Lineups
expected
OSAP
for
receivers By Brent Clouthier As
students begin receiving the
second instalment of their Ontario Student Assistance Program
(OSAP) loans this week, Carol Walsh of Conestoga College’s department has a
financial-aid
m
few words of advice.
“Be
ready
lineups.
for
Especially the first day.”
Gerry Cleaves, centre, Doon Student Association vice-president of student Feud. Four teams participated in the Christmas game last month.
hosts the Family
affairs,
(photo by Melaoie Spencar)
Walsh also suggested that if want to avoid the
students
lineups, they should arrive early.
.can wait and don’t your money straightaway, by
Wednesday
the
lineups
should
have died down. “We’ll be issuing the loans in
Room of the registrar’s between 9:30 a.m. and 3:30
By Dee Bettencourt
the Guild office
first week of January,” Walsh continued. “After that, we’ll be back to our regular hours
p.m. the
up loan
eligible to pick
need
returning
students
that
shows
their SIN.
“No
Conestoga
at
length and will be
renamed
are
compressed-program
the
to
guidelines.
“It’s
said Dietz.
going to take a
little
over
grandfather
the
a
compressed program
year
to
out.”
exceptions,” Walsh
said.
off,
accept journalism students only
our
not
We’re
rule.
We
have to follow
the policies and procedures.”
in
program
the
September and they
look
recruitment.”
have
There will be benefits and drawbacks with respect to the
(»•
Training
co-ordinator.
Walsh explained the amount of second-semester tuition owing will be written on the loan document and the bank will forward the amount to the
a review of journalism programs
college.
“Sometimes the bank makes warned.
she
“For
example, you’re picking up a loan for $3,000 and you owe $900 second-semester tuition;
$3,000 goes into your account,
means
the
didn’t
send your
bottom it,
it’s
decided
line is that
tuition.
you
still
your responsibility.
‘It’s
in
mine,
no
one
and journalism-broadcast
so to
.
.
.
are
we were given become a
and said
Page 2
option
three-year
offers
two-year
journalism-print
three-year
option
and
the will
incorporate journal sm-broadcast i
into
its
print curriculum.
“We’ll have a January intake, but there will
be no
1999
May
compressed or accelerated programs as they into the
starts
an for
compressed
program)
that
it
the (the will
introduction
the
to
which time
Journalism
here.
has
always been an anomaly because runs
all
year round.
from semester
to
changes
It
semester and
nobody knows what semester they’re taking
— few understand
this
the program’s design,” she said.
to meet ministry outcomes for a three-year print and journalismbroadcast program, Conestoga
very demanding to operate a program without (summer) shutdown time to make upgrades and Repairs to facilities. Now
January,
The college has chosen
be
it
Dietz said journalism currently
journalism-broadcast,
become
for
college, will
around
(Photo by Dee Bettencourt)
broadcast program or
program,” said Dietz.
The owe
Sharon Dietz
only print, the
program’s journalism’s
operate like every other program
journalism-print and journalism-
1999 intake
OSAP
We
said
“The major benefit
has
three-year
it
anything.’”
See
that
it
journalism programs must be
a
Don’t
the sand
and
six-semester
design,
completed
if
bank messed up and
put your head say,
province
the
programs.
mistakes,”
for
in
separately
it
of people don’t know that program exists. It would increase a lot
present their registration form.
has just
it
what degree That would
is
at.
allow us to advertise
new
students will also need to
post-diploma
our post-diploma program
summers off. “The Ministry of Education and
New
looking at
are
a
program, which would place
—
will
will
We it
students
course by not offering summers
and
making
calendar which
Sharon Dietz confirmed on Dec. 14 that instead of intakes three
stronger
a
as well, to meet ministry
it,
into
co-ordinator
be
will
design and not be affected by
broadcast.
“That’s a ministry requirement
“There
journalism-broadcast component
these changes at
all,
some changes,
experience
said Dietz.
enrolled will finish their program
On
journalism-print and journalism-
Journalism-print
currently
times a year and compressing the
accountable.
resolutions?
program
to present their student card,
their social-insurance card or a
government document
Page 8
the
in
journalist Tony Reinhart
heads for Hollywood
1999.
current five-semester journalism-
afternoon.”
