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^^Keeping Conestoga College Connected'^

28th Year

to find

Kitchener, Ontario

11-12

September

23, 1996

Macisaac strikes

musical

chord By Linda

Reilly

Cape Bretoner Ashley Macisaac brought his Celtic rock,

Conestoga’s

Dressed

a T-shirt,

hip-hop blend of music to

Doon campus army

boots,

Sept. 12.

combat pants and

21 -year-old

the

supercharged

Macisaac played his down-east fiddle music to a largely female audience of over 400.

who

Macisaac,

he has a healthy

said

respect for fiddle music, adds step dancing

and floor stomping to the traditional music. He said he plays the fiddle the same way he learned. “It’s only the presentation that’s different.’’

Macisaac has been playing the time-honored Cape Breton sound since he was eight

and a half years old.

He grew up in Creignish in Inverness County on the east-coast island and became a legend there.

Macisaac

STOMPIN’ GOOD TIME to students at

—

Cape Bretoner Ashley Macisaac fiddled the afternoon away bringing his Celtic rock hip-hop music Conestoga’s Doon campus Sept. 12 (Photo by Linda Reiiiy) .

began taking step-dancing and started playing the fiddle

first

lessons at six,

The Net comes

Conestoga

shortly after.

He says he was tom between his allegiance to traditional music and his desire to gain a new audience for fiddle music.

School lacks capacity for

“I had to create my own music and that music had to stand by itself,” said

Macisaac.

The

been on the road for

4 1/2 years but will be taking some time off ends in October.

enough money

“I’ve finally saved

to start

house,” he said.

Macisaac, who’s very money conscious, he shops a lot at Salvation Army stores.

said

$40

“You can buy a Ann.” Macisaac also said he hopes to take a vacation in Mexico after he plays a show in lot for

at the Sally

San Diego in December. “Nothing is finalized yet,” he said, “but Mexico would be my first choice.” Macisaac will finish his Canadian tour in British Colombia next month when he plays the duMaurier Festival. Asked in an interview before the concert about his plans for the future, Macisaac said he had no idea. “Things just happen.” Macisaac has a

lot

of interests, including

doing a talk show, becoming a perhaps writing a book.

Ironside

Student access to the Internet will be

fiddle player has

after his tour

By Peggy Sue

also said he

TV host and

looking forward to get-

ting a digital Sharp camera with Avid Editor and making videos. “Even I could do that. It’s simpler than pounding my body for an

available within the next month, says the

Doon campus. how we manage the

principal of Conestoga’s “It’s

a question of

and the money to do it,” said Grant McGregor. “We’ve got to get it for you. There’s no doubt.” McGregor said he thinks parts

guitarist.

Internet for illegal purposes, there has to

be a way of coding the access, and the college still doesn’t have the software to do it. “It’s a fairly complex thing and will prob-

the first things that most people deny access to anyone who violates the Criminal Code, which is absolutely logical and something you have to do.” “We’re not saying you can’t look at it. We simply can’t provide the band width because the space to transmit that data it’s plugging up legitimate research.” is

—

McGregor problem

said

future

be considered

bility to give its students

will

some

basic training on the

Internet because

the

of the tools students will

have

to learn

“We may provide that are

all

how

Internet,

don’t have, the tele-

phone capacity to do it.”

of the things

the

at this point

Technically, the school

sim-

ply don’t have the money,

operating a

the server space, or

line,

all

gain

system as a personal

“We

not be able to

because

activity.

to use.

coming out on

able

other students are using

one

it is

not be

access for research purposes

the

56K

telephone

which has a limited

things to

capacity for carrying infor-

ble,”

make it accessihe said. “And that’s

mation.

where we will have to start to make some hard

On the other end of the spectrum, the University of Waterloo has a T-1 line: an

choices.”

Internet lab

McGregor

said,

expense of $70,000 yearly.

being

up beside the learning resource centre (LRC), set

but not

NET ACCESS COMING — Grant McGregor, principal pus, says an Internet lab

students will have access right away.

have asked the chairs of each program to identify what would be high priority access for students,” said McGregor. Although a number of problems have “I

Ashley Macisaac’

mail and other controversial subjects. McGregor said if someone is using the

“One of

the possibility that students

all

for profile on

of electronic publishing medium, it is open to people who put out pornography, hate

use

the college has a responsi-

hour and a half a night.”

See back page

full Internet

been dealt with, there are still issues that need to be looked after, said McGregor. “Internet protocol demands that we must be able to identify who is logged on and using the service.”

Because the Internet has become a type

being set up.

said.

McGregor

who

said a roster system will prob-

inital

setup for keeping track of

accessing the Internet service.

McGregor

said the Univer-

of Waterloo, which is probably as advanced as any sity

(Photo by Peggy

ably cost more than $ 1 00,000 to set up,” he

ably be the

Doon camsue

ironside)

institution in Canada with computer equipment and facilities, is looking at limiting certain news groups because it is having

trouble pulling

onto

its

all

the requested data

down

servers.

he researched between 30 and 40 different college and university

The university has so many bits of information coming through that administration has had to analyze the type of Internet usage being employed, and has had to discuss what kind of information is academi-

policies regarding Internet access.

cally essential for the university.

