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28th Year
— No. 35
DSA gives money for LRC computers By Peggy Sue Doon
The centre
reserve
Ironside
learning
received
Conestoga’s funds low
resource
cheque
a
for
$10,000 from the Doon Student Association for the purchase of five Pentium computers and a
By
Conestoga’s reserve funds are dangerously low, says the college’s director of finance. As of March 3 the college’s
laser printer.
April-Dawn
DSA
Blackwell,
Gavin FitzPatrick,
president, and
DSA entertainment manager, handed the cheque to Cathy Potvin and Jill Douglas, LRC co-ordinators,
Oct.
1 ,
reserve funds were $66,000. In 1996-97, said Kevin Mullan, the reserves will be gone.
7.
Historically, a college uses
Blackwell said the $10,000 came from a reserve fund set aside by
1995
the
reserve
funds
in
its
financially
tough times. “If you happen to be out on budget, you need re-
DSA
executive to be used for the good of everyone at the
Scott Nixo n
serves to make sure you can absorb that deficiency,” Mullan
campus.
A
general student survey completed by the previous executive
said.
reserve fund going toward scholarships and bursaries that would
Reserve funds would also be used if the college needed a major repair. Since there aren’t
benefit
sufficient reserve funds avail-
stated that students didn’t
only
few,
a
want the
said
Fitz-
able,
Patrick.
The
have
DSA
has two student scholarships and two bursaries available, added Blackwell.
“We
want to hand the school a chunk of money and say, ‘here, go spend it’”, FitzPatrick “When something tike mis, we want to make sfire we"^e didn’t
being responsible.”
He said the DSA spent time looking around before deciding where the money would be spent best and said he thought the LRC
pairs.
COMPUTER CASH — The learning resource centre’s co-ordinator, Cathy Potvin, for
$10,000 from
DSA
President April-Dawn Blackwell.
was a good choice. “It’s
a place that’s open to everyis a place that every-
in that
ment before receiving
said.
body’s going to use some time. Also they’ve been in one hell of a
the cheque. co-ordinator of information services, said she thought the DSA proposal was a
crunch, as far as computer equip-
wonderful way to get more com-
ment goes,
puters.
body and
for the last few years.”
Potvin,
FitzPatrick said the college bought
LRC
“I think the student
receives a
(Photo by Peggy
and installed the computer equip-
involvement
"
t
process
blink
it
He doesn’t see that circumstance arising, however. “The
J
is
cheque
Sue
good news is our facilities are in good shape now.” Mullan said the cause of the low' reserve funds is the downsizing the college went through
Ironside)
valuable,” Potvin
creates a sense of
com-
munity ownership,” she said. The LRC will be putting labels on the computers so the college community will see they were donated by the DSA, she added.
AIDS
The cost of this downsizing was $4.9 million in buyouts. Only six of the 106 were laid off. instructors.
Several factors are contributing
awareness
about sexually transmitted diseases other than AIDS, said Con-
funding
into
men and women, and
can lead to difficulties in pregnancy, according to the Ontario Ministry of Health. She said, in 1995 there
were 345 cases of chlamydia
said
significant
AIDS
awareness
campaigns has created a decline in the amount of information available on other sexually transmitted diseases, according to a study done last year by the American
“It’s
AIDS
opinion that
shadows a
lot
always been my opinion that AIDS overshadows a lot of the other STDs,” said Nelson. AIDS awareness does promote safe sex, but on the other hand, she said, people are more concerned with getting AIDS than any other “It’s
Young women
are worried
about whether or not they’re getting AIDS and not about getting pregnant.
Information from from the Sexually Transmitted Disease Clinic,
which has offices in Waterloo and Cambridge, confirms that certain
STDs
other than
AIDS
are
of
equal concern in Waterloo Region.
The most prevalent
STD
in the
now is chlamydia, said Waterloo Community Health Department’s AIDS/STD program
region right
nurse, Cheryl Opolko.
Chlamydia
is
my
been
always
over-
of the other
STDs”
Social Health Association.
disease.
in
Waterloo Region.
estoga’s health office nurse.
Carol Nelson
A disease
disease that can result in sterility in
to a decrease in public
Mullan said it was important Conestoga was able to cut back without laying off many people. He said the cost of
decreases available information on other sexually transmitted diseases
By Doug Coxson
a serious bacterial
After the provincial
last year.
government cut college grants by 15 per cent, Conestoga had to cut its staff by 106 full-time
Awareness of old sexual diseases on decline Spotlight on
he said the college would to finance any major re-
Carol Nelson health office nurse
is
on
the increase, is
gonorrhea,
a bacterial infection that causes
pain during urination in
men and
women, and may result in vaginal and penile discharge. The disease can also cause sterility in men, lead to eye infections and arthritis and, in women, can cause a serious infection of the
womb,
leading to
infertility.
During 1995, there were 140
Genital herpes
is
a viral infection
that results in sores in the genital
and
flu-like
Women
cure for the disease. the virus
may
birth naturally
that
is
it
causing
and
it is
six people.
The main
factor for the increase
unprotected sex, said Opolko,
said
AIDS
STDs
society
in
it is
eventu-
Nelson. The cost to
treating
all
STDs
it’s
gonorrhea bacteria may be one alternative cause for the increase. The bacteria could be mutating to
kept confidential and the medica-
There was only one reported case of AIDS during the second quarter of 1996 in the region. The symptoms of chlamydia are very subtle in men and women. Nelson said. We usually detect it
become
tions are free.
in
women when
they
come
in to
have a pap smear. In men, they might feel a burning sensation during urination.
“Chlamydia is usually silent,” she said. “You could have it for years and not even
know
it.”
less resistant to antibiotic
Treatment for chlamydia and gonorrhea are easy once the disease is detected, said Nelson. “With chlamydia and gonorrhea, once you treat it, it’s gone,” she said. “ It’s not like herpes where it will come back in cycles. The awful thing with herpes is that you can’t get rid of it. It comes back, and your partners, whoever they are, will get
it
too,” said Nelson.
She said she has seen several people
come
is
Opolko said people usually sit up and pay attention when they, or
someone
really doesn’t
in their circle of friends
and family, contract an STD.
“We
moment.” too bad people
call that a teachable
Nelson said it’s more receptive to information once they, or someone they know, have a disease. are
Conestoga’s health office has information on all sexually transmitted diseases. Nelson said.
occurred,”
said
end
until
Aug.
31.”
in for referrals to the
STD clinic, where their problem
that
Mullan, “is because the government cut out grants effective April 1, but the academic year
quite a per-
but a change in the biology of the
treatments, she said.
reason
sonal subject,” said Nelson.
Ontario (PHERO) from the Ministry of Health, this year there were 23 cases of chlamydia reported in the Region in July alone.
was a
Mullan said that for 1996-97, Conestoga has a budgeted deficit of $2.2 million, “The
is
enormous, said Opolko. “I think a good way of increasing awareness of STDs on campus would be to have an information booth, although
to lay off
said if teachers
layoffs, their
in the re-
the concern of
is still
He
to lay off
it is
possibility of classroom performances could suffer. The college avoided future legal costs by keeping layoffs low. felt there
Nelson. gion,
more traumatic
cervical
ally fatal, said
is
For school morale, however, it’s
106 people than
Despite other
about the
early retirement package.
with
suspected
cancer,
is
as offering that person an
a possible co-factor in
Region, almost double the amount in previous years, said Opolko. In the second quarter of 1996, there
PHERO report.
same
not be able to give
most people because
were 23 reported cases of the disease in the Region, according to
laying a person off
lymph nodes symptoms. There is no
area, fever, enlarged
cases of gonorrhea in the Waterloo
the
According to a recent Public Health and Epidemiology Report
that
according to Opolko,
that
As a result, the college was paying salaries for about five months without financial help from the government. %5; Despite this, Mullan said, Conestoga will not have a deficit in 1998. This is primarily because of the reduction of 106 of the college’s staff. Mullan said while he feels the level of education has not suf,,
'
r
fered from the reduction in staff,
another reduction would
be harmful.
