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Toronto,
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Monday,
April 12,
the divisions
2004
Conestoga College, Kitchener
For the sixth straight year, com-
the overall No.
is
ently administered surveys meas-
ure graduate employment, graduate
rated
1
public college in Ontario.
Two
satisfaction,
employer
satisfaction
and student satisfaction. Taking the composite score of the four surveys (the graduate employment rate, plus the responses of “very satisfied” and “satisfied”
professional
outside
36th Year
research firms conduct the KPI sur-
veys annually for the province’s Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities. The four independ-
from the three satisfaction surveys), Conestoga emerges with an overall average of 87.85, best
among
colleges of applied
the 21
11
— No. 14
vance, value and excellence. The
effort: Tibbits
and technology and the three institutes and of technology advanced learning. continuation “The of
arts
of
efforts
made
Key Performance Indicator (KPI) surveys show that Conestoga
this year.
overall rating again
1
KPI survey results a team
posite results from the independent
be closer
will
Sports
Conestoga achieves No. College
reporter Jeff Heuchert predicts
7
Entertainment
9
our employees have
all
this possible; so, too,
has our
Conestoga’s outstanding perform-
commitment
ance on these KPI surveys is certainly good news,” Conestoga President John Tibbits said in a
student association representatives.
press release.
KPI
our attention to qualand our desire to ensure that a Conestoga education has rele“It validates
ity
Conestoga
work closely with
to
achieved
has
great
things in the last few years.
The
encourage us to continue to move forward and to find ways to assess and improve our quality even more.” results will
CSI president asks for vote of confidence By JAMES CLARK
to look forward."
The board of Conesto£a Students Inc. (CSI) will hold a vote of confidence on April 13 to determine if Justin Falconer should remain as
president of the association.
He dent
said he
When Classes were cancelled
marketing teacher Edward Brooker was dismissed
after
in late
Students shocked by
March
firing
would resign
as presi-
vote goes against him.
the meeting adjourned at
7:30 p.m.. Falconer asked the board to stay a few minutes longer because he wanted to say something.
He
then delivered a speech that
lasted nearly 15 minutes.
By DESIREE FINHERT
“I don’t
know how
that?” said Donnelly,
were
cancelled
for
Conestoga marketing students
after
Classes
their co-ordinator
was
fired in late
March. Edward teacher Marketing Brooker was dismissed by the college two weeks before the end of the academic year. His students found out Tuesday morning when they arrived for class and found it cancelled.
No
explanation was given to the
students regarding their teacher’s dismissal.
Those who went
speak to the chair of the business department were told that information about to
would not be disclosed because it was a private
the dismissal
matter,
but
that
dismissing
a
they can do
who won
his
marketing competition because of Brooker’s efforts. “There’s such a
would be very short time left. difficult for someone to step in.” McKay was unavailable for comIt
get
him back
Petracic
graduating this year
do corporate events planning, a course that Brooker taught. She said even though she will not be back next year she wants and wants
Brooker “I
ment.
is
here.”
to
to
continue teaching.
care because he’s
my
made an
life,” said Petracic.
Brooker taught retail, advanced place marketing and international marketing, which he developed
impact on
along with the textbook.
At 3:02 on Tuesday faculty was informed of his dismissal by a mass email saying he was no
Chris McCormic, 25, is one of the third-year students prepared to write letters addressed to the college’s senior management in order
have Brooker reinstated. “At this point we are going to write letters, each of us, to tell them what he meant to us as a teacher,” said McCormic. “We’re
to
“He’s the spirit of the marketing department."
longer employed
at
the
college.
Falconer stressed that everything he said was his own opinion and not that of the board. “I just feel this
board is falling choking back
apart,” said Falconer, tears.
isn’t
“There
is
a potential that just we just don’t see
here yet and
it.”
Falconer went on to say that he feels he is doing the right thing and the organization can turn things around.
“Next year
going to be the best
is
year yet,” said Falconer. Nelofer Ahmed, a board first-year police
foundations
Brooker was contacted at home and said he fully supports the stu-
“It’s
with
not Justin’s (Falconer) fault
at all,” said
anything.”
Ahmed.
questions,” said Brooker. “I just don’t know that now is the appro-
looked
run smoothly until the end of the
priate time.”
Falconer. “There
year.
have to
27,
group
who went
chair,
Faye McKay.
He
to
was
student in
the
speak with the
said he briefly overheard that
another teacher would be assigned to Brooker’s classes to help them
Petracic, 23, said
it
was
fight for him.
a
We
shock
want
to
to
executive.
Falconer said he would be interested in the position of president at
He said he would have to devote one day a week to the position, and would have to go Queen’s Park and support school government organizations, such as the organization.
CSA
The
fidence
interview.
“I’m not afraid
to
answer any
Continued on Page 2
moving
is
a logical step in terms of
to
in
CSI’s history has future,”
the is
a non-profit organi-
and
federal
govern-
Falconer estimated it would cost CSI approximately $5,000 a year
fund trips to Toronto and pay conference fees.
He an
said the
said
a potential in
each one of these board members
money
is
more
like
investment because he will
make
sure students
all
across the
province will see improvements
in
their schools.
The
in the right direction.
“No one
is
zation that allows students and student governments to bring issues to
to
the marketing program can say that Ed fought for us,” said Petracic. “Now we’re at the point where we
marketing
(CSA)
ments.
agrees
In a phone interview the next, day Falconer said the vote of con-
Third-year
Chris Donnelly,
During the same meeting the board voted in favour of allowing Falconer to run for a position on College Student Alliance the
provincial
“I don’t think they were considered in this decision,” said Brooker
Maria
Cotton will begin the next school year as president of CSI.
She said Falconer should not be blamed for the state of the board.
dents’ concerns.
student
fine.”
Falconer said he will be able to move on if he does resign as president. If that happens, Scott Ingram-
emails his students sent him.
she
said
not going to storm the school or
Third-year
do
Falconer.
Brooker verified that a grievance has been filed, but declined an
is
“Even if I lose, it’s not going to be a sad day,” said Falconer. “They will find a new leader and they will
whether he received any of the
student,
will
sion.
and
regarding his dismissal.
not something that
it
the board be the right deci-
whatever
said
Brooker’s email address was also cancelled and it is uncertain
hear that one of her favourite teachers has been dismissed. “I can just about guarantee that every person who has gone through
is
taken lightly.
He
CSI.
member
She said at the beginning of the year the board was committed but lost their focus as the year went on.
teacher
I
Falconer said. decides,
30.
if the
want a maintained maybe I am fast and they want someone slower, maybe am an introvert and they don’t know,” want an extrovert. I
Falconer asked the board to be prepared for a vote of confidence during a CSI board meeting on
March
He said his resignation may be the only way to advance. "Maybe I’m a builder and they
election for the
CSA
execu-
tive will take place during the orga-
nization’s annual general meeting
the
first
weekend of May
Conestoga College.
at
Page 2
— SPOKE,
April 12,
News
2004
Now deep thoughts
College receives grant to fund
...with Conestoga College
carpentry program for
(Random questions answered 6y random students
HEUCHERT
By JEFF
Directorate decides what kind of
program
What
is
the
dumbest thing you’ve
ever done on a bet or date?
Conestoga College’s Women In program has Trades received a grant worth $190,000 from the Ontario Women’s Skilled
Directorate,
fund a new pre-
to
apprenticeship carpentry program
women. Over the
was
“I
a
bet to walk through
fire.
It
was
has
just a
of steps, but
it
was
couple still
dumb.”
pretty
Kyle Martin
“I
ate a
was
bee
for $5.
pretty gross
awful. But hey, of
lot
$5
Women
three
years
the
program numerous
In Skilled Trades
women
offered
courses in fields such as precision
machining, tool and die making, and millwright. Tanja Gancevich, job developer and co-ordinator for the Women In Skilled Trades program, says each year the Ontario Women’s
a
is
Continued from Page
my
asked
friend’s
a date.
president
of
local 237, said in a dispute
any kind of situation, where a party feels there is a violation of a statute, a grievance
She
best
mom I
out on
was wasted
loves me, but
process
is
used.
“We have process,
theory, in the carpentry trade.
Gancevich figures those with the have to write an exemption exam in the carpentry trade, to be recognized as levelone apprentices. certificate will then
The program
which involves gathering
data and keeping infonnation as
Kayle Miles
dean “To
as possible,” said Boettger. maintain the integrity of the
process the veil of confidence has to
be applied.”
The grievance process involves meeting with the parties involved for a resolution. Failing that, a third
my
high school cafeteria.
number of
that
students applying for
it.
The college
will
be holding infor-
mation sessions at the Guelph campus to answer questions as well as to
promote
importance
the
of
apprenticeships and skilled trades
programs. All the sessions will be from 7 to
early
8:30 p.m. The dates are April 14,
August and will be held at the Guelph campus because they have
20 and 28. For more information or to reserve a spot you can call the campus at 1-519-824-9390.
in
starts
the only carpentry shop.
party
arbitrator
is
asked
to
the
meetings.
