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Conestoga College, Kitchener
April 28, 1997
Pub
Athletes of the Year
articles unfair,
DSA
presifjent
By Tim
an audience of 200 is not true. “Musicians aren’t flocking to our door.”
Kylie
The DSA is concerned at the way Spoke presented information about on-campus pubs in 21
DSA
said
issue,
its
A
celled by the
president
lack of interest, she said.
Mohawk
campus
She called the idea of moving management program from the Waterloo
College
differ
the food and beverage
with
on campus.
excellent.
However, she questioned the
Mohawk’s student Amie, she said Mohawk’s
union’s building.
where would be located since
really.”
explored
Students attending classes at the Doon campus will be making a
in the school.
tangible investment in their future
fee
September when they begin paying a $70 technology fee. April-Dawn Blackwell, DSA president, said the fee, which is being levied under an agreement signed by the DSA and the col-
vidual student but says collectively it will do a greater good for the
in
adopted to bring ‘90s and into the
lege, is being
Conestoga
beyond. Blackwell said, in an interview, students will see the results of their
investment immediately in
the fall when two 30-terminal, labs computer open-access become available on campus. “We have an agreement that it will
be effective as of September,”
said Blackwell.
“When
dents walk onto this
the stu-
campus they
will have an open-access lab.” She said, while the DSA does not
increases for
stu-
advocate fee dents, it has been determined the current technology at the college is not at an acceptable level for a post-secondary institution.
Blackwell concedes that a is
a lot of
money
$70
for an indi-
school.
“When
students
graduate, the
delivered quality academic through advancements in technology will make them more employable in the community. And that’s
why
they’re here.”
Blackwell said because the fee is student money, measures have
been put in place to ensure it will go only to tangible things, like computer terminals, servers and printers, that students can see and
student population of 4,000, she
Many
said.
day care. She added that the editorial assertion that musicians would
She said the space allocation at Condor Roost would be see “Pub’* page five
the
Blackwell said student representatives were encouraged to attend
meetings in order to report back to their classmates on developments agreement. the surrounding However, the Doon student population is very under-represented,
with
Blackwell,
approximately 30 to 35 class representatives, less than half of the designated 70 places. the
$35
per
semester fee provides the best possible deal for students.
Computer
signed
accounts will allow them complete access to all software used at the college. There will be no hidden or
January 27, a committee of four students and two members of col-
additional fees levied for services such as printing or Internet access,
lege adminstration are responsible for deciding how the money will
unlike
use.
Under
the
agreement,
at
other
post-secondary
institutions.
The agreement recognizes
that
be spent. Any unspent money at the end of each fiscal year will be carried forward for use in subse-
technology
quent years.
vide for upgrading every three years as needed. As upgrading
The agreement
states the fee is
designed as an enhancement, and
Blackwell said, because of government spending cuts, money
by no means replaces
allotted to the college for capital
of
development could not
to provide information technology
realistical-
DSA Ups student aid, adds new member
agreement.
said
money
the
amount
allocated by the college
is
rapidly advancing so
provisions have been
made
to pro-
occurs, students will be offered the opportunity to buy, at fair-market
any equipment declared see “Technology” page five
value,
when we
up children from
families or pick
technology fee were held early in the school year prior to signing the
Blackwell
the avenues,
The problem with hosting large licensed events on campus is that stage room and a large amount of space is needed to provide for a
The
DSA will
scholarships, of
be offering two $150 each, and
two bursaries, of $250 each, dur-
students
assess
not
does
By Bob Puersten
Open forums about the proposed
to
all
of them have to leave school at 3 p.m. to go to work, spend time with their niuters, she said.
for students.
according
own
five years
have.”
play a student bar for free given
fund technological enhancements that would benefit everyone
its
ago and found it wouldn’t be feasible. “They (Spoke writers) make it sound like the DSA have just thrown up their arms and not
campus bar about
Sixty per cent of Conestoga students are mature students or com-
ly
likely
DSA
the possibility of opening
Further, she said, the demographics at Conestoga would not support another on-campus bar in addition to the Condor Roost.
By HMene Beaulieu
it
couldn’t share the cafeteria’s. studied Blackwell said the
The unlicensed
Sanctuary at Conestoga is underneath a library, she added. “It’s a comparison of apples and bananas,
fea-
of the proposal, asking program’s kitchen the
sibility
student union can host licensed it is in the
Blackwell calls tech fee investment in the future
in order to run
another on-campus establishment
events there because
.
Doon
to
regard to licensed events and bars
bar the
human of training and development, continuing education and Atheletes of Male and Female with Barnes Patrick and Day Fawn resources (left), presents (Photo by Pat Craton) thp Yp.ar See more on the Athletic Awards Banquet on pages 6 and 7
DSA last year due to
April-Dawn Blackwell on April 22 She said the articles seemed to compare how Conestoga and
Referring to
John MacKenzie, vice-president
home-grown talent was organized and can-
student
contest
April
.
-
says
for
either scholarships or bursaries, but that it does set the criteria for
they will be distributed. For example, members of the DSA
how
students),
who
are
ing the 1997-98 school year.
