— No. 21
33rd Year
What’s Tuition will rise
by two per cent
Inside
By Laura Czekaj Students will pay two per cent
more
for tuition
the
in
fall
at
Conestoga College, the maximum increase allowed by the province. The increase was one of the subjects discussed at the May 29 board of governors meeting. Other topics included applied degree proposals and key performance indicators.
The meeting approved a motion to
increase tuition for the year
2000-2001 by two per cent. However, members of the board
Conestoga staff take a swing at golf tournament.
PAGE 4
five years, the subject should be re-examined by the board next May. The Ministry of Training, Universities Colleges and announced in March that beginning in the 2000-2001 academic year, colleges and universities will be allowed to raise tuition fees for most programs by a maximum of Students
student increases.
five
for
more if
a full two per cent
for tuition
and bursaries and $24 going to
later,
the college.
fee
any year may not exceed two per cent of the 1999-2000 average fee. increases
cation for Conestoga Students Inc.
(formerly called the
Doon
Student
Association) and student representative for the Ontario
College
Community
Parliamentary Association, said during the meetStudent
ing that the increase to students
who
is
detrimental
are currently grad-
uating with a high debt.
He
said
the average college student has a
debt load between
$15,000 and that even though a two-per-cent increase $20,000.
He added
leges,
will
total
$1,285,000. But that
Paee 2 Killer
Web
site
alarming
A
from
find their trip to and
again they
may
little
—
less
or then
ager of transportation engineering
Region of Waterloo, there has been sortie talk of negotiating with the ministry to widen the bridge at Homer Watson and
the
college
expects to spend in
2000-2001 in salary and benefits for existing staff.
different scale.
for the
Highway 401. The two southbound
Homer Watson merge before
just
the
lanes
of
into
one lane
bridge
which
not one of the worst in the area.
He
ers going through the intersection
from 7:45 a.m. to 8:15 p.m to 5:15 p.m.,
a.m. and 4:30
when
college traffic
Despite
the
is at its
peak.
annoyances
Banks
for
said, the spot is
“Inl998, there were 28,500 driv-
24-hour period,” said Banks,
degrees
in a
the college $14.22 million.
“The intersection is rated 96 out of 500 in terms of accidents. Every time you have signals, you have collisions. This one is not severe.”
one lane was dangerous. “It’s slow getting through. There are a
into
lot
of trucks which a
tion
little
restaurant. its
own
to
The
line of cars pulls all the
Each business
Banks fic
said he attributes the traf-
problems
much
of the morning
traffic
bottlenecks on
the bridge.
at the
will increase the traffic
flow fur-
ther.
construction were the plazas locat-
many
Watson Boulevard, north of Highway 401, although a Baker’s Dozen doughnut shop has been located on the southwest comer for
ed
at
Pioneer Drive and
ing,”
Rodeway
Antigua International recently began construction on the north-
Businesses set to open include a
which serves as housing for some
tracted
Sunoco gas bar and convenience
college students during the school
also based in
and car wash, a Tim Horton’s coffee shop and a McDonald’s
year.
Boulevard,
said the further
development under comer of Homer Watson Boulevard and New Dundee Road
way
acre lot developed.
Homer Watson
He
commercial
will see 3.5 acres of the total seven-
and
pop-
college, he
said, creates
401. “It will be busy in the morn-
site
has
imity to the college and
The
The
and evening
said stage one of the construction
noted.
in the area to the
ulation growth.
have
will
advantages, such as the close prox-
he
to
open near college
freestanding structure.
Broos said the
way
the doughnut store.”
opening in the fall across the road from Conestoga College. London-based developers
store
the after-
coming home from work and
be the landlord and
New Dundee Road
in
school, the bridge can be messy.
who
west comer of
said
electrical engi-
“Sometimes
bridge.
Tim Horton’s doughnut shop will be among the new businesses
the buildings on the site,
the situa-
neering student, also expressed irritation about driving on the
Development
will also
make
frightening,”
Domingos. David Leonce, an
International
owner of
number of
the
that
felt
trucks and cars trying to squeeze
is
motorists.
Ltd.,
It
merges right on the bridge. I’ve almost gotten crushed by trucks.” Joe Domingos, a visitor to the
eastbound 401 ramp. Banks said the worst time for congestion on
which Tibbits referred to as “one of the most important proposals we have ever submitted.” is more important than the proposal for the SuperBuild Growth Fund, a provincial government fund that recently awarded
a prob-
noon, around four, when everyone
the bridge is
said the proposal for applied
is
awful.
is
motorists have to cross to enter the
The topic of the upcoming submission of the applied degree proposal arose at the meeting. The college has four months to prepare the plans,
the bridge
“That bridge
lem.