I
“We
the food
are very process oriented,”
said Boettger,
court at the mall.”
21,
By JASON SMITH
who
said there
is
no
definitive time period for arbitra-
said
Brooker has been her
teacher since
“He’s always been a really good Laine. “It’s going to be sad not see-
him around
for the
end of our
community college
Ontario's
has officially ratified
faculty
first year.
teacher to me, and a friend,” said ing
our dispute resolution
I
didn’t get the date.”
in
completed the equiv-
of level-one apprenticeship
expects there to be well over
tion.
1
situation, or “I
it
fore also have
program and there-
the
Third-year student Erin Laine,
Walter Boettger,
also did
Those who complete
The program only has a 20-stucapacity, and Gancevich
ratified
OPSEU
in
dent
not seeing him around’
Jade Martindale
faked an orgasm
about carpentry. will receive a certificate,
30
New contract
you’re 16.”
“I
ing students on-the-job training.
and
money when
first
last 10 giv-
going to be sad
‘It’s
It
past
runs 40 weeks, with the
being in-class, and the
to fund.
“Obviously that's were they see growth going,” says Gancevich,
alent
for
It
women
new two-year agreement. The agreement, hammered out in the dim hours just prior to their
a possible strike last month, will
wages increase by
7.5 per
third year.”
see
Brooker would normally present the international award at the awards banquet. marketing Laine’s group was nominated for their marketing strategy on exporting customized handbags to
cent over the next two years.
bers cast their votes, 95 per cent
of which
were
favour to
in
accept and ratify the agreement.
Australia. “I
Represented by the Ontario Service Employees Union (OPSEU), 8,600 memPublic
know my group wouldn’t have
members
Conestoga College
gotten nominated if he hadn't been
voted 89.6 per cent in favour of
there every step of the way,” said
ratification.
Laine. “I don’t think
“This vote brings a tough round of bargaining to a suc-
it’s
right that
he won’t be speaking at the banquet about what we had to do to get
cessful close,” said bargaining
team chair Ted Montgomery.
there.”
Carol Khbels
“We
achieved
settlement
this
because members were completely ready to strike. It was
COUNSELLOR'S CORNER: Graduation
pressure from our
members
at
24 colleges that enabled the bargaining team to get a good all
“I’ve
played baseball with
Roman candles. And then my buddy shot me in
the face with one.”
Dave
for many of you, the end of th«s semester represents the
end of your current studies at Conestoga College. You
may be ready to begin a new career or ongoing studies. You may be planning to move to a new city or to travel. This transition
Am brad
wifi
be a welcome relief from studying,
projects, late nights, and too-short days.
contract just hours front a strike deadline.”
Walter Boettger, president of
OPSEU
Local 237, said the in this round of bargaining will help the union process
made
set the stage for the next
You should feel proud of your accomplishments. You have reached a goal that seemed so far away when you began. “I
ate a ladybug for $1
chewed
.
Sometimes, you may experience anxiety or doubts: the
I
and everything and the other guy backed down. never got it
life
about to change, and you aren't life will look like.
buck.”
remember back to your first semester here, you may have had many of these same feelings, but with time you developed new relationships and opened up to new experiences. have been mentors to you
If you
and
some
that’s
all
cubes you need to
So, as you graduate, take away the gifts of a College
ice
diploma,
new
skills,
and confidence
in
your achievements.
you could be our next respondent!
on workload and he said.
big factor through the bar-
gaining has been faculty work-
Due
to this concern, the
issue will be studied by a joint
task force in preparation for the
next round of bargaining. The force will look into the impact of e-learning, class size, student numbers, curriculum task
and professional development, ing,
scheduling
of
teaching
hours and other issues affecting
workload. The task force will report
know!”
Kevin Roselli
are looking forward to
retiree benefits,”
A
round
fall.
alternative approaches to teach-
involved a stuffed
buffalo,
\Smile Conestoga,
“We
will start in the
the task forces
load.
There may be sadness as you leave behind friendships and support systems. You might even miss teachers who
Colin Burwell
“It
is
exactly sure what the next part of your
I
my
you have known
which
Congratulations!
A Message from Student Services
to
both
sides
by
November.
The new agreement also implements a policy to accommodate faculty returning work from illnesses.
to
News
Gap
SPOKE,
budget may put hole
in
Conestoga College’s Doon cam-
Learning Resource Centre. Gibson said there has been some demand for the hardware, which in the
demic year. Conestoga Students Inc. (CS1) discussed ways to reduce the over
CSI
board of directors’
“Because
fund-
“That's a
a result of the shortfall
some
The
fee.
home
to
close the gap. "It gives you an extra $3 7,000 to work with.” said Ingram-Cotton, a 1
civil
CSI's website
now
states
that
there will be an increase in the fee due to the lack of available funding from the government and other
sponsors.
(Photo by Desiree Finhert)
Richard Gibson, Conestoga’s chief information officer, considers the technology budget 2004/2005 academic year at a board of directors meeting on March 15. the technology fee revenue gener-
ated by next year’s students will be
approximately $1
The college
.
1
million.
contributes $200,000
to the
the technology fee as part of their
student fees equal $1.3 million
student activity fees.
available funds.
it
Students in
second year paid $150, and thirdyear students paid $ 75. 1
Now
all
students in the year will be paying
2004/2005 $200 despite their year of study. Gibson is responsible for the college's information and technologyservices
including the infrastruc-
ture of labs,
computer systems and
technology financing.
He
predicts
technology budget. Together,
the college's contribution and the
Gibson said the college
is
in
strug-
gling with the technology budget
and
is
anticipating
The technology fee is used to update computer software, computequipment and services. One of the places Conestoga plans to spend part of the technology budget is on security. Security and theft prevention improvements for the computer labs will cost approximately $27,500. Gibson is planning to use aluminum cases to house parts of computer equipment and wants to install cameras and telephones in the labs. Gibson and Conestoga's head of security A1 Hunter are coner
was only first year students who paid $200 towards Previously,
marketing
it.”
said
student.
of money and it seems bonus for people who
lot
college
also
considered
via the Internet.
with a certain number of licences,
engineering stu-
dent. “It's only a case of beer.”
program
Gibson said this would start small and grow over the next few years. “We would initially look at setting up about 15 software packages
gested increasing the student tech-
graduating
there isn’t a
50 remote access stations. This service would have allowed Conestoga students to access the school’s programs and files from
CSI vice-president Scott IngramCotton was originally booed at by other CSI directors when he sugnology fee by $25 per student,
program
offering
students will be paying a higher
technology
anywhere from
$1 -million to $3-million shortfall.
“I’m at a point now where we have a $260,071 gap between the available dollars and what we want to spend.” said Gibson. “We need to put a reasonable technology fee
sidering
when
locking lab doors
they are not
in
use and arming them
with alarms.
in place.”
Gibson
said the
has been operating
can continue
for the
the school
not the
way
it
to operate.
“I go in the labs and nobody has an overnight pass,” said Gibson.
“The one thing
am
going to do is enforce that students have their student card on them.” Gibson said the school lost about a $ 1 ,000 and a day and a half of lab use when the memory and video cards were stolen from 40 computI
to this
each year,”
said Gibson.
way is
and would add
March. "They bent back all the brackets on the computer and got around inside with small hands,” said Gibson. “They must have had time to do this.” ers in
The system is provided by Citrix, which uses a Windows licence certificate. Each licence is $25,000. For 50 stations the school would pay a one-time price of $27,500 for licenses.
To promote
the remote access seven servers will be installed at $9,000 each. The soft-
service,
300 costs $15,000 and terminal service licences will be bought at $50 each. The remote access portion of the ware
Window
budget
totals
$129,800.
CSI suggested
that
there
be a
number of remote access stations. However, the reduction amount is undetermined reduction in the
and further budget reductions are being discussed.
Student lucky after car bursts into flames By
CARLA KOWALYK
to other vehicles,” he said. “It
certainly
a
nice
thing
was
to
do.
was
the
The Kitchener fire department was called to the college on March
although I’m not sure
30
Hunter said the student is very lucky that there were no serious injuries, and that the situation could have ended differently. The car has since been removed. "It’s pretty much a write-off,” he said. “And, although the situation didn't cause any injuries, and the student w’as thinking of others, we don't encourage anyone to do what was done. We’re just looking out for your safety.”
to extinguish a car fire that left
only the vehicle’s charred frame.
A1 Hunter, chief of security
at the
college, said a student entered Lot
where his car died. The student and his passenger got out of the car and noticed smoke billowing out from under the hood. They then pushed it down to the west end of the parking lot away from other 12
vehicles.
“They did
it
to avoid
any damage
in
have laptops.”
ing of $260,071.
