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United Way urges student support valuable learning experience for
By Kerry Masche
students, and
Conestoga College’s annual United
Way
campaign
is
getting
is
a part of the
and committee chairs say they are ready to welcome some
to the
much-needed student support for a valuable community cause.
to their future.”
Linda Krotz, Doon campus administrator and manager of learn-
dents to realize
is
co-chair of
this year’s committee along with Edith Torbay, chair of business.
"It’s
incumbent on those who
have an advantage to help those
who do
not,”
Torbay,
Torbay
who
said.
has served on the
Cambridge board of the United
Way
directors for
for the past five
years, joined forces with Krotz to
vacancy left by former chair, Sharon Kalbfleisch. dean of access and preparatory studies at the college’s Waterloo campus. Krotz said involvement with the United Way campaign can be an fill
the
way
to
community and giving
into high gear
ing resource centres,
an effective
get across “the importance of being
community.
“It certainly can’t
Krotz said
it
is
be detrimental
important for stuthat, in the future,
they may need some of the programs funded by the United Way, such as Big Sisters, St. John Ambulance, the Family Crisis Shelter and
many
others.
Torbay said, if nothing else, this year’s campaign will make students aware of the many agencies and
mm
non-profit organizations that exist in
our community.
“We all benefit when the commu-
En garde
nity benefits.”
The United Way events offer students a chance to contribute in a way the other school events will not.
“This
is
an opportunity to
Shannon Henry tumbles off her post as she is hit with a padded by fellow third-year marketing student Cory Stoyko. The two were participating in the
Third-year marketing student pugil stick
Conestoga gladiators corn
feel
(Photo By Mike Beitz)
roast.
See United Way, page 4
Allen-Bradley donates equipment Conestoga ‘tent test’ rocks into new college semester By Rob Heinbecker
The unit is a medium voltage drive used to regulate amount of electricity being pulled into a large industrial motor, said Duane Koebel, production man-
the
Conestoga’ s Detweiler Centre has received a training
medium
ager of
Allen-Bradley of Canada. “It is a significant donation,” said college president
Cambridge The drive
John Tibbits, present at a brief dedication ceremony. Attending the dedication was William Hetherington president and CEO of Allen-Bradley of Canada and Ross Russell, administrator of human resources at
including the electrical and electronics technician, said
fest, ’
Hans Zawada, chair of Conestoga’s trades and appren-
campus
ticeship.
Rayburn, Newfoundland’s Great Big Sea and local band The Gandharavas, from London, Ont. The event, arranged by the DSA, also offered a beer tent where students could grab a cool one while they were entertained. Rayburn, a soloist who combines original music, comedy and classi-
Allen-Bradley ’s Cambridge plant.
voltage drives at Allen-Bradley’s
be used by students in
Koebel explained the
many programs
purpose by likening it to said if you plug in a circular
unit’s
dimmer switch. He
a large
home your lights will dim and if you take a 0,000 horsepower motor and turn it on instantly, the amount of inrush current the motor draws would dim the whole power system for the neighborhood in which saw
at
1
it is
located.
A drive, he said, allows a business to turn
on the engine slowly drawing power at an even rate so Hydro can apply the load to it and the motor will use electricity
“This
is
more
tion for
Conestoga College’s orientation
plant. will
week kicked
off Sept. 6 with ‘tent
a free outdoor concert at Doon featuring Nashville’s
Mike
among
not obsolete equipment, this
class stuff,” said Hetherington,
who
is
usable
first-
estimated the
Campus
come.” Rayburn said the Canadian reaction to his act has been positive so far and he wants to expose his music to as many people as possible. “I’m country/folk/rock. Sort of
an early-Eagles/Lyle Lovett sound.”
Rayburn flows from lighthearted
U.S. and decided to give his north-
music spoofs to masterful His unique ‘‘tap” guitar techniques can be heard on his latest CD
got hooked up
See tent test, page 4
cal guitar,
is
popular
col-
leges and universities across the
efficiently.
COCA
(Canadian OrganizaActivities), which gave me the chance to play in Canada for the first time,” he said. “A Canadian agent saw me play in North Carolina and invited me to with
By Nicole Downie
boost in the form of a newer electrical unit donated by
ern neighbor a
try. “I
and
silly
guitar.
drive’s value near $50,000.
He
said
anyone entering the industry would benefit
College printer stolen
greatly from training with
it. “This is a standard in the used in almost every industry in the country and the world.” Koebel estimated that a new smaller drive unit can
industry. ..our product
is
is
a possibility in the future of another
proximately 1 p.m. Returning to the area around 3 p.m. he no-
p.m.
Chester said a replacement printer was placed in W7 and
drive unit being donated to the college.
“We
have a prototype
in
our development cage and
is done with it, I don’t know happen to it because it can’t be sold to a customer.. .but it would be fine for teaching purposes.” One of the main reasons for the donation of the equipment was due to the excellent performances of 10 Conestoga graduate students who worked at the Cam
when what
Ross Russell
(left)
and William Hetherington
stand beside a portion of Allen-Bradley’s donation (Photo By Rob Heinbecker)
to the college.
Room W7
A printer valued at over $3,000 was stolen from the college’s woodworking building Friday, Sept. 2, between 1 p.m. and 3
as $1 million. said there
Smith said a teacher from the woodworking program had used
much
cost up to $ 1 00,000 while a larger unit can cost as
He
By Jennie Richardson
(Allen-Bradley)
will
See Allen-Bradley donates, page 4
Don Chester, manager of com-
ticed the printer
at ap-
was missing.
puter services, said the printer
that another LaserJet printer
was a Hewlitt Packard LaserJet 4. weighing approximately 50 pounds (25 kilograms). He said it was taken after its security cords had been cut.
now on
College security officer Janet Related story, page 3
the printer in
order and would be
stalled in the
room
is
in-
as soon as
it
arrives.
Chester said the capital fund for the college will pay for the
new equipment.
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2 Spoke, Monday, September 19, 1994
OPINION —
SPOKE Editor: Mike Beitz Associate Editor: Frank Knobloch
Production Manager: James Leduc Advertising Manager: Rob Heinbecker Circulation Manager: Michelle Voll Faculty Supervisors: Jerry Frank, Dick Scott
arty
—
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.
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Spoke, Conestoga College, 299 Doon Valley Dr., Room 4B15, Kitchener, Ontario,
N2G 4M4
Telephone: 748-5366
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Apathy among students is
a disturbing fact
Unfortunately, those of you reading this sentence are among the minority at Conestoga College. I’m not referring to the minority who can read, but to the constantly
shrinking minority of those
who
actually do read. The group who cannot most people think.
Recent standardized
read,
tests
by the way,
conducted
in
is
probably larger than
New school year wakes up sleepy minds
Ontario and across Canada
suggest the literacy level of students entering colleges and universi-
shameful.
ties is
The consistent buzzing of
More and more people are entering post-secondary education without the minimum basic skills needed to write an essay, compose a letter
or even read and understand an average newspaper
alarm clock was the recollection to
article.
every person. But some stories should matter to everyone. It should matter, for example, that the United States, with the is
planning a military
invasion of
Haiti.
People should be concerned that a separatist government, whose mandate it is to break up Canada, will likely win the next provincial election in Quebec. It should mean something to people that, in the past few months, several residents in Waterloo Region, including a young girl, have
The dragging of one’s
tions that
bad
am not the only one who has picked up these
that line-up
how
Spoke, Conestoga College, 299 Doon Valley Dr., Room 4B15 Kitchener .Ontario, N2G 4M4 Telephone: 748-5366
lot
who
are
new
store is line-up.
Con-
to
Those of us who have been here a know what to expect, yet it still seems to take us some time to while
routine off.
After a few weeks things will begin to settle down and classrooms, as well as deadlines, will all fall into place. Eventually you will even be able to find those classrooms without looking at your schedule every time.
