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Conestoga College, Monday, March

1986

Student Housing Unlikely at Conestoga By David Harrington

student-initiated proposal

to build a $7-million

complex

town house

for the University of

Waterloo, could not work here at Conestoga College, says director of finance Jack Williams.

something

‘‘Unless

changes,” said Williams, funding would be difficult for student housing at the college level.

Except for the northern area of Ontario where distances are greater, such as with Confederation College in Thunder Bay, the college system was originally set-up to be

“commuter

colleges.”

The concept behind the colwas that the majority of college students would be able

leges,

home with their parents and commute to live

school.

Williams explained a universuch as Waterloo has much more freedom than a community college to obtain housing sity

The universihave much more indepen-

for its students. ties

Ontario colleges, said in a telephone interview the question has been discussed and though it means “asking the

dence, he said, through their Royal Charter’s, than a college has a Crown Corporation.

Of the 22 community colleges in

Ontario,

five

government

colleges

northern Ontario have student In the case of Confederation College, says Conestoga president Kenneth Hunter, the area that college

residences.

serves justifies its residences. Confederation “serves an area the size of France,” said Hunter, they could not be commuter colleges like the south. He sees no need for student housing in the southern colleges.

Hunter said he has been requested almost yearly by students of the possibility of housing at Conestoga, but says the college “would be leaving government policy” on the matter. The colleges were setup in 1965 with the understanding that they would ndt have residences.

Housing, he added, would need a great deal of capital, “costing tens of millions.”

John Humber, director

for

city of Hamilton cent fare.

For those of us who depend on city transit to get us to school, little

may mean

in the

farebox

said the increased fare will be discussed with the

budget committee

this year.

mid-April and will be voted on by city council.

As bus fares increase in three area cities, the fare to board city transit is quickly approaching the $1 mark.

propsed increase could go

“I can see

a few director of

Beck, who added the higher;

ment on

declined to comthe chances of the

increase

being

approved.

says Kitchener Transit, Wally Beck, “that the city will see

Some increases recom-

fares.” As Ottawa decides before the end of this

“The increase will be implemented in June to give most students a break as the demand softens in the summer,” says Beck, “and give them time to get used to it by September.” Other area centres have already experienced in-

years,”

month whether Canadians will get a new $1 coin, bus operators

Ontario

are

becoming increasingly strained as the cost of operating increases.

“Cash fare on Kitchener city buses may increase five cents this June to off-set those increases in insur-

ance, fuel and labor,” says

Beck.

Some

carriers have had

their insurance increase from three to 11 per cent of their total operating costs.

“The idea

for a $1 coin has

been bandied about since 1978, particularly by transit authorities and vending machine operators,” says Beck. “There is a high priority” for it, Toronto already has $1 fares and the

mended

the past have

been turned down.

creases to their bus fares.

The city of Cambridge increased their fares five the beginning of this year and the city of Guelph will have their fares

cents

March 1st. Guelph bus fares will jump 10 cents,

increase

creating an 85 cent fare.

Beck

said

the

city

its poli-

“We wouldn’t turn something down because

was contary

policy”but it would have to “be a good reason.” He said if anyone wishes to really know why the colleges don’t have housing for it’s students, “(They will) have to talk to Mr. Davis about that,” referring to the former preof Ontario, Bill Davis, as Education Minister in the 1960’s founded the community college system.

mier

build housing for students at the college, but said it wasn’t the policy of the city to do so. Presently, only housing for senior citizens is excempt from the levy charges.

A lot-levy issue came up with the university town house proposal when the mayor of Wa-

terloo, Marjorie Carroll quashed student hopes of council bending its rules to give the project the financial break of eliminating the levies.

who

Wendy

director of development for the Waterloo Region, said if the college was zoned for housing the only

Wright,

proposed that city and university officials

Carroll staff

formed

team

make

the

lobby

Queen’s Park to bend

rules project elegits

for subsidies under a low-income housing program announced in last fall’s budget. In a interveiw by telephone ible

with agents of Ministry of Housing, the province at present doesn’t have a student housing program.

Humber said if a proposed student housing plan were to be approved

would have

“self-supporting” because it wouldn’t receive any grants from the province.

said there were two

things one would have to do to get action on housing, one is to convice the college’s Board of Governors, and the second is to try to convince the goverment to change its policy on student housing. “No rule is so solidly placed it couldn’t be changed,” said

Humber.

thing it would need would be a building permit. She said Regional Council would waive any lot-levy (a one- time surcharge to builders for water, sewage and road connections) which would be charged to a builder.

big brother

has a 95

city’s

change

Cardillo of Kitthe city would “certianly look into eliminating the levy charge” if approached with a proposal to

Paying back

Fare increases By David Harrington

cy,” housing at southern colleges most certainly “would be considered.”

