SPOKE
Conestoga College, Monday,
April 20,
1
987
Council presidents meet well.
By Andrea DeMeer Incoming Doon Student Association (DSA) president Paul Colussi spent the April 10 weekend learning the ropes at the Ontario Community Colleges’ Student President’s Association’s (OCCSPA) orientation meeting for new student council presidents, held at Mo-
hawk College. About 16 new presidents learned how to deal with student populations, decrease apathy apd lobby government, Colussi said in an interview. A new chairman of the organization was elected from Seneca College, and new regional representatives were elected as
Colussi said that several resolutions were passed, and association bylaws were implemented to condense the chairresponsibilities. The as-
man’s
sociation meets four times a year, and meetings are held throughout the year within separate regions. Colussi said that while the conference was a success, he was already familiar with the workings of student government and the association, having spent last year serving as the DSA vice-president. During the conference Colussi
and Bruce Hunking, outgoing
DSA
president, proposed that
student governments be given
Doon parking By Deanna
er’s proposal to increase parking meter prices.
The meter
fees at the college because the meters are old and it would cost more to change the prices, said Bob Gilberds, chief of will not increase
Colussi said that receiving activity fees is not a problem for the DSA but “at other colleges their adminstration holds it over their heads.”
Regional representatives began meeting on Wednesday, April 8, but Hunking and Colussi
didn’t arrive at the confer-
ence until Friday, April 10. Colussi said that becuase of classes and finances, they only spent two days at the five-day conference.
Hunking reported that the conference cost the DSA $220.
unchanged from the parking meters and
while on campus must pay the fine to the City of Kitchener. The college parking lot is private property and, as such, is entitled to law enforcement protection, including invalid parking, vandalism and auto accidents, Gilberds said funds collected
college. They are used to maintain and upgrade the parking
'
l
Conestoga College students will not be affected by Kitchen-
college (student president) likes it,” he said.
th e college ^ r ty at who u recieve a park-
se
Ball
rates
the inalienable right to receive student activity fees from college administrations. “Every
Students ing ticket
sticker
The annual Conestoga
Col-
lege boat race, sponsored by the Doon Student Association (DSA) in co-operation with Labbatt’s, has been changed from Saturday, April 11 to Saturday, April 25.
DSA
co-ordinator Sandy Nay said that recent weather conditions increased the water level in the Grand activities
The point where the Grand and Conestogo rivers meet is the starting point for
River.
the race and the level of water was in a flood situation and unsafe, she said. “We are hoping that in two weeks the majority of water will have flushed through, therefore causing a normal flow of water so we may have a safe canoe race.”
and pay security guards. The extension of the parking lots to accommodate the in-
ordinator
The electrical-mechanical department at Conestoga College’s Guelph campus has branched out with a new program from its Electro-Mechan-
were
ical
Technician
gram. According
to
(EMT)
of
both
programs,
mechanical and hydraulics
pro-
Ron Speed,
co-
taught
EMT
original ever, the
jointly
in
the
program. How-
new two-year Electro-Hydraulic Technician (EHT) program was started because “both of these fields, mechanical and hydraulics-air, are so big that
it’s
essential
we
attending
crease of students
Doon campus in September from the emergency care and nursing programs will be an parking
lot
expendi-
tures.
“Funds
will
come from
reve-
nues obtained from the rental of parking spaces by staff,
and students,” said Simon Niklaus, contruction supervisor of the Doon campus. faculty,
A bus service for the nursing students at Conestoga’s Guelph will be transferred to the new Doon facility next year, was proposed at the college’s last board of governors meeting in an attempt to alleviate the parking problem.
make
into two it identities,” he said.
separate
Speed said the EMT program mainly mechanical, dealing with motors and the operation of machinery while the EHT program deals mainly with air and fluid. As an example, Speed said knowledge in electricity is a is
as well as the communication of technical information, technical report writing and industrial management. “The separation comes in the core area of mechanical versus
grams
fluid-powered systems,” he
“The objective of the new program is to take all pneumasaid. tic
and fluid-power
into factory
automation.” With about $500,000 worth of
modern equipment available to the program, students will work their way right-up to
Photo by Carl Lackenbauer/Spoke
Precarious position
—
radio and television, Brad Adamson, third-year broadcasting returned from a fourth-floor ledge at the Doon campus main building to receive a stiff warning about safety.
starts at
required course in both pro-
Students learning basic hydraulics
Photo by Bob Reid /Spoke
campus, who
program
Electro-hydraulics By Carl Lackenbauer
are paid to the
lots
added
Boat race postponed
sales
intensively dealing with Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC’s) and Robotics. “Our equipment is currently up-to-date. It’s state of the art, which is exactly the same thing
Guelph campus
in the field today. We’ve found out through our investigation that PLC’s are the key in industry,” said Speed.
