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Review page 7

$1,800

Jeff Brinkhof

funding

By Brad

say

'I'hcy

money

can’t buy

can certainly buy a good time. At least that’s what the Rodeway Suites it

residence council hopes, after

being given $ ,800 by 1

Rodeway

management. Funding for the council comes entirely from Rodeway Suites and isn't costing Conestoga

Doon Stu(DSA) presi-

College a dime, said dent Association

dent Geoff Pearson.

"Everyone (Rodeway

resi-

getting out of debt in the tough

economic climate of the 1990s. The Conestoga Business Students Association is one such success

at the start

the

activity with the residence,”

he 40-60 with them, even though it’s mostly for them.” Residence council president said.

“We

might

of the school year,”

split

have the

story, in

having got

Tibbits,

finances back

its

the black about five

eration

months

ahead of schedule. At a Dec. 7 ceremony

who described

the eo-op-

activities

Some

for

whatever

decides to bankroll.

activities

being consid-

ered for council patronage, said Thibeault, are a

New

Rob

life

Year’s

trip

far as

campaign.” To raise $40,000 himself, said the

would

president,

and

take a

new

and the

maybe

the

finances.

“You have put a significant amount of that right back into the academic operation” of the school, he told members.

of time

Tibbits said construction of the

scheduled to begin

also Joked that

lot

effort.

eryone,” told members he was

I’m eon-

part of the capital

May

be open September 1995.

said the lab in

1994,

facility will

instruction in

business building

for

room 2B09 was

necessary, even though a new building is on its way. "We could probably put in another four computer labs, and there would still be a great demand.”

question period.

Montreal and a Christmas keg

He said the lab, located in room 2B09 of the Doon campus’s main

party.

Moravec

by whatever it can raise itself. In addition to the money, Rodeway management gave the council use of its computer and

“As is

college’s

group should manage the eollege’s

post-ceremony interview,

cerned, this

between the college and the

Jason Turner presented college president John Tibbits with an oversized cheque for $40,000. That money was loaned by the college so the group could establish a computer lab for business students, Turner said during a brief

school year and

In a

Tibbits said,

association as a “win-win for ev-

council until the end of the

Pearson, while stressing the residence’s desire to have autonomous activities, didn’t rule

building, contains 20 units, each > costing $2,000. Turner, a third-year business admarketing student, ministration later defined each unit as consisting

—

of a keyboard, a screen and a central processing unit. Also present in

an office.

with Rodeway.

“more than impressed.”

said the council’s budget might be increased in the future and would be augmented

tivities

we planned

at the Doon campus, association president

said Pearson. “It wasn’t an extra, it came out of the overall rent that has already been paid.”

out possible funding for joint ac-

994,

Richard Moravec said the money is supposed to last the

having trouble

DSA organises

amount to pay baek the loan that was given to us by the college.’' The $40,000 eame in a scries of loans which Turner said were “cumulative over two and a bit years." full

director of student

dents) paid an activity fee of $

April

Hilderley

"There may be some minor expenditures

December 20, 1993

As^sociation repays loans Not everyone

happiness, though

page 10

Conestoga College, Kitchener, Ontario

Rodeway gives council

Niagara

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SPORTS

the lab

a laser printer, which stu-

dents share.

Computer

parts vanish

Access

campus

memory

computer labs

being

Doon

strictly controlled

after the thefts of

computer mem-

was

Oct. 22 and Nov. 4, it ^icovered that some internal hemory had been stolen from two computers in room 2A19, said a security officer at Doon. The thefts were discovered after students tried to use the computers and found they didn’t work. The first theft may have occurred several days before it was reported, since

some

students don't report a

computer problem, said Jim Brady. The second theft occurred between 0:30 p.m. and 8:30 a.m. on Nov. 4. "I think it would be sufficient to 1

say that there

computer

was

a theft of

parts," said

Don

some

Chester.

Conestoga's manager of computer

memory) was

(random access

stolen. Chester re-

fused to elaborate beyond that,

cit-

ing security reasons.

rity

perspective to

doesn’t occur again.

make

sure

”

of the computer labs,

2A 19

doesn’t

have one, said campus security chief

He said there been enough money for the

Bob

hasn’t

Gilberds.

college to install cameras

every

LASA

car

After

1 1

p.m., students will only

have access

com-

to the following

puter labs: 2A05, which

open

everyone, and 2B09, the business lab. The Journalism lab in 4B 3 and 1

are

raffle

By Alan Horn Imagine turning the key in a 1994 Toyota Tercel. Tlic engine roars to life. You step on

and drive away

its

goals.

"The college has given us an incredible amount of support,” Turner told members. Funds needed to repay the college were raised primarily by two stu-

known

as Biz Bashes,

and

held on Sept. 23 and Nov.

sales of chocolate products.

Turner

said.

Fund-raising efforts by business students grossed $50,000 between the start of

September and

the

end

of November, he said.

The money

left after

repayment

has been channeled into such other projects as a provincial marketing

room.

2B04

helping the association reach

dent dances

RAM

were stolen each time, according to Brady. At about $50 each, that equals $400. Though there is a camera in one

Four pieces of

open upon request. All

other labs are closed for the night.

services.

the gas

RAM

"We’re taking steps from a secu-

ory equipment.

school of business chair Jim Drennan as being instrumental in

Chester said that some internal

By Robert Gray

Doon campus McGregor and

praised Tibbits,

principal Grant

with the satisfaction

of knowing the emr cost you only $5. Tliis is the first prize that awaits the winner of the law and security administration (LAS.A) car raffle, to be held at the

helps raise

competition, the annual student awards dinner and the Association

Systems Management. The Dec. 7 milestone placed students about five months ahead of for

their deadline.

Turner said later "By the end of

during an interview.

money

program’s awards banquet, April 8, at the Waterloo Motor Inn. Tickets will be sold not only to Conestoga students, but also to the general public

throughout Waterloo Region. Proceeds from the raffle will go toward covering the cost of the banquet, upgrading LASA equipment and helping financially-

challenged students pay for their schooling.

program and

for the In addition,

two '

sen:

proceeds

w ill be

distributed to

which the students have choThe Canadian Cancer Society and the

charities

Waterloo Children’s Safety Village.

Bruno“Miron. a said the banquet

first-year

LASA

student,

for students in both years

of the program. "Some top people from each law enforce-

ment agency are going

be there," Miron

local charities

occasion for us to meet them and them to meet us. It gives us a chance to establish contact with them." "Our hope is to raise $125,000 from this because we're selling 25,000 (tickets), said. "It's a perfect

said

LASA

instructor

Don

Douglas.

time that we've ever gone out raffling a on such a grandiose venture "It's the first

car."

Douglas

—

said.

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’

Zappa

gone

but not forgotten

hen the Beatles released Sgt. Pepper’s

Lonely Hearts Club Band in 1967, 1 thought it was the pinnacle of what progressive rock and roll music could be. One year later, Frank Zappa’s

We're Only In It For The Money, shattered any illusions

Stressful student I

may have had about

limits possible in music.

Zappa died Dec. 4

after a

two-year battle with cancer.

a tragic loss but, unlike the unexpected deaths of

can be hazardous They

can be defined as

life

By Duncan

honestly say that they have experi-

Inglis

stress since

having a Grand Mai epileptic

and finishing three essays in the last summer semester were the reasons behind the untimely incident. Meanwhile, at his home in London, he maintained a job at a local department store each weekend. He never seizure. Starting

two weeks of

stress.

will

him mentally.

Ever since the seizure, he hasn’t

On Aug. 22, 992, a person close to me experienced one of the ultistress,

my friend’s ep-

probably never forget the date, time, place and circumstances surrounding his seizure, because it hurt

starting here?

mate signs of

also insisted

isode occurred because of

stress to the nth degree.

enced no element of

—

last year’s

felt adequate or equal to anyone. If could collapse on him once, who’s to say it won’ t happen again? The doctors certainly didn’ t guarantee anything. This may sound like something a writer just decided

his brain

something of a Study as hard as you

to get off his chest, but in fact it’s

warning for

first-year students.

Zappa, ever the eclectic musician, fused elements of classical, jazz and rock. That, combined with raunchy, satirical social commentary, created an entirely new form of music, eventually leading to the punk movement of the late ’70s and early ’80s. 1 only once had the pleasure of seeing Zappa and his band, the Mothers of Invention. It was 1970 and two friends and I were shooting down the 401 to Toronto. We were on the way to the Rock Pile, a music hall located on the comer of Yonge and Davenport. The car radio was blasting and we were preparing for an evening

once thought that stress from having a weekend job and a heavy school workload would catch up with him. He had a girlfriend at the tim.e of his seizure. A girlfriend who smothered him with affection. She was there when he had the seizure. He felt because he had lost control of his bodily functions, via the seizure, he

of the "blooze” with legendary guitarist Albert King.

He thought he was a freak, the only one he has ever known to have a seizure. Doctors, at the University of

you haven’t figured it out. I’m the person The victim of the seizure. According to the doctors, who put me through the_ CAT-scahs and EEGs, stress caused by a new enviro| ment, lifestyle (if on your own for the first time) ar scholastic pressures lead to a breakdown in the smooth flow of electrons to my brain, resulting in a Grand Mai. Avoiding stress is the most difficult thing in the world for college students to do. In order to do so, the doctors told me, and I’m telling you, sleep well (at least eight

Western Ontario, assured him that people, especially students, between the ages of 8 and 25 are susceptible

hours a day), eat well (a respectable breakfast, lunch and dinner) and do not over-exert yourself, while mauj^

to once-in-a-lifetime seizures.

taining

would somehow seem inadequate to his girlfriend. Thus, he succumbed to further pressure from others to let

Halfway to Toronto, the announcer came on and told us that Albert King, for whatever reason, was unavailable that evening. In his place, the Rock Pile was pleased to announce King’s replacement

70s

—

H est

happened

A friend tells you

Schneider

and violence,

was

it.

The

movie is fairly entertaining, but lets you down in the end. This has been happening to

Letters to the editor the editor. If you have a beef, or an Spoke reserves the right to edit letters to fit space, and 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.

lately

came when I saw Reservoir Dogs. The film was well The

all letters to

last

straw

Spoke, Conestoga College, 299 Doon Valley Dr., Room 4B1

the early

980s, most of these

fine talents hit the skids and

were

replaced by The Brat Pack, a group of no-talent cuties who cranked out

cast in their films brooding, rebellious

young

actors such as Robert

De Niro and Al Pacino. They weren’t pretty, but they could

act.

The Breakfast Club. While Scorsese could still be counted on to produce high quality work (check out After Hours), Lucas drifted away from directing,

I’m sure no one can forget the first time they saw Taxi Driver,

Spielberg sank into the world of kiddie films and Coppola’s finan-

woes forced him to join the making real-life cartoons {Bram Stoker’s Dracula). In the current Hollywood world of

cial

Salinger’s novel Catcher In The

trend of

was slow and the ending was unsatisfying. I’m not being a grumpy old man harkening back to the so-called

Rye,

when Travis Bickel (De Niro) began his murderous quest to save a runaway prostitute (Jodie Foster).

zillion-dollar budgets and endless

golden age (although Citizen Kane is amazing); I’m talking about films of the 970s. A time when Holly-

Films such as The Godfather, Deliverance, Star Wars, Apocalypse Now, Jaws and The French Connection are all landmarks that will

wood was ruled by the innovative young directors Francis Ford

)

What happened?

Scorsese’s frightening take on J.D.

