“Keeping Conestoga College connected 27th Year
— No. 14
Kitchener, Ontario
April 10, 1995
Career coaching
week in the news This
New student handbook cover chosen The Doon Student Association (DSA) chose sign for the cover of the 1995-1996 student at their
the de-
handbook
March 30 executive meeting.
Submissions for the cover came in from more than 20 second-year graphic arts students at Conestoga. The decision was a tough one for executive members, given the high quality of this year’s submissions. Kimberly Foote’s artistic layout eventually won out because of its high calibre and originality. DSA executives also finalized a decision to have Premier School Agendas produce the handbook. Also at the meeting, members discussed recruiting a volunteer to co-ordinate Conestoga’s efforts in this year’s Shinerama campaign.
As
well,
DSA
director of public relations Shelley
Kritz spoke about Conestoga’s plans to establish teacher evaluation.
For details see page 3
John Soucie of Pro Baseball Schools explains to John Jarram that it is not easy player. Jarram was attending the career fair held at Doon, March 29.
Doughnuts downfall By Don Ross
ter the
Brady
Hamacher did
said.
“It sure was a
good idea to drive straight
donut shop after stealing a car,” Brady said. “That would have to be number 1 on anyone’s list of places not to go if you were worried about running into
Bakers Dozen Donuts across College. Conestoga from Two men were arrested after they left the donut shop and attempted to enter the vehicle. The arrests occurred so soon aflater at
.
stolen,
to a
.
Colleges join forces
was
the police.”
Police estimate the theft occurred sometime between 10 p.m. and 2 p.m. Waterloo Region Police Constable An-
Bob Baddeley, director of Allied Health
program next September in partnership with Niagara College’s dental
of two outstanding colleges and will serve a wide range of needs in dental
college.
education.
tal
The Dental Office Administration program is primarily a business program, dean of Conestoga’s health sciences and community services. said Bill Jeffrey
It was decided to provide a dental administration program here after a market-
a need,
Conestoga already has a strong busito trans-
office
administration program, said Jefferey.
President John Tibbits of Conestoga
and President John Saso of Niagara signed the agreement on March 29 at Conestoga’s Waterloo campus.
dental courses and programs will be combined with Conestoga’s excellence in
of car
tion the “well-oiled
machine”
it
This could be the future of community
“From what I hear this one of the easiest to hotwire, I guess it was a couple of guys with nothing better to do.
The
police referred to the theives
as a couple of “yahoos”,
Hamacher
said.
Niagara College. Instructors have not yet been hired but will be chosen from people in the dental industry before classes begin, John Sawicki director of information and pubservices said.
Conestoga College has already started to process applications for the program s fall intake.
|
it is.
For details see page 2
Youths learn about job opportunities
A
career fair
was held
at the
Kenneth E. Hunter
Recreation Centre March 29. Grade 7 and 8 area students were given the chance to
J
n,
Student services pate in a
is
looking for volunteers to particithat will start in September.
new program
Will you have a few hours to help students from other cultures become familiar with Conestoga College? For details see page 7
seeks out musical talent Conestoga’s musicfest. Homegrown, was held at Ruby’s on March 30. Spoke staff Kelly Spencer and
Homegrown
it
was
local talent,
performers included groups such as Evil Disciple, The Inside, Speck and Bertha’s Attic. Jim Mi 11 sap’s Band, a group made up of Conestoga College engineering students and one teacher, perat the end of the evening. Despite the moderate ticket sales, the event revealed some rich local talent and gave the audience a chance to appreciate some live performances. For details see pages 10-11
formed
sci-
dental health
tistry
and dental
Also inside
of-
Editorial
fice procedures.
The program
Lifestyles
also
has a requirement of a
Peer Host Service needs volunteers
Held with the intention of seeking out
The courses coming from Niagara dental
For details see page 6
Harding covered the event and report that successful despite a relatively poor turn-out.
two colleges will be working closely together to make this venture work.
are
questions.
Patti
Jeffrey added that
college, Tibbits said.
good idea from a financial point of view and Conestoga may be doing the same thing soon with welding programs set up at Lambton College in
.
is
the
team, philosophy of preventative den-
Windsor.
make
said.
on our own. Niagara is repaid by expanding its student body without any expense, he said.
a
generating both student and faculty interest CBSA-run fundraisers and events are never short of participation and support. Business students have raised $38,000 to pay for a new 20-terminal computer lab and an upgrade of the one they use currently. This week Spoke features some of the key players and essential components which make this organiza-
reclaim her car.
cation in dentistry,”
ence/administratio
is
Smola arrived
business programs and courses, to establish quality edu-
Tibbits said this arrangement allows Conestoga to develop a dental program
it
said officer Pat
donut shop, observed that the vehicle’s ignition had been punched out and hot wired, and then w aited to see who would claim the vehicle. As of March 3 Hamacher had not been informed of the damages or when she can at the
lic
Niagara’s leadership and strength in
Baddeley
Jeffrey said.
He said
drew Hall
new joint program
Conestoga College will start a new den-
without having to do
Business association success story The Conestoga Business Students Association (CBSA) enjoys a tremendous amount of success in
pressed with the students’ interest and knowledgable
Studies helped Jeffrey develop the plan. “This agreement builds on the strength
ness school so it was decided Niagara’s dental plant
(Photo by Blake Patterson)
.
By Paul Campbell
showed
big league ball
learn about different career opportunities. Representaives from the variety of booths were im-
Conestoga, Niagara bite into
ing survey of the region
become a
for car thieves
not have a chance to report it missing, Conestoga College security guard Jim
General Arts and Science teacher Nancy Hamacher received an unwelcome surprise when she went to parking lot # 1 1 in the afternoon of March 28 Her car was not among others parked there. It had been stolen and recovered a short time
vehicle
to
four-week work
=—= _ Ross MacKillop ..
From left John Saso, Bob term discuss the joint program Graduates will re- John Tibbits and Bill Jeffrey (Photo by Paul Campbell) Niagara. and Conestoga between from ceive diplomas Baddeley, Dr.
Sports
Entertainment Classifieds
.
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SPOKE, Monday, April
10,
1995
CAMPUS NEWS News
News Editor:
CBSA hidden jewel in Conestoga's crown
Briefs
By Nicole Bardeau •
As the end of the term fast approaches students are encouraged to take advantage of services available at the student employment office on campus. Services include a resume referral service, job postings, resume writing assistance, employer resource material and the new jobs hotline.
The
hotline can be accessed
748-5220, extension 562, 24 hours a day. the line every Friday. •
by students or alumni
at
New jobs will be posted on
is designed to let women and to learn how to make those choices. Offered at the Waterloo campus, the program guides women who are on mother’s allowance into the career world. Courses focus on career searches, math and English upgrading as well as important personal growth areas such as self esteem.
for graduation ceremonies.
•
•
about the choices
inevitable that a leader
It is
The program
As far as the faculty is concerned,
businesses; just another piece of
done one
evidence that
(DSA) has struggled in to balance the demands
Association its
efforts
CBSA
The
is
students.
a
It’s
number of things
experience, said
ally
good lot
that count
CBSA “We
Presi-
have
re-
reps, a great executive
of faculty support,” said
com-
my
takes time, however, to bufld such a machine, said Gutsher.
“I’m proud of
ulty advisors.
ment
established.
It
kids.”
A common agenda
for six years, and
it takes awhile to get policies and procedures in
and
a specific goal business students focus their efforts.
place.”
