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Students raise money to help United Way

Rationalization of college pro-

grams, one possibility faced under educational reform in Ontario,

would bility,

affect

students’

Oct. 30.

tion are excellence, accessibilty,

range of programs and institutions, accountability and responsiveness to evolving needs.

for

Funds day Oct.

Funds: Let’s Play for the United

Way day

in the cafeteria Oct. 15.

The

was

to raise

money

for

the second

was

to have fiin. Events included a sponge toss, prize board, mini-golf, balloon popping and fish races. Along with the sponge toss, another popular event was the prize board. Participants paid 25 cents

for a ticket

numbered ticket If the was on the adjacent board,

the participant

won

the corre-

sponding prize. Prizes ranged from an NHL Maple Leaf jersey to CDs and gift certificates from a variety of stores.

“Some of the

gifts

were better

than others,” said Kate

race during the Fun

money into the jar and having him throw the sponge. I got a

Recreation leadership students

Way and

fish

(Photo by Jason Seads)

had two goals for the Fun for

first

By Jason Seads

the United

for

Mahood,

few in the face that way.” One problem, said Mahood, was that the balloon stomp was right beside the sponge toss. “The balloons just slipped from under people’s feet instead of popping,” she said.

Another problem with the balloon stomp, said Mahood, was that a lot of people have to play the game to make it fun, and few played. after

the first time I tried,” said M.J.

Maurice, a first-year recreation leadership student who took part in the sponge toss. “The secret is to lean back and just let go.” Maurice missed the human targets many times before getting his

aim

right.

There were

changes,” Boettger said. “Rationalization means that colleges like Conestoga, Mohawk, Sheridan and Niagara all within will concenan hour or so drive

—

trate

—

on the delivery of certain pro-

grams.

“For example, Conestoga may focus on offering only business courses, while

Mohawk may

Boettger.

“This one guy was a good shot, so instead of taking a

sponge

toss.

winners in the

turn, students

were putting

their

The winner, who

will

be drawn

hat, will get a gift certifi-

cate to play 18 holes at the West-

mount Golf and Country Club. The proceeds totalled $227, a figure about which Bums was ecstatic. “The amount we made

my socks off,” he said. Last year the students made about $40.

blew

recreation leader-

ship students held a barbecue outside the cafeteria raised $40.

“Hopefully,

will top

$300

the time our effort is over,”

said

Bums.

ture goals for Ontario colleges

universities.

“It

and

very well

The union’s draft document, prepared by Paddy Musson, Local 110 at Fanshawe College, endorses the five guiding objectives, but with qualifications.

The

draft expresses concerns that

crease once changes are imple-

“The (provincial) document ap-

money

be available next year ... We have seen an almost 50 per cent increase in the number of students, while the numbers teaching have will

declined by 25 to 30 per cent in recent years,” the draft states.

The format of the London panel discussion, Boettger said, allows organizations such as the union to submit concerns

ment

in a written state-

prior to Oct. 30, so the panel

can prepare detailed answers to concerns.

Each college has been asked to send a team of representatives to the London conference, Boettger

Commenting on

the current situ-

into

“For example, students teaching each other with no supervision and with no organization to make this effective. Technicians are demonstrating health

times

and

safety.

Some-

criteria only for matriculation is attendance and checking health and safety.

the

“Students are relying on CDRonis with no backup when they run into difficulty. Hours appear on student timetables when

“The

said.

college’s

Boettger said anyone to voice their opinion

DSA

will

is welcome on the dis-

cussion paper. The provincial discussion paper advises students who wish to respond to the educational issues

under review to write to; Advisory Panel on Future Directions for Post-secondary Education, 10th Floor, 56 Wellesley St. W.,

M7A 2B7 or send e-mail pspanel@edu.gov.on.ca

Toronto, to

Students face stress from school By

Howard’s Ways

stress, she said.

Trish Jackson

Magazine provides counselling

to Start Dealing

approximately five to seven stu-

with Stress suggests: get organized, spend your time efficiently,

a fear of not doing

dents per day, during the three

learn to be realistic, say no, set

well in school, said student ser-

days a week she is not teaching. “Probably 100 per cent, in some way or another, whether it’s personal or academic, are here because of stress.”

limits,

One of

the is

main causes of

stu-

vices counsellor Joan Magazine.

Second-year social services

stu-

dent Deanna Jackson said she is most stressed about, “maintaining

grades and getting in

may be caused by all

difficulties.

To deal with stress, students should learn better coping skills, use relaxation techniques and change old habits which are not

out of your control, take a

warm

bath and get physical.

better than

the

when you’re

not.”

Nelson said she sees many of the physical symptoms of stress from

classes

and be punctual, said health office I had two girls that were really, really sick and they came to school anyway because they were afraid to miss classes,” she said. Magazine said students were also stressed by finances and personal problems such as relationfamily and ship breakups

professional, laugh, accept things

importance of physical exercise and proper nutrition. “When you’re healthy, you handle stress

Student stress

be good to yourself, talk about problems with a friend or

Magazine also emphasized

as-

have a family and I also work part time. I’m feeling signments.

hole-in-one.

volunteered to be a target for the

offer

only technology programs,” said

natated them to us.”

1 1,

pears to indicate that less

the crunch.” five

set

On Oct.

mitted a formal response to the province’s discussion paper on fu-

port faculty, plus management, will also send representatives.”

nurse Carol Nelson. “Today

member, who

prior to completing any research.

dents are being put classrooms with no teachers.

recommend

and

up in the cafeteria on a piece of carpet. Golfers had to get a

leadership faculty

unit

which represents teachers, counsellors and librarians has sub-

send someone. Both unions, sup-

the pressure to attend

from a

OPSEU

.short-sighted,

ation, the draft response says stu-

mini-putt challenge, which was

Like Heather Smit, a first-year nursing student, most students stood by the sidelines and watched. “I might play some of the games,” she said. “The United Way is a great cause.” In the latter part of the afternoon, some of the students started to really use their heads, said Greg Bums, a recreation

Boettger said the

against

panel that will travel across Ontario to different post-secondary

a second-year recreation leadership student. “The CDs we gave away were French. do-

HMV

tect

dollar-driven decisions” and cautions against making decisions

mented.

dent stress

was redeeming myself

“I

also sug-

“must pro-

cussion paper in July 1996, and formed a five-member advisory

institutes

gate

the dis-

offered.”

students can’t drive to a nearby

the quality of education will de-

“The government put out

The union document

city to attend college.

sically agrees with the government’s objectives, with certain limitations and qualifications.”

London on

cation, the five guiding objectives of the ministry’s changes to educa-

their fish into the starting

gests that the ministry

where

written document; (the union) ba-

According to a discussion paper produced by the Ministry of Edu-

pour

cially at northern colleges

Western Ontario

\i©*t)

nothing

issues discussed at a conference at the University of

\Jan 06 n riOOV©ri assistant rsQistrHf, director of finance for Conestoga,

However, Boettger said this would limit student access, espe-

accessi-

says the president of the

academic union at Conestoga. Walter Boettger, president of local 237 of the Ontario Public Services Employees Union, said rationalization will be one of the

and Laura Eaglesham,

affect

student accessibility, union says By Bruce Manion

f“

would

Rationalization

students fice.

coming

to the health of-

Common symptoms

to stress are headaches, depres-

sion, fainting, overtiredness,

and

insomnia, she said.

Magazine

said

it is

stressed students to

important for

know

that it’s

(stress) normal and natural and happens to everybody, and it’s part of life.” She said when demands on us are greater than our ability to handle them, we need to seek help. Some problem-solving techniques and coping skills are out-

on student services’

working, she said. Habits such as smoking, alcohol

lined

abuse and drug abuse, taking anger out on others physically and self-punishment will not reduce

which are available side room 2B02.

management information

One of

“Ninety per cent of the nursing students have had a cold this se-

Kim Williams, a second-year practical nursing stu“We have constant dent.

mester,” said

headaches and more family problems because of the stress of the program.” Veronica Barnes, a first-year soa

stress

cial services student, said, “I did

sheets

and rated 950.” She said a score of 300 was the point when the body may break down due to

in the hall out-

these sheets. Dr. John

stress test

stress.

Page 2

— SPOKE, October 28, 1996

Conestoga’s union locals contribute to United Way By Jason Seads

United

Way cam-

Conestoga’s United paign received a shot

when

Oct.

and support to

arm

in the

the faculty union

staff

union gave $470

help the charity organization.

