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— No.31
28th Year
September
Kitchener, Ontario
Two Conestoga
9,
1996
instructors
create computerized assistant a lesson, including images, sound
By Jason Seads
and video
clips
No
one can deny that the role of computers in education has skyrocketed over the last decade. Walk around the A-wing on the Doon campus and all you will see of is computer rooms, about 1 them in fact. at Nearly every course Conestoga involves classroom computer time. However, the use of our computers as educational tools has been limited. 1
One reason
Windows
friendly
with user-
clips,
tools such as a
program
is
student
the
that the
PS
uses,
Reader, can evaluate the student’s
progress by In short,
ter.
them, and
testing
how
gives advice on
to study bet-
gets to
it
Visual C+-f code
know
the
“Teachers don’t like to change.
With
pare class material like they would
learning style.
have before.” With Norbrie and Tool Book,
While a teacher must teach
all
students in the class in the
the
—
computer-shy students to sit in front of the screen and learn some-
called
to
This information
is
presented in
graphic or text format, and can be
up any time throughout
the
of Conestoga’s own. Brad
PS Author, the file student opens under PS Reader
the lesson in
Nelson, who teaches mechanical and technology, engineering Nancy Nelson, who teaches electronic engineering technology, are making great headway in the area
is much like an old-fashioned textbook. The big difference is that it talks, shows videos and gives advice according to what it knows
of
training computer-based (CBT). The married couple have invest-
about the student. What’s more, a single program (or textbook) can be used by the
ed eight years of their lives into two programs, PS Author and PS
instructor to teach an infinite
under their company. Private School Interactive. The Windows-based programs allow the teacher to custom design Reader,
the
to
design a lesson for their
classes.
“Not too many teachers
have time to learn code,” said
While this program is not at all meant to replace teachers. Brad said
it
could be very useful for
alternative delivery teaching, dis-
study period. After the teacher has prepared
thing.
Two
—
must learn computer
instructors
Brad.
seems
program they can pre-
this
student and will adapt to his or her
or her.
instructor at the front,
programs,
Brad.
work fine. Another reason is that there is no software good enough to allow
conventional classroom, with an
CBT Book
ple, but
code
that the
is
for
for examnone as easy to use as the Private School programs, said
Norbrie and Tool
visually or spasame manner tially PS Reader can teach each student in a manner that suits him
for this
Nancy wrote
the student evaluation.
There are other
mouse. But the best feature
150 pages of
the approximately
num-
tance education in particular.
Kevin Mullan, vice-president of finance and administration, saw a
demonstration of the program last June during the annual Employees for Excellence conference at Doon
campus. “This CBT program is unique because teachers are the ones pro-
gramming
it;
I
makes a
think that
big difference,” he said.
Tool Book, Norbrie and
ber of subjects.
Brad said PS Reader alone took about 350 pages of computer code, written in Visual Basic, to complete. And that’s not including
designed and written by computer programmers, who can easily
training
to
still
handle forms
assessing students
By Johanna Neufeld The school
By Kevin Hansen
a.m.
you didn’t know about security at Conestoga
Some
things
College.
new
Students
to the
college
to
1 1
open from 6
is
p.m. but special
arrangements can be made for students wishing to stay later. A pass from a teacher is required
for
staying
11
after
who
Students
applied
the
to
(OSAP)
Assistance Program
are
Ontario Student now picking up
along with life at Conestoga. Many of them won’t realize however lliat a lot of this information is available through the
school before that time. “Any exceptions to that students would have to clear with
Training.
worked until midnight like some students do if they work at bars or something,” Smith said.
their financial
office,
security
located
just
learning resource centre on the main floor of the
beside
the
“There
campus. Students night to
us, say if they
who come
in late at
work on assignments
be surprised to know that must have their student card on them to access the com-
doors
3,
is a buzzer system at 4 or 5 that students can
use in case they
come
in later
or
and have car
may
if
they
trouble, they can
puter labs.
Students must contact security and have their student card with
“That’s something we have to Have your student card
stress.
they’ve left at
them
1 1
come back
have computer rooms unlocked
in order to
labs or other
of the time,” said Janet Smith, a security guard at
after hours.
the college.
in
Without a student card, students will not be granted access
disks in and people don’t
on you
to the
all
computer
labs.
There the
said,
in.”
is
also a lost and found
security
“We
Smith of computer
office.
get a lot
looking for them.”
come
The money
documents
is
deducted when the
arrive.
Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU) strike this April didn’t affect the processing of appli-
approximately 1,000 assessments that are still being processed by the Ministry of Education and
duty.
interest free.
financial aid office reported that 250 applicawere assessed on Aug. 26, the first day students could start picking up their documents. About 650 were assessed by that Friday. There is
The
tions
Students intending to stay after 11 p.m. must be in the
on
$500
their funds.
p.m. and must be shown to a security guard
If a student’s funds have not arrived, the individual can pay a $50 deferral on their tuition. Walsh said the College Emergency Fund will advance students up to
financial
year will be busy in September learning how to get around the school and all of the small bits of information that go
this
—
Brad Nelson \works on a computer-based program he and his wife Nancy are developing. (Photo by Jason Seads)
added
staff
OSAP
key to after hours
TEACHING TOOL
overlook students’ needs.
More
Security office
many
other programs of this style are
still
said things are as usual this year and the
Walsh
cations.
The ministry had planned to change some OSAP but was unable to because of the
aspects of strike.
The Ontario Work Study Plan
Carol Walsh, financial aid that students
must
officer, said last
month
register first before trying to get
documents.
The ministry stipulates that students must bring with them a valid social insurance card, proof of summer income and proof of registration to obtain the funds, she said.
She expects about processed
1
in early to
,500 student assessments to be mid-September. “Everyone can
expect a small wait,” she said, but the registrar’s department will put on more staff to handle the traffic flow.
year. Students should
work program
is
also in effect this
have already applied for the
for this semester.
Applications for the winter semester are available in the Registration and Orientation Essentials 1996-
96 booklet. Walsh said about 50 students were hired last year in several departments on campus. Students work approximately six to 10 hours a week depending on the number of courses and upcoming assignments. The ministry pays about 75 per cent of their wages while the college pays 25 per cent. Most students work in the department for the
full
During the first two weeks of school, the registrar’s office will have OSAP funds available from 9; 30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m., Monday to Friday. After those two weeks, students should come between 1:30 p.m. and 3:30 p.m.,
year, said Walsh.
Monday
campuses
delayed and to correct any errors that could arise immediately. Students who attend Conestoga at the last minute
location.
may
to Thursday.
Students attending either the Waterloo or Guelph will receive their funds at their respective
More news department
Walsh
is
in
now
the
registrar’s
office
on-line, as of the
is
that
the
week of Aug.
5.
said the office will be able to check student
applications, to see
still
why
apply for funding.
financial
documents
are
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— SPOKE, September
1996
9,
Conestoga parking:
it
CORRECTION
does get better
In a
The only changes made
By Kevin Hansen
parking
at the
to the
college this year are
pass,
Last year. Smith said, students
to either with-
could use a doctor’s note to use the handicapped spaces, but that
someone buys a parking
If
and then decides
$ 1 1 7 a year for general parking and from $155 to $158 a year for
draw or trade their pass with someone else, the transfer must be communicated to the security
designated parking.
office
records accurate. Smith said.
year than they have in previous
Motorcycle passes remain the as last year at $26 if they are bought separately and $10 if they are bought in conjunction with a
years.
car decal, said Smith.
Every year about ing at Conestoga
this time,
becomes
park-
a valu-
able commodity.
Smith,
Janet
College
Conestoga
a
guard,
security
said
went more smoothly over the 1995-96 school
recently
that
things
Most people were able
to
a
from $115
increase
slight
to
same
Motorcycle parking
find
is
located
woodworking building
parking spots without any prob-
near the
lem.
people have parked on the grass
between lots 4 and 5. Also Lot 4 has been changed from daily parking to designated
and
parking.
In previous years.
Smith
said,
in fire zones.
in
order to keep school
Conestoga College has 12 parking lots with a combined capacity of 2,598 automobiles. Forty-one of these
parking
spaces are reserved as handicapped-parking spaces. People wishing to park
in these
must have an official government handicapped licence plate or sign on their cars. spaces, said Smith,
Assembly line class project earns workterm for students
will
no longer be the case as of
rectly reported that
Conestoga
President John Tibbits’s salary exceeds those of the presidents at the three universities
September.
“Usually the
first
two months are
bad because some kids have got their parents car and then after a while they’ll start riding with somebody, or start taking the bus because it’s too much hassle for parking, so it usually evens out eventually,” Smith said. “We have guards there the first two weeks to a month to tell people what lots they’re supposed to
go
in
with the
in Kitchener-Waterloo Guelph.
Tibbits’s
salary
is
in
and fact
$123,894. James Downey of the University of Waterloo earns
$179,770;
Loma
Marsden of Wilfrid Laurier earns $215,556 while the University
Mordecai
of Guelph’s Rozanski earns
$177,516.
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sticker they have.”
