.
Commercial centre being shop, a gas station and a convenience store across Homer Watson
By Daniel Harrison
A
commercial centre
that is to
include a strip mall, a 200-room hotel,
two six-storey office towers
and a regional-sized recreation centre is planned for property
Homer Watson Boulevard Conestoga College’s Doon ^mpus. The first phase a doughnut
across
^m
—
Boulevard from the college’s recreis currently under construction, with the doughnut shop scheduled to open this month. “This site is Kitchener’s only commercial window on (Highway) 401,’’ said Walter Abicht, leasing manager of Swisscan Properties, the leasing company for ation centre
—
built
Brampton’s Normbau 2000, the developer of the centre. “We own the land right to the 401
West Kitchener Centre from Normbau 2000, which
One of the (doughnut shop’s) main
is
reasons for locating here
Fairway Best Mall
is
campus
beside Doon
the col-
lege. It was a consideration for the convenience store, too.” The main customer base for the mall will be commuter traffic coming on and off Highway 401 and residents living in the area, Abicht
said.
Literature
on
the
also the developer for the
new
in Kitchener,
Watson Boulevard, New Dundee Road and Highway 401. “All first
we have left (to complete the is some exterior finishsome paving.” This phase,
phase)
ing and
says the college will provide “a
first
large pool of potential customers as
doughnut shop, a gas station and a convenience store. Although the doughnut shop is expected open the second week in NovemSee College, page 5
well as a good pool of semi-skilled
and
skilled labor.”
The eight-hectare (20-acre) development is bounded by Homer
of five for the
site, will
include
the
Coping with
Condors win
stress
bronze
pages
page?
Vol 22, No.31
Conestoga College, Kitchener, Ont.
November 4, 1991
DSA constitution
DSA candidates and board of direc-
By Leanne Okum
tors
The Doon Student Association’s constitution was ratified and approved by the board of directors at a special meeting held on Oct. 24.
After final checking by a lawyer, the
document
be returned for
will
executive
help.
“The
internal
and external names
positions.
didn’t ring any bells for the stu-
Major changes to the constitution were the positions and responsibilities of the vice-presidents on the
dents,” Arnold said. “I
association.
better
was
prised that people didn’t
what
we
did.
We
sur-
know
can do our job
when people know
exactly
Both Arnold and Slater Said they
cess intended to transform the into more of a student-run organi-
tails, said Anita Arnold, former vice-president (internal).
their previous titles
zation.
Arnold’s title has been changed to vice-president of administration and Jamie Slater’s title of vicepresident (external) has been changed to vice-president of communications. Both changes involve changes in
now documents all which the organization
Lassel in 1990, the rules by operates.
The amendments
to the constitu-
have been going on for 18 months and are the result of many hours of meetings, said Dan Young, supervisor of athletics and
tion
student
life.
A constitution committee was established early in 1990 to help
by Tammy Caron)
DSA
are happy with the changes because
The constitutional changes, initiated by former DSA president John
Oct.^^eeSca|y^pa^4, for ibe full story.
definitions of the
vice-president they should go to for
more on what
Oct. 24 meeting marked the phase of an amendment pro-
DSA
W^erioo Studert Associalion athletic co-ordinMark Kftlaeit)00;iE^tlesGO<otdl^ and beverage managemem stu> deni, rim it tip at W^rlri.campus’s Halloween pub on
members, and a refinement of
the vice-president’s position en-
The final
t,
approved
make the constitution state-of-theart, Young said at the open meeting.
Some amendments
to the consti-
tution involved voting privileges
DSA
executive
mem-
for full-time bers, eligibility requirements for
constitution to retlect
responsibility.
“The basic differences Jamie
is
in
is that
charge of signing con-
had no significance and no clear meaning attached to them. “Now that we know our job tide, we know where to divide tasks that come in and know what to do about those tasks,” Arnold said.
“As vice-president (external), I was finding a limited amount of things that I was responsible for,” I needed working on a
said Slater. “I felt that
more
flexibility in
and media communications and my position is more involved with administrative duties like signing cheques,” said Arnold. “Because the positions are still new, they are still being being worked on and will always be on
public image for the organization.”
review.”
changes. Martin will then give the constitution back to the DSA’s board of directors for final approval.
tracts
Arnold said she realized
many office
students
came
in to the
that
DSA
and did not know which
With other minor wording amendments to the constitution, the document was passed and is now in the hands of Jamie Martin, a lawyer
working
in conjunction with the
DSA, who may
suggest minor
Students upset after their appliances confiscated Take mini-fridge, coffee-maker back home, students told By Barbara Jackson
speak with Barry Milner, head of I had an idea that something like this would happen,” Wagner said. Suljak said he was unhappy with
school safety standards.”
Milner’s response.
Marquis, Wagner and Suljak were accustomed to spending late evenings and weekends working in the room and didn’t see anything
physical resources.
Third-year construction engineering students
who
call
room 2A13
their home had their coffee maker, mini-refrigerator and a collection
“He thought
our idea to keep the
of coffee mugs confiscated by Conestoga College’s cleaning staff
appliances in our
Oct. 23.
pretty inventive, adding, however,
Student Mike Suljak said he was in a computer lab adjacent to room 2A13 when a janitor en-
that
home room was
we shouldn’t keep
that
kind of
He seemed
working
stuff in a teaching area.
room and asked for the name of the owner of the appli-
humored by the whole thing.” The students were told by Milner that they could pick up their be-
tered the
ances.
