Digital Edition - February 16, 1987

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SPOKE Conestoga College, Monday, Feb. 16, 1987

$6-million grant for centre By Terry De Souza Gregory Sorbara, Minister of and Development, announced Feb. 11 that Conestoga will receive a $6-million woodworking center. Construction is planned for April with classes

Skills

to

commence

in 1988.

The Ontario government

will

provide $5 million for the construction of the complex and $1 million will be provided by the

industry of millwork, sash doors, household furiniture, sash and frames, kitchen cabinets and other miscellaneous wood products. According to a 67-page report prepared by college personnel, Ontario is in desparate need of people trained in the woodworking skills. The report revealed that if a major teaching complex produces 100 gradu-

ates tommorrow, all would be hired within a week of graduation.

The Ontario Furniture Man-

ufacturing Association (O.F.M.A.) report stated that by the year 1990, the Ontario furniture industry will be short 8,800 workers. With the new center, this shortfall will be corrected, said Sorbara. Sorbara saM that the decision to proceed with the centre a direct response to an is emerging shortage of skilled workers in the industry. “The

moving

to provide a solution before a crisis in

government

is

supply of skilled workers evolves.” In addition to doubling the number of students from 100 to 200, the centre will provide significant new opportunities

for the upgrading and retraining of employees who currently work with the industry’s stateof-the-art equipment

Len McDonnell, co-ordinator manufacturing technology and wood products program at Doon, spurred the proposal with the aid of George Sinclair, director of marketing services

of the

OFMA. When asked how

at the

Conestoga’s centre would compare to Victhe wood-working toriaville, centre in Quebec which has a 90,000 square foot floor space,

an enrolment of 300 and a budget of $3 million, Sorbara replied, “We feel because (the new complex) is in Ontario it will be better. It will have the best producers and trainers in the industry which will produce the finest skilled workers in the trade and maybe the world.”

Gregory Sorbara

By Deanna

be discussed

Ball

upcoming

meetings.

The contract reached by the teachers’ union and the support staff after the 1985 teachers’ strike comes to term Sept. 31. If renegotiations do not take place by Sept. 1, the contract

The teachers’ union (faculty) had their demand setting meeting Feb. 8-9 in Toronto. During the two days, representatives

will continue as

put to the membership. “Our number one priority is equality, equal pay for fulltime staff, part-time staff, and

it

is

.

However, both sides are discussing changes and alternatives to the present contract to

planned items to be discussed in future meetings and to be

partial-load staff, however, with the last settlement, (specifically) article 4, a lot of discussion concerning equality took place,” said Grace Jutzi, president for the local teachers’ union of Conestoga College.

The next issues in the discussion are work load, improved salary, job security, for parttime employees, the confirmation of seniority, retraining opportunities/job training and finally the right to negotiate pensions. Pension coverage

is

covered

by a joint committee of union and ministry representatives. “We want to be able to negotiate the type of pensions we have and the type of investments,” said Jutzi. The negotiating team consists of Bill

Kuehnbaum

(chair-

man), Patty Musson (vicechairman), Phil Cunnington, Harry Plummer, Ron Goelunba, Barry Leahy, and Ted

Mongomery. the team has just been set up, once they meet with the board of Regents, a schedule will be organized, to hopefully reach an agreement by early or mid-September,” said Jutzi. The teachers’ strike of 1985,

“Since

Conestoga press conference Terry

Teachers union determines demands at

at

De Souza/Spoke

for negotiations

inadvertantly gave students attending community colleges in Ontario three weeks off. Dur-

ing that period, students worked on assignments given them by the faculty.. However, there were some students who felt they had been cheated of educational

tinle.

time. Teachers were classed as public servants, as they educated the would-be work force for the future. The teachers, though, felt they had the right to teach a managable number of students in a spacious classroom. They felt they had the right to a

Commissioner named By Scott Russell

the minister. Dr. Gandz, a professor of

Dr. Jeffrey Gandz has been appointed the Colleges Collective Bargaining Commissioner Feb. 2 by Gregory

business administration at the University of Western Ontario, has written and taught on organizational be-

minister of leges and Universities.

Col-

havior, industrial relations

The bargaining commis-

and human resource management. He has participated in union-management re-

Sorbara,

sioner will assess the effectiveness of the current colleges collective bargaining

process and submit his report by the end of the year to

the educational currently vicechairman of the Grievance

lations

in

sector and

is

Settlement Board.

dthough they held no grudge

lunch period, like students, and

felt that it was the government who owed them an apolo-

classroom. After a settlement had been reached teachers and students felt the pressure of regaining

few

gy for their delay

in settling the

dispute.

The government, on the other felt that they were will

hand,

within their right to maintain the policy that had been set up and followed for such a long

the ground that had been lost over the three weeks of strike. Holidays were cut back, work load increased, and some people fell by the wayside.

College receives Ministry grant By Scott Russell

which the lowest grant allocation

Conestoga College has been allocated $212,198 in increased capital grant money from Ministry of Colleges and Universities, said Del Bell, a ministry contact.

The grant is to be used for minor renovation, alteration, maintenance projects and the

Spare a rib? Gerry Langis, a cook for Beaver Foods, tends to his barbecued spare ribs as part of the Polar week activities. Bruce Johtison /Spoke

construction of new facilities. A number of winter jobs are expected to be created on the campuses as a result. Five-million dollars has been allocated to Ontario colleges, of

$116,544

is

for

Lambton

a list of projects prior to grant approval. The

must submit

and the high-

funds allocations were ac-

est is $402,558 for George Brown College, Toronto. The college allotments are

counted on the basis of spacegenerating formula prepared by the Council of Ontario Uni-

College, Sarnia,

based

new distribution

a

process implemented by the ministry in 1986. Other college allotments are

North Bay’s Canadore, $136,701; $292,231;

London’s Fanshawe,

$372,944;

Toronto’s

Humber,

and Sheridan,

$273,464.