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column in the Sept. 3 Spoke it was incor-
issue of
regrets the error.
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of
— This machinery
and automation
a clock onto a conveyer
By Jason
is
belt.
(pnoto by jason seaus)
was divided
students Students
from the mechanical
more than 100 employer
line to
commu-
on Aug. 21. The display and demonstration were designed and built by stu-
nity
the
six
for devising an idea
and plan for a
and automation program.
ing and assembling elements of
resources.
After the clock-assembly project six
teams began
work
rate
stations that
make up
Reilly
The Early Childhood Education Centre
come
is
each
from all the companies in the region, who were invited to the demonstration and reception, supported the pro-
gram by offering students co-op workt erm placements and by providing donated materials to the students for use in the assembly-
ready to wel-
back Sept. 3, Marie Roberts,
children
according to team leader at the centre. The centre was full through the summer and remains full for the
The ratio of workand depends on the age of the children, Roberts said.
quality
dren. All programs include cog-
The
“Enrolment has been stable over the past year,” Roberts said.
The centre is open year-round from 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Monday to Friday, and accommodates children four months to 10 years old.
The children enrolled
are
a
centre has a full-time staff
and two permanent parttime workers plus a part-time 1 1
“The employees at the centre work for the college but are supstaff,
not
They
development
ative
and cre-
skills.
are individualized, as
They
much
as
possible, to the children’s needs.
said
members of
the
Conestoga College Employees
is by There is an infant to 18 months program, a toddler program, a pre-school program, an
school.
placement basis, she
into practice philosophies taught
said Roberts.
said.
there
is
said.
and
a high need for placefor students,” she
Roberts said the centre has
Best
Ball
Golf Tournament Fuiday, Sept, 15 1.2:50 pm Tee Off Doon Valley Golf
CouRse
School-age children are bused and from the facility if they
Students from the early childhood education program work in the centre two days a week on a a teaching facility
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program and a
to
is
"WceJi
school-age program.
union.
“It
5:50 pm RecReafion Centne
age.
after kindergarten
are also
ment positions
a capacity of
faculty,”
Roberts.
combination of students’ and employees’ children, as well as children from the community,
The program has
nitive, social, physical
chil-
The program enrolment
cook.
port
fall.
programs for young
101 children.
ers varies
of
Sept. 11
station.
Representatives
pitter-patter of little feet
By Linda
Wed.
began build-
pleted, the students
the project.
The
many
Each team made formal presentations, after which the entire class voted on a project, based on available time and material
design and layout of the six sepa-
three-year co-op robotics
stages involved
I
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hours on the computer using the design program autoCAD. Once the design phase was com-
class project.
was chosen,
dents, applying skills they learned in
into
teams, with each team responsible
robotics
and automation program presented an automated clock assembly representatives from the
The design
Earlier this year, the class of 27
Witzell
engineering technology
one on the assembly line of the third-year robotby the students, it feeds the base, motor and bushing
part of station
final project. Built entirely
^
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live
within the vicinity of the
Roberts said the centre puts
program. There is a waiting list for the program but Roberts said she can’t predict if anyone on the list in the
will get in or not.
week
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9,
1996
— Page 3
International
Boon campus
Beijing English teachers tour By Linda
ded
Reilly
four
Twenty-six English language teachers from Beijing wound up their three-week tour of Ontario at Conestoga’s Doon campus on Aug. 17.
They came information
to
Ontario to get
about
English
that they
days
with
(Haieian) the People’s University
asked
taught
English it,
than in China.
how
the
without
teachers
having
Canadians.” Jing Hua, People's University of China
this visit they’ve
had good opporand
ed.
whom
Canadians.”
frankly.
tunities to talk to professors
people
other
they’ve
is
important for our
very
teachers to be here,”
Hua
They
are very
easy
is
to
open-minddeal
with
Over the cour.se of their threeweek tour, the teachers have had many lectures about the social and cultural aspects of Canada and
encountered. “It
It
said.
first
Cultural differences provided a
they think in Chinese, 'fhey rely
valuable learning experience for
various teaching methods used
on
many of
Canadian schools. In four days they had been on
she explained that
the use of the textbooks and
diagrams, emphasizing vocabu-
“Canadian people are so friendly and speak frankly. They are very open-minded. It is easy
who
and writing and listening
lary
Hua here
“When Chinese something
said that before they
they did
not
came
have enough
opportunity to speak English.
On
let
others
Niagara Falls, Niagara-on-the-Lake, St. Catharine’s and downtown Kitchener and attended a presentation at Brock University.
know
keep to them“Canadian people are so friendly and speak their
ideas;
in
tours of Toronto,
to do, they think care-
fully; they don’t
skills.