At George Brown college
and Charters advised its new technologies students’ association, “Don’t get frustrated and don’t expect every-
According to McDonald and the however, one of the driving forces behind the group’s organization
is
Pat
McDonald. “The job of advisor is 1 00 per cent extracurricular with no
CBSA
and
its
He
He
once.”
to Gutsher, when she got involved with the CBSA three years ago, there were only about 10
advisor.
cares about his students, said
pay but Pat really cares about his
all at
According
gan, a marketing teacher and also a
them to participate, the students are really motivated to get involved.”
thing
Mor-
CBSA faculty
re-
cently, Gutsher
CBSA executive,
municating the information to their and the faculty encouraging
classes
fact that the
department has a
special relationship of encourage-
for the high level of involvement
we
this
McDonald, marketing teacher and one of two CBSA facsaid Steve
lets
members.
“It takes adjustments for
everyone to get involved, but with faculty support and a common goal ... well, look where we are now!” Gutsher said she admires the DSA because they have so many differ-
fund-raisers cater specifically to
students.
the business department gives the
for the level of organization they
com-
have achieved.” According to McDonald, Morgan does not want
ent interests to consider. “I think
any fanfare but is content to put in long hours helping to balance budgets and help in any way he can. “Pat motivates the rest of the faculty to get involved because they
Kramer thinks it’s great that next year business students will be able to “sit down at a computer and see
students a feeling of having a
mon
incoming president
goal, said
Leanne Charters. “Our fund-raisers this year will let us pay for a new 20-terminal computer lab and to upgrade the present one,” she said. to
Gary Kramer,
CBSA vice-president, the business students have raised $38,000 of their $40,000 fund-raising goal for the year. “That guarantees we can
pay for the new lab,” he said. “And we still have the last Biz Bash, on
I
of a fantastic job,”
hell
“The CBSA has only been around
an example of a well-oiled machine that has a maintenance crew of faculty and 1 ,500
According
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is
of an entire campus.
The
student affairs) will attend the conference.
a conduit to the suc-
the
cess of the school. “I think they’ve
and a
Three DSA members will attend a transitional conference for student governments being held April 28 to 30 at Ryerson in Toronto. The conference is attended by all college and university student organizations. Incumbent DSA vice-president of student affairs Jacki Allin called the conference a good sharing session with other student representatives where new governments can learn what has and has not been done. Allin, along with newly elected DSA members Dawn Mittelholtz (president) and April-Dawn Blackwell (vice-president of
awards banquet Each year the department distributes approximately $ 10,000 in awards donated by local
one of the key reasons why the Conestoga Business Students Association (CBSA) has succeeded while the Doon Students is
Gutsher. “Between the reps
•
CBSA
the rep of the year at the annual
interests.
Torbay and Linda Krotz received the United Way’s education award for their work for the organization here at the college. board of governors has decided to keep giving out The president’s honor roll will continue to list the students who have received top marks in their program, with a minimum average of 80 per cent
they’re putting their
We
tered over a diverse landscape of
dent Janice Gutsher.
multiple awards for top marks at the college.
knows what effort into.
to the best rep, etc.,
Kramer. “Everybody
fort,” said
all have common agenda and a specific goal.”
more success than
On March 27, Conestoga’s United Way campaign co-ordinators Edith
• Conestoga’s
basis.
very self-rewarding ef-
the leader with a large group scat-
in their lives
Sonya Heckola and Ted Hardgraves of the Ontario Council of Regents liaison team met with Conestoga’s board of governors on March 27. The two met with the board to clear up some of the misunderstandings between the two groups.
who
has a smaller, more focused following will enjoy
“Each month we give prizes which are sponsored by the Brick Brewery,” said Charters. And $150 is awarded to
April 7.” “It’s a
This
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CBSA.
ever, are the workhorses of the group, said Leanne Charters. And
“I’m very proud of my students. This year has seen the most suc-
they are rewarded for it on a regular
cessful
McDonald grins when asked how he feels about the success of the
CBSA ever.”
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10,
1995
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CAMPUS NEWS DSA approves new handbook cover By Linda Orsola Nagy Conestoga
shone brightly recently when Doon Student Association (DSA) members chose the cover design for the 1995-96 student handbook at their March 30 talent
final design.
Eleven favorites were
picked from the original 25, and the number was then narrowed to five.
The final decision was then vote,
put to a
and Foote’s design was se-
lected as the favorite.
A
decision on
who
will
produce
handbook was also made
executive meeting.
the
Kimberly Foote’s original and creative design was chosen to grace
meeting. Premier School Agendas
new
printing of the book, while the ads
handbook. Foote’s design was
and information pages will be done by the DSA director of public relations and the DSA activities co-or-
the front and back covers of the
among 25 submissions by secondyear graphic arts students
at
Con-
estoga.
Student activities co-ordinator
Becky Boertien
said this year rep-
resented the highest overall quality in several years.
this year,
DSA mem-
bers were presented with a difficult task
when
it
came
do the calendar pages and
to
choosing the
one color. Also at the March 30 meeting, executives decided to recruit a volunteer student co-ordinator for Conestoga’s participation in Shinerama in September. Shinerama is a national fund-raising event in which students shine everything
from shoes
The co-ordinator
and promote Conestoga’s
pation and be in charge of supplies
new proposal for publication by an outside company would give more
students next year a
profes-
In other business, public relations
The DSA will pay Premier School
DSA
director Shelley Kritz reported that
tions director, said the entertain-
increase to $54.50 for the 1995-96
ment revenue was high because of the orientation week concert featuring Spirit of the West and the Watchmen which was held at the
Doon
Student Association’s proposed budget which was handed out at the board of director’s meeting on
March 2 1 sor with the
DSA,
said extra funds
are required because of the renovation of the
new
the
DSA
spent
(LRC), McGregor’s office heaven.
the Learning
the
student service’s space in
by the DSA up until Dec. 31, 1994 was $71,050 and that the DSA had
around 700 people was disappointing, but he added the large percent-
surpassed
its
target goals in reve-
about $2,000 more than the ex-
posed budget for 1995-96.
LRC
will
2B12 and
who
participated in events throughout
is
But all that is about to change. This summer, walls will fall and
said the concert turnout of
nue for pubs and entertainment. The target amount of $5,300 for pubs was exceeded by $1,602.25 thanks to beer, liquor and pop sales, and entertainment revenue was
time, said Kritz, but efforts
underway to have the ing by this September.
are
the year was probably the reason for the unexpected revenue. Kritz said the DSA is happy with
the year’s results and with the pro-
be expanded into
Room
the academic admini-
stration area in
Room 2B
1
the expiry date of the past,
In other business, plans for the year-end bash on the rec centre
patio were confirmed by
pub co-or-
was a need for conMcCorriston said he would double-check the expiry date and phone one of the brewing companies to find out what the DSA’s to see if there
dinator Jason McCorriston.
cern.
McCorriston’s only concern was the seven or so cases of beer the
DSA has in storage which he had planned to use for the party. He said
expand
The displaced
options are.
3 which
includes the offices of student em-
ployment, co-operative education, alumni services and principal
McGregor.
The quiet study area will then become a sun room along McGregor’ s windows and the dungeon
She said the standard for seating post-secondary learning re-
in
offices will relo-
source centres
is 10 per cent of the institution’s enrolment, but Doon’s LRC, used by a student population of nearly 4,000, only has a seating capacity of 300. The expansion, she said, will allow for 100 seats to be added. “Many students,” said Krotz,
dent lounge which will move to B-wing near the Blue Room.
LRC manager Linda Krotz said make the
“come
a place to
sit
down.”
the
LRC
more
user-friendly in-
clude modifications to the circulation and audio-visual desks to accommodate students with special needs, the addition of two seminar rooms and the addition of
LRC
continuing to rise. The increased space and new design will “reduce congestion” and “smooth the flow of traffic,” said Krotz. fic is
a fourth viewing room. Krotz said the construction set to
begin in
But, she added, the biggest improvement and the main reason
LRC’s
but are forced
Other changes designed to make
the redesign has stemmed from increased use of the LRC. In January, for example, 22,300 people facilities, and used die usage statistics indicate that traf-
for the expansion
LRC
to the
to leave because they cannot find
to the patron,” said Krotz. According to Krotz, the need for
is to
summer
this
cate to the present site of the stu-
LRC
brew was
and questioned whether or not it should be given to students. Members agreed to proceed with caution and check the beer’s taste
ball roll-
become a storeroom filled with audio-visual equipment.
