Digital Edition - October 15, 1990 by SPOKENewspaper

Ethics

document questioned

By Marianne Brooks

it all wrong. you leam something you should

the document, said

ing, chair of certified

second-year nursing students are upsetabout having to sign a professional standards docu-

share,” said the other second-year

ment.

ntrye,

Some

Drawn up after a nursing student was caught cheating on an exam last year, all health

science stu-

dents are being asked to sign the

document

this year.

second-year nursing studid not want their names used for fear of repercussions, said a lot of second-year students are opposed to having to sign

who

it.

‘This makes you feel that if you borrow something you are cheat-

They should promote more

ing.

a togetherness within the nursing one of the secondprogram,” year students said. “It’s a touchy

makes you you are already guilty,” she added. “Nothing we leam is original. feel that

situation. It

It’ s all

programs for She said she wasn’t really sure what would happen if someone did. the school of health sciences.

student.

Karen Reichert and Ruth Mcl-

After the cheating incident, sec-

now

both pre-grad students, were two of the students who

ond-year students met with faculty, and together the two created the policy and guidelines for ethical

helped initate the document on behalf of their fellow classmates.

and professional behavior.

‘The second-year students Reichert said the document out-

Two

dents,

information out of a medical

Nancy Hack-

book. They wentabout

year’s)

needed as a She added that other colleges have similar policies es-

(last

were very concerned about

lines all the attributes

the standard of their education,”

professional.

Hacking

Some of the student expectations

tablished. “It (the

outlined in the

document) was received

to give

their first-

esty

it,”

bom.

throw students out of the course,

Reichert also said they set up the

expectations of the College of

Hacking said, but instead to take measures to avoid unethical behaviors from happening again.

Nurses. far

integrity.

The document was not created

she said.

document to tie in with some of the

and professional

Punishment for not following the document varies with the case.

“We just want people to sign it if they believe in

document concern

lying, cheating, plagiarizing, hon-

very well by pre-grad nursing students,” Reichert said. Mclntrye said they aren’t asking

anyone

said.

“We want to treat the students as no one has refused

to sign

professionals,”

Hacking

said.

Open house is

successful

By Sarah Bowers Students got the chance to meet members of the Doon Student Association at an open house held Oct. 2 at the DS A office beside the cafeteria and the executive offices by the student lounge. Held between 11:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m., this was the DSA’s second open house. Last year’s was a success, said John Lassel, president of the DSA. Lassel and Phil Olinski, the DSA business manager, spoke to students and offered cake and coffee, purchased by the DSA, at the open house in front of

approximately 130 students had stopped by. Many of the questions concerned functions of the DSA: how

works and what it does, said He said he enjoys the informality of the open house when he

Lassel.

can talk to students one- on-one. Although the majority of students were from first-year programs, Lassel said some secondand third-year students also had questions. to

know

Some

students wanted

sports teams could be

added.

“I’m glad said Lassel,

we got suggestions,” who answered several

questions on the proposed student

Lassel’ s office.

A suggestion

box was available for those who would like to see improvements. Every student who filled out a suggestion form received a crested plastic mug. “Every single one, (suggestion) will be read,” said Lassel, who said the busiest time was between 11:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. Lassel said

centre and

its

function.

Some

of Conestoga’s older students also had questions, said Lassel. Being older, they find the entertainment

By Karen Neath

“Did you know

dents are sporting around the college don’t mean they’re starting a

Kojak fan club or becoming skinheads.

They’re simply rookie members of the college hockey team, for whom a head-shaving tradition is continuing this year, even if the rules have changed somewhat. Brutus “the Barber” Beefcake,

that the

average

age of the student body of this college is 25?” asked Lassel.

alias

stu-

geared to a youn-

activities co-ordinator, hand Michelle Godin, assistant activities co-ordinator and Cheryl Davenport, (Photo by Sarah Bowers) OUt Cake and COffee at the Open hOUSe

Lassel said he was glad to see how they can get

ger crowd, said Lassel.

