Conestoga College, Monday, December
9,
1985
Davis speaks to graduates changes under David’s guidance as education minister
By David Harrington and Vickie Campbell
of Ontario in the 1960s.
About
1,500 spectators
and
375-400 graduates attended the 17th annual Conestoga College fall convocation ceremonies, Nov. 30, said Tina
Tschanz
of student ser-
vices.
The ceremonies were held Conestoga College Recreation Centre, located at the Doon campus, and honored graduates of diploma, certificate and apprenticeship programs from all six Conestoga campuses. Of about 900 students eligible to attend, 44 were from applied arts, 135 from business, 71 from continuing education, 260 from health and sciences, and 470 from at
the
technical courses.
Guest speaker for the cer-
emony was former Ontario David Harrington/bpoKe
Hon.
William
G.
a Conestoga College Shield.
Davis received
premier William G. Davis. Ontario’s
education
sys-
tem underwent major
His major accomplishments in education were the founding and developing of Ontario Colleges of Applied Arts and Technology and the creation of the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, said a press release issued for the convocation. In recognition of his service to the people of Ontario,
Davis was presented with an honorary Conestoga College Shield bearing the College’s coat of arms. In an address to the graduates, Davis said “strong buildings have strong foundations,”
referring
to
the
importance of post-secondary education to the future of the nation. He said Canada was not an island in the world community and that it must have a
greater and committed fort to education.
ef-
Canada, said Davis, “must be
better than other countries” in education, so the country can open opportunities to compete in future world markets.
Remembering the debate over colleges in the 1960s, Davis said the challenge was not yet over, as more adults become part of the college
system.
The programs with attendance
greatest
the
were
computer program anaylst, nursing and nursing assistant, and health care aid. Kristin Higgins, co-ordinator for the computer program analyst program, said only three people were missing from the program at the
ceremony. She said the graduation “was great” and that Davis delivered
a well directed the audience. It “was humorous and not at all boring,” said Tschanz.
speech
to
Release of Stratford report unnecessary: Williams By Paul Vandenberg Conestoga’s
director
of
fi-
nance will not release a report on missing documents of last year’s Stratford student association but said he will post the financial statements at the Stratford campus as well as a half-page statement on the conclusions of the report.
Jack Williams said “my statement should clear up sus-
picions” and that he would not release the report even if the present Stratford student president requested it.
The statement, presented to Conestoga’s board of governors on Nov. 25, said last year’s treasurer. Heather Restivo, made “an error in judgement” in destroying some records but that “there were no improprieties.”
Radio siege pays By Kevin Swayze Warren Letson will raise his House of Friend-
$1,000 for the
—
thanks to the generosity ship of a local businessman. Letson had taken over the college radio station Nov. 26 and vowed not to leave until the money was raised, but changed his mind after two days.
Jack Alexander, owner of Rust Check in Kitchener, told Letson he would donate enough money to make the fund meet goal after the fundraising ends. About $650 had been raised by early last week, but Doug Slack, programming director of CXLR, said that he expected another $200 to be raised from admission to the BroadcastingRadio and Television (BRT) Christmas party. Admission to the party, which was to be held last Thursday at the Kent Hotel in Waterloo, was $2. Letson, a third-year BRT student, began the fund raising
third-floor
of
derstanding.”
Brian Schmidt, Doon Student Association president and representative to the board for Conestoga students, said he has not seen the report or discussed the matter with the Stratford association or college administration.
He sai^ funds are not missing and that “no one was accused of running off with money.” He added, “Don’t try to make something out of nothing.”
“I think that’s an internal thing at Stratford,” he said. He said that because the Stratford association has not approached
To help the audience follow the event, a television camera was positioned in the broadcast booth the second day, allowing students to see and hear Letson on the air on monitors in the
cafeteria and graphics lounge. Weinstein said that students in graphics didn’t seem to be bothered by the' repetition of Money for Nothing. The only speaker in the area was on the
him he assumes need
it
does not
his assistance.
Kurt
Ducheck,
Stratford’s
current student president, said he was not questioned by Dan
Young (director of athletics and campus recreation, who prepared the report) and was not aware there was a final report. “That was last year’s council and
with
it,”
I
have nothing
to
do
he said.
off
by barricading himself
FM’s
Donald Wheeler, chairman
the board of governors, asked if the report might be released to give students at Stratfod a full accounting, said Williams’ statement provides “a full un-
in
studio
XKNov.
26.
He played Money
for Notha song by Dire Straits, over and over until he left the air 51 hours and $500 later on ing,
Nov.
28.
New
Orleans Pizza, which kept Letson fed by donating Pepsi and five pizzas during his siege, donated 300 Styrofoam beer coolers to the cause which were sold to students for $1 a piece.
its
The college gained positive publicity from Letson’s fund raising, said Gary Parkhill, co-ordinator of the BRT program. The story was picked up by the Canadian Press and Broadcast News wire services and offered across Canada. Mike Weinstein, marketing director of CXLR, said that students in the BRT program learned from the event, especially in the promotion to the college audience,
—
where any student could turn the volume down. “In fact,” said Weinstein, “there were always people monitor
there standing around and watching it (the monitor).”
