Digital Edition - December 16, 1985 by SPOKENewspaper

Conestoga College, Monday, December 16, 1985.

Mysterious marketing major magically materializes Barbara De Smet

Three marketing students in Jay Moszynski’s small business management class at Doon recently demonstrated the kind of inventiveness they will need to succeed in the corporate world. They created a student when they found themselves one person short for a four-member report team. It began Moszynski

September, when

directed the students to divide themselves into four-person groups to interview and report on a local entrepreneur.

Tom Greenway,

Pete Hagen and Ron Kingston, being unable to enlist a real student to

make

their

trio

quartet,

created “Bob Bender.” As work continued on the group’s investigation of Lee Saunders’ flower shops, the trio periodically reported on their progress and offered

Moszynski excuses Tom

Bob Bender hands

Jantzi/Spoke

teacher Jay Moszynski the accumulated written portion of his assignment

for

Bender’s absence from class. Moszynski offered them a

greater challenge when he ordered all members of the group to be present to give their report in class Dec. 4. He even refused to grant a dispensation to the ailing Bender, who, by then, was said to be in Kitchener-Waterloo Hospital undergoing treatment for injuries suffered in a skiing accident.

At the appointed hour, Hagen, Kingston and Greenway appeared at the door of 4B15 with the now-incarnate Bob Bender (played by second year wood planning manage-

ment student Jerry Finder) heavily bandaged, moaning and confined

to a

rented wheel-

chair.

Not

be outdone, Moszynski to shake Bender’s hand and accept the written portion of the assignment. to

hastened

Kingston told Spoke that Moszynski promised the group an A-plus. The teacher, howevhe will reserve judghe has interviewed each individual regarding his

er, said

ment

until

contribution to the project.

Students unconcerned about Stratford investigation By Paul Vandenberg

STRATFORD

- Students here generally unaware and unconcerned about a recently completed investigation of missing financial documents from last year’s campus association, according to a random sampling of student opinion. Of 15 students questioned, few understood the details of the incident or that a report has been prepared.

are

When

that the college administration will not release told

Snow

the report, only three students were interested in its contents. Gwen Weston, a second-year business student, said she is curious to know what happened. “There’s just more confusion because the report is not released,” she said. Jason Haskett, a first-year business student, said he only found out about the incident through Spoke, which he said arrives on campus two weeks late.

Mark

Roth, current treasurer of the student association.

removal:

said he received a letter from

Jack Williams, Conestoga’s director of finance, requesting that financial statements from last year’s association be posted at the campus. Roth said he received the letter only recently and as of Dec. 10 had not yet carried out the request. Roth said he has not seep the investigator’s report or a halfpage statement on the conclusions of the report that Williams presented to the college’s

board of governors on Nov. 25. The statement said that last

year’s treasurer made “an error in judgment” in destroying some records but that there were “no improprieties.”

Kirk Dudtschak, current Stratford student president, said he hs not seen the report or the half-page statement. He said Williams commissioned the investigation and therefore Williams can decide whether or not to release the report. Dudtschak said he sees no reason the report should be

released. “If anything wrong,

then

could

see

is it

(releasing the report), but nothing is wrong.” Last week, Conestoga president Kenneth Hunter agreed with earlier statements by Williams and Donald Wheeler,

chairman of the college’s board of governors, that the report is an internal document and will not be released. He said the matter was discussed at the board’s operations committee meeting on Nov.

although

members had

committee

not yet seen the

report.

PRIZPS

Parking fees pay off By Jane Moreau More is

efficient

snow removal

planned for the Doon campus

this winter.

“All the snow must be pushed back beyond the curb line of the parking areas,” said the Doon manager of physical resources, Mac Rostance. “If there is no room for it, it will be trucked out.” In the past, the plowed snow was often piled on parking sites.

This year’s snow removal contract with Rick’s Speed Equipment states “all parking areas will be plowed (or cleaned) by 7:30 a.m. Monday to Friday when there is a snowfall of two inches or

more,”

Rostance

said. The will be

campus centre area

plowed by 6 a.m. seven days a week, he added. But it is not a hard and fast rule, Rostance said. In unusual conditions such as an ice storm, the contractor or Rostance will make an assessment

for additional maintenance. Assessments are made at 6 a.m. but if there is a forecast for heavy snow, clearing crews are on standby earlier, Rostance said. “It takes a minimum of three hours- and a total of seven to eight (snow removal) units to clear a normal snowfall of two to

four inches.”

Last

storms

year

the

all

hit after 6

was impossible

major

a.m. and

to clear the lots

by 8 a.m., he said. Rostance said the money from the parking fees covers the entire cost of parking lot maintenance lighting, repairs and snow removal.

—

The fee was calculated on a projected estimate of maintenance costs and the operating costs can only be confirmd at the end of the fiscal year, he said.

The snow removal contract parking lots is renewed yearly. All the roads, pathways for the

and entrances are plowed by the college, he said.

Wendy McCreary/Spoke

Band aids BRTs Broadcasting students perform Band Aid’s Do They Know It's Christmas to win a beer and pizza party sponsored by Mother's in the DSA's second annual Christmas caroling contest held at noon on Monday, Dec. 9.

