Digital Edition - September 22, 1986 by SPOKENewspaper

Conestoga College, Monday, Sept. 22, 1986

Capacity reached By Katherine Brenner The majority of programs are filled

full-time at Cones-

said

registrar

toga

College,

John Bonesteel. About 1,760

first-year

stu-

dents are enrolled in full-time diploma programs, he said. Full-time enrolment in all post-secondary diploma programs is about 3,636 for the college.

A Cambridge

firefighter battles

a blaze resulting from a plane crash during a mock disaster Bruce A. Johnson/Spoke

Students By Bruce

chance

Johnson

Six Conestoga College students were “killed” and countless others injured Thursday, Sept. 11, when a DC-3 plane

crashed and burned behind John Galt Mall on Highway 24

Cambridge

in a

mock

disas-

ter.

The “deaths” and simulated disaster staged by the

Cam-

mock

mock work together during

disaster situation.

Hours before the start of the disaster, eager Conestoga students bustled about the Newfoundland Club in Cambridge, eating doughnuts and Kentucky Fried Chicken, waiting to

have makeup

applied to suffered in

simulate wounds one of the two disasters.

Cambridge

Bill

firefighter

dents, provided courtesy of the

graduate of the Conestoga ambulance program, was in charge of casual-

ambulance and emergency

ty simulation for the test

department was called Test 86, and the stu-

bridge

fire

Conestoga College, got up and walked away smiling at the end of the care

program

exercise.

This was the scenario: A DC-3 airplane crashed behind John Galt Mall at approxi-

p.m. Thursday, “killing” six people and wounding

mately

others,

some

critically.

Just as the plane crashed, a tanker truck collided with a car and ruptured south of Highway 24 on

Dunbar Road

Cam-

bridge, spilling 500 gallons of a lethal chemical, leaving seven people “dead.” Supposedly, the driver of the truck had been busy watching the plane crash when he hit the car.

Organizers proved they were serious about the mock disaster by having a real tanker truck at the scene and scattered fires burning at the plane

crash

site.

Ironically, local flooding, a real disaster which occured the same day as the exercise and

could have stopped Test 86, also was originally responsible for giving life to the exercise. In 1974, the Grand River flooded and caught Cambridge

Because of this, city peacetime disaster plan, which brings all

sleeping.

officials started the

agencies in the city together during a crisis situation. The aim of Test 86 was to provide a slow motion test of

the

Cambridge Emergency

Peacetime Disaster Plan and give involved agencies the

Chesney,

and had the dubious honor of choosing who lived and who died.

When asked

train

derailment last spring prompted thie exerc-ise, Chesney said, “I think it helped to push this. The train derailment wasn’t really that serious. It

was

that helped to bring this on.”

After being asked what he expected from the studentstumed-actors, Chesney smiled, turned to the students, and said, “Academy awards, gang. I want to see academy awardwinning performances out of you all.” Robert Lambert, a Conestoga ambulance student and one of the mock plane crash survivors said students becauem involved because “we were kind of volunteered by

See Disaster, page 3

Cliff

lege’s

Condor, Conestoga Col-

new mascot, made

his

first public

appearance during

orientation

week

at the

Doon

campus.

“We are hoping Cliff Condor can boost fan participation for varsity games and other sporting events,” said Mary-Lynn Dyck, secretary at the Conestoga Recreation Centre. “Cliff will be used as an advertising tool to encourage people to come to Condor sporting events at the complex,” she said. The idea for Cliff Condor was discussed over a year ago by the staff at the centre. Cliff is the first mascot to be used in

association with Conestoga College.

“We have

talked about a mascot for the college for a few years and everyone in the office liked the idea. Other colleges and universities have mascots, so we decided that it would be a good idea for

sometimes change their minds due to the changing technology

college is to produce a

first-year enrolment,” Bonesteel said.

said.

By Dan

due partly

still

in industry,

“The common theme

said that from an enrolaspect, this is a very successful year for the col-

ment lege.

unsolved and that com-

puter equipment

continuing to investigate the theft of equipment at the Doon

of the

competent practioner,” Bonesteel

len on July 30

Schiller

Waterloo regional police are

was

also sto-

len on Aug. 24.

campus

Calma said he would not reveal details about the investigation but did say that “nothing new has happened.”

a Sony M3A camera and an IBM personal computer is still

He said he was confident that the person (s) involved with the

going on.

thefts

of Conestoga College. Staff Sgt. Steve Calma confirmed that the investigation of

The camera was reported missing July 28 by Mike Duboulay, a teacher in the broadcasting radio and television

—

program. Police confirmed that an personal computer keyboard and an IBM personal computer disk drive were sto-

IBM

Conestoga College gets By Gerry Shultz

The technology programs usually reach about 95-per-cent capacity because applicants

team was able to successfully meet objectives for targeted

Thefts

damage. But what could have happened could have been quite spectacular and I think

and applied

Bonesteel said. Bonesteel said the college is showing initiatives in this area of study and addressing the need to keep pace with technological advances.

because the programs filled earlier this year than last year and there was less change in

the media. It was spectacular, but there were no hazardous chemicals, there were no injuries, there was no bad property

sciences, business arts programs.