Mayor Dom

chener said,

Kitchener has one of the cheapest fares in Ontario for its size and with the expected increase this June, it will still be on the average 10 to 20 cents cheaper than some other systems.

By Cheryl Mooder Students should consider the cost of their student loans down the road during negotiations of the loan, a news release from the Ministry of Colleges and Universities said. The interest rates on student loans are not lower than regular loans, but are one per-cent above the prime lending rate of the banks.

Ontario Student Loans must be paid for in 78 months, while the repayment period for Canada Student Loans depends on the size of the loan.

Canada Student Loans up to $1,500 must be repaid within 36 months; $1,501 to 3,000--60 months;

$3,001

$4,500-84

6,000—96 months and $6,001 plus have to be repaid within 114 months, which is the maximum repay-

months; $4,501

LASA, takes a guess at the jelly bean cafeteria. Beth Paleczny (middle) and the 1 7 in Cathy Werner (right) of Social services say the Bean Blitz has collected 250 cans as of Feb. 19.

Marisa Vettor contest Feb.

(left)

Tom

Issue of funding

ment time allowed. Ontario and Canada student loans can be paid back in full, without plenalty, at any time. As well, students who drop courses will have their Ontario Student Assistance Program (OSAP) grant or loan reduced, the news release said. Lighter course loads could force the student to have to pay back a portion of their grant, or reduce the size of a grant or loan the student was expecting to receive later in the academic year.

A course load, which has been reduced 60 per-cent, will lose its interest-free status six months after the course load

reduction and the loan will begin to accumulate interest.

complex

Hunter said the basis of allotment on student’s learning by traditional methods of tioned,

By Honor Wassing The annual

Jantzi/Spoke

briefing of

MPPs

in the colleg’s

immediate area suggested the present method

classroom lectures and labs,

of college funding needs to be

like project

examined

in conjunction with

the goals of both the community and the colleg’s mandate.

President Kenneth Hunter said.

Hunter

said,

“The

issue of

funding is much more complex than the rather simplistic and consistent complaints that underfunding would indicate. I’m not whining about it. There’s a

key difference there.” Explaining the crunchy issue is the method funding is appor-

leaves technological resources Gold Coin which combines optical disks and computers as a learning tool, untapped. The present grant formula method does not take into account training and educational services demanded of colleges by industry and the community in general. Hunter believes the annual meeting with MPPs is the first step in making the provincial

government aware nity needs.

commu-

Spoke, Monday, March

1986

OPINION Jenny Wilson Associate Editor: Brenda Harris

Editor:

Photo

Editor:

Tom

CW4EST0GA COLLEGE

Jantzi

Entertainment Editor: Vickie Campbell Sports Editor: Debbie Pitvor Advertising Manager: Susan

Calmusky

David Harrington

Staff:

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 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 Doon Valley Drive, Kitchener, Ontario N2G 4M4. Telephone (519) 653-5380.

7014

srobEMi Housing

unrealistic

Jig

going for a Sunday drive? Sounds like something everyone has thought of at least once: No problem with that right? Wrong, if you have to get gas first. Because of the Kitchener by-law number 7014 gasoline stations have to close at 7 p.m. weeknights and are vacant all day Sunday. The by-law, which was passed in 1970, stipulates “all gasoline service stations within the municipality of the City of Kitchener shall during the whole of the year be closed and remain closed at and during the time or hours between seven of the clock in the afternoon of each Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday and seven of the clock in the forenoon of the next following day and between seven of the clock in the afternoon of each Saturday and seven of the clock in the forenoon of the next following Monday.” The stations are allowed to be open for one Sunday each month (10 a.m.-7 p.m.) and they may remain open until 10 p.m. the following six nights (one week). Within the by-law, the Council of the Corporation of the city of Kitchener has divided every service station in Kitchener into one of five groups, subtitled A,B,C,D, and E. “The gasoline service stations named in Schedule ‘A’ to this by-law may be open on the first Sunday of each month between nine o’clock in the forenoon and 10 o’clock in the afternoon and between 7 o’clock in the afternoon and 10 o’clock in the afternoon of each of the six days next following

Ever

feel like

Question of the

Do you

Week

believe stores should be open Sundays?

