DSA message I welcome each of you to Conestoga College and hope these future academic years will be memorable and an important time of your life. Working toward your goals is your most important priority that is why you are here, but there are times to take off your hat and let the Doon Student Association help. The DSA runs an excellent variety of events from orientation to Thursday night El Condor pubs, Oktoberfest at the Annex, Winter Carnival events, Quebec, Vermount and Florida trips and lounge entertainment just to mention a few. This is where you play a
part.
volvement.
As president of the DSA I am grateful to represent student government and the student I am here to listen to your concerns and ideas or even just to have a chat. I
body.
work
closely with administraas well as working together with the executive. All the people involved on the executive are here for the benefit of the students and the College for now and for the •future. With the help of this tion,
year’s executive that has proven to be strong and dedi-
So ask questions, read the informative and en-
cated through these summer months. I know this year will once again be successful. The DSA is for students and our doors are open for you. I wish you the best of luck and hope to see you all out enjoying yourself at your ori-
tertaining College newspaper Spoke, stop and read the
entation, Thursday, September 1, because I know I
bulletin boards and pop into either of our two DSA offices. Your attendance and partici-
Jacqueline Matthews DSA President
Don’t by shy!
Many
of
the
students
at
Conestoga College are not aware of what the DSA is and what we provide in the areas of student government and activities.
-
systems go
All
pation make these events the success they can or can’t be. So don’t let this year be empty and give us a run for our in-
will.
Ms. President
Coded colours flash the screen of the visual display terminal as
across
technicians prepare the new CAD/CAM computer for the fall semester.
Students and teachers be familiarizing them-
will
selves with the new CAD/Cam system this Computer Assistant design/Computer Assistant Manufacture, was devel-
year.
The system,
oped by the Society of Manufacturing Engineers and the University of Michigan.
Conestoga College received financial support from the Government of Ontario Board of Industrial Leadership and development for $380,000. The room, which used be
technology
fices, cost
faculty
between
to of-
$20-
25,000. to
remodel.
Programs that will be using the room are: Civil Engineering Technology, Construction Engineering Technology, Electronics Engineering Technology, Mechanical Engineering Technology, Electronics Technicians, Design and Manufacturing, and Mechanical Engineering Technician (Drafting). CADD (Computer-Assisted Design Drafting) is a program for the Mechanical Engineering Technology and Mechanical Engin i r e e n g Technician-Drafting pro-
grams, which
will
be em-
phasizing a final presentation
of
working drawings
through use of the tem.
CAD/CAM an
essential
CAD
skills
tool
will
of
Time running out It’s not too late to apply for financial assistance for the
upcoming academic year through the Ontario Student Assistance Program (OSAP). The program is designed to assist academically qualified and needy Ontario residents who wish to continue their education, and to ensure equal opportunity for students from low income families. Colleges and Universities
sys-
be the
for
Minister Dr. Betty Stephenson said that approximately 85 per cen‘ o.f the students who received grants in the 1981-82 academic year are from familess lies with gross income than the 1981 Ontario average of $29,192. In 1981-82
more than
81,000 students received financial aid
through OSAP. A review of the program shows the ministry provided
future. The 3-D interactive system will be replacing the labor of drawing.
Tony Martinek, Chair-
man
of Technology for the
Doon Campus said there are three main types of computers that were im stalled;
a VAX-11/780 fea-
tures a 32 bit super micro computer, a PDP 11/23 is used for Numerical Control
(NC),
and
an
Orcatech,
which handles graphical applications.
An Electronic Skematic Editor allows electronics students to design electronic circuits graphically, Martinek
The
said.
CAD/CAM
system
is
located in the first corridor to thfe left when entering
number three. The new system can be seen
door
through the
have been
windows that
is
our
for 1983-84. year’s vice-
Jacqueline, last president is a third-year Business Administration-Marketing student here at the Doon
campus. Jacqueline has lived in Kitchener for the past 8 years and attended secondary school at Forest Heights Collegiate. She
was involved
in school activities
such as the school newspaper
and was a class representative. After graduating from high school Jacqueline worked at the University of Waterloo and attended night school classes in marketing here at Doon. She then decided to enroll in the
marketing program full time. Upon graduating, Jacqueline hopes to work in the promotion field or perhaps management. She presently works part time at a large department store in the region.