Page 2
— SPOKE, October
21, 1996
LAS A teacher helps plan college emergency response By Jason Seads
have a good grasp of what needs to be done in terms of an emergency plan,” he said. “It is “I think
Harry Stavrou, a law and security member who was at one time a special forces green beret in the Greek army, is helping physfaculty
ical
in
of another
bomb
in light
countered threat at
case
are
being re-
threat, a
of problems enfollowing the
Doon campus.
“Because of
my
expertise,
team
his
for
safety of the college.
on procedures training people and searching evacuating
know
of
Conestoga with
my
Stavrou said. “I don’t
anyone else
at
training.”
After serving in the Greek army for 10 years, Stavrou
Canada
moved
to
an education. His plan was to move back to his native Cyprus, but during his years in Canada, he married his Greek girlfriend, Nitsa, and the couple
went to Wilfrid Laurier University and re-
trated
ceived his bachelor of sociology,
was
drive to school will get tied
— Harry Stavrou,
LASA
member, displays emblems representing armed forces he has worked for. faculty
(Photo by Jason Seads)
in the early 1970s, then
specializing in deviant behavior.
sity
then enrolled at the Univer-
of Waterloo and obtained his
master’s degree in political crimi-
Emergency plan
Stavrou ’s thesis concen-
on terrorism, a subject he from Cyprus. Stavrou also became a commissioned officer in the Canadian familiar with
Army
after
training
his
Conestoga has an emergency response
—
but the plan, deof students and staff tailed in a large yellow binder, is only available for staff to read.
The document
a resource for staff in case of any emergency, including chemical spills on Highway 401, bomb threats and is
“Why
“It is
a staff resource,” said Barry Milner,
manager of Conestoga’s physical resources.
“From
proach their teachers and ask for instructions, said Milner. “Students should make whichever familiar, with themselves building they have classes in.”
her safety after “I
was
last year’s
scared.
I
a supervisory point of view,
students read the plan,
if
the
we would have 4,000
was
bomb
anyone was
McEnaney
get
to
crisis,
lice
in
off
so there must be outside po-
making changes procedures,
developing
training courses
in
to the general staff
and making
effec-
use of outside resources. Stavrou said 99.9 per cent of bomb threats are hoaxes. “Just a bunch of guys sitting around drinking too much beer. But how much time and money is wasted tive
when
they call in a threat?” threats create
problems
in a
learning institution, because time
cannot be replaced, he said. we going to add a day of school in May to make up the lost time? I don’t think so.” Stavrou
“Are
said police and ambulance services,
which must come
to the
school, could also be needed else-
where, creating problems in the outside community. Stavrou said he briefly covers emergency planning and terrorism management with his second-year
LASA students.
involvement as well.
“I think
first
I
Milner said teachers should review emergency procedures with students on the first day of classes in each semester. “We send a message to all faculty reminding them of what to do in case of an emergency,” he
said students should be able to
my own
should be able to ensure
said.
“Teachers are to review those procedures with their students.” Milner said he will be attending a seminar
in
an-
basically told us to get out of the
last resort is the senior administrative
most serious emergencies.
in control.”
Milner said there are three groups involved emergency decision making. The first is the emergency response team, which handles fires and other relatively routine problems. If the emergency response team cannot handle the problem, a decision group is
threat.
“The first announcement was not serious and it seemed like it didn’t matter, but the second was serious.
“He
The
group, which makes final decisions on the
us to get out of the place? It didn’t seem like tell
safety.”
nouncements.
people trying to be the boss and doing their
trying
read the document.
in the library at the
member made two
didn’t he
school in the
Lori McEnaney, a third-year registered nursing student, said she is worried about
time and a staff
fires.
jams
up
school property in case of a safety
school now,” she said.
thing.”
Students worried about their safety can applan in case of a serious threat to the safety
the
at
Canadian Armed Forces training
traffic
the
for staff eyes only deals with threats, spills
own
By Jason Seads
nality.
some may not mesh with
lost
of his expertise and various ways he wanted to help with the procedures. “Certain parameters must be met,” said Stavrou. “I can help the college meet them.” Milner said many students who
WALL OF FAME
said
provincial guidelines for safety.
Such
Stavrou gave Milner an outline
He
Stavrou received his diploma in law and security from Conestoga
with
hearing of his credentials.
to get
had two children.
is
Milner approached Stavrou after
school,”
the
who
responsible for the
fered to give advice
and
in proce-
resources, Barry Milner,
of-
I
few problems
came to light, said the college’s manager of physical dure
last fall
ideas will be put into place, Milner
Milner said Stavrou will help
Even giving staff, who are involved in crowd and traffic control, special clothing to wear would help in a crisis.” During last November’s bomb
threat.
The procedures viewed
in
I
not rocket science.
resources train selected staff
emergency procedures
Although many of Stavrou ’s
Chilliwack, B.C.
facility in
in February to discuss emergency training at post-secondary institutions in Ontario, along with representatives from five col-
leges and universities.
called in.
Lack of student volunteers puts Walk Safe program on hold By Peggy Sue Ironside
sure
if
people realize they can
still
volunteer.”
The Walk Safe program, organized by the ation, has
Doon
Student Associ-
been put on hold due
to
a lack of student volunteers, said the student association president.
“I’m very disappointed,” said April-Dawn Blackwell. “I’m not
Four students have shown
in-
terest in volunteering, she said.
Last year, 14 people applied for the pitot program. There wasn’t much promotion for the service last year, Blackwell said, so the
DSA thought more ad-
Blind trust
vertisement about the service at the beginning of this year would get
more students
that hasn’t
interested, but
happened.
Last year, the majority of volun-
came from
law and security program, students who will be going into a similar area of work after graduating. Blackwell said teers
the
Walk Safe program
she hopes the
will continue. “I think
it
would be
advantageous to a large majority people, both users and
of
providers.”
Kim
Radigan, the college’s and safety co-ordinator, along with Barry Milner, manager of physical resources, and Bob Gilberds, supervisor of security, helped Blackwell set up the Walk
health
Safe
pilot.
“I personally feel that a like
Walk Safe
is
program
beneficial to stu-
dents and staff at the college,” Ra-
digan said.
Running such a service takes
a
great deal of time, not just to pro-
vide the escort, said Radigan, but to co-ordinate the entire operation: advertising,
recruiting,
training,
scheduling and rectifying problems. “It’s
unfortunate they haven’t
had the success
in
People are always encouraged to to walk out at the same time, whether they are in a continuing education class or working with other students here at night, Radigan said. She also suggests people move their cars up to one of the closer parking lots. “We suggest parking lot 12, in between Door 5 and the rec centre,” Radigan said. After 4 p.m., you can park anywhere
make arrangements
without being ticketed.
Milner said he met with BlackRadigan and Gilberds to review last April’s pilot project. “We provided them with some assistance in getting the program up and running in the spring by supplying knowledge with twoway radio operation and general safety information. I was really hoping the DSA would be sucwell,
cessful in delivering
it
again
this
year, Milner said.
obtaining vol-
unteers that they originally ex-
“I
pected, but the service certainly
know April-Dawn
put
can’t run without them,” she said.
Security staff are still able to provide escorts on request, she said, but people requesting this may have to wait until the security guard is free.
credit.”
College
security
guard Janet
Smith said she thinks if students see the Walk Safe program in operation they will use
it.
CORRECTION In the Oct. 15 issue of Spoke, tien’s
name was
DSA
spelled incorrectly.
in
countless hours trying to develop this and she deserves a lot of
director of student life
Spoke
regrets the error.
Becky Boer-
a
The mighty pen
campus
Stratford
improves literacy By Wendy Cummins
reen Smith, an instructor in the program.
About 60 students at the Stratcampus are learning to func-
The program
pants and relies on confidentiality,
tion better in their lives through a literacy program.
Smith
One
Literacy program co-ordinator
350 people
up
lined
hockey stars near downtown Kitchener.
favorite
to
see
Grade
means being name beside an
she said.
