Faculty strike ends return to classes
^eachers
mediations. Martin Teplitsky was appointed mediator with jurisdic-
By Andrea Buckley Ontario community college faculty returned to work Nov. 16 after a 28- day strike which focused on issues including salary, sick-^eave benefits and job Education Minister Sean Conat
the provincial legislature
Queen’s Park Nov. 15 he
in-
tented to legislate the teachers
back
to
work. However, the On-
tario Public Service
Employees
Union, representing 8,800 college teachers, and the Council of Regents “took a voluntary step towards resolving the dispute,” and agreed to one final effort at
new
agreement. If an agreement is not reached by
Nov. 30, the issues
will
go
to ar-
bitration.
Conway
security.
way told
tion to arbitrate the terms of a
was advised by
said he
the College Relations Commission that the successful completion of
courses of study in Ontario’s colleges was in imminent jeopardy.
He
said the
commission recom-
mended if the strike continued, students
may have been
in
pleased also that the parties
were able to agree on a mechanism for resolving their differences.”
Conestoga teachers returned to 1 5 for an information session to help ease them back into their programs. Faculty met with program chairpersons to sort out problems and discuss plans. College president John Tibbits said this was necessary because it was difficult to the college Nov.
covering
all
said input from faculty
was
form a guide programs.
He
danger of
needed
losing their year.
Conway
am
said he
was glad
the
over and students will be able to return to the classroom. “I strike is
in the
process and that a transition period was essential to help teachers and students adjust to the sudden return.
SPOKE Conestoga College, Monday, November
Opinions
on solution
differ
negotiations
By Brian Shypula Union and management repreConestoga College have differing opinions about the sentitives at
agreement for mediated negotiations that brought an end teachers’ strike which had shut down Ontario community colleges for 28
20,
were
legislation or arbitration, but a negotiated contract. Moszynski said serious talks
would be beginning, explaining new mediator Teplitsky could bring fresh perspectives and ideas to the negotiations.
days.
“I’m happy
it’s
over,” said col-
Tibbits said
if
the issues
go
to
lege president John Tibbits about the strike. However, he said he
arbitration, “it could be bad news.”
doesn’t like the solution. “It leaves things up in the air,” Tibbits said, explaining he would
long, legal process that could prolong a decision until the new year. If the final arbitration favored
have preferred an immediate
one side, Tibbits said, it could ruin the relationship management and
resolution to the issues dividing the Council of Regents and the Ontario Public Service
Employees
Union.
Jay
Moszynski,
union
He
explained arbitration as a
faculty are re-building.
Furthermore, if the arbitration proves to be unpopular, Tibbits said it could set a dangerous prece-
spokesperon for Conestoga faculty, said teachers are pleased to be back at work, and have faith a contract will be reached in the
dent for future strikes.
mediated negotiations. OPSEU and the Council of Regents reached the agreement for
mediated negotiations was a sign of good faith in bargaining, a belief in the process,a desire for a fair and equitable solution. Moszynski added that should some issues go to arbitration, the union would have to learn to live with the decision, whether they are good or bad for the union. He said teachers are responsible and
mediated negotiations Nov. 14. Under the agreement, negotiations will continue until Nov. 30 under the supervision of provincial mediator Martin Teplitsky. Any unresolved issues after Nov. 30 will go to binding arbitration, with Teplitsky as arbitrator.
“Both parties have been negotiating since last March and haven’t been able to reach a negotiated settlement,” said Tibbits. He acknowledged there are two more weeks to reach an agreement, but but said parties have been defending their sides so long, it is
when two
often difficult to
move.
“I’m hopeful for a negotiated setI think it would be ideal,” said Tibbits, but: “I think its going
tlement.
to
be very difficult”^
Moszynski said mediated
the union’s “unprecedented” move to
believe in the process of arbitration,
one of the bases of the
Both men said it was time management and union to put strike
for
the
behind for the sake of the
LaSSCl SUggCStS Open forum By Andrea Buckley Doon Student Association president John Lassel is relieved that the faculty strike is over but thinks something should be done to ensure students are better informed in the future.
Lassel said administration went out of its way to set up meetings
with the college student associations but union officials were not as helpful.
“My real concern is how we can avoid
this in the future,”
he
said.
management would
not carry a grudge against teachers and it was “time to be professional and get on with it.”
Moszynski said union/management relations at Conestoga have historically been good and should continue to be so.
