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PERSPECTIVE Violence in Society

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Conestoga College, Kitchener, Ontario

Vol 25, No. 36

College and residence consider night walk-home program By

lishing a

The

thing

first

walking

someone

feels,

night from Conestoga

College’s Doon campus to Rodeway Suites, the private residence near the corner of New Dundee Road and Homer Watson Boulevard,

a sense of openness,

of vulnerability.

that is looking into estab-

formed

Jeff Brinkhof

few saplings and

six light stan-

walk-home program

will escort students

Doon Student

and promotions co-ordinator Cola Buscombe, a resident of ties

Rodeway and

of lighting,” said

Jennifer Kraus, a first-year accounting student. Conestoga College and the management of Rodeway Suites are currently working on a plan to ease these fears. A committee has been

of the

in the

groups.

said. “1 think the better

have a group of people

idea

meet

at a certain time.”

finding a mutually convenient time. “Not everyone is going to want to leave at is

the same time, but I guess we’re going to have to work that out,” she said.

Brett Wehrle, co-manager of

Journalism links with

Con-

been asking for graduates with specific knowledge, not just

the University of Waterloo has been finalized and will be fonnally launched Dec. 4, said the college’s dean of the school of college access and pre-

gram and

paratory studies.

technical journalism skills, Jankowski said. The philosophy behind UW’s decision to go ahead with the project was “to create a new kind of journalist,” said Robin Banks,

Kalbfleisch. which has been in

the university’s associate provost. Journalists today need a

the planning stages since 1991,

good background

will offer students the option to

such as science, engineering and

attain a bachelor’s degree from the university and a journalism

statistics,

diploma from the college.

nalism curriculum is not expected in the short term, Jankowski said, but there may be

said

Andrew

Sharon

Jankowski,

Conestoga’s journalism program co-ordinator, said the program has always accepted students from UW, but there was a need to formalize the process. best results have been

who have degrees,” “We feel that education

with people he said.

makes

the journalist.

The more

education, the better."

Students opting to take advantage of the new venture will be required tocomplete a minimum of 25 tcmi courses with a general

in disciplines

Major restructuring of the jour-

course changes “Eventually, this affects

students,

in the future.

when we

see

16 cameras, a nightvi-

its

mounted on

sion camera

the light

standard nearest the college in its parking lot. “You can actually see from our lot to where you make the turn into the coIlege._^e have a view of people walking hack to the

parking

Brett Wehrle,

co-manager of Rodeway Suites, with security monitor. (Photo by Kenton Augerman)

college after dark.”

association’s

group

provincial lobby

our regular stream of

we may

introduce dif-

ferent courses,” he said. will not be affected im-

mediately. But there may be students with the proper credentials

ready to

start at

Conestoga

September, he .said. Previous informal arrange-

ments

that credited university

two

Mainstream acceptance into

the time required to get the

Jankowski the

over three years.

fected

main

thrusts of the

project will be to get people with

mature

for high school or

students will not be afeitlier.

cepted from

said those ac-

will

addition to high school entrants.

College’s membership cial

in a

conference, Pearson said. Sossi questioned whether “that

“Considering

all

don’t see any-

all that, I still

DSA treasurer Paula

organization,” “1 don’t see

how

Conestoga College

was

has benefited

itself.”

referring to the Ontario

Par-

liamentary Association, which represents 120,000 students in 22

9-2

Conestoga was represented by DSA president Geoff Pearson and DSA vice-president of lege in Barrie,

administration Jennifer Kurt.

seems you guys come

just

back and you say, ‘Yeah, we did a lot of stuff.’ That is pretty vague.”

specify stuff and

that

dif-

provide detailed accounts

although he added he would be

“The small,

little

things that

learned from other colleges ... 1 just can’t see how I can bring all of that

specific.

we have

that you're

here each

going to

tell

what you did on weekends. You don’t have to go into great detail, but at least be a little more spe-

really-

benefited from by joining this organization?” that’s huge," Pearson said, urged Sossi to defer further

who

discussion until after the tuition creases

back without making

a very

become

Sossi said ition

“I’m talking for 30 hours while I’m up there. I couldn’t even possibly see condensing in into under three." he said.

DS.A activities co-ordinator Becky Boertien asked whether or not infomiation sharing was the

in-

official.

the association’s tu-

recommendations don

achieve their intended goal, “Then, basically, we’ve joined an organization that has done nothing for us."

Kurt added: "But

That try to

the point.

at least

'V^’e

tried.

were there

help the students."

Jack Fletcher. Conestoga’s chair of student services, said. “There has been a honeymoon period but the

honeymoon is over now and some concerns. I think we

there are

with them straight up."

purpose of attending conferences

have

held by the association.

Fletcher serses as a link between the college’s administration and the

come

(new infonnation) doesn't

back, what good

is it? It

just

“You come back and

say that

and learned that, but we don't know what this and

we’ve learned

to deal

student council.