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effort.

written and well acted, but the direction .

movies

such pre-adolescent sludge as Sixteen Candles, St. Elmo’s Fire and

the best!”

So, like a sheep, you rent

and I’m beginning to think that movies just aren’t as good as they used to be.

it in.

By Jason

habits.

that

movie ever mad^“You’ve

more and more

Spoke welcomes

good study

gotta see this flick! Total action

opinion, please send

In case

close to me.

retro-trend should include

as this ever

you?

can, but take care of yourselves.

he or she has just seen the great-

music that not too many others can lay claim to. Although we do not yet know how much music he recorded prior to his death, one thing is sure, love him or not, Frank Zappa’s music will survive for a lot longer than most music produced these days. He will be missed but never forgotten.

V /

her go.

would be Frank Zappa. With shouts of excitement and glee, that Acadian travelled faster than it ever had before. Zappa and the Mothers didn’t disappoint. He and his band reproduced his studio albums flawlessly a feat I didn’t think possible in a live setting. TTiat was one of the most exciting concerts I ever had the good fortune to witness. Zappa produced and recorded over 50 albums, leaving a legacy of

ollege

Who at Conestoga College can

pop icons such as Jimi Hendrix and John Lennon, Zappa knew what his fate was and, consequently, spent the last two years of his life in his creating music. recording studio, doing what he loved best Ironically, Zappa’s We’re Only In It For The Money, his third album, was a satiric takeoff of Sgt. Pepper’s. And, although I had heard of him around 1965, it wasn’t until this album that I actually heard him. And from the opening notes of Concentration Moon through Bowtie Daddy and The Idiot Bastard Son, I knew without a doubt that here was a man speaking a language I understood. Whereas music up to that point was designed to make one feel good, Frank Zappa music was designed to make one think. His death

life

the artistic

Coppola, Martin Scorsese, George Lucas and Steven Spielberg. They

That’s just the

tip

of the iceberg.

stand the test of time.

Even Sylvester Stallone’s debut in the original Rocky was a fine

sequels,

cannot foresee a period quality movies will

when so many

be produced as in the 970s. Perhaps Spielberg’s new film Schindler’ s List marks the return of 1

important movies. Until then. I’ll probably have to watch Chinatown 2 more times. 1

Spoke, Monday, December 20, 1993 3

Community nursing graduates honored By Julie Magee

pic.”

Conestoga College honored the first 26 students, in the post-graduate registered nurse (RN) and reg-

dents

(RNA)

skills

Carley said the ages of the stu-

istered nursing assistant

community nursing programs, at a pinning ceremony held Dec. 3. Mary Carley, co-ordinator of the post-basic

community nursing

school of health sciences for continuing education, said

17 of the

students had a pinning

ceremony

program who graduafrom 24 to 52. “We’re looking to enhance their in the

ted range

so they can look after people

own home

ing in the health-care field, to learn

about the

new aspects of the profes-

What

sion.

“The people involved

the

health-care field have to continue

with their education. Every year,

the value of independent judge-

nurses should be taking .some fomi

their

centres.

or out

ment. For example, they have to

of continuing education mainly be-

know when

cause of the swing from the

ca.se

to consult with their

managers or the doctor.”

tion into the

your idea of a perfect Christmas?

the

We teach them

community

OutSPOKEn

Carley said the community nursing programs allow students, work-

My idea of a perfect Christmas is one where my

institu-

family

isn’t fighting.

Paula Sossi

community.”

DSA treasurer

and the other part-time students will

be finished

Idle

in April.

new community nursing

pro-

gram began in September 1992. The continuing education program has the same courses as Conestoga’s traditional gram.

However, courses

Spending the weekend my family and snow everywhere.

the students take the

Jeff Zarzyeki

succession as opposed to

Broadcasting

one or two per semester. "The people in the program arc registered nurses and registered nursing assistants who have

worked

—

with

pro-

— radio

and television Third year

I f

numerous places," Car-

ley said.

Snow,

“They have worked in hospital environments with clients who

getting presents

and time off school. Mike Fenton Civil engineering Second year

have had maternal child nursing pediatrics or worked in long-term care with disabled and elderly pco-

Correction In a letter to the editor in the Dec. 13 issue of Spoke, Brian van Bodegom was incorrectly identified as Brian van Bodegon.

Spoke regrets the error.

No Christmas

all.

I’m a

hate Christhumbugger. mas: it’s too much hassle. I

program, hugs Linda Jean Wilson after presenting her with a

pin.

(Photo by Jeff Brinkhof)

Ron Young Management studies First

year

Being with people you care about and not being stressed about the recession.

Kelly Battersea

Nursing Third year

No homework, no snow, rum and egg nog and being with the people that

you

love.

Monica Dietrich Nursing icu lo nym. INA community nursing class, beptemoer - uecemoer ia»o, num Lichty, Cindy Mogk-Dance. Gayle Anne Morris lorst Naomi Cornelius, Linda Jean Wilson, Dianne Vanderhyden, Stacey Quinn, Elizabeth Carolyn Townes-Boucher, Lori Kakko, Eva Hopf, Esther tackett, Ethel

Rowntree, Valerie Szucs, Donna Anderson.

(Photo bv

Third year

Omar Welke)

Having

family

all

to-

gether and having a good meal.

Stephanie Tuck

Law and security administration First year

What like about Christmas is how everybody is I

friendly, forgets

their

money Nigel

about

cares and spends they haven’t got.

Thomas

Recreational leadership First year

Jeff Brinkhof

4 Spoke, Monday, December 20, 1993

New campus By

Julie

Some

Magee

fads

come and some

fads

Doiron attended Galt collegiate for grades 12 and 13, several students played hacky sac, so Doiron de-

go, but one fad that has gained on-

cided to try

again, off-again popularity in re-

year-old

cent years

hacky

club

it.

Immediately, the 22-

became

"Some people

sac.

addicted.

playing drums

hacky sac group

hit,

group, and they have held meetings

Friday afternoons

at the

Doon cam-

pus recreation centre. "During the winter months, you

wanted some-

seen hacky sac, or footbag (another name often used), being played

or musical instruments, that’s their thing,” Doiron said. "My thing is

can’t sac outside, so

playing hacky sac.”

gether during the cold m.onths

without realizing what

Doiron said he attempted to organize hacky sac as a school club at

foot-bag,” Doiron said.

the beginning of the school year, but there weren’t enough people

ple develop foot

Many people may have

It’s

was.

not unusual to see hacky sac

being played in schoolyards. Students congregate to kick around what appears to be a bean-bag.

They

use the inside and outside of

interested in the

Becky Boertien,

their feet to pass the sac to others.

Occasionally, a lone person will

dinator for the

play with the footbag.

ciation

Sean Doiron player.

an avid hacky sac

The third-year marketing

Conestoga College has played footbag for seven years. Doiron said hacky sac’s popularity student

rooted

young people.

When

game

to register

as a school event. activities co-or-

Doon

Student Asso-

(DSA), said there has

10 people registered in a club for the DSA to sponsor them. The funding for a school club is at least

$300 for one year. However, this did not stop Doiron from organizing an unofficial

at the college.

eight people in the

far, there are

you can hack

and lamb skin. “You can only get sipasipas (crochet sacs) around here,” Doiron said.

“You can purchase them at Magic for $5 or Shakedown Street for $7, in downtown KitcheMountain

ner.

Students interested

Doiron’s

hacky sac group can sign their names on a sheet posted outside of room 2B10-6 at Doon campus. The room is located beside the learning resource centre.

place where people could get toto

Doiron said hacky sac helps peoand hand co-ordiand recommended nation, partcipants wear court shoes. He added that people who play soccer use hacky sac to practice their moves.

The college

not the only place

Doiron has organized a hacky

that

sac group.

called the Free

has started a club

Flow Footbag Asso-

ciation.

Two months

ago, Doiron put up

group

flyers about his

all

over

Kitchener-Waterloo. Membership free to the 25

Hockey Players Wanted *

Hockey players are needed for a contact ice hockey league

ing the third

Games to be played Tuesdays and Wednesdays

4:30

and

5:30 p.m. start times

Interested players

will

be placed on teams

Ultimately, Doiron would like to

contact Doug Watson at the Conesotga College

pliance with

ciation

WFA

recreation centre

who

Coll extension 484 at the

see intramurals -

in comWorld Footbag Asso-

(WFA)

standards.

The

consists mostly of athletes

play

in their

spare time for

training purposes, Doiron said. The hires individuals to

WFA

staff

game schoolchildren. However, in

to public schools to teach the

main cafeteria Jan. 3-10

from 11:30 a.m.

week of January.

“The warehouse space is less formal with footbag members just getting together,” Doiron said. “They can have a cigarette, play some music. Juggle or do whatever they

be able to teach hacky sac

Interested, please

re-

want.”

already established If

members who

K-W and

Cambridge. Doiron rented warehouse space in downtown Kitchener, where the group will meet every Sunday startside in

1:30 p.m.

order for Doiron to be eligible to teach, he

must achieve 300 consecdemand when he

utives hits on

Play resumes Tuesday, Jan. 11, 1994

plays.

"My record is only the

world record for

hits in eight hours,”

hits so far;

48,000 Doiron said.

hits is

“The individual who achieved the world record started off playing hacky sac as a theraputic thing and it

CONESTOGA COLLEGE RECREATION CENTRE

Coffee Mugs

$2,

Laundry Bags $3

On sale now ''

at the

DSA

activities office

Did You Know? Sex in dating relationships is one of the most common sources of conflict

between men and women on college campuses today.

Hands Off A

lecture

Let’s Talk

on sex and dating with Bob Thursday, Jan. 20 1 1:45 a.m. - 1 p.m. blue room cafeteria

progressed.”

Doiron has a collection of 15 different sacs from the WFA, ranging from plastic to hard leather to pig

Hall

Marshall McLeish, a second-year computer programmer/analyst skill at hacky sac.

student, demonstra'es his

(Photo by Colleen Connachan)

spoke, Monday, December 20, 1993 5

Wingham hospital RNA program will come to Conestoga in 1994 By

nextyearwe’ll take

Magee

Julie

from the region.” There will be 20 RNA seats available for the September intake, Jef-

over,” Jeffrey

.said.

The nursing

Wingham

will be taken

College

program

assistant

over by Conestoga

September 994.

(Wingham was one)

that

it would not continue to support or fund their nursing assistant programs.

Conestoga received countability for the the

RNA

officials,

official

hospital’s executive director

RNA

pro-

gram disappear because of the

local

did not want to see the history linked with

In June, the Ontario Ministry of Health informed five provincial

hospitals

The

(Ont.) District Hospital

program, from hospital during a Dec. 3 cere-

Conestoga.

past.”

Tibbits said the people

Wingham

frey said.

the program, but

centralizing

in-

“We have already started

want

from

that region

to attend the

“When

market-

would be admit-

who

Jeffrey said the college will be bringing the program clo.ser to the regions they are servicing.

“The nursing has 60 seats in

Wingham

graduate, they will likely find

em-

ployment there because they’re

Wingham, Doon

and Stratford.

program,” Jef-

students from

assistant

Doon

program

with the Sep-

tember and Feburuary intakes, along with another 30 to 40 seats Stratford,” he added.