(full-time
This was decided during the meeting of the DSA board of directors for 1996-97, April 15. It was also decided to estab-
“extremely involved in the college community,” and who have an above-B average, would be in
lish a new non-voting member position on the either the DSA board of directors or the DSA executive to act as a resource.
says Blackwell. Regarding the
final
DSA
president April
Dawn
Blackwell said the student assistance,
which was
started in the
summer of 1996, was not accessed this year because the people who administer busaries and scholarships for Conestoga were not aware of the fund’s existence.
the running for a scholarship,
Blackwell said
asked.
was
unchanged from when
it
if
they over-stepped their Blackwell said she
authority.
would be involved only when Jack Fletcher said that having former chairs or presidents sit as members is a common practice,^ on boards and committees and that
it
allows for
some
continu-
ity-
established.
Blackwell said that the
other col-
of resigning and that the board of directors or the executive could ask the person to step
been budgeted for student aid for 1996-’97. The rest will go into a
saries is
that, in
member has the option
leges, the
down
Blackwell, the level for bur-
board of
year after their term expires, to act as a liaison and a resource.
The level of scholarship funding was raised from $100, using some of the money which had
reserve to be used for future scholarships and bursaries, said
DSA
Blackwell said that have past presischools other dents stay on as non-voting members of the board, for one directors,
DSA
^
see
“DSA ” page eight
-
Page 2
— SPOKE, April
28, 1997
Kim Fraser adds weights to her suspension bridge while Natalie Clark looks on for moral support. Both girls are in Grade 8 at MacGregor public school.
hasta be pasta It
By Ellen Douglas
Waterloo, the purpose of the contest is for the students to build the
On
April 19 at Conestoga Mall
was paved with local Grade 7 and
best bridge. This
the road to success
lighter the bridge
pasta for several
weight
The students were participating in The Heavy Weight Pasta-Bridge Competition which is part of Science and Technology ‘97, a two-day event. The event was sponsored by Professional Engineers Ontario (PEO), the University of Waterloo, Ontario the Association of Certified Engineering Technicians Engineering,
and Technologists (OACETT), the Waterloo Region separate school board, Waterloo County board of education, Canada’s Technology Triage and Conestoga College. According to John Lee, a volunteer for the event
Regional
that the
and the more
holds, the likelier
it
it is
to
win.
8 students.
the
means
who works
Municipality
for
of
Photos by Ellen Douglas
“This
is
to simulate real life,”
he
Laura Botzang, a Grade 7 student at Monsignor Haller separate school, said she her bridge would fall on her. Laura came in fourth in the competition.
was a
little
nervous
said.
For example, the winning bridge weighed only 175 grams and it held almost 1 1 kilograms, more than 60 times its weight. The bridge was built by Yuan Xhang, a Grade 8 student from MacGregor
ence and engineering,” said Harold Scott, a volunteer from the
public school.
world.”
The are
OACETT. “They have fun building the bridges and seeing how scale models of bridges are tested in the real
Some
specifications of the bridges
changed
every
year,
said
of the teams fared worse
than others, but
all
of the partici-
Roydon
Fraser, the judge of the
pants said they had fun and learned
contest
and a professor
from the experience. Brenna Dawson, a Grade 7 student from Kitchener- Waterloo
the
at
University of Waterloo.
“One year
the students
had
build a drawbridge,” he said.
to
The
span of the bridges changes every year as well. “We like to make it a new challenge every year.” This year the students were asked to build a suspension bridge spanning a distance of 40 centimetres. “Hopefully this contest will give the young people a thirst for scirequired
Building better bridges aim of two-day contest
Bilingual
inadvertently
school,
cooked her bridge the morning of the contest.
“My
bridge
“I put
it
is
in the
crappy,” she said.
oven on low
some glue and everything
know
not to put
it
in the
to dry
bent.
I’ll
oven next
year.”
The bridges were Judged by dividing the weight the bridge held
by the weight of the bridge the bridge
was
less than
itself If
750 grams
team received bonus points; if weighed more than that they were penalized. If the bridge weighed more than one kilogram it was disqualified. the it
“In real
life,
a
lighter
bridge
would be cost-saving,” said Fraser. The first bridge tested weighed a whopping 1865 grams and was disqualified.
The
students were responsible for
setting
for
up
their
loading
weights.
own
the
bridges and
bridges
with
They were required
to
wear hard hats and safety goggles, and as soon as the weights brought the first bridge crashing
down
they
found out why.
The students were allowed to use only commercially available pasta, thread and glue to build their bridges.
The bridges Alex Hortopanu, a Grade 7 student at Christ Lutheran school, tenatively lets go of the weight suspended from his bridge. Hortopanu, whose team placed third in the competition, said he learned how to equalize the weight and balance all the forces by creating his bridge which is an A-frame design.
that held the
most
weight were generally A-shaped designs. A bystander commented that some of the bridges were very elegantly built.
“Good engineering
always looks nice,” he
said.