Campaign organizers hope

maintain Conestoga’s status as a major contributor to the United Way.

$25,000

raise

Support staff Local 238 gave while the faculty union Local 237 gave $250. Walter Boettger, trades and apprenticeship faculty and president of Local 237, said he thinks the

$220

Way

United

good cause and he

could not think of a better

way

spend $250.

money

but

go a long way,” he

will

Although the donation was never in question,

some union members

are upset at the United

Way’s pos-

sible use of welfare recipients as

free cial

employees under the provinOntario Works program,

known

Canadian Union of Public Em-

LEND A HAND of

— Jordan Hunt and Spencer Charlesworth

Doon’s Conestoga Childcare centre point to costumes be-

fore the draw.

(PHoto by Linda

Reilly)

or any of

Ryan

(CUPE)

its

member

organi-

“There is really no opposition to workfare among my members,” said Boettger. “I don’t think

it’s

any big deal. The United Way already has over 3,000 volunteers. I don’t see why workfare employees are all that different from

“If union

the

Way

executive

president

Sid

union money

stated publicly that if the

because

own

deci-

“They can

spent

how

to the

union.”

director

workfare

John Thompson. “Each agency under the United Way is autonomous. They have their own board of directors and it is their decision whether to use these

mandated, there

good chance

the United

Way

agencies will be required to use

its

these

workers

continue

re-

ceiving public funding. If that is the case,

Thompson

he couldn’t see how any union would have a problem with the United Way for using those said

Thompson agency

their

stop giving personally, but

Kitchener- Waterloo

Way

it is

don’t want to

Way

said Wallace.

sion,”

may lessen donations. “We have no opinion on worksaid

members

of workfare,

press

United

have an opinion

support the United

controversy

and worka shame because the bad

about the United

did.

volunteers.”

Boettger said

Way

either

inappropriate for

Ann Wallace, support staff for Conestoga’s business school and president of the support staff union Local 238, said she hopes no United Way agency uses workfare employees, but she would still support the organization if they

zations used workfare employees.

workers.”

as workfare.

ployees’

the United

it is

on this matter. “But if the use of these people is mandated by the government it would be hard for us to turn them down,” he said.

Boettger said he was not concerned with whether the United

fare,”

said.

way. “I think

cially.

Way

would support them

but he

supports workfare by

employees, he hoped CUPE would no longer support the United Way finan-

fare

not a lot of

“It’s

think

Way

welfare

using

that

said he knew of no was planning on using

welfare recipients as volunteers.

workers.

Mr. Bean kidnapped from cafeteria

Day

care raises funds for the United Way sold the goods and the older

By Linda Reilly

children handled the money.

Conestoga kids

at the

Con-

Betty

Blance, cook

the

estoga Childcare centre were busy Oct. 16 and 17 when the

centre, donated the chocolate

centre raised $512.84 for the

by Evelyn Lauckner. The two costumes, a bumble bee and a penguin, were sewn and donated by Mary-Jane Greb of Waterloo. The bumble bee costume was won by student Chelsea MacDonald and Maria Roberts, team leader at the centre, won the penguin costume.

United Way.

The

centre had a bake sale, a

silent auction for a chocolate

draw two children’s costumes at noon Oct. 18. Donations of baked goods came from the parents. The swirl cheesecake and a for

smaller children at the centre

swirl cheesecake that

College to plant

new

was won

trees

A famous television and video comedian was kidnapped from the Doon campus cafeteria Oct. 18. Mr. Bean, a British comedian character created by Rowan Atkinson, was reported missing to security at 10 a.m.

Two males were

spotted carrying

him off towards Lot 3 near the woodworking building, said Cathy Downie, of Wackenhut security. The Mr. Bean cardboard figure, which greeted people as they entered the food court, was part of a promotion put on by Beaver Foods and Coke, which ends Nov 28. There was supposed to have been a draw for the Mr. Bean figure Nov. 29. Mr. Bean videos will still be given away, said Donna Delahunt, the shift supervisor for Beaver Foods.

Scott Nixon

Within about three weeks, 100 new trees will be planted on Conestoga’s Doon campus. Head groundskeeper Peter Higgins said the new trees, which cost about $3,000, will be planted to provide screening for the college.

Near

the Detweillcr Centre, Hig-

gins said, trees will be planted to

provide

some wind break and

shade.

will

improve the view for

wing and 70 were planted between Doon Valley golf

the

course and parking Lot

spotted

business

At the same time he’s planting the trees, Higgins said he will be

working on preparing the campus grounds for winter. He said he has to put a sweeper on the tractor to sweep the paths clear once it snows. For the big plowing jobs in the parking lots, Higgins said a contractor comes in and clears the snow.

Nobody saw him disappear from cafeteria,

but

people

throughout the school, Delahunt said.

Kathy Burtenshaw and Lori cobs,

both

second-year

Ja-

early

childhood education students, said they saw him looking out of the

woodworking

building.

Security has been there, said De-

HAVE YOU SEEN MR. BEAN? Mr.

— Donna Delahunt,

Beaver Foods, displays a

visor for

Bean

T-shirt

shift

super-

showing the kidnapped (Photo by Eric Whitfield)

lahunt and he was rumored to be area most of the day. Burtenshaw and Jacobs said they are true Mr. Bean fans and want to see him back in the cafeteria. “It in that

He enjoys

have

him looking out windows

was nice

to see his cute

Mr. Bean

reward of $25 worth of food been set aside by Beaver

Conestoga’s neighbors, some of whom have been complaining about having to look at the college buildings. Other trees will be planted on the far side of the pond to block out part of the 401 The new trees, which come from

change of seasons. “A change is as good as a rest. By the end of summer, you’re sick of cutting grass and you’re ready to do something different, so then snow comes along and after three

Sheridan Nurseries in Georgetown, are of various types, including maple, ash, and spruce. They are a continuance of the college’s attempts at improving the

but

gins said he

maintenance of about 25 acres of land at the campus. The only land

The financial aid office is not on the Internet, but has a closed network with the Ministry of Educa*

In the Oct. 21 issue of Spoke, the article about Conestoga’s reserve funds incorrectly stated the college cut its staff by 106 full-time instructors. In fact, the 106 people who left consisted of not only faculty but also support and administrative

look of the school.

he’s not responsible for

tion.

staff.

Last spring, Higgins said, 30 trees were planted near the new

acres surrounding the recreation

weeks of it

the

that you’re sick

centre.

“We

are trying to replace him,”

has

Foods

for

the

safe

return

Mr. Bean.

said Delahunt.

CORRECTIONS

of snow, In the Oct. 15 issue of Spoke, the headline entitled

keeps coming.”

An employee

smile,” said Burtenshaw.

for 27 years, Hig-

responsible for the

the 10

“Financial aid office goes on the Internet”

was

in-

correct.

Spoke

regrets the eiTor.

Sprite regrets

^ ttte

enot^-4

''‘‘'/J

SPOKE, October 28, 1996

Autumn weather creates

school heating problems

By Bryce Wilson Willi summer ending and cooler days returning, the maintenance staff at Conestoga have to change the air system over from heating to cooling.

According

Dave

Putt, director

of physical resources, there’s a summer period and a winter period,

with a changeover

tween

that

can

be-

weeks. This period can cause problems with regulating the temperature last several

fall.

also another problem ’’

Putt describes as “thermal inertia This refers to the heat contained in the mass of the building: the floors, the steel

tically outside, the

edges of the

school can become than interior areas.

much It

colder

can take

days for the

main building

chiller

the

which cools the

(Photo by Bryce wiison)

Winter housekeeping a never-ending battle

air system to stabilize temperature of the entire

building.

The oncoming winter season problems for the housekeeping staff at Conestoga,

brings with

staff also

elling the

look after shov-

snow around

manager of

trances to the school.

housekeeping services. “Cleaning is always a neverending battle,” said Dick Deadman. However, during winter this is worsened by the salt and sand brought in by students,

The employees do

according

the

which destroys the wax on the floors of the school.

Deadman has been working Double

for

M&M Inc., which has had

the en-

the majority

of the sweeping and cleaning

1988

the

company Waterloo

campus. The contract was expanded to include Doon in 1991, and runs until 2001. There are 26 full-time and eight empart-time housekeeping

all the valves running cool water have to be shut off and the valves running heated water have to be opened.

Another unique feature of the school is a return-air system which returns air from rooms to

wait until they’re sure the temper-

„

out-

The gym and weight room open from noon till 6 p.m.

time.

