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Future of rink on thin ice Maintaining college arena would require several million dollars BY JOSH BURY
The upcoming renovations to the Conestoga rec centre will likely result in the per m anent removal of the ice rink. Mike Dinning, vice-presi dent of student affairs, said that while it is impossible to say for certain that it will be removed, saving the rink is not a priority in the renova tion of the rec centre because the school has already looked at the possible costs of main taining, updating and pre serving it. “We’re looking very seriously at the future of the ice rink as part of this ... if I was a betting person, I believe we’ve done our due diligence and we know how we’re moving forward ... I’d say 95 per cent we know the direction we’re going in.” Dinning added the caveat that if an architect were to offer evidence to the contrary, they would take that into account. “So it would be inappropri ate of us to say ‘absolutely, w e’re knocking down that ice rink’ ... If an architect comes in and tells us based on their analysis and design that it’d be a real problem knocking that thing down ... you’ve got to take the input.” Dinning is part of the man agement team for the rec cen tre renovation project, which
also includes CSI president Jason Wright, CSI general manager Janie Renwick, and Paul Osborne, executive director of marketing, corpo rate communications, athlet ics and alumni. A request for proposals will be issued to architects who want to bid for the right to design the new recreation centre. The request includes an evaluation process for prospective bidders and sets timelines. “What happens is, a docu ment is put together that artic ulates the scope of the project, to define what we’re trying to do in a very broad sense, what we’re trying to accom plish ... the process must be open, it must be transparent, and it must be well-defined as to how we make the decision,” Dinning said. Wright agreed with Dinning about the importance of trans parency, adding via e-mail that “we want our students to know the details when they become available.” The rec centre renovation has several goals — among them, an expansion of facilities to handle the current and future size of the student population, better availability even during peak hours, and the eventual return of men and women’s varsity basketball. “We added men’s and wom
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Plans to renovate Conestoga College’s rec centre are bringing into question the future of the ice rink. Rem oval of the arena would allow for other, more popular, facilities. en’s volleyball a couple years ago, and it’s always been our goal to add men’s and wom en’s basketball ... and we’ve always been limited by our facility,” Dinning said. While removing the rink may allow for other facilities that could be more popular with students, there are other considerations. Several com munity groups rent the rink
for events and practices. A letter sent to rink stake holders on Nov. 1 by Dinning and Osborne states that book ings for the arena will be suspended effective April 7 and notes that the rink is only used by a small fraction of the student population. “Maintaining the rink would require an immediate invest ment of several million dol
lars to retrofit and replace aging infrastructure,” the let ter states. Dinning adds that all of this is pending approval, and, down the road, must be approved by the boards of the college and CSI. “If we follow normal pro cess and consultation, we believe all those things will be accomplished.”
CSI has big plans for approximately $500,000 surplus BY JODY ANDERSON
Though there were more chairs than people in them, the annual general meeting of Conestoga Students Inc. had better attendance than the previous year according to CSI representatives. The dozen people in atten dance heard Jason Wright, CSI president, speak about some things he felt went well during the past school year. “Giving back was probably one of the best things we have done this year,” Wright said. He went on to mention some fundraising events that took place over the previous school year, such as last year’s Movember (a CSI Movember
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team raised $4,467) and the Polar Plunge (which raised $6,500). The eight core services CSI offers were highlighted regularly. These services are entertainment, food support, funding, leadership develop ment, representation, the ser vice hub, and the shuttle and wellness services. When asked about environ mental issues and what CSI could do about them and what they were currently doing, they mentioned recycling pro
grams and the shuttle service as key things that they are doing that help the environ ment. Working with Grand River Transit to reduce the cost of the bus pass was another point, which they hope will result in an increase of ridership and will have an environ mental impact as well. When asked if there was a plan for CSI, a not-for-profit organization, to use surplus money (of around $500,000) the answer was simply yes. “You will see bigger, better events and you will see some improvements to other areas as well,” Wright said. Other than that the money was said to be held for a “build
ing” that is being planned. Spoke has run several articles on a possible expansion of the college’s rec centre. A major talking point at the meeting was the College Student Alliance (CSA). “They represent you guys at the provincial level. They represent you guys with items such as tuition. They are the single voice that is heard by the Ontario government regarding anything tuition, mature students, interna tional students (etc.),” Wright said. The meeting ended with people who stayed for the duration of it being handed a voucher for a $5 Tim Hortons’ gift card.
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Conestoga Students Inc. presi dent Jason Wright talked about CSI services and achievements at their annual general meeting Oct. 30.
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‘Wheel of Terror’ Now deep thoughts ... with Conestoga College has charitable spin Random questions answered by random students W hat is the song that defines your life? “Something from Mumford & Sons for sure, like Below My Feet. They are my favourite band.” Katie McPhee,
first-year interior decorating
“It’s really mainstream, but Same Love by Macklemore. I really like it.” Ryan Meevis,
first-year human services foundation
“This Will Be the Day by Jeff Williams. The lyrics go along with what I’m feeling in col lege right now because I'm the youngest of my friends.” Matt Tennant,
first-year business administration management
“Machine Head by Bush. It’s a classic. Almost fitting given my program.” Dustin Keyes,
first-year electronics engineering technician
“How to Save a Life by The Fray, because it’s deep and I’m deep. It has to be some thing I can sing.” Jeremy Ide,
first-year pre-health sciences
“Origin of Love by Hedwig and the Angry Inch. It talks about how two people in the world are meant to be together.”
Jeff Scherer,
third-year marketing Smile Conestoga, you could be our next respondent!