Yuan Xhang, the winner hanging from his bridge.
of the contest,
adds weight
to the platform
SPOKE, April 28,
Making
YM-YWCA
their
nominated for award
May
By Anita On May
29, the
By Lynn Jackson
Filevski
Former Conestoga student Paul of graduate a Bender, 51, Conestoga’s computer programmer/analyst program, has been nominated for the province-wide
YMCA-YWCA
of Guelph will launch its second annual Women of Distinction
Awards, said a media release. The Women of Distinction Awards is a fund-raising event to support the community programs offered by the YMCA-YWCA of
Glenn Crombie Award.
The award, developed in 1986 by Glenn Crombie of Cambrian College, recognizes an individual’s outstanding contribution to
Guelph, the release said. The event honors women who are positive role models, and cele-
students or to the field of special
needs
Bender,
community.
The YMCA-YWCA amalgamat-
“The work
is
something thing
mission of the YMCAof Guelph, said the
YWCA release.
The YMCA- YWCA’s
mission statement includes promoting personal development through recreational, health and social service programs, encouraging volunteerism in the community, and is
open
life-
time achievement; science and technology; wellness; and young woman of distinction.
Although
women may
be nomi-
nated in more than one category, they may only be a recipient in
one category, the release said. The awards banquet will be held at Guelph Place. For more information, contact Irene Brenner at (519) 824-5150 or fax to (519) 824-4729.
severe
in a full-time capacity.
to a report
from spe-
was nominated
bution to the community.” Bender works on a one-to-one
m
of the ^ead bodies of Mike Thurnell, broadcasting co-ordinator, stands in the rniddle holding reads^ They tried is Thurnell araduatinq third-year radio broadcast students.The sign the prank recently, even going to the pulled students The late.” it was too ?o go (Photo by Colleen Cassidy) s door frame. trouble of putting yellow caution tape across Thurnell
basis with students who need computer-related in tutoring courses, says the report.
?n^but
Also, over the past academic been working in co-
year, Paul has
Grads
vided the
“The students worked in groups of three, and would go into the
Graduates of Conestoga’s computer programmer/analyst program are hosting an open-house project-demo day on May 7 at the
companies, analyze the problems (with their software programs) and design applications for them,” says Scott.
our students,
The event will feature various applications computer-software designed by the students to improve and facilitate the software packages of local companies.
an instructor for the CP/A program and co-ordinator of the open-house event, says the projects were created for clients in the Kitchener- Waterloo area. Scott,
research, locating
CD ROM
done by them as potential employees,” The event will be held from 9 a.m. until noon in room 2A11-3 and is open to all. For additional information contact John Scott.
who
Bender,
member
is
also a board
with Project
Lift,
will
accept his award at a presentation in Ottawa in early June.
weren’t problems with the students would software the design improvements for the existing software or explain what soft-
ware programs would be most
Humber No
beneficial to them, says Scott. Scott says there is more to the
is
offering
event than simply allowing the students to present their projects.
2
gr^at
“Hopefully employers will come out and see the work that’s been
Post
beginning
September 1997
Planning
May pm
Thursday, 1:00
If interested please see Becky at the
DSA
Committee 1
Office or
K t
h
Campus
\
Diploma programs
Week Of Welcome
initial
available software and for use in the lab, says the report.
and see
If there
college.
John
operation with the special-needs office and counselling to create a computer literacy lab and has pro-
May open house
to host
By Lynn Jackson
and development;
Bender’s
proves, beyond a doubt, that persons with disabilities do make a significant contri-
categories include arts
community
It’s
and some-
excellence
the release said.
education,
to do,
because “his actions have resulted in a greater awareness of the abilities of individuals with physical challenges. This dedication to
to
and culture; business and profes-
of
cial-needs, Paul
administration.
training
me to
for
enjoy,” says Bender.
According
degree in criminology and sociology and a master of public
sions;
way
he is permanently disabled and unable to
ate
life;
a
arthritic condition,
work
Nominations for the awards were accepted until April 5. They will be evaluated according to the nominees’ contribution to the quality of life in Guelph or Wellington County, and their general support for the philosophy
I
want
I
Because
said the release.
Award
It’s
stay involved in the college.
Bradbum holds an undergradu-
all,
(at the special-
contribute to their department and
established herself as a strong advocate of quality community
ensuring membership
do
I
thing like that.
first
Since being sworn in as Guelph Chief of Police Services in December of 1994, Bradbum has
and
award was
needs office as a tutor), I don’t do for awards or recognition or any-
woman chief of police.
life,
volunteers his time
unexpected.
tions.
presentation
who
dents, says winning the
membership and public contributhe
Ontario community
as a tutor for special-needs stu-
ed in Guelph in 1961. It is a nonprofit organization supported by
Lenna Bradbum, Canada’s
in the
college system.
brates their contribution to the
Chairing
— Page 3
Alumnus
escape
awards set for
1997
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SPOKE, April
Page 4
1997
14,
SPOKE
perspective
Native suicide signals trend
M
ichael Dorris killed himself last week.
