33rd Year
What’s Inside
— No. 27
CSI seeking more power Student government wants to be recognized By
in legislation
which includes the board of gover-
Petra Lampert
nors.
Conestoga Students ly the
Doon
Inc.,
former-
Student Association,
wants to be recognized in legislation and is requesting increased governing power. Philip LeBeau, president of the CSI, said the group is in the process of submitting letters and a charter
in
response
to
the
Association of Colleges of Applied Arts and Technology of Ontario
Literacy lab is a free
community resource PAGE 5
(ACAATO’s) charter. The CSI is a member
of the
work together
to ensure that there is a student rep-
on every college commakes decisions or recommendations that will affect any
resentative
mittee that
student attending college.
LeBeau with local
said he plans to
MPPs on
meet
July 25 to dis-
cuss the legislation. In June 1999, ACAATO released a charter for Ontario colleges entitled Discussion of Key Roles and
and
Priorities,
Community
OCCSPA
College Student
“We’re here for your
responded
Parliamentary
representation. We
Association C C S PA)
make sure you get what you pay for.”
January 2000. In May 2000,
full-time
stu-
LeBeau there’s
ACAATO
president of the CSI
said
on paper that states that there has to be a student government at col-
Some main
leges.
ability,
He
said
student
government rights legislated. “We’re creating awareness for student legislation.”
OCCSPA
is
requesting that the
following be included in the legis-
each A college to provide for the adminisstudent government
at
tration of the affairs for students,
including the development and management of student institutions.
• Student government be the official medium of communication between the students of a public college and the college community,
in the paper
topics
included access, funding, account-
board authority, institutionand credentials. LeBeau said none of OCCSPA’s recommendations surrounding student government were included in al flexibility
the legislation.
He
said
ACAATO’s document
mention
did
lation.
•
Century.
21st
nothing
OCCSPA wants
in
released its second formal paper, entitled Ontario’s Colleges for the
Phil LeBeau,
dents in Ontario.
PAGE 6
College administration and
Ontario
which represents
Canadian musicians hit a cheesy chord
•
student government
that
more student
board of governor members were needed.
LeBeau
said the
students and
CSI
is their
represents
voice to the
college.
“We’re here for representation,” he said. “We make sure you get what you pay for.” ACAATO consists of all the pres-
Phil LeBeau, president of the CSI, holds a letter from OCCSPA sent to Dianne Cunningham, minister of training, colleges and universities, regarding student government legislation. (Photo by Petra Lampert)
idents of Ontario colleges.
Barbecue and car wash offered as thanks By
Summer
blockbuster won’t disappoint fans PAGE 7
Julie Porter
Burgers were char-broiled and were given a sparkly new clean for free on July 14 in the
cars
parking lot of the Canadian Tire store in Waterloo, in an attempt by
Kitchener-Waterloo Career Connections (KWCC) to thank the
the
community
COMMENTARY Page 2
Spanking for parents only affair
for
its
“A free end-of-theweek car wash and
barbecue thing
we
dance a hearty burger. “A free end of the week car wash and barbecue is something we thought everyone would really appreciate,” said student employ-
ment officer Jerrid Tremaine. Tremaine said that in between
some-
with
Development
District
thought
The
everyone would
centre helps students find
According to Karen Brent, lead employment officer, 2,500
student
Jerrid Tremaine,
student employment officer
students, a year use the job bank.
Most of them
are
between the ages
of 15 and 24.
“We we offer
help students find jobs and
group was able to wash about 25 cars and feed several people burgers, adding that fam-
rain showers, the
ilies
driving by
some food. The KWCC
would stop
in for
is
a
human
resource
employ-
A similar job-post-
ing program was in existence prior but was under a difto the
KWCC
ferent
centre for students which works in
free postings for
ers,” said Brent.
name and
did not have a
provincial and federal government partnership.
Brent said that many high school use the summer job boards and that Conestoga College students students
come
in
droves around
and June seeking work for the summer. Brent said typical job postings
May
School Board.
jobs year round.
appreciate.”
support.
