PC run-around
Getting student By Anna
finally
has monitor off
Sajfert
campus because of
When
grades.
Penny Poulin
be a
will
little
would only say
education student
$2,000
spent
College
Conestoga in
September 1998 when she purfirst computer, an Acer
chased her
Pentium n, firom Technologies Unboimd Inc., a student-run computer sales business, which operated
At the time the 24-year-old single mother was guaranteed top quality
15-inch monitor broke down.
a computer firom them.
When
she was unable to reach
Unbound
Technologies
via
Inc.
phone, Poulin decided to walk to
balling
my eyes know
out,” she said. “I just didn’t
whom to turn to anymore.”
and some Zehr’s
gift certificates to
money
help her save
for a second-
hand monitor, which she eventually was able to buy for $100. “I was really ticked off,” Poulin said. “No one was able to tell me what was going on.” Mike McClements, dean of tech-
been located in Doon campus, to report the defect
a person bu)dng a computer firom this organization would be in the
is that
position as a person purchas-
in person.
same
She then learned the business was no longer operating on cam-
ing a computer on King Street. “That’s the risk
you take,” he
In January 1994,
Poulin was told by
Pat Collins,
members
Conestoga student branch Institute
student branch of the Institute of
Electronics Engineers,
Electronics
and
Engineers (IEEE), whose office still
Room
in
Technologies
moved
2A116,
Unbound
Inc.
is
also told Paulin there
no contact number
had
for the branch
was
the the
and
commonly
“I-Triple-E,” to
to raise funds
by selling computer system upgrades to Conestoga
tion
and development of electro and
Unbound Inc. is an inside joke among the electronics engineering
who were
running the
business were ordered to
move
originally built
to the
student at Conestoga College and
and sold computers
current director of Technologies
Conestoga College commu-
nity out of the
adviser,
These students
Inc.
IEEE
office to
make
Unbound Inc. “Never did he
call to
inform us
money to complete Spectre II. They were subsequently locked out of the room where they had
about a customer complaint,” he
been operating the business by
having the students’ numbers.
The
students could not find an
alternative location
pus
and
on Doon cam-
moved
originally
to
Fairview Mall in Kitchener before
moving
to
Unbound
suddenly,
the
remembered
to
said
Inc.,
down so members never
notify
Hofer, on the other hand, denies
TTX
was
monitor
picked up by Brent Clemens, director of Technologies
Unbound
on Nov. 27 and taken to the manufacturer for repair. Clemens
Inc.,
said Poulin will get her monitor
Kingsway Drive.
Technologies
said.
Poulin’s
two of the college’s professors.
because the business shut
The same Conestoga members
students
Unbound
College and current director of
were involved in the Spectre I solar car project, which was supposed to
technology students because the
electronics engineering technology
gies
association that promotes educa-
Technologies
said
Collins
separate business entity. Technolo-
n, a solar car which was to be
engineering student at Conestoga
information technologies.
joke.”
entered in Sunrayce 99, formed a
had the students’ numbers and while he contacted them, he never mentioned an angry customer, said Brent Clemens, former
IEEE memwho were working on Spectre
In June 1997, eight bers,
international non-prof-
IEEE is an it
Penny Poulin, a second-year early childhood education student, said she was upset and distraught because she couldn’t locate (Photo by Anna Sajfert) the company that sold her a computer.
Shin Huang, a former mechanical
students and faculty.
for her to call.
“Those guys were a
the
Room 2A116
use
“Good luck finding them,” Collins told Spoke.
as
to
ofi
were permitted by the college
that
out a long time ago.
Collins
refierred
ofi
said. ofi
Electrical
chair of the Conestoga College
Electrical
cus-
their
back within the next four weeks at no charge.
to six
“They apologized for the hassle and everything, but that won’t make up for the extra dollars 1 had spend (on a monitor) to have a computer again,” said Poulin.
to
Technologies Unbound Inc.
tomers of the address change.
now
located at 2969
Kingsway
is
Dr.,
enter a solar car in Sunrayce 97, a
However, Rudy Hofer, professor
long-distance, nine-day race held
of electronics engineering technol-
Suite 1501, in Kitchener and can be
every two
ogy and the current IEEE
reached by calling 893-6010.
years in the U.S.
faculty
Profs have company’s cabinets forced
open
which they
and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
company’s employees out of the room where they were operating
believed contained financial records
sors asked college security in June
the business.
1999 to break into a cabinet Technologies to belonging
Hofer said they wanted to look at the company’s documentation,
were suspicious of Technologies Unbound Inc. and alleged they had stolen computer parts from them, he and Coons had to exam-
mechanical engineering, and Rudy
By Anna
Sajfert
Two Conestoga
Eve
“I ran into the counsellor’s office
nology, said the bottom line
pus.
Year's
see a counsellor at student services.
the company’s office,
which had Room 2A116 on
Ne\*v"
faculty
members, but no one returned her calls, she said. Poulin then went to
Poulin was temporarily given a
The company’s ty on labour was an eye-opener, said Poulin, and enticed her to buy
4 a.m
technology
Conestoga’s
used monitor by student services
a year
lifetime warran-
‘tif
at school.