Faces will be recognizable and the butterflies will You will find yourself settling in and yes, even enjoying yourself. If you throw yourself heavily into your work you may even acquire a bit of a life diminish.
outside these walls. All joking aside, I am happy to be back into the hustle and bustle of the academic lifestyle. I would like to take this opportunity to say that everyone at Spoke would like to welcome back those of you we have seen on numerous occasions in the year before and a special welcome to those of you we hope to see as often.
it
news on the royal family or any one of the thousand celebrity couples? Just what was Michael and side
Lisa-Marie’s wedding night like?
was.
Enquiring minds want to know. Those with more exotic tastes
DC- 0 afterwards, I 1
looked over into the lap of the old woman in the neighboring seat and
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to 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.
ludicrous
Sitting in the
)
it in.
only
adjust to the hectic pace. Believe it or not, even just after three weeks of relaxation, or just plain doing nothing that has to relate to thinking, can really throw your
I last visited Washington D.C. in March. As I sat in the airport, I could not help but notice the content of the magazine stands, and
saw
all letters
is
does get a
Tabloid rags are nightmares on paper
Until I’m proven wrong I’ll continue believing that the majority of Conestoga students, as members of Generation X, can better be described as slackers, whose lack of enthusiasm and interest is matched only by their willingness to remain, both in school and in the working world, mediocre.
opinion, please send
book was some
in the line-up at the
Mind you,
Don’t worry, for those of you
Letters to the editor
that
habits.
another.
tips.
V
I
The impatience
These things should matter to people, but they don’t. The latest issue of the Kitchener-Waterloo Record inspires about as much genuine thought as the local telephone book. The latest issue of Spoke even less. It is picked up, glanced through, and tossed away. The only things that remain with readers afterwards are ink smudges on their finger-
(
the journalism
accumulate under the eyes are only a couple of the symptoms I have seen that corroborate my observa-
the student or not.
V
By Brenda Boomer
and the shadows
feet
It
better.
for you.
been the victims of vicious dog attacks. Closer to home, students should be aware that they are being charged a mandatory fee for prescription drug coverage and for the use of the recreation centre, regardless of whether they are used by
Spoke welcomes
my brain that a new
program had allowed me, I have shattered my morning routine. Some students had been blessed with the good fortune to have had the whole summer to enjoy, but others like myself have had only a few short weeks. However, in those few short weeks it didn’t take this student long to get into the bad habit of early to bed and late to rise, and by early I don’t mean the p.m., and like those of you who have had months of bad habits, I feel
not trying to suggest that every story should be of interest to
support of the United Nations,
there temporarily.
The daylight streamed through the window, the timing on the coffee machine had been activated and the steeping had commenced. Sleeping in was a thing of the past. In the three short weeks of holidays,
about them.
am
estoga, the security guard
the
dreaded
school year had begun.
But there are many who have these skills and simply do not exercise them, and those people are more deserving of contempt than the ones who do not have the skills to begin with. The word for it is apathy, spelled A-P-A-T-H-Y, and in most cases, it extends far beyond the physical act of picking up a paper and glancing at the words on the page. What is disturbing is that the few students who do this are not affected at all by the words on that page. They simply don’t care I
first
the National Enquirer staring
back at me. Having been raised in D.C., the murder capital of the world, gives me a more cynical outlook on life. So with a smirk, I began to read over her shoulder. Then something hit me. They have been there for decades, waiting for you in convenience stores and crouching unsuspected in the checkout lines of grocery ready to take you on a horrid journey into rumor and fantasy. stores,
Like the Serpent of Eden, they offer a taste of something not for-
bidden, but wildly unnecessary.
After reading the headlines about
how
Elvis
is
working
at
a
Tim
their reading
can turn val of newspapers
in
to the carni-
—
the
World
Horton’s in Ottawa, and how Adolph Hitler was a woman, you finally give in and pick it up.
Weekly News, a publication singlehandedly responsible for the
You’re just curious. Welcome to the wonderful (and frightening) world of tabloids. No newspapers have ever matched the mightly tabloids in their wierdness
F.
or their sensationalism.
Rumors,
lies,
bikini-clad
and the bizarre, with in between, all
women
for the gullible or cynical.
Come
and see what awaits the inquisitive. If your social preference leans towards the gossip-mongering, look no further than the Enquirer.
Could Oprah’s new diet really make you lose one ton of fat in one day? Do you bum for the latest in-
ressurrection of Elvis Presley, John
Kennedy and Adolph
which at all
tends
Hitler,
bold black and white checkouts in Zehrs and exsits in
its
tempting hand.
Come
and read about how the Earth is under attack by two-inchtall aliens from the Andromeda Galaxy! Hear in awe of how a
woman gives birth to a Buick! When I landed in D.C., and my friend picked me up at National Airport,
I
told
him about some
of
the Enquirer’s headlines that day.
I
then began to wonder if this was the end of a sign of the times, or a sign
of the end of times.
Spoke, Monday, September 19, 1994 3
Grads win The
By Rob Heinbecker
full-time jobs at Allen-Bradley eight graduates
hired full time are:
Most graduates have difficulty work in their chosen field. But eight Conestoga grads from
finding
the electrical or electronics techni-
cian programs have landed full-
time jobs Canada.
at
Allen-Bradley of
who were
Dave Cham-
Pam Parker, Scott McVittie, Shawn Paquette, Michael Keck, bers,
Derek Chmielarski, Gary Luloff and Kim Pickard. Koebel said that in the past AllenBradley had hired relatives of em-
summer to replace who were on vacation.
ployees for the
Allen-Bradley, a worldwide com-
those
He
enough
pany which produces drive units for heavy industry, took on lOConestoga graduates over the summer
jobs.
to replace vacationing workers.
maybe one or two of the group who
The company was so pleased
said they never had
people, even semi-skilled to do the
"You’d
get lucky and find
could do wiring work.”
intention at the beginning of the
But Koebel said Allen-Bradley was beginning to run into a major problem because employees who have been with the company for many years take three to four weeks
summer when we thought we
of vacation. But
would just need them here for three or four months," said Duane Koebcl, production manager for
requirements have become more complicated.
with the grads’ performance, offi-
decided to hire eight of them
cials full
time.
"Hiring
medium
(full
was not our
time)
voltage drives at Allcn-
Bradley’s Dundas Street plant
in
Cambridge.
The
president of Allen-Bradley
of Canada, William Hetherington,
work of
praised the
during a speech he
the students
made
recently at
Conestoga’s Detweiler Centre. "They were basically asked to produce from the word go and
wonder of wonders
-
they did.”
Hetherington said the students
came
to
Allen-Bradley with an ex-
cellent attitude
and endeared them-
work force because they worked with them and selves to the existing
now
Dave Chambers, a Conestoga graduate before goes to the testing Stage.
unit
lem, Koebel said he talked to his
they can install wires from point
human
to point B, they but
resources manager Ross Russell about getting some trained
graduates from Conestoga to work
over the summer. Russell spoke to faculty
at
Con-
estoga, including the chair of ac-
cess and prepatory studies,
Bob
Mclver, and Detweiler faculty member, George Woods. “It ended up being a real winning situation for us because
we
are get-
ting people with on-the-job experi-
ence,” Koebel said.
He
said the advantage of hiring
Conestoga students know what the drives
regard because of their college
they work.
is
that they
stand why.
Pam
Parker,
who
hired full time. "I
where,
I
was
just grateful for the
experience. ..it
“Working
was a nice
for the
a
(Photo by
of the Conestoga Gladiators.
The DSA ended the week with Shinerama, a frosh fund-raiser for Cystic Fibrosis research that
That’s the message from DSA officials to new students and re-
involved putting a shine on everything from car windows to
turning students this
shoes.
“We
many
become members of the association when they pay
students,” said Jacki Allin, vice-
the activity fee.
president of student affairs.