Hua. people have
the teachers, said
they
selves,” she said.
to deal with
in
English language pro-
When spoken
spent four years teaching English
China, along with Gong Yafm Naee, director of English Language Teachers Association in China, organized this pilot tour for teachers of secondary schools for
to speak well. “The teachers found everything hard to understand the first week but are doing fine now,” she said.
schools in Ontario arc different
lan-
Evelyn Scott of Belleville,
how
of China, said the culture and the
ation.
(Uic "'JtSTlT
StudcKt
.
According to Hua, there are 4050 students per class in Beijing high schools. The students spend
grams.
The
area
this
Conestoga’s team. Jing Hua, a researcher from
guage teaching in Ontario and take it back to Beijing. While here, they were to find out more about Canadian culture and recre-
cultural
would be .spending
in
first part
of their three-week
was spent in a wilderness camp, said Larry Rechsteiner, tour
six years in high school
who
ad-
three in
high school.
She said the
director of college planning and international education,
—
junior high and three in senior
trip
was a good
experience for the teachers on
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There
rising daily. Students
coast through their post-secondary education,
picking up a course here and there and eventu-
Proof of iktfll/(t^
completing their degrees. The however, is a liberal education.
Life: oH/ViFS.,,'”
ally
With
real cost,
the cost of education increasing expo-
nentially,
and with Conestoga College being a
job-oriented school, the value of a liberal education seems insignificant at best. This
sim-
is
ply not so. is one who is and preferred answers, not because he is obstinate but because he knows others worthy of consideration,” said Allan Bloom, American author and educator. A liberal education is not just something needed to complete a degree or course requirement. Education by its very nature opens the mind to new horizons and experiences. Eveiy lesson learned opens new avenues to explore
“The
liberally
educated person
able to resist the easy
outside the conventional classroom.
American author James Baldwin
“The
said,
—
paradox of education is precisely this that as one begins to become conscious one begins to examine the society in which he is being
Foregoing a liberal education denies a student what he or she needs most the ability and desire to question all things not immedi-
—
Without individuals willing to question, the civil rights and women’s movements would have stalled before ever ately acceptable.
leaving the starting gate.
“What
sculpture
essayist Joseph
is
to a block
human
to the
is
By Tracy Hujfman
of marble, edu-
soul,” said English
As
greater than can be imagined.
Knowledge of ancient Japan, information on American Civil War and a thorough knowledge of insanity in the movie industry the
student’s lifetime.
appeared nothing elders
a Scottish politician, said,
“Education makes a people easy to lead, but difficult to drive; easy to govern, but impossible to enslave.” typical excuse for not pursuing a liberal
institute.
that is
it.
was
I
me
to
but
who
much
one
that at
may
parents,
much
like
many
not have explained their rea-
soning in a manner that pleased me, their actions were indeed for my own good.
as
nasty
It
scorned wrongdoings and
got worse as
time
when
enforce.
my percep-
different. In actuality, I
spoiled rotten.
my
Although
Looking back on childhood, is
now
I
others,
denied privileges.
was
However, when I did it rarely went unno-
which
I
became a is more
I
teenager, a
discipline
difficult to
It is an age of rebellion, one always thought my parents never
really understood.
But as
I
become an
adult
I
realize that
my parents did understand. The
scoldings
ticed.
were not to harm, but merely and to teach.
to protect
remember thinking that my parents’ punishments were incredibly harsh. Once I couldn’t play with a friend down
parents are
the street for the day, and another time
They both got
I
wasn’t allowed to go shopping with
I
my
mom.
As an
adult
in “their
whatever
I
that
Conestoga
is
a job-training
Students are here to train for jobs and A liberal education can be found at a
am
also learning that
more human than
I
my
thought.
into their share of trouble
day” and they both dealt with the punishment or conse-
questioned as identity By Paul Tuns
evidence he wrote
it
is
with political moti-
vations.
week’s
The second and more important ques-
star
columnist,
political
tion is about Klein’s integrity. If he denied he was “anonymous” can we believe him about other things. He knew he would be asked, a confession he made in the July 29 issue of
has
been
exposed as the author of Primary Colors. Nearly six months ago this best-selling novel, a political thriller
Newsweek. But he
many commentators
He had obligations to his pubRandom House, that stipulated he was to remain anonymous. He said in the
likened to the
life
the
said he could justify
lies.
didates as authors, but denied that he was the author. The question of ethics arises.
journalist.