The program, which
is
60-
per-cent hands-on, deals primarily with PLC’s and has 20
such systems, which are operated by each student, who will initially create a program and then feed it into the system and operate the equipment via the data entered. “We’re very proud of our set-up,” said Speed. “I would venture to say, there’s no other college in the province that can touch what we have. We’ve got the high-tech stuff right here. We also have a lot of expertise. Pretty well all the instructors are engineers.” He said graduates of the program will go into the field all
well prepared. “The industry has been very impressed with the knowledge graduates possesscoming out of here. For example, a graduate of ours was with a company that had to operate a PLC. Yet nobody in the plant knew how
program, so he
said, for you. After loading the program he told them it was way too long and to load the
look,
I’ll
do
it
that he could shorten it significantly. They let the kid go at it and he did it. They phoned us later and told us they were just
amazed,” Speed said. Several organizations are showing a keen interest in the program. “The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBW) will be visiting our department to have a close look at our program. They’re interested in training electricians on PLC’s. The Toyota company is also showing great interest in our program be-
what we do here is exactly how industry does it today,” Speed said. The program can enrol about 20 students each year. cause
Those
chosen
need
to
have
strengths in physics and technical
mathematics.
The average
starting
wage
in
industry for graduates is about $22,000 a year, he said.
2
Spoke, Monday,
April 20,
1987
A
OPINION
V
A
(
Letters to the editor
SPOKE Staff:
Deanna
Ball,
Andrea DeMeer,
comments Beth Nichols,
In regards to the article printed in Spoke (Monday April 6), we would like to have a say in what Miss Rita (Joan Rivers) Becker has discussed in her latest column on the lounge popu-
produced by the journalism - print students of Conestoga College. The views and opinions expressed in this newspaper do not is
necessarily reflect the views of the college
Address: c/o Conestoga College, 299 boon Valley Drive, Kitchener N2G 4M4. Telephone: (519) 653-5380.
Ontario,
Viewpoint By Deanna
attend
the
puter programming
was men-
There are some benefits in being a ‘fatty’. An increased tolerance to the ignorance of others, the ability to keep self-values, regardless of the number of people who demean your bulging form, the ability to do twice the work to get the same recognition, and not necessarily
It
has provided
the
DSA
elec-
tion itself. I
have great admiration for any showing the initiative and
student
interest in his or her school to run for election to the DSA. It is a great apprenticeship for the fascinating field of politics. One of the major principles of politics is the right of the people who elect public officials to know how much they are paying for representation. The policy of the DSA has been to say “trust us,” when asked for this information.
I
don’t
.
If
insurance “I’d say no. The government already runs too many things and has control over a lot of different areas.” Judy Bonneville, 3rd-year business accounting.
1
st-year
ac-
some
“No, I don’t. The government runs enough things and might mess this up too.” Larry Mitchell, lst-year electronic technician.
of the people
used car would be an appropriate response, but they are not. They are representing the student
The money handled by the DSA is monitored by the college’s board of governors so a Sinclair Stevens-type
body of a college whose students have
As past DSA president Bruce Hunk-
every right to know how money collected with their tuition fees is spent. Only in a college where less than 15 per cent of the students cared enough to vote could this travesty go on for as long as it has. The apathy demonstrated by this follow-the-leader mentality has allowed the DSA to create a politician’s paradise where the public accepts everything it is told without
ing stated during election speeches to those who stopped talking and eating long enough to listen, the money earned by DSA members is small in relation to the work involved. That said, it is all the more ridiculous to continue refusing to voluntarily reveal salaries because it is DSA policy. Who on the DSA made this policy? Where can he or she be found so the wisdom of this decision can be explained to those of us less gifted who cannot figure out the reasoning for our-
question. Sinclair
Stevens,
Spoke invites comments from
staff at
“Yes, I do. I figure it will be cheaper for a college guy like myself to better afford it.” Ken Holmes, lst-year business management.