Seasons Greetings to the Students^

Faculty and Staff of Conestoga College Driver training

'Wishing you a WLerry Christmas

Dave Gerrard, a second-year LASA student, test drives a new at the LASA car raffle display at Doon campus Dec. 6. Raffle tickets will be sold until April 1994.

and happiness

in the rh{exi>‘year

model

from

the

Doon Student lAsso ciation

(Photo by Jason Schneider)

slots

ore

NOWl

still

Squash

available for

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ing that Conestoga

are helping the ex-

manage

Jeffrey said instead of having

centralized, the college will be de-

“With the college’s extended

ences.

hospital

the

lluence, services will be offered to

ting students

Wingham

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physical structure, the

area will benefit.

dent John Tibbits and Bill Jeffrey, dean of the school of health sci-

said.

Jeffrey said he was pleased to see the accountablity transferred to

facilities

“This year

near the hospital so

will continue to use it,” Jeffrey

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Disney’s latest film, The Three Musketeers, captures the magical essence of the novel film could be one big cliche, but it’s not. This may be due to the actors

By Robert Gray Walt Disney’s The Three Musketeers does what few movie remakes of Alexendre Dumas’s novel have

managed with

all

to do.

the

presents the story

romance and magic

stead of middle-aged

A time when men were men, women were

you’d expect

and the bad guys were rebad guys. You could tell

women ally

The

action scenes are about what

in this kind of movie: death-defying and by the seat of your pants. The sword-fighting scenes are marvellous, filmed with

people’s personalities by the clothing they wore and the kind of mus-

a steadicam, which allows the actors to move about freely and bring

tache they had. In short, things were a lot simpler. The heroes are

the viewer right into the action. The sentence, “All for one and

bigger than

life,

the villains are evil

almost non-stop.

and the action is D’Artagnan (Chris O’Donnell) is a young adventurer who wants to join The Musketeers, the king’s personal bodyguards. He goes to Paris to join them, only to find out

they have been disbanded as part of bad guy Cardinal Richelieu’s (Tim Curry) plot to take the throne from

young

King

Louis

(Hugh

O’Conor). D’Artagnan joins up with three musketeers: the suave Aramis (Charlie Sheen), the brooding Athos (Kiefer Sutherland) and the lusty Porthos (Oliver Platt). Together they struggle to save king and country from English conquest. Needless to say, they face great danger from the likes of the

cardinal’s

henchman Count De

Rochefort (Michael Wincott), and the beautiful but cunning Milady De Winter (Rebecca De Momay). In the hands of lesser actors, this

one for

all,”

probably the most entire

from the

memorable

line

story, really

does sum up the main

themes of the tale: loyalty, brotherhood and devotion. But to achieve a film of this quality takes more than good acting. The entire film was shot on location in Austria and England, using castles and villages. This helps to

Confirmed!

Days

Juiy Tour

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Bingeman

Park, Kitchener

AT THE MOVIES

The cinematography is nothing short of superb. It was done by

Dean Semler, Oscar-winner

WHAT: The Three Musketeers, directed by Stephen Herek, is a comedy-adventure rated PG

for

Dances With Wolves. Alexandre Dumas’s The Three Musketeers has been delighting readers and film-goers for over

Chris O'Donnell, Oliver Platt

delight people of as they’re

young

all

RATING:

* * * * Cout of five)

WHERE: Cambridge Twin Cinema, 150 Holiday

sure to

Inn Dr.

ages, as long

at heart.

OSAP

BULLETIN

Distribution of January

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and Rebecca De

Mornay

date.

The Three Musketeers

STARRING: Kiefer Sutherland, Charlie Sheen,

years, and this version, the fifth to be filmed, is certainly the best to

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be extended for one week as follows: Monday, Jon. 3 to Thursday, Jon. 6

hours

DSA presents Blue Rodeo Five

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sound-stage.

9{e'Ws J^Casfil It’s

D’Artagnan and Chris O’Donnell (seated left on horse) stars as Three Musketeers. Kiefer Sutherland is the brooding Athos in The

give the film a feeling of authenticity impossible to achieve on a

T,ntertainimnt Hey Cats,

musketeers,

virile

have the

17th century France.

in tights

real thing.

comedy-advenThe ture transports the viewer back to live-action,

men

looking uncomfortable on a horse trying to pass themselves off as

young and

deserves.

ENTERTAINMENT

being approximately the same age as the characters in the book. In-

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:30 p.m. to

:30

o.m.

4 p.m.

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produce your social insurance card

and your student identification card before

we can release

your loan.

Tickets Only $12 before Jan. 14

Child Care Bursary $14 after Jan. 14 $17

at the

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Student identifcation required Licensed event. Proper identification required!

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at the

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activities office

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will

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costs.

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and Happy Christmas everyone!

Spoke, Monday, December 20, 1993 7

Canadian rock music cranked

1993

By Jason Schneider

Jason Schneider’s 10 best albums of

Lately, music reviewers have begun year-end wrapups by saying, “This was the year that Canadian rock finally blossomed,” when, in reality, only a few more new faces

appeared or reappeared

to liven

1993

the scene. 1

993 saw

the

hard rock bands

acts coasted.

Here

Nirvana

Dinosaur

have been better. Best Band: 3 Engines This was no contest. The Toronto-based, pre-grunge gods

emerged from the status of a Neil Young cover band with Perpetual Motion Machine, their best album yet. While playing arenas is still a long way off, no one can touch

Williams

—

Jr.

Where

— The — Sweet

artists

Tribute To Victoria

—

— — Satura-

Smashing Pumpkins Siamese Dream 8. Andrew Cash Hi

me-

Urge

Overkill

3 CD

tion 1

remnants of the shallow, onc-jokc bands that have dogged the industry in recent months. Initially

Various

Relief,

bone-crunching songs. Worst Band: Moxy Fruvous

New

Daniel Lanois Beauty of Wynonna

lodic,

Best

—

You Been

Utero

Hopefully,

Songs

recap of some the highs and lows of a year that was good, but could

.lohn Critchley at writing solid,

—

Paul Westerberg

grab the spotlight while the well-

known pop

CO CO Co

—

1.13 Engines Perpetual Motion Machine

—

Phish

Rift

will be the last

Artist:

slammed

for cashing in

on the Seattle sound, hHead instead proved it can hold its own with the likes of Dinosaur Jr. with tunes such as Collide and Flower. Worst New Artist: Ginger/Rymes With Orange (tie) Both these bands will be doomed to an early retirement. Without the inventive guitar playitig and harmonies of Kevin Kane, the former Grapes of Wrath-ites remain mired in flower-power-era mediocrity. Ditto for Rymes With Orange, whose first single, an insipid version of the Small Faces Itchycoo Park, also tops the most pointless

three-chord, single-groove hippies

Canadian rockers 13 Engines head up one Anyone who

unsat-

debuted future classics, while Neil rejuvenated fronting his teenage idols Booker T. and

MGs. Worst Concert: anything

the

Best Concert: Neil Young/Pearl Jam/Soundgarden/Blues Traveller

panded

Even though its

the roadhouse ex-

horizons

this

year by

bringing in the Arc Angels, Black

Alternative

show

Young seemed

Lulu’s

left this

must have passed out for a few hours from the sweltering heat. Both Soundgarden and Pearl Jam isfied

cover tune category.

— Exhibition Stadium, Aug.

How this band got to headline over Screaming Trees and Soul Asylum remains a mystery. The

liHead

critic’s

Best of ’93

list.

Crowes, Ramones and Blind Melon, the horrible sound and timidating security

still

make

in-

the

worst venue in the area. Best Performance: Tragically Hip playing the unrecorded Nautical Disaster at the Kumbaya Festival. Sandwiched in the middle of New Orleans Is Sinking, this bit of Gord Downie storytelling will hopefully make it on the Hip’s next album.

Worst Performance: Spin Doctors

— Canada’s Wonderland, July

from N.Y.C. showed what a flash in the pan they really are at this show. Best Song: Ride Like Hell by Big Sugar Guitar guru Gordie Johnson and band created the best excuse for a speeding ticket this year. Look for big things from these guys in 994. Worst Song: Informer by Snow ’Nuff said. Worst Album; Splendor Solis by

(/)

The Tea Party. Anyone who can listen to this disc without cracking up at the blatent references to Led Zeppelin and The Doors deserves a crash course in Classic

Rock

See you

101.

at the

pop counteracts the scourge

shows

1994.

new country Talk.

By Kenton Augerman any one type of music domi1993, it had to be the socalled new country, an often cheesy If

nated

and soulless form of country that must have true performers Hank Williams and Patsy Cline turning in their

graves.

Building upon the 1992 success of Garth Brooks and Billy Ray Cyrus (the Vanilla Ice of the genre),

new

and rap

country, like grunge

previous years, couldn’t

be stopped, spiralling, snowballing and steamrolling everything in its

wake.

Programs devoted to new country sprang up on television; an allcountry radio station was launched

Toronto; community centres offered line-dancing lessons; Achy Breaky Heart took a giant stride toward immortality by joining the in

karaoke

circuit.

Fortunately, there

was enough

modern rock and alternapop music made in 1993 to counteract the scourge of new

quality

Sadly, the future of Sons of Freeuncertain in 1993,

Kenton Augerman’s 10 best albums of 1993

dom became

w'hen lead singer James Jerome

Kingston (also known as Jim Newton) left to pursue an acting career. If the remaining members of the Vancouver band cannot find a replacement for the vampire-like frontman, they w'ill leave only Gump and their eponymous debut

— Earth and 13 Engines — Perpetual Motion Machine Lemonheads — Come on Feel the Lemonheads Headstones — Picture of Health Urge Overkill — SaturaMega City Four — Magic Bullets Doughboys — Crush Big Country — The BufSkinners 9. Radiohead — Pablo Honey — No AlVarious 1

Midnight Oil

Sun and Moon 2.

as a legacy.

Internationally, the year

marked by gles.

World

The Pooh

nosaur

fore

falo

heavy dose of this serum was manufactured in Chicago by Urge Overkill and Smashing Pumpkins,

making

the

Windy

City heir appar-

ent to Seattle. Manchester.

Minne-

apolis and Athens. Ga. The Canadian scene was healthy, with mainstays Blue Rodeo, Sky-

diggers and Spirit of the

ing

new

material,

West issuand Zen

Juliana Hatfield, Cran-

November. an attempt

making

contributing strong

tracks.

Canadian crop, though, was 13 Engines, who played on a double bill with The Lowest of the Low at Doon campus's recreation centre in September. The Engines released Perpetual Motion Machine, an album surpassed in consistency only by

The cream of

difficult to listen to the

Consequently,

MacLeod

current glut on the market. it

take until Februarx

Paul

cash

cord companies w ithheld material,

ternative

Bungalow, Odds, Junkhouse and

Jr.,

Matthew Sweet. Boo Radleys. Di-

audiophiles' holiday dollars, re-

artists

Sticks.

berries. Therapy?. Paw and Anthrax helped cover for the fact that few' solid albums appeared be-

tive

country'.

Party.

tion

was

a slew- of excellent sin-

the

Australian outfit Midnight Oil's

Earth and Sun and Moon. Montreal’s Doughboys worked with Wiz from England's Mega City Four, and the results, the Shine E.P. and Crush, were impressive. Headstones debuted with Picture

of Health, a brilliant effort that includes the blistering Absolutely and a cover of the Travelling

Wilburys’ Tweeter and the

Mon-

key Man. The rockers come across as a younger, angrier Tragically Hip. with a foundation rooted in

punk rather than blues. The surprise of the year was provided by Andrew Cash, who shed his loveable ragamuffin image in favor of a head-shaven. Gretschtoting, spitting-mad look.

Hey Maria and

assess releases by Swerxedriver, Levellers.

The Wonder Stuff. Redd

Kross. The House of Love. The Jesus and Mary Chain. Bjork, \’er-

Teenage Fanclub, Nirxana and Pearl Jam. laines.