Or more properly, questions. The first question asked by media critics
ma. Once a journalist, always a journalist,
at
to
A
will provide
in the learning
eral
education
education
However,
is
in the
much more.
resource centre
an ample reward.
The most common excuse in a liberal
was given opportunities
that
many
peo-
my
age have yet to experience. More and more each day I begin to
sound like my parents. I scold the neighborhood children for their use of profanity and their lack of respect. I
use phrases I tell
that of It is
I
thought only old people
my friends to zip up their jack-
on a warmer
et or put
my
shirt.
The echo
is
parents’ voices.
frightening
my
how much I am becomI am
parents. But, for once,
not even trying to rebel. If I
am
able to carry on
my
parents
morals and beliefs with the same strength they have, I will be happy. In fact, I wouldn’t want it any other way.
is
for not investing
lack of money.
A
lib-
expensive.
long run, ignorance will cost
—
is probably the least consequential: How does this book, with undertones of
Clintonism,
affect
Klein’s
objectivity?
Very little. Klein is not a reporter but a commentator, for which objectivity is less important. Furthermore, there is no
lisher,
column
that
he denied he was the author
when asked because
his
novelist outweighed his
To many journalists,
commitment commitment
as a as a
that idea is anathe-
they say.
The reason he wanted anonymously, he says, work to be judged on its a
uncovered important than what was written.
While
News-
Klein,
resources at Conestoga are ideally suited for the pursuit of extra-curricular knowledge.
digging
I
ple
Journalist’s ethics are improperly
pursue a liberal an institute of learning. The
good university. There is no place greater
little
I
ing like
and career of Bill Clinton, was released with one catch: the author was anonymous. Klein had been on the short list of can-
education than
may have been. thought I grew up in a strict household. Rules were rules, and they weren’t made to be broken. Yet, I realize now that quences
used.
something wrong
Joe
Lord Brougham,
is
child,
silly
thought such punishments were cruel and inhumane.
never able to quite understand my parents. Often my parents
have a payback that will echo throughout a
A
a
seems pretty
Maddison.
Education that covers thoughts and ideas beyond the scope of regular course work changes and shapes the student in ways far
education
It
time
tion
educated.”
cation
Parental authority seen as a blessing in a retrospective glance
work of Joe Klein.
ly the intrigue
of
It
who
to write the
book
he wanted the own merit, not as was, but eventualis
wrote
it
was more
Klein
Newsweek tions left
did
nothing
itself is guilty
and
wrong,
of ethical viola-
right.
The magazine had an obligation to cover the news in a forthright fashion. Despite
the
fact
Newsweek
editor
Maynard Parker knew Klein was
the
he allowed stories to be run hypothesizing who might have written it. He allowed the magazine to follow the rest of the media guessing who inside the Clinton campaign/White House knew enough about it to write the book. If Newsweek did not want to expose Klein, it should not have covered the author,
story at
all.
Meanwhile, the movie rights have been sold and Tom Hanks, Emma Thompson, Jack Nicholson and John Mal'KOvich are starring. And Klein is enjoying his new $900,000 home.
The lesson is in
in all
of
this;
the real
writing fiction, not news.
money
SPOKE, September
9,
— Page 5
1996
COMMENTARY Feeling slightly inspired, bnt sorely nnathletic By Allison Dempsey when
thought world was getting fatter and Just
everyone
I
the
in
unfit,
Pnre Iattend
had
I
to
that athletic event
Waterloo.
in
plump
After observing pleasantly
to terrif-
bodies squeezed into tiny bathing Sauble Beach on the holiday weekseemed there were very few toned
end,
it
people
Lo and
hiding,
in
ly
left.
Not
duathlon.
we saw
gurgle).
was of
It would have been bad enough had these people been single and vainly childless, but
suits
athletic clones clung to their parhands and waists, toned tots sporting $300 running shoes and bike shorts. There was a lot of posing going on that day, as you might imagine. These people knew there were interlopers in their midst, ones who would never dream of pounding just for fun! the pavement and sweating These athletes kept a watchful eye, and
The more revealing the better, and even some of the men indulged with tiny bikini shorts and midriff-baring tank tops. It was
1
little
ents’
behold, they were mere-
waiting to pounce at the a very soothing place to be
when one of
and men aging from 2 to 65 were stretching and bending, manipulating their sinewy muscles in preparation for a sevenkilometre run (gasp, wheeze) followed by a 30-some-odd-kilometre bike ride (choke,
no,
ically fat suits at
square inch of the start-finish compound.
Women
if
you’re feeling a tad out of shape and unsure
—
of your physical attributes. Tanned, lean and cut bodies filled every
Moving can be catastrophic with her. “Oh,”
By Johanna Neufeld
I
time again.