“No, employees

“I think grocery stores stores of necessity should be open. But I think

should be given a chance to rest. The only one benefitting from Sunday opening is the storeowner.” AI Kors Accounting

and

beer and liquor stores should be closed.” Donna Sutter Social Services

“No,

think

everybody

should have at least one

day

week”

off a

Madeleine Schickler Social Services

said Sunday.”

The same

Any

is for schedules B through E. service station that breaks the law will be fined a

maximum

of $5,000. fine until Sunday roles around and you need gas. Which stations are open? The only way you can find out is to call the city clerk and receive a photocopy of the by-law (which, by the way, has not been updated since 1970). And, if you, like myself, do not know Kitchener like the back of your hand, could run out of gas trying to find a station that is

This

is all

“l can’t see

I cannot comprehend why a city as large as Kitchener, with travellers coming in all the time (and at all hours) does not have a better form of assisting drivers with their needs. Personally I think the station owners would want to stay open for simple financial reasons, 'but because of the by-law

they

may

not.

why

“The decision wether a store should be open on Sunday or not should be left to the storeowner. People are usually busy the rest of the week and Sunday is a good day for

not. If your working through the week, Sundays would be an ideal day to go shopping. If stores open on Sundays, there shouid be a

open.

shorter workday from 10am-4pm.” Anna Wach ECE

By Brenda Haff|s

shopping. Patti

Holtzhauer

“Yes because

many

times people work on Saturdays and it would be nice to have one day a week to shop. If

you work Sundays thenyou can shop on Saturdays. It leaves your options open.” Geoff Pinkham

ECE

Parents should choose their children’s toys with care By Susan Calmusky In ‘1984’ while fixing the Parsons’ plumbing, Winston was picked off by their son, a member of the Spies, with a 8 un The Spies were a -

military perversion of brownies or scouts. In a constantly waring world they were encouraged by the government to play with toy weapons and trained to keep an eye on their parents to make sure they were in iine.

got to thinking upon hearing Dr. Benjamen Spock, who will go anywhere in the world to speak for disarmament, state on Canada A.M. his alarm with the growing conservatism of the young today and their I

support for Ronald Reagan. Impressionable children are getting their values from somewhere and I looked to the new toys to see what part they are playing. I looked

“Toys ’84” and “Toys ’85”. These are two of the annual guides published by the Association des Consommateurs du Quebec. For 10 years it has been analysing toys and its at

findings are being looked great interest.

with

Among the 12 criteria by which the group rates the toys is the values which the toys promote. Many toys which are advertised during cartoons, or have been taken from cartoons, were labelled, “not recommended”, many because of their poor showing in this category. Worst were the toys of the Transformer series, the Masters of the Universe series and the Golden Girl series, as well as the

A-Team

toys

and others. They all promoted war and violence. To see what these toys do, we will start by looking at the Transformer series. Roton is a plastic vehicle with rotating blades and two laser canons, which makes combat noises. “A very ugly

war

toy,”

Megatron, “the

was

labelled.

evil superintelligent

that dreams of destroying anything that tries to resist it,” is an example of a robot that converts into a weapon.

robot

The transforming concept of turning vehicles and robots into weapons is becoming popular and that makes me uneasy. Quite plainly stated, it could hark back to wartimes when factories such as auto plants were

transformed into armaments factories.

using useful materials to

make weapons. Then there

Game

set. It

is the A-Team Target has an M-24 assault gun

that can turn into a pistol, machine gun, dart gun or grenade thrower.

“Toys ’85” said it was “everything you need to become a budding young killer.” Not only that, the grenades and darts could be dangerous. Voltura of the Golden Girl series

was

also not recommended. Equipped with weapons plus a comb and a cape, the woman warrior has a strange way of mixing war with fashion.

The Masters of the Universe series has a plastic drangon-shaped combat vehicle, Bashasaurus, with a batter-

All these examples are not to say that there are not good toys on the market. Some toys received the award of excellence for a showing which does not only pass with flying colors the inspections for values promoted but other areas as well. areas as well. One such toy was Tomy’s Popoids, a construction set which makes noises. Parker Bros. Pente, a skill and strategy board

game

with sustained interest, also received the award. Waddington’s Silly Beasts, a game of memory and

association involving combining heads, bodies and tails, was another. Of course having children play with the unrecommended games is no guarantee that they will grow up to be robbers, murderers or any sort of

ram arm to “bash obstacles and knock out the enemy.” It could also hurt any fingers that should get in the way. Other ugly creatures of “He-man” fame which came out recently were Skeletor and Battle Cat. It is interesting to note the latest practice by such cartoons of throwing a little token moral at the the end of all the

children discover the world through playing. Consequently, the toys we give them are the reflection of the world we are making for them. War violence, dishonesty, stupidity and lying are unfortunately all realities, but should not be en-

violence as

couraged.”

