System upload
crashes
network By Elizabeth Sackrider One by one
computers
the
displayed error messages.
And
members of
one by one the
staff
Spoke began
to panic
as
the
pages of the week’s newspaper disappeared.
of
afternoon
early
the
In
Feb. 17, Conestoga experienced glitch server computer a
Spoke lab 4B15,
affecting the Room 2Aj22,
Jennifer Stager, a first-year student in the ocxiupational therapy assistant and physio-therapy assistant program, takes a dive at the polar plunge on Feb. 1 8. (Photo by Eileen Diniz)
Room 2A.10, aiad. the entire third-floor computer system.
Computer
services admitted the
problem was their fault. “We were uploading a new image for 2A19 and new software,” said
Wayne Hewitt,
of
the college’s computer services.
“We
just shut
server)
(the
it
down.” The problem took about 20 minutes to fix after computer
Chedc outMardi
was a
services realized there
tiavdfeatiins.
“It
to participate in the 18th annual
The
wouldn’t talk to anybody after
Polar Bear Plunge to help raise
water
that.”
approximately $1,500 for the
Becky
Heart and Stroke Foundation.
Student Association’s director
100 per
to
said Hewitt.
2A22,
lab
in
the
computers were crashing just as
According to Clayfield, the
11
about what was going on with their
Some
computers.
of the
students experienced problems
logging on or off their computer or the computer just shut
“They
I
(the
like little
students) looked
gophers popping their
heads up,” she -Li
-
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1
I
down.
“Everyone
said.
was asking everybody else what was going on.” Clayfield said the problem was frustrating. One minute she was working away and the next was “After the
fifth
time
I tried to
i I
on campus
log
in, I
was ready
to put
my fist
through the computer,” she
said.
assistant
The
students
who
for the Winterfest
asked
were
to
getting
’99 event
pants sliding
collect
a
minimum
J
See Network
.
.
.
Page 15
down a wet banana
This
the
fifth
year
Conestoga College students have donated to the Heart and
participate in the plunge.
Stroke
“I think it’s pretty cool
and
is
Foundation,
said
Conestoga has raised over
involved in school events,” said
during
It
Shantz
onlooker
Sarah
first-year
early
a
childhood
education student.
event
was
almost
cancelled this year because of the
low water levels
campus pond.
in
the
Instead
the
already
$12,000
the various campaigns.
The plunge started out as fun, then it became a fund-raising event for the Doon campus elevator and then it became a heart
and stroke
fund-raiser.
The plunge got even
when
jump
in fully dressed.
“The anchor said we’ll donate $10 if you jump in, so he did,” said Boertien.
Erin Marshall, a first-year law
who
student
security
participated in the plunge, said
she has never done
it
before but
was fun and she would
it
definitely
do
again.
it
“It is for the
Heart and Stroke
Foundation which
good cause,”
“My
a
is
really
Marshall.
said
grandpa died of heart
why
Mel McShane,
did
it.”
education
early
childhood
student,
was hoping
in the
I
first-year
a
to take part
plunge but forgot to bring
a change of clothes.
Boertien.
gets people
kind of neat.
to
disease and that’s
fun of soap and water.
pledge of $10 to take on Thursday, Feb. 18. Every year 20 to 30 students part
organizers decided to modify
worse?
The
sprinkler.
event ended with the partici-
Bryan Bambrick dared
student
and
signed up
j
[
Doon
the
life.
snow through a
program.
The
total chaos.
Boertien,
and physio-therapy
Jennifer Stager, a student in the
students in the lab were confused
said
course,
obstacle
of student
to survive a
proceeded to run over ice and
journalism
student Angela Clayfield.
had
occupational therapy assistant
“Everything was messed up,”
second-year
students
They had to jump into a small swimming pool filled with ice cold water and fetch a penny out Then they of the bottom.
and this something seemed pretty crazy to me,” said
said
is;^iaBa.v<s.AfHr»o.
needed to do
crazy
they were upstairs.
-
“I thought I
interviewing Conestoga College
him
patio.
“The server went
R»IGE8
if hold and main cafeteria by the
event
the
Twenty-two brave souls dared
Down
1
Eileen Diniz
outside the
cent usage,”
'•t-
By
complication.
PN3^9
iJCfTj''
Polar plunge freezing frenzy
a
CKCO
“I can’t
because
do I
it
which
McShane. “Now them back.” All
is
crappy
got pledges,” said I
participants
have to give received a
sweatshirt and had a chance to join one of the Sponsorship Clubs. Their rewards are based
crazier
on
anchor
money
the
amount
raised.
of
pledge
Page 2
— SPOKE, March
8,
1999
NEWS
Local transit By Jaime Clark Deregulation of Ontario’s bus
per
which may happen as
way
for
public
a
willing to pre-pay $164
semester
for
the
service,
which would have been provided by Toshmar, a private bus line. “Now that the politicians seem
early as next January, could clear
the
service
Cambridge
to
be involved, as well as the actu-
for making transportation Cambridge students travelling to
al
bus
Conestoga College much
“But,
linking Kitchener and
For
decades,
easier.
over
little.”
said
routes,
Waterloo Record
Kitchener-
a
like there is
said
that
it is
Fletcher.
we should
going to happen.
maybe we have
think
to
push
it
a
While the motivation to get a between the two cities
provincial Transportation Minister in
seems
don’t think
I
I
inter-city
it
support,”
assume
carriers
private
lines,
some
have been granted exclusive rights
Tony Clement
transit link
seems
article.
be
to
booming
the
Trentway- Wager currently holds
mega-stores and businesses in the
the licence for coach service along
Gateway and Sportsworld Park areas, the bus service would cut
the
Highway
8 corridor between
down on
Kitchener and Hamilton, with a
The
cost for
$22.47 for
10 bus
stop in Cambridge.
students
is
transportation costs and
Conestoga students coming from Cambridge. “It doesn’t bother me what is
time
tickets.
Jack Fletcher, director of student
for
bus
initiating the interest (in the
Jack Fletcher, director of student and recreation services, says the college needs to keep putting on the pressure to get a bus service from Cambridge to Conestoga College. (Photo by Jaime Clark)
(Conestoga
Doon,
service).
has been trying to get a bus
College)
Cambridge residents since a survey he had conducted revealed 72 per cent of Cambridge students would use a bus service on a daily basis. Fletcher took those results as a positive sign and arranged to meet with those
contribute to the welfare of this
impossible for Topping, a second-
whole
year accoimting student, to
and recreation services
at
service for
We’re a
and
too
business
area,” said Fletcher. “We’re
economy
just as important to the
box
as the
who
students
attended the Nov. 19
and said he has spent
service
it
and
hours
often
is
it
make
on time. be honest. I’m not
pleased with
wish
I
was
it
really
(Trentway-Wager).
it
a
more
little
said a transit link between
governors
“Right now,
it
takes almost two
between
with
until
March
1
1
to get their
m
following elections, includes four internal
members of which
three are faculty
and one
is
a
The remaining are members and
student.
external
of people from the
consist
community. Faculty elected to the board
will
and not a particular interest group they may represent
Members
no odt^
receive
begin Sept
1999 and
1,
expenses meunred
members '^are „
also
^
responsible to continiW until the
^
'
end of the term even
if
expecting to graduate within j
members must
resign
from the board if their employment at the college ceases during their term on the
1999-2000
the
^ j
I
budget
was
school
main
the
discussion at the
year,
topic
of
DSA
16
Feb.
for
meeting.
Jenn
Lists
of nominees are posted
members include enforcement
March 22 and April 7
of college by-laws and conflict
tion day. All college employees
of
and full-time and part-time
attendance
at
all
scheduled
board meetings and attendance at other
board events.
must
also
Members
respect
the
confidence of the board unless the information has been
public
at
made
an open meeting.
Members
bring a constituent
perspective to the deliberations
he
said
of
vice-president
operations,
i
went
over
is
elec-
stu-
budget
with
the
changes
upcoming school
on
money
the
he
said.
thinks
the
means
“Our
change
big fee
“(It)
and
April
16
the
council
last
year
it’s
up
reason
for to
was
revenue,”
was
the said
budgeted
$210,000 $230,000.
in
the bus service established.
Maryann and
for
is
DSA,
myself, or the
go
to
to city
council and present the petition,” Aaid FletcKer.
do the petition,
it
viable option for the
might be a
DSA
to take
on a similar task. “You have to do something to keep the pressure on,” said Fletcher.
the
wrong number of
students
in
past
We
believe
sec.
to
this
is
estimate.”
budgets.
more
of
an
accurate
down because
rates
and bar
wages, which did
not
included
staff
were reduced
were
beforehand,
exist
budgeted
bar
so
in,
staff
could be hired for licensed events.
The executive
DSA
the
also re-evaluated
manager
office
position and
decided to hire a
for
full-time promotions co-ordinator.
the
The
job
DSA is looking into receiving prof-
new
promotions
its
because
pubs,
orientation
from cash
and the budget
bars,
for orientation kits,
were
orientation didn’t
which
put
why
and
into
and
kits
said
be
year.
time
well,”
sell
will
upcoming
of
lot
longer be used.
we changed that is wc were working with
is
revenue
increased
the
to explain
candidates and posts results
community
changes
big
and
because
for the college
Other
The
of regents announces successful
that
going to try
is
“A money
Hussey.
9
within
said
and have more licensed events.
non-existent in the
student
Ballots are counted April
based
year,
spent
DSA
the
Hussey
behind
reason
the
a
$4,000
a
to
budget.
different areas during this school
diploma
arc eligible to vote.
for
budget
$ 1 ,000
proposed
from
went
year.
dents enrolled in a program of instniction leading to a
made
be
to
which
sales,
that
Hussey,
the
guidelines,
Topping
us,”
Another change included beer proposed
throughout the college.
interest/role
interested
wa-s
organizing a petition to try and get
Lisa Wilhelm
The
they are
that time.
By
executive, pointing out significant
board
meeting,
out '^pproved board businei^. ^^Stttdent
the
of
something out with
two-hour bus rides to school.
Nomination forms are available on bulletin boards
Re.sponsibilitics
deal,
we gave them a they would work if
bus pass system implemented.
board.
