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SPOK Conestoga College, Kitchener, Ontario

Vol 25, No. 37

DSA

Former

president considering to Fanshawe marketing program

move By Brad

Doon

college’s

Associa-

Stifdent

1993. citing "personal reasons." said he might switch to

Fanshawe

London.

Ron Lehman

said in a Dec.

Kitchener anymore.

Tlie

have

members don’t

tell

feel obli-

students the rea.sons, as

they are personal, or to comment on

about the resig-

stories circulating

nation. ‘'After

—

rcsig^ncO

council,

didn’t have as

from the student

much

rca-

son to be in Kitchener anymore. I have personal interests in London,”

enrolled

The

ably wouldn’t for January, as he to get

"Due there

right

some money

no point

won’t be able go until May or Sep-

bccau.se

to afford to

applying

and Protection of Privacy Act. Jack Fletcher, Conestoga’s chair

tion

Lehman

said he had visited Fanshawe "for information gathering” and had "talked to someone involved in the marketing program. "I probably would be going into their marketing course because that use the skills I learned here in the business program.” Lehman said he would remain a student at Conestoga until the end of the fall semester, although he I

make

to all his

second-year classes.

Conestoga registrar Betty Martin said she could not confirm status unless she

had his consent, because she was bound by the Freedom of Informa-

as a liaison

nity.

willing to di.scuss other issues inI

volving the student government,

the federal

the

commu-

offers training for both

unemployed and employed peo-

work environment. Liz Lawless, co-ordinator of the program, said it teaches pcoplc the skills they need to start in the landscape industry at an entry level. "It teaches people hi-tech

Spoke learned of Lehman’s plans to switch colleges from Rob Duke, a second-year general arts and sciI

how

to plant a tree, lay a patio, build a deck, prune, and recog-

nize the various shrubs and trees

commonly u.sed.” The program runs for four

that are

he was going to Fanshawe,” Duke said. "That was the last 1 saw of him.” told

last

spon-

ple to upgrade their skills in the

change was off lim-

its.

"He

between

government and

Fletcher said although he was

his plans.

It’s

Council. The council functions

DSA presidency.

ence student at Conestoga. Duke described himself as an "occasional acquaintance” of Lehman who had recently informed Duke of

time.

Guelph Training Advisory

willing to discuss the change in the

the presidential

program ran

first

sored by Kitchener Waterloo

of student services, said he was not

tember.”

Lehman’s student

together.

to financial constraints,

now

where

full-time

year for the

was unable not yet officially

Fanshawe and he prob-

Conestoga’s

uary.

Lehman said. He said he had

executive

new year has brought with

another course

Waterloo campus. The landscape skills program will run for

personal interests in London. Ron Lehman

London

"For .some time. have wished to settle in London, and my resignation from the DSA left that option wide open for me." Lehman said he and other DSA

had

By Robert Gray

resigned from the student After council, didn’t have as much reason

he would be moving there.

gated to

skills

the second time, starting in Jan-

telephone interview from that

1994

course returns to Waterloo

(DSA). who resigned Nov.

College

Landscape

10,

Hilderley

The former president of the tion

January

months, with 14 weeks of class and a two-week work term. "We’re trying to get them finished

April because that’s

when

the industries really

busy,” Lawless said. "It’s a fairly short and intense program, but they have to get out there for April because that’s

when things are busy. Last year we ended two weeks later and we thought it was a bit too late, so we cut the work placement down to two weeks instead of four.”

Besides the in-class work, the students can practice what they’ve learned in a warehouse where they plant shrubs, prune a tree, and build projects. In the last month they do a lot of practical work.

Many

ttf

the students got jobs

from their placement, she added. Last year the course started with 20 students and 18 graduated. About 85 per cent got

work

in the

landscape indus-

try.

Plumbing program receives donation from Cambridge company ing

By Gary Wiebe

advanced stage nowa-

at that

days, electronically.

high technology always

Conestoga College’s efforts at sodonations from the private sector has paid off for the plumbing

nician/tcchnology level

liciting

don’t look

look

at the tcch-

—

the apprenticeship

And yem can imagine what adding an electronic component docs to the training of an apprentrades.

program.

Hans Zawada. chair of the technology, trades and apprenticeship

tice.”

program, accepted $15,000 in equipment from Cambridge Brass officials at the Doon campus. Dec.

ropc has been successful for centuries but needs more emphasis in

Canada, he

Apprenticeship training

The equipment,

be used as

—

looks good for plumbers and the

and flush valves. Ben Korec, product manager of the commercial and institutional di-

industry. "I think there’s a lot

faucets have a built-in electric eye

water flow when put in front of it.

"The system includes up to 15 programs that can be used to adjust the length of time between

different

when when

the it

water flow

would want

spend time with

plumbing apprentices

to train

stopped and

starts again.”

The water can be stopped to

optimism out there right now in the public sector to spend money.” Martin also expects Cambridge Brass will have an on-going close relationship with Conestoga’s plumbing program. "From our point of view, we

vision of Cambridge Brass, said the

hand

said.

Martin, product manager tor the laboratory products division ot Cambridge Brass, said the future

in high technology plumbing electronically-con trolled faucets

the user’s

Fu-

Ken

teaching aids, consists of the latest

that shuts off the

According for

(Photo by Gary Wiebe)

6 seconds.

Korec said the sensor can be used m showers, water closets and urinals in commercial, institutional and laboratory settings. Korec said he has seen a more widespread use of electronic bathroom fixtures including hand dry-

— you don’t have

touch

and even soap dispensers. "More and more public washrooms, especially in airports, arc

hygienic

using these types of products.”

friendly, he added, because they

ers

Korec

attributes this increase to

the rising spread of diseases such as

AIDS. "These

prcxlucts are very

anything.”

They were cnvironmentallyreduced the

amount of water

needed. "These products arc ideal for tho.se

who

arc physically-chal-

Icngcd because there’s nothing to grasp or manipulate.” When he previously visited Cam-

company was offering Conestoga, Zawada said he was surprised and

bridge Brass to sec what the

impressed. "I didn’t

know plumb-

Zawada, Cam-

bridge Brass has also given training sessions to college instructors

about the

latest

plumbing tcchnol-

ogy.

"We hope

to continue this excel-

lent relationship

with Cambridge

Brass and to build on the co-operafion that is already there.” he said.

2 Spoke, Monday, January 10, 1994

OPINION

SPOKE Editor:

Omar Welke

Associate Editor:

Jeff Brinkhof

Copy

Cooper

Editor: Julie

Production Manager: Jason Schneider Advertising Manager: Laura Nahls Circulation Manager: Colleen Connachan Faculty Supervisors: Andrew Jankowski, Dick Scott

—

print -students of Spoke is published and produced by the journalism Conestoga College. Spoke is mainly funded from September to May by the DSA. The views and opinions expressed in this newspaper do not necessarily reflect the views of the college or the DSA. Advertisers in Spoke are not endorsed by the DSA unless their advertisements contain the DSA logo. Spoke shall not be liable for damages arising out of errors in advertising beyond the amount paid for the space.

Spoke, Conestoga College, 299 Doon Valley Dr., Room 4B15, Kitchener, Ontario,

N2G 4M4

Telephone: 748-5366

It’s

better to forgive

than to blame

eople seem to be angrier

fore.

And why not? Continuhigh unemployment,

ing

the.se

days than ever be-

massive debt, rising crime, violence and poverty all contribute to feelings of in.sccurity

and doubt about the

future.

With

the resulting potential loss of hope, anger creeps

in.

That

Zephyr does not

Dr.

only natural.

And when

people arc angry, they usually look for scapegoats. All too often we hear the cries of blame. We blame the government, unions, blacks, Jcw.s, husbands, teachers, and .scores of others.

