November 30, 1998
Bus won’t stop
here By Jaime Clark Three people showed up for a meeting on Nov. 19, which was scheduled to address the issue of having a bus for Cambridge residents who are students of Eleven College. Conestoga people, who could not attend the meeting, filled out a letter outlining their preferences for pick-up stops and times. That calculates into 14 people interested in the bus service, but in order to make the service work,
the college needed 54 students who would be willing to pre-pay for a bus
visit to
Conestoga Coiiege
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students called to say they would attend the. meeting, but did not
recovering from stroke
up.
By
Fletcher sent out a survey in
Cambridge
500
October
to
residents
who
teacher.
were completed and returned and 140 of those students said they would be willing to pay
up
to
half
$2 a
suffered in
trip.
survey,” said Fletcher. Toshmar, a private
bus line, agreed to stop at designated pick-up points in Cambridge if 54 students were willing to pay an
$164 per semester. T^e college would also consider
spirits are still quite
who had students refunding already purchased parking passes
mind
almost like the baseball Field of Dreams, where if
you build the field they will come. But there is no bus company that going to offer (a service) unless guaranteed up front,” said
his
that
the right side of his body.
“The students have been
Fletcher.
Rena
good and
sharp.”
it will allow him to and the use of speech regain his
hoping
it’s
great,”
said Hartley.
Feswick,
part-time
a
“They have been very concerned
spends approximately $1,000 a year on student,
is still
Hartley, who has been keeping in contact with Hays’ family, said it will take quite a few months of are they but rehabilitation,
for next semester.
is
.
Hartley. said reversed,” be “Medically, there are still a number of problems, but his
up-front fee of
“It’s
still is Hays, from a stroke he his Cambridge home
on Nov. 13. Law and security administration instructor Susan Hartley said the stroke has caused some paralysis on his right side and he is having some speech problems as a result. some having is “He physiotherapy in hopes that it can
especially this, to response considering the results of the
field in
Bob
recovering
more of a
“I really expected
Lisa Wilhelm
Recently retired law and security
attend Conestoga
About
College.
still
from Cambridge. Jack
Fletcher, director of student and recreation services, said 10 other
show
‘SexperV pays a
said
she
transportation costs. “I’ve spent more on taxis so far than I have on
>arah Wheeler, a second-year
books,” she said.
igned a banner for i
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stroke on Nov.
1
3.
LASA student, is one of many who Bob Hays, a retired LASA instructor who had
and supportive.” recently was who Hays, honoured by the college for 30 years of service to the school,
has requested no visitors at this time.
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— SPOKE, Nov.
30, 1998
VIP Day attracts over 2,000
High school students explore options By Brent Clouthler Over 2,000 high schools students were on hand Nov. 1 8 to take part in Conestoga College’s VIP/CIP
that included a portable CD/stereo
College recruiters Leith believes that VS* Dey bas»
of the
inquiries
system as the grand prize. Cronsberry, who also acts as Conestoga’s on-campus liaison
pet^le
vi^to
officer,
Day.
The visitor information program and college information program allowed local and area high school
one way to catdh a potentiai
students the opportunity to visit
Conestctga College j^sdent.
Conestoga College in order to learn first-hand what Conestoga
just
has to offer.
also provided the
It
students with a chance to speak
with representatives from over 20 different Ontario colleges.
“We had
about 2,500 students this year,’’ said VIP co-ordinator Leisa Cronsberry. “Typically, we’ve had between 2,500 to 3000
Those numbers have been consistent since CIP was added five or six years ago.” students.
Leith believes tfaere*s
more tbaa
VIP Day on Nov. 17 was one of die many techniques Uiat are used to {womote the college by a hard-working !.> stem of people and programs. "There are 50 bi;^ schools in our area, which is Waterloo, Wellington, Perth and Huron
counties,"
Lieth
explains.
"Ihere are 125 schools vi*en you include the surrounding areas. Ff\ very important to realize diat
everyb^y,
m some point, was in is
Whether they come to us directly
asked
after
high school or not, at least chance, to see them
we have a
to evaluate the
here,” It
was
positive.”
most
'•'J'hc
about Leisa Cronsberry,
VIP co-ordinator
important
VIP Day
is
that
campus"
continues.
feel like
the first
group of students, from the Region of Waterloo
Kenneth Centre
at
who
arrived at the
Hunter Recreation 8:45 a.m. and were given E.
appro„.irr>ate\y
V.a3f
heSur variety
to
up by colleges
in
browse
through
displays
set
ar,
a
and
counties arrived at the
fit
a
in‘.
place It
is
absolutely essential in student
recruitment to get people
on
the
campus, both while they are in the process of lotting for a
groups attended two 45-minute seminars to learn more about
Wellington 9:45 a.m. to do
programs available at Conestoga College. Faculty from programs ranging from
displays,
broadcasting
the same.
Following
can
trf
&e mature
contact with
both
specific
IMAGINUS
to
woodworking
<»-
cmirses.."
very quick to credit the
mfotmatioa
that runs the
centre for handling die lion’s
we
^are of such a dautding task. “The infmmation centre is the
student.
not easy," she ctanments. To do so, Leith works through communi^ suj^xMt agencies such as employment centres. It*s
'*We do keep in contact and
with community egetKics. They know to ^nd 4eir people to U8 for admission consulting or have them contact our information centre. We get a lot of mature students thrmigh visit
Admissions conaalting
99 per cent mature
is
their
cewning into
students.
They’re not afraid to call in for information if they have some interest after .seeing our ad in a
pap^, for example.” Leith also maintains a heavy mail campaign that paorootes the college’s continuing educauon courses,
ctmtinuing ethwation calendar goes out to 210,000 ‘‘Our
of
A second group of students from Perth
^Yeah, this is
I
more ways
'.
addition to Conestoga.
Huron,
where
find
is
this
have
“It is really important that
refeiral.
“Tbey^ve been here. They can
VIP Day began with
the recraitntent teano
thing
Leith
Leith
team
those
on
students get to set foot college
about cem-ed (contlmiing education) {x-ograms
'ti
was were
lt,$00 to 4,^)0 of diose
Tlie
a very important tmget group.
“The students were
centre received last yeau^
each year and otter wonderful
a high .school classroom. That
day.
was
quite pleased with the
entire event.
one-stop
shopping
place
for
anyone
looking for any informatitm about a course or a program." she says, “Most of them don’t even have computers. There's only two people that
have an actual PC; the others just have dummy terminals connected to the mainframe. They’re able to handle
comes
in
methods
the info that
all
using mostly manual they write it down
and put it in a binder. Everyday, everyone reads the binder so they’re up-to-date on anything
new
that happens.’’
happy with the admissions and recruitment team has been doing. “In terms of applicaticms, we’ve Overall, Leidi
job
that
is
the
to
questions.
College
were
then
information sessions held after lunch.
walls!
The IMAGINUS Poster
Sale
The
schools.
liaison officers there
also talk about
it, along with the guidance offices. The schools then call in the number of the students
attending.”
Cronsberry is no stranger to VIP Day. She has worked in different compacitites on the event’s organizing committees for the past nine years.
VIP Day followed an information session given on Nov. 17, which allowed parents and the general public to the view the college
displays
offered
the
following day.
“We had 500
people, the largest
past several years.
“We
It’s not alt salesmanship, ihou;^. Not when you've got a great college like
^e
Conestoga"
two
any
ranging
Students were asked to attend two seminars of their choice given by
on your
says
with
a
Algonquin
campuses, Conestoga to
college
from
to Sheridan.
At 2 p.m.,
only started
years ago.
to the recreation centre, and, before leaving, took part in a draw
.
.
about three
it
That, too
is
becoming
well-known.” Next on Cronsberry ’s list is the Cambridge Job Fair for students in Grade 7 and 8. not the same type of event,
a great career awareness experience for them. Different
but
it’s
careers
the students returned
are
represented
in
the
recreation centre and the students
come
more about those
in to learn
careers.”
continued from Page 1
The bus won’t stop here Trevor Topping, a second-year accounting student, said often times he can’t make it to his 8:30 a.m. classes because he has
bus to Fairview Park Mall and transfer. Sometimes the bus at the mall is late, he to get a
1
was the first time I “It co-ordinated VIP,” she said. “We develop brochures and then send them with posters to all the high
for that event,” Cronsberry said.