ing

if it

justifies

it.

villian,

however

remains violence

does exist-

As “Toys forget

that

‘84

” reminded us, “Don‘t

Spoke, Monday, March

1986

Venture program: loans for entrepreneurs ness for the summer months. Students must be returning to school full time the following year and must be Canadian citizens who are eligible to

By Vickie Campbell Nine hundred and thirty-two

young entrepreneur started their own businesses with the help of the provincial government, said Wes Worsfold, a senior project officer for the

work

In order to qualify for the loan students must be able to show 20 per-cent equity (20 per-cent of the capital for the loan).

youth employment services branch. Worsfold spoke to a group of about 30 students in the first of a lecture film series sponsered by student services. Worsfold explained about the Student Venture capital program. The program allows students between the ages of 15-25 to apply for a loan up to $1,000 to begin their own busi-

Gross it

was

realized

with

the

allow a students to apply for loans up to $5,000 to start

businesses on

a full

time

Worsfold said he was visiting

be back

evolved.” The reason Gross was called, she thinks, is the college ad-

that

ministration didn’t wast “someone off the street who doesn’t really know the programs or the faculty.” Although there are new faces, Gross said she knows a

replacement.

lot of

the

college’s

charge of

testing

Sharon

the instructors.

Gross said she has just returned to the area after living

(Shari) Gross, 38, was with the Learning Resource Centre from 1971 to 1981, has returned to the campus. “It’s nice to be back,” said Gross. “There have been a lot of changes.” Gross recalled when the testing centre was in a corner of the library and was “pleased to see what has

lot of equipment. said the strangest business he ever saw was a reptile petting zoo, started last sum-

Milton for four years, where she was a court house librarian for the law association. Gross’ husband, Gerry, is the area manager of finance and administration for the Ministry in

of Community and Social Services and was relocated to

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The loans are to be paid back by October or interest is charged. Worsfold said last year in October 12 per-cent of the loans were defaulted but by this time of the year the is

down

to five

per-

cent.

centre, would be away from work for six weeks recovering from a wrist operation, Sharon Gross was called in as a temporary

Gladys Gallager,

need a

amount

basis.

Merrie Moran

When

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Youth Venture capital program which

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conjunction

of the colleges and universities to let people know about the program. Worsfold said the most common type of business is “labor

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Spoke, Monday, March

1986

Futures sweeps through campuses

and

By Cheryl Mooder

campus

By Mary Biggs The Doon campus of Conestoga College has been twice two

bitten

different

will

brighter year.

at this time.

Futures, a $133 million government youth program started in the fall of 1985, is a “program for young people who are under mployed”, said Ron Morgan, director of the

Stratford

the

campus,

Mary Moore

Marilyn Fischer of Student Health Services said last week was very bad for the virus, with many students complaining of headaches, sore throats and colds.

Kam,

the

campus

physi-

cian, said he had a number of phone calls each day from people afflicted with the flu virus. ^ Three weeks ago, a different

campus, with abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting and fatigue.

flu virus hit the

symptoms

An estimated 600 students work their way to a

was not

Fischer said

this virus exhibit-

ed symptoms which disappeared for a

day,

then

re-

turned.

Lorraine Garner of Student

Services at the Waterloo

of Health Services said there were “a few more students absent than usual.”

future

the

cludes filling out a job application, planning a job search and

making phone

Tues. Feb. 18th, at about 7: 50 a.m., the fire extinguisher system went off in the cafeteria for no apparent reason, covering everything throughout the whole kitchen in baking soda. As a result, no hot foods were served. Only sandwiches and muffins were available. Glenn Livingston of Beaver Foods said the same thing happened three weeks ago. No reason was found for the fire extinguisher system malfunction at that time.

calls

pros-

pective employers.

The program anyone who gan said.

program.

Malfunction

upgrading and which in-

english

lifeskills counselling,

causing an abnormally higher absentee rate than other years

flu

bugs.

Dr.

said the virus

a brighter future

for

Flu virus

is also open to disabled, Mor-

by the government. “Futures is working really

for

The program provides three options. First, grade 12 gradu-

well,”

Morgan

gram

provides easier access

ates, who have been unemployed for 20 weeks, receive 16

for

weeks on-the-job-training. The

client needs.”

student

required to enrole

an academic upgrading program equal to a grade 12 education for three hours a week. There is a pre-employment preparation option which provides dropouts who have no work experience with a 16 week intensive school program.

