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— No. 28
33rd Year
shop may be contracted out
What’s
By Tracy Ford
Inside
same or improved
Conestoga College may contract its print shop to a private firm. out requests
The bidder must, along with
July 19 asking companies to sub-
other specific requirements, provide comparable full-time employ-
sent
mit proposals to operate the print shop for a 10-year term.
ment and
Kevin Mullan, vice-president of finance for Conestoga College, said the college
is
looking
uing running
it
“We have
the
way
The request
at all its
option
to large print organ-
students.
izations.
PAGE 4
fied
speci-
It
the
college
must receive proposals by July 31. short list of pos-
A
companies
sible
is
offer.
it is.
look at all our options,” he said. “That would be normal in most of our large invest-
among
also states that this
exploratory and the college doesn’t have to accept any
Mullan said
to
ment situations.” The request for proposals was sent
advancement for cur-
rent full-time print shop staff.
department or contin-
tract out the
benefit coverage with the
potential for
options before choosing to con-
Anxiety and depression on rise
current
all
commitments, including current staffing and equipment leases.
out
The college
The
service.
bidder must assume
was
was
sent out
fair.
only
“It’s
“We
employ-
telling the
ees before the request
could
to
fair
the
let
employees
understand if we were over staffed
know
and there were
lege)
you
before col-
(the
ever
mailed that (the
people with nothing to do, but
we
request for proposals) out,” he
all
said.
work hard.”
be made and This is the presentations by the Lynn Knowles, first time the bidder will be held reproduction operator college has on Aug. 2. If an attempted to agreement is made, the contract contract out a department, and will go into effect on Oct.l. “We Mullan said there aren’t going be will
may
Student services helps abuse victims.
PAGE
5
may
or
not accept anything,”
“The primary reason is we know there will be a need for a signifi-
with the staff there,” said Mullan. “All I can offer is the assurance
cant investment in print equipment,” he said.
that the
The
shop needs several hundred thousand dollars for equipment and the college is looking for
ways
now,” he
He
also
On July 19 the print shop staff were informed of a meeting where
“If we have no we have to look
they
is
years, said,
“We said.
outside of the college
are
all
communi-
ty-
in,
then
to run the
“We knew something
dedicated workers.
all
work hard
They
Conestoga College’s Literacy attracted attention from
how
WLU
from
Lab has
at
called).
the print
7
proposals
was wrong (when the meeting was
ask-
By Jes Brown
college’s
has worked at the college for six
We
Staff
the
shop with the funds available to invest,” said Mullan. Cathy McManus, a printer who
ing for an outside
Michelle Pfeiffer stars in What Lies
came
together,” she
to
see
how
She said similar situations had happened at previous jobs. She said if the print shop employees are no longer employees of the college but employees of the contracted company, they will no longer be protected by the union.
Lyttle,
ice
we
give them,”
Lynn Knowles,
for the Literacy Lab,
said the
went well. “Our three visitors came
Poverty stats
Lab
ed
how
to see
the adaptive software and
with thr
;
that r
we have might
gel
situation in a library
setting
Gill ir
iid
she was interest-
-racy
Lab and what
copies in 1999-00. “Impressions have tripled with the
same
McManus
award
this year, said the print
“We
could understand
ees
who work
in the department
“No one
'
were over-staffed and there were
said
has quit; they just Alviano said. A collective agreement letter of understanding says contracting out any department where public service employees are employed has retired,”
shop
we
staff,”
are satisfied with their jobs.
said.
if.
of
The print shop has always been a pleasant place to work, according to the staff, and all of the employ-
a reproduction
offers a valuable service.
amount
Alviano.
operator for years, 11 who received an employee of the year
specific guidelines.
An employee
who
people with nothing to do, but we all work hard and the figures have
has completed a probationary period cannot be fired if the department is contracted out. The
increased,” she said.
new employer must offer compara-
According to Vince Alviano, an employee of print shop for 20 years and now the supervisor, production increased from five million copies in 1995-96 to seven
ble
the
“I
computer consultant
million
“One of the reasons the college is number one is because of the serv-
library
staff
was
Gillham
Wilfrid
at
it.
very
said.
“It’s a
study of special needs. Lyttle told them about learning
opportunities
terms and employment.