“There are
home,
By Diana Loveless
someone that
One day
Sanctuary was closed because of messiness, the lounge was noticeably cleaner, esafter the
pecially after lunch,
when
tables
would normally be covered with remains of students’ lunches. “From looking at the lounge
the
today, there’s at all,”
no garbage around
Becky Boertien,
director of
life for the Doon Student A.ssociaiion, said in a 2 p.nrk. inter-
student
the
monitor it, to ensure garbage is being put
to
students about the mess,
this
hear the comments
in passing,
is
hopeful
continue but will reassess the situation within the next this trend will
month, Boertien said. “If in a couple of weeks it’s not being resolved, we’ll either look to do the same thing again or we’ll look to another solution like hiring
she
“I know some students don’t come in here because of the
garbage. The furniture itself has been soiled, so they don’t even feel comfortable sitting on the fur-
Some
happens,
fect),
does (have an efbut then after a while people it
students were angry about it
was unfair
and unnecessary. “We’re not a bunch of
DSA
representatives say there
no
are
easy
work and
in the
solutions
problem. “I think
it’ll
reduce the problem
“I don’t think we’re ever
material.
possible.” at Stratford
second day of the
do
down
it’s
the
closure. “Closing
it
is
not
going to solve the problem.” Second-year broadcasting stu-
is
get
making
down
it
not
room
school
community based.”
purpose
Its
is
to support
and proin the
“There are things students can that they couldn’t besaid.
“We accommoas much as
students
Smith said the committee tries to offer choices on where students can go for literacy programs. “Students don’t always have to to us. We will go to them,” she said. “If they have questions, there is
come
someone to help.” She said a lot of students who have gone do correspondence courses
started in the basic level
on
to
or upgrading at college.
where
Pens, paper, texts and related
the
furniture,
materials are supplied to the stu-
stink
and costing
dents through funding from the
helps them keep their jobs
Ministry of Education, said Lau-
seniority isn’t enough, she said.
to a level
ruining
the
to
sentatives of local adult literacy
the
board and library,” Haslam said.
going to
we want
Literacy Committee, a non-profit organization that employs repre-
date
Spoke on
just not
Huron-Perth counties. Along with Stratford campus, the organizations make up the Huron-Perth
now
“It is
it’s
think what
Four organizations offer the literacy program to residents in the
Smith
around happen.
I
Brussels,
Clinton.
fore,”
Rob Cameron, a secondyear woodworking student, told
—
Exeter,
meaning they can only deal with simple and clearly laid out program
us a lot of money.”
For a
lot
of students, the program
when
Learning resource centre offers magazines for individual programs which was donated by a member
his
but
out each month, last
it.”
dents overnight.
resource centre, said the co-ordi-
St. John said the free or donated magazines can be distinguished on the current magazine racks by
program came up for renewal, it had drastically gone up in price, so he decided not to renew
how many magazines
of Conestoga’s faculty.
nator of the college’s learning re-
the lower-case type, while all paid
source centre.
subscriptions
By Bruce Manion Magazines make up the major portion of the print budget for the
“Since periodicals always need to be updated,
amount on
we spend
a large
subscriptions,” said
Jill
Douglas.
TTnda the
’(..’-•r.,
LRC who
ar-
employee
at
orders the periodi-
have
upper-case
type.
Douglas said the LRC tries to have a broad range of titles that cover topics concerning every pr-'^gram of sbady in the co’ lege “Each program has a formal rep-
between 400 to magazines in the LRC. However, she said, not all the magazines are sub-
resentative to the resource centre
500
to
about 10 per cent are free or donated. An example, she said, is National Geographic,'
terials
scribed to
—
whom we
channel any queries
about subscriptions,” she said. “For example. Bob Baker of ma-
management comes
to
mind because recently a subscription for
one of the periodicals for
centre monitors
St.
how many magazines are signed out and how often each different title is
cals, said there are
different titles of
The resource
600
to
signed out, but has no
monitor
how
often the
maga-
and not signed out, said Douglas. “For nursing nragazines are not allowed to be signed out. The nursing faculty decided the magazines were used too much and this way the titles would always remain in the resource centre for
all
the nursing
students to use,” Douglas said.
Douglas
said, as
an example of
were taken out by
stu-
John said one of the main
reasons magazines are popular with students
way
zines are used while in the library
titles
are signed
March over
is
the need for up-
computer catalogue. “If you type in a key subject word, any books, audio-visual material and magazines for that subject will be listed,” said Douglas.
The decision
to-date specific information,
cancel
“If you want an overview of banking in Canada, you’ll find
long as
that information in a book, but if yo'u v/ant to
knew
a certain quarter are, you’ll find in a '
it
magazine.”
magazine
for
order
to
programs
in
is
or
made
Li'Xii^v i,Mzv
O C
-
i.rtjv.-'vi
'/
c»
request for a certain magazine.
The
library
does not get any spe-
cial subscription discounts, said
Douglas pointed out students do not
titles
by the program representatives as it falls in the budget of the LRC However. Douglas said she
v-'hal die, Bc..ik
of Montreal ’s reported profits for
know
specifically
that
some
there for
is
a
their
program, and the titles of those magazines can be accessed on the
af-
themselves.”
access
literacy
it
There are also five satellite programs offered through the Stratford campus. They are in
Approximately 26 per cent of Canadians fall into the second cat-
in the area as well as the
dren,”
in
mote literacy and awareness two counties.
The program, involves small group learning in one-on-one sessions with an instructor. “The program works in co-operation with other literacy programs
going to
ways
reading printed materials such as magazines, books or newsletters.
years.
a point,” Gavin FitzPatrick, DSA entertainment manager, said in an interview a week before the lounge was shut down.
the different
programs.
has been in operation for eight
to
“You see
fects their lives, their confidence
into the lowest level of literacy. These adults have difficulty
The
the
to
different kinds of
fall
eliminate people leaving garbage
little chil-
commu-
achieve goals and develop
egory,
are slobs again.”
the closing, saying
executive
members
said.
great.”
DSA
she
Although the DSA has not gotten a lot of formal complaints from
niture.”
The
said
thought closing the lounge was a good idea but she was not sure it would have any long-term effects. “Initially, when something like
away.”
view Oct. 9. “We’ve seen students putting garbage away it’s
—
McLean
Tanya
dent
at
activities, at
knowledge and potential. According to statistics released in the lALS handbook, 22 per cent of Canadians over the age of 16
Closure leads to cleaner lounge
all
successes,” she said.
Listowel,
nity, to
Sanctuary
who left doing a correspondence course,
1
Wingham and
formation on daily
(Pho,o by sean Rniay)
1
eracy
is
had was
the course
the phonetics of the
Andrea Leis, co-ordinator of Huron-Perth preparatory programs. According to the International Adult Literacy Survey (lALS), litdefined as the ability to understand and employ printed in-
their
knowing
not
X, but rather being able to do such things as read medicine bottles and perform everyday tasks, said
Domi left, 0 the Toronto Maple Leafs signs autographs Oct. 10. Teannmates Doug Gilmour. Dave Ellett, Mats Sundin and Don Beaupre were, on hand to promote the United Way s Posterboy campaign. At $1 0 an autograph, more than
who began
alphabet, but
Literacy no longer able to sign your
said.
particular case she
a student
Marilyn Hasslam said the students are learning to read and write or improve existing skills.
Tie
free to partici-
is
ford
St.
John. ‘“Where there
ence
is
a differ-
in price, libraries are
charged
a higher institutional rate because
of so them.”
many
students
viewing
— SPOKE, October 21, 1996
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COMMENTARY Diana Loveless
Editor
News
Scott
editor
Student
Sean
editor
life
S. Finlay
Doug Coxson
Issues and activities editor
Photo editor Production manager
Bruce Manion
Advertising manager
Eric Whitfield
Jason
manager
Circulation
Jerry Frank
Faculty supervisors
&
ation
(DSA). The views and opinions expressed in this newspaper do not necessarily views of Conestoga College or the DSA.