Most
answer students’
also got feedback
each seminar.”
“It’s
were on hand
“We
she said.
from the workshop leaders to see what kind of numbers they had at
gone up exponendalfy over the
.
Tuesday, December 9:00 am -5:00 pm The Sanctuary
“The students were asked to It was positive. They all said that it was a good experience, that it would help them with their collge choices,” evaluate the day.
said. “It is exhausting, that’s why I thought a service like this would be great.”
Feswick doesn’t understand Kitchener and Cambridge can’t get together and set up some sort of bus program.
why
Fletcher said he thought there might be territorial issues between the two cities and a possible fear that one bus company might take over the other.
“I’m sure there’s nothing stopping the two of them from
getting
This
together.
speculation on
is
my part, but there
may
be concerns that if they doing it somebody’s going to lose,” he said. Fletcher said he is willing to try again to get people interested in the bus service, but he thinks the best time for students to be start
.
.
.
introduced to the service would be at the college admissions stage. “I think
it
will fly,
we just have
to get the people interested,”
he
said.
Fletcher thought the lack of
attendance
at the
have been due
meeting might
to its 3:30 p.m.
starting time.
He is willing to schedule another meeting and said he would speak to the DSA about putting
up posters
to advertise
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Chaos
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— choice or condition ?
Turbulent thoughts clash over on celestial laws Christmas bash By Dee Bettencourt
ByUsaWHhelm
(1642
to
simplistic
on
the
“We have
with
This
Christmas throughout the
year’s
celebrations
Conestoga are rocky with a controversy between the two
1727) ever believed equations of
balls
of
giant clockwork pattern.
student associations conflicting
and architect of physics could never have driven a car, complete
Christmas bashes. The Doon Student Association and die Conestoga Business Student AssocisUion have both
creator
of
calculus
non-predictable with built-in, obsolescence more engrained in the vehicle than even Detroit can allow for, or he might have
changed
his
theory
on
predictability.
An
Taylor Zomer, faculty
member of the electronics technology by a TV show called NOVA on Nov. 17 at Dee
{Photo by
Science: Chaos, borrowed from the University of Waterloo and shown in Room 2A56 at College’s Doon Conestoga campus on Nov. 17. Students heard that engineers around the world now say Newtonian definitions of predictability have been eroded. Current thought is that chaos and instability govern the solar system.
not simply a minor disturbance, but can be a state of acute disorder causing significant problems, such as non-predictable violent vibrations that loosen car
Chaos
is
bolts, aircraft wings, crumple bridges and disengage the solar
panels of satellites orbiting the
A mathematician on NOVA, Henri Poincare, says all the supercomputers on the planet cannot predict these vibrations. Taylor Zomer, a faculty member of the electronics technology
earth.
program, presented the film on nonlinear concepts, saying, “I’m teaching a general education course related to this stuff and I
want
draw more
to
interest to this
area.”
Zomer
says studies in non-linear physics have exploded since the advent of computers.
But chaos remains a complicated and one that affects our lives on a daily, intimate basis in many ways. For instance, NOVA says
attempts to predict the weather linear forecasts will dismally
from
Bettencourt)
showed chaos increasing as which can increased,
fail. It
heat
destructive
in
result
unexpectedly,
hitting
storms causing
devastation in their wake.
The
tiniest
says cardiac units often employ
amplify predication mistakes to such a degree they have been given a name: the butterfly effect. Yet order and chaos can co-exist, as randomness can sometimes be constrained within a boundary of order. NOVA provided an example water constraint. If of this drips slowly from a faucet, it methodically fills an almost balloon-defined shape, then its elastic surface snaps back in a .
non-linear motion to the faucet as the drop falls. This natural,
dynamists
non-linear
help
to
predict the onset of fibrillation of
signature beats.
A
destabilized
change
radically
heart will
by produce
to
behaves dynamically just like the dripping tap, in that extra beats begin to swamp the organ so it can’t recover and it shifts into the erratic behaviour of fibrillation. The chaos of arrhythmia makes it difficult for doctors to not only to but medication, calibrate predict
who
condition in the
what
Just
is
randomness
as
conditions”.
initial
end
in the
it
behind
unpredictably snowball downhill
from
unless the universe is considered to be filled with turbulent fluid.
medicine and biology as well as
destabilized road
.
stu^nt affairs. On a regular basis throughout the year. Cleaves said he receives a list detmling the top 50 most-used drugs, For^-five per cent of Conestoga students use birth control and 15
some universities and northern colleges, our shidents use a lot of birth control,"
to
According control
he
pills
said.
Qeaves, birth one of the
are
driving costs of student drug plans. This year, the DSA cut the of its drug plan by cost eliminating
some
administrative
seen dre
DSA
posters tipped
usiness e to hold
whereas
it
is (the
do
to
DSA’s)
so,”
said
our priority to find out when they hold their events or is it their priority to find out when wc hold ours?” “So,
is it
The^DSA^pab ^
held on
nhi
night will he 3 at Louie’s with a
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your car, then in watching your universe on wheels fall randomly apart in a non-linear turbulent fashion all over the now
vibration
“When we were compared
said drat
there.
the says universe will never be understood until turbulent fluid is understood. Turbulence is a useful premise in
Conestoga College students are using a lot of birth control pills, said Gerry Cleaves, Doon Student Association vice-president of
Bambrick^^ said that ^ no derogatory post|rs have been put up by him and fhat he has also
motions
DSA,
%
Topping,
Or in layman terms, it could mean ignoring an unexpected
movement.
percent use anti-depressants, said Cleaves. Universities use is 30 per cent for both items, he added.
^
posters and
wrong
at the
elegant
topic
By M^anie Spencer
We
seen the
and the jingles and I really to get involve with d«h\want ^ liat type ^ of conflict,” said
might mean being
wrong place
time, causing events to rapidly and
NOVA
our 4ste.
he knows the
that
is angry. “I’ve
results.
display
computations mathematical revealed an odd structure to their
Topping said
says chaotic motion
Poincare
Put simply,
order
lurking
and we have done a; of promotion to try and get
the -” people out."
Orange, t
first place.
the
their
dieir’s for
tWe
lot
the cause of chaos?
huge
a
b^k J|^tilng for us
DSA^
from the
will suffer
It’s
to
,;it
,thk the
The heart
periodic beating rhythm.
butterfly effect, producing
tap
mt ppvfd
its
a faster flow of water, doubling the dynamics of the water over and over and causing a transition to faster
]
driven
is
events
depends on placement from the start or “sensitive dependence on
random chaos. the But even drips were shown
y
,
we,)S^-signs
phenomenon is driven into chaos by adding extra force or
predicable
of people. '
the sudden cardiac deaths world-
The heart
the
being so close to the universities, they will also get a fair amount
fee
DSA
electrical
of
on Thursday night and the bar
a patient’s heart, the cause of half
wide.
of unnoticed errors
NOVA
climatology. These days,
because
that
“We schedule things year-towaS|. year and make changes, try |!we schedule (dre Biz Bash),^ new venues,” said Bambrick, “Louie’s seems to be the best ,i/Dee.';^10 (at Sammy’s
program, showed a film Conestoga College regarding chaos and the universe.
audience of 17 viewed the show called Strange
said
popularity of Louie’s, especially
#
pre-taped
New
Sambrick said the Biz Bash has been a well-estabBshed tradition and tiiat they will probably get quite a few people. But he also
same dale, neither, knowing until it, was too
p^^night^pn
Stages
business.”
starting out a bit
predictability could rule life like a
Fhe
a good relationship and Sammy's,” Topping said. ”We don’t want diem to be atfected and lose the
TV
show NOVA say that it is a wonder in itself the famous Sir Isaac Newton Scientists
work
and
streamlining
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“The easy
would have been
to cut out
fix
birth control pills
^d
cut the
When a half. in student union or anyone decides to cot costs, they say, ‘Let’s cut birth control.’ But when you put a
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it
used,”
said.