It’s
move and the
Time
button.
Who
worldly belong-
and transporting them any great distance? Even the idea is
that
starting again is depressing.
is a terrible thing, mainly have no control over it. I am at its mercy and whether I like it or not, it’s a part I
think change
because of
I
life.
sister
for
and only sibling
is
velour track
with matching headbands for these
people.
all
Who
looked after the children? With prize
U-S
5
^'sooN
Set-oTto/v
-n
fie
A
of
gym
ripples in the
abdomen
just thinking about
All in
mirrors,
lifting
gawking
at
all
it
was
area.
I
got winded
it.
a rather enlightening expe-
imagined, for just a moment, that I too could be a contender. If 1 worked hard enough and long enough, I could enter I
the next duathlon,
(Iron
But all I could think about as I stumbled around was the time these people must put into their training and physical upkeep. Didn’t any of them have full-time jobs?
envisioned hours of
flexed muscles hour after hour and counting
rience, as
a veritable feast for the eyes.
1
in front
Woman,
ing glory,
down
I
and then the
triathlon
of course). And, the crown-
could be a competitor four years
the road in Sydney.
Then
I
started to sweat, so
I
got in
and drove home, stopping for
ice
my
car
cream on
the way.
foti
Pfi.cFict£AiC^' A>/t
HifctJL’i
K>Ay)
panicked and pressed the red
The sparks
flew.
Mom
said not to
and then she’s too far to strangle. Another issue was the living room furniture. I have an old coffee table for which she expressed a sudden desire. “Is that so?” I
said.
then saw her eyeing up
my $10
garage-
Brigitta,
but I quickly changed the conversation. There won’t be a stick of furniture left by the time she leaves. Oh well, my new roommate says she has a couch, so I’m keeping
University of
Zealand and will be moving there
my
greedy intentions,
fingers crossed.
thing Brigitta decided not to take with her was her mountain bike. I don’t know why because it’s the one thing I was count-
One
ing on her taking.
She said something about not enough
shortly.
hadn’t found this job in Quebec, she’d be moving Down Under. Montreal is far enough. Right now she is busy packing and if I’m not careful, Brigitta will take everything in
space in her new apartment. “I’ll come back for it,” she said. “All the way from Montreal for a bike?” I said. There is lots of room in the rented van and when she’s not looking, my secret mission
sight.
is
If
No
place,
The next day
moving.
the
of her classmates accepted a position
New
the highest quality.
first
couldn’t find a
sale television set with
well.
One
weights
.
younger
that
Waterloo this May, is moving to Montreal because she has a teaching job. Yes, it’s a real job and a teaching one at that. She’s lucky to have it and I wish her
in
competition.
The equipment wasn’t bad, either. Hightech was the name of the game, and every bicycle, helmet, running shoe and leotard
about $20 for
totalling
they certainly weren’t making a living in
their perfect pecs.
THE
my
my rant is
who graduated from
money
der,
I
The reason
I
sure
Brigitta has taken until she’s over the bor-
ings
school
said quietly.
made
worry as she calmly reassured me she had lots of spare crockery. probably won’t find out how much I
enjoys packing up
their
I
make lunch and
single pot.
to
get ready for
fall.
all
tried to
us passed by, they
their rippling abs, their solid pipes,
Brigitta
second summer
in a
row, she and
to get it on board. Wish me luck. After several weeks of constant turmoil,
For the have lived in a two-bedroom apartment. We get along alright but we’ve had our ups and
life will
downs
best and
I
as all siblings do.
She informed me the other day that she would be taking most of the pots and pans
When
hopefully settle into a routine. said and done, I wish her the
all is I
guess
I’ll
miss her too. Just please
don’t take everything, Brigitta.
Maybe
hid-
ing things will help.
Students unhappy, but coping with increase in tuition By Linda Students surveyed at ly
seemed
to
Reilly
Doon campus
recent-
be resigned to coping with
this
year’s increases in tuition.
be $20,000 in debt before I’ve finBen Fox, a Conestoga student in the robotics and automation course. Fox, in his final semester of his second “I’ll
ished,” said
year of a three-year program, said he’s not pleased with
the
increase
in
H^ontreal.
Hazen, also of the robotics and automation program, said he would just have to work more. Tuition increases this year appear lo be
Weff
larger than in the past.
According to Carol Walsh, a financial aid officer at the registrar’s office, tuition has $1,295 in
Jason
from $1,109 in 1995-96, to 1996-97. This amounts to about a
Jeff
15 per cent increase.
