33rd Year
What’s
College $2.6 million richer Funding
Inside
will
new
Conestoga College got a $2.6 arm from the
Doon, Guelph and Waterloo cam-
Fund,
puses. Additions to existing net-
Strategic
Skills
Initiative
addition of eight
which will help finance ongoing development of computer and net-
work
work infrastructure at the college. The new funding was announced by A1 Palladini, minister of Economic Development and
the
Trade, on April 20.
forms.
The
project will build
existing
information technology
training
centre
opened
that
in
Some
labs at the
May
of the
money being
raised
with
from local companies such as Research in Motion, Mortice Kern Systems, leading members of Communitech and
infrastructure will continue.
Phase 2 will begin
originates
infrastructure by the provincial government, has $100 million in its coffers. The college had requested $2.6 million in a proposal
submitted Feb.
1
application
global IT corporations including
Another provincial government fund the college is attempting to
servers to provide local business-
IBM, Hewlett-Packard and Corel
tap into
es and industries with access to
Corporation.
Strategy Fund.
training for their particular plat-
The phased introduction of new IT programming will continue
mitted a proposal to the fund on
Feb.
through 2004.
results pending.
in
of
installation
A major feature will be access to
upon the
September 1999 at the Waterloo campus with the establishment of five networked Internet labs. Phase 2 includes upgrading of seven computer labs, plus the
money for cancer
computer and network
benefit
million shot in the
BRT students raise
— No. 16
over $1 million worth of software, with a focus on e-commerce.
The
value of the compre-
total
College president John Tibbits said
during a February college
council meeting the college
become
hensive project in IT program-
ing to
ming
technology
$16.7 million, according
is
20 press release from
to an April
is try-
8
for
ernment is
The fund, which was established
with
The
within the next 18 months.
college
the
million,
Money from the rural fund will go toward seven new programs only stipulation
in
The college sub-
$1.2
the top information
province.
the college.
the Rural Youth Job
is
made by
the gov-
fund programs be available to
in regard to the rural
that all
students in rural areas.
research.
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5
Conestoga set By Donna Ryves
developed
specifically
Doon campus and
dure will be used for
people with a gun. situation is
when an
deemed a
individual
is
crisis
threatened or
harmed by another person using a firearm or other weapon.
Additional information address-
Cherished BRT teacher gets ready to retire.
ing the possession of weapons on
campus
PAGE 4
be added to the
will also
college’s procedure handbook.
A
lockdown procedure has been
the
for
a similar proce-
Conestoga College now has a lockdown procedure in place. It is an emergency response for students and staff to follow in the event of a crisis situation such as someone entering the school and threatening
A
lockdown
to all
the other
campuses. Allan Hunter, supervisor of secu-
wait for instruction.
It is
if
advised to
away from windows and doors when they have been made secure, stay
needed sense of safety and enhance existing safety, that’s what we’re here for,”
Hunter
said.
Students and staff should remain
Additions to weapon regulations
low and against a masonry
include restrictions on imitation
quiet,
weapons, ammunition, knives and
rity services at the college, consult-
wall and keep drapes closed and
ed with the Waterloo regional
lights
police in creating the procedure to
instructed not to permit access to
cals including explosives
be implemented in the
anyone unless they are clearly iden-
works.
fall.
an extremely safe place to be and there’s a very remote chance that anything would hap-
tiffed,
pen here, but anything is possible,” Hunter said. In a lockdown situation, if students and staff are in a secure environment, they would lock themselves in the classroom and
if
“This
is
As
off.
well,
they
are
prohibition on dangerous chemi-
and
fire-
Definitions and descriptions of
‘This will not prevent an insane
person from coming on campus, but
something
is
seen
we
can take
action a lot quicker,” Hunter said.
The Waterloo be contacted
in a
regional police will
lockdown
situation,
“I’m not trying to say there’s a but if we can give people a
risk,
firearms,
ammunition, weapons,
imitations and prohibited devices are in accordance with the Criminal
Code of Canada. The only exceptions
are for peace
and licensed guards carrying weapons for the purpose of their duties of employment. officers
CSI logo revealed By Mike Radatus
of the person
is
blue and the arms
are red.
The
DSA
the
new new name of
The “I” in the logo represents the body and head of a person, the “C” represents the right arm and the “S”
has released the
logo to represent the
Conestoga
organization,
represents the left arm.
Students Incorporated.