1999 and end Aug. 31,2000.
imagine
“I’d
current situation, which
elected will serve a one-year 1,
9
Student Association (DSA)
Fletcher said if Wasilka doesn’t
p.m.
successful. Topping hopes to see a
end Aug. 31, 2002. The student term, which will begin Sept.
of
at the Feb.
biggest budget change
than out-of-pocket and travel
Faculty
serve a three-year term, which
group
a
concerned citizens
Student fee revenue
responsibility is to the students
additional compensation
The board, wluch is appointed by the eouncil of regents
are
cities
represented
understanding,
the
however, that their primary
nominations
two
the
Maryaim Wasilka,
Fletcher said
who
“The idea
Currently,
good
improve bus links
If efforts to
deadline nears
Conestoga's board of governors
service if the bus service doesn’t
option for students travelling to
Kitchener,” he said.
of
taxi
from a friend on days when
hours to ride from Cambridge to
mcmbns
Topping suggested the college
Cambridge Transit has a deal with Cambridge City Cab to cover the bus routes after 6
Doon.
discourages people from coming to Conestoga.
Doon
the current service.”
be a cheaper and more convenient
he has an 8:30 a.m. class. Trentway buses run about every
Students and faculty mterest-
“I’m just not happy with
said.
on
letter outlining their preferences for pickup spots and times.
ed in becoming
he
happen.
rides
Melissa Dietrich
students and you have to be 17
Kitchener and Cambridge would
portation costs and has to rely
of
don’t
approximately $1,000 in trans-
showed up for the meeting on Nov. 19 and only 1 1 people filled out a
Board
(Cambridge)
work something out with a
frequent,” he said.
He
“They
recognize university and college
years old to get the student rate,”
to his class “I’ll
meeting, uses the Trentway- Wager,
Unfortunately, only three people
two
stores are.”
Trevor Topping, one of three
students to iron out the details.
have
possibility
Conestoga needed 54 students
who were industry,
a
link
the
they
Hussey
the kits will
no
not
membership expenses
conferences,
all
fees
were
and
budgeted
travel last
year.
Insurance
considered
24-hour
were budgeted
at
week
The to
the
least
a
was
job,
executive
create
and
a
decided
full-time
part-time
position position
from one full-time position so that
work this
past will be
that
year
done
been
hasn’t
and
years
in
in the future.
Other items on the agenda includ-
ed
the
elections
update
and new wooden storage that are being
fees
be
to
a
of
co-ordinator,
discussed.
done
Conference fees were increased
because
description
DSA office.
units
purchased for the
SPOKE, Feb.
NEWS
1,
1999
— Page 3
Consistency is the key
DSA
looks at hiring part-time promotions co-ordinator Hussey isn’t ruling out the possiof hiring a student for this
By Jaime Clark
bility
position, but she said she thinks a
The Doon Student Association (DSA) has created a new position on their executive and amalgamated the responsibilities of some of
non-student would be more approsince that person
priate
have to attend
Jeim Hussey, vice-president of operations, said the majority of
the jobs currently held
by students
would
activities
during the day and evening.
She said the
the existing jobs.
DSA
all
same
the
person,
said
Hussey.
“We want somebody who fits in said Hussey. “We want
here,”
(him/her) to be part of the team
and possibly breathe new hfe
into
us.”
DSA also wanted to
develop this position to create
some consistency
with
in the executive
office.
Hussey said the DSA is looking someone with new and alternative promotional and marketing ideas who can come up with more effective ways of advertising for for
on the executive, like the president and vice-president positions, will remain the same. The public relations manager position, currently held Jessica by
the student planner which the
Umblandt, will be turned into a
DSA
part-time position, which will be
of each school year.
process.
official
The plan is for the DSA to make some long-term contacts with
begin that process by next month
would be promotions co-
outside sources and to ensure that
offered
to
people
outside
Conestoga College. The job
title
of
The promotions co-ordinator would be responsible for overseeing the promotions assistants as well as recruiting advertisers for
distributes at the beginning
these contacts are always in touch
ordinator.
APiCS hoids
the executive.
The new
position
has to be
still
DSA
approved by the
and the board of directors before the executive can begin the hiring
Hussey said she hopes she can and have someone hired before May.
DSA
Jenn Hussey,
says the develop some
vice-president of operations,
creation of the promotions co-ordinator job
will
consistency
(Photo by Jaime Clark)
in
the executive office.
appreciation night
Students grab opportunity to network with industry By Jeanette
Everall
Obsolescence was the focus of the speech given to materials man-
agement students attending the American Production annual Inventory
(APICS)
Society Controlstudent appreciation
He kept the audience involved using examples and quotes.” The eveniijg was also an opportunity for students like Laurin who went to the event to network with some of the 45
professionals
who
“Students had the
Guest speaker Dick Verbeek CPIM, CIRM, of Performance Plus Consultants, told the 35
on a one-on-one
meeting, the infor-
faculty
member
encouraged to get involved with
APICS, which offers training to its members on the latest business management concepts and
were in attendance. “It’s
like the perfect interview.
better than a 10 or 15 minute
ing allows future employers to get a better idea of who you are
was
did his speech.
APICS
with
professionals,
to
is
a wine and
held at the
Dpon campus.
be an
It
will
materials
opportunity
for
management
students to
meet with and learn about summer employment opportuni-
professionals ties.
Ereutmund Csmatia^
make
As
said networking at the meet-
MEET THE TOP DOG.
for networking, Bernard said
she was happy with the ratio of students to professionals
interview,” said Laurin.
He
student
executive members,
the opportunity to increase contact
their jobs.
me
way he
by
be
to
materialssaid faculty member
contacts for class projects and to learn from professionals about
It’s
the
are
chapter meetings gives students
mation was not new, but he said at least Verbeek made it interesting. “I was impressed - he didn’t put to sleep,” said Laurin. “It
materials
program
association and attending parent
For Chris Laurin, a third-year student
the
in
promotion
cheese
March 25 from 5-7 p.m.
She said being involved with the
basis,”
inventory in Ontario.
more
Students
network on a one-on-one basis,” she said, adding the good turnout is a result of a pro-active student chapter and increased support and interest from first-year students. One of this year’s events, plaimed
Jennifer Bernard.
Jennifer Bernard
obsolescence was the leading problem facing professionals in
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Thefts at Conestoga sad reflection of society There
is
College have been broken into and
something wrong
with
when
society
to
from
steal
is
it
afford to replace.
the taking
Kitchener, a police officer
walks
a
by the
first thief
argue
that
in their car, but
I
lunch or a car
in thinking that
what
in
busy
a
parking
the
I
am
naive
leave in
I
because
it
is
missed out on learning right from wrong.
Stealing at Conestoga doesn’t stop at the parking
lot.
A journalism student had her camera stolen right out of the
find the fact that cars in the
parking lots here at Conestoga
now
skis
being
are
but
I
people
can’t the thieves themselves get
cars only to find their car has
been
jobs and live within their means? So, what is the problem?
When
Sometimes *I think people are just
to
possessions
stolen. is
ridiculous.
(5).
I’m
not
1 If
$62.2 million.
The resulting strain on government resources which,
of
and motivation, and I feel my program has
continue repaying their loans if tliey decTaic banlsruptcy.
prepared me to face the challenges of a rewarding career as a
every last cent
journalist.
from both
But, for
neglect
AIDS
support
Waterloo
you stop and wonder what our government is thinking when they
Region residents
make such a
could get the virus
is
that
unless
federal
reinstated
for
is
education
AIDS Committee
programs. The
of
funding
local
Kitchener,
Waterloo
and
Cambridge is appealing a decision by Health Canada to cut approximately $105,000 in annual funding as of March 1
Given
less than three
months
to
with the cut, the decision came as a total surprise to the deal
drastic decision that
going to affect such a worthy
cause.
AIDS
causes
other
have also been denied funding. Something like this really makes
more
group,
15
And
it
also
makes you
wonder where the money cut from AIDS education is going to go probably into areas that definitely don’t need
We
are
it.
curing this
research to find a cure,
We
money
is
give the victims
hope of survival, and then
pull the
hope eventually gives these
false
it
pesky
completely.
you.
So
here’s
my
suggestion
-
great,
^ut
and taken
if
it’s
right
going to be given
away
again, what’s
the point? It will unnecessarily upset a lot of people.
my
opinion. Health
down and their decision to make There are many other should
sit
Canada
reconsider
his
Let
name
is
name
me introduce
OSAP.
my
I
commend
who
understand
friend,
little
my reluctance to graduate - let me fill
I
you
in
on a not-so-fiinny story
spout
in the first place.
counter this by
I
everyone
may seem
that
a
little
education
permitted,
ability to live at
It is
money, many people are going to from the decision, a fatal one at that. suffer
student
is
$25,000.
According
number
ever-increasing
to
of
the article,
the
post-secondary
SPOKE
Ironically,
is
now
graduates
face
the threat of living in poverty to felt
would
way of life.
Maybe
that hard earned diploma degree will have to serve double duty as a testimony of ‘the
or
haves’ and the as
I
pay back
‘I
will have as
this
damn
soon
loan.’
mainly funded from September
Student Association (DSA).
SPOKE
difficult to survive in this
create a better
of
while
world, even with an education.
pay back what they
approximate debt for a
home
college or university.
far-fetched to you, don’t be so
Because
be
family background, finances, or
sure.
tuition, the
I feel
should
regardless of their
these cuts.
important that probably don’t need funds. If they do cut the
an
to
M out-of-town student,
this
things less
the
saying that
entitled
is
education.
attending
While
eyes and judgments
surrounding the wisdom of amassing such an incredible debt
Apparently
astronomical debt loads as a result of post-secondary education are going into hiding.
scared
roll their
forth
the
facing
have borrowed of government to
I
levels
of the standard of living I will face as a result.
read in the Record on Feb. 20. students
even
fully intend to repay
my education, I am
further
As
For those of you
I
Some may
far as to
learning without the help of
stop
with the false hope already. If the funding is going to be given, then
gone so
For those of you who have made through these hallowed halls of
people nothing to look forward to, causing them to give up
In
closer to
dreaded disease, a disease that has already claimed the lives of millions of people all over the world. But after money is put into withdrawn.
rug out from under them. The
—
buzzing
fly
little
can’t
I
While
my Chardonnay.
little critter.
you
About
education,
I’ve even
the
the benefits of a
all
the
around in
Cuts to AIDS funding incroasos risk
ultimately falls on to the taxpayer,
has led to the implementation of a policy that forces students to
wonderful
organizations in Ontario
just too
aspirations
-
organization.
is
Don’t get me wrong. I’m
I
-
AIDS
around you. bad that we are victims here because there is nothing we can do, unless we want It
students defaulting on loans is at an all-time high, translating into 23.5 per cent of students owing
to
full
veteran
in the people
graduation.
