0
30 th Year
— No. 38
November
9,
1998
New course
Elective
tackles
anxiety By Melissa
A new
Dietrich
elective
deals
that
commonly
with anxieties
faced
by students will be
available at Conestoga College
next semester.
Gregory of student said a group of from public students a speaking group she organized, Carol
services,
helped her realize a course like this
would be beneficial
for all
students.
agreed with
absolutely
“I
these students,” said Gregory. “So I talked with two other
counsellors over the about getting the
summer
Gregory said this course, which is called Anxiety and deal
Performance, will with test speaking public workplace and
specifically
anxiety,
anxiety
Voltsinis during the Oct. (Photo by
30 game
at
Ned Bekavac)
course
together.”
Personal
Conestoga forward Marko Jurisic tackles Centennial’s Louie Conestoga College. See related story on page 1 5.
performance anxiety. She said the elective will be offered to students under
Going up
Tuition fees to increase
Conestoga next year
Block D.
at
This includes students that be in semester two four semester nursing,
By Jaime Clark
will
micro-computer administration and semester three early childhood education. Gregory adds that any other students that are interested in
taking the elective and can it
into
schedules
their
fit
are
eligible.
In the first
course,
two weeks of the
students
will
study
framework understand anxiety and theoretical
being recommended at Conestoga. Also decided upon last year was that 30 per cent of the tuition
means that Conestoga, For roughly $20 million of the $54million budget comes from that basic operating grant.
in the
that
said
for students
experience anxiety in the
ment would
set tuition fees for the
entire college system,
no matter
the school or the program.
Differentiating fees
means
that
an individual college could raise the tuition of any program to any price. “A classic example I always use
is
animation
down
at
Sheridan,
is $8,500. There is almost a guaranteed job at the end of it from the standpoint of
which
I
think
tuition fees could
be
same college by
See Course ... Page 1
admin(istrative) accounting could
their
why
I
don’t
a
see
I
program and
differ
lot
more
is
probably a very
logical expectation
from the stand-
resources?’ That
point of paying tuition fees.”
The government grant given is
to
currently $2,900. In
programs compared
Mullan said
local
protocol
were student I’d be saying, ‘My tuition fees keep going up, “If
administrative operations. different at the
into
A
bursaries.
the college
programs.
or
go
funds.
marketplace demand and typically would have a very high placement rate,” said Mullan, of finance and
from college to college within the same program. business in someone “So
placement workplace, clinical components of
the in increase cent operating grants to the colleges.
be spent on local work-study programs, special needs, clinical and childcare assessments,
performance workplace Workplace perforanxiety. is
set up so individhad the discretion to
Island
per
What
public speaking anxiety and
who
The policy was
have a 10 per cent tuition
was worked out with the DSA where the money would primarily
are test anxiety,
mance anxiety
27.
to
Scotia, Prince
increase across the board and this year, differentiated fees are not
per cent range and allow differentiated fees. In the past, the govern-
Gregory.
The options
made
its
will have
advance,
government policy set up for the 1 999-2000 school year, said Kevin Mullan at the Doon Student Association meeting held on Oct.
and Saskatchewan. The government has said that there will be a maximum of one
aid
week three, students will move to one of the three in
Nova
Mullan said last year, after a fair bit of discussion, a decision was
would
In
chosen
Conestoga.”
financial
decrease anxiety and increase
Edward
Conestoga for fees Tuition College students will go up in the with a accordance in fall
increase
Students will also about the cycle of anxiety and how to set realistic goals to
which they
range from nothing in Quebec to approximately $2,000 in Alberta,
increase tuition fees within a 10
learn
options,
paying a different tuition Mohawk or at Fanshawe,
ual colleges
behavioural components.
comfort in situations promote anxiety.
fee
to
and
cognitive
physiological,
be
1991-92, a $5,402 subsidy was given to the college for delivery of to
$4,346 for
1998-99.
dilemma now, the government grant is
“That’s the big fact that the
dropping far faster than tuition fees are going up,” Mullan said. Across Canada, tuition fees
“We’ve got
to
weigh against
that.
are the increased costs of
The big one that’s sitting background right now is the academic settlement. There’s a lot
delivery?
of valid reasons as to why academic salaries are going up numbers of years without a raise and wanting to keep quality faculty in the classroom. The known salary increases that we’ve got are
—
well in excess of $1 million for next year,” said Mullan. Mullan said there are a lot of issues running behind the tuition increase including financial need,
direction and the legal of the college. Conestoga’s financial position at the end of the
political
entity
last fiscal
budget,
is
year on a $54-million a total accumulative
operating
surplus
$41,000.
See Tuition
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of
about
1
Page 2
— SPOKE, Nov.
9,
illliMBH
1998
By Jaime Clark
your non-profit status,’ And from what I understand, there hasn’t been anything done about it,” he said. Jenn Hussey, vice-president of operations, presented the budget, which was prepared by last year’s student executive, and gave copies to die board. During the 1997-98 fiscal year, the DSA planned to bring in $276,274 compared to this year’s proposed revenue of $275, 700. A decrease of $2,934 in gross profits is also planned for this year from $184,464 to $181,530.
you can
lose
in years past,
The Doon Student Association 998-99
will finish
year with a net loss of $19,580, according to the proposed budget presented to the board of directors on the
1
fiscal
Oct. 28.
DSA
Murphy,
Kristin
president,
explained to the board that in order to continue being considered a non-profit
DSA
organization, the
“In
had
to bring their
down.
profits
years
passed,
there
have
been
surpluses of quite
a large amount, of and every year the
$30,000-40,000, auditors have
come
and told us ‘Hey look, you’re a non-profit organization, you shouldn’t be making this money. If you do, in
In
category
the
of
administrative
expenses, most areas see an increase with the new budget. Honourariums for the
DSA president went up $275
from $1,925
Nursing students
while honourariums for the vice-president of student affairs and vice-president of operations went up $300 from $1,500. The DSA did plan to spend less, however, in the areas of meeting expenses and accounting services. In total, $12,720 more is being spent on administrative costs.
Under
the activities category,
cost for Nooners,
to
Subsidies
for
services
offered
to
Conestoga students increased from $32,550 to $36,100. Clubs funding was decreased from $1,900 to $800 while a donation to die peer-tutoring program went up from $2,800 to $3,000. The Walk Safe program and SPOKE will receive the same subsidies as under last year’s budget, $1,500 and $15,000, respectively. In total, planned expenses for the DSA is $201,110, up from last year’s figure of
no major
changes were made with the exception of the cost of the registration package given to students. The proposed cost went from $4,500 to $6,500 and advertising went from $2,300 from $2,500 with an overall increase for the category of $1,400. Proposed entertainment costs decreased in the budget from $ 1 2,225 to $ 1 1 ,600 with the omission of an entertainment assistant honourarium, which was $900. Also, the
link
went up from $8,800
$9,000.
$184,380.
The
DSA
intended last year to have a net of $84.98 compared to the projected $19,580 net loss for this
earning
fiscal year.
breast
self-examinations with fear By Dee Bettencourt Fear
may
“You normally have
examination, Persaud said women should look every month at their breasts in the mirror to see if any
to
many women
stop
from examining their breasts for cancer or from even stopping long enough to discuss the topic, two
push quite hard
to feel
visible
“Look
any lumps.”
third-year nursing students said
Noella Duarte, nursing student
during a breast-awareness seminar they presented.
Their tiny audience of two on Nov. 2 at Conestoga College may
have attested
this (breast self-examination) is.”
Noella Duarte, her partner
at
Monday’s presentation and
“Only 25 per cent of women perform deliberate monthly examinations, which I think is
currently
low,” said Kally Persaud, one of
lump in a woman’s breast that day. “The majority of cancers I have
the presenters.
"When
oncology
in
the
department
at
Memorial Hospital, and nurses stressed
all
I
spent four
(cancer)
in
the
midst
also
of her
clinical
studies at the same hospital, said she had just felt a
Cambridge
seen so far are breast cancers.” Although finding a lump
the doctors
common, most
how
important
discharge from the nipples, an itchy or scaly appearance of the areola
(the
breast.
statement.
days
red skin,
dark
area
circular
around the nipple), or any new veins that have appeared on the
of that
to the truth
changes have occurred. for puckering,
non-cancerous.
are
benign,
During
is
or
self-
If
you previously
felt a
lump and it has grown, that would be a sign, too.”
up a
dummy
breast that had to be ground away at before a myriad of lumps could be felt.
practically
Thanks to regular check-ups, self-examinations and mammography, the five-year survival rate for breast cancer has risen to 87 per cent from below 40 per cent over the last twenty years.
Approximately one
women
will
face
in nine to
1
breast cancer
during the course of their lives.
Beyond viewing, Persaud said she recommends women use a circular method with the pads of
Duarte said it is usually only over the age of 50 who undergo a mammogram every other year, since their dense breast
their
the
tissue or milk-duct tissue begins to
underarms, rib cage, sternum, and upper chest areas. “You normally have to push quite hard to feel any lumps,” she said,
disintegrate with age. Any cancerous spots become more visible in the remaining fatty tissue. An Ontario Breast Screening
encouraging participants
Program Centre can provide a
fingertips
to
check
breasts,
to pick
women
mammogram
without a doctor’s
Both Cambridge (519-740-4999) and Guelph (519-821-7752) offer these referral.
screening programs.