As
it is,
people are on
which means used, added Cleaves. pill,
it
it’s
for the getting
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The end
COMMENTARY
what she had missed ou4on. I then proceeded to ask her what she had done all weekend, never expecting
Lisa Wilhelm
By
had been weeks had I since been back to It
what she had coming to me. She went on to tell me that she had talked to a friend back home for three hours and that most of the conversation consisted of the end
two
my hometown for a visit, so
of the world. Now, that doesn’t bother me in the least, but the way she went on about it and actually worried about it makes me very
after a fulfill-
weekend
ing
in
Bruce County, I
was looking
forward
edgey.
to
coming home on Sunday and
So
question,
Well, a nice relaxing night
for the world to
from what can
I
as far
experienced as you
get.
I came home to an empty house and was alone until my roommate came home from work. We then had a gab session on the events that took place back home and
with
off
start
let’s
enjoying a nice, relaxing night. is
Why worry?
of the world?
the
there really a set date
is
come
an end? Who’s really to know, expect for higher authority. To tell you the truth, it’s nothing that I have ever
my
in
to
down and
entire life sat
thought about.
I
don’t even think
I
would want to know that the world was coming to an end. What
would you do? Where would you go? How would you deal with such a vivid truth? The world would erupt (excuse the pun) in pandemonium. There are going to be riots, robberies, murders; not knowing is going to be a much
Live
would take things as they come and enjoy every moment to its fullest.
your
You
can’t plan the rest of
down
life
to
Ae last detail in why try when
time.
My
roommate then when on
to
peace and tranquility. This friend Aat my roommate was talking to knows a guy who has started to save a bottle of water a day so he’ll be ready for the big
her sane is the fact that the Bible has already declared doomsday and that it didn’t happen then, so
But why would you want to do that? If the end of Ae world is coming and you’re going to die anyway, what would be the need for all the planning and necessities. There isn’t a need as far as I’m concerned. If I did know that there was few
people.
me left to live, I
into a meteorite that
headed straight for the world. People have to remember that most movies are made for entertainment’s sake and not to believe everything you see and hear.
explain that the only thing keeping
precious hours for
bomb
nuclear
you know you haven’t as much
few hours are ones of
event.
I’ve ever seen. But it’s just a movie. Bruce Willis and a group of redneck oil drillers are not about to launch into space to drill a
today’s society, so
better decision in the long run, so that the last
life
maybe maybe I
it it
won’t happen now. Or won’t happen ever,
is
So, here’s
is that
many people who much too seriously.
there are too
take things
Contributing factors to the water bottle guy’s fears was that he just
saw the movie Armageddon. I have seen that movie and think that it’s one of the best movies that
theory. Just forget
we know we do have
that
planet.
this
think the problem today
my
about the end of the world and when it’s coming. Enjoy the time
Live
left in
every
year,
month, day, hour, moment as if it were your last. Because if you don’t, you’ll eventually look back on your life and regret it. So get out there and do what you want because you only live once and you’ll never get a second chance at the life you’re living now.
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Hitnrian
was not th© only charact©r
By Rob Himburg Just off,
to
start
everyone
knows
is
you mention »U.:. the name tLeon White, chances are you won’t
sport.
know who
a
just
form of sports
struck
entertainment
character
right?
It is
like
sports in such a
way
that
the
participants
sign
home when he of
the
said, “the
Hitman
was
destroyed,
Rob Himburg
contracts
and need
it it
watched the Bret Hart documentary. Hitman Hart, Wrestling With Shadows, and it I
that
wrestling
ran can maVr make or break you, just like any other wrestlinatrue about wrestling;
remain in top physical condition for what they do, day in and day out. It is also entertainment, as matches are set up and choreographed between the two fighters. But one thing remains to
caught in a limbo between good and bad.” The event, where World Wrestling Federation owner Vince McMahon screwed Hart from his
home always go down in title
in
his
country,
will
history as the
biggest screw-job ever. But Bret Hart, you are not alone in the
destroyed character department. To a normal person on the street.
if if
it is. If I say the name (Big Van) Vader, chances are you
will,
you
if
have
tuned
into
j--.
also
destroyed
Vader ’s character as he was totally misused and went from being the “Rocky Mountain monster” to the most expensive jobber in the
WWF.
McMahon
former
turned the three-time World
Championship Wrestling champion into a creampuff. The Vader who destroyed all who faced him m was having a difficult time against opponents who, three years ago, he would have
WCW
.
•
‘destroyod’ ^ breach of contract. They are currently negotiating for a match at an upcoming pay-per-view. Don’t confuse yourselves, this is not an act and the hatred between these two is real.
career.
wrestling in the past five years.
McMahon
j
destroyed in seconds. Unlike the Hitman, Vader has left the continent to go and compete in Japan in an attempt to resurrect his
McMahon
however,
isn’t
the
only one destroying careers. One needs to look at Eric Bischoff of
World Championship Wrestling. The executive vice-president, who is using Ted Turner’s money to attempt to build a winner, just like the Atlanta Braves.
He
is
trying to get rid of one of,
watch his
son in a state amateur wrestling event and Bischoff cited him for
the next time
you sit down, what former wrestler Tom Prichard said on a recent edition of Hard Copy. “Some real fights break out
some
in the locker
room and
real fights take place in the
ring.”
So
if
not the, greatest performer of all time in Ric Flair. Flair missed on television appearance to
So
listen to
this just drives
that there is
home
the point
more going on behind
the scenes than a simple script, there are personal feelings and
reputations
take
to
into
consideration as well.
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SPOKE, Nov. 30, 1998
Streeter: Will Dr.
Death video help
Kevorkian’s
movement?
right-to-die
move may
On Nov. 22, 1998 the television show 60 Minutes broadcast a tape of Jack Kevorkian helping a Detroit man die. The Sunday night program on CBS featured an interview between Mike Wallace and Kevorkian discussing the tape. According to an Associated Press article carried in the K-W Record on Nov. 23, Kevorkian submitted a tape, recorded in September, to 60 Minutes showing him injecting Thomas Youk, who suffered frorn Lou Gehrig’s disease. This was part of Kevorkian’s challenge charge him.
to
authorities
A similar article in the National Post,
to
said
even right-to-death activists believe the tape does little to advance their cause. The article quotes Wayne Sumner, a professor of
movement because left put
services
Shelly Speir, environmental engineering (Photo by Jason Gennings) student.
movement?” While most
,
the
“It’s.going to push everything forward, big
“Death usually isn’t an issue you talk about with students or kids, but you have 60 Minutes orchestrating this little death thing.”
had not seen the view to able
said
Conestoga College
security
(Photo by Jason Gennings)
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it
he didn’t think Hagan, Brian if
it
a
construction
either undecided, or they concluded that the
would hinder the right-to-die movement. A common point raised was that
broadcast would not affect the either way.
The
sit
know
if
it
would hurt
were
movement it
or not,”
said Brian Tedford, a 19-year-old robotics student. “It
would force
the issue and
make
people talk about it.” Kevorkian’s videotape is only the second time a doctor-assisted suicide has been
shown nationally in the United States. According to the National Post article of Nov. 23, the previous broadcast was in 1994 on ABC’s Primetime Live. They showed segments of a Dutch program called Death
Recreation and leisure student Alana Shular, 20, also said people don’t want to see that on TV. The point was echoed by Shelly Speir, 23: “It’s comfortable to
three remaining people surveyed
“I don’t
face to the abstract issue
Brian Tedford, robotics student. (Photo by Jason Gennings)
people, or 55 per cent, said the television
television.”
Tribe,
would have would help him,”
“I don’t think (Kevorkian)
right-to-die
of the right to die would move many undecided people against it. “Once people see this, a lot of people will object to it,” said 27-year-old nursing student Michelle Judge. “People will get really upset. It shouldn’t be shown on
services.
