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1990
October
Conestoga College, Kitchener, Ont.
No cause found for blackout the college’s
By Scott Brady
powerhouse and shut all buidings on
off electricity to
An
investigation by Federal Pioneer Ltd. into the Sept. 11
campus, has been unable to determine what exactly caused the power surge that triggered the campus- wide power failure. According to Urbano Andradi, technical manager at Federal Pioneer, the power surge originated at the far end of the college near the main breaker and could have been caused by anything from a short circuit to sparks on the high tension wires which
A workman
is
putting the metal strips
The men are
floor.
putting insulation
thin glass
on the roof
of
building
August, said it is always difficult to try and pinpoint the exact cause of power surges at any building. He doesn’t expect such an incident happening again at the college.
‘The college now has new fuses and switches, so
on the windows with a metal sheet
The 10:33 a.m. power surge
on the fourth
which damaged the main fuses
The college was
tenance program at the college in
lead into the college.
Doon campus’s main
in the cancella-
tion of all classes.
without power for almost 1 5 hours. Andradi, whose Mississaugabased company had previously conducted a preventative main-
power failure at Conestoga’s Doon
On
campus, resulted
in
it is
unlikely that
a future power surge would shut off power throughout the college,”he said.
(Photo by Karen Morrison)
Drivers beware: security guards on patrol By
Doucet
Bill
Security guards are now out in full force ticketing cars that are parked illegally or do not have
parking permits.
Cars that didn’t have permits were not ticketed until Sept. 1 5 but ,
were issued to people for parking on the grass, on fire routes, and on throughways. Tickfor parkets were also handed out showing time no with meters ing at and for parking in a handicapped tickets
parking area.
Barry Milner, manager of physical resources, said the college sets its
own
“We’ve hardly had any com-
they are administered under the private parking bylaw of the city of Kitchener;
regulations for parking but
plaints (since the addition^ parking was added).” Gilberts said approximately 75 tickets have been issued for various reasons, a number he
With the construction of Lot 5, located behind the recreation centre, there are now 2,154 parking spaces at the college, an increase of 231 from last year. Milner said there aren’t as many people park-
visor, said the
some
returned and one
last year.
Gilberds, security supernew lot has t^en of the pressures off parking.
Bob
Milner said security staff keep track of the number of empty spaces during the day and there is always ample room to park, especially in Lots 1 and 4.
camp
Preszow-Muszyna border. The
By Karen Neath For five years Antoni Caputa
was number 318. Auschwitz,
Gestapo were waiting there. other the Caputa and prisoners,(the first group of Polish
Mauthausen, Dachau, Haustteten, Gablingen and Pfcrse. Number
prisoners taken to a German concentration camp) listened to the
318 lived through hell. Lee Bryant’s world religions class at Doon campus learned firsthand of the horrors of Nazi con-
“welcoming speech” on the
centration
came
to
camps when Caputa
Caputa was 33 when he was sent to Auschwitz. It was June 14, 1940, when he began a five-year nightmare
A
in
Caputa had
decided to travel to France to join the Polish
army
that
was forming
While uavelling through Slovakia, he had to jump from a
there.
train to
avoid
arrest.
The jump knocked him unconscious and his escape attempt failed. Slovak police took him into mstody and transported him
day of their imprisonment. They were informed of their fate by the
Gennan commander. “You are now in a German concamp, not a sanatorium. you don’t like it you can climb
If
the electrical fence. The only gate out is through the chimney.”
They were
Nazi hands.
year earlier,
first
centration
speak Sept. 25.
to the
is in
the process
of being returned.
Concentration
told they
had a
right
Jews for two weeks, priests one month, and others for three
to live:
for
months.
Caputa was interrogated and
as-
“Don’t buy tickets from a second or third party; get them from the
the ashes from the crematorium
position are
all
full-time, part-
time and sfessional teachers, counsellors and librarians. This position’s term runs from Jan. 1, 1991 to Aug. 3L 1993. The dosing date for nominations is Oct. 12, with the elec-
Nov. 14, Nomination forms are posted on bulletin boards throughout
tion taking place
the college.:
offered a meal at all. After two years at Auschwitz, Caputa was transported to
Mauthausen. The prisoners were loaded into animal carriages without food, water or washroom facilities.
In 1945, after five years of captivity,
Allied forces freed the was the nicest day
prisoners. “That in
my life,”
said Caputa.
He emigrated to Canada in
1948,
worked for the Canadian Pacific Railway for one year and then
moved
to
Waterloo.
strength.’
carpentry and industry. Caputa s job was to make the boxes in which
Conestoga College’s board of governors is seeking one student and one academic staff member. All full and part-time students are eligible for the student’ s term, which runs from Jan. 1, 1991 to Aug. 31, 1992, Eligible for the academic staff
filled
from the same fate. Thin straw beds thrown on the floor were shared by four or more people at a time and meals were a piece of bread a day, if they were
background in carpentry saved him
of
Board positions to be
survivor telis story of hell
were placed and make coffins. His
komando
for. He said if a decal is reported stolen, the police will become involved.
mit
security office,” he said.
Caputa survived camps he said by never giving up his will to live. “I never said to myself I would die in the concentration camp, every morning I prayed to God to give me
signed to work in a
receive a refund, probably more than what they would sell the per-
called “about average.”
Milner also warned that students should beware of people selling parking permits at a discount price. Some permits have been stolen from cars already; two have been
ing on the grass as
Milner said students who are leaving or quitting and sell their permits for half price are losing money. If they are returned to the security office the person will
Antoni Caputa
camps
for
re-lives his five-year hell in Nazi concentration
Lee Bryant’s world
religions class
(Photo by Karen Neam)
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1980
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The direction of television has taken a drastic turn The ’90s has brought us a new generation of sitcoms that would make Andrew
now you can lay around the house in your underwear and scratch yourself.” A line like this would tie a knot in June Cleaver’s
Dice Clay blush. Television programs like The Simpsons, Married With Children, In Living Color and Saturday Night Li ve break the old barriers of proper language and use words that weren’t considered suitable for television 10 years ago. These shows, and others too, are not only thought of as offensive by most
pantyhose.
in recent years.
Sweet little 19
.