This
Beware A s
to
made owed it
a connoisseur of beverages
of malt and barley, I felt I myself and my friends to indulge
new
sea monkeys and beer
of
our
fine
my
and
at the bottle
was not enjoying clear, crisp, glacier water in my beer. In fact, brewing the product in London
repertoire of options in
down
DON
in a
the
to
arrival
glanced
I
heart skipped a beat as the word LONbored into my eyes. This meant I
beer
“cool, crisp, glacier-
meant: tap water! How was I going to break the news of my discovery to my friends? I would be
fresh taste” proved to
humiliated.
be the preference for sampling on this par-
But then again, the bottle didn’t say “glacier-fresh water”, it said “glacier-
ticular evening.
fresh taste”.
stores.
The promise of a
my
Holding
was obvious at that point that we had become the unwary victims of a marketing ploy. We had been sucked in by
first
I
image, advertising and idealistic thinking. We had allowed our perception to sway from reality. But this isn’t such an
pure,ancient ice of the glaciers nestled
between the beautiful Rocky Mountains. But then a thought struck me. Although
unusual thing in today’s consumer world.
I’ve never verified this fact, a reliable
time for not reading the fine
We’ve
all
been burned from time-toprint.
However, companies aren’t breaking
source once told me that a brewery can only sell its product in the province in which it was brewed. In other words, B.C.’s Kokanee beer would have to be brewed in an Ontario brewery.
the law
I
did.
But marketers know is
(North of 60) last October Greene’s Graham and
be
little
more than barely
attempted suicide earlier this year.
Dorris was depressed by his imminent divorce his wife of 16 years, author Louise Erdrich.
visible crus-
from
when they
mildly mislead-
utilize
promote a product. The Kokanee bottle gives you all the information you need to come to the same coning tactics to
Their marriage was truly a working relationaward-winning novels were a collaboration with Dorris, even when they decided
dirty the water.
But
ship. Erdrich’s
fell for that
I
advertising ploy too,
A
to leave his
There must have been lots of suckers because they still sell those things. But, if you read the package carefully, the description of what sea monkeys actually are fits pretty closely to what I just said. Lessons like those come hard to chil-
They wrote about the joy and pain of being Native in America in books like Love Medicine, The Bingo Palace, and The Crown of Columbus.
did.
Dorris wrote about the experiences of his first adopted son who grew up with fetal alcohol syndrome in The Broken Cord. Though Dorris’s death captures our attention because of his prominence in the Native commu-
dren and beer-drinkers alike. As consumers we allow ourselves to be bamboozled by people who are all too willing to pull the wool over our eyes and
nity,
advice:
sion.
A
and apprehen-
in ‘92, optimistic with
Since then, she has
a house. The debt-load, for students,
out. Often, the only thing that
between
than
“dead-end” jobs, not
ting
sure
how
to
make
ends meet.
Now, Amanada back
in school,
is
it
hop-
needs to get out of the rut she’s in.
There is one other startling fact that makes Amanda average: she’s consider-
is
ever has been before, and
same age range. The report found that this disturbingly high suicide rate results from horrific social problems, ranging from family violence to sex and drug
higher it’s
get-
up.
is
stu-
At 15 per
cent, the
unemployment
A broad and university adminteachers, undergraduate and
istration,
loans; helping
of recent years.
Amanda have
Assuming the purveyors of plastic money (VISA, Master Card) don’t add to
realized that they have
sized up their options and little
to lose in
Unlike older people,
Amanda and
her
thing
is
have made it
it.
in the Native
community
is
elsewhere in Canada. Canadians glibly teach their children
Michael Dorris? Never assume anyone has made it. Be vigilant. Don’t ignore another’s depression. Affirm life wherever and whenever and howev-
low-income students to and providing tax
er
you can.
your opinions about Native aside grievances, land claims or political demands. Consider instead the importance of Native peoPut
fact.
for certain, unless the
amount of loans decreases or
ple as fellow citizens, neighbors and friends.
the return
Show them you want them to live. And please acknowledge this: there is something terribly wrong when race is a good predic-
on the investment increases, the number
who will look bankruptcy as a way out will only
of students, like Amanda, to
declaring bankruptcy.
stretch of
One
to
making
difficult than
Many
their loans;
school before the
Natives encounter during their
about self-esteem, not realizing that for some parents such teaching is a matter of life or death. What message can be taken from the death of
a one-time grant for single parents and low-income students, on top of existing
average.
include the double-digit tuition increases
more
So, where does the answer lie?
breaks similar to the registered retirement savings plans to assist in saving for
So, given both the large debt-load and the dismal prospects that seem in line for students like their common future,
Sadly,
coalition of college
pay off
Canada’s young lies almost a half-dozen points below the national
He seemed
a sense of moral obliga-
rate for
can blame her? Most students come out of college or university with $30,000 in OSAP debts, and this doesn’t
by any
every month
keeps
many
Dorris had escaped all that. He and Erdrich provided a stable home for their children and a positive sense of Native community in their fiction.
the cheque
graduate students believe that tinkering with student aid is the answer: providing
Who
still,
Amanada paying
lower than her parents. And the trend seems to be continuing. Youth employment, which nose-dived during the last recession, has not come
ing declaring bankruptcy.
burden, that’s
dents like tion to.
is
abuse, that
upbringing.
what amounts to a large noose around their necks and very few means to get
worse not better. And just what is that buying for them? It doesn’t seem like much. Amanda’s generation could be the first whose standard of living
ing to get what she
this
1995 royal commission on aboriginal peoples
showed a Native-suicide rate three times higher than that of the rest of us. For teens between 15 and 19 the rate was nearly
buyer beware.
generation have few assets worth worrying about losing. They have, instead,
in perspective,
what her future held. drifted
only one contribution to a disturbing
report
Caveat emptor. Let the
huge whack of cash. $30,000 can pay for Put a very nice new car (or two not-so-nice, new cars) or a sizeable downpayment on
the imagination, a
on first sight, your average young “Generation Graduated
it is
trend.
give us a twirly ride to disorient us before saying “Look what we’ve got for you.”
