Courier October 2015

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October 2015, VOL 20 ISSUE 02

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The CCSAI welcomed students to Centennial College with Colts Fest.

BBQs, BeerFests, music and games!

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September was full of events with We Got Game at Ashtonbee and the Glow Party at the Athletic and Wellness Centre.

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No one likes waiting for a bus that never comes. We give you some options for transit apps that will keep you in the know.

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Being an international student is full of unique experiences. Anuraag Seshadri shares his with the Courier.

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Toronto Cat Rescue immortalizes Jasun Singh’s photographic talent in a commemorative calendar showcasing his work.

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Help improve your photographic skills with some tips on how to shoot effective macro and closeups photos.

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MASTHEAD Editor-In-Chief Geoffrey Mosher

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Time flies - can you believe that The Courier publication has been around since 1967?! We’ll take a look back at what the Courier used to look like and see what being at Centennial College was like through the years.

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Art Director Leigh Cavanaugh

Graphic Designer Jaime Muñoz

Contributors Stewart Escalona Yvano Wickham

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LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT

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ello students,

I can imagine how busy you all are with this semester. I hope you feel settled in your program and things are working out.

The CCSAI was very active for the past couple of weeks executing all the great events and activities that we had planned. My hope is that you came and enjoyed those BBQs, socialized with your friends at BeerFest and played on the big giant inatables. I want to say a very big thank you to all those who came out at our welcome events as we raised over $2,300 for the Terry Fox foundation!

Stay updated and keep in touch with the CCSAI or me by following us on @CCSAI on Twitter, or CCSAI on Facebook.

If you have any questions or concerns I will be happy to meet you or chat with you. I can be reached by phone or email.

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Well, the fun doesn’t end here. This was just the beginning. Casino nights, road trips, Halloween Haunt, Garba, Mental Health Awareness Week and many more things are planned for the upcoming months.

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The CCSAI partnered with the College Student Alliance (CSA) for the YUP Campaign, an initiative to spread awareness about mental health. We want to show support to stop the stigma, help students cope with stress, manage mental health and make them aware of what resources are available on campus.

The Canadian Mental Health Association says that 49% of those who feel they have suffered from depression or anxiety have NEVER gone to see a doctor about this problem.

You can find more information about services available on campus at https://www.centennialcollege.ca/studentlife/student-services/the-counselling-centre/ Visit CCSAI's Facebook page for more pictures of #YUP15. pg 5

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CCSAI Brings the Party to Ashtonbee

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Moderation If you weren’t interested in beer, there was still plenty to do at Ashtonbee and SAC. SAC had DJ Nino Sazon spinning beats, with a photo booth and games.

While Ashtonbee had Z103.5 driving the party with today’s hits.

LOCAL FAVOURITES CCSAI BeerFest at Ashtonbee and SAC featured Toronto brews from Amsterdam Brewery, Steam Whistle Brewery and Mill Street Brewery.

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Centennial Campuses Host

Colts Fest ABOVE: Colts Fest brought a carnival atmosphere to Centennial to welcome students back.

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olts Fest brought a September calendar full of events at every campus. With BBQs and carnivals at Progress and Morningside and BeerFest at Ashtonbee and the Story Arts Centre, there was something for everyone at each campus. There were tons of food events as well with pizza, popcorn, ice cream and poutine on the menu. If you were looking for some serious fundraising on top of all that, the CCSAI raised over $2300 for the Terry Fox Foundation.

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Bubble soccer kicked off at Ashtonbee and Progress campuses.

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SAC beer fest

Photos courtesy// Alexandra Charles

Students at SAC had a chance to take it easy or try their skill in a more intense way.

Last Gasps of Summer, First Breath of Fall Students had a last chance to enjoy the weather and get outside before school and the cooling days make them change their outdoor activities.

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RIGHT: Story Arts Centre students had the perfect weather to give them a chance to sample beers from several Toronto breweries.

We Got Game at the Ashtonbee Lounge

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Special thanks to the faculty at the Story Arts Centre who cooked and served the delicious corn and cider.

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he corn roast in the courtyard at the Story Arts Centre is an opportunity for faculty and staff to welcome back returning students and get to know the new ones. This year’s event featured the music of Apothecary, a band made up of Music Industry Arts and Performance students.