Ontario universities have been allocated $8 million, but

versities.

The lowest university allotment is $15,000 for Hearst University and the highest is $1,582,200 for the University of Toronto. Local universities the University of Waterloo and Wilfrid Laurier University are allocated $613,100 and $154,800 respectively. The University of Guelph is allowed $581,300.


Spoke, Monday, Feb. 16, 1987

OPINION SPOKE Editor:

Jayne Noble

Production Manager: Scott Russell Advertising Manager: Carolyn Willis Staff: Deanna Ball, Terry De Souza, Randy Hicks, Dave Millea,

Dan

Schiller

Contributors:Bruce Johnson Spoke

is

published by the Doon Student Association (DSA) and produced print students of Conestoga College. The views and in this newspaper do not necessarily reflect the views of

by the journalism opinions expressed the college or the

DSA.

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; c/o Conestoga College, 299 Doon Valley Drive, Kitchener Ontario, N2G 4M4. Telephone: (519) 653-5380. For national advertising,

Letter to the editor Unfair I am writing in regard to your column editor: “Barefoot, pregnant and working nine to five,” which was published in the Feb. 9 edition of Spoke.

To the

This is the 80’s. Men and women are equal. Who the hell does the writer think she is? Most of us at the college live on our own and survive off the doughnut truck when all our time is taken up working and pursuing our chosen college education.

The

writer’s one-sided opinions of men, that they sit in underwear farting and swearing while dropping food all over the floor, applies to about four per cent of all men. As for the rest of the male population, which I feel qualified to speak for, we exist in harmony with out female

around

co-workers and companions.

do not know where men would be without that if a man ignored such a creature as yourself, he would be better off.

Furthermore,

I

women. But I do know

Question of the week

Mark Evans, first-year

Computer Programmer/ Analyst

Is

there too

staff

at

it

edge or it will end up being like the Black Plague.” Leslie

Muir editorial

“They’re being serious about because it’s an epidemic. If everybody’s aware there’s less chance of it spreading.” Tim Bogar Electronics, year 2.

“No. It’s a serious problem and there’s got to be public knowl-

Have your say The

much hype about AIDS?

Accounting, year

1

Spoke invites comments from

readers in the form of signed letters, free of libel and personal attack. Letters should bear names and program or department with which the writer is connected so their authenticity may be verified.

“I think there

year

And Living in a student house is not easy. There are often times when I would rather to descend into the streets than

is

to write

terms

still

about

more unpleasant. it

in

such poetic

climb the disjointed stairs into the bedlam of combatting egos and in-

even more despicable. I live in an eight-foot square room with a few staring books, the ubiquitous bed and a strident window to the world a street pulsing with continu-

tellects.

ous

Making an unaffected course to one’s chamber is not easy either. There always seem to be rotting

What does it mean to try to learn something? To try to become some-

corpses of ego and pride to tear one’s striding foot through; on the stairs, smears of the blood of raped and murder youth; in the doorways, the sneering scars of the self-important

somethings? Does

private

idealist. It is a horror to live with others. To live with extroverts who wear the flesh

is

traffic.

thing?

murder

To

try

to it

of the self?

cheaping of truth

live

mean Does

to live a

with other the blatant it

mean

the

commercial

with others? Or does imply a withdrawal into hermitage? An abandonment of the flux of everyday reality toward a higher transcendent truth? Does it matter at all?

life

bit.

e

3.

house

Living in student of introverts

quite a

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^ by the cafeteria entrance or sent by mail to: Spoke, c/o Conestoga College, 299 Doon Valley Dr., Kitchener, Ont. N2G 4M4.

By Scott Russell

is

People blow it out of proportion.” Jag Dhillon Accounting,

limits To

one’s freedom

most make. There is not very many occupations open that would allow one to purge himself of the treachery of a social life, that would let an individual live a life devoted toward the accomplishment of personal truth. It is have

I 1

“No. People need to know about it. It’s a major problem everywhere.” Michelle Swanstorv—Business, year 1.

live with others is the choice to

unfortunate, but true. Children live the ideal life. They are free to discover the world. They have no cares, nor obligations, nor responsibilities to deal with. The only thing a child must deal with is living, learning and loving. It is a fine life. But, we each must grow up for some unfathomable reason. We each must stand up and walk, ascend the ragged crest of existence and make a name for ourselves in the annals of

history. Otherwise, we will die irreputablely. would fall swiftly from the face of this earth without a trace or an inscription. We would become lost and

We

forgotten in the overwhelming flux of reality.

The best way to live and love is to become the child once again. To embrace the world of flux as a world of permanence. To re-establish the wonderment of youth without giving up the order of adult intelligence. One can live this way. One can enjoy the intimacy of one’s own death.

am

I trying to live this way. It is difficult for to do. For now though, I will remain a cynical, self-depreciating loss to humanity with an antisocial

me

bend toward poetic overstatement.


