Digital Edition - October 03, 1994 by SPOKENewspaper

Vol 26, No. 32

Conestoga College, Kitchener, Ontario

Octobers, 1994

Recycling audit to reduce waste By Blake Patterson

A waste reduction audit of Conestoga College recycling habits could result in the college sending 50 per cent less garbage to landfill. The audit began Sept. 2 and will 1

Dec 2. 12-week program,

continue until

Within the

each college department will be audited, results will be reviewed and a waste reduction action plan will be compiled.

The audit is funded by a $7,600 grant provided by the Environmental is

Youth Corporation (EYC).

EYC

a Ministry of Environment and

Energy program which provides

fi-

nancial help to environmental initiatives

employing young people.

EYC

co-ordinator Yves said the Conestoga

DesChenes waste audit

one of many pro-

grams which received funding.

From over 2,000 proposals received by EYC, DesChenes said

Look waaay up Harvey Skelton, a Wackenhut security guard from Brantford camera while on duty watching for parking

looks up at the violations in

lot

,200 approved projects were each granted between $4,000 and $9,000 1

(Photo by Rob Heinbecker)

one or two people. “The wide variety of approved initiatives spans all the way from

to hire

waste audits to environmental edu-

Conestoga’s Oktoberfest events to start next week

Bryce Taylor and Gary Emili sort through college garbage as part of thejyaste reduction audit. (Photo by Blake P atters on) ^ cation programs for kids,” he said.

ble for all data (garbage) collection

Conestoga used the EYC grant to hire Bryce Taylor and Gary Emili. Dan Stark, manager of Conestoga’s housekeeping ser-

and for the analysis of the results. Taylor is a second-year student of

environmental technology at Fanshawe College and is using the

vices, will co-ordinate the audit, but

audit as a work-term placement.

Memorial held By Mike

See

Taylor and Emili will be responsi-

honor of Jane Skipp community to members. Grant McGregor, principal of Doon campus, called the memorial a “public celebration of some very private memories of Jane Skipp.” He praised Skipp for her ability to keep those around her focused. “She was always there to give a dose of said

Beitz

the obligation of the school

recognize the importance of

By David

sity

Carlton

The annual Oktoberfest celebraweek and Con-

tion begins next

Nearly 50 people gathered Sept. 20 to see the newly-

of Waterloo.

The

be de-

float’s graphics will

signed by

Ron Smrczek and

will

feature Conestoga’s condor mascot

planted red oak which stands near the staff lounge by

pond at Doon campus. The tree was planted as a memorial

the

again, entering a parade float and

and DSA members. For the Oktoberfest week Kitche-

cancer June

selling T-shirts.

ner transit offers free busses for

was

estoga College

a participant once

The celebration,

Mount Arena, begins on day after the ness week.

DSAs

Queen’s Mon-

the

alcohol aware-

bus

may

by the college.

may

not be rented

done,

the first year that the

For entertainment, Walter Ostanek’s band will perform.

A float in the

those without designated drivers.

Oktoberfest parade

have made This

this

option available.

also the first year that

estoga will be selling

Con-

commemora-

be entered by the college, competing with ones from Wilfrid

tive Oktoberfest T-shirts.

Laurier University and the Univer-

the

will

would be would

DSA

member

staff

1 1

Skipp was program manager for the schools of business and applied arts at the college. Family, staff and

met

in the

Blue Cafeteria to

DSA activities office.

listen to col-

leagues speak about Skipp before being led by a bag-

was planted. “The tree provides us with a symbol of our esteem for Jane,’’ said Lynn Woolstencroft, the first speaker at the piper to the spot where the red oak

afternoon service. “It

Tickets are $7 and are available at

to Jane Skipp, a

Conestoga since 1987, who died of at Kitchener-Waterloo Hospital. She

37.

students

page 4

recycle,

a statement of dignity and

endurance.’’

reality therapy,”

its

he said.

Jim Drennan, former chair of business at the college, said Skipp never lost sight of her priorities. “She was the one who always reminded us that it’s what’s right and not who’s right.” He said that Skipp distinguished herself in her unwavering dedication to the students.

“The bottom line is, if you had to have a role model, Jane was the type of person to look to,” he said. Skipp will also be remembered with a painting which be placed in the new school of business and a student award fund. will

Woolstencroft, one of the organizers of the memorial.

College technical club receives donation from Zepf Technoiogies By Rob Heinbecker Conestoga’s technology students received a relief package in the form of a plotter donated by Zepf Technologies. The machine, used to plot tecnical drawings, was donated to the campus chapter of the Society of Manufacturing Engineers

(SME). is at a premium, particularly end of the year, so it is definitely a bonus for us,” said Kenton Frey, a third-year design and analysis student and the SME chapter’s secretary and treasurer.

“Plotter time

at the

“Last year

we had

the misfortune of hav-

will

be responsible for the supply and main-

ing one of the plotters go down,” Frey said.

tenance of the plotter using chapter funds.

He added

Gary Pundsack, past chairman of the SME at Conestoga, graduated a year ago and has been with Zepf Technologies for four months. He said he had known there was a plotter in storage and that the company had been trying to donate it. “I made the suggestion and got the ball rolling”. Pundsack said he knew the SME students would appreciate

that

semester and

happened

many

at the

end of the

students panicked.

Frey said some students were forced to • turn to professional companies to do their drawings and paid big bucks to have it done. The SME, a world- wide organization, was put together by manufacturing engineers to promote understanding and communication in the engineering field and acts as a social club, Frey said. He added that the chapter, which has approximately 50 members including faculty.

one.

Dave McIntosh, a mechanical engineering professor an^d chapter member, said the collegers plotters are

more user

friendly

than the Zepf donation. “It takes a

more knowledge and skill to gives the same drawings.”

little

operate, but

McIntosh said the college has five plotters and the new plotter will be mainly used by SME students,! however, the chapter will allow other technical students to use

it.

Conestoga president John Tibbits praised Zepf Technologies for the plotter, which has an estimated value of $5,000 to $ 1 0,000. He said Zepf Technologies had already committed $25,000 over five years to the Conestoga capital campaign last year. See ploner, page 4

2 Spoke, Monday, October

994

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

—

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.

In spite of gruelling

months spent at the gym, Dwayne begins

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

N2G 4M4

Telephone: 748-5366

to ^

b smash the techno-

dweeb stereotype.

Radio listeners diverse

music preference

in their Radio listening our daily

a part of

Dog owners should be held accountable

lives.

Each one of us

listens to

and

enjoys some type of music whether it be hard rock, pop,

“My

Recently, Toronto broadcast

CHUM,

dog? Wear a muzzle? He

purchased

By Kerry Masche

Kitchener radio station CFCA-

these words?

times have you asyour dog would sooner sprout wings than it would ever lay its teeth on someone in a less than friendly way? It happens. If your dog has teeth it can bite. The disturbing number of attacks on people that have taken place over the last few months can attest to that

How many

sumed

There aren’t too many people who could not have have predicted the backlash of disapproval from loyal listeners of CFCA. Some listened for more years than I have been alive. At noon on Aug. 1 5, the transformation took place, and for many, it

was a sad day. Days later, the complaints began

to filter

through to the editorial

pages of the Kitchener-Waterloo Record. More than a month and 35 letters to the editor

now

become one-sided In light

CFCA, turn

Record

later, the

refusing to print additional letters on this issue because

all

the

whining and complaining by former

listeners

Kitchener city counsellors are cracking

and enjoy.

to time

a very lucrative business. If

CFCA

was making

the

money

CHUM decision, you’ll never see

happen,

at least

rottweillers

not

takes months of planning, preparation, dedication, and big bucks buy a radio station. CFCA has been sold and there’s no going back now. Letters to the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) will only serve to tell them what they already know that you can’t satisfy all of the people all of the time. A suggestion was made by one listener who proposed all not in

CFCA’s new format should new KOOL-FM.

advertised on the

news

for that notion

for air time

—

KOOL-FM

Humane

Success means

the advertisers investing their

don’t care

some 50-year-old is

now

It’s time to turn away from our computer screens, and to think one idea through from beginning to end. Rather than making our decisions based on the circumstances of the moment or on the popular opinion of the day, each of us should form opinions based on serious thought, study, and morality.

