— No. 56
34th Year
Former president Irwin
But, during the
first
former Conestoga Students
Incorporated president has filed a formal complaint against the CSFs recent elections.
president before Christmas, the
ing
was
know
he was questioning
its
election
results.
a complaint on the process.
not
It’s
involved. wins,
against
the
people
don’t really care
I
who
want to see things done said LeBeau, who filed the
just
I
right,”
complaint with the office of college principal Grant McGregor.
LeBeau’s complaint stemmed from the fact the voting procedure was changed half way through the election. P‘011 clcrRs were instructed to ask students to put their student numbers on the back of their ballots, to ensure nobody voted
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Students Incorporated president Phil LeBeau has asked for the resignaof current vice-president of
tion
first day of the were not counted in the
official tally.
Trevor Trewartha, the
CSFs chief
returning officer, said the constitution states that the
CSI has
be
to
sure voters don’t vote twice and
changing the voting process was the best way to do so. LeBeau asked if anybody had voted twice and Trewartha told
him nobody
had.
“So, in cross reference nobody
voted twice,” said LeBeau. “Everybody voted comectly as the polling clerk told them to.” Students who voted the first day
“Why throw away (the votes one group of people?” Continued on Page 2
Qyefph,
of)
saying he only said that because he was recognized by the chair of the board as. having the floor to “I
was
they need
He knows
we do
how
well a job
I’ve
done,”
I
every wasn’t saying I at
better than him,” Harris
election.
tion is
April,
sons.
own
LeBeau
personal
agen-
resign,
For example, at the March 28 BOD meeting Harris raised his
LeBeau
voice at
He
him.
effect of,
here,
said
“Fm
just
“It
LeBeau
“I believe
I
has
requested
but
directors),
something to the the board of director
LeBeau
BOD.
have the support of the board (of
for interrupting
get to speak,”
!
we’ll
have
to
see,” he said.
Harris
said.
shows he thinks he’s
was
shocked when he learned of
Students explore
more important than
career paths.
students.”
LeBeau’s
However, in an April 4 interview LeBeau changed his stance, saying he was just trying to send a message to the CSI that students were still in charge and the CSI is
request for his
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the rest of us
accountable to the students. “It’s not a personal attack against-'
Mike. lost
to
I
like
Mike. They (CSI) have it’s time to go back
focus and
where they should be,” LeBeau
said.
wfm
Harris denied these allegations.
By Kirsten
Fifield
After a 2
1
/2 year
journey col-
lege president John Tibbits final-
best interest of
ly
students.
waiting
put
my
I’ve
neck on
line
heard the words he’s been for,
as the college learned
was officially approved for full ISO 900 quality system registration on March 26. This announcement by the it
for
1
Harris be impeached by the
said.
officially
not acted in the
the
Since Harris has said he won’t
interest
das,”
LeBeau said the resignamore for “symbolic” rea-
certified,
me
never
“I’ve
Since Harris graduates from Conestoga College at the end of •
We’re ISO
Harris said.
said.
board of directors (BOD) meeting, which LeBeau attended to file a complaint about the recent CSI
pushing his
has personally sent students to
when
Rules of Order as
(pao/o by Rem Nichoisonj
computer.
“How dare he say Fm not working
help.
was any
no longer acting in the of students. He’s
la|)top
in the best interest of students? Phil
trying to follow Robert’s
speak.
other meeting.
is
won jlhe
for Harris’s resignation
LeBeau made the written request on March 29, the day after the CSI
“He
'i
Btad Whttefofd CSI Iitjjsi£tepi«,0n^ 4obn Kast, •^Bwsageit K»nner-of the cafeteria t oiitest on Marcn 27 Kinnfe Botifangiac a ^cond-year business student fioin
academics Mike Harris.
best
hj 1!
of the election voted correctly so tWoir v'otos should be counted, he added.
LeBeau asks By Dwight
stu-
votes cast on the
at
CSFs board of directors meeton March 28 to tell the board
“It’s
...
dent numbers were required on each ballot. So, the more than 100 election
LeBeau, who resigned as
Phil
Is
day of elec-
tions, poll clerks didn’t
A
the winner
complaint
files By Dwight
And
LeBeau
and
I
not doing
KPMG
my job.”
CSI president Brad Whiteford
firm
names
said he received a written request
joins the prestigious
from LeBeau to force Harris to resign. Under the constitution, he doesn’t have the power to force any executive to resign or carry through with an impeachment.
cational
institutions
America
to
“That’s
of the
more
the responsibility
BOD,” Whiteford
LeBeau would have
list
in
of edu-
North
be completely ISO
certified.
The ISO sets definable and documented standards for consistency
and quality for busi-
nesses to follow.
said.
to argue his
BOD
in
Conestoga
Tibbits said a lot of people
board would then make its decision on whether to impeach Harris. If a
that
vote for impeachment
ed for certification on Feb. 26 by KPMG auditors after they reviewed and assessed the college’s International Standards Organization documentation and found only four minor nonconformances. Continued on Page 2
will
have never doubt-
who
is
and the
passed,
it
up to the CSI executive to administer the sanction, which could be anything from a verbal
ts
felt the
warning
was part of a personal vendetta LeBeau holds against
“Even
see us giving
him.
warning,” Whiteford said.
that,” said Harris,
request
auditing
Kitchener
which he not grant.
my job
don’t speak up for students then
Fm
case in front of the
hard to understand. I’ve been working hard to do my job for two years. I have been committed to
I
if
resignation,
“It’s
ed
them because
to dismissal. if it
goes through, I can’t him even a verbal
worked hard and it is
he’s pleased
finally official.
The college was recommend-
I
— SPOKE, April
Page 2
9,
2001
Nfws
Fate of election Continued from Page 1 Mike Harris, CSI vice-president
proposed amendments as the docu-
of academics, said there have already been two sets of recounts, both of which had Jon Olinski
candidates and scrutineers author-
to the 2000 conmust be taken to the CSI’s general membership, which is the students, within one year’s time. Those who attend the annual meeting, which usually takes place in late April each year, then vote for or
ized the votes in a meeting and to
against the
defeating Jessica Sperling by eight
(The discarded ballots were
votes.
not included in the recounts.) All
follow due process the appeal isn’t
supposed
to
results are
made
the
BOD
made
be
the
until
He urged on and make the
official.
to carry
ment
Any amendments
move ahead and
stitution.
the general
then Phil
to
Menage added,
be a yes or no vote
tonight.