Lassel suggested an open forum be arranged so that discussions can be held with students and union officials. He thought it would be
Lassel also said he was glad Education Minister Sean Conway
was willing to take the step to get the teachers back to classes. He was “way
helpful for students to express their
said a four-week strike
concerns to the government. Lassel said he tried to read as much as he could about the issues involved in the strike beforehand,
too long” and that some guidelines need to be drafted to specify a cer-
but was still confused. “Perhaps the only good that has come out of this is the reality of how quickly things can happen and
is
the fact that
we must keep
in-
tain last
number of days a strike can before a student’s school year
jeopardized. “In 1984, a 17-day strike was threatening the school year. This strike was in its 28th day,” said Lassel.
“What
will
happen
in the
future?”
formed.”
March break cancelled He said the year end could differ for individual programs.
Compar-
same. Tibbits said
it
was important
for
stu-
programs, Tibbits said arranging
the college year to end as close to normal as possible, explaining the
dents received at information ses-
hospital clinical studies for nurses
longer
the chance
Faculty and students were invited
was more complex than rescheduling the program for graphics students, who were able
to attend separate information ses-
to work independently during the
credibility
March break is cancelled was the message Conestoga College sions held Nov. 15,
one day
after
the teachers’ strike ended.
sions conducted
by chairpersons
College president John Tibbits said the meetings were necessary to ease the transition from a strike situation to classes.
He added
another day would have been help-
from an administrative
standpoint, but management could not tell students to stay away from the college after what they had
Tibbits said while the March break was cancelled, Christmas holidays, from Dec.
would remain
ing the nursing and graphic design
strike.
Tibbits stressed
from each program.
been through.
students.
Tibbits said
1989
ful
democratic system.
in
Men’s hockey team opens their season with two road victories.. See page seven.
before the faculty strike ends. See page three.
By Brian Shypula
Moszynski said talk of arbitration was premature. He explained
Doon Student Association president John Lassel claps response to news of the faculty strike being over.
Second-year marketing student quits two daya
the “best alter-
native available. ” He explained the union did not want back-to-werk
(Photo by Brian Shypula/Spoke)
decision-making
22
intact.
to Jan. 2,
The
first
semester will end Jan. 12, but Tibbits said it was difficult to estimate how long the academic year would be extended.
it
was important
that individual courses within a
program end at the same time. He explained that after the 1984 strike, teachers were allowed to end classes at their own discretion. This created problems for students because their years could be drawn out at the expense of one course. This time, Tibbits said the province has set parameters for the end of all courses within individual
programs
He
said
to coincide. it
was unlikely
all col-
leges would have the same academic ending date, explaining the relative differences between ending dates for individual colleges would probably remain the
it is
drawn out, the greater more students would
drop out.
However, he said academic must still be balanced with the length the second semester is extended. Furthermore, he added the demands placed upon students must bQ
balanced credibility
academic with and the year’s exten-
sion.
Tibbits said he
met with student
leaders throughout the strike, at one point discussing classes being
held seven days a week. However, the leaders said this accelerated timetable
would place too great a
burden on students, both academically and financially, as students would not have opportunity to
work part-time. Tibbits said more changes or adjustments may be made as the damage from the strike is assessed.
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Germany tears down the East
wall
By Brian Shypula The recent events
in East
Germany
startled the world.
Everyone knew the Berlin Wall had to come down eventually. Family, friends and countrymen could only be divided so long. Nobody expected it would be this soon. As I watched East Germans perched on top of the barrier, hammering chunks out of the Wall, I couldn’t help but remember the day I spent in East Berlin
more than a year ago. The day began auspiciously. Emerging from the train station in West Berlin, I was immediately frisked by a hefty, german female security officer. What was going on? After being sent on my way, growing numbers of armed a
little
YOU TELL
personnel carriers could be seen patrolling the streets. Their occupants were dressed in anti-riot gear. Soon, helicopters ap-
pear^,
relentlessly circling high
above the
What
city.
Was I on the right side of the Wall?
over?
found out all the security was intended to protect digan International Monetary Fund conference. West Berlin citizens, mostly students, were planning a massive I
later
US:
are your reactions to the faculty strike beina ^ .
nitaries attending
IMF decision to make foreign aid conditional. took the subway into East Berlin. After an eternity of
rally to protest the
We
It’s great to be back. Holidays were nice but you can only take so much
showing passports, filling out forms and exchanging money, we emerged behind the Iron Curtain. A short walk took us to the main
of
street I
was impressed. The buildings were majestic and
stately, the
It’s
parks well-kept and clean and the outdoor cafes full of happy was not what I expected, you couldn’t even get away
people. This
from the
Then I
Betty Mercer
Second-year management
First-year nursing
studies
from Madonna and Michael. dawned on me, these people were tourists, just like me.
latest releases it
needed
to find the real East Berlin, the city
I
had pictured
in
my mind. I
did, as
we walked farther from the main
street,
1
passed only a few people, none were smiling. Faces watched us from behind half drawn curtains. The greyness of the place was suddenly unappealing. I left East Berlin in a sombre mood. The rally was almost in
1
full swing in the West, but I ignored it. After my travelling companion and 1 parted, I found myself drawn back to the Wall. It was night now, and the lights on in East Berlin were much
the flash of the west side.