3

Spoke, Monday, Feb. 16, 1987

— Spoke changes hands

Radical to reputable He is constantly accusing me of

By Randy Hicks

ued for a couple of years

Cammie moved

with the carrying on guys in Kitchener. Is there anything I can do to alleviate his fears? JSigned, Faithful for Faithaffairs

This is the fourth and final article in a series on the history of

Spoke newspaper. The articles were written and researched by staff member Randy Hicks. In 1978, a comical personal

Spoke

advice column similar to Ann Landers began to run in Spoke. Readers wrote to the column called Dear Cammie with letters requesting advice on jobs, sex, education and other problems troubling college students. This is a typical letter from the Nov. 6, 1978 Spoke and its reply:

Dear Cammie:

My

boyfriend

jealous and since I

insanely don’t see

him

problem.

all

week,

is

this is a

imitated actual letters to parents from students and explained to the parents the enjoyment from

that doesn’t work a chastity belt should. I have heard that they are available in various styles, shapes If

else.

home

Home

sizes.

med — what

for the first time. Letters ran for several years in

Spoke.

Christ-

Masters of Rock, which

have always wonHow does one go to the washroom if the key to your belt is a hundred miles

began appearing with the Sept.

away? Dear Cammie was a popular column in Spoke and it contin-

1957.

mas

a

lovely

gift. I

Spoke, focused on changes in music and on different artists beginning with 25, 1979 issue of

dered though:

The feature Athlete

Week which

is

still

of the

found

in

Mom

and Dad;

I

am

writing to bring you up to date on College activities. Having given it much thought, I have come to the conclusion I

that the key to success at this school is to study. Whether you realize it or not dear parents, that was not my intent. I feel that I am not the only person with this opinion.

depth study has revealed to me that the general consensus is that whoever should be said “Go to college, young man

Completing an

in

'

shot.

But, alas, here best of it.

we

are and

Our-teachers have

we do make

the

this disgusting habit of

giving us homework. This infringement upon our social life bothered us at first but no more. We now realize that the staff only want us to

succeed and reach our personal goals. Realizing this has given us great respect for our teachers. Why, when we found out that our liberal stu-

dies teacher had claustrophobia, we immediately removed him from the locker. Too bad it took us a week to find out that enlightening fact. He was a nice guy. Services will be held

oh Thursday. you will be pleased to hear that I have finally found a permanent place of residence. I think that you will strongly approve of the place. You always told me that 1 should do things for myself and never take handouts. Well, we grow all our own food. We even grow tobacco, I know you don’t approve of my smoking but don’t fret. This is a new type of cigarette. You only smoke about five a day and it is not bad for your health. As a matter of fact, they make you feel really happy. Some people think it dulls the senses but I can’t see how. By^the way, do I know you? That brings me to my next topic. You know how grateful I was to you for getting me out of the

mop room.

upon you which

1

feel as

is

why

I

if I

to

your attention. One day while

were out

in the garden, (Spliff is

roommates. You would

and

Spliff

Driving along highway 401, one cannot help noticing the two satellite dishes situated on the lawn of Conestoga College’s

Doon campus. The large dish, and more powerful one, was donated by Andrew Antenna of Whitby, Ont., with the catch that Conestoga College pick it up. In September of 1979, Fraser Cooper, Hamid Manoochehri and George McKenzie, all Conestoga technology teachers, and several telecommunications students,

went

to

Whitby

to retrieve the dish.

Cooper said the dish was lying in a field at the Andrew test

range,

disassembled it

had to be order to bring

and in

to Kitchener.

“We got back about 12:30 a.m. with this truck load of metal,” said Cooper. “It barely

cially since 1982.

College took over the operation of Spoke. They signed a four-

month contract

to

produce

Spoke for the Doon Student Association (DSA), which has been renewed every yea r since then, and the DSA agreed to pay the costs of running the newspaper. Producing the paper is now part of the journalism course curriculum.

The journalism program felt they could provide better coverage of news at the college for the benefit of students and

one

like him.

of

He

Done

I

my

to your specifications

Resumes

Letters

Theses

Essays

bring

Your

my new problem

mount was constructed with the help of small money donaCooper said. Some of the steel frame work was made by welding students at the Guelph campus.

tions.

Finally, in July of 1982, the dish was ready for installation. Cooper said the dish is sitting in 40 tonnes of cement. Telecommunication students ^painted the large inner surface of the dish and installed and tested their own electrical circuitry in the fall of 1982. The first satellite signals were received in April of that school year. Cooper said that the signals were all right, but was disappointed when he found out

Spoke has undergone changes over the years espe-

Some

people

say changes have meant an improvement because of the

move to respectability and a more dependable staff and others say the changes are for the worse because the paper is less provocative and with this it has lost some of its entertain-

ment

value.

Spoke remains a free newspaper available to the community of Conestoga College. Despite the fact that there is a

suggestion box outside the door the Spoke office. Spoke rarely receives new input from students or faculty, so the suggestion box usually remains empty, except for the weekly contribution of cigarette butts.

of

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term papers

Proportional Spacing

resumes

Choice of Print styles

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Call 621-4794

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“It wasn’t really worth spending that much money to have it repaired,” said Cooper.

He added works

that

the

satellite

fine electronically, but is

about two or three

degrees

away from

a satellite signal. “Unless it’s locked directly on signal, (the reception) is garbled and not very usable.”

Because of this problem. Cooper said that in the summer of 1984, several telecommunication students approached Conestoga’s president Kenneth Hunter, and negotiated the possibility of purchasing a new dish.

several

After

meetings,

a

three-meter dish was purchased in 1984, from the Video

Man

in Kitchener,

for

Cooper

admitted the not nearly as powerful

dish is as the eight-meter dish, but will serve the purpose for the students.

The telecommunication

stu-

dents now had a satellite dish they could use for their thirdyear projects. They could now design and test electrical devices via the three-meter satel-

Wilderness Tours, Canada’s premier Whitewater rafting company, is seeking on-campus promotional representatives.