Resource Centre
for entertainment
age of mature students
of the plan may take
atmosphere of the study area more pleasant and enhance the userfriendly quality of the space. “It (the LRC) will be more conducive
bands helped out a lot”
He
semester. The reality
countryside. Compared to the dark dungeon that students must endure in the quiet study area of
al-
DSA
formed each
the new LRC design will
most three times the amount they had expected to spend to book the two well-known bands, Kritz said, “The addition of two big-name Brad Logel,
for every in-
structor per-
Conestoga and the Cambridge
entertainment co-ordinator, also said he was pleased with the revenue generated
DSA
now
will
The office of Doon principal Grant McGregor is wonderfully spacious. It has two walls of windows which flood the space with sunl ight and it looks out over Lake
student lounge. will work with a $277,885 budget based on the assumption 3,800 students will attend Conestoga in 1995-96. The proposed budget also revealed that the revenue generated
The
is
place to have teacher evaluations in
set to
By Blake Patterson
recreation centre in September.
Even though
Irene da Rosa, financial supervi-
Doon LRC
public rela-
will
school year according to the
partici-
and communication for all related activities. She or he will also attend a free conference on May 19 at the University of Western Ontario for people involved in the event.
sional and polished product.
strategic
a
plan
some will organize
book has been produced almost entirely by Conestoga, but members this year felt In the past the
pected $4,000. Shelley Kritz,
The Doon student activity fee
money
for Cystic Fibrosis.
Student activity fee boosted By Mark Waddell
to cars to raise
dinator.
the
Because of the excellent calibre of submissions
will
at the
Agendas approximately $1 2,700 to do the calendar pages and the printing. The new book will also have
May
will not inconven-
ience students.
She said some sections may have to be blocked off, but not be a disruption.
increase the
available seating.
Would you
it
will
like to
join a Peer Student
Support Group for Gay and Lesbians? For more information: Contact Joan
in
Student
Services, Doon Campus, Room 2B12
Tuesday, April 21 4:15 unable to attend please see Dee Dee at the DSA Admin. Office (outside Student Lounge)
If
or
pm
leave a
message or
Room 1B20
phone 748-5220
ext 222 .
Students from all campuses are welcome! v.4i
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SPOKE, Monday, April
-
10,
1995
OutSPOKEn Opinions
“Keeping Conestoga College connected” est.
1967
Doon Valley Dr., Room 4B15 Kitchener, Ontario, N2G 4M4
299
Phone: 748-5366 Fax: 748-5971
Editor
— David Carlton
Campus news editor
Blake Patterson Kim Breese
Conestoga life editor Sports & entertainment editor Production manager Advertising manager Circulation manager
Kerry Masche Patti Harding Kelly Spencer Kelly Lewis
Andrew Jankowski
Faculty supervisor SPOKE
Campus merging
published and produced weekly by journalism students of Conestoga College. SPOKE is mainly funded from September to May by the Doon Student Association (DSA). The views and opinions expressed in this newspaper do not necessarily reflect the views of Conestoga College or the DSA. is
Advertisers in SPOKE are not endorsed by the DSA unless their advertisements contain the DSA logo. SPOKE shall not be liable for any damages arising out of errors in advertising beyond the amount paid for the space. Unsolicited submissions must be sent to the editor at the above address by 9:30 a.m. Monday. Submissions are subject to acceptance or rejection and would helpfully include a printed copy and/or a WordPerfect 5.0 file. Submissions must not contain any libellous statements and may be accompanied by an illustration (such as a photograph).
bad for students What gets me upset the most is that nobody else gets -upset.
The consolidation of
the
which has been happening since the
campuses
late
1980s
is
extremely harmful to the students of Conestoga College.
The school’s administration should not be
crit-
having to make tough financial decisions in the face federal cut-backs. Their general plan to bring all the post-secondary proicized, though, for
to the Doon campus is a good one. This has been a sound idea for the school, saving money and making daily operations run smoothly, but has spelled the demise of the sat-
grams
ellite
will
operations as the school year finishes at
of April.
end its the end
The Guelph Association of Trades and Technology will never start up again as the technology courses offered there will be heading to
Doon
campus soon.
My
were poking through the Spoke morgue (where we lay to rest the past issues of the very newspaper you read) one Sunday night, and came across a few more old issues of Spoke which may be of interest. The first was from Mar. 1 7, 1 970. The front page had a huge banner announcing the unification of Spoke and Concern (another conestoga paper). The resulting editorial policy consisted of an absence of censorship, the returning of libelous statements to the author and the printing of all articles with the author’s name. The article also said the paper would attempt to generate interest in the issues friend and
I
of suffering while standing in front of a counter while the red tape piles up on the other side. Sadly, the students do nothing about
this.
Most
prefer to spend their time at Conestoga partying. Two or there years pass by and they leave. They do not want to think about their actions affecting the future. way of living which is sad
becomes
to watch, in time
patterns
we
set
done well with the little it has. Their only real flaw (and it is a major one) is they tend to navel gaze too much and
but
This will always happen, however, and should
will carry
on
into the
sown by
members of the college community today will grow into norms of the day in due time. Students who make a habit of non-political action now will find such a habit
forget the students.
now
years ahead and whatever seeds are
All the choices made by administrators have been logical and in the school’s long term interests. Money is always going to be a problem and the current administration has
pathetic through and
through.
The
not likely to return either.
It is
happen periodically with any large ruling body. They have troubles doing their job and as problems mount up they become distracted. What has happened is the bureaucracy gets turned around and away from the students. Students know all about this and all have stories actually be expected to
A
campuses’ student councils.
The Waterloo Student Association
Spoke has come full circle
By Paul Campbell
second nature once they are
in the real world. It
could be written off as some fool’s ranting, if
you stop and take a look you will see how Conestoga effect you, whether
the troubles at
you are a student or not. This is what truly bothers me and biggest problem at Conestoga.
truly
is
the
discussed in the paper. It
looks as
if
we’ve come
censorship, except
when
it
full circle.
The current
Letters to the Editor
editorial policy has little
looks inane or unnecessary.
We also do our best to avoid or edit out libelous statements (I have yet to see one get through).
was one which hit the stands on Jan. 11, 1982. On Page 2 of that issue, there was an article entitled, “Spoke changes hands.” This piece spoke of how the Doon Student Association (DSA) handed Spoke over to the journalism department as part of its program curriculum. Toward the end of the article, it said “It (Spoke) will encompass all news of The second
interest to
To the editor,
from? Is he a psychic or a mind-reader? Every good journalist knows that hearsay is not
response to David Carlton’s Mar. 20 edition of Spoke. In his column, Carlton is too critical of the Doon Student Association (DSA) and undermines their accomplishments this year. He states that the DSA lowered the price of photocopies from 1 5 cents to 1 0 cents. This is an important reduction, even if Carlton feels other-
acceptable unless attributed to the source. Neither of the DSA representatives present that
issue
Conestoga students
—
sports, entertainment
and features of general
interest.”
The article complained of past inconsistency of Spoke’s editorial staff and mentioned an editorial board of senior journalism students. The editorial board has dissolved somewhere between then and now. The senior journalism students
now
write the paper.
we
are
still
trying to give
succeeded.
is in
in the
someone has a dollar, this entitles them 10 copies rather than only six.
wise. If to
you what you want to read. We are still trying to report on the issues which matter most to you. We are also trying to look and act like a real newspaper. I would like to think we’re succeeding, but we still have a ways to go before anyone may say we have All things being equal,
This letter
column
Of the three DSA photocopiers, each has made over 20,000 copies
With a
this year.
on each copy, that is has saved on each copier
five cent saving
In
the Apr. 3 issue of Spoke, liason officer
spelled
in
the caption for the photo accompanying the article “Conestoga set to
woo pasta
bridge builders at technology
Also, in the letter to the editor,
Spoke
fair.”
numerous typographical regrets the errors.
errors appeared.