We either accept the candi-
dates or
we
to
in-
After the in-camera session, the
BOD
voted to hold off on making
March 30
interview, current
CSI president Brad Whiteford
said
the issue has been sent to the CSI’s
lawyer.
The
first
job of the lawyer will be
which constitution to use. He might deem the most recent constitution (1999) as the one to use, or he might deem the 2000/01 to decide
CSI executive’s
who
“It’s the
CRO’s
66 2/3 their program
on the CSI execuWhiteford said. “Since the amendments haven’t been taken to the general membership yet, does that rule die? That’s
it
gets better’ situations.” presidential candidate
is
LeBeau
a separate
in a terrible position,
wasn’t his fault.”
resolve
if
the lawyer can’t
snap by election.
“On
to the lawyer,”
versy
said.
feels the col-
CSI through
their problems.
Sperling’s eligibility to run for
get
more
students out to
may be
“It
internal (to the CSI),
but the college should be involved
because they collect the (student)
The CSI has
fees.
to face the fact
the college,”
He
said the
a hefty job, but
“It’s
it’s
the foun-
dation of operations and needs to
Mike
Harris,
of academics,
CSI
vice-president
said
the
college
should have no interference with
vote.”
He was
it’s
“I’m pleased
just a
little
too
in a position to address
these concerns and he quit.” said she hopes things can be corrected.
confusing and
want the
just
a mess.
it’s
I
right thing to hap-
pen,” Sperling said.
She said she
is
prepared to accept
the lawyer’s decision either way.
be done.”
the bright side, the contro-
may
late.
“I’m upset with the way things have been handled, but I’m not mad at anyone personally.” She said this situation might bring about required changes. “It could be one of those ‘worse before
it
gets
better’
situations.
People are trying their best to get things cleared up. I hope it happens soon,” Sperling said.
get everything 100 per cent updated.
there will likely be a
it,
“The corporation was left in a disbeen an uphill battle ever
aster. It’s
lege should step in and help the
LeBeau said. CSI has a lot of constitutional amendments that need to be updated. He suggested maybe shutting the CSI down for a year to
Whiteford said
Michael, Kerri-Lynn Kitt and Paul Luquin all resigned in the past year.
“It’s
Although the CSI
becomes a personal attack. He’ll have to deem which rules, if any, were broken during the election. The CRO made some calls that it
a high turnover rate in the CSI. Executive members LeBeau, Ramy
Sperling, in an April 2 interview,
Jessica Sperling,
corporation,
get messy.
it’ll
it
Harris said the problems with the
he’s concerned,
they are connected at the hip with
but
constitution with
those ‘worse before
to
happen,”
elections, because
since,” Harris said.
could be one of
It
have put us
Whiteford
“The election procedure was misSome votes were counted, some weren’t. I just want to make sure it’s done fairly,” LeBeau said. handled.
“It
its
a separate entity.
is
constitution and election stem from
March 29 interview LeBeau
In a
CSI or
the
available at
reiterated his argument.
her run
he can’t resolve the election on these grounds, then he’ll go to the “murkier waters” of what happened during the election, Whiteford said. “If he goes into the balloting and conduct, then
The
responsibility to
ensure this doesn’t Whiteford said. If the lawyer finds
tive,
main question
let
and the lawyer may allow her stand on those grounds.
to run for a seat
the
have
was not
6.
press time.
her courseload, the chief returning officer shouldn’t
are taking
per cent of courses in
final decision
look at Trewartha’s role. Even if Sperling is ineligible because of
it.
One of the proposed amendments, made by this year’s BOD, is time students
Whiteford hoped to have the lawyer’s decision by April
lawyer also has to
default. But, the
until
to allow part-time students, or full-
the election results official. In a
membership adopts
the president, then Olinski wins by
Phil LeBeau, former CSI president
in
options.
its
lawyer finds she doesn’t have the proper courseload to be
I
be taken seriously.”
attendance, to discuss
made official
verifying that with the
If the
and some weren’t. just want to make sure it’s done fairly.”
don’t. Phil’s appeal has
The board went into a lengthy camera meeting, with LeBeau
not
is
is
registrar’s office.
“The election procedure was mishandled. Some votes were counted
Harris said.
“There has
load to run for president, so the
lawyer
amendments to the conThe new version of the
constitution
can launch his appeal afterwards,’’ Ex-officio Ellen
he has heard varying stories about whether she has the proper course-
stitution
results official.
“Let’s
full-time president is being considered by the lawyer. Whiteford said
to follow in this case.
hands
lawyer’s
in
Olinski said he thinks the original
vote and recounts
should stand because each candidate and scrutineer agreed to the final tally. If he ends up losing the election because of the lawyer’s decision, he said he’ll likely file an appeal.
College continues
areas
to identify
improvement
for
Continued from Page 1 Non-conformances refer to areas where the college does not comply
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meant to make sure that you know their standards and you know that you have to measure but
it’s
Tibbits said that
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strategy.
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“It’s
metres
QUALITY
not like winning the
is you can find areas where you can do better, so now the next step will be looking at ways to improve the services offered to stu-
cedures
ISO 9001 system they
areas that could use improvement. “One advantage of documenting the system and looking at the pro-
is
part
becoming ISO of a long-term
“We’re trying to raise the qualiof the institution in every dimension. No organization is ty
perfect but it’s important that we continue to work on improvements, so this is another step in a quality journey.”
.
SPOKE, April
Guelph campus shows what’s Faculty
and students conduct
By Kyla Rowntree
pus April 1 to show the transformation of the campus into a centre of excellence.
About 72
2001
— Page 3
inside
workshops and demonstrations
people what he’s doing in class. “I am also learning here today,”
An open house was held at Conestoga College’s Guelph cam-
and students paropen house, volun-
faculty
ticipated in the
labs,
9,
have been working water system and I have
said Hillier. “I
on
that
never done that before.”
Ray Bonneau,
a welder
fitter stu-
dent in the one-year program, was
how
demonstrating former works.
a
roll
teering their time to conduct labs,
workshops
arid
demonstrations in
technical learning.
About 500 people attended event to see the upgraded
“We want
to
the
facilities
and equipment in technical learning and students in action in their
what we have to offer.” Stu Hood,
particular trade.