(Photo by Jason Gennings)
right-to-die
the
were program, they photographs taken from the broadcast. Six
human
student.
time,” he said.
death
John
help
engineering student.
putting a
Alana Shular, recreation and leisure
movement.
done participants
but the reality of seeing
would
broadcast
Conestoga College were
help
said,
thought the broadcast of the assisted suicide would help the right to death movement. Conestoga business student Ron Hoppe, 26, said life is worth fighting for, but the
“Do you think the televised death of Thomas Youk, as he was injected by Jack will
detail.
someone die will alter opinions. Only two of the 11 people surveyed
asked:
Kevorkian,
much
one thing to talk about an issue, John Tribe of Conestoga College security It’s
legalized.” at
this sort of death is best of sight, and the broadcast would be
giving too
philosophy at the University of Toronto, “This sets the debate back and discredits suicide being for assisted that case
Eleven people
cause
his
kill
your house and say, ‘OK if someone wants to die, help them out,’ but I don’t want to know about it, and I especially don’t want to see it on TV.” Even though Andrew Bingeman, 23, believes in the right to die, he said the televising of a death will hinder the
By Jason Gennings
Brian Hagan, construction engineering (Photo by Jason Gennings) student.
(Photo by Jason Gennings)
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30, 1998
Doon
security eyeing up additionai video cameras By Rob Himburg Conestoga students beware, you are being watched and likely do not even know it. Presently, the
two
cameras in operation already and according supervisor of
security services, the college is
.
looking into the possibility of
“We
presently looking at
more
installing
cameras
in
high-value areas,” said Hunter.
“The recreation centre is being looked at and we’re going to audit the campus for more suitable
Doon. “We have had a few problems
some
Mohamoud Hassan
back and
between the Bookstore and the
forth
points to the monitor that flips Internet lab.
(Photo by Rob Himburg) in
and people staying past the curfew limits. “But the cameras are there to prevent problems, to act as a deterrent and a method of safety.” thefts
who
Boc^tore and dte other is at die end of the nursing wing, in front of room 1D17, Dispatches will he made from the main securiQr
The college, in the past, has placed the two cameras in two of the busiest areas.
One
is in
the Internet lab in
2A11-3 and
the other
is
room
in the
Bookstore.
When
asked about any other
possible locations for additional
cameras other than the recreation centre. Hunter replied with a chuckle, “You don’t have to worry about the washrooms.”
itself
A
trmning
Here,
a
is
sil|)eiyisor
security,”
from
for
the
24.
basics of the program
tihe
program, answered any and notified them (volunteers) of the rules and expectations,” Hunter said, “They were also informed of the process of properly writing a
questions
how
report,
-for
The program
px>0sa^$ volunteer
itself offers
V
the program is in demand.
and
“But we're still ]nm fuU^ ws^cai^ltilL use" some more
a
and
security around the camjms after hours and according to Hunter,
,
law'^
document
better perception of safety
students
s«:urity, odware fi’ora businesKS,
to
information and how to cope with absence from a shift”
said
tibeir asrvittes.
from^
session
was held Nov.
“We talked about the reason of
of security services
^Man Hunter. Hui^ also said diat
the
die
cars.
and
near
were discussed.
of efforts and Jdeas from the Doon Student ^Association and Conestoga College security. The paid volunteers of the program do more than just escort students and staff to their “It’sfmore sets of eyes
is
office.”
volunteers
program
safety
“One
Hunter.
decide to stay after class until fte black of nig^it rolls in.
The
rise at
the past,” he said in reference to
have two units, one at each end of the main buikiittg,” said to
collaboration
Security guard
come to, we’ie going
Conestoga College students can now test assured that Aete will be no problems for diose
Nov. 25.
locations.”
Hunter continued by saying that the installation of these cameras does not mean that crime is on the
“Instead of having one post for
As students walk to their cars from the college, they will not be alone since the Walk Safe program recently started upon
few more.
are
light
students to
'r
surveillance
getting a
*
By Rdb HimbUiH
,
Doon campus has
to Allan Hunter,
from the
'
"
has been lots of he said. “Not only from students, but from staff as “TTiere
interest,”
Ite saiil
^
well.”
He aisOTMted diat it is a great ^ So to staff and students, if you way for sted^ts to make a few^do not feel comfort^le walking bucks, are
v'e.
I
of
the*
don’t take any unnecessary chances and go to so it is a convenient job for the security office and get a pair f^friem.” of Walk Safe volunteers to ^ The program has started a little escort you to your vehicle. late Ais year, Imt akmg wiA Ae . --Walk Safe’s hours of operation date have^come a couple of/ are,. 6:45o.m.- 10: 45D.m. from extra
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SPOKE, Nov. 30,
Alarms are not enough
to
guarantee security
Maintaining safety By Rob Himburg
minds
go out and spend a fortune on a deadbolt,” Hallman said.” But then they go and put it in a softwood doorframe. One good, solid ^ick and the door will crash open.
go on
of burglars
in the
home
and
When you buy
invaders.
No
a deadbolt, look
They go
no fort too strong. When the time comes, and if they really want to, a criminal can make their way into a house
for secure strike plates.
with the simplest methods.
themselves.”
The latest rash came on the weekend of Nov. 14-15 when a
including the slidjng glass door,
person
is safe,
frame and when the kicked, it won’t budge and
right into the
door is any kickers
triangle
shows
the
is
complete,”
said
Under the stealth of night, burglars take to the streets in search of unweary careless and do not know the basics of home safety and crime prevention.
than
better
nothing.”
home owners who (Photo by
Bars on basement windows are a fairly
good method
and security
as well. “In
is
the engraving and
shop where they tend to use their identification.” This applies
the interest of fire safety,” said
recording of property around the
own
Hallman. “Don’t weld them to the window, hinge them from the is an inside so that there
house that criminals would likely take. “Serial numbers should be written down and recorded,” Hallman said. “Thieves tend to
not only to
emergency
The
exit.”
final step in
home
take the items straight to a
safety
pawn
home
out with any
insurance claims.
“Every year or two, take the numbers down and videotape your
Rob Himburg)
house,” said Hallman. “Then take the tape over to a friend’s house.”
Hallman can be seen on show Daytime
invasions, but for
fires as well. It helps
are
the
on Rogers Cable 20. He uses that time to explain methods of security and to answer questions. television
verticie,
EreutMMnKl
“All three of these aspects are in order for
“a
said
also
still
criminal desire.
needed
covered,
also
but he
end,
broomstick
the aspects
other
the
injure
likely
which should have bars placed on
of criminal ability and criminal opportunity can be controlled through some fairly simple measures. Consequences can be very costly if they are not dealt with. The burglars themselves control
will
were
Basics
slew of break-ins occurred in Waterloo Region. The K-W Record printed a total of 44 home invasions that took place on that weekend. These intruders can be, however, certain dissuaded through methods of home security and a simple diagram known as the Triangle of Crime.
The
home
your
in
deadbolts. “People
Night has fallen over Waterloo Region. As lights go out in some residences, others
— Page 7
1998
a crime to be
Ron
Const.
of the Community Relations branch of the Waterloo
Hallman
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they have secured Aeir
when
disaster
seems to
is
strike.
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— SPOKE, Nov. 30, 1998
Technology upgrades complete
Plaque commorates ATS completion ceremony, Peric said the knowledge-based economy needs numbers of increasing ever well-prepared men and women who can face the challenges of high technology and global the
By Jacqueline Smith
A
plaque presentation ceremony the completion of the ATS Engineering Complex was held to
mark
in
the
building’s
lounge
on
competition.
Nov. 23. John Sawicki, public affairs officer for the Conestoga College, did the welcome and introductions for the 1 5-minute ceremony.
About 25 guests were Cambridge
“It
a
five-year
infrastructure
welcome
in
is
modem
place
generations
future
to
of
In his speech, Tibbits thanked everyone for coming and said the only way Canada will succeed as a country is if it competes globally, and the only way to do
period,
donated $ 1 million to Campaign Conestoga to enhance and expand technology
trough
that is
training.
and
unveiled Tibbits plaque on behalf of the Canada/Ontario Infrastructure Works program. After the unveiling of the plaque, which will be on public display Peric
the
education. In recognition of the donation,
former Detwieler Electrical the was renamed Centre ATS Engineering Complex. There was also a $820,000 was funded project, which Canada/Ontario under the
like
students,” said Peric.
ATS
the
institutions
sector to ensure that a
MP,
those involved in the project.