If they were serving salesman apprenticeship,
wages.
editorial
Week
Sherry Parsons, counting.
Fooling
officers’
The
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. 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.
favor government-run car insurance?
“No,
or ‘thins’). It’s the inside contents that count. I find that the above gives slight comfort to us ‘fatties’. It is perhaps better than hearing the words, “You’re a bigger person than they are and can overlook their cruelty,” or perhaps the next person who only weighs 120 pounds and comments to a person who weighs 160 pounds, “You’re not fat. I’m fat. Look at this bulge. Disgusting isn’t it? But you’re not fat. Just big boned.” Fat! It’s still an ugly word. But it doesn’t make for an ugly person.
a
this
operating
under
similar circumstances, could have used taxpayers’ money to save all his troubled companies and had enough money left over to mint his wife’s Christ coins. Fortunately, people were concerned about the handling of public funds, so an inquiry was demanded.
will deflate his
Michelle Ringle lst-year BroadcastingRadio and Television
written,
companies are privately run they might be more competitive and you can shop around more.”
because you have to move a massive form of stale beer, potato chips, and chocolate. There is more to a person than his or her exterior form (whether they are ‘fatties’
who
Have your say
Thirdly, to get a “fix” of a video is not the same as putting money in a vending machine. (Where did she get
Do you
Scarpelli
enormous ego. Pat Brown Naela Choudhary
ment).
(fat).”
Mr.
The Viewpoint article entitled Marriage is the Pits, was not only poorly it was offensive.
Question of the
think
deserves to find himself a
and Pac Man. However, since we have been attend-
that from? Her own fix?) Also, how many “video junkies” were surveyed to determine that they were failing because of their “addiction?” If she feels this way
(DSA)
We
offensive by Salvatore Scarpelli, in the April 13 issue of Spoke
Perhaps I sound envious, but, in reality, I hold a higher opinion of myself. I know that I am doing the best I can to lose that portion of winter beer and body abuse, from what will never be a thin body. However, over the years it has struck me that many people base their friendships on whether a person is aesthetically pleasing or not. What strikes me as even more perplexing is the number of people who will not tell you the reason they have chosen not to be your friend and the number of people who will come out and say things like, “I can’t be your friend because you’re fat, and I don’t want to catch
more controversy than
wolves?
video games, such as Galax-
ing the college this year, these two games have not been present (nice judg-
who compares marriage to the mating habits of
she-wolf
ia
his
is not even remotely interesting and definitely not worthy of printing. Why would you print an article written by someone
com-
Column
computer programming,
Fat. What an ugly word. I said it to myself over and over and I agreed it is an ugly word. Worse, for fat people (fatties) it’s spring. No longer will we blend into the crowd of bulky sweaters and thick pants. Now we stand out like a skunk at a garden party, as the thinner people (thins) don the latest in lightweight spring fashions.
his
Maxwell, lst-year construction engineering
Secondly, she mentions
—
Kostello, lst-year
Tom
I
keep out of
time
ing.
Bob
to
What he does with “harem” in his spare
writing.
The only thing good about her column was her spell-
Firstly, she should get her facts straight in regards to some of the stereotype com-
in
Underlying beauty
couraged
tric people.
tioned in the article and she did not have the time to take proper notes on what program I was enrolled in. I am
Ball
velvet-cushioned
lation.
ments made.
Faithful Spoke readers will no doubt be aware of the controversy raging through the halls of Conestoga College regarding the cone of silence surrounding the Doon Student Association’s
garbage. Mr. Scarpelli obviously has a serious ego problem, one that he should be en-
like
couches and other egocen-
not accounting.
it
university,
a
It amazes us that a college newspaper can print such
Harvard, where they have
Salvatore Scarpelli Spoke
towards people in the lounge, maybe she should
Stereotype
Editor: Bob Reid Associate Editor: Cheryl Mooder Production Manager: Carl Lackenbauer
situation
is
unlikely to occur.
all
of the pauper’s pittance given to
The only DSA response given
so far
that resembles a reason is that they do not want people running for DSA positions for monetary gain which is a contradiction itself to the vague outline
—
DSA
members,
as described by Hunking.The danger here is that any controversial issue developing in the future at the college could be kept secret by the DSA insisting “it’s policy.” Anyone curious enough to question a DSA decision could be zapped with an “it’s policy.” This DSA policy of secrecy, unlike the Ten Commandments, is not written in stone. It displays less thought and considerably less authority. As student members of a democratically-run organization, we do not have to accept
who open their mouths to why we should place them in power and close them after we put politicians
explain
them
selves.
the time
there.
we
are willing to have our affairs governed in this manner we should also be willing to accept the natural progression from policy making to simply If
policing.
