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— No. 47
the spirit of giving
some campuses are black sheep By Anna
Sajfert
used textbook sale are not available
ing
technician
from
student
are not memDoon Student Doon campus stu-
them because they
to
A second-year welding engineer-
of
bers
the
Association.
Conestoga’s Guelph campus says
dents,
he is fed up with the way
yearly fee of $54.50, which covers
satellite
campuses are treated by the
col-
lege.
on the other hand, pay a
the cost of
DSA services and activ-
ities.
When Jamie Talbot and his class-
was just
“It
how
recently that I found
mate Kevin Lee first visited the Kenneth E. Hunter Recreation Centre on Doon campus, they were
was,” Talbot said, adding he wasn’t
asked to present their student cards
Waterloo campus on University
and then told to leave, he said. “We were told by a person at the rec centre to get a membership
Avenue.
through
facility,”
Doon Student we wanted to use the
the
Association
if
Talbot said. “But
membership
‘What
like,
what’s
was and
it
the
Association?’
Doon
Student
How come
no one
out
big Conestoga College
aware of the plans to build a second
Guelph campus is in the back woods and the news doesn’t seem to reach there, Talbot said.
“Nobody from Guelph campus aware of the extra-curricular ities.
he
We’re really kept in the dark,”
said.
Talbot said he was also upset
comes
Talbot’s complaint
same time
told us about either?”
is
is
activ-
DSA
that the
how
brainstorming about
at the
executive to pro-
when no one from Conestoga
vide representation for students at
College informed Guelph students
Guelph, Waterloo, Doon, Cambridge and Stratford through a
about the Conestoga leather jacket held on
sale,
Doon campus
in
March. “I
was told by the Guelph campus contact the
to
Doon
Student Association and ask about the sale,” said Talbot
who added he
had never heard of the DSA before. “By the time I was able to find out who the DSA was, the sale was he
Talbot,
who will
graduate in
when he
May
attended
first
on Guelph campus, he was
only informed about the location of
welding labs and-the material he
list
of course
was required
to pur-
“Where
is
the school spirit?” he
“People say college years are
the best years of your
been
but
life,
it’s
Talbot said
Doon campus
doesn’t
campus
as
part
of Conestoga
College because they don’t have access to the
Doon
same student
services
students.
At present, students from satellite campuses may access the rec centre if
they agree to pay the $20
recreational
However,
fee every
DSA services such as the
prescription drug plan, ships
^d
semester.
scholar-
bursaries, bus trips
and
^
representation and access to servic-
DSA prescription said DSA president
es such as the
drug plan,”
See edi^rlai
Ellen Menage.
At present,
the
more
discussed
about
ideas
DSA
restructuring the
executive
and they at the
will
be
DSA
next
Classrooms and computer labs will be open over the holiday
board of directors meeting in
By Beverley Grondin
January 2000.
Conestoga
McGregor
principal
said there
is
demand for
student representation at satellite this
needs to be con-
sidered.
“A
student association such as the
DSA
is
best poised to give these
He
said he
Although classes and exams be over by Dec. 22 for the holiday season, classrooms and computer labs will remain open will
is
pleased to see that
week
break.
and
labs
at
Waterloo,
help those students by giving them representation through a student
Guelph and Doon campuses
representative body.
will
Talbot said he doesn’t mind paying the fees
- he only wishes
communication
lines
the
between the
two campuses would be more open.
“Conestoga needs to improve (with)
its satellite
campuses.”
ties
same time on
All buildings and classrooms
be closed Dec. 25, 26 and 31 and Jan. 1 and 2. Hours for the Kenneth E. Hunter will
recreation cen-
on certain days over the two-
wants to take action and
DSA
at the
these days.
Classrooms
McGregor. the
remain open
Grant
people the services they need,” said
shitty so far.”
recognize students from Guelph
as
“We
:
campuses and
chase.
said.
strapped Conestoga students received gifts this Christmas after Conestoga stude|i3 and employees (Photo by Anna Saifert) donated money to the wish fund.
want to give those students
are only generic
said.