My
manuscript.
six times higher than for non-Native teens in the
be,
X-er.” She’s full of energy
name off the
just like plenty of other kids probably
Student debt forcing bankruptcies manda would
Wolves)
With
(Dances
childhood. The promise of frolicking, trainable, underwater monkeys turned out to
writer and university pro-
shocking as that of Canadian actor Mervin Good Eagle
that
a subjective thing and someone’s perceptions can be that manipulated, even if only slightly. Remember sea monkeys? That was one of the biggest disappointments of my interpretation
not a tribute.
fessor with six children and many great achievements. His death is shocking, as
taceans that only lived long enough to
It
proceeded to extol the virtue of such a wholesome product to my friends. After all, what could be betthan a beer made from the ter bottle high,
clusion
is
was a Native
Dorris
tor of self-slaughter.
increase.
Entertainment manager says campus pub not an option at Conestoga To the I
that affect the students
editor:
read with interest the articles regarding
the opening of a
campus bar by
Student Association.
I
am
some of
the facts that
ignored.
As an
I
the
Doon
disappointed that
presented were
organization representing
over 4,000 students, we had to give the issue more than the cursory examination that your article required.
At a time when many
stu-
dent associations are wrestling with the viability of operations of this type, the DSA has chosen to focus on the important issues
on
this
campus while
providing a balanced mix of services. The resources required to maintain a bar are far beyond those of this organization. Furthermore, this campus has proven over still
the last couple of years that
of supporting one bar
The
let
it is
idea of licensing the lounge has also examined, and in fact, carried out
been under a special occasion permit Yuk’s show. there
incapable
alone two.
is
Due
no way
that
for our
Yuk
to college regulations,
we can
Drop us a
obtain a licence
to serve alcohol in this building before 3
p.m.
As
for providing entertainment,
my
liability
and drain on
resources
is
a price that
this organization’s
we
cannot afford
to
pay at this time. Since the government has decided
who would
seige to the province’s educational institutions, we feel very strongly that rather than
be willing to travel to the college and play “for free”, as you contended, even for a crowd of 200. There is no question that the idea of having a bar to call our own is very appealing. The reality is that even if we disregard the fact that the campus could not support it and ignore the resulting
jump
and suggestions.
SPOKE is published and produced weekly by the journalism students of Conestoga College. Editor: Ellen Douglas; Photo editor: Tony Kobilnyk; Production manager: Helene Beaulieu; Advertising manager: Lynn Jackson; Faculty supervisors: Jim Hagarty and Andrew Jankowski SPOKE’S address is 299 Doon Valley Dr., Room 4B15,Kitchener, Ontario, N2G 4M4.
Phone: 748-5366 Fax: 748-5971.
have,
10 years in the entertainment business, rarely found recording acts of any note in
line.
We welcome your comments
I
in student fees, the
^ 1^^
to lay
placing this type of burden on the students, we can pool our resources with the school
and support the existing
facility.
Gavin FitzPatrick DSA Entertainment Manager is mainly funded from S^tember to May by Doon Student Association (DSA). The views and
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SPOKE,
April 28, 1997
— Page
5
Disappointing season ends
Accidental meeting
Women’s team loses By Pat Craton
Conestoga players.
which meaqt the three teams were
which the Condors ended the community league helps a little to compensate for the disappointing end to their
tied after the round-robin.
Ontario Colleges Atheltic Association title. The Condors conceded only two
method, Conestoga should have been the team to go on to the semi-
The
The women’s indoor soccer team of the community league on April 15 to close out a successful yet disappointing lost 2-1 in the final
season.
which was played at the Kenneth E. Hunter Recreation
The
final,
Centre,
against
Portuguese
the
Leos was a very keenly contested affair
of high standard.
Conestoga finished regular season of the
first in
the
community
league which ended March 25. of coach Johnstone, Geoff Conestoga’s soccer teams, said the team was pleased to finish top of the league because four of the six
teams
were constantone another for first
in the league
ly challenging
place.
match against the Guelph Gladiators played on April 1 Conestoga won 2-1. This set up the final against In the semi-final playoff
,
the Leos.
Johnstone was pleased with the match because it was played well by both sides. He said seven members of the Leos are former
accident at the intersection of parking lots two and three Friday April 1 8 left one car with extensive damage and resulted in the driver being sent to hospital for treatment. A van and a car collided at the intersection at 8:20 a.m. Because the accident occurred on private property, no charges were laid at the time of the incident. Bob Gilberds, security supervisor, said there are approximately half a
An
dozen accidents on campus annually. Jhe speed limit on all college property is set at a maximum of 1 5 kilometres per
final
run
satisfying note with
at
the
goal during the entire regular season which included some exhibitions
matches.