The items, along with a collective class fund drive, were taken by the janitor
and locked
in
a janitorial
room.
longings after promising to immediatly remove them from the school.
Milner defended the action, saying that although the confiscation wasn’t “based on any specific policy or procedure manual, we have a
Third-year construction engineering student Christine Wagner said she arrived the following morning to find the appliances missing, with
basic common sense approach. Students have lockers in which they
no explanation. “We went to security and were informed that we would have to
should keep personal items.” Milner said that the appliances “were in contravention of certain
Lori Marquis, a third-year construction engineering student, said
the confiscation “infuriated” her
classmates.
wrong with enjoying a
fresh pot of
coffee or cold pop.
“We put a lot of hours in, and it would be nice to have a local area to eat and drink, and besides, the vending machines can get pretty expensive,” Suljak said.
Although the students retrieved belongings Tuesday, OcL 24,
their
they said are still upset with the handling of the situation. ‘They
took our property without any notice,” said Marquis, adding: “We
From left. Jennifer Pagett, Joe Couchman and Paul Bonas, all third-year construction students, mourn the loss of their private homeroom coffee maker. (Photo by Barbara Jackson)
see teachers and students in other
programs
sitting in
drinking coffee
all
classrooms
the time.”
Bob Gilberds, head of Doon secu-
rity,
said that the room
was “a mess,
according to the cleaning
staff.”
Gilberds said the students “should
have asked for permission before setting up appliances in the classroom.”
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4,
1991
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OK, let’s play a game. Round up 20 pennies and put them in a pile in front of you. I’m going to ask 20 questions. For each question you can ansv/er, put a penny in your pocket. If you can pocket more than a nickel, you’re well on way to paying for your education. I. Is that concrete snake crawling towards Doon campus’s Door 5 a mad scientist’s experiment gone horribly awry, or is it a wheelramp? Do you feel as confident as I
High
no one
will
I’d rather
Some
pen
on a
flated
cal
new Canadians. Anne Ramsay of
“In fact,” said
1.6 million people in Ontario
do not know how
change for a cup of coffee. 200 people are enrolled in a local literacy program, with 70 on the waiting list. Dale Gellatey, executive director of KitchenerWaterloo’s Literacy Coalition, said the numbers are
CORE
Literacy,
“only five per cent are.”
Another myth is that illiterate people are only those cannot read or write. Illiteracy covers a broad spectrum, from math to computer literacy. Clear and legible writing is the most important lesson to teach literate people. Short words and phrases are
who
increasing every day.
easier to understand than multi-syllable “montrosit-
She attributed the increase largely to the recession. Large factory layoffs unveiled greater numbers of people who needed to be retrained for the job market. The recession revealed a percentage of Ontario’s population who, until now, have been brushed under
ies.”
literacy organizations that there
the carpet.
acy.
Something must be done. It costs Canada to have so many people who are illiterate, in unnecessary unemployment payments, in-
Region can work towards.
“Each one teach one”
is
the ideal literacy organiza-
tions strive for. If every literate person taught one illiterate
person how to read and write, it is believed by would be an to illiter-
Perhaps,
it
is
a goal that the citizens of Waterloo
— By
Lori Joslin
Physical addiction controls habit Having a certain amount of will power has no affect on why an individual can or cannot quit smoking. Being told that quitting cold-turkey is all an individual has to do a blatant display of ignorance. The addictive drug present in tobacco is known as nicotine, and like any addictive substance, it becomes a problem for the user when it is repeatedly used. Will power is a state of mind, being able to overcome some obstacle by training the mind to believe it is possible.
Although this is a part of trying to quit smoking, there also the physical addiction that must be overcome. When a person becomes dependent on nicotine or any other substance, the body has to adapt to the new intake of a foreign substance. In the case of nicotine, the individual cells of the body that are affected have to alter their chemical make-up in order to be able to handle this new drug. By changing structure, the cells
proportional to a person’s state of consciousness. 16. There’s gotta be a law somewhere that prevents people from free
circle the expiry date
Currently,
.
me a
illiterate.
to figure out the
7. Where is it harder to park? Downtown Toronto or Doon campus? Bonus question: Where is the parking closer to where you want to go? Double bonus: What is that body of water oozing in the wind near the woodworking centre and the east overflow lot? 8. Name three members of the DSA. (Cliff the Condor doesn’t count) 9. True or False? Just true or false. That’s it Do it. 10. Explain in 50 words or less why students can’t eat in classrooms but employees can eat in offices. 1 1 In point form give three reasons why the photocopiers at Doon campus cost 1 5 cents while at the University of Waterloo it only costs a dime (six cents if you have a debit card). “Volume, volume, volume’’ is not a complete answer. 12. Who does that statue think it is waving at? Motorists going by on the 401? 13. Get out your calculators. Divide 35 students by 30 computers. Explain your answer to the computer science students. 14. The varsity Condor teams play exciting brands of softball, soccer and hockey. Give one good reason why you haven’t gone to a game lately. Looking for a computer doesn’t count. 15. True or False? A person’s enjoyment of CXLR is inversely
lunch in the cafeteria and offering
functionally
driver’s licence.