By Sarah Bowers not sorry to be back at school. While all my friends complained about hitting the books, I was looking forward to what some people wait their entire teenage life for. The infamous 19lh birthday. I
am
Producers of these shows lean towards making like feature movies, a no-holds-barred approach to what should be censored and what should be broadcast into our living rooms. The Simpsons, for example, reveals that it is fine for a son to be snide and insulting. In a scene from
them more
turned 19 on Sept. 22. Yes, a Saturday night. What more could a person ask for? 1 suffered from a ailment many women are faced with. My boyfriend is older than I am. Not a problem, you say? I have been the “party pooper” for three years now, since we usually hang out with his friends who can drink. The great anticipation about my birthday was that now we can go out without me feeling like a four-year-old breaking her curfew. He has been very good about it, but there have been times when it was necessary for me to tell a little white lie (horror of horrors) to get into a nightclub. 1 have been told by several people that I look 21 or it
hasn’t been too difficult to get
season’s show, the Simpsons went to a restaurant for dinner. The waiter told Homer to “make last
yourself at home”, to which Bart replied,
wouldn’t give me away. It feels like as soon as and flashing lights go off, as if 1 am a foreigner. Then I spend the rest of the evening watching the bouncers to see if I’m giving myself away. One particular evening when we were going to a bar for a friend’s birthday, we had to convince the bouncer that I was of age but my purse had been stolen and had no identification. This was embarrassing, considering we were in a large group of “older” people I had just met that night. Here’s the ironic part; the bar had been plagued with purse snatchings for the past month. Ah, the memories. that
looks like
my
Around this time each year, the German festival and bars begin to fill up with oom-pah-pahs
from
and fun. Or is it? Shops and souvenir booths will make a profit from the people who want something to remind them of another year’s Oktoberfest. Oktoberfest is meant to be good times and good memories. But this time of year keeps the police and taxi services on their feet, as well as posing a problem for motorists on the road. Drunk driving has become a major concern all zel eating
boyfriend blindfolded me to take me to my surprise I was not impressed. I hate not knowing what is happening or losing control of my surroundings. That’s probably
When my
why
I’ll never be a great drinker. Yes, I did have a drink to celebrate my 19th birthday. It was a Strawberry Daiquari and it was very good. Some people don’t
Oktoberfest
gram set up to check every car that left, how many people do you think would drive home? This year, drive past one of the halls or bars and see if there are any R.I.D.E. programs set up out front to catch drunk drivers. And if Oktoberfesting is on the agenda, make sure the designated driver is on the
and go home with memories and Not as a statistic. -Stephanie Doucette
list
souvenirs.
same catagory as other alcoholic drinks. up to a rum and Coke. I’d rather
my way
have an apple juice on the rocks than a gin and tonic. One of the most inconsiderate things I have ever experienced is to have someone try to force me into having a drink. Sure I’ve had a mouthful of my Dad’s beer or sipped my Mom’s white wine but it was on my own accord, not because someone dared me. That’s the problem with some drinkers. It’s not just peer pressure, it’s something inside that boils down to low resistance. So now that I’m legal, don’t expect me to turn into a lush.
Senate stacking dangerous The prime minister’s plan to stack the Senate in order to pass the goods and services tax makes a mockery of the institution.
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Spoke welcomes
line at
will they too stack the Senate to pass their pet pieces of legislation? Will Canadians be treated to the edifying sight of mass appointments to the Senate
Kitchener, Ont.,
N2G 4M4. Opinion cartoons are welcome if drawn in black and white and will fit 151/2 X 81/2 cm. Please leave your name with your piece. ;
Brian Mulroney’s decision to appoint eight new Conservative senators gives rise to the suspicion that anyone at all, no matter what their qualifications, would do - just so long as they’re willing to do as they’re told. Dead bodies who could pass the bill would presumably meet with Mulroney’s satisfaction. In the future, when the Liberals come to power,
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profit
One
birthday party,
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Doucet
Beer companies are beginning to do their part, by supplying posters and television commercials that live up to the theory that drinking and driving kills. If every festival hall or bar had a R.I.D.E. pro-
make a
major event.
it seemed like a regular birthday to me. I’ve heard of people getting absolutely polluted on their 19th birthday and doing incredibly embarrassing things. I vowed not to.
If
-Bill
of the biggest tourist attractions for the Kitchener-Waterloo area is Oktoberfest. From Oct. 5 to Oct. 13. It’s nine days of beer drinking, schnit-
the halls benefit, the merchants of
Kitchener- Waterloo will
the drinking type so
in the
to hit our television screens in recent years. Parents should loosen up and see comedy for what it really is because June and Ward are dead, man.
this
rolling out the barrels.
Not only do
sneaky days are over.
don’t plan on working
.
.
over and by publicizing this problem, the risk of drunk drivers on the road has been reduced by 20 per cent. More people have become aware of what road casualties can happen when driving under the influence of alcohol.
and people
I
I
But chastising today’s television programs would be hypocritical because everyone watches them and enjoys them. In Living Color, Married With Children, Saturday Night Live and The Simpsons are the funniest and most daring shows
at
halls
My friends were excited; Sarah was going to get loaded. am not
consider fancy drinks
together unless the husband had at least one foot on the floor.
enter the bar,
sirens
It
It is strange to see how television shows have progressed (or regressed) over the years. In the ’50s, Lucy and Ricky Ricardo slept in separate beds, but managed to conceive Ricky Jr. In the early ’60s, married couples could not be shown in bed
“Hey dad.
Have caution
in.
My problem is telling the little white he. I wish I had a poker face I
.
parents, but too risque for their children.
I
22, so
.
after
/
each change in government?
Actually, even before this latest round of political cynicism, the Senate served no useful purpose.
What is is
there to
commend a government body that
not elected and does not represent anyone in
particular?
A reasonable case could be made for the chamber were appointed to represent the different regions of the country, but that’s not the case now. Many of these overpaid men and women are in the Senate because of past favors to either the if senators
Liberal or Conservative Party, not because of their
Do we really need an institution which serves primarily as a valhalla for the party qualifications.
faithful?
Mulroney should take note that the Canadian is becoming sickened by the cynicism and
public
manipulations of their elected leaders. Look what happened to former premier David Peterson.
-Penny Dibben
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Spoke, Conestoga College, Monday, Octobers, 1990
You Do you
think prices
us
tell in
Enrolment in woodworking grows from last year
the cafeteria are too high?
They're outrageously high; the milk
way
is
over-
priced. Steve Franchetto, business/administration-
accounting 2nd year
No, definitely not. They're reasonable, but we usually bring our
ECE
own. Janet Toews and Sherry Bonn,
2nd year
Grant Glennie (centre) supervises students working on a project
By John Ruetz For students,
it's
too high.
microwave? Anita
And why can’t we use
Flallam,
CPA 2nd
the
year.
the gradual elimation of the 15 per cent tariff on imported furniture
Enrolment is up for the college’s woodworking technician program this year, but the woodworking industry across North America is caught in the midst of a recession, according to Grant Glennie, the chair of Conestoga’s woodworking centre.
Thirty-seven graduates entered the work force from the two-year
program
last spring.
Most found
allowing more furniture into the country, high interest rates, and the strong Canadian dollar ($86.33 average compared to the American counterpart) has played havoc with the industry,” said Glennie. “Five years ago nobody could have foreseen a high Canadian dollar, high interest rates or the GST,”
he
said.
The implementation of
the
GST
Canadian
dollar, the
GST, and
the
gradual lifting of the 15 per cent
on imported furniture as the main reasons for a slump in the Canadian furniture industry. tarrif
Despite the losses of furniture producing companies and related
Devereux says more furniture manufacturers want to join his or-
jobs,
ganization.
“They want a voice to government” to deal with the current economic slowdown, he said.
OFMA represents about 140 furni-
immediate employment while some are still seeking suitable work at this time.
to replace the 13 1/2 per cent manufacturers sales tax is a mixed
“This figure is a lot different from the time when (more than 10 years ago) when there were two or three woodworking jobs available,” Glennie said. The economic recession has taken hold of the furniture manufacturing market causing
“The manufacturers sales tax was extremely unfair to Canadian producers because it taxed raw
ministration-accounting 2nd year
into receivership.
lower prices for consumers. This is because the 13 1/2 per cent FST will not be charged to the manufac-
in area
school, that’s pretty sad. Tim Flaskett, business/ad-
plant closures across the country. Deilcraft of Kitchener has been put
turers selling price before retail
ture of
markup giving the retail price. “You would have to be blind, deaf
economic recession very well. The company employs 96 and special-
and dumb not to realize what’s happening to industry,” said Neil Devereux of OFMA.
izes in household furnishing.