Although the official enrolment count will not be made until Nov. 1, Bonesteel said that if enrolment figures are down, the decrease will be less than one per cent. “The college recruitment

This success

disaster

acceptance and confirmation. “Once students said yes to Conestoga, they didn’t change their minds,” he said. Bonesteel said the college can usually count on capacity enrolment in the health

would be apprehended, though he said it was possible the equipment might never be recovered.

“Sooner or later we will get the person,” he said. The college will be notified if a person is charged and the

equipment found,

1 st official

will be said.

returned

Calma

mascot

Conestoga College to have one too,” said Dyck. It took Dyck and a friend, Diane Smorodin, two months to put the costume together. Cliffs costume is made out of crimson red, royal blue, and white polyester material, cut to look like feathers and wings. The red, white and blue colors are used by college varsity

teams.

The head

for the

costume

made from

a hockey helmet, and sewn on the front of the costume is the athletics depart-

ment

crest. “Cliff will give the athletics

department a higher profile. He will be something that the department will be identified with when it is time to recruit people for intramural or varsity sports,” said Dyck. She said Cliff will attend all

home games

for the

men’s and

women’s varsity teams. The main purpose of Cliff Condor is encourage fan participation at these events and to make the events fun

to help

Conestoga 'mascot

Cliff

Condor, poses with Mary-Lynn Dyck. Monty Kersell/ Spoke

Spoke, Monday, Sept. 22,

986

OPINION SPOKE Editor: Katherine

Brenner

Advertising Manager: Sherri

Young

Gerry Shultz, Dan Schiller, Deanna Ball, Monty Kersell Contributing Writers: Bruce A. Johnson, Bruce Lacey Staff:

published and produced for the Doon Student Association by the journalism-print students of Conestoga College The views and opinions expressed in this newspaper do not necessarily reflect the views of the col-

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relationship, including that

well as receive. Spoke is like a

community newspaper in any town or Canada. The job of the journalism students who act as reporters is to write about events which concern the college community. Spoke reporters write about events on campus that would be of interest to the college community, but it is almost impossible to find out about everything. Reporters do their best to give the community the stories it needs to keep informed. Reporters, in turn, hope the community informs them of events which concern, or might interest, the population. It makes for a good city in

relationship.

Conestoga College doesn’t have such a relationship, it seems. No one cared enough to tell the college newspaper or radio stations about the participation of ambulance and emergency care students in the mock disaster held in Cambridge on Sept. 11. Why not? Such stories interest other students and warrants coverage by the college media. Reporter Bruce Johnson heard about Conestoga student involvement while listening to a community radio station. It was a last-minute effort on his part to confirm it and get the story and pictures for Spoke. The Kitchener-Waterloo Record covered the mock disaster, but from the point of view of the whole region. Reporting of the involvement of Conestoga students was in the last half of the story, with only one student quoted. Johnson covered the story from the point of view of the college, an entirely different angle. A community needs a newspaper to receive in-depth coverage of any story. A newspaper needs community involvement to cover as many stories as possible.

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? -86

“I think they need a designated-driver program and they

Dr., Kitchener, Ont.

Monday

Valerie Turnbull

By Dan

Schiller

It’s 8: 55 in the evening on a Monday night. You quickly rush to the cupboard and pull out a bag of chips. Next stop, the fridge, where you grab your six cans of beer. Down the stairs you trot, and turn on the television where Monday Night Football flashes across the screen in its

colored block letters. You look around for some pillows, so that they can be positioned in your favorite chair. You sit down, open the

bag of chips, and pull open your first can of beer, just as the opening kick-off takes place. Yes, NFL football season is upon us once again, as the Monday Night Football crew of Frank Gifford and A1 Michaels brings us the game. It will be a time of “Oh, geez” and “go for it” as the 28 football teams battle for a spot in

possible accidents.”

“I think it’s a good idea to have one. Since the campus is so far out, just about everyone

Dominic Cosentino

will

cal Engineering

Susan Mondoux

— Mechani— Automated

Mfg.

be driving.”

— Broadcast-

ing

“No, because you should be able to look after yourself.