Don’t worry, Those shaved heads some

/**

students asking

involved in college groups and activities, such as pub staff and board

Mom,

Doug McIntosh,

a third-year

veteran with the varsity hockey team, was also a victim of the inevitable initiation rites in his rookie year.

it,

it’ll

then you’re put on the

December

Club and you get shaved again in December,” said Dan Wood, a second-year law and security administration student and a rookie

contruction engineering and tech-

for the majority of the rookies.

“We made up new The guy s can t wear first week and they ’

hats for the can’t fix it for a week.” “If

you wear a hat or

try to

hide

filed together, said Lassel.

Doug McIntosh was

the barber

(The team members don t want and their names linked together because a contest is running to identify the team members by their head designs.)

had help from apprentice Todd McDougall, a second-year construction engineering and technol-

Cheryl Davenport, ties

Monday night at the

DSA

activi-

co-ordinator, said approxi-

mately 75 suggestions were submitted.

a while

their hairstyles

‘They did

member.

varsity team

rules this year.

will

grow back

‘They shaved half of the hair off my head,” said Doug, a third-year nology student.

of directors. Students’ suggestions will be sorted through and similar ideas

team spirit. All of the haircuts were voluntary and the rookies had

some say

in the design.

“My mom kind of turned white and my dad said, ‘this isn’t my son.’

Some of the guys’

girlfriends

arena after practice,” said Darryl McIntosh (no relation to Doug), a rookie team member and second-

were pretty upset too,” Darryl said.

year accounting student.

them,”

A time-honored tradition of var-

ogy student and a second-year

sity teams, the

veteran of the varsity team.

considered an important part of the

rookie initiation

“If they

have an important job we went easy on

outside of school,

Doug

“We

team and

know

said.

are proud to be part of the

we want everyone

the varsity players,”

Spoke, Conestoga College, Monday, October

5, 1

990

OPINION

SPOKE Editor: Penny Dibben Associate Editor: Sarah Bowers Production Manager: Andy Dugan Advertising Manager: Stephanie Doucette

Circulation Manager: Jeff Fraser

Sports Editor: Jeff Fraser Staff: Marianne Brooks, Bill Doucet, Peter Hohnholz Gesiarz, Karen Morrison, Karen Neath, John Ruetz, John Volmers Spoke is published and produced by the journalism-print students of Conestoga College. Spoke is financed from September to April by the DSA. The views and opinions expressed in this newspaper do not necessarily views of the college or the Doon Student Association. Advertisers Spoke are not endorsed by the DSA unless their advertisements contain

reflect the in

DSA

the

logo.

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advertising

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lose

Is a

the nature of the game

Commuting every day has to be the worst thing human being has to endure. From people who drive 30 kilometres an hour to

people

all

political scene has taken

The Soviet Union and

more unexpected

turns than

the United States are closer to agreeing

reforms of President Mikhail Gorbachev. Their united stand against Iraqi agression against its Kuwaiti neighbor is one example of co-operation that would have been unthinkable a couple of years ago. Saddam Hussein is another household name that is synonymous with other historical criminals like Adolf Hitler, Josef Stalin, and to the

Pol Pot.

The the

Time magazine naming Hussein as its Man of 1990 is not unthinkable. The late Ayatollah Khomeini

possibility of

Year for

of Iran got that honor back in 1979. His return from exile that year prompted Muslim fanatics to overrun the American Embassy in

Tehran. American hostages were held for 444 days before the crisis end.