McLennan,
to Jaclyn
CPA student,
college,
not.
According to Dave Banks, man-
not cover the
kitty-comer to the college.
McDonald’s restaurant and
Cambridge
from
additional $1.3 mil-
will
Walter Broos, owner of Antigua
Commentary
may
McDonald’s and Tim Horton’s By Ray Bowe
According a
Commuters
traffic
and delays
Julie Porter
painful in the future
does not apply to applied degree programs that will be offered by the college in the future because those programs will be priced on a
Harris, vice-president of edu-
By
Conestoga College a
can not compound percentage increases for any given year and use them to increase tuition in
Mike
frustration
excellence for col-
Tibbits added that the increase
later years.
Bridge causes
province-wide survey conducted to establish benchmarks of quality and
also stated institu-
tions
6
formance indicator funding, which is a
lion
in
The ministry
PAGE
be
will
aid
any year, it is not allowed to
teaching award.
cussion document presented to board members at the meeting, that the $190,000 from the increase in tuition, $400,000 from the base operating grant and $695,000 from this year’s key per-
$10 going towards financial
in
up because
tions, stated in a tuition fees dis-
fees,
es not to increase
catch
Kevin Mullan, vice-president of finance and administrative opera-
paying about $34
an institution choos-
Greg Burns wins Aubrey Hagar
lege. This will result in a total of
approximately $190,000 available
However,
5
$34 more for tuition fees, $10 of which is set aside by the college for local financial aid and bursaries and $24 of which goes to the col-
to the college, including part-time
years.
engineering grad records local acts.
is necessary to maintain a balanced budget. Students will be paying about
increase
the two-per-cent hike for the next
year
Electronics
may not seem like much, there has been a 109-per-cent increase in tuition over the past 10 years. College president John Tibbits said the college plans to have a scholarship fund in the fall that currently contains $500,000 to assist students. He added that the
suggested that rather than approve
two per cent per
PAGE
Keeping Conestoga trimmed
There
Highway is
also
Suites across the street,
closest stores available to
those in the college area prior to the
Homer
several years.
The construction company conis
Southside Construction,
London.
The., businesses
should open
September, said Broos.
in late
Page 2
— SPOKE, June
2000
12,
water testing services failed the people of Walkerton
SAY BYE-BYE
TO INHIBITIONS
there’s ecstasy.
Ask your doctor
Critical
The
situation in
Walkerton
is
truly disastrous
Now
most
the
is
lethal
of
The
all.
monitored to the degree that
vital services are
and
it
right
damage
to
leaves you feeling
may also make you grind your teeth. You may experience a possible drug reaction which may result in insomnia. Don’t euphoric, and
— and not sim-
trust that
side effects include
brain neurons,
ply because people are sick and dying from the water they drink. The disasters run far deeper than death and illness. The implications of what this crisis really means for
Canadians
The
for you.
it’s
if
.1
our basic
the cute
let
is critically
important has been shattered. but also our It’s not only the bodies that have been wounded, vital servand resources national our of infallibility faith in the skepices that has been compromised. We are forced to cast a priand public in the people those tical and questioning eye at
loss,
—
1
' ,
Snoopy and Barney
little
may
Other side effects
lure you.
»
t
pictures
include weight
and, oh yeah, death.
we are vate sector who are in charge of our vital services forced to question the safety of every glass of water we drink. In Walkerton, it is not yet known what the fateful equation
Some blame
'
Stan
ed
coli oul -
10 th
f ;fus we break <ha‘ remmded
jf
are
Koebel, the official in so vulnerable. There are theocharge of Walkerton’s ries and notions. Some blame water. Some blame Stan Koebel, the official in the farmers, some charge of Walkerton’s water. blame the government Some blame the farmers,
and some undoubtedly some blame the government and some undoubtedly blame blame God. God. We feel someone must be
to
blame. .but as yet, .
What we do know
we
is that
aren’t sure
We know
thing went wrong.
whom.
somewhere along
the
way some-
that five times in the first four
PR.
months of this year, weekly water samples were sent from Walkerton to a private lab in London, and that they all came back showing bacteria in the water. We know that the provincial Environment Ministry acknowledged
that
it
received
We know that each
faxes from the lab about bacteria in the Walkerton public
•
-
.
* tlme the water supply in January and response was to phone the Walkerton public April. We know that each time the utilities commission, ministry’s response was to w here it was told that phone the Walkerton public utilities commission, where it was told corrective measures were being taken. The ministry
apparently
The water
that
left
tested
had contained coliform bacteria, a
officials,
Koebel, the main
did not disclose the results of the tests until after the bacteria was first noticed.