Spoke, Monday, December 16, 1985

OPINION SPOKE Editor: Karen Mantel Associate Editor; Arlonna Henrich

Photo

Editor:

Tom

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 S^wayze, Paul Van-

denberg. Contributing Writers: Bruce Arculus

Spoke is published by the boon Student Association and produced by the students of the jobrnalism department. The views and opinions expressed in this paper do not necessarily reflect the views of the Association 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. Address: Spoke, c/o Conestoga College, 299 boon Valley brive. Kitchener, Ontario. N2G 4M4. Telephone (519) 653-5380.

We’re beleaguered too In November, students at the University of Waterloo demonstrated against added-on fees for use of computers. They acknowledged the university’s need to generate additional income, but took issue with the tactics used to circumvent the provincial government’s ban on tuition in-

Question of the

When

Week was no Santa?

did you realize there

creases.

They marched on the administration building as education consumers intent on sending a message to Queens Park. They wanted both increased financial support for the university, and comprehensive fees for themselves. It was a revolt against “creative accounting.’’

At Conestoga College, we too, are swamped with surcharges. But where’s our fighting spirit? Full-time students pay $35 a year for use of athletic facilities, whether they’re sports-minded or not, and they pay a $25 graduation fee, whether they attend convocation or not.

Furthermore, if they drive a car to school, they have no choice but to pay $35 a semester or 50 cents a day for parking. It seems as if the only one to object has been the federal government. According to the student handbook, the fee is not imposed on students sponsored by Canada Employment. Considering that fewer than half the graduates attended the Dec. 1 convocation, Conestoga students might want to ask that

“I first realized there

was

no Santa Claus when I found the presents hidden behind the shower curtain in the bathroom. I was shattered at the age of seven.’’

“What do you mean

“I first realized there was I sat on his knee and I noticed he had dark roots. You can’t kid an eight-year-old kid.”

there

no Santa when

I get that marketing textbook when I was four years old?’’ Kevin Wilson

Computer programmer

no Santa Claus? I have one question to ask. Why didn’t

Doug Moore

Cheryl Denney

Marketing

analyst

Marketing

the graduation fee be made optional for everyone. Obviously, a lot of people would be satisfied if the college just mailed them a transcript. As for the athletic fee, the Conestoga Centre is not necessarily the recreation facility of choice for the entire

student body. Colleges usually have paid parking to ease congestion on cramped, inner-city campuses. It makes little sense at Boon, which is a spacious commuter campus. The least an institution out in the boondocks can do, is cater to its motoring constituency. Added-on fees are a desperate measure taken by the college to stay afloat financially. It’s time students took a critical look at what’s happening. If no one dares to buck the system, we may find ourselves saddled with a computer assessment, too.

By Barbara De Smet

was about three years

was

“I first realized that there

“I first realized there

old and as I was sitting on his lap I pulled his beard

was no Santa when

and Santa was my mother.” Paul Tavares Accounting

started finding presents lying around the house.” Carole Sylvestre

no Santa when I was about six years old and I kept on seeing different Santas in

“I

off

was

about six years old and

different malls.”

Lynda Murray

Accounting

Marketing

Everyone should see CBC’s Oakmount High By Karen Mantel Often there

is a fine line between and unjustified censorship. What is freedom of speech to one person may be libellous and/or contemptuous to another. An injunction sought by Doug

justified

Christie, on behalf of his client, Jim Keegstra, to stop the CBC airing in Alberta of a television drama loosely

based on the Keegstra story strates such a fine line.

demon-

Mr. Justice Gregory Forsyth agreed with Christie that the telecast Oakmount High would be potentially in contempt of court if aired in Alberta.

Keegstra, a former teacher, was convicted last year of inciting racial hatred and was fined $5,000. Keegstra is attempting to appeal his conviction while the Crown, who wanted a jail

.sentence for Keegstra, is appealing the sentence. Christie said the airing of the

program in Alberta could jeopardize the search for an unbiased jury if the Crown gets its appeal. Now as much as a I applaud the guilty verdict handed down on Keegstra and the Crown’s attempt to appeal for a stiffer sentence. I’m not surprised that Christie and Keegstra appealed the telecast or that the judge decided in their favor. I realize that in order to guarantee a relatively fair judicial process Keegstra has every right to demand that the telecast not be shown in Alberta at this time. But, in every way and for every reason, I think every person should see that tele-

My I

—

The thought

was further reinforced watching Oakmount High on

opinion

sat

Keegstra story. Like Keegstra, the teacher at Oakmount High, Henry Gibson, taught that the World War II Holocaust against the Jews was

exaggerated and that there was a Jewish conspiracy to control the world.

Not only did Gibson claim he had the right to freedom of speech, but that he had a right to talk about it and, the bottom line, he felt he had the right to teach his hatred to children. It

that people are that

susceptible to erroneous and biased information made it clear that a telecast such as Oakmount High should be shown, particularly in Alberta.

cast.