The current Ontario
project,
which funds the Literacy Lab at Conestoga. She suggested the visitors talk to Cathy Potvin
contract
Public
of
with the Services
Doon
from
Conestoga’s learning resource centre, because Lyttle and Potvin often work together and share ideas, and if anything ever happened to the lab, Lyttle hopes the
LRC
would take
it
over. “It
the
conditions
Employees Union expires Aug. 3 1
lab at
impressed.” wonderful facility.” Wilfrid Laurier University is looking into renovating its library and is doing a
Su
hardware
July 18.
(Photo by Tracy Ford)
technology.
Gillham and Sophie Bury and information technology specialist Rene Paquin - visited the Literacy librarians Virginia
the print shop.
Laurier could learn from
Page 2
staff
in
visit literacy
visit
Three
press
Conestoga works with adaptive
members from Wilfrid Laurier University -
alarming
said
replies.
company to run shop on campus with the
are
response to the proposals depends upon the number and quality of
to cut costs, accord-
first
just
said.
ing to Mullan.
In the request, the college
COMMENTARY
is
employees will be in good a position as they
as
four employees directly affected by the change were given copies of the request for proposals and were told no final decision had been made.
PAGE
should be made no dissatisfaction
“It
clear there
heard of the possibility of contracting out their work. The
Beneath.
any others.
said Mullan.
Lynn Knowles, a reproduction operator for 11 years and this employee of the year award, works with a
year’s winner of the
was
fruitful,”
Lyttle said.
how
they take on
“I’d like to see
any of
this information.”
said she hopes rates
some of the
in their library.
WLU
She
incorpo-
lab’s resources
,
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Children
still
go
hungry in the year 2000 I* years ago to Federal politicians passed a resolution 10 2000. It’s year the eliminate child poverty in Canada by hungry. school to go to 2000, and children continue Region and Guelph still have numerous break-
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Waterloo of children who arrive at fast programs feeding hundreds school hungry because of poverty. country has According to the latest poverty fact book, our years ago. did it 25 than households $1.3 million more poor consurprising, not is it startling, is Although this number sidering the ever-increasing
Single parents tend to be the
number of government
cut-
province in 1995. The poverty fact book was released July 19
because more than
Canadian Council on Social Development (CCSD) and by
80 per cent are women who earn
by
Violence won’t just stop
the
standard you’re considered poor if you are a family of three its
less than men.
living
on
less than
What an Canadians
$24,252 a
year.
household income In Waterloo Region the average $61 244.
The council found poverty
rates are highest
is
»
among fami-
—
been
at
past
two months,
in southern Ontario
slain
by
There are about 56,000 adults and caseing degrees of poverty in the region and the welfare
Faced with enormous cutbacks, these shelters are doing what they can, but they can really only hope to keep the women safe; they can-
not end domestic violence. Our judges don’t consider
much
different
six
The overwhelming
have
evidence
shot execution-
being dragged naked into her home after delivering her infant to safety, another was
collected
in
data
shows
that
strangers.
four children.
Another
in
woman was
is often not If someone is making minimum wage, it when surprised government our is enough to get by. Why
the
word “Welcome”
written
on
them.
on welfare rather than work?
Studies have
the cost of everyday living continues to rise it is becoming increasingly harder for some, especially single-
are five times
As
from minor crimes and police are not adequately equipped or educated to deal with the deeply complex psychology of battered women and
shown that women more likely to be
spouse than by a killed by stranger, yet women cannot walk a
make ends meet. 1997 Canada Mortgage and Housing survey showed Waterloo the average rent for a two-bedroom apartment in Region was $636 while the welfare housing allowance for a
parent families, to
A
family of three was $554.
the streets at night alone without
fearing horrifying dangers.
According to demographer David Baxter, the overwhelming evidence in data collected shows that women should always hang out with strangers.
is
Battered
women’s
shelters in the
Kitchener area report a flood of crisis calls from women after the Luft
their batterers.
children are inundated with
Our
violent images daily, and pornogra-
means of sexual education, is chock full of demeaning images of women.
phy, often a boy’s
first
Our female children
are taught
early to be afraid or cautious, and children of both sexes are made to
understand that divisions between the sexes exist, unquestionably,
and
that
males are genetically
women
have
It is
not a
new phenomenon and
yet, despite these horrifying acts,
another in vote Conservative government, whose massive cutbacks have left facili-
Ontarians
ties
— whose job
it
is to
protect
- floundering and
sputtering.