satire, isn’t it?
my
ple are
They are
A
have my $20 back from the Doon Student Association’s capital development fund and decide for myself whether I can afford to give it to the college’s fundraising campaign. 4. Write a short essay entitled: Why contract negotiations between college staff and the council of regents drag on forever. Quote liberally from Jean-Claude Parrot and Canada Post negotiators. 5. Field trip: Put down the paper and I’ll give you 30 minutes to try to find a computer that’s not in use. Back? You should have just sent the penny to me. 6. 1 don’t get the joke behind Beverly Hills, 9010whatever. It is
interrupting
warning of danger, or
in today’s society.
across both lanes?
True or False; Next year.
functionally illiterate person cannot read the instructions on a bottle of cough syrup, a traffic sign
consumer prices to cover mistakes, extra mediand worker compensation charges and subsidies paid for industry retraining and lost taxes. It would be cheaper to subsidize literacy programs and educate literate people about the problem. It is the only way Canada can fight illiteracy. Educating Canada’s literate population involves dispelling myths, including the one that all illiterate peo-
But there may be up to 45,000 people in KitchenerWaterloo who cannot read or write well enough to cope
use that monstrosity? 2. Whose popularity is lower: Brian Mulroney or the person who tiiought up the idea to extend the speedbumps at Doon campus
3.
numbers uncovered
It is so easy to take some things for granted. Like reading the newspaper, for example, or putting a signature on a document.
chair
that
illiteracy
is
if
apply for a credit card. Find it. Please. 17. Can you give one situation where date rape is OK? If you can, give me all your pennies. 18. Why doesn’t anyone (at Conestoga College) know the Detweiler Centre and the woodworking centre are world class? 1 9 How m uch does a 1 2-ounce cup of coffee cost in the real world? 20. Got a couple more minutes? Read the box write below this column. Write down one thing you would like changed at Conestoga College. Send it to Spoke. We’ll try to print it. I
now become addicted It is this physical
to nicotine.
addiction that smokers find, in some
cases, impossible to overcome.
The overpowering
urge to have a cigarette can be compared to the pains and urges felt by someone who has not eaten in a day, except the urges for smokers are more frequent.
An individual has to want to quit smoking. Smokers, and especially non-smokers, must understand that it is not the degree of will power a person possesses but the amount and length of time his or her body has been subjected to nicotine.
Although believing
in one’s self is
an important
overwhelming factor is the damage and change the body has undergone to adapt to the habit. Until a method is devised to help restore the body to its original state, their wUl be a lot factor in quitting smoking, the
of failures
among people trying
to quit.
— By Jayson Hunt
.
Letter to the editor I
A
Letters to the editor Spoke welcomes
all letters to
opinion, please send space, and to
it in.
the editor. If
Spoke reserves
remove any
you have a
beef, or an
the right to edit letters to
libellous statements.
Your
letter
must be Send
signed, and include your program and year for verification. letters to the
Spoke office, room 4B 15, Doon campus.
fit
am
writing to clarify the
com-
ments made by Tracy Hiuse in her letter to the editor of October 15. The statement I made was: “I important for women to ’’ literally take back the night,’ think
it’s
something
I
strongly believe.
However, in the actual interview I made no reference to banning men from the march, but rather
stressed the importance of
women
walking together as a collective unit at night.
Tracy was absolutely correct, the posters invited both men and women to the concert that followed the march. However, this was not clearly stated. I
ing
women
to literally “take back
the night.”
Valerie Gennings
also agree with Tracy that, yes,
men need to participate in
paign to stop violence against women; however, for that march I feel male support can be demonstrated in other ways, thereby help-
the
cam-
Peer helping service administrator,
Doon campus.
.
Spoke, Monday, November
You
Us
Tell
Alumni
offer kits for the items
By Renee Ammendolia
may
about the school’s policy of not allowing food or drink in most classooms?’
Exam
feel
do
"I
anyway. As long as the
it
students are not messy or don’t make noise it shouldn't be a problem."
Frank Eros, first-year computer
programming
analyst.
understand the rule, although occasionally a room has to be used for an event or something but other than that it should be enforced." "I
Becky Westman, OSA
Nold
"It’s
too
an O.K.
rule.
much freedom
dents
You
can't
have
in class or stu-
expect more.” English, first-year
will
Penny
com-
Con-
estoga College in an effort to make students aware of the group said
sion involved the gathering of in-
student representative and Doon $tudent Association president Jef-
ideas for alumni associations.
by the alumni association
at
lege.
Promotion “The
something
kits arc
that will
later
decided that the exam survival
kit would also be a good idea for Conestoga College. When the kit was first proposed to the alumni board the idea was rejected. Nold worked out a second proposal and the board agreed to U"y
The kit was promoted to first-year students in the summer. There was a mass mailing of letters by the
through.
“Exam
time
hard, so this will be
is
exam
a reusable bag, the survival kits include assorted in
vouchers.