“Yes, because people are drinking, and someone should be driving people home.” Jim Tremble Marketing

It’s

your own judgment.” Kathy Seabrook Mechanical Engineering Automated Mfg.

—

football

the Superbowl. There is a new idea being used in the league this year, an instant replay referee. Now, because of the replay camera, you at home may not always be disappointed about a call. Remember last year, after getting so excited about a call that you spilled your beer and yelled at the TV? Well, spilling beer may be a thing of the past with the new replay referee. He has, within his grasp, the power to change a call. Now you will be able to relax about a disputed call because you know the replay will show the truth. After the replay, avid fans will again get into the suspense and the cruising momentum of the game for at least three hours. The fumbles and bumbles, and hits and clips, all add to the excitement of the brutally punishing intensity of the

— — Au-

Butterworth

Mechanical Engineering tomated Mfg.

Yes, I think it’s very necessary because it’ll prevent any

means

game. Along with the

Stephen

— De-

Graphics

sign

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night

“I’m 100 per cent for it. There are people who get too drunk and need a ride home.”

need something official. Then, everyone would get a chance to get where they’re going.”

Doon Valley

Week

Should Doon have a designated-driver program?

Spoke invites comments from readers in letters, free of libel and personal attack. Letters should bear names and program or department with which writer is connected. We reserve the right to edit all letters to meet space requirements. Submissions should be 250 words or less, and may may be left in the mailbox outside the Spoke office by the cafeteria entrance or sent by mail to: Spoke, c/0 Conestoga College, 299

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Monty kersel

Question of the

By Monty Kersell The editorial staff the form of signed

MEAN GAM^S\

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games

goes the nagging and complaining of uninterested individuals. Girlfriends, parents and brothers and sisters all try to do everything in their power to stop you from watching your favorite game. Movies or other programs seem so important to them. But are they forgetting your compulsive obsession with football? As it turns out though, you usually get your way. After a vicious argument or temper tantrum, you win out. Again, back in your chair, you realize the score is already 7-0, and out of frustration of missing the touchdown, you quickly pop your second can of

Letters To the

Editor:

To all students who visited the registrar’s office Sept. 2-6: On behalf of the staff of the registrar’s office, we would like to express our appreciation for your co-operation during a very busy week. Your patience and good sense of humor made serving you a pleasure. A special note of thanks to those who endured the OSAP lines. You were all a pleasure to deal with.

beer.

Now

is out of your way back again to watch the game that will force you to consume six beers and a bag of chips, not to mention the nail-bitting suspense the game has to

you

sit

offer.

that everyone

Sincerely,

John

J. Bonesteel Registrar

Spoke, Monday, Sept. 22, 1986

Disaster

Continued from page

lance services took part in the

good, By participating in get to see how the

we emergency services handle emergency situations,” Lamthis,

bert said, as fake wounds were applied to his arm.

Derek Bridgwater, also an ambulance student, said, “This gives us an insight into what a patient feels when ... in our care, so

from

we are

learning a

lot

this exercise.”

Besides the plane crash and tanker spill, a third accident was staged near the wreckage of the plane. Roland Stegner, a Conestoga ambulance student, was the “driver” of a motorcycle car-

rying

passenger, Susan of the same pro-

Brownlow, gram. Stegner

outlined

the

bike-

“We

are watching the plane crash and I

crash scenario:

lose control of the bike, spin out, go into the ditch and wipe.

trapped under the burning bike and I’m wandering around in shock with a broken

She

registered nurse administers care to a

mock

disaster victim. Bruce A. Johnson/Spoke

leg.”

About

200 representatives of

fire

police,

exercise, as well as

over strewn bodies to check for

and ambu-

local

Mahood. “The whole concept though.

our course co-ordinator. Bob is

pulses.

Soon

Cambridge

the

test

site

Conestoga College’s 1986-87 budget of $41,771,882 took five

months

to prepare, said direc-

tor of financial administration

Jack Williams. In an interview

in August,

Williams said preparation of the budget involved individuals from each program. He described himself as “the one together.” who pulls Among the considerations, said Williams, were enrolment of students and the cost to support that enrolment and new on-line operations such as electrical skills programs. Also it all

considered were heat, staffing

and salaries. The budget

for 1985-86, called

“baseline budget,” was used as a guideline for this

the

year’s budget. Other guidelines included a three-per-cent ceiling on increases for non-salaried items. A program co-ordinator who wanted an increase of greater than three per cent for a program had to make a formal request, called a decision package, which was evaluated by the Conestoga executive, which includes college president Kenneth Hunter, executive assistant to the president Barbara Hartleib and the college direc-

cent of its total expenditures” for several years running as long as it had accumulated revenues from previous years to

Conestoga’s operating deficit

1986

Cross, the coroner, the RCMP, and members of a control group which included Cambridge Mayor Claudette Mil-

the hospital

When ambulances

arrived. The Karl Homuth arena was turned into a temporary morgue and the dead were put on the ice and covered.

lar.