“Fifty-four dollars of the $ 1 04.54 activity fee listed on the tuition bill goes toward budgeted activities,” said Irene da
“There is peer tutoring, we also pay for speakers for awareness weeks, organize the student food bank and help sponsor
Rosa, DS A’s financial co-ordin-
clubs.”
offer
hand
been learning. Gary Luloff works on low-voltage wiring and assembling. He said it
was great to be hired
added its
that
Conestoga
full is
time.
in
hand, that
know what
way
colleges
things industry
is
look-
ing for and can train their people
He
accordingly.”
Koebel said Allen-Bradley and
achieving
Conestoga are moving toward
goals in education.
“I was emphatic,” said Dave Chambers when he learned he had been hired. Chambers works in
closer relations and he has a sched-
Allen-Bradley’s pretest depart-
Conestoga
ment
for current Allen-Bradley
-
the last stage before a
Hans Zawada,
uled meeting with
chair of trades and technology at
com-
to design a curriculum
employ-
pleted drive unit undergoes testing
said.
are being recognized for their hard
mer.
work.
“Our intention is to be able to call (Conestoga) up in the spring and say we need 0 or 1 4 wiring people
it
She explained
that
working
at
ees to upgrade their knowledge.
He added
with high voltage.
He
said
great that the students
it’s
Chambers
is all
wishes to con-
that he
tinue hiring students for the
for closer ties to
companies like Allen-Bradley. "Industry and education have to work
sum-
1
for the
summer.”
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K-W
where there
is
Oktoberfest
something for everyone!
Join Us October 7-15, 1994
things to the
Midweek group discounts
available.
DSA
ator.
DSA
activities co-ordinator
also has a Allin said the fax machine located in its ad-
For tickets and information
ministration office beside the
“The money goes towards things the students can enjoy.”
— Marlene Ford
microwave for student use in the main cafeteria. Deanna Ciuciura, DSA’s vicepresident of operations, said she operates behind the scenes but
DSA ex-
can be seen running the meeting for the board of directors, the
are enrolled at Conestoga.
major decision-making body of
This ranges from social functions and entertainment to stu-
the
dent services and administration of the collected association
on matters affecting the student
funds.
“The money goes towards things the students can enjoy,”
Ford said. “This is why a lot of stuff is free during orientation week,
We don’t try to make money on this, just
“Just
break even.”
Doon
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DSA. meets once a month
to rule
body.
“The board of directors is_ made up of one student from
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during orientation w
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student lounge and provides a
help students while they
Marlene Ford said the ists to
Rob Heinbecker)
would have been nice if I could have done this in the middle of the program,” Parker great idea, but
would have helped her to better understand the school work she had
they might as well use
fall.
is
While some employees know
tle
All students
surprise.”
summer
Allen-Bradley during the program
and
Students are paying for the Doon Student Association, so it.
was not sure that would lead any-
this (part-time job)
eluded the Tent Fest and the bat-
Leduc
tests circuit
boards which go into the drive units, was happy to learn of being
to get involved K.
A
do not under-
how
are
DSA urges students By James
hired full-time by Allen-Bradley, checks the wiring on a drive
it
In an attempt to solve the prob-
did not place themselves in a higher
training.
the wiring
motion
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4 Spoke, Monday, September
1994
19,
Music opens fall semester
Medical emergency Health science changes for today’s market affect
By Frank Knobloch
on nursing employment.” will always have an im-
Nurses
cross the border to the U.S. where
many
good jobs and ad-
get very
The poor financial health of
portant role in hospitals, he said,
vanced training
Ontario’s hospitals required the NDP government to administer
“but the numbers that they’ll need
said.
strong fiscal medicine, said the
numbers
dean of health sciences
at
Con-
estoga College.
The reduction
in
nursing staff at
hospitals has forced Consetoga’s
nursing program to reduce the intake of students, said Bill Jeffrey.
He of
said hospital budgets
were out
spending $17
line. Jeffrey said
not going to be the
in the future is
we had
in critical care,
he
From Page
Wooden
thought,” she said.
Namink said she hopes to work
Ontario does lose graduates to the
“More purses are becoming entre-
“Some own private busi-
years ago.”
with advanced instruction and that
are opening their
“But registered practical nurses (RPN) are in demand,” he said. “So enrolment levels in that program have been increased.” In 1992 and 1993, 89 per cent of RPN graduates found jobs, Jeffrey
is
a saving to the system here be-
cause the U.S. has incurred the training expense.
Tanya Namink, a first-semester nursing student from Goderich, said she has always liked biology
Namink
original songs
They
vorites,
are opening clinics specializ-
The health care system
is
chang-
doesn’t want nurses
who
who It
very sick relative helped her with
what the government was willing to
population, he said, will be trained
the decision to chose nursing as a
promotion and disease prevention. There are new avenues that in the
bear.
to care for patients in
career.
future,
Jeffrey said, “this
is
the
first
gov-
tional
and community
The college
ernment that really said to the hospitals, ‘You need to balance your budget. If you have to take beds out of the acute care part of your institution, you’ll have to take them
institu-
“I’ve given nursing a lot of
setting.
I
will focus
think, nursing will find
on a life of own,” he said. Power said he hopes they can help expose eastern music to die rest of Canada. “Newfoundland has a music all its own. beat, the songs can take
important roles in.”
their
moving towards
is
that goal with the introduction of
the personal support
gram due
worker prohe
The
to start in October,
“The new program design
The government is stressing more
isolation of
When
denotes
it
that.
down to arrange a song, we all bring our own
said.
out.’”
ab-
drummer gives the band more freedom, according to singer/bassist Darrell Power. “Without a drummer keeping the sence of a
on health
Plans for the health care worker of
nurses
and harmonious vocals. The
will
the future in dealing with an aging
an
including guitar, fiddle, accordian,
wants
beyond
said experience with a
fa-
mandolin, a Celtic “goatskin drum”
ing dramatically, Jeffrey said. “It
and old eastern
such as “I’se the B’y.” They use a unique array of instruments,
ing in foot care and other areas.
billion a year for hospital type care that is sickness oriented, is
tained Conestoga students with
nesses. There’s a lot of creativity.”
be focusing on disease.
and the idea of helping people.
said.
Rayburn was followed by Great Big Sea, a new band out of St. John’s, Nfld. They are a mix of Celtic and folk music and enter-
graduating.
preneurial,” said Jeffrey.
four or five
Voices, a collection of
accoustic intrumental songs.
in
the Kitchener-Waterloo area after
U.S., he said, but they often return
that
1
will
the four of us
sit
eliminate the health care aid pro-
musical backgrounds and
solution to rising health costs, Jef-
gram and the home support program and train that generic
ences into it.” Last to perform at tent fest were
frey said.
worker.”
The Gandharavas, an alternative band from London, Ont. Lead vocalist Paul Jago said the band’s music is an ecclectic collection of
palliative
home
care as a partial
Many
Other trends, such as shorter stays after surgery and treatments now available outside the hospital, have added to nursing-job woes
in
it
On-
To meet changing “we had
has been their dream, Jeffrey
many
grams.
We
jobs in the province of On-
tario is not
health care
to adjust
take nursing
said.
“No
needs,
still
despite bleak job prospects because
he said.
tario,
students
didn’t have a choice,”
going to stop them. Be-
that doesn’t stop
people
who
really interested in caring for the
Since 73 per cent of nursing is in hospitals, those measures taken by the government and the Ministry of Health “has had a fairly dramatic
sick and dying in a nursing role. It’s
a very attractive career move.” Nursing graduates can find employment in British Columbia or
By
Blair
Matthews
if
education director Marilyn Black-
(Wilfrid) Laurier, the University of
Lambert.
Waterloo,
“They I
are a
younger student now
think that’s because of the re-
They
are trying to upgrade and get any kind of competitive advantage that they can,” Black-Lambert said.
cession.
(
photo b v Frank Knobloch)
Howden.
ing.
bridge plant part time over the sum-
Hetherington said
mer, Hetherington said.