We blame everybody but ourselves. Wc dish out as a farmer spreads difference being the haired. A friend once told me blame

the surest

way

to stay in a

problem.

law In

receive

in return.

doesn’t matter what situations

are dealing with

—

By Robert

the

should not be happening. People should not make money from the pain and suffering of others. Our

connection with the laying of blame goes the assumption, somewhere, has done something

environment

rightly or wrongly, that .somebody,

it’s

wrong. The usual response to that is “Hc/shc/you/they, etc., should have done this/that." Should is a word that makes me shudder every time 1 hear it or sec it written. avoid it at all costs. It is one of the most damaging words in the English language, connotating as it does, the wrongness of someone’s action, thus creating another opportunity to lay blame. A better word to employ is could. Could, unlike should, implies a variety of choices exist to solve a problem and, if one doesn’t work, that’s OK because other options are available. Ergo, no blame. As we look around, we see a world in upheaval economically, politically, culturally and socially. All the .so-called experts can’t agree on what wc face in the future.

being destroyed around

not the best of places to be

But

Take

could be worse. a step

And

us.

agree that

independence from white rule overnight.

in. is

Have the problems your life gotten better or worse over the years? Have the problems the world faces gotten better or worse? Today we have things like unions, police, govern-

take a look around you. in

Michael Jackson should be

At the present moment, things look discouraging and wc feel powerless to do anything about it. There is a key wc can u.se to unlock the door to reclaim our power. It is forgiveness. Wc need to forgive and let go. If. every time we were ready to lay blame we .stopped our.selves and .said instead, "I forgive you,” perhaps then we would be able to live with grace and dignity. For. as the world changes, so too must wc.

’m

really

fed

with on

won’t speculate whether beJackson is guilty of molesting I

Letters to the editor

ming

has

with the media. The

media should leave him alone. The public has been bombarded enough with newspaper and televistar.

lous.

not be as disturbed

was

reading the reports about Jack.son

welcomes

all letters

opinion, please send space, and to

in.

remove any

to the editor. If

you have

Spoke reserves the

a beef, or an

right to edit letters to

Your

fit

understand the mentality of

The so-called news media is the bandwagon by pro-

viding the public with irrelevant

in-

fomiation.

Kitchener ,Ontario, N2G 4M4 Telephone: 748-5366

in the story,

do not enjoy turning on

the

only to find that every station reporting the

Jack.son.

same non-news on

Current Affair,

Hardcopy (to heyday reporting Jackson's every move. a few) arc having a

literally

staked out

Jackson’s ranch to find out

who

enters and leaves his private do-

main. Please, give the

admit I’m interested

but

They have

Jumping on

Programs

Inside Edition and

name

these tabloids.

letter

Spoke, Conestoga College, 299 Doon Valley Dr., Room 4B15

the tabloid press.

must be signed, and include your program and year for verification. Send letters to the Spoke office. Room 4B 15, Doon campus. libellous statements.

realize stations try to report

what’s going on, but this con.stant barrage on his private life is ridicu-

would

how

they supposedly saw

the popstar, but his

own sister

come onboard.

found myself almost throwing TV against the wall when LaToya Jackson held a press conference claiming she could not stand by her brother any longer. Later, the Jackson family held a press conference discrediting LaToya. I

sion reports about the elusive pop-

alone

holding press conferences slam-

3-ycar-old boys.

beef

left

him mole.st young boys. Not only are former employees

lieve 1

can

course, they’re spouting off

about

Michael Jackson.

Spt)ke

television’s feeding frenzy

courses.

—

know

seems as if a snail could move faster. But all you have to do is compare today’s situations with problems faced 50 years ago. Sure, a lot of the root causes of those problems are still around, but we’re getting closer to eliminating them every day. So cheer up and stop complaining. Change what you can and accept what you cannot. And above all else, have fun!

back from your immediate situation for a bills and passing

minute. Forget about paying the

Now,

be frustrating waiting for things to change. Sometimes

getting better.

you’ve faced

ments, agriculture, technology, and hot dogs. These advances have for the most part benefitted humanity.

inate several diseases that have been plaguing us for a long time. Lifespans have increased by several years. Industries are starting to get the idea that pouring toxic waste into a river might not be a smart idea. Things are slowly changing. For the most part the direction of change seems to a good one. I’m not saying we should ignore the present state of affairs and let them continue. On the contrary, we should try to change what needs changing. But change takes time. South Africa didn’t win its

Well, I’m getting tired of hearing all that whining and complaining. Sure, the world is a messed-up place. Situations like Bosnia-Herzegovina and South Africa

a constant.

complainers Considering how long we’ve had to get our collective act together. I’d say we’re doing a pretty good job. We’ve managed to virtually elim-

Gray

their minds.

Lives arc lived under eau.sc-and-cffcct conditions. What we give out, wc get back. And to whatever degree wc give it out, that is the

And

—

——

Good

folks.

just flew in

boy are

Blaming others for our problems causes us to lose a part of ourselves, a power that, if wc learned to keep it and use it wisely, would allow us to live our lives with grace and dignity, regardless of the problems wc arc beset with.

degree

day

from Toronto, and arms tired. Well, I can sec that went over like a lead balloon. Let’s get on with the reason I called you here today. It seems that everywhere I go I hear people complaining about the system, the government, parents, their dogs, or whatever else comes to I

manure on fallow fields, the only crops blame will grow arc resentment and

eccecere’s Dr. Zephyr!

guy some breath-

room. will vomit if I turn on the TV and there is one more press conference being given by a former Jackson employee. ing 1

the

LaToya seems to enjoy holding press conferences slamming her family. I recall the press conference she held proclaiming her father (Joe

Jack.son) molested she and her

sis-

ters.

In six

months

the

media won’t

touch Jackson with a 10-foot pole and then they’ll simply move on to

another victim.

spoke, Monday, January 10, 1994 3

Student denies parking accusations By Alan Horn

that

First-year marketing student

may have been

Jason Stolpcr

person of the

first

string of parking

distributing a parking ticket, but

993-94 school

misdemeanors

don’t disagree with what they

per (Spoke) and

tell

said.

saw him chang-

security in fact

on your

knowledge, Stolper had

Dec. 13 issue of Spoke, Judy Ethridge said Stolper was

pay his 7 parking tickets. "She wouldn’t know if I paid for them or not, but 1 have paid for all $170,” Stolper said, of them failed to

ous parking Stolper

tickets.

the incident

.said

misunderstanding.

He had

was

a set of

you

eat

Kathleen-Anne Pleau General business First

year

on occasion he has ripped up a ticket, only to find a new one in his mailbox at a later date.

Stolper said he has learned a les-

—

Doon lot after receiving numer-

tuition fees.

away. You’re .still responsible for it,” he said, admitting

another matter, Ethridge said

to her

The parking and general

ticket.

doesn’t matter

or throw

is illegal.

said.

spotted changing his licence plates

ticket

If you could change anything about Conestoga College, what would it be?

and miscon-

But he said it was obvious that the ticket he placed on his friend’s car was his, because his plate number and make of car were written on it. Furthermore, "When you get a

car

In the

this

responsible for the tickets either

plates that aren’t registered to

them a bunch

a friends car

speculated that a security offi-

saw him doing

avoid paying the

the police, he said, since putting

of things that aren’t true,” Stolper

in a

He cer

ing plates, they should have called

towing me. That’s there job, but their Job isn’t to talk to the newspa-

was placed on

strued his intention as an attempt to

me and

as a joke.

and not Doon campus. "Both plates were in my name, so I’m way,” he

security guard are false.

by ticketing

said

received them in October 1993, but said they were installed at the Ministry of Transportation

Doon, but he says certain accusations directed at him by a campus ‘‘I

were stolen and he had them

year to have his car towed for a

(security) did

Stolper didn’t, however, deny re-

in the

re-ordered.

the

OutSPOKEn

summer

personalized plates

son.

I'd

put

a pub.

that’s not off

“Since I’ve been towed I’ve paid

adding only a few tickets were paid late. The tab for the towing fee was

everyday.

also taken care of.

be towed again,” he said.

definitely don’t

want

place

where students could meet in a social setting campus.

Chris Arcand

Woodworking First year

Letter to the editor Bigger lockers.

Politicians

Linda Degroot Accounting

and bureaucrats need overhaul

First

ans, worried about jobs and

the editor:

response to Gary Wiebe’s story, "Immigration and welfare need overhaul”: Recently there has been a wave of racism surging through Canada. In

History shows that nature to place blame

over prospects of free money.”

a country built by im-

migrants which range from a

much

Canada

isn’t

Germany’s currently violent

attitudes

which seems

immigrants and

attitudes towards

ticle.

Wiebe, as well as most media, singled out the Aidid welfare scandal, but failed to distinguish between a refugee and an immigrant.

was his last paragraph which

rent economics upon visible scape-

leaned towards violence as a possible solution for, "ordinary Canadi-

found

Have

The teachers could use more effective teaching such as video tapes. Siroos Arabzadeh Engineering Second year

tools

Peace.