BY BRUCE CHESSELL
Conestoga students got a chance to spin the “Wheel of T error” in the Sanctuary at Conestoga’s Doon campus on Oct. 29, just a few days before Halloween. Proceeds went to cancer research and Light The Night, an organization that sets up a walk every year in major cities to raise funds for The L eukemia and Lymphoma Society of Canada. Second-year business mar k eting student Jeanette S hepherd and her class m ates and partners in the event, Teri Lyn Smith, Marcy G alindo, Dolly Nguyen and L auren Graham, set up the w heel on the stage of the S anctuary. Students came up and paid $2 to spin it in order to win gift cards and other p rizes from sponsors such as Zehrs, The Beer Store, The Kitchener Rangers and Conestoga Students Inc. “The reason we are holding the event is that my niece A lisa is a six-year-old cancer survivor,” said Shepherd, who went on to explain her niece’s story. “My niece Alisa Gammy was diagnosed at four years old with acute leukemia, which is a cancer of the white blood cells. “So she is not really able to fight off the simplest of colds, meaning she was hospital ized, unable to attend things kids would normally attend such as kindergarten.” Alisa went through two years of radiotherapy, an assortment of drugs and hospital visits before she regained her health. “She has finally turned full circle and
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Doug Ardis, a first-year police foundations student, spins the ‘Wheel of Terror' after m aking a $2 donation. has become a healthy radiant child,” Shepherd said. “And in her honour as a cancer survivor we are holding an event like this to help other families gain knowledge and support.” First-year recreation and leisure services student Krista Dwyer was one of the students to go up and spin the “Wheel of Terror.” “It is terror because you get so close to winning the big prize and it’s kind of scary with the anticipation,” she said with a laugh. She went on to say that she
believed in the cause they were supporting. “After (Shepherd) told us the story about her niece it was really touching because I have a child myself so for someone to have cancer that young and have a two-year battle with it is tough. So it’s really a great cause to sup port.” You can donate to Light The Night at www.lightthenight.ca/donate, and find out more about how you can help at The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society’s website, www.llscanada.org.
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Skate park renaming would honour teen BY CODY STEEVES
A tragedy has inspired a local mother and her son’s friend to take a different approach on the war on drugs. On April 12, 2013, Christine Padaric said goodbye to her son for the last time due to a single mistake. That same day with the help of a local teen, she started an online petition to name Wellesley Skate Park in her son’s hon our. Padaric’s son, Austin, was just 17 when he abused and overdosed on hydromorphone at a party. Hydromorphone is a prescription drug for pain relief and acts as an opiate that is approximately eight times stronger than morphine. This year approximately 47,000 Canadians’ death will be related to substance abuse. Wellesley Township has been in the process of con structing a skate park for teens after a proposal in early 2012. Trevor Olender, a local teen, is working with Padaric to get that park named after Austin. He meets with com munity groups to gain sup port for the change and wants the name to be AMP, the ini tials of Padaric’s son. Olender wants to ensure he has as much support as pos sible before he approaches the Wellesley Township Council again, after having doubts surface after the previous council meeting in July. “The big resistance I’ve had is the change aspect,” Olender said. “(I’m) trying to open their eyes and see that change is a good thing in some cases.” W ellesley has never named a location after a person. Naming the skate park after Austin is seen as rather trivial, according to Olender, and thus has been a slow process.
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Trevor Olender stands with a photo of Austin Padaric, who passed away April 12, 2013, and also dis plays his Skate for Austin tattoo. Austin’s mother, Christine Padaric, and Olender are hoping that a skate park in their com m unity will be renamed in Austin’s honour. S.K.A.T.E (Stop Kids Abusing Through Education) for Austin is Padaric’s not-forprofit organization that is try ing to raise awareness of drug abuse and the symptoms of overdosing. Padaric founded S.K.A.T.E after she started being interviewed by local media. She said she couldn’t stay quiet anymore, she had to talk about the issue.
Austin inherited much of his personal belief from the skateboarding community. Share, make friends and be dedicated. Padaric has been taking active measures to deliver her message and the message is clear, education regarding drugs needs to change. “It’s all about awareness,” Padaric said. “Giving kids
information and creating opportunities to talk about this.” Elmira District Secondary School is the first to agree to promote Padaric’s message. As of next year they plan to incorporate how to deal with overdoses and what the signs and symptoms are, into the curriculum. Had Austin been provided
with appropriate treatment as soon as he was show ing signs of an overdose the chance of him surviving would have increased significantly. However, the other teens at the party were hesitant to call 9-1-1 as they were under the influence and one was the supplier. They instead laid him on his side and waited seven hours before calling an ambulance. When Padaric talks about her son, she speaks of him as any mother would. Loving, caring and accepting. “He was a really funny kid, had a really funny sense of humour,” said Padaric. “He was an example of a good kid who made a bad decision.” Austin at the time had been trying to turn his life around according to Padaric. He had just started to follow the laws of attraction, a theory of phi losopher Thomas Troward’s, and he was trying to shape his life around it. When you do good things and think posi tively only good will come out of it, but when thinking nega tively and doing bad things only negativity will occur. “He was always positive. He could have the roughest day and he could come to the skate park and if you were having a rough day he would say, ‘Oh, let’s go skate it off,”’ Olender said. “The whole room could be at each other’s throats and as soon as he walks in every thing relaxes.” A tragedy that would haunt anyone close to the per son involved, Padaric and Olender have found a purpose amongst the sorrow. “Life is just so valuable and when you lose (someone) you recognize it. When something happens that you know could have been prevented, it is just that much more devastating,” Padaric said. “You can make a change, you just need to be vocal about it.”
CSI’s Yellow Umbrella Project keeps the rain away BY SPENCER BEEBE
Conestoga Students Inc. recently invited students to learn more about mental health awareness by partici pating in the Yellow Umbrella Project. The campaign was launched by the College Student Alliance (CSA), an organiza tion that represents Canadian post-secondary students, and took place at more than a dozen colleges across Ontario. The weeklong event, held Oct. 28 to Nov. 1, tried to elimi nate the stigma surround
ing mental health issues and raise awareness among post secondary students. At Conestoga’s Doon cam pus, outside the CSI office, tables and booths were set up all week and lined with infor mational pamphlets, cards and free yellow stress balls. CSI members were available to happily and enthusiasti cally answer questions and chat with students. “It’s a weeklong campaign to teach about mental health and its impact on students,” said Jessica Gazca, a CSI rep resentative. ‘W e’re promoting
awareness by asking students to write down what makes them happy.” Notepad paper was provided for visitors to write on, and their words were pinned to two large yellow boards which, by the end of the week, had hundreds of happy thoughts from students - things such as their friends, pets, favou rite television shows or even simple things like a nice cup of tea. CSI president Jason Wright was excited about the suc cess of the Yellow Umbrella Project at Conestoga, and
hopes that it encourages stu dents to take better care of their mental wellness. “We’re here to talk about mental health issues, listen to people who suffer from them, and break the stigma behind mental health,” he said. “With mid-terms coming, students are not taking their stress as seriously as they should be.” On Tuesday, CSI brought in a group of therapy puppies for students to meet and play with. The fuzzy friends were available from noon until 1 p.m. “The best way to reduce
stress? Pet a puppy,” Wright said. According to the CSA’s website, www.collegestudentalliance.ca, the colour yel low was chosen because it is uplifting and illuminating, and offers hope, happiness and fun. The umbrella sym bolizes shelter and warmth. Students who are hav ing problems with stress or other mental health issues in their lives should drop by Conestoga’s Counselling Services office located in Room 1A101 near the atri um.