So what does very wrong.
PUC
May 21
—
-
official,
six
days
mean? What it means is something went means that the public is forced to think that
this all
It
Koebel was not doing
his job.
and private sector must have accountability, and that they must take their jobs at the utmost level of seriousness. It means that the public has a right to know that the people employed to keep them safe are going to do so. It means that systems must be put in place to ensure action will swift and drastic action so that small slips, or errors in be taken judgment simply will not be allowed. Canadians are owed private and public accountability so that when we tip a glass of water to our lips, we have the peace of It
means
that people in the public
—
mind
not to question
if
it
is
site
proves market exists for
a lethal concoction.
be
serial killer
the fact that, without a market to
By Sherri Osment
such morbid merchandise to, the site couldn’t exist. People are actually buying these signatures. The very idea of glorifying mursell
Some
peo-
do
will
ple
make
potentially deadly strain.
According to local
Web
anything to
at that.
it
was
corrective measures were being taken.
Killers shouldn’t
derers for profit
it
means
bid and “an insult to victims worldwide.” Mahaffy is the mother of
the victims. Without the victims,
Leslie Mahaffy,
these killers wouldn’t be the very
and
Osment
profiting
from
serial killers, rapists
A Web
site called
fonts.com
www.
killer-
selling electronic sig-
is
natures of serial killers through the Internet.
Any
twisted and depraved
individual can purchase a signature for $9.95
US
or three for $19.95,
and with every purchase of three signatures
By are
—
thing they are exalted for
and cannibals.
comes
a
free
Simpson signature. The saddest thing about
O.J.
this is
sad and pathet-
hero out of a killer there seems to be one thing they are forgetting
Sherri
tion of oth-
ally-removed and bloodthirsty time we are living in that people are
Debbie Mahaffy, of the Office for Victims of Crime, a victim-rights group, said in a May 22 Toronto ic. I
the from victimiza-
mark of what an emotion-
their families.
Sun
we
a
ging them into the limelight with a total disregard to the victims and
sending a message that killing is not only OK, it’s the fastest route to fame. When people decide to make a
ing.
ers.
Instead of letting them rot in solitude, people are once again drag-
treating criminals as icons,
profiting
It is
but to go
out and to create a site that will achieve this is absolutely disgust-
money, even if
is sick,
mementos
By
“This
is
frightened to think of the
who would want
these.”
Mahaffy also called the
— mur-
slain
mor-
site
who was tortured by Paul Bernardo.
Knowing
that
someone is profitsomeone you
ing from the death of
collecting and/or capitalizing
these
am
type of people
derers.
on
article,
mementos,
disgusting
how much normal human
people are showing just they are lacking in
empathy. This site is giving even more power and gratification to murderers than the media coverage surrounding their arrests and trials.
loved must be a horrible thing to deal with.
People should be more willing put themselves in
someone
position and consider the conse-
quences of their actions. Every signature of a killer bought from that site is a profit being made from other people’s suffering.
is mainly funded from September to May by a payment from Conestoga Students Inc. (CSI). formerly called the Doon Student Association, in exchange for the insertion of
SPOKE
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SPOKE, June
Surveys
will
No.
use key performance indicator survey data
1
college
will
By Laura Czekaj
in
ter learning experience,
according
Kevin Mullan, vice-president of finance and administrative operato
tions.
Results from the
survey were March, but the exact
announced
in
data about
how
and
individual schools
programs
ranked
wasn’t
released until April.
The KPIs
annual surveys compiled by the provincial government of Ontario’s 25 community colleges and consist of 95 mutual and five college-specific questions regarding programs, faculty, services and facilities. The survey is an are
Thunder Bay with an average of
and
excellence
the
any of the four surveys
first
in
areas
- graduate employment
rate,
graduate satisfaction, employer satisfaction and student satisfaction.
Mullan
with Confederation is an achievement because the competition among colleges to improve is increasing. He said data from this survey and last year’s will help Conestoga decide which areas need improvement. The next step, according to Mullan, is to present each school and program with individual results so they can improve where needed. Conestoga’s college council formed a sub-committee at its May 8 meeting that will deal with KPI tying
said
issues.
government
Greg Bums, vice-chair of the council and co-ordinator of the
uses to decide which schools are to
recreation and leisure services pro-
receive additional funding.
gram and
accountability
benchmark
that
Conestoga
for first
tied
place
overall with Confederation College
a
member of
the sub-
committee, said the committee will focus on discussing the importance
to
of KPIs with faculty and support
The committee
staff.