Younger
with
denser breast tissue may sometimes have a mammogram simply to establish a baseline, Duarte said, unless they
symptoms.
There are specific
may
that
risk
contribute
factors to
the
likelihood of getting breast cancer,
women are 50 or have a family history, are smokers, began menstruating before the age of 12 years (which older,
Major music.
in
Think of
it
Duarte
(Photo by
Dee
Bettencourt)
medical cancer is surgery, chemotherapy through intravenous chemical administration (which can cause nonstandard
said
treatment
for
breast
permanent hair loss and fatigue) and radiation (which is a type of localized X-ray that can cause permanent hair loss and sensitive
released
patient needs radiation treatment for five weeks, then they
estrogen
go
weeks
until
Persaud philosophy prevention
it’s
over.
them.” adheres
It’s
to
full
their breasts,”
early) or if they haven’t had any
girls
children (hormones are released during pregnancy which can help prevent breast cancer), they are at
early
greater risk. Other risk factors are
until
obesity or eating a high-fat diet.”
the results.”
she said.
“Many
examine themselves or have a male doctor touch them. But teaching them don’t
is
like
better
they’re
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than
50 and
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women
are exhibiting other
Nursing students Kally Peraud and Noella Duarte presented a
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of
SPOKE, Nov. 9,
Wired to
1998
— Page 3
retire
Broadcasting technician signing
off
3y Lisa Wilhelm
“He After almost 30 years of service it Conestoga College, Bob Currie, member of the broadcasting i
knows
really
the root of the
and
his stuff
TV
really think that
I
Going
Julie Mintha,
third-year broadcasting student
into his 65th year, Currie
bom
Samia, Ont., on Nov
in
lived in London, Ont., moving to Goderich where went to high school. He got
He
16.
But according to some students and faculty involved in the program right now, it’s going to be
before le
TV
into
repair right after that and
very hard to forget a
nas continued in the field ever
third-year a Mintha, broadcasting student, said everybody in the program knows who Currie is and nobody could ever say anything bad about
“From my experience, he has a
wired a
of patience and takes the time to spend with you and give you lots of ideas,” said Mintha. “He
lot
of the old station,”
lot
after that
when he came
Kitchener to work at
to
CKCO where
really
knows
he was employed for almost 10
think that
years.
TV
Bob
Currie, a
member
academic support staff for the retire at the end of December after
of the
broadcasting program, will almost 30 years Of Service.
really
I
studio.”
Woetelboer,
a
also
(Photo by Lisa Wilhelm)
is
“Everyone who has gone through the program
football
owes so much
said he
a
is
involved with many both on and off campus. “We’ve covered 29 Santa Claus parades in Toronto,” Currie said. “We’ve missed one and that’s only activities,
little
aspect of the program, remembers when you had to run everything by a manual turntable.
Now, he
said
to run for
some even very-well known
seven days
in
their field.
“When
(broadcasting
see
I
graduates). I’m proud of the fact that these students
because the mobile broke down.” He’s also been involved with
up everything by
set
almost 900 students. And a lot of those students have gone on to become successful and
During his years at Conestoga, Currie and his students have been
television
the
in
games
baseball
year, Currie said he has dealt with
straight.
vastly improved,” Currie said.
and
games. Since the start of the program, student admittance was between 26-28. Now, it is around 30-32. With that many students being admitted into the program every
broadcasting co-ordinator
video machines back then, so everything was done live. “We now have digital beta which
who
to Bob.”
Mike Thurnhell,
one thing, they were using records on the radio whereas now they use CDs. There also used to be no
active
covering the Thanksgiving Day parade during Oktoberfest for 28 years as well as Junior A hockey games, ski-doo, beauty pageants,
me,” Currie
even remember
for the future, Currie thinks
that retirement will
him them and CKCO has asked him to wire up a new to volunteer with
radio station they are planning.
technically the smartest
Wortelboer
said.
“He has brought
knowledge and patience to the program and gives people the motivation to learn every aspect of
TV.”
Two
of
“I
Guelph campus.
express ideas and opinions in
adults
Education (GED) is an '
program for
who have been
complete available
high in
all
unable to
school.
is
It
provinces and
territories except for Quebec. “The tests were designed to
measure the ability to understand and reason, rather than a testing of facts and memory,” said Judith Bali, college access and prep
Currie’s
colleagues,
can.”
broadcasting program and Carla administrative Fitzsimmons, assistant, have not only had the privilege of working with the man, but are both graduates of the
the in everyone Although program is happy that Bob is retiring and that he deserves this
program. “Bob’s added
to the
of things,” said Fitzsimmons, who graduated in 1996. “He helped me as a student, side
technical
after is
many
as well as part of staff.”
Thumell, a graduate of 1979, gone
said that Currie has really call
of duty.
years of hard work, he be greatly missed. went the extra mile with the
going
“He
human touch
conclusions,
to,” said
Although Mintha also believes he deserves to retire, she said that his working days are not over. “His days in TV are not finished because I can never see Bob that
sitting still.”
they
said
writing, social studies, science,
require other qualifications is that doesn’t teach people the
the core
the
arts
and
mathematics, according to a the by provided brochure and of Education Ministry Training.
GED
advance math or writing skills.” Bali said Conestoga does not give the exam. People have to go to
Burlington,
London
or
entry.
This
“One guy was company after a
takes
six
re-hired
by
layoff and
his
was
given a higher position.”
The
tests
English
and
are
available
French.
in
Special
testing and accommodations are available to
editions
assist those persons with special
it.”
but require, more qualifications. “The reason why colleges
literature,
in,” said Bali.
GED.
a person can handle any work at the level of a high school graduate or can perform any kind of job that thinks people need a Grade 12,” said Bali. “Employers on a whole are very happy with
of
tests are a battery
in
come
they do the preparation
past student as an example, said people do find jobs after doing the
improve people themselves by doing the GED. “The GED is a great thing to get, simply because it proves that Bali
of high school curriculum areas such as
GED tests
when he didn’t have Fitzsimmons.
students even
month to one year.” The co-ordinator, who uses a
writing.
the other hand, Bali said colleges do recognize the tests,
The
to
college
and
On
studies co-ordinator. five
some
with us, they usually do academic upgrading at the same time for
«««
international testing
do
Mike Thumell, co-ordinator of the
1
school equivalency is being offered at Conestoga College’s
Development
to
forward to retiring, he is having mixed emotions about the idea. “I have spent 30 years of my life here and it’s going to be hard to leave,” Currie said. “I have had many more good times than bad and I hope to still be a friend of the course and come in and help if I
“When
General
want
also
when
A testing program for adult
to
like
Currie said although he’s looking
actually gone. is
He
spend some his house trailer in Tiverton, Ont., with his wife of 38 years and has three grandchildren who he would like to spend time
would also time up at
travelling.”
“He
keep him quite
busy. Roger’s Cable has asked
program
above and beyond the
said.
said program,” Thumell. “He’ll always take the time with you, even if you call him up at home. who has gone “Everyone through the program owes so much to Bob.”
broadcasting
with.
will realize that until he’s
one of the most loved
is
faculty that has ever been in the
going to hurt the program a lot and he doesn’t think that people in the
teacher out of the whole staff,”
broadcasting program. Since Currie started, there have been many technical changes. For
you can computer
and
the root of the
student, said Currie’s leaving
Since that time 30 years ago, Currie has become one of the most well-liked and respected teachers ever to be involved with the
Currie,
is
third-year television broadcasting
the cafeteria.”
more
his stuff
Bob
Rainier
with encounter first His Conestoga came about because there was an immense amount of wiring to be done. “The radio console was set up and needed to be wired,” Currie said. “There also used to be portables that had to be wired to
“He advises you with what you need and
As
him.
said Currie.
is
Bob
television
Barrie.
was
like
Julie
After working as an operator in Woodstock for three years, Currie became chief engineer at 21. He was briefly in London and then went on to do the technical work for what is now the New VR in
It
man
Currie.
since.
“I
is
studio.”
"acuity is retiring.
was
Bob
Judith Bali, college access
and prep studies co-ordinator
However, the Mississauga. college does offer preparation for the test at the Stratford, Guelph,
Cambridge campuses.
and
at the
(Photo by Jacqueline Smith)
Guelph campUS.
Waterloo
“People can do the preparation with
us.
Usually,
anywhere from to a
this
less than
takes
a month
couple of months, depending
on how confident people are
needs, and physical and or learning disabilities. Persons who have successfully
completed the requirements for Educational General the Development tests in accordance with the Ministry of Education and Training receives an Ontario equivalency school high certificate.
y
— SPOKE, Nov.
Page 4
.
1998
9,
COMMENTARY
Why they play
Outrageous salaries ruining sports N
ticket, regardless
When
pocket-draining prices for food
game being
almost 100 miles per hour. I would be very happy with that
Between owner lockouts, player
kind of salary, especially for a half years work. Wouldn’t you?
It
bothers
seven years,
get in the
what an
played.
astronomical
One
figure.
how
is
a
A
York Lottery would be paid essence,
the
out.