Deadman

scrubbe,

The

said.

battery-operated

riding

and

used

night to

sweep

the

'The spectators are standing in

jackets and holding umbrellas to

keep the drizzle from their eyes watch Conestoga’s they as women’s softball team win 10-0. The Kenneth E. Hunter Recre-

the

ation Centre is bustling with ac-

The recharging station is located in one of the ten supply rooms

hockey teams fill up the lobby while waiting for a change ^ room. Kelly Martin, who works

tivity as

throughout the school that keeps supplies close to all areas of the

‘

Martin said students

p.m,. Saturdays and

p.m. until 9

Manel

windows of the

frequent the bar.

10 p.m. to 6:30 a.m. Three of the employees work

way

fied.”

during the day and take care of

centres and areas and Conestoga’s

people coming in. Sundays are not as busy, she said. One reason the centre is busier on weekends is because the ice rink isn’t usually rented during

any problems, clean up spills, answer requests from staff and stock the bathrooms. In an average year, Deadman said, all of Conestoga’s campuses use 6,000 rolls of paper towels and 28,000 rolls of toilet paper.

cleanliness compares with

said he has been to other

many

of them.

Double

M&M

been in based in London. They operate from Windsor to Kingston and from Goderich to Niagara Falls. Inc. has

business since 1979 and

BTUs and supply

the weekdays.

Another reason is the college offers programs like t’ai chi, yoga and karate at the recreation centre on the weekends, she said. The rink can be rented from 8

one

boiler

school

the

with

enough heated water. Use of boilers

boilers are rated at 8

rotated

even

the

their

wear.

There is always a standby boiler because without heat, for several days in the winter, pipes near the edges of the school could freeze.

The boilers can also run on a back-up supply of oil if the gas supply was ever interrupted. There is one chiller for the main building and it is also located in the

boilerhouse.

the

chiller

broke, the school would become hot, but there would be no permanent damage.

Each

and the checked for wear and

year, all the boilers

world

then shows them to their class-

room and imlocks

the door.

Debbie Nunn, a security guard,

“Most of "them know what they’re here for and do it,” she said.

Security is broken down into on the weekend.

shifts

said

it is

Going

The computer wing is the only place in die school with more than a scattering of people. including

courses,

Different

and ^ motorcycle as well as many com-

woodskills classes,

many of

puter classes are held in

p.m,. Sundays.

ployees at Doon, Deadman said. The majority of them work from

million

could

one or two are used

classes./.

its

The Roost serves abouL 70 people per day, estimates employee Jennifer Manel. She points out that the Roost has new weekend hours, from i 1 a,ra, to 9

when

running, we’re quite satis-

The

week. #;

there is a constant stream of

it’s

time.

Part of security’s job on the weekend is to unlock and lock the doors to (he computer labs for

but contractors clean the upper school.

that heat

during the weekend, but it has a different clientele than during the

it is busier on the weekends than during the week, especially on Saturdays when

centre, said

“At present,” said Deadman, “the

There are three boilers

miliar faces from last year. ^

Housekeeping also looks after washing windows inside and out,

school.

at the

in is not too

know

most of the people she serves on the weekend are coming to the centre for events, as opposed to during the week,

mainly on the weekends

mixed

said there is very little problem, the^ with the students on the weekrec centre is open to work out in ends. She said she has never had or play sports in on the weekend to dicipline students but instead and they take advantage of it. She helps people who look like they said she recognizes a lot of fa.are lost. : ^ are

more to come in later that day. The Condor Roost is also busy

staff

the water at the school but, said

tear.

school.

The cleaning

the air that

hot or too cold.

system.

have five automatic scrubbers, 14 swing machines, 26 vacuum cleaners, two backpack vacuums and one riding

around.

in outside air in various ratios to help heating or cooling the school. Preheat boxes are used to ensure

chiller are

a.m. Saturdays and Sundays. The concession area is open from that

noon. To look at Conestoga would be to see near-empty parking lots and fallen orange leaves scattered over the walkways and streets.

side

changed to heating, the maintenance crew do not turn the system off again. The air system can mix

at college a different

a cold, rainy, autumn after-

The school itself is dark. The only life visible from

temperature outside rises system has already been

throughout the school again through a closed-air recirculated

At 3:30 p.m. Oct, 1 9, six people had been in to use the gym and weight room. Martin expected

halls.

takes

college is about 30 one of the baseball diamonds on the outer lawn of the

Conestoga since June. Barry Milner, manager of physical resources, said Conestoga’s contract with the

changeover

people

there are

scrubber has a recharging station

was

the

no students

when

night

the housekeeping contract with to

first

have

By Jennifer Dougall

rette butts outside. In winter, the

daytime

staff

Weekends

Housekeeping looks after cleaning up the cafeteria and ciga-

the boiler-

air. Other buildings on campus have rooftop units that supply heating and cooling.

The maintenance

It is

By Bryce Wilson

diators in cars to heat or cool the

When

If the

after the

Putt, only

At Conestoga, however, water

place,

temperature changes dras-

If the

stands beside the Trane Conestoga.

the ducts.

and the roofing

systems.

tioriary engineer,

According to Putt, the heating and cooling system at the school is similar to systems used in homes. A main fan pushes warm or cool air through ducts to rooms. In homes, air is heated by a furnace and blown directly through

heated or cooled

outside

too cold in the school.

sta-

versed.

house (across from Door 5) and pumped over to the main building at the school. Air is blown over heat exchangers throughout the ductwork that work much like ra-

temperature

the

Every year people call in and complain that it’s either too hot or

— Bruce Wildfong, a fourth-class

process that can’t easily be re-

inside the school, said Putt, befluctuates during spring and

TURNING UP THE HEAT

ature outside isn’t going to warm up because changing over from heating to cooling is an arduous

cause

There

— Page 3

mostly students

who

A-wing rooms. The main cafeteria

the

open on

the weekend, but the food court is

closed bodi days. Dooners is open from 8:30 a.m, until 1:30

on Saturdays only. The learning resource

p.m.

into the school itself

open Sunday 4 p.m.

from

centre

p.m, to

going into a ghost town. The lights in most of the hallways are turned off and most of the classroom doors are locked.

Roasters, student services, the

Every student coming in to the

bookstore, day care and the regis-

school after hours,

who

doesn’t

trar’s office

'm-

are closed weekends.

The Record’s Friday edition sits in its box,

dent card and sign

dated.

Security

All other services, including

have a scheduled class, must show a security guard their stuin.

only,

untouched and out-

— SPOKE, October

Page 4

28, 1996

Diana Loveless

Editor

News

Scott

editor

Student

life

Sean

editor

S. Finlay

Doug Coxson

Issues and activities editor

Production manager

Bruce Manion

Advertising manager

Eric WhitEeld

Circulation

manager

299 Doon Valley

Many

no justice

time

when unemployment

justice

of society from violahelp

make communi-

ties

safer

places

When

asked to name a crime, most

crime before they think of corporate

ready earn.

crime.

when considering

striking.

What

these

workers don’t realize is that strikes usually hurt the strikers and people in other trades

and professions more than

hurts

the

by Canadian General Motor plants may or may not prove to be successful for the unhappy workers, but what it has done is cause temporary job losses at plants throughout North America. It has also caused temporary job losses at other Canadian businesses. Hundreds of companies which feed and distribute goods for the striking plants lose business.

employees

in these

than likely sent

home

If the strike lasts

And

companies are more without pay.

a long time, taxpayers

feeding these strike victims. Even

the strikers could

ment

end up on the unemploy-

crime

far less than the cost of white

collar and corporate crime.

to auto theft, burglary

and mugging.

such crimes are exposed, the often

are

penalties

insignificant.

for the Irving Oil

refinery in Saint John, N.B.,

business owners can keep a

how long rich company run-

ning without the union employees. Strike pay can't last forever.

Scabs sometimes replace strikers permanently, leaving the companies to determine how long their employees work and how they earn.

S ociety

’

the time a photograph gets to the pages

when governments

But. at a time

making cutbacks

to try to

are

save our strug-

gling econc .my, union.s are asking for pay

that is just not quite

by hours of touch-up and airbrushing

about their physical appearance

portray such perfection.

too

fat,

unrealistic ideal.

because they are losing jobs. This may be the case, but with the government’s agenda of cost cutting, little will change even with the protest. In the end, it will have only caused a lot of people to miss a day’s work.

Unions are important, but if they are not more cautious about when and why they strike, public opinion will likely worsen and companies will be able to hire whom they want for how much they want.