Tibbits said Conestoga College and Allen-Bradley have arrangements to send students to the
next five to 10 years, Allen-Bradley will be donating over $100,000
board and
He
said the
company was
so
the separate board together, they
pleased with the graduate’s job skills and attitudes that Allen-Brad-
would not be
ley hired eight qf the
at the public
Conestoga College, among
“They have done a wonderful job and we are very proud of them,”
1
you
changing, according to continuing
is
Jeffery, dean of health sciences at health care training aids. Bill
From Page
“In the Waterloo Region,
were to add up the number of continuing education students at
—
Europe more than anywhere else. “We just wouldn’t fit on a Canadian Rocks commercial,” said bass player Eric
Allen-Bradley gives equipment to college
they enrolled. in
members said they would
when
college or university degree
The type of students enroling continuing education programs
All band
like to find success in
still
Night class pupils change
describe our
ence decide for themselves.”
are
Jeffrey said.
“To
music would pigeon hole us too much,” he said. “So we let the audi-
cause the situation has changed,
our pro-
influences.
influ-
as large as the
Con-
estoga College continuing educa-
1
0 as full-time
employees.
company’s Cambridge plant training in the
summer during
for
their
schooling instead of after graduat-
He
revealed as well that over the
to the
Conestoga
capital fund.
Tibbits said arrangements like the
one Conestoga now has with AllenBradley will be typical for the future of all colleges.
tion (enrolment),” she said.
their skills
Black-Lambert also said that students are now becoming more aware that they have to continually
Traditionally though, that hasn’t been the case. A recent survey of students enrolled in continuing education pro-
United
“The statistics are that we change jobs five times in our
learn. will
lives. It’s
grams showed
that 72 per cent were 40 years of age or less. Of those students, 20 per cent already had a
up
to individual to
make
sure that they are prepared for the
next opportunity or the next
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Krotz said, although everyone own problems, Con-
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She
said
estoga College’s staff and students are “very fortunate” to work and attend school here.
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and lose sight of what’s happening throughout the rest of the community. in their
“It’s really
lives
easy not to remem-
of other things happening out there. Peober that there are a
lot
ple are not living as well as
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of us are.” Krotz said.
According
to
year’s United
Torbay, this campaign
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will give students a
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community
are concerned about just their
own
to
that they
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Spoke, Monday, September 19, 1994 5
Rodeway
Suites open for
new year
Doon campus safer, says security
By Dan Wettlaufer After a shaky tions at
year of opera-
Conestoga College’s
Rodeway
dence,
good
first
Suites
start for the
is
resi-
1994-95 school
Installation of door buzzers and lighting improvements have made Conestoga College a safer campus according to the college’s health, safety and environment co-ordinator.
Out of the 230 available rooms, 200 have been filled.
Rodeway’s manager, Paul Holowaty, said 99 per cent of their problems and complaints were due to the residence not opening on
A Women’s Safety Audit conducted in 1991 deemed lighting on campus below standards. But Kim Radigan said
last year.
Holowaty also dismissed the rumor
that students
to use the
common
had
to
co-ordinator
the dual-headed lights installed
pay cash
in the
area stove.
“They’ve never been charged for it,” he said. “That would be pretty chinzy.”
Brett Wehrle,
manager
of Kitchener’s
Rodeway
daily duties.
and problems of last year, Holowaty and manager Brett
“Once you
Wehrle remain upbeat and positive
having a cable line installed, then paying full price for those services, you have absolutely everything here, and it is all worked into one cost.” Brown said he hasn’t come across any concerns or problems so far but thought it might be rough to study sometimes. Holowaty said, “There are soundproof study rooms down in the basement when you want to be a little more serious and bear down. All aspects are pretty much covered
new
year.
Both men said they think the benof living at the college’s residence far out number the negative
efits
aspects.
Compared
to
boarding with a
family or other people, residence
more social than that will ever be,” Holowaty said. Derrick Brown, a 19-year-old “is far
first-year
law and security student
agrees.
“Living here
is
great,
Everyone seems and outgoing.” it.
to
I
really like
be friendly
take into account the
cost of having a phone line installed,
here.”
The two major disadvantages
Brown also said the opportunities meet new people are better while that residence isn’t
most students complain about is having to share a room and the rules, Wehrle said. “Having to share a room might to
much more expensive than boarding at someone’s house.
some people be a disadvantage, but at the same time that could be an
to
living at the residence.
Wehrle said that
pathways and parking the
lots
Radigan said funding was denied
when
college.
it
She
standards.
Suites, carries out
“Prior to the
(Photo By Dan Wettlaufer)
new
Rodeway Suites
paths and park-
advantage,” Wehrle said. “Rules are always a bit of a
down,”
said
ing
lots
very dark,
Holowaty. “But we’re
DSA,
but nothing
were I
was
“Students can do just about any-
few
negative aspects Holowaty, stresses the positive things that
happen at residence. Nine times out of 1 0, if you decide to board at someone’s house you
to their car, a security guard will
are the only student there.
curity supervisor, said provid-
accompany them.
Bob Gilberds, the college’s seing escorts to the parking lots
At the residence, however, there 200 hundred different students
are not a problem.
are
“The door buzzers can be used someone has already left (the
to interact with.
Students interested in living
if
at the
residence are given a tour of the fill out an appliand usually within the hour, they can start to move in. The average cost for one semester is $1,598.68, which includes cable and a telephone, Holowaty said.
building, then they cation,
Irene da
Rosa said the subject of is on the agenda
the foot patrol
of their
first meeting this year. Organization and volunteers arc required to launch a foot pa-
trol service,
“The
stretch off
college property
to
Rodeway
Suites
is still
now. Radigan said the foot patrol would be better if it was run by students. There are only two security personnel on each night and that could cause a long wait for walk-outs, she said,
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Radigan said the sidewalk is the city and its stan-
able once they are outside.” Gilberds said a security guard
and deal with the problem. Another recommendation of
said. Side-
walks near the college are of
owned by
able,
answer the door buzzer
Radigan
dark,” she said.
building) and feels uncomfort-
will then
it.
financial co-ordinator
—
Radigan said Not only is the lighting better, Radigan said, but if someone does not feel secure walking out
thing they please.”
became of
DSA
“Prior to the new lights, the paths and parking lots were very dark. Kim Radigan
apprehensive about using them myself,”
not a prison.
Instead of focusing on the
lights, the
was pitched to the said it was men-
tioned briefly by last year’s
now meet
Despite the usual start-up hassles
for the
a foot patrol
service.
year, said officials there.
time
was
the 1991 audit
By Jennie Richardson
off to a
.
6 Spoke, Monday, September 19, 1994
Bookstore lineups can be a frustrating ordeal By
slaught.
Patrick Tighe
“So
Long lineups have marked the September rush at Conestoga week. According to bookstore manager,
College’s bookstore
all
far,
so good,” said Kelly.
Students, for their part, have been
both understanding and patient
in
her experience.
To meet
the
September demand,
Vanda Kelly, this year’s lineups are
the bookstore staff has been prepar-
nothing out of the ordinary. Line-
ing since June.
ups during the first week are standard for most of the college’s
leaving the staff the month of Au-
essential services.
gust to price and shelve the books
quagmire in front the bookstore going anywhere fast? Don’t count on it, Kelly said.
and post booklists. Kelly does caution
Is the
“If
anything like
it’s
probably take
last year,
it’ll
Books begin
dents
may
still
to arrive in late July,
some
stu-
book
orders unavailable. If you are paying by cheque, Kelly has a few suggestions: To speed up your purchase time and win friends in
until
middle of next week,” she said. In the meantime, the
saving your shop-
ping until after 5
may
that
find particular
help you
the line-up behind
avoid the lengthy
you, complete your cheque as
p.m.
wait time.
But even
thoroughly as you can before arriving
this brief
grace period isn’t expected to last, she said.
at the register.
Now
once next week hits, bookstore staff will be as busy at night as they will be during the day because the continuing education classes are starting at night, Kelly said. Because the continuing education classes have varied start times in the evening, there
is
no
guarantee of avoiding a wait, she said.