New
York
was awarded to New York Mets catcher Mike Piazza. League
for the National
wildcard playoff spot, was seeking
excess
$12
of
million
This to play a game, that was once considered an American nothing more
now become
who
who
out of
they’re
it
He was able to get and demand more money
salaries
funny
play a fun
so much
for
game
earn
doing so
little.
really
It’s
funny
how
those
is
the
filling
money
enough
pay
to
I
who
any
as they can,
when
ihe
Now,
you pay for amount for a
Remember“ftr *
find -Hx
there’s
merchandise.
the
someone
kids look up to as a hero, the
It is
Why
parking, an absurd
riltafce things
and
pathetic. In time, the sports
world will crumble and this will explode in the faces of these players, and who will suffer then?
to
cheaply.
away
will hold out of a season for an extra few hundred thousand dollars.
be that you could go to event sports relatively
used
far are,
same person who
outrageous salaries. It
you
Just to pay the salary of
making
and
the fans again, of course.
answer is
• .
5oo
pease, Ale
r
^ r
THE
N'AK|F5 OF
for
doing so little, while people in the medical field get paid peanuts, in comparison, for saving human lives. It’s just one of those things that makes you wonder. The issue, however, is a doubleedged sword. The way I see it is if I’m offered a substantial amount of money to play baseball, or any to consider
Then
suffering in the long
seats
of
action
the
and drinks.
an extra $300,000?
who
game earn so much
sport for that matter,
Granted, he has talent and is one of the premier offensive players in the game today, but he is getting paid millions for playing a game
that high,
players.
money-
how those
is
from
run? The fans, of course. Ticket, concession merchandise and prices all go up in an effort to keep
making only $1.5 million
Major League
in
much
will greedily sit out
tfever
play a fun
really
unions to get as
over five years.
The most puzzling thing is that he wants to stay with the White Sox, but just for more money. It just shows the selfishness of some
hungry.
It’s
is
numbers are
the
And who
who’s fault is it? It’s a combination between the owners and the players. The owners are ridiculous to pay them that much in the first place and the players, who are encouraged by their
Baseball.
than a gathering
pool for the greedy and
the result of
Albert Belle of
is
Chicago White Sox, who
three
a
season.
pastime, which has
example of
what
So,
simply because of a clause in the contract that said he would be allowed out if he is not in the top
Piazza, a driving force in the
in
the
salaries
currently in a $55-million contract
some lucky
It
tie
clear
such a contract
a
is
it
Lottery, but not to
Mets’
way of
how
ridiculous.
New
citizen.
to see
and player holdouts, the entire sporting world is becoming
prize in the
In
me
have fun
strikes
would think that
how
a year instead of $ 1 .8 million. It is so stupid it makes me laugh.
that children are taught to at.
dollars over
defenceman or
risk being hit by a white bullet travelling 60 feet at
inety-one million
THE' OTHER flSnWWS »N
SPF\Z€ uh-nj
dOlNl SLEldN
would have
it.
For a million bucks a season. I’d go toe to toe with a 300-pound NFL lineman, get pounded into the boards by a 240-pound NHL
J
\a
ifiiri t
war T life
war
he
between
In an
pro-choice and pro-
News,
shows no sign of
article
August 1994
Buffalo 26 in the Kitchener-Waterloo Record, letter to the
part of which appeared in an Oct.
to
protect
innocent
the
murdered, the same way
to protect us. Whoever shot the shot protected the children,” he said in the
as
another
Slepian wrote: “Please don’t feign suiprise,
tragedy
has
resulted
dismay and certainly not innocence when a more volatile and less restrained member of the group decides to read ... by
same
shooting an abortion provider.”
Slepian’s only crime
the
abortion
debate. Unfortunately,
no winners in this battle - only losers.
there are
On
Melanie
He was
Spencer
Oct.
Dr. 23, Slepian, a
right. It really shouldn’t
come
52-year-old obstetrician and gynecologist
who performed
hospitals
abortions,
sniper in his Buffalo
He was
was
killed
by a
home.
the fifth victim of abortion sniper
Canada and New York in the last four years. He was also the first fatality from these attacks. It seemed as though Slepian was aware of the dangers he faced by agreeing to attacks in
is
actually support this violent
act.
Rev. Donald Spitz, founder of Pro-Life Virginia,
commented on
as Christians
was
to
perform a
women. For
he was tried, convicted and punished by die sniper. The result is that a father will never see his children accomplish their goals and a husband will never grow old with his this,
was to
perform a legal medical
procedure
for
women.
wife.
As
well, diere
women can
turn
is
one
when
less doctor to
whom
they are considering
abortions.
truly terrifying is the fact that
some people
not.
legal medical procedure for
perform them.
What
that individual consider their safety?
Slepian’s only crime
article;
where abortions are performed or outside the homes of the doctors who
“We
perform the legal medical procedure.
Did
Probably
as
a surprise that these senseless tragedies occur. After all, it’s not uncommon to see pro-life protestors picketing outside
Barnett
What about the children who were in the house when he or she fired that fatal shot?
being
someone
ending
from
from
we would want
the action.
have a responsibility
The people who
hard to believe that someone can hold such a narrow view of murder. In
the
’90s,
it’s
most from
this
who must carry on without their loved one, and the many women who looked upon him as a defender of a woman’s right to
seems odd that Spitz claims to value life, but in the same breath states die sniper was protecting children. It
choose.
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— Page S
Tampon dispensers inadequate
Washrooms unprepared
women’s monthly needs
for
By Dee Bettencourt There
something missing in
is
women’s washrooms on Conestoga College’s Doon
some of
the
campus.
women’s main
seven
of Out washrooms
tested
and
when The
sanitary
napkins
janitor initials
fed a quarter per product. washroom four other
stuff zilch. It
This could be a frustrating and costly experience for women, especially if repeated regularly. It can also, however, illuminate the existence of a sort of female fraternity dedicated to the shared
yet dreaded monthly exodus of fluid.
For
one
instance,
feinale
student lost her quarter in the lower level washroom dispenser the elevator while attempting
by
purchase a this during product sanitary was promptly but analysis, rescued by a stranger, Darlene Jarvis, who offered one of her own to
unsuccessfully
tampons. never “I
them
trust
(the
dispensers) in general. I always have tampons on my person. I hate a predicament where they’re empty or not being able to help someone out as I just did,” said the third-year accounting
being
left in
student.
LASA
the course of visiting the
During washrooms, seven
one
in
seemed inadequate space-wise. It was also not stocked
particular
products for the students and faculty who use it
with
sanitary
women’s third-floor The washroom in the B wing has only two stalls, yet can service over 210
women security
student,
admitting
women
when questioned
washroom
floor
closest to student
and located directly beside the housekeeping services services
department;
the
washroom 2C8
in the
nursing wing and washroom 1D12 in the business wing which is also, unfortunately, subject to waiting lines.
washroom
visit
that
men
than
do.
Healthwise
said the third-floor men’s
He
BREAST HEALTH
facilities.”
Lori
a third-year
Illingworth,
to
who
Breast disorders represent a significant health concern in the breast structure can detect
women. Lumps or changes
is one in nine chance that a woman be diagnosed with a malignant breast disorder before menopause and then one in eight chance after menopause. Risk factors include being female, age 55 years or
will
declined
HAS YOUR
pregnancy
I
program, she will 44 days of flow from of her program through to
uses three tampons during day while on campus, that
at
after
1
2 years or younger, onset
age 55 years or older,
first full
term
age 30, family history, obesity, and exposure
to ionizing radiation. It is
crucial, breast
lumps be detected early and
diagnosed promptly. Current guidelines accepted by the
American cancer society, the National cancer institute and the American college of Radiology regarding breast surveillance
LOST ITS TASTE
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student will require
over, onset of menstruation at age
of menopause
If she
include health maintenance practices such as breast self
examinations, clinical breast examinations, and routine
mammography. By age 20 you should be doing
432 tampons
breast self-
examinations monthly. Using the pads of your fingers you
altogether.
should closely examine each breast looking and feeling for any
be difficult to be this to prepared degree, especially as the female cycle is not always predictable and a personal supply of sanitary products may be at one end of the
may
lumps, hard knots, thickening of the breast tissue, dimpling of
completely
campus while
the
woman
is
the skin or any changes in the breasts.
motion, so that the entire are
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their office generally offers
condoms, stored in a bucket on the main DSA desk, but not tampons. Vicky Lichty of the DSA, said, “It’s not even discussed as an issue. I always have a problem getting tampons at the bathroom beside the elevator on this level.”
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know why, but would gladly donate an extra from her the
down Any changes in the
of 20 and 40 and every year thereafter.
she did not
supply,
examined.
examination of the breast every three years between the ages
SELL
the
bookstore did not carry these essential products despite selling items such as gum, clothing and Tylenol, a staff
is
care professional.
A trained
why
the entire
breasts should be taken seriously and looked at by a health
at
These dispensers are the sole source of sanitary products on not stock them, either. When questioned
Examine
breast using small circular motions in a spiral or up and
another.
why
although
are
more time per
also require
building has a shortage of toilet
graduation.