So now, the listening pleasure is over for former fans of CFCA, and the fun is just beginning for fans of classic rock who finally have a station in the region they can call their own. I do feel sorry for the disc jockeys employed at CFCA and were let go. No one deserves that, in any business. But the world is a cruel place, and though we all know that life isn’t fair, what kind of world would it be if everything just stayed the

If the

same?

power of our mind extends

no further than the cliched statements of Oprah Winfrey and A Current Affair, we have lost our

value as sentient

Letters to the editor 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. letters to the editor. If in.

their pets are repeat offend-

now stand, dogs can be declared vicious have attacked or bitten someone without

the rules

after they

provocation.

These dogs are legally bound to wear muzzles at all when not confined by their owners. Why should people wait to take their dogs under

times

control until after

has bitten someone?

risks involved in allowing people to continue to

be negligent with their pets are too great. Y ou may be thinking that your dog is not vicious, that it is not necessary to muzzle it while taking it for a walk. But if you think about it, how many incidents would be avoided if everyone followed such a simple rule?

That one

in a million

time your cute, lovable pet acted

out of character, and bit the wrong person, would never

have taken place. If you are wondering how to avoid potential problems with your pet, the answer is simple: Put a muzzle on it.

Kitchener, Ontario,

reflection, not distraction

human beings.

N2G 4M4

ample

complex as a stand on

should take his ex-

to heart.

We should strive to

give our opinions enough time and industry to logically develop and to

become a

reflection of our person-

and experience. Without such thought and discuswe sion, we accomplish nothing become balls of fluff on the winds ality

—

to avoid trifling conversation.

—

two rules industry and silence Franklin found the strength and guidance he needed to not allow his mind to become clutIn these

—

common opinions of day and to thereby rise above the

tered with the

of public opinion.

We may

fill

self.

tion.

deciding right from wrong.

Seemingly as an afterthought, he even managed to discover electric-

tery

studied the great works of

lit-

and Solomon, Franklin found the bedrock of his thoughts and the basis of two simple rules by which to live. His first was to be always employed in something useful, and his second was to “speak not but what may benefit others or yourself’ and

masses.

think.

He became

master printer,

started Philadelphia’s first library

and helped

each

day with frantic activity, but we will take no steps closer to wisdom. Today, more than ever before, we need people to take the time to

his

Telephone: 748-5366

sunset, or as

euthanasia,

Benjamin Franklin can be an example to us all. Rather than relying on the excuses of tired men and broken machines, Franklin chose to rely only on him-

erature. In Plato, Cicero

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

trial if

ers.

the

notion hasn’t sunk in yet.

members

reconvene in one month’s time to suggest stiffer penalties in the event of vicious dog attacks and set new rules on the use of muzzles and leashes on potentially dangerous breeds. It’s a good move, but personally I feel it would be

thought that wasn’t top-secret information but apparently, that

Spoke welcomes all

lovers,

Society and other interested parties,

will

17-35 age group.

opinion, please send

bring dog owners to

boycott products or services

lady boycotts their product because their target audience

subcommittee was

The committee, which featured dog of the

—

I’ve got

city.

appointed.

money

banned from the

Instead, after a two-hour debate, a

also discussed the possibility of suggesting the region

The

On Monday, Sept. 26, counsellors met to consider whether or not they would have pitbulls and

lifetime.

favor of

down on

vicious dogs and their owners.

should have, the format change never would have taken place. Though I admire people for taking an active role and trying to reverse the

dogs have an inbred tendency towards

not just a thing you

all

aggression like pitbulls or rottweillers, the best thing do is to play it safe. Make your dog wear a muzzle every time you take it for a walk. It could save yourself and others a lot of grief.

has

extreme.

a few things should be noted: Radio

on from time

It is

to the

Counsellors decided to double the

amount of liability insurance an owner can claim from $500,000 to $1 million. They

While not

to include

breeds.

year.

that

fact.

law changed

The tougher the laws the better. That would settle any debates and help to curb the number of dog bites that take place every all

FM and changed its easy-listening format to a hardcore classic rock station.

better if the

wouldn’t hurt a fly!” How many times have have you defended your best friend with

classical, country, or rap.

giant

suspect he has yet

to constitute a

new

na-

invent bifocals and patent a wood stove which is still manufacity,

tured today.

Of course few people have

Without the touchstones and guideposts of religion and family,

we have lost the traditional basis for And as a result, such moral issues as adul-

have become

questions of

little

“What

more than

feels best for

me now?” In place of serious discussion,

have become a society of smiling

thoughts as diverse as Franklin’s,

fools

but whether our thoughts be as simple as considering the beauty of a

time comedians.

who consider it the height of wit to imitate the jokes of prime-

College library purchases On parts, repairs and service calls,

By Frank Knobloch

restraints, she .said, “If

we had

was over 20 years

old, parts for

were scarce, one year it racked up $4,000 in repair bills and the company maintaining it said it was an it

already spent a good portion of the capital required to purchase a new system, she said. “So its

our environment

new security system

you look

in the centre,

certainly have a very pleasant, conducive learning environment com-

replacement was really quite

pared to some of the other col leges.

justified.”

Some ot them don’t even have win-

Learning

Kevin Mullan, director of finance approved the expense and this past summer 3M in-

Resource Centres, said the old turnstile system at Doon’s LRC was so

dows. We’ve walked into some of tho.se centres and thought, ‘Wow, our centre looks pretty good.’”

stalled a new high-tech gate-style security system, she said.

using

3M, was

underwrite a

Jill Douglas, co-ordinator of Doon’s LRC, said students are re-

said.

contract for service calls. Plans to replace it had been under consideration for years, Krotz said,

tem. “They say it’s easy to get through and that they can take their

antique.

Linda Krotz, manager for Con-

estoga

old that

College’s

manufacturer,

its

no longer willing

and by last year the old security system didn’t work at times. “But in all fairness, 3M did just about anything to keep it running.” Krotz said that it was imperative to keep the system running at all costs “because that’s

how we

se-

cure our collection.”

But when repair bills for the antique system continued to climb, Krotz said replacement was no longer a question. It did not make sense to continue spending thousands on the old system when a new

one could be purchased for $ 1 4,000, she said.

for the college,

sponding positively

to the

new

sys-

disks through without anything happening to them.”

With the antique, student’s disks were passed around the system to avoid electronic erasure, Krotz said.

Beyond

new

security system,

Krotz said college resource centres are moving into other areas of hightech wizardry. “Some colleges have remote access where you can link up with the resource centre’s computers through a modem. You can dial in from home.”