Fletcher said the executive has

stays with one person.

think that the point of these

week

would be

aspects of the conference,

all

“If

Sossi said.

meetings

ficult to

long meeting."

conference of the association held at Georgian Col-

“1

But Pearson said

we’ve

“But

cific,” she said.

willing to do so.

Community College Student

At a Nov.

Geoff Pearson

Paula Sossi

Sossi said.

little

the only thing that

money

the

we’ve spent just by joining, conference fees, expenses which occurred

be a

was

the possibility

ceived by delegates at the Barrie

provin-

scrutiny.

"It

combat

of large increases and sent to the provincial government was well re-

lobby group was brought under

and

tuition fee schedule that

designed

Conestoga

importance

was

addressed.

Tensions ran high Nov. 23 at the weekly Doon Student Association (DSA) executive meeting, as the

“Maybe you can

said.

program

credentials (degree and diploma) from five years to a little

Hilderley

member colleges.

Intake into the journalism pro-

gram

the issue of tuition increases

By Brad

Sossi

how

major at UW, plus three semesters and one month of work term at Conestoga. This will reduce

the

They had a program that if you didn’t want to walk to your car alone, they’d help you out.” Wehrle said the residence has, versity.

thing worthwhile outof joining this

said.

students entering the joumali.sm program will not be affected,

One of

ant and I’m checking out the system they had at McMaster Uni-

membership

Employers have

journalists.

joint venture to link

“Our

he said.

DSA treasurer questions

estoga College ’s journalism pro-

The project,

group walk back from the college,”

a rounded education trained as

By Omar Wei ke

the concerns that students

among

with the group walk

Buscombe,

idea, said

deal with

Residence council president

have to worry about having only one escort per student for several reasons, including safety,”

One problem

expect the

some of have regarding anything really, and one of the big ones is maybe setting up a is

Richard Moravec said, “1 can understand why it should be import-

"We

the things

council to do

college and

having them travel to the residence

Buscombe

ship on this issue.

involves having students meet

in large

just isn’t a lot

member

committee, said several options are being discussed. The most popular

back of the recreation centre, along the fence surrounding Doon’s soccer and baseball fields and up Conestoga College Boulevard to Homer Watson. For some, the openness of this path is frightening. "‘I won’t walk at all. There this path at night

Rodeway Suites, is looking to the new residence council for leader“One of

Association activi-

scheduled times

—

to the res-

idence after dark.

dards are the only cover offered along the lonely path that runs from the

back

that

this

that is," Boertien said.

Pearson told the executive the conference was significant because

“some bridges

that the situation

be mended." and "not abnormal."

He informed members of a workshop on conflict resolution for student government leaders to be held in

January.

2 Spoke, Monday, December 13, 1993

OPINION

SPOKE Editor: Kenton Augerman Associate Editor: Omar Welke

Editor: Gary Wiebe Production Manager: Jeff Brinkhof Advertising Manager: Duncan R. Inglis Circulation Manager: Colleen Connachan Faculty Supervisors: Jerry Frank, Dick Scott

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Telephone: 748-5366

Censorship a dangerous trend n

age of computers, high-tech

thi.s

I microchips and communication

By Omar Welke

links, the

trend .should clearly be to-

ward an open and free exchange of infomiation. Instead, what we arc experiencing in

Society glorifies brutality and violence

Canada is a disnews cen.sorship.

turbing trend of

Two recent incidents involving the media, courts and government, indicate that, instead of new openness in the way we communicate, on the information highway. The suppression of most information in the Karla Teale first and most unnerving of these incidents.

there

man or woman can go out, savagely butcher another human being, tear the body parts to

a roadblock

trial is

the

first

glance,

may seem

the only victims in the affair are

Then, voila appear on a crime card. These ridiculous cards are old news, but I’ve been reminded of them c"'Pr^the. ast couple of months. I recently iread an article in the Kitchener-Waterloo Record about one of a small group of women, known as "Teale groupies,” obsessed with murder and rape

media

outtets themselves, but the damage being done to democratic institution.s and rights make citizens the real victims.

know

simply trying

provide information that the

.sen to

the details of

any

suspect Paul Teale.

The news media is government has cho-

One woman has

trial.

ban most information regarding the trial is a thinly-veiled attack on the basic right of Canadians to know what is happening in their court system. Those who argue that this is really a philosophical discussion that does not affect real people should think again. The first casualty in the struggle to inform the public fell on Dec. 2. Gordon Domm. a retired OPP officer from Guelph, was charged to

The U.S.

not

exempt

either.

made

Guns N’ Roses

It’s

still have left and conswing towards secrecy in the courts. Slowly but surely, Canadians are losing their rights to information and speech that have always been held sacred. Are we asleep at the wheel? Secret trials and hearings, tight control of the information network, arrests for sharing information, censorship of foreign (U.S.) newscasts, these are all tactics characteristic of regimes like Pinnochet’s Chile or Stalin’s Soviet Union.