Staff from the KWCC were on hand to suds off summer grime from cars and feed all in atten-
is
Human
Resources Canada, Lutherwood-CODA, Conestoga College and the Waterloo Region
part
include retail sales, kitchen help and jobs posted by non-profit organizations, to
be
filled
which usually have quickly and are
snatched up quickly. Brent said the service that provides is important and
KWCC
necessary as
it
allows employers to it finds jobs
post jobs for free, and for
young people who otherwise
might not be able to find decentpaying .work that they need to make some money.
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— SPOKE, July 24, 2000
Protect our
doctors from pro-life fanatics It
be an end
that there will never
seems
to the abortion
debate.
We will live with the picket lines, the anger on both We will exist amidst the controversy, the unsettled. Something we should not have
to live with, regardless of
the politics, regardless of the anger, is bullets
and knives
into the flesh of our country’s doctors.
stuck deep
On
sides.
July II, Dr. Gary Romalis, a Vancouver gynecologist, in the back with what was described as a long,
was stabbed
was the second violent attack on Romalis’s life came in November 1994, when a sniper’s bullet came through his kitchen window and almost killed him. large knife.
—
the
It
first
Since Romalis started provid-
We fought to
ing abortions, he has had to live
keep the death penalty out of our judicial
with a large level of unease and discomfort.
He has had to worry
about his family, about his four
system.
wondering
children,
We must
also fight to keep it out of
if
a bullet
intended for him will instead
one of them. According to an article written by Romalis for the Globe
kill
our medical system.
and Mail, he has had to equip his purposely non-descript car with a remote starter he activates at a distance, in case it has been wired with a bomb. His car has shatter-resistant windows and Kevlar door panels. He never gets put of the car on the street, and uses a remote control for his garage door. His house has bulletproof windows and the patio where his family holds barbecues has a fence that prevents a sniper from getting a clear shot. His curtains are opaque and the doors are always locked. He has a special alarm system in his home and office, and video cameras are continually moni-
Leave spanking
of the parents, not teachers
tored.
Romalis always wears a bulletproof vest on his way to work. it is
OK to kill
some-
In the United States, ers believe in the
many
states
with deeply religious vot-
cally abused can
on the spanking law
would
what types of punishment will work for their children. Teachers come and go in a child’s life, from
to
year to year and semester to semes-
esteem as well as disrespect for authority. As well, abused children often feel betrayed and abandoned. And growing up in a house where
whole “eye for an eye” way of thinking.
it
entirely surprising that the militant
deranged use
this
same model, eye
and obviously
for an eye, to exterminate
abortion doctors?
is
woman’s
right to choose, too
surprising
is
although
many Canadians
few are willing
support
to stand
up
to
and the threat of a large knife piercing their lungs and heart to denounce and express outrage against these senseless acts of violence against our country’s doctors. Even those who are pro-life cannot justify killing doctors. We fought to keep the death penalty out of our judicial system. We must also fight to keep it out of our medical system. We have to keep this killing of physicians separate from the emotions and politics of the abortion debate and see it for snipers’ bullets
it is
—
should
children are spanked for discipline
can leave a child confused. Such children begin to ask why their parents say they love them and then
dis-
discouraging.
which has been a part of the criminal code since 1892, was challenged the recently by Canadian Foundation for Children, Youth and Law, which argued the law violates a child’s right to equality and security and sanctions the use of cruel and unusual punlaw,
Judge David McCombs said even mild forms of corporal punishment
do no good and in some cases may cause harm, and Cheryl Milne, one
who
brought the
challenge on behalf of the foundation, said
it
leaves children vulner-
able.
McCombs lines
older grades.
sient existence in the child’s life?
cipline children
of the lawyers
in
more definite must be drawn between corsaid
poral punishment and abuse. to strike a
Sometimes corporal punishment will work to some
Not only does physical punishment hurt and humiliate the child, it
remember
hurt them.
A child
also leaves a lasting scar.
will only
degree.
punishment and not the reason for it. A better form of punishment can be found for disciplining children. Excessive force used with the false pretense of discipline shows a lack of patience, control and understanding from the parent or teacher. The lines aren’t always clear between corporal punishment and abuse.
Abuse doesn’t
is
child will not
explore or try
want
new
Raising a child requires patience,
the parents’ lead and imitate adults.
Children
who
see hitting as a form
of love will grow up hitting the
ones they love.
