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Radar traps gun down speeders near campus One woman living on Old Mill
By Troy Bridgeman Waterloo regional police, responding to complaints by residents neighboring the Doon campus of Conestoga College, are clamping down on speeders
Road, who would not ^ve her name, fearing some sort of reprisal from those people charged, said she is very concerned about this problem. “It’s really bad for speeders here and there are
and other traffic
many young
violators.
kids in the area. I
Chipman, traffic branch commander for the Wa-
tell
the police they can park in
my
terloo regional police, said of-
tm-s,
driveway,” to catch violashe said.
fences in the areas of Homer Watson Boulevard, New Dundee Road, Old Mill Road, Doon
fused to give her name, smd, “In
Sgt. Bill
Road
Drive and Mill Park have been traditionally
high.
He
Valley
said
many
Another woman,
who also re-
the morning between eight
and
nine and after school it is really bad.”
Helmut Jann, who
motorists
lives at
tfte
comer of Old Mill Road and
use the streets for Portents and do not obey the posted 50-km-h speed limit. Const David Ely of the Waterloo regional police traffic branch said, he alone has laid 30 traffic charges against students, employees and teachers at the college since the beginning of regular classes Sept. 8. “I charged one woman who was driving 152-km-h under wet
and demerit points, speeding violations have not decreased. He said society seems to dictate that everyone should be in a
By Troy Bridgeman
hurry and, therefore, many people are guilty of speeding. He
Oct. 7 officially began construction
of a residence building for Con-
conditions,” he said. Ely said Old Mill Road is bad for speed"ers, but with only 15 officers in
said speeding is responsible for most of the 12,000 to 15,000 accidents reported in Waterlod^e-
estoga students. Kitchener mayor Dom Cardilio, Kitchener John Reimer, Con-
gion every year. As a result of those accidents, 2,000 to 3,000 people injured and 16 to 35
estoga College president John Tibbits, and the chair of Conestoga College’s board of governors, Jan
are killed.
Hayward, were among officials on hand at the site, west of Baker’s
the traffic branch
who
are re-
sponsible for the whole of Waterloo Region, everybody.
it is
hard to get
Doon Valley Drive, said, “There is
Kitchener mayor Dorn Cardilio addresses residence building.
officials at
the future site of Conestoga’s
speeding but it doesn’t bother
new
student
(Photo by Troy Bridgeman)
me much.” Chipman
said, despite in-
creases in fines, insurance rates
^
College residence breaks A
ground-breaking ceremony
MP
new ground
Dozen Donuts near the Homer Watson Boulevard and New Dundee Road intersection. Master of ceremonies John MacKenzie, Conestoga’s vice-president of human resources and student development, welcomed those in attendance, including repfrom the four corporations involved in the project’s
resentatives
funding and construction. The combination hotel and
dence
is
resi-
a franchise of the Choice
Hotel Corporation, which has 3,000 locations in 29 countries.
Gene Pringle, president of the Syndel Corporation of Belleville, which, along with the Dacon Corporation of Kingston, is responsible for the construction and maintenance of the venture, said the residence, to be called Rodeway Suites Conestoga, is the second such project in Ontario they have built.
See Residence, Page 6
Security mirrors instaiied for safety threat of assault
By Zen Karp
women
towards
day or night.”
New
security mirrors have been
The
installed throughout the
main Doon campus in compliance with a women’s safety
1991, after the Ministry of Colleges
and Universities gave orders
audit inspection held last year, said
tario
Mac
safety audit, Rostance said.
Rostance, health, s^ety and environment co-ordinator at Conpstoga. Rostance said installation C of the 30 mirrors, costing a total of $1,930, is one of a number of actions taken to “try to minimize the
that
Onmust carry out a women’s
educational installations in
“We got into the planning right away,”
Mostly
campus on May 21, 1991, Rostance said. “The group walked around all the grounds and buildings, and looked tire
actions began in January
building on
all
carried out an inspection of the en-
he
stages
for things that
would make them
apprehensive,” he said. “One of the recommendations
was
women
formed
Conestoga’s 33-member volunteer
women’s safety audit group, which
be inof the build-
that security mirrors
stalled in certain areas
said.
ing,” Rostance said.
He said mirrors were positioned See Added, Page 6
Tibbits asks for support from union initial year.
By Troy Bridgeman
is
Conestoga College president John Tibbits has called on the union at the college to join forces with administration in pressuring the
Ontario government to review funding formula for colleges.
its
growth,” Tibbits said.
The formula adopted by
the
On-
tario Ministry
of Colleges and Uni-
versities,
referred
“slip-funding” strict
to
was designed
as to re-
the growth of colleges.
Under
the formula, colleges are
required to fund any
new programs
themselves for the first three years. If the program proves successful after that time, the province will begin funding the program based on the r icentage of growth in the •.
uses to decide the amount of funding colleges will receive for their yearly budgets.