While Doon’s LRC may not be on the cutting edge because of budget

LRC

The

does have computers

CD ROM and computers are

here to stay, but so are books, Krotz

“The importance of being able to read and enjoying reading is still there.

don’t think one

few hours of reading text on them; books can be read all day. Krotz said in her mind, books offer a unique pleasure that can not be replaced. “I thipk whether it’s seven-year-old godson or my-

self trying to find

quite time,

got to the point that rather than sitting

down in your own quite cor-

ner, that to sit

you would actually prefer

and look

working. Later that day, during a class, it that an enlarger lens had been loosened, another lens was missing, and awoJilters on enlargers had been Young said initially he thought something had been stolen because a timer was missing but the lens was found attached to an enlarger that was about to be discarded, Young said it would not take long to do

was noticed

some

really can’t

imagine what individuals would be like in this world if it I

Young said on Sept. 14, a member of Spoke complained that an enlarger was not

Conestoga College is experiencing ongoing problems with its computer and photog-i* raphy equipment. On Sept. 2, a computer printer wras stolen from the college’s woodworking centre. and according to Roger Young, a photo teacher in the journalism program, someone has been tampering with photography equipment.

going to

She said monitors have the disadvantage of causing eyestrain after a

More manpower needed By Brenda Boomer

replace the other.”

a screen.”

security

vvivii

system operates.

vviiix^ii

u 1^

ic:;vv

(Photo by Frank Knobloch)

secure campus, says guard this kind of damage and said damage was minor. “But it’s a matter of high inconvenience, not high cost.”

a security risk, he said. “It’s physically impossible to be always with them to lock and unlock doors. Sometimes they prop the doors open and forget to lock them.” Two security guards are on duty each night. £>ne patrols inside and one outside and then they switch. According to Brady, there are other problems keeping Con-

According to chair of Applied Arts, Fred Conestoga College is difficult to

Harris,

secuxe.4i;^0'ihaya multiple doors. Security would like to lock them, but they can’t.”

Security officer Jim Brady said guards could not lock eveiy classroom door after classes. “We haven’t got the manpower.”

Contractors working after classes present

estoga secure! “It’sdifficultkeeping guards and training them to be dependable when the pay is the pits.”

Oktoberfest Munchen Haus 1260 Queens Blvd., Kitchener Altes

featuring

Walter Ostanek

and the Walter Ostanek Band

COLLEGE AJNIVERSITY NIGHT Wede, Oct. 12 doors open at 7 pm.

CONESTOGA COLLEGE NIGHT Thurs., Oct. 13 doors open at 7 pan

TICKETS ONLY $7.00

perfect

First-year business

McNeil

(left) is fitted

Sept. 21

Available at the DSA Activities

fit

management for

Office

studies student Jeremy in the cafeteria

a jacket by Jeff Wilson

(Photo by Blair Matthews)

Reservations honored only

until

8:30 p.m.

Age

of Majority required

4 Spoke, Monday, October

994

Federal student loan levels rise OSAP program. The province con-

lion into special opportunity grants

for students with disabilities, part-

available to qualified applicants

remaining 40 per cent. As a result, said Walsh, most students this year received both a Canada student loan and an Ontario

this year.

student loan.

1995-96,” Walsh said.

By Patrick Tighe

tributes the

The federal government has increased the amount of student loans

This increase

The changes involve

the first of its kind

SME

chapter president John Lang (centre) and (Photo by Rob Heinbecker) Zepf employee Gary Pundsack.

Plotter donation

welcomed

Continued from page

praised the college system.

“Larry (Zepf)

someone who has

graduated from the college and

very successful in business, but also gives a lot back to the community,” Tibbits said.

He added

that

that the donations

Zepf com-

know

in the area

are college graduates,”

he said.

Zepf added sity

gives are also in time and

people

that very

own and

few univer-

operate a busi-

ness, “because they don’t

Tibbits advocated closer ties with

industry and business to produce

higher quality graduates.

Zepf thanked Pundsack, a design technologist, for arranging the do-

one of seven brothers

repayment of loans, said Walsh, but

The

$2,500 to $4,000 per term. Although this change is in effect now, the increase will have little impact on students at the college, she said. “The college programs are very structured. They are mainly full-

doctoral studies.”

provide assistance.

that they

need more

eral loans unless they are

“They have

According

may

time.

more common

made

solve every student’s financial shortfalls, admits Walsh. The system was designed to supplement

in the pro-

special opportunity grants

students’ existing resources, not re-

available.

place them, she said.

“The government has put $5 mil-

have the

Audit could cut campus refuse by half

success.”

“Right now at our own shop, well over 70 per cent (of Zepf employees) are college graduates.

Continued from oaoe

So we

quite seriously believe in that method of education,” Zepf said.

Emili

recently’'graduated

McMaster University

from

HamiL

ton with an honors degree in

Stork said he hopes- tiie college community will leath as much, from tbe audit as Taylor and- 1?:

for rent

Conestoga ha$ spent more than $60,000 for waste management, As the person in charge of Conestoga’s recycling and waste disposal pnj^am, Milner said even tliough much of this cost can be blamed on the dramatic rise in

recycled translates into a direct savings to the college. Stark said he hopes the comma-' nication created by the audit will ?

end the contamination problem by making departments more aware of tiieir waste habits. Tndividual deparfrnents will be con-

the cost of landfill, the largest part die

problem still rests '

at “the

suited

Minutes from the college Two and three bedroom apartments Fridge, stove, and dryer included Pool available in complex

A^o'ording lo physical

the audit will allow his staff to

we are

“get a better feet for what

For inquiries please contact Phillip Galin at Tudor

Investments

Ltd.

Lane

doing.”

Phone# 893-5891, 884-4773, 894-6116

P ' '

' ,

In each of the past

two

years,

Because the college is chargedby tbe wei^t’of garbage it pro* duces and by the number of “pick-nps” required, Milner said the amountofwaste which can be

their

Discussion with the departwillj^dr^s possible ways to reduce, recycle and reuse, but Taylor added the audit doesn’t want anyone to clean up their act

.fnents

becomes landfpli',” hes'said.

re-

sources director Bar^' Milner,

becan^ they know

areas best,” he said,

Bmili learn while co&cting it.', ^source’’. “lfwegetto<|i|iUchcontomina“We want to see what’s going tion (in the recycling bin) it just on,” Taylor said. *

at the universities.”

gram.

number of weeks

Now a student can receive $165 a week,” she said. The federal government has also

Conestoga College’s financial aid advisor, Carol Walsh, the federal loan increase now represents a 60 per cent contribution towards the

college receives funding

This year’s changes, and those proposed for next, probably won’t

the

The

based on a student studying fulltime. So part-time students are

definitely benefitted.

Last year, the Canada student loan allowance was $105 a week, times

education costs and the requirements of a fast changing labor market,” he added.

coming

from another province which

fi-

to part-time

or who have been residents in

the province for less than a year

have clearly benefitted, said Walsh. These students rely solely on fed-

and again

on loans

students has been increased from

tario,

said again

some time away.

ceiling

Students newly arrived in On-

propose to sharply increase student loans and introduce grants for students with disabilities, high-need part-time students and women in

“Young people have

that also is

said.

also negotiat-

on student finances has been negligible, she

physical geography.

the overall impact

tenacity, the guts or the willingness

n^ozun fiomes

The government

students

until

froze loans at 1984 levels.

to put in the effort for that long-term

mittments, not just money.

nation. Zepf,

“Most businessmen

implemented

ing a system of income sensitive

nancial assistance to meet growing

who went through Conestoga,

will not be

receiving government loans though

news release dated May 9, 1 994, Lloyd Axworthy, Minister of Human Resource Development, made these comments on the loan changes: “With this legislation, we

(left),

women in certain

since the previous government In a

Larry Zepf

all

time students and

doctoral studies. Those increases

yet. “If they try to clean -

their

he said, “we’re not going to get anywhere.” act just for us,”

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Spoke, Monday, October

Residence holds second elections

DSA

urgeid to

By James

Leduc

Rodeway

Suites,

DSA meeting of the

tive at the first

school year 'she wanted to sec a

new student council. Guy Peters, assistant manager

more professional attitude and an improvement in customer service when it comes to meeting the needs

for a

Rodeway, was

the key orga-

nizer of the second-annual elec-

and orga-

them wait or want us to be helpful and as open as we can.”