We

need eager, serious students to promote and organize rafting trips. Compensation will be in the form of free trips and commissions. We will provide you with promotional materials If

and training. you are interested,

As well as being used to help the third-year telecommunication students. Cooper said the dish is also used to videotape educational programs offered through

Dan Schiiier/Spoke

satellite television.

Cooper is unsure of what will be done with the eight-meter dish, but said that it is in fine electrical working condition.

call

Hugh

or

Alastair at 613-646-2241 or write to Wilderness Tours, P.O. Box 89, Beachburg, Ontario, KOJ ICO.

D.S.A.,

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lite dish.

dishes

more

Fast and accurate

there was a problem. A mechanical actuator arm, which allows the dish to swivel, was bent. Cooper then decided the arm had to be replaced. But to his disappointment, the part would cost about $18,000.

Cooper said as they were taking it down, they carefully marked every piece they took apart. Over the next few years, the dish was assembled and a

$6,000.

satellite

a

can always depend

Music

Conestoga’s two

it

respectable publication.

is in

school to be a pharmacist. I have been told that he is an expert on drugs), we were in the field when a policeman came over and told us that we had to go with him. Is there some law against growing tobacco. Right now we are at the police station. They keep talking about some lady called Mary Juwana. I don’t know where she fits into the story but I am sure things will be cleared up soon. Bail has been set at $1,000. As I do not think these officers are too fond of us would you please forward the money immediately. I am sure you will consider it a small sum to pay for the welfare of your son. Don’t worry, dear parents, I have promised the police that I will have nothing to do with Miss Juwana anymore.

fit.”

Schiller

team.

Spoke and make

WORD PROCESSING

Dish receives sateiiite signais By Dan

faculty.

think I’m in trouble again

Reprint Once again

They also felt they could clean up the image of

today’s Spoke began appearing with the Sept. 25, 1979 issue. The first athlete of the week was Tom Finlayson, a secondyear business student and a member of the varsity golf

There are no Spokes on file from 1980 and 1981. In January 1982, the Journalism department of Conestoga

and problems encountered in a student’s lifestyle away from

Apparently you can -even have them monogram-

and

Home

Letters

Dear: FFF: Explain to your boyfriend that you could never look at

Home

Letters

Dear

never revealed her real name. Other popular columns that appeared in Spoke in the late 70s were Letters Home and Masters of Rock.

less

anyone

on.

until

Cammie

$5 adv.

pm Doon

$7 door

Tickets sold in

DSA

Cat

Activities


4

Spoke, Monday, Feb. 16, 1987

Polar Party

1987

Photographs by Terry De Souza/Spoke

fe<X>w>uÂť'

% Dee Atchison

flying high

Mark

Loreatz,

Tony Karais and John

Preiditsch cuddle their

creation, Frank.

Johnny Toronto displays balancing act.

Mushing

oft to

a good start

Heather Henry, Cathy Walker and Chris Diesbourg on the rocks


spoke, Monday, Feb. 16, 1987

5

Wilcox entertains ‘nice crowd’ at sold-out pub By Terry De Souza David Wilcox hypnotized 400 people with his guitar boogie at Conestoga’s Doon campus cafeteria Feb. 5, during a party which was the grand conclusion of winter carnival week. The show was sold out early. Tickets were priced at $7.50. Wilcox performed all of his popular hits such as, The Bearcat, Hypnotizing Boogie and

tain an audience, you have to “suss it out.” I look to see if the

was “under

crowd would

seeing a lot of David Wilcox in the future, he replied, “I certainly hope so. I love music. I

some

You can

roll.

most of the crowd was huddled around the stage, which left the majority of the room unused. Wightman said that there is a legal limit to the amount of people that are allowed in the

cafeteria during pubs and therefore there will be no more ticket sales other than usual at the next pub.

students,” said Wightman. “The rest must have been escorts.”

Wightman did any more

not give this credit than previous pubs, but the $3,500 pay that Wilcox received came

pub

back in fast ticket sales. Wilcox said that he doesn’t judge an audience by what kind of environment they are in, whether it is a college crowd of a bar crowd. “I judge individu-

because

I

thought

it

93.

Comics get By Terry De Souza Conestoga held a pub night Feb. 5, which started at 7 p.m. celebrating the winter carnival week. The pub was a preview of the grand finale featuring David Wilcox which was held the following night. Admission for the event was $2 and included a plate of lasagna, the first glass of beer and a complimentary Molson’s

mug. Entertainment for the evening was supplied by Johnny Toronto and Glen Ottaway, a combination of acrobatics,

magic and comedy. The routine consisted of card tricks, an illusion of a newspa-

We

if

have played

to

last

word

ence will laugh and the person shuts up,” said Ottaway. “I like doing the college crowds better,” said Toronto. “There is less concentrated drinking and there is more

room

for

“The most embarrassing thing that has happened to me during an act was when a lady didn’t throw the flaming torch up high enough to me. It fell back down and singed a bit of her hair. Surprisingly, people take things like that very well. The audience is our friends and we’re theirs,” said Toronto. “I lived in Miami for two years,” said Ottaway. “The

atmosphere was very cold. There is ridiculous competion apd they are cut-throats. To-

said Ottaway. “When you pick people to come up on stage, you read them first. Usually you pick someone who

the entertainer’s life. five days a week to make lunch for my kids,” said Ottaway. “I get up at 1

is

volunteering

their

friend

because they are a bit more outgoing. People who jump up and say ‘Me, me,’ you don’t use, because they’re going to make an ass of themselves.