Dec. 8. I was reminded of a CBC Journal telecast I saw about three to four years ago, before Keegstra was fired from his teaching position and before the court case was initiated. A report interviewed Keegstra on his views and also talked to students, their parents and Keegstra’s colleagues. It was shocking the number of times people, particularly teachers, would say Keegstra was better informed on history than they therefore, in their opinion, he must be teaching correct facts.

Oakmount High was

a thinly dis-

guised characterization of the Jim

the

may have been a bad decision for CBC to show Oakmount High at a

when Keegstra’s appeal is pending. But, one must also consider

time

is it ever a bad time to show Canadians injustices such as those spouted by Henry Gibson on Oak-

this;

mount High, or for that matter, touted by Jim Keegstra?

those

Spoke^^nday, December 16 1985 ,

Teacher gives students a susceptibility test By Brenda Harris and Jane Moreau Lean back in your chair.

Your muscles are yettiny

Your riyht ley is yettiny heavy I am yoiny to coimt to five. At five, you will be completely and reUvred. Your left ley is yettiny heavy relaxed, deeply relaxed. Your riyht arm is liyht, floatand rcla.ved. Your left arm is yettiny heavy iny up. Your left arm is liftiny. and relaxed. Your riyht arm is yettiny Your riyht arm is lowermy. heavy and relaxed. Evilyn Halke, a psychology Your shoulders and neck are teacher in humanities and soyettiny heavy and relaxed. Your breathiny is heavy and cial sciences, was demostrat-

heavy.

deep.

Close your eyes. Carefully listen to You'll yet laxed.

voice.

more and more

re-

Whatever happens, accept it. Listen and relax, and just let

happen.

ing susceptibility to hypnosis to students in an introduction to

psychology

Dec.

class,

refused

finish

be-

cessful with using hypnosis for

Perkovic,

Shan

Goodwin

and

Barb

breech birth. “You wouldn’t do anything

a difficult

Koneeny

under hypnosis that you

the hypnosis class.

You decide

Some

By Paul Vandenberg

musical

Stratford nightspot.

The student association at Conestoga’s Stratford campus has planned several events for student in the two weeks before

campus those in the audience know tho.se on stage. “That’s

20, a pot-luck dinner be held at the Water Street campus. Stuents who don’t bring food can attend by pay-

the Christmas break. A talent night will be held Dec. 18 in the auditorium at the

Water Street campus with three teachers acting as judges.

Kirk Dudschak, student association

president,

said

part

campus. You

Starting Jan. 6 Conestoga College will offer a 16-week, full-time course designed to bring office workers into the

computer age. Called Computer Literacy in Commercial Applications, it will teach basic word processing and computerized bookkeeping

to people

who already

know

the fundamentals of office procedure. It will also include units on oral and written communication as well as bookkeeping principals. Grant McGregor, associate director of college academic

quality of the can relate (to the

performers) because you know them.” As well, students have been invited, to a dance Dec. 19 organized by the Stratford Student Nurses’ Association that is to be held at Shea’s,, a

Office workers By Barbara De Smet

the

Liaison coordinator Lynne Proctor said that as of Dec. 9, 19 people had expressed an interest in taking the course in Waterloo and 17 had applied for admission in Stratford. There will be 20 places available at each campus. To be accepted, students must appear for an interview regarding their previous office experience and demonstrate they they can type 35 words a minute. The .course is for people currently employed in small

it.”

added.

Another problem is that depends on self-reports for

its

authenticity, she said. “We know that the state exists, but

there are no (measurable) physical changes under hypno-

As part

of the introduction to

“altered states of consciousness such as hypnosis, sleep, sleep deprivation, drugs and meditation.

The

susceptibility

test

was

one of 12 from the Standard Hypnotic Susceptibility Scale. Halke has a masters degree in psychology and has been a teacher at Conestoga College since

19()8.

Medical doctors, dentists and psychologists are the only recognized practitioners of hypnosis in Ontario.

Brenda Harris/Spoke Evilyn Halke

Letters to the editor'

On Dec.

will

Spoke column

strains relations with hospital

ing $3.

Students regularly play hockey on Thursday at the Dufferin Arena between 4 and 5 p.m. although a skating party was to be held instead on Dec. 12 to involve those play hockey.

who

don’t

meet computers

programs, said that the course will be taught at the Waterloo and Stratford campuses.

the problems of hypnosis are the folklore and myth that surround it, she

Stratford plans talent night and humorous acts performed last year. He said that because it’s a small

psychology course, Halke said, the students have ben studying

the test

she

sis.”

cause she was afraid Halke would make her look ridiculous, Halke said. “Even though she had previously been suc-

participate

do,”

“Fifteen per ent of the population make good hypnosis subjects,’’ she said. Three of the 27 students

One student participating

Zvjezdana

normally

Doon campus.

passed the test. A good hypnotic subject has a good imagination, a strong belief in hypnosis and trust in the therapist, she explained.

Brenda Harris/Spoke

wouldn’t

said. The hypnotist “acts only as a guide. You are doing it.

businesses on the brink of acquiring a computer. It is also for out-of-work people with out-of-date office skills. McGregor said that Can-

ada Employment

is prepared sponsor 32 individuals in this category in January, making

them employable

short

period of time.