The problem with said Tibbits, is that,
the formula,
“We
million projected budget deficit for 1992-93. Tibbits said the policy could be
Why
compared with the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC). If one or two “maverick” countries pump more oil than the
should we be impacted by their growth?” John Berry, president of the Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU), Local 237, said a gentlemen’s agreement among the colleges to control growth is not being honored by some colleges. The result, he said, is penalties being placed on colleges who are growing responsibly and increased funding to colleges that practise a policy of, what Tibbits describes
“wild growth.” Berry said funding cuts to Con-
as,
estoga were arrived at by the province because Conestoga grew less than the system average. College administration is reporting a $1.2
have no
control over other colleges.
“I would like to see unions and management work together to control
A system-wide average
calculated which the province
others, they affect everybody, he said.
Berry said the government is not only cutting funds to “responsible” colleges,
it
is
also supplying
to industries to training. This
money
promote private
makes
it
more
diffi-
cult for the college to compete.
He
said the
government
is
going
to have to decide, “Do they want a college system or do they slowly
want
to kill it?”
Watch my back! Paul Baemler, left, Todd Spurgen, right, and Mike Weisgerber, of the Ambulance and Emergency Care program, practise extricating victim, Darren Elliott. (Photo by Kim Louie)
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deserves another
Multiculturalism divides
Recently, I decided to compile a list of dumb and embarrassing things I remember doing unfor-
—
tunately, not all of
them
One of the dumbest
^
that long ago.
— and
By Kim
.
topless.
I
think
I have stopped doing, though, is letting my older brother, who’s got a black belt in ju-jitsu and karate, demonstr-
which he’s been working on.
My left
me ever since I said no.
But that wasn’t half as dumb as taking a taxi in Toronto when I wasn’t exactly sure where my destination was. It was a $30 lesson
summers ago. Unfortunately, a lot of dumb things I remember involved money. But I did learn a long time ago, not to let any small, suspicious guys at my door talk me into subscribing, no matter how good the price, to a half-dozen magazines I never even read. I
learned two
Now, when I get salespeople at the door, I just grin, slowly nod in approval, and then politely ask if they accept severed human fingers as payment.
For some reason, no one has ever taken
No longer. Now, even those whose grandparents or great-grand-
go on?
me up on that
bom in Canada are not allowed to be simply Canadian. One must be German-Canadian, English-Canadian, French-Canadian, Pakistani-Canadian or a host of dozens more ethnic singularities. These distinctions serve not only as reminders of past conflicts and smack of elitism, but they render the entire concept of unity futile. How can we all be as one when we must, by the definition of multiculturalism, parents were
—
some kind of instinct or something.
shoulder has been thanking
light
Canadians used to be united, before the political wedge of multiculturalism was driven into our society. Multiculturalism the formal recognition of allegiances to a variety of lands, religions and cultures was a powerful political torch lit in 1971 by Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau and since carried by Prime Minister Brian Mukoney’s Conservatives. Before 1971, Canada had always been multicultural; a country where peoples as diverse as Scots driven from their homelands to make way for sheep, black Americans fleeing the bonds of slavery and eastern Europeans fleeing Soviet oppression, could find solace, welcome and a proud, new identity. All of these groups, and many more, retained traditional customs through privately-funded efforts at churches, homes and halls, not because of government doctrine or through taxpayers’ expense. Yet, between 1971 and 1989, the federal government spent about $195 million to encourage Canadians, new and old, to barricade themselves fi'om each other and from becoming Canadian. This misguided effort has done little but create further distance between neighbors, isolate newcomers and heighten ethnic tensions that had been left behind in countries abandoned by thousands seeking better lives.
thing that
ate a “couple of techniques”
Did a
Ibbotson
—
it’s
we fall.
ing notions of national unity and
By Heather
takes
One dumb
stand, divided
used to be that a person bom here was automatiAs well, immigrants who fled the shackles of war, poverty or repression could revel in the new-found freedom and worldwide respect that came with Canadian citizenship. It
cally Canadian.
multiculturalism.
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it’s not my fault I jam the clothes dryer so two and a half hours to dry a load, wrinkling the contents beyond all recognition. Another dumb thing I stiU do is fiy bacon without wearing a shirt. As anyone who’s been dropped into hot oil can attest, it’s quite a painful experience, especially if you have delicate skin. But as far as I’m concerned and with this I’m sure Gwen Jacob would agree Sunday mornings were made for frying bacon it
I
Consider one of the catch-phrases used by our southern neighbors during their time of strife in the 1770s
Now take a closer look at the oppos,
are inside out? Besides, tight
.