Spoke, Monday, December
9,
1985
OPINION ftXB
SPOKE Karen Mantel Associate Editor: Arlonna Henrich Editor;
Photo
Tom
Editor:
Jantzi
Entertainment Editor: Susan Calmusky Sports Editor: Jenny Wilson Advertising Manager: Jacqueline Schildroth Staff; Vickie Campbell, Barbara De Smet, David Harrington,
Brenda Harris, Robert Martin, Wendy McCreary, Jane Moreau, Evelyn Reschner, Kevin Swayze, Paul Vandenberg. Contributing Writers: Bruce Arculus Spoke is published by the Doon Student Association and produced by the students of the journalism department. The views and opinions expressed in this paper do not necessarily reflect the views of the Association of fhe College.
For national advertising, Spoke is a member of Youfhstream. Spoke shall not be liable for damages arising out of errors in advertising beyond the amount paid for the space. Address: Spoke, c/o Conestoga College, 299 Doon Valley Drive, Kitchener, Ontario. N2G 4M4. Telephone (519) 653-5380.
Posties threaten again Question
of the
Week
Did you support Warren Letson?
office was right on schedule with its annual strike threat prior to Christmas. Canada Post moved Nov. 12 to end an illegal strike by local
The Canadian post
inside postal workers involved in a dispute. Their union president, Jean-Claude Parrot (Canadian Union of Postal Workers) said it could prompt a country-wide walkout by
Christmas.
A contract between the corporation and the union was signed last March. At present, contract negotiations are going poorly because the post office is delaying talks so that it can reduce its staff before agreeing to job-security provisions. The Union of Postal Communications Employees could be a legal strike position by mid-December.
in
Canada Post is rapidly moving towards a postal strike that could halt mail delivery during the Christmas season. Christmas
“No,
I did'not support his action because he had no right to take over the station and force us .to unwillingly participate.”
“I supported his cause but not his methods. If people had been able to buy a request instead of listening to the same song contin-
Paul Brown Accounting
uously he could have
may
be the busiest season at the post office. Therefore, a strike threat is most effective for the unions at this time. But, it is a terrible inconvenience to all Canadian citizens who rely on the postal service to get their cheery greetings of joy for the Yuletide season through.
“Although I suffered along with the rest of you, I feel that his performance was beneficial for. a good cause'. It justified the audi-
tory damage that tained.”
raised $1,000.”
we
sus-
Greg Bauer
Wade Dorland
Accounting
Business
“Sure, it was for a really good cause. The continuous music bothered me at first, but, I got used to it the last day he was on the
“No, I thought it was a useless cause and his method of raising the
The post office should not be permitted to strike. Postal workers should feel privileged to provide a service which is essential and should not have the right to disrupt personal communications. As long as the post office continues its yearly strike threats, citizens will be forced to send cards, parcels and letters months in advance to ensure that they arrive at their destination and not lost in our terribly efficient governmentcontrolled post office.
At least Canadian citizens can be thankful that the post office gave a large discount, of two cents, on postage stamps
when mailing
a Christmas greeting.
By Evelyn Reschner
“His technique in raising ridiculous enough to receive good
money was
outside publicity.
Howev-
disagreed with his methods of annoying us for three days.” Leslie Neff Business
er,
I
money was
annoying. He should have informed the students before starting.”
air.”
Ouellette
Linda Menko
Marketing
Management
Kim
Christmas time meant to be a season of giving By Arlonna Henrich Santa Claus
in
department
stores.
Salvation Army representatives on street corners and Warren Letson barricaded in the CXLR booth at
Conestoga College. The Christmas spirit is upon us and once again people of all walks of life descend on us, the unwashed millions to give more than just Christmas cards to friends and neighbors. Just a week-and-a-half ago Warren Letson, a third year broadcasting student, locked himself in the radio booth, refusing to come out until he had raised $1,000 for the House of Friendship.
A
strange but effective
idea.
The consecutive playing
of the song Straits
Money For Nothing by Dire
propelled the students of Conestoga to dig deep within their wallets and
contribute to the demise of the song (and possibly of Letson) for good. The strategy Letson used was bizarre, but entirely feasible. Simply
because he decided
to “broadcast” case to the entire college, he received wide coverage, and essentially the money he wanted in the first
his
by the Salvation
Army
people and
briskly entered a shopping mall, only
spend your money? Usually, people can’t be bothered to stop and reach inside their pockets for some small donation. It appears to be a drop in the bucket, but then, what are thundershowers made of? to
effortlessly
place.
