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SPOKE Conestoga College, Monday, March 31, 1986

$16

million needed for buildings: report

Lounge changes

By David Williams

slated

Conestoga College needs

The student lounge at Conestoga College’s Doon campus will have safety measures up-

The

tion regulations,

still

are met under the old guideago, Kitchener passed a new bylaw “with a new and different set of rules,”

Two months

to install the extinguishers and metal garbage cans con-

(DSA) was asked

Rodney

GIlcnr.iST/SpoKe

fire

Driver training

tainers.

Day

course

Eric Dingfeld, of the electronic engineering technician

Doon campus, took through the halls of

Tamiya Fox radio-controlled car Conestoga March 21

his

for

a spin

now know why wheelchairs are

The exertion

known

muscle strength

ple.

like to get

eteria

hoist myself into a wheelchair,

had been crowded, finding a

could never walk

parking place for the wheelchair would have been a nightmare.

spend a day in a wheelchair, doing everything the way a disabled person to

would. explain

had

injuries was that down a flight of stairs, giving credence to a neck collar, black eye, bandages masking alleged stitches and a leg brace. To make the assignment as real as possible, only a few people knew I wasn’t hurt. At 9 a.m., I hobbled into a I

fallen

for

upper bodies. Within two hours my neck, shoulders and back were hurt-

their

ing.

The

leg

had

in the

brace

cramped before noon. The other

leg,

posterior,

well

were devoid

as my of feel-

ing. I

wondered what it would be up each morning and

knowing

again. I did not like the mental pictures my imagination was projecting. We take many things for granted. Most of us need that morning coffee to get going.

Disabled people probably need one too, but on campus, unless their arms are longer than mine, they won’t be able to reach the coffee dispenser in the cafeteria. Cafeteria staff are

wheelchair, eagerly anticipating a day of rest and relax-

supportive and will help when neces-

ation.

sary.

anticipation quickly turned into aches, pains, muscle cramps and spasms. After learning to steer the wheelchair, I thought the rest would be easy. I was wrong. After pushing the wheelchair down one corridor my arms ached from my finger tips to .

the

report

the

under one 4,570-square metre building. Williams said the

ambulance and emergency program

be affected. a complete needs of the

will not

“We have done

on the handicapped,” said Williams. The report recommends a $140,000 elevator system be installed so that handicapped individuals may be allowed access to the cafeteria and the third and fourth floors. Spestudy

cially-designed cilities

washroom

fa-

would also be provid-

ed.

Conestoga College President Kenneth Hunter said at the March 24 board of governors meeting that the college’s en-

in local hospitals that

demanding K-W employment

now occupied by

college

rollment at

some

market.

of fighting with

started out as an adventure turned into an agonizing experience. After writing an article on a blind student who graduated from the computer analyst program at Conestoga College, I was asked to write an article on what it was like to be disabled and how accessible the campus is for disabled peo-

What

tion of

loss,

amalgamathree nursing programs

recommends

against a wall because we have no space,” said Williams. Williams said that it takes at least two years before a recommendation on college development can be implemented.

Space

story

of the possibility of

space

not declining as it is colleges and that expansion is necessary if the college hopes to continue to serve its local area. Hunter also predicted future difficulfor “an already overties crowded” Conestoga college in meeting training requirements in the face of a prosperous and

shoulders. people in

report

Because this

wheelchair reporter’s eye-opener

By Mary Biggs

My job was

first draft of the

tions) for all 22 Ontario community colleges. “We’re up

Doon Student Association

measures.

the ac-

said in a March 26 interview, that there was about $6.5 million available for capital works (renovations, addi-

After a fire department inspection of the lounge, the

with Rostance last week to discuss implementation of the

lege,

Rostance said.

DSA representatives met

role

finance and administrative operations for Conestoga Col-

lines.

exit signs,

its

vices, $5,600,000 Cambridge centre and $1,794,000 on a new central administration building to be located on the Cambridge campus. The report will be given to the province April 4 when Ontario’s colleges apply for government financing. Jack Williams, director of

all requirefire preven-

were and

fulfill

says the college should spend $8,524,000 on development and updating of Doon campus ser-

physical resources, said that when the video games were installed five years ago, the lounge’s classification changed to one of an amusement area. To get a licence to operate video games, stringent requirements had to be met.

ments, including

Kitchener-Waterloo area, cording to a report discussed during the March 24 Board of Goveners meeting.

dated by adding two exit signs, a fire extinguisher at each door and metal garbage cans. Mac Rostance, manager of

Rostance said

al-

most $16 million worth of new buildings and renovations if it

nursing students can be lost by the school at any time, Williams said.

often do students grumabout trudging from the

How ble

fourth floors? I know easier to climb those stairs than reach for a button, then struggle (unsuccessfully for me) to open and close the exterior doors and interior grid of the school freight elevator.

first to it’s

elevator doors

made me

thirsty. Unfortunately,

not reach sitting

a fountain

position.

could

from

Thank good-

ness for Styrofoam cups. If students think finding a parking place for a car is difficult, they should try parking a wheelchair. The aisles in

classrooms were too narrow to navigate the chair through. On this particular

Friday, the caf-

was not crowded.

If it

the Spoke office, where is at a premium, I couldn’t even transfer my aching body into a regular chair to type -- there justwasn’t enough In

space

room. have always thought of I myself as a rather independent person, capable of doing menial tasks such as opening doors. was a

wheelchair,

this

major accomplishment. The ladies restroom was the

lack of X-ray Due to vision, I couldn’t see the other side of the door. The rule in a wheelchair is to back through a door when possible, but I could have knocked someone else down or been sent flying.

worst.