No matter hoxv long this takes, hoxvever. people can take comfort

Notable

in the fact that they're listening to

Song

something other than new country-

cuts on his album. Hi, are

Novelty.

probably 1994 to fully

will

Lot of

music.

Two African students will spend holidays at residence Christmas

a time for family, friends and

celebration.

Unfortunately, for some residents

Rodeway

Suites

will be impossible to be

with those they hold dear because miles and oceans separate them.

Trevor Tebalo and Ignatius Nfana,

first-

year material management students at Conestoga, will be spending their first Christmas

away from

their families.

Both students nent of Africa)

call

Botswana (on

home.“We

the conti-

can’t go

home

too far,” said Nfana. They plan to spend the time with friends so that they don’t become too homesick.

Africa because

it’s

meet some friends who are going Sudbury and are planning to come over to see us on Christmas day,” Nfana said.

"We

from the University of Guelph, has arranged for them to attend a party, meaning they might be away from the

wishes, have been sent and received by both students. And the occasional phone call will make the season away from home bearable,

residence for a few days after Christmas, he

Nfana

Another

By Omar Welke

will

to college in

friend,

Although they will be with friends, they both wish they could be at home. Nfana said he is the last one of his siblings at home and the special treatment he gets

which

during the holidays will be missed.

Tebalo

This will be their

“Everyone will be there but us.” Nfana said their absence is OK with their families because “they understand the rea-

why we

are here, so that sort of covers

Nfana

to.

first

It’s

exchanging Christmas

there right

now,”

at home, Tebalo said. Back home, all the youth return to their home towns from the industrial centers and schools, and community celebrations and

holidays

events are held, he said.

“The families come letters,

said.

Traditions are also slightly different for the

us.”

Cards and

white Christmas,

are very different, our winter

April to July.

also find the season here to be much longer and commercially oriented. People

tend to spend

more money and put up deco-

rations for a longer time then at

home,

said

Nfana.

said.

“Our seasons

like the little

there.

sons

many ways different from the one

they are accustomed

baby (of the family),” said the 29-year-old. “'When it comes to Christmas, I’ll always be the youngest.” Tebalo can’t imagine what it will be like back home for their families without them "I’m

is in

events being held.

They

said.

Besides their separation from family, both students will be experiencing a Christmas

said.

There is also much more competitive spirit, with organized soccer matches and other

together,

slaughter

At home they don’t put as much emphasis on gifts, he said. “The family gets together and we all share what we have been doing throughout the year.” Residence council president Richard said that those students who will be separated from family at Christmas should try to spend the day with friends.

Moravec

“One thing not to do is to stay in your room and watch TV,” he said. Christmas is a time to be with the community, he said. “As long as you spend it with a friend, that’s the

a goat and celebrate,” he said.

way

should be spent.”

Cambridge campus preparatory students hold yuletide gathering five-hour soiree.

By Kenton Augerman Had

not been for mistletoe

hanging from the ceiling and a brief appearance by Santa Claus, it would have been easy to mistake a holiday party held by Cambridge

campus

students for a

Sunday a lot of times. It was really hard getting

“I think it’s a big success. Everyone’s having a good time and the food is being eaten,” said Margaret Devill, one of about 10 stu-

everybody

dents on the committee that

“We were

wedding

dinated.”

re-

ways

till

co-or-

— Margaret

Devill

ception.

strobe light, a buffet and alco-

hol replaced candles, turkey and egg nog. Karaoke versions of Hey

"Wanna Have Fun substituted for Jingle Bells and

Jude and Girls Just Silent Night.

But none of the

who congregated

30 or so people

inside a

room

0 Collier-MacMillan Dr., Cambridge, Dec. 0, seemed to mind the lack of yuletide accoutrement. In fact, most appeared caught up in the spirit of the season as they mingled, laughed and danced interthe Steelworker’s Centre, 5

mittently during the course of the

organized the bash. It took about a month to prepare for the event, Devill said, adding that

$500 and $600 room, buy food and hire

cost between

to rent the

a disc jockey.

At one point, the committee expewhen it hired two disc jockeys and had to pay one not rienced a “fiasco”

show

“We lot

up, she said.

were 10 ways

of times.

ting

was

till

Sunday a

really h^rd get-

everybody co-ordinated.”

selling raffle tickets

by and conduct-

penny

sales, Devill

The committee ing bake and

raised fiends

said.

The price of admission was $2.50, and any money left after expenses was to be donated to charity, she said.

The purpose of the annual gatherwas to bring together students

ing in

preparatory programs such as

employment

preparation, focus for

change, workers with experience

and computerized office skills, said Lynn Loggan, an employment preparation instructor.

The event, which

also attracted

and spouses, rewarded students for working hard

faculty, friends

during the semester, Loggan said. “It helps students here (at Cambridge campus) develop a

commu-

Sherry Gatten, an Ontario basic

nity feeling.”

the student lounge, main cafeteria and selected hallways in

at Doon campus, listen to Conestoga College's best rock on radio station CRKZ,

The

station,

located

(Photo by Colleen Connachan)

with Santa.

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room 3B05, is staffed by students enrolled in the broadcasting radio

Doon campus

and television program.

Room 4B15

—

Murray Garlick, husband of Cambridge campus preparatory studies Susan Garlick, leads a group of dancers.

dances

student,

(Photo by Colleen Connachan)

When

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The holiday season ECE uses candles to celebrate life, family celebrate Christmas.

By Colleen Connachan The arrangements of candles that Doon campus’s

set a tiny table at

“We

that there are different versions of

from which wreath and how each candle symbolizes something dif-

Santa Claus,

Kinder Klaus or

ferent.

Sherman

On the tables in Sherman’s classroom, the displays include an AfroAmerican tradition which celebrates the seven days of Kuanzza. Each color of candle in

Saint Nickelous,”

teach

said.

early childhood education day-care

centre are not just Christmas deco-

symbolize the

rations; instead they

celebration of lights.

The celebration of the holiday season

during

the Kuanzza/ciisplay repre.sents a

a universal

differpnt meaning. For example,

lights is

use of candles, said ECE teacher Jan Shennan. And, she said, it is important for the children to learn the reasons

why

the

different cultures

And

Africa.

use the candles.

From

black candles repre.sents the

black people of Africa. The red candles represent the struggle in the green candles rep-

resent the lush areas of Africa.

the British tradition of the

kissing ball to the Jewish

Also on the table

game

wreath, which

called the DreidI, the children are

tian celebration

presented with a blend of cultural

other

traditions.

does not necessarily want to focus mainly on the religious aspects of said, she

the

of Christmas. Anmenorah wreath which

The various selections of activities and games represents how dif-

Hanukkah. traditions of the

Christmas, but more on the celebration of life and family. "We don’t

ferent cultures use different methods to honor long-standing traditions. "Christmas in every cul-

want

ture holds a lot of

offend anyone by teaching

only the religious aspects.”

ments

Instead, Shennan added, the children can relate better by playing games and singing songs to get the feel

how

different nationalities

common

ele-

the advent

part of the Jewish celebration of

However, Sherman

part of the Chris-

Sherman cultures by

said she also introduces

Hindu and Muslim making diva lamps out

of Play-Dough.

She said

that following

Christmas

what everyone believes in,” said Sherman. Each day during all the festivals

New

that celebrate

of good luck will be one aspect

will

learn

the children

light,

which candles are

lit

holidays, the children will be learning the different celebrations of the

Year. The different symbols

Sherman

and Riley Cassidy (from left) look a book about Hanukkah amid a wreath and some candles.

Brittany Baker, Bradley Bernhardt at

said she will be teaching.

(Photo by Colleen Connachan)

TIME TO GET INTO

SHAPE and Low Impact) Monday, Wednesday and

Fitness Classes

(High

7:15

Friday

8 a.m.

12:40

1:25 p.m.

Tuesday, and Thursday -

I’ve

been good

this year

4:40

5:20 p.m.

Ophelia Gorni, a first-year social services student, has her picture taken with Santa in the Doon campus main cafeteria Dec. 1 0. Behind the beard is DSA clerk Jamie Slater. (Photo by Omar Welke)

free to students and members $6 per class for all non-members

Conestoga College Recreation Centre

Hey, Bob! If

you think education

costs,

try ignorance.

CONESTOGA COLLEGE ATHLETICS &

OCCSPA/APECCO Students working for you

RECREATION

10 Spoke, Monday, December 20, 1993

SPORTS Hockey Condors thrash Niagara By Duncan On

tative,” said

R. Inglis

the strength of

two goals and

from forward Joel Washone kurak, the Conestoga Condors once again saved the best for last, beating the Niagara Knights 6-3 in men’s Ontario Colleges Athletic Association (OCAA) hockey acassist

"They (Condors) know when

Condors coach Ron

Woodworth, "but

they’re obvi-

ously a better team” than last year’s 0-5-1 won-lost-tied record would

they’re not playing well, and the

leadership

been a funny season, said

Woodworth, who notes

that after

Conestoga had beaten Niagara badly as

tion Dec. 8.

lost

time the two teams The played at Conestoga was in exhibition play, and the Condors destroyed Niagara 9-0. "The Knights seemed a little ten-

lowly,

last

its

did in exhibition,

then

season opening match to the

now

1-6-0, Sir Sandford

Fleming (Lindsay) Auks. "We played Lindsay full measure for that opening game for the win, but they beat us,”

Woodworth

said.

added the Con-

Condors forward and alternate Dave Long, who also re-

indicate. It’s

great,”

estoga coach. captain

corded three points with one goal and two assists, opened the scoring in the first period.

Conestoga went up 2-0 when forward Darren Kinnear scored late in the

first.

Niagara mounted a small comeback, as Knights forward Peter Lachance and defenseman Mark Masotti tallied two in the second, beating hot Condors goaltender Scott Ballantyne.

Conestoga took the lead early

when Washkurak scored

the third

his first goal of the evening. But Niagara defenseman Jason Harris answered right back, beating Ballantyne on his blocker side five

minutes into the third, Washkurak’s second goal helped the Condors burst back on the scene, taking a 4-3 lead at 12:39 of

The Conestoga forward had been dragged to the ice by two Niagara defensemen, and somehow, sliding flat on his stomach, the third.

managed to find the top-left-hand comer behind Niagara goaltender Dave Boulton. Conestoga defenseman Cory Stoyke made it 5-3, when he took a

Condors goaltender Scott Ballantyne stops Knight’s Joe

Cavelli in

close. (Photo by Kenton Augerman)

pass from Washkurak, broke down the left side and beat Boulton high on the glove side.

Free Nooner

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for the

Condors defenseman Kevin Warner rounded out the scoring, which ended 6-3 in favor of Con-

LOUNGE PARTY

featuring

estoga.

Warner’s goal was a

last

"Canada's Funniest

minute

empty-netter, shot from the Con-

dors blue line. Warner has two goals all

now “and

that’ll

probably be

the goals he gets this season,”

Woodworth

said.

Conestoga forward Chris Ottman only added an assist to his point totals. His magic touch, that earned

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(16) battles a

Conestoga

Ottman

player.

still

leads the

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Tuesday,

993)

Ontario Colleges Athletic Association

Schooners

Future Games

Men’s Hockey Results Dec.