Conestoga
Jenn Hussey, vice-president of operations, said the
considered
DSA
numerous
ideas and designs, but
Slipknot gives beer kegs
a
new name.
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6
recognized
and the remainder of the
0^
the
DSA’s main goal. The logo was designed to show the organization’s
stride
toward unity among students, cam-
COMMENTARY
has a body reaching out that
symbolizes reaching out to students
Page 2
and
the
other
campuses,”
said
Hussey.
Is the to
media
blame for
youth violence?
>^
letters are blue.
DSA president Ellen
mj
^
Menage
said that
DSA
discussed a need to
The colours of the new design to show a connection
“It
was important
for us to think of
a new, fresh idea, instead of just a variation of the old design,” said
Menage. Until the design
is
complete, the
unknown because
were chosen
exact cost
with the colours of the college.
DSA
The CSI is written on the logo in way that you can see a person reaching out their arms. The body
for the creation of the design.
a
when
planning for the logo the
come up with something new.
puses, faculty and the college. “It
written over the right
£
1
decided on the logo that best
is
arm and Students Incorporated is around the left arm. The first letter of each word is red
is
is
the
being charged by the hour
The logo is estimated between $300 and $400.
to
cost
Daryl
on
Newcombe
April 20.
splashes through the
rain at
Conestoga
(Photo by Sherri Osment)
m m
Page 2
— SPOKE, May
2000
1,
College students
confused by university admissions Universities tend to have differing opinions as to
how much
weight a college credit deserves. College students
who wish to
pursue further education are faced
with an unnecessary obstacle in the form of university admissions. For example, in a recent interview Greg Bums, co-ordinator of the recreation and leisure services
program
Conestoga College,
at
had students from his program who left Conestoga with a 90 per cent average turned down by the University of Waterloo. These same students, according to Bums, then applied to Brock said he has
University in
Catharines and were promptly accepted.
St.
The question
arises,
why
such different responses from two
Ontario universities?
“We
are
all different,”
said Peter Burroughs, director of admis-
sions at
UW. He added that each university may offer the same pro-
gram in
title,
but each course differs from other schools because of
the professor teaching the course
That ity,
may be
method
a great
but college students are
and the content being taught.
to display a university’s individual-
the lurch, not
left in
knowing
if then-
college courses will stand up to university scrutiny.
“We
He
is
admission requirements,”
can’t evaluate programs the
Burroughs. “You sion
common
don’t have
said
same because admis-
specified differently for each program.”
said
some
college courses
may make
the grade, resulting in
a
transfer of college credits towards university credits, but how much credit a college course will receive
once again
differs
from univer-
Sensational media coverage leads to copycat crime
sity to university.
Brock
admissions policy that graduates of a three-
states in its
year diploma program with a cumulative average of 70 per cent, or an average of 70 per cent in the last two semesters of a three-year diploma program, will be considered for admission and may receive credit for at the
up
some cases where programs
to five credits. In
college and Brock are compatible, up to seven credits
may
With
extensive coverage given to
Columbine
the
Brock bases its transfer credits on
the compatibility of the college
comes
college and the grades achieved in college courses.
copycat crime happened on April
UW only states general admissions requirements and postpones its
judgment of college courses
until the student has applied to a
program.
when
it
comes
to admissions because
identities it
makes a
from
knife
a
bomb
in a
reference
any university and the marks they achieved
shooting
worth equal weight
at
in college should
be
prospective students, students
who have proven
in
college that they are capable and hardworking.
away college
attempt to entice rather than frighten If college students
students.
have the experience, money and drive
to pur-
sue further education, universities are foolish to turn them away. offered at
community
colleges are just as rigorous
who are applying to university who have completed col-
mass
place
at
school
These attacks may not have
many people
they both the
in
fell
sur-
considering
on the anniversary of
mass shooting where two
regard.
coverage of violent incidents.
18.
originate
lives
on April 20, 1999.
wounded another
in
a
Common
characteristics of kids
it
commit
has been
that indi-
these crimes as a
of what they’ve seen or
result
reference to the Columbine shoot-
read,” said Julian Roberts, a crimi-
ing on the anniversary, even though
nology professor
it
happened a year ago.
of Ottawa
A
cles
newsletter
may
as well have
been sent out to the downcast and “consider
saying
dysfunctional
April 20 as a possible date for vio-
lot
should
be
on the
Yes,
at the
University
has published
subject.
important to cover these
it is
media should be
incidents, but the
careful not to sensationalize.