Programs
show
the public exactly
welding program faculty
that participated in the
event included welding and metal
automotive service plumbing, metal machining and computer numerical control machining and millwright. Each lab mounted a demonstrafabrication,
technician,
carpentry,
tion of the skills the students are
The
former
roll
is
used to
roll
pieces of metal into a one-piece cylinder that can be used for things like
making a
“For
me
boiler.
this is
said Bonneau.
a second career,”
“Today
is
a good
learning in class. Demonstrations
opportunity for prospective students to come out and see what we
like a drive-clean test in the auto-
have
motive service technician program and welding were held every half hour in specified classes. Joe Hillier, a second-year plumbing apprenticeship student, and David Boys, a third-year plumbing apprenticeship student, were working on testing a valve in a water system as a demonstration as well as showing how copper pipe is installed and put together. Hillier said he came to the open house because he wanted to show
part of a demonstration
Bonneau welder
(Photo by Kyla Rowntree)
said he used to live in
fitter
to take the
course.
some
on the Internet to determine where the best course was offered and he said did
that led
him
a wide the
investigation
to Conestoga.
“I packed up my family and we moved here because Conestoga has
scale
program
of information in
such
as
.
demonstration
in
his
program.
(Photo by Kyia Rowntree)
math,
Stu Hoock a faculty
member
of
welding program, said the open house was to show corporate partners who have donated funds or equipment to the college what the
their donations are providing for
at
Conestoga College, said
a great opportunity to
this
was
show
the
$400,000 worth of donations and equipment that corporations have donated in the past year. Christa Correll, a Stratford resi-
English, computers and practical
the students.
dent, said a friend brought her to
application.
Much of the funding for the upgraded equipment is donated by corporations in the community. “We want to show the public exactly what we have to offer,” said Hood. “We want to show the trades and apprentices at work.” Hans Zawada, the chair of technology trades and apprenticeships
the open house.
Students and faculty were on hand to
the
employment prospects, application and admission
discuss
the best to offer in this field.” Bonneau actaed that other col-
process, financial aid, sponsorship and apprenticeship procedures. The theme of the first open house
leges only
offered a six-month
to
He
said Conestoga offers
course.
Jaime Histrob, a first-year welder fitter program student, presented stick metal arc welding at Conestoga College’s Guelph campus open house on April 1 Histrob was welding as part of a
in his
program at the Guelph campus open house on April 1
to offer.”
Ottawa and he wanted
He
Joe Hillier, a second-year plumbing apprenticeship program student, solders a joint on a piece of copper piping as
be held at the college was technology and trades.
“We’re really amaz.ed and impressed,” said Correll. “For us women, all these machine shops are so interesting. I went to Conestoga many years ago and my education has always helped me. I think this opportunity is excellent.”
Conestoga College
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meet and exceed the needs of our students, employees
and communities.
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More money is needed In February of this year, the Investing in Students
and Pathways,
piled their report entitled Portals
ondary Education
when
In a time
of Post-sec-
Ontario and the timing couldn’t be more
in
student debt
tuition is being deregulated
recommendations
Task Force com-
A Review
is
vital.
skyrocketing to unparalleled levels and
by the province,
made 33
this task force
government regarding post-second-
to the provincial
ary education.
The
15 recommendations deal with
first
They
students to use.
making services simpler for what needs to be done
highlight such things as
for students transferring
between the university and college systems.
The following 14 recommendations concern issues educational institutions will face in the next century and what the province should do to deal with those issues. They deal with such things as ensuring “special populations’’, such as natives
and francophones, get
access to
full
opportunities other residents of Ontario have.
The
recommendations deal with how
final four
implement the
to
recommendations made to the government, with such ideas as
prior
Universities received
encouraging colleges and universi-
$1.7 billion from Ontario while
system
colleges received
$856
million in
work together to create a works for both institu-
ties to
that
tions.
Perhaps the most important recommendations deal with easing
2000.
student debt (recommendations seven through 13).
The debt
students are incurring
government deregulating
how much
determine
is
troubling as
it
is
occurring without
tuition to allow educational institutions to
program
a three-year
is
worth on the open mar-
Most of
ket.
The
task force says the government needs to involve itself
aiding
students
in
needs funding
Taxi service
attending a post-secondary
more
in
through
institution
don’t think twice
us
about something as simple as going park on a sunny day.
to the
We
streamlining the application process for government grants and student
wake up
in the
amounting
vert. Provincial grants
to
$10,000 per vehicle offset these
48
service
its
hours
in
advance. Let’s not also forget that in 1991,
costs.
The
morning, see
book
article
went on
to say that in
Mobility Plus, then Project
Lift,
loans as well as encouraging institutions to help students to complete
the sun shining,
1994 when the Harris government
struck a deal with the region’s three
their studies.
get dressed, get
discontinued the grants. United Taxi continued to provide the serv-
taxi*companies because it couldn’t keep up with the demands for its
This was possible because the company’s 71 drivers are also
service. Mobility Plus
imagine able
shareholders and were able to sub-
cannot accommodate a request.
This isn’t to say the government should run willy-nilly, throwing tons of
money
into the educational
Mike
only to have another slash the budget effort to control
But
it is
monies
system as
it
did during
come
Harris government
Bob Rae’s in
days,
and hack and
allotted to post-secondary institutions in
an
spending on education.
money
in the
post-secondary system. Students need to be able to afford the edu-
money
the
government needs
to invest
post-secondary system, Ontario’s post-secondary institutions
in the
will turn into to afford to
American colleges where only the
affluent will be able
send their children to get a college or university educa-
tion.
Furthermore, the Ontario government needs to universities
and colleges
if
there
is to
be
to
equalize monies given
this unified
system.
In 2000, universities received an estimated $3.1 billion in operating
revenues with almost $1.7 billion coming from the Ontario government.
By
contrast, colleges received an estimated $1.5 billion in oper-
ating revenues with an estimated
car and
drive to the park.
Now being
$856 million coming from the gov-
ernment.
ice.
to
some-
enjoy
prudent for the government to invest some
cation they seek. Without the
the
in
thing this
The region
would require you to
pany
ple
an unequal playing field even though 39 per
$6 minimum
now found
fare.
no
it
anticipate that
longer profitable to continue to pro-
to
vide the service and
may be
seems like an unreasonable request to most since a lot can happen in two days. You
to pull the
could get sick,
refuses to reinstate the
This
probably
maybe you
it
just
could rain or
won’t
feel
like
going out.