Some

swim

at their

own risk.

corporations set up factories in

Third World countries because of their lax

environmental and safety laws.

They get

added incentive of non-exWhy pay someone $20 an hour, when you can pay them $20 a week in some underdeveloped nation and have it be perfectly legal? By buying certain products, we are, unthe

istent labor laws.

wittingly, helping corporations. Corporate crime will not disappear unless society is more aware of illegal practices and punishments are made to reflect the crime.

number one element which determines physical appearance.

If you are five foot three with a pearshaped body, no amount of dieting, exercising, plastic surgery

and

involving general anesthetic

size of four.

ently

curly

— or

tries

would

plastic surgery indus-

like us to believe.

many

other myths that

make up

consumer

culture,

myth of chronic imperfection is perpetuated by companies that have a

this

product to

are

4, yet the

fashion industry

four-year-old niece.

What sort of message does this send to young women? The message is; if you don’t fit into the clothes,, then you just

sell.

Women

Most women’s clothing stores in Canada don’t go above size 14, some only go up to size 12. Try going into one of the more trendy shops that caters to the 13 to 25 crowd. A size 14 is nowhere to be found, and what they call a large would barely fit

so the cosmetic, fashion,

and

size

don’t

fit in.

North Americans, obsessed with thinness, spend billions of dollars a year on diets that don’t work. Statistically, 95 per cent of people who lose weight will gain it back eventually. The major factor that is ignored in this

bombarded with messages

that

20th-century ideal

DROP US A LINE

that genetics is the

you have anything you want

Conestoga College letter,

come

in general,

to say

about Spoke or

give us a

call,

write us a

person to the fourth floor or contact us

any way you can.

WE WANT TO HEAR YOUR OPINIONS!

may

somewhat

risky. Still,

inher-

women are

willing to risk their lives to have bigger breasts.

women must actuhaving bigger breasts is somehow going to make their lives more complete. They have obviously bought into the myth. Should we all strive to look like Barbie with her long blond hair, blue eyes,': cinched waist, long, sinewy legs arid large, perky breasts? a No. We should learn to accept our It is

ally

very sad. These

think

;

bodies the

The

way

they are.

and fashion industries are not totally to blame. We buy into the message every time we diet and every time we buy one of their magazines or products. We allow ourselves to be brainwashed by their lies

All letters should include

Submissions

cellulite

going to make you five foot 10 with slim hips. It’s just not going to happen. It is amazing that hundreds of thousands of women have undergone major surgery and spent thousands of dollars to have their breasts enlarged. Surgery

cream

continues to cater to an average dress

espouse the ideal of the lean, slim and beautiful women seen on the pages of fashion magazines and on television commercials. I wonder if most women realize that by

Before the Oct. 25 shutdown of Toronto, Ontario Federation of Labor boss Gord Wilson said people are coming out to strike

people to

wear a

cheekbones not high or defined enough, stomach not quite flat enough, hair too straight or hair too facial lines,

held over the Christmas holidays, public

minish.

must be placed near waters warning

ingly sparse and short eyelashes, too

creams, miracle diets, boob jobs and mascara?

unions will most likely di-

beaches, once summer havens, have become so overrun by pollution that signs

many

Air Canada’s 3,300 ticket agents recently voted 91 per cent in favor of giving their union a strike mandate. If they strike and it all

porate crime than the environment. Our

smooth, embarrass-

less than the

skin not silky

lulite,

that

8,000 cases of severe birth defects. Perhaps there is no bigger victim to cor-

The average model weighs 23 per cent average woman.Over 50 per cent of North American women

with unsightly cel-

hikes and benefits.

These enhanced images can make a doubt her own appearance as she faces her inability to live up to this

thighs

small,

too

woman

too short,

we were lo accept our bodies as they are, who would need anti-wrinkle

opinion of

has been transformed

of a magazine,

right

Thalidomide, for example, a drug

was used by pregnant women in the 1960s for morning sickness, caused some

woman unrealistic

ideal

For women, there always something

the foundation of our

portive.

Today’s society has become conditioned to believe that problems can be easily fixed by drugs. It is very easy for drug

in-

industry

diet, fitness

unions are more cautious about striking, public opinion would be more supIf the

New York

prescription drugs.

The

people responsible very rarely see the side of a cell.

—

so-

The pharmaceutical industry is another example. Each year, $10 billion is spent on over-the-counter drugs, never mind

Tax evasion, fraud and forgery account

nose too big, breasts

line.

Ask people who worked

much

cost to society of everyday street

When

strike

may be

The

for three times that of property losses due

owners.

The

most people often think of street

is,

more violence on

one example where fraudulent practices occur all the time. Safety features, some of which have been around since the early days of the automobile, were never used because the subsequent price increase would equal fewer customers. Safety simply costs too much. Thousands of deaths and many more injuries could have been avoided if the auto industry had been willing to pay an extra few dollars for their installation.

The auto

people will answer theft or murder. Fact

has the

City.

of the law, and to

tors

companies to take advantage of people and have them believe they have the miracle drug that will cure everything.

in a three-piece suit

ciety than all the street thugs in

the protection

man

potential to inflict

sys-

high and many jobless people would work twice as long for half the wages, which the strike-on-a-dime employees al-

Union members should be more cautious

corporate violators are allowed to

free while street criminals are harshly

Yet, a

live.

at a

a myth today

still

punished for minor violations. the

are subject to acceptance or rejection

photograph).

plain and simple.

criminal

any libellous

tain

tem

for the space.

written or typed; a WordPerfect 5.0 file

for victims of crime,

The purpose of

Unions have started to ask for too much. More and more, unions are striking so already well-paid employees can earn better wages, work better hours and gain greater

amount paid

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Page 5

1996

COMMENTARY Exploitation and freaks rule sleazy talk shows often said that truth

It is

ings shoot through the roof, all the while claiming he wishes they would seek help for their problems.

stranger than fiction.

This

confirmed on a daily basis in the media. is

If these

people sought help for their problems, Springer would be out of a job. This guy’s making millions off the fact that

vere premature aging. His retort for people

who

How

stare was, “stare hard retard!”

honest.

How

cute.

so-

apartment crying about

called reality-based tele-

outside because people

of them

screaming at the television, “You’re on TV. What the hell do you think 40 million people are doing right now? Springer’s milking your appearance for all it’s worth and he doesn’t give a damn about your di.sease as long as he’s making money from it.” The Jenny Jones show is in the headlines

shows allow us a glimpse into something so far removed from our own ex-

and stare? Doesn’t it occur to these people that 40 million people watch this crap on a

now as the trial of Jon Schmitz continues. He was the guy who shot to death his gay

In recent years, televi-

sion has learned to exploit

our fascination with

everybody wants

ills.

shows

Talk

and

vision

perience,

find

entertaining and laugh-

of freaks across his stage, as his

rat-

The

problem?

I’ll

from Progeria, a

rare disease that causes se-

fomercials.

vertisements, there are even ads on the ice.

Soon, Eric Lindros will have a big Canadian Tire logo tattooed on his face.

They’re

everywhere. Bruce Springsteen was right: “57 channels and nothing on.” Instead of actually showing real programs, TV channels have decided it’s easier, and cheaper, to run infomercials. Channels get a lot of money from advertisers, so it’s no wonder they run infomercials instead of actual programs. After all, when did TV programmers ever care about showing quality programs? In the good old days, only about five years ago, a viewer could watch several different

quality

shows

late

night.

WKRP in Cincinnati, Mary Tyler Moore, The Twilight Zone and a bunch of other classics used to be on seemingly every station. Now, all you get is some nerd selling car polish or food dehydrators.

The worst infomercial? The one on where pathetic, shallow singles

CFMT

The worst thing about commercialism is that society seems to be accepting it. Was anyone bothered when the Rolling Stones sold Start Me Up to Microsoft for $12 million?

Did the Stones need the money? No, but out of greed and a serious lack of artistic integrity, they sold their art to an artless computer company.

Bob Dylan’s The Times They Changin’ appeared on a Bank of Montreal commercial. When a classic written by the bard of the hippie generation promotes a company whose only interest is making more money, the times, Recently,

Are

This

not to suggest that

the

from

it.

Amedure,

money

But when did

for revealing he had

Try to imagine a future world where everything one possibly desires can

a bad

become

most important thing?