As
if
a
like just a in
a
than you could cut
Wismer,
just over $1.6 million.
showed a gap
activity
for the wireless pilot?
demand
technology infrastructure report showing spending plans of
was
there
if
demand
a
report
Internet
director Jessica Wismer, 19,
asked
chief information officer, submit-
The
provide
will
remote locations.
meeting on March 15. Richard Gibson, Conestoga’s ted
— Page 3
One of the items stricken from the budget was a $25,000 wireless pilot
pus has overextended its technology budget for the 2004/2005 aca-
at a
2004
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April 12,
Commentary
2004
CSI president takes a bold step the association
for
In a school year when Conestoga Students Inc. (CSI) couldn’t seem to do anything right, the president has taken it upon himself to try and make things better. Justin Falconer has asked for a vote of confidence from
the
CSI board of directors.
If the
vote goes against him. Falconer announced he will
resign as president of the CSI. This could be seen as the drastic measure that has to be taken to turn around an organization that, at least for the
time being, has a tarnished reputation. The CSI is obviously the first to recognize that any time you’re in charge of students’ money, there’s going to be a watchful eye on how that money is spent. This is where the CSI has faced much of its criticism this year.
The CSI has taken heat on numerous attendance to
many
of
its
issues such as poor
events, the televisions the
CSI
How am
I supposed to get a tan like this?
Three-time In a
killer
the police, telling the story of
over a year, a rapist
little
what happened
purchased to put up in the halls for advertising purposes and the CSI executive’s trip to Talisman ski resort for what Falconer called an “intensive policy weekend.” There were other issues as well. In October there was a botched board of directors’ election, which resulted in three candidates being disqualified, and in November, a board of directors member won free tickets to Daytona, given away at a CSI-
and three-time
run event. This vote proves to students Falconer is not oblivious to the fact that the CSI might not be a perfectly run organiza-
justice system can screw up.
ring a bell? Well, just to refresh
and Mahaffy’s
tion.
your memory, she helped kidnap,
of. If
be
killer will
to
walk
among
freely
by and watch
years imprisonment.
and not do anything about
when
one of the most horrifying
It is
Does
any information about any other
name Karla Homolka
the
14-year-old
kill
Leslie Mahaffy, 15-year-old Kristen French and her own baby
15-year-old
sister,
Tammy Lyn
month still
commit
Jane Doe.
I
only
may
known
Why
Homolka
a plea bargain deal,
agreed to
band
testify against her hus-
in the
Homolka sentence
murder
five years for
and two for her
And on
July
be set
1
2-year
each
girl
sister.
5,
2005,
free, riding
1
ironic that
Homolka
along has been saying she
terpart Paul that’s
why
is
Homolka along on
We can only hope whoever the CSI president is next year shows us the same dedication to the organization Falconer
what has been called "the deal of
clearly has.
As part of the plea bargain Homolka was supposed to divulge
the century.”
And this is the same perwho will walk free in 15
1
If
years,
she hasn’t changed
in
what makes them think
sentence?
a vic-
Cell mates of
Bernardo beat her and
Homolka’s
facility in Joilette, not far
she went along with the
Montreal where she say she
Homolka had many chances
where she could
a crime possibly involving
she will change by the end of her
all
kidnapping and murders.
trials.
received only a -
down? it
in a state
months?
tim of wife abuse, that her coun-
As
son
wasn’t the bargain
spines.
find
Board
she was
Wait?
not be a lawyer
stricken I
down saying
another person.
as
but isn’t this withholding information?
arti-
“the death or serious harm" of
or the drugging and rape girl
2004
when
applied for parole that
turned her
the drugging, rape and death of sister,
to a Jan. 5,
the National Parole
the time of the signing Homolka hadn’t told anyone of
we are almost 1 3 years later and the name Karla Homolka still sends chills down people’s here
Homolka
At
of a young
And
According
be null and void.
her
nine or 10 years old at the time.
but
to her being beat-
cle in the Toronto Sun,
was aware bargain would
that she
she didn’t the
Most students are old enough to remember the hunt for the missing 1991, being only eight,
comes
ities.
rape and murder besides French’s
Homolka.
girls in
it
girls
it.
en, she goes straight to the author-
examples of how the Canadian
will
is
pen
to her
say no and go to the police. She
she
still
even had a chance to set both kid-
tim.
to
is
at the
from
being kept,
scared of what will hap-
when she
is
released
-
views herself as the vic-
Maybe Homolka
napped
girls free and leave with them when Bernardo wasn’t
thought of that before she helped
around.
drug, rape and eventually
It
wasn’t until
Homolka was
baby
sister
should have
kill
her
and help kidnap, rape,
beaten badly with a flashlight by
drug and murder two innocent
Bernardo
young
that she finally
went
to
girls.
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SPOKE,
Scholarship honours student’s By DESIREE FINHERT
when he missed driving
Clutching a tissue
and a picture
down
in the
her son and sobs. She has
at
a cold, but that is
one hand
in
other she looks
why
not
is
her face
red and she hasn’t slept. Each different in
its
own
although their focus
is
the same.
photo
is
way,
She returns the black and white
James Dean-style photo
the
to
ensemble and picks another. The last photo of Michael was taken a
week before he she didn’t know
died, but she says it
Michael Borutski, 21, was in his year of mechanical engineering at Conestoga College and doing a work term in Guelph. Now another Conestoga student will be attend-
Wendy and
memory.
Steve Borutski have
decided to create a scholarship for the
mechanical engineering stu-
dents at the college to preserve
name
their son’s
he died
after
in a
car accident on Dec. 20, last year.
"When the accident happened and we lost him, thought of a I
scholarship
away,”
right
Wendy, a former
A
glossy,
new
Michael’s name,
tattoo, inscribing
peeks out from under her
“We
says
training consult-
ant for the college.
tired.
and
tree lined
He was Intrepid
The
street
According to police. Michael was speeding and lost control of the car on the curve. The car hit a tree on Michael’s side. The impact was not enough to deploy the airbags, but it was enough to cause a fatal head injury, killing Michael instantly. Wiping her eyes, his mother says there
seemed
to be a terrible lineup
make him
of circumstances to
shirt cuff.
can remember his name and
"If he had been street
without a
tree,
people
don’t
will
every
And
way
that
1
at least
one
stu-
the
The award
May
the
intake of Michael’s pro-
gram and go
will
hope
the Borutskis
one of
to
had not been ice on the road, he might have kept on going." It might have looked like a harmless accident. There wasn’t a mark on Michael to say that he was hurt and his three passengers were fine. “His death was just a senseless tragedy for us. In one second he
that
it
their son’s class-
mates.
His mother says he meant the
“From the time he was
Wendy Borutski,
25,
Information about the
come
scholar-
apply for the Borutski award.
“During our
we have
year
last
to
of our time to our proj-
all
any extra help
I
can get
Michael’s classmates say he kept
himself and
to
Walkman
listened
his
to
He
class.
in
was
approachable, quiet and conserva-
know him
his
was an
make
it
available annually.
Student Services helping reduce year-end stress
but they didn't
the course. “I think Michael was just picking up some extra courses. He wasn't in all of our classes,” says Muller.
slightly,
when he was
you would see
However, Wendy says school was difficult for her son because he didn’t like books, theory and studying. For this reason the scholarship will not be based on high academic standing.
“Being a student, you have to all the things in your life and think one of the hardest things for
“Not necessarily the best student in the class, but
mother used to be colleagues. Hoover sill works with Michael’s aunt, in the financial aid office.
She says many times she doesn't the student who has died and on one hand she thinks not knowing him or her makes it easier to create an award in his or her memory. But creating a scholarship in
know
Michael’s
name want
to
that
But for the boy
KNex when
who
played with
he was small, and
and bicycles, an award has been named. Michael did not get a chance to use his plane tickets to Ireland this spring where he and his cousin planned on going rock
He
will not
will
own
a design
no longer touch
people’s lives.
finances.” will
be awarded
two students in their last term of robotics and automation, who show leadership, teamwork and have a documented financial need. Conestoga’s associate registrar to
is
responsible
Instead, his parents plan
serving his
memory
on
reaching
is
its
capacity.
For many Hotmail and Yahoo
solution.
phrase,
is
common
a
new
but Google’s
may
mail service
April 13 and 14, they will be
scholarship, as well as by etching a
plaque at a Hamilton pavilion on the Trans Canada Trail and purchasing a bench for the Western Falls
waterfall
in
North
who
climbing.
openings across Canada. Flexible schedules available. Scholarships possible. Conditions apply. For a great starting pay at
workforstudents.com/can.
solve
Erbsville Kartway, Waterloo requires people for its pit crew, grounds maintenance and concession stand starting weekends, Easter weekend and full time during the summer months. The season ends Thanksgiving weekend. For more information call: 884-5650.
e-
all that.
CONESTOGA MALL
11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., students will have the opportunity to sign up
will
have a storage capacity of 1000 megabytes.
894-0770
At the event, which runs from
massage
This
therapy or reflexology.