Corporal punishment has no good outcomes. Perhaps parents
amount of force used by a parent or teacher that would cause permanent emotional damage; a child should be taken from an abusive
feel
physical discipline
sary, but teachers
have no
ing their hands on a child.
dence but also evidence of emo-
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ment from Conestoga Students
Inc. (CSI).
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exchange
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in
newspaper do not necessarily
endorsed by the CSI unless
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to experiment,
things for fear of
guidance and respect from adults and children. Children will follow
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and parents to
ishment.
No. But what
Why
Children
allow teachers
The
murder. is
continue
is
In Texas, for example, families of the criminal’s victims are allowed to view the execution through the safety of thick glass. It is the antithesis of rehabilitation. It is murder for
what
Parents have a better knowledge of
physically
very principle.
a
child’s life for a third of their day.
which
For a long time, society has struggled with the idea of using Capital punishment, murder as punishment for murder. which thankfully has been abolished in Canada, uses this
So
Canada’s Supreme Court ruling
And all because someone thinks that one who they think “kills the unborn.”
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Persistence key to freelance writing Guest speaker gives By Jes Brown
zines,
including the
New
York
success
tips for
to journalism students away. He says he does the bulk of his
Conor,
writing
who
12, Paul
Times, Maclean’s, Equinox,
Gains’s English teacher would
the National Post, the
children have gone
make him
Globe and Mail and
to bed.
class
the British edition of
When
he was
in
Grade
stand up in front of the and read out his writing, in what seemed like an intent to embarrass him. “She was so impressed with my writing ability that she gave me 52 out of 100 that year,” he says.
Gains,
who
is
now
journalist,
on track and earning enough money to
because he wanted to find a job that he
support his family
Villeneuve,
but says that usually
Chopra, boxers Evander Holyfield
and Lennox Lewis and Peter Garrett from the musical group Midnight Oil. Gains says that freelance writing can be a viable career for
He
he writes less than
to
he’d never have to
20 hours a week. Gains also conducts writing work-
retire
Gains spoke about the skills needed to be a freelance journalist, including persistence and a thick skin. He also talked about freelancing stories from his travels in Japan, Korea, North Africa, Libya, England and the United
than
from.
In the seven years since he quit
event-marketing
business, he has been published in
various newspapers
and maga-
a lifestyle
a
job,”
more
shops.
He
said
held
one
in
someone with
make
the persistence to
He
work.
can decide when he
who
There are usually
ideas he pitches
he works for and where he goes for his
nine or 10 partici-
else.
wants to work,
stories.
pants for the
Freelance journalist Paul Gains successfully markets
full-
day workshop, which costs $60 and
(Photo by Jes Brown) publications. day for stories to a host Of includes lunch. Gains includes wakGains says he enjoys working at his e-mail. Gains often does intering up early and packing his three home because he gets to spend young children off to summer views and editing in the mornings camp or school before checking while his two oldest children are more time with his children,
typical
it
someone
turns
His advice
Deepak
author
June and will hold one in September.
Gains, stating that he
A
Stares.
a job that
life,
“It’s
the
began
said he
freelance
of his
July 10.
in
Gains has a quota system to keep him
GQ.
could do for the rest
speak to journalism students on
his job
writing
also works at thier home in Cambridge. During his career as a freelance writer. Gains has interviewed celebrities such as musician Eric Clapton, actor Kevin Spacey, race-car driver Jacques
his
after
to
a successful
came Conestoga’s Doon campus freelance
and Owen,
Olivia, 4,
7,
four months, and his wife, Denise,
says that
down one it
someone
to
to never turn
is
if
of his
down
a job, constantly look for ideas,
read every day and write down your goals. “If I can make a living from this,” said Gains, “anyone can. It’s
not rocket science.”
Middle income families have trouble getting money from OSAP By Tracy Ford Canada’s universities and col-
becoming more inaccessible to students from middle to low income families, according to a study released by the University of leges are
Alberta.
The
Federation
of
coin-
findings
university’s
done by the
cide with a study
Students
at
the
University of Waterloo.
The study concluded tuition fees
that higher
have discouraged
stu-
have a debt.” She said anyone from middle to high-income families will be expected to get funding from parents or their spouses. The system is compliant with the Family Law Act, which states parents or spouses are expected to contribute toward the cost of their child’s or spouse’s post-secondary education.