Busy
as the bookstore has been,
Kelly reports that her staff hasn’t had any problems meeting the on-
Include the date ; signature and student I.D. number. Cheques are
made payable
to
Conestoga Col-
lege.
bookwide range of products.
In addition to textbooks, the
store has a
The bookstore stocks drafting supplies, stationary, photography items, magazines and clothing sucha as hats and sweats. The bookstore is open from 8:30 a.m. to 8 p.m., Monday to Thursday and Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Rules of the Roost By Jennie Richardson
and have not pressed her or her on any of the house rules. Ludwig said the Condor Roost
Long line-ups
at the
bookstore are the norm during the
first
few weeks of classes
in
Campus.
September at Doon (Photo by Patrick Tighe)
Alfred Hitchcock Academy Award. 1967
staff
Staff of the
Condor Roost,
Conestoga College’s on-campus pub, have employed techniques to make the new lounge a fun but safe place to socialize.
“We
have put too much into
to have something go wrong, ’’says Susan Ludwig,
this
head bartender and supervisor of the Condor Roost. She says the list of 12 house rules were created to
make
the
pub a good
time for everyone rather than for
few “rowdies.” The house rules, such
just a
staff received certification this
past
Program awareness seminars, which help servers recognize signs of intoxication. The pub is required by law to tion
stop serving intoxicated persons
whose blood-alcohol level is greater than 0.08. Ludwig said the Condor Roost could be held liable if a customer was injured that they
may have
as
one
Ludwig
said overnight park-
ing validation
smoking, and not serving patrons who appear intoxicated,
patron
will
be posted outside the pub,
make
served to
Academy Award 1976 Cannes 1986
Genie
Award 1992
Steven Spielberg
intoxication.
drink at a time per customer, no
to
Academy Award 1970
summer at Server Interven-
patrons aware of the
is
is
available
if
too intoxicated to
drive.
The patron’s
license plate
number would be given
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a
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to secu-
and his or her vehicle would
policies before they enter.
rity
According to Ludwig, students have been co-operative
be exempt from an overnight
They all had
to start
somewhere
. .
parking fine.
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Shinerama Golfers join campaign against cyctic fibrosis By Brenda Boomer Approximately 15 teams of golf-
also on the agenda.
search.
The Shinerama fundraiser involved washing cars, shining
of $8,684,6 19.
ers put their clubs to the greens to
shoes, and polishing windows.
Conestoga’s Shinerama
Although Shinerama made
help
start
fundraiser Sept. 9
at the
Doon
Val-
Golf course. The golf tournament started at 2:30 p.m. and was used as a kickoff for Shinerama held Sept. 10.
appearance
first
“It’s
super because so
many people pated
in
it
last year.”
breakfast, and a full day of activi-
partici-
(Shinerama)
— Marleen Ford
ties.
Lunch was provided compli-
Andrew golf
Scott, a first-year construction student, putts at the charity
tournament
at
Doon
(Photo by Brenda
Valley golf course.
ments of Domino’s Pizza. Prizes were also awarded, including a free trip to Montreal, two free tickets to Spirit of the West, a free CD and an orientation ’94 T-shirt. A free thank-you barbecue was
it
has contributed a
total
a super cause because so
many students participated in it last year," said DSA’s activities co-ordinater Marlene Ford.
ley
The Doon Student Association (DSA) began the first annual fundraiser with a free pancake
date
"It’s its
Doon
at
To
campusthis year, it is a yearly Kitchener-Waterloo tradition involving Waterloo and Wilfrid Laurier universities.
Shinerama originated raised $675,356 across
in
1964 and
Canada
last
year towards cystic fibrosis re-
Ford said although this was Conestoga’s first year participating in the fundraiser,
make
it
they would like to
an annual event.
Ford describes Shinerama as "free T-shirts, free food, free trans-
portation and free fun.”
“We are hoping to reach a goal of $3,000 with Shinerama," said Ford. Shinerama, sponsored nationally by Kodak Canada Inc. and provincially by Certified General Accountants Association of Ontario,
donates
all
proceeds
to
CF
re-
search.
Some facts about a killer disease According to information
pro-
vided by the Cystic Fibrosis Foun-
A child suffering from cystic fi-
One
out of every 25 Canadians
gene for cystic
dation:
unable to gain weight and often ends up malnourished.
Cystic fibrosos is a genetic disease that primarily attacks the lungs and the digestive system.
There is still no known cure or regulation for cystic fibrosis. However, with the aid of pene-
disease.
and the additional research done on the disease since 964, a
The symptoms of an expanded abdomen, chronic diarrhoea and
now
respiratory tract infection usually
a disorder in the intestines
is
It
which causes poor absorption of digested fats and carbohydrates.
The disease causes frequent
re-
spiratory tract infections.
brosis
is
cillin
1
child with cystic fibrosis can
expect to live to be about 28 years of age.
carries the
fibrosis.
The disease has taken the lives of more children and young adults
known
than any other
appear between the fifth
month of a
inherited
first
child’s
and the
life.
Students face competition in
college’s
first
Shinerama
immediately,” she added.
By David Carlton
The only Despite the previous day’s events, the
Doon Student Association
its first
Shinerama Sept. 10
effort to raise
held
in
an
funds for the Cystic
difficulty that arose
was
the fact that Wilfrid Laurier Uni-
were engaging in near Conestoga students, which led to comversity students
Shinerama
at locations
Fibrosis Foundation.
petition.
Close to 40 Conestoga students filed out into Kitchener and Cam-
said competition
DSA
president Sabina
Kampf
was good,
to
an
bridge,
washing cars, cleaning windows and shining shoes for
extent.
donations.
as long as the students
The day before, a student from London’s University of Western
that
Ontario was stuck by a passing
Conestoga’s Shinerama locations included two Winks on Homer Watson Boulevard (one across
truck,
while another was accosted
by a panhandler
who threatened the
“I think it’s a healthy competition
remember
we’re out for the cause,” said
Kampf.
taken to ensure the safety of all
from the Eidlewiess sports tavern, the other across from the Pioneer Park Plaza where Laurier students were to be found), the Domino’s Pizza on King Street, the Goodyear Tire and Auto and the Burger King, both on Hespeler Road in Cam-
involved.
bridge.
student with a knife.
Shelley Kritz, the
DSA’s director
of public relations did not antici-
pate any such difficulties for
Conestoga’s Shinerama. She said precautions were being
“We have two
leaders at each site
and they’ve been told not to
let anybody on the road,” Kritz said. “They do have access to a tele-
phone, so that
if there are any problems they can get a hold of us
The event started and ended with food. At 9:30 a.m., there was a pancake breakfast, where Sue McCarter and her four-year-old son, Adam, spoke to the participants.
(Photo by Dave Carlton)
Proceeds from the events go to help fight cystic fibrosis.
She explained the rigor that Adam, who has cystic fibrosis, has to
go through on a daily
basis,
from
taking 11 large pills to breathing
with an air compressor.
Adam expressed a certain pride in being able to eat more than most adults due to the necessity for
him
to gain weight.
barbecue. said she
$2,500.
She added
hoped
the day’s
that if
Conestoga was
be able to contribute $ 1 would be enough. to
, 1
00,
it
Jennifer Kurt, a computer pro-
gramming member of
analysis student and the board of governors
Conestoga won a trip to Quebec most donations. The total raised by Conestoga stu-
at
Shinerama ended with a 4:30 p.m.
Kampf
events would raise a total of
,
for gathering the
dents was $1 ,521 .52.
An
additional
$112 was
raised
through Conestoga’s charity golf tournament, which also took place Sept. 10.
8 Spoke, Monday, September
1994
19,
College employee looks for challenges Dedels said Fundak
By Frank Knobloch
is
not a
come-
dian, “but she has such a positive
Summer months
spent at Con-
outlook on everything, that has an affect on the rest of us. She caring and concerned
estoga College can be relaxing and pleasant but others miss the
mad-
so
is
for
ness associated with the regular
everyone’s well-being.”
school year.