Magazine says
they’re
trying
where
create an atmosphere
dents can relax, because she
can stay
Wayne
knows
ness about stress well,
CNET
management
as
and gives students an oppor-
tunity to learn stress skills.
management
do believe the event
“I
is
(Photo by Jeff Heuchert)
First-year early childhood edu-
cation student Kathryn
your mail
that
in there forever,” said
Rosing,
of engineering
raises aware-
news
vice-president at
in a
squeeze away your anxiety. This is the third semester in a row
shown
disk space for free.
Student Services has run the event.
be providing couches, a popcorn machine and water cooler. They
who come
to the
room
py, as well as
some
stress balls, to
Magazine says they’ve received good feedback in the past. As well, this event is a good way of letting students
know Student
Services
can help.
She says more students have accessed their services in the past after this event.
The stress free zone is being cosponsored by the CSI, which will
is
feeling the stress
the cafeteria.
in
Yahoo
money towards having
also put
the
For those students ing for
who
are look-
more information. Student
Services
will
also
be providing
handouts in the room, on dealing with stress, good nutrition, healthy, simple snacks and a stress questionnaire.
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on April 3 from end of the year assignments and tests. She is
Students
can expect soft music, aromathera-
Etcovitch
747-1290
According to press releases, Google plans to profit from the service by inserting advertisements into e-mail messages.
Yahoo is fighting back, after randomly sending out e-mail subscribers, promotions to upgrading them to 100MB of
brings value,” she says.
f
more than 500 times
“The idea
to
stu-
they get stressed with exams.
She says the event
is
the capacity of Hotmail.
Joan
counsellor
College
Bay
because he loved nature, hiking and
anyone dies on campus, has been
Google, based in Mountain View, Calif., has announced they will be providing an e-mail service called Gmail, which
Room
1B25.
for a 10-minute session of
pre-
through the
for contacting the family of
apply
MURPHY
e-mail users, this
holding a stress free zone, in
who
fixed the neighbours’ electric saws
company. He
who
is difficult.
do this because means he’s not here anymore,” Hoover cried quietly. “I don’t
climbing.
Janeen Hoover,
who has
been touched by Michael’s death more than usual. She and Michael’s
I
is
progressing through
the program,” says Hoover,
juggle
The scholarship
a selection
STUDENT WORK
offer e-mail
Student Services has the perfect
On
things.”
recreate
will review
of one or two students.
motorized Lego running around.”
students
make
Many
maximum
then
you,
to
and
She says the family
SUMMER EMPLOYMENT
from next week’s
getting
is
to
HEUCHERT
If all the stress
was young he
to
CLASSIFIEDS
Your account
exams
very
program focus partway though
By TIM By JEFF
the time he
a remote control car
is
bereavement support group. The sum of $500 was donated to the scholarship by businesses, friends and family and they plan to
street. It
“From
the car and then
was driving
unfamiliar
an
and a few are considering it. David Muller, 21, is in his last year of robotics and automation and says he didn't know Michael very well, but he would like to
class
well because Michael had changed
Saturday morning. Michael was driving three of his friends back to his house in Cambridge
to be
out of Lego, take the engine out of
tive,
down an
was born
engineer.
tion of the students in Michael’s
death. His parents are attending a
early
Wendy
young. “He would build something
has not returned to work since his
Michael
the
in
to the atten-
ship has recently
She weeps and gasps remembernight
husband
loved to design and build things, to
ing what the police had told her of the
most scholarships
around here,” says Schill. “This one is specific to our program and it remembers someone we went to
quietly says he
working with Michael’s parents establish the scholarship.
from
refolding her tissue and says he had
appreciated," says Muller.
is
for
Michael’s mother smiled
“They don't think anything is going to happen to them. But the family
apply
create
Michael’s mother
ects, so
the
"1
life
applications and
pictures of their only son,
young he loved to design and build things”
extra care.
for
Michael
technical writing class.
Sitting with her
dedicate
unbearable and you never recover.”
and remembered
comfort of a living room lined with
world to the whole family and her plea is for young people to take
devastation
Schill, 22, is also in his last
class with as well.”
"If there
was gone.”
Kevin
year of robotics and automation
will be available for
reasons.
Michael’s sister Christina,
help other students.”
year.
other
if
Steven and
on a different he might have
snow bank," she
slid into a
“Even donate,
dent will always get a scholarship.”
icy.
unlucky person.
at the time.
last
ing classes in his
because she was
was
a turn.
friend’s
his
— Page 5
2004
April 12,
— SPOKE,
Page 6
News
2004
April 12,
Where does
go?
that water
all
second pond
By JAMES CLARK
an underground
is
was created
retention area that
resources
second pond overflowed.
The
the
most
The Grand
and allow
absorb into the
for
water to
The Doon campus alone has
a
James
Clark)
Barry Milner, head of physical resources at Conestoga College,
pond
in
a picture that was taken
in
the late
Most of
rooftops and
the
parking
areas of the
lots
is
more scenic campus - the pond by
directed to one of the
and
Ministry
the
of
They
approval.
to design the pond.
“We even have certain we had to plant around
plants that the pond,”
(Photo by James Clark)
Plants are put in to prevent the
pumps
the cafeteria.
the water that runs off
daylight.
in
said Schlei.
’60s.
parking area large enough for more than 3,300 cars to park.
per cent
also needed to consult an engineer (Photo by
points at the college
soil.
accidents increase by seven
Conservation
River
Transportation’s
areas, such as the sports fields, are
natural
“Many people
think that
pond
spring fed," said Milner. "It All of that water If there is
too
is
from
much
is
is
not.
rainfall.”
run-off two
take water from the main pond and pump it through underground pipes to a second pond located by parking lot one and the Woodworking Centre. Off of this
Attentive
erosion of the soil into the pond.
He
new pond
said the
cleaning, but overall
requires
more
it is
effi-
cient because of an interlock rock
bottom.
Ed Griffith instructs Grade 4, 5 and 6 students at a regional skills competition in Conestoga College’s recreation centre.
New $100 new ECE AND PN NURSING STUDENTS
By JAMES CLARK
Gauthier said her branch finds an average of three counterfeit
Those of us lucky enough to have a $100 bill may notice something a about the c-note
different
little
BE
these days.
According
A SUPPORT - Lend An Ear
Bank
the
to
security features that will
more
difficult for
to
it
be duplicat-
ed by counterfeiters. addition
In
BE A MOTIVATOR - Guide Not Judge
new
features
including a holo-
graphic stripe, a watermarked portrait
the
and a thread woven right into
•
BE
A RESOURCE
%
Hogg, of the
Waterloo Regional Police Services, says counterfeit
money
problem
the
for
Waterloo area, but
it
is
a big
Kitchenerisn’t the larg-
er bills that are usually duplicated.
BE A VOLUNTEER PEER MENTOR
"The new hundred won’t have much of an impact,” said Hogg. “The 10s and 20s are reason for the most concern.”
said people spending fake
also
not be able to spot phoney
will
“People with
this
money go
store
one street. They may spend $2 and get $18 back,” said Hogg. He said if a person comes across to store to store all along
bill
they think
may be
they should bring
it
it
“Unfortunately,
the
has the
bill
bank or
examined.
to the police to get
who who
counterfeit
to their
last
person
will be the
loses out,” said
one
Hogg.
The front of the new bill, which was released March 17, has a portrait
of former
prime
minister
Robert Borden. The backside of
1,849 counterfeit bills reported to police.
New
said last year alone there
Theresa Gauthier,
a
were
financial
service representative and former at TD Bank of Canada, echoed Hogg’s statement. “The smaller bills are the biggest
teller
APPLY TODAY
bank
the
bill commemorates Canada’s map-making history with a satellite image of Canada and an outline of
He
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from said.
prey on small stores because they know the employees
a
bill.
Staff Sergeant Wally
- Offer Alternatives
Hogg bills
traditional
security features, the bill has four
•
money
money.
the
to
a
“People get most of the counterfeit
of
new make it
has
bill
bills
week.
machines,” she
Canada’s website, the
BE
bill,
features
<
•
article at
www.sleepanddreams.com,
college had to consult the
Kitchener
They
lots,
and
sidewalks
attention.
Interesting fact According to an
Authority and get both the City of
college
roadways, rooftops. Other
parking
pond,
into the operation.
year period.
include
Homer
groundskeeping at the college, said the cost of putting in the pond is high because a lot of planning goes
A 100-year storm is the worst storm an area could get in a 100-
require
located just off
which cost the college $1 10,000 to construct, was put in when the Ewing was built. Peter Schlei, the lead-hand of
a storm.
the
is
401 and Boulevard. This
Watson
bylaws require the college to be responsible for managing the runoff at every one of the college’s campuses, even in the event of such
Hard surfaces of
pond
third
Highway
of
the college, said area
at
in
the middle of the ’90s, after the
by a 100-year storm you may have to put on your rubber boots and raincoat, but you will not have to worry about a Hood at Conestoga College. Barry Milner, head of physical If the area is struck
the
France.