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Losing the age of innocence By Wendy Cummins When six-year-old Johnathan in his class,
girl
Prevette kissed a
was innocent; but
it
Southwest elementary school he attends ington, N.C., It
it
appears the
to the in
Lex-
was sexual harassment. age of innocence was lost when
political correctness
made
appearance
its
in so-
ciety.
What
is left is
an age of judgement and perse-
cution.
Guaranteed, not
we would
cence
There
children portray the inno-
all
like to
assume they possess.
are, unfortunately, children
who
are ca-
pable of far worse than stealing a kiss from a fellow first-grader.
Sexual harassment
is
defined as unwarranted,
unwanted or unwelcome touching. applies under the
It
same terms
in the
South-
west elementary school. Prevette claimed the girl he kissed asked him to kiss her and then complained when a teacher
saw
did
it
They
everyone to believe the parking lots at Conestoga could like
because he liked her.
There are not many parents their small children.
who explain
sex to
are the innocent ones, or at least they
accommodate
By
all stu-
the time
I
get
money
to
chine, only to have
me
and
dents.
undoubtedly not because parents are afraid to tell their children about sex. It is because it doesn’t seem necessary at such
ently.
sold out.
For the fourth semester in a row, I am one of the unfortunate
I know I’m not the only student who is put through this ordeal. The number of
is
a young age.
believe differ-
I
pass, the security office tells
tion.
waiting
convenience.
The question is when and at what age? Recently there was an 11 -year-old boy found
The waiting list is usually over three pages long. Then I never hear from the
guilty of raping a girl in Toronto.
anyone again.
about the right
So should we start in kindergarten or wait until Grade 3? James Simeon, superintendent of the Lexington city schools stated in a Time magazine article that the school was “working on an age-
students
This forces the student to use the daily ticket dispenser for the
and
It
seems
like all
of a sudden
we
it
whole semester,
adds up.
not only costly,
dis-
money The
a terrible in-
ticket for parking
without a pass.
is
out.
out-of-order. Security’s response to this
was a parking was my own
You also have to remember to bring change for the machines and if you forget, you have to try to get change in the school. While you’re doing this, you worry about getting a $10 to $15 parking
People watching
are being put
it is
flash out-of-order
it
They
ticket.
fault
later said
because
I
tive society.
DROP US A
LINE
you have anything you want
about general, Spoke welto say
People esting.
they
are
inter-
Still
Never are more inter-
in too fast.
college should build another parking lot in the fields behind the dreaded Lot 3. This would not be truly accommodating for the students who still have to make the long walk from their cars to the school, but at least
it
would cut down on
the cost of using the daily ticket dispenser.
good ehtertaiiuneht
w'hen
±ey
don’t
know
they’re
being
Often, these people are seen following another person vv’nu is determined, but in
a different
the first group of
'
People watching is a sort of portable entertainment. It can be done in parks and malls. It can be done while driving in a car or walking down the street. It can be done any time. There is no
fact,
that set jaw. In they appear to be enjoying themselves thoroughly, strategically wan-
perceive as being cool.
dering
as others see us.
costly state-of-the-art-people-watching
equipment or overpriced
outfits.
And
it’s
free.
and look neither to the left nor the right. These people have a mission. Others are not so focused. They look as though they forgot why they are there, or
people seem to be no-nonsense
They know
going and
maybe are.
around, observing everything. This group of people seems to be very familiar with everything. Maybe they do this often.
Others ignore it all as they settle on a bench to read a book, the newspaper, or perhaps do a crossword puzzle or word search.
Some types.
They do not have
let
exactly where they’re
nothing get
in their
they’re not quite sure
way.
set jaw,
where
tliey
Yet another type saunters along, as
on a casual walk, hands might even be dragging
in pockets.
if
They
their feet.
they are walking along the pathways in Victoria Park, they may be kicking up If
a tiny cloud of dust at their heels as they
plough their way through the gravel walkways. These people either don’t have a care in the world or they’re carrying the burdens of the world on their
^
Other people travel in packs. These people don’t seem to be aware of where they are, nor do they care. The focus for these people is on each other. They giggle and guffaw. They make rude noises. They act in a manner they
people.
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way than
shoulders.
watched.
They have a determined look, a
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others look frustrated and tired.
They don’t look as though they want be where they are.
it
put the
a morality debate concerning children.
They are seemingly innocent, but it is what changes them into rapists and murderers that we need to be concerned about. This isn’t the first time in history a child has been accused of committing some kind or unwanted sexual act and it won’t be the last. But, did Johnathan conceive a kiss as some form of punishable act? Probably not. Not only did Johnathan miss playtime, he may well have seen his first sign of an over-vindic-
If
$2.25 a day,
at
appropriate revision of our policy.” in
list.
is
my money
I put a note on windshield saying the dispenser was
spit
dis-
up at the daily ticket penser each day attests to that. Having to pay at the daily parking students lining
penser
changing times of today’s sostart teaching our children and wrong forms of communica-
in the
we should
they’re
my
who has not been able to purchase a parking pass for the whole semester and been placed on a
Maybe, ciety,
All this worrying and your school day hasn’t even started yet. I recently received a parking ticket because I deposited the change in the ma-
pay for the
were. It
^
The reason I am not able to purchase a parking pass earlier in the semester is because I have to wait for my OSAP to be processed.
The college would
it.
He
School parking should be for everyone
If
only
we were
able to see ourselves
People watching during the Christmas season is especially interesting. They thread their way through crowded malls barely able to see over armloads of all the trimmings that
go with Christmas.
Small children look stifled in snowsuits as they trudge along behind their parents. They look as though the magic of Christmas is lost on them. There are still other people who seem to be fixtures. They don’t move at all.
They don’t even seem to be breathing. They appear to be focused on something, although it isn’t clear where their focus is.
Are they people watchers? Are they watching me?
COMMENTARY Look Franklin
Graham has
wrapped up ’96
inside yourself before turning to The Virgin Mary has been crying in Toronto for over a month and followers
his Festival
Kitchener Memorial Auditorium, the
at
things,
among other that humans are
sinful,
with no excep-
claim
preaching,
a sign from God.
is
this is it
is
left.
long can some-
At
one sit and listen to a preacher telling him he is flawed and has no chance of redemption, without feeling like a piece of dirt? And yet, thousands of men and women
so
^ On Sundays, when my friends would go to Sunday school, 1 felt like I was missing out on something important. When they went to
a
himself to
prove His existence
someplace where more than the devout would be affected. When I was a kid, I never went to church.
Am
Custodian angered by audacity have just finished reading the piece entitled Could Somebody Please Clean Up This Dirty Mess, by Jennifer Dougall, in the Sept. 30 issue of Spoke. Quite frankly, I find myself extremely angry with Miss
your complaint of bugs: we try to keep the spiders under control. If they have become such a nuisance, perhaps you should talk to administration or
Dougall’s audacity.
control.
I sincerely hope that Miss Dougall is not a journalism student, as she seems to have forgotten to reasearch her topic.
work
Instead she prefers to
make
sarcastic
and degrading comments without examining the situation first. You see. Miss Dougall, like many other comapanies in the ’90s,
we
As
to
maintenance. Finally,
We
are custodians, not pest
most of the housekeeping
staff
gum on
the
floor and tossed their garbage in every nook and crannie. I’m sure you can well
imagine
a
While we were there we visited the Ste-Anne de Beaupre Church. It is still one of the most beautiful things I have ever seen. Maybe more for what it represented than for what it was. I bought a cross and began praying at night. class trip.