The
kits cost
$1 1.95.
items from the kits
kits.
alumni association to parents and friends of the students. If they were interested in purchasing a kit, they were instructed to to send back an order form to the alumni office in July.
“We
snacks, highlighter pens and food
are on display in a case just inside and to the right of door 5 in the main teaching building, although
Mary Ellen Stroh, first-year so-
He
successfully at the university.
out the
Some sample
tion."
was there that he was introduced which was sold
to the idea of the kit,
mote the alumni,” Nold said. “They are being offered to help students overcome exams. We know what the students are going
engineering
“I can understand the rule but it should be at the teacher’s discre-
The ses-
benefit the students and help to pro-
Contained
ical
last year.
formation gathering about different It
According to Nold, the association does not want students to find out about the group only at the time of convocation, but also be informed of its benefits while at col-
a perk for students.”
I
Brock University
frey Nold.
puter programming analyst.
“It doesn’t bother me. only eat in the cafeteria.” Eric Wenger, f irst>year mechan-
said.
As
a school representative, Nold attended an alumni conference at
activities
Co-ordinator.
survival kits are being sold
survival
not be exactly what
the kits contain,
’How do you
exam
1991 3
4,
we
didn’t get the response
were hoping for,” Nold said. Although the kit is mainly directed toward Doon campus students it is also on display and available at other campuses. ,
Jeffrey Nold
The purpose of the kit is to raise money for an alumni reserve fund, which would be used for bursaries and awards. Nold said that the exam kit also will be offered in the future.
“Of course, there will be improvements and recommendations, but
I
will
become a big
feel that eventually the kits
thing for the col-
lege, just like orientation kits are.”
College students face extra stress
cial services.
By Barbara Jackson "It sucks. We’re not school anymore."
fn
high
Dan Munro, first-yearelectrical
Although it isn’t easy to define the meaning of stress, there are few
among
who
us
don’t understand
what it feels like. Health Services nurse Midge Ennis said that stress can be exhib-
engineering.
ited in a number of ways that are “unique to the individual.” Ennis is sympathetic to the in-
and hereditary factors. Students have historically been at risk of succumbing to the cummulative nature of stress. “Students need to take the time to follow relaxation steps that will allow them to become a lot more productive,” said Ennis. She suggests that students record the events of each day in a diary
“When you white, your
faced with.
now people
“Right
are coping
see
it
in black
and
becomes more
life
or-
ganized and easier to deal with,”
Cleminson.
trol,” said
One
because.
creasing difficulty that students are
students to leave school and according to Cleminson, “many times the people we see have already made up their minds to leave school. I think about what might have happened if we intervened before things got to that point.” “Sometimes stress takes over and people have to get back into constep towards getting back
control
is
to
make some alternative
lifestyle decisions.
Ennis recommends exercise.
“When you are under stress, flight
with a lot of stress factors.
said Ennis.
“There is the problem with the environment, global issues, dating
the only ones giving stress related
muscles get
and the fear of finding employ-
advise to Conestoga students.
preparing yourself for batde.”
Health services employees are not
ment.” Stress
symptoms can range from
headaches, nervous stomach, insomnia and changes in eating patterns to extreme mood swings. “The spectrum is pretty broad,”
The way
with student services has seen his fair share of overwhelmed students.
He said that by the time he sees a student in need of counselling, “they have a sense of being out of
said Ennis. in
which an individual
control.”
Ennis suggested that because
Cleminson said that it is “imperawhere key stressars are in the person’s life before you
“biochemical reaction to
can put strategies in place to make
deals with stress involves a vast
range of contributing factors. stress is a
tive to establish
stimuli,” our individual reaction to it
Cleminson, a counsellor
Bill
differs
because of both learned
it
or fight mechanisms kick tight as if
$he suggests
in.
Your
you were
that exercise, along
with the maintenance of good nutritional habits, will change the body’s defensive reaction, producing endorfins, or “happy chemicals,” as Ennis calls them.
Problem solving, verbalization and humor therapy also rank highly on Ennis’s list of stress remedies. Both Cleminson and Ennis said that most problems can be worked
better.”
out with the help of a little common sense advice from a trained profes-
Academic pressures have caused
sional.
Graphics moves towards future and
The graphics department at ConDoon campus has reached a new level of sophistication with the introduction of a comestoga College
puter software program.
The program, called Adobe geared specifically towards graphic art designers. “It is taking over the industry you can literally do everything on it,” said Matt Miller, a teacher in the graphics design program at the
Mexican Fiesta
—
a fight to the death with a Mexican pinata at the Doon Student Association’s Mexican Fiesta Day on Oct. 22, accounting student Christina Manor decides
After
it
campus.
would have board. Then you would
“In the old days you
off. sfN
(Photo by
Leame Okum)
to
do an
art
to a film
it
.
.
.
make fdm
setter (and) suppliers, but all
Illustrator, is
to finish
house or a printer out of that. Now you’re bypassing that whole stage. “Before, if changes had to be made, you had to deal with a typetake
By Jayson Hunt
'C'V
now
it is
done on the computer. With the
computer, changes are almost
in-
cost
initial
was $800, not including
different typefaces required,
is
the
which
can cost from $100 to $200 each. It can quickly add up, he said. According to Miller, graphic designers familiar with the program are in demand, but knowledge of
method
also an asset and should be
taught.