How can weight-loss guru

Richard Simmons, whose freakish appearances on David Letterman rival Michael Jackson in the weirdness department, justify buying

in the convenience of one’s home.

not as far off as

would expect.

many

it is here now. Before the 90s, the Internet was as unheard of as the AIDS virus was in the 70s. And like an epidemic, the Internet caught on and has grown into a supersaturated get-

rich-quick

In fact,

scheme

for

anyone who knows

the basics of designing a

However,

way

Web

site

designers.

Advertising, e-mail orders and on-line magazine subscriptions have, up to now, all been flops, due to the slow speeds at which the

information,

especially

graphics

photos, travels over the Net. In its most rudimentary form, the Internet has been around for almost 50 years. It

from one

started as a simple transmission

antiquated computer to another over the

one example of the increase of commercialism in North America. Multi-million-dollar corporations own everything these days and advertise everywhere, all in pursuit of the mighty dollar.

the streets of his

spending it on a woman he had never met. Will the quest for money stop? No way.

the corporate dollar rolls

towards

hell,

just picks

down

talk

the hill

up speed.

phone

lines.

The

in-

in the future.

take for granted the ease by which

average surfer. Speed is another concern which makes the Internet cumbersome, for people will not wait hours or even minutes for a download. It is inevitable that both these setbacks will be rectified in the future, but only when the

government steps

site.

no one has discovered a make money from the Internet other to date,

own country are full of hungry people? Simmons could have found a better use for his money than

just

lot

an electronic message has been sent to your bank making the transaction complete. Many people and businesses are hopping on the Internet bandwagon, making the assembly of a directory of Web sites near impossible. Web sites on every topic have sprung up, making the Net confusing to the

where one’s work and shopping can all be done at a simple computer terminal. That future world is future

Barbra Streisand a $20,000 engagement

person with a

something like that about their show and I’m not holding my breath.

a purchase and swipe our magneticstripped cards for payment. Within seconds,

ring the infomercial

to take a

make

look for partners in a seedy Toronto dance

The advent of

misery.”

going

tegrity to say

club.

when

human

It’s

will continue to

be obtained

than those crafty

indeed, are a changin’. thing. Far

friend, Scott

There’s no escaping the Net

not only are the boards covered with ad-

In-

see today.

Did Jones and her producers exploit a situation that lead to a man’s death or was it meant to be harmless fun at someone’s ex-

them are them as

About 10 years ago, there was no adveron the boards in NHL arenas. Now,

nothing worth watching.

Chang and Eng, the original Siamese twins, and Jo Jo the Dog Faced Boy, was a precursor to the talk shows we oddities such as

sion.

half of

their floors laughing at

tising

There’s

it.

100 years ago when he incorporated the sideshow freaks into his circus. Exploiting

never forget seeing the sad, strangelooking little person on Springer suffering

This column brought to you by Ever try to enjoy something on TV after midnight? You can’t do

publicity generated from this, so screw everyone else. RT. Barnum started the sad parade over

they speak.

Jerry Springer’s show is probably the worst offender in the exploitation of people less line

can’t

a crush on Schmitz on international televi-

more than

daily basis and rolling

He parades an end-

how they make fun

their

felt

After several circuses folded and entrepreneur Irvin Feld took over The Greatest Show On Earth in the 1950s, he closed the freak show, saying, “I can’t make money out

able.

for our entertainment.

minutes of fame. have to see a 900-

How many times do we pound man or woman waddle around

perversion, oddities and society’s

their 15

pense? I don’t think Jones or her producers cared either way. They’re cashing in on the

entire process likely took

hours for an easy message of “hello” to be transmitted from computer to computer.

Computers have come a long way. In fact, of anything on the market or perhaps in existence, computers are essentially the most commonly updated product, and

When

in to regulate the Net.

only quality programs will be ap-

proved for access on the Net, more quality programs will be created and the complexity of finding Web sites will diminish Ironically, it is not the rare at which computers update that governs the transmission speed, it is the outdated phone lines which are ill-equipped to handle the quantity of transmissions. When all provinces and states switch to a fibre-optics network, like that of New Brunswick’s, the value of the Internet will

become obvious.

Then, maybe

in 30 years, you will be reading this column on a computer terminal

media have become antiquated become one large Consumer’s Distributing where everything is as

all

the world will

purchased over the Net. Then, there will be no escaping the Net.

Conestoga receives passing grade from some students By Sean Only two months

some

Finlay

into this school year,

students feel that

Doon campus

gener-

ally is a nice place to be.

For first-year broadcasting student Jamie Porkop, his first experience of Doon was like a comfortable welcome. “I had no problems starting,” said 20-yearold Porkop. “Finding things was easy. I felt very comfortable here.”

Porkop said that even though he has only been at Conestoga for a short while, one of his dislikes is the lack of regular television

shown

in the Sanctuary.

His friend, Ranier Wortelboer, 19, said the only place that shows regular TV is the Condor Roost. He said there is no comparison between the Roost and university pubs,

where people are more upbeat and Carla

Fowler,

23,

friendly.

second-year

ac-

counting student, said she didn’t want to see anything changed at Doon. Fowler, before attending Conestoga, was a

Jamie Porkop

Ranier Wortelboer

student at George Brown College in Toronto, and said everyone here is much friendlier than people at

She store.

The

store, she said, is

ganized than the one

Ewa Pozarkowska, office

George Brown.

Doon bookmuch more or-

also impressed with the

Toronto. 20,

second-year

system administration student,

dis-

likes the cafeteria food.

She said

the cafeteria needs

like ethnic foods, than just

variety,

hamburgers. But

Carla

Ewa

Nancy

Raymond

Fowler

Pozarkowsk

Fenwick

Phillips

overall, she likes the faculty at

Conestoga

The only thing she

because of their friendliness and desire to

estoga

help.

Sanctuary.

Nancy Fenwick,

19, in first-year general

Doon, said her two-month experience at Conestoga has been good so far. She said the cafeteria food is good as well as the grounds and faculty. “If teachers can keep me awake, they’re doing a good job.” And, according to Fenbusiness

wick, she hasn’t fallen sleep in class

—

yet.

students

“Students

Fenwick

who

dislikes about

who

leave a

mess

Conin the

don’t leave a mess suffer,”

said

Second-year management studies student,

Raymond

Phillips, 20, said

Doon

has an ex-

cellent faculty, but said he isn’t impressed

with the

Doon

Student Association. Phillips

wants to see changes with the DSA’s volvement with students.

in-

Page 6

— SPOKE, October

Health

28, 1996

fair to

By Jason Seads

STUDENT LIFE be held by Doon nursing

Oct. 29 to educate students about

various health problems. students are putting the fair

nursing students plan to put on a

The on as

Doon campus

in the

program.

Conestoga’s

sixth

health fair at the

semester

part of their final semester

students

The reason for the fair, said Jane McDonald, faculty supervisor for

“We have

clinical off-campus learning, is to educate students about common health problems.

vices sometimes,” she said.

cafeteria

While information about some of the more widely-known health problems like AIDS may be

the hallway in between.

nursing’s

they want.”

a large population at

Conestoga who need these

The

ser-

classroom setting. “One of the groups

health problems students are un-

aware of and need

students,

a classroom to dents proper foot care methods. will be difficult in a hallway.”

were

five

the organizers,

Chandler, said she

Tammi

tables

looking for-

ward to educating students about what she has been learning for

uisites.

Some

three years.

an opportunity for my class to present a topic concerning health care in whatever way “This

Chandler is in charge of getting and chairs ready for students, an area in the cafeteria to set up and numerous other prereq-

picked to organize the event.

One of

teaching

foot care,” she said.

In the sixth semester class of

“They wanted actually show stu-

be informed

about, she said.

about

and the Sanctuary and

Chandler said some students wanted to teach their topic in a

many

readily available, there are

fair will take place in the the

cover

of the topics students will include

drunk driving, and student

stress-related illnesses nutrition.

We’ve got you coming ALL ABOARD - Students berfest night at

from residence and

Queensmount on

Oct.

their

guests board a bus

for

Conestoga’s Okto-:'

Oktoberfest bus trip hits

bumps

no record of a booking for the residence and did not show up.

Although residence council rented two buses to transport stu-

a consequence, the second

dents to and from Conestoga’s Oktoberfest night at Queens-

Ayr bus load had to be filled to capacity and some students were sent to the Queensmount Okto-

mount Arena on Oct.

berfest in cabs.

17, only

one

bus arrived. “It

Sharp agreed to have a bus

was a mess on

there,” said

the

way

And

company the full amount. The’ extra money went toward cov-

Alison Campbell, co-

“There were 100 people waiting in the lobby for a bus that never came.” The council rented one bus from Ayr Coach Lines Ltd. and one from Sharp Bus Lines Ltd., at a cost of about $180 each. The two buses were scheduled

cided to rent buses to take students to Oktoberfest because the majority of students living in residence do not have access, to ve-„

Of drunk driving,” she said.