A
walk
park
in the
is
a sponta-
some
dents
some
K-W
a simple pleasure that
resi-
sort
the
If
forced
vans off the road unless of assistance
is
provided.
government
provincial
much
need-
vans have become a in
service to
the
company
residents, but
is
not
own
its
Mobility Plus dealing with the
According
same
is
if
it
no
is
its
service,
not capable of
is
number of demands
and people with
have expressed
48 hours
in
dis-
their frustra-
book
the service
advance.
The region needs
for debate.
it
to continue to provide
on
tions with having to
necessity
sight
longer profitable.
abilities
may
many
the service
for
costs of these vans.
common
unreasonable for anyone to expect
should look into supplementing the
The question of
it
and an invaluable
the region
ed grants, the regional government
neous activity most of us take for granted, but for
quite evident there
to charge a
United Taxi has
you may want to go the park two days in advance.
com-
also allowed the
uses the
when
United Taxi’s specially equipped
sidize the costs of the service.
sim-
still
specially equipped taxis
to
seriously
article.
consider the impact taking these
soon be taken away from them.
United Taxi’s wheelchair service
vans off the road would have on the
accounts for
lives of
it’s
For the past 10 years United Taxi has had a fleet of five specially
deplorable. Action must be taken to eliminate that disparity and further
equipped vans, which enable the
action must be taken to ensure that students can even attend a post-sec-
company
ondary
in wheelchairs.
It is
is
cent of Ontario’s 436,856 full-time students are in college. Yet this task force wants the university and college systems to
There
is
work
together.
such a disparity between the colleges and universities
institution.
In today’s high tech world, a post-secondary education is a must.
getting that education shouldn’t
deep
it
will
cause
real
mean
But
students must go into a debt so
hardship to repay
it’s
to
According in the
accommodate people article
Kitchener Record, the vans
were introduced
it.
March 27
$45,000 each
to
in
1991 and cost
1
the
7 per cent of
its
busi-
Some
people
company does service
may
argue that the
not need to provide
because the region
already has Mobility Plus, which
Grand River
part of
is
Transit’s spe-
cial services division.
purchase and con-
But
it
usually requires users to
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a top
priority.
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published and produced weekly by the journalism students of Conestoga College.
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and come
United Taxi
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Engineering students beat university By Jody Andruszkiewicz On March 20, the number 1 college in Ontario beat the number 1 university
Canada
in
the
in
Kitchener-Waterloo section of the of Electric and Electronic
Institute
Engineers (IEEE) Student Paper’s night.
Held
the William G.
Davis centre on the University of Waterloo campus, five Conestoga students, split into teams of three and ‘two, captured first place in their respective categories and tied at
for first place overall for their projects, beating out the
two University
of Waterloo presentations.
The one of the
project to claim a share
first
Corrall and digital
place prize was Jeff Nemanja Jevremovic’s
robots of other machines
to Corrall, a third-year student in
said costs thousands of dollars.
electronic engineering technology:
this project is to
replace a normal film canister in a
35-millimetre
camera
with
a
the
CCD,
project
els.
students
According this
on February he and
to Corrall, research
project
began
in
a component Jevremovic
Dalsa was also involved in the by critiquing it from an
computer systems co^p. This module would allow an analog camera to double as a digital camera without the user having to buy a digital camera, he said. The module would replace a normal film canister in a 35-niillimetre camera and store 48 digital pictures at a resolution of 128-by-128 pix-
engineering perspective.
The module
is in its final
stages and should
testing
be ready by April
19.
The other project on process monitoring via Web browser or wireless personal digital assistant
(PDA) was designed by third-year Greg Ferguson, Dan
Jaffares
and Craig
Nowak from
the
electronic engineering technology:
while both 2000, Jevremovic, who are in the same class, were on their co-op terms. Construction of the module began in September.
telecommunications systems program. “It (the project) enables users to monitor all relevant information in an electronic system,” Nowak said,
The Waterloo-based company construction
adding this project could be adapted to anything from parts per minute produced on an assembly
cameras
line to the temperature
imaging module.
The idea behind
- donated
charge-coupled device-based imaging system (CCD), according
Dalsa, the best in the world for --
of machine vision cameras mounted on
to real-time monitor.
“One machine
to
cameras.
(Photo by Jody Andruszkiewicz)
of a specific
piece of machinery the user would
want
and Nemanja Jevremovic celebrate their firstplace ranking at the Institute of Electric and Electronic Engineer’s student paper’s night for their digital imaging module for 35-mm Jeff Corral, seated,
the
entire
Toyota plant could be monitored at one time,” he said, adding that any time any of the criteria the user outlined to be monitored changed, the user’s PDA would beep and show
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nology,
all
projects have
some
sort
of practical industry apphcation.
He also said that while these projCraig Nowak, off
left,
components
Dan
Jaffares, middle,
and Greg Ferguson show
night. Their project
and Electronic Engineer’s student paper’s is based on real-time monitoring via Web
browser or personal
digital assistant.
(Photo by Jody Andruszkiewicz)
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9,
2001
He has
that winning feeiing
alarm
Fire
triggered Student’s logo picked for skateboard parks By Kyla Rowntree
in
Cambridge
By Dwight
designing the logo.
wanted something really modern looking, vibrant and something
A fire alarm was set off at Conestoga College’s Doon campus on March 29, around
with
3:05 p.m.
“I
Ivan Ramirez was one of the 29 second-year graphic design students who entered a competition to the
a
Ramirez.
strong
contrast,”
official
“I
Ramirez added
Ramirez was announced the win-
that
March
bookstore and the woodworking building.
knew the competi-
on 28
tion
“We checked
the building for
smoke and fire but didn’t find any. Then we saw the alarm was
was
tion
alarm was
pulled on Level 3A, between the
he was confi-
-
i
A1 Hunter, supervisor of security services, said the
dent with his design however he
ner of the
compet
said
looked through magazines and got a good look at skateboarders in action.”
logo of the skatebotuding parks Anywhere and Nowhere in Cambridge. design
Irwin
going to be
hard
pulled,” Hunter said.
organof the
because he
The Kitchener Fire Department also responded to
skateboard
said
parks,
the call,
were many
by izers
Colleen
Ramirez’s winning logo
good
be representL c h ing the Cambridge skateboard parks recreation Anywhere and Nowhere. t
i
i
will
Cambridge
The top logo was picked by a focus
group of skateboarders, skate park staff and park administrators. “We’ve had a lot of fun doing this. We want the students to know important this
is to
us,” said
Lloyd.
“This logo
is
’
re
going to be around
for a very long time.”