Also in attendance, but only as observers, were representatives of St. John Ambulance, the Ontario Fire College, and the OPP. At 1 p.m., firefighters set ablaze a car which represented part of the plane’s fuselage, and a piece of sheet metal resting on top of old tires and drums, which simulated a wing. As the rain poured down, the students’ performance began as screams of pain echoed from the “plane.” The fire

Just 10 minutes after casual-

began arriving, Frank Zadel, assistant administrator at Cambridge Memorial Hospital, expressed his pleasure

ties

with the staff operation.

“From a hospital point of view, everything is going very well,” Zadel said. After one hour and 20 minutes, Test 86 ended and the consensus was that it was a success.

Major Harvey Pilgrim pf the Salvation Army summed up the day’s events: “I think this exercise was good in that it lets people know what could happen.”

department, upon arrival, wasted no time in setting up and battling the nearly out-ofcontrol fires.

The excitement built as medics arrived and sprinted through the mud, weaving in and out of the thick black smoke, frequently bending

He paused for a moment, and then said, “But one hopes

never happens.”

own

March

31,

1987)

Martin

will

assume Hagar’s

the position of director of strategic planning will not be filled. been • About $179,000 has allocated for new workload duties,

but

such as computer

programs which

assist facul-

ty.

• Another provision of the budget is a supplementary payment, called a ‘one-time bonus’ by Williams, of $1,000 for each faculty member. These payments, a condition of

the last administration-faculty contract, amount to $330,000.

expenses: parking lot improvements, bookstore equipment and money needed to

cific

HAVE HALL.

restock the cafeteria. (“I think every person in the college has his own cutlery,” said Williams).

havehnow

Other budget notes: • Williams attributes the 18.2-per-cent decline in interest income ($275,000 in 1985-86 to $225,000 in 1986-87) to declining interest rates on investments. • The 76.2-per-cent decline in

property rentals income ($42,000 in 1985-1986 to $10,000 in 1986-87) is primarily due to the sale of the 7.4-acre Clinton campus to the Huron County Board of Education. The sale

was completed July 31. Conestoga sold the campus for $40,000. It had purchased the property in 1970 for $50,000.

•

81 3-per-cent rise in .

operating expenses for the board of governors ($59,023 to $106,997) is due to the board’s search for a new president. A 27.5-per-cent hike in president’s office expenses ($336,022 to $428,578) is largely due to the expansion of the professional

budget.

Asked about the ministry’s position on operating deficits, he said a college can run an operating deficit of “a few per

31,

initiatives,

$486,027. Williams said the ancillary fund covers three spe-

bility of the individual college its

by March

Conestoga’s ancillary fund balance will increase by $75,000 during this fiscal year (April 1,

Wyman of the Ontario Ministry of Colleges and Universities (college affairs branch) said it is the responsimanage

on.

will be $1,552,615 1987.

tors. Bill

draw

planning expenses is attributed to the retirement in September of Aubrey Hagar, who has served as director of strategic planning for the past year. Joe

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was a

beehive of activity, swarming with emergency personnel. The wounded were quickly checked, tagged and rushed to

Memorial Hospital staff, the Salvation Army, the Red

Williams pulls together efforts on budget By Bruce Lacey

HOME ENTERTAINMENT

Spoke, Monday, Sept. 22, 1986

Prices geared to By Dan

Schiller

Johanna Simons

a person

who understands students’ needs, and therefore knows that buying clothing is not always easy. Simons, often referred to as

Joey, operates the Sweat Shoppe on Mondays and Wednesdays in the cafeteria or main foyer. She said she can understand students’ problems, because she was a student herself. Because of financial stresses such as waiting for

budget

fit

usually on special every week. Also on sale are a few trinkets and souvenirs. Simon’s business does not only revolve around the col-

lege.

A natural salesperson, Simons said the business is doing well. She said she likes

the T-shirts at various restaurants such as Casey’s, Charlies or Rafters. She is also responsible for the design of the B.F. Goodrich jackets.