Spoke, Monday,
Student survey: By Deanna
David Wilcox was the bestliked
entertainer,
Dirty
White
while
Boys were
the the
least liked of 12 bands who played at Doon campus pubs this year, according to an April 2 Spoke poll of pub-goers.
Bands which have appeared the past year include Wilcox, 1964, Endless Summer, cats can fly and Foreign Exchange, the group which performed the night the poll was taken. The April 2 pub the last
over
— of 12 pubs this year — attracted about 250 people.
For the
poll,
321 students, was the conclusion to the 1987 winter carnival
week and an early sellout. Ticket prices were $7.50 each. Runner up for the best pub of the year was the Homegrown Talent Night, a yearly event at the college which gives local talent an opportunity to perform on stage before a live au-
most appropriate night to hold them were posed as well.
identified,
per cent of the students surveyed. A further 25.8 per cent said security staff members were not well identified and the remainder offered no
comment.
3
by 67.74 per cent of students responding to the poll as the preferred time to hold pubs. Friday evening appealed to 22.58 per cent, and the remaining 9.68 per cent were divided among the remaining week days. At next year’s pubs, the
operating since the
survey indicated, some students would like to see more headline bands, dance bands and disc jockeys. Others would like to see comedians, (Bowser and Blue), imitation bands, rock bands and some blues
lunteered
Cats can fly, a top 40 band, received the fewest votes, finishing last.
According to the poll, the band with the best stage show was Wilcox, followed by 1964, cats can fly, and Homegrown Talent Night, although there
some sound problems
(feedback) during the Homegrown Talent Night. The band with the best audi-
bands.
students surveyed who drink during the pub had their last drink before 10 p.m. a dras-
—
difference from the 45.16 per cent who have their last drink at midnight or last call
tic
and then drive home an average of five
Endless Summer, a group which performed Beach Boy material, for the fourth posi-
according
to 72.58
Foreign Exchange, Homegrown Talent Night, Chalk Circle, and Endless Summer. Thursday evening was selected
members
security staff
Third place went to 1964, a Beatle look-alike and soundalike band. Foreign Exchange tied with
were
According to the survey, to which 72 people responded, the best pub this year featured David Wilcox on Feb. 12.
The band with the best light show was Wilcox, followed by 1964 and Endless Summer.
Pub
were well
dience.
students were
participation. Questions concerning future pubs and the
ence participation was Wilcox, followed by 1964, cats can fly, Endless Summer, Homegrown Talent Night and Foreign Exchange.
Students surveyed chose the following as the entertainment they would like to see again next year: Wilcox, 1964,
tion.
asked a series of questions concerning the bands, including which one had the best sound, lights, and audience
1987
Wilcox was hot while Dirty White Boys were not a Doon campus survey of 1986/87 pubs shows
The Wilcox pub, attended by
Ball
April 20,
Results of the survey showed that 79 per cent of the students were in favor of the designated
driver program, supported through the Doon Student Association (DSA), while 11.29 per cent were not.
Prior to the poll, only 4.8 per cent of the students surveyed knew that the DSA had a
designated driver program, pub. students attended each pub, with approximately 13 students (4.08 per cent) submitting slips to become designated drivers. Although only 4.08 per cent of the people attending pubs vo-
An average
first
314.3
be designated drivers, the survey showed that 50 per cent drink and then drive home. Only 6.47 per cent of those to
Two
to 10 miles.
students who replied they drink and drive also reported they have been charged sometime during their driving career with impaired driving. One of the students commented that it was up to him to drive home six or more of his friends after a pub. On the of the
average, between two and three students ride home as passengers with each driver who has been drinking, and one to two people ride home with people who have not been drinking. The correct answer to question 8 of the survey, a multiple
choice query which asked which of four beer brands did not sponsor a pub this year,
was
Miller.
It
answered by
was correctly
66.6
per cent of
the students surveyed.