To be
Broadcasting student
Starting September
-
College will become three years
documents,
also
who
Students
of 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m., every
On The Record with Page5
are now.”
first
but
learning
“It’s
will offer additional journalism-
we’ll
broadcast courses in September.
other
The
university-stream journal-
ism students, or the accelerated program of three semesters, may
in tandem with programs and facilitate
operate
better operation of the program.”
See Journalism
.
.
.
Page 8
— SPOKE, Jan.
Page 2
19^9
4,
Warm weather
hurting grass, trees
When you
most people that the first 11 months of this year have been warmer than the norm, most would Little
has
tell
you
tell
to
enjoy
it.
is
The weather some benefit
has, however,
Polar Plunge could be cancelled
evident by the grass on
It’s
the
Boulevard from parking If the
water level in the pond
outside
of the cafeteria keeps
poor and the field
itself
very
Normally, the grass could handle the
wear and
tear of a sports team,
through
time
A
and lower (during the summer)
Gerry
having
president of student affairs for the
Doon Student
that there has yet to
is
The
snowfall.
Association.
key
bad
this
“As soon
with
temperature increase .in
amount of
the
is
this
on the campus in shambles. “The fields, sports fields in particular, have been affected the most.” said head of physical resources Barry Milner. “We’re looking
work
the
spring
such
as
admits the college, which
numerous trees every year, has also had some other adverse
he
...
v,
have
a
He
“If
’weather.
plunge.
a
simple.”
v kite?
It"s
if
there
is
and record were recorded.
a cold
b.
,
it’s
is
trees
we
is
According
dying. The' pond
thinky.
“we of them
to nurture a lot
by watering them, which we would not normally do.” Not only does this cost the college
extra
money through
,
,
Environment
to
the largest
and heaviest snowfalls
in a while,
but so far none of
it
“I
water expenses, but staff
it
costs
them
hours through an increased
workload. It
has also brought up concern
regarding the annual Polar Bear
Plunge held by the
Doon
Student
Association, as the level of water in the
pond has receded.
“The pond
is
not
water
.runoff
that
spring-
a
fed one,” said Milner.
“It’s fills
and because of the lack of
.
.
.
all it
rain.
would love
type
has
—
fallen.
planted,” Milner continued,
have had
cost $20.43 for the
Canada^ this winter, whenever it hits, is supposed tp unleash one of
alko a concent for
is
it
5 last ’year:
$18,945.27.
must be
at least waist-high.
The pond
S'l
same number, 3.489 spaces. That means the college saved a total of
a pig contest.”
plunge,, the water level
The
1
winter ’’Mas previous year
“Then, instead of the Polar
Bear Plunge,
average cost of
said the
maintaining a parking space in the
:
.
temperatures
lo.w
-
He
qbph of me
d
be jumping in mud.
:
when two days snow blew
before Christmas, the
that
;
“The pond hundred
is
said that in reference to the
in ..
Cleaves said
...
the couple
“There
of snow right
get. a blast
winter of 1995
:
brought to notice by the
^effects
said.
years ago.”
a fund-raiser for the Heart and
is
Stroke Fou dation
areas;”
“Of
could
Cleaves said in order for a safe
plants
he
year,”
before Christmas like a couple of
top dressing, aerating and over-
seeding to try and replenish these
to
always the opportunity that we
anon has pond for its
issoc
always relied on the
doing some restoration
at
in
f i
word,
“yet.”
“Even though we haven’t had
sign.’ v
is
is
be a
spend money on snow removal yet
a decrease
precipitation,
leaving the fields and other areas
He
as
The mu
1998.
extra heat
the
effect
final
temperatures for each month in
'
the this
brought on by Mother Nature
vice-
Cleaves,
Environment Canada show, there has been an increase in normal
Coupled
to
also saved
maintenance.
according to Milner
from
statistics
it
them the wear and tear on machinery used to perform
you start seeing the drain pipes, where water is supposed to be coming out, it’s a
as
but,
having
not
maintain the land and
decreasing, Conestoga College’s
said
unmanageable.
lot 10.
This allowed the college to save
playing conditions
left
as
was
field
Conestoga College
the field across
decrease, and therefore, lack of
has
whose
farmer,
had
college
the
to
not producing enough hay, used
soccer and baseball fields that the
rain
A
well.