“I don’t

want

to sec

sec the door closed.

do here

wc arc

executive.

nize the polling stations.

“What we want

that

here for the students,” she told the

have a body like the DSA (Doon Student Association) council,”

of operations, agreed and said the

Peters said.

lines

Deanna Ciuciura, vice-president of communications should

al-

DSA mem-

“The purpose of the council is improve communication between management and the stu-

ways be open between

bers and students.

dent body.”

unanimously to purchase a bigscreen TV from Steve’s TV in

In other business, the

Residents were slated to listen to the candidates Sept.

Rodeway, same evening.

and vote later the “Right now there are six candidates running for the three positions available,” Peters said in an

who want

to run for

president, vice-president or treasurer, to

Peters, assistant

main organizer

manager

able at the residence front desk.

Residence council will also

must meet certain

criteria

Buick

in-

to last year’s disap-

pointing turn out, Peters said he

was pleased with

be eligible, Peters said.

Rodeway

“Last year

was the Dan wettiaufer)

Suites,

(Photo by it

was

the

number of

along with a

you didn’t want to walk you would call a friend and see if they would come and meet “If

“Once

again, the

main goal of

the council will be to act as a single and discuss student issues

living at the residence, said Jason

and concerns with management,”

(Scooby) Buick, the building’s

This year, Peters said, he hopes council will look at the issue of

third-floor supervisor.

students walking back to the res-

“Then, we’ll see change things for the

VCR

we can

IPpm

Dallas Green,

Bob

Pettit,

Wendy

(Photo by Dan Wettlaufer)

ignorance

from bliss. If

There was a recommendation to get a staff

member

volved with the clubs

keep the

ball rolling

from one year

to the next.

It's

you want

is bliss.

sex, ignorance

far

just plain dangerous.

do the smart

thing,

how HIV/AIDS and other

are transmitted.

Use condoms. Not

occasionally,

not usually, but always. Talk. Talk to your partner. Your doctor.

Your

friends.

embarrassed about buying condoms, remember that after you've bought them once embarrassed it will be much easier. Being is a small price to pay for your health.

If you're

you know someone with HIV infection or AIDS, reach out to them and break the silence. No more fear. No more ignorance.

® Ontario For more information

call

Ontario Ministry of Health Hotline:

IWWV engine lew campus one motor vehicle mechanics course at Guelph have cost close to would engine The GMC. White Waterloo 3 sel engine donated to them by (Photo by Micheiie voii) ’0,000 if the college were to have purchased it. 3

mbers

of the level

in-

order to

get out of the dark.

STDs (left to right):

inform stu-

When it comes to

Find out

SEX IN THE DARK?

better.”

M Hi •

be sold .separately. Ford also said Shinerama was a big success with $1,521 being raised and she congratulated everyone involved. “University of Waterloo raised $1 per person, while Conestoga College students rai.sed $38 per person,” Ford said. The DSA decided to create a club committee to help the clubs become more organized this year. will

HAVING

Peters said.

Some say

todeway^ Suites nominees—for counciljelections t - ^ellet, Shawn Mahen and Dwayne Jones.

dents, .some of the merchandise

ARE YOU

you,” he said.

a governing body.

idence alone late at night.

would be put

in.

response to requests by stu-

basically a

students interested in organizing

the survival kits are

volunteer thing,” said Peters.

The candidates must have a “C” average or higher and must be

Registration forms were avail-

the cafeteria or the student lounge

alone,

said.

Compared

of the elections.

clude the four floor supervisors,

earlier interview.

Students

Guy

The 52-inch

with a

Activities co-ordinator Marlene Ford told the executive the rest of

made

Kitchener.

p.m. in the lounge at

DSA voted

TV comes

The DSA purchased an additional two-year warranty for $269.95.

“Sometimes we forget

main goal was to students aware of the

Peters said his

elections,

The $2,895

three-year warranty.

of students.

tions.

make the upcoming

(joors

updates.

Doon Student Association president Sabina Kampf told her execu-

Conestoga’s private residence, were scheduled to vote Sept. 29

1994 5

dents of upcoming events and pub

By Dan Wettlaufer Students

open

1-800-668-2437

AIDS

6 Spoke, Monday, October

994

Conestoga

Focus

Looking at Doon Above: Michael MacDonald, a second-year construction engineering student, surveys Lot #5 (Photo by Blair Matthews). Above Right: Third-year broadcasting student Alison Smith (right) zooms in on DSA entertainment assistant Jamie Proudfoot as he signs up for one of Conestoga’s clubs during club week

(Photo by Blake Patterson).

Right: First-year materials management student Adam “Beav” Vandermey entertains his friends by twirling his “devil-sticks” (Photo by Dan Wettlaufer). Below Right: Carl Gogh, a first-year marketing student, plays a little badminton at the Kenneth E. Hunter Recreation Centre (Photo by Frank Knobioch).

Below: photography teacher Roger Young performs technical repairs Bardeau’s camera (Photo by James Leduc).

first-year journalism student Nicole

spoke, Monday, October

994 7

—

_g^

"o O

cd'

Alcohol Awareness

Week

Drinking People are responsible By James

Shadd

Leduc

for their

own

actions

when

partying

said the idea for the acci-

dent would be that some students

Week

Alcohol Awareness scheduled to

campus and

the

have been coming into the campus to pick up somebody when the ac-

wake up and

cident occurred.

“We want people to remember the

realize there

action and

when

enough so it Shadd said.

comes to responsible drinking,” Duane Shadd, supervisor of campus recreation. it

said

"In a sense, this awareness prois

show

put in place to

that

we want is

graphic

visually imprinted,”

“That way when we take another kick at the can in the winter, people can say ‘Oh yeah, I remember that’

and then we can bring

other

people are responsible for their

events.”

own

Shadd said the success of the ond phase would hinge on the

actions.”

The plan

a graphic one which

students will not soon forget, said

Shadd.

one phase of a two-part program that might involve police, the fire department, students from the nursing program, law and security and journalism program. “We want to do a mock disaster,” Shadd said. “We want to do it in a high-profile area like at the front of It is

Doon campus. To

the

Kenneth E. Hunter

might be a problem out there

gram

pub

at a local

the afternoon, or a friend might

Oct. 3 at

Recreation Centre and the DSA have joined forces to get their message across to students. "Let’s

might have been

Doon

start

see

two

wrecked cars and use some of our students as disaster victims would be something people wouldn’t soon forget.”

Drink

much?

The Addiction Research Foundation (ARE) uses a guide to determine the effects of alcohol on an individual’s health. It is based on con-

sumption levels for adult men weighing about 155 lb (70 kg) and in good health. For women the number of drinks should be reduced by one

secfirst

phase being carried out professionand realistically. There would be bloody victims

ally

and the police and fire departments would be running the whole affair, he said. “After that we would move the accident scene to another part of the campus and leave it there to remind students about what happened,”

Shadd said. Shadd compared the college life to being in a cocoon and said the students are in a community that is

First-year marketing students Paul

Roost

inside a

community. The students sometimes think

are insulated and

the real world does not apply to

them, he said. Shad said he wants

them

Mathewson

(left)

and Brad Smith enjoy a pitcher

after classes.

to take time out

and think

about their actions.