Athletes honored at banquet henor of Rev. G. Allen Logan, a Conestoga counseller for 13 years. The award is given to an individual who, according to a statement of criteria, “has demonstrated a warmth and reposiveness in caring for, and enriching the lives of, an individual student or group of stu-
By Cheryl Mooder Athletes swapped running shoes for dancing shoes at the 18th annual awards night April 9 at the Transylvania Club in Kitchener. For the second consecutive
year. Sue Blacklock was
named female
athlete of the year. Blacklock, a second-year law and security administration student, was selected athlete of the week three times, was co-captain of the women’s
dents. Miller, a third-year accounting student, played varsity hockey and was an assistant captain, played on eight intramural teams, refereed for four other teams and was a member of the student intramural committee.
softball team and was named most valuable player, was an intramural participant and
was
a
member
The LAS A Enforcers, who
of the student
intramural committee. Giulio Mior, a third-year mechanical engineer student,
participated
many
events
covering men’s, womens’ and co-ed sports, won the intramural team of the year award.
was named male athlete of the year. Mior was selected athlete of the week twice, was captain
Most valuable player awards,
selected
by varsity
ed to: Steve Stewart (golf), Mior (soccer and touch football), Sue Blacklock (softball), Dave Jensen (hockey), Shar-
selected the most valuable player and was an intramural participant.
Dan Miller won the A1 Logan Memorial Award, presented in
ron
Kiely
ball),
Mark
(women’s basketOrtelli
(men’s bas-
philosopy of
life.
had more problems than any of you have seen in your lives because I was black,” he said. My thinking was “I am “I
to get
ahead
sented to varsity players whom the coaching staff felt should be recognized for their con-
The winners were: Paul Tucker and Paul Zuzan (soccer), Jill Dickinson and Kim Elsby (softball). Buddy Winslow (touch football), Karl Ball and Randall Demone tributions.
(hockey), Karen Auld (women’s basketball, Ed Jans(men’s basketball) and Sharon Vassell (women’s volsen
leyball).
Trophies were presented to intramural champions and athletic achievements awards were presented to 107 students in a point system. all
Kenneth Hunter, president of College, presented a
banner honoring the varsity golf team’s achievements, to the college. Hunter, who will be retiring in August, wanted a way to honor all students and noticed that the concourse of
means hard work, says
By Cheryl Mooder The only way
ciano
team members, were present- Conestoga
of the men’s soccer and touch football teams as well as being
‘Rat race’
in
and Terry Minnarand Mary Jane Earls (women’s volleyball). Coaches awards were pre-
ketball),
in
world is to work hard, Ontario Lt.-Gov. Lincoln Alexander told an audience of
this
aproximately 340 Conestoga College students April 10. “Even though you’re young, you’re in the rat-race now, so admit it,” he said at the sixth annual law and security administration (LASA) awards banquet at the Valhalla Inn in Kitchener.
Students have to be prepared problems and worries, but they should always remember that life is beautiful, he said. “You have to keep reaching for the stars and believing in yourself,” advised Alexander. “It’s only you who can make it, who can stand up and say, ‘I for
better than you are,” so I gained confidence and feared no man or woman.
The lieutenant-governor said his main concerns are Ontario’s youth and improved raceralations.
Students must learn the rules of the employment game, but in the process must learn to respect each other, he said.
Outstanding student awards, presented to students voted
most worthy by their peers, were awarded to Tsitomeneas, first-year, and Greg Cote, second-year. A $100
bursary
from
the Canadian Society for Industrial
People should be judged by the “quality of thoughts they think” and the job they do and not by their sex or the color of their skin, he said.
“I’m
telling
you young peoand to
ple to love one another
one another. A lot of wasted talent has come from
help
can do it and must do it.’” Canada’s first black lieutenant-governor has adopted this
Faculty awards were presented to first and second-year students for academic achievement, fellowship and leadership. Konstantinos Tsitomeneas received the award for first year while Marisa Vettor received the second-year award.
an attitude that has no ground.”
Security
was presented
to Neil
Kendrick who, according
to the
bursary’s criteria, successfully completed all the courses offered in the law and security program, completed three se-
mesters of the program and demonstrated an outside interest in the security field through part-time work and field placement.
Giulio Mior
surrounded by
his athletic
awards Photo by Cheryl Mooder/
the athletic centre was “kinda bare,” he said. It will become a Hall of Honor.