Ayr.

Campbell said about:, 145 students signed up and paid the $5

one from Ayr, but they were completely booked. Campbell arranged to rent a bus from

to leave Rodeway Suites at 7:45 p.m. and return at approximately 8: 15 p.m. to take a second load of

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When she realized she was going to need more than one bus, she said she tried to rent another

return departures at student discount prices.

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STUDENT LIFE Recreation students raise funds for United By Linda

classmates raise money for their annual camping trip.

Reilly

participants were to either walk,

use in-line skates or use bicycles.

came up with an

McLaughlin and his fund-raising committee, Courtney Lafrance and Doug Young, planned and orga-

idea to contribute to the United

nized two barbecues and a 10-

becue was postponed until Oct. 25. The first barbecue was held

Way

kilometre Walk and Roll, where

Oct.

Adam McLaughlin,

in his

second

year of the recreation and leadership program,

drive and also to help his

The Walk and Roll was held Oct. 1

8 but because of the rain, the bar-

McLaughlin

said

Way and trip were

there

for the

funds raised until pledge sheets

and leadership students signed up for the Oct. 18 event, which was less than expected, and all of the

were handed in Oct. 21. Although McLaughlin said he has no idea how much the events will bring in, he said sponsors were generous.

students said they would partici-

on mountain bikes. estimated the trip would take about two hours and would take students from Doon campus to pate

1 1

would not have figures

about 10 second-year recreation

The

fund-raiser will also

fulfil

McLaughlin on

unit of study for

fund-raising.

Park Drive following the Grand River to Homer Watson

He said of the funds rai.sed, 25 per cent would be going to the

Park where they would go with their mountain bikes into the trails near Wabanaki Drive, then back to

cent would be going towards the

Mill

the

campus.

McLaughlin

said the first-year

group of students would be doing their Walk and Roll Oct. 21 because other commitments prevented them from participating Oct. 18.

When

up for were given pledge sheets, but McLaughlin said he participants signed

the event, they

United

Way and

the other 75 per

week-long camping trip to Camp Tawingo in the Muskokas in February of next year.

McLaughlin

were

there

said

about 60 students going on the trip and the cost was about $140 each.

Among

the activities the group

would be participating in during their week at Camp Tawingoin are winter

survival

skills

animal

tracking and ice fishing.

Wanted!!!

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Young,

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Waterloo lounge closure creates controversy Ebner

By Wendy Cummins

said if a student currently

show

enrolled could

Some

students in the food and

mand among

there

a de-

the college popula-

management program

tion for a lounge or an association,

are looking to reopen the lounge at

she would definitely look at that option. “There has to be some

beverage

the Waterloo campus.

Matt Karger, a food and beverage

management

student, said

is nothing to do at the campus but smoke and eat and he’s looking to start up an associa-

commitment Students

there

tion

and bring back a lounge.

you are taking a night You come and you go be-

cause there

nothing else to

do,’’

said.

in April

1995, along with the disbandment of the Waterloo Student Association, said Wally Ebner, campus administrator.

Serving mainly older students, there was a lack of interest in the association and the lounge in the past, she said.

you have an adult population

you’re not going to have the type

Waterloo campus

same

fee that

is paid by Doon students DSA, Ebner said.

April-Dawn president,

for the

commitment needed. As soon

as classes are over, they’re gone.”

were more two-year would be more feasible,” said Ebner at the Waterloo campus. Anik Hammond, a food and bev“If there

programs

management student, said made aware of what is happening at the main

“We

find out about activ-

DSA

ities in the

ready happened.” Karger said he has talked to fellow food and beverage students

students because

it’s

the

DSA.”

There was an idea put on paper Conestoga Student Association that would involve all campuses, she said. However, there are 4,000 students at Doon and not everyone gets involved, Blackwell said. “With smaller demographics it for having a

might not be as feasible.” The Waterloo campus has 300 full-time students, 40 of whom are

BEINC REPRESENTED?

students are never

Doon because stuDoon campus pay fees activities. “It’s for Doon

YOUR CLASS

erage

are

there

things to do at for the

erage management.

Blackwell,

said

two-year diploma program campus for food and bev-

campus.

dents at the

The lounge was closed

“If

at the

are not charged the

“It’s like

course.

for a student associa-

tion.”

in the at the

paper after

has

al-

and some students in other programs about a lounge and they seemed interested. He has approached the DSA and

Does your class have any suggestions, ideas, complaints or concerns? Elect a Class Rep. to act as the voice of your ciass.

looking to talk to someone in administration at Waterloo about is

reopening the lounge. “Students don’t have a voice unless it is an individual voice. It would be a place for us to go instead of sitting in the cafeteria,” he said. “It’s a

two-and-a-half hour

For more information and meeting schedules see

Becky

at the

DSA

Office.

bus ride to Doon.” 1

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— SPOKE, October

28, 1996

Health office offers guide to eating right

Marketing students selected for competition By Sean

Healthy eating on a tight budget By

in a mini-competition, similar to

Finlay

the official event.

Conestoga’s marketing program has chosen the students who will be representing the college at the 15th annual Ontario College’s Marketing Competition, Nov. 7-8. Eleven third-year students will be facing off with other mar-

On-

Trish Jackson

Reyner said

who tried out for certain

Students can eat nutritionally on

events did not necessarily get

a low budget, according to health

students

placed there, instead the students

were put in categories she felt were best for them. Reyner said they don’t have standbys for the competition, because they have never had

office nurse Carol Nelson.

The health

office offers a free

booklet called Four Steps to

Low

Cost Meals: Your Guide Healthy Eating on a Budget.

The

booklet, produced and dis-

tributed

by the Waterloo Regional

Community Health Department,

Oakville.

of three hours with a faculty

health office.

Laura Brillenger and Cheryl with Angelene along Jack, Atwal, Amanda Collins, Joanne

coach.

tario at this year’s event, to

held

Sheridan

College

Streicher, Christina

Kroeker,

Brenda

be in

Wood, Luis Tomson,

Melanie Shortt, Rob Moon and St. Amand were chosen from over 30 possible entrants. Deborah Reyner, co-ordinator for the team and marketing

Jason

teacher,

made

the final decision

with other faculty members.

These three hours are for the individual students to prepare for the actual competition.

The coaching

to help stu-

she said. “I think the attraction

costs approximately $3,500

day event. The Conestoga Busi-

were

first

tested

The event starts Thursday night with a quiz bowl and finishes

student’s performance and scores in the mini-competition.” said Reyner. “It was a challenge deciding on where the strengths (of the students) could be placed.”

the competition

put this pam-

shelf.

tried out for

when

couldn’t keep

dents with content, structure and

for the team to attend the two-

The students who

Although there were no requests from students for low-budget meal planning. Nelson said the booklet has been popular. “I noticed

was going

the

like wildfire,” is

low cost.” She recommends the booklet because it is easy to read, and helps students choose healthy foods the

The four

picking up

making

The

cost includes hotel acco-

modations, meals, team sweatshirts and travel costs for the students and faculty attending.

buying chicken legs rather than boneless breasts, and cheaper cuts of meat for stews.

Another resource for students a 30-page booklet called dent’s

says, to avoid unnecessary pur-

name

prices,

buying no-

student

services,

Eating Better ...

Cookbook,

are

112-page Basic Shelf

the

made from one

of low-cost ingredients which can

recommends

be stored without refrigeration. It was developed to help people shop, store and cook food with a limited amount of money.

buying

in bulk.

preparation of foods

over buying convenience prepared foods, which usually cost more.

The book

also includes eight pages of

from

available from the

Eating

City of York Health Unit for $5, at

A Basic Shelf Cookbook by Joanne Maiolo-Lewis and

504 Oakwood Ave., City of York,

adapted

recipes

Better ...

Ont.,

M6E

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PEER TUTORING QUIZ Check boxes

list, grocery and storage instructions which make food last longer and avoid waste. Nelson said it is important for students to follow the four food

that apply

tips

Feeling lost during lectures.

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Wayne Hodges, to

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form a grid near the Doon campus pond.

and Tree Planting Service

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list

brands, using coupons and

homemade

Stu-

to Financial Survival,

The recipes

also gives shopping tips such

comparing

Guide

which includes two pages on lowbudget eating entitled Food a la Frugal (The Magic of Macaroni).

chases.

a shopping

shopping

made

according to meal plans, the guide

steps the booklet in-

cludes are weekly meal planning,

should be

lists

that are less expensive.

ness Students Association will be, the tab.