Pssst

Wiebe also failed to mention the many “ordinary” Canadians who

the

from Mr. Wiebe’s ar-

to perpetuate

Steve Troy First-year Journalism

refugees.

about Wiebe’s

firmly believe that

on someone

a difference between

.scared

cheats, “slavishly drool(ing)

human

two).

article

Canadian

abuse the Canadian Social Assistance Plan, which 1 believe needs to be thoroughly revised; not used as an excuse to vent anger over cur-

What

are the

real

a “sucker nation” and therefore will see through the ignorance of racism

our own shortcomings as a person or a society. Gary Wiebe’s story is a prime example of this characteristic, which seems to have grown acceptance among Canadians. Anger which is misdirected from the source of the problem, politicians, to easy targets immigrants and refugees (since is

who

nances,...” Define an "ordinary”

more diverse scale than mentioned by Wiebe. Wiebe foreshadowed that Canada may resemble

else (scapegoat) for

there

tions to the politicians

fi-

a hot

news

tip or

idea

for a story?Don't keep it to yourself. Let us know about it.

Spoke

Yukari Nakajima

Doon campus

General business First year

Room 4B15 748-5366

Wiebe should

direct his frustra-

Many students overwhelm

themselves

with lofty resolutions and feel disappointed when these plans are abandoned. Some goal setting is a "set up' for failure, especially

when

there are too believable,

many goals which are not .

conceivable or measurable. are Start small - not so small that you aiming up at the curb or so large that you are are reaching for the sky. Set goals that given a in achieved realistic and can be

The parking arrangements. They should be more organized at the beginning of the year.

Dave Clarke Materials

management Second year

of time. Prioritize. Choose your three most important goals and assign them a ranking of A, B or C.

amount

New Year. New challenges. Now is the

counavailsupports selling

awareness

Many of your activities will then start to make make sense in relation to your major time when people much How goals. You will also have a personal changes of great magnitude. change is realistic? With the days being so dark and the number of tasks so plenI

manage

change theBRITA water filter and figure that from there I can work up to changing the world.

Like most people, actually, I am more motivated than that, so I will follow a plan which a friend devised. She considdoing ers the areas of having, being and each in and decides to make one change to wants she area. Here is how it works and inforrned better have a new car, be do more reading. In 1994 she will listen in her to book tapes as she rolls along

new Saturn.

guideline for

what to let

Kelly Nixon

Special needs

counsellor

design that workshop for mature students and plan our summer ter

while

vacation.

of the

able.

go. Particularly

whether your choices are be aware own plans or someone your serving "No more else's. You may need to say to get order in often and delegate tasks work. on with your major Come to think of it, perhaps my husband could change that BRITA water Bi-

student

Heighten

resolve to

good when

wouldn’t change any-

thing.

goats.

Counsellor's Corner

tiful, I feel

year

Right

now

everything

okay, except

for the

parking rates of $2.25. But the staff is very nice.

They’re friendly.

Alexander Martinez Civil engineering

Second year Pat Trudeau is a counsellor with Doon student services

By Alan Horn

4 Spoke, Monday, January 10, 1994

Conestoga hosting seminars on confiicts By Coiieen Connachan

surrounding conflict resolution.

The

‘The same basic principles

people

Internationally-known speaker Robert Hall will deliver a lecture

apply

and presentation on sex, conflict and intimacy at Doon campus on

different settings,” said

The

by Conestoga’s Date Rape Awareness Committee, will spend a full day delivering three seminars focusing on issues invited

seminars except

directed to different audiences in

committee

chair Jack Fletcher.

Jan. 20.

Hall,

in all three

will

first

student leadership roles

to attend a lecture in

blue cafeteria. This will pres-

ent a combination of topics related

Hall’s impressive portfolio back in

She

he has received

the

interact with others while in a lead-

outstanding reviews from various

The third seminar, Con-

colleges and universities in the

Re.solution in the Classroom,

flict

follows .seminar

3:30 p.m.

2A56. This staff and fac-

geared to

members.

ulty

Hall, founder

to conflict resolution.

2A56 at 2 p.m. how to

Committee member Jenn Davies committee stumbled over

said the

This .seminar will explore ershiprole.

seminar. Hands Off,

Let’s Talk, will be held as a nooner in the

.second seminar will invite

fall.

.said

past.

"He docs

a very

good job of being

able to raise the awareness issues in a less interrogating

and president of a

ing

way,” Davies

and intimidat-

.said.

Davies said the committee would if the seminars attracted a lot of people, but the main purpose is to get the message across even if it’s only five people. Fletcher added, “The outcome of the seminars for students, staff and be pleased

faculty

not only for immediate

reaction at the useful

tiifie,

if one is in

but for

a situation

to be

in later

time.”

Geneseo, N.Y. -based business called Learning To Live With Conflict,

provides lectures and infor-

mation dealing with conflict resulting from misunderstandings.

A certified mediator. Hall

travels to

universities and colleges across the

United States and Canada.

According

to Fletcher,

the semi-

nars were funded as part of a one-

shot deal from the Ministry of

Education

combat

the topic of

sexual harassment. Overall, Con-

estoga College received $6,134

from the ministry for guest speakadvertisements and the college’s sexual harassment pamers, posters,

phlet.

Fletcher said the awareness cam-

paigns help but they arc not the

answer or the solution

changing

long-standing social patterns.

"Ultimately the only

way you’re

going to get any changes this area is through education.” This type of education needs really

start

where

becomes appropriate.

"As soon as you start talking about any kind of relationship between people, you should start building the idea of respect amongst men and women, boys and girls, and (Photo courtesy Jenn Davies)

person to person,” Fletcher said.

Jack Fletcher gives a thumbs-up seminar while Jenn Davies points

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Spoke, Monday, January

Books are a major expense worth buying because of the qual-

By Colleen Connachan

ity.

“In general,

think they are

all

students

for

the winter semester starts at

overpriced, but they are top notch

the bookstore, Clark said they are

Conestoga College, students are compelled to pull out their pocket books and face the harsh real ity that

books,” Everson said. She said one problem with purchasing an expensive, but quality

too expensive.

education

book

use

from cover

not cheap.

However, according

to first-year

nursing students Cathy Everson

and Sandra Clark, and third-year accounting student Jason Rolson, they were prepared to pay their dues, which included setting aside

money

for books.

Everson said she was not overly when she used most of the

supri.sed

$350 she

One way

infonuation from various books and notes. Clark said that in planning her budget, she knew exactly what was

are well-

for the

and Wednesdays

too expen-

4:30

Conestoga

said she

mind paying $87 for was Medical Surgical Nursing. She

more than 275 customers a isn’t making a profit on

contact Doug Watson at the Conesotga College Recreation Centre

According

to retail operator

Dan

book supplies

interested, please

cost from the

Call extension 484

publishers.

From

5:30 p.nn. start times

will be placed on teams already established

at-

Randall, the bookstore purchases the

and

Interested players

But although the bookstore tracts

Hockey players are needed for a contact ice hockey league Games to be played Tuesdays

that arc

label.”

to ease the

One book Clark

The clothing

You pay

sive.

books.

did not

program

to cover.

cheaper.

a folder-type text to follow with

books. Neverthless, she said the for her

teachers will not

day,

needed.

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^e rsvec twe. Student Finances

Money woes end scholastic career By Brad

means

Hilderley

quitting school to get a job.

"There

how bad

matter

a person’s

unless

problems are, there is always someone worse off. says a Conestoga College student who planned to quit sehool

due

no way of coping with it, go out and get a full-time

is 1

Schell said he’s two months bein

paying his

you can’t

bles.

Ziggy Schell, a third-year student business administration

in the

.said. "It’s

—

but

— Ziggy Schell, a

financially

strapped student do both.” Part-time employment was considered, but Schell said he "couldn’t make enough money to pay the bills." full-time study.

owner, even though he experiencing problems paying

own

its

bills.

When

company

he contacted a

whose name appeared on

cheque

It’s

money had been

lost

by a

man

who

student

being

in his

wor-

full

year of tuition.

a mature

described himself as

received workers’ compen.sation,

a solution to his

Being able to pay his everyday expenses was the problem. November was the last month in which he

dilemma. He

financial

not tuition that Schell

paid his

thing Schell hasn’t found,

however,

can’t

September the Workers’ Compensation Board

going through hard financial times.