“I do a lot outside the college,” Simons said. She does monogrammed T-shirts for restaurants and jackets for

dealing with

large

organiza-

because she doesn’t have carry stock. Most of the

tions

manufacturing companies. Examples of her work can be seen

work

customized.

the

OSAP, students have

Johanna Simons, the owner

Sweat Shoppe helps a student

of the

Dan Schiller/Spoke

PART-TIME

STUDENTS

INCOME

pay

don’t

want

for items all at

once, so she accepts deposits on items. Simons has a large selection of clothing in stock for students to choose from, so there l> usually no delay in receiving clothing unless it is a customized order. “I’m a portable store,” Simons said, because she travels

from campus

campus

order to help make buying simpler for students. She said students won’t have to drive anywhere to purchase their

Teams The Pro Shop

big customers The machine will cut down the problem of sending clothing out to have numbers

at the Cones-

toga Recreation Centre, owned by the Kerry Leitch Figure Skating School, has become a part of college athletics. The Pro Shop, which rents its space in the centre from the college, supplies shirts and other items for various Conestoga activities. Manager Tim Kamino said his biggest market is the intramural sports teams. Kamino said this is because of the availability of a pressing

or letters pressed on. According to Kamino, all numbering

and lettering can be done right Pro Shop, saving time and money. Kamino is also busy doing work for the athletics department. He said he often receives orders for jackets and other sportswear from the various

in the

varsity teams.

621-8439 or leave

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Kamino will be setting up a display of items twice a week in the cafeteria at Doon, and Lyndon Johnston, a bronze medalist figure skater, will run shops at the Waterloo and

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Among

1616.

the

track

items

the

suits,

machine, which can press decals onto shirts, sweatshirts, track pants, or any other similar fabric. He said that it will in handy for intramural teams that want a name placed

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ENTERTAINMENT Student-run Students

Doon campus

AM-style

to listen to

radio don’t have to bring their

own ghetto blasters with them.

They only have

to listen to

the speakers in the cafeteria,

which carry AM-style programming produced by broad-

—

and television

casting radio students.

The AM-style programming carried on radio station

CXLR,

a top-40 striving for a style which is a cross between CFTR and CHYM, said CXLR

station piped into cafeteria

air during the day for an hour each, she said. Some of the

By Monty Kersell

who want

program director Christine

more experienced students may be on the air for as long as three hours, but that

is the exception. The station broadcasts news at the top of the hour followed by a sports report, and then it is up to the disc-jockey to do her or his thing. Information pieces, public

service announcements and paid commercials are broadcast as well. There are no special shows, except for Owen Smart’s 8:30 morning show, Roenspiess said.

“A

lot of

the first-year stuinto the

who have come

Roenspiess.

dents

CXLR and XL-FM are produced as part of the broadcasting radio and television program at Doon campus. All the duties normally carried out by staff at a commercial radio station are filled by students at

program with experience are very, very professional,”

—

the college station.

“We want to please our audience so they’ll listen to us,” she said. “We want to bring in money, sell commercials and make our (student seem

DJs.” About 20 students go on the

staff)

like real

Roenspiess said. It is hard “keeping yourself fresh, always haying things to say and not sounding bored,” she said. “Once you get bored with the job, your audience will get bored with you.”

The music charts station are made up by

for the consultstations,

ing those of local Billboard magazine and Weekly, but the station is limited in what it can play

RPM

First-year broadcaster

Melinda Kunhegyi logs the songs played on her

Frenchie McFarlene’s noon hour appearance in the Doon cafeteria Sept. 15 was a 40-minute show of improvisa-

campus

and vulgar comedy. McFarlene’s brand of humor uses the three most popular vices among young people sex, drugs, and rock and roll. His delivery was fast and blunt. The jokes and one-liners were humorously vulgar, but at times they bordered on

tion

ricaded himself in the broadcast booth and played

circulation

Money For Nothing hours until $1,000 was

Straits.

for the

being obscene.

His wicked humor would have been more appropriate for a pub night instead of a noon-hour performance where the

was

activity of the cafeteria distracting and interrupt-

mechanical

“He

“It is hard to compete with the traffic of students walking back and forth through the cafeteria to their classes, but

what can you do?” McFarlene asked.

was

Half-way through his perfor-

SEPT. 25

McFarlene had to quickly improvise despite the disruption. Conestoga College is the first stop in a three-college engagement that were also to take him

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it won’t be as long here,” Roenspiess

said.

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the cafeteria. Deanna

Ball /Spoke

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mance the college’s radio station, CXLR, went on the air and

raised

House of Friendship

concerned,

MATURE STUDENT WINE & CHEESE PARTY

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too vulgar.

Kitchener.

crude, but at

little

majority of people thought he was funny but the greatest complaint was that his comedy

leges later in the week.

ive.

engineering

for

humor

dent.

humor.