have about

list

the song

strange days

life is that

Sound ludicrous? You But so are Manson

that’s the reason so

many

Letters to the editor

Since there’s

many

different

ways

for people to live their lives, there

are going to be

you have a beef, or an

some people who do

things so differently that other peo-

it in. Spoke reserves the right to edit letters to remove any libellous statements. Your letter must be signed, and include your program and year for verification. Send letters to the Spoke office. Room 4B 15, Doon campus.

opinion, please send space, and to

Spoke, Conestoga College, 299 Doon Valley Dr., Room 4B15 Kitchener Ontario, N2G 4M4 Telephone: 748-5366

Trouble

might not have a clue as

we could

how

turn out "better” people,

but it seems there are some things you should make sure people have learned and that they know the con-

sequences of their actions. How can our society be turning out so many people who don’t seem to give a damn about other people’s health and mental well-being?

Maybe we should be paying more

How

else could

attention to ourselves

and the peo-

seems obvious

some

that

life-

styles are not beneficial to society

ciety?

as a whole. great.

We need differ-

ent types of people in our society.

But perhaps there’s a limit as to how much difference we should

may not be

a person receives the

grow up

—

What

kind of people

kill

babies

and pollute lakes? The kind of person inside of you.

that

could live

we can is,

safely ignore.

not everyone has

human

things like respect for

life

reinforced eriq^ugh.

Some

people take longer to learn

a lesson. Just about everybody

know

say

they want to live their lives in a certain manner, yet their actions

contradict their beliefs.

so often

rarely ques-

tion ourselves.

Maybe

it’s

time

started to

question ourselves, and the people

around

ple around us.

rupt politicians be tolerated by so-

brings us back to the in-

quirks that have.

things like acid

Diversity

be like the majority of people mostly decent with a couple of

we know

right experiences, they

their actions.

economic violence,

and murder cards.

a book, but

harmed by

Brian Mulroney, murder and cor-

bet.

shirts

Which

ple are

rain, rape,

don’t know.

struction manual. There

people complain about our society.

a boxed set of genuine Christmas ornaments featuring the faces of selected mass murderers.

a circumcision.

ahead?

Manson doll, or a Ted Bundy figurine? Or perhaps some aspiring promoter will offer

didn’t

computer has one, you get one when you buy a VCR, hell, you can even get instructions on how to train your dog. But I do not recall being handed a book telling me what to expect out of life. All I got was a slap on the

bum and Maybe

lie

Will there be a stuffed

Just about everything else has one

fit

What

with an instruction manual.

these days.

the editor. If

his covers?

the end of the world as

ne of the biggest complaints

come

afraid, be very afraid.

all letters to

fashions must shock friends and relatives of murder victims. Had Manson slaughtered one of Rose’s band members, would Rose sport a Manson shirt or sing one of

on the album. In fact, it doesn’t click in until about ten seconds after the album’s last listed song.

the

Spoke welcomes

lead

Manson shirts either. To see such grotesque

his latest fashion state-

ghetti Incident? However, the band fails to

citizens are not exercising the rights they

Adolf Hitler’s face on their shirts? I doubt it. But I never thought there would be crime cards or

ment: a T-shirt sporting the face of Charles Manson. But that’s just the beginning. The band does a cover of an old Manson song on its latest album. The Spa-

The second incident that should raise an alarm for those concerned by the erosion of their freedoms was the Dec. 2 announcement by New Brunswick justice Richard Miller to ban the public and all forms of news media from a public inquiry into allegations of sexual abu.se at a New Brunswick reformatory. Although media outlets themselves are fighting back by challenging the bans imposed upon them, it is discouraging that ordinary

singer Axl Rose recently

shirts

look up to Rose. What’s next? Will I be tanning this summer, only to look up and see people prancing down the beach with

not.

with distributing the banned information.

demning

a hefty collection of Teale articles

Manson

be hurt, especially by the thousands of teenaged fans who will not

and writes him on a regular basis. This woman was once flooded with joy when Teale acknowledged her with a quick smile. The woman even has aspirations of tying the knot with Teale, whether he’s convicted or

suppress.

The move by Judge Francis Kovacs

tour, sales of other

Ontario Attorney General Marion Boyd accused newspapers and other media outlets of going on what she calls a "feeding frenzy.” Statements like these are unacceptable. The public has a funda-

mental right to

— he or she may

flesh.

secretive.

By Alan Horn

shreds, eat the heart and burn the

It pits the media’s right (and duty) to inform the public about a system of government and courts which is becoming increasingly

Apparently, Rose is not the only one interested in Manson shirts. They are being sold in the U.S. and Manson is receiving royalties from their sale. Of course, with Rose wearing his Manson shirt while on

After

up of

us. all,

human

society

made

billions of individuals.

What kind of society should that One where people are afraid to walk after dark, or one where we

be?

aren’t afraid to leave our doors un-

locked

at night?