One

ried about. In

inside the envelope he learned that the

full

lime looking

don’t want to lose

worketl too hard for

him and needs

own

awarded because of a back injury. "Without funds to pay your bills, what good is education?”

40s.

"I’ve looked at all avenues, and they all come back to the same you’ve got to face reality." thing Reality, according to Schell,

—

it."

care.

Unemployment insurance was not possible, he said, because he

had been on workers’ compensation.

Misapplication to the Ontario student assistance program, he

But Schell decided to return the

his

house.

spend

Schell also said his family de-

di.scovery.

have

pends on him. The single father of three still has one son living at home and his mother, 87, lives with

heaven," Schell thought after the

money

would be "impossi-

work or

“Without funds to pay your bills, what good is education?”

mind recently when he found an envelope containing $390 near his Cambridge home. "My goodness! Money from

quit paying bills," he

either full-time

management program,

materials

said that he kept this philosophy in

for a Job.

bills.

"You can quit making money,

to financial trou-

Schell said

ble" to attend Conestoga during the

winter semester.

Job."

hind

nerves."

said being behind in bill payments "is a little bit hard on the

.said,

had not generated any response

yet.

was forced to go on welfare, which paid him $1,100 a Schell said he

month. "I’ve had to accept

welfare

.so

very demeaning

far.but

...

Just

covers the mortgage and nothing ’’

el.se.

The student said he looked into program through parttime studies, but was told that was finishing his

not allowed.

Teachers in his program are burdened with heavy work loads, he said, so it was not possible to work out a special arrangement with them so he could finish his diploma.

student, leaves 7jggy Schell, 3 third-year materials management Doon campus’ main building on his way home Dec. 17.

More students seek budgeting help

20 Money-saving Tips

she said After they’ve explored all income options, Arc there she examines the student’s expenses. Can the cheaper living accommodations available? expenses? student take in an extra person and cut ot students She then examines the money going out sometimes be budgets and she said the revelations can

Jeff Brinkhof

the Canadian Despite economists’ contentions that

Create a budget.

economy

can Use the telephone before shopping. You

finding

save time, gasoline and money.

Keep

receipts.

Complain,

you don’t get your

Use coupons.

Cook

Plan your wardrobe

10)

money’s worth.

for yourself. in

12)

16) 17)

Use

Joan Magazine, a counsellor

Doon campus,

said the

number

ot students seeking

what you spend on

last

year,

to help stuThe aid student services can provide is dents closely examine their budgets. check with Magazine said the first thing they do is is coming from, students to see where their money make it to whether it’s family or a Job, and if they can

money

do it on their own, or assuming have enough headaches. She said she understands this opdifficult betion has become more she cause of the economy, and to

to noted other resources available

public transportation or car pools.

Postpone purchases. Shop on a full stomach

lot

to curb

impulse

company cational

or union might have edufunds that people don’t

Counsellors, she said, also ex-

Avoid snacks.

bank than

ing,

Take good care of big cars and appliances.

ticket terns

workplore whether students are

how many

hours they can

work in terms of .school or of surafford not to work in terms

afford to

such as

College Survival Source: Becoming a Master Student.

their parents

Free

in the

bank

vival.

With this Magazine offered a word of caution, “If you’re workInc..

1991.

by working to stay in school and success, then ing you sabotage your doesn’t make much sense." it

for the future.

here or at of people were eating out, cither got up a little they if that realized restaurants, and they night before, they the later little a up stayed or earlier money." could fix a lunch and save a lot of

lot

Fun

Cutting down on cigarettes and beer was another area for reducing expenses. Magazine said. "Students recognized that if they had vlcnt out at night and they only a limited

Exercise a pet store sports intramural Join Visit

Listen to music

Window shop Learn to juggle

Look

monitor their budgets

ripe for trimThe two major areas students found entertainment. and food were said, ming, Magazine

students.

"Sometimes scholarships arc available,” she said. "A parent’s

experience," she said. "Any"It was a very revealing really valuable body who did it said ‘Wow! That was goes.’" money my where to look and sec ways to trim Most students, she said, saw lots of small putting about talked even their budgets and some

student has explored also important to ensure the she said. money, raising for the possibilities help, students hesitate to ask tor family

wanting

“fun.”

out of the 19) Don’t take more money you actually need 20)

assignments was for students for a month.

we’ve found many more students on financial issues. are coming by for counselling "Starting

consider.”

tor Magazine taught an elective called Strategics mid-term the of one and semester Student Success last

help has increased.

all

buying. 1

amazing.

Conestoga College

13) Fix things yourself.

15)

their

It’s

Keep your housing costs reasonable. Avoid credit. Pay cash.

14) Notice

manage

April.

advance.

Conserve energy.

11)

help students turn to student services to

budgetary woes.

3) Comparison shop. cheapest product is not always 4) Be aware the over the long run. expensive the least 5)

on the upturn, many students are still of these difficult to make ends meet. Many is

at old pictures

Call a friend (not

long distance)

Take a walk Test drive

new

cars

amount

money

in their

pockets, they wouldn’t go crazy,

she said. For students

need there

in truly dire financial

a toodbank at the col-

the lege and several agencies in to able be might that community

help, she said. “If

it’s

a matter of

ting through a

week

someone

get-

or two on gro-

ceries until the next paycheque comes in, then they can get help.”

Magazine said

students are hav-

on ing problems, they shouldn’t sit them, they should visit student services and talk to a coumscllor.

8 Spoke, Monday, January 10, 1994

Chair of Conestoga’s applied arts an eclectic traveller By Wladimir Schweigert were stables at Conestoga College, Fred Harris, the chair of there

applied

would be working

arts,

bellow or somebody

replaced old kerosene lamps and

begun

the toilet

was a hole in the cement Boor. Smugglers were bartering

turned around and realized

with border guards.

Fred had fallen off.’’ Harris’ maternal grandparents

ture of a

classic pic-

South American banana

rived

Canada

little

ar-

after the First

World War. His great-grandfather, his father’s side, came to Halifax as a drummer boy with the last Brit-

with a shovel. But bccau.se there arc

republic,’’ Harris said.

no horses here, Harris’ job descrip-

Because a letter requesting funds from his brother in London, Ont., ended up in London, England, he and his wife had to survive in Buenos Aires for days on only bananas and milk. But until the letter finally arrived and money was forwarded, Harris earned cash by teaching En-

glish at Berlitz (a language school

grandmother as “a tough old lady,” and it was this lady that made

tion

to be taken metaphorically.

Harris confided what one colleague recently said to him: “Don’t

worry Fred,

never get rid of going to shovel the

they’ll

Who else

us.

manure?" But Harris works with his mind.

When

he speaks, his brain slices

ideas effortlessly,

making

concepts as distinct and

obtu.se

real as cold

cuts on a bun.

After graduating from high school

ola College.

the

first

non-RomanIt

was

quite an

convince school officials he

in liberal arts

came

Daw.son College, a position he held

education.

Through 970, Harris spent 1

a year

Mexico and

The

train still sported

said.

Coming

a visit to his grandpar-

ents, Harris

remembers

a sled pulled

by his mother. He

pictures

receding

“At some point,

Most people fore

falling off still

in the distance.

presume, either

making

feel

however,

anxious be-

feel

Some people making

speech.

at all cost

2) accept a "0" in the public speaking part of a course rather

the speech

course by not doing the speech your program/course/assignments becau.se you hope you will be "safe” from having to make a speech 5) feel extreme anxiety just thinking about making a speech

3) risk failure in a 4) select

If you arc prepared to conquer this anxiety in a supportive atmosphere, you are invited to join the “Overcoming Pub-

lic

Speaking Anxiety" group.

WHAT WILL YOU LEARN? 1

)

your self-defeating thoughts and and anxiety reduction techniques prepare and deliver prc.sentations

to identify

alter

them

2) relaxation 3) to

4) practise mini oral prc.sentations with increasing levels of risk

(your

own

this

was absolutely

that while her chil-

dren were going hungry, she gave

money to the priest. So she threw the priest out of the house. That evening,

at the

supper table his

That’s

why

Anyou can come

Harris grew up an

glican, “the closest to the

to the

Protes-

Roman

Catholic

rite

Fred

Flarris,

Chair of applied

arts, finds his

outside

work rewarding.

(Photo by Wladimir Schweigert)

the Catholic church.”