The new program
is
learned
largely through tutorials provided
by the company. Any problems that may arise are dealt with by Miller, or a computer technician
stant.”
Miller said the program’s
the basics of the traditional
who comes
to the col-
lege periodically.
Most graphic design
businesses.
now
use the Adobe Illustrator and Macintosh computMiller said, ers.
Within the next two years every graphic design business will have
Adobe
Illustrator, Miller said.
.
4 Spoke, Monday, November
4,
1991
Pickles help author teach writing By Catherine O’Brien If
you are having
Business Students Are Your Marks
in
a Recession?
difficulty writ-
ing creatively perhaps opening ajar of pickles will help. That is one method used by Elaine Driedger, who is teaching a 13- week night course on writing for children,
which
is
offered by the centre for
continuous learning at Conestoga College’s Waterloo campus. “I brought a jar of picUes in one evening so the students could learn to write more effectively with their senses,” Driedger said. “This helped them learn to describe details such as touch, taste, smell and so on. They begin to look at the world in a new way and their
September
Get out
of the slump with assistance from a
becomes more concrete.” She emphasized that writing for children requires the same fundawriting
mental
skills as writing for adults.
“I think there is
One
a combination of a successful
you write what you really enjoy. Then you will write more successfully and have a better
is that
chance
at
being published.”
Driedger has achieved this success. She writes for both children and adults and her short stories have been published in journals, literary
magazines and short story collections alongside Margaret Atwood, Alice Munro and Timothy Findley.
As
Peer Tutor
make
things that writer.
Elaine Driedger
in
Shivers; Canadian Tales of the Supernatural,
was nominated
for an
Aurora Award which is given to the best Canadian science fiction and fantasy story. Another short story is part of a book collection that is us^ as a high school text. Driedger is modest about this success, but does concede it haS helped her with other projects. “It helps
shows
oft
some
when you are approaching editors and you have b^n published in these books and with these authors. I
me more
find that the editors take
seriously.”
Driedger said she decided to teach a writing course to keep in contact with creative people
“Writing by itself is very isolatyour writing at home you
well, in 1990, her short story
“The Money Box”, published
ing. If
don’t really have
much
feedback.”
of her published books (Photo by Catherine O'Brien)
of what was available to me.
I grew up on a farm in a Mennonite community in Lemmington and women either became nurses or teachers. So I went to university to become a
you could study found out my roommate was in a journalism program. Unfortunately, I didn’t pursue it at “I didn’t realize
writing until
I
Prescription
that point,” she said.
Driedger always enjoyed writing, but decided to become an elemen-
Alftough Driedger did not study writing formally, she continued to
tary school teacher
when she went She graduated from the University of Western Ontario
have a keen
to university.
When she started a family in
a general bachelor of arts and a bachelor of education. “It really sounds naive, but when I went to university I was not aware
Driedger decided to take creative writing courses at night. “I learned a lot of valuable tips. It is this information that I pass on to my students here. Not only will
in 1975, with
Information and applications available from Student Services
teacher.
for
better
interest in writing.
1984,
they leam creative skills but how to
grades
HIRE A TUTOR
market stories and approach editors to get work publish^.” Driedger said she is looking for-
ward to teaching the course again in
By Tanmiy Caron
for
She suggests that anyone wanting be a writer should really know their market and continually practice writing skills. “You have to read a lot of the kind of writing you want to do and become familiar
5 hours of subject specific tutorinc
with
T just went through the cafeteria, handed them out and then they
pub was amazing,”said
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WSA secretary Michelle Leendatse.
from Student Ser\/!ces
who is publishing the types of
stories
jianded them back to me,’ ’ Maerten said. ‘ ‘Everybody said they were coming. I can’t believe it Last year this
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the winter.
The Halloween pub at Conestoga Cdlege’s Waterioo campus on Oct 24 turned into a h«ror show for the Waterloo Student Associatitm when only a[^oximatety 50 students attended. A survey conduct prior to the i»ib by WSA activities co-ordina to- Tina Maerten determined that 75 per cent of the people who partic4)ated would go to the pub. ‘
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‘We tried our best for advertising, but you can’t make them come ^ out” ‘
The survey also included proposed events for the remainder of the school year.
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“It had ideas on what they wanted to do for the year, hockey games, mystery booze cruises and what kinds of prizes they wanted /9 at pubs,” said Maerteit Over $300 in prizes was given out by the WSA. Gift certificates, worth $20 were given out for the most original, the scariest and the raffled off a compact disc funniest costumes. As well, the
WSA
HEyUJl)ES (ittCkiTOOt ;
Free Nooner featuring
player.
Tickets for the for $5.
compaa disc player were sold for $2 each or three
The compact isc playw cost $300 and 120 tickets had to be
sold at
$2 each
for the
WSA to break even.
“We stated seUing the tickets Wednesday morning and we had only sold about 18 this morning,” said Leendertse. The draw and costume prizes were given out at midnight About 1(X)
compact disc
tickets
were sold.
Rob Nicol, a first-year genial business student won disc player,
the compact
Tuesday, Nov. 5 11:30-12:30 p.m.