After the required software the

program

identification

McGregor

installed,

will record Internet use with

numbers.

said

— SPOKE, September 23, 1996

Page 2

CORRECTION

Run-off goes underground

In the story on Sue Johanson on page 3 in the Sept. 16 issue of Spoke, it was incorrectly report-

that

doctor.

Johanson is a medical She is a registered nurse.

Spoke

regrets the error.

By Bryce Wilson

Wrong book

September has been unseasonwet. Environment Canada reported more than 100 millimeably

of rainfall

tres

in parts

of Lambton

bookstore mix-up

and Kent counties because of the passing of Hurricane Fran’s tail

By Jennifer Dougall

end. All the rain

may seem just

drance to students, but

should be in

Many

overflow water.

According

Dave

Putt, director

of physical resources, the problem

with

the rain

all

that

college can’t just put

down

lots

was

The book, which

return

how

two-semester

The

between 1992 and 1995

melting.

pond

When

water.

enough

then filled

the water gets high

reach

First, the area

that controls the level

the

drain,

bly go to the learning resource

pumped

lots

and

out to the east end of the

school property. There’s a pond on

Lot 3

the far side of

new

that acts as a

there’s a flood control

gate that

stormwater retention pond, which can’t be seen because it’s underground. The underground pond was built leads

down and

pipes

have

lot,

the

reviewed and, according to Putt, they’re reaching their capacity. Retaining the stormwater is no problem, but the pipes that bring it

pond gets too high,

that

with large boulders.

building or parking

stormwater

reservoir for the water.

When

be dug out,

A filter cloth was placed on top and the whole area was covered over with sod. Today, all that can be seen is the control gate. Every time the school puts in a

joins the rest of the stormwa-

from the parking

to the retention

pond

being used to their

The school has

diverters

are already

Once the water down, the water

floods the area.

pressure

dies

New

buildings couldn’t use the

existing pipes, says Putt.

would have

new

be dug to carry the water to the retention pond. And if the college ever decided to build across the road, where it owns property, a new stormwater retention system would have to be line

The

Conestoga

Canadian students

By Shawn Leonard

member of

,,,

a benefit

and

Franklin says the machines still have to be checked over to make

around five compati-

sure they’re in perfect running

to both the students

the teaching staff.

“Even though

it is

years old, they are

order.

still

we have Don Frankhn, a new

Safety of the students, he says,

ble with the machines

built there.

line

Web

looks.

Gobbo, vice-president of the CBSA, created the home page over a three-week period, putting in about 40 hours of work to provide business students everything from e-mail connections with faculty to a Guest

Month

CBSA

The president of the CBSA, Stephan Babic, said one part of the site has a business card section where students who have their

The

the

concept,

but

the

Gobbo

said

the

site

ical look,

could

with issues discussed and prob-

because

it is

Gobbo

PLUGGED

—

Jeff

Gobbo,

vice-presi(jent of

Association, displays the association’s

win a

Conestoga Business Stuidents

new Web

CBSA’s Web

a student or faculty

member

an to

site.

classified as a charitable orga-

said he wants to see students get

Sean

and enter the draw to on the Internet

MGL.

“In the

first

three

weeks of

beef of the month, he would buy him lunch. Beefs could range from the cost of student life to the

said he

general learning atmosphere.

would give

resolve the issue.

a fair shot to try to

“If students think a small or big

would help if I

their education,

can,” said

change them

will help

Gobbo.

his focus

and

in ‘hits’,” said

Gobbo.

The

CBSA Web

cbsa(®mgl.ca.

said any suggestions that are given to

him can help him increase

the site,

Finlay)

have had over 400 logged

could convince him the issue was worth the

MGL,

$200 a year

costs

year’s subscription

through

site. (Photo by

Students and faculty could send in their problems and, if the issue cannot be resolved, the issue becomes the beef. said

interested in the site

section.

Gobbo

going through

nization.

lem-solving ideas with the VP’s Beef of the

Month

A special discount was given to the CBSA

not graphically

graphics

CBSA

maintain the

slow down the process of down-loading information and simplicity is better for speed than using up time with non-essential pictures. The CBSA said they gave the site a politsaid

business can swap jobs with other

Internet service.

executive wrote the content.

enhanced.

own

students.

section.

Gobbo designed

site

better the school, the better the graduate

Jeff

of the

a priority.

on the site and as vice-president. Gobbo’s idea for the site is to enhance the image of the school of business. He said the

Students

(CBSA) has now gone on own home page.

its

the support staff for

woodworking centre. poon campus has received sev-) The equipinent will help the feral new pieces of woodworking si students by decreasing the backequipment from the Guelph camlog on most of the machines. ^ ^ The equipment arrived in pus. The 13 pieces of shop equip- ^ August because the woodworking program will no longer be ment that have arrived at the woodworking centre are seen as offered at the Guelph campus. the

creativity

Association with

New equipment a benefit

Finlay

Business

retailing. But if more had marked up their books, the American text would have been used.

name of

estimated

Business student association creates By Sean

their

books, but not every student.

could not easily be applied to

here,” said

maximum.

willing to reimburse a

few students the cost of

and ordered the wrong book. Finlay contacted the bookstore and found out it would take the books back and return them to

drains away.