By Melanie Spencer
do they know the weather been playing havoc with
conditions around the campus.
way down.”
the water level
By Rob Himburg
of
same
to see the
savings
this
winter,”
said Milner. “We’ll just have to
wait
and
what
see
Mother
Nature brings.”
continued from Page l
OSAR
Blue Mountain Ski Trip
usually Walsh says the process of loan pick-ups is generally very smooth. “We get a lot of good especially feedback, actually, from students who have been to other institutions. We only get
pick-up
smooth Currently.
Walsh foresees only
problem: students who encounter a nasty surprise when
one
receive
they
their
loan
have
been
entitlement,
“They
could
odd student who thinks this is McDonald’s.” She recalled a time when anything things were but
reassessed and getting less than
smooth.
more money
the
“About
five years ago, before
they built this building,”
“we used
she
have an office in the employee-services building. Students used to line said,
to
would get soaked if the weather was bad, somebody would faint in the heat. Sometimes, diey would up outside;
they
up for three hours and then we would have to say, ‘Sorry, we can’t take any more; we’re line
done.’
In those days,
pretty tough.”
it
was
they
she
expected,”
said,
“That’s due to one of two things; First,
they
may have in die
earned
summer
than
they thought they were going to earn,
and
declare that
they’re
when
asked
to
they pick up
the first portion of their loan,
That could have reduced second entitlement,
their
“Secondly, the ministry did an run with
income-verification
Revenue Canada
in
November
and they checked all parent and student incomes. If anyone earned more than they declared, that money will be deducted from the loan amount.”
Woodworking conference
logo to be displayed at meeting
creates industry contacts By Jacqueline Smith
By Rob Himburg
At the second annual wood processing conference held on Dec. 3 and 4, students and faculty
Internationa!
members along with
the dean
Standardization (ISO 9000) will
and technology, had the opportunity to show the woodworking industry what the college has been doing in the field. The International Value-Added
be holding seminars at die three main,,; campuses of Conestoga
:alenda
That
of trade
“President Tibbits will be there
on,
G
md
Va
>i
1c
,
will play host to the hour-long ]
n
s
itati
an of
e
z
IS
og
:
and slogan, which was designed by graphic-design student Wade Convey.
100 participants from Quebec, Columbia, and France, all
of the campuses.
They
will
;
The
British
presentation will also be a chance for the public to ask
whom are currently producers or distributors of secondary wood products, building products that of
ISO
questions of the
The times of
the presentations
steering
committee in relation to their purpose and where they are
use wood. at
unveiling. *
College.
Wood Processing (IVAWP) conference, held at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre, had
Also
Organization for
i
v
'
;;
Waterloo.
the conference
trade association
were and government
personnel
involved in policy of increased production of value-added wood
development
products.
and
Investors institutions
financial
producers of secondary products were also present
wood
attended, said
it
in
interest
the
who
everyone area of
own
and the outcome was
positive.
“We had die opportunity to share with die industry what Conestoga College’s role is in the wood industry,”
be
said.
-Ml
Canadian Institute
of Management GRAND VALLEY BRANCH
(Photo by Jacqueline Smith)
was a broad
that
attended for their
woodworking student Tim Scholman attended a conference in Toronto and helped set up booths for the college. First-year
Mark Bramer, one of Conestoga faculty members conference
Jjk
involved in funding
Bramer, who is also on the planning committee for the program, said the real focus of the conference was networking. “I always find that the networking of the people there is very good. You get to meet others who are doing what you are
doing, and the contacts continue after the conference,” said
Bramer. “1 thought that was really good, seeing all the industry people at work,” said Tim , Scholman, a first-year woodworking student
who
also attended.
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Letters
Unresolved
‘Groping’
resolutions
proper
for
So, what are
grammar
year
New
your Year’s
smoking,
for
Andrew
response to
Jankowski, the old saying
was “groping the one
I
for”
my
used in
when
my mouth,
as
abhorrent
as
My
point
how
long do they last?