I
can crease a pair of pants just as well as the next guy Louie nice sharp creases, too. The only problem is that the creases jabbed into my shins. How was I supposed to know you shouldn’t crease pants when they iron. I
-
.
did this for quite some time, until my fianc^ straightened me out was to iron my jeans inside out. Now, don’t get me wrong; it’s not that I can’t
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Canada
—
be separate and disparate. The new emphasis on cultural differences in a country founded by people of many nationalities who left their woes across the ocean is forcing all the seething hatreds of days gone by to the top of our collective consciousness like the scum that forms on boiling milk. How can we be united if our very government upholds a policy of cultural separatism? We only need to look around the world today to see what ethnic hatred is doing. Look at Yugoslavia, the former Soviet Union, India and Ethiopia. Canada is not supposed to be like that. Overt paranoia about one another’s cultural differences is beginning to overshadow the reason why we,
came here in the first place. could aU be Canadian again and let go the rivalries and prejudices that so many went so far to escape, maybe Canada could again tmly be united, or our forefathers, If
we
strong and free.
offer. It
took
me
a
little
longer to learn hov' to deal with telephone
always used to blindly answer their inane questions and pretend to be interested, ending up being on the telephone for 15 minutes. Finally, I would break down and buy the damn tickets they were selling for shows I would never see. But probably the most embarrassing, dumb thing I remember doing was dropping my tray of food at a McDonald’s restaurant, in the midst of the lunch-hour rush. I can still picture the cascading french fries mingling with pop and ice cubes in mid-air, hitting the floor with barely a sound until the heavy plastic tray came crashing down on top, scattering the food in all directions. Writing this column, however, is probably the dumbest thing I will ever do. solicitors. I
Give thanks when thanks I’m a picky eater. Before Thanksgiving weekend, I recall reaching into one of the cupboards in the kitchen, looking for something to eat for supper, when I spotted a large can of Heinz spaghetti in tomato sauce
—
Well,
V
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maybe not.
always say, you may as well laugh at yourself because there will always be someone else laughing at you. But, as
Lori
with cheese.
Liphard
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Immediately I said to myself, with a long sigh, “Ugh, do I have to eat canned food again?” After I said that, I remembered Thanksgiving
weekend was quickly approaching. But why is it that every year when Thanksgiving
Letters to the editor Spoke welcomes
Day arrives, society associates ‘Thanksgiving’ with nothing but turkeys and a long, holiday weekend? I think people need to forget this false image and think about what Thanksgiving really means to them.
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Even though Thanksgiving Day is recognized as a special occasion for many, I wonder how many people really are thankful every day of the year for family, friends, and food. Complaining about food will get you nowhere. Every time I whine about some kind of food I don’t appreciate, I stop and remember that there are thousand, if not millions, of people in the world dying of starvation. I feel ashamed. After looking into the fridge and seeing it was practically bare, I was reduced to eating canned food, which is not my favorite choice. the other hand, is one of my favorite prefer eating spaghetti that has been boiled, adding the sauce and cheese on top. E atin g
Spaghetti,
meals. But
on
I
from a can of spaghetti that only needed heating, with the sauce and cheese already mixed in, doesn’t taste the
same.
know, you’re probably thinking, “Well, what’s the difference? It all gets mixed up in the stomach, anyway.” I
I think it’s about time now to take the canned foods that are only collecting dust in the cupboard to a food bank. But, I admit, I feel guilty about helping the needy
and homeless only once a year in this way. After all, giving thanks and helping others should take place more than just one day of the year.
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Fundraiser needs items By
Neil Wells
Going once, going
twice,
gone.
fund-raising auction sale, scheduled for Thursday Nov, 19, at 3:30 p.m. in the Blue Room cafeteria of the Doon campus. first
come
the editor
This
response to the letter to the editor in the Sept. 21 issue of is in
Spoke entitled Feminism Demeans Men. Itreally amazes me that a man can
tax returns, to ensure that
generalizing crime,
sary?
I
by
a man
don’t believe so.
who claims to believe in
upon separation-divorce, a father’s stand^d of living rises and the mother’s de-
equality of women and
court.”
clines.
stu-
I find it hard to believe that all the single mothers out there not receiv-
living in poverty, are children.
dents are needed to participate in the auction that will
ing their court ordered support pay-
A majority of those children come
with his biased opinions, a woman knows what she is up against. After reading this man’s letter I can only assume that he has stood
ments are getting “away with
be staffed
something.”
from single-parent families where a woman is the head of the house-
Rutherford,
Conestoga’s test centre clerk, said
faculty, staff,
entirely
and
by volun-
teers.
Rutherford said any donated items that could be auctioned would be greatly appreciated.
“People can donate anything they want, but not ga-
rage sale items. We want things of really good quality,” she said. She said items such as art work, balloon rides or computer class time would be the kinds of things auction orga-
hope to receive. receipts will be provided to anyone donating nizers
Tax
items, she said.
Bruce Murray, a professional auctioneer from St. Marys, Ont., will provide his services free of charge for the event, Rutherford said.
She
said the success of the
auction will depend on the amount of quality items received.
Money
raised will
go
to-
ward the current $4.5 million college fund-raising cam-
hold.
opinion that living below the poverty level is a privilege.
what?