2000, said class
Doon Student
Association.
secretary
over,”
reorganization of the
Alycia Punnett, DSA promotions assistant, helped organize the Chrlshnas Wish Tree event and decorate the six-foot hand-painted Christmas free in tiie DSA% office on Doon campus. Thirty chlidrenf^ financially
be open
until
tre are
Conestoga
Allege 11 p.m. until
at
Waterloo,
Guelph and Doon campuses will be open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Dec. 27 through Dec. 30. at
Guelph
posted recrecentre.
Learning Resource cenhours dur-
ing the holiday
24.
A9
the
ation
tre
Dec. 23 and until noon on Dec.
Computer labs
™
in
campus
Room will
are also posted.
Classes for trades certificate
and apprenticeship programs, preparatory studies programs and academic upgrading courses will begin Jan. 3.
All regular classes will resume Jan. 10.
'
College has was encouraging
Jt
to see
Conestoga College students’ and"
employees' charitable respt»nse to the
Doon
Christmas Wish Tree event, held from Nov.
To
Student Association’^ 1
-
to Dec, 7.
children Christma.s should be a magical time of Santa Clause ^
reindeers, bright lights and wishes
though, Christmas
upon
stars.
may be a reminder of a
For some
childreni^;
world that has neglect-
This year’s Christmas Wish Tree event, oiganued by the
DSA,
has brightened the smiles of 14 girls and 20 boys.
Ihc
The DSA, students
commended
to
1ft
\cjrs old, received
Chrisiin.is
their
and employees of Conestoga College are to be
aged lioin two
children
months
gilts
"A
for
lot of
people came together
as a da.-.s this year to nominate a
their generosity.
child
and pick
his or hei
said Alscia Punneli,
motion weeks. She added that
assistant
to gather
“One money
who wished to remain anonymous,
A
to
DSA
gift,'
pro
of awarunes.s
some business .students are Ihnd-'rai.stag cm more for the children’s C'hristmas
Doon campus group,
atiei
Conestoga C ollcge sludenis ^ind employees donated money and III Its for the wish fund
buy four presents ” she
donated enough
said.
few days ago, a mother and daughter walked into the D.SA : drop off a gift, said Punnett. -I-' '
^
A picture of a six-foot ChrStmas tree was draw»% the executive and hung on an
office
aitd ahg# name and the kind of gift requests
door in the Sanctuary. Reindeer
naraetags, each bearing a child’s
Christmas loses face
were designed and placed on the free; The DSA executive also designed flyers to promote the monthlong Invent and circulated them in departments on Doon campus.
ed,
^
gifts
given to the children were mostly winter accessories
such as gloves, mittens and
»
The Christmas Wish Tree event has been held
Conestoga students
who
During
since 1991 to help
financially strapped
# The DSA has also organized die is
The program
then distributed to students
foot! sljare
Christmas, Yule,
program, which oper-
coIlecfc> %i&n-perishablc
who cannot
afford to
food, which
Imy
fcxKl.
A Student may access the service as often as necessary without ^ / ,
completing form^ answering questions or giving his/her name.
and
Kwanza,
Ramadan and
*
has
has become the time of year
It
spend enormous amounts of money and anticipate what we to
get in return.
Over the years
No
one
exempt from the
is
guilt
become
the world are celebrating at this
mercialized and
of the dark commercialism that
time of year.
more
associated with the season.
explain where the fat
red and white suit
Who
man
came from?
Santa Claus and what
is
It
It
we
^
have.
When many Santa,
reindeer and
commended
elves running around a toy facto-
his
people think of think
about little
ry-
This
is
a classic
example of
about
should be a time to spend
with family and friends, a time to be thankful for what we have.
Many
Christians have taken the
of forgetting the true meaning of the season.
We have all sunk into the depths
the craze of the year
The been
boutiques and malls.
with an “X.”
According
to
an American mag-
is.
of the season has
spirit
“Christ” out of Christmas and it
is
We buy what we are told to buy and follow the lists to a tee. We focus on material items and what
replaced
should be a time to
spend with family and friends, a time to be thankful for what
has
com-
receiving than giving.
does he have to do with the Christmas season?
