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ONE Card is all you need BY TYLER MEDEIROS
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A student at Conestoga College purchases a quick snack by swiping his ONE Card at one of the vending machines located on the Doon campus.
Staff and students at Conestoga College are fortunate to have one card that allows them to access every service on and off campus that the school offers. “There was previously a whole bunch of cards, you needed a separate library card, a separate gym card; there were about five to six different cards you needed to have before the ONE Card was introduced,” said Chris Hussey, a customer service assistant at the ONE Card office. The ONE Card has been around at Conestoga for four years but in the last two years, it has really changed. It now grants access to services like the Bookstore, CSI Service Hub, CSI Wellness, the library, M&T Print and parking. Going beyond normal student identification the ONE Card can also be loaded with money and used at places like Pita Pit, Chartwells, Pizza Pizza, Subway, The Venue and Tim Hortons. It can also be used off-campus at select store locations, including Gino’s Pizza, Johnny Fresco, McDonald’s and Pizza Pizza. Students and staff can also now use their ONE Card at vending machines located
around the school to quickly get the burst of energy they need to start off their day, and it is now used to access many rooms in the school including the Mac labs. Loading money, called Condor Cash, onto the ONE Card is quick and done completely online. This money will carry over to the next semester automatically and can be refunded for a service charge of $50. CSI often hold events with games and prizes that can net you some free Condor Cash. Also, ONE Card Services holds giveaway events for simple actions like following them on social media. Some of the past prizes have included FitBits and iPad. “It is just easier to have to pull out one card for my bus pass, buy food or access something on campus,” said Jacob Huras a third-year computer programming student at Conestoga College. “I don’t have to worry about forgetting a card at home or worry about my wallet being stuffed with cards.” For more information about the ONE Card and its uses or if you have any questions, visit www.conestogac.on.ca/ onecard/. You can visit the ONE Card’s social media pages to learn about upcoming prizes.
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Random questions answered by random students
“What is the best compliment you ever received?”
“You have mesmerizing brown eyes.” Varsha Sriganesh, second-year journalism broadcast
“I resemble the celebrity Shah Rukh Khan.”
Tushar Sethi, second-year journalism broadcast
“I’m good with computers.”
Zain Hansrod, first-year computer programming
“That the posters I made around the school were really good.” Lynne Gagne, third-year bachelor of design
“That I was funny.”
Aaron Stanley, first-year television broadcast
“That I’m very helpful and make other’s work easier.” William Tran, second-year computer programmer/ analyst Smile Conestoga, you could be our next respondent!
Campus food bank use increases BY MELISSA HORTON
In a school of more than 45,000 busy students, it’s hard to make sure every student knows of all the services offered by the college. To get the word out, Conestoga Students Inc.’s Food Support services relies on class presentations and word of mouth to pass on the information about what they have to offer. So, what is it that they offer students? Laurita Martynowski, Campus Service co-ordinator said, “The food bank is an emergency relief hamper program, providing students with a hamper that will support a student’s emergency food needs, lasting approximately 3-5 days.” “Students have the opportunity to select additional toiletry items and specialty
food items in addition to the hamper,” she said. Use of the food bank hamper service was extremely popular last year, causing a doubling in usage from the previous year. “We have seen a dramatic increase in the amount of hampers that are distributed from the CSI Food Bank compared to previous years,” said Martynowski. “Hampers distributed in September doubled what was distributed in the same month in 2016. Hampers distributed last June, July and August also increased dramatically compared to other years.” However, even with a service so open and readily available to students, the word is not completely out there yet. “I didn’t even know we had a food bank service,” said Gabrielle Edwards, a first-
year bachelor of applied health information services student at Conestoga College. Despite the increase in use of the service, many students remain unaware of what the campus food bank has to offer. Edwards suggests that reaching out directly to students might help get the word out. “I think they could do a lot of advertising for it with posters in the school and everything, or maybe a posting on the school’s website or a mass email to students,” she said. The food bank is available at all Conestoga College campuses during regular business hours throughout the school year. You can visit the Doon campus food bank located in Room 2A119 or contact the campus services co-ordinator at 519-748-5131, ext 3582.