Poulin immediately started calling
later Poulin’s
TTX
Boozin’
performance
products, as well as customer satisfaction, but
Commentary
business did interfere with then-
on Doon campus,
on Doon campus.
poor
their
Technologies Unbound Inc. that running the
at
at
firm
academic standing, two students
computer. early childhood
down
asked about their
warier the next time she buys a
The second-year
fixed after hunting
Unbound
Inc.,
College profes-
a student-run com-
puter sales business which operat-
ed on
Doon campus.
Despite finding nothing of con-
cern,
they decided to lock the
Robert
Coons,
professor
of
Hofer, professor in electronics engi-
neering technology, were assisted
by the
when
college’s
security
guards
they broke a $200 security
lock on a cabinet,
for Technologies
including
Unbound
financial
Inc.
records
and
minutes from the executive meetings of Technologies
Unbound
Hofer said because some
Inc.
mem-
bers of the Institute of Electrical
ine Technologies receipts
Unbound’s old
to ensure the
company
had bought and not stolen certain computer parts from IEEE. See Students - page 2
Page 2
— SPOKE, Dec.
6,
1999
News
Students kicked out of IEEE office continued from page
“We
1...
education and development of and information technolo-
didn’t find anything signifi-
cant ” he said.
Hofer added
that
he and Coons
He
Unbound
said the guards
to break
I
solar car project,
time.
and finding nothing, Coons and Hofer decided to lock Technologies
Unbound
2A1 16 because they pany
of
Institute
nounced
Inc. out of
felt
com-
the
badly
reflected
Electronics
on
the
IEEE memwho were now working on
In June 1997, eight bers,
Spectre
II, a solar car which was be entered in Sunrayce 99, formed a separate business entity.
responsible for
the valuables in the room.
upset by the lockout, he said.
and
money Spectre
I-Triple-E).
lege to use
“In
to
my
opinion,
break
Coons and Hofer
didn’t
have the
right
Room 2A116
to raise
computer system upgrades to Conestoga students and faculty. an international non-
is
for
office to
into the cabinet.”
completion
the
of
to enter either race
due to
insuffi-
cient funds.
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didn’t have the right to break into
neering, safety, testing, logistics
at the time,”
the cabinet,” said Prentice.
The room was
he
bureaucratic, but
it
who
and there was no corporate link between them and Inc.
members of IEEE. The relationship between TF.FF, and Technologies Unbound Inc. was unclear, he said. “I don’t know what happened there,” McClements said. Evan Prentice, a second-year
official office, but then one day Martin Hare, professor of mechan-
ical
engineering
College,
came
in
Conestoga
at
and told the
dents of Technologies
from
stu-
Unbound
were no longer the
room,
to
said
Prentice.
the
automated manufacturing student at Conestoga College and sales manager for Technologies Unbound
the solar car’s
Shin Huang, a former mechaniengineering student at
cal
Conestoga College and current director of Technologies Inc.,
Unbound
said the students contacted
the faculty and complained about
the lockout, but no one
was able to
help them.
The
and helping the team enter the he said. “I never supervised
race,”
the profits.”
All donations for Spectre
which
like Spectre I never
were placed into the Hare said. Wai-Cheung Tang, chair of the
to the race,
college’s account.
Kitchener-Waterloo section of IEEE, said the Conestoga College branch never mentioned a conflict between them and Technologies
Unbound Inc. “IEEE of Conestoga College was our member, not Technologies Unbound Inc.,” he said. “Therefore, they didn’t have to report to us about such activities
students were not successful
in finding an alternative
work loca-
because
it’s
not their responsibili-
ty.”
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“As an adviser,
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Martin Hare, the current faculty
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II.
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in Kitchener.
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soon
an apartment on Kingsway Drive
built
Neither car was finished in time
funds for the branch by selling
IEEE
IEEE
campus bookstore and physical resources.
After the lockout. Technologies
Conestoga College community out of the
approached the Society of Mechanical Engineers, the Doon
Inc. set up a booth at Fairview Mall in Kitchener but
sales
These students originally and sold computers to
on Doon campus, he said. Huang added the members
tion
Unbound
Technologies Unbound Inc.
(pro-
Electrical
Engineers
In January 1994, members of Conestoga’s student branch of IEEE were permitted by the col-
An
felt
was forced
business
2A116 because the IEEE members didn’t like the business. “Some IEEE members thought it was evil business,” he said. Prentice was discouraged and out of
to
Despite breaking into the cabinet
We
because they
Inc., said the
grow.”
United States.
in the
who
in possession of the cabinet
keys were out of the country at the
profit
Spectre
it
nine-day race held every two years
the lock because the students
were
Coons said that he and Hofer gave permission to the security guards to break into the cabinet
which was supposed to enter Sunrayce 97, a long-distance,
Inc.
had
gies.
the
them from the student employees of Technology
wanted to see IEEE succeed as
a club and see
The same members worked on
asked to see the documents around February 1999 but never received
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move
College makes big, bold <»
By
Phil
campus speciahzing
Wright
The proposed nursing program,
in different
Conestoga
disciplines.
made,” Conestoga College president John Tibbits has announced
announcement at a president’s forum where he spoke to college employees at Doon campus on Nov. 25.
the details of the college’s $39-
Tibbits also used the occasion
Proclaiming
it
the “biggest and
move the
boldest
college has ever
million capital plans contained in its
application to the SuperBuild
made
Tibbits
to
the
$800,000 from donation an
announce
software
Corel Systems.