“like” in the vulgar tongue,
if they are,
“So I’m like reading Andrew’s letter,” it seems
Probably only a couple of weeks.
as in:
me
to
would
quotes
Resolutions that are
serve
will
to
Jankowski’s
disambiguate
add
that
deal
make them look better
They it
is
I
still
a good
are often
made
to
maker just
the resolution
of fun to yank on
Andrew’s chain occasionally, and I truly miss the opportunity of doing so on a
many
of
rather silly of the
these
human
could have invented such a
mean
tradition?
Year’s
resolution
anyway?
Although it may be fun to check off the ones that people do accomplish,
it
can also be a big
letdown when they look back a year later and sees the ones they didn’t fulfill.
So when you make your 1999 and then look back
make
the
year ahead better than the one that
might
note
how
New Who
or be a
better person.
argument.
On a personal
made by
people usually include items that
simple use of
the
list
promise made to themselves. What is the real purpose of a
do these resolutions get kept? Or
of the word
proliferation
be more
of not being able to even keep a
Each year, people from around world make this list of promises, which are often ones they intend to keep. But how often
with the
is that
will quit
nasty habits
the
or ungrammatical.
I
will
correct in the next
year.
as vague grammatical
is
It
all their
they want to
consider this practice to be
phraseology,
down
write
I
I
population to go through the stress
and
paper
Please do not presume to
year
promises actually get fulfilled?
people
take a pen and
letter
of Nov. 30. put words in
But,
of year again
I
exactly
is
this
gym,
eating
start
goes on.
that time
It’s
will
I
pleasant with people, and the
1999? In
will start going to a
year
healthier food, this year
res-
olutions
I
this
CARTING ALONG THE GOODS
finished.
end of the year
list
for
at the
to find only a
few
accomplished, don’t get too upset. Just
add them on
to the list for
Some of the most common:
this
next year or just don’t put yourself
20 pounds,
this
through the stress again.
year
I
will lose
daily basis.
Becky Boertien, Doon Student Association’s director of student life, loads a box of donations for the student food Photo by Melanie Spencer bank onto a dolly last month.
Beware^ th&ghost of Christmas past
Mel Taylor
Cartoons bringing
down paper Get
rid
of those cheese
stupid
cartoons.
sister
could
My
little
j
I
And
I
draw
better.
do know what
talking about cause
1
1
am
have a
j
i
copyright on a cartoon so it’s
not like they are hard to
|
draw. -.They, really, bring,
down
the paper.
Shawn Smith
Spoke
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— Page 5
SPOKE, Jan. 4, 1999
ENTERTAINMENT a rookie
Journalism graduate went on record By Jacqueline Smith
He
me
Guelph
quit his full-time job in
take
four-month job
the
to
Record.
the
at
He
should focus on what
thought he had done pretty well that summer, and then a contract position came
instead of trying to
up
“It
took
a while before
I
realized that
I
my strengths are, fix my weaknesses,”
to cover
Guelph. “I thought
says Kitchener-Waterloo Record reporter,
natural for the job because
Tony Reinhart.
in there for
Reinhart,
who
College with a journalism diploma, said in frustrated with
little
classmates.
“I
some of
it
as
I
when
With
Two months
1
years’ experience, the 3 1 -year-old
new way to write a story; always new things to try,” he said. If
he were to give advice to a student,
Reinhart said he would encourage him or
before he finished
her not to be swayed by what an editor thinks the story
a job with the
to
start right
His workterm
at the
away, so
I
cover
had to get
Tribune turned into a
the paper. “I took photos, developed, stories, editorials
stuff,” the reporter said,
and
The
Record
the
of
less
wanted to work, but they weren’t Conestoga graduates right out
Tony Reinhart, a Kitchener-Waterloo Record reporter, and a graduate of Conestoga’s journalism program, pauses for the camera minutes before his 7 p.m. workshift on Dec. 14.
as
same group, he had access to the Record’s job postings. Each time a job was posted, he applied for it, and each week the
for
much
he sent clippings from the paper in Guelph to Frank Etherington, who was doing the hiring
then.
He would
unannounced and
tell
think
drop in
also
Etherington
he wanted to work with the Record.
Finally,
how
did
I
that
for
me
he offered
about
a
new ways
time, they
may not accept your much as you do.”
The
of school.”