Spoke, Monday, December 13, 1993 3

Student ignores warnings, has car towed parking dispenser for

By Alan Horn

four

Doon security officers’ patience came to an end Dec. I, when a defiant student, bent ing, tested

time

— and

them

lost.

The student was the first to have liis car towed from the college for parking.

illegal

But he wasn’t without his share of prior warnings, .said security offi-

ticket

number

Ethridge said she would estimate only paid three

Gilberds

for the entire se-

him

She also said, that to the best of her knowledge, he hasn’t paid a dime towards the 17 tickets col-

Ethridge said.

lected over the last three months.

his eyes.”

.semester, secu-

have been playing automotive tag with the driver, rity officers

di.scovering his car in virtually lot at

When

lot

the next

Conestoga College gets a student centre, what would you like it to include?

Bob

chief) spotted

would like to include a pub of some sort. think would be a good place for

day changing plates,”

will be

done

people

paying his

fees?

don’t

meet.

Keith Theobold Law and security administration

this individ-

ual continues to neglect

“1

“We’re hoping that this (towing) will be a major factor in opening

What

Second year

know what we’re going

to do. We’ll think of something,”

Doon.

ticketed, he merely drives

new

of plates, and

.set

(.security

mester.

to a

Ethridge said the day after the

“We gave him a number of tickets

weeks of parking

every

on other If

under one

he continued to ignore reg-

ulations.

re-distributing his tickets

cars to changing his licence plates.

Throughout the

being ticketed 17 times, the student received three written warnings from security, advising him his vehicle would be

towed

repaired, she spotted his

OutSPOKEn

But that’s not the extent of it. The student has tried everything from

that the student has

cer Judy Ethridge. In addition to

and

car parked illegally and wrote him

free park-

for the twentieth

was

lots three

and take

his

chances

Ethridge said.

Gilberds had a suggestion:

about four

there.

“How

flat tires?”

A room for playing pool. Maybe having a big study hall,

because the

library is

not that big.

Letters to the editor

Kevin Allen

Business administration

— materials

management

Students lack recycling ambition To

there’ll

the editor:

your college recently, and was very impressed with the number of recycling bins that were set up around the campus. I thought I

visited

that the

bins showed good commit-

ment by the college. However, upon closer investigation, I was made aware of a very distressing fact. The bins have been placed for easy access and are clearly marked, but students seem unable to put recyclables

the

proper bins.

understanding that the have enough time to sort through these recyclablcs, .so the whole mess is thrown It’s

Janitorial staff doesn’t

into the trash. You would think that students of a post-secondary insti-

would be able to read large, obvious signs and understand the

tution

importance of recycling to our future.

an age where the thought of raising a family crosses my mind frequently, but I’m not sure it

I’m

First

be any place for them to

raise their

own

families.

see that your college has the

Brian van Bodegon, second-year marketing ternate publication)

Questioning Spoke

Doon

the editor:

a good

school.

You cannot have

fun and

Eliar

Funding for Spoke, throughout most of the year, comes from the

—

Student Association (DSA), in accordance with a contract guaranteeing the DSA advertising

Dec. 6 issue of Spoke. If the Doon Association is truly funding Spoke, how come STUDENTS are not allowed to participate? If the DSA does not fund Spoke, but rather the journalism print department (as it has been

for publication to Spoke, but decisions on whether or not they are published would be based on their news value and calibre of writing. A similar policy regarding material submitted by people not on a

same

time.

Torrez Business administration marketing, Second year

Editor’s Note;

space in return. In the current year, the amount will be about $17,000. Anyone is free to submit stories

—

it’s

school at the

“Spoke is mainly funded from September to May by the DSA.” This statement was taken from the

STUDENT

know

don’t

idea to have

and editor-in-chief, Skope (an al-

do great things, but it doesn’t seem to have the ambition. Sherri-Lyn Johnson, Kitchener resident

means

year

A television

lounge.

give students

would

some way

pass the time. Tammy Martin Office

systems

administration First year

newspaper staff is followed by most

why are you printing such a lie? I am quite confused. Too many people are giving me differ-

newspapers.

Spoke also welcomes students and staff at Conestoga College to

A quiet lounge. Something in between that noisy

ent answers to these questions. Can anyone please make a definite

present their opinions, free of libel and personal attacks, through let-

statement for the record?

ters to the editor.

lounge and the library. Christine Ringel Business adminstration

suggested),

— accounting Second year

their schedule to help someone

Counsellor's Corner

else.