Niagara

Conestoga 6

Cambrian

Costello Division

TEAMS

Seneca Braves 8 Conestoga Condors 7 Cambrian Gold Shield 5 Niagara Knights

4 3

TEAMS

72 0 50 0 65 0 45

Pts

23 16 28 14 51 10 43 6

Diviision

4 Algonquin Thunder S.S.FIeming(P)Knights2

L 4 5

6 7

—

0 0

29 52 2 34 63 2

S.S.FIeming(P); Niagara at St. 14, Lawrence(B); Sat., Jan. 15, Niagara at Algonquin; Cambrian at S.S.FIeming(L); Wed., Jan. 1 9, S.S.FIeming(L) at Conestoga, 7:30 p.m.

T 0

A Pts

38 49 8 26 50 4

OCAA Hockey Scoring

Week

for

Dec. 8

—

Dec. 15

far.

Team

Dave Long, Con. Tim Favot, Cam.

Tom Jack,

Sen.

Derek Etches, Cam. Chris Ottman, Con.

Peter Lachance, Nia. Kirk Sharkey, Alg.

GP G A

Pts

Pirn

8 9

10 17 9 18

9 9

13 12 12 10

27 27 25 22

14 7

14 2 14 17

8 Troy Gleason, SL(B) 8 9 Jam! Bernier, Sen. Darren Kinnear, Con. 8 8 Brent Jones, SL(B) 9 Troy Jacklin, Sen.

(GP-Games

Played,

Points, Pirn-Penalties

8 11 13 5 8 10 7 11 8 7 6 9 9 6

Gi-Goals, in

NEXT HOME GAME:

Seneca

Leaders

(As of Dec. 15, 1993)

Player,

Parker

Thurs., Jan. 6, S.S.Fleming(L) at Seneca; Fri., Jan. 7, Algonquin at St. Lawrence(B); Wed., Jan. 1 2, Seneca at Conestoga, 7:30 p.m.;Thrus., Jan. 13, S.S.FIeming(P) at S.S.FIeming{L); Fri., Jan.

—

of the

Scoreboards and Schedules

S.S.FIeming(L) Auks St.L.(B)

Male Athlete

Dave Long

added one, giving him 12 so

Spokesports (Standings as of Wednesday, Dec.

Condors

and Refreshments

Jan. 4, 1994 12 p.m. Main Cafeteria

and 7-5 respectively.

1:30 a.m.

to 1:30 p.m.

Niagara, according to Woodworth. Conestoga won those games 6-3

New Comic,

College, never materialized against

Chuck Gunter

1993 DAVE HOOK

him two three-goal nights in a row, Dec. 3, at St. Lawrence (Brockville) and Dec. 4, at Algonquin

Niagara’s

Tuesday, Jan.

19 18 18 18 15 15 15

16 0 14 4 6

48 14

Joel

Washkurak

A-Assists, Pts-

minutes)

Wed.

Jan. 12, 7:30 p.m.

Conestoga

Joel Washkurak is a forward with the Conestoga Condors men's hockey team. He scored two goals, one from flat on his stomach, and recorded an assist in a 6-3 victory over Niagara Knights Dec. 8. (O’TOOLE’S sponsors Conestoga’s athlete of the week)

Spoke, Monday, December 20, 1993 11

Conestoga By Duncan

sports: the Condors’ year final

R. Inglis

(SAC) decide

match and went on to earn a berth in avenged its earlier 2-0 to Conestoga with a 2-0 gold-medal

The following

a year in review, from

loss

game

January to December 993, of Conestoga College’s varsity sports successes, standings 1

March, Conestoga’s men’s hockey

squad earned a second-place standing

ships,

Association (OCAA) medal play March 5 and 6. The Condors lost 7-3 to the gold medal winners from Cambrian Golden Shield, and beat Seneca Braves 6-3 in the bronze-medal game. Condors forward Dave Long led the league in scoring in

7’he

growth

27,

Redeemer hosted

silver,

theless, the

squad finished first in the West Region, but watched division rival Fanshawe College earn the right to play in the national finals in Nanaimo, B.C. The Con-

medal champion Vancouver Falcons. Conestoga' also finished fifth in the

dors

regulation-time goal against the gold-

women’s

tournament, beating

were upset early at the York’s Seneca Col-

side

3-0.

Expecting to come away with at least medal of some sort, Conestoga fell prey to under-estimation and lack of scoring ability. The women Condors lost l-O to a obviously weaker Sir Sandford Fleming (Peterborough) Knights team, who went on

intramural activities

its

and Conestoga won silver, losing the gold-medal game. Conestoga tied Centennial 0-0, beat Sheridan 2-0, then defeated St. Lawrence (Kingston) 2-0 in a semiships,

Ontario

to earn

the

Conestoga

992-93 school season, thus clinching the decision the athletic department made to cut basketball and volleyball from the athletics budget. Fan attendance, student tryouts and money helped the athletics department and student athletic committee

silver.

Fanshawe won

lYie regular

with a

Conestoga Condors.

-6-0 won-lost-tied Sir Sandford

Fleming (Lindsay) Auks defeated Conin the Condors road opener. The Condors have since rebounded, defeating first-place Seneca 4and last season’s gold medalists Cambrian 6-3. The Conestoga 5-4

gold.

lost its

now stand in .second in the Costello Division with a 7- -0 won-lost-tied record.

dors

penalty kicks.

(Duncan •

OCAA hockey season opened

.scare for the

Presently

only other first-round action resoundingly to Algonquin College

OCAA women’s indoor soccer champion-

•

men’s and women’s basketball and volleyball programs. About 2,200 students par-

the

Nova Scotia rcpre.scn-

of King’s Blue Devils

tativc University

OCAA finals at North

popularity of intramural

leyball and slo-pitch, cost Cone.stoga

boys .showed their true Concolors, scoring the only

back to the lush green pitch outside the Conestoga College recreation centre. Conestoga Condors women’s varsity outdoor

dors

sports, such as basketball, ball hockey, vol-

6 games.

On March 26 and

OCAA

hosting the national soccer finals. None-

.soccer

champion-

and also came away with

ticipated •

OCAA

Cam-

September welcomed students of

lege.

•

47 points

8 assists for

visited

Cambrian in the final. Khoren Mouradian and Keith 'I'heobold were named all .stars for the men’s tournament.

letic

with 29 goals and

•

losing 3-0 to

Ontario Colleges Ath-

The men’s indoor soccer side brian College for the

wind up

the Costello Division, only to

earning a bronze

•

ling season. Finishing fourth in the

West Region with a record below .500 was not the preferred terms of Conestoga’s

Condors.

Conestoga defender Penny English was named tournament all star for the Condors.

and failures off the court. •

women

victory over the

of Conestoga’s

to sack four

seven major varsity sports.

the final. Sheridan

review

The men’s soccer Condors got .some

well-

deserved experience from their long gruel-

R. Inglis

a Spoke reporter and

part-time employee of Conestoga's recreation centre).

Professional sports 1993

Where were the underdogs By

Jeff Brinkhof

wasn’t only a game-breaking

was the inevitable stopping a team that wasn’t meant to win from succeeding. A team that was meant to win was mistake,

993 begins

and we

to fade

was

look back over the year that

sports, one trend becomes increasingly obvious: those who were suppo.sed to win did and those who

of the

latter

Bills are

an example

outweighing the

they weren’t the favorites going

(Bronco and Viking fans might beg to differ), the Bills kicked off the

way

finding a

Habs can

to lose

ence factor? The of playoff experience, lost to Dallas, the youngest team in the league.

not that Dallas had a

It’s

significantly better team, Buffalo Just not

Same

meant

Who thought anyone but the Canadiens were going to win?

Michigan’s basketball team. The Fab Five worked their way through the March madness of the

NCAA’s

to their

tournament

finals.

second straight

And,

just like

the year before, they lost to

a team

state of North Carolina. Chris Webber, Michigan’s all-everything sophomore forward,

from the

When

timeout

tried to call a la^t-second

when

his

team didn’t have any

left.

to Baltimore’s all-star

—

sent seven

game

this

Toronto could really do nothing but win their second con-

year

at stake for the

Suns

overcome

the Bulls.

The underdog had no place in 1993. No place was it more obvious than in college sports in

The

basketball’s usually upset-ridden

were a good team, winning

Final Four. All four finalists were

more regular season games than the

ranked in the top four before the tournament began.

secutive Phillies

World

Series

title.

no hope against

While

purists,

who

Speaking of corporate juggerno team has ever been as commercially successful as the Michael Jordan-era Chicago Bulls. Their merchandise is on the heads,

nauts,

are always

complaining the playoffs aren’t fair when the best two teams don’t meet in the finals, will hail 1993 as a great year,

most sports fans

missed having a Cinderella team. What’s more exciting than following some team’s unlikely march through the playoffs? With any luck, 1994 will give us an underdog or two to cheer for.

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The Canadiens have such a storied history that it seems more odd for

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human under 17. This trend was fuelled by

every

Bulls third straight

NBA

the

champi-

for the zillionth

onship. Again, no surprise, as this

the Pittsburgh Penguins

high-powered team steamrolled most of the league during the season and had the experience to excel

than to capture

time.

Once

win the big one.

thing with the University of

— they

the corporate juggernaut that are Toronto Blue Jays.

Super Bowl. Whatever happened to the experiwith oodles

lineup of all-stars

the

their third straight

Bills,

With

distant past for this team.

Jays, but they had

never be counted out.

for-

mer. Perhaps the greatest neverwas dynasty in NFL history,

new year by

Although

the Montreal Canadiens.

into the playoffs, the

weren’t didn’t.

The Buffalo

the sporting world?

were eliminated by the

New York

Islanders (an admitted upset), who out there thought anyone but the

in the playoffs.

Canadiens were going to win (Quiet down, you Leaf fans)? The Blue Jays are trying their best to become the Canadiens of baseball (some would say the Yankees

baseball, had a better regular sea-

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12 Spoke, Monday, December 20, 1993

Man

the

moon

General arts and science student

Robert Duke

combines astronomy and (Photo

photography ...

Robert

Duke)

an out-of-this-world hobby

for

dent until he graduated high school,

By Omar Welke If you were to accuse Robert Duke of always having his head in the clouds he would probably

agree.

The second-year Conestoga College general arts and science stu-

dent

passionate about the night

sky and the mysteries it holds. He has combined two of his favorite

pastimes into a hobby which consumes much of his free time and has

him

fascinated

Duke

But unlike many of was hooked, he

learns.

his classmates, he

asking

“I kept

scope

Christmas.

got one,

was

dad

for a tele-

When

just a

little

finally

60-mm

department-store refractor, but

gave

me hundreds

of hours of

pleasure.

"Photography kind of went handin-hand with astronomy, because with astronomy you take pictures of the sky and keep records of observation as well as sketches.” It

didn’t take long for

with others.

Duke

his

knowledge and organ-

ized an astronomy club at his high

school even though there was

some

at first about what astronomy was all about, he said. "At first, everybody thought it was astrology, but wanted people

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His passions take up a lot of Duke’s time. He observes certain star fields for an organization called variable star patrol. “With Just a 35-mm camera and a 50-mm lens on bulb setting you can observe and record a star field,” he said. What he does is observe for variable stars and reports to the David

variable star

when

a star

explodes and it shows up in the sky. If you can get that discovery you’re pretty famous as an amateur astronomer,” he said. Although he has never discovered one, he still keeps his eyes on the sky. "I keep

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look.He sidewalk astronomy. Although Duke owns in excess of $5,000 in equipment, he suggests that getting into the hobbies doesn’t invite passersby to take a

calls this

require vast reserves of

An 80-mm

also submits meteor reports

to the observatory.

This informa-

tion is then used to keep a consistent record because meteor showers usually precede or follow comets. One of the highlights of Duke’s

bought from a camera shop and a 35-mm camera with a bulb setting “will show you everything in the sky.”