Anselma House
in Kitchener has
an area where work
is
desperately
Canadians have their priorities wrong. Society is only as strong as point its its weakest link, and at this weakest links are the boys and men
women
as violence against
are conditioned to give in to
urges of violence.
We
be
should
pouring
our
educating our young, on rehabilitation programs for first-time offenders and shelters
resources
for
into
women and
children.
demand from our government, our law-enforcers and
We
should
our criminal justice system, that we put issues of domestic violence in the forefront.
Canadians boast that we are recognized by the United Nations as being a country that is the best to live in, but if many in our country face the daily threat of violence,
can we really speak with any
wired with violent tendencies.
And
done by
in four
violence in their lives.
who
stabbed
within the confines of her house with its cutouts on the porch with
poverty.
partners.
study
needed.
should always hang out with
by her husband
their
a
faced cutbacks in public education,
women
then went on to shoot their
who
of to
those victims
after
viciously stabbed
about 26,000.
country.
their partners.
One woman was style
hands According Baxter, one
experienced some sort of threat of
domestic violence
in sad, docile heaps.
the
In
children living in vary-
not doing enough to help fight poverty in this country.
up
women
to cover the bare
Rent for a three-bedroom unit was $800 while welfare allowed $602 to house a family of four. From these latest statistics it’s evident that government
being
not
curl
necessities
to stay
Gillian
Tim Hortons. But when we are faced with a lethal and horrifying epidemic we
covers the bare necessities such as rent, food and clothes. Waterloo Region surveys show more than half of poor
some people choose
the
long line up
than wealthier children. An average poor family earns only $18,050, which only
The gap between the rich and poor continues to widen because even if people are working they can still be living
Hadley - that they too would end up as a good front page story in newspapers across the
our
for
allowed to smoke in bingo halls, when the Leafs lose the Stanley Cup, the arrival of royalty from a country across the sea, or perhaps a
lowThe council’s report concluded that children from skills develop to able income families are less healthy, less and more destructive. They are also more likely to endure more humiliation
is
Domestic violence is not new. In 1999, 55 of the 164 homicides in Toronto were women who died at
get us riled up
from 1981 to 1997.
load
off about taxcuts.
workers that their partners threatened to do to them what Ralph Hadley did to Ontario, telling crisis
Certain things
families doubled
employed but not paid enough
arrived at shelters around southern
passivity.
parents tend to with parents under the age of 25. Single cent are per than 80 more because partly poorest, be the women who earn less than men.
among young
are
we
known worldwide
lies
national poverty rate
seems not to be stopping any time soon, Canadians clutch their wallets and our political parties spout
are.
family were found dead in their home, worried that they too will end up that way. In droves, they
apa-
bunch
thetic
In fact,
families are
/'N
l
backs. Welfare cheques were slashed by 21.6 per cent by the
poorest, partly
The
nil 'Uu
integrity?
mainly funded from September to May by a payInc. (CSI). formerly called the of Student Association, in exchange for the insertion
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2000
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College receives $1.2 million for
maintenance work By Tracy Ford
now,” he
said.
“There are a
lot
of
buildings and a lot of mechanical
A modernization and renewal program, established by the government of Ontario, has’ allotted
systems.”
Conestoga College $1.2 million to go towards maintenance and
has
The money
program,
announced
as
SuperBuild
which
part
was
of
the
was
initiative,
designed to help the province’s aging colleges and universities revitalize their
“By giving
campuses.
money for that we don’t have to
from our regular operating
versities to
government plans
upgrade existing
facili-
ties.
Most of
the province’s colleges
and universities are 25 to 30 years old. Conestoga College is 32 years old.
Tibbits said the change won’t be visible to students
money the
and
staff but the
will help the college
campus “It’s
WATERLOO
“It’s
said.
will
be spent.
like
running a house,” he
“You have
He
to
make
sure your
up-to-date.”
is
said
Conestoga’s campuses
are well maintained and haven’t
job
modernization of the province’s 25 colleges and 17 uni-
BETWEEN HARVEYS & BORGES KING
money
dent of Conestoga College.
to invest in
402 KING STREET N„
government can any time and the
shown any major need of repair. “We have always done a good
it
lion the Ontario
CANADIAN TIRE PLAZA
at
college sets priorities on Where the
furnace
The money comes from $95 mil-
ST.
is
budget,” said John Tibbits, presi-
-take
385 FAIRWAY ROAD
money
grant
us
(maintenance),
FOOD BASICS PLAZA
the college
case such a grant
Tibbits said the
The
370 HIGHLAND RD. W.
in
list
awarded.
repairs.
ms?.-:
made
be delegated
will
through a priority
keep
up-to-date.
very hard for colleges
it
at
maintaining (the college) but
just ensures others that -our elec-
trical
system
isn’t
down,” Tibbits Tibbits
said
going to break
said.
the
money
is
by the government depending upon the number of stuassigned
dents a college or university has.