Finlay said the business depart-

ment was

the

built

chance to handle the water. Behind the student client services building in Lot 8, there is a diverter. During a heavy downpour, water comes out the sewer and

centre, Finlay said.

book. They went back too far

into the line to give the pipes a

covered with clean gravel.

the school past

ter

had

Next, pipes were laid

it’s

pumped underneath Door 5.

automatically

at a cost

of $87,417, said Putt.

west end of

the stu-

would have cost about $5,700 to do so. The book was American and

semester to find the

books and reimburse

retailing

book on their and decided to go back a

lists

because I Stephanie

dents. ITiose copies will proba-

college.

stands by the drain that controls the level of the pond and leads to an (Photo by Bryce wnson) underground water retention system.

my book my disk,’’

nor-

find the retailing

the

do with it?” One answer might be to pump the water into the pond behind the

Putt, director of physical resources,

ness department decided to take

got there.

densed into pne. A newer Canadian textbook was chosen to accommodate the change. The bookstore could not

OVERFLOW — David

some week to

were

there

For the few students who had marked up their books, the busi-

course had recently been con-

water absorption rate so that it can’t handle all the run-off. In fact, the pond has to be pumped out during heavy periods of rain or

Proulx said.

mally

But according to Putt, since the pond was built (in 1967), silt, dead plant growth and leaves have sunk to the bottom and slowed the

the seal

you don’t

was shown on the bookstore’s list. But nobody is

course,” said Finlay.

What do you

at the

opened

cost $82.95

“There was a change

“probably we’re collecting, during a major storm, thousands

matter

before taxes and has a computer

sure

Putt,

There’s a drain

However,

problems. “It took

mar-

disc included,

you look at all the parking and all the buildings,” says

of gallons of water.

McKean said. “Even

comedy of

just

out that we’d

what,” marketing student Nancy

keting program co-ordinator.

off the property.

money back no

have a receipt.”

the

because bylaws restrict mixing sewage and rainwater, and the college isn’t allowed to dump “If

get our

ing course. errors,” said Steve Finlay,

sewer,

were

broken, and even

“It

on parking lots and buildings because it can’t be absorbed. The

week.

shocked this September to find out from their teacher they had purchased the wrong text book for their retail-

just set-

tles

The proper books

this

“Finlay worked

second-year marketing

students

problems and Conestoga has a complicated system set up to control

the publisher.

a hin-

can cause

listed in

site

Gobbo

said

is it

available

wouldn’t be

useful to students outside the business pro-

grams because of the content.

SPOKE, September

23, 1996

— Page 3

Business students to pay for unmarked computer paper By Sean

Finlay

to deter students

viding business students their

Conestoga

Students

ing events.

school use.

Throughout the computer labs the school, the letter

will print

before to stop

personal use of the printers by

three-hole-punched paper,

which didn’t look presentable for resumes. But some students began bringing their

own paper

printers in those

to print

items like resumes, using the toner

Despite students providing their

provide their

own paper

assignments.

“We’re

to print resumes, the

Internet-related jobs likely to By

Peter Marval

maintenance of information flowing through the Internet will likely cause the Web-page designing field to blossom, according to a part-time

Web

every

expand

the

computer labs having no C-scoring equipment would get out,

events like almond sales and Biz

despite round-the-clock monitor-

party at selected bars throughout

ing

done by security and

student’s

who

checked. Those

who

are not busi-

have to look after our own,” “Funds are generated

said Babic.

by business students.

want

to think

don’t even

programming

Deb Kunsch, communications

other way,” he said. “Even the best pro-

dent body in the law-and-security adminis-

interactive

While the Internet industry may be blossoming, the goldmine was about a year ago. “We used to charge over $1,000 a page. Now, pages go for around $100,

The two The

television sets will

fastest available link to the Internet.”

may sound expensive, competition among Internet

While Kolenko said providers would bring costs down.

As well, newer software allows for improved ease of Web page creations. However, as the Internet becomes more

Conesto^ CoCkge

was

gram

welcome them and

call all

150

accepted into the pro-

them

invite

funds gen-

towards presentation equipment, like PowerPoint, a computer component designed to be used with

overhead projectors, dents are

the

said the

equipment would be on a sign-

out basis.

students own

booklet in their

own

the

new

students get along, the

each teacher

LASA.

“They described our personalities to a tee,” Hays said. Chairman of student services. Jack Fletcher, said Conestoga needs more of this student involvement and initiative. “If the student has a contact they can approach, everything will get better, "rhe idea of senior students helping out firstyear students is very beneficial.” One of the first-year students Camp and Duffy helped was Steve Perry. “They made me feel very welcome. 'They took the pressure off the first day of

school.” Perry said the tour, which consisted of one second-year student to five first-year students, helped with finding classrooms,

the faculty-produced handbook.

a small but thorny problem.

teachers.

about the social aspect.” What Hays said he found most interesting was that if faculty had asked the students to

‘Boof^tore

“'The faculty’s hands are tied

— they have

own tasks. Even if we failed, I still think we tried hard and I am proud of what we did.” their

The welcoming team planned a Canada’s Wonderland Day for Sept. 15, which is another switch from last year when the LASA student body did almost nothing together as a group.