Lloyd added that the logo will be featured on helmets, decals, hats and shirts. Ramirez said he had a lot of fun
Lichti
given the task by Cambridge’s community services department to build a park for skateboarders. The skateboarding season for Anywhere and Nowhere runs from May 1 till the end of August. The parks average about 80
manager of the Anywhere skateboard park. “There was amazing creativity
came out of
that
this
process.”
Lloyd, the manager of the Nowhere skateboard park located in the Karl Homuth Arena in
skateboarders a day and sessions run from 1-4 p.m. and 6-9 p.m.
Cambridge, said his 10-year-old park began with a student who skateboarded walking into Cambridge city council and asking for
some place
Cambridge. Lloyd said
to
daily.
The
cost
is
$10 a season or $l a
Lloyd said
his park
called that because after that
day he was
Nowhere
it is
is
stationary
in the arena.
who had
left the
“We
dim view of
take a
gering false alarms.
It’s
nal offence,’’ Hunter said. If caught, the perpetrator could
a mobile skateboard
ferent parking lots around the city.
The park
^^ogfSfjl^ he added.
park that travels
because
is
in a trailer to dif-
Anywhere
called
can go just about anywhere, said Lloyd. “This park Anyyvhere is designed for kids without transportation,” said Lloyd. “We bring the park to them.”
Anywhere
operate for
will
„
,./Sv^S^th a controlled evacliatiotv somebody .could still be
it
a s4fety thing.” Hunter -s^d 'security services eontint^s investigate the >incidet^"dnd encourages anyone with information^ to come for,^vard. The Waterloo regional
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The
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a crimi-
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is
second season
session.
skateboard in
Anywhere
while students, staff
faculty,
building, looked on.
(Photo by Kyla Rowntree)
very pleased to have this partnership with Conestoga,” said Lichti,
arenas.
means of elimination by
how
We
and
from the skateboarding parks in Cambridge, present Ivan Ramirez, a second-year graphic design student at Conestoga College,with a $500 cheque for his winning logo on March 28.
submitted. “
and Doug Lloyd, manager of
Doug Lloyd and Colleen Anywhere and Nowhere
designs
,
co-ordinator
there
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— Page 7
3
Literacy lab Students with a learning By Kyla Rowntree The ment
lab
literacy
College
for
at
knowledge maps and flowcharts of any learning material.
Conestoga
It
with special
students
also outlines a view-help index
and concise
that allows for clear
needs and learning disabilities. Some of the latest technology
software.
gram
ware and software tial
Special learning devices in the lab enable students to learn without
learning
their
New
speak to the students as
in
predicts
types.
This
dictionary
with over
all
this
any
in
other college or
facili-
funded by the Learning unless
ty
it
is
The
exception dictionary
is
includ-
in this software that allows the
words or abbreviations.
It is
also
capable of reading an entire docu-
ment in selected voices. ReadPlease 2000 is a screenreading computer program that will read any text displayed on the screen.
about the size of a marker with a scanning device on the end allows students to scan any
from a document and define
it
A
Su
Lyttle,
parrot organizer is a voice-activated electronic organizer that can
spelling
be used as a calculator, alarm clock, memo pad and planner. Su Lyttle, the computer technician consultant for special needs
assistance phonetically and an auto correction.
services, points out that the highquality equipment is excellent.
computer technician for special needs services
The program provides
ZoomText
pro-
is
a piece of interest-
ing software in the lab that pro-
gram transforms
text
on pages
into
vides students with screen reading and magnification. The program
a voice reader.
The program
also
magnifies the display of word
includes a talking dictionary with
processors, spreadsheets, databas-
over 175,000 words with synonyms.
es and online services.
JAWS
“You won’t find all this equipment in any other college or facili“unless
ty,” said Lyttle,
Opportunities Project).”
by
the
The
LOP
Learning
Project
Bill Vastis, a first- and second-year recreation leisure student at Conestoga, uses the JAWS software in Conestoga’s literacy lab on April 2. Vastis, who is blind, uses the literacy lab to write documents.
(Photo by Kyla Rowntree)
with a post-secondary education.
A reading pen
visually or audibly.
Project.”
speak naturally into the computer with continuous speech.
pro-
An
text
Opportunities
is
allows students to
The
jirogram
a more advanced word
equipment
another unique piece of software in
of scanned text images.
that converts text into voice.
the Iritemet.
“You won’t find
voice.
The software Kurzweil 3000
text
also
voice to pronounce any unusual
have hands-free operation of the software by using their voice. Students can create such documents as business letters and spreadsheets merely by using their
vides audio and visual presentation
program
student includes
to
ple voice conunands.
The
ed
voice-recogni-
The program handles specialty vocabularies and allows for a hands-free mouse control with sim-
voice.
into
converts text to speech while the
tion software that allows students
lab that
words being
another program that
is
100,000 words.
the
word or
letter,
the
student success.
Dragon Naturally Speaking
and the program converts the
that
prediction
is
attached to
program is capable of reading from word processors, spreadsheets and
with a learning disability to achieve
Dragon Dictate
is
The scanner scans
in
will
Aurora
easier for a student
it
flatbed scanner
includes a pronunciation dictionary and spell checker. WillowTalk is another program
disability
hardware and software
makes
pro-
typed, into speech.
affect their education.
the lab
The
complete sentences. This software also includes a spell checker and word prediction
that help stu-
despite their disability.
letting
a program designed
is
they type either by
dents to reach their highest poten-
A
the selected text into the computer
TextHelp
consists of adaptive hard-
ly visually impaired.
well-organized format. to convert text to speech.
The lab
Kurzweil 1000 is a program that advanced reading tools for people who are blind or severe-
the computer.
is
at their fingertips
provides
written proposals and reports in a
brand new advanced pieces of equipment and featured in the lab
have top-quality equipment
disability
with concept maps, process flows,
of top-notch equip-
is full
of adaptive software
full
is
funded (Learning
it is
Opportunities
a four-year project that
The
project
is in its
third year at
the college.
leges,” said Lyttle.