Hussein has said his “guests” (hostages is a more accurate denow into their eighth week behind Iraq’s million-man army. Something tells me Hussein’s dynamic actions will make him scription) are

Time’s man

hunched over

Increasing gasoline prices over here are partly due to rising oil prices, hovering around $40 U.S. per barrel at last count, since Iraq

Kuwait Aug.

who

don’t

enough

in their seats, barely tall

enough

dash? It is bad enough they can hardly see but to have them going the tremendous speed of only 40 km-h in an 80 km-h zone is enough

boggle the mind of even the most patient driver. Or what about those school buses, that believe in

putting on their flashing lights three seconds before they actually stop, just so they can watch the 15 cars

Gasoline costs about 10 cents per litre more than it did three I paid about $25 to fill my gas tank last fall. Now it’s closer to $35. Oil company sources say gasoline will top 70- cents per litre before the end of this year. I wish I had a four- cylinder

months ago.

under the hood instead of my V-8. David Peterson’s popular Liberal government is history. We are going to receive “the most unconventional government in Ontario history,” according to NDP premier Bob Rae. Hold on to your seats, folks! Ontario could be in for a bumpy economic and political ride

fossil fuel

behind collide bumper to bumper? Then there is the speedy driver who is 1 5 minutes later for work or school than you are. Going at break-neck speeds, they fly by going about 180 km-h as your mouth fails to your brake pedal in

amazement. Those same drivers are the ones who avoid stopping at stop signs, red lights, and pedestrian cross walks, no matter what the circumstances. Then, when you finally reach your destination 20 minutes later then youje supposed to, there is not a parking spot for miles because someone decided he or she needed two spots today. All these are what a commuter has to face on a daily trek to

work or

school.

-By Marianne Brooks

General education for the nation The General Education Review Committee (GERC) was appointed by John Tibbits, president of Conestoga College, as an integral part of his 15 -point plan to improve the quality of education at

The committee was given

the task of examining

diligently

What

creation in June, the committee has

addressed.

To become knowledgeable,

the delivery of general education studies. its

mentation schedule. As one of three student representatives on the committee, I urge students to participate in the forthcoming consultation process in order to make sure the problems they see with the program are

the college.

Since

for this year.

blitzkrieged through

it’s

to see over the

trail.

major issues, due

drive 130 km-h, to people

make you want to hang up your car keys forever. Have you ever seen those old-grandpas with the baseball caps on, the types that drive down the road

A lot has changed in the world during the last year. The world

who

believe in abiding by traffic laws,

By John Ruetz

a mountainside

my cool on

met

on a weekly basis.

material

group of 15 individuals has accomplished is a well-constructed work plan by which the community at Conestoga College is to re-examine the general education program. The agenda of the GERC is to provide a common understanding of what constitutes general educational studies, solicit opinion from the college community on improvements that are needed, look at reforms of other general education programs, adapt a model to be implemented and create an implethis diverse

students can attend

some of the resource on general education at the Doon campus

information sessions, read

resource centre, and attend Gerry Gaff’s presentation on the issues surrounding general education at the Recreation Centre

The

GERC

on Nov.

a committee students will hear about with greater frequency in the next few months. As an important part of Conestoga’s comis

munity, students and their participation are necessary in decisions that will be implemented.

Become

involved.

-P. Hohnholz Gesiarz

during the next four years.

Conestoga’s Doon campus now has as a tree-lined boulevard. It’s new classroom and faculty office space. Long-time

also sporting

students, staff and faculty will remember the portables nestled between the administration building and the wooded area. All that remains is the bookstore and rectangular ground designs covered

with weeds.

A new student/client services building is scheduled for

construction and completion in

Even president image.

Tibbits

He says he plans

two years on the same

to raise student, staff and faculty

morale

that,

Lofty goals.

Good luck with

the changes, prez.

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N2G 4M4.

some well pub-

who lip-sync,

many

Acts such as Madonna, New Kids On The Block, Michael Jackson, Milli Vanilli and George Michael have all been accused of using pre-recorded mate-

background and, at times, lead vocals. hard to understand how music fans can stand for this kind of con after forking out millions of dollars a year to see these overpaid prima donnas “perform”. Has popular music sunk to the point rial for It is

Spoke welcomes If

In recent months, there has been

licized controversy over entertainers

instead of sing, during live performances.

spot.

talking about bettering Conestoga’s

within 10 years, this place will be preferred over other colleges to get an education.

a point

Lip-synching

line at

where

this type

of sham

acceptable?