I
could walk right up
Wall and touch it. I was alone. Suddenly I knew what was bothering me. The should have been a protest on the other side.
protest.
over but I hope the teachers got what they wanted.
I’m happy
We
dimmer than
mjt
1
everything got
greyer and shabbier.
V
it.
Geoff Kroeger
about time.
it’s
Pete Bouctsis Second-year accounting
1
They should have
^ 1 i g
There
It’s
about time - that’s
all
There was just too much
in.
I
can say.
in jeapor-
dy.
Jan Vandenhoff Second-year construction
Second-year management studies
)
way
Karen Auid Second-year marketing
I’m happy because I want to make some money in the summer but I was starting to enjoy my vacation. Leigh Toft
to the
settled
before the government stepped It lasted too long.
^®3lth care system limps off into oblivion ?
..
f nf»ir Tilt* 1 their fur coats, leather
1
_i_
jacke^, long beards,
diamond- studded earrings or battered tennis They all had one thing in common - Jim Waechter. Tears flowed from every eye in the church.
By Andrea Buckley Jim Waechter could always make people He was known in Cambridge for his impersonations, his comedy shows and his smooth disc jockey’s voice. Many say he didn’t have an enemy in the world. I knew his Kermit the frog imitation anywhere. He made Thanksgiving dinners hilarious and wedding receptions wild. Waechter died Nov. 8. Funerals are never easy, and this one was no exception. Hundreds of friends filled Preston’s St. Clement’s church to pay their last respects. People from all walks of life restlessly sat in squeaky wooden pews in laugh.
Death anyone case
is
unavoidable and can happen to at any time. The difference in this perhaps Waechter’s death could have is
been prevented. It seems Canada’s health care system has failed again, caused another family grief and provoked another investigation.
Waechter’s fight began with several visits to his family doctor and an eye specialist. Tests were done in more than one hospital. It was several weeks later, when a friend brought him into Cambridge Memorial Hospital’s emergency room, that the problem was diagnosed. Waechter had an aneurism in his heart and required open heart
surgery.
was several hours before a hospital was found that could perform the operation. Records show that Hamilton General HospiIt
^ ^^
told Cambridge at 5:30 p.m. they had a bed and a surgical team ready, but Waechter did not arrive in Hamilton until after 1 p.m. 1 tal
that night.
The delay caused brain damage, partial blindness, kidney failure and a collapsed lung before he was finally wheeled into the operating room. Surgeons replaced Waechter’s ripped artery but could not do more at the time because of his critical condition. He died before doctors could repair the damage.
Cambridge, Kitchener, Waterloo and Guelph are
in the centre of the fastest-growing area in Canada. They boast about being
home
to the largest car manufacturers in the world, a world-renowned meat-packing plant and three first-class universities yet, none of their hospitals are capable of performing open heart surgery.
The population continues to grow and mulno beds for critically ill
tiply yet, there are
patients.
so
People are rushed out of hospitals
room can be made, sometimes before they
are ready to
go home.
Like every social or political problem, it all comes down to money. Hospitals need more funding and as long as the government continues to finance costly, unnecessary programs, Canada’s health care system will suffer.
The worst part is that nothing was done about Waechter’s fatal abuse until he was dead and buried. Family members bravely and the phones rang non-stop few days after surgery. The next weeks of waiting were suffered in silence until Waechter’s death sparked a new wave of controversy. The calls began again and only now are government officials investold their story
for the first
tigating fully.
This is not the first death that may have been caused by neglect It won’t be the last either. Hopefully somebody will make a move in the right direction and begin healing Canada’s limping health care system. Thanks Jim, for opening some eyes, and may you rest in peace.
spoke, Conestoga College, Monday, November 20, 1989
Frustrated student quits program By Sharon ^
Slater
second-year marketing student Steve Melynchuk spent the day cleaning out his locker and left Conestoga College with his last textbook under his arm.