Even
time
member Susan
said
for
of the
women 50
years of age or older.
breasts.
it
following the current health maintenance will increase early detection
will
enhance survival rates
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and treatment, which
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washroom was
faculty
was
Jankowski said he suspects this bathroom has to service the most people for its size and location,
(BRT) and
radio and television
print journalism programs. Journalism instructor Andrew
sufficient
experience
own
at the
the study
not repeated several times. Ladies, bearing this in mind,
year to accommodate access for handicapped users, she felt the
daily from the law and (LASA), broadcasting,
said he thought should be more organized
campus
compromised since
third-floor
bathroom has a similar problem, although it does offer 50 per cent more capacity with two stalls plus a urinal. “In fact, the whole
three-year
It
has can be
male and female washrooms were made smaller last
Third-year students Lori Illingworth (left) and Jennifer Cross hold a tampon which was not obtainable at the washroom closest to (Photo by Dee Bettencourt) their program.
tampons and pads to deal with what is, after all, usually a monthly occurrence. But if a four-day length of period chosen as an arbitrarily is example, and that woman is in a
the
it
coming out of the garbage.”
should be said that
Hartley
identification,
the start
But
it.
breast disorders. There
One male
and bring
should also be said that the this of accuracy investigation might be somewhat It
statistical
noted to be clean, but devoid of feminine hygiene products.
unreliable.”
women
on
of this study, the
(the dispensers) are
“They
pad.
the
within five or 10 minutes since it’s been ‘cleaned’ and initialed and there’s toilet paper on the floor and
and dispensed
quarters
the
condemned
its
addressed solely to female readers who need to purchase a tampon or
Jennifer
student,
further
just too
angled walls. “It was obviously designed by a man, a small man.” Please consider the question in be to title paragraph’s this
washroom on the third floor. “The bathroom always
dispensers, or 57 per cent, simply ate
cramped, given
Cross,
building on Oct. 29, only three washroom dispensers offered
tampons
women’s washroom was
on the third floor, agreed with Jankowski and said, “Somehow two toilets are not enough. Also, if you’re having a crisis, and the machine doesn’t spit out a tampon at you, it’s a little awkward.” Another third-year television and broadcasting
the
in
BRT student whose program is run
questions about a health problem or concern!
E-mail us a heathwise@conestogac.on.ca
— SPOKE, Nov.
Page 6
9,
1998
Success By Sarah Thomson
as
of psychic you
internalize
it,
it
will
Levitation, telepathy,
things
table
tilting,
and
to get
Ouija
happen.
For the table levitation they
try
show
someone who has tried the board and has been
successful with
it,
said Evason.
left
a
,
in the air
even
him
was a
it
So obviously
really powerful
experience.”
Evason. The worst thing
someone against
want to be up He said it doesn’t add to the
that doesn’t really there.
separated, and also with the watch
when she
we
your hands
together intertwined and trying to
index
"
fingers
visualized the watch she*
couldn’t open her eyes, so he that she would be a natural fingertip test
tests for
are
try to figure
They do use some
how
it
illusion in
shows. A lot of what happens with the audience in the telepathy, or second-sight segment with Tessa identifying audience members, is stuff they don’t know about. This also
at the levitation.
The
did and
out happened,” said Evason.
knew
visualization
their
and the watch susceptibility
a hypnosis show.
Second Sight wasn’t doing a hypnosis show but Evason said, some of the methods are the same. The show uses the power of suggestion, the theory that as long
did
and
try to figure
how
out
it
happened.” Jeff Evason,
psychic
get
is to
his or her will
show, so they try not to get skeptics or, even worse, cynics. “Skeptics are one thing, and it’s healthy to be skeptical, but a cynic is very disruptive and we don’t want that. So we encourage people to be skeptical, and we encourage people to look at yvhat
your
we
to
they look for smiling faces, said
their
and interactive, upbeat, humourous show. One of the most memorable highlights of the show was the levitation of an audience member. Evason said, “The levitation person was really good.” She was successful with a trick
keep
look at what
Those are two examples of what they chose when they need specific people, for the most part
Husband and wife psychic duo,
that involves clasping
“We encourage people
after
the next sentence.
Jeff and Tessa Evason, delighted
with
up for
Sanctuary, Oct. 27.
audience
hand remained I was on to
said Evason. “His
bewildered
crowd guessing what was really going on in Second Sight’s Psychic Vaudeville show at the
the
They got a great response from the audience. The guy they picked was great with the table levitation,
were just some of the
that
not an illusion
Chad, left, a volunteer from the audience, helps Jeff Evason with a table levitation as part of the Second Sight Show. (Photo by Sarah Thomson)
They what
leave what
and
is illusion
not up to the audience to decide. But, Evason did hint that is
anyone can do the table levitation home, with a card table and
at
four people touching fingertips and the table will move all over the place but into the
it
will not rise
up
air.
“That
a clue to where the
is
comes
in,” said Evason. of Jeff and Tessa’s performances are held at corporate functions and private events but they will be making a few television appearances soon. On Nov. 13, they will be on
illusion
Most
Weekday
includes the date that magically wrote itself on the chalkboard, but
Women’s NBC’s the World’s Greatest Magic V on Nov. 25, and Grand Illusions - The Story of Magic on Dec. 22, on
a lot of the stuff
Discovery Canada.
not illusion.
is
on
the
Television Network,
Buyer beware
Second Sight performers By Sarah Thomson
The Evasons, who have been performing together since 1983, have many insights about the
Second Sight performers Jeff and Tessa Evason don’t like to refer to themselves as psychics because
psychic line business as discussed in an interview after their show
they don’t encourage people to use
Oct. 27, in the Sanctuary.
1-900 psychic
lines.
“I
hope
that at least people are
getting
out of
phone psychics
criticize
some entertainment value
because they sure aren’t getting any help out of it. There’s no way,” said Jeff Evason, referring to 1-900 lines. It’s like putting your money into a slot machine. If they are getting it
entertainment value out of
OK.
If
weekend they win, the casino
same
the
it
that’s
they seriously go every “I
are not going to is
with
going to win. psychics,
It’s
ple are getting
some
entertainment value out of
Evason.
Regarding
the
credibility
good psychics out
time to Party!!
that at least peo-
said
of
psychics, 99 per cent are not real, said Evason, adding that there are
It's
hope
there.
it
because they sure
aren’t getting
Evason
who go to psychic such as the Psychic Expo in Toronto, can walk up and down and his wife,
of
it.
any help out
There’s no way,”
fairs
the
rows and
tell
One
are good.
Jeff Evason,
which psychics
psychic
in seven
people are really good, said Evason.
He
says
Conestoga College Night
you search on the
if
1-900 psychic numbers you will find information about all their inner workings and Internet
for
find out that anyone can for
buy a line about $600 an hour and set
says he
knows
that his wife
is
and that she has helped many people and guided them. She’s not a scam artist, but how could she ever have the time to sit at a
phone and answer them
all
the
minute rate. The profits are split 50/50 between the company and the owner of the line, and the company is
commercials and
responsible for providing bodies
length of time. “It’s awful,” said
their per
to
man
people
the
on
phones the
line
and for
keep five
minutes.
“These psychics, they are not they take a one day course, which probably lasts an hour, on how to keep people on the line. At the end of five minutes, they have done their job at that point. They can do whatever they want, but you have already got the charge on your bill,” said Evason. The Evasons have been approached three or four times by companies, one of them being Bell Canada. “We don’t want to do it because we think it is very psychics,
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negative for people to be sucked into this sort of thing and to lose money,” says Evason.
time? The people that have approached them wanted them to give their name to the line, do sell
them
the
Evason. “I don’t believe in it because I’ve read so many stories in newspapers about people. One story I read last month was about a person that was in debt $70,000 US to the psychic lines. People are calling and losing their house,
everything, they are addicted.”
“That person has a mental problem but there is a lot of people who have a mental illness that are calling for someone to talk to. They have lost it, they have lost all sorts of self-control calling up these lines,” said Evason.
There
no one policing saying, a minute this person can’t call.” Those lines are open to anybody that has a phone, now is
“Hey wait
that
is
Evason.
their
credit
card,
says
1
SPOKE, Nov. 9,
ENTERTAINMENT
1998
— Page 7
CD Review
Pras headed
and Wyclef Jean on their solo projects. The album title exquisite-
By Judy Sankar Ghetto Superstar. Unless you’ve been living under a rock in recent months, this phrase is familiar. What’s more is that the song Ghetto Superstar has
been a success the world over. If you are one of the millions who helped this song soar to the top of the charts, get ready because that song was just a taste of what Prakazrel “Pras” Michel has to
Pras proves that he
as
is
Hill
Jean on
and Wyclef
The song, however,
Ghetto Supastar (the album)
is
most recent release by
a
former Fugee. In case you’ve forgotten, the Fugees exploded onto the rap/hip hop scene in 1993, creating a turning point in the history of the genre.
he is as Pras proves musically inclined as Lauryn Hill that
And then
projects.
18-track
so
album Ghetto
and Pras’ Supastar means that Pras hasn’t Brooklyn upbringing his left behind. He does, however, know exactly where he is headed. life
far.
F
losing
a
it
bands,
member
October
quartet 1997,
opportunity
to
than makes up for this slow start. UP is a blend of electrifying
heavy rotation on many radio stations, is a haunting song about a person who works the night
kind./
wondering what he was saying. While Airportman is difficult to listen to, one shouldn’t write-off it. of because album the
drink/
marks R.E.M. The 14 tracks, produced by Pat McCarthy and the band, offer a more experimental sound for the band, including the use of synthesizers and drum loops to
build on their sounds of the past. The album opens with the
and mellow dark extremely with Keeping Airportman.
murmur.