Granted, in today’s day and age a certain level of pre-recorded music is necessary. With all the hightech equipment out there, musicians cannot be expected to recreate everything they do in the

recording studio. Even the Rolling Stones use a small amount of pre-recorded music. It has not only

become a There

conforms with the norm. a difference, however, between the Stones necessity but

sham

using a synthesized cowbell on the song

Tonk Woman, and

Honky

Milli Vanilli lip-syncing their

show. These “musicians” try to redeem themby insisting they have to lip-sync due to the hectic dance moves they perform on stage. But can this be considered a reasonable defence? When acts such as Bruce Springsteen and John Cougar Mellencamp play live, they usually perform at least twice as long and with three times the energy as those bubblegum boppers, Milli Vanilli. entire

selves

they manage to use real vocals. So why do these entertainers refuse stage? The answer is simple. Most of Still,

to sing

the people

who have been accused of lip- syncing neither write nor produce their own songs. The plain truth is, the music industry has replaced raw talent with plastic dolls and cardboard cut-outs of questionable musical ability.

-John Volmers.

Spoke, Conestoga College, Monday, October

You

Skylights covered on fourth floor

tell

Who

win the World Series?

will

New window coverings are being installed to help reduce temperatures and improve working conditions in the greenhouse- like Oakland. They’re unbeatable

this year.

and the Blue Jays American League finals. the best record

They have

aren’t in the

statistics

speak

for

have the top two pitchers (Bob Welch and Dave Stewart) in the league with over 25 wins each. They’ll be major contenders for the next five years. (Ed VanKalsbeek, 2nd year telecommunications)

The recommendation work came in

plete the

spring, after the

Boston. Because they want

you want something bad

really

you’ll

it.

bad and when

Their pitching

tops right now. They have heart, determination, de-

and

sire

guts.

CPA)

in-

com-

the late

It has become more difficult each year to repair and replace things around the college. As the building ages, more and more

Enthusiastic individual or student organization, to

of job

to the top

priorities.

a long

list,

Some

of the windows on the

They were poorly designed, result of old age, some

well.

glass has acquired a milky appear-

ance. Other

Drapes were a possible solution were ex-

windows

But funding for such repairs problem, said Kalbfleisch.

pensive and not as practical. The

“We

receive

money from

way into the fourth floor of the Doon campus main teaching building Wed. Oct. 3.

until

bat

was trapped

room

Call Student Travel Services the

flew up and

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The bat was released

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teacher Jean Leforge.

province for capital building repairs.” But it doesn’t come close to covering costs, she said.

15-19.

Trautman, a cleaner at the college, using a cardboard box and

security

for

Oct. 16.

She then called security staff have someone catch it, but it escaped from the room by wriggling under the door.

The

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said

cept the classroom are used mainly

Oct.

Conestoga may not have bats one found its

promote Spring Break

fourth floor are being replaced as

office. All ex-

Oakland. There is no one around who can match them. They are the San Francisco 49'ersof baseball. (John Mackenzie, 2nd year business management)

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result there

angled windows leak in heavy rain, so water would soak through and damage the material, said

Bat found

call the

Spoke Hotline:

things need to be fixed, with the

to the problem, but they

(Maria Amorim, 2nd year

7272

one of

The “greenhouse” rooms

and a faculty

tip,

you think should

problem with the

windows was moved

clude a computer room, a darkroom, a classroom, the Spoke office

else

space,” said Kalbfleisch.