She stresses that the DSA is here for the students and has an open-door policy. She hopes to
make
the
more aware
students of 1983-84 of college events.
installed.
OSAP $77.47 million in grants and $129.56 million in loans, bringing the total to $207.03 million.
OSAP
Jacqueline Matthews
new DSA president
applications are
available at the information office or the Registrar’s office in the administration building. For more information pertaining to OSAP assistance for the 1983-84 academic year, contact Betty Martin, Terry Dunn, or Judy Hart in the
Registrar’s office.
Conestoga quote As part of our new look; from a Conestoga student will appear in each issue. If you have any great words of wisdom that you would like to impart to your fellow a quote
scholars, just write them down with your name and
phone number attached and drop them in one of the Spoke mail boxes: in the cafeteria, thelounge or the Conestoga centre.
Orientation All new students here at Conestoga are invited to an Orientation barbecue at 1:00 p.m. on
Thursday, September
1,
outside
BBQ
the cafe.
There will be a frisbee demonstration and contest at 2: 00 p.m and the bar opens at 4: 00 p.m.
2
Spoke
SPOKE Managing
editor:
Judi
Jackman
Assistant managing editor :
,
Belinda Gilmour
Spoke is published by the Doon Students' Association and produced by the students of the journalism-print program of Conestoga College The views and opinions expressed in this paper do not necessarily reflect the views of the association or of the college.For national advertising, Spoke is a member of Youthstream Spoke shall not be liable for damages arising out of errors in advertising beyond the amount paid for the space containing the error and there shall be no liability for non-insertion of any advertisement beyond the amount paid for the advertisement. Address: Spoke, c/o Conestoga College, 299 Doon Valley Drive, Kitchener, Ont. N2G 4M4. Telephone: (519) 653-5380.
EDITORIAL
Fingerpaints,
naptime and
Paul
Hageman/SPOKE
Nicholson’s Face-lift for fourth floor
by Judi Jackman
After several unsuccessful attempts at writing an editorial for this issue of SPOKE, I decided to look through some old issues for an
"The
that an editorial should be fairly humorous, well-written and should definitely state an opinion. Well so much for that. I also felt that one should write about something relevant. So this isn’t about politics or unions or nuclear annihilation. It’s about your first day of school. Many years ago in the not-so-long-lost memory we can all remember a tearful good-bye as our parents left us at the kindergarten door. After we realized that school wasn’t the end and that we were allowed to play with really neat stuff like miniature kitchens and fingerpaints, we took the first step towards college. I felt
intelligent,
only connplications are getting
men
work," Simon Niklaus, Construction Supervisor for the Col-
the
idea.
to
lege, jokingly
commented when asked to the Doon
about the renovations
Campus. The remodelling second and started
in
done
on
the
was being laid and the dust that seemed to fall with every overhead bang. The result? Six rooms on the second level new house computers while the typing rooms have been moved down the corridor.
The rooms on the
fourth levels of the college
the last
week
and by the end
of July
is
have
fourth level
multiplied from eight to 13. There are
of
several
classrooms,
darkrooms,
August. Students and teachers attending the College over the summer watched as truckloads of materials slowly vanished up to the fourth level. They
general
photography
finishing
expected
to
be finished
put up with fumes
when
the
new
tiling
a
room
and a storage area. The renovations, done by the Phil Fletcher Construction Company, have included
tearing
ceilings, wiring
out
walls,
floors,
and plumbing.
That’s right, it was fated, if you could survive kindergarten then you were meant for college!