Last November, Warren Let-

he said. At times it seemed the crowd was unprepared for McFarof

CXLR

That record “is no longer in and as far as I’m

son, a third-year student, bar-

she said. Students who were here last year can count on NOT hearing Money For Nothing, by Dire

the Doon campus. “I don’t mind him, but it seems he runs on too much on one topic,” said Mark Learn, a

style

because of budget constraints,

“The small percentage of people who paid attention was great, but I had the impression that not too many people knew who I was or why I was there,”

lene’s

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includes ride

transportation

bonfire

Spoke, Monday, Sept. 22, 1986

College clarifies All students attending Conestoga College, regardless of at,

must

get the same level of health services, says Bill Cleminson, associate director of central student services. Cleminson is the administrative head for all the campus health service departments. He has been with Conestoga College for 17 years, as a teacher, counsellor, and, for the last two years, as associate director. “Health services is one of those silent services,” Cleminson said. “You’re only peripherally aware of it until you

need

students use potentially dan-

doing this but there

gerous equipment.

legislative

years, was that the delivery of health services was unequal, or

campuses

and when you need

between the campuses. “What happened, over the

uneven,

you

number

determine responsibilities met.

“They’re professionals

food handling at Waterloo, and early childhood education at Doon, students must meet certain medical criteria set out by provincial legislation. There are no legislative requirements for general health services though, he says. “There’s a rationale for

said—

the campus, Cleminson size of the student population and the frequency of high risk programs, such as one where

Conestoga College’s Doon campus, was in the student lounge Sept. 2 to inform students about their need for

OHIP. “There

reason

for

In some instances, the reason behind not obtaining OHIP is simply a lack of knowledge, she said. Parents and students may not be well enough informed, so in medical emergancies, students find that they have no coverage, because they are no longer covered under their

parents’ plan.

students not to have their own OHIP. The information and application forms are readily available to students.” Fischer

“Students who can afford to pay for OHIP premiums by themselves can do so. If a student is unable to pay for the total premium, they can apply

said.

for assistance,” Fischer said.

Most students don’t

when they turn

realize

get that married, leave home, or attend cpl lege or university, they are responsible for obtaining their 21,

own OHIP.

Marilyn Fischer

Even asked

so,

record

OHIP

is based on income. If students have earned less than $3 000 per year, they qualify for full

assistance

taxable

premium assistance for a year. Payments vary on taxable in-

are no

mandates.” students are out a medical

all

fill

whether

sheet,

their

or not, he said, because it will help the nurse in case there is a medical crisis involving the student. Cleminson said one of the most important aspects of health services available on each campus is the group known as first-aiders.

program requires

First-aiders are faculty

staff

taken courses

When

and

who have voluntarily the

in first-aid.

nurse

not

of them is on call. “That’s a really important service. You would not know the person walking down the hall is a first-aider on call.”

campus one

Cleminson has taken the training.

know they need

Hospitalization Insurance Plan (OHIP) coverage, says the Doon campus nurse. Marilyn Fischer, registered occupational health nurse at

Students 21 years of age or older, or recently married students, may not realize they must obtain their own Ontario

of high-risk pro-

really a central is location for courses held in different smaller communities as well, he said. “It’s quite a different campus. You don’t have large numbers of students coming to one location.” In some programs, such as

their field and I provide administrative help to them.” Two criteria are looked at in deciding office hours at each

Ball

the

campus

Students often don’t

Doon and Guelph

have

grams. By contrast, the Clinton

Next he brought the nurses together and, with Marilyn Fischer as senior nurse, they formed a team.

fall,

largest student population and a large

Clarifying the health services mandate was the first thing to be done, he said, to

you’re glad it’s there.” Two years ago, a study was conducted on the delivery of health services within the college. Before that, he said, there

By Deanna

In the

will.”

mandate

health services

tion

was only informal communica-

By Monty Kersell

what campus they are

its

come above

their this

amount,

Fischer said.

Temporary assistance

available for students on disability, who are government sponsored, who have unem-

ployment insurance coverage, or who earn part-time wages.

OHIP

cover some of the cost for an ambulance, most medical treatment while in will

hospital and some out-patient care, amd some medically pre-

YABA-DABA-DO!

By Sherri Young

campus. about a mile in length and was created in because the centre staff felt it would be an It is

If you want to take a walk after a long, boring lecture or just for something to do, then the fitness trail might be the answer for you. The fitness trail, built in 1979, is located at the south end of the Conestoga Recreation Centre, and winds through the woodlot at the south end of the

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excellent addition to the oncampus facilities, said Dan Young, athletics co-ordinator. “In the beginning, we didn’t have too many on-campus facilities,

he said.