Christmas
season
in the
they
that the real spirit of Christmas is in giving.
Christmas been lost.
of
People from different cultures and religions from all comers of
Christmas
They have shown
the
the
Without the Christmas Wish Tree event, 34 children would have awakened this Christmas Day, thinking Santa had forgotten them. The DSA, students and employees of Conestoga College are to be for their generosity.
where meaning
many more.
However, can someone please
,^The stu3lehl%od bank is located off the main cafeteria. Students /may access the food bank by seeing a representative at student; services or Janie and Becky at tlie DSA office. Tuition hikes make it harder on students to suppon their families, let alone splurge on Christmas gifts. College tuition has gone up 10 per cent every year for the past few years. The Record in Kitchens reported in a Nov. 27 editorial that there ^ ^‘s more child poverty in Canada today than 10 years ago. In 1989, one child in .seven was poor, Jottey, it’s estim^ed at one child in ^five, the editorial reportc^Jhere are 14 million pi^children 4i»ow, half a million more than 10 years ago. :^0tie editorial also noted that in 1996, 12 per cent of local families ywete poor in Waterloo Region, up from 10 per cent in 1986.
Hanukkah,
ing
employees. ^"ates year round.
season there are dif-
celebrations being held, includ-
and every year J ^there has been an overwhelming response from Conestoga students aril’
this
ferent religious observations
scarve.s.
lost in
department
stores,
The thoughts of presents
take
many African/Americans and African/Canadians who celebrate Kwanza have put aside the
precedence over the true mean-
making of gifts and have resorted to buying gifts from stores. With the hustle and bustle of buying gifts and decking the halls, the true meaning of
Christmas
azine,
traditional
ing.
me wrong
Don’t get
I
shop for
gifts like the majority
of people, but
I
don’t lose sight
of what the true meaning of
Christmas I
think
is
we
for me. all
need
to put the
money and
gifts aside
Christmas and the Christmas season haye been lost in our pocket-
deep within
to find
books.
of us.
and look what the true
meaning of the season
is
for each
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— SPOKE, Dec. 20
,
1999
Christmas time
families
is for
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Friendly volunteers are
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By Beverley Grondin
management
ness
said
studies,
part of his holiday is spent at his
The holiday season is upon us, but what was once mainly a time
^ morning,” she
grandparents’ house.
“We open
have evolved into a time to cele-
on Christmas Day and then we go celebrate with my relatives,” he
brate family.
said.
seems
to celebrate religiously
to
The majority of students polled random survey at Conestoga College’s Doon campus Dec. 9 said they do not observe the reliin a
gious angle of
our
Mike Danforth,
first-year elec-
tronic engineer-
gion plays a big
days
“We
said his family does not celebrate
the holidays religiously,
we
“Usually
mjL
to
“Boxing Windsor and visit
extended family.”
“We
law and
foundations,
said
dinner and
a big
usually invite
ents over
and we
my grandpar-
all
get together
on Christmas
Day,” said Danforth.
“We
just
spend the whole week relaxing.”
Kim
her family celebrates Christmas at
Kroeker,
her uncle’s house Christmas Eve.
“We open ner,”
manage-
who added
bed.”
service,
then goes
Dave Farhood,
first-year busi-
for Christmas
visit-
ing friends or family afterwards.
would wish him some-
Call Alzheimer Society at 742-1422.
The DSA
and
is
creating a
“I’m going
said.
girlfriend to
meet
Anna
Montefro,
second-year
Millennium’
nursing, said her family celebrates
Christmas a
differently than
little
others.
B
over for dinner
spend
Monteiro
time
Monteiro,
who
together,
said.
is
Polish,
extra plate
is left
•
-'Capsule
added
on the table
for an unexpected guest.
Eve
I
tion).
her parents.”
An Kroeker
break
she said.
commitment. Training program provided (with certificate upon comple-
Figueiredo
observe during dinner.
rate religion into the festivities.