Well now here you are, years later, going through all the same motions and asking the same questions: what am I doing here? Will they let me go home for lunch? Which bus do I take? How far is Nic’s Tavern? Well almost the
same
Here
at
Doon
the
Campus we
comfortable and
scrimage
like
ease and what better way than by participating on an intramural team?
questions.
everyone
There’s no doubt about it, you made it! You’re in college now, the world is your oyster! If
Intramural Activities to feel
The
you aren’t participating in the El Condor is always tbe Winter Carnival or
the Florida trip. This isn’t just a school;
it is
a
way of life! Two months
after you start you’ll slip into the college-student routine. You’ll be late for your 8:30 class because you still can’t find a parking spot, you’ll spill coffee in the middle of the cafeteria and everyone will look at you, the door will creak twice as loud when you try to sneak into class unseen and with any luck at all you’ll get a surprise test. But not to panic just yet! It gets better. After six months you will be able to balance two marketing books, a shorthand workbook, three-months-worth of computer printouts and a coffee (the most important one) and still maintain that intellectual, collegiate political science, marketing, math, dictaphone look! By April you will wonder where the year went and have only a few fuzzy pictures from the Florida trip or one ski from the Quebec trip as remembrances. Then you’ll be second-year students and will advance up the ladder of hierarchy within this mighty post-secondary institution.
OPEN
CLOSED
Aug. 29
Sept.
3 PITCH
1
MEN’S FASTBALL
Aug. 29
TOUCH
Aug. 29
CLINIC
ORIENTATION GOLF TOURN.
Aug. 29 Aug. 29
2
1
2
2:00 noon
Sept. 1
1
2:00 noon
Sept. 1
FOOTBALL
SQUASH
in
ENTRIES ENTRIES
CO-ED
1
2
2:00 noon
Sept.
1
2:00 p.m.
WOMEN'S TOUCH
Aug. 29
FOOTBALL TOURN.
Sept. 1
29
2:00 noon
But enough, you aren’t even finished
WOMEN'S
wisdom, when in doubt, stop the cutest girl or guy you see and ask them. If worse comes to worse you can have a coffee together and set off in the right direction knowing at least one other person!
SOFTBALL
of
DSA
activities office in the cate,
CAPTAINS MEETINGS Sept.
1
2-4:30 p.m.
LEAGUE STARTS Sept. 13
Conestoga Centre Arts & Crafts Rm. Sept.
1
2-5:00 p.m.
Sept. 14
Conestoga Centre Upper Lounge Sept.
1
2-5:30 p.m.
Sept.
20
Sept.
22&29
Conestoga Centre Arts & Crafts Rm. Sept. 8-1 2:30 p.m. Doon Golf Club
Sept. 8
(Varsity Try-outs)
orientation yet!
Some words
the
2
Sept. 8 1
committee,
If
you are stuck in a three hour lecture with one of the most boring guest speakers you’ve ever had the misfortune to hear, the only way to shake off the yawns is by suiting up for a volleyball game or joining in a
ACTIVITY
tournament,
intramural
entirety of students, sets
If
Pubs there
softball
made up up and organizes all of the intramural activities. you have an idea for an activity you would like to pursue, talk to someone on the Committee. They have an office at the Conestoga Centre and
at
Aug. 29
Sept. 1
1
2
2:00 noon
Sept.
1
9-4:30 p.m.
Sept.
20
Conestoga Centre Arts & Crafts Rm. Sept.
1
2-4:30 p.m.
Sept. 13
Conestoga Centre Upper Lounge
CAFETERIA BLITZ AUGUST 29 - SEPTEMBER 12,11 :30 a.m.-l :00 p.m. (REPRESENTATIVES WILL BE IN THE CAFETERIA FOR FURTHER INFORMATION)
Spoke
Apartment
Canadian World Series
for rent Apartment hunting is next to impossible now, since almost all have been taken, cost too
much for the average student, or are too far away from the college to consider. When looking for an apartment in Cambridge just before August, Peter Dilworth, a first-year Business Administration student, said, “There were literally rows and rows of places to stay. But now (three weeks later) there were only two ads altogether.” Canadian Home Locators, in Cambridge, helps people find
homes
for a $40 fee.
worth the money, beSandy Palmer, Business Administration student. “I’ve been in Kitchener less than a day, and I’ve already got a nice, convenient apartment at a good price.” Twice Sandy attempted to find a place “It’s
lieve me,” said a second-year
without the help of Home Locators, and came up emptyhanded. However, Ron Cruickshank, a second-year Electronics student, found out you can even call Home Locators too late. He started getting help from this service August 16.