“The

The awareweek is to make people aware. If we can wake five students up and ness

something positive is an awareness. If you are aware of a problem, it is the first step towards the cor-

turn

level

beer at the James Leduc)

rection of the problem.

moving

first

(Photo by

then

them it

the right direction,

a success,” Shadd added.

Roost reports few problems with students By Maria Wareham Younger people may have

to deal

with the stigma of being irresponsible when handling alcohol but at

Conestoga College’s Doon campus they are credited with being responsible.

According to college security suBob Gilberds, alcohol on campus has not been a problem. Well, there was one small incident last week, Gilberds said. “A student started acting up (after drinking) but went away on his own.” Other than that, he said, we have had no problems with students and alcopervisor

third.

You

are considered in the

if you have one to two drinks per day. Health risk is minimal if the level

safe

zone

does not increase.

The caution zone

three to

four drinks per day because there

a health risk

you

drink at this rate for a period

of time.

Five to six drinks per day

zone and there danger of addiction or

the hazardous is

physical /psychological

Condor Roost’s supervisor and head bartender, Susan Ludwig, said younger people are more aware of the consequences of drinking and driving. They do not get annoyed when they are told they have had enough

dependancy.

The harmful zone to eight drinks

could result

hol.

seven

per day that health risks

such as cirrhosis of the liver, heart disease and cancer.

Drinking should be reduced. Life expectancy may be reduced by 10-12 years in the

extremely dangerous zone which is nine to 10 drinks per day. This is considered the “alcoholic level” and professional treatment

required.

to drink.

“From past experiences, adults are more sneaky.” Students seem to get the bad name, and yet they are

more responsible, she said. Ludwig said students generally

know how much they

“It will stay this

bar ready for another day’s business.

campus wareham)

drink and are

aware of the rules at the Roost. “They are not in here drinking the afternoon away.” There are no real problems and it is a friendly place, said Ludwig. She sees no problems in the future.

Some

to get the

(Photo by Maria

The Roost’s head bartener Susan Ludwig goes through the opening procedures

way

people didn’t want

has

this

to.

here

(the Roost)

and

don’t want any-

thing to happen. I’m not about to

lose because

someone wants

is given free pop or cofCustomers must show identification and are served only one

button and fee.

someone

off,

Ludwig

drink at a time.

Server Intervention Program (SIP).

in. “It’s

driver program, she said. The driver is given a sticker or

They know

a lot of the

staff is also trained in the

cated and the

someone is intoxiproper ways to cut

pub night to try

said.

“Any-

will not be

considering a

to get

more students

said she

cause problems.” The Roost has eliminated some problems by having a designated

The

Ludwig

one who over-serves working here again.”

We see We must

a fun place to work.

same people.

be doing something right.”

8 Spoke, Monday, October

994

Focus may add another class at Conestoga grams in the college," he added. The program runs 12 weeks with a two-week work placement and is designed to offer single women with children on

By Maria Wareham

Added government funding

may mean

another class for

Focus, a career research program at Conestoga, said program co-ordinator Bob Mclver. Currently the college is re-

and personal growth. offers support and awareIt ness of the choices they have in life, said program instructor Diane Murphy. "It's so exciting watching the changes." Murphy has 15 students in the

stricted to offering three classes

federal and provincial co-operative agreement designed to help people on social assistance get back into employment and training, Mclver said, the college might be able to run four classes per year. The program works with the

class

women

high.

support each other, she

Murphy

said, the

program

in-

troduces women to the available resources. Some can do more than they thought but have never been given the chance, she said. "The result is to have a goal or a plan. It can be going back to school, getting a job or just staying home." Their motto, Murphy said, is to find your place not be put in

government, Mclver

"The focus program is one that, in my view, seems to work very well and the region of Wasaid.

program

enthusiasm

said.

Region of Waterloo's social seris funded by the learnemployment ing and preparation branch of the pro-

terloo likes the

and

There are barriers but the

vices and

be-

works. This year there were 15 Focus graduates who graduated from various procause

it.

Eva Fowler, a Focus student, program has given her

said the

and

comfortable

room

Focus Waterloo campus on Sept. 23.

for

rent,

redecorated and furnished, in basement of family home with private newly installed washroom with shower. Fridge and microwave included.

Blair

ernment on a program by pro-

Matthews

Most courses at Conestoga's Cambridge campus are identical to last year's roster, said Bob Mclver of college access and prepartory studies. According to Mclver, the only

new program

Cambridge

walk to college or less than five minutes by bus. Bus goes to Fairview Park

labor market language training, a course offered last year as a

Mall with connections to Kitchener- Waterloo

work experience component added to it which is new. The program itself has

18 minute

Prospective tenants must have very good references. Non-smokers only

Tel.

895-2196 the majority of

Counsellor's Corner

(Photo by Maria Wareham)

Cambridge courses remain unchanged

For Rent Room near college Large

grams being offered. "Our approach at Cambridge has been to put on programs that meet the needs of the com-

gram basis. Administrators negotiate with the government for the programming that it wants.

Our approach

munity. I don't think there is anything there that we don't

Cam-

want to keep doing.

bridge has been to put on "The indications are that we're programs that meet the not having trouble getting stuneeds of the community. dents into the program, so we Bob Mclver must be doing something right

—

programming." Mclver said the college is look-

in terms of

pilot project. "It has a

been offered before." Mclver said the programs offered at Cambridge are funded by the federal or provincial gov-

women. The need

Mclver

ing at increasing programming to suit current demands for people who are on social assistance. "They might be the same programs, just more of the same

said.

Currently, their are 80 to 100 students enrolled in courses at the Cambridge campus, he said. To date, Mclver said, there are no plans to discontinue any pro-

offered," he said.

to feel ac-

ceptable according to social standards pulls many women into a vortex of dieting, over-ex-

VioM

o| Opportunities

ercising, vomiting literally starving their bod-

ies

and minds slowly to death. The real paradox is that dieting doKt not

work. 95% of people who diet will g^in back any weight they lose. ^ We are all meant to be different body shapes and sizes contrary to the societal messages we receive. Check out your own eating attitudes and behaviours.

DO YOU:

By Lisa

Sicoli

TROUBLED EATING Do you have trouble with eating? Are you constantly watching your weight and body shape? Have you eaten excessively and then purged to get rid of it? It is not surprising that many women would answer "yes" to these questions at some point. In fact, 85% have some dissatisfaction with their bodies, and 80% of women have dieted to lose weight. Trouble with eating is less a personal problemand more a global social problem. As girls, we are taught to "keep trim" and to dress "attractively". Treated as sex objects, we are given the message that slim is "in" and being thin is beautiful and will make you happy. Thin models represent the ideal body and provide a beauty standard that

social assistance career research

per year between the Cambridge and Waterloo campus, he said. Because of Job Link, a

vincial

is unrealistic for

• "feel fat" even though people consider you underweight? • have frequent weight fluctuations? • experience uncontrollable binge ea ting? • engage in some sort of purging (i.e. vomiting, excessive exercise, using laxatives) to rid your body of unwanted calories? • find yourself obsessed with thoughts about

food? • overeat

when you

are lonely, depressed,

angry or frustrated? • have rituals around food and meals? Think about how this kind of thinking and behaviour affects you. If you are interested in learning more about your eating troubles and changing the endless cycle with food and dieting, come into Student Services and make an appointment to talk to a counsellor or the nurse in Health Services about how you can get some help. Lisa Sicoli

Counsellor, Student Services

Tuesday Ocfobei" lOiOO a.m.

^99^

4:00 p.m.