.
a
worst feeling in the
and seek’
looking forward
It
the
is
debt has
to ‘hide
P|eoS6'
1
It
world to be robbed of the tiniest possession because it robs you of something else - respect and trust
why
steal,
reason for such
behaviour.
grads resorting
p aI to
thieves
OSAP
0
legitimate
snowboard or even for that set of current CDs. If the victims of these heartless crimes, can work for the that $ 1 ,000
tfreir
me,
be the rush a thief gets while committing the crime. Whatever it is, 1 cannot come up with any
if thieves ever wonder hard someone had to work to
pay for
>
According
be
wonder
how
S 1
must
there
wander around trying remember where they parked
This, to
getting lazy and their greed takes over and they steal to fulfill their wants. Other times 1 think it must
such a
something wrong.
and snowboards
stolen,
in
people-oriented
atmosphere,
in
there.
Not only
watch for thieves
friendly,
Chicopee Ski Club
at
a police officer needs to be hired to
walks the “Chicopee beat” every Thursday through Sunday because of all the theft that has occurred
my
mine.
line these thieves
I
guess
car, will stay there
somewhere along
lot,
people
shouldn’t leave anything of value
fourth grader’s
Out
who
by.
Some
others.
Whether
Valuable or not, whatever was was not left in cars, free for
stolen
people feel the
need
newsroom. It’s an expensive piece of equipment that she cannot
people’s things stolen disgusting.
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SPOKE, March.
8,
1999
— Page 5
Streeter
vandalism out of control
Is
By Cariy Benjamin Vandalism
becoming
is
a
reoccurring problem at Conestoga College.
A
significant
number of posters
Doon
promoting
(DSA)
Association
elections
agreed there
for other students’ property.
were altered in an manner and negative messages were scrawled across
belongings.
pictures
“There
unflattering
more
them.
Student
the
staff
the
at
a
Millen,
Tricia
first-year
“The walk-safe volunteers give
these acts of vandalism should be severely punished,” said Farood
Subhanally, a Conestoga student.
“Then students might think twice
have also been in contact with the
who
about committing such an act in
now
are
the future.”
conducting patrols in and around
Tricia Millen, a first-year student
in
But Hunter said they everywhere
be
can’t
at once.
many
more active role. “The security should be conducting more patrols,” she said. “We pay a large amount of fees at thi s college and I think that should
The majority of students polled random survey at Conestoga on Feb. 18 agreed more security cameras were needed and suggested security staff should perform more patrols around the school, rain or shine.
Nezezon,
a
electronic-
obvious lack of respect for others, that is the root
security
cameras “There
are
an
is
first
Joan
coimect with the content in the book
Magazine,
student
study
workshop on
skills
a
effective
textbook reading on Tuesday, Feb. 16,
3:30 p.m. in 2D13.
at
was SQ4R, a system of text-
book reading
that
Magazine suggest-
ed may save a student a
lot
of time
in
SQ4R,
wMe they are studying. The
steps
meaningful to them, she
The next step in surveying the book to see how the book is laid out.
Although the preface is often skipped, can be valuable to the student to see
it
how the author intends the book to be looking
After
book,
to the
at
the
skip
see if there
to
of
front
should
students
back
is
es saying
come
it is
into student servic-
taking them a long time
looking up the terminology in a dictionary, while not noticing there is
surveying the textbook, questioning,
glossary in the
reading,
said.
and
recording
reviewing
the
Surveying the textbook means look-
how
about.
then
tents to get learn,
a sense of what you will
said Magazine.
each
unit
inspiration
Go
through
gain
to
and to get a big picture of
the course, she suggested. It
also
helps
the
student
to
be surveyed. The student
it
should
author’s objectives
said to
to
and
up,
set
is
he/she
ch^ter summary
is
to
a
already,” she
should look through the chapter to see
ing at the
book to see what it’s all Look through the table of con-
book
Qiapters are the next area of the
book
material.
textbook
John Nezezon, a first-year electronics-engineering technician student.
Photos by Cariy Benjamin
and Conestoga
experience
tighter security.”
not a mystery book,
you
where
to the
want
don’t
to
back. to find out the
ending,” said Magazine.
SQ4R
in
is
the next
but
is
it
closely related to surveying.
As
the
student surveys he/she are already is
important,
and what
needs
he/she
to
leam. If the student’s text has questions to
read
the
see what the
of the chapter
Magazine.
focus the student
This
when
are,
helps he/she
reading through the chapter so
he/she can concentrate
on the
learn-
Steps
answer then they should be
three,
reading, reciting,
section
own
and
saying
it
read but will help to retain the infor-
Reciting
mation for a longer period of time.
mind by
is
what
stopping
in
Studying will be shorter, and you
is
should only have to read a chapter
and
once,” said Magazine.
this
tive
Reviewing
While the student he/she
,
out loud. is
doing
putting the information into
long-term
his/her
what
Recording
is
memory. important
is
the last step in effec-
textbook reading. Eighty per cent
of
detail
is
forgotten
within one day after a one-hour learning experience.
basis
When a student has finished reading
should not be done by highhghting
through a chapter he/she should scan
whole
by
the notes to get a bird’s-eye view of
highhghting enough key words that
the various ideas and their relation-
on
a
section-by-section
sentences
the student can
and recording are
the key words.
closely related. Instead, of reading a
a time, read each
saying
involves
your
five,
four
at
individually.
important
Questioning the material step
the iong run
whole chapter is
read first.
or effective textbook reading, include
reciting,
a
glossary of terms.
“Students
“A
asking what
used, said Magazine.
to read a chapter because they are
involved
get
would have
in
ing objectives.
flip
said.
is
the
The method she taught the two participants
become
will
time.
services counsellor, vriio conducted
Linda Nyitara, a third-year materials-management student
save time
skills
You should never have to read an entire chapter more than once, said
of the problem.”
a third-year
materials-management student, offered a unique suggestion. “LASA students should get involved and patrol the school, it would benefit both parties,” she said. “The LASA students would
-
they may already know so the content
textbook the
Farood Subhanally, a Conestoga College student.
agreed with the majority.
“More
Surveying the exam time study peri-
Anne Macrobbi,
engineering techni cian program,
needed,” he said.
us to a safe enviroiunent.”
entitle
first-year
the
in
suggested security to
existing
take a
in a
student
program,
getting the
This raises concerns for
John
computer-programmer
the
analyst
students.
od begins with the way you read your
third-year
management
materials student.
us our extra eyes and ears,” said
first-year
Anne Macrobbi, a
who commit
“I think the people
regional police,
By Sarah Thomson
Other students suggested putting the authorities.
the parking lots.
Study
security
analyst.
Security officials at Conestoga
Counsellor says
more
computer-programmer
Hunter.
technician.
first-year
electronic-
the guilty parties in the hands of
through Thursday.
electronic-engineering
a
the
in
would be beneficial. “Maybe Spoke will help by shining a spotlight on the issue,” he said.
security supervisor,
security
by stepping up patrols around the college and notifying the walk safe program, which runs Monday
Tony Laudano, a
Laudano,
suggested
also
college has tried to be observant
student.
could catch people in
officers
A1 Himter, said
were
if there
engineering technician program,
student
outrage.
a third-year
we
Tony
for student
sparked
has
respect for others’
Maybe
the act,” she said.
student
The lack of respect property
is little
security cameras around the
school
Security has reported a rash of car break-ins and vandalism to
management
a lack of respect
is
have been defaced. Candidates’
vehicles at the college.
Linda Nyitara, materials
Conestoga?
at
“It
takes
but
go back and study just
ships.
Students should check their
memory by covering up the notes and a
little
longer
to
trying to recall the
main
points.
SPOKE, March
•aue 6
8,
1999
STUDENT
LIFE
Japanese students experience Canadian iifestyie for two weeks By Neven Mujezinovic
college planning and international
in-class
education at Conestoga.
student client services building from
lessons
taught
group of 12 Japanese on the Nova Academy
educational institutions met at a
English teacher Chris Buuck.
program arrived at Conestoga . ollege on Feb. 13.
Canadian education fair in Osaka and have been working on bring-
4:30 p.m.,
!
he
first
students
Conestoga :
is
one of 20 colleges
universities worldwide,
lid
which
Representatives
over
ing
has a hosting agreement with the
since. “It’s
The
is
on
focus
will
learning English and experiencing
an overseas e.\
lifestyle
change during
and
cultural
their two- week
stay. is
one of Japan’s
foremost foreign language schools
some
with
220,000
students,
currently enrolled.
fhe
between
collaboration
Conestoga College and the Nova
Academy began
in
Larry Rechsteiner,
1996,
says
director
of
two
English
and
9 a.m. to 12 p.m., by Conestoga
The second
which
activities
forth.
We
visits
back
have finally put
it
This
is
the first in a series of
groups of Japanese students
come
who
to Conestoga.
have been
visit to the
activities include a shopping mall, a nature
walk, a visit to the Toyota plant
and
ice skating.
improvement of language
skills,
should be arriving in the summer. They will start in mid-July
insight into the
and go through
that
till
mid-September.
Nova Academy
program concept
The
first
the
is
third
component. Each student is hosted by a Canadian family, which should provide not only further
Another group of 12 is expected in March, while five groups
parts.
will
p.m. to
1
of related
covered during the day’s lessons.
Homestay
into place,” says Rechsteiner.
The
from
part,
consists
Some of these taken three years, with com-
plan to
Nova Academy
interested
munication and some
offered.
students
the
language students from Japan ever
academy where English language training
of
the
at
their
English
but also offer an
Canadian
lifestyle.