A job is more than just a place to go for eight hours a day, said
almost resembles sanity, and
“It
Fundak. "I have to be convinced that I’m working for something more than a paycheque and I have to respect who I’m working for. “I have to feel comfortable and I have to see a purpose.” She said she admires her boss. Grant McGregor is neither a pussycat nor is he a lion, said Fundak. “He’s strong, he’s firm, he’s fair and he’s also humane. He’s personable with a sense of humor and ac-
Marie Fundak, assistant to Conestoga’s principal, Grant McGregor. Fundak said she enjoys the hustle and bustle of the fall and winter semesters at Conestoga and the element of the unexpected that the regular school year offers as opposed to the summer months. Every day holds the promise of that’s scary,” said
administrative
new
challenges, she said.
"That’s what have,
like
about the job
not typical.
it’s
think
I
I
When you
going to be calm, it’s not. you think it’s going to be
cepts
it’s
When
you manage.” The more people Fundak sees
hysterical,
“I like to
about being here is the people contact. I find people interesting. You can learn so much I
like
times
when
1
ability at the
they need assistance.”
Humor and part of
my
attitude are
everyday
life
for
more
to
as
panic
if
I
I
you’re 80.’
He
says,
‘I
As much as Fundak enjoys her surroundings at Conestoga, she said she feels there
is
a lot more to
life
than just work.
manage
said Fundak’s “disposition is so bubbly and cheerful, she keeps everyone in the office smiling all day. She brightens up our little part of
weren’t working. There’s a lot I would be interested in doing, vol-
the world.”
to help people.”
“I could
just as well if
Aw, schucks
I
From left: Kevin Rhodey, third year management studies student, Jason McCorriston, DSA pub manager and Jamie Proudfoot, DSA entertainment assistant, prepare corn for the Sept. 8
unteer work and doing more things
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sexual intercourse. the it is
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right: to
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woman
wants
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"They have the right attitude.” Co-worker Mary-Lynn Dedels,
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having helped each person that to the best of
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as part of a cut-
back and downsizing program. Colin McGregor, who previously held the position, spent his last day
August 3 John MacKenzie, manager of
as director
human
1
resources, said the
move
was necessary in order to reduce operating costs and meet the college’s projected break-even budget for the 994-95 school year.
“Over the past four to five years, we’ve reduced the operating costs of the college by $6 million,” MacKenzie said. “That represents a 10 per cent reduction of a $60 million operating budget.”
MacKenzie said McGregor’s powas eliminated in the context
sition
of the college continuing be efficient and
fort to
in its ef-
utilize its
scarce resources.
“As
McGregor’s layoff was typical of the downsizing taking place in said
more
stable financial situation,” he said,
“we want to direct more money
The president ness,
new ways of directing
“One of
its
“The
less
about was that they get the same
money we spend on ad-
“Cost cutting involves a lot of nickel-and-diming and some larger
toward the overhead costs of oper-
MacKenzie agreed that, while downsizing often means the loss of
measures in order to work,” MacKenzie said. “This was one of the larger measures.” He said the college has been in a
He said the elimination of McGregor’s position was not a disciplinary action and dismissed one rumor in the college that tied it to the assigning of a professor to sum-
jobs,
mer
Kenzie
it
it
is
quality at night as students get in
for the
the day,” Marilyn
The is
it
has long term benefits for
1
some students take more than one course, she said. “We have about 20 per cent new courses every year.
director also stressed that
that
as valid to
is
it
need to weigh what’s best
best for the entire college,”
do
to
for the individual against what’s
it
do
it
Courses are offered every semester." Black-Lambert says that courses offered are market driven, depending on what the
is
full-time.
Continuing education courses have been running since the be
Mac-
1
registered,
important for employers to
know
according td Black-Lam-
Black-Lambert said that the enrolment and interest in continuing education courses continues to climb as time passes. “In the 993-94 we had 30, 1 8 registrations.” Although the number recorded represents total
Black-Lam-
your education part-time as
I
bert.
bert said.
the college as a whole.
“We
the things that the stu-
dent association was concerned
resources into education.
students,” Tibbits said.
teaching.
tor of continuing education.
to continu-
the business of education and less
downsizing mode for several years now in response to a poor economy.
interest, said the college’s direc-
said that, as a busi-
Conestoga needs
tions,
tion
“and at the college our grants are going down and not up.”
ministration, the better
ating the college.
program are seeing higher enrolment, and a higher level of
up
gining of Conestoga College and are currently being taught at approximately 30different loca-
Matthews
Blair
Courses offered as part of Conestoga’s continuing educa-
“The public sector is getting less and less funding,” Tibbits said,
into
1
By
the public sector in general.
ally find
the college gets in a
Part-time enrolment
College president John Tibbits
demand
is
for certain jobs.
said.
Sub shop offers alternative to cafeteria By Dan
very good location.”
Wettiaufer
Store
Conestoga College students will find a nutritious, satisfying meal at one of Kitchener’s newest sub
come
pick up
Amer
explain the price
list
on Homer Watson Boulevard.
ryvir
at the
new sub shop
(Photo by
Dan
wettiaufer)
sub shops.
that students are re-
“We
turning to school.
give people as
many
toppings as they want,” said Aneja.
up his franchise
and weekly specials for students,
“Unlimited toppings.” Aneja said the food business is always a good product to market and plans to open a second Kitchener store on Victoria Road by mid-
is
close to the students
and the college,” said Aneja, a year-veteran restaurateur. “It
1
is
5-
a
said
Amer.
Possible specials are a six-inch
sub and a regular drink for $2.99 and students can receive special cards where
November.
they buy six subs
if
AnjiwNTANrr SHARE YOUR VOICE! An
MON. SEPT. 19
-
FRI.
SEPT. 23
invitation to all
Community
women
to share
students and employees of the Conestoga College your voice and your vision for the creation of our first
WOMEN’S CENTRE.
GENERAL INFORMATION MEETING
LEARNING RESOURCE CENTRE, AS WELL AS FILMS IN
Tuesday, September 27 3:30 - 5:00 pm
Room 1C2
AVAILABLE.
Come
for
(near cafeteria)
whatever part of the meeting your schedule permits!
women
College community
•
meet other
•
share your ideas for the Centre’s creation
•
learn
in the
more about opportunities
to
become involved
in
the development of the Centre
It’s
THE FREE THEATRE PRESENTATION OF "HE SAYS, SHE SAYS" WILL BE PERFORMED ON THURSDAY 29 AT 11:00AM
IN
ROOM 2A56.
j
!
j
free
Starting Sept.9 there will be daily
WE AWARENESS WEEK DISPLAY
plus, but
of Lifestyle Subs and
sub shop at the comer of Homer Watson Blvd. and New Dundee Rd.
Tahira
now
1
Amer said.
Not only are the daily specials a Aneja says his store gives more toppings than anybody, and the prices are lower than most other
both said busi-
was slow during the summer months, but things have started to
1994.
Deli, chose to set
Sam and
sub,
in.”
ness
“The plaza
Students will also receive a free 2" the purchase of every
pop with
is
Amer and Aneja
Lifestyle Subs and Deli officially opened on the first day of June
tive officer
said he
very close to the school, with lots of students to agrees. “It
shops, said Paul Aneja.
Aneja, president and chief execu-
they get the seventh free.
manager Sam Amer
O.K.
For further information
to just
contact:
come and
listen!
Smith. 748-3536 or Ext. 536, Student/Client Services Buildmg Carol Gregory, 748-5220, Ext. 748, Student Services. Doon Campus
Marg
10 Spoke, Monday, September 19, 1994
Conestoga prepared for flu bug The
flu
bug
will
mately the same as
soon be here and
the health services office at
estoga
is
prepared.
It
Con-
will be offer-
last
The vaccine is ordered as soon as enough people who want to have
muno
in the
high risk group,” said Mari-
outside the office, she said. “People
Fischer said she recommends the vaccine to anyone in the high risk
year.
lyn Fischer, Conestoga’s health ser-
$10
can come
group and for those
will be free for those
year’s
who
suppressed, do not have the
Those
A
it
would be a good
who want
have it can, but the cost has not yet been Other people
to
decided. Fischer said, although she
have signed for
in the
she
it,
h igh risk groups have
the vaccine ordered
idea.
definite date has not been set
tors,
by
their doc-
Fischer said.