The program features math

employers it

Morgan

said.

“Students choose the job they wish to irfake a career out of, ” he said. “If they don’t know what they want there are ‘certain sorts of testing’ to heip

The student’s wage of $4 per hour (minimun wage) is paid

and

the client to ‘locate an employer on their own,’ but potentiol employers are kept on file,”

said.

“The

pro-

to find trainees,

offers

whatever

the

them decide. Morgan said

the

program,

may

be expanding in the next fiscal year, is running very smoothly. Futures, which consolidated six existing programs (Youth Works, Youth Corps, Youth Start, Youth Tourism, the Ontario Career Action Program

which

“The program is tailored to meet the needs of the individu-

and Residential Centres), currently has a maximun of 36

al,” he said.

students

To enrole

the program, students contact the Futures centre at 659 King St. E., Kitchener, to set up an appointment with a counsellor and to fill out an application. “To arrange employment positions, counsellors endeavor in

the

pro-

employment preparation

op-

and 150 students on work

tion

experience.

Futures

administered

through Ontario’s 90 community college campuses and 55 youth employment counselling centres.

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1986

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Murphy’s Romance a By Lou-Ann Hope Murphy’s Romance, a con-

temporary humorous love story about picking the right guy, stars Sally Field and

James Garner. The adventure begins when

Emma

Moriarty

(Field),

divorced and determined woman, decides to start life anew with her 12-year-old son Jake (Corey Haim) on a horse ranch

in Arizona.

Upon

arrival in the small town of Eunice, the Moriarty’s meet the middletheir

aged town pharmacist Murphy Jones (Garner). The carefree

and widowed Murphy and

Emma

are attracted to each other immediately yet the rela-

"Murphy’s Romance"

film with

Emma’s attractive, ne’er-dowell former husband, Bobby Jack (Brian Kerwin) arrives at Emma’s home to revive their past relationship. However, his appearance acts as a catalyst to the relationship between

Emma

and Murphy. And, with the completely opposite-natured men interested in

Emma,

each relationship be-

comes quite comical. The basis for the movie was taken from a novella by Max which described contemporary life in a real Western town. Producer Laura Ziskin and executive producer Schott

Field

tried

recreate

this

atmosphere. The movie was filmed in the small town of Florence, Arizona.

While Murphy’s Romance

tionship blossoms slowly.

meaning

a humorous love story, it does have meaning as Field notes in a press release: “It’s about learning to choose to be in a healthy relationship in your life rather than continually making choices that leave you disappointed or let down. Breaking the pattern of always picking to lose. Picking to win.” Through the characters of

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class time.”

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Campbell said about the

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trip began Thursday 6th, at midnight and

Feb

the students returned Sunday. Campbell said while on the trip students could come and go as they desired, but attendance was taken on the bus.

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A film festival was held in the lounge Monday -and Tuesday, Feb. 17 and 18. The film The Breakfast Club was shown Monday and Protocal was

shown on Tuesday. Sandy Nay, Activities dinator for the

Association. (DSA) said the turn-out for the Breakfast Club was “pretty good.” She said “people come and go but we usually get a good turn-out.” She said these movies were more current than the movies

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Search of Ghosts'

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1986

Social services helps people By Mary Biggs As society becomes more and more complex, so do the problems it faces. The Social Services progam at Conestoga College trains students to help individuals cope with our fastpasted Society. Because of the nature of social work, applicants must be emotionally mature. “If you can’t deal with your own problems, you can’t take on other

people’s problems,” said Sharon Kalbfleisch, the Co-ordinator of the program. Applicants must also have reasonable reading, writing and communication skills, and have preformed volunteer work in the

community.

Last year, there were 433 applicants. Class sizes average about 30 students. Out of these 30, in their second year of the two-year program, 13 are single parents and two are males. Kalbfleisch explained the lack of the male enrollment as being that men are programmed' to

go into the professional levels. “There are more men than women taking their Masters of Social Work, ” she said.

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weekend

‘Wish you were there’ is the theme for Waterloo campus’ pub night March 6 and Rose Crnko, student activities director said everyone must bring a packed suitcase. The event, which is a dress-up affair to be held at Ruby’s, will climax with a draw for a weekend for two in Toronto and winners will be whisked off by limousine hence the packed suitcase. “It has to be on the spur of the moment,’’ said Crnko, adding students from all Conestoga

college campuses are welcome, but the draw is open only to students from Waterloo.