All these elements should ensure
the
overseas
enjoyable
consists
of three
experience
part
involves
Rechsteiner.
students
and in
have
an
John tells
enriching
Canada,
Daly, a representative of the University of Western Sydney, students about studying in Australia. (Photo by Neven Mujezinovic)
says
Western offers
degree and good time *
By Neven Mujezinovic sky-rocket
Representatives
of University of ^’cstem
in
Olympic
the
upon
held a presentauon to
the
makkg
a
stu_|__ ...
Cone Ron Kelly, pre.sident of KO^ Jocal company
Olympic image. “Lock yotffi' rent to for a
tarnished
hs
',Univemty of
Chang
ifUWS). explained i:vemty
is
advised,'
made
'
UWS
said
year”;
IliiSil'
intematiotsal
.student enrolment is b^eea 10 of threeg-and 12 per '^tThis, she sai4 .Ntpea^vC ,boo^ die iihage and
that the uni-
'up "
entitle:
'
provides iydiffet^ti
A
group of
in
front of the student services building.
1
2 Japanese students from the Nova
Academy program poses
with Larry Rechsteiner
(Photo ^ by Neven Mujezinovic)^
®
Uwe Li||e, a Nepean, started <mt
UWS
has
^general
recently
agreement
i-Ontario colleges,
DSA
Elections '99 Unofficial Results
^oppot international
signed
^Chaag. “Wei
with
^".|Enrichin|'.‘’
^lactsets
Steve Coiman, Vice President of Student Affairs Eiect Jennifer Harron, Vice President of
Education Eiect
John '
the
odter^
and
'complete your
cvnicgc;
local
uuiversuies ua$y map
|ed.frii
pm^^iisNdi
Sdl
^diploma^and
[e|
the third year of that area of Lilje.
Tt
“EaCh^^
quali^is measured-
for academic
About 30 students attended the
]enn Hussey, Vice President of Operations Eiect
% w
Idacasrpl
transfer.”
Elect
said
ktibi^it is quite
The
study (at UWS),*’ said
Menage, President
C
general frainewoik'\)(i1hin
takes the uncertainty out of the
Ellen
with
lay
Isy
and
session
asked
the
research,
oh die
of and
basis
perfbrraance
contributions to peer-reviewed
representatives questions. Thition
refereed literature,” said Daly.
ranges from $9,500 to $12,000 a
In
Kelly
is
year.
said
many
students will need approximately $20,000 for one year of study. There are various housing
more
arrangements,
a
said
Ester
Chang, a representative from Hawkesbury. Students can live on their own or rent bungalowtype
houses
and
share
accommodation costs. Nepean delegate, Peter Topper reminded prospective students tlie
in
2000 Olympics will be held Sydney and housiitg
arrangements .should be made
areas,
he sai4
ahead”
“streets
established
UWS
of
Australian r, -
universities.
Kelly emphasized drat
new and
institution.
UWS
is
vigorously growing:
“Degrees
to the market,”
stu%
:
the:
he
am
tailored
said. “It’s
not a
imivereity.”
\
>;
The studenh from Conestoga
who
UWS
are cunently studying are
all
,
at,,
enjoying their stay
“down under,” said Kelly. Ttk a great way to have a
year-
long vacation and get a degree on the side.” said Topper.
SPOKE, March
8,
— Page 7
1999
Education is freedom says 1995 graduate By Janet Wakutz
“I
know Val
where
When the
light at the
is
ever get a glimpse of it, gfaduates
may be what
view of
able to give a
end looks
that
like.
and
because I’ve been through that I’ll know how to encourage her and give her tips like getting the support of a good friend,” she
end of the growing dim, and students are wondering if they’ll
tunnel
will reach a point
she’ll question herself
said. .
Volhner said money was
tight
Karen Vollmer, says “Education is freedom, it changes you as a
while she was a student and trips to McDonald’s with three children resulted in them choosing
person.”
between
Social services graduate,
The 1991 graduate says she had worked in manufacturing but
“My
fries
or a drink.
greatest
moment
after
When
graduating was (the children) turning their faces up and asking ‘what can we get?’ and being able
ready
to say ‘anything
started dreading going to work.
her youngest child was for school she started looking for a new career. The day Vollnier
started
was
College her day
Conestoga
at
same
the
youngest
started
kindergarten.
“One of my biggest worries about going to school was the kids,” she says, but looking back she says she spent more time with them while she was in school than while working. Vollmer recently asked her children, now age 19, 17 and almost 15, what they remember from when she was in college. “They remember celebrating my accomplishments with me,” she says. She remembers their school journals containing records of her academic accomplishments.
Her oldest child, Val, had said she would go to Conestoga too and is
now
in her
second semester of
Before starting classes, Vollmer all the study groups offered by student services because she knew she needed every edge. says she attended
“I think the biggest things that
me
through were time management, support of family, got
and teachers, positive
friends
thinking and believing in myself,”
she said.
Volhner says her husband was very supportive, helping with household tasks and being more involved with their children. “It strengthened our marriage,” she said, adding her going back to school “helped our family mesh and empowered the kids to be
more independent.” Vollmer remembers encouraging her youngest son to
own peanut
make
Vollmer
is
instilled the
proud
to
have
importance of educa-
tion in her daughter.
Will her
own
experience as a
help Vollmer empathize with her children as they face school challenges? student
and
when
his
his
butter sandwiches,
becoming
I’d get there.”
Volmer says she was hired by Region of Waterloo Social Services before graduating from the social services program and worked as a caseworker for six
Barb
a college counsellor offers advice on and effective scheduling.
Kraler,
prioritizing
(Photo by Jacqueline Smith)
years.
standing on a stool at the counter,
nursing.
college
you want’.”
Vollmer says the whole picture of going to school and having a family can be overwhelming but she recommends breaking it down into manageable segments. “If I told you I could run to Montreal,” she said, “you’d probably not believe me. But, if I ran from one hydro pole to another, it might take a while, but
frustrated
bread would rip. About two months into the school year, Volhner says, she can still remember him announcing he was the best peanut butter sandwich-maker. the
Currently, Vollmer is an employment co-ordinator running workshops for people who participate in the Ontario Works Program. A provincial program aimed at making people more
addresses such areas as resume writing, cover letters and interview skills.
employable,
.
.
management
time
it
The program helps participants motivated and become and abilities. motivate people and
identifies their skills
“I love to help them believe in themselves,” said Vollmer. ‘Tart of what helps
me do my job is knowing I was
at
once myself and knowing I had people supporting and motivating me.” She said going through the that
Talking about
point
challenges she did in order to
graduate from social services helped her to be stronger and to grow as a person. “To be humble,” she said. As for advice to students who now wear the shoes she wore as a student, “Ride your fear and embrace the challenge. Fear is energy if it’s challenged in the right direction,” she said.
By Jacqueline Smith Regardless of gender, race, creed, or national origin
have exactly the same number of hours in a week. times
when some people have
all
people
Yet. there are
to rush to finish a project or find
tune for an activity another person could have easily done in the
same amount of lime. Barb
""*’*”*'1
(.'ollegc counsellor, said
Conestoga
Kraler, a
better able
deal witli things
tf>
when
people arc
they are written
down on
upTiH ‘Joiif head. wfiat-\v<r
ht?'’ided
recommend
is to
write out a schedule of things you need to do,”
- She .said people benefit from .schedules because they are freed from constant decisions, which makes reaching their goals more
She said students who believe they cannot should think of
stick to a schedule
personal schedule as an expansion of their
tlieir
school timetable. She suggested setting realistic goals, allowing flexibility in a .schedule, setting clear starting
and stopping times,
as well as planning for the unplanned.
Kraler said the next thing to do
is
to prioritize
Alan Lakcin, author ofTake Control of Your Time and Life, suggests,
“A’s
In
"Simpfy label each task A, B or C.” on your list are those things that are most important,” he book,
hfei
L^ein
says the
B taslss are
He says C’s priorities are
fhan the A’s.
important, but less so
often easy jobs and
do not
require immediate attention.
KraW
said the
most common problems students complain
about are not having enough time to balance a number of things, procrastimtion, and the feeling of not having enough time to
themselves because, unlike work, students have school work to
do when they get home
Dave
Ellis in
.
Becoming a Master Student
time you are ten^ted to
say,
‘I
suggests,
“The next
just don’t have time,’ pause for a
minute. Question the truth of this statement. Could you find four
more hours
this
According to
week
Ellis,
for studying?”
time
doesn’t bother time at
is elusive
all.
Time
and
is
easy to ignore. “That
is perfectly
content to remain
hidden until you are nearly out of it. And when your are out of it,
you are out of it. “Time management givi^ you a chance to spend your most observing how valuable resource in the way you choose. Stm you use time,” he said, Kraler said other people’s demands can also conflict with a student’s priorities. She encourages students to get Others, whether it’s their families or their roommates, involved with their .schedule. She said putting up a copy of the schedule where
%
it informs others about when you arc not available. your partner or roommate can see that you are busy
others can sec
“This
w^,
tonight,” she said.
She also suggested making compromises and
know what you need
to achieve.
Most
letting
everyone
importantly, Kraler sai4
the student needs to stick with the schedule he or she
Social services grad, Karen Vollmer, says organization
developed while
in
college.
She
utilizes
these
skills in
and time management were
her work.
skills
she
(Photo by Janet wakutz)
because
it is tite
only
way to be taken
seriously.
made
Pago 8
— SPOKE, March
8,
1999
FEATURES AND ISSUES Caution
No one immune
need^
to sexiial assaiui^ says fecturer
By Judy Sankar
the proper authorities.