Biti0emaHS Cohj-enemce Cetifne 'Hall/

KitcKener

Tnanspontation ;Available

Spoke, Monday, October

Conestoga third best

1994 9

placement

By Rob Heinbecker

has to locate 75 per cent of the graduates by phone because they

ers compensation, use the booklet

Conestoga College has been ranked third among 23 Ontario colleges for graduate employment ac-

do not fill out and return the surveys. She added there will be more work this year because certificate program graduates are now included in the surveys which had previously been tracked separately. A certificate program is a program which takes less than one year to

or not

82 per cent of Conestoga graduates from the 992-93 school year had found employment. “The Ministry of Colleges and

complete, she said.

finished the program.

Universities set out guidelines for

variety of uses, she said.

cording to a recent government report.

The

which

report,

data collected by

based upon

community

col-

leges during the year, revealed that

gathering the statistics from the

From

the

government

leges create their the

own summary

a recruiting tool, naturally,”

added

graduates and there are three sur-

said Snyder, and

veys per year,” said Marilyn Snyder of Conestoga’s placement

lege will also mail the booklet out

Placement services follows up on graduates six months after they leave the college and sends out sur-

veys for each of the first weeks in March, July and November, she

lor,

said he uses the report to

show

potential students general trends

graduates

work-

new

who

are not seeking

work or could not be located, from the total number of graduates who

From

the remaining graduates

employment

available for work,

percentages are calculated from graduates who are employed fulltime and part-fime in their field of study and from students in non-related fields. statistics,

however, are

dated because of the length of time it

takes to compile figures and send

them

jobs and salaries.

feasible to train a

a certain field, he added.

These

a Conestoga counsel-

Government agencies,

The booklet determines its program placement percentages by first subtracting the number of

to potential employers.

Bob King,

services.

that the col-

order to help determine whether

person

report, col-

form of a booklet which has a

“It is

to the ministry.

—

“By

the time

back it’s almost ancient history,” Snyder said. get

all

said.

November

the busiest period of

Snyder said. “We are genfollowing up on over one

the year, erally

thousand (students)

“We’re very

time.”

assertive about try-

ing to find those former students and we’ll track them all the way across North America.” She said placement services’ personnel spend over 200 hours during

Whip-dee-doo

a typical year tracking graduates, which includes weekend and eve-

Conestoga College groundskeeper Brian Walters uses his whipper snipper to remove weeds from a ditch bordering parking

at that

ning telephone

(Photo by Blair Matthews)

lot 5.

Way makes plans for campaign *

By Kerry Masche

r r

and

DEFERRED

their tuition

OSAP

Oct. 1 7 is the designated kick-off date for Conestoga’s United Way

payment

upon receipt

are requested

pickup their

campaign this year. Committee members have been planning the week-long event since their first meeting on Sept. 14 and have been “really enthusiastic”, ac-

OSAP

oi oi

iunds

immediately.

cording to campus recreation officer and events committee member,

Duane Shadd. “We’ve got the power,

who owe TUITION

Students

calls.

Snyder estimates the department

United

/Ml-

FINANCIAL AID OFFICE

the drive

and the knowledge. People are upbeat and willing to get involved. It’s perfect, just perfect,”

Shadd

said.

According to Deb Reyner, amember of the college’s marketing faculty and chair of the new business development division for the

United Way in Kitchener- Waterloo, about 30 students volunteer every year to help with the campaign.

She said the response from

United

Conestoga’s students has been overwhelming because students have been coming to her for weeks

for this

to volunteer to

run events, canvass

funds and paint signs.

However, committee members need to put the finishing touches on their plans for upcoming

still

campaign events, so nothing is definite, Reyner said. Tentative plans for the campaign week include a garage sale, art day, hot-air balloon ride and a student challenge run by the Doon Student Association, she said.

The little

hot-air balloon ride

may be

tricky to pull off, said Reyner,

because of

all

the planning

in-

volved.

The college has to get permission from the city to launch a balloon, raise the funds to pay someone to run it, and consider the cost of fuel. Reyner said the college is looking for “any corporation that is willing to generate interest in their

com-

committee member Deb Reyner types up the agenda (Photo by Kerry Masche) year’s campaign.

Way

pany and create awareness for the

people,”

United Way.” The student challenge that

eral

scheduled to take place Oct. 17 1 1:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. will

from

be run by the

DSA

to generate in-

campaign, said president Sabina Kampf. terest in the

DSA

She said several fun competitions will be held for students to participate

in.

Kampf said.

The campaign will include sev“Dress Differently Days,” which will be co-ordinated by Mary Lynn Dedels, secretary to Fred Harris,

chair of applied arts, and busi-

ness chair Edith Torbay. “It’s a

fun

way

in the college,”

to raise

Dedels

awareness said.

Students and staff will have the opportunity to come to school

Kampf said any students who wish to form teams can sign up in advance at the DSA office in the main cafeteria, or on the day of the

dressed creatively or casually to help raise awareness for the United

event.

the

There will be prizes, some sponsorship from the community and perhaps some free pizza, she said. “No matter what the cause, there’s more to learning than textbooks. a chance to get to know more about Conestoga and to release stress. Plus it’s a great way to meet

This

THANKVOU TO ACC OUX B.OD. MEMBEXS.

TXXNXS fOX STETPIXG fOXyCAXD TO XETXESEXTVOUX CCAS5.

Way. Dedels said stickers printed with words “I’m dressed this way for the United Way”will be sold for $2 each, or three for $5. The days designated this year as

Dress Differently Days are as follows: Oct. 17, Oct. 31 (Halloween), Nov. 25, which is a region-wide day, Feb. 14 (Valentine’s Day) and

March

31.

DOXTfOXGETOUX XEXT MEETING OX S-Q):

OCT. Z5

10 Spoke, Monday, October

1994

Czech student impressed By Mike

One

Beitz

His first visit to Canada may not have been a long one, but it was long enough for Milos Sikola to decide that he liked what he saw. Sikola, a ical

PhD

of Liberec

“It is “It

Czech Republic,

in the

returned to his

hometown

the

and the

stages there.

Canada U.S. included stops at Con-

and

estoga College, the University of

We’re moving from

that takes

some adjustment.”

said the death of

communism

Czech Republic has affected

Waterloo and Chicago.

in the

Sikola was invited to Canada by Tony Martinek, an industrial tech-

different people in different ways. “It hasn’t

"I don’t think there are

ferences,” Sikola said.

are

life

much

father, for

example,

now

pressed to learn things like the Ger-

how

man language and computer.”

major dif-

“We

changed

since I’m a student,” he said. “But

nology advisor with the National Research Council, to acquaint him with North American practices in mechanical engineering.

Everyone has

all

to operate a

assured any more.”

made

their

way

said he

a point of visiting the school

of business during his stay.

According

for another year.”

importance to a country relatively to the concept of capitalism.

“The economy is a big problem now. Everyone, especially young people, is having a hard time right

adjusting.” said there

a sharp contrast

between the Canadian and the Czech way of life. “If you have a job here,” he said, “you have a very high standard of

You can

living.

afford to entertain

yourself.”

said Canadians are also fortu-

nate to have so much natural beauty

surrounding them.

“The

trip

here was a great experi-

ence, not only for meeting people,

but for experiencing Canadian nature.”

change

of thinking, said Sikola. “Nothing

concerned with quality and quality management, which is important if you want to satisfy the customer and keep your business alive until

of establishing small businesses in the Czech Republic are of great

just in the early

the extreme left to the extreme right

visit

Canada to

Czech Republic, though.

“Capitalism

Jablonec in northern Bohemia.