The Doon Student Association (DSA) is also staging a campaign of sorts to help the needy. It is asking for things such as canned goods and toys, to benefit those who may not otherwise experience the uplifting spirit of Christmas.
No matter what approach is taken towards helping the less fortunate, it is all a worthy cause. Nothing further exemplifies the true meaning of Christmas than giving your time and
your care.
How many
times have you passed
The whole meaning behind image of Santa Claus is the jolly elf
the old
spreading joy, love and presents
those
who
can’t afford
to
it.
Wouldn’t it be easy to take on the personna of Santa yourself? It doesn’t mean you suddenly have to individually support all the local charities in the area.
In a province that finds its most troubling financial worry to be the credit rating dropping to double A, it is hard to believe people can’t be
more
charitable and understanding year when our hearts are full to brimming with the Yuleat a time of the
tide spirit. If
you’ve ever found yourself short
of money, for whatever reason, think of the consequences of not having enough to buy food, shelter and other essentials, let alone extras like presents for the kids.
What it does mean is that the next time you happen to see someone on the streets searching for change. You could let them ride the bus on you. If Santa is standing on the corner, drop a few coins in his pot. Put a new or used toy under one of the now popular Christmas Angel trees. Christmas comes only once a year and
it should create a feeling that prevails all year round. Make this season count. Warren Letson and the
DSA
did.
Spoke, Monday, December
9,
3
1985
Calendar refunds not received highly doubt that our postal
By Evelyn Reschner The organizer of the cancelled Ontario university /college calendar said Bee. 2 that all the money he received in fees is being returned. Brian Jagersky, Paragon Productions, Welland, said the
system is that bad.” According to Sandy
Nay,
activities co-ordinator for the
Boon Student Association, Jagersky told various college student associations that 3.5 percent of the colleges were not
weeks ago.” As
prepared for the arrival of a photographer for the preliminary photo session. He said the
Florida
student
money
was
back
.sent
two
for the trip to offered as a prize.
Jagersky said he was unsure as to how it would be handled.
Eddy Autusto, student vicepresident at Centennial College in Toronto, said ‘‘we have not received any money and I
associations
did
not
promote the event properly and nine colleges cancelled, added Nay. “The colleges did not seem interested
the project,” said
in
Jagersky.
Autusto said his college was prepared and had a sufficient
number
of people interested to
warrant a photographer. A photographer was not sent to the Centennial campus and pictures were taken by a person from the college newspa-
was
per. F'orty dollars
Jagersky following
sent to
this
photo
session for entry fees. Autusto said he has received two or three formal complaints and said the involved students are upset. “If the money is in the mail I will give the man the benefit of the doubt,” said Autusto. *
Scouts schedule camp in 1984.
By Paul Vandenberg Kevin Swayze/Spoke
Social work professor addresses students from
After Conestoga President Kenneth Hunter told the board
Mohawk, Niagara
governors on Nov. 25 of expected wintery road conditions, he announced a high tech of
and Conestoga community colleges.
Author gives talk By Kevin Swayze
The wintry weather last Monday prevented a full-house at the lecture by Laura Epstein to second-year social services
summer camp
program, said it is difficult to obtain speakers of Epstein’s calibre she is the author of a textbook in the program especially at the community college level.
—
—
students.
Twenty-five students and instructors were expected from both Niagara and Mohawk colleges, but only one student
managed
Boon from
to get to
Niagara, while an instructor
and two students came from the Fennell
campus
of
Mohawk
Hamilton.
in
Epstein, who came to talk about the .‘‘task centered- ap•
.
in social work, had to wait more than five hours at Pearson International Airport in Toronto Sunday evening until the flight of the people she was to meet landed.
proach”
But for Epstein
—
who has
lectured as far afield as Guam the visit to Kitchener-Waterloo wasn’t just business. She had planned to visit friends in the area when faculty at Boon campus suggested she give a talk here.
—
‘‘I
really love the (Kitchener-
Waterloo area,” Epstein said, .” ‘‘but the weather Sharon Kalbfleisch, co-ordin)
.
ator
of
the
.
services
social
Epstein, who is from Chicago, 111., has worked at the school of social service administration at the University of Chicago for 20 years, but worked as a visiting professor at Wilfrid Laurier University
from
1980-82.
The task-centred approach in social work is a ‘‘product of the ’60s.” Epstein said in her lecture. It is still based mostly on theory, she said, with ‘‘relatively little empirical basis” to
prove it works. Epstein studied 1,300 social work case studies at the University of Chicago from 1969 to 1979, which helped to define the rules a social worker should follow in helping someone.
Basically, the worker should have the problem identified by the client and ensure that there is a clear understanding of the problem. The goal(s) to correct the problem should be limited and part of a specific plan that has a termination date, allowing an assessment to take place, she said.
Letters to the editor
Hunter explained that scouts would use Conestoga’s facilities and would not only learn how to program computers but would build small working models whose parts would cost each scout approximately $ 100
To the Hi,
Editor:
Warren Letson
here.