With such resolute ancestors and a diverse background, Harris be-

came an

eclectic.

When

not

longhand on papers in his office or walking that "tight path,” helping feuding parties at Conwriting

estoga agree, he relaxes with a book of mystery or science fiction snatched from his 15-year-old son’s bookshelves. He also listens

to classical

music and a

bit

of Jazz,

The Globe and Mail helps him through the weekends, and occasionally, the

New York Times.

Ar-

tides from the Atlantic Monthly,

Harper’s or Time magazine also hold his interest. Harris has spent the greater of his life working with people, often negotiating problems between oppos-

ing parties.

said he’s an intro-

vert, but

all

gets to

times. “There

him some

a part of me,

when

wish people would go away.” Harris said he would like to be remembered for having helped people wind their way through the complexities of life. His purpose in life is to leave the world a little better, he said. I

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home from

plaque which read; “Made fickl, England, 1X97." Flowerpots

tithe.

good listener. I try to .solve problems and try to understand a

the streets and sidewalks.

a brass in Shef-

contend with the parish priest who made regular rounds to collect the

this re-

mid ’40s when he was four or five years old. The Montreal of his childhood left the snow pile up on

ris said.

he was born. As

ulty.

the

South America where he visited Peru, Bolivia, Chile and Argentina. The train ride from Peru to Bolivia was a horrendous experience, Har-

Harris’ decision of church affilia-

especially hard time, Harris’ grand-

At 51, Harris has experience as well as memories. His mind races, as he reminisces, giving his tongue Just enough time to catch up. His earliest recollection is from

Council Office.

his paternal

change and moved to Conestoga. Here, he said, he does a balancing act, looking for common ground between administration and fac-

travelling through

part of the administration at

for 18 years. But in 1991 he sought

“Fm

966 he wrote the civil service examination and went to Ottawa to work as a researcher with the Privy In

remembers

Harris

Catholics, his grandparents had to

quirements of his Job, Harris

upbringing, the Catholic view

camp on the Quebec Qttawa Valley.

a logging

subject of the Queen.

Patience and a thick skin arc

could convey, despite his Protestant

on a

side of the

tion long before

event, Harris said, because he had to

British .sailor

Aires, helped out by

Returning to Montreal, Harris be-

Columbia. Following eight years in Western Canada, he came back to Montreal 966 and took a Job in the in registrar’s office of Jesuit-run Loy-

He was

Buenos

France via Louisiana and ended up

lending .some “pesos" to a fellow

Montreal, Harris attended

the University of British

Calholic they hired.

Argentina).

visit to

stationed there. His

ish battalion

great-grandmother came from

pace!)

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YOU CAN CONQUER YOUR ANXIETY!

Semester Two supplement

Spoke, Monday, January 10, 1994 9

Tough times hurt everyone, Conestoga College counsellor says Bob

By Winston Endall Conestoga students are facing increased pressures, both finacial

and emotional, because of the

re-

cession.

King, a counseller

the

created a certain element of insecu-

college’s student services depart-

rity,

ments, said students are not the only ones suffering.

money people make

‘The recession has affected everyone to some extent. First, it has

pinch because their parents can’t

and second, the amouni of

become

has

King

0 «f D Blake Patterson By

out of high sch(x>l are feeling the

Ten years ago,

serial killer Clif-

ford Olson had just been sentenced to life

imprisonment.

Great Depression of the 1930s.

they were then.

Newman’s

erine

are

more conscious of

retrain. In

the need to

1983, students began to

would have to keep

up with a world

that is constantly

olu

editorials said the

1983

recession irrevocably altered “the

geography of the counand he added that the plum-

Hams

to $10,199.

comes . _

An article by Cath-

place technology than the reces-

the October 1982

sion

-r-.

issue of the Financial Post

financial

headlined. Classrooms

try,”

as Job Prospects

meting economy had moved

was up

on the ed^e ^

or at least

itself,

income tax was $7,684, but by 1990

per family

there has been a 2.2 per cent de-

college system, said students today

realize that they

Ten years ago. Bob Rae had Just ridden an election

1980s repeats

Canada,

to Statistics

q 28-year veteran of rvlF r'rifVimi r\ ifx/ a the community i

tinuexJ to rise.

fn 1980, the average

According

said that students directly

of the

1980 and 1990, but taxes have con

said this can create

bad feelings.

less.”

90s: livins; Life in the Semester-two supplement ^ Recession

financially

crease in family income between

much

afford to help them out as

Fill

_ 1

was

Up Fast

Fade

“Even when

staned work 28

we were

years ago

told that

could expect to change careers and

Harris said students consider

wave of enthusi-

retrain at least twice; today

would

probably be three times,”

hope to the leadership of the Democratic Party in Ontario. Ten years ago, the Canadian deficit was rising at a record rate, and 10 years ago the Canadian government was arguing over a very im-

consistent level of 70,000 to nearly

perfect constitution.

95.000.

astic

With

New

Unemployment stood

at 8.6

unemployed Ca-

‘iVO.tXlO

nadians between the ages of 5 and 1

On-

tario colleges of applied arts

and

in 1982, the

enrolment

technology jumped sharply from a

per

Statistics

Canada noted

that in-

cent of the workforce 10 years ago,

creased enrolment resulted from

and people were rushing back to

interest in technological

school to learn the technical skills

needed

repeat

it.”

Ten years

of the

after the height

last recession.

Canada and Cana-

dian students are revisiting pages of history, and Harry Chapin’s All

Life’s a Circle

somehow

make sense. Bob King, a counsellor at Conestoga College’s Doon campus and starting to

r /

have

changing, said King.

gar.”

security

Although Canada had suffered through five recessions since the

the school of college access and

was up from September 1990 to

two business programs were moved from Guelph and Waterloo campuses to Doon in September 1993. Business administration and materials management moved from Guelph and office systems administration moved to Doon from Waterloo. There were programs that were

David Courtemanche, a college planner, said applications and enrolments have been on the increase for the four years the recession has

been on. times,

and

pick up credits.” that tradi-

Canada Employment seats at

down-

539 three years

later.

said that

In 1993, the college accepted 10,496 students in applied arts,

business, technology

and health

sciences.

That number has increased by more than 3,000 students since 1990, almost doubling enrolment sci-

ences.

The general arts and science program expanded by added pre-technology, pre-health and a language option.

are set up to offer

By Geoff

and rising enrolments. King said the college system has more mature students today than in 1 983, but he added that the increase is more a factor of increased work-

less stulf thtui

Hill

hospitals, medicare,

ondary education.

Whether “new federalism” and the “sociai contract” are the same under the sheep’s clothing is hard easy to see what said, “Wheels just keep turnin’ round

to see, but

and round.”

used

to.

going

•schiKil

because

ol the recession

about

getting through the recession

fully,

according to

a recent on-

“I’m trying to get a job ;uid ciui’t get one. I’m watching my

aunpus

money

siudenls

;u"e

ptirents,”

Girodat

Ophelia Gorni

so-

student, said she

trying to save

more money.

constiuitly

of hrad work, sacrifice,

two

watch

my money. it,

try

spend ing

frivo-

lous stuff.” she said.

“I’m suiying retilly wtuit.

management to the curriculum last fall. Dave Hum-

th;it

it I

tuiyway, but I’m watch-

lot

of fun.

afford to

the

Second-year

Robert Howiad, a

“The program guides

the student

through the start-up phases and basic business planning for the idea they bring with them when they

students returned to

his job.

.said

Hummel

said.

The program runs 32 weeks. Twenty-nine people enrolled new program in September.

in the

re-

cession.

“As dent, reiilly

a stuI

don’t

have the

time to notice.

wife looks

al ter die tin;ui-

aspects

cial

forced

concen-

trate

;md

to cut

“I’m doing

working so

about the

ihe recession

back.

does not think

Girodat and Rene D;un stiid

all

hard on his he studies

students Craig

has them

first-yeiu"

returned to schtxtl because he lost

don’t.”