Growth Fund. of
construction
is
a
35-acre
on University
site
Avenue in Waterloo. The extent of the programming offered at the proposed campus is contingent on the amount of funding approved, but preliminary plans have the
new
hosting a
said he
Ideally, Tibbits
form of cor-
specializing
college’s
the
in
its
such
as
IBM,
the evolution of Conestoga, said
He
plans are justified since Waterloo
capital funding for the expansion
as part of the application.
of information technology at
second fastest growing is region in Ontario and its economic
co mmuni cations
would
be
Doon
offered at the college’s
campus
the
details
is
current Waterloo
its
campus on King
growth
Similar to the proposed nursing
as McMaster
is
government’s
a
Tibbits said,
will
be a prerequisite
for
running a facility dedicated to multi-media communications and
registration in nursing in
the near future.
John
submit pro-
the expansion of the infrastruc-
ing programming, but also contin-
have not been
ture of Ontario’s colleges and
registration in the college system as a whole grew less than .1 per cent.
Conestoga’s
universities.
Tibbits envisions the college’s capital projects costing nearly $53
created for the college with each
million with a
number of partner-
increase
in
the
program would
uing education and international projects.
rose nearly 10 per cent in the past
Forming a partnership with such an “entrepreneurial and innova-
year, said Tibbits.
tive” institution as
number of first-year
students also
part
zations such as Corel and
offer not only undergraduate nurs-
Jeffrey said the
would depend in
Tibbits,
per cent in the past year whereas
Tibbits said he would like to see “centres of excellence’’
television,
upon
corporate partnerships with organi-
for
Ideally,
of
Tibbits said course dehvery and strategy
college.
quality
convergence
radio and the Internet.
Conestoga has proven a
as
on
Ideally, Tibbits sees the college in
perspective,
Conestoga’s registration grew 4.9
commu-
relies
partnership with the Metis Nation,
college president
college
programming
under SuperBuild.
given the fact a degree
by the provincial government
entirely finalized, said Tibbits.
nications
the funding allocated the college
essential for Conestoga,
is strong.
From provincial
on the government
program, the extent of the
the
Street.
The
on the
capital funding provid-
Ontario, said Jeffrey.
and innovative”
itself
relatively little time to
some
neurial
an “entrepre-
SuperBuild Growth Fund represents a $660-million investment
in Kitchener, but details
of the location are preliminary. Because applicants were given posals,
college
are contingent not only
the
said the college’s ambitious
also requesting
The
program
accreditation the
amount of
Tibbits.
gency services programming. Expanded communications programming is also being proposed said Tibbits,
sci-
The
will provide, as well as the faculty,
tional requirements for nursing in
with such
institution
Technology Centre.
of computer equipment, are key in
program and police and emer-
Preferably,
Jeffrey,
ences/community services.
recently donated $300,000 worth
different disciplines.
Bill
Waterloo Information
milhon, and Hewlett-Packard who
in
said
Forming a partnership
whose donations may exceed $3
campus
principle
near future, said Tibbits.
$14
Corporations
the college with each
in
be a prerequisite
for registration in nursing in the
deciding definitively on the educa-
of excellence” created for
College, has not been
finalized but there is an agreement
fact a degree will
ed, but also
million difference.
recent growth, said Tibbits, partic-
see “centres
like to
McMaster University and
essential for Conestoga, given the
porate participation, providing the
ularly at
would
participa-
Conestoga’s dean of health ships, mostly in the
instrumental
new campus
four-year nursing
[j
Such partnerships have been
a
25,000-square-metre campus on
tion of
Mohawk
College
Foremost in Conestoga’s application
which would include the
McMaster
is
The proposed
police,
IBM. fire
and
emergency services programming would be the result of a partnership between Conestoga and the Region of Waterloo.
Although po^st-secondary instituhad only one month to put together proposals by the Nov. 15 deadline, project approvals won’t be announced until a few months
tions
after Christmas, said Tibbits.
Cutbacks not causing concern at Doon campus she said. “If tliey (cutbacks) result in higher tuition or student debt there will be
By Nicole Furlong
witti,”
cause lor concern”
provincial govemnicni recently annou-
The
nced cutbacks
John Tibbits. Conestoga's president, shares
to post-secondaty education.
Management Board
Menage’s viewpoint.
Clms Hodgson
chairmiui
Tibbits believes cuts to Conestoga will equal
annoonced, on behalf of the government, $30 million will be cut from post-secondary educa-
inaknu
iiu hidin'
iion
moie
loans
obtain
students
who
school,
for
refu-sing to loan
their
.
money
to
.
,
dlSappOintGd
hi.stories to
cuts)
/
(in
3 ^fOWth
ITlOd© fight
The
difficult for
it
John
come
at
aid
them
a time when enrolment has
revamp them, and
as
21 per cent decrease in college funding. The effect the cutbacks will have on Conestoga College students is unknown due to
lucks out.
the lack of specific information that has been
lot
Menage, president of the Doon
Student Association, said she
however
it
is
“We do
that is
such a great job
sector money,” she said.
where Conestoga
^Beat Goes On
in getting private
“We
haven’t seen a
of increase in tuition or student debt.”