Not only does the heat and light working conditions, it’s in

you have a news

be in Spoke,

and the functions of the area have changed over the years. At one time there was no hallway in the journalism area, just open

affect

harmful to the computers the small rooms.

anything

stage,

learning environment,” said Sharon Kalbfleisch, the dean of applied arts and preparatory studies.

themselves. They

campuses

‘The college was built when arwas in an avant garde

“All the light and heat are not good for a healthy teaching and

Oakland. Their

Cambridge and Guelph

chitecture

The large skylight-like windows, which run from the roof on an angle in the Doon campus’s main building, are being covered with insulation and metal siding.

(Verge Oliveira, 3rd year management)

Flash Stratford, Waterloo,

through.

rooms on the fourth floor of the main teaching building at the Doon campus.

1990

Spoke News

With temperatures soaring in the summer time, drapes would do little to stop the heat from coming

By Stephanie Doucette

15,

For more information contact

DS A Activities

Office

Spoke, Conestoga

Co llege, Monday, October 15,1990

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their skills to flip 12,000 pan-

cakes and cook Students of the food and beverages program at the Waterloo campus of Conestoga College participated Oct. 6 in the eighth annual Oktoberfest Breakfast at Waterloo Town Square. The students volunteered

to breakfast

12,000

sausages. Gary Williams, a food and beverages teacher and one of the co- ordinators of the free breakfast, said the event was good experience for his students because it was a large

endeavor.

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“Cooking pancakes is not a challenging task. But the experience on a project of this magnitude, where you serve 6,000 to 7,000 people, is

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Street entertainer David Cassel, better known as Hotcha Chmarzinski, the one-man parade, entertained with his wit as their breakfast.

and blow on this rope to make the knots disappear,” Cassel said, taunting one of the members of the audience. He wiped the spittle from his face. “I bet I can tell you what you had for

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breakfast.”

According to Williams, 120 people volunteered their services that morning. This is up from the 40 people needed to run the event eight years ago. Of the 120 volunteers, 30 students from the food and beverages program, some

were faculty and friends, and the others were from CHYM and CKGL radio stations, cosponsors of the event. Volunteer Richard Evans

from Wales and said he was cooking Welsh pancakes. “Are they hollow in the middle?” asked a laugh-

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coverage.

met last November, according to Williams, to co-ordinate

Saturday’s celebrations. The committee will meet again in a month to plan next year’s breakfast.

Taxes and services charges

extra.

Quebec Winter Carnival Feb. 7- 10, 1991.

Williams and Conestoga

Street entertainer Hotcha Chmarzinski, a.k.a. David Cassel (Photo by P Hohnhoiz Gesiarz)

College have worked on the event since its inception. The idea was originally proposed as a promotional event for the two radio stations and Waterloo

Town Square.

New

Years Eve

Contact the

in Montreal.

DSA

Activities Office for

information about the above

trips.

Spoke, Conestoga College, Monday, October

Meet the DSA

1990

Teachers attend conference

DSA

Part of a continuing series

15,

on the

executive

By John Ruetz to

Two

Conestoga faculty mem-

The conference was designed make schools and technical

Regional Technical Teachers’ Conference Sept. 27 to 29 in North Bay.

Woods

ment,

said.

“Thirty-six suppliers

showed

George Woods, co-ordinator of electrical engineering at Doon, and Karstcn Madsen, a Guelph campus welding faculty

Conestoga was the only college there. That was nice,” he

member represented

gets our

“It

the college.

them about Woods.

was good

for us

name and

because

of Ontario to Conestoga’s techni-

technical

cal

presence

up there, then they

know we are down here and willing to help them,” said

for students.”

the college,”

programs.

“We’ve got a lot to offer. If our

more exposure in that part of the province,” said Woods. “We’re always looking facilities

teachers in that

tell

Woods said he wants these conferences to attract more qualified students from that part

said.

region, central-northern Ontario,

said

Conestoga.

up, but

“Our main purpose was to con-

and

turers

teachers aware of teaching aids and supplies they can use, books and specialized technical equip-

bers attended the second annual

tact technical

and computer manufacwere well represented. About 100 technical teachers were in attendance during the three- day event. Woods said some of them graduated from

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By John Volmers Staying on top of the music industry helps Tim Egerdeen in his

Doon

Student Association’s entertainment man-

job

the

ager.