The college $14.2
million
will
also
receive
of the SuperBuild funding, announced in as
part
June, to help build another wing
with more classrooms and to reorganize the maze of corridors in the D wing, close to where the new
wing
will
be located.
— SPOKE, July 31, 2000
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m
Stressed out Anxiety and depression on rise among Conestoga students By Petra Lampert
seek help with issues such as academic stress, heavy course loads,
you’re a student at Conestoga experiencing anxiety or depression,
relationships, family
If
She said students seem to be facmore demands in and out of
you’re probably not alone. According to college counsellor
Lynn Robbins, there’s been an increase in the number of students
ety
school.
nature of anxiety.
she
seeking help.
She said
it’s
good
that
men
in
they want to concentrate on.
anxiety
Students interested in the course
and depressant
an increasing numwith these symptoms
men
symptoms
that are
presented
in
can come to student services in the fall and sign up. One of the teachers will
our
Lynn Robbins,
for help.
college counsellor
who’s a student,” she said. Robbins said counsellors help
to
see
that
some
stu-
dents also feel anxious about their
nosed with depression and anxiety. She said staff have received calls
from students’ doctors
work term placements because they know they’ll have to perform.
if
counselling
“To support that, we designed an anxiety course,” she
college offers.
said.
is available and to find out what other types of services the
Robbins said students come
in to
have
The course
is
called anxiety and
Starts this
Certificate
Starting in the fall there will also
shops available to students.
Program
September
dllUII Call for more information
519-748-5220, ext 656
ga Conesto ° - ^
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stress
man-
agement, time management and effective textbook reading. Some groups include relaxation, public speaking anxiety and test anxiety. For further information regarding groups and workshops, or coun-
can
schedule for College counsellor Lynn Robbins displays the by Petra Lampert) (Photo workshops. and upcoming groups
student
visit
room 2B02.
services,
Students needing help can turn to counsellors
Second Language
A One-Year
to
suitable
is
be a variety of groups and work-
selling, students
Teaching English as a
the course
Workshops include Robbins added
are clinically diag-
who
if
for them.
office.”
“We’re available to anyone
meet with the student
determine
are
starting to feel comfortable asking
students
teaches the
it
ance, test and public speaking anxiety. Students can choose an area
noticed an
increase
said, including
ber of
since
the course
“I’ve
that
are presented in our office,
identified
The course focuses on perform-
“I’ve noticed an increase in anxi-
and depressant symptoms
who have
Students
anxiety as a barrier to their success in school may benefit from taking
ing
from such problems.
suffering
problems and
financial concerns.
personal performance, and will be offered in January as an elective.
11
College
By Petra Lampert During one college year, counsellor Lynn Robbins has counselled over
200
students.
From September 1998
to
May
1999, the student services counsellor saw 221 individuals.
Robbins of stream September to
said
4
tenant mnmmm
mer
is also
students April, but the
from sum-
busy.
Robbins said the
when
steady
a
it’s
summer
is
staff
student services
is
busy preparing for the fall semester and completing tasks like filling out reports, compiling statisand delegating teaching tics duties.
and
She said during the winter semesters there’s more fall
staff,
but in the
summer
there’s
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coming
ple
to student services
seeking counselling. She said student services counsellors already work with a lot of
people
who
are in abusive rela-
continue students at that time than
what
Christmas.
at
“It’s
good
ities are at
Student services counsellors are required to have a masters
tionships and trying to get out, but it impacts the office when
level degree.
these incidents occur and are por-
sellors
trayed in the media because peo-
Robbins said three of the counhave their masters in social work and two have a mas-
ple identify through numbers.
ters
“Their fear increases during
room 2B02, make an appointment.
student services,
this time.”