“Then we have a big dessert, dance around, the tree and go to
then
her family also has traditions they
that her family does not incorpo-
we
to provide companionship to people who have Alzheimer’s disease. Two hours a week
thing.”
weeks
my
wishes),”
white,
“My dad would break a piece off me and wish me something,
over
there with
make
of
for
watch movies,” she
our presents after din-
said Petersen,
(and
holi-
England
pieces
unleavened bread that
this year.
the three
'exchanges presents.
for Christmas dinner
Lilli Petersen, first-year
security/police
enjoys
also
just stick with our
“We have
different
the
which helps make her
Christmas celebrations special.
third-year
be
New' Year’s,” he
usually
Monteiro’s family also has anoth-
studies,
will
very family oriented.”
er tradition
man-
Other than church, his family
close family,” he said.
Day we go
j|H
.
Christmas
said.
“I’m going to
his
go to church Cv. Christmas Eve Danforth and Christmas Day,” he said. He is Wesleyan, which is a branch of Christianity.
studies,
little
over
in
“It’s
doing something a
brations.
special
agement said he
exchange)
Figueiredo,
business
reli-
said
ing,
part
FarhOOd
Marc
presents
Christmas cele-
Ginty, first-year
“We do (a present when we wake up
What do you think should be included? Have any ideas or suggestions?
“We can’t have meat on that day, we have mushroom soup, pero-
so
gies,
cabbage and
fish,”
see Kin
she said.
in
the
DSA
office
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News
Rec centre wants DSA to match Coke funds By Anna
DSA considering
more
membership
satellite
replace former sales employees
Sajfert
who were Ian James,
In brief
manager of
athlet-
ics
and recreation, has asked
the
Doon Student
Association
being promoted into
Sajfert
other departments.
The
department
and recreation wanted to wait
the
organizational
the
partnership that
centre. “It’s
benefiting the rec
an ongoing partnership
centre because
that is benefiting the rec centre
because for
it
Conestoga’s recreation
generates revenue for new equipment.”
generates revenue
new equipment,” he
said.
athletics
and
department
has
Copier contract causing crisis
of the
the original
Coca-Cola
is
no
different
from
“Coke
is
a good community
Menage
president Ellen
said at a Dec. 7 meeting that
DSA
two was postponed in 1997 because Coca-Cola was hiring
ment
new
informed on the agreement.
A
staff
to
is
on
because
it
not ready to comthe
partnership
hasn’t been fully
Full-Time, One-Year
Post-Graduate Program 2000
Starting January,
colour photocopier for
the
Conestoga’s future student associ-
another year despite a $1,223 loss
ation to resemble student associa-
of revenue.
tions
DSA president Ellen Menage said
Fanshawe and Humber
at
colleges.
the
tees
directors are essential in opening
The Fanshawe Student Union is a student representative body
communication
comprised of an executive council,
$327 but cost $1,550 between August and December 1999. She said the DSA is willing to
student administrative council and
endure the loss because
class
dents use the copier frequently.
lines with the five
campuses.
“There are loads of part-time and tions
now need
to
and the operabe distributed
VP
representatives,
linking
Simcoe, Woodstock and
St.
Tho-
mas Elgin campuses. Humber
photocopier generated only
Doon
stu-
Students pay 15 cents a sheet to
photocopy material.
criticizes report
By
Phil
Wright
from just under 200,000 students
A
recent study that concluded
that quality of education at
munity colleges interesting
contains that
to
is
read,
factual
question
com-
more
inform;
519-748-5220,
ext.
jfellbGial assistaiiiiife
the quaUty of the education.
MuUan
available
Nearly 90 per cent of instructors
is
report morale problems and
however
it
cent experienced decreased job
discrepancies
also concerned that
is
students and employers of recent
62 per
coUege graduates were not questioned.
He
'
satisfaction.
said a better indicator of qual-
ity
would be surveying employers
in
an ideal position to assess the
conclusion,
Approximately 70 per cent of
according to a Conestoga College
professors reported that there has
quaUty of coUege graduates.
executive.
been a decline
Kevin MuUan, Conestoga’s vicepresident of finance and adminis-
student work.