Tibbits added he too hopes Conestoga will
disclosed by the government.
as of yet,
disappointed
“We’re
mode right now.” Menage added she believes these cuts are being made to streamline institutions as well
increased nine per cent while there has been a
Ellen
:
because we’re in a growth
in attaining a higher education.
cuts
said.
disappointment at the cuts.
college president
(OSAP) recipients to collect money in order to
not the be-all and
Tibbits,
more
Ontario Student
he
However, he expresi^d; his
Assistance Program
The
is,
end-all,”
universities ^ind colleges.
is
,y:w7'y''^
“Fortv thousand dollars to
^.$50,000
the default rate threshold for
make
the government
$30 million.
income and by lowering^
cuts will
$50,000.
made by
becaUSG weYe
.
underestimate^in
-
While that number may seem large, Tibbits points out the total amount of cuts being
ir
srudenls
lor
diffiuill
with bad credit
ajj^roximately $40, (KK)
is
not concerned
something to keep an
reye on. ‘Cuts to education are always difficult to deal
be prepared to deal with problems in the system and this situation will turn into a positive. “Hopefully this will mean more funds for schools like Conestoga, who are growing, in the future " he said.
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6,
Comnientai^
1999
myn^
noGuS nian
'kr ICXI
I'.
Taber, Alta.,
many
.schools
have put
in place
emergency response
plan^
Schools have always had emergency proceduies to deal with boir' tK)V
ey have wdrked out
fih^Sxto '
At ^ifh
mci^dh^uton,' ^-^nts aitd teachers tnostixp\v'^^'
TP:c^|a^at ^tigia^t^ideia#^ tlfese
who do.^pt belong at flte schwl
The idea oTosing| profiling ^stewi to identify a student who could become violenUtas been propr^ed by tl^e Caniaian Safe School
John Hmne, superintendent of instruction at the WaWlc^llegion
TM^ct schooTboanh s^d. tte Ik^d has met widi Wa^^stgibaal and ^hulance sfiavic^ to come up
police, fire
procedures to
vrith
-hMtsway.
^
The safety ot .students is the priority, lu «.ccp siuucms siue, a iockdnwn keeps student.s away from an intruder until trained personnel decide their «u«a
is
sec^ from <|mgef ^nid'can evacuate them saf^. Wa„
mi'itiHo ^«<r>'nn-
jjjj
3 classToomthat
*ten to tbfe
,
bc
near^t safe ate^
aadmtoving people away from\v^ows and do^ks or breaking glass
aadfiyh^^gs.
V\
^
\
^
\
t^-Aset hf "guidelines th^
wnce me ponce
arrive,
mey would he
the quarterback ol decision
making.” he said
Expect more havoc for the millennium
The schools drills are
also do emergency response dnUs, added Hume. ITie preplanned so evcry'one knows what to do and to prevent
The emergency procedures
to deal with in«roders.vwere -put into
effect at St. Mar>'’-s high school in Kitchener in October,
school was locked called in after
down and a pdiice emergency
a student was seen whb a gun.
be a iraintball gun. Conestoga College
when
gun tamed Out hi '
„
,
is
also prepmng
deal with iatraders.
ji
an^mergency response plan to
-
?
,
is
to devise a |dan to ,
<
,
”
,
Ai^sent,
Conestoga’s emergency response plan does not deal 'Specifically with an intruder. According to Hunter the plan that exists 'ItoW'has tp'bekdflued;
^
^
/Ther^at^^C ^oMemsl Tl^Poon and they
all
c^aipus has uiauy buildings. require the same security coverage. The main building
has surveillance cameras but the others don't and the P.A. system can
..
u broadcasting
would reach
all
It s good to know that tfee Is k^e planning, but ad^morgency^ response plan to deal with an intruder should already be in place. It is important that everyone know what to do in the event of an
emergency involving an intruder. All faculty and administration as well as students would have to be trained in the emergency procedures.
By Adam Wilson
Local school boards already have emergency response plans that deal with intruders.
Conestoga should move quickly to devise a plan and train employIt shouldn’t have taken 10 years to see the necessi-
ty for such a plan.
In a Nov. 27 Canadian Press
news
article,
SPOKE is
it
was announced
is
would be allowed
to serve alco-
New
Year’s
Eve.
leaves a bar, gets in their car
a special occasion,
to
favourite bar until
Year’s
The
and organizations with temporary liquor licences will be allowed to serve alcohol from 11 a.m. on article said “individuals
Dec. 31 to 3 a.m. on Jan. Ontario is the most
1.”
also a
it’s
stay
if this
many
prob-
It is
this idea.
in a rush at
How
are you going to
they’ve had too
1
until
instead of their nor-
mal 3 a.m. closing time. the
article,
Consumer and
Commercial Relations Minister Bob Runciman said “the hours had been extended in the past for unique situations such as the Blue Jays winning the World 1993 and the Toronto
bar owners
4 a.m., it from leaving the same time. The at
different
times sporadically and not in a
a.m. Jan.
be allowed to stay open
if
until
people will leave
Bars and restaurants are supposed to keep an eye on their patrons and cut them off if
8 a.m. Jan.