THERE AND BACK AND THERE AND BACK AND THERE

AND BACK AND THERE AND BACK AND THERE AND

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stu-

in favor.

The next thing the second-year students did was make up their own student handbook, which was completely different from

“I couldn’t be more pleased. I have been here a long time, and it’s tough enough to run the academic part without worrying

everyone can “In four to five afford to have the technology to have the

pages.

thing they did

who were

day one.

come with

this

and

Bob Hays, program co-ordinator for LASA, thought the idea was great from

years,

all

first

students

— no

Internet availability.

to create highly graphical

recruited about 25 students

a tour of the school on registration day. The important thing about the tour, said Camp, was that it was student-to-student

slow, will eventually return,” said He added that since the cost of

new

To help

got their idea rolling.

computers can sometimes deter people from getting on line, within three to four years

this year’s

booklet include a personality profile of

school.

Kolenko.

Systems Inc. That may change again. Kolenko said the basic knowledge of designing a Web page could be learned quickly. Artists and graphic designers have taken advantage of

Babic said

erated from fund-raising might go

idea. “It’s their

Camp., “'There were too many questions and not enough people to answer them.” Another problem Camp and Duffy found was that their class of about 150 broke off into little cliques within the first month of

are

was too

because everyone knows how to do it,” said Kolenko, who operates his own business in Kitchener called Solution Tech

The funds went mainly to the business computer

words.”

“Registration day last year sucked,” said

C-programming, UNIX, shell and Java. He said these skills would better prepare Web designers for the big changes the Internet will go through when Rogers Cable will introduce cable attachments to the Internet. Cable will increase’ receiving speeds up to -1 0 times what they are now. In addition. Bell Canada is also working on its existing system to increase speeds that may exceed those of Rogers. “Things are changing so rapidly that people who gave up on it before because it

available at people’s fingertips, and the need for more people to place information on the Net is growing,” Kolenko said.

fund-raising

do this, they wouldn’t have. “This came from the students.” Hays said the booklet was also a good

program (LASA).

tration

will not give

scripting

through

free to business students

By Jason Seads

skills will also

industry for 13 years, said the best behind-

“Information from anywhere in the world

said

year raised close to

labs.

LASA welcomes new

the-scenes Internet programming skills to

pers and magazines.

the year.

about the rest of the

school.”

Ryan Camp and Nicole Duffy decided something needed to be done about the stu-

learn

last

Bashes, basically an organized

uses the labs has a

student card out in the open to be

“We

$50,000

support

required that every business

It is

student

CBSA

more complex,

—

infor-

CBSA

executive.

ness students, are asked to leave.

even a business student’s, a percentage of tuition goes towards paying for computer and preequipment, toners punched paper, all available for

you the ability to query names on the Net that requires programming skills.” Kolenko, who has been in the computer

mation by replacing encyclopedias and becoming valuable additions to newspa-

how

Somewhere

a database for people’s

about a year and a half, is teaching a six-week night course on the basic fundamentals of preparing documents for browsing on the Net. He said the Internet is reducing many of

this to learn

they expect us

co-ordinator for the

Babic said he was concerned that information about the business

back the

gram

has been designing

methods of gathering

“Now

the dishes as well.”

tuition,

“Programming databases and

sites for

the traditional

facilities are tipping the scales

instructor at the college.

who

said

(the school) a free lunch,”

said Babic. to

for school providing

CBSA,

student and faculty use.

be required.

for better

Ignac Kolenko,

them

refined and people’s needs

Kolenko

The demand

too.

infamous letter C would still leave its mark. Stephan Babic, president of CBSA, found out later that this was going on and asked computer services to remove the engraved rollers from the printers the business students bought and owned. Babic said he feels the CBSA is

labs. tried

The

ended up being scored

labs

up on anything except those printed in the business and journalism

Conestoga

(CBSA)

their own computer tabs money from their fund-rais-

with

own

computer labs to alleviate the stress on the other computer labs open to the rest of the school. The C may have been removed from the business labs, but the school is expecting them now to

Business

Association

bought

from using

the paper the school provides for

using

doing the school a favor by pro-

school.

The

Last year, Conestoga began scoring the printer rollers with the letter

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23, 1996

COMMENTARY Diana Loveless

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Conestoga play your

life?

By Jason Sends Is

there anything to

Conestoga other than

a desk?

sit at

Surely, as students pour from the front doors

seconds after classes end, some must wish something had happened worth telling your roommates about. Some must wish there was

something

school worth staying

for.

Well, one of the best kept secrets at Conestoga is

that there are a lot of activities

going on that

are worth staying for.

Although

seems

Conestoga’s

that

spirit flies

from the pond, the

every

ounce of

south with the ducks

truth is that school spirit

lurks in every student.

Students should ask themselves, ‘Am I part of something here? Am I part of a community at the college or am I a single entity, completely separate from those around me?’ The college is whatever students want it to be, and it seems many are choosing a lifeless structure of concrete and cafeteria food. Take note of what’s out there; read the posters in the halls.