Rohypnol. This
word
that
is
a
how
By Chad Purcell Night-shift custodian
my
—
doubt there
is. 1 grew out of needing some higher power to justify my life choices. No matter how many Franklin Graham’s gather in Kitchener to lift God higher in our
eyes, after they leave,
will
I
still
only have
myself To be
truly happy, we have to stop trying insurmountable odds to prove ourselves to something we don’t even know exists, and start looking into our own hearts to to beat
find out
who we
really are.
such a problem that Schedule One drug. According to the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, Schedule One drugs are those with a high potential for abuse and de-
It should mean danger because Rohypnol is a
A drug that, the United States, is being used to facilitate potent drug.
pendence without an accepted medical use. Heroin and marijuana are other Schedule
One
It is 10 times as potent as Valium, causing sedation in 20 minutes, slowing motor
skills, causing muscle relaxation and inducing amnesia, according to the U.S. Office of National Drug Control Policy. Because of these characteristics, Rohypnol
The small white
known
as the “date-
pill is easily
is tasteless. Its
dissolved in
effects are devas-
It can knock a person out cold and wipe out any memory of what happened while under the influence of this drug. Kitchener- Waterloo counselling services have never even heard of this drug. Waterloo regional police have heard very little. Even though this drug has been featured on popular American shows such as Hard Copy, Rikki Lake, Montel Williams and Law and Order, many Canadians are still
tating.
Write to Spoke,
hear what you to say!
drugs.
Rohypnol
numbers.
quickly becoming
Rohypnol.
fied as a
something.
is
the existence of
Rohypnol is creating in July it was reclassi-
Canadians means nothing. But it should mean
a drink and
Some Conestoga
in
In the United States,
rape drug of choice.”
have
understood what was happening
head, sometimes not even myself. It was during that time I realized nobody, not even God, could help me feel safe at night if there even is a God, and I highly
unaware of
many
to
And now,. Rohypnol has begun to appear on Canadian streets. Rohypnol is the trade name under which the Swiss-based pharmaceutical company Hoffman-La Roche Inc., manufactures the drug flunitrazepam.
thousands of people have
after
Waterloo campus
that thing near the door!
tinue the tradition with her two daughters. In Grade 8, I went to Quebec City on
day,
spilled their coffee, spit their
should work a shift with the custodial staff and find out what is really done.
—
my
that
date rape in increasing
and under equipped. We do our best to keep the school clean. What was your friend doing dropping a
on the floor in the first place? Have you never heard of a garbage can
to public-
the night shift in order to try to put the school back together for use the next
dirty things get. I would suggest to Miss Dougall that if she thinks she can do a better job, perhaps she
“hair ball”
go
to
in
find ourselves faced with cptb^jc^. ^s^a^result of the^ cost-cutting measures, we can, at timeCfindlliaT we' are understaffed
knew
had
I
couldn’t understand why.
During my teenage years, I felt totally alone in the world. There was nobody who
Date-rape drug a reality
Letter to the editor
I
to
1
mother had been raised a Catholic. She grew up in a very large, French-Canadian family. She didn’t conI
in a painting.
the unbelievers, doesn’t it seem realistic that he would do it outside of a church,
flooded the auditorium, to hear just that. I the only one who finds this counterproductive?
it’s
a Catholic school and school,
nowhere near as implausible as
least
God manifesting If God wanted
made my
so
implausible.
How
never
I
is it
nicate with the push of a button, altering a painting so it can cry doesn’t seem all that
was about time he
was never baptized and communion.
God and
Why
an act of
man-made deception? In the age of technology, when men and women from across the world can commu-
tions. It
it
easy to believe hard to believe
1
first
any God
students find cigarette butt
litter
is used in about 60 countries as a pre-surgery sedative or to treat severe in-
somnia.
Using a sedative drug victim
is
not a
new
to incapacitate a concept. Paul Bernardo
used the drug Halcion victims.
The
nesia in the
to incapacitate his
Rohypnol induces amrape victim makes this drug far fact that
more dangerous than any other sedative. Rootles, as Rohypnol is often termed, began to surface on Canadian streets this summer. Reports of Rohypnol in Toronto and Ottawa have been confirmed. While Metro police have not seized any Rohypnol, only a matter of time. Roofies were first seen in the United States early in the 1990s. It has taken six years for this drug to be recognized as a pressing social problem. Rohypnol has only just begun to appear in Canada within the last four months. Given time, Rohypnol abuse may reach the same epidemic proportions here. it is
At
least in
Canada we can be forewarned
about this drug. We can learn now, instead of later, how to guard ourselves from the dangerous effects of Rohypnol.
disgusting
By Ross McDermott a familiar sight.
It’s
Doon campus that is by students and one can’t
Pick any entrance on regularly used
help but notice, scattered across the ground, like
crumbs
for the birds,
and unsightly cigarette
Though
are
numerous
butts.
ashtrays are located at each en-
trance, students
still litter
the ground.
Why? And what can be done about it? Some smoking and non-smoking students in and around Doon campus Oct. 8, voiced their opinions
on the
I
feel guilty
Door 4. But at the same Ross said, the mess created by smokers gives somebody a job. Demjana Nikolic, a non-smoking firstyear law and security student, said she doesn’t mind people smoking but they should be more responsible for their aca cigarette outside
time,
Deborah
Basem
Leo
Kathy
Ross
Nikolic
Thompson
Saraf
Bourre
Taylor
like seeing It
it
don’t
on the
(the cigarette butts
doesn’t have to be done.”
refuse to use the ashtrays then signs should
be posted instructing them to do so or else
people are huddled around
it.”
Kathy Taylor, a non-smoking
first-year
She said she doesn’t think much can be done about people littering the ground with their butts because people have always thrown them on the ground. “They could have more ashtrays around,” said Deborah Thompson, a first-year general business student, while on a smoke
“It’s disgusting,” said Leo Bourre, a second-year law and security student. “It makes us look like a bunch of pigs. People just have to look after themselves and put
people are just to throw away their butts. It’s easy to put it in an ashtray instead of just throwing it away.” Taylor said she doubts that anything could
break outside Door 4. “Somebody going around with a broom
their cigarettes in the ashtrays
human
be done to prevent people from throwing their butts on the ground. “If you tried to solve it, I think they’d still be lazy. I don’t think people would put any effort into trying to rectify the problem.”
wouldn’t hurt
suffer the penalty of a fine. “It’s bad.
times
I
Some-
can’t even find a place to put
my
bag down.”
Saraf, a first-year
—
act like
beings.”
general business student, said
if
people
trays about half of the time.
general arts and science student, thinks the butts
on the ground are a disgrace. messy and it shows how sloppy
“It’s
Bourre, a smoker, said he uses the ash-
either.”
Non-smoker Basem
tions. “It’s disgusting,” said Nikolic. “I
Demjana
ground).
subject.
because sometimes I contribute to it,” said Mike Ross, a secondye^ law and security student, as he smoked “I think
Mike
“Most of
time you can’t get close to
it,
the
because
Page 6
— SPOKE, October 21, 1996
STUDENT LIFE Sensitive guys turn to Camilla Scott for help “The show worked us
By Ross McDermott They’re just two average men. There is nothing unusual about them. They were not abducted by aliens and they are not members of any anti-social group. Mike Curtis and Ryan Camp, second-year law and security students, are, by all appearances, average except for one thing, Curtis says, “We’re sensitive
Camp
ready planned,”
The
pair
from Kitchener
see
al-
to the studio’s lo-
superficial,” said Camp. He asked her where they would go on a date if neither of them had any money.
“The whole way down was such a rush,” Curtis said.
“At the bar
it
seemed
She replied that if he didn’t have any money there wouldn’t be a
the
date.
Camp
sleazy guys were pick-
Oct. 3, Curtis and
They decided
Us
to contact the pro-
ducers of the television program after an
evening
Whiskey
“We
all
wanted
Two weeks a call
so
frustrations
their
called the Camilla Scott later.
to
they
Show.
Camp
received
from the producer of the
“When Ryan
told
me
that the
After Curtis and
their
pear
guys.
With
(Photo by Ross McDermott)
‘
Have books Have a car Advertise
announce?
to
to sell?
student
said.
“It
The segment of which Curtis and is
called
I
the
Camp
arrived at
Camp
A Sensitive Guy.
make-up done, and were
se-
room
for
Set
“It
to reality.”
was
said. “It
definitely fun,” Curtis
was something
jience.”
“They had to keep us separated from the women that we were to
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two hours with two other male
pretty exciting.”