Shopping

presentation style.

the

“The decision was based on

available in the hall outside the

phlet out

Friday with job scenario situations called case competitions.

Margeree Edwards. Nelson also suggests

available

tives.

anyone get sick or drop out. Students chosen for the team are required to spend a minimum

keting students from across

groups and try to eat well balanced meals. The booklet recommends following Canada’s Food Guide when planning meals to ensure balanced amounts of grain products, fruit and vegetables, milk products, meat and meat alterna-

November 4-8

Week

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Splish-splash

1996

— Page 9

Get informed Head Spohe,

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and Bob Evans, business

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Reilly

management

business

studies

management

studies graduating class of ’97 and

offered advice for success.

John Rochetta, class of

have a good resume. “Once you sell yourself on paper, and get the interview, you can sell to

graduates recently spoke to the college’s

management

’90, ad-

when job hunting. Rochetta said, when he was in college he was always practical and focused on what he could use in the courses he took. “I was a student, but not a great student.”

He wished he had tention to

paid

at-

math and accounting

while in school because he said

needed in business. Rochetta was 21 when he graduated from the management studies program at Doon and said he spent about eight months working on the concept for his store. The Beat Goes On, which he opened in 1991. Rochetta now has one store in Kitchener and one in Waterloo. Barbara Matthew, class of ’96, is

advised students to

sell

on paper. She said

themselves

was

essential

McCone,

class of ’94, ad-

vised students to take what college

handling accounts payable and re-

as possible

Curtis

has to offer but also to go out and

ceivable.

to be as aggressive

sionate about.

Matthew is an executive assistant at Bendal Tool and Die and handles international transactions. Her duties include quoting on jobs and

them

they found a job they were pas-

yourself in person,” she said.

vised students to sell themselves. told

students

Darren Steffen, class of stressed the importance of team ’95,

work. Steffen,

who was

hired by

On-

meet people. He thing

said nearly every-

automated today. “People

need a heartbeat today.” McCone started with Mutual Life 2 1/2 years ago and now has over 500 clients. He said he is taking courses at present and will always have to. “The job requires it. I have a lot more to learn.”

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— SPOKE, October

28, 1996

SPORTS

Hockey

Condors lose By Jason Romanko

in exhibition play

to wake up second as they skated with the Golden Hawks, but were still unable to generate any offence. There was no scoring in the

The Condors seemed

played very well and Steubing was responsible for keeping the

in the

Conestoga’s varsity hockey team 3-0 to Wilfrid Laurier Univer-

lost

sity’s

Golden Hawks

in exhibition

action at the Kenneth E. Hunter

Condors in the game. “It was the first time Steubing had a chance to play a full game. His play seems to be carrying over from last year,” Martindale said. “At the end of the first we were running around. We were confused and not very poised. Steubing kept us in there. Sometimes you need a goaltender to weather the storm for you so the team has

third.

Recreation Centre on Oct. 16.

The Condors were caught by

footed

strong

the

flat-

Laurier

forecheck the entire game.

game by

not for a fantastic

“Sometimes you neeij a goaltender to weather

Condor goalie Devin ^feubing, the score would have been a lot higher.

the storm for you so the

Conestoga’s defensive play did improve with each period, but the Condors were unable to generate

team has a chance

anything in the

game on

5:37

into

a chance to stay in the game.”

Martindale said exhibition games good competition, like

the game.”

way of offence.

scored

Laurier

stay

against

Laurier, give coaching staff an op-

Tony Martindale the

portunity to see team weaknesses.

head hockey coach

power play goal by Bob

“One weakness the team has to work on is creating opportunities.

McQuat.

McQuat point

from the

fired a shot

beat

that

Steubing high on his Laurier opened

screened

the

its

left side.

lead to 2-0 at

on a goal by Ryan Cater. Cater was quick to bury a rebound in front of 15:01 of the

first

The Condors did have some

of-

period, but failed to capitalize

any of the scoring chances.

Conestoga

head

Condor

goalie

best period,” Martindale said.

Jason Romanko

Tony game the

coach

Martindale said after the

have to get the guys skating

away from the puck. We started to do that in the third and it was our

fensive opportunities in the third

a Spoke

Devin Steubing

Steubing.

The only goal of the second pecame at 13:35. Darren Lowe, alone in front of the net because of a Conestoga riod

LINE ’EM UP Jeremy Snider, Oct.

—

Condors’ turn back up

ice after

an attack on

6 at the recreation centre.

Laurier’s goal

By Rick Kew In a

squad shuts out Loyalist

varsity

game played under windy,

cold and wet conditions Oct. 19, the women’s softball team assured

runs and had two RBIs on her

the runner past third base.

two hits. Kuntz frustrated the Lancers

Conestoga added four runs in the bottom of the sixth, making the score 10-0, and the umpire promptly invoked the mercy rule awarding the game to the Con-

with her aggressive base running,

second-place finish in regular season play by

first and second base. She scored two runs and had three RBIs on her two

defeating

hits.

themselves

the

Loyalist

visiting

Lancers 10-0. Pitcher

Fawn Day,

a third-year

business student, allowed only two hits in recording the shutout.

beating out throws to

made a first-inning put home plate that took away

North York, leaving them with

season.

out at

Coach Yvonne Broome said it was possible the Condors could

recreation leadership student.

three straight Loyalist batters and

Heer was three-for-three at the plate with three singles and one

Conestoga added a run

The Condors went on In the fifth inning.

The

versity of Guelph, scored three

retired

make

top of the sixth brought Loy-

second threat of the game, but the Lancers could not advance alist’s

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Outstanding players for the Condors were Krista Heer, a first-year general arts and science student; Jane Seifried, a first-semester ambulance and emergency-care student and Jill Kuntz, a first-year

Loyalist’s best scoring chance.

Sunday Nov. 3

dors.

The Condors

The Condors controlled the game right from the start. Catcher Marsha Miller, a first-semester ambulance and emergency-care

Washington

vs.

rebound past Steubing.

Softball

Women’s

Buffalo Bills

defensive breakdown, shelved a

(Photo by Rick Kew)

take

first

said,

Seneca would

place because of their

two wins against Conestoga

this

Athletes of the

Week

season.

The

varsity

squad was scheduled

to take part in the

OCAA

softball

Andre Lyn

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SPOKE, October

— Page 11

28, 1996

OFF CAMPUS K-W theatre plans fund-raising events

Oktoberfest

By Ross McDermott Theatre plans to kick off a fundraising campaign with an open

Rainer said, when the renovabegan the group didn’t think they would need any grants or funding, but things began to snowball. 'I'he renovations quickly be-

house Nov. 15 at 7 p.m. The campaign, called Raise the Roof, is to help the theatre group

came more extensive, he said, than the group members had planned. The walls were deemed unsafe

pay for the renovations on the

by the fire marshal, Rainer said, and when they were being replaced the group noticed the poor

tions

The Kitchener- Waterloo

building

9 1/2 Princess

Little

St. E.,

Waterloo, said Jennifer Dinsmore, the director of publicity

and fund-

Theatre president Karl Rainer said the renovations began four

years ago.

said the building’s

main function was

for rehearsals

and storage space, but the competition from other theatre groups in the area, plus the growing expense of renting other theatre space,

in-

make

spired the group to try to better use of the property.

The work began with the converworkshop space into a movable black-box theatre, said Rainer. It is called a movable sion of

Robert Esmie, a member of Canada’s Olympic gold-medalwinning relay team was the Grand Marshall of the K-W Ok(Photo by Peggy sue ironside) toberfest Thanksgiving Day Parade.

roll in

By Wendy Cummins

Producer Jeff Freilich said

Cambridge was a joy to film in. “It’s the most pleasant group of people I’ve met interview that

glimpse of Hollywood was Cambridge on Oct. 17 and 8 as camera crews rolled into town to tape a film based on Nazi persecution in wartime Poland. visible in 1

The

film,

Mamusha,

three-episode

series

part of a

called

The

stars Elizabeth

Perkins {Big)

as Gertruda Babilinska, a Polish

housekeeper

who

devotes her

life

and raising a Jewish boy, played by Michael Cameron to protecting

of Heidelberg, Ont. The film costars

Waxman

{King of Kens-

Directed by Peter Bogdanovich

(who directed The Last Picture Freilich,

Freilich said he started in the

business as a writer and wrote sev-

low-budget films for director Roger Corman, whom he said let him do almost anything he wanted.