McGregor

said care will be use the kind of software graduates are most Hkely to encounter in the workplace. Although the course will be taught by computer science staff at both locations, an additional part-time teacher will be hired in Waterloo.

taken

To the

for

Editor:

many

years.

This article colored some

A recent edition of Spoke contained an article regarding the writer’s experience

people’s attitudes towards Conestoga College and may affect how our students are

as a patient at St. Mary’s Hospital. I am not sure of the intent of the writer or of the newspaper in printing such an article, but I do know that it has resulted in problems for the Conestoga College health science division. Several people have reported to me that hospital staff were upset by the article and in some cases posted it on the bulletin boards. As a faculty, we work hard to build good relationships with the hospitals and health

treated

agencies

Waterloo

Re-

the future.

The writer does have right to her

own

a opinions. If

her care was unsatisfactory she should have reported it to the hospital administration so that something could be done about it. To generalize one experience and overuse hyperbole is irresponsible journalism, in my estimation. I do read each issue of Spoke with interest and on the whole think it is a very good student newspaper. We particularly appreciate the article on Jean O’Leavey.

gion, because they have provided excellent clinical experience for students in the

Pat Legault

nursing and ambulance and emergency care programs

Manager

Programs

Health Sciences

Equal opportunity advisors available at Doon By Jane Moreau Four students have sought the help of the two new equal opportunity advisors at Doon campus.

Appointed by President Hunter as part of the college affirmative action program, Nancy McConnell, the first female teacher in the electronics technology program, and Sue Hartley, a teacher in the law and security program, are serving a voluntary one-year term.

They act as a liaison and resource for students with problems of employment opportunities and inequitable

treatment by faculty, McConFor example, if nell said. students feel “they are not being treated equally (with other students) by a faculty

Equal opportunity at the college also extends to employment equity for the employees. In response to a quest about the incidence of sexual harass-

member we will get the student and faculty member to- ment problems, McConnell gether.”

McConnell and Hartley might also seek advice or make appropriate to sources such as the college equal opportunity co-ordinator,

re-

referrals

program Marilyn Lambert, manager, Doon campus director Dave Putt or the assistant campus director, Tony Martinthe

ek, she said.

But the students’ identity and problems are confidential, she added.

said the college policy is not to tolerate sexual harassment. The college policy statement, revised on Nov. 28, 1983 states; “It is the policy of the college that employee conduct that results in harassment of other employees or students because of sex, religion, race, ancestry, place of origin, color, ethnic origin, citizenship, creed, age, record of offences ... marital status, family status, or handicap ... is illegal and will not be

tolerated. Such conduct is considered, by the college, to provide just cause for disciplinary action.” McConnell and Hartley also provide a support system for the 30 to 40 female students in the non-traditional programs at Doon. For example, she said, the electronics technology

program

currently

has

two

in third year and five second year. “mentoring” proIn this gram, a female in industry is

females in their

graduate of Queen’s University, Kingston, McConnell said she and Hartley requested the “equal opportunity advisor” name instead of the proposed “affirmative action advisor” title. (Last year the position

was

called

“women’s

advi-

sor.”)

“Believing that the objectives of the position were valid, we wanted a name that we felt

comfortable with.” McConnell said both she and Hartley had dealt with

affirmative action

matched with a student here. The initial introductions are

found they carried a “connota-

planned for a college-sponsored wine and chese party in the new year, McConnell said.

tion of militant women’s liberation women handed things on a silver platter because they

1981 electronic engineering

programs

—

were women.”

industry and

Spoke, Monday, December 16, 1985

ENTERTAINMENT Conestoga nooner:

Busgang competes with

‘special of the day’ about

By Brenda Harris He’s been in comedy professionally for three years because “I can’t do anything else,” said Howard Busgang, 27, the comic who played at the

gets

it.”

Busgang works regularly at Yuk-Yuks in Toronto and has a movie (House of Fools) coming out in the early spring of 1986. He said that in the movie he

harpoon

through

his

head.

You can

also see Busgang in commercial with the newlyweds. “- — off, it really is me,” he said.

the Scope

Doon campus “nooner” Dec. 10

“The only other profession I considered was to work in' the frozen food section at a 7-11,” said Busgang.

The Montreal-born Busgang, who played to standing room only, said he reaily doesn’t like

do lunch time shows because to compete with the special of the day.” The 40-minute routine included discussions on sex, talking cars, television and living on your own. He involved the audience by picking out certain people and talking directly to (or at) them. Featuring mostly one-liners, Busgang said he can get away with so much because people think “I look harmless.” to

“you have

’

Busgang, who also writes comedy and acts, said he wants

i Evelyn Reschner/Spoke

With ''harmless'' face, Busgang gets

away

with

most anything.

people to “recognize me for what I am ... a sex god.” Being nervous doesn’t bother him too much because it “turns into energy once you are on stage performing. I pace a little, but I try not to think

Party

is drier

new law

with

Spy

film hilarious

By Susan Calmusky The American government has been working for several years on an $8-billion Star Wars project. Tons of hardware on the earth and in the skies are finally being put to the test as the culmination of two years’ work by a couple of

draws near. They must trek into Russia

spies

subdue the guards around an enemy missile which they must then launch. Before the earth is destroyed, the Americans will destroy the missile in the sky with a laser beam. So important is this mission that many precautions are taken. For example, decoy, pawn spies are sent out. What would happen if these decoy spies

were Chevy Chase and

Dan Aykroyd? A hilariously funny movie

By Kevin Swayze The new, tougher drinking

would

result.