Waller, Trevor

business.

weekend party

electronic engineenng student,

school sUtfted.

construction

back on

definitely can’t

routine iinyrnore.”

she works

who teaches the program, said

“ I’m cutting

less thtui before

designed for those who already operate or want to operate a small

Jeph Hodsdon

I’m

little

Some

Stu-

Prognun.

more, buying things retdly need instead of things 1 it

tario

Assistance

watching iny money, but doesn’t seem to be working.

not

going to the b;mk ma-

closely, living

the siune job instead ot trying to 1

jobs On-

the

;uid

rolling change.” .said;

part-

time

means, taking back

switch to one

sei'vices

and

bottles

Ophelia

cial

lot

Wtdler said.

lot

within

vey.

first -yetu'

with a

sur-

Gorni,

biLsically.”

it,

"letm’tgetajob. I'm living off

She added business added

small business

enter the course,”

coping with the recession by saving ;uid budgeting more care-

chine tind spending

mel,

it’s

Chapin meant when he

Jeph Hodsdon, a third-year broadcasting student, s;ud he is

systems has not accepted any firstyear students since September 1992.

to fund and post-sec-

ments previously used

do on dates, how what much spend on drinking. That’s

out.

not recession-proof. engineering technology broadcast

it is

programs except for health

education to be more attractive than unemployment, but she warned that education standards suffer due to “double- whammy” of recession-driven funding restraints

bil-

lion in provincial transfer pay-

Students pinch pennies to survive recession

to be more careful with

The school of

turns.

The programs

Electronics

colleges during financial

articles

which are as applicable today as

Mimy Conestoga said enrolment in

programs and relocating existing

news

reflected in period

they were not sufficient to enter the college programs they

208 students

agencies purchase

and personal dreams was

Conestoga College has been accepting more students, adding new

tionally

beyond the solutions traditionally advocated by economists.

death of personal dreams.” The frantic search for financial

preparatory studies

Courtemanche said

forced the provinces to be more

of Maclean’s magazine, called the early ’80s “days of wine and vine-

four years.

the trend is to return to school

“Citizens raised in boom times.” said Newman, “cannot deal with vanished financial security and the

would like. Courtemanche

“During hard economic

ment’s policy of “new federalism”

“Retraining and changing careers is a greater reality today than ever before.” Peter C. Newman, then the editor

been downscaling because of the recession, Conestoga College has been expanding during the past

programs.

Trudeau govern-

ing, In fact, the

self-sufficient by cutting $11

marks institutions

students a chance to improve their

By Jennie Richardson While other

by any increased government fund-

(Photo by Blake Patterson)

College copes by expanding

compete for increasingly

scarce jobs.

Sound familiar? Well it should. Canada was in a recession in 1983. The 1990s recession supports the adage that “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to

programs.

This increase was not balanced

Waller, Trevor L-R; Second-year construction students Craig

Girodat and

Rene Dam.

school.”

10 Semester Two supplement

Students By Geoff

Spoke, Monday, January 10, 1994

warehouse to save cash

live in

also affected by the recession.

Hill

live there.

“There has always been room

The quest for cheap housing has led some students to live in illegal

are

warehouse apartments

tiate

in order to

for negotiation in price, but there

weather the recession.

Owen McCullough and

what

Revesz, warehouse living to save

a great

way you could

“There’s no 3

money. find

cheaper apartment, especially

considering the amount of space

we have

here,”

McCullough

said.

downtown Kitchener, Revesz and McCullough each pay $225 per month for 126 square metres of warehouse

At their

utilities.”

Jenn Davies, a suppori staff

member that

student services, said

students should think about

more than

cost

to evict

when choosing

place to live

housing list with apartments and rooms available for between $260 and $350 a month. Rodeway

new privately

built resi-

dence near the college, offers a shared room for $348 a month. Both Revesz and McCullough say that the need for cheap accommodations led them to live in a

“Students should look

whaf

“If a zoning violation

change to convert the building to residence status, or the eviction of the tenants by the landlord.”

John Coish, a said that

ficer,

fire

prevention of-

a warehouse

considered unsafe the building can

be closed

down and the tenants

said he has lived in

“We have building and

problem finding a place

to live

re-

“Every place month, plus

we have

power

the

unsafe, if

it is

it’s

hazardous area,” he said.

risk,

about $300 a

Both Revesz and McCullough

used to not

say they are aware they are break-

utilities.

even think about money, but have to watch

the right to enter any

evict people if

high

until recently.

They

found,

two options: a zone

there are

the area for six years and never had

really

was

filed.

moved.

warehouse.

and zon-

“Fire, health, building

sible violations if a complaint

now

ing the law, but are not concerned. “If

it.”

said there are negative as-

come down

does

being

evicted. I’d fight for quite a while.

pects to warehouse living.

fight

Both their current and former warehouse apartments had no run-

Revesz

back

a way so

could win,”

said. ‘I’d fight to

win.”

ning water.

Revesz said that he would find out what changes would be neces-

They

sary to get the warehouse rezoned

said they wanted water so

they installed the plumbing them-

order to avoid eviction.

McCullough’s view was different.

selves,

they can afford as well as what they need in a place to live,” she said. Davies said that landlords are

people over zoning viola-

ing officials would investigate pos-

eral

McCullough

$150 per month because they are being joined by a third roommate. “Having another person living here will be great,” Revesz said. “It means living here will gel cheaper and cheaper We pay less rent than most people and we don’t even pay duced

will

Student services provides a gen-

space.

Their rent costs will soon be re-

what

will entice students,

Suites, the

Tribbey, Kitchener enforce-

tions.

said.

serve as an incentive.”

University of Waterloo student A1

way

now,” she

“Landlords call our office asking

According to Conestoga College student

more landlords willing to nego-

Ken

ment coordinator, said it is possible

Another negative aspect

the

possibility of eviction because the warehouse is not zoned as a residence dwelling, making it illegal to

moved

“I’ve

before,

can move

again,” he said. “I’m starting to get used to this lifestyle. Xhe next cheap move is to live in my van.”

Residence Some Conestoga By Michelle

Owen McCullough

and

(L)

Revesz

before students

Voli not be a

financial perk, according to

two

move in.

Lisa Shepherd, a first-year ac-

Suites af-

MacDonald

said

he would be better off living in

myself paying

“I can’t justify to

what It

Fm paying for this ”

week to which works out

costs students $87 per

live in residence,

$1,505 per semester, including

Rodeway

(Photo by Micnelle Voll)

Suites requires that

Conestoga students struggle to By Esther Chloreanu

“Fm

not a healthy eater,” she

said.

say they-

It costs Duchesne $2.60 a day to go to school and home with Project

hard to live cheaply

Li ft, a transportation service for

Students and staff College’s

Conestoga

Doon campus

believe that

these days.

During the recession, students

must be more careful with their money. Brandy Duchesne, a second year broadcasting student, said she doesn’t eat very much, probably just a sandwich and a coffee.

a $250 secu-

live

not going to

make a

big

Although the rent in residence is higher than some apartments nearby,

Rodeway

Suites

compen-

sates with other factors.

Students are not required to pay

bills,

although there

a $16 serv-

Utilibes are also included in the

cheaply

mester.

“Unless they lower the

rent,

without a lot of people next year,” said.

which includes the odd drink once

least nine to

10 hours.” she said.

The Conestoga Doon Student for

needy students experienc-

car.

they occasionally car-pool.

His biggest expense

driving

Pinylo said he and his room-

ing financial difficulties.

Pride

usually the biggest ob-

mates share food costs and each of

overcome

them usually receives food from

have

a good breakfast.

before using such a

most important pan of morning be-

However, Shepherd and MacDonald do not feel that the perks Rodeway Suites gives them make up for the higher rent. Both said they knew a lot of people who were at least thinking about moving out after the fall se-

a week.

stacle students

“It IS the

at the

townhouse with four other people, and although each have their own

suggested that people should have

the day to eat in the

$60 per semester

college.

gineering student, said he lives in a

which costs $20.

She

$46 per

time people would

last

home to Port Stanley"on Thursdays,

it.

Suites charges

have eaten would have been the night before, which would be ai

cause the

bank

and not buy

points, said Shepherd.

Rodeway

the recession

Association runs a yearly food

fotxl

good

MacDonald

cost of the rent.

Marilyn Fischer, the college’s nurse, said students should prepare

own

lem with the phone rates as it works out to be cheaper for her that way.

they’re going to find themselves

physically challenged people.

their

made. Shepherd said she has no prob-

posed

“Fm

the semester.

which must also be paid

Suites charges students $.05

for every local call

reason for living in residence.

of the semester. top of the fee

way

semester for a parking pass, as op-

ice-charge for cable at the start of

rity fee

charges for the telephone, Rode-

he would save by not needing public transit to the school would be his

students pay the full fee at the start

Suites

money

telephone hook-up charges or cable

activity fees.