Ontario have
in
increased “dramatically” since the
of time and energy to
Columbine deaths, and many of the threats refer to the
Columbine incident
underplayed,
at
all,”
but
it
to cover
said
David
of information and media studies
at
dent, said
Columbine
Van Allen
in the
article.
“Obviously the idea was picked
up from somewhere.” Sensational
media coverage
doing more harm than good.
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advertising in the paper. this
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Record
SPOKE
Keeping Conestoga College connected
arti-
to
would be a tragedy not these stories
who
School threats
seem
collectively,
Spencer, a professor in the faculty
shooting.
“For certain rare cases
documented by research viduals
made some
radio stations
“I think the
later in Taber, Alta., a
that
from highly publicized
vigorous coverage of violence.
dent and elitist attitude in this
on April
devote a
towards university
time universities changed their
article
and a teacher and then took
high school student killed one stu-
It’s
Record
in Littleton, Colo., shot 12 students
week
any wonder that teenagers
and links have been made to media
The media,
A
week.” it
Provincial Police, in a Kitchener
lent attacks.”
their
Is
Copycat crimes have been studied
stu-
lege courses should have the option of transferring college credits credits.
Jim Van Allen of the
dents from Columbine high school
own
as university courses.
to the
for a
with their problems?
Many
took
no
Ontario
crimes.
high
after extensive
is
of a similar event,” said Det. Sgt.
set off
Colorado a year ago.
prised
Universities should re-evaluate their admissions procedures in an
of school violence or
There
need to cover every hour nonstop
choose violent methods to deal
high school, where a
that
ration of information.
Copycat crimes are crimes
was made
Columbine
each and every university.
In the process of retaining their individuality, universities are
Students
an Orleans high
That same day, a Regina boy was
throughout their college careers should be viewed as a bonus for
Many courses
at
approach,
or sensationalized media coverage
school near Ottawa.
charged with threatening to
However, college students who maintain exemplary grades
away
were stabbed with a
technician
uni-
versity distinct.
turning
a
where four students and a lab
steak
Burroughs said universities maintain separate each other
20,
at
a copycat effect in
is
workplace violence
surprise
CNN
at the
they just give saturation upon satu-
instances
courses with Brock’s courses, the course content studied while at
you look
“If
been teased and bullied by peers
“There
it
that
the University of Western Ontario.
to
school.
no
as
seem
these crimes
be that they are lonely and have
school
high
shootings,
be awarded.
who commit
the
and should be clearly written or typed; a WordPerfect file would be helpful. Submissions must not con-
Word
any libellous statements and
may
illustration (such as a photograph).
be accompanied by an
is
SPOKE, May
Founding fathers honoured with memorial trees By Ray Bowe
He was
Special trees will be planted in
of two of the college’s
which
Hycon
called
in the ’60s
cameras for the Apollo
built
founding fathers, Kenneth E. Hunter
13 mission and the SR-71 Blackbird
and Dr. James W. Church.
research aircraft.
Church, the founding president of
Conestoga College
Hunter became president of the
Church was
responsible for locating the
He
will
After leaving the college in 1974,
University in
Room
survived by
is
May 7 in the
1:30 p.m.
at
The
pond behind
the col-
The Church family chose a black
of
walnut, while the family of Kenneth
Hunter has chosen an oak
was president at Conestoga. Church was involved in wood-
families will also dedicate a fitting
According
building Lancaster bombers.
lege’s recreation
tant
on the
to
college president, the
the
col-
trees will
have
complex, died Nov.
up on the
rise
is
age of 77.
11, last year, at the
The
tree.
accompany each tree. to Helena Webb, assis-
epitaph to
working, designing radars and in
whose name
PEER SERVICES
lege.
Waterloo where he taught before he
Hunter,
-
trees
be planted prior to the event to
the left of the
on to Memorial Newfoundland and
later returned to the University
He
Speeches will be read
Blue
college.
went
1987 and moved to
retired in
four children and two grandchildren.
building the complex and also building up the academic stature of the
DONE!!!
nificantly.
Santa Cruz, Calif.
site,
THANK-YOU PEERS FOR A JOB WELL
president, enrolment increased sig-
than a few portable classrooms scat-
Church
During his tenure as college
years.
was nothing more
a field.
in
college in 1974 and stayed for 13
When Church was appointed pres-
tered across
Hycon
1967, died
with the college until 1974.
ident, the college
left
1971.