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College counsellors here to help BY AUSTIN WELLS
Stress is an inevitable part of being a human being. It can occur while working, and is an unfortunate part of the daily life of a college student. According to Statistics Canada, one in five Canadians will experience some form of mental illness in their lifetime. While stress itself is not a mental illness, it can augment an existing condition or help cause others. While living with stress, anxiety or depression can make life awful, there are always people to talk to in order to help you manage. One such option for Conestoga students is Counselling Services, which has offices located on every campus. “Each semester, we usually see approximately 700 students in the fall semester and 700 in the winter semester,” said Shawna Bernard, a counsellor and co-ordinator of Counselling Services. “Usually it’s about 1,300 individual students a
year, or about 10 per cent of the student population accessing Counselling Services with over 4,000 appointments … in terms of the number of students booking appointments for support, the number has been slowly increasing every year.” The fact that students have someone to talk to on campus is beneficial for those who don’t have time or money for off-campus psychiatrists or counsellors. However, not everyone has found that counselling helps. Jacob (a pseudonym), a former Conestoga student, said, “I struggle with severe depression, and when I was in school I tried to talk to counsellors on and off campus and a few psychologists, but none of them actually ended up helping me cope. “The worst part was probably around 2014 where my sister began having an eating disorder, so being at home was an absolute nightmare. The counsellors and so forth
didn’t actually help me, as they just focused on school and not on my problems.” While counsellors and psychiatrists usually help, if they don’t, it’s important to find other ways to cope. Finding a hobby or distraction, like reading, cooking, games or even things like exercise and art are all proven mechanisms to help manage stress or anxiety and provide a distraction to the struggles of life. Stress and mental health go hand in hand, and it’s important to not let one impact the other, as Conestoga student Jasmine (a pseudonym) experienced. “School definitely caused a lot of emotional/mental strain for me, although I don’t know how much of that was related to which mental issue but it pretty much ended up in a vicious cycle of the depression feeding off the anxiety and vice versa,” she said. “In terms of family issues, I do imagine my parents would
have preferred never to deal with this but unfortunately, they kind of had to.” Another stressor for students this year in particular would be the five-week college strike that forced schedules for all students to be adjusted and assignments and exams to be crammed into shorter, more hectic periods. “Immediately following the strike, people were attending classes,” Bernard said. “Following that, we had lots of students who accessed our service to help manage the stress from that. I think we had an increase at the beginning of January because students were still in their programs instead of on break, and they were studying for exams or working on projects over that break and coming back with little to no break going into the second semester.” The strike was a burden on everyone, and it certainly caused additional problems for everyone. It’s important
to know that Counselling Services exists, and that no matter what, people are always there for you to try and help you through whatever you’re dealing with. All it takes is to reach out to someone for help rather than suffering in silence. “I think overall my advice is to reach out to Student Services, be it for accommodations, therapy or something else because you never know what might be helpful,” Jasmine said. “Also, being self aware is really important because if you feel like you’re going to go on a downwards spiral you can try to prepare to mitigate it at the very least. Having an effective support system of friends and therapy were probably the most helpful things for me personally, but, of course, it’s different for everyone so I’d say just give all the potential help things a shot at least once because you don’t know what will work for you until you try it.”
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Students at Conestoga College ask questions about educational opportunities after graduation.
Monday, January 29, 2018
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Conestoga College held an educational pathways fair on Jan. 17 in the Student Life Centre for all future graduates who are considering furthering their post-secondary education.
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Documentary transcends generational barriers BY TAYLOR PACE
The locally filmed documentary, The Legacy Project, took viewers on an emotional ride at its premiere on Jan. 18, exploring conversations and relationships between youth and seniors through harvesting, cooking and drum making. The premiere was held at Idea Exchange in Cambridge, and was packed so full the library agreed to do a second screening on Jan. 24. Filmmakers Dwight Storring and Gary Kirkham created the 45-minute documentary in collaboration with Cambridge Art Galleries, Stirling Heights Long Term Care, Chartwell Queen’s Square Retirement Residence and the Cambridge Gleaners – a charitable organization that prepares dried soup for partner organizations. The local duo have known each other for several years and have worked together on four other projects. Both have worked in the arts for at least 30 years; Storring in film and storytelling; Kirkham in theatre. “Popular culture implies that there’s this gap between youth and elders, and really in fact that gap is a lot shorter than you think it is,” said Storring Through the stories shared and conversations held, the people onscreen find humour, sentiment and ultimately, friendship. The film transcends the barriers between generations and cultures, as people of different
ages and backgrounds work together, cook together, eat together and learn about other cultures together. “Was there a dry eye in the house at the end?” viewer Tom Vogel asked during the discussion panel afterward. There was not. The film had touching moments throughout, but the parting scene was particularly moving, as two girls and an elderly lady who became fast friends in the drum workshop, sung Somewhere Over the Rainbow. Kirkham said, “I’d been to (Cambridge) Gleaners and saw how poignant and powerful it was. So I thought that was a perfect story to tell, because people were connecting.” The pair wanted to capture the first meetings between the participants; how they started as awkward encounters and quickly turned into friendships. “We just threw these people together and hoped for the best. Quite extraordinary things happened,” he said. Storring said, “It’s rare in a work situation where you can kind of gather in an almost family-like environment, and I think what that sort of illustrated to me was how the community is built up around these situations.” Unlike many other documentaries, there was no agenda or script for the direction of the film. Kirkham and Storring purposefully captured the spontaneity of the conversations and simply told the story of how friends can be
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The documentary, The Legacy Project, provides viewers with a look inside Stirling Heights Long Term Care, Chartwell Queen’s Square Retirement Residence and Cambridge Gleaners, as youth and seniors work together to prepare food, make drums and share a meal. made and a community built. “There are lots of documentarians who write a script and go out and shoot the script. We both come from a place where that’s not what we want to do, we want to have the experience, because part of the artistic experience for us is having that experience with people for the first time,”
said Storring. As for the message of the film, Storring believes “what you take away from it is what you brought into the room,” saying that he would like viewers to reflect on their relationships and work to build friendships around them. “It’s not so much about directing, it’s about listening.