“When dealing

with

hecklers, you have to get the

word in. The audience want to hear some jerk, they want to hear you, so if you get the last word in the audi-

last

doesn’t

is

it

Terry

out on stage

great.

Entertainers

hang around with each other and exchange lines.” Being married does not

hamper

“I’m at home

p.m. everyday, it’s rough.” Members of the comedy team are happy enough doing thir routine and cannot foresee

any change

De Souza/Spoke

CONESTOGA NIGHT? YOU BET! The Kitchener Rangers have invited Conestoga College

in their lives.

game

to a

Rangers

vs. Sault Ste.

me to terrorize people

on the uni-cycle. It’s hard playing to a crowd that you have to scrape off thetabies.”

ronto

Wilcox sweats

some

per being torn, juggling act performed on a unicycle and comedy aided by chosen members of the audience. “Reading the audience is a major part of comedy, you learn a lot about human nature,”

out.”

would be

there was a songcalled the Bearcat. The song Cheap Beer Joints was written from a list of things that caught my eye in the beer joints that I have played in.” Wilcox said that he tries to stay away from songs about the road because not everyone has travelled in a band. “I play to anybody who will listen. Whether they’re three or cool

time work at 21. At the age of 14, he made a record as a back-up musician for a blue-grass band which

is

comes

songs comes from many things. I wrote. Do the Bearcat,

crowd, which it was, I have a good time and feed off the energy.” Wilcox said in order to enter-

it

just naturally

mean drums. David

a nice

audiences. If

you are Canadian. “It’s tough for everyone. I’m as proud as a

Canadian that you can ever meet, but music comes first. I don’t think about being Canadian when I’m up on stage it

Rose, the bass player, was introduced to me by a mutual friend who told me he was fabulous, and he was.” Wilcox has a album in the discussion stages at the present time andtherefore, could not divulge details, but he did assure that a new David Wilcox album will be released. “Inspiration for writing

children that really got into the music and that’s great.” Wilcox started his career at the age of 12 and began full-

al

love playing and singing it.” Wilcox said that it isn’t tough to make it in the business, if

in the laying a track for another artist. “I was on guitar and Whitey was on

really

“Approximately 75 per cent of the guests at the pub were

be

when they were

acid... I

co-ordinator, said that although tickets were sold out the cafeteria could have held another 400 people because

will

“Whitey,” his drummer,

an encore.

ment

we

playing with one hand or something stupid like that.” Wilcox has been with his two band members for approximately three years and met studio

Wightman, entertain-

this

tell

and by

if

reactions. Sometimes I do a trick on the guitar, such as

Cheap Beer Joints. The show started at 10.30 p.m. and last until 12: 10 with Jeff

like a ballad or

fast grinding rock

the table”.

When asked

Friday, Feb. 20

$6.95 tickets for

8

pm

ONLY

Get your tickets in

2!

Marie

Kitchener Auditorium

Door and game prizes

DSA Activities

Office

D.S.A.

ELECTIONS Positions: President

Vice-president

Nominations open Feb. 19

They

live off the audiences’ applause and will continue to do so until they become too old to be

Closing date March 13

juggling on unicycles and] standing on stages for twoi hours, twice daily, seven days a week.

Forms available

in D.S.A. Office


6

Spoke, Monday, Feb. 16, 1987

Two decades By Carolyn

He moves over

We managed to convince them we weren’t to the stereo

system in the dimly-lit room and selects a tape of “Yuppy music to wash your music

BMW to.” Bob Pritchard

home

in the

is

right

comfortable,

at re-

laxed atmosphere of room 2A65, where he teaches classes in psychology, media culture and history of popular music. Pritchard has been teaching at Conestoga college since Sep1968, after obtaining a master’s degree in counselling

tember

at the University of Virginia. In 1968, he taught electives for the communications-design divi-

included broadcasting, film, design, photography and journalism. He is married, with two children and lives in Kitchener. He is originally from Welland, where he worked as an instrucsion,

Doon and

at

which

stealing the car, but we had to spend the night in a cell.” He said people in Europe then treated Canadians dif-

ferently, especially hitchhikers, because they would go out of their way to help you get to where you were going

sometimes up to 200 km out their way. He and his friend spent

of 11

days on a freighter Europe and toured every country, but Greece. They split up after two months and Pritchard went to Italy rain-filled to get to

while his friend went to Spain. They reunited just before returning to Canada.

But you can really find out how good a friend is by travelling with them.” Pritchard said he and his family spend their summers at their cottage near Brockville. His children are Jane, 11, and

“We went through a really bad period with disco and now we have new wave. I like the

dressed.

60s jazz, but

Tommy, 7. When his

finding a job. “Back then they wanted to try as many things as possible. They studied courses for their own value, not to get jobs. We even offered a course called Searching for Significance. It was a ‘do your own thing’ kind of course.

son started skiing lessons at Chicopee, Pritchard tried it and has decided he would like to become better at it.

“I

have never been

to

Europe

winter ... I’d like to go back to Switzerland and maybe ski the Alps.” Because he has been here for almost 20 years, Pritchard has seen a lot of changes take place in tbe

“They weren’t as achievement-oriented or as job-oriented, whereas students today have to be concerned about

“Conestoga was evolving, trying to find its place. teachers didn’t use textbooks and examinations. Tests too,

Some

ed.

Everything was changing

and

it

ly for

10

p.m.

Bob

Pritchard

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a band like my favorite, Stan Kenton’s, and then write a book on what it was like to travel with a band.” Pritchard has been teaching his popular music course for almost 10 years.