He remained
in
Jan. 8 at the age of 83.
He
—Page
TUTORS AND HOSTS HELPED MANY STUDENTS THIS SEMESTER FROM ALL PROGRAM AREAS
a geophysicist and aero-
company
2000
PEER TUTORS AND PEER HOSTS DESERVE A THANK-YOU! !!
space engineer. Hunter worked for a
memory
1,
to
be planted higher
because the two trees
are expected to reach great heights.
Learning opportunity project at halfway point By
Sherri
Osment
model
to help students with learning
disabilities.
Some
The four-year learning opportuConestoga at project College reaches its halfway maik summer. The project was
peer support groups and learning
way
started in
1998 as
to help students with specific
learning disabilities tion
make
from high school
the transi-
to post-sec-
problem solving, note-taking and study skills. There is also a computer lab with software that helps stu-
dents with learning disabilities.
“This
learning
capability to
of
Ministry
Training, Universities
as
needs
transition officer
at least potentially
average
project, said
transition r
,
the
Eight
projects
different
launched
in
were
post-secondary
13
officer
•
Bachelor of Commerce with an optional e-Commerce major
•
Bachelor of Administration
,
learning
Conestoga
is
not lower-
with a concentration Organization,
here, they
must meet the require-
uated on an ongoing basis.
ments
any other student does,”
programs will be reviewed to determine which aspects can be combined to
come up
with an ideal
that
project
is
•
University Certificate in Computers and Management Information Systems
•
University Certificate in Accounting
1
(CA,
services.
CMA, and CGA
Enrol in a
Annual book fair scheduled for May good opportunity to see many books at one time,” said
By Donna Ryves The
learning resource centre
holding
Blue
that the fair is a
its
Room
cafeteria
a.m. to 3 p.m. on
May
is
LRC
co-ordinator.
Study
in a
now
for
one
new
http://vital.athabascau.ca
textbooks for their stuusually have faculty saying
this year.
come
from the Toronto area including McGraw Hill Ryerson, the Oxford University Press and Pearson Educational Canada.
home-study course, or
e-classes!
more information, contact the
expected
of the publishers
flexible
September 2000 and January 2001.
from 9:30
Many
gf
paced, virtual classroom over the Internet! Register today for
e-classes that start in
For
just
9.
dents straight from the publishers.
“We
Douglas,
Sign up
program or
School of Business:
fair in the
The fair is held for faculty members to purchase courserelated
Jill
full
>
transferable)
About 26 vendors attended last year’s sale and the same turnout is
annual book
Industrial
Bachelor of Administration (post-diploma) by completing 10 to 15 courses
being operated
through Conestoga’s special needs
Health Administration,
•
said Casey.
The
in
Management, or
Relations/Human Resources
who
doesn’t have the capability to be
schools in Ontario and they are eval-
the end of the four years the
,3
...
, opportunities
not about someone
is
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for
„.
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achievement discrepancy in some-
Rick Casey, the
be here.”
special
“aptitudeone of
disability.
Rick Casey,
and
Colleges
specific learning
doesn’t have the
force/
project
must have documentation of a
not about
someone who
opportunities task
is
to take part
the
in
has
been defined by the
who want
Students
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which works on
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— SPOKE, May
1,
2000
hangs up the mike
Fisher By Ray Bowe One of
-
the broadcast
radio and
program’s most well-
television liked
ther.”
members
faculty
ready to step into retirement in May.
Dan
Fisher,
who’s been working
in the broadcast industry for
years, has
made
over 40
a huge impact
on
and the program. “Students love Dan and he loves them,” said Mike Thumell, program
who was
in
arrival
prior to Fisher’s
“His presence
hired a year
is
1994.
6 p.m.
-
to
as the
midnight
-
man
Fisher was
Dan
bom in Pictou, N.S.,
Fish. Pictou
on
village
a small coastal
is
Northumberland
the
New
Strait just outside
village of under
as
Glasgow, a
500 people.
family
moved
Ottawa where
native
a
father,
to
of
his
Blackpool,
England, had taken a job with the Fisher started his career in broad-
by
when he was
hired
CHOV radio in Pembroke, north
of Ottawa,
Doak. “He’s more
Trout.
where he became Dan
He remained
at
CHOV
for
off,’
He would remain
He
took a job
at
in
on-air it fit
name
to
in better
Dan
Fisher, because
with the large
German
and for
The
radio talk
He
CKKW
served
added.