And so if you listen to anyone, deeply, there’s a story there,” he said. There will be more screenings on Feb. 22. at Stirling Heights Long Term Care at 2 p.m. on Stirling MacGregor Drive, Cambridge, and at 7 p.m. at the Open Sesame Gallery on King Street West, beside the Kitchener City Hall.
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As shown in The Legacy Project, volunteers at the Cambridge Gleaners trim vegetables to prepare soup, which is then donated to various organizations.
Filmmakers Gary Kirkham (left) and Dwight Storring attend the premiere of their film, The Legacy Project, on Jan. 18 at the Queen’s Square Idea Exchange in Cambridge.
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The retail apocalypse BY REBECCA SOARES
We are constantly leaping at technological advances but perhaps we should think things through before jumping straight into the ever consuming digital world. The internet is filled with a wide range of perks simply at the fingertips of everyone with a phone or computer or even a tablet. People can watch shows, movies and even shop at their favourite stores. However, shopping online can be a dangerous hobby to tango with. Online shopping is much more affordable, but cheaper isn’t always better. With more and more people shopping online it puts retail stores in jeopardy of closing. The Cambridge Centre has already faced multiple store closures including Target and Sears. Other malls are also a barren ground of emptiness. But why should we care? After all, it just means we can continue shopping online. But there is a price to pay for our lack of support to businesses. With many chains closing or filing for bankruptcy, as ToysRUs recently did, we are losing potential jobs in our community. People need employment, whether fulltime or part-time, and if we constantly buy online, there won’t be enough shoppers at actual stores to help salespeople keep their jobs. Think of someone close to you who cannot find a job. It’s a difficult time for them and you wish you could help. One way you can is by limiting your web purchases. Online shopping can also be a frustrating experience. When you shop in person, you’re able to see the quality of the item you’re purchasing and if it’s a clothing article, you can even try it on. You lose that with online shopping. Online you never know exactly what you’re getting as you can only see a picture and not the item in front of you. If it comes to you in poor condition or it wasn’t the way you wanted it you have to pay to ship the item back and shipping can be quite pricey. You may have received the item cheaper but if you have to ship it back you could end up spending more than what you would have in a store. And what happens if it’s a final online sale that you can’t return? It’ll be money wasted. If you went to a final sale in a store you could at least see the item and try it on. Online shopping is a convenient way to purchase items if you don’t want to leave the house but we shouldn’t be so dependent on it. We need to take the time to go to stores and support businesses. We know we live in a technology-based world, but that doesn’t mean we should stay home and avoid all in-person interaction. The views herein represent the position of the newspaper, not necessarily the author.
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#MeToo movement shakes the world.