How attend?
The small crowd on
that
evening can be
attrib-
uted to the fact that this particular Rock and Bowl
was held on a Wednesday evening. Rock and Bowl is usually held on Thursday which is a more popular evening for social
cent reduction.
fault
most recent Rock and Bowl, DSA and CRKZ, Carlton has
can Carlton or anyone else on Spoke
comment fairly on an event that they did not even
events.
presented by the
Susan Takacs’s name was mis-
ist?
$1,000 that the DSA ($3,000 in total). Three-thousand dollars of the student’s money. Not bad for a “meager” five In regards to the
CORRECTIONS
evening were approached by Spoke, which leads me to believe that Carlton fabricated his facts. What kind of ethics is that for a budding journal-
The sound system did not show up, through no of the DSA, and CRKZ did a wonderful job given the circumstances.
Although the crowd was small, there were no
no business speaking about the event when neither he, nor any other member from Spoke at-
complaints once the music started, and believe or not, most patrons actually had a good time.
tended.
But then, Spoke would not know were not there.
According
to Carlton, the event sported a mea-
ger turn out and played horrid songs on the juke box.
So where does Carlton
get his information
that.
Pat Moules Activities assistant
Doon Student Association
it
They
SPOKE, Monday, April
10,
1995
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TAKING SIDES
Should Silken Laumann have been stripped of her gold medal due to her use of a cough syrup containing the banned substance pseudoephedrine? ,
,
Rules are for Canadians too! By Kim Breese
Many people
campus comments
are saying that Silken
"No. She was completely honest about everything. She wasn't using it in any
Laumann and her rowing teammates should not have been stripped of their gold medal at the
Pan-Am games.
The argument goes that Laumann did not was ingesting a banned substance
way
realize she
intentionally to boost
when she innocently took cough medicine before the competition, and therefore did not deserve to lose the ' medal. That may well be true, but when does igno-
her performance."
rance ever constitute a valid excuse?
Jason Theodor
called pseudoephedrine
Would
that police officer let
a teacher give
you a passing grade,
the test I
was today?
think not.
Rules are made to apply to everyone, not to provide the standard for exceptions. Laumann and she broke them. knew the rules Some argue that Laumann’ s doctor, who
—
said
it
was
alright for
Laumann
Graphics
is
everyone because it was found in her system. No because it was just a misunderstandto be fair to
ing"
do was read the label on the cough syrup, and she would have found that the banned drug was one of the ingredi-
Laumann had
ents.
—
a banned substance, officials had no choice but to take back the medal. Had they not done so, every athlete who had ever lost a medal for the same reason would
have stepped forward
to
Leaving Laumann with the medal would have also set a dangerous precedent. Every athlete who might some day test positive for a banned substance would only have to cry, “I didn’t know!” to be exonerated. The rule would then be invalid and all the other stan-
Frank DaSilva
"No.
was a cold mediand two doctors apit
proved it. I don't think she should have been put on
the cor-
The decision which was made was a very disappointing one. Laumann, along with Wendy Wiebe, Mamie McBean and Diane O’Grady won the women’s quadruple sculls gold medal on March 1 9. All women lost their medal on the following Thursday. There aie many frustrating points in this very serious, yet almost comic incident. Laumann will keep the medal she won in the single sculls which took place on Mar. 18. Although the athletes have been stripped of their gold medal, they may actually keep the medal as a souvenir yes, just what they would love to display in their trophy case, no herself,
The mix-up occurred when Laumann took four Benadryl decongestant pills which contained the banned substance, pseudoephedrine. She was supposed to take the basic formula Benadryl, which
is
permitted.
Laumann won the hearts of many Canadians when she won a bronze medal in the 1992 Olympics despite a damaged knee. There are so
ice."
many
athletes using illegal
drugs such as anabolic steroids, and they know full well what they are doing. Why should the officials punish Laumann and her teammates over a simple labeling mix-up. She only took
Bruno Miron Law and security
one capsule the night before her race, I myself have taken Benadryl decongestant capsules, they have never given me super power. I’m sure an athlete of
Laumann’s standing would
have to take more than a single capsule for the minuscule amount of pseudoephedrine to alter her performance.
This incident will only succeed
in
making
Laumann even more endearing in many Canadian eyes, bringing her hopes for more gold
medals at next year’s Olympic games. But I guess all this finger-pointing and arguing may serve to change something which labels. desperately needs to be changed Labels have to be made more consumer friendly, whether they be labels on food or medications. This label mix-up only caused the loss of four gold medals, but what about
tions should be reviewed and changed. But at the same time, those changes cannot be made
—
retroactive.
wonder how loud Canadians would be crying if Laumann had come from another I
I can imagine many of those same people sanctimoniously shaking their heads and saying, “It’s too bad, but rules are rules.” Rules are fine, it seems, until they catch one
was
his approval.
Management studies
dards questionable. If there is a problem with regulations concerning banned substances, then those regula-
country.
officials
blames the team physiShe said she asked him if Benadryl was okay and the doctor gave
argue his case for
reinstatement.
As straight-forward as that may sound, it is not the end of the incident. Debates are occurring over whether or not the decision made by
Laumann
cine
—
Pan-Am Games gold medal on Mar. 23 after testing positive on a drug test due to taking an over-the-counter cold remedy.
cian, Dr. Richard Backus.
to
instead of putting blind That simple step would faith in another fallible human being have prevented the whole fiasco. Once it was discovered Laumann had taken
Canadian rower Silken Laumann was stripped of a
doubt!!
the
are banned.
All
"Yes
to take the
one to blame. However, I cannot believe that the athletes themselves are not informed of which drugs
medicine,
By Venus Cahill
Pan-American Games
speeding because you did not “know” the speed limit was 80 km-hr?
Would
packing flaw
to
rect one.
you go for
even though you failed the exam, just because you convincingly argued you did not “know”
Medal lost due
Roger Young
the
Journalism faculty
many people who mix
cially
medications, espeour elderly population, and cause severe
illness
of our own.
Do you have any
ideas for topi-
cal questions you want straightforward answers to? Send them to the editor or staff in Room 4B15, or call SPOKE at 748-5366.
and sometimes even death.
ifestyles Editor:
Kim Breese 748-5366
ementary school students research future careers By Lori Grant off school wasn’t the only advantage for Grade 7 students
Time
who attended the Career Fair held Conestoga College’s recreation centre on March. 29.
at
The Career Fair provided an opportunity for Grade 7 students from 17 Cambridge schools, to learn
from and
sionals in
talk
expect after five years; do you work more by yourself or with other people; is this job seasonal
I
with profes-
various career fields set
up at career booths. Before arriving at the Career Fair students had to choose three careers of interest Students had a of specific questions to ask the booth representatives to help the students learn more about list
or involve regular lay offs and what subjects are important for this
type of work?
Students didn’t seem to mind practising their interviewing
— most
skills
students said re-
searching information about potential
careers didn’t
real school
seem
like
work.
“It’s awesome!” cheered Grade 7 student Geremy Kimmel along
with six of his buddies from St. Andrew’s school. “It’s pretty cozy and you get time off
what
“But you get school,” he some ideas about what you could be doing too.” When asked what his number
you do with the skills you have now; how important is math and science to your job; how much would I make when I start this job; what could
one career choice is, Kimmel said he would like to be an investment advisor. Why? “It’d be fun because you can play with people’s money and deal in the stock mar-
their choices.