Karen StumpI,
in her sixth semester of the
registered nursing program, is not happy about the raise in tuition for the upcoming
She said she will cope with the increase by cutting back on the things she enjoys. She also said she can no longer afford the place where she lives. Another burden for StumpI is the cost of parking both at the college and at the hospital.
As
part of Stumpl’s course requirements.
at the college.
she has wondered the course at
At times, StumpI
why
said,
she bothered with
all.
Hal Meister of the machine/ tool set-up operation program, a 52-week semestered program, along with classmates Randy Chabot, Glenn Girvan and Bob Hentges, said the
increase
in
tuition
Lisa
McChesney
she works two days a week at a hospital over the 16 weeks of her semester. The cost of the parking there is $3.50 a day or $7 a week, in addition to her yearly pass
year.
Hal Meister
Karen StumpI
Hazen
Wadel
tuition but
would have to pay “a hell of a lot more tuition if I were in the U.S.” Classmate Jason Wadel, said he would just have to get a bigger loan at the Bank of
increased
Ben Fox
didn’t affect
them because they were sponsored by unemployment insurance. They said they took the program because they were told at an orientation course there was a 90 per cent placement rate. Lisa McChesney, of the robotics and
automation program, was asked how she would cope with the rising cost of tuition in the next semester.
With a big smile on her face she said, “I school on Aug. 21 so I won’t have
am done
to cope”.
,
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— SPOKE, September
1996
9,
Panel to address future of post-secondary education
Shootin’ hoops
By Eric
Whitfield
With recent cuts
to
Ontario’s
is
ges are needed to ensure excel-
author
lence from universities and col-
Academic Question: University, Government and Public Policy in Canada (1991), on universities and government policy. Other members are Frederick W.
of Education and Training, John Snobelen.
The minister appointed on July 16 on future
a panel
directions
for
The
members
are to
recommendations,
after
five panel
consulting
with the public and
stakeholders, on the most appropriate
way of sharing
costs of edu-
cation between the government,
(left)
Conestoga
1
and Tony
was a
Piotto discuss strategy
0 years ago.
the students and the private sector. •Conestoga College’s 1996-97 budget has students paying $9,860,940 or 21 per cent of the $46,284,973 needed to operate the school. The government provides $30,468,596 and the private sector adds $5,955,437 to the
on the
management graduate
tools
of
(photobyA.weber)
More
of.
is
the
Than
an
States) of Manulife Financial in
Toronto, Catherine Henderson, president of Centennial College of Applied Arts and Technof.^(^^ in
Scarborough, and Bette
Stephenson, the former Ontario minister of education and of colleges and universities.
the
tion.
make
also a
Gorbet, senior vice-president of operational services (United
to advise the ministry
province’s post-secondary educa-
next shot. Piotto
member. Cameron
post-secondary education, chan-
leges in the future, said Minister
John Pelkey
David M. Cameron, chair of the department of political science at Dalhousie University in Halifax,
Kitchener
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operational funds.
The panel
Business lectures offered By Bruce Manion
better use of the lecture hall will
be
The data-processing micro-con-
made with
this
higher-volume
Clow pointed out
lecture style, similar to universi-
benefits will be the
for first-year business stu-
dents for the
semester. The class will be a lecture of one hour a week taught by business fall
The panel
that the chief
more
efficient
will also suggest
post-secondary schools can meet
use of a teacher, plus the consis-
levels of education
demanded by
tency of the material taught. “Different teachers favor certain aspects of the course content. This allows an individual to teach com-
students
and future and public.
at
existing
institutions, private
Snobelen said in a press release, “The government is committed to
puting consistency to his students
achieving a post-secondary edu-
by having
cation
school of business.
at the lecture,”
“Afterwards the students will
move
Another
students be present
all
Clow
benefit,
he
said, is the
ability.
course will be more “financially
advantageous, while the quality
quality of our current post-sec-
with the prac-
of education will not be compro-
ondary system be strengthened and tied to reforms at the secondary level.” This comes after a cut in government funds to post-secondary education of $10,318,723 in one
to train the students
applications,” said Clow.
tical
He for
mised.”
An
said that first-year students
from
all
business programs except
computer-programmer anaoffice-system administration
lyst,
and microcomputer-software plications will be scheduled this weekly lecture. The two-hour lab portion of course will then be divided into three classes of
ap-
up
30 students,
the students believe this format
working “It
Bill
Easdale, vice-president of
the school of business, said that
efficiently,
Clow
is
“It
is
also
important that the
The panel members
has the potential for courses
mat. With the provincial cutbacks
the panel. Smith, principal emeri-
it
could be an effec-
The
lecturer,
was unavailable
David Jackson, for
comment
tus of
at
the time this story was written as he was on holidays.