Prices are fine but the cost for beverages
is
too high.
Chris Topan, mechanical engineering 2nd year
When you can buy
stuff at 7-1
1
for less
than at
It
hopes a new
buyer will be found to save some of the company’s 300 employee jobs while a skeleton staff tries to fulfill remaining contracts.
Andrew Malcom
Furniture in
blessing to Glennie.
materials at the manufacturing stage.” said Glennie. The good
news
for manufacturers selling
that have had the FST appUed to their products should mean
goods
ture manufacturers in Ontario
and
associated with similar organizations nationwide. is
Jobs for people wanting tinue
are
making
still
to
con-
furniture in Ontario
available, according to
Devereux.
“The skilled tradesmen in the industry wil( always have work. But not always where they want. They to move around and live where they didn’t plan on
may have
living,” he said.
Magnussen
Presidential Furni-
New Hamburg is coping the
Aggressive marketing into the
Listowel ceased operations recently, laying off many more workers. “A combination of the proposed
agrees with Glennie citing
U.S. market is key to the company’s success, said Bruce
the combination of high interest
Ballantyne, vice-president of
Goods and Services Tax (GST),
rates, increased value of the
finance.
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Spoke, Conestoga College, Monday, October
8,1
990
Jerry Gaff to
Conestoga
visit by
P.
Hohnholz Gesiarz
firmed that a well-known education consultant will present a lecture on general education
community.
Nov. 2
at the
Kenneth E. Hunter Recreational Centre at 1;00 p.m., and is the keynote speaker in creating college awareness and fostering interest in the committee’s work. The visit also coincides with the commencement of the committee’s solicitation of views on the formation of a general education policy.
the general education review committee, set up in J une, is part of President John Tibbits’ 15-point plan to improve educational services at the college.
‘The review of general educaone of the major com-
tion is
it
result in curriculum reform.
will
The
goal of this reform, as the president has reiterated, is the achievement
of excellence. And the general education committee will play a great part in his strategic plan,” said Chilingarian.
Gaff was chosen by the commit-
subject, but also his in
hands-on incurriculum reform.
to
The change
in the college’s at-
examining general education, according to Chilingarian, is reflected
by the
college community.
Many
entire
faculty
and
staff have come to the conclusion that “we are not in the busi-
ness of training hands but educating minds.”
review of the general education program at Conestoga
26.
Barry Milner, manager of physical resources, said the out-
break started at 10:40 p.m. over room 2A53 when a “hot spot” on
The nursing shortage has finally left
its
mark on Cones-
toga College.
The number of applicants was down from last year by 1 00. While the college was still able to meet quotas without lowering standards, it is time for Conestoga to
start marketing the nursing course, said Nancy Hacking, chair of certificate
programs
for the school of health sciences.
Fewer applicants is part of a province-wide trend in nursing. Hacking said part of the decrease in applicants is the publicity nursing has received from the media, and the fact that
more career opporopen to women.
there are tunities
This
Conestoga’s first year to feel the pinch of the nursing crisis, unlike other colleges which have been unable to fill all
is
the seats in their nursing
Contractors had been working on the roof adding joints between the new addition and the college. The contractors, who were using torches, stopped early in the day to let the tar cool but one spot did
not cool
down
Milner, measured only 45 centimetres by 75 centimetres. Fire fighters left at 12:30 a.m. after cleaning up.
‘The contractors are accepting the responsibility and said they would take care of it,” Milner said.
Milner said the repairs and
sufficiently.
Firefighters evacuated the building and quickly stopped the small blaze, which according to
damage were so minor
that es-
timates for the cost of the damage were not taken.
KITCHENER-WAtEBLOO
though we tried to implement it, a lot of campuses circumvented it.
KITCHENER-WATERLOO
At the Guelph campus, for exwe actually had general
ample,
KITCHENER-WATEBLOO
education hours cut arbitrarily or
The president
has decided that this time the review was going to be done right,” \
said Chilingarian.
Chilingarian sees the efforts of the previous task force and various
KITCHENER-WATERLOO
KITCHENER. WATERLOO
discussion papers as providing useful information; to avoid the pitfalls “by standing on the shoulders of those who have come before.”
The incoporation of Gaff’s work, according to Chilingarian, means that the committee “does not have to re-invent the wheel” when examining general education program models but rather has the possibilty to adapt a model to suit Conestoga’s needs. The committee has met on a regular basis throughout the sum-
mmer and
has
come up with
a
work plan and
time frame of 1 1/2 years to come up with an exemplary model that can implemented in stages.
The committee, which includes and stu-
faculty, administration,
dents, has defined
purpose as providing the college with a common understanding of general its
importance general educasolicitation of opinion, and the creation of a model. tion, the
CONESTOGA COLLEGE OKTOBERFEST NIGHT Thursday, October 11-6 p.m. to
cerned about the current trend and said Conestoga is looking at
improving marketing
to en-
TWIST'N HAUSEN aiso boasts i— complete bar service by experienced
bar staff
non-stop music and entertainment
Hacking added that nursing has a lot of perks. The salary is good, there is a strong demand
and you can get through the program fairly
music videos
for nurses
quickly.
The nursing program is trying something different
this year,
accepting students both in September and February. Hacking
be interesting
said
it
the
number of
will
February.
to see
applicants for
a.m.
experience the finest Festhalle of Oktoberfest. An evening of OOM PAH PAH and the latest in dance music at one of Canada's largest dance clubs. A ten minute walk fVom both Waterloo Universities.
programs or have had to lower standards to do so, she said. “Before, we didn’t know what to do with the numbers of applicants,” Hacking said. Hacking said she is con-
courage more applicants. Conestoga does have a lot going for its nursing program, according to Hacking. It has a reputation as one of the better nursing programs in Ontario.
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University and College students are invited to
Nursing applicants down By Marianne Brooks
sparked and
“The resolution that came after Reimer report was a one- way resolution, from administration down it came as a command. Al-
educational studies, to illustrate the
last
tar
the
relative
The
some new
implement a model.
budget, a detailed
titude towards
on the roof of Conestoga College’s Doon campus on Sept.
consult extensively with various college programs that have concerns on the subject and it has a
tee as a external consultant not only for his academic work on the
volvement
Kitchener firefighters were
Conestoga teacher. Kitchener MP Reimer. The present committee’s work differs from the Reimer task force because it will
totally eliminated.
ponents of the plan because
Doucet
John
mandate Jerry Gaff speaks
Bill
burned.
College was published in 1974 by a committee headed by a former
Eric Chilingarian, chair of
studies to the college
By
called when a minor blaze started
general education review committee at Conestoga College, has con-
new
Firefighters caiied to coliege
game' on Satellite dish over 6000 square feet of dance souvenir booth photos on a button 'The big
— — —
floor
— spielcasino — beer nuts made fresh on the premises — coatcheck
Spoke, Conestoga College, Monday, October
Waters busiest during pubs By
P.
Hohnholz Gesiarz
place, that’s
The
When
Peter Waters chose to at-
tend Conestoga College, he wanted a practical hands-on education.