The
six questions were:
other jobs could
said.
he said. “I’d like to be a they make a lot of lawyer too
less stereotypical
money!” Money,
asked
ket,”
—
Kimmel,
said
is
essen-
tial to his choice of career, but one of his classmates didn’t agree. “Money isn’t everything,” said
Grade 7 student Chris
Collier.
Collier chose to visit the military, broadcasting and forestry booths.
—a
female career
the job of a corrections officer.
When
When they find out, some are sur-
corrections officer.
how
she thought people in that field would react to her in a decade, she was uncertain. “They say men act differently, but I don’t
know
if
Moriarity said she would like to be a corrections officer “because because I like helping people
—
But what would he like to be doing in a decade? “I’d like to that’d be broadcast and anchor fun.” Both Kimmel and Collier said they are prepared to do a lot of hard work to achieve their ca-
resume.”
reer goals.
Sheryl Townsend, another Grade 7 St. Andrew’s student said she also found the Career Fair useful. “It was a really good idea
— we’re
learning a lot.”
Town-
Moriarity said she
stay safe.
already
on her way
questions.”
Shermaine Primeau, a from the Toronto School of Business said, “I’m
As
well,
surprised at the calibre of their
(Grade 7s) questions. One kid was asking about computer repair and he knew very specific terminology.”
Students did not always stick to previously prepared questions. Most were concerned about sal-
Grade 7s weren’t the only ones
ary and holidays, according to ca-
so impressed at the Career Fair were the career booth attendants. Sandy Denny, from the Water-
reer booth representatives. “Some kids are pre-occupied with money,” said Kieran Ballah, manager of the K-W Hospital
dets
— so
“I’m
in the Air
that will help
Ca-
—
loo Detention Centre in Cambridge, who answered questions
but French.
dents’ interest
Students from Doon public school await instructions beforeenteringthejobfairatthe Conestoga College’s Kenneth E. Hunter recreation centre. (Photo by Blair Matthews)
they continue with their
—
me on my
corrections.
at the corrections officer
But Crystal Moriarity chose a
is
to a career in
send said she would like to teach anything core 7 and 8 classes
—
“But they don’t walk
away
representative
they will.”
you’re helping our community
—
prised.
career
booth was surprised with stu-
Denny
said
many
students do not have a clue about
Rob
Vicujnick,
Doon
Ambulance
service.
However,
Ballah also said a student’s concern with money isn’t unreasonable considering the
ways
things
are today.
public school student, talks to firefighters
Jim Westwood and Captain
Bill
Donahue.(Photo by Blake
Patterson)
Career day educates 1,500 students By Nancy Usjak In the midst of a
Grade 7 and 8
St.
swarm of Andrew’s
school students in Conestoga’s
on Career Day, guidance counsellor Gary Cooper motioned toward the engineering booth abuzz with
recreation centre
curious school kids
—
all
of
them boys. “Next year we need to give the students more coaching to look at non-traditional
he said. Cooper helped plan Career Day which attracted 1,500 students from public and separate schools in Cambridge. He said he hopes the students roles,”
tised their interviewing skills
50 per cent of
while visiting the representatives
came
at the career displays.
booth were
“I’m
a little concerned,” said
Jennie Krynen-Hill, a computer
girls.
Soucie of the Pro Baseball Schools which focus on girl’s J.P.
teacher at St. Andrew’s school.
softball said
“I’ve seen a total of one female
came
at the
engineering area.” She said
the students that
to visit the firefighter
many more
year.
have been prepped by guidance counsellors and yet they still stay away from non-tra-
Armed Forces booth
ditional jobs.
tions than the boys.
However, the representatives at the career booths had a different
steered the students towards
the students
Nick Gazendam, a
retired con-
sultant for the Association of
Professional Engineers, said a
of girls
girls
came up with
came to visit the engi-
said the
better ques-
He
said he
joining cadets.
Const.
view.
lot
Capt. Sliming at the Canadian
Mike Naeckel
at the
MMMC
neering booth. “The girls ask
architect at the
tects booth, said just as
fore.
students, equipped
good questions,” he said. Jim Westwood, a firefighter for
with questionnaire sheets, prac-
the city of Cambridge, said about
booth.
The
po-
booth said mostly male students visited the booth to ask about policing. However, Craig Newsome, an lice
will
approach careers they never would have thought about be-
girls
to visit his booth than last
girls as
Archi-
many
boys approached the
Nurse Diane Wilkinson and ambulance services Kieron Ballah, demonstrate medical procedures to students the career
fair.
(Photo by Kerry Masche)
SPOKE, Monday, April 10, 1995 - Page 7
I
Student services wants you By Km Breese
one
two times a semester
other cultures find the hardest,” she
ings,
said.
“They always mention how hard the first two or three weeks of
support your student.”
returning to Conestoga College in
the (school) year were.”
cruiting volunteers through ads
September? Do you have good communication skills and an interest in meeting people from other cultures? Are you willing to donate just a few hours of your time next
from hosts would not be great, said Gregory. Volunteers would attend a four-hour training session that would familiarize them with com-
Are you a student who
fall to
will
be
participate in a unique pro-
gram aimed at helping others? Then student services
is
looking for you.
The time commitment
munication
required
skills, diversity issues,
orientation to services and host roles
and
responsibilities.
new
Volunteers would then be invited
group currently being organized by student services staff. A peer host will be a senior student who volunteers to act as a support and friend to a first-year student from another culture, said Carol Gregory, the
to a meeting in late August, where peer hosts would be matched oneon-one with students from other cultures, said Gregory. Students
The Peer Host Service
is
a
would get
to
know each
counsellor developing the project.
meeting for the
Gregory explained that peer hosts would welcome new students from other cultures and help them get accustomed to the school and its services. Helping students with so-
classes.
cial orientation
would also be im-
other, tour
the college and plan a second casual
week of
“We
initial
meeting, Gregory
ask that the host be pre-
pared to be involved with your stufirst few would be willing
dent several times in the
weeks of
classes,
to participate in a social gathering
portant, she said.
“Loneliness and isolation are two
of the things that students from
first
The Peer Host Service
be
will
posted on bulletin boards and
to
re-
in the
school newspaper. Flyers will be
mailed to returning students and Gregory said she has asked that faculty make the announcements. “I know it’s a bad time, with exams and everything, to ask people about volunteering in the fall,” she said. “But I think they will get more excited when they actually hear about
it.”
Two
information meetings per
day are scheduled as followed: Tuesday, April 18 at 2-2:30 or 2:30-3 in Room 4B16; Wednesday, April
19 at 12:30-1 or 1-1:30 in
Room
After the said,
first
to
or second semester and
would
maintain contact by phone or meet-
1C9; Monday, April 24 at 12-12:30or 12:30-1 inRoomlB29;
Wednesday, April 26 3-3:30 in
Room
at 2:30-3 or
1C28.
Anyone Who is interested in findmore about the Peer Host
ing out
Service, or
is
willing to volunteer as
a host, can drop by
Services in
Doon
Carol Gregory of student services new Peer Host Service.
Student
room 1B12.
is
looking for volunteers for the (Photo by Kim Breese)
New environmental program caters to niche marketing By Kelly Lewis An
environmental engineering post-diploma certificate
program will be offered at Conestoga College in September 1995, said Mike McClements, chairman of technology. The environment industry’s sales of $22 billion will double by the year 2000 and create approximately 8000 new jobs in Ontario alone,” said journalist Alison Piper, in the February 1995 edition of Engineering Dimensions magazine.