Because the Record and the Tribune were
same
people
(Photo by Jacqueline Smith)
interested in
owned by
would want it written. two said it is good
to write a story. At must accept that a copy editor may change it back to traditional news style. “But you have to accept also that writing is a subjective thing and other
leads and try
adding that he had
the
editor
father of
reporters to break out of writing straight
all that
than a year after he started in Guelph. “This I
an editor might have an idea in
it
how an
the paper
was were
get sent out to an
the closest thing to the truth, rather than
made
to write about 10 stories for each edition
and many briefs. He began trying to get into
before he or she goes out
head what the end product is going to be.” The reporter said he would resist this and go about writing the story based on
by the end of the summer of 1988. Because the Tribune was small, he had the opportunity to get a lot of things in wrote
is
“You might
it.
his/her
early.”
full-time job
prints,
do
assignment and before you even go out to
actually an offer for a co-op term, but they
me to
is
there are
only missed the
I
was offered Guelph Tribune. “It was
permission to get out
“There
feels like a rookie.
still
the course, Reinhart said he
wanted
bit
later
employee quit and he was
always a
“The first day I was remember I came down
with mononucleosis. But first day.”
1
said he
they finished.”
the editor of Spoke. start, I
that
offered her job.
During his time in the program, he was supposed to
said,
a part-time
was, but only a
handful were really serious about working in journalism
They
I
of letdown. However, a couple weeks
his
thought everybody was
going to be as into
applied.
years, so
to
it
adding that not getting the job was a
he liked the program, but
an intemiew
was a
I
two
would be a
one of the students was competing against,” Reinhart
gave
graduated from Conestoga
I
had just worked
I
genius thinking
reporter said students
who
are fresh
out of college should be willing to start
“I
below where they want
year.
one of six summer
to
pay your dues
at
to
end up. “You have
smaller papers, unless
you are lucky.”
internships.”
Schoenberg’s rock-solid performance By Sarah Thomson
handful of people are listen mg. Raised in an artistic family that
who were listening, Schoenberg, with her
For those Jessica
acoustic guitar, played a talented
and interactive performance, that showed her stage presence, during a set which included original material and a -cover piece by Tori Amos and Gole Porter. The show in the Sanctuary .
,
Dec, 10, featured contests and giveaways for T-shirts, and Jessica Schoenberg Band CDs. To win a CD, students had to write down the 12 days of Christmas. One person braved the stage to sing Happy Birthday
Schoenberg to a fellow student. Schoenberg also read the crowd a Christmas story. The musician, who has been singing and playing guitar for 15
who
is an actress and a father drama professor, it is no Wonder that Schoenberg picked up on
forming the Jessica Schoenberg Band in April 1995. Its album. Tiniest of Bones was ^produced independently by Dale Penner, who has worked on Holly
music and performing
McNarland's
includes
a
brother
plays
who who is a
professional guitar, a mother
live.
She describes
herself as
being “really comfortable but
solo,”
the
setting
ottered a challenge.
said
is
it
a
She
learning
described the lunch-hour
crowd as
noisy. “It’s hard.
The
Christmas and I’m sure you’ve got exams,” said Schoenberg. She describes herself as being “really comfortable solo,” but the lights are up,
Jessica Schoenberg, a Toronto musician, entertains students in the Sanctuary last month. (Photo by Sarah Thomson)
experience to maintain
handful
of
people are
She a learning experience to maintain your focus while only a
the cut.
Now
Schoenberg has gone full She has been solo since March. She hasn’t turned back to her folk roots, but has combined
circle.
the acoustic guitar with a harder
sound like a cross between Alanis Morrisette and Melissa Etheridge.
The 29-year-old musician
listening.
in
it’s
She started out in Edmonton and was known as the acoustic-
who played a 1994 Edmonton
guitar-toting fblkie
setting offered a challenge.
showcase
Folk Festival.
is
Jessica
sound, and lyrics and vocals that
your focus while only a
said
it
Stuff.
Schoenberg Band went on to win the Demo Derby in August 1997. They beat out three groups from the American East Coast in the finals and 500 other groups that didn’t make
The
with
years,
having a jam session with Blue Rodeo and decided to go rock,
at the
After the festival, she ended up
of
process
the
is
recording
her solo CD. She is currently in negotiations with a small record
company
in
New
goes well, the in the
summer.
independently in February.
it
York, and if
CD If
will it
will
all
he out
is
released
be
in stores
— SPOKE, Jan.