“QuaUty is based more on outcomes such as the competence of
was commenting on a study done by The Centre for Research on Work and Society at York University authored by Dr.
es have
tive,
Jerry White, a sociology professor
incorrect
at
6
1995-96.
declining
its
trative operations,
Call for
lease
in 1991-92 to just over 218,000 in
the
account
more subcommitunder the DSA’s board of
she would like
executive and
supporter,” said James.
10-year contract between the
sales
Menage
vice-presidents on the
The DSA executive has decided to
student association.
Menage added
Lakeshore
the
private enterprise scholarships.
DSA
kind to the rec centre.
The renewal of
recreation
year
award for one female and male student, and donate $5,000 in
president Ellen
more
manager of athletics and
12-month contract with Coca-Cola after the company agreed to disburse two $500 athletic scholarships, a athlete
January 2000.
full-time students
Ian James,
signed a
college
it
Campus
interested in joining an extended
said
is
North
membership before
the executive
DSA
an ongoing
“It’s
the
storm the prospects of expanding
executive has decided to brain-
presenting the idea at the next
the
including
and
board of directors meeting in
monopoly of services, company donates money to
Council
^ student operations, is currently conducting research to find out if
Council.
said James.
said the partnership with
Association
Campus
any new contracts were signed,
He
Students’
Council
Centre.
Because the recreation centre allows Coca-Cola to have a
bodies under the
representative
vice-president of
from Guelph, Cambridge, Waterloo and Stratford campuses would be
changes were completed before
until
Jenn
that
students
The Doon Student Association
athletics
match the $5,000 donation Coca-Cola has given to the Kenneth E. Hunter Recreation to
added
DSA
Hussey,
By Anna
College has two separate student
evenly,” she said.
Menage
the
University
of Western
And
in the quality of
nearly 80 per cent of class-
grown an average of about
20 per cent
in the past decade.
Although the study in
informa-
is
some cases the data is which questions the
overall accuracy of the report, said
MuUan.
Ontario.
The study released November was funded, in
in
For example,
MuUan
questioned
the graduates produced,” he said.
With
at least part
of the funding
OPSEU, and
being derived from
the study being conducted by a university, there is a perception of bias, said
MuUan
MuUan.
points to another error in
the study,
which
municipal
tax
relates
grants
to
the
colleges
part,
the report’s claim overall operat-
receive as a reimbursement for
through an arms-length research
ing costs for the coUege system
their municipal taxes.
grant awarded
declined from $378 million in
by the Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU). Data was gathered from surveys completed by 517 college professors, and among its findings were the following items:
Total revenue from the college
The study
states “grants allocat-
1994-95 to $342 milUon in 1996-
ed to compensate for municipal
97.
taxation are usually increased as
The
report claims these savings
were attributable to savings in the compensation paid to coUege academic and support staff. However, according
to
MuUan,
municipaUties raise their rates.”
However, according lated ta
and are fixed
these
yearly decline from $1.7 billion in
non-salary expenditures such as
These fixed
1992-93 to approximately $1.5
school supplies, maintenance and
effect for years
billion in 1996-97.
utilities.
control
operating
Total
actually
represent
have
Particularly problematic about the
declined from $378.4 million in
error is that the report uses these
1994-95
figures to support
to
$342.1
costs
million
in
1996-97. Total
enrolment has increased
its
claim that the
resulting decline in faculty
and sup-
port services compensation affected
MuUan,
at
$75 per capi-
for full-time post-secondary
system has experienced an almost
figures
to
these rates are provincially regu-
institutions.
rates
have been in
and are beyond the
of the added MuUan.
Though such an
municipalities,
error isn’t fun-
damental to the study, less questions
its
it
neverthe-
accuracy, said
MuUan.
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that comes a mixture of excitement, anticiand sometimes dread. We may be anticipating the spirit of the holiday season, a break from school, and a time for family get-togethers and min-
pation,
I gling with friends. However, these feelings may be forgotten as we remember Christmas shopping not I yet done, presents we cannot afford to buy, family I obligations we have to meet, or loved ones whom I we cannot visit.