You
probably remember me. I’m the third-year broadcasting student who took over the CXLR Radio Conestoga studio a couple of weeks ago. I just thought I should drop you a line to let everyone know what is
Considering there
is
famine
in different parts of the world, this contest only adds to the
argument
By the time this is all over we will have raised over $1,000
that we, in North America, live in a society of decadent over-abundance.
House of Friendship. would personally like to thank all of the students and
Seeing how much food a person can stuff past their gullet must not be considered a
up.
for the I
who
offered both financial and moral support. Many thanks, Warren Letson, BRT ...” P.S. ‘‘I want my faculty
MTV
To the
Editor:
After being relentlessly subjected to Money For Nothing in order to raise funds for the House of Friendship, I find it hard to comprehend how the
positive activity.
Eric Landry, Journalism, Module II
To the
Editor:
it strange how people usually voice their loudest criticisms and use exaggerated
Isn’t
accounts to back their arguments when they are not dealing with all the facts. The column in Spoke called Staff
make surgery an
‘unforgett-
.
Larry McIntyre, an assistant commissioner for Scouts Canada in Ontario and a teacher in Broadcasting Radio and Tele-
—
vision at Conestoga, said the idea of an annual camp stems from a camp held at the college
president
of
across Canada and prepared them to assist 13,000 scouts at high tech demonstrations at
summer’s jamboree
last
in
Guelph, said McIntyre. “For the current project the Ontario council (of Scouts Canada) came to us (organizers of the previous camp) and asked what can we do to continue it.”
McIntyre said members of the original committee submitted a proposal in October that was endorsed by Scouts
—
Canada annual scouts
—
which proposed an that would take three years to com-
camp
plete.
“We
reported a need for an
Ontario
Public
from Stratford Teachers’ College she taught elementary school in Kitchener, London and at an armed forces base in
Service Employees Union
Germany.
Local 237 at the union’s general meeting Nov. 21. The union represents teachers, counsellors and librarians at Cones-
She later earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of Western Ontario.
toga College. Because the union
an active union member with her election as steward in 1979. She served as vice-president
is
moving
annual meeting to the spring, her term of office will be for 18 months, until the spring of 1987. Jutzi, who started teaching at the Waterloo campus in 1970, is currently an English instructor in the academic upgrading its
program
The new president became
from 1983 to 1985. As president, Jutzi said her goal
is to
aware
what the union is doing. She added that she plans to
send minutes of
to individual
all
meetings
members and
to
hold the meetings on a rotational basis at the various campuses.
able ordeal’ did such an injustice to the staff at St. Mary’s Hospital that I had to respond.
time
moved booked
in
a student at
too had
WLU
my wisdom
and
I
teeth re-
at St. Mary’s. I too was into a room before
surgery, waited outside the operating room until they were ready, had a needle inserted in my vein to anesthetize me, woke up later in recovery, and was returned to my room. I am citing my experience so that you may know I am as credible an information source as the author. I
would
like
to
and telecommunications.
shed some
factual light on the so-called “injustices” performed at St. Mary’s. If the author was not admitted early, when would
the necessary lab work be done, individual charts prepared, vital information obtained and documented correctly? Can you imagine the confusion if 10 to 15 day surgery patients arrived 20-30 minutes before their scheduled surgery? And what if the patient wasn’t ready, had surgery
moved forward?
been
Further, I doubt that her gown was “ripped off” but rather her
arm was removed from gown
the
her the anesthetPerhaps she would have
ic.
to give
preferred to have stayed awake during the entire ordeal.
As
the operating closed before and during the surgery. Regarding the gauze in the patient’s mouth or the tongue swabbing, I wonder if the author would have preferred to wake up with a mouth full of dried, caked blood. Finally, I’m sure that most patients are glad to return to their rooms to sleep while the remainder of the anesthetic wears off. I don’t recall expecting the nurses to tie my shoes. I felt I was mature enough to struggle with I
recall,
room doors were
my I
more.
On the other hand, she said the union could prevent teachers from being obliged to teach new courses on a few weeks’ notice.
would
Jutzi
said
she
thinks
like
to
emphasize
that the role of a journalist is to bring the facts to the public. I am afraid the article did a gross injustice to the professionals at St. Mary’s. Since
only covers procedures
that
OPSEU
and the Ontario Council of Regents are “trying to be positive” about the resumption of negotiations on Bee. 9 and added she hopes that the talks will yield at least a
one-year
contract.
the hospital, perhaps the author would have preferred to pay upwards to $300 from her own pocket to have her teeth removed in the surgeon’s office, with a local anesthetic, thereby avoiding all this “psyin
^
chological trauma.” St. Mary’s, like other hospitals., follows specific routines
when dealing with human lives. If
some
of those routines
were omitted then we’d be sure to hear some well-founded complaints.