He encourages beginners to stay away from flimsy, department-

all

driving out to the country with his

Just get frustrated

hockey coach

Sarnia and peering

phenomenon through

60-mm

his old

"I’ve got hundreds of sketches in

observation log.

and one of the gal-

I’ve seen the rings of Saturn

even supernovas

slightest breeze will

knock

likes to share his interests

with others.

has devoted time to

hold demonstrations for a local

girl

guide company and said the reaction he gets is overwhelming.

Rock

around your eye piece. You’ll and throw it

against the wall.”

There are a number of organizaastronomy enthusiasts to

Duke said. Becoming a member of the Royal Astronomical

contact,

Society of Canada (head office in is one way to get in-

Toronto)

’n’

But the hobby can be taken up easily,

Duke

Even show you

said.

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Duke

store, refractor telescopes.

tions for

refractor.

and photos

money.

refractor telescope

involvement with his hobbies was observing and photographing Halley’s comet. He remembers

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Duke

said.

still

Dunlop Observatory.

for years.

an avid amateur photographer and astronomer, and combining the two has opened up a whole new world for him, he said. His interest in astronomy started in Grade 7 when he was taught the basics of the solar system that evis

erybody

members at the first meeting. "There was one girl and that made it even better.” had

Activities Office

Semester 3 supplement

Spoke, Monday, December 20,

993

Year Ender ’93 College president looks at Conestoga’s past year Taking balance of this past calen-

family,

ultimate mandate and purpose of

vantage.”

were

education at Conestoga. “Jf

think

bits said.

really do.”

basics.”

Many

your

“is

ability to learn.”

This ability to learn

get a job because

inextrica-

com-

bly intertwined with one’s

skills?

of language, Tibbits emphasized. “If you had good language skills in your original mother easier for

it’s

you

it is

no matter what language you are

been that bad since the 1930s. It has

using.”

been an interesting, professional

Even though someone may have

Reflecting upon the past year’s

his thinking skills in the original

worst and best at Conestoga, Tibbits said, by far the financial burden

difficulties in

langauge are strong, he will suc-

complexity of the elementary and secondary school systems, when

was the most difficult situation. Progressively since 1986, the courses bought by Ctinada Emlike ployment and Immigration English as a second language or

who

retraining courses for laid-off

has problems, they should focus on him and help him acquire these

workers such as electronics have diminished: from $6.2 million worth in 1986 to less than $2 mil-

ceed, Tibbits said.

But one institution alone can’t do it.

the

Though acknowledging

these schools enroll a student

fundamental

extending the program into the summer or giving after-hour

lion in 1993. Last year’s cut alone,

classes.

per cent.

“We would

from

literacy,

this agency,

And

like to see students

something with them.”

the federal

involves

more than

with other programs in Japan, the

more than 30,000

of $62 million, “was a pleasant sur-

Czech and Slovak Republics and

prise.”

Latvia.

The residence went

programs. the school stopped hiring

cancies occurred.

And

that

when

va-

the social

was a source of uneasiness. Employees making more than $30,000 a year had their salaries frozen and had to take six contract, Tibbits said,

— small business — and have been program programs

like the

the college

won

performance has

The college also grew to the largest size ever

and the president said

he has been pleased with the will-

number of

ingness of Conestoga’s people, to

Human Re-

do what’s best for the college.

IBM

In the face of at least three col-

award from Seneca Col-

leges in Ontario running cumula-

tive deficits,

lege.

Tibbits also said the fund-raising

Tibbits doesn’t think the col-

Sciid,

and the

sources award from training

Malaysia,

created,

awards, including the

days off without pay. lege’s teaching

new

up, 10

is going well, with over $4 million raised. The projected $1

campaign

“we

are

coming

through reasonably well.” But he

warned there are

still

difficult deci-

sions ahead.

The newly

have an impact on Conestoga, Tibbits said, because

ticipated, will

it all

amounted

not over.

it’s

hopefully the start of problemsolving skills so that we can do

But

lege grew to over 4,000 full time

with the college’s operating budget

woodworking

elected federal government’s discovery of a larger deficit than an-

good basics. numeracy skills and

in here with

come Good

have been expanded, Tibbits

International projects, like teach-

—

— perhaps by

skills

$100,000, though small compared

fewer

challenge.”

a second language,

the while the col-

all

students in continuing education

Canada where the economy hasn’t

but one.

ing

students and to

a time period in

the positive side there are a

number of things the president mentioned. The surplus of

Tibbits said,

just not as simple

Conestoga,

people are working

you lack basic

funding led to

past cuts in

layoffs, with the result that

can you

your language skill in your mother tongue are poor, your conceptual skills are going to be poor,

hit

half the credits necessary to obtain

worked before.”

cial deficits.”

took more than reading and

Conestoga College programs up

Another negative aspect was

because

were busi-

The people

—

plicated than I’ve ever imagined,

in the industry

which D’Youville from Buffalo

do his job since he arrived at Conestoga in 1987. “It has been much more com-

thinking skills in another language.

working

a degree in these institutions

writing for Tibbits to

eventually develop conceptual

work, compared to going outside,

and one Canadian have been established, Tibbits said, granting students graduating from

see are working as hard as they

added.

a $1 -mil-

linkages with three U.S,

universities

college are the federal and provin-

as reading and writing, Tibbits

mand

tongue then

And

It is

have self-esteem,” Tibbits asked, “if you are unemployed and can’t

many areas, Tibbits said,

that

nesses go bankrupt.

The

how

cant negative factors affecting the

schools say they teach

self-esteem. “But

more im-

above the $2-million mark.

Maybe

more than just “going back

things are changing

“Honestly,

so quickly now, what portant in

also

of the matter

truth

budget year, signifi-

million from private sources went

And

make. (the college) isn’t a bad place to

most

said Tibbits, and “the

difficult deci-

sions the administration had to

'The

The college anticipates

thinking was once taught

has to be taught formally now.

affect the educational

been affected by the

system.

a disad-

which

lion deficit for the next

Critical

should shut down,” Tib-

And because

you are

illiterate,

indirectly, Tibbits said.

critical think-

can’t teach

in a

inces,

family where both parents

dar year, Conestoga College president John Tibbits pondered the

ing and problem solving, then

Ottawa was thinking of freezing the transfer payments to the prov-

what genes you have, they are an important factor. If you have a raw IQ of 68 and you grow

“The

By Wladimir Schweigert

still

pur-

some programs. Even

prior

chases

the

government

Conestoga College president John

to this discovery, said Tibbits,

educational system, Tibbits said.

Tibbits takes

a moment to look back on '93

students A year of mixed emotions for Conestoga College was the crowned that October late big ball game in the Toronto Blue Jays two-time world chamstudent, agree the sports highlight

By Sheilagh McDonald on one of the ever popular talk shows, a psychic (whose name escapes me now) predicted that 1993 would In January of last year

However,

Eliar Torrez, a second-year

mar-

game came

be a phenomenal year. His forecast said clothing stores would someday be selling

keting student, said the really big

message T survived 1993.’ Though they haven’t printed the shirts yet, he

referring to the election that left the Tories

shirts baring the

was

right.

This past year has been one

controversial news

the rest left us in

stories that filled the

newspapers and rode the airwaves. us chuckling, others

full

left

some

Some left

us celebrating and

uncertainty.

Despite the wide variety of events that took place in sports, politics, technology and

hard news, they were that

all

important things

sports world had one particularity ex-

citing event that stands out in 1993. April

Humphries, a second-year general business student,

and J.R Hawker, a

politics.

first-year

LASA

course, he

‘That was a big swing from Tories to Liber-

Aside from the big losses

Ottawa, Brad

Lagel, entertainment manager for the Doon Student Association, said the losses he re-

members

are the ones that involved jobs.

“The economic situation has been pretty brutal

will definitely

for a lot of people,” he

said. “It’s

depress-

numoer of jobs

lost

locally.”

Lagel said one thing that 1993 would be

remembered for is Kim Campbell taking offirst fice. However, Lagel said of Canada’s

re-

be remembered,

management

dent Stephanie Blandchard,

studies stu-

the setback the

world of technology suffered when

NASA

Mars observer in the thing and I’m thinkthat lost summer. “They All that money is that? lose you can how ing up there and no one is watching it?”

lost its billion dollar

these stories played big parts in

Though

Torrez said.

ing thinking about the

shaped 1993.

The

world of

with two, count them, two seats in the house.

als,”

What

least for first-year

pions.

in the

female prime minister, “Kim won’t be membered as much as she should be.”

shaping the year, there were others, like the James Bulger murder in Liverpool, England,

even bigger impact. The toddler’s murder left a trail of shock and disbelief in that left an

countries

all

over the world.

The trial of his two 10-year-old killers seemed to take away the innocence many of us see children as having, said first-year early childhood education student Rochelle Clemmer. “It year-old

something you would hope a 10-

would never do,” Clemmer said.

“It

was a definite turning point for society.” While the families of little James go on without him, closer to home two other families now live without their children. The trial over the Leslie Mahaffy and Kristen French murders has sparked the interest of both Can-

ada and the United States.

This ’93 year-end

supplement was produced entirely by third semester

journalism students.

14 Semesters supplement

Spoke, Monday, December 20, 1993

Year Ender ’93 Budget downsizing and restructuring hit Conestoga College By Monika Greenan

gram

be phased out and

will

new

placed by Like the

rest of

estoga College

Canada, Con-

doing some heavy

buzz words of the ’90s, have brought numerous changes for colThroughout the year several articles have been written in Spoke

The program will also involve moving classes from Stratford’s Water Street caropus to the Young Street campus in the spring of 1 994. The consolidation is a cost effec-

regarding the college deficit, con-

tive

and

staff.

Park, Jan. 27, for Blue

Rodeo

faced a potential major deficit due to decreased revenue

last year,

Student apathy was a serious problem in 1993, Doon Student Association (DSA) president Geoff Pearson said recently.

program purchases from $8.3 mil-

1986-87 to $4.7 million in

lose our shirts,

it’s

we’re losing.

definitely like to see at the pubs.

“They’re probably even out that

$4. “That’s

we want to do is cover our cost. We’ve kept our prices as low as we can. Our job isn’t to make money, it’s to supply

teachers have been laid off since

Occupation (INTO) program. This

December 1992. The

program, sponsored by Unemploy-

services.”

night but

would go somewhere

“When I talk to my would

don’t really

money

don’t like to

that.”

Events are regularly advertised,

and “we do

all

the marketing

can. It’s in the paper,

we have banners

on the

friends

who I

like to see because they

radio;

One tended.

have been

Frederick Street bowling lanes, get

Duffer’s last night.’

money

You might

advantage of

Conestoga’s Waterloo campus held about as many pubs as Doon

success Pearson noted was

rock’n’bowl, which was well

the place.

all

me the next day and say ‘you should

ready spending your

over the school.”

most recent being Indecent Pro“Movie nights are kind of

know that I’m involved with organizing (the pubs), and they come to

“We’d

at-

take over half of the

hammered and throw

No. you should have been at the Twist. It’s cheaper, and we’re al-

in the cafeteria,

banners in the iounge, posters

and the Unemployment Insurance Commission. The program is for

big heavy

things around.”

“We have

as well take

it.”

Pubs are not the only social outlet Doon. “We try to do things that

Changes, such as reduction of of-

least

sidestep a large potential deficit.

Due

budget problems, 14

dent Parlicimentary plished this year

The

Community College StuAssociation. One thing accom-

was a

petition against higher tuition.