The Bank of Canada will release a new $20 and $50 bill later in the year. The $20 bill will honour the Bill Reid and the $50 have a nation-building
artwork of bill
will
problem. Banks and stores always scrutinize the bigger bills,” she
theme.
said.
be accepted as legal tender.
However,
all
older bills will
still
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SPOKE,
2004
April 12,
— Page 7
Alumni Association sells movie tickets By TIM
MURPHY
dren’s tickets are $5. Each ticket valid for
The Conestoga College Alumni is selling movie tickets
Association
below the concession
Monica
price.
Odeon have
Alumni Association
sold the
group
program,”
great
a
“It’s
tickets
rates.
Himmelman, mentioning arc limited to the
ets
Galaxy
said
officer,
Theatres and Cineplex at
alumni
said
the tick-
Kitchener-
Waterloo area. They can be used in the Galaxy Theatres in the following
Hespeler Road, Fairway Road, and King Street,
locations:
Cambridge, Kitchener, Waterloo.
Movie
chil-
(Photo by Petr Cihacek) tight.
Located
aren't the only alumni association sells'. Himmelman said over the winter season they sold 292 lift tickets for Chicopee ski hill.
“In the
knight to
to
Two
With
their
wooden
lances merci-
opponent's
lessly pointed at their
chests, the
two mounted knights
charging, getting closer to
start
each other
Everyone
at
in
arena
stops
and our hearts beat
breathing
faster than the horses'
meling the sandy
And
speed.
a sinister the
hoofs pum-
floor.
from a broken lance go flying and one of the knights gets knocked off his large black horse. As the defeated warrior goes down, the excitement and noise elevates.
Hundreds of spectators cheer for and watch
the victorious knight
the other scramble off the floor to
He
get his revenge.
sword and charges
now dismounted,
takes a large the other,
at
knight.
A
spec-
sword fight breaks out and the gloomy Medieval Times arena lightens with camera flashes and
tacular
sparks
flying
off the
clashing
swords.
We
More than 2,000 tickets are sold each summer, and anybody can buy one she said. For more information on purchasing discounted tickets, contact
development and alumni
scream with excitement as every swing of a sword, every slash of an axe, makes us forget that we live in a world filled with smog, road rage and e-mail spam offering Viagra, and brings us deeper and deeper into the Middle Ages.
venue’s exterior does not exactly
look like a medieval castle, but the very first step you take through the
main gate magically brings
you back
From
to the
1
1th century.
the medieval clothing of
the staff to the colourful heraldry
on the walls, there ing left to remind
is
almost noth-
you
that not far
flick
shopping mall, and introducing ways for the characters to keep occupied under the circum-
were filmed in Canada, but which one is worth our dollar. The suspense thriller Taking Lives starring Angelina Jolie is
another world
similar to a previous Jolie movie, Collector.
stances.
was enjoyable
to see Canadian Sarah Polley, from Avonlea. running for her life as the functioning nurse, Anna. The simple plot is not devoid of It
child-star
jams. Amazing steel armours are displayed in every
Soon comfy
room and through large windows, you can see and admire the knights' beautiful stallions whose
drinks, a ravishing theatrical intro-
ness.
of humanity
duction mysteriously enveloped in fake mist started off the amazing
The plot is well organized with two good shocks and two carefully
show.
covered twists near the end.
There is no overacting in this rendition of the end of the world; instead the actors evoke great
traffic
can be detected in
scent
faint
some
parts
of
the
building,
large oval arena for the feast after
we were
seats
roasted
royal castle.
herb-roasted
so
stylish
and items
like
is
pool
and video games machines spoil the medieval feeling. Tickets for the show, which include supper and a tournament, sell at $ 59.95 for adults and $ 41.95 for children under 12 However, if you decide to visit the dinner and theatre, be prepared to spend more than that. As you are required to arrive at least one hour before the show, you will have plenty of time to check out all the bars, shops packed with everything from Medieval Times tshirts to swords, and other moneysucking attractions. For only $ 2 a tables
.
dark-clothed executioner will
you
museum
let
times
a royal
chicken,
and
seated in our
and served our
Feasting on
immersing you instantly into a
first
menu of
spare
rib
and
we somechew as we
potato,
forgot
to
watched a spectacular demonstration of the knights’ horsemanship skills that were to set the mood for the tournament.
“Wow, heard into
I
want
to
work
my voice excitedly my girlfriend's ear
watched
mounted
here,”
1
as
we
knights
in
ing through the arena, sunbathing
egos
in the
layers.
Hawke
(Miami Vice) and Jake Weber
a
(Gattica)
However, the aspect defining movie is the loca-
tion.
Director D.J. Caruso (television series
Dark Angel and Smallville)
stayed true to the novel by Michael
Pye and filmed the movie on location in Montreal and around Quebec.
cheers of fanatic
spectators.
If
you loved the
And the cheers got even louder when the first knight got knocked off his horse and helplessly fell to the sand.
was an amazingly thrilling experience. The long lances being It
real. Sometimes it was obvious that it was staged as some moves were reminiscent of
did not look so
Cell) help to depict the
At the other end of the scarymovie scale is the sober stay-athome thriller Secret Window. Unfortunately, this flick was completely without Canadian influence, although from the location it is difficult to believe it was not filmed in Muskoka. Here is another simple plot, this one involving a writer, played by Johnny Depp (Pirates of the Caribbean) and his story. Oddly enough, this movie about a story was first a story by Stephen King
Window, Secret
Secret
entitled.
Sutherland. is
where
Dawn
of the
filmed, just next door to
the Taking Lives location. If you loved the cult horror movie 28 Days Later, you’ll love the remake of Dawn of the Dead, from which it derived its concept. The zombie sequel to George Romero's Night of the Living Dead was first made in 1978.
thrills
events will keep you tense until
you prematurely figure out the ending half an hour early. This is a movie to watch curled up on the coach with a cocoa on a stormy night. It’s creepy, but the real attraction to this 90-minute piece is Depp.
As expected, Depp
is
spam
gore by capitalizing on the serenity
Dawn
of the Dead -
of the movie’s main location, a
Secret
Window -
to
the
castle’s
vision the
offering Viagra.
is
Snyder’s
2004
a grimly executed illus-
than
he
was
as
only slight-
Mort Rainey
ly less interesting as
were summoned
We all did. We all felt
Director Zach
and screams,
but a slowly unwinding series of
amazing mystical atmosphere and applauded even minutes after the show was over, as if we were trying to postpone our departure from the magical castle and into the outside world full of smog, road rage and e-mail
But even though they knew it was a fake, the spectators cheered.
(the
faces
pathos.
Royal Quest, an approximately 40 minute mission full of physical and mental tasks. For $18, you can take the Knight’s Challenge or the King’s Challenge that we took. To complete the quest and save the king's life, we had to go through 10 chambers and “kill" enemy knights, shoot from a cannon, walk on a beam while trying to avoid being hit by swinging axes, and other fun tasks. After completing the quest we
WWE wrestling.
many
in chaos.
There are few
However, the only Canadian to appear in Taking Lives is one of our favourite Lost Boys Kiefer Toronto
ented challenge, you should take
Performances by Ving Rhames
Garden.
Dead was
are in for a fun, team-ori-
cult hor-
movie 28 Days Later, you’ll love the remake of Dawn of the Dead.
ror
splintered against shields of metal
you
wit-
this serial killer
and knights flying off their running horses, it all looked so real. Unfortunately, the sword fights that followed each jousting match
If
captivating as
somewhat juvenile crime
of
explanations of their use.
is
yelling
superb colourful costumes paradtheir
Taking Lives, Jobe's performance is blase, but Ethan In
dungeon full of torture instruments accompanied by vivid
into the castle’s
torture, a
the
And that’s what Toronto's Medieval Times is all about. Located in the Exhibition Place on Lakeshore Boulevard, the
rela-
tions department at ext. 3459.
tournament.
,
all
discount-
from you are dozens of motorists losing their tempers in Toronto’s
Unfortunately, not everything
then the crash.
Splinters
out of three horror movies in
theatres
Bone By PETR CIHACEK
sell
creative
remember
Medieval Times takes you
summer we
ed tickets to many theme parks,” she added.
worth the money?
is
By DESIREE FINHERT
A
and students.”
tickets
tickets the
Which horror Knights at Toronto's Medieval Times dinner theatre engage in a spectacular sword at Exhibition Place. Medieval Times is a popular tourist destination.
provide a service to the
“It’s to
college community,” she said. “It’s
the
Adult tickets are $8, and
is
year.
for staff, faculty
Himmelman,
services
one
Captain
Jack
Sparrow.
Depp had
less to
work with
create his character and yet he
to
still
creates the portrait of a confused,
tration of society being
devoured by flesh-eating zombies, whose
distraught hermit.
bites kill then reanimate their vic-
again challenged for entertainment
tims.
sake.