Yours sincerely, Kimberly Lang
Clarification An
article in the Bee. 2 edition of Spoke entitled Bud-
record problems solved (page 3) reported that the Guelph and Stratford student
get
associations did not
laces.
OHIP
Jutzi said she would like to see faculty have a bigger voice in curriculum planning. She said she is concerned that teachers’ suggestions for new courses are sometimes nbt acted upon for two years or
make members more
of
Guelph. Jutzi’s entire career has been in education. After graduation
am
understanding of the impact of high tech on individuals and by individuals.” He said the camp would teach socialization skills along with high tech. “Scouts will learn hardware, software and philosophy.” McIntyre said that the Ontario council of Scouts Canada recently picked Conestoga over other sites, including other colleges, and that the college agreed to the use of its facilities Linda Krotz, assistant to the director of Boon campus, said that at the previous camp continuing education and fulltime teachers gave demonstrations in BASIC, data base, word processing, spreadsheets, CAB (computer-aided design)
chosen president
Jutzi
By Barbara De Smet Grace Jutzi was elected
I
same radio station can sponsor a pizza-eating contest. Since one of the goals of the House of Friendship is to provide food for the needy, having this contest was a contradiction of ideals.
for scouts.
The Future Tutor Camp gathered 176 scouts from
file
end-of-
year financial statements July
for
1984-85.
The
in
state-
ments were subsequently filed on Oct. 28 and 23, 1985, respectively, according to Jack Williams, Conestoga’s director of finance.
Spoke, Monday, December
4
1985
9,
ENTERTAINMENT Pizza-eating contestants fed up Beaver Foods Ltd., approached the CXLR stand to inform those involved that Domino’s Pizza phoned and said they’d be a bit late. At 12: 10 p.m. the pizza eating contest got under way and it was all but nauseating after
Sixteen teams of two raced against the clock and each other to determine who would
that.
onds.
of
By Wendy McCreary
An anxious crowd of students swarmed around the CXLR platform in the Doon cafeteria as winds whipped squalls of snow about the campus on Monday, Dec. 2. It was noon, time for the pizza eating contest, but where
was the pizza? The crowd became increasingly restless as they wondered their pizza would be frozen when it arrived. Jackie Van Trigt, manager if
Disc jockey Brad Adamson, clad in white coveralls for protection, announced play-by-
play action as contestants shoved pizza into the faces of their partners who wolfed back as fast as they could.
it
make the semi-finals. By the time the finals
rolled
around, some participants had
pushed down three pieces of pizza,
The
as
in
final
little
as 55 sec-
showdown
consist-
ed of Paul Tavares and Mark Gransden against Peter Badenhorst and Phil Maers. After a quick 43 seconds, Badenhorst had completely demolished his piece, a real accomplishment since Badenhorst’s first attempt took him one minute, 57 seconds. As well, he had just finished packing back a piece of pizza in 56 seconds, a few minutes before his final attempt. Second, third and fourthplace finishers received free
pizzas from Domino’s, while the winners received two large pizzas. Decks of cards, hats, cups, buttons and other prizes were also given out.
The Pig Award went to Rick Schuster while the award for the most aggressive eater went to Barb Baker, who bit her partner Debbie Orchard’s fingers. In closing,
Wendy McCreary /Spoke Peter Badenhorst
downs
a piece of pizza
47 seconds
in
“We
will
Adamson
said,
be back next year
with some, probably, new pizzas.”
to win.
Pizza contest(ed)
Wendy McCreary/Spoke
McCracken
Scott
By Brenda Harris
argument that people in North America "live in a society of
Do a pizza-eating contest and raising money for food hampers have anything in common? Mike Collins, a student in Broadcasting-Radio and Television (BRT) doesn’t
decadent over-abundance.” “Domino’s would be more than glad to come back and be the vehicle if the students wish to hold another event, this time charging a fee and sending the
think so.
money
Collins said the pizza-eating contest on Dec. .2 was strictly for business purposes to show Domino’s Pizza what the power of the radio could do for them as a company. “It was just advertising. Domino’s paid for the event and they are a client of mine. I wanted them to see what CXLR could do for them.” But Eric Landry, a module two journalism student, said in a letter to the editor (page 3), he thought the close proximity of the contest and a broadcasting student’s takeover of the college radio station a week earlier to raise money for the
Mike Weinstein, also a BRT student, said he didn’t think the
House
of
Friendship
was
a
contradiction of ideals. Landry said in his letter that with the famine in different parts of the world, the pizzaeating contest only added to the
to charity.”
Coming
tries
money
to
starving coun-
and sending money
to
local people in financial need. “Charity begins at home. I
would much rather feed
The
Howard Busgang Tuesday, Dec. 10
by Bruce Arculus & Matt Johnston
iZ:oo in the cafe
HOME GROWN TALENT NIGHT
my
JAN.