With
the
community college some
faculty strike lasting 28 days,
Conestoga College students like Melnychuk are ready to quit school and because they ’re short of money, are thinking about entering
He blames the administration for doing such a poor job of keeping the students informed about the
read
it I
think
I
didn’t really believe
it’s
just their
I
it.
and trying
of the students
Melnychuk
said the length of the
may prompt some high school students to think twice about applying to community colleges.
lege students could reconsider ap“I don’t think the strike will af-
any individual programs but the college as a whole may be affected by the strike,” he said. Melnychuk said he plans to return to school in September 1990 to finish his program. He said he has to think about his future and he
been financially
strain-
him to accept a position as a manager of a restaurant in the in the Brampton area. “I feel bad that I’m not motivated towards school because I did pay the money out and I do want my education,” he said.
Melynchuk said he would have been foolish to turn down the salary and extensive benefits. “With the strike lasting as long as has, the school year is
be extended,” he
still
said.
going
“By
the
unit.
to
His wife said he was hoping 15, because he
be released Nov.
was feeling much better. She said Wesseling’s doctor said the chest pains were not a heart
by overwork and long hours attack but were caused
around everyday. “In a few years time I want to be able to put on my resume that I
negotiations.
strike I will
manage
have the opportunity to
this restaurant for
months,” he
nine
finish his year, his lack of interest
said.
removed from
Melnychuk
in school
might cause his marks
stress,
at the
She explained the doctor had told Wesseling not to think about the strike too much, adding her husband was still concerned but knews be needed to rest. Wesseling received a giant get-
worked as a manager after only one year of college and due to the
students.”
his
now-empty
“I’m not going to come back only to fail
to
several courses or do poorly
in them.
drop.
I
really don’t
have any-
locker. (Photo by Sharon Slater/Spoke)
thing to lose by taking this job. But I could lose a lot by coming back and completing the year.”
well card, signed by faculty picketing Waterloo campus Nov. 13, the day after the rally. He was quite pleased said his wife, who hopes her husband will remain at home to rest a few days after
he
is
released.
canceiled as strike ends
By Brian Shypula
A
Nov. 15 student protest and sit-in at Conestoga College’s Kenneth E. Hunter recreation center was cancelled with the news that striking Ontario community college teachers would return to their jobs Thursday. Students had planned the rally to develop strike-breaking strategies including picketing the offices of
MPPs and protesting at each of the college’s campuses and at local
s Park. The rally
minate with a student recreation centre
Wesseling remained under observation in the hospital’s cardiac
knows that a job opportunity like the one he has doesn’t come
said students will have a lot of catching up to do. He added that if he did come back to
Sit-in
curred.
fect
time the college students get out of school for the summer, all the better-paying jobs will be snapped up by the high school and university
Melnychuk said that he is aware of two other friends that have
Wesseling returned home to Guelph but was taken to Guelph General Hospital by his family on Nov. 12 after the chest pains re-oc-
plying for next year.
continue with his courses. Melynchuk said the fact that the ing has prompted
attack.
He said some first-year col-
on, he doesn't feel motivated to
’
next day. Wesseling’s wife, Elizabeth, said he thought he was having a heart
back.” strike
“The beginning of the strike was a godsend, I was able to get caught up with three reports that are due in December,” he said. But since the strike has lingered
Queen
munity college teachers’ strike. Bart Wesseling, president of Conestoga’s local faculty union, was taken to a Toronto hospital Nov. 9. He remained overnight for observation and was released the
way of keeping
to gain the respect
it
Chest pains resulting from stress landed a member of the union negotiating team in hospital twice during the final week of the com-
haVe received one fact sheet about the strike in the mail,” he said “There is a section in there about the students’ year not being affected. After I “In three weeks,
the students in control
to
By Brian Shypula
strike.
Melnychuk, said he opted to drop out because of the frustration and anger he feels towards the education system.
lospitalized
tion.
the the work-force.
strike has
Local union Dresident
decided to go into the work-force instead of continuing their educa-
Two days before the strike ended,
was to cul-
sit-in at the
College appeared in danger as
dent John Tibbits was totally supported the protest. She add^ Bill Cleminson, director of student services at Conestoga, was also very
well.
helpful in providing legal
She said she felt her academic year was jeopardized, adding her younger brother’ s year at Georgian
“It was time for somebody to take
action,” she said.
The
nd be-
Trip
Update
All trips
offered by the
havioural guidelines during the sitin.
original plan
was
to protest
Nov. 21 convocation. Bennett said this was changed because it would be unfair to the graduating at the
“They worked hard
for
it,”
her
work
in organizing the sit-in
she to a
prepare her in the event she ever found it necessary to take similar
said.
Once plans were changed
With the strike ending before the planned student rally, Bennett said “wasn’t for nothing.” The experience will be helpful to her social services education, and
students.
sit-in,
Doon Student Association
Bennett said college presi-
Doon Student Association
action.
which was to last
the duration of the strike.