Robert Martin/Spoke

see Wheelchair page 3

Mary Biggs

finds

day

wheelchair

difficult.

Spoke, Monday, March 31, 1986

OPINION Honor Wassing

Editor:

Associate Editor: Lou-Ann Hope Advertising Manager: Atusa Nemat Coleman Entertainment Editor: Jeffrey Photo Editor: Robert Martin Sports Editor: Bruce Lacey

Deanna

Staff

Ball,

Mary Biggs, Rodney

Debbie

Gilchrist,

Pitvor,

Gerry Shultz, Dave Williams and Virginia Wilson. Contributing Writer Salvatore Scarpelli. Spoke is published by the Doon Student Association and produced by the students of the lournalism department. The views and opinions expressed in this paper do not necessarily reflect the views of the Association or 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. (519) 653-5380.

Life after

TV?

were in the cafeteria, finally sharing a drink, and she “Did you know that people can really become

We said;

addicted to television? I didn’t know that. Scientists insist that if they remove television from the living rooms of the nation, people will suffer withdrawls.” I said, “Toilet paper.” TV is I don’t like people talking about TV this way. No sir, my sacred cow. But, I guess I watch eight hours of TV a day. Is that crazy? Sure, I could be exaggerating, but if I can, I will watch a lot of it. (Softly) Even as I type this, I’m

watching Ronald Reagan and laughing. the I decided not to watch TV for three days, missing equivalent of one week of normal TV viewing time. I wanted to prove to myself that TV was not that important to me. I wanted to sit down in fromt of my analyst and declare myself Teevee free. I ... I couldn’t do it. I’m addicted. side effects. It’s more than that now. I’ve noticed Mumbling. Yes, I’ve developed an uncontrollable mumbling because of television. My analyst thinks it has something to do with the isolation. .

Unfortunately, I can’t pin down exactly when I first addicted. I’ve always been exposed to its lethal

became

rays.

parents were users. Chances are very good that you are an addict. But, do you want to know something? This evening, as I type, a professor on television and a commentator are Black holes. explaining black holes to me. Have you ever seen a Bill Cosby Show? Wow. Television may be rehearsed, scripts simplified, and instead of raising or challenging the audience, televison may talk down to us, but television has the potential to teach us a great deal. I wouldn’t be going too far by suggesting that one day we will all be spending a large part of our lives relating to the world through advanced portable

Letter to the editor Dear Spoke, an outrage! How can Beaver Foods claim almost 50 per cent profit on chocolate milk 500 ml size? In any retail This

store

milk

Foods

size of chocolate 75 cents. Beaver charges $1.10 for this

By Jeffrey

Wm. Coleman

Pot issue By David Williams

mere

Don’t forget to write

How many others are being marked up so outrageously? It is difficult enough teria.

this

ity.

Freedom coming

Legalization of marijuana has fallen into the background

somehow

both

day

ways,

out of stability given half a

chance.

as a political issue in recent years. During the 1960s, marijuana legalization was a cornerstone of college

Addiction Research Foundation pamphlets estimate that 25 per cent of all Canadian teenagers have tried marijuana and that 65,000 use it on a

lobbying

regular

basis.

justified

it,

and a gauge of individual freedom for hundreds of thousands of students. This gauge has dropped to the low end of the scale. Just as freedom of efforts

educational choice in the high school system has been revoked, so too has the issue of such a fundamental personal freedom as the right to smoke marijuana been forced from the public attention. Cast aside as economic problems their presence

legalization has been forfeited as a felt,

marijuana symbol of personal freedom because unfortunate relationship be-

tween freedoms and economic

stabil-

sought

the

When

for

numbers

the

government

of Ontar-

make wine and beer more

accessible because there

mand

and

age

for

student to survive increased tuition, books, rent and many

The

editorial staff at

Spoke

invites

comments from

readers in the form of signed letters, free of libel and personal attack. We reserve the right to edit all letters to meet space requirements. Submissions should be 250 words or less, and may be left in the mailbox outside the Spoke office or sent by mail to Spoke, c/o Conestoga College, 299 Doon Valley Dr., Kitchener, Ontario. N2G 4M4 :

a guage of freedom

works

of the

Joyce'van de Water Studies, 2B02

Management

this

mark up on this item is 47 per cent. This is but one product of many sold in our humble cafe-

best interests in mind, Sincerely,

product. This proves that the

sets.

Television could be a terminal disease. It could be possible that a “television out of control” may be the barbarians knocking down the walls of our Rome. If you’re an addict, with children kneeling at the neon god, wouldn’t it be wise to understand this most immediate medium and make sure it cures you and doesn’t kill you?

make

other costs, but to have such substantial food costs as well makes it hard to believe that Beaver Foods has the students

was

a de-

it.

As witnessed during prohibition, government cannot legislate its own narrow and hypocritical view of morality on a populace who see themselves as exercising a personal choice. An elitist government which attacks its own people on an issue where no direct public good is involved cannot help but divide and antagonize its youth. Our government has placed marijuana use in the same category as

violent crime and has attacked it as such. In the past, police have been granted questionable powers that wouldn’t have been condoned in the investigation of a violent crime. Because our government believes

marijuana use to be such an evil it advocates almost any means to achieve the elimination of marijuana use. Billions

and countless been wasted in the attempt to eradicate marijuana use. Police and the courts expend vast amounts of time and of dollars

hours have unsuccessful

effort in arresting those involved in marijuana-related activities -- time that could be better spent in the

prevention and control of crime. Kitchener can’t afford patrols or special duty officers in high crime areas such as Victoria Park, but it can afford to expend great efforts on

drug seizures.