The DSA’s nooners have been a success, and the movie night Sept. 9, where alcohol was served, was sold out. DSA president April-Dawn Blackwell says school spirit is growing. She says students are sick of doing nothing.

But being a commuter college, and one that draws from every age group, a unified and consistent student body, which is essential for event planning and advertising, is hard to establish. If previous years are any indication, Blackwell has a tough year ahead of her. School spirit goes beyond the DSA, however. There is not much they can do about abysmal sports event turnouts one of Cone-stoga’s most pitiful examples of school spirit. There is absolutely no reason for empty stands when any of the Condors’ teams are playing.

—

Perhaps the

DSA

should be involved

promotion because the stands look

American hockey presence a By Jason Romanko

strange twist of events unfolded during

game

featuring

Americans have

the

The U.S team became public enemy a spot usually reserved for the longtime rivals, the Russians. 1,

The

Canadians.

The bad being that the Americans always seem to take everything they want without asking. Taking without asking is very impolite to a nation that is known for

its

manners.

The Americans’ nasty in

winger Brett Hull with vicious screams

Network took over

“traitor, traitor,” at

Hull

who

has dual

Everytime Hull touched the puck, the crowd booed. Apparently fans are still hurt by Hull’s

game. The

Americans have also found a new passion for hockey, which is good and bad for

8,500 sell-out crowd at the Ottawa Corel Centre focused attention on left1

become

in recent years

the biggest threat to Canada’s

United States against the Russians. It wasn’t the outcome, which was a 5-2 win by the U.S, but whom the Ottawa fans were cheering for.

No.

and

neighbor.

last

year’s

trait

playoffs

was evident the Fox

when

the

Cup

Stanley

schedule, which held Canadian hockey

citizenship.

fans prisoner to horrific timetables.

decision not to play in the 1991 Canada

migrating south, to what seems a neverending market, leaving a feeling of

Cup

resentment throughout Canada.

for Canada; he instead chose the

Plus,

real reason, after considering all

for cheering for the Russians instead of the Americans, is the fact that the Americans are playing good hockey. the

possibilities

Nothing hurts more than the truth, and don’t want to face the idea of the Americans getting to be as good as we at

many

our sport. It was only a matter of time before the Americans figured out what a great game hockey is. The more Americans interested in hockey means the more people playing, the more people playing means more talent

being developed.

The sheer populations numbers can make you start to sweat. Canada can produce an abundance of talent with a popu30 million. But how ^any talented hockey players can be produced from a population close to 280 lation of close to

Canadian franchises have been

million?

advice? Try not to think about

it.

to be

empty

Students should have Internet access

students

One long

bright spot bn the sports horizon

By Peggy Sue

snowfall of the year in your area

mal and rather boring event, but

Ironside

of Cone-

stoga College, students

play, intramurals are a lot of fun,

pay tuition for an edu-

list

do,

for

and while a

lot

more students don’t sign up. activities, nobody can say there

lot to

should

surprising

catictfi

DSA

include Internet access on campus.

aren’t enough.

Between

the

movie

nights, nooners

and winter and pub nights, the DSA has an event planned nearly every week. And don’t forget the Biz Bashes. And if students don’t want to participate in

events, they are

DSA may

welcome

to start a club,

which

help finance.

no reason to leave this school at end of the day without having done someis

that

Internet access links students with other

carnival, bus trips, Octoberfest

There

clients

really

people across the country, across the street, and around the world. TTie value of

includes working with

others and seeing what they do.

With the Internet everyone learns from

What you have

thing other than stare at a chalkboard and duti-

as important as

them. It

the

to offer to others

just

what you may get from

interconnected

Internet that gives learning its

nature

on the Internet

active, participatory quality.

For example, you

may

a nor-

you are

them.

think the

first

how

learn

the Internet, ple

use the tools for exploring information and the peo-

its

it.

are an information economy, and

The learning experience students gain on the Internet provides them with the

new information technologies are changing the way business is done. You encounter two kinds of things on

opportunity to be taken seriously.

the

They have

instant access to

hundreds of educational databases, newspapers, maps and photographs. They can quiz experts, take part in discussion groups and use handy Internet search tools.

The advantage of

studies incorporated Internet-based experiences is the outcome of the work.

The online forum provides a way, or set of ways, in which to see things differently than we do now. With the recent surge in interest by business and government, the Internet net-

work will be of major importance tomorrow’s world.

a citizen of tomorrow,

Internet: people and information. Both can help you progress in an academic career.

The people on more than eager

the Internet are often to help out, providing

answers to questions and engaging

thoughtful discussion.

with

their experiences with others.

fully take notes.

Conestoga has something for everybody, students just need to make the small effort to see the community around them.

much

the Internet goes

farther than simply accessing resources

of information.

connected to people who have never seen snow, what you have to say will mean a

the

of sports students can sign up for at the intramural level. No matter what your level of

the

Russians over our longtime ally

World Cup of Hockey division final in Ottawa on Sept. 8, in the

would only go to one game, they may enjoy themselves enough to go again, but even one game seems too much to ask.

the

But the

believe there are some underlying reasons for the sudden support of the I

in sports

for another year. If

American squad.

reality

you need

There are clusters of resources or tools on the Internet that serve much the same purpose as their traditional library counterparts.