Becky Boertien and I want to specifically thank those who have contributed to the FOOD BANK by anonymously dropping aloff food donations. The cupboard is the as replenished being most full and is students access its contents. For some recipients, it has meant having groceries until the end of the month without having for the to sacrifice bus fare or new boots

would

facilities.

don’t they put

Why

a swim-

ming pool? Darrell Villemaire

Business administration

— accounting First

kids.

like to

recreation

year

please come If you are needing groceries, AssociStudent Doon to see Becky, in the a folk tale that describes the difference between heaven and hell. In hell, everyone is given an abundance of food

There

ation activities office in the main cafeteria, myself or Jenn Davies in the student services office at Doon campus. There are no forms to fill out or questions to be an-

people use their chopsticks to feed one

swered. We will give you a bag, which you can fill with your choices from the cupboard. Some people feel awkward about asking for help. Keep in mind that people who take from the FOOD BANK can also be its

another.

replenishers in better times.

and then given chopsticks that are a metre long. Because the chopsticks are too long, the food never reaches their mouths. In heaven, everyone is given exactly the same. The difference is that in heaven, the

Last Sunday, donations were made at the "Family Christmas" party at Doon. Donations are still being collected and are wel-

ability to share.

come

many

their time

peer

and sharing,

people have been generous with

and resources. Thanks

to all the

tutors, raffle ticket sellers, party orga-

and those students and teachers who have taken precious moments from nizers

yellow boxes located outside of the student services office or in the downstairs cafeteria near the DSA activities office. at

any time. Look

for the

Pat Trudeau is a counsellor student services with

Dwn

think

should have a

big-screen television. Then if there is an important news story that comes could be seen live. on, Derek Otterbein Nursing it

Second year

Conestoga College is neither heaven nor balance hell, but we do have the ability to the have we heaven; to closer side the on In this season of giving

wouldn’t use the centre,

There is not much time to attend those period.

things.

Anabela Henriques Nursing

Second year

By Brad

Hilderley

4 Spoke, Monday, Dec ember 13, 1993

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but one set of winners of the 1993 Technology Car Race were elated

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of pushing the damn button at the start,” said Stan Eagles, one of the

members of the team Face won the closed-

four

Ripper 305 that

Ski Blue in the White Blue Mountain Ski Trip

class competition.

and

"I got elected

pushed

it.

all our jaws just dropped, she went straight as an arrow. Before that, all the teachers were sort

think just

of laughing

kept banging

The

race,

Friday, Jan. 21 Tickets:

us bccau.se the car

into the wall."

which was held on Dec.

Cash Only

blue cafeteria at the Doon campus, is part of a project from the problem-solving and design course 1

in the

for robotics

and automation

includes

Bus departs at 6:30 a.m. from Door #3 Sign up at the DSA activities office

stu-

dents.

The project helps students

dayJiff ticket and transportation

learn

by Friday. Jan.

problem-solving techniques that

would be applicable in industry, said Pat Tondreau, instructor in the

course.

also encourages techno-

Dan

a real

and that it could run if there wasn’t something wrong with it.

car,

That gets them the mark for that part of it. But most of them want to

problems solved.” Students have to use a motor that is sold in the bookstore for around

track measuring 1.2 metres wide and 30 metres long. Students don’t have to race their cars, Tondreau said. "In other words, if it burns up on them or .something, they have to bring it to

and show

that they built the

all best friends, but

we wanted

Tony

role in their victory. Eagles said.

The Face Ripper 305 team condents Eagles,

Rob

Horst,

Jan. 4 and 6 10 a.m. -2 p.m.

each other,” Eagles said. “So I went and bought the axle for $90 with my holiday pay from my work

kill

sisted of second-year robotics stu-

it.”

Tuesday and Wednesday,

term.” Last minute advice from a worker at a hobby store also played a key

race

$3. Students can’t modify the motor and can provide power to it for only four seconds. Cars are judged on how far they go down a

the race

Kitchener Transit Posses on Soie

(Photo by Robert Gray)

world situation,” Tondreau said. “There’s never enough time; you never get all the "It’s

—

Back row (from left). of the 1 993 Technology Car Race Kent, Stan Eagles and Rob Horst. Front row: Tony George.

Winners

and creativity, research, time management, and team-work. logical innovation

Doon campus doorifS Four

Tliey built four cars and spent

over $300 on their project. Most teams don’t spend over $30. Eagles said the reason they won was the

month pass $160 (cash

only)

Photo JD $4

Only full-tim© students are

called the car Face Ripper 305 because the project cost them around $305 to build. They are going to give the car to Tondreau.

They

George and Dan Kent.

foyer

eligible

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$90 he spent on the rear axle. “It was two days before the race, everybody was panicking. We were

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the most brutal killings since Montreal’s Gargantuan nightclub massacre in 1975. In the later Montreal killings, 14 women died at the hands of a young man whose hatred towards women knew no limits.

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He was on

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mother,

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press a lot.”