From

moral and

practical viewpoint, our police and court systems would much better serve both the public and themselves if their priorities were in order. The tactics employed by enforcement agencies, such as the use of undercover narcotics officers infiltrating schools, drug sniffing raids on campuses, and public brainwashing sessions do not encourage young people to see them as force that is here to protect and serve. Current anti-marijuana activities will only further alienate those who already feel they are being persecuted. Ironically, it’s the taxpayers who are financing this war on their own children and forcing them into danillegal activities. It comes down to a matter of a limited amount of money and time being wasted on a

gerous and

against something that is symbol of the freedom Canadians have fought so hard to protect. futile battle

Spoke, Monday, March 31, 1986

Support services set for disabled students and procedures, equipment and emergency procedures and support for faculsions, policy

By Mary Biggs In 1983, a special needs task force was established to clarify and develop a comprehensive plan to meet the requirements of students with special needs.

This fact-finding task force defined the terms as “students with special needs and exceptional students,” categorized them and looked into seven areas of concern. These areas included accessibility and space, educational programs, services and admis-

ty.

As a

result of this task force,

a presidental advisory committee was formed in 1985 to study the types of support services required for special needs students in each of these

areas. Bill Cleminson, chairman of the presidential advisory committee, said this mandate, which was accepted by the college executive and board of governors, “is a statement of

Negotiating teams repre-

Employees Union (OPSEU), which represents college teachers met with mediator Martin Teplitsky on March 22, and

tions officer for OPSEU, said Teplitsky informed the nego-

tiating

teams on March

will still

take place on April

John Podmore, director of personnel at Conestoga College’s Doon campus, representing the Ontario Council of Regents, said teachers’ workload and other issues were discussed. Frank Rooney, a public rela-

24 that

the process of mediation was not complete and would be resumed on April 4 for three days.

Rooney said a vote

24.

tentative

agreement

by April

then

17.

reached

will

be a

ratification vote. “If an agree-

ment is not reached, the bargaining team will ask members. for a strong, province^ wide strike vote,” he said.

Students needed for Virginia Wilson

Conestoga students are needed in a new educational program designed to raise aware-

ness about mental health issues, according to Mary Earls, program director for the Waterloo Region branch of the Canadian Mental Health Association

(CMHA).

The CMHA received a $40,000 grant from the Trillium Foundation in March 1985 which allowed it to develop its educational services and advocacy program. Earls said the purpose of the program is to

familiarize the public with mental health issues and CMHA programs.

them. Our organization on

We’re

volunteers.

Earls

volunteers,”

Earls

qualifications Earls is looking for include “a genuine caring and concern for people, and the ability to feel at ease meeting the public.”

Earls said the program needs display resource people, administrative assistants, resource librarians, public relation representatives, and speakers for CMHA’s speakers’ bureau.

“Our training program

in-

cludes information about Canadian Mental Health Association

programs and hands-on

emergency.

faculty, staff and students. He cited the example of the need for readers to dictate material onto cassettes for visually impaired students. ‘The response was overwhelming,” he said.

Rick Casey, a counsellor in student services, cited as an

Mac

such things as ramps for

Wheelchair After

Rostance, college man-

ager of physical resources, said “everything we build now can be used by the physically disabled.” This would include

At Conestoga College’s Doon

continued from page

the safest a forward direction, I couldn’t open, hold, and get through the door simultaneously. Thanks to some

was

good Samaritans able

enter

the

was

finally

stall,

the

However, all is not lost on campus. It is possible to reach the telephones and insert the coins from a sitting position. The easiest phones to reach are in the cafeteria near the Spoke office and those just outside of

wrong way. After 15 minutes of bouncing around an obstacle course (I couldn’t stand up) I gave up and waited until I got home. On a jaunt through the school

decided

student lounge. It’s a good thing I’m not a videogame addict. Since the games are on the lower level and wheelchairs don’t go

to visit the

the student lounge. Accessability to the college itself is fair.

room 2A32

for vice-president.

where a blind unintentionally be knocked down, a deaf student wouldn’t hear the alarm, and a student

fire,

may

person in a wheelchair would need help exiting the building. Cleminson said the main problem with refitting existing facilities

financial.

quite icy in winter. There is also a makeshift wooden ramp outside of the testing centre.

The Conestoga Centre chairs.

There are also five designated parking spaces available for disabled people near the accessible entrance.

Two

things

said

the

kits

The

first

was

Thaw Boat Race

Classes:

& Kayak limit 2 people 2) Dingy & Rowboat limit 3 people

“We

wouldn’t expect volunteers to do it off the cuff.” Earls plans to develop a large volunteer group so that workload will not be heavy. She urged interested students to contact her at the CMHA for complete job descriptions. “It’s really a superb chance to meet people in the communiUsually the groups are ty. lively

and

a lot of fun.

Junk

And

Finish:

looks good on your resume, ” she added.

Canoe

Doon

the

training

limit 6 people

NO BOATS WITH SAILS or MOTORS EVERYONE MUST WEAR A LIFEJACKET Start: 10:30 a.m.