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a
little
closer together,
Rutherford said she plans to donate a wool rug that took her 50 hours to complete. She said the auction could become an annual event if it is
successful.
If you would like to donate any items please call Audrey
Rutherford at the testing centre, at extension 203.
Corrections
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In a letter to the editor in the Oct. 5 issue of Spoke entitled Feminism column poorly researched by 'pluck and grit’ editor, the word “sentence” was left out of the sentence “And, she will be earning nowhere near even $30,000 a year for serving her depressing sentence as a McJob wordsmith.” Also, a quote by Adrienne Rich
Wilmot Tuesday , OctoBer 20
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Special
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By Sandra Schuett
The Special Needs Services office on Conestoga’s Doon campus
must complete an advisement form to alert the office of their situation
accommodations give special needs students the opportunity to meet their objectives, but in a different way, says Marian Mainland,
has seen a 65-per-cent rise in the
before they begin college.
Special
number of students who make use of its services compared to 1991. Special Needs co-ordinator Mar-
suspect they have a learning dis-
the services are adequate.
Students
Mainland said her department is assisting more than 200 students ian
this year.
Forty per cent of those are learning disabled, 35 per cent are physically challenged and 25 per cent are classified as those with emotional
and anxiety disorders. Mainland attributes the increase in special needs students to the suc-
who have
Mainland said
special needs
that
if
students
but it has not been proven, she must conduct a series of tests to determine if they have a legitimate problem, or if they just need the ability,
help of student services.
She added
that
most learning dis-
a compound of multiple difficulties such as inability to spell and difficulty remembering abilities are
information.
cess of similar high school support
Mainland stressed the fact that most learning disabled students do
systems that “allow the students to more comfortable and to reach
very well in some subjects but fail to achieve success in specific areas.
their potential.”
She said the special needs services encourages students to be totally independent. “As soon as they can cope, they go out on their own.” Judy Hmt, special needs assistant, said sometimes it can be hard for those who don’t have obvious im-
feel
was not until four years ago that
It
special needs started to receive
government funding and Mainland said that before then, students had to “struggle on their own.” Over the last three years, the speneeds student retention rate has been 94 per cent overall and Mainland said that a student service cial
pairments.
evaluation shows that students feel
“They might not want people to know and try to make it on their own,” she said.
Conestoga College’s Thanksgiving Food Drive went slowly this year because it was low-keyed, said
Becky Boertien,
activities co-ordinator for the Doon Student Asso-
ciation
their true potential,” she said. “It
lems with essay questions, finding it difficult to put the answer in their head onto paper. Other students,
#4.
who have a spelling disorder, might write out and then erase a
20 uses a video magnification
word
hancement Mainland said that people have to be realistic because,“there are some things they will never do.”
on equal
footing.”
up
months
to four
to receive taped
Those with visual impairments
cafeteria outside the
DSA office.
Donations were to be given to the
Food Bank of Waterloo Region,
goal.
— Colpitts
which, at last year’s food drive, started a competition for Conestoga College, Wilfrid Laurier University
(WLU) and the University of Waterloo (UW) to get the most donations, said Boertien.
Boertien said Conestoga gathered 90.9 kg (202 pounds) of food and
It
normally does, plus 25 per cent to meet their
Murray
a warehouse assistant at the Food Bank of Waterloo Region, said the goal is to collect 112,500 kg (250,000 pounds) of food. “As of yesterday (Oct.8), we had Colpitts,
available to visually impaired students.
needs lab located just inside Door Zoom text software is available
to enlarge print
screen that allows large print en-
are satisfied.
Special Needs students will
But, she added, that with all the
be ready to compete
accommodations available special needs students will be ready to compete with others equally.
with others equally.
— Mainland These students take extended test time in the test centre and may also make use of taped questions, use of a word processor or they may dictate their answers on tape. On the Doon campus, 62 students take advantage of extended test time compared with 13 at Waterloo
Meeting of the Mature
Students Association Thursday October 22
Room TEA
WorUns LATE? Getting HUNGRY?
amount of food “25 per cent below last
Colpitts said the
year’s total.”
30 minutes
The giving of food “always picks up near the end,” of the food
drive,
or FREE!
But this year, Colpitts said, “it would have to pick up what it normally does, plus 25 per cent,” to meet its goal. Last year, the food bank met its goal of 112,500 kg (250,000
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The Food Bank of Waterloo Region was started six years ago, said Colpitts, and met with success. The food bank started their goal at 90,000 kg (200,000 pounds) of food “and
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have to pick up what
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is
several times before they
said Colpitts.
in the
Job Access With Speech (JAWS) a voice-synthesized computer
Five accessible computer work-
canned fruits and vegetables, soup, macaroni and cheese, beans with
The Food Bank would
students.
stations are provided in the special
31,500 kg (70,000 pounds),” he
pected to be given. The donation
box was located
systems, where the teacher wears a microphone and the student wears headphones.
said extended time is given to stu-
books.