will also look
of the college that did not
make Finding a place to live while going to Conestoga is going to get a little easier. A housing registry will be the first active part of the new Web
Conestoga College’s student services department is planning to create over the summer. Lynn Robbins, a student services counsellor, has been working on the idea since January and site
described the
her
site as
summer
who has been overseeing the project, said student services hopes to have the
project. Robbins,
don’t live in the area to see what
offered at Conestoga when making the choice of which college to attend. The current process of getting
housing information to potential
who don’t live in the area very slow, Robbins said. It
students is
involves
and
calls
registries sent
“I’m really excited about it,” Robbins said. “I think it’s definitely a bonus in our marketing and letting students know who we
June.
selling find
site
only contains a short descrip-
of the services and the locaof the student services department. There is a need for students to have direct access to more detailed information of the services provided at the college, Robbins said. She hopes the site will enable student services to be more interactive with students through answering questions by e-mail.
by regular
mail.
are.
Web
phone
long-distance
housing registry portion of the up and running by the end of this time, the college
who
easier for people
it
is
Some
site
At
site will also
people it
who need coun-
difficult to
approach
a counsellor, Robbins said, but she hopes the site will enable stu-
tion
dents to look up those types of
tion
services as well and feel
comfortable going in to the student services offices.
The
site will also
the
at
Sherri
Osment
satellite
give students
campuses the
opportunity to learn about servic-
The student services site will be accessed through the existing Conestoga College home page at www.conestogac.on.ca.
will
help
the services provided.
gram includes campus Starting college can be an intimi-
ent students with
The
pro-
tours to ori-
important loca-
tions such as the learning resource
new faces and heavy workloads. The special
centre, the bookstore, student services
and the Conestoga Students
needs office
Inc.
(formerly the
is
working
at
to
Conestoga College
make
this transition
PASS
(post-secondary
Student
Association) office.
Beyond
easier for students with disabilities.
The
Doon
finding their
the
satisfaction,
employer satisfaction and graduate placement. Mullan said the government intends to tie
She
survey
way
is that
for
the data
is
the only
the college to pinpoint
problem areas that need improvement but it doesn’t give answers on
how
to improve.
Last year, the college prepared for the survey by organizing focus
groups for faculty and students in specific programs. However, Mullan said, focus groups are labour intensive, so not every pro-
gram was involved. Group sessions were held from June to October. The government views KPIs as a method to determine how to distribute a small percentage of addi-
way around
campus, the program helps dents identify study strategies.
before beginning the
cial
fall
semester.
The program, which runs from Doon cam-
July 4 to July 7 at the pus,
is
and is available to who wish to come
free
dents
stu-
to
Conestoga.
PASS
familiarizes students with
.PASS
stu-
introduces students to the
technologies provided by the spe-
needs office to help students
with disabilities. The computer lab is
Microsoft
employment
the
Campus Agreement,
Simply Accounting Version 8, C ++ Builder Version 5, Autocad 2000 (ACES), Visual Studio Enterprise Version 6 and Borland
Microsoft Project 2000. Donna Runions, manager of college academic and administration
rate
and student
Conestoga Students ly the
Doon
issues,
summer
courses are over so stu-
said
funds from
according to
by students
to lack of participation
LeBeau, president of the CSI. The CSI was permitted a question on the Conestoga College survey.
in
The question asked students to rate CSI services in order of importance. LeBeau said entertainment and educational issues ranked
chase a new photocopier for student use and to provide better serv-
highest.
representation they needed,” said
Mike
Harris,
vice-president
activities.
Information from the surveys
“We made
Studio
installed at
Macintosh labs
in
the
sure students got the
software
college labs except those at the
and
to pur-
Menage.
Cambridge
campus
CSI
ices for students.
new
get
CSI
also encouraged the
of
the
Enterprise
Doon
in
Version
6
2A302.
The 90 copies of Microsoft 2000 will be at Doon in rooms 2A207, 2A308 and the open
graphics
department.
Project
There are 180 copies of Simply Accounting Version 8 coming to the college to be spread among the Doon, Guelph, Waterloo and Stratford campuses. Simply Accounting will be found in computer labs 2A314 and 2A309 in the Doon campus. Sixty copies of Borland C++ Builder Version 5 will be installed
Autocad 2000 will be installed at both the Guelph and Doon campuses. Thirty copies will be installed in Guelph and 120 copies will be installed at Doon in rooms 2A201, 2A202, 2A203 and 2A302. There will be 30 copies of Visual
mer,” said Runions. But she said it cannot be installed until all the
will
entertainment, even though it ranked high on the survey, was due
Phil
ning through the summer are over. “The software will actually be various times throughout the sum-
the decision to take
is
at the Doon campus in room 2A209 and the open access lab
arriving at the college probably at
campus event on-campus make up the difference. She
Inc. (former-
be end of August when most of the programs runservices, said the software will
installed near the
said, the removal of funds will not diminish CSI activities because the money saved by moving one off-
using the information from the survey to provide more funding to
educational
was removed from funding for However, Menage
entertainment.
satis-
Student Association)
DSA, now known as the CSI. said the money given to educa-
tion
faction.
will
The new software includes
Ellen Menage, former president of
funding to additional questions in the future, such as graduate
access lab (2A218).