Over
with
Conestoga College and the private
Janko Peric. Students and faculty Conestoga were present, of the college’s board as well as members and college president John Tibbits, who congratulated
Cambridge-based
work
post- secondary
present,
including
see
to
gratifying
is
governments
Cambridge
MP
Janko Peric and Astrid Woerner-Kropp, daughter of Klaus Woerner, shook hands plaque on Nov. 23 in the ATS lounge at Conestoga’s Doon campus.
after the unveiling of the
(Photo by Jacqueline Smith)
Infrastructure
Works
program,
where the federal and provincial
governments
road bod
covered the balance. In a news release
each contributed while the college
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SPOKE, Nov. 30, 1998
— Page 9
Grub crawling the night away By Sarah Thomson By t^ing changing
DSA
it
a traditional idea and to suit their needs the
created
the
first
ever,
Conestoga Grub Crawl as part of Alcohol Awareness Week. Starting with the idea of a
crawl, they used the
same basic
ingredients; forty people,
The
difference
pub
was
one bus.
that
visited seven restaurants
they
and had
all
the food they could eat for $10.
On
Nov. 18, the 40 grub crawlers
hit the road.
The first stop of the night was Crabby Joe’s were the group ate flaming cheese. Gerry Cleaves, DSA vice-president, said he was surprised that they didn’t have to play any ice breaker games. The groups, which were broken into four teams, all interacted with each other from the start, which Cleaves said was great. The next stop on the tour was
Musselini’s where the crowd ate oysters and marshmallows. Eating
marshmallows were part of the chubby buimy contest in which participants tried to fit as
marshmallows
in their
many
mouth as
was renamed Auto, in reference to the Simpsons, was brought into the festivities and crowned with a shirt of his own. The group that was getting full picked away at the The
call
at
Kelsey’s
words
when the grub crawlers
While at Kelsey’s they held a limbo contest in a little comer of the room. The group took Casey’s at Fairview Park Mall by storm. arrived.
Spontaneous cheering contests broke out among die teams, where the louder was better. Another highlight of the evening at Casey’s was the group shot that was taken posing with the Buffalo head protmding from the wall. The bus driver for the night, Mike, who
system
assigned
to
the
at
different activities of the night.
Conestoga
the
crowd
at
Jack
Night
Astor’s.
obviously something went wrong. There was no where to sit except for a table of four that had recently been
The waitress said that they were unable to reserve a spot for 40 people. Some people cleared.
sitting at the bar wondered what was going on and most chuckled
when one of
the participants, of
the grub crawl, explained that they
were visiting bars as part of an Alcohol Awareness Week activity. Cleaves said ground mles were set with the
40 people when they
started the trip that there wouldn’t
be any excessive drinking. By the fourth restaurant of the night. Cleaves said no one was getting drunk because they were only at each restaurant for an hour, so the
maximum anyone was drinking was one drink per hour. After
and yelled to the grub crawlers, “Conestoga were leaving!” Although there was a general
the
point
After prizes were given out, the
Grub Crawler’s joined
Moose
to
chubby
pronounce
being able to
best cheer, the loudest team, and the best team overall based on the
of the moose beckoned
partygoers Winooski’s, but the
bunny. A buffet of French fries, Caesar salad, nachos and cheese and brownies and cake was set up
still
and messy shirts. To round out the night, prizes were given to the teams with the
potato tornado they were served.
about 10 minutes of confusion at Moose Winooski’s Cleaves stood up on a barstool,
they could while
was dumped milkshakes,
result
Forty students, pictured at Casey’s Assocation’s first Grub Crawl.
in
Fairview Park Mall, participated
in
Doon Student
the
(pnoto by Judy sankar)
feeling of disappoint at not getting to have Moose Winooski’s wings,
many agreed full to eat
The
that they
were top
anyway.
of the night crawl was Gatsby’s Diner, were Conestoga took over the adjacent Shenigan’s Lounge. At Gatsby’s the four teams participated in a milkshake-eating contest. One blindfolded person had to stand behind their partner, and use the partner’s limp arms to spoonfeed them a milkshake; the last official stop
for the
gmb
Sankar
Ji>dy
i
RaXY Radio’s Check It Out Disc Jo^ey &rvices TWcycle Oiallenge ’98 was held at Conestoga’s Doon campus Nov. 19.
Third-year
broadcasting
students Jeremy Gull and Sean
MacDonald oiganized the event it live on RQXY
and hosted radio.
“Sean and
have been pretty
I
doing Kttle promotions and contests over the successful
in
“We wanted to that we could
year,” said Gull.
do something big
get a lot of people into and this
was the best way Students
who
to
do it.”
raced competed
for gift certificates firom
Out Disc Jockey
Check It
Services, third
prize $25, second prize $50, first
and
During the half-time show, Joe Poloni, a management studies chewed the lid off of a pop can.
student,
(Photo by Judy Sankar)
prize $325.
Although only half of the 60 students
up
who
originally signed
for the event
the competition,
were actually
many
A
at
joined at
crowd gathered, filling any seat where the races could be seen. To
the
event.
prepare
large
the
for
race,
competitors geared up with helmets mounted aitd the children’s tricycles.
As
the whistles
btew for each
race, students eirupted in bouts of
laughter as die competitors rode fiigure-ei^t shape# Those who touched the pilons
a
suffered
automatic
ification.
Those who
tipped
over
pedaled their
g<^;
way
disqualfell
off or
up
a
to the finish
line.
The challenge featured a show f# which a television nmnitOr w^ Set up so that half-time
Rhonda Brodhagen
being spoonfed by her partner milkshake-eating contest held at Gatsby’s Diner. is
in
the
(Photo by Sarah Thomson)
students in the room could remain seated while the show took place just behind the DJ
Out Disc Jockey
booth.
and
During tire show, two students, David Becker and Joel Poloni smashed pop cans with their heads while students cheered loudly. The big pa-t of the show
certificate!
came when a Poloni bit the lid pop can. Both the hosts and
off a
the audience waited about a minute while the student chewed his way around the can and finally pulled off the lid. it
high in the
air
applauded his
Moments resumed
He held
and the audience
studies student
won second
received
witmer
WJien all the Students had competed, Mike Cymbron of nianagernem Studies placed third and received a $25 gift certificate for Oieck It witit the playoffs.
$50
a
prize gift
The
grand prize marketing student
a
nicknamed “Handsome” Jeff Thornton by Gull and MacDonald, had the best time of 1475 seconds. “Overall, I was very pleased with
the
way
MacDonald.
it
went,”
said
was the biggest radio giveaway ever in Conestoga College history. The turnout was very impressive." .A.lUiougti the
the challenge
Seng
management
a
feat.
later,
Services.
Ghalensouk,
good response,
become
"This
event received a it
is
cnlikely ihai
annual event, and .said Cull. Both Gull MacDonald, however, said they it
will
.'m
who appreciated everyone helped make the event possible.
Ask the
‘sexpert’
Sue Johansen blows sex myths away After the students had received
By Judy Sankar
male and female Johanson jumped right
their lesson in
genitalia,
“Give I’ll
into the subject of sex.
me the hand job and
During
use that,” sex expert
said
Sue Johanson
were the
real
the
what she
truths
about
and
masturbation
like
subjects
hand-
said,
of
part
this
discussion, Johanson told
penis-size.
have to have a schlong to be a good
“You
ing the clip-on microphone
don’t
12-inch
back
visited Johanson Although Conestoga as part of AIDS Awareness Week, she spent only a brief moment on the subject,
hand-held
the
taking
lover,” she said.
and
student
a
to
microphone instead. written question from the audience during her lecture in the Sanctuary Nov. 24. (Photo by Judy sankar)
Show visited Conestoga’s Doon Campus to give a lecture on
research
sex Nov. 24.
was
Johanson
before
walls in anticipation of Johanson’s
thunderous by Welcomed applause and cheers, the Toronto
presentation.
native got right
game
scheduled to take the stage, the Sanctuary’s seats all filled up. Students sat on the floor, leaned on
and stood against
tables
your
things:
“I want to talk about chlamydia,” Johanson said. “Chlamydia is
Healthwise
skin-to-skin contact.”