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Theatre Review
CD Review
Tom Petty
Through the Looking
are at
Glass treats the senses
By
Scott
and the Heartbreakers their best on She’s the One equates his love with religion: “I
Nixon
With his latest album, She’s the One, Tom Petty shows that, at musical talents aren’t eroding. In fact, this soundtrack to the film of the same name 44.
rates
his
among
Petty’s best.
His first studio album with the Heartbreakers since 1991 ’s Into the Great Wide Open, She’s the
One
sports a tougher
mellow
but
excellent
1994’s
sound than
Wildflowers.
The album’s (Circus),
first single.
Lindsey
featuring
Buckingham on backing
One
gets She’s the start
Walls
vocals,
off to a strong
with an up-tempo sound
Petty delivers effortlessly.
Petty
really
his
hits
though, with Zero
stride,
From Outer
Space, a humorous rocker featur-
I
too late.”
meaning, however, on Hope You Never, a deceiving song whose mellow sound covers up a harsh message. Petty smugly sneers, “I hope you never meet no one, hope you treasure your inde-
Love has
a different
pendence.” And on Supernatural Radio, Petty
expresses
how
love
can
also be a dangerous thing:
don’t
wanna
get
“I
my heart broken
One
two cover songs which seem to be strange choices for Petty but, on closer listening, fit Petty’s sound She’s the
Moon
Fever’s
Zombie Zoo. There’s also no shortage of songs on She’s the One, although on different songs, love love
different things.
On Angel Dream softest
(No.
4), the
track.
Petty
don’t
album ends with one of
stronger tracks.
Overdue, on which Petty does John Lennon imitation.
sound complete, Ringo Starr guests on drums and Heartbreaker Mike Campbell like George sounds eerily the
Harrison on slide guitar.
With She’s the One, Petty remains one of rock’s most important voices and joins Lou Reed and Neil Young as rockers who refuse to go gently into that good night.
Review Guide
is
influenced by Roger McGuinn’s work with the Byrds. This sound is evident on California, a light, up-tempo chorus, with the song “California’s been good to me.
Although perhaps not as well-
known
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Good
Good
heavily
hh
Poor
h
Turkey
^
Stratford Festival audience with
Tweedledum and Tweedledee,
poems and young Alice
exasperatingly the stubborn “twins” whom Alice encounters while on her way home from behind the looking glass. Although not billed as a musical, Through the Looking Glass boasts numerous high-energy
familiar characters,
predicaments, as travels through the mirror to a world where everything is back-
ward, and the comforts of home seem far away. The title character is played 12-year-old competently by Ashley Taylor, and although she is
outclassed by her seasoned
co-stars, she handles a difficult
and vastly entertaining songs where the entire cast frolics with “flowers,” “horses,” and a lifesize Jabberwocky which loses
and demanding role with charm, professionalism and spirited
its
youthfulness.
the intricate and elaborate set
Her speaking voice is a bit and unpolished, but her It’s
is
always a
for the audience to
hear in the production. Mervyn Blake, Barbara Byrne,
William Needles and Michelle Fisk as the kings and queens add humor and strength to the production, and veteran Douglas Rain brings down the house with his hilarious nonsensical
portraying
the
rhymes
character
Humpty Dumpty.
October (ytk
head.
The
real stars of the play are
and costume designs, which add endless realism to a surrealistic play.
treat.
unfortunate there aren’t
more songs
Very
ama^C
Wonderland, Through the Looking Glass reunites the
predecessor, Alice
its
In
singing
Excellent
penter to the audience’s
ment. Bernard Hopkins and Keith Dinicol are also entertaining as
as
stilted
well.
played on his earlier albums. As always, Petty’s sound
its
Hung Up And
his best at a
To make
Rain also plays the Walrus to Douglas Chamberlain’s Car-
By Allison Dempsey
fall into the sea.”
also features
while Beck’s Asshole echoes the irreverent attitude Petty dis-
set
Ifie
it
like lovers do.”
here
Full
album’s
fate,
was not
Lucinda Williams’s Change The Locks rocks along quickly,
you kick that blew off your wig.” The goofy mood
means
my it
saw dog when the wind
ing such bizarre lines as “I
recalls
saw an angel, I saw can only thank God
hope
’
of
Although there were numerous children in the audience, and the story
is
dren’s
thought of as a chiltale,
frightening
there
scenes
are
and
some loud
noises.
Alice Through the Looking Glass plays at the Avon Theatre in Stratford until Nov. 2.
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