She said
of education. Students needing help can go to
for the
week of July
17
A
effective
summer she
students
usually has
per day
that
are
good idea to fall
come
in before the
semester begins, since testing
to
counselling contract usually weeks, but if
that’s affecting their grades, it’s a
in a typical
know
and responsibilthe college,” Robbins
said.
week dur-
to ensure at least
for students to
their rights
one
summer
five
•'
domestic violence, like the Luft family murders, has also caused an increase in the number of peo-
more help
ing the
'
drop in to
ask questions, look for resources, or use the housing registry. Robbins said the recent rash of
have a learning disability. Robbins said if students think they have a learning disability
She said
1-888-334-9769
that a lot of students
take turns working during
is available.
,
several drop-in students, adding
According to Robbins, another busy time for staff is May, when there’s an increased need for counsellors to sit on appeal boards, since more programs dis-
she also had several students come in who suspect they may
the
Get it UYR
takes a fair
usually only one counsellor. Robbins said all five counsellors
amount of time.
booked for appointments and
lasts for six to eight is
needed students can
receive additional counselling. Summer hours of operation,
May
Monday to to
4 p.m.
1
to
Aug. 31, are
Friday from 8:30 a.m.
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July 31, 2000
at student services
Abuse victims get help
to help not only the
By
Julie Porter
Women who
^
—Page
woman but
also
the children.
“Prior to March 31, 1999, there was nothing there to really protect children from witnessing family
experiencing
are
violence or are afraid of their partners can seek support at the stu-
said
violence,”
“Parents
Kalau.
dent services department. According to Lynn Robbins, a
often just lost children to foster
counselor with student services, many women seek the aid of counselors to gain support that they
through the cracks.
need
to get
being in
of
them through
Robbins,
to report simply
lence.
Duty
that
professionals
to
must
ters
abuse or the witness of abuse, in
most important thing. “The issues are so different with each woman,” said Robbins. “Some women just want to know that they are not worthy of such abuse; some are fleeing, and we options. and support offer
fear of re- victimizing the
Sometimes we work
ter for fear of losing
the
at
women
not their fault what
is
“It
couple ot the pampmets avanaDie Lynn Robbins, a counselor at student services, displays a talk with her. in trouble will feel that they can come and It is her hope that women
happening to
r
women, but
for the
home, society often turns a blind
Conestoga
eye.
woman
Cambridge areas
has happened. The media, however, is not in the living rooms of
women
an
women who
homes. can develop separate
live in violent
“Women
from her, Robbins said the policy
Women
outdoor
Walk to pre-
run by Conestoga Students Inc. and campus security. Walk Safe operates
are
aim
is
to provide people
escort carries a radio
immediately
lots.
who
that those
witness abuse tend to be abusive,’
Safe
The
and can reach if the need
Monday
runs
be
to
is
grant,
and may expand
cover more “The purpose of the cameras make sure Conestoga College safe place, and
“We had year,
to
-
is
it
is to is
a
said Tribe.
is,”
not a lot considering
the population.”
is
Tribe said that Conestoga College fortunate to have few incidents of
Tribe said 16 closed-circuit TV cameras watched by security guards security
office constantly
“We had which
She said
that
is
often take risks off
they
campus
helps children.
It
ices get into the
helps social serv-
home and
get -the
to
Kalau Said that last year Anselma house had a 105 per cent occupancy rate, and fielded 6,000 crisis calls.
children to safety.”
According
tion.
Mary Kalau,
co-
ordinator of volunteer, outreach and
services
at
Anselma
House in Kitchener, a battered women’s shelter, the act is striving
“Every time something happens
we
are inun-
dated with calls,” she said.
“Women
like the Luft scenario,
worry the same thing will happen
to
them.”
three not a
that
“The campus may be the
safest
place for them to be,” said Radigan.
Radigan said
that there
have been
several cases of women whose spouses or ex-spouses were stalking them at the college. She said school
women by
gives out personal information on students, so that a stalker would not
lot,
school.
John
in
ng people, but in preventing
happens,” said
Tribe,
security representative
reactive,” he
to
be pro-active, not
said.
Tribe said that
when an
incident
is
brought to the attention of security, starts
immediately.
Criminal offenses are handed over
Kim
Radigan,
Radigan said the harassment
poli-
cy protects students. The harassment policy, written in harmony with the Ontario Human Rights Code, works to preserve
co-ordinator of
Conestoga health and safety College, said that A1 Hunter, head of an excellent resource for
the
Roger Sharpe, a Conestoga College security officer, monitors cameras at Doon Campus that are used to keep the students (Photo by Julie Porter) safe of
all
harassment for anyone
on
affiliated
feel that
they are
policy through student services, the health and safety office or security.