Snyder uses intense graphic imagery and an anxious plot.
stars:
He
successfully
balances
the
It's
as if Depp’s dignity
The movies
was once
are rated out of five
Taking Lives
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April 12,
2004
Feature
The Twin rational
Harmonizers has approximately 55 members who sing everything from ballads. They have been a chapter since 1946. City
SPOKE,
traditional
April 12,
2004
— Page 9
(Photos by James Doyle) barbershop and doo-wop music, to show tunes and inspi-
Singing from the same song sheet By
F what
JAMES DOYLE
bershop music stuck, said Terry
also sing novelty songs and are put-
Hallman, the Harmonizers’ musical
ting together a
our-part harmony, a cappella
director.
voices and a barber pole. This
Hallman says that barbershop music consists of four parts; the tenor, lead, baritone and bass. What sets barbershop apart from tradi-
music of Louie Armstrong for next year. “That's a nice song (It’s a Wonderful World by Louis Armstrong), we’ve had that in our repertoire for upwards of 0 years,”
tional choral music, according to
Hallman said
is
barbershop music and
the
it
is
Twin City Harmonizers
love.
Barbershop that
is
can be traced back
20th
century.
because while men were in the
a style of music
barber
shop
It
got
to the early its
name
Hallman, the lead, tenors, falsetto
voice,
not their natural
is
They
the baritone.
The
fourth part
is
breeze, they would
of our son.
of approxi-
consists
mately 55 men. They have been
term
a
bar
members of SPEBSQSA
chapter since
1946 and are or
The
joined just after he was
teacher says he has always been
involved
in
music. “I had been a
longtime drum and bugle player,
hom
player and on-field
major. But after
I
got mar-
was a life I couldn’t go back was too much of a strain and I was a young teacher at the time, so I was without a musical hobby ried,
it
to. It
A
former high school teacher of who also sang in his
Hallman’s,
church choir
well as the performing chorus, fhp Harmnni 7 Pr<; have fnnr
time, invited
at the
him out
and “I’ve been ever since,” he laughs. Hallman says that most guys come out with a
to a practice
there
friend,
adds,
but
“we
always invite
The Harmonizers’
repertoire
from barbershop and
consists of everything *
traditional
| doo-wop music, to show tunes and inspirational I ballads. The Harmonizers
Centre in the Square. The Harmonizers will be joined by Bluevale’s 60 Voice Chamber the
people
come out if they’re interested," The Harmonizers meet every
to
Tuesday night at 7:30 at St. Stevens Lutheran Church, 248 Highland Rd. E. The Harmonizers also perform around the community and have their annual show April 24 at
fall’s
which
Convention,
International
took place
won
Montreal,
in
sent Ontario at
the
er jazz choir.
competition
Louisville,
directed by
Bluevale’s choir
Nancy Kidd, who
is
is
“a
prominent choral director in the area at Bluevale Collegiate and very well respected throughout Canada,” according to Hallman. The show is entitled With twin-city
A
Song
title
My
which
is
"It’s
going to be,
we
think,
good show," says Hallman.
enjoy singing. Tickets are $20 for the balcony and $25 for orchestra and mezzanine seats. For more show information contact John Duggan at 621-2275. Hallman says that in addition to
ing
The
international.
at
it.
We
grounds,
men
draw from
all
faiths,
all
nomic backgrounds and
way of
life.
all
becomes
Families are very include
two
Ontario District conventions.
One
activities
held in the spring, with the sec-
These conventions are held to select the Ontario District champions. The spring convention, which will be held this April 16-18 in Niagara Falls, will select the quartet champions and in the fall.
the
international
The
fall
The Harmonizers do not have anyone competing at this spring’s convention as they are gearing up for their show the following week. The Harmonizers and the entire Ontario District Association of
SPEBSQSA
Chapters of
also sup-
university students going through
often included in our activities.”
Chapter
a separate senior inter-
national competition in the winter.
back-
it’s
social/ecoit
summer and
that are
enjoyment of singing, friend-
the camaraderie of the
representatives.
convention selects the cho-
champions and international reps. The Toronto Northern Lights, who finished second at the 2003 rus
“an interna-
and raise money for Harmonize For Speech. Hallman estimates that close to $25,000 has come back into the region for speech programs and equipment. They also supply financial aid to
bershoppers together. “I think
is
is truly
hobby” says Hallman, with quartets from Australia, Sweden, England and Germany all compettional
category for college quartets in the
Heart,
He says that the chorus has some new songs that the guys really
ond
Barbershop
Ky.,
4.
of a movie that the chapter and
quite a
a
June 27 - July
international
International convention also has a
from.
in
in
the
In
quartets will be performing songs
the
last
contest and will again repre-
Choir, as well as Bluevale’s small-
ships are what ultimately keep bar-
for a long time.”
Society for the Preservation and
Encouragement of Barbershop Quartet Singing in America. As
I
bom, so I am starting my 32nd year.” The retired elementary school
drum
The Harmonizers chap-
bar-
bershopper for 32 years. “My wife always keeps track of this by the age
sings the lowest part.
ter
comment
a
nice job on the song. Hallman himself has been a
ly
both a
start
singing
after
about the chorus doing a particular-
who “tend to be on the root of the chord,” said Hallman. The bass the bass,
the
1
“usually sing in their
leads.”
the
the
or
The
“have a range similar to the
“shoot-
and
who
leads
cut
often
line,
says Hallman, sings above the melody. Below the
and ing
melody
not the highest part.
voice,”
get-
ting their
hair
that the
is is
show based on
port
subjects. To more about Harmonize For Speech, go to www.harmonize
for
speech-related
learn
4speech.org.
Hallman says porting
that along with sup-
Harmonize For Speech,
barbershoppers
lend
support
to
teaching and participation in music.
“And
that is another
mandate of the
barbershop organization, to encourage and promote the continued teaching and participation in chor-al
music.” Hallman says this
important
is
now with music
more
feeling
the effects of budget cuts.
To City
learn
more about
Harmonizers,
the
Twin
go
to
www.twincityharmonizers.org.
— SPOKE,
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April 12,
News
2004
CSI would love By JASON SMITH Conestoga Students encouraging students to
Inc. (CSI)
is
initiatives
and clubs are a good way
do
to
The number of CSI clubs
in the
Although the numbers here
has progressively grown
school over the
last
few years and Justin
Falconer.
CSI
president,
would
like
few years ago, the college didhave a single club on campus.
Not one. Today we have
comparison
CSI hopes these numbers contin-
have 20
would only
Conestoga
of
from more and
benefit
more clubs being formed by other
“CSI
Falconer.
said
students,”
to
30 clubs on campus,
Sweet
all
normally popular
Good
student
question indeed. three existing clubs
have had their share of success in
and have
the college
been able
all
reach out to students and be an
to
experience
enjoyable
Conestoga and should con-
tion at
grow
tinue to
in
radio segments on
those
for
(with
first
club
in
“As the president of CSI.
$800
offers
more students need student
in
life
and they need
here
CJIQ and much
any club
encourage clubs
in the school.
question
is
college-based Optimist
Canada and meets
or
CSI
clubs
at
Conestoga?
said they
of the guidance area, the Conestoga
ate
And
unknown and CSI
would
certainly appreci-
more clubs being developed,
is
and
form and devel-
you ask any member of
if
Christian
the
fellowship.
Conestoga Optimist or they
is
The answer
within.
to
to lake
op.”
Why
more student-formed
organizations
regularly
mind, the
in
posed once again.
aren’t there
being run out
after years of
is
facts
feel
“CSI
promote
support,
to
I
to be involved
said Falconer.
initiative,”
and prints flyers free of charge for
hopes of helping the college,
And
and more.
CSI
and often creates
receipts)
With these
the
trips
all off,
popularity with
more.
in
it
of allowable club reimbursement
student organiza-
first
community and those
among the students. So why aren't there more
To top
fellowship club
The Conestoga Optimist Club
Canadian universities generally
The school’s
students
to
university student-
organizations here at Conestoga?
three.
The Christian
formed organizations.
ue to increase.
"The
number of
of which are
to see the trend continue.
at
Conestoga are growing slowly,
the
group functions,
involved.
was CSI’s
that.”
they’re miniscule in
clubs.
n't
promote student-based
school
at the
develop, more college-oriented
A
to
wants
see more clubs
to
probably
will
worth
GLBT club, you
tell
it’s
it.
Students interested
forming a
in
club on campus are encouraged to
Gay-Lesbian-Bisexual-
but they don't want to create them
pick up a package containing an
Transgender (GLBT) club has now
because they don’t w'ant to be the
application
become much more
ones that have to maintain them.
tions
public.
The previously mentioned organ-
Falconer says the students should
izations have gained notoriety in
create
the college and are able fo organize
them.
and
clubs
the
form,
and more
expecta-
rules,
in the
CSI
office
located in the Sanctuary. All clubs must have at least 10
maintain
student members.
treats
add
don’t have to
your waistline
to
By KRISTEN
MC MUR PHY
an assortment of fat-free
ries
cream, sherbet and frozen yogu
Hot weather and hand
cream go
ice
hand, making
summer
Yogen Fruz uses 98 per cent
a
free yogurt in
its
products.
dangerous time for health-con-
healthy bonus,
it
also uses
scious people.
fruit
in
Don’t
your desire
let
stay
to
healthy keep you from getting the
occasional cool treat this summer.
may
Despite what some people there
think,
huge
a
is
line
of
A small
McFlurry
has 19 grams of ries.