#MeToo proves changes need to be made #MeToo. It’s the hashtag that shook the world. It went viral on Twitter after sexual abuse allegations against Hollywood director Harvey Weinstein. The campaign forced many more powerful individuals, such as Kevin Spacey, to finally face consequences for their actions. It made it easier for women who have been victims of abuse to speak out against misconduct and stop accepting the unacceptable. The movement is a step in the right direction. Its purpose is to empower women through empathy and to spread awareness that it is an issue, according to hashtag creator Tarana Burke. The movement has brought to light the frequency of sexual assault. The World Health Organization estimates 33 per cent of people worldwide have been sexually assaulted. The movement has undoubtedly increased awareness of the prevalence of sexual assault. However, there needs to be changes at the judicial level. A prime example is the 2016 Brock Turner case in the U.S. Two witnesses caught Turner in the midst of sexually assaulting an intoxicated, unconscious woman. In her victim impact statement, she recalls being asked “Do you have a history
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Opinion of cheating?” “Are you a party animal?” “How many times did you black out?” Instead of being cared for and listened to, the attorney attempted to imply that the horrible trauma she endured was somehow her fault. Turner also only received six months in jail, which stirred up controversy as to why the sentence was so lenient. All signs point to white male privilege. In another controversial case, Canadian Federal Court Justice Robin Camp asked a woman in a rape case why she “couldn’t keep her knees together.” The way the judicial system has dealt with previous rape cases is absolutely horrendous. Victims are forced to relive the trauma during the trial instead of being dealt swift justice. According to the Rape, Abuse, & Incest National Network, only 310 out of 1,000 sexual assault cases are reported to the police, meaning approximately two out of three cases go
unreported. When questioned as to why, there were various answers. Twenty per cent feared retaliation, 13 per cent believed the police would not do anything to help, and eight per cent believed it was not important enough to report. However, this movement has inspired many women, and men, to come forward and help victims realize that they are not alone. These include Ashley Judd, Taylor Swift, Reese Witherspoon, Ellen DeGeneres and Anthony Rapp. But it is not just celebrities who are affected by this. “That’s what #MeToo represents, it’s happened to pretty much every woman you know,” said feminist campaigner Caroline CriadoPerez. Burke also stressed the importance of community action when it comes to sexual violence. Taking victims seriously and simply listening is often what they need most. According to the U.S. Department of Justice, the number of false rape allegations is low, around 2 to 10 per cent. So, victims should be taken seriously. Now that we are aware of the problem, it is time for a call to action. Taking these cases more seriously and a more swift, sympathetic judicial system would benefit everyone.
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Horoscope Week of January 29, 2018
Aries
March 21 April 19 You may want an old flame to give you a suggestion you hadn’t considered. The power to do the right thing is within you.
Taurus April 20 May 20
This week you will own something important, and it will make you think twice before taking a risk in your life. Make this day your own.
Gemini May 21 June 21
Do something meaningful today. It starts by focusing on the things that are the most important and realizing that this is what is best.
Cancer June 22 July 22
If you don’t know exactly what you want, then come to a decision and see it through. Bear in mind that you will always come out on top as long as you keep trying.
Leo
July 23 August 22 It may be in your best interest to consider a distant but cherished family member to suggest to you that you already know the solution.
Virgo
August 23 September 22 Accept the support of an old flame to give you bad advice. If you’re ready to make a move, this week is a good time. You already know the right thing to do.
Forty per cent of McDonald’s profits come from the sales of Happy Meals.
Libra
In England, the Speaker of the House is not allowed to speak.
September 23 October 22
Sherlock Holmes NEVER said, “Elementary, my dear Watson.”
If you have any big plans coming up, then you might just be right. If there is a nagging doubt, maybe it’s for good reason.
It’s impossible to sneeze with your eyes open. By raising your legs slowly and laying on your back, you cannot sink into quicksand.
Scorpio
October 23 November 21 Are you thinking about making a change in your personal life? Spend some time considering this so you do the right thing.
Sudoku Puzzle
Sagittarius November 22 December 21
Fill in the grid with digits in such a manner that every row, every column and every 3x3 box accommodates the digits 1-9, without repeating any.
Soon you will learn a truth that was once considered false, and it will become important to you once again. It’s just a word of wisdom.
Capricorn December 22 January 19
Seek out an older relative to just tell you what you want to hear. Next week might be better for a big decision.
Aquarius January 20 February 18
Are you considering going on a journey? This year will be remembered as the day you stood up for yourself and you’ll have to do the right thing.
Pisces
February 19 March 20 Are you comfortable with going back to school? This month you’ll find is a turning point in your life and the trajectory of your life shifted, even if subtly.
Diodonna Winona dabbles in forces beyond mortal comprehension. She also enjoys people watching and coffee.