“You can
man-
ing people with local roots.
there,”
During his
community. Fisher sounded more
viewed
German.
Trudeau, John Diefenbaker and Joe
missions over the Web.
Clark.
being able to hear broadcasts from
is
quick to point out that
changing one’s name
is
not a part of
the broadcast business anymore.
was primarily done
It
to ease speaking
was
easier to say
‘Dan Fisher
interesting people
all
own right and had
in their
points and
bad
their
as far
listen
Australia, stereo,”
man
the first
With
to
alter
ego
When
on
or Farquharson
-
acter, said Fisher.
ments.
love the students and
I
love putting
is retiring this
month.
He has been
in
lis-
phon-
technological
latest
advance-
Fisher also sees the Internet play-
He
foresees music being bought right
ever-
over the station in 15 to 20 years, radio printouts and extensive prod-
claim
Fisher’s
it’s
uct information.
of the time.
“Respect. He’s fun to be with and
Fisher
still
present glee that breaks the tension a lot
booth.
Fisher
ing a big part in radio’s future.
people around the broad-
quarters
helm of the controls in the broadcast the business of broadcasting for 40 years. (Photo by Ray Bowe)
lag
“In communications, we’re on the
casting program’s third-floor head-
television faculty, at the
technol-
edge of a gigantic leap forward with wireless devices being improved.”
said. “I
into the industry.”
Many
new
no noticeable time
is
Fisher loves keeping up to date on the
and broadcasting
has been good to me,” he
full
ing in to the station about Christmas
he could
lists.
back
the advances in
One Christmas Day
tell
“I just love radio
want, and in
I
Web broadcasts.
which he was speaking to, even during commercial breaks. Herron would not come out of char-
not
can
said.
tened as Australians were
Fisher was interviewing -
if
he
ogy, there
is
in software I
a station in Melbourne,
to
of Kentucky Fried Chicken; Sir Hillary,
loves
Norway, and
as Oslo,
“With advances
points,” said Fisher.
with Col. Harland Sanders, founder
Herron
and
away
He
Nairobi, Kenya.
good
has also shared the microphone
He
matters, he says. “It
“They were
Charlie Farquharson.
radio
is
picking up short-wave radio trans-
Pierre
ministers
prime
he said. Another of Fisher’s hobbies
Fisher inter-
career,
Don Herron whose
-
information on
find
almost every conceivable thing out
climb Mt. Everest; and comedian
Fisher, broadcast
one of the most
Internet is
ager and admits he was fond of hir-
Edmund
Dan
news
sports,
features.
important tools in a newsroom, he
18
for
years as the station’s program
on entertainment,
ries
in the area for
years. Fisher hosted a
the next
also likes finding obscure sites
that are beneficial in cultivating sto-
wives.
CKKW
He
Dan
is
” joked Fisher.
media.
Fisher
CBC.
Fish signing
reports for both broadcast and print
and did court
sports teams
local
Kitchener in 1961 and changed his
In 1945, at the age of 10, the Fish
signing off’, rather than ‘This
40 show that was primarily a buy-and-sell show pitched at house-
show. In Pembroke, Fisher covered
tion.
ond-year broadcast student Jayson like a grandfa-
two years where he served station’s
casting in 1956 sec-
instru-
before taking over the mid-morning
equal to those
who’ve been here 20 years.” “He’s more than faculty,” said
was
part-time job into a full-time posi-
the students
co-ordinator
said Fisher
mental in turning what began as a
getting
is
Doak
40 years
after
May
After his
retirement, Fisher
he puts fun into everything,” said
plans to visit a few places he’s never
Thumell.
seen
“Dan’s a unique person,” said Doak. “He’s very outgoing and
Newfoundland
extremely humourous.”
visit
One
Columbia.
thing Fisher has kept up with
over the years technology.
came on
computers
“It’s
England
in
and
time to spend some quality
“Dan’s always there and he never has anything bad to say,” said Janice
However, today, with the growth
Saywell,
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family
Fisher.
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British
says he’d also like to
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he bought a TRS-80,
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and
Australia.
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is
When
including
before,
student.
guy and
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second-year broadcast
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“He’s an all-round good it’s
really sad to see
The new person
for compiling family
him
go.
will never really
replace Dan.”
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SPOKE, May
BRT students Two
some
but
sort,
to do,” said
broadcast
radio and televi-
-
sion students raised over $1,000 for
Cancer Society by
the Canadian
camping out in the Sanctuary and the Wave Radio broadcast booth from 8:30 a.m. April 17 until 12:30 p.m. April 20.