There are access:

room

five different

rooms a user can

the card catalog, the reference

the reading room, the media room, and the electronic stacks. ,

Almost

all

the Internet sites that you’ll

encounter have information available to

free public access.

for

SPOKE, September

— Page 5

23, 1996

COMMENTARY Discrimination on any level not acceptable By Linda

workplace there

Reilly

job discrimination; they

are often not hired even though their cre-

There is discrimination on all levels that’s a very

who

than co-workers doing the

for

tolerance

little

people

Overweight people get passed over for promotions at work and make less money

but society has

They often

over-

are

weight.

—

of them

people appear to be out of control.

overcharged.

to be that

can’t control his weight, he can’t

a person

manage

who experience daily basis.

dainful.

intestinal

life,

Some

In short,

Children find

Who

fat

New

is it

they need

eat in a restaurant

too soft a

— those

time ago, there was a series

York Times on obesity.

What

word

say they are tortured on a

taken on formerly obese

people funny. In the

in the

survey was

women who had

really stood out

Bourassa gave into cries

Journal, read the .series and had a

pound

Canadian

was

that

over 50 per

port

Canada

within

rights of French-

common-

becoming

nightmare.

being

Many

may

be surprised to learn that in 1991, the United Nations ruled that Canada was violating Article 19 of

people

Covenant on Civil and Rights, which guarantees free-

the International Political

dom

of expression.

The

funeral

ruled on the case of a

Quebec

home owner charged under

Quebec’s

Bill

refusing to

101

language law with

remove English from a

busi-

In the early

1960s, Quebec

nationalists,

committed to a sovereign Quebec, demanded from the federal government more recognition for the French language Canada.

Then prime minister Lester Pearson created a commission on bilingualism and biculturalism (B and B) and, as an olive branch to nationalists in Quebec, appoint-

ed Andre Laurendeau as chairman. Laurendeau wanted to create a French nation within Canada, equal or superior to the rest of Canada.

decried the value of the act saying

failure

’70s,

the

Quebec premier Robert

did

for

The conclusion people and

our society hates

that

feels entitled to participate

prejudice that, as Lampert puts

in a

it,

par-

racism and religious bigotry.

Canada

a country that prides itself on

handicapped and

.sensitive to the

the homeless, but the overweight continue to

be targets of cultural abuse.

who

can see that a lane

closed and

Ontario

aware

lengths ahead of everyone else, saving them

despise

about 10 seconds.

car,

trapped

Don’t get

the

climate

stifling

my only

attention to

supposed to be the industrial backbone of Canada. So why is the highway such a pain

miles.

—

is Ontario’s marketplace suprebound when the main means of

transport operates so poorly.

There are two main problems with the highway that need serious improvement; the road itself and the drivers who use it. Drivers can be categorized into several groups: First, there are the day-dreamers, who drive along in the passing lane (more

federal spending with-

in the province.

This response only increased the credibility of the separatists with Quebec voters and they became increasingly bold in

often than not with a turn signal flashing), but who insist on driving more slowly than

oppressing English within Quebec. The world now reads of Howard

the flow of traffic.

Galgonov, appealing to U.S. representatives for support to use English within how embarrassing for Canada

they force everyone else to swerve over and

Canadians. Isn’t it time Canadian politicians started standing up for values that serve all one of which should be the Canadians right to use the language of your choice?

passing each other only

These drivers should be charged because pass using the right lane.

—

Second, are the truckers hill.

The problem

who

when

insist

driving up a

trucks

lose

their

And

anything, their

maximum.

maximum

speed limit is hard to reach when construction has the highway closed down to one lane and backed up for a

It’s understandable that highways need maintenance, but why can’t the construction be done overnight, when there are fewer drivers?

And, when you finally get up to where the supposed construction is, what you usually find is workers standing around watching the cars going by. Highway 401 was built for one purpose: to act as a high-speed conduit for travel and

commerce. The problem is, it isn’t working. Especially where it’s needed most. Near metropolitan Toronto, the 401 is earning a reputation as one of the worst highways

around and justifiably so. Perhaps once all the construction, including the addition of Highway 407, is completed, the 401 will once again be a viable

means

for transportation.

now however, I find myself travelon smaller highways whenever possiNot for the better scenery but, ironical-

Right ling

pass ends up being more like a crawl. Most annoying of all however, are the dri-

ble.

travelling

have no problem

least they pay what they’re doing, and keep

the flow of traffic to a

up a slope and the

momentum

—

is,

wrong,

efforts deserve respect.

wish was to any highway. be on a different highway Highway 401 is supposed to be the backbone of Ontario, shipping goods with ease to all nearby major markets. And Ontario is as a traffic jam,

with aggressive drivers.

And how

Ottawa Quebec’s

never have to suffer.

have to merge, but pass everyone by and wait until the last possible second before cutting in. This gets them a few car

fully

how much

posed

separatists,

favorably

responded

—

Overweight people endure the kind of openly contemptuous behavior most people

vers

to use?

proved Canada wanted to

oppress Quebec. To appease the

became

known

In an attempt to show nationalists that works, Brian Mulroney federalism appointed Lucien Bouchard Canadian ambassador to France. After the failure of the Meech Lake Accord, Bouchard said its

eastern

to 1

ing

later it

People

it.