As pub manager for the Doon
when Tm the busiest.” pub
typical
Once the pub is have to make sure the
doing.
cash
Waters, a third-year construction engineering technology stu-
is
the staffing
and paperwork
all
that
go
of the pubs.
Waters applied for the appointed position the year before, but withdrew his application because the demands of the job conflicted with his school work. Instead, Waters opted to serve on the pub staff.
This year, however. Waters has found time and won the position.
He
is
able to do the inventory of
stock between classes.
And now
just a matter of doing a
underway
I
is handled properly, the door monitored, and that there is
enough liquor.” Waters is experienced
managing a large staff through his work with the city of Guelph as pool manager and then supervisor of in
recreational buildings.
The toughest thing about the job. Waters says, is in scheduling the staff of 25 that he oversees. Sometimes they have hockey practices or part-time jobs that conflict with certain pubs.
Waters sees
this year’s staff as
very efficient. This
is
due. Waters
says, to the extensive training of
“At the beginning of the year set everything up.
up one
the facilities, getting the stock ready, and having a preparatory talk with the staff.
along with
set
hour before it begins, says Waters. “This would consist of setting up
Student Association, Waters continues his quest for learning by
dent, is responsible for overseeing
is
little
it
I
is
every
week to make it work. It doesn’t take more than two to four hours a week to do. When the pub is taking
on orienation day. Everyone from the liquor inspector to plant staff
management talks to the new staff. Water says the pubs’ objective is not necessarily to make money but rather to build school spirit. A good
once every five years,” describing
how program The college’s two-year woodworking technician program is being transformed into a sixsemester co-operative education format. The change should be completed by the beginning of the 1991-92 school year, according to Mark Bramer, who is the acting coordinator for the new program. “We have not been accustomed to it (co-op teaching). It will take some adjusting,” said Bramer. “I see us taking turns in the summer.
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building.
Waters, as a construction engineering technology student, is also on one of five groups in the final year of the program that is
working on a proposed design for the pub.
After he attains his diploma. Waters plans to work in his field and at the same time finish off a few university credits to get his bachelor of science degeree in ap-
Bramer.
the change, citing the two work terms (eight months) of paid work experience before graduating as their main reason for liking the change. Plans are to select 32 to 48 students to enter the co-op program next semester. The remaining students will continue through the regular woodworking program.
Co-op students
do
their first
the
summer.
will
work term during
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Peter Waters (Photo by Peter H. Gesiarz)
carved into co-op
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DSA pub manager
plied sciences.
class found that 90 per cent favored
offers
executive
Another aspect of Waters’s involvement with the DSA is sitting on the executive committee and on Ihe board of directors. Waters is working with both committees to lobby for a permanent pub facility in the proposed client services
teaching responsibilities after being used to having summers off. Minor adjustments in the regular woodworking program curriculum will be made for the co-op program, he said. The woodworking program has had its first capacity enrolment of 96 this school year. But most of the students were unaware of the im-
(STEP)
DSA
Davenport. The three also get together with entertainment manger Tim Egerdeen to do a postmortem on a pub’s performances.
An informal poll of the first-year
Skilled Trades Entry Plan
DSA
activities co-ordinator Cheryl
oin the exciting and challenging world of
The
5
Waters works closely with DSA business manager Phil Olinski, and
staff will divide
minent change in the program until after they were accepted and arrived for classes last month, said
the
1990
Part of a continuing series on the
pub, according to Waters, is one where “the needs of staff and students are met.”
Woodworking program By John Ruetz
Meet
8,
while the regular students will find own work. “Staff at the woodworking centre greeted the news of the coop program with mixed feeling last
eased during the last year, said Bramer. “Now we’re quite excited about co-op because of the student connection with industry.”
year,” said Bramer.
Pamela Seeback, who works in co-operative and and placement
their
‘There was both hesitation and positive response to the idea. Our hesitation was about how industry would be able to accommodate our students. The positive side is making the program better for the students. That’s why we’re here in the first place,” he said. Hesitancy about the program has
services, said
90 potential work
term employers have been found. This is more than twice the number of any of the other three co- op programs. The co-op woodworking pro-
gram
is
“very popular with
employers,” Seeback said.
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Spoke, Conestoga College, Monday, October
8,
1990
ARE YOU HAVING SEX IN THE DARK? Some
say ignorance
is bliss.
When it comes to sex, ignorance is far from It’s
If
bliss.
just plain dangerous.
you want to do the smart thing,
get out of the dark.
Find out how HIV/AIDS and other
STD’s are transmitted.
Use condoms. Not occasionally, not usually, but always. Talk. Talk to your partner. Your doctor.
Your friends.
you’re embarrassed about buying condoms, remember that after you’ve bought them once
If
it
is
will
be much
a small price to
Next week
is
Being embarrassed pay for your health.
easier.
AIDS Awareness Week.
know someone with HIV infection
you or AIDS, If
reach out to them and break the silence.
Ministry of Health
® Ontario Call the Ontario Ministry of Health
AIDS
Hotline:
1-800-668-AIDS
Spoke, Conestoga College, Monday, October
AIDS AWARENESS WEEK
OUTLIVING
OUT LOVING
•
•
OUTLASTING
October
15 *21 19 9 0 A
Project of the Ontario
AIDS Network
OotiWinQ
Oottovwa
AIDS
Week
Scheduled Activities for AIDS Awareness October 13
Public Viewing — “Video Against AIDS”
October 14 Public Viewing
October 16 Introductory Workshops
Therapeutic Touch -Healing Modality
— “Video Against AIDS”
“The Mission”
Hot Rap
October 15 Educational Seminar
-
Safer Sex Negotiation Skills
October 17
A talent collage of local and
AIDS Seminar
AIDS movement.
guest artists in tribute to the
—
— For Health Professionals
October 18
A vigil — a time for remembrance, sharing and
—
support for anyone affected by HIV/AIDS
AIDS, Youth and IV Drugs
October 19 Educational Seminar
For further information regarding the above
The AIDS Committee
of
activities,
please
— Women and AIDS
call:
Guelph and Wellington County,
73 Delhi Street, #202, Guelph, Ontario,
NIE 6L9 (519) 763-2255
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7
Spoke, Conestoga College, Monday, October
8
8,
990
1
EIMTERTAIIMMENT G-man turns to
College By
P.
and the G-Men, according to Deleo, is that they were able to communicate with their peers and
Hohnholz Gesiarz
How do you catch a cow?
band became the
Jump on the back of a bouncer University of Waterloo’s the at Bombshelter? 2) Go to a Gordie
in turn the
Gordo and the G-Men concert and
“People are too lazy to clap their hands for the opening acts. They have to hear something they recog-
1)
wait for the group to do the song. Catching Cows? 3) Endlessly roam around the technology halls of Doon campus in hope of swindling a tape of the
Cows from
G-Men’s Catching
Joe Deleo?
The logical answer is three. The first two are highly improbable because 1) Security at the Bombshelter is so tight that as a Conestoga student you would need a University of Waterloo student to sign you into the place; 2) Gordie
Gordo and the G-Men played last
their
concert at the Bombshelter on
Sept. 14.
The G-Men, Roberto Verdechia Derek MacKinnon (bass), Joe Deleo (lead guitar) and Gord MacKenzie (drums), have come a long way (lead vocals, guitar),
since their inauspicious start at Morty’s tavern several years ago.