Egerdeen, a second-year management studies student, says he took the job because he had experience in the field. Although he wouldn’t elaborate on his experi-

music business, they if you go have certainly paid off by the reactions of Conestoga’s ences

in the

—

been positive,” Ray Lyell pub was a good start. I’ve been told we turned away over a

“So

far it’s

said. “I think the

hundred people at the door.” Egerdeen said Conestoga hasn’t had that kind of a sellout crowd for a pub

in the last five years.

The responsibilities of the entertainment manager involve booking the acts to play at pubs, as well as

handling contracts with the band’s booking agents and managers. Once the band has been signed to play, Egerdeen is also responsible for their safety while they perform on stage. Some of these tasks

can prove to be ‘The odd time an act will tell you what they need at the last minute,” difficult.

of crazy.” Finding the acts can be time-

consuming.

“What

try to

go out and

see the bands perform and then go by gut feeling as to whether I hire

them.”

Quebec Winter

Egerdeen said he does not judge bands on the basis of personal taste, but on whether or not he feels they will be accepted by a pub crowd.

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‘The key to being a good programmer is keeping personal tastes Booking Canadian

acts that are

proach these bands himself, as opposed to the local club bands who approach him. He puts in an offer

and waits for the band’s agency to get back to him. Then Egerdeen must work with the band’s agents to figure out the fee for the performance, as well as who will supply the lights and

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Oct. 26

Carnival has to

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Students attend career fair By Marianne Brooks

for all nurses

career

fair.

Cindy Povey, placement

receives

assis-

one else

tant, said the fair also benefits the

hospitals, especially

The third annual event was held at the recreation centre and 37 hos-

The Wellesley Hospital, also in Toronto, offers an employee referral program, where an employee

are concerned

their career, she said.

about

Conestoga nursing students got the opportunity to employer shop Oct. 2 at the annual health sciences

who

which are

Toronto ones,

in desperate

Jane Cathcart, an employee

there has been more interest in moving to Toronto than the other two years a hospital representative

nurses.

The Toronto allowed students to plan The their future career paths, according to Pamela Seeback, the coop/placement officer at Conestoga.

Seeback added there were a variety of different institutions represented, ranging from nursing

homes

to general hospitals.

hospitals are even

has attended the

offering incentives to nurses who are willing to look at them,

Seeback

the Stratford campus, said she liked the career fair because there

The 260-bed Women’s College Hospital in downtown Toronto of-

was a

people fers relocation expenses for willing to move from outside On-

Entertainer

Johnny Toronto performs

is usually quite a good between 200-300 stuSeeback said. The event is

‘There

Conestoga

variety of information.

“I only wish they had more London hospitals because that is where

reer fair

Good Catch!

fair.

Karen Maclean, a pre-grad from

said.

tario.

Seeback said she hoped the cawould enhance students’ academic experience and provide more information on their careers.

re-

cruiter at the hospital, said this year

need of

pitals participated.

fair

$100 if they recruit someto work at the hospital.

lot of

us (nurses in her class) are

interested in going,”

also assists people financially

Maclean said.

in getting their degrees, according to Vickie

Murray, an employment

She added she had no interest in going to Toronto because she would be commuting from Stratford wherever she went.

recruiter for the hospital. She added that their nursing situation is

turnout,

currently pretty

dents,”

ing.

bad but is improv-

(Photo by John Volmers)

and Siamese cats entice Bryant

Writing, radio

ogy, a bachelor of arts with a history major, and a diploma in

By Karen Morrison Lee Bryant’ s life has taken many turns over the years. The Conestoga College teacher has also been a counsellor, an author, a radio and television personality and a breeder of Siamese cats.

advertising

She

art.

currently

working on a master of arts degree in cultural history.

studying and

teaching, she said she

would rather

Even though she be writing.