Alexis Bennett, a part-time social
News
services student and a rally or-
ganizer, said she hoped media
would have pressured the government to end
coverage of the
the nearly four-week-old faculty
protest
Approximately 30 to 50 students were expected to participate in the she said. Bennett said she decided to organize the protest with co-operasit-in,
tion
flash
WILL
sit-in
strike. All local mass media sources had promised to report the
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Police arrive at teachers’ rally Epp were extended
By Brian Shypula Approximately 1 70 striking Conestoga College teachers marched quietly in front of Waterloo cam-
pus Nov. 13 after negotiations between union and management broke down on the weekend. Despite the disappointment of
Mike Young, a picket-line captain and comthe failed talks,
munications and theatre instructor at Doon, said the mood of the teachers was upbeat and determined.
The picketing was
interupted
by
a visit from Waterloo Regional
Dave Bishop
invitations to
speak, but Moszynski said they had given the striking teachers no
support and were probably afraid
come. Ontario Public Service Employees Union president James Clancy was also asked to attend but could not due to a scheduled to
meeting with presidents from all college faculty local unions, he added.
With the breakdown of negotiaMoszynski said there were
tions,
three possible solutions to the
mediated talks between management and faculty involving strike:
government, binding arbitration,
said
or back-to-work legislation im-
police received a complaint that
posed by government. He added the union would still prefer a
Police. Const.
pickets were unreasonably stop-
ping cars at the campus’ entrance. Bishop said hadn’t seen any problems on his drives by the cam-
pus and he wasn’t concerned by the complaint. He explained strikers are
welcome to stop cars to
converse as long as there is no violence, or threats made toward the drivers.
Moszynski said he had a hunch would be settled quickly, likely by Wednesday. If not, it will go another two to three weeks, he the strike
added.
Moszynski said the strike would end soon after Nov. 13 be-
likely
cause of the possibility of an early
Jay Moszynski, spokesperson for the
negotiated settlement.
Conestoga
local, said several
speakers were invited but were unlikely to attend.
Local Liberal MPPs John Sweeney, David Cooke and Herb
provincial election. dents, teachers
Angry
stu-
and parents would
make a potent political force, explained Moszynski as his reasoning for the Liberal government to become
involved.
TO SUPPORT STAFF: We appreciate your encouragement an6
(Photo by Andy Shoenhofer/Spoke)
Striking teachers gather at
a
rally
held at Conestoga College’s Waterloo campus.
TO OUR STUDENTS: WE’RE GLAD TO BE BACK WITH YOU!
help throughout the strike.
Many
thanks.
In solidarity,
THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR SUPPORT.
Faculty and counsellors,
OPSEU
Local 237. Faculty and counsellors,
OPSEU
Local 237
Spoke, Conestoga College, Monday, November 20, 1989
Alumni assist By Sharon
at
5
convocation
Slater
Conestoga graduates took an acconvocation ceremoniesr Nov. 18. “This is a fairly new idea, and we introduced it at the June convocation,” said alumni officer Mary tive part at the college’s
Wright. One graduate was approached to be an alumni speaker and others
A broken lamppost awaits
helped usher. “This is done to give a brief introduction to the graduates about the new association they will be a part of,” said Wright. She said the alumni association wants the new graduates to remain involved with the college.
the repairman. (Photo by Brian Shypula/Spoke)
Lamppost knocked, down had
By Brian Shypula
tion
A red, cattle truck knocked over a lamp standard outside the Kenneth E. Hunter recreation building at
approximately 9.30 p.m. Nov.
13, according to
Doon campus
security.
Bob
campus
Gilberds,
security
supervisor, said he didn’t
know
what the truck was doing in parking lot one, but it knocked over the post and then drove off. A campus security officer patrolling the lot saw the incident and managed to get the truck’s licence-plate number. Giberds said he thinks the security guard made no attempt to stop the truck, adding: “It’s not
their job to
apprehend them
anyway.”
The matter has been handed over to
Waterloo Regional Police,
who
are investigating.
The incident occurred at an inopportune time for the college, as the lamppost was located near the site of the college convocation on Saturday. Gilberds said the post
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If they
a post,
were going
why
to
couldn’t
it
knock over be in park-
ing lot four? asked Gilberds.
Damage was estimated at $700 to $800. The post was repaired since it could not be replaced as the com-
pany which made it went out of business a few years ago.
The alumni speaker for this year’s convocation was Steve Howes, a 1988 marketing graduate, who is now co-ordinator of marketing services at Paris Playground Equipment Inc. Howes will greeted graduates and gave them an alumni package which includes a copy of Connections, the Alumni magazine, brochures and a membership card,
Alumni officer Mary Wright sifts through some graduates’ phone numbers as she plans their roles in this year’s convocation.