Page 6
4,
1999
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pm
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Individuals vs. Misfits When Buddy Guy came to town, fans heard blues so good, you could smell it.
Wednesday January 6 4:30 pm Chiefs vs. Space Cowboys 5:30
pm
Misfits vs. Galley’s
“If you don’t like the blues, you’re in the wrong place,” said
Guy during his Guy rolled
Dec. 10 concert. into Lulu’s to perform some of the guitar work that has inspired Jimi Hendrix and
Triumph
Hockey
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the blues
Eric Clapton.
Tuesday January 12 4:00 pm Bearded Clams vs. Wolves
Local bluesman opened the show while there was
4:50 pm S.O.B.’s vs. Blades 5:30 pm Dinamo vs. Bearded Clams
door. first
When
Mel Brown at
still
he started with his
song, things were a
little
band warmed up the playing was tighter and more loose, but as the
Thursday January 14 4:00 pm S.O.B.’s vs. Galt Hornets 4:50 Enforcers vs. Wolves 5:30 pm Dinamo vs. Bearded Clams
precise.
up with lead
pedal with cranked up speakers
guitar.
Watching Brown perform, it’s quickly apparent he enjoys what he does, and that has allowed him to
become good
at
similar to skilful playing.
into their ears.
At about
it.
he finished his act the Lulu’s crowd responded with applause and lined up to buy his latest
with
He
easy place to
fill.
it
This
is
is
courtesy
not an
until
of
enjoys the typical blues
strut his skill.
ah excuse to
The band gave him
a simple bass line just so he could
crowd
into
it
left
the stage.
a showman. He uses high-energy guitar work and
some good good vocals, Cunningham.
is
onstage
flair
hold
to
audience’s attention.
the
Guy interact-
ed with the crowd during his first song, getting a room full of
place in a blues review.
sound, moving from progression to progression all as
for.
By
he
Guy
a young,
Unfortunately, they were out of
Brown
known
didn’t ease the
either.
three-person band with
and
Stratocaster,
opening with Got My Mojo Working, he revved up the fans and didn’t let them down
the
He was sandwiched been two top guitar acts, and
Guy came on
p.m.
1
black
playing he’s
time
feature act
harmony
1
his
complete with white polka dots and jumped into the fast, precise
CD.
Wes Cunningham filled the between Mel Brown and
is
Some
audience members stuffed napkins
When
8:30 p.m.
a line at the
it
mojo workin’
his
Sorry guys, but this was a crowd
longtime fans shouting die lyrics
for blues, with
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to their favourites.
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Condors were going per
Maybe season
it’s
because the hockey
in full swing, or
is
maybe
because the Condors felt like they should be on top of the table instead of Ridgeview Homes, but the game between these two teams on Dec. 10 produced higher levels of testosterone than the bull run in Pamplona. it’s
In the end, the Condors lost the
game
one in whose net it waj to put
net,
After that irat
team
effort
and some
[oalkeeping by Stephanie
two
thrashings
of
teams in the games, the. ran across a tough nut to crack. The Nights team was orderly and physically well-prepared. They came ready to give the Condors a run fo nd they did, k inferior
of
.
setback, the
The half ended with the Condors -leading the Nights 2-1, and that is low it would stay for the rest of the game. This fact
to
experiment with r MW. >ro i;nt
i
out of
the
game
started.
It
wouldn’t be a “friendly” game, even though teammate Paul Mouradian plays his indoor soccer for
Ridgeview
Homes.
.
The
Every challenge was tough,
but ultimately, always first
after that, sparks
half and soon
began
to fly.
the
process.
He
retaliated,
punching his opponent and then all hell broke loose. There was complete pandemonium for about 30 seconds in which Condor Dwayne Bell demonstrated to the world he is more than an excellent soccer player, by showing he could hold his
own
in wrestling
and boxing as well.
When the
the spirits
referee
calmed down,
ejected Krauter and
Ridgeview player who
threw the first punch, which did not go over well with Johnstone.