Walsh said the size of contribution expected by the financial aid office is determined by the income of the family.
dents from lower income families
from applying
to
institutions.
said that although
post-secondary “If
It
student assistance
is
available, stu-
dents are discouraged by the possibility
of higher debt.
The study found that for every 100 students from lower income areas
who
One
attended university in
number dropped
1991, the
to 93.
you are
can expect to spend $10,000 a year on
were upset that the government was assisting the provincial government and the scholarship’s design was not benesaid students
federal
fiting students.
Since then, the federal govern-
ment has lowered its loan forgiveness program to $6,000 from $7,000, meaning for each year an only responsible to repay $6,000.
“They were trying
Carol Walsh,
financial aid
“The issue
has always been high debt.”
Walsh
said college tuition
siderably
is
con-
lower than university education received
of the same calibre of a universi-
is
administrator of
to appease the
students,” said Walsh,
ty-
“You’re investing in your future.
Our grads have good
futures,” she
said.
Carol Walsh, administrator of financial aid and student scholar-
ship and awards, said enrollment at Conestoga College is up and the financial aid office expects an
increase in
OSAP applications.
will
get
OSAP,”
you are living away from home and attending school, you “If
said
Walsh, “but of course they will
There are certain guidelines to be met before a student can receive financial aid
fall
“A student with a car worth $10,000, they aren’t going to get OSAP,” she said.
Last year the federal government
university and college tuition and
can expect to spend $10,000 a year on educational costs,” she said.
“Middle
“Students from lower income families
decrease their indebtedness. Walsh
tuition, yet the
educational costs.”
pability.
(Photo by Jes Brown)
The money would be
able debt.
is
attending school you
to attend post-second-
to
given directly to the bank in which the student took the student loan to
away from home and
ary education due to financial inca-
Robotics and Automation student Ryan Myers works on his 3rd-year project in the woodworking building on July 17.
monetary award given
recipients with a consider-
OSAP loan is taken out, the student
living
student per hundred each year
was unable
ships, a
OSAP
income
families
through the cracks.”
introduced
Millennium scholar-
Climb Higher
“Some some
(families) are prepared for
families aren’t,”
Walsh
said.
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— SPOKE, July
24,
2000
Day-care centre Limited spaces available for “We have
By Petra Lampert The
day-care centre
college’s
fall.
Currently there for infants
there for
is
a waiting
list
some space
available
preschool, junior and
She said children are taken on a first-come, first-served basis.
we
“Certainly
senior
accommo-
try to
dren.
gram,” said Schenk.
most of the
She said
child-
anyone who would
that
for the fall,” said
like their children in the day-care
Shelley Schenk, early childhood education manager for the col-
centre should contact the centre by
lege’s child-care centres.
inquire,
care centre
is full
calling 748-5229, or stopping in to
whether
it
for the future. She said there’s a high demand for infant and todand care dler “At this point, fewer spots are available for them most of the child-care because of the centre is full for the
small
day-care
worker-to-child
Shelley Schenk,
Schenk said the are set by
manager, child-care centres
Day Nursery
Act
that governs all the child-care
with
the child’s age.
For example, the ratio in the infant care program (children up to 1 8 months) is one worker for three children and for school age children (including children up to age 10) the ratio is one to 15. The day-care centre has a licensed capacity for 82 children. However, the number of children in the centre varies.
10 full-time employees
and a variety of ongoing part-time employees,” said Schenk. Conestoga’s day-care centre is open to anyone in the community, including the college community. Schenk said that the college’s staff, faculty and students are not the only ones to take advantage of the centre’s services.
if
“We recommend to students
that
when
they
apply for a pro-
gram
to put the
name
on the waiting for
list
child said
Shelley Schenk,
they get accepted to their pro-
gram
centres in Ontario.