“Two minutes after Home Locators gives me an address. I’ll call the place up but it’ll already be taken! ” Town houses are also sought
—
after, usually
by four or
five
students willing to share. The cost for these houses usually isn’t too bad, but most of these dwellings, just as apartments, do not permit students. The combination of students needing only eight-months, not 12-month leases, along with the already bad name that students have too many superintendents and landlords have seen too many eviction parties also work against the student, good or bad. “I’m going to make students sign leases from now on.” says Ivan Biuk, the landlord of a
—
—
boarding house on Amherst Street, because he doesn’t want anyone leaving without proper notice. He says the boarding house, which holds 11 students, has been rented out to students for this school year for over a month.
POINT
COUNTER POINT by Greg Neath
No doubt about
it
the Toronto Blue Jays are
for real. Although it may be a little early to print world series tickets, the early season critics have been silenced by the blue platoon.
The Jays have played as well as any team in the majors and no other team has been as consistent day in and day out. They have only lost more than three in a row once this season and no other team can claim that feat. They have had the most consistent starting pitchers and the best all round bull pen in the American league. They are in the top five in all batting statistics and are second in fielding percentage. Still some observers are wondering why the Jays have turned from the worst to the best. According to Bobby Cox, the Jays manager, the biggest reason is the maturing of the young talent such as Lloyd Moseby and Willie Upshaw. This may be true, but Toronto has also changed because of some old stars, mainly Cliff Johnson. Cliff has brought leadership and a booming bat into Exhibition Stadium. His attitude keeps the team loose. Dave Collins is finally coming around after his slow start, which was partly due to injuries. His speed and potential 300 bat could prove to be the Jays most important aquisi-
tion.
Lloyd potential
Moseby has finally reached his and has won many games this year
with his gap-finding bat and his gold glove defense in centrefield. Willie Upshaw has become one of the most feared hitters in the American league and his athletic ability at first base has saved many runs. The Jays are still getting amazing production out of their platooning third-basemen and batcatchers. Although the day is coming when Toronto will need a real third-baseman. Garth Jorg and Ranee Mullininks are doing an adequate job and can come through when needed. The catchers, Ernie Whitt and Buck Martinez, combine to have the best statistics for any catcher in the league. They are both getting older and will one day be replaced by
Gino Petrallie from Syracue Farm Team. Toronto is a team on the way up. They will be on or near the top for years to come, so if they don’t go too far this season, don’t worry because they will be there soon. Still, don’t be surprised if you’re watching the Jays drink champagne late one October night.
by Mark Bryson
The
1983 baseball season is winding into the stretch with many close divisional races. The one that sparks the most interest in this area is obviously the AL East, where Canada’s other team, the Toronto Blue Jays, are right in the thick of things. The big question is, can the Jays do it? If you go with your heart, why not, but realistically, it’s not likely. The Jays close out the season with 22 consecutive games against the weaker Western division team. This, unfortunately, will probably work against the Jays. Should they fall four or five games behind in the East, it will be an almost unsurmountable task to catch up. The reason is that if the Jays were playing head to head against eastern clubs they could pick up full games with a victory. But playing
home
western teams leaves them little choice in determining their own destiny. The Jays will spend much of September watching the out-of-town scoreboard. The Jays lack of post-season experience will also count against them. There are only five players with playoff experience on the Jays Cliff Johnson, Ranee Mullinik, Buck Martinez,
—
Dave Collins and Doyle Alexander. One must wonder whether the Jays have been in the winning seat long enough to withstand the pressure that
is
going
to
be on them. Veteran
teams such as New York, Milwaukee and Baltimore know what it’s all about. September is a month where pitchers tend
season more than until now the Jays have been
other players. Up getting strong performances out of their three key pitchers; Dave Stieb, Jim Clancy and Luis Lea. Should any of these three falter in September and put the weight on the shoulders of the Blue Jays unpredictable bullpen, then the team could be in for a long month. If anything, 1983 has been a modelling year for the bluebirds. Manager Bobby Cox has molded a competitive unit over the past few
He now knows what he needs to send the Jays to the top in 84. Should in the off season, the Jays finally acquire the left handed starter and bullpen ace they so desperately need, there is little doubt they will go further next year. Earl Weaver, former manager of the Baltimore Orioles, compares the Jays to the Oakland A’s prior to their three consecutive World Series championships. So, you loyal Blue Jay fans don’t be too disappointed when the Milwaukee Brewers win the A1 East again. The Jays time will come. years.