He moved on

to such projects as

writing, directing and producing

example. “I’m an adwork the concession booth during performances and work on set construction.” College and university students make up the biggest chunk of the group’s membership, he said. Rainer said the KWLT is well self as an

ministrator.

condition of the roof and recom-

done

mended it be repaired. "The engineer told

volved in theatre at school but want to do more outside of class. “Its an exciting organization to

we had

better get the roof fixed or re-

placed

before Rainer said.

snow

the

flew,”

locations

pairs to the roof cost $35,000, he said.

the

going to be a beautiful

now we have to pay money we borrowed.” is

Rainer said the open house

re-

we’ve got a workable and we did it for under

theatre to

little

make

nicer while

Rainer

let’s

the lobby a

we’re

it,”’

become

KWLT mem-

bers.

“What we

really

need are

mem-

what we’re after,” he said. “We have the facilities and equipment to put on shows, but bers, that’s

said.

said the funding for these

renovations came from the theatre group’s operating profit. The has a yearly budget of about $12,000, Said Rainer, and

KWLT

they spend around $1 1,000 a year. “All these capital projects we’ve been doing have really eaten into everything we had,” he said, “and we’ve been forced to borrow some to complete these projects.”

occasionally we’re missing actors, technical people, organizers, producers and directors.”

group is geared toward people who have lots

said

the

It’s easy to get into and a heck of a lot of fun.” Nic Hesse, a University of Waterloo mechanical engineering student and the KWLT’s vice-

thing.

president of the board, joined the

theatre

of enthusiasm but

little

group

the

June 1995. He

KWLT

produced by Jeff the taping brought nearly

and

experi-

said because the organization

voluntary, the

KWLT

500 area residents to downtown Galt to watch camera crews in action.

the

University

time,

builder.

able for organizations interested,

$50 and subject

ence.

costing

“We’re the perfect group for people who want to get back into

KWLT board’s

duction memberships for $10.

by Jostens

AFTERNOON

under stani tke importance of graduation as a major accompliskment in your life.

THE LOUNCE IN

Eraser ON

jUe biq screen

Wed. Nov. 6 1 2:30 pm The Sanctuary

deserves to te a lasting

Capture

tkis

memory.

important time witk

professional portraits ky Jostens.

OCTOBER 28 TO NOVEMBER 8 A,

Make your Grad

Portrait appointment

today at the

DSA Office

the

approval, and pro-

Graduation Photos

movie is like building put up pieces every day.”

always

do what they’re most interested in. Hesse said he was involved with theatre at school but wanted to do it more than once a year. To become a KWLT member, Rainer said, a person must pay a membership fee. Fees begin at $25 for an adult, $12,50 for a person under the age of 8, and $45 for a family membership. There are also affiliate memberships avail-

“Making a a fence. You

looking for people willing to do everything and allows people to

Freilich studied journalism and

Southern California for a short time. He said he was at one point

“definitely

something worth spending time

shows like Falcon Crest, Nightmare on Elm Street and Doc Jus-

attended

it’s

on.”

also to get people interested in

theatre,

arc in-

be a part of,” he said, “because

not

has been done to the building but

alized, ‘ok,

$1,000, but

off

only to show people the work that this

who

a grass roots-ground level sort of

The KWLT borrowed $23,000 and has received some grants from the City of Waterloo, but the re-

“It’s

or for those

it,

problem

any type of

are inter-

but have never

theatre

ings and floors

to suit

who

suited to students

ested

said

painted black.

walls noticed the sagging

theatre

as a pro-

people don’t have to be members, using him-

.said

tice.

ington).

Show),

cult days.”

eral

Rescuers. It

in one location. It’s helped the crew get through two very diffi-

new

actors to be

complete,” Rainer said. “The only

“When we were done in

who was

don’t want to do

fession, but as a hobby.”

building once the renovations are

can be moved performance.

Cambridge

said the engineer

hired to oversee the construction

who

black-box theatre because everything, from seating to walls, ceil-

The stage and audience

Cameras

condition of the electrical wiring.

chairwoman.

raising

theatre,” Rainer said, “for people

— SPOKE, October

Page 12

28, 1996

Theatre review

Plummer overshadows Barrymore By Rick Kew

marriages beyond seven years.

one of his frequent reveries, Barrymore a melancholy memory, where he realizes the only woman he truly loved was his grandmother, whom he calls “Mum Mum.” As Plummer confidently and deftly rearranges the fedora on his head, a Barrymore trademark, it seems a strong characterization of Barrymore will follow Then,

William Luce’s Barrymore, playing at Stratford’s Avon Theatre through Nov. 3, lionizes one of the theatre’s biggest names. Surprisingly, for the audience, it is not John Barrymore, but Christopher Plummer the play illuminates.

The play takes place on

the stage of a

New York theatre a month before more, who died May 29, 1942.

—

run-down

the death of Barry-

does not.

Plummer, well known

designed by Santo Loquasto, whom the Academy of Motion Pictures nominated for a production-design Oscar for the film Radio Days, is credible and functional. Luce covers Barrymore’s attempt to rekindle his dying career, reprising his role as Richard III. Simultaneously, he attempts to show us the inner turmoil and ultimate understanding Barrymore perceives about his own life after many years of living for the

The

drifts off into

bottle.

Barrymore, played by Plummer, and Frank, Barrymore’s prompter, played by Michael Mastro, give

for his storytelling abilities,

allows his character to evolve and devolve into a

set,

first-

class stand-up comedian, stealing the show; Barry-

more fades

further into the background, with each

one-liner and

The

humorous anecdote. from even stageand becomes an unnotice-

stage, lacking any activity

hands, loses

its

credibility

able backdrop to Plummer’s skill as a raconteur.

What could have been moments of conflict turn into

mere breathing

intense internal

spells for both the

audience and Plummer to recover, the former from of laughter and the latter from a nonstop delivery of one-liners. For example, when Plummer gazes off stage into

fits

what is essentially a one-man play, as the part of Frank is a voice that is only heard off stage. Under the direction of Gene Saks, Plummer ably switches from the wisecracking bravado of a Barrymore fueled by booze, to the nagging insecurity of a Barrymore subverted by the bottle. On one occasion, Barrymore laments to the audience that he really does love women. Then he explains how he could not sustain even one of his four

the imagined terrors at the top of a darkened stairway,

drawing strength from the words of his beloved Mum it seems like nothing but a buildup for another

Mum,

—

FROM THE HEART Christopher Plummer stars as veteran stage actor John Barrymore in Barrymore playing at the Avon Theatre in Stratford. (Photo courtesy ot Stratford Festival)

punchline.

Plummer

does, however, entertain for almost two

The Plummer

solid hours.

review, with

its

contin-

uous, impeccably delivered witticisms, gives value for the entertainment dollar. 1:3

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The Chamber exhibits strong characterization By Shawn Leonard

ecuted.

also happens to be

Clayhall’s grandson. If action is what you are expecting from The Chamber, then you will be easily disappointed. The Chamber, based on John Gr-

isham’s novel, is not the average Grisham-type movie with suspenseful chase scenes. Instead, the

The only mystery in the movie is Hall trying to find out if Clayhall had an accomplice

the fatal

bombing and whether Clayhall knew if the lawyer was in his office at the time.

The movie

tries the difficult, if

movie relies on a type of drama that makes the audience feel for the characters no matter what their

not impossible, task of trying to

personal flaws are.

decent in his grandfather, but

The movie

Gene Hackman Deep named Sam Clayhall. stars

(Mississippi Burning) as a

South

racist

Clayhall

a fourth-generation

Ku Klux Klan member on row

for a 1967

fice

of a

bomb

death

bombing of the oflawyer. The

civil rights

mutilated the lawyer and

killed his twin boys.

The only one in Clayhall ’s comer is Sam Hall, played by Chris O’Donnell. Hall is a young lawyer from Chicago who wants to defend Clayhall from being ex-

show humanity Hall the

time, can’t really stand

film, with only an occasional breakthrough of emotions, when

Hackman’s character realizes that is wrong to feel so much hate. Hackman’s portrayal of Clayhall is very convincing. He shows the

Foley,

whose

acclaimed Glengarry Glen Ross and the Mark Wahlberg (formerly as

Marky Mark)

thriller

Fear, gently paces the movie.

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uneducated

racist.

He manages

make

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