Just recently, Bryant

sion

She appeared Harpur Sept. 28 to discuss women and alcoholism. with host

Come, Fill the Cup is a 1970 autobiography that was published in both German and English. It sold 12.000 copies in hard-cover, and 250.000 copies in soft.

was on Vi-

TV ’s program called Harpur’s

Heaven and

The Magic Bottle and Everyone Needs a Ya Chai (pronounced yaw-chee.) the Cup,

Hell.

Tom

She has appeared on television “hundreds of times” and on radio a few times. She is unsure of the exact numbers. “If you bring out a book, they put you on television.”

Despite her love of writing, she said she will continue to teach at Conestoga College. “There is

much more

diversity in college,”

published in 1978. in

also appeared

two languages. Everyone Needs a Ya Chai has

Ya Chai

said Bryant, explaining that she en-

not yet been published.

joys teaching students from differ-

means sweetheart and describes

ent races and religions.

how Bryant

Bryant started teaching at the college in the fall of 1988. She terloo

Wa-

and Doon campuses.

feels about her cats.

about showing and breeding cats, one of Bryant’s

The book

teaches world religions at the

Bryant has also written articles about women and the church for newspapers.

The Magic Bottle is a book about alcoholism that was

women and

loves.

She

is in

the process of writing

another book about homosexuality

Bryant has written Come,

Fill

and Christianity.

World

Inter-campus Oktoberfest sold out at Waterloo venue By Penny Dibben Calling

a “fantastic” response,

Cheryl Davenport, Doon Student Association activity co-ordinator, said virtually all 2,000 tickets for Conestoga’s Oktoberfest night

estoga College night,” Davenport said. “It is one of the few inter-

campus events

that

The increase about

,400 last

we have.”

from year meant more in tickets

were sold a week before the event. “As of today, we have sold all

were available to the aterloo and Guelph campuses. “It’s nice to be able to give the other campuses as many (tickets)

except about 10,” she said of the

as they need.”

event to be held Oct. 1 1 at the T wist in Waterloo. Minutes later, a student walked into the DSA’s base-

ment

office and carried those

away. But one or two tickets might still have been floating around, Davenport said. Some students had taken a number and might not have sold

them

all.

Oktoberfest night is“truly a Con-

tickets

But when Dav-

venue for

Oktoberfest was the reason for the

night at the Twist, in

which made “a

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offer for us.”

number of tickets this year. Originally, the event was

tickets available,

“we (were) better

able to service students by having it

at the Twist.”

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Davenport said she was not surprised by the brisk ticket sales. In previous years, a smaller number of tickets have sold out.

greater

booked

arena, she found not enough tickets to

(Photo by Karen Morrison)

Spoke News Flash

enport contacted the Lions Club, which runs Oktoberfest at the

were available. She was then able

Lee Bryant

Because of the greater number of

Davenport said the DSA gave 120 tickets to the Waterloo campus, which also sold out. Another 200 went to the Guelph campus.

The change

ally held the night.

religions professor

She noted the tickets were sold in about two weeks, at the rate of about 200 a day.

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Spoke, Conestoga College, Monday, October

SPORTS Condors

•Braves top By Jeff Fraser

Both teams offered strong The Seneca Braves outlasted the Conestoga Condors in a rugged exhibition hockey encounter Oct. 3, at the Kenneth E. Hunter Recreation Centre, handing the Condors a 6-5

game

referee assessed six

misconducts and handed out 174 minutes in penalties during the game.

the

Condors matched the

in toughness,

Braves

opportunity.

Remo

Seneca’s

Tucci

inter-

cepted a Condor clearing pass and

loss.