Radigan
is
proper education. She
Conestoga students, has a section preventing and identifying
said she feels an impor-
tant aspect to consider in the safety
Radigan said
Campus the
that
Safety For
women’s
through the
Women
Grant,
resource group has
able to purchase many resources to deal with issues of vio-
been
lence against
Videos such as Domestic Violence Substance Abuse and A Love That Kills and books for the learn-
&
ing resource centre are intended to
educate
men and women
about vio-
lence.
domestic violence.
with the college.
Women who
women
said that she believes that strategies for success, a mandatory course for
equal treatment and freedom from
being harassed can get access to the
at
security, is
keep people safe
to
aren’t too wise.
population.”
to the police.
it
Robbins said the policy “really
away
time,
first
be able to obtain the whereabouts or schedules of any student at the
ment.
^ mcident before
needs help with? Will she still feel comfortable talking then?”
Despite the policy, many women find themselves at Anselma House after fleeing an unsafe situastill
because Conestoga
students often find themselves
considering the
an investigation
catc’
-
woman
watching out for the person and getting them off campus. Radigan said that the school never
assaults last year,
monitor the school in another effort to make Conestoga a safe environ-
“We are not so much interested
what the
is
one of
freely report violence without worrying about losing their children.
students in need of safety tips or aid
security can help these
violence.
“We want
Walk Safe every week.
the
the interests of the child and mother are dealt with, and so women can
in dealing with a situation.
from home for the
three assaults in the last
which
Thursday 6:45 p.m. to 10:45 p.m. According to John Tribe, security representative, several people use
in
if
agen-
effectively
coming to sit down with me and what you’re telling me is confidential unless you bring up
What
Women
and Family and Children’s
Services to find a way to more work together so that
policy
the
that
to say ‘you’re
Doon designed
at
arises.
Walk
Kalau said that programs are being" implemented to bring togeth-
could be a double-edged sword. “We have to be up front. We have
children’s
“Research shows
who
intimidated with
buildings to the parking
security
Walk
an walk them from the college
feeling
escort to
five.
is
important.
dis-
areas of the school.
women’s safety at Conestoga. Walk Safe, which was partially funded by the Campus Safety For Women Grant, is a program that is
Safe’s
woman
updated partially through funding from the Campus Safety For
serve
one and
student services
a counselor. policy, if a
Robbins said
her kids,” she
-
Several programs designed to help women be safe exist at the college.
outside door
counselor with
policy could be a reason a woman may not feel comfortable talking to
The monitoring system
and programs Safe have been implemented
Lynn Robbins,
closes that her children (under 16) are ~ witness to abuse, or if the
Julie Porter
lighting,
me
cies
the three things
woman.”
new
that relatively
Many programs
like
in
said Robbins.
these three things.’
scared of reporting her situation for fear her children be taken away
Under the
where what they do is valued.” not speak could uv/w mat omshe vuuiu said that OllC She aaiu
phones,
may be
‘The issues are so different with each
but that often issues of
remain behind closed
Robbins said
phere away from their troubled homes and gain self-esteem through being in an environment
Emergency
and
she refers
that
legislation called the duty to report
ties from their partners here,” she said. “They can thrive in an atmos-
By
Children Services. Although a woman
doors since some women don’t seek help because they do not feel comfortable or are embarrassed about their situation.
every home.” that school is
to,
must Family and
self or others, student services
many
K-W
the
in
facilities
violence
is in a situation to hurt her-
report the situation to that there are
homicide) because something drastic
woman
that she feels
to be.
of domestic violence that turn to
Robbins said
a worry that an abused to the shel-
said.
(Photo by Julie Porter)
a safe place for a
is
Robbins said
there (at incidents
important place for
is
er Violence Against
prevalent in society, but because happens within the confines of a
“The media
blame,”
woman might not come
office
is
that is not placing
said Kalau.
Robbins said domestic violence it
way
in a
them.”
is
we
mom
is
it
woman.
“In terms of children’s issues, are now trying to support the
self-esteem
see that
report
Kalau said that in the past, shelwere reluctant to report child
provide information. She said finding out the needs of the woman is
issues to help
means
abuse.”
be supportive and
to
is
the fear of
according
process,
fall
The amended
child welfare act includes protecting children from witnessing vio-
situation. Part
an abusive
the
homes, or the children would
women.