New Year’s?
will prevent people
in his
will
happens on
thought that
keep the bars open
New Year’s, after changes were made in Newfoundland and Quebec. Bars in Newfoundland will be allowed to stay open for 42 hours straight, from 9 a.m. Dec. 31 to 3 In Quebec, the bars
or her car
his
New
stop anyone from getting
2.
someone? How stop anyone
to
most
recent province to extend these hours for
kills
you going from getting in are
fine to
at
4 a.m. on
may sound
lems with
your
drunk and
drunk? Will there be a special law saying bars won’t get shut down
people, but there are
much to drink. many people at
these establishments,
it
will
be
hard for bartenders, waitresses
and anyone else to keep an eye on one specific customer. Bar owners are also responsible for their patrons, so
if
there
is
accident where
large drunken
mob.
Runciman compared this occasion to the 1993 World Series celebration. If I remember correctly, there was a rather large riot after
or her car drunk?
There will be so
the Blue Jays
won and
after the
bars closed at 4 a.m.
This could happen again. Having a drunken mob roaming the
streets
celebrating the
new
millennium, with the possibility everything will be in chaos
because of Y2K, could spell trouble for
many people come New
Year’s.
an
someone dies, it can be blamed on the owner. What will happen if someone
is
Keeping bars open until 4 a.m. not a good idea. It is only going
to
cause more trouble than people
are asking for.
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New program media
The program of
part
is tak-
Romkey, adding
said
most
the world of technology.
portion of the program.
difficult
anything that requires the right
help people utilize their
brain to generate
is art.
Darren Romkey, a training and
such a grey area that we have to take it on a per person
development consultant.
basis,”
in
the
21st century, said
“It’s
Romkey
here
is
to
teaching the program, has a
do
media
is
BAA
in fine arts, a
in Internet publishing
certificate
Photoshop,
BA
is
master’s degree in digital media, a
teach people
cutting-edge software like
a
arts,
Valid for New Years or Spring Break Trip ^-'^^ Tours
said.
Matt Dyck, of Waterloo, who
“What we set out
Conestoga Student Will win a $300 Gift Certificate with Breakaway
said he’s a firm believer that
The program, which started Oct. 4 at the Waterloo campus, will artistic
One
that determining
artistic ability is the
He
art isn’t
curriculum,
the
digital
ing the artistically inclined into
skills
Ink (bre loiit i Thurs. Dec 9
geared towards
is
people because
artistic
Conestoga College’s new media certificate program
Must bring student ID to win Some conditions apply
and a teacher’s education diploma. Three weeks of the program are
Illustrator
designated for a work term that will
and
Flash.”
“There are a training
and employers.
benefit students
Darren Romkey,
lot
of industries in
the area that are deciding if they
and development
want
to
make
leap to the
this
[S]
Internet,” said
consultant
Romkey. “They see
everyone out there in the world doing
“The basics of the digital media program is to take an artist, someone with some kind of artistic background, and give them more tools to use that are real industry now,”
he
to
from
know how
really
where
come in.”
used in the said.
tive learning.
to build a
start to finish
that’s
program, which costs could lead to careers involving the Internet and interac-
Photoshop,
how
and
The
“it’s
more
is
a spin-
off of the graphics and animation program, which was offered by
Illustrator
the college’s training and develop-
ment department.
CD-ROM Web
said,
The 670-hour program
Romkey
said
enough time
and lay out an
aesthetically pleasing
Romkey
But,
geared toward people that already have a job or have a goal in mind.”
and Flash,” he said. The 27-week program will teach students
but they don’t
is
$6,500,
teach people cutting-edge softlike
it
start
these (students)
The primary focus of the postgraduate program is the new media that is evolving, said Romkey. “What we set out to do here is to ware
there
wasn’t
to adequately teach
the animation aspect of the graph-
site,
cation, Internet design is the pri-
and animation program, so the media and the 3-D graphics and computer modelling programs
mary
were created
Romkey
ics
said.
Although
it is
focus,
he
not the only appli-
said.
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College and university unite University of Waterloo students to get hands-on welding experience By Anna
Sajfert
uate university students hands-on
exposure
The University of Waterloo’s mechanical engineering program
various
to
welding
processes such as ultrasonic
Madsen.
said
ing,
test-
Conestoga
has seconded Conestoga College’s
College students will also benefit
welding
from
technology
on
labs
the
partnership
because
University of Waterloo approached Conestoga 2 1/2 years ago and asked the college to train and
flux-corded welding, gas tungsten
share
arc welding and
its
expertise with the univer-
sity students.
Conestoga College, with co-operafrom University of Waterloo
university students an opportunity
Madsen
mechanical engineering professors,
to obtain a university degree in
Norman Zhou and Hugh
mechanical engineering welding specialization.
He added the University of Waterloo doesn’t have the facili-
tion
Kerr,
developed the labs programs.
The
which was September 1998,
partnership,
launched
in
gives the graduate and undergrad-
new
capital
Madsen
equipment into the he said.
said Conestoga is giving
with
work with he
the top-notch students,”
said.
increase in the years
In another lab course, they are
the university to use Conestoga’s
learning to do a series of experi-
facilities,
he
said.
ahead to give college and universi-
ments
ty graduates the skills
ples of ultra sonic testing, liquid
interact with Conestoga’s welding
penetrating testing, magnetic par-
program, but whether or not the interaction expands beyond the
edge the
ties
“I’m tremendously enjoying the
will
than the University of Waterloo’s mechanical engineering department, and it is more effective for
submerged arc
welding.
college’s labs,
fer
and
Conestoga’s welding department has more equipment in their labs
welding, gas metal arc welding,
“This type of co-operation must
Guelph campus. Karsten Madsen, co-ordinator of the welding technology program at
University of Waterloo will trans-
shielded metal arc manual
ing,
real
and knowl-
world requires,”
said.
ticle testing
or the expertise in welding
technologies.