Correction In the June 5 edition of Spoke, in the story entitled Support staff
seek 5%, Ann Wallace, president of OPSEU Local 238, was not the source in the story who said support staff were seeking a five-per-cent
When
(2A218).
did
wage
increase.
interviewed,
mention
not
a
Wallace specific
amount. The figure came from a previous article which said the
union would request between three and eight per cent.
Spoke
regrets the error.
who have already started a summer course do not have to change software part way through. dents
The
cost of these programs
known
is
not
yet because the college
is
working on the costs of the Microsoft Campus Agreement and AutoCad 2000 (ACES). Runions said these programs are being upgraded because the college wants to stay current. The Microsoft Campus Agreement software package, which includes Windows ‘98 and Office 2000 (Word, Excel, Access, Power Point) will be installed in all
students
time in the lab said
is
very hands-on,
Lynn Gresham, learning
skills
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said the
program also
gives students a chance to get to
know
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the faces behind the services
available at the college.
Human Resources Management
Matjanec, employment advisor, said another element of the PASS program is having suc-
Teaching English as a Second Language
Charlie
accommodation support strategies) program is designed to give students with disabilities a head start
sub-committee, was given $3,000 from the CSI budget to use for campaigns, forums, guest speakers and advertisements, said tion
do well they need to be improved.” Bums said the committee has yet to meet but he added the first meeting might occur in June. Mullan said the problem with the
new
dating prospect for anyone, with
unfamiliar surroundings,
education and head of the educa-
still
es that are available to them.
PASS program By
more
He
is that
vide grant entitlement are graduate
College will be upgrading several pieces of software this summer.
Robbins said the
Mullan.
said
said the government’s intent
cern, but for those areas that didn’t
said. “It’s not a
Conestoga adding and
Osment
funding,
tional
1,” he school-wide con-
rank well in the surveys. “We want to remain No.
By Jes Brown
Sherri
improve individual schools and programs
by 2002, 10 per cent of grants given to colleges will be dictated by KPI results. Questions on the survey that pro-
at areas
Housing list to be College posted on Web site By
—Page 3
2000
be used to improve Conestoga College
85.5 per cent, but failed to place
Data compiled from 1999’s key performance indicator surveys will be analyzed and used to give Conestoga College students a bet-
12,
cessful students share their experi-
ences with the
Gresham
new
students.
said the
program also
(Co-op)
Systems Analyst
Technology Marketing
Woodworking Manufacturing Management
helps people working in the special
needs
office,
giving
opportunity to get to
them
the
know new
students before the semester
Matjanec said he hopes to see at 30 students in the PASS program this summer.
least
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12,
2000
Conestoga employees grace the green Employees of Conestoga College took time May 30 to play nine holes of golf at the Ariss Valley Golf and Country Club during the
both the tournament and the dinner. The tournament has a maximum of 40 players because Carruthers said it is easy to manage fewer peo-
annual Conestoga College employees golf tournament.
The tournament was originally scheduled for May 23 but was postponed due to inclement weather. The 24 participants included
ple.
vice-presidents, faculty and staff,
pus.
who were
to
Grace
arts
raderie
“Some are outsome are beginners.”
said Carruthers.
John, vice-president of training development and continu-
Student
Web page on
line in
Seaforth
St.
ing education, said he enjoyed the tournament but admitted he is only
an average player. The tournament also included a
A Web
page produced by three from the microcomputer administration program was chosen by the business retention and expansion committee of Seaforth to be placed on line. The Web page, designed by Karolina Malycha, Anna Donczar and Joanna Gonczar, was chosen out of 26 submissions.
manual for keeping it up for the town of Seaforth.
size.