In memory of; Annie St. Arneault, Nathalie Croteau, Maryse Laganicrc, Anne-Marie Lemay, Barbara Maria Kluenick, Maud Haviemick, Barbara Daigneault, Annie Turcotte, Anne-Marie Edward, Michele Richard, Genevieve Bergeron, Helene Colgan, Sonia Pelletier and Maryse Lcclair.

peppers. It

until

she was

about 22 years old

husband pointed out to her her experiences were not normal child-

that her future

how

hood discipline. She now knows,

what the reality of her childhood consisted of. However, as of today, the past is not something she can

do drugs, or use alcohol. 1 didn’t prostitute myself or try and slash my wrists open. I’ve used my wits, my intelligence and my

didn’t

in hindsight,

discuss with her mother. “My memories are different from hers. She

horrendous childhood.” Arriving at Conestoga College this past fall, the student, who asked to remain anonymous, to survive a

says none of this happened to me.” She said her mother acts defensively

to social is taking part-time courses related services. Pulling an A-t- average, she said she feels her life falling into place

was not

when

the kicking, punching and pulling of hair brought out in the open.

once and for

Through various counselling

all.

sessions, she

unsaid, she has discovered pieces to the

She said her memories are sometimes foggy

way of dealing with issues. “Her lack of control resulted in her anger against me. She would scratch, slap, and strap me. Anything she could get her hands on, she would hit with.” As of now, she said her counselling sessions have stopped because of fear of her

in her childhood through punching, swearing and cutting people down. “My anger is such an ingrained part of me that I’m afraid I can’t control it without losing myself.” She explains how she failed kindergarten

anger was expressed

As she grew older, she remembers her mother fondly telling stories of dumping hot soup on her and making her eat red-hot chili

mother’s forceful hand. At the age of 29, her fight to be a survivor of violent abuse has come a long way. I "I don’t see myself as a victim, because

memories. “There is a part of me that is afraid that if I go to counselling and deal with all of this, that it will end our relationship,” she said. “As much as I despise her sometimes, she is

because she was punching and scratching other kids. “The teachers and the system never caught on to what was happening.” To this day, she said, she cannot understand why no one picked up on her behavior, considering social services people were in and

out of her

life.

She said being adopted was one of most significant issues that her mother used

women. However, men

are

victims of physical violence as well, according to a poll

conducted

“She used the adoption against me. It was her way of controlling me.” The controlling, she said, was her mother’s

week at Conestoga College. The survey was given to 50 full-

last

Doon Campus on

The survey was distributed to students in the Learning Resource Centre, the two cafeterias Dec.

and the lounge.

the

50 students surveyed, 45 men said they had

per cent of the

been a victim of physical violence. Of those 45 per cent, the survey

showed half of

the

men had grown

up in a household where violence had been present. The survey also showed that 20 per cent of the students had been violent with their partner, family or friends.

unanimously agreed on was

that if

knew someone who was

they

tween students at the college. Of the 50 people surveyed, not one student had been involved in a violent situ-

violent environment, they would tell that person to get out if possi-

a vio-

students had been lent situation, 54 per cent said alcohol had not been involved.

Few

students said that they would

retaliate with violence if they

were

in a violent situation.

Students had strong opinions regarding the issue of whether the media is to blame for violence in

would

tell

that person to get out

while you can because

will only

get worse,” said Tina Fraas, an early childhood education student. “It’s up to them to get themselves help,” said Carie Spurgeon, a firstyear law and security administra-

tion student. If the violence increased, Spurgeon said, she would urge the victim of the abuse

our society, with nearly 80 per cent

to call authorities.

saying the media is at fault. Roughly 70 per cent of students expressed concern regarding the

the appropriate agencies or supprirt groups that are available." said

amount of violence in movies. And a large number of students in felt that the amount of violence

dent.

society

One

increasing.

thing students surveyed

“1

Have you ever been a Yes

“Today,” she said, "I still fight to believe I’m smart enough. I’m pretty enough and that right to hit me.” I can make it. No one has the

would connect

the person with

Belinda Roth, a social scn ices stuSharlenc Jones said she would

make suggestions, but would not insist a victim follow her advice.

victim of physical violence?

— 49%

Have you ever been

— 46%

— 51%

a violent situation which involved

alcohol?

Yes

ble. “I

ation. If the

would be assault, then how does anyone have the right to hit a child? A child does not learn anything from hitting, slapping or

By Julie Magee

there violent confrontations be-

“If an adult can’t hit another adult because

Violence Survey Results

According to students, seldom are

Physical violence often occurs

the

issue of violence in the family.

scratching.

against her as a child.

student survey explores topic of violence Magee

mother I’ve got.” She has strong feelings today about

the only

Measuring the issue

time students

man who

women.

women were enrolled in a regmale-dominated field, they were targets of Lepine’s anger, blame and re.sentment. Remembering the massacre will, hopefully, rai.se awareness about violence against women. Please take a moment to reflect on the brutal of 14 women, whose only crime, as far as Marc Lepine was

solved puzzle. One discovery is how she identifies her own string of anger. “The way I deal with anger is the way my mother dealt with anger.” She added that

as a child. “I repressed most of my childhood memories. When you repress some, you re-

she was five. In each house, those memories are often related to the corners in the kitchen where she scampered, trying to avoid the pursuit of her

against

but a

concerned, was their gender.

lives.

because of the mix of problems she endured

The recollection of her childhood memories go along with the houses she lived in since

Julie

ill,

of his failures on

survivor of family violence heals the scars day by day

By Colleen Connachan

all

Becau.se these

students initially mistook Lepine as an end-of-term prankster, so

women’s

can be

ularly

all

of 14

this

Lepine was not Just

man who had been mentally

had blamed

obeyed without objection. He yelled, “You’re all a bunch of feminists, and I hate feminists,’’ before he opened fire on the women remaining in the classroom. This was the beginning of Lepine’s rampage that resulted in the taking they

of violence such as

many ways.