“We will help whoever we can, basically.” Su
Lyttle
Lyttle ensures every student
comfortable lab’s environment. Lyttle uses
in the lab willing to assist any-
that
“There
“Hopefully by the end of the four years the LOP will filter through other universities and col-
uses the lab
one one
who
in., the
is
techniques such as
turning the lights off and providing
each station with its own lamp because she feels the soft lighting creates a comfortable, quiet study
environment.
comes is
in.
always help or
tance,” said Lyttle.
whoever we can,
“We
assis-
will help
We
basically.
encourage any special needs student to use the lab instead of having to fight
way
his/her
into
an open
access lab.” Lyttle
added
that after the
LOP
funding ends the lab will still continue to run suecessfully. “We’re not shutting up shop,” said Lyttle. “We’re still going to be here. I am quite confident with the efforts that we have been through with this lab that nobody wants to see the project shut down or fold up.” Lyttle added that statistics point
hardware overwhelmingly helps the students. to the fact that
another piece of screen reading and magnification software. The program is designed
enabled the college to enhance and update the facilities in the lab to meet the needs of the
found a lot of students complained about the fluorescent lighting,” said Lyttle. “I think this
“They keep coming back.
for blind and visually impaired
students.
way
dents stop using a piece of equip-
Inspiration is designed for these
students and the software accom-
students in particular.
modates
The purpose of the project is to encourage more students in second-
more of a calm and pleasurable environment.”
Some students learn more easily by thinking with pictures rather than words and the program
The program provides
the student
is
all
levels
of computer
users.
has
ary school to consider continuing
CALL FOR NOMINATIONS for the
“I
the subdued lighting creates
Lyttle said there
is
always some-
“We think it works,”
said Lyttle. If stu-
ment then we need
to evaluate
whether we need it. had that happen yet.”
We
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For information or nomination forms, contact one of the following committee members:
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— SPOKE, April
9,
2001
World’s largest By Jody Andruszkiewicz
program and make presentations. During
Conestoga has many distinctions can be proud of and now it can add one more to that prestigious list the
college
has
the
largest student chapter of the
feels
great,”
edu-
man-
cated to using education to improve
sionals in materials
bottom line companies worldwide.
students can find out what their edu-
dent.
to
Web
their
site,
APICS
school starting in the
met prior
fall,
management
sors and instructors
dent chapter
the stu-
comprised of students from different years. Golder said the student executive is designed like this so that students
APICS ’s
chapter and the
Additionally, the executive of the
involved with the executive who wish to continue working with the
parent chapter, the Ontario Grand Valley chapter, one of more than 270 chapters in North
student chapter organizes an annual
student chapter’s executive already
resume binder of all first-, secondand third-year students that is sent
tive
local
20,000
cation can
America,
serves
members
Waterloo
Brantford,
Stratford,
Elmira, Walkerton,
in
Region, Goderich,
Mount
Forest,
adding
Orangeville,
Marys, Listowel, Palmerston and
Fergus,
Paris,
St.
Milverton. In maintaining
student
level,
membership at the Golder said the
do
for them,”
Golder said.
out to potential employers. Golder said the job binder
is
an excellent
have knowledge of how the execuworks and there will be continuity from one year to the next. Golder also said the student chap-
idea because there are employers
ter
looking for
it
students for
first-
and second-year
summer
help.
During the membership drive, Golder said the executive arranged to have professionals come in to talk to first- and second-year stu-
According to Golder, four students from Fanshawe are interested in joining the Conestoga chapter to get the student benefits from APICS.
is
in
profes-
were very helpful by allowing the executive to go to every section in each year of the
management so
management field is. Going one step further,
the business
Guelph,
this year.
to
According
college’s
Giving a lot of credit for the success of the chapter to its executive. Colder said the 127-person membership has been very aggressive
that materials
beneficial contin-
has nearly 70,000 individual and corporate members dedi-
according to
the executive
APICS and how
uing their education in the materi-
Callie Colder, the chapter’s presi-
She said
dents about being involved with
als
agement (APICS). “It
even spoke to a secondyear maiketing class by accident. tour, they
Ontario Grand Valley chapter has helped the student chapter by offering students discounts to functions
world’s
cational society for resource
their presentation-making
and giving them the same benefits and accessibility to resources as any professional. “We set up functions with profes-
it
as
APICS chapter at college
has so many members because has a large pool of students to draw from.
Word of Conestoga’s
student chap-
even
down
ter
has
filtered
Fanshawe College, where
there
is
to
no
APICS-affiliated student chapter.
Golder is the president Conestoga’s student chapter
Callie of
of the educational society for
resource management. APICS the largest student chapter in the world. is
(Photo by Jody Andruszkiewicz)
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CBSA Web
open
site
for
business
Free e-mail, message boards and links offered to By Jody Andruszkiewicz
can get straight to services like free e-mail and the message board from
There wasn’t a lot of room for expansion on the former Conestoga Business Student Association Web site found at but
http://www.cbsa.on.ca,
Kowalyk has changed
By
Adam
new CBSA Web
obvious that Kowalyk, a second-year computer programmer site,
it’s
analyst, has
Web
been building a better
site.
Kowalyk, 21, said the former site needed to be changed because there was a lack of information on a site that sees an average of more than 3,000 hits per week. “The original page had nothing to do with the CBSA,” he said, adding •
the
on
new it,
The
site,
new
site is
a lot faster for users, and the site doesn’t have to reload pages
browse
new
site,
different pages.
Kowalyk
to
class projects, meetings with pro-
fessors
dents
in
student
each with six megabytes of storage. In addition to the free e-mail and
used the Hot Dog Professional software that was donated to the CBSA to write the code that brings the CBSA site
everyone.net, a will
American
as users cMck the banners.
“Obviously it’s not going to be anything large,” Kowalyk said,
With
referring to the revenue site,
“but every
little bit
their
sell
porting unlimited e-mail accounts,
American-based
money
even
dollars
ners on the top of each page.
company
instructors, or for stu-
to
be
will
CBSA. Advertising space Will be made available in the form of ban-
small amount of
and
used books. The message board is set up so the different programs in the school of business have their own area to post things. However, each area is open to all students. The free e-mail provided on the CBS A. site is also open to all students, even ones not in a business program at Conestoga. There are 65 active e-mail accounts, with the CBSA site sup-
hosted by the Canadian
the
and faculty up-to-date on
e-mail to co-ordinate meetings for
in
when
said users
site,
electronic bulletin board, and free
company Execulink,
made and paid
also said the
open
also be a source of revenue for the
Internet
Kowalyk
CBSA
a business program at Conestoga.
especially relating to things
CBSA awards banquet and
site is
ones not
Internet
CBSA Web
happenings within the CBSA. He said he hopes students and faculty use the message board, an
students, even
Using
site
the yearbook.
the
ail
students
Outside of the revenue-generating aspect of the
dents
free e-mail pro-
vided on the
has more information
like the
users
The
all
Kowalyk said the site has a lot of room for information to keep stu-
pages.