Ridgeview took advantage of their
five-minute,
going
two-man
In the second half,
Shamon
was
Condor Joe
red-carded
for
throwing the ball at the referee. Ridgeway scored two more goals;* but then the Condors started playing with great determination and pulled to within one on goals by Paul McQuade # and Shaun Samuels.
The Condors applied the presand it was only the bravado of the Ridgeview Homes keeper that kept them out. When the ref blew the final whistle, the felt Condors sure
disappointed for not at least but could also feel proud of their, all-round effort. Had there been no ejections, it might have been a different story. equalizing,
What is
important
now
is
that they
learn their lesson at keeping their
cool
-and
draw
on
their
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and had three players There was, however, some good that came out of it. Condors’ coach Geoff Johnstone said the team was so pumped after the game and proud of the way they played and stuck together. “They became more of a team. So even though it is bad to get your
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student
Booming business
Sky’s the
heading for Hollywood
limit for
enterprising student
By Lisa Wilhelm When
going on a co-op term for program at Conestoga College, most students can
any
By Ned Bekavac
be
expected to stay close Kitchener-Waterloo and the surrounding -area. But there are to
When we
last
Mike Brown, to
be the
checked in with
some
the sky appeared
Computer Shop (TLC). a that Brown co-owns, was
extra 2,
Ned Bekavac)
(Photo by
opportunities are out there.’”
Brown, who will graduate from Conestoga College in May 1 999,
co-worker
said he spends about 15 hours
Payrnan Khanlari, the 25-yearold has become co-owner of
per week on
Skybridge
he was
to
move
this side project.
In the meantime, the business-
much of his time, he said. “Though we plan to stay for Christmas, we’re
telephone plans.
the street in about a
long-distance
half,”
“We (Brown
is
and Khanlari) hire and
he said. The
month and
His job a lasts
new
location little
train
about twice the size of the
current
sales people to find businesses,
site.
“Business has been phenome-
such as hotels, that use long
nal,”
them to convert Metronet,” he said.
distance to get their lines to
the
store to a bigger location across
Communications,' a company in
here
moving
Brown
getting a customers.”
Though they do most of their work out of TLC’s Waterloo
“We
said.
of
lot
are
return
location, Skybridge also has a
TLC has upped its payroll by one person since August, and is taking on a co-op student from
Toronto-based office.
St.
started
It all
co-workers
when two of for
the
“Two guys
Metronet came to ‘You don’t know what kind of
said he expects to be
with both companies five years
Little
know from me and said,
I
Brown
his
Computer Shop presented Brown with the idea.
David’s high school.
down
dues in selling though,’’ said.
my
the road. “I’ve paid
“I’d
financial
like
to
Brown
get
planning
into
and
knew from day one
His family
is
very excited about
Van Beek
his decision.
“My
I
was
five,”
said.
at
Fox
Sports,
which
four months, will entail a bit of everything. He said
be working in the newsroom and on mobiles, which involves going out into the field and he’ll
covering various events. Van Beek said Fox covers the Los Angeles Kings, Lakers and Dodgers,
Anaheim Angels and Mighty Ducks and NCAA basketball games, and that one of his jobs will include covering these well-known teams. So far, Van Beek is going the farthest of all his classmates, and although he’s very excited, the
Thumell said
said his
parents have been
all
said he
is
CBC,
all
the applicants
and
was one of the people who screened him,” said Thumell. “I I
.
.
.
and
was
it
progression
The Value of Learning
opened that surprise box found my life's beginthe special books that had inspired me throughout high school, college and university. The Ministry of Education has explored the need for a more general education. “Do we really need a plumber who has read I
I
ask. Retrieving
my
copy of Hamlet plus books such as Le Petit Prince and Roman Mytholog y. I was struck by how much these pages have influenced my life. To be or not to be? To read or not to read?
I
chose
to read
and today cherish what
I
hopes
definitely
get a job out of
he’ll
But, he said
this.
even
if he doesn’t, “Fox won’t look so bad on a resume.”
continued from Page 1
Journalism program changing to include broadcasting courses Dietz said to
it
will benefit students
have summers
will
off, since
they
be able to earn money for
students are taking 30 hours per
week and
a demanding
that’s
new workload
workload. The
will
school, yet also return to college
be 20 hours per week,” said Dietz.
with students from their previous
“We are looking at more hours devoted to writing in courses that
semester.