In this particular incident,

a mission, so to speak, as he pro-

men

one of those women were your daughter or girlfriend.

sister,

A .sen.seless act

Marc Lepine

systematically ordered the

directly affects them.

Just imagine

to a third-floor classroom where engineering students were finishing their second-last day of classes. Equipped with a .223-calibre semi-automatic, Lepine, in a dazed but calm state of mind,

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of violence should be shocking, whether or not

ceeded up

Women In Crisis / Marianne’s Place,

One

This horrific display of violence against is one that needs to be remembered, not only for women but for men. It is vital for everyone to realize that any act

women

The Montreal Massacre on Dec. 6, 989, will be remembered in Canadian history as one of

Kitchener

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the symbol, the act

By Colleen Connachan

Anselma House, •

Society

— 54%

or Have you ever been violent with your partner, family

friends?

— —

20% Yes Did you grow up 30% Yes If

you were

— 80% No — 70%

No in

a violent household?

a violent

violence? 40% Yes

—

situation,

would you

retaliate with

— 60% 0 — 100%

Hsve you boon

a vioiGnca-ralatGd incidGnt at thG collGgG

^* 0% Yes majority of violence Is the media to blame for the society? 20% No 80% Yes society increasing? Is the amount of violence in our 20% No 80% Yes

our

— —

(Conducted

at the

Doon campus LRC. lounge and

both cafeterias)

6 Spoke, Monday, December 13, 1993

Lucky Ducks Broadcasting students win sports else win.”

By Kenton Augerman Although most of them profess to be die-hard fans of either the National Hockey League’s Toronto Maple Leafs or Montreal Canadiens, six first-year broadcastradio and television students have developed a ing sudden affinity for the Anaheim Mighty Ducks. The expansion Ducks, who joined the pro ranks at the

—

start

lottery

Those who were sceptical of the system at the outset now want a piece of the action, said Harwell. They’re out of luck, however, because “we’re our own little clique,” Geerts said.

Collecting the spoils of victory in Toronto was exciting, Harwell said. “I

wouldn’t even put the cheques

of the current season along with the Florida Pan-

clutching about 18 lottery cheques and

Buds and

block to the bank holding these things.”

thers,

have accomplished something

that the

While

pocket. I’m

walked the

Hogtown,

the stu-

Habs, with more than a century of hockey experience between

dents showed their appreciation

them, could not do. They helped Mike Harwell,

chasing team jerseys,

Steve Geerts,

for the

Adam McCarthy,

Mighty Ducks by purat a cost

about $51 each.

when

they

Ruby, Peter Snell and Mark Weinstein win $5, 90 (tax-free)

came

playing Pro-Line, an Ontario

the logo.

game in which would-be prognosticators attempt to predict the outcome of weekly sporting events.

buying one,” Geerts said. Later, the students gave Harwell, who has had a sister die from Cystic Fibrosis while another lives with the disease, cheques to be donated to the Ca-

“I liked the jerseys

J.T.

Using what they call the Harwell system, the students for

when Anaheim won

Nov. 18-24. “I had played the game before; we all had played. But this was the first time we tried something crazy (banding together),” Harwell, the system’s mastermind, said. Harwell said he was surprised to find takers after

approaching classmates with his scheme and a request

mentioned it and all of a sudden hands went up.” boom "I

—

and

never got around

just

Harwell said. “I

three times during the period of

for investment capital.

liked the colors

nadian Cystic Fibrosis Society. “I was thoroughly impressed,”

54 tickets and bet on underdogs in nine games where the odds were at least 5:1. They were rewarded

$162

Lottery Corp.

shelled out

out.

— boom, boom,

felt like

crying.”

Ruby, Mark Weinstein and

Steve Geerts, who kisses some of

According to Snell, the lottery corporation has lowered its odds since the Anaheim victories, so he and his classmates may never win big

left)

Adam McCarthy

their

(Photo

illustration

by Kenton Augerman)

Board of Directors Meeting

again.

But that won’t stop them from trying, Harwell said, adding if they were to lose all their winnings, they would simply say, “Well, guys, it was fun.” In any case, Harwell and his comrades will have their Ducks jerseys to remind them of a once-Mighty tri-

Mike Harwell, Peter surround $5,1 90 in lottery winnings.

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Wednesday, Dec.