(DSA).
special needs lab provides specialized equipment for disabled
FM
dents for a number of reasons. She said most students have prob-
gathered 499.05 kg (1109 pounds). Items needed are peanut butter,
Boertien said there was not a set limit as to how much food was ex-
six at Guelph.
The
“The goal behind extra accommodations is allowing students to meet
—
powdered mUk, baby formula and cereal.
and
Doon campus.
Ensuring that students with disabilities get a fair chance at academic success involves a combination of services. Notetakers people in the same class as the student, receive a $50 honorarium for copying notes for the specials need student. There are currently 54 notetakers across all the campuses. Both visually challenged students and those who are “print impaired,” meaning those who have trouble with letters running together or jumping around the page, can take advantage of taped textbooks. Conestoga receives tapes from the W. Ross MacDonald School for the blind in Brantford, Ont. It can take
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Needs co-ordinator
puts them
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Needs offers opportunity
Additional classroom and testing
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Added
lighting to increase safety
Continued from Page
1
such as corridors, where it was impossible to see around corners until actually at the comer, and in stairways where mirrors provide a view around to the next flight of in areas
stairs.
Rostance said other actions for women’s safety include cutting back on some of the wooded areas on campus, and added lighting for the parking lots. Rostance said the
new parking Lot #5 already has adequate lighting, installed at a cost of
for women’s safety audits on all campus locations of colleges and
$ 1 1 ,745, but improvement of lighting on Lots #2 and #3 is under way.
universities in Ontario, Rostance
Funds to install the safety features were provided in part by die Ministry of Colleges and Universities, which provided Conestoga with $30,100 to be used over a two-year
The money provided is
to
tinuous development,” and every
new room
time a
Con-
making
part of a
opened
in
September of this year at
dations for 230 students. A 200square-metre student lounge complete with a large-screen TV, video
Durham College in Oshawa.
games and pool
Students there pay $85 per week each for a two-person apartment
for the basement. Areas will also be reserved for quiet study, and a pos-
which includes,
sible
TV,
college
heat, hyebo, cable telephone, a four-piece bath
and a kitchenette.
it
The
facility will
have accommo-
Struggling with
homework
Poor test
results
,
win-win situation for students, the college and the city.” residence, will help students, he said, because
A
being considered. ‘There’s a need everywhere for this kind of project,” Pringle said,
all
fall
only provides a student residence without a cost to taxpayers, but in fact generates tax dollars and provides jobs. The result, he said ,is “a
is
with those in the area.
Feeling lost during lecture
safe for everyone else.”
“way of the future.” He said the privately-funded venture not
computer hook-up with the
because the facility is ideal for students. “Bring your clothes that’s
built or
are the
tables is planned
Pringle said the Conestoga residence will be similar to that at Durham and rates will be competitive
is
changed, it is inspected for women’s safety. “If we’re making it safe for women,” he said, “we’re
Residence to be ready next Continued from Page 1 He said a similar building was
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According to Rostance, women’s safeT audits are a “consaid.
period, Rostance said.
estoga by the ministry
^Peer
$1.8 million allowance to be used
If
data has shown that the less students have to travel to get to school,
5 hours of subject specific tutoring for only $7.00
the better they generally are aca-
,
you need.”
you have checked all of the above, you could benefit from tutoring.
demically.
Tibbits said projects such as these
The residence
will
open
APPLY AT STUDENT SERVICES
in 1993.
Apathy hinders recycling program Association
By Zen Karp
(DSA)
last
year to ex-
it
pand the operation by holding a
The reduce, reuse and
recycle
winter coat drive.
program at Conestoga College is in its third year of operation, and is so
then distributed to various agencies
far “going quite well,” according to
in the Tri-cities,” Milner said.
physical resources manager Barry Milner, adding the college is “al-
for this year are under
ways looking
for
ways
to im-
prove.”
“Our biggest problem is at the source,” Milner said, referring to the blue recycling bins placed throughout the college. “People are just dumping recyclable materials in any bin,” he said. For the reuse aspect of the pro-
gram, physical resources staff member Carol Peas worked in cooperation with the
Doon
Student
amount of polystyrene waste generated at Conestoga,” he said.
Plans to hold a winter coat drive
cups, “plastic” cutlery and plates, as well as various food containers)
was considered, but turned down. Milner said Conestoga reviewed Fanshawe College’s polystyrene recycling program last year. “We were quite impressed with the operation, and the respect that
CONESTOGA’S 25th ANNIVERSARY
Milner said the college will continue to monitor the possibilities of
way.
accepting polystyrene products (which include disposable coffee
CanirMien^OsanSlutelAnoeMlon
we felt it was not economically or practically feasible due to the
“Winter coats were collected,
Milner said the possibilities of increasing the recycling operation by
Tutoring
was shown,” Milner said. “However, at this point in time,
introducing a polystyrene program adding that a polystyrene recycling plant has been operating in Mississauga for the past in the fiiture,
year.
