017 in the Alfred Sangster Auditorium
at the University of Technology, JA and
ended with the Hall A Acropolytes as
winners.

Tasked with using hymns as the area of song

selection, the six halls of residence, worked long and
hard to get their performances ready. The
Acropolytes delivered a dynamic, militant
performance of Will Your Anchor Hold, complete
with Navy inspired props and outfit. The ladies were
able to blend harmoniously and appeared almost
synchronized in their movement. Their performance
ended with a uniformed dab, sending the audience
wild with excitement. Though they were first to take
the stage, no other hall could quite measure up.
Second place was awarded to the Hall F Falcons, who
wowed the audience, blending the voices of the
all-male choir along with the dancing and
spontaneous James Brown-esque split from soloist,
Romario Francis. They performed a remix of My
Hope is built on Nothing Less then went into Rock of
Ages with accompaniment from the saxophone.

Last years champion, Garvey Hall placed third after

performing a Negro spiritual complete with props and
theatrics.
The Farquharson Hall Stalwarts, who also performed My
Hope is built on nothing less, were placed fourth while the
Hall E Eagles were placed fifth. Former champions Hall B,
placed last with a pitchy performance of a medley of
hymns.
The Hall A ladies had to settle for second place in last
years staging of the competition.
 STEPHEN FRANCIS:
RESIDENT STUDENT, REPRESENTATIVE AND
NOW ENTREPRENEUR
(Feature Story)
Former Students Union Resident Students
Representative and now Resident Assistant, Stephen
Francis, is looking to add the title of entrepreneur to his
name with Milikan.
Stephen and his team have been working quietly since
2016 on a project called Milikan, which they entered into
the UTech, JA Business Model Competition. In the finals on
February 24, 2017, the team was placed third and
received the Most Innovative Venture award.
Milikan is a bio-technology business seeking to offer a cost
efficient and environmentally friendly alternative to diesel
fuel, a derivative of fossils. The bio-diesel and bio-ethanol
are manufactured be feeding specific species of algae with
waste water. The bio-diesel is then extracted and the
algae itself is then used to make the bio-ethanol. The
process is completely sustainable, provides clean
alternative fuels and offers a usage for waste water.
Milikan can therefore help reduce carbon footprint and
slow the effects of global warming.
The team consisting of Stephen, Kelso Walcott and Lacia
Wright came up with Milikan as a means to provide
Jamaicans with a more sustainable and cheaper alternative
energy source. They have also begun conversation with
fishermen in St. Andrew, through the assistance of the
Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries to
test viability and possibly provide them with fuel.
The competition seeks to foster entrepreneurship and push
innovation. It also gives students a chance to kick start their
business and teaches the fundamentals of launching a
business like creating a business model and investor
pitching.
Stephen and his team will move on to represent UTech, JA
at the Fourth Annual National Business Model Competition
in March at the Knutsford Court Hotel. The winning team
will represent Jamaica and vie for US$30, 000 at the
international level in Silicon Valley, California in May.
Stephen Francis is a student in the Faculty of Science and
Sports and enjoys photography, drawing and graphic
design. We anticipate big things from this innovator.