Dingy

Old Iron Bridge Conestoga

& kayak

Hunking, Mason and Renstedler, all second-year students, will be entering their final year of their programs next September.

one-quarter mile downriver from

Pioneer Tower

rowboat & junk one-quarter mile downriver from Breslau Bridge

Registration:

Brian Schmidt,

DSA

presi-

dent, said he was pleased with the two teams of candidates, either of which would do a good job.

DSA

activities office

299 Doon Valley Drive Kitchener or from Labatt’s

9-10

a.m. at the

van Old Iron Bridge Conestoga Cost:

$2 /person

was

The second was that Conestoga College, for the most part, is not geared for physically disabled students.

LABATT’S BREWERIES

assist

that

right.

Sponsor:

Canoe

extremely sore and probably would be for a few days. I was

contain

ample information to with presentations.

were clear

me.

Saturday, April 19, 1986

to-

tally accessible for wheel-

Doon Student Association 19th Annual Spring

“There

are no funds specifically set aside for this,” he said.

Conestoga College

pre-register at

president of next year’s student council. Bruce Hunking and Steve Mason are competing for the position of president, Kitty Renstedler and Paul Colussi

The entrance near

easy to navigate as there are no steps, curbs, or even ramps which could be

Nominations closed Three nominations have been submitted to the Doon Student Association (DSA) for the positions of president and vice-

example a

deciding

entrance

disabled person is assigned to help a disabled person out in an

that.”

gram

The

The campus also utilizes a buddy system, whereby a non-

very conscientious about

definitely use Conestoga students from any prosaid.

operate

their use.

CHMA

Educational packages used by the CMHA consist of books, overheads and films that took about a year to assemble.

“We can

rented

tries

meet those needs.

access to buildings.

Cleminson said he is pleased with the attitude and support of

program, special consideration is given to accommodations for

training about specific topics,” she said. “Classics would be mental health issues like suicide, depression, and stress.” is staffed largeSince ly by volunteers, Earls said the organization is aware of factors such as volunteer stress, burnout and stage fright. She said that people doing presentations are mainly concerned with confronting the public. “We would not put volunteers in a situation we felt they couldn’t handle,” she said. “We don’t want to overburden

based

With the needs of special students in mind, when a facility

asked what they

need and then the college

up and down stairs easily the games would have to wait.

volunteer program By

said, they are

campus, there are some support systems in effect to help physically disabled students.

Mediation continues senting the Ontario Council of Regents for the administration and the Ontario Public Service

When special needs students come to the college, Cleminson

guidelines; a blueprint for updating facilities to meet the needs of special students.” Cleminson said he the term “special needs students” as opposed to physically disabled “There are other students. groups of students with special needs besides the disabled.”

Spoke, Monday, March 31, 1986

Katimavik axing angers former participants long term, job oriented pro-

By Gerry Shultz

grams. Canadian youth who will miss out on opportunities offered by Katimavik are the

Last January the federal government axed the $20 million youth program Katimavik,

program cancellation, according to three Conestoga students who were Katimavik participants. “Katimavik was more than a

money

real

maintaining that the would be put to better use on

losers

the

learning and living experience. It permitted people to grow. It had a positive influence on most of the people who had the good fortune to participate in it,” said Ed Schultz, a graphic technician student at Conestoga’s Waterloo campus. Beth Nichols, a first-year

student at Doon campus, said Katimavik was a worthwhile program that provided desperately needed volunteer workers to communities which wouldn’t normally re-

journalism

ceive

it.

“The government should

de-

reinstate it (Katimavik),” Nichols said. “The overall cost of Katimavik

finitely

wasn’t really that great when you take into account the total man hours Katimavik volunteers would have normally cost communities at decent Senator

Hebert

wages. ’’Marleen Kwirant, a student in the recreational

hunger

strike.

leadership program at Doon, said that instead of cutting the

skills

from his placements at Fort MacMurray, Alberta and

The program’s cancellation means communities will lose

program, the government

Valdor, Quebec that he

those volunteers and a lot of social programs that have been

should

spending

little

more money to let the public know how Katimavik benefits communities. “I learned more in Katimavik than I would have going to school,” Kuirant said. “It gave me time to think about what I wanted to do in the future. At the same time I was doing something constructive and

wouldn’t have had the opportunity to acquire had he stayed in

mainstream work force. These included parks and recreational work in the Alberta bush and teaching geography to children on an Indian

the

reserve in the Northwest Territories.

planned around Katimavik

manpower

have

will

be can-

celled.”

Nichols said her Katimavik experience opened new roads, gave her training in non-tradi-

tional occupations and a greater understanding of Can-

beneficial.”

do with their lives,” Schultz

ada. Nichols paricipant

Katimavik is an Inuit word meaning meeting place. The program pays its volunteers a dollar a day plus board, with a $1,000 payment for those com-

said.

He added Katimavik also gave him a year to think about

minority Conservative government cancelled the program in

future plans. Staff and volunteers at Katimavik said that people in the program benefit and mature during their experience. Lea Ross, former Katimavik director, is now head of Friends of

1978. Katimavik was reinstated nine months later when the Liberals came into power. She said she thought that a Conservative vendetta against the Liberal party, not lack of funding, was the reason Katimavik was cancelled, both in

pleting the program.