“The option
is
HOMECOMING
there for us, if
and when it (a polystyrene recycling program) becomes feasible.” For overall waste reduction, Milner said, the college has met
Conestoga CoUege
Join
its
requirements set for 1992, although, he said, exact figures have yet to be calculated.
in
the fun and catch up with your former teachers and classmates!
Activities include:
•
Facuity/Alumni Reunions
•
Pancake Breakfast Pubs
• •
Celebrate Conestoga College
•
•
25tH S^niversary
•
•
October 19 to 23 Look
for Activities all
Encore Performances
of Past
Homegrown Talent Winners Dinner & Sock Hop Anniversary Brunch Family Skate
and more!
SEE YOU THERE
OCTOBER 23, 24, & 25th
Week
Homecoming Weekend October 23 to 25
For your 25th Anniversary
Homecoming Registration Form or for more information, please call or drop by the Alumni Office, Student Client Services Building, Doon Campus, 748-3542.
Euchre Tournament Wednesday, October 1
A
Doon
21
Invites
Student Lounge
Sign up in teams
at the
DSA Activities Office
you
to
NOONTIME BIBLE STUDY
1:30 a.m. until 12:30 p.m.
every
V
Christian Feiiowship
Monday in Room 1B34 and Tuesday in Room 1B24 from 11:30 a.m.
to 12:20
p.m.
Bring your lunch and join us for a time of fellowship and discovery! All
“The
thief
are
welcome
comes only to steal and kill and destroy; have come that may have life and have it to the full.” (John 10:10)
they
I
Spoke, Monday, October 19, 1992
student recognized for best logo graphic arts student at Conestoga’s
Doon campus, received $250 on OcL 8, for the best entry in a logo by the South
West Regional Soccer Association (SWRSA). The winning entry was a black
^d white depiction of a non-gen^er-specific figure kicking a soccer ball with the association’s
name
—
missions were received apart from those of the Conestoga students.
The SWRSA executive examined all entries
down
and narrowed the field from Conestoga
to six; five
and one other. These entries were then voted on by a representative from each of the 31
member clubs present at the an-
nual general meeting of the
and initials below. It was chosen from a field of 25 Conestoga Col-
SWRSA in Kitchener Oct. 3.
lege submissions.
said Luffman. “It
The other finalists included Conestoga students Julie Fletcher, Micheline Courtemanche, Laura Kalbfleisch and Konrad Sauer. Judy Luffinan, administrator of the SWRSA, and Bill Shayler, a lifetime member of the SWRSA and the Ontario Soccer Association, presented a cheque to Hopf and recognized the work of all who entered the contest.
“All the submissions were very impressive and presented quite a lot of variety,” Luffman said.
“It
was a
really tough decision,”
was a very
close
vote.”
Luffman said
the logo will
be
used to identify the SWRSA on a variety of stationery and clothing items.
Hopf said this was the first time she had won a graphic art contest through the college. She said her design was based on “simplicity and cost-effectiveness.” The use of one color, black, will be applicable to any format and will reduce the cost of printing and
Front row: Micheline Courtemanche, Laura Kalbfeisch, back row: Judy Luffman, Tina Hopf,
transferring.
Shortt,
who
just
begun, but the problems for those returning after a long absence are plentiful, according to returning students.
teaches a course
on
thought the seminar would benefit those attending the meetings. Shortt recommended the students make a list of priorities, listing the things that
The Mature Student Association, a group that gets together twice a month because of similar interests and the understanding of what it is
go back to school, held its second meeting Oct.8, in the Guild Room on the Doon Campus. “It is hard to do it all, you can’t do everything that you once did and attend school,” said Roz Shortt, a like to
guest speaker at the association’s first seminar; Surviving, Home and
School.
Group members approached
Shayler
(Photo by Heather Ibbotson)
conflict resolution, because they
The school year may have
Bill
and Konrad Sauer.
Mature students learn to adapt to change By Kari-Ann Puckering
contest
the first competition for a logo was open to the general public since July. Six sub-
SWRSA
Tina Hopf, 21, a second-year
contest sponsored
—
This
By Heather Ibbotson
in
must be done, what remost and the less im-
ally matters
portant activities that can be put off.
homes, spouses or children. Families want to have things back to normal but most will adapt to change and will give in to their
Association?
Meeting new people may make spouses feel abandoned because they are not part of their partner’s whole other life at school, Shortt said.
Families need to be aware of prob-
in schoolwork; explaining
lems and understand
is
Shortt said.
Suggestions
main focuses of the seminar. Roles at home may have changed as a result of attending school and mature students may be feeling guilty and confused for abandoning
made
Drop
off
your questions
to the
DSA Activities
Offic^and we will reply with an answer in
SPOKE
included reas-
suring the family by including them
what it you are doing; and introducing them to the friends made at school.