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Consumer debt a real problem BY KELSEY DUNBAR
This year, the average Canadian’s debt is nearly $16,000, according to a Royal Bank of Canada survey. To most students that sounds about right, but this fig ure is for all Canadians. The annual RBC survey found that consumer debt, such as credit cards, lines of credit and various loans, has risen 21 per cent from $13,141 to $15,910 this year. The spike in debt isn’t just nationally, average debt in Ontario rose 13 per cent to $17,416. This does not include mortgages. RBC did not offer any explanation for the increase. Tanya Staples, a financial planning professor at Conestoga College, said that $16,000 sounds low for an average because consumer debt is a real issue for Canadians. “I think debt is a Canadian issue and I think it exists because of the lack of financial literacy. We don’t under stand money. We assume money is about adding and subtracting; it isn’t about adding and subtracting, it is about the physiology and emotion that we attach to spending,” she said. Staples wants everyone to understand that there is good debt and there is bad debt. Good debt is if there is debt directly attached to an asset that appreciates in value, such as student debt because they gain skills and knowledge to help them obtain a better paying job. Home debt is also considered to be good debt as a house appreciates in value over time. If students want to know how much bad debt they have, they need to look at debt on their credit cards, non-student lines of credit or day-to-day expenses that are higher than they should be. “Like anything in life when we have a sense of no control it automatically increases anxiety and stress. So the very first thing you need to do is get control of your spending, and you can’t get control if you don’t under stand how you spend,” Staples said. If students want tips on their finances Staples encour ages them to participate in a financial planning week Nov. 18 to 22 on campus. Senior financial planning stu dents will be providing the financial advice and or ideas for personalized spending plans. The views herein represent the position of the newspa per, not necessarily the author.
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Steroids should never be legal Last week Canadian cyclist Ryder Hesjedal became the latest athlete to admit that he has taken performance enhancing drugs, opening up the steroid debate once again. It seems more journal ists today are taking the side that steroids should be legal in amateur and profes sional sports. Public opinion is swaying too as more and more sports fans I meet seem to say, “I drink coffee in the morning to wake up, isn’t that a performance enhanc ing drug?” Such an argument might hold some weight, if you injected the coffee into your bloodstream through a hypodermic needle. It may also be a fair com parison if drinking coffee car ried a risk of side effects with it, such as a compromised liver, shrinking testicles and also, in the case of men who abuse steroids, growing breasts. The list of adverse side-effects that are caused by steroid abuse continues to grow. Call me old-fashioned but part of the reason I enjoy pro sports and the Olympics, is I get to watch a superhuman
Scott Dietrich Opinion man or woman perform ath letic feats that only a hand ful of humans can do. What steroid abuse does is take that thrill away, and reduce amateur and pro sports to a cheap trick. If athletes take steroids their performance is no longer amazing, as no one can be sure how much of it was the athletes themselves and how much was the extra testos terone in their bloodstream. In a column for Forbes.com last year, columnist Chris Smith wrote why he thought steroids should be legal. One of his main points in the column is that cheaters are getting harder and harder to catch and they will never stop cheating so why bother trying to stop them. No doubt Smith also avoids mopping his front hall in his home, so he won’t waste his time cleaning up something that will just get dirty again.
He also makes the point, (this one is my personal favourite), that when ath letes take steroids it makes their performance better, and therefore, more entertaining for the fans. The minute fans say that they do not care what happens to an athletes’ long term health as long as they are entertaining is a small step away from the ancient Romans, who had no regard for life in their gladia tor games. The simple fact is that almost every study done on the adverse effects of ste roids has come to similar conclusions. Failing livers, shrinking testicles, and in some cases, heart attack or stroke. To ask our athletes to take such risks for our entertainment is the last thing that sport needs right now, especially with all the research coming out on the long term effects of concus sions. Governing bodies must continue to try and catch the cheaters and help those athletes who strayed so far from the very essence of sport, that being fair com petition and natural athletic ability.
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Food for thought Institute of Food Processing Technology addresses shortages BY GREG STAMPER
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Students of the Craig Richardson Institute of Food Processing Technology get real-world experience working on processing lines at the pilot plant located at Conestoga’s Cambridge campus.