Randy Schneider, a secwid-year general business stu-
dent won the prize fta: the scariest costume, Mark Sdlars, a secondyear food and beverage student won the prize for the most original and Maria Dalosta woi the prize for die funniest Coinciding with the spirit of the festivity, most of the
WSA
members were dressed as
“We
Johnny Toronto
wanted to
bright orange and green pumpkins.
try to get the whole'council to
people wouldn’t go for it,” said Leendertse.
do
it,
but
some
Doon
Cafeteria
Don’t miss out on a great time!
Spoke, Monday, November
4,
1991 5
Teachers to send books to South Africa Socha. Packaging, shipping and other transporta-
ByTedHodgins
tion costs
Two
Doon campus of Conestoga College
“What we are basically sending them is a library,” Norman Socha. “We are trying to put together
said
a ton of textbooks into crates that can be taken apart and used as shelves. They have next to nothing there.”
Khiba at a conference
down. for the
going to have to be fairly big. We are dealing with over a ton of books,” said Socha. ‘That’s only half the batde; the shipping, port and legal costs of getting this much stuff over there is enormous.” Socha has contacted several government and private agencies without much success. “We are trying to get them over there at little or no cost and we don’t want those books to get all the way to South Africa and find out Khiba could not get them due to some hidden costs that he can’t afford,” said Socha. The school in Lesotho is still under construction and staff currently must squeeze 137 Grade 1 students into a tiny church hall. “They are creating this building from die ground up for about $5,000. It’s amazing to think how much a building costs here, if you compare the two,” said Socha. Along with the English texts, science material such as test tubes, beakers, flasks and bunsen burnwill also be sent ers “Mr. Khiba wrote me in a letter that he was having trouble teaching his pupils die concept of temperature. WeU, it’s pretty hard to teach temperature without even having one thermometer ” Socha said.
help a teacher in a school in Lesotho, South Africa some reading material for his students.
S.
effort
crate, but it’s
are trying to
get
Socha met Patrick
have slowed the
“We are trying to get together the material
teachers from the Detweiler Centre at the
in the
surruner of 1990.
“We were talking about his school and he told me how desperate they were for even the most simple of teaching supplies,” said Socha. “I told him I would see what I could do to help.” The two teachers from different sides of the earth have kept in contact through numerous letters. ‘Tom Quackenbush (another Detweiler Centre teacher) has been a great help in getting what we need,” said Socha. Quackenbush received many of the texts and encylopedias from Lincoln Public School and is currently storing them in his garage. English is one of South Africa’s official languages and the school is at the same grade level. “Getting the books and materials was no problem but once we had them we ran into a brick wil,” said
Board of Directors Meeting Thursday, November 14 4:00 p.m in
—
the Guild
Room
There is a need for more members of the Board of Directors. For more information please see Anita
—
at the
DSA offices. NURSING STUDENTS GRAD PHOTOS
The almost complete phase one Recreation Centre
in
of the Kitchener centre, with Conestoga College’s Kenneth Hunter the background. (Photo by Daniel Harrison)
College a reason continued from page
(about what the centre will hold).
1
may
not be
ready for business until the beginning of December, Abicht said.
The college doesn’t have any
It
be integrated with the hotel. (The hotel) might be joined to the complex, like be a
will
ber, the gas station
development
for
(at)
facility that will
SkyDome.”
TTie negotiations for the
man-
clans for pathways to the new de^lopment, said Barry Milner, di-
ager/tenant of the recreation are al-
rector of physical resources. Because of the heavy traffic on Homer Watson Boulevard, stu-
company is planning a similar ven-
dents should use the controlled in-
construction of the recreation
tersection at
and
Doon Valley Drive
Homer Watson
Boulevard, he
most complete. He said
Brampton. be about a year” before the
ture in “It’ll
plex
his
is
“We
Blair Little, director of engineering
struction of the three-storey hotel,
for the city.
to
The development’s second phase will be a 2,140-square-metre
the land, will begin in two years and
(23,(XX)-square-foot) strip mall that
would be for “upper end, prestigious” tenants, similar to the tenants found at the Highway 401 Business Park. The towers will be located across New Dundee Road from the business
along
Doon Valley
expected to be under construction soon. It will be located next to the
is
gas station.
Abicht said he couldn’t reveal the planned tenants are, although he said the mall is almost 50
who
Zyg Janecki, of Kitchener’s planning and development department,
be located at the southwest tip of
will take
The
one year
to complete.
office towers
park. will
be high
profile,
bigger firms” whose business is national and international in scope,
said the
Abicht
d^artment stores
The office towers are three to four fours years away, but “we are getting enquiries now for a 20,(XX)
zoning for the site doesn’t allow retailers such as clothing or the site.
to be located on The tenants could be banks,
restaurants, electronic-appliance stores,
car lots, auto repair shops
and the like, he said.
The recreation centre, the
said.
square foot tenant. If that goes that’s half of one tower through then we’d go ahead with itnow.” Abicht said his company has no-
—
—
development’s third phase, would occupy one-sixth of the site and
ticed an increasing interest by firms
would be a regional draw, Albicht
the
said. It will front
onto
“I can’t let the cat
for both office
and
retail
space at
Homer Wat-
West Kitchener Centre. Normbau 2000 had pushed back its
out the bag
forecast for the completion of the development, but now sees the
son Boulevard.