Of
matches
13
played, the Condors won 11, tied one and lost one. Unfortunately,
one of the two goals scored against them occurred in the gold-medal match against Redeemer of Ancaster.
The greatest disappointment however, occurred during the OCAA championships which was played on March 21 in Ancaster. In the first round of round-robin play,
Conestoga
lost 1-0 to
Royal
Military College from Kingston. The way the goal was scored still
makes Johnstone shakes his head. The ball ricocheted off a door jamb and went in the goal at an unexpected angle.
Having went on
lost to
RMC,
to beat
Conestoga
Centennial 2-1
Centennial went through to the on the basis of having
semi-finals
the best goal difference.
final but that
was not
On
that
so. Instead,
RMC was awarded the second and final spot
because of the fact that
they had beaten Conestoga, thanks
door jamb. Johnstone and the team were “shocked” by the turn of events which ousted them from the tournament. He felt the inconsistency of the ruling was unfair. Had the goal-difference method used thoroughout, Conestoga would have to a
been in the playoffs. Johnstone said this year’s team had played well all winter and had developed continually all term. “They were probably the hardest working team I’ve ever had. They were willing to work and to listen.”
Johnstone is planning to have a say about the rules next season to ensure they are applied fairly and consistently.
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(Photo by Helene Beaulieu)
hour.
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continued from page one
reduced from about 90 to 60 people if the DSA’s stage were put in.
“We’ve not been approached directly to host events in co-ordi-
nation with the Roost,” she said,
paper on post-secondary education, which was concerned with restructuring, technology needs for students, and tuition increases, Blackwell said
discussion
DSA
noting the DSA has worked with the recreation centre on other
the
things.
interests.
The
DSA
is
also concerned that
the educational interests of stu-
dents not be ignored by Spoke. Noting its participation in the
good
a
did
%-i
job
representing students’ educational r.'
“There
of other issues
are a lot
other than serving alcohol, and we already have a place on campus that
does
SEASON ENDS —
Conestoga’s women’s soccer team, the Condors, the Portuguese Leos on April 1 5.
lost their final
match against
(Photo by Pat Craton)
that.”
Technology .
.
.
continued from page one
surplus as a result. All proceeds
from the sale of this equipment will be added to the funds generated by the fee. Blackwell said the labs, which will be open from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m., will benefit students
who
might otherwise not have computers or course-specific programs at
home. But, as computers become increasingly
common
in
the
home, said Blackwell, labs may no longer be relevant, and the future may see the fee used for providing modem hook-ups for laptops in classrooms.
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— SPOKE, April 28, 1997
Conestoga athletes
recognized at The women’s from
varsity softball
Coach’s Award
Presenting were coach Brian and Tracev Gimby.
left).
Broome
is
presented to Marsha
Broome and
banquet
Miller (third
assistant coaches
By Pat Craton
Yvonne
The golden arm of
Day snared
softball pitcher
Fawn
another prize.
For the second consecutive year, Day was
named Conestoga’s Female
Athlete of the
Year.
Day, a third-year management studies student,
won
the
took place at the
1 8 when Award banquet
award on April
the 29th annual Athletics
Howard Johnson
hotel in
Kitchener.
Day was women’s
the star pitcher of the varsity softball
Colleges
Ontario
team,
this
Athletic
season’s
Association of a gold-
champion. Being a member medal team is also a repeat performance for Day as this was the second year in a row that Conestoga has won the OCAA of Male Athlete of the Year went to Patrick Bames, a second-year student in the construction technology program.
women’s softball was shared between Jane beitriea ana t-awn Day, holding trophy. Coaches Yvonne Broome (left) Tracey Gimby and Brian Broome presented the award.
The
MVP
award
for
title
Bames was
the captain of this year’s outdoor and indoor varsity soccer teams. silver The indoor team were the medallists. This result represented a remarkable turnaround for the soccer team as they finished last in the western region
OCAA
at the end of the outdoor season. The coaches of the teams Day and Bames represented were full of praise for the two
students.
In interviews after the
award
ceremony, Yvonne Broome, assistant coach of the women’s softball team, said Day was a deserving winner.
Broome recounted that at the beginning of this season. Day, who holds individual OCAA records, was asked if she would mind sharing starting duties with another
“Do was answer Day’s anything you think that will help the team to develop and win.” Broome said Day has had an outstanding career at Conestoga. Conestoga won the OCAA silver medal in Day’s first year and the gold for the last two. “Unless you have
pitcher.
Roberto Dimatteo collects the MVP award for men’s outdoor soccer. Geoff Johnstone and Duane Shadd presented Dimatteo (centre) with the trophy.
soccer team. Presenting Lyn (centre) the award are coach Geoff Johnstone and assistant
coach Duane Shadd.
strong
pitching,
you
can’t
win;
it
why
reason
a tremendous
His
Conestoga
won
young man, a gifted athlete. skills were superb. As
technical
a person, he’s decency personified - one of the nicest persons you’d hope to meet.”