The
students
now
are
getting
training in resistance spot weld-
“We
“We
to demonstrate the princi-
and radiography.
don’t train welders, but are
current status
hope
to
will
be able to
depend on
some engineers
future government programs for
and have hands-on
expanding space, as well as the success of Waterloo’s welding
trying to educate to understand
certainly
experience with various welding processes and non-destructive
specialization
examination
Kerr.
tests,”
Kerr
said.
program,”
said
Nursing students can take the pressure By Talisha Matheson
She said students must have inon the correct way to
class theory
Eleven first-year practical nursing students held a blood pressure clinic at
take a blood pressure before they
can take someone’s pressure.
Conestoga’s Cambridge
campus on Nov. 25. Sue Garlick, co-ordinator of preparatory
studies
Cambridge campus,
at
the
invited
Yippy
Novotny, professor of practical nursing at Doon campus, and her students to conduct the clinic in Cambridge.
SO they can gain
“It’s
competency
for clinical
experience. Yippy Novotny,
professor ofpractical nursing
was a co-operative effort between the campuses and a Garlick said
way for the
it
students to practise
on
a varied population.
According to Novotny the purpose of the clinic was for the
stu-
dents to gain experience in taking a variety of blood pressures. “It’s
so they can gain competency
for clinical experience
work
in
and future nursing,” Novotny said.
“Students find the experience very valuable,” Novotny said. “It
gives
them confidence
in
their skills in taking
blood pressures and dealing with the pub-
lic.”
She said the clinics are held once each semester at both campuses.
Lesley Bolt, a first-year nursing student, takes Leslie Johnston’I’s blood pressure at the blood pressure clinic held on Nov. 25 at Conestoga’s Cambridge campus, (Photo by Talisha Matheson)
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SPOKE,
Get ready, By Anna
set, KPI!
into the college
highest in the
KPI
that ranks
the
survey.
Hunter said is
Sajfert
Thief The annual surveys of Ontario’s 25 community colleges to establish Key Performance Indicators consists of 95 mutual
and
five col-
lege-specific questions regarding
on the loose
obvious the thief entire
lennium project
from
all over.
over 8,000 people have visited the
suggests students be wary of
Web site.
their
belongings,
especially
women, who have been Students are being warned to
the
targets so far.
keep an eye on their belongings after numerous reports of stolen
facilities.
wallets.
any of their belongings are missing
A1 Hunter, supervisor of security services, said there have been
or
Indicators are
and
accountability
excellence
benchmarks. This year the Association had design
its
own
Doon
Student
chance
a
to
which
question,
be included with the college’s
will
other four college-specific questions.
Jenn Hussey,
DSA
vice-presi-
dent of operations, said the question asks the students to list in
DSA
order of preference, which service or activity is
most impor-
tant to them. “If
we
it’s
will
areas
faxing or bus
know
more
president Ellen
Menage.
will be conducted between Feb. 7 and Feb. 11,
Last year’s
KPI
results
Conestoga College the No.
ranked 1
col-
lege in Ontario.
Conestoga Tibbits,
major millennium
He
who spoke
John
Sajfert
board of directors for the 2000/01 Student Association elec-
CRO is not eligible to run in the DSA election.
activities.
um project for Canadians between the ages of 18 and
or model
in the
tables
while they search for a
book. table,
they their
come back wallets
Hunter said the
are
to the
gone.
theft is not discov-
their wallets later.
“I
forum for college employees Nov. said 24, Human Resources Development Canada pours cash
from washrooms when purses or backpacks are left on washroom
me
please do so,”
.com).
Melnyk
DSA
Jenn Hussey,
They will fill out an application to become one of the 400 partici-
who
will gather in
CRO,
into a
then
told the
board. vice-presi-
dent of operations, said the biggest job
is
CRO’s
to get the electors to
Ottawa
come
out and vote.
to July 3 to partici-
pate in numerous legacy projects
The week
in January after the candi-
and environmental
dates have campaigned for
from June 28
The
participants
activities.
will begin
a
elections will run for
one
two
weeks.
five-month virtual trek in January
Wallets have also been stolen
shelves.
a special millenni-
24 who are invited to log onto the Future Trek Web site (www.futuretrek2000
pants
its
board of directors have
agreed to purchase 38 Maple Leafs
DSA
$10 raffle tickets. The winners of the tickets will be announced before the last day of classes on Dec. 22.
Royalty exhibited
“You need 50
signatures to run
DSA election),” said Mike Hams, DSA vice-president of
event.
education.
(in the
The
A
special exhibition will
association
company’s Crown Royal whisky in Waterloo.
The exhibition will be held at the Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery at 25 Caroline St. N. This
is
Waterloo’s
exhibition
since
first
Seagram Collection in 1997. The exhibition will trace the tory of the development of
O CO
It will also highlight Crown Royal’s relationship with Waterloo.
For more information on the looking at
is
exhibition call (519) 746-1882.