“The thing
opportunities
to
program, said that many good things have come about since the projects were presented in the are
for a second-
Andy Clow, dean of the school of business, said that the project was valuable to the students and applauded them for promoting their
spring.
town
year student.
program and the
tackiest gifts are like
from a garage
some-
sale,”
LeForge. The tournament was played
in
—
created in the
Sheila Hyslope, co-ordinator of the microcomputer administration
The college and the town
member
design brochures for the town. Also, a work placement has been
to date
ferently
than
said
dif-
most golf games each team member
because after took a shot, the group decided
which shot to play on. Team’s were required to use each person’s drive twice and all shots had to be played within one club length of the original shot, as long as the ball’s place-
ment was no closer to the hole. Another rule was that women were allowed to play off the red tees, which is a beginner level, and men played from the further away white tees.
the Seaforth business retention and
expansion committee, said he was elated with the partnership that has developed between Conestoga College and Seaforth. The three students were each awarded a certificate of achievement from the mayor of Seaforth and a $10O gift certificate from the college bookstore. On June 2 they
were invited to the Seaforth town
college.
Ron Lavoie, vice-chairman of
hall for lunch with the committee.
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LeForge said although the tournament was for fun, players were expected to keep score and follow the rules to enable them to win prizes. Prizes were awarded in two low gross, the numcategories ber of times they hit the ball, and a low net, which takes into account a handicap and which LeForge said favours weaker golfers.
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dis-
working on future projects togeth-
This was part of a second-semesproject for the students to develop a Web page and a user ter
first-year students
among
which
two
tournament is essential because it promotes fellowship and cama-
on their registration forms so teams with mixed ability could be put together. “There are all levels of golfers,” ability
gift,
mulated gifts at the end of the tournament. Carruthers said the tacki-
general arts and sciences, decided to resurrect it. Carruthers said the
resource centre. She said players were asked to indicate their level of
By Jes Brown
gift
and sciences program, and
Jean LeForge, a faculty
Carruthers, one of the organizers and an employee in the learning
Grace Carruthers, employee in the learning resource centre, tees at off at the Conestoga College employees golf tournament held (Photo by Laura Czekaj) Ariss Valley Golf and Country Club May 30.
was
one wrapped
could be tacky or decent, and indicate whether it was for a male or female. All those who brought a
continued for a year until she, Fran Painter, co-ordinator of the general
The teams were chosen according to the playing level of the indi-
Pat
said,
years ago the tournament
according
to bring
originally
However, Carruthers
divided into six teams of
standing and
The event was
prizes and participants were asked
organized by the Waterloo Campus Employee Association and was run out of the college’s Waterloo cam-
four people.
vidual,
The team that was proclaimed the most honest golfers was also awarded a prize. and bookstore Conestoga’s Beaver Foods donated some of the
hot buffet dinner and prizes. Golf and dinner cost $24, golf alone cost $15 and dinner alone cost $9. Carruthers said most people attend
By Laura Czekaj
Barrie
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Grad turns junk
gems
into
could build
through again and again for each individual echo or delay craved. “I’ve always been into psyche-
things a lot
delic music, so there’s a
even had some of his gear
on
listed
line in the e-Bay’s hall of fame.
“When I realized I my own gear, it made
While most would see an old ‘80s Pong console game as trash, Eric Warren would rather deconstruct
down
it
cheaper and opened the doors to more creative sounds,” he said. In addition to his electronics wiz-
to its bare essentials
and create a useful piece of recording equipment. Warren, who graduated from Conestoga’s two-year electronics
ardry,
way
the
learning
worked.
B oratory
school would get
wanted
“I just
a better job.
to learn the stuff,”
Warren learned repair electronics and about
In the program, to
the guts of analog electronics.
1998, after graduating from
In
Le
first
He
drum machine
which added to his already massive electronics inventory which includes old Korg and Roland analog synthesizers and his most prized possession, a Korg Mono-poly. He says these olderstyle analog units were the first concert keyboards produced. “That’s what you hear on almost every rock album since ‘74,” he
said the 26-year-old.
how
called
in 1996,
electronics
him
own
Studios in Kitchener.
purchased his
wasn’t about which
It
studio
recording
engineering technician program in 1996, admits he went into the program based on his interests in
his
Warren also runs
said.
bad way
to look at
to dissect
it
it
now,” he
who had the
as Sunkissed. Grove’s act
Warren in awe. Grove was creating sounds that left W’arren
dumbfounded This was also
as to their creation.
the
realized he could
first
do
too.
Warren has played live P.A. at house parties under the stage name Sticky Midget, where his equipment consists of drum machines, synthesizers
sequencer.
a
Live P.A., while different from DJing, combines many of
the
Arts of
Institute
time Warren
it,
the
Canada north of Montreal where
same
aspects,
drum
including
Matjanec
Rick Casey
(left)
and Charlie
Matjanec show their career development awards, sponsored by the Waterloo Region Independent Living (Photo by Sherri Osment)
Centre.