30 8:00
people, see them get back on their feet, and then try to do something for the rest of the
world.”
Dave Cashen, head
of
more than he can chew.
with
Beginners Guide to a Free Ride
own
in
mar-
keting with Domino’s said he didn’t think it was contradictory. He said Domino’s has held pizza-eating contests at other schools in the Kitchener-Waterloo area where they did raise money for charity. “I think the students missed an opportunity to raise money for
little
Nooner
soon...
two events were contradictory at all. He said he thought there was a difference between sending
bites off a
Prizes: Best
the cafe
Group
$125 1st place $ 85 2nd place
Best Solo
$ 75 1st place
a charity.
$ 50 2nd place
PUB
David Wilcox
Air
Band
$ 30 1st place $ 20 2nd place
Wednesday Dec. 11 $6 advance 8:00
$7 at door In
Varsity Athletic will
SPONSORED
BY: DSA, CXLR, MOLSON’S
the cafe
Draw
take place at 10:30
each participant
will
receive a
memento
Entry Deadline: January 21
spoke, Monday, December
Christmas movie
is
Quebec Winter Carnival NO LATER THAN DEC. 20
being advertised as the
number one family
film
in
Ft.
Canada, and judging from the size of the lineup at the Sunday afternoon matinee, it is going to be a very popular movie at the box office this Christmas. One Magic Christmas is an
emotional movie about
Abby
to
for help.
Armed
Ginny (Mary Stienburger) with her long-lost Christmas
spirit.
a
Christmas angel’s and a young efforts
to
instill
her
mother,
spirit.
the spirit, lo the clocks are turned back to the night before the terrible things happened;
By the middle of the movie, the viewer gets the impression that the Christmas angel, Gideon (Arthur Hill) has fouled up. If not, the viewer is led to believe that Ginny’s losses are
dy.
somehow supposed to make her thankful for what she has. This
would make the movie
a
shameless tearjerker. All
is
not
however.
lost,
Gideon, with the help of Ginny’s daughter, Abby (Michelle Meyrink), whom he had rescued from the river, persists in trying to fill the widow with the (Christmas spirit. In a
While the middle was pathetic, the ending was emotional in a touching and happy way.
One Magic Christmas,
Who is the new president of OPSEU Local 237? From what university is Eugene Swimmer, the medi2.
What
3.
negotia-
faculty
ator for tions?
political
party de-
nied accreditation to 14 college clubs? 4. What color were the old uniforms of the Beaver Foods cafeteria staff? 5.
What humanitarian
award did Conestoga College math instructor John McLoughlin win? 6. Why did Warren Letson barricade himself in the
7
Or Deposit Will Be
a
Peter O’Brian film directed by Phillip Borsos, is playing at the Cinema in Kitchener.
and
Forfeited
behold,
a Scrooge on Christmas morning, relives the past days so as to avoid trage-
Ginny, like
What
actually happened is interpretation. Time may have stood stilt, the clocks may have been turned back, or the angel could have just taken Ginny on a dreamlike journey reminiscent of Dicken’s A Christmas Carol. While the movie may seem
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A book called The Beginner’s Guide to a Free Ride was written, published and is being distributed by two students. The book is a satirical look at various scams for students to get free food, rent,
By Wendy McCreary At one time,
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as general machinists
who learned
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a little about a lot
of things.
Bruce Arculus,
Now, they learn a lot about one thing in the redesigned numerical control (NC) machine tool setter operator program. The
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April 1985 so students could specialize on one machine, said Albert Potter, acting co-ordinator for Brian Naylor.
The 64-page book took the team a week to compile, Arculus said.
“The book was written for financial reasons,” said Arculus. “The book is definitely written tongue-in-cheek. It was a lot of fun to produce, and it’s a lot of fun to read,” said Arculus. When Arculus finds the time or a willing person to sell the book it will be
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two-week “flip-flop” system where they receive theory for one week and are in the shop the next week. At one point in the program,
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The equipment used shop
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training machines like some colleges have, said Potter. The shop has 10 lathes, 12 mills, two horizontal boring
they become operators and not programmers it is not necessary for them to write pro-
grams.
piece of metal moves). Students learn to run conven-
Setup for machining a piece takes as long as three hours, said Potter, while actually running the piece takes six or seven minutes. There are six instructors in the program who have a back-
machines where the
ground as an apprentice-
done by hand. Once this, after 36 weeks, move on to NC machines where the machine is run by a program. Potter
trained machinist, tool and die maker or mould maker, as a
machines, three machining centres (the tool moves) and three turning machines (the
tional
work
is
they learn they can
said.