Adapting to change was one of the
Do you have any suggestions, ideas or questions for the Doon Student
expectations, Shortt said.
The group discussed many of the concerns and adjustments they and their families have had to make. changes,
Ask the DSA
their
It is
important not to give in to
Halloween Pub
expectations and to be fair to yourself, keep school up and changes, Shortt said.
make
the
The Mature Student Association will
featuring
meet again Ocl22.
(a tribute to
Board of Directors Meeting
SCARECROW
John Meliencamp)
Thursday, October 29 8:00 p.m.
Tuesday, October 27
Doon Cafeteria
4:00 p.m. Room 2A56 New members welcome For
7
Tickets: $6.00 in advance $8.00 at door
Dress up in Halloween Costumes
more information see Steve at the DSA Office CLASSIFIED $9.00
25th Anniversary Recycled Coffee for
Sale
Mugs
SALARY
work on door to door fund-raising program for non -profit organization. We are looking for dependable outgoing people with
some sales experience
Willing to
on^ $4.00 (tcb(ts incCuded) Limited quantity avaiCaSCe
Purchase at the DSA Activities office
preferred but
not necessary.
week.
commit minimum 9-12 hours a
We fundraise Monday to
Friday 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. and Saturday 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Transportation to area and training provided.
Phone anytime 747-4067
Spoke, Monday, October 19, 1992
8
Campaign By Troy Bridgeman Three special events have helped United Way campaign closer to its $25,000 goal. Sherley Loucks, assistant to the dean of the school of access and to bring Conestoga’s annual
preparatory studies, said the cam-
paign had collected $12,271 with only one quarter of the pledges in.
The campaign Oct.
1
from Loucks said
officially ran
to Oct. 9, but
canvassers will continue to follow up until all pledges are in. The first of three fund-raising events was held Sept. 29 at the
Doon campus when about 30 people paid $5 each to attend a work-
shop hosted by internationally-
known artist Peter Etril Snyder, who guided those in attendance through his process of painting. Paul Scott, co-ordinator of the broadcasting-radio and television program, said the event “went really well.
“Snyder did a full two-hour work-
haifway to goai
is
shop,” said Scott. “He did a complete painting with instruction on
With help from a $100 donation from the Waterloo Student Associ-
how he starts a painting until it is completed.” Snyder, who has a Mennonite
ation
background and is from
this area, is
best known for his rural landscapes
and farming subjects, Scott said. He has galleries in London, England and the Bahamas. Scott said the event was
more suc-
cessful than last year’s pancake
On Oct. 1, about 30 participants took part in a fun run at the Kenneth E. Hunter Recreation Centre’s ten-
The AM-109
Starcruiser
supplied music and assisted with a public address system for announcements and speeches. About $700 in pledges for the runners have been collected so far. A luncheon, called Tea and Conversation with Edna Staebler, a
cookbook
local
OcL 6
was held
author,
Conestoga Room at the Waterloo campus and raised in the
$150.
letic department events held each year at the college.
Perfect weather and fair atten-
The tournament
originated as a
dance combined for the successful completion of the Conestoga Col-
varsity golf
lege Oktoberfest Open golf tourna-
tournament, the top six or seven
ment.
golfers
The tournament, held
Oct. 7, at Valley Golf Course in Kitch-
Doon
ener, has
had limited success over
the years, according to Barb
team
try-out.
“Each year when we held the were recruited
to our golf
team,” she said.
She said
the
team then went on
to
play in the Ontario College Athletic
Association
(OCAA)
dinator of the college’s recreation
circuit. golf at the varsity level,” she said, “we just don’t have
centre.
it
McCauley, athletic program co-or-
She
said the tournament is
several intramural
one of and varsity ath-
“There right
which
is
story’
soon to be a movie.” suit
against Nabisco and Procter and
Gamble, who she charged with violating a patent on one of her soft and chewy cookie recipes. The case was settled out of court. Scott said the college campaign is one of many in the Waterloo area to raise money for 48 United Way agencies.
Money
collected through direct donations or payroll deductions
be given to the United
will
Way of
Kitchener-Waterloo and Area, which will allot funds where they are most needed.
who had already
By Neil Wells
served by
Conestoga College food and beverage management students and graduates showed what they were made of by serving breakfast to just
more than 10,000
people in a four-hour period during the first weekend of Oktoberfest.
The
annual
10th
free
Oktoberfest breakfast, held Oct. 10, was the proving ground for the 40 students who began set-
up for the meal at 5:30 a.m. Hungry crowds began arriving
ting
Waterloo Towne Square as early as 6 a.m. in anticipation of the free pancakes, sausages, juice and coffee. At 7:30, the gates were (qjened and the several hundred people at
staff,
gathered were
management
and on-air personalities from CHYM and CKGL, two local radio stations.
Gary Williams, operations coordinator of the food and beverage program at the Waterloo
campus of the
college, said stu-
dents performed “exceptionally well during the breakfast.”