Although influenza
as blood, Fischer said.
year. Last year the vaccine cost
childbirth, she said.
$120
always know who is infected.” There is no cure for hepatitis B and a condom does not offer complete protection from the
Infected mothers can also pass
is
highly con-
on to their children
the disease
at health services, said
services nurse.
“We
at
don’t
November, Fischer
younger healthier people do not
cided to go ahead with the clinic
need the vaccine, she said. People
again because they could get the
who
vaccine cheaper,” Fischer said. The cheapest vaccine at phar-
a virus,
macies is $ 20, Fischer said, but because there is no dispensing fees and the office is able to buy directly from the pharmaceutical
According to a pamphlet by the Canadian Liver Foundation offered by health services, the disease spreads easily, usually through sexual contact, and also through other body fluids, and
said.
Health services will be posting
are allergic to eggs or
it,
egg
present in the vaccine.
Influenza
may
be prevented by
getting vaccinated every
Flu season can
fall.
start as early as
October. The vaccine works well
and prevents the cent of those
flu in
who
about 75 per
are vaccinated,
according to a pamphlet by Con-
naught Laboratories given out by health services.
"For the people who do have the having the vaccine, the symptoms are not as great and last only one or two days,” Fischer said. She said influenza is often confused with the
common
cold but
they are two separate illnesses.
on acquiring a Visa from Karin Nova Scotia at Conestoga’s Doon
CampUS.
(Photo by Brenda Boomer)
company,
the health office
the students.
The $75
also in-
run from is
made
to fight the virus that is
some cases it may lead to Anyone can get the
disease and often people
no
hood education (ECE) program at the Waterloo campus, but they should be finished with the clin-
week
in
<
it
Fischer strongly
recommends
students in occupational risk groups, ECE, nursing and stu-
feel
spreading the virus. Hepatitis B can be through immunization. The vaccine is administered in three
doses
Fischer said.
who
and look well and do not know they are carrying and have
definite date for the early child-
first
caused by
liver cancer.
first clinic will
by the
is
a serious disease and
increasing.
In
she added.
ics
is
attacks the liver.
cludes the administrative fee,
The
is
it
is
tober, to get vaccinated.
enza occur every 10 to 2 years and the flu virus is never the same, Fischer said. It is determined what virus is coming and a vaccine is
Hepatitis B, which
able to pass on the lower price to
to other infections. influ-
disease, she warns.
1
dents beginning the personal support worker program in Oc-
1
Neri receives information
office de-
According to Connaught, influenza is worse and can be lifethreatening because it weakens the body’s defences and leaves it open
Worldwide epidemics of
it
“The health services
Sept. 27 to Sept 30. There
flu after
Bank of
vaccine which
tagious and anyone can get
may be
Stieg-Drobig of the
B
hepatitis
$75 has led will cost Conestoga’s health services to go ahead with a clinic again this
fering the vaccine in October and
products should not have the vac-
Ron
A
with children with
cuts because the disease is spread through body fluids such
Marilyn Fischer, Doon’s health
cine because traces of egg protein
Charge
when dealing
By Maria Wareham
it.”
said.
antibodies to be able to fight disease,
and talk about
in
the vaccine
are im-
but the office will probably be of-
vices nurse.
Vaccine offered cheaper
the vaccine
charge.
ing the flu vaccine for a second
"The vaccine
more information on
expects the fee will be approxi-
By Maria Wareham
at the health office.
second injection
is
The
given one
month after the first and the third injection six months later, the end of March first week of Fischer said.
“With
Only
the thousands of stu-
who have
ambulance workers are required by law to have the vaccine, she
dents at the college
said.
ever had an allergic reaction,” Fischer said. “For a few people
It is
in
also important for students
ECE programs to wear gloves
received the vaccine, none have
it’s just
a sore arm.”
com-
ing that year.
Jacket Fitting
September 21
and Orders Taken on
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-
TWO DAYS ONLY
Fittings in large cafeteria
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FOR MORE INFORMATION DROP IN TO THE BOOKSTORE!
Jackets will
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ORDER NOW!
Spoke, Monday, September 19, 1994 11
SPORTS Rec centre
offers
Super By Winston
A new
Circuit training
Endall
program at the Hunter Recreation
fitness
Kenneth
E.
nals
when
tion,
Shadd
to
move
to the next sta-
said.
The constant movement keeps the up for the entire workout, he said, which will strengthen the
pumped from legs to arms to back and onto all of the other body parts being worked. Overall circulation
heart rate
is
increased,
Centre can dramatically reduce the time students have to spend work-
cardiovascular system as well as
regular basis.
ing out, says the college’s supervi-
the muscles.
sor of campus recreation.
To get an increase in fitness, he recommends a minimum of 30
“Another advantage is that the weights and time spent working out
said the new Super program combines weight
Duane Shadd
he said,
if
the
program
are tailored to you,”
is
done on a
Shadd
said.
People can join in and stop when ever they like, he said, unlike most
The circuit consists of 4 weight-
minutes of work, not counting warmup and cooldown, every second day. Bill Reynolds, a writer and photographer specializing in
training stations with running-on-
bodybuilding, said in his book, the
that the order of the stations in the
the-spot or riding the stationary
Gold’s
bike between the exercises, instead
ing, that circuit training also
Circuit
training with aerobics to build
strength and cardiovascular
fit-
ness. 1
of resting as
a standard weight
in
training program, he said.
As
Gym Book
of Bodybuild-
proves circulation because of a physiological response
bounce
well, the exercises
im-
known
as
peripheral heart action.
pumps blood, he said, much like the heart does. By doing a variety of
from becoming fatigued
exercises for different parts of the
point that rest
body, the heart
needed.
is
To keep everything running smoothly, there
a timer that sig-
is
is
assisted in
it
pump-
ing blood.
Reynolds said blood
you
will be
Shadd
said the only
drawback
remain the same so the workout will be exactly the same each time. Norma Campbell, the centre’s
Shadd said that students need to more active if they want to avoid putting on unwanted weight. He recommends finding an activ-
Gaining weight when you come to college
is
a reality for
some
people,
the supervisor of campus recreation
ity that is
Conestoga College said recently. Duane Shadd said an increase in the amount of junk food eaten and a decrease in activity are the main reasons for the unwanted weight
nature such as running, cycling or
at
fun and of a continuous
swimming.
He
also said students
away with
room
must do
at the
recreation centre be-
change.
“There meals aren’t prepared by
has to be difficult and painful to be
parents so they grab something
gain.
effective.
convenient.
“Most students do what you see here. They sit all day. They sit in
“The reality is, you don’t have to go faster. You have to go longer if you want to bum fat.”
pop and chips or
and sit in the cafeteria. “The only time they stand is to go to the can or to go to get more fats, sugars and salts,” he said.
class
To
A
of times that’s
lot
fries
from down-
stairs.”
While some students are drinking
get both a fitness and a fat
milk, she said, most are opting for
burning benefit, Shadd said to do
pop, so they are not getting the cal-
some
cium they need. “The other thing I don’t see a lot of them with is vegetables and
activity for at least
30 min-
fruits.
That really
is
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the roughage(fibre) and die vitamin
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She suggests having fruit for snacks rather than candy and sweets.
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While having junk food
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occasionally, she cautions students against
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While what you eat is important, when you eat is also important, Fischer said.
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“It is really
important to have
breakfast because the brain cells
have been deprived of nutrition, in most cases since the supper meal.” She recommends eating a nurtritious and well-balanced breakfast so the body has energy to start the
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No Charge
day.
For people trying
to control their
weight, Prevention Magazine’s Book of Nutrition has another good reason to have breakfast. It states that the metabolism does not start up after sleep until
food
is
eaten, preferably
some
complex
For more information see Michelle at the DSA
carbohydrates.