On
the
at
fat
McDonald’s
and 534 calo-
more encouraging
side,
a small vanilla ice cream cone from
McDonald’s has only fat
grams of
and 148 calories. The Fruit ’n
Yogurt Parfait but
4.1
it’s
a frozefi item,
isn’t
delicious and a
products based around
good
alter-
menu of
options but the healtl
dae with seven grains of
six
calories, a
DQ
one of the fudge fat-free It’s
sandwich
bars,
summer
choose from, but once
OK
opt
to
for
of
For more
fat-laden flavours of ice cream, but
information
is
stocked
full
(Photo by Tim Murphy)
Furry friends The two animals were enjoying
a while
the
double
more
detailed
By TIM
nutri-
nutritional
on these and other
E-mail spam
MURPHY
may become
Tens of millions of e-mails pass through spam
you’re treating yourself.
group of researchers
menu
items.
It
also car-
a thing
filters
each day, but a at
Microsoft
think they have a solution, accord-
ing to
CNET.com
news.
The theory works on
it,
the idea that
not the receiver.
"The basic idea
is
that
we
ing to shift the equation to
are try-
make
it
possible and necessary for a sender ‘pay’
to
Wobber of
for
e-mail,”
said
Ted
the Microsoft Research
group.
E-mail users would not pay using
money, but rather with computer resources as the computer would (Photo by Michelle Taylor)
Reflections The Grand
River
is
quiet
now
but
will
soon be a busy
place.
will take a small
seconds,” said
news
spam
“If
Wobber
I
in a
CNET
l
I
have to
have spent a
said
a
spammer’s
computer
is
ular users
do not notice a delay.
slowed down, but reg-
The research group
said
it
seconds
day. a price of a 10-
there are 8O.()0()
is
also offering services
to protect Internet users
send about 8,000 mes-
sages a day.
“Spam
is
to get
really
hope
that
deters people using e-mail.”
it
of a to
probably going
it
it
gets better,
and
1
does not get to a point
from pop-
ups.
Google's Toolbar
graphic puzzles. send.
Internet
rival
from www.google.ca,
worse before
I
Netscape,
mean spammers would only be to
to
will be following in the
second decryption time would
able
first
pop-up protection.
footsteps of Opera. Mozilla and
cal-
if
in a
an
browsers.
culated that
be required to work out crypto-
“For any piece of e-mail
Microsoft won’t be the offer
They
means
it
see
would block pop-up
that
ads in 2005.
that e-mail.”
He
only pest
Explorer could
Internet
lit-
of time in resources to send
isn’t the
about to be swatted by Microsoft.
update
know you,
don’t
prove to you that
you
10 to 20
solution
E-mail spam
amount of com-
interview.
tle bit
senders of mail should have to pay for
it
may have a
puting power of about
information guide the next time
frozen
Waterloo Park.
to eliminate
Microsoft
of the past.
food products, ask for a nutritional
fat
in
spring weather earlier this month.
up
Battle heats
out with a large selection
it
warm
the
treats to
in
of frozen yogurt and other lower
evens
zoo
Lollipop the miniature horse shares an enclosure with a goat at the petting
chocolate fudge brownie sundae instead of something
Baskin Robbins
calories.
comforting to know that
tious.
.
\
which are
and have only 50
there are healthy
it’s
s
fat
grams of fat and 200 calories or
grams of
and 151 calories
fruit.
choices include a strawberry
native to a McFlurry. with only 2.1 fat
ft
ol
Dairy Queen has an exhaus
240
healthy choices available.
and serves a variety of
A
Web
2.0,
available
sits at
the top
browser, allowing people
complete searches without going
to the
Google homepage.
The
tool
bar also has a pop-up
stopper built into
almost
all
ads.
it,
which blocks
Sports
SPOKE,
— Page 11
2004
April 12,
2004 Major League Baseball preview By JEFF
HEUCHERT
and acquired Kevin Brown, Gary Sheffield. Javier
The 2004 Major League Baseball season
is
underway.
between the
two-game
a
New York Yankees
Tampa Bay
and
scary, but the
Rays
Devil
in
as good,
were
Yankees are just
not better, than they
if
last year.
The Boston Red Sox made
Tokyo. Last week the remaining 28
nificant
teams began their pursuit towards
they
the fall classic.
Schilling, but they’ll
Last season, baseball fans were treated
an exceptional
to
season,
with not just an exciting playoffs, but
World Series
also an incredible
that
change of
signed
short of the
a sig-
own when
their
agent
free
Curt just
fall
still
Yankees once again.
The Orioles
be
will
much-
a
improved team as well. They
sur-
prised everybody with an aggressive
saw them sign
concluded with the Florida Marlins
off-season that
upsetting the Yankees.
agents Javy Lopez, Miguel Tejada
With significant trades and sign-
many
ings this off-season, by
dif-
free
And
of course, there’s the Toronto
ferent teams, divisions should be
Blue Jays. They proved
much
they have hitters, so they went out
closer than in the past.
Lowly teams such
Kansas
as the
City Royals, Houston Astros and
name
Baltimore Orioles, just to
have
few,
a
improved
drastically
their teams.
year’s it’s
predicted
last
World Series champions, and
probably going to be even harder
this year, but
now, are
my
anyway. Here
try
I’ll
predictions for the six
two wild
division winners, as well as
The gap between and
season
Miguel Batista and
Lilly.
With
these teams improving
all
could be the
New
the
the
York
of
rest
the
American League East
is
closer, but the other four
teams just
than
season the
last
wins
six
last
has plenty of pop,
AL
The
West
wide open.
is
have
won
it
the past
two
years, with
departure of Miguel Tejada
the
I
left.
Now I’m sure many of you are wonwhat about the defending
dering,
World Series champs? Well, as we’ve seen so
many
times before, defending
champions struggle
they’ve gotten worse. think the Seattle Mariners will
the
the
same
and
the next year,
happen
will
to the Florida
Anaheim
take back the division they domi-
Marlins.
nated just a few years ago. They
Angels didn’t even make the playoffs
haven’t improved their team, but
after their
the Mariners are
seasons
good. They’ll
still
season the
Last
championship
ago
run,
the
upset
and
predictions
Kansas City Royals
will
the
Angles though. With the addition
difficult for these
AL
of Vladimir Guerrero, the Angels
expectations are so high.
say
win
the
boast one of the most intimidating
Central.
when
won more
they
than 80
games
and finished only seven games back
offences in the league.
The
AL Wild
much of win
The Red Sox
all.
team. The Royals are on
their
way
major success, maybe sooner
to
it
with ease. They have
better than almost any
With
Sox should
in the
players
The Blue good
last
be, at the
AL Championship
Central should house the
division
Houston Astros only by one game
last
lost the division
season, and with the
problem
biggest
pitching,
is
The
all.
of Clemens and
additions their
of
race
solved.
last
Pettitte
season,
The Astros have a
Bagwell and Lance Berkman
to
their all-star pitching
their first
“We
game triumphantly
game
together, especially considering
was our
game
it
ever as a team,"
Nicole Wick, a second-year
sity since hitting the ice at the start
said
of this school year.
Tecreation and leisure studies stu-
puck and
dent and
dropping
member
of the women’s
played
Lambton
lady Condors reached one of their
College in their second
game of the
most important goals on March
tournament, and after a rough
12, when they
against a very strong team with a
Conestoga
took to the ice as a
of depth, the ladies
team, competing in a one-day tour-
lot
nament
an 8-0 whitewash.
at
Toronto’s
Sheridan
After
College.
But the players weren’t alone as
itive
game
first
compet-
as a team.
Kevin Barnes, Scott
Foster,
Scott
Jeff
and
the team’s coaching
victim to
penalties and injuries
and
Marlene Ford, Conestoga’s athdirector,
donned
they
played net for the team throughout the
the
mask,
blocker and trapper,
and
Ford
tournament.
responsible
for
is
organizing
also the
felt
they gained a reputation of
being a “rough and tough team”
tournament
consisted
eight teams: Conestoga,
Seneca,
University
of
of
Mohawk, Toronto
Mississauga, University of Toronto
their defensive pairs
Scarborough, Lambton, Centennial
took out a few members of the
and the host Sheridan College.
opposition.
The team opened
the tournament
on a good note, defeating Sheridan
event for the Conestoga squad.
4-3.
The Condors were up 3-0
the second period
began
to
come
Conestoga held on
in
when Sheridan
Brian
They already
Trevor
pitcher
if
Hoffman can
healthy,
stay
the
Padres could stun a lot of people.
The Cubs, Marlins and Braves,
as
well as the Los Angeles Dodgers,
who
are just a
few quality
hitters
short, will all challenge the Padres.