The women’s resource group was also able to
have speakers
at the
school to talk about gender relations, and pamphlets which address violence issues are put out around the school.
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July 31, 2000
Online learning
Dust-off
Students can use Internet to receive course credits By Tracy Ford Online learning alternate
way of
is
becoming an
getting an educa-
tion as people , desiring to earn course credit head to their computers and not classrooms.
Formation of an advisory committee
for
online
learning
was
announced July 20. The committee will advise post-secondary institu-
tions
how
on
to give students the
courses,” he said. “Others prefer do it via the Internet as opposed coming to class.”
The
college’s
to to
focus for online
courses has mainly been business oriented, according to Clow.
years). Contact
ative of
South is a co-oper20 other colleges that help
each other through the four or five
“Commitment and distance are reasoning for opting for Internet
courses.” Andy Clow,
learning.
dean of business
Chaired by David Johnston, president of the University of Waterloo, the
committee consists of presidents from various universities and
and 2 as well as business law, compen-
colleges, including the vice-presi-
sation,
dent of Sheridan College, Sheldon
nomics, and health and safety. Some of Conestoga’s newest
Courses include accounting industrial
relations,
1
eco-
establish
courses
Normally students would be in Internet.
each online learning class, a number that can not be sustained by an individual college due to the costs. “The reason Contact South was created
opportunity to participate in online
Levy.
created five years ago (Conestoga has been involved for the past three
was because any one
col-
lege generally couldn’t support
it
based on student numbers,” said Clow. “I think it is something that is slowly developing,” he said. “Still,
method of learning is with a teacher in a classroom.” Online learning fees are the same the preferred
as regular tuition and information
Andy Clow, Conestoga’s dean of
Internet courses include qualifying
about courses can be found in the
business for part-time and full-time
mathematics, for entry into college, and continuance improvement
continuing education catalogue.
processes, a quality assurance pro-
ing
gram for ISO. The college belongs
distance education
studies, said there are various rea-
sons for a student to want to earn a course credit through the Internet.
“Commitment and soning
for
distance are rea-
opting
for
Internet
group called Contact South, which was to a
Clow is
said he feels online learn-
better than correspondence, a
course taken though the mail, because students can get more feedback quicker.
Tracy Oksman, of housekeeping, dusts out lockers outside
room 2A101 on July
20.
(Photo by Tracy Ford) V.
'
V
Quality Policy Conestoga College continually seeks Conestoga College rp
opportunities for improver. ent to
meet and exceed the needs of our students employees ,
and communities.
SPOKE,
Smile teaches fans about love and unemployed boyfriends
How to
Learning life, The
from the dynamic and
fourth offering
band Everclear
as
is
life-touching as
its
to Smile, is full of
how
songs that will be hits. Their first single off the new album, Wonderful, is already
up
zooming
charts.
the
of the single, Father
Reminiscent of Mine, off Everclear’s previous
Much
So
album,
the
for
Afterglow, Wonderful is a heart wrenching song from the point of
view of a young child
in the
own
when he was
Artist of the
1998 by Billboard
sound infectious and
makes sonal,
is
music
to
roll
down the windows of your Everclear’s new album gives listeners and car to and crank up the vol- more of what they’ve come to expect
ume on
Alexikis
explored
in
songs on the first albums are explored again in Learning How
could count to 10, make everything be wonderful again,”
to Smile. Drug abuse, suicide, broken childhood and sexual antagonism are all themes of
of the fragile nature of childhood when promis-
songs in all four of Everclear’s albums, but that’s what makes
door. I
I
remind
listeners
more
her best friend during the course
it
sound more and excitement make the guy’s promises sound more and more plausi-
of the song
per-
and the emotion
Songs From an American Movie Vol. One: Learning How to Smile was released on July 15 and by July 22, more than 10,000
hit.
copies had been sold in Canada.
Girl,
This is not the last listeners will hear of Everclear in 2000. The band is planning on releasing the follow up album, Songs from an
Boyfriend, which starts off with a young woman calling her best tell
an amazing to her
American Movie
Time
story of at
it
ble.
one of them was already a
what happened
make
realistic; the girl’s disbelief
is
Learning How to Smile were written by Alexikis and
friend to
the girl to
The comments from
this as
The remake of Brownby Van Morrison, is a surprising but welcome addition. The song that catches interest Unemployed is most the
Eyed
his
Lyrics like “I want the things that I had before, like a Star Wars
my bedroom
(internet photo)
enjoy from the band.
the car stereo with.