“they are thrown back into the pool,” Potter said, and another six will be chosen.
chine
this
production-type
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of six students are chosen to go into the shop for seven straight weeks. After
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By Susan Calmusky Three third-year graphic design students were presented with cash awards for their entries in the Ontario Student Assistance Program’s 19861987 poster contest. Timothy Urquhart won the first-place prize of $500 with his poster of an apple. Jeannine Fillatre, co-ordinator for Francophone services, who presented the award, said Urquhart’s entry was “one of the best
posters we have ever had.” Patricia Wray and Richard Benoume won the second and third-place prizes of $300 and $ 200 Each year OSAP chooses a
college or university to do the posters. Fillatre said Conestoga College was chosen this
year because they were aware the college had a three-year graphics program and were confident they could get something extra special here. Fillatre said the posters were put on display at the ministry and 42 people, including those from its art department voted. It was a “complete majority” in favor of Urquhart’s poster,
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She said she was impressed with the quality of the entries
this
year.
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7
SPORTS Cagers win By Jenny Wilson The men’s varsity basktball team defeated the Fanshawe Falcons by a score of 83-80 in a home game played on Nov. 27. The Condors took a 46-41 lead at the end of the first half. Les Robertson scored a total of 18 points in the first 20 minutes of play.
Fanshawe put the pressure on in the second half but the Condors managed to keep them
were out with injuries (Greg Benson and Mike Jospeh), the Condors still played a good game, he said. The players are
with 14 each. Helmut Tinnes,
great
game
plus for.us.
20-minute
down
game,
We played two good halves. We were
eight, then up eight in the first half that’s 16 points.’’
Even
—
though
two
players
to-
“We kept up our intensity in the last three minutes of the game and that made the difference. It was lacking in the other games we played,’’ said Tinnes. The last three minutes are very crucial to the game, he added.
“Fanshawe
couldn’t stop our got to the foul line,” said Tinnes. inside
game once we
Blair Kelsey,
a
Condor
“They’re (Fanshawe) a good team. We are as good as they are, so we could play a good game. We are starting to get used to playing player,
the coach, “It was a for us and a big
said after the
playing
getting used to gether, he said.
at bay.
Top scorers for the Condors were Les Robertson with 25, Alex Yandryk with 16 and Lennox Lewis and Mike Gobel
home
at
said,
together.
Nobody
plays the so you have to get everybody’s way of
same way, used
to
playing.”
Robert Martin /Spoke In
varsity action against
Fanshawe, Les Robertson shoots as teammates get
set for a rebound.
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Condors lose to Georgian The hockey Condors were defeated 8-4 by Georgian College in Barrie on Nov. 27. Georgian gained a 4-2 lead in the first period of action. The second period was a standoff as each side scored once. Early in
to
score three unanswered
Georgian squad gathered
goals.
Cagers end season
not as good as
it could have After the first two games against North Bay and Belleville, players knew they could win if the right people
been.”
When asked what the outlook for next year’s season was, Scott said, “We should make the playoffs next year. We almost did this year. “If we had one basketball player, (a player whose specialty was in playing basketball),
playoffs with three victories,
he said. The final
girls coming ball as their
against St.
said.
we would have done better and won those two games,” Scott
said.
year, hopefully,
we
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ham. “We knew one of them was going to win,” Scott said, “and St. Lawrence did.”
were there, he said. “When we had the right people here at home we did beat them.” Belleville got into the
game was Lawrence and Dur-
of Frienciship
and the
The loss brought the team’s record to 2-6-1 in Ontario Colleges Athletic Association
the third period, the Condors cut the margin to 5-4. The
By Jenny Wilson The women’s varsity basketball season ended with the team posting a 2-8 record. Coach Bob Scott said in an interview that the team “was
House
goals for the win.
(OCAA) play. The Condors were led by Bruce Hunking’s two goals. Mitch Landry and Dave Petteplace added single
itself
spirit
have
here with basketmain sport,” he
outside the
DSA
in
boxes
office
Spoke, Monday, December
8
1985
9,
LASA
By Vickie Campbell
LASA
1
team by
defeated the
a score of 3-1 to
LASA
2
win the
women’s intramural
floor
hockey championships Dec.
2.
In the first game of the semi-finals, the fourth-place Business Blues met the first-
place team
LASA
In a fast-paced, competitive
LASA
torious
by a score of
Sue
LASA
2
emerged
vic-
2-1.
Blacklock, captain of and Jan Airdrie scored
the goals.
Jenny Wilson/Spoke
LASA
1
versus
LASA
2
in
Sandy Nay scored the lone goal for the Business Blues. Val Thomson, a member of the Blues team,
\A/omen's intramural ball hockey
after the
game that she thought her team had played well to-
2 said
gether.
sively.
remarked
the team played well defensively as well as offen-
Beth Paleczny, another Blues member, said it was “the best
game ever. We
really
In the second
day
LASA
1
game
of the
defeated the Rec
Crew 3-1. Sandy Stewart scored
the goal for LASA 2. Trudy Peckitt scored the second and Liz Maloney scored the third. Patti Speers scored for the first
Rec Crew. Suellen McLaughlin
of
Correction
gave
them a run for the money.” Blacklock described the game as hard fought and competitive.