Spies

Emmett

and FitzHume take it all in stride as they are rushed through military training which includes falling from a cliff in an airplane and being rifled with machine guns while holding their breath under

swamp

water. Later, they are

thrown into enemy hands. Chase and Aykroyd make a fine comedy team. Aykroyd plays an electronics and language genius whose brains are overlooked by his superiors. Chase plays a self-confident, but irresponsible man, who thinks he can get by using a different part of his anatomy. Together they are able to save the world. One refreshing aspect of this movie is that it pokes fun at Americans in their war efforts.

Some crazed

generals deliberately propose to miss the laser beam. Why make the weapons if they go unused he

and driving legislation may be making some Conestoga Col-

follows the exploits of

lege students think about how they’re getting home after the party.

Millbarge (Aykroyd), as they are intentionally thrown into

funny, with an excellent script written by Aykroyd and Dave

hell.

Thomas.

Well-developed and easygoing characters, Millbarge

the

Mike Weinstien,

a third-year

broadcasting-radio and television

(BRT)

student,

who

reasons.

The movie

FitzHume (Chase), and Auston

Spies Like

Cinema

incredibly

is playing at Kitchener.

at-

tended the BRT Christmas party Dec. 5 at the Kent Hotel, Waterloo, said the students there didn’t seem to be drinking as

much

as usual.

The reduced consumption of alcohol, Weinstein said, seemed to be a reflection of the drinking and driving legislation.

Adlys, co-owner and of the Kent, wouldn’t say whether the party was a financial success, or if less alcohol was consumed.

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offers the upstairs area free of charge to groups for parties, counting on the take at the bar to cover expenses. Even if the party didn’t turn a profit, she said, she was glad just to have the people

come

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Adlys said “we never force anyone to drink,” and non-alcoholic drinks were available Brenda Harris/Spoke

A “nice

surprise” for Sandy

Sandy Nay admires offerings to the Salvation Army and House of Friendship. By Dec. 9, the DSA canned food drive received 50 cans and four toys. The can goal is 200. Activities co-ordinator

at the

BRT

She said that most people can handle themselves when drinking, “but there will always be people who don’t care” and drive impaired regardless of legislation.

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Spoke, Monday, December 16, 1985

Program of the Week

LASA

Law and

students learn more than the law “Drennan

By Wendy McCreary Most students who enter the law and security administra-

would hate tigate me.”

crackerjack Hays. “I have him invesa

investigator,” to

said

(LASA) program think it be exciting, and a chal-

Forensic is taught by Paul Latour, “our mad scientist who

and it usually is says Bob Hays, program coordina-

looks like Quincy,” Hays said with a laugh.

tor.

Latour is a scientist in biochemistry who also teaches the nursing students. Both Drennan and Latour use innovative methods of teaching the student because the program’s capital is not very high, explained Hays. Drennan has been taking students outside on the campus

tion will

lenge,

Hays seaid

his students are

here because “this

what they

really want.” Hays explained the LASA students are usually extroverts. “They’re boisterous but not too popularwith other students,” he said. “They get sneered at a lot.” Hays said he knows the is what they want or they would not put up with such

program hassles.

One thing they are told is that jobs in the field have a high stress rate and top the statistics for most marital and drinking problems. “You’d think it would scare the hell out of them, but it doesn’t,” Hays said. One thousand applications a year flood in because the jobs are intriguing, said Hays. “I’m not sure of the motivation,” he said. “I wouldn’t be television had some bearing on their inter-

surprised

est.”

Hays said it is a bit unfortunate that some students still think their work is going to be like Hill Street Blues or Magnum P.I., even though most are level-headed. The college

program

bro-

ken down into three themes: law (criminal and civil), investigation/forensic and human relations.

Law

Security Administration

taught by Hays, a

lawyer. Jim Drennan, a former sergeant in Halton Region, teaches all aspects of investigation such as crime, accidents and interrogations.

for mock-up investigations. He plants evidence and students must use methods taught to

them to properly collect it. He has also taught them how search cars by planting a fake bag of drugs in his own ve-

hicle.

Latour gives students ‘‘hands-on” experience through

lab work. Students have also been accepted into the forensic lab in Toronto where they view autopsies.

The human

the course is taught for various reasons. First, it helps the students to “get in touch with themselves,” said Hays. “It’s not a bird course,” he of

said. It is

important that

stu-

dents learn their strengths and weaknesses so that they can interact with others, he said. Hays said, “Crisis interven-

and

power-packed situations where emotions run high, such as family disputes,”

tion

skills in

are other areas covered.