McClements said Conestoga College is catering to the growing demand for trained technologists in the civil and environmental engineering field by offering this certificate. Members of the program advisory committee (PAC) for Conestoga’s civil technology program have been encouragprogramming ing the college to get into environmental a number of are “There McClements. said since 1992, members on the committee who work for local engineering help of these firms. The certificate was designed with the industry advisors.”
program will have space for 30 agenda has already been set up to marketing students and a an encouraging attract qualified students. “There has been talked to about already have we response from the students the last couple the new program. Graduating students from
McClements
said the
of years have been asking
when we
are going to get
some
environmental programs.” “We’re mailing information to our alumni and will be talking to graduates of civil engineering programs from other schools,” said McClements. He said the marketing
agenda will also be aimed at universities. “The certificate would also be beneficial for someone who has a degree. In the recession there was not a lot of jobs in civil engineering and there may be some students, even university grads, who have not been able to find a job. This certificate may help them get their foot in the door.” Graduates of programs other than civil engineering will be considered depending on the program and subject matter couple of said McClements. “We’re currently looking at a in their exists what gap out finding other programs and education to prepare them for the course.” He said an example would be a graduate of mechanical to engineering technology. “These students would need admitted to take certain prerequisite courses in order to be looking at be would “We McClements. said the program,” making these courses available in advance of the program,
accommodate or outside classroom hours, so that it could are looking We program. civil the from not is who someone prepare stuinto packages of classes that will adequately dents from other courses.” member on the program advisory committee
A
employee of the Waterloo Region, came
to
who
an
is
one of the
meetings with seven job postings, said McClements. “Six of these postings required environmental engineers. He brought it to say ‘look you guys, you’re going to have to get some sort of environmental program because there is significant demand for people with this background.” Piper said over 50 per cent of the envirorriental industry companies are concentrated in Ontario. She said Gartner Lee Limited, an environmentai consultant firm with 105 employees at its Markham and Burnaby, size British Columbia offices, has more than doubled in within the last seven years. It is currently hiring junior employees to do such work as monitoring, sampling, basic research and computer design, he said. “Almost all areas of the business are strong, including biological services, integrated watershed planning, environmental approvals and sight assessments for environ-
mental liability,” said Paul Murray, principal of environmental engineering. Indications from other colleges show there is significant programs at other colleges, said McCle-
interest in similar
have ments. “In our research we found 1 5 other colleges that some sort of environmental program but the focus was a little different than this one.” “I think success in this particular will
be an indication of
how
academic market place
well programs do
cater to niche marketing,” said
when
they
McClements.
Conestoga students win poster competition Conestoga College graphic design students won first and second places last
month
in a poster
com-
petition held by a Toronto group that promotes better race relations.
Treena VanMaanen, a secondyear student in graphic design and advertising, poster for the
won $300
for her
Urban Alliance on
Race Relations. Sandi Fabac, also a second-year student, was runner-
^
up-
The Urban Alliance sponsors The Color of Freedom, an annual celebration of the International
Day
for
the Elimination of Racism, March 21. This year the event was ex-
program of concerts, forums, workshops and dinners, March 16-21. A rally and parade was held at Toronto’s
panded
Treena Runner-up Sandi Fabac (I) and first-place winner students, advertising VanMaanen, both 2nd-year graphic design and photo b v Patricia Bow) display VanMaanen’s poster. (
theme of the event More than 50 posters were submitted by students from colleges and universities across south-
ers to illustrate the
By Patricia Bow
into a six-day
Nathan Philips Square.
As part of the celebration, the Urban Alliance held a contest for post-
ern Ontario.
Judging was done by a panel composed of Ontario College of Art faculty, members of the Urban Alliance board of directors and a representative from Bozell Advertising
to
Kimberley Graham
of the Urban Alliance, “The Conestoga College ‘submissions were Criteria for the poster design were
(the poster)
VanMaanen
said. “It
was meant to celebrate and to encourage
race relations,
come
out to the events.” VanMaanen’s poster features the
people to
the idea develop, “the actual work took only a few hours, because I
knew what I wanted to do. I wanted a word with a picture behind
it,
not
just a flat block.”
in recent
months. Earlier
this year,
she and classmate Ron Smrczek won SL000 for designing a poster and button for Ontario’s Post-Secondary Anti-Harassment and Discrimination Project Co-ordinating
far superior to the rest.’
fairly broad,
“It took longer to come up with the concept than to do the work, she said. After a few weeks of letting
VanMaanen’s win was her second
of Toronto.
The winning poster was displayed throughout Metro Toronto. According
words, with a multicolored sunburst effect behind them.
words, “The Color of Freedom” on a black background. Human figures can be seen dancing through the
Committee. The team of Melissa Dietrich and
Amy
Zoeller tied for
first
place in
that competition.
“We
tend to win whatever
we
en-
Fabac. Conestoga students often come first, second or third, or they take all three places, ter,” said
she said.
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SPOKE, Monday, April
10, 1995
CONESTOGA LIFE Community nursing grads honored at pinning ceremony By Venus
the
Cahill
At a pinning ceremony held at Doon campus on March 31, Conestoga College honored 21, 1995 graduates of the post-graduate reg-
and registered practical nurse community nursing program. The pinning ceremony was an informal affair. Dean of health sciistered nurse
ences, Bill Jeffrey,
welcomed
the
graduates on behalf of the college and the Board of Governors. Jeffrey told the graduates they had survived the challenges of the course. The rest of his speech focused mainly on the move in nursing away from institutions and into
community.
cuts.
ing”, and
An open
house and display of was held on March 29 for the students from the Community Nursing for registered nurses and registered practical nurses.
There were 21 students with displays at the open house.
The
displays included topics such as
family support, emotional changes, osteoporosis, crisis pregnancy and much more. Daljeet Mangat, who had a display about immunization said the 12-week condensed continuing education course, which is usually done part-time in two years, was time-consuming but also very interesting.
Mary Carley
,
co-ordinator of con-
tinuing education for the school of
health sciences and
to
be able to teach the
commu-
According to Rose Purewal, a display about the im-
portance of hand washing, the students had to
go out
community
promote
to
into the
their
Ginny Miller, a graduate who will in the New Eng-
her turn came, Ruthanne Shoemaker said, “Life is full of lit-
—
soon be published
tle gifts
land Journal of Medicine, said there
ribbons.”
over 400 years experience among
is
Some
the graduates.
of the
women
just take time to open the
pins the faculty
was given
a chance
speak and Lorrie Lankin, one of
had 30 years experience or more.
to
Miller also said she liked attending
the instructors, told the audience
college classes because she was
that she often
able to get out of the house.
more from her continuing educa-
Each graduate had a chance to say a few words and with the informal format everyone shared their
tion classes
gave an emotional speech herself and many of the graduates in tears. The speech focused on the hope and the spirit in each graduate. “I can’t give you hope, but you left
can hope for yourselves,” she said. According to Carley, most of the graduates are Canada Employment-sponsored students who are
thoughts.
There were many
tears
and a few
The
floor
wonders who learns
— she or her was then
left
students.
open for
family and friends to say anything to or about the graduates if they wished.
Husbands, mothers and daughters
laughs.
expressed their congratulations work.
to the graduates for their hard
Marilyn Black Lambert, director of continuing education, said, that the graduates deserved credit for the completion of their course.
Job prospects for the new gradu-
After the graduates received their
services,
ates are
She
good according to Carley. some have already been
said
hired and
many of last year’s gradu-
ating class have found jobs in vari-
ous
fields.
Dorothy McGeath announced that the Victorian
(VON)
is
said she chose
graduates.
The official graduation ceremony on June 23.
will be held
off skills is
it is
very impor-
and often overlooked.” Purewal visited a day care to educate the children on the importance of hand washing. To help her get her point across, she used a children’s book about
germs and a special bottle of a neon orange liquid named GloGerm. The children put the liquid on their hands and then washed it off. Then Purewal used an ultraviolet light to
show
the children
what still remained on their hands but was invisible to the naked eye.
Ginny Miller said she and most of her other classmates were very All but three of the students completed the continuing educa-
hand wash-
wMm .