“Even "Sexual assault sexual
is
any form of
activity
forced
upon
person
without
their
another
last
come
consent” said social worker Sue
if calling
the polite is
No
to die c®titee for care,” she
one
immiHie to sexu»l
is
Cjallagher during a lecture in the
assault,
Sanctiiary, Feb. 16.
that 11 to 12 per cent
The
W6inen'’s Resoiuce
brought at
of victims
In a question and answer
Sexual
Centre,
Gallagher, stating
said
are male.
who works
in Gallagher,
the Waterloo Region
Assault Treatment
Group
tibat
thing on your mind, you can
followed
that
the
j^od
lecsture,
to
Gallagher told the audience that
lecture about assault in general,
upon arriving at an emergency room, a victim of assault is
sexual
safety
and
date
drugging.
immediately taken to the centre
Gallagher told the 25
and usually treated within 30 to
wiio attended that in Waterloo
40 minutes. This
Region
last year,
hours of waiting that usually
cases
the
46 per cent of
treatment
centre
accompany a
handled involved people between
Evidence
the ages of 16^ and 24,Glallaghert also said
for
&e number
some time
of assailants arc known to the
67 per cent
Sue
a
worker at the Waterloo Region Sexual Assault Treatment Centre at St. Mary’s Hospital, lectured in the Sanctuary Feb. 16, (photo by Judy Sankar) Gallagher,
social
Week, are times when people should be extra cautious. Appearing
Rohypnol, a drug that
Vacations, like Reading
prevalent
recently.
as strong as valium, c
many drugs
is
u.sed hy
said Gallagher.
One
10 times
ts
one of
assailants,
explanation
the attention of assailants, said
for the use of the drug, also called
Gallagher
rooty, is that
hu
become
if ftie
is
to decide, tips
assaulted including travelling in
groups, not acceptmg drinks from
more
Date rape drugging
months so
for reducing the chance of being
.
assailant.
m a foreign city draws
,
Gallagher suggested several c
of assaults occur within the home of either the victim or the
vulnerable
six
to*
the hospital.
gathered and held
wants to press charges, there
M
victim. Furthermore,
trip to
is
victim isn’t sure whether he/she
of attacks hy strangers are low fact, just over 80 pea^cent
and,
up
eliminates the
it
pcrson\ .system
goes through a w'ithin 12
hours
which makes it difficult to detect. One drug that is often overlooked or imdcresti mated is Gallagher
alcohol.
the
told
audience to be weary of
who
is
making the drinks and how much alcohol Is in each dnnk The Sexual Assault Treatment
Centre, which operates from
strangers,
St.
dearly your
stating
Mary's Hospital and Cambridge
level
Memorial Hospital, treats both victims and family or friends of
and always letting some* one know where you are. “Everyone has used bad judgment Sexual assault should not be a consequence of bad
victims. Ciiiliagher ,stTe.s.sed that
going to
the centre doesn’t nuxin tj^t the \
must report the
iLlun
assault to
comfort
of
with
the
situation
jud&meiit.’ said Gallagher
Precaution, testing will reduce risk of sexually transmitted disease By
Julie
van Donkersgoed
That special someone you met
Sexually
transmitted
diseases
behaviour, said Cheryl Opolko,
(STDs) are not a new phenomenon, but still present
the public health nurse for the
March break may have shared more than a ‘good time’
potentially fatal consequences to
with you.
during the
their victims.
lack of accountability in general
While STDs can be contracted at any time, periods of uninhibited behaviour can increase the risk for
resulted in a sexual encounter, the
those
consequences remain the same.
participate
Whether
alcohol, drug use or a
who
do
not
in
risky
generally
sexual
AIDS and STD program at the Waterloo Region Community Health Department. Opolko went on to say that the key to preventing the further
STDs
spread of
is
being tested.
“Often people do not even
know
they are spreading an STD,” she
“People need to
said.
know
i/fimnunifUtfi’
I
^
Opolko said there are three main reasons people are tested. These reasons include symptoms, partner
unprotected screening. that
surrounding
disclosure
and
sex
It is
general
important to note
symptoms do not need
be
to
present to be tested, as
many STDs
do not have symptoms. While contracting
specific
consequence,
welcome
is
is
an
could save
testing
A
provide some relief in most cases,
second
not to have sex for 14
and medical attention can
however.
weeks. This waiting period should
Anon5mious
testing
provide adequate time to be tested
medication for
STDs
and receive the results for AIDS and syphiiis. Impaired judgments and poor
at
and
Waterloo
the
free
available
is
Region
decision-making will not provide
Community Health Department. For more information, or to book an appointment, call
protection against STDs.
(519) 883-2251.
IS
Proper
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physical
obviously not a
prospect, another aspect
Final
Exams
I Whether
to panic or to prepare.
1 enlightened or
Whether
to sulk or to study.
Whether
is
into
•
1
in
•
to
become
remain in the dark, hoping for the best. How you use your time up to you and will determine your level of success or failure. to
1 and energy To go the exam period with your eyes wide open, you need I how many exams you have and which
know:
to
subjects;
•
when, where and for how long they are scheduled; what material will be covered with emphasis on which
•
what format
areas;
I
of
regardless
option
it
that
they have to be tested and when.”
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add them your partner’s life. routine,
the
exam
will have (multiple choice, essay,
short answer); •
percentage of your 1 About whatweeks before exams For each course, 1 exam on a
mark the exam covers. mark the times and locations of each list what you need to study and the sources
final
three
start,
calendar.
you
will use (textbook, class notes, lab assignments). Estimate the
amount of
1 study time you need and indicate study periods on the calendar. By planning you know you have time for each subject. 1 ahead, Use sources of help available you: old exams, classmates, study groups, I class review time, notes or highlighted sections, summaries and chapter will
to consider is the partner
individual
who engaged
of the
in sexual
while on vacation, said
activity
Opolko. In
a
world,
the
partner of the deviation from a
monogamous Unfortunately this reality.
votes for vice-preeident of education. The winner, announced Feb. 19, waa fir$t*yaar general arts and sciences student^ Jflhrtifer Harron. (photo uyusawiihoim)
option,
:
relationship. is
often not the
If ‘fessing up’ is not the desired
Opolko has provided
a
Firstly,
use condoms.
If
condoms
questions.
Avoid •
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common
text
faculty for help
and information about the exam.
mistakes:
ovcrsludyiirg for the first
energy for
llic
working hard
exam and running
for Ihc course(s)
you like^and neglecting
not starling early enough, leaving too
little
time during
others;
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week. 11
you would
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out of time and
others;
like assistance in
preparing for final exams,
the Student Services oil ice, or attend
i
couple of options to choose from. are not a part of the regular sexual
to
text
i perfect
‘wanderer’ would inform his/her
Mike Harris, chief returning officer for the DSA el^ons, looks on as 86<k»iid>ysar general business student, Jen McDonald
will
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SPOKE, March
8,
— Page 9
1999
Servants of the Gods throw beads and other assorted goods to the eager crowd.
By Rob Himburg
as the years went by.
consisted
New Orleans has been the major You have to see it to believe it. Words just cannot justify the
closing off the French Quarter,
site of Mardi Gras in North America since 1827. If came to North America when some students who had traveled to Paris brought back the customs of the festivities over in Europe. The students donned strange costumes and danced their way through the
Bourbon
streets.
sights
and
sounds
of
North
America’s greatest social gathering
known
as
Mardi Gras.
New Orleans Louisiana plays host to the celebration every year, Street
in
particular,
upon thousands of tourists, partygoers and thrill-seekers from across the continent. This year’s event drew
The idea
for this
originated
Rome several
as
second
in
a
celebration
feast
put
New
Orleans has been
festival,
the
on
themselves
up
to
and Venus as they considered all pleasures allowable. The trend slowly spread over Europe
float
moved
through the streets to the hilarious roars of the crowd.
As
the years progressed, so did
alcohol smell that engulfed the
bags of the
Quarter.
goods and tossed them into the eager, outstretched arms of the
munber of parades and the number of people who attended
crowd.
the event. Mardi Gras 1999 played
largest
host to 49 parades.
covered parades
also
guests.
The route of the parade, the of the entire festival, was with
making a
the
city
wailed as
sirens
lined the
street,
from one
solid line
side to the other, officially closing
the
For only $100 US, a
forcing street.
Following the lines of foot patrol
can go up on a for
down and
street
those in attendance off the
officers,
rows of mounted
policy;
followed.
an hour and
Street sweepers
toss beads.
who
attempted
clean up the mess
to
left
by
seen on a Bourbon Street
the tourists followed the police.
balcony with an entourage of
Undaunted, some people tried to
also
1827-1833,
At midnight,
garbage.
the floats, while
was
nimimum purchase. police officers
Sandra Bullock (Speed)
People. Actor James Belushi
There were also limited places to to the bathroom, and to get into a bar to use one, a cover charge had to be paid plus a one drink
go
of abandoned beads, broken toys and strands
endary disco phenoms The Village
From
the
riders tore through
balcony
had evolved to the point that an annual Mardi Gras ball was held. A main attraction of Mardi Gras is the parades. The first parade was staged for 1839. That parade
to
also gave a
floats as the
the
these
It
from the
toys flew
tourist
since 1827.
and cut over and up
breath of fresh air from the stale
the
a guest appearance, as did leg-
North America
being
medallions, stuffed animals and
as
Gras
in
floats
great success in the eyes of the
organizers
from the Sun was on another. Harry Coimick Jr. also made
dress
Bacchus
consecutive
French Stewart from Third Rock
Romans would
masks,
150
next destination.
it
the major site of Mardi
During
themselves as specters and give
float,
pulled by transport trucks. Beads,
was on one of
days was followed by
the fast of 40 days of Lent. this
lasted
one
featured celebrities and special
century
that
only
was a
Some of
to thousands
over two million people.
of
crudely constructed, yet
uniformed
The also
get back onto
security.
final day,
known
Mardi Gras Day,
As
the parade ended, those
as Fat Tuesday, played
were
still
Rex
way
to
host to the Zulu and
parades.
The Rex, featured an amazing
one
sober enough
made their
French
Quarter,
the
Bourbon
who
Street in particular, for
of carousing and
final night
If
a.m. and then again early in the
morning, closing the until next year,
hits
was anything bad Mardi Gras, Bourbon may have been it. It’s the
when
the
like a tidal
celebrating.
Bourbon and the
process was again repeated at 2
street
down
the festival
town
again
wave.
there
about Street
high point of the party, but
it
is
ATTENTION STUDENTS THEY’RE GOING BACK!!!
so crowded there that one literally
has
to
use
elbows to
his/her
make any headway through crowd. And if movement
the is
possible, keep an eye in the sky as
Tins IS YOUR LAST CHANCE TO PURCHASE YOUR WINTER SEMESTER TEXTBOOKS AT THE BOON BOOKSTORE.
tons of beads are tossed off the
balconies that line the
street.