Highway 401. As I sat in my unmov-

nothing to further French in Quebec.

demands

ness sign.

Quebec

was during a recent

issue.

commented on

her cart and

and English-speaking

forces

they disap-

that they

as hoped, the act led to acrimo-

Nationalist

know

her

overweight person expects to be treatbecause they are more than, but they are every day.

allels

By Bryce Wilson

people. Rather than a unifying force in

language

let

She said she was alternately treated as People snorted. She said grocery .shopping was a

the

nious civic and political debate over the

her.

invisible or regarded as a spectacle.

that

Canadian politicians have caused this curious state by following a policy of appeasement when dealing with Quebec nationalists over the past 35 years.

entitled

felt

proved of

fat

the

Canada

people snick-

ered and passed comments. 'I’hese people

expect to be hated.

trip

place.

her from their cars.

Many reasons to hate the 401

offi-

The B and B commission resulted in Official Languages Act, guaranteeing

bodies for supto use English

tional

In a restaurant, well-dres.sed

ed- less than

was

that English

passed legislation making French the cial language of Quebec.

citizens

interna-

150-

constructed as an experi-

suit

fat

hurled insults

She lived in the suit for one week. Lampert said nothing could have prepared her for the shame and disrespect imposed upon the overweight. She said she had expected to be embarras.sed and to feel ashamed but she didn’t

a threat to the survival of the province and

appealing

Home

People actually watched what she put

bypass surgery.

speaks for Canadian values?

By Rick Kew

again.

fat

ment.

job.

overweight people often get

Discrimination

be a good boss, etc. overweight people lack credibility. They become targets of ridicule and the people around them become blatantly dis-

job, a

same

when

scrutinized and salespeople take advantage

about control, and ostensively, overweight

The thinking appears

get ignored

what they

service;

our society has a thing

Unfortunately

rather be deaf, blind,

or have a limb amputated than be

Leslie Lampert, editor of Ladies

dentials are good.

—

given

would

cent said they

ly,

for

more speed.

cafeteria food appeals to different tastes

Campus

by Trish Jackson Students surveyed during the second week satisof classes showed they are generally fied with

Doon campus’s main

cafeteria,

although they did provide some suggestions.

social “I think it’s great,” said first-year

are services student Jennifer Fenton. There and reaa lot of healthy choices. It’s fresh

Jennifer

Shane

sonably priced.”

Fenton

Plante

Fenton,

who

usually

chooses from the

refilled salad bar, suggests the salad bar be through the lunch period. On days when she scheduled at 12:30, she often

has lunch choices finds the salad bar empty and the

Shane Plante, ics

in his first

year of electron-

engineering technology,

impressed by

the cafeteria’s variety.

“You can get what you want,” he said. “I so it’s good that there s

like to eat healthy,

more than Jill

just Harvey’s.”

McClintock, a first-year law-and-secu-

McClintock

administration student, usually buys muffins or salad, but because she’s a vege-

rity

tarian, she feels there is not “It’s limited for

limited.

Jill

enough

variety.

me,” said McClintock.

“It

Mike

Qerime

Venning

Brandt

Alievski

Dooners, however, will prepare vegetarian pizza if it is ordered first thing in the mornRenate ing, said Dooners shift supervisor Rath well. There are also vegetarian subs available, she said.

needs more vegetarian cuisine.”

John Kast, district manager of Beaver Foods, said though he recognizes students’ for speneeds, there is not enough demand dishes. cialty items such as vegetarian

Matt

The

not make extra time and cost involved does it feasible, he said.

Third-year nursing student Matt Venning, the satisfied with the food and selection in main cafeteria, but said, “It is too expensive first-year

favors the cafeteria’s

Taco

also prices.

“I think with the

amount of

traffc here

they could price coffee lower,” Brandt said. Qerime Alievski, a visitor from Waterloo

LASA

student,

Bell,

because

selection.”

buy every day.”

Mike Brandt,

complaint

campus’s food-and-beverage management program, who was dining at Harvey’s, said “Waterloo cafeteria sucks.” She said of Doon’s cafeteria, “It’s alright. There’s more

they are easy to sneak into class.” He feels there is enough selection, but his biggest

— SPOKE, September

Page 6

Project provides

23, 1996

Recreation leadership student wins concert tickets By

Scott

didn’t have a chance of winning.

Nixon

12 was a lucky day for

Sept.

Conestoga student Marsha Rudy.

industry training

The

first-year recreation leader-

won two tickets to the Smashing Pumpkins con-

ship student Sept. 14

By Wendy Cummins will begin

velopment program

campus

Stratford

was

really surprised,”

Rudy

winning the contest. it

was

iron-

won because when

she

filling

she

out the ballot for the

contest her friends told her she

undertak-

Sept.

14,

was impressed with how wellaudience was. behaved the “Nothing got out of hand.” The Smashing Pumpkins have been plagued by controversy on their current tour.

On May

1, at

Smashing Pumpkins concert in Dublin, a 17-year-old girl was crushed to death in the mosh

pit.