Varsity
Schedule 1)
- Tryouts begin Sept. 6 - Conestoga Centre 5-7 p.m. Organiza-
tional *Bring 2)
3)
4)
5)
6)
IAKETHE8PM
MENS HOCKEY
meeting (gym) full
equipment.
MENS BASKETBALL
-
Tryouts begin Sept. 6 Conestoga Centre 5-7 p.m. SOCCER - Tryouts begin Sept. 6 - Conestoga Centre 4:30-6:30 p.m. Front lobby of Conestoga Centre GOLF - Tryouts begin Sept. 8 - Orientation Golf Tournament - Boon Valley Golf Course TEE OFF: 12:30 p.m. TENNIS - Tryouts begin Sept. 6 - Conestoga Centre Tennis Court 4:00 p.m.
CROSS-COUNTRY RUN-
1/2
PRICE PIZZA BREAK. now gives university and college students a real break. Any night of the week
Frank Vetere’s after
6
7)
-
- Tryouts begin Sept. Conestoga Centre
TOUCH FOOTBALL
-
Tryouts begin week of Sept. 12 - Conestoga Centre 8)
WOMENS SOFTBALL
-
Tryouts begin week of Sept. 12 - Conestoga Centre Ball Diamond - 4:30 p.m.
8pm you can eat pizza for
price when you present your valid student I.D. card. So take a break with Frank Vetere’s tonight.
NING
Not available on take-out.
to
feel the strain of the long
'/2
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3
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4
MART September 1983
Salute to College Students
Kitchener-Waterloo, Cambridge & Guelph
in
ALL MERCHANDISE excluding tobacco, prescriptions and advertised sale items.
or
one
of eleven clock radios
CONTEST RULES AND REGULATIONS Complete entry form and deposit in ballotbox at any Shoppers Drug Marl store in Kitchener/Waterloo. Guelph or Cambridge. No purchase necessary.
1)
2) Prizes*a clock radio (approximate retail value $60.00) will be drawn from ail entries received at each store in the Kitchener/Waterloo. Cambridge
and Guelph area. A Grand Prize of $100000 will be drawn from all entries received in eleven Shoppers Drug Mart stores in the KitchenerWaterloo. Cambridge and Guelph areas. 3
)
A random draw on
Friday.
for
the Clock Radio
September
*No
substitutions
will
will
be made p.m in
30th. 1903 at 6:00
the Shoppers Drug Marl store Waterloo-
at
Waterloo Square.
be made and there are no
cash equivalents
A
drawing will be made from all entries received. and the selected contestant, in order to win must correctly answer a time-limited arithmetical, skilltesting question. Chances of winning depend on the number of entries received. 5) Decision of the judges is final By entering, con testants consent to the use of their name and
^
'
(
ENTRY FORM Name
I
photograph
in any future publicity. All entries the property of Shoppers Drug Mart 6) The contest is open to all Conestoga College students, except employees and their immediate famillies of Shoppers Drug Mart, the supplier of the prize and their advertising agencies Contest is subject to applicable federal, provincial and local laws and regulations 7) By signing the entry form, the contestant whose name appears on the form acknowledges having read those rules and agrees to abide by them
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YOU HAVEN’T ALREADY RECEIVED AN ENTRY FORM, FILL IN THIS ONE -F BRING IT TO YOUR CLOSEST SHOPPERS DRUG MART STORE’’. “IF
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Above contest & discount in effect only at Shoppers Drug Mart stores in Kitchener-Waterloo, Cambridge and Guelph until September 30, 1983. reserve the right to limit quantities. Contest and Discount available only to students of University of Waterloo, University of Guelph, Wilfrid Laurier and Conestoga College.