Used by staff and students at the college for fitness purposes,

Cleminson

“It’s not fun,” he said. “It’s a scary to think you have to provide first-aid.”

may

little

own OHIP Services not covered by

OHIP for

are any hospital charges private or semi-private

accommodations, hospital visits solely for the

administra-

tion of drugs, dental care that can be done in a dentist’s office, eyeglasses, private

nursing fees, drugs taken

duty

home

from the

hospital, transportation other than ambulance, or medical examinations for em-

ployment.

scribed physiotherapy in private non-hospital facilities. Other services included in the plan are: some payments for medical treatment outside of Ontario, specific dental sur-

tact the OHIP office immediately and explain the situation,

gery performed

Fischer said.

in a hospital,

Students without OHIP coverage who require hospitalization or treatment should con-

and chiropractic, osteopathic and chiropody (podiatry) ser-

The OHIP office will issue a temporary card and cover

vices.

what

Take a break, walk along the

YABA-DABA-DO!

Bill

security administration students who have a physical education course in their program. The trail is also used by

The tions at

trail

Young

bill.

trail

son can do while walking or running along the trail. Beginning with a warm-up session in the first two stations, the trail includes several exercises,

each one different from station three to station

13.

said.

provides instruc-

each of

can of your

fitness

the trail also proves to be useful for the varsity teams in training, and for the law and

the community,

13 stations for

simple exercises that the per-

Young said the trail is checked periodically to make sure that it is safe to use and it is maintained regularly.

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Spoke, Monday, Sept. 22, 1986

SPORTS Stewart hopes to lead Condors into playoffs teams pose another interna-

“amateurs” were paid

ball

tional problem. “When you’re playing in Mexico, with 2,000 screaming Mexican fans, and a Mexican player runs into you, he’s not called for charging,

qualifying, and could earn up to $30-40,000 (U.S.) each, depending on their team’s success.

playoffs this year.

you’re called on a defensive foul. It’s human nature for the referee to err on the side of the Mexicans,” he said.

By Bruce Lacey

Rob Stewart,

the

new

basket-

coach for the Conestoga College Condors, played on Canada’s national team and hopes to lead his team into the Stewart was bom in Toronto, but played much of his basketball elsewhere, with Simon Fraser University and the University of Windsor in the 1970s,

Stewart was encouraged when Canadian national team

and since then in various leagues in the Kitchener-Cambridge-Guelph area. As a member of the national team from 1973-75, he visited Mexico, Cuba, Puerto Rico, Brazil, England, Belgium, Italy and the U.S.S.R. Stewart said he saw nothing of the countries he visited because the national team practised every morning, rested every afternoon, and played or pracStewart,

one child.

33, is

Cambridge law

cess to owner Harry Liiv, who spends considerable time and effort organizing the team and getting players out of college. He compares Liiv’s operation to the European club system, in which the players are nominally amateur, but are paid as employees of the

and Lennox. Asked how he became coach of son, Flynn, Sturdy

the Condors, he said, reputation (as a national

“my team

member) preceded me.” Looking to replace Helmut Tinnes, Conestoga athletic director Dan Young approached Stewart, who accepted the coaching position. As a boy, Stewart was a hockey player “in the Canadian tradition.” He played in the top flight of the Metropolitan Toronto Hockey League, but began to stagnate as stronger boys took over. At age 16 he began a growth spurt in which he started at five-foot-10

and ended

at six-

foot-seven a year later. He played basketball for the first

time

Grade

12.

Over the years, Stewart played

centre

and

forward.

“My attributes were speed and shooting, rather than strength,” he said.

He has faced some good players.

One American team

he played against included 10 future National Basketball As-

Varsity By Dan

Rob

Stewart,

new coach

of varsity basketball

sponsoring company. Stewart recalls playing for Canada in the 1974 world championships, when he and his teammates received $2 a

team takes a shot.

day, while the European

Bruce Lacey /Spoke

sociation players.

said).

Stewart played against David Thompson, who would become a star with the NBA’s Denver Nuggets. He also

He said communications are often a problem in international basketball. Sometimes the

played against Leo Rautins, who later played for the Philadelphia 76ers, and was elbowed by Maurice Lucas, now with the Los Angeles Lakers (“one of the

dirtier

players,” said

Stewart).

Other opponents included former University of Waterloo stars Phil Schlote and Mike

Moser (“the best conditioned athlete I

have ever known,” he

dual meet

between athletes from Cambridge, Ont. and Saginaw Township, Mich.). But he believes the experience he gained playing for Canada will help

him now.

He also will impress upon his players the importance of maintaining their studies, because few Canadian college players go on to make their living playing basketball.