A
dance followed the presentations for the approximately 175
who attended
the banquet.
lieutenant-governor Liz Maloney, chairperson of the banquet committee, and Vettor, co-ordinator of promotions for the event, conducted an alumni search dating as far back as 1979. Aproximately 40
alumni attended the banquet. The band Research, headed by lead singer Greg Ballah, a second-year law and security student, and a disc jockey
supplied the music for a dance, which followed the awards presentation. To subsidize the cost of the banquet, students sold Christ-
mas cheese boxes, held car washes and sponsored offcampus dances. An excess of was raised and donated to Anselma House, a shelter for battered women.
$300
Slip joints solve The construction presentDoon campus cafeteria along the ly taking place in the
west wall, is expected to take one week, said Wayne Stortz, a worker on the site. Gravity and the weight of the building has forced the glass wall six inches out of alignment with the present structure, said Stortz.
problem
To solve this problem, workers have cut support rails at a similar height and will add slip joints to absorb the down pressures, so the glass will line up. “If left unfixed, the glass
would continue
to
move and
warp and eventually break,” said Stortz.
4
Spoke, Monday,
April 20,
1987
(SPORTS New
piece of equipment at recreation centre
By Salvatore Scarpelli looks awful, but the Reiser
It
I
Leg Extension Machine, with its air compressed controls and
cut-throat price tag, is a winner. Now that spring has arrived, fitness enthusiasts are cautiously taking a closer look at
before
figures
their
the
hot
days of summer. If you happen to be one of many who is determined to lose a few extra pounds and put some muscle on your body by going to Conestoga College’s
Doon recreation centre, then you must have noticed the new piece of equipment, which disguises itself as rocket seat, but actually is a leg-weight extension machine. Here on a trial bases from Keiser, a Toronto firm which specializes in air compressed
weights, the leg-extension machine will be at the centre’s
weight and fitness gym until the end of April, said Duanne Shadd, centre recreation co-ordinator.
Acquired April
3
from the
University of Calgary, which had it on loan for a few months, the Keiser weight unit has a price tag of $5,796. Shadd said he was contacted by telephone
month by a Keiser representative who earlier
the
in
asked if Conestoga would like to have the leg-extension machine for one month. Shadd
accepted the offer. unit is frequently used by students, although it received mixed responses at first from those who didn’t know what the machine was or how to
use it. “This line of equipment
new and advanced
manual
swimmer honored during
The past lurks in remote corners of sport, is elevated to Halls of Fame, documented in record books and possibly ex-
versity athletes honored from the past.
aggerated in the memory of aging athletes. History, however, no matter how many times repeated, is always interesting and exciting
At
he didn’t relish the idea of having his picture put up and ted,
added jokingly that now the university students had one
only time
I
Olympic games. For Campbell, winning the
teacher at Conestoga College’s Cambridge campus, the past seemed but a few moments ago when he was standing at
one of many peas in a pod for Campbell, who in the past has achieved international recogni-
the podium in front of hundreds of University of Waterloo students. Campbell, a member of six national swim championship teams and once ranked 16th in the world, was recently inducted to the University of Waterloo sports Hall of Fame. “I was overwhelmed and honored when told,” he said. I didn’t think anyone would re-
sity.
member me.” During the university’s athletic
banquet Campbell
re-
ceived a plaque to commemorate the occasion. In addition,
is
swimming
for the univerof accomplishments began when he took the gold medal in the 200 breast stroke, which he said was his
tion
His
list
specialty.
national
may
be more pleasant
who were champions
Sofia, Bulgaria, in 1979. heat and “I qualified in finished eighth in the finals against some of the world’s
my
best and future stars.” Among the future stars was Olympic
lor.
Then again, Mike Fortuna, a of Cambridge, would
native
choose to be on the golf course in inches of water, teeing off
at
An Olympic Canada
hopeful to reprein the 200 breast
stroke, Campbell said he missed qualifying for the 1980 games because of tonsilitis and considered
it
the turning point
swimming career. “I was very dissapointed. It was un-
in his
fortunate trials. I
that I missed the at the peak of my
was
career. I’m sure
I
could have
about
Conestoga
the team.”
Winning the 1981 Canadore College Invitational Tournament in North Bay, with his
represented Conestoga College in Ontario College Athletic As-
two-under-par the
greatest
75,
seemed
moment
to
be
as
a
Shadd said he encourages
who wish to look at the unit to give it a try. It was to be at the centre for a few more days before going on exhibit for Keiser in Toronto later this those
month.