LEFT: Journalism faculty Ted Barris was one of the grill masters serving up the corn and the good times!

t s a o R n r o C Joseph Marranca is a commercial and fine art visual artist. He is also a professor of photography at the Story Arts Centre. You can find samples of his work and contact him at http://www.josephmarranca.com Instagram @joephotoart and Twitter @josephmarranca Photos courtesy// Joseph Marranca

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Fall Reads To put on your To-Be-Read list Third-year Graphic Design Student By: Leigh Cavanaugh

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New York Times best-selling author Kelley Armstrong concludes her adult Cainsville trilogy with Deceptions.

It picks up right after the revelations in book two and continues with the explosive plot. The pages are filled with serial killers, haunting visions and stalkers all of which make Olivia's life a living hell.

Author Pittacus Lore has released his penultimate book in the Lorien Legacies series The Fate of Ten. The popular I am Number Four author (the book that spawned a Hollywood movie adaptation) has one more book planned for the series, but it's yet untitled. In the meantime, the second-to-last book continues the action-packed science fiction story.

Despite Stieg Larsson's passing 2004, his bestselling Millennium Series has been continued by Swedish journalist and author David Lagercrantz. The Lisbeth Salander story continues in The Girl in the Spider's Web. Lagercrantz has already gone public and said that he plans two additional books to round out the series.

The ten-year anniversary of Stephenie Meyer's vampire saga Twilight sees the first book re-released with some bonus content. This special edition features two stories in one: the original book and a retelling where the characters are genderswapped. It's no longer Bella and Edward, but Edythe and Beau - a human boy in love with a female vampire.

They say that controversy kills, and author Harper Lee is proof of this. Since the release of her 1960 book To Kill a Mockingbird she hasn't published another novel - until now. Go Set a Watchmen is the 89-yearold's second novel. Originally believed to be an early draft of Mockingbird, Watchmen has been released as the controversial book's sequel.

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Looking Back...

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SUMMER 2014 ISSUE

in The Courier

The Courier is digging into the archives to bring back long-forgotten issues and see how Centennial College students of the past saw the world. This is the ďŹ rst in a series of stories showing excerpts of CCSAI publications of the past.

ABOVE: The Courier has provided Blue Jays coverage in many forms. This is the cover from the Summer 2014 edition of the Courier. The photo came courtesy of Ashleigh Lamontagne, a student in the Sports Journalism program at the time. Sports Journalism students get the opportunity to take a trip to Florida every year to cover Major League Baseball's Spring Training as well as a variety of other sporting events.

Wednesday, November 10, 1993: Is baseball number one in Toronto? Fans might be asking that question again after years of doubt. pg 12

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Tuesday, April 14, 1992: The Courier used to be known as the Siren in the early 1990s.

This was part of the Siren's Major League preview for 1992. The Siren had high hopes for the Blue Jays in 1992 and they paid o.

The Jays did indeed rebound from their "miserable" 1991 campaign.

We can only hope they do the same this year and take it all after a very disappointing year last year.

BELOW: The Blue Jays have always had a tough time getting respect from their brothers to the south. Just like the current team, Canada united around them in the 1990s as well in a patriotic display of fandom in the hope of coming out victorious.

Tuesday, October 27, 1992

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TTC Watch

Transit App

Even though many of the apps are almost too good to pick a true winner, I chose my personal favourite: TTC Watch. I find this app the most useful not only because of the easy-to-use map with real time GPS tracking of TTC buses provided by NextBus, but also because of the push notifications of delays and service interruptions.

Winner of the BlogTO reader’s choice for transit apps and endorsed by the TTC. This app is very polished and useful, but it can also be a bit of a bandwidth hog if you forget it is open. It uses both a map and prediction interface connected to NextBus and even connects with Uber to show you the closest drivers.

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Anything that makes transit easier is a good thing. These apps will help you know when to leave and when you’ll get there.

Editor-In-Chief

By: Geoffrey Mosher

Moovit While Moovit provides many of the same features as the other map-based apps, it also includes a neat feature where users can live report on station or stop conditions to other users.