(Photo by Sharon Slater/Spoke)
Alumni members’ response to helping at this year’s convocation was good. Wright believes they enjoy coming back to the campus and can see what changes have
finding out where the graduates are and how they are doing. She said the alumni association
has approximately 2,800 members involved now and there is a poten-
“The main advantage for the alumni members is they can
vited back, and the association
tial membership total of 26,000. This number grows about 2,000 per year.
remain in contact with the college and they can maintain relationships with fellow students and of course faculty,” Wright said
graduates
have the convoca-
negative attitudes towards the col-
been made. “It’s almost an honor feels it’s appropriate to
come back
at
to
be
in-
Alumni members don’t have
tion,” she said.
lege, said Wright, but
Wright said the graduates are busy grad tracking, which involves
the strike,
because of
some did not want
cross picket lines for meetings.
to
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Surfin’
DSA pub features
trip prizes, By Brian Shypula Doon Students Association’s Nov. 12 Surfin’ DSA pub didn’t create as big a splash as hoped for but it wasn’t a wipeout either. With few students on campus because of the teachers’
strike, the
DSA was worried attendance would be poor at the Bingeman Park pub because students wouldn’t know about the event, said Cheryl Davenport, activities co-ordinator with the DSA. According to Davenport, 175 people attended. “We were satisfied with that, but not thrilled,” she said.
iimbo dancers
Record’s entertainment section the day before and day of the pub. They also included a message in the second strike facts sheet mailed out to students, plus their usual advertising in Spoke. Nevertheless, the pub money, but Davenport
still
lost
said the
DSA wasn’t even expecting to break even. Davenport explained the pub was intended to give students an outlet for fun plus maintain some sort of school spirit during the strike. Tlie highlight of the
pub was a
raffle for a trip to Puerto P’ati
ir.
Dominican Republic, v/hich was won by Conestoga student the
The number of people attending
Steve Donnelle. Rolling Stones
may be attributed to some different
concert tickets were also raffled
promotional methods used by the DSA. Instead of wallpapering the campus with posters, the DSA spent $400 for two advertisements in
the
Kitchener-Waterloo
off,,
with
Michelle Godin the
lucky winner
Simone Portelance and Saundra Schmidt won prizes donated by Canada Cooler.
The double-jointed winners were Quang Lam, Gary Gomik and Tuan Nguyen, who finished test.
second and third respectively. Reigning champion Kim Brown retained his muscle contest title with Jim Gaudet and Frank Galizzi flexing their way to second and first,
third place finishes.
A Video Voyage pub is the DSA’s next event, scheduled for Nov. 23 at Bingeman Park Lodge. Ticket prices will be four dollars
Conestoga students, six dollars and prizes will be donated by Molson Breweries. Two other contests scheduled were a Beach Boys sing-a-long and a muscle contest. The Beach Boys contest had to be cancelled because MuchMusic, suppliers of music and videos for for
for their guests
the party, forgot to bring their
Beach Boys music. It was replaced by a limbo con-
Conestoga College
In
Remembrance
Presents
Jim Gaudet, third-year construction engineering student, taps down the dirt around an oak tree planted as part of a
Video Voyage Pub
Remembrance Day service Doon cafeteria
that took place Nov. 10 outside the
Canada's#! Music Video Roadshow (Photo by Brian Shypula/Spoke)
8 p.m.
CAPE’S first Alcohol Awareness Wppk
Thursday, November 23
•
DRINKING AND
at
DRUNKENNESS will
Bingeman Park Lodge
be postponed
This theme week will be added to the end of our cam' paign now that the school year has resumed.
It's
The theme week
Raw Party Power...
Molson Prizes... Conestoga College Trivia
DRINKING AND LEARNING planned for December 11 - 15
is still
$4 Conestoga College students
$6 Non-Conestogo students
Free Nooner with
Tickets ovoildble
Barry Kennedy Tuesday November
21
at
11:30 a.m. IN
student cdrd must be presented
THE DOON CAFETERIA
or at the
Age
in
the
DSA Activities
door
of Majority Required
Office
spoke, Conestoga College, Monday, November 20, 1989
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SPORTS Condors lose three on weekend with 15 points and Paul Bauer had 12 points in the game. Conestoga
By Mike Matthews The team the
varsity
men’s basketball of their games at
lost all three
Mohawk
Invitational Tourna-
ment Nov. 10-11, but coach Dave Lack was encouraged by some of the things he saw in the three losses.