4th
to
NOV.
8th
RECREA TION CENTRE CLASSROOM
ule. Abicht said the only dark cloud hanging over the centre is the yetundefined lot levy in Kitchener. A lot levy is a one-time tax on new developments that is levied to pay for the infrastructure, such as roads, sewers and fire protection, that a development needs.
Please send a representative from your class to the to pick up your photo information and an appointment schedule
DSA ACTIVITIES OFFICE
Reply by OCT. 23rd.
DSA.. .in touch
chise nailed
‘The tenants
per cent leased.
NOV.
on sched-
com-
Drive, said
Kitchener doesn’t have any
the project almost back
under way, Abicht said. have an international fran-
down for the hotel,” which will be part-owned by Normbau 2(XX), he said. The con-
said.
plans to upgrade or put sidewalks
location
leasing environment as strong and
Hi!
Anita Arnold here and
I
want
to
fill
you
in
on the
latest
happenings
Board of Directors. The Board of Directors composes the governing body of the student association. Every program is entitled to one voting representative for each year of your program but anyone is welcome to attend. Meetings are held once a month and we decide on issues such as budget, constitution as well as upcoming events, (pubs, winter carnival etc) Its a great place to meet students from other programs and also get the “inside scoop” on what the DSA is up to. with the
Several position
So come on in come out to our
still
available.
to the Activities Office
and see me,(Anita Arnold) or
next meeting:
Thursday Nov.14,1991
at
4 p.m.
in
the Guild
Room.
Thanks, Anita Arnold Vice President of Administration P.S. Stop by the Office anytime!
6 Spoke, Monday,
November
4,
1991
EIMTERTAIIMIVIEIMT Oktoberfest Celebration attracts By Barbara Jackson and funds were raised as elements of German and youth culture were mixed at an Oktoberfest celebration attended by ConBoth
spirits
estoga students Oct. 17. The event was held at Altes Munchen Haus in the
Queensmount Arena
Oct. 17.
Close to 1,300 revellers participated in the sold-out attraction which was jointly sponsored by the Doon Student Association and the Lions Club Of Kitchener.
Becky Westman,
DSA
activities
co-ordinator said,“basically the event adheres to an agreement between the college and the Lions Club. We have exclusive ticket selling rights and the Lions run the bar,
games and food.”
,300 people to
1
Queensmount pub
Most students present at the event agreed that the evening was one of the more worthwhile activities sponsored by the DSA. James Downey, a second-year broadcasting-radio and television student said, “It’s like having a party with 1,000 of your closest friends.”
Ian Vanderpool, a second-year law and security administration student said that the evening was superior to other school-sponsored activities because, “there is
beer here.” At $6 per ticket, the
DSA
not in.” These funds are slated to be
used
to support future
“All of this
activities held for the student
“We do make a lot of money, but it
a loss, Westman said.” Jeff Peterson, a former Conestoga to take
college student rity, said,
ferent
who worked
secu-
“This crowd isn’t any
from
last night.
dif-
ex-
was the concern that under-age students might attempt to infiltrate the
the Lions
business manager, said,“We
haven’t finished counting as yet, bills still
lined-up in front of the Oktoberfest pub held Oct.27
EUCHRE TOURNAMENT
made by be donated to a
All Oktoberfest profits
Club
variety of local
will
community
Wednesday, November 13
service
groups.
11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. V in Student Lounge
Mike Mandel among those slated for nooners By Stewart Shutter Doon Student Association entertainment manager Shawn McEwen’s mind was over matter when he booked “stand-up mentalist” Mike Mandel for a nooner. Plans were almost finalized when, during an interview,
McEwen
“Let’s dispel the rumor. Let’s it
said,
make
so.”
McEwen and made
called Mandel’s agent
it
official.
Mandel the
is confirmed to play in Conestoga College Doon cam-
pus cafeteria
on Feb.
4.
Mandel, a frequent act at Stages and Lulu’s Roadhouse, uses volunteers from the audience to show the power of the mind. Other upcoming events include a nooner featuring Johnny Toronto, a juggler and comedian, on Nov. 5. An all-acoustic nooner is scheduled on Nov. 12, called Natural Sounds. This nooner will be different from past shows in that students will be the entertainment. People can sign up as solo or duo acts, McEwen
acoustical sounds,” he said.
There will probably be
McEwen
said, but
it
Sign up in Partners outside the
prizes,
will not
DSA ACTIVITIES OFFICE
be a
competition.
“Everyone’s a winner.” A comedy music act. Men Without Hairs, will be playing at the next mini-pub in the main cafeteria on Nov. 20. The show will be free and starts at 3:30 p.m. “They’re a blast, a must-see. They’re very, very funny,”
McEwen said.
Come and
down
“We’re encouraging students
to
walk on
Co-op and
Placement, and see the services we can
s.aid.
to
get involved and showcase their
Queensmount arena for the (Photo by Barbara Jackson)
more is
Crowds
”
Peterson added that things would be run, “more by the book,” as tliere
DSA
some .outstanding
we
covers other activities where
have
festivities.
to
into
popu-
lation.
pected to raise approximately $7,800 from the event. Phil Olinsld
due
DSA events.