They
had two three-hour classes a day, she said.
“The displays here today show the thoroughness of the students
work,” said Marilyn Black Lamof continuing edu-
winter 1995 community nursing graduating class poses on March 31
The
cation.
Ottltm TIOM HAHHIH6
for
photos after
their pinning
'95
comma
We Need Your
The DSA requires an
you are interested in being a part of the planning committee for
if
^^ Orientation
see Becky at the
'
Op
%
willing to
volunteer
10 hours per week from
May
1
to Sept, 9, 1995.
Apply at the
9 S
DSA Activities Office
DSA
Activities Offic
SHINERAMA ’95. Must be
M /-L
by Thurs.
ceremony
(Photo by Venus Cahill)
individual to co-ordinate
^
some
job opportunities available for the
.
g
Order of Nurses
hiring, so there are
tant,
bert, director
topic.
She
thank the Academy.”
When
which
tion course in 12-weeks.
nity,” she said.
who had
community
to
all
tired.
“The hard work has been worth it
off due to downsizing and budget
complimented them on
their achievement.
a simple act which
final clinical projects
pin, Shelley Nichols said, “I’d like
ment of the phrase “lifelong learn-
ing as her subject, “Because
Cahill
After being presented with her
who have been laid
practical nurses
Nursing students show By Venus
registered nurses and registered
Chair of nursing, Lois Gaspar, told students they were the embodi-
April 13.
SPOKE, Monday, April 10, 1995 - Page 9
The Sport of Condors
come
Intramural championships this year’s
By Don Ross
champs, while
in
to a close
the
consolation match the Enforcers got by the Razorbacks.
Intramural championships in vol-
and basketball were decided
leyball
by March 31, but thanks to a last second goal, the intramural hockey championships needed an extra
week
to decide a winner.
HOCKEY: The Cementheads could have been
this year’s
champions but a
defensive lapse led to a breakaway goal by Brent Cavanaugh of the Busters with 8 seconds remaining
game on March 28. The goal gave the Busters a
in a
victory
and
2-1
set the stage for an 4-3
championship clinching win on April 4 for the Cementheads, who lost
once during the season.
Mike Eechaute’s goal midway through the final period gave the
Cementheads a seemingly insurmountable 4-1 lead. However, late goals by Graig Elliott and Rob Asselstine for the Busters
made for
a tense finish.
The Cementheads were able
to
withstand furious Buster pressure
two minutes
in the final
to preserve
the victory.
VOLLEYBALL:
Wham II
In Intramural volleyball.
ripped
NBC +T
27-14
become
to
BALL HOCKEY: Conestoga’s extramural ball hockey team took to the road to participate in the championship at Seneca college and were trounced 7-2 and 12-2 on March 31. Assistant captain Chris Anderson said he was not surprised with the results due to the inexperience of the Conestoga squad. “This is the first team we have ever entered into a tournament and the other teams were well experienced. They had big teams with coaches that held practices. We didn’t. We just brought a group of guys who never played together before; we’re not really an official team,” Anderson said.
BASKETBALL:
By Jennie Richardson
The Cementheads captured the
Intramural
Hockey championship
April 4, with
Busters.
The
a 4-3 victory over the Ph °to By Don Ross) (
intramural co-ed basketball
league standings were close all season and came down to a tough game
March 3 1 between the Running Rebels and the Yardies, with the Yardies winning 26-17. The Rebels played well despite losing Amy Oleson in the preceding game with a twisted ankle. That
College sports draw big crowds south of the border
left the
basket, whereas males score only
ship
ers,
one.
to
Rebels with only four playthree males and one female.
made the Rebels’ already difjob harder, with Sarah Titizian having to cover two females on This
ficult
the Yardies.
In co-ed intramural basketball, fe-
male players score two points per
i
It
tip,
was an agressive game from the the Rebels still pumped from
game
against Magic, and die Yardies ready to
their qualifying
capture the trophy.
The skills shown in the champion-
game made it more
rate.
Yardie Stephan Freeman tie said game was competitive and the Rebels played tough, but “the girls were the MVP’s of the game.” the
cart take control
herpes
By Don Ross When I saw Jack Nicholson, Gregory Hines and Whitney Houston at a U.S. college basketball
game (the NCAA final
four)
I
couldn’t
our help but compare that to the interest for collegiate sport in country.
The closest most of us get to seeing a college sporting event in Canada is when we flick past it with the TV remote control. In case you don’t know what I am talking about, it was that 1 0 seconds when you saw a group of young athletes in uniforms that don t fit quite mausoleum for a right or aren’t tucked in properly, performing in a handful of spectators.
You’ll see that little 10 to 20 second clip at the back end of most Canadian sports newscasts following pro hockey, baseball, basketball, even golf. Tune in to an American sports broadcast and you’ll note a college basketball game showing frenzied fans in a building filled to capacof the key players in the ity, 100 microphones shoved in the faces game and a group of players celebrating a victory more than the million-dollar pros do.
Keep
it
tuned on
this
channel because next will
come
the pro
hockey, baseball and basketball scores. fan College sports in the U.S. is a billion-dollar industry and the hockey in the interest rivals that of the pro leagues. Even college hockey in Canada. states contributes more pro players than college As one U.S. sportscaster noted, the enthusiasm for the game by college athletes (U.S. colleges that is) is pure and exhibited
the unsullied because despite the billions of dollars generated, part-time players cannot earn one dime. They arenqt even allowed a job with an athletic scholarship. are probably obvious to most people- who follow U.S. is a direct sports. Unlike our system, college sports in the to quality treated are fans means This ranks. pro the into pipeline
The reasons
performances that compare to the professionals. would In Canada, a college athlete touted for a professional career ranks. If he likely leave Canada and be groomed in the U.S. college wants a career that is. He knows that compared to the U.S. (or she)
college system the
What little
is left
OCAA is a rudderless ship.
for us
is
to
watch are players who
are out to
have a
fun during their two years or so in college while entertaining
...and
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hope of a pro career. the fate of our young It is really too bad that the Americans dictate gouged of athletes. The result is shell of a collegiate sports system
little
by the U.S. market. no sense in blaming lack of interest in college sports on else the apathy of the student body when they don’t see anyone showing any interest. its
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SPOKE, Monday, April
10, 1995
Entertainment
Entertainment Editor: Kerry Masche 748-5366
(Photo by Patti Harding)
Photos: Speck (above
left),
Bertha’s Attic (above), Evil Disciple
Homegrown a By Patti Harding Conestoga College’s musiefest.
of seeking out local
talent. Starting
half an hour and finishing 45 minutes later than
it
came on and entertained the small crowd. The lead singer wowed the crowd with his dancing and unique singing style. Letting its character show through, the band measured up to the audience’s ex-
was supposed
The
After
Ruby ’s,
were not introduced. Despite
this.
Dirge, Sangfreud and the Jim Mill-
sap
Band
strutted
ously as the
its
stuff as vigor-
rest.
Inside,
Speck made a
singer, highlighted the night with
conscious effort to equal the acts
strong intense vocals. Recovering
before but could not measure up.
from a
Consisting of groups such as Evil
The instrumental sound of Speck was good but it wasn’t good
singer sang beautifully. Dirge,
The
Speck and Bertha’s Attic the music played Inside,
varied greatly.
The show started with a three-man band named Evil Disciple that played six instrumental pieces. Having two guitars and a drum set, the group seemed to be lacking only a singer. Playing only one thing a couple cover songs the band outdid itself despite a missing element Next came Bertha’s Attic, a band
—
enough. Unfortunately, along with the lateness of the night, this band was one of its disappointing notes.