Skipping ahead
months,
six
2004 World
dict for the
Houston Astros
pre-
I
Series, the
the
defeat
will
Now, only time
many of my
nament
against
Mississauga
where
U they
of
T were
defeated 2-0 in a close and com-
back.
But
petitive
and
When
how
tell
wrong.
be
^
was awarded
team
fair
away confident the first of
in
themselves after
many
future head-to-
head competitions.
"The tournament was a great success and the girls
had^a
all
great time and lots of fun,” said
to
a
team
possible
can lead
this
varsity
women’s
for next year.”
Tiffany Blamire,
Mamie
and Adrienne Schmidt,
Sealey
all
first-
year recreation and leisure studies students,
began organizing
time for
women
school year an
in
earlier
iee-
the
in
an attempt to create
ongoing female hockey pro-
gram
The
-
at the college.
three
young
ladies
have
played key roles in helping give
was
tunity to lake to the ice and prove
themselves worthy of a future college team. In fact, their ultimate goal
Conestoga
game. all
tourna-
the
play award and walked
any interested females the oppor-
Conestoga wrapped up the tour-
to the lead
will
predictions will
right, or terribly
of the
when one of
The
staff.
pads,
women’s hockey team and coaches take part in a recent women’s practice at the recreation centre. Ice time is 7
Members
Bradley,
Jones
team manned the bench as
members of
letic
many
fell
game
during the game, some players said
a.m. on Tuesdays and 3:30 p.m. on Thursdays.
“Banny” from the Conestoga male varsity
Klesko,
(Photo by Jason Smith)
they took part in their
team withtfie
Wick. “We’re hoping
team.
perma-
later gaining
at the rec centre, the
their
of David Wells,
Giles and Jeff Cirillo.
ment’s
good
really
squad has continued to defy the
first
in
together.
played
all
odds and laugh
of adver-
The Padres
tournament
in finished the
hockey
can look
year.
Boston Red Sox.
staff.
Their only real competition will
part of the season.
NL
the
that fans
all
this
improved
additions
bulked up lineup with Jeff Kent, Jeff
accommodate
win
to
uniforms and a new
have sluggers Phil Nevin and Ryan
come from the Chicago Cubs. Maddux finishes off what is now
By JASON SMITH
nent ice-time
New
stadium aren’t
teams because the
but I’m picking the
this,
San Diego Padres
Arizona
Angels and
Lady Condors compete
the
expecting
Wild Card.
becomes
It
upset pred-
final
and I’m sure nobody’s
and two
to stick in this
Jays,
Twins should be able race for a
team
playoff experience
least, in the
again.
make them
their
all
NL
The
greatest
Card race won’t be
a race at
round playoff elimination.
my
time for
greatly
Don’t count out the Anaheim
bring playoff experience to a young
after first
Now
ication,
first-
three
play like
still
they’re 10 years younger.
championship season with a
my
still
Barry
with
a team of capable
is
who can
veterans,
has gotten worse. of
The team
Bonds showing no sign of slowing down. This
while.
Yankees owner
Now, months
straight season.
forward to
first
second
the
They haven’t done
sion isn’t that strong.
as
their
the
for
it
are the best
behind.
fall
worsening, as well
Diamondbacks followed up
make
San Francisco Giants
have
anything to improve, but their divi-
Wells and Alfonso Soriano would
in the face
West should be close^as
Montreal Expos, with the loss of
very
female
NL
The
Guerrero and Vazquez, the Phillies
season, the
Conestoga’s
only thing holding them back.
transactions in
and Juan Gonzalez. These players
money
I
hitters,
make any
ans Kevin Appier, Benito Santiago
spent the
second upset prediction
With great
the off-season, and should begin to
they didn’t
David
He
my
pick the Philadelphia Phillies to cap-
Braves
Pettitte,
happen.
pitching will continue to be the
straight years,
receiving
that
selves on the outside of the playoffs.
two
the division
majors.
let
Louis Cardinals will be
St.
as well.
won
but this season they’ve added veter-
George Steinbrenner wouldn’t
The good
should
Carlos Beltran and Mike Sweeney,
spell disaster, but
Sheffield and Javy
Lopez, the Braves will find them-
season, but with the
Roger
Andy
Maddux, Gary
year and
last
be itching for some more.
by
as
Clemens,
will
Twins. Although the Twins have
For any other team, losing high
such
of post-season success
of veterans Greg
well, but the
will
players
the Atlanta Braves.
loss
win the division because Oakland
I’ll
the
in
finally got a taste
With the
They only improved
pitchers and hitters that
calibre
The Cubs
ture the division.
They already had a very strong core group of young players such as
aren’t there yet.
pitching rotation
best
majors.
competition from the Minnesota
in the division.
getting
stiff
the
dominance from
For
later.
The Royals should only have
is final-
10 years of
after
Yankees win the division for a
Last season they improved greatly
cards, for this season.
Yankees
as Pat Hentgen,
this
Nobody could have
last
and signed a horde of pitchers such
Ted
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
Although the Oakland Athletics
and Rafael Palmeiro.
up for grabs
ly
Rodriguez. It’s
The season began with set
The National League East
Vazquez and Alex
said
and done, the
ty
to
form a female
hockey team
in the
is
for
varsi-
near future.
Page 12
— SPOKE,
April 12,
Sports
2004
Another disappointing year highlight
season.
son.
Jason Smith
tender.
wood floor (ACC)
roster, fans
Add
recently
wonder just
Even management is beginning throw their arms in the air won-
and
to
how
behind the
Toronto arguably has one of the
cfub, hoping to see a playoff drive
best rosters in the league and hits the
apart.
floor with plenty of depth every sin-
Grunwald was recently
supporters
that
rallied
all
would prove
one of the
Some
elite
the Raptors are
teams in the league. even
fans
NBA
an
felt
championship was within reach.
Then
reality set in.
the Raptors are
As
nowhere
the season quickly
close and
the
for
their
the Raptors find
themselves a disgruntled mess with nowhere
ening 30-45 record, the “dinos” are
much
less than
average
To put
lightly,
level of .400 ball.
the club hasn't played
near
its full
it
anywhere
potential.
teams
worse records in the entire league - the Washington Wizards, vscth
Orlando Magic, Atlanta Hawks, Chicago Bulls, L.A. Clippers and Phoenix Suits. With this in mind, many fans have become frustrated with Toronto’s performance and after at the
impressive Raptors
easy to see why. Nobody knows what’s going wrong.
roster, it’s
stay healthy for
more than a couple games
Due
to constant injuries
at
time again.
It’s
not his fault the
boys aren’t delivering.
So what’s
a time.
and a ques-
NBA team, as he has
put together a great roster time and
the cure?
What
will
it
take for the Raptors to finally get
done?
tionable desire and heart to play the
the job
game when
may not be an expert, but if I were new GM Jack McCloskey, I’d
ter
matters most, fans are
it
if
Toronto would be bet-
I
say bye bye to Carter and bring in
without him.
But Carter
isn’t the
only weapon
some more young talent to help amazing roster Toronto fans
of choice in the Raptors’ arsenal.
the
Morris Peterson has
to see all year long. This
the world, but
is
all
the talent in
yet to reach his
Rookie Chris Bosh has an outstanding future ahead of him and is already one of the big full
In fact, there are only six
looking
Canada’s only
wondering
left to turn.
Currently sitting with a disheartplaying a
game
game and
Glen
fired after
Grunwald, however, blamed for the demise of
several years.
leads the team, yet doesn’t
is falling
manager
struggling to improve the club for
can’t be
stay in the
post-season,
the franchise
General
greatest players. His 22.6 points per
to be seen. to a
dering
Raptors possess one of the game’s
comes
some teams begin
preparations
game. With Vince Carter, the
gle
seem to be enough. The big question mark with Carter is his inability to
Playoffs are on the horizon and
Rod
acquired
mix and many why the Raps are miss-
ing the playoffs once again.
Opinion
a serious playoff con-
The Raptors’
team
Toronto
the
Strickland to the
of the Air Canada Centre this spring as
of
through the second half of the sea-
The Canadian squad dreamed of stepping onto the hard
Raptors
Marshall has possibly been the
The Toronto Raptors had high hopes upon entering the 2003-04 National Basketball Association
(NBA)
for
potential.
fan
favourites
in
ACC.
the
Completing a three-way, six-man trade earlier in the season allowed
Toronto to secure one of the best in the game, from the Chicago Bulls. The Raps also received
all-around
Jalen
players
Rose,
Donyell Marshall in the deal, who is second on the team scoring list with points per game. 16.2
out get
team has
the potential to turn a lot of heads,
but Carter has
become very
unreli-
and may be causing more problems than he’s solving. There are no excuses for this poor display and Raptors fans can only hope to see continued improvement. Once again, we just have to remind ourselves of the age-old adage. There's always next year. But for now ... at least Toronto fans have the Maple Leafs to cheer able
for.
Let’s just
choke
hope they don’t
too.
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