The two winners themselves were modest about their achievements. Bames, in his acceptance speech, credited his teammates for the success the team enjoyed in the end. said the reason the team did so well year was because the members got along very well together. They became great friends and enjoyed being together.
Day
this
“It is
why we won.”
The other nominees Athlete
of
Kesselring,
title.
The
the
is
back-to-back championships.” Geoff Johnstone, coach of the soccer teams, had this to say of Bames; “He is
graduate
the
Year
a
Law
who was
for
the
were and
Female
Amanda Security
the goalkeeper for the
outdoor soccer team; Jane Seifried, an ambulance and emergency care student who played shortstop on the softball team; Amy Olson, a student in the captained program, micro-computer both the indoor and the outdoor soccer teams.
The two other nominees of
the
Year
were
for
Frank
Male Athlete DaSilva,
a
management studies student. DaSilva was named to the OCAA all-stars outdoor team; Trevor Uhrig, a third-year civil engineering technology student who played on the ice-hockey team. Uhrig won the coach’s award for ice-hockey. The banquet was attended by about
1
00
people which included Ian James, manager of Athletics and Recreation, Marlene Ford,
program assistant, John athletic MacKenzie, vice-president of training and development, continuing education and human resources, and Wayne Kooyman, the sports anchorman for CKCO-TV who was master of ceremonies. The award ceremony recognized all the team winners at the intra-mural, extramural and varsity levels. the
Women’s outdoor soccer team coaches Geoff Johnstone, Jane Walker and Vince Alviano present Andrea Heroux
(third
from
left)
with the Coach’s Award.
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The women’s outdoor soccer MVP award was presented to Joanna Mills (third from left) by coach Geoff Johnstone and assistants Jane Walker and Vince Alviano.
The Most Valuable Player award
the men’s Indoor soccer team was awarded to Patrick Barnes (second from left). Presenting the award is Geoff Johnstone, Earlton Bramble and Duane Shadd. for
Photos for athletic banquet
byPatCraton
The Coach’s Award for the men’s ice hockey team was presented to Trevor Uhrig. From left: coach Tony Martindale, Uhrig, assistant coach Jason Romanko.
The members
of the Condors’ hockey team, back row, from left: Dale Henry, Mike Hodgert, Shawn Dietrich, Ray Uhrig, Jamie Parsons (alumni), Jeff White, Trevor Uhrig, Mike Traynor and assistant coach Jason Romanko. In front are coach Tony Martindale, Jeremy Snider and Brad Mizener.
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entertainment
28, 1997
Aldo Nova’s current release belongs on horror soundtrack also leaves the listener with goose-
By Lisa Kloepfer
bumps and Aldo
Nova’s
Nova’s Dream,
release,
latest
is
closer to being a
Who
a chill up the spine. this guy? Clive Barker’s
is
musically talented brother?
who
For those
nightmare.
Nova
In the 1980s
released two
and
singles, Life is Just a Fantasy
which ranked in Billboard’s Top Ten for 12 weeks. Well, that was then, and that now Ball and Chain
and
like guitar
then
rock,
'80s
only
the
redeemable song is Excuse Me While I Scream. This is Nova’s This song actually
isn’t too terri-
able to put
listeners are
won’t even get close to a ranking
ble
with Billboard.
themselves into headbanger mode, something I was simply not able to
The new album is primarily instrumental, mixing hard-blues-
CD
out with an echo-
starts
ing mother teaching her child the
“Now
prayer,
lay
I
me down
to
makes
sounds
bouncing
echo and
in
almost every song.
The
sixth track.
Three, four, better lock the door.
George Bush.
song.
first
There
Is
Anybody song
instrumental
There? This
^
and producer with Jon Bon Jovi and Celine Dion, no favorites of
08
Ont.-
^:
After listening to the album, the only conclusion to be made was,
Nova man
this
Buscemi’s
is
greiA
isn’t
stick to a behind-the-scenes posi-
problem is of what is
Unless you are making a horror movie, and desperately need a soundtrack, leave Nova’s Dream at Sam’s and let him deal with it.
^
Me
Calling
enou^,
If
you’ve seen Reservoir Dogs,
you’ll
remember him
Mr. Pink.
as the
whiny
you’ve seen Pulp
If
remember him
Fiction, you’ll
as
debut
y
the
lyrii^^l aren’t ;:lead
as if that weren’t enough,
you’ve
Theresa’s well into a pregnancy
seen Airheads, you’ll remember
with a baby she swears isn’t his. And so Tommy spends his days
Buddy
waiter
Holly.
If
him
as a grungy rocker. Steve about talking I’m Buscemi, and new on video is his movie. Trees Lounge. by directed and Written Buscemi, Trees Lounge tells the story of an out-of-work mechanic named Tommy (Buscemi), who
finds solace in his frequent alcoholic hazes while friends and family offer their
less-than-adequate
The film Paglia
Anthony La Married an Axe
also stars
{So
I
Murderer) as Tommy’s ex-boss.