I I
Christmas means
many
things to
many
people, but
common thread is that it is a time to make your I own meaning, your own traditions, and your own I fun. This holiday season, why not make it a special the
I time by doing things you want to do, for yourself? I The following ideas may be a good starting place, i I or you may have ideas of your own; I I Make candles. Go for walks. Read a good book.
i
Drink eggnog or holiday cheer.
Be
with
people
you
want
to
be
with.
I Make chocolates or favourite cookies. I Give because you want to. Be alone when you want I to be. Watch a favourite movie. I Celebrate whatever spiritual beliefs have meaning for you. Receive! I If the holiday season is a particularly difficult I time for you, talk to a counsellor in Student Services. I HAPPY HOLIDAYS I SEASON’S GREETINGS ********* I 'k'k’k'k'k'k'k'k
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tion
and
is
Christmas
is
only a few days is
still
check out these holiday
story well
time to
flicks with
whole family over the holidays. Each movie is a Christmas the
classic that deserves to be this
viewed
many
what looks
it
than
Nosed
was done
like plasticine
to
steal
Billingsley
he
comical
Land of in
to
lives on.
Misfits only to get
In typical Christmas fashion, the
time to take his
Grinch sees the true meaning of Christmas and everything turns
Eve
is
clear in this ver-
be
Look
How next
Stole
Christmas (1966) This movie is another
classic
“mean
one” and the villagers celebrate Christmas together.
you
treated.
How the Grinch
out happy and joyous as the
for a live-action version of
the Grinch Stole Christmas
November
to
go
through to get the one Christmas
reside at the foot of the mountain
would want
anima-
tries
Christmas Story (1983)
What would one boy have
In this version, Rudolph travels from the North Pole to the Arctic
The message
in
who
Grinch
book about a
gift
sion as well: treat people as
times in car-
narrates Dr. Seuss’s
Christmas from the villagers that
with Santa Claus.
toon form on television. The 1964 version of the movie
to
other reindeer on Christmas
a Christmas tale that
has been told
reindeer
“blinking beaker” and lead the
Reindeer (1964) Rudolph the Red is
and adds more
back just
Rudolph the Red Nosed
Reindeer
the
ever before.
to the
time of year.
tells
A
Christmas cartoon. Boris Karloff
a fantastic film.
The movie away, but there
time for Christmas
in
he wants the most? Peter stars
who wants
nothing more than a
BB
Red Ryder
gun for Christmas. He
tries to
convince his parents, the Santa
Claus else
at the local
who
mall and anyone
will listen this is the per-
fect gift for him.
A
Christmas Story
is
a hilarious
movie
tion, this
well
made
It
tells
Ralphie, a
as
character
Nightmare Before Christmas. Filmed in stop-motion animais
beautiful and
in every aspect.
the
story
of
Jack
Skellington, a lonely skeleton
who
lives in
he’s walking through the
one
night, he finds a
to Christmas town.
woods
door that leads
Upon
entering.
Jack discovers the wonders of Christmas and wants to bring it to the “dead” Halloween town.
movie, that everyone can relate to
Jack kidnaps Santa Claus and
Jim
and the whole family can watch
brings
Carrey as the Grinch. Yes, he will
together during the holiday sea-
process, has to
be green.
son.
when Christmas comes around. FuU of excellent music and songs
starring
The Nightmare Before I
m
Christmas (1993)
The
best
Tim Burton’s
him home, and fill
in the
in for St.
same Nick
and produced by a Hollywood great
Christmas film you
should watch over the holidays
is
The
masterpiece.
(Burton),
The Nightmare Before
Christmas
is
a definite watch for the
Christmas season.
WOMEN’S OPPORTUNITY AWARDS
Fri.
Jan. 28
funded by
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•
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Deadline has been extended to December 20
Indoor Golf Lessons and Clinics Let Conestoga College help you attain your golfing needs!!!! Under the instruction of P.G.A. golf pro, Tony Martin, you or
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•
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classroom use
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