FAG

en by Conestoga with

Bearings

was

ic that

Technical training for industry is a pilot project

concert as amazing and said she

She said she thought

the

concert

Rudy also won a copy of the latest Smashing Pumpkins CD, Mellon Collie and the Infinite

said, of

Sept. 27.

described the

before

“I

attending a training and de-

Smashing Pumpkins

cert in Toronto.

Sadness.

Ten new students

Kast said the contest was held in colleges in Ontario but only some colleges were selected to award concert tickets. Rudy, who had never seen the several

Taken

in Stratford.

over a 16- week period, the course will be a combination

of theory and practice, said John Anderson, program coordinator.

“They can see why they need the theory and apply it,” he said. The program also offers students an opportunity to work in the industiy in a co-op will Students placement. and FAG Bearings. For four weeks students will have in-class studies. The remaining 12 weeks will be in industry, although students

in class

once a week

during that time.

The

students sent to

Bearings will be

split

company

weeks they

will

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— Page 7

23, 1996

STUDENT LIFE As unpredictable The

3 Canadians By Linda

— he

do anything!”

That was one of the lines the 3 Canadians shouted as they read the free nooner sign above the stage in the Sanctuary while entertaining students Sept. 9.

Their infectious youth and ener-

finally stirred a rather sedate

crowd.

Amber, Derek Flores and North Darling do improvised comedy, or in the words of Amber Eric

“we make

When

the shit up!”

mance, what happened

Ray

member

of the

group, Flores said he only tours

with them in Australia. There

with

fun

four-man

Australia’s

it’s

trio,

Herald Sun labelled

them.

The group five-month

NOONER FUN

— The

and

Flores, North Darling

Sanctuary Sept.

New

1 1

3 Canadians, from Eric

Amber

Derek

to right,

entertained students (Photo

Unda

the

Reilly)

years ago, said the college dis-

you see new faces around the college this fall, you might want some of to take a second look those faces have come from farther than you would imagine. This September, 35 students from around the globe began their studies at Conestoga, due to the the of efforts recruitment hitemational Education Office. The largest group of students has come from Hong Kong, Thailand and Pakistan. There are others from Botswana, Brazil, the If

—

Islands, China,

Germany, South Macao,

bia,

ColomJapan,

India,

Korea

and

tiguishes itself

by the

vice

its

gives to

level of ser-

students,

which

includes everything from picking them up from the airport to helping them find housing. The idea to recruit international students to Conestoga was created with two goals in mind. One was to give Canadian students the

opportunity to study alongside international

students

because

probably in their lifetime, be doing a lot of work with international contacts,” they “are going

to,

Rechsteiner said.

The other was

to introduce inter-

national students into the nity financially.

“The

commu-

internation-

students do not receive any the from subsidy

Trinidad.

Larry Rechsteiner, the director of the International Education

financial

began acc-

government,” Rech“They pay full fees. They also pay for accommodation and recreation.” Conestoga offers special courses for new students who may need

epting international students five

help with their English. They

Office,

anticipates

more new

least

international students

beginning classes in January. Rechsteiner, who has run the office since the college

Canadian

steinner said.

He shoots

from a

Australia

group

they

said

tried

Flores said.

“personality

—

According to Flores, the trio has been together three years now but has been doing improv for six. Originally from the Loose Moose Theatre Company in Calgary,

wasn’t until the

trio

went to Australia in 1993 and was dubbed the 3 Canadians, that they decided to team up. “We needed a van to get around Flores

“so

said,

decided to form a group.”

comedy when

Improvisation everyone’s

isn’t

taste, but

these

comic improvisers joined forces, they combined 20 years experience at the Loose Moose Theatre Company. Amber, according to Elisabeth Lopez’s

article

magazine,

the

Age

happy victim of

told

came

as a

attention deficit disorder.

huge

relief,

but not soon enough to

him from being expelled

nooner

from school and feeling

spend five months a year there “to escape the Canadian winters,”

stop

The

he medication for a week but then decided to go back to the

The

God gave

him.”

3 Canadians have quickly

gained

reputation

for

shows and pulling off

doing

incredible

stunts according to the article.

Comfortable on both an indoor and outdoor stage, the 3 Canadians have toured many street festivals in Canada, Australia and the US. Most recently they wrote and performed their own version of the 1959 Cecil B. Demille film Ben Hur. According to their press release, the “epic” is performed on stage in 75 minutes with bad puppets and even worse costumes. It

was a

sell-out

the

level course called special

Eng-

Shinerama

’96

Melbourne

Comedy

International

Festival,

both

studies course at Conestoga, an international student

must have a

Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) score of 400. To enter the language option course, a score of

480

For admittance

into a regular

required.

course, the student must have a

score of 500 or more. “It

somewhat

unique

Ontario,” Rechsteiner said.

“We

have students attending the [language option] program that go to Conestoga College and to the University of Waterloo and some go to the University of Guelph. It accepted by

tions

all

three institu-

meeting their English

requirements.”

...

—

unpredictable as Canadian

Canadians will condo uni-gigs until their

politics, the 3

tinue

return to Australia in ’97.

*96