Conestoga College is home to a wide variety of unique programs. From bartending to cabinetmaking and every thing in between, the choices are endless. However, one program stands out as the most intriguing, yet not very well known —food processing. C on estog a ’ s Craig Richardson Institute of Food Processing Technology (IFPT), which is located inside the recently built Cambridge cam pus, was created in 2009 in partnership with the Alliance of Ontario Food Processors (AOFP). The IFPT opened in September 2011 with small classrooms, mechanical shops, laboratory settings and a pilot plant featuring different realworld processing lines, designed to help students by providing first-hand experiences. The food processing indus try is the second largest man ufacturing sector in the prov ince, employing over 110,000 workers. However, despite the large employment num bers, recent studies conducted by the AOFP identified signif icant shortages in the skilled trades area of the industry such as electronic, instrument techniques, industrial electri cians and process operators. The IFPT was created in direct response to these stud ies, as an up-to-date training facility capable of providing students with unique skills that employers of the food processing industry are con tinuously seeking. “Our students graduate with very strong mechanical skills in terms of their millwright skills, they take a welding course, a couple of electrical courses and we match those trades-oriented skill sets
with the food processing and food safety knowledge that is so vital in industry,” said Mihaela Simion, program manager of the IFPT. Conestoga is one of only two schools in Ontario in which food processing programs are offered, a strange statis tic considering how vast the industry is. However, because it is one of the only places offering such programs, it helps to promote the impor tance of the IFPT throughout the province. The food that is processed inside the pilot plant follows all of the food safety practices and consists of real ingredi ents that are either purchased or donated to the school such as flour, sugar and yeast in the bakery line, and potatoes and carrots in the vegetable line. The food that is processed during a class is never sold for profit and, in most cases, is produced in such a small amount that students of the IFPT and the rest of the college get to enjoy it free of charge. The IFPT has also been known to donate product manufactured by students to college events, something that Simion views as a win-win for everybody. “It (donating) helps spread the word about how interesting and fun classes are in the food pro cessing technician program.” Two programs in the IFPT are offered at a post-secondary level, the food process ing technician program and food processing techniques program, while the other pro grams are designed as profes sional development opportu nities for individuals already working in the industry. For more information go to www.ifpt.ca or attend the Conestoga open house on Nov. 30 from 1 to 3 p.m.
iMENTOR for international students on the horizon BY CASEY SCHELLENBERGER
International Student Services, in partnership with a group of project manage ment students, has begun a campaign to gauge student interest in a mentorship pro gram for international stu dents. “We know that if they assimilate quickly that they tend to have more success,” said Jan Bockmaster, man ager of support services at the International Education Office. “And it’s all about wanting to give them as many tools as we can for them to be successful.”
The program , called iMENTOR, is meant to help international students adjust by giving them “a buddy, someone who can help make coming to a new country less scary and make new friends,” according to Bockmaster. The project m anage ment students, going by the name iTEAM, are help ing International Student Services launch the program as part of their final assign ment. On Nov. 7, they had a recruitment booth where they handed out brochures about the program to students.
“We’re looking to sign up students who want to be mentors and mentees,” said Beniboba Briggs, a project management student and member of iTEAM. “We’re looking to sign up 10, for now, for the first phase ... It’s kind of a test run.” iTEAM also conducted a survey to determine wheth er there is an interest in a mentorship program, how long the program should run and what students would want to do if they were a mentor. Bockmaster said, “So we don’t have that 100 per cent finalized, we’re really still
fact-gathering.” “For sure January we’ll have a solid program in place.” There are several criteria for students interested in mentoring an international student. They must be going into their second or higher year at Conestoga and have a minimum GPA of 2.0. Students who express inter est in being mentors will then be invited to an information session, happening at the end of November. International students must be in first year and express an interest in having a mentor when they are accepted into the college.
“When students get our acceptance letter saying, “Hey, you’re accepted to Conestoga, here are some tools and tips for being suc cessful when you get here” ... it will also say, “Would you be interested in having a men tor?” Bockmaster said. “We’re not just going to assume you want a mentor if you are an international student.” The booth isn’t student’s only chance to express inter est in mentoring an interna tional student. “(The booth) is sort of a first step,” Bockmaster said. “We’ll be doing more promoting and recruiting of students.”
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Kitchener’s nuit blanche gets a cold reception BY TYLER BATTEN
The night was strikingly cold and art installations did not line the streets. Many festi val goers were capitulated to the insides of strange music cafes and pretentious art studios where Spanish cof fees were served and strange trance ruled the airwaves. The loud music pushed the less tempered spectators back into the blustery streets to repeat a cycle of masochistic cafe retreat for fear of frost bite. Kitchener’s first annu al Night/Shift hosted by Alternatives Journal (A/J) hap pened last week over the day light saving’s time shift. A/J describes the event as a “nuit blanche-style festival of art, culture and nocturnal adven ture” and wanted everyone to “come see Kitchener in a whole new light - by exploring it in the dark.” “It was very cold, so a lot of people were ducking into the nearest place,” said Aaron St. John, a festival goer who found it too difficult to see every attraction the event had to offer due to the looming winter’s nip. ‘Maybe it was intentionally unorganized to give you a sense of exploration, which was kind of cool, but at the same time it was too cold (to wander around on foot,)” he said. “You couldn’t go (to an attrac tion) confidently thinking that you would stay. You might travel across half of downtown in the freezing cold to get there and want to leave and so you would probably just stay at one place,” he said. Better maps, signage and attraction descriptions would have been a help for people who were there to explore. For the majority of attendees who stuck around you got the feeling that they were there for a particular event, to see a friend perform or to support a certain cause. “It was this unorganized movement of people and no one seemed to know where they were going,” St. John said. There were a wide vari ety of interests represented at the event including yoga, live music, film, poetry, per formance and art exhibits. “We got nice and toasty at Queen Street Yoga with 50 people grooving in each free Dj'd class,” said Leena Miller Cressman, director of Queen Street Yoga. It was the “first time the windows have ever fogged up at the studio.” The Misty Mountain Cafe had art for sale and live music throughout the night. Staff requested I delete my photos in case “a picture of an original” had been captured. The music was very loud, forcing people to yell to one another. Nuit blanche, which liter
ally translates from French to white night, is a form of cul tural festival which began in Paris in 1984. This overnight festival style has since spread across the world and Canada. Under many different names, nuit blanches have supplied free audiences and locations to a variety of experimental art ists and installation art pieces. Toronto’s version, which took off in 2006, has seen its share of violence though. A 19-year-old man was stabbed and killed in October during Toronto’s 7th annual nuit blanche. Also, due to previ ous graffiti and vandalism problems, Toronto’s Eaton Centre made headlines by refusing, for the first time ever, to open its doors to the festival. A/J’s version was much differ ent; the vast majority of people seemed to be happy. The lead singer of the Gnomes in the Shadows said it was a “hippie thing,” and assured that many of these festivals are ongoing and less publicized. According to A/J’s website their mission was “to attract a diverse local audience to explore an unconventional showcase of arts, technology, bright ideas and nightlife on foot.” Diversity was ever present Saturday night, though due to the cold, not many people moved around as much as you’d expect, and perhaps as an effect, there weren’t many art installations on the street. As I walked south, early in the morning, I spoke with a couple of youngsters who were skateboarding. One of them handed me a piece of art which linked to his blog but otherwise lacked the name of the author. The penned original, on a small card, is of a man, mid-waist up, with lines emanating out from his centred heart. The caption simply reads: “A man grows as a tree grows.” It’s refreshing to know that this nuit blanche festival inspired artists who didn’t even have a display, inspir ing a feeling that it’s OK to nonchalantly pass along your feelings as art, unsolicited, to strangers. The spirit of this festival can be found somewhere in between the interaction with a young, unassociated skate boarder on King Street and the mass of people drawn to the streets by the pursuit of the unknown. The visible fes tival is a presentation, found in the showpieces, displayed by the business-minded art ists - their supporters are there for them. For upcoming Alternatives Journal events check out their webpage at www. alter nativesj our nal. ca/events.