In
the
current set-up,
he’s also nervous.
courses are not always available
already exist, and hopefully more
suppose there’s a level of nervousness with any big move, but it’s going to be cool to be so far away. It’ll definitely be a life
for each semester, but she said that
writing practice.”
“I
problem
will
be eliminated in the
new program’s
design.
“In the compressed program.
As
for drawbacks, Dietz
with only one intake,
said
students
all
“They
will graduate in June.
will
same
at the
else
in
journalism across the province
is
looking for jobs.”
there
be positive and
will
negative aspects to the upcoming
changes.
Although
Wilhelm
learned.
When
students complain about having to read beyond their immediate discipline, wonder if they are missing out. Jobs, money and a diploma/certificate alone do not a person make. In answer to the question about the well read plumber, say "yes". While talking with my plumber recently about theories of learning, asked where he had obtained his certificate. was glad he answered "Conestoga". Read broadly and if it touches you, hold on to that book. Years from now, you may find memories in some old box and be glad. I
said
six
semesters should give students
more time
and earn money
to learn
all
Hamlet?" skeptics
logical
of this placement, but the experience he’ll get is going to add to an already good resume.
feel I
nings:
a
Semester-five, compressedprogram journalism students Lisa Wilhelm and Jaime Clark also
Thanks, Dad. That extra box you slipped in when packed up the Christmas gifts was the best gift. My father was cleaning out the basement and probably realized I'd never volunteer to take my old school books.
When
the
would go
he
that
have to look for jobs time as everyone
COUNSELLOR’S CORNER:
at
out
somewhere interesting.” Thumell said he doesn’t know if Van Beek is going to get a job out
Van Beek
screen
he was not
co-op in California. “Last year, he did work with
student.
“We
that
when he found Van Beek had taken
initiative to
very
a great
he had the
surprised
that
supportive.
years,
that
right stuff.”
mother has asked him only once why he couldn’t have done something closer to home.
three
has been flourishing since
Skybridge Telecom operates in conjunction with Metronet
experience.”
play-by-play instead.”
Van Beek
its
(Photo by Lisa Wilhelm)
“I’m a big sports fan. When we were little, we would play hockey on a tennis court, but I would always do the
broadcasting since
Little
program and the Computer Shop occupy
West,
They have been very helpful and patient and like any other parent, they just want the best for me.” Mike Thumell, co-ordinator of the broadcasting program and one of Van Beek’s teachers for the past
said he’s very anxious to go. “I’ve known I wanted to be in
marketing
September conception.
for California
Van Beek, who has already worked on the Gemini Awards with CBC, New Year’s Eve at Niagara Falls with BBS, Molson Leaf Hockey with Global and the annual Mother’s Day TV telethon,
distance telephone service that
long-
raui van Beek, a third-year broadcasting student, was to leave on Jan. 2 for his co-op placement at Fox Sports
to California,
only blocks away from Sunset Boulevard, to start his co-op placement at Fox Sports West.
MiKe brown
belt.
specializing
the
only going the extra mile, but an few thousand miles. On Jan.
store
another notch to his business
a
take
Third-year television-broadcasting student Paul Van Beek is not
Now, as the shop, located 380 King St. N., Waterloo, plans to relocate to a more spacious building, Brown has added
Telecom,
who
go the extra mile, friends and family
behind.
to celebrate its first anniversary.
with
to
leaving their
Brown, a third-year businessmarketing student at Conestoga College, was featured in the July 20 edition of Spoke as 1116 Little
Teamed
students
initiative
limit.
for tuition, she added:
have liked
job, but I’m glad
I
got
done with, too.” Clark expressed opinion.
would
“I
have had a summer
to
“I think
it
over and
a
it’s
similar
good
it
will
be spread out over three years as it gives more time to learn. It’s
jammed
now and
right
then we’re
pushed out the door. But
I
am
I
I
I
glad to get over and done with, too.
“However, deterred
if
I it
course, because
program to
to
would have been was a three-year I
expect a college
be shorter.
spend three years
would have chosen
If I
wanted
(in school), I
university.”