"The most embarasS'ing album have is Aminal Eves, by Kiss." A review in the Wilfrid Laurier I
Cord of
their first
suggested the
week-long
G-Men
stint
turn in their
badges and warned all to stay away because they was the worst band reviewer Cori Cusak had “ever had the misfortune of stumbling upon.” Deleo, a second-year construction engineering technology student,
still
laughs at that review.
GMen’s music, stage presence and most of all in Deleo’s personality. “The most embarassing album I
Humor
exhibits itself in the
have in my record collection is Animal Eyes, by Kiss. If anybody wants it ... ,” chuckled Deleo. In the competitive regional club
scene, Gordie
Men
Gordo and
the
G-
have often played at the imthe Trasheteria portant venues and the Albion in Guelph, Phil’s Grandson’s Place in Kitchener and the University of Waterloo’s Humanities Theatre.
—
Young entrepreneurs have chased after the G-Men to secure selling rights to pillow
cases and pens. Which other local band would have young entrepreneurs chasing after them in order to secure the selling rights of Gordie Gordo pillow cases and pens? They have supported such acts as the Dead Milkmen, the Barracudas, Deja Voodoo, and, in their last concert,
Bottled Inspiration «
Bootsauce.
“We
were supposed to be there by 6 p.m., and the Bombshelter management said that Bootsauce just phoned and they were on the other side of Toronto with a broken-down van. By the time we got on stage, 9:30 p.m. rolled around. Our performance was sloppy but fun,” said Deleo. Not bad for a band that once caused a reveiwer to question whether they would ever get another gig.
The success of Gordie Gordo
“flavor” of music those people supported.
We got lucky.”
nize.
The G-Men’s "flavored" music is preferred by their
many
peers.
The luck Deleo speaks of was present in the band’s concert with
Dead Milkmen. The most nervous we ever were was when we played with the Dead Milkmen at the Bombshelter. They
the
were so happening at the time. We had the two singles out and some people recognized us from the concerts atPhil’s. Halfway through the first song, the whole dance floor was packed. We even signed a bunch of autographs after the show.” Gordie Gordo and the G-Men’s association with the Montreal group Deja Voodoo gave the band
(Photo by Peter H. Gesiarz)
Left to right,
Joe Deleo, Reberto Verdeedia, and Gord MacKenzie
the opportunity to play a concert in
Toronto. Furthermore, the
G-Men were
planning to release a record on Deja Voodoo’s OG record label. The G-Men got as far as recording the songs using the facilities of the University of Waterloo radio station
iwnli
Upcoming Events
CKMS.
Unfortunately, the label and Deja Voodoo hit financially bad times before the G-Men had a chance to press the record. According to Deleo, the album was “very
Don’t miss the Social Services Bake Sale
Oct. 9.
11:00 a.m.
raw.”
-
1:00 p.m. in the cafeteria
The G-Men, however, do appear
—
OG on two compilation albums record’s It Came From Canada, Part Five and CKMS’s Giant Leap
Oct.
1 1
Conestoga College Oktoberfest Night at The Twist’s Hausen.
.
of Faith.
Disbanding is not due to lack of success.
Oct. 15
album would have been we had sold a few copies, we would have gone out East or West on tour for sure,” said “If the
19.
-
AIDS Awareness Week.
Free Nooner Featuring Jerry Diner
Oct. 16.
released, and if
Deleo.
Oct. 22
The group decided to disband not for lack of success but because various members wanted to travel. Bassist Derek MacKinnon has Columbia, while singer Roberto Verdechia is thinking about putting away his pink fur-lined guitar and travelling to Argentina for a while. Deleo does not rule out a reunion
Oct.
22
-
26
or the reformation of the band. This
present four
members were
a new band called BotHe warns readers with a smile that they should keep in mind the cheesiness of drinking when thinking about the group’s in
tled Inspiration.
or listening to their music. Deleo is working with former G-
name
Men drummer Gord MacKenzie. If the
group gets their act
at a Conestoga College talent night some-
together,
time
watch for them
in the spring.
Week
Order your Pumpkin Cookies and we’ll deliver it on Mon. Oct. 29! Proceeds to United Way
Oct. 29. Oct. 31.
for Deleo, he is currently
working
Recycling
Free Nooner “Jeff Bradley”
in-
cluded.
As
26.
Oct. 24. Licensed Movie Night feature film “Total Recall”
left for British
would, however, depend on the agreement of the entire group. Gordie Gordo and the G-Men will not perform under this name unless the
-
11:30 a.m. Pumpkin Carving Contest 8 p.m. Halloween Pub Costume Contest
For more information contact
DS A Activities Office
spoke, Conestoga College, Monday, October
8,
1
990
9
Radio for different iisteners bigger variety of music in the past
By John Volmers
The music
because the program directors were afraid that “alternative”
m CXLR-FM will sound more current this year, but without aban-
music
wouldn’t
doning the older music students will recognize, said the radio
everyone.
program director. CXLR-FM is one of the two radio stations run by the broadcast-
that a lot of people
stations’s
ing students at Conestoga’s
AM
mind a
to
I
to try,” broadcasting stu-
wanted dents
certain sound that
Wes Reimer said.
wanted
“I
some more variety.” Reimer decided, however, put in
along with the
would have
to
that
new sounds he inject some old
had to be a compromise between music that 1 think should be played and music “1 realized that
it
the audience wants to hear,”
Reimer said. Reimer said he
why
listens to
from the play list. Alternative bands such as Dread Zepplin,
boring old rock music,” he said. Reimer said this is not true. He thinks there can be a balance be-
Jane’s Addiction rale high among the list, as well as more contem-
ligent,
and everyone just
Sonic Youth, Dream Warriors and
tween the older music and the new
porary bands such as Michael Penn, INXS, the Northern Pikes and Jeff Healey.
music.
“I’m not going to try and appeal one person,” he said. “I’m going to challenge them with new music but not alienate them completely.” Another problem facing the to
The
to
felt the
reason
the station hadn’t played a
CRTC
Telecommunications Commis-
Reimer says playing “Because there’s
them.
(Photo by John Volmers)
that
much
less
Canadian
ANNOUNCEMENT
music, the same songs tend to get played more often,” he said.
Instead, the companies send cas-
which cannot be used because of their poor sound quality. In fact, all record companies have decreased the number of albums they send, to the point where Reimer and the DJs have had to bring in their own music
The
station airs
weekdays from
8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. in the student lounge (CXLR-AM airs in the “Everybody in the cafeteria).
The
application forms for the Chinese
exchange are incorrect. They should be
broadcasting program gets a turn at doing every job in the radio station,”
supplies.
Reimer
sent to:
said.
in Beetlejuice,
Mom and the hit movie Batman. Now Michael Keaton is Mr.
portraying the dangerous and evil Carter Hayes in the new movie. thriller
a smart sociopath, places himself in the lives of a young couple, Patty Palmer, (Melanie Griffith) and Drake Goodman, (Mathew Modine). The couple begins living out
begins
dream of buying and renovating a large Victorian home, when Hayes invites himself into their
their
lives.
which causes Patty and
has
Drake to invest most of their money at once. In order to meet the
moved
into the apartment.
the defenceless couple.
house.
around them, it might be too late, because Hayes is so convincing that he has the law on his side. The couple find themselves in a situation that could cost them their
when Hayes
plot begins
Joint Centre for Asis
answers the apartment for rent ad and appears to be the perfect
he moves in. The banging on the walls late into the night and the cockroach breeding are just the begining of tenant, until
relationship,
Building, York University
4700 Keele
small-time hood in
snakeskin jacket.