—
Have a meeting
Curtis
he
Both Curtis and Camp said they enjoyed the experience.
they were fed sandwiches, had
producer of the Camilla Scott Show had called, I jumped out of seat,”
Kitchener,
in
Camp
questered in a dressing
show.
Ryan Camp (left) and Mike Curtis, both second-year LASA students, were guests for an Oct. 3 taping of the Camilla Scott Show. They are two self-proclaimed sensitive
LASA
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Camp
doubts any type of relationship
it
that.’’
TOO NICE GUYS
any chance
guys were the women,’’ Curtis
at a relationship or
my
to get
chose number one. Trinity,” said. “She was a nice girl, really down to earth.” But because she lives in Scarborough and “I
guys never
sleazy
“Us good guys, or sensitive guys never seem to get any chance
vent
he
Camp
a relationship.”
at
said.
He
women.
the
sensitive
seem
Jack’s.
the
picking up
all
Kitchener
at the
noticed at the bar that
seemed
up
ing
Camp were
guests on the Camilla Scott Show.
bar.
woman
did meet a
liked.
men.’’
On
the
“One of the women that I had to choose from was really plastic and
limo
in a
cation in Scarborough.
—
them and
see us.”
said.
were driven
“We couldn’t women couldn’t
choose,” said Curtis.
a
into
dating-game format they had
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STUDENT LIFE Rodeway
Expanding the mind
Suites
Residence council to host student
Halloween party By Sara Maxim
of the residence because smoking
and alcohol are allowed there,
The student council
Rodeway
at
Suites has decided students
do not lowed
live in residence will
attend
to
have
source centre.
(photo by Ooug Coxson)
will
and cheer,” said Matt Wagner, a first-year
A sold-out bus load of Conestoga
marketing student.
were
There
plenty
students travelled to Toronto to participate in the Camilla Scott
Gerhardt, a first-year arts ence student, including cellular phones, jackets and hats. Wagner, a winner of a' cellular
Show on
Oct. 10.
About 46 students, along with two Doon Student Association chaperons, bussed their way to Toronto for the taping of the show that airs weekdays at 3 p.m. on
CTV. Once in
show, “They took us and fed us, but made us stand at the
at the
show
of prizes
given away
Leah and sci-
said
The
panellists
ferred
several
is
more
tabic
who
common room games,
arcade
take
will
toring the party to
at-
don’t
a male and female escort be avail-
who have too back to their rooms council decided that any
able to take students
much The
to drink
non-residents
who become too inhome would be
door prize so students who don’t dress up will be eligible to win a
toxicated to drive
prize too.
resident
required to stay overnight with the
who
signed them in. be obliged to pay the $5 fee for an overnight stay.
The
party will be held in the the
each monimake sure no that
shifts
of the council, also suggested that
and the funniest
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it
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will also be prizes for the
best, the scariest
She said the panellists were very open about their sexual lives and were honest and funny.
unless
closed container, as
legal to
dress up will pay $1.
There
in a
hallways, Holowaty said.
Suites.
meeting that any students
said.
be allowed out-
either be
The council decided
on the show ofopinions, Liuba
common room
is
manager of
general
get in free and those
Whitfield
will not
side of the
living in the residence, said Paul
in
tend the party in a costume will
By Eric
own. Alcohol
council decided these items will
the learning re-
Students become part of studio audience at Camilla Scott talk show
at the
party, but students can bring their
al-
1
non-residents
be signed
Rodeway in
be
said.
alcohol will be sold
by a student living in residence, said Sheena McColl, co-president of the residence council. The policy is not new, as all visitors to Rodeway Suites must be signed in and out by a student to
Holowaty,
Nicole Lopes, a second-year nursing student, checks out a video
No
Halloween
the
party scheduled for Oct. 3
However,
McColl
who
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21, 1996
STUDENT LIFE
,
In-line skating By Linda Reilly
champ four-man relay
attends Conestoga
in the senior division, a
men’s division and he the senior men’s division
silver in the senior
Shawn Baker The
is
on top of the world. and management
first-year business
Doon campus
placed sixth
is
At
Canada’s national champion speed skater
won He
studies
student
at
in
(quad). the provincial championships, he
won
practises six to 10 hours a week,
wheels, rather than four, with the
off his skates.
fifth
wheel giveing a smoother and more powwhich increases the speed. Baker said. Baker competes in the senior men’s division, the most competitive and intense division, with men between the ages of 18 and 27. “This division is the one in which most skaters have reached peak performance and are elite skaters.” Speed skaters reach their peak performance around age 24, he said. “By age erful glide,
30, they start to lose
it.”
Baker also received a gold
in
the
also
“It is getting
a silver in the senior men’s
Baker,
who
turns 19 this month, said he
on and
harder and harder to be
the best.
division (quad), and placed fourth in the
senior men’s division.
was 1992.
That year. Baker said, he won three gold and a silver at the provincial ampionshipS and two gold and two silver at the national championships.
a gold in the senior four-man relay.
men’s division. Baker won a gold medal in competitive in-line speed skating this summer at the Canadian nationals. In-line speed skates consist of five in the senior
but he said his best year
“The competition got tired of me always winning, so they stepped up their practice time.”
He
he will really
said, that this year,
focus on improving his skating.
His love of speed skating started with
He would also like
roller skating.
tice time,
Baker said he wanted to skate faster, so he went to the Forum, an indoor roller rink in Cambridge, to ask about speed
at the
skating.
He was put in touch with instructor Dave Matthews, still his coach, who taught him the dynamics of speed
He
but
it is
Forum, he
is
to increase his prac-
hard to schedule time
said.
looking forward to his next com-
petition in Montreal in
November.
His favorite competition was in Florida because there were so many competitors and the calibre was better, “They train so
much
harder.”
Many
skating.
Baker started speed skating in 1989 and started competing in 1991. That year, he won a gold and two bronze at the provincial championships
of the American speed skaters have sponsors. Baker said. He was told that to be the best in the United States, he would have to train for eight hours a day.
SPEED student,
—
Shawn Baker, a first-year business wen a goid at the national in-line skating
championships
this
summer.
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Unda
Reilly)
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— Page 9
STUDENT LIFE Management
Business students sell chocolate
By Sean
of the benefits of being a member of the management association.
Finlay
ship at the last dinner at Golf’s.
professional purchaser, a goal for
Every month, the central Ontario district meets at different hotels and restaurants for dinner, speeches and a chance for student members to meet professionals in
which covers Kitchener- Waterloo, Guelph and Cambridge, has started its annual membership
most materials management
the field.
drive. Five students of the mate-
student, explained
Conestoga’s chapter of the PurManagement Association of Canada is after new blood The central Ontario district, .
By Peter Marval Many
people cannot resist
rials
knows
dent Association
The
student
management program
Mark stra,
it.
Schnittke, Grayson Zeil-
Steve Geremia, Susy Chester
and Harminder Mangat act as representatives for the Conestoga chapter to inform fellow students
association
be selling chocolate covered almonds, made by World’s Finest Chocolates in Campbellford, Ont., to help
money
Con-
school chapter.
will
raise
at
estoga are on the executive for the
of chocolate covered almonds, and the Conestoga Business Stuthe deli^tful taste
Geremia, 25, a third-year stumembership is a prereq-
dent, said uisite
becoming a
to
certified
stu-
The
dents.
Schnittke, 22, also a third-year that
students
need to complete courses and seminars in management studies along with a few oral and written presentations. They must also complete a one-week seminar in the summer.
He
said four to five years
experience
in
the
field
is
work also
necessary to become a profes-
$68.48,
buy
Sept. 27,
The monthly meetings
feature
top executives in the field, from
Toyota
and
Milton-Bradley,
to
guest speakers. Schnittke said the
which
membership includes
is
the
Ontario Minister of Finance Ernie Eves to speak at one of the din-
monthly dinners, a chance for awards and scholarships, and a re-
ners.
sume binder
representatives will be approach-
that includes the indi-
For the next week, the student
vidual student member’s resumes. This binder will be sent through-
agement
out Canada to different companies
association.
in the field
of materials and pur-
Schnittke
Internet
won
a $1,000 scholar-
man-
ing students of the materials
program
join
to
The next meeting was Oct. 15 at Golf’s Steak
chasing.
invites
to
is
on
organization was hoping to get
of
cost
Concentration
for the business
department
“Our goal
membership drive
sional purchaser.