For
only $100 US, a tourist can go up
on a balcony
for
an hour and toss
beads.
Drinks
are
also
THE BOOKSTORE IS PREPARING FOR YEAR-END INVENTORY, AND IS CURRENTLY IN THE PROCESS OF RETURNING SURPLUS STOCK.
expensive,
Hurricanes, a tropical kind of drink with a mixture of various alcohols, ran a pretty the beer
By
of
many
colourful floats featured during the
Rex parade. (Photo by
Rob Himburg)
a glass.
was jam packed making it almost impossible to move. If you wanted to get somewhere, the best bet was to take a side street with
Bandwagon was one
at $1
the late hours of Fat Tuesday,
Bourbon
His Majesty’s
was cheap Street
people,
NOTE:
penny while
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Pago 10
— SPOKE, March
8,
1909
FEATURES AND ISSUES
Straggler forgets
where he last hunq his hat
Internet porn at college
not popular, says security By Wayne
'Bl#
Collins
does give students credit for being their
Gaming ^By Wayne Collins
He
offers “Craft” as his last
name,
\\
spells
it,
but refuses to
ty morning in \ repeat it. ^alks^along \ ‘t|t will do,” says
Craft.
remember or where he was
he
lives,
^^heiKwns to ^proceed along around and ou a cop or
n^
on a few computer icons, but the college’s security supervisor says
the
is
Internet
to
as easy as clicking
not a major problem.
anyone with an account number and a password can print any form of smut they encounter in the world of cybersex.
While A1 Hunter won’t
pom
system,”
“students
Essentially,
disqualify sn’t
in this case.
“I think the reality of it is when you look at the tens of thousands of hours of use the students access
access
pornography
it’s
says he doesn’t
own watchdogs
totally
as a problem, he
Hunter,
says
tend
He
was bringing up
was
“It
not,
regard.”
explaining not unusual for
security to get a complaint from one student about the conduct of
another student, certain
if
he/she finds
materials
offensive.
my
opinion,
says
Hunter
in
the
more
females,
resembled
closely
with
material,
clad
scantily
a
fashion
page.
Hunter says there has
Still,
been
small
a
been
percentage
of
where students have
incidents
ano|nt|<iipppWsinto.
material another
female found offensive. pornographic,”
it’s
who
female student
a
themselves pretty well in that
Hunter says
a
just
it’s
a recent complaint
recalls
against
police
to
wait for a
Royal H^tel without
Sometimes, he says, matter of taste.
caught
with
authentic
pornography.
sai
Since September 1998, security
lurwed'the
previous:
has had to deal with less than a
half-dozen liber
e
man with a
however.
cases,
Occasionally, a guard will open up
was found dead
vacated
a
and
locker
find
several printouts that students left
College’s social
more ari|^
behind or forgot about.
Dick socid
..
One problem with Hunter,
needed to prevent
of knowing where
|#at ^^not a
“But
^
|®ons.'QR:t^|
yspict^o.^ v^“!’ve"^ a
the
wl: rough
%
ni^t:^^^affected
ttie
the .
“Why
all
tbes^ qnestic
on until he hears e jingling sound of loose ange. For. S4.25, the price of a of cigarettes, he is ,e shuflles
1
Under the open-access must
materials.
lab policy, says Himter, users
billion
remove any offensive material from the terminal and leave the
3^am
ifer
Ontario to hire
lab.
more nurses and provide more home care; ^
“Security
mention has been made in budget about additional funding for swial programs to combat homelessness in the Waterloo Re^on.
called at that
circumstances.”
A
:
loss
second offence carries a
in
vacated lockers.
(Photo by
Wayne
Collins)
total
of privileges in the use of the
open-access Security guards at the college occasionally find things such as
porn printouts
:
may be
he says, “depending on the
point,”
No
the
hand scoops up the money and he offers a name *to go with the photograph
fair
does deal with pornography and inappropriate policy
with $1 billion a year over
"five
His
remind
like to
college’s
for health care over the next five jyears,
suddenly willing to laise his pictures.
$1K5
says.
students that the
federal levc^^ tlie^ budget promised'” tlic
>|imviHces ai>|extra
4sks, his tone sounding :«inoyed.
head and pose for
1 ft
V,..
he
Hunter would also use
came from.
it
from the school’s
it
Internet labs,”
man’s death
no way
know, in some cases, they
have pulled
if'^i <^tft;mittd,” he?4}^d no new %easmes have been and asks wh> anyone taken to prevent another tragedy.
grunts,
He
Ontario’s
•vemment appears
||
I
says
this,
that security has
is
for
labs
the
remainder of the academic year.
“The student
is
also
sent to
administration for discipline, as outlined in the student handbook,”
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not
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been
who’s
Conestoga for
this,
to date.
One
been
has
student
discontinued, he says, for abusing
computer system, but
the college’s
your
pornography was not involved.
and available seven days a week.
It’s free, at
fingertips,
In the case of the female student
who viewed
fashion page.
the
Hunter says the person would just receive a reminder that others find
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“It’s
everything else, you
like
know,” says Hunter. “You almost
invitation.
have to govern person
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perhaps, by the
it,
who would be more
easily
offended in the room.”
visit
Meanwhile, Cathy Potvin,
who
has been the learning resources
information
centre’s
services
co-ordinator for three years, says
www.rc.gc.ca/telefile/
she’s never seen
anyone abusing
the system in the
LCR, and with
good reason.
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“It’s
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SPOKE, March
SPORTS
8,
1999
— Page 11
Ford develops indoor soccer scholarship hm "
By Lindsay Gibson
l
tournament Athletic
college’s
own
The
scholarships
hammered
have out
definitely consider
who show
not
but
yet
of the been
By
the
who
plays on the
Alumni
indoor soccer team, said the scholarships will be her contribution to the college.
after she graduated, she
“Indoor soccer
growing,” said
is
enrolled in the general arts and
Ford, “and people don’t realize Tt
science
is
program,
but
did
not
a varsity sport.”
will
From the cheap seats
team players and are
doing well academically. But they won’t necessarily honour the best players on the team, said
about time for the Jays
It’s
Ford.
Ford realized the possibility of scholarships when she introduced men’s teams to the annual Alumni indoor soccer the
program assistant Marlene Ford soccer scholarships.
Athletic
is
^
-
excited about indoor,
'
(Photo by Lindsay Gibson)
7.
thou]^*
After prizes were bought and
end of the 2000 indoor soccer sea-
and to give
money
son. Ford started the alumni soc-
to look forward to year after year.
was enough to begin a scholarship
cer tournament five years ago to
fund that will be awarded
get
at the
some of
the old players back
to win, but if I
it's
tournament
The tournament is Ford’s “baby” and has been a great success. The
'
•
much money.
that
I
seems to be a
You can look at other .sports and their players who have had it
topic.
There
'
games
think I wuld faaadle not winning.
hot
,
to
still
I
athletes a
had a chance
play in one-fifth of ray team’s
wintear, ba.sc-
ball
fees paid, the surplus of
Ford,
graduated
leadership
tournament Feb. 6 and
Conestoga
1993.
The year
criteria for candidates
left
from the recreation leadership program in
indoor
for
she
after
four scholarships (of approxmate-
six-month
ever since.
Ford never really
Marlene Ford, is currently working to establish
a
of 1995, Ford was working full time at the college and has been
she
it,”
got
fall
it’s
said.
assistant,
ly $250 each) soccer players.
and people love
it
she
year because
first
position with the college.
it.
a lot of leg work, but
worth
complete her
on her
time because she enjoys
“It’s
program
athletic
not part of Ford’s
job, but something she does
scholarships/bursaries
have become scarce at Conestoga College and for indoor soccer players, scholarships of any kind were non-existent until recently.
The
is
was
worse.
T^e M^el
irom
Naticaial
Texas, we’ll
all-time
llij.s
gii\
i
Dionne, the
Hockey League’s
third ;
I
Billiards
him
CiUl
anyone?
who
arrives
m
the Maj{)r Leagues should be
awardbi the chance to play on a team with a chance of winning a Wotld Seucs ring
To
ilo
some Mniplc math,
tliere
arc 10
U-dm> in Major I.eagiie "fiwsebaS; each havtpga toistet'tsf'
25 players. Fhai would tell you 749 players other fiian Roger wiih ilie -..ime aspiratioii
there are
You
scorer,
who
complain? Not the way Roger has He never berated hi.s team’s
management ,irid demanded a He woikcd with the team
trade.
he bad 'The love of the game is gone and Roger has just buried himself. Although he publicly withdrew his trade demand, he fell
disfavour with his teammates and a trade was inevitable.
inU)
He finally
also cannot forget about the
got
hi.s
wi.sh
and got
plethora of minoi league teams
traded to a contending leant in
and plaveiN who .lUo ha\e
York Yankees, but who the Bronx Bombers won't live up to their name this year and get bombed? Who else
dream whcn*die> is.
you’re
not
New
the
thi«.
sign their fust
profe.ssional contiiict. Fact oi
matter
I
played 18 seasons without wm-'^niug a St^ey Cup. Did he ever
Kogcr. Ilo seems to think every baseball player
leading
is
llie
alone
to say
j
is to
We’ll
^so say Roger
i.s
say foe Toronto Blue Jays**
may have
earning
benefited ffom the tra^ and could make a run at foe World Series? It’s the sports world, where upsets are immi-
about $8 piiilioii a year to pilch in about 32 of his team’s 162
games Appiircnilw $250,000 for is not enough to
eadh appearance
nent.
m^e him forget about winning a
ready because
championship. Don’t get me wrong, the point of the game is
going to be eating
So Roger, if
get that foot
you don’t win
the World Series this year, you’re it.
science student takes a shot on the pool table in on from the left is Vicky Woods, a first-year general Laurie Pinhero also in her first year of general business and Tanya Melo,
and science.
(Photo by Jacqueline Smith)
,
Gstnes Simon B Cotter
March 15
-
18
"He's Funny"
^oosba/l
"And He's Bock!"
Tournament
And He has a
Big
Head
Hockey Toirniamcnt
Tues.