The four-week

higher here,” he said.

takes fewer people in

produce the same volume.” Sikola said things are changing

University

at the

much

Canada

new

productivity.

student in mechan-

engineering

significant difference be-

tween Canada and the Czech Republic, said Sikola, is the level of

with visit to

to Sikola, the

methods

said a

few of the highlights of on Lake

the visit included fishing

Erie and a trip to Niagara Falls.

“Canadians have so much,” said “They must be very happy

Sikola.

people.”

Milos Sikola, a PhD student at the University of Liberec in the Czech Republic, visited Conestoga College recently. (Photo by Mike Beitz)

Leisure study Karen Aden, a first-year Law and Security student, makes use of an empty fourth-floor hallway to catch up on some homework. (Photo by Mike Beitz)

THE DSA & CYSTIC FIBROSIS THANKS YOU FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK, WE HOPE TO SEE YOU NEXT YEAR AT CONESTOGA’S 2ND ANNUAL SHINERAMA DAY!

Journalism teacher Sharon Dietz hands Nancy Hamacher information about Conestoga’s (Photo by Brenda Boomer) women’s centre. Dietz is a member of the centre’s task force ,

Women’s centre but has yet to find

WE RAISED'^

$ 1 52 1 .52 *

LOCATION REPS: JANICE GUTSCHER, PAT MOULES, SEAN WEBB, JEREMY C„

TOM LANGDON, ROSE MESSAM. HEIDI

ZOERN, BRAD LOGEL,

JAMIE PROUDFOOT,

STEVE TREMBLAY & JEN KURT

Although the women’s centre has yet to receive space

in the

from the provincial government in March will not have to be returned. The $5,750 grant can be used college, the grant

the

same

Women come

grant.

Smith

out of

said.

JOHN MACKENZE. MIKE FARWELL. KATKf TURNER. CHERYU-ANNE McFADYEN.

“This is the third year Conestoga has received funds for the

CHAD TURNER. ANDY BURROWS. ROB SYEO, KRISTA OGG, JASON ROBERTSON,

Campus

DEANNA CIUC1URA. JASON MoCORRlSTON, KEVIN COULTER. BARB WILSON. KOUN MARSHALL

TREVOR

LOENIG.

SHAWN ZIMMER. ROB WHITE, JENNIFER FALLER PEDRO SOUSA,

CHRIS KflOEKEa BRIAN ZAJAC, MARY LOUSISE WILEY, JEFF TAVES.

SAY SOUOA KHAMKEERNG, THE FOUR GUYS FROM REZ,

AND ANYONE ELSE WHO MIGHT HAVE FORGOTEN. I

said they will

“In no

Safety for Women,” she

said.

Funding in the past had been used for better lighting in the parking lots, mirrors in the college hallways and having high shrubs in the woods cut back.

Smith said.

way would

stricted to just this

want

The

be campus. it

re-

help everyone, ’’she said.

centre

would be located at a ma-

Doon campus, because

jority

Safety for

women’s centre de-

puses.

and promotional brochures, said Marg Smith, chair for the force.

if the

cides to go on without being as-

the

The Ministry of Education and Training funds for Campus

Even

women’s centre will benefit women from all Conestoga cam-

for print or audio visual materials

Women’s Centre task

home at college

Funding being used for the

By Brenda Boonner

money

receives

of the people attend here, Smith added. The women’s centre will be designed strictly for women, said Sharon Dietz, a journalism teacher and a member of the task

much as

centre

designed for

fe-

DSA, Kampf

still

help out as

they can.

The task

force got together

all

summer

long, said Kampf. “They’re so determined and we like to see that,”she said.

But according

to Dietz, the task

force has concerns about con-

necting with the

The women’s

DSA. centre wants to

function as a separate entity. If it is

available

women

force.

The

sociated with the

’

s issues

everyone,

may

not have

priority, Dietz said.

Women may feel

uncomfortable if men were present, in cases such

Being connected with DSA could make faculty and staff feel like the centre was designed for

as rape, she said.

students, she said.

The Doon Student Association (DSA) would like to see the women’s centre available to ev-

reluctant going in feeling

male students,

eryone, said Sabina Kampf.

staff

and

DSA

faculty.

president

“Faculty and staff would feel it

was

just for students,” she added.

The

task force meets again

Sept. 27 in Room 1C2,

Spoke, Monday, October

1994 11

Women’s soccer team tames Lions By Winston

Condors 2 Lions 0

Endalll

The Conestoga Condors emerged victorious against the

Lambton

Conestoga lacked the intensity they displayed in the season opener

Lions, with a 2-0 shutout in

against St. Clair.

women’s soccer play on

Conestoga plajers Diane Dumancic and Tammy Flanagan

Sept.

20 at

Conestoga.

The win brings their record to 2-0 ties them with Fanshawe for

and

team did not have time

game because

The Condors took control of the keeping play in the Lambton end for most of the first

on Saturday, Sept.

half.

to mentally prepare.

the

Conestoga opened fire on the Lambton net but with little luck. Despite a strong team effort, the Condors were not able to capitalize

weekend.

Dumancic

ball early

on their chances until

was right after school rather than on

place in the west division.

first

said the

get ready for the

7,“

For

got here just before

this

game,

started.”

opening game, Lambton

In their lost to

game we had time

said that for the

Fanshawe

Flanagan said

how

9-0.

this

was

also a fac-

who used

team played. “We thought Lambton would be easy. It wasn’t whether we could win, but by how much.” The team did not take the game seriously enough, she said.

well.

Johnstone said the game did not

half

fir.st

late in the

when Sandra McDougall Lambton goal-

put the ball past the tender.

Lambton defender Tia'Bonger, to play under Conestoga coach Geoff Johnstone, played

She rarely allowed the Condors

take the ball past her.

second half, Conestoga played as they had in the first with their defence rarely letting Lambton take the ball past midIn the

field.

Midway through

the

second

half,

Condors went up 2-0 with a goal by Amy Yeowell. Throughout the game, though. the

tor in

the

Conestoga

coach

Geoff

feel right.

“The tension wasn’t there for this game. The fear won’t come back until we play Fanshawe.” He said once the fear of losing is gone it is hard to get back. Despite the criticism, Johnstone said he is happy that the team can

d6f6nd6r.

(Photo By Winston Endall)

teams defenders,

who are

veter-

all

turn to practice after being off for

ans.

the first two, games of the season

due

be so strong even when they are

Johnstone selected Dumancic as player of the game for her stong

having an off day.

defence.

said this

due mainly

to the

to a

for the

Goaltender Elaine Keller will

hamstring

tear.

Keller said she should be ready

game

against

Fanshawe on

Oct. 3.

re-

Men’s soccer Condors tie with Fanshawe Faicons By Winston

The Conestoga Condors came up with a 0-0 with Fanshawe in men’s soccer action on Sept. 21 at Doon. In a game that had a lot more action than the score would indicate, the two teams fought it

tie

“In the second half we really controlled the

Fanshawe or bad luck prevented him from

Condors off until late in the second half when Conestoga’s Sanjeeve Dhanapala was

scoring.

ejected for rough play.

had lots of shots, but we just make them go in.” Johnstone named Bera Conestoga’s player of the game. He said Bera played very strong defensively and came ahead to help the for-

luck

Male Athlete of the

Week

good as a win against some other teams. The team played well, but was just unlucky

demons

struck as the ball hit the upright

and bounced away from the net rather than in.