S.
chasing
almonds
association starts
Tavern
the
to be held
House and
in Kitchener.
Waterloo Wellington Myalgic Encephalomyelitis Association K-W area Chronic Fatigue Syndrom sufferers,
their family
a support group meeting Tuesday, Oct. 29, 1996, The Adult Recreation Centre, 1 85 King St. S. Please call our line for the scheduled time: 623-3207
and
friends to
access for five terminals in
at
the business labs,” said Ja-
info
nine Mahoney, treasurer of the student’s business association.
She
an
said
estimated
be raised through sales of the almonds, which run at $2 a
$15,000
will
box.
The estimated
cost for In-
ternet access is $1 1,000, she
with the remaining $4,000 going towards the upkeep of terminals and said,
software upgrades. The business association
PLANNING ON DOING WELL?
selling about 850 with 16 boxes of chocolate-covered almonds in each case. She said a dollar profit is made on each will be
cases,
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box of chocolates.
The association also raises money for the business department by holding four ® “biz bashes” every year. The with money is combined
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diocolate sales to pay for,^
Tutoring
laisiness labs.
Alex Kress, computer
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aison for the business students association, said they
Jana Marmula studies for a test before attending ner municipal clerks and treasurers course at the Guelph campus.
suggest each business student sell at least one case, however, they will not enforce
ft.
“We pay labs
for the business
which
all
business stu-
“The
dents use,” he said.
money they make goes back# “
to them._,^ -
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In addition, the student as-*J sociation offers
150 copies^
of the Financial Post to students for free every morning.
While there is no prize for most sales by an individual, he said, the business,, class that raises the mosti
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the
money in a year
—
including
biz bash ticket sales
—
will
get a free all-you-can-eat-
and-drink party at the
beer and pizza end of the school
yean \ Chocolate sales will continue until
mid-November.
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office
(519) 74S-S131
fax
(519)
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hotiine
(519)
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— SPOKE, October
21, 1996
STUDENT LIFE '
Big screen movies will continue in Sanctuary
Getting ready
By Eric
she said.
Whitfield
Impossible will be shown Oct. 22. Other movies to be booked include Eraser with Arnold Schwarzenegger, and Pri-
Mission
The success of
the
September
screening of Twister in the Sanctuary
may
movies
result
in
a flood
of
starring Richard Gere. Mission Impossible will be shown by projector. Primal Fear and Eraser will be on videotape.
mal Fear,
Conestoga.
at
The Doon Student Association expected 00 people to show up to see the movie, but 300 people 1
came, said DSA entertainment manager Gavin FitzPatrick. Because of the film’s success and to get more use out of the bigdecided
wing movies,
said
continue sho-
Becky Boer-
of student
tien, director
the
to
life
The $2 charge is
to
for certain movies
cover the expenses, she said.
The DSA is not making money by charging admission to the movies, but Boertien said.
is
breaking
BOARD OF
screen television in the lounge, the
DSA has
The cost to show the films is higher because they are projected rather than on video, she said.
DIRECTORS
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The DSA has also shown The Cable Guy, starring Jim Carey, and the Craft, with Neve Campbell. Response to the movies was very good, Boertien said.
The movies in the
will be
shown
TUESDAY, OCT. 22
either
afternoon or in the evening
every two weeks as long as they continue to be successful, Boertien said.
The
DSA
4:20
will evaluate
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— Page 11
SPORTS Women’s
One win,
By Rick Kew
two losses for Condors hockey team
The women’s varsity soccer team showed why they are in first place
By Jason Romanko Conestoga’s
varsity
on a
bounced
ball that
of
in front
the Falcons goal.
in the
hockey
OCAA
western region as
Condor coach Geoff Johnson also singled out Devine as another
won
reason the Condors
they recorded two shutout victories, 4-0 Oct. 5 at St. Clair College
field battles.
and 3-0 Oct. 7 at home, to Fanshawe College. In the Windsor game against the
Condors have honed
Lady
Saints, goalkeeper
Amanda
As
the mid-
the season has progressed, the
control
ball
manufacturing
skills,
many dangerous
their
attacks on their
shutout.
student, outrunning a Falcon for-
At home to London, the Condors came up against a determined Falcons team, who matched the Con-
ward, intercepted a high London pass, heading the ball into the
the second consolation final to
stant battleground
close out the tournament.
curity student Claudette
Conestoga to
lost their first
game
Laurentian University 8-4.
to
skate with the Badgers for the first
two periods, but were unup with Brock in
able to keep die third.
With
period,
se-
for
Brock scoring
in
women’s By Rick Kew
The women’s team moved
varsity
softball
into a three-way tie
for first place in
OCAA
play by
and two losses, are tied with Seneca, 5-0-1 and Durham 5-0-2. Conestoga held a 1-0 lead after the first inning and increased the lead to 2-1
the
at
end of the
In the bottom of the third inning,
Conestoga looked as though they might run away with the game,
make the score Remmert scored again
scoring five runs to
shape as Brock.”
plays on
was good for the Condors to play a team like Brock so the team could ^ee what areas need to be addressed
Remmert, a second-year law and was named student, security
Conestoga against
won
its
final
game
Cambrian College 5-4.
.
Shelly
with her second triple, both of which she turned into scoring
Durham
player of the
errors.
game along with
teammate Jane Seifried, a first-semester ambulance and emergency care student.
Overall, the Condors outhit the
Both teams displayed strong forechecking and a great pace from the opening face off. The first period ended in a hard fought 1-1 tie. The second period was con-
by the Condors. They attacked Cambrian with reckless abandon and finished trolled
Falcons had played aggressively, giving and
still-down
bounds of fair play. However, after Heroux’s goal, Fanshawe’s discipline deterio-
Midway through
Lady Lords 1 4-4, with eight of the Conestoga hits for extra bases.
The
Condors
held
Durham
scoreless in the top of the fourth, but added four runs in the bottom
of the inning to
During the
make
it 1 1 - 1
fifth inning,
rallied, scoring three runs,
Durham making
Conestoga used up its energy second period and came
They went
into a defensive shell to try to
hold off the Cambrian attack. Cambrian managed to get within one goal, as Conestoga
fought off the final Cambrian onslaught in the last few min-
GoneshJga marksmen included Scott Nichol, Jeff White, ’Sliawn
tinue,
Condor
Dietrich, *Mike
Hc^gert and
Daryl Si^lair. Scorers for Cambrian included D^e Laffance,
D J.
^ijkirk.
at
indicated play
Bob Maere and
Amy
Olson.
puter applications student, one-
the
referee, to con-
and rejoined the
fray.
This display of discipline by Olson galvanized the Condors, who played with renewed vigor, resulting in their final goal by Vicki Kane, a third-year recreation
the second half,
came apparent when Olson collided with a London player in the
leadership
Falcon end and both players top-
student,
making
the
score 3-0.
Men’s varsity soccer team eliminated from playoff competition The men’s varsity soccer team needed a win Oct. 9 against Lambton to keep any hope of post-season play alive, but short in a 5-2 loss.
dors was Patrick Barnes,
score
1 1
-4.
Condor coach
Broome brought pitcher Fawn Day to the mound to relieve recreation leadership student
Jill
Kuntz.
Day, a third-year business student, allowed another run, making the score llr5. before ending the "" ^ fifth.