Week
March 9
11:30
am
The Sanctuary
Pool
Tournament
up at the DSA Office Sign
Page 12
— SPOKE, March
8,
1999
Condors rebound to
Seneca
tie
By Charles Kuepfer
Conestoga’s hockey team survived a deathblow
hands of
at the
Seneca Sting, tying the game
the
with 16 seconds
their playoff
the third
left in
period to earn a 2-2
hopes
and keep
tie
alive.
But the dramatic finish was over-
shadowed by which
a brutal
first
period,
enough but snow-
started innocently
with a roughing penalty,
balled out of control as an endless
stream of Condors did time in the penalty box.
Conestoga racked up an incredible 61 minutes in penalties in the
period alone, spending almost
first
two men short and keeping goaltender Anthony Gignac busy. the entire frame
Miraculously, the Condors only, trailed 2-0 at the
end of the first and somehow managed to claw their way back to grab a point from the Sting, a team that is
fighting for their playoff lives as well.
Condor coach Ken Galemo was suprised by his team’s lack of discipline in the first period.
“We knew that if we were five on we could play them,” said
five
Garlemo.
“I
never in
all
my
of coaching, coached where
Condor defenceman Dave Grist (#5) jockeys for position in front period penalties, overcame a two-goal deficit to earn a 2-2 tia
years I
was
shorthanded, five on three, for the whole first period.” Garlemo said at the first intermission he didn’t have to tell his team a whole lot. “Until these guys leam that the refs rale, we’re just going to keep
hockey long enough from wrong.
to
know right
guys play with their
shoulders,
The Condors, plagued by numerous
Obviously frastrated by the offiIan MacDonald of the
game during
final period.
trouble
minutes in penalties during the
pulled out the tie were the guys
roughing, high-sticking and cross-
incident and received a
who didn’t pull the
checking penalties two and a half
conduct.
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first
that the
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Greg Devos ^so
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Condors
make
it
out of the
Seneca capitalized on the two-
With only 16 seconds on the Ryan Martin slammed the game-tying goal, crash-
ing Seneca’s hopes of clinching a
advantage, with Paul Smith and Ryan Thorpe each scoring
victory.
power-play markers.
both teams
early in the second period with a
power-play goal of their
own by
Overtime decided nothing and separated
game
still
by two points
and
left
the
holding an identical 1-1-1 (won-
record
versus
each
The Condors improved
their
lost-tied) other.
They remained deadlocked
for
the rest of the second and well into
record to 8-7-1 with their
the third.
of the season.
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Conestoga cut into Seneca’s lead
game and opted
in favour of an extra
attacker.
home
period.
Jeff White.
Clinic
Giganc kept the Condors in the that time, making a timely save on a Seneca two-onone a minute and a half into the
ciating,
early in the first period earning
Galemo noted
we’re not going to be a national or provincial contender.”
first-
(Photo by Charles Kuepfer)
straggled to
Get the
Sting net.
who
I
wasn’t aware of,” said Galemo.
putting ourselves behind the eight-
Galemo. He said that the guys who took the major penalties have played
these
above
Seneca
Condors was at the middle of a melee that broke out moments later. MacDonald racked up 20
“Obviously there are emotions digging inside of these guys that
ball,” said
“Until
what’s
of the
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Women’s indoor soccer
Alumni clinch
soccer league
first in
By Brian Smiley scoied.into
Time
running out for teams
is
and they continually challenged Kesselring, but she made a couple of spectacular
want to challenge the Alumni women’s indoor soccer team's undefeated record,
[
The Alumni record by
j
retained
saves and several steady ones, to
perfect
its
defeating
keep the score
the
Amy
I
Portuguese Leos 5-1 on Feb. 16
the league This gi\cs them a Ine uilo the ><emi final round ol the
lea\ev onl> two
it
for soinobodi to
last year’s
knock
m
ball
to notch antnher
win
in
league action.
was a nice way
it
to
eomc
'
l»tck,“ sJie
Amy
the final 5- 1
in
Olson
took
tlio
two
when
necessary.
“We
Amy Yeowell
alone against the Loos goalie fircl place nlaro in in the Ihn league. Innniin first
is left all
A Umni won wnn 5-1 S-1 Alumni uj> b\
.1
p.ui
Shi, blastLd
her hr^i
shot off the right jH>sr .md then
took
her
own
slammed
that
into
the
in
a
game
to clinch Hinrh to
rebound
and
half,
lop
left
corner of the net.
into
wealed her way through. two
and began to tally prossuie the Leos in the .'^Ci.oiid
defenders and placed the ball past the kecpei to make it .^-0.
.At
minutes
anolliei geru-
i
The the
mark,
.tlvb-ntimite
MargaJida .Aguilar Uiok 14/VA. advantage of a l,co.s turnover and j
®
’‘low
The
tPholo by Elnan Smilcyi
Alumni lumped
the
Feb. 16 at the recreation centre
shot eieii liaidcr
^
I,
cos finally rospoiidcd 10
when Tanja
Percival
beat the out of- position
Alumni
later
go out and have a
good time, but still' play good, competitive soccer,” she said. "W'hen we have to step it up. we Wiih
the
clinches the
Win the .Miimni number one seed in
the playoffs and will he able to rcla-K imiil their is
the
next game, which
semifinals,
slaied
lor
Condors defeat Guelph despite fatigue
You’ll have to excuse the women’s indoor soccer team for their sloppy first-half performance
Guelph on
Feb. 16 at the recreation centre.
The Condors were a tired squad and it took them a half to overcome their fatigue, coach Geoff Johnstone
said.
“A lot
of these girls have played 21 games in the last three weeks,” said Johnstone.
The team played in three tournaments in just over two weeks, as weU as playing their regular Tuesday league games, where they now hold a record of
Ang Papazotos in
of the Condors blasts a shot at the Guelph goalie a game Conestoga won 5-0, Feb. 1 6 at the recreation centre.
9-1-4.
(Photo by Brian Smiley)
Even though the team was fatigued and didn’t play
up to their
regular standards in the first half,
when
it
ended the Condors held a
because they weren’t doing what he wanted with their passing and defending. “I
had some words for them at because they were
2-0 lead.
half-time
only took the Condors 52 seconds to notch the first goal of the game.
playing sloppy, “ Johnstone said.
It
Danny of
Sirio blasted the first goal
the
game
into
comer of the net. At that point it seemed the
the
was quick
to lead her
team
and scored her second goal of the game before a minute had been played.
She converted on a nice bank
game might be a blowout, with
pass from Papazotos off the wall.
Condors scoring so early and facing a team with only two wins in 13 tries. But
it
mark
wasn’t until the 14-minute
that the
Condors put another
goal on the board.
and Jen Melnyk passed the back and forth and finally
Sirio ball
Sirio
out of the gate in the second half
as though
the
dished off to
Ang
made no mistake
Papazotos,
who
in putting the
ball past the keeper.
words for the
girls
Eleven
minutes later Sirio completed her hat trick by capitalizing on a Guelph turnover and slipping the ball past the
at
the half
shutout with Rebecca Miller,
game.
While the injury
more
make the final 5-0. Stephanie DenHaan shared
for precaution than anything
bug still seems to be following the Condors. Also missing from the lineup were Karen Melanson with an ankle injury, Beth Taylor
who was and Sasha Gruetzmacher who has a knee injury. sick
Johnstone said he thinks he
knows how
chase that bug. “Something’s telling me we need
rested
slipped the ball past the
DenHaan
else, the injury
Jen Melnyk finished the scoring with a marker of her own with
goalie to
to
wasn’t serious, and she came out
rest
six-minutes remaining in the game. Taking a pass through the middle from Rebecca Little,
who
took over when DenHaan injured her ankle midway through the
keeper.
Melnyk
Johnstone said he had a few
J
after
the
reading
week
layoff and a first-round bye in the
playoffs,
a result of finishing
second in the league.
The team next
sees action in the
second round of the playoffs on the
March 16
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to
more than anything,” he said. The Condors should be well
at the recreation centre.
KITCHENER (Conadian Tire Plaza)
n
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!
try to
By Brian Smiley
in a 5-0 victory over
j
j
aaid
a half,
make
While Ford emphasized it was important to have fun while playing, she said the team is able
Amy
'Veow^i sewed the Alumni’s first goal at the eight-minuic mark of the llr'if half on a nice individual eftori.
left in
Andrea
to rise to the occasion,
“We. were a little fired and banged up from the loiimameni, so
game
tap in. to
George Brown College the previous weekend and finishing was nice
from
Heroux concluded the scoring on a nice
After coming off a tournament
it
the
from the Leos defender and
the
said
up
slammed it by the goalie. With just over a minute
fdf
l-'ortl
moved
Olson
.at
.'Vlailenc
in
midfield to the goal area, stole the
defending champs.
second, coach
left
game.
impuivcs to 11-0-3 and ihev ha\e dinched fir«.i place in recoid
games
i
under three minutes
With the win the Alumni ’s
plajoffs and
at 3-
Olson put the game out of
reach w'hcn she scored with just
at the recreation centre.
1
net.
Leos
who
[
^ empty
That goal seemed to spark the
(AiToss^oniMd}onQ«s)
1
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Pane 14
8,
1999
ENTERTAINMENT
Rushmore adds new face
to
comedy
By Brent Clouthier
craziness felt by a middle-aged
man who
befriends a teenager as
an act of redemption.
Comedy,
the best of times,
at
The
should amuse an audience because it reveals a truth about the absurdity of
human
something they try to regain through each other: Max, his mother; Cross, her late husband; and Blume, his life. The audience doesn’t laugh at each individual’s pathetic situation, but with them in the true sense of sympathy. Everyone can remember being there at one point or another. Rushmore's laughs may not • always be out loud, but the lost
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Rushmore, a new Wes Anderson, probes into these conditions and reveals the bittersweet weaknesses at the heart of human beings. everyday
life.