Suites

Parking rates are also one of the

considering residence.

Taylor said the time and

saving on the rent,” Taylor said.

an apartment.

hoping to be

student, are both

Financially,

room

Donald, a third-year materials

that

his

Donald Taylor

cheaper.

little

accepted to Conestoga College and

ter the fall semester.

counting student, and Greg Mac-

moving out of Rodeway

Greg MacDonald

new Rodeway

Rather than paying service

ment on the college’s housing board rents for about $300 per month, which

Conestoga College students.

management

Hill)

living

stydeints less than satisfied with

may

a warehouse apartment. (Photo by Geoff

In contrast, the average apart-

Living in residence

facility,

Becky Boertien said. Lee Pinylo, a first-year

organ-

their parents.

Their entertainment costs are

izer

civil en-

about $35 for the five of them.

Darren Donelle, a computer pro-

gram analyst,

said he lives at

home

with his parents, eind occasionally

packs a lunch.

Donelle said he sometimes brings between $4 to $10, and he

always eats

Harvey’s.

“I’m a burger-boy,

“Being

that’s

me,” he

good student in school keeps you from spending

said.

money.”

Semester Two supplement

Spoke, Monday, January

1994

10,

Life in the 90s: students Retraining By Ralph Meier

“1

looked

to leave,”

The

way

the

as an opportunity

years and older has risen from 17

he said. “The job was

per cent in 1990 to 24 per cent in

day of an electronics

boring, but

engineering technology course can

have never

left.”

first

According

be pretty intimidating. Just ask first-year

Conestoga

College student and former Uniroyal Goodrich

employee

Brett

Hilts.

“The

first

theory

day of basic

electrical

instmctor starts talking

about atoms,” said Hilts “What’s an atom?”

of the future

paid so well

would

to statistics

compiled

by the Association of Colleges of

Applied Arts and Technology of Ontario, Hilts

not the only

one

Hilts smiled

moved

sheepishly as he

his 23-

as a percentage of the total

that

in 1981 to

52 per cent in 1991 Moreover, the number of layoff

reports

“Nicholas, do you want to watch

40-year-olds rose from 40 per cent

month-old son Nicholas away from his knee.

counsellor

due

from 10,000

to plant closures rose in 1981 to a projected

Conestoga’s Ooon

campus, said they generally come

being afforded this opportunity In

for the older students’ transi-

from the workforce to college, Joan Magazine, a student services tion

comparing the 1982 recession with the one in 1991 the survey found

unemployed the number of 25-

The 27-year-old

1992,

with a

of motivation and pul

lot

of work into

lot

they also face a

their courses, but

of challenges

lot

because they are mostly taking care of themselves financially

“They have

way of

their

to totally re adjust

Magazine

life,” said

“TTiey just juggle so

many

roles

and wear so many hats.” Hilts said he thinks school

Barney?” Hilts asked, referring to

18,000 in 1992. Seagram, Labatt

much

mauve monster. “Here,

and the old Uniroyal plant are but a

school involves a

few

unlike factory work, which

television’s I’ll

put in a tape.”

Hilts explained that he

knew

examples of permanent factory shutdowns.

what an atom was, but said he had

local

These

facts,

coupled with an

in-

harder than work because lot

Hilts

watches

his father Brett,

biggest problem

When

to do. It’s all right, though. is

finding

my homework

finish school,

it’s

wife’s turn to

crease of 25- to 44-year-olds as a

the time to get

percentage of first-year college en-

done.”

“For the first month, I was pretty overwhelmed,” the former factory

rolment from nine per cent in 1982

When he gets home from school,

17 per cent in 1990, seem to

Hilts said, he has to look after his

said Hilts, as he placed his six-

worker

indicate a trend toward retraining.

two children while

month-old daughter Taylor

said.

ter

began af-

Uniroyal Goodrich closed

'Strange Street

tire plant in

its

Decem-

Furthermore, a 1992 survey of first

year college students, prepared

for the colleges of central Ontario,

show

ber 1992.

the

number of

students 25

year electronics

(Photo by Ralph Meier)

hind the classroom lesson.

Hilts ’s college odyssey

first-

in-

not been exposed to the theory be-

homework

of homework,

volves a set schedule

“My

Nicholas

engineering student, do

his wife goes to

go back.” “I would

like to gel into research

and development

after

graduate,”

he did go back, he would

like to

return in an engineering capacity “I have two kids, so you have to ” do what you have to do Two weeks later, Hilts was asked for the definition of an atom

Reading from his electrical the text, he replied, “An atom is the

work.

walker

“My schedule is pretty hectic and my wife does not understand how much homework have

the possibility of returning to the

retains the characteristics of lhal

shop floor one day, but added

element.”

sometimes

ory

Hilts said

he could not rule out

that

smallest part of an element that

still

Mature students returning to school to become more competitive “Classes are overcrowded, which is hard on teachers. We’ve

By Frank Knobloch The

crippling recession in

On-

lost excellent teachers

because of

up 24 per cent of the population in 1992, up from 17 per cent in 1990. New Canadians continue to add to the diversity of students. Figures from a report prepared

changed the face of students at Conestoga Jack Fletcher, chair of student

the recession.” said Walters.

for colleges in central Ontario indi-

services at the college, said that

mature students, and most have come back to re-educate so they

cate that 33 per cent of first-year

can be more competitive

Canada

tario has

Walters said she has noticed a definite increase in the

from September 1991 to September 1992 the average age of students increased by one year.

in the

sorts of

all

students in 1992 were not born in

Bob

King, a counsellor with stu-

new Cana-

considering that

personal problems with them to

dent services, said that

was taken on an average, in one year,” said

school, said Walters, such as family

dians perform well in college.

and financial troubles.

To help them prepare for classes. King said, the college offers a general arts and science program with

“That’s a figure

workforce. They bring

number

lot,

the period of only

“Older students can’t screw-up

Fletcher.

We can’t come back six years from

Cutbacks by the provincial gov-

ernment have affected the college’s ability to compile statistics on student demographics, said Fletcher.

“We just

don’t have the people

to crunch the figures together.”

Rocan Bradosty, rates

35,

a engineering student at Conestoga.

have gone up over the

last

couple of years, said Fletcher.

“A

lot

of people are hanging on

(Photo by Frank Knobloch)

Kelly Nixon, a counsellor on

an English language option. Several students interviewed

ing a better product,” Fletcher said.

contract with the college, said she

around the Doon campus agreed

Jo-anne Walters, a 48-year-old

has been seeing more students in

now,” said Walters.

student in general arts and science,

a more diversified

with the opinion that the recession,

coupled with high unemployment,

30s and 40s

their

In Ontario colleges, the

most

has increased the college’s popula-

because there’s nowhere else to go. But Fd like to think that we’re

said there

Conestoga’s enrolment rates and

population and the campus struc-

recent statistics indicate that stu-

tion

second- and third-year retention

keeping them because we’re offer-

ture has changed.

dents aged 25 years and older made

of mature students back to school.

Despite provincial cutbacks,

and has driven large numbers

Enrolment up due to high unemployment By Don Ross

ratio.

application numbers at Con-

Extreme increases exist in the law and security program, which received 1 .270 applicants for 1 50 spots, and the social services pro-

estoga College, particularly in

gram, with 1,148 applicants for

Unemployment and the impact of a long recession are affecting

the

diploma programs, Betty

Martin, the college’s registrar, Since September 1993, there has been a 37.9 per cent increase

available

to their

some waiting

“Now we

consider

same

all

time.”

A contribution to this increase, is

western region,” she said. a result,

a person’s

second choice.” she

said.

we could move

their choices at the

higher than any college in the

(Photo by Michelle Veil)

was not

with the largest growth in the

“Our applications increase

books

used to look

choice program only.

in applications to these programs,

business courses, Martin said.

Karen Rhind, a clerk at Coles bookstore in Waterloo Square, displays a few of the many self-help books on the market. The recession has seen the sales of self-help books skyrocket.

spots.

“We first

said.

Self-help

lists

who have lost their jobs, or are displaced workers, back to school for upgrading, said Dale

Weibe, a Canada Employment

and Immigration counsellor “An example of this is at Ururoyal, where some who have been employed for 20 years have been laid off,” she said.