Therefore,
bum
it
said, the
time rate until the day.
body
will
calories at the slower nightfirst
meal of the
or-
tween 11:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. Monday to Friday and is offered free to all Conestoga students, Shadd added.
utes, not counting warm-up and cooldown, every second day. According to Marilyn Fischer, the Doon campus health nurse, one of the main problems is that a lot of people are on their own for the first time and their eating patterns
the notion that exercise
is
ganizing and teaching the program. Super Circuit is held in the weight
Exercise and nutrition are keys to health get
is
circuit
Battle of the bulge By Winston Endall
to be
there at the beginning.
certified fitness instructor,
Every time a muscle flexes
around to different muscles, such as legs then arms then stomach, he said, to keep individual body parts to the
fitness classes that require
Adminstration office*
12 Spoke, Monday, September 19, 1994
Our Lady Peace plays dark but diverse music Off-Campus Music By David Carlton Out of the
rising tide of music that
come
flows from what has
known
"Queen
as the
to be
Street scene”
in Toronto, comes a band that sounds dark, implacably familiar, and not at all like Led Zeppelin. Our Lady Peace, a band that was
signed to Sony Music Canada at the
young age of 14 months, seems hauntingly reminiscent of so ripe,
many things. Some say the Doors, some say U2. A review of their debut album, Naveed, in the Toronto Star likened them to
Soundgarden. "It’s like any kind of relationship,” said vocalist Raine Maida. “If you have two people in a marriage or four people in a band that are all the same, it’s going to get stale, and having people that are so different in personalities and influences, there’s always something
Even
fresh.
creating tension
if it’s
because there’s conflict, it’s something that provides excitement, be-
cause you always need to be inspired,” the singer said.
Inspiration is something that the band draws from many wells. Most of their sources have been bands that run the spectrum of musical genres, from New Model Army to Rage Against the Machine. Putting power behind one’s songwriting is something that Mike Turner the guitarist said is an im-
portant factor in music.
"You can hear
a band with blind-
Turner said, “but no fire, no spark, no passion in the music, or to the other side, you can get a guy like Henry Rollins, who ing chops,”
Reiser’s By Michelle
doesn’t have a lick of musical tech-
of authors.
With Couplehood, Reiser follows by his predeces-
the format set out
provide the audience with
lit-
left
The darkness does not stop
at just
and a fire in what he does and that’s what you’re hearing in his music.” It is this fire that bums the minds
music and seeing them live accents the shadows. As dark as the band sounds, they keep
leaning one
of those
who hear Our Lady
Peace.
The word Naveed is an ancient Middle Eastern word for a bearer of good news. The band bears their good tidings through what Maida calls “the dark optimism” of their music.
anecdotes and insights about life in
their
clear of excessive heaviness.
“We
em
tend to call ourselves ‘mod-
rock’ for lack of any other
“We
phrase,” Turner said.
don’t
sound like the Eagles, but then again, we don’t sound like Pantera.”
Couplehood
light-
hearted look
at
the trials and tribulations of surviving as a couple.
away
to
Part of what makes Reiser a good comedian is how expressive he is
exposing the funny little quirks and problems that couples face when
through his use of facial expressions and hand movements.
The
gives
title
Couplehood
book dedicated
a
is
the plot,
So what makes him funny on tele-
trying to cohabit.
by sticking to easy subjects such as what to have Reiser plays
for dinner,
it
safe
who
gets to use the
shower first in the morning and whose job it is to clean up after the
or the other on the
where to go but up. Reaching out from the shadows of Queen Street into the minds and souls of all those
who are willing to
listen,
Our Lady Peace
known
as one
will be band who aided in the resurrection of the fragmented rock ’n’ roll that we have known.
In
a
It’s
general, partic-
fam-
way
heaviness scale, the band has no-
dog.
Book Review
ily.
order and strength, without
short of predecessors
falls
ularly those dealing with the
Mike Turner,
Even though their music bespeaks clarity,
Hearing
to right)
(Photo courtesy of Sony Music Canada)
the optimism, however.
tle
Voll
and, standing (from
(sitting)
nical ability, but there’s a passion
Couplehood
These days, it seems the trend for comedians, after finding success on television, is to provide their faithful viewers with a book they just won’t want to miss. Bill Cosby’s been doing it for years, Jerry Seinfeld hit it big with last year’s Sein Language and now Paul Reiser, star of the hit sitcom Mad About You, has joined the list
sors:
Our Lady Peace band members Jeremy Taggart Raine Maida and Chris Eacrett.
comparison to
Bill
Cosby’s
books, Love and Marriage, Child-
hood and Fatherhood, all from the same genre as Reiser’s attempt, Couplehood just doesn’t provide the same entertainment. But then, most books like this pale in comparison to Cosby’s brand of humor. Couplehood is fairly reasonably priced at $24.95 (hardcover), and is
many copies during
vision just doesn’t translate well
sure to sell
into a book,
where the reader must imagine how Reiser would present
upcoming Christmas season. But someone looking for a book
the story to get the full effect of the
that
humor.
elsewhere.
is
really
the
funny should look
Oliver Stone’s Natural Born Killers teaches violent lesson By Mike
them to the media superstars. At the same time as they
ing spree elevates
Beitz
sta-
Movie Review Natural Born Killers
tus of
The most
chilling thing about
Oliver Stone’s Natural ers
is
that,
Bom
Kill-
behind the brutal vio-
are
pursued by the police, they are followed by thousands of fans
odd camera angles, the fast cutting and the deafening soundtrack is a fairly simple mes-
who grow more and more adoring
sage: people are bad.
and Clyde team
lence, the
And while the
film often borders
on the incoherent with its bizarre nightmare sequences and flashbacks, Natural
Bom Killers makes
a great deal of sense as
it
rein-
forces that message.
The
with every grisly murder.
Stone uses the updated Bonnie to point the finger
almost every one of the evils of modem society, the most import-
at
ant of
which
is
the influence of
television.
He
Wayne
Gale, the
story follows the exploits of
Australian host of the tabloid tele-
Mickey and Mallory Knox,
show called American Mawhich profiles particularly gruesome mass murderers.
played to evil perfection by Woody Harrelson and Juliette Lewis, whose cross-country kill-
shows like A Current Hard Copy and Inside Edition, which thrive almost exclusively on stories involving sex and up of
real
Affair,
Gale, played by Robert Jr., is
Downey
a constant reminder in the
film that the horrible killings are
some
sick
way
feeding a very
hunger of a society raised on violent television and movies.
real
One of
the centrepieces of the
Bom
vision
Natural
niacs,
interview between Gale and a
This
bald-headed Mickey Knox, in which the killer points the finger
is
obviously Stone’s send-
With it,
this
Killers
is
the prison
and hits the audience over head with it for two hours. While the notion that society is to blame is not a new one, Stone’s treatment of the theme is nothing start,
scene and others like
including disturbing flash-
backs into the physical and sexual abuse of the Knoxes as children.
the
Stone comes dangerously close to absolving the pair of any guilt
less than radical.
whatsoever.
is
The film
violence.
in
personifies this influence in
the character of
King’s College Cinemas
of blame back on society.
is
so busy blaming so-
ciety for turning the couple into killers that the
selves
seem
murders them-
at least
understand-
able, if not forgivable.
One of
the flaws of the film,
His portrait of a world gone
painted
with
very
mad
bold
brushstrokes. Visually, the film
is
The combinaunusual camera
difficult to watch.
tion of quick cuts,
angles and the mixing of black and
white and color scenes is distracting for a purpose, though.
plore the other side of the nature
In attempting to show a society whose attention span is limited to quick sound bites and visual
vs. nurture debate.
snacks. Stone has created a film
besides Stone’s trademark heavy-
handedness,
But
is
in typical
makes
his
that
i)
fails to
ex-
Stone fashion, he
message clear from the
which gives the audience an overdose of both.