2.
game
2
hockey champions
floor
1
LASA
Due
to a typesetting error
in the
Nov. 25 issue of Spoke score
printed
the
for
the
Nov. 19 women’s intramural floor hockey game between LASA I and LASA 2 was incorrect. The final score was 3-2 for LASA 2. Kelly iScarlett, Suellen McLaugh-
and Janice Martin scored LASA 2; Trudy Peckitt and Sandy Stewart scored
lin
for for
LASA
1.
Fowler squashes opponents By Paul Vandenberg match afternoon, Dave Fowler
By winning of the
his eighth
reaffirmed his claim Nov. 29 as Conestoga’s squash champion.
The third-year management student beat Scott McCracken three games to one to hold on to the men’s title he won at last year’s semi-annual intramural tournament. Fowler beat applied arts teacher Bob Pritcha4ai, last year’s tennis coach, in the semi-finals while McCracken got past electronics student Andy Bisch. In the finals, Fowler’s ball
control and variety of soft and hard shots kept McCracken off the low-shooting game he used so effectively against Bisch.
In
the
division,
women’s advanced Sandy Nay, Doon Stu-
dent Association activities coordinator, beat second-year recreational leadership student Wendy Walker in three straight games. Nay, who placed sec-
ond last
in the tournament in the two years, used soft, front-
court shots to defuse Walker’s
hard-swinging back-court strategy.
In
women’s novice
play,
Jean
Bizz krruunched Krruunch defeated Bizz Management by
a score of 7-3
an indoor intramural soccer game played Dec. 3.
The
for Dec.
was
a very important for Krruunch,” said Steve Higgins of the Krruunch “It
team. “We won the game and now we’re in the playoffs.”
6.
were Steve Higgins, Jeremy Daniels and Sal Scarpelli. “It was a good game. They (Bizz Management) had no subs and that killed them,” said Marco Larivera, of Krruunch.
Intramural
team
teacher, beat campus recreation officer Mary Wright. LaForge said she has been playing squash for a year and was runner-up at last year’s tour-
nament. Seven women and 13 men, comprised of staff, students and faculty, competed in the 4 34 -hour
event at the Northfield
Doon Raquet Club. In a concurrent tennis tour-
nament, Randy Smart’s
half-
court volleying defeated Tom Ashwell’s baseline game 6-1, 6-7, 6-3.
Smart, a first-year marketing student who has taught tennis in Guelph, said his opponent was “a spunky old devil.” Ashwell, a computer
programming teacher,
were scheduled
Goal scorers for Krruunch
in
game
playoffs
LaForge, an applied arts
said
smart “attacked (his) backhand mercilessly.” Three players competed and all said they were disappointed with the turnout. “I’m sure there are more players at the school who didn’t know about it or had classes,” said Ashwell.
Competition p.m.
of the
began
at
12:30
Dave Fowler captured
week
Paul Vandenberg/Spoke the semi-annual squash tournament title.
Week
Athletes of the
Schaus
Lennox Lewis basketball
Varsity
player
Lennox Lewis has been chosen male Athlete of the Week at
Conestoga College
week
for
the
Nov. 25-Nov. 29. In his first year of Ontario Colleges Athletic Association (OCAA) varsity play, Lewis turned in an outstanding performance, scoring 1 4 points, and grabbed 1 6 rebounds, as
Susan Schaus is the female Athlete of the Week for Conestoga College for the week of Nov. 25 - Nov. 29.
of
Conestoga defeated London's Fanshawe College
In
Lewis
week
for
the
week
of
Nov 25-29,
is
the Hawks, from the co-ed broomball
The Hawks were undefeated in both their games against the Marketeers The Hawks were to meet the winners of the Blue division of the league
for that
week.
for the playoffs
Dec.
^
Team members Campbell;
currently enrolled
employment preparaprogram at Conestoga College's Waterloo campus. Lewis is also a nationally known amateur boxer. in
Intramural team of the league.
is
the
tion
final
women’s
week
varsity
(back row,
39-33, and Lawrence 42-41
Loyalist
lost to St.
Against
Schaus
Loyalist
1
Schaus, 23, is frorn Cambridge and is a first-year student in the early childhood education program at the
to right), Jeff Gale, Brian
(front row, left to right), Shaver, Dave Eccles, Helmut Kliewer, Heidi Jansson and Al
College,
Conestoga by scoring 1 2 points, then added 1 more in the season final. led
Schmidt, Doug Greenway and Eian Sandy Nay, Steve Mason and Pete Kingston. Missing are Mark
left
basketball
defence as Conestoga downed
Doon campus. are;
of Cntario
team, Schaus was outstanding on both offence and
83-80 on Nov. 27.
Hawks
the
Colleges Athletic Association (CCAA) action for the
Prior.
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