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In April of this year, a special award will be given in memory of a special man. For 13 years, A1 Logan worked as head of Conestoga’s counselling department. Al loved the college and his work. He was willing to get involved in and tackle any-

Program and Year

Name

of

Nominator

Address

Telephone

thing.

Program and Year

He demonstrated

warmth and caring entire college

On July

5,

for

the

community. 1981, Al Logan

died of pancreatic cancer at the age of 56. During his last of Criteria months, while he was in hospital, family and friends decided that both an award and a The individual will have demonstrated a warmtn and bursary were needed as a responsiveness in caring for and enriching the lives memorial to the man they

Statement

of an individual student or a

group

of students. He/she will have made a contribution to the Conestoga community through their initiatives and involvement in leadership activities at the College. Please describe in detail the activities and action which you feel fulfill the above criteria, and include this written description with the application form. Completed applications should be submitted to 13 , 1987 . the Student Services Office by

loved.

The bursary, managed by the college awards office, is for students in desparate need of funds. They decided that the

award should be presented each year to a student who displays qualities similar to those of Al Logan. The award given to a student for is significant contribution to tlie community spirit of Conestoga

College. If

Signature of Nominator

Date

fill

wish

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Fears, Disco Sucks. It almost seems as though rock musicians have become heroes for kids.

“Young people only hear rock from CHYM or Q107. They don’t hear the old stuff so we go back to the turn of the century and see how much today’s music is similar to it.” Pritchard realizes the effect

music has on a person’s emotional state, and has his students pick a song that means something to them, talk about it for a bit and then share with the class why it affects them.

“You really get some interesting discussions out of it. Most students look forward to it.

When

felt it

choosing electives,

was important

something the students would find relevant, and I can’t think of anything more relevant than music.” Even though Pritchard’s room, 2A65, was altered to look more like a classroom than a lounge, the students still find it relaxing and a nice break from the typical Conestoga class-

room.

“Sometimes students who wouldn’t open their mouths in other classes feel at home here and open up. I attribute a lot of to the room, and I try to

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at-

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.

was confusing, especialsomeone inexperienced

image of “school as a prison, the teacher as a warden, and the student as an inmate.” “I never thought I wanted to be a teacher, it just happened. I always wanted to be a jazz musician. I wanted to tour with

n’ roll

.

I was.” Teachers were called “fellows” then, instead of masters, in an attempt to erase the

to

also like the old

I

Chuck Berry and Elvis. “If you go into a classroom and look on the desk, what you’re going to find is somebody’s cherished rock group Iron Maiden Forever, Tears

rock

as

countries. They spent the first of their European tour in a

Name

too.

There’s a tendency to jump on the bandwagon and say everything was great in the 60s. In some ways it was harder to teach then because you bad to be up on so many things. I was not much older than the students here and I felt intimidat-

day

We went out and explored the sites and got back at about 1 a.m. The hostel was closed up and it was raining so we decided to take refuge in a car. We thought we’d sleep there, but the police came along and wondered what we were doing. They couldn’t understand us, so they took us to the station to

said students

by the students. “I’ve changed a lot,

After grade 13, Pritchard and a friend hitchhiked across Europe for three months. In 1961, people were not doing that, and the boys were not aware of the rules of some

had by

He

issues

tor at a local tennis club. He the tennis coach at Doon for five years until the sport was abandoned by the college.

realize you be in (the youth hostel)

at Conestoga.

were considered debatable

was

German jail. “We didn’t

going strong

still

were much different in the 60s and not just the way they

“We were the best of friends.

interrogate us.

Willis

j.


Spoke, Monday, Feb. 16, 1987

7

Basketball Condors playoff hopes fading By Kandy Hicks The basketball Condors see

sion after a fight in a previous

tired

game with Niagara. Mark Ortelli once

whole game and we just again led 22 points.

because they pressed the

Condor scoring with

Conestoga College recreation

respectively.

and he looks towards the

centre.

Condor coach Rob Stewart said Yandryk’s excellent

playoffs with some optimism. ‘T think we’ve been playing more as a team than before and it shows on the scores too. We’re not getting beaten as badly. It’ll be tough (to make the playoffs). We’ll have to win the remaining games against the lower teams and we need some help. Other teams have got to beat the teams we play

The Condors played

a hard

formances with 20 and

made

10 points

game

fought battle against the Sheri-

shooting

dan team and were trailing 45-42 at half time. The Condors were able to narrow the points gap to 69-68 with four minutes left in the game, but they ran out of fuel with only had two

Benson was playing the team may have had a win. “I was happy with my per-

substitutes on the bench. Con-

dor player Greg Benson was benched with a game suspen-

and

the

formance.

We

played well the best that we can play with only seven guys against their 13 or whatever. They had so many guys, they just kept putting

more

.

We

out.

don, Dave Moore finished seventh and Trent Olney ninth in the men’s singles event. In men’s doubles, fifthe place went to the Conestoga twosome of Joe Huat and Greg McCle-

ment.

.