“We have
or
Schenk. “Then
the
staff to child ratio varies
now
care,”
ratios
The
be for
child’s
fall.”
ratio.
and toddlers
families
date students’ children in the pro-
this point,
for infants
surrounding
kindergarten, and school age chil-
“At
list
Kitchener- Waterloo Region.”
and toddlers. However,
is still
waiting
fast
coming in communities such as Ayr, Plattsville, Cambridge and Guelph,” said Schenk, “in from the to those addition
from spaces are filling up fast for the
fall -
up
filling
manager
of the college’s child-care centres,
stands
have a spot, especially for infants and toddlers.” She said parents usually contact
through the child care division of of the Regional Municipality
the day-care centre throughout the
Waterloo. They
school year and the majority of the
partial or full subsidies.
the Early Childhood (Photo by Petra
Lampe
they’ll
“We,
spaces are confirmed during the
in turn,
may be
entitled to
are supervised by students in the
Schenk. a lot of outside
college’s early childhood education
school-age children in
program who do their field placements at the centre. Students in a
She said there are activities for
the day-care centre full-time during
would be paid by
the
summer.
“We
typical
try to plan special activities
summer for the fall. “We invite families
the region, instead of the parents,”
meet the
detailed tour of our centre,” said
She also said a student can apply for additional funding through
Schenk.
OSAP
“Although we’re an on-campus location, we don’t have a complete
fees.
Waterloo Park.
On
turnover of children in the
variety of activities for children.
were
Wings of Paradise
Depending on the
butterfly
said
in front of
Education sign at the Doon campus.
staff
Schenk.
coming
in
in August to and have a more
“New
fall,”
children
are
who
lack
funds and need to use the day-care service
may
in order to offset child care
centre offers a wide
child’s age, there
involving
small
groups, music, science and
art, like
activities
painting and clay moulding.
“The
qualify for financial
program
provides
the
assistance.
opportunity for children to social-
Schenk said some parents may be eligible to receive assistance with their monthly child care fees
ize with peers
and choose the type
of activity, provided in the rooms,
they want to partake in,”
said
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every week during the summer,” said Schenk. “We take field trips on
campus and During the
off campus.” first
week of
July the
children visited the water park at
The day-care
are
throughout the year.”
Parents and students
said Schenk.
Conestoga College fl
jolt,
Read Spoke.
to tour the
sanctuary
July 20, they
outside
of
Cambridge. Each day the centre provides a morning snack, home cooked lunch and an afternoon snack for the children.
can
A menu see
is
posted so parents
what type of food
is
week during
the school year
help two days per week.
“During the summer, we have who choose to do their placement in 1 more flexible way, rather than during the school year,” said Schenk, “and some confull-time students
tinuing education students.”
Child care fees are due on the first
of each month. The rates for
September
are: infant, $825; tod$700; preschool, $575; junkindergarten, ior/senior $425;
dler,
school age during morning, lunch,
$110; and school age (afternoon) $140.
Hours of operation are 7:30 a.m.
offered. In addition to the staff, children
to
5:30 p.m.
Upgrading
SPOKE, July 24, 2000
— Page 5
Literacy Lab helps students learn Doon campus
Variety of state-of-the-art technology available at By Jes Brown
and is open to memcommunity outside the
nity resource
Master,
bers of the
device
portable
a
to
read to you or help you brainstorm,
first
and a portable note-taking device you can carry to class. These are some of the tools avail-
technology specialist will conduct
improve word recognition, pronunciation and grammar. Also explained in the orientation are the computer programs that are available in the lab, such as
an orientation, to explain
Inspiration,
A
wrist-watch that vibrates to
keep you on
track,
computers
college as well.
When a user enters the lab for the
that
time, a peer tutor or adaptive
all
the
a
brainstorming tool
designed for people
adaptive technology.
who
prefer to
Literacy
This technology includes, for
think in pictures rather than words.
Lab, which helps students cope
example, the WatchMinder, a silent vibrator alarm system in a wrist-
There are several text-to-speech such as programs, TextHelp, Aurora and WillowTalk. Text-to-speech software reads what is typed on screen back to the user.
Doon Campus
able in the
with problems which might otherwise prevent them from completing their assignments or courses.
watch for students with attention deficits designed to keep the student on track during long classes.
Computer technology consultant Su Lyttle said people who use the
It
lab include special needs students,
get the wearer’s attention at ran-
people with peer tutors and health
dom
services students.
Another piece of equipment is the AlphaSmart, a portable keyboard
Student services usually refer people to the Literacy Lab. disabilities students usu-
Learning ally
come
to the lab
through the
a quieter place to work,”
Lyttle said.