If
it
weren’t
on the
liner
the
receiving
so
are
listener
(ly
visualize the scene.
far,
the stellar track on
can
UP
is
most powerful songs ever written by the band, it deals with the stifling effects of society’s need
notes of the sleeve (a first for the band), the listener would still be
a
for the lyrics printed
By
lyrics
Stipe’s
descriptive actu
currently
released,
Automatic for the People. One wonders if Stipe is really an himself on to referring imaginary person as he sings “Now my suspicions on the rise/ have known, I have known your
similar to
more than
Daysleeper,
shift.
how
single
first
Walk Unafraid. Perhaps one of the
reinvent
new
string
beautiful
The
songs on 1992’s
tradition. Stipe’s vocals are barely
the debut of the
and
people’s imaginations can give rise to suspicious thoughts, is
in
themselves.
UP
Hill
and
Jean’s
solo
projects,
defeats one myth.
A
group
stronger
isn’t
when
it
necessarily
stands together.
In the case of the Fugees, Hill, Jean and Pras can stand on their
own just fine.
1
UP with
Child from Green.
and it an
Mike Peter Buck made Stipe,
with Ghetto Supastar. The release of this album in conjunction with
is
Unfortunately, it gives listeners a false impression of the album. Thankfully, what follows more
arrangements. Suspicion, a song about
Michael
Mills
from the solo albums released by Pras’ former partners. Hill and Jean. amongst the three Relative artists, Jean takes on more of a reggae/pop sound on Carnival. On The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill, Hill takes on a soulful, melodic vibe. Pras, on the other hand, has found a place in different
can keep guitars
R.E.M. When drummer Bill Berry left the Athens, Georgia,
Ultimately, Pras has proven himself a successful solo artist
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would But not
them.
Kenny
Rogers duet. The sound of Ghetto Supastar
more
after 17 years
destroy
Stream, a Dolly Parton and
Amazing Grace).
religion to just having fun.
are
modified, the chorus of the single taken from Islands in the is
doesn’t flaunt his riches or his high lifestyle. He addresses
By Melanie Spencer
some
songs
thrown into the ever-building pile of such sampled tunes like Puff Daddy’s I’ll Be Missing You. Ghetto Superstar, the single, is another song off the album that samples an old tune. Although the slightly been have words
He
subjects that his listeners are
original
find
Pras addresses everything from the benefits of hard work and determination to the importance of
since
irritation
slight'
otherwise
R.E.M. proves or
a
It’s
ly describes the
Hallelujah and
tracks that samples older songs.
their solo
you’ll
is,
yourself dancing to every song tracks religious the (except
one of the
is
That
catchy.
girlfriend to a mother.
offer.
the
between, and has therein created his own unique sound. All songs on Ghetto Supastar are
Blue Angel (possibly the best song on the album), for example, is about women who are strong and good. It’s about women who can be
likely to identify with.
supportive during a relationship and can be anyone from a
musically inclined as
Lauryn
Ghetto Supastaidom
for
many
Please
make me
for conformity.
It
times
energy, as Stipe sings passionately: “How can I be/ what I want to
be? / when all I want to do is strip away/ these stilled constraints/ and crush this charade/ shred this sad
masquerade.” these songs, and others on album, it is evident that necessity breeds invention. By
From
the
Berry’s
using
departure
begins with an
eerie-sounding guitar riff, which gives way to bursts of electrifying
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— SPOKE, Nov.
9,
Concert review
It’s
.
1998
.
.
Sloanly Rock
You’ve Done Wrong or playing the sombre Bells On and I Can Feel It, the audience was with them all the way. Murphy even replaced Scott and sang lead on Twice Removed’s Before I Do. Unfortunately, third-rate sound left the audience in the back half of the venue
By Ned Bekavac For a band with four consecutive gold albums and a songwriting ability miles ahead of its Canadian competition, Sloan certainly deserved better.
Organizers who moved their Oct. 29 Guelph gig from the sold-out Peter Clark Hall to the more spacious University of Guelph athletic complex may have forgotten that gymnasiums are for bouncing
struggling to pick out the band’s finer quirks.
Ferguson’s I Wanna Thank You was an mess; piano chimes echoed badly through the venue while Ferguson struggled
utter
sound. Dreadful sound and a youngish crowd gave this show a high school battle of the balls, not
to keep his microphone from giving out on him. Closing its set with the arena-rocker Money City Maniacs, complete with red
bands-like feel.
Not
that the
From
1
,500 in attendence minded.
Ferguson,
particular,
She Says What She Means,
Halifax-born
the
and all, Sloan, and Murphy in had the audience ignore the awful acoustics for a chance to dance the night away. One brave fellow even mounted the sirens
the minute they took the stage with
their latest hit.
Andrew
Patrick
Pentland,
Scott and Chris
Roll
’n’
Jay
Murphy
echoing the from drones “Slllooaaaaannn” boisterous crowd. Murphy even partook in
side-stage speakers.
the chants himself.
the
showered
were
with
As
What followed was
a near two-hour love had Sloan playing a whopping 24 tracks from its four-album catalogue. Whether he was calling fans onto stage, leading throwing out water bottles, hand-clap sessions, or doing his patented David Lee Roth-like scissor-kicks, bassist Murphy was the centre of attention. But with four songwriters each sharing lead affair that
Guelph.
(Photo by
Bassist Chris Murphy strikes another (Photo by Ned Bekavac) rock Star pose.
Ned Bekavac)
mounted the piano for Suppose They Close The Door and Sinking Ships from Sloan’s
Navy
He
was more than the Chris Murphy Show. It was the lanky Scott who carried the show musically. Scott not only kept beat
latest release.
with his torrid pounding of the drums, he
have a more mature, moodier
vocal duties, this
the “Sloan” chants rang again through
Murphy returned alone and had crowd sing Deeper Than Beauty, a gem from its sophomore effort, Twice Removed, recognized by Chart magazine as the best Canadian album of all time. Scott returned to the traps and the band churned out a five-minute jam session that included The Bird Is The Word while Scott screamed into the microphone like a mad man. the facility,
Blues.
gave the show a great change of
they
It
Though Pentland hid
then took
in the
much of
the performance, the rest of the
band was
in its usual
Murphy manned
it
the skins. Scott’s tunes
spread.
Lines
them;
is
this
type
playfulness and
shadows for
400 Metres, On The Horizon, and People Of The Sky while
centre stage and guitared
feel to
improvisation, of musicianship that makes Sloan live shows a refreshing change. And with it, they collected their $50 winners check and two hours of free studio
pace.
goofy good mood; and Whether belting out the hits The
You Amend, Coax Me, Everything
time.
Week festivities ...
Fright
Slashing pumpkins By Melissa
Dietrich
Conestoga College students had good time as they took
a howling part
in
contest
pumpkin
the
down
in the
carving
Sanctuary on
Oct. 28.
The event was Fright
Week
part of the
DSA’s
celebrations that also
included a howling contest, apple bobbing contest and a costum contest.
With
Scary pumpkins pumpkin decorated by members of the DSA, it was a eight
entered, plus a
big
Adorned
in
tattoos, Bit
Naked gave a stunning performance
at the Metropolis Nightclub in Kitchener Oct. 29. (Photo by Judy Sankar)
decision
for
ROXY
radio
announcers to pick the winner. Finally, after minutes of inspecting each pumpkin and judging them on scariness, gueyness and the technology used
by the carvers, they decided.
Steve Coleman (left) and Nick Rac, programmer/analyst students, pose with Pilsbury Doughboy.”
First
place
was won by Vic
Espiritu, a first-year general arts
student.
With his pumpkin called
Tuition hikes Help Us Grow a Brighter Future Support the fight against
We only sell what we can’t drink ourselves
Huntington disease.
Phone toll free, Huntington Society of Canada 1-800-998-7398
their
year computer pumpkin, ‘the
(Photo by Melissa Dietrich)
Espiritu
won
prizes
including a flashlight and a Roots t-shirt.
it’,” he said. Cleaves explained that a forum was held last year when tuition
ignore
.
.
Huntington's
Amaryllis
Killer,
first
continued from page 1
went up, but there was little communication within die colfees
Gerry Cleaves, DSA vice-president of student affairs, said that forums should be held for the students.
“The student forums, you have to hold them, just to give them the chance. You have to hold them to say, ‘We put it out there, it
was
the students’ decision to
lege so only a small students
number of
showed up.
“Personally, 10 per cent doesn’t bother me. I think there’s too many students out there that it
does bother but they don’t say anything until after it’s alread done,” he said.
)
SPOKE, Nov. 9, 1998
— Page 9
Gourmet delight
Six-course fundraiser a success with various kinds of wine. The portion of the campaign was a
By Jacqueline Smith
first
A gourmet dinner for the food management beverage and program at Conestoga College was held at the Four Points Sheraton Hotel on Nov. 2. The evening, which included an awards program, started at 7 p.m. It was die second initiative of a fundraising campaign expected to raise $25,000 for equipment upgrades at the Waterloo campus kitchen and dining area. Those who bought the $55 ticket were served a six-course meal “Certainly,
aware has
I
that
the
think
you are
Conestoga highest
job
rate
the
$250-value coupon book, which are being sold for $25 each. Two hundred and twenty people filled the Grand Ballroom that was donated to the college for the evening. Chefs from eight of Kitchener and Waterloo’s top restaurants, along with Tyrone Miller, the program’s chef, and some of the students participated in the occasion.