OCCSPA drafted a tuition package that was sent

lege’s budget plans.

The

NDP

the time, they’re really willing to

employee

layoffs

all

You can’t

received.”

puttering around with getting a student union building

“Apparently around the !2th of December, they’re There’s no

way we could have

probably looking

The DSA’s

a freeze, but we’re

membership

OCCSPA

approximately 17 cents per student, and

“it

are

costs

about $500 to go to these conferences.”

Spoke coverage; “Our relationship with Spoke is one of the biggest things for this year,” said Pearson. “One of our biggest points when we were coming in to power is that we didn’t want to have conflicts with Spoke which hadn’t been giving the DSA coverage m previous years like they should have. This year, I think its

excellent.”

finally nailed

down

the

“student councils here have been

They’d go to one meeting with administration then it

will fizzle out.

find a

single digit figures.

fees for

“We

started.

going to be releasing the increases for next year.

file

The next student union

will

come in,

saying student union building, and

the

same thing and peter out again.” The administration and the DSA agreed on a student union centre in the existing buildings on campus “because the school’s not big enough to warrant a (new) building.”

The student union area would include a lounge and a bar. “It won’t be a

Pearson, but that’s fine by him. The to administrate

the bar.”

it,

$1.4 million

The government program that employees who make take six

enough

new

994. If

for the govern-

may occur

Changes

a study hall,

DSA bar,” said DSA won’t have

“but the students get the benefit of

UIC

maintenance mechanics.

These jobs, traditionally held by men, are usually higher paying than clerical

and service industry jobs, which are now held

the majority of

by women.

The college programs in operation will

and focused or re-organized

programs can be op-

erated in a

are also affecting col-

the ’90s workplace.

restructuring and consoli-

of $500,000 was real-

dation of the office systems administration and the food and beverage management programs from Waterloo, the recreation leadership program from Kitchener and the materials management, general business courses and appliance and heat pump servicing course from Guelph, to the Doon campus in September 1993. This consolidation also integrated the welding course at

Cam-

bridge campus with the welding at the

Guelph campus.

Conestoga’s Stratford campus

Despite reduced government software and other equipment

also on the college agenda.

All these changes

seem

have

had a positive impact on the original projected budget operating deficit

of$l,381,OOOforthe 1993-

94 budget

year.

A combination

revised staff severance costs, an

economic renewal funding grant from the provincial government and social contract negotiations

may

reduce the projected deficit to

$889,000. If the college’s

budget planning

proves to be the answer to deficit

problems, a deficit-reduction is

facing a three-year restructuring period.

meet the demands of

funding, upgrading computer labs,

ized by the college with the consoli-

course

cost-efficient

compatible with the community are also needed to

A saving

if re-

quired, so the

today’s job market needs the colis

currently

be re-examined

lege programs. In an effort to meet

lege

recipients only,

manner. Program plans that are

year.

dating a wide range of programs.

administration on a student union area.” For the past least,

staff

unpaid days off and a four per cent

the

be working together and always fighting.” Student union area;

deficit-

may cause

ment’s plans, layoffs

cause they think we’re doing the right thing.

10 years at

government’s

reduction program

reduction in pay until April

“They were looking at 45 per cent increases, the same amount the uaiversities have already implemented for next year. The minister saw our package, and it was really well to the ministry of education.

also help the col-

not unique to Doon,”

be-

12- week Non-Traditional

and introduces students to programs including welding, carpentry, motor mechanics and industrial

members could

more than $30,000 must

heads

new

packages expressed by 35 faculty

dictates

work with us

of a

available to

brainstoiming sessions

likes us,” said Pearson. “Instead of bumping

At the Waterloo campus, female students can now research different occupations with the introduction

ment Insurance Commission,

penses.

1993

off.

million. Interest in early retirement

said.

College administration: “The administration really

the Ontario

were

layoffs

UIC recipients whose jobs have become redundant or have been laid

expected to save the college $1.5

once a month or month and a half on apathy-breaking. But apathy is

DSA highlights for CX7CSPA

program consolida-

have to be made until at 1995-96 if the college is to

tions, will

not slashed from the college’s ex-

“We’re trying,” Pearson

to get

base salary increases.

this is not

as,

classes and

when we

student

funded by the federal government

1993-94, as well

hard these days, with how easily accessible and how quickly things come out on video.” The movie costs approximately $200 and the DSA sells tickets usually for about

about 55 ticket sales out of 4,500 students.” And it’s the people who would normally go whom Pearson would

DSA administers the student “we

reductions in

the provincial operating grant and

we had

the

else.”

activity fees, so

scheduled movie nights here,

new 48-week electro-mechanical maintenance (EMM) program

fice'expenses and combining small

”

not go to the pubs.” There are regu-

They

government-funded pro-

prenticeship programs cutting their

ployment Centre and various ap-

who might

get the smaller groups

not

it’s

it.

New

grams have been introduced for at some college campuses. Conestoga’s Guelph campus has

posal.

shirts

that

“So

pus.

larly

spend a whole bunch of your activity fees to promote a pub, and 30 people show up, and we lose our

The

said.

some college Doon cam-

staff to relocate to the

would get about 150 people out of 400 snow up. Here, our last pub was really poor. It was at the Twist, and

Getting students to attend functions organized by the DSA v/as difficult. “It really hurts

Pearson

we’re overkilling

measure for the college which

dents but may require

costs.

lion in

By William Kennedy

and increased

The decrease in revenue is a combined result of the Canada Em-

Student apathy serious problem says Doon student president

aide.

will not affect present nursing stu-

layoffs.

Earlier this year, the college

Bingeman

home

support worker and health-care

solidations

president Geoff Pearson hopes to see everybody at

that will include registered

nursing assistant (RNA),

budget planning. Downsizing, financial restraints and cutbacks,

lege students, teachers and

DSA

grams

re-

health-care pro-

The present nursing pro-

course for the Canadian govern-

ment could be an additional source of revenue that would benefit us

all

Semester 3 supplement

Spoke, Monday, December 20, 1993 15

Year Ender ’93

Doon campus

Parking: an ongoing problem at pleased with the lad that he was

By Shawn Warlord

able to find pjaking

Cory Thomas

“At the college

Parking was a constant problem faced by Conestoga College secu-

throughout the year

rity officers

before,

the

Doon cam-

was required where the person’s

to enter

a lottery

get closer ptaking to the col-

lege th;ai those

drawn

last.

Once till

the ptaking spots had been filled,

people whose ntunes remained

that

would not receive ptaking yeta or would have to wait until

a spot bectune available.

“We must have

A number

of students had the

ing

where they ;ae supposed

had been a dramatic increase price of the passes

in the

from the pre-

simply a

lot

.stiid

of con-

passes, on average, in-

25 per cent from 1992. “That was definitely our (security’s) biggest complaint from creased in price

decals.

something

“It’s

happens

that

every ye;a." She said the decals was no

more prevident

ye:a than

past

ye;as

students this year,” Ethridge said. Luc Matheau, a first-year general

business student, was extremely

theft

this

even

though the ptaking decals were sig-

more expensive this ye;a.

She said

away with when

that their decal will

new

lock their doors

leaving their e;as ;uid that’s

when when

parking lots built

who complained

to security abrrut his

missing

deciil.

parking

“Some

view mirror.

of these people have no la-

a parking metre

dectil

c;ir,

notified

as parking

re.sponsible.

says that they

to expul-

Ethridge recalls the funniest imitation pass she has ever seen. “TTie

Wood-

working building tmd getting a

while his eta was being repaired.

filled

who owned

the vehiele had

put a parking fonn to receive a pass

out in the

window

beside

;ind

seems

that

parking

face

still

number of

infractions occurring tdmosi daily.

And even though

seems

like a

small part of their duties as officers.

sion."

being well taken care of security

paying restitution to the college

far

tis

eoncerned.

Even when

;md

could me;m tmything from

they have

thtil

been lolenmt with students,

he or she will deal with the person

just

dtiily

on TV. The old paper bag over

Security agrees

found

someone’s

gnun co-ordinator

"It

on the

tind

ptiss dispenser. "It is just

the picking metre trick.”

Ethridge said, that person’s pro-

person

yeta ptaking behind the

re;ir

a stolen or fake

Appiaently the student had left his decal in a rental aa he was using

last

is."

hiuiging from the

for the piaking, right

Ethridge s;ud that she remembered one student

Ethridge stud that almost every-

day she sees im out of order sign on

out a stolen decal fonn ;md there

no guartmtee

time

one of

was simply a piece of regulta paper with Conestoga parking permit written in pencil and the forgeries

being used

been stolen students ;ae required fill

For exmnple, she said

that

people out of

lo bixit

there everyday, no matter what

a pass has

it.”

that

“We have

;ae a poor imitation of the originals.

tistic Uilent.”

they ;ae stolen."

during the summer. “I remember

pimies on delivery lae

Usually the fake decals

to think

“We had people wondering why they could not p:ak where they

of the two

Even comunaware of

;md bus stops.

of piaking

theft

forget

hist yeta.”

an ongo-

in the lots.

—

be recovered. “Usually people just

Students were confused because

route area

fire

ing problem.” .she said.

lem soon ;aose

fusion with returning students

had parked

with

often block fire roules. cross-walks

about where they were tillowed to ptak.

vious year.

The

Security officer Janet Smith

“The

in the office

decals :ae always turning up on c;as

they c;m get

that there wtis

laugh

we sympathize

but really

the biggest issue

she must face everyday.

pose to be piaking, miother prob-

pleased that they were able to get

a greatly perturbed to find that there

giabage.

tinny stories like

Along with the problem of stolen

colleges or universities were

new parking

We have

stu-

decals, Etheridge said, imitation

about two months,” said Conestoga College security officer Judy

their

Smith raised the issue of

had

exactly where they were sup-

knew

nifictmtly

passes, students were surprised and

in the

“We get a lot of

told the c;a

where they should be parking and

“Every yeta students .stem

ptaking so easily," Etheridge said.

He was

them,” Ethridge said.

to."

Ethridge said that once people

system. “M;iny coming from other

Ethridge.

piaking. “People ;ae finally p;ak-

stane thing to say about the ptaking

Upon buying

for the yetirs

that.

said that juiy student

wiuited ptaking

said.

long every day for

line a mile

ptirking." she .said.

where they were supposed

Matheau

the 1993 parking decals in front of

had a

;aid gel the

She believes

in the hat

the security office.

thrown away

;aiy

began the tedious task of selling

Smith said it tpok students a good two months before eveiyone knew

changed. After the two- week period, secu-

the tunounl

.stiid.

pus. However, this situation soon

rity

agency

owing

he went to

dents ptirking in no piaking zones.

would

lots at

rent.'il

placed a completed cheque for

been cleimed out and the decal

the students chose because of the

parking

the

the student finally realized three days later

decal back.

students to park on any parking lot

new

right to p;ak there.".second-ye:a

all

this

Sidhu

name would be picked out of a hat. The people who picked first

confusion caused by the addition of

general business student Jason

who

At the beginning of school year, Conestoga security was allowing

issued ptaking

spaces using the lottery system," he

and will be an ongoing problem of the future, they say.

we were

When

it.

This year they are telling

was attending

because of

ticket

at all.

when you ask anyone of what

officers

the

the biggest issue

they faee throughout the year think you will find that they

come up

all

will

with the siune answer;

PARKING.