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Fifteen-year-old thinks
Academy
going is
Max
Fischer
Rushmore
to
the end-all-and-be-all
of his existence. That is, until he falls in love with Miss Cross (Olivia Williams), a primary grade teacher at the school.
humour sticks with the viewer long after the film is over. Anderson takes the audience on a
bittersweet
After his
mentor, and Rushmore alumni,
Max
Herman Blume
tells
to success is to
do one thing
nostalgic walk
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paradoxes of teen existence, the need to be recognized as an adult but lacking the experience which makes one so. Max may be involved in every brilliantly portrays the
only,
and to do it well. He sinks all his time and energy into winning Miss Cross’s heart. When Blume himself falls for Cross, Max goes over the edge and uses all means at
Blume. Newcomer Jason Schwartzman, son of Rocky's Talia Shire,
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than goof-ball cut-outs. Each has
activity Rushmore open to Academy, but he’s also the worst
of love, which sparks the humour of the film. He may be a
a
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illustrating
but Max is master of none. In sharp contrast is Herman Blume, a wealthy industrialist who
comparable to Robin Williams. Blume is a broken man who may have the world, but hates himself and the life he’s created, trapped in a loveless marriage and father of twin boys who are the worst
jack-of-all-trades,
sees
in
Max
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younger
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version of himself. Bill Murray, in
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yearning to be considered an expert in every field, including the
a role tailor-made for him, pulls
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ENTERTAINMENT
TLC album By Judy Sankar After
more than three years, TLC
Boz” Watkins
drew
first
After
featuring
Tip,
.
.
On
the
TLC Silly
TLC
The
took a different
approach from their fun-loving
why
will be apparent
It
the song
is
so impressive.
Although Fanmail consists mostof fast, hip-hop songs like those
ly
already
mentioned,
slow Miss You So
love
Another example of the futuristic sound is Lovesick. The song
their return in
begins with a tune generated from
Come On Down, prove that TBoz, Left Eye and Chilli have
a phone’s busy signal and dialing
strength in ballads as well.
the release of
it is
not the
first
tones. This forms a
background rh)dhm of the song which discuss-
The song, which was an instant hit, sends the message out that some women are independent
What About Your
girls
Ho, although
many
to the lyrics.
girls
single.
second album release, was exactly that.
annoimced
group.
the
to
a computer-gener-
of the album’s songs including Silly Ho.
of
release
mid December with
the
CrazySexyCool, TLC’s
Friends.
the
is
ated animation featured on
sold 10 million albums.
world’s attention with their first
album, Oooooh:
Virtual Vic-e
Light Special.
CrazySexyCool in 1994, the
member
fourth
demeanor Creep and Red
laid-back
yet
with songs like
emerge once again with Fanmail (LaFace), an album solely dedicated to every TLC fan. Rozanda “Chilli” Thomas, Lisa “Left Eye” Lopes and Tionne “T-
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debut album and took on a more erotic
1999
8,
es being left for another person.
of February, proving that TLC has-
The album’s first single. No Scrubs, came out at the beginning
n’t lost its touch.
No
Scrubs has
also been a success receiving heavy radio play on mainstream R
and Dance stations. With Fanmail, TLC reveals a transition that combines both of the first albums with a futuristic
plays with
tempo.
by the addition of a
song,
called
Unpretty,
should receive extra recognition for the
comes
message
it
conveys.
It
I
Much
and
should be noted that executive
It
on Fanmail include Antonio “LA” Reid and Kenneth “Babyface” Edmonds.
producers
Any
TLC will by no be dissapointed with Fanmail. While the album posfan of
means
a different sound to
its
the heavy use
of
sesses
One
’n B,
feel explained
Good
at Being Bad, TLC tempo jxamps. The song switches between a slow mellow tempo and an upbeat hip-hop
In I’m
and won’t be taken advantage of
songs like
predecessors,
computer-generated
makes
it
sounds,
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When asked if she wanted to go to
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Conestoga Night at Jack
Renee Maephee was She was tired and
Astor’s,
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didn’t feel like going. “I wasn’t
I
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arts
student.
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Now
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some plans she 'decided to ask someone to go with her. “Everyone at the bar was asking me who I was going to take,” she said. “The bartenders has
offered
me
free drinks to take
After
some
friends, Kristine Stillar instead.
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8,
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release of Aura a success you?
Eileen Diniz
my
1
my fear from
can’t separate
What do you see when you look upon me? Do you feel envy? Do you despise me?” hate.
Derivation’s debut CD, Aura, was released Thursday, Feb. 8 at the Metropolis Nightclub in downtown Kitchener. Brooke Parry’s tremendous
These are lyrics from Ancient which was written on the day of the group’s recording
vocals backed up by the band’s
session.
outstanding instrumental genius
called
Killer
put on a dazzling performance.
frenetic
baseline
1
Derivation
Brooke Parry, lead
is
vocals; Olaf Szester, drums; Chris
Pepper, bass; Wojtek Kubicki, lead guitar;
and Rolland Sike, rhythm
History,
was
It
During
show
the
members of the She told of the time they
band.
also includes a
It
from
intro
rhythm
guitarist Sike.
“What do I
see
when I look upon
Parry
singing ability as well as funny
Aura was mixed and recorded in Toronto in 20 days over a
screaming
by
crowd with her
entertained the stories about the
guitar solo.
the
to
delivered
Pepper.
guitar.
seven-month period. Parry paraded around with the greatest confidence and it was well deserved. Her vocal sound caimot be compared; she is unique and gifted. Parry sings with the deep emotion that allows the listeners to feel what she feels. The band was also remarkable in their performance and they had a good time with the fans. Parry and the guys in Derivation are what great music is made of Their sound has been described on a Derivation fact sheet as a unique style of productive pop rock that is captivating, enchanting and redeeming. The song Drop features Wojtek’s first ever one-take backward
originally
due
were playing at Lee’s Palace in Toronto and Kubicki unplugged himself right in the middle of his guitar
solo.
Then she made
of Sike asking why a fan handed her a beanie bat during their song Bats are a joke
Blind.
thought the concert went well because we’ve never had such a huge amount of people at one of our shows “I
really
before,” said Szester. “Overall
it
was our CD release party and was pretty happy with the way
it
I
Brooke
CD
Parry, lead singer for Derivation, at the Metropolis Nightclub release party of the band’s debut album. Aura.
Parry
was
also
the turn-out.
“A
were
she
there,”
happy lot
with of people
“We
said.
sold lots of CD’s and T-shirts so we’re extremly happy.”
She said the performance was more about pleasing the crowd and having a good time compared to playing everything perfectly.
“It
was our night
to have fim,”
“Working on more songs is one priority,” said
my number
said Parry.
In the near future Parry said she
hopes Derivation can expand into some mellow techno music. She also hopes to get started on new songs for their second album, play lots of shows and sell more CD’s.
on
feet
Parry.
that
who
Derivation
didn’t
realize
would
go
far so fast said he also wants to work on new songs and make another QD. He said if is the band’s main concern this
future we will get a record contract so we can keep evolving.”
Conestoga replied with a
goal by Brian Anderson.
Traynor responded just over a
minute
Sault Cougars, a loss that sent
with his second goal
later
of the game, banging in a loose
frustrating
puck from the
six-game losing streak.
Now
“I hoped for what we have now and we have it,” said Szester. “I also hope in the
after,
was over four months ago that by the a
and the fans will eventually need new music from them to
doormat
I
the Condors were beaten
on
for the
(ppoto by Eileen Diniz)
listen to.
Szester
By Charles Kuepfer
Conestoga
downtown Kitchener
went.”
Condors wipe It
in
the Condors are poised to
Sault
front of the net.
managed
to cut into the
take a crack at the Ontario college
lead just past the halfway point of
hockey championship while the Cougars are reduced to playing
the period.
for pride.
and worked
They gained
control of
the puck behind the Condors’ net
The Condors handeded Sault
Pagnotta
12th loss of the season beating them 4-2 at Conestoga’s
out into a waiting
it
who notched
his second
their
goal of the game.
But Conestoga held on
recreation centre on Feb. 19.
the
For the Condors it was a big win as they try to secure a playoff
to
win
4-2.
Cougar coach John Becanic was happy with his team’s play despite
spot.
Bob
Condors’ assistant coach
game
the loss.
we
had to make sure they kept the guys focused for the game. “Not being the strongest team in the league you can have a
was playing with a short bench
tendency to take the game a
broke his thumb again during the
Hayward
“I thought
said they
well,”
of only
Hayward said the Condors played a more disciplined game
Ramsey period.
Hanlon, #16, and Mike Traynor, #15, combined for a scoring opportunity early in a game at the rec centre on Feb. 19.
in
the
first
The Condors tamed the Cougars 4-2
than they did against Seneca two
(Photo by Chales Kuepfer)
room
still
for
improvement. “There’s
a
who
are caught
up
bad
penalties.
We
of in
guys
(taking)
have
to
on these guys and get them to focus on the game.” Hayward said he wants his players on the ice and not in
pull the reins in
and
try
the penalty box. “That’s the only
couple
flu
Although the Cougars have a dismal
to
win the
provincials,”
said
Hayward, “(with) five guys on the
Mike Traynor put Conestoga up 1-0 with just under five minutes left in
three-goal lead after stepping out
the
of the penalty box and finding
opening frame with Jeff White
himself going one-on-one with
scoring on a breakaway.
the Farkas. However, he couldn’t
again with 37 seconds
On
ice.”
the first period, wristing in
a shot from the top of the faceoff circle past the screened
Cougar
The Condors
struck
goaltender.
way we’re going
of
Conestoga’s the
first
second
Brown was robbed Farkas, the
made
left in
power-play
period,
puck under the sprawling
nctminder.
Becanic
their
sees
remaining
games. “We’re playing
strictly for the
sake of pride,” said Becanic.
Meanwhile collected the
year
the
their
ninth
Condors win of
and continue to be hottest teams in
Stephen
After neither team managed to
goaltender,
score in the second, the Cougars
the
struck quickly in the third on a
of January. They are unbeaten
goal by Eugene Pagnotta. Shortly
in their last six
after
Sault’s
Paul
slide the
in
2-12-1
of
record
(Won-lost-tied),
meaning
nights earlier, but he noted that is
some of and one who
players,
game.
too light,” said Hayward.
there
12
who
Becanic,
which had the
little
played extremely
said
a big pad save.
Greg Devos nearly made
it
a
one
of the
league since the beginning
games.