Jayson Doak and Chris Lantz, both
BRT
second-year
The
5
raise over $1 ,000
sleep, but
they did get tired, one slept
while the other remained on the
air.
“When Thursday comes we’ll be Doak Monday morn-
“Down
in the Sanctuary
easier place to
go around
to raise
$500
Tuesday
opposed
to the secluded area
is
morning,
tribution
who
program,
one day.
from NCR, a company
tems and automated
teller
who donated
For the record, Lantz twice before
that
Doak
machines $500.
fell
asleep
slept once.
Doak was awake from 7 a.m. Monday morning until Thursday
as
on the where the Wave Radio
conferring
after only
engineers and develops imaging sys-
afternoon, close to 80 hours. Lantz left
Tuesday morning for some
shuteye around 10 a.m.
located.
After
$130
pair raised $1,034 during the
week, partly due to a generous con-
dents asking for donations,” said
with
Mike
Doak
BRT
noted that April
is
a telethon but wasn’t sure which
Cancer Awareness Month, the two
cause they should support.
students
a fund-raiser of
The
an
it’s
Thumell, co-ordinator of the
“We wanted to do
raised
to the stu-
Doak
be nice, too,” the idea to do
was hoping
in Waterloo,
booth
Doak came up with
pair
the Sanctuary.
ing.
will
The
before the end of the week, but
third floor
joked Lantz.
while accepting donations.
tificates
pair started
rough,” said
“A shower
we didn’t know what
Doak.
camping out in the Sanctuary Monday morning before moving up to the somewhat more comfortable confines of the Wave Radio booth on the third floor. The two finished up the telethon Thursday by returning to
students, tried to
go the whole time without
when
—Page
2000
students forgo sleep to help out Canadian Cancer Society
By Ray Bowe Two
1,
Jayson Doak,
right,
and Chris Lantz
in
the Sanctuary at the start of
their three-day fund-raiser.
(Photo by
Ray Bowe)
decided to support the
Doak
in the military.
participated in basic infantry
two years and during one went for one week with virtually no sleep, which drills for
exercise, he said he
During the week, the two
Canadian Cancer Society.
attributed this to training he
had received while
stu-
dents gave
away various
gift cer-
led to hallucinations at one point.
Student skater takes By
Sherri
Osment
Kerr,
22,
spends
much of her Kweens
time skating with the K.W.
While
many
students
Conestoga College find they
at
strug-
gle with classes and part-time jobs,
some have even more on minds. Jennifer Kerr
of
is in
management
their
her third year studies
at
synchronized skating team, which is
a part of Team Canada.
it
Kerr also recently skated in the
Canadian Championships, which
stress doesn’t
sure on herself.
However, now is
that the skating
over she does have a few
From March
to
too hectic.
September
“Some days we’d be driving to practice and we’re like, ‘Can we get in a car accident?’ and just not go. But, once you get there it’s fine,
is
the
has been skating since she was
from Wingham, where she was bom and raised. Because she is so busy she feels disconnected from family
a week.
lifestyle.
is
used to the busy
However, Kerr does admit that sometimes her life does get a bit
little.
only time Kerr can talk to her friends
and
live there.
she knows she has to keep the pres-
in fifth at this competition.
she
three
still
that her grades are better
came
months to relax a
much because
She said
during the skating season because
in sixth.
bother her too
and friends who
in Kitchener at the begin-
were held
season
Conestoga College, has a parttime job at Clarica and still manages to find time to skate 30 hours
stride
ning of March this year. The Kweens
She went to France to compete for the French Cup at the beginning of February, where her team came Kerr said that the
all in
it’s
'
just getting your butt there.”
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Clarification 24 edition of Spoke about Conestoga College looking at shortening semesters from 16 weeks to 15 Weeks in length it should have been noted that several other models are also being conIn a story in the April
sidered. Consultation sessions with various groups including students
Slipknot tling effect
society.
the
of the bass was enough make you deaf. The moshpit was littered with bodies bumping into each other
they were slaves to the burden of
to
that
and several people had to be taken
Slipknot
out for medical attention.
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played
Slipknot
Overall,
Slipknot played a small set that
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Slipknot
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on tour for their
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Slipknot headlined the show and
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the
only band on
including Kitty and Dope,
the
bill,
who had
any original sound or real melody.
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saying, “If
it’s
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