A
bubble-gum
snapping teen sex-bunny trying to escape the clutches of an overprotective mother. A gangster
named Mr. Reindeer.
A severed hand, a broken nose, and the blackest set of teeth in recent screen
memory.
All these elements add up to only
one thing; the mind of David
M3J 1P3
home and maybe
their lives.
Keaton creates the role of a spellbinding character who plays mind games with Griffith and
Hayes shows them that he isn’t the person he has let on to be and may even be the unsettling events.
Modine as well as his audience. If you enjoyed Fatal Attraction,
dangerous.
you’ll enjoy Pacific Heights.
Patty and Drake decide to evict
Lynch. Since his directorial debut in 1978 with Eraserhead, the bizarre story of a lonely man and his deformed son. Lynch has gained a cult following for his challenging and often controversial portraits of surrealistic violence in small-town
^America.
Now, with his work edging ever
P ^ closer to the
mainstream with his
oddball television series Twin Peaks, Lynch jolts himself back
from the abyss of commercial acceptance witli his startling new film
WUd at Heart.
The film is essentially the story of two young lovers. Sailor Ripley and Lula Pace Fortune (Nicholas
Cage, Laura Dem), are on the run from her evil mother. Marietta Fortune (Diane Ladd), who has vowed to keep the lovebirds apart at any cost Hurling by convertible through the deep South, Sailor and Lula are pursued by her mother’s wimpy ex-lover (Harry Dean Stanton), who himself is hunted by mobster Mr. Santo and his band of very eccentric
The
henchmen.
result is a very violent,
and
often hilarious sexual adventure
mances from the two leads. Nicholas Cage manages to generate sympathy for Sailor despite the rebel like nature of the character, (he bashes in the head of
minutes of the film), by playing him as a dumb, led-by-lust loser with a rival in the first five
a
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Laura Dem sizzles as the manhungry Lula, a quivering bundle of sexuality determined to defy the wishes of her mother, even though she is terrified of the world she has
become
characters from the series, although none of them are present for more than a few scant moments of
a serious look at small-town America or a giant put-on by
a part of.
Nothing makes much sense in terms of plot or structure. This leaves the audience to consider the point of the whole exercise -is it
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Lynch himself? Criticized for his flamboyant use
weirdness.
Despite the bizarre charac-
Bobby Peru
Featuring Great Meal Deals
heart of gold and an obsession for
across the sun-parched Texas desert into Lynchland. Twin Peaks fans will no doubt be intrigued by the appearance in the film of no less than four minor
terizations,
St.
North York Ontario
Lynch continues psycho legacy By Mike Stumpf
Pacific Studies
-
Room 200H Administrative Studies
The psychological war begins on As Patty and Drake realize what is going on
mortgage payments, they have to rent out the ground floor of the
The
Pacific Heights.
flick
Hayes, who hasn’t paid any rent or even his security deposit since he
The house is in desperate need of repairs,
restless,
Reimer
Ontario Jiangsu Educational Exchange
By Stephanie Doucette
A
Wes
Canadian music can be a problem.
Pacific Heights not a casual
The psychological when Hayes,
program director
and plays at least 30 per cent Canadian content.
Review
We’ve seen him
CXlR-FM
sion) regulations
people at CXLR-FM is they don’t get a lot of music sent in to them from the record companies. Virgin and PolyGram records do not send
CDs or albums
station follows the
(Canadian Radio-televison and
sette tapes,
favorites.
is
of about 60
The list is compiled by Reimer and the radio announcers. Reimer also makes up a top 20 chart every week based on what songs the announcers play most
who go to this somehow less intel-
college are
Doon
list
songs.
to
‘There’s always been this myth
campus. The station differs from Doon’s other station (CXLR-AM) because it tends to play more alternative rock as opposed to its neigbors, who stick to a more contemporary sound. “When I decided to have program directing as my major, 1 had in
appeal
the station plays
taken from a play
is
(Willem Dafoe is
one of the
s
sickest
time) and screen villains in a long the Wizard of to references eerie Oz (including an astounding appearance by the Good Witch of the
North), the film
is
a classy piece of
work because of stand-out perfor-
of violence and eccentric view of the world, David Lynch has given film audiences something different
from the mainstream cinema of Hollywood. Whether people will stand up and give him the recognition his truly unique vision deserves remains to been seen.
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Blood
clinic
8,
1
990
draws 141 donors
VECTOR
By Sarah Bowers
One hundred and
MARKETING CANADA, forty-one
Need Spending Money? Want Marketable Experience?
donors gave blood at a clinic in the student lounge of the Doon campus Sept. 26. Marie Elliot, clinic organizer for the Kitchener- Water-
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Feb. 11.
Jeff Elinquist, a first-year mechanical engineering student, gave his 10th donation. “When I hear about them, I try to go. The pin prick, (to determine blood type) hurts more,” said Elin-
hormonal replacement
and acetylsalicylic acid (ASA)
Karen Little was a first-time The first-year nursing stu-
in
donor.
certain situations.
dent wasn’t afraid about the pro-
A donor must weigh more than 100 pounds and have an adequate amount of hemoglobin. The Red Cross recommends donors eat a good breakfast after having a good night’s sleep and not give blood foi
cedure.
brothers said there’s just
go do
it
” said
Little.
Not everyone
is
confident about
giving blood, said Stella McCartney, a Red Cross volunteer. Fear prevents a lot of potential donors from even learning about the procedure, she said. Although
70 days
there is no severe blood shortage in southwestern Ontario, there is a demand for A and B blood types,
donation
said Elliot.
breast feed within the last three
The ideal donor, according to the Canadian Red Cross Society, is someone between the ages of 17
months should not give blood. Individuals who have had close con-
and 71.
months, have had ear piercing, tattooing or acupuncture in the last six months wiU be given a temporary
out a health questionnaire and safety form. This determines whether or not a
may be
fill
safely obtained.
Women who have been pregnant within the last six months or have
tact with hepatitis in the last six
By Karen Morrison got to try out social
The peer helper and the student would then go to a first-year class and talk one-on-one afterwards about concerns of the student.
through a littleknown service, called shadowing. Valerie Allen, peer helper ad-
course, not Conestoga College,”
“The student
to the college
is
trying
on the
said Allen.
Moskal, a Kitchener resident
in-
ministrator, said a student still trying to make up his or her mind
terested in social services, fol-
about a particular course may see a
lowed Debbie Roberts, a peer
counsellor in student services. The counsellor may then suggest the prospective student follow a peer
helper, to first-year classes in so-
helper around to classes for either
The
student, the
peer helper, the program co-ordinator and the counsellor would then try to line up a date to try the classes. “It can be a
lot
of work to pull
posure to the AIDS virus. Nor may diabetics or epileptics on medica-
for
better
it
Blood products are being used carefully now, and each donation can be used for four different patients. It is divided into red cells,
white
cells, platelets
and plasma.