Students sat quietly and listened
picture of female genitalia
they were taught sex education?” Johanson asked. No
Empty buckets that had been passed around the audience during
teenagers-only
first
Johanson then gave a lesson on male and female anatomy. “How in this
room
actually
when
time you thought about your drug consumption? then Never touch narcotics you say. That’s great but there are more to drugs effects your simply narcotics. A drug is a chemical; synthetic or natural, that experience. Drugs physical function or your mental state (behavior and/or without your first range from caffeine to heroin. So can you get out of bed of Java? cigarette of the day, or leave the house with out that cup
Our
society 's answer to a lot of problems
or potion. Trouble sleeping take a
Too much
stress.
we
realize that
.
In fact
.
pill.
is
to take a pill,
Can’t stay awake
in class take
take these pills so frequently that
we
are taking them.
A great example
emergency room or walk in clinic. have been taking do you even think
is
powder
when you go
we
a
pill.
don’t
to the
one
room raised their hand was not surprised.
in the
received
was
She
essentials.
the
to the
answered
Johanson
the
all
bare
questions in the bins touching on many different subjects including
the
premature
described
sadomasochism,
picture of the female reproductive
ejaculation, sexual positions
system that most students are familar with as “a big moose coming out of the bush.”
anal sex.
and
In an interview with SPOKE following her lecture, Johanson
to
remember when taking drugs
is
them properly. It doesn’t matter if the drug is what you brand name, a prescription of insulin or a bottle of gin. Be aware of are putting into your body.
‘I
don’t want to be here!”
weather
and discouraged
college. Counsellors see
Is it
I
it
over with your
health care team?
to
me
if
i
dose am I taking, is it Doubling the recommended doses of many over the counter drugs but risky practice for
many
is
a
people
What tiihe should < be taking this drug? Some drugs work better if taken first thing
in the
morning.
drive a car or
who want
student’s
is
life.
Jobs are elusive. Contact
is lost
are
on the drug.
to school
I
reactions with certain drugs.
drug? I be taking anything else with this drugs must be taken with or without food or another drug to reduce
Should
side effects.
the counter medication or alcohol.
is
in
in
energy
may
entitled to a “personal”
5 nursing.
you have any questions
feel free to
healthwise@conestogac.on.ca
absence
now and
indicate treatable
loss.
Everyone
post-graduate
then.
find they can get through with a
plan for completing
their education.
Submitted by Student Services
little
and
Syracuse
of
University
human
sexuality
from University of Michigan.
“You don’t have to have a 2-inch schlong to be a lover.”
Sue Johanson
As
well as being a published
opening
author,
birth-control
the
first
in
North
clinic
America and hosting The Sunday Night Sex Show, Johanson visits both colleges and prisons giving lectures on sex. Although she has accomplished all this, Johanson is not done yet. “I would like to, believe it not, go back to university,” she says, “and take training on how to deal with guys who abuse their partner either
physically
or
sexually.”
like to
those
or
work with
who commit
Inevitably, a conversation with
Sue Johanson turns to sex. With all her expertise, Johanson offers this thought on the most important thing about having sex.
is
These and many other solutions have been explored by students with We are here to listen and help when you have run out of
Most
in
education
American
Her
“My safer
support or leave with a
intial
sex
thought would be no, because if
but,
you’ve got good communications,
a counsellor. ideas.
nurse
incest.
Student Services.
sudden decline
include
includes teaching sex from the
She says she’d
-Ask for help from faculty or classmates. -Seek temporary shelter if home has become untenable. Community
A
Her
it.
Winnipeg and a counselling and communications graduate from
rapists
-Request a leave of absence (Health Sciences).
-Take off a day or two to deal with grief or personal
If
it
illness.
Shane Grace, Semester
minimal and
-Considering transferring to another program within your school. -Confront a peer or faculty with whom you are having difficulty.
-See your doctor.
reveal
registered
a
being
to
credentials
Johanson says she would have to go to the U.S. to train because the courses are not offered in Canada.
works.
resources are listed the use of any psychotropic drugs, be they caffeine, over
Be responsible with
seems a monu-
all.
-Apply for Peer Tutoring. The cost to the student
Many
who
with school friends
This is not a “carry on at all costs” message. Rather, know the costs and consider all alternatives carefully. Consider options other than withdrawal from a program: -Drop a course which is not salvageable and pick it up later. Consult your instructor before conceding defeat. -Pick up a failed course through Continuing Education evening or
than lose
refuses
Canadian
out and hope to return
-Negotiate with the program chair for partial load. Better to save a few
take this drug safely with? Foods and other drugs can often times interfere with or cause dangerous
What can
she
leaving
summer classes.
drug have? go to sleep if when you
side effects will this
Can you
But
more of herself.
by workload and
consider
mental task.
stop taking this drug?
approved by the manufacturer?
What
What
students
marks,
form a natural community of support. Returning
What will happen
common
many
students, exhausted
borderline
“out there” any better? Quitting does not solve a financial shortfall or make the course work any easier the next time. Leaving causes other problems. A sudden void is created in the later.
like;
taking this substance? for medical or recreational reasons? Have you talked
Many by
little
Johanson was bom in Toronto but her age remains a mystery as
good
to use
an over the counter medication
Why am
revealed a
1
to say Tylenol or the Birth Control pill?
COUNSELLOR’S CORNER: QUITTING
Ask yourself some questions
(Photo by Judy Sankar)
When they ask you what medication you
The most important thing
in
male anatomy.
University of Toronto.
stage filled.
She said that the sex education that most of the students in that
room
had returned
the lecture,
but Johanson
give a lesson
Sue Johanson
of
chlamydia. More alarmingly, a case that goes untreated can cause sterility in males and females. After demonstrating how to use a a properly, condom question/answer period took place.
saw a
...n’s the last
symptoms
no
are
there
birth-control clinic in 1970.
many people
..
Johanson informed them that
as
North
up
set
transmitted through nude, genital
said
sexuality,”
who
is
transmitted diseases.
down to the task at subject: how little
hand. Her first we know about our bodies. “We totally neglect to tell you about one of the most important
Johanson, America’s
currently
that
to done being determine whether HIV and AIDS can be transmitted through oral sex. Johanson, did not, however, ignore the subject of sexually
Sue Johanson answers a
Sex
Shortly
students
telling
The host of The Sunday Night
then
you
will
automatically
practise safe sex. I’d say being in
goodloving, intimate, an communications relationship. That would be it.”
SPOKE, Nov. 30, 1998
Old
skills find
new
application
Former student as By Grace Kaill-Guido Special to
photography to three-dimensional work when he realized sculpture
SPOKE
was Former
Conestoga
journalism
College
student
Scott
McNichol has changed his medium. McNichol revealed his new sculpture. Girls of Summer: The Secret, during a recent weekend open house at Doon School of Fine Arts. McNichol says he changed from print and
his
best
medium
of
expression.
He
University of Guelph. currently
is
working
residence
the
artist-in-
in
a studio
artist-in-residence
behind Homer Watson House, where the Doon school is located.
He of
McNichol, a graduate of Eastwood collegiate institution in Kitchener, attended Conestoga College in 1988, then went on to study philosophy and visuals arts at the
teaches art classes for students
ages in the basement of the museum, and funds an art program all
there
children
fo.r
during
the
summer. He also teaches art continuing education programs Conestoga College.
in at
Creation of the bronze sculpture of the “girls” was done in several stages: a chicken wire and
styrofoam framework gave the basic shape, and the desired form was sculpted in clay over the frame.
A
was taken from the in which the final bronze sculpture was cast. During the open house, McNichol was sanding areas of the bronze surface that came from the casting casting
clay to
make molds
smoothly finished than he
less
desired.
The
simplification
attention
of
form,
on
the gesture: the girls
The event, more than the forms, is what McNichol is depicting. His works portray the five W’s are sharing a secret.
newest sculpture,
Homer Watson Museum, where he
is
Girls in
to students at the
His
studio
smaller
Doon
school.
displays
several
and photos taken for works completed or in progress, such as a dynamic' sculptures
plaster bust of a
woman
entitled,
The
uses light and dark of black and white photographs to help him determine the three-dimensional modeling of artist
areas
subjects.
McNichol
invites visitors
form
the college to his studio in
Doon
Village, just a
beings with realism, showing them in progress and in the
satisfying
He
few blocks from the
says,
“It
always
is
when teachers and peers
take an interest work.”
in
former students’
’was the flight
Lff^se
of
photographic
areas of his work: preparing drawings for a subject he will sculpt, and teaching photography
campus.