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Games of yesterday in a museum today BY MIKE TURCOTTE
The kids of today have never had to struggle to blow onto a game cartridge to try and magically make it work, or having to use dozens of floppy discs to install a computer program, all using only a keyboard in a command line ... 3D graphics, virtual reality and high definition screens now dominate the ever-growing gaming universe. However, thanks to Digital Dynamics 2018, an exhibition at THEMUSEUM in downtown Kitchener that is comprised of smaller exhibits, everyone now has the opportunity to glimpse what gaming consoles and computers were like in a not so distant past that seems long forgotten. According to the THEMUSEUM website, “Digital Dynamics 2018 presents a diverse selection of interactive works that range from games to new media artworks to net.art. Each portion of the show is designed to explore the depth and breadth of how interactivity can be used in order to engage the public and to create meaning.” Currently on display on the third floor is a twopart exhibition called “INTERPLAY.” Syd Bolton, the curator of the exhibit, is the owner of the largest known collection of video games in Canada,
approximately 17,500 games or more. Bolton is also the founder of the Personal Computer Museum, located in Brantford. When asked what his inspiration was for opening his own museum, and the exhibit in THEMUSEUM, Bolton said, “I actually had the idea to create a museum of computers over 30 years ago; when I was just 16. I saw the first “churn” of technology turnover, the disposal of a previous year’s model in favour of something new. As our society has become increasingly one of disposable consumer products, I knew it was more and more important to keep trying to open a museum.” When asked about his own personal feelings, that things he grew up on are now old enough to be placed in a museum, he said, “I think it’s great actually they are on display at THEMUSEUM and in my museum in Brantford because it allows for multigenerational sharing in a way that just wasn’t possible before. Parents can show their kids the games they grew up on and some people can just literally take a walk down their past life and reconnect with things they have forgotten about. Everyone has a story, I’m just helping them remember what it is and enabling them to share it with others.” Stefan Popovici, who has visited the exhibition, said,
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A Nintendo Entertainment System sits in THEMUSEUM in Kitchener, as part of the INTERPLAY exhibit. “It’s crazy to think about how I used to play on these computers, and the old Nintendo and stuff as a kid. Now, it’s old enough to be in a museum ... It’s really cool to see the old machines, but it’s
a bit surreal too.” More information about the Digital Dynamics 2018 exhibition can be found at https://themuseum. ca/exhibitions/currentexhibitions/digital-
dynamics-2018/. The exhibition runs until May 13. More information about The Personal Computer Museum can be found at http:// pcmuseum.ca
Loblaws offers gift cards after price fixing BY JOSH PEDERSON
Loblaws Companies Limited, Canada’s largest food distributor and owner of several nationwide grocery chains like Zehrs Markets, No Frills and Valumart, has recently come under scrutiny after announcing to Canada’s Competition Bureau that for over a decade, bread prices across the country have been price-fixed. What this entails is that from 2002, Loblaws has contributed to the controlling of bread prices, meaning that their affiliated partners all knowingly increased the cost of bread simultaneously to force consumers to pay more for their loaves. In normal circumstances, supermarket chains operate under a low-price guarantee to encourage people to buy from them. However, when a scheme like this takes place and all the chains increase their prices, then there is no other option except to pay for the more expensive goods. “I am kind of on the fence
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The Zehrs grocery store chain is part of the bread price-fix scandal that its parent company Loblaws admitted to. surrounding the whole issue,” said Timothy Cheung, a manager of Zehrs Eramosa, located in Guelph. “I do not believe that anyone forces people to buy bread directly from Loblaws, so if they don’t like the prices then they can just go somewhere
else. I don’t really understand why people are getting so mad over it.” Margaret Curtis, of Cambridge, said, “I think it’s shady of them. I’ve been buying bread from Zehrs for years now because it is the closest supermarket to
my house. We should have been informed sooner that we were over paying. It kind of feels like we’ve been getting scammed this entire time.” Loblaws has attempted to placate consumers by offering $25 to anyone who fills out a form requiring personal information on their website, Loblawcard.ca. Those who wish to cash in on the gesture can simply provide their name, address and contact information and they will be mailed the gift card. Eligibility for the card program listed on the website is conditional on if you purchased one or more of the following brands of packaged bread from Loblaws, Atlantic Superstore, Bloor Street Market, Cash & Carry, Club Entrepôt, Dominion (in Newfoundland & Labrador), Extra Foods, Fortinos, Independent City Market, Loblaws City Market, Maxi, Maxi & Cie, No Frills, Presto, Provigo, Provigo Le Marché, Real Canadian Superstore, Real Canadian Wholesale
Club, Valu-mart, Wholesale Club, Your Independent Grocer, or Zehrs in the period between January 1, 2002 and March 1, 2015: Ben’s Bread Country Harvest Bread Dempster’s Bread D’Italiano Bread McGavin’s Bread No Name Bread Old Mill Bread POM Bread Weston Bread Wonder Bread Loblaws announced that it is expecting three million to six million Canadians to register, costing the company $75 million to $150 million in lost revenue for the gift cards. They are also getting ready for several class action lawsuits to be brought against them. Other large grocer chains like Metro, Sobeys and Walmart have all announced that they are unaware of any involvement by their companies in the scandal, but that they are complying with the Competition Bureau’s investigation.