The human body has
five litres
of blood, according to the Red Cross. A donor gives less than half a litre, which is one- fifteenth of the average body content. The whole procedure takes 30 minutes and within 24 hours your body replaces the lost
plasma and the red
grades
HIRE A TUTOR $7.00
for
5 hours of subject specific tutoring
Information
and applications available
from Student Services
cells
offers insight
service classes before she applied
day.
Prescription
within four weeks.
deferral.
Shadowing
full
will not
tion donate blood.
after their last donation.
blood, they must
not take any kind of medication within the previous 72 hours, except vitamins, birth con-
a half or
5:30 725-2889.
be accepted from people who have medical conditions such as hepatitis, heart problems, high blood pressure, kidney disease, infectious diseases, cancer, blood diseases or anyone having a high risk of ex-
Blood
Each time a person donates
You may
Deb Moskal
(Photo by Sarah Bowers)
student, gives blood for the ninth time. trol pills,
it,
Due to expansion, international marketing firm is looking for ambitious students who want good income and experience. Don’t wait, call now for interview appointment: Mon - Fri 12 -
Kevin Thomas, a first-year computer programming analyst
quist.
My
resume experience
* Management
now held at the college each year. The second one will be
“All
5:30p.m.
* Flexible hours
Two
clinics are
nothing to
-
* $11.05 to start
and faculty participation. This was the first event held by the K-W clinic. For the last several years, the college has been covered by the Cambridge division.
LTDi
cial services
on SepL 28.
dents and find out how much homework is given, how much class time is required and what the
Moskal said she enjoyed the shadowing experience but has not yet made up her mind about whether to attend the college. 'Today will help when the time comes to make my decision,” Mos-
Moskal already has a diploma from Fanshawe College, London,
Moskal and Roberts both agreed a key part of the program is the
law and security administration. She received the diploma 13 years ago and has not been in full-time school since. Moskal said she is making a career change and wants
ability to get the
to investigate her options.
Conlrftuttori
by Doon Steiinl AModallan
teachers are like.
kal said.
in
Tutoring
perfect chance to talk to other stu
answers to quesbe answered by
tions that can only
DS A TRIPS Great Deals, Great Get Cancun, Mexico
March
2-9, 1991.
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another student.
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property with
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2
room.
swimming
The
WANTED Enthusiastic individual or student organization, to
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and
activities
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Feb. 1-3, 1991. if
Apply Now! Ask for
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pool, tennis courts,
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New Years Eve in Montreal.
Serge
Peer helper Debbie Roberts through
some
(left)
shadows Deb Moskal
(right)
social services courses (Photo by Karen Morrison)
Call Student Travel Services
Contact the
l-8(X)-265-1799
information about the above
DSA
Activities Office for trips.
more
1
Spoke, Conestoga College, Monday, October
Women’s softball team By
Bill
Doucet
coach Ron Taylor admits he’s a gambling man, With his luck, Pete Rose should have given him a call.
Women’s
second base. The shortstop caught the ball and had Snedden. trapped in a run-down. The shortstop threw the ball to the third baseman but it sailed over her ball to
softball
Taylor tried twice to score base runners from third on a shallow fly ball to centre field and a force play
number three. Snedden went home and Ferraro ended up at third. The Condors had a chance to add an insurance run on head. Error
at first against
the next play
Sept. 26.
hit
Seneca College Both times the runners were gunned down at home plate, but the team managed to pull off a 1-0 victory.
Taylor defended his decision to send the runners. “That’s my style. An extra run would have taken the pressure off the defence. I like to play aggressively ,”he said.
The Condors scored
their only
run in the first inning when Seneca threw the ball everywhere except
They committed three and the Condors were quick
when Tracy Gimby The
a grounder to the shortstop. shortstop threw Gimby out at
when Seneca catcher Monik Van Hexon blocked the plate and tagged her on a close play. to settle
down
defensively after that and only
committed two more errors in the game. The only other scoring chance for the Condors came when Gimby
into a glove.
hit
errors
baseman who snared
a hard grounder to the third it but threw
Gimby
to capitalize.
the ball into right field.
Tracy Snedden led off the bottom of the first inning with a ground ball to the Seneca shortstop. She hobbled the ball, allowing Snedden to reach first base.
went
to
error.
Dana McDonald came Gimby and prompdy
number one.
Error
Donna
on the
third
first
McNab. McNab
in to stole
pitch to Julie
a shallow fly and McDonald tagged up and ran home. The center fielder made an excellent throw hit
ball to centre field
Ferraro laid
fect sacrifice
second on the throwing
run for
bunt to
down a permove Sned-
den to second but the third baseman fell when she reached down for the ball and Ferraro was safe. Error number two.
When the third ’oaseman got to her feet she saw Snedden take a big turn around second and threw the
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Seneca pitcher Cindy Noye also
was let down by who committed five
pitched well but her defence, errors.
Noye allowed two
hits
and
struck out four.
Marie Newell and Michelle Godin were the only hitlers to put a dent in Noye’s armor. Tami Buchan had two hits for Seneca
and Van Hexon and Karen Strachan had a hit each.
first
base as Ferraro raced for home. But Ferraro was thrown out at home
Seneca seemed
capitalizes
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McDonald at the plate. Seneca didn’t show any threat to
The Condors played
excellent
defence, an important part of their game if they want to win a third
championship.
consecutive
McNab grabbed three hard ground balls back to the mound and Newell doubled off Buchan
Tracy Snedden (33) steps
into
a
pitch against
at first
Seneca. (Photo by
Bill
Doucet)
she strayed too far from the
after
bag on a
fly ball.
Taylor was pleased with his team’s performance. “This is one of the teams we have to beat. It was definitely a pitchers duel,” he said. “We won the game with our defence, but we’re not pulling runs across.”
Taylor said the team wasn’t hitand was hoping to get
ting well
some batting practice in before the next game.
“There wasn’t one ball hit hard We’re going to have to get out the pitching
to get
out there today.
score at all. McNab pitched a superb game, allowing only two base runners to get past first base. She gave up four hits and struck out two.
machine again.” The team played St. Lawrence College on the Sept. 29 weekend at Budd Park before returning home to play Durham College on Oct. 1.
Julie
McNab
(32) throws
one
of her patented fastballs
against Seneca College (Photo by
Bill
Doucet)
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Students enrol By
est problem, she said.
Jeff Fraser
To Though exact numbers aren’t in, an estimated 400 students signed up for intramural activities at the Doon Recreation Centre during the semester.
fall
Barb McCauley, the Recreation Centre’s athletic officer involved in operating the intramural program and supervising the athletic
committee, said she was happy with the number of participants
and
first-year students involved in
the school year’s first intramural
letin
Oct. 9-12, when men’s, women’s and co-ed volleyball, co-ed broom-
and men’s
hockey
ball
will
be
offered.
bul-
much, said McCauley. This year CXLR, Doon’s radio station, is playing a major role in passing along intramural information using
commercials and interviews. Electronic boards in the student
lounge and cafeteria also are useful, she said. But the search always continues for new marketing techniques to get the word on intramural activity to the students. intramurals,
McCauley, is the opportunity gives students to get involved at extracurricular level. It also
third session begins in January, followed by a final one in April where new sports are experimented with. late
To
help increase intramural participation and awareness, representatives of the
program
tried to
about the activities to as many first-year students as possible during the kickoff to September,
talk
McCauley. helped to
tell
available
and how
If faculty
allows
it
people what’s
to get involved. (speaking to the
classes), it’s really helpful.”