Communications skills are taught as well. “I don’t care if they come from Grade 12 or 13, they don’t know how to write when they get here,” Hays said.

Fitness

A mock crime scene teaches

taught

the

centre by Duane Shadd and Elizabeth Mask Wessel. Students wishing to become police officers are taught according to the standards of the Ontario

Police College. “They are probably higher than anywhere else in Canada,” Hays said.

“The others get regular

training.” In their second year of study, students can specialize in all aspects of police work, insurance adjusting, correctional institutions jobs, industrial security and private investigation,

and customs.

One-third of students who enter the program want to become police officers, said Hays. After the first year it

Employment preparation The program

By Rachel Wallace-Oberle Conestoga’s employment preparation program is giving all kinds of men and women new hope.

According to Ann Wine, Cambridge campus co-ordinator, the program is for individuals who are looking to enter the work force, find or improve career options, improve academic skills or prepare for a college level skills education.

The program has been in operation since January 1985 and is offered at Cambridge, Guelph, Waterloo and Stratford campuses.

78%

The job placement record for Conestoga College’s 1,148 1985 graduates in diploma programs and ambulance and emergency care, in areas related to their college programs, was 78.4 per cent. Another 16.2 per cent of the spring and fall graduates have employment in areas unrelated to their college training

per cent are

still

and

5.4

seeking jobs,

Sharon Keogh, college placement co-ordinator. The most successful program-related job placement said

free due to

funding received from the Ministry of Skills and Development. However, this may change on March 31, as Wine said she was unsure whether the funding would continue.

The program is eight weeks long and set up to take students in September, November, January, March and possibly May next year. “The first five weeks of the program consist of different components which are grouped under the heading of personal Wine. The life skills section teaches students how to be assertive, self-confident and skills said

were

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design graphic and advertising and construction engineering technology. Liaiin

Wendy McCreary/Spoke skills.

how to develop self-esteem. The career choice section involves selecting a realistic career. “We take a practical approach,” said Wine. Career development strategy consists of “planning the road to map out a career,” and study skills deals with test anxiety, time management and “anything that helps to pre-

pare you

son services co-ordinator Lynne Proctor said they both had 100 per cent employment in their field.

The college job placement report, completed the first week of December, was comand verified information received from the graduates, piled

Keogh said. Contacted by information cards at spring convocation, or questionaires sent by mail or

by telephone, more than 99 per

increases to 90 per cent but decreases to 50 per cent in the third year.

Students are also taught something about the business world. Hays said, so they can uncover white-collar crime. “Most police out there wouldn’t know a white-collar crime if they fell over one,” he said. Students are well received by most agencies. Hays said. “They like the students because they have good human relations. They’re not enforc-

he explained. Unlike from other

ers,’’

some graduates colleges,

“they’re not out to

arrest everybody.” Salaries average $20,000 a year for graduates getting into

the field but one student started at $34,000, said Hays. Some students get jobs unrelated to the field but placement is still high. Hays said it could be “100 per cent but, sometimes, some want to go out and raise babies and that’s all right.” He said his figures show full-time related placement between 90 and 95 per cent.

“The bottom

line,”

he said,

that students get the general education that they’ll never get again to prepare them for the field.

Part of a continuing series exploring programs at Conestoga College

offers path to a better career

be a good stu-

dent.”

The last component of the program is work situation experience, and it is three weeks long.

“In this section, students contact employers to observe

of grads find related jobs

By Jane Moreau

students investigation

relations aspects

cent of the graduates responded, she said.

“The students find their own employment and should look any source that will help them find an employment op-

for

portunity,” she said.

the career of their choice and to have a final chance to see that all systems are go,” said

do their work placement.

Wine. Sixteen students are taken al each campus for the employ-

ment preparation program and, according to Wine, two teachers are assigned at every campus and “are with these students from day one until they finish their academic re-

quirements.”

Sharon

Herman and Sam

McElrea share the responsibilities of the employment pro-

gram

at the Waterloo campus. Both teach during the eight weeks.

Herman

deals with the personal skills and McElrea takes care of the academic part of the program. “The students are introduced to some math, science and English, said McElrea. “Their abilities in these areas are tested and this information is then passed on to academic upgrading teachers. Many students will take a few months of

“Newspapers, placement agencies and relatives or academic upgrading after friends” are sources, she suggested. The college placement service is also one of those sources, she said. The centre posts job notices at the college and contact graduates about employment opportunities, she explained.

In the fifth week, students look for places where they will

eight

weeks

up.”

After the program is over, some students will go to work and some will enrol in a college

program. Based upon which

program they

take, co-ordinators will decide which objectives the student must fulfill.

“It’s a great confidence builder for a student to arrange his or her own work weeks,” said Herman. “One student wanted to do office work and so she worked in three different offices so she could be exposed to different

atmosphers.” Stu-

dents are in a work situation

from Monday to Thursday and have classes on Friday. According to Herman, the program is a career search. “If someone has a definite idea of what he wants, he is directed to Student Services,” said Herman. “This is for people who don’t know what they want.”