Changes made to business, broadcasting and LASA programs The

by Jackie Kuntz

big change for the school of

business was the consolidation of

For those people outside of college

life,

1993

remembered

will

probably not be

some programs

to the

Doon cam-

saw

co-ordinator of the LASA program.

the start up of the small business

said law enforcement in the

The school of business program.

pus. In September, the material

tificate

as a year of great

management and general business

tember.

programs from Guelph and the of-

The

only concerned with cutbacks,

fice

tract.

and Bob Rae’s

social con-

This, however, did not stop

system administration and

general business programs from

Waterloo were

all

moved

Doon.

an eight-month cer-

program

achievements. Everyone seemed

deficits

It is

also

that

began

Sep-

Hayes

private sector

one of the

growing areas

Canada.

This year the

increase of law and security

administration

was not do

(LASA)

students

to consolidation but an

increase in the

number of first-year

fastest

its

of the broadcasting program,

money

said the donated

LASA program has

members of

Scott,

time table to

second-year students.

In the spring, students entering

some of the

be $50,000 used for

screening process that will place

renovations to the

cording to Bill Green, co-ordinator

ber 1993, an increase of 50 from

and $100,000 used

business, law and secu-

of business. The consolidation was basically a cost cutting measure by

1992.

them in one of six different areas of law enforcement. “We’re the leaders,” said Hayes

the college.

jobs are out there,” said Bob Hayes,

grams rity

administration

and

broadcasting.

“The

real justification is that the

second year

will

go through a

studios

purchase

The program

also had seven

BVP and three BVP

Fleming

350) donated by Sony for the

the only tak-

to get into,

and interviews with hiring

ficers

from the agencies of

of-

their

the

CBC

head office and studio in new head

Montreal but when the

was built in Toronto the CBC

office

decided to go with digital cameras. resell, Sony gave The cameras have a

“Rather then

chosen area.

them

to us.”

“The student has to qualify and must prove they can make it in that

retail

value of $80,000.

field,” said

be very

will

tele-

vision part of the program. Scott said the cameras were at

the student goes through a series of tests

new

or newer equipment.

Sir Sanford

enforcement they want

Hayes. The screening realistic to the

job

hir-

Scott said goal of the program this year, in addition to raising

funds,

was

students.

ing process.

For the student who does not get

to get

more jobs

for

said cutbacks in the

public and private sector

make

six specific areas

even more important to maintain

there will be a general stream set

and develop new contacts. The program will be taking a

into

up. for

one of the

The general stream will also be students who would rather “set

own goals”, said Hayes. The broadcasting program

their

closed a transaction with

student residence has all the ideal amenities for the at the Doon campus including a student lounge college attending while enjoy to students equipped with a billiards table, and big-screen TV.

CRKZ to

cameras (four

After deciding what area of law

new

will

new process. He said

ing a similar route.

Suites: Conestoga’s

There

regarding the

other college in Ontario that

Rodeway

the admini-

implementing

start

Septem-

their

benefit packages.

applicants admitted. There were in

re-

and Jim Waters, vice-president of CHUM, will be setting up a

About 400 students came to Doon from those two campuses ac-

150 students accepted

stration

Doon campus from making changes and realizing achievements in some of its pro-

Contestoga’s

will

ceived in the form of cash, goods

services over five to seven years.

worked together with law and security agencies to set up a new system for

tor

radio in early

November

CHUM that will

look at different components in the curriculum and stan to isolate specific areas like

news, weather and working

sports said Scott. Then,

with professional people, will find

send $304,500 to the radio part of

out what the program should

the program. Paul Scott, co-ordina-

should not be doing.

oj.

Semester 3 supplement

Spoke, Monday, December 20,

993

Year Ender ’93

Condors soar through By

Mathews Sean McMinn

Blair

uted to the success. “The head

coaches and the assistant coaches n

men’s hockey placed

did ability.”

players themselves

all

who

lot

The

final standings for the

teams

were:

third.

not

Soccer coach Geoff Johnstone said the biggest highlight of the sea-

It’s

son for women’s soccer was “prob-

of effort into making

ably the fact that in four exhibition

the programs work.

lot

The support

“It

a lot of depth.

of people

the program go.

have put a

contrib-

administration

nal.”

people that make

of them are excellent.

just the upfront

year for the teams at Conestoga.

phenome-

women’s soccer team placed first, men’s indoor soccer team placed second, women’s indoor soccer team came in second and the

final

Looking back at the year that was, Conestoga College proved they had what it takes to compete in sports. The Condors, decked in royal blue, crimson and white, showed their stuff both on the field and on the ice. According to athletic director Dan Young, it’s been a very positive

from

was a team which did not have We had some good scorers, pretty good goal tending. For the most part, we had a bunch of kids with a lot of character and they worked real hard. We won more games on hard work than we

demonstrated not only by team standings, but also the number of awards won by team members. But Young said it wasn’t just the This

The team’s

games they only con-

Johnstone attributed the success of the team to the defensive playing

was 12

and the good goal tending. One

insists

Brooks "In Pieces" Favorite Movie; The

Three Musketeers Favorite

Cheri Fisher (20) Early Childhood

“When men have doubts about women playing soccer, they should come and watch Penny play. That

ship with the kids, and the effort

changes

group.

FM: The Joy Luck Club FTV:

made, to do as well as they

that they

Education Yr.l Home town: London FA: Pearl Jam (self-titled)

Wood-

All factors considered.

TV Show; Home

Improvement*

worth remembered one aspect of last year most of all. “The fellow-

son was Penny English.

Favorite album: Garth

tie.

it.”

player that had an outstanding sea-

Late Night with David

Letterman

Butler. “I think she’s the best

They were a pretty dedicated They were at practice, they didn’t miss games and they worked hard all year. I enjoyed their company thoroughly.”

women’s goalie in Ontario.” Though the women’s counter-

teams

parts did not place in the final,

some setbacks

Johnstone said the men’s soccer team played better than their record

of an athletic review that left four varsity teams cut from the program.

showed.

Included in those cut were men’s

Frudiiclion Managers: Scan McMiun and Jackie

and women’s basketball and vol-

Ptiuto Editor: John Cinezan

their

did.

minds.”

Another player that came to mind was goalie Robin

Johnstone’s

noticeable players

St m.EMKM STAFF

Despite the success of the sports

in-

cluded Frank Dasilva, Nelson Cabral and Keith Theobald. As for hockey, the Condors did

Dan Young

Management Yr„

was the team’s attitude which helped them get as far as they did. “The general attitude of the players was marvellous. They were Just a great group to be around. We’re trying to have some fun; it’s a good league and a great team. Hell, I’m happy with

ceded one goal.”

athletic director

final standing

Woodworth

games they only conceded one goal, in eight league games they three playoff

Sherry Dolson (18) Business Administration

Home town; Woodstock

wins, three loses and one

only conceded one goal, and in

Conestoga College

Ask the body

’93

Editors Shawn Watford

Conestoga, there were as well in the

Copy

form

F.ditur: William -Kenneclyw,,^..

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leyball.

Reporters: John

Momk.i Gieciiun.

exceptionally well in the season.

According to Young, “we felf that some of (the teams) were not competitive. Some of it was based

Coach Ron Woodworth

on some

said the

Kennedy, Jackie

we have now

ones

tiiink the

wins.

good solid programs.”

Kiini/.,

Bl.Ur

Malhews, Sheilaugli McDonald Sean McMinn, Cory Thomas, Shaw 11 Waifoid. Wladirnir

financial considerations. I

team had to work very hard for their

Cirie/an.

W ilham

are

Sihwcigert

College nurse part of scene for 22 years By Sheilagh McDonald

When

schedule.

Though her schedule

always busy,

also sometimes

Though some around the Conestoga College community unpredictable. “We don’t know when our day starts. We know only recognize her by the long white lab coat she wears, many that the doctor is coming and how many appointments she has but we never know what might happen out in the college know this veteran nurse simply as Marilyn. During Marilyn Fischer’s time as a Canadian Certified community. We may need to be called for or someone may be Occupational Health nurse

at the college,

made long brought in.” On top of the demands of the Doon campus, many of the

she has

lasting friendships, with not only the faculty, but

students. And, despite her hectic days on campus, she said she is

And

doing what she loves.

porated in these responsibilities

shows.

Fischer said she has always wanted to be a nurse. “That was

my only I

choice.

had an aunt

who was

a nurse and

looked up to her.”

Fischer

also

responsible for all college campuses excluding Guelph. Incor-

program

at the Stratford

campus,

a nursing health sciences visits to

and

on-call for

suppose the main campus as well. Every year since 1988 she has been chairperson and contact person on the college’s AIDS advi-

emergency sory committee. Fischer worked However, Audrey Rutherford, Fischer’s co-worker and unit at another hospital and then in three local doctors’ offices before coming to the college almost 22 years ago.In that time long-time friend, said the demands never take their toll on the at a psychiatric nospital, in the

she has built a

life

around helping people. “For the most part senior nurse. “She’s

people are generally healthy,” she said, “but they do get sick.”

Her nursing diploma, which hangs proudly on the wall of her modest office filled with paperwork, represents an ongoing goal for this Saskatchewan-born

woman.

fast

on her

feet

and she’s

fast

with her

time,

made

“She’s a gal that really works hard at her job,” Rutherford

In addition to her steady record of efficiency,

one thing

that

stands out most in her mind is Fischer’s memory. “She can community she remember the students who come and go and she knows what she enjoys her work at the college program each student belongs to. She can even remember past

with her friends and especially the students.

The

closest Fischer gets to actually instructing nursing

Fischer said

when she

not dealing with the

trials

of the

Whatever they

see, or

here, they are to

week.

wish

and give

whatever

discuss while they are

a health promotion day the following

Fischer said she enjoys bridge because

with

some of the

girls

to actually get into their

allows her time

she trained with in nursing school. “My

classrooms husband calls it kitchen bridge because don’t,” she said, referring to her busy and our kids,” she laughs.

had time

lectures, but

friends, she tries to read

have to concentrate on

King or (Danielle)

Steel so

don’t

it.’

past-president of the Ontario Occupational Health

Nurses Association, Fischer said there were many things she was required to read and never had the chance to read something she wanted to read.

But don’t get her wrong! Fischer is committed to keeping to date on the current changes in the medical world. “I still get my health magazines and I read them from cover to cover.” Aside from the reading, Fischer’s favorite hobby is travelup

ling. “I’ve

been very fortunate because I’ve seen a

world,” Her most recent another

member of

Special Needs.

want

“My

trip

lot

of the

took her to the Orient with

the college community, Judy Hart of

husband can’t understand why

don’t

to Florida every year,” she laughs.

she has already seen. So far she has been to Europe, France, to

name

a few.

Her next

trip will take

her on a

and South American during spring break. Fischer enjoys travelling so much she would like to cruise to the Caribbean

make

a post-retirement occupation.

touring as a guide.

Maybe

interested in

taking senior citizens on bus trips

to the states."

students,” said Rutherford.

during their time with her in health services as a health services department at the college, she likes to sing in her church choir at the Emmanuel United Church in Waterloo part of their fifth semester community module. or play cards. “Some of the students come in and spend time with me. students

light things like (Stephen)

and Germany

said.

a life for herself within the

keeps healthy. Fischer said

up with

She prefers to see more of the world rather than seeing what

head.”

Fischer has centered her goal on helping people and at the

same

she’s not catching

things other than those that deal with her job. “I like to read

we talk about our jobs

For now Fischer said she and

that is

dedicated to the task at hand

keeping people well.

19i93 proved to be a very eventful year

Conestoga College. And' we hope 1994 will bring many happy memories to both staff and students. at