College president John Tibbits, opened the evening by welcoming everyone and introducing the
master of ceremonies,
CKGL’s
Neil Aitchison, the
graduate
of the college’s program.
in
broadcasting
Four students were awarded for their
leadership
character,
placement
first
and
professional
qualities,
promise
their ability to get along with
CKGL personality and Conestoga College broadcasting program’s first graduate, was cermony for the gourmet dinner on Nov. 2. In background from left is Jennifer Melles, Too Russo’s Restaurant; James McLean, Benjamin’s chef; and Tyrone Miller, Conestoga’s food and beverage management program chef. Neil Aitchison,
the master of
others.
province...”
John
Tibbits,
Conestoga College president
(Photo by Jacqueline Smith)
The food, wines and decorations were donated. Reflections, a band of eight lead by Henry Currie, a K-W Record reporter, provided the evenings entertainment while
CHYM, CKGL
and the Record
did the media promotions. Scott Hergott was awarded the Canadian Hospitality Foundation Merit award for $500. Michelle Miller was awarded the Food and Beverage Management Advisory Committee Award for $100. Ian Challenger received the Four
Points Hotel Scholarship for $500. Wanda ‘Tremblatt received the
Garland Group Scholarship, and Melvin Pyke was awarded the Region of Waterloo Culinary Association Award of $250. In his closing speech, Tibbits
and everyone who participated and donated their talents, efforts,, time, energy and gave
appreciation
his
recognition
to
professionalism.
“As
I
said at the beginning of the
way
evening, the only
that our
colleges can really be successful in
day and age
this
is
through
full
co-operation and partnership from the
community.”
Tibbits
said
that
without the
partnership and support from the
community, Conestoga could not operate at the very highest level that
it
would
the Waterloo Regional Culinary Association. Pyke received the $250 award on Nov. 2, at the Four Points Sheraton Hotel, for demonstrating leadership and initiative Melvin
in
Pyke,
recipient
of
the kitchen laboratory setting.
(Photo by Jacqueline Smith)
like to.
think you are aware Conestoga has the highest job placement rate in the province at “Certainly,
I
that
93 per
cent.
And
it is
partnerships
that really help us.”
Movie of
the
Week
Thurs. Nov. 12
12:30 In
The Reflections, lead by Harry Currie, centre, donated their time and effort at the fundraising dinner for (Photo by Jacqueline Smith the college’s food and beverage management program on Nov. 2.
Sanctuary
pm
Page 10
— SPOKE, Nov.
r 9,
SPOKE 30 YEARS
p
1998
/ Keeping Conestoga connected By Sarah Thomson
and
The
following four pages
Little
Puckers Get Screwed for a story about
was a headline
the approached and department journalism pleaded with it to take over Spoke. much trepidation, the With journalism faculty changed its program to include the production of Spoke, said Andrew Jankowski, former journalism co-ordinator.
Association)
minor hockey. Spoke is broke due to unforeseen budget problems was the headline story in ’71. A Spoke benefit concert and coffeehouse were held
are dedicated to celebrating the 30th anniversary of
SPOKE, and
enjoy reading smut.” The new decade was to offer a new management plan for Spoke. In 1980 the DSA (Doon Student
woman, another showed five staff members mooning for the camera,
the people
to raise funds for the paper.
Throughout the ’70s there was a
that have been involved
with
it
constant staff turnover.
over the years.
1972.
“Spoke bashing
He
success
a sport that has never lacked participants or enthusiastic spectators,” wrote is
or
failure
between
communication
the
Students thought the conservastyle of the paper Toombs established was dull, leaving Paul
follows the adage, the more things change the more things stay the
same. Since Conestoga College opened in January 1967 there has always been a student newspaper.
when journalism took
department the Spoke, changed its program length and format to include one two-month period working on Spoke. In 1988, the program changed to allow students to work on Spoke for
with
rests
1981,
over
“The paper’s
wrote,
divisions.”
Jeannette Cantin, 1996 editor. Now in its 30th year, the paper
The Conestoga News
By
One of the many editors to resign was Lowry Toombs, an editor in
experience.
learning
at
is
the
held up for criticism, they wouldn’t
make-up artist, reporting CFL game and completing a
1987
shoot at African Lion These experiences showed
Safari.
Coates,
who
wrote,
“We
are not
truly a ‘student newspaper.’
much
as
we would
like to
a “student newspaper.”
almost six months.
Robertson, an editor in ’72, to come to the conclusion, “Students
like Christina Jonas, ’83 editor,
editorial
working on Spoke was a great
Spoke
As
produce
A member
of the journalism faculty makes decisions;
all
therefore.
staff are restricted.
reviewing Spoke, told him his column “was good enough to run
any paper.”
DSA
number of
the
group
a
of
president,
are funding a paper
what
the
DSA members
unfair reporting of the
felt
was
student
association since January.
was
The dispute continued, and ’92 the
who
felt their
in
DSA reviewed its contract
with Spoke, an $18,000 a year
But
subsidy, paid in monthly installments, in exchange for advertising
and no editorial power. The DSA wanted to make the paper more accountable to the student popula-
Star comedian
Wayne article.
two
nowith a united, papers censorship policy. In 1972, the
in the ’70s editions
Jim Carrey was featured on the front page tape a demo for Johnny Carson.
of Spoke was minimal. One issue included a photo of a topless
New elective course to
start in the fail
.
.
.
Gregory said there is a lot that students can learn about anxi-
ing and positive mental rehearsal
eties.
practical skills to
techniques.
And
lastly,
employ
important to them.” “It is a win-win situation for everybody,” said Gregory. While in the specific part of the
and
unique goals outcomes.
Gregory
things. Firstly, how to identify and alter self-defeating thoughts
enrolment
to utilize relaxation, focus-
10
through
work on
16,
individual
projects that will both meet their
program, students will learn three
and mistaken beliefs. Secondly,
skills.
students will
said is
the
course
the
limited
to
when he
Conestoga College
visited
two ways.
It
wanted
to
require the newspaper to allow
students to be involved directly in the paper. The other suggestion was to provide
non-journalism
to
Photo By Sarah Thomson
weekly coverage on a regional page for all Conestoga campuses. The DSA also felt Spoke should have a member of the DSA on its editorial board. For the third year, DSA in ’93 was still upset with the funding of Spoke.
It
decided
it
cont’d from pg.i and students a chance to get to
said.
Students
who
are interested in
this elective
services.
Room
know each “It will
give students a chance
what area they particwant to address,” she said.
to identify ularly
other.
Counsellors will be going around to the eligible programs to inform students further about the course and answer any questions over the next two months.
the program.
students.
“We would
1982,
officially enroll the student into
management weeks In
is
in
30
same time allows them work on something which
to
Spoke
class
dents the format to do that and at
she said. “This course gives stu-
of
can go to student 2B02, to set up a brief meeting with one of the course teachers, which are Carol Gregory, Joan Magazine and Barbara Kraler. At the meeting students will find out more about the course, choose their option and receive a course entry form to sign. The form will then be forwarded to the Academic Support Office to
enhance their effectiveness performance through test taking, developing and delivering oral presentations, conflict and assertiveness
“Anxieties are well learned and it takes time to unlearn them,”
tion in
ca m pus
on
started program Interchange, a newspaper aimed at surrounding communities the
journalism
Conestoga. Censorship
that
John Lassel, said, and being stabbed in the back by the newspaper we fund” because of
“We
together
the
Gilberds, supervisor,
security
satisfaction,
their
the
part.
1970
Bob
featuring
journalism students formed a policy committee in February ’91. In April of the same year, the
an
March
by
’90s
the
started
Finding
It is
most
Trevers said, in a Concern
how
writing confidence in His columns was boosted when a Globe and Mail representative,
students reading Spoke wasn’t to
in irregular sizes until
out,” student
Beacon Herald, and
the Ontario Farmer.
quota.
underground paper. Concern. The underground paper was a “nice change from the crap
the
the Stratford
awaking from a nightmare to find were ticketing each other to meet their summer
work was censored by Spoke
In
Reid. This training lead to his present position as a columnist for
that security guards
established in October 1969.
Spoke puts
a
writing a weekly column, said
retract
Issues, of the paper in the ’60s contained poetry, music reviews and short news pieces. The paper
started
was
Spoke
would not talk to the paper because of a cartoon it would not
student association.
1970, students
on
fighting. Physical resources staff
opened up the region. In the beginning, Spoke had an by COR staff paid editorial
in
Working
Spoke
Conestoga
come
he wasn’t able from staff in on
if
to get the stories
in
that
started to
was a
favorable experience, especially
symbol of a democratic counthe spokes of the wheel represent the lines of communication
in the ’70s, for the
Reid,
it
journalism having the department running the paper. This issue was addressed in an 1985 editorial by Rosemary
from
try;
current tabloid format
was a
time.
the
(Council of Representatives)
Bob
also felt
on him
reflection
retired
also connected to the
He
editor.
said
her the diversity in journalism. Some problems on Spoke arose
per, originates from the wheel as
Spoke
challenge,
on a photo
Spoke, as a name for a newspa-
the
criticize his peers’ writing
big
April 1968.
was printed
judge so readily. Learning how to constructively
theatre
started in
within the college as a whole.
if
work
Hamilton Spectator, and teaches
The by followed February Conestoga Doomed News, which continued until Spoke started in
wagon
Coates also pointed out that other students had their class
journalism part-time at Conestoga. Interesting stories she covered included a business feature on a
tive
For some budding journalists
Jonas
employed
currently
like 10 students in
each of the specific areas.” she
Gregory said the meeting ahead of time will give the counsellors
Carol Gregory of student services describes the new elective that Photo By Melissa Dietrich begins next semester.