“Marty (co-coach Marty Kings)
Conestoga’s Jim Harley drives towards Fanshawe’s basket at the Mohawk College invitational tournament. (Photo by Mike Matthews/Spoke)
Seneca press
effective
Seneca’s defensive pressure and
By Mike Matthews
tight coverage forced Conestoga to
The varsity men’s basketball team’s 94-49 loss to the Seneca Scouts Nov. 9 in their home opener was an improvement over the
hurry
Fanshawe
in
Seneca’s ability to
London Nov.
“We knew I
was
move
pretty
much what
expect from them before the game,
pretty pleased
we had some success
with our effort today,” said coach Dave Lack, who shares the coach-
and
ing duties with Marty Kings. “It
times we had difficulty with said Kings.
was a much improved the
at times
in breaking their press, but at other
effort after
it,”
“At the half we basically reviewed ly game plan, and reemphasized what we wanted to do. I thought we came out and played a pretty good second half as they
game in London.”
j
Paul Bauer led Conestoga with 15 points, while teammates Scott
Ferguson and James Kenny chipped
to
12 points each. Wayne Gibson was the top Seneca scorer with 15 points and Constantine Stewart had 14 points in
Following the
Mohawk
tional tournament in
Nov. 10- 11 Conestoga has three road games. They play at George Brown Nov. 15, at Humber Nov. 23 and at St. Clair Nov. 29 before hosting Centennial Nov.30 at 8:15
for the Scouts.
,
Defensively, Seneca used a court press that created some problems for Conestoga early in the game, and as a result, the Scouts led 50-24 at halftime. full-
which a good sign,” Lack said. The Condors played Fanshawe in their second tournament game and lost 100-46 after having trailed 50that in half this time around, is
22
“This was similar to our first league game with Fanshawe Nov.
weekend, as they played very well in spurts and are getting better,” Lack said. In the first tournament game the Condors lost 94-61 to Mohawk. Jim Hurley led Conestoga scorers
4,
at halftime.
when
they beat us 101-40, as
once again we had a very poor first
Lack said. Paul Bauer scored 10 points against Fanshawe and Clint half,”
ing signs.”
Hockey team opens with two wins By Mike Matthews The varsity men’s hockey team opened their regular season with a pair of road victories over the University of Rochester Nov. 1011, winning the first game 7-6 and the second game 8-2. “We had a very good weekend in
over three minutes into the game Conestoga had a 2-0 lead with goals by Brad Chard and rookie
Matt Webb. Conestoga led 4-1 after the first period and 6-4 after the second. The teams traded goals in the third period before Rochester’s sixth goal closed out the scoring with
Rochester, as we started the season off on a positive note,” said coach
1:26 left in the game.
Scott Long. “With the regular season only being 18 games long, every game is very, very impor-
scored twice and Rob Datz and Jeff
In the first
Invita-
Hamilton
at the half.
pleased with the team’s play this
tant.”
outscored us by 19 (44-25).”
38-24
“Mohawk beat us by 60 the first time we played them and we cut
and myself were somewhat
the ball
casion.
4.
“Overall
that threw off
tempo at times, and
downcourt quickly caught Conestoga off-guard defensively on oc-
team’s season- opening 101-40 loss to
some passes
their offensive
trailed
Belanger contributed eight points. Conestoga had a 37-35 halftime lead over Champlain College from Lennnoxville, Que. in their third tournament game, but lost 95-73. Mark Dekker and Clint Belanger both had 21 points in the loss to Champlain. “We’re still having periods of inconsistency as a team, but we are discovering that we can play with some of these teams,” Lack said. “Being a young team we do some things very well and there are other facets of the game we need to work on, but as a team we are getting better. There are some encourag-
game Long
said the
team’s plan was to get out of the gate quickly, for the players to go as hard and as fast as they could in the first few minutes to take the partisan Rochester crowd out of
Webb
scored three goals. Chard
Couler added singles for Conestoga in the first game as the Condors outshot Rochester 27-20. In the second game, Jeff Coulter
scored three goals, with Dean Darrigan, Doug McIntosh, Gary
Boudreau, Doug Liberty and
The team did exactly
that, as just
“In the second
game we moved
puck more fireely, and seemed more relaxed than we were in the first game, (since) we have such a young club some of the players felt the
a little pressure in opening the season,” Long said. “We were slower out of the gate in the second game, but from a team standpoint it was a better overall performance than the first game.”
Conestoga outshot Rochester 3015 in the second game.
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David Kinsella all scoring once for Conestoga. Kinsella’s goal came on a penalty shot after a Rochester player had thrown his stick and hit the puck as time expired.