I
uses
learned at Conestoga in two
stressed in print journalism and report events in the lives of human
environments where they occur.
baclward
McNichol skills
Allison in Spring.
surface detail and texture in this sculpture all focus viewer
Scott McNichol puts finishing touches on his
— Page 11
Chme
Summer: The Secret, in the at Doon School
artist-in-residence
of Fine Art.
(Photo by Grace Kaill-Guido)
ating play
i ‘trapps’ audience
By Judy Sankar
to say the least
Kitchener- Waterloo Musical i^oducfioitfi celebrated ftoductions anniversary with the production of die Sound df
to
The
theatre
was y<mn$ and old jg^bended ^w.Nforoeats-btfcaetteair^^ went up, silent^ and awat^ to be ^ptivated by the ^
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for district
1
so too.
rei
.*i*
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Kim Jamieson. Jamieson, a native oif Mcmcton, N.B., graduated from Sheridan College's
piogram years ago. Her perfonnanu- in the Sound
^
hoUers.^^
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2
there
lukb l6
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no cover charge
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^
Sheppaord seemed to tire audience, especially with dieir
^ IDteree^^houm after that silence] ifdi qy^ dreafre, dre imdience
duets and songs with the children. The seven Von Trapp children tobk the stage, pleasing everyone
showed
with a certain charisma that can cmly be <d)served, not described. review of KWMP's* die 'Sound of Music would not be complete without the menuon of
tmtmL
Olhif'Jh'ms
Twaieevmai
as
inoblems of Maria, played by
the
school
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of 16 years. She __1
put.
English-as-
of Capt. Geoig pia>ed by ,,
p%
by
played
Simply
children,
Centre in tibe S^are Nov.' 19~2Z " Directed and dMueographed by Brian HiH, the hosted an array of characters.
Her
ged throughout the play, whether she wt^ singing to h<^r(.oif in tbn abbey or speaking
^
7fs
"pleasure
Hie Sound of Music was not only mnazing, if did die justice as a 50di anniversary
A
At the Door
by
Hit FIR
diunderously,
each p«^otmor fDfom Maria to the Nazi ajE^Iaudfng
Advance
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— SPOKE, Nov. 30, 1998
ENTERTAINMENT
Perak packs a melody
pumped
Local artist
and his audience during any of
By Ned Bekavac
was when he became Pete by consumed Townsend’s Let My Love Close The Door that local
It
Mark
singer/songwriter
Perak knew. a sucker
“I’m
a
for
good
melody,” Perak A presence on the KitchenerWaterloo music scene for five years, Perak is currently in mental-preparation mode for his sophomore release, the follow-up says.
debut. well-received his Waiting To Look You In The Eye. “Fm really itching to record.” to
Perak says. “But
I
don’t want to
record for the sake of recording. I have great songs, now it’s about
making a great record.” The 28-year-old Perak, who has opened for household Canadian acts Sandbox, The New Meanies, is Headstones, the and finding
anticipating
the
right
people and the right sound for his follow-up LP. His debut, a poignant and confident collection of catchy, acoustic rockers splashed widr rotating
guitar,
electric
and vocals background harmonica, has local scril^s comparing Perak’s musiciTnfbcSi to R.E.M and Neil Young. Waiting, always feel-good, at times melancholy, represents dte refreshing enthusiasm and spirit of Perak’s personality; witness
and
witty
the
playful
between-song banter between he
‘That
was
great,”
actually people
saying
‘I
December 1997
its
issue,
this
finally
the old guitar his brother never
based vocal
used.
Stipe:
solid
magazine, a Torontonational piblication, draws comparisons to Michael “Perak’s solo effort is a combination of strong
vocals and heartfelt lyrics set to a serenading guitar. At times, his singing style mirrors R.E.M’s Michael Stipe, especially on the first track.”
towering CD collection, he wouldn’t appear to
A
peek
at Perak’s
“Ihe Verve, R.E.M, Neil Young, and anything by Perry them have of all Farrell, something in common: they’re in nature, but can withstand a heavier dynamic,” Perak says. written all “Ihey’ve acoustic
good songs. We’ve
consistently
heard catchy songs, but if diey don’t have staying power, what all
are They?”
Perak
wet
first
in
got his music boots second year of
his
university.
He
says he wanted to different, other
sometihing
try
“I played all original material, to a very listening audience,” he
method
said. “I learned the strong
“I took vocal lessons for ttuee or four months, to get the voice out.” Perak says he had already written phrases and ditties of
poetry
that
just
iKeded
ifiitiuinenStlo^^
A
of Waterloo University graduate, Perak’s initial musical
was in Grade 6, when he was overtaken by die melodies of twitch
me somewhere
where nothing outside music takes me.”
Perak eventually
sought die
dynamic of playing wifli a hmd, and fronted Jacob’s Room, a rocking quartet that released a six-song cassette in 1995. Though things did not ultimately work out with Room, Perak chalks it up to learning.
After a three-month tour of Canada earlier in the year, Perak playing weekly currently is Tbesday night gigs at the Walper Pnb. He plays periodical shows in Toronto, Windsor and much of the Tri-City area.
Dec.
Dave
in Toronto
with friend/musician Tolley supporting him on 19,
He is booked at Joe’s in nights Wednesday
percussion. for
February. Perak’s enthusiasm heightens when he discusses his tour of
western Canada earlier this year. He made an appearance on an
Edmonton
breakfast television
with:
“Tonight,
the street in
morning, you were great.’”
Perak, after appearing on an
Edmonton breakfast television program
we have Blue
saw you
Edmonton saying
this
to
T
morning, you Were
great.’”
approached by
Grapes of Wrath drummer Chris Hooper in Vancouver about collaborating.
Perak gets especially
\
show
introduced the
the host
Rodeo, Moist, Holly McNarlmid and Mark Perak.” “That was great,” Perak says. “There were actually people on
Edmonton
Conestoga College
is.
was hooked.”
Local smger/songwriter Mart< Perak belts out a tune at the Walper Pub in Kitchener. Perak plays the Walper every Tuesday (Photo fay Ned Bekavac) night.
program, and got tingles when
the Beatles. “It took
“I
He plays Holy Joe’s
than sports.
street In
college.
of communication that music
mind.
good
He taught himself with the aid of a chord chart and, of course, the sounds of R.E.M., Neil Young and Farrell’s Jane’s Addiction. His first gig was in 1992 at St. Paul’s, a University of Waterloo
He was even
really has
in his
and vocal prowess, Perak found it in him to pick up
CHART
Perak says. ‘There were
on the
saw you
In
Though always confident lyrical
his live shows.
album
for next
thrilled
//
CORRECTION NOTICE
\
SPOKE
something
In
the
Nov. the
16
edition
article
when he AD,
discusses Anything
At
vrith its soulful ‘the
sun will
won’t
sleep’
but
rise,
I
things for Perak
may
just be" in
bloom.
chorus, getting played back-tOr back with Nirvana’s Aneurysm CFDX 99.3, a major on
Vancouver radio
station.
It’s this boyish enthusiasm and energy that keeps Perak’s music
and
attitude fresh
and
uplifting.
He calls Waiting To Look You In The Eye
his Bleach.
energy
and
With such
refreshing
spirit
Waiting To Look You In The Eye - 12-song solo CD (1997) Committed - Jacob’s Room
6-song band cassette release (1995) Let Yourself
Go
-
4-song solo
cassette release (1994)
filtered through his music, great
DRINKING EDUCATION AWAY
of
entitled.
The driving force behind the host, which appeared on Page
crow
following corrections are recognized. Neil Aitchison is on the board of directors for the
7, the
Drayton Theatre.
In addition,
Aitchison was preparing for his
4 p.m. show.
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we reached our
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SPOKE and ask for
the entertainment editor at:
748-5366
or e-mail us
at:
During Alcohol Awareness Week, Nov. 1 6 to 20, this display was set up in the Sanctuary to illustrate the cost of beer.
Photo by Melanie Spencer
spoke@conestogac.on.ca
^OKE, Nov. 30, 1998 — Page 13
SPORTS A lifetime in sports
Assistant coach marks 20 years at Conestoga By Neven Mujezinovic
years.
coaching and academic career.