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SO YEARS
the “journalism department takes itself far
made assurances about “We’re not out
his paper:
pete with Spoke.
to
com-
voyeur interested in forming with unusual people?
It’s like
(Connoisseur).”
one word Heather
is
If
so,
you need
Ibbotson, an editor in ’92, uses a lot
project
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everyone
organized,
but
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new
relationships
PORNOGRAPHY.
and she
enjoyed the pressure although
Jankowski,
9,
her Spoke was an ambitious
get
to
everything
Andrew
Nov.
describe
to
experience.
was a
\
Are you Are you
comparing the New York Times (Spoke) and People magazine Challenge,
SPOKE,
Do you lead a hum-drum existence? Do you have an unnatural love for animals?
too seriously.”
Stewart
TC
SPOKE
lot
it
of responsibility.
Ibbotson, who works for the Brantford Expositor, credits her classmates for their hard work and enthusiasm. The equality among
former
journalism co-ordinator Photo Submitted
them
them
allowed
work
to
together smoothly.
would pay $17,500
for the year,
Spoke’s technological evolve-
with plans to review
its
spending.
ment over 30 years has been a challenge. The process evolved from typewritten copy, to typesetting and manual paste-up to full pagination, on computers
DSA pub manager Dave McQuillan said, “My personal opinion is to yank everything and our own paper.” Fred Harris, then chair of student
start
Spoke
services, said in a
The two printers Spoke has used Fairway Press, and currently The Cambridge Reporter. Technological upgrades have had total savings of at least 20 per
was your
creation, not the college.”
Jankowski, involved in Spoke and the DSA for 12 years, said, “I don’t believe that,
if
cent over the years.
was producing
DSA returned
to its role as publisher,
it
so at the cost for which
paper,
producing the
’90s
a
now
it
cost
Jankowski offers his comments
We can
about Spoke since 1981. He says, “I think Spoke, the way it has been run, has done a really good job. It’s a real newspaper. I don’t know if there was a single worst hour.”
first-rate
had an under-
ground newspaper, Connoisseur, in ’92.
When COR
the paper
today the DSA pays Spoke a subsidy of approximately $15,000 a year.
getting a first-rate newspaper.”
While
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and
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— SPOKE, Nov.
9,
1998
30 YEARS
Journalism teacher still a student at heart By Melissa
Dietrich
father rest
two
of the third floor at Conestoga College. The many shelves are neatly packed with old volumes of
became At age 1 8 he got
sits
a small stereo that
is
temporar-
Below, a computer ily silent. hums, awaiting its keys to be
To the left is a clean, wooden desk and rows of filing tapped.
ensuring
cabinets,
who
will
if
monk. He
describes his uncle as “a
very
was this influenced him so much
saintly
uncle that
man.”
It
age 12 he wanted to become a monk. His uncle, however, changed his mind.
he decided
When
at
from the war, the family left Poland and moved to Canada. Jankowski’s his father returned
been
Jankowski
his pilot’s licence
and
in the air force.
me
man who may have a short fuse, but who is also a conscientious man, and
is
genuinely a good,
strong and self-disciplined person.
Make no
mistake, Jankowski
who
is
admits to telling people what he honestly thinks of them. Besides his wife Carol, Jankowski also lives with his two also a person
don’t want to
into photography.
Once
Mark, 21 and Adam, 19. After working as an editor at a Montreal paper, Jankowski decidsons,
ed
teaching. “I had been
to start
essentially teaching while editor at
thought I would start teaching at a
the paper, so
attempt to
I
was not what
school,” he says. “It
I wasn’t I had expected it to be. prepared for a lot of the things I would run into,” remembers
Jankowski. Nevertheless, he has spent 26 years
at
the
college,
and was
of the journalism program for 1 3 and half years until co-ordinator
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handing over the job this fall. Jankowski will be retiring from Conestoga College in two years because of one reason only: he
be
will
65 years
He
old.
a
much
it
will continue to
is
is
his advice to ensure personal
success.
Laid back and relaxed, his feet on a desk and arms supporting his neck, Jankowski is asked what makes him feel happy
resting
he
or proud.
Finding out about family accomplishments and students who have
Young’s response was “so what, wife
tells
who met him
me
that
too.”
achieved things in their careers
in
after school,
was
his response.
But the thing that makes him the most proud is that “I still feel like I’m learning, and I think this
good way
really
a
is
to
1995, before
suspect that were there.”
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According to Young, they must have snored rather loudly during the night because few animals were to be found the next day. Another friendship Jankowski has developed at Conestoga is with a student Casey Johnson,
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before turning in the first night, Jankowski confessed to Young that
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During Jankowski’s years at the befriended has he colleagues and students. One of the colleagues is photography instructor Roger Young. Young’s fondest memory was when he, Jankowski, and Young’s brother went camping together three years ago. The group was up in the Bruce Peninsula to take photographs of wildlife. Just
him
plane
come. His most pleasant memories of his years at Conestoga have to do with the students he has had. Although he does not feel totally
was “too
college
wife told
modem
continue to fly other planes during
extra work.”
that his
three-person,
called a Zenith, and believes he
relieved at being replaced as the
co-ordinator because
photojoumalist,
a
Jankowski has not been able to spend time taking pictures like he used to. He has also just discovered a talent for woodworking. This is something that he enjoys a great deal and looks forward to doing. He will also be working on
Andrew Jankowski has been faculty supervisor of SPOKE (Photo by Sarah Thomson) many times Over the past 1 5 years.
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Now that he can write what he wants to, he admits that he enjoys it more. He also plans to start back
Jerry Frank, a journalism teacher
met his wife, Carol, of 28 years who was working at the same paper during their work term. Carol describes her husband as a
to write, but
write that any more,” he says.
planes.
University. There, he
make
he will be even busier. “I always wrote what other people wanted
Even today flying continues to be a hobby of his. Over the years Jankowski has even owned several
methodical approach you have to take while flying, I think Andrew takes with everything he does,” says Frank. After his years in the air force, Carleton attended Jankowski
her
but believes that during retirement
and, later during his long-standing experience with flying, spent time as an air cadet
helping
there
important decisions for her future. Jankowski will miss teaching,
interested in flying planes.
be retiring
he had any heroes growing up, Jankowski remembers his Uncle Leon, who was a asked
teens
early
his
In
College, remembers flying with him once. “The same type of
the war.
When
brothers,
and friend of his from Conestoga
from Conestoga College in two years after 28 years of teaching journalism, began his life in Warsaw, Poland, 63 years ago. Between the ages of four and 13, Jankowski had to learn to live without his father who had left for
her mentor in life, says Johnson. She also looks at him as like a father figure, someone who has
while the
office
the
belongs to a teacher.
Jankowski,
in 1943,
of the family, including his came over in 1948.
Andrew Jankowski’s office sits way up in the tiny, stuffy corridors
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— SPOKE, Nov.
9,
1998
YEARS
30
Nov. 16
-
20
Euchre, Chess, Pool, Fooseball,
Air Former journalism co-ordinator Bob
Trotter enjoys
a book
TOURNAMENTS at Chapters, his favorite bookstore. (Photo by Brent Clouthier)
Sign
DSA
Active after the fact
chapters after retirement by Brent Clouthier
with Keanu Reeves.
His business card says it all: Freelance writer, editor,
Kitchener- Waterloo Record for
syndicated
Conestoga
He was
speaker,
guest
on
media
seminars
writing, etc.
Bob lives
Trotter
is is
man of many adding another
a
chapter to his story.
The retired former co-ordinator of Conestoga College’s journalism department now finds himself as a part-time bookseller at Chapters bookstore in Waterloo. exercise for
was
member
a
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SPORTS
Undefeated season continues
Condors
sting Seneca, win 5-3 Hanlon into the net while a Seneca defenceman was busy trying to get him away from the
By Jason Gennings The Conestoga Condors stand
front of the net.
undefeated in regular season hockey play after a 5-3 victory
over the Seneca Sting in a
game
Seneca
home
were stopped by Gignac. Condor Kyle Magwood did
Oct. 28.
OCAA
league game Their third of the season was won, despite
quick snap at Seneca’s goal, but was stopped cold by Sting goalie Colin March. The third period featured great shots and blocks by both teams. The Seneca Sting surged near the end of the third and Paul Smith drove home his second goal
second period.
Conestoga blasted out of the gates with three goals in the first period to get a lead they would not
give up.
Three minutes into the first, the went to goal first game’s Conestoga’s Ryan Martin. Six minutes later Mike Traynor added a goal for the Condors to make it 2-0. Near the end of the first period Darren Dillon solidified the lead, making it 3-0. Some rough play at the end of the opening period led to a brief
making
teams, Conestoga had 57 minutes,
Chris King, left, of the Conestoga Condors is busy earning some of the 19 penalty minutes he was (Photo by Jason Gennings) awarded against Seneca in Men’s Hockey action on Oct. 28.
two opened with a so couple of players from each team period
penalty box.
period
rallied
with
a
in
the
quick
the final score 5-3.