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The opportunity was too good to let pass, said McCarthy, who, like each of the others, pocketed $865. "Everyone figured we’d feel like complete idiots if we didn’t play and then sat back and watched somebody

The broadcasting students continue to have success playing Pro-Line, each winning “about $80" the week after their first victory, Weinstein said.

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Conestoga Condors invaded Par-

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Food Bank

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Condors defenceman Scott Herniman blasted home a goal at

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ciation

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Algonquin recovered adamantly, making it 5-3 on Sharkey’s second goal of the game.

with another hat trick.

ond hat

“Ottman was definitely the player of the weekend,” Condors coach

Condors a 6-3 lead. The goals just kept on coming, as three more were scored in the third period, two for the Thunder and one by Conestoga forward Dave Long, making the final score 7-5. Against St. Lawrence the day before, Conestoga scorers were Ott-

said.

“He played

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Algonquin opened the scoring at 5:36 mark of the first period on

the

forward Dave Karabinos’ goal. Just

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Ballantyne didn’t face the usual

The Condors next see action on Wednesday, Jan. 12, when they return home from holidays to face the Seneca Braves. (Duncan R. Inglis is a Spoke sports reporter and part-time em-

Condors goaltender Scott Ballantyne demonstrates

ployee of Conestoga’s recreation

poise, snagging a rising shot.

was once against the ThunWoodworth.

spray of 40-50 shots, but

again solid

in net

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Basketball star Shaq succeeds in rap debut school geek to international super-

By Jeff Brinkhof

pop-culture icon,

before his

all

22nd birthday. But is Shaquille O’Neal a rapper? It

appears he

is,

and not a half-bad

Shaq Diesel, the new release from the 7-foot- -inch, 305-pound rim-rocking endorsement king is, in turns, funky, funny one

at that.

and downright clever. O’Neal has writing credits on all the album’s songs and, not surprisingly, they all have some connec-

As he

said in a recent Rolling

Stone interview, “Gangsta rappers talk about gangsta stuff, so I rap about what

know

be” message gets

lost

the boasting.

Shaq takes on basketball groupies on the otherwise pedestrian Let Me In,

Let

While

In.

criticizing “golddigging”

women, he

careful not to sound

overly misogynistic.

The media-conscious hoopster “I’m not dissin’ all women,

raps,

some/The ones who act giddy, dumb, dumb” and includes the dis-

just

claimer, “if you’re not a golddig-

song

ger, then this to

not pertaining

you.”

Tlie best

tion to basketball.

song on the album

Shoot, Pass, Slam. O’Neal’S

smoothest on

this upbeat,

track that gives nods to,

Artist:

Know I Got) Skillz, a catchy song

Puckett, the

Red

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A Tribe Called Quest has peaked, but not with

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Better words, perhaps, are versatile, playful and humorous. It’s not a backboard-shattering breakthrough, but Shaq Diesel is a It Is.

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Jive

1/2 (out of five)

and

today

in this

reviewer’s mind.

PITPR

provided as

MuchMusic’s

re-

ferring to the African race “affec-

listeners with a perfect balance of

fun and message rap.

Midnight Marauders portrays a anger and a poor attempt at

little

maturity. It’s

understandable that the group

would want to maintain that AfroAmerican edge, in reference to blacks killing blacks in United States ghettoes, but this minimizes reviewer’s interest in the tunes

tionately” as “niggas,” according to

this

Tip’s lyrics in songs like Sucka

the trio

Niggas and 8 Million Stories. Electric Relaxation opens the second side nicely and Clap Your

is pumping out. The Quest has such a unique boy-

Hands follows well with fantastic boombastic beats, and minimal

ish sound about it, that the swearing and reference to itself as “niggas” does not impress, but depress. The beats are still there and inter-

play on the Quest’s success.

est

Messages abound

Midnight

still lingers, but if it continues to blend the new-found hardcore style into regular Quest grooves, then

this listener will likely

lost for

future productions. If

you are looking for the fun side

to the fun-styled rap of three years

of hip hop, then Midnight Marauders is not for you. Look to past productions, such as

ago, on Peoples Instinctive Travels

PITPR.

women. In retrospect, nothing

Information

Called Quest

Record Company;

Marauders, they’re just somewhat distorted by lyrical self-praise and down-talk, such as swearing and some degrading references to

Trip

and what groups Ti r

Afro-American rappers are now in

in the ghetto.

Album: Midnight Marauders

MuchMusic. The group has succumbed to the latest rap craze in which many

fhe upcoming Leafs' Hockey Pool and Super Bowl Pool NHL Draft Pool standings as of Nov. 21

about past suc-

Quest,

aired on

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themselves to death,

Rap City and Extend-a-mix. With Midnight Marauders, the Quest has become more centred and may lose its privilege to be

thing?

their purpose; to rap

These three

ers

this

artists as

Soul and the Jungle Brothers.

aking broth-

worrying.

three

when Phife Dog,

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Shaq

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ted

Dan Randall

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the Paths of Rhythm (PITPR),

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