The

forechecking to open the game. Almost nine minutes had passed before the game’s first big scoring

game

appeared

Seneca would run off with an easy victory. Leaving the ice after 20 minutes with a 4-1 lead, Seneca outscored the Condors again in the second to take a 6-2 lead into the final

early in the

snapped a shot that was blocked by starting goalie,

Marc McCallum.

The Condors responded with the good test for Braves’ goalie Drew Atamanuk. Jason Baker fired a shot from the hash marks first

that deflected off the goalie’s catching glove and over the glass.

Condors placed Dave Searles between the pipes. Coming in cold

With 9:33 left in the first period the Braves started their attack. Thane Ellis intercepted a pass in the Condors’ end and shot wide. Following the puck behind the net, he passed the puck to Brad Wadsworth, parked beside the Condors’ net, who finished the

didn’t hinder the goalie’s perfor-

play.

Seneca offensive drive and allowed the

Less than two minutes later, the Braves’ struck again. This time Art West took a pass from Dave May, skated down the right side and

frame.

start the third period, the

mance

as he stoned the

home side to chip away the Braves’ lead to only one.

Shawn Wright

led the Condors’

two goals. Terry Goldsworthy, Mark Kowalchuck, and Darryl McIntosh contributed solo

attack with

deked past McCallum. With the Condors two men short, the Braves’ power play went to work. After Wadsworth ripped a

Tucci,

who found

comer of the

Less than a minute later, Mike Torkoff added another power play goal for a 4-0 Seneca lead. The Condors’ finally cracked the visitor’s defensive barricade with

2:40 left in the period. Shawn Wright took the puck from a faceoff in the Seneca end, skated aound the back of the net, turned and lofted a shot over the goalie’s left shoulder.

In the second period, the Condors’ closed the gap to two with an early goal. A shot from Wright bounced off the post onto the stick of Goldsworthy who fired the puck into the open goal. Two quick goals by the Braves’ Jim Gegeny and Jeff Paetzold placed their team in command of the game as the period drew to a

Durham, a strong team At the

start

of the season, coach

Ron Taylor said

the

team the Con-

outs at the plate, collecting two hits

Drinkwater also had two

Drury, incorporating the fundamental style of softball that Taylor uses, sacrificed Hubert to second

up.

Dana McDonald moved Hubert to third,

and reached first base her-

on an error Vanessa Yeo. self,

Snedden came

Durham

catcher

to the plate

and

brought Hubert home with a sacrifice fly to centre field. Donna Ferraro reached first on an error, allowing

McDonald

to third.

hits

Jill

each

Durham. Becky Westman, the assistant coach, was quick to compliment

for

both teams.

“Both teams played well. We capitalized on a big error and won the game. The pitching was strong on both sides,” she said.

Westman team was

now

also said

in first,

that the

won’t give

now and we sewn up.” Westman pointed out that McNab, Gimby and Snedden have all been standouts on the team this “We’re

But the Braves’ snipers weren’t

the startled goalie.

off a point blank shot followed by

end and passed to Matt Webb, whose shot was blocked by the

have

blueline, skated into the opposing

a sprawling save off a two on one

year with their styles of play. But she quickly said it takes a team

the blueline.

In the dying seconds of the game, the Condors, on a power play, came up short in a final bid to even the score.

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interviewed

(

Gimby

for a story for

Thomas Kapouxanis Thomas Kapouranis, a firstyear business administration marketing student at Doon

Tracey Gimby, a second-year student in the early childhood educa-

Condors'

tion

shortstop

program

at the

—

campus, was named men's

Waterloo

week

campus, was named women's

athlete

of the week for the period ending Oct. 5. Gimby had two singles and

period ending Oct.

athlete

the

for

the

member of the Condors' Kapouranis team, soccer scored three goals in a 6-0 victory over George Brown Col-

batted in the game-winning run in the bottom of the seventh inning to lead the softball Condors to a 3-2 win over the Durham Lady Lords and first place in the league.

lege.