The
lab
is
a considered a
emits a 2.5-second vibration to intervals.
note-taking
who
device for students
“We have some very state-of-the-art facilities.”
Su
can’t write notes in class for
various reasons. Also available
Lyttle,
computer consultant
is
the Reading Pen, a scanning and
special needs department. “It’s
software
commu-
reading
dictionary;
voice
Organizer,
a
organizer;
and
the
the
Parrot
recognition
Language
Dragon Dictate and Dragon speech NaturallySpeaking are recognition programs that allow virtually any application on the computer to be controlled without using the keyboard, which is useful for students with carpal tunnel syn-
drome or
tendinitis,
or
vision
impaired students. Another piece of software is Kurzweil, which provides both an auditory and visual presentation of scanned text and images. It has a dictionary and thesaurus and word lab staff will also give advice
on what software and hardware should be bought for personal use. Lyttle and the others in the lab don’t
sell
that they
Jeremy people
Birch,
how
to
CPA
graduate, works
in
the Literacy Lab teaching
use the adaptfc/e technology.
(Photo byjes Brown)
computers, but she said
do
tell
people where they
can get the proper technology. Lyttle said that the lab
off
some
equipment
of the
“What we
college and those outside the col-
is
a won-
visit
the Literacy Lab,
including library staff from Wilfrid
Laurier University
who took
and
a tour
she said.
it,
do
is
is
very state-of-the-
art facilities,” Lyttle said.
The
show
open Thursday 10 a.m.
8:30 p.m. for people in the
of the facilities July 18.
“We have some
try to
off
our hardware and software,” Lyttle The lab is open during the said. summer every weekday except Thursday from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m.
lege as well.
to
the Literacy Lab,
area are interested in
derful resource for students in the
come
in
(Photo by Jes Brown)
Lyttle said that a lot of people
prediction capability.
The
Su Lyttle shows room 2A1 1 3.
nity
who
can’t
make
until
commu-
it
to the col-
is
a place to
lege during the day.
lab
has been in existence since 1996
Lyttle said the lab
help people on their way.
and people in the community and
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Sulk
Trinket begins
CD
career with fresh
By
new band on
Trinket, a
the
scene with a fresh look and interesting sound, explodes into the
music industry with
its first
CD,
Set to Explode.
The extensive and well-formed offerings
on
this
CD
set the stage
for a beautiful career in the music industry.
Some
the
lyrics
of the tracks
make
sure to listen to
what the musicians, Scottish-
born Sherrie Laird and Ontario native Blair O’Halloran, intended.
difficult
love.
of the
stomach,
mostly
surround
don't be fooled by the familiar
because
sound. This band offers a fresh out-
instrumental
look and interesting twist to the
accompaniment is
band members can play instruments and can strum more than three cords. They seemed to have struggled while composing their masterpieces, which introduce a the
riffs.
The
although somewhat
lyrics,
shallow, are simple this
and
typical for
type of band. But as a whole, the
CD, the music cords, the lyrics and members create a lively combination. The band’s album might be
the
tour
Canada soon
listener
—
set to
can offer the
something no other band on
the market can. taste
—
music and
It
gives the listener a
and reminder of what music
used to sound
like.
interesting
and deviates a wee bit from the normal poppy beat one would expect with such predictable
other earnest teen drama. Older
too the
much
with the 6red cliches of
and
romantic,
music
itself
strengths
fabulous,
that the listener
is
have to guess much at what the musicians are intending, and nothing preten-
there is
tious
or
about
this
simply sounds Sherri Laird
(CD cover photo)
truly
redundant,
it
is
and
far too much like millions of others.
Conestoga College continually seeks opportunities for improvenxnt to Conestoga
meet and exceed the needs of our students, employees
terrible
album;
Quality Policy
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the
doesn’t
is
difficult to discern
or
album does not hold up. One of Only You’s
far
it is
because the
not particularly
is
scintillating
but
lis-
teners might feel that the lyrics drip
lyrics.