Piece of Mind, along with Ber-
chest infection, the lead
who
on the Taster CD, was only allowed to do three of its songs. Not happy with either the performance or the time, they walked off stage after their set and left. AltKou gL the is
also
tha’s Attic,
was one of the most promising bands of the night. It has the sound, rhythm and catch; everything that is needed to make it in the music world of today. Singing six
audience received only a small taste of this band, they did justice introducing themselves as one of the most talented bands of the night
songs, Rick, the lead singer, capti-
the trend giving the crowd a taste of
vated the audience with his melodic voice. Piece of Mind is a great ex-
Sangfreud also broke away from
Starting out with problems with the
ample of what talented people are
heavy metal. Having a group of devoted fans the band sang its heart out and gave it its all despite the
instruments overpowering the sing-
capable
lack of people in the audience. Fin-
that will be a legend in its own time.
ing, Bertha’s Attic regained
of.
Hit and
com-
Run came next and roused
me
posure in their third song By and By sung by Matt Divine. Being a part of Taster, the compilation CD of Wilfrid Laurier Uni-
the audience with the song “Fix
seemed to create versity, confidence within the band that shone throughout their set. One of the best bands at the show, the mu-
baseball bat in the trunk of my car,”
sic as well as the
vocals was excel-
and strong. After Bertha’s Attic bounded through their eight songs, The In-
lent
a Double.” This that has lyrics
know was
I
just
humorous song
such as “cause you
use protection, there’s a
one of many songs
that
were impressive. The hard rock of Hit and Run had what was left of the crowd dancing in their seats. The last three bands received a welcome that was less than warm. Other than the fact that there were
(Photo by Kelly Spencer)
hoto by patn Haraing)
at
they got their sets cut short and
Dirge, the only band with a female
pectations.
to.
fewer than 50 people left
Homegrown found talent that will make it in today’s music business. Disciple,
(Photo by Patti Harding)
success
side
Homegrown, was at best a good show and a great success in terms
(Photo by Kelly Spencer)
(left)
Photos: Piece of Mind (above
left),
Hit
and Run
(left),
Dirge (above)
ishing the last song with a few high pitched screams this band will definitely
be remembered.
came Jim MillThe band was made up
Last, but not least,
sap’s Band.
of Conestoga College engineering students including one teacher. The band, which started at 1:30 a.m.,
had one two-hour practice which unfortunately was apparent. Despite this
and the sparse audience,
the band had a blast up on stage and enjoyed themselves thoroughly.
SPOKE, Monday, April 10, 1995 - Page 11
Entertainment
Homegrown '95 reflects rich local music scene noted one student. “These bands are really tight,” remarked
By Kelly Spencer Despite its mediocre turn-out, Conestoga College’s Homegrown
— jam — can be cumber-
some, the band insists they play for the sheer fun of it all.
here. It’s too bad.”
“We’re not
reflected
Impressively, most of the amateur
the wealth of solid musical talent
acts generated original material,
signed
straying away from cover tunes. “Anyone can play covers,” said
calist
Jesse Leng, bassist for Piece of
months. So right
’95
was a success
this area
in that
it
has to offer.
Overall, the band showcase of nine local acts featured sounds which were refined and refreshing. Attendance peaked at about 200 people, and trickled off towards the
Mind.
”We
As one of the most energetic and
Homegrown
tice that despite the liveliness in the
earnings for the night. “We’re go-
air that night, the
dance floor
mained empty and
visible.
“People don’t appreciate live
re-
mu-
’95, Piece of spirit
Mind exemplified
the
of band fun. Giggling to one
another, they passed around their
town tonight with this whopping seven bucks,” said Leng. ing to skip
And
although
bills for
at this point,” said lead
vo-
new
record company, Swallow
Records, with the release of the
company’s
first
tion features
1 1
local
groups
in-
cluding Arizona Rain, My Neighbour Ned, Paintbox, The Minitures, Strange Days, and the
Shannon Lyon Pop Explosion. Other fine acts from Homegrown to watch for were Speck, Dirge, and
now we just want
Days memShannon Lyon recently hit off
Incidentally, Strange
ber
^Dn-campus
CD. The compila-
Rick Temporarao. “We’ve
talent.”
equipment
his
only been together for a couple of to
nals.”
entertaining acts at
really striving to get
have fun.” While citing their musical influences and favorites, Piece of Mind mentioned Kitchener’s Strange Days. “There’s so many good bands around here, and there’s not nearly enough support,” said Leng. “People should really support local
try to stick to all origi-
end evening as the show ran almost a full-hour over the scheduled time. Aside from the moderate ticket sales, one couldn’t help but to no-
hall rent
their
$300 a month
another, ”1 can’ t believe there aren’t
more people
and
rentals
sic,”
Upcoming Events
-April 1 1, Euchre tournament
DSA
-April 13,
and Athletic
Awards banquet
Off-campus
Bertha’s Attic.
Along with Piece of Mind, Berwas a portrait of a band in motion. Aside from a tiny bout of technical mishap (at no fault of their own) their performance was strong and seemingly flawless. Both Dirge and Bertha’s Attic are also featured on a compilation CD tha’s Attic
-April
Belly/Super-
11,
chunk/Cold Water
Warehouse
in
Flat, at the
Toronto
-April 13, Mitch
Ryder and
the
Detroit Wheels/Rare Earth,
at
Lulu’s
-April
14,
Forgotten
Re-
bels/Sucker Punch, at the Vol-
entitled, Taster.
cano
Not Wanted on the Voyage — a look
-April 19, Joe Jackson, at
at society through Noah's ark
Massey Hall -April 22, April Wine, at Lulu’s
biblical version,
By Kerry Masche
sons,
Timothy Findley’s novel, Not Wanted on the Voyage is the story ,
of the great flood and the first time with a twist. the world ended
—
Most people can recall Noah, and 40-day adventure in the ark with his family and a collection of wild beasts, but how many have wondered what it may have been like to live through it? his incredible
With
this novel, written in
1984,
Shem,
Noah and his three
Ham and Japeth build
an ark out of gopher wood and work to collect pairs of animals for the voyage. But that is where the similarities with Findley’s version
ers are also given a look at the
unknown is the real repression in society. Noah is a charismatic man, not unlike Hitler, whose oppres-
who uses her vice to help battle her overbearing and sometimes abu-
Noah’s Ark that reflects the hierarchy of many societies and the problems that may erupt when leaders
sive husband.
Noah
is
a narrow-minded relig-
who
most memorable stories. In Not Wanted on the Voyage, rhnwn nnp. (Noah) is delivered a message that decrees Yahweh’s displeasure with his creation and his intention of destroying the
out question
— no matter how
enough people
enter the ark in pairs as though
being led on leashes. In Findley’s story, mass chaos erupts as the ani-
risen up against
However, in the novel, fear keeps the ark’s passengers prisoner and
Noah, a 600-year-old man,
in
con-
trol.
Findley writes with a creativity
Mrs. Noyes enters the weaker ranks when she comforts a weeping, terrified bear deep in the bowels of the ark during a storm. She realizes that fear is a result of not
world.
are the focal point of
this story as they represent the weak and repressed in society.
rifying it may be for the rest of his family. In the bible, the animals calmly
of the
and imagination that keeps readers glued to the pages even during the slow parts. Like The Lord of the Flies, this novel is highly symbolic as Findley explains with shocking detail the absence of unicorns, fair ies and demons from the modem
The animals
hor-
to Findley, fear
sion could have been stopped had
refuse to listen to their followers.
blindly accepts
ious fanatic
whatever his savior decrees with-
According
him.
Findley has created a version of
a closer look at one of the Bible’s
in the
shees/Spiritualized, at the
waters.
a gin-swilling alcoholic
Findley attempts to give the reader
world through flooding. As
-April 26, Siouxsie and the Ban-
something.
from the animals’ perspective as they huddle in comers of Noah’s house and try to hide their young from the rising flood
In this tale. Noah’s wife, Mrs. is
being able to imagine herself doing
try to flee
situation
end.
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