The program is designed so that 75 per cent of the volunteer work is physical, and the remainder's community work. Volunteers serve in three different areas across Canada, one of which must be a fran-

cophone location. During their work placements, volunteers learn about Canada and its people. Schultz signed up for Katimavik after dropping out of high school at 17 and drifting from one menial job to another. He said he picked up work

“At don’t

most people really

know what they want

Katimavik, a lobby group rallied by Senator Jaques Hebert to save the program. Hebert helped found Katimavik 10 years ago and is now on a hunger strike to protest its termination.

“Eighty five percent of Katimavik volunteers return to school (after the program),” said Ross. “It is economically feasible for a community to

have Katimavik volunteers.

was a Katimavik when Joe Clark’s

1978 and last January. Commenting on the hunger strike by Hebert and the lobbying activities of Friends of

Katimavik, Nichols said, “It looks bad on the Mulroney government. Hebert didn’t go on the hunger strike to make a fool of himself, he couldn’t find any other way. The Tories have buried their head in the sand and refuse to listen.”

Mechanical club builds bridges with newspapers Wm. Coleman

By Jeffrey

On April 3, the Mechanical club’s second annual build-abridge contest will take place in the

Doon campus

cafeteria.

The object of the contest is to construct the strongest selfsupporting bridge using only

minimum

newspaper, one roll of cellophane tape, and one roll of kite

wins.

string.

The bridge must meet

clearances, and will

be tested for strength. The bridge able to hold the most,

There

a $4 entry fee, four

people maximum per group, and only one hour for construction.

First

prize

$40.

mechanical students are

1986 17th Annual

Awards Night Thurs. April 17

Transylvania Club Presented by

All

eligi-

ble; entries accepted until April 1. While a poor turn out for the contest is expected, it doesn’t have to be that way, according to vice-president Joe Barroso. “Last year’s contest consisted of four groups, thirteen

people. It was a bad turn out because we didn’t organize it well and the contest competed with other assignments. I think we’re organized this year, but we haven’t got enough entrants,” said Barroso. The organizer of this year’s contest and last year’s winner of the bridge building contest (his bridge held 64 pounds), Alex (Lefty) Gray said, “Three groups have signed up so far, and that isn’t enough, so we have extended a challenge to our teacher’s this year.” Barroso said he believes the

banquet

6 p.m.

cost

$7/person $ 12/couple

Tickets sold at

DSA &

Athletic offices

Buy a

ticket

TODAY

Ticket purchase deadline April 15

The mechanical

come

for-

club execu-

members

are; president Carl Wolfe, vice-presidents Joe tive

Barroso and Steven Baker, and treasurer Kevin Boone. Regu-

members are all those in the mechanics course. Their contests and year-end benders help members save money lar

with bulk purchases of very expensive books*.

Have you ever thought about

administration (LASA) awards banquet held at the Transylvania Club in Kitchener March 21

seeing-eye dog

Kenneth Keyes,

Dinner

the articles that could be misplaced at Conestoga College? A year ago there was a dog lost in the college. Bob Gilberds, head of security at Conestoga, said, “It was funny when the woman who owned the dog came to claim it - she hollered for the dog. It came running as well as a

solicitor gen-

eral of Ontario and minister of correctional services, spoke at the annual law and security

5 p.m.

says seem too shy ward.

Lost items often found at college

Solicitor general at By Robert Martin

Cocktails

contest could be exciting with co-operation from the first year students, whom Barroso

Keyes

sented to first and second year students for academic achievement, fellowship and leadership. Marisa Vettor received the award for first year while Pam Sobering and Patty Rose shared the second-year award. Outstanding student awards, presented to students voted most worthy by their peers were awarded to Brian Voisin, first year, and Steven Wray of second year. To reduce the cost of the

who belonged

a student. Both dogs

the audience of about 260 people that 30 per cent of the employees at the ministry of correctional services are female. Also, the students, 29 per cent of which are female, were told that the provincial government is trying to hire more females. Faculty awards were pretold

had the

same name.” The usual objects

that are kinds, computer discs, pencil cases, and in winter time, hats, mitts, and scarves. “Objects of real value are usually claimed, and no notice has to be posted. The people lost

come seen

are

to us it,”

There

Ken Keyes,

solicitor

general

of Ontario.

banquet, the students sold cheese and held raffles which raised a surplus of $500. The extra money was donated to Child Find.

books of

and ask

all

we have

said Gilberds.

have

been

rewards

offered, by people who lose rings that have sentimental value to the person that owns them, said Ed Burrows second in charge of security at Conestoga College.

At years’ end an auction is held to dispose of unclaimed objects. Gilberds said the

money

raised

put into the

Logan Memorial Fund.

Spoke, Monday, March 31, 1986

‘Smile’ for Paris This By Lou-Ann Hope

and get my camera.” While he worked for the paper on a volunteer basis, he

photography.

had free film, free developer and a wide range of assign-

bought

Marketing student Steve Howes is a newshound in his own way. With loaded camera, he

“It

into

a cheap way to get photography, ’’Howes

was

streets of Paris, Ont., ready to click the shutter of his Nikon the moment he sees a picture. Twenty-year-old Howes, a first-year marketing student at

now editor of Paris This Week) in March 1985 and volunteered

Conestoga College’s Doon

campus, works as a photographer for Paris This Week, a weekly newspaper.

ty.

scours

the

Howes obtained

his position

with no formal photographic training. His interest in

can be creditied

said.