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Festival goers at Kitchener’s first annual nuit blanche-inspired Night/Shift danced under strobe lights and lasers at Cafe Pyrus where they sold stiff Spanish coffees for $5.50 each.
A sculpter allowed participants to stick pieces of clay to this incomplete monster bust.
A band of gnom es played gypsy folk in transit down King Street. Many of them used makeshift instru ments.
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Halloween party a ghoulishly good time BY AARON CRECES
On Halloween night, stu dents and others decked out in their Hallows’ Eve best came out to the Sanctuary to see some ghosts and ghouls, and have some good times. The event, put on and hosted by Conestoga Students Inc., ran from 9 p.m. to about 1 a.m., and in that time more than 200 people braved the rain and wore their costumes to the school to get the party kicked into full gear. The night fea tured a DJ alongside an ornate, mounted skull on a pedestal in front of him, decorations all around the room and lighting to set the spooky tone. Students and guests alike were impressed with the scale and feel of the party, and some of the costumes present were
really fantastic. A zombie sport ing sunglasses, witches, and a full-body moss-man costume were just some of the many in the Sanctuary that night. Eathan Knight, a guest, showed his enthusiasm for the event by urging others to come out, and by giving it an earnest thumbs up. “Conestoga’s Halloween party is the only one to be at tonight,” Knight said. “It’s a great time.” Second-year w oodw ork ing technology student Alex Montebello said he didn’t expect the Sanctuary to be so lively, but was glad to have been proven wrong. “These things (CSI) puts on don’t always go so well, but I’ve got to say that this is a good night,” Montebello said. “It’s really cool that so many people came out.”
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Members of Conestoga Students Inc. and guest Eathan Knight pose for a shot In their respective cos tumes at the Halloween Pub Night in the Sane Cafe.c
RAFFLE DRAW RAISES M O N EY FOR TH E U NITED W A Y PHOTO BY GREG STAMPER
First-year hum an service foundation students Kali Paris, left, and Em ily Sm ith pose behind their raffle draw booth on Oct. 31 at the Doon campus. The booth featured dozens of different prizes donated by various busi nesses to raise m oney for the United W ay.
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The Kitchener Downtown Mural Programme has brought four murals to life in the past five years. It’s hoped that the murals will encourage pride and tourism in Kitchener. In Cambridge, a mural by local artist Ian Kool appears on the store, Waterboys, drawing in intrigued locals such as Phillip Bissonette.
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Think about the future of water BY BECKY SHEASBY
A new exhibit has flooded THEMUSEUM in downtown Kitchener. Surface Tension: The Future of Water made its Canadian premiere high lighting the growing problem of water scarcity around the globe. The exhibit is named Surface Tension because the future of the planet’s water supply is a subject that causes tension. “One of the most awesome things about this exhibit is definitely the ideas that it’s bringing,” said Lindsey Kieman, a volunteer at THEMUSEUM. “I think because we live in a place where water is so prevalent and we have it we kind of forget that there are a lot of places that don’t and it is a very valuable resource. So I think it’s very important that exhibits like this exist so we can really start to really think about what we are going to do with the future of our water.” Surface Tension was cre ated in Dublin, Ireland and journeyed to New York City before making its stop in Canada. It is an exhibit that uses exhibitions, public experiments, challenges and
workshops with the hope to ignite new ideas and stir up debates about water scar city. Exploring water from the point of view of artists, designers, engineers and scientists, Surface Tension looks at the future of water and its role in everyday liv ing, economic systems and politics. There are many innovative ideas presented in ways water can be har nessed, cleaned and distrib uted in efforts to solve the future water crisis. “This will be a fun and enlightening exhibition espe cially as this is the United Nation’s International Year of W ater Cooperation,” said David Marskell, the CEO of THEMUSEUM on THEM USEUM ’s website. “Along with the important questions the exhibition brings to light, it will be incredibly fascinating to explore the creations that have been made with conser vation of energy and water in mind.” An example of new and innovative technology seen in the Surface Tension exhibit is Protei 002. A large yellow sailboat dangles in the middle of the room with a snaking
white boom hovering behind it. This model shows the pro totype for a fleet of low-cost, DIY, remote-controlled oil collecting sailboats. Oil spills have billions of dollars leaked into them but they remain incredibly difficult to contain. The Protei 002 sailboats drag a sorbent boom behind them which absorbs the oil off the top of the water. The boat can catch winds from both sides and can therefore sail upwind and catch oil sheens as they travel downwind. They are remote controlled which keeps humans away from tox ins, can travel long distances, work continuously during the night or day and can oper ate in hurricane conditions. The technology for Protei 002 is an open source, meaning any individual can tailor the design and collaborate on its development. You can explore the future of water up until January 5, 2014. The Surface Tension exhibit is open to the pub lic W ednesdays through Sundays at THEMUSEUM, 10 King St. W. in downtown Kitchener. For more infor mation go to www.themuseum.ca.
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Plastic water bottles coat one of the walls of the Surface Tension exhibit, a representation of how environmentally unfriendly plastic water bottles are.