The one issue it had in the past is stability, with user complaints about the app crashing, but that appears to have been addressed in the last update.

TRIPLINX Ever wondered how to get somewhere and had trouble coordinating the transit options through Google Maps? Well Metrolinx has a solution for you!

Triplinx is a helpful trip planner that will give you transit directions from point A to B anywhere in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area. It also provides helpful information about fares, walking distance, accessibility, stop locations and bike access to each transit vehicle.

Triplinx currently includes transit information for Brampton, Burlington, Durham Region, Hamilton (HSR), Oakville, Milton, Mississauga (MiWay), Toronto, and York Region, as well as UP Express and GO Transit. www.triplinx.ca or available as an app for iPhone, Android and Windows Phone. pg 14

Rocket Man One of the originators that is still used by many and a great choice to get quick information. Its search features are convenient, but I have always found it glitchy and found the arrival predictions to be occasionally inaccurate.

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A Day in the Life:

ANURAAG SESHADRI First-Semester Professional Writing Student By: Stewart Escalona

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t’s a whole new world, new language, new culture, and new friends. Although exhilarating and memorable, life as an international student can also be uncomfortable and challenging.

Two years ago, Anuraag Seshadri, a university graduate from India, came to Toronto for a post-graduatecertificate in publishing at Centennial College, Story Arts campus. After completing this program, he decided to pursue another Post-Grad-Certificate at Centennial, this time in professional writing, which he is now enrolled in.

In his spare time, he enjoys reading, blogging, watching movies and shows, and browsing the web.

Anuraag happily agreed to share his experience in Canada. He presents a bird’s-eye view into the life of an international student.

What do you think is the best part of being an international student?

What’s the difference going to school in Canada as opposed to India?

What are some day-to-day obstacles?

AS: Over there you won’t be able to see people over

tends to get tough at times, and you can’t be asking for money from home, so you have to be really frugal at times.

It’s just our savings that we have. There are part-time jobs that help if you have one, but right now I don’t have one, so I’m just living off of my savings.

AS: It’s the exposure that you get to the culture over

here. And you have this hope to do well over in this society.

If you do well over here, you will be recognized too. So you just have to get your head together and go about your job, and things will come your own way.

AS: I wouldn’t think of them as obstacles. There are no

25 in school studying or expanding their skills. Life pretty much goes the same track for everyone: you have a job, settle down, have a family and that’s it. Over there you have a regimented thinking. You think like everybody else and there is no exposure to think outside the box. There is no freedom to come up with solutions on your own. Over here it’s more chill, but over there, there is a lot of social pressure to do well in your studies.

major hurdles I had to cross. It was during my first year that getting adjusted to the culture and making friends became a bit of a challenge. There are also a lot international students; you tend to meet people from other countries and even from your own and you get to make friends. But mostly it’s having a social circle that is tough. That’s the part that I found tough. For me that’s an obstacle. We were taught in English back home, so language has never been an issue.

What is the hardest part about being an international student?

How does the difference in culture affect your life?

AS: It’s obviously living away from your home, but the

Over there people are way too open. It’s easy to make friends over there. Even if you are sitting alone in a corner,

other part is that you have to manage your expenses. It

AS: The culture is quite different over there as well.

Anuraag Seshadri has made the most of his time at Centennial College including serving as Clubs Liaison on the CCSAI Board of Directors in the 2014-15 academic year.

someone comes always and talks. It tends to be easier over there than over here. I guess I find it tough as an international student, breaking into the culture and making Canadian friends, but I do have a few international friends.

Why did you become an international student?

AS: My job was leading me nowhere. I needed a break as well. I wanted to leave my comfort zone, and go live on my own, and get to know myself better. So I thought of coming to a better country to try it out. In India, you can’t quit a job and go back to school at the age of 28. It always seems like a step back because that’s the mindset over there. I always wanted to live in a foreign country and experience the lifestyle.

INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION OFFICES Progress: Room C2-07 Ashtonbee: Room L-103

Photo courtesy// Yvano Wickham

Morningside: Room 232A SAC: Room 101 (Wednesdays)

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Remembering

JASUN

Helping cats in need and leaving a caring legacy with the support of the CCSAI Editor-In-Chief By: Geoffrey Mosher

R ORDECOPY YOUNR LINE O AY! TOD Photo courtesy// The Singh Family

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a few Centennial College faculty ast October, the Toronto came up with the idea of creating Cat Rescue lost a very a commemorative calendar. Jasun’s valued member of the body of work was immense, but they Petsmart Kennedy Commons collected some of their favourite volunteer team. Jasun Singh was a images out of the hundreds and dove 4th year Journalism student in a joint into the process.

University of Toronto/Centennial The project received a donation College program. He was preparing to from the CCSAI, and the East York enroll in law school after completing Animal Clinic and the remainder the final few months of his academic For a look at some was generously funded by the Singh career that included courses in of the interior family.

These funds went towards the Journalism at Centennial College’s pages, visit design and printing of the calendar.

Story Art Centre. the designer’s TCR believes that this was the He spared time from his studies to Behance account: best way to ensure that Jasun’s volunteer with organizations such as www.behance.net/ gift continues to help as many cats Toronto Cat Rescue (TCR), Pet Hospital, leighcavanaugh as possible.

Also, the calendar’s Red Door Shelter for Women and proceeds will go towards supporting helping people with severe disabilities at and furthering the development of West Park Healthcare Centre. their volunteer program.

Jasun also devoted his incredible photographic talent The TCR Executive will also be honouring Jasun’s to capture the beauty and soul of the cats at the TCR memory by creating the Jasun Singh Memorial Training adoption centre. Before his life tragically ended, the Centre in their new rescue centre. One hundred per cent images he took helped countless numbers of cats find of the proceeds of the 2016 calendar sales will fund the their way into the hearts of new owners. design, construction, supplies and resources required Despite his passing, Jasun’s family wanted to see his to create a space in the rescue centre devoted to artistry continue to help cats in need. So as a tribute improving the knowledge and skills of their volunteers. to his passion and talent, the Singh family, TCR and

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ABOVE: The two photos feature the front and back of the 2016 TCR calendar. All photographs were shot by Jasun Singh, the graphic design was done by Leigh Cavanaugh. pg 16

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LEFT: This photo was taken in Scotland on the Isle of Skye. More specifically, the grounds surrounding Armadale Castle, the ancient home of clan Donald.

PHOTOGRAPHY TUTORIAL Third-year Graphic Design Student By: Leigh Cavanaugh

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hotography is much more than using the rule of thirds. Many photographic styles require special tricks and know-how you pick up from just simply shooting.

Here are a few of my favourite tips for taking close-up and macro shots.

More of Leigh Cavanaugh’s photography can be found on Instagram: @leighcavanaugh Photos courtesy// Leigh Cavanaugh

1 - Use Negative Space: Often it isn’t so much the subject matter but the space around the subject that captures a viewer’s attention. Try visualizing this negative space as a part of your composition when shooting and use it to create interesting crops.

BELOW: Having grown up in Toronto, I don’t view the city as the most interesting place to photograph. So I try to go outside this perspective and view my surroundings with a new light.

The photo is of an art installation in the Distillery District.

2 2 - Find Naturally Occurring Colours: Still-life comes fully equipped with a wide array of patterns and colours, look for these elements and try to capture them in a manner that emphasizes that one special feature.

3 4 - Wait for the Moment: Sometimes the right photo moments present themselves to you and other times you need to wait for them. The seasonal cycle is a great photo opportunity, but it will take a while to come around again if you miss that perfect shot. As soon as you see something of interest make sure to capture it right away.

ABOVE: The photo of the tulip was taken during winter, believe it or not.

Allan Gardens has a great year-round centre open to the public.

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3 - Look for Unique Light Play: Lighting is a key element in any photograph, but it’s not just about how the light shines on something, but what it looks like going through an object. Getting close can allow you to capture all the refractions and subtle nuances not seen otherwise.

LEFT: Ice formations have always been interesting macro shots, paired with winter’s blue tones it creates a lush visual.

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When Push Comes to Shove Students at Morningside Campus challenged each other in head-to-head inflatable challenges of skill at Colts Fest.

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