The same personal themes
five
the albums
and never be her unemployed
boyfriend.
evident in the music. All but two of the songs on
from
offering
what you
well with his songs, and
that
wish
see,
her win,
let
her like a queen, go to all the chick flick movies she wants to
treat
writers follow
know.” Alexikis does
years old.
poster on
Many book
energy.
The
he will always
that
of
full
He
Alexikis was 12.
recovered from a serious drug problem, survived a divorce and is now a father. the adage, “write
harmony between Alexikis and fellow band members Craig Montoya and Greg Ekland makes the group’s
experiences. His par-
ents divorced
in
when
magazine. The group dynamic and
Everclear
Art Alexilris, the frontman for the band, wrote Wonderful based his
named Modem
mid-
dle of a divorce.
on
critics,
Year
ken home. His older brother died of a heroin overdose
new song
and composers by and Everclear was
writers
unemployment office when a guy came up to her and said, “This is gonna sound a little obsessive.” The song goes on to tell how the guy professes his love for her and
songs so intriguing. Alexikis came from a bro-
their
meant everything. Alexikis is hailed as one of
es indeed
the most brilliant
predecessors.
The new album, Songs From an American Movie, Vol. One: Learning
— Page 7
July 31, 2000
for a
end of the
the
Bad
Two: Good by the
Vol.
Attitude,
year.
Spine-chilling flick hits the theatres i: The realism of
.
A
new movie
hit
movie
theatres
July 21 in the spirit of The Sixth Sense, creating a spellbinding tale
of action and consequence. Dr. Norman Spencer, played by
Harrison Ford, betrayed his wife
Michelle by played Claire, Pheiffer. He cheated on her with one of his students and now he is trying to get his life back together. Claire is oblivious to the truth and
director
whom have been in a horror flick in
twisted tale of true love and obses-
over a decade, couldn’t get away from the lights and cameras enough to portray the characters thorough-
of Forrest Gump, the movie takes control of the viewers’ senses and drives them along the sion.
With excellent cinematography, movie has a free-flowing script and totally believable acting,
the
although the plot could be better. Hollywood insists on producing
movie
after
movie dealing with the
craze over
Norman, begins to hear voices. who has almost forgotten about his affair, isn’t sure whether to believe
and The Sixth Sense, the public can’t seem to get enough of it. In its mega craze to punch out
creature
and sees a ghost-
who resembles
young, beautiful
a
more
woman. piece things
Claire begins to
together and figures out the ghost’s
connection to her family.
Norman
begins to remember and he too,
wrapped
in the twists
and turns
is
that
movie to the climax. Directed by Robert Zemeckis,
drive the
many
suspenseful
directors
flicks,
and writers are
apt to leave gaps.
As a regular couple, Ford and Pheiffer play their roles with amazing believability, but as they become
twisted into the horrific
aspects of the story, the pair begin to lose their believability a little. It is
big empty house lake outside - creates a picture-perfect setting and the irony of the sit-
impression.
This movie is not appropriate for young children - as if a parent would allow their child to watch a horror flick at a young age.
uation
is hilarious.
The previews
audiences up for a life less ordinary and that is what they get.
have
set
However, it can definitely keep the chills coming for the adults who can appreciate the suspense and
Viewers shouldn’t be fooled by the seemingly straight forward plot; there are enough twists and turns to
reality.
keep them on
their toes.
The
and
horror
night with the
and now, Blair Witch Project
supernatural,
extra-curricular activities until she
like
- rVi the movie _
the at
after the
knows nothing about her husband’s
that his wife hears
popular as its horror counterparts, but is sure to leave a lasting
feasible that the actors, neither of
Or it could be that audiences have seen so many cheesy horror flicks with screaming young girls and shower scenes that the expectation of such a movie
is limited.
Nonetheless, the cast
is
able to
muster enough acting ability to portray a regular married couple and the horror associated with paranormal occurrences. What Lies Beneath will not be as
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own house
in
and
What
Harrison Ford try to figure out clues to
Lies Beneath.
why they are being haunted
in their
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