Unlike the situation in secondary schools, there are
no morning an-
nouncements. So spreading the word about intramur^s is the hard-
Athletes of the
compete against anyone from Doon who wants to put a team
it
an
relieves stress
and the pressures of
being a studenL
And
ment to college
easier
is
the adjust-
when you
can use intramurals to meet people and then see familiar faces in the Intramurals also help raise fitness levels. And hopefully getting involved in school sports will carry
over after graduation and result in the individual’s involvement in
community organizations, she said.
For a more competitive level of intramurals and the chance to involve more students in the athletic
opportunities of the Recreation Centre, inter-campus and extramural events are co- ordinated.
Inter-campus events started a couple of years ago, said McCauley. They allow people from other campuses of the college to
come to the Recreation Centre and
Condor soccer player Steve Doneghy was named men's athlete of the week for the
Usually one-day or one-night tournaments are held.
period ending Sept.
Conestoga teams playing
leyball
participation
is
ulie
for his strong defensive per-
McNab
Condor
McNab
softball player Julie
was
chosen
and fun,” said
McCauley. People aren’t being judged on their athletic skill. “Just get involved and have some fun.”
athlete of the week for the period ending Sept. 29. first-year student of the
A
woodworking technician proDoon campus, at gram
McNab
pitched a four-hit shutout in a 1-0 victory over Seneca College.
Scores The women’s
softball
Con-
dors improved their record to 3-0 with a 8-3 victory over St.
Lawrence on
as
leadership and formance during the two games that week.
women's
and hockey.
With intramurals, “the whole idea
29.
Doneghy, enrolled as an applumber at the prentice Guelph campus, was selected
against other campuses at the intramural level is the idea behind
extramurals, she said. Tournaments are held at the Doon sports complex for such events as vol-
week
(Photo unavailable)
together.
said
halls.
A
“It
on
boards, but they only do so
The importance of
Intramurals are prograrnmed for four sessions. The first began Sign-ups in early September. for the second sessions are being held in the Doon cafeteria from
said
help get the message to stu-
dents, posters are placed
session.
ball
intramurals
in
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Intramural team of the
week
LASA II — Inter-campus Slo-pitch Champs
Sept. 29.
Tracy Gimby lead the offenand
sive attack with three hits
McNab
Julie
contributed two
more. Jenny Vanderswagg was the winning pitcher.
The men’s soccer Condors also remained undefeated, notching a 3-1 win over Sheridan College, followed by a 1-1
tie
against the
Hawks on In
Fanshawe
Sept. 28.
women’s soccer action, the
Condors recorded a 3-0 victory over the Lambton College Lions, before dropping a 2-1 decision tlvo days later against
Fanshawe College
in
London.
Left to right: Front Row: Cecil Arriss, Michelle Hatch, Cathy Brewer, Kirby Scarlett Back Row: Jack Qark, Mookie Pugh, Willie Kempster,
Jose Finucan
Absent: Tracy Snedden, P.C. Camilo, Bo Burdett
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Woodworking centre concentrates on By John Ruetz Grant Glennie, chair of the college’s woodworking centre, has student safety on his mind. First-year students in the woodworking technician program commandatory
plete a
first
aid course
they begin classes, Glennie
when said.
“Whenever a new machine is introduced to students, safety procedures are the first thing they learn,” he said.
The Woodworking Centre of Ontario houses about $3-million of
equipment. The machines,
if
operated improperly, can be very dangerous, according to Glennie. “When you’re working with
high-speed cutting machines, there is no substitute for eternal vigilance.
We
tell
students you
have to do the thinking for the machine,” said Glennie. Three minor accidents involving students and one faculty member have already occurred since late
August.
Pinched fingers resulting from improper wood handling and a couple of crushed fingers due to improper communication between machine operators have raised
safety concerns with Glennie.
Probably the worst accident happened last year when a student caught the back of her hand in a cutting bit
on a horizontal mortor-
ing machine, said Glennie.
Only one bit of the double-bit machine was being used by students. The other bit was exposed and turned on automatically when the machine was activated. The student’s hand was on the machine table near the bit.
The student startmake sure
ing the machine failed to
other students were not near the
other bit, only concentrating on the bit she was using. These factors
safety
Industrial Accident Prevention
combined caused the back of the student’s hand to contact the turn-
i
As-
sociation help keep workers safe,
but not
ing bit. Fortunately, said Glennie, there was no permanent damage to her
all
companies have equal
safety retords, according to
s
Glen-®
nie.
hand and it healed back to normal. “We’ve never had a major injury here,” he said. “We’ve put tremendous emphasis on safety.” Monthly safety committee inspections of the woodworking facility conducted by both students and staff contribute to a safe working environment at the centre, said Glennie.
Safety standards implemented by government and groups like the
Glennie was asked to become the associate director of the Woodworkers’ Accident Prevention Association for this year. His recommendation to sponsor a student competition to design and possibly construct a tablesaw blade screen has received favorable review by the association. Other one-day technical sessions across the province are being sponsored to help industry increase safety standards. •
Waterloo recycles By Scott Brady been a little more than a year
It’s
now
The
since Conestoga College’s
Waterloo campus began its recyand so far, unlike a similar program at Doon, this program shows no sign of diminish-
great
cling program,
ing.
Despite a previous Spoke
tray
editori^ stating that Conestoga has
no recycling program, Terri
who
Rosekat,
helped organize and
launch the program, wants everyone in the college to be aware the Waterloo campus is doing its
I
race
share.
Rosekat, a member of the support services maintenance staff,
was always
said she
interested in
(Photo and stories by Penny Dibben)
The
start:
Kingsley
Conestoga’s Rich
The tray exchange; Conestoga pub Nahrgang (left) and Sue McFadden
staff Patti
recycling. Last September, with the help of another staffer, Joy Sommerville, she presented the
idea of a
gram
to
campus recycling proWaterloo campus ad-
ministrator
Donna Runions.
“Runions seemed happy about the idea,” Rosekat said. “So we started setting up blue boxes in the cafeteria for
pop cans,
A of
different kind
Oiympics
as well as
blue containers in the computer rooms for the paper.”
Rosekat said her group worked out a deal with the Tri-Tech recycling company in Waterloo to pick up all the cans and paper every
An Olympic event of sorts was held Sept. 29 as 10 teams from area bars competed in a tray relay race.
Monday. Rosekat did admit the recycling program was slow to get off the ground. “A lot of students would
dump
their orc'inar'/ ''a'bage in the
we had boxes and hole that could only fit
blue boxes.” she said. 'So to seal off the tops of the
leave a
little
The event, staged at the Edelweiss Tavern in Kitchener, saw Conestoga’s pub staff go head-to-head, or tray-to-tray, against their dauntless competitors.
cans.”
But Rosekat and Sommerville persisted, and now the recycling program at Waterloo has many student volunteers and has just worked out a deal with the City of Waterloo to receive special recycling bins.
Each “athlete” raced through the pylon-lined course, a tray of drinks perched precariously in
one hand, a tray with
“So much for Cones toga College having no recycling program,'* she
eggs in the other. The trays were then passed on to the
said.
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team members had comSpoke News Flash If
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The “gold medal” was awarded to East Side Mario’s, while Conestoga
placed
fifth.