ISO Team
Pauline Winston
•
Ross Cole
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•
Susan Davidson
•
Gord Turner
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Paul Matresky
•
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Margaret Struck
•
Dana Williams Tony Chappell
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A1 Hunter
•
Beth Esenbergs
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John Tribe
•
Ian
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Irene
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Dick Deadman
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Jeanette
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Tim
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Schill
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Crown
product.
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the
Royal highlighting the production,
to the
Rhude
major
gaining
CONGRATULATIONS Facilities
show-
case the journey of the Seagram
packaging and marketing of the
and communicate by Internet to develop plans for the summer
The National Capital Commission
o>
indi^
will be selling
The
and backpacks.
is
The Doon Student Association and
Compiled byT. Matheson
tion.
have no experience whatsoever but if in any way you can train
Future Trek
in
Doon
searching for
explained that the wallets are being taken out of people’s purses
an open
at
is
Hockey fans tune
vidually, the
Jenn Melnyk, a third-year mar-
Compiled by T. Matheson Future Trek
possible for students to
vote online.
keting student, has been elected chief returning officer by the DSA
gone.
ered until the students look for president
is recruiting
— Page 7
Instead of selling the tickets
elects officer
By Anna
Trek
it
1999
hockey game tickets worth $4,200 for Conestoga College students.
around campus,” said Hunter.
young Canadians who want to get involved in the development of
When
.
DSA
they see someone suspicious
had gone missing.” Hunter said some of the stolen wallets have been recovered, but any money in the wallet was
Learning Resource Centre. Students have been leaving their purses or backpacks on
DSA
if
capcan.ca
services immediately if
lets
Several of the incidents occurred
The KPI survey
2000
“Initially it was just lost property being reported,” said Hunter, “but then people realized that their wal-
then
carefully,” said
ask the students to notify
complaints over the last couple of weeks.
to look into these
trips,
“We
security
making
6,
and to date
this fall
For more information about Future Trek call 1-800-465-1867 or visit the NCC Web site at www.'
main
programs, faculty, services and
Key Performance
(NCC), the organizers of Future Trek, launched their national mil-
cam-
pus as the reports have come in
He
By Adam Wilson
is
it
moving around the
Dec.
James
Sookram Walker
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new
charter
of an entrepreneurial environment,
entrepreneurial environment,” said
the college increased five per cent
said Tibbits.
Tibbits.
relative to the previous year, said
regulating
community colleges
is
want expanded powers, Conestoga College presiessential if they
dent John Tibbits told the Nov. 22
If
would
regarding
the
of college boards were
removed or lessened, said Tibbits, then colleges would be “masters of their
own
Though
Powers such as offering applied degrees and facilitating interna-
programming
restrictions
activity
board of governors meeting.
tional
destiny.’’
there
is
no timeline
for completion of a
new
set
charter,
the Association of Colleges
of
increase the marketability of col-
lege students and significantly
province’s advocacy group for
enrolment
the
of
Conestoga, said Tibbits.
fully
it is
futile for colleges to
explore the feasibility of
delivering tionally
programming through
the
— Page 9
by the program, its locaand the makeup of faculty are
tion
not finalized, said Tibbits.
Tibbits.
Conestoga also had the fourth highest growth rate in applications
among
Ontario’s
community
hoped, he added,
leges.
Conestoga would host the programming and provide the
The also
instruction.
Ontario, he added.
it is
that
In other business, registrations at
col-
enrolment at Conestoga is up 100 per cent as international students have increased from 50 last tion,
year to the current number of 100, said Tibbits.
The
objective, said Tibbits, is for
Conestoga to expand to 500 college’s growth rate
the
highest
in
was
southern
years.
The next board meeting
In terms of international educa-
inter-
national students in the next five
is
sched-
uled for Jan. 24.
currently drafting a
In other board matters,
it was Conestoga has selected Mohawk College and
announced
that
interna-
McMaster University in a
sally accepted as degrees.
foster
more
as partners
EOU/UNQ Mtqmt @ Fredrick Bowling Lanes
proposed four-year nursing program.
Though other
Allowing individual college boards a degree of autonomy and
would also
is
Internet
because diplomas aren’t as univer-
flexibility
1999
charter, said Tibbits.
Without applied-degree powers,
he said
colleges,
Details such as the accreditation
offered
However,
Applied Arts and Technology of Ontario (ACAATO), the
increase
6,
college charters essential
Phil Wright
Ontario’s
Dec.
universities court-
ed Conestoga for a nursing partnership,
McMaster was
because of
its
selected
“innovation and
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4vE, Dec.
,
6,
— Paac 10
1999
Business gets new dean By Beverley Grondin
He
existing employees.
says they
would then write training plans
The new dean of
the school of
ered.
in
“You learned a at
doing something like says.
in
1965.
The
college
open until 1967. “In 1969 the adult education centre joined Conestoga College,” says Clow. “I like to
people
tell
that the college joined the adult
education centre, but
seem
I
to
be
the only person with that view.”
Clow
says he initially taught
^
DSA office
chair for computer
part-time
studies
working alongside Edith Torbay
who
was chair of the day
full-
time programs.
He
says the biggest adjustment
so far has been the size of the job.
Whereas he once had nine
full-
part-time
such as running a
full-time
front”
operation
from
time
staff, he now has 52 and just over 280 part-
staff.