“I decided, after I
The thing
you first about Duane Shadd, the men’s soccer team assistant coach, is that
my life. I like
he
applied
that strikes
such a likeable fellow, a feeling that is only reinforced the more you get to know him. “It’s really hard to express. I is
mean there’s many ways in which Duane is simply my best fi"iend. It’s
as easy as that,” says soccer
head coach Geoff Johnstone.
“We are very different in many ways. He is a country boy and I’m a city boy. The closer to downtown, the happier I am, the farther away, the happier he is. But despite all those differences, I think we both found a kindred spirit very early on.” Shadd has recently been honoured for 20 years of service at
blew up the lab
life.
Northwest University of Michigan. It was she who started him off in sports. His father, quite
and
I
wanted to
Waterloo, transferring
to
do
for the rest of
‘people things’, so
University
the
was
and up
here
actually
play
to
basketball,” said Shadd.
That year, 1972, University of Waterloo won the national championships, but they did it without the services of Shadd. In the summer he injured his knee, and realizing he could not give his 100 per cent contribution, Shadd decided not to try out for the team at all. Rather, he stuck to the books, and has never regretted it.
Despite these somewhat humble excel
in
Shadd managed
to
especially
in
sports,
He played for his high school team and then for St. Clair College, where he studied basketball.
chemical technology. After graduating from St. Clair, Shadd moved to Europe for a couple of
children, daughter Crystal, 23,
and
sons Shaun, 20, and Kenen, 15, are all heavily involved in sports. In the last four years, Shadd has also
become a fulUtime
member
faculty
in the general education
department.
Shadd joined coaching
team
the soccer
staff for several reasons.
to try something new, and soccer was a sport Shadd
knew almost nofliing about. Also, what drew him to soccer was the
had. Baseball
what made him stay so long were his newfound love toward the sport and the fact that he got along so well with
until
it
got
too cold to feel your
hands and then you’d put
relate to.
Finally,
Johnstone.
and play hockey
until
Johnstone says Shadd brings a tremendous amount to the soccer team. On a technical level, he can spot if a player is tired even before
it
thawed
out.”
knows
the player
Duane Shadd about his beginnings in sports.
in
He wanted
respect referees used to get from players, something Shadd could
“You played what you had,” says
beginnings,
CPR
He
has coached basketball, baseball, track and field and touch football, mostly with minor sports, as his three aid.
first
“You played what you
a good ball player himself, fine-tuned his son’s baseball skills.
out”
I
of
at
Shadd. “Baseball until it got too cold to, feel your hands and then you’d put on your hockey gloves and play hockey until it thawed
fitness
what
on your hockey gloves
His mother was captain of the basketball and field-hockey teams
YMCA-certified
instructor is also certified in
the college. Eighteen of those have
been associated with the men’s soccer team, but sport has always been an integral part of Shadd ’s
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himself.
“When Duane
says ‘this guy is just about done,’ I’ve learned to just act upon it immediately,” says Johnstone. Shadd’s basketball background is
Anci the Early
because the dynamics of the two sports are similar, and he has more input in the training and conditioning of players. But most of all, according to Johnstone, it is Shadd’s personality
biggest
that
asset
is
to
by the
far
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SPORTS
Men’s indoor soccer
Condors
19 against a Steaua side that just wouldn’t give up. The Condors took the lead four
By Never) Mujezinovic Condors men’s indoor team ended up on the
The soccer
of a 5-4 score
wrong community league side
suffer another defeat
times and four times they were caught. Finally, in the dying
in
minutes
action on Nov.
of
the
game
Steaua
to pull one ahead and the Condors were unable to respond. Condors’ coach Geoff Johnstone said his team was missing a few
managed
key players, especially defenders. “Also, some of the players have obviously not adjusted to playing indoor soccer yet,” said Johnstone. The Condors’ goals were scored
by Dan Krauter, Dan Mihelic and two by Dwayne Bell. This result means the Condors have been leapfrogged by Steaua in the standings. They are currentnine-team league
ly seventh in the
with three points.
The Condors played more as a team than in their last game, which is something they can build upon.
Wed. Dec. 2
They deserved
showed
down
Ov^'i
draw, but
great determination in not
Even though they were
giving up.
tickets
at least a
ran out of steam towards the end of the game. Their opponents
most of
for
the
game, they
earned the points. “We can score goals, but like
$40
sieve,”
a
we summed
leak
Zlatko Lakoseljac closes
up
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on a Steaua player
Johnstone.
in
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Best offence
is
a good defence
Conestoga’s Gignac By Jason Gennings
game, and they
Condor goalie Anthony Gignac hockey at the age of five,
Coming from
that,
Condor
to starting position as the
while playing with his older brothers behind their Cambridge
netminder has taken about 17 years. He said it’s rare that he ever wants to play another position. “When I see our players aren’t playing so good, I do,” he said. This year’s Condors lineup has a lot of new blood, and that inexperience has led to some unnecessary penalties. “That just ticks me off. It’s supposed to be a team sport, so
said
that
because
he
wasn’t as fast as his brothers, they
him
put
in net.
He
has been there
ever since.
The family moved snow from front yard
and melted
it
to maJce a
homemade
rink.
“A that
T-stick melts it
is
nice and
in the
the
back
the ice, so
all
flat. It
was
pretty
nice,” said Gignac.
Now
a
is
third-year
general-
business student, Gignac said that
when he began more
why would they take
serious play,
he stuck to the net. “I played house league for one
is
one of the lowest
the
in the
Gignac said he enjoys his work as goalie because he’s always in
He said he plays the puck much for his coaches’
the play.
a
little
too
liking, but
it
keeps him in the
game a little more. “Let’s call
it
When
negative.
he plays Galemo.
it
a concern, not a he plays the puck
very
well,”
controlling
penalties.
their
“Playing too aggressively is a negative thing, and (Gignac) has been caught a couple times doing said
that,”
said
coach
goal-tending
Mark Hayward. “On
league for penalty minutes.
the positive
side, he’s been able to move the puck up while the other team was busy with a line change.” Hayward also said that Gignac is an upbeat individual and one of the better goalies he has coached. “He reads the play and anticipates what will happen,” said Hayward. Galemo said Gignac is very
technical, very square to the puck.
Positive attitude
Often the power plays make Gignac work harder in the net, but he said the team is making some progress
team
on
efforts
a penalty that
uncalled for?” said Gignac.
real
making
is
always,” said Gignac.
Head coach Ken Galemo said
the backyard rink
started
home. Gignac
“The team
said, ‘you’re the
goalie for the team,”’ he said.
a keeper
is
Technically
goalie is very words, he doesn’t have to make a lot of dramatic saves because he is very the
solid, in other
Gignac said that his strengths are that he always looks at things in a positive way, and he has strong communication skills on the ice.
technically strong.
The head coach also said, “(Gignac) is very good on his
He keeps
himself right facing the angle of attack at all times. He is never out of position. He is very quick to get into angles.
position, face
Galemo
on
to the shooter.”
Gignac
said
is
very
coachable, takes criticism well and
good practice goalie. He comes out hard at practice, and a lot of times you can get players that don’t particularly enjoy practice. Anthony would be
Galemo. hockey doesn’t
the exception,” said that
(Photo by Jason Gennings)
The hockey schedule is known a month or two in advance, and forewarned, he gets together with small business study group before the deadline, and before his next game. He also works at a local accounting firm. “Hopefully something can come his
out of Gignac.
As
works hard. “He’s a very
Gignac said
Anthony Gignac: Condor goalie
really interfere with his schooling
when he uses his time management. “Nothing should interfere with your schooling,” he said. “I just book around it.”
that
afterwards,”
for hockey, he
go as
would
said
like to
he can take it. “I’ve always looked at hockey as something to do as fun,” he said. “Have fun, you always play better when you have fun.” His philosophy in the net is to play a reactive game, and he says his defensive team as one of the see
it
far as
best in the league.
“The be
first
mine,
someone
shot after
else
is
guaranteed to hopefully
that is
there,”
said
Gignac.
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his time in the
crease
1
8 years ago
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