Howes approached Brian Cross (the former photo editor,

take pictures showing Paris as a youth sees the communi-

Since then, Howes has been taking pictures for Paris This Week on a regular basis. “I

photography to his father,

Bob who took photos as a hobby. Howes began taking pictures with his father’s cam-

remember my

as-

first

signment,” Howes said. “Brian, called me at school and asked if I would take pictures of a concert at my school afternoon. I had to run

that

home

was not paid

for his pictures. “I

didn’t care about the money. All I wanted was my name under the picture and the

ments.

experience.” After a few months, Howes was paid for each published picture. Along with this came

added responsibilities. He now prints photos to fill requests that Paris This Week receives, as well as printing pictures used in the newspaper. Howes also maintains his job at a Paris grocery store as a shelf stocker, a job that he has had for the past five years. “I have to work photography around school and the 20 hours

Reporters’ association to The Ontario Reporters’ Asso(ORA) plans to hold its sixth annual conference at Doon campus May 31, according to ORA secretary Dave ciation

Judd, who

talked with journal-

ism faculty members March 24.

Judd, a founding member of ORA and a reporter for the Brantford Expositor, said that by moving the conference from the

the Hamilton Press Club, where it has been held for the last four years, the organiza-

Q fv V/Uv U |

By David Williams People considering work overseas with Third-world de-

velopment projects were the focus of the Canadian University Students’ Overseas (CUSO) presentation, held

March

19 at

Doon campus. A

slide

show

CUSO For

You,

entitled,

illustrated some of the organization’s activities, and CUSO

representative

was

Kim Marten

available to

answer any

questions.

who was

a high school math teacher in Nigeria, said in an interview prior to the

Marten,

presentation that CUSO was looking for all types of students. Positions in agriculture, medicine, technology and education are always in demand, but such exotic crafts as cheesemaking also need interested people, she said. “We’re having trouble finding the tyoe of people we need,” said Marten. Marten said CUSO applicants must have two to four years’ work

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hopes

to in

draw more this

program.

The day-long event will include speakers. Judd said conference organizers are trying to line up a panel of reporters, editors and publishers to discuss responsibility in investigative journalism. The presence of journalism students at the conference location is a plus, said Judd. “We haven’t put the push on with

•

to.

We’d

per week at the grocery store,” said Howes. Most of his work for the paper is done on evenings and Saturday. But why then is he enrolled in

marketing? “I like marketing and advertising (his first experience with marketing was in Grade 12 when he designed and sold screen-print T-shirts) but I also

enjoy photography. I’m keeping both doors open,” he said. However, if the opportunity to be a full-time photO-journalist arose, Howes said he would take it. “I’m not saying I have the greatest job in the world but it’s a lot of fun. I’m having a good time.” And yes, he does keep each picture that has been published.

meet

as we get

want more students involved because we

much

colleges as

of its

area and students from the journalism

members

can be of good help to them.” Judd described the ORA as a resource bank which supplies

that reporters on small dailies or weeklies “need as much, or more, than the guy

cal bunch,” he said. “If they’re doing well in the business, they don’t feel they need anybody. They get busy, and lose inter-

working for The Star or

est.

of large dailies,

(across from Market Square)

(no cash refund with di scount)

“They

Globe.”

ers.

The

ORA

wants

be an represents to

organization that all reporters, not just the staff

give

reporters

small

dailies and weeklies a “collective voice,” Judd said.

“Reporters are a very cyni-

think, ‘I’m doing

alright at the Expositor,

why

care about someone working on a weekly in lyloose Factory?.”’ The ORA currently has 90 members. Judd estimated half work on dailies, 12 are student members, and the rest work on weeklies or freelance. should

agency provides jobs overseas for students experience before they can be accepted. “Most students have been thinking about CUSO at least three years before applying,” said Marten. “I guess the purpose of this visit is to let people know w hat experience they will need.” r

Marten said college recruitment is a problem because most graduates cannot be accepted immediately and so the interest must be a long-term one. “Attendance at Conestoga has traditionally been sporadic,” said Marten. “But,” she added, “five years ago I wouldn’t have been accepted

myself.” “If you have been considering going overseas then it’s best to do it,” said Marten. Marten said her experience shows that students who have either participated in the program have one of two reactions. “Either they love it and never want to come back, or

they learn to appreciate their

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Long an institution at country fairs and ho-downs, hog calling techniques have made their wayfar beyond the concession roads and split rail fences of

Those experienced in calling for the of Blue are well aware

clean, true taste

of the value of doing so in a big way. Perhaps this accounts for the enormous increase in the sales of alpine horns. Once used almost exclusively in old Julie

Andrews movies and

com-

mercials for cheese, the alpine horn is showing up in favourite watering holes across the country. “Alpine horns are the new growth industry.” Said one dealer. “Equally impressive...” he went on to add “are the sales ofknee socks, lederhosen and Tyrolean hats.” It would appear, at least for the moment, that horn fever is upon us. Which means, that it is indeed, time to blow for a Blue.

our pastoral communities.

You

may not be

the

song that

makes the whole world sing, but hey, when it comes to stringing together a Doh, a Re and the ever popular Mi, you’re no Sonny Bono either. And what better way to share your gift than by tooting for a Labatt’s Blue. All that’s required is an empty bottle ofBlue and lungs like Luciano Pavarotti.

In countless bars across the country, the once dis-

tinctive strains of“Sue-eeeeeeeeeeeee” have been replaced by the infinitely

lyrical

“Blue-eeeeeeeeeeeeeee.”.