By
Osment
Sherri
A
member of the Conestoga College special needs office has received recognition in the com-
munity. Charlie Matjanec, employment advisor in the special needs office,
won
Living
Independent
the
year.
tre
is
After graduating,
than scratching, but
that
was developed in 1982 to help
the
Warren says he can cover a wide range
people living with disabilities lead the most productive and fulfilling
including sounds, anything a DJ can do to funky electronica.
lives possible.
one
he taught
at
school’s
sister
campus in Stoney Creek for four months. Since finishing
When Warren was
Warren Eric Warren records Trevor Casemore’s found good Boratory Studios in Kitchener.
school,
has
new album
gigs in the indus-
of
helping to record Canada’s biggest names.
try,
Warren jokes about star”
moments
“rock-
his
since getting into
the industry.
“My
first
experience with rock
stars was pushing the Tea Party’s van out of a ditch.” But in his real duties he set up the microphones, did headphone mixes and repaired equipment at the studio. Warren helped run sound at the Stardust Picnic tour which featured Canadian acts like Blue Rodeo, 5440 and Great Big Sea. Ever since he revamped his first
theremin in his
last
year of college,
Warren now sees potential
in all
The theremin was invented in 1919 and is played by waving your hands near two metal antennas, one controlling other volume. pitch and the Basically the body becomes part of
old electronics gear.
the electrical current,
create
the
helping to
contraption’s
spooky
sound.
One of Warren’s newfound hobbies is building gadgets from old junk.
He’s transformed a
Pong console game
amp
1980
into a tube pre-
for microphones, guitars
and
drums, which pumps out that vintage ‘60s “tube sound” by upping the levels and adding harmonics.
Warren has been influenced by some famous recording virtuosos. He views the late Frank Zappa as god-like and even has an angelic portrait of him above one of his keyboards. Warren said the studioside of Zappa’s music was highly
a non-profit organization
he
said
has
been
abilities.
“They (employers) are saying, ‘We are looking for talented, qualified people. The package they
come skill
not as relevant as the
in is
and quality of the person
coming
to us.’
”
This is the second year the Independent Living Centre has offered the award. Last year the award was won by Rick Casey, a needs counsellor at special
Conestoga College. Casey said winning the award last year was a humbling experience and he was thrilled when Matjanec won this year. Casey said although awards are nice, it’s the students who come back to the special needs office to say what they have learned that really shows the impact on people’s lives.
Matjanec
the
said
award
is
Matjanec’s job at the college is to work as a liaison between
reflective of the college’s philoso-
and employers prospective Conestoga graduates with special
nity.
needs. “I help demonstrate to potential employers of our graduating stu-
dents the abilities that they have, as opposed to looking at the perhaps obvious disabilities or barri-
Wheel in
digital technology that was coming about in the late- ‘80s. “He was way ahead of the pack,”
new
phy of involvement
in the
commu-
Both years Conestoga’s special needs office was, as a whole, also
nominated
for
the
community
partner award.
The awards were presented
at
Country Hills Community Centre on May 17. the
th
Summer
starling Tuesday
'ith...
March 28th
said Warren.
have impacted that Others Warren’s views include My Bloody Valentine for their complicated sound. Orbital as a techno influence and Speedy J as a live electronic artist. Far different from these synthesizer-laden acts
Butthole
Surfers,
whose
is
the
singer
operates an effects console on stage
and add sound “The Buttholes play unconventional music and it makes you think, ‘How does that sound come
to distort his vocals effects.
about?’
”
Warren shows great admiration Lee Perry, grandfather of
for
Jamaica’s
Dub
culture that flour-
ished after reggae began to subside. Perry’s early experimenting with tape delays and echoes were arduous tasks, to say the least, especial-
when you look at the archaic equipment available to him at the ly
When Perry was experimenting in the early ‘70s, the recorded time.
into something circa 1973 groovy and in working order. He’s
tape
—
as
production.”
creative in terms of his use of the
He’s currently working on modifying a theremin/eight-track-player
—
about the asked Le Ray Bowe) future of the recording industry, he was blunt. “There’s no good money to be made in recording, it’s just fun,” he said. “The money is in corporate videos, Internet studios and postat
(Photo by
success
pleased with the response from employers to students with dis-
Centre of Waterloo Region Award for career development. The cen-
for
in
said.
well.”
machines and samples. It sounds more computer-generated
he studied recording engineering
face
vocational
achieve
left
and
at
certain
most profound effect on his career was a native of his hometown of Owen Sound, Pete Grove, also
known
they
Matjanec
said, referring
how
three
study
employment,” “They have achieved academic success. I’m just hoping to ensure they also ers
tend
sounds are obtained. However, the person
Warren went off Recording
I
to trying to pinpoint
Conestoga, to
development award
good and
because
5
Special needs officer recognized with career
Warren influenced by Zappa, Perry and Speedy J By Ray Bowe
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Diversity vital for tots, day-care staff told By
Petra Lampert
“This
is
a thank-you to the day-
care centres in our
Guest speaker Gyda Chud of Vancouver lectured on the importance of understanding diversity in early childhood education, in the
Blue
Room
cafeteria
May
31.