Stewart wants to keep an open mind, and said he will try not to take the attitude that “you are going to play my

way.” Someday he would

Varsity sports began a new season with promising results

sionally loses his temper because of referees’ decisions. “I don’t know whether I’m going to need a seat belt or not.”

teams speak different

languages, the referee speaks another language, and they are playing in a country which speaks a fourth language.

“Sometimes it gets comical,” he said. But some forms of communication are universal: holding the nose, or exwhat Stewart calls “the fickle finger of fate.” Referees who favor home

tending

from the men’s golf team and the women’s softball team. The varsity golf team, headed by coach Paul Knight of the Guelph campus, played in tournaments Sept. 11 and Sept. 12 and finished first in both. In the Canadore College institutional tournament held Sept. 11 in North Bay, out of the five teams entered Conestoga’s team of Steve Stumpf, Steve Stewart, Brad Fraser and Shane Livingstone, pulled off a 14-stroke victory over the second-place finishers, Sault Ste. Marie. Third place went to Georgian College of Barrie.

In the second tournament, the Cambrian College Invitational, held Sept. 12, Conestoga again finished first.

Conestoga golfers beat Georgian College by 17 strokes. The

for Conestoga was the seventh consecutive OCAA

win

tournament

victory

for

the

team dating back to September 1984. Brad Fraser was second low individual for the tournament.

The women’s softball team also played “very well during their tournament,” said coach

Barb McCauley. During the weekend tournament held at Sheridan College on Sept. 13, Conestoga was able to come back and win the consolation game after losing the first game 9-3. Cindi Downes, a mechanical engineering student who plays centre field, had the most total runs batted in during the tournament, as well as playing a solid outfield.

Michelle Dupuis, a secondLASA student, turned a double play in the final game, which helped in the consolation win.

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teach full time at Conestoga, so he can better understand what his players must deal with as college students. He believes “the coach has to be a leader and set the example.” But he admits he occato

teams begin

Schiller

Amera games

be sentenced to a year over there (eastern Europe).” Stewart played from 1977-82 for the Toronto Estonia basketball team which won five Ontario Senior A championships. He attributes the team’s suc-

for the firm of Pear-

His coaching experience

committee. “The rules (North American and international) are coming closer and closer together,” he said. His years with the national

He works

immediate goal is to lead the Condors to the playoffs, which last year’s team missed. limited to two summers coaching 13-year-olds in the Can-

team have made him appreciate Canada more. People who complain about Canada “ought

married, with

Although he plans to take years to develop a winning tradition, Stewart’s several

coach Jack Donahue was named to the international rules

tised at night.

for

6-10

Spoke, Monday, Sept. 22, 1986

SPORTS Fitness tests available at the rec centre By Deanna

Ball

In the past, it was commonly believed that fitness tests were a series of tortures some crazed gym instructor would grind you through, whenever he or she was in a foul mood. Today, however, with the slim and trim television culture,

fitness

has become an

important part of life for many Canadians. It is such attitudes and de-

done as soon September and

ness figures for that age group. In this manner, a basic idea of the participant’s level of fit-

usually the busi-

ness can be achieved.

most students are anxious

sires that keep Elizabeth Mask-Wessel, fitness consultant at the Conestoga Recre-

fees,

ation Centre, busy. Apart from fitness testing, Mask-Wessel is also responsible for lunch hour and 4:40 p.m. fitness classes, fitness testing for law and security

November are

administration students and the conditioning of varsity athletic teams.

each participant can set his or her own pace. The score is then

to get their testing

possible.

est months, and then again for the New Year resolutions

The

Mask-Wessel said she

will

take into consideration any physical difficulties or injuries a participant may have, and is cautious to ensure no further damage or strain occurs. also

rush,” she said. test itself is basic,

marked and compared

and

to fit-

The benefits of taking the fitness test include finding your weak areas and having a personal work schedule developed that will enable you to remain fit or obtain the desired level of fitness.

Anyone interested in having a fitness test done can make an appointment at the front desk of the centre.

“As

fitness testing is included in the cost of student athletic

Soccer team finishes By Dan

third

Schiller

The Conestoga College men’s varsity soccer team finished third in an exhibition tournament in Rochester, N.Y., on Sept. 12 and 13.

Duanne Shadd, assistant coach for the team, said that he was “quite optimistic” about the team’s future. He said it did well despite the fact that the offence was “tight at first.” However, Shadd said, the offence was eventually able to loosen up and did put forth a

good

effort.

“We

got

shots on net in

and second games than we had all last year,” he

the

first

Varsity soccer

team playing

exhibition tournament

Rochester

Sal Scarpelli /Spoke

said.

Student Deanna Ball

Although the team finished

being tested by Mask-Wessel.

overall in the tournament. it did manage to win the third

Sherri

Young/Spoke

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