With the Condors
retired in three
batters in their half of the fifth,
looked as though the shifting in
Durham’s
tide
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Lady Lords scored another run making the score 11-6. Player of the game for Durham, Sharon Taylor, tried to stretch her stand-up double into a triple and rounded second, heading for third
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plate. Jill Kuntz, playing left field, caught the ball and threw a strike
to Kristine
Gemmel
at third base,
which forced Taylor to retreat toward the safety of second. Gemmel, a third-year management studies student, showed no hesitation,
firing
Remmert’s
ball
the
waiting
Remmert laid the Durham player to end
at
on
second.
tag
the
the in-
Patrick Barnes Men’s soccer defence
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in the
utes of the thitd period,
Fanshawe
Olson glanced
who
the period with a 5-2 lead.
out flat in the third.
was brought
cleats to the chest launched
knocks within the
rated, resulting in further
ball,
tention by a pair of rubber-coated
to that point, the
their
her eyes searching for the
In the top of the sixth inning, the
second.
7- 1
for future practices.
Up
feet,
Brian
whole 60 minutes. Conditioning was a big factor, it was clear we were not in the same it
before
of the net to a
Olson, a first-year microcom-
the
ties
Park also said
careening
out of London’s reach.
Condors rout Durham
and Jeff White. Brock scorers were: Todd Zavitz with two, and Mike Laur, Mark Walker, Lee Roberbhaw, Dan Back, Rick Morten and Jake Thmer with one each. Assistant coach Brian Park said after the game, “We played decent for a period and a half,
we couldn’t skate with them
well-positioned
deeper
making the save. The Condors’ second goal by
defeating visiting Durham College 13-6 Oct. 9. The'Condcsrs, with -five-wins, no
for a
in front
end
for the Condors, putting the finish
comer kick from the left Melinda Devine, a law and security student, opened the score After a
four goals to the Condors’ one. Scorers for Conestoga included Chris Palubeski, Kevin Abbott"
but
passing
ball
Londqn
the
side,
effort.
Conestoga
looked to be in good shape. However, the wheels fell off in the third with
game honors
Devine moved the into
Amaral
her
game
mid-field area to Devine.
timed the ball, which rocked the Falcon keeper, who was left holding her midsection after
the score 4-2 going into
third
the
player of the
her outstanding
Scorers for Conestoga included Chris Palubeski, with two, and Mike Hodgert and Jetf White with one each. The Condors lost the second game to the Brock Badgers 8-3 on Oct. 12.
The Condors were able
won
and law and
pled to the ground. Olson rising to
first-year
the frustrations of the Falcons be-
tournament held Oct.l 1-13. The event was hosted by Wilfrid Laurier University and University of Waterloo. The Condors beat Sudbury’s Cambrian Golden Shield 5-4 in
a con-
a
ball control.
For example, Stephanie De Hann, a second-year marketing
loose ball fiercely contested.
Heroux,
nursing student, effectively put the
opponents’ goal.
Kesselring was called on to stop two penalty kicks to preserve her
dors, stride for stride, with every
Andrea
taking
team finished the Oktoberfest Tournament with one win and two losses during the three-day
The mid-field area was
more shutouts
soccer team adds two
Provided by recreation centre
to
the
— SPOKE, October
Page 12
21, 1996
ENTERTAINMENT Movie review
Crash explores sex, drugs and jagged steel By Sean
orah Kara Unger, who always looks like she either just woke up
Finlay
S.
Crash is a road trip stuck in first gear with the parking brake en-
or
gaged and a plot
other, but nothing more. Adultery
that will frustrate
mind
the audience’s
like a stripped
to
sparkplug.
to
Crash
In a nutshell.
car
crashes,
crashes and
.
.
and more sex
is
nipples, .
well,
about sex, sex,
The
bumt-
also be called
a story
merges
that
change,
to say if
awful,
or
it
has
Crash was daring
or
characters are
all
scarred,
oozing with different body and engine fluids, maimed and staggering around in drug-induced states, having sex in cars before, during and after collisions.
Crash, originally a book by J.G. is
oil
boring, sexy or distasteful.
101 Sex Positions in a Car. Ballard,
them is like an be done.
It’s difficult
out cars.
The movie could
constipated.
excellent
car
more nipples
in destroyed,
is
Both characters care for each
people’s relationship between cars,
Crash,
with
soundtrack, doesn’t need any dia-
exhaust.
logue.
who
berg,
Naked
also directed
Lunch, starts the movie off with a few rear-enders (of both kinds) and a car crash that leaves James Ballard, played by James Spader, sexually aroused by the bizarre thrill of car crashes and twisted disfigurements.
Ballard plays a commercial film-
maker
Toronto married to a hard-bitten, vampish woman named Catherine, played by Debin
About 13 people got up at different
are the voyeurs
and
to leave
times during the film.
Crash,
The audience
despite
sticking
grotesquely-disfigured body parts
the characters are the exhibition-
in the audience’s faces,
ists.
serve
The unique camera angles, implied body gestures and explicit
breaking free from the norm. Crash so far has won one award,
visual stimulation, give the story
the Special Jury Prize at the 1996 Cannes International Film Festival for its “audacity, daringness and
the requirements to keep the audi-
ence watching. The audience exhibited different feelings during the film, with laughs at the bizarre moments, and shouts of disgust at male homo-
—
Holly Hunter (v\/ho plays Dr. Helen Remington) sits
credit
for
its
does de-
attempt at
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originality.” It
certainly does have all that,
with a 120 kilometre-an-hour orgasm.
sexual sex scenes.
CD Review
New Epitaph compilation flawed By Bryce Wilson
less
Bad Religion
I
bought the
seems like there’s no way the album could be disappointing, but
new compilation from
the alterna-
it
don’t
I
know why
The Bored Generation.
tive
record company, Epitaph.
CD
is
I
entitled
listen to
then they
compilations once and
sit
lect dust.
my
on
The new
shelf and col-
release
from
Epitaph will likely be no different.
Bored Generation is the first fulllength release from Epitaph that also contains graphics that work with a
CD-ROM.
highlight of the
just doesn’t deliver.
Maybe it’s songs that don’t flow when they all come from different bands. More likely it’s bewell
cause bands only use B-sides and old songs that didn’t their
own
Epitaph
CD.
I
guess
I’ll
never know.
With well-known and talented bands like the Offspring, Rancid,
make
it
onto
albums. is
run by former Bad ReBrett
ligion
guitarist
(a.k.a.
Mr. Brett)
who
Gurewitz has
now
own
band. Daredevils. course, the Daredevils have a
started his
The problem is, it doesn’t play on my Compaq CD-ROM. From what I’ve heard, the images are the
time making the CD. The song Hate You is a letdown for any
Beastie Boys, Primus and Helmet, it
Of
song on the CD. Perhaps the only reason Gurewitz released Bored Generation was to showcase his own band. If that’s the case, he should have spent more time writing music and
fan.
Like any compilation, there are a few songs that make the CD bearable.
Pennywise plays an old
Circle Jerks song. Don’t Care/Live
Die Young, and is, justifiably, band on the album. Pennywise, which has been
Fast,
Topics: Safe Sex,
AIDS
Aroma Therapy^Heai &
Fitness,
the first
playing covers for years, give a
new
twist to the classic
California
NOFX
punk
punk song.
rock
legend
plays a previously unre-
leased song. Drugs are Good, that
arguably the best on the album. Last year’s punk sensation. is
Rancid, also deals out a new song. Blast ’Em, which lives up to the title.
'^^teh Por If" Tuesday October 29th
The Journalism Student Association presents the
Journalism
Awards
Dinner and Dance With
special guest speaker:
Peter Bregg
Photo editor of Maclean’s magazine Dinner:
7
presentations: 8:30
Dancing: 9
costume contest great prizes
•
pumpkin carving contest
pm
Tickets $15 available at
-
1
-
7,
•screaming contest
pm pm
Cocktails: 6
Award
•
Golf s Steak House 598 Lancaster St. W., Kitchener Thursday, November
pm
am
SPOKE
office
on
James Spader’s (James Ballard) lap during an early sex scene in an airport parking lot. The scene was one of the only erotic encounters in Crash not preceded by a car crash. (Photo courtesy of Alliance)
non-existent
its
themselves and the aphrodisiac of
Canadian director David Cronen-
THE APHRODISIAC OF EXHAUST
•
tricks, treats
more