.

just got

up

Varsity sports round At the OCAA west region badminton tournament in Lon-

close

if

OCAA

College in London Feb.

trav-

elled to the Humber College invitational in Toronto. The Condors placed fourth in the tournament with a tie and a loss. Following a scoreless draw against Loyalist, Conestoga dropped a 2-0 decision to George Brown. The team will next see action at the

OCAA

as

When

I

was

talking to

coaches at the Toronto, they said

of the

schools in

they will have anywhere from 30-50 kids come out. Twenty kids will be good basketball players. They’ll have a pool of people so that if they lose players they can select from the pool. Our problem is if we get one guy suspended we only have seven players.” Stewart said the shortage of

Basketball standings

Tier

7.

decision to St. Lawrence in the opener, then lost to Loyalist by 15-6, 15-6. In the last match of the season, Conestoga battled Algonquin on even terms for three sets, but the Ottawa squad won after the third game, with the scores in the series being: 15-10, 10-15, 15-13,

some

interest and-involvement in sports from students, Conestoga could easily have one of

Conestoga dropped a tough

The indoor soccer team

interest.

more

Tier

tournament at Fanshawe

II

we have

as good a anybody does. I think our problem is to develop more interest and to get more kids out, for example, when it came time to pick a team at the beginning of the year, I ended up with 12 players. I didn’t have to cut anybody. That was the most who maintained any “I think

facility

against like George Brown and Fanshawe. It’ll be close if we can win a couple games.” Coach Stewart said with

tournament, scheduled for March 21 at Centennial College. The Conestoga varsity volleyball team finished their season after they came up short in a playoff bid at the

(OCAA).

couldn’t keep up the pace,” said Yandryk. Yandryk said the Condors are playing better and choosing their shots better as of late

their hopes of a playoff berth getting dimmer after a 82-72 home game loss to the Sheridan Bruins Feb. 5 at the

Alex Yandryk and Trevor Thompson had excellent per-

teams in the Ontario College Athletic Association

the best

15-11

15-11.

Intramural team of the week

I

as of Feb. 2

GB

L

PCT

Humber

15

13

2

.867

.0

Seneca

12

10

2

.833

1.5

12

8

4

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3.5

12 '12

7

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4.5

7

5 5

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7

6

.538

GP

School

Mohawk Centennial Sheridan

Fanshawe George Brown St.

Clair

Conestoga Algonquin Niagara

13

makes it very hard for the team to practise. With only eight players they can’t have players

five-on-five drills.

“You can only be

as tough as practise and we have trouble getting enough guys for practices.” Stewart said the Toronto teams have such an edge on the Conestoga club because of the greater interest in basketball in Toronto. He said there is a lot of kids playing highschool basketball in Toronto and with

you

this

more people

to

choose

from

for teams. Stewart said he is also knows that some of the schools offer athletic scholarships for basketball players and said that might be- a motivating factor.

“There are some teams and

I

don’t know which ones they are that have some scholarships available. I think it pays tuition and that’s all and that would be of some assistance I think, in some cases, but I don’t think money is a big deal for kids that are coming to college, but with some kids it might be of some assistance.” In exhibition play, the Condors travelled to Brockville for the annual Brockville Winter Carnival invitational tourna-

ment Feb.

7.

In the opening

game they lost

5.0

Cross-Eyed Bears, Canada’s defending Seniro A champions. The next

4.5

102-68 to Toronto’s

14

7

7

.500

5.5

night, in the consolation semifi-

14

4

10

.286

8.5

nals,

14

4

10

.286

8.5

14

3

11

.214

9.5

12

2

10

.167

9.5

Conestoga dropped a Wa-

close-fought battle 60-59 to

terdown. Their next OCAA game is to be pldyed at home Feb. 19 against the Centennial Colts.

NOMINATIONS ATHLETE OF THE YEAR Each year men and women who have been outstanding in the area of Varsity and Intramural programs, as well as academic and community

The intramural team of the week for the week of Feb. 9 are the indoor soccer league champion Red Wigglers. .The Red Wigglers finished the regular season undefeated with a perfect 8-0 record, then proceeded to the finals where they blanked the second-place team S. S. Lazio 4-0. Team members are: back row, from left: Terry Weigel, Kevin Zach, John Bubak, Kevin Wilson. Front row, from left: Scott Ongarato (captain), Paul Colussi. Laying across chair: Roger Frias. Absent from photo are Doug Moore, Brian Tucci, Bernd Kunzler, Steve Jamrik. Sponsored by

San Francesco's

involvement, are selected as candidates for Athlete of the Year. Anyone from the college can submit a nomination for a coach, a friend, faculty or a teammate. If you know of someone who should be nominated, please fill in this form and drop it off at the Athletics Department.

Name

of Nominee:

Reason

Name

for nomination:

of nominator:

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is

Friday,

March

20.


Spoke, Monday, Feb. 16, 1987

8

Varsity athletes of the

Randy’s Remarks ‘So what By Randy Hicks

yachting series with a 4-0 victory over the defending Australian boat Kookaburra III. It wasn’t even close. The American boat won the final race Feb. 4 by a one minute and 59 second margin. Conner got his revenge. In 1983 he piloted the first boat to ever lose the America’s Cup. Liberty, the boat Conner lost in, was leading 3-1 in the final

when

sud-

denly Australia III came up with three straight wins ending the longest winning streak the sports world has ever seen. The streak began 132 years

ago in 1851, when the Schooner America won the cup for the first time. It never moved from its

the big deal’

America’s Cup racing has elite sport. Only the rich can get in the game. Conner and his Sail America syndicate from the San Diego Yacht Club built three yachts and spent $20 million on their campaign to win back the cup. It cost the Stars and Stripes $20,000 a day in expenses just to race in Australia.

become an

The Americans took their cup back home. Skipper Dennis Conner and his boat, Stars and Stripes, won the best of seven final in the America’s Cup

America’s Cup

is

resting place in the

New

York Yacht Club until 1983. There has been a lot

of

changes in the racing since 1851. It used to be muscles and sailing knowledge that won the cup. Although these qualitiesare a factor in victory, it is technology and millions of dollars that win the modern

still

races.