Web
that.
pointing and clicking across
the Internet to the
all
from the
helps.”
message board, Kowalyk said the CBSA site has a links section and space has been reserved for
Adam Kowalyk works on used
the
new CBSA Web
promote all upcoming students about the CBSA. to
Web
CBSA activities
life,
sites.
Kowalyk
the
site
enabled Microsoft
currently
is
said
which
COUNSELLOR’S CORNER:
the
Jeremy Vender Gaag, a second-year mechanical engineering student, lines up this tough shot while playing pool in the Sanctuary on March 30. (Photo by Dwight Irwin)
One
is
in all
site is
browsers soon.
Sexual Assault
fear
of
becoming the victim of sexual assault. Most people believe that sexual assault happens in “dangerous” places such as parking lots or dark alleys. However, more than half of all sexual assaults are committed in private homes or by men who are known to the women. Women are less likely to report these assaults or to be believed, although assaults taking place under these circumstances are no less criminal than those committed by strangers. A sexual assault happens when a man thinks his desires are more important than a woman’s are. By using pressure or force, the attacker imposes his wishes, which are more important to him than the woman’s right to say no. Some men believe that women say no when they mean yes, or even that women secretly want or deserve to be raped. This is not true.
who commit
a
woman wears, where
she
inviting sexual assault or giving
is
sexual assaults are responsible for these crimes, not their victims.
she goes, what she drinks or
up her right
to
who
she talks to does not
mean
say no. These myths blame the
Any woman of any age in almost any situation can woman is sexually assaulted, it is not her fault. If you know someone who has been sexually assaulted, listen to her. Let her know that it victim for the crime, not the offender.
be sexually attacked. If a
was not her
fault
Student Services
and
that she is not alone. Let her
at the
know
that help is available through
college and in her community, including the following agencies:
Sexual Assault Treatment Centre
-
—
A Message from
658-0551
Crisis line, counselling support
Community Justice
-
749-6994
Short-term counselling for recent survivors
Sexual Assault Support Centre
Initiatives
Support groups Student Services (Room 2B02)
for
Internet
work
But he said the
any unwanted
What
only
progress and should be ready for
in four
People
be
Explorer browser.
act of a sexual nature imposed by one person upon Canadian women has been sexually assaulted, while a small percentage of survivors of sexual assault are adult men. Most women live with the
Sexual assault
another.
will
and inform
(Photo by Jody Andruszkiewicz)
Having
to
site
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— SPOKE, April
9,
2001
Getting a head start on a career By Reni Nicholson Teaching
Conestoga, which is a member of the chamber, donated the
cliikiren about careers
an early age was the aim of the ninth annual Cambridge Career at
Fair
held
at
Conestoga College
when
they see a career that they arc
interested in.”
space.
Students
The grade school curriculum forever changing,
Oldham,
said
is
Charlene
need
career path
Grade 9 or
know what
to
they'll
be taking by said
10,
Maureen
special projects co-ordi-
Byrne, a co-op placement officer
Njgreh 28.
nator with the chamber, adding that
About 1,200 Grade 7 and 8 students from Cambridge schools
labour
for the Waterloo Catholic District School Board. “They need to know, so they can
took the opportunity to
make con-
nections with about 38 businesses
from all over the region. Students from both the Cambridge Catholic and public school boards were in attendance. The day consisted of a session with., local co-op advisers and the opportunity to meet potential employers who had booths set up at the col-
The college began
participating
information
semi-
nars are included in this year's cur-
riculum.
The career tion
fair
sessions are
students
and the informaways in which
receive
will
understanding of what for
a is
better
required
employment, said Oldham.
nicely
chair of the career
are
preparing
said.
good way for know what options
think this
the students to
is
a
love to see the kids get excited
“I personally love the event
into
the
fair.
of the seventh and eighth grade curriculum.
Commerce, about
four years ago.
ties
system said Brad Hyde,
dents for things that
are out there,” she said.
the event,
The event school
“Teachers
which is organized by the Cambridge Chamber of in
,
follow the appropriate curriculum in high school.”
Students are also required to volunteer in their community as part
“We
lege's recreation centre.
market
we
stu-
weren't
prepared for until college,”
Hyde
said the career fair
good way
he is
a
awareness for gives the kids an
to build
the students. “It
idea of what Jobs are out there
and
I
and how
to
go about getting the
Jobs.”
Giselle Burrows,
left to right, Stephanie Pyke and Maureen Grade 8 students at St. Andrews Catholic School in Cambridge, examine the Cambridge Memorial Hospital display the chamber of commerce career fair, March 28, at Conestoga
Bolton,
all
College.
at
(Photo by Reni Nicholson)
College gets
ISO
certificate
By Jody Andruszkiewicz
ESL instruction. Tibbits said eventually the col-
ceremony
open the board of governors meeting on In a small
March
to
26, Joe Beingessner, lead
assessor
KPMG
with
Registrar
Quality
presented
Inc.,
Conestoga College president John Tibbits and the board with the school’s ISO 9001 banner and certification plaque.
On Feb. 26, auditors from KPMG, a Kitchener auditing firm,
targeting
recommended
it
the college for
ISO
certification. Tibbits said the
announcement from
KPMG
came
as a surprise because the final deci-
sion
expected
wasn't,
to
be
announced so soon. Conestoga is one Of an elite group of educational institutions in North America to have full ISO 9001 certification. During the meeting, Tibbits academic bargaining has begun
.said
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He
said
it
was hard
to
com-
pete with the school board.
was
“It
when
frustrating to
Conestoga
high schools offer free train-
ing." he said, citing that adult edu-
cation and training being offered in that area consisted
getting
high
of adult students
school
credits
for
Also raised during the discussion for a vice-
president of academies.
The com-
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for a long time as
bargaining teams have met a handful of limes. J'he contract for
more
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major market for adult edu-
a
was Conestoga's search
the faculty expires Aug. 31 of this
BASICS PLAZA
is
aiul
year. Bargaining,
KnCHENER FOOD
Tibbits said Conestoga had been
atteiuling classes.
the
W.,
and the three area universities Wilfrid Laurier and Guelph. During discussion at the meeting, Waterloo,
it was revealed the Upper Wellington separate school board is getting out of adult education.