As popular as this technique is becoming, you would be ill advised to employ it at any function to which you are required to wear black tie or in the presence of anyone who is more than 20 lbs

Imagine the feeling, when suroverweight. rounded by friends, you raise a Blue bottle within a millimetre of your lips SLU and toot out a favourite little melody by Iron Maiden or perhaps one of the great standards by the likes of the Big Bopper. For those of you with more classical leanings, you may want to take a shot

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Spoke, Monday, March 31

1986

ENTERTAINMENT Audience captured by Tres Hombres By Rodney

The Thursday March 20, Tres Hombres pub at Conestoga College’s Doon campus, wasn’t what I expected it to be - it was from a

a new version of the one that played here

saw Thursday was

cold,

headache, bad mood, and wanting

something to approached this pub

to find

cut up, I with the intention of finding everything wrong with a band that has the nerve of trying to imitate a group that has been a favorite of mine for a long time.

Instead, Tres Hombres members showed themselves to

be serious high-calibre musi-

cians. Fifteen minutes after the show started, I had completely forgotten ills.

Rodney Gilchrist/Spoke

Tres Hombres performs at Doon pub on March 21

Woody

Latest By Jeffrey

Wm. Coleman

Intensive,

but most of

manic, all

pathetic,

human, are the

New York

creatures that return to the screen in the recent Woody Allen film, Hannah and

Her Sisters, now showing Cinema in Kitchener.

at the

The plot involves Hannah (Mia Farrow/Woody’s girlfriend in real life) and her two sisters, their relationship

with

other, and other’s husbands.

each

view

with

The point of from Hannah’s hus-

This is an unusual movie. So often Allen writes himself into the hero’s chair and we sit back and enjoy it. Sometimes Allen writes and directs and does not star in the movie, as was the case with Interiors.

Very often Allen films are the product of him, dividing himself and writing them into a script with past and present wives or girlfriends, the output very often a funny film, filled

Choice films By David Williams

Doon Student Association (DSA) - sponsored filmfest.

the

The student lounge was virtually filled with movie watchers the afternoon of

dinator for the DSA said the films “give the students a

March

chance

Videocassettes of Raiders of the Lost Ark and Star Wars were shown during 20.

Sandy Nay,

activities co-or-

to watch some movies during their lunch hour.” Nay hopes to have a said the

DSA

Zummos’ music By Debbie Pitvor Excitement is the benchof good pop rock-and from the sound of Modern

mark

Marriage, that’s the state the Zummos should be in. Keyed to the riveting vocal style of Janice Zummo and the incrediable array of instruments Vinnie Zummo plays, this couple from New York hits a giddy pace with such tracks as An Obsession (over you) and substains its punch with such catchy cuts as Leopards in Love, Modern Marriage (title cut), Do It Again, and Nightmare. The only real downbeat song on this album is No More Goodbyes which is a mildly romantic song.

The Zummos Modern Mar-

for

album

of ’80s.

definitly

their

album,

first

Tres Hombres is not forever, though - it exists entirely as a money making machine. Although the music at the

was good, the pyjama party idea bombed. There were fewer than 10 people wearing anything that even slightly resembled nightwear. pub

way

a lot of us rarely get to His films contain unglamorous, lively, easily-relatable characters who live in houses with freshly vacuumed floors, something musically New York in every scene, the familiarity, even though you’ve never been there, so strong it can only draw you deeper and deeper. This film is for the great popcorn eaters, the late night,

the see

of life in an old Marx brothers’ movie. Any of his films are fascinating looks at who we are. Allen is a great artist; he paints life

meaning

it.

charbroiled, cold burger, let’sorder-a-pizza-and-watch-BelaLugosi types. This film is for

everyone.

SUMMER MADNESS PUB featuring two bands Fire Dance Overture

Dedringer

tribute to

make

sure that no producer, engineer, record company executive or anyone else would

prevent this album from sounding like anyone but the

Zummos.

“We

are married, we’re

have fun,” said Janice

Zummos

plays all the instruments. Janice Zummo does all the vocals and together they wrote and arranged the songs on the album. “As for my contribution,” said Joe Jackson in a press release, “I did four things: I let them use my name to get a little more credibility than is often afforded to people no one I

Hombres^

good.”

and Joe Jackson. Vinnie

of;

ssors left to pursue other careers. Jack Daniels, orig nator of Tres Hombres, says he is pleased with the band’s current success. Daniels sees ZZ-Top’s poor showing on the national charts with their recent album to be no threat to Tres

another version of Woody Allen perhaps, who does not need the outside world and is happy just relating to it through Lee. Allen boxes himself in very tightly, showing us old versions of himself and a new version -a version who has found the

class,” said Macedo. “But I got to the last one. I think the choice of films is usually pretty

Zummo

has heard

their predec

and new

band (played by Max Von Sydow), who is a magnificent, intellectual old man, a painter,

Mechanical engineering student Louis Macedo said he was pleased with the opportunity to watch movies. “I’m usually in

happy--we take the music seriously, but we also try to

co-produced by the

1985.)

members (guitarist Billy Durst and drummer Paul DeLong) joined the band last October, when

someone to bounce ideas off and to yell at; I did the string arrangements; and I tried to

Janice Zummos has a clear, sweet-sounding, but high-flying voice, a cross between Annie Lennox and Stevie Nicks. This,

filmfest every month.

the last time (Feb. Two of the urrent

everyone

Record Review riage

with intensive moments. Here, in Hannah and Her Sisters, Elliot, played by Michael Caine, not Allen, is the narrator who introduces us to the film’s principal characters and the plot they are swept up in. It is an easy adjustment. Expect Allen, get Caine. A quarter of the way into the film Allen is introduced as Hannah’s ex-husband. The aura or essence of Allen is represented in the film three times -- as himself playing Hannnah’s husband, as Elliot/Caine, and as Lee’s hus-

student lounge

fill

Consisting of three musicians/singers, Tres Hombres emulates ZZ-Top so well that it’s scary. Playing to a crowd of about 250 students, Tres Hombres caught and held the attention of the audience right from the start. The group’s first set was older ZZ-Top, the

Allen film blends old

band, Elliot who falls madly in love with Hannah’s sister, Lee (played by Barbara Hershey).

pub

second set was from the Eliminator album, and the third set came from ZZ-Top’s newest effort, Afterburner. The Tres Hombres the crowd

Gilchrist

better. Suffering

gave them

a press release.