Australian multi-millionaire Kevin Parry spent $18 million by himself in an unsuccessful attempt to hold on to the America’s Cup.

The millionaires and the business giants think nothing of tossing away big bucks into

boat.

This

very hard for members of the public to view an America’s Cup race as they would a hockey game. The races take place miles from shore and people wishing to watch a race up close have to pay hefty prices for a first class sunburn on a chartered boat. From the boat spectators can watch one 12-metre yacht trail another 12-metre yacht accross the ocean. In America’s Cup races a 30 second lead accounts for a sure victory. Only a disaster, such as a ripped sail or a bomb exploding in the bow can turn the tide on a lead It is

sport

in

David Mills of Brantford, a member of the varsity hockey squad has been chosen male athlete of the

sport.

week

why

Then

all

the

media

attention for the championship, halfway accross the world? Why all the dollars

fought

spent by private and corporate sources? Because of the 132 year old streak. Since 1851 Americans were able to boast that they were the best in the world at the sport and nobody could

what has been called the come world’s worst spectator sport.

only

the

is

which spectators can read a book for 20 minutes and glance up from the page to discover that they haven’t missed anything. It is not an action packed

close to them.

The American

elite don’t like

being second best. The Australian defenders wanted to hold on to their glory of being the first country to wrestle

away the cup from the American grasp. To the wealthy yachtsmen of each country it was worth dropping a few

for the week of Feb. 2. Mills scored three goals and added three assists in two Ontario Colleges Athletic Association (OCAA)

games. Mills

is

a first-year student in the Civil Engineering

Technology program at Doon campus. Terri Mennarciano and Mary Jane Earls, both of Kitchener, have been named female athletes of the week for the week of Feb 2. Mennarciano and Earls are members of the women’s varsity volleyball team. In last weekend’s OCAA Tier II tournament, held at Lambton College in Sarnia, both displayed leadership and steady overall play in matches against St. Lawrence, Loyalist and Algonquin. Mennarciano is in the second year of the Early Childhood Education program and Earls is in the second year of the Recreation Leadership program at

Doon campus.

million for three years of brag-

ging rights. After four months the America’s Cup races were finally over and the hype began to die

down.

New

By Carolyn

Comet

us. One of, “So what’s the big deal. I didn’t see

Conestoga College is opening a new Ontario Skills

anything.”

Development (OSD) office in downtown Kitchener,

left

Willis

Bonnie Kennedy from Employer-Centred Training said the OSD program is one service Conestoga offers, and the other is Futures, a job training program for people between the ages of 15

consulting service to employers in the area who want to know the best method of training for their employees. The consultant decides what to do, and OSD trains the

Dave’s Dialogue

Catch the fever Millea

Attendance in sports is important. Without the fans, sports on a professional level cannot survive. Our hardearned cash is turned over to the athlete. However, on a varsity level, our hard-earned our attencash is not needed dance is.

The varsity

sports

in

this

are something which can be enjoyed on the same level as that of a professional college

franchise. Maybe that is too much of an exaggeration, but

you get the idea. The Conestoga Condors have competitive teams in such sports as soccer, basketball, hockey, volleyball and softball, and these squads play in competitive leagues. In fact, the women’s softball and

men’s touch football teams were silver medalists in thei? respective activities this year the second best teams in Ontario in their sport! That

should deserve

some

recogni-

Conestoga College varsity program, and the tion of the

players themselves. Fans should

come

out and support

their peers. It’s the least they can do.

Handle stress before

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From what

I

have seen since

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varsity hockey

games are

starting to draw some respectable crowds, which is a great

improvement from previous home games. A couple of hours on a particular Wednesday or Thursday afternoon or evening might not hurt. The Condors do play competitively, even though they have losing re-

The varsity hockey team has suffered a losing year as their record stands at 1-17 and are eliminated from the playoffs. But they do have one home game left to play on Feb. 18. Be at the Centre to add a little encouragement to the team your team. Varsity men’s basketball is still in progress, and they do have a shot at a playoff berth. This sport is played indoors, so there cannot be any excuses for weather here.

Women’s recently

on Conestogans, wake up and enjoy the action! The Conestoga Recreation Centre, which opened in 1980, is right on the Doon campus, a five-minute walk from the farthest point on campus. We’re not talking about a crosscountry trek here. It’s practically next door. I’m sure the players, the coaches, and you, the fans, will it.

Who

Condor Fever

knows, maybe will arise out of

Let’s hope it does not take so long for the fans at Conestoga College to catch the fever and participate. all this.

24.

government (Ministry Skills).

of

The move, scheduled

for Febuary, will be to 659

King

East

St.,

in Kitchener.

JOB OPENINGS 1987-88

STUDENT INTRAMURAL COMMITTEE

Are you interested

in

sports

programs at Conestoga

College or want to learn more about the operation of the Intramural program?

Get involved by being a member of

the Intramural Committee.

There are various positions to be school year. Applications are

filled for

now

the 1987-88

being accepted for

these positions:

volleyball team has started, and placed

third in a tournament held here at Conestoga last month. Come

enjoy

and

The funding for OSD comes from the provincial

employee. cords. But then nobody would they don’t go to know that the various events to find out. cost a dime, so It doesn’t everybody can afford it, and it’s a good break from the pressures and rigors of school.

open

skills office to

got the same empty feeling that I had after Halley’s I

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week

Men’s,

Women’s and Co-Ed convenors

Intramural

Convenors

for:

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and

tour-

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and assignors of

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For more information and applications call 653-2511 ext.

386 and ask for Barb McCauley or drop tre.

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