Campbell has taught communication and academic upgrading at the Cambridge
campus
the water by instructor for the
being
in
for the past year-and-
and said he enjoys it. Aside from teaching, Campbell finds time to keep his foot a-half
to
answer and his recommendation to those who have trouble on the golf coarse.
(OCAA) play. Fortuna was a member for three seasons with the Conestoga
sociation
for his first hole of the day. It will be almost five years since Fortuna teed off and
cal.”
Photo by Salvatore Scarpelli /Spoke
made
the game and played golf just for fun.” Unlike many other sports, which require participants to psych themselves up before the big match, Fortuna said, being calm, cool and collected is his
in 1982.
would seem much more practi-
an
Cambridge
Aquajets swimming club, Campbell said he enjoys instructing and said it makes him feel he is putting back something which has givin him so
much
in the past.
unchanged since college
sports stars.
(MVP)
if
Ron Campbell holds swimming award
approach
Condors golf team and was selected most valuable player
He
the college was interested in the Keiser equipment, an exercise bike and rowing machine would be the centre’s most likely choice. “The leg extension machine is a great piece of equipement; however, I’m looking at the college’s needs. Getting an exercise bike and rowing machine for about the same cost
added
for five
Rear View mirror former
the
athletic banquet
success was “I took a casual
series
unit.
consecutive years. It was a real thrill to be a part of that
sent
One of a
doubts
Toronto
By Salvatore Scarpelli There
he
buy the
Waterloo we defeated Toronto,
he said he qualified to represent Canada during the World University games in as
Goifer’s style remains things to do in life than play a few holes of golf in the pouring rain. A rational person might rather guard the pumps at an all-night gas station or scrape the grease vats at a pizza par-
advanced features,
said, college will
seemed to rank highest on his most memorable list as a swimmer. “In my first year at
winning team.”
who
its
Shadd
against provin-
title
cial rival University of
Success seemed to follow Campbell while in university,
medalist Alex Bauman,
Despite
Campbell said that on a few occasions he swam against former national and Olympic great Graham Smith, who had
tache.” The Hall of
—
the University of without a scratch.
Calgary
ever could,” he
who were a part of it. For Ron Campbell, a part-time
to deface. “I will
Fame award
came from
said.
won many medals for Canada in both Commonwealth and
to those
machine’s proven durability, said. The Keiser unit
Shadd
was only 14. “I beat Bauman. Watching him now, I realize that was probably the
probably end up with a mous-
more photo
air
and released weight pressure required. There is no question of the
the time
Campbell addmit-
first,
is
pressure release and applied pressure controls are located an arm’s length along the sides of the seat of the machine. Shadd said such an advantage adds a safety factor over which the athlete has total control. A bit
University
his picture will be placed alongside the museum of uni-
it
“It is a very practical machine. In comparison to dead weights, hydraulics and universal weights, the Keiser line has an advantage because of the placement of the air pressure controls,” he said.
unit
By Salvatore Scarpelli
so
trols.
Duanne Shadd displays Keiser
photo by Sa)vatore Scarpelll/Spoke
that
is
being sent out on an experimental basis without instructions other than the pocketbook manual,” he said. Shadd said he is impressed with the legextension machine because the user has 90-per-cent control using the air pressure con-
The
applied pressure by the user’s thumb on the hand grips controls the amount of applied of
The
Winning the
Mike Fortuna Condor that Fortuna could recall. Not attemping to imitate play of golf legendaries Jack Nicklaus or Lee Trevino, Fortuna said, his secret to the
MVP
award was
an additional honor for Fortuna who said he couldn’t have done it without the guidance of
head coach Paul Knight. “Knight was patient with us and, in return, the guys respected and played well for all
him,” said Fortuna. A 1983 accounting graduate, Fortuna, 24, is engaged to be married and works as an accountant for Provimi Veal in Cambridge. Doubtful he will
someday play
at the Master’s
tournament of pros alongNicklaus and Trevino, Fortuna said, he continues to play at Galt Country Club and Conestoga Golf and Tennis golf side
Club.
“My game
hasn’t changed since college. I still keep a cool head while playing and continue to average two-
much
under-par for 18 holes, which isn’t too bad,”he said.