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would like to build an ESL sehool that would* serve Conestoga lege
active in
.saiil
May
Tibbits, gets
and June,
other news, there was
di.scu.s-
mittee involved in the search has
met twice and Tibbits said the wrap up in June. Ads
.search will
will
be placed
and the
in
the
Globe and
Kitchener Record.
sion about Fnglish as a second lan-
Tibbits said the person filling the
guage
position will possess a
instmclion.
University
Currently,
the
of
Waleiloo's math deptirtment sends foreign students who fail to meet FSl. iet|uirements to
Conestoga
(.luring
the
school
PhD.
Tibbits also spoke brielly about
recommendations in the Investing in Students Task Force
the
But
report prepared for the Ontario government. He said the first 13
Waterloo's .science ilepartment will now also seiul students to
recommendations dealt with the improvement of .service:, for stu-
Conestoga over the summer
dents.
year
for
FSl,
instruction.
for
SPOKE, April 9, 2001
A jarring By Reni Nicholson
SF Song’s
This venture to find what else may be hip is a risky one for hip.
Downie.
CD
Downie’s jarringly inharmonious song style that would be slightly familiar, but surely surprising to most Hip features
Downie’s
able tracks.
simple story of not telling
what’s
to get
psychotic sounding.
anything that
It
Downie
Not even singing for most of the vocals in song, Downie’s Starpainters are matched by the
poem
not like
would expect from
Starpainters
is
14,
Yer Possessed,
is
and long held
Track
Irrelevance,
15,
start to finish.
a nice and relaxing
is
introduction to the end of the
CD.
Eerie and poetic spoken lyrics, similar to
Track
16,
Jim Morrison’s
style,
make
Insomniacs of the World,
Goodnight. sounding in
Almost its
too
relaxed
delivery, the song can its
intentions as
a lullaby.
Occasionally melodic, but disso-
Sunday
Hip tune from way back.
mon, Downie presents
his talent of
like a
“Everything will be just fine,” said in Track 10, along as you
Downie
dream of the
Vancouver Divorce, the second Track on the CD, sounds more like the Downie we’re used to. Ithas a recognizable tune that most Hip fans would appreciate. The song actually sounds like a Hip cover song, but it’s not.
mixed with honky-tonk
nant, sounding like a
a good introduc-
poems that can be heard throughout the CD.
much of
voice in Blackflies. This song sounds
more
tion to his fantasy
Name
circus
very well be used for utilizes his ability to dra-
matically change the pitch in his
sounding tunes of an organ.
styling we’re used
intensely slow track tells the
to. ITiis
Every
scary and
is
that
Downie does
use.
sounds smooth from
Downie.
sounds.
Irish
1
is offset
Mexican mandolin
little
This song
is
what most but
tunes.
Using an eerie tune to start off the song. Nothing but Heartache in Your Social Life, features a spoken
me
to,
almost ear piercing in combination
title
and intolerable
like
doesn’t quite contribute the spicing
The
of person,
by Downie. This Track
harsh
with a
more
be used
is
will
at the high octaves
but in such an ear-bending manpast the
Elaborate
Hip fans
with Downie’s attempts and failures
to interpret his music, as always,
ner that didn’t permit
it.
sounding Track
hip.
Name
that
rate.”
commonly
known as
melody
anything, “because he didn’t elabo-
album Coke Machine Glow is a gamble from
his listeners
matched by the accompanies
up the song can keep to the vocal
writer to poet, overnight.
Downie allows
journey in Track
Chancellor and the Never-Ending accompanied with good beats, make for two Hip-lover lik-
Downie’s debut solo
Using his ability to take a word and make it possess five mean-
of Downie’s
lyrics
life’s
12, Mystery, is well
attempt to go from singer-song-
ings,
The depressing
reflective
is
Fans
Downie
of starting on a high note and
style
Canada Geese, with its fairly heavy chords and out-of-tune lyrics, makes for a song that sounds as if it was recorded in a band mate’s garage. The poetic lyrics of the
unsynchronized with most of the band’s melodies throughout his
down, what
his vocals.
will recognize the familiar
artist.
into the
styling
Downie does with
depiction of
style.
lyrical
exactly
is
with the storytelling lyrics we’re used to from the Canadian
These are works he’s created over realm of the Hip’s
falling”
quickly lowering his tone.
The CD is packaged with a book of poems "written by Downie. fit
down
“Down,
Chase.
Butterfly
Sounding almost country-western, Downie’s song entitled Trick Rider makes an attempt at a song
Present,
fans.
the years, that couldn’t
peculiar sounding
filled
Coke Machine Glow is a gamble from what’s commonly known as
The
attempt by the Hip’s leader
harmony takes away from what would be a great sounding song.
All credit should go to the band and even to the lyrics, but not to the Jim Morrison crossed with Chris Isaac sounding voice of the Tragically Hip’s lead singer Gordon Downie. Downie’s debut solo album
nate manner.
that
is
one of those few albums
manage
to lull the listener off
and dreams, flows nicely with a folksy-like tune even when Downie
into a
throws
world seen through his eyes
in a
Downie
phrase in French. shines
slightly faster
through with a
pace and more familiar
sounding lyrics in
Boy Bruised by
a
new bar
ser-
creating poetic verses in an unfortu-
This
lofty pines.
Lofty Pines, a song about chances
the
world of imaginary lands.
Downie’s manner of expressing the
Machine Glow
in
Coke
courageous attempt, but he shouldn’t quit his day a
is
Gordon Downie’s
job.
Attention
all
CD
can be purchased with a
students
wants students to name the new
in the following ballot with
name of the pub. Drop
Hotline The
recreation centre has a new hotline in place. It is easy to access. From outside the college
now
bar, in the
concourse of the rec centre. fill
collection of poems.'''
Rec Centre
Needing money!!
Conestoga’s recreation centre and Spoke
Just
— Page 11
phone - 748-3565
your idea for the
From
inside the college
phone -
suggestions off at the rec centre,
ext.
565
Spoke, or send interoffice mail to the rec centre, c/o
Tony Martin, through
Deadline for ideas
announced Student’s
is
the student services office.
April 16. Winners will be
in the April
23 edition of Spoke.
name
Be
Program
a Conestoga
College Tour Guide!! The student who chooses the best name will
win an editor 's
chair,
donated by Pepsi.
Life is short,
detail
Talk
to
Melody, Information Centre, Or call 748-5220 ext. 730
SCSB
extension ^
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