Female Athlete of the

Week

for

Sept. 12-18

he said.

referee. It left

Fanshawe

the rest of the

one shot that looked like a sure goal, Drexler knocked the ball past the goalie with his head but it was deflected by the crossbar. Fanshawe had a similar chance in the second half when they caught Condor’s goaltender George Papadakos out of position and had a shot on the open net, but the same bad

(Photo by Winston Endall)

from the game for arguing a

short for

half with neither team gaining

net.

game when

Fanshawe ’s Angelo Molinaro was ejected

man

first

Conestoga’s Claus Drexler had many shots on net but either strong goaltending from

Fanshawe

Conestoga had an opportu-

with the

the advantage.

advances towards the

In the first half,

nity to take control of the

call

out in the

Ivan Lerotic

ize on them,” he said,“we seem to get nervous when we get near the net.” Conestoga coach Geoff Johnstone said Fanshawe is a good team and tieing them is

Condors 0 Falcons 0

Endall

to play

one

game.

Fanshawe was able

to hold the

Both players receive a one game suspension thrown out of the game. Strong defence from both teams kept this game in the midfield area most of the time. Conestoga Defender Greg Bera said these two teams are arch rivals and that factor upped the intensity. The team had chances but did not take advantage of them he said. “We have the chances but we don’t capital-

wards near the net. Conestoga player Kirk Lyon was not allowed to play because Fanshawe contested

for being

League Standings

his eligibility.

Last year

Lyon attended Fanshawe and

played for the men’s soccer team, but

left

before finishing his program.

Lyon

cited financial reasons for leaving

Fanshawe. He enrolled

Conestoga

this

fall.

Softball

Varsity Standings for Sept. 5-18

Women’s Soccer West Team GP W L

couldn’t

team wins

against Loyalist

Conestoga Fanshawe Lambton

St. Clair

0 0

0 0 1 1

T 0 0 0 0

Condors 9 Lancers 0

PTsS

2 2 0 0

By Michelle Voll The Conestoga Condors’ women’s softball team proved on Sept. 24, they can’t be held down for long.

Men’s Soccer West -

Team

Sanjeeve Dhanapala

Fawn Day

Conestoga Fanshawe Lambton St.

Dhanapala,

who

plays

on the men’s soccer team, scored the lone

Condors season opener Sept. 17, goal in the

against St. Clair.

Clair

GP 1

0 0 0

1 1 1

After losing their

PTS

Women’s Team Durham

team lost in its season opener to Durham, Day had seven strikeouts.

Mohawk

Softball

Seneca

0 0 0

Conestoga

Loyalist

0 0

PTS

Durham,

This brings their record to 1 - 1 Pitcher Fawn Day, Conestoga’s female athlete of the week for Sept. 12-18, once again took over the game, shutting out the- 1 Lancers by allowing hit

and striking out

The game remained

game 5-0

trashed the Loyalist Lancers 9-0.

one

Day is the captain of the women’s softball team. Although the

first

Sept. 16, Conestoga went to Belleville and

inning,

10.

scoreless until the sixth

when Conestoga erupted with seven

runs.

0 0 0 0 0

2 2 2 0 0

They added two more in the seventh. Jasmine Hovinga led the attack with two hits and three RBIs. Kris Gammell went two for three, with four assists.

12 Spoke, Monday, Octobers, 1994

Student comedian wins over Yuk Yuk’s crowd By David

His 10-minute comedy routine received rounds of laughter and ap-

Carlton

Broadcasting student Jamie Vasey once heard that women are more attracted to men in uniform, so, he said, he began working at Burger King. Yuk Yuk’s in Waterloo is a place known for good laughs, and it was there that Vasey (known as Jamie K. to the Yuk Yuk’s crowd and to the listeners of

CRKZ)

took part in

the semi-finals of a stand-up

com-

edy competition. As one of the winners, he was awarded with Kraft ranch dressing. Vasey, 20, was among seven other comedians who cut up the Yuk Yuk’s crowd on Sept 21. Vasey has been doing stand-up

comedy

for three years.

re-

turned from a nine-month respite to

honor an invitation

to participate in

the national competition.

lampooned As more talented

plause. His routine

dating frustration and Star Trek. is

a trend with the

stand-up comedians these days, he joked without trying to offend the audience. “I just don’t understand

your mother

this,

Vasey

when they can laugh

them-

He said, “People are generally defensive on a whole, and

make

you can

a defensive person take a

look at something he does every-

show him

day, and

the absurdity of

and make him laugh at it, then you have a gift. Where’s the creit,

someone in the row?” At the end of the contest, before they read out the names of the winners, Dave Hook went on as a regfront

ular act, instead of a competitor.

was

Jamie Vasey, a veteran stand-up comedian, used his talents to entertain the crowd at Yuk Yuk’s in Waterloo. (Photo by David Cariton)

Vasey and Hook, as well as other comedians, occasionally barter

jokingly said to the audience, “I

their material to help out their col-

last year’s first-place

“Hell,

won

winner.

this last year,”

you clap or not.” Hook performed in Doon’s cafe-

don’t care

leagues.

“The contest doesn’t mean as as you think it does,” said

same jokes, reciting the same twisted poems and singing the

Vasey.

ple,” said Vasey,

same songs.

as one

new

He describes the comedy

effort falls short of

new album by the

The album’s more notable songs can be found at the beginning. Grace, Too is the first song and perhaps the best because of a haunt-

Night heavily.

because of his strange delivery of often bizarre

evitability, sophisticated,

make

a great deal of sense

when read

do not

terrarium are not easy to

straight

because they do not tell a story. Instead they invoke images which lets the listener link the

comparison.

Hole and So Hard Done By are the cream of the album with each song having a distinct sound. Fire In The Hole is a great vocal shredding rocker while So Hard Done By is a laid back and smooth. The rest of the songs, however, are generic Tragically Hip rockers and have little merit artistically. Musically they are loud-party background fillers which nobody pays attention to. The album would have been stronger had the band cut the number of songs down to 10. If the Hip want to continue to grow in popularity, they need to promote Day For

However, on the new album the lyrics do not conjure these images as effectively as on Fully

singing style. There can be no fence sitting lyrics, as usual, generally

The

songs on the album

After Grace, Too, Greasy Jungle, Fire In The

pieces.

Listeners either enjoy or loathe Downie’s

as rides to the

previous success weaker

Day For Night

nasal vocals.

trivial

gig-”

listener will find other

Tragically Hip

Tragi-

something as

on other peo“even if it’s for

rely

ing beginning and slightly stronger lyrics.

ALBUM REVIEW

a strong record, but lacks the

industry

which demands co-opera-

Completely, the band’s chart-topping previous release. On some songs, Downie’s vocal melodies can annoy a listener because he sings words or phrases out of musical rhythm. Downie’s choice of words to fill lyrics are not always poetic or flowing. Words like in-

The

work properly. “You’ve got to

charisma of its predecessor. The album has 14 songs which reflect the Hip’s unique style while still leaving room for experimental new sounds. What listeners can expect to find on this record are solid musical productions laced with Gordon Downie’s

lyrics.

among

fellow comedians, beone comedian refuses to help another out, and go his own way, then the industry will not tion

cause

much

year telling mostly the

teria last

By Rob Heinbecker the

think

selves.”

Tragically Hip’s

fun

other people, but

the audience can appreciate

’

Day For Night,

mother

so funny,”

“You can have

said.

laughing

that’

ativity in insulting

Musical comedian, Ron Pardo, came in a first place winner. Third place was split in a tie between two other comedians. Vasey came in second, in spite of a lack of optimism. “I don’t plan on winning,” he said before going on stage, “I wasn’t expecting to advance on even this far, because I haven t been on stage a whole lot.” He said he felt that his edge the week before was his lack of concern for winning.

cally Hip,

why peo-

ple find things like ‘your

connectedness and

work

into lyrics.

C.A.P

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