Zummo

“I

think

Modern Marriage has something for everyone: adventure, romance, foreign intrigue, suspense, and a jaguar and a leopard-you know, a car and a cat.” With hard work, persistence, and a little exposure the Zummos should become a popular couple of the ’80s.

It’s

the last pub of the year

April 10 at 7:35 p.m. $6 at the draw 12 Enter the 12 plus

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when you purchase advanced

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Spoke, Monday, March 31, 1986

SPORTS Sports Roundup Ballhockey The Hawks won

12-team

men’s ball hockey tournament at Conestoga Centre March 21.

They defeated the Hooters

11-6

in the final.

Hawks won all three of games in the day-long

their touroutscored their

nament, They opponents 36-10.

Basketball On April 3 at 4 p.m., Conestoga’s intramural basketball playoffs begin. Three hours later, a champion team will be crowned.

Hopefully, the day will feature the first real excitement since play began on March 10.

Four teams -- Duke Tomato and the Houseplants (DTAHP), G.I.R.L.S., Hawks and Biz Bombers have won their games against LASA Enforcere, Rookies, Bulldogs and Canadiens in decisive fashion, and mathematically eliminated them before the final game on

March 27. The games typical. The

March

were

G.I.R.L.S. used and shooting advantages to bury the Bulldogs 67-27. Later, the Hawks blasted LASA 64-24. As usual, their size, speed

Hawks

took a few minutes to and then overpowered LASA with their rebounding and shooting. On the same day, a potensettle in,

competitive match-up between Biz Bombers and the Houseplants fizzled when the

tially

undermanned Bombers defaulted. A pick-up game involving members of both teams

offered no surprises. The Bombers fielded a full squad and pulverized LASA 110-35. The Houseplants followed with a 98-30 rout of the Rookies, and G.I.R.L.S. won by default over

including two breakaways. In the second game both teams skated well, so neither team was able to dominate. Bad Sectors scored the winner on a power play late in the

Canadiens.

second

Contact hockey

half.

On March ness

scored

25,

Ken McGuin-

four

goals

and

DaVe Johnson added three

was better than any

contrasting games March 24, Rec Crew dispatched E.T. 7-3 and Bad Sectors de-

regularly scheduled

of the contests.

two

LASA

9-2.

Hawks Hawks

thumped

pressured

feated Suspended Sentence

LASA’s defence for much

was won 65-58 by DTAHP over a Bombers’ squad bol-

3-1.

game

stered by one Houseplant and

by Alex Yandryk, who had just

used superior stickhandling and passing as the basis for a

finished playing for G.I.R.L.S. The games of March 24

coherent attack. E.T. squandered several good chances,

Condors grounded

In the first

game Rec Crew

of the

with their superior puck

control. In a later

game the No-Stars scored three unanswered goals in the second half to edge E.T. 5-4.

Ontario soccer tourney By Salvatore Scarpelli

A record of one win, one tie and a loss wasn’t enough for the Condors to clinch a playoff spot at the Centennial College (Toronto) indoor soccer tour-

nament on March 22. The Condors began by drawg 0-0 with tournament favorFanshawe College, and i, s, later defeated host Centennial

College

3-0.

In the final group match, all the Condors needed was a tie

against unbeaten

St.

Lawrence

College to advance as one of four playoff teams. Despite an early goal by Paul Tucker,

which seemed to be enough to put the Condors through to the second round, St. Lawrence stormed back with three goals in the second half. Ian Mclver replied with his third goal of the tournament, and the Condors tried desperately to get the equalizer in the final minutes. Several of their shots hit posts or missed their target only by inches. But St. Lawrence held on to win 3-2 and end

Condors hopes of advancing. Condors’ coach Geoff Johnstone credited the whole team’s play in the tournament. He noted the performance of keeper Pat Allan who was not beaten until the final 15 minutes of the tournament, Ian Mclver who scored three goals

and Jack Fernandez, who played solid defence throughout.

Centennial College

won

the

championship, defeating St. Lawrence College 2-1 in the final.

Robert Martin/Spoke

serve

Scott Yourth works on his squash

game

Conestoga Centre on

March 25.

BUFFALO SABRES TRIP Friday, April 4

Buffalo Sabres Vs. Montreal

Leaves

Rookies: The Rookies, who defeated Guelph Hotelmen two games to one in the contact hocke\ finals, have been named intramural team of the week for March 17-21. Members of the Rookies are: Rob Quinn (captain), Glenn Stuebing, Helmut Kliewer, Tim Tripp, Randy Winston, Randall Demone, Mark Shaver, Jeff Gale, Dave Eccles, Steve Hagarty Dave Fowler, and Greg Riediger. league

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