Penalties were heavy for both
tussle after the first period buzzer,
Seneca
his
best to return the favour with a
suffering heavy penalties in the
in the
rallied with a series of
shots on the Conestoga net that
pressure on the Conestoga goalie
the
During
tying the game.
Conestoga net during the power play, and there were some great saves by Gignac.
received
Seneca pressed hard during the second period and kept the
second goal by
Halfway
forward Paul Smith, who scored 29 seconds after the puck was dropped. About 10 minutes later, the Sting’s Chris Coburn scored and Seneca was within one goal of
through
second
the
Anthony Gignac. Despite a two-man power play, Seneca was
period there were
some scraps
between
and
unable to score again.
a flood of penalty calls.
All of the action
was near
the players,
outburst
the
it
opened Seneca and
minutes,
four
including a Conestoga 29, two-minute bench minor. Conestoga player Chris King nursed a cut on his chin while serving a couple minutes for slashing and five minutes for
elbowing, but the real hurt came 10-minute two the with to handed misconducts Conestoga’s Kyle Boulton and
Mike Traynor. Things got hot as the crowd yelled out their opinion of referee Philip Olinski.
was hard to keep track as there seemed to be more people in the box than on the ice. The third period opened and the showed what they Condors learned from period two with a quick goal by Darren Dillon, making the score 4 -2. Conestoga’s final goal was a smooth deflection by Ramsey At one point
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and Seneca 48. “We wanted to come out with a lot of discipline and a lot of
Ken Galemo, head coach of Condors varsity hockey. “We had a great first period because we stayed out of the penalty box, and were able to go with our three or four lines, and keep throwing fresh legs at physical play,” said
them.”
He
said he
was
less pleased with
the second period,
where Seneca
scored twice.
“We
simply gave up.
skating,”
Galemo
We stopped
said.
“As soon
we
got into penalty trouble I lost some of my key players.” Francesco Bazzocchi,, head as
coach of the Sting, said winning this game would have been nice. “We would have been 2-1 instead of 1-2,” he said. “No one likes to lose
The Sting
two games
in a
row.”
will not see action
again until Nov. 1 1 “That gives us the opportunity to
go back, regroup and work on some things,” he said. Condors now play a couple of away games, and return home Nov. 25 when they host the
Humber Hawks.
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Mihelic nets two goals in victory
Condors capture soccer bronze By Neven Mujezinovic
Mouradian.
Conestoga College picked up the bronze medal in the Ontario
Mouradian conceded that the was a deserved one, even though the Condors could have and should have won.
Colleges
semi-final loss
Association
Athletic
Championships
by beating Durham College 2-0 on Oct. 3 1 in
He
Kitchener.
Condors converted their chances. Geoff Conestoga coach Johnstone, who coaches men’s and women’s soccer, said he probably enjoyed coaching this year more than any other. “Having two teams who were
Dan Mihelic scored a goal in each half to give the Condors a deserved victory. The Condors were missing four key players due to suspension or Paul injury: McQuade, Paul Mouradian, Derhan Sherifali and
Dwayne
Conestoga was able to rebound from Oct. 30th ’s heartbreaking
Durham made the
semi-final loss better than
from
theirs,
and
that
look a calm and confident bunch prior to their bronze medal match against Durham. got two goals from Dan Mihelic in their 2-0 victory. (Photo By Neven Mujezinovic)
Mihelic ’s second came in the He broke free on the edge of the penalty area when a
“But full credit to Conestoga. I thought they played well. They got their two goals prior to all this
deep cross sailed perfectly
thing (bad refereeing) happening,
67th minute.
difference.
The game was
a hard-fought and both teams took turns in dominating the play. Overall, Durham was the better team in the first half, while Conestoga played
Fractionally
head.
battle
to the ball,
The late stages of the game were marred by the expulsion of two
in the 44th
minute from a free-kick 20 metres out. Mihelic was fouled and took the kick himself. He curved the ball around the wall with great
.
Bambino added he did
not
repeat
Durham
felt
their
excellent
performance
semi-final
against
game was
played in a sporting spirit overall. Durham coach Stan Bambino
today and that’s unfortunate. I think they have to learn, as in life,
was not up to of a bronze medal
you must continue and do the best you can all the way through and they certainly didn’t play to
players for protesting the
ref’s decisions, but the
came
so congratulations to them,” said
Bambino.
Humber, in which they narrowly lost on penalties. “They weren’t up for the game
Durham
day.
goal
the
Mihelic lobbed the ball out of the keeper’s reach into the empty net.
Once again it was the Condors’ power up front that carried the first
to his
beating
oncoming goalkeeper
better in the second.
The
said the refereeing
the
calibre
that
hit
game. He thought both teams played hard, but fair, and the
their expectations.”
the inside of the left-hand post and ricocheted into the net.
refereeing in the last part of the game was very poor.
Goalscorer Mihelic was named an All-Star forward in the
precision.
The
swerved,
ball
ceremony
He
ball past goalkeeper Bill
collecting
after
Hollywood
could
not
have
written a better script. In
a
dazzling
sudden-death
semi-final match that for
spectators
at
was a treat Conestoga it was the
College on Oct. 30, Centennial College Colts who had one last trick up their sleeve.
Down
three times throughout the
match, the Colts fought back on three
occasions
Conestoga
to
all
stun
the
4-3
in
Condors
extra-time.
While the match looked destined for penalty kicks, Colt
Kareem
Reynolds scored his second goal of the game when he tucked the
a
Johnson
cross
bar
rebound just four minutes from the end of extra-time. It was retribution for Reynolds, who was nearly ejected from the game in the 63rd minute. “I was just frustrated,” the Colt midfield-
er
of
being
game,
time sending the
game
to extra
time.
With
seven
regulation,
minutes
the
left
Colts’
in
Gary
Johnston knotting the score at three from a corner kick. The
into the penalty spot area, floated
in
my team.”
When Zack Lakoseljac
gave the Condors the lead just 1 1 minutes from time on a brilliant header from the left side, it looked like the Condors were on their way to a 3-2 victory.
a shot on goal that eluded Condor goalkeeper Bill Johnson.
Conestoga coach Geoff Johnstone said the game was lost in set plays.
“We
set pieces,”
he
game “Which
lost this
said.
in is
where we usually win.” The Condors took the early lead in the seventh minute when
Dwayne
Bell buried a loose ball
into the
bottom
left
comer from
the edge of the 18-yard box.
The Colts tied it up 12 minutes when Chris Sinopoli chased a
later
ball that rebounded off the post. Johnson made a fine save, but was beaten by Sinopoli ’s second strike. The Condors 2-1 halftime lead
came courtesy of a Paul McQuade header in the 38th minute. But it was the ghost of Reynold’s that would come back to haunt the Condors. One minute after the incident, Reynolds jumped above the Condor defenders and headed home a beauty in the bottom left comer, levelling the score at two. Again, it was the dangerous set pieces that were the Condor’s
near-ejection
Conestoga’s Dan Mihelic eludes a Centennial defender in OCAA The Condors led three times in the match, but lost 4-3 in extra time. (Photo By Ned Bekavac)
semi-final action Oct. 30.
undoing.
it
how the Condors allowed Centenial to catch up could not explain three times.
“What can you do? We’ll be back next year, for sure,” said a confident Mihelic.
Team
the
said
it
In
final
of
the
OCAA
was a good season despite
Centennial 2-0, making Humber top dog in Ontario. Humber will represent Ontario in British
was a great trip, from start to The guys came along well together. Unfortunately, it had to “It
finish.
finish with a bronze. Hopefully
go
for gold next year,” said
send the game into extra Johnson had to lunge to his to deflect a tough Reynolds
to play to
header over the
bar.
In the end, the
Columbia
on Nov. teams wished Humber
at the nationals
4-7. All the
good luck in bringing the trophy back to Ontario.
national
extra time
in
The Condors got a brilliant save from Johnson with three minutes
left
the
Championship, Humber defeated
not finishing on top.
we’ll
and leam, with greater proportion who were willing to do that than any before, so I had a lot of fun coaching.” Johnstone said the men’s season was tremendous and a great springboard, because nine of the 16 men were rookies. He also said if the men’s team can acquire some mental toughness from the women’s and leam to put the opposing team away after establishing dominance, next year should be even better. of players on both teams
co-captain Paul Mouradian
time.
just did the best I could to
“We were down I
had done twice
Colts battled back, this
the
attempting to strike player.
like they
Condors left the front post unmarked and Johnston, who had until then lofted all his comers
said
help
warned for a Conestoga
But just
earlier, the
after the final.
was really hard to get motivated for the third-place game after expecting to play in the final. Mihelic said Conestoga should have won the semi-final match. He said
Conestoga bedeviled by Colts By Ned Bekavac
was deserved because
willing to work, apply themselves
The Condors The Condors
Nevertheless,
Bell.
also thought the bronze-medal
victory
Condors ran out
of weapons.
Mouradian was red-cared
in the
second extra time frame
after
questioning the official.
“It was a close game,” coach Johnstone said. “It could have gone either way.” Johnstone said he was unhappy with the
officiating.
Though the seesaw thriller left Conestoga on the wrong side of the score-line, the team had little time to dwell on the loss as it had to prepare for its bronze medal match against Durham.
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