Before

students

are

taken

program, they view a video on the program. If they are still interested, they will be into the

interviewed.

According to Herman, this has been the fourth course to run and so far it has been

composed of women only. “The way the funding has been set up, it must be 70 per

women and 30 per cent men, but we ran it for women

cent

at first as a trial,” said Her-

man. With the course fully under way, however, men will be accepted beginning in January.

Spoke, Monday, December 16, 1985

History electrifying at centre By Kevin Swayze Walk

the halls of the D. B.

Detwieler Centre and you can follow the history of the “invisible electricity fluid.” From your first steps inside the main door into the

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Dynamo Room where you

al-

most immediately meet a huge drive wheel and generator you know that something is

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very different in this building. Heinz Peper, director of the centre, wanted it that way from the beginning. There are 286 glass-covered panels and

numerous display cases bwayze/opoKe

i\evin

Heinz Peper arranges his history of

electricity.

throughout the centre, filled with picfures, writing and artifacts that keep history alive

for the students learning

dents use today, said Peper.

there.

For an example, Peper went the centre’s library and obtained a copy of a book by Georg Ohm, a man whose work is best known as Ohm’s Law. In the 270-page book a student can see all of the equations and logic Ohm had to use to prove

Most times, says Peper, “very hard for us

Until a liaison person for Perth and Huron counties is hired. Continuing Education, Student Services and Employer Centre Training send repre-

Lynne Proctor and her leagues

col-

the Conestoga Col-

lege liaison office have been busy this fall steering prospective students towards appropriate courses and they hope occupational satisfac-

sentatives to those districts, said Proctor. The college representatives’ presentations in schools range from talks on careers and programs to question and answer sessions and visual displays. Before talking to groups of students, liaison staff outline new courses to guidance counsellors and department chairmen. Proctor said college representatives are making a

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tion.

Each year before Nov. when the college begins cepting

applications

for

acthe

coming academic year, Proctor and assistant Debbie Heil cover the 20 high schools in Waterloo Region, and Deborah Weickert travels throughout Wellington County.

Peper is trying to make the students relate to how the people who made discoveries and worked, so that an answer in a textbook means

lived

more than

a solution to a prob-

lem.

Most students take

Why

did Joseph consider

breaking his engagement

Mary? The Magi were

3) In

what field? what country did the

Christmas tree

For

what

war

origi-

was

How many

gospels

The Twelve Days of Christmas, what is given

on the seventh day? 10)

Has

this year’s

need for

Christmas food hampers for the poor in Waterloo Region increased or decreased over last

de-

scribe Jesus’ birth in Bethlehem? What former justice minister had two sons born on

Larry McIntyre, a teacher

biological

9) In

peace treaty signed on Christmas Eve in 1814? 5)

Who was Jesus’ father?

nate? 4)

Christmas Day? Why was Jesus born in Bethlehem instead of Nazareth?

scientists

year’s?

the broadcasting

program since 1971, scored 8 out questions 5 and 9. television

of 10.

radio

and

He missed

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ed that the laws and understanding were here all the

many

people had to work hard to prove what stutime, but

into

his apparently

simple law. subtle enthusiasm for the topic also helps he was the driving force for the construction of the centre. To keep the students interested in history, Peper comPeper’s

—

pares himself to someone in marketing. “Look at good ad-

vertisers,” says Peper, “...they know how to get the story across.”

community

said that because community colleges have been in existence just 18 years,

information day held on the grounds in Toronto. About 40,000 high school and senior elementary students attended the event, sponsored by the federal and provincial governments and Metro Toronto

guidance counsellors have

Because mature students

varying degrees of familiarity with them and may direct students to universities. She and her associates often have

constitute a 60 per cent majority at the college, liaison staff go into the community to find those who have left school, said Proctor. The 87 brochure racks in

every second week from late October to March for the applied arts, business and technology departments as well_ as

shopping malls and other public places are restocked every

four or five for health sciences. In addition, there will be a

weeks. Representatives from the college also address

data-processing day and

groups at such agencies as the

shop.

special effort this year to

math and science teachers aware of Conestoga’s technology programs. Proctor

to “sell” the idea of community colleges for Grade 12 graduates, she said.

During Career Week from Nov. 11 to 15, Proctor had an opportunity to reach potential students at Careers 2001, an

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six

Charity given $1 ,000

Spoke Quiz 1)

make

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to relate history is so dull.” Students don’t usually realize that “these people were people and they actually lived.”

why

that’s

Liaison advertises college in By Barbara De Smet

it’s

Employment Resource Centre and Canada Employment, Proctor added. Proctor recommends

pros-

pective students visit the

campus of

to get a clearer picture

what the

college

has

offer.

Liaison staff have arranged student tours of the college

women

technology

work-

a jar

By Kevin Swayze

shelter,

accepted the money, and said the publicity Letson

and Pepsi donated 300

Warren Letson presented the House of Friendship with the

generated in the community helped the fund-raising ef-

coolers that

results of his radio siege Dec. 11 more than $1,000 stuffed into a large condiment jar from the cafeteria. Letson had taken over the college radio station for two days earlier in the month and had said he wouldn’t leave until $1,000 was raised.

forts.