Athletes of the
Week
Conestoga College Hosts
Extramural
Women’s
1st
Annual
Ringette Tournament
When:
Friday,
March 23, 1990
8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Where: Conestoga College Arena Costs:
$100 per team
Includes lunch
and
prizes
Karen Auld
Jim Harley
Karen Auld, a second-year business
total of 38 points
administration
three
management studies student, is this week's female athlete of the
vitational
week. Auld led the
women's basketball squad in the Mohawk College invitational tournament, scoring a total of 34 points and being named to the
tournament
all-star
team.
REGISTRATION DEADLINE;
Jim Harley scored a
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games in the Mohawk College intournament
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Spoke, Conestoga College, Monday, November 20, 1989
Canador student
“We felt
By Brian Shypula
that
it
was making
While the teachers’
strike temporarily halted
from
is
a serious
business, marketing t- shirts with the logo “I survived the strike of ’89.”
Depicted on the logo are two caricatures of stuOne is holding a sign reading Pro Education while the other is sitting with textbooks scattered around her. Darin Tucker, an environmental biology student at Canador College in North Bay, said he was “trying to think of a
buying a shirt to Tucker, but will not officially endorse the merchandise. Davenport received a letter from Dean Wray stating the t-shirt would act as a momento of the strike. She said a momento should bring back pleasant memories and that most students would rather forget the
samples of the
The entrepreneurs have
set
up
their
own
small
dents.
way
make
to
work
it
rnm
I
for
ONTARIO
Wray
'
COLLEGES
ploit
letter,
and
wrote:
“Our
it
to
at
Sanford Fleming
Prizes
Tucker confirmed Wray’s comment, saying the experience of operating a business was more imHe explained that as a
“I’m just amazed,” said Tucker explaining his disbelief that students from a college business program have not thought of the idea. He added the people he has contacted are surprised the partners
portant than a big profit.
are not business students. three are trying to sell their t-shirts through
“We mainly wanted the experience and to at least break even,” said Tucker, joking his growing long-
student governments at all Ontario community col-
distance phone bill might jeopardize a potential
leges.
profit.
Tucker said they have had little success so far, selling only 155 shirts to the two campuses of Northern College.
However, Tucker added he
is still
optimistic as
Mohawk Colleges
have
all
expressed interest in buying shirts after the strike. He said the problem has been difficulty in communicating and getting information from student governments. Tucker said he was uncertain if rep-
from student governments were even on campuses during the strike. Anticipating sales to pick up after the strike. Tucker has set up a phone service for customers to call while he is back in classes. The group approached the Doon Students Association to sell shirts but were turned down. resentatives
Cheryl Davenport, activities co-ordinator for the association, said the executive thought to get
Draws & Door
least
investment.” at Sir
College.
poor idea
Cash Bar
(the strike),
retrieve our initial
enrolled in
Niagara, Sheridan and
Kitchener
experience from a venture such as this,
and wildlife studies
The
600 Wabanaki Drive,
but to gain valuable
as partners. Dean studies mechanical engineering at Canador, while his fish
AT THE CAW HALL
intention is not to ex-
"
Wray,
is
same
In the
STWtllCE t»w
came naturally. Tucker enlisted his friends. Dean and Dave
brother
Saturday December 2
strike.
(the
me,” and the t-shirt idea strike)
Dinner & Dance
issue and we did not want to give the impression of taking sides.
However, the association has purchased a few shirt and has informed the partners they are willing to put up posters advertising Tucker’s product. Davenport said the association will forward names of any students interested in
northern Ontario have set out to learn a lesson of a different sort.
Christmas
light of the strike,”
said Davenport, explaining the stike their formal education, three college students
Come join us for a
sells t-shirts
it
involved with the venture.
was a
24-year-old mature student, he has had eight years
$15/person
experience in the workforce, building up enough savings to withstand a failure in this venture.
$30/ couple
He said they needed to sell only 200 to 300 shirts break even, because of the deal they received from their supplier. Tucker explained the logo design and t-shirts were obtained from a contact in Kirkland Lake with whom they had previously done business. The shop even extended them 30 days of credit, he
Numbers
to
are limited!
To Purchase Tickets Contact: Susana Fortis
at ext.
474
added.
and $7.50 Tucker said these low prices
Shirt prices are seven dollars for white
for coloured shirts.
have
left the
partners with
little
profit margin.
Puerto Plata
He
explained the group wanted to keep the price low in case individual student governments wanted to
mark up the price to make a profit for themselves. Even if the venture proves to be a failure. Tucker said he would stand behind the idea. He said cap-
February 24
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3
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0,000 college students would make the business
successful.
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