Workers can improve

their

chances of getting and keeping a

job by taking college courses to

remain competitive

in today’s

highly skilled workforce.

Ray

which has not been a major factor in the past, is the growth in the mature student category, most of

Gormley, supervisor of job

whom

“About 1 2 per cent of the number of unemployed people cur-

are taking business or

training at the Kitchener

Employment

re-

Canada

Centre, said.

have ballooned to the point where the average diploma program has

technical courses, said Martin.

Downsizing and restructuring

rently registered with us are in

a 4-1 applicant to available spot

businesses have forced people

school for this purpose.” he said.

12 Semester Two supplement

Spoke, Monday, January 10, 1994

Life in the 90s: finances Most students

ineligible

Many types

of financial assistance available to Conestoga students

for welfare assistance By Nicole Downie

“OSAP Most college and

By Kerry Masche

gible for welfare.

dent services will look

covers their educational Students in need of finan-

university stu-

expenses, while social assistance

dents are unlikely to be eligible for

provides personal and living ex-

general welfare assistance., and

penses that do not have to be paid

lack of funding through the

The key

must

back”.

Ontario Student Assistance

dent, he said,

Program or other reasons can seek help from student

right possibility

rely

on the Ontario Student

Assistance Plan for help

They

these

harsh times.

cial child-care bursary

Geoff MacGregor, a

field super-

visor with Waterloo Region’s social

OSAP

MacGregor

said that in general,

OSAPor if they are

OSAF

ineligible for

due

per-

sonal income;

grams;

counselling has gone up roughly 30 per cent over the

receipt of

OSAP

receive

many

as found in

for welfare,

as an independent

may be

Post-secondary students are

eli-

if;

•they are a sole-support parent; •they require temporary assistance while they wait for a loan from (fSAP. "Students forced to wait for an

OSAP loan may get welfare tempoback

Many

MacGregor

said sole-support

on the other hand, are

eli-

of the year, she said.

year have been affected by late

issuing of the loans, said King.

Some students did

ing for welfare in the summer,

an alternative method of payment of tuition

when they

worked

“They are

between semesters, when they no longer receive OSAP and they can’t find eligible

work,” he said re-

go back to school because there are not enough jobs right now.”

registrar’s office

willing to try and

requirements and meet the students financial

Deferrals are often extended to

come

financial difficulties, getting bursaries

may

Most students think awards

are

available only to those of superior

academic standing rectly

Thomas

who come

di-

which are consid-

money granted

an awarti of

to the student

based

on academic achievement, but need also consitlered. said

Thomas.

Recipients of scholarships are selected by criteria established by the donor,

which can

vary, she said.

Awards range from $

,2.30.

As an example,

.Scholars

the

starts is to

guarantee that a student will

September, and because class size

They

are for students

unable to continue

who

Funds

own committee

that evalu-

OSAP counselling,

student services and

problems.

Budget counselling may be offered

commitment down,

capacity.”

receive from $105 a week multiplied by

in the

to help stu-

dents gain control over their situation and to help

them stretch limited funds over the school

year, said

Martin offers budget counselling as well and has been speaking to high school students about OSAP, the costs of a

good education, and

person’s program, but

receive that amount, said Martin.

that at either during a scheduled ap-

the importance

summer

as well as

Child-care bursaries and special-needs bursaries also are available for those

who qualify, said Martin.

Counsellors with student services will refer students to outside agencies and place them on waiting lists

according to their needs, King said.

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Canada. Bursary applications are available in the registrar's office as well

.Applications each year

must be

break, as funds are available only

its

Besides

for bursaries are provided

submitted before the Christmas

has

abuse, she said.

cause of lack of finances.

said with the exception of tech-

ates scholarships.

may be granted

there has been a history of mental or physical

are

nology programs, each program

trar,

school be-

as the student .services office.

Betty Martin, Conestoga's regis-

financial contribution expected of

Bursaries are awarded on a basis

Foundation of Canada; Hewlett-

office.

meet the

can’t

King.

OSAP students may

many people

payment of $1,230 through

the registrar's

limited, the

changes his or her mind about attend-

The maximum

King said

clude:

said.

“Until they put that financial

we are unsure of program

come

number of students who

be attending classes, she

will

not

ships offers a first-year .scholar a

mation available

their loan assessments through the registrar’s office if they feel they have been assessed unfairly, said Ts/Iartin. An appeal may be undertaken if a student’s family

and advice for students with more personal financial

Canada Scholars

Technology.

past,

to three years, according to infor-

fees are asked for before school

number of weeks

able aid

awards office of the institution, with a maximum of $7,300 for up

to school, she §aid.

card loan, said Martin.

the

able through the

their research well

the registrar’s office offer a variety of other services

There are 900 scholarships avail-

Canada

the

how expensive it is to go Students may appeal

a Canada student loan

$.30 to

Technology scholar-

done

and are genuinely surprised by

male

of need only.

students have not in this area

during the school year.

registration office said.

scholarship

Some enough

a $50 deposit, she said.

ratio” she said.

have a clear under-

that students “don’t

Technology scholarships, they now have to be on an equal male-to-fe-

She said

standing of the costs of school.”

of budgeting savings over the

Nancy Thomas, a finacial aid counsellor at Conestoga College’s

ered,

the student and his or her family will contribute.

borrowing from family members or getting a credit

If a student in

was not designed to cover all and it is always assumed that

ing the college before Sept. 20, the college will keep

from high school, but there

are other factors

said.

“With the Canada Scholars

be easier than you think.

OSAP

made such

or arrangements to be

registrar’s office counts the

For those students experiencing

November or De-

cember, which usually leaves ample time for to

said Martin,

them, or a family breakdown appeal

capabilities for the first semester, said Martin.

The main reason

“The first step is to go to the program co-ordinator, then fill out a form at the registration office,”

work

out a method of payment with the student that will fulfil

now more

“There are also

may be

out, through a counsellor, according to the

.student’s needs.

The

OSAP,

of the student’s costs

not receive their loans until the

Betty Martin, Conestoga College’s registrar, said

are out of school.

OSAP

receive up to $500, but Betty Martin, Conestoga’s registrar, talks this resource usually goes with a student about finacial assistance, (Photo by Kerry Masche) very quickly at the beginning

lege and university students apply-

scholarships and bursaries

By Don Ross

are waiting for their

if their

an increase in the number of col-

said he usually sees

High achievers are not the only ones eligible for

this

registrar’s office also

Students who need to buy books or pay rent while they

students receiving

funding

have one,

members unhas come in,

problems, said Martin.

forms were filled out incorhe said.

quests from people on assistance to

parents,

tuition fees.

fi-

have been

OSAP

their

The

end of November or December, creating a serious problem tor those who needed to buy books and supplies at the beginning of the fall term, he said.

they agree to pay

also be

stu-

has limited funds available to lend students for short-term

rectly,

OSAP to cover

and what

said King.

from student

OSAP

denied

OSAP

allowed to apply to

til

services and the registrar’s

provided

for the family”.

books and

Students often seek nancial advice

office after they

program would improve a parent’s chances of finding employment,

MacGregor

but only

trade schools,

The student parent would

who

or from family

last three years.

to attend

the caseworker decides the

‘‘If

single person.

who wish

courses less than 10 months long,

OSAP;

•they are dependent adults

rarily,

said parents in two-

“finding the

credit card, if they

Doon

tions to the rules.

welfare benefits

•they are unemployable and in

a student

tight restrictions, there are excep-

• they are

tend post-secondary education pro-

Bob King,

services counsel lor at

students seeking financial

MacGregor

dents obtain loans through a

may be eligible

one of a two-parent family and one or both adults at-

services and the registrar’s

campus, said the number of

Although these may look

parent families

“they receive

gible

that they are in receipt of

to helping a stu-

might work for them.” Counsellors suggest

office.

welfare.

post-secondary students are not eliif;

affect their

available financial resources.

counselling due to a

cial

These parents must inform

OSAP

1993. before they are eligible to

receive welfare.

which does not

through

welfare benefits.

services department, said students

must meet specific regulations, which were modified as of Aug. 1,

gible

are also eligible for a spe-

at all

of a student’s options and

until late February,

registrar’s office.

according to the

Busted Security guard Judy Ethridge reports a fraudulent parking decal.

Some

students are saving

money by

using forged or

old parking tags. (Photo by Esther Chioreau)

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