R&B,
is
it is this easiness that makes the album boring. The lyrics are inspired, it would seem, by Dawson’s Creek or some
more expansive and powerful on the track. All You Gotta Do, and one can almost forgive the generic pop beat and cheesy lyrics. Produced by Hi-Bias Labelhead, the album is intended to be a mix of pop-rock and
real
is
it
but
But for the lover of
which
listenable, as
is
individual to the Canadian
music scene. It has a sound that is very much American, and for this reason might get airplay. It is a sound that is easily listened to - it is not demanding on the listener,
the album. Laird’s vocal range
industry
genuine sounds. Trinket
(CD cover photo)
This album
Ricky Martin and Carlos Santana
music
those of the Laird and O’Halloran during the recording also
fairly
obsessed with the Backstreet Boys,
ized
we
process.
The title track, Only You, has moments of glory, but is definitely not the most memorable on
overlooked by the vast commercial-
Trinket
songs were
to
album, but
if
that
the range of emotions heard in the
But
they aren’t too
appears as
roots,
—
the genre of endless
already popular rock bands.
intended.
according to the groups’ biography,
Coined as “deeply-rooted in old fashioned love-themes,” most
male rock bands.
it
it
with a barfbag on hand. But that’s
groups like Matchbox 20 and other
Unlike the others,
Scottish
is
considering
from the normal numbing beats and lyrics that are played on the radio every day of the week. All of the songs are originals and
to
jilted
this
Laird’s
sound
melodramatic, the listener would
have
while others are reminiscent of
Of course, jilted love is one
SULK's debut
R&B
unfortunate,
don’t hear anything too different
original, but
effective, guitar
in
this
is
love
jilted
album, Only You, were any more
just
tunes sound unique,
themes included in
where It
sound that can remind the reader of a group of friends practicing in each other’s garages. A traditional rock sound with a dash of new millennium mixes, the combination creates an unforgettable result which should satisfy anyone’s need to hear real drums, a real bass beat and less still
explores
Julie Porter
If
By Tracy Ford
CD
and communities.
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Magneto’s brotherhood are the XMen run by Prof. Charles Xavior, played by Patrick Stewart. That’s the basic rundown, but it comes alive on the big screen with amazing special effects, talented writing and dynamic acting. Wolverine, played by Australian Hugh Jackman, steals the show
By Jes Brown If
you have never heard of the X-
Men before,
never read one of their comic books or seen the cartoon, then you will love the movie XMen. If you have read the X-Men comics since you were a kid, and watched the cartoon religiously, then you will love the movie XMen. The movie has everything you could ever want in a summer There’s comedy, blockbuster. drama, mystery, suspense and action. It’s heartwrenching, funny and exciting; there are special tight
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she’s
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X-Men
Some humans,
again.
considered
mutants by the normal population, have special gifts, like being able to heal rapidly, being able to
walk
has
down
pat
come
The
is
a teenager
who
interplay
between
triangle of
Magneto
wonderful and the tension
in the love
is
played perfectly.
(McKellan) and Prof. Xavior (Stewart) is
Wolverine (Jackman), Jean
Grey (Janson) and Cyclops (Marsdon)
into her powers.
All in
all,
this
movie
is
whether you are a fan or
worth seeing
not.
his sensitivity
concerning his mysterious past, his infatuation with Dr. Jean Grey, played by
Famke
Janson, and his
hatred of Cyclops, played by James
moving things with their minds. The normal humans are afraid of these mutants and want them regis-
lently portrayed, although she isn’t
tered so they can keep track of
to
them.
hour and 46 minutes. That meant combining the comic characters of Rouge and Jubilee. Rouge, in the comic, is a woman in her 30s who had come into her powers long ago. In the comic,
to control the
humans.
The only people who can
stop
Anna
Parody of recent films has everyone in stitches By Tracy Ford
Paquin’s
Some fit
is
excel-
things had to be condensed
this excellent story into
is
who
a teenager
one
has just
arrived at Prof. Xavior’s school for gifted children.
In the movie, their characters are
life
The Wayans brothers are back and have hit Hollywood with full Keenan Ivory Wayans, force.
Rouge
true to the original comic.
Jubilee
director of this year’s teen
has just
ages
all
character’s
the
-
Marsdon.
pointed with what they have been given.
Jackman quirks
through walls, controlling other people’s thoughts and actions and
time, and they will not be disap-
have been
combined and Rouge
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without a doubt.
The concept of the story is that humans have begun evolving
One faction of mutants, called the brotherhood and run by Magneto, played by Sir Ian McKellan, wants
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waiting for this movie for a long
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