Letson, a third-year broadcasting radio and television (BRT) student, played the song Money for Nothing by Dire Straits and threatened not to stop playing it until $1,000 was raised for the House of Friendship. He had met more than half of his goal when he left the booth, 51 hours later, but the money kept trickling in.

—

Martin Buhr, executive director of the Kitchener

Buhr

said

that the money —

ranging from packets of $20 bills

wrapped with rubber

to loose change rattling will bottom of the jar be used to fund the Christmas food hamper program the house is conducting.

bands in the

New

—

Orleans supplied pizza

for

Letson,

and

Durofoam beer were sold to raise

money.

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Spoke, Monday, December 16, 1985

SPORTS Hockey Condors On Dec. 6, at a home game, the hockey Condors lost 8-5 to the visiting Canador Panthers. The score was tied 1-1 at the end of the first and 3-3 at the end of the second period and in the final 20 minutes the visitors broke away for five goals. Goal scorers for the Condors

each.

The next day, Dec.

Humber Hawks Condors

The Hawks defeated the Brewers two games to one to become the late fall co-ed broomball champions. The first game ended in a 1-1 tie and had to go into overtime shoot-outs. In the second shootout Brian Schmidt put one in

Brewers

failed to score,

the the

11-4.

goals

in the third period, but by that time the Hawks had the game out of reach. Goal scorers for the Condors in that were Mick

game

Landry, Mark Shaver, Steve Stumpf and Ken Friedmann.

Hawks sweep

Hawks, while the

defeated

Each team scored three

were Bruce Hunking with two and Karl Ball, Darren Boutilier and Mark Patterson with one

for the

lose

mak-

finals

ing the score 2-1. In the second game Mike Becker of the Brewers scored his second goal of the day, while the Hawks failed to score. In the third game, A1 Prior of the Hawks scored the lone goal, to win the game for the

Robert Martin/Sooke

The Condors played the Canadore Panthers on Dec.

Hawks.

Why

are

A college contest held in 1969 resulted in the, naming of the Condors, said Dan Young coordinator of athletics. The Condors was chosen be

the

name

all

The Panthers won the game

called the

The idea of using a condor lent itself well to designing crests, added Young. Most people know the name and can identify the word with Conestoga College.

varsity

teams

after a student submitted the idea in a name-selecting contest.

When asked

said selecting the

the

reason for

name was

that

Conestoga and Condors both begin with con. The similarity Jenny Wilson/Spoke

The Brewers

vs. the

Hawks

co-ed broomball playoffs.

Intramural

makes

the names sound well together, said Young.

teams

of the

Condors? powerful,

superior bird ... a powerful team.” However, Glodeth Galang, an accounting student, thought the name was boring. “They could pick a new one that would be easier to remember.”

their opinion on

condor name, Conestoga faculty and students gave the

mixed

Young

8-5.

reactions. Christine Schnider, a graphics student, said, “I like it, it’s different.” Brenda Gibulskis, also a graphics student, said she liked the image it portrays of “a

Pat Jones, an English and

typing teacher, at Doon campus said he didn’t understand the significance of the

name. Richard Farrar,

a business teacher, said, “I think it’s a good name but I don’t know much about the condor.”

Varsity athlete

week

Les Robertson basketball

Varsity

player

Les Robertson has been

named

Athlete of the

Week

Conestoga

College for the week of Dec. 2-9. Robertson, has displayed consistent scoring all season. His 25-point performance Dec. 4 led all Condor scorers in the 78-70 loss to Toronto’s

LASA The women's

floor

been selected as one

week In

LASA

hockey league champions, LASA 1 have teams of the week for the ,

of the intramural

final

game LASA

defeated

LASA

2 by a score of

3-0.

indoor

soccer

tournament

champions,

for the

the

final

week

among the

LASA

team

of the

(Third row,

Sandy Stewart. (Second row, Peckitt. (Front row,

l-r),

and Bonnie MacDonald and Trudy l-r),

Liz

Maloney

(captain),

Jennifer LeBlanc, Suellen McLaughlin,

Murphy and Denise

Kelly.

scorers in Tier 1 of the Ontario Colleges Athletic Association

Team members: (Back row, to r), Marty Power, Bill Dekoning, Yarinder (Hodge) Brar and Lenny Vanesch. (Front row, to r), Paul Tucker, Ian Maciver, Henry Roefs and Dave Moore. Missing are Lee Vincent, Rod Simpson, Doug Kerr and Tony Titizian.

(OCAA) men’s bas-

ketball league.

of Dec. 2-6.

game, the LASA Enforcers defeated Krruunch by a

score of 7-1

Team members are;

Chris

The

Enforcers

Enforcers, have also been selected as the intramural

week

of Dec. 2-6.

the

powerful Seneca College Braves. Robertson is second

Robertson

currently

the Production Planning and Inventory Conenrolled

trol

program at the ConesCambridge campus.

toga’s