Chilly Ribbons is heating up Waterloo Region BY HAILEY MERKT
It has “the texture of cotton candy and the taste of snow.” - USA TODAY “Instead of being lazily scooped into a sundae, or care fully extruded into a cone, this extreme confection flies into bowls at 500 rpm. The process gives the shavings the consis tency of cotton candy.” - Wired Magazine Scott Colwell, a Waterloo native and the founder of Chilly Ribbons, conceptualized his own version of “shaved snow” after trying something similar three years ago in Chicago. Colwell thought that, “with a little bit more work, this could be the next big thing.” “Shaved snow” dates back over 2,000 years to Roman Emperor Nero. He had slaves collect snow from nearby mountains, to be topped with fresh fruits and honey as a chilling royal treat. This divine dessert is now on its way to becoming a global franchise. “The goal is to have 500 loca tions worldwide within five years,” Colwell said. “I’d like everyone to be able to experience this high-end ice cream.”
He has been receiving noth ing but positive reviews about his “cool” new product. However, he recently had quite a scare when Chilly Ribbons was featured in an online article on torontoist. com titled, “What Not to Eat at the CNE.”
" This could be the next big thing," - Scott Colwell When he heard the news his heart sank, wondering why it had been hexed. Scrolling madly through the web page, Colwell found his product at the bottom of the list. “This was a last-minute deci sion that we were so, so glad we made,” read the first line. Natalie Zuna Walschots, writer of the critique, wanted to end with a positive experi ence and chose Colwell’s busi ness to do so. “Chilly Ribbons calls its frozen treat ‘shaved snow’ to differentiate it from a lot of other ice-cream alternatives, and different it is. The shaved snow falls in feathery lay ers that melt instantly in the
mouth,” she wrote. Chilly Ribbons features over 40 fabulous flavours, all less than 100 calories. One of their most popular is coconut. All of the fruit-infused choic es are flavoured by real fruit purees. Aside from the product itself, the creamery’s appearance has a contemporary chalet feel to it. Colwell wanted his guests to enjoy their “cool” treat in the comfort of a warm lodge. Rich mahogany wood lines the inner walls, where a heat ed, faux-fireplace is nestled into the centre of the panel ling. He even designed mobile chalets for amusement park and attraction purposes. They puff smoke from a chimney and shed snow from a rooftop, attracting a crowd of all ages. “He’s selling more than just a cold treat, he’s selling an experience,” said customer Trevor Kearns. If you stop by Chilly Ribbons, located at 170 University Ave. W. in Waterloo, anytime from Nov. 11 to 15 with a friend and say “SPOKE” prior to your purchase, you can get two fro zen desserts for the price of one.
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Mango-flavoured velvet shavings fall into a bowl, forming soft, ribbon-like flakes.
Founder of Chilly Ribbons, Scott Colwell.
One cylinder serves 20 large bowls of shaved snow.
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Hooray for Masala Bay
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Masala Bay has an eyesore exterior, cluttered with lit plastic signs. Sheer off-white curtains drape from the win dow, refusing me a glimpse of its inside. 3B Regina St. N. Uptown Waterloo is home to this hole in the wall and despite its “divey” decor, I decided to give it a try. As I clutched the cold, metal handle belonging to a very heavy-framed door, I released an exaggerated breath polluted with hesitance into the air. To my surprise I entered an authentic Indian eatery, burst ing with rich cultural accents. A symbolic gold and red hue ran throughout the interior, hoping to bring strength, wealth, positivity and purity to guests. To the left of the entrance hung a photo of owner and head chef, Ritesh Bhargava, with his wife and Stephen Hawking, the great English theoretical physicist and cosmologist. Once seated, I inquired about the photo. My waitress informed me that Hawking dines at Masala Bay when ever he is in town. “How interesting,” I thought aloud. I was then handed a weighty metal menu, filled with dish titles I couldn’t pronounce but delightful descriptions that helped me visualize the food. As an appetizer I ordered the Beggar’s Purse. This flaky pea and potatostuffed treat is a two person sharable. Its triangular shaped appearance was per fectly pinched at the seams, enclosing its moist and flavourful insides. I really enjoyed this savory sample sized appetizer. For my main, I went with one of their signature dish es, Murg Tikka Makhani. Westernized people know this dish as butter chicken. I also ordered Kesari Pulao, which is a saffron-spiced rice. Saffron is an orange-yellow spice but also a food colour ing and dye made from dried saffron crocus flowers and is one of the most costly spices in the world. As I waited for my entree I enjoyed the calm Indian soundtrack, momentarily los ing myself to its hymns. My meal arrived quite quick ly. Each item was brought out in gold-plated, basket shaped dishes and placed into
a revolving stand. Tea light candles were then lit beneath each dish to keep it warm. It’s almost like they brought a personalized buffet right to my table, so I could serve myself an appropriate sized plate. The smell of my comple mentary dishes was intoxi cating — sweet but spicy. The Murg Tikka Makhani was rosy in colour with creamy swirling streaks of butter. It resembled Vincent van Gogh’s swirling sky in Starry Night. I scooped an equal portion of both dishes onto my plate and tried each item alone and then both items together. I think a forkful of rice and chicken is the best way to eat this divine duo. The flavours married togeth er in my mouth, tasting mostly sweet. However, once swallow ing, the sweet taste subsided, leaving an aftertaste of Indian spice. Personally I enjoyed this sneaky kick, though some might dislike the quick turn in taste. Once my stomach reached its full capacity, I requested my leftovers in a doggy bag along with my bill. Dinner for one, with enough leftover for a second meal, came to $26.97 before tax and tip. I would suggest the res taurant decrease its por tion sizes to create more reasonable priced dishes, which would also decrease the amount of leftovers. Not everyone likes them. I also wouldn’t recommend it for people who can’t toler ate spices. Even their most moderately spiced dishes come with a slight kick. Overall, I would give my experience a 7 out of 10, only because of the unpleasant exterior — otherwise I would have given it a 9 out of 10. My server was welcoming, knowledgeable and on the ball which is needed at a for eign cuisine diner. Masala Bay is a hidden gem within the Uptown Waterloo area. It’s quaint and hospitable once you’re in, but it’s exterior needs to be revamped to attract more business.