“There is a lot of pressure on the students to turn out pancakes quickly,” he said.
Williams said, during the latter part of the morning
someone
had to be sent to Zehrs, one of the sponsors, to get
cake
He were
more pan-
batter.
said only a left over.
few sausages
They were do-
nated to a local food bank.
Open welcornes Conestoga swingers
Oktoberfest By Neil Wells
famous ‘cookie war
the
at Oktoberfest breakfast
student volunteers
from the food and beverage management program served tea and biscuits, with recipes taken from Staebler’s Food That Really Schmecks cookbook. Loucks said Staebler “shared some wonderful stories, including
The story involves Staebler’s
breakfast.
nis court.
(WSA),
Students surpass target
still is
now.”
over the years due to poor turn-
—
shirt for the best off-the-tree shot,
scramble method
Eighteen players completed the nine-hole tournament that began at
every player spots his ball from the
and a gift certificate and T-shirt for the highest score were also
shot closest to the hole
awarded.
2 p.m. The tournament was held using a
have been more
best-ball format.
$20 and an Edelweiss Tavern voucher; second prize was $10 and
Golfers were put in pairs and the better score of the pair was used. “The problem with using a best-
whereby
— would
fair.
First prize for the
tournament was
First prize
went
to the
team of
Troy Dempsey and Dave Coslovich.
fee for the tournament
Second prize was awarded to Dave Hamack and Wes Cozma. Third prize was taken by the team of Tim Hehn and Gregg Litt. Although the tournament in-
estoga mechanical engineering stu-
Additional prizes of a Budweiser hat, for the shot closest to hitting
dent who played in the tournament.
volved only the first nine holes, players could remain at the course to play the back nine holes if they
McCauley on
desired.
ball
format
their score
ringers always have counted and the other
is,
guy has no incentive shot,” said
McCauley said the tournament has been cancelled several times
Pittman said he thought the Texas
outs.
to
make
the
Shawn Pittman, a Con-
a golf pass; and third prize was $5 and a T-shirt for each player of the pair.
The entry was $20.
the ninth hole, a T-
Special needs student reaches goal
competing
at
Barcelona Paralympics the ball in motion at
By Sandra Schuett
all
times.
Because competitors must have This year’s national try-outs were
10 per cent vision or less in order to
who
the hardest ever for sightless athlete
play, those
Glen Wade, but having
go that extra mile didn’t stop him from reaching the greatest sporting com-
impaired must be blindfolded. Wade said half of his team is totally blind, while the remainder have
petition of all this fall in Barcelona,
partial vision.
to
Spain.
At
are partially sight
this year’s competition,
Wade
Wadepractises twice a week from October to March. He prepares for competition by running and has recently introduced a weight-training
program into his routine. This was the fourth time Wade has earned a spot on the Canadian national team for a sport that he described as “quite demanding.”
said the Canadian team did “rea“I
enjoy the game, the only sport can
really
Jt is
I
play competitively.”
— Wade
Wade, a 27 -year-old management studies student in his third-year at
Conestoga College, was a member of Canada’s goal ball team, which
competed
in the
Sport for the Disabled Paralympics, held Scpt.3 to 15.
enjoy the game, it is the only sport I can play competi“I really
tively,”
which
is
Wade
said of the event
commonly compared
to
soccer and Europettn handbtill. Players compete on a nine by 1 8metre court using a ball with bells inside that
same
is
approximately the
size as a basketball.
Goal ball involves playing two seven-minute halves, with three players defending the net, keeping
sonably well,” placing 5th out of 12 teams in the semi-finals and ranking 7th out of 68 overall. The team’s toughest opponent, he added, was Italy, who eventually
won
the event.
Sixty-five thousand athletes competed at this year’s Paralympics, which were held in the same stadium as this year’s Olympic
Games. Events for athletes with sight impairments, physical challenges and cerebral palsy, range from track and field to swimming and archery. Wade said he was excited about being
Spain and the only thing some getting used to was playing in front of crowds as big as 2,500 to 3,0(X) people. in
that took
Wade
first
participated in the
sport while attending the
W. Ross
Ironically,
it
was a knee
injury that forced Wade to sit out the 1989 sea-
son. Wade said he really does not think about sustaining injuries, but wears elbow and knee pads. Ironically, it was a knee injury that forced Wade to sit out the 1989 season, and he admitted that his knee is “still not great.”
Aside from goal ball, Wade enjoys spending time with his wife of four years and his woodworking hobby. Until recently, he also ran a small business in Cambridge that sold bingo supplies. “School put it off,”
he
said. “I couldn’t
the time to
MacDonald School, in Brantford, Ont. During his time there, he tried
will
out for the Ontario team and “the rest is history,” he said.
said.
commit
it.”
Wade
.said the ‘96 Paralympics be his last international competition, “I have to be realistic,” he
Glen Wade, management studies student, and Janus. (Photo by Sandra Schuett)