Torbay says she and Clow have
“It was just an office on the main street and we rented facilities and whatever was available,” he says. They offered courses in
been colleagues for over 18 years, as they have worked together in
these facilities to try to bring col-
with him as co-chair of the school
lege education to rural
communi-
various capacities.
She says she enjoyed working of business.
“We
ties.
was a very small operation,” he
says.
Volunteers Needed See Alycia in the
and
studies
into various positions with
“It
In the Sanctuary
For about the past five years.
Clow has been
moved
1972-74 in Haniston.
^CliristmasTlieineWeekS
he
time teachers and about 280-300
“store
is
that,”
mathematics and physics, then the college
Dec. 6th to 9th
about a whole
in
centre
didn’t
(Photo by Beverley Grondin)
lot
of different jobs when you’re
education
adult
Waterloo
of the school of business.
lot
September, started working
the
new dean
all
College since before there was a
Andy Clow, who became dean
the
ensure
to
necessary areas were being cov-
college.
Andy Clow,
industry,
the
for
business has been with Conestoga
“(We) w'ere able to make
was happening in where the college was becoming more visible.”
think alike in
many ways,
was always easy for him to understand what my motivation so
it
inroads into what
was,” she says, adding that he
the northern parts
supportive colleague.
One of the
Torbay says Clow
is
is
honest,
Clow
straightforward and reliable, and
remembers fondly was his time in industrial training and consulting in the late 1970s, where people from the college would consult with the industry and make determinations as to what they wanted to do to train all new and
he cares about the students in his programs. “I have a lot of respect for him,
other positions
and I think a lot of other people do He’s very old and with age
too.
comes
experience,”
she
says
laughingly.
Corrections In the Nov. 29 edition of
Spoke on Page
Golf were for a
12, in the story
off at Conestoga, prices were correct as printed, but
tees ses-
which consists of five lessons. Therefore, per session individuals would pay $140, groups of five would pay $105 and Conestoga students would pay $90. sion,
In the Nov. 22 edition of Spoke on Page 2, in the story Massacre commemoration in place, the rose bushes were donated by the Cambridge YWCA. Spoke apologizes for the errors.
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DECEMBER 6â&#x201E;˘ COMMEMORA TION
TIME:
11:30 A.M.
PLA CE:
THE SANCTUARY
To commemorate the 10th anniversary of the murder of 14 women students at Montreal's Ecole Polytechnique and in recognition of all women who have suffered from violence, the Women 's Resource Group (in conjunction with the D.S.A.) is sponsoring: ,
GAIL WEBSTER (O.P.P. Staff Sergeant and Provincial Co-ordinator for Crisis Negotiation)
Speaking About Her Personal Experience of Sexual Assault There will also be a ceremony at 2:00 p.m. outside the Blue Cafeteria to mark the planting of 14 rose bushes - one in memory of each student killed in Montreal. Cambridge Women â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Crisis Services has selected Conestoga College as the site for this permanent memorial and co-ordinated the donation of commemorative plants from local organizations.
Page 12
— SPOKE, Dec.
6,
1999
Sports
Condors tied for second place
STUDENT SERVICES WORKSHOPS FALL
By Nicole Furlong
beginning as the scoreboard was
The Conestoga Condors men’s hockey team won their second game in a row on Nov. 25 against
od.
scoreless at the
-Fleming College in Lindsay, Ont. This gives them a 3-2-1, win-losstie
first peri-
About three minutes into the second period Woodley scored the first
This places them in a three-way
second place in the Ontario
Colleges Athletic Association with
Fleming and Humber Colleges.
by Jamie Hickey.
With eight minutes Joe
Sullivan
left in
the sec-
scored
for
Heming who came out flying in the third with Wes NeUd and Aaron
hockey against the team they
Setterington scoring a goal each
within the
provincial championships last year.
period putting them one up on the
of guys stepped up today,”
lot
first five
Condors.
assistant coach,
Conestoga came back, however,
referring to the return of three-year
with Woodley and Stewart scoring
Murray who was not
a goal each only seconds apart.
said
Bob Hunke,
veteran Sean
able to play this season until this
game
because
his
course
Conestoga did not begin
at
until
recently.
Hunke lent play
of Darrell Woodley,
who
scored two goals for the team, as well as the excellent goaltending of
Anthony Gignac. “Anthony played a phenomenal game,” said Hunke. “That’s what
we
M ike
Shane Neil, Adam Duce, Rudney and Heimple assisted. Fleming pulled last
also referred to the excel-
need,
we
really
need those big
saves.”
The game was
close
from the
TIME
ROOM
their goalie in the
minute of the game and
was
all
the
end during that time, but Conestoga fought to the end for a well-deserved win. “We had a great comeback in the third,” Hunke said. “This was a real character-builder, and we showed a action
lot
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minutes of the
beat out of fourth place in the
“A
DATE
Conestoga. Dave Stewart assisted.
three exciting periods of high-quality
TOPIC
followed suit making the score 2-0
ond,
The determined Condors played
THE FOLLOWING WORKSHOPS DO NOT REQUIRE ANY SIGN UP.
goal in the bottom left-hand side of the net, assisted
Five minutes later Tyler Heimple
record.
tie for
end of the
1999
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in Conestoga’s
of character.”
The Condors play their next home game on Dec. 8 at home against the
Humber Hawks at 7:30 p.m.
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