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Volunteers for the Respect Campaign held up signs outside of Conestoga College to spread the word about Random Acts of Kindness Day on Nov. 1.
Toronto play wows Kitchener BY CALUE WRIGGLESWORTH
An evening filled with sing ing, dancing, laughter and tears earned a standing ova tion from those who came to watch an extraordinary play, RARE, at the Conrad Centre for the Performing Arts in Kitchener. The Nov. 2 production helped celebrate Elmira District Community Living’s 50th anniversary. “Elmira District Community Living is an association like many associations across Ontario ... we provide sup ports and services to families and individuals with intellec tual disabilities,” said Greg Bechard, the executive direc tor of the association. The play, based in Toronto, consisted of nine cast mem bers, all with Down syn drome, who showcased their talents as a group and as individuals. Because it was National Down Syndrome Week, the association thought it was the perfect way to celebrate their special year.
“Our thought was, let’s give something back, so this is a gift to the community that rec ognizes our 50th anniversary ... what more could you say about Down syndrome than to witness that performance. It says it all; more than any body could ever say or begin to describe. If you didn’t know those individuals before, you certainly knew them at the end of it,” Bechard said. Judith Thompson, the artis tic director of RARE Theatre Company, scripted the play from the raw emotions and thoughts of the cast members themselves. “ ... It’s about who they are underneath the mask of Down syndrome; underneath the generalizations that we all make,” Thompson said. The play started out with the cast standing in a wide circle wearing white masks. Once the masks were taken off, the personalities and feel ing of the individuals were revealed. The cast members recited lines, danced and sang. They told their stories and shared their thoughts about
love, family, friends and what it is like to live with Down syndrome. The emotional per formance had the captivated audience laughing, clapping, crying and cheering.
" It’s about who they are underneath the mask of Down syndrome." J - Judith Thompson “It’s not just them being sweet, or dancing around in black light with wands or lip syncing ... no, this is their play,” Thompson said. “It went wonderfully tonight.” The RARE Theatre Company is now working on its next play, Borne. The show, which will feature eight quadriplegics and four paraplegics, premieres July 1, 2014, in Toronto at the Young Centre for the Performing Arts. For further information, go to www.elmiradcl.com.
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The play, RARE, featuring nine cast members with Down syndrome, performed at the Conrad Centre for the Performing Arts in Kitchener on Nov. 2.
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Pure Heroine - you can call her Queen Bee BY LAURIE SNELL
New Zealand’s singersongwriter Lorde has taken her style of artsy, electro-pop confessionals to the next level with the release of Pure Heroine on Sept. 30 in North America - an extended re lease of the May 2013 album, The Love Club EP. While the album has been out for just over a month, Lorde’s tunes are just start ing to gain momentum with
Your hard work finally pays off. Don’t back down from a confrontation with friends: you’re right and you know it. Be graceful in victory. This weekend: detente.
You’re working to get your self out of a rut. It gets eas ier, but only if you stick to it. Doubts are healthy, but don’t dwell. This weekend: stepping out.
Ephram Strange dabbles in forces beyond mortal comprehen sion on a regular basis. He also enjoys young adult novels and taxidermy.
megabits such as Tennis Courts and Royals, that re freshingly declare the ben efits of living a simple life with integrity. Her humble ness in itself is an attitude that stands out in this world of twerking, cupcake bras, substance abuse, hotel trashing and an excess of, well, everything. Ella Maria Lani YelichO’Connor - or Lorde for short - reaffirms her musi cal and personal poise with hard-hitting lyrics that call out the falsities and shallowness of fame and fortune. In her sardonic music video for her chart-topping hit Royals, the 16-year-old Auckland native sits in a chair with her full chest nut mane untamed, belting out lines that exhibit her portentous disapproval of musical counterparts like Kanye West or Kesha Every song's like gold teeth, Grey Goose, trippin’ in the bathroom, blood stains, ball gowns, trashin’ the hotel room. We don't care, we're driving Cadillacs in our dreams. Images of empty rooms in the suburbs, hydro wires, a televi sion without cable and public tran sit, Lorde makes it clear she has no time for
the sexual exploitation, underage drinking or drug use that we have becotne so accustomed to seeing in pop culture. Other songs on the album, such as Team, provide a quick tempo chant, trans porting the listener to what sounds like a debutante ball,, and reveals her un equivocal feminist ideals. Not very pretty, but we sure know how to run free, living in ruins o f the palace within my dreams. And you know we're on each other's team. The newest single, Tennis Courts, further plays on her surprisingly mature social commentary, opening the song rather conversation ally with, Don't you think that it's hoping how people talk? Advo cating that gossip and bullying are a waste of time is a message all too prevalent in today’s society of cyber-bullying. Often, empowering messages get lost in translation because female artists are swayed into nudity or lavish liv ing that contradicts their intent. But, sticking to her modesty, Lorde wears dark makeup with a plain black backdrop for the dura tion of the video - proving she won’t become a hypo crite, just socially obser
vant —as she has been known to describe herself. Messages that inspire con fidence resonate well with parents, but that does not make Lorde any less cool. Fans young and old can call (her) Queen Bee of the Bill board Top 40 with Royals at No. 1 for the last six weeks, validating her talent from all over the world. With her anthem dis crediting large celebrity egos, unnecessary lavish lifestyles and preaching modesty, Lorde’s words hopefully will be absorbed by younger generations who are literally exposed to vain celebrities every day. The 16-year-old condemns materialism, sex, substance abuse and attention seek ing - and understands that there are bigger issues in the world that need atten tion. The fifth track on the album, Buzzcut Season, provides a mature, social commentary on how our world is evolving and our priorities may not be in check. Explosions on TV, and all the girls with heads inside a dream, she sings. The men up on the news, they try to tell us all that we will lose. Pure Heroine provides in sightful lyrics, with vocals similar to the likes of Haim, Natalia Kills or Lana Del Rey. This indie electro-pop album will have music fans singing and dancing along, hoping Lorde stays true to her small-town, suburban, carefree roots.