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REMEMBRANCE DAY CEREMONY Monday, November
Past and present
11:00 a.m.
and Ian Smart, (r), helped decorate the Conestoga wagon built in 1970 by the first graduating wood products and technidans class, which included Clari< Moore, (c),
Henk
now
Twilt,
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Main
Cafeteria
a teacher. (Photo by Catherine O’Brien)
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1991 7
4,
condors ^in OCAA bronze Softball
In the first inning,
Slater Ja y Jamie
1 1
“Beat ’em, bust ’em, custom, one, two
,
that’s
our
three kick ass.’’
That pre-game chant of the Conestoga College
women’s
softball
Condors stung the ears of Loyalist College when the Condors won the Ontario Colleges Athletic Association’s bronze medal 9-3 on Oct. 19.
The Condors have won the OCAA
on the Condors. The Condors countered by scoring two runs in the second inning and allowing Durham to score one. During the next three innings, the Condors prevented Durham from scoring any more runs, while they made up lost ground. By the end of the fifth inning,
Conestoga
had
Durham’s lead
to 12-8. After clos-
decreased
gold medal the last three years in a row. They fought their way into the
ing the gap, the steam burned out of
semi-finals of the championships
the
by overcoming a 0-5 record. The team managed a 4-6 record but, their results put them in fourth place, setting up a semi-final clash with the undefeated Durham team. “We need to play to our potential,”
said outfielder Donna Ferraro,
“We
started off slowly. ..once
got
together,
it
we
we
started winning.
We are a good team, and then we’ll kick Durham’s butt.’’
The second-place team of Seneca College had to beat Loyalist in order to advance to the finals. The semi-finals were held Oct. 18 at Durham’s Oshawa campus. Despite Conestoga’s intentions, Durham College also had a plan and weren’t prepared to alter its action.
Condors and they
lost 13-8.
The 1991 bronze medal-winning Condors: from
left
to right
— top row: Erin Toms, Jim van
Trigt,
Cathy Culbertson, Jen VanDerZwaag, Cheryl UnderIn the other semi-finals, Seneca Marie Newell, Linda Weatherup, Leigha Carthy, i Trigt, Tracey Gimby, Becky Westman; front row: Tracey Aldefeated Loyalist 6-3 setting up the wood., Jodi Onischenko, Jackie va bronze final between Conestoga Icoch, Michelle Drury, Michelle Culp, Tracy Orvis, Dana McDonald, Laura Martin, Donna Ferraro, Marlene Ford; not pictured: Shelley Saul, Lori Elsby. and Loyalist on Oct. 19.
After the ther team
first
(Photo provided by Barb McCauley)
three innings, nei-
had managed
to get on the
in the
Jenny players Condor VanDerZwaag, Marie Newell and
up in the
Michelle Drury were also recipients
with one run. Conestoga scored a run in the sixth and seventh, but Loyalist, trying to keep on the pressure, scored two runs in the seventh, setting up a
of special honor awards in the championships. Newell was named most valuable
tense eighth inning.
along with VanDerZwaag. Drury for the bronze was named
scoreboard.
The Condors scored one run fourth, but Loyalist caught fifth
The Condors were able
to handle
the pressure better than Loyalist and
scored six runs to win the bronze medal.
DOON
STUDENT ASSOCIATION
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Durham scored
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she has very definite goals for the future, but enjoys her college expe-
and
played varsity basketball last year,” said McKnight. “I also played in the intramural slo-pitch league and .won the championship.” McKnight said she finds that her spare time is used wisely now with her duties as
women’s convener.
“I take care of all intramural
leagues like said
women’s ball hockey,”
McKnight.
“I also prepare
and
maintain rent
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team standings.”
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with varsity McKnight.
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John O’Brien of the men’s soccei Condors has been named male athlete of the week. He scored twc goals in defeating
Mohawk
Col-
lege in winning the bronze medal-
Soccer condors win big By John
L.
Tachauer
The women’s soccer Condors captured their first-ever championship with a 1-0 overtime win over Fanshawe College on Oct. 25. It was a defensive gold medal
game
in the
OCAA championships
Algonquin College in Ottawa as both teams were held scoreless in at
regulation time.
After 30 minutes of overtime, the
game remained
scoreless,
and
it
was a penalty kick by Marlene Ford gave the Condors a 1-0 win. English scored two goals in a pre-
that
liminary game against St. Lawrence College and another against
Durham
Nov. 8 and 9. While the women’s Condors were winning, the men’s Condors battled in overtime to win the bronze medal after edging Mohawk College 3-2 at Sir Sandford Fleming
made several great saves. It was the best she had played for us.”
Prentice
Penny English of
is
the
main reason for the
Condors’ success, he added. Johnstone also praised the efforts by Penny English for her scoring and Ford for her overtime goal in the gold medal game.
The women’s Condors
will
now
play in the national tournament at Fanshawe College in London on
the
FOOL
women’5
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scored four goals to lead the Condors to a championship. Jhn 0'K««n« C*,KSQw.
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