The workshop was hosted by
the
college’s early childhood education
program
for the staff
from various
local day-care centres.
community who
take Conestoga College
ECE
stu-
on field placement,” said Birdena Hamilton-Armitage, coordinator of the ECE program. Chud, co-ordinator of the early childhood education program at dents
Vancouver Community College, has lectured throughout Canada on many themes, including diversity.
“If we think about meeting the needs of a child’s development, knowing or understanding about diversity helps us
do
more
that in a
powerful way,” said Chud. Hamilton-Armitage said that the seminar will benefit the day-care
who
cation between students and staff at field placements, ’’she said.
Chud said that having a clear understanding of diversity is important because she feels it’s foundational to everything we value and believe about early child-
attended because the students are learning in class the same
hood education. During her seminar, Chud said
ideas that are in the workshop.
that learning is only a
staff
“This should enhance communi-
temporary
loss of security.
Chud is also the co-author of the widely used texts: Early Childhood Education for a Multicultural Society and Honouring Diversity in Early Childhood Care and Education: An Instructor’s Guide. About 50 people attended the two-hour workshop, titled the Charm and Challenge of Diversity in Early Childhood Programs. Tickets were $3 per person.
Aubrey Hagar award winner
Attention
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students
By
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call
Julie Porter
‘lover of
Bums’s students have no trouble Bums lives what he
believing that
needing money!
Enthusiastic,
passionate and a
many
“His energy and motivation in
phenomenal. He gave me a reason to be there,” said Chris Zamin, a 1993 graduate of the program. For Muriel Jeung, a 2000 gradu-
lover of
life
are three of the
The recipient, Greg Bums, coordinator of recreation and leisure services,
has
been
teaching
at
Conestoga for 1 1 years. He graduated from the recreation and leisure services program in 1971 and later served as director of parks and recreation in Cambridge. In 1985, he started his own consulting firm where he worked exclusively with municipal government and social services, facilitating training
and
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which enables retention.”
Bums said that he believes that being passionate about students and learning is vital to teaching. “I get very emotional at convocamoment, but
said
Bums
It’s
sad
a
tion.
are the four cornerstones on my teaching. I believe that one must
what you believe
it was Bums’s infectious sense humor that she appreciated.
I
said he follows a four-part
is
ate,
I
method when teaching. “Laughter, living, loving and learning. These
live
the classroom
of
there
and a proud is something
about the cutting of the umbilical cord, watching the students go on, that
I
find very emotional.
proud that they mature further as ers,” said
Bums
do some important
to
“I spent a lot
reflection.
of time on
staring at the ceiling.
in.
ways the winner of this year’s Aubrey Hagar Distinguished Teaching Award is described by his students.
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tell
Bums.
think
I
to
slow down,” said
and the second was to live each day as it comes. I’m lucky, though I work at the No. 1 college in Ontario and I wear that like a badge of
—
honor.”
The day when John Tibbits, ident of Conestoga College,
pres-
came
Bums that he won the award, he was shocked into silence. “Norma Ewing, of the recreation and leisure services program, said, to tell
‘Dr. Tibbits,
book.
It’s
Greg
Bums
less,” said
Bums
mark
day in your day in 1 1 years has ever been speech-
the
this
first
Bums.
said
what was especially
touching about receiving the award was the recognition he received
from his students. “The thing that makes fuzzies
came from
is that
the
me feel
the
the initiation
students,”
Bums.
n
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meet and exceed the needs of our students, employees
trying
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About 1,500 people braved a chilly and windy summer night June 2 to take in some of the freshest sounding DJs. The Meals on Wheels of Steel Tour, featuring Ninja Tune Records’ Kid Koala and Strictly Kev from DJ Food, held a free show at Kitchener’s city hall. The DJs played from the second floor
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minutes, he
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On some songs his five-piece jazz outfit Bullfrog backed him up. They joined him for songs such as Bullfrog-original Rattlesnake and then Roboshuffle, a track from his most recent album Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, a very-well done record. The crowd bobbed their heads to the beat of Music For Morning People, which features samples of a robust aerobics instructor. When Koala was not accompanied by Bullfrog or scratching solo, DJ P-Love backed him up, as they began to duel on the turntables, back and forth. Koala played for about 45 minutes before saying farewell to the crowd. Other highlights in his set included a tribute legend s to Louis Armstrong, as Koala dissected some of the jazz
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