Sixteen-year-old Ella Maria Lani Yelich O’Connor, oth erwise known as Lorde, released her album Pure Heroine on Sept. 30 featuring her chart-topping single, Royals.
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A MAGICal gaming community BY COPY STEEVES
Kitchener-W aterloo is a gaming mecca, and the num bers are growing. “Magic has always been the No. 1 collectible card game,” said Jason Schill, co-owner of Waterloo game shop J&J Superstore. “Pokemon and Yu-Gi-Oh are solid and have been around for a number of years.” The latest expansion to Magic: The Gathering is Theros, which is expected to break records according to local shopkeepers. This won’t be the first time it hap pens either, as the fanbase is expanding dramatically. Magic: The G athering distributed by Wizard’s of the Coast, sells for $80 to $100 for a box of playing cards with other trading card games priced similarly. These boxes contain any where from 250 to 500 cards. “Every time a new set comes out people buy new boxes,” Schill said. “Anyone (who) plays regularly in the*
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Jason Schill, co-owner of J&J Superstore in Waterloo, stands in front of his wall of magic boxes. tournament scene would spend easily $300 or $400 per set. Just By Chance Games, located in Waterloo, has held trading card game (TCG) tournaments since they first opened their doors nearly two years ago. Even Conestoga College’s
students show support for the collectible card game (CCG) scene. Every week day night at 4 p.m. there is a games night hosted in The Den, in which players convene to trade, talk and play. University of Waterloo also has a weekly Friday night event held by J&J Superstore. However, even though Magic is a prominent factor in the local collectible card game community, it is not the only one. Yu-gi-oh tour naments are held at Just By Chance Games, located at 465 Philip St. in Waterloo, every Wednesday night. “Every tournament we held went from practically non-existent to having 20 to 30 people showing up and participating,” said Justin Loomes, a co-partner of Just By Chance Games. He is a partner along with his wife, sister and brother-in-law. In just two years Just By Chance has gained enough support for their TCG tournaments to host nightly events that draw
Enough with the zombies Zombies have been a part of horror culture since George Romero’s Night of the Living Dead, released in 1968, but even then only appeared spo radically. Now the entertainment industry has fully realized the potential to milk the undead cash cow, and quite frankly, it needs to stop. We’ve got books on how to survive a zombie apocalypse, and scores of video games that substitute good story telling for the go-to zombie predicament, to say nothing of current movies and TV. We, as a society, seem to be obsessed with the concept of the living dead, and it’s really starting to get old. Zombies were once some thing terrifying, something movie audiences could be dis gusted and thrilled by. Now it seems like a new zombiebased show or video game comes out every month or so; the question is why? Zombies have crossed over into the mainstream because underground things have suddenly become cool, and the fad took off when every body starting playing Call of Duty - Nazi Zombies. The game brought zombies to the general public in a totally new way. Many peo ple played COD, and every one who played it enjoyed the Nazi Zombies mini-game. After that, it was The
up to 30 people. Loomes said the largest percentage of his partici pants are in their late 20s, which differs from the com mon age group of other col lectible card game communi ties. The age groups always vary, but studies published on Konami’s official site, Wizards of the Coast, and TCGplayer.com suggest that the most prom inent age group to participate in TCGs are in their early 20s. The second largest age group are in their early 30s. Konami is the distributer of Yu-Gi-Oh cards and owns the rights to both the show and CCG. Another promising aspect of the local card game com munity is the lack of nega tivity found amidst the dif ferent card shop customers. Players of TCGs normally show loyalty to a specific shop and it is common for them to talk badly of other outlets or events. In this particular community, that negativity is nowhere to be found.
The com m unity in Kitchener-Waterloo, due to the size of the surrounding cities, is not a large commu nity when compared to others such as the GTA, with Toronto actually holding regional tour naments for certain games. However, every year there are more participants locally and Loomes hopes that he can start drawing players fronU Toronto, either to play or to trade. The size of the communi ty isn’t what counts though. There is a genuine love for the games that are played in this area and people sup port that concept. Willingly accepting new players and teaching them the ropes is commonplace during local events. Even helping new players build their first decks or telling them what packs to buy is seen. So even though KitchenerWaterloo does not have the largest TCG and CCG com munity, it is expanding and also one of the most respect ed.
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pretty cool and will probably stay that way, this is just a wake-up call. We deserve better from the entertain ment industry; afterall, it is an industry rooted in creative thinking and taking innova tive directions. Walking Dead graphic nov els, then the AMC TV show, The Walking Dead. The col lective obsession has only grown since then. Zombies have become filler in movies, TV and games. If you, as a designer or director, want to make a media form irresistible to the modern consumer, slap some zombies on it and call it a day. It’s a go-to for so-called “creative minds” who have run out of ideas. They know that the fad has been kicked into full gear, and they know that any piece of media containing the undead horde will draw crowds to theatres, get peo ple to tune in, or buy their games en masse. Once again, you can look to Call of Duty for blatant over use of the living dead. Developers of the game have thrown in revamped versions of the Nazi Zombies mini-game in every recent sequel of the popular firstperson shooter, yet people continue to eat it up. This isn’t a condemnation of zombies as a whole, they’re
" It’s a go-to for so-called “creative minds” who have run out of ideas." Zombies have become what vampires were while everyone and their sister was obsessed with Twilight, or the masses of TV shows and books that sought to imitate it. Creatures from our nightmares turned from unholy demons into fodder to appease the general public. It’s comparable to a cos tume party. You, the consum er, would want everybody to put real thought and effort into their chosen character, crafting their attire with care and dedication. It’s kind of a buzz-kill when some joker just looking to get in on the party (the enter tainment industry,) shows up in a cheap Obama mask and claims to be the president. Thanks but no thanks. This fad needs to fade into obscu rity.
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Goran Tanaskovic, a second-year general business student, looks at the pond on a sunny morning at Conestoga College. The fore cast for this week is cloudy with a slight chance of rain.
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A Dying Summer Brings Fall Colour
An old barn, adjacent to Langdon Hall in Cambridge, exem pli fies 19th century architecture during the region’s notoriously colourful, deciduous autumn.
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