Freelancer juggles careers

learners), techniques of roleplaying and the use of audio-visual equipment have evolved. Kalbfleisch said many teaching situations are self-paced, and self-directed, interlaced

with independent study. Social Service students have two wrok terms. In the first year students spend one month on field placement with a social agency. In the second year, they spend two days a week in a specific placement. Placement rates run about 90 per-cent, with graduates finding employment in a variety of such as hospitals, settings, community agencies, correction or mental health facilities, welfare departments, schools, private agencies, group homes or halfway houses, and recreational or rehabilitation facilities. Kalbfleisch said there will probably be a lot of employment dealing with the mentally retarded because of deinstitutionalization, and work with seniors as the population ages in the future.

By Lou Ann Hope and Honor Wassing

most journalism students don’t newspapers. small weeklies or magazines where they are expected to have some skills in both areas,” Jones said. Being able to illustrate your own story is an important aspect of journalism which Jones isn’t sure students understand. He agrees life would be simpler if all the reporter had to tote was a pencil, he cautions, “If they have to hire you to go out and do the story, and a photographer to out and take the pictures, what are they going to do? They’re going to hire a freelancer who can do

They go Allen Jones finds life challenging as a part-time teacher the journalism-print proin gram and part-time freelance

writer and photographer. Unruffled by what would seem a hectic schedule, he retains a quiet sense of humor as illustrated by his quip that he took up teaching on a bet. Jones, who worked as a photographer for the K-W Re-

cord, Photo Canada, and is currently field editor for Photovideo and AV Business Communications is well qualified to teach courses in magazine pro-

duction and photography. Possessing diverse skills and being reliable are key factors in succeeding as a reporter, and according to Jones students facing the work world are surprised in the variety of tasks they have to perform. “The problem we have is that

daily

both.” As a freelancer, Jones sympathizes with those who dislike nine to five routines and the boredom of being on one beat. Sectionalizing newspaper work may be a practical way to run a daily, said Jones, as he recalled that at the Record re-

porting and plhkotography were distince; as a photographer, he was not allowed to write his

own

cutlines.

not regimented by freelancing, but notes, “Most freelancers tend to specialize. You have to know how to write foryour audience. It’s better to focus on one field or publication than try to write for different ones.” Future plans include writing about the computer field because, “there is a large misun-

Jones

derstanding about computers especially in the business world.”

thinks there

a develop-

need for journalists to become knowledgable in this ing

area. Until this happens, Jones will

juggle teaching, which he enjoys, with his freelance responsibilities.

Allen

Jones

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SPORTS Varsity basketball

1986

Sooter Studios GRADUATION PORTRAIT SPECIAL

team loses two heartbreakers

The playoff hopes of Conestoga College’s varsity basketball squad received an upsetting jolt last week as the two games

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Condors

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to 6-10 in the

Athletic standings. In London,

Tuesday Feb. 11, they fought an even battle against the Fanshawe Falcons for 20 minutes, trailing 37-34 at

the half.

When Les Robertson and Lennox Lewis became involved in foul trouble, the Condors simply could not control the boards at either end of the

They eventually lost by a score of 82-68. Robertson led the scoring for the Condors with 22 points while Greg Benson followed with 17. At the sports Centre two nights later, the Condors were blown-out of the building by the Sheridan Bruins with a score of court.

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period At the end of the the Braves led 3-1 and by the end of the second period the Braves had a decisive lead of first

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place in the standings.” “Goalie Dan De Jong played a good game--we were not motivated--we gave up. It was not Dan’s fault that we lost. He played a respectable game,”

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Athlete of the

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The Hawks The Hawks have been selected as Intramural Team of the Week for the week of Feb. 10-14. They are members of the contact hockey league. The Hawks were victorious in both their games for that week, defeating the Rookies 9-2 and Guelph 6-4. The Hawks were also one of the two teams representing Conestoga in the Intramural Invitational Hockey Tournament held Feb. 14 at the centre.

Les Robertson scorers in each game, hitting for 22 points against Fanshawe Falcons and for 26 against the Sheridan Bruins.

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A graduate of Preston High Robertson is currently in the' Production Planning and Inventory Control Program at the Conestoga’s Cam

The varsity basketball sharpshooter continues to hold second spot in the Ontario Colleges Athletic Association (OCAA) individual scoring race. Last week, in two Conestoga losses, he led Condor