When we seems
and nights
first
like a
meet Tommy, he
going-nowhere-fast
kind of guy.
He’s unemployed and doesn’t do anything but hang out at the Trees Lounge all day, guzzling down beers and contemplating his mis-
at the Trees,
his life unravel
watching
from a bar
stool,
Eventually he meets Mike,
seems
be having some
to
who
sort of
A
one-time savvy businessman, is also drowning his worries in beer at the Trees, and seems
Mike
a
like
permament
fixture
Tommy does.
But Tommy, unlike Mike,
do something about
tries to
his dire situa-
tion.
He stumbles around drunk from garage to garage, trying to convince people to hire him as a mechanic. Meanwhile, he can’t even get his
own
car started.
Just as he’s giving
some kind of
up
the idea of
outside
life
the
Trees, his uncle, the neighborhood
ery.
But we quickly learn
that
it’s
not
ice
Along
for the ride
is
Theresa’s
who has
taken a
Tommy, and meets him everyday so she can ride around on the ice cream truck for lack of liking to
cream truck
Eventually, things between her
and
Tommy get more personal and
inevitably, trouble follows.
trouble of his own.
more
fc
17-year-old niece,
There are so many more subplots and subtleties in Trees Lounge, that only a first-hand viewing could communicate them all. And although critics have given
movie favorable reviews, its video stores has been somewhat down-played.
.
"It
does
merit,"
said
Fletcher.
Fletcher added that the DSA might want to expand who is elligible for the resource position,
members of
the
executive in the case the president is
not available.
Blackwell said, regarding the need for a liaison and a resource person, that she did not want to leave
future
The
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it’s
by Ogden
destroyed
singing,
“I’m never gonna cry,” 10 times in’a row.To make it worse, she does this several times through^ -out the song.^ * For those who like to sing along,
the
lyrics
album
Someone’s
on
on the right track. While the overall beat on the album is fast-paced and upbeat, listen closely to what is being sung and you’ll find yourself on
Sister
should
be
pretty easy to learn.
However, all hope is not lost. Here and there listeners can catch a glimpse of clever song-
Seven of the nine tracks on the album follow the theme of loss, pain and mistrust. By the end of the ninth track, you’re left wondering if Ogden or one of her four male bandmates got jilted before sitting down to work on Sister Someone’s first release. All in
all,
there
is
potential
here.
Listen to the album a few times and you begin to notice how
catchy the tunes really are.
Wife some work on the and perhaps some variety
lyrics in the
theme. Sister Someone may soon be appearing in record stores everywhere.
writing.
this
arrival in
Nevertheless, next time
j{)ank you to a[[ reps and volunteers
you’re in
the video store, look for Trees
Lounge.
If
nothing else,
it’s
interesting look into the life
for
a great
DSA year.
an of
someone with nothing to live for, and does a good job of delving into the reasons
why
life is
some-
Best Wisl^es for a
Safe
times less than perfect.
driver, dies of a
and
Happy Summer to all and
staff.
continued from page one
have
including other
on.
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students^ faculty
DSA
came
the verge of tears.
.
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— —
heart attack in mid-route.
the route.
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Ever Wanted, the chorus actually consists of only five words “you’re all I ever wantrepeated several times. ed” Necessary Pain, which could have been a" great^ song, is In
anything better to do.
Cheers-style.
there than
advice.
over and over and over
uncle’s truck, haphazardly running
And
of
light
in this song
Ogden ip^len-'* to repeat some of them
boss.
lost his girlfriend
Suddenly a
,
eight years, Theresa, to his ex-
He’s also
familiarlsomehow.
this
Since the rest of the family isn’t too anxious for a career in ice cream. Tommy takes over his
so depressed.
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mine, but considering the success of these two (who obviously have real musical talent). Nova should
Killing
that particularly
'*stod out are; “As
Sister
The Pressure’s
goes on to include a man speaking a freaky Italian, and sound bites of
Two examples
30 self-titled
strange use of
Me, has a musical presence for a moment, then the song
This ghostly prayer leads into the
as an arranger
I
CD
The creepy introduction is from scenes of reminiscent Nightmare on Elm Street. One, two, Freddy’s coming for you. sleep...”
Nova has worked
do.
The
rock, choir, and guitar solos.
The
if
potential
By Lynne Thompson
a different realm.
tion in the
Hendrix.
tribute to Jimi
shows
executives
in
"the
abyss of not knowing." The job description of the position
is
outlined strictly as
new liai-
son and resource to protect the past president, the executive, and the board of directors.
was suggested, by some board members, that the new position be a voting member. It
Cheryl Jack,
DSA education
communications
and
co-ordinator,
however, said the new executive
should have a fresh start and that having a former president as a voting member might bias the vote.
Bev Cutone,
DSA vice-president
of student affairs, said allowing the former president to have a vote might create problems because the
person really
is
is
"out of the loop" and
only there as a resource.
Approval for the new position in favor and one abstention. No one opposed.
passed with 13 votes
To
t(?ose still
summer
-
on campus
remember